Kevin Anderson

Kevin Anderson

Nacimiento : 1960-01-13, Gurnee, Illinois, USA

Historia

Anderson was born January 13, 1960 in Gurnee, Illinois, the son of Joseph Anderson. He belongs to the Steppenwolf Theatre Company, which has also featured John Malkovich, Gary Sinise, and Laurie Metcalf. He has won a Theatre World Award and Joseph Jefferson Award for his performance in Lyle Kessler's play Orphans . Anderson is perhaps most famous for his role as a priest on the television series Nothing Sacred, about a priest with self-doubts. He was nominated for a Golden Globe for this role. One of his first major film roles was as the brother of Richard Gere's character in the 1988 film Miles from Home. He also starred in the 1991 Julia Roberts vehicle Sleeping with the Enemy. In 1993, Anderson created the role of Joe Gillis in the original London production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Boulevard opposite Patti LuPone who originated the role of Norma Desmond. Both Anderson and LuPone were subsequently fired from the production without warning, having been told that they would be reprising their roles in the original Broadway production of the show. Anderson won the 1999 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play and was nominated for a Tony Award for the revival of Death of a Salesman. In January 2008 he opened on Broadway in Come Back, Little Sheba. Since September, 2009, Kevin Anderson has started as Andy Dufresne in "Shawshank Redemption" at the Wyndhams Theatre in London. Also a singer and drummer, Anderson resides in Malibu, California.

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Kevin Anderson
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Películas

