Fred Ward
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Freddie Joe "Fred" Ward (born December 30, 1942) is an American
actor
. He began his career in 1979 alongside Clint Eastwood
in Escape from Alcatraz
. He is best known for his starring roles in the motion pictures Remo Williams
, Tremors
, Henry & June
, Short Cuts
, The Right Stuff
and Exit Speed
. Ward also acted in European movies.
. He is of part Cherokee
American Indian descent. Before acting, Ward spent three years in the United States Air Force
. He was also a boxer
(during which he had broken his nose three times) and worked as a lumberjack
in Alaska
.
. While in Italy
, he dubbed Italian movies and worked as a mime until he made his debut in two Roberto Rossellini
films. Upon returning stateside in the early 1970s, Ward spent time working in experimental theater and doing some television
work. He made his first American film appearance playing a cowboy in Hearts of the West
(1975). His first major role came in the Clint Eastwood
vehicle Escape from Alcatraz
(1979) as fellow escapee John Anglin
. He was also notable as a violent National Guardsman
in Walter Hill's Southern Comfort
(1981).
His first starring role in a motion picture was Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (1982). He then starred as astronaut Gus Grissom
in The Right Stuff, in the action movie Uncommon Valor
with Gene Hackman
and in the drama
Silkwood
(all 1983).
(1984) and Secret Admirer
(1985) he played the title hero in the action movie Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
, which was directed by ex-James Bond
-director Guy Hamilton
. The film was supposed to be the first of a series based on The Destroyer series of novels. Though the movie was critically acclaimed and well-promoted, showing Ward on the cover of several movie magazines, it only grossed $15,000,000, which was not much in comparison to the James Bond movies. He confirmed that he did most of the dangerous stunts by himself. He also studied martial arts
.
Ward played in a few low-budget productions until he returned to major cinema in 1988 as a cop in Off Limits, as Roone Dimmick in Big Business
and the father of Keanu Reeves
in The Prince of Pennsylvania
.
monster
movie Tremors
(with Kevin Bacon
), as the American erotic writer Henry Miller
in Henry & June
(with Uma Thurman
) and as cop Hoke Moseley, whose gun, badge and dentures are stolen, in Ward's own-produced motion picture Miami Blues (with Alec Baldwin
and Jennifer Jason Leigh
).
After playing H.P. Lovecraft in the 1991 HBO TV movie Cast a Deadly Spell
alongside Julianne Moore
, he decided to only play co-starring roles as a character actor in the thriller Thunderheart
, the Hollywood satire
The Player
, the mystery-drama
Equinox
and the TV western
-comedy
Four Eyes and Six Guns
. He also did a cameo
in Bob Roberts
.
Notable leading roles include Lt. Brann in the two-character-thriller Two Small Bodies
, fisherman Stuart Kane in the Robert Altman film Short Cuts
(for which the whole ensemble won a Golden Globe) (both 1993), a dangerous criminal in the comedy Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994), the sailor in the French-avant-garde
-drama The Blue Villa
(1995), plus his reprised role in Tremors II: Aftershocks and the Special Agent in Chain Reaction
(both 1996). He also appeared as Sheriff Bud Phillips in Best Men
, as Dave Reimüller in ...First Do No Harm
with Meryl Streep
(both 1997) and as Domenico Venier in Dangerous Beauty
(1998).
and co-starred in the gangster-movie Circus
, the teen-movie Road Trip
and as the Captain in the horror-sequel The Crow: Salvation
.
In 2001 he was nominated for Video Premiere Award as the best male for the direct-to-video
-production Full Disclosure
. He also co-starred in Joe Dirt
, Summer Catch
, Wild Iris, the mini-TV-series Dice
and the comedic Corky Romano
.
In 2002 he co-starred in Sweet Home Alabama
, Enough
and Abandon
. He had the starring role in Birdseye and signed in for the TV pilot for the drama Georgetown with Helen Mirren
. Unfortunately the series was never made. So, after roles in The Last Ride
, 10.5 and Coast to Coast
(all 2004) he took a short break from acting and returned as a guest in the TV series Grey's Anatomy
and ER
(2006 and 2007).
He then starred in the ensemble drama Feast of Love
, in the brutal action-filled thriller Exit Speed
, Management
with Jennifer Aniston
and as the boss Ashcroft in Armored
.
Recently, he starred as Ronald Reagan
in the political-thriller L'affaire Farewell
(2009). He appeared in 30 Minutes or Less
in 2011 and is rumored to star in Tremors: The Thunder from Down Under, but also in The Expendables 2
.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. He began his career in 1979 alongside Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood
Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is an American film actor, director, producer, composer and politician. Eastwood first came to prominence as a supporting cast member in the TV series Rawhide...
in Escape from Alcatraz
Escape from Alcatraz (film)
Escape from Alcatraz is a 1979 American thriller film, directed by Don Siegel and starring Clint Eastwood. It dramatizes possibly the only successful escape attempt from the maximum security prison on Alcatraz Island. The film co-stars Fred Ward, and also features Patrick McGoohan as the...
. He is best known for his starring roles in the motion pictures Remo Williams
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, also released as Remo: Unarmed and Dangerous, is a 1985 American film. The action–adventure-thriller film featured Fred Ward, Joel Grey, Wilford Brimley and Kate Mulgrew, as well as many guest roles...
, Tremors
Tremors (film)
Tremors is a 1990 American science fiction horror comedy film directed by Ron Underwood, based on a screenplay by Brent Maddock and S. S. Wilson, and starring Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Michael Gross and Reba McEntire...
, Henry & June
Henry & June
Henry & June is a 1990 American film directed by Philip Kaufman and stars Fred Ward, Maria de Medeiros, and Uma Thurman. It is loosely based on the book of the same name by the French author Anaïs Nin, and tells the story of Nin's relationship with Henry Miller and his wife, June.-Plot:The story...
, Short Cuts
Short Cuts
Short Cuts is a 1993 American drama film directed by Robert Altman. Filmed from a screenplay by Robert Altman and Frank Barhydt, it is inspired by nine short stories and a poem by Raymond Carver...
, The Right Stuff
The Right Stuff
The Right Stuff is a 1983 American film adapted from Tom Wolfe's 1979 book The Right Stuff about the test pilots who were involved in high-speed aeronautical research at Edwards Air Force Base as well as those selected to be astronauts for Project Mercury, the United States' first attempt at manned...
and Exit Speed
Exit Speed
Exit Speed is an action-drama film by Sabbatical Pictures. The film was directed by Scott Ziehl, and stars Desmond Harrington, Julie Mond, Lea Thompson, Alice Greczyn, David Rees Snell and Fred Ward. This 90 minute action film was shown in Cannes in 2008. The film was made in the Dallas, Texas...
. Ward also acted in European movies.
Early life
Ward, an only child, was born Freddie Joe Ward in San Diego, CaliforniaSan Diego, California
San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border. The birthplace of California, San Diego is known for its mild year-round...
. He is of part Cherokee
Cherokee
The Cherokee are a Native American people historically settled in the Southeastern United States . Linguistically, they are part of the Iroquoian language family...
American Indian descent. Before acting, Ward spent three years in the United States Air Force
United States Air Force
The United States Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the American uniformed services. Initially part of the United States Army, the USAF was formed as a separate branch of the military on September 18, 1947 under the National Security Act of...
. He was also a boxer
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
(during which he had broken his nose three times) and worked as a lumberjack
Lumberjack
A lumberjack is a worker in the logging industry who performs the initial harvesting and transport of trees for ultimate processing into forest products. The term usually refers to a bygone era when hand tools were used in harvesting trees principally from virgin forest...
in Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
.
'70s and '80s
Ward became an actor after studying at Herbert Berghof Studio and in RomeRome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
. While in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, he dubbed Italian movies and worked as a mime until he made his debut in two Roberto Rossellini
Roberto Rossellini
Roberto Rossellini was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Rossellini was one of the directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributing films such as Roma città aperta to the movement.-Early life:Born in Rome, Roberto Rossellini lived on the Via Ludovisi, where Benito Mussolini had...
films. Upon returning stateside in the early 1970s, Ward spent time working in experimental theater and doing some television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
work. He made his first American film appearance playing a cowboy in Hearts of the West
Hearts of the West
Hearts of the West is a 1975 comedy film directed by Howard Zieff, and starring Jeff Bridges, Andy Griffith, Blythe Danner, and Alan Arkin. The story revolves around a wannabe 1930s writer who finds himself cast as a leading man in several B-movie westerns....
(1975). His first major role came in the Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood
Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is an American film actor, director, producer, composer and politician. Eastwood first came to prominence as a supporting cast member in the TV series Rawhide...
vehicle Escape from Alcatraz
Escape from Alcatraz (film)
Escape from Alcatraz is a 1979 American thriller film, directed by Don Siegel and starring Clint Eastwood. It dramatizes possibly the only successful escape attempt from the maximum security prison on Alcatraz Island. The film co-stars Fred Ward, and also features Patrick McGoohan as the...
(1979) as fellow escapee John Anglin
John Anglin
John William Anglin was an American criminal who took part in the June 1962 Alcatraz escape and was never seen again.- Alcatraz :...
. He was also notable as a violent National Guardsman
United States National Guard
The National Guard of the United States is a reserve military force composed of state National Guard militia members or units under federally recognized active or inactive armed force service for the United States. Militia members are citizen soldiers, meaning they work part time for the National...
in Walter Hill's Southern Comfort
Southern Comfort (film)
Southern Comfort is an American action/thriller film directed by Walter Hill, working from a script by Hill, longtime collaborator David Giler, and Michael Kane. It featured Keith Carradine, Powers Boothe, Alan Autry, Les Lannom, Peter Coyote, T. K...
(1981).
His first starring role in a motion picture was Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann (1982). He then starred as astronaut Gus Grissom
Gus Grissom
Virgil Ivan Grissom , , better known as Gus Grissom, was one of the original NASA Project Mercury astronauts and a United States Air Force pilot...
in The Right Stuff, in the action movie Uncommon Valor
Uncommon Valor
Uncommon Valor is a 1983 action/war film written by Joe Gayton and directed by Ted Kotcheff, about a Marine officer who puts together a team to try to rescue his son, who he believes is among those still held in Laos after the Vietnam War...
with Gene Hackman
Gene Hackman
Eugene Allen "Gene" Hackman is an American actor and novelist.Nominated for five Academy Awards, winning two, Hackman has also won three Golden Globes and two BAFTAs in a career that spanned five decades. He first came to fame in 1967 with his performance as Buck Barrow in Bonnie and Clyde...
and in the drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
Silkwood
Silkwood
Silkwood is a 1983 American drama film directed by Mike Nichols. The screenplay by Nora Ephron and Alice Arlen was inspired by the true-life story of Karen Silkwood, who died in a suspicious car accident while investigating alleged wrongdoing at the Kerr-McGee plutonium plant where she...
(all 1983).
Remo Williams
After co-starring roles in Swing ShiftSwing Shift (film)
Swing Shift is a 1984 feature film directed by Jonathan Demme and produced by and starring Goldie Hawn with Kurt Russell. It also starred Christine Lahti, Fred Ward and Ed Harris...
(1984) and Secret Admirer
Secret Admirer
Secret Admirer is a 1985 romantic comedy film directed by David Greenwalt starring C. Thomas Howell, Lori Loughlin, Kelly Preston and Fred Ward. The screenplay was written by Greenwalt and Jim Kouf...
(1985) he played the title hero in the action movie Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, also released as Remo: Unarmed and Dangerous, is a 1985 American film. The action–adventure-thriller film featured Fred Ward, Joel Grey, Wilford Brimley and Kate Mulgrew, as well as many guest roles...
, which was directed by ex-James Bond
James Bond
James Bond, code name 007, is a fictional character created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short story collections. There have been a six other authors who wrote authorised Bond novels or novelizations after Fleming's death in 1964: Kingsley Amis,...
-director Guy Hamilton
Guy Hamilton
Guy Hamilton is an English film director.Hamilton was born in Paris, France where his English parents were living. Remaining in France during the Nazi occupation, he was active in the French Resistance...
. The film was supposed to be the first of a series based on The Destroyer series of novels. Though the movie was critically acclaimed and well-promoted, showing Ward on the cover of several movie magazines, it only grossed $15,000,000, which was not much in comparison to the James Bond movies. He confirmed that he did most of the dangerous stunts by himself. He also studied martial arts
Martial arts
Martial arts are extensive systems of codified practices and traditions of combat, practiced for a variety of reasons, including self-defense, competition, physical health and fitness, as well as mental and spiritual development....
.
