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Bill Oswalt
The first season of the anthology series, anthology black comedy crime drama television series ''Fargo (TV series), Fargo'', premiered on April 15, 2014, on FX (TV channel), FX. Starring Billy Bob Thornton, Allison Tolman, Colin Hanks, and Martin Freeman, the season consisted of ten episodes and concluded its initial airing on June 17, 2014. Set from January 2006 to February 2007, the season follows the psychopathic hitman Lorne Malvo (Thornton) who stops at a hospital in Bemidji, Minnesota following a car accident and influences local mild-mannered insurance salesman Lester Nygaard (Freeman) with his violent and deceptive ways. Their meeting sets forth a series of serial murders throughout the city. Meanwhile, Deputy Molly Solverson (Tolman) of Bemidji and Officer Gus Grimly (Hanks) of Duluth, Minnesota, Duluth attempt to solve several crimes across the state that they believe may be linked to Malvo and Nygaard. Bob Odenkirk, Keith Carradine, Joey King, Glenn Howerton, Kate Wal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billy Bob Thornton
Billy Bob Thornton (born August 4, 1955) is an American actor, filmmaker, singer and songwriter. He received international attention after writing, directing and starring in the independent film, independent Drama (film and television), drama film ''Sling Blade'' (1996), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. For his role in ''A Simple Plan (film), A Simple Plan'' (1998) he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Thornton is also known for his film roles in ''One False Move'' (1992), ''Tombstone (film), Tombstone'' (1993), ''Dead Man'' (1995), ''U Turn (1997 film), U Turn'' (1997), ''Primary Colors (film), Primary Colors'' (1998), ''Armageddon (1998 film), Armageddon'' (1998), ''Monster's Ball'' (2001), ''The Man Who Wasn't There (2001 film), The Man Who Wasn't There'' (2001), ''Intolerable Cruelty'' (2003), ''Bad Santa'' (2003) and ''Friday Night Lights (film), Friday Night Lig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keith Carradine
Keith Ian Carradine ( ; born August 8, 1949) is an American actor. In film he is known for his roles as Tom Frank in Robert Altman's ''Nashville'', E. J. Bellocq in Louis Malle's ''Pretty Baby'', and Mickey in Alan Rudolph's '' Choose Me.'' On television he is known for his roles as Wild Bill Hickok on the HBO series '' Deadwood'', FBI agent Frank Lundy on the Showtime series ''Dexter'', Lou Solverson in the first season of FX's '' Fargo'', Penny's father Wyatt on the CBS sitcom ''The Big Bang Theory'', and U.S. President Conrad Dalton on the CBS political drama '' Madam Secretary''. He is a member of the Carradine family of actors that began with his father, John Carradine. Early life Carradine was born August 8, 1949 in San Mateo, California. He is a son of actress and artist Sonia Sorel (née Henius), and actor John Carradine. His full brothers are Christopher and Robert Carradine, both of whom are actors. His paternal half-brothers are Bruce and David Carradi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primetime Emmy Award For Outstanding Casting For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie
This is a list of the winners and nominations of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. Chronology of category names Winners and nominations 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Programs with multiple wins ;2 wins * ''American Crime Story'' Casting directors with multiple awards ;3 awards * Meg Liberman ;2 awards * Courtney Bright * Kathleen Chopin * Mary Colquhoun * Nicole Daniels * Nina Gold * Ellen Lewis * Jackie Lind * John Papsidera * Cami Patton * David Rubin * Laura Rosenthal * Suzanne Smith Programs with multiple nominations ;4 nominations * ''American Horror Story'' * '' Fargo'' ;2 nominations * ''American Crime Story'' * ''Feud'' * '' Sherlock'' Casting directors with multiple nominations ;7 nominations * David Rubin ;6 nominations * Avy Kaufman * Eric Dawson * Meagan Lewis * Meg Liberman * Nina Gold * Robert J. Ulrich ;5 nominations * Cami Patton * Jackie Lind * Lynn Kressel * Cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primetime Emmy Award For Outstanding Directing For A Limited Or Anthology Series Or Movie
