Esai Morales

Esai Morales

Born: October 1, 1962
in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Esai Morales (born October 1, 1962) is an American actor known for his role as Bob Valenzuela in La Bamba. He also appeared in American Family and on Resurrection Blvd. In television, he would perhaps be best known for his roles on NYPD Blue and Caprica.

Movies for Esai Morales...

Mission: Impossible 8
Title: Mission: Impossible 8
Character: Gabriel
Released: May 22, 2025
Type: Movie
The eighth installment of the Mission: Impossible franchise.
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Title: Can't Go Home
Character: Victor Castelo
Released: December 29, 2023
Type: TV
Tom has one day to find and deport a high value fugitive or he'll be forced to step down as captain of the unit. While searching for the fugitive, Tom finds nearly half a million dollars that belong to the Santana brothers
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Beyond the Reckoning: The Making of Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning
Title: Beyond the Reckoning: The Making of Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning
Character: Self
Released: November 6, 2023
Type: Movie
An extended behind-the-scenes featurette detailing location shoots in Abu Dhabi, Rome and Venice, alongside the production and stunts of Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning.
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Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Title: Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Character: Gabriel
Released: July 8, 2023
Type: Movie
Ethan Hunt and his IMF team embark on their most dangerous mission yet: To track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity before it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the world's fate at stake and dark forces from Ethan's past closing in, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan must consider that nothing can matter more than his mission—not even the lives of those he cares about most.
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Master Gardener
Title: Master Gardener
Character: Oscar Neruda
Released: May 19, 2023
Type: Movie
Narvel Roth is a meticulous horticulturist who is devoted to tending the grounds of a beautiful estate and pandering to his employer, the wealthy dowager Mrs. Haverhill. When she demands that he take on her wayward and troubled niece, it unlocks dark secrets from a buried violent past.
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The Latin from Manhattan
Title: The Latin from Manhattan
Character: Papi
Released: June 11, 2022
Type: Movie
Follows the wild, exhilarating life of legendary adult film icon Vanessa Del Rio, set against the backdrop of organized crime-controlled Times Square during the 70s and 80s.
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Art of Love
Title: Art of Love
Released: October 14, 2021
Type: Movie
A mysterious, erotic and haunting love story between a writer/professor at Puerto Rico's leading University and an aspiring artist from the immigrant Chinese community.
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Senior Moment
Title: Senior Moment
Character: Diego Lozana
Released: March 26, 2021
Type: Movie
After drag racing his vintage convertible around Palm Springs, a retired NASA test pilot loses his license. Forced to take public transportation, he meets Caroline and learns to navigate love and life again.
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More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story
Title: More Than Miyagi: The Pat Morita Story
Character: Self
Released: February 1, 2021
Type: Movie
The Oscar nominated actor best known for his role of Mr. Miyagi, left behind a painfully revealing autobiographical record of his much-too-brief time here on earth. Tracing his journey from being bed bound as a boy to the bright lights and discrimination in Hollywood. Deep inside that sweet, generous, multi-talented performer seethed an army of demons, that even alcohol and drugs couldn't mask.
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The Wall of Mexico
Title: The Wall of Mexico
Character: Henry Arista
Released: October 13, 2020
Type: Movie
A young white handyman, hired by a wealthy Mexican-American family to upkeep their ranch, finds himself caught between disgruntled locals and the family’s outrageously decadent daughters and discovers that something quite unusual is happening at the ranch.
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Find Your Groove
Title: Find Your Groove
Character: Self
Released: March 24, 2020
Type: Movie
In this uplifitng documentary, stars and musicians from across the industry speak to the power and importance of music in society. Here we examine how close we came to not having many of the incredible artists who we cherish today had it not been for arts programs. Music has the power to inspire and change world, and that starts with our supporting young talent.
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Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
Title: Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage
Character: Self
Released: September 13, 2019
Type: Movie
Raúl Juliá: The World’s a Stage is a warm and revealing portrait of the charismatic, groundbreaking actor’s journey from his native Puerto Rico to the creative hotbed of 1960s New York City, to prominence on Broadway and in Hollywood. Filled with passion, determination and joy, Juliá’s brilliant and daring career was tragically cut short by his untimely death at age 54.
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Imprisoned
Title: Imprisoned
Character: Governor Mandera
Released: September 12, 2019
Type: Movie
Dylan Burke attempts to move on from his former life as a criminal with his true love Maria. He soon realizes that his past will continue to haunt him, when he learns the new local prison warden, Daniel Calvin, has not forgiven him for an old crime.
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Title: Titans
Character: Slade Wilson / Deathstroke
Released: October 12, 2018
Type: TV
A team of young superheroes led by Nightwing (formerly Batman's first Robin) form to combat evil and other perils.
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SuperFly
Title: SuperFly
Character: Adalberto Gonzalez
Released: June 13, 2018
Type: Movie
Career criminal Youngblood Priest wants out of the Atlanta drug scene, but as he ramps up sales, one little slip up threatens to bring the whole operation down before he can make his exit.
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Love and Other Stunts
Title: Love and Other Stunts
Released: April 6, 2018
Type: Movie
Gary Kent was the king of B movies in the Sixties and Seventies, working for indie directors from Richard Rush to Ray Dennis Stickler to Al Adamson, but he's tackled even larger real-life challenges.
