Stephen Pearlman

Stephen Pearlman

Birth : 1935-02-26, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Death : 1998-09-30

History

Stephen Pearlman was an American actor. He appeared in films including The Iceman Cometh, Xanadu, Green Card, Quiz Show, The First Wives Club, Die Hard with a Vengeance, Private Parts, Pi (1998), and The Horse Whisperer. He had a recurring role on Husbands, Wives & Lovers. He also guest starred on TV series including Kojak, Barney Miller, Benson, Trapper John MD, LA Law, Kate & Allie, Law & Order, and Seinfeld. He also appeared in the mini-series A Woman Named Jackie.

Profile

Stephen Pearlman

Movies

Pi
Rabbi Cohen
A mathematical genius discovers a link between numbers and reality, and thus believes he can predict the future.
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Dr. Fred Schiller
New York detective John McClane is back and kicking bad-guy butt in the third installment of this action-packed series, which finds him teaming with civilian Zeus Carver to prevent the loss of innocent lives. McClane thought he'd seen it all, until a genius named Simon engages McClane, his new "partner" -- and his beloved city -- in a deadly game that demands their concentration.
Love and Betrayal: The Mia Farrow Story
Abromovitz
Actress Mia Farrow's personal life takes a turn for the worse when she engages in a long relationship with Woody Allen.
Quiz Show
Judge Schweitzer
Lawyer Richard Goodwin discovers that 'Twenty-One', a successful TV quiz show, is rigged and decides to expose the team behind the show.
The Cemetery Club
Rabbi
The story of three Pittsburgh widows who meet every year to visit their husband's graves and talk about perspectives in their lives.
My New Gun
Al Schlyen
Debbie and Gerald's lives drastically change after they get a gun. Their mysterious neighbor, Skippy, becomes an important and transforming figure in their lives.
Claude
Mr. Gold
A hapless, bad-luck prone loser meets a free-spirited Frenchwoman who inspires him to get his life back on track.
Hyde In Hollywood
Charles Hock
A closeted gay movie director/actor in 1939 finds himself the target of the vicious and unscrupulous attacks by a gossip columnist reporter who goes by the name of Hollywood Confidential.
Age Isn't Everything
Young man gives up his dream of becoming an astronaut to go into business — and finds himself turned into a little old man.
Green Card
Mr. Adler
Urban horticulturalist Brontë Mitchell has her eye on a gorgeous apartment, but the building's board will rent it only to a married couple. Georges Fauré, a waiter from France whose visa is expiring, needs to marry an American woman to stay in the country. Their marriage of convenience turns into a burden when they must live together to allay the suspicions of the immigration service, as the polar opposites grate on each other's nerves.
Criminal Justice
Judge Ratner
A knife-scarred victim must identify her assailant beyond a reasonable doubt. Meanwhile the accused is offered a deal if he pleads guilty. Is he as innocent as the victim? Is the justice system guiltier than both?
Trapped In Silence
Dr. Rosenthal
A compelling drama about a silent, violent teenager. Kevin suffers from elective mutism and no one has ever heard him utter a word.
You Can't Take it With You
Mac
Emmy winner Jean Stapleton and Academy Award winner Art Carney star in the Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart about a slightly daft family who do exactly as they please.
American Hot Wax
Peter Overmyer
This is the story loosely based on Cleveland disc jockey Alan Freed, who introduced rock'n'roll to teenage American radio audiences in the 1950s. Freed was a source of great controversy: criticized by conservatives for corrupting youth with the "devil's music"; hated by racists for promoting African American music for white consumption; persecuted by law enforcement officials and finally brought down by the "payola" scandals.
Perfect Gentlemen
Murray Rosenman
Women whose husbands are incarcerated decide to band together to rob a hotel safe.
A Question of Guilt
Herman Golob
A swinging divorcée is prejudged by a police detective and accused of killing her child.
Corey: For the People
Nick Wolfe
A wealthy socialite is accused of killing her husband. She claims self-defense as a battered wife, and the district attorney plans to go along with that. However, an assistant district attorney files capital murder charges against her, as he believes she's not quite the innocent, abused wife she portrays herself to be. This was a pilot film for a proposed series that did not get picked up.
Rollercoaster
Bert Lyons
A young terrorist kills and injures patrons of a Norfolk amusement park by placing homemade explosives on the track of one of its roller coasters. After staging a similar incident in Pittsburgh, he sends a tape to a meeting of major amusement park executives in Chicago, demanding $1 million to make him stop.
Audrey Rose
Russ Rothman
A man is convinced that a young girl is the reincarnation of his own daughter Audrey Rose, who died in a fiery car accident, along with his wife, two minutes before the girl was born.
Return to Earth
Dr. Hotfield
The story of Buzz Aldrin, the second astronaut to walk on the moon, and the problems he had after his return to Earth, including the breakup of his marriage, a nervous breakdown and his hospitalization for psychiatric problems.
Serpico
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Frank Serpico is an idealistic New York City cop who refuses to take bribes, unlike the rest of the force. His actions get Frank shunned by the other officers, and often placed in dangerous situations by his partners. When his superiors ignore Frank's accusations of corruption, he decides to go public with the allegations. Although this causes the Knapp Commission to investigate his claims, Frank has also placed a target on himself.
The Iceman Cometh
Chuck Morelo
Set in 1912, inside a dive bar named The Last Chance Saloon, its destitute patrons eagerly await the arrival of Hickey, who arrives annually and props everyone up with free drinks and spirited stories of his travels. However, when Hickey does show up this year, it is with a message of temperance and an exhortation to give up hopeless dreams and face reality.