Two And A Half Men (season 3)
The third season of ''Two and a Half Men'' originally aired between September 2005 and May 2006. Production The executive producers of the show for this season were the show's creators Chuck Lorre & Lee Aronsohn. The show's production companies were Chuck Lorre Productions, The Tannenbaum Company and Warner Bros. Television. The head writers for this season were Chuck Lorre and Lee Aronsohn. Other writers in this season were: Susan Beavers, Eddie Gorodetsky, Don Foster, Mark Roberts, Jeff Abugov and Jim Patterson. Gary Halvorson, Asaad Kelada, Rob Schiller, Jerry Zaks, Lee Aronsohn and James Widdoes were the directors for this season. Cast Main * Charlie Sheen as Charlie Harper * Jon Cryer as Alan Harper * Angus T. Jones as Jake Harper * Marin Hinkle as Judith Harper * Conchata Ferrell as Berta * Holland Taylor as Evelyn Harper Recurring * April Bowlby as Kandi * Melanie Lynskey as Rose * Emmanuelle Vaugier as Mia Guest * Sandra Purpuro as Mona * Stephanie Erb as Mrs. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Charlie Sheen
Carlos Irwin Estévez (born September 3, 1965), known professionally as Charlie Sheen, is an American actor. He has appeared in films such as ''Platoon'' (1986), ''Wall Street'' (1987), '' Young Guns'' (1988), '' The Rookie'' (1990), ''The Three Musketeers'' (1993), and '' The Arrival'' (1996). In the 2000s, when Sheen replaced Michael J. Fox as the star of ABC's ''Spin City'', his portrayal of Charlie Crawford earned him a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. He then starred as Charlie Harper on the CBS sitcom ''Two and a Half Men'' (2003–11), for which he received multiple Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy nominations, and as Dr. Charles "Charlie" Goodson on the FX series ''Anger Management'' (2012–14). In 2010, Sheen was the highest-paid actor on television, earning US$1.8 million per episode of ''Two and a Half Men''. Sheen's personal life has made headlines, including reports of alcohol and drug abuse and marital problems, as well as allegations of domestic viol ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jerry Zaks
Jerry Zaks (born September 7, 1946) is an American stage and television director, and actor. He won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play and Drama Desk Award for directing ''The House of Blue Leaves'', ''Lend Me a Tenor'', and ''Six Degrees of Separation'' and the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical and Drama Desk Award for ''Guys and Dolls''. Early life Zaks was born in Stuttgart, Germany, the son of Holocaust survivors, Lily (Gliksman) and Sy Zaks, a butcher. His family immigrated to the United States in 1948, finally settling in Paterson, New Jersey, where he graduated from Eastside High School in 1963. He graduated from Dartmouth College and received a Master of Fine Arts from Smith College. Career ;Stage He made his Broadway acting debut in the original production of '' Grease'' as "Kenickie" and appeared in ''Tintypes'' in 1980. He made his directing debut in 1981 with the off-Broadway production of Christopher Durang's ''Beyond Therapy'', which co-starred S ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Josie Davis
Josie Rebecca Davis (born January 16, 1973) is an American actress, screenwriter and producer, best known for her role as Sarah Powell in the television sitcom ''Charles in Charge'' from 1987 to 1990. Career Television work Born January 16, 1973 in California, Davis began her acting career at the age of three years. After nine years of acting, she received her first role on television as the character Sarah Powell on the sitcom ''Charles in Charge'' for 104 episodes across four seasons. Sarah Powell was a quiet, bookish character, and after ''Charles in Charge'' wrapped, Davis had a difficult time shedding that image and getting people to forget the character she created and to see her as outgoing. Beginning as a teenager, Davis studied acting with the Brooklyn-born Paul E. Richards—Lee Strasberg's "right-hand man" at the Actors Studio in the 1950s. At 24, she auditioned and became a member of Actors Studio. At the time, the judges were Martin Landau, Mark Rydell, and Shelle ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cloris Leachman
