Michael Benyaer

Michael Benyaer

Born: May 25, 1970
in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Michael Benyaer (born May 25, 1970) is a Canadian actor and cartoon and video game voice actor. Benyaer was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. He enjoyed playing Hadji in The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, stating, "[he] is one of the few roles for an ethnic actor that is not a bad guy. I mean, how many East Indian heroes have been on television? Hadji is for the sensitive kids out there. He is the outsider in all of us." A Star Wars fan, Benyaer relished the opportunity to work with Mark Hamill for In the Realm of the Condor. He also voiced Bob in the Canadian CGI series ReBoot. He is also well known as Hikaru Gosunkugi and Kengyu in Ranma 1/2.

Movies for Michael Benyaer...

Bau, Artist at War
Title: Bau, Artist at War
Character: Saul
Released: April 25, 2024
Type: Movie
Based on the true story of Joseph and Rebecca Bau whose wedding took place in the Plaszow concentration camp during WW2. This movie is a war drama/love story/espionage tale that needs to be told in this era where survivors are dying, and the Holocaust is slipping from memory.
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The Wedding Contract
Title: The Wedding Contract
Character: Rabbi Solomon
Released: June 17, 2023
Type: Movie
Rebecca, a teacher, and Adam, an ad executive are excited to plan their Jewish wedding, but their wedding and future are put into jeopardy when Adam lands a new ad campaign, and their mothers meet for the first time.
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Title: Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Character: Sevet
Released: May 5, 2022
Type: TV
Follow Captain Christopher Pike, Science Officer Spock and Number One in the years before Captain Kirk boarded the U.S.S. Enterprise, as they explore new worlds around the galaxy.
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A Clüsterfünke Christmas
Title: A Clüsterfünke Christmas
Character: Marty
Released: December 4, 2021
Type: Movie
A celebratory parody of the traditional TV holiday romance that follows Holly, a go-getter real estate exec from New York City who heads to a small town to buy the quaint Clüsterfünke Inn and transform it into a mega-resort.
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A Lethal Lesson
Title: A Lethal Lesson
Character: Principal Harris
Released: July 8, 2021
Type: Movie
High school teacher Lauren finds her life up side down when her job, the custody of her adopted daughter and even her safety is in danger when an angry student falsely claims to have had an affair with her.
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Broker
Title: Broker
Character: Alan Mendelson
Released: June 24, 2019
Type: Movie
Former actor Jules works her way up to the top of the cutthroat world of Los Angeles commercial real estate, surrounded by an assortment of chauvinists, buffoons, and sharks. But as she rises through the ranks, Jules begins to understand just how intoxicating dealmaking can be.
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Title: Love, Death & Robots
Character: Dr. Wehunt (voice)
Released: March 15, 2019
Type: TV
Terrifying creatures, wicked surprises and dark comedy converge in this NSFW anthology of animated stories presented by Tim Miller and David Fincher.
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Title: FBI
Character: Zev Solin
Released: September 25, 2018
Type: TV
The New York office of the FBI brings to bear all their talents, intellect and technical expertise on major cases in order to keep their city and the country safe.
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Title: Magnum P.I.
Character: Samal Talib
Released: September 24, 2018
Type: TV
Thomas Magnum, a decorated former Navy SEAL, returns home from Afghanistan and applies his military skills to become a private investigator in Hawaii taking jobs no one else will—with the help of fellow vets T.C. Calvin and Rick Wright, and former MI:6 agent, Juliet Higgins.
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Beyond The Sky
Title: Beyond The Sky
Character: Dr. Maurice
Released: September 21, 2018
Type: Movie
A documentary filmmaker travels to a UFO convention in New Mexico where he meets a local artist with a dark secret. As they follow a trail of clues they discover disturbing sightings and question all they believe when they become immersed in the enigmatic culture of the Pueblo Indians.
