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Bruno Solo
This is a list of comedy films released in the 2000s. 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 *'' 17 Again'' *'' 18-Year-Old Virgin'' *''(500) Days of Summer'' *''Aadhavan'' *''Adopted'' *'' Aliens in the Attic'' *'' Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel'' *'' Adventureland'' *'' All About Actresses'' *''All About Steve'' *'' American Pie Presents: The Book of Love'' *'' Away We Go'' *'' Baby on Board'' *'' Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach'' *'' Bandslam'' *''Beeswax'' *''The Boat That Rocked'' *'' Bride Wars'' *''Brüno'' *'' City Rats'' *''Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs'' *'' Confessions of a Shopaholic'' *''Couples Retreat'' *'' Dance Flick'' *''De Dana Dan'' * '' Dead Hooker in a Trunk'' *'' Endless Bummer'' *'' Evil Bong 2: King Bong'' *''Extract'' *'' Falling Up'' *'' Fanboys'' *'' Fantastic Mr. Fox'' *''Funny People'' *'' Gentlemen Broncos'' *''G-Force'' *''Ghosts of Girlfriends Past'' *''Good Hair'' *''The Hangover'' *'' Hannah Montana: T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Film
The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the oldest genres in film, and it is derived from classical comedy in theatre. Some of the earliest silent films were slapstick comedies, which often relied on visual depictions, such as sight gags and pratfalls, so they could be enjoyed without requiring sound. To provide drama and excitement to silent movies, live music was played in sync with the action on the screen, on pianos, organs, and other instruments. When sound films became more prevalent during the 1920s, comedy films grew in popularity, as laughter could result from both burlesque situations but also from humorous dialogue. Comedy, compared with other film genres, places more focus on individual star actors, with many former stand-up comics transitioning to the film industry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandra Bullock
Sandra Annette Bullock (; born July 26, 1964) is an American actress and film producer. The List of highest-paid film actors, highest-paid actress of 2010 and 2014, Sandra Bullock filmography, Bullock's filmography spans both comedy and drama, and List of awards and nominations received by Sandra Bullock, her accolades include an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award. She was named one of Time 100, ''Time''s 100 most influential people in the world in 2010. After making her acting debut with a minor role in the thriller ''Hangmen (film), Hangmen'' (1987), Bullock received early attention for her supporting role in the action film ''Demolition Man (film), Demolition Man'' (1993). Her breakthrough in the action thriller ''Speed (1994 film), Speed'' (1994) led to leading roles in the romantic comedy ''While You Were Sleeping (film), While You Were Sleeping'' (1995), and the dramas ''A Time to Kill (1996 film), A Time to Kill'' (1996) and ''Hope Floats'' (1998). She achieved furth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Alexander
Jay Scott Greenspan (born September 23, 1959), known professionally as Jason Alexander, is an American actor and comedian. Over the course of his career he has received an Emmy Award and a Tony Award as well as nominations for four Golden Globe Awards. He gained stardom for his role as George Costanza in the NBC sitcom ''Seinfeld'' (1989–1998), for which he won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series and was nominated for seven consecutive Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series and four Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film, Golden Globe Awards for Best Supporting Actor in Television. Alexander made his Broadway theatre, Broadway debut originating the role of Joe in Stephen Sondheim's ''Merrily We Roll Along (musical), Merrily We Roll Along'' in 1981. He remained active o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rene Russo
Rene Marie Russo (born February 17, 1954) is an American actress and model. She began her career as a fashion model in the 1970s, appearing on magazine covers such as '' Vogue'' and ''Cosmopolitan''. She made her film debut in the 1989 comedy '' Major League'', and rose to international prominence in a number of thrillers and action films throughout the 1990s, including '' Lethal Weapon 3'' (1992), '' In the Line of Fire'' (1993), ''Outbreak'' (1995), ''Get Shorty'' (1995), ''Ransom'' (1996), '' Lethal Weapon 4'' (1998), and '' The Thomas Crown Affair'' (1999). After headlining the family comedy '' Yours, Mine & Ours'' (2005), Russo took a five-year break from acting. She returned to the screen as Frigga, the mother of the titular hero, in the superhero film ''Thor'' (2011), a role she reprised in '' Thor: The Dark World'' (2013) and '' Avengers: Endgame'' (2019). In 2014, Russo starred in the acclaimed crime thriller '' Nightcrawler'', for which she won the Saturn Award for B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piper Perabo
Piper Lisa Perabo ( ; born October 31, 1976) is an American actress. Following her breakthrough in the comedy-drama film '' Coyote Ugly'' (2000), she starred in ''Cheaper by the Dozen'' (2003), its sequel '' Cheaper by the Dozen 2'' (2005), ''The Prestige'' (2006), '' Angel Has Fallen'' (2019), and as CIA agent Annie Walker in the USA Network spy drama series ''Covert Affairs'' (2010–2014), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama. Early life Born in Dallas, Texas and raised in Toms River, New Jersey, Perabo is the child of Mary Charlotte (née Ulland), a physical therapist, and George William Perabo, a lecturer in poetry at Ocean County College. She is of English, German, and Irish (father) and Norwegian (mother) descent; her surname is sometimes mistakenly described as Portuguese. Perabo's parents named her after actress Piper Laurie. She is the eldest of three children with two brothers, Noah and Adam. She graduat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Scott (voice Actor)
Keith Scott (born 29 October 1953) is an Australian voice actor, comedian, impressionist and animation historian. Career At a young age, Scott was always enchanted by the mimics and impressionists on ''The Ed Sullivan Show''. He began developing his ability to impersonate voices in high school, doing cartoon characters (the first of which being Mr. Jinks) and teacher's voices. In October 1972, just after leaving school, Scott was hired by William Hanna, the head of Hanna-Barbera, which had established a large animation studio in Sydney, Australia. He got the gig when he brought in some letters that he had received from Daws Butler (voice of Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, etc.) in December 1970. Hanna gave him a letter of recommendation when he was retrenched from the H-B office, and his name was such a credible one that it got Scott an instant agent, and his voice-over career began. In 1974, Scott began doing either impersonations or original character voices in many anonymou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
June Foray
June Foray (born June Lucille Forer; September 18, 1917 – July 26, 2017) was an American Voice acting, voice actress and radio personality, best known as the voice of such animation, animated characters as Rocky the Flying Squirrel, Natasha Fatale, Nell Fenwick, List of Disney's Cinderella characters, Lucifer from Disney's ''Cinderella (1950 film), Cinderella'', How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Cindy Lou Who, List of The Smurfs characters, Jokey Smurf, Granny (Looney Tunes), Granny from the Warner Bros. Cartoons, Warner Bros. cartoons directed by Friz Freleng, Grammi Gummi from ''Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears'' series, and Magica De Spell, among many others. Her career encompassed radio, theatrical shorts, feature films, television, records (particularly with Stan Freberg), video games, talking toys, and other media. Foray was also one of the early members of ASIFA-Hollywood, the society devoted to promoting and encouraging animation. She is credited with the establis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Des McAnuff
Desmond Steven McAnuff (born June 19, 1952) is the American-Canadian former artistic director of Canada's Stratford Festival and director of such Broadway musical theatre productions as '' Big River'', '' The Who's Tommy'' and ''Jersey Boys''. Biography Born in Princeton, Illinois to John Nelson and Ellen Boyd, McAnuff is a citizen of the United States and Canada. He lived briefly in Guelph, Ontario, attending grade 4 at St. George's Public School. His family then moved to Scarborough, Ontario, at the time a suburb of Toronto, and attended high school at Woburn Collegiate Institute where he made his first theatrical appearance in the school's production of ''The Sound of Music'', playing the role of Kurt. Later, with the help of two friends, he wrote the music and lyrics to a rock musical called ''Urbania'', which was performed by the high school drama club. He attended Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, but never completed his degree. In June 2011, he was awarded an honorary de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of Rocky And Bullwinkle (film)
''The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle'' is a 2000 American live-action animated adventure slapstick comedy film directed by Des McAnuff and produced by Universal Pictures, based on the animated television series ''The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends'' by Jay Ward. Animated characters Rocky and Bullwinkle share the screen with live actors portraying Fearless Leader (Robert De Niro, who also co-produced the film), Boris Badenov (Jason Alexander) and Natasha Fatale (Rene Russo), with Randy Quaid, Piper Perabo, Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell. June Foray reprises her role as Rocky, while Keith Scott (no relation to original voice actor Bill Scott) voices Bullwinkle and the film's narrator. It also features cameo appearances by performers including James Rebhorn, Paget Brewster, Janeane Garofalo, John Goodman, David Alan Grier, Don Novello, Jon Polito, Carl Reiner, Whoopi Goldberg, Max Grodenchik, Norman Lloyd, Jonathan Winters and Billy Crystal. The film f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Villeret
Jacques Villeret (; 6 February 1951 – 28 January 2005) was a French actor, best known internationally for his role as François Pignon in the comedy '' Le Dîner de Cons''. During his career, he earned many awards including the prestigious medal and title of Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur. Life and career Villeret was born Jacky Boufroura in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France, to an Algerian father and a French mother. He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris (CNSAD), where Louis Seigner, the grandfather of Emmanuelle Seigner and Mathilde Seigner, was one of his teachers. While he was most famous for his role as François Pignon in '' Le Dîner de Cons''; both on the stage and in the film, his other celebrated roles included the extra terrestrial in '' La soupe aux choux'', the autistic Mo in '' L'été en pente douce'', and marshal Ludwig von Apfelstrudel in '' Papy fait de la résistance''. At the time of making the film '' Un aller simple'' directed by Laurent Hey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Pierre Marielle
Jean-Pierre Marielle (12 April 1932 – 24 April 2019) was a French actor. He appeared in more than a hundred films in which he played very diverse roles, from a banal citizen (''Les Galettes de Pont-Aven''), to a World War II hero (''Les Milles (film), Les Milles''), to a compromised spy ('), to a has-been actor (''Les Grands Ducs''), to his portrayal of Jacques Saunière in ''The Da Vinci Code (film), The Da Vinci Code''. He was well known for his distinctive cavernous voice, which is often imitated by French humorists who considered him to be archetypical of the French gentleman. Early life Marielle was born in 1932 in Paris to an industrialist father and a dressmaker mother. His first acting experiences dated back to his high school years during which he staged some of Anton Chekhov, Chekhov’s plays with his comrades. He initially wanted to study literature but one of his teachers encouraged him to become an actor instead, so that he joined the Conservatoire national supér ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
André Dussollier
André Dussollier (born 17 February 1946) is a French actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. .... Selected filmography Awards and nominations César Awards Lumière Awards Molière Awards References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dussolier, Andre 1946 births Living people People from Annecy Male actors from Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes French male film actors French male television actors French male stage actors 20th-century French male actors 21st-century French male actors French National Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni Best Actor César Award winners Best Supporting Actor César Award winners Magritte Award winners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
