"Mars Attacks! Mars Attacks! is a 1996 American comic science fiction film directed by Tim Burton, who also co-produced it with Larry J. Franco. The screenplay, which was based on the cult trading card series of the same name, was written by Jonathan Gems. The film features an ensemble cast consisting of Jack Nicholson (in a dual role), Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito, Martin Short, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michael J. Fox, Rod Steiger, Tom Jones, Lukas Haas, Natalie Portman, Jim Brown, Joe Don Baker, Lisa Marie Smith, and Sylvia Sidney. Alex Cox had tried to make a"
"Professor Donald Kessler, which eventually went to Pierce Brosnan. Meryl Streep, Diane Keaton and Stockard Channing were considered for First Lady Marsha Dale, but Glenn Close won the role. In addition to Nicholson, other actors who reunited with Burton on ""Mars Attacks!"" include Sylvia Sidney from ""Beetlejuice"" (1988), O-Lan Jones from ""Edward Scissorhands"" (1990), and Danny DeVito from ""Batman Returns"" (1992), continuing Burton's trend of recasting actors several times from his previous works. The originally scheduled start date was mid-August 1995, but filming was delayed until February 26, 1996. Director Tim Burton hired Peter Suschitzky as the cinematographer, because he"
"Burton on ""Mars Attacks!"", pulling double duty as two contrasting characters, President James Dale and Las Vegas property developer Art Land. At first, studio executives at Warner Bros. disliked the idea of killing off Nicholson's character, so Burton created two characters and killed them both off. Not all of Nicholson's performances have been well received. He was nominated for Razzie Awards as worst actor for ""Man Trouble"" (1992) and ""Hoffa"" (1992). However, Nicholson's performance in ""Hoffa"" also earned him a Golden Globe nomination. While David Thomson states that the film was terribly neglected, since Nicholson portrayed one of his best"
"Elfman and Burton reunited for ""Mars Attacks!"" (1996). Based on a popular science fiction trading card series, the film was a hybrid of 1950s science fiction and 1970s all-star disaster films. Coincidence made it an inadvertent spoof of the blockbuster ""Independence Day"", which had been released five months earlier. The film boasted an all-star cast, including Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Danny DeVito, Pierce Brosnan, Michael J. Fox, Sarah Jessica Parker, Natalie Portman, Lukas Haas, Martin Short, Rod Steiger, Christina Applegate and Jack Black. After Kevin Smith had been hired to write a new ""Superman"" film, he suggested Burton"
"– ""Forrest Gump"" 1995: Nicolas Cage as Ben Sanderson – ""Leaving Las Vegas"" 1996: Geoffrey Rush as David Helfgott – ""Shine"" 1997: Peter Fonda as Ulysses ""Ulee"" Jackson – ""Ulee's Gold"" 1998: Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank – ""The Truman Show"" 1999: Kevin Spacey as Lester Burnham – ""American Beauty"" 2000: Russell Crowe – ""Gladiator"" as Maximus Decimus Meridius 2001: Russell Crowe – ""A Beautiful Mind"" as John Nash 2002: Jack Nicholson – ""About Schmidt"" as Warren Schmidt 2003: Sean Penn – ""Mystic River"" as Jimmy Markum 2004: Paul Giamatti – ""Sideways"" as Miles Raymond 2005: Philip Seymour Hoffman –"
"the 2012 presidential election. Tate Donovan Tate Buckley Donovan (born September 25, 1963) is an American actor and director, known for portraying Tom Shayes in ""Damages"", Jimmy Cooper in ""The O.C."", and the voice of the title character in the 1997 Disney animated film ""Hercules"", the animated television series of the and in a few ""Kingdom Hearts"" video games. He also had supporting roles in films, such as ""Good Night, and Good Luck"" and ""Argo"". Donovan also played Brian Sanders in ""Hostages"" and White House Chief of Staff Mark Boudreau in """". He has been a guest star in a"
"Samuel L. Jackson Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American actor and film producer. He achieved prominence and critical acclaim in the early 1990s with films such as ""Goodfellas"" (1990), ""Jungle Fever"" (1991), ""Patriot Games"" (1992), ""Amos & Andrew"" (1993), ""True Romance"" (1993), ""Jurassic Park"" (1993) and his collaborations with director Quentin Tarantino including ""Pulp Fiction"" (1994), ""Jackie Brown"" (1997), ""Django Unchained"" (2012), and ""The Hateful Eight"" (2015). He is a highly prolific actor, having appeared in over 100 films, including ""Die Hard with a Vengeance"" (1995), ""A Time to Kill"" (1996), ""The Long Kiss Goodnight"" (1996),"
"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"
"Duane Davis Duane Davis, the son of NFL Hall of Fame defensive end Willie Davis and Ann Davis, is an American actor who has been in such films as ""Under Siege"", ""Ghosts of Mars"" and ""Paparazzi"". He has made something of a career of playing athletes - famous or not. He played Joe Louis in a made-for-TV movie about ""Rocky Marciano"", James ""Buster"" Douglas in the HBO original movie ""Tyson"", Bo Kimble in and as ESU football star Alvin Mack in the 1993 film ""The Program"". Davis played Duke DePalma, a former boxer-turned-crime fighter in ""Team Knight Rider"", a short-lived"
"Sam Rockwell Sam Rockwell (born November 5, 1968) is an American actor, who became known for his leading roles in ""Lawn Dogs"" (1997), ""Confessions of a Dangerous Mind"" (2002), ""Matchstick Men"" (2003), ""The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"" (2005), ""Moon"" (2009), ""G-Force"" (2009) and ""Seven Psychopaths"" (2012). Rockwell has also received accolades for his supporting roles in ""The Green Mile"" (1999), ""Galaxy Quest"" (1999), ""Charlie's Angels"" (2000), ""The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"" (2007), ""Frost/Nixon"" (2008), ""Conviction"" (2010), ""Iron Man 2"" (2010), ""Cowboys & Aliens"" (2011) and ""The Way, Way Back"" (2013) and ""Vice"" (2018). For"
"Tate Donovan Tate Buckley Donovan (born September 25, 1963) is an American actor and director, known for portraying Tom Shayes in ""Damages"", Jimmy Cooper in ""The O.C."", and the voice of the title character in the 1997 Disney animated film ""Hercules"", the animated television series of the and in a few ""Kingdom Hearts"" video games. He also had supporting roles in films, such as ""Good Night, and Good Luck"" and ""Argo"". Donovan also played Brian Sanders in ""Hostages"" and White House Chief of Staff Mark Boudreau in """". He has been a guest star in a number of television series."
"Duffy Josh Duhamel Barbara Eden David Faustino Dann Florek Max Gail Beverly Garland Gloria Gaynor Larry Gelbart Ron Glass Louis Gossett, Jr. Don Grady Robert Guillaume Jasmine Guy Larry Hagman Kadeem Hardison Pat Harrington, Jr. Jenilee Harrison Robert Hegyes Marilu Henner Dwayne Hickman Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs Judd Hirsch Davy Jones (musician) Cheryl Ladd John Landis Vicki Lawrence Chloris Leachman Hal Linden Mark Linn-Baker Barry Livingston Christopher Lloyd Gavin MacLeod Rue McClanahan Lee Meriwether Noel Neill Donny Osmond Bronson Pinchot Tom Poston Linda Purl John Ratzenberger Tanya Roberts Wayne Rogers John Schneider (screen actor) Sherwood Schwartz Larry Storch Alan Thicke Marlo Thomas"
"Ted Biaselli: Loki, Mole Man, Male Computer Voice, Moloids, Lava Men, Civilian 2 Steven Blum: Wolverine, Abomination, Wolverine Brown Suit, Heimdall David Boat: Thor, Thing, Modern Thor Grey DeLisle: Ms. Marvel, Female Computer Voice Jess Harnell: Crimson Dynamo Tom Kane: Magneto, Dark Magneto Josh Keaton: Spider-Man, Black Suit Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2099 Mikey Kelley: Silver Surfer, Anti- Surfer Tom Kenny: Captain America, Iron Man, Juggernaut, M.O.D.O.K. Stan Lee: Mayor of Superhero City Nolan North: Asgardians, U.S. Agent, A.I.M Agent, S.H.I.E.L.D Soldier 1, Fireman 1, Civilian 1, War Machine, Frost Giants Liam O'Brien: Nightcrawler, Male Cop, S.H.I.E.L.D. Controller Tara Strong: Invisible Woman"
"James Badge Dale James Badgett Dale (born May 1, 1978), known professionally as James Badge Dale, is an American actor. He is known for playing Simon in ""Lord of the Flies"", Chase Edmunds in ""24"", State Trooper Barrigan in Martin Scorsese's ""The Departed"", Robert Leckie in ""The Pacific"", and Eric Savin in ""Iron Man 3"". Born in New York City, Dale is the only child of actor, dancer, and choreographer Grover Dale (born 1935) and actress and singer Anita Morris (1943–1994). At age 10, he was picked out of his fifth grade class at Wonderland Elementary School in Laurel Canyon,"
"Powers Boothe Powers Allen Boothe (June 1, 1948 – May 14, 2017) was an American television, video game, and film actor and voice actor. Some of his most notable roles include his Emmy-winning portrayal of Jim Jones in """" and his turns as TV detective Philip Marlowe in the 1980s, Cy Tolliver on ""Deadwood"", ""Curly Bill"" Brocius in ""Tombstone"", Vice-President and subsequently President Noah Daniels on ""24"", and Lamar Wyatt in ""Nashville"". Boothe, the youngest of three boys, was born on a cotton farm in Snyder, Texas to Kathryn Emily (née Reeves) and Merrill Vestal Boothe, a rancher. His father"
"Tactical Assault Tactical Assault is a 1999 action/adventure film directed by Mark Griffiths, written by David Golden, and starring Rutger Hauer, Robert Patrick, Isabel Glasser and Dey Young. Colonel Lee 'Tiger' Banning (Robert Patrick) and Captain John ""Doc"" Holiday (Rutger Hauer) are fighter pilots who get involved in a deadly shootout in the Iraqi no-fly zone in 1990. Doc intends to shoot down a commercial airliner, when Lee shoots Doc down. Doc is captured, and Lee covers up his actions by reporting that Doc was shot down by an Iraqi Air Force fighter and Lee's missing missile was shot at"
"the charges against Li were dismissed ""in the interest of justice"". Li then filed a $3.7 million civil lawsuit against Worthington, which was settled out of court before going to trial in September 2015. Sam Worthington Samuel Henry John Worthington (born 2 August 1976) is a English-Australian actor and writer. He portrayed Jake Sully in the 2009 film ""Avatar"", Marcus Wright in ""Terminator Salvation"", and Perseus in ""Clash of the Titans"" as well as its sequel ""Wrath of the Titans"". He then transitioned to more dramatic roles, appearing in ""Everest"" (2015), ""Hacksaw Ridge"" (2016), ""The Shack"", and """" (both in"
"Wayne Knight Wayne Elliot Knight (born August 7, 1955) is an American actor, voice artist and comedian. He is known for playing Newman in ""Seinfeld"" (1992–1998) and Dennis Nedry in ""Jurassic Park"" (1993). His other roles include Officer Don Orville in ""3rd Rock from the Sun"" (1996–2001), Stan Podolak in ""Space Jam"" (1996), Al McWhiggin in ""Toy Story 2"" (1999), Tantor in ""Tarzan"" (1999), the Giraffe in ""Bee Movie"" (2007), Zack Mallozzi in ""Rat Race"" (2001), Dojo in Xiaolin Showdown (2003–2006), Mr. Blik in ""Catscratch"" (2005–2007), Microchip in """" (2008) and Haskell Lutz in ""The Exes"" (2011–2015). He was nominated"
"Fur), comedy icon Harold Ramis (Stripes, Caddyshack, Animal House, Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day), Luke Wilson (The Royal Tenenbaums), Kevin Smith (Clerks, Chasing Amy), Michelle Monaghan (Gone Baby Gone), Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad), Tim Daly (Wings), Jeremy Davies (Lost), Olivia Wilde (House, Tron: Legacy), Hayden Panettiere (Heroes), Jesse Eisenberg (Zombieland, Adventureland), Sophia Bush (One Tree Hill), Adrian Grenier (Entourage), Zach Braff (Scrubs, Garden State), Jane Seymour (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman), Josh Lucas (Sweet Home Alabama), Kate Bosworth (Win a Date with Tad Hamilton), Michael Imperioli (The Sopranos), Fred Schepisi (Roxanne, Six Degrees of Separation), Allison Janney (The West Wing, Juno), and Tate"
"Baader and Ulrike Meinhof, The Sex Pistols, Jimmy Carter, Pope John Paul II, Meryl Streep, Larry Hagman (as J. R. Ewing in ""Dallas""), Ruhollah Khomeini Lech Wałęsa, Margaret Thatcher, Mark David Chapman, John Hinckley, Jr., Sylvester Stallone, Lady Diana, Michael Jackson, Joan Collins, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Madonna, Oprah Winfrey, Eddie Murphy, Bill Cosby, Bob Geldof, Oliver North, Nelson Mandela, Mikhail Gorbachev, Donald Trump, Martina Navratilova, Muammar al-Gaddafi, George H. W. Bush, Tom Cruise, Julia Roberts, Mel Gibson, Harrison Ford, Salman Rushdie, Václav Havel, Bruce Willis, Mike Tyson, Saddam Hussein, Norman Schwarzkopf, Luciano Pavarotti Fame in the 20th Century Fame in the"
"was filming ""Frost/Nixon"". They both appeared in ""Iron Man 2"" and ""Don Verdean"". Sam Rockwell Sam Rockwell (born November 5, 1968) is an American actor, who became known for his leading roles in ""Lawn Dogs"" (1997), ""Confessions of a Dangerous Mind"" (2002), ""Matchstick Men"" (2003), ""The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"" (2005), ""Moon"" (2009), ""G-Force"" (2009) and ""Seven Psychopaths"" (2012). Rockwell has also received accolades for his supporting roles in ""The Green Mile"" (1999), ""Galaxy Quest"" (1999), ""Charlie's Angels"" (2000), ""The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"" (2007), ""Frost/Nixon"" (2008), ""Conviction"" (2010), ""Iron Man 2"" (2010), ""Cowboys"
"by Lee. In the final scene, Lee holds their newborn baby, General, while Jennifer takes a picture. Tactical Assault Tactical Assault is a 1999 action/adventure film directed by Mark Griffiths, written by David Golden, and starring Rutger Hauer, Robert Patrick, Isabel Glasser and Dey Young. Colonel Lee 'Tiger' Banning (Robert Patrick) and Captain John ""Doc"" Holiday (Rutger Hauer) are fighter pilots who get involved in a deadly shootout in the Iraqi no-fly zone in 1990. Doc intends to shoot down a commercial airliner, when Lee shoots Doc down. Doc is captured, and Lee covers up his actions by reporting that"
"Stellan Skarsgård Stellan John Skarsgård (; born 13 June 1951) is a Swedish actor. He is known for his roles as Jan Nyman in ""Breaking the Waves"" (1996), Captain Tupolev in ""The Hunt for Red October"" (1990), Prof. Gerald Lambeau in ""Good Will Hunting"" (1997), Bootstrap Bill Turner in """" (2006) and """" (2007), Bill Anderson in ""Mamma Mia!"" (2008) and the sequel ""Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again"" (2018), Commander Maximilian Richter in ""Angels and Demons"" (2009), Martin Vanger in ""The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"" (2011), Dr. Erik Selvig in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films ""Thor"" (2011), ""The"
"in east Texas. Powers Boothe Powers Allen Boothe (June 1, 1948 – May 14, 2017) was an American television, video game, and film actor and voice actor. Some of his most notable roles include his Emmy-winning portrayal of Jim Jones in """" and his turns as TV detective Philip Marlowe in the 1980s, Cy Tolliver on ""Deadwood"", ""Curly Bill"" Brocius in ""Tombstone"", Vice-President and subsequently President Noah Daniels on ""24"", and Lamar Wyatt in ""Nashville"". Boothe, the youngest of three boys, was born on a cotton farm in Snyder, Texas to Kathryn Emily (née Reeves) and Merrill Vestal Boothe, a"
"""Quantum of Solace"" ""Frost/Nixon"" – Peter Morgan ""The Visitor"" – Tom McCarthy The Dark Knight Michael Shannon – ""Revolutionary Road"" Rosemarie DeWitt – ""Rachel Getting Married"" Australia Bryan Cranston – ""Breaking Bad"" Justin Kirk – ""Weeds"" Paul Giamatti – ""John Adams"" Anna Paquin – ""True Blood"" Tracey Ullman – ""Tracey Ullman's State of the Union"" Judi Dench – ""Cranford"" Cranford Dexter Tracey Ullman's State of the Union Nelsan Ellis – ""True Blood"" Fionnula Flanagan – ""Brotherhood"" ""The Godfather"", ""The Godfather Part II"", and ""The Godfather Part III"" ""Iron Man"" Rock Band 2 ""Sleeping Beauty"" No Country for Old Men World"
"Eric Dane Eric Dane (born Eric T. Melvin, November 9, 1972) is an American actor. After appearing in television roles throughout the 2000s with his recurring role as Jason Dean in ""Charmed"" being the most well known, he became best known for playing Dr. Mark Sloan on the medical drama television series ""Grey's Anatomy"", as well as films, co-starring in ""Marley & Me"" (2008), ""Valentine's Day"" (2010), and ""Burlesque"" (2010). He starred as Captain Tom Chandler in the apocalyptic drama ""The Last Ship."" Dane was born in San Francisco, California, to a homemaker mother and an interior designer/architect father, William"
"Sam Worthington Samuel Henry John Worthington (born 2 August 1976) is a English-Australian actor and writer. He portrayed Jake Sully in the 2009 film ""Avatar"", Marcus Wright in ""Terminator Salvation"", and Perseus in ""Clash of the Titans"" as well as its sequel ""Wrath of the Titans"". He then transitioned to more dramatic roles, appearing in ""Everest"" (2015), ""Hacksaw Ridge"" (2016), ""The Shack"", and """" (both in 2017). He also played the main protagonist, Captain Alex Mason, in """". In 2004, Worthington received Australia's highest film award for his lead role in ""Somersault"". Worthington was born to English parents in Godalming,"
"E. G. Marshall E. G. Marshall (born Everett Eugene Grunz, June 18, 1914 – August 24, 1998) was an American actor, best known for his television roles as the lawyer Lawrence Preston on ""The Defenders"" in the 1960s and as neurosurgeon David Craig on """" in the 1970s. Among his film roles he is perhaps best known as the unflappable, conscientious ""Juror #4"" in Sidney Lumet's courtroom drama ""12 Angry Men"" (1957). He also played the President of the United States in ""Superman II"" (1980), """" (2006) and his photo (as The President) appears in the tv version of ""Superman"""
"and Doug actors Dave Thomas as Walter Cronkite and Rick Moranis as David Brinkley. Robert Gordon (musician) Robert Gordon (born March 29, 1947) is an American musician and actor, best known as a neo-rockabilly singer. Robert Gordon grew up in Bethesda, Maryland. At the age of nine, he was greatly inspired by the Elvis Presley song ""Heartbreak Hotel"" playing on radio and decided to pursue a career as a Rock & Roll musician at that young age. His influences included Gene Vincent, Jack Scott, Billy Lee Riley, Eddie Cochran and other notable rock 'n roll music artists of the period."
"Stephen Tompkinson Stephen Phillip Tompkinson (born 15 October 1965) is an English actor, known for his television roles as Marcus in ""Chancer "" (1990), Damien Day in ""Drop the Dead Donkey"" (1990–98), Father Peter Clifford in ""Ballykissangel"" (1996–98), Trevor Purvis in ""Grafters"" (1998–99), Danny Trevanion in ""Wild at Heart"" (2006–13) and Alan Banks in ""DCI Banks"" (2010–16). He won the 1994 British Comedy Award for Best TV Comedy Actor. He also starred in the films ""Brassed Off"" (1996) and ""Hotel Splendide"" (2000). Tompkinson was born in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. When he was about age 4, his family moved to Scarborough,"
"""Capote"" as Truman Capote 2006: Forest Whitaker – ""The Last King of Scotland"" as Idi Amin 2007: Daniel Day-Lewis – ""There Will Be Blood"" as Daniel Plainview 2008: Sean Penn – ""Milk"" as Harvey Milk 2009: George Clooney – ""Up in the Air"" as Ryan Bingham 2010: James Franco – ""127 Hours"" as Aron Ralston 2011: George Clooney – ""The Descendants"" as Matt King 2012: Daniel Day-Lewis – ""Lincoln"" as Abraham Lincoln 2013: Matthew McConaughey – ""Dallas Buyers Club"" as Ron Woodroof 2014: Michael Keaton – ""Birdman"" as Riggan Thomson 2015: Leonardo DiCaprio – ""The Revenant"" as Hugh Glass 2016:"
"Brasher"". Additionally, he had a small role as McCluckey in the 1996 comedy ""Spy Hard"". Gamble was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Sally and Tim Gamble, an actor. He graduated from Oak Park and River Forest High School's class of 2004. He attended UCLA and graduated in 2008. He was member of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity at UCLA. Mason Gamble Mason Wilson Gamble (born January 16, 1986) is an American former actor and marine biologist known for his portrayal of Dennis Mitchell in the 1993 film ""Dennis the Menace"", a role he got after beating out a"
"Steven W. Jones, Agnes Mulroy 1996 John Brodeur, Janet Chandler, Peter Gunn Montague 1997 Merrell Williams, Stanton Glantz 1998 Jane Akre, Steve Wilson, David F. Noble 1999 Roberta Baskin, Nancy Olivieri, Martha L. Crouch 2000 Doris Haddock, Paul E Farmer 2001 Anthony Mazzocchi, Amy Goodman 2002 Barry Commoner, Herbert L. Needleman 2003 John Munsell, Theodore A. Postol 2004 David Graham, Mark Livingston 2005 Bunny Greenhouse, Lieutenant Colonel Sharon A. Shaffer, Lieutenant Commander Charles D. Swift 2006 John Thayer, Thomas Baker, Frank Binns, Martin R. Blanchet, Edward J. Hill, Richard Leonard, Charles Morris, Christian Raley, Scott Smith, Timothy Taylor, Maria Gunnoe,"