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Say My Name (film)
''Say My Name'' is a 2018 comedy film directed by Jay Stern and written by Deborah Frances-White. It starred Lisa Brenner, Nick Blood and Mark Bonnar and was released on 14 October 2018 at the Liverpool International Film Festival. Cast * Lisa Brenner as Mary Page * Nick Blood as Statton Taylor * Celyn Jones as Kipper Jones * Mark Bonnar as Dec * Alan Cox as Father Donald Davies * Peter Davison Peter Malcolm Gordon Moffett (born 13 April 1951), known professionally as Peter Davison, is an English actor with many credits in television dramas and sitcoms. He made his television acting debut in 1975 and became famous in 1978 as Tristan ... as Rich Herbig * Jamie de Courcey as Officer Sedgwick Release The film was released on 14 October 2018 at the Liverpool International Film Festival. References External links * British comedy films 2010s British films {{2010s-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deborah Frances-White
Deborah Frances-White is a London-based comedian, author and screenwriter. She has both British and Australian citizenship. She hosts the podcasts ''Global Pillage'' and ''The Guilty Feminist''. She wrote the 2019 comedy film Say My Name. Early life Frances-White was born in Australia and adopted at ten days old. She grew up in Brisbane, Queensland. Her family converted to Jehovah’s Witnesses when she was a teenager; Frances-White has since left the community and describes herself as an atheist. During her gap year, she moved to London and later studied English at Harris Manchester College, Oxford University. Career Frances-White is one of three directors at the improv theatre company The Spontaneity Shop, which she co-founded with Tom Salinsky in 1996. After developing a number of improvisation formats at The Spontaneity Shop (including the improvised romantic comedy ''DreamDate'' which had a pilot made for ITV), Frances-White turned to stand-up comedy. Her first significan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Brenner
Lisa Dawn Brenner ( Goldstein; born February 12, 1974) is an American actress. Brenner played Maggie Cory on '' Another World''. She was also in ''All My Children'' as Allison Sloan. She played Anne in the 2000 film '' The Patriot''. Biography Born Lisa Goldstein, she attended Barnard College, majoring in both English and drama. She is married to Dean Devlin Dean Devlin (born August 27, 1962) is an American screenwriter, producer, director, and actor of film and television. He is best known for his collaborations with director Roland Emmerich, and for his work on the ''Librarian'' and ''Leverage' ..., and is of Jewish descent. Filmography Film Television References External links * 1974 births 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses 21st-century American Jews Actresses from New York (state) American film actresses American soap opera actresses American television actresses Jewish American actresses Barnard College alumni Liv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Blood
Nick Blood (born 20 March 1982) is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Lance Hunter in Marvel's '' Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and ''Kieran in '' Trollied''. Early life Blood was born in Aylesbury, England. He joined his local drama club at the age of 7 and soon realized that he wanted to become an actor. Blood went to local school Wingrave C&E before he was a pupil at Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School in Aylesbury, and attending Bristol University. He found his pathway into acting via the ITV Drama Club. Blood subsequently attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Career Film and television Blood's first acting role came in the 25th series of The Bill in a two-episode story of an armed robbery at a toy shop. He had a role as Alex, Ali's gay flatmate who works as a designer, in the BBC drama '' Material Girl'' (2010). In 2011, he appeared in the Channel 4 drama '' Misfits'' as the coma victim, Dom, Jen's boyfriend. In 2011, he was announced to play the rol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Bonnar
Richard Mark Bonnar (born 19 November 1968) is a Scottish actor. He is known for his roles as Max in '' Guilt'', Duncan Hunter in ''Shetland'', Bruno Jenkins in '' Casualty'', Detective Finney in '' Psychoville'', DCC Mike Dryden in '' Line of Duty'', Colin Osborne in '' Unforgotten'', Townsend in ''Battlefield 1 and '' Field in ''Summer of Rockets''. Career On television, Bonnar has appeared as Peter Mayhew in BBC One's '' New Blood'' and Chris in the Channel 4 comedy '' Catastrophe'', a role which he reprised in the following series. He also portrays the Rev. Adam Collingbourne in ITV's '' Home Fires'', John Halliday in ''Undercover'', as well as regular Duncan Hunter in ''Shetland'' for BBC One. Other television credits include ''Vera'', ''Grantchester'', '' Case Histories'', '' The Paradise'', '' Doctor Who'', '' Psychoville'', ''Taggart'', '' Phoneshop'' and ''Paradox''. In 2005, he portrayed regular Bruno Jenkins in the BBC One series '' Casualty''. In 2018, he portraye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hollywood Reporter
''The Hollywood Reporter'' (''THR'') is an American digital and print magazine which focuses on the Hollywood film, television, and entertainment industries. It was founded in 1930 as a daily trade paper, and in 2010 switched to a weekly large-format print magazine with a revamped website. As of 2020, the day-to-day operations of the company are handled by Penske Media Corporation through a joint venture with Eldridge Industries. History Early years; 1930–1987 ''The Hollywood Reporter'' was founded in 1930 by William R. "Billy" Wilkerson (1890–1962) as Hollywood's first daily entertainment trade newspaper. The first edition appeared on September 3, 1930, and featured Wilkerson's front-page "Tradeviews" column, which became influential. The newspaper appeared Monday-to-Saturday for the first 10 years, except for a brief period, then Monday-to-Friday from 1940. Wilkerson used caustic articles and gossip to generate publicity and got noticed by the studio bosses in New York ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Cox (actor)
Alan Douglas Cox (born 6 August 1970) is an English actor. He is perhaps most widely known for portraying a teenage Dr. Watson in Barry Levinson's production ''Young Sherlock Holmes'' (1985). Life and career Cox was born in Westminster, London, and is the son of Scottish Emmy Award-winning actor Brian Cox and his first wife, actress Caroline Burt. Cox was educated at St Paul's School in London. He has a sister, Margaret, and two half brothers Orson Jonathan Cox and Torin Kamran Cox. Cox portrayed the young John Mortimer the 1982 TV adaptation of his play ''A Voyage Round My Father'', starring opposite Laurence Olivier. He is probably most widely known for his role in ''Young Sherlock Holmes'' (1985), where he played a teenage version of Dr. Watson John H. Watson, known as Dr. Watson, is a fictional character in the Sherlock Holmes stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Along with Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson first appeared in the novel ''A Study in Scarlet'' (1887). The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Davison
Peter Malcolm Gordon Moffett (born 13 April 1951), known professionally as Peter Davison, is an English actor with many credits in television dramas and sitcoms. He made his television acting debut in 1975 and became famous in 1978 as Tristan Farnon in the BBC's television adaptation of James Herriot's '' All Creatures Great and Small'' stories. Davison's subsequent starring roles included the sitcoms ''Holding the Fort'' (1980–1982) and '' Sink or Swim'' (1980–1982), the fifth incarnation of the Doctor in ''Doctor Who'' (1981–1984), Dr. Stephen Daker in '' A Very Peculiar Practice'' (1986–1988) and Albert Campion in '' Campion'' (1989–1990). He also played David Braithwaite in '' At Home with the Braithwaites'' (2000–2003), "Dangerous" Davies in '' The Last Detective'' (2003–2007) and Henry Sharpe in '' Law & Order: UK'' (2011–2014). Early life Davison was born to Claude and Sheila Moffett in Streatham, London. Claude was originally from British Guiana ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie De Courcey
Jamie de Courcey is an English actor. He has appeared in a number of British television shows, including ''The Crown'', '' The Tunnel'', ''Downton Abbey'', ''Taboo'', ''Agatha Christie's Poirot'', and ''Midsomer Murders''. He has also appeared in the films, ''Rush'', directed by Ron Howard, Michael Morpurgo's ''Private Peaceful'', and as Vincent van Gogh in '' Vincent Van Gogh: A New Way of Seeing'' and ''Sunflowers''. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. De Courcey lives in London and, since 2016, he has been in a relationship with actress Amara Karan Amara Karunakaran (born 1984), known professionally as Amara Karan, is an English actress who made her film début as Rita in Wes Anderson's ''The Darjeeling Limited''. The film premièred at the 2007 Venice Film Festival. Karan's second film ro ....Jimi Famurewa ''Amara Karan, The Night Of interview: ‘I’ve not signed for a Season 2, but there’s a huge appetite for more’'' Evening Standard, 26 August 2016 He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Comedy Films
British comedy films are comedy films produced in the United Kingdom. In the early 1930s, film adaptations of stage farces were popular. British comedy films are numerous, but among the most notable are the Ealing comedies, the 1950s work of the Boulting Brothers, and innumerable popular comedy series including the St Trinian's films, the '' Doctor'' series, and the long-running Carry On films. Some of the best known British film comedy stars include Will Hay, George Formby, Norman Wisdom, Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers and the Monty Python team. Other actors associated with British comedy films include Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Margaret Rutherford, Irene Handl and Leslie Phillips. Most British comedy films of the early 1970s were spin-offs of television series. Recent successful films include the working-class comedies '' Brassed Off'' (1996) and '' The Full Monty'' (1997), the more middle class Richard Curtis-scripted films '' Four Weddings and a Funeral'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
