Which actor played the title character in the films 'Ed Wood', 'Donnie Brasco' and 'Edward Scissorhands'?
"police officer who goes on an undercover operation in a high school in the Fox television series ""21 Jump Street"", which premiered in 1987. He accepted this role to work with actor Frederic Forrest, who inspired him. Despite his success, Depp felt that the series ""forced [him] into the role of product."" He subsequently decided to appear only in films that he felt were right for him. In 1990, Depp played the title character in Tim Burton's film ""Edward Scissorhands"", in which he starred opposite Dianne Wiest and Winona Ryder. The film was a critical and commercial success that established"
"the preferred choice of the studio, Tom Cruise, was not fruitful, and Tom Hanks and Gary Oldman turned down the part. The character of The Inventor was devised specifically for Vincent Price, and would be his last major role. Edward's scissor hands were created and designed by Stan Winston. ""Edward Scissorhands"" was released to positive feedback from critics, and was a financial success. The film received numerous nominations at the Academy Awards, British Academy Film Awards, and the Saturn Awards, as well as winning the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation. Both Burton and Elfman consider ""Edward Scissorhands"" their most"
"a member of any tribe. Johnny Depp John Christopher Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor, producer, and musician. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and has won the Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards for Best Actor. Depp rose to prominence on the 1980s television series ""21 Jump Street"", becoming a teen idol. Depp has challenged himself by playing larger-than-life roles, including a supporting role in Oliver Stone's 1986 Vietnam War film ""Platoon"" and the title character in the 1990 romantic dark fantasy ""Edward Scissorhands"". He later found box office success in the"
"Ed (TV series) Ed is an NBC television program co-produced by David Letterman's Worldwide Pants Incorporated, NBC Productions and Viacom Productions that aired from 2000 to 2004. The hour-long comedy-drama starred Tom Cavanagh as Edward Jeremy Stevens, the title character, Julie Bowen as his love interest Carol Phyllis Vessey, Josh Randall as his friend Dr. Mike Burton, Jana Marie Hupp as Mike's wife Nancy, Lesley Boone as their friend Molly Hudson, and Justin Long as awkward high-school student Warren Cheswick. Other supporting cast members included Michael Genadry and Ginnifer Goodwin as Warren's friends Mark and Diane, and Michael Ian Black,"
"(with Caroline Thompson) and directed ""Edward Scissorhands"", re-uniting with Winona Ryder from ""Beetlejuice"". His friend Johnny Depp, a teen idol at the end of the 1980s due primarily to his work on the hit TV series ""21 Jump Street"", was cast in the title role of Edward, who was the creation of an eccentric and old-fashioned inventor (played by Vincent Price in one of his last screen appearances). Edward looked human, but was left with scissors in the place of hands due to the untimely death of his creator. Set in suburbia (and shot in Lakeland, Florida), the film is"
"he does not have unfettered access to his daughter, and has asked for a reduction in spousal support he pays to his ex-wife.. Darius McCrary Darius Jaren McCrary (born May 1, 1976) is an American film and television actor and singer. McCrary is best known for his role as Edward ""Eddie"" Winslow, the oldest child of Carl and Harriette Winslow on the ABC/CBS television sitcom ""Family Matters"", which ran from 1989–1998. Another one of McCrary's notable roles was as Scam in the 1987 comedy film ""Big Shots"", which was his film debut. He provided the voice of Jazz in the"
"Robert Townsend (actor) Robert Townsend (born February 6, 1957) is an American actor, comedian, film director, and writer. Townsend is best known for directing the films ""Hollywood Shuffle"" (1987), ""Eddie Murphy Raw"" (1987), ""The Meteor Man"" (1993), and various other films and stand-up specials, especially his eponymous self-titled character as the starring role as Robert Peterson on The WB sitcom ""The Parent 'Hood"" (1995–1999), in which he created the series, as well as directing episodes and Donald ""Duck"" Matthews in 1991's ""The Five Heartbeats"". Townsend is also known for his production company Townsend Entertainment which has produced films ""Playin' for"
"Fred Wood (actor) Fred Wood (born 26 October 1922, Rotherhithe, London), died January 2003, was an English actor. Wood was best known for roles in ""Star Wars"" (1977), ""Elephant Man"" (1980) and ""From Russia with Love"" (1963). Wood has appeared in a large number of American films, due to filming taking place partly or entirely in Britain. As a British-based actor and supporting artist, he worked extensively in British films since the late 1940s until 2001 and television since the 1950s. He appeared in a wide range of television shows including ""Dangerman"", ""Gideon's Way"", ""The Professionals"", ""The Baron"" and Gone"
"from the film were released by Something Weird Video. Wood's 1971 film ""Necromania"" was also believed lost for years, until an edited version resurfaced, at a yard sale in 1992, followed by a complete unedited print in 2001. A complete print of the previously lost Wood pornographic film, ""The Young Marrieds"", was discovered in 2004. It was released as a part of the four DVD set, ""The Lost Sex Films of Ed Wood Jr."", by Alpha Blue Archives in July 2014. Ed Wood Edward Davis Wood Jr. (October 10, 1924 – December 10, 1978) was an American filmmaker, actor, and"
"""A Servant of Two Masters,"" and ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"". In the 1980s, Brigadier spent time in Berlin, Germany working for the U.S. Army Recreation Services as a director for the community theater there. He performed and directed ""Arsenic and Old Lace"" while there. Ed Brigadier Ed Brigadier (October 16, 1949 – February 26, 2012) was an American actor immortalized as the gruesome motorcycle-riding title character in the cult slasher film, ""Dr. Chopper"" (2005). Brigadier made many other appearances in film and television on such shows as ""House"", ""Nip/Tuck"", ""Scrubs"", ""Alias"", ""How I Met Your Mother"" and ""Malcolm in the"
"Ed Wood Edward Davis Wood Jr. (October 10, 1924 – December 10, 1978) was an American filmmaker, actor, and author. In the 1950s, Wood made a number of low-budget films in the science fiction, crime and horror genres, intercutting stock footage. In the 1960s and 1970s, he made sexploitation movies and wrote over 80 pulp crime, horror and sex novels. In 1975, he was awarded a Golden Turkey Award as Worst Director of All Time, renewing public interest in his work. Wood's career and camp approach has earned him and his films a cult following. Following the publication of Rudolph"
"Johnny Depp John Christopher Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor, producer, and musician. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and has won the Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards for Best Actor. Depp rose to prominence on the 1980s television series ""21 Jump Street"", becoming a teen idol. Depp has challenged himself by playing larger-than-life roles, including a supporting role in Oliver Stone's 1986 Vietnam War film ""Platoon"" and the title character in the 1990 romantic dark fantasy ""Edward Scissorhands"". He later found box office success in the adventure film ""Sleepy Hollow"" (1999),"
"Curtain"", after which his career in showbiz ended. He died in 1980. In 1994, Mason was portrayed in director Tim Burton's film ""Ed Wood"" by actor Ned Bellamy. In 2005, Mason and the ""Plan 9"" cast were lampooned in an episode of the television series ""Deadly Cinema"", and clips of this episode were featured in the documentary ""Vampira: The Movie"". Tom Mason Thomas Robert ""Tom"" Mason (April 29, 1920 – December 1, 1980) was an American chiropractor, who was best known for appearing in films directed by Ed Wood, the husband of one of his patients. Best known as the"
"I want to see freaks, all I have to do is look out the window."" On January 5, 1991, Eck suffered a heart attack in his sleep, dying at the age of 79 at the home where he was born. Robert followed him on February 25, 1995, aged 83. They are buried under one headstone in Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore. A Hollywood feature film on the life of Johnny Eck has been pursued since the 1990s by Leonardo DiCaprio. A screenplay has been written by Caroline Thompson, the acclaimed scriptwriter of ""Edward Scissorhands"". Production will be by Pelagius Films and"
"Edward D. Wood, Jr."" (1995). It was included as an extra in the DVD release of the documentary in 2005, digitally restored. The film opens to close-ups of ""a gun holding a six-gun in its holster"". A young cowboy (played by Ed Wood) is introduced, who according to the narrator sold his herd of cattle at San Antonio for top dollar. He is now seen riding in a crossroads town in the vicinity of Laredo, Texas, looking for an old friend. He is soon ambushed by another cowboy, called Tex (Don Nagel) who first disarms him and then shoots him"
"Darius McCrary Darius Jaren McCrary (born May 1, 1976) is an American film and television actor and singer. McCrary is best known for his role as Edward ""Eddie"" Winslow, the oldest child of Carl and Harriette Winslow on the ABC/CBS television sitcom ""Family Matters"", which ran from 1989–1998. Another one of McCrary's notable roles was as Scam in the 1987 comedy film ""Big Shots"", which was his film debut. He provided the voice of Jazz in the 2007 ""Transformers"" reboot. From December 2009 to October 2011, he portrayed photographer Malcolm Winters on the CBS daytime drama ""The Young and the"
"Bill Murray turned down the film's lead role, which was eventually given to Robin Williams; his brother, Brian Doyle-Murray, ended up in the cast instead. John Cleese was also slated to star, but immediately dropped out before Peter O'Toole signed on to replace him. ""Ed Roboto"" is a pseudonym for Harry Shearer, who was asked to do a rewrite with Tom Leopold. Only two words of what they wrote ended up in the film (the title). Shearer later commented that he was ""so appalled by the movie"" that he removed his name from the credits. Adolph Caesar died of a"
"Tim Burton Timothy Walter Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an American film director, producer, artist, writer, and animator. He is known for his dark, gothic, and eccentric horror and fantasy films such as ""Beetlejuice"" (1988), ""Edward Scissorhands"" (1990), ""The Nightmare Before Christmas"" (1993), ""Ed Wood"" (1994), ""Sleepy Hollow"" (1999), ""Corpse Bride"" (2005), """" (2007), ""Dark Shadows"" (2012), and ""Frankenweenie"" (2012). He is also known for blockbusters such as the adventure comedy ""Pee-wee's Big Adventure"" (1985), the superhero films ""Batman"" (1989) and its first sequel ""Batman Returns"" (1992), the sci-fi film ""Planet of the Apes"" (2001), the fantasy drama ""Big"
"Edward Peel Edward Peel (born 1943) is an English actor who has appeared frequently on British television. His roles include Lennie in The Sweeney episode ""Bait"" with George Sewell (1978), ""Shogun"" (1980), Ted Turton in ""Minder"" episode 10 of series 3; ""Broken Arrow"" (1982), ""Juliet Bravo"" (1983–1985), ""Cracker"" (1993–1995) and ""Emmerdale Farm"" (Tom Merrick: 1981-1982, Tony Cairns: 1997-1998). He played Kane, the main villain in the 1987 ""Doctor Who"" serial ""Dragonfire"". He has also appeared as different characters in two episodes of ""Heartbeat"", his first appearance being in the first series in which he played the part of a bank"
"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)."
"Edward Woods Edward Woods (July 5, 1903 – October 8, 1989) was an American actor. He is probably best known for his extensive role as Matt Doyle in ""The Public Enemy"" opposite James Cagney. An obituary from the ""Salt Lake City Tribune"", dated October 10, 1989, names Woods' parents as Mary Clark and William B. Woods, and mentions two brothers, Roy C. and William B. Woods. After graduating from the University of Southern California, Woods became an actor. He appeared at the old Salt Lake Theatre in ""The Copperhead"", as Lionel Barrymore's teenage son. In New York City, he appeared"
"Gregory Walcott Gregory Walcott (born Bernard Mattox, January 13, 1928 – March 20, 2015) was an American television and film actor. Although he had roles in many Hollywood films and television series, he is perhaps best known for having appeared in the 1994 film ""Ed Wood"" and Wood's ""Plan 9 from Outer Space"" from 1959. Born in Wendell, North Carolina, Walcott was raised in Wilson, North Carolina. Walcott served in the United States Army towards the end of World War II and the Korean War. While serving in the United States Army, he appeared as a drill instructor in the"
"Conrad Brooks Conrad Brooks (born Conrad Biedrzycki; January 3, 1931 – December 6, 2017) was an American actor. Brooks moved to Hollywood, California, in 1948 to pursue a career in acting. He got his start in movies appearing in Ed Wood films such as ""Plan 9 from Outer Space"", ""Glen or Glenda"", and ""Jail Bait."" Brooks took a break from acting during the 1960s and 1970s; but due to the ongoing interest in the films of Ed Wood, he re-emerged in the 1980s and became a prolific actor. He went on to write, produce and direct several films. Along with"
"Ed Brigadier Ed Brigadier (October 16, 1949 – February 26, 2012) was an American actor immortalized as the gruesome motorcycle-riding title character in the cult slasher film, ""Dr. Chopper"" (2005). Brigadier made many other appearances in film and television on such shows as ""House"", ""Nip/Tuck"", ""Scrubs"", ""Alias"", ""How I Met Your Mother"" and ""Malcolm in the Middle"". He appeared many times on The History Channel, most memorably as Philippe de Rigaud Vaudreuil in the miniseries ""The War That Made America - The Story of the French and Indian War"", and acted on stage in such plays as ""The Imaginary Invalid"","
"and on television. His best-known film roles include Pretty Tony in ""The Mack"" (1973), the limo driver in ""Dog Day Afternoon"" (1975), Denzel Washington's father in ""Mo' Better Blues"" (1990) and Officer Allen in ""Edward Scissorhands"" (1990), and his other film credits include ""Uptight"" (1968), ""The Anderson Tapes"" (1971), ""Who Killed Mary What's 'Er Name?"" (1971), ""Slaughter's Big Rip-Off"" (1973), ""Five on the Black Hand Side"" (1973), ""Deadly Hero"" (1975), ""The Deep"" (1977), ""An Almost Perfect Affair"" (1979), ""The Jerk"" (1979), ""The Night the City Screamed"" (1980), ""The Star Chamber"" (1983) ""Gardens of Stone"" (1987), as Diamond's father in The"
"Robert Oliveri Robert Dane Oliveri (born April 28, 1978) is a former American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Nick Szalinski in the 1989 Disney film, ""Honey, I Shrunk the Kids"", for which he was nominated for a Young Artist Award and a Saturn Award. He reprised the role in the 1992 sequel, ""Honey, I Blew Up the Kid"" and the 3D film, ""Honey, I Shrunk the Audience"". He is also known for playing Kevin, Winona Ryder's little brother, in Tim Burton's ""Edward Scissorhands"". At age nine, Oliveri starred as Paul Bard in an episode of ""ABC"
"Edward Scissorhands (dance) Edward Scissorhands is a contemporary dance adaptation of the 1990 American romance fantasy film ""Edward Scissorhands"", created by Matthew Bourne, with music by Terry Davies. The screenwriter and composer of the film version, Caroline Thompson and Danny Elfman, helped to develop the dance version, which is set in the 1950s (the film is set in the late 1980s). The story is told entirely through music and dance with no discourse although the plot is similar to the movie. The piece debuted in London in 2005 and, despite mixed reviews, has subsequently toured in Britain, Asia, the U.S."
"Martin Scorsese. He was acclaimed for his performances in the political war thriller ""Blood Diamond"", the neo-noir crime drama ""The Departed"" (both 2006), the espionage thriller ""Body of Lies"" (2008), the drama ""Revolutionary Road"" (2008), the psychological thriller ""Shutter Island"" (2010), the science fiction thriller ""Inception"" (2010), the biographical film ""J. Edgar"" (2011), the western ""Django Unchained"" (2012), and the period drama ""The Great Gatsby"" (2013). DiCaprio's portrayals of Howard Hughes in ""The Aviator"" (2004) and Hugh Glass in ""The Revenant"" (2015) won him the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama. His performance as Jordan Belfort"
"The Courtship of Eddie's Father (film) The Courtship of Eddie's Father is a 1963 American MGM romantic comedy film directed by Vincente Minnelli, and stars Glenn Ford as a widowed father and Ron Howard as his caring son. The film was based on a 1961 novel by Mark Toby, as was the ABC-TV series of the same name with Bill Bixby and Brandon Cruz, which ran from 1969 to 1972. Young Eddie Corbett (Ron Howard) tries his best to be a matchmaker for his widowed father, Tom (Glenn Ford). At first, sexy Dollye Daly (Stella Stevens) seems promising, but she"
"John F. O'Donohue John F. O'Donohue is an American actor and former police officer who is perhaps best known for his role as Sgt. Eddie Gibson in the television series ""NYPD Blue"". A twenty-year veteran of the NYPD, his first acting role was that of an armed guard in ""Knots Landing"" in 1991. The next year, he was hired as a main supporting character in every episode of the short lived, critically acclaimed ""Ben Stiller Show"" until its cancellation. He has since appeared in such programs as """", ""Seinfeld"", ""Everybody Loves Raymond"", ""Brooklyn South"" and ""The West Wing"". The only"
"HBO's ""Silicon Valley"". He also appeared on HBO's ""Veep"" as Ed Webster. Woods had a role in the action comedy ""Spy"" (2015), alongside Melissa McCarthy, Jason Statham, Rose Byrne, Jude Law, Allison Janney, and 50 Cent. He appeared in Feig's follow-up movie ""Ghostbusters"" in 2016. Zach Woods Zach Woods (born September 25, 1984) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for starring as Jared Dunn on the HBO comedy series ""Silicon Valley"". Prior to that, he was a series regular for 3 seasons on the NBC sitcom ""The Office"", playing the role of Gabe Lewis. He also"
"and Lennie have several heated disagreements about the latter's capabilities. Later, however, Ed grows to trust and respect his partner, as well as tone down his unorthodox investigative methods. He and Briscoe often joke about their age difference, as well as Ed's Rolex watches and Lennie’s two failed marriages. His badge number is 3472. After they work together on the show for five years, Briscoe retires, and Ed is more affected by his retirement than he expected. It takes him a while to warm up to his next partner, Joe Fontana (Dennis Farina), whose style is more abrasive than Briscoe's."
"Peter Jurasik Peter Jurasik (born April 25, 1950) is an American actor known for his television roles as Londo Mollari in the 1990s science fiction series ""Babylon 5"" and Sid the Snitch on the 1980s series ""Hill Street Blues"" and its short-lived spinoff ""Beverly Hills Buntz"". Jurasik was born in Queens, New York. He is the third of four children. He attended the University of New Hampshire, where he appeared in several plays. He lives with his wife and son in Wilmington, North Carolina, and teaches acting for the camera in the Theatre Department and the Film Studies Department at"