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Homeland (TV Series)
''Homeland'' (stylized as ''HOMƎLAND'') is an American espionage thriller television series developed by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa based on the Israeli series ''Prisoners of War'' ( he, חטופים, translit=Hatufim, literally "Abductees") which was created by Gideon Raff, who serves as an executive producer on ''Homeland''. The series stars Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison, a CIA officer with bipolar disorder, and Damian Lewis as Nicholas Brody, a Marine Corps Scout Sniper. Brody was held captive by al-Qaeda as a prisoner of war, and Mathison becomes convinced that he was "turned" by the enemy and poses a threat to the United States. The series storyline grows from this premise, together with Mathison's ongoing covert work. The series was broadcast in the U.S. on cable channel Showtime, and was produced by Fox 21 Television Studios (formerly Fox 21). It premiered on October 2, 2011. The first episode was made available online more than two weeks before the television bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serial (radio And Television)
In television program, television and radio programming, a serial is a show that has a continuing plot that unfolds in a sequential episode-by-episode fashion. Serials typically follow main story arcs that span entire television seasons or even the complete run of the series, and sometimes spinoffs, which distinguishes them from episodic television that relies on more stand-alone episodes. Worldwide, the soap opera is the most prominent form of serial dramatic programming. In the UK the serial began as a direct adaptations of well known Serial (literature), literary works, usually consisting of a small number of episodes. Serials rely on keeping the full nature of the story hidden and revealing elements episode by episode, to encourage spectators to tune in to every episode to follow the plot. Often these shows employ recapping segments at the beginning and cliffhangers at the end of each episode. The invention of recording devices such as VCRs and Digital video recorder, DVRs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Marciano
David Marciano (born January 7, 1960, in Newark, New Jersey) is an American actor best known for his roles as Jeffery in ''Civil Wars'' (1991-1993), Detective Raymond Vecchio in the television series '' Due South'', Detective Steve Billings in the FX police drama ''The Shield'', Virgil in ''Homeland'' (2011-2013), Brad in '' Bosch'' (2016-2020), and Howard in ''Shooter'' (2016-2017). Early life Marciano grew up in north Newark. Newark was plagued by violent crime and Marciano was witness to a city in crisis. He has admitted to having a troubled youth. "I was hanging around on street corners, drinking, gambling, playing cards, going to the racetrack, shooting pool, all those kind of things." At the age of seventeen, Marciano was involved in a serious car crash after a night out partying. This prompted him to sort his life out and he enrolled at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, to study biomedical engineering. After a disappointing start Marciano transferred to e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linus Roache
Linus William Roache (born 1 February 1964) is a British actor. He is known for playing Executive ADA Michael Cutter in the NBC dramas ''Law & Order'' (2008–2010) and '' Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' (2011–2012). More recently, Roache played Ecbert, King of Wessex in ''Vikings'' from 2014 to 2017. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for playing Robert F. Kennedy in '' RFK'' (2002) and won a Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor (TV) for his role as Ralph Wigram in '' The Gathering Storm'' (2002). His film appearances include ''Priest'' (1994), ''The Wings of the Dove'' (1997), '' Pandaemonium'' (2000), ''Batman Begins'' (2005), '' Non-Stop'' (2014) and '' Mandy'' (2018). In 2018 and 2020 he had a recurring role in the final two seasons of ''Homeland''. Early life Roache was born in Manchester, England, the son of ''Coronation Street'' actor William Roache and actress Anna Cropper. Roache was educated at Bishop Luffa School in Chichester, West Sussex, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maury Sterling
Charles Maury Wallace Sterling (born September 1, 1971) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Max Piotrowski in ''Homeland'', Rafferty in the comedy film '' Beverly Hills Chihuahua'' and Lester Tremor in the action film ''Smokin' Aces''. Life and career Sterling was born in Mill Valley, California. He has guest starred on numerous television series, including '' Judging Amy'', '' ER'', ''Star Trek: Enterprise'', '' 24'' and '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' to name a few. His only TV series regular was in the sitcom '' Alright Already'', which lasted only one season from 1997-98. It originally aired on the now-defunct WB Television Network. Sterling has appeared in a number of films, mostly in supporting roles. His prominent role came in the 2006 action film ''Smokin' Aces'' where he played Lester Tremor of the psychotic neo-Nazi Tremor Brothers (opposite Chris Pine and Kevin Durand). His role required shaving his head, and shaving his eyebrows off. His other prom ... [...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] |
Sarah Sokolovic
Sarah Sokolovic (born 1980) is an American film, television, and theatre actress, who starred in ''Homeland'' as Laura Sutton and has a recurring role on '' Big Little Lies''. She has performed in several plays including ''The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World'', ''Detroit'', and ''A Streetcar Named Desire''. Early life Sokolovic graduated in 2011 from the Yale School of Drama. Her father is Dimso "Dan" Sokolovic, of Serbian descent who immigrated to the United States from Germany, and her mother is Donna Stowell, an American of German and English descent. She has a brother Stevan and a sister Stephanie. Career Theatre work Sokolovic started her career in theatre, she performed the role Betty in the musical ''The Shaggs: Philosophy of the World'' at Playwrights Horizons in New York City, for which she was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical. Later she performed in the play ''Detroit'' at Playwrights Horizons along with Amy R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Fehling
Alexander Fehling (born 29 March 1981) is a German film and stage actor. He is best known for portraying Staff Sgt. Wilhelm in the 2009 Quentin Tarantino World War II film ''Inglourious Basterds'' and Jonas Hollander in the Showtime original series ''Homeland'' as the boyfriend of Claire Danes's character Carrie Mathison. Life and career Fehling was born in East Berlin, East Germany. He studied acting at the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts from 2003 until 2007. He received the award in the Actor category for his portrayal of Sven Lehnert in the 2006 film, ''And Along Come Tourists''. He previously won the Prize from the for his role as Prince in the theater production of ' (''Snow White''). Fehling is best known to English-speaking audiences for his role as German Master Sgt. Wilhelm in Quentin Tarantino's World War II 2009 film ''Inglourious Basterds''. Fehling is incorrectly referred to as a Staff Sgt by the English captions. Fehling also dubs his performance in the G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miranda Otto
Miranda Otto (born 16 December 1967) is an Australian actress. She is the daughter of actors Barry and Lindsay Otto and the paternal half-sister of actress Gracie Otto. Otto began her acting career in 1986 at age 18 and appeared in a variety of independent and major studio films in Australia. She made her major film debut in '' Emma's War'', in which she played a teenager who moves to Australia's bush country during World War II."The Right Stage of Life" ''''. 26 September 2005; retrieved 8 April 2007. After a decade of critically acclaimed roles in Australian films, Otto gained Hollywood's attention during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastian Koch
Sebastian Koch (born 31 May 1962) is a German television and film actor. He is known for roles in the 2007 Academy Award-winning film ''The Lives of Others'', in Steven Spielberg's '' Bridge of Spies'', and as Otto Düring in the fifth season of the Showtime series ''Homeland''. Childhood Koch grew up in Stuttgart with his mother who was a single parent. He originally wanted to be a musician, but production by artistic director Claus Peymann influenced him in the late 1970s to change careers to become an actor. Career Theatre From 1982 to 1985, Koch studied at the renowned Otto Falckenberg School in Munich. In addition to his cinematic work, he played a diversity of different roles on stage. Koch portrayed amongst other Peer Gynt and Leonce in ''Leonce and Lena'' at the municipal theatre of Darmstadt. At the Schiller theatre in Berlin he played the character Roller in Schiller's ''The Robbers'' and Orest in Goethe's '' Iphigenie auf Tauris''. A couple of years later, he took ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laila Robins
Laila Robins is an American stage, film and television actress. She has appeared in films including ''Planes, Trains and Automobiles'' (1987), ''An Innocent Man'' (1989), ''Live Nude Girls'' (1995), ''True Crime'' (1999), ''She's Lost Control'' (2014), '' Eye in the Sky'' (2015), and '' A Call to Spy'' (2019). Her television credits include regular roles on ''Gabriel's Fire'', ''Homeland'', and '' Murder in the First''. In 2022, she portrays Pamela Milton in the final season of '' The Walking Dead''. Life and career Robins was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, the daughter of Latvian American parents Brigita (née Švarcs) and Jānis, whose surname was originally spelled Robiņš. Her father was a research chemist. Robins has three sisters. She received her undergraduate degree at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire and attended the Yale School of Drama, earning a master of fine arts. Robins has been in a relationship with the actor Robert Cuccioli since 2000. They co-starred in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazanin Boniadi
Nazanin Boniadi (; fa, نازنین بنیادی, ; born 22 May 1980) is an Iranian-British actress and activist. Born in Tehran and raised in London, she went to university in the United States, where she landed her first major acting role as Leyla Mir in the medical drama ''General Hospital'' (2007–2009) and its spin-off '' General Hospital: Night Shift'' (2007). Since then, she has played Nora in the CBS sitcom ''How I Met Your Mother'' (2011), Fara Sherazi in the Showtime spy thriller series ''Homeland'' (2013–2014), Esther in the historical drama film '' Ben-Hur'' (2016), Clare Quayle in the Starz sci-fi thriller series '' Counterpart'' (2017–2018), Zahra Kashani in the action thriller film ''Hotel Mumbai'' (2018), and Bronwyn in the Prime Video fantasy series '' The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power'' (2022–present). Boniadi was an Amnesty International spokesperson from 2009 to 2015 and served as a board member for the Center for Human Rights in Iran from Oct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracy Letts
Tracy S. Letts (born July 4, 1965) is an American actor, playwright, and screenwriter. He started his career at the Steppenwolf Theatre before making his Broadway debut as a playwright for '' August: Osage County'' (2007), for which he received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play. As an actor he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for the Broadway revival of ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' (2013). As a playwright, Letts is known for having written for the Steppenwolf Theatre, Off-Broadway and Broadway theatre. His works include: '' Killer Joe'', '' Bug'', '' Man from Nebraska'', '' August: Osage County'', '' Superior Donuts'', ''Linda Vista'', and ''The Minutes''. Letts adapted three of his plays into films, '' Bug'' and '' Killer Joe'', both directed by William Friedkin, and '' August: Osage County'', directed by John Wells. His 2009 play '' Superior Donuts'' was adapted into a television series of the same name. As a stage actor, Letts h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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