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Fearless Leader (Burn Notice)
The third season of the American television spy drama ''Burn Notice'' premiered on June 4, 2009 on the cable television channel USA Network. Season three consists of sixteen episodes, split between a nine-episode summer season and a seven-episode winter season. Season overview Season 3 picks up with Westen, having lost the protection of "Management," now under surveillance by Miami Detective Paxson (Moon Bloodgood), who has been tasked with monitoring his activities. Michael can secure the arrest of a major Miami criminal Paxson has long been targeting, and he threatens to reveal the true circumstances of the arrest if Paxson does not stop following him. Paxson agrees to the deal. Michael is soon contacted by a man named Tom Strickler ( Ben Shenkman), a "smooth-talking, gregarious freelance spy broker", who offers to unburn Michael in exchange for his help with a potentially lethal job. It is clear to Michael that Strickler has major, if shadowy, connections, but appears to be th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USA Network
USA Network (simply USA) is an American basic cable television channel owned by the NBCUniversal Television and Streaming division of Comcast's NBCUniversal through NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment. It was originally launched in 1977 as Madison Square Garden Sports Network, one of the first national sports cable television channels, before being relaunched under its current name on April 9, 1980. Since then, USA steadily gained popularity through its original programming, a long-established partnership with WWE and, for many years, limited sports programming that increased significantly in 2022 after the shutdown of NBCSN. As of September 2018, USA Network is commercially available to about 90.4 million households (98% of households with pay television) in the US. History Madison Square Garden Sports Network (1977–1980) USA Network originally launched on September 22, 1977, as the Madison Square Garden Sports Network (not to be confused with the New York City-area regional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeffrey Donovan
Jeffrey Donovan (born May 11, 1968) is an American actor. He played Michael Westen in the television series ''Burn Notice'', and appeared in films such as '' Hitch'', '' Believe in Me'', ''Changeling'', and ''Come Early Morning''. He played Robert F. Kennedy in Clint Eastwood's ''J. Edgar'' (2011) and his brother John F. Kennedy in Rob Reiner's '' LBJ'' (2016). He had a recurring role in the second season of the TV series '' Fargo'' (2015). In 2022, he starred as NYPD Detective Frank Cosgrove on the NBC crime drama ''Law & Order''. Early life Donovan was born the middle of three boys to Nancy Matthews (1946–2010); his older brother was Michael Donovan ( 1965 – 2010) and his younger brother is Sean (born 1970). Donovan’s mother raised her sons alone on welfare after their father abandoned the family. They moved several times before settling in Amesbury, Massachusetts.Donovan, Jeffrey''Interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live'', February 18, 2009. At Amesbury High School, Donovan wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc Macaulay
Marc Macaulay (born October 13, 1957) is an American actor. Early life and career He was born and raised in Millinocket, Maine. He graduated with a BFA in theater. He appeared in the USA Network Series ''Burn Notice'' for five episodes as Agent Harris, and as "Blaine Bauer" in the horror film '' Thirteen Floors''. Some of his most prominent film roles have included ''Monster'', ''Premonition'', '' Palmetto'', ''Passenger 57'', and '' The Hawk is Dying''. In television, he has had guest appearances on ''Miami Vice'', ''seaQuest DSV'', and he played the role of Agent Ives on the television series ''Prison Break''. He also appeared in the episode of Robert Dirscherl in ''Unsolved Mysteries'' playing an agent. Selected filmography *1985-1989: ''Miami Vice'' (TV Series) as Brookings *1988: ''Grave Robbers'' as Salesman *1989-1991: ''The Adventures of Superboy'' (TV Series) *1989: '' No Retreat, No Surrender 3: Blood Brothers'' as Terrorist *1990: ''Cop Target'' *1990: ''Edward Sci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jay Karnes
Jay Karnes (born June 27, 1963) is an American actor, best known for his role as LAPD detective Holland "Dutch" Wagenbach on the FX television series ''The Shield'', Agent Josh Kohn on ''Sons of Anarchy'' (2008) and Craig on '' The Crossing'' (2018). Early life and education Karnes was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1963. He attended the University of Kansas, in the class of 1989. Career In the mid-1990s, Karnes was a company member with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, playing major roles in such plays as ''Love's Labours Lost'' and Tom Stoppard's ''Arcadia''. Karnes also starred in the films ''The Joyriders'' (1999) and ''The Next Best Thing'' (2000). From 2002 to 2008, Karnes portrayed Detective Holland "Dutch" Wagenbach on ''The Shield''. In 2008, Karnes played the recurring role of ATF Agent Josh Kohn on FX Network's series ''Sons of Anarchy'', created by writer/actor Kurt Sutter of ''The Shield''. Kohn was an antagonist to SAMCRO's vice president Jax Teller and his som ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tim Matheson
Tim Matheson (born Timothy Lewis Matthieson; December 31, 1947) is an American actor and director. Some of his best-known acting roles include the title character of the 1960s animated ''Jonny Quest'' TV series, Eric "Otter" Stratton in the 1978 comedy film ''National Lampoon's Animal House'', and the recurring role of Vice President John Hoynes in the 2000s NBC drama ''The West Wing'', which earned him two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. Early life Matheson was born in Glendale, California, a suburb of Los Angeles, Matheson was the son of Sally and Clifford Matthieson, a training pilot. He served a tour of duty in the United States Marine Corps Reserve. Career At age 13, Matheson appeared as Roddy Miller in Robert Young's CBS nostalgia comedy series ''Window on Main Street'' during the 1961–1962 television season. In the 1962–1963 season he appeared in two episodes of '' Leave It to Beaver'', cast as Mike Harmon, a friend o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Mahoney
Charles John Mahoney (June 20, 1940 – February 4, 2018) was an English-born American actor. He was known for playing Martin Crane on the NBC sitcom ''Frasier'' (1993–2004), and won a Screen Actors Guild Award for the role in 2000. Mahoney started his career in Chicago as a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company alongside John Malkovich, Gary Sinise, and Laurie Metcalf. He received the Clarence Derwent Award as Most Promising Male Newcomer in 1986. Later that year, his performance in the Broadway revival of John Guare's ''The House of Blue Leaves'' earned him a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. Mahoney first became known for his roles in such films as John Patrick Shanley's romantic comedy ''Moonstruck'' (1987), Barry Levinson's comedy ''Tin Men'', John Sayles' sports drama ''Eight Men Out'' (1988), Cameron Crowe's romantic drama '' Say Anything...'' (1989), the Coen brothers' ''Barton Fink'' (1991), and ''The Hudsucker Proxy'' (1994), Clint Eastwood's ''In th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psychopath
Psychopathy, sometimes considered synonymous with sociopathy, is characterized by persistent Anti-social behaviour, antisocial behavior, impaired empathy and remorse, and Boldness, bold, Disinhibition, disinhibited, and Egotism, egotistical Behavior, traits. Different conceptions of psychopathy have been used throughout History of psychopathy, history that are only partly overlapping and may sometimes be contradictory. Hervey M. Cleckley, an American psychiatrist, influenced the initial diagnostic criteria for antisocial personality reaction/disturbance in the ''Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders'' (''DSM''), as did American psychologist George E. Partridge. The ''DSM'' and ''International Classification of Diseases'' (ICD) subsequently introduced the diagnoses of antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) and Antisocial personality disorder#ICD-10, dissocial personality disorder (DPD) respectively, stating that these diagnoses have been referred to (or include ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seth Peterson
Seth Peterson is an American actor, best known for his roles as Robbie Hansen from 1999 until 2002 on the television series ''Providence'' and Nate Westen on ''Burn Notice'' from 2007 through 2012. Personal life Peterson was born in New York City to George Kanouse and Cheryl Peterson. He has a half-sister named Lara. He married actress Kylee Cochran on May 20, 2001. The couple have three children together. Cochran filed for divorce in late 2013, stating that Peterson "left the marriage" on September 20, 2013, and was, at the time, living with a 22-year-old woman. Career In addition to being a series regular on ''Providence'', Peterson had the recurring role of Nate Westen, the brother of lead character Michael Westen, on ''Burn Notice''. He had leading roles in independent features ''Sedona'' (2011) and ''Hate Crime'' (2005). Other roles include the Hallmark Entertainment Movie of the Week: '' Hard Ground'' (2003), in which Peterson co-starred as Burt Reynolds's son Joshua; '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Burn Notice Characters
This is a list of fictional characters in the television series ''Burn Notice''. The article deals with the series' main and recurring characters. Main characters Michael Westen Fiona Glenanne Sam Axe Madeline Westen Jesse Porter Jesse Porter (Coby Bell) is a former Counterintelligence Field Activity/Defense Intelligence Agency agent introduced in the Season four premiere. He had initially been stationed in the field, but his risky and impulsive tactical maneuvers led to his demotion to desk duty. Because Jesse researched the war-profiteering organization that Management was hunting, Michael was forced to unknowingly steal files using duplicates of Jesse's ID, unintentionally burning him. In the use of dramatic irony, the show's writers send Jesse to Michael for help to find out who has burned him. Michael accepts Jesse as a client, but Jesse's adamant search for the people who burned him leads the team to cover their part of the trail, lest he discovers Michael ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madeline Westen
Madeline Westen is a fictional character in the television series ''Burn Notice'' portrayed by Sharon Gless. She is Michael Westen's neuroticism, neurotic, chain-smoking mother. Overview It is unclear how much Madeline knows about her son's life as a spy. All she seems to know is that he tends to be in a different city, in a different country, or generally in a different place and that he can not disclose where he is. Madeline is thrilled when Michael is back in Miami and hopes that he will stay. She occasionally asks him for help with her friends' problems. Madeline's relationship with Michael has been tumultuous, and complicated by the fact that her husband, and the father of her children, regularly abused them. Madeline believes that Michael aggravated his father and that this was the reason for Michael's father's beatings. She later allowed Michael to join the military at 17 by forging his father's signature on his enlistment forms. Michael didn’t know this until she told hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon Gless
Sharon Marguerite Gless (born May 31, 1943) is an American actress and author, who is known for her television roles as Maggie Philbin on ''Switch'' (1975–78), Sgt. Christine Cagney in the police procedural drama series ''Cagney & Lacey'' (1982–88), the title role in ''The Trials of Rosie O'Neill'' (1990–92), Debbie Novotny in the Showtime cable television series '' Queer as Folk'' (2000–2005), and Madeline Westen on '' Burn Notice'' (2007–2013). A 10-time Emmy Award nominee and seven-time Golden Globe Award nominee, she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama, Golden Globe in 1986 and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, Emmys in 1986 and 1987 for ''Cagney & Lacey'', and a second Golden Globe in 1991 for ''The Trials of Rosie O'Neill''. Gless received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1995. Early life and career A fifth-generation Californian, Gless was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of Marjorie (Mc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Axe
Commander'' Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe'' Samuel "Sam" Axe, USN ( ret.) is a fictional character in the television series ''Burn Notice'' and TV movie '' Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe'', and is played by Bruce Campbell. He is the best friend of "burned" ex-spy Michael Westen, the main character in ''Burn Notice''. Overview Sam served over 20 years as a U.S. Navy SEAL and "retired" with full benefits at the rank of Commander in February 2005, as part of a graymail deal which kept the true events of potentially embarrassing Operation PROVIDE SUPPORT in Colombia a secret. The deal included a first-class air ticket to Miami, a change of clothing, and an ice-cold beer. In Miami, Axe helps Michael Westen with freelance work, having known him since at least 1992, and a job they did together in Poland. Sam's value to Westen often involves his seemingly infinite list of contacts. With a low amount of cash to his name, Sam has a string of "sugar mommas" with whom he connects i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
