"be ""A Good Day to Die Hard""—with no further mention of any involvement from the ""24"" series—with a release date of February 14, 2013. Bruce Willis returned as John McClane, and has expressed a desire to shoot ""A Good Day to Die Hard"" and a sixth installment in the series before retiring the character. When casting the role of Jack McClane, the studios considered several actors, including Liam Hemsworth and James Badge Dale, before ultimately settling on Australian actor Jai Courtney. Mary Elizabeth Winstead also appeared in the film, reprising her role as McClane's daughter Lucy. However all her scenes"
"Bruce Willis Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955) is an American actor, producer, and singer. Born to a German mother and American father in Idar-Oberstein, Germany, he moved to the United States with his family in 1957. His career began on the Off-Broadway stage in the 1970s. He later achieved fame with his leading role on the hit television series ""Moonlighting"" (1985–89). He has since appeared in over 70 films and is widely regarded as an ""action hero"" due to his portrayal of John McClane in the ""Die Hard"" franchise (1988–2013), and other such roles. His credits also include"
"Bruce Willis filmography Bruce Willis is a German-born American actor, producer with Cheyenne Enterprises, and singer. The following is a filmography of his work. Willis's career began in television in 1984, most notably as David Addison in ""Moonlighting"" (1984–1989), and has continued both in television and film since, including comedic, dramatic, and action roles. He is well known for the role of John McClane in the ""Die Hard"" series, which were mostly critical and uniformly financial successes. He has also appeared in over sixty films, including box office successes like ""Death Becomes Her"" (1992), ""Pulp Fiction"" (1994), ""12 Monkeys"" (1995),"
"John McClane in ""Die Hard"", Willis reprised his role in the sequels ""Die Hard 2"" (1990) and ""Die Hard with a Vengeance"" (1995). These first three installments in the ""Die Hard"" series grossed over US$700 million internationally and propelled Willis to the first rank of Hollywood action stars. In the early 1990s, Willis's career suffered a moderate slump, as he starred in flops such as ""The Bonfire of the Vanities"" (1990). He gained more success with ""Striking Distance"" (1993) but flopped again with ""Color of Night"" (1994): another box office failure, it was savaged by critics but did well in"
"They take control of the airport's communications and threaten to cause plane crashes unless their demands are met. Holly is stranded, her plane circles overhead. McClane discovers a conspiracy between the mercenaries and an active military unit to rescue a notorious dictator from being imprisoned for crimes against humanity. He foils their plans and provides a visual landing signal for the circling aircraft by exploding the plane the villains were using for their exit strategy. In ""Loaded Weapon 1"", Bruce Willis has a cameo appearance as John McClane himself, living in a trailer. In the scene the character appears in,"
"his life appears in the 1999 film ""Plunkett & Macleane"", where he was played by Jonny Lee Miller. His skeleton appears in the final plate of William Hogarth's ""The Four Stages of Cruelty"". James MacLaine ""Captain"" James MacLaine (occasionally ""Maclean"", ""MacLean"", or ""Maclane"") (1724 – 3 October 1750) was a notorious highwayman with his accomplice William Plunkett. He was known as the ""Gentleman Highwayman"" as a result of his courteous behaviour during his robberies. He famously robbed Horace Walpole, and was eventually hanged at Tyburn. The film ""Plunkett & Macleane"" was based loosely on his exploits. MacLaine was the second"
"Sean McCann (actor) Sean McCann (born September 24, 1935) is a Canadian actor. McCann is one of Canada's most successful character actors and has been in the business for over 40 years. Winner of the prestigious Earle Grey Award for his lifetime achievement in television, Sean McCann has appeared in over 150 movies, television shows and plays. McCann was born in Windsor, Ontario on September 24, 1935. McCann can be seen in ""The Law of Enclosures"", with Sarah Polley and Diane Ladd. He has appeared with Meryl Streep (""...First Do No Harm""), Nick Nolte (""Affliction"") and Chris Farley (""Tommy Boy"")."
"examines a train full of travelers struggling to coexist in a world covered by ice and snow. Starring Chris Evans, the film was released around the world in 2013 and 2014 in the United States. Luke Pasqualino Luca Giuseppe ""Luke"" Pasqualino (born 19 February 1990) is a British actor, known for his portrayal of Freddie McClair in the television series ""Skins"" and d'Artagnan in the television series ""The Musketeers"". From 2016–17, he played Elvis Harte in another BBC show ""Our Girl"". Pasqualino was born in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, to parents of Italian descent, from Sicily and Naples. He attended Walton Community"
"again to play the real-life cowboy actor Tom Mix in ""Sunset"" (1988). However, it was his then-unexpected turn in the film ""Die Hard"" (1988) as John McClane that catapulted him to movie star and action hero status. He performed most of his own stunts in the film, and the film grossed $138,708,852 worldwide. Following his success with ""Die Hard"", he had a leading role in the drama ""In Country"" as Vietnam veteran Emmett Smith and also provided the voice for a talking baby in ""Look Who's Talking"", as well as its sequel, ""Look Who's Talking Too"". In the late 1980s,"
"which he played an air traffic control tower employee at Dulles International Airport that helps LAPD detective John McClane, played by Bruce Willis, stop terrorists from crashing planes. His other film credits include ""Big Time"" (1977), ""Youngblood"" (1978), ""The Cracker Factory"" (1979), ""National Lampoon's Class Reunion"" (1982), ""Into the Night"" (1985), ""Fright Night"" (1985), ""Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling"" (1986), ""Ruthless People"" (1986), ""Native Son"" (1986), ""White of the Eye"" (1987), ""School Daze"" (1988), ""The Mighty Quinn"" (1989), ""Downtown"" (1990), ""Trespass"" (1992), ""CB4"" (1993), ""Bitter Harvest"" (1993), ""Tales from the Hood"" (1995) and ""Metro"" (1997). He has also"
"of a maverick, resourceful lone hero has always been a common thread from James Bond to John Rambo, but John McClane in ""Die Hard"" is much more of an 'everyday' person whom circumstance turns into a reluctant hero. The film set a pattern for a host of imitators, like ""Under Siege"" (1992) and ""Sudden Death"", which used the same formula in a different setting. By the end of the 1980s, the influence of the successful action film could be felt in almost every genre. Like the Western genre, spy-movies, as well as urban-action films, were starting to parody themselves, and"
"John McGlynn (actor) John McGlynn (born 8 September 1953) is a Scottish actor and musician. His most notable role was that of vet Calum Buchanan in the British television series ""All Creatures Great and Small"" between January 1988 and September 1989. He also featured as DI Tom Adams in the BBC crime thriller series Silent Witness in series 1, 1996. He played Balmoral Castle's head gillie in the 2006 film ""The Queen"". McGlynn's debut as a professional actor was in 1975 at the Young Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland, in a new play, ""If Ye Died wi'a Face Like That"","
"television successes. Conrad, in particular, would continue to portray Matt on the radio series until it ended in 1961. He would also go on to direct a number of television programs (including two episodes of ""Gunsmoke""), to become ""The Narrator"" for the original television series of ""The Fugitive"" (1963–1967) and star in three television series: ""Cannon"" (1971–1976), ""Jake and the Fat Man"" (1987–1992), and the short-lived 1981 series ""Nero Wolfe"". In the 1988 action classic, ""Die Hard"", Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman), asks John McClane (Bruce Willis) whom he is trying to imitate with his heroics, and he mentions Marshal Dillon"
"lived together for nearly 20 years before marrying in March 2004 in Antigua; she died of cancer a year later (9 March 2005). He married Karen Prentice in Italy in the summer of 2017. Denis Lawson Denis Stamper Lawson (born 27 September 1947) is a Scottish actor and director. He is known for his roles as John Jarndyce in the BBC's adaptation of ""Bleak House"", as Gordon Urquhart in the film ""Local Hero"", as DI Steve McAndrew in BBC One's ""New Tricks"", and as Wedge Antilles in the original ""Star Wars"" trilogy. He is the uncle of actor Ewan McGregor."