This is a list of the winners and nominees of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie. Chronology of category names Over the years, the scope of this award has evolved and the name with which it has been presented reflects those changes: * 1975: Director of the Year – Special * 1976: Outstanding Directing in a Special Program – Drama or Comedy * 1977: Outstanding Directing in a Special Program * 1978–1979: Outstanding Directing in a Special Program – Drama or Comedy * 1980–1986: Outstanding Directing in a Limited Series or Special * 1987–1992: Outstanding Directing in a Miniseries or Special * 1993–1996: Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing for a Miniseries or Special * 1997–1998: Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or Special * 1999–2000: Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries or Movie * 2001–2002: Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special * 2003–2015: Outstanding Directing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Primetime Emmy Award For Outstanding Limited Or Anthology Series
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series represents excellence in the category of limited series that are two or more episodes, with a total running time of at least 150 minutes. Criteria The program must tell a complete, non-recurring story, and not have an ongoing storyline or main characters in subsequent seasons. Background The category began as the Outstanding Drama/Comedy – Limited Episodes in 1973. Prior to that year, limited series and miniseries were entered in the same category as continuing series for Outstanding Series – Drama. According to a 1972 newspaper article in the ''Los Angeles Times'', this change might be due to the then recent entry of a number of British produced limited series that were competing with American produced continuing series in the same pre-existing category. The category was renamed Outstanding Limited Series in 1974, and later Outstanding Miniseries in 1986. In 1991, the Outstanding Miniseries category was me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberta
Alberta is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Canada. It is a part of Western Canada and is one of the three Canadian Prairies, prairie provinces. Alberta is bordered by British Columbia to its west, Saskatchewan to its east, the Northwest Territories to its north, and the U.S. state of Montana to its south. Alberta and Saskatchewan are the only two landlocked Canadian provinces. The eastern part of the province is occupied by the Great Plains, while the western part borders the Rocky Mountains. The province has a predominantly humid continental climate, continental climate, but seasonal temperatures tend to swing rapidly because it is so arid. Those swings are less pronounced in western Alberta because of its occasional Chinook winds. Alberta is the fourth largest province by area, at , and the fourth most populous, with 4,262,635 residents. Alberta's capital is Edmonton; its largest city is Calgary. The two cities are Alberta's largest Census geographic units ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calgary
Calgary () is a major city in the Canadian province of Alberta. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806 making it the third-largest city and fifth-largest metropolitan area in Canada. Calgary is at the confluence of the Bow River and the Elbow River in the southwest of the province, in the transitional area between the Rocky Mountain Foothills and the Canadian Prairies, about east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies, roughly south of the provincial capital of Edmonton and approximately north of the Canada–United States border. The city anchors the south end of the Statistics Canada-defined urban area, the Calgary–Edmonton Corridor. Calgary's economy includes activity in many sectors: energy; financial services; film and television; transportation and logistics; technology; manufacturing; aerospace; health and wellness; retail; and tourism. The Calgary Metropolitan Region is home to Canada' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan Peele
Jordan Haworth Peele (born February 21, 1979) is an American actor, comedian and filmmaker. He is known for his film and television work in the Comedy film, comedy and Horror film, horror genres. He has received List of awards and nominations received by Jordan Peele, various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. Peele started his career in sketch comedy before transitioning to writing and directing psychological horror with comedic elements. In 2017, Peele was included on the annual Time 100, ''Time'' 100 list of the most influential people in the world. Peele's breakout role came in 2003, when he was hired as a cast member on the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox sketch comedy series ''Mad TV'', where he spent five seasons, leaving the show in 2008. In the following years, he and his frequent ''Mad TV'' collaborator, Keegan-Michael Key, created and starred in their own Comedy Central sketch comedy series ''Key & Peele'' (2012–2015). The series was cri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keegan-Michael Key
Keegan-Michael Key (born March 22, 1971) is an American comedian, actor, producer, and writer. He and Jordan Peele co-created and co-starred in the sketch series '' Key & Peele'' (2012–2015) for which he received one Primetime Emmy Award from ten nominations. He also acted in the sketch series '' Mad TV'' (2004–2009), sitcom '' Playing House'' (2014–2017), the comedy series '' Friends from College'' (2017–2019) and the series '' Reboot'' (2022). He also appeared alongside Peele in the first season of the series '' Fargo'' in 2014, and had a recurring role on '' Parks and Recreation'' from 2013 to 2015. Key later starred in the musical comedy series '' Schmigadoon!'' (2021–2023). Key has had supporting roles in several films, including ''Horrible Bosses 2'' (2014), '' Pitch Perfect 2'' (2015), '' Don't Think Twice'' (2016), '' Dolemite Is My Name'' (2019), '' The Prom'' (2020), and '' Wonka'' (2023). He has provided voice-work for '' The Lego Movie'' (2014), the subseq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oliver Platt
Oliver Platt (born January 12, 1960) is an American actor known for his work on stage and screen. He has been nominated for five Primetime Emmys, a Golden Globe Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards and one Tony Award. Following his acting debut in the 1988 film '' Married to the Mob'', Platt gained prominence for his roles in '' Working Girl'' (1988), '' Flatliners'' (1990), ''Beethoven'' (1992), '' Indecent Proposal'', '' Benny & Joon'', ''The Three Musketeers'' (all 1993), '' A Time to Kill'' (1996), '' The Impostors'', '' Bulworth'', '' Dr. Dolittle'' (all 1998), '' Lake Placid'', '' Three to Tango'', and '' Bicentennial Man'' (all 1999). His other notable credits include '' Gun Shy'', '' Ready to Rumble'' (both 2000), '' Don't Say a Word'' (2001), '' Pieces of April'' (2003), '' Kinsey'' (2004), '' The Ice Harvest'', '' Casanova'' (both 2005), '' Frost/Nixon'' (2008), '' Year One'', ''2012'' (both 2009), '' Please Give'', '' Love & Other Drugs'' (both 2010), and '' X-Men: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Goldberg
Adam Goldberg (born October 25, 1970) is an American actor. Known for his supporting roles in film and television, Goldberg has appeared in films such as '' Dazed and Confused'', ''Saving Private Ryan'', '' A Beautiful Mind'' and ''Zodiac''. He has also played leading roles in independent films such as '' The Hebrew Hammer'' and '' 2 Days in Paris''. His TV appearances include the shows '' Law & Order: Criminal Intent'', '' My Name Is Earl'', ''Friends'', Joey, '' Entourage'', '' The Jim Gaffigan Show'', '' The Unusuals'' and his role as hitman Grady Numbers in the first season of '' Fargo''. Since 2021 he has starred opposite Queen Latifah on CBS' '' The Equalizer''. Early life Goldberg is the son of Donna Gable, a psychologist, and Earl Goldberg, a former owner of Goldberg and Solovy Foods, a wholesale food business. His father is Jewish, while his mother is of German, French, Irish, and a "bit of Mexican" descent. Career Film Goldberg's first major screen role was in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russell Harvard
Russell Wayne Harvard (born April 16, 1981) is an American actor. He made his feature film debut in Paul Thomas Anderson's ''There Will Be Blood'' (2007), playing opposite Daniel Day-Lewis as his adopted son, H.W. Plainview. In the 2010 biopic '' The Hammer'', he portrayed deaf NCAA championship wrestler and UFC mixed martial arts fighter Matt Hamill. Harvard also won acclaim Off Broadway in 2012 as Billy, the deaf son in an intellectual, though dysfunctional, hearing British family, in ''Tribes'' by Nina Raine. For his interpretation, he won a 2012 Theatre World Award for Outstanding Debut Performance and nominations for Drama League, Outer Critics Circle and Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor. He played Mr. Wrench in the first and third seasons of the television series '' Fargo''. Early life and education Born in Pasadena, Texas, into a third-generation deaf family, Harvard is the younger of two deaf sons of Kay (Youngblood) and Henry Harvard.Oliver, M.L. (n.d."B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
