John Hawkes

John Hawkes

Born: September 11, 1959
in Alexandria, Minnesota, USA
John Hawkes was born John Marvin Perkins in Alexandria, Minnesota, to Patricia Jeanne (Olson) and Peter John Perkins, a farmer. He is of Scandinavian and British Isles descent. John moved to Austin, Texas to begin his career as an actor and musician. He co-founded the Big State Productions Theatre Company and appeared in the group's original play, "In the West", at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. He took on the stage name "John Hawkes" because another actor shared his birth name, John Perkins.

John starred in the critically-acclaimed, Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005), which received wide praise and was awarded the special jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival, as well as the Camera d'Or Award at the Cannes Film Festival.

Additional feature credits include the Lion's Gate film, A Slipping-Down Life (1999) with Guy Pearce, the psychological thriller Identity (2003) alongside John Cusack and Ray Liotta, Miami Vice (2006) with Jamie Foxx and Colin Farrell, Playing God (2004), The Perfect Storm (2000), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) and Caçadores de Perigo (1997). Hawkes also starred in and co-produced the independent film, Buttleman (2003), for which he received a Breakout Performance Award at the 2004 Sedona Film Festival and a Special Jury Prize at the 2003 Deep Ellum Film Festival.

Hawkes' television credits include a lead role in the critically-acclaimed HBO series, Deadwood (2004), in which he played "Sol Star", a spirited entrepreneur in a lawless town.

John lives in Los Angeles, where he writes, records and performs music with his band, "King Straggler".

Movies for John Hawkes...

Roving Woman
Title: Roving Woman
Character: Gregory Milloy
Released: June 13, 2022
Type: Movie
A break-up leaves Sarah reeling and directionless, standing alone on her ex's doorstep in a ballgown. Following her impulses, she starts to drive through the desert and makes unexpected connections along the way.
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End of Sentence
Title: End of Sentence
Character: Frank Fogle
Released: September 23, 2019
Type: Movie
Newly widowed Frank Fogle embarks on a journey to Ireland to scatter his late wife’s ashes. His estranged son, Sean, recently released from prison, agrees to join only when his father promises that they’ll never see each other again following the trip. After revelations surface about an old flame of Frank’s wife and a charming hitchhiker with plans of her own intervenes, father and son find themselves drawn together in unexpected ways.
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The Peanut Butter Falcon
Title: The Peanut Butter Falcon
Character: Duncan
Released: August 9, 2019
Type: Movie
A down-on-his-luck crab fisherman embarks on a journey to get a young man with Down syndrome to a professional wrestling school in rural North Carolina and away from the retirement home where he’s lived for the past two and a half years.
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Title: Too Old to Die Young
Character: Viggo
Released: June 10, 2019
Type: TV
Detective Martin Jones, who leads a double life as a killer for hire in Los Angeles' deadly underground, suffers an existential crisis which leads him deeper into a blood splattered world of violence.
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Deadwood: The Movie
Title: Deadwood: The Movie
Character: Sol Star
Released: June 1, 2019
Type: Movie
Follow the 10-year reunion of the Deadwood camp to celebrate South Dakota's statehood. Former rivalries are reignited, alliances are tested and old wounds are reopened, as all are left to navigate the inevitable changes that modernity and time have wrought.
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Unlovable
Title: Unlovable
Character: Jim
Released: November 1, 2018
Type: Movie
A sex and love addicted woman learns what real intimacy is when she starts making music with a reclusive man.
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Small Town Crime
Title: Small Town Crime
Character: Mike Kendall
Released: January 19, 2018
Type: Movie
Mike Kendall, a disgraced ex-cop, is fighting a losing battle with the bottle. When he finds a woman left for dead at the side of a road, Kendall turns private eye to track down her killers, taking one last shot at redemption.
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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Title: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Character: Charlie Hayes
Released: December 1, 2017
Type: Movie
After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at Bill Willoughby, the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command Officer Jason Dixon, an immature mother's boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing's law enforcement is only exacerbated.
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Title: Legend of Master Legend
Character: Maser Legend
Released: March 17, 2017
Type: TV
A dark comedy about the life of Master Legend - a real life superhero whose mission is the security and safety of the people of Las Vegas. Master Legend juggles the demands of justice with the even more complicated demands of his real family, who don't see him as a hero at all.
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Too Late
Title: Too Late
Character: Mel Sampson
Released: March 25, 2016
Type: Movie
Private investigator Mel Sampson is tasked with tracking down the whereabouts of a missing woman from his own past.
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Dr. Del
Title: Dr. Del
Character: Del Canyon
Released: January 1, 2016
Type: Movie
Del Canyon reluctantly returns to his small hometown to run his family's apothecary, the only source for medical attention for hundreds of miles. The series will follow his emergence as the town healer while he grapples between his desire to distance himself from a painful past and his inability to turn his back on a community struggling to find its place in contemporary America.
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Everest
Title: Everest
Character: Doug Hansen
Released: September 10, 2015
Type: Movie
Inspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, "Everest" documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their mettle tested by the harshest of elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles as a lifelong obsession becomes a breathtaking struggle for survival.
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The Driftless Area
Title: The Driftless Area
Character: Shane
Released: April 18, 2015
Type: Movie
Pierre Hunter, a bartender with unyielding optimism, returns to his tiny hometown after his parents' death. When he falls for the enigmatic Stella, Pierre is unknowingly pulled into a cat-and-mouse game that involves a duffel bag full of cash, a haphazard yet determined criminal, and a mystery that will determine all of their fates. A contemporary fable about the ways we struggle to control time and fate in a possibly predetermined universe.
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Low Down
Title: Low Down
Character: Joe Albany
Released: January 19, 2014
Type: Movie
The daughter of jazz pianist Joe Albany witnesses her beloved father's struggle -- and failure -- to kick his heroin habit.
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Title: True Detective
Character: Hank Prior
Released: January 12, 2014
Type: TV
An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.
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Life of Crime
Title: Life of Crime
Character: Louis Gara
Released: September 14, 2013
Type: Movie
Two common criminals get more than they bargained for after kidnapping the wife of a corrupt real-estate developer who shows no interest in paying the $1 million dollar ransom for her safe return.
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The Pardon
Title: The Pardon
Character: Finnon 'Arkie' Burke
Released: March 22, 2013
Type: Movie
Toni Jo tries to break her husband, Cowboy, out of prison and becomes an instant sensation due to her beauty.
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Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment
Title: Sigur Rós: Valtari Film Experiment
Character: Father (Leaning Towards Solace)
Released: March 5, 2013
Type: Movie
Sigur Rós have given a dozen film makers the same modest budget and asked them to create whatever comes into their head when they listen to songs from the band's album Valtari. The idea is to bypass the usual artistic approval process and allow people utmost creative freedom. These 16 films are the result. Sad, funny, beautiful and, occasionally, plain bewildering, they represent just some of the available emotional responses to this most contemplative album.
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The Playroom
Title: The Playroom
Character: Martin Cantwell
Released: February 6, 2013
Type: Movie
Four children in their attic hideaway make up a fantastic story, while downstairs their parents weave a drunken intrigue of their own.
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Resurrection Slope
Title: Resurrection Slope
Character: John
Released: January 19, 2013
Type: Movie
In 'Resurrection Slope' A young boy at the brink of adolescence takes a harrowing journey through a mystical dreamworld, confronting his emerging questions of individuality and gender. Through splintered fantasies of his reckless, fading beauty of a mother and cruel, alcoholic father, he performs a holy ritual that will one day form into a defiantly singular adult persona.
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Lincoln
Title: Lincoln
Character: Robert Latham
Released: November 9, 2012
Type: Movie
The revealing story of the 16th US President's tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery. With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.
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Outlaw Country
Title: Outlaw Country
Character: Tarzen Larkin
Released: August 24, 2012
Type: Movie
A crime thriller/family drama set against the backdrop of southern organized crime and Nashville royalty where music, love, hope and tragedy collide. Created as a pilot for a TV Series which was not taken up, this has now been aired as a TV Movie.
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The Sessions
Title: The Sessions
Character: Mark
Released: May 2, 2012
Type: Movie
Though a childhood bout with polio left him dependent on an iron lung, Mark O'Brien maintains a career as a journalist and poet. A writing assignment dealing with sex and the disabled piques Mark's curiosity, and he decides to investigate the possibility of experiencing sex himself. When his overtures toward a caregiver scare her away, he books an appointment with sex surrogate Cheryl Cohen-Greene to lose his virginity.
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Kingdom Come
Title: Kingdom Come
Character: Self
Released: April 28, 2012
Type: Movie
The documentary, Kingdom Come follows a first-time director (Daniel Gillies) as he tries to raise a million dollars to finance his first film, Broken Kingdom. This emotionally-charged journey is interwoven with over 30 rare interviews from acclaimed indie darlings including Mark Ruffalo, Illeana Douglas, Don Cheadle, Kevin Smith, Edward Burns, Tim Roth, Morgan Spurlock, Selma Blair, Robert Townsend, Bill Pullman and many more.
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Arcadia
Title: Arcadia
Character: Tom
Released: February 13, 2012
Type: Movie
Greta's dad Tom is moving the family cross-country in a dented station wagon, promising a California paradise to his kids. All that's missing is Mom.
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Contagion
Title: Contagion
Character: Roger
Released: September 8, 2011
Type: Movie
As an epidemic of a lethal airborne virus - that kills within days - rapidly grows, the worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself.
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Higher Ground
Title: Higher Ground
Character: CW Walker
Released: August 26, 2011
Type: Movie
Vera Farmiga's directorial debut, HIGHER GROUND, depicts the landscape of a tight-knit spiritual community thrown off-kilter when one of their own begins to question her faith. Inspired by screenwriter Carolyn S. Briggs' memoir This Dark World, the film tells the story of a thoughtful woman's struggles with belief, love, and trust - in human relationships as well as in God.
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Martha Marcy May Marlene
Title: Martha Marcy May Marlene
Character: Patrick
Released: June 10, 2011
Type: Movie
After several years of living with a cult, Martha finally escapes and calls her estranged sister, Lucy, for help. Martha finds herself at the quiet Connecticut home Lucy shares with her new husband, Ted, but the memories of what she experienced in the cult make peace hard to find. As flashbacks continue to torment her, Martha fails to shake a terrible sense of dread, especially in regard to the cult's manipulative leader.
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Earthwork
Title: Earthwork
Character: Stan Herd
Released: May 20, 2011
Type: Movie
In 1994, real-life crop artist Stan Herd traveled from Kansas to Manhattan's Upper West Side to create a massive environmental artwork on land owned by Donald Trump. The multi-acre artwork was made from soil, rock, plants and vegetation near an underground railway tunnel. Stan recruited a number of homeless individuals living in the tunnel to become his crew. Over the months it took to complete the earthwork, Stan dealt with a myriad of difficulties in bringing his unique, rural art form to an urban canvas and the many costs his art exacted upon his life. In the process, he unexpectedly encountered the true meaning of his art and it's ultimate, lasting rewards
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Eve's Necklace
Title: Eve's Necklace
Character: William (voice)
Released: July 1, 2010
Type: Movie
A deadly threat in the present and a dark secret from the past imperil a young couple in this first-ever motion picture with an all-mannequin cast.
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Winter's Bone
Title: Winter's Bone
Character: Teardrop
Released: June 11, 2010
Type: Movie
After discovering her father put their house up for his bail bond and then disappeared, 17-year-old Ree Dolly must confront the local criminal underworld and the harsh Ozark wilderness in order to to track down her father and save her family.
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Small Town Saturday Night
Title: Small Town Saturday Night
Character: Donnie Carson
Released: May 31, 2010
Type: Movie
Just days before Rhett (Chris Pine) is leaving for Nashville to pursue a lifelong dream of being a singer/songwriter, his girlfriend Samantha (Bre Blair) realizes that "his" future may not be "their" future. This news comes as a shock to Rhett, and he is faced with having to choose between following his dream and staying in his hometown in order to be with the woman he loves.
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Everything Will Happen Before You Die
Title: Everything Will Happen Before You Die
Character: Lane
Released: May 6, 2010
Type: Movie
Former party boy Edgar is finally ready to settle down. He's got a thriving T-shirt design business and is about to get married, but on his wedding day, his best friend tempts him into a day-long binge in Los Angeles.
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On Holiday
Title: On Holiday
Character: Wild Bill
Released: March 2, 2010
Type: Movie
A young man named Peyton moves to Los Angeles with his girlfriend. Over the course of three years and six parties, Peyton goes into a world of drugs, sex and electronic blues music to find himself.
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S. Darko
Title: S. Darko
Character: Phil
Released: April 28, 2009
Type: Movie
Seven years after the events of the first film, Samantha Darko finds herself stranded in a small desert town after her car breaks down where she is plagued by bizarre visions telling of the universe's end. As a result, she must face her own demons, and in doing so, save the world and herself.
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Title: Eastbound & Down
Character: Dustin Powers
Released: February 15, 2009
Type: TV
Years after he turned his back on his hometown, a burned-out major league ballplayer returns to teach phys ed at his old middle school.
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Miracle at St. Anna
Title: Miracle at St. Anna
Character: Herb Redneck
Released: September 15, 2008
Type: Movie
Miracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four American soldiers who are members of the all-black 92nd "Buffalo Soldier" Division stationed in Tuscany, Italy during World War II.
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American Gangster
Title: American Gangster
Character: Freddie Spearman
Released: November 2, 2007
Type: Movie
Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. Partly based on a true story.