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The Layover
Title: The Layover
Character: Shahar
Released: September 1, 2017
Type: Movie
When their plane is rerouted due to a hurricane warning, two single female best friends find themselves competing for the same guy during an extended layover in St. Louis.
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Title: Snowfall
Character: Dareh
Released: July 5, 2017
Type: TV
Los Angeles. 1983. A storm is coming and its name is crack. Set against the infancy of the crack cocaine epidemic and its ultimate radical impact on the culture as we know it, the story follows numerous characters on a violent collision course.
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Blood, Sand & Gold
Title: Blood, Sand & Gold
Character: Sheikh Ikram
Released: March 10, 2017
Type: Movie
When an archaeologist discovers Sir Francis Drake's lost treasure in the Sahara Desert, it is promptly stolen and she sets off on a global quest to steal it back.
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Title: Taken
Character: Liad Meidar
Released: February 27, 2017
Type: TV
The origin story of younger, hungrier, former Green Beret Bryan Mills as he deals with a personal tragedy that shakes his world. As he fights to overcome the incident and exact revenge, Mills is pulled into a career as a deadly CIA operative, a job that awakens his very particular, and very dangerous, set of skills.
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Legends of the Hidden Temple
Title: Legends of the Hidden Temple
Character: Olmec
Released: November 26, 2016
Type: Movie
Three siblings who break away from a lackluster temple tour in a jungle finds themselves immersed in a real-life mission comprised of obstacles that they must complete in order to escape alive.
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Title: Van Helsing
Character: Stefan
Released: September 23, 2016
Type: TV
Vanessa Helsing, the daughter of famous vampire hunter and Dracula nemesis Abraham Van Helsing is resurrected five years in the future to find out that vampires have taken over the world and that she possesses unique power over them. She is humanity’s last hope to lead an offensive to take back what has been lost.
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Deadpool
Title: Deadpool
Character: Warlord
Released: February 9, 2016
Type: Movie
The origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who, after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, adopts the alter ego Deadpool. Armed with his new abilities and a dark, twisted sense of humor, Deadpool hunts down the man who nearly destroyed his life.
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Title: The Expanse
Character: Arjun
Released: December 14, 2015
Type: TV
A thriller set two hundred years in the future following the case of a missing young woman who brings a hardened detective and a rogue ship's captain together in a race across the solar system to expose the greatest conspiracy in human history.
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Title: LEGO Star Wars: Droid Tales
Character: Kanan Jarrus (voice)
Released: October 5, 2015
Type: TV
Following their victory celebration in the Ewok village on Endor, seen at the close of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, C-3PO and R2-D2 have gathered to regale Luke, Leia, Han, Chewbacca and the other Rebels with the tales of their adventures that led to the events of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. An accidental kidnapping occurs while the droids are reminiscing and suddenly viewers are taken on a new adventure that leads to encounters with familiar faces and places that prompt the re-telling of the entire saga. The series offers all of the playful humor that viewers expect from LEGO Star Wars.
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Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Impossible Dream
Title: Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Impossible Dream
Character: Asad
Released: October 4, 2015
Type: Movie
The Postables work against the clock decoding a letter to rescue a soldier in Afghanistan and reunite her with her family, while Rita competes for the national Miss Special Delivery title in Washington, D.C.
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Title: Man Seeking Woman
Character: Khalid
Released: January 14, 2015
Type: TV
Josh Greenberg is a naive romantic on a desperate quest for love. When his longtime girlfriend dumps him, Josh enters the dating scene, a nightmarish hellscape of untold horror. Despite the agony, Josh continues his search in the hopes of finding someone who will make all the misery worth it.
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Title: The Flash
Character: Araz Darbinyan
Released: October 7, 2014
Type: TV
After being struck by lightning, CSI investigator Barry Allen awakens from a nine-month coma to discover he has been granted the gift of super speed. Teaming up with S.T.A.R. Labs, Barry takes on the persona of The Flash, the Fastest Man Alive, to protect his city.
