Jorge Garcia

Jorge Garcia

Born: April 28, 1973
in Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Jorge García (born April 28, 1973, height 5' 11½" (1,82 m)) is an American actor and comedian. He first came to public attention with his performance as Hector Lopez on the television show Becker and later for his portrayal of Hugo "Hurley" Reyes in the television series Lost. Garcia also performs as a stand-up comedian. He most recently starred in the FOX television series Alcatraz, as well as playing a minor character on ABC's Once Upon a Time. García was born in Omaha, Nebraska. His mother, Dora Mesa, is a Cuban-born professor, and his father, Humberto Garcia, is a Chilean-born doctor. He grew up in Southern California and went to San Clemente High School. As a senior, he was selected by the faculty as "Triton of the Year", the highest award given to a graduating senior.

Garcia graduated from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1995 as a Communication Studies major.

García was the first actor to be cast on Lost after the producers saw him on Curb Your Enthusiasm the night before casting began, and created the character of Hugo Reyes specifically for him. García appeared in the second episode of the eighth season of Celebrity Poker Showdown, where he lost to Michael Ian Black. He was a contestant on an episode of Russian Roulette on Game Show Network. He missed a question about the Boxer Rebellion of 1900 and fell through the trap door.

Garcia is scheduled to star in the movie When We Were Pirates due out in 2012. In the independent film, he will play a man named Jason, who along with a group of close friends, learn that their childhood love of playing pirates helps them overcome some of the difficulties they face later in their lives. He is also seen singing in the studio for the upcoming project on an officially released YouTube clip. During Lost's run, Garcia wrote a blog about the show called Dispatches from the Island. He also hosted a weekly podcast, Geronimo Jack's Beard, in which he discussed the script of Season 6 along with his then girlfriend Bethany Leigh Shady.

Garcia is also featured on the front cover of Weezer's album Hurley, released on September 10, 2010. The album is named after his character from Lost. He performed as a guest vocalist at several Weezer concerts in 2010.

On 21 November 2010, Entertainment Weekly announced that Garcia was cast in the upcoming U.S. television series Alcatraz. On 23 November 2010, Garcia made a guest appearance on How I Met Your Mother's episode "Blitzgiving". In the episode references are made to Garcia's time on Lost. In 2011, Garcia appeared as a recurring character in Mr. Sunshine, portraying a caretaker at the Sunshine Center. Starting in January 2012, Garcia portrayed Dr. Diego Soto, an Alcatraz expert, in the FOX series, Alcatraz. The show was a mid-season replacement for Fox's Terra Nova. Despite an impressive start, the series was officially cancelled by Fox on May 9, 2012, due to dropping viewership throughout its run. Garcia appeared on The Nerdist podcast posted June 18, 2012. In 2013, Garcia played Steve Wozniak in the parody film, iSteve produced for the Funny or Die website.

Movies for Jorge Garcia...

