"Ado About Nothing"" (1988), ""Henry V"" (1984), and two productions of ""Hamlet"", in 1986 and 1990 (which he also directed). A videotape of the 1990 production has aired on PBS. He also appeared in a Lincoln Center production that combined the two parts of ""Henry IV"" on Broadway at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre in 2003 as Falstaff. Kline was nominated for the 2004 Tony Award, Actor in a Play. Dubbed ""the American Olivier"" by ""New York Times"" theater critic Frank Rich for his stage acting, Kline finally ventured into film in 1982 in ""Sophie's Choice"". He won the coveted role"
"""Dave"" (1993), ""The Hunchback of Notre Dame"" (1996), ""The Ice Storm"" (1997), ""In & Out"" (1997), ""Wild Wild West"" (1999), ""The Road to El Dorado"" (2000), ""De-Lovely"" (2004), ""The Conspirator"" (2010), ""My Old Lady"" (2014), and ""Beauty and the Beast"" (2017). Since 2011, Kline has had a recurring role on the animated comedy series ""Bob's Burgers"". Kline was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Margaret Agnes Kirk and Robert Joseph Kline (1909-1996). His father was a classical music lover and an amateur opera singer who owned and operated The Record Bar, a record store in St. Louis that opened in"
"weather commercials and movie extra work, he appeared as Kevin Bacon's brother in the PBS television movie ""Lemon Sky"" (1988), directed by Collinge's husband Jan Egleson, and as a young Robert Kennedy in the ABC miniseries ""The Kennedys of Massachusetts"" (1990). These early acting experiences ""meant nothing more than a day off from school"" to Affleck, and he only began to consider a career as an actor when in high school. When he later moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career in earnest, his first movie role was as a sociopathic teenager in Gus Van Sant's 1995 satirical"
"Kevin Kline Kevin Delaney Kline (born October 24, 1947) is an American film and stage actor and singer. He has won an Academy Award and three Tony Awards and is a 2003 American Theatre Hall of Fame inductee. Kline began his career on stage in 1972 with The Acting Company. He has gone on to win three Tony Awards for his work on Broadway, winning Best Featured Actor in a Musical for the 1978 original production of ""On the Twentieth Century"", Best Actor in a Musical for the 1981 revival of ""The Pirates of Penzance"", and Tony Award for Best"
"surfers in the world at that time. His first and probably most remembered film appearance was his film debut in the 1989 science fiction action film ""Cyborg"", as the main villain Fender Tremolo, playing opposite Jean-Claude Van Damme as the hero, Gibson Rickenbacker. According to the audio commentary on the DVD for ""Urban Menace"", director Albert Pyun found Klyn when he saw him surfing one day, and immediately thought he would be an excellent choice to play a villain, as he had an outstanding physique and intense look. He went on to appear in minor roles in other surfer films,"
"(Kevin Kline) who funnels his energies into rebuilding the dilapidated beach shack he inherited from his abusive father and, in the process, building bridges between himself and his disaffected son (Hayden Christensen). After this film received critical praise, Winkler re-teamed with Kline for the follow-up ""De-Lovely"" (2004), casting the actor as the lead in his biographical film about American composer Cole Porter, which centered on his unique relationship with his wife and muse (Ashley Judd). As his directorial career continued, Winkler continued to produce his share of films as well, including ""The Shipping News"" (2001) and ""Enough"" (2002). For his"
"his father had to move to New York after being blacklisted. Kaplan started his career as a child actor in the Broadway production of ""The Dark at the Top of the Stairs"" directed by Elia Kazan. He was in a 1964 off-Broadway production ""Rumplestillskin"" by Elaine May. He earned a BA at the University of Chicago before studying film at New York University, where he was tutored by Martin Scorsese and made an award-winning short film, ""Stanley"" (1965). Kaplan was working at the Fillmore East in New York, doing some editing on the side, when he received an offer from"
"aired as part of PBS's ""Great Performances"" series in January 2009. In January 2008, Kline won a Screen Actors Guild award for his portrayal of Jaques in Kenneth Branagh's film ""As You Like It"", adapted from Shakespeare's play. The film premiered theatrically in 2006 in Europe. It bypassed theatres and was sent straight to HBO in the U.S. Kline's film ""The Conspirator"" premiered during the Toronto International Film Festival in 2010 and was described as an ""old-fashioned historical thriller"". It was well received by most critics. Kline also starred in the 2012 comedy ""Darling Companion"" alongside Diane Keaton. In 2017,"
"University of Kansas at Lawrence. Acting with the university's drama club prompted him to halt his studies to audition in the Hollywood film industry. Under the name Michael Gale"" (a play on his first name), his first screen role was a sailor in ""Coast Guard"" (1939). After his debut in a small role in 1939, he adopted the stage name Craig Stevens. For the next period of his film career, he played mainly secondary parts. He could be glimpsed in ""Mr Smith Goes to Washington"" (1939); ""Alice in Movieland"" (1940), a short at Warner Bros; ""Those Were the Days!"" (1940);"
"nominated """", ""Public Enemies"", ""Disturbia"", ""Déjà Vu"", ""The Life of David Gale"", ""Tin Men"" and ""K2"". Craven's first film ""Meatballs"" opposite Bill Murray was a huge hit and launched Craven's career in film and comedy. Craven's second feature, the live action short ""Bravery in the Field"" was nominated for an Academy Award. The next few years saw Craven starring in several comedy pilots opposite the likes of Alan Arkin, Richard Lewis, Annie Potts and Holland Taylor. His first major dramatic film was the drama/horror/mystery cult favorite ""Jacob's Ladder"" which follows a haunted Vietnam vet as he attempts to discover his"
"December 1988. His game show celebrity appearances included both ""The $25,000 and $100,000 Pyramid"", ""Super Password"", ""All New All-Star Beat the Clock"", and ""Body Language"". Kline also won $10,000 on ""The $10,000 Pyramid"" as a civilian contestant in 1974. Kline told SitcomsOnline.com he would like to compete on ""Jeopardy!"". In February 2010, he was cast as the Wizard in the first national tour of ""Wicked"". Kline was seen next in October 2011 in ""It Shoulda Been You"", directed by David Hyde Pierce and starring Tyne Daly. Kline will appear in a movie directed by and starring Mike Birbiglia called ""Don't"
"Theatre, where he would film battles out on the ocean. Kline left the Navy in 1946, and went to Paris in 1948, after he could not find a job in Hollywood. After graduating from Sorbonne University with a degree in Fine Art and Fine History, he married and returned to Hollywood, and returned to Columbia in 1951, working first as a camera assistant, and then a camera operator. Kline began working as a cinematographer in 1963, and in 1967, he became a member of the American Society of Cinematographers. Kline worked extensively with director Richard Fleischer, and was nominated for"
"Kevin Kline, with whom he would star in ""A Fish Called Wanda"" three years later. In 1986, he starred in ""Clockwise"" as an uptight school headmaster obsessed with punctuality and constantly getting into trouble during a journey to speak at the Headmasters' Conference. Timed with the 1987 UK elections, he appeared in a video promoting proportional representation. In 1988, he wrote and starred in ""A Fish Called Wanda"" as the lead, Archie Leach, along with Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, and Michael Palin. ""Wanda"" was a commercial and critical success, and Cleese was nominated for an Academy Award for his"
"coal-mining community in Eastern Pennsylvania. When he was seven years old, Kline's father committed suicide. During his youth he moved to Lehighton, Pennsylvania and graduated from Lehighton High School. His mother later remarried and sent him to Girard College, an academy in Philadelphia for fatherless boys. After graduation from high school, Kline studied art at Boston University from 1931 to 1935, then spent a year in England attending the Heatherley School of Fine Art in London. During this time, he met his future wife, Elizabeth V. Parsons, a British ballet dancer. She returned to the United States with Kline in"
"is actor Kevin Dillon. He is of mostly Irish descent, with some Scottish and German ancestry. Dillon was raised in a close-knit Roman Catholic family. He grew up in Mamaroneck, New York. In 1978, Jane Bernstein and a friend were helping director Jonathan Kaplan cast the violent teen drama ""Over the Edge"" when they found Dillon cutting class at Hommocks Middle School in Larchmont. Dillon auditioned for a role and made his debut in the film. The film received a regional, limited theatrical release in May 1979, and grossed only slightly over $200,000. Dillon's performance was well-received, which led to"
"Macaulay Culkin Macaulay Carson Culkin (born August 26, 1980) is an American actor and musician. He started his acting career as a child actor. He is best known for portraying the role of Kevin McCallister in the Christmas film ""Home Alone"" (1990), for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. Along with ""Home Alone,"" Culkin also starred in the films ""My Girl"" (1991), """" (1992), ""The Good Son"" (1993), ""The Nutcracker"" (1993), ""The Pagemaster"" (1994) and ""Richie Rich"" (1994). He has been nominated for Kids' Choice Awards, MTV Movie"
"stage from his parents and worked and toured with them on his path to filmmaking. He broke into the movie business as a cameraman, working on many Laurel and Hardy short films, such as ""Night Owls"" (1930). His first feature film was ""The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble"" in 1933. In 1934 he got his first directing job, the slapstick ""Kentucky Kernels"". His big break came when he directed Katharine Hepburn in ""Alice Adams"" in 1935. He went on in the late 1930s to direct several Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire movies, not only with the two actors together, but"
"Kid"", hosted ""Saturday Night Live"" and starred in Michael Jackson's ""Black or White"" music video. He starred as Thomas J. Sennett in the film ""My Girl"" (1991), for which he was nominated for Best On-Screen Duo and won Best Kiss at the MTV Movie Awards, with Anna Chlumsky. He reprised his role of Kevin McCallister in the sequel """" (1992), for which he was nominated for a Kids' Choice Award. He played the role of Henry in the drama-thriller film ""The Good Son"" (1993), which only did reasonably well (although he was nominated for MTV Movie Award in the category"
"and her mother has Russian-Jewish and Chinese-Filipino ancestry. Kline was introduced to music by her family. She settled on guitar as her primary instrument of choice at seventh grade, after playing the piano and briefly the drums. Home-schooled for most of high school, she spent time by attending underground rock shows in New York and getting involved in the Westchester music scene. Kline attended New York University's Gallatin School of Individualized Study for two years, and studied English and/or poetry. Kline found the school to be unaccommodating of her touring schedule, and dropped out. Kline appeared in the films ""The"
"""The Prisoner of Zenda"" (1979). Depressed over poor health, Quine died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in June 1989 at the age of 68. Born in Detroit, Quine's father was an actor. Quine's family moved to Los Angeles when he was six years old. As a child, he began working as a radio actor and became a minor radio star. He then appeared in vaudeville before moving on to stage roles. Quine made his film debut in the drama ""Cavalcade"" (1933). He could also be seen in ""The World Changes"" (1933) (alongside a young Mickey Rooney), ""Counsellor-at-Law"" (1933), ""Jane Eyre"""
""""". Reid's first leading role in a feature film was Farley Gordon in """"—which premiered at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival. Following this, he played several guest roles on television, including in the police drama ""Rookie Blue"" (2012) and the drama series ""Cracked"" (2013). In 2013, he also appeared in the CW web series ""Backpackers"". In 2015, he played the lead role in the ABC comedy series ""Kevin From Work"". The series was canceled by ABC after one season. In 2016, Reid was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Original Song for his work in the feature"
"from Fountain Valley High School where classmates included actor Omar Metwally and writer, director Craig Brewer. He later attended the summer training congress at ""American Conservatory Theater"" in San Francisco, California. Then he spent two years at Orange Coast College performing and directing in over 20 productions. He then went on to attended the Juilliard School's Drama Division (1993-1997, ""Group 26"") with classmates Sara Ramirez and Alan Tudyk. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. He made his film debut with Keanu Reeves and Gene Hackman as the deaf tight-end in the Warner Bros. football comedy ""The Replacements""."
"In 1997, the school named its new auditorium as the Kevin Kline Theater in his honor. Kline performed selections from Shakespeare as a benefit at the dedication. He attended Indiana University, Bloomington, where he was a classmate of actor Jonathan Banks. He began studying composing and conducting music, but switched to a theater and speech major for his last two years, graduating in 1970. Kline remembers: ""When I switched to the Theater Department, all I did was theater...I could barely make it to class because this was my passion."" While an undergraduate, he was a co-founder of the Vest Pocket"
"at the Cannes Film Festival for the Nick Cassavetes-directed ""She's So Lovely"" (1997), and two Best Actor Awards at the Venice Film Festival for the indie film ""Hurlyburly"" (1998) and the drama ""21 Grams"" (2003). Penn made his feature film directorial debut with ""The Indian Runner"" (1991), followed by the drama film ""The Crossing Guard"" (1995) and the mystery film ""The Pledge"" (2001). Penn directed one of the 11 segments of ""11'09""01 September 11"" (2002), a compilation film made in response to the September 11 attacks. His fourth feature film, the biographical drama survival movie ""Into the Wild"" (2007), garnered"
"while working on ""ER"". His first major Hollywood role was in the horror comedy-crime thriller ""From Dusk till Dawn"", directed by Robert Rodriguez and co-starring Harvey Keitel. He followed its success with the romantic comedy ""One Fine Day"" with Michelle Pfeiffer, and the action-thriller ""The Peacemaker"" with Nicole Kidman. Clooney was then cast as Batman in Joel Schumacher's ""Batman & Robin"", which was a modest box office performer, but a critical failure (with Clooney himself calling the film ""a waste of money""). In 1998, he co-starred in the crime-comedy ""Out of Sight"" opposite Jennifer Lopez, marking the first of his"