Cloris Leachman (April 30, 1926 – January 27, 2021) was an American actress and comedian whose career spanned nearly eight decades. She won many accolades, including eight Primetime Emmy Awards from 22 nominations, making her the most nominated and, along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, most awarded performer in Emmy history. She won an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Daytime Emmy Award. Born and raised in Des Moines, Iowa, Leachman attended Northwestern University and began appearing in local plays as a teenager. After competing in the 1946 Miss America pageant, she secured a scholarship to study under Elia Kazan at the Actors Studio in New York City, making her professional debut in 1948. In film, she appeared in Peter Bogdanovich's ''The Last Picture Show'' (1971) as the neglected wife of a closeted schoolteacher in the 1950s; she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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June Squibb
June Louise Squibb (born November 6, 1929) is an American actress. In 2013, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the film ''Nebraska''. Squibb has appeared in the films ''Alice'', '' In & Out'', ''About Schmidt'', ''Would You Rather'', ''I'll See You in My Dreams'', ''Other People'', ''Table 19'', '' Summer '03'', ''Blow the Man Down'', ''Palm Springs'', ''Hubie Halloween'', '' Godmothered'', ''Palmer'', and ''The Humans''. She also provided voice acting roles for the animated films ''Ralph Breaks the Internet'', ''Toy Story 4'' and ''Soul''. In television, she had recurring roles on series's ''Ghost Whisperer'', ''The Young and the Restless'', ''Shameless'', ''Good Girls'', and ''Little Voice''. Personal life Squibb was born in Vandalia, Illinois. Her mother, JoyBelle, was a silent film pianist. Her father, Lewis, was an insurance agent. Squibb married Edward Sostek in 1953. They divorced in 1959. Squibb married acting teacher Ch ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Martin Sheen
Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez (born August 3, 1940), known professionally as Martin Sheen, is an American actor. He first became known for his roles in the films ''The Subject Was Roses'' (1968) and ''Badlands'' (1973), and later achieved wide recognition for his leading role as Captain Benjamin Willard in ''Apocalypse Now'' (1979), as U.S. President Josiah Bartlet in the television series ''The West Wing'' (1999–2006), and as Robert Hanson in the Netflix television series ''Grace and Frankie'' (2015–2022). In film, Sheen has won the Best Actor award at the San Sebastián International Film Festival for his performance as Kit Carruthers in ''Badlands''. Sheen's portrayal of Capt. Willard in ''Apocalypse Now'' earned a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor. Sheen has worked with a wide variety of film directors, including Richard Attenborough, Francis Ford Coppola, Terrence Malick, David Cronenberg, Mike Nichols, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, and Oliver Stone ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jodi Lyn O'Keefe
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe (born October 10, 1978) is an American actress, model, and fashion designer. She came to prominence as Cassidy Bridges on the television series ''Nash Bridges'' (1996–2001) and played Gretchen Morgan on ''Prison Break'' (2007–2009), Jo Laughlin on ''The Vampire Diaries'' (2014–2017), and Lionel Davenport on '' Hit the Floor'' (2014–2018). Her film credits include ''Halloween H20'' (1998) and ''She's All That'' (1999). Early life O'Keefe was born in the Cliffwood Beach section of Aberdeen Township, New Jersey, the daughter of Noreen, a homemaker, and Jack O'Keefe, a director of labor relations for Merck. She graduated from St. John Vianney High School. Career O'Keefe started her career as a model at the age of eight, and she modeled for a jeans company. Midway through her junior year of high school, O'Keefe left school to star on the soap opera '' Another World'', playing Marguerite "Maggie" Cory. She then got a role on ''Nash Bridges'' playing Cassidy ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Natalie Zea
Natalie Zea (born March 17, 1975) is an American actress known for her performances on television. Zea began her acting career in theatre. Her first major role was on the NBC daytime soap opera ''Passions'' (2000–2002), where she played the role of Gwen Hotchkiss. Her breakout role was on the ABC primetime soap opera ''Dirty Sexy Money'' as socialite Karen Darling, where she starred from 2007 to 2009. Zea also has made many guest appearances on television, starred in a number of independent and made-for-television movies, and had recurring roles in ''The Shield'', ''Hung'', ''Californication'', and '' The Unicorn''. In 2010, Zea began starring as Winona Hawkins in the FX critically acclaimed crime drama series '' Justified'' as a regular cast member during the first three seasons and recurring guest star later. In 2013, she also began starring as Claire Matthews in the Fox drama series ''The Following''. Zea played lead character Mickey Holmes-Harris on the canceled-before-a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sandra Purpuro