Ward played in a few low-budget productions until he returned to major cinema in 1988 as a cop in Off Limits, as Roone Dimmick in Big Business
Big Business (1988 film)
Big Business is a 1988 American comedy film farce starring Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin . It was produced by Touchstone Pictures, with the plot loosely based on The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare....
and the father of Keanu Reeves
Keanu Reeves
Keanu Charles Reeves is a Canadian actor. Reeves is perhaps best known for his roles in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Speed, Point Break and the science fiction-action trilogy The Matrix...
in The Prince of Pennsylvania
The Prince of Pennsylvania
The Prince of Pennsylvania is a 1988 comedic drama starring Keanu Reeves, Bonnie Bedelia, Fred Ward, and Amy Madigan. The Academy Award-nominated composer Thomas Newman wrote the music...
.
1990s
In 1990 he starred as Earl Bassett in the cult classicCult Classic
Cult Classic is a Blue Öyster Cult studio recording released in 1994, containing remakes of many of the band's previous hits.-Track listing:# " The Reaper" - 5:05# "E.T.I...
monster
Monster
A monster is any fictional creature, usually found in legends or horror fiction, that is somewhat hideous and may produce physical harm or mental fear by either its appearance or its actions...
movie Tremors
Tremors (film)
Tremors is a 1990 American science fiction horror comedy film directed by Ron Underwood, based on a screenplay by Brent Maddock and S. S. Wilson, and starring Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Michael Gross and Reba McEntire...
(with Kevin Bacon
Kevin Bacon
Kevin Norwood Bacon is an American film and theater actor whose notable roles include Animal House, Diner, Footloose, Flatliners, Wild Things, A Few Good Men, JFK, Apollo 13, Mystic River, The Woodsman, Trapped, Friday the 13th, Hollow Man, Tremors, Death Sentence, Frost/Nixon, Crazy, Stupid, Love....
), as the American erotic writer Henry Miller
Henry Miller
Henry Valentine Miller was an American novelist and painter. He was known for breaking with existing literary forms and developing a new sort of 'novel' that is a mixture of novel, autobiography, social criticism, philosophical reflection, surrealist free association, and mysticism, one that is...
in Henry & June
Henry & June
Henry & June is a 1990 American film directed by Philip Kaufman and stars Fred Ward, Maria de Medeiros, and Uma Thurman. It is loosely based on the book of the same name by the French author Anaïs Nin, and tells the story of Nin's relationship with Henry Miller and his wife, June.-Plot:The story...
(with Uma Thurman
Uma Thurman
Uma Karuna Thurman is an American actress and model. She has performed in leading roles in a variety of films, ranging from romantic comedies and dramas to science fiction and action movies. Among her best-known roles are those in the Quentin Tarantino films Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill...
) and as cop Hoke Moseley, whose gun, badge and dentures are stolen, in Ward's own-produced motion picture Miami Blues (with Alec Baldwin
Alec Baldwin
Alexander Rae "Alec" Baldwin III is an American actor who has appeared on film, stage, and television.Baldwin first gained recognition through television for his work in the soap opera Knots Landing in the role of Joshua Rush. He was a cast member for two seasons before his character was killed off...
and Jennifer Jason Leigh
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Jennifer Jason Leigh is an American film and stage actress, best known for her roles in Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Single White Female, Last Exit to Brooklyn, Georgia and Short Cuts...
).
After playing H.P. Lovecraft in the 1991 HBO TV movie Cast a Deadly Spell
Cast a Deadly Spell
Cast a Deadly Spell is a Horror/Detective HBO movie with Fred Ward, Julianne Moore, David Warner and Clancy Brown. It was directed by Martin Campbell and written by Joseph Dougherty.-Plot:...
alongside Julianne Moore
Julianne Moore
Julianne Moore is an American actress and a children's book author. Throughout her career, she has been nominated for four Oscars, six Golden Globes, three BAFTAs and nine Screen Actors Guild Awards....
, he decided to only play co-starring roles as a character actor in the thriller Thunderheart
Thunderheart
Thunderheart is a 1992 American contemporary western mystery film directed by Michael Apted from an original screenplay by John Fusco. The film is a loosely based fictional portrayal of events relating to the Wounded Knee incident in 1973...
, the Hollywood satire
Satire
Satire is primarily a literary genre or form, although in practice it can also be found in the graphic and performing arts. In satire, vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, and society itself, into improvement...
The Player
The Player
The Player is a 1992 American satirical film directed by Robert Altman from a screenplay by Michael Tolkin based on his own 1988 novel of the same name....
, the mystery-drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
Equinox
Equinox (film)
Equinox is a 1970 American horror film. Originally made in 1967 under the title The Equinox... A Journey into the Supernatural it was directed by Dennis Muren, and stars Edward Connell as Dave, Barbara Hewitt as Susan Turner Frank Bonner as Jim Hudson and award-winning science fiction/horror writer...
and the TV western
Western (genre)
The Western is a genre of various visual arts, such as film, television, radio, literature, painting and others. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the latter half of the 19th century in the American Old West, hence the name. Some Westerns are set as early as the Battle of...
-comedy
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
Four Eyes and Six Guns
Four Eyes and Six Guns
Four Eyes and Six Guns is a Western movie starring Judge Reinhold, Patricia Clarkson and Fred Ward. It includes guest roles by Dan Hedaya, M. Emmet Walsh, John Gries and others.-Synopsis:...
. He also did a cameo
Cameo appearance
A cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television...
in Bob Roberts
Bob Roberts
Bob Roberts is a 1992 film written and directed by Tim Robbins. It is a satirical mockumentary, chronicling the rise of Bob Roberts, a conservative politician who is a candidate for an upcoming United States Senate election...
.
Notable leading roles include Lt. Brann in the two-character-thriller Two Small Bodies
Two Small Bodies
Two Small Bodies is a 1993 thriller starring Fred Ward and Suzy Amis. It was directed by the stage director Beth B.-Plot:The story is loosely connected to the true story of the death of the two children of Alice Crimmins who were discovered missing on July 14, 1965.-External links:* *...
, fisherman Stuart Kane in the Robert Altman film Short Cuts
Short Cuts
Short Cuts is a 1993 American drama film directed by Robert Altman. Filmed from a screenplay by Robert Altman and Frank Barhydt, it is inspired by nine short stories and a poem by Raymond Carver...
(for which the whole ensemble won a Golden Globe) (both 1993), a dangerous criminal in the comedy Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994), the sailor in the French-avant-garde
Avant-garde
Avant-garde means "advance guard" or "vanguard". The adjective form is used in English to refer to people or works that are experimental or innovative, particularly with respect to art, culture, and politics....
