Phillip Edward Van Lear

Phillip Edward Van Lear


in Aurora, Illinois, USA
Phillip Edward Van Lear is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Michael Sr. in Tyler Perry's film Meet the Browns and Louis Patterson on FOX's Prison Break.

Movies for Phillip Edward Van Lear...

Killing Eleanor
Title: Killing Eleanor
Character: Harold
Released: October 29, 2020
Type: Movie
A terminally ill old lady who wants to die on her own terms convinces a self-destructive addict to help kill her, in exchange for clean urine.
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Holiday Heist
Title: Holiday Heist
Character: Robert
Released: November 19, 2019
Type: Movie
A man released from prison is torn between a life of crime and a fresh start with a woman he meets while scoping out a potential heist.
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Animator
Title: Animator
Character: Gerald
Released: January 1, 2019
Type: Movie
An artist gains the power to draw the future and erase the past.
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The Perfect Christmas Present
Title: The Perfect Christmas Present
Character: Sam
Released: November 4, 2017
Type: Movie
Tom Jacobs is Mr Christmas! He's built an entire business around helping clients find the perfect gift. But what happens when he falls for one lucky recipient?
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The Crash
Title: The Crash
Character: Colonel Ryan
Released: January 13, 2017
Type: Movie
In the not so distant future, a team of white collar criminals are enlisted by the Federal government to thwart a cyber-attack that threatens to bankrupt the United States of America.
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Southside with You
Title: Southside with You
Character: Fraser C. Robinson
Released: August 26, 2016
Type: Movie
Chronicles a single day in the summer of 1989 when the future president of the United States, Barack Obama, wooed his future First Lady on an epic first date across Chicago's South Side.
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A Light Beneath Their Feet
Title: A Light Beneath Their Feet
Character: Joe
Released: May 6, 2016
Type: Movie
A high school senior must choose between enrolling at the college of her dreams and remaining at home to take care of her bipolar mother.
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Title: Crisis
Character: Senator Mason Yarrow
Released: March 16, 2014
Type: TV
When Washington's most powerful players are pulled into an international conspiracy, an unlikely puppeteer will bring everyone from CEOs to The President of the United States to their knees by threatening the things they hold most dear.
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My Dog the Space Traveler
Title: My Dog the Space Traveler
Character: Clarence
Released: February 21, 2013
Type: Movie
Robin Christian's family-friendly sci-fi adventure film My Dog the Space Traveler begins when a dog goes missing because of a time portal in his family's backyard. The boy who cares for the dog puts together a team of friends in order to rescue his favorite pet before he's gone forever.
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The Express
Title: The Express
Character: NAACP Member
Released: October 10, 2008
Type: Movie
Based on the incredible true story, The Express follows the inspirational life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.
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Meet the Browns
Title: Meet the Browns
Character: Michael Sr.
Released: March 21, 2008
Type: Movie
A single mother living in inner city Chicago, Brenda has been struggling for years to make ends meet and keep her three kids off the street. When she's laid off with no warning, she starts losing hope for the first time - until a letter arrives announcing the death of a father she's never met. Desperate for any kind of help, Brenda takes her family to Georgia for the funeral, but nothing could have prepared her for the Browns, her father's fun-loving, crass Southern clan. In a small-town world full of long afternoons and country fairs, Brenda struggles to get to know the family she never knew existed... and finds a brand new romance that just might change her life.
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Title: Prison Break
Character: Louis Patterson
Released: August 29, 2005
Type: TV
Due to a political conspiracy, an innocent man is sent to death row and his only hope is his brother, who makes it his mission to deliberately get himself sent to the same prison in order to break the both of them out, from the inside out.
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The Rest of Your Life
Title: The Rest of Your Life
Character: Buddy
Released: February 13, 2001
Type: Movie
Dave McGuiness is about to propose to his longtime girlfriend, but before he does he'll embark on an epic journey across South Chicago to discover whether or not he's ready for a life of marriage.
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Chicago Cab
Title: Chicago Cab
Character: Father-To-Be
Released: September 18, 1998
Type: Movie
A day in the life of a Chicago cab driver is examined as he picks up fares from the good and bad parts of the city and emotionally connects to many of his passengers.
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Night of the Lawyers
Title: Night of the Lawyers
Character: TV Anchorman
Released: October 30, 1997
Type: Movie
They are armed. They are dangerous. They are lawyers. A hard working emergency room doctor is being harassed by a firm on nasty lawyers. An encounter with a friendly alien gives the doctor the power to vaporize people and to take on this firm of unscrupulous lawyers.
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Title: EZ Streets
Released: October 27, 1996
Type: TV
EZ Streets is an American television drama series created by Paul Haggis. It premiered on CBS on October 27, 1996 with a two hour pilot telefilm. The series stars Ken Olin, Joe Pantoliano, and Jason Gedrick.
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Title: Early Edition
Released: September 28, 1996
Type: TV
Gary Hobson thinks he may even be losing his mind when tomorrow's newspaper mysteriously arrives today giving him a disconcerting look into the future. What will he do with tomorrow's news?
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A Family Thing
Title: A Family Thing
Character: Club Manager
Released: March 29, 1996
Type: Movie
Earl Pilcher Jr. runs an equipment rental outfit in Arkansas, lives with his wife and kids and parents, and rarely takes off his gimme cap. His mother dies, leaving a letter explaining he's not her natural son, but the son of a Black woman who died in childbirth; plus, he has a half brother Ray, in Chicago, she wants him to visit. Earl makes the trip, initially receiving a cold welcome from Ray and Ray's son, Virgil. His birth mother's sister, Aunt T., an aged and blind matriarch, takes Earl in tow and insists that the family open up to him.
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Thieves Quartet
Title: Thieves Quartet
Character: Jimmy Fuqua
Released: October 1, 1993
Type: Movie
Art gathers the ex-prisoners Jimmy and Mike with his girlfriend Jessica and presents a plan for kidnapping the daughter of a millionaire. The plan works perfectly and while waiting for the ransom in the border of Canada, ready to go to Rio de Janeiro, an incident happens with Jessica plus a betrayal in the group.