Peter MacNicol
Biography: Peter MacNicol is an American actor. He received a Theatre World Award for his 1981 Broadway debut in the play Crimes of the Heart. His film roles include Galen in Dragonslayer (1981), Stingo in Sophie's Choice (1982), Janosz Poha in Ghostbusters II (1989), camp counselor Gary Granger in Addams Family Values (1993), and David Langley in Bean (1997). MacNicol was born in Dallas, Texas, on April 10, 1954. He attended the University of Dallas and the University of Minnesota, where he studied theater. After graduating, he moved to New York City to pursue an acting career. MacNicol made his Broadway debut in 1981 in the play Crimes of the Heart. He won a Theatre World Award for his performance. He went on to appear in a number of other Broadway productions, including The Real Thing (1984), The Crucible (1996), and The Pillowman (2005). MacNicol has also had a successful career in film and television. He has appeared in a number of films, including Sophie's Choice (1982), Ghostbusters II (1989), Addams Family Values (1993), and Bean (1997). He is best known for his role as the eccentric lawyer John Cage in the FOX comedy-drama Ally McBeal (1997–2002), for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 2001. MacNicol has also appeared in a number of other television shows, including 24 (2001), Numbers (2005), and Veep (2012-2019). He is a versatile actor who has shown his range in a variety of roles. MacNicol is married to Martha Cumming, and they have two children. He is a member of the Actors' Equity Association and the Screen Actors Guild.
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Birthday: April 10, 1954
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Bean
1997-07-03
Bean
Overview: Childlike Englishman, Mr. Bean, is an incompetent watchman at the Royal National Gallery. After the museum's board of directors' attempt to have him fired is blocked by the chairman, who has taken a liking to Bean, they send him to Los Angeles to act as their ambassador for the unveiling of a historic painting to humiliate him. Fooled, Mr. Bean must now successfully unveil the painting or risk his and a hapless Los Angeles curator's termination.
Genres: Family Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-07-03
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Dragonslayer
1981-06-26
Dragonslayer
Overview: The sorcerer and his apprentice Galen are on a mission to kill an evil dragon to save the King’s daughter from being sacrificed according to a pact that the King himself made with the dragon to protect his kingdom.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-06-26
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Housesitter
1992-06-12
Housesitter
Overview: After building his dream house, architect Newton Davis proposes marriage to his girlfriend, only to be summarily rejected. He seeks solace in a one-night stand with a waitress, never imagining that a woman he slept with once would end up posing as his wife. Gwen's ruse is so effective that by the time Newton learns of his "marriage," the entire town feels like they know him.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-06-12
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Ghostbusters II
1989-06-16
Ghostbusters II
Overview: Having lost their status and credibility five years after covering New York City with gooey roasted marshmallows in Ghostbusters (1984), the city's former heroes and once-popular spirit-hunters struggle to keep afloat, forced to work odd jobs. However, when Dana and her baby have yet another terrifying encounter with the paranormal, it is up to Peter Venkman and his fearless team of supernatural crime fighters to step up and save the day. Once more, humankind is in danger, as rivers of slimy psycho-reactive ectoplasm, paired with the dreadful manifestation of evil sixteenth-century tyrant Vigo the Carpathian, threaten to plunge the entire city into darkness. Is the world ready to believe? Can the Ghostbusters save us for the second time?
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-06-16
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By Dawn's Early Light
1990-05-19
By Dawn's Early Light
Overview: A nuclear warhead launched by Soviet insurgents protesting the waning Cold War destroys the Ukrainian city of Donetsk. The destruction sets off a race between American and Soviet politicians to prevent a nuclear holocaust. While the U.S. president feverishly works to keep the military and political machine from going into overdrive, various subordinates panic. When the president is believed to be killed in a helicopter crash, zealous advisers take over.
Genres: TV Movie Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-05-19
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The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue
1998-12-22
The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue
Overview: The rats and mice, made intellectually superior in the original Secret of N.I.M.H., return to Thorn Valley to groom their destined leader - young Timmy Brisby.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-12-22
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Baby Geniuses
1999-03-12
Baby Geniuses
Overview: BabyCo is the world's leading manufacturer in baby products. However, what the public doesn't know, is that Drs Kinder and Heep, two of its most brilliant scientists, are tirelessly working in complete secrecy to crack the indecipherable code to 'baby talk': a highly sophisticated language, and the key to the secrets of the universe. Before long, problems arise when mischievous Sly, the smartest of the toddlers, escapes confinement, bent on uniting all babies to free those trapped in the laboratory. Now, Kinder and Heep must find Sly before it is too late.
Genres: Science Fiction Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-03-12
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Mojave Moon
1996-11-15
Mojave Moon
Overview: Al McCord is hanging out at his favourite restaurant when he meets an attractive young woman (Ellie) who is looking for a ride from the city out into the Mojave Desert, where her mother lives. Little does he know that while Ellie is falling in love with him, he is falling for her mother (Julie), despite the nearby presence of Julie's boyfriend who seems likely to go berzerk at any moment. Even more strange, hilarious events follow and it's up to Al to find some explanation. His life may never again be the same.
Genres: Thriller Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-15
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Dracula: Dead and Loving It
1995-12-22
Dracula: Dead and Loving It
Overview: When a lawyer shows up at the vampire's doorstep, he falls prey to his charms and joins him in his search for fresh blood. Enter Professor Van Helsing, who may be the only one able to vanquish the Count.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-22
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Balto: Wolf Quest
2002-04-30
Balto: Wolf Quest
Overview: Balto and his daughter Aleu embark on a journey of adventure and self discovery.
Genres: Family Animation Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-04-30
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Olive, The Other Reindeer
1999-12-17
Olive, The Other Reindeer
Overview: After mis-hearing a radio broadcast about Santa canceling his Christmas trip due to an injured reindeer, Olive the dog decides to travel to the North Pole and volunteer to be a replacement. Unfortunately, Olive must deal with an evil postman who's tired of handling all the extra Christmas mail. Will Martini the penguin be able to help Olive realize her dream?
Genres: Animation Family Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-17
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Abducted: A Father's Love
1996-03-30
Abducted: A Father's Love
Overview: A man kidnaps his little girl to protect her from an abusive mother, then becomes the first man to enter a woman's underground movement.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-03-30
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Heat
1986-10-16
Heat
Overview: Reynolds plays an ex-soldier-of-fortunish character in Vegas, taking "Chaperone" jobs, fighting with the mob, and trying to get enough money together to move to Venice, Italy.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-10-16
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Sophie's Choice
1982-12-08
Sophie's Choice
Overview: Stingo, a young writer, moves to Brooklyn in 1947 to begin work on his first novel. As he becomes friendly with Sophie and her lover Nathan, he learns that she is a Holocaust survivor. Flashbacks reveal her harrowing story, from pre-war prosperity to Auschwitz. In the present, Sophie and Nathan's relationship increasingly unravels as Stingo grows closer to Sophie and Nathan's fragile mental state becomes ever more apparent.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-08
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Breakin' All the Rules
2004-05-14
Breakin' All the Rules
Overview: After being dumped by his model girlfriend, aspiring writer Quincy Watson quits his job and is inspired to pen the ultimate how-to book on breaking up. When it becomes a smash bestseller, he starts giving his player cousin, Evan, choice tips on how to win the battle of the sexes. But when Evan's beautiful girlfriend Nikki gets wind of the plan, it's these players that end up getting played.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-05-14
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Game Change
2012-02-28
Game Change
Overview: During the Republican run of the 2008 Presidential election, candidate John McCain picks a relative unknown, Alaskan governor Sarah Palin, to be his running mate. As the campaign kicks into high gear, her lack of experience, in both political and media savvy, becomes a drain upon McCain and his strategists.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Comedy History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-02-28
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Silencing Mary
1998-03-08
Silencing Mary
Overview: Frustrated that school officials and police won't punish her university's star football player for raping her roommate, student reporter Mary begins working on an article about the crime for the newspaper. But she faces violence and threats as a result.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-03-08
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Floss
Floss
Overview: A floss-obsessed man confronts the origins of his orthodoxy.
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Original Language: en
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The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
2024-02-28
The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie
Overview: Porky and Daffy, the classic animated odd couple, turn into unlikely heroes when their antics at the local bubble gum factory uncover a secret alien mind control plot. Against all odds, the two are determined to save their town (and the world!)...that is if they don't drive each other crazy in the process.
Genres: Animation Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-02-28
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American Blue Note
1989-08-06
American Blue Note
Overview: Jack, Nat, Jerry, Lee and Tommy play jazz in small clubs, but only one of them will reach success.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-08-06
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Snowden's Christmas
1999-12-25
Snowden's Christmas
Overview: When the moving truck hits a bump in the road, a quartet of toys stuck in Ohio decide to trek down their owner, who is moving to New York City.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-25
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Our Almost Completely True Story
2023-12-08
Our Almost Completely True Story
Overview: When a beautiful, tall, aging Hollywood star and a short, funny Jewish man try online dating, it's a disaster. But when they randomly meet at a bird store, what are the chances? He is immediately smitten, but she not so much. As he pursues the woman of his dreams, his charm, sense of humor, and multiple impressions win her over in their heartwarming (almost completely true) love story.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-12-08
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Addams Family Values
1993-11-19
Addams Family Values
Overview: Siblings Wednesday and Pugsley Addams will stop at nothing to get rid of Pubert, the new baby boy adored by parents Gomez and Morticia. Things go from bad to worse when the new "black widow" nanny, Debbie Jellinsky, launches her plan to add Fester to her collection of dead husbands.
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-11-19
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Home Delivery
Home Delivery
Overview: A plus-size supermodel invites her family over to experience the birth of her first child.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
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Roswell
1994-07-31
Roswell
Overview: Based on the book "UFO Crash at Roswell" by Kevin Randle and Donald Schmitt, Roswell follows the attempts of Major Jesse Marcel to discover the truth about strange debris found on a local rancher's field in July of 1947. Told by his superiors that what he has found is nothing more than a downed weather balloon, Marcel maintains his military duty until the weight of the truth, however out of this world it may be, forces him to piece together what really occurred.
Genres: Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-07-31
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Hard Promises
1992-01-31
Hard Promises
Overview: A man who doesn't like stable work environments has been away for too many years, and finds out his wife has divorced him and is planning to remarry. He comes home to confront her, trying to convince her not to get married, aided by the daughter, who loves him despite his wandering ways. The couple finds out they still have feelings for each other but must decide how best to handle the contradiction of their lifestyles.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-31
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The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
1984-09-17
The Boy Who Left Home to Find Out About the Shivers
Overview: An intelligent, fearless boy living in a superstitious Transylvanian village goes out into the world to figure out what everyone else is afraid of, "the shivers." A king hires him to rid his castle of ghosts and evil spirits, expecting him to die like all who have tried before him, but the boy is more fearless than he could have known.
Genres: Horror Fantasy Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-09-17
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The Pooch and the Pauper
2000-07-01
The Pooch and the Pauper
Overview: The bulldog Liberty (who's thoughts we're able to hear) is the "First Dog of the USA", i.e. the president's dog. As such he has a lot of representative duties, but also many privileges which made him snobby and condescending towards other dogs. But one day when the young Nataniel takes him for a walk, he's mixed up with the stray dog Moocher who looks like his identical twin. Henceforth Moocher takes Liberty's place in the White House. From now on a different spirit reigns in the White House
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-07-01
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Recess: School's Out
2001-02-16
Recess: School's Out
Overview: The school year is finally ending, and T.J. Detweiler is looking forward to summer. But boredom quickly sets in when his friends leave for camp — until T.J. uncovers an evil plot to do away with summer vacation! A crazy former principal, Dr. Benedict, is planning to use a laser beam to alter the weather and create permanent winter. Faced with the dire threat of year-round school, T.J. rounds up the RECESS gang and bands together with some unexpected allies — Miss Finster and Principal Prickly — in a nonstop adventure to save everyone's summer break. As the kids discover the heroes inside themselves, a platoon of wacky characters, far-out music, and sci-fi surprises turn this madcap mission into a major victory for fun!
Genres: Family Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-02-16
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Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
2005-07-14
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild
Overview: With school out for the summer, The Littles are vacationing in a cabin by the lake, and Stuart is so excited he could burst! But when Snowbell the cat is captured by a mean-spirited creature known simply as the Beast, it's up to Stuart and a skunk named Reeko to rescue him and a few other friends.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-07-14
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Radioland Murders
1994-10-21
Radioland Murders
Overview: A series of mysterious crimes threatens the existence of a new radio network.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-10-21
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Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright
2013-08-10
Scooby-Doo! Stage Fright
Overview: Join Scooby-Doo, Shaggy and the Mystery Inc. crew as they head to Chicago for Talent Star, a hit talent show in which Fred and Daphne are finalists with some high hopes. Unlucky for them, the competition is frightful as the show is being broadcast from an opera house with a history of horrors and a particularly vengeful phantom that has cursed the show's production.
Genres: Family Adventure Animation Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-08-10
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Johnny Bull
1986-05-19
Johnny Bull
Overview: An English girl comes to America to join her American husband in a Pennsylvania coal town in the late 1950's. She faces the ire of her new mother-in-law, a former Hungarian with different ideas about the life and culture that her son should have.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-05-19
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The Spectacular Spider-Man Attack of the Lizard
2008-09-09
The Spectacular Spider-Man Attack of the Lizard
Overview: It's been a tough week for Peter Parker. His two best friends are mad at him, Aunt May is behind on the bills and Flash Thompson is still bullying him at school. It hasn't been a cake walk for Spider-Man either. The Enforcers are trying to destroy him, the Vulture is seeking revenge on Mr. Osborn, Electro is wreaking havoc on the city and his mentor, Dr. Connors, just transformed into The Lizard - a reptile on the rampage. But with great power comes great responsibility and Peter Parker wouldn't have it any other way!
Genres: Animation Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-09-09
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Battleship
2012-04-11
Battleship
Overview: When mankind beams a radio signal into space, a reply comes from ‘Planet G’, in the form of several alien crafts that splash down in the waters off Hawaii. Lieutenant Alex Hopper is a weapons officer assigned to the USS John Paul Jones, part of an international naval coalition which becomes the world's last hope for survival as they engage the hostile alien force of unimaginable strength. While taking on the invaders, Hopper must also try to live up to the potential that his brother, and his fiancée's father—an Admiral—expect of him.
Genres: Thriller Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-04-11
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Voices & Visions: Walt Whitman
1988-01-01
Voices & Visions: Walt Whitman
Overview: Walt Whitman was the first major poet to create a truly American vision and style. His extraordinary example gave American verse much of its subsequent character and diction. Rejecting traditional constraints of form and subject matter, Whitman considered democracy itself appropriate grist for his own poetic mill, inventing a radically different sort of free verse to express what he had to say.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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