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Raines
''Raines'' is a seven-episode American police procedural television show starring Jeff Goldblum as a police detective who hallucinates the victims whose murders he is investigating. Created by Graham Yost, the series was short-lived, airing in spring 2007 and garnering mixed reviews. Premise Michael Raines (Goldblum) is a police detective who investigates murders. With the series premiere, Raines is returning to work after recovering from a shootout that killed his partner, Charlie Lincoln (Malik Yoba). Over the course of each episode, Raines involuntarily hallucinates the victims, whom he speaks to and uses as sounding boards for his case; as Raines learns more about the dead, the apparitions he sees change duly. Once Raines solves their murders, the hallucinations disappear. Creator and executive producer Graham Yost found the analogous premise of ''Raines'' in his own creative process: "I spend time alone in a room, thinking of characters and interacting with them. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Craven
Matthew John Crnkovich (born November 10, 1956), known as Matt Craven, is a Canadian character actor. He has appeared in over 40 films including '' Happy Birthday to Me'', ''Jacob's Ladder'', '' K2'', ''A Few Good Men'', '' Crimson Tide'', ''The Juror'', '' Assault on Precinct 13'', '' Disturbia'', and '' X-Men: First Class''. Craven has also made several television appearances, most notably as Clayton Jarvis on the CBS series, '' NCIS'', Officer Lenny Gayer on '' High Incident'', Dr. Tim Lonner on '' L.A. Doctors'', and Sheriff Fred Langston on the series ''Resurrection''. Early life Craven, a Canadian, spent his early life in Ontario. His father died six weeks after his birth and Craven ultimately dropped out of high school to work a variety of odd jobs to help support his mother and sister. He was about 20 when he discovered his love for acting - auditioning for, and starring in, a local production of ''Dracula'' as Jonathan Harker. Career Matt Craven is best known as a char ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicole Sullivan
Nicole Sullivan (born April 21, 1970) is an American actress best known for being a cast member on the sketch comedy series '' MADtv'' for six seasons (1995–2001). She also played Holly Shumpert in five seasons (2001–2005, 2007) of the CBS sitcom ''The King of Queens''. Sullivan played the recurring character of Jill Tracy on '' Scrubs''. She voiced heroic Mira Nova in the Disney/Pixar series ''Buzz Lightyear of Star Command'' and the villainous Shego in the Disney Channel series '' Kim Possible''. She had recurring voice roles on ''Family Guy'' and voiced Franny Robinson in Disney's 2007 film ''Meet the Robinsons''. From 2008 to 2009, she starred in and was the lead of her own Lifetime television series ''Rita Rocks''. From 2008 to 2013, she voiced Marlene the Otter in '' The Penguins of Madagascar''. She played Jules' ( Courteney Cox) therapist, Lynn Mettler, on the comedy ''Cougar Town''. She portrayed Lyla in the Disney Channel film '' Let It Shine'' in 2012. In 2013, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Park
Linda Park (born July 9, 1978) is a South Korean-born American actress. She is best known for playing communications officer Hoshi Sato in the science-fiction series ''Star Trek: Enterprise.'' Early life Park was born in South Korea and raised in San Jose, California. She participated in a number of theatrical productions in her teens at Notre Dame High School (San Jose), Notre Dame High School and Bellarmine College Preparatory. In 2000, she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Boston University. During her college career, she spent a semester in England, studying at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. Her college stage credits included ''Mad Forest'', ''Lysistrata'', ''Cyrano de Bergerac (play), Cyrano de Bergerac'', ''Richard III (play), Richard III'', and ''The Trojan Women''. Career In 2001, Park had a small role in the feature film ''Jurassic Park III'' (2001 in film, 2001) as Ellie Satler's assistant. Also in 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Goldblum
Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum ( ; born October 22, 1952) is an American actor and musician. He has starred in some of the highest-grossing films, such as ''Jurassic Park'' (1993) and ''Independence Day'' (1996), as well as their sequels. Goldblum made his acting film debut in '' Death Wish'' (1974) with early small roles in '' California Split'' (1974), ''Nashville'' (1975), and ''Annie Hall'' (1977). He gained wider attention for his roles in '' Invasion of the Body Snatchers'' (1978), '' The Big Chill'' (1983), and '' The Fly'' (1986). Since then, he has been best-known for his roles in several blockbuster franchises, such as Ian Malcolm in the ''Jurassic Park'' franchise, David Levinson in the ''Independence Day'' films, Grandmaster in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films such as '' Thor: Ragnarok'' (2017) and more recently, as the Wizard of Oz in '' Wicked'' (2024) and '' Wicked: For Good'' (2025). Frequent collaborator of director Wes Anderson, he has starred in his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malik Yoba
Abdul-Malik Kashie Yoba (born September 17, 1967) is an American actor. He is known for his starring role as New York City Police Department, NYPD Detective J. C. Williams on the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox police drama ''New York Undercover'' and as Yul Brenner in the film ''Cool Runnings''. He appeared as former FBI agent Bill Harken on the Syfy drama series ''Alphas,'' as Jim Hudson in Revolution (TV series), ''Revolution'', and as Vernon Turner in Empire (2015 TV series), ''Empire''. He also starred in the role of Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI Deputy Director Jason Atwood in the American Broadcasting Company, ABC political drama ''Designated Survivor (TV series), Designated Survivor''. In 2018, he joined the Netflix drama Seven Seconds (TV series), ''Seven Seconds'' as a member of a support group for parents who had lost their children. He also appeared in Jordan Peele’s TBS (American TV channel), TBS comedy The Last O.G., ''The Last OG'' with Tracy Morgan. Early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madeleine Stowe
Madeleine Stowe (born August 18, 1958) is an American actress. She appeared mostly on television before her role in the 1987 crime-comedy film '' Stakeout''. She went on to star in the films ''Revenge'' (1990), ''Unlawful Entry'' (1992), ''The Last of the Mohicans'' (1992), ''Blink'' (1993), ''12 Monkeys'' (1995), '' The General's Daughter'' (1999), and '' We Were Soldiers'' (2002). For her role in the 1993 independent film ''Short Cuts'', she won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress. From 2011 to 2015, Stowe starred as Victoria Grayson, the main antagonist of the ABC drama series ''Revenge''. For this role, she was nominated for the 2012 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama. Early life Stowe, the first of three children, was born at the Queen of Angels Hospital, in Los Angeles, California, and raised in Eagle Rock, a section of Los Angeles. Her father, Robert, was a civil engineer from Oregon, while her mother, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Yost
Graham John Yost (born September 5, 1959) is a Canadian film and television screenwriter. His best-known works are the films ''Speed'', '' Broken Arrow'', and '' Hard Rain'' and the TV series '' Justified'' and ''Silo''. Early life, family and education Yost was born in Etobicoke in the Toronto metropolitan area. He is the son of Canadian television personality Elwy Yost, the longtime host of the public broadcaster TVOntario's '' Saturday Night at the Movies''. He graduated from the University of Toronto Schools and Trinity College at the University of Toronto. Career Yost wrote for the TV sitcom '' Herman's Head'' and the HBO miniseries '' Band of Brothers''. In 2002, he created the television drama series ''Boomtown''. He created the short-lived NBC drama ''Raines'' (2007). Yost teamed with Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, along with two of his fellow ''Boomtown'' writers Michelle Ashford and Larry Andries, to write and direct episodes of the HBO miniseries '' The Pacific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Perry (American Actor)
Jeffrey Perry (born August 16, 1955) is an American actor of stage, television, and film. He is known for his role as Richard Katimski on the teen drama '' My So-Called Life'', Terrance Steadman on Prison Break, Thatcher Grey on the medical drama series ''Grey's Anatomy'', Cyrus Beene on the political drama series ''Scandal'', all for ABC, and as Inspector Harvey Leek on the CBS crime drama '' Nash Bridges''. He most recently starred on the ABC drama ''Alaska Daily'', alongside Hilary Swank. Career Perry is a co-founder of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago. He and schoolmates Gary Sinise and Terry Kinney started the company in one end of the cafeteria at Highland Park High School and later moved it to a small space in the Immaculate Conception Church in Highland Park. It has since grown into a notable national theater company whose alumni include John Malkovich, John Mahoney, and Joan Allen. Perry remains an executive artistic director along with co-founders Kinn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Darabont
Frank Árpád Darabont (born Ferenc Árpád Darabont, January 28, 1959) is an American screenwriter, director, and producer. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. In his early career, he was primarily a screenwriter for such horror films as '' A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors'' (1987), '' The Blob'' (1988), and '' The Fly II'' (1989). As a director, he is known for his film adaptations of Stephen King novellas and novels, such as ''The Shawshank Redemption'' (1994), '' The Green Mile'' (1999), and '' The Mist'' (2007). Darabont also developed and executive-produced the first season and first half of the second season of the AMC horror drama series '' The Walking Dead'' (2010–2011). He is set to direct two episodes of the fifth and final season of the Netflix science fiction horror drama series Stranger Things. Early life Darabont was born in a refugee camp in 1959 in Montbéliard, France. His parents had fled Hungary for Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valerie Mahaffey
Valerie Mahaffey (June 16, 1953 – May 30, 2025) was an American actress. She began her career starring in the NBC daytime soap opera '' The Doctors'' (1979–81), for which in 1980 she was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. In 1992, Mahaffey won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role in the CBS drama series ''Northern Exposure''. She later appeared in television shows such as '' Wings'', ''Desperate Housewives'', '' Devious Maids'', '' Young Sheldon'', and '' Dead to Me''. Mahaffey also appeared in a number of movies, including '' Senior Trip'' (1995), '' Jungle 2 Jungle'' (1997), '' Jack and Jill'' (2011), '' Sully'' (2016). For her role in '' French Exit'' (2020) she received critical acclaim and an Independent Spirit Award nomination. Early life Mahaffey was born on June 16, 1953, in Sumatra, Indonesia, to a Canadian mother and an American father who met in New B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dov Davidoff
Dov Davidoff (born September 22, 1973) is an American comedian and actor. Early life Davidoff was born in Englishtown, New Jersey, where his father owned a junkyard. Career In addition to performing in clubs and colleges throughout the country, Davidoff also acted in television shows and '' Invincible'' with Mark Wahlberg. On April 22, 2008, he released a CD entitled "''The Point Is..''" on Comedy Central Records. His book ''Road Dog: Life and Reflections from the Road'' ''as a Stand-up Comic'' was self-published via Amazon in October, 2017. Davidoff guest starred, with Ray Liotta and Jennifer Lopez Jennifer Lynn Lopez (born July 24, 1969), also known by her nickname J.Lo, is an American singer, songwriter, actress, dancer and businesswoman. Lopez is regarded as one of the most influential entertainers of her time, credited with breaking ..., on the NBC cop drama '' Shades of Blue''. He is also featured as a recurring role on HBO's ''Crashing'' alongside fellow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexa Davalos
Alexa Davalos Dunas (born May 28, 1982) is an American actress. Her early role as Gwen Raiden on the fourth season of the TV series ''Angel'' (2002–03) was followed by other television roles and some Hollywood films, including '' The Chronicles of Riddick'' (2004) and '' Defiance'' (2008). In the late 2010s, she starred as Juliana Crain, the main character in the Amazon Studios series '' The Man in the High Castle''. She also played Special Agent Kristin Gaines in the CBS drama series '' FBI: Most Wanted'' (2021–2023). Early life Davalos was born in Paris, France to American parents, photographer Jeff Dunas and actress Elyssa Davalos, granddaughter of actor Richard Davalos. Davalos spent most of her childhood in France and Italy, before settling in New York. She has stated "I tend to curse in French more often than I do in English." She is of Spanish and Finnish descent on her mother's side. Her father's family is Jewish (her paternal ancestors lived in Vilnius in Lithuan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
