Ron Canada

Ron Canada

Born: May 3, 1949
in New York City, New York, USA
Ron Canada is an American actor and producer who began his acting career in 1978. Canada has had a long career in both television and film, known predominantly for his work in Cinderella Man, Wedding Crashers, and his recurring role as Under Secretary of State Ted Barrow on The West Wing. In 1996, Ron received the Dallas Film Critics Award and significant national attention for his performance as "Otis Payne" in John Sayles's film Lone Star.

Movies for Ron Canada...

Title: East New York
Character: Maurice Haywood
Released: October 2, 2022
Type: TV
Regina Haywood is the newly promoted deputy inspector of East New York, a working-class neighborhood at the edge of Brooklyn. She leads a diverse group of officers and detectives, some of whom are reluctant to deploy her creative methods of serving and protecting in the midst of social upheaval and the early seeds of gentrification.
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Title: Girls5eva
Character: Dana Wiggens
Released: May 6, 2021
Type: TV
When a one-hit-wonder girl group from the '90s gets sampled by a young rapper, its members reunite to give their pop star dreams one more shot. They may be grown women balancing spouses, kids, jobs, debt, aging parents and shoulder pain, but can't they also be Girls5Eva?
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Title: The Equalizer
Character: Curtis Baker
Released: February 7, 2021
Type: TV
Robyn McCall, an enigmatic former CIA operative with a mysterious background, uses her extensive skills to help those with nowhere else to turn.
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The Empty Man
Title: The Empty Man
Character: Detective Villiers
Released: October 22, 2020
Type: Movie
Retired cop James Lasombra is asked by a friend to investigate the disappearance of her daughter, who seemingly packed in the night and left an ominous message on the bathroom mirror - "The Empty Man Made Me Do It." As he investigates this mysterious figure further, James begins to see and hear strange things, and is forced to come to terms with his past and what it means for his future.
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Title: Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
Character: DNI Bobby Vig
Released: August 30, 2018
Type: TV
When CIA analyst Jack Ryan stumbles upon a suspicious series of bank transfers his search for answers pulls him from the safety of his desk job and catapults him into a deadly game of cat and mouse throughout Europe and the Middle East, with a rising terrorist figurehead preparing for a massive attack against the US and her allies.
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Bully
Title: Bully
Character: 'Action' Jackson
Released: June 15, 2018
Type: Movie
A coming-of-age comedy about Jimmy, a quiet, heavy-set high school kid who is constantly tormented by the resident school bully Miles and his cronies. After an altercation on his way home from school lands him a chance meeting with former professional boxer "Action" Jackson and trainer Manny, Jimmy decides to learn how to fight back.
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Title: Seven Seconds
Character: Pastor Adler
Released: February 23, 2018
Type: TV
Tensions run high between African American citizens and Caucasian cops in Jersey City when a teenage African American boy is critically injured by a cop.
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Title: The Orville
Character: Admiral Tucker
Released: September 10, 2017
Type: TV
Follow the crew of the not-so-functional exploratory ship in the Earth's interstellar fleet, 400 years in the future.
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Title: The Orville
Character: Fleet Admiral Tucker
Released: September 10, 2017
Type: TV
Follow the crew of the not-so-functional exploratory ship in the Earth's interstellar fleet, 400 years in the future.
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Crown Heights
Title: Crown Heights
Character: Judge Marcy
Released: August 25, 2017
Type: Movie
When Colin Warner was wrongfully convicted of murder, his best friend Carl King devoted his life to proving his innocence.
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The Discovery
Title: The Discovery
Character: Cooper
Released: March 31, 2017
Type: Movie
In the near future, due to a breakthrough scientific discovery by Dr. Thomas Harbor, there is now definitive proof of an afterlife. While countless people have chosen suicide to reset their existence, others try to decide what it all means. Among them is Dr. Harbor's son Will, who has arrived at his father's isolated compound with a mysterious young woman named Isla. There, they discover the strange acolytes who help Dr. Harbor with his experiments.
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Title: The Good Fight
Character: Andrew Hart
Released: February 19, 2017
Type: TV
Picking up one year after the events of the final broadcast episode of "The Good Wife", an enormous financial scam has destroyed the reputation of a young lawyer, Maia Rindell, while simultaneously wiping out her mentor and godmother Diane Lockhart's savings. Forced out of her law firm, now called "Lockhart, Deckler, Gussman, Lee, Lyman, Gilbert, Lurie, Kagan, Tannebaum & Associates", they join Lucca Quinn at one of Chicago's preeminent law firms.
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After Words
Title: After Words
Character: Nelson
Released: August 21, 2015
Type: Movie
Faced with a midlife crisis, a woman travels to Costa Rica and meets a younger man who shows her adventure and romance.
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Ted 2
Title: Ted 2
Character: Judge
Released: June 25, 2015
Type: Movie
Newlywed couple Ted and Tami-Lynn want to have a baby, but in order to qualify to be a parent, Ted will have to prove he's a person in a court of law.
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Title: The Strain
Character: Mayor George Lyle
Released: July 13, 2014
Type: TV
A high concept thriller that tells the story of Dr. Ephraim Goodweather, the head of the Center for Disease Control Canary Team in New York City. He and his team are called upon to investigate a mysterious viral outbreak with hallmarks of an ancient and evil strain of vampirism. As the strain spreads, Eph, his team, and an assembly of everyday New Yorkers, wage war for the fate of humanity itself.
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Title: House of Cards
Character: Vincent Abruzzo
Released: February 1, 2013
Type: TV
Set in present day Washington, D.C., House of Cards is the story of Frank Underwood, a ruthless and cunning politician, and his wife Claire who will stop at nothing to conquer everything. This wicked political drama penetrates the shadowy world of greed, sex and corruption in modern D.C.
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Title: Elementary
Character: Manny Rose
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: Grimm
Character: Stan Kingston
Released: October 28, 2011
Type: TV
After Portland homicide detective Nick Burkhardt discovers he's descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known as "Grimms," he increasingly finds his responsibilities as a detective at odds with his new responsibilities as a Grimm.
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Title: Blue Bloods
Character: Mason
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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Noble Things
Title: Noble Things
Character: Moses
Released: October 30, 2009
Type: Movie
Jimmy Wayne Collins finds himself adrift in Memphis, Tennessee. Forced to return home to the piney woods of Southeast Texas, Jimmy will face his imprisoned brother, his dying father and the demons he left behind.
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Bob Funk
Title: Bob Funk
Character: Smiley
Released: March 20, 2009
Type: Movie
After he's fired from his job -- by his mother, no less -- Bob Funk agrees to quit drinking, see a therapist, and eventually report to a new boss, who might just be the woman of his dreams.
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Ocean of Pearls
Title: Ocean of Pearls
Character: Dr. Wiiliam Ballard
Released: December 14, 2008
Type: Movie
As a Sikh man with a full beard and turban, AMRIT SINGH is often the target of racial profiling. But when he sees his dreams of becoming Chief of Surgery at a state-of-the-art transplant center dwindle because of his appearance, Amrit goes against a tradition he's maintained his whole life and cuts his hair. Hiding this decision from his girlfriend and family in Toronto is only the start of a series of compromises Amrit finds himself making as he deals with hospital politics and health care injustices. When his compromises result in the death of a patient, Amrit begins to reexamine the value of the religious traditions he'd turned his back on.
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The Beneficiary
Title: The Beneficiary
Character: Detective Jensen
Released: November 8, 2008
Type: Movie
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Title: The Mentalist
Character: Philip Raimey
Released: September 23, 2008
Type: TV
Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.
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Snowglobe
Title: Snowglobe
Character: Antonio
Released: December 15, 2007
Type: Movie
A young woman discovers a Christmas-themed dreamworld inside a magical snowglobe. Angela loves Christmas more than anything. However, her family does not share her love for the holiday at all. When she is about to breakdown because of her family, she receives a snowglobe in the mail. When she opens up the snowglobe, she is transported into the world inside, where Christmas is the heart and soul for everyone who lives there. She discovers she can return to her world by going down a small path in the small forest at the edge of the village, and can return whenever she winds up the snowglobe. After a long set of visits to the globe, she accidentally gets trapped inside.
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Little Wings
Title: Little Wings
Character: John
Released: August 30, 2007
Type: Movie
The dramatic short, Little Wings, explores the trauma of child abuse through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy named Thomas. In this emotional tale, Thomas learns about the Legend of the Butterfly from his mother, Emily. The Legend states that if you whisper a wish to a butterfly and then set it free, the butterfly will carry the wish off to the heavens to be granted. Thomas loves butterflies and seeks the escape he needs in the pages of his favorite butterfly book. Butterflies are his only true happiness while growing up on a farm with his abusive father. After Thomas saves a butterfly from a spider's web, a stranger arrives at the farmhouse. As the tale continues, Thomas ultimately finds his freedom and steps into the unknown world of "Joy".