-drama The Blue Villa
The Blue Villa
Un bruit qui rend fou is a 1995 crime thriller film with Fred Ward.- Plot :The complexly interwoven lives of the residents of an isolated Greek island form the basis of this psycho-sexual drama from iconoclastic film-maker Alain Robbe-Grillet...
(1995), plus his reprised role in Tremors II: Aftershocks and the Special Agent in Chain Reaction
Chain Reaction (film)
Chain Reaction is a 1996 American film starring Keanu Reeves, Morgan Freeman, Rachel Weisz, Brian Cox, Kevin Dunn and Fred Ward. It presents a fictional account of the invention of bubble fusion using sonoluminescence and the attempts by the United States Government to prevent the spreading of this...
(both 1996). He also appeared as Sheriff Bud Phillips in Best Men
Best Men
Best Men is a 1997 film directed by Tamra Davis and starring Sean Patrick Flanery, Luke Wilson, Andy Dick, Mitchell Whitfield, Fred Ward, Drew Barrymore, and Dean Cain.-Plot:...
, as Dave Reimüller in ...First Do No Harm
...First Do No Harm
...First Do No Harm is a 1997 television film, directed by Jim Abrahams, about a boy whose severe epilepsy, unresponsive to medications with terrible side effects, is controlled by the ketogenic diet. Aspects of the story mirror Abrahams' own experience with his son Charlie.-Plot:The film tells a...
with Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep
Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep is an American actress who has worked in theatre, television and film.Streep made her professional stage debut in 1971's The Playboy of Seville, before her screen debut in the television movie The Deadliest Season in 1977. In that same year, she made her film debut with...
(both 1997) and as Domenico Venier in Dangerous Beauty
Dangerous Beauty
Dangerous Beauty is a biographical drama film directed by Marshall Herskovitz. It is adapted from the non-fiction book The Honest Courtesan, by Margaret Rosenthal, , about the life of Veronica Franco , a courtesan in 16th century Venice.A stage musical version of the film premiered on July 25,...
(1998).
2000s
In the new millennium Ward was seen in many motion pictures, but also in productions made for TV and Video. In 2000 he starred in the action-thriller The Chaos FactorThe Chaos Factor
The Chaos Factor is a 2000 action-thriller film starring Antonio Sabato Jr. and Fred Ward.-Plot:In this tense military thriller, intelligence officer Jack Poynt discovers evidence of a CIA-backed raid on a medical facility in Cambodia in 1972, which led to the torture and killing of a number of...
and co-starred in the gangster-movie Circus
Circus (2000 film)
Circus is a 2000 British crime thriller movie directed by Rob Walker and written by David Logan. The movie stars John Hannah, Famke Janssen, Peter Stormare, Brian Conley, and Eddie Izzard. It was released in the UK on May 5, 2000 and had its USA release on September 15, 2000.-Plot:Leo and Lily ...
, the teen-movie Road Trip
Road Trip
Road Trip is a 2000 American comedy film written by Todd Phillips and Scot Armstrong and directed by Todd Phillips.-Plot :The movie begins with Barry giving a tour of the University of Ithaca to some prospective students...
and as the Captain in the horror-sequel The Crow: Salvation
The Crow: Salvation
The Crow: Salvation is a 2000 film directed by Bharat Nalluri. The film is the third in a series based on The Crow comic book by James O'Barr...
.
In 2001 he was nominated for Video Premiere Award as the best male for the direct-to-video
Direct-to-video
Direct-to-video is a term used to describe a film that has been released to the public on home video formats without being released in film theaters or broadcast on television...
-production Full Disclosure
Full Disclosure (film)
Full Disclosure is a 2001 thriller film starring Fred Ward, Christopher Plummer, Rachel Ticotin and Penelope Ann Miller. It was directed by John Bradshaw.- Background :The film was shot in 1999...
. He also co-starred in Joe Dirt
Joe Dirt
Joe Dirt is a 2001 American comedy film starring David Spade, Dennis Miller, Christopher Walken, Brian Thompson, Brittany Daniel, Jaime Pressly, Erik Per Sullivan, Adam Beach and Kid Rock. The film was written by Spade and Fred Wolf.-Plot:...
, Summer Catch
Summer Catch
Summer Catch is a 2001 romantic comedy film starring Freddie Prinze Jr., Jessica Biel, and Matthew Lillard. The story takes place on Cape Cod, but the majority of the film was shot in Southport, North Carolina.-Plot:...
, Wild Iris, the mini-TV-series Dice
Dice (TV mini-series)
Dice is a Canada/UK co-produced drama television mini-series. It was directed by Rachel Talalay and written by A. L. Kennedy and John Burnside, inspired by cult 70s novel The Dice Man by Luke Rhinehart.-Plot:...
and the comedic Corky Romano
Corky Romano
Corky Romano is a 2001 film starring former Saturday Night Live cast member Chris Kattan. Also starring are Fred Ward, Vinessa Shaw, Roger Fan, and Dave Sheridan. The movie was directed by Rob Pritts and was written by David Garrett and Jason Ward. It was filmed at Touchstone Pictures studios...
.
In 2002 he co-starred in Sweet Home Alabama
Sweet Home Alabama (film)
Sweet Home Alabama is a 2002 American romantic comedy film directed by Andy Tennant and stars Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas, and Patrick Dempsey. The film was released on September 27, 2002.-Plot:...
, Enough
Enough
The score for Enough, composed by David Arnold, was released on June 4, 2002.#"Give Me a Sign"#"F.B.I.?"#"New Leaf"#"Slim and Joe"#"Get Out of the House"#"Goodbye Gracie"#"Training Day"#"Breaking In"#"Setting the Trap"#"Fight Club"...
and Abandon
Abandon (film)
Abandon is a 2002 American thriller film released by Paramount Pictures and Touchstone Pictures. It was written and directed by Stephen Gaghan, starring Katie Holmes as a college student whose boyfriend disappeared two years previously...
. He had the starring role in Birdseye and signed in for the TV pilot for the drama Georgetown with Helen Mirren
Helen Mirren
Dame Helen Mirren, DBE is an English actor. She has won an Academy Award for Best Actress, four SAG Awards, four BAFTAs, three Golden Globes, four Emmy Awards, and two Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Awards.-Early life and family:...
. Unfortunately the series was never made. So, after roles in The Last Ride
The Last Ride (film)
This article is about the 2004 film. For the unrelated western novel, see The Last Ride.The Last Ride is an American TV action drama directed by Guy Norman Bee and starring Dennis Hopper, Will Patton, Nadine Velazquez and Fred Ward...
