Paul Dano

Paul Dano

Born: June 19, 1984
in New York City, New York, USA
Paul Franklin Dano (born June 19, 1984) is an American actor. He began his career on Broadway before making his film debut in The Newcomers (2000). He won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Debut Performance for his role in L.I.E. (2001) and received accolades for his role as Dwayne Hoover in Little Miss Sunshine (2006). For his dual roles as Paul and Eli Sunday in Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood (2007), he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Dano has also received accolades for roles such as John Tibeats in Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave (2013) and Alex Jones in Denis Villeneuve's Prisoners (2013). His acting portrayal of musician Brian Wilson in Love & Mercy (2014) earned him a Golden Globe nomination in the category of Best Supporting Actor. He will play Edward Nashton / The Riddler in The Batman (2022).

Dano made his directorial debut with the drama film Wildlife (2018), based on the novel by Richard Ford. He co-wrote the screenplay with his partner Zoe Kazan. In 2018, he starred in the Showtime miniseries Escape at Dannemora, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie.

Movies for Paul Dano...

Spaceman
Title: Spaceman
Character: Hanus (voice)
Released: February 23, 2024
Type: Movie
During a research mission, an astronaut discovers that his marriage is in trouble. Luckily, he has the help of a mysterious creature hidden in his ship.
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Title: Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Character: Hot Neighbor
Released: February 1, 2024
Type: TV
Meet the Smiths: two lonely strangers, John and Jane, who have given up their lives and identities to be thrown together as partners – both in espionage and in marriage.
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Dumb Money
Title: Dumb Money
Character: Keith Gill
Released: September 15, 2023
Type: Movie
Vlogger Keith Gill sinks his life savings into GameStop stock and posts about it. When social media starts blowing up, so do his life and the lives of everyone following him. As a stock tip becomes a movement, everyone gets rich—until the billionaires fight back, and both sides find their worlds turned upside down.
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The Fabelmans: A Family in Film
Title: The Fabelmans: A Family in Film
Character: Self
Released: February 14, 2023
Type: Movie
A fascinating behind-the-scenes special about Steven Spielberg's "The Fabelmans."
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The Fabelmans
Title: The Fabelmans
Character: Burt Fabelman
Released: November 11, 2022
Type: Movie
Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him see the truth.
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Title: Pantheon
Character: Caspian Keyes (voice)
Released: September 1, 2022
Type: TV
A bullied teen receives mysterious help from someone online: a stranger soon revealed to be her recently deceased father, David, whose consciousness has been uploaded to the Cloud following an experimental destructive brain scan. David is the first of a new kind of being – an “Uploaded Intelligence” or “UI” – but he will not be the last, as a global conspiracy unfolds that threatens to trigger a new kind of world war.
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The Batman
Title: The Batman
Character: Edward Nashton / The Riddler
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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The Guilty
Title: The Guilty
Character: Matthew Fontenot (voice)
Released: September 24, 2021
Type: Movie
A demoted police officer assigned to a call dispatch desk is conflicted when he receives an emergency phone call from a kidnapped woman.
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The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Title: The Great Work Begins: Scenes from Angels in America
Character: Prior Walter
Released: October 8, 2020
Type: Movie
An all-star livestream benefit performance of scenes from Angels in America in support of amfAR’s Fund to Fight COVID-19.
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Title: Escape at Dannemora
Character: David Sweat
Released: November 18, 2018
Type: TV
The stranger-than-fiction account of a prison break in upstate New York in the summer of 2015, which spawned a massive manhunt for two convicted murderers who were aided in their escape by a married female prison employee with whom they both became sexually entangled.
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Okja
Title: Okja
Character: Jay
Released: June 28, 2017
Type: Movie
A young girl named Mija risks everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend - a massive animal named Okja.
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Swiss Army Man
Title: Swiss Army Man
Character: Hank
Released: June 24, 2016
Type: Movie
Alone on a tiny deserted island, Hank has given up all hope of ever making it home again. But one day everything changes when a dead body washes ashore, and he soon realizes it may be his last opportunity to escape certain death. Armed with his new “friend” and an unusual bag of tricks, the duo go on an epic adventure to bring Hank back to the woman of his dreams.
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Title: War and Peace
Character: Pierre Bezukhov
Released: January 3, 2016
Type: TV
A story that revolves around five aristocratic families, set during the reign of Alexander I, and centered on the love triangle between Natasha Rostova, Pierre Bezukhov, and Andrei Bolkonsky.
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Title: The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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.must watch
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Love & Mercy
Title: Love & Mercy
Character: Brian Wilson 1960s
Released: May 29, 2015
Type: Movie
In the late 1960s, the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson stops touring, produces "Pet Sounds" and begins to lose his grip on reality. By the 1980s, under the sway of a controlling therapist, he finds a savior in Melinda Ledbetter.
