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The Bronx Bull
''The Bronx Bull'' is a 2016 American biographical sports film written and directed by Martin Guigui and starring William Forsythe, Paul Sorvino, Joe Mantegna, Tom Sizemore, Natasha Henstridge, and Penelope Ann Miller. It is based on the story of the legendary boxing champion Jake LaMotta and it tells the struggles of the champion with the outside life. The film was filmed in Los Angeles and released in United States on January 6, 2017. Plot A combination prequel and sequel of the ''Raging Bull'' that explores "before the rage" and "after the rage" of world middleweight boxing champ Jake LaMotta's tumultuous life and times. Cast Lawsuit In 2006, ''Variety'' reported that Sunset Pictures was developing a sequel to ''Raging Bull'' entitled ''Raging Bull II: Continuing the Story of Jake LaMotta'', chronicling LaMotta's early life, as told in the sequel novel of the same name. In July 2012, MGM Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., also known as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Forsythe (actor)
William Forsythe (born June 7, 1955) is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of tough-guy, criminal characters, and has starred in films such as ''American Me'' (1992), ''Raising Arizona'' (1987), ''Dick Tracy'' (1990), '' Gotti'' (1996), '' The Rock'' (1996), and ''The Devil's Rejects'' (2005). He has also played recurring characters in television series such as ''Boardwalk Empire'' (2010) and '' Justified'' (2010). Forsythe was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his performance in the indie film ''The Waterdance''. Early life William Forsythe was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Billy Gene Forsythe (1932–2010) and Anita Elena Castellano (1938–) and grew up in the borough's Bedford–Stuyvesant neighborhood. He is of partial Italian descent. Career Forsythe started out in minor film roles and guest appearances in high-rated TV shows including ''CHiPs'' (1977), ''Hill Street Blues'' (1981) and ''T. J. Hooker ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raging Bull
''Raging Bull'' is a 1980 American biographical sports drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, produced by Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler and adapted by Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin from Jake LaMotta's 1970 memoir '' Raging Bull: My Story''. The film, distributed by United Artists, stars Robert De Niro as Jake LaMotta, an Italian-American middleweight boxer whose self-destructive and obsessive rage, jealousy and animalistic appetite destroyed his relationship with his wife and family. Also featured in the film are Joe Pesci as Joey, LaMotta's brother, and Cathy Moriarty as Vikki LaMotta, Vikki, his wife. Nicholas Colasanto, Theresa Saldana and Frank Vincent play supporting roles in the film. Scorsese was initially reluctant to develop the project, though he eventually came to relate to LaMotta's story. Schrader re-wrote Martin's first screenplay, and Scorsese and De Niro together made uncredited contributions thereafter. Pesci was an unknown actor prior to the film, as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentina De Angelis
Valentina de Angelis (born June 12, 1989) is an American actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Young Bo in the 2003 film '' Off the Map'', her first major acting role. In 2009, she had a recurring role as Carmen Fortier in the series '' Gossip Girl''. The following year, she appeared in the soap opera '' As the World Turns'' as Faith Snyder. Life and career Born in Manhattan, de Angelis began her professional career as a child model. She is an alum of Professional Children's School. In 2003, de Angelis had her first major acting role as Young Bo in the Campbell Scott-directed film '' Off the Map'' co-starring with Sam Elliott and Joan Allen. She has had number of acting roles in television series filmed in New York City area. Those series include '' Love Monkey'', ''Law & Order'', ''CSI: NY'', '' Blue Bloods'' and ''Person of Interest''. Along with having recurring roles in '' Gossip Girl'' and '' As the World Turns'' in 2009 and 2010, respectively. In 2009, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juliet Landau
Juliet Rose Landau is an American actress, director, producer, and ballerina best known for her role as Drusilla on ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' and its spinoff show ''Angel'', the latter appearance earning her a Saturn Award nomination. She is also known for co-starring as Loretta King in Tim Burton's ''Ed Wood''. Early life Landau was born in Los Angeles to actor parents Martin Landau and Barbara Bain. Both her parents were Jewish. Her older sister is film producer Susan Landau Finch. She spent her early childhood in West Los Angeles. Landau is a former professional ballerina. Career Landau has made some independent films such as ''Where The Road Runs Out'', ''Fairfield'', ''Monster Mutt'', ''Citizens'', ''Dark Hearts'', ''The Yellow Wallpaper'', ''Hack!'', ''Toolbox Murders'', ''Repossessed'', ''Carlo's Wake'', ''Life Among the Cannibals'', '' Ravager'', '' Direct Hit'', and a co-starring turn in Henry Jaglom's ''Going Shopping''. Landau has made television guest appe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Meraz
Alejandro "Alex" Meraz (born January 10, 1985) is an American actor and martial artist. He is best known for playing the werewolf named Paul Lahote in the film ''New Moon''. Life and career Meraz was born in Mesa, Arizona and is of Purépecha descent. He attended the New School for the Arts, and is an avid painter and illustrator. Besides break-dancing, which he was active in during the early 2000s under the name "Nomak," Alex excels in indigenous and contemporary dancing. He has studied mixed martial arts, winning numerous tournaments in karate and the martial art of Capoeira. Alex's first big film was ''The New World'' as one of the Powhatan core warriors, inspiring him to continue acting. Thereafter he was in the running for the film ''Apocalypto'' but in the end was turned down. His big break came when he was cast as werewolf Paul Lahote in the film ''New Moon''. He also starred in the latest season of ''CSI: New York''. Meraz played a Seal Team member in the 2016 action ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joey Diaz
José Antonio Díaz (born February 19, 1963), known professionally as Joey "CoCo" Diaz, is a Cuban-American stand-up comedian, actor, and podcaster. After pursuing stand-up comedy full time in 1991 in the Colorado and Seattle areas, Diaz relocated to Los Angeles in 1995 where he began acting, securing various film and television roles, including ''My Name Is Earl'', '' The Longest Yard'', ''Spider-Man 2'', ''Grudge Match'', and ''The Many Saints of Newark''. In 2010, Diaz started to gain widespread notoriety from his appearances on ''The Joe Rogan Experience'' podcast. From 2012 to 2020, he was the host of his own podcast, ''The Church of What's Happening Now'' with Lee Syatt, and has since hosted ''Uncle Joey's Joint''. Early life José Antonio Diaz was born in Havana, Cuba. He immigrated at a young age to the United States, where he was raised in North Bergen, New Jersey, a town where he noted he was the only Cuban-American at the time. His mother ran a bar and a successful num ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alicia Witt
Alicia Roanne Witt (born August 21, 1975) is an American actress, singer and pianist. She first came to fame as a child actress after being discovered by David Lynch, who cast her in '' Dune'' (1984) and ''Twin Peaks'' (1990). Witt had a critically acclaimed role as a disturbed teenager in '' Fun'' (1994), appeared as a music student in '' Mr. Holland's Opus'' (1995) and as a terrorized college student in the horror film ''Urban Legend'' (1998). She appeared in Cameron Crowe's ''Vanilla Sky'' (2001), ''Two Weeks Notice'' (2002), '' Last Holiday'' (2006) and the thriller ''88 Minutes'' (2007). Witt has made television appearances in '' The Walking Dead'', ''The Sopranos'', '' Nashville'', ''Two and a Half Men'', '' The Librarians'', '' Friday Night Lights'', ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'', ''The Mentalist'', ''Cybill'', '' Justified'', '' Twin Peaks: The Return'', ''CSI: Miami'', and '' Orange Is the New Black''. In addition to being in acting, Witt has been described as a mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Hamlin
Harry Robinson Hamlin (born October 30, 1951) is an American actor, author, and entrepreneur. He is best known for his roles as Perseus in the 1981 fantasy film '' Clash of the Titans'' and as Michael Kuzak in the legal drama series ''L.A. Law'', for which he received three Golden Globe nominations. For his recurring role as Jim Cutler on the AMC drama series ''Mad Men'', Hamlin received a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series. Early life Hamlin was born October 30, 1951, in Pasadena, California, the son of Bernice (née Robinson), a socialite, and Chauncey Jerome Hamlin, Jr., an aeronautical engineer. As a teenager, he attended Flintridge Preparatory School, near Pasadena, and The Hill School, a private boarding school in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, where he played soccer and lacrosse and acted in the school's musicals and plays. He also attended classes at the Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts. Hamlin attended University of California ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe E