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Title: The Last Ship
Character: Amir
Released: June 22, 2014
Type: TV
Their mission is simple: Find a cure. Stop the virus. Save the world. When a global pandemic wipes out eighty percent of the planet's population, the crew of a lone naval destroyer must find a way to pull humanity from the brink of extinction.
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Title: Perception
Character: Dr. Arthur Singh
Released: July 9, 2012
Type: TV
Dr. Daniel Pierce, a neuroscientist and professor, is recruited to help the federal government crack difficult cases. His intimate knowledge of human behavior and masterful understanding of the mind give him an extraordinary ability to read people, but his eccentric view of the world and less-than-stellar social skills can often interfere with his work.
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For the Love of Money
Title: For the Love of Money
Character: Jacob
Released: June 8, 2012
Type: Movie
Spanning over two decades, "For the Love of Money" follows the true account of an Israeli immigrant who searches for his piece of the American dream.
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To Rest in Peace
Title: To Rest in Peace
Character: Malek
Released: May 17, 2011
Type: Movie
Occupied Kuwait, 1990. Two dead bodies lie in the street. Day after day, everyone passes them by, afraid to stop. Except one man.
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Fred & Vinnie
Title: Fred & Vinnie
Character: Book Store Customer
Released: January 1, 2011
Type: Movie
Lonely guy Fred Stoller is thrilled when his good buddy, Vinnie D'Angelo, the world's happiest agoraphobic and fattest vegetarian, comes to live with him, until Vinnie also proves to be the world's most maddening roommate.
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Title: Modern Family
Character: Jerry
Released: September 23, 2009
Type: TV
The Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker clan is a wonderfully large and blended family. They give us an honest and often hilarious look into the sometimes warm, sometimes twisted, embrace of the modern family.
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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Title: G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Character: Flight Control Technician
Released: August 3, 2009
Type: Movie
From the Egyptian desert to deep below the polar ice caps, the elite G.I. JOE team uses the latest in next-generation spy and military equipment to fight the corrupt arms dealer Destro and the growing threat of the mysterious Cobra organization to prevent them from plunging the world into chaos.
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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Title: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Character: Egyptian Interpol Officer #2
Released: June 19, 2009
Type: Movie
Sam Witwicky leaves the Autobots behind for a normal life. But when his mind is filled with cryptic symbols, the Decepticons target him and he is dragged back into the Transformers' war.
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Title: Castle
Character: Oscar
Released: March 9, 2009
Type: TV
After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes.
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Title: Sanctuary
Character: Assam
Released: October 3, 2008
Type: TV
The adventures of the beautiful, enigmatic and always surprising Dr. Helen Magnus, a brilliant scientist who holds the secrets of a clandestine population called Abnormals—a group of strange and sometimes terrifying beings that hide among humans. Magnus seeks to protect this threatened phenomena as well as unlock the mysteries behind their existence.
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Title: The Mentalist
Character: Clinic Director
Released: September 23, 2008
Type: TV
Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.
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Title: Eli Stone
Character: Dr. Lawson
Released: January 31, 2008
Type: TV
Many lawyers consider themselves prophets, but Eli Stone may be the real deal. Eli has built a successful career at a top law firm in San Francisco representing only the biggest and richest corporations that make a habit of screwing over the little guy. But after experiencing a series of odd hallucinations, Eli seeks to find a deeper meaning to life while trying not to lose his job and destroy his relationship with the bosses' daughter. When Eli discovers an aneurysm in his brain, he wonders if his condition is truly medical or if perhaps he now has a higher calling.
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Termination Point
Title: Termination Point
Character: Tesslor
Released: December 31, 2007
Type: Movie
Top secret government experiments with time travel have been shut down and declared as too dangerous to continue. The lead scientist has disappeared with the technology and a government manhunt is underway. When his name appears on an airline manifest after the flight has departed, the government orders the plane to turn back. But the plane drops from the radar, disappearing into thin air! As special agents try to locate the plane, scientists must deal with the repercussions from the time ripples that threaten to destroy the Earth.
