Mike Starr

Mike Starr

Born: July 29, 1950
in Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
An American actor. Known for his large size at 6' 3" or 190 cm, he has typically been typecast as playing thugs or henchmen. Starr was born in Flushing, Queens, New York to a retail employee mother and a meatpacker father. His older brother Beau Starr is also an actor. Mike Starr is a graduate of Hofstra University. He and his family reside in Riverdale, New York.

Movies for Mike Starr...

Til Death Do Us Part
Title: Til Death Do Us Part
Character: Father
Released: August 3, 2023
Type: Movie
After bailing on her wedding, a former bride-to-be must fight off her ex-groom and seven angry killer groomsmen in order to survive the night.
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The Crusades
Title: The Crusades
Character: Mr. Podkowa
Released: July 7, 2023
Type: Movie
On the edge of revolutionary change at their all boys private high school, three friends set out to have one last great weekend while dodging authority, love affairs and violent foes in the longest weekend of their lives.
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Sweetwater
Title: Sweetwater
Character: Eddie Gottlieb
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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Life's Better Protected
Title: Life's Better Protected
Character: The Casting Director
Released: November 10, 2022
Type: Movie
Over budget and out of money to finish an animated film, an eccentric, cannoli-deprived film producer must salvage what footage he can and pawn it off as a condom commercial in hopes of recouping his losses and saving his film company from going bankrupt.
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American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
Title: American Badass: A Michael Madsen Retrospective
Character: Self
Released: August 15, 2022
Type: Movie
An intimate, soul-baring new documentary covering the life and 40+ year career of actor and poet Michael Madsen, from troubled youth to film star, told through interviews with colleagues, friends, family members and the American Badass himself. Featuring Quentin Tarantino, John Travolta, Charlie Sheen, Ron Perlman, Daryl Hannah, and many, many more.
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Clowning
Title: Clowning
Character: Detective Welles
Released: March 13, 2022
Type: Movie
With his girlfriend pregnant, Dante, a pacifist hippie who makes lip balm called, Mama Earth; is struggling to keep his bills paid. After finding a mysterious flyer for a Birthday Clown Wanted, Dante calls the number and obtains the job. At the Birthday Party he meets a female clown named, Pele. After joining her Pity Party, Dante is pulled into an underworld and quickly finds himself in over his head.
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Scarlett
Title: Scarlett
Released: December 31, 2021
Type: Movie
Angelina Ellington is a black investigative reporter who despises the mob. She stumbles upon a dead body that leads her through a labyrinth of tunnels that ultimately end face to face with one of the largest Sicilian mob families in the East Coast.
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The Cleaner
Title: The Cleaner
Character: Carl
Released: October 12, 2021
Type: Movie
When middle-aged house cleaner Buck Enderly takes on an eccentric new client, he gets roped into locating her estranged son. Buck tracks down the disturbed young man but in another twist of fate becomes an accomplice to a violent crime. Buck must then decide whether to hide the truth from his family or come clean with everyone and move on with his life
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Zeroville
Title: Zeroville
Character: Burly
Released: September 19, 2019
Type: Movie
A young actor arrives in Hollywood in 1969 during a transitional time in the Industry.
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Recovery
Title: Recovery
Character: Dr. Taylor
Released: June 4, 2019
Type: Movie
The patients and staff of a secluded heroin treatment center must do battle with more than their own demons as a mysterious killer begins picking them off one-by-one.
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Offstage Elements
Title: Offstage Elements
Character: Sammy Gallo
Released: April 13, 2019
Type: Movie
An aspiring heavy metal band's lead singer returns to the rock scene as a devout "born-again" Christian after his cancer goes into remission. The band's members struggle with this drastic transformation while dealing with their own downward spirals.
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Making a Killing
Title: Making a Killing
Character: Arthur Herring
Released: August 10, 2018
Type: Movie
Three morticians get caught in a web of greed and deceit, involving buried treasure and a tangled love affair, in this modern day crime mystery that is based on a true story.
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Cabaret Maxime
Title: Cabaret Maxime
Character: Ripa
Released: May 31, 2018
Type: Movie
A cabaret owner tries to keep his club from being taken over by the powers that be.
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Prism
Title: Prism
Character: Jim
Released: June 9, 2017
Type: Movie
Prism is an anthology feature, exploring several genres - comedy, dark-comedy, drama, science-fiction, and suspense. With the only connection being the overall theme; the irrationality of love.
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Bad Santa 2
Title: Bad Santa 2
Character: Jolly Santa
Released: November 23, 2016
Type: Movie
Fueled by cheap whiskey, greed and hatred, Willie Soke teams up with his angry little sidekick, Marcus, to knock off a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve. Along for the ride is chubby and cheery Thurman Merman, a 250-pound ray of sunshine who brings out Willie's sliver of humanity. Issues arise when the pair are joined by Willie's horror story of a mother, who raises the bar for the gang's ambitions, while somehow lowering the standards of criminal behavior.
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The Bronx Bull
Title: The Bronx Bull
Character: Jerry
Released: June 13, 2016
Type: Movie
A combination "before the rage" and "after the rage" of world middleweight boxing champion Jake LaMotta's tumultuous life and times.
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Title: Dice
Character: Harold
Released: April 10, 2016
Type: TV
Hickory, dickory, dock — the Dice Man's back and he's ready to rock. The semi-true stories of Andrew Dice Clay, whose unique brand of humor often gets him in trouble. Once on top, the comedian now must work to resurrect his career, pay his gambling debts, manage his sons’ rock band, fend off old fans and keep his family afloat.
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The Wannabe
Title: The Wannabe
Character: Jerry
Released: December 4, 2015
Type: Movie
Based on true events, The Wannabe, a story about Thomas, a man obsessed with Mafia culture during the 1990s in New York City. When Thomas’s failed attempts to fix the trial of infamous mobster John Gotti gets him rejected by the people he idolizes most, he sets off on a drug infused crime spree with his girlfriend and longtime mob groupie, Rose, by brazenly robbing the local Mafia hangouts.
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Bereave
Title: Bereave
Character: George
Released: March 15, 2015
Type: Movie
Fatally ill, Garvey thinks he has figured out how to die alone. But when his beloved wife Evelyn goes missing on their anniversary, he must live to save her.
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Title: Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
Character: Dominic
Released: March 6, 2015
Type: TV
When a woman is rescued from a doomsday cult and lands in New York City, she must navigate a world she didn’t think even existed anymore.
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Dancer and the Dame
Title: Dancer and the Dame
Character: Poochareli
Released: February 22, 2015
Type: Movie
Down-and-out Detective Dancer, who struggling with a personal conflict, gives up on life and his job. But that all ends when he is paired up with a police dog who is also dealing with post-traumatic stress. The dog helps Dancer make a life-changing turn around. And in response, Dancer does the same for his partner, the Dame.
