Jason Miller

Jason Miller

Nascimento : 1939-04-22, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Morte : 2001-05-13

História

Jason Miller (April 22, 1939 - May 13, 2001) was an American actor and playwright.

Perfil

Jason Miller

Filmes

O Dia da Independência: Nova Ameaça
Post Production Supervisor
Aproveitando a tecnologia alienígena recuperada da primeira invasão, as nações da Terra colaboram em conjunto num enorme programa para proteger o planeta, e o mundo parece unido e pacificado como nunca aconteceu antes. Porém, nada nos prepararia para a força avassaladora e sem precedentes da nova invasão alienígena: apenas o engenho de alguns bravos pode salvar o nosso mundo novamente.
Miller's Tale
Himself (Archive Footage)
Miller's Tale is a personal journey into the life of playwright and actor Jason Miller and his relationship with his hometown, Scranton, Pennsylvania. Best known for his performance as Father Karras in The Exorcist, Miller experienced a brief but brilliant period of national acclaim, then curiously abandoned Hollywood to return to his hometown. After Miller died in a local bar Scranton, at the age of 62, filmmaker and fellow Scranton native Rebecca Marshall Ferris set out with her camera to find out why did this exceptional playwright, who achieved such phenomenal early success, never write a Broadway play again? And what happened to Miller in Hollywood that would make him run away from a promising acting career?
The Joe Spinell Story
Self
The Joe Spinell Story is a An outstanding and eye-opening documentary, made in 2001 for the Anchor Bay DVD release of Maniac (1980). His most notable roles were as mafioso Willi Cicci in The Godfather and The Godfather Part II, and as loan shark Tony Gazzo in Rocky and Rocky II. Although primarily known as a character actor, Spinell co-wrote and starred as a serial killer in the 1980 film, Maniac.
That Championship Season
Screenplay
Four best friends and their basketball coach celebrate their championship twenty years ago. But their reunion turns violent when a dark secret comes to light.
That Championship Season
Theatre Play
Four best friends and their basketball coach celebrate their championship twenty years ago. But their reunion turns violent when a dark secret comes to light.
A Maldição da Múmia
The Doctor
Uma bela americana retorna ao seu lar ancestral na Irlanda, na esperança de descobrir a causa de suas alucinações e desmaios - sem suspeitar que uma antiga maldição druida esteja em ação.
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
Himself - 'Damien Karras'
A behind-the-scenes retrospective made for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the classic horror film, The Exorcist. Includes interviews with Linda Blair and the other stars of the film, along with commentary from the director and writer on some of the deeper meanings behind the elements they used to terrify their audiences, and previously unreleased footage including make-up tests and deleted scenes.
Murdered Innocence
Det. Rollins
Twenty years after his mother was stabbed to death, a young man is determined to find the truth behind the coverup of her brutal murder.
Mommy
Lt. March
Patty McCormack's "Mommy" is psychotically obsessed with her 12-year-old daughter Jessica Ann -- so much so that when she finds out Jessica didn't get the "Student of the Year" award again, she solves the problem by murdering the teacher who didn't recommend her for it. She dismisses the killing as inconsequential ("a minor accident"), but the homicide detective assigned to the case suspects her immediately, and an insurance investigator who also suspects her tries to get close to Jessica Ann to find out what really happened.
Small Kill
Mikie
Children are being kidnapped and held for ransom. If the parents don't cooperate, the kids show up dead. An undercover cop gets involved in the case, and his investigation leads him to a connection between a banker and a fortune teller. (IMDb)
O Exorcista III
Father Damien Karras / Patient X
O tenente Kinderman e o Padre Dyer tentam lidar com a morte de seu amigo em comum, o Padre Damien, porém, um assassino está a solta. O tenente da polícia investiga uma série de assassinatos envolvendo tortura, decapitação e profanação religiosa. Kinderman descobre que as morte têm semelhança com as praticadas pelo serial killer Gemini, um homem que morreu há quinze anos.
A Mother's Courage: The Mary Thomas Story
Writer
The story of Mary Thomas, the mother of basketball star Isiah Thomas, and how she fought to keep her family together and her sons out of trouble despite the surroundings of poverty, drugs, crime and violence of their ghetto neighborhood.
Tratamento Mortal
Dr. Miles Keefer
True story about a nurse's descent into the nightmarish world of substance abuse which endangers her life and the lives of her patients.
Luz da Fama
Benjamin Rasnick
Cleveland siblings rise with a rock band while coping with personal problems.
A Touch of Scandal
Garrett Locke
Katherine Gilvey is a comely councilwoman, whose campaign for Attorney General is being managed by her ambitious, but cold-hearted husband Benjamin, which takes a turn when photographs surface of her liasion with a male prostitute, who used to be a law client of hers, and has now turned up dead. Also is a note telling her to withdraw from the campaign or the photos will be made public. Investigating on her own, Katherine's suspects to the idenity of the blackmailer are: a shadowy power broker, a charismatic minister, an activist priest, or even her own husband.
Resgate Heroico
Sarge
Durante umas férias na América Central, alguns adolescentes americanos são sequestrados por terroristas. A missão de resgate é executada, porém eles conseguem escapar e juntam-se com um mercenário lutando contra os terroristas.
Terror in the Aisles
Father Karras (archive footage) (uncredited)
A non-stop roller coaster ride through the scariest moments of the greatest terror films of all time.
O Campeão da Temporada
Writer
It started as a friendly meeting between 4 old buddies with their basketball coach and ended up in revealing the truth about their relationship. The meeting forces the five men to reveal their true identity, to be honest with each other for the first time in their lives. When the night comes to an end they decide to go back to the old glorious days and reunite into the team which won that championship season, back in 1957.
O Campeão da Temporada
Director
It started as a friendly meeting between 4 old buddies with their basketball coach and ended up in revealing the truth about their relationship. The meeting forces the five men to reveal their true identity, to be honest with each other for the first time in their lives. When the night comes to an end they decide to go back to the old glorious days and reunite into the team which won that championship season, back in 1957.
Monsignor
Don Vito Appolini
The vows of an ambitious young American priest are tested during World War II. Not only does Father John Flaherty get involved with the black market to raise money for the Vatican, he also falls in love with a young French nun.
The Best Little Girl in the World
Clay Orlovsky
Casey Powell is a teenage girl who is secretly suffering from anorexia nervosa, a mental and physical illness of deliberately starving herself or self-inducing vomiting, because of her inability to cope with family stress and because of social pressures.
Marilyn: The Untold Story
Arthur Miller
The story of the life and times of the legendary Hollywood blonde bombshell, Marilyn Monroe, from her meteoric rise to stardom to her marriages and untimely death.
The Henderson Monster
Dr. Tom Henderson
A small town becomes gripped by an ethical debate when the community discovers a moody, egotistical scientist is experimenting with DNA and the creation of new life.
Reward
Writer
A dispirited cop chucks his job on the force and, with the help of a college co-ed, sets out to solve the murder of a police colleague who had been his best friend.
O Crepúsculo dos Heróis
Lt. Frankie Reno
Um astronauta que sofre um colapso mental em plena contagem decrescente de lançamento é enviado para um castelo isolado, onde funciona uma unidade psiquiátrica experimental do Exército dos EUA. Ali, vai desafiar o comandante das instalações a provar-lhe que existe um Deus e que há bondade no ser humano.
Vampire
John Rawlins
Vampire Anton Voytek's lair is disturbed by the ground breaking for a new church. Anton attempts to start a modern life using his hoarded wealth, but finds it's been confiscated by the authorities. He takes revenge on the architect responsible, who in turn, aided by a retired detective, tries to hunt down and destroy Anton.
A Dog Called... Vengeance
Aristides Ungria
A political prisoner in a South American dictatorship escapes and is pursued throughout the country by a bloodthirsty dog.
The Devil's Advocate
Dr. Aldo Meyer
A dying priest is commissioned to investigate the deeds of Giacomo Nerone, a dead wartime partisan, and find out if he truly is worthy of being canonized.
F. Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The story of author F. Scott Fitzgerald's two stays in Hollywood to write for films, once in 1927 at the height of his acclaim, and again in 1937 when he arrived with little money, enormous expenses and an ill wife.
A Home of Our Own
Father William Wasson
The story of Father William Wasson, who founded and operated a home for abandoned and orphaned children in Mexico.
Jogos de Azar
Cooper
A world-weary crime boss is losing his grip on his organization.
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
(archive footage)
In this made-for-TV production, Vincent Price and his hunchback sidekick (Billy Van) host a pun-filled salute to the horror film genre from its earliest beginnings all the way up to The Exorcist. Featuring clips from classic horror films and interviews with genre greats like Frank Gorshin, John Carradine, John Astin and SFX legend Bill Tuttle, among others.
O Exorcista
Father Damien Karras
Em Georgetown, Washington, uma atriz vai gradativamente tomando consciência que a sua filha de doze anos está tendo um comportamento completamente assustador. Deste modo, ela pede ajuda a um padre, que também um psiquiatra, e este chega a conclusão de que a garota está possuída pelo demônio. Ele solicita então a ajuda de um segundo sacerdote, especialista em exorcismo, para tentar livrar a menina desta terrível possessão.