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Succession (TV Series)
''Succession'' is an American satirical black comedy-drama and family saga television series created by Jesse Armstrong. It premiered on June 3, 2018, on HBO. The series centers on the Roy family, the owners of Waystar RoyCo, a global media and entertainment conglomerate, who are fighting for control of the company amid uncertainty about the health of the family's patriarch, Logan Roy ( Brian Cox). The series has been renewed for a fourth season, which is set to premiere in spring 2023. Among the series's cast are Jeremy Strong as Kendall, Kieran Culkin as Roman, and Sarah Snook as Siobhan ('Shiv'), Logan's children employed by the company. Matthew Macfadyen stars as Tom Wambsgans, Shiv's husband and Waystar executive; Nicholas Braun as Greg Hirsch, Logan's grandnephew also employed by the company; Alan Ruck as Connor, Logan's eldest child; and Hiam Abbass as Marcia Roy, Logan's third and current wife. Peter Friedman, Natalie Gold, and Rob Yang also star, while Dagmara Domińc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Drama
Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical hour-long legal or medical drama, but exhibit far fewer jokes-per-minute as in a typical half-hour sitcom. In the United States Examples from United States television include: ''M*A*S*H (TV series), M*A*S*H'', ''Moonlighting (TV series), Moonlighting'', ''The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd'', ''Northern Exposure'', ''Ally McBeal'', ''Sex and the City'', ''Desperate Housewives'' and ''Scrubs (TV series), Scrubs''. The term "dramedy" was coined to describe the late 1980s wave of shows, including ''The Wonder Years'', ''Hooperman'', ''Doogie Howser, M.D.'' and ''Frank's Place''. See also *List of comedy drama television series *Black comedy *Dramatic structure *Melodrama *Seriousness *Tragicomedy *Psychological ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Macfadyen
David Matthew Macfadyen (; born 17 October 1974) is an English actor. Known for his performances on stage and screen, he gained prominence for his role as Mr. Darcy in Joe Wright's ''Pride & Prejudice'' (2005). He currently stars as Tom Wambsgans in the HBO drama series '' Succession'' (2018-present) for which he has received a Primetime Emmy Award, two BAFTA Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Macfayden is also known for his roles in films such as '' Death at a Funeral'' (2007), '' Frost/Nixon'' (2008), ''Anna Karenina'' (2012), '' The Assistant'' (2019), and ''Operation Mincemeat'' (2021). He made his television debut in 1998 as Hareton Earnshaw in ''Wuthering Heights''. He portrayed Tom Quinn in the BBC One spy series '' Spooks'' (2002-04, 2011), and Inspector Edmund Reid in the BBC mystery series ''Ripper Street'' (2012-2016). He also starred as Henry Wilcox in Kenneth Lonergan's miniseries ''Howards End'' and Charles Ingram in the Stephen Frears' limited series ''Quiz'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Ferrell
John William Ferrell (; born July 16, 1967) is an American actor, comedian, and producer. He first established himself in the mid-1990s as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy show ''Saturday Night Live'', where he performed from 1995 to 2002, and has subsequently starred in comedy films such as ''Elf'' (2003), '' Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy'' (2004), '' Kicking & Screaming'' (2005), '' Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby'' (2006), ''Semi-Pro'' (2008), '' Step Brothers'' (2008), and ''Land of the Lost'' (2009). He founded the comedy website Funny or Die in 2007 with his writing partner Adam McKay. Other notable film roles include ''The Other Guys'' (2010), '' The Campaign'' (2012), ''Get Hard'' (2015), ''Holmes & Watson'' (2018), and the animated films ''Curious George'' (2006), ''Megamind'' (2010) and ''The Lego Movie'' film franchise (2014-2019). Ferrell is considered a member of the "Frat Pack", a generation of leading Hollywood comic actors who emerged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Britell
Nicholas Britell (born October 17, 1980) is an American film composer. He has scored both of Barry Jenkins's studio films, ''Moonlight'' (2016) and ''If Beale Street Could Talk'' (2018), both of which received nominations for Best Original Score at the Academy Awards. He has also worked with Adam McKay, scoring his three most recent films, ''The Big Short'' (2015), ''Vice'' (2018), and '' Don't Look Up'' (2021), the latter receiving a nomination for Best Original Score at the Academy Awards and the Hollywood Music in Media award for Best Original Score. The HBO original series ''Succession'' (2018–present) marked Britell's entry into television. Britell scored all three seasons, earning the Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music and the Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Original Score – TV Show/Limited Series. His score for the second season of ''Succession'' was nominated in 2020 for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fisher Stevens
Fisher Stevens (born Steven Fisher; November 27, 1963) is an American actor, director, producer and writer. As an actor, he is best known for his portrayals of Ben in ''Short Circuit'' and ''Short Circuit 2'', Chuck Fishman on the 1990s television series ''Early Edition'', and villainous computer genius Eugene "The Plague" Belford in ''Hackers''. He portrays Marvin Gerard on NBC’s ''The Blacklist''. His most recent successes include winning the 2010 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for '' The Cove'' and the 2008 Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature for '' Crazy Love''. In addition, he has directed the documentary '' Before the Flood'', which screened at the Toronto International Film Festival and by National Geographic on October 21, 2016. He stars as Hugo Baker on the HBO satirical drama series '' Succession''. Early life Stevens was born Steven Fisher in 1963 in Chicago, the son of Sally, a painter and AIDS activist, and Norman Fisher, a furniture ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Rasche
David Rasche ( ; born August 7, 1944) is an American theater, film and television actor who is best known for his portrayal of the title character in the 1980s satirical police sitcom ''Sledge Hammer!'' Since then he has often played characters in positions of authority, in both serious and comical turns. In television he is known for his performances in ''L.A. Law'', ''Monk'', ''The West Wing'', ''Veep'', and '' Succession''. Early life Rasche was born in Belleville, Illinois (less than from St. Louis, Missouri). His father was a minister and farmer. Rasche graduated from Elmhurst College in 1966; his grandfather was also an alumnus. Coming from "a long line of Evangelical and United Church of Christ ministers", he attended the University of Chicago Divinity School for two years, then quit. He did, however, receive a graduate degree in English from the University of Chicago. Rasche studied acting under Sanford Meisner. Career Early years He worked as a writer and teacher, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justine Lupe
Justine Lupe-Schomp is an American actress. She is known for her roles on ''Mr. Mercedes'', '' Succession'', ''Cristela'', and ''The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel''. Early life Lupe grew up in Denver, Colorado. She is a 2007 graduate of Denver School of the Arts theater program and 2011 graduate of the Juilliard School in New York City. Her grandmother, Kay Schomp, has a theater named after her at the Denver School of the Arts. Her father, John Lupe, is an exhibition specialist at the Denver Art Museum. Career Lupe starred on the ABC sitcom ''Cristela ''Cristela'' was an American multi-camera sitcom television series that aired from October 10, 2014, through March 6, 2015, on ABC. The series was created by stand-up comedian Cristela Alonzo, who also starred in and wrote for the series and ser ...''. Lupe's run on ''Cristela'' began with the second episode, as she replaced another actress who played Maddie in the pilot. After recurring on the HBO series '' Succession'' in its first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arian Moayed
Arian Moayed ( fa, آرین مؤید, born April 15, 1980) is an Iranian-American actor, writer, and director. Moayed received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in ''Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo'' and also starred in the Tony Award-winning '' The Humans.'' Moayed gained prominence for his role as Stewy Hosseini in HBO's ''Succession'' and Todd Spodek in Netflix’s ''Inventing Anna'', as well as his portrayal of Agent P. Cleary in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film '' Spider-Man: No Way Home'' and Disney+ series ''Ms. Marvel''. Early life Moayed was born in Tehran, Iran. His father is a banker by profession. His parents emigrated from Iran in 1986. The family settled in Glenview, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, when Moayed was five years old. He speaks Persian. Moayed graduated from Glenbrook South High School in 1998. He then received a bachelor's degree from Indiana University in 2002. During college, he appeared in plays by Samu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dagmara Domińczyk
Dagmara Domińczyk ( ; born July 17, 1976) is a Polish Americans, Polish-American actress and author. She has appeared in the films ''Rock Star (2001 film), Rock Star'' (2001), ''The Count of Monte Cristo (2002 film), The Count of Monte Cristo'' (2002), ''Kinsey (film), Kinsey'' (2004), ''Trust the Man'' (2005), ''Lonely Hearts (2006 film), Lonely Hearts'' (2006), ''Running with Scissors (film), Running with Scissors'' (2006), ''Higher Ground (film), Higher Ground'' (2011), ''The Letter (2012 film), The Letter'' (2012), ''The Immigrant (2013 film), The Immigrant'' (2013), ''Big Stone Gap (film), Big Stone Gap'' (2014), ''A Woman, a Part'' (2016), ''The Assistant (2019 film), The Assistant'' (2019), and ''The Lost Daughter'' (2021). Domińczyk also has a main role in the HBO comedy-drama television series ''Succession (TV series), Succession'' (2018–present). In 2013, she became a published author with the release of her novel ''The Lullaby of Polish Girls''. She is married to ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Yang
Rob Yang is a Korean American actor known for his role as Lawrence Yee on ''Succession'' and as Logan Kim on ''The Resident''. Yang has also appeared in numerous television shows and films, including ''The Americans'', ''Living with Yourself ''Living with Yourself'' is an American comedy-drama streaming television series created by Timothy Greenberg that premiered on October 18, 2019, on Netflix. It stars Paul Rudd and Aisling Bea. Rudd also serves as an executive producer, alongsi ...'', and ''Twisted''. Filmography Film Television Video games References External links *https://m.imdb.com/name/nm2342888 {{DEFAULTSORT:Yang, Rob American actors American actors of Korean descent Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) Living people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Strong (actor)
Jeremy Strong (born December 25, 1978) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Kendall Roy in the HBO television series '' Succession'' (2018–present), for which he has won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2020 and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Drama in 2022. ''Time'' magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2022. Strong started his acting career at Yale College. After briefly studying at both the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London and the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago he acted in various plays at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. His first off-Broadway performance was in John Patrick Shanley's '' Defiance'' in 2006. His Broadway debut came portraying Richard Rich, 1st Baron Rich in 2008 revival of '' A Man for All Seasons''. That same year Strong made his film debut in '' Humboldt County''. Strong has since appeared in a number of acclaimed film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