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Wristcutters: A Love Story
Title: Wristcutters: A Love Story
Character: Yan
Released: October 19, 2007
Type: Movie
Zia, distraught over breaking up with his girlfriend, decides to end it all. Unfortunately, he discovers that there is no real ending, only a run-down afterlife that is strikingly similar to his old one, just a bit worse. Discovering that his ex-girlfriend has also "offed" herself, he sets out on a road trip to find her.
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Welcome
Title: Welcome
Character: Bill
Released: October 5, 2007
Type: Movie
A family moves into their new home, only to discover it's haunted.
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Miami Vice
Title: Miami Vice
Character: Alonzo Stevens
Released: July 27, 2006
Type: Movie
A case involving drug lords and murder in South Florida takes a personal turn for undercover detectives Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs. Unorthodox Crockett gets involved romantically with the Chinese-Cuban wife of a trafficker of arms and drugs, while Tubbs deals with an assault on those he loves.
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Title: Psych
Character: Rollins
Released: July 7, 2006
Type: TV
Thanks to his police officer father's efforts, Shawn Spencer spent his childhood developing a keen eye for detail (and a lasting dislike of his dad). Years later, Shawn's frequent tips to the police lead to him being falsely accused of a crime he solved. Now, Shawn has no choice but to use his abilities to perpetuate his cover story: psychic crime-solving powers, all the while dragging his best friend, his dad, and the police along for the ride.
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The Amateurs
Title: The Amateurs
Character: Moe
Released: April 28, 2006
Type: Movie
Sex sells in America and these guys know it. The Amateurs follows a small town band of loveable losers who hit upon an idea that can make their dreams and fantasies come true. Thinking they've found the road to riches and fame they decide to make the world's most innocent adult film. Everyman's fantasy turns into a hilarious misadventure when they find they're in way over their heads.
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Me and You and Everyone We Know
Title: Me and You and Everyone We Know
Character: Richard Swersey
Released: June 17, 2005
Type: Movie
A lonely shoe salesman and an eccentric performance artist struggle to connect in this unique take on contemporary life.
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Title: Lost
Character: Lennon
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: Deadwood
Character: Sol Star
Released: March 21, 2004
Type: TV
The story of the early days of Deadwood, South Dakota; woven around actual historic events with most of the main characters based on real people. Deadwood starts as a gold mining camp and gradually turns from a lawless wild-west community into an organized wild-west civilized town. The story focuses on the real-life characters Seth Bullock and Al Swearengen.
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Strange Frequency²
Title: Strange Frequency²
Character: Jared (segment 'Soul Man')
Released: May 13, 2003
Type: Movie
Strange Frequency 2
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Harold Buttleman: Daredevil Stuntman
Title: Harold Buttleman: Daredevil Stuntman
Character: Harold Buttleman
Released: May 8, 2003
Type: Movie
Harold Buttleman, small town tuxedo salesman, thinks he's the next great daredevil stuntman. He's not.
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Identity
Title: Identity
Character: Larry
Released: April 25, 2003
Type: Movie
Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.
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Title: Taken
Character: Marty Erickson
Released: December 2, 2002
Type: TV
The show takes place from 1944 to 2002 and follows the lives of three families: the Crawfords, who seek to cover up the Roswell crash and the existence of aliens; the Keys, who are subject to frequent experimentation by the aliens; and the Clarkes, who sheltered one of the surviving aliens from the crash.
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Title: Taken
Released: December 2, 2002
Type: TV
The show takes place from 1944 to 2002 and follows the lives of three families: the Crawfords, who seek to cover up the Roswell crash and the existence of aliens; the Keys, who are subject to frequent experimentation by the aliens; and the Clarkes, who sheltered one of the surviving aliens from the crash.
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Title: Without a Trace
Character: Terry Wicker
Released: September 26, 2002
Type: TV
The series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.
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Title: Monk
Character: Matthew Teeger
Released: July 12, 2002
Type: TV
Adrian Monk was once a rising star with the San Francisco Police Department, legendary for using unconventional means to solve the department's most baffling cases. But after the tragic (and still unsolved) murder of his wife Trudy, he developed an extreme case of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Now working as a private consultant, Monk continues to investigate cases in the most unconventional ways.
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Sand
Title: Sand
Character: Hardy
Released: January 2, 2002
Type: Movie
A young man tries running from his past by hiding from his two violent brothers, only to have them track and harass him and his friends.
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Title: 24
Character: Greg Penticoff
Released: November 6, 2001
Type: TV
Counterterrorism agent Jack Bauer fights the bad guys of the world, a day at a time. With each week's episode unfolding in real-time, "24" covers a single day in the life of Bauer each season.
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Hardball
Title: Hardball
Character: Ticky Tobin
Released: September 14, 2001
Type: Movie
An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.
