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D.B. Sweeney
Daniel Bernard Sweeney (born November 14, 1961) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Jackie Willow in Francis Ford Coppola's '' Gardens of Stone'' (1987), Lt. Phil Lowenthal in '' Memphis Belle'' (1990), and Travis Walton in '' Fire in the Sky'' (1993). He also starred in films such as '' The Cutting Edge'' (1992), Shoeless Joe Jackson in '' Eight Men Out'' (1988), ''Dinosaur'' (2000), and ''Brother Bear'' (2003). He has guest-starred on various television series, including ''House'' (2006), ''Jericho'' (2006–2008), and ''Castle'' (2011). He played FBI Special Agent Morris on '' Major Crimes'' and ''The Closer''. He also had recurring roles such as ''Criminal Minds'' (2009), '' Crash'' (2008), and ''The Event'' (2010). Early life Sweeney was born in Shoreham, New York, on November 14, 1961. He attended both Tulane and New York University. Career In 1990, Sweeney starred as Treplev in Jeff Cohen's contemporary adaptation of Anton Chekhov's classic ''The Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shoreham, New York
Shoreham is an incorporated village in the Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York, United States. The population was 561 at the 2020 census. It is officially known as the ''Incorporated Village of Shoreham''. History In 1901, Nikola Tesla built a laboratory and began constructing the Wardenclyffe Tower at Shoreham, with the intent of using it to wirelessly transmit communications and electricity. The tower was dismantled in 1917, and today a nearby static inverter plant receives electricity via the HVDC Cross Sound Cable. The nonprofit Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe is in the process of restoring Tesla's last remaining laboratory, building an educational center, and establishing a museum honoring his life and work on the property where the tower was once located. Shoreham was served by the Shoreham LIRR station from 1900 to 1910. It was located near the intersection of North Country Road and Randall Road. Geography Shoreham is located on the North Shore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Closer
''The Closer'' is an American police procedural television series starring Kyra Sedgwick as Brenda Leigh Johnson, a Los Angeles Police Department Chief of police#United States, deputy chief. A CIA-trained interrogator originally from Atlanta, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, Brenda has a reputation as a closer—an interrogator who not only solves a case, but also obtains confessions that lead to convictions, thus "closing" the case. The series ran on TNT (American TV network), TNT from June 13, 2005, to August 13, 2012. ''The Closer'' was created by James Duff (writer), James Duff and the Shephard/Robin Company in association with Warner Bros. Television. On July 11, 2011, the series began its seventh and final season, having finished its sixth season as cable's highest-rated drama. ''The Closer''s final six episodes began airing on July 9, 2012, with its finale airing on August 13, 2012. Following the finale, ''The Closer''s spin-off, ''Major Crimes (TV series), Major Crimes'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iguanodon
''Iguanodon'' ( ; meaning 'iguana-tooth'), named in 1825, is a genus of iguanodontian dinosaur. While many species found worldwide have been classified in the genus ''Iguanodon'', dating from the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous, Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic revision in the early 21st century has defined ''Iguanodon'' to be based on one well-substantiated species: ''I. bernissartensis'', which lived during the Barremian to early Aptian ages of the Early Cretaceous in Belgium, Germany, England, and Spain, between about 126 and 122 million years ago. ''Iguanodon'' was a large, bulky herbivory, herbivore, measuring up to in length and in body mass. Distinctive features include large thumb spikes, which were possibly used for defense against predation, predators, combined with long prehensile fifth fingers able to forage for food. The genus was named in 1825 by English geologist Gideon Mantell, based on fossil specimens found in England and was given the species name ''I. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FBI
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency. An agency of the United States Department of Justice, the FBI is a member of the U.S. Intelligence Community and reports to both the attorney general and the director of national intelligence. A leading American counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and criminal investigative organization, the FBI has jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crimes. Although many of the FBI's functions are unique, its activities in support of national security are comparable to those of the British MI5 and NCA, the New Zealand GCSB and the Russian FSB. Unlike the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), which has no law enforcement authority and is focused on intelligence collection abroad, the FBI is primarily a domestic agency, maintaining 56 field offices in major cities throughout the United States, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