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Halfway There
Title: Halfway There
Character: Ian Sanchez
Released: December 12, 2017
Type: Movie
Jimmy Bishop runs a sober living facility and is forced to take in his wealthy alcoholic mother as a client.
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Title: Ozark
Character: Camino 'Del' Del Rio
Released: July 21, 2017
Type: TV
A financial adviser drags his family from Chicago to the Missouri Ozarks, where he must launder $500 million in five years to appease a drug boss.
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Title: Mars
Character: Mike Glenn / Lt. Michael Glenn
Released: November 14, 2016
Type: TV
The maiden crew of the Daedalus spacecraft must push itself to the brink of human capability in order to successfully establish the first sustainable colony on Mars. Set both in the future and in the present day, this series blends scripted elements set in the future with documentary vérité interviews with today’s best and brightest minds in modern science and innovation, illuminating how research and development is creating the space technology that will enable our first attempt at a mission to Mars.
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Never Back Down: No Surrender
Title: Never Back Down: No Surrender
Character: Hugo Vega
Released: June 5, 2016
Type: Movie
Picking up after the events of Never Back Down 2, former MMA champion Case Walker is on the comeback trail to become champion once again.
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Casa Vita
Title: Casa Vita
Character: Rodrigo Vita
Released: February 6, 2016
Type: Movie
A baseball player finds unexpected happiness with a woman who works in his favorite restaurant.
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Title: The Brink
Character: President Julian Navarro
Released: June 21, 2015
Type: TV
Three top U.S. government and military officials scramble to prevent World War 3 from happening amidst the chaos of a geopolitical crisis.
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Playin' for Love
Title: Playin' for Love
Character: Principle Jose Marti
Released: January 16, 2015
Type: Movie
Coach Banks (Robert Townsend) is used to calling all the shots for his championship high school basketball team and in his own love life. But that’s about to change when he meets, Talisa McCoy (Salli Richardson-Whitfield), the mother of a star player, new to Jackson high. She’s a beautiful, strong-willed single mom, with her own ideas on a winning team…and the perfect man. Now, this coach will have to learn a few new plays if he’s going to stay in the game.
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Spare Parts
Title: Spare Parts
Character: Mr. Santillan
Released: January 16, 2015
Type: Movie
With the help of their high school's newest teacher, four Hispanic students form a robotics club. Although they have no experience, the youths set their sights on a national robotics contest. With $800 and parts scavenged from old cars, they build a robot and compete against reigning champion MIT. Along the way, the students learn not only how to build a robot but something far more important: how to forge bonds that will last a lifetime.
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Title: How to Get Away with Murder
Character: Jorge Castillo
Released: September 25, 2014
Type: TV
A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor. They become entangled in a murder plot and will shake the entire university and change the course of their lives.
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Jarhead 2: Field of Fire
Title: Jarhead 2: Field of Fire
Character: Cpt. Jones
Released: August 14, 2014
Type: Movie
Battle-scarred and disillusioned by the war, Corporal Chris Merrimette is put in charge of a unit whose next mission is to resupply a remote outpost on the edge of Taliban-controlled territory. While driving through the hostile Helmand province, a Navy SEAL flags down their convoy and enlists the unit on an operation of international importance: they must help an Afghan woman famous for her defiance of the Taliban escape the country. Without tanks or air support, Merrimette and his team will need all the courage and firepower they can muster to fight their way across the war-torn country and shepherd the woman to safety.
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Give Me Shelter
Title: Give Me Shelter
Character: Himself - Animal Advocate
Released: June 24, 2014
Type: Movie
Give Me Shelter is a documentary to raise awareness for important animal issues around the world. This film uncovers the most prevalent issues in the animal world through the eyes of individuals dedicating their lives to them daily.
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Journey of a Female Comic
Title: Journey of a Female Comic
Released: May 2, 2014
Type: Movie
The ups and downs of female comic Kiki Melendez.
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Title: From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series
Character: Amancio Malvado
Released: March 11, 2014
Type: TV
The horror and crime thriller genres collide in this new original series from Robert Rodriguez, based on his cult grindhouse classic about bank-robbing brothers on the run, a lawman bent on bringing them to justice, the devout family caught in the cross-fire, and an ancient evil eager to feast on them all.
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Title: Mozart in the Jungle
Character: Juan Delgado
Released: February 6, 2014
Type: TV
In the tradition of Anthony Bourdain's "Kitchen Confidential" and Gelsey Kirkland's "Dancing on my Grave" comes an insider’s look into the secret world of classical musicians. From her debut recital at Carnegie Recital Hall to the Broadway pits of "Les Miserables" and "Miss Saigon," Blair Tindall has played with some of the biggest names in classical music for twenty-five years. Now in "Mozart in the Jungle," Tindall exposes the scandalous rock and roll lifestyles of the musicians, conductors, and administrators who inhabit the insular world of classical music.
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Title: Chicago P.D.
Character: Chief Lugo
Released: January 8, 2014
Type: TV
A riveting police drama about the men and women of the Chicago Police Department's District 21 who put it all on the line to serve and protect their community. District 21 is made up of two distinctly different groups: the uniformed cops who patrol the beat and go head-to-head with the city's street crimes and the Intelligence Unit that combats the city's major offenses - organized crime, drug trafficking, high profile murders and beyond.
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Saving Westbrook High
Title: Saving Westbrook High
Character: Manny
Released: October 20, 2013
Type: Movie
A diverse community, an ambitious newly-appointed principal and a handful of committed teachers come together to save a once popular suburban school in danger of closing.
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Atlas Shrugged: Part II
Title: Atlas Shrugged: Part II
Character: Francisco d'Anconia
Released: October 12, 2012
Type: Movie
The global economy is on the brink of collapse. Brilliant creators, from artists to industrialists, continue to mysteriously disappear. Unemployment has risen to 24%. Gas is now $42 per gallon. Dagny Taggart, Vice President in Charge of Operations for Taggart Transcontinental, has discovered what may very well be the answer to the mounting energy crisis - found abandoned amongst ruins, a miraculous motor that could seemingly power the World. But, the motor is dead... there is no one left to decipher its secret... and, someone is watching. It’s a race against the clock to find the inventor and stop the destroyer before the motor of the World is stopped for good. A motor that would power the World. A World whose motor would be stopped. Who is John Galt?
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Title: Major Crimes
Character: Deputy Manuel Diaz
Released: August 13, 2012
Type: TV
Major Crimes explores how the American justice system approaches the art of the deals as law enforcement officers and prosecutors work together to score a conviction. Los Angeles Police Captain Sharon Raydor heads up a special squad within the LAPD that deals with high-profile or particularly sensitive crimes.
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Seattle Superstorm
Title: Seattle Superstorm
Character: Tom
Released: March 31, 2012
Type: Movie
An object is shot down over Seattle and the debris begins to affect the local weather, ultimately threatening the whole world.
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17th Precinct
Title: 17th Precinct
Character: Liam Butterfield
Released: December 30, 2011
Type: Movie
In a modern world where magic supplanted science, the unaired pilot featured two non-intersecting stories: the death of a city executive at the hands of a wrongful convict, and the introduction of terrorists who are devoted to the destruction of magic.
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We Have Your Husband
Title: We Have Your Husband
Character: Eduardo Valseca
Released: November 12, 2011
Type: Movie
American-born Jayne Valseca, her husband Eduardo, the son of a legendary Mexican newspaper publisher, and their two children live an idyllic life on their 1,000 acre ranch outside of a peaceful Mexico town. But in the summer of 2007, their peaceful life is turned into a real-life nightmare when Eduardo is ambushed and kidnapped by strangers. With kidnapping becoming a pervasive and lucrative business in Mexico, Jayne is at the mercy of the kidnappers when they demand millions for the husband's safe release. She's pushed to the limit to do everything she possibly can to raise the money necessary to bring Eduardo back alive. As Eduardo is starved and tortured, he looses hope of ever seeing his family again but despite the dire and bleak times, Jayne refuses to give up and decides to turn the tables on the kidnappers and makes demands of her own. The film is based on a true story from the book, We Have Your Husband: One Woman's Terrifying Story of a Kidnapping in Mexico.
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Gun Hill Road
Title: Gun Hill Road
Character: Enrique Rodriguez
Released: August 5, 2011
Type: Movie
An ex-con returns home to the Bronx after three year in prison to discover his wife estranged and his teenage son exploring a sexual transformation that will put the fragile bonds of their family to the test.
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Title: Fairly Legal
Character: Aaron Davidson
Released: January 20, 2011
Type: TV
Kate Reed is a firm believer that justice can always be found – even if it's not always in the courtroom. Once a lawyer at her family's esteemed San Francisco firm, Kate's frustration with the legal system led her to a new career as a mediator. Thanks to her innate understanding of human nature, thorough legal knowledge, and wry sense of humor, Kate is a natural when it comes to dispute resolution. Except, it seems, when it comes to conflicts in her own life.
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Cherry
Title: Cherry
Character: Wes
Released: October 8, 2010
Type: Movie
Ivy League Freshman, Aaron Milton (17) gets a different kind of education when he falls for Linda (34) a vivacious former wild-child who has returned to college to straighten out her life. The curriculum gets more challenging when Aaron meets Linda's sarcastic 14 year-old daughter, Beth - who quickly develops a crush on him. The math doesn't work in either direction but the dysfunctional triangle becomes a learning experience for all involved.
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King of the Avenue
Title: King of the Avenue
Character: Natas
Released: September 17, 2010
Type: Movie
A drug dealer sells his soul to the devil to become the top drug dealer on the block.
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Title: Caprica
Character: Joseph Adama
Released: January 22, 2010
Type: TV
Set 58 years before Battlestar Galactica, Caprica follows two rival families - the Graystones and the Adamas - as they grow, compete, and thrive in the vibrant world of the peaceful 12 Colonies, living in a society close to our own. Entangled in the burgeoning technology of artificial intelligence and robotics that will eventually lead to the creation of the Cylons, the two houses go toe-to-toe, blending action with corporate conspiracy and sexual politics.
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Title: Celebrity Ghost Stories
Character: Self
Released: October 3, 2009
Type: TV
Compelling, surprising and downright spooky — celebrities share their real-life personal encounters with the paranormal in each one-hour special. From encounters with ghosts and angry spirits to haunted homes, unexplainable spells and magic, these descriptive, first person narratives from our favorite stars delivers a brand new way of experiencing the thrills and chills of the addictive world of the paranormal.
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Celebrity Habla
Title: Celebrity Habla
Character: Self
Released: September 25, 2009
Type: Movie
See what celebrated Latino actors, newsmakers and a musical legend have to say about being Latino in the U.S. in this sixth installment in the award-winning documentary series.
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Title: NCIS: Los Angeles
Character: Louis Ochoa
Released: September 22, 2009
Type: TV
The exploits of the Los Angeles–based Office of Special Projects (OSP), an elite division of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service that specializes in undercover assignments.
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The Line
Title: The Line
Character: Pelon
Released: May 11, 2009
Type: Movie
The story centers around veteran assassin Mark Shields as he tracks down, Pelon, the elusive head of the Salazar Crime Cartel. Through twists of fate, Shields ends up with a local woman, Olivia who is also fighting her own demons for the sake of her daughter. Set in the rich and atmospheric backdrop of Tijuana, Mexico, La Linea (The Line) is full of action and drama.
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Kill Kill Faster Faster
Title: Kill Kill Faster Faster
Character: Markie
Released: April 16, 2008
Type: Movie
Recently paroled after serving a long stretch for his wife's murder, Joey One-Way aligns himself with a producer who has optioned the play he wrote in prison. As he sets about adapting his work for the big screen, Joey falls for his new pal's ex-con wife, and enters into a doomed affair.
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The Cure
Title: The Cure
Character: Jorge
Released: September 1, 2007
Type: Movie
A group of medical activists get care to those who need it most, by any means necessary.
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Title: Burn Notice
Character: Ernie Paseo
Released: June 28, 2007
Type: TV
A formerly blacklisted spy uses his unique skills and training to help people in desperate situations.
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The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
Title: The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
Character: Self
Released: February 7, 2007
Type: Movie
A full-length documentary chronicling filmmaker Richard Linklater and author Eric Schlosser throughout their journey making the movie 'Fast Food Nation,' featuring Linklater and the cast of the movie in rehearsals, shooting, and interviews.
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Fast Food Nation
Title: Fast Food Nation
Character: Tony
Released: November 17, 2006
Type: Movie
A dramatised examination of the health issues and social consequences of America's love affair with fast food.
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Title: Jericho
Character: Major Edward Beck
Released: September 20, 2006
Type: TV
Jericho is an American action/drama series that centers on the residents of the fictional town of Jericho, Kansas, in the aftermath of nuclear attacks on 23 major cities in the contiguous United States.
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Title: Vanished
Released: August 21, 2006
Type: TV
Sara Collins is gone. But before the FBI can solve the mystery of where she is, they first need to figure out who she really is. Nothing is as it seems. Everyone is a suspect. Everyone has a secret. And no one is safe. Sara is the beautiful young wife of prominent Georgia Senator Jeffrey Collins, and she has gone missing. Through the eyes of Senior FBI Agent Graham Kelton, ambitious reporter Judy Nash and the distraught members of the Collins family, viewers will journey inside a sensational, mysterious national soap opera.
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How to Go Out on a Date in Queens
Title: How to Go Out on a Date in Queens
Character: Frankie
Released: July 28, 2006
Type: Movie
A self-proclaimed dating expert tries to get his best friend, who lost his wife two years earlier, back into the dating scene, with disastrous results.
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The Virgin of Juarez
Title: The Virgin of Juarez
Character: Father Herrera
Released: March 13, 2006
Type: Movie
When a reporter travels to Juarez to cover the ongoing story of the mass murder of local working women, she uncovers the amazing story of "The Virgin Of Juarez," a survivor of an attack who has developed stigmata, a sign of holiness, and whose followers will do whatever she asks.
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Title: Freddie
Character: Carlos
Released: October 12, 2005
Type: TV
Freddie Moreno had finally escaped from the raucous house of women with whom he grew up. Having achieved some success as head chef at a trendy Chicago restaurant, he's ready for love and everything else that single life has to offer, including hanging out with his best friend and neighbor, Chris. Unfortunately, there's one slight hitch: After the death of his older brother and the collapse of his sister's marriage, goodhearted Freddie took in his impulsive sister-in-law, his pragmatic sister with her 13-year-old daughter and their irascible grandma, who refuses to speak English and only responds in Spanish – even though she understands every word. But while the members of this unconventional brood may test Freddie's patience endlessly, they also support and take care of one another, just as they always have. Now all Freddie has to do is figure out how to maintain his thriving bachelor lifestyle in a house overflowing with estrogen.
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Title: Criminal Minds
Character: Mateo Cruz
Released: September 22, 2005
Type: TV
An elite team of FBI profilers analyze the country's most twisted criminal minds, anticipating their next moves before they strike again. The Behavioral Analysis Unit's most experienced agent is David Rossi, a founding member of the BAU who returns to help the team solve new cases.
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Once Upon a Wedding
Title: Once Upon a Wedding
Character: Pineda
Released: July 22, 2005
Type: Movie
A week before her marriage, a woman injures a man in a car accident. As she helps nurse him back to health, she starts to doubt the course her life is taking. Her father, a powerful dictator, is not pleased with the change of plans.
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Lethal Seduction
Title: Lethal Seduction
Character: Rick Benes / David Lopez
Released: May 5, 2005
Type: Movie
Miranda Wells is an attorney with a sideline in immigration fraud and murder. Miranda's assistant, Carla, is unaware of her criminal activities. Rick Benes, a journalist setting out to expose Miranda, poses as David Lopez, an illegal immigrant, and takes a job in the office. Carla stubbles on incriminating files and Rick Benes pursuit of the story is threatened when he becomes infatuated with Miranda. Carla is attacked and her husband murdered, Miranda is the chief suspect. As the investigation progresses and Carla disappears from hospital, it is clear that Miranda will stop at nothing including murdering again to stay out.
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American Fusion
Title: American Fusion
Character: Jose
Released: January 1, 2005
Type: Movie
Yvonne is a divorced middle-aged Chinese immigrant who thinks her life is over, and she is doomed to spend the rest of her days as a slave to her large and eccentric family. Suddenly, romance enters her life and Yvonne gets a long deferred chance for true love. However, she falls for the last person a Chinese family would ever accept, Jose, a Mexican-American dentist. It doesnt matter what race or culture youre from, deep down inside we are the same. And from this lesson Yvonne and her family begin to love each other for who they are and to accept Jose into the family.
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Title: On Air with Ryan Seacrest
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: TV
On Air with Ryan Seacrest is an American syndicated television talk show, which ran from January 12, 2004 through September 17, 2004. It was distributed in the United States and Canada by Twentieth Television.
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Sudbury
Title: Sudbury
Character: Gary Hallet
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: Movie
A family of witches -- sisters Sally and Gillian, their aunts Jet and Frances, and Sally's daughters Antonia and Kylie -- struggle with the blessing and the curse of magical abilities.
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The Adventures of Tom Thumb & Thumbelina
Title: The Adventures of Tom Thumb & Thumbelina
Character: Vargas Mouse (voice)
Released: August 8, 2003
Type: Movie
Voiced by Elijah Wood, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and others, this film features Tom Thumb and Thumbelina, the tiny, famed fairy-tale favorites, who are together for the first time in this heartwarming, magical musical story about courage and friendship. After 15 years, the two reunite and remember when their village was destroyed by a giant. Soon, they find out that they have neat powers they can use for good.
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Title: Celebrities Uncensored
Character: Self
Released: June 4, 2003
Type: TV
Celebrities Uncensored is a TV program on the E! network that edited together amusing paparazzi footage of celebrities, usually in public places such as public sidewalks, restaurants, nightclubs, etc. The celebrities were often friendly, but sometimes their more unfriendly antics were featured in an amusing and entertaining way. It was very popular with stars on the rise and created a stir in the Hollywood community. Paris Hilton was first brought to the public's attention by this show.
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Title: Real Time with Bill Maher
Character: Self
Released: February 21, 2003
Type: TV
Each week Bill Maher surrounds himself with a panel of guests which include politicians, actors, comedians, musicians and the like to discuss what's going on in the world.
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Paid in Full
Title: Paid in Full
Character: Lulu
Released: October 25, 2002
Type: Movie
Ace is an impressionable young man working for a dry cleaning business. His friend, drug dealer Mitch, goes to prison. In an unrelated incident, he finds some cocaine in a pants pocket. Soon, Ace finds himself dealing cocaine for Lulu. Via lucky breaks and solid interpersonal skills, Ace moves to the top of the Harlem drug world. Of course, unfaithful employees and/or rivals conspire to bring about Ace's fall.
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Title: CSI: Miami
Released: September 23, 2002
Type: TV
CSI: Miami follows Crime Scene Investigators working for the Miami-Dade Police Department as they use physical evidence, similar to their Las Vegas counterparts, to solve grisly murders. The series mixes deduction, gritty subject matter, and character-driven drama in the same vein as the original series in the CSI franchise, except that the Miami CSIs are cops first, scientists second.
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Title: George Lopez
Character: Manny Lopez
Released: March 27, 2002
Type: TV
George raises daughter Carmen and dyslexic son Max with his wife Angie, after surviving a miserable, dysfunctional childhood at the hands of his neglectful alcoholic mother Benny.
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Title: American Family
Character: Esteban Gonzalez
Released: January 23, 2002
Type: TV
The head of the household, Jess Gonzalez (Edward James Olmos), is your average father who is forced to fight everyday troubles, following the death of his loving wife Berta (Sônia Braga). Their beloved daughter Nina (Constance Marie) has recently graduated from law school and decides to work for Legal Services on behalf of immigrant rights, although Jess does not agree with her decision. The rest of the Gonzalez family just tries to go with the flow, but they find their own problems down the road.
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Doomsday Man
Title: Doomsday Man
Character: Mike
Released: December 7, 2000
Type: Movie
After his wife is killed researching a deadly virus, a doctor, out of anger and guilt, infects himself with the virus and threatens the world.
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Title: Curb Your Enthusiasm
Character: Francisco
Released: October 15, 2000
Type: TV
The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe in which he can't seem to do anything right, and, by his standards, neither can anyone else.
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A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story
Title: A Family in Crisis: The Elian Gonzales Story
Character: Juan Miguel Gonzalez
Released: September 17, 2000
Type: Movie
Based on the true headline-generating story of the five-year-old Cuban boy who is the sole survivor of a refugee boat that sunk in a storm on its way to the U.S.
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American Virgin
Title: American Virgin
Character: Jim the Director
Released: June 2, 2000
Type: Movie
When your father is a pornographer, what can you do to shock him? If you're Katrina Bartalotti, you announce that you're going to lose your virginity -- live on the Internet, for the whole world to see.
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Title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character: Jimmy Vazquez
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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Title: Family Law
Released: September 20, 1999
Type: TV
Family attorney and mom Lynn Holt has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm together since her husband left her and took most of their joint law practice with him. Although the attorneys are carting plenty of life's baggage, they're all determined to make the most of this unexpected second chance—and make each month's mortgage payment.
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Southern Cross
Title: Southern Cross
Character: Philip Solano
Released: September 9, 1999
Type: Movie
A mining businessman gets involved in crimes and murderers as he flees from another businessman who plans to dump nuclear waste illegally in abandoned coal mines in southern Chile
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Title: Atomic Train
Character: Noris MacKenzie
Released: May 16, 1999
Type: TV
A train carrying a Russian atomic weapon is on a runaway course with disaster - and time's running out! Only John Seger, a renegade investigator for the NTSB, can stop the speeding locomotive.
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Circle of Deceit
Title: Circle of Deceit
Character: Jeff Silva
Released: January 29, 1998
Type: Movie
A woman finds out that her husband has been cheating on her and, as she tries to get custody of her son, events spiral out of control, leading to blackmail and murder.
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The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
Title: The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
Character: Dominguez
Released: January 23, 1998
Type: Movie
Gomez is a middle-aged man who dreams of buying a gorgeous white suit in a nearby store, but doesn't have enough cash. He finds 4 more people of same size, who each give $20 and get to wear the suit for an hour each in return. But the suit is not just a suit - it makes wishes of the one wearing it come true.
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The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca
Title: The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca
Character: Ricardo
Released: September 12, 1997
Type: Movie
A journalist starts an investigation into the disappearance of famed poet and political agitator, Garcia Lorca, who disappeared after his arrest by the Nationalists in the early days of the Spanish Civil War in the the 1930's.
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Title: The Hunger
Character: Tony
Released: July 20, 1997
Type: TV
The Hunger is a British/Canadian television horror anthology series, co-produced by Scott Free Productions, Telescene Film Group Productions and the Canadian pay-TV channel The Movie Network. Though it shares a title with the feature film The Hunger the series has no direct plot or character connection to the film, and was created by Jeff Fazio. Originally shown on the Sci Fi Channel in the UK, The Movie Network in Canada and Showtime in the US, the series was broadcast from 1997 to 2000, and is internally organized into two seasons. Each episode was based around an independent story introduced by the host; Terence Stamp hosted each episode for the first season, and was replaced in the second season by David Bowie. Stories tended to focus on themes of self-destructive desire and obsession, with a strong component of soft-core erotica; popular tropes for the stories included cannibalism, vampires, sex, and poison.
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Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story
Title: Dying to Be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story
Character: Federico Pena
Released: November 24, 1996
Type: Movie
Story about a runner whose bulimia and anorexia threatens both her dream of competing in the Olympics and her marriage to Denver's mayor.
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Death in Granada
Title: Death in Granada
Character: Ricardo
Released: November 9, 1996
Type: Movie
A journalist starts an investigation into the disappearance of famed poet and political agitator, Garcia Lorca, who disappeared in the early days of the Spanish Civil War in the the 1930's.
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Scorpion Spring
Title: Scorpion Spring
Character: Astor
Released: October 10, 1996
Type: Movie
On the run from the law, desperate drug runner Astor and his beautiful prisoner struggle through the savage heat...
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The Real Thing
Title: The Real Thing
Character: Collin
Released: January 1, 1996
Type: Movie
Their plan was simple...Get the Cash. As Rupert, an ex-con, tries to go straight, his younger brother James pursues a life of delinquency. Days after being released from jail, James is gunned down and lies waiting in a hospital for a liver transplant. In a desperate attempt to save his brother's life, Rupert decides to execute a heist at a downtown club on New Year's Eve that will give him the money he needs. Rupert assembles an eclectic crew of ex-cons, including his best friend and his ex-girlfriend. Rupert and his gang converge on the nightclub for a climax that spins out of control. New Year's Eve has never been so explosive!
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Dog Watch
Title: Dog Watch
Character: Murrow
Released: January 1, 1996
Type: Movie
A San Francisco detective (Elliott) goes wild when he discovers his partner dead and the presumed culprit standing over him. After beating the man to death, he comes to his senses and realizes that he has to get rid of the body of the beaten man. Dumping the man in the river, he returns to his partner's body and calls in the death. He is then given a new partner (Morales) and is assigned to investigate the death of a man just pulled from the river causing all the expected problems. However, the investigation does lead to police corruption and his own partner's involvement in drug running.
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Somos un solo pueblo
Title: Somos un solo pueblo
Character: Self
Released: December 3, 1995
Type: Movie
Presents a bit of the history of the migration of our people, people who came out opening new horizons and looking for new destinations. During that absence, it has been music that has defined us and served to remove barriers and grow closer.
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Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14
Title: Deadlocked: Escape from Zone 14
Character: Tony Archer
Released: May 8, 1995
Type: Movie
Tony is framed by Claremont for a murder he didn't commit. He is sent to prison but Claremont promises him freedom if he can find Allie in the prison and bring her out. Allie and Tony soon join forces and the actual escape from the prison is a small part of what they will go through together.
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My Family
Title: My Family
Character: Chucho
Released: May 3, 1995
Type: Movie
Traces over three generations an immigrant family's trials, tribulations, tragedies, and triumphs. Maria and Jose, the first generation, come to Los Angeles, meet, marry, face deportation all in the 1930s. They establish their family in East L.A., and their children Chucho, Paco, Memo, Irene, Toni, and Jimmy deal with youth culture and the L.A. police in the '50s. As the second generation become adults in the '60s, the focus shifts to Jimmy, his marriage to Isabel (a Salvadorian refugee), their son, and Jimmy's journey to becoming a responsible parent.
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Title: The Outer Limits
Character: Frank Kelton
Released: March 26, 1995
Type: TV
Anthology series of composed of distinct story episodes, sometimes with a plot twist at the end, with occasional recurring story elements that were often tied together during season-finale clip shows.
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Don't Do It
Title: Don't Do It
Character: Charles
Released: November 10, 1994
Type: Movie
Story about three youthful couples in contemporary Los Angeles.
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The Burning Season
Title: The Burning Season
Character: Jair
Released: September 17, 1994
Type: Movie
Based on the true story of a Brazilian rubber tapper who leads his people in protest against government and developers, who want to cut down their part of the rainforest for a new road and ranch land. The rich and the powerful will stop at nothing, and frequently resort to murder
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In the Army Now
Title: In the Army Now
Character: Sgt. Stern
Released: August 12, 1994
Type: Movie
Bones Conway and Jack Kaufman didn't really know what they were in for when they enlisted in the U.S. Army; they just wanted to get a job and make some money. But these new recruits are so hapless, they run the risk of getting kicked out before their military careers even begin. Soon, though, they're sent to the Middle East to fight for their country -- which they manage to do in their own wacky ways.
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Rapa Nui
Title: Rapa Nui
Character: Make
Released: June 3, 1994
Type: Movie
Inter-tribal rivalry leads to a competition to erect a huge statue (moai) in record time before Make can take part in the race to retrieve the egg of a Sooty Tern. The reward for winning this race is to rule the island for one year.
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Title: NYPD Blue
Character: Tony Rodriguez
Released: September 21, 1993
Type: TV
Police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan. Each episode typically intertwined several plots involving an ensemble cast.
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Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
Title: Living and Working in Space: The Countdown Has Begun
Character: Kenny
Released: January 30, 1993
Type: Movie
Life in space. Beam-ins. Intergalactic war. What about getting a driver's license or doing the laundry? This one-hour special features dozens of space professionals---from astronauts and life systems engineers to space suit designers, interior decorators and the "Lunar Lettuce Man." A moving story concerning Jaime Escalante and one of his students (Raymond Cruz) is interwoven with imaginative vignettes that explore the humor and drama of day-to-day life away from Earth. A documentary AND fantasy. Shot on video and on film. Guest stars include Kathy Bates, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Pat Morita, Esai Morales, and Billy Bob Thornton.
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Ultraviolet
Title: Ultraviolet
Character: Nicholas Walker
Released: February 26, 1992
Type: Movie
A park ranger and his lover have heated encounters with a dangerous man in Death Valley.
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Freejack
Title: Freejack
Character: Ripper
Released: January 17, 1992
Type: Movie
Time-traveling bounty hunters find a doomed race-car driver in the past and bring him to 2009 New York, where his mind will be replaced with that of a terminally ill billionaire.
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Amazon
Title: Amazon
Released: December 14, 1990
Type: Movie
Widowed and broke Finnish businessman Kari takes his two teenage daughters with him to Brazil. A bush pilot introduces him to the idea of gold mining in the jungle, but a beautiful and educated local woman warns him about the possible consequences to the rain forest. Kari has mixed feelings about the project, until an accident puts him in the care of a local Indian tribe.
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Naked Tango
Title: Naked Tango
Character: Zico Borenstein
Released: September 27, 1990
Type: Movie
When a young European woman assumes a false identity in 1920s Argentina, she gets more than she bargained for.
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Bloodhounds of Broadway
Title: Bloodhounds of Broadway
Character: Handsome Jack
Released: November 3, 1989
Type: Movie
This musical is based on four short stories by Damon Runyon. In one tale, gambler Feet Samuels sells his body to science just as he realizes that Hortense loves him and that he would rather live than die. In another story, Harriet's parrot is killed, and she has problems dealing with her loss. Then, there is a gambler, "Regret", who has bloodhounds on his trail when he becomes a murder suspect. Finally, "The Brain" is bleeding profusely, and his friends search for a way to save his life through a blood transfusion.
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Title: Tales from the Crypt
Character: Puck
Released: June 10, 1989
Type: TV
Cadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?
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The Principal
Title: The Principal
Character: Raymi Rojas
Released: September 18, 1987
Type: Movie
Burglary. Drugs. Assault. Rape. The students at Brandel High are more than new Principal Rick Latimer bargained for. Gangs fight to control the school using knives - even guns - when they have to. When Latimer and the head of security try to clean up the school and stop the narcotics trade, they run up against a teenage mafia. A violent confrontation on the campus leads to a deadly showdown with the drug dealer's gang, and one last chance for Latimer to save his career... and his life.
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La Bamba
Title: La Bamba
Character: Bob Morales
Released: July 24, 1987
Type: Movie
Los Angeles teenager Ritchie Valens becomes an overnight rock 'n' roll success in 1958, thanks to a love ballad called "Donna" that he wrote for his girlfriend. But as his star rises, Valens has conflicts with his jealous brother, Bob, and becomes haunted by a recurring nightmare of a plane crash just as he begins his first national tour alongside Buddy Holly.
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Title: On Wings of Eagles
Character: Rashid
Released: May 18, 1986
Type: TV
On Wings of Eagles is a NBC TV mini-series, starring Burt Lancaster - Richard Crenna and directed by Andrew V. McLaglen. The TV series was adapted from Ken Follet's novel of the same name. The plot is set during the Iranian revolution. During the takeover of Iran, the king is overthrown, and two executives of Electronic Data Systems are imprisoned on false charges. The head of the company, Mr. Perot, travels to Tehran to negotiate for their release. Meanwhile, a retired US Army Special Forces Colonel, Arthur Simons, is hired to develop a rescue plan at any cost.
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Rainy Day Friends
Title: Rainy Day Friends
Character: Neekos Valdez
Released: December 20, 1985
Type: Movie
A tough street kid from the L.A. barrios is discovered during an examination to have stomach tumors. During his hospitalization, he must learn to cope with not only his medical condition, but with people such as other patients, social workers and hospital personnel who come from a totally different world than he does--and they have to learn to cope with him.
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Title: The Twilight Zone
Released: September 27, 1985
Type: TV
This 1980s revival of the classic sci-fi series features a similar style to the original anthology series. Each episode tells a tale (sometimes two or three) rooted in horror or suspense, often with a surprising twist at the end. Episodes usually feature elements of drama and comedy.
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Title: The Equalizer
Character: Officer Miguel Canterra
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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Title: Miami Vice
Character: Pete Romano
Released: September 16, 1984
Type: TV
The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership of Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs - who first meet when Tubbs is undercover in a drug cartel.
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Title: Miami Vice
Released: September 16, 1984
Type: TV
The story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking and prostitution, centered on the unlikely partnership of Sonny Crockett and Ricardo Tubbs - who first meet when Tubbs is undercover in a drug cartel.
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Bad Boys
Title: Bad Boys
Character: Paco Moreno
Released: March 25, 1983
Type: Movie
Mick O'Brien is a young Chicago street thug torn between a life of petty crime and the love of his girlfriend. But when the heist of a local drug dealer goes tragically wrong Mick is sentenced to a brutal juvenile prison where violence is a rite of passage and respect is measured in vengeance.
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Forty Deuce
Title: Forty Deuce
Character: Mitchell
Released: October 1, 1982
Type: Movie
A young hustler tries to get drug money by selling a boy to a middle-aged man; his plans are disrupted when the kid dies.
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Title: Fame
Released: January 7, 1982
Type: TV
An American television series originally produced between 1982 and 1987. The show is based on the 1980 motion picture of the same name. With a mixture of drama and music, it followed the lives of the students and faculty at the New York City High School for the Performing Arts. Although fictional, it was based heavily on the actual Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York. Most interior scenes were filmed in Hollywood, California, and in all seasons but the third, several exterior scenes were shot on location in New York City. The popularity of the series, particularly in the UK, led to several hit records and live concert tours by the cast. Despite its success, very few of the actors maintained high-profile careers after the series was cancelled. A number of the cast members were seen again briefly in Bring Back...Fame, a reunion special made for British television in 2008.
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Cottonmouth
Title: Cottonmouth
Character: Abe
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
When Ed Dantes is framed and condemned to the tortures of a territorial prison in the 1895, he must learn the ways of the outlaw to escape and exact his revenge.
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Crescent City
Title: Crescent City
Character: Luke Carson
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A small town in the south is ravaged by a serial killer, with everyone being a suspect including the police.
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Minor Incidents
Title: Minor Incidents
Character: Jeremías Amestoy
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
"Minor Incidents" is a historical drama based on the trial of Alejandro "El Sapo" Amestoy, highlighting the courtroom tensions and the complexity of human relationships, as friends and enemies alike are drawn into a web of deceit and hidden alliances. This film reveals the horrid truth about the origins of the infamous audio by DJ Manu Rover.
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Title: The Americans
Character: Lee Valenzuela
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
The Valenzuela family live in Los Angeles in a multi-generational household. Lee and his mother Lucia differ on how to deal with the problems that arise including alcoholism, teenage rebellion and immigration difficulties.
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Title: Company Town
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV