Peter Berg

Peter Berg

Born: March 11, 1964
in New York City, New York, USA
Peter Berg (born March 11, 1964) is an American actor, film director, producer and writer. He is known for directing films such as Friday Night Lights, The Kingdom, The Rundown, Hancock and Battleship. He is highly regarded for developing the television series Friday Night Lights, based on the film of the same name which he also directed. In his more recent career he has worked to bring to the big screen true stories of ordinary Americans placed into extraordinary situations (Lone Survivor, Deepwater Horizon, Patriots Day). As an actor he is best known for his role as Dr. Billy Kronk on the 1990s-era CBS medical drama Chicago Hope.

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Once Upon a Time in Anaheim
Title: Once Upon a Time in Anaheim
Character: Self
Released: June 11, 2023
Type: Movie
The true story of The Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, the first and only pro sports team ever inspired by a Hollywood movie.
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David Blaine: The Magic Way
Title: David Blaine: The Magic Way
Character: Self
Released: April 1, 2020
Type: Movie
Magician David Blaine performs reality-defying magical acts; featured celebrities include Odell Beckham Jr., Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Tom Brady, Gisele Bündchen, Dave Chappelle, James Corden, Bryan Cranston, David Dobrik, Dr. Dre and Jamie Foxx.
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Mile 22
Title: Mile 22
Character: Lucas
Released: August 16, 2018
Type: Movie
An elite group of American operatives, aided by a top-secret tactical command team, must transport an asset who holds life-threatening information to an extraction point 22 miles away through the hostile streets of an Asian city.
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Title: The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
Character: Self
Released: March 26, 2018
Type: TV
The story of legendary comedian Garry Shandling, featuring interviews from nearly four dozen friends, family and colleagues; four decades’ worth of television appearances; and a lifetime of personal journals, private letters and home audio and video footage.
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Patriots Day
Title: Patriots Day
Character: Guy Opening MIT Door
Released: December 12, 2016
Type: Movie
In the aftermath of an unspeakable act of terror, Police Sergeant Tommy Saunders joins courageous survivors, first responders and investigators in a race against the clock to hunt down the Boston Marathon bombers before they strike again.
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Deepwater Horizon
Title: Deepwater Horizon
Character: Mr. Skip
Released: September 28, 2016
Type: Movie
A story set on the offshore drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, which exploded during April 2010 and created the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
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Title: Ballers
Character: Dolphins Coach
Released: June 21, 2015
Type: TV
Looking at the lives of former and current football players, the show follows former superstar Spencer Strasmore as he gets his life on track in retirement while mentoring other current and former players through the daily grind of the business of football.
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Title: The Leftovers
Character: Himself
Released: June 29, 2014
Type: TV
When 2% of the world's population abruptly disappears without explanation, the world struggles to understand just what they're supposed to do about it. The drama series 'The Leftovers' is the story of the people who didn't make the cut.
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Title: The Leftovers
Character: Pete
Released: June 29, 2014
Type: TV
When 2% of the world's population abruptly disappears without explanation, the world struggles to understand just what they're supposed to do about it. The drama series 'The Leftovers' is the story of the people who didn't make the cut.
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Lone Survivor
Title: Lone Survivor
Character: Soldier (uncredited)
Released: December 24, 2013
Type: Movie
Four Navy SEALs on a covert mission to neutralize a high-level Taliban operative must make an impossible moral decision in the mountains of Afghanistan that leads them into an enemy ambush. As they confront unthinkable odds, the SEALs must find reserves of strength and resilience to fight to the finish.
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Title: State of Play
Character: Self - Host
Released: December 4, 2013
Type: TV
A cutting-edge documentary series from filmmaker Peter Berg that explores vital themes in society and culture through the unifying lens of sports.