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Paved with Good Intentions
Title: Paved with Good Intentions
Character: Garrett Balden
Released: July 1, 2006
Type: Movie
No Plot Given.
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Islander
Title: Islander
Character: T. Hardy
Released: January 1, 2006
Type: Movie
After a tragic accident at sea, Eben Cole loses his family, friends and stature in his island fishing community. He returns to the island an outcast but determined to win back the way of life he fought so hard to protect. Set against the stunning backdrop of the Maine coast, Islander captures the grit and integrity of this hard working community and celebrates man's unerring need for redemption.
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Just Like Heaven
Title: Just Like Heaven
Character: Dr. Walsh
Released: September 16, 2005
Type: Movie
Shortly after David Abbott moves into his new San Francisco digs, he has an unwelcome visitor on his hands: winsome Elizabeth Martinson, who asserts that the apartment is hers -- and promptly vanishes. When she starts appearing and disappearing at will, David thinks she's a ghost, while Elizabeth is convinced she's alive.
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Title: Bones
Character: Special Agent Sam Reilly
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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Title: Weeds
Character: Joseph
Released: August 7, 2005
Type: TV
After the unexpected death of her husband, a suburban mom resorts to selling weed to support her family.
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Wedding Crashers
Title: Wedding Crashers
Character: Randolph
Released: July 13, 2005
Type: Movie
John and his buddy, Jeremy are emotional criminals who know how to use a woman's hopes and dreams for their own carnal gain. Their modus operandi: crashing weddings. Normally, they meet guests who want to toast the romantic day with a random hook-up. But when John meets Claire, he discovers what true love – and heartache – feels like.
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Title: The Closer
Character: Judge Gerald Blake
Released: June 13, 2005
Type: TV
Deputy Police Chief Brenda Leigh Johnson transfers from Atlanta to LA to head up a special unit of the LAPD that handles sensitive, high-profile murder cases. Johnson's quirky personality and hard-nosed approach often rubs her colleagues the wrong way, but her reputation as one of the world's best interrogator eventually wins over even her toughest critics.
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Cinderella Man
Title: Cinderella Man
Character: Joe Jeanette
Released: June 2, 2005
Type: Movie
The true story of boxer Jim Braddock who, following his retirement in the 1930s, makes a surprise comeback in order to lift his family out of poverty.
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Title: The Office
Character: Mr. Haskins
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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National Treasure
Title: National Treasure
Character: Guard Woodruff
Released: November 19, 2004
Type: Movie
Modern treasure hunters, led by archaeologist Ben Gates, search for a chest of riches rumored to have been stashed away by George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin during the Revolutionary War. The chest's whereabouts may lie in secret clues embedded in the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, and Gates is in a race to find the gold before his enemies do.
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Title: Jack & Bobby
Character: Adult Marcus Ride
Released: September 12, 2004
Type: TV
If "greatness is thrust upon us," as Winston Churchill once said, then it stands to reason that those who are destined for greatness are rarely aware of it. Take Jack and Bobby McCallister for example: two bright young brothers growing up under the watchful eye of their eccentric single mother Grace McCallister. Grace's personality is a force of nature destined to shape both of these young men's lives and secure one a place in the history books - as President of the United States.
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The Human Stain
Title: The Human Stain
Character: Herb Keble
Released: October 29, 2003
Type: Movie
Coleman Silk is a worldly and admired professor who loses his job after unwittingly making a racial slur. To clear his name, Silk writes a book about the events with his friend and colleague Nathan Zuckerman, who in the process discovers a dark secret Silk has hidden his whole life. All the while, Silk engages in an affair with Faunia Farley, a younger woman whose tormented past threatens to unravel the layers of deception Silk has constructed.
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The United States of Leland
Title: The United States of Leland
Character: Elden
Released: May 15, 2003
Type: Movie
A withdrawn young man, Leland Fitzgerald is imprisoned for the murder of a mentally disabled boy, who also happened to be the brother of his girlfriend, Becky. As the community struggles to deal with the killing, Pearl Madison, a teacher at the prison, decides to write about Leland's case. Meanwhile, others affected by the murder, including Becky and her sister, Julie, must contend with their own problems.
