"series presents a fictional local government running New York City and follows its Mayor Randall Winston (Barry Bostwick) and his staff as they run the city, although the main person in charge is Deputy Mayor Mike Flaherty (Fox). Mike is excellent at his job, dealing with spin and lies, but not so good with his personal life, which he often neglects. Other members of staff at City Hall include press secretary Paul Lassiter (Richard Kind), the office cheapskate, suck-up, and noted coward, who has a habit of being a loudmouth and is often kept in the dark about things; chief"
"Barry Bostwick Barry Knapp Bostwick (born February 24, 1945) is an American stage and screen actor and singer. He is best known for portraying Brad Majors in the musical comedy horror ""The Rocky Horror Picture Show"" (1975) and Mayor Randall Winston in the sitcom ""Spin City"" (1996–2002). Bostwick has also had considerable success in musical theatre, winning a Tony Award for his role in the musical ""The Robber Bridegroom"". Bostwick was born in San Mateo, California. He is the son of Elizabeth ""Betty"" (née Defendorf), a housewife, and Henry ""Bud"" Bostwick, a city planner and actor. His only sibling, Henry"
"In 2004, he won the Gilda Radner Courage Award from the Roswell Park Cancer Institute. Barry Bostwick Barry Knapp Bostwick (born February 24, 1945) is an American stage and screen actor and singer. He is best known for portraying Brad Majors in the musical comedy horror ""The Rocky Horror Picture Show"" (1975) and Mayor Randall Winston in the sitcom ""Spin City"" (1996–2002). Bostwick has also had considerable success in musical theatre, winning a Tony Award for his role in the musical ""The Robber Bridegroom"". Bostwick was born in San Mateo, California. He is the son of Elizabeth ""Betty"" (née Defendorf),"
"also won a Tony Award for his performance in the 1977 musical ""The Robber Bridegroom"". In 1981, Bostwick starred in the TV series adaptation of the 1978 movie ""Foul Play"", with his role modeled after Chevy Chase's and co-star Deborah Raffin in Goldie Hawn's part. The following year, he starred in ""Megaforce"". Bostwick starred, along with Carl Weintraub, as Rick Armstrong in the short-lived ABC sitcom ""Dads"" during the 1986-87 season. From 1996 to 2002, Bostwick portrayed Randall Winston, the mayor of New York City in the sitcom ""Spin City"" opposite Michael J. Fox and his successor, Charlie Sheen. In"
"named after him, as was the character Randall, played by Martin Klebba, on ""Scrubs"". He is the inspiration for the character of Carter Heywood on ""Spin City."" He is openly gay and lives with his partner in Los Angeles. He is a member of the board of the Lupus Foundation of America. Randall Winston Randall Keenan Winston is a television producer and director best known for his work on ""Spin City"" and ""Scrubs"". He has been an associate producer on such shows as ""Champs"", ""Day By Day"", ""Brooklyn Bridge"" and ""Spin City"". He produced ""Scrubs"", and was co-nominated with Bill"
"Randall Winston Randall Keenan Winston is a television producer and director best known for his work on ""Spin City"" and ""Scrubs"". He has been an associate producer on such shows as ""Champs"", ""Day By Day"", ""Brooklyn Bridge"" and ""Spin City"". He produced ""Scrubs"", and was co-nominated with Bill Lawrence in 2004 for Danny Thomas Producer of the Year by the Producers Guild of America. He has twice been Emmy nominated. He produced the pilots ""Nobody's Watching"" and ""Confessions of a Dog"". He has also directed two episodes of ""Scrubs"", My Self-Examination and My Buddy's Booty, and has appeared in episodes"
"of the show as Leonard the security guard and ""Death"". He is currently a producer on Lawrence's show ""Cougar Town"". For the ninth season of ""Scrubs"" he acts as co-executive producer. He grew up in Harvey, Illinois, and graduated from Ohio University in 1989. He is good friends with ""Scrubs"" creator and ""Spin City"" co-creator Bill Lawrence, with whom he has worked on most of his projects. Lawrence says his and Winston's friendship was the inspiration for the friendship of J.D. and Turk on ""Scrubs"" and Stuart and Carter on ""Spin City"". The character Randall Winston on ""Spin City"" was"
"Spin City Spin City is an American television sitcom that aired from September 17, 1996, until April 30, 2002, on ABC. Created by Gary David Goldberg and Bill Lawrence, the show was based on a fictional local government running New York City, and originally starred Michael J. Fox as Mike Flaherty, the Deputy Mayor of New York. Fox departed in 2000 at the conclusion of Season 4 due to his battle with Parkinson's disease, and Charlie Sheen assumed the lead role of Charlie Crawford for the remaining two seasons. The show was cancelled in 2002 due to low ratings. The"
"Ernest Waddell Ernest Waddell (born July 22, 1982) is a New York City-based actor. He is perhaps best known for his recurring roles on two television series: Fin Tutuola's son Ken Randall on """", and Omar Little's boyfriend Dante on ""The Wire"". His credits also include the television series ""As the World Turns"" and"" One Tree Hill"" and the film ""The Poker Game"". He is also an abstract painter and photographer. Ernest Waddell grew up in Bowie, Maryland. He developed an interest in acting and attended a summer program at the Oxford School of Drama before enrolling at New York"
"moved from New York to Los Angeles, and Charlie Sheen, as new Deputy Mayor Charlie Crawford, joined Caitlin, Paul, Stuart, Carter, and the mayor. The characters of Nikki, James, and Janelle were not carried over; they were simply dropped without explanation, to be replaced by assistant Angie Ordonez (Lana Parrilla). This character likewise left after one season without explanation. Michael J. Fox won one Primetime Emmy, out of four nominations. The show won four Golden Globes (three for Fox and one for Charlie Sheen), out of its nine nominations. Shout! Factory has released all six seasons of ""Spin City"" on"
"counsellor for the hospital, claiming to be reformed. Chaplin is the son of a jazz musician and a novelist. As a teen, Chaplin attended Stagedoor Manor Performing Arts Training Center in upstate New York. He and his wife, Daisy, producer Harold Prince's daughter, changed their surnames to Chaplin, his mother-in-law's professional surname. Alexander Chaplin Alexander 'Sandy' Chaplin (born March 20, 1971) is an American actor. Chaplin's most prominent role was that of speechwriter James Hobert on the sitcom ""Spin City"". He was born as Alexander Gaberman in New York City. As with the rest of the ""Spin City"" main cast,"
"of them were cast in ""The Bedford Diaries"" because he helped her practice lines while waiting for an audition. Ernest Waddell Ernest Waddell (born July 22, 1982) is a New York City-based actor. He is perhaps best known for his recurring roles on two television series: Fin Tutuola's son Ken Randall on """", and Omar Little's boyfriend Dante on ""The Wire"". His credits also include the television series ""As the World Turns"" and"" One Tree Hill"" and the film ""The Poker Game"". He is also an abstract painter and photographer. Ernest Waddell grew up in Bowie, Maryland. He developed an"
"Thatch in Disney's animated film """". ""Spin City"" ran from 1996 to 2002 on American television network ABC. The show was based on a fictional local government running New York City, originally starring Fox as Mike Flaherty, a Fordham Law School graduate serving as the Deputy Mayor of New York. Fox won an Emmy award for ""Spin City"" in 2000, three Golden Globe Awards in 1998, 1999, and 2000, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards in 1999 and 2000. During the third season of ""Spin City"", Fox made the announcement to the cast and crew of the show that he"
"Roman Madyanov Roman Sergeevich Madyanov (; born July 22, 1962) is a Soviet and Russian actor. Madyanov's career in cinema began as a child actor when he starred as Huckleberry Finn in ""Hopelessly Lost"" (1973). He is best known in the West for portraying the corrupt mayor Vadim in the 2014 film ""Leviathan"". Roman Madyanov was born on July 22, 1962 in the city of Dedovsk, Moscow Region. His father, Sergei Veniaminovich Madyanov, worked as a television editor, and mother Antonina Mikhailovna as a librarian. Roman Madyanov's father worked as a director on television and often took Roman and his"