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Battleship
Title: Battleship
Character: JPJ 2nd Gunner
Released: April 11, 2012
Type: Movie
When mankind beams a radio signal into space, a reply comes from ‘Planet G’, in the form of several alien crafts that splash down in the waters off Hawaii. Lieutenant Alex Hopper is a weapons officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones, part of an international naval coalition which becomes the world's last hope for survival as they engage the hostile alien force of unimaginable strength. While taking on the invaders, Hopper must also try to live up to the potential that his brother, and his fiancée's father—an Admiral—expect of him.
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The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Title: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
Character: Himself
Released: April 22, 2011
Type: Movie
A documentary about branding, advertising and product placement that is financed and made possible by brands, advertising and product placement.
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The Hill Chris Climbed: The Gridiron Heroes Story
Title: The Hill Chris Climbed: The Gridiron Heroes Story
Character: Self
Released: January 11, 2011
Type: Movie
The compelling, heart-wrenching story of high school football star Chris Carnales, whose life changed when he became paralyzed after breaking his neck in a football game. Chris soon learned of others who suffered similar injuries and, with the help of his father, overcame tremendous pain to start an organization with one goal in mind: get immediate help to other victims and their families. He called it Gridiron Heroes.
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Title: 30 for 30
Character: Self
Released: October 6, 2009
Type: TV
30 for 30 is the umbrella title for a series of documentary films airing on ESPN and its sister networks and online properties. The series, which highlights people and events in the sports world that have generally received small amounts of attention, has featured two "volumes" of 30 episodes each, a 13-episode series under the ESPN Films Presents title in 2011-2012, and a series of 30 for 30 Shorts shown through the ESPN.com website.
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Kings Ransom
Title: Kings Ransom
Character: Himself
Released: September 13, 2009
Type: Movie
On August 9, 1988, the NHL was forever changed with the single stroke of a pen. The Edmonton Oilers, fresh off their fourth Stanley Cup victory in five years, signed a deal that sent Wayne Gretzky, a Canadian national treasure and the greatest hockey player ever to play the game, to the Los Angeles Kings in a multi-player, multi-million dollar deal. As bewildered Oiler fans struggled to make sense of the unthinkable, fans in Los Angeles were rushing to purchase season tickets at a rate so fast it overwhelmed the Kings box office. Overnight, a franchise largely overlooked in its 21-year existence was suddenly playing to sellout crowds and standing ovations, and a league often relegated to “little brother” status exploded from 21 teams to 30 in less than a decade.
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Hancock
Title: Hancock
Character: Doctor
Released: July 1, 2008
Type: Movie
Hancock is a down-and-out superhero who's forced to employ a PR expert to help repair his image when the public grows weary of all the damage he's inflicted during his lifesaving heroics. The agent's idea of imprisoning the antihero to make the world miss him proves successful, but will Hancock stick to his new sense of purpose or slip back into old habits?
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Lions for Lambs
Title: Lions for Lambs
Character: Wirey Pink
Released: October 22, 2007
Type: Movie
Three stories told simultaneously in ninety minutes of real time: a Republican Senator who's a presidential hopeful gives an hour-long interview to a skeptical television reporter, detailing a strategy for victory in Afghanistan; two special forces ambushed on an Afghani ridge await rescue as Taliban forces close in; a poli-sci professor at a California college invites a student to re-engage.
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The Kingdom
Title: The Kingdom
Character: FBI Agent
Released: August 22, 2007
Type: Movie
A team of U.S. government agents is sent to investigate the bombing of an American facility in the Middle East.
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Title: Californication
Character: Self
Released: August 13, 2007
Type: TV
A self-loathing, alcoholic writer attempts to repair his damaged relationships with his daughter and her mother while combating sex addiction, a budding drug problem, and the seeming inability to avoid making bad decisions.
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Smokin' Aces
Title: Smokin' Aces
Character: "Pistol" Pete Deeks
Released: December 9, 2006
Type: Movie
When a Las Vegas performer-turned-snitch named Buddy Israel decides to turn state's evidence and testify against the mob, it seems that a whole lot of people would like to make sure he's no longer breathing.