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The Hunted
Title: The Hunted
Character: Harry Van Zandt
Released: March 11, 2003
Type: Movie
In the wilderness of British Columbia, two hunters are tracked and viciously murdered by Aaron Hallum. A former Special Operations instructor is approached and asked to apprehend Hallum—his former student—who has 'gone rogue' after suffering severe battle stress from his time in Kosovo.
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Title: Young MacGyver
Character: The General
Released: January 1, 2003
Type: TV
Angus MacGyver's nephew Clay leaves school and winds up joining his uncle's organization, the Phoenix Foundation, on a lark. He begins to discover that, with time, his talents could closely match his uncle's. The show was scheduled to start in the fall of 2003.
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Title: The Shield
Character: Chief of Police Tom Bankston
Released: March 12, 2002
Type: TV
The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above breaking the rules or working against their associates to both keep the streets safe and their self-interests intact.
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Title: Crossing Jordan
Character: Mr. Brody
Released: September 24, 2001
Type: TV
Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan Cavanaugh, M.D., a crime-solving forensic pathologist employed in the Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
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Black River
Title: Black River
Character: Chief Salks
Released: July 6, 2001
Type: Movie
Burned-out Hollywood screenwriter Bo Aikens (Jay Mohr) is fed up with life in Los Angeles. He heads out of the hustle and bustle of the big city and arrives in picturesque Black River in Northern California, seeking relaxation and artistic inspiration. In small, idyllic Black River, nearly everyone is happy, contented, and welcoming of strangers. But despite the beautiful setting, Bo begins to feel unsettled after several disturbing incidents. He discovers that all of his money has been transferred to a bank account in Black River, and a house has been purchased for him by someone on "his" instructions.
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Thank Heaven
Title: Thank Heaven
Character: Joseph Johnson
Released: January 1, 2001
Type: Movie
The life of Jack Lander (Matt Keeslar) a television news producer, was a disaster ... until the day when a misdirected golf ball changed everything. During a round of golf with friends, Jack ball accidentally hits an old man and leaves him unconscious. Arnie (Gene Bicknell) and will call then wakes up with amnesia. Jack has to take responsibility for it. As the day progresses, Arnie performs small miracles wherever he go. But what is it about Arnie? How do you perform those miracles?
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Title: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Character: Gerry Barone
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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The Apartment Complex
Title: The Apartment Complex
Character: Detective Culver
Released: October 31, 1999
Type: Movie
A psychology graduate student becomes embroiled in a murder mystery after he takes a job as manager of Wonder View Apartments.
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Title: The West Wing
Character: Under Secretary of State Theodore Barrow
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: 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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Title: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Character: Coleman Green
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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In Too Deep
Title: In Too Deep
Character: Dr. Bratton
Released: August 25, 1999
Type: Movie
Drug lord Dwayne Gittens rules Cincinnati with an iron fist. No wonder he's known as "God" on the streets. Determined to break Gittens' stranglehold on the city is undercover cop Jeffrey Cole. But as Cole takes on an assumed identity to penetrate Gittens' criminal empire, he makes a disturbing discovery -- he kind of likes being a gangster.
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Before He Wakes
Title: Before He Wakes
Character: Detective Cochran
Released: December 1, 1998
Type: Movie
Initially cleared of "accidentally" killing her husband, an idyllic wife and mother comes under suspicion when police learn that her first husband also perished under similar circumstances. As the investigation unfolds, it becomes clear that she'll stop at nothing to protect her secrets.
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Title: Felicity
Character: Dean Allison
Released: September 29, 1998
Type: TV
Felicity Porter, a sensitive and intelligent girl from the San Francisco Bay Area, decides to give up a slot at Stanford University's pre-med program to follow her long time crush to college in New York City. Things get even more complicated when she meets her dorm's resident advisor and they fall in love.
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Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Title: Nick Fury: Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Character: Gabriel Jones
Released: May 26, 1998
Type: Movie
Marvel's hard-boiled hero is brought back to fight the menace of Hydra after exiling himself in the Yukon since the end of the Cold War. The children of the former Hydra head, Baron Von Stucker, have taken charge of the terrorist organization. Under the lead of his vicious daughter, Viper, Hydra has seized a deadly virus and threatens the destruction of America.
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Lost in the Bermuda Triangle
Title: Lost in the Bermuda Triangle
Released: February 11, 1998
Type: Movie
Wife of an upscale business executive becomes pregnant and at the same time discovers she has cancer in her uterus. Treatment means terminating the pregnancy. Keeping the baby means her ultimate death. The couple take a second honeymoon in Bermuda to make decision and while on a boat trip she is taken by what appear to be the forces of the Bermuda Triangle. The husband vows to find her, amid accusations of foul play and consults the help of a charter boat captain and a frustrated scientist.
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Othello
Title: Othello
Character: Iago
Released: December 13, 1997
Type: Movie
Spurred by the devious Iago and believing that his beloved Desdemona has betrayed him, Othello destroys his own happy world. Accomplished film, television, and stage actor Patrick Stewart plays Othello joined by a Black cast, including Franchelle Stewart Dorn as Emilia. This bold, new look at the play highlights one of its major themes of “otherness.”
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Clover
Title: Clover
Character: Gaten's brother-in-law
Released: September 10, 1997
Type: Movie
Sara marries Gaten a single father who is African-American. Not long after they're married Gaten dies. So Sara has to take care of Gaten's daughter, Clover. Problem is she and Clover have not exactly bonded and several of Gaten's friends and relatives object to her being Clover's guardian.
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Title: Stargate SG-1
Character: Quartus
Released: July 27, 1997
Type: TV
The story of Stargate SG-1 begins about a year after the events of the feature film, when the United States government learns that an ancient alien device called the Stargate can access a network of such devices on a multitude of planets. SG-1 is an elite Air Force special operations team, one of more than two dozen teams from Earth who explore the galaxy and defend against alien threats such as the Goa'uld, Replicators, and the Ori.
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Pinocchio's Revenge
Title: Pinocchio's Revenge
Character: Barry
Released: October 7, 1996
Type: Movie
Defense attorney Jennifer Garrick acquires a Pinocchio puppet from a condemned serial killer. Her pre-teen daughter, Zoe, mistakes the puppet as a birthday present and grows attached to her new friend. Suddenly, accidents begin to happen to those who cross Zoe. Zoe claims it's her Pinocchio doll but her therapist thinks otherwise. Pinocchio promises he'll behave if Zoe will cut his strings...
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Title: 7th Heaven
Character: Dr. Tsegdye
Released: August 26, 1996
Type: TV
Reverend Eric Camden and his wife Annie have always had their hands full caring for seven children, not to mention the friends, sweethearts and spouses that continually come and go in the Camden household.
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Lone Star
Title: Lone Star
Character: Otis
Released: June 21, 1996
Type: Movie
When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.
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The American President
Title: The American President
Character: Reporter Lloyd
Released: November 17, 1995
Type: Movie
Widowed U.S. president Andrew Shepherd, one of the world's most powerful men, can have anything he wants -- and what he covets most is Sydney Ellen Wade, a Washington lobbyist. But Shepherd's attempts at courting her spark wild rumors and decimate his approval ratings.
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Man of the House
Title: Man of the House
Character: Bob Younger
Released: March 3, 1995
Type: Movie
Ben Archer is not happy. His mother, Sandy, has just met a man, and it looks like things are pretty serious. Driven by a fear of abandonment, Ben tries anything and everything to ruin the "love bubble" which surrounds his mom. However, after Ben and Jack's experiences in the Indian Guides, the two become much closer.
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Title: Star Trek: Voyager
Character: Fesek
Released: January 16, 1995
Type: TV
Pulled to the far side of the galaxy, where the Federation is 75 years away at maximum warp speed, a Starfleet ship must cooperate with Maquis rebels to find a way home.
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Without Warning
Title: Without Warning
Character: Terrance Freeman
Released: October 30, 1994
Type: Movie
A television program is interupted by a news network announcing that three meteors have hit the United States, France and China. At first it seems natural but after interviews by scientists and eyewitness seems to suggest that it is not. Three more meteors are coming and the various Earth governments combine forces to stop them.
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Title: Due South
Character: Franco Devlin
Released: September 22, 1994
Type: TV
Constable Benton Fraser, an officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, is attached to the Canadian consulate but works with Chicago Police Department to solve crimes.
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Title: Babylon 5
Character: Captain Ellis Pierce
Released: January 26, 1994
Type: TV
Babylon 5 is a five-mile long space station located in neutral space. Built by the Earth Alliance in the 2250s, its goal is to maintain peace among the various alien races by providing a sanctuary where grievances and negotiations can be worked out among duly appointed ambassadors. A council made up of representatives from the five major space-faring civilizations - the Earth Alliance, Minbari Federation, Centauri Republic, Narn Regime, and Vorlon Empire - work with the League of Non-Aligned Worlds to keep interstellar relations under control. Aside from its diplomatic function, Babylon 5 also serves as a military post for Earth and a port of call for travelers, traders, businessmen, criminals, and Rangers.
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Title: Frasier
Character: Judge Anderson
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 X-Files
Character: Det. Franklin Potter
Released: September 10, 1993
Type: TV
The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.
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Title: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Character: Ch'Pok
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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Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Title: Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Character: Cop in Times Square
Released: November 15, 1992
Type: Movie
Instead of flying to Florida with his folks, Kevin ends up alone in New York, where he gets a hotel room with his dad's credit card—despite problems from a clerk and meddling bellboy. But when Kevin runs into his old nemeses, the Wet Bandits, he's determined to foil their plans to rob a toy store on Christmas Eve.
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Play Nice
Title: Play Nice
Character: Coroner
Released: November 11, 1992
Type: Movie
A serial killer is on the loose, and a cop must track him (or her) down.
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Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
Title: Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
Character: Marshall Brooks
Released: July 16, 1992
Type: Movie
Wayne Szalinski is at it again. But instead of shrinking things, he tries to make a machine that can make things grow. As in the first one, his machine isn't quite accurate. But when he brings Nick & his toddler son Adam to see his invention, the machine unexpectedly starts working. And when Adam comes right up to the machine, he gets zapped along with his stuffed bunny.
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Title: Melrose Place
Character: Minister
Released: July 8, 1992
Type: TV
Follow the lives of a group of young adults living in a brownstone apartment complex on Melrose Place, in Los Angeles, California.
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Title: Stat
Released: April 16, 1991
Type: TV
Stat is an American television sitcom that aired from April 16, 1991 to May 21, 1991 on ABC on Tuesday night at 9:30pm Eastern Time.
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Title: Stat
Character: Anderson 'Mary' Roche
Released: April 16, 1991
Type: TV
Stat is an American television sitcom that aired from April 16, 1991 to May 21, 1991 on ABC on Tuesday night at 9:30pm Eastern Time.
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Title: Law & Order
Character: Mr. Fuller
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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The Last of the Finest
Title: The Last of the Finest
Character: Cregan
Released: March 9, 1990
Type: Movie
An elite group of vice cops are fired from the L.A.P.D. for being over-zealous in their war against drugs. It is immediately apparent that some of their superiors are involved in the drug ring. Banded together, four of the banned cops (which quickly becomes three when one is killed early) band together to fight the drug ring undercover. They gain capital for weapons by ripping off minor drug dealers. Then well-armed they go after the kingpin (Boyd).
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Downtown
Title: Downtown
Character: Lowell Harris
Released: January 12, 1990
Type: Movie
Officer Alex Kearney patrols an upscale neighborhood in Philadelphia, where he pulls over a well-connected white collar executive who promises to get even with the policeman. Soon, Kearney learns that he is off the cushy suburban beat and must now work in the deadliest precinct in Philly, where he is partnered with tough veteran cop Dennis Curran. Tensions are high between them, but Kearney soon proves he can play just as rough as the crooks.
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Title: Family Matters
Character: Dave McClure
Released: September 22, 1989
Type: TV
A long-running dramedy centering on the Winslow family, a middle-class African American family living in Chicago, and their pesky next-door neighbor, ultra-nerd Steve Urkel. A spin-off of Perfect Strangers.
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Title: Life Goes On
Released: September 12, 1989
Type: TV
Life Goes On is a television series that aired on ABC from September 12, 1989, to May 23, 1993. The show centers on the Thatcher family living in suburban Chicago: Drew, his wife Elizabeth, and their children Paige, Rebecca, and Charles, who is known as Corky. Life Goes On was the first television series to have a major character with Down syndrome.
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Title: TV 101
Character: Mr. Hines
Released: November 29, 1988
Type: TV
TV 101 is an American drama series that aired on CBS from 1988 until 1989. The series stars Sam Robards, Brynn Thayer, Leon Russom and Andrew Cassese. Other notable cast members include Stacey Dash, Teri Polo, Alex Désert and Matt LeBlanc. The music for this show was created and produced by Todd Rundgren.
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Unholy Matrimony
Title: Unholy Matrimony
Character: Lt. Jack Tolliver
Released: October 3, 1988
Type: Movie
He's after a man who married for money. Insurance money.
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Arthur 2: On the Rocks
Title: Arthur 2: On the Rocks
Character: Bartender
Released: July 8, 1988
Type: Movie
Arthur loses his fortune for staying with Linda, right as the two were preparing to adopt a child. As their marriage suffers, Arthur plans for a way to get his money back, but first he must sober up and get a real job.
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Title: Star Trek: The Next Generation
Character: Martin Benbeck
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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Title: A Different World
Character: Grover James
Released: September 24, 1987
Type: TV
A Different World is an American television sitcom which aired for six seasons on NBC. It is a spin-off series from The Cosby Show and originally centered on Denise Huxtable and the life of students at Hillman College, a fictional mixed but historically black college in the state of Virginia. After Bonet's departure in the first season, the remainder of the series primarily focused more on Southern belle Whitley Gilbert and mathematics whiz Dwayne Wayne. The series frequently depicted members of the major historically black fraternities and sororities. While it was a spin-off from The Cosby Show, A Different World would typically address issues that were avoided by The Cosby Show writers. One episode that aired in 1990 was one of the first American network television episodes to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
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Adventures in Babysitting
Title: Adventures in Babysitting
Character: Greydon
Released: July 1, 1987
Type: Movie
When plans with her boyfriend fall through, high school senior Chris Parker ends up babysitting the Anderson kids, Brad and Sara. What should be a quiet night in, however, turns into a series of ridiculous exploits, starting when they leave the house to pick up Chris' friend Brenda. Soon, Brad's buddy Daryl is involved, and the group must contend with car thieves, blues musicians and much more.
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Title: L.A. Law
Character: David Ellis
Released: September 15, 1986
Type: TV
L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including a large number of parallel storylines, social drama and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff. The show was popular with audiences and critics, and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run, four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series.
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Good to Go
Title: Good to Go
Released: August 1, 1986
Type: Movie
After being misled by the police about a rape and murder near a popular Washington, D.C. Go-Go club, a jaded journalist begins digging into the establishment's racist framework.
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Title: MacGyver
Character: The General
Released: September 29, 1985
Type: TV
He's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a secret agent whose wits are his deadliest weapon. Armed with only a knapsack filled with everyday items he picks up along the way, he improvises his way out of every peril the bad guys throw at him. Making a bomb out of chewing gum? Fixing a speeding car's breaks... while he's riding in it? Using soda pop to cook up tear gas? That's all in a day's adventures for MacGyver. He's part Boy Scout, part genius. And all hero.
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D.C. Cab
Title: D.C. Cab
Character: Policeman #4
Released: December 16, 1983
Type: Movie
The tale of a hapless group of cabbies and a rundown cab company owned by Harold. Albert comes to town with a dream of starting his own cab company but needs to motivate Harold's employees to want to make something out of themselves. It is only when Albert is kidnapped that the cabbies must decide whether or not they are loyal to Albert and his cause.
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The Man Who Wasn't There
Title: The Man Who Wasn't There
Character: Barker
Released: August 12, 1983
Type: Movie
When he accidentally takes possession of a top-secret invisibility potion while en route to his wedding, government bureaucrat Sam Cooper finds himself engulfed in a madcap free-for-all as Russians and other bad guys try to get the substance. To elude the Reds, his own State Department bosses and his livid fiancée, Cooper takes the vanishing juice himself—which only makes matters worse.
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Title: Dallas
Character: Dave Wallace
Released: April 2, 1978
Type: TV
The world's first mega-soap, and one of the most popular ever produced, Dallas had it all. Beautiful women, expensive cars, and men playing Monopoly with real buildings. Famous for one of the best cliffhangers in TV history, as the world asked "Who shot J.R.?" A slow-burner to begin with, Dallas hit its stride in the 2nd season, with long storylines and expert character development. Dallas ruled the airwaves in the 1980's.