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Made (2001 Film)
''Made'' is a 2001 American crime comedy film written, directed and co-produced by Jon Favreau. It stars Favreau, Vince Vaughn, Peter Falk, and Sean Combs. It was both Favreau's feature directorial debut and Combs’ acting debut. Plot Bobby has ties to the local mafia boss, Max, but works as an honest mason for Max's construction projects. He fights in amateur boxing matches on the side, but his career is lackluster (five wins, five losses, one draw). Struggling to support his stripper girlfriend Jessica and her daughter Chloe, Bobby decides to do a mafia job for Max. Against his better judgment, he brings along his ne'er-do-well friend Ricky. Bobby and Ricky go to New York to act as Max's representatives for a money laundering deal with his East Coast partner, Ruiz. They meet Jimmy, who will be their driver, and Horrace, who is connected to both Max and Ruiz. Ricky and Bobby squabble throughout their trip as Ricky tries to live large while Bobby wants to stay cautious and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Favreau
Jonathan Kolia Favreau (; born October 19, 1966) is an American actor and filmmaker. As an actor, Favreau has appeared in films such as ''Rudy (film), Rudy'' (1993), ''PCU (film), PCU'' (1994), ''Swingers (1996 film), Swingers'' (1996), ''Very Bad Things'' (1998), ''Deep Impact (film), Deep Impact'' (1998), ''The Replacements (film), The Replacements'' (2000), ''Daredevil (film), Daredevil'' (2003), and ''The Break-Up'' (2006). He has also appeared in films such as ''Four Christmases'' (2008), ''Couples Retreat'' (2009), ''I Love You, Man'' (2009), ''People Like Us (2012 film), People Like Us'' (2012), ''The Wolf of Wall Street (2013 film), The Wolf of Wall Street'' (2013), ''Chef (2014 film), Chef'' (2014), and several films created by Marvel Studios. As a filmmaker, Favreau has been significantly involved with the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He directed, produced, and appeared as Happy Hogan (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Happy Hogan in the films ''Iron Man (2008 film), Iron Man' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an estim ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grandmaster Flash
Joseph Saddler (born January 1, 1958), popularly known by his stage name Grandmaster Flash, is an American DJ and rapper. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of Hip Hop DJing, cutting, scratching and mixing. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007, becoming the first Hip Hop act to be honored. In 2019 he won the Polar Music Prize. On May 21, 2022, he acquired an honorary doctorate in Fine Arts from Buffalo State College. Early life, family and education Saddler's family immigrated to the United States from Barbados. He was raised in the Bronx, New York City, where he attended Samuel Gompers High School, a public vocational school. There, he learned how to repair electronic equipment. Saddler's parents played an important role in his interest in music. His father was a fan of Caribbean and African American recordings. During his childhood, Joseph Saddler was fascinated by his father's record collection. In an inter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Esposito
Jennifer Esposito is an American actress. She is known for her roles in the feature films ''Summer of Sam'' (1999), ''Don't Say a Word'' (2001), ''Welcome to Collinwood'' (2002), as well as ''Crash'' and ''Taxi'' (both 2004). She has also appeared in several television series, most notably ''The Looney Tunes Show'', ''Spin City'', ''Related'', ''Samantha Who?'', '' Blue Bloods'', and ''Mistresses''. From 2016 to 2017, she played Special Agent Alexandra Quinn on the CBS series '' NCIS''. In 2019, her most recent movie was ''Mob Town'', starring opposite David Arquette. She also played CIA Deputy Director Susan Raynor in the Amazon series '' The Boys''. Early life Esposito was born in New York City, the second of two daughters of Phyllis, an interior decorator, and Robert Esposito, a music producer. She is of Italian descent, and was raised on Staten Island in Bulls Head and is a graduate of Moore Catholic High School. Career Esposito made her first television appearance in '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dustin Diamond
Dustin Neil Diamond (January 7, 1977 – February 1, 2021) was an American actor and stand-up comedian, best known for his role as Samuel "Screech" Powers throughout the ''Saved by the Bell'' franchise. Early life and family Diamond was born in San Jose, California, the son of Jaimee and Mark Diamond. His father taught digital electronics for a computer processing firm, and his mother was a computer operator for Pacific Bell. Diamond was Jewish and attended Zion Lutheran School. Career Diamond began acting as a child. He became known for playing Samuel "Screech" Powers on the television show ''Saved by the Bell'', a role he played for close to thirteen years from its beginning as ''Good Morning, Miss Bliss'' (1988–89) through its final incarnation, '' Saved by the Bell: The New Class'' (1994–2000). Continuing the series into college, '' Saved by the Bell: The College Years'' shows most of the cast transplanted into not only the same college, but also the same college dormit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drea De Matteo
Andrea Donna de Matteo is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Adriana La Cerva on the HBO television drama ''The Sopranos'' (1999–2006), for which she received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2004. Other notable roles include Gina Tribbiani on ''Joey'' (2004–2006), Wendy Case on ''Sons of Anarchy'' (2008–2014), Angie Bolen on ''Desperate Housewives'' (2009–2010), and Detective Tess Nazario on ''Shades of Blue'' (2016–2018). Early life De Matteo was born in Whitestone, Queens, New York City. Her mother, Donna, is a playwright and playwriting teacher who has been on faculty at HB Studio, and her father, Albert, was a furniture manufacturer who was owner and CEO of Avery Boardman and Carlyle. She is of Italian descent, and grew up in a Catholic family. After graduating from the Loyola School, de Matteo earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in film production from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bud Cort