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Collateral
Title: Collateral
Character: Richard Weidner
Released: August 4, 2004
Type: Movie
Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin.
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Title: Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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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Corky Romano
Title: Corky Romano
Character: Paulie Romano
Released: October 12, 2001
Type: Movie
Corky Romano is a bumbling, simpleton, veterinarian and the youngest, outcast son of an aging gangster, named Pops Romano, who calls upon Corky to infiltrate the local FBI and retrieve and destroy evidence being used to incriminate Pops for racketeering charges.
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Title: Alias
Character: Noah Hicks
Released: September 30, 2001
Type: TV
Sydney Bristow, an agent who has been tricked to believe she is working for the U.S. government, is actually working for a criminal organization named the Alliance of Twelve. Upon learning this, Sydney becomes a double agent for the real CIA.
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Title: The King of Queens
Character: Li’l Eddie
Released: September 21, 1998
Type: TV
Life’s good for deliveryman Doug Heffernan, until his newly widowed father-in-law, Arthur, moves in with him and his wife Carrie. Doug is no longer the king of his domain, and instead of having a big screen television in his recently renovated basement, he now has a crazy old man.
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Very Bad Things
Title: Very Bad Things
Character: Man at Funeral
Released: September 11, 1998
Type: Movie
Kyle Fisher has one last night to celebrate life as a single man before marrying Laura, so he sets out to Vegas with four of his best buddies. But a drug and alcohol filled night on the town with a stripper who goes all the way, turns into a cold night in the desert with shovels when the stripper goes all the way into a body bag after dying in their bathroom. And that's just the first of the bodies to pile up before Kyle can walk down the aisle...
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San Francisco Diggers
Title: San Francisco Diggers
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
The San Francisco Diggers was a radical community-action group of activists and Improvisational actors operating from 1967 to 1968, based in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco.
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Cop Land
Title: Cop Land
Character: Joey Randone
Released: August 15, 1997
Type: Movie
Freddy Heflin is the sheriff of a place everyone calls “Cop Land” — a small and seemingly peaceful town populated by the big city police officers he’s long admired. Yet something ugly is taking place behind the town’s peaceful facade. And when Freddy uncovers a massive, deadly conspiracy among these local residents, he is forced to take action and make a dangerous choice between protecting his idols and upholding the law.
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Title: The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Character: Self - Guest
Released: June 10, 1996
Type: TV
The Rosie O'Donnell Show was an American daytime television talk show hosted and produced by actress and comedian Rosie O'Donnell. It aired for six seasons from 1996 to 2002. Topics often discussed on the show include Broadway, children, extended families and charitable works, people and organizations. The show was based out of Studio 8G at NBC's Rockefeller Center studios in New York City, NY, USA and was produced and syndicated by KidRo Productions, Telepictures Productions and Warner Bros. Television.
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The Great White Hype
Title: The Great White Hype
Character: Terry Conklin
Released: May 3, 1996
Type: Movie
When the champ's promoter, Rev. Sultan, decides something new is needed to boost the marketability of the boxing matches, he searches and finds the only man to ever beat the champ. The problem is that he isn't a boxer anymore and he's white. However, once Rev. Sultan convinces him to fight, he goes into heavy training while the confident champ takes it easy and falls out of shape.
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Girl 6
Title: Girl 6
Character: Caller #1 - Bob
Released: March 22, 1996
Type: Movie
A struggling actress in New York City takes a job as a phone sex operator.
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Title: The Naked Truth
Character: David
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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Across the Moon
Title: Across the Moon
Character: Lyle
Released: March 28, 1995
Type: Movie
Two young women bond while living together out in the California desert to be close to their boyfriends who are serving time at the nearby state prison.
