"Which historical figure has been played on film and TV by ""Richard Harris"", ""Tim Roth"" and ""Dominic West""?"
"""world-historical figures"" played a pivotal role in human progress, but felt that they were bound to emerge when change was needed. Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) saw the study of figures such as Muhammad, William Shakespeare and Oliver Cromwell as key to understanding history. Herbert Spencer (1820–1903), an early believer in evolution and in the universality of natural law, felt that historical individuals were of little importance. The German philosopher Hegel defined the concept of the world-historical figure, who embodied the ruthless advance of Immanuel Kant's World Spirit, often overthrowing outdated structures and ideas. To him, Napoleon was such a figure. Hegel"
"Richard Harris Richard St. John Harris (1 October 1930 – 25 October 2002) was an Irish actor and singer. He appeared on stage and in many films, appearing as Frank Machin in ""This Sporting Life"", for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor, King Arthur in the 1967 film ""Camelot"" and the subsequent 1981 revival of the show. He played an aristocrat captured by Native Americans in ""A Man Called Horse"" (1970), a gunfighter in Clint Eastwood's Western film ""Unforgiven"" (1992), Emperor Marcus Aurelius in ""Gladiator"" (2000), and Albus Dumbledore in the first two ""Harry Potter"""
"Ricky Harris Ricky Harris (January 26, 1962 – December 26, 2016) was an American producer, actor and comedian. Harris played his first movie roles in ""Poetic Justice"" in 1993 and ""Murder Was the Case"" in 1994. He also had minor roles in Michael Mann's 1995 crime film ""Heat"" and Mikael Salomon's 1998 action movie ""Hard Rain"". Harris was the voice of DJ EZ Dicc, TaaDow, and Saul-T-Nutz from various skits featured on albums from Snoop Dogg to Tha Dogg Pound. In 1993, Harris starred with Todd Hunter in the single episode of ""357 Marina del Rey"" produced for the television"
"the age of 51. Ricky Harris Ricky Harris (January 26, 1962 – December 26, 2016) was an American producer, actor and comedian. Harris played his first movie roles in ""Poetic Justice"" in 1993 and ""Murder Was the Case"" in 1994. He also had minor roles in Michael Mann's 1995 crime film ""Heat"" and Mikael Salomon's 1998 action movie ""Hard Rain"". Harris was the voice of DJ EZ Dicc, TaaDow, and Saul-T-Nutz from various skits featured on albums from Snoop Dogg to Tha Dogg Pound. In 1993, Harris starred with Todd Hunter in the single episode of ""357 Marina del Rey"""
"""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:"
"Anspach, brought two children to their marriage. Mark Goddard Mark Goddard (born Charles Harvey Goddard; July 24, 1936) is an American actor who has starred in a number of television programs. He is probably best known for portraying Major Don West, the adversary of Dr. Zachary Smith (played by Jonathan Harris), in the CBS series ""Lost in Space"" (1965-68). He also played Detective Sgt. Chris Ballard , ""The Detectives"", starring Robert Taylor. Charles Harvey Goddard was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, the youngest of five children, and grew up in Scituate. He was raised Catholic. He led both his high school"
"Val Kilmer Val Edward Kilmer (born December 31, 1959) is an American actor. Originally a stage actor, Kilmer became popular in the mid-1980s after a string of appearances in comedy films, starting with ""Top Secret!"" (1984), then the cult classic ""Real Genius"" (1985), as well as the military action film ""Top Gun"" (1986), the fantasy film ""Willow"" (1988), and Doc Holliday in ""Tombstone"" (1993). Some of his other notable film roles include Jim Morrison in ""The Doors"" (1991), ""Mentor"" Elvis Presley in ""True Romance"" (1993), armed robber Chris Shiherlis in ""Heat"" (1995), Bruce Wayne / Batman in ""Batman Forever"" (1995),"
"and Tim Roth. Hurt reprised his role in """" (2016) and """" (2018). He appeared in Sean Penn's film ""Into the Wild"", the true story of Christopher McCandless. He appeared as President Henry Ashton in the 2008 action-thriller ""Vantage Point"". Hurt also played Mr. Brooks's alter ego in ""Mr. Brooks"" starring Kevin Costner. In 2009, Hurt became a series regular on the FX series ""Damages"" playing a corporate whistleblower opposite Glenn Close and Marcia Gay Harden. For his role in the series, Hurt earned a 2009 Primetime Emmy Award nomination in the ""Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series"" category."
"""Down to the Bone"" 1. Ed Harris – ""A History of Violence""<br> 2. Mathieu Amalric – ""Munich""<br> 2. Frank Langella – ""Good Night, and Good Luck."" 1. Amy Adams – ""Junebug""<br> 2. Zhang Ziyi – ""2046""<br> 3. Catherine Keener – ""The 40-Year-Old Virgin"", ""The Ballad of Jack and Rose"", ""Capote"", and ""The Interpreter"" 1. Noah Baumbach – ""The Squid and the Whale""<br> 2. Dan Futterman – ""Capote""<br> 3. Tony Kushner and Eric Roth – ""Munich"" 1. Christopher Doyle, Kwan Pun-leung, and Lai Yiu-fai – ""2046""<br> 2. Robert Elswit – ""Good Night, and Good Luck.""<br> 3. Emmanuel Lubezki – ""The New"
"Mark Goddard Mark Goddard (born Charles Harvey Goddard; July 24, 1936) is an American actor who has starred in a number of television programs. He is probably best known for portraying Major Don West, the adversary of Dr. Zachary Smith (played by Jonathan Harris), in the CBS series ""Lost in Space"" (1965-68). He also played Detective Sgt. Chris Ballard , ""The Detectives"", starring Robert Taylor. Charles Harvey Goddard was born in Lowell, Massachusetts, the youngest of five children, and grew up in Scituate. He was raised Catholic. He led both his high school baseball and basketball teams to the state"
"Tim McIntire Tim McIntire (July 19, 1944 – April 15, 1986) was an American character actor, probably best known for his portrayal of disc jockey Alan Freed in the film ""American Hot Wax"" (1978). He portrayed country music singer George Jones in the 1981 television movie ""Stand By Your Man"", which was based on the best-selling autobiography by country music singer Tammy Wynette. McIntire co-starred in the 1968 pilot ""Justice For All"" (which later became ""All In The Family"") as Dickie. After it became a series with Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker, the part of the son-in-law was renamed Mike"
"Denis O'Hare Denis Patrick Seamus O'Hare (born January 17, 1962) is an American actor noted for his award-winning performances in the plays ""Take Me Out"" and ""Sweet Charity"", as well as portraying vampire king Russell Edgington on HBO's fantasy series ""True Blood"". He is also known for his supporting roles in such films as ""Charlie Wilson's War"", ""Milk"", ""Changeling"" and ""Dallas Buyers Club"". In 2011, he starred as Larry Harvey in the of the FX anthology series ""American Horror Story"", for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie"
"(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"
"Warren Buffett; MIT Linguistics professor Noam Chomsky (2003); actor/producer Leonardo DiCaprio (2004); comedians Louis C.K. and George Carlin; actor Christoph Waltz; director Quentin Tarantino; actor Bradley Cooper; Oracle CEO Larry Ellison; former Iranian empress Farah Pahlavi; Vladimir Putin (2015); and tennis champion Maria Sharapova. Rose has appeared as himself in the film ""Primary Colors"" (1998), in a 2000 episode of ""The Simpsons"" and in the film ""Elegy"" (2008). Rose and his show were parodied in the Wes Anderson film ""The Royal Tenenbaums"" (2001) and in the premiere episode of ""BoJack Horseman"". He appears as himself in the George Clooney-directed film"
"Ed Harris Edward Allen Harris (born November 28, 1950) is an American actor, producer, director, and screenwriter. His performances in ""Apollo 13"" (1995), ""The Truman Show"" (1998), ""Pollock"" (2000) and ""The Hours"" (2002) earned him critical acclaim in addition to Academy Award nominations. Harris has appeared in several leading and supporting roles, such as in ""The Right Stuff"" (1983), ""The Abyss"" (1989), ""State of Grace"" (1990), ""Glengarry Glen Ross"" (1992), ""Nixon"" (1995), ""The Rock"" (1996), ""Stepmom"" (1998), ""A Beautiful Mind"" (2001), ""Enemy at the Gates"" (2001), ""A History of Violence"" (2005), ""Gone Baby Gone"" (2007), ""Snowpiercer"" (2013), and ""Mother!"" (2017)."
"by Northwest"" (Cary Grant), ""Lust for Life"" (Kirk Douglas) and (Anthony Quinn), ""The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit"" (Gregory Peck), ""The Bridge on the River Kwai"" (Alec Guinness), ""Singin' in the Rain"" (Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor), ""White Christmas"" (Bing Crosby), and ""Ben-Hur"" (Charlton Heston), a film which holds (with ""Titanic"" and """") a record for most Academy Awards. The Stanislavski system's theater-orientated, yet organic approach to acting influenced the work of film actors including Montgomery Clift, Marlon Brando James Dean, and Paul Newman. Brando's performances in ""On the Waterfront"", ""The Wild One"", and ""A Streetcar Named Desire"" influenced"
"""The George Raft Story"" (1961), ""Apache Uprising"" (1965), ""Valley of the Dolls"" (1967), ""How Awful About Allan"" (1970), ""The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid"" (1972) and ""The Man in the Glass Booth"" (1975). Harris and his wife, actress Viola Harris, had a son, Steven Lee. Harris died November 30, 1981, and was buried December 3, 1981. He was survived by his wife, Viola Harris, a son, a daughter, a brother and two sisters. Robert H. Harris Robert H. Harris (born Robert H. Hurwitz; July 15, 1911 – November 30, 1981) was an American character actor. A veteran of the Yiddish Art"
"Tim Roth in ""Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead"", Tom Stoppard's film adaptation of his own play of the same name. ""Total Film"" also praised the movie, calling Oldman's character ""a blitz of brilliant comedy timing and pitch perfect line delivery."" Oldman starred opposite Sean Penn and Ed Harris in ""State of Grace"" (1990), his first prominent US film; Roger Ebert described Oldman's turn as the highlight. Janet Maslin, another noted US film critic, referred to his work as ""phenomenal"". He was offered, but turned down, the lead role in that year's ""Edward Scissorhands"". Oldman moved to the United States in"
"""Tales from the Dark Side"" as 'Sam Larchmont/Wilson Farber' as well as ""Cagney and Lacey"" as 'Sullivan'. Phil Roth Philip Roth (July 6, 1930 – July 15, 2002) was an American television and film actor. Philip Roth appeared in over twenty television shows and movies beginning in 1961 with a small role in an episode of Tallahassee 7000. He was in several notable films in the early 70s such as ""What's Up, Doc?"" where he played 'Mr Jones', ""Catch-22"" as 'Doctor', ""One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest"" as 'Woolsey', and ""Harry and Tonto"" as 'Vegas Gambler'. He also had roles"
"John Hurt Sir John Vincent Hurt (22 January 1940 – 25 January 2017) was an English actor whose screen and stage career spanned more than 50 years. Hurt was regarded as one of Britain's finest actors; director David Lynch described him as ""simply the greatest actor in the world"". Hurt came to prominence for his role as Richard Rich in the film ""A Man for All Seasons"" (1966) and gained BAFTA Award nominations for his portrayals of Timothy Evans in ""10 Rillington Place"" (1971) and Quentin Crisp in television film ""The Naked Civil Servant"" (1975) – winning his first BAFTA"
"Phil Roth Philip Roth (July 6, 1930 – July 15, 2002) was an American television and film actor. Philip Roth appeared in over twenty television shows and movies beginning in 1961 with a small role in an episode of Tallahassee 7000. He was in several notable films in the early 70s such as ""What's Up, Doc?"" where he played 'Mr Jones', ""Catch-22"" as 'Doctor', ""One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest"" as 'Woolsey', and ""Harry and Tonto"" as 'Vegas Gambler'. He also had roles in numerous smaller films as well as several TV shows such as ""The Monkees"" as 'Howard Needleman,'"
"September 2016, he and his husband were the honorary hosts of a culinary cookout to help raise money for the Alex’s Lemonade Stand Foundation. Neil Patrick Harris Neil Patrick Harris (born June 15, 1973) is an American actor, writer, producer, comedian, magician, and singer. He is known primarily for his comedy roles on television and his dramatic and musical stage roles. On television, he is known for playing the title character on ""Doogie Howser, M.D."" (1989–1993), Barney Stinson on ""How I Met Your Mother"" (2005–2014, for which he was nominated for four Emmy Awards), and Count Olaf in ""A Series"
"In addition to directing ""Pollock"", Harris also directed the western ""Appaloosa"" (2008). In television, Harris is notable for his roles as Miles Roby in the miniseries ""Empire Falls"" (2005) and as United States Senator John McCain in the television movie ""Game Change"" (2012), the latter of which earned him the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film. He currently stars as the Man in Black in the HBO science fiction-western series ""Westworld"" (2016–present), for which he earned a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Harris was"
"Tim Roth Timothy Simon Roth (born 14 May 1961) is an English actor and director. He made his debut role in the television film ""Made in Britain"" (1982). He garnered critical acclaim for his role as Myron in the film ""The Hit"" (1984), for which he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer. Among a group of prominent British actors of the era, the ""Brit Pack"", Roth gained more attention for his performances in ""The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover"" (1989), ""Vincent & Theo"" (1990) and ""Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead"" (1990). He later"
"tone. Influential and popular directors from the 1980s to 2000s include James Cameron (for the first two ""Terminator"" films, ""Aliens"", ""True Lies""); Andrew Davis (""Code of Silence"", ""Above the Law"", ""Under Siege"", ""The Fugitive""); John Woo (Hong Kong action films such as ""Hard Boiled"" and US-made English-language films such as ""Hard Target"", ""Broken Arrow"" and ""Face/Off""); John McTiernan (the first and third ""Die Hard"" films, ""Predator"", ""The Last Action Hero""); Ridley Scott (""Black Rain"", ""Black Hawk Down""); The Wachowskis (""The Matrix"" trilogy), Andrzej Bartkowiak (""Romeo Must Die"", ""Exit Wounds"", ""Cradle 2 the Grave"", """"), Robert Rodriguez (""Mexico"" trilogy, ""From Dusk"
"in July 2018. Eli Roth Eli Raphael Roth (born April 18, 1972) is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor. As a director and producer, he is most closely associated with the horror genre, first coming to prominence for directing the films ""Cabin Fever"" and ""Hostel"". As an actor, Roth's most prominent role has been as Donny ""The Bear Jew"" Donowitz in Quentin Tarantino's war film ""Inglourious Basterds"" for which he won both a SAG Award (Best Ensemble) and a BFCA Critic's Choice Award (Best Acting Ensemble). Journalists have included him in a group of filmmakers dubbed the Splat"
"Tom Cruise Thomas Cruise Mapother IV (born July 3, 1962) is an American actor and producer. He started his career at age 19 in the film ""Endless Love"" (1981), before making his breakthrough in the comedy ""Risky Business"" (1983) and receiving widespread attention for starring in the action drama ""Top Gun"" (1986) as Lieutenant Pete ""Maverick"" Mitchell. After starring in ""The Color of Money"" (1986) and ""Cocktail"" (1988), Cruise starred opposite Dustin Hoffman in the Academy Award for Best Picture-winning drama ""Rain Man"". For his role as anti-war activist Ron Kovic in the drama ""Born on the Fourth of July"""
"actor Kurt Russell in the title role. Other series in which Kenyon appeared include: ""Richard Diamond, Private Detective"", ""The Fugitive"", ""Room for One More"", ""All in the Family"", ""The Dick Van Dyke Show"" (including the 2004 reunion special ""159th Episode""), ""That Girl"", ""The Partridge Family"", ""Hogan's Heroes"" (1966, episode: ""The 43rd, a Moving Story"" as Major Hans Kuehn; and other episodes), ""Adam-12"", ""Kung Fu"", ""Peter Gunn"", ""Quincy M.E."", ""Knots Landing"", ""Designing Women"" and ""The Twilight Zone"". In the film ""MacArthur"" (1977), he portrays General Jonathan M. Wainwright, who survived spending most of World War II in a Japanese POW camp."
"2004: Jamie Foxx – ""Ray"" as Ray Charles † 2005: Philip Seymour Hoffman – ""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: Jeff Bridges – ""Crazy Heart"" as Otis ""Bad"" Blake † 2010: Colin Firth – ""The King's Speech"" as King George VI † 2011: George Clooney – ""The Descendants"" as Matt King ‡ 2012: Daniel Day-Lewis – ""Lincoln"" as Abraham Lincoln † 2013: Matthew McConaughey – ""Dallas"
"Ray Stevenson George Raymond Stevenson (born 25 May 1964) is a Northern Irish actor. He is known for playing Titus Pullo in the BBC/HBO television series ""Rome"" (2005–2007) and in film as Dagonet in ""King Arthur"" (2004). Stevenson has portrayed two Marvel Comics characters: Frank Castle/The Punisher in """" and ""The Super Hero Squad Show""; and Volstagg in ""Thor"" and its sequels """" and "" "". In the film ""Kill the Irishman"", Stevenson portrayed Cleveland mobster Danny Greene. In 2012 he appeared in the seventh season of ""Dexter"" as Isaak Sirko. He also portrayed the character Blackbeard in the third"
"Chris Barrie Christopher Jonathan Brown, known professionally as Chris Barrie (born 28 March 1960), is a British actor, comedian and impressionist. He first achieved success as a vocal impressionist, notably in the ITV sketch show ""Spitting Image"". He is best known for his roles as Arnold Rimmer in the sci-fi sitcom ""Red Dwarf"", as Gordon Brittas in the BBC leisure centre sitcom ""The Brittas Empire"" and as Lara Croft's butler Hillary in the ""Tomb Raider"" franchise films. Barrie was born in Hanover, Lower Saxony, West Germany, to a father who was serving in the British Army, and attended Methodist College"
"Harrison Ford Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an American actor, writer and film producer. He gained worldwide fame for his starring roles as Han Solo in the ""Star Wars"" film series and as the title character of the ""Indiana Jones"" film series. Five of his movies are within the 30 top-grossing movies of all time at the US box office (when adjusted for inflation). Ford is also known for playing Rick Deckard in the neo-noir dystopian science fiction film ""Blade Runner"" (1982) and its sequel ""Blade Runner 2049"" (2017); John Book in the thriller ""Witness"" (1985), for which"
"Eli Roth Eli Raphael Roth (born April 18, 1972) is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor. As a director and producer, he is most closely associated with the horror genre, first coming to prominence for directing the films ""Cabin Fever"" and ""Hostel"". As an actor, Roth's most prominent role has been as Donny ""The Bear Jew"" Donowitz in Quentin Tarantino's war film ""Inglourious Basterds"" for which he won both a SAG Award (Best Ensemble) and a BFCA Critic's Choice Award (Best Acting Ensemble). Journalists have included him in a group of filmmakers dubbed the Splat Pack for their"