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Title: The Blacklist
Character: Balthazar "Bino" Baker
Released: September 23, 2013
Type: TV
Raymond "Red" Reddington, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives, surrenders in person at FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C. He claims that he and the FBI have the same interests: bringing down dangerous criminals and terrorists. In the last two decades, he's made a list of criminals and terrorists that matter the most but the FBI cannot find because it does not know they exist. Reddington calls this "The Blacklist". Reddington will co-operate, but insists that he will speak only to Elizabeth Keen, a rookie FBI profiler.
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Title: Ray Donovan
Character: O'Malley
Released: June 30, 2013
Type: TV
Set in the sprawling mecca of the rich and famous, Ray Donovan does the dirty work for LA's top power players, and makes their problems disappear. His father's unexpected release from prison sets off a chain of events that shakes the Donovan family to its core.
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Title: Chicago Fire
Character: Arthur
Released: October 10, 2012
Type: TV
An edge-of-your-seat view into the lives of everyday heroes committed to one of America's noblest professions. For the firefighters, rescue squad and paramedics of Chicago Firehouse 51, no occupation is more stressful or dangerous, yet so rewarding and exhilarating. These courageous men and women are among the elite who forge headfirst into danger when everyone else is running the other way and whose actions make the difference between life and death.
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Mancation
Title: Mancation
Character: Mr. Vanderplatt
Released: October 9, 2012
Type: Movie
Vince has carefully planned out every aspect of his seemingly successful life until his plans come crashing down around him just one day after his wedding, leaving his three under-qualified friends to pick up the pieces. As they head to Atlantic City for the wildest and most spontaneous weekend of their lives they’ll be sure that this Mancation will be one that will never be forgotten!
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Title: Elementary
Character: Russell Gertz
Released: September 27, 2012
Type: TV
A modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London and a stint in rehab, eccentric Sherlock escapes to Manhattan where his wealthy father forces him to live with his worst nightmare - a sober companion, Dr. Watson.
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Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
Title: Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life
Character: Officer Polansky
Released: March 6, 2012
Type: Movie
Jeremy Fink and his best friend Lizzy must search high and low throughout the streets of Manhattan for clues to unlock the mysterious box he received a month before his birthday.
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Buzzkill
Title: Buzzkill
Character: Agent Brady
Released: January 20, 2012
Type: Movie
Failed writer Ray Wyatt is ready to take his own life when a notorious serial murderer steals his latest movie script and begins publicizing it. Revived by the sudden deluge of celebrity, Ray starts tracking the killer to recover the manuscript.
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Title: The Finder
Character: Benny Famosa
Released: January 12, 2012
Type: TV
Walter Sherman, an Iraq War veteran, has the extraordinary ability to help people find the unfindable.
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Walk a Mile in My Pradas
Title: Walk a Mile in My Pradas
Character: John
Released: November 15, 2011
Type: Movie
A little Christmas magic causes two coworkers with contrasting lifestyles to switch sexual orientations.
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Kill the Irishman
Title: Kill the Irishman
Character: Leo "Lips" Moceri
Released: March 10, 2011
Type: Movie
Over the summer of 1976, thirty-six bombs detonate in the heart of Cleveland while a turf war raged between Irish mobster Danny Greene and the Italian mafia. Based on a true story, Kill the Irishman chronicles Greene's heroic rise from a tough Cleveland neighborhood to become an enforcer in the local mob.
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Title: The Good Guys
Released: May 19, 2010
Type: TV
Once upon the 1970s, Dan Stark and his partner, Frank Savage, were big-shot Dallas detectives. So big, in fact, that they were lauded as American heroes after saving the Governor's son. Thirty years later, Dan Stark is a washed-up detective who spends most of his time drunk or re-hashing his glory days. Dan's new partner, Jack Bailey, is an ambitious, by-the-book and overall good detective, but is sometimes a bit too snarky for his own good. His habit of undermining himself has earned him a dead-end position in the department, and he is stuck solving annoying petty theft cases that nobody else wants. Worse, he's been given the thankless task of babysitting Dan, the drunk pariah who can never keep partners for long.
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Ca$h
Title: Ca$h
Character: Melvin Goldberg
Released: March 1, 2010
Type: Movie
A stroke of good luck turns lethal for Sam Phelan and his wife Leslie when they are faced with a life-changing decision that brings strange and sinister Pyke Kubic to their doorstep. As Pyke leads Sam and Leslie on a tumultuous adventure through the streets of Chicago, each are pulled deeper and deeper into a desperate spiral of deception and violence – all in the name of money.
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Wrong Turn at Tahoe
Title: Wrong Turn at Tahoe
Character: Paulie
Released: November 16, 2009
Type: Movie
A small-time crime boss kills a drug dealer without realizing that the drug dealer works for the biggest crime boss in the country.
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Black Dynamite
Title: Black Dynamite
Character: Rafelli
Released: October 16, 2009
Type: Movie
This is the story of 1970s African-American action legend Black Dynamite. The Man killed his brother, pumped heroin into local orphanages, and flooded the ghetto with adulterated malt liquor. Black Dynamite was the one hero willing to fight The Man all the way from the blood-soaked city streets to the hallowed halls of the Honky House.
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Chicago Overcoat
Title: Chicago Overcoat
Character: Lorenzo Galante
Released: October 10, 2009
Type: Movie
The fates of an aging hitman and a washed up detective become entwined when one last job leads to one last chance to settle an old score.
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I Hate Valentine's Day
Title: I Hate Valentine's Day
Character: John
Released: June 27, 2009
Type: Movie
A love story set in Manhattan, where a florist who abides by a strict five-date-limit with any man finds herself wanting more with the new restaurateur in town.
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Title: Glee
Character: Usher
Released: May 19, 2009
Type: TV
In this musical comedy, optimistic high school teacher Will Schuester tries to refuel his own passion while reinventing the high school's glee club and challenging a group of outcasts to realize their star potential as they strive to outshine their singing competition while navigating the cruel halls of McKinley High.
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Lonely Street
Title: Lonely Street
Character: JG
Released: January 1, 2009
Type: Movie
Bubba Mabry, a gullible private detective, becomes the prime suspect in a tabloid reporter's murder after being hired to snoop on him by a mysterious celebrity.
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Title: Childrens Hospital
Character: Taxi Driver
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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Title: Life on Mars
Character: Nelson
Released: October 9, 2008
Type: TV
After a car crash, police detective Sam Tyler mysteriously finds himself transported back to 1973 and still working as a detective.
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Title: The Middleman
Character: Cop
Released: June 16, 2008
Type: TV
The Middleman is an American television series. The series, which was developed for television by Javier Grillo-Marxuach for ABC Family, is based on the Viper Comics series, The Middleman, created by Grillo-Marxuach and Les McClaine. The series ran for one season in 2008. Originally confirmed for an initial 13 episodes, the order was reduced to a 12-episode season due to low ratings. In February 2009, a comic book based on the unproduced 13th episode was announced, confirming the series' cancellation. Billed as a "series finale", The Middleman – The Doomsday Armageddon Apocalypse was released in July 2009. The complete series DVD set was released by Shout! Factory on July 28, 2009.
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Black Crescent Moon
Title: Black Crescent Moon
Character: Leroy Brown
Released: June 15, 2008
Type: Movie
A small town sheriff who's investigating a murder at the local diner ends up finding more than he bargained for in the town and in himself.
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Osso Bucco
Title: Osso Bucco
Character: Jelly Dinotto
Released: April 7, 2008
Type: Movie
Trapped in his favorite restaurant during the worst snow storm in Chicago history, Jelly Dinotto, a lovable, misfit mobster, has one night to escape the family business and win the heart of Megan the woman of his dreams. The problem? Jelly and his trigger-happy cousin, Nick, discover that two underachieving detectives are also trapped in the restaurant with a warrant for their arrest. Sparks soon begin to fly, pistols light up, and the power in the restaurant goes out. Sanity is restored as Megan mysteriously finds herself in charge with the only remaining loaded gun. As the snow continues to fall, Jelly must ultimately choose between the life he knows and the woman he loves in this engaging dark, romantic mobster comedy.
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The History of 'Cruising'
Title: The History of 'Cruising'
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 18, 2007
Type: Movie
Part one of the making of William Friedkin’s 1980 thriller "Cruising" and the controversies it created.
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Exorcising 'Cruising'
Title: Exorcising 'Cruising'
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 18, 2007
Type: Movie
Part two of the making of William Friedkin's 1980 thriller "Cruising" and the controversies it created.
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The Black Dahlia
Title: The Black Dahlia
Character: Det. Russ Millard
Released: September 15, 2006
Type: Movie
In 1940s Los Angeles, two former boxers-turned-cops must grapple with corruption, narcissism, stag films and family madness as they pursue the killer of an aspiring young actress.
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Title: Psych
Character: Max Rizzo
Released: July 7, 2006
Type: TV
Thanks to his police officer father's efforts, Shawn Spencer spent his childhood developing a keen eye for detail (and a lasting dislike of his dad). Years later, Shawn's frequent tips to the police lead to him being falsely accused of a crime he solved. Now, Shawn has no choice but to use his abilities to perpetuate his cover story: psychic crime-solving powers, all the while dragging his best friend, his dad, and the police along for the ride.
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Hot Tamale
Title: Hot Tamale
Character: Al
Released: April 23, 2006
Type: Movie
A road trip to Los Angeles inadvertently leads a young man from Wyoming into a wild maze of psychotic hit-men, racy women, jewel thieves and a salsa band.
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Jesse Stone: Night Passage
Title: Jesse Stone: Night Passage
Character: Chief Lou Carson
Released: January 15, 2006
Type: Movie
A prequel to "Stone Cold", the story picks up after Jesse Stone is fired from the Los Angeles Police Department. He becomes an unlikely candidate recruited by a town council to become police chief of Paradise, MA, a small fishing town on Boston's North Shore. The board hopes his failed experience will keep him from digging too deep into the town's secrets. His first assignment is to investigate the murder of his predecessor whose death may be tied to a local domestic disturbance case, with connections to money laundering and murder involving some of the town's most affluent names as possible suspects.
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Still Dumb After All These Years
Title: Still Dumb After All These Years
Character: Self
Released: January 3, 2006
Type: Movie
Through interviews with the Farrelly Brothers, the producers of the film and Jeff Daniels we learn about casting decisions, how the script was proved to be a very tough sell to certain studio parties, and about the relationship that developed between Daniels and Carrey on set and how the worked on some specific scene details together. Apparently the Farrelly Brothers sold the producers on the movie by acting out scenes in the office, and initially Steve Martin and Martin Short were wanted for the leads. While Carrey himself isn't interviewed here (which is a shame), there are plenty of clips of his antics from the film used to highlight certain moments in here.
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The Ice Harvest
Title: The Ice Harvest
Character: Roy Gelles
Released: November 23, 2005
Type: Movie
A shady lawyer attempts a Christmas Eve crime, hoping to swindle the local mob out of some money. But his partner, a strip club owner, might have different plans for the cash.
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Title: Bones
Character: Frankie Cooper
Released: September 13, 2005
Type: TV
Dr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special Agent Seeley Booth with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned or destroyed that the standard identification methods are useless.
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Jane Doe: The Wrong Face
Title: Jane Doe: The Wrong Face
Character: Kramer
Released: June 19, 2005
Type: Movie
When it comes to crime solving, nobody does it better than Jane Doe.
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Title: The Office
Character: Grotti
Released: March 24, 2005
Type: TV
The everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.
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Under the City
Title: Under the City
Character: Ed Dandos
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: Movie
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Title: House
Character: Willie
Released: November 16, 2004
Type: TV
Dr. Gregory House, a drug-addicted, unconventional, misanthropic medical genius, leads a team of diagnosticians at the fictional Princeton–Plainsboro Teaching Hospital in New Jersey.
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Title: CSI: NY
Character: Chief Vince Robinson
Released: September 22, 2004
Type: TV
Follow the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers identified as "Crime Scene Investigators".
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Title: Listen Up!
Character: Bully
Released: September 20, 2004
Type: TV
Listen Up! is an American situation comedy that aired on CBS from September 20, 2004 until April 25, 2005. The sitcom was based loosely on the life and exploits of the popular sportswriter and sports-media personality Tony Kornheiser. Its principal executive producer was Jason Alexander, who was also the lead actor. Despite decent-to-good ratings, the show was canceled by CBS on May 18, 2005; "rising production costs" was the major reason officially given for the cancellation.
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Elvis Has Left the Building
Title: Elvis Has Left the Building
Character: Sal
Released: August 27, 2004
Type: Movie
Harmony had an encounter early in life with the young Elvis, and can't seem to shake his influence. Now a Pink Lady selling cosmetics, she seems to inadvertently bring harm to any Elvis impersonators she encounters. After a bizarre car accident leaves a slew of them dead, Harmony goes on the run from the authorities, hooking up with a downtrodden ad exec who has Elvis troubles of his own.
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Jersey Girl
Title: Jersey Girl
Character: Block
Released: March 25, 2004
Type: Movie
Ollie Trinke is a young, suave music publicist who seems to have it all, with a new wife and a baby on the way. But life deals him a bum hand when he's suddenly faced with single fatherhood, a defunct career and having to move in with his father. To bounce back, it takes a new love and the courage instilled in him by his daughter.
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Title: Joan of Arcadia
Released: September 26, 2003
Type: TV
Joan Girardi has begun acting a little strange since her family moved to the city of Arcadia. No one knows that various people keep introducing themselves as God, and then giving the teenager specific directions to do things. Unsure of what God wants, and if she's even sane, Joan tentatively begins to follow God's cryptic directives, all the while trying to retain a "normal" teen-aged existence.
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Title: The Handler
Character: Artie Levy
Released: September 26, 2003
Type: TV
The Handler is a crime series created by Canadian writer-producer Chris Haddock, airing in the United States on CBS in the 2003-04 season. The show starred Joe Pantoliano as Joe Renato, an FBI agent assigned to train and handle young undercover officers in the FBI. Other cast members included Hill Harper, Anna Belknap, Lola Glaudini, and Tanya Wright. Belknap and Harper would reunite as costars on the drama CSI: New York beginning in 2005.
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Title: NCIS
Character: Monroe Cooper
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: A.U.S.A.
Character: Bobby Paterno
Released: February 4, 2003
Type: TV
A.U.S.A. is an American sitcom television series that aired in 2003 on NBC, starring Scott Foley.
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Title: Without a Trace
Character: Gil
Released: September 26, 2002
Type: TV
The series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.
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Backflash
Title: Backflash
Character: Tono
Released: January 22, 2002
Type: Movie
A woman is released from prison and heads home to help outwit a local mob boss and pull off the scam of a lifetime.
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Knockaround Guys
Title: Knockaround Guys
Character: Bobby Boulevard
Released: November 30, 2001
Type: Movie
Four sons of well-known New York mobsters must retrieve a bag of cash from a small Montana town ruled by a corrupt sheriff.
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The Next Big Thing
Title: The Next Big Thing
Character: Walter Sznitken
Released: November 8, 2001
Type: Movie
A painter who finds success (and true love) after a pickpocket steals one of his works, gives it a false authorship and promotes the imaginary artist to instant success so he can cash in on his ill-gotten gains.
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Title: Scrubs
Character: Mr. Iverson
Released: October 2, 2001
Type: TV
In the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, John "J.D." Dorian learns the ways of medicine, friendship and life.
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Title: Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Character: Detective Ted Marston
Released: September 30, 2001
Type: TV
The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following the intense psychological approaches the Major Case Squad uses to solve its crimes.
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3 A.M.
Title: 3 A.M.
Character: Theo
Released: July 1, 2001
Type: Movie
The feature film directing debut of Spike Lee protege Lee Davis takes the viewer into the world of taxi drivers. Developed in the Sundance Laboratory, this film offers dove-tailing stories centering on the lives of individual taxi drivers as they reflect on and experience romance, politics, sociology, and spirituality.
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Tempted
Title: Tempted
Character: Dot Collins
Released: January 1, 2001
Type: Movie
A wealthy man married to a beautiful younger woman puts her fidelity to the test.
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Title: Ed
Character: Kenny Sandusky
Released: October 8, 2000
Type: TV
After his wife leaves him and he's fired from his job at a high-profile New York city law firm, Ed Stevens moves back to his small hometown of Stuckeyville where he buys the local bowling alley and attempts to win the heart of his high school crush.
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Title: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Character: Dominic Bruno
Released: October 6, 2000
Type: TV
A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.
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Title: Bull
Released: August 15, 2000
Type: TV
Bull is a short-lived American drama series created by Michael S. Chernuchin, who had worked on Law & Order and Brooklyn South in 2000. It was TNT's first original series, and was cancelled in the middle of Season 1. The show's name is in reference to the bull market, but the airing of the series coincided with the dot-com bubble crash that turned what had until then been a bull economy in the United States into a bear market.
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The Lady in Question
Title: The Lady in Question
Character: Det. Tony Rossini
Released: December 12, 1999
Type: Movie
In 1938, Jewish-rights activist Emma Sachs is targeted by the Nazis. When she dies, foul play is suspected. But was it the Nazis, or was it someone else? Det. Tony Rossini investigates, along with Larry "Cash" Carter, a theatre director connected to Mrs. Sachs and her family.
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Title: The West Wing
Character: Senator Tony Marino
Released: September 22, 1999
Type: TV
The West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells the stories of the members of a fictional presidential administration. These interesting characters have humor and dedication that touches the heart while the politics that they discuss touch on everyday life.
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Title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character: Mike O'Doole
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.
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Summer of Sam
Title: Summer of Sam
Character: Eddie
Released: July 2, 1999
Type: Movie
During the summer of 1977, a killer known as the Son of Sam keeps all of New York City on edge with a series of brutal murders.
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Gloria
Title: Gloria
Character: Sean
Released: January 22, 1999
Type: Movie
After serving a prison term for her boyfriend, a streetwise, middle-aged moll named Gloria stands up against the mobs, which is complicated by a six-year-old urchin with a will of his own, whom she reluctantly takes under her wing after his family has been gunned down.
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Murder in a Small Town
Title: Murder in a Small Town
Character: Tony
Released: January 10, 1999
Type: Movie
A widowed theatre director moves to a small Connecticut town where he gets involved in solving the murder of a millionaire, who was the most despised man in town.
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Title: Brother's Keeper
Character: Rick
Released: September 24, 1998
Type: TV
Widower and professor Porter Waide has his life turned upside down with the arrival of his football player brother, Bobby, who's gotten into so much trouble that he's been contracted to live with a responsible relative. This move also disrupts the lives of Porter's impressionable son, Oscar, and Bobby's perpetually annoyed agent, Dena.
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Frogs for Snakes
Title: Frogs for Snakes
Character: Crunch Gwiazda
Released: August 14, 1998
Type: Movie
A group of unemployed theater actors survive by working as illegal money collectors. The loan shark they are working for owns an Off-Broadway theater. As he decided to play "American Buffalo" there, a bloody battle for the favorite roles begin.
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Snake Eyes
Title: Snake Eyes
Character: Walt McGahn
Released: August 7, 1998
Type: Movie
All bets are off when shady homicide cop Rick Santoro witnesses a murder during a boxing match. It's up to him and lifelong friend, Naval intelligence agent Kevin Dunne to uncover the conspiracy behind the killing. At every turn, Santoro makes increasingly shocking discoveries that even he can't turn a blind eye to.
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Lesser Prophets
Title: Lesser Prophets
Character: Larry
Released: November 28, 1997
Type: Movie
The police have three bookies under surveillance, but they escape and set up shop elsewhere. By chance, one of the police finds them; instead of turning them in, he demands money that his brother, now a suicide, had lost to them
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The Deli
Title: The Deli
Character: Johnny
Released: November 7, 1997
Type: Movie
An enchanting slice-of-life comedy about a hard luck gambler who gets in over his head when he starts putting his store's profits on the line.
