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Arjay Smith
Cast · Known for The Day After Tomorrow, The Rookie
Arjay L. Smith is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles as James Murray on The Rookie, Max Lewicki on Perception, Brian Parks in the film The Day After Tomorrow and the title role in the Nickelodeon television series The Journey of Allen Strange (1997-2000). He began his acting career in 1995 around the age of 11 or 12. From there, he appeared in a varied spectrum of well-known television shows, including The West Wing (1999), Malcolm in the Middle (2000), The Bernie Mac Show (2001), Cold Case (2003), and NYPD Blue (1993).
Chris Britton
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Christopher Britton, sometimes credited as "Chris Britton," is a Canadian-born film actor, television actor, Stage Actor, and voice actor who is probably best known for his work in X-Men: The Animated Series, in which he was the voice of Mister Sinister. More recently, he has voiced the character of Soichiro Yagami in the English dub of the anime series Death Note and its live action counterpart. He also was the narrator on the Dino Crisis II videogame created by Capcom in 2000. He has a regular role as Richard Norton in Da Vinci's Inquest/City Hall, and has acted in several different movies from The Day After Tomorrow to Godsend. He has worked on many different plays and theater productions, including two seasons with the Stratford and Shaw Festivals, and has acted throughout Ontario, Vancouver, and the United States. Description above from the Wikipedia article Christopher Britton (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Dennis Quaid
Cast · Known for A Dog's Perfect Christmas, The Day After Tomorrow, The Parent Trap
Dennis William Quaid (born April 9, 1954) is an American actor. He became known during the 1980s after appearing in several successful films, including as Mike Brody in Jaws 3-D (1983), Alex Gardner in Dreamscape (1984), Remy McSwain in The Big Easy (1987), Tuck Pendleton in Innerspace (1987), Jefferson "Jeff" Blue in Undercover Blues (1993), Bowen in Dragonheart (1996), Joe Doe/William in Gang Related (1997), Frank Towns in Flight of the Phoenix (2004), Jack Hall in The Day After Tomorrow (2004) and Reverend Shaw Moore in Footloose (2011).
Jake Gyllenhaal
Cast · Known for Love & Other Drugs, Nightcrawler, Road House
Jake Gyllenhaal (born December 19, 1980) is an American actor and producer. Born into the Gyllenhaal family, he is the son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner; his older sister is actress Maggie Gyllenhaal. He began acting as a child, making his acting debut in City Slickers (1991), followed by roles in his father's films A Dangerous Woman (1993) and Homegrown (1998). His breakthrough roles were as Homer Hickam in October Sky (1999) and as a psychologically troubled teenager in Donnie Darko (2001). In 2004, Gyllenhaal starred in the science fiction disaster film The Day After Tomorrow. In 2005, he played Jack Twist in Ang Lee's romantic drama Brokeback Mountain, for which Gyllenhaal won a BAFTA Award and was nominated for an Academy Award. His career progressed with starring roles in the thriller Zodiac (2007), the romantic comedy Love & Other Drugs (2010), and the science fiction film Source Code (2011). Further acclaim came with his roles in Denis Villeneuve's thrillers Prisoners (2013) and Enemy (2013), and he received nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performances as a manipulative journalist in Nightcrawler (2014) and a troubled writer in Nocturnal Animals (2016). His highest-grossing release came with the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), in which he portrayed Quentin Beck / Mysterio. Gyllenhaal has also performed on stage, starring in Broadway productions of the musical Sunday in the Park with George as well as the plays Constellations and Sea Wall/A Life, the lattermost of which earned him a Tony Award nomination. Aside from acting, he is vocal about political and social issues. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jake Gyllenhaal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Emmy Rossum
Cast · Known for The Day After Tomorrow, Poseidon, Shameless
Emmanuelle Grey Rossum (born September 12, 1986) is an American actress, director, and singer. She is known for her portrayal of Fiona Gallagher in the television series Shameless (2011–2019). Since the mid-2010s, she has also directed and produced television, including the 2022 Peacock series Angelyne in which she also stars. Born and raised in New York City, she began professionally performing as a child with the Metropolitan Opera. Early on-screen roles included Genius (1999), Songcatcher (2000), Passionada (2002), and Nola (2003). At sixteen, she was cast in her breakthrough role in Mystic River (2003). Rossum starred in the 2004 sci-fi film The Day After Tomorrow, and also received critical acclaim for her performance in the leading role of Christine Daaé in the film adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera (2004). She is also well known for acting in the films Poseidon (2006), Dragonball: Evolution (2009), Inside (2011), Beautiful Creatures (2013), Comet (2014), You're Not You (2014), and Cold Pursuit (2019).
Austin Nichols
Cast · Known for The Day After Tomorrow, One Tree Hill
Austin Nichols (born April 24, 1980) is an American film, television actor and director who is perhaps best known for his role as Julian Baker in The CW drama series One Tree Hill. He is also known for his roles in films such as The Day After Tomorrow and Wimbledon. He starred in the HBO series John from Cincinnati.
Anna Foerster
Director · Known for Outlander
Anna J. Foerster (born 1971) is a German-born American film and television cinematographer and director. She is best known for collaborations with director Roland Emmerich, working under different capacities on every film directed by him dating back to Independence Day (1996), with the exception of the film The Patriot (2000). As a second unit cinematographer, Foerster worked on the films Alien Resurrection (1997), Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002), Johnson Family Vacation (2004), The Day After Tomorrow (2004), Æon Flux (2005), and 10,000 BC (2008), also working as a second unit director on the latter four films. She was the cinematographer for the visual effects and/or miniature unit on Independence Day)Day (1996Godzilla (1998), Pitch Black (2000), and Stuart Little 2 (2002). As a director, she directed five episodes of the television series Criminal Minds, an episode of its spin-off Criminal Minds: Suspect Behaviour, three episodes of Unforgettable, and four episodes of the Starz series Outlander. In 2008, she was reported to be developing a film, Secret Hunter, based on the Ranulph Fiennes novel The Secret Hunters (2002). Foerster made her feature film directing debut with the action horror film Underworld: Blood Wars (2016).In 2016, J. J. Abrams and his production company, Bad Robot, hired Foerster to direct Lou, a thriller about a mother trying to recover her abducted child. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anna Foerster, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Andy Gill
Andy Gill (born 5 November 1956) is a second unit director, stunt coordinator and performer. A member of prestigious industry organisations—including the Directors Guild of America (DGA), Screen Actors Guild (SAG), the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), and Stunts Unlimited—Gill has contributed to more than 350 film and television projects, earning acclaim for his skill both behind and in front of the camera. Gill’s early career included stunt performances in high-profile films such as Cannonball Run II (1984), Independence Day (1996), Armageddon (1998), Pearl Harbor (2001), Minority Report (2002), The Day After Tomorrow (2004), and Miss Congeniality 2: Armed & Fabulous (2005). Notably, he served as stunt double for Brent Spiner in Star Trek: First Contact (1996), performing a significant high-fall stunt. As a stunt coordinator and second-unit director, Gill has shaped action sequences in a range of major films. He coordinated stunts for blockbuster entries in the Fast & Furious franchise—Fast Five (2011), Fast & Furious 6 (2013), Furious 7 (2015), The Fate of the Furious (2017), F9: The Fast Saga (2021), and Fast X (2023)—and has held roles on Marvel Cinematic Universe projects such as Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Captain America: Civil War (2016), Black Panther (2018), Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022). Gill’s excellence has been recognised with multiple Taurus World Stunt Awards. He won for Best Sequence Stunt Coordination for Pearl Harbor (2001). In 2004, he took home awards for both Best Work with a Vehicle and Best Stunt Coordination for Bad Boys II (2003). His nominations span a wide array of films, including Showtime (2002), Last Holiday (2006), Death Race (2008), Vantage Point (2008), Furious 7 (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016), F9: The Fast Saga (2021), and Fast X (2023). Gill holds the Guinness World Record as the highest-grossing stuntman or coordinator, with his body of work’s cumulative box office surpassing $12.2 billion worldwide.
