Ron Eldard
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ronald Jason "Ron" Eldard (born February 20, 1965) is an American actor. Eldard made his film debut in the 1989 comedy True Love, written and directed by Nancy Savoca, and co-starring Annabella Sciorra. This film won the Grandy Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Eldard has performed on Broadway in critically acclaimed productions of On the Waterfront, Biloxi Blues, Bash: Latterday Plays, and Death of a Salesman. The latter two were filmed for Showtime productions. Eldard is also known for his evocative role as sympathetic street thug John Reilly in the 1996 film Sleepers which co-starred Brad Pitt, Billy Crudup, Jason Patric, Kevin Bacon, Dustin Hoffman, Robert Deniro, and Minnie Driver. On January 9, 2006 he debuted in the role of Father Flynn in the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize winning Broadway production of Doubt opposite the British actress Dame Eileen Atkins. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ron Eldard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Birthday: February 20, 1965
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Black Hawk Down
2001-12-28
Black Hawk Down
Overview: When U.S. Rangers and an elite Delta Force team attempt to kidnap two underlings of a Somali warlord, their Black Hawk helicopters are shot down, and the Americans suffer heavy casualties, facing intense fighting from the militia on the ground.
Genres: Action War History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-12-28
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Sleepers
1996-10-18
Sleepers
Overview: Two gangsters seek revenge on the state jail worker who during their stay at a youth prison sexually abused them. A sensational court hearing takes place to charge him for the crimes.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-10-18
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House of Sand and Fog
2003-12-19
House of Sand and Fog
Overview: Behrani, an Iranian immigrant buys a California bungalow, thinking he can fix it up, sell it again, and make enough money to send his son to college. However, the house is the legal property of former drug addict Kathy. After losing the house in an unfair legal dispute with the county, she is left with nowhere to go. Wanting her house back, she hires a lawyer and befriends a police officer. Neither Kathy nor Behrani have broken the law, so they find themselves involved in a difficult moral dilemma.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-12-19
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Freedomland
2006-02-17
Freedomland
Overview: A black police detective must solve a strange case of a kidnapped boy and deal with a big racial protest.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-02-17
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Ghost Ship
2002-10-25
Ghost Ship
Overview: After discovering a passenger ship missing since 1962 floating adrift on the Bering Sea, salvagers claim the vessel as their own. Once they begin towing the ghost ship towards harbor, a series of bizarre occurrences happen and the group becomes trapped inside the ship, which they soon learn is inhabited by a demonic creature.
Genres: Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-10-25
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The Last Supper
1995-09-08
The Last Supper
Overview: A group of idealistic, but frustrated, liberals succumb to the temptation of murdering rightwing pundits for their political beliefs.
Genres: Comedy Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-08
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When Trumpets Fade
1998-06-27
When Trumpets Fade
Overview: In WWII Western Germany, Private David Manning reluctantly leaves behind a mortally wounded fellow soldier and searches for survivors from his platoon, only to learn from commanding officer Captain Pritchett that they have all been killed in action. Despite requesting a discharge on the grounds of mental disability, Manning is promoted to sergeant and assigned to lead a new platoon of young inductees.
Genres: Drama War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-27
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Already Dead
2007-12-11
Already Dead
Overview: When Thomas Archer's happy and successful life is all but ruined following a horrific attack he is presented with a perfect opportunity to exact physical revenge upon the man who caused all his grief. However the immediate consequences of his actions and in-actions are much more complicated than he imagined.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-12-11
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Mystery, Alaska
1999-10-01
Mystery, Alaska
Overview: In Mystery, Alaska, life revolves around the legendary Saturday hockey game at the local pond. But everything changes when the hometown team unexpectedly gets booked in an exhibition match against the New York Rangers. When quirky small-towners, slick promoters and millionaire athletes come together.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-10-01
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Super 8
2011-06-08
Super 8
Overview: In 1979 Ohio, several youngsters are making a zombie movie with a Super-8 camera. In the midst of filming, the friends witness a horrifying train derailment and are lucky to escape with their lives. They soon discover that the catastrophe was no accident, as a series of unexplained events and disappearances soon follows. Deputy Jackson Lamb, the father of one of the kids, searches for the terrifying truth behind the crash.