Sandra Purpuro is an American film and television actor, actress. Her most prominent roles are those of Katherine McClain on ''Oz (TV series), Oz,'' and Liz Labella on ''DiResta''. She has also appeared in ''Lethal Weapon (TV series), Lethal Weapon,'' ''Days of Our Lives'', ''The Young and the Restless'', and Switched at Birth (TV series), ''Switched at Birth''. Other work include guest appearances on series like ''Caroline in the City'', ''NYPD Blue'', ''Six Feet Under (TV series), Six Feet Under'', ''The Shield'', ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', ''Will & Grace'' ''Two and a Half Men'', ''Desperate Housewives'', ''Malcolm in the Middle'', ''House (TV series), House M.D.'', ''Modern Family and ''24 (TV series), 24''.'' Acting career Purpuro played Gloria Flores in the 2003 crime series The Handler (TV series), The Handler. In 2006, she starred in the short film ''Man vs. Monday'', directed by Ian Ziering. Theatre In 1991, Purpuro acted in the musical comedy Prom Queens Unc ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Emmanuelle Vaugier
Emmanuelle Frederique Vaugier (, ; born June 23, 1976) is a Canadian film and television actress. Vaugier has had recurring roles as Detective Jessica Angell on '' CSI: NY'', Mia on ''Two and a Half Men'', Dr. Helen Bryce on '' Smallville'', FBI Special Agent Emma Barnes on ''Human Target'', and as The Morrigan on ''Lost Girl''. In feature films, Vaugier appeared, albeit in a minor role, alongside Michael Caine and Robert Duvall in ''Secondhand Lions''. She starred as Addison Corday in ''Saw'' '' II'', reprising her role in ''Saw IV'', and had a supporting part in the Josh Hartnett film ''40 Days and 40 Nights''. Early life Vaugier was born in Vancouver, the daughter of French immigrants. She grew up in a Roman Catholic, French-speaking household. She attended Crofton House School, a girls private school, for 10 years until she transferred to Magee Secondary School, which offers a flexible academic program for professional and pre-professional student athletes, artists and mu ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Melanie Lynskey
Melanie Jayne Lynskey ( ; born 16 May 1977) is a New Zealand actress widely known for her portrayals of complex women in several independent films and television shows and also known for her command of American dialects. Lynskey is the recipient of two Critics' Choice Awards, a New Zealand Film Award, and a Hollywood Film Award including nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. She started her career with the fim ''Heavenly Creatures'' (1994), earning a New Zealand Film Award for her portrayal of teenage murderess Pauline Parker. She later appeared in various international productions, including ''Ever After'' (1998), ''Detroit Rock City'', '' But I'm a Cheerleader'', ''The Cherry Orchard'' (all 1999), '' Coyote Ugly'' (2000), ''Snakeskin'' (2001), '' Shooters'', '' Abandon'', and ''Sweet Home Alabama'' (all 2002). After moving to the United States, Lynskey became known as a character actor, gaining recognition for a mix of big-budget and sma ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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April Bowlby
April Michelle Bowlby is an American actress and model. She is known for portraying Kandi on the CBS comedy series ''Two and a Half Men'' (2006–2015), Stacy Barrett on ''Drop Dead Diva'' (2009–2014), and Rita Farr on ''Titans'' (2018) and ''Doom Patrol'' (2019–present). Early life Bowlby was born in Vallejo, California. She moved to Manteca, California, as a child, and attended East Union High School. She studied ballet, French, and marine biology at Moorpark College, and began a modelling career before deciding to pursue acting. She studied drama with Ivana Chubbuck. Career Bowlby secured the role of Kandi on the television series ''Two and a Half Men'' within months of her first auditions. She is also known for her role as Stacy Barrett in ''Drop Dead Diva''. She played Barney Stinson's obsessive ex-girlfriend Meg in ''How I Met Your Mother'', and has made appearances in '' CSI'', ''Psych'', and ''CSI: NY''. She has appeared in films such as '' All Roads Lead Home' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |