Jon DeVries

Jon DeVries

Born: March 26, 1947
in New York City, New York, USA
Jon DeVries is an actor.

Movies for Jon DeVries...

What Do We Need to Talk About?
Title: What Do We Need to Talk About?
Character: Benjamin Apple
Released: April 29, 2020
Type: Movie
In the midst of our unsettled world, the Apple Family, last seen in 2014, return, though not over the dinner table, but via Zoom. This hour-long play picks up with them during their now suspended and quarantined lives. They talk about grocery shopping, friends lost, new ventures on a hoped-for horizon—all at a time when human conversation (and theater) may be more needed than ever before.
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Sweet and Sad
Title: Sweet and Sad
Character: Benjamin Apple
Released: April 21, 2020
Type: Movie
The Apple Family finds themselves together again for the first time since Election Night, 2010. Marian, reeling from a personal tragedy, now lives with her sister Barbara; sister Jane is back with her boyfriend Tim; their brother Richard has come up from Manhattan; and Uncle Benjamin prepares for his first dramatic performance in years. Over Sunday brunch on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, the Apples find themselves talking about loss, memory, remembrance, and the meaning of compensation.
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That Hopey Changey Thing
Title: That Hopey Changey Thing
Character: Benjamin Apple
Released: April 21, 2020
Type: Movie
Set on election day, November 2, 2010. Uncle Benjamin’s dog has died, and his nieces and nephew have gathered for dinner in Rhinebeck, New York, to surprise him with a new one. While the polls close, the Apple Family discusses memory, manners, and politics.
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Regular Singing
Title: Regular Singing
Character: Benjamin Apple
Released: April 21, 2020
Type: Movie
The fourth and final play in this captivating series, Regular Singing, opened on November 22, 2013 – the 50th Anniversary of JFK's assassination that shocked the world.
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Uncle Vanya
Title: Uncle Vanya
Character: Alexánder Serebryakóv
Released: August 23, 2019
Type: Movie
Vanya and his niece Sonya struggle to care for the estate owned by Vanya’s brother-in-law Alexánder, a wealthy professor. When he returns with a beautiful new wife and plans to sell the estate, hidden passions explode and lives come undone.
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We Only Know So Much
Title: We Only Know So Much
Character: Sam
Released: June 23, 2018
Type: Movie
A married woman has an affair with a suicidal lover while caring for her husband's sick relatives.
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Sorry
Title: Sorry
Character: Benjamin Apple
Released: October 30, 2014
Type: Movie
A year after Sweet and Sad, the Apple Family again share a meal in Rhinebeck, as they sort through personal and political feelings of loss and confusion on the morning of the day the country will choose the next president. Like the first two plays in this trilogy, Sweet and Sad and That Hopey Changey Thing, Sorry opens on the day that it is set, November 6, 2012: Election Day.
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Title: The Blacklist
Character: Early
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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Kill Your Darlings
Title: Kill Your Darlings
Character: Mr. Burroughs
Released: June 10, 2013
Type: Movie
A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs.
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Title: Elementary
Character: Martin
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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Title: Blue Bloods
Character: Mr. Freelander
Released: September 24, 2010
Type: TV
A drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement. Frank Reagan is the New York Police Commissioner and heads both the police force and the Reagan brood. He runs his department as diplomatically as he runs his family, even when dealing with the politics that plagued his unapologetically bold father, Henry, during his stint as Chief.
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Che: Part One
Title: Che: Part One
Character: Sen. Eugene McCarthy
Released: September 5, 2008
Type: Movie
The Argentine, begins as Che and a band of Cuban exiles (led by Fidel Castro) reach the Cuban shore from Mexico in 1956. Within two years, they mobilized popular support and an army and toppled the U.S.-friendly regime of dictator Fulgencio Batista.
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American Gangster
Title: American Gangster
Character: Judge James Racine
Released: November 2, 2007
Type: Movie
Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. Partly based on a true story.
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Evening
Title: Evening
Character: Deaver Ross
Released: June 9, 2007
Type: Movie
As Constance (Natasha Richardson) and Nina (Toni Collette) gather at the deathbed of their mother, Ann (Vanessa Redgrave), they learn for the first time that their mother lived an entire other lifetime during one evening 50 years ago. In vivid flashbacks, the young Ann (Claire Daines) spends one night with a man named Harris (Patrick Wilson), who was the love of her life.
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Title: Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Character: Max Wright
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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Developing
Title: Developing
Character: Alec
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
About the relationship between a girl and her single mother, who has breast cancer.
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Zelda
Title: Zelda
Character: Gerald Murphy
Released: November 6, 1993
Type: Movie
Famous 1920s modernist writer F. Scott Fitzgerald and his eccentric Flapper socialite wife Zelda Sayre's relationship began quite passionately, but he slowly fell into alcoholism and she was eventually diagnosed with schizophrenia.
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Me and Veronica
Title: Me and Veronica
Character: Man in Bar
Released: September 24, 1993
Type: Movie
Two sisters share a disturbing family secret.
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Skylark
Title: Skylark
Character: Matthew
Released: February 7, 1993
Type: Movie
Jacob's farm is in trouble from a severe drought. Jacob and Sarah begin to wonder if Sarah can stay, and what will happen to Jacob if she and the children have to leave the farm.
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Grand Isle
Title: Grand Isle
Character: Leonce Pontellier
Released: August 23, 1991
Type: Movie
A married woman in 1890s Louisiana meets a handsome Creole, reawakening her sexual desires, and is tempted into an affair with the man.
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Sarah, Plain and Tall
Title: Sarah, Plain and Tall
Character: Matthew Grant
Released: February 3, 1991
Type: Movie
Kansas, 1910. Widowed farmer Jacob Witting finds that taking care of both his farm and two children, Anna and Caleb, is too difficult to handle alone. John takes out an ad in a newspaper for a mail-order bride, to which the "plain and tall" Sarah Wheaton answers, soon traveling from Maine to Kansas to become John's wife. Despite the love that grows between Sarah and the family, Sarah finds herself homesick, and she must ultimately choose whether or not to stay.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Doug Gaylin
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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Fat Man and Little Boy
Title: Fat Man and Little Boy
Character: Johnny Mount
Released: October 20, 1989
Type: Movie
Assigned to oversee the development of the atomic bomb, Gen. Leslie Groves is a stern military man determined to have the project go according to plan. He selects J. Robert Oppenheimer as the key scientist on the top-secret operation, but the two men clash fiercely on a number of issues. Despite their frequent conflicts, Groves and Oppenheimer ultimately push ahead with two bomb designs — the bigger "Fat Man" and the more streamlined "Little Boy."
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Title: Lincoln
Character: Secretary of War Edwin Stanton
Released: March 27, 1988
Type: TV
"Lincoln" was a 1988 American television mini-series starring Sam Waterston as Abraham Lincoln, Mary Tyler Moore as Mary Todd Lincoln, and Richard Mulligan as William H. Seward. It was directed by Lamont Johnson and was based on Gore Vidal’s novel. It covers the time period running from Lincoln’s election as President of the United States to the time of his assassination. When released for home entertainment, the title was changed to "Gore Vidal's Lincoln" Lamont Johnson won an Emmy for directing Lincoln. The film was shot almost entirely in Richmond, Virginia and it cost $8 million to produce.
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Too Young The Hero
Title: Too Young The Hero
Character: Capt. Gatch
Released: March 27, 1988
Type: Movie
TV movie based upon the true story of Calvin Graham, who, as a 12 year old boy, enlisted in the US Navy during WWII.
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Rachel River
Title: Rachel River
Character: Baker
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
A divorced mother pursues her career as a radio personality in rural Minnesota.
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Title: Star Trek: The Next Generation
Character: Prime Minister Granger
Released: September 28, 1987
Type: TV
Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.
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Doing Life
Title: Doing Life
Character: Warden Felber
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
Tony Danza stars in this prison drama about Jerome "Jerry" Rosenburg, a self-professed "jailhouse lawyer" who defends himself against the homicide charge that has put him on death row. This tense movie, made in Canada, has the feel of a biographical documentary.
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Invasion U.S.A.
Title: Invasion U.S.A.
Character: Johnston
Released: September 27, 1985
Type: Movie
A one-man army comes to the rescue of the United States when a spy attempts an invasion.
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Title: The Equalizer
Character: Raymond Gephardt
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: The Equalizer
Character: Michael Rosa
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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Finnegan Begin Again
Title: Finnegan Begin Again
Character: Dr. Binder
Released: February 24, 1985
Type: Movie
A schoolteacher in her early 40s, involved in a dead-end love affair with a married mortician, drifts into a relationship with an aging newspaperman.
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Vengeance Is Mine
Title: Vengeance Is Mine
Character: Tom
Released: March 19, 1984
Type: Movie
Unsuccessfully trying to close old family wounds on a trip back to the Rhode Island home of her miserable childhood, a troubled young woman finds her new friendship with a neighbor has her stuck in another family drama.
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The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck
Title: The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck
Character: Bob Fuhrman
Released: January 24, 1984
Type: Movie
A shopkeeper is condemned by the police and the press for sleeping with a suspected terrorist.
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Lianna
Title: Lianna
Character: Dick
Released: January 19, 1983
Type: Movie
Lianna's life is a succession of domestic errands and boring faculty parties, however her heaviest cross to bear is dealing with her waning marriage to Dick. In order to find intellectual stimulus, Lianna takes a college extension child-psychology course taught by Ruth. When Lianna catches Dick having an affair with a young coed, she finds comfort and eventually true love in the arms of Ruth. However, this comes with a price as everything in her life is turned upside down.
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The Five Forty-Eight
Title: The Five Forty-Eight
Character: Henry Watkins
Released: November 7, 1979
Type: Movie
An advertising man, emotionally estranged from his wife and those around him, has seduced and then fired and discarded his secretary. She pursues him and forces him to confront the squalor of his life.