"Big Eyes Big Eyes is a 2014 American biographical drama film directed by Tim Burton, written by Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski and starring Amy Adams and Christoph Waltz. The film is about the life of American artist Margaret Keane—famous for drawing portraits and paintings with big eyes. It follows the story of Margaret and her husband, Walter Keane, who took credit for Margaret's phenomenally successful and popular paintings in the 1950s and 1960s. It follows the lawsuit (and trial) between Margaret and Walter, after Margaret reveals she is the real artist behind the big eyes paintings. ""Big Eyes"" had"
"class. Arthur was a competitive gymnast for 13 years before changing her focus to acting. She speaks fluent French. Madeleine Arthur Madeleine Arthur (born March 10, 1997) is an American/Canadian actress, known for her role as young Willa Warren in the ABC drama series ""The Family"". She portrayed Jane Keane, the daughter of Amy Adams' character, in Tim Burton's biographical film ""Big Eyes"" (2014). Arthur also has had guest roles in ""The Killing"", ""The Tomorrow People"", and ""Supernatural"". Arthur was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, to Jane (née Walter) and Brian Arthur. She is a 2nd cousin of"
"the 64th Berlin International Film Festival. He starred as Walter Keane in Tim Burton's ""Big Eyes"", which opened on 25 December 2014, and appeared as Ernst Stavro Blofeld in ""Spectre"", the 24th film in the ""James Bond"" franchise. In 2015, it was announced that Waltz will direct and star in the film ""The Worst Marriage in Georgetown"", which is based on the true crime story of the murder of Viola Drath. In July 2016, he portrayed lead villain Captain Leon Rom, a corrupt Belgian captain, in the reboot ""The Legend of Tarzan"". In 2017, Waltz appeared in the films ""Tulip"
"Madeleine Arthur Madeleine Arthur (born March 10, 1997) is an American/Canadian actress, known for her role as young Willa Warren in the ABC drama series ""The Family"". She portrayed Jane Keane, the daughter of Amy Adams' character, in Tim Burton's biographical film ""Big Eyes"" (2014). Arthur also has had guest roles in ""The Killing"", ""The Tomorrow People"", and ""Supernatural"". Arthur was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, to Jane (née Walter) and Brian Arthur. She is a 2nd cousin of American actress Amanda Seyfried. She attended Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School, where she was the valedictorian of her graduating"
"a surprising $34.5 million to win its opening weekend in January 2012. Most recently, Helmuth appeared in the 2013 biopic, ""Jobs"". In addition to his spot on ""Alias"", Helmuth's television credits included guest roles on ""NCIS"" (2006), ""Bones"" (2012), ""Rizzoli & Isles"" (2012), ""Perception"" (2013), and ""Battle Creek"" (2015). Helmuth died at the age of 40 on July 17, 2017, in Los Angeles, California, after complications from a stroke. Evan Helmuth Evan Hershey Helmuth (May 18, 1977 – July 17, 2017) was an American film and television actor. Helmuth was best known for his lead role as Father David Keane"
"After their divorce in the 1960s, Margaret soon claimed credit, which was established after an in-court ""paint-off"" in Hawaii. A resurgence of interest in Margaret Keane's work followed the release of Tim Burton's 2014 biopic ""Big Eyes"". She maintains a gallery in San Francisco which boasts ""the largest collection of Margaret Keane's art in the entire world."" In light of the great gulf between her work's popularity and its critical lampooning, she has been called the ""Wayne Newton of the art world."" Keane was born in Nashville, Tennessee. When she was two, her eardrum was permanently damaged during a mastoid"
"by critics to be among the best films of 2013, and they were both nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Following an appearance in the poorly received drama ""Lullaby"", Adams starred in ""Big Eyes"" (2014), a biopic of the troubled artist Margaret Keane, whose paintings of ""big-eyed waifs"" were plagiarized by her husband Walter Keane. When she was first offered the part, she passed on it to avoid playing another naïve woman. The birth of her daughter in 2010 prompted Adams to find strength in the passive character, and she drew upon experiences in her life where she"
"and they had two sons. He died of pancreatic cancer in New York City on July 19, 1985. John Canaday appears in the 2014 film ""Big Eyes"", directed by Tim Burton, in which he is portrayed by actor Terence Stamp, making derogatory comments on the paintings of Margaret Keane. John Canaday John Edwin Canaday (February 1, 1907 – July 19, 1985) was a leading American art critic, author and art historian. John Canaday was born in Fort Scott, Kansas to Franklin and Agnes F. (Musson) Canaday. His family moved to Dallas when Canaday was seven and later moved to San"
"film ""The Zero Theorem"" (2013), American plagiarist Walter Keane in the biographical film ""Big Eyes"" (2014), and James Bond's nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld in ""Spectre"" (2015), the twenty-fourth Bond film. Waltz was born in Vienna, the son of Johannes Waltz and Elisabeth Urbancic, set and costume designers, from Germany and Austria respectively. His maternal grandfather, Rudolf von Urban, was a psychiatrist and psychologist who wrote the book ""Sex Perfection and Marital Happiness"". His maternal grandmother was Burgtheater actress Maria Mayen, and his step-grandfather was actor Emmerich Reimers. His great-grandparents also worked in theatre. Waltz studied acting at the Max Reinhardt"
"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"
"the world is going to look like when God's will is done."" Hollywood actors Joan Crawford, Natalie Wood and Jerry Lewis commissioned Keane to paint their portraits. In the 1990s, Tim Burton, a Keane art collector and director of the 2014 biographical film ""Big Eyes"" about the life of Margaret Keane, commissioned the artist to paint a portrait of his then-girlfriend Lisa Marie. Keane's art was bought and presented to the United Nations Children's Fund in 1961 by the Prescolite Manufacturing Corporation. Keane's big eyes paintings have influenced toy designs, Little Miss No Name and Susie Sad Eyes dolls, and"
"Wil Wheaton Richard William Wheaton III (born July 29, 1972) is an American actor, blogger, voice actor and writer. He portrayed Wesley Crusher on the television series """", Gordie Lachance in the film ""Stand by Me"", Joey Trotta in ""Toy Soldiers"" and Bennett Hoenicker in ""Flubber"". Wheaton has also appeared in recurring roles as Aqualad in ""Teen Titans"", Cosmic Boy on the ""Legion of Super Heroes"" and Mike Morningstar/Darkstar in the ""Ben 10"" universe. He has also regularly appeared as a fictionalized version of himself on the CBS sitcom ""The Big Bang Theory"" and in the roles of Fawkes on"
"Tom Berenger Tom Berenger (born Thomas Michael Moore; May 31, 1949) is an American television and motion picture actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Staff Sergeant Bob Barnes in ""Platoon"" (1986). He is also known for playing Jake Taylor in the ""Major League"" films and Thomas Beckett in the ""Sniper"" films. Other films he appeared in include ""Looking for Mr. Goodbar"" (1977), ""The Dogs of War"" (1980), ""The Big Chill"" (1983), ""Eddie and the Cruisers"" (1983), ""Betrayed"" (1988), ""The Field"" (1990), ""Gettysburg"" (1993), ""The Substitute"" (1996), ""One Man's Hero"" (1999),"
"the Best Actor Oscar for ""Save the Tiger"" (1973), becoming the first actor to achieve this rare double (the only other actors to have done so are Robert De Niro, Gene Hackman, Jack Nicholson, Kevin Spacey, and Denzel Washington). He was also nominated for a Best Actor Oscar for his role in the controversial film ""Missing"" in 1982, and for his roles in ""Some Like It Hot"" (1959), ""The Apartment"" (1960), ""Days of Wine and Roses"" (1962), ""The China Syndrome"" (1979), for which he was also awarded Best Actor at the Cannes Film Festival, and ""Tribute"" (1980). He won another"
"under the title Best Supporting Actor – Television Series before changing to its current title in 1980. Since its inception, the award has been given to 45 actors. Alexander Skarsgård is the current recipient of the award for his portrayal of Perry Wright on ""Big Little Lies"". Ed Asner has won the most awards in this category, winning three times. Sean Hayes and Jeremy Piven have each been nominated for the award on six occasions, the most within the category. Listed below are the winners of the award for each year, as well as the other nominees: Golden Globe Award"
"Kevin Sussman Kevin Sussman (born December 4, 1970) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for playing Walter on the ABC comedy-drama ""Ugly Betty"" and Stuart Bloom on the CBS sitcom ""The Big Bang Theory"". Starting with the sixth season of ""The Big Bang Theory"", he was promoted to a series regular. Kevin Sussman is one of four brothers, born to Jewish parents. He grew up in Staten Island. He attended the College of Staten Island for one year and went on to graduate from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Manhattan. He later studied with acting"
"Big Ain't Bad Big Ain't Bad is a romantic comedy film, directed by Ray Culpepper and written by Brian Poe (aka Drayton Jamison). It stars Sean Blakemore (2016 Daytime Emmy Winner as Outstanding Actor in a Supporting role on ABC-TV's General Hospital), Jade Jenise Dixon, Reginald Ballard, Tico Wells, and Troy Medley. The film won the Audience Choice Award at the 2003 Hollywood Black Film Festival in Los Angeles, California. It was the Kick Off Film to the Fox Theater's 75th Anniversary Summer Film Series in Atlanta in 2004. It played in limited release in movie theaters, and was released"
"Bryan Cranston Bryan Lee Cranston (born March 7, 1956) is an American actor, producer, director, and screenwriter. He is best known for his roles as Walter White on the AMC crime drama ""Breaking Bad"", Hal on the Fox sitcom ""Malcolm in the Middle"", and Dr. Tim Whatley on the NBC sitcom ""Seinfeld"". For ""Breaking Bad"", Cranston won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series four times (2008–2010, 2014), including three consecutive wins (the second time in television history after Bill Cosby in ""I Spy"" during the 1960s). After becoming one of the producers of ""Breaking"
"of the poker players from ""The Odd Couple"", after Larry Haines, who portrayed Speed died in 2008. David Sheiner David S. Sheiner (born January 13, 1928) is an American actor. He is known for his supporting roles in several films and television series. Sheiner appeared in several films including ""The Greatest Story Ever Told"" (1965) as James the Elder, and Roy in ""The Odd Couple"" (1968). He also guest-starred in many television programs, including ""Columbo"", ""The Big Valley"", ""The Twilight Zone"", ""The Invaders"", ""The Man from U.N.C.L.E."", ""Hawaii Five-O"", ""Blue Light"", ""S.W.A.T."", ""Combat!"" ""Quincy, M.E."", """", ""The Fall Guy"", ""Blind"
"Tom Arnold (actor) Thomas Duane Arnold (born March 6, 1959) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for starring alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in ""True Lies"" (1994), earning a nomination for the MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance. Arnold has appeared in many more indie and Hollywood films, ""Nine Months"" (1995), ""The Stupids"" (1996), ""McHale's Navy"" (1997), ""Animal Factory"" (2000), ""Cradle 2 the Grave"" (2003), ""Mr. 3000"" (2004), ""Happy Endings"" (2005), ""The Great Buck Howard"" (2008), and ""Madea's Witness Protection"" (2011). He was also the host of ""The Best Damn Sports Show Period"" for four years. Born"
"critics and gives him ""a lazy, contemplative look"". Whitaker has explained that the condition is hereditary and that he has considered having surgery to correct it, not for cosmetic reasons but because it affects his vision. Forest Whitaker Forest Steven Whitaker III (born July 15, 1961) is an American actor, producer, and director. Whitaker has earned a reputation for intensive character study work for films such as ""Bird"", ""The Crying Game"", ""Platoon"", """", ""The Great Debaters"", ""The Butler"" and ""Arrival"". He has also appeared in blockbusters such as ""Rogue One: A Star Wars Story"" as Saw Gerrera and ""Black Panther"""
"has yet to be produced. They also adapted Stephen King's short story ""1408"", did uncredited rewrites on ""Mars Attacks!"" and ""Hulk"", and worked on a number of family films, such as ""Agent Cody Banks"" and the 1997 remake of ""That Darn Cat"". In 2000, they made their directorial debut with ""Screwed"". The film was not well received. In 2007, they both appeared in the documentary ""Dreams on Spec"", a film looking at the Hollywood creative process from the perspective of the writer. The duo wrote Tim Burton's 2014 film ""Big Eyes"", a biopic about painter Margaret Keane. They were slated"
"Michael Keaton as Ray Kroc, the man who turned McDonald's into one of the world's largest restaurant chains. In 2016, History announced their new historical drama, ""Knightfall"", executive produced by Renner, who is expected to guest star. In 2017, while working on the film ""Tag"" (2018), Renner fractured his right elbow and his left wrist. He also appeared in the film ""Wind River"" with his MCU co-star Elizabeth Olsen. Renner filmed scenes as Hawkeye for """" and """". Because of resulting scheduling conflicts, he was unable to reprise the role of William Brandt in """" (2018). Despite this, he did"
"Mind"" (2001), """" (2003), ""Dogville"" (2003), ""Wimbledon"" (2004), the adaptation of the novel ""The Da Vinci Code"" (2006) and ""Margin Call"" (2011). He also portrayed Dryden Vos in """" (2018). He has been nominated for various awards, including BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. Bettany is married to American actress Jennifer Connelly, with whom he has two children. His most commercially successful films have been ""Avengers: Infinity War,"" which has grossed over US$2 billion, ""The Avengers,"" which grossed over US$1.5 billion,"
"Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. In the 2000s, Caine appeared in ""Miss Congeniality"" (2000), ""Last Orders"" (2001), ""The Quiet American"" (2002), for which he was Oscar-nominated, and others. Several of Caine's classic films have been remade, including ""The Italian Job"", ""Get Carter"", ""Alfie"" and ""Sleuth"". In the 2007 remake of ""Sleuth"", Caine took over the role Laurence Olivier played in the 1972 version and Jude Law played Caine's original role. Caine is one of the few actors to have played a starring role in two different versions of the same film. In an interview with CNN, Law spoke of"
"next film, ""The Big Year"", a competitive birdwatching comedy co-starring Owen Wilson, Steve Martin, and JoBeth Williams, was released in October 2011. Jack garnered a second Golden Globe Award nomination, this time in the category Best Actor in a Comedy, for his 2011 starring role in Richard Linklater's black comedy, ""Bernie"", as real-life murderer Bernie Tiede, a funeral director in a small East Texas town, who befriends and eventually murders a rich widow, played by Shirley MacLaine. Black's subdued portrayal, authentic East Texas accent, and musical talent – he sings several gospel hymns as well as ""Seventy-six Trombones"" – had"
"(2014) and most recently, Vincent Van Gogh in ""At Eternity's Gate"" (2018), for which he received a Volpi Cup for Best Actor. Dafoe was born in Appleton, Wisconsin. One of eight children of Muriel Isabel (née Sprissler) and Dr. William Alfred Dafoe (1917–2014), he recalled in 2009: ""My five sisters raised me because my father was a surgeon, my mother was a nurse and they worked together, so I didn't see either of them much."" His brother, Donald Dafoe, is a transplant surgeon and researcher. He has German, English, Irish, Scottish, and French ancestry. In high school, he acquired the"
"Paul Bettany. Wingate appeared in director Marc Forster's ""World War Z"", starring Brad Pitt, and the indie feature ""Inverse"". Wingate was raised in Massachusetts and started acting at age 15, eventually performing in several local and regional productions before moving to Los Angeles to pursue a career in film and television. Josh Wingate Josh Wingate is an American actor best known for his recurring role as Carter on the ABC daytime series ""General Hospital"". His storyline made history as the first time a soap opera had addressed the taboo topic of male survivors of sexual violence. In 2011, Wingate won"
"optimistic women in a series of films such as the 2008 drama ""Doubt"". She subsequently played stronger parts to positive reviews in the sports film ""The Fighter"" (2010) and the psychological drama ""The Master"" (2012). In 2013, she began portraying Lois Lane in superhero films set in the DC Extended Universe. She won two consecutive Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress for playing a seductive con artist in the crime film ""American Hustle"" (2013) and the troubled painter Margaret Keane in the biopic ""Big Eyes"" (2014). Further acclaim came for playing a linguist in the science fiction film ""Arrival"" (2016)"
"Big Fish Big Fish is a 2003 American fantasy comedy-drama film based on the by Daniel Wallace. The film was directed by Tim Burton and stars Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup, Jessica Lange, and Marion Cotillard. Other roles are performed by Steve Buscemi, Helena Bonham Carter, Matthew McGrory, Alison Lohman, and Danny DeVito among others. Edward Bloom (Finney), a former traveling salesman in the Southern United States with a gift for storytelling, is now confined to his deathbed. Will (Crudup), his estranged son, attempts to mend their relationship as Bloom relates tall tales of his eventful life as a"
"Brian Patrick Wade Brian Patrick Wade (born June 9, 1978) is an American actor and physical trainer, best known for his television roles as Capt. Craig Schwetje in the mini-series ""Generation Kill"", as Kurt (Penny's former love interest) in ""The Big Bang Theory"", and as the Alpha Werewolf Ennis on ""Teen Wolf"". Wade made his debut in 2002 as an exotic dancer on """". He later appeared in the films ""Latter Days"" and ""The Guardian"". He later appeared on television in episodes of ""Two and a Half Men"", ""Sabrina, the Teenage Witch"", ""NCIS"", ""Las Vegas"", ""Surface"", ""'Til Death"", ""The Closer"","
"Tom Hanks Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. Hanks is known for his comedic and dramatic roles in such films as ""Splash"" (1984), ""Big"" (1988), ""Turner & Hooch"" (1989), ""A League of Their Own"" (1992), ""Sleepless in Seattle"" (1993), ""Apollo 13"" (1995), ""You've Got Mail"" (1998), ""The Green Mile"" (1999), ""Cast Away"" (2000), ""Road to Perdition"" (2002), ""Cloud Atlas"" (2012), ""Captain Phillips"" (2013), ""Saving Mr. Banks"" (2013), and ""Sully"" (2016). He has also starred in the ""Robert Langdon"" film series, and voices Sheriff Woody in the ""Toy Story"" film series. Hanks has collaborated"
"Fault in Our Stars"", ""John Wick"", ""The Grand Budapest Hotel"" (all 2014), ""The Great Wall"" (2016), ""Murder on the Orient Express"", and ""The Florida Project"" (both 2017), for which he received his third Best Supporting Actor nomination. Dafoe has also had voice-over roles in ""Finding Nemo"" (2003) and its sequel ""Finding Dory"" (2016), ""Fantastic Mr. Fox"" (2009), ""John Carter"" (2012), and ""Death Note"" (2017), as well as the video games ""Spider-Man"" (2002), ""Finding Nemo"" (2003), """" (2003), and """" (2013). Dafoe has portrayed several real life figures including T.S. Eliot in ""Tom & Viv"" (1994), Pier Paolo Pasolini in ""Pasolini"""