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Defendor
''Defendor'' is a 2009 Canadian-American superhero comedy-drama film written and directed by Peter Stebbings in his directorial debut. It stars Woody Harrelson as Arthur Poppington, a regular man who adopts a superhero persona named Defendor, with Elias Koteas, Michael Kelly, Sandra Oh and Kat Dennings in supporting roles. Plot Dr. Park, a psychiatrist, is interviewing Arthur Poppington, a vigilante known as "Defendor", about his assault of a dry cleaning business owner. The story flashes back to Arthur's encounter with Dooney, a corrupt detective that Arthur believes is in the employ of his nemesis, "Captain Industry", who Arthur blames for his mother leaving him as a child and later dying from a drug overdose. Arthur is arrested for assaulting Dooney, but Fairbanks, the police captain in charge, sees Arthur as harmless and connects with him because their grandfathers both served in World War I. After Arthur is released, he returns to his day job at a government constructi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kat Dennings
Katherine Victoria Litwack (born June 13, 1986), known professionally as Kat Dennings, is an American actress. She is known for her starring roles as Max Black in the CBS sitcom ''2 Broke Girls'' (2011–2017) and as Darcy Lewis in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) superhero film and television franchise beginning with ''Thor'' (2011). Since making her acting debut in 2000, Dennings has appeared in films including ''The 40-Year-Old Virgin'' (2005), '' Big Momma's House 2'' (2006), '' Charlie Bartlett'' (2007), '' The House Bunny'' (2008), ''Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist'' (2008), ''Shorts'' (2009), '' Defendor'' (2009), and '' Suburban Gothic'' (2014). Early life Katherine Victoria Litwack was born on June 13, 1986, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Her mother, Ellen Judith Litwack, is a poet and speech therapist, and her father, Gerald J. Litwack, was a molecular pharmacologist, and college professor and chairman. Dennings is the youngest of five children. Her family is Jew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elias Koteas
Elias Koteas (; ; born March 11, 1961) is a Canadian actor who has performed in lead and supporting roles in numerous films and television series. He won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the film '' Ararat'' (2002). He is known for playing Alvin "Al" Olinsky in the ''Chicago'' television series franchise. Among the prominent films in which he has performed are '' Some Kind of Wonderful'' (1987), ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' (1990), '' Crash'' (1996), '' Fallen'' (1998), '' The Thin Red Line'' (1998), '' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'' (2008), and '' Shutter Island'' (2010). Early life Koteas was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, to a father who worked as a mechanic for the Canadian National Railways and a milliner mother. His parents are both of Greek descent. Koteas is a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City as well as Vanier College in Montreal. Career Koteas has played major roles in '' Some Kind of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Stebbings
Peter Stebbings is a Canadian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter best known for portraying Kevin Sharp in the drama series '' Madison'', Paul Deeds in the series '' Traders'', and for writing and directing ''Defendor''. He portrayed Alvin Klein on the science fiction drama series '' The Listener''. Life and career Stebbings began acting at the age of 12 at the Vancouver Youth Theatre. At 22 he went to New York City to study at the Circle in the Square Theater School. Stebbings later returned to Canada, playing Kevin Sharp on the Canadian series '' Madison'', a role that earned him two Gemini Award nominations as Best Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role. He also played Paul Deeds in the Canadian series '' Traders''. He has a recurring role on the Canadian series ''Murdoch Mysteries'' as industrialist/inventor James Pendrick. He is married to Charlotte Sullivan Charlotte Sullivan (born October 21, 1983) is a Canadian actress. Her credits include ''Harriet t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Oh
Sandra Miju Oh (born July 20, 1971) is a Canadian and American actress. She is known for her starring roles as Rita Wu in ''Arliss (TV series), Arliss'' (1996–2002), Cristina Yang in ''Grey's Anatomy'' (2005–14), and Eve Polastri in ''Killing Eve'' (2018–22). She has received one Primetime Emmy Awards, Primetime Emmy Award from 14 nominations, as well as two Golden Globe Awards and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2019, ''Time (magazine), Time'' magazine named Oh one of the Time 100, 100 most influential people in the world. Oh first gained recognition for her roles in the Canadian films ''Double Happiness (film), Double Happiness'' (1994) and ''The Diary of Evelyn Lau'' (1994), where she won Genie Awards for both films. Her later television credits include ''Judging Amy'' and ''American Crime (TV series), American Crime'', as well as voice roles on ''American Dad!'', ''American Dragon: Jake Long'', ''The Proud Family'', ''Phineas and Ferb'', ''Chop Socky Chooks'', ''S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darius Films
Darius Films Inc. is a film and television production company founded in 1996. Headquarters are located in Los Angeles, California, and Toronto, Ontario. The company makes about $1-5 million in sales. It has produced over thirty feature films, which have premiered at the most prestigious film festivals and have sold worldwide. They have worked with actors and actresses, including Samantha Bee, Matt Dillon, Woody Harrelson, Ethan Hawke, Harvey Keitel, Nick Nolte, Sandra Oh, Noomi Rapace, Tim Roth, Kurt Russell, and Susan Sarandon. Highlights of some of their productions include ''Stockholm'', '' The Art of the Steal'', ''The Padre'', '' Weirdsville'', '' Defendor'', and '' The Calling''. Filmography *''Motel'' (1998) *''Jailbait'' (2000) *''Re-Generation'' (2004) *'' The Life and Hard Times of Guy Terrifico'' (2005) *''Cool Money'' (2005) *''A Lobster Tale'' (2006) *''Run Robot Run!'' (2006) *'' Weirdsville'' (2007) *'' Hank and Mike'' (2008) *''Surviving Crooked Lake'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 Toronto International Film Festival
The 34th annual Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) was held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 10 and September 19, 2009. The opening night gala presented the Charles Darwin biography '' Creation''. ''The Young Victoria'', based on the early years of Queen Victoria, closed the festival on September 19. About the 2009 Festival TIFF is a non-profit organization whose goal is to change the way people look at the world through film. The festival is Canada's largest film festival, receiving 4,209 submissions in 2008. Of this total, 312 films were screened coming from 64 different countries. TIFF creates an annual economic impact of $135 million CAD. Aided by over 2,000 volunteers, 100 full-time staff members and 500 seasonal or part-time staff are responsible for organizing the festival. Two screenings of each of the invited films are presented to the public and at least one screening is provided for press and industry. The 2009 festival contained 19 different P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Ray
Lisa Rani Ray (born 4 April 1972) is a Canadian actress. She began her modelling career in India in the early 1990s, appearing for leading Indian brands like Bombay Dyeing and Lakmé. She made her acting debut in 1994 in the film '' Hanste Khelte.'' Through her acting career, Ray has demonstrated a penchant for issue-oriented portrayals, most notably in the 2005 Oscar-nominated Canadian film ''Water'' and the award-winning South African feature ''The World Unseen'', described by a reviewer as "one of the best-conceived queer films of the past year." In 2009, Ray was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, an incurable form of blood cancer. She began writing ''The Yellow Diaries,'' a blog about her experiences of having cancer. Her writing and columns have since regularly appeared in multiple major publications. Ray remains an active advocate of stem-cell therapy and has participated in several successful fundraisers and cancer awareness campaigns. In 2011, Ray began hosting a popular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Tabarrok
Nicholas Tabarrok is a film producer who started his producing career with smaller unusual films, made in his native Canada. Later, larger budget films were made in America, or funded by Americans. ''The Hollywood Reporter'' noted that Tabarrok was skilled at finding funding from government sources, citing his 2018 film ''Stockholm'', as an example. Stockholm received funding help from Sweden due to casting Noomi Rapace, and other Swedish actors, and received funding help from Canada, where it was filmed. It reported that American actor Ethan Hawke Ethan Green Hawke (born November 6, 1970) is an American actor, author, and film director. He made his film debut in ''Explorers (film), Explorers'' (1985), before making a breakthrough performance in ''Dead Poets Society'' (1989). Hawke starr ... was the only actor to film any scenes in Sweden—all establishing exterior shots. Filmography References {{DEFAULTSORT:Tabarrok, Nicholas Living people Year of birth missing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlotte Sullivan
Charlotte Sullivan (born October 21, 1983) is a Canadian actress. Her credits include ''Harriet the Spy (film), Harriet the Spy'' (1996), ''Goosebumps (1995 TV series), Goosebumps'' (1996), ''Ghostwriter (1992 TV series)#The New Ghostwriter Mysteries, The New Ghostwriter Mysteries'' (1997), ''How to Deal'' (2003), ''Fever Pitch (2005 film), Fever Pitch'' (2005), ''MVP (TV series), MVP'' (2008), ' (2009), ''Rookie Blue'' (2010), ' (2011), ' (2013), ''Chicago Fire (TV series), Chicago Fire'' (2016–2017), ''Mary Kills People'' (2017–2019), ''Caught (2018 TV series), Caught'' (2018), ''Wynonna Earp (TV series), Wynonna Earp'' (2021), ''Law & Order: Organized Crime'' (2021), and ''Pretty Hard Cases'' (2022). Career Sullivan began acting professionally as a child. Her first on-screen role was an extra in a Liza Minnelli music video. She has had starring roles in the film ''Harriet the Spy (film), Harriet the Spy'' (1996) and the CBS series ''Ghostwriter (1992 TV series)#The New G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dakota Goyo
Dakota Avery Goyo (born August 22, 1999) is a Canadian former actor. He is best known for playing Max Kenton in the film ''Real Steel'' (2011) and Jesse Barrett in the film ''Dark Skies'' (2013). He also voices Jamie Bennett in the DreamWorks Animation film ''Rise of the Guardians'' (2012). Personal life Goyo was born to Debra, a former model and singer who manages his career, and David Goyo. He has two older brothers, Devon and Dallas. Career Goyo appeared in his first commercial as an infant, after which he landed various roles in television and animation series. His featured television work includes Disney's '' JoJo's Circus'' in 2005, ''Ultra'' in 2006, ''Super Why!'' in 2008, ''Murdoch Mysteries'' in 2008, '' The Listener'' in 2009, ''My Neighbor's Secret'' in 2009, '' Happy Town'' in 2010 and a recurring role as Timmy Tibble on the children's television series ''Arthur'' in 2010. Goyo completed a series lead role in the ABC pilot ''Solving Charlie'' in 2009, playing Char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristin Booth
Kristin Booth (born August 28, 1974) is a Canadian actress. Early life Booth grew up in Kitchener , near the Shakespeare festival town of Stratford, Ontario. She made her professional acting debut when she was 12, playing an orphan in a summer stock production of Annie (musical), ''Annie''. Career Booth's first starring role in a movie came with the 2003 heist film Foolproof (film), ''Foolproof'' opposite Ryan Reynolds. In 2008 she made a breakthrough with two performances, as a desperate crack whore in ''This Beautiful City'' and a comic turn as part of an ensemble cast of ''Young People Fucking'', for which she was given the Genie Award for best supporting actress. Starting in 2014, she appears in the Hallmark original movie series ''Signed, Sealed, Delivered (TV series), Signed, Sealed, Delivered'' as Shane McInerney, a techie postal employee. In 2018, Booth was one of four actresses who filed lawsuits against Albert Schulz, for sexual harassment allegations related to their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Kelly (American Actor)
Michael Kelly (born May 22, 1969) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Doug Stamper in the Netflix drama series ''House of Cards''. He also appeared as CIA Agent Mike November in the Prime Video thriller series '' Jack Ryan''. Early life and education Kelly was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and grew up in Lawrenceville, Georgia, the son of Maureen and Michael Kelly. His father is of Irish descent, and his mother is of Italian ancestry. Kelly graduated from Coastal Carolina University in 1992 with a degree in performing arts. Career In addition to playing Doug Stamper in all six seasons of ''House of Cards'', Kelly has appeared in films such as ''Changeling'', '' Dawn of the Dead'', ''The Adjustment Bureau'', ''Chronicle'', '' Now You See Me'', and ''Everest''. He also appeared in the television miniseries '' Generation Kill'', six episodes of ''The Sopranos'' as Agent Ron Goddard, the ''Criminal Minds'' spin-off series '' Criminal Minds: Suspect Beha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