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River Made to Drown In
Title: River Made to Drown In
Character: Frank
Released: October 1, 1997
Type: Movie
Thaddeus Mackenzie, a wealthy lawyer, learns that he is dying and decides to sell all of his property and visit his old friend Allen Hayden. Allen is a struggling artist with a passion for life who once survived by working the streets, but now is romantically involved with Eva, a wealthy European gallery owner living in L.A. Thaddeus implores Allen to find Jamie, a young street hustler that Thaddeus had once tried to rescue. Allen returns to the streets to face the dark corners of his past where he must choose between what he left behind and the uncertainty that lies ahead.
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Hoodlum
Title: Hoodlum
Character: Albert Salke
Released: August 27, 1997
Type: Movie
In 1934, the second most lucrative business in New York City was running 'the numbers'. When Madam Queen—the powerful woman who runs the scam in Harlem—is arrested, Ellsworth 'Bumpy' Johnson takes over the business and must resist an invasion from a merciless mobster.
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Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
Title: Path to Paradise: The Untold Story of the World Trade Center Bombing
Character: Mahmud Abouhalima
Released: June 14, 1997
Type: Movie
The incredible story of the events leading up to the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York and the capture of the terrorists.
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Flipping
Title: Flipping
Character: C.J., Fat Dude at 2-2 Card Club
Released: March 7, 1997
Type: Movie
The story of Michael Moore, Shot, Hooker, Joey, and Dennis. Five gangsters who work for a man named Leo. They soon discover they could get more out of life if they could run the streets themselves. Tensions build and loyalty is tested as they plan a hit that could change all of their lives forever.
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Dear Diary
Title: Dear Diary
Character: Fritz
Released: December 13, 1996
Type: Movie
A New York magazine art director, a married mother of two who just turned 40, decides to record the events of her day in a journal. The film won an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
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Just Your Luck
Title: Just Your Luck
Character: Carl
Released: November 29, 1996
Type: Movie
Six million dollars suddenly goes up for grabs when an aged diner's heart fails after he discovers that he has won the lottery. Which of the remaining late-night dining regulars will get the cash? How many will have to die to get the answer?
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Title: EZ Streets
Character: Mickey Kinnear
Released: October 27, 1996
Type: TV
EZ Streets is an American television drama series created by Paul Haggis. It premiered on CBS on October 27, 1996 with a two hour pilot telefilm. The series stars Ken Olin, Joe Pantoliano, and Jason Gedrick.
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Title: Millennium
Released: October 25, 1996
Type: TV
A retired FBI serial-profiler joins the mysterious Millennium Group, a team of underground ex-law enforcement experts dedicated to fighting against the ever-growing forces of evil and darkness in the world.
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Blood and Wine
Title: Blood and Wine
Character: Mike
Released: October 3, 1996
Type: Movie
A man who has failed as a father and husband commits a heist to make money for his fledging business, but things become complicated when his wife interferes.
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Title: Early Edition
Released: September 28, 1996
Type: TV
Gary Hobson thinks he may even be losing his mind when tomorrow's newspaper mysteriously arrives today giving him a disconcerting look into the future. What will he do with tomorrow's news?
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Title: The Pretender
Character: Axe
Released: September 19, 1996
Type: TV
Raised in a secret facility built for experimenting on children, Jarod is a genius who can master any profession and become anyone he has to be. When he realizes as an adult that he's actually a prisoner and his captors are not as benevolent as he's been told, he breaks out. While trying to find his real identity, Jarod helps those he encounters and tries to avoid the woman sent to retrieve him.
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James and the Giant Peach
Title: James and the Giant Peach
Character: Cop
Released: April 12, 1996
Type: Movie
When the young orphan boy James spills a magic bag of crocodile tongues, he finds himself in possession of a giant peach that flies him away to strange lands.
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Two If by Sea
Title: Two If by Sea
Character: Fitzie
Released: January 12, 1996
Type: Movie
Frank O'Brien, a petty thief, and his 7-year-long girlfriend Roz want to put an end to their unsteady lifestyle and just do that last job, which involves stealing a valuable painting. Frank takes Roz to an island on the coast of New England, where he wants to sell the painting and also hopes that their sagging relationship will get a positive push back up. Not everything goes as planned.
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Title: 3rd Rock from the Sun
Character: Frank Muller
Released: January 9, 1996
Type: TV
3rd Rock from the Sun is an American sitcom that aired from 1996 to 2001 on NBC. The show is about four extraterrestrials who are on an expedition to Earth, which they consider to be a very insignificant planet. The extraterrestrials pose as a human family in order to observe the behavior of human beings.
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The Shamrock Conspiracy
Title: The Shamrock Conspiracy
Character: Tierney
Released: December 12, 1995
Type: Movie
A retired Scotland Yard detective gets involved in a serial killer investigation whilst in New York.
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Title: Brotherly Love
Character: Gus
Released: September 16, 1995
Type: TV
Brotherly Love is an American sitcom that ran from September 16, 1995 to April 1, 1996, on NBC, and then moved to The WB, where it aired from September 15, 1996 until May 18, 1997. The series was created by Jonathan Schmock and Jim Vallely, and produced by Witt/Thomas Productions in association with Touchstone Television and Walt Disney Television. The primary focus of the series is on the relationship of three brothers, played by Joey Lawrence, Matthew Lawrence and Andrew Lawrence.
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Clockers
Title: Clockers
Character: Thumper
Released: September 15, 1995
Type: Movie
Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug lord Rodney Little. When a night manager at a fast-food restaurant is found with four bullets in his body, Strike’s older brother turns himself in as the killer. Detective Rocco Klein doesn’t buy the story, however, setting out to find the truth, and it seems that all the fingers point toward Strike & Rodney.
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Title: Nowhere Man
Character: Bert Williams
Released: August 28, 1995
Type: TV
Thomas Veil is a documentary photographer who, in the course of one evening, seemingly has his whole existence erased... Nowhere Man is an American television series that aired from 1995 to 1996 starring Bruce Greenwood. Created by Lawrence Hertzog, the series aired Monday nights on UPN. Despite critical acclaim, including TV Guide's label of "The season's coolest hit," the show was cancelled after only one season.
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A Pyromaniac's Love Story
Title: A Pyromaniac's Love Story
Character: Sgt. Zikowski
Released: April 28, 1995
Type: Movie
A pastry boy and the son of a hair-piece mogul become involved in an arson scandal. Sergio is offered a bribe in exchange for taking the blame for the fire that destroys his workplace. Garet, the real arsonist, is apalled that someone else would try to take credit for his act of love. Before long, Sergio and Garet become entangled in a zany love-quadrangle involving Hattie and Stephanie. Written by Brian Whiting
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Title: NewsRadio
Character: Building Super
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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Dumb and Dumber
Title: Dumb and Dumber
Character: Joe Mentaliano
Released: December 16, 1994
Type: Movie
Lloyd and Harry are two men whose stupidity is really indescribable. When Mary, a beautiful woman, loses an important suitcase with money before she leaves for Aspen, the two friends (who have found the suitcase) decide to return it to her. After some "adventures" they finally get to Aspen where, using the lost money they live it up and fight for Mary's heart.
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Ed Wood
Title: Ed Wood
Character: Georgie Weiss
Released: September 27, 1994
Type: Movie
The mostly true story of the legendary "worst director of all time", who, with the help of his strange friends, filmed countless B-movies without ever becoming famous or successful.
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Title: Chicago Hope
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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Trial by Jury
Title: Trial by Jury
Character: Hughie Bonner
Released: September 9, 1994
Type: Movie
Valerie is a juror in the trial of a mob boss. When her young son's life is threatened, she has no option other than to see that justice isn't done.
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Title: Hardball
Character: Mike Widmer
Released: September 4, 1994
Type: TV
Hardball is an American baseball sitcom that aired on the Fox Network on Sunday nights from September 4, 1994 to October 23, 1994. Ironically the series premiered in the middle of the 1994-95 Major League Baseball strike and was canceled around the time that the year's World Series would have been played.
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Blown Away
Title: Blown Away
Character: Francis the Barkeeper
Released: July 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Blown Away tells the story of Jimmy Dove who works for the Boston bomb squad. Shortly after Dove leaves the force his partner is killed by a bomb that Dove thinks might have been made by someone he knows.
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Down on the Waterfront
Title: Down on the Waterfront
Released: April 26, 1994
Type: Movie
Two filmmakers, eager to make a feature film that will improve the tarnished reputation of the longshoreman's union, meet with union officials. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
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The Hudsucker Proxy
Title: The Hudsucker Proxy
Character: Newsroom Reporter
Released: March 11, 1994
Type: Movie
A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.
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On Deadly Ground
Title: On Deadly Ground
Character: Big Mike
Released: February 18, 1994
Type: Movie
Forrest Taft is an environmental agent who works for the Aegis Oil Company in Alaska. Aegis Oil's corrupt CEO is the kind of person who doesn't care whether or not oil spills into the ocean or onto the land—just as long as it's making money for him.
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Cabin Boy
Title: Cabin Boy
Character: Mulligan
Released: January 7, 1994
Type: Movie
A foul-mouthed finishing school graduate mistakenly winds up on an ill-fated fishing boat, and faces the wrath of a crew that considers him bad luck.
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Me and Veronica
Title: Me and Veronica
Character: Vinnie
Released: September 24, 1993
Type: Movie
Two sisters share a disturbing family secret.
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Title: Frasier
Character: Billy Kriezel
Released: September 16, 1993
Type: TV
After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father gets shot in the hip on duty.
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Title: The John Larroquette Show
Character: David Coltrane
Released: September 2, 1993
Type: TV
The John Larroquette Show is an American television sitcom .The show was a vehicle for John Larroquette following his run as Dan Fielding on Night Court. The series takes place in a seedy bus terminal in St. Louis, Missouri and originally focused on the somewhat broken people who worked the night shift, and in particular, the lead character's battle with alcoholism.
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Son of the Pink Panther
Title: Son of the Pink Panther
Character: Hanif
Released: August 27, 1993
Type: Movie
The illegitimate son of Inspector Clouseau is on the case of the kidnapped Princess Yasmin.
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Night Trap
Title: Night Trap
Character: Det. Williams
Released: May 1, 1993
Type: Movie
A New Orleans cop tries to track down and stop a vicious and demonic killer whom has sold his soul to the devil for invulnerability and immortality.
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Mad Dog and Glory
Title: Mad Dog and Glory
Character: Harold
Released: March 5, 1993
Type: Movie
Wayne Dobie is a shy cop whose low-key demeanor has earned him the affectionate nickname "Mad Dog." After Mad Dog saves the life of Frank Milo, a crime boss and aspiring stand-up comedian, he's offered the company of an attractive young waitress named Glory for a week. At first both are uneasy about the arrangement, but they eventually fall in love. However, the situation becomes complicated when Milo demands Glory back.
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Title: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Character: Tony Cicci
Released: January 3, 1993
Type: TV
At Deep Space Nine, a space station located next to a wormhole in the vicinity of the liberated planet of Bajor, Commander Sisko and crew welcome alien visitors, root out evildoers and solve all types of unexpected problems that come their way.
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The Bodyguard
Title: The Bodyguard
Character: Tony Scipelli
Released: November 25, 1992
Type: Movie
A former Secret Service agent grudgingly takes an assignment to protect a pop idol who's threatened by a crazed fan. At first, the safety-obsessed bodyguard and the self-indulgent diva totally clash. But before long, all that tension sparks fireworks of another sort, and the love-averse tough guy is torn between duty and romance.
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Mac
Title: Mac
Character: Fireman
Released: September 17, 1992
Type: Movie
Niccolo "Mac" Vitelli is the eldest of three brothers in 1950s Queens. Mac is a construction builder, a trade he learned from his late father, and helps put his brothers on the job. When they can no longer take working for Polowski, who does shoddy work and is abusive to his staff, Mac and his brothers set up their own company. Together, Vitelli Brothers Construction builds houses with pride and care. But Mac turns out to be an overbearing workaholic, with obsessive concern about the quality of their work and incredible attention to detail. His intensity and driven ambition precludes a happy family life and begins to drive his brothers away.
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Billy Bathgate
Title: Billy Bathgate
Character: Julie Martin
Released: November 1, 1991
Type: Movie
In the year 1935, a teen named Billy Bathgate finds first love while becoming the protégé of fledgling gangster Dutch Schultz.
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Title: Home Improvement
Character: Officer Hill
Released: September 17, 1991
Type: TV
The daily trials and tribulations of handyman Tim Taylor, a TV show host raising three boys with help from his loyal co-host, domineering wife, and unseen neighbor.
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The 10 Million Dollar Getaway
Title: The 10 Million Dollar Getaway
Character: Robert "Frenchy" McMahon
Released: March 6, 1991
Type: Movie
Jimmy Burke and his friends steal 10 million from the Lufthansa office in New York. The FBI has no idea who the thieves are until Burke girlfriend gives them a hint. When word leaks out a Mafia boss puts a killer on the gang's trail.
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Miller's Crossing
Title: Miller's Crossing
Character: Frankie
Released: September 21, 1990
Type: Movie
Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Tony Halliwell - Truck Driver
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Pollard
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Steven Breck
Released: September 13, 1990
Type: TV
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.
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GoodFellas
Title: GoodFellas
Character: Frenchy
Released: September 12, 1990
Type: Movie
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
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Common Ground
Title: Common Ground
Character: Terry Cattson
Released: March 25, 1990
Type: Movie
Fact based story about the racial tensions that occurred in Boston in the 1970's because of court ordered busing to end desegregation. The story focuses on an African-American mother determined to get her children a quality education and a white lawyer trying to deal with inner city problems.