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Postal
Title: Postal
Character: Mohammed
Released: October 18, 2007
Type: Movie
The story begins with a regular Joe who tries desperately to seek employment, but embarks on a violent rampage when he teams up with cult leader Uncle Dave. Their first act is to heist an amusement park, only to learn that the Taliban are planning the same heist as well. Chaos ensues, and now the Postal Dude must not only take on terrorists but also political figures.
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Title: Revisioned: Tomb Raider
Released: July 10, 2007
Type: TV
Revisioned: Tomb Raider Animated Series is a ten-part animated series based on the Tomb Raider series. It was distributed through the online video game service GameTap from July 10, 2007 to November 13, 2007. The series consists of various animation and comic book talent's renditions of Lara Croft, presented in the form of animated short films. The series was originally intended to conclude on August 23, 2007, but date for the final episode was changed to November 13, 2007.
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The Egyptian Book of the Dead
Title: The Egyptian Book of the Dead
Character: Narrator
Released: November 4, 2006
Type: Movie
Documentary takes a look at the ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead, a scroll created in 1880 BCE, and lost until 1887.
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Title: The Path to 9/11
Character: Khalid Sheikh Mohammed / 'KSM'
Released: September 10, 2006
Type: TV
Beginning with the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center and ending on the morning of 9/11, the draws on detailed information from the 9/11 Commission Report to take viewers on an unforgettable journey through the events that presaged that fateful day -- to understand what went right and wrong, and what can be learned from this crucial eight-year period.
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Title: Eureka
Character: Dr. Louis Glazer
Released: July 18, 2006
Type: TV
The sleepy Pacific Northwest town of Eureka is hiding a mysterious secret. The government has been relocating the world's geniuses and their families to this rustic town for years where innovation and chaos have lived hand in hand. U.S. Marshal Jack Carter stumbles upon this odd town after wrecking his car and becoming stranded there. When the denizens of the town unleash an unknown scientific creation, Carter jumps in to try to restore order and consequently learns of one of the country's best kept secrets.
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Title: The L Word
Character: Marc
Released: January 18, 2004
Type: TV
A group of lesbian friends struggle with romance and careers in Los Angeles.
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Title: NCIS
Character: Osman Zoranj
Released: September 23, 2003
Type: TV
From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, a team of special agents investigates any crime that has a shred of evidence connected to Navy and Marine Corps personnel, regardless of rank or position.
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Title: Hot Wheels: World Race
Released: July 12, 2003
Type: TV
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Hot Wheels: World Race
Title: Hot Wheels: World Race
Character: Banjee Castillo (voice)
Released: July 1, 2003
Type: Movie
Recruited by the mysterious Dr. Tezla, the greatest race car drivers in the world roar onto the track - and into a mind-bending array of alternate dimensions - on a winner-take-all quest for thrills, danger and speed!
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Dead Heat
Title: Dead Heat
Character: Man in Warehouse #1
Released: July 23, 2002
Type: Movie
Boston cop Pally is forced into early retirement, putting a strain on his marriage. Pally's stepbrother, Ray, attempts to lift his spirits by tipping him off to a sure-bet racehorse. But their attempts to secure the champion equine are thwarted by a local mob boss, who steals the horse as repayment for a gambling debt. With their investment on the line, Pally and Ray become entangled in a web of underworld crime and murder.
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Title: The Shield
Character: Goma Magar
Released: March 12, 2002
Type: TV
The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above breaking the rules or working against their associates to both keep the streets safe and their self-interests intact.
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ReBoot - My Two Bobs
Title: ReBoot - My Two Bobs
Character: Bob (voice)
Released: November 25, 2001
Type: Movie
Will the real Bob please step forward? There might not be a virus, but life's still interesting in Mainframe when a second Bob comes on the scene. No one knows which is which - including the two Bobs. With wedding preparations underway, Dot can't decide who to marry and turns to her friends for assistance. Meanwhile, an old enemy returns to the system and only one of the Sprites can save the Mainframe inhabitants. ReBoot: My Two Bobs is a 2001 Canadian made-for-TV movie based on the series ReBoot directed by George Samilski. The movie is set after the first three seasons of ReBoot, and along with another ReBoot movie, Daemon Rising, is considered the fourth season. It was originally broadcast in Canada as a film, but was later rebroadcast as 4 individual episodes.
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Title: 24
Character: Naseem
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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Reboot - Daemon Rising
Title: Reboot - Daemon Rising
Character: Bob / Cadet Bob (voice)
Released: October 19, 2001
Type: Movie
Looks like Bob and his fellow computer Sprites may have finally met their match. Supervirus Daemon is spreading her infection throughout the entire Net and edging ever closer to the City of Mainframe. Bob joins forces with old enemies in an attempt to foil her destruction of Mainframe and must reach into the past to find the answer.
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Title: Smallville
Character: Assassin
Released: October 16, 2001
Type: TV
The origins of the world’s greatest hero–from Krypton refugee Kal-el’s arrival on Earth through his tumultuous teen years to Clark Kent’s final steps toward embracing his destiny as the Man of Steel.
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Title: Sitting Ducks
Character: Raoul (voice)
Released: September 13, 2001
Type: TV
Sitting Ducks is an American children's animated television series based on the 1970s "Sitting Ducks" lithograph and the 1998 children's book of the same name, created by the poster artist Michael Bedard. Sitting Ducks first appeared in 2001 in Europe, later debuting in United States on Cartoon Network, in Australia on ABC3, in Canada on CBC Television, in the United Kingdom on BBC Two, Disney XD and in the Japanese version of Cartoon Network. The show lasted for two seasons each comprising thirteen episodes, with the last episode shown on July 5, 2003. Reruns of the show were aired on Qubo in 2007, and was later aired as part of its block Qubo Night Owl, until June 30, 2012.
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Title: Dark Angel
Released: October 3, 2000
Type: TV
Super soldier Max Guevera tries to live a normal life in post-apocalyptic Seattle while eluding capture by government agents from the covert biotech facility she escaped from as a child and searching for her genetically-enhanced brothers and sisters who have dispersed after escape.
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My Mother the Spy
Title: My Mother the Spy
Character: Arturo
Released: May 8, 2000
Type: Movie
Disappointed that her mother has always disappeared at important times in her life, Alison Shaeffer, a successful book editor, decides to track down her mother on a remote island in an effort to patch things up. But family secrets unravel when Allison discovers that her mother is a CIA agent after she accidentally stumbles into one of her mom's covert operations.
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The Auteur Theory
Title: The Auteur Theory
Character: Spike Levy - Finalist
Released: November 3, 1999
Type: Movie
At an absurdly self-indulgent student film festival, the directors of the (mostly terrible) short films start getting killed off one by one and a budding British documentary filmmaker decides to investigate.
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Title: Da Vinci's Inquest
Released: October 7, 1998
Type: TV
Da Vinci's Inquest is a Canadian dramatic television series that aired on CBC Television from 1998 to 2005. While never a ratings blockbuster, seven seasons of thirteen episodes each were filmed for a total of ninety-one episodes. The show, set and filmed in Vancouver, stars Nicholas Campbell as Dominic Da Vinci, once an undercover officer for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, but now a crusading coroner who seeks justice in the cases he investigates. The cast also includes Gwynyth Walsh as Da Vinci's ex-wife and chief pathologist Patricia Da Vinci, Donnelly Rhodes as detective Leo Shannon, and Ian Tracey as detective Mick Leary.
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Surface to Air
Title: Surface to Air
Character: Iraqi Soldier
Released: November 11, 1997
Type: Movie
Two feuding half-brothers are both assigned to the same aircraft carrier. The carrier is sent to the Persian Gulf and their personal problems are put behind them, while they deal with a Iraqi military officer who has decided to stage a coup. The brothers move in to deal with the problem, but soon find themselves fighting the rebels as well as regular Iraqi troops. When one brother gets in trouble, the other comes to the rescue.