Getting LOST
Title: Getting LOST
Character: Self
Released: September 22, 2024
Type: Movie
A documentary about the TV show Lost.
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Title: Bookie
Character: Hector
Released: November 30, 2023
Type: TV
A veteran bookie struggles to survive the impending legalization of sports gambling, increasingly unstable clients, family, co-workers, and a lifestyle that bounces him around every corner of Los Angeles, high and low.
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The Boulet Brothers' Halfway to Halloween TV Special
Title: The Boulet Brothers' Halfway to Halloween TV Special
Character: Self
Released: April 25, 2023
Type: Movie
Hosted by modern day horror hosts and “queens of darkness” The Boulet Brothers, The Boulet Brothers’ Halfway to Halloween TV Special will be a mid-year variety show celebrating the “Halfway to Halloween” season for fans who just can’t wait until October 31 to get a good dose of the dark side.
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All the World Is Sleeping
Title: All the World Is Sleeping
Character: Nick
Released: March 17, 2023
Type: Movie
Fighting for her own life and the ones she loves, a Chicana in New Mexico sinks deeper into her addiction while struggling to surface for her daughter.
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Condor's Nest
Title: Condor's Nest
Character: Proprietor Hipolito
Released: January 27, 2023
Type: Movie
American war veteran Will Spalding has tracked the sadistic Nazi Colonel who executed his bomber crew during WWII to a remote location in South America. But he is in for more than he bargained for when he uncovers a secret Nazi headquarters known as the Condor's Nest.
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The Munsters: Return to Mockingbird Lane
Title: The Munsters: Return to Mockingbird Lane
Character: Floop / Self
Released: September 27, 2022
Type: Movie
A behind-the-scenes look at the production of Rob Zombie's The Munsters (2022). Included as a special feature on the blu-ray.
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The Munsters
Title: The Munsters
Character: Floop
Released: September 27, 2022
Type: Movie
Lily is a typical 150-year-old lovelorn vampire who's looking for the man of her nightmares -- until she lays her eyes on Herman, a 7-foot-tall green experiment with a heart of gold. It's love at first shock as these two ghouls fall fangs over feet for each other in a Transylvanian romance. Unfortunately, it's not all smooth sailing in the cemetery as Lily's father has other plans for his beloved daughter's future, and they don't involve her new bumbling beau.
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The Wrong Missy
Title: The Wrong Missy
Character: Guy on Plane
Released: May 13, 2020
Type: Movie
A guy meets the woman of his dreams and invites her to his company's corporate retreat, but realizes he sent the invite to the wrong person.
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Nobody Knows I'm Here
Title: Nobody Knows I'm Here
Character: Memo
Released: April 15, 2020
Type: Movie
Memo lives on a remote Chilean sheep farm, hiding a beautiful singing voice from the outside world. A recluse with a glittery flair, he can't stop dwelling on the past, but what will happen once someone finally listens?
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Title: The Masked Singer
Character: Cyclops (archive footage)
Released: January 2, 2019
Type: TV
Celebrities compete in a singing competition with one major twist: each singer is shrouded from head to toe in an elaborate costume, complete with full face mask to conceal his or her identity. One singer will be eliminated each week, ultimately revealing his or her true identity.
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Title: The Masked Singer
Character: Cyclops
Released: January 2, 2019
Type: TV
Celebrities compete in a singing competition with one major twist: each singer is shrouded from head to toe in an elaborate costume, complete with full face mask to conceal his or her identity. One singer will be eliminated each week, ultimately revealing his or her true identity.
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The Healer
Title: The Healer
Character: Father Malloy
Released: February 17, 2017
Type: Movie
The film follows a man with an unwanted gift for healing who meets a teenager with cancer who helps him to find himself.
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Title: MacGyver
Character: Jerry Ortega
Released: September 23, 2016
Type: TV
20-something Angus MacGyver creates a clandestine organization where he uses his knack for solving problems in unconventional ways to help prevent disasters from happening.
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Rock Dog
Title: Rock Dog
Character: Germur (voice)
Released: July 8, 2016
Type: Movie
When a radio falls from the sky into the hands of a wide-eyed Tibetan Mastiff, he leaves home to fulfill his dream of becoming a musician, setting into motion a series of completely unexpected events.
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Get a Job
Title: Get a Job
Character: Fernando the Janitor
Released: March 17, 2016
Type: Movie
Life after college graduation is not exactly going as planned for Will and Jillian who find themselves lost in a sea of increasingly strange jobs. But with help from their family, friends and coworkers they soon discover that the most important (and hilarious) adventures are the ones that we don't see coming.
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The Ridiculous 6
Title: The Ridiculous 6
Character: Herm
Released: December 11, 2015
Type: Movie
When his long-lost outlaw father returns, Tommy "White Knife" Stockburn goes on an adventure-filled journey across the Old West with his five brothers.
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The Wedding Ringer
Title: The Wedding Ringer
Character: Lurch / Garvey
Released: January 16, 2015
Type: Movie