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A Shock to the System
Title: A Shock to the System
Character: Bum #3
Released: March 23, 1990
Type: Movie
Madison Avenue executive Graham Marshall has paid his dues. A talented and devoted worker, he has suffered through mounting bills and a nagging wife with one thing to look forward to: a well-deserved promotion. But when the promotion is given to a loud-mouthed yuppie associate, Graham unleashes his rage on an overly aggressive panhandler, who he accidently kills by pushing him into the path of an oncoming subway train. He re-thinks his problems with an entirely new solution. First, he arranges an "accident" for his annoying wife. Then he creates another "mishap" for his boss. It seems like the world is once more Graham's oyster…but a missing cigarette lighter and a prying police detective may change all that.
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Blue Steel
Title: Blue Steel
Character: Superintendent
Released: March 16, 1990
Type: Movie
Megan Turner, a rookie NYC cop, foils an armed robbery on her first day and then engages in a cat-and-mouse game with one of the witnesses who becomes obsessed with her.
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Kojak: Flowers For Matty
Title: Kojak: Flowers For Matty
Character: Det. Hamilton
Released: January 4, 1990
Type: Movie
Kojak charms his way into high society to investigate art thefts that are tied to munitions smuggling and murder.
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Born on the Fourth of July
Title: Born on the Fourth of July
Character: Man #1 - Arthur's Bar
Released: December 20, 1989
Type: Movie
Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
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Kojak: Ariana
Title: Kojak: Ariana
Character: Hamilton
Released: November 2, 1989
Type: Movie
One of Kojak's old enemies uses Ariana, a young Greek girl, as bait to trap the legendary New York detective. Meanwhile, Kojak finds himself a brash young associate.
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Prime Target
Title: Prime Target
Character: First Groucho
Released: September 29, 1989
Type: Movie
A homicide detective assigned to investigate the serial killings of New York policewomen begins to suspect that the serial killer might be a fellow police officer.
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Uncle Buck
Title: Uncle Buck
Character: Pooter-the-Clown
Released: August 16, 1989
Type: Movie
Buck Russell, a lovable but slovenly bachelor, suddenly becomes the temporary caretaker of his nephew and nieces after a family emergency. His freewheeling attitude soon causes tension with his older niece Tia, loyal girlfriend Chanice and just about everyone else who crosses his path.
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Last Exit to Brooklyn
Title: Last Exit to Brooklyn
Character: Security Guard
Released: July 26, 1989
Type: Movie
A gallery of characters in Brooklyn in the 1950s are crushed by their surroundings and selves: a union strike leader discovers he is gay; a prostitute falls in love with one of her clients; a family cannot cope with the fact that their daughter is illegitimately pregnant.
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Collision Course
Title: Collision Course
Character: Auto Worker Bowling Alley #3
Released: April 27, 1989
Type: Movie
A Japanese investigator and a Detroit cop team up to track down a stolen prototype turbocharger.
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New York Stories
Title: New York Stories
Character: Hardhat
Released: March 10, 1989
Type: Movie
Get ready for a wildly diverse, star-studded trilogy about life in the big city. One of the most-talked about films in years, New York Stories features the creative collaboration of three of America's most popular directors, Martin Scorsese, Francis Coppola, and Woody Allen.
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Lean On Me
Title: Lean On Me
Character: Mr. Zirella
Released: March 3, 1989
Type: Movie
When principal Joe Clark takes over decaying Eastside High School, he's faced with students wearing gang colors and graffiti-covered walls. Determined to do anything he must to turn the school around, he expels suspected drug dealers, padlocks doors and demands effort and results from students, staff and parents. Autocratic to a fault, this real-life educator put it all on the line.
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Title: A Man Called Hawk
Released: January 28, 1989
Type: TV
A Man Called Hawk is a prime time television series that ran on the ABC television network between January 1989 and May 1989. The series is a spin-off of the crime drama series Spenser: For Hire, and features the character Hawk, who first appeared in the 1976 novel Promised Land, the fourth in the series of Spenser novels by mystery writer Robert B. Parker. Brooks reprised the role of Hawk in four subsequent TV movies: Spenser: Ceremony, Spenser: Pale Kings and Princes, Spenser: The Judas Goat, and Spenser: A Savage Place. Each is considered a sequel to Spenser: For Hire.
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The Chair
Title: The Chair
Character: Wilson
Released: October 8, 1988
Type: Movie
A psychologist, a psychiatrist and a prison warden open up a long-closed prison, unaware that the ghost of an electrocuted convict haunts it.
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Punchline
Title: Punchline
Character: Man with Bullhorn
Released: October 7, 1988
Type: Movie
Lilah Krytsick is a mother and housewife who's always believed she could be a stand-up comedian. Steven Gold is an experienced stand-up seemingly on the cusp of success. When the two meet, they form an unlikely friendship, and Steven tries to help the untried Lilah develop her stage act. Despite the objections of her family and some very wobbly beginnings, Lilah improves, and soon she finds herself competing with Steven for a coveted television spot.
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The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
Title: The Appointments of Dennis Jennings
Character: Doorman
Released: September 7, 1988
Type: Movie
Dennis Jennings is an introverted daydreamer, sleepwalking through life. He is a professional waiter and has an equally-dull girlfriend, Emma. In an attempt to release his pent-up feelings of isolation, he begins seeing a psychiatrist, only to discover that the doctor is somewhat less than interested in what he has to say. The film won an Oscar for Best Live Action Short Film.
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Funny Farm
Title: Funny Farm
Character: Crocker
Released: June 3, 1988
Type: Movie
Sportswriter Andy Farmer moves with his schoolteacher wife Elizabeth to the country in order to write a novel in relative seclusion. Of course, seclusion is the last thing the Farmers find in the small, eccentric town, where disaster awaits them at every turn.
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Frank Nitti: The Enforcer
Title: Frank Nitti: The Enforcer
Character: Sergeant Harry Lang
Released: April 17, 1988
Type: Movie
Al Capone may be the most famous Chicago mobster, but his successor, Frank "The Enforcer" Nitti (Anthony LaPaglia), was just as ruthless. This biopic goes to great lengths to accurately trace Nitti's rise to the top of the Windy City's underworld, amid corruption, betrayal and violence. The result is an engrossing glimpse into mob life in the early 20th century.
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Hot Paint
Title: Hot Paint
Released: March 20, 1988
Type: Movie
Two losers rob a rich guy and discover that, among the loot, they've taken a rare painting worth $2.8 million. John Larroquette plays his usual rude, selfish character-here named Gus - and he suckers Willy (Gregory Harrison) into his scheme to rob the mansion. The two losers have to try to figure out how to sell the valuable but high-profile item without getting busted. They travel the world looking for potential buyers but always end up short. Everyone can see that they are novices in the art world and buffoons in general.
