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Michael Wright (actor)
Michael Wright is an American film and television actor, who is best known for his role as Eddie King Jr. in the 1991 Robert Townsend film ''The Five Heartbeats'', Carlyle in '' Streamers'' (1983), and Raynathan in '' Sugar Hill'' (1994). and known for his television roles such as Elias Taylor in '' V (The Series)'' (1984-1985), Omar White in '' Oz'' (2001-2003), and Lazarus Prime in ''Black Lightning'' (2019). Career Wright's body of work in television includes the 1983 NBC science fiction miniseries '' V'', the 1984 sequel '' V: The Final Battle'', and '' V: The Series'' as Elias Taylor. He appeared in the 1987 episode "Duty and Honor" of ''Miami Vice'' as "The Savage", and on the 1997 HBO series '' Oz'' as Omar White from 2001-2003. Wright has appeared on ''New York Undercover'', and as Lazarus Prime on ''Black Lightning''. Wright's film roles include the 1987 drama ''The Principal'' as Victor Duncan, also starring James Belushi, and the 1994 film '' Sugar Hill'' with W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Actor
An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), literally "one who answers".''Hypokrites'' (related to our word for hypocrite) also means, less often, "to answer" the tragic chorus. See Weimann (1978, 2); see also Csapo and Slater, who offer translations of classical source material using the term ''hypocrisis'' ( acting) (1994, 257, 265–267). The actor's interpretation of a rolethe art of actingpertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. This can also be considered an "actor's role," which was called this due to scrolls being used in the theaters. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art. Formerly, in ancient Greece and the medieval world, and in England at the time of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Belushi
James Adam Belushi (; born June 15, 1954) is an American actor. He is best known for the role of Jim on the sitcom ''According to Jim'' (2001–2009). His other television roles include ''Saturday Night Live'' (1983–1985), '' Total Security'' (1997), and ''Twin Peaks'' (2017). Belushi appeared in films such as ''Thief'' (1981), ''The Man with One Red Shoe'' (1985), '' Little Shop of Horrors'' (1986), ''Red Heat'' (1988), '' K-9'' (1989), ''The Palermo Connection'' (1990), ''Destiny Turns on the Radio'' (1995), ''Angel's Dance'' (1999), ''The Wild'' (2006), ''The Ghost Writer'' (2010), '' Thunderstruck'' (2012), '' Home Sweet Hell'' (2015) and ''Wonder Wheel'' (2017). He is the younger brother of late comic actor John Belushi and the father of actor Robert Belushi. Early life Belushi was born June 15, 1954, in Wheaton, Illinois, to Adam Anastos Belushi (1918–1996), an Albanian from Qytezë, Korçë, and Agnes Demetri Belushi (née Samaras; 1922–1989), who was born in Oh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Street Tale
A, or a, is the first letter and the first vowel of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version can be written in two forms: the double-storey a and single-storey ɑ. The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English grammar, " a", and its variant " an", are indefinite articles. History The earliest certain ancestor of "A" is aleph (also written 'aleph), the first letter of the Phoenician alphabet, which consisted entirely of consonants (for that reason, it is also called an abjad to distinguish it fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Mask (comics)
Black Mask (Roman Sionis) is a supervillain appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Doug Moench and Tom Mandrake, the character debuted in ''Batman'' #386 (August 1985). He is commonly depicted as a brutal and ruthless crime lord in Gotham City who has a fixation with masks and derives sadistic pleasure from the act of torture. Black Mask is one of the most enduring enemies of the superhero Batman and belongs to the collective of adversaries that make up his rogues gallery. The character has been substantially adapted from the comics into various forms of media, including the cartoon show ''The Batman'', the animated film '' Batman: Under the Red Hood'', and the '' Batman: Arkham'' video game series. Black Mask made his live-action debut in the 2014 television series '' Gotham'', as Richard Sionis, portrayed by Todd Stashwick; this version of the character was later integrated into comics in the 2016 relaunch ''DC Rebirth'' as The Mask, depicted as the Black Mas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark Tomorrow
''Batman: Dark Tomorrow'' is an action-adventure game developed and published by Kemco for the GameCube and Xbox in 2003. It is based on the DC Comics character Batman and his iteration from the DC Universe source material. Many precedents of the comics are cited, especially as it pertains to Ra's al Ghul, and Batman's "undefined" relationship with al Ghul's daughter, Talia al Ghul. Initially announced in 2001 as a GameCube exclusive, ''Batman: Dark Tomorrow'' was envisioned as being an open-ended, faithful, and realistic approach to the ''Batman'' franchise, in a similar vein to the '' Batman: Arkham'' series years later. However, as development progressed, the game was scaled back and slated for release on multiple consoles. Upon release, the game received overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics, being criticized for its poor controls, camera and technical issues, and is often considered one of the worst video games ever made. A PlayStation 2 version of the game was planne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piñero