"revival of ""Absurd Person Singular"". Mireille gave birth to their daughter Vesper in 2010. On February 12, 2014, the couple announced their second child was on the way and their son Larkin was born in July 2014. Alan Ruck Alan Douglas Ruck (born July 1, 1956) is an American actor. He played Cameron Frye, Ferris Bueller's hypochondriac best friend in John Hughes' ""Ferris Bueller's Day Off"" (1986), and Stuart Bondek, the lecherous, power-hungry member of the mayor's staff in the ABC sitcom ""Spin City"". His other notable films include ""Bad Boys"" (1983), ""Three Fugitives"" (1989), ""Young Guns II"" (1990), ""Speed"""
"145 films Roman Madyanov Roman Sergeevich Madyanov (; born July 22, 1962) is a Soviet and Russian actor. Madyanov's career in cinema began as a child actor when he starred as Huckleberry Finn in ""Hopelessly Lost"" (1973). He is best known in the West for portraying the corrupt mayor Vadim in the 2014 film ""Leviathan"". Roman Madyanov was born on July 22, 1962 in the city of Dedovsk, Moscow Region. His father, Sergei Veniaminovich Madyanov, worked as a television editor, and mother Antonina Mikhailovna as a librarian. Roman Madyanov's father worked as a director on television and often took Roman"
"Steven Wishnoff Steven Wishnoff is an actor, casting professional and television producer who has twice been nominated for an Emmy Award. Wishnoff played Tony Masters, the leader of the gay gang on the HBO television series ""Oz"", from season two until the show's sixth and final season. [1][2] Other television acting credits include ""The Richard Bey Show"", Mike Nichols's ""Angels in America"" for HBO, ""Sex and the City"" (episode 1), ""Late Night with Conan O'Brien"", ""Law & Order"", ""New York Undercover"" and more. Wishnoff's film credits include ""Marcie X"", Joel Schumacher's ""Flawless"" and ""Stonewall"" (the image of his character adorned"
"Alan Ruck Alan Douglas Ruck (born July 1, 1956) is an American actor. He played Cameron Frye, Ferris Bueller's hypochondriac best friend in John Hughes' ""Ferris Bueller's Day Off"" (1986), and Stuart Bondek, the lecherous, power-hungry member of the mayor's staff in the ABC sitcom ""Spin City"". His other notable films include ""Bad Boys"" (1983), ""Three Fugitives"" (1989), ""Young Guns II"" (1990), ""Speed"" (1994), ""Twister"" (1996), and ""Kickin' It Old Skool"" (2007). In 2016, he co-starred with Geena Davis in an updated Fox TV adaptation of William Peter Blatty's best-selling novel ""The Exorcist."" Ruck was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to"
"Michael Boatman Michael Patrick Boatman (born October 25, 1964) is an American actor and writer. He is known for his roles as New York City mayoral aide Carter Heywood in the ABC sitcom ""Spin City"", as U.S. Army Specialist Samuel Beckett in the ABC drama series ""China Beach"", as 101st Airborne soldier Motown in the Vietnam War movie ""Hamburger Hill"", and as sports agent Stanley Babson in the HBO sitcom ""Arli$$"". Boatman was born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, the son of Gwendolyn Boatman Pugh, a job supervisor for the handicapped, and Daniel Boatman, an army officer. He was raised in"
"Jason London Jason Paul London (born November 7, 1972) is an American actor, best known for his role as Randall ""Pink"" Floyd in director Richard Linklater's film ""Dazed and Confused"" (1993). London was born in San Diego, the son of Debbie London (née Osborn), a waitress, and Frank London, a sheet metal worker. He was raised in Wanette, Oklahoma, and in DeSoto, Texas. His identical twin brother Jeremy is also an actor. In 2003, the two acted together in an episode of ""7th Heaven"" titled ""Smoking"". Jeremy was Jason's stunt double in ""The Man in the Moon"" (1991). In November"
