"Road to Perdition Road to Perdition is a 2002 American crime film directed by Sam Mendes. The screenplay was adapted by David Self from the graphic novel of the same name by Max Allan Collins. The film stars Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law, and Daniel Craig. The plot takes place in 1931, during the Great Depression, following a mob enforcer and his son as they seek vengeance against a mobster who murdered the rest of their family. Filming took place in the Chicago area. Mendes, having recently finished 1999's acclaimed ""American Beauty"", pursued a story that had minimal dialogue"
"guest appearance in ""Mr Selfridge"". In 2016, he appeared in the Netflix series ""The Crown"". His film credits include roles in ""I Can't Get Started"" (1985), ""The Punisher"" (1989), ""The Delinquents"" (1989) opposite Kylie Minogue, ""Blue Ice"" (1992), ""Jefferson in Paris"" (1995), ""Spy Game"" (2001), ""The Final Curtain"" (2002) and ""Flyboys"" (2006). Boyce lives in London. Todd Boyce Todd Boyce (born July 1, 1961) is an Anglo-American actor known for playing amongst other roles the character Stephen Reid in the British television soap opera ""Coronation Street"". Todd was born in Columbus, Ohio, the son of a business manager. Raised in"
"Road to Perdition (comics) Road to Perdition is a series of fictional works written by Max Allan Collins. The comic book of the original series, with art by Richard Piers Rayner, was published by DC Comics' imprint, Paradox Press. It was adapted into the 2002 film of the same name, starring Tom Hanks, for which Collins also wrote the novelization. Michael O'Sullivan, the ruthless but honorable enforcer for a crime syndicate, is personally betrayed by his masters and is forced to flee with his young son Michael, Jr. on a quest for revenge. The story is set in the American"
"Globe Award, Directors Guild of America Award, and the Academy Award for Best Director, becoming the sixth director to earn the Academy Award for his feature film debut. Mendes's second film, in 2002, was ""Road to Perdition"", which grossed US$181 million. The aggregate review score on Rotten Tomatoes is currently 81%; critics praised Paul Newman for his performance. The film was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Supporting Actor, and won one for Best Cinematography. In 2003 Mendes established Neal Street Productions, a film, television and theatre production company he would use to finance much of his later work."
"believed that Capone was more menacing as an unseen presence. Actor Alfred Molina was approached to portray Capone, but Molina was forced to turn the role down due to scheduling conflicts with ""Frida"" (2002). Before filming, Mendes sought to produce a period film that would avoid clichés in the gangster genre. He chose to film ""Road to Perdition"" on location in downtown at the University Club of Chicago, the Chicago neighborhood of Pullman, the Charles G. Dawes House in Evanston, as well as the Chicago suburb of Geneva, Illinois. The Armory, the state's largest location mainstay which houses the Illinois"
"plot takes place in 1931, during the Great Depression, following a mob enforcer and his son as they seek vengeance against a mobster who murdered the rest of their family. Unlike many of its modern mob film predecessors, ""Road to Perdition"" sought to recreate the film noir genre while still using contemporary techniques and effects. The cinematography, setting, and the lead performances by Newman (in his final theatrical screen appearance) and Hanks were well received by critics. In 2006, director Martin Scorsese returned to the mob genre in ""The Departed"", starring the ensemble cast of Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack"
"his long-running role of Michael Winters in the ABC-TV series ""G.P."", and as Brendan Maloney in the 1991 miniseries ""Brides of Christ"". He has appeared in a number of made-for-television movies including ""The Rogue Stallion"" (1990), ""South Pacific Adventures"" (1991), and ""Pirates Island"" (1991). More recently Rooney played the role of Cedric in the 2001 children's television series ""Escape of the Artful Dodger"". In 2010, he guest starred as the character Jones in """" (Season 2, Episode 12). Brian Rooney (actor) Brian Rooney (Born 2 November 1972) is a Northern Irish-born Australian actor with film, television and stage credits. He"
"Ewan McGregor Ewan Gordon McGregor (born 31 March 1971) is a Scottish actor and director, known internationally for his various film roles, including independent dramas, science-fiction epics, and musicals. McGregor's first professional role was in 1993, when he won a leading role in the British Channel 4 series ""Lipstick on Your Collar"". Some of his best known roles include heroin addict Mark Renton in the drama films ""Trainspotting"" (1996) and ""T2 Trainspotting"" (2017), Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi in the ""Star Wars"" prequel trilogy (1999–2005), poet Christian in the musical film ""Moulin Rouge!"" (2001), young Edward Bloom in ""Big Fish"" (2003), Rodney"
"Vancouver, British Columbia, where he is Head of the Drama department. Robert Wisden Robert Charles Wisden (born June 2, 1958) is an English actor who has an extensive career in Canadian and American television. He is best known for his role as United States President Richard Nixon in Zack Snyder's film adaptation of the DC graphic novel ""Watchmen"", Chief Coroner James Flynn in ""Da Vinci's Inquest"", and Ken Browning in ""Final Destination"". He played Robert Patrick Modell in the 1996 ""The X-Files"" series episode ""Pusher"" and 1998 follow-up episode ""Kitsunegari"". In 2000, he won a Gemini Award for Best Performance"
"he re-educated and trained them. That was his philosophy. He retired in Casa Grande and died in Phoenix in 1984. He appeared in two feature films. The first, in 1957 was ""The Way to the Gold"", directed by Robert D. Webb, starring Jeffrey Hunter and Sheree North. In that film he played himself. Frank Eyman Frank A. Eyman (1898–1984) was a U.S. prison warden, who appeared in a couple of movies as a prison warden. One of them was the 1969 film ""Riot"" that starred Jim Brown and Gene Hackman. He was also one of the policemen that captured John"
"1979's Norma Rae and JFK in 1991. George R. Robertson George R. Robertson (born April 20, 1933) is a Canadian actor, most famous for his roles in the first six ""Police Academy"" movies and the film ""JFK"". He guest-starred on an episode of ""The Twilight Zone"" (1980s version). He also played Dick Cheney in The Path to 9/11. Robertson has 79 acting credits to his name. In 1993, Robertson was awarded the Margaret Collier Award. In 2004 he won the Humanitarian Award at the Gemini Awards. As of 2017, Robertson has appeared in three films that were nominated for the"
"he wrote and illustrated Middlesbrough FC - The Unseen History. His comics work includes: Richard Piers Rayner Richard Piers Rayner () is an English comic book artist. He is best known for his work on ""Road to Perdition"". Richard Piers Rayner began his professional comic career in 1988, illustrating for DC Comics and Marvel Comics. His works include ""Hellblazer"", ""Swamp Thing"", ""L.E.G.I.O.N."", ""Doctor Fate"", and ""Doctor Who"". His most notable work is ""Road to Perdition"", which was adapted into a film in 2002, starring Tom Hanks, and directed by Sam Mendes. He is also a frequent contributor to the DC"
"George R. Robertson George R. Robertson (born April 20, 1933) is a Canadian actor, most famous for his roles in the first six ""Police Academy"" movies and the film ""JFK"". He guest-starred on an episode of ""The Twilight Zone"" (1980s version). He also played Dick Cheney in The Path to 9/11. Robertson has 79 acting credits to his name. In 1993, Robertson was awarded the Margaret Collier Award. In 2004 he won the Humanitarian Award at the Gemini Awards. As of 2017, Robertson has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture: 1970's Airport,"
"David Crellin David Crellin (born 1961) is an English actor. Crellin, who was born in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, is known for roles in ""Emmerdale"" as Billy Hopwood, BBC 2's BAFTA award-winning series ""The Cops"" as Alan Wakefield, and ""Coronation Street"" as gangster Jimmy Clayton. He also starred as Jimmy Grainger in the first series of ""Waterloo Road"" on BBC One. Signed to British independent record label Everyday Records 2008, Crellin recorded a debut EP ""Innocent Bystander"". In 2010 he returned to ""Coronation Street"" in another role; that of Colin Fishwick, a teacher friend of John Stape. David trained"
"nominated for a British Soap Award for that role. He left the show in June 2017 when his character was sentenced to prison. Davies played the role of Prince Charming in Billingham Forum Theatre's 2017-2018 production of ""Cinderella"". Ben-Ryan Davies Ben-Ryan Davies (born 30 December 1988 in Rochdale) is an English actor who played Ronan Burley in ""Waterloo Road"", Ryan in ""From There to Here"" and Nick Savage in ""Hollyoaks"". From September 2010, Davies appeared in ""Waterloo Road"" playing character Ronan Burley. His last episode was in 2012 in series 7, episode 20, plus a guest appearance in episode 30."
"Randy Ryan Randy Ryan is an American actor, urban gardener and businessman. His film credits include ""Public Enemies"", ""Salvation Boulevard"", ""Joshua"", ""Love Ludlow"", ""The Forgotten"", ""20th Century Women"", ""Not Welcome"" and ""The Things We've Seen"". Television roles include ""Sex and the City"", ""Law & Order"", """", ""Third Watch"" and ""Medical Investigation"". In 2008 Ryan starting volunteering with other military veterans building vegetable gardens in poverty-stricken South Los Angeles. The idea was environmentalist Kelly Chapman Meyer's. Ryan would speak about the experience later on-camera in the widespread Ford Go Further campaign, ""A lot of these kids only see concrete. They only"
"Don Cheadle Donald Frank Cheadle Jr. (; born November 29, 1964) is an American actor, film producer, director and writer. Following an early roles in ""Hamburger Hill"" (1987), and as the gangster ""Rocket"" in the police propaganda film ""Colors"" (1988), Cheadle built his career in the 1990s with roles in ""Devil in a Blue Dress"" (1995), ""Rosewood"" (1997) and ""Boogie Nights"" (1997). His collaboration with director Steven Soderbergh resulted in the films ""Out of Sight"" (1998), ""Traffic"" (2000) and ""Ocean's Eleven"" (2001). Cheadle was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for his lead role as Rwandan hotel manager"
"Highway (2002 film) Highway is a 2002 American independent drama film written by Scott Rosenberg and directed by James Cox. It stars Jared Leto, Jake Gyllenhaal and Selma Blair. Set in 1994, the film opens in Las Vegas with Pilot Kelson (Jake Gyllenhaal), a drug dealer, who poses as a valet and takes a customer's Rolls Royce to give his girlfriend a ride to work. His best friend Jack Hayes (Jared Leto) is a self-employed pool cleaner, who gets caught having sex with the wife of Burt Miranda (Mark Rolston), an organized crime figure. While Jack escapes the initial confrontation"
"soundtrack. Instead, the DVD included a Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack. A special edition DVD containing both DTS and Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtracks was also released, excluding the ""Making of"" documentary to fit both soundtracks. ""Road to Perdition"" was released on Blu-ray Disc on August 3, 2010, featuring a widescreen transfer, a DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack, and all of the features from the DVD release. Road to Perdition Road to Perdition is a 2002 American crime film directed by Sam Mendes. The screenplay was adapted by David Self from the graphic novel of the same name by Max Allan Collins."