, 10.5 and Coast to Coast
Coast to Coast (TV film)
Coast to Coast is 2003 television movie starring Richard Dreyfuss, Judy Davis, and Selma Blair, and directed by Paul Mazursky. It is based on the novel by Frederic Raphael, who also wrote film's screenplay...
(all 2004) he took a short break from acting and returned as a guest in the TV series Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series created by Shonda Rhimes. The series premiered on March 27, 2005 on ABC; since then, seven seasons have aired. The series follows the lives of interns, residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital in...
and ER
ER (TV series)
ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television...
(2006 and 2007).
He then starred in the ensemble drama Feast of Love
Feast of Love
Feast of Love is a 2007 American drama film directed by Robert Benton, starring Morgan Freeman, Greg Kinnear, Radha Mitchell, Billy Burke and Selma Blair...
, in the brutal action-filled thriller Exit Speed
Exit Speed
Exit Speed is an action-drama film by Sabbatical Pictures. The film was directed by Scott Ziehl, and stars Desmond Harrington, Julie Mond, Lea Thompson, Alice Greczyn, David Rees Snell and Fred Ward. This 90 minute action film was shown in Cannes in 2008. The film was made in the Dallas, Texas...
, Management
Management (film)
Management is a 2009 romantic comedy-drama directed by Stephen Belber and starring Jennifer Aniston and Steve Zahn. It premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival and received a limited theatrical release on May 15, 2009....
with Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer Joanna Aniston is an American actress, film director, and producer, best known for her role as Rachel Green on the television sitcom Friends, a role which earned her an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award.Aniston has also enjoyed a successful film career,...
and as the boss Ashcroft in Armored
Armored (film)
Armored is a 2009 American crime thriller film directed by Nimród Antal, written by first-time screenwriter James V. Simpson, and starring Matt Dillon, Jean Reno, Laurence Fishburne, Amaury Nolasco, Milo Ventimiglia, Skeet Ulrich, and Columbus Short...
.
Recently, he starred as Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....
in the political-thriller L'affaire Farewell
L'affaire Farewell
L'affaire Farewell is a 2009 French film directed by Christian Carion, starring Guillaume Canet and Emir Kusturica. The film is an espionage thriller loosely based on actions of the high-ranking KGB official, Vladimir Vetrov. It was released in the United States in June 2010, under the title...
(2009). He appeared in 30 Minutes or Less
30 Minutes or Less
30 Minutes or Less is a 2011 American action comedy crime film directed by Ruben Fleischer starring Jesse Eisenberg, Aziz Ansari, Danny McBride and Nick Swardson...
in 2011 and is rumored to star in Tremors: The Thunder from Down Under, but also in The Expendables 2
The Expendables 2
The Expendables 2 is an upcoming ensemble action film directed by Simon West and written by David Agosto and Ken Kaufman based on a story by Sylvester Stallone...
.
Personal life
Ward is divorced from Silvia Ward and is currently married to Marie-France Ward. He also has one son and lives in Venice, CA.Awards
- 1993: Volpi CupVenice Film FestivalThe Venice International Film Festival is the oldest international film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi in 1932 as the "Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the...
– Short CutsShort CutsShort Cuts is a 1993 American drama film directed by Robert Altman. Filmed from a screenplay by Robert Altman and Frank Barhydt, it is inspired by nine short stories and a poem by Raymond Carver... - 1993: Golden Globe – Short CutsShort CutsShort Cuts is a 1993 American drama film directed by Robert Altman. Filmed from a screenplay by Robert Altman and Frank Barhydt, it is inspired by nine short stories and a poem by Raymond Carver...
- 2001: Video Premiere Award – Full Disclosure (Nomination)
Filmography
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| 1973 | The Power of Cosimo (L'età di Cosimo de Medici) | Niccolò de Conti | TV |
| 1974 | Cartesius | TV | |
| 1975 | Hearts of the West Hearts of the West Hearts of the West is a 1975 comedy film directed by Howard Zieff, and starring Jeff Bridges, Andy Griffith, Blythe Danner, and Alan Arkin. The story revolves around a wannabe 1930s writer who finds himself cast as a leading man in several B-movie westerns.... |
Sam | |
| 1978 | Tilt | ||
| Quincy M.E.: Even Odds | Crane | TV Episode | |
| 1979 | Escape from Alcatraz Escape from Alcatraz (film) Escape from Alcatraz is a 1979 American thriller film, directed by Don Siegel and starring Clint Eastwood. It dramatizes possibly the only successful escape attempt from the maximum security prison on Alcatraz Island. The film co-stars Fred Ward, and also features Patrick McGoohan as the... |
John Anglin John Anglin John William Anglin was an American criminal who took part in the June 1962 Alcatraz escape and was never seen again.- Alcatraz :... |
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| The Incredible Hulk | Henchman/Marvin | 2 TV Episodes | |
| 1980 | UFOria UFOria UFOria is a science fiction/comedy movie starring Fred Ward, Harry Dean Stanton, Harry Carey, Jr. and Cindy Williams. It was directed by John Binder.The film includes also guest appearances by Peggy McKay, Joe Unger, Hank Worden and Charlotte Stewart.... |
Waylon Jennings Waylon Jennings Waylon Arnold Jennings was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. Jennings began playing at eight. He began performing at twelve, on KVOW radio. Jennings formed a band The Texas Longhorns. Jennings worked as a D.J on KVOW, KDAV and KLLL... Imitator, Sheldon Bart |
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| Carny Carny (film) Carny is a 1980 drama film about a waitress who joins a travelling carnival. It stars Gary Busey, Jodie Foster, and Robbie Robertson. It also includes an early role for Fred Ward.-Plot:... |
Jack | ||
| Cardiac Arrest | Jamie | ||
| Belle Starr | Ned Christie | TV | |
| 1981 | Southern Comfort Southern Comfort (film) Southern Comfort is an American action/thriller film directed by Walter Hill, working from a script by Hill, longtime collaborator David Giler, and Michael Kane. It featured Keith Carradine, Powers Boothe, Alan Autry, Les Lannom, Peter Coyote, T. K... |
Cpl. Lonnie Reece | |
| 1982 | Timerider: The Adventure of Lyle Swann | Lyle Swan | |
| 1983 | Silkwood Silkwood Silkwood is a 1983 American drama film directed by Mike Nichols. The screenplay by Nora Ephron and Alice Arlen was inspired by the true-life story of Karen Silkwood, who died in a suspicious car accident while investigating alleged wrongdoing at the Kerr-McGee plutonium plant where she... |
Morgan | 1 |
| Uncommon Valor Uncommon Valor Uncommon Valor is a 1983 action/war film written by Joe Gayton and directed by Ted Kotcheff, about a Marine officer who puts together a team to try to rescue his son, who he believes is among those still held in Laos after the Vietnam War... |
Wilkes | 5 | |
| The Right Stuff | Capt. Virgil Ivan Gus Grissom Gus Grissom Virgil Ivan Grissom , , better known as Gus Grissom, was one of the original NASA Project Mercury astronauts and a United States Air Force pilot... |
6 | |
| 1984 | Swing Shift Swing Shift (film) Swing Shift is a 1984 feature film directed by Jonathan Demme and produced by and starring Goldie Hawn with Kurt Russell. It also starred Christine Lahti, Fred Ward and Ed Harris... |
Archibald "Biscuits" Toue | 9 |
| 1985 | Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, also released as Remo: Unarmed and Dangerous, is a 1985 American film. The action–adventure-thriller film featured Fred Ward, Joel Grey, Wilford Brimley and Kate Mulgrew, as well as many guest roles... |
Remo Williams, Samuel Edward Macon | 4 |
| Secret Admirer Secret Admirer Secret Admirer is a 1985 romantic comedy film directed by David Greenwalt starring C. Thomas Howell, Lori Loughlin, Kelly Preston and Fred Ward. The screenplay was written by Greenwalt and Jim Kouf... |
Lt. Lou Fimple | 9 | |
| Noon Wine Noon Wine Noon Wine is a 1937 short novel written by American author Katherine Anne Porter. It was published in 1939 as part of Pale Horse, Pale Rider , a collection of three short novels by the author, including the title story and "Old Mortality." A dark tragedy about a farmer's futile act of homicide that... |
Royal Earle Thompson | TV | |
| 1986 | Florida Straits | Lucky Boone | TV, Later Cinema |
| 1987 | The Price of Life | Short feature | |
| The Hitchhiker: Dead Heat | Luther Redmond | TV Episode | |
| 1988 | Catchfire Catchfire Catchfire is a 1990 action-thriller-drama film starring Jodie Foster, Dennis Hopper, and Fred Ward. Several other notable actors have cameos. The film was disowned by its director, Hopper, before release and he is therefore credited under the fictional pseudonym Alan Smithee... |
Police Officer Pauling | |
| The Prince of Pennsylvania The Prince of Pennsylvania The Prince of Pennsylvania is a 1988 comedic drama starring Keanu Reeves, Bonnie Bedelia, Fred Ward, and Amy Madigan. The Academy Award-nominated composer Thomas Newman wrote the music... |
Gary Marshetta | ||
| Big Business Big Business (1988 film) Big Business is a 1988 American comedy film farce starring Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin . It was produced by Touchstone Pictures, with the plot loosely based on The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare.... |
Roone Dimmick | 3 | |
| Off Limits | Sgt. Benjamin Dix | 4 | |
| 1990 | Henry & June Henry & June Henry & June is a 1990 American film directed by Philip Kaufman and stars Fred Ward, Maria de Medeiros, and Uma Thurman. It is loosely based on the book of the same name by the French author Anaïs Nin, and tells the story of Nin's relationship with Henry Miller and his wife, June.-Plot:The story... |
Henry Miller Henry Miller Henry Valentine Miller was an American novelist and painter. He was known for breaking with existing literary forms and developing a new sort of 'novel' that is a mixture of novel, autobiography, social criticism, philosophical reflection, surrealist free association, and mysticism, one that is... , Soundtrack |
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| Miami Blues | Sgt. Hoke Moseley, Producer Film producer A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The... |
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| Tremors Tremors (film) Tremors is a 1990 American science fiction horror comedy film directed by Ron Underwood, based on a screenplay by Brent Maddock and S. S. Wilson, and starring Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter, Michael Gross and Reba McEntire... |
Earl Bassett | 5 | |
| 1991 | Cast a Deadly Spell Cast a Deadly Spell Cast a Deadly Spell is a Horror/Detective HBO movie with Fred Ward, Julianne Moore, David Warner and Clancy Brown. It was directed by Martin Campbell and written by Joseph Dougherty.-Plot:... |
Det. Harry Phillips Lovecraft H. P. Lovecraft Howard Phillips Lovecraft --often credited as H.P. Lovecraft — was an American author of horror, fantasy and science fiction, especially the subgenre known as weird fiction.... |
TV Event
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| The Dark Wind The Dark Wind The Dark Wind is the second Tony Hillerman novel to feature Officer Jim Chee. Recent college graduate Jim Chee has just taken a job with the Navajo Tribal Police in Arizona, where he helps keep the peace with his superior Captain Largo on land earmarked for joint use by the Navajo and the Hopi... |
Joe Leaphorn Joe Leaphorn Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn is a fictional character created by American mystery writer Tony Hillerman, one of two officers of the Navajo Tribal Police that feature in a number of novels. The other officer is Jim Chee.- Profile :... |
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| 1992 | Four Eyes and Six Guns Four Eyes and Six Guns Four Eyes and Six Guns is a Western movie starring Judge Reinhold, Patricia Clarkson and Fred Ward. It includes guest roles by Dan Hedaya, M. Emmet Walsh, John Gries and others.-Synopsis:... |
Wyatt Earp Wyatt Earp Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp was an American gambler, investor, and law enforcement officer who served in several Western frontier towns. He was also at different times a farmer, teamster, bouncer, saloon-keeper, miner and boxing referee. However, he was never a drover or cowboy. He is most well known... |
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| The Player The Player The Player is a 1992 American satirical film directed by Robert Altman from a screenplay by Michael Tolkin based on his own 1988 novel of the same name.... |
