Wayne Federman

Wayne Federman

Born: June 22, 1959
in Los Angeles, California, USA

Movies for Wayne Federman...

Hendrie
Title: Hendrie
Character: Self
Released: March 15, 2024
Type: Movie
Documentary on the legendary talk-radio comic legend Phil Hendrie, who influenced a legion of great comedic minds through his innovative and relatively short-lived, off-the-wall radio show.
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Gone Before His Time: Freddie Prinze Sr.
Title: Gone Before His Time: Freddie Prinze Sr.
Character: Self
Released: December 20, 2023
Type: Movie
A deep dive into the short yet impactful life of the trailblazing Latino comic whose son also went on to a career of much acclaim.
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Sweetwater
Title: Sweetwater
Character: Referee Pete
Released: April 14, 2023
Type: Movie
In 1990 Chicago, a taxi driver recounts to his passenger, a sportswriter, his life story. He reveals himself to be Nat "Sweetwater" Clifton, one of the first African Americans to play in the NBA.
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Title: Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution
Released: June 29, 2022
Type: TV
The two-part documentary event “Right to Offend: The Black Comedy Revolution” explores the progression of Black comedy and the comedians who have used pointed humor to expose, challenge and ridicule society’s injustices and to articulate the Black experience in America. The series examines Black comedy through a unique lens, tracing the evolution and social awakening of the courageous comedians who dared to push against the constraints of their time and spoke truth to power.
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Title: Dummy
Character: Stu
Released: April 20, 2020
Type: TV
After being discarded by her original owner, a spoiled, jealous, and manipulative sex doll named Barbara convinces aspiring writer Cody, the only one able to hear her speak, to take her home so she can help cure Cody's writers block.
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Title: What We Do in the Shadows
Character: Vampire Doctor
Released: March 27, 2019
Type: TV
A documentary-style look into the daily (or rather, nightly) lives of a group of vampires in Staten Island who have “lived” together for hundreds and hundreds of years.
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The House
Title: The House
Character: Chip Dave
Released: June 29, 2017
Type: Movie
When Scott and Kate Johansen’s daughter gets into the college of her dreams it’s cause for celebration. That is, until Scott and Kate learn that the scholarship they were counting on didn’t come through, and they’re now on the hook for tuition they can’t begin to afford. With the help of their friend and neighbor Frank also in need of a major payday they decide to open an illegal casino in his suburban house, risking everything together on a Vegas-style bacchanal where money flows, inhibitions are checked at the door, and all bets are off.
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I Am Battle Comic
Title: I Am Battle Comic
Released: March 23, 2017
Type: Movie
A comedy documentary about performing stand-up comedy for U.S. Troops stationed in Afghanistan, Kuwait and Iraq. Heartfelt interviews with top professional comedians are woven in with filmmaker Jordan Brady's first-hand experience going to the Middle East. While traveling (Spring 2016) brutal terrorist attacks in Brussels, Turkey and Iraq remind us of the dangers in thew world, and underscore the mission to provide laughter for the men and women serving the military.
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Punching Henry
Title: Punching Henry
Character: Carl Rohmer
Released: February 24, 2017
Type: Movie
Comedian Henry Phillips is lured to LA by a renowned TV producer who wants to bring his story of failure to the screen. But when a major network gets involved, Henry must decide whether he wants to make jokes for a living, or be the butt of them.
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Title: Crashing
Released: February 19, 2017
Type: TV
A standup comic discovers that his wife is unfaithful, leading him to reevaluate his life amidst the New York City comedy scene.
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Title: Life in Pieces
Character: Dr. Saul Antro
Released: September 21, 2015
Type: TV
Comedy about one big happy family and their sometimes awkward, often hilarious and ultimately beautiful milestone moments as told by its various members. Of the three siblings, middle child Matt may have just found his true love, his co-worker, Colleen; his coddled youngest brother, Greg, and his wife, Jen, are overwhelmed by the birth of their first child; and the eldest, Heather, and her husband, Tim, are dreading their impending empty nest so much, they're considering having another baby. Their parents are Joan the family's adoring matriarch who would do anything for her kids - as long as she agrees with it - and John, the gregarious patriarch who's searching for ways to soften the blow of turning 70. As the family's lives unfold in four short stories each week, they try to savor these little pieces of time that flash by but stay with you forever, because these moments add up to what life's all about.
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Misery Loves Comedy
Title: Misery Loves Comedy
Character: Self
Released: January 23, 2015
Type: Movie
Do you have to be miserable to be funny? More than sixty comedians—including stand-ups, writers, actors, and directors from the US, Canada, and abroad—take on this question, sharing anecdotes and insights with lively enthusiasm.
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Muffin Top: A Love Story
Title: Muffin Top: A Love Story
Character: Hayes Greenberg
Released: October 18, 2014
Type: Movie
Suzanne’s body is changing faster than her moods after IVF shots to get pregnant. When she finds out, on her birthday, that her husband has knocked up his younger, thinner co-worker and wants a divorce, she turns to desperate and hilarious measures to lose weight and get a life.
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I Am Road Comic
Title: I Am Road Comic
Character: Self
Released: April 14, 2014
Type: Movie
Interviews with T.J. Miller, Pete Holmes, Marc Maron, Doug Benson, Jim Norton, Judah Friedlander, Alonzo Bodden, Maria Bamford, Jen Kirkman, Auggie Smith, W. Kamau Bell, Nikki Glaser, Wayne Federman, Seth Milstein, Oni Perez, Alysia Wood, Kris Tinkle, Traci Skene, Brian McKim, Tim O’Rourke, Tom Rhodes, Kyle Kinane and yours truly.
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Title: Silicon Valley
Character: Stu
Released: April 6, 2014
Type: TV
In the high-tech gold rush of modern Silicon Valley, the people most qualified to succeed are the least capable of handling success. Partially inspired by Mike Judge’s own experiences as a Silicon Valley engineer in the late ‘80s, Silicon Valley is an American sitcom that centers around six programmers who are living together and trying to make it big in the Silicon Valley.
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Maria Bamford: The Special Special Special!
Title: Maria Bamford: The Special Special Special!
Character: Himself
Released: November 28, 2012
Type: Movie
Welcome to the special special special comedy special. It's very good. I love comedy. And who do I want to make laugh more than Marilyn and Joel Bamford, my parents? So, we've cut out the middle man of 200 strangers in a tv studio and gone right to the source. With some paid audiences, the feigned enthusiasm can be a little uncomfortable to watch, but I genuinely rock the house. My parents only wish they could be there with you when you watch this with your parents.
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Title: New Girl
Character: Ned
Released: September 20, 2011
Type: TV
Jessica Day is an offbeat and adorable girl in her late 20s who, after a bad breakup, moves in with three single guys. Goofy, positive, vulnerable and honest to a fault, Jess has faith in people, even when she shouldn't. Although she's dorky and awkward, she's comfortable in her own skin. More prone to friendships with women, she's not used to hanging with the boys—especially at home.
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Title: Shameless
Character: Norman
Released: January 9, 2011
Type: TV
Chicagoan Frank Gallagher is the proud single dad of six smart, industrious, independent kids, who without him would be... perhaps better off. When Frank's not at the bar spending what little money they have, he's passed out on the floor. But the kids have found ways to grow up in spite of him. They may not be like any family you know, but they make no apologies for being exactly who they are.
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Title: Running Wilde
Character: Mickey
Released: September 21, 2010
Type: TV
Running Wilde is an American comedy television series created by Mitchell Hurwitz for the Fox Network. It stars Will Arnett as Steve Wilde, a self-centered, idle bachelor and heir to an oil fortune. The series follows Wilde's awkward attempts to regain the affection of his childhood sweetheart, Emmy, an environmentalist who had been living in the South American jungle, but whose young daughter does not want to return there and who secretly enlists Steve's help to keep Emmy at his mansion, leading to farcical situations and misunderstandings.
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I Am Comic
Title: I Am Comic
Character: Self
Released: January 10, 2010
Type: Movie
Through unprecedented backstage access and candid interviews, the film weaves through the absurd world of the working comedian and reveals a crazy and hilarious psychological profile of its practitioners. We also follow retired comic Ritch Shydner's attempt to climb back on stage after a thirteen-year hiatus. At the top of his game in the 1980's, Shydner had HBO specials, shot five pilot TV shows, and numerous late night appearances (Carson, Letterman, Leno, etc.) but the big time eluded him. Equipped with the collective wisdom and nutty musings of over 80 of his peers, he gives it another shot. Does Ritch have what it takes to connect with today's young crowds and still get the laughs?
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Title: The League
Character: Principal Frazier
Released: October 29, 2009
Type: TV
The League is an American sitcom and semi-improvised comedy about a about a fantasy football league and its members and their everyday lives.
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Title: Community
Character: Father
Released: September 17, 2009
Type: TV
Follow the lives of a group of students at what is possibly the world’s worst community college in the fictional locale of Greendale, Colorado.
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Funny People
Title: Funny People
Character: Comedy & Magic Manager
Released: July 30, 2009
Type: Movie
Famous and wealthy funnyman George Simmons doesn't give much thought to how he treats people until a doctor delivers stunning health news, forcing George to reevaluate his priorities with a little help from aspiring stand-up comic Ira.
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Title: Childrens Hospital
Character: Dr. Reed
Released: December 8, 2008
Type: TV
A hospital isn't a place for lazy people. It's a place for smart people who take care of people who aren't smart enough to keep themselves healthy. So begins Children's Hospital, a parody series that follows the lives, loves and laughs of a hospital staff.
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Step Brothers
Title: Step Brothers
Character: Blind Man
Released: July 25, 2008
Type: Movie
Brennan Huff and Dale Doback might be grown men. But that doesn't stop them from living at home and turning into jealous, competitive stepbrothers when their single parents marry. Brennan's constant competition with Dale strains his mom's marriage to Dale's dad, leaving everyone to wonder whether they'll ever see eye to eye.
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Title: Wizards of Waverly Place
Character: Mr. Kaminsky
Released: October 12, 2007
Type: TV
Alex, Justin and Max Russo are not your ordinary kids - they're wizards in training! While their parents run the Waverly Sub Station, the siblings struggle to balance their ordinary lives while learning to master their extraordinary powers.
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Knocked Up
Title: Knocked Up
Character: Fantasy Baseball Guy
Released: June 1, 2007
Type: Movie
A slacker and a career-driven woman accidentally conceive a child after a one-night stand. As they try to make the relationship work, they must navigate the challenges of parenthood and their differences in lifestyle and maturity.
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Unaccompanied Minors
Title: Unaccompanied Minors
Character: Airport Attendant
Released: December 8, 2006
Type: Movie
Five disparate kids snowed in at the airport on Christmas Eve learn some lessons about friendship when they launch a bid to get back to their families and outsmart a disgruntled airport official who wants to keep them grounded.
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Grilled
Title: Grilled
Character: Stu Simmons
Released: July 11, 2006
Type: Movie
Maurice and Dave sell high-end cuts of beef, but after hitting a patch of no sales, they're facing being fired. Maurice needs money to enroll in his final semester of acupuncture school, and the recently-separated Dave needs money for his daughter's birthday gift. Their final client card—a beautiful woman—is attracted to Maurice, but a desperate call from a suicidal friend interrupts her signing the contract. Still hoping to close the sale, they offer to drive her to the friend's house—where their troubles multiply.
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Bam Bam and Celeste
Title: Bam Bam and Celeste
Character: Redneck
Released: September 13, 2005
Type: Movie
Celeste and Bam Bam escape their Midwest hometown for New York, and take on their high-school nemeses - the dictators of the world-famous Salon Mirage - while discovering that true beauty lies within.
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The 40 Year Old Virgin
Title: The 40 Year Old Virgin
Character: Smart Tech Customer
Released: August 11, 2005
Type: Movie
Andy Stitzer has a pleasant life with a nice apartment and a job stamping invoices at an electronics store. But at age 40, there's one thing Andy hasn't done, and it's really bothering his sex-obsessed male co-workers: Andy is still a virgin. Determined to help Andy get laid, the guys make it their mission to de-virginize him. But it all seems hopeless until Andy meets small business owner Trish, a single mom.
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Title: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Character: Mr. Sanderson
Released: August 4, 2005
Type: TV
Four egocentric friends run a neighborhood Irish pub in Philadelphia and try to find their way through the adult world of work and relationships. Unfortunately, their warped views and precarious judgments often lead them to trouble, creating a myriad of uncomfortable situations that usually only get worse before they get better.
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Title: American Dad!
Character: (voice)
Released: February 6, 2005
Type: TV
The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three housemates: Father, husband, and breadwinner Stan Smith; his better half housewife, Francine Smith; their college-aged daughter, Hayley Smith; and their high-school-aged son, Steve Smith. Outside of the Smith family, there are three additional main characters, including Hayley's boyfriend turned husband, Jeff Fischer; the family's man-in-a-goldfish-body pet, Klaus; and most notably the family's zany alien, Roger, who is "full of masquerades, brazenness, and shocking antics."
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Y.M.I.
Title: Y.M.I.
Character: Q-Ball Curtis
Released: March 5, 2004
Type: Movie
Three Goth teens; Digger, Noisy and Video, each sworn to a secret pact they think will make them legendary, venture out on the last night of their lives.
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50 First Dates
Title: 50 First Dates
Character: Patient
Released: February 13, 2004
Type: Movie
Henry is a player skilled at seducing women. But when this veterinarian meets Lucy, a girl with a quirky problem when it comes to total recall, he realizes it's possible to fall in love all over again…and again, and again. That's because the delightful Lucy has no short-term memory, so Henry must woo her day after day until he finally sweeps her off her feet.
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Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
Title: Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
Character: Bathroom Guy
Released: June 27, 2003
Type: Movie
The Angels are charged with finding a pair of missing rings that are encoded with the personal information of members of the Witness Protection Program. As informants are killed, the ladies target a rogue agent who might be responsible.
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Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Title: Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd
Character: Officer Dave
Released: April 14, 2003
Type: Movie
This wacky prequel to the 1994 blockbuster goes back to the lame-brained Harry and Lloyd's days as classmates at a Rhode Island high school, where the unprincipled principal puts the pair in remedial courses as part of a scheme to fleece the school.
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View from the Top
Title: View from the Top
Character: Whiskey Sour Man (uncredited)
Released: March 21, 2003
Type: Movie
No one thought Donna would go very far. But when she sets her sights on becoming a first-class international flight attendant, Donna throws caution to the wind and takes off in pursuit of her dream. The ride is anything but smooth, however, and Donna's laugh-packed journey of a lifetime is rocked by more turbulence than she bargained for.
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Title: Oliver Beene
Released: March 9, 2003
Type: TV
Oliver Beene is an American sitcom. Set in 1962 and 1963, the show chronicled the trials and tribulations of the 11-to-12-year-old Oliver Beene, in first person perspective. Oliver Beene's other main characters are his parents Jerry and Charlotte Beene, his brother Ted Beene, and his two friends Joyce and Michael. The narrator, an older Oliver reflecting on his experience, is voiced by David Cross. Often in episodes, the story is interrupted by flashbacks and flash-forwards.
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Waking Up in Reno
Title: Waking Up in Reno
Character: Ronnie the Rooster
Released: December 13, 2002
Type: Movie
Candy and Lonnie Earl are just crazy about each other. The problem: she's married to Roy and he's married to Darlene. So far it's been a secret affair. But that's about to change, because this foursome is driving cross-country and headed for some big surprises.
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The Third Wheel
Title: The Third Wheel
Character: Glen Federman
Released: May 31, 2002
Type: Movie
The clumsy and shy Stanley is a nice fellow, beloved by his colleagues in the office. He has a crush on the gorgeous new-hire Diana, but he has difficulties to get close to her. When Stanley finally invites Diana for a date, he hits the homeless Phil with his Taurus, and his planned night turns upside down.
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American Girl
Title: American Girl
Character: Paramedic
Released: February 10, 2002
Type: Movie
A pregnant teenager is determined to leave her trailer park home with the hope of living a happy family life.
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Legally Blonde
Title: Legally Blonde
Character: Admissions Guy
Released: July 13, 2001
Type: Movie
Elle Woods, a fashionable sorority queen, is dumped by her boyfriend. She decides to follow him to law school, but while there, she figures out that there is more to herself than just looks.
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Kiss My Act
Title: Kiss My Act
Released: April 23, 2001
Type: Movie
A modern retelling of the Cyrano de Bergerac story among stand-up comics, with a bartender helping her much better-looking friend seem smart.
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Pistol Pete: The Life and Times of Pete Maravich
Title: Pistol Pete: The Life and Times of Pete Maravich
Character: Himself
Released: April 1, 2001
Type: Movie
Documentary about basketball player Pete Maravich. The legend of "Pistol Pete" Maravich was born on the playgrounds of his youth, extending to the campus of Louisiana State University and culminating in a 10-year NBA career during which he was named one of the League's 50 greatest players of all time.
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Love and Support
Title: Love and Support
Character: Allan
Released: January 1, 2001
Type: Movie
A comic story of love bordering on insanity. Martin Lewis's girlfriend just dumped him. His life is going nowhere, fast. Until he joins a support group for lonely hearts and meets Russell, a goofy but likeable guy with a girlfriend problem of his own. Martin agrees to help Russell win back his lost love and through a series of outlandish misadventures travels a winding path towards self-discovery.
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Title: Curb Your Enthusiasm
Character: Dean Weinstock
Released: October 15, 2000
Type: TV
The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe in which he can't seem to do anything right, and, by his standards, neither can anyone else.
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Freak Talks About Sex
Title: Freak Talks About Sex
Character: Tully
Released: June 3, 1999
Type: Movie
Dave Keenan left Syracuse for a new life in Arizona. When that didn't work out, he moved back to upstate New York. He works a dead-end job at a department store in a mall, his car has broken down (and the mechanic is taking forever to fix it) and his ex-girlfriend wants him to join her in New York City. To make matters more complicated, one of his co-workers, a high school girl named Nichole seems to be getting romantically interested in him. Fortunately, his best friend Freakis around for him to hang out with and offer such choice philosophical observations, like "I can't think of a single movie that couldn't be improved by a lesbian sex scene." Dave is stuck in a rut and has to decide what to do with his life.
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Jack Frost
Title: Jack Frost
Character: Policeman Dave
Released: November 15, 1998
Type: Movie
A father, who can't keep his promises, dies in a car accident. One year later, he returns as a snowman, who has the final chance to put things right with his son before he is gone forever.
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Title: The Wild Thornberrys
Character: Sea Lions (voice)
Released: September 1, 1998
Type: TV
The Wild Thornberrys is an American animated television series that aired on Nickelodeon.
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Title: King of the Hill
Character: (voice)
Released: January 12, 1997
Type: TV
Set in Texas, this animated series follows the life of propane salesman Hank Hill, who lives with his overly confident substitute Spanish teacher wife Peggy, wannabe comedian son Bobby, and naive niece Luanne. Hank has conservative views about God, family, and country, but his values and ethics are often challenged by the situations he, his family, and his beer-drinking neighbors/buddies find themselves in.
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Title: NewsRadio
Character: Randy Stark
Released: March 21, 1995
Type: TV
The office politics and interpersonal relationships among the staff of WNYX NewsRadio, New York's #2 news radio station.
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Title: The X-Files
Character: Wayne Federman
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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Title: The Torkelsons
Character: Assistant
Released: September 21, 1991
Type: TV
Millicent Torkelson does what she can to hold her family together as it shrinks to just her and her children after her husband Randy abandons the family.
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Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon
Title: Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon
Character: The Messenger
Released: November 19, 1989
Type: Movie
Inheriting a family resort in Hawaii, the Wyatts find it in such a run-down condition that they decide to sell it after trying to fix it up. Amidst confusing goings-on among the triplet teenage girls and the boys they meet, Jeffrey meets an old high school rival who promises to keep the resort as-is if Jeffrey will sell it to him. He has other plans in mind, however, and they are not limited merely to Jeffrey's resort
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Title: Doogie Howser, M.D.
Character: Doctor
Released: September 19, 1989
Type: TV
Doogie Howser is a doctor. He is also a 16-year-old genius who graduated college at age 10 and finished medical school at age 14. But he is still a teenager, with normal teenage friends and problems. But unlike a normal teenager, he is just learning to drive while also consulting on serious medical cases like heart transplants.
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Title: Baywatch
Character: Wayne
Released: April 23, 1989
Type: TV
Join the Baywatch lifeguards on their thrilling adventures filled with beautiful beaches and those iconic red swimsuits.
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Title: Dear John
Character: Paul
Released: October 6, 1988
Type: TV
Dear John starred Judd Hirsch as easygoing Drake Prep high school teacher John Lacey who is dumped by his wife, Wendy, via a Dear John letter. Wendy ends up with everything in the divorce settlement, including custody of the couple's son, forcing John to move into an apartment in Ozone Park, Queens. John soon joins the One-2-One Club, a self help group for divorced, widowed or lonely people. The group is led by Louise (Jane Carr), a sex-obsessed British woman. Other members of the group include Kate McCarron (Isabella Hofmann), a sweet divorcée; Kirk Morris (Jere Burns), a cocky ladies' man; Ralph Drang (Harry Groener), a shy and neurotic tollbooth collector; Bonnie Philbert (Billie Bird), a feisty senior citizen; and Tom, Mrs. Philbert's quiet boyfriend (Tom Willett).
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Title: L.A. Law
Character: Floor Manager
Released: September 15, 1986
Type: TV
L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including a large number of parallel storylines, social drama and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff. The show was popular with audiences and critics, and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run, four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series.