Hell On Wheels (season 1)
The first season of the AMC western-drama television series ''Hell on Wheels'' premiered on November 6, 2011 and concluded on January 15, 2012, comprising 10 episodes. The series was created and produced by Joe and Tony Gayton, who wrote four episodes. They also served as the series' showrunners. The series' executive producers include the Gaytons, Jeremy Gold, John Shiban, and David Von Ancken. The season follows Cullen Bohannon, a former Confederate soldier who works as a foreman on the railroad as he tries to track down the Union soldiers who murdered his wife. His quest leads him to the settlement that accompanied the construction of First Transcontinental Railroad, referred to as "Hell on Wheels" by the Union Pacific company men, laborers, mercenaries, prostitutes, support workers, surveyors, and others who make the mobile encampment their home. The first season was met with favorable reviews from critics, and the premiere was watched by 4.4 million viewers – AMC’s secon ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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AMC (TV Channel)
AMC is an American multinational basic cable television channel that is the flagship property of AMC Networks. The channel's programming primarily consists of theatrically released films, along with a limited amount of original programming. The channel's name originally stood for "American Movie Classics", but since 2002 the full name has been de-emphasized as a result of a major shift in its programming. As of July 2015, AMC was received by approximately 94,832,000 households in the United States that subscribe to a pay television service (81.5% of U.S. households with at least one television set). In March 2015, Dish Network's Sling TV announced it would soon begin making AMC channels available to cord cutters, including AMC, BBC America, IFC, Sundance TV, and We TV. History 1984–2002: Focus on classic films American Movie Classics, as AMC was originally known, debuted on October 1, 1984, as a premium channel by Rainbow Programming Services (a subsidiary of Cablevis ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Tom Noonan
Tom Noonan (born April 12, 1951) is an American actor, director, and screenwriter, best known for his roles as Francis Dolarhyde in '' Manhunter'' (1986), Frankenstein's Monster in ''The Monster Squad'' (1987), Cain in ''RoboCop 2'' (1990), The Ripper in ''Last Action Hero'' (1993), Sammy Barnathan in ''Synecdoche, New York'' (2008), Reverend Nathaniel in ''Hell on Wheels'' (2011–2014), the Pallid Man in ''12 Monkeys'' (2015–2018) and as the voice of everyone but the two main characters in ''Anomalisa'' (2015). Noonan is also a writer and director of theatre and film. His debut feature film ''What Happened Was'' (1994) won the Dramatic Grand Jury Prize and Screenwriting Award at the Sundance Film Festival. Early life Noonan was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, the son of Rita (McGannon), a mathematics teacher, and John Noonan Sr., a jazz musician and doctor of dental surgery. He had an older brother, John Ford Noonan, a playwright, and two sisters, Barbara and Nancy. Noonan ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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American Experience
''American Experience'' is a television program airing on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States. The program airs documentaries, many of which have won awards, about important or interesting events and people in American history. The series premiered on October 4, 1988 and was originally titled ''The American Experience'', but the article "The" was dropped during a later rebrand and image update. The show has had a presence on the Internet since 1995, and more than 100 ''American Experience'' programs are accompanied by their own internet websites, which have more background information on the subjects covered as well as teachers' guides and educational companion materials. The show is produced primarily by WGBH-TV in Boston, Massachusetts, though occasionally in the early seasons of the show, it was co-produced by other PBS stations such as WNET (Channel 13) in New York City. Some programs now considered part of the ''American Experience'' collection were ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ted Levine
Frank Theodore Levine (born May 29, 1957) is an American actor. He is best known for playing the roles of Buffalo Bill (character), Buffalo Bill in the film ''The Silence of the Lambs (film), The Silence of the Lambs'' (1991) and Leland Stottlemeyer in the television series ''Monk (TV series), Monk'' (2002–2009). Levine's other notable roles were in the films ''Nowhere to Run (1993 film), Nowhere to Run'' (1993), ''Heat (1995 film), Heat'' (1995), ''Bullet (1996 film), Bullet'' (1996), ''The Fast and the Furious (2001 film), The Fast and the Furious'' (2001), ''The Manchurian Candidate (2004 film), The Manchurian Candidate'' (2004), ''Memoirs of a Geisha (film), Memoirs of a Geisha'' (2005), ''American Gangster (film), American Gangster'' (2007), ''Shutter Island (film), Shutter Island'' (2010), ''Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom'' (2018), and ''The Report (2019 film), The Report'' (2019). Early life Levine was born in Bellaire, Ohio, the son of Charlotte Virginia (Clark) and M ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jesse Lipscombe
Jesse Lipscombe (born 1980) is a Canadian actor. He won a Rosie Award for Best Performance by an Alberta Actor for his performance in the 2017 film, '' It's Not My Fault and I Don't Care Anyway''. and was one of the executive producers of the sketch comedy show ''Tiny Plastic Men'' for which he was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award for Best Comedy Series at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards. Lipscombe is also the founder of the #MakeitAwkward campaign, a hashtag movement in Edmonton that promotes anti-racism. Early life Lipscombe was born in West Edmonton, Alberta to mother Monica (née Miles) Lipscombe and father Richard Lipscombe. He was raised in St. Albert. Personal life Lipscombe is married to Julia LeConte Lipscombe. They have three sons. As of October 2018, they reside in Queen Mary Park, Edmonton. Lipscombe is also the grandson of Edmonton Elks football player Rollie Miles. Select filmography *'' Children of the Dust'' (1995) * ''Resurrecting the Champ'' (2007) * ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Robert Moloney
Robert Moloney is a Canadian actor, best known for playing Professor ''Alistair Gryffen'' in the TV series '' K-9''. Life and career Moloney was trained at the Langara College in Vancouver, where he took the theatre Arts program Studio 58. In 1995 he made his first TV appearance as Kevin McSwain in Highlander. In 2001 he appeared as Borren in Stargate SG-1, in 2008 as Koracen in Stargate: Atlantis. In 2007 he got Leo Award as ''Best Lead Performance by a Male in a Feature Length Drama'' for playing ''Lou Boyd'' in ''Christmas on Chestnut Street''. In K-9 Moloney played the main character Professor ''Alistair Gryffen''. In 2012 Moloney appeared as David in ''Random Acts of Romance''. Next to his appearances in film and television, Robert Moloney also appears on theatre. For his role in the play ''Clybourne Park'' Robert Moloney got the Jessie Richardson Theatre Award as best supporting actor. He also appeared as Astrov in Uncle Vanya. Furthermore he played the radio host Tommy ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Wes Studi
Wesley Studi ( chr, ᏪᏌ ᏍᏚᏗ; born December 17, 1947) is a Native American (Cherokee Nation) actor and film producer. He has garnered critical acclaim and awards throughout his career, particularly for his portrayal of Native Americans in film. He has appeared in Academy Award-winning films, such as ''Dances with Wolves'' (1990) and ''The Last of the Mohicans'' (1992), and in the Academy Award-nominated films '' Geronimo: An American Legend'' (1993) and ''The New World'' (2005). He is also known for portraying Sagat in ''Street Fighter'' (1994). Other films he has appeared in are '' Hostiles'', ''Heat'', ''Mystery Men'', ''Avatar'', ''A Million Ways to Die in the West'', and the television series ''Penny Dreadful''. In 2019, he received an Academy Honorary Award, becoming the first Native American and the second Indigenous person from North America to be honored by the Academy (the first was Buffy Sainte-Marie). In December 2020, ''The New York Times'' ranked him #19 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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April Telek
April Amber Telek (born April 29, 1975) is a Canadian actress. Early life and career Telek was born and raised on the North Shore of Vancouver, British Columbia. In Japan, she pursued her modeling career and won a Shiseido Cosmetics contract for Asia from 1989 to 1990. In April 1994, she won the title of Miss Canada and represented Canada in several international pageants. She is known for portraying Denise in George Lopez's '' Mr. Troop Mom''. Telek won the coveted Women In Film and Television Award of Artistic Merit at the Vancouver International Film Festival 2010 for her portrayal of Jana (loosely based on Lana Clarkson) in ''Amazon Falls''. In June 2011, she also won the Leo Award, Best Performance by a Female in a Leading Role for a Feature Film, for ''Amazon Falls''. In 2016, she was a voice performer in the video game ''Dead Rising 4'' as a survivor. In 2017, she received another Leo Award nomination for Best Guest Performance by a Female in a Dramatic Series for her rol ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kasha Kropinski
Kasha Kropinski (born Katarzynka Kropiński 1991) is a South African actress and a classical ballerina. Personal life Kasha was born in South Africa, the daughter of Jacek Kropiński and Debbie Cochrane. Jacek is a filmmaker and Debbie is a former international model. Career Kasha started out at the age of 6, performing lead roles on stage with a Cape Town theatre troupe, Stagecraft. Her roles included ''Christopher Robin'', ''Peter Rabbit'', ''Noddy (character), Noddy'', ''Mowgli'', Fantastic Mr Fox, Frankie Fox in ''Fantastic Mr Fox'', earning high praise from theatre critics. At this time, Kasha also gained distinction in her Trinity College London Drama exams. Concurrently, Kasha also performed in Ballet Eisteddfods and earned 5 gold medal awards. At the age of 9, Kasha and her parents moved to Los Angeles where she began doing guest roles on TV: ''Angel (1999 TV series), Angel'', ''Without a Trace'', ''State of Grace (TV series), State of Grace'', ''Crossing Jordan'', ''E ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dohn Norwood
Dohn Norwood is an American actor who has appeared in the television series ''Hell on Wheels Hell on Wheels was the itinerant collection of flimsily assembled gambling houses, dance halls, saloons, and brothels that followed the army of Union Pacific railroad workers westward as they constructed the First transcontinental railroad in 186 ...'' (2011–16). He has starred on '' The Sinner'' since 2017. Personal life Norwood married Marlene Glasper in 2013. Filmography Film Television References External links * Living people American male film actors American male television actors African-American male actors Male actors from Indianapolis 21st-century American male actors Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century African-American people {{US-screen-actor-1970s-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Robin McLeavy
Robin McLeavy (born 19 June 1981) is an Australian actress. Early life McLeavy is from Sydney, Australia. She graduated from NIDA in 2004. Career McLeavy starred as Lola Stone in the critically acclaimed Australian horror film, '' The Loved Ones''. The film was screened at Toronto International Film Festival in 2009 and won the Audience Choice Award. In 2009, McLeavy played the role of Stella Kowalski opposite Cate Blanchett and Joel Edgerton in the Sydney Theatre Company production of ''A Streetcar Named Desire''. The production was directed by Liv Ullmann and toured to the Kennedy Center in Washington DC and the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York. She received the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Supporting Performer. She appeared in four encore seasons of '' Holding the Man'', an award-winning play by Tommy Murphy. She played Isabella in Benedict Andrews's production of ''Measure for Measure'' by William Shakespeare at the Belvoir Theatre, Sydney, 5 – 25 July 2010. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Christopher Heyerdahl
Christopher Heyerdahl (born September 18, 1963) is a Canadian actor who portrayed Alastair in '' Supernatural,'' the Wraith Todd in ''Stargate Atlantis'', Sam in ''Van Helsing,'' "Swede" in ''Hell on Wheels,'' and Marcus in '' The Twilight Saga''. Early life and family Heyerdahl was born in British Columbia, and is of Norwegian and Scottish descent. His father emigrated from Norway to Canada in the 1950s. Thor Heyerdahl was his father's cousin. Heyerdahl also speaks Norwegian and studied at the University of Oslo. Career Heyerdahl is primarily known for his recurring role as the enigmatic "Swede" in AMC's ''Hell on Wheels''. This post-American Civil War drama debuted as the second highest rated original series in AMC history. He is also known for his role as Leonid in the ''Are You Afraid of the Dark?'' episode "The Thirteenth Floor" and as Nosferatu in the episode "Midnight Madness". He played the characters Halling and Wraith commander Todd in ''Stargate Atlantis'', and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |