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Fargo (season 2)
The second season of '' Fargo'', an American anthology black comedy–crime drama television series created by Noah Hawley, premiered on October 12, 2015, on the basic cable network FX. Its principal cast is Kirsten Dunst, Patrick Wilson, Jesse Plemons, Jean Smart, and Ted Danson. The ten-episode season's finale aired on December 14, 2015. As an anthology, each ''Fargo'' season possesses its own self-contained narrative, following a disparate set of characters in various settings. A prequel to the events in its first season, season two of ''Fargo'' takes place in the Upper Midwest in March 1979. It follows the lives of a young couple— Peggy (Dunst) and Ed Blumquist (Plemons)—as they attempt to cover up the hit and run and homicide of Rye Gerhardt (Kieran Culkin), the son of Floyd Gerhardt (Smart), matriarch of the Gerhardt crime family. During this time, Minnesota state trooper Lou Solverson (Wilson), and Rock County sheriff Hank Larsson (Danson), investigate three hom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirsten Dunst
Kirsten Caroline Dunst (; born April 30, 1982) is an American actress. She made her acting debut in the short ''Oedipus Wrecks'' directed by Woody Allen in the anthology film ''New York Stories'' (1989). She then gained recognition for her role as child vampiress Claudia in the horror film ''Interview with the Vampire'' (1994), which earned her a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She also had roles in her youth in '' Little Women'' (1994) and the fantasy films ''Jumanji'' (1995) and ''Small Soldiers'' (1998). In the late 1990s, Dunst transitioned to leading roles in a number of teen films, including the satires ''Dick'' and '' Drop Dead Gorgeous'' and the Sofia Coppola-directed drama ''The Virgin Suicides'' (all in 1999). In 2000, she starred in the lead role in the cheerleading film ''Bring It On'', which has become a cult classic. She gained further wide attention for her role as Mary Jane Watson in Sam Raimi's ''Spider-Man'' trilogy (2002–2007). Her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kieran Culkin
Kieran Kyle Culkin (born September 30, 1982) is an American actor. The brother of actors Macaulay and Rory, he began his career as a child actor in the films ''Home Alone'' (1990), ''Father of the Bride'' (1991)'', The Mighty'' (1998), and ''The Cider House Rules'' (1999). He achieved a career breakthrough after starring in the film '' Igby Goes Down'' (2002), for which he was nominated for his first Golden Globe Award, as well as winning a Critics' Choice Movie Award and a Satellite Award. He later appeared in the films '' Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'' (2010), '' Margaret'' (2011), '' Wiener-Dog'' (2016), and ''No Sudden Move'' (2021). Since 2018, Culkin has starred as Roman Roy in the HBO television series '' Succession'', for which he won a Critics' Choice Television Award in 2022, was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in 2020 and 2022, and three Golden Globe Awards in 2019, 2020 and 2022. Early life Kieran Kyle Culkin was born on September 30, 1982, in New York City ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bokeem Woodbine
Bokeem Woodbine (born April 13, 1973) is an American actor. In 1994 he portrayed Joshua, Jason's troubled brother, in ''Jason's Lyric''. He won a Black Reel Award, and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Critics' Choice Television Award for his role as Kansas City enforcer Mike Milligan in the second season of '' Fargo''. Woodbine also portrayed Daniel in season 2 of the WGN series ''Underground'' and Herman Schultz/Shocker in the film '' Spider-Man: Homecoming''. Early life and education Woodbine was born on April 13, 1973, in Harlem, New York. He attended the Dalton School on Manhattan's Upper East Side, before transferring to the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in the city. He is a lifelong martial arts practitioner having studied Hapkido and Shaolin Kung-Fu. Career With the encouragement of his actress mother, Woodbine entered show business at age 19 as a stand-in and extra in Ernest Dickerson's directorial debut, ''Juice'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angus Sampson
Angus Sampson (born 1979) is an Australian actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his performances in the ''Insidious'' film series, ''The Mule'', '' Mad Max: Fury Road'', and the Peabody-winning second season of '' Fargo''. Early life Sampson was born in Sydney, Australia, and was educated at Trinity Grammar School in Summer Hill and at The Armidale School in northern New South Wales. He graduated from the AWARD School in 2002. Career Acting Sampson's acting career launched in 1996 with role as Dylan Lewis's sidekick on ''Recovery'', an ABC youth music show. Later television jobs include roles on ''The Secret Life of Us'', '' The 10:30 Slot'', and ''Greeks on the Roof''. and as Ali in an episode of '' Stingers''. He has appeared a performer on the improvised show ''Thank God You're Here''. In 2007, Sampson portrayed television personality Ugly Dave Gray in the television movie '' The King'' which examines the life of Australian TV legend Graham Kennedy. In the same year he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zahn McClarnon
Zahn Tokiya-ku McClarnon (born October 24, 1966) is an American actor known for his performances in the Western crime drama series '' Longmire'', the second season of '' Fargo'', and the second season of ''Westworld''. In 2022, he played the lead role in the AMC series ''Dark Winds''. He also features in the 2021 FX on Hulu series ''Reservation Dogs,'' and the Marvel Cinematic Universe series ''Hawkeye'' (2021) and ''Echo'' (2023). Early life McClarnon was born in Denver, Colorado, the son of a Hunkpapa Lakota mother and a father of Irish ancestry. He grew up near Browning, Montana, where his father worked at Glacier National Park for the National Park Service. He would often visit the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, where his mother grew up, and often stayed with his maternal grandparents on weekends and for longer visits. His mother lived on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota. When his father was relocated to Omaha, Nebraska, for work, the family lived in the Josly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Keller (actress)
Rachel Rye Keller (born December 25, 1992) is an American actress, best known for her roles as Sydney "Syd" Barrett in the FX television series ''Legion'' and as Simone Gerhardt in the second season of the FX black comedy crime drama anthology series '' Fargo''. Early life Keller was born in Los Angeles, and grew up in Saint Paul, Minnesota. She attended the Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists and graduated in 2014 from Carnegie Mellon University. Keller's father is Jewish, and she also celebrates Hanukkah. Career Keller began her career with roles in various short films and guest starring roles in the television series ''The Mentalist'' and '' Supernatural''. Keller received wide recognition for her recurring role as Simone Gerhardt in the second season of the FX anthology television series '' Fargo''. Between 2017 and 2019, she starred as Sydney "Syd" Barrett, the female lead in the FX series ''Legion''. In 2019, Keller starred as Cassandra Pressman in t ... [...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] |
Elizabeth Marvel
Elizabeth Marvel (born November 27, 1969) is an American actress. Her most prominent roles include Det. Nancy Parras on ''The District'', Solicitor General of the United States, Solicitor General Heather Dunbar on ''House of Cards (American TV series), House of Cards'', and President of the United States, President Elizabeth Keane on ''Homeland (TV series), Homeland''. Film roles include ''Burn After Reading''; ''Synecdoche, New York''; ''True Grit (2010 film), True Grit''; ''Lincoln (film), Lincoln'' (alongside husband Bill Camp); and ''The Meyerowitz Stories''. She also had a recurring role in season 2 of the FX (TV channel), FX series ''Fargo (TV series), Fargo'' and the Netflix miniseries ''Unbelievable (miniseries), Unbelievable''. Early life and education Marvel was born in Los Angeles, California, and was raised in Mohnton, Pennsylvania. She trained at the Interlochen Center for the Arts, Interlochen Arts Academy, and then the Juilliard School. Career Since the early 1990 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brad Garrett
Bradley Henry Gerstenfeld (born April 14, 1960), known professionally as Brad Garrett, is an American actor and stand-up comedian. Possessing a distinctive deep voice, he has appeared in numerous television and film roles in both live-action and animation mediums. Garrett was initially successful as a stand-up comedian in the early 1980s. Taking advantage of that success in the late 1980s, Garrett began appearing in television and film, in minor and guest roles. His first major role was Robert Barone on the CBS sitcom ''Everybody Loves Raymond''. The series debuted September 13, 1996, and ran for nine seasons. In 2002, he gave an Emmy-nominated and critically lauded performance as Jackie Gleason in the television film '' Gleason''. Garrett's film roles include ''Casper'' (1995), ''A Bug's Life'' (1998), ''An Extremely Goofy Movie'' (2000), '' Stuart Little 2'' (2002), '' Finding Nemo'' (2003), '' Garfield'' (2004), ''The Pacifier'' (2005), ''Ratatouille'' (2007), ''Tangled'' (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cristin Milioti
Cristin Milioti (born August 16, 1985) is an American actress. She is known for playing Tracy McConnell in the CBS sitcom ''How I Met Your Mother'' from 2013 to 2014, and for her work in theater productions such as ''That Face'', ''Stunning'', and the Tony Award-winning musical ''Once'', for which she won a Grammy Award and was nominated for a Tony Award. She has also played Teresa Petrillo Belfort in the 2013 film '' The Wolf of Wall Street'', Sarah Wilder in the 2020 film ''Palm Springs'', Betsy Solverson in the second season of '' Fargo'' (2015), Hazel Green in the HBO Max comedy series '' Made for Love'' (2021–2022), and Emma in the Peacock black comedy mystery series '' The Resort'' (2022-). Early life Milioti was born on August 16, 1985, in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. She is of Italian descent, and calls her family "Olive Garden Italian". In middle school, she found her love of acting at Long Lake Camp for the Arts in Long Lake, New York. She graduated in 2003 from Cherry Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock County, Minnesota
Rock County is a County (United States), county at the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 9,704. Its county seat is Luverne, Minnesota, Luverne. History The county was formed on May 23, 1857, by act of the territorial legislature, but was not organized at that time. The area was designated ''Pipestone County'', and the name ''Rock County'' was attached to the present Pipestone County, Minnesota, Pipestone. In 1862 the Minnesota state legislature changed the designations, attaching the present names to the present counties. On March 5, 1870, the state legislature approved an act that finalized the county's organization and designated Luverne as the county seat. The county's name came from the Rock River (Big Sioux River), Rock River, which in turn is named for a prominent rocky outcrop (designated "The Rock" on an 1843 map of the area) of reddish-gray quartzite, about 3 miles (5 km) north of Luve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lou Solverson
Lou Solverson is a fictional character in the FX television series '' Fargo''. He first appeared as a supporting character in the first season (set in 2006–2007), played by Keith Carradine, and then as a main character in season two (set in 1979), played by Patrick Wilson. Character summary Season 1 Solverson has a minor role in season one. In 2006, he is a retired police officer, and is the owner of Lou's Coffee Shop. A widower, he appears as a wise mentor to his daughter, Molly Solverson who is investigating the crimes of Lorne Malvo and Lester Nygaard. He makes several references to his career, in particular the events of 1979, most notably when he describes the Sioux Falls Massacre to Malvo. Season 2 In 1979, Lou Solverson is a state trooper with the Minnesota State Police and based out of Luverne, Minnesota. He often works alongside his father-in-law, Rock County Sheriff Hank Larsson. One night, the two are assigned to investigate a triple murder at the Waffle Hut on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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