Although he had wanted to be an actor for as long as he could remember, Daniel Radcliffe had to convince his parents to allow him to pursue his dream. The schoolboy had been encouraged to try out for a 1999 British TV version of Charles Dickens' "Oliver T

This wiry, energetic, black actor is from the busiest family in show business. The youngest of the ten Wayans children, Marlon made his feature debut in brother Damon's action comedy showcase "Mo' Money" (1992). As Seymour, the younger brother--and partne

Character actor Philip Seymour Hoffman has created a number of memorable characters in his relatively brief film career, ranging from a preppie nemesis to Chris O'Donnell in "Scent of a Woman" (1992) to the storm chaser Dusty in "Twister" (1996). The real

Blond, blue-eyed and somewhat slack-jawed, this unconventionally handsome performer evolved from a beloved Emmy-winning sitcom supporting player to regularly employed feature lead in comedies, melodramas and "buddy" action fare before proving his dramatic

An attractive willowy blonde, Texas native Stephanie March acted on stage in productions of "Death of a Salesman", "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and "Enchanted April" before landing a regular role on the popular spin-off drama series "Law & Order: Special V

Tall, intense African American actor with New York stage experience who has scored twice in regular roles in TV medical series. In fact, it was putting on his old costume from "The Human Factor" (CBS, 1991) that played a part in LaSalle snagging a regular

Born and raised in Las Vegas, actress Charisma Carpenter moved to Mexico with her family when she was fifteen. Intent on continuing the dance training she had started at age five, the perky brunette commuted from her home in Mexico to San Diego each day t

Producer Jon Landau began in the business as a post-production supervisor and production manager before earning his first producing credit on "Campus Man" (1987). After co-producing "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids" (1989) and Warren Beatty's "Dick Tracy" (1990)

A cool, efficient character actor who can play earnest Everymen or stalwart establishment types or even unsuspecting villains with ease, Ronny Cox may be best recalled as the intellectual, introspective member of the rafting party in "Deliverance" (1972)

A plump, red-haired character player of features and TV who frequently brings warmth and humor to the many supporting roles she has played, Edie McClurg has also kept busy doing voiceovers for animated children's series and features.

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This son of noted cinematographer Robert L Surtees early in his career earned the nickname 'The Prince of Darkness' due to his propensity for using low-key lighting. Bruce Surtees came to prominence as the director of photography on two Don Siegel-directe

A commpetent director, Damiani has favored socially conscious, and often Mafia-related, thrillers. He made numerous shorts from 1946 before his first feature, "Lipstick" (1960), took a prize at the San Sebastian Film Festival. He made a foray in the US in

Gloria DeHaven never made it to the front ranks of film stardom and none of her credits can be considered a major classic, but she was in her own modest way one of the signature perky soubrettes of the 1940s, a hometown sweetheart for many GIs. A good sin

After winning a student film award from NYU for her shorts, "Renata" and "Bad Timing", independent filmmaker Nancy Savoca made her feature directing and co-screenwriting debut with "True Love" (1989), an incisive comedy about Italian-American courtship an

Rick Stevenson was an American earning a doctorate degree in international relations at Oxford when he produced fellow Yank Michael Hoffman's "Privileged" (1982), a well-received comedy that has become a footnote in motion picture history as the film debu

Intense young stage actor who "walked in off the street" (as playwright David Mamet tells it) to audition for the understudy's position for his blistering, complex, two-character drama of sexual harassment, "Oleanna". Eisenstadt not only got the role, but

A former elementary school teacher who began collaborating on films with director Bo Widerberg in the early 1960s, Troell made his own feature directing debut in 1965 and went on to become one of his country's leading filmmakers. His best-known work outsi