Joe or JOE may refer to: Arts Film and television * ''Joe'' (1970 film), starring Peter Boyle * ''Joe'' (2013 film), starring Nicolas Cage * ''Joe'' (TV series), a British TV series airing from 1966 to 1971 * ''Joe'', a 2002 Canadian animated short about Joe Fortes Music and radio * "Joe" (Inspiral Carpets song) * "Joe" (Red Hot Chili Peppers song) * "Joe", a song by The Cranberries on their album ''To the Faithful Departed'' *"Joe", a song by PJ Harvey on her album '' Dry'' *"Joe", a song by AJR on their album ''OK Orchestra'' * Joe FM (other), any of several radio stations Computing * Joe's Own Editor, a text editor for Unix systems * Joe, an object-oriented Java computing framework based on Sun's Distributed Objects Everywhere project Media * Joe (website), a news website for the UK and Ireland * ''Joe'' (magazine), a defunct periodical developed originally for Kenyan youth Places * Joe, North Carolina, United States, a town * Jõe, Saaremaa Parish, Estoni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dom Irrera
Domenick Jack Irrera (born November 18, 1948) is an American actor and stand-up comedian. Much of his material is in the form of stories about his life, especially his childhood years and growing up in an Italian-American family. Irrera went to college in Florida, attending Barry University and St. Thomas University. Irrera has appeared on ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'', '' The View'', ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson'' in 1986, ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'', ''The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson'', and ''The Late Show with David Letterman''. Irrera is a regular performer at the Cat Laughs in Kilkenny; he has made 22 appearances at the festival, more than any other comic. He appeared on an episode of the NBC sitcom '' Seinfeld'' as Ronnie Kaye, the prop comic and on the CBS sitcom ''The King of Queens'' as Spero Demopolous. Irrera made 11 appearances as himself on the animated series ''Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist'', and is the only comic to appear in all si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Davison
Bruce Allen Davison (born June 28, 1946) is an American actor and director. Davison is well known for his starring role as Willard Stiles in the cult horror film '' Willard'' (1971) and his Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning performance in ''Longtime Companion'' (1989), and as Thomas Semmes in the HBO original movie ''Vendetta''. He featured in the ''X-Men'' film franchise – through ''X-Men'' (2000) and '' X2'' (2003) – as antagonist Senator Robert Kelly. In the 2010s, Davison appeared in Fred Schepisi's '' Words and Pictures'' (2013), had a recurring role on '' The Fosters'' (2015–2016) and shares the screen with Miles Teller and Anna Kendrick in '' Get a Job'' (2016). Early life Davison was born in 1946 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His parents divorced when he was three years old. He was raised by his mother and spent weekends with his father. He graduated in 1964 from Marple Newtown Senior High School, entered Penn State as an art major, and then st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Cortese
Joseph Cortese (born February 22, 1948) is an American actor who had major roles in films such as ''Windows'' (1980), ''Evilspeak'' (1981) and ''Monsignor'' (1982). Early life Cortese was born on February 22, 1948 in Paterson, New Jersey. He went to Midwestern College where he earned his BA in theatre. Cortese went to New York City and trained under Milton Katselas. Career Cortese has had major roles in films such as ''Windows'' (1980), ''Evilspeak'' (1981) and ''Monsignor'' (1982). His other film appearances include roles in '' Arizona Slim'' (1974), ''Jessi's Girls'' (1975), '' The Death Collector'' (1976), ''Deadly Illusion'' (1987), ''Ruby'' (1992), '' Illicit Dreams'' (1994), ''American History X'' (1998) and ''Against the Ropes'' (2004). Personal life Cortese was married to actress Kim Delaney Kim Delaney (born November 29, 1961) is an American actress known for her starring role as Detective Diane Russell on the ABC drama television series ''NYPD Blue'', for which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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