"a .50-caliber machine gun. According to the episode ""The Truth Hurts"", Virgil has been in the service at least 6 years. Seaman Joseph ""Happy"" Haines (Gavin MacLeod, later of ""The Mary Tyler Moore Show"" and ""The Love Boat"") — MacLeod left the series before the third season to appear in the movie ""The Sand Pebbles"". He had also appeared in the 1959 movie ""Operation Petticoat"", which has a few similarities to McHale's Navy. Seaman 3rd Class Fuji Kobiaji' (Yoshio Yoda) — perhaps the most unusual character in the series, he is the lovable, boyish, Japanese prisoner of war and deserter"
"turning Willis into an action star, and became a metonym for an action film in which a lone hero fights overwhelming odds. The film's success created the ""Die Hard"" franchise, which includes four sequels, a number of video games, and a comic book, and later in 2017 was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. ""Die Hard"" has been named one of the best action and Christmas-themed films ever made. The film also ranks on ""Empire""s 2017 list of the 100 greatest movies of all time. On Christmas Eve, NYPD detective John McClane arrives in Los Angeles,"
"Lager and a Packet of Crisps"", ""Harry and Paul"" and ""The Thin Blue Line"". He played Inspector Norris in the ""Black Books"" episode ""The Blackout"", Inspector Terrence Brown in the first episode of ""Dirk Gently"" and voiced the Judge in the 2016 revival of the sitcom ""Porridge"". He also featured in the CBBC shows ""M.I. High"" and ""Hounded"" as the evil Dr Muhahahaha. He will appear alongside Matt Smith and Natalie Dormer in the action horror film ""Patient Zero"", slated for release in September 2018. McFarlane's best-known voice roles include JJ and Skip in the original series of ""Bob the"
"Mike Dunn, a president for 20th Century Fox, stated ""The industry has sold nearly 12 billion DVDs to date, and the release of ""Live Free or Die Hard"" is the first one that allows consumers to move their content to other devices."" Live Free or Die Hard Live Free or Die Hard (released as Die Hard 4.0 outside North America) is a 2007 American action thriller film, and the fourth installment in the ""Die Hard"" film series. The film was directed by Len Wiseman and starred Bruce Willis as John McClane. The film's name was adapted from New Hampshire's state"
"the franchise's 64 playable characters, citing his sucker-punching of Mileena in ""Armageddon's"" opening cinematic sequence and Perlman's character portrayal: ""[He] really became something worth caring about in the reboot, where he came off as a likeable, disgruntled smart-ass."" In 2010, ""Play"" magazine listed Stryker one of the characters they wanted for the 2011 reboot, Robert Naytor of Hardcore Gaming 101 praised Stryker in the reboot as being ""so badass"" and ""the closest thing you'll get to being John McClane in a fighting game."" His ending in the 2011 reboot, in which he refuses to allow Johnny Cage to play him"
"Granada TV; Joseph Bazalgette, the Victorian industrial engineer in the award winning factual drama/doc ""Seven Great Industrial Wonders of the World"" in 2002 for the BBC; and Tom Crean the Irish companion of Ernest Shackleton in ""Shackleton"" opposite Kenneth Branagh; and ""Niven Craig"" in Peter Medak's ""Let Him Have It"" with Christopher Eccleston and Tom Courtenay. He appeared as ""Conor Phelan"" in the multi-BAFTA nominated ""The Hanging Gale"", a BBC drama set against the backdrop of the Irish Potato Famine of 1846 which also starred Mark's three actor brothers. Mark McGann appeared in many successful theatre productions including as Mickey"
"""Devil in Dungarees""(1960). As Ian MacAlister - ""Driscoll's Diamonds""(1977), ""Valley of Assassins""(1975), ""Strike Force 7""(1974), ""Skylark Mission"", As Nick Quarry - ""The Don Is Dead""(1972), ""Trail of a Tramp""(1958), ""The Hoods Come Calling""(1958), ""Vendetta""(1973), ""No Chance in Hell""(1960), ""The Girl with No Place to Hide""(1959), Some Die Hard""(1961), ""Till It Hurts""(1960). As J. D. Christilian - ""Scarlet Women""(1996). As Mike Barone - ""Crazy Joe""(1974 - likely a novelization of the film). As Marvin H. Albert - ""Operation Lila""(1983), ""The Medusa Complex"", ""Dancer's Progress and Schrodingers Cat""(1993 - possibly two stories in one volume), ""The Great Race""(1965 - likely another film"
""""", """" Audio plays – """", """", """", """", """" ""TV Guide"" ranked Duncan MacLeod # 11 on its ""25 Greatest Sci-Fi Legends"" list. Duncan MacLeod Duncan MacLeod is a fictional character from the ""Highlander"" multiverse. Duncan MacLeod serves as the protagonist for the TV continuation of the ""Highlander"" franchise, which comprises """" and its spin-off movies, """" and """". He is portrayed by the British actor Adrian Paul. ""Highlander: The Series"" was originally created to carry on directly from the movies with Paul playing the same character Christopher Lambert had played in the movie, but early in development, Paul"
"in television shows including appearing as Trey MacDougal in ""Sex and the City"" (2000–2002), Orson Hodge in ""Desperate Housewives"" (2006–2012), The Captain in ""How I Met Your Mother"" (2010–2014), the Mayor of Portland in ""Portlandia"" (2011–2018) and Calvin Zabo in ""Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."" (2014–2015). MacLachlan has won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama (1990), and was nominated in the same category in 2017, for playing the role of Dale Cooper in ""Twin Peaks"". He has also been nominated for two Emmy Awards for ""Twin Peaks"". MacLachlan was born at Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital in Yakima,"
"Throughout the first decade of the 21st century, McLachlan appeared in around 20 film and television projects, including the American movie ""Superfire"", as Stuart Diver in the television film ""Heroes' Mountain"", and ""Blackjack"" with Colin Friels. In 2004 he played Michael Chamberlain in ""Through My Eyes"", an account of the Lindy Chamberlain story, and began work in the recurring role of Kane Morgan in ""McLeod's Daughters"". He played Jeff Kennard in the Australian film ""Hating Alison Ashley"", worked alongside Benjamin Bratt and James Franco in ""The Great Raid"", and starred with John Jarratt in ""Savages Crossing"", for which he composed"
"his wife's plane and several other incoming flights that are circling the airport run out of fuel and crash. During the night, McClane must also contend with airport police, maintenance workers, and a military commander, all of whom do not want his assistance. The film was preceded by ""Die Hard"" (1988) and followed by ""Die Hard with a Vengeance"" (1995), ""Live Free or Die Hard"" (2007), and ""A Good Day to Die Hard"" (2013). On Christmas Eve 1990, two years after the Nakatomi Tower Incident, police officer John McClane is waiting at Washington Dulles International Airport for his wife Holly"
"films. McClean acted in theater in NJ and NYC, and spent years on the road working with national touring productions of Children's Theater. McClean went on to act in Indie films like H.R. Pukenshette, Demon Resurrection, and Basement. McClean switched his focus to writing and directing his own short and feature films. His First feature film was ""Life Tracker"" starring Barry Finnegan, Matt Dallas, Rebecca Marshall, Jay Thomas, and Ron Canada. Baron Davis, an NBA star, was one of the film's executive producers , who also invested in the film. Joe McClean Joe McClean is an American screenwriter, director and"
"Live Free or Die Hard Live Free or Die Hard (released as Die Hard 4.0 outside North America) is a 2007 American action thriller film, and the fourth installment in the ""Die Hard"" film series. The film was directed by Len Wiseman and starred Bruce Willis as John McClane. The film's name was adapted from New Hampshire's state motto, ""Live Free or Die"". In the film, McClane attempts to stop cyber-terrorists who hack into government and commercial computers across the United States with the goal of starting a ""fire sale"" that would disable key elements of the nation's infrastructure. The"
"and ""The Complete History of Rock'n'Roll"". John McGlynn (actor) John McGlynn (born 8 September 1953) is a Scottish actor and musician. His most notable role was that of vet Calum Buchanan in the British television series ""All Creatures Great and Small"" between January 1988 and September 1989. He also featured as DI Tom Adams in the BBC crime thriller series Silent Witness in series 1, 1996. He played Balmoral Castle's head gillie in the 2006 film ""The Queen"". McGlynn's debut as a professional actor was in 1975 at the Young Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh, Scotland, in a new play, ""If"
"significant flashback storytelling in a future entry. By September 2017, Wiseman publicly floated that he was casting for a young version of John McClane. Six months later, the studio enlisted duo Chad Hayes and Carey W. Hayes to re-write the script after Bruce Willis refused to endorse the previous edition and its actor. In July 2018, producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura submitted an updated script titled ""McClane"", further confirming that the storyline features elements of McClane's and Holly's characters in the 1970s, intermixed with their present-day counterparts. The following month, Wiseman stated that pre-production on the new film should start ""fairly"
"(2015). In 2017, MacFarlane created his fourth show, ""The Orville"". He has also appeared in the films """" (2008), """" (2009), """" (2010), ""Tooth Fairy"" (2010), ""Movie 43"" (2013), ""Sing"" (2016), and ""Logan Lucky"" (2017). MacFarlane has received numerous awards and nominations for his work on film, television, music, and video games. He has also received twenty Emmy Award nominations, winning four for ""Family Guy"". His directorial film debut in ""Ted"" earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song. In addition, he has received four Grammy Award nominations and two British Academy of Film and Television Arts among"
"the award-winning British comedy drama series ""Shameless"". He made his Hollywood debut in the 2004 film ""Alexander,"" which required the actors to go through a boot-camp in the African desert, and included shooting in Thailand, Morocco as well as a London studio. In 2007, he appeared as Michael ""Lurch"" Armstrong in ""Hot Fuzz"". In 2008, he played Moby in ""The Crew"" and Attila the Hun in the BBC docudrama ""Heroes and Villains"". McCann portrays Sandor ""The Hound"" Clegane in the HBO series ""Game of Thrones"".<ref name=""Pure/Trend-Kilt-2014""></ref> Other projects include a BBC TV Series by writer Jimmy McGovern called ""Banished,"" set"
"of John McClane, the main protagonist of the ""Die Hard"" film series. is a man raised alongside Noctis to be his advisor. Provided with an extensive education, he developed a collected composure and tactical instinct. Ignis acts as Noctis' confidant and helper, forming a deep connection to Noctis during their youth when Noctis begins realizing his eventual fate of becoming king. Ignis is blinded during the Covenant ceremony with Leviathan, when he wields the Ring of the Lucii to drive Ardyn away from an unconscious Noctis. His blindness causes tension within the group until he forces a reconciliation. Ignis and"
"Denis Lawson Denis Stamper Lawson (born 27 September 1947) is a Scottish actor and director. He is known for his roles as John Jarndyce in the BBC's adaptation of ""Bleak House"", as Gordon Urquhart in the film ""Local Hero"", as DI Steve McAndrew in BBC One's ""New Tricks"", and as Wedge Antilles in the original ""Star Wars"" trilogy. He is the uncle of actor Ewan McGregor. Lawson was born in Crieff, Perthshire, the son of Phyllis Neno (née Stamper), a merchant, and Laurence Lawson, a watchmaker. Lawson was educated at Crieff Primary School (then called Crieff Public School). After the"