Doug Harris is a loveable but socially awkward groom-to-be with a problem: he has no best man. With less than two weeks to go until he marries the girl of his dreams, Doug is referred to Jimmy Callahan, owner and CEO of Best Man, Inc., a company that provides flattering best men for socially challenged guys in need. What ensues is a hilarious wedding charade as they try to pull off the big con, and an unexpected budding bromance between Doug and his fake best man Jimmy.
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Cooties
Title: Cooties
Character: Rick
Released: October 10, 2014
Type: Movie
A mysterious virus hits an isolated elementary school, transforming the kids into a feral swarm of mass savages. An unlikely hero must lead a motley band of teachers in the fight of their lives.
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Title: Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories
Character: Bryan
Released: September 18, 2014
Type: TV
Tim and Eric's dark comedy anthology series.
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Title: BoJack Horseman
Character: Jorge Garcia (voice)
Released: August 22, 2014
Type: TV
Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the 90s - 20 years later. BoJack Horseman was the star of the hit TV show "Horsin' Around," but today he's washed up, living in Hollywood, complaining about everything, and wearing colorful sweaters.
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iSteve
Title: iSteve
Character: Steve Wozniak
Released: April 14, 2013
Type: Movie
A comedic look at the life of Steve Jobs.
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Title: Alcatraz
Character: Diego Soto
Released: January 16, 2012
Type: TV
A unique team, consisting of a federal agent, a police officer and a conspiracy theory novelist, investigate the shocking reappearance of Alcatraz's most notorious prisoners, fifty years after they supposedly vanished.
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Maktub
Title: Maktub
Character: Carlos
Released: December 16, 2011
Type: Movie
The title refers to those strange coincidences that happen to us sometimes and that seem inevitable, like a product of destiny. Inspired by the experience of a Canarian child victim of cancer, the film is conceived as a Christmas story.
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Title: Once Upon a Time
Character: Anton
Released: October 23, 2011
Type: TV
There is a town in Maine where every story book character you've ever known is trapped between two worlds, victims of a powerful curse. Only one knows the truth and only one can break the spell. Emma Swan is a 28-year-old bail bonds collector who has been supporting herself since she was abandoned as a baby. Things change for her when her son Henry, whom she abandoned years ago, finds her and asks for her help explaining that she is from a different world where she is Snow White's missing daughter.
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Title: Mr. Sunshine
Character: Bobert
Released: February 9, 2011
Type: TV
Ben Donovan is a self-involved manager of a second-rate San Diego sports arena who begins to re-evaluate his life on his 40th birthday. Working alongside him is his boss and arena owner, Crystal--attractive, powerful and highly erratic; Alice--the cute, tomboyish marketing director and Ben's friend with benefits; Alonzo--a former basketball player, handsome and unbelievably happy; Ben's assistant, Heather--pretty, sweet, but terrifying because she once lit a boyfriend on fire; Crystal's son, Roman--sweet-faced, clueless and Ben's newest employee; and a hapless operations crew whom Ben refers to collectively as the "Steves."
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Title: Hawaii Five-0
Character: Jerry Ortega
Released: September 20, 2010
Type: TV
Steve McGarrett returns home to Oahu, in order to find his father's killer. The governor offers him the chance to run his own task force (Five-0). Steve's team is joined by Chin Ho Kelly, Danny "Danno" Williams, and Kono Kalakaua.
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The New Man in Charge
Title: The New Man in Charge
Character: Hugo Reyes
Released: August 24, 2010
Type: Movie
Epilogue to the TV series Lost.
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Title: Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Character: Self
Released: March 2, 2009
Type: TV
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon is an American late-night talk show airing weeknights at 12:35 am Eastern/11:35 pm Central on NBC in the United States. The hour-long show premiered on March 2, 2009, and is hosted by actor, comedian and performer Jimmy Fallon, an alumnus of Saturday Night Live. Hip hop/neo soul band The Roots serve as the show's house band, and Steve Higgins is the show's announcer. The third incarnation of the Late Night franchise originated by David Letterman, the program originates from NBC Studio 6B in the GE Building at 30 Rockefeller Center in New York City. The show typically opens with a brief monologue from Fallon, followed by a comedy "desk piece," as well as prerecorded segments and audience competitions. The next segment is devoted to a celebrity interview, with guests ranging from actors and musicians to media personalities and political figures. The show then closes with either a musical or comedy performance. The show frequently employs digital media into its comedy, which has become crucial to its success. Fallon has been appointed to become the next host of The Tonight Show, where he will succeed the current host Jay Leno at the conclusion of the 2014 Winter Olympics, with fellow SNL alum Seth Meyers slated to replace Fallon.
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Title: Fringe
Character: Kevin
Released: September 9, 2008
Type: TV
FBI Special Agent Olivia Dunham, brilliant but formerly institutionalized scientist Walter Bishop and his scheming, reluctant son Peter uncover a deadly mystery involving a series of unbelievable events and realize they may be a part of a larger, more disturbing pattern that blurs the line between science fiction and technology.
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Lost: Missing Pieces: Jin Has a Temper-Tantrum on the Golf Course
Title: Lost: Missing Pieces: Jin Has a Temper-Tantrum on the Golf Course
Character: Hugo "Hurley" Reyes
Released: January 14, 2008
Type: Movie
On day 41, while playing a game of golf with Michael and Hurley, Jin shouts in frustration about his problems.
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Lost: Missing Pieces: Arzt & Crafts
Title: Lost: Missing Pieces: Arzt & Crafts
Character: Hugo "Hurley" Reyes
Released: December 17, 2007
Type: Movie
On day 7, Arzt tries to dissuade some of the crash survivors from following Jack by moving into the caves, that is until he hears the monster and decides to move there himself.
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Lost: Missing Pieces: The Adventures of Hurley and Frogurt
Title: Lost: Missing Pieces: The Adventures of Hurley and Frogurt
Character: Hugo "Hurley" Reyes
Released: November 13, 2007
Type: Movie
As Hurley gets wine for his picnic with Libby on day 64, he is confronted by crash survivor Neil, a frozen yogurt salesman nicknamed Frogurt. Frogurt tells Hurley that he also has a crush on Libby and is waiting for Hurley's relationship with her to crumble.
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Title: Lost: Missing Pieces
Character: Hugo 'Hurley' Reyes
Released: November 5, 2007
Type: TV
Lost: Missing Pieces is a series of thirteen never-before-seen stories taken from the 'Lost' Flashbacks. The Missing Pieces retains many of the cast members from the television series and gives more clues about the past days of the island characters.
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Sweetzer
Title: Sweetzer
Character: Sergio
Released: August 13, 2007
Type: Movie
Dumped by a vindictive girlfriend (Jen Dede), broke and in need of therapy, Cooper (Wayne Reynolds) joins a support group for sex addicts. With the help of Mitch (Bryan Callen), a group member with a dark secret, and obscure celebrity Sergio (Jorge Garcia), Cooper tries to pick up the pieces. With a little luck, he may even get another chance at love. Reynolds wrote and directed this comic drama, based on his one-man play.
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Title: Californication
Character: Drug Dealer
Released: August 13, 2007
Type: TV
A self-loathing, alcoholic writer attempts to repair his damaged relationships with his daughter and her mother while combating sex addiction, a budding drug problem, and the seeming inability to avoid making bad decisions.
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Deck the Halls
Title: Deck the Halls
Character: Wallace
Released: November 22, 2006
Type: Movie
Determined to unseat Steve Finch's reign as the town's holiday season king, Buddy Hall plasters his house with so many decorative lights that it'll be visible from space! When their wives bond, and their kids follow suit, the two men only escalate their rivalry - and their decorating.
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Click
Title: Click
Character: Ammer in SAP scene (uncredited)
Released: June 23, 2006
Type: Movie
A married workaholic, Michael Newman doesn't have time for his wife and children, not if he's to impress his ungrateful boss and earn a well-deserved promotion. So when he meets Morty, a loopy sales clerk, he gets the answer to his prayers: a magical remote that allows him to bypass life's little distractions with increasingly hysterical results.
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Title: How I Met Your Mother
Character: Steve Henry
Released: September 19, 2005
Type: TV
A father recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he and his four best friends took leading up to him meeting their mother.
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Little Athens
Title: Little Athens
Character: Pedro
Released: June 1, 2005
Type: Movie
A day in Athens, Arizona, as teens and twenty-somethings navigate life without a compass. Jimmy has gambling debts and sees a chance to steal and sell a dead-man's stash of drugs. The corpse's cousin smells a rat. Jessica, who is babysitting, abandons her charge to seek someone to defend her from a boyfriend angry that he's caught an STD. Corey is responsible for his teen sister, and he and his pal Pedro have been evicted, so they plot to steal a car, sell it, and get back in their apartment. Heather, an EMT, thinks her cop boyfriend is cheating, and she confides in her best friend. There's a party that night where all comes to a head.
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The Good Humor Man
Title: The Good Humor Man
Character: Mt. Rushmore
Released: March 16, 2005
Type: Movie
A mischievous high school sophomore faces a conflict of conscience vs. character when his best friend becomes linked to the death of a youth from another clique in suburban Middle America circa '76.
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Our Time Is Up
Title: Our Time Is Up
Character: Gardner
Released: October 8, 2004
Type: Movie
When therapist Dr. Leonard Stern discovers he has six weeks to live, he adopts a fresh method of treatment: brutal honesty.
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Title: Lost
Character: Hurley Reyes
Released: September 22, 2004
Type: TV
Stripped of everything, the survivors of a horrific plane crash must work together to stay alive. But the island holds many secrets.
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Title: Lost
Character: Hurley
Released: September 22, 2004
Type: TV
Stripped of everything, the survivors of a horrific plane crash must work together to stay alive. But the island holds many secrets.
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Title: The Tony Danza Show
Character: Self - Guest
Released: September 13, 2004
Type: TV
The Tony Danza Show was a daytime variety talk show that premiered on September 13, 2004 in syndication and was distributed by Buena Vista Television.
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Tales from the Crapper
Title: Tales from the Crapper
Character: Racoon Head
Released: January 29, 2004
Type: Movie
Anthology of horror stories from Troma Entertainment.
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Title: Best Week Ever
Released: January 23, 2004
Type: TV
Best Week Ever is a weekly television program on the United States cable/satellite network VH1. It started airing in 2004 and was put on hiatus in the summer of 2009. In January 2010, it was announced that the show was cancelled. On August 3, 2012, VH1 announced the return of Best Week Ever. New weekly episodes began January 18, 2013. On the show, comedians analyze the previous week's developments in pop culture, including recent happenings in entertainment and celebrity gossip. The show's tagline is, "It's everything you love, everything you missed, and all the stuff you need to see again."
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Title: Rock Me Baby
Character: Vizzy
Released: September 16, 2003
Type: TV
Rock Me Baby is an American television series set in Denver, Colorado. It is a comedy / drama that debuted on September 15, 2003 on UPN. Rock Me Baby stars actor and comedian Dan Cortese as Jimmy Cox, co-host of a popular Denver radio show with his best friend, Carl, played by Carl Anthony Payne II. Bianca Kajlich plays Beth Cox, Jimmy's wife, and the two have a baby named Otis. Tammy Townsend plays Beth's best friend, Pamela, who is obsessed with the glamorous life.
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Title: Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Released: January 26, 2003
Type: TV
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.
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Tomorrow by Midnight
Title: Tomorrow by Midnight
Character: Jay
Released: August 2, 2001
Type: Movie
Four college kids come to a video store near midnight, and through an unusual twist become embroiled in a hostage situation.
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Title: Curb Your Enthusiasm
Character: Drug Dealer
Released: October 15, 2000
Type: TV
The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe in which he can't seem to do anything right, and, by his standards, neither can anyone else.
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Title: Becker
Character: Hector Lopez
Released: November 2, 1998
Type: TV
Becker is a dedicated, outspoken and talented doctor with a gruff exterior. While he tends to offend those who try to get close to him, he is extremely dedicated to his medical practice in the Bronx, N.Y., where he always goes the extra mile to help those in need. But Dr. John Becker looks at the world around him and sees a society gone mad, full of incongruities and just plain wrong thinking. And he has no qualms about saying anything that comes to mind – anything.
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Title: The Wild Thornberrys
Character: Ricardo (voice)
Released: September 1, 1998
Type: TV
The Wild Thornberrys is an American animated television series that aired on Nickelodeon.
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Title: The View
Character: Self
Released: August 11, 1997
Type: TV
ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, Meghan McCain, and Abby Huntsman, discussing the most exciting events of the day. Hot topics in the news, the best experts in their field, celebrity interviews and general entertainment are all part of The View.
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Title: Spin City
Character: Cabbie
Released: September 17, 1996
Type: TV
Workaholic Mike Flaherty is the Deputy Mayor of New York City, serving as Mayor Randall Winston's key strategist and much-needed handler. Mike runs the city with the help of his oddball staff: an anxious and insecure press secretary; a sexist, boorish chief of staff; an impeccably groomed gay activist running minority affairs; a sharp and efficient, man-crazy accountant; and an idealistic young speechwriter. Like Mike, they are all professionally capable but personally challenged.
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Title: Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Character: Self - Guest
Released: September 13, 1993
Type: TV
Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien that aired 2,725 episodes on NBC between 1993 and 2009. The show featured varied comedic material, celebrity interviews, and musical and comedy performances. The second incarnation of NBC's Late Night franchise, O'Brien's debuted in 1993 after David Letterman, who hosted the first incarnation of Late Night, moved to CBS to host Late Show opposite The Tonight Show. In 2004, as part of a deal to secure a new contract, NBC announced that O'Brien would leave Late Night in 2009 to succeed Jay Leno as the host of The Tonight Show. Jimmy Fallon began hosting his version of Late Night on March 2, 2009.
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Raven's Ridge
Title: Raven's Ridge
Character: Monty
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
Baxter Bodine thinks he's planned the perfect robbery. From an armored car at a local horseracing track, he and his friends have liberated a huge amount of money, hiding it deep in the woods with plans to return for it in one year, "after the heat cools down." But Baxter planned wrong - and he gets a surprise visit from the LAPD. Now it's up to his friends to recover the cash and get out of town.
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Title: Columbo
Character: Julius
Released: September 15, 1971
Type: TV
Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.
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The Ordained
Title: The Ordained
Character: Carlos
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
About the son of a Kennedy-esque family who leaves the priesthood and becomes a lawyer to prevent his politician sister from being assassinated.
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A Pretty Good Movie
Title: A Pretty Good Movie
Character: Victor
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
After 50 years of failure an amalgamated man sets out to make a name for himself through cinema, but as his production unfolds the various versions of him clash over whose story is being told while confronting an entrenched industry that may never let him finish.