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Title: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Character: Terry Wicker
Released: October 6, 2000
Type: TV
A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.
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The Perfect Storm
Title: The Perfect Storm
Character: Mike "Bugsy" Moran
Released: June 29, 2000
Type: Movie
In October 1991, a confluence of weather conditions combined to form a killer storm in the North Atlantic. Caught in the storm was the sword-fishing boat Andrea Gail.
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Blue Streak
Title: Blue Streak
Character: Eddie
Released: September 17, 1999
Type: Movie
Miles Logan is a jewel thief who just hit the big time by stealing a huge diamond. However, after two years in jail, he comes to find out that he hid the diamond in a police building that was being built at the time of the robbery. In an attempt to regain his diamond, he poses as an LAPD detective.
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Late Last Night
Title: Late Last Night
Character: Ponzo
Released: June 20, 1999
Type: Movie
After a fight with his wife, who's leaving him, Dan's day is getting worse by the minute. He calls an old friend for a night of binge drinking and intoxication. They start a cathartic ride through the city's underbelly.
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A Slipping Down Life
Title: A Slipping Down Life
Character: David Elliot
Released: January 22, 1999
Type: Movie
A young woman becomes obsessed with a small-time North Carolina rock singer.
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Silver Wolf
Title: Silver Wolf
Character: Randy
Released: January 10, 1999
Type: Movie
A boy learns to deal with personal loss by making friends with a wild animal in this drama for the entire family. Jesse is a 16-year-old who is trying to put his life back together after the death of his father, who died while trying to rescue him in the wilderness. Jesse goes to live with his Uncle Roy, who lives in the rugged mountains of Washington State. While exploring, Jesse finds and rescues a wolf who has been seriously wounded; Jesse bonds with the animal, and while Roy understands the dangers of trying to tend to a wild animal, reluctantly allows Jesse to keep him. Jesse, who is fond of snowboarding, teaches the wolf to be his partner in skijoring, a sport in which a dog is used to haul a man on skis. John Rockwell the owner of a ranch, has different plans for the animal; he sees the wolf as a threat to his stock and is determined to see that the animal is put down.
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Home Fries
Title: Home Fries
Character: Randy
Released: November 25, 1998
Type: Movie
Dorian and Angus chase down their womanizing stepfather with a helicopter, frightening him to death. In his effort to cover their tracks, Dorian begins investigating his stepfather's mistress, Sally. She works at a fast-food drive-through, she's pregnant and Dorian quickly falls in love with her. Unfortunately, his scheming mother wants Sally dead. And Sally isn't sure she wants Dorian to be her child's father and also his brother.
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I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Title: I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Character: Dave
Released: November 13, 1998
Type: Movie
Ever since killing the Fisherman one year ago, Julie James is still haunted by images of him after her. When her best friend Karla wins free tickets to the Bahamas, Julie finds this a perfect opportunity to finally relax. But someone is waiting for her. Someone who she thought was dead. Someone who is out again for revenge.
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Title: Brimstone
Released: October 23, 1998
Type: TV
Brimstone is a short-lived Fox television series, featuring a dead police detective whose mission is to return to Hell 113 spirits who have escaped to Earth. The series ran for only one partial season. Since cancellation, Brimstone reruns have aired on Syfy in the United States from the summer of 1999 onward. The reruns have no set schedule, but are usually aired in marathons during the channel's seasonal events like "Creatureland", "Inhumanland" and "the 31 Days of Halloween". Chiller also began airing reruns, on July 28, 2007. It currently airs in sporadic weekday marathons, like Syfy, and has no set airing schedule.
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Where's Marlowe?
Title: Where's Marlowe?
Character: Film clerk
Released: October 1, 1998
Type: Movie
After making a disastrous 3-hour documentary on New York City's water supply, two young filmmakers focus on the goings-on of life in the LA offices of Boone and Murphy, private investigators. Cheating husbands and missing dogs fail to bring in the big bucks, however, and after sleeping with the wife of one of their clients Murphy leaves. To stop Boone from having to close down the business, the filmmakers must resort to a more hands-on approach in the investigations to ensure the completion of their movie.
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Title: Fantasy Island
Character: Arnie White
Released: September 26, 1998
Type: TV
Mr. Roarke and his three assistants run a tropical paradise where guests come in to have their wildest dreams and fantasies come true.
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Title: Martial Law
Released: September 26, 1998
Type: TV
Martial Law is an American/Canadian crime drama that aired on CBS from 1998 to 2000, and was created by Carlton Cuse. The title character, Sammo Law, portrayed by Sammo Hung, was a Chinese law officer and martial arts expert who came to Los Angeles in search of a colleague and remains in the US. The show was a surprise hit, making Hung the only East Asian headlining a prime-time network series in the United States. At the time, Hung was not fluent in English, and he reportedly recited some of his dialogue phonetically. In many scenes, Hung did not speak at all, making Martial Law perhaps the only US television series in history that featured so little dialogue from the lead character.