"the lead role. He reprised his role as Sidney in Season 5 in several New York-based episodes of the series, as ""Funny Girl"" opens on Broadway. His favorite actor is the late Edward G. Robinson. Michael Lerner (actor) Michael Lerner (born June 22, 1941) is an American character actor in film, television and theater. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in ""Barton Fink"" (1991). Lerner has also played Arnold Rothstein in ""Eight Men Out"" (1988), Phil Gillman in ""Amos & Andrew"" (1993), Mayor Ebert in Roland Emmerich's ""Godzilla"" (1998), Mr. Greenway in"
"Bradford Anderson Bradford William Anderson (born September 21, 1979) is an American actor best known for his role as the young hacker criminal Damian Millhouse Spinelli (a.k.a. The Jackal), on the television soap opera ""General Hospital"", a part which he originated in November 2006 and has continued to play until the present, on both ""General Hospital"" and the Summer 2007 spin-off """". Anderson is a native of Meredith, New Hampshire, the son of Bill Anderson and Noni Smith. His mother, who worked at local theater companies, encouraged both him and his sister Jennifer to get involved in acting. Anderson's first"
"two mayors throughout the series. Johnston Green (Gerald McRaney) was the mayor at the show opening and for most of season one, but loses the election in the show. Gray Anderson (Michael Gaston), the other electoral candidate, wins the election in the show. The series originated as a feature film idea of co-creators Jonathan Steinberg and Josh Schaer: a post-apocalyptic plot set amidst the trappings of ""a little character drama"" movie, in the vein of ""The Day After"", ""Threads"", and ""Testament"". However, they soon realized that a two- or two-and-a-half-hour-long film would still not carry the necessary length they felt"
"Alexander Chaplin Alexander 'Sandy' Chaplin (born March 20, 1971) is an American actor. Chaplin's most prominent role was that of speechwriter James Hobert on the sitcom ""Spin City"". He was born as Alexander Gaberman in New York City. As with the rest of the ""Spin City"" main cast, Chaplin has featured in creator Bill Lawrence's subsequent sitcom, ""Scrubs"", playing a drug addict who tries to trick Elliot into giving him prescription medication in ""My Moment of Un-Truth"" and later tricks Jordan into giving him money in ""My Rite of Passage"". His character later appeared in ""My Scrubs"" as a drugs"
"Nestor Carbonell Néstor Gastón Carbonell (; born December 1, 1967) is an American actor, director, and screenwriter. He came to prominence for his role as Luis Rivera in the NBC sitcom ""Suddenly Susan"". He is known for his roles as Richard Alpert in the ABC drama series ""Lost"" and Sheriff Alex Romero in the A&E drama series ""Bates Motel"". Carbonell also starred as Mayor Anthony Garcia in Christopher Nolan's superhero films ""The Dark Knight"" (2008) and ""The Dark Knight Rises"" (2012). Carbonell was born in New York City to Cuban parents Néstor Tulio Carbonell Cortina and Rosa Ramírez de Arellano"
"Sunset Strip"". Byron Keith Byron Keith (November 17, 1917 – January 19, 1996) was an American actor. Keith was born Cletus Leo Schwitters, and he worked on radio as Clete Lee. He made his film debut in the 1946 Orson Welles thriller ""The Stranger"" and appeared mostly in supporting character roles in film and television productions, including ""Untamed Mistress"" (1956), ""The Great Bank Robbery"" (1969) and ""Beware! The Blob"" (1972). He is best known for his recurring part as Gotham City's Mayor Linseed on the 1960s television series ""Batman."" He also had a recurring role as police lieutenant Roy Gilmore"
"of staff Stuart Bondek (Alan Ruck), who loves the ladies, and is often very sexist; and head of minority affairs Carter Heywood (Michael Boatman), a gay black man with a suicidal dog named Rags. Carter Heywood was seen as a revolution in modern television. As the writer Orville Lloyd Douglas noted on his blog GayBlackCanadianman, ""Far too often whenever a character is gay on television it's always a white person. In North America gayness equals whiteness and gay black men are displaced due to race, gender, and sexual orientation. Finally, the writers and producers of ""Spin City"" got it right."
"West new popularity with the next generation of fans. He also played Gotham City's Mayor Grange as a somewhat recurring role in ""The Batman"". In addition, West played the voice of Thomas Wayne, Bruce Wayne's father in the episode ""Chill of the Night"" from the series ""Batman: The Brave and the Bold"". The company Stern released the pinball machine ""Batman '66"", based on the TV series, in December 2016. It is the first Stern game that features a full color LCD in the backbox instead of a Dot-matrix display. There are three different versions of the pinball machine: Super Limited"
"Matthew Gray Gubler Matthew Gray Gubler (; born March 9, 1980) is an American actor, filmmaker, fashion model and painter. He is best known for his role as criminal profiler Dr. Spencer Reid in the CBS television show ""Criminal Minds"" (2005–present), of which he has also directed eleven episodes. Gubler has appeared in ""The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou"", ""(500) Days of Summer"", ""Life After Beth"", ""Suburban Gothic"", ""Newness"", and as the voice of Simon in ""Alvin and the Chipmunks"" and its three sequels. Gubler was born on March 9, 1980, in Las Vegas, Nevada, the son of Marilyn (née"
"Byron Keith Byron Keith (November 17, 1917 – January 19, 1996) was an American actor. Keith was born Cletus Leo Schwitters, and he worked on radio as Clete Lee. He made his film debut in the 1946 Orson Welles thriller ""The Stranger"" and appeared mostly in supporting character roles in film and television productions, including ""Untamed Mistress"" (1956), ""The Great Bank Robbery"" (1969) and ""Beware! The Blob"" (1972). He is best known for his recurring part as Gotham City's Mayor Linseed on the 1960s television series ""Batman."" He also had a recurring role as police lieutenant Roy Gilmore in ""77"
"The City (1977 film) The City is a 1977 American made-for-television crime drama film starring Robert Forster, Ward Costello, Don Johnson and guest starring Jimmy Dean and (then unknown) Mark Hamill. The film was produced as a pilot for a proposed television series that never came to be. It was originally broadcast January 12, 1977 on NBC. The film is about the day in the life of two detectives (Robert Forster as Lieutenant Matt Lewis, Ward Costello as Captain Lloyd Bryant, and later Don Johnson as Sergeant Brian Scott) in Los Angeles solving (in this particular case) a crime where"
"""Adam West,"" in response to the casting of Michael Keaton as the title character for that year's Batman film. He currently works and lives in Los Angeles, California. Wally Wingert Wallace E. ""Wally"" Wingert (born May 6, 1961) is an American actor, voice actor, singer and former radio personality. Some of his best-known roles include Jon Arbuckle in ""The Garfield Show"", Almighty Tallest Red in ""Invader Zim"", the Riddler in """", and Renji Abarai in ""Bleach"". He is not related to fellow voice-over actor Mick Wingert. Wingert was born in Des Moines, Iowa, but soon moved to Sioux Falls, South"
"David Paisley David Paisley (born 2 February 1979) is a Scottish actor, especially well known for roles as midwife Ben Saunders in ""Holby City"", Ryan Taylor in ""Tinsel Town"" and most recently Rory Murdoch in ""River City"". Some of his characters have been controversial due to their sexual orientation. Paisley grew up in Glen Village near Falkirk. At 15 he went to a gay youth group where he eventually met his first boyfriend. At 17, he went to Glasgow University to study physics, during which time he appeared in a community workshop (part of theatre company in Glasgow) and then"