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Title: The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
Character: Hadji Singh (voice)
Released: August 26, 1996
Type: TV
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest is an American animated action-adventure television series.
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Flinch
Title: Flinch
Character: Al Devore
Released: November 22, 1994
Type: Movie
Two live store window mannequins witness a murder late at night.
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Title: ReBoot
Character: Bob (voice)
Released: September 10, 1994
Type: TV
ReBoot is a Canadian CGI-animated action-adventure cartoon series that originally aired from 1994 to 2001. It was produced by Vancouver-based production company Mainframe Entertainment, Alliance Communications, BLT Productions and created by Gavin Blair, Ian Pearson, Phil Mitchell and John Grace, with the visuals designed by Brendan McCarthy after an initial attempt by Ian Gibson. It was the first half-hour, completely computer-animated TV series.
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Title: ReBoot
Released: September 10, 1994
Type: TV
ReBoot is a Canadian CGI-animated action-adventure cartoon series that originally aired from 1994 to 2001. It was produced by Vancouver-based production company Mainframe Entertainment, Alliance Communications, BLT Productions and created by Gavin Blair, Ian Pearson, Phil Mitchell and John Grace, with the visuals designed by Brendan McCarthy after an initial attempt by Ian Gibson. It was the first half-hour, completely computer-animated TV series.
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Title: Viper
Character: Emile
Released: January 2, 1994
Type: TV
Viper is an action-adventure TV series about a special task force set up by the federal government to fight crime in the fictional city of Metro City, California that is perpetually under siege from one crime wave after another. The weapon used by this task force is an assault vehicle that masquerades as a Dodge Viper RT/10 roadster and coupe. The series takes place in "the near future". The primary brand of vehicles driven in the show were Chrysler or subsidiary companies. The Viper Defender "star car" was designed by Chrysler Corporation engineers. The exterior design of the car was produced by Chrysler stylist Steve Ferrerio.
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Title: Exosquad
Character: Pilot 1C Kaz Takagi / Praetorius (voice)
Released: September 18, 1993
Type: TV
Sometime in the 22nd century, humans have fully terraformed and colonized Venus and Mars. The Neosapiens, an artificially engineered race created to be slaves for the Terrans, have turned against their masters and formed the Neosapien Order/Empire/Commonwealth. Under the rule of the calculating Governor General Phaeton, the Neosapiens have launched an invasion of Earth and Venus. The ExoFleet, the Homeworlds' space navy (in particular, Able Squad, a group of Exo-Frame pilots led by Lieutenant J.T. Marsh), fight against the invasion in an interplanetary war to protect the Terrans.
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The Hitman
Title: The Hitman
Character: Hassan
Released: May 1, 1991
Type: Movie
After surviving an attempt on his life by his former partner, officer Cliff Garrett (Norris) exacts revenge on those who wronged him by going undercover as a hit man. He works to gain the reputation and trust needed in order to be accepted by the burgeoning Seattle-area criminal underworld, but it is all done in order to take it down from within.
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Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
Title: Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
Character: JoJo
Released: July 28, 1989
Type: Movie
Jason ships out aboard a teen-filled "love boat" bound for New York, which he soon transforms into the ultimate voyage of the damned.
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Title: Wiseguy
Released: September 16, 1987
Type: TV
Vinnie Terranova does time in a New Jersey penitentiary to set up his undercover role as an agent for the OCB (Organized Crime Bureau) of the United States. His roots in a traditional Italian city neighborhood form the underlying dramatic base throughout the series, bringing him into conflict with his conservative mother and other family members while acting undercover as syndicate enforcer.
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Title: 21 Jump Street
Character: Don
Released: April 12, 1987
Type: TV
21 Jump Street revolves around a group of young cops who would use their youthful appearance to go undercover and solve crimes involving teenagers and young adults.