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Half Past Dead
''Half Past Dead'' is a 2002 American action film written and directed by Don Michael Paul in his directorial debut. The film was produced by Elie Samaha, Andrew Stevens, and Steven Seagal, who also starred in the lead role. The film co-stars Morris Chestnut, Ja Rule, Tony Plana, Kurupt, and Nia Peeples. It tells the story of a criminal who infiltrates a prison to interrogate a prisoner about the location of a fortune in gold while an undercover FBI agent has to stop him. Distribution and copyrights were held by Columbia Pictures. ''Half Past Dead'' was released in the United States on November 15, 2002, by Screen Gems. The film was panned by critics, and only grossed $19 million worldwide against its $25 million production budget. ''Half Past Dead'' was Steven Seagal's last widely released film before he shifted to several direct-to-video films in many years until 2010. Plot In San Francisco, FBI agent Sasha Petrosevitch goes undercover as a Russian car thief and is brought ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Michael Paul
Donald Michael Paul (born April 17, 1963) is an actor, director, writer, and producer. Biography He starred in the films '' Heart of Dixie'' and '' Rich Girl'' with Jill Schoelen and appeared in '' Aloha Summer''. He wrote the screenplay for ''Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man''. He acted in the short-lived 1992 CBS detective series '' The Hat Squad''. He played a prominent role in '' Models Inc.'' and ''Robot Wars Robot Wars may refer to: Film and television * ''Robot Wars'' (film), 1993 ** ''Robot Wars'' (soundtrack) * ''Robot Wars'' (TV series), a British TV competition, 1998–2004 and 2016–2018 ** '' Nickelodeon Robot Wars'', a U.S. TV game show ...''. He has directed several films, including '' Half Past Dead'' in 2002, '' Lake Placid: The Final Chapter'' (2012), and '' Tremors 5: Bloodlines''. Filmography Films Filmmaking credits He was also a creative consultant and second unit director on the 2011 film '' Seven Days in Utopia''. Acting credits ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''NYT'') is an American daily newspaper based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' covers domestic, national, and international news, and publishes opinion pieces, investigative reports, and reviews. As one of the longest-running newspapers in the United States, the ''Times'' serves as one of the country's Newspaper of record, newspapers of record. , ''The New York Times'' had 9.13 million total and 8.83 million online subscribers, both by significant margins the List of newspapers in the United States, highest numbers for any newspaper in the United States; the total also included 296,330 print subscribers, making the ''Times'' the second-largest newspaper by print circulation in the United States, following ''The Wall Street Journal'', also based in New York City. ''The New York Times'' is published by the New York Times Company; since 1896, the company has been chaired by the Ochs-Sulzberger family, whose current chairman and the paper's publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannes Jaenicke
Hannes Jaenicke (born 26 February 1960 in Frankfurt am Main) is a German actor, voice actor, audiobook narrator, and author. He has played in various television-programs and movies, including '' Lost Treasure''. After he was born, Jaenicke and his family moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They remained there until he was ten years old. Filmography TV series episodes Written works * ''Wut allein reicht nicht. Wie wir die Erde vor uns schützen können''. Publisher: Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2010, . * ''Die große Volksverarsche. Wie Industrie und Medien uns zum Narren halten''. Publisher: Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2013, * ''Wer der Herde folgt, sieht nur Ärsche. Warum wir dringend Helden brauchen''. Publisher: Gütersloher Verlagshaus, Gütersloh 2017, Audiobooks * Ian Fleming: Goldfinger, publisher: Random House Audio, 2005, * Roger Graf: ''Philip Maloney, 3 rätselhafte Fälle'', publisher: Edition Hörbuch, 2006, * Michael Crichton: ''Gold: Pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Bremmer
Richard Bremmer (born 27 January 1953) is an English actor. Early life Bremmer was born and brought up in Warwickshire. Career Bremmer first began his career in the short film of ''Couples and Robbers'' before being in his first full-length film ''The Girl with Brains in Her Feet''. He was the first to portray the character Lord Voldemort in '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' (with the footage he appears in being reused in '' Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2''), in a flashback sequence where the famous villain arrived at the home of the titular character's parents to kill them, though Bremmer's face is never seen (later in the film, the character is CGI and voiced by Ian Hart, the actor who played Quirrell in the same film). He was cast as Skeld in '' The 13th Warrior'' and also appeared in the 2004 film ''Viper in the Fist'', an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Hervé Bazin. Bremmer's stage credits include '' A Midsummer Night's Dream'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael McGrady
Michael McGrady is an American theater, film and television actor. He portrayed Tom Matthews in '' Beyond'' and voiced and provided the motion capture for Rusty Galloway in the 2011 video game '' LA Noire''. He is also an artist. Life and work McGrady was born in Federal Way, Washington, to Gloria, a hair salon owner, and George McGrady, an airline mechanic. He attended Federal Way High School and the University of Washington, majoring in Business Administration. He currently splits his time between Southern California and Washington State, with his wife Ilka . McGrady had planned to become a lawyer and was working at a bank when his sister entered him in a contest for a scholarship to a local acting school. After that McGrady moved to California to pursue his dream of becoming an actor. He was cast in a Cherry Pepsi commercial. He has worked steadily in the industry since. He guest starred in several popular television shows such as '' 24'', '' Murder She Wrote'', '' CSI: Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruce Weitz
Bruce Peter Weitz (born May 27, 1943) is an American actor, best known for his role as Sgt. Michael "Mick" Belker in the TV series ''Hill Street Blues'', which ran from 1981 until 1987. For his role in the series, he received six nominations for Emmy Awards and two for Golden Globe Awards, winning the 1984 Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. Biography Weitz was born on May 27, 1943, in Norwalk, Connecticut, the son of Sybil (née Rubel), a homemaker, and Joseph Weitz, who owned a liquor store. Weitz appeared in the films '' Deep Impact'', '' Half Past Dead'' and ''El Cortez''. His guest appearances on television include ''NYPD Blue'', '' Quincy'', '' Midnight Caller'', ''Sisters'', '' Superman: The Animated Series'' as Bruno Mannheim, '' JAG'', ''The X-Files'', ''The West Wing'', and '' Highlander: The Series''. Weitz portrayed Anthony Zacchara on ''General Hospital'' from 2007 to 2012. Weitz married actress Cecilia Hart in 1971; they divorced in 1980. We ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Thorson
Linda Thorson (born Linda Robinson; June 18, 1947) is a Canadian actress known for playing Tara King in '' The Avengers'' (1968–69). Early life Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Linda Robinson attended Bishop Strachan School, and then moved to the UK in 1965 to study acting. She graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art with an Honours Diploma, including speaking and singing honours (soprano), on July 1, 1967. Her professional name is the final part of Bergthorson, the surname of her first husband Barry Bergthorson (married 1964 divorced 1970). Career Thorson is best known for her role as Tara King (succeeding Diana Rigg as Emma Peel) in the last series of the British TV adventure series, '' The Avengers'', with the original star Patrick Macnee. She was reunited with Macnee in a commercial for Laurent-Perrier champagne in the mid 1970s, which led to the series reappearing as '' The New Avengers'', although Thorson did not regain her role. Since then, Thorson appeared ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudia Christian
Claudia Christian (born Claudia Ann Coghlan, August 10, 1965) is an American actress, known for her roles as Commander Susan Ivanova on ''Babylon 5'', as Captain Maynard on Fox's ''9-1-1'', and as the voice of Hera on the Netflix series '' Blood of Zeus''. She is also the voice of Lt. Helga Sinclair in '' Atlantis: The Lost Empire.'' She is the founder and CEO of the C Three Foundation, a proponent of the medication-based Sinclair Method for treating alcohol dependence. Early life Christian was born in Glendale, California, the only daughter and youngest child of Hildegard (''née'' Christian), who worked as the director of Giorgio Beverly Hills, and James Michael Coghlan. Her mother is from Germany and her father has Irish ancestry. Christian and her three elder brothers were raised in Connecticut. Her eldest brother, Patrick, was killed by a drunk driver while the family lived in Houston, Texas in 1974. The family later moved to California when she was 14. She changed her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Taliferro
Michael Taliferro (August 23, 1961 – May 4, 2006) was an American film and television actor and sportsman. He is best known for ''Life'' (1999), and '' The Replacements'' (2000), and made guest appearances on ''The Jamie Foxx Show'', ''Martin'', and ''The Parkers''. Career Known for his intimidating stature, Taliferro was signed by the Washington Redskins in 1984, followed by two seasons in the USFL with the Denver Gold in 1985 and the Arizona Outlaws in 1986, finishing his athletic career with the British Columbia Lions in the Canadian Football League the following year. Soon after, Taliferro moved to California and began his acting career. He was discovered by film director Tony Scott, who offered him a bit part in The Last Boy Scout. His first credited film appearance was in the 1993 film '' Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit'', where he played the role of a security guard. He also made appearances in the films '' Bad Boys'', ''Life'', ''Half Past Dead'', '' Ride or Die'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Francisco
San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of 2024, San Francisco is the List of California cities by population, fourth-most populous city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population, 17th-most populous in the United States. San Francisco has a land area of at the upper end of the San Francisco Peninsula and is the County statistics of the United States, fifth-most densely populated U.S. county. Among U.S. cities proper with over 250,000 residents, San Francisco is ranked first by per capita income and sixth by aggregate income as of 2023. San Francisco anchors the Metropolitan statistical area#United States, 13th-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the U.S., with almost 4.6 million residents in 2023. The larger San Francisco Bay Area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Machete (2010 Film)
''Machete'' is a 2010 American exploitation action film directed by Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis. The film is an expansion of a fake trailer of the same name published as a part of the promotion of Rodriguez's and Quentin Tarantino's 2007 '' Grindhouse'' double-feature. ''Machete'' continues the B movie and exploitation style of ''Grindhouse'', and includes some of the footage from the original. The film stars Danny Trejo as the title character, reprising the role from the fake trailer. Trejo also previously portrayed an alternate version of the character in the '' Spy Kids'' films. It additionally co-stars Steven Seagal, Michelle Rodriguez, Jessica Alba, Lindsay Lohan, Cheech Marin, Don Johnson, and Robert De Niro. This was Trejo's first lead role as the character, and Seagal's first theatrically released film since 2002's '' Half Past Dead'' (and his last theatrically released film to date). ''Machete'' was released in the United States by 20th Century Fox on S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Direct-to-video
Direct-to-video or straight-to-video refers to the release of a film, television series, short or special to the public immediately on home video formats rather than an initial theatrical release or television premiere. This distribution strategy was prevalent before streaming platforms came to dominate the TV and movie distribution markets. Because sequels or prequels of larger-budget films may be released direct-to-video, review references to direct-to-video releases are often pejorative. Direct-to-video release has also become profitable for independent filmmakers and smaller companies. Some direct-to-video genre films (with a high-profile star) can generate well in excess of $50 million revenue worldwide. Reasons for releasing direct to video A production studio may decide not to generally release a TV show or film for several possible reasons: a low budget, a lack of support from a TV network, negative reviews, its controversial nature, that it may appeal to a small ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
