Andy Serkis

Andy Serkis

Born: April 20, 1964
in Ruislip, Middlesex, England, UK
Andrew Clement Serkis (born 20 April 1964) is an English actor, director and producer of Iraqi and Armenian descent. He is best known for his performance capture roles comprising motion capture acting, animation, and voice work for computer-generated characters such as Gollum in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003) and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012), King Kong in the eponymous 2005 film, Caesar in the Planet of the Apes reboot series (2011–2017), Captain Haddock / Sir Francis Haddock in Steven Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin (2011), and Supreme Leader Snoke in the Star Wars sequel trilogy films The Force Awakens (2015) and The Last Jedi (2017). In 2018, he portrayed the character of Baloo in his self-directed film, Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle.

Serkis is one of the highest-grossing actors of all time, number ten, and his film work in motion capture has been critically acclaimed. He has received an Empire Award and two Saturn Awards for his motion-capture acting. He earned a Golden Globe nomination for his portrayal of serial killer Ian Brady in the British television film Longford (2006) and was nominated for a BAFTA for his portrayal of new wave and punk rock musician Ian Dury in the biopic Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (2010). In 2020, Serkis received the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema. In 2021, he won a Daytime Emmy Award for the series The Letter for the King (2020).

Serkis portrayed Ulysses Klaue in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) and Black Panther (2018). He also played Alfred Pennyworth in The Batman (2022). Serkis has his own production company and motion capture workshop, The Imaginarium in London, which he used for Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle. He made his directorial debut with Imaginarium's 2017 film Breathe. He directed Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021), which is set in Sony's Spider-Man Universe.

Movies for Andy Serkis...

Blue Whales: Return of the Giants
Title: Blue Whales: Return of the Giants
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: May 25, 2023
Type: Movie
Blue Whales: Return of the Giants 3D takes viewers on a journey of a lifetime to explore the world of the magnificent blue whale, a species rebounding from the brink of extinction. Following two scientific expeditions—one to find a missing population of blues off the exotic Seychelles Islands, the other to chronicle whale families in Mexico’s stunning Gulf of California—the film is an inspirational story that transforms our understanding of the largest animal ever to have lived.
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Luther: The Fallen Sun
Title: Luther: The Fallen Sun
Character: David Robey
Released: February 24, 2023
Type: Movie
A gruesome serial killer is terrorizing London while brilliant but disgraced detective John Luther sits behind bars. Haunted by his failure to capture the cyber psychopath who now taunts him, Luther decides to break out of prison to finish the job by any means necessary.
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Creature
Title: Creature
Character: (voice)
Released: February 23, 2023
Type: Movie
On a remote Arctic research station, a captive creature (played by the English National Ballet’s charismatic principal dancer Jeffrey Cirio) is unwittingly enlisted into a military program that subjects him to sinister experiments. Amid this turmoil, he finds himself enamoured with a cleaner, the only person who shows him kindness; together, these two outsiders dream of escape from their dystopian surrounds.
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Title: Star Wars: Andor
Character: Kino Loy
Released: September 21, 2022
Type: TV
The tale of the burgeoning rebellion against the Empire and how people and planets became involved. In an era filled with danger, deception and intrigue, Cassian Andor embarks on the path that is destined to turn him into a rebel hero.
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Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
Title: Andor: A Disney+ Day Special Look
Character: Kino Loy (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: September 8, 2022
Type: Movie
Celebrate Disney+ Day with a special look at the Star Wars original series Andor.
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The Batman
Title: The Batman
Character: Alfred Pennyworth
Released: March 1, 2022
Type: Movie
In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own family while facing a serial killer known as the Riddler.
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Title: Animal
Character: Self - Narrator (voice)
Released: November 10, 2021
Type: TV
This immersive series follows the world's most magnificent creatures, capturing never-before-seen moments from the heartwarming to the outrageous.
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Polycephaly in D
Title: Polycephaly in D
Character: (archive footage)
Released: September 10, 2021
Type: Movie
Informed by an underlying sense of anxiety and anguish, Michael Robinson’s Polycephaly in D nestles fragments of narrative within a collage of sound, image, and text that oscillates between the elegant and the discordant.
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Title: What If...?
Character: Ulysses Klaue (voice)
Released: August 11, 2021
Type: TV
Taking inspiration from the comic books of the same name, each episode of this animated anthology series questions, revisits and twists classic Marvel Cinematic moments.
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SAS: Red Notice
Title: SAS: Red Notice
Character: George Clements
Released: August 11, 2021
Type: Movie
An off-duty SAS soldier, Tom Buckingham, must thwart a terror attack on a train running through the Channel Tunnel. As the action escalates on the train, events transpire in the corridors of power that may make the difference as to whether Buckingham and the civilian passengers make it out of the tunnel alive.
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A Christmas Carol
Title: A Christmas Carol
Character: Marley's Ghost (voice)
Released: December 4, 2020
Type: Movie
The radical new take on Dickens’ classic seeks both to exhume the original story’s gritty commentary on social inequality and the corrupting influence of greed, and to breathe new life into the lyricism of the original text by setting its scenes to extraordinary tableaux of modern dance.
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Title: The Savoy
Character: Self
Released: September 30, 2020
Type: TV
The Savoy hotel... Its very name synonymous with glamour and exclusivity. But what really goes on behind those famous revolving doors?
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Title: Once Upon a Time in Iraq
Character: Narrator
Released: July 13, 2020
Type: TV
With unique personal archive from civilians and soldiers from both sides of the conflict, this series takes viewers closer to the realities of war and life under Isis than they have ever been before.
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Title: Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Character: Count Rugen
Released: June 29, 2020
Type: TV
Serialized remake of 'The Princess Bride' told in short chapters featuring celebrities at home during quarantine.
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A Christmas Carol
Title: A Christmas Carol
Character: Ghost of Christmas Past
Released: December 19, 2019
Type: Movie
London, 1843. Ebenezer Scrooge, a bitter old man, despises the Christmas holiday. Over the course of Christmas Eve night he is visited by three ghosts to show him his past, present and future.
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Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Title: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Character: Snoke (voice)
Released: December 18, 2019
Type: Movie
The surviving Resistance faces the First Order once again as the journey of Rey, Finn and Poe Dameron continues. With the power and knowledge of generations behind them, the final battle begins.
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The Animated World of Halas and Batchelor
Title: The Animated World of Halas and Batchelor
Character: Himself
Released: July 11, 2019
Type: Movie
The story of married animators, John Halas and Joy Batchelor. A Jewish emigre from Hungary and a working class woman from Watford, England, John and Joy fell in love, created cartoons that helped the allies to win the war, and produced the first feature-length animation in British cinema history, Animal Farm (1954).
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Long Shot
Title: Long Shot
Character: Parker Wembley
Released: May 2, 2019
Type: Movie
Journalist Fred Flarsky reunites with his childhood crush, Charlotte Field, now one of the most influential women in the world. As she prepares to make a run for the Presidency, Charlotte hires Fred as her speechwriter — much to the dismay of her trusted advisers.
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Raymond Briggs: Snowmen, Bogeymen and Milkmen
Title: Raymond Briggs: Snowmen, Bogeymen and Milkmen
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 2018
Type: Movie
Playful, moving portrait of Raymond Briggs, told through interviews with Raymond, animation illustrated by Chris Riddell, and contributions from friends and admirers.
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Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Title: Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle
Character: Baloo
Released: November 25, 2018
Type: Movie
A human child raised by wolves, must face off against a menacing tiger named Shere Khan, as well as his own origins.
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Title: Neanderthals - Meet Your Ancestors
Character: Himself - Presenter
Released: May 13, 2018
Type: TV
According to recent science the Neanderthals are not the knuckle-dragging apemen of popular imagination. In fact they are our distant ancestors. About 2% of the DNA of most people is of Neanderthal origin—and it continues to affect us today. Ella Al-Shamahi enlists the skills of Andy Serkis, the master of performance capture, and a group of experts to investigate Neanderthals.
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The Director and the Jedi
Title: The Director and the Jedi
Character: Self
Released: March 12, 2018
Type: Movie
An intimate documentary delving into Rian Johnson's process as he comes in as a director new to the Star Wars universe.
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Black Panther
Title: Black Panther
Character: Ulysses Klaue
Released: February 13, 2018
Type: Movie
King T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne by factions within his own country as well as without. Using powers reserved to Wakandan kings, T'Challa assumes the Black Panther mantle to join with ex-girlfriend Nakia, the queen-mother, his princess-kid sister, members of the Dora Milaje (the Wakandan 'special forces') and an American secret agent, to prevent Wakanda from being dragged into a world war.
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Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Title: Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Character: Supreme Leader Snoke
Released: December 13, 2017
Type: Movie
Rey develops her newly discovered abilities with the guidance of Luke Skywalker, who is unsettled by the strength of her powers. Meanwhile, the Resistance prepares to do battle with the First Order.
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Great Performers: Horror Show
Title: Great Performers: Horror Show
Character: The Demented Clown
Released: December 7, 2017
Type: Movie
Horror films dominated the cultural conversation in 2017. From the surprise hit “Get Out” to the movie adaption of “It” to the campy “Happy Death Day,” scary movies had an unusual hold on the collective imagination during that year. Maybe it's because reality was pretty horrifying, too. To punctuate the end of a hair-raising year, The New York Times Magazine asked ten actors who gave the best performances to play a series of eerie roles.
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War for the Planet of the Apes
Title: War for the Planet of the Apes
Character: Caesar
Released: July 11, 2017
Type: Movie
Caesar and his apes are forced into a deadly conflict with an army of humans led by a ruthless Colonel. After the apes suffer unimaginable losses, Caesar wrestles with his darker instincts and begins his own mythic quest to avenge his kind. As the journey finally brings them face to face, Caesar and the Colonel are pitted against each other in an epic battle that will determine the fate of both their species and the future of the planet.
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Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey
Title: Secrets of the Force Awakens: A Cinematic Journey
Character: Self
Released: April 16, 2016
Type: Movie
An inside look at the making of the movie Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015), featuring footage and exclusive interviews with the actors and filmmakers.
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Title: Fungus the Bogeyman
Character: Narrator
Released: December 27, 2015
Type: TV
An adaptation of Raymond Briggs' children's classic that mixes live action and CGI animation to follow the adventures of a family of green monsters who live in the slimy underground world of Bogeydom. Fungus and his wife Mildew suspect their son Mould is illicitly dabbling in human culture, sparking a family argument that sees the boy flee to the surface. Above ground in Daventry, Daryl Hedge's go-getting wife Wendy won't let him forget it that he is unemployed, while his daughter Lucy has fallen for a disagreeable older boy called Dean.
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Fungus The Bogeyman
Title: Fungus The Bogeyman
Released: December 27, 2015
Type: Movie
Raymond Briggs' classic family story about smelly monsters, dangerous humans and what happens when the things that go bump in the night move in next door comes to life on Sky 1. Timothy Spall, Victoria Wood and Keeley Hawes star
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Title: Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Character: Supreme Leader Snoke
Released: December 15, 2015
Type: Movie
Thirty years after defeating the Galactic Empire, Han Solo and his allies face a new threat from the evil Kylo Ren and his army of Stormtroopers.
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Title: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Character: Self
Released: September 8, 2015
Type: TV
Stephen Colbert brings his signature satire and comedy to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, the #1 show in late night, where he talks with an eclectic mix of guests about what is new and relevant in the worlds of politics, entertainment, business, music, technology, and more. Featuring bandleader Jon Batiste with his band Stay Human, the Emmy Award-nominated show is broadcast from the historic Ed Sullivan Theater. Stephen Colbert, Chris Licht, Tom Purcell, and Jon Stewart are executive producers. Barry Julien and Denise Rehrig serve as co-executive producers.
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We Are Stars
Title: We Are Stars
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: July 1, 2015
Type: Movie
What are we made of? Where did it all come from? Explore the secrets of our cosmic chemistry and our explosive origins. Connect life on Earth to the evolution of the Universe by following the formation of Hydrogen atoms to the synthesis of Carbon, and the molecules for life. Narrated by Andy Serkis. For planetariums and digital dome theatres.
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Avengers: Age of Ultron
Title: Avengers: Age of Ultron
Character: Ulysses Klaue
Released: April 22, 2015
Type: Movie
When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to The Avengers to stop him from enacting his terrible plans, and soon uneasy alliances and unexpected action pave the way for an epic and unique global adventure.
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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Title: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Character: Caesar
Released: July 8, 2014
Type: Movie
A group of scientists in San Francisco struggle to stay alive in the aftermath of a plague that is wiping out humanity, while Caesar tries to maintain dominance over his community of intelligent apes.
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Title: The Wil Wheaton Project
Character: Self
Released: May 27, 2014
Type: TV
Each week, Wil provides his insider point-of-view, sense of humor and expertise as he dissects the week’s most popular and trending topics across sci-fi film, television and pop culture, as well as video games, viral videos and news. Wil is on his feet for the rapid-fire half hour, delivering sharp, straight-to-camera commentary as he riffs his way through content clips. The result is a fun appreciation for all things nerdy/geeky.
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Title: Late Night with Seth Meyers
Character: Self
Released: February 25, 2014
Type: TV
Seth Meyers, who is "Saturday Night Live’s" longest serving anchor on the show’s wildly popular "Weekend Update," takes over as host of NBC’s "Late Night" — home to A-list celebrity guests, memorable comedy and the best in musical talent. As the Emmy Award-winning head writer for "SNL," Meyers has established a reputation for sharp wit and perfectly timed comedy, and has gained fame for his spot-on jokes and satire. Meyers takes his departure from "SNL" to his new post at "Late Night," as Jimmy Fallon moves to "The Tonight Show".
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The Magnificent Lion Boy
Title: The Magnificent Lion Boy
Character: Umberto Farini
Released: May 21, 2013
Type: Movie
Whilst leading an expedition to Africa, anthropologist Leonard Orlov discovers a feral child living a brutal and primitive existence. Horrified, he brings the creature back to Victorian London, intent on civilizing the child.
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Title: The Frame
Character: Caesar
Released: April 9, 2013
Type: TV
A journey through the world of classic and contemporary cinema.
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Title: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Character: Gollum
Released: December 12, 2012
Type: Movie
Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by Gandalf the Grey and thirteen dwarves who seek to reclaim their mountain home from Smaug, the dragon.
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London: The Modern Babylon
Title: London: The Modern Babylon
Character: Spoken Quotations (voice)
Released: August 3, 2012
Type: Movie
London: The Modern Babylon is legendary director Julien Temple's epic time-traveling voyage to the heart of his hometown.
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Title: The Dark: Nature's Nighttime World
Character: Self - Narrator
Released: July 29, 2012
Type: TV
A new perspective on wildlife at night. A team of biologists and specialist camera crew explore the length of South and Central America to find out how animals have adapted to life in the dark.
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Arthur Christmas
Title: Arthur Christmas
Character: Lead Elf (voice)
Released: November 10, 2011
Type: Movie
Each Christmas, Santa and his vast army of highly trained elves produce gifts and distribute them around the world in one night. However, when one of 600 million children to receive a gift from Santa on Christmas Eve is missed, it is deemed ‘acceptable’ to all but one—Arthur. Arthur Claus is Santa’s misfit son who executes an unauthorised rookie mission to get the last present half way around the globe before dawn on Christmas morning.
