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Frank Spotnitz
Frank Charles Spotnitz is an American television screenwriter and executive producer, best known for his work on ''The X-Files'' and ''The Man in the High Castle''. Spotnitz is also the chief executive officer and founder of Big Light Productions, a London and Paris-based production company, which specializes in international television series, including drama, comedy and documentaries. Spotnitz's career includes creating, writing and producing series with networks, cable, streaming and other broadcast platforms around the world. Under the Big Light banner, Spotnitz has produced: Amazon's Emmy-winning ''The Man in the High Castle''; '' Medici: Masters of Florence'' and two seasons of ''Medici: The Magnificent'' (RAI, Netflix, SFR Play); '' The Indian Detective'' (Netflix, CTV); ''Ransom'' (CBS, Global, TF1, RTL); ''Crossing Lines'' season three with Tandem/StudioCanal; and '' Transporter: The Series'' season two (TNT, M6, HBO Canada). Most recently, Spotnitz co-created and execut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Lucking
William Lucking (June 17, 1941 – October 18, 2021) was an American film, television, and stage actor, best known for his role as Piney Winston in '' Sons of Anarchy'' (2008–2011), and for his movie roles in '' The Magnificent Seven Ride!'' (1972), and ''The Rundown'' (2003). He was also known for his portrayal of Col. Lynch in the first season of the 1980s TV show ''The A-Team''. Career Film and television The Vicksburg, Michigan native has played tough bikers in '' Hell's Belles'' (1969) and ''Wild Rovers'' (1971), craggy cowboys in '' The Magnificent Seven Ride!'' (1972) and '' The Return of a Man Called Horse'' (1976), and determined military and police officers in '' Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze'' (1975) and ''K-PAX'' (2001). His other film work includes appearances in '' Oklahoma Crude'' (1973), ''The Crazy World of Julius Vrooder'' (1974), '' 10'' (1979), '' The French Atlantic Affair'' (1979), '' Captain America II: Death Too Soon'' (1979), ''The Ninth Configur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sci-Fi Channel (United States)
Syfy (formerly Sci-Fi Channel, later shortened to Sci Fi; stylized as SYFY) is an American basic cable channel owned by the NBCUniversal Television and Streaming division of Comcast's NBCUniversal through NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment. Launched on September 24, 1992, the channel broadcasts programming relating to the science fiction, horror, and fantasy genres. As of January 2016, Syfy is available to 92.4 million households in America. History In 1989, in Boca Raton, Florida, communications attorneys and cable TV entrepreneurs Mitchell Rubenstein and his wife and business partner Laurie Silvers devised the concept for the Sci-Fi Channel, and signed up 8 of the top 10 cable TV operators as well as licensing exclusive rights to the British TV series '' Doctor Who'' (which shifted over from PBS to Sci-Fi Channel), ''Dark Shadows'', and the cult series ''The Prisoner''. In 1992, the channel was sold by Rubenstein and Silvers to USA Networks, then a joint venture between P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox Broadcasting Company
The Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly known simply as Fox and stylized in all caps as FOX, is an Television in the United States, American Commercial broadcasting, commercial terrestrial television, broadcast television network owned by Fox Corporation and headquartered in New York City, with master control operations and additional offices at the Fox Network Center in Los Angeles and the Fox Media Center in Tempe. Launched as a competitor to the Big Three (American television), Big Three television networks (American Broadcasting Company, ABC, CBS, and NBC) on October 9, 1986, Fox went on to become the most successful attempt at a fourth television network. It was the highest-Nielsen ratings, rated free-to-air network in the 18–49 demographic from 2004 to 2012 and again in 2020, and was the most-watched American television network in total viewership during the 2007–08 season. Fox and its affiliated companies operate many entertainment channels in international markets, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Apprentice (American TV Series)
''The Apprentice'' is an American reality television program that judges the business skills of a group of contestants. It has run in various formats across fifteen seasons since January 2004 on NBC, with the most recent season having run in 2017. ''The Apprentice'' was created by British television producer Mark Burnett. Billed as "The Ultimate Job Interview," the show features fourteen to eighteen business people who compete over the course of a season, with usually one contestant eliminated per episode. Contestants are split into two "corporations" (teams), with one member from each volunteering as a project manager on each new task. The corporations complete business-related tasks such as selling products, raising money for charity, or creating an advertising campaign, with one corporation selected as the winner based on objective measures and subjective opinions of the host and his advisors who monitor the teams' performance on tasks. The losing corporation attends a board ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime Scene Investigation
Crime scene investigation may refer to: * Forensic inspection of a crime scene * ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' (2000-2015), a US television series * ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' (video game), a 2003 videogame based on the TV show * ''CSI'' (franchise), aka ''Crime Scene Investigation''; a US TV franchise, including CSI (2000-2015) See also * Crime scene investigator Forensic science, also known as criminalistics, is the application of science to criminal and civil laws, mainly—on the criminal side—during criminal investigation, as governed by the legal standards of admissible evidence and criminal p ... * CSI (other) {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reggie Lee (actor)
Reggie Telmo Valdez (born October 4, 1975), known professionally as Reggie Lee, is a Filipino-American film and television actor. On television, he has played William "Bill" Kim on ''Prison Break'' and Sergeant Drew Wu on ''Grimm''. In film, he has played Tai Huang in the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' franchise, GCPD Officer Ross in ''The Dark Knight Rises'' and Lance Nguyen in ''The Fast and the Furious''. Early life Valdez was born in Quezon City, the Philippines, to Zenaida Telmo and Jesus Espiritu Valdez. Although fluent in English, he also speaks Tagalog. At the age of five, he moved with his family to the Cleveland, Ohio area, including Parma and Strongsville. While still a student, he performed in shows at the Greenbrier Theatre (now the Cassidy Theatre) in Parma Heights and was an intern at the Cleveland Play House. He graduated from Padua Franciscan High School in Parma. Although accepted to Harvard, he instead decided to move to Los Angeles to pursue acting. He late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Healy (actor)
Pat Healy (born September 14, 1971) is an American film and television actor, best known for his roles in ''Better Call Saul, Great World of Sound,'' '' Compliance'' and ''Station 19'', in which he was upgraded to the main cast in 2022''.'' He directed his first feature film, ''Take Me'', in 2017. Life and career Healy was born in Chicago, Illinois, where his career began at the Steppenwolf Theatre. He moved to Los Angeles in 1998, where he quickly landed a memorable supporting role in Paul Thomas Anderson's ''Magnolia'' as the pharmacist on the receiving end of Julianne Moore's profane meltdown. He has since appeared in over thirty feature films, including '' Ghost World'', ''The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford'', '' Rescue Dawn'', '' Captain America: The Winter Soldier'', ''Draft Day'', ''Harmony and Me'', '' Dirty Girl'', '' Snow Angels'', '' Undertow'', ''Pearl Harbor'', and ''Home Alone 3''. In 2007, Healy played the lead in '' Great World of Sound' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Rahm
Kevin Rahm (born January 7, 1971) is an American actor known for his television roles as Kyle McCarty on ''Judging Amy'', Lee McDermott on ''Desperate Housewives'', and Ted Chaough on ''Mad Men''. Early life and education Rahm attended and graduated from Atlanta High School in Atlanta, Texas in May 1989. Following high school, Rahm, then a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, attended one the church's Missionary Training Centers before serving as a missionary in France, Switzerland, and on the islands of Mauritius and Réunion between 1990 and 1992. After returning to the United States, he studied pre-law at Brigham Young University, before changing his major to drama. In 1994, he was awarded the sought-after Irene Ryan Award for best college actor. In 1996, Rahm dropped out of college to pursue an acting career in Hollywood. Career Rahm played Kyle McCarty, Amy Gray's cousin, for 3 seasons on ''Judging Amy''. He joined the show in season 3, when Dan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Fairman
Michael Fairman (born February 25, 1934) is an American actor and writer. Career He is best known for his various roles during his long career, which started when he was 31 years old. This includes the role of Nick Szabo on the daytime drama, ''Ryan's Hope'', his recurring role as Department Inspector Knelman on ''Cagney & Lacey'', and the recurring role of Patrick Murphy on CBS's daytime drama, ''The Young and the Restless''. Additional television credits include, ''Charlie's Angels'', ''Eight Is Enough'', ''Barnaby Jones'', ''Taxi'', ''WKRP in Cincinnati'', ''McClain's Law'', '' Knight Rider'', ''The A-Team'', ''Remington Steele'', ''Hill Street Blues'', ''The Dukes of Hazzard'', ''Newhart'', ''21 Jump Street'', ''Dynasty'', '' Night Court'', ''My Two Dads'', ''Quantum Leap'', ''Cheers'', ''Wings'', ''Murder, She Wrote'', ''Mad About You'', ''Alien Nation'', ''Seinfeld'', '' L.A. Law'', '' ER'', ''Murphy Brown'', ''Brooklyn South'', ''The X-Files'', '' Viper'', ''Providence' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Tobolowsky
Stephen Harold Tobolowsky (born May 30, 1951) is an American character actor. He is known for film roles such as insurance agent Ned Ryerson in '' Groundhog Day'' and amnesiac Sammy Jankis in '' Memento'', as well as such television characters as Commissioner Hugo Jarry ('' Deadwood''), Bob Bishop ('' Heroes''), Sandy Ryerson ('' Glee''), Stu Beggs ('' Californication'' and '' White Famous''), "Action" Jack Barker ('' Silicon Valley''), Dr. Leslie Berkowitz ('' One Day at a Time''), and Principal Earl Ball ('' The Goldbergs''). Tobolowsky has a monthly audio podcast, ''The Tobolowsky Files'', of autobiographical stories of his acting and personal life. In 2015, he co-hosted a short-lived second podcast, ''Big Problems – An Advice Podcast'', with David Chen. He has also authored three books: ''The Dangerous Animals Club'', ''Cautionary Tales'', and '' My Adventures With God''. Early life and education Tobolowsky was born in Dallas, Texas, into a Jewish family from Russia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mira Furlan
Mira Furlan (7 September 1955 – 20 January 2021) was a Croatian actress and singer. Internationally, she was best known for her roles as the Minbari Ambassador Delenn in the science fiction television series ''Babylon 5'' (1993–1998), and as Danielle Rousseau in ''Lost'' (2004–2010), and also appeared in multiple award-winning films such as ''When Father Was Away on Business'' (1985) and '' The Abandoned'' (2010). Early life Furlan was born on 7 September 1955 to an intellectual and academic family that included a large number of university professors in Zagreb, PR Croatia, which was part of Yugoslavia at the time. She was born to a Jewish Croatian mother, Branka Weil and a father of mixed Slovene-Croat descent, Ivan Furlan. As a child, Furlan was obsessed with American rock and roll music. She became interested in acting as a teenager. Furlan graduated from the Academy for Dramatic Arts in Zagreb with Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre. Simultaneously, she took languag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
