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Frank Black (character)
Frank Black is a fictional character in the crime- thriller television series ''Millennium''. Black serves as the primary character of the series, which centers on his investigation into unusual crimes as part of the private investigative organization the Millennium Group. Black appeared in all but one of the series' sixty-seven episodes, with " Anamnesis" being the exception; the character was portrayed by Lance Henriksen throughout the series. The character of Black was conceived by series creator Chris Carter as a modern Western hero, and has been considered the main constant throughout the series' changes in tone and direction. Henriksen was described by Carter as his "first and last" choice for the role, and has garnered critical acclaim for his portrayal, including three Golden Globe Award nominations. Character arc Frank Black (Lance Henriksen) started his career as an offender profiler for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), where his unusual gift for empathisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pilot (Millennium)
"Pilot" is the pilot episode of the crime- thriller television series ''Millennium''. It premiered on the Fox network on October 25, 1996. The episode was written by series creator Chris Carter, and directed by David Nutter. "Pilot" featured guest appearances by Paul Dillon, April Telek and Stephen J. Lang. Offender profiler Frank Black (Lance Henriksen), a member of the private investigative organisation Millennium Group, retires to Seattle with his family after a breakdown caused him to quit working for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Using his incredible profiling skills, Black helps in an effort to catch a vicious murderer who believes he is fulfilling apocalyptic prophecies. "Pilot" was filmed over the course of a month in Vancouver, British Columbia, and was inspired by the writings of Nostradamus and William Butler Yeats. Airing in the timeslot previously occupied by Carter's first series, ''The X-Files'', the episode received a high Nielsen household and synd ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seattle
Seattle ( ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. With a population of 780,995 in 2024, it is the 18th-most populous city in the United States. The city is the county seat of King County, the most populous county in Washington. The Seattle metropolitan area's population is 4.02 million, making it the 15th-most populous in the United States. Its growth rate of 21.1% between 2010 and 2020 made it one of the country's fastest-growing large cities. Seattle is situated on an isthmus between Puget Sound, an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, and Lake Washington. It is the northernmost major city in the United States, located about south of the Canadian border. A gateway for trade with East Asia, the Port of Seattle is the fourth-largest port in North America in terms of container handling . The Seattle area has been inhabited by Native Americans (such as the Duwamish, who had at least 17 villages a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klea Scott
Klea Scott (born December 25, 1968) is a Canadian actress, known for her roles on television. She starred in the short-lived CBS police drama '' Brooklyn South'' (1997–98), and was later cast as Emma Hollis on the Fox television series ''Millennium'' for its third and final season. From 2005 to 2007, she starred in the CBC Television crime drama ''Intelligence''. Biography Klea Scott was born on December 25, 1968, in Panama City, Panama Canal Zone, and was raised in Canada. Scott first appeared on the Canadian television show ''You Can't Do That on Television'' from 1982 to 1984. The experience encouraged her to switch her focus from dancing to acting. After graduating from high school, she moved to New York City to study acting. She spent a summer at the Williamstown Theater Festival in Massachusetts. Scott then went to college at North Carolina School of the Arts where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. On stage, she has performed in ''All's Well That Ends Well'' a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Hollis
FBI Special Agent Emma Hollis is a fictional character from the American crime-thriller television series ''Millennium''. Hollis, introduced in the series' third and final season, is a young special agent within the Federal Bureau of Investigation. During the show's final year, she was partnered with offender profiler Frank Black (Lance Henriksen). The character of Hollis was portrayed by Canadian actor Klea Scott. Special agent Hollis made her first appearance in the third season's opening episode " The Innocents". She is the daughter of James Hollis, who suffered from alzheimer's disease. The character has been met with mixed reactions from critics; however, Scott's performance has been generally well received. Character arc Hollis is a young Federal Bureau of Investigation special agent who becomes a protégée to offender profiler Frank Black (Lance Henriksen) when he begins working in Virginia. She struggles to understand the criminal mind, as her sister was murdered by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Duggan
Michael Duggan began his career writing in 1981 for the TV show ''Hill Street Blues'' and then moved on to shows such as ''St. Elsewhere'' and ''Law & Order''. He began producing television shows in 1984 with ''Miami Vice'' and ''Midnight Run''. Duggan has executive produced the series '' Earth 2'' and part of the third season of ''Millennium''. Writer * '' Miss Miami'' (2002) * '' Secret Agent Man'' (2000) * ''Millennium'' (1998) * '' C-16: FBI'' (1997) * ''Brooklyn South'' (1997) * '' Earth 2'' (1994) * ''Crime & Punishment'' (1993) * ''Law & Order'' (1990–1992) * ''Nasty Boys'' (1990) * ''Miami Vice'' (1988) * ''St. Elsewhere'' (1982) * ''Hill Street Blues'' (1981) Producer * '' Miss Miami'' (2002) * '' Secret Agent Man'' (2000) * ''Millennium'' (1996–1998) * '' C-16: FBI'' (1997) * '' Earth 2'' (1994–1995) * '' Midnight Runaround'' (1994) * ''Another Midnight Run'' (1994) * ''Crime & Punishment'' (1993) * ''Law & Order'' (1990–1993) * ''Nasty Boys'' (1990) * ''M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walon Green
Walon Green (born December 15, 1936) is an American documentary film director and screenwriter, for both television and film. Career Green produced and directed documentaries for ''National Geographic'' and David Wolper, including '' The Hellstrom Chronicle'', for which he was accorded the Oscar and the BAFTA in 1972, and ''The Secret Life of Plants'' in 1979. Among his screenwriting credits are the films ''The Wild Bunch'', ''Sorcerer'', '' The Brink's Job'', ''Solarbabies'', ''Eraser'', ''The Hi-Lo Country'' and '' RoboCop 2''. On television, he wrote and produced episodes of ''Hill Street Blues'', ''Law & Order'', '' ER'' and ''NYPD Blue'' for which he received a 1995 Edgar Award. He was a Creative Consultant for the Chris Carter science fiction TV series ''Millennium'', where he co-wrote the episode " Paper Dove" with Ted Mann. He is also notable for allowing a millipede to crawl over his face in the tunnel scene of ''Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory''. In fall 2008, he a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Mann (writer)
Ted Mann (born 20th century) is a Canadian-born television writer and producer. He has worked in both capacities on the series ''NYPD Blue'', '' Deadwood'' and '' Crash''. In 1995, he won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series for his work on the second season of ''NYPD Blue''. Career 1970s Mann was an editor of '' National Lampoon''. He began working in the television industry with ''National Lampoon'' and HBO as a writer on the short film '' Disco Beaver from Outer Space'' in 1978. In 1979 he worked as a writer on ''Delta House'' – a short-lived television variation on Lampoon's film ''Animal House''. 1980s In 1980 he worked as a writer on the animated series '' Drawing Power''. He was the writer for '' O.C. and Stiggs'' a theatrical film based on characters he created with Tod Carrol for ''National Lampoon'' and directed by Robert Altman. Mann worked as a writer on the crime drama ''The Street,'' Universal TV's innovative half-hour syndicated faux verite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paper Dove
"'Paper Dove" is the twenty-second and final episode of the first season of the American crime- thriller television series ''Millennium''. It premiered on the Fox network on May 16, 1997. The episode was written by Ted Mann and Walon Green, and directed by Thomas J. Wright. "Paper Dove" featured guest appearances by Barbara Williams and Mike Starr. Millennium Group consultant Frank Black (Lance Henriksen) takes his family for holiday in Virginia, not realizing that he has been followed by an old stalker who is manipulating a local serial killer to lure Black into action. "Paper Dove" is a two-part episode, with the story continuing in the second season opening episode " The Beginning and the End". "Paper Dove" features the first appearances of Maxine Miller and Ken Pogue, who would become minor recurring guests in the series' third season; it also marks the first on-screen appearance of the "Polaroid Man", credited as "The Figure", who had been an unseen presence since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Wong (producer)
James Wong (born April 20, 1959) is an American television and film director, screenwriter and producer. He is known for co-writing episodes of the Fox science fiction supernatural drama series ''The X-Files'' with his writing partner, Glen Morgan. Morgan and Wong are founders of the Hard Eight Pictures and co-created '' Space: Above and Beyond''. Wong also directed the films ''Final Destination'' (2000) and '' Final Destination 3'' (2006) in the ''Final Destination'' film series, '' The One'' (2001), starring Jet Li, and '' Dragonball Evolution'' (2009). Early life and education Wong was born in Hong Kong. At age ten, he moved to the United States along with his family, settling in San Diego, California. During his youth, he met his future writing partner Glen Morgan at El Cajon Valley High School. Later on, he went to Loyola Marymount University, joining a comedy improvisational group. Originally seeking a major in engineering, he later switched to a film major after see ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glen Morgan
Glen Morgan (born July 12, 1961) is an American television producer, writer and director. He is best known for co-writing episodes of the Fox science fiction supernatural drama series ''The X-Files'' with his partner, James Wong. He served as an executive producer on the show's eleventh season. He also executive produced ''The Twilight Zone'' reboot by Jordan Peele's Monkeypaw Productions. Early life Morgan resided in Syracuse, New York, before moving to El Cajon, California at the age of 14. While attending El Cajon Valley High School, he met James Wong, who would become his friend and professional partner. Both enrolled at Loyola Marymount University, graduating from the School of Film and Television in 1983. Career Morgan did not want to work in television at first, but wound up accepting a job on ''21 Jump Street'' with James Wong as his writing partner. This would later earn him and Wong a steady job at Stephen J. Cannell Productions. As both men were about to leave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas J
Clarence Thomas (born June 23, 1948) is an American lawyer and jurist who has served since 1991 as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. President George H. W. Bush Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination, nominated him to succeed Thurgood Marshall. After Marshall, Thomas is the second African Americans, African American to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court and has been its List of United States Supreme Court justices by time in office, longest-serving member since Anthony Kennedy's retirement in 2018. He has also been the Court's oldest member since Stephen Breyer retired in 2022. Thomas was born in Pin Point, Georgia. After his father abandoned the family, he was raised by his grandfather in a poor Gullah community near Savannah, Georgia. Growing up as a devout Catholic, Thomas originally intended to be a priest in the Catholic Church but became dissatisfied with its efforts to combat racism and abandoned his aspiration to join the clergy. He gradua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Hutchison
Doug Anthony Hutchison (born May 26, 1960) is an American actor known for his character roles in film and television, often playing disturbed and antagonistic characters. He was nominated for a Satellite Award for his portrayal of the sadistic corrections officer Percy Wetmore in the 1999 film adaptation of the Stephen King novel '' The Green Mile''. His other notable film roles include Obie Jameson in ''The Chocolate War'' (1988), Sproles in '' Fresh Horses'' (also 1988), Pete Willard in '' A Time to Kill'' (1996), and "Looney Bin Jim" in the Marvel Comics film adaptation '' Punisher: War Zone'' (2008). On television, Hutchison played a memorable guest role as Eugene Victor Tooms on ''The X-Files'' (1993, 1994) and a recurring role as Horace Goodspeed on '' Lost'' (2007–09). In 2011, at the age of 51, he received widespread criticism when he married 16-year-old model Courtney Stodden. In 2021, after the couple had divorced, Stodden accused Hutchison of having groomed t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