Genres: Thriller Science Fiction Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-06-08
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Just a Kiss
2002-06-15
Just a Kiss
Overview: A group of thirtysomethings having problems with fidelity gets an opportunity to turn back the clock.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-06-15
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Diggers
2006-09-09
Diggers
Overview: Diggers is a coming-of-age story directed by Katherine Dieckmann. It portrays four working-class friends who grow up in The Hamptons, on the South Shore of Long Island, New York, as clam diggers in 1976. Their fathers were clam diggers as well as their grandfathers before them. They must cope with and learn to face the changing times in both their personal lives and their neighborhood.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-09
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Sex and the Other Man
1996-11-01
Sex and the Other Man
Overview: When Bill catches his girlfriend and her boss in bed, an unusual cure for impotence is found.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-01
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The Tenth Circle
2008-06-28
The Tenth Circle
Overview: A family's well-kept secrets are exposed when the daughter accuses her ex-boyfriend of rape.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-06-28
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Drop Dead Fred
1991-04-19
Drop Dead Fred
Overview: When Elizabeth returns to her mother's home after her marriage breaks up, she recreates her imaginary childhood friend, Fred, to escape from the trauma of losing her husband and her job. In between the chaos and mayhem that Fred creates, Elizabeth attempts to win back her husband and return to normality.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-04-19
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Roadie
2012-01-06
Roadie
Overview: After 20 years on the road with Blue Oyster Cult, Jimmy Testagros returns to his hometown to life with his ailing mother. Complications arise when he falls for an old friend, who is now married to his longtime nemesis.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-01-06
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True Love
1989-09-15
True Love
Overview: Donna and Michael are getting married. But first, they have to plan the reception, get the tux, buy the rings, and cope with their own uncertainty about the decision. Michael fears commitment. Donna has her doubts about Michael's immaturity. Both are getting cold feet.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-15
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Jobs
2013-08-15
Jobs
Overview: The story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-08-15
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The Runner
1999-09-09
The Runner
Overview: A compulsive gambler finds his new family's safety seriously threatened by a ruthless gambling boss.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-09
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Bash: Latter-Day Plays
2001-08-28
Bash: Latter-Day Plays
Overview: The movie comprises three vignettes of actors-speaking-to-audience, two of which are monologues. All three revolve around violence or murder.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-08-28
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Death of a Salesman
2000-01-09
Death of a Salesman
Overview: An aging salesman is fired from his job after a long career in it. Broken, without much to look forward to, he tries reconnecting with his wife and kids who he had always put down as he dedicated himself to work.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-09
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Poker Night
2014-12-20
Poker Night
Overview: When a new detective is caught by a vicious psychopath and locked in a basement, he must use the knowledge he learned from some of the best detectives at Poker Night, then match wits against his captor.
Genres: Thriller Action Crime Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-12-20
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Scent of a Woman
1992-12-23
Scent of a Woman
Overview: Charlie Simms is a student at a private preparatory school who comes from a poor family. To earn the money for his flight home to Gresham, Oregon for Christmas, Charlie takes a job over Thanksgiving looking after retired U.S. Army officer Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, a cantankerous middle-aged man who lives with his niece and her family.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-12-23
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Delivered
1999-07-30
Delivered
Overview: College dropout Will Sherman works as a pizza delivery boy. One night he delivers a pizza at the house where the guy who ordered pizza was just killed. The murderer, Reed, soon realizes that Will is a witness and begins to follow him.
Genres: Thriller Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-07-30
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Deep Impact
1998-05-08
Deep Impact
Overview: A seven-mile-wide space rock is hurtling toward Earth, threatening to obliterate the planet. Now, it's up to the president of the United States to save the world. He appoints a tough-as-nails veteran astronaut to lead a joint American-Russian crew into space to destroy the comet before impact. Meanwhile, an enterprising reporter uses her smarts to uncover the scoop of the century.
Genres: Action Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-05-08
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Odds Are
2018-03-03
Odds Are
Overview: Three college students play a challenge game called Odds Are... It quickly erupts into a nightmare for the participants who find themselves caught in an unpredictable web of deceit and survival. Based on actual events.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-03-03
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Higher Power
2018-05-11
Higher Power
Overview: When the Universe decides what it wants, it's pointless to resist. With his family's life at stake, Joseph Steadman finds himself the unwilling test subject of a maniacal scientist in a battle that could save the world – or destroy it.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-05-11
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Fathers and Sons
2005-06-02
Fathers and Sons
Overview: Intertwined tales of three families who grow up on the same street, focusing on the relationship of fathers and sons. The first section features Anthony and Jenny and traces the father-son bond that develops between Anthony and his newborn son over 30 years. The second story centers on the affairs of an airline pilot who shares a house but not a life with his wife. He crosses paths with an unusual woman and spends an extraordinary night with his son. The final chapter follows the homecoming of Elliot to his estranged family. As his father dies, Elliot meets and falls in love with a woman who sees past his tough-guy exterior.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-06-02
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Bastard Out of Carolina
1996-12-15
Bastard Out of Carolina
Overview: A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as her last chance.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-15
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