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Title: Chicago Hope
Character: Billy Kronk
Released: September 18, 1994
Type: TV
Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The series is set in a fictional private charity hospital in Chicago, Illinois. The show is set to return in the fall of 2013 on TVGN in reruns.
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Unveiled
Title: Unveiled
Character: Drug Dealer
Released: August 3, 1994
Type: Movie
An American woman uses herself as bait to help a CIA agent trap an alleged serial killer in Morroco.
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F.T.W.
Title: F.T.W.
Character: Clem Stuart
Released: June 17, 1994
Type: Movie
A man and a woman running from their pasts are trapped on a collision course with the future. Frank T. Wells, a newly-released ex-con looking for a few acres of freedom on the rodeo circuit. Scarlett Stuart, a wild beautiful woman on the run from a bank robbery gone desperately wrong. Together they will explore their own personal vision of the American Dream.
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The Last Seduction
Title: The Last Seduction
Character: Mike Swale
Released: May 26, 1994
Type: Movie
A devious femme fatale steals her husband’s drug money and hides out in a small town where she meets the perfect dupe for her next scheme.
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Rise and Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story
Title: Rise and Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story
Character: Dennis Byrd
Released: February 28, 1994
Type: Movie
The true story of Dennis Byrd, his football career, his terrible accident, and his miraculous recovery and rehabilitation.
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Title: Fallen Angels
Character: Joe Wales
Released: August 1, 1993
Type: TV
A neo-noir anthology television series, set in somber Los Angeles right after World War II and before the election of American President John F. Kennedy. The episodes, although filmed in color, mimicked what had been done by Hollywood filmmakers during the film noir era of the 1940s and 1950s in terms of tone, look, and story content.
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Title: Fallen Angels
Character: Augie
Released: August 1, 1993
Type: TV
A neo-noir anthology television series, set in somber Los Angeles right after World War II and before the election of American President John F. Kennedy. The episodes, although filmed in color, mimicked what had been done by Hollywood filmmakers during the film noir era of the 1940s and 1950s in terms of tone, look, and story content.
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A Case for Murder
Title: A Case for Murder
Character: Jack Hemmet
Released: May 19, 1993
Type: Movie
Jack Hammett is an aggressive young defence attorney on the rise up the corporate ladder. In the courtroom he's known as the "Hail Mary Kid" for his ability to win the unwinnable cases. When one of the firm's lawyers, Darren Gaines, is murdered and Gaines' wife is charged, Hammett is assigned as her attorney. Hammett asks Kate Weldon, a recently hired lawyer, to assist him. Together they discover some inconsistencies in the case as well as a possible connection to the recent murder of a judge.
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Fire in the Sky
Title: Fire in the Sky
Character: David Whitlock
Released: March 12, 1993
Type: Movie
A group of men who were clearing brush for the government arrive back in town, claiming that their friend was abducted by aliens. Nobody believes them, and despite a lack of motive and no evidence of foul play, their friends' disappearance is treated as murder.
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Aspen Extreme
Title: Aspen Extreme
Character: Dexter
Released: January 22, 1993
Type: Movie
T.J. and his friend Dexter quit their jobs in Detroit to become ski-instructors in Aspen. While T.J. advances to the most popular instructor of the school during the season, he has to take care for Dexter, who's future is less bright and who's eventually thinking about jobbing as drug courier - bringing their friendship to a test. Meanwhile the rich business woman Brice supports T.J. in his writing ambitions and invites him to live at her home. But in her absence he falls in love with the stunningly beautiful blond radio moderator Robin.
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A Midnight Clear
Title: A Midnight Clear
Character: Bud Miller
Released: April 24, 1992
Type: Movie
In 1944 France, an American Intelligence Squad locates a German Platoon wishing to surrender rather than die in Germany's final war offensive. The two groups of men, isolated from the war at present, put aside their differences and spend Christmas together before the surrender plan turns bad and both sides are forced to fight the other.
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Late for Dinner
Title: Late for Dinner
Character: Frank Lovegren
Released: September 20, 1991
Type: Movie
Two young men, one in need of medical attention, are cryogenically frozen in the early 1960s. The two are preoccupied with the fact that the police are pursuing them to realise what they are doing. The next thing they know is that they are in a strange new world (thirty years on).
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Crooked Hearts
Title: Crooked Hearts
Character: Tom Warren
Released: September 6, 1991
Type: Movie
An upper-middle class family in Washington state deals with failures, infidelities and troubling secrets. Charley is 26 and still lives at home, despite his simmering anger at his father, Edward. Charley's younger brother, Tom, just dropped out of college and returned home to live. Tom's unstable new girlfriend, Marriet, has designs on joining the family, but she's hardly a calming influence on the crumbling home.
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Genuine Risk
Title: Genuine Risk
Character: Henry
Released: November 21, 1990
Type: Movie
An unlucky horseplayer (Peter Berg) turns collector for a mobster (Terence Stamp) and winds up on the run after bungling a job.
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Race for Glory
Title: Race for Glory
Character: Chris
Released: November 2, 1989
Type: Movie
A member of an up and coming motorcycle racing team abandons his teamates to join a rival team. He ends up playing second fiddle to the champion of the new team. Not satisfied, and against the wishes of his new boss, he tries to beat the champion but fails. He leaves racing, eventually to return and reunite with his old friends in an attempt to win the Grand
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Heart of Dixie
Title: Heart of Dixie
Character: Jenks Foley
Released: August 25, 1989
Type: Movie
In the 1950s, three young sorority women re-assess their values in light of the burgeoning civil rights movement.
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Going Overboard
Title: Going Overboard
Character: Mort Ginsberg
Released: May 11, 1989
Type: Movie
A struggling young comedian takes a menial job on a cruise ship where he hopes for his big chance to make it in the world of cruise ship comedy.
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Never on Tuesday
Title: Never on Tuesday
Character: Eddie
Released: April 13, 1989
Type: Movie
Matt and Eddie are two young men from the mid-west travelling to California to see the sights - primarily semi-clad women on beaches. They hop into their car and head off through the desert...
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Shocker
Title: Shocker
Character: Jonathan Parker
Released: March 23, 1989
Type: Movie
About to be electrocuted for a catalog of heinous crimes, the unrepentant Horace Pinker transforms into a terrifying energy source. Only young athlete Jonathan Parker, with an uncanny connection to him through bizarre dreams, can fight the powerful demon.
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Tale of Two Sisters
Title: Tale of Two Sisters
Character: Gardener
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
Two sisters reunite after not having seen each other for five years. While catching up on each others' lives, they relive childhood experiences, both good and bad.
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Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story
Title: Quiet Victory: The Charlie Wedemeyer Story
Character: Bobby
Released: December 16, 1988
Type: Movie
Film that tells the story of Los Gatos (California) high school football coach Charlie Wedemeyer. At 31, onetime football pro Wedemeyer is living the American dream; a winning team, a happy marriage and public adulation.
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Miracle Mile
Title: Miracle Mile
Character: Band Member
Released: May 19, 1988
Type: Movie
After 30 years of searching, Harry has finally met the girl of his dreams. Unfortunately, before they even have a chance to go on their first date, Harry intercepts some chilling news: WWIII has begun and nuclear missiles will destroy Los Angeles in less than an hour!
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Title: Beverly Hills Buntz
Character: Val Morrissey
Released: November 5, 1987
Type: TV
Beverly Hills Buntz is a spinoff from Hill Street Blues. It aired on NBC during the 1987–88 season.
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Title: 21 Jump Street
Character: Jerome Sawyer
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.
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N.A.R.
Title: N.A.R.
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A downed pilot, wounded and isolated deep in hostile territory, whose survival relies on trusting a stranger who claims to be part of a vast secret network designed to bring her to safety.