Starring Austin Pendleton
A quirky and inspirational documentary film on the philosophical approach to the life and work of character actor, Austin Pendleton.
Wilde Salomé
Himself / John the Baptist
Pacino takes us on a journey as he unravels and re-interprets Oscar Wilde's once banned and most controversial work SALOME, a scintillating tale of lust, greed and one woman's scorn.
Salomé
John the Baptist
La historia bíblica de Salomé, una chica que está de acuerdo para llevar a cabo la "danza de los siete velos" a cambio de recibir la cabeza de Juan el Bautista en una bandeja de plata. Variación del docu-drama de 2011 'Salome', también dirigido por Al Pacino. A esta edición se le han excluido todo el material documental.
Father's Day
Father O'Flynn
Treinta años después de Mother's Day de Charles Kaufman, la Troma presenta Father's Day dirigida por Adam Brooks, en la que un hombre busca vengarse de un violador en serie que mató a su padre.
La telaraña de Carlota
Mr. Arable
Wilbur, un cerdito que vive en una granja, se entera de que su posible destino final es acabar en el plato de una mesa. Decidido a no tener tan fatal desenlace, trazará un plan con su amiga la araña Charlotte. Adaptación de un best-seller infantil, escrito por E.B. White e ilustrado por Garth Williams, de enorme éxito en todo el mundo. Hasta la fecha, se han vendido más de 45 millones de copias en todo el mundo y ha sido traducido a 23 idiomas.
Carry Me Home
Charlie
A widow named Harriet and her two children Carrie and Brian are living in rural New York in 1947 and are still recovering from the death of Harriet's husband killed in World War II. Carrie is a tomboy and hangs around with boys and they have their own clubhouse. Carrie and her friends make mischief and taunt their mentally challenged neighbor Charlie by stealing one of his puppies. Harriet meets a man named Bernard and begin a courtship, but Carrie is furious that her mother is dating Bernard and wants it to stop. The jealousy and anger of Carrie raises to a fever pitch when Carrie and her friends destroy their neighbor Mr. Grizzle's garden and pour sugar into his tractor. Grizzle then takes Charlie's other puppies away from him and then Grizzle's barn is destroyed by fire. Carrie learns it's time for her to grow up and make amends with her mother and her neighbors for the grief and pain she caused them.
In the Realm of the Hackers
Cinematography
In The Realm of the Hackers is a documentary about the prominent hacker community, centered in Melbourne, Australia in the late 80's to early 1990. The storyline is centered around the Australian teenagers going by the hacker names "Electron" and "Phoenix", who were members of an elite computer hacking group called The Realm and hacked into some of the most secure computer networks in the world, including those of the US Naval Research Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a government lab charged with the security of the US nuclear stockpile, and NASA.
In the Realm of the Hackers
Screenplay
In The Realm of the Hackers is a documentary about the prominent hacker community, centered in Melbourne, Australia in the late 80's to early 1990. The storyline is centered around the Australian teenagers going by the hacker names "Electron" and "Phoenix", who were members of an elite computer hacking group called The Realm and hacked into some of the most secure computer networks in the world, including those of the US Naval Research Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a government lab charged with the security of the US nuclear stockpile, and NASA.
In the Realm of the Hackers
Director
In The Realm of the Hackers is a documentary about the prominent hacker community, centered in Melbourne, Australia in the late 80's to early 1990. The storyline is centered around the Australian teenagers going by the hacker names "Electron" and "Phoenix", who were members of an elite computer hacking group called The Realm and hacked into some of the most secure computer networks in the world, including those of the US Naval Research Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, a government lab charged with the security of the US nuclear stockpile, and NASA.
Power and Beauty
John F. Kennedy
A woman claims she had an affair with John F. Kennedy.
Monday Night Mayhem
Frank Gifford
The early years of a television sports powerhouse are chronicled as ABC becomes a player in the NFL coverage by putting their full resources into a major showcase. Executive Roone Arledge (John Heard) recruits former Dallas Cowboys quarterback 'Dandy' Don Meredith (Brad Beyer), along with Keith Jackson (Shuler Hensley), and the combative Howard Cosell (John Turturro) as commentators for the broadcasts, which become funny, odd trio events to millions of viewers. Jackson departs the show after the first year to take over the network's focus on college football, and former New York Giants star Frank Gifford (Kevin Anderson) takes his place, ruffling Cosell's feathers. Then things get really crazy!
Ruby's Bucket of Blood
Billy Dupre
A Louisiana juke joint owner loses her star entertainer and hires a white singer to fill in.
Cuando aparecen los extraños
Bryce
La joven Beth regenta un restaurante cercano a una autopista por donde nunca pasa nadie. Un día recibe la visita de un joven herido que parece hambriento y desvalido. Beth lo invita a pasar y le da de comer. Pero pronto aparecen unos hombres que van tras los pasos del muchacho y le cuentan a Beth una historia totalmente diferente: el chico es una persona peligrosa responsable de las recientes muertes que se están produciendo en la zona. ¿A quién va a creer Beth"
The Doe Boy
Hank
A Cherokee boy is a haemophiliac in a culture obsessed with blood identity.
Gregory's Two Girls
Jon
Twenty years after his teenage crush on a football-mad schoolgirl, Gregory is back at his old school, teaching English. When two of his pupils uncover evil practices at a local factory they want their teacher to help them expose the wrong-doer, who happens to be Greg's old schoolfriend.
El asesino del unicornio
Ira Einhorn
Durante más de 20 años, Ira Einhorn, un líder pacifista en la década de los sesenta, escapó de la justicia y de las autoridades estadounidenses e internacionales que le buscaban por el asesinato de su novia cuando ésta se disponía a abandonarle. Ira Einhorn fue detenido finalmente en 1997 en Francia. “El asesino del unicornio” reconstruye esta trágica historia. (FILMAFFINITY)
A la luz del fuego
John Taylor
Inglaterra, 1838. Para poder pagar las cuantiosas deudas de su padre, una hermosa institutriz acepta ser madre de alquiler y dar a luz al hijo de un anónimo hacendado inglés. Según lo acordado, nada más nacer da al niño en adopción. Siete años más tarde es contratada como institutriz de una niña en un remoto paraje de Sussex. El padre de la niña, Charles Godwin, resulta ser el anónimo terrateniente.
Eye of God
Jack Stillings