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Youth
Title: Youth
Character: Jimmy Tree
Released: May 20, 2015
Type: Movie
Two lifelong friends bond whilst vacationing in a luxury Swiss Alps lodge as they ponder retirement. While Fred has no plans to resume his musical career despite the urging of his loving daughter Lena, Mick is intent on finishing the screenplay for what may be his last important film for his muse Brenda. And where will inspiration lead their younger friend Jimmy, an actor grasping to make sense of his next performance?
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Title: The Late Late Show with James Corden
Character: Self
Released: March 23, 2015
Type: TV
Once Craig Ferguson retires, James Corden will be taking over The Late Late Show. The show is a late night talk show that interviews celebrities and has its own bits. And of course, it's all hosted by James Corden.
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Title: The Late Late Show with James Corden
Character: Self - Guest
Released: March 23, 2015
Type: TV
Once Craig Ferguson retires, James Corden will be taking over The Late Late Show. The show is a late night talk show that interviews celebrities and has its own bits. And of course, it's all hosted by James Corden.
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Title: Hot Ones
Character: Self
Released: March 12, 2015
Type: TV
The show with hot questions and even hotter wings invites a famous guest over to eat and then interviews them while they're struggling through the heat.
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Title: Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Character: Self
Released: December 21, 2014
Type: TV
PBS SoCal and Variety take you inside the biggest movies and T.V. shows of the past year through candid conversations with today's hottest actors. Hosted by Variety Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis and Variety Chief Correspondent Elizabeth Wagmeister, each episode brings together pairs of actors engaging in intimate one-on-one discussions about their craft and work.
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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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Title: The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Character: Self
Released: February 17, 2014
Type: TV
After Jay Leno's second retirement from the program, Jimmy Fallon stepped in as his permanent replacement. After 42 years in Los Angeles the program was brought back to New York.
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Title: Off Camera with Sam Jones
Character: Self
Released: February 6, 2014
Type: TV
Photographer and director Sam Jones sits down with the myriad professionals of television and movies, and other celebrities (great skateboarders, for example), to discuss their development before fame, their passions beyond their careers, and gives them a space to open up about their insight into their business and their own abilities. Filmed in black and white, with a few deep cushion chairs and sparse set, the show relies on Sam's ability to relate to the guests and their will to speak freely with him.
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12 Years a Slave
Title: 12 Years a Slave
Character: John Tibeats
Released: October 18, 2013
Type: Movie
In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon’s chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.
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Prisoners
Title: Prisoners
Character: Alex Jones
Released: September 19, 2013
Type: Movie
Keller Dover is facing a parent’s worst nightmare: his young daughter and her friend have gone missing. Heading the investigation, Detective Loki arrests the only suspect – the driver of an RV on which the girls had been playing – but a lack of evidence forces his release. As pressure mounts, Loki’s team pursues multiple leads while a frantic Dover decides he has no choice but to take matters into his own hands.
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Looper
Title: Looper
Character: Seth
Released: September 26, 2012
Type: Movie
In the year 2044, time travel has not yet been invented but in 30 years it will have been. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they will send their target into the past where a looper, a hired gun, like Joe is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good until the day the mob decides to close the loop, sending back Joe's future self for assassination.
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Ruby Sparks
Title: Ruby Sparks
Character: Calvin
Released: July 25, 2012
Type: Movie
Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby who inspires him. When Calvin finds Ruby, in the flesh, sitting on his couch about a week later, he is completely flabbergasted that his words have turned into a living, breathing person.
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Being Flynn
Title: Being Flynn
Character: Nick Flynn
Released: March 2, 2012
Type: Movie
Working in a Boston homeless shelter, Nick Flynn re-encounters his father, a con man and self-proclaimed poet. Sensing trouble in his own life, Nick wrestles with the notion of reaching out yet again to his dad.
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For Ellen
Title: For Ellen
Character: Joby Taylor
Released: February 12, 2012
Type: Movie
After an overnight long-distance drive, Joby has a special meeting—with lawyers and his ex-wife. A struggling musician with the prerequisite tattoos, slimy hair, goatee, and his head firmly floating in the clouds, Joby hasn’t been around to be a dad. Now is his last chance to fight for shared custody of his daughter, Ellen.
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Flatscreen
Title: Flatscreen
Character: Paul
Released: February 9, 2012
Type: Movie
A bookclub meeting that ends up in a orgie.
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Cowboys & Aliens
Title: Cowboys & Aliens
Character: Percy Dolarhyde
Released: July 29, 2011
Type: Movie
A stranger stumbles into the desert town of Absolution with no memory of his past and a futuristic shackle around his wrist. With the help of mysterious beauty Ella and the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde, he finds himself leading an unlikely posse of cowboys, outlaws, and Apache warriors against a common enemy from beyond this world in an epic showdown for survival.
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Meek's Cutoff
Title: Meek's Cutoff
Character: Thomas Gately
Released: April 8, 2011
Type: Movie
Set in 1845, this drama follows a group of settlers as they embark on a punishing journey along the Oregon Trail. When their guide leads them astray, the expedition is forced to contend with the unforgiving conditions of the high plain desert.
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The Extra Man
Title: The Extra Man
Character: Louis Ives
Released: August 1, 2010
Type: Movie
A man who escorts wealthy widows in New York's Upper East Side takes a young aspiring playwright under his wing.
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Knight and Day
Title: Knight and Day
Character: Simon Feck
Released: June 15, 2010
Type: Movie
A fugitive couple goes on a glamorous and sometimes deadly adventure where nothing and no one – even themselves – are what they seem. Amid shifting alliances and unexpected betrayals, they race across the globe, with their survival ultimately hinging on the battle of truth vs. trust.
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Where the Wild Things Are
Title: Where the Wild Things Are
Character: Alexander (voice)
Released: October 16, 2009
Type: Movie
Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander—crown him as their king, play rumpus, build forts and discover secret hideaways.
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The Good Heart
Title: The Good Heart
Character: Lucas
Released: September 11, 2009
Type: Movie
Jacques is the curmudgeonly owner of a gritty New York dive bar that serves as home to a motley assortment of professional drinkers. Jacques is determinedly drinking and smoking himself to death when he meets Lucas, a homeless young man who has already given up on life. Determined to keep his legacy alive, Jacques deems Lucas is a fitting heir and takes him under his wing.
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Taking Woodstock
Title: Taking Woodstock
Character: VW Guy
Released: August 26, 2009
Type: Movie
The story of Elliot Tiber and his family, who inadvertently played a pivotal role in making the famed Woodstock Music and Arts Festival into the happening that it was. When Elliot hears that a neighboring town has pulled the permit on a hippie music festival, he calls the producers thinking he could drum up some much-needed business for his parents' run-down motel. Three weeks later, half a million people are on their way to his neighbor’s farm in White Lake, New York, and Elliot finds himself swept up in a generation-defining experience that would change his life–and American culture–forever.
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Light and the Sufferer
Title: Light and the Sufferer
Character: Don (AKA: Light)
Released: September 9, 2008
Type: Movie
Realism and fantasy collide in Jonathan Lethem's genre-bending coming-of-age story, which follows two estranged brothers as they try to leave New York City for a new life in California only to find their plans--and lives--being forever changed by the appearance of a mysterious alien.
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Gigantic
Title: Gigantic
Character: Brian
Released: September 9, 2008
Type: Movie
Young mattress salesman Brian decides to adopt a baby from China but is distracted when he forms a relationship with quirky, wealthy Harriet whom he meets at his mattress store. As their relationship flourishes, unbeknownst to them, a hitman is trying to kill Brian.
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Explicit Ills
Title: Explicit Ills
Character: Rocco
Released: March 8, 2008
Type: Movie
The film follows four inter-connecting stories revolving around love, drugs and poverty in Philadelphia
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There Will Be Blood
Title: There Will Be Blood
Character: Paul Sunday / Eli Sunday
Released: December 26, 2007
Type: Movie
Ruthless silver miner, turned oil prospector, Daniel Plainview, moves to oil-rich California. Using his son to project a trustworthy, family-man image, Plainview cons local landowners into selling him their valuable properties for a pittance. However, local preacher Eli Sunday suspects Plainview's motives and intentions, starting a slow-burning feud that threatens both their lives.
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The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
Title: The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
Character: Self
Released: February 7, 2007
Type: Movie
A full-length documentary chronicling filmmaker Richard Linklater and author Eric Schlosser throughout their journey making the movie 'Fast Food Nation,' featuring Linklater and the cast of the movie in rehearsals, shooting, and interviews.
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Weapons
Title: Weapons
Character: Chris
Released: January 19, 2007
Type: Movie
Weapons presents a series of brutal, seemingly random youth-related killings over the course of a weekend in a typical small town in America, and tragically reveals how they are all interrelated.
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Fast Food Nation
Title: Fast Food Nation
Character: Brian
Released: November 17, 2006
Type: Movie
A dramatised examination of the health issues and social consequences of America's love affair with fast food.
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Little Miss Sunshine
Title: Little Miss Sunshine
Character: Dwayne Hoover
Released: July 26, 2006
Type: Movie
A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.
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The King
Title: The King
Character: Paul
Released: May 5, 2006
Type: Movie
A motiveless malignancy? Elvis leaves the Navy and heads for Texas where he contacts his father, whom he's never met, the pastor at a Christian community church. Pastor Dave tells Elvis to stay away and, without telling his family that Elvis is his son from a pre-conversion liaison, tells them to have nothing to do with him. But Elvis has already connected with Malerie, the pastor's 16-year old daughter. Elvis embarks on the seduction of Malerie, while Dave examines his conscience and comes to a new conclusion. Can anyone get right with the Lord? Does the Lord hear?
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The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Title: The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Character: Thaddius
Released: February 25, 2005
Type: Movie
Jack Slavin is an environmentalist with a heart condition who lives with his daughter, Rose, on an isolated island. While Jack fights against developers who wish to build in the area, he also craves more contact with other people. When he invites his girlfriend, Kathleen, and her sons, Rodney and Thaddius, to move in, Rose is upset. The complicated family dynamics makes things difficult for everyone in the house.
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The Girl Next Door
Title: The Girl Next Door
Character: Klitz
Released: April 9, 2004
Type: Movie
Exceptionally ambitious high schooler Matthew has aspirations for a career in politics when he falls in love with his gorgeous 19-year-old neighbor, Danielle. But Matthew's bright future is jeopardized when he finds Danielle was once a porn star. As Danielle's past catches up with her, Matthew's love for her forces him to re-evaluate his goals.
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Taking Lives
Title: Taking Lives
Character: Young Asher
Released: March 19, 2004
Type: Movie
Recruited to assist Montreal police in their desperate search for a serial killer who assumes the identities of his victims, FBI profiler Illeana Scott knows it's only a matter of time before the killer strikes again. Her most promising lead is a museum employee who might be the killer's only eyewitness.
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Title: Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Character: Self
Released: January 26, 2003
Type: TV
Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.
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The Emperor's Club
Title: The Emperor's Club
Character: Martin Blythe
Released: November 22, 2002
Type: Movie
William Hundert is a passionate and principled Classics professor who finds his tightly-controlled world shaken and inexorably altered when a new student, Sedgewick Bell, walks into his classroom. What begins as a fierce battle of wills gives way to a close student-teacher relationship, but results in a life lesson for Hundert that will still haunt him a quarter of a century later.
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Too Young to Be a Dad
Title: Too Young to Be a Dad
Character: Matt Freeman
Released: June 10, 2002
Type: Movie
When 15-year-old Matt Freeman gets his girlfriend, Francesca, pregnant, her family decides to put the unborn baby up for adoption. Matt agrees to the decision, but begins to rethink it. This movie is taken from the father's point of view.
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L.I.E.
Title: L.I.E.
Character: Howie Blitzer
Released: September 7, 2001
Type: Movie
With his mother dead and his father busy at work, Howie feels adrift in his New York suburb. He and his friend Gary spend their time burglarizing their neighbors' homes — until they make the mistake of robbing the house of Big John, a macho former Marine who is also an unrepentant pedophile. He propositions Howie, who declines, but the two eventually develop an unlikely and dangerous friendship.
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The Newcomers
Title: The Newcomers
Character: Joel
Released: October 1, 2000
Type: Movie
A 12-year-old boy and his family start life over in a new town.
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Title: The Sopranos
Character: Patrick Whaley
Released: January 10, 1999
Type: TV
The story of New Jersey-based Italian-American mobster Tony Soprano and the difficulties he faces as he tries to balance the conflicting requirements of his home life and the criminal organization he heads. Those difficulties are often highlighted through his ongoing professional relationship with psychiatrist Jennifer Melfi. The show features Tony's family members and Mafia associates in prominent roles and story arcs, most notably his wife Carmela and his cousin and protégé Christopher Moltisanti.
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Title: Smart Guy
Released: March 26, 1997
Type: TV
T.J. is a boy genius who gets bumped up from the fourth grade to high school. T.J. tries to adjust to his new life, but he shares some classes with his 14 year-old brother Marcus, the school jock, and his clueless and self-absorbed 16 year-old sister Yvette.
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Title: Saturday Night Live
Character: Self - Cameo (uncredited)
Released: October 11, 1975
Type: TV
A late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show created by Lorne Michaels. The show's comedy sketches, which parody contemporary culture and politics, are performed by a large and varying cast of repertory and newer cast members. Each episode is hosted by a celebrity guest, who usually delivers an opening monologue and performs in sketches with the cast, and features performances by a musical guest.
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Title: The Oscars
Character: Self
Released: March 19, 1953
Type: TV
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.
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Title: Festival de Cannes
Character: Self (jury)
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
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Title: Sensei Rainbow and the Dojo Kids
Character: Paul
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
Join Sensei Rainbow, the Dojo Kids, and Yin and Yang, their enchanted dragon friends in their karate adventure. Sing along, dance and train the martial arts. In this pilot for kids, the mission is to encourage and support Danny, a small boy with a big basketball.