"as a fashion model in 1988. He was cast in the TV sitcom ""New York Story"", which would eventually pave the way for his debut in film. Although his debut film ""Holiday In Seoul"" (1997) and many of his subsequent roles did not establish him as a major star, he attracted attention in 2000 for his performance as an arsonist in the firefighting film ""Libera Me"". The following summer, the runaway success of Kim Sang-jin's comedy ""Kick the Moon"" (over 4.3 million tickets sold) secured his place in the industry as a leading actor with strong star appeal. Since then,"
"which would become a signature of his. The montage of speaker and audience echoes scenes from Eisenstein's ""Strike"" (1925) and """" (1928). ""Day of the Fight"", ""Flying Padre"" and ""The Seafarers"" constitute Kubrick's only surviving documentary works, although some historians believe he made others. After raising $1000 showing his short films to friends and family, Kubrick found the finances to begin making his first feature film, ""Fear and Desire"" (1953), originally running with the title ""The Trap"", written by his friend Howard Sackler. Kubrick's uncle, Martin Perveler, a Los Angeles businessman, invested a further $9000 on condition that he be"
"on a one-night stand; so, you see, I had to be an actor – I couldn't help it.” His first appearance in a movie was in 1910 in ""The Girl From Arizona"". Years later, he remembered the experience: “When my first picture was finished I haunted the picture theaters, trying to see it, and when I finally did see it, oh, what a disappointment! It isn’t always pleasant to see yourself as others see you. But it was a great lesson, that first picture. I did many things in that first one that I did not do in the second."
"The first was ""Dressed To Kill"", starring Mary Astor, where he played the supporting role of Biff Simpson; while the second was in the small role of a window-washer in ""Romance of the Underworld"", again starring Astor. In 1929 he appeared in only one film, in the role of O'Farrell in the Warner Bros. film, ""From Headquarters"", starring Monte Blue. Kelly's first appearance in a sound film, was in 1930's ""The Man Hunter"", with its canine hero Rin Tin Tin. During the 1930s, Kelly would appear in numerous films, mostly in uncredited smaller roles. In 1933 he would have a"
"men, most notably on the 1980s drama series ""Our House,"" also starring Deidre Hall, Chad Allen and Shannen Doherty. However, he made a change from such ""good guy"" roles when he played William Devasher, sinister head of security for the Bendini, Lambert & Locke law firm, in the Tom Cruise film ""The Firm"" (1993) (based on the novel by John Grisham). After portraying the father of Kevin Kline in ""In & Out"" (1997), Brimley retreated from Hollywood in favor of involvement in more independent productions. He made an auspicious mainstream comeback with the TNT film ""Crossfire Trail"" (2001), co-starring with"
"starring David Schwimmer, which sold out its entire run in Los Angeles. Kumble made his feature-film-directorial debut with 1999’s Sony Pictures box-office hit, ""Cruel Intentions"", starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon and Selma Blair. His screenplay transposed the French novel ""Dangerous Liaisons"" to modern New York. He followed with the Sony Pictures comedy ""The Sweetest Thing"", starring Cameron Diaz, Christina Applegate, Jason Bateman and Thomas Jane, and New Line Cinema’s ""Just Friends"", starring Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris and Amy Smart. Both ""Sweetest Thing"" and ""Just Friends"" were voted two of the top twenty underrated films of the decade"
"appearing in a number of independent films and low-budget films. His first role in a major motion picture was that of Charlie Tweeder, a reckless Texas football player in ""Varsity Blues"" (1999). In the same year, he played the role of Drew in the film ""Saturn"" (also known as ""Speed of Life""). Caan subsequently appeared in several studio films, including ""Ready to Rumble"" (2000) co-starring David Arquette, ""Boiler Room"" (2000) co-starring Vin Diesel, ""Gone in 60 Seconds"" (2000) as Tumbler and ""American Outlaws"" (2001), co-starring Colin Farrell, in which Caan played 19th-century outlaw Cole Younger. In 2003, Caan made his"
"States' ""Billboard"" Hot 100. The more popular of the two, ""Start Movin' (In My Direction)"", reached #9 on ""Billboard""'s pop chart. It sold over one million copies and was awarded a gold disc. He starred as drummer Gene Krupa in the movie ""The Gene Krupa Story"" (1959), directed by Don Weis with Susan Kohner, James Darren, and Susan Oliver. He appeared as the celebrity guest challenger on the June 30, 1957, episode of What's My Line?. Mineo made an effort to break his typecasting. His acting ability and exotic good looks earned him roles as the Native American boy in"