''Piñero'' is a 2001 American biopic about the troubled life of Nuyorican poet and playwright Miguel Piñero, starring Benjamin Bratt as the title character. It was written and directed by the Cuban filmmaker, Leon Ichaso, premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival on August 31, 2001, and then received a limited theatrical release in the United States on December 13, 2001. Cast *Benjamin Bratt as Miguel Piñero *Talisa Soto as Sugar *Giancarlo Esposito as Miguel Algarin *Rita Moreno as Miguel's mother *Michael Irby as Reinaldo Povod *Mandy Patinkin as Joseph Papp *Griffin Dunne as Agent *Ray Santiago as Willie * O.L. Duke as Paul *Fisher Stevens as Public Theater Cashier *Tara Wilson as Tito's girlfriend *Nelson Vasquez as Tito Goya Tito Goya (real name Andrew Butler) (April 4, 1951 – December 1, 1985) was a Puerto Rican actor known for his portrayal of "Cupcake" in the 1977 film '' Short Eyes''. Goya appeared in '' Marathon Man'' (1976), '' Andy Warhol's Bad'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rage (1999 Film)
''Rage'' is a 1999 feature film directed and written by Nigerian-born Newton Aduaka. ''Rage'' is his debut feature. Fraser Ayres stars as Jamie, also known as Rage, a mixed-race, angry youth living on a grim council estate in South London. He is part of a rap trio with his two friends Godwin (Shaun Parkes) and Thomas ( John Pickard). Looking to escape through their music, they turn to crime in order to finance making a record. The first draft of the script was written in four days in 1996 by Aduaka. Although it had received some interest, it was only after the success of Aduaka's short ''On the Edge'' at the Cannes Film Festival in 1998 that making the film became a possibility. It nearly failed during principal photography due to the main finance being pulled just before filming began in September 1998. ''Rage'' premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 1999 and got its UK premiere at the London Film Festival in November of the same year. The distribution ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Point Blank (1998 Film)
''Point Blank'' is a 1998 American direct-to-video film directed by Matt Earl Beesley and starring Mickey Rourke. The film was shot on location in Fort Worth, Texas. Premise A group of escapees from prison take over a shopping mall, only to be stopped by the brother of one of the fugitives. Cast * Mickey Rourke as Rudy Ray * Danny Trejo as Wallace * Kevin Gage as Joe Ray * James Gammon as Dad * Frederic Forrest as Mac Bradford * Paul Ben-Victor Paul Ben-Victor (born July 24, 1965) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Greek mobster Spiros "Vondas" Vondopoulos on the HBO drama series ''The Wire'', Alan Gray in ''Entourage'' (2005–2008), and Ray in '' Body Parts'' (1991). ... as Howard External links * * 1998 films 1998 direct-to-video films 1998 action films Films shot in Texas American independent films 1998 directorial debut films 1990s English-language films 1990s American films {{1990s-action-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al B
This a list of characters in the ''Left Behind'' novel series by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. Suhail Akbar Suhail Akbar is a supporting antagonist in the ''Left Behind'' series. A native of Pakistan, he was a prominent member of the Global Community. He was hired by Nicolae Carpathia during the last half of the Tribulation period to be his Security and Intelligence chief in control of Peacekeepers and Morale Monitors throughout all the world regions. Jim Hickman was his predecessor. In contrast to the ineptitude of Hickman, upon hearing the appointment of Akbar, David Hassid feared he would be competent enough to stymie the Tribulation Force. Akbar was characterized as a man who is reticent and slow to voice an opinion, but someone who is loyal and effective behind the scenes. In ''Desecration'', he received the mark of the beast along with his fellow members of the Global Community cabinet – Walter Moon and Viv Ivins – at the Temple Mount a day before Carpathia commi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Laundromat (1985 Film)
''The Laundromat'' is a 1985 drama television film directed by Robert Altman starring Carol Burnett, Amy Madigan, and Michael Wright. It is adapted from the first act of the play ''Third and Oak: The Laundromat'' by Marsha Norman. It was the third and final film made together by Altman and Burnett. Plot Alberta Johnson visits a laundromat at night and finds the attendant asleep. She posts an ad for unused gardening tools on the bulletin board. Later DeeDee Johnson enters and attempts to converse with Alberta, who remains guarded. DeeDee requires assistance doing the laundry correctly and explains that she is waiting for her husband to return to their apartment that can be seen across the street. DeeDee attempts to wash a shirt in Alberta's bag stained by cabbage soup but Alberta refuses to let her wash it, claiming that she intends to pre-soak it first. A deejay named Shooter Stevens enters and DeeDee converses with him with interest. He invites DeeDee to come play pool with him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Lincoln School
The New Lincoln School was a private experimental coeducational school in New York City enrolling students from kindergarten through grade 12. History New Lincoln's predecessor was founded as Lincoln School in 1917 by the Rockefeller-funded General Education Board as "a pioneer experimental school for newer educational methods," under the aegis of Columbia University's Teachers College. In 1941 Teachers College merged Lincoln School with Horace Mann School, which it operated as a demonstration school. When Teachers College closed down the combined school in 1946, parents of Lincoln School enrollees established the New Lincoln School in 1948 as "an extension of the philosophy which made those redecessorschools famous," i.e., to carry on the tradition of progressive, experimental education, concentrating on the individual child, offering an interdisciplinary core program as well as electives in elementary grades, and emphasizing the arts. In 1956, the school acquired the former Boa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