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The Adventures of Tintin
Title: The Adventures of Tintin
Character: Captain Haddock / Sir Francis Haddock (voice)
Released: October 24, 2011
Type: Movie
Intrepid young reporter, Tintin, and his loyal dog, Snowy, are thrust into a world of high adventure when they discover a ship carrying an explosive secret. As Tintin is drawn into a centuries-old mystery, Ivan Ivanovitch Sakharine suspects him of stealing a priceless treasure. Tintin and Snowy, with the help of salty, cantankerous Captain Haddock and bumbling detectives, Thompson and Thomson, travel half the world, one step ahead of their enemies, as Tintin endeavors to find the Unicorn, a sunken ship that may hold a vast fortune, but also an ancient curse.
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Wild Bill
Title: Wild Bill
Character: Glen
Released: October 21, 2011
Type: Movie
Out on parole after 8 years inside Bill Hayward returns home to find his now 11 and 15 year old sons abandoned by their mother and fending for themselves. Unwilling to play Dad, an uncaring Bill is determined to move on.
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Title: The Jonathan Ross Show
Character: Self
Released: September 3, 2011
Type: TV
The Jonathan Ross Show is a British chat show presented by Jonathan Ross. It was first broadcast on ITV on 3 September 2011 and currently airs on Saturday evenings following the conclusion of Ross' BBC One chat show, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, in July 2010.
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Title: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Character: Caesar
Released: August 3, 2011
Type: Movie
A highly intelligent chimpanzee named Caesar has been living a peaceful suburban life ever since he was born. But when he gets taken to a cruel primate facility, Caesar decides to revolt against those who have harmed him.
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Death of a Superhero
Title: Death of a Superhero
Character: Dr. Adrian King
Released: May 4, 2011
Type: Movie
A dying 15-year-old boy draws stories of an invincible superhero as he struggles with his mortality.
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The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge
Title: The Weird World of Eadweard Muybridge
Released: November 30, 2010
Type: Movie
Pioneer photographer, forefather of cinema, showman, murderer - Eadweard Muybridge was a Victorian enigma. He was born and died in Kingston upon Thames, but did his most famous work in California - freezing time and starting it up again, so that for the first time people could see how a racing horse's legs moved. He went on to animate the movements of naked ladies, wrestlers, athletes, elephants, cockatoos and his own naked body, projecting his images publicly with a machine he invented and astounding audiences worldwide with the first flickerings of cinema. Alan Yentob follows in Muybridge's footsteps as he makes - and often changes - his name, and sets off to kill his young wife's lover. With Andy Serkis as Muybridge
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Title: Accused
Character: Liam Black
Released: November 15, 2010
Type: TV
How certain people end up being accused of a crime.
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Title: Accused
Released: November 15, 2010
Type: TV
How certain people end up being accused of a crime.
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Burke & Hare
Title: Burke & Hare
Character: William Hare
Released: October 29, 2010
Type: Movie
Two 19th-century opportunists become serial killers so that they can maintain their profitable business supplying cadavers to an anatomist.
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Brighton Rock
Title: Brighton Rock
Character: Mr. Colleoni
Released: September 13, 2010
Type: Movie
Charts the headlong fall of Pinkie, a razor-wielding disadvantaged teenager with a religious death wish.
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Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Title: Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Character: Ian Dury
Released: January 8, 2010
Type: Movie
A biography of Ian Dury, who was stricken with polio at a young age and defied expectations by becoming one of the founders of the punk-rock scene in Britain in the 1970s.
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Inkheart
Title: Inkheart
Character: Capricorn
Released: December 11, 2008
Type: Movie
The adventures of a father and his young daughter, in their search for a long lost book that will help reunite a missing, close relative.
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Einstein and Eddington
Title: Einstein and Eddington
Character: Albert Einstein
Released: November 29, 2008
Type: Movie
A look at the evolution of Albert Einstein's theory of relativity, and Einstein's relationship with British scientist Sir Arthur Eddington, the first physicist to understand his ideas.
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Title: Little Dorrit
Character: Rigaud
Released: October 26, 2008
Type: TV
Amy Dorrit spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father who is a long term inmate of Marshalsea debtors' prison in London. Amy and her family's world is transformed when her employer's son, Arthur Clennam, returns from overseas to solve his family's mysterious legacy and discovers that their lives are interlinked.
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The Cottage
Title: The Cottage
Character: David
Released: February 7, 2008
Type: Movie
In a remote part of the countryside, a bungled kidnapping turns into a living nightmare for four central characters when they cross paths with a psychopathic farmer and all hell breaks loose.
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Sugarhouse
Title: Sugarhouse
Character: Hoodwink
Released: August 24, 2007
Type: Movie
Determined to kill his wife's lover, a middle-class accountant attempts to purchase a .38 from an inner-city crackhead, unaware the gun actually belongs to a psychotic drug lord who'd kill to get his weapon back.
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Extraordinary Rendition
Title: Extraordinary Rendition
Character: Maro, Interrogator
Released: August 20, 2007
Type: Movie
A man is abducted from the streets of London and transported via secret flights to an unknown country. Held in solitary confinement and cut off from the outside world, he is plunged into a lawless nightmare of detention without trial, interrogation and torture. Returned without explanation to the UK many months later, he is left to pick up the pieces of a shattered life in a world he no longer recognises.
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Title: Monkey Life
Character: Self (Voice)
Released: August 13, 2007
Type: TV
Monkey Life was created in 2006 and has continuously documented the work of Dr. Alison Cronin, MBE and her team at Monkey World; Ape Rescue Centre. Filmed at Monkey World in Dorset, Monkey Life follows the rescue and rehabilitation of abused and neglected primates. Many have mental as well as physical problems so the Primate Care Staff treat their individual needs until they can be reintegrated with primates of their own kind. The primates at the park range from apes, who were taken from the wild as babies and used as photographers props on Spanish beaches to monkeys, many of which were rescued from the UK pet trade. With unparalleled access Monkey World's dedicated team are filmed dealing with medical emergencies, primate moves, births and sometimes heart-breaking decisions. We follow Dr. Alison Cronin, MBE around the globe as she continues the park's mission to rescue abused primates. Monkey Life documents the daily life and drama of the world’s largest primate rescue centre.
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Title: The Graham Norton Show
Character: Self
Released: February 22, 2007
Type: TV
Each week celebrity guests join Irish comedian Graham Norton to discuss what's being going on around the world that week. The guests poke fun and share their opinions on the main news stories. Graham is often joined by a band or artist to play the show out.
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Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'
Title: Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'
Character: Self
Released: November 14, 2006
Type: Movie
Following the immense success of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Peter Jackson directs King Kong (2005). This documentary follows him, and the immense project from start to finish. It turns out that this one film may actually be a larger task to complete than all 3 of the Lord of the Rings films together.
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Longford
Title: Longford
Character: Ian Brady
Released: October 26, 2006
Type: Movie
A portrait of Lord Longford, a tireless British campaigner whose controversial beliefs often resulted in furious political debate and personal conflict.
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Flushed Away
Title: Flushed Away
Character: Spike (voice)
Released: October 22, 2006
Type: Movie
London high-society mouse, Roddy is flushed down the toilet by Sid, a common sewer rat. Hang on for a madcap adventure deep in the sewer bowels of Ratropolis, where Roddy meets the resourceful Rita, the rodent-hating Toad and his faithful thugs, Spike and Whitey.
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The Prestige
Title: The Prestige
Character: Alley
Released: October 19, 2006
Type: Movie
A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.
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Title: Simon Schama's Power of Art
Released: October 19, 2006
Type: TV
Documentary series in which historian Simon Schama recounts the story of eight moments of high drama in the making of eight artistic masterpieces.
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Title: The One Show
Character: Self
Released: August 14, 2006
Type: TV
A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One and BBC One HD. The programme is currently hosted by Alex Jones and Matt Baker from Monday-Thursday, with Chris Evans appearing instead of Baker on Fridays and relief presenters appearing when required.
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Stormbreaker
Title: Stormbreaker
Character: Mr. Grin
Released: July 21, 2006
Type: Movie
Alex Rider thinks he is a normal school boy, until his uncle is killed. He discovers that his uncle was actually spy on a mission, when he was killed. Alex is recruited by Alan Blunt to continue the mission. He is sent to Cornwall to investigate a new computer system, which Darrius Sayle has created. He plans to give the new computer systems to every school in the country, but Mr. Blunt has other ideas and Alex must find out what it is.
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King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries
Title: King Kong: Peter Jackson's Production Diaries
Character: Self
Released: December 13, 2005
Type: Movie
Academy Award - winning filmmaker Peter Jackson invites you behind the scenes of his latest movie to witness the birth of King Kong.
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King Kong
Title: King Kong
Character: Kong / Lumpy
Released: December 12, 2005
Type: Movie
In 1933 New York, an overly ambitious movie producer coerces his cast and hired ship crew to travel to mysterious Skull Island, where they encounter Kong, a giant ape who is immediately smitten with the leading lady.
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Ringers: Lord of the Fans
Title: Ringers: Lord of the Fans
Character: Self
Released: January 21, 2005
Type: Movie
'Ringers: Lord of the Fans' is a feature-length documentary that explores how "The Lord of the Rings" has influenced Western popular culture over the past 50 years.
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Stories of Lost Souls
Title: Stories of Lost Souls
Character: Granny / Rastafarian / Hunter Jackson
Released: November 12, 2004
Type: Movie
Seven (or six - depending on the version) short stories of conquest, desperation and the will to overcome.
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Title: The Culture Show
Character: Self
Released: November 11, 2004
Type: TV
A weekly BBC Two magazine programme focusing on the best of the week's arts and culture news, covering books, art, film, architecture and more.
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The Present
Title: The Present
Character: Self
Released: October 31, 2004
Type: Movie
A short film made by the cast of 2005's King Kong to surprise the director Peter Jackson on his birthday.
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Blessed
Title: Blessed
Character: Father Carlo
Released: May 16, 2004
Type: Movie
Heather Graham and James Purefoy play a couple who desperately want to have a baby. Unfortunately, she has been diagnosed as infertile, and the couple can't afford the medical treatments that might allow her to conceive. Good fortune appears to be smiling on the couple when they are given an opportunity to receive free treatments at a mysterious fertility clinic.
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13 Going on 30
Title: 13 Going on 30
Character: Richard Kneeland
Released: April 13, 2004
Type: Movie
A girl who's sick of the social strictures of junior high is transformed into a grownup overnight. In this feel-good fairy tale, teenager Jenna wants a boyfriend, and when she's unable to find one, she fantasizes about being a well-adjusted adult. Suddenly, her secret desire becomes a reality, and she is transformed into a 30-year-old, but adulthood, with its own set of male-female challenges, isn't as easy as it looks.
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Title: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Character: Gollum / Smeagol
Released: December 1, 2003
Type: Movie
Aragorn is revealed as the heir to the ancient kings as he, Gandalf and the other members of the broken fellowship struggle to save Gondor from Sauron's forces. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam take the ring closer to the heart of Mordor, the dark lord's realm.
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Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories
Title: Film Collectibles: Capturing Movie Memories
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 2003
Type: Movie
From the very beginning of the design process on the film trilogy, right up to the summer months prior to the release of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, the look of Gollum was ever-changing and developing. Here then is a brief guide through their work, accompanied by some sketches, designs, maquettes and wire frames that ultimately led to the creation of the most striking and believable computer generated character in motion picture industry.
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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Title: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Character: Gollum / Smeagol
Released: December 18, 2002
Type: Movie
Frodo and Sam are trekking to Mordor to destroy the One Ring of Power while Gimli, Legolas and Aragorn search for the orc-captured Merry and Pippin. All along, nefarious wizard Saruman awaits the Fellowship members at the Orthanc Tower in Isengard.
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Deathwatch
Title: Deathwatch
Character: Pvt. Thomas Quinn
Released: October 6, 2002
Type: Movie
In the brutal trench fighting of the First World War, a British Infantry Company is separated from their regiment after a fierce battle. Attempting to return to their lines, the British soldiers discover what appears to be a bombed out German trench, abandoned except for a few dazed German soldiers. After killing most of the Germans, and taking one prisoner, the British company fortifies to hold the trench until reinforcements can arrive. Soon, however, strange things being to happen as a sense of evil descends on the trench and the British begin turn on each other.
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Title: Spooks
Character: Riff
Released: May 13, 2002
Type: TV
Tense drama series about the different challenges faced by the British Security Service as they work against the clock to safeguard the nation. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, and the series follows the work of a group of MI5 officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a highly secure suite of offices known as The Grid.
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Title: HypaSpace
Character: Self
Released: May 13, 2002
Type: TV
HypaSpace was a weekly entertainment news program about the world of science fiction and fantasy, created by and shown on Space, a Canadian cable television station. It had daily and weekly segments. The television show covers movies, television, books, comics and community events. The show has HypaSpace daily shows and HypaSpace weekly shows which sums up the week of news. The series was casual and irreverent. HypaSpace was produced by Simon Evans and Michelle Dudas. There were 260 episodes per year, excluding the first year, which started in May, and the sixth year, as the daily shows were pulled around mid-December with only the weekend edition airing. The daily segments stopped being produced in mid-December 2007, which meant that in its last year, the show had only 26 episodes. There were approximately 1480 episodes of the show. In May 2005, Kim Poirier took over hosting the show, joining original host Jonathan Llyr, now a reporter for the program. Poirier left the show in July 2007. Segments of HypaSpace aired interstitially between Space programs. Llyr hosted the show whenever Poirier was on a break or was ill. He also hosted the HypaSpace podcast, which started on October 7, 2006. Mark Askwith then took over as the host of the podcast.
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Title: Icons
Released: May 1, 2002
Type: TV
Icons was a documentary TV show on G4 that originally focused on significant people, companies, products, history, and milestones in world of video games. It was relaunched in 2006 and focused entirely on pop culture. It was cancelled soon afterwards. On May 10, 2006, it was announced that Icons was relaunching on June 3 with an episode focusing on J.J. Abrams. The show will feature a broader scope on things and people "men 18–34 care about, admire and emulate." Future episodes would focus on Marc Ecko, The Onion, and Family Guy. This change in format had been suspected, due to the recent episodes about George A. Romero, Frank Miller and the history of the King Kong franchise. The classic video game themed episodes continued to air on the network sporadically until 2008, under the new name of Game Makers.
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The Escapist
Title: The Escapist
Character: Ricky Barnes
Released: April 12, 2002
Type: Movie
Denis Hopkins, a pilot, lives with his pregnant wife Valerie and has a comfortable lifestyle. When a gang of criminals led by the sadistic Ricky Barnes breaks into his home, he offers whatever the criminals want to protect his wife and unborn child, but the evil Ricky kills Valerie anyway. Their baby is saved, and later Barnes is arrested and sentenced to life in the maximum security prison, Sullen Voe. Denis fakes his own suicide, then assaults a police car in order to get himself arrested and sent to prison with the intention of tracking down and killing Ricky Barnes. He does not reveal his true name and is called John "What" by the prisoners and guards. Denis escapes from successive prisons, forcing his eventual transfer to Sullen Voe. When he reaches his objective, Ricky Barnes schedules a confrontation, but things do not quite turn out the way Denis had expected.
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24 Hour Party People
Title: 24 Hour Party People
Character: Martin Hannett
Released: February 13, 2002
Type: Movie
Manchester, 1976. Tony Wilson is an ambitious but frustrated local TV news reporter looking for a way to make his mark. After witnessing a life-changing concert by a band known as the Sex Pistols, he persuades his station to televise one of their performances, and soon Manchester's punk groups are clamoring for him to manage them. Riding the wave of a musical revolution, Wilson and his friends create the legendary Factory Records label and The Hacienda club.
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Title: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Character: Gollum
Released: December 18, 2001
Type: Movie
Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowship is formed to protect the ringbearer and make sure that the ring arrives at its final destination: Mt. Doom, the only place where it can be destroyed.
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Pandaemonium
Title: Pandaemonium
Character: John Thelwall
Released: June 29, 2001
Type: Movie
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, an unstable but brilliant poet, becomes friends with the unknown William Wordsworth, and together they set out to recreate English poetry in the spirt of liberty and democracy. As time goes by, cracks begin to appear in the relationship. Sam becomes addicted to opium, while William's ego and ambition distance him further from his friend.
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Five Seconds to Spare
Title: Five Seconds to Spare
Character: Chester
Released: October 30, 2000
Type: Movie
A young musician travels to London in pursuit of his dreams, but winds up the sole witness to a bizarre murder.
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Shiner
Title: Shiner
Character: Mel
Released: September 22, 2000
Type: Movie
The past catches up with a ruthlessly ambitious boxing promoter.
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The Jolly Boys' Last Stand
Title: The Jolly Boys' Last Stand
Character: Anthony 'Spider' Dale
Released: August 18, 2000
Type: Movie
The story revolves around a group of "Lads". The "leader" of this group of twenty somethings starts to head away the group's usual juvenile direction and head into career and marriage pursuits. The Best Man decides to create a video of the friends as a wedding present. In reality the video is supposed to help bring the leader back into the fold.
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Title: Arabian Nights
Character: Kasim
Released: April 30, 2000
Type: TV
Targeted for assassination by his first wife and his evil brother, a young sultan must marry by the next full moon or he will lose his kingdom. His uncertainty over his newfound bride causes her to stall the sultan with a series of fantastic stories to ease the tension and stall her impending execution.
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Topsy-Turvy
Title: Topsy-Turvy
Character: John D'Auban
Released: December 15, 1999
Type: Movie
After their production "Princess Ida" meets with less-than-stunning reviews, the relationship between Gilbert and Sullivan is strained to breaking. Their friends and associates attempt to get the two to work together again, which opens the way to "The Mikado," one of the duo's greatest successes.
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Title: Oliver Twist
Character: Bill Sikes
Released: November 28, 1999
Type: TV
Oliver Twist is a 1999 television mini-series produced by ITV based on the book Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens.
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Sweety Barrett
Title: Sweety Barrett
Character: Leo King
Released: April 16, 1999
Type: Movie
Sweety Barrett is a giant of a man with the mind of a child. An easy target in a corrupt world, Sweety becomes embroiled in a smuggling operation unleashing a spiral of dangerous and unexpected events.
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Title: Shooting the Past
Character: Styeman
Released: January 10, 1999
Type: TV
A US property developer realises that he has a battle on his hands when he tries to renovate a London building containing a vast photographic collection and discovers that the library employees will resort to anything to thwart him.
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Insomnia
Title: Insomnia
Character: Harry
Released: January 1, 1999
Type: Movie
In his private battle with insomnia and the elements, Harry's paranoid mind begins to play cruel and vivid tricks. A chaotic tale of noise and neurosis and it's deadly consequences.
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Title: The Jump
Character: Steven Brunos
Released: September 6, 1998
Type: TV
Having married into a family with Mafia connections, Donna thought her husband George was the diamond in the rough. But after his arrest, she sees layers of him beneath her worst fears, and finds herself fighting for her safety and sanity.
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Among Giants
Title: Among Giants
Character: Bob
Released: June 24, 1998
Type: Movie
A manager hires Ray, off the books, to paint all the power towers in a 15-mile stretch of high-tension wires outside Sheffield. Ray's crew of men are friends, especially Ray with Steve, a young Romeo. Into the mix comes Gerry, an Australian with a spirit of adventure and mountain climbing skills. She wants a job, and against the others' advice, who don't want a woman on the job, Ray hires her. Then she and Ray fall in love. He asks her to marry him, gives her a ring. Steve's jealous; Ray's ex-wife complains that he spends on Gerry, not his own kids, and she predicts that Gerry won't stay around. Plus, there's pressure to finish the job fast. Economics, romance, and wanderlust spark the end.
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Stella Does Tricks
Title: Stella Does Tricks
Character: Fitz
Released: November 6, 1997
Type: Movie
A young Glaswegian prostitute in London tries to start a new life.
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Loop
Title: Loop
Character: Bill
Released: September 19, 1997
Type: Movie
Rachel discovers she is pregnant. Just as she is about to break the news to her stockbroker boyfriend Bill, he dumps her. Heartbroken and angry, Rachel takes Bill's cherished sports car, clears out their joint bank account and heads off to the country and to her dysfunctional family's farmhouse. By trying to sort out her own family's problems Rachel hopes to come to terms with her own predicament. But Bill discovers her whereabouts and is on the warpath.
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Mojo
Title: Mojo
Character: Potts
Released: September 2, 1997
Type: Movie
The sexual rivalries over a new, potentially great rock'n'roll singer between a nightclub owner and a local gangster cause unrest and eventually lead to murder.
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Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
Title: Agatha Christie's The Pale Horse
Character: Sergeant Corrigan
Released: July 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Writer Mark Easterbrook has a vested interest in solving the murder of a priest. That's because Mark himself is under suspicion. But to save his reputation and put the real killer behind bars, he'll have to go through a mysterious list of names that's suddenly turned up and may hold the key to the murderer's identity.
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Career Girls
Title: Career Girls
Character: Mr. Evans
Released: June 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Two young women reunite and rekindle their friendship after having said goodbye at their college graduation, six years earlier.
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The Near Room
Title: The Near Room
Character: Bunny
Released: April 11, 1997
Type: Movie
Charlie Colquhoun is a burnt out journalist. His old school friend Harris Hill is a lawyer at the top of his game. Their lives are smashed together by one name - Tommy Stirling, Charlie's daughter, a fostered teenage pregnancy who has become embroiled in an alleged child pornography scandal with a top ranking police officer. As the trail to Tommy begins to heat up, so the bodies begin to mount up. Allegiances fall by the wayside as Charlie's life begins to spiral out of control and the deadly world of drugs, blackmail and murder that lies in the deepest heart of the underworld threatens to consume him and his missing daughter forever.
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Title: Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Released: November 12, 1996
Type: TV
Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game show with a pop and rock music theme. The show is infamous for its dry, sarcastic humour and scathing, provocative attacks on the pop industry.
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Title: Finney
Character: Tom Finney
Released: November 17, 1994
Type: TV
Finney is a 5-hour, 6-episode made-for-British television film that follows the struggle for power between various crime families in the North of England.
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Grushko
Title: Grushko
Character: Pyotr
Released: March 24, 1994
Type: Movie
A restaurant is fire-bombed, a TV journalist and a member of a local mafia are murdered, and a valuable statuette is stolen. Yevgeni Grushko is Head of the Mafia Investigations Division of the local police force, facing new challenges as the internicine gang rivalries escalate towards war on the streets.
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Title: Pie in the Sky
Character: Maxwell
Released: March 13, 1994
Type: TV
Pie in the Sky is a British offbeat police comedy drama programme starring Richard Griffiths and Maggie Steed, created by Andrew Payne and first broadcast in five series on BBC1 between 13 March 1994 and 17 August 1997 as well as being syndicated on other channels in other countries, including the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The series departs slightly from other police dramas in that the protagonist, Henry Crabbe, while still being an on-duty policeman, is also the head chef of the title restaurant set in the fictional town of Middleton and county of Westershire.
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Royal Deceit
Title: Royal Deceit
Character: Torsten
Released: February 23, 1994
Type: Movie
A Danish prince seeks revenge upon the villain who killed the king and his son to usurp the throne.
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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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Title: GMTV
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: TV
GMTV is the name of the national Channel 3 breakfast television contractor/licensee, broadcasting in the United Kingdom from 1 January 1993 to 3 September 2010. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of ITV plc in November 2009. Shortly after, ITV plc announced the programme would end. The final edition of GMTV was broadcast on 3 September 2010.
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Title: The Simpsons
Released: December 17, 1989
Type: TV
Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.
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Title: The New Statesman
Character: Peter Moran
Released: September 13, 1987
Type: TV
The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time.
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Title: The Bill
Released: October 16, 1984
Type: TV
The daily lives of the men and women at Sun Hill Police Station as they fight crime on the streets of London. From bomb threats to armed robbery and drug raids to the routine demands of policing this ground-breaking series focuses as much on crime as it does on the personal lives of its characters.
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Title: Natural World
Character: Narrator
Released: October 30, 1983
Type: TV
Natural World is a nature documentary television series broadcast annually on BBC Two and regarded by the BBC as its flagship natural history brand. It is currently the longest-running series in its genre on British television, with more than 400 episodes broadcast since its inception in 1983. Natural World is produced by the BBC Natural History Unit in Bristol, but individual programmes can be in-house productions, collaborative productions with other broadcasters or films made and distributed by independent production companies and purchased by the BBC. Natural World programmes are often broadcast as PBS Nature episodes in the USA. Since 2008, most Natural World programmes have been shot and broadcast in high definition.
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Animal Farm
Title: Animal Farm
Character: Benjamin (voice)
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Animals on a farm lead a revolution against the farmers to put their destiny in their own hands. However this revolution eats their own children and they cannot avoid corruption.
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The Man Who Saved Paris
Title: The Man Who Saved Paris
Character: Chevenchy
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
The most successful brothel owner in Paris during the 1940s is asked by the government to restore the city's image (City of Love, Romance, Light) after the Nazi Occupation and falls in love when he least expects it.