A small Oklahoma town is stripped of its innocence when one of its boys turns up mute and bloodied by the lakeside. Unable to tell his story, the local sheriff embarks on a quest to uncover the roots of a gruesome crime. He's led to Ainsley DuPree and her new husband, Jack, a man whose interest in family may very well outweigh his morals.
Heredarás la tierra
Peter Lewis
Larry Cook, el patriarca de una gran familia, posee una extensa y fértil propiedad agrícola. Cuando decide repartirla entre sus tres hijas, la semilla de la discordia divide a la familia. Secretos, rivalidades inconfesables y deseos insatisfechos y soterrados salen entonces a la superficie y sus consecuencias serán imprevisibles.
The Wrong Man
Alex Walker
US merchant sailor Alex Walker (Kevin Anderson) is stranded in Mexico, penniless and wanted by the police. He meets and joins up with an unlikely couple - ageing but likeable shit Phillip Mills (John Lithgow) and young sexy, frustated wife Missy (Rosanna Arquette). The three develop a curiously inter-dependent relationship. Meanwhile, Police Captain Diaz and Detective Ortega are closing in and the plot circle is closed at Tapachula rail station amidst a stack of mistakes and wrong decisions.
Sol naciente
Bob Richmond
Una joven y bella modelo muere asesinada durante una recepción organizada en Los Ángeles por la corporación japonesa Nakamoto. Le encargan el caso al teniente Smith, un rudo policía del departamento de homicidios al que ayuda en las pesquisas el capitán John Connor, un agente retirado con un profundo conocimiento de la cultura nipona. Adaptación al cine de una controvertida novela de Michael Crichton que, bajo la apariencia de un thriller, esconde una crítica a la cada vez mayor influencia japonesa en la economía estadounidense y a las prácticas agresivas y racistas de las grandes empresas niponas.
The Night We Never Met
Brian
Sam has a problem with his roommates: they are disgusting, and don't seem to share his views on responsibility, privacy, and basic hygine. Such is his discomfort with his living arrangements that he agrees to share the occupancy of another flat: he gets two nights a week, the owner (a sleazy frat-boy yuppie named Brian, soon to be married) and Ellen (a would-be painter seeking relief from her boring marriage) each get their seperate nights in the flat. Things go extremely well until Sam and Brian swap nights without telling Ellen, who attributes the "nice" things that happen around the place to the slob Brian, while berating the responsible Sam for his hedonistic lifestyle.
Street Scene
Sam Kaplan
The opera takes place on the doorstep of a tenement on the East Side of Manhattan on two brutally hot days in 1946. The story focuses on two plotlines: the romance between Rose Maurrant and her neighbor Sam Kaplan; and on the extramarital affair of Rose's mother, Anna, which is eventually discovered by Rose's irritable father, Frank. The show portrays the ordinary romances, squabbles and gossips of the neighbors, as the mounting tensions involving the Maurrant family eventually build into a tragedy of epic proportions. Broadcast on BBC Two on New Years Day, 1993, this production was performed by the English National Opera and conducted by James Holmes.
Hoffa, un pulso al poder
Robert F. Kennedy
Jimmy Hoffa fue un carismático y controvertido líder sindical. Criado en los barrios pobres de Detroit, creó el sindicato más grande del mundo. Su condición de líder sindical lo llevó a los más altos círculos del poder, llegando a enfrentarse con los Kennedy. Fue considerado por muchos el "símbolo viviente de la corrupción". Acusado de estar en tratos con la mafia y de participar en el juego ilegal, fue encarcelado. Amnistiado por el presidente Nixon, luchó por recuperar su antigua posición. El 30 de julio de 1975 salió de su casa para reunirse con un poderoso mafioso y desapareció misteriosamente...
Pasiones prohibidas
Nick Kaminsky
Nick (Kevin Anderson), un profesor de arquitectura, va a ver a su madre (Kim Novak), que está a punto de morir. Pero, al mismo tiempo, debe impedir la demolición de un edificio de hierro que Paul (Bill Pullman), un despiadado promotor inmobiliario y antiguo amigo suyo (Bill Pullman), está a punto de llevar a cabo. Cuando Nick se enamora de Jane (Pamela Gidley), la mujer de Paul, éste tienta al destino, tratando de desentrañar el oscuro y siniestro secreto que se oculta en el edificio. (FILMAFFINITY)
Durmiendo con su enemigo
Ben Woodward
Laura y Martin estuvieron casados durante cuatro años y parecían una pareja perfecta. Sin embargo, la realidad era muy distinta: Martin resultó ser un marido obsesivo y brutal que la maltrataba continuamente. La situación llegó a ser tan insostenible que Laura decidió simular su muerte para librarse de él y empezar una nueva vida con una nueva identidad. Sin embargo, cuando él se da cuenta del engaño, decide perseguirla para vengarse.
Orpheus Descending
Val Xavier
Val Xavier is a drifter in 1940's Mississippi who brings new life to an Italian immigrant woman trapped in a loveless marriage.
Recuerdos de guerra
Lonnie
Samantha (Emily Lloyd) es una adolescente que vive en un pequeño pueblo de Kentucky con su tío Emmett (Bruce Willis), un veterano de Vietnam que, desde que volvió de la guerra, se ha convertido en un hombre huraño e insociable. El padre de Sam murió en la guerra antes de que ella naciera, y su madre se volvió a casar y se fue a otra ciudad. A Sam le gustaría que su tío le hablara sobre Vietnam y sobre su padre, pero Emmett vive encerrado en sí mismo y, aunque el resentimiento lo consume, lo único que desea es olvidarlo todo. Sin embargo, poco a poco, entre tío y sobrina se establece una estrecha relación que hará posible la reconstrucción de todo lo que la guerra del Vietnam destruyó.
Más allá de la ambición
Terry Roberts
Frank y Terry son hermanos en crisis, criados en una próspera granja. Desde la muerte de su padre ha sido Frank quien se ha encargado de mantener sus vidas unidas. La lucha continua de Frank por superar una crisis económica arrastrada por su padre le lleva a hacer frente el fracaso con un gran sentimiento de desesperación...
Un ángel caído
Philip
En Nueva Jersey, dos hermanos desesperados secuestran a un gángster borracho de Chicago.
A Walk on the Moon
Everett Jones
A Peace Corps volunteer, bubbling o'er with idealism, learns to his delight that he has been assigned to a remote, backward Colombian village. When he arrives, he is confused by the cynical attitude of his predecessor
Pink Nights
Danny
Danny is shy and always astonished how his friend Jeff can just walk up to a total stranger and say "Hi!". Even more astonishing that Danny meets three girls the next week and when his mother goes on vacation, one after the other shows up on his doorstep and they move in with him! However that's rather a problem for Danny, because, in love, he's just with one of them.
Risky Business
Chuck
Joel Goodsen es un joven de 17 años, universitario y responsable. Un chico en el que cualquiera puede confiar. Pero ha sido bueno durante demasiado tiempo. Ahora los padres de Joel se encuentran de viaje, y él está solo a cargo de la casa. Sus padres, confían en él. Aunque quizá no deberían...