Harald Kloser
Writer · Composer · Known for 2012, The Day After Tomorrow
Harald Kloser (born 9 July 1956) is an Austrian film composer, producer, and screenwriter. Since his critical and commercial breakthrough in 2005, in which he won the BMI Film Music Award for both of his scores for Alien vs. Predator and The Day After Tomorrow, he has become a regular collaborator of the latter's director, Roland Emmerich, having composed music for every one of the director's films since 2004, excluding Stonewall (2015). Out of those films, all but Anonymous (2011) have been collaborations with fellow composer Thomas Wander. Besides composing original scores, Kloser has also produced and co-written several films with Emmerich, starting with 10,000 BC (2008), which Emmerich invited Kloser to write after liking the story changes Kloser proposed to The Day After Tomorrow. Kloser was married to Désirée Nosbusch, and the couple's children Lennon and Luka are also musicians. He has since entered into a relationship with Ana Maria Lombo, best known as part of girl group Eden's Crush. Description above from the Wikipedia article Harald Kloser, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Amy Sloan
Amy Sloan (Amy Kathleen Sloan) – Canadian-American actress, born 12 May 1978 in Gladstone, Manitoba, Canada, raised in Whitehorse, Yukon. Daughter of actress Mary Sloan and former Yukon Minister of Health Dave Sloan. Graduated from the National Theatre School of Canada in 1999. She was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress for Call Me Fitz. Her most notable film roles include Howard Hughes' Mother in The Aviator (2004, directed by Martin Scorsese), Elsa in The Day After Tomorrow (2004), Deborah in The Heartbreak Kid (2007, directed by the Farrelly Brothers), Linda in Head in the Clouds (2004), Kate Heinlein in Pterodactyl (2005), Ophelia in Waiting for Ophelia (2009), and Enid Simmonds in The Song of Names (2019). On television she is best known for Wendy Mixworthy in Big Shots (2007–2008, 11 episodes), Dot Foxley in Call Me Fitz (2010, 10 episodes), Elena in 12 Monkeys (2015, 3 episodes), Joana Mills in Truth Be Told (2019, 4 episodes), and Captain Sydney Vonn in Chicago Fire (2012, 2024). She has also appeared in Mad Men (2007), Grey's Anatomy (2005), Stargate SG-1 (1997), Gilmore Girls (2000), and Big Love (2006). On stage she played Ann Deever in All My Sons at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles.
Greg Kramer
Cast · Known for 300
Greg Kramer (11 March 1961, Hertfordshire, England – 8 April 2013, Montreal, Quebec, Canada) was a British-Canadian actor, director, writer, and magician. He is best known as Ephor #1 in 300 (2006), RAF #2 in The Day After Tomorrow (2004), and Mississippi Gene in On the Road (2012). On television he was a regular on Forever Knight and Once a Thief, and voiced Nemo in Arthur (1999–2013). He was also a novelist and stage director, winning a Best Director MECCA Award for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (2008). He was found dead in his Montreal apartment in April 2013; police ruled out foul play.
Kwasi Songui
Kwasi Songui (born 7 October 1979, Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian actor and voice artist. He is best known as Coach Jon Jon Hendricks on Blue Mountain State (2010–2012), Persian in 300 (2006), and Jimmy the Iceman in Nicky Deuce (2013). In film, he has appeared in The Day After Tomorrow (2004), Lucky Number Slevin (2006), Brick Mansions (2014), Moonfall (2022), and Beau Is Afraid (2023). In voice work, he is known as Shredder in the TMNT video game (2007) and Garek Blood in Guardians of the Galaxy (2021).
Rick Hoffman
Cast · Known for Suits, Phreaker, Hostel
Born June 12, 1970 in New York City, New York and raised in Roslyn Heights, New York, Rick Hoffman graduated from The Wheatley School in Old Westbury, NY before attending the University of Arizona. After graduating from University of Arizona, Rick moved to Los Angeles to start an acting career. He landed his first role as a security guard in Conspiracy Theory (1997) . He was so nervous he flubbed his two lines. Fortunately, his misread got laughs from Julia Roberts , Richard Donner and the entire crew, and was included in the final cut, giving him some much-needed attention. After other small roles, he had his breakout role as the Freddie Sacker on Darren Star 's Wall Street series The $treet (2000) which allowed him to quit his job waiting tables and move back to New York. He has had several memorable roles on series like Terry Loomis on the critically acclaimed Steven Bochco law drama Philly (2001) . These roles caught Variety magazine's attention who elected Rick one of Variety's 10 Actors to Watch. Then came the role of Jerry Best on The Bernie Mac Show (2001), and Patrick Van Dorn on the John Stamos comedy series Jake in Progress (2005). He has had many supporting appearances in movies including The Day After Tomorrow (2004), Blood Work (2002), Hostel (2005), Cellular (2004), and Lions Gate Films The Condemned (2007). He suffered a near-death experience during the filming of the latter in Australia.