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Title: The Crow: Stairway to Heaven
Released: September 25, 1998
Type: TV
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven was a 1998 Canadian television series created by Bryce Zabel spun off from the The Crow film series starring Mark Dacascos in the lead role as Eric Draven, reprising the role originally played by Brandon Lee in the 1994 film The Crow.
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Rush Hour
Title: Rush Hour
Character: Stucky
Released: September 18, 1998
Type: Movie
When Hong Kong Inspector Lee is summoned to Los Angeles to investigate a kidnapping, the FBI doesn't want any outside help and assigns cocky LAPD Detective James Carter to distract Lee from the case. Not content to watch the action from the sidelines, Lee and Carter form an unlikely partnership and investigate the case themselves.
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Perfect Little Angels
Title: Perfect Little Angels
Character: Jeff
Released: June 15, 1998
Type: Movie
Having just moved to a new town, widow Elaine Freedman and her teenage daughter Justine are greeted by the effusive, terribly nice Dr. Calvin Lawrence. Sensing that Justine is bit testy and out of sorts, Dr. Lawrence recommends that she begin taking a special vitamin which he manufactures in his own home. Before long, Justine is the model of perfection -- just like all the other teenagers in town.
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Boogie Boy
Title: Boogie Boy
Character: T-Bone
Released: February 12, 1998
Type: Movie
A man who has just been released from prison vows to start a new life, but is put to the test when an old cellmate appears.
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Playing God
Title: Playing God
Character: Flick
Released: October 17, 1997
Type: Movie
Stripped of his medical license after performing an operation while high on amphetamines, famed LA surgeon Dr Eugene Sands abandons his former life only to find himself crossing paths with Raymond Blossom, an infamous counterfeiter. Employed as a "gun-shot doctor" when Raymond's associates cannot risk visiting a hospital, Eugene is lured deep into the criminal world and becomes entangled with his boss's girlfriend.
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Steel
Title: Steel
Character: Mugger
Released: August 15, 1997
Type: Movie
When a renegade military reject puts new superweapons in dangerous hands, John Henry Irons becomes Steel. Wearing body armor, wielding a fearsome electrohammer and riding a gadget-packed motorcycle, he's ready to wage war... if he can fix the untimely glitches in his untested gear.
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Til There Was You
Title: Til There Was You
Character: Gawayne
Released: May 30, 1997
Type: Movie
Two strangers, whose paths are always crossing, finally meet when fate steps in. It took them twenty years to fall in love at first sight.
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Title: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Character: George
Released: March 10, 1997
Type: TV
Into every generation a slayer is born: one girl in all the world, a chosen one. She alone will wield the strength and skill to fight the vampires, demons, and the forces of darkness; to stop the spread of their evil and the swell of their number. She is the Slayer.
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Title: The Practice
Character: Stuart Donovan
Released: March 4, 1997
Type: TV
A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its storylines about “people who walk a moral tightrope.”
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Title: Millennium
Released: October 25, 1996
Type: TV
A retired FBI serial-profiler joins the mysterious Millennium Group, a team of underground ex-law enforcement experts dedicated to fighting against the ever-growing forces of evil and darkness in the world.
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Deep in the Heart
Title: Deep in the Heart
Character: Mac
Released: October 10, 1996
Type: Movie
Two British filmmakers attempt to make a documentary about Austin, Texas, and encounter strange and eccentric characters along the way.
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Title: Dangerous Minds
Released: September 30, 1996
Type: TV
Dangerous Minds is an American drama television series that aired on ABC network between September 1996 and March 1997. The series is based on the motion picture film, Dangerous Minds. Annie Potts stars in the lead role originated by Michelle Pfeiffer.
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Title: The Big Easy
Character: Wild Bill
Released: August 11, 1996
Type: TV
The Big Easy television series was inspired by the film of the same name from 1987. The show premiered on the USA Cable Network August 11, 1996. Tony Crane played New Orleans police lieutenant/detective Remy McSwain, Susan Walters played state district attorney Anne Osbourne and Barry Corbin played police chief C.D. LeBlanc. Daniel Petrie Jr. was the executive producer of the series. 35 episodes were broadcast over two seasons. The series takes place in New Orleans, Louisiana and was shot on location.
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Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
Title: Shaughnessy: The Iron Marshal
Released: June 20, 1996
Type: Movie
Irish immigrant Tommy Shaughnessy leaves 19th-century New York City for Kansas and becomes a small-town sheriff.
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From Dusk Till Dawn
Title: From Dusk Till Dawn
Character: Pete Bottoms / Liquor Store Clerk
Released: January 19, 1996
Type: Movie
After kidnapping a father and his two kids, the Gecko brothers head south to a seedy Mexican bar to hide out in safety, unaware of its notorious vampire clientele.
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Title: The Naked Truth
Character: Duane Baldwin
Released: September 13, 1995
Type: TV
The Naked Truth is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from 1995 to 1996, and on NBC from 1996 to 1998. The series stars Téa Leoni and co-starred Holland Taylor. The show took place at the office of a tabloid news publication.
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Night of the Scarecrow
Title: Night of the Scarecrow
Character: Danny
Released: August 8, 1995
Type: Movie
A group of drunk teenagers accidently set free the spirit of a warlock, which possesses a scarecrow. The scarecrow goes on a bloody rampage killing the descendents of the men who had killed the warlock a century before. A newcomer and the daughter of the mayor try to stop it before it is too late and the warlock can reincarnate...
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Congo
Title: Congo
Character: Bob Driscoll
Released: June 9, 1995
Type: Movie
Eight people embark on an expedition into the Congo, a mysterious expanse of unexplored Africa where human greed and the laws of nature have gone berserk. When the thrill-seekers -- some with ulterior motives -- stumble across a race of killer apes.
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Dead Air
Title: Dead Air
Character: Morton
Released: October 6, 1994
Type: Movie
A distraught disc jockey seeks out a mystery caller who may be the killer of his girlfriend.
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Title: Touched by an Angel
Character: Mason Cook
Released: September 21, 1994
Type: TV
Monica, an angel, is tasked with bringing guidance and messages from God to various people who are at a crossroads in their lives.
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Title: ER
Character: P.A.
Released: September 19, 1994
Type: TV
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.
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Cool and the Crazy
Title: Cool and the Crazy
Character: Crazy
Released: September 16, 1994
Type: Movie
Unhappily married couple Roslyn and Michael lead separate affairs that lead to violent repercussions for all.
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Roadracers
Title: Roadracers
Character: Nixer
Released: July 22, 1994
Type: Movie
Cynical look at a 1950s rebellious Rocker who has to confront his future, thugs with knives, and the crooked town sheriff.
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Title: Rebel Highway
Character: Nixer
Released: July 7, 1994
Type: TV
Rebel Highway was a short-lived revival of American International Pictures created and produced by Lou Arkoff, the son of Samuel Z. Arkoff and Debra Hill for the Showtime channel in 1994. The concept was 10-week series of 1950s "drive-in classic" B-movies remade "with a '90s edge". The impetus for the series, according to Arkoff was, "what it would be like if you made Rebel Without a Cause today. It would be more lurid, sexier, and much more dangerous, and you definitely would have had Natalie Wood's top off".
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Title: Rebel Highway
Character: Crazy
Released: July 7, 1994
Type: TV
Rebel Highway was a short-lived revival of American International Pictures created and produced by Lou Arkoff, the son of Samuel Z. Arkoff and Debra Hill for the Showtime channel in 1994. The concept was 10-week series of 1950s "drive-in classic" B-movies remade "with a '90s edge". The impetus for the series, according to Arkoff was, "what it would be like if you made Rebel Without a Cause today. It would be more lurid, sexier, and much more dangerous, and you definitely would have had Natalie Wood's top off".
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Flesh and Bone
Title: Flesh and Bone
Character: Groom
Released: November 5, 1993
Type: Movie
Haunted by memories of his father murdering a family, Arlis Sweeney prefers to keep to himself, focusing his energy on his work. One day, the traumatic past that eats away at him returns when he meets Kay Davies, a woman connected to the bloody event. Against all odds, Arlis and Kay fall in love; however, when his father, Roy, reappears in his life -- with the coldhearted Ginnie in tow -- Arlis must deal with his past demons.
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Freaked
Title: Freaked
Character: Cowboy
Released: September 11, 1993
Type: Movie
A vain actor, his best friend, and an activist end up at a mutant freak farm run by a weirdo scientist.
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Title: The X-Files
Character: Phillip Padgett
Released: September 10, 1993
Type: TV
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.
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Nails
Title: Nails
Character: Harvey Cassler
Released: July 25, 1992
Type: Movie
The wife of a wild Los Angeles police detective becomes a hostage of the heroin ring he and his partner have exposed.
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Title: Mann & Machine
Released: April 5, 1992
Type: TV
Mann & Machine is an American science fiction/police drama series that aired for nine episodes on NBC from April 5, 1992 to July 14, 1992.
