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Rick Shapiro

Rick Shapiro

Nacimiento : 1959-04-13, New Jersey, USA

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Rick Shapiro (born April 13, 1959) is a Los Angeles-based comedian and actor. He started his career in the early 1980s as a comedian at Catch A Rising Star on Broadway. Besides performing regularly on stage, throughout the 1990s he acted and starred in numerous films by Louis CK, including Tomorrow Night. Additionally, he portrayed the re-occurring character "Angry Poet" in Late Night with Conan O'Brien. In 1998, Shapiro released his first comedy CD called Unconditional Love, which Billboard called "hard-edged and uncompromising". In the 2000s, he performed stand-up comedy nationally and internationally, debuting a one-man show in 2007 in the Edinburgh Festival, and touring Australia in 2009. He had his first video game appearance in 2008, portraying the character Mason Waylon on the radio station PLR in Grand Theft Auto IV, a guest on a talk show who eventually drills holes in the heads of the two other guests. In 2014–15, he appeared in the role of Marc Maron's eccentric neighbor, Bernie, in the IFC comedy series Maron. In film, his roles include Top Five by Chris Rock, portraying T-Rick in the movie Project X, and acting in the German comedy Timeless. His known TV role is as Jerry in Lucky Louie by Louis C.K. on HBO. Additionally, he appears in a scene originally filmed for the pilot of Louie. His first book Unfiltered, containing over 200 previously unreleased writings, was released in 2012 along with his second CD, Catalyst for Change. In 2013, he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.

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Rick Shapiro

Rick Shapiro

Películas

Duvall

An ill-tempered older man, Duvall, and his caregiver, Mercedes, struggle to get along, especially after she tries to get him to talk about his son's suicide. After finally pushing her away, he must learn to open up or be left alone for good.

The Outdoorsman

The Outdoorsman

Gerard

Jason has made up his mind: he's going to live in the wilderness for a year. One problem: he's never been camping. While he's preparing, he meets Mona, a goal oriented corporate type who has just suffered a nervous breakdown at work. They fall in love but ultimately Jason must decide: follow his dream or his heart.

Sol

Struggling 'B' movie Director blackmails a serial killer to be the star of his next film.

T-Rick

Tres estudiantes de último curso de instituto, aparentemente anónimos, deciden montar una fiesta salvaje en casa de uno de ellos, promocionándola en las redes sociales como la fiesta más loca de la temporada. Además, los chicos deciden grabarla para luego colgarla en la red. Enseguida se corre la voz y todo se hace un desmadre...

Shakey

Las mujeres no se le resisten. Puede con cualquier tipo de maldad. Se trata del más grande de los héroes, con un estilo muy peculiar... y con un lenguaje muy suyo. Pootie Tang es un superhéroe y cantante de grandes éxitos, infatigable enemigo del crimen, que lleva una cazadora de conejo auténtico y es idolatrado por los niños y amado por las mujeres. Pero cuando la particular guerra de Pootie contra la codicia, la injusticia y los productos de consumo desagradables comienza a hacer perder beneficios a la empresa LecterCorp, el desquiciado presidente de la compañía transforma al súper-colega en un súper-miedoso... golpeándole con fuerza con su cinturón mágico contra villanos. ¿Podrá nuestro héroe volver a ser el de antes? ¿O sucumbirá ante la presión? ¿Logrará su nuevo single el disco de platino?

Tina

Charles is the owner of a photo-shop. He is not too friendly and spends his evenings alone, and one day he finally decides to get a social life. He meets elderly Florence, who is tormented by her gambling husband Lester and longs for the son Willie she hasn't seen or heard of for 20 years.

Dice

A paroled short order cook and a waitress go on the run with a bag of diamonds that accidentally falls into their possession, prompting two warring gangs to come after them.

A troubled man tries to highjack a ferry in order to go to Bolivia.

This film was shown at Sundance, the MOMA New Directors New Films Fest, and won the grand prize at the Aspen Short Fest.

The short called “Caesar’s Salad” that won at the Chicago Film Festival and the New Orleans Film and Video Festival. C.K.’s mother helped him to pay for “Caesar’s Salad,” the production of which required him to close down a street and use a cop car. In the Louis C.K. episode of Marc Maron’s podcast, Maron mentions that he was cut out of “Caesar’s Salad” but some of his guitar playing remains on the soundtrack.

Kevin

Divertida mirada a los preparativos de una boda de dos jóvenes italoamericanos en el Bronx neoyorquino. Desde el día del compromiso hasta el del enlace, Savoca mezcla hábilmente comedia y drama y crea un creíble y cómico retrato de variados personajes; novios, amigos y familiares. Obtuvo muy buenas críticas y el premio a la mejor película en el Festival de cine independiente de Sundance.

A high-school guitarist contends with an unhappy home environment while working to get his band noticed by a music promoter.

Night of Thrills

Night of Thrills

Andrew

Riley is a young woman who over works herself to cover up the pain of living at home with her depressed mother and abusive father. She is a supervisor at Fun Town Amusement Park with her best friend Sherry. Once employees of the park begin to disappear, Riley and Sherry discover that the once innocent place they work at has a dark and macabre past. All walks of people line up for opening night at Fun Town's annual Night of Thrills Halloween attraction. Things don't go as planed as Riley's personal and work life collide in a grisly manner to uncover the mysteries behind Fun Town's bloody past.