Walter Edward Cox, known professionally as Bud Cort, is an American actor and comedian, known for his portrayals of Harold in Hal Ashby's film ''Harold and Maude'' (1971) and the eponymous hero in Robert Altman's film ''Brewster McCloud'' (1970). Career Cort was discovered in a revue by director Robert Altman, who subsequently cast him in two of his movies, ''M*A*S*H'' and ''Brewster McCloud'', in which he played the title role. Cort went on to his best-known role as the suicide-obsessed Harold in ''Harold and Maude''. Though it was not particularly successful on release, it gained international cult status and is now considered an American classic. In 1979, Cort nearly died in a car accident on the Hollywood Freeway where he collided with an abandoned car blocking a lane into which he was turning. He broke an arm and a leg and sustained a concussion and a fractured skull. His face was severely lacerated and his lower lip nearly severed. The accident resulted in plastic surgeri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Harris (actor)
Jamie Harris (born 15 May 1963) is a British actor. He is best known for his role as The Hook-Handed Man in ''Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events'', Rodney in ''Rise of the Planet of the Apes'' and Gordon in Marvel's ''Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.''. Early life Harris was born on 15 May 1963 in Whitechapel, London as Tudor St. John Harris and is the third and youngest of three boys to Irish actor Richard Harris and Welsh socialite Elizabeth Rees-Williams. His older brothers are director Damian Harris and actor Jared Harris. Education Harris was educated at ''Ladycross'', a former preparatory boarding independent school in the coastal town of Seaford in East Sussex, as were his brothers Jared and Damian, followed by Downside School, a Catholic boarding independent school in the village of Stratton-on-the-Fosse (near the market town of Shepton Mallet) in Somerset, in South West England South West England, or the South West of England, is one of nine official region ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federico Castelluccio
Federico Castelluccio (; ; born April 29, 1964) is an American actor and painter. He is best known for his role as Furio Giunta on the HBO series ''The Sopranos''. Early life Born in Naples, Italy, Castelluccio moved with his family to Paterson, New Jersey, when he was three years old. In 1982, Castelluccio was awarded a full scholarship to the School of Visual Arts in New York City, where he earned a BFA in painting and media arts. Prior to winning the scholarship, he received an opportunity to create a painting for actor George Burns. Career Castelluccio began his career as an actor in 1986. Some of his film credits include ''Made (2001 film), Made'' with Jon Favreau, ''Fire'' with Paul Campbell (Jamaican actor), Paul Campbell and ''18 Shades of Dust'' with Danny Aiello. In television, his credits include ''NYPD Blue'' and his best known role, in the HBO hit series ''The Sopranos'', as the Naples, Neapolitan enforcer Furio Giunta. He also appeared in ''A Guide to Recognizing Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Rockwell
Sam Rockwell (born November 5, 1968) is an American actor. He is known for appearing in independent films and also as a character actor portraying a wide variety of roles both comedic and dramatic in films such as '' Lawn Dogs'' (1997), '' The Green Mile'' (1999), ''Galaxy Quest'' (1999), '' Confessions of a Dangerous Mind'' (2002), ''Matchstick Men'' (2003), ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' (2005), ''Moon'' (2009), '' Frost/Nixon'' (2008), ''Iron Man 2'' (2010), ''Conviction'' (2010), ''Cowboys & Aliens'' (2011), ''Seven Psychopaths'' (2012), ''The Way, Way Back'' (2013), '' Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri'' (2017), ''Vice'' (2018), ''Jojo Rabbit'' (2019), ''Richard Jewell'' (2019), and '' The Best of Enemies'' (2019). Rockwell won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Martin McDonagh's ''Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri'' (2017). and was nominated the following year for portraying George W. Bush in Adam McKay's ''Vice'' (2018). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonardo Cimino
Leonardo Cimino (November 4, 1917 – March 3, 2012) was an American film, television and stage actor who in 1937 appeared in the original stage production of Marc Blitzstein's ''The Cradle Will Rock''. Cimino's most well known roles are in the 1983 science fiction miniseries, '' V'' as Abraham Bernstein and the 1987 feature film ''The Monster Squad'' as the "Scary German guy". Life and career Born in Manhattan, Cimino was the son of Andrea and Leonilda Cimino. His father was a tailor. Cimino was initially interested in pursuing a career as a violinist, and studied the instrument at the Juilliard School when he was a teenager. While studying the violin he became interested in acting and dancing, and began studying those as well. In 1936, at the age of 18, he made his professional stage debut in a supporting role in the world premiere of Gladys Bronwyn Stern's ''Middle Man'' in Suffern, New York which starred actor Ernest Truex. It was not until a decade later, however, that Cimino ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Makenzie Vega
Makenzie Jade Vega Norfolk (born February 10, 1994), known professionally as Makenzie Vega, is an American actress. She is known for her role as Grace Florrick on ''The Good Wife'' and as the 11-year-old counterpart of Nancy Callahan in ''Sin City''. Life and career Vega was born in Los Angeles, California. Her father, Baruch Vega, is a Colombian fashion photographer who was an informant for the Drug Enforcement Administration,De Cordoba, Jose"Fashion Photographer Scored Millions As an Informant, but Was Justice Served?" ''The Wall Street Journal'', December 7, 2000 and her mother, Gina Rue, is an American former model. Film Reference. She is the younger sister of actress . At the age of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