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The Rape of Doctor Willis
Title: The Rape of Doctor Willis
Character: Mateson
Released: November 3, 1991
Type: Movie
A drama directed by Lou Antonio.
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Scary Movie
Title: Scary Movie
Character: Warren
Released: October 18, 1991
Type: Movie
On Halloween night, big-time nerd Warren attends a spookhouse in a small Texas town. But is the haunted house as harmless as it seems, or has a psychotic mental patient found a new stomping ground?
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Sweet Poison
Title: Sweet Poison
Character: Jimmy
Released: June 13, 1991
Type: Movie
A convict on the run from the law kidnaps a couple who are on their way to a funeral. He finds that he got more than he bargained for when he realizes the man's sexy wife is falling for him.
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Never Leave Nevada
Title: Never Leave Nevada
Character: Christo Chevalier
Released: April 22, 1990
Type: Movie
Two salesman go to Nevada to exploit nuclear protesters and end up finding something more.
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Title: Wings
Released: April 19, 1990
Type: TV
Brothers Brian and Joe Hackett attempt to run an airline on the New England island of Nantucket while surrounded by their various wacky friends and employees.
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Rosalie Goes Shopping
Title: Rosalie Goes Shopping
Character: Schnucki Greenspace
Released: November 9, 1989
Type: Movie
Rosalie loves to shop too much to let a little thing like no money stop her. When the local shopkeepers no longer take her bad checks or bad credit cards, she's finds herself out of ways to please her consumerist tendencies… until she discovers The Internet! Master shopper becomes master hacker, and Rosalie is back on top.
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Dakota
Title: Dakota
Character: Rooster
Released: December 2, 1988
Type: Movie
John Dakota is young bum with a hidden past. He meets a nice family and works on their ranch. He soon becomes a good friend of the disabled son and helps them overcome local problems.
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Title: A Taste for Death
Character: Tony
Released: October 14, 1988
Type: TV
Sir Paul Berowne - a prominent Government Minister - turns to his old friend Adam Dalgleish following a series of threatening letters delivered to his London home. The minister's wife is in an adulterous affair with a prominent surgeon and she makes no secret of it. Berowne's only daughter is involved in left-wing politics and rejects her conservative father. Adding to his woes, his own mother favoured her son who was killed in an IRA terrorist ambush over Paul. The informal investigation has barely began when Dalgliesh is faced with a series of bizarre deaths that turn the case into an urgent assignment. —DumbeBlonde
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Heartbreak Hotel
Title: Heartbreak Hotel
Character: M.C.
Released: September 30, 1988
Type: Movie
When a teen tries to set up a band at his school, his mother who was a big fan of Elvis Presley gets in a wreck he and his band members decides to kidnap Elvis and have him hooked up with his mother.
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It Takes Two
Title: It Takes Two
Character: Thief #2
Released: July 13, 1988
Type: Movie
Travis is due to marry Stephanie in a few days when he is convinced by beautiful saleswoman Jonni to buy a fancy sports car. The car looks good, but it turns out to be a piece of junk. Travis is determined to get satisfaction and he and Jonni hit the road to confront the crooked car dealer.
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Murder Rap
Title: Murder Rap
Character: Christopher
Released: May 1, 1988
Type: Movie
When a young audio fanatic accidentally records a brutal murder, his pursuit of the killer lures him into a sinister plot of revenge and deceit, Texas style.
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Johnny Be Good
Title: Johnny Be Good
Character: Pizza Boy #1
Released: March 22, 1988
Type: Movie
It's recruiting time and despite being short and scrawny, Johnny Walker is America's hottest young football prospect. His dilemma: should he take one of the many offers from college talent scouts or should he attend the local state college with his girlfriend and give up his football career?
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D.O.A.
Title: D.O.A.
Character: Sloane
Released: March 18, 1988
Type: Movie
Dexter Cornell, an English Professor becomes embroiled in a series of murders involving people around him. Dexter has good reason to want to find the murderer but hasn't much time. He finds help and comfort from one of his student, Sydney Fuller.
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Bar-B-Que Movie
Title: Bar-B-Que Movie
Character: Jerry - Dad
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
In this twisted spoof of "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre," a vacationing family encounters a communal group of cannibalistic misfits, played by legendary punk band Butthole Surfers. After drinking a hallucinogenic beverage, and eating part of his own son, the father witnesses a live performance by the band.
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Future-Kill
Title: Future-Kill
Character: The Light Man
Released: May 3, 1985
Type: Movie
The star of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" returns in a story about frat boys lost in the big city while hunted by a violent leader and his elite gang of gun-happy guards.