Kenneth Welsh
Cast · Known for The Day After Tomorrow
Kenneth Welsh, CM (March 30, 1942 – May 5, 2022) was a Canadian film and television actor (sometimes credited as Ken Welsh). He was known to Twin Peaks fans as the multi-faceted villain Windom Earle, and had more recently played the father of Katharine Hepburn (Cate Blanchett) in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator. In 1984 he was nominated for a Genie Award as Best Actor for his portrayal of Reno Colt in the film "Reno and the Doc", written and directed by Charles Dennis. In 1997 Welsh directed Dennis in the latter's play "SoHo Duo" at the West Bank Theatre in New York City. Welsh was born in Edmonton, Alberta to a father who worked for the Canadian National Railway. He grew up in Alberta and studied drama at school. He later moved to Montreal and attended the National Theatre School. Following graduation, he auditioned for the Stratford Festival in Ontario and then spent the first seven years of his career on stage. Welsh has portrayed historical figures including Thomas E. Dewey, Colin Thatcher, Harry S. Truman (twice), Thomas Edison, James "Scotty" Reston, General Harry Crerar and James Baker. He has made guest appearances on the acclaimed TV series Due South and Slings and Arrows. In 2003, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada. His role as the Vice-President of the United States in the 2004 environmental disaster film The Day After Tomorrow sparked some controversy due to his physical resemblance to Dick Cheney, who at the time was the real Vice President. Director Roland Emmerich later confirmed that he deliberately chose Welsh for that very reason. Emmerich stated that the character of the Vice-President in the film was intended to be a not-so-subtle criticism of the environmental policies of the Presidency of George W. Bush. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kenneth Welsh, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Perry King
Cast · Known for The Day After Tomorrow
Perry King, born Perry Firestone King, made his film debut, aged around 23, in the 1972 film Slaughterhouse-Five. In 1975, he portrayed Hammond Maxwell in the exploitation film Mandingo. Since the 1970s, he has appeared in dozens of feature films, television series and television movies. He auditioned for the role of Han Solo in Star Wars, but the role ultimately went to Harrison Ford. However, he played the character in the radio adaptations of Star Wars and both its sequels. In 1984, King was nominated for a Golden Globe award for his role in the TV movie The Hasty Heart. That same year, he landed the role of Cody Allen on the series Riptide. In 1993, he starred in the television adaptation of Sidney Sheldon's novel A Stranger in the Mirror, which is a roman à clef on Groucho Marx. In 1995, he portrayed the role of Hayley Armstrong on Melrose Place. He also appeared as Richard Williams in the NBC TV series Titans with Yasmine Bleeth in 2000 and as the President of the United States in the 2004 film The Day After Tomorrow. King has made guest appearances on TV shows including Spin City, Will & Grace, Eve, and Cold Case.
Mark Owen
Cast · Known for Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Mark Owen (born 27 January 1972) is an English singer and songwriter best known for being a member of pop group and band Take That; as of 2019, the group have sold 14 million albums and 11.4 million singles in the UK. In Owen's solo career, he has released five studio albums: Green Man (1996), In Your Own Time (2003), How the Mighty Fall (2005), The Art of Doing Nothing (2013) and his most recent, Land of Dreams, which was released in September 2022 and debuted at number 5 on the UK Official Albums Chart. Growing up, Owen lived in a small council house with his mother Mary, his father Keith, brother Daniel, and sister Tracey in Oldham. His father was a decorator, later getting a job at a police station. His mother was a supervisor in a bakery. Owen was educated at Holy Rosary Primary and St Augustine's Catholic Schools, both in Oldham. He had little interest in music and played football briefly for Chadderton F.C., in addition to having trials at Manchester United and Rochdale. Before auditioning for Take That, he worked at Barclays in Failsworth. After selecting Gary Barlow as the group's lead singer in 1989, Nigel Martin-Smith introduced Owen, Howard Donald, Jason Orange and finally Robbie Williams to the fold. The group were signed to RCA records, and after a number of top 40 hits, eventually secured their first number one with Barlow's "Pray". Previous hits included "A Million Love Songs", "It Only Takes a Minute" and "Could It Be Magic". The band's debut album Take That & Party was released on 17 August 1992. It reached number two on the UK Album Chart. The following year saw the release of their second album, Everything Changes. It went straight in at number one on the UK Albums Chart and spawned four number-one singles, as well as "Why Can't I Wake Up with You" and "Love Ain't Here Anymore" hitting number two and three respectively. Owen sang lead vocals on "Babe", which was released in December 1993. Their third album Nobody Else went straight to number 1 and was to be their last studio album of the '90s. The album had three number-one singles, including "Back for Good" which peaked at number seven on the US Billboard Hot 100 and was brought forward an unprecedented six weeks before its official release such was the demand for the single. Owen also sang lead vocals on "The Day After Tomorrow" from the album. A Greatest Hits collection followed again reaching number one. The album featured the band's eighth number-one single "How Deep Is Your Love". This was to be the first single released by Take That as a four piece (without Williams) and it was their last single until they reformed in 2005. Although Owen's vocal contributions were limited in Take That's original run, he was arguably the most popular member of the group, on account of his boyish good looks and sweet demeanour, regularly earning awards such as Smash Hit's "Most Fanciable Male in the World" and "Best Haircut". ... Source: Article "Mark Owen" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Sela Ward
Cast · Known for The Day After Tomorrow, CSI: NY, FBI
Sela Ward (born July 11, 1956) is an American movie and television actress, producer, author, and former model. She moved to California to pursue acting and landed her first film role in the 1983 Burt Reynolds vehicle The Man Who Loved Women. Her first regular role in a TV drama series, as a socialite on Dennis Weaver's short-lived CBS series, Emerald Point N.A.S., followed in the same year. Ward continued to land guest roles in both TV and movies throughout the 1980s, most notably opposite Tom Hanks in Nothing in Common (1986). In 1991, she was cast as Teddy Reed on Sisters, for which she received her first Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1994. She portrayed Helen Kimble, the wife of Dr. Richard Kimble (Harrison Ford), in The Fugitive, one of the top films of 1993. Ward won a CableACE Award for her portrayal of the late TV journalist Jessica Savitch in the 1995 TV movie Almost Golden: The Jessica Savitch Story, which remains Lifetime's most watched TV movie to date. In 1995, she was passed over for a Bond girl role, learning that even though then-Bond Pierce Brosnan was 42, the casting director said "What we really want is Sela, but Sela ten years ago". In response, she developed and produced a documentary, The Changing Face of Beauty, about American obsession with youth and its effect on women. Ward succeeded Candice Bergen as commercial spokesperson for Sprint's long distance phone service (1999-2002). She also appeared on Frasier as supermodel/ zoologist Kelly Easterbrook in the 5th season opener ("Frasier's Imaginary Friend"). When she read for the role of Lily Brooks Manning on the ABC drama series Once and Again (1999–2002), its creators (Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz of thirtysomething fame) initially deemed her "too beautiful" for the average single mother to identify with. Ward received her 2nd lead actress Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama In 2004, she played the a private investigator in the TV movie Suburban Madness and she also appeared in the feature film The Day After Tomorrow with Dennis Quaid and Jake Gyllenhaal. In 2005, she landed a recurring role in the Fox series House as Stacy Warner, the hospital's attorney and formidable ex-partner of the protagonist Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie), until her character was written off the show in 2006. She was originally offered both the role of Megan Donner on CSI: Miami and Susan Mayer on Desperate Housewives, but turned both down. She was reluctant to commit to another lead role in an hour-long series because of the time away from her family it would require. Although she was on a brief hiatus from TV, she continued to appear in feature films. She starred opposite Kevin Costner in The Guardian in 2006 and starred in the thriller The Stepfather in 2009. In July 2010, she signed on to star in CSI: NY at the start of the 7th season and remained until the 9th and final season'. She appeared as newswoman Sharon Schieber in Gone Girl (2014), and co-starred as the President of the United States in Independence Day: Resurgence (2016). She also played the leading role alongside Nick Nolte in the political comedy series Graves. She had a leading role in the crime series FBI (2018) for its' 1st season.
Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Writer · Known for The Day After Tomorrow
Jeffrey Nachmanoff (born March 9, 1967) is an American screenwriter and director. He co-wrote the screenplay for the 2004 blockbuster film The Day After Tomorrow. He wrote and directed Traitor, which was released on August 27, 2008. His most commercially successful film is The Day After Tomorrow, which grossed US$544 million. He is the director of Replicas (2018). Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeffrey Nachmanoff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Robert Ryan
Cast · Known for Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Robert Bushnell Ryan (November 11, 1909 – July 11, 1973) was an American actor who often played hardened cops and ruthless villains. Ryan was born in Chicago, Illinois, the first child of Timothy Ryan and his wife Mabel Bushnell Ryan. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1932, having held the school's heavyweight boxing title all four years of his attendance. After graduation, the 6'4" Ryan found employment as a stoker on a ship, a WPA worker, and a ranch hand in Montana. Ryan attempted to make a career in show business as a playwright, but had to turn to acting to support himself. He studied acting in Hollywood and appeared on stage and in small film parts during the early 1940s. In January 1944, after securing a contract guarantee from RKO Radio Pictures, Ryan enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and served as a drill instructor at Camp Pendleton, in San Diego, California. At Camp Pendleton, he befriended writer and future director Richard Brooks, whose novel, The Brick Foxhole, he greatly admired. He also took up painting. Ryan's breakthrough film role was as an anti-Semitic killer in Crossfire (1947), a film noir based on Brooks's novel. The role won Ryan his sole career Oscar nomination, for Best Supporting Actor. From then on, Ryan's specialty was tough/tender roles, finding particular expression in the films of directors such as Nicholas Ray, Robert Wise and Sam Fuller. In Ray's On Dangerous Ground (1951) he portrayed a burnt-out city cop finding redemption while solving a rural murder. In Wise's The Set-Up (1949), he played an over-the-hill boxer who is brutally punished for refusing to take a dive. Other important films were Anthony Mann's western The Naked Spur, Sam Fuller's uproarious Japanese set gangland thriller House of Bamboo, Bad Day at Black Rock, and the socially conscious heist movie Odds Against Tomorrow. He also appeared in several all-star war films, including The Longest Day (1962) and Battle of the Bulge (1965), and The Dirty Dozen. He also played John the Baptist in MGM's Technicolor epic King of Kings (1961) and was the villainous Claggart in Peter Ustinov's adaptation of Billy Budd (1962). In his later years, Ryan continued playing significant roles in major films. Most notable of these were The Dirty Dozen, The Professionals (1966) and Sam Peckinpah's highly influential brutal western The Wild Bunch (1969). Ryan appeared several times on the Broadway stage. His credits there include Clash by Night, Mr. President and The Front Page, the comedy drama about newspapermen. He appeared in many television series as a guest star, including the role of Franklin Hoppy-Hopp in the 1964 episode "Who Chopped Down the Cherry Tree?" on the NBC medical drama about psychiatry, The Eleventh Hour. Similarly, he guest starred as Lloyd Osment in the 1964 episode "Better Than a Dead Lion" in the ABC psychiatric series, Breaking Point. In 1964, Ryan appeared with Warren Oates in the episode "No Comment" of CBS's short-lived drama about newspapers, The Reporter, starring Harry Guardino in the title role of journalist Danny Taylor. Ryan appeared five times (1956–1959) on CBS's Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater and twice (1959 and 1961) on the Zane Grey spin-off Frontier Justice. He appeared three times (1962–1964) on the western Wagon Train.
Pam Tillis
From Wikipedia, the free encylopedia. Pamela Yvonne Tillis (born July 24, 1957) is an American country music singer-songwriter and actress. She is the daughter of the late country music singer Mel Tillis and Doris Tillis. Originally a demo singer in Nashville, Tennessee, Tillis was signed to Warner Bros. Records in 1981, for which she released nine singles and one album (that contained none of the singles), Above and Beyond the Doll of Cutey. By 1991, she had signed to Arista Nashville, entering Top 40 on Hot Country Songs for the first time with "Don't Tell Me What to Do", the first of five singles from her album Put Yourself in My Place. Tillis recorded five more albums for Arista Nashville between then and 2001, plus a greatest hits album and 22 more singles. Her only number 1 hit on the country charts was 1995's "Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life)", although 12 other singles made Top 10 on that chart. After exiting Arista, Tillis released It's All Relative: Tillis Sings Tillis for Lucky Dog Records in 2002, plus RhineStoned and the Christmas album Just in Time for Christmas on her own Stellar Cat label in 2007. Her albums Homeward Looking Angel (1992), Sweetheart's Dance (1994) and Greatest Hits (1997) are all certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), while Put Yourself in My Place and 1995's All of This Love are certified gold. Besides her own work, Tillis co-wrote and sang on the 1990 Warner Bros. single "Tomorrow's World", written in honor of Earth Day, and Dolly Parton's 1992 single "Romeo". She has won two major awards: a Grammy Award for Best Country Collaboration with Vocals in 1999 for the multi-artist collaboration "Same Old Train", and the 1994 Country Music Association award for Female Vocalist of the Year followed by the CMA President's Award in 1998. Tillis has also received two Recorded Event of the Year awards from the International Bluegrass Music Association. Tillis has also earned one of country music's crowning achievements, becoming a member of the Grand Ole Opry, when she was inducted in 2000, 9 years after making her first appearance as a guest artist in 1991[1]. She later inducted her father into the Opry in 2007.
Michael Tarn
Cast · Known for A Clockwork Orange
Michael Tarn (born December 18, 1951) is a British actor. He is best known for playing Pete in Stanley Kubrick's film A Clockwork Orange (1971). Tarn was cast as Pete in A Clockwork Orange and was the only actor in the gang who was a true teenager (16–17 years old) at the time of production, the others being in their mid- to late 20s. Subsequently, he appeared in John Mackenzie's film Made (1972), and had lead roles in It's A Lovely Day Tomorrow, directed by John Goldschmidt, and the name role in Zigger Zagger, directed by Ron Smedley. After guest appearances in a succession of TV series he was cast in Where There's Brass for Yorkshire Television. Unknown to him his then agent had negotiated him out of the series and his career as a film and TV actor was effectively over. He made a few brief appearances over the next 20 years including Crimewatch, The Knock, and the final one in 2000 when he played the part of Vic in Shooters for Coolbean Productions, directed by Colin Teague and written by and starred in by Louis Dempsey and Terence Howard with Emily Watson, Gerard Butler, amongst a host of other well-known British actors. Amongst his theatre credits included spells with both the RSC and National Theatre Companies, with critically acclaimed parts as Rick in "Sticks and Bones" with Peter Weller, Rex in "City Sugar" by Stephen Poliakoff at the Comedy Theatre with Adam Faith. Jaques in "Jaques and His Master" by Milan Kundera, and Sam in "Crossing Delancey" by Susan Sandler. His more recent years have been taken up as a freelance director and drama practitioner, and he currently lives in Spain.
Olympia Dukakis
Olympia Dukakis (June 20, 1931 – May 1, 2021) was an American actress. She performed in more than 130 stage productions, more than 60 films and in 50 television series. Best known as a screen actress, she started her career in theater. Not long after her arrival in New York City, she won an Obie Award for Best Actress in 1963 for her off-Broadway performance in Bertolt Brecht's Man Equals Man. She later moved to film acting and won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe, among other accolades, for her performance in Moonstruck (1987). She received another Golden Globe nomination for Sinatra (1992) and Emmy Award nominations for Lucky Day (1991), More Tales of the City (1998) and Joan of Arc (1999). Dukakis's autobiography, Ask Me Again Tomorrow: A Life in Progress, was published in 2003. In 2018, a feature-length documentary about her life, titled Olympia, was released theatrically in the United States. Description above from the Wikipedia article Olympia Dukakis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Steve Cochran
He is perhaps best remembered for his role of Big Ed Somers, the power hungry gangster pal of James Cagney in "White Heat" (1949). Born Robert Alexander Cochran in Eureka, California, he was the son of a California lumberjack, who moved the family to Wyoming in the 1920s, where Cochran grew to adulthood. After graduating from the University of Wyoming in 1939, Cochran began working steadily as a Wyoming cowboy, while developing his acting skills working in summer stock and regional theaters and gradually moving on to Broadway. In 1945, he signed with MGM, and for the next several years, played mostly secondary roles as gangsters or boxers. He made his film debut with "Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion" (1945) and quickly followed with "Wonder Man" (1945). Released from his contract in 1948, he returned to Broadway where he worked with Mae West; the next year he signed on with Warner Brothers, where he earned leading roles in such films as "The Damned Don't Cry" (1950), "Highway 301" (1950) and "Tomorrow is Another Day" (1951). Warner Brothers often had him playing the villain in several of its western films, such as "Dallas" (1950), and "Back to God's Country" (1953). With the end of his contract in 1953, he began his own film company, Robert Alexander Productions, while also freelancing for other studios and moving on to guest star roles on television shows. He would show up in such television shows as Death Valley Days, Burke's Law, The Untouchables, Naked City, The Twilight Zone, Route 66, and The Virginian. A notorious womanizer, Cochran was married and divorced three times, and was often in the Hollywood tabloids reportedly having affairs with such actresses as Mae West, Jayne Mansfield, Joan Crawford, Merle Oberon, Ida Lupino and Mamie Van Doren. Cochran died under mysterious circumstances. In May 1965, Cochran had revived his production company, and together with three women, whom he had hired as his assistants, boarded his 40-foot yacht to travel to Central and South America to look for filming locations. On June 25, 1965, the yacht drifted into Port Champerico, Guatemala, with three alive but very distraught women aboard and the body of Steve Cochran, who had died ten days earlier. The women did not know how to operate the boat, and were dependent upon its drifting to shore after his death. There were numerous rumors of murder and poisoning, and actress / former lover Merle Oberon used her influence to push for further police investigation, but no evidence of foul play was ever determined. The official cause of his death was given as Acute Infectious Edema (lung infection).
Matthew J. McCarthy
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Matt McCarthy (born November 9, 1979) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and improviser living in Los Angeles. He is best known for his appearances on Conan and CollegeHumor.com and for hosting the We Watch Wrestling Podcast. McCarthy co-stars as Carl on the CBS show How We Roll. Matthew McCarthy, the youngest of three, was born in Providence, Rhode Island, at the old Women & Infants Hospital on Maude Street. He grew up in an Irish-Catholic home in Rumford, Rhode Island. He attended St. Margaret's School and La Salle Academy. The New York Times described him as a "John Belushi-like madman, " McCarthy began performing stand-up comedy after graduating from Fordham University, where he was the mascot of The Ram from 1999 to 2001. He then studied improvisation at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in New York. Before becoming a performer, he appeared as a contestant on a Cash Cab episode aired on June 26, 2006. In 2008, he starred in a Guinness commercial for St. Patrick's Day. The following year, he portrayed The Cable Guy in Verizon Fios commercials. McCarthy co-founded the sketch video group Front Page Films with fellow comedians and creators, including frequent collaborator Pete Holmes. FPF made sketches, commercials and viral videos for Doritos, Crunch Fitness, CollegeHumor, and Comedy Central. McCarthy also starred in many shorts for CollegeHumor. Numerous Front Page Film videos were featured on Atom.com and Comedy Central's Tosh. In 2010, McCarthy hosted Action Pack on AMC with Nick Stevens. McCarthy was an avid pro wrestling fan who was a creative writer for WWE from 2011 to 2012 and 2016-2018. In 2013, McCarthy began recording episodes of the We Watch Wrestling Podcast with fellow stand-up comedians Vince Averill, Tom Sibley, and producer Rob Sibley. From October 2013 through June 2014, McCarthy was a series regular and writer on The Pete Holmes Show on TBS following Conan. McCarthy began performing comedy in New York City in 2003 at various open mics, barker, and bringer shows. Quickly found a home in the East Village at the now-defunct Comedy Social, a weekly comedy showcase at Sin Bar. Soon after, he hosted a stand-up at Mo Pitkin's House of Satisfaction. McCarthy had a month-long run of his solo show "McCarthyism" at the infamous Rififi Cinema Classics. McCarthy also ran "The Matt McCarthy Stand-Up Comedy Show" at Comix NY for several months. In 2011, McCarthy ran a monthly comedy extravaganza called MARKING OUT in Manhattan. His stand-up comedy television performances include Season 3 of Live at Gotham, John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show on Comedy Central. McCarthy has performed at such festivals as Just for Laughs in Montreal, All Tomorrow's Parties, Sasquatch! Music Festival, Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival and Bonnaroo. Named one of LA Weekly's Comics to Watch in 2014. Description above from the Wikipedia article about Matt McCarthy (comedian), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.