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Nasty Hero
Title: Nasty Hero
Character: Hackett
Released: September 25, 1987
Type: Movie
Chase has just got out of jail for a crime he didn't commit, and goes in search of a gang that have kidnapped his friend's niece.
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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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Five Corners
Title: Five Corners
Character: Bartender
Released: September 11, 1987
Type: Movie
A psychotic young man returns to his old neighborhood after release from prison. He seeks out the woman he previously tried to rape and the man who protected her, with twisted ideas of love for her and hate for him.
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Radio Days
Title: Radio Days
Character: Burglar
Released: January 30, 1987
Type: Movie
The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes the narrator's experiences with contemporary anecdotes and urban legends of the radio stars.
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King Kong Lives
Title: King Kong Lives
Character: Cell Guard #2
Released: December 16, 1986
Type: Movie
After falling from the Twin Towers, Kong lies in a coma for ten years. When his heart begins to fail, scientists engineer an artificial heart, and a giant female ape is captured to serve as a source for a blood transfusion. When Kong awakens following his heart transplant, he senses the nearby presence of the female ape and the two escape to wreak havoc together.
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Off Beat
Title: Off Beat
Character: James Bonnell
Released: April 10, 1986
Type: Movie
Joe Gower's job is skating through library shelves, fetching books. A police officer/friend of his is chosen to participate in a charity dance performance. Gower agrees to take his place in the show by posing as a police officer. He falls for a female officer in the show and gets into various scrapes with fellow cops and also crooks. And he dances.
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Violets are Blue
Title: Violets are Blue
Character: Tony
Released: April 4, 1986
Type: Movie
After fifteen years of traveling around the world, Gussie, a famous photographer, returns to the Maryland coastal resort where she grew up. She meets her high school sweetheart, Henry, who is now married and running the local newspaper he inherited from his father. An awkward and tension-filled romance ensues.
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The Money Pit
Title: The Money Pit
Character: Lenny
Released: March 26, 1986
Type: Movie
After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buy what looks like the home of their dreams—only to find themselves saddled with a bank-account-draining nightmare. Struggling to keep their relationship together as their rambling mansion falls to pieces around them, the two watch in hilarious horror as everything—including the kitchen sink—disappears into the Money Pit.
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Title: The Equalizer
Character: Garrick
Released: September 18, 1985
Type: TV
Robert McCall is a former agent of a secret government agency who is now running his own private crime fighting operation where he fashions himself as "The Equalizer." It is a service for victims of the system who have exhausted all possible means of seeking justice and have nowhere to go. McCall promises to even out the odds for them.
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The Protector
Title: The Protector
Character: Hood #2
Released: July 10, 1985
Type: Movie
Billy Wong is a New York City cop whose partner is gunned down during a robbery. Billy and his new partner, Danny Garoni, are working security at a fashion show when a wealthy man's daughter, Laura Shapiro, is kidnapped. The Federal authorities suspect that Laura's father is involved with Mr. Ko, a Hong Kong drug kingpin, so the NYC police commissioner sends the two cops to Hong Kong to investigate.
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Cat's Eye
Title: Cat's Eye
Character: Ducky
Released: April 12, 1985
Type: Movie
Three short stories linked by a stray cat that roams from one tale to the next, in this creepy triptych that begins as Dick tries to quit smoking by any means necessary. Next, we meet Johnny, an adulterous man who's forced by his lover's husband onto a building's hazardous ledge. Finally, Amanda is threatened by an evil gnome who throws suspicion on the family cat.
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The Last Dragon
Title: The Last Dragon
Character: Rock
Released: March 22, 1985
Type: Movie
A young man searches for the "master" to obtain the final level of martial arts mastery known as the glow. Along the way he must fight an evil martial arts expert and rescue a beautiful singer from an obsessed music promoter.
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The Natural
Title: The Natural
Character: Boone
Released: May 11, 1984
Type: Movie
An unknown middle-aged batter named Roy Hobbs with a mysterious past appears out of nowhere to take a losing 1930s baseball team to the top of the league.
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Terrible Joe Moran
Title: Terrible Joe Moran
Character: Thug #1
Released: March 26, 1984
Type: Movie
A wheelchair-bound, former boxer deals with his long estranged granddaughter whom is seeking financial help for her writing career and helping her loser boyfriend get out of debt with the local mob.
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Hit and Run
Title: Hit and Run
Released: May 21, 1982
Type: Movie
Still grieving his young wife's death in a hit-and-run accident, Manhattan cab-driver David Marks accepts a regular evening assignment to drive a beautiful but enigmatic woman to a mansion outside New York. One night he tries to discover the truth behind his mystery fare; but in doing so finds himself wanted for a murder he didn't commit. There follows his frantic hunt to uncover the truth behind the murder: the action moves to the streets of New York as the police scour the city in pursuit. But the cab drivers of Manhattan join forces to aid the desperate fugitive, until the solution is finally revealed in a sudden and bizarre end to the mystery.
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Evil Stalks This House
Title: Evil Stalks This House
Character: Tom
Released: July 12, 1981
Type: Movie
Jack Palance stars as a self-serving, abusive boor who becomes stranded (along with his two children) by a thunderstorm, forcing them to take shelter in an isolated country estate owned by a group of mysterious and wealthy old dowagers. Seeing a golden opportunity, Palance soon turns to plundering their estate, but his plans collide with the secret activities of a Satanic snake-cult who carry out ritual sacrifices in the attic.
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The Bushido Blade
Title: The Bushido Blade
Character: Bos'n Cave Johnson
Released: June 19, 1981
Type: Movie
A steel samurai blade that was to be given to the American ambassador by the Emperor of Japan is stolen. American sailors and Japanese samurai are sent to find it.
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Cruising
Title: Cruising
Character: Patrolman Desher
Released: February 15, 1980
Type: Movie
When New York is caught in the grip of a sadistic serial killer who preys on patrons of the city's underground bars, young rookie Steve Burns infiltrates the S&M subculture to try and lure him out of the shadows.
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Squeeze Play
Title: Squeeze Play
Character: Salon Proprietor
Released: September 24, 1979
Type: Movie
The girlfriends of softball players decide to form their own team as a way of avenging their neglect.
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Title: Hawaii Five-O
Character: Max
Released: September 20, 1968
Type: TV
Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and Leonard Freeman. Set in Hawaii, the show originally aired for 12 seasons from 1968 to 1980, and continues in reruns. Jack Lord portrayed Detective Lieutenant Steve McGarrett, the head of a special state police task force which was based on an actual unit that existed under martial law in the 1940s. The theme music composed by Morton Stevens became especially popular. Many episodes would end with McGarrett instructing his subordinate to "Book 'em, Danno!", sometimes specifying a charge such as "murder one".
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Cusp
Title: Cusp
Character: Stalker
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
In this visually sumptuous and unrelenting film, a mediocre painter is forever changed by a brutal attack, reaching a new level of creative expression.