Walter Stuckel | 4 | |
| Equinox Equinox (1992 film) Equinox is a 1992 film written and directed by Alan Rudolph. It stars Matthew Modine in dual roles, along with Lara Flynn Boyle, Marisa Tomei, Lori Singer and Fred Ward. The film was shot in Minnesota and Utah and is set in the fictional urban city of Empire... |
Mr. Paris | ||
| Thunderheart Thunderheart Thunderheart is a 1992 American contemporary western mystery film directed by Michael Apted from an original screenplay by John Fusco. The film is a loosely based fictional portrayal of events relating to the Wounded Knee incident in 1973... |
Jack Milton | 5 | |
| Bob Roberts Bob Roberts Bob Roberts is a 1992 film written and directed by Tim Robbins. It is a satirical mockumentary, chronicling the rise of Bob Roberts, a conservative politician who is a candidate for an upcoming United States Senate election... |
TV News Anchor Chip Daley | ||
| 1993 | Luck, Trust & Ketchup | Himself | Documentary |
| Short Cuts Short Cuts Short Cuts is a 1993 American drama film directed by Robert Altman. Filmed from a screenplay by Robert Altman and Frank Barhydt, it is inspired by nine short stories and a poem by Raymond Carver... |
Stuart Kane | ||
| Two Small Bodies Two Small Bodies Two Small Bodies is a 1993 thriller starring Fred Ward and Suzy Amis. It was directed by the stage director Beth B.-Plot:The story is loosely connected to the true story of the death of the two children of Alice Crimmins who were discovered missing on July 14, 1965.-External links:* *... |
Lieutenant Brann | Festival event, also TV production | |
| 1994 | Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult | Rocco Dillon | 1 |
| 1995 | Un bruit qui rend fou The Blue Villa Un bruit qui rend fou is a 1995 crime thriller film with Fred Ward.- Plot :The complexly interwoven lives of the residents of an isolated Greek island form the basis of this psycho-sexual drama from iconoclastic film-maker Alain Robbe-Grillet... |
Frank, the sailor | Festival event |
| 1996 | The West | Himself (voice) | Documentary |
| Chain Reaction Chain Reaction (film) Chain Reaction is a 1996 American film starring Keanu Reeves, Morgan Freeman, Rachel Weisz, Brian Cox, Kevin Dunn and Fred Ward. It presents a fictional account of the invention of bubble fusion using sonoluminescence and the attempts by the United States Government to prevent the spreading of this... |
FBI Agent Leon Ford | 4 | |
| Tremors 2: Aftershocks Tremors 2: Aftershocks Tremors 2: Aftershocks is a 1996 action-horror-sequel to Tremors, in which the character of Earl Bassett, returning from the first movie, is hired to deal with a subterranean "Graboid" infestation at a Mexican oilfield. It was directed by S.S. Wilson, and stars Fred Ward, Christopher Gartin,... |
Earl Bassett | Direct-to-video | |
| 1997 | …First Do No Harm | Dave Reimüller | TV Event |
| Best Men Best Men Best Men is a 1997 film directed by Tamra Davis and starring Sean Patrick Flanery, Luke Wilson, Andy Dick, Mitchell Whitfield, Fred Ward, Drew Barrymore, and Dean Cain.-Plot:... |
Sheriff Bud Phillips | ||
| Gun (TV Series) Gun (TV series) "Gun" was a television anthology series that lasted six episodes in 1997. Each episode involved the same semi-automatic handgun as an important part of the plot. The characters each episode were completely different and appeared unrelated to those who appeared in other episodes... : Father John |
John Farragut | TV Episode | |
| 1998 | The Making of Tremors | Himself/Earl Bassett (Archive Footage) | Documentary |
| The Vivero Letter The Vivero Letter The Vivero Letter is an Adventure Movie starring Robert Patrick, Fred Ward and Tom Poster. This movie is based on the 1968 novel The Vivero Letter by Desmond Bagley.-Plot:... |
Andrew Fallon | ||
| Invasion: Earth (TV series) Invasion: Earth (TV series) Invasion: Earth is a BBC science fiction TV series. It was made in collaboration with the Sci Fi Channel, and released in 1998 as six fifty minute episodes.-Creation and production:... |
Major General David Reece | TV-Mini-Series | |
| Dangerous Beauty Dangerous Beauty Dangerous Beauty is a biographical drama film directed by Marshall Herskovitz. It is adapted from the non-fiction book The Honest Courtesan, by Margaret Rosenthal, , about the life of Veronica Franco , a courtesan in 16th century Venice.A stage musical version of the film premiered on July 25,... |
Domenico Venier | 16 | |
| 1999 | The Crimson Code The Crimson Code The Crimson Code, also known as Red Team, is a 1999 crime thriller film starring Patrick Muldoon, C. Thomas Howell, Cathy Moriarty, Tim Thomerson and Fred Ward.-Story:... |
Randall Brooks | |
| 2000 | The Crow: Salvation The Crow: Salvation The Crow: Salvation is a 2000 film directed by Bharat Nalluri. The film is the third in a series based on The Crow comic book by James O'Barr... |
John, the Police Captain | |
| Ropewalk Ropewalk (2000 film) - Cast :*Peter Facinelli*Lena Headey*Ever Carradine*Fred Ward*Lesley Ann Warren*Michael Buie*Nathan Bexton*Clare Kramer*Max Perlich*Michele Hicks*Frank Vincent*Jayce Bartok*Alex Daunis- Trivia :... |
David's Father | ||
| The Chaos Factor The Chaos Factor The Chaos Factor is a 2000 action-thriller film starring Antonio Sabato Jr. and Fred Ward.-Plot:In this tense military thriller, intelligence officer Jack Poynt discovers evidence of a CIA-backed raid on a medical facility in Cambodia in 1972, which led to the torture and killing of a number of... |
Max Camden | ||
| Circus | Elmo Somerset | 96 | |
| Road Trip Road Trip Road Trip is a 2000 American comedy film written by Todd Phillips and Scot Armstrong and directed by Todd Phillips.-Plot :The movie begins with Barry giving a tour of the University of Ithaca to some prospective students... |
Earl Edwards | 3 | |
| Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis | "Black Jack" Bouvier | TV | |
| 2001 | Summer Catch Summer Catch Summer Catch is a 2001 romantic comedy film starring Freddie Prinze Jr., Jessica Biel, and Matthew Lillard. The story takes place on Cape Cod, but the majority of the film was shot in Southport, North Carolina.-Plot:... |
Sean Dunne | 6 |
| Corky Romano Corky Romano Corky Romano is a 2001 film starring former Saturday Night Live cast member Chris Kattan. Also starring are Fred Ward, Vinessa Shaw, Roger Fan, and Dave Sheridan. The movie was directed by Rob Pritts and was written by David Garrett and Jason Ward. It was filmed at Touchstone Pictures studios... |
Leo Corrigan | 3 | |
| Joe Dirt Joe Dirt Joe Dirt is a 2001 American comedy film starring David Spade, Dennis Miller, Christopher Walken, Brian Thompson, Brittany Daniel, Jaime Pressly, Erik Per Sullivan, Adam Beach and Kid Rock. The film was written by Spade and Fred Wolf.-Plot:... |
Joe's Dad | 4 | |
| Full Disclosure Full Disclosure (film) Full Disclosure is a 2001 thriller film starring Fred Ward, Christopher Plummer, Rachel Ticotin and Penelope Ann Miller. It was directed by John Bradshaw.- Background :The film was shot in 1999... |
John McWhirter | Nomination Video Premiere Award - Best Actor | |
| Wild Iris | Errol Podubney | TV Event | |
| Dice Dice (TV mini-series) Dice is a Canada/UK co-produced drama television mini-series. It was directed by Rachel Talalay and written by A. L. Kennedy and John Burnside, inspired by cult 70s novel The Dice Man by Luke Rhinehart.-Plot:... |
Gacy/Noah Aldis | TV-Mini-Series | |
| 2002 | Live from Baghdad Live from Baghdad (film) Live from Baghdad is a television movie produced in 2002 by HBO. It was directed by Mick Jackson and written by Robert Wiener . The movie was released during the prelude stage of the Iraq War.... |
(Archive Footage) | TV Special/Documentary |
| Enough Enough The score for Enough, composed by David Arnold, was released on June 4, 2002.#"Give Me a Sign"#"F.B.I.?"#"New Leaf"#"Slim and Joe"#"Get Out of the House"#"Goodbye Gracie"#"Training Day"#"Breaking In"#"Setting the Trap"#"Fight Club"... |
Jupiter | 5 | |
| Sweet Home Alabama Sweet Home Alabama (film) Sweet Home Alabama is a 2002 American romantic comedy film directed by Andy Tennant and stars Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas, and Patrick Dempsey. The film was released on September 27, 2002.-Plot:... |
Earl Smooter | 1 | |
| Birdseye Birdseye (film) A.K.A. Birdseye is a Swiss 2002 criminal comedy film starring Fred Ward and many other award-winning actors.- Background :The film is a mockumentary and was shot in Zürich, Los Angeles and Colorado... |
Sheriff Nolan Sharpless | ||
| Abandon Abandon (film) Abandon is a 2002 American thriller film released by Paramount Pictures and Touchstone Pictures. It was written and directed by Stephen Gaghan, starring Katie Holmes as a college student whose boyfriend disappeared two years previously... |
Lieutenant Bill Stayton | 7 | |
| 2003 | Masked & Anonymous | Drunk | 45 |
| T-20 Years and Counting | Gus Grissom Gus Grissom Virgil Ivan Grissom , , better known as Gus Grissom, was one of the original NASA Project Mercury astronauts and a United States Air Force pilot... /Himself (Archive Footage) |
Documentary | |
| Realizing "The Right Stuff" | Himself | Documentary | |
| "Masked & Anonymous" Exposed | Special Thanks | Documentary | |
| 2004 | The Last Ride The Last Ride (film) This article is about the 2004 film. For the unrelated western novel, see The Last Ride.The Last Ride is an American TV action drama directed by Guy Norman Bee and starring Dennis Hopper, Will Patton, Nadine Velazquez and Fred Ward... |
Darryl Kurtz | TV Event |
| 10.5 | Roy Nolan | TV Event | |
| Coast to Coast Coast to Coast (TV film) Coast to Coast is 2003 television movie starring Richard Dreyfuss, Judy Davis, and Selma Blair, and directed by Paul Mazursky. It is based on the novel by Frederic Raphael, who also wrote film's screenplay... |
Hal Kressler | TV Event | |
| 2006 | ER ER (TV series) ER is an American medical drama television series created by novelist Michael Crichton that aired on NBC from September 19, 1994 to April 2, 2009. It was produced by Constant c Productions and Amblin Entertainment, in association with Warner Bros. Television... |
Eddie | 3 TV Episodes |
| Grey's Anatomy Grey's Anatomy Grey's Anatomy is an American medical drama television series created by Shonda Rhimes. The series premiered on March 27, 2005 on ABC; since then, seven seasons have aired. The series follows the lives of interns, residents and their mentors in the fictional Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital in... : What I am |
Mr. Denny Duquette, Sr. | TV Episode | |
| 2007 | Feast of Love Feast of Love Feast of Love is a 2007 American drama film directed by Robert Benton, starring Morgan Freeman, Greg Kinnear, Radha Mitchell, Billy Burke and Selma Blair... |
Bat | |
| 2008 | Management Management (film) Management is a 2009 romantic comedy-drama directed by Stephen Belber and starring Jennifer Aniston and Steve Zahn. It premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival and received a limited theatrical release on May 15, 2009.... |
Jerry | |
| Exit Speed Exit Speed Exit Speed is an action-drama film by Sabbatical Pictures. The film was directed by Scott Ziehl, and stars Desmond Harrington, Julie Mond, Lea Thompson, Alice Greczyn, David Rees Snell and Fred Ward. This 90 minute action film was shown in Cannes in 2008. The film was made in the Dallas, Texas... |
Sergeant Archie Sparks | ||
| 2009 | Armored Armored (film) Armored is a 2009 American crime thriller film directed by Nimród Antal, written by first-time screenwriter James V. Simpson, and starring Matt Dillon, Jean Reno, Laurence Fishburne, Amaury Nolasco, Milo Ventimiglia, Skeet Ulrich, and Columbus Short... |
Ashcroft | |
| L'affaire Farewell L'affaire Farewell L'affaire Farewell is a 2009 French film directed by Christian Carion, starring Guillaume Canet and Emir Kusturica. The film is an espionage thriller loosely based on actions of the high-ranking KGB official, Vladimir Vetrov. It was released in the United States in June 2010, under the title... |
Ronald Reagan Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor.... |
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| The Wild Stallion | Frank Mills | ||
| United States of Tara | Frank | 2 TV Episodes | |
| 2010 | In Plain Sight In Plain Sight In Plain Sight is an American dramatic television series on USA Network. The series revolves around Mary Shannon , a Deputy United States Marshal attached to the Albuquerque, New Mexico office of the Federal Witness Security Program , more commonly known as the Federal Witness Protection Program... |
Frank Jerome | Episode 3.6 |
| 2011 | 30 Minutes or Less 30 Minutes or Less 30 Minutes or Less is a 2011 American action comedy crime film directed by Ruben Fleischer starring Jesse Eisenberg, Aziz Ansari, Danny McBride and Nick Swardson... |
The Major |