"Richard Piers Rayner Richard Piers Rayner () is an English comic book artist. He is best known for his work on ""Road to Perdition"". Richard Piers Rayner began his professional comic career in 1988, illustrating for DC Comics and Marvel Comics. His works include ""Hellblazer"", ""Swamp Thing"", ""L.E.G.I.O.N."", ""Doctor Fate"", and ""Doctor Who"". His most notable work is ""Road to Perdition"", which was adapted into a film in 2002, starring Tom Hanks, and directed by Sam Mendes. He is also a frequent contributor to the DC publications, Paradox Press, and is artist in residence at Middlesbrough FC. In November 2008"
"ShadowCatcher Entertainment. He currently splits his time between New York, Los Angeles and Seattle. Tom Gorai Tom Gorai (born December 1962) is an American film producer. Gorai was born in Seattle, Washington. A graduate of Vassar College with a degree in Philosophy and Film, Tom Gorai is an eighteen-year veteran of the film and television industry. He produced ""Arlington Road"" (1999) starring Jeff Bridges, Tim Robbins) and Joan Cusack, ""Going All the Way"" featuring Jeremy Davies and Ben Affleck, and most recently ""Outsourced"" with Josh Hamilton, Larry Pine and Ayesha Dharker, self-distributed by ShadowCatcher Entertainment and ""American Pastime"" starring Jon"
"to become an actor at the Rose Bruford College of Speech & Drama. Crellin lives with his wife and children in Horwich, near Bolton. David Crellin David Crellin (born 1961) is an English actor. Crellin, who was born in Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, is known for roles in ""Emmerdale"" as Billy Hopwood, BBC 2's BAFTA award-winning series ""The Cops"" as Alan Wakefield, and ""Coronation Street"" as gangster Jimmy Clayton. He also starred as Jimmy Grainger in the first series of ""Waterloo Road"" on BBC One. Signed to British independent record label Everyday Records 2008, Crellin recorded a debut EP"
"Conran in ""Coronation Street"" (1978), Police Driver in ""Rough Cut"" (1980), Sgt. Hask in ""Blake's 7"" (1981), Traffic Warden in ""The Missing Ring"" (1981), Mayor of Swinford in ""By the Sword Divided"" (1985), Medical Officer in """" (1985), Second Lawyer in ""Bleak House"" (1985), `Foxy' Rynaert in ""Pretorius"" (1987), Counsellor in ""Capital City"" (1989), Pub Landlord in ""Forever Green"" (1989), Harold in ""Lovejoy"" (1993), Clerk of the Court/Coroner's officer/Barman in ""The Bill"" (1991-1996) and Professor Crawford in ""McLibel!"" (1997). Cyril Appleton Cyril Appleton (born 29 July 1930) is a British stage, television and film actor whose acting career spanned four"
"Robert Wisden Robert Charles Wisden (born June 2, 1958) is an English actor who has an extensive career in Canadian and American television. He is best known for his role as United States President Richard Nixon in Zack Snyder's film adaptation of the DC graphic novel ""Watchmen"", Chief Coroner James Flynn in ""Da Vinci's Inquest"", and Ken Browning in ""Final Destination"". He played Robert Patrick Modell in the 1996 ""The X-Files"" series episode ""Pusher"" and 1998 follow-up episode ""Kitsunegari"". In 2000, he won a Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic"
"Aaron Pedersen Aaron Pedersen (born 5 September 1970) is an Australian television and film actor of Arrernte and Arabana Australian Aboriginal descent. He is known for his various film and television roles including: Detective Jay Swan in ""Mystery Road"" and its sequel ""Goldstone"", Detective Senior Constable Duncan Freeman in ""City Homicide"", Detective Senior Constable Michael Reilly in ""Water Rats"", Solicitor Drew Ellis in ""The Circuit"", and Cam Delray in the ""Jack Irish"" series. Prior to his acting career, Aaron Pedersen worked as a journalist with ABV2 at Elsternwick studios in Melbourne. His acting career began in 1994, when he starred"
"Matthew Macfadyen David Matthew Macfadyen (born 17 October 1974) is an English actor. He played MI5 Intelligence Officer Tom Quinn in the BBC television drama series ""Spooks"", Mr. Darcy in the 2005 film of ""Pride & Prejudice"" and Daniel in the Frank Oz comedy ""Death at a Funeral"". He also portrayed John Birt in the political drama ""Frost/Nixon"", and Detective Inspector Edmund Reid in the BBC series ""Ripper Street"". In 2015 he starred in the Sky Living series ""The Enfield Haunting"" as Guy Lyon Playfair. In June 2010, Macfadyen won a British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor for"
"Todd Boyce Todd Boyce (born July 1, 1961) is an Anglo-American actor known for playing amongst other roles the character Stephen Reid in the British television soap opera ""Coronation Street"". Todd was born in Columbus, Ohio, the son of a business manager. Raised in New York, Germany, Chicago and Brazil, at age 16 he moved with his family to Australia. He graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (Sydney, Australia) in 1983. Todd Boyce graduated from Sydney Church of England Grammar School (S.C.E.G.S.) in December 1979 and joined the Australian soap opera ""The Restless Years"" in January 1980. He"
"to stay in Seattle while Jack heals. Pilot, meanwhile, decides to head back to Vegas, realizing he cares for Lucy, the girl he left behind. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes has not certified the film yet but the review has been mixed. Highway (2002 film) Highway is a 2002 American independent drama film written by Scott Rosenberg and directed by James Cox. It stars Jared Leto, Jake Gyllenhaal and Selma Blair. Set in 1994, the film opens in Las Vegas with Pilot Kelson (Jake Gyllenhaal), a drug dealer, who poses as a valet and takes a customer's Rolls Royce to"
"or bad man, he replies, ""he was my father."" When Max Allan Collins wrote the graphic novel ""Road to Perdition"", his book agent saw potential in the story as a film adaptation and showed it to a film agent. By 1999, the novel had reached Dean Zanuck, who was the vice president of development at the company owned by his father, producer Richard D. Zanuck. The novel was sent to the elder Zanuck in Morocco, who was there producing ""Rules of Engagement"" (2000). The Zanucks agreed on the story's prospect and sent it to director-producer Steven Spielberg. Shortly afterward, Spielberg"
"The Scent of Darkness"" (1995), Eddie Baines in ""Coronation Street"" (1996), Det. Sgt. Cross in ""Dalziel and Pascoe"" (1996), Richard Shaw in ""Out of the Blue"" (1996), Bob Simmons/D.S. Elliot in ""The Bill"" (1993–1997), Det. Chief Supt. Will Brooks in """" (2000), Victor Murch in ""Holby City"" (2007), Jack Colby in ""Midsomer murders"" (2007), Jim Mayer/Pat Brown in ""Casualty"" (1995 and 2011), and Cyril Richardson in ""Foyle's War"" (2015). He married Valerie Whittington in 1982 in Brighton in Sussex, where he continues to live. The couple have two daughters and one son, Emma May Donaghy (born 1989), Helen Bridie Donaghy"
"(2001), ""Invincible"" (2001), ""Funny Games"" (2007), ""The Incredible Hulk"" (2008), ""Arbitrage"" (2012), ""Broken"" (2012), ""Selma"" (2014) and ""600 Miles"" (2016). He also starred as Cal Lightman on the Fox series ""Lie to Me"" and as Jim Worth in the Sky Atlantic series ""Tin Star."" Roth was born in Dulwich, London, the son of Ann, a painter and teacher, and Ernie, a Fleet Street journalist, painter, and member of the British Communist Party until the 1970s. His father was born in New York with the surname ""Smith"", but changed his surname to the German/Jewish ""Roth"" in the 1940s, ""partly through solidarity"
"in the film ""Enemy at the Gates"", and learned ballet dancing for the film ""A.I. Artificial Intelligence"" (2001). In 2002, he played a mob hitman in Sam Mendes's 1930s period drama ""Road to Perdition"". In 2003, he collaborated again with director Anthony Minghella, for ""Cold Mountain"", earning Best Actor nominations from members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Law, an admirer of Sir Laurence Olivier, suggested the actor's image be included in the 2004 film ""Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow"". Using"
"Ben-Ryan Davies Ben-Ryan Davies (born 30 December 1988 in Rochdale) is an English actor who played Ronan Burley in ""Waterloo Road"", Ryan in ""From There to Here"" and Nick Savage in ""Hollyoaks"". From September 2010, Davies appeared in ""Waterloo Road"" playing character Ronan Burley. His last episode was in 2012 in series 7, episode 20, plus a guest appearance in episode 30. In 2014 he appeared in CBBC's ""Harriet's Army"" set during World War I. He plays Edward Grange, the elder brother of Harriet. In 2016, Davies joined the regular cast of ""Hollyoaks"" as Nick Savage. In 2017 he was"