Chuck Cooper
Biography: Won the 1996 Tony Award for Best Featured Actor for his portrayal of Memphis in The Life. His other Broadway credits include: Chicago, Passion, Someone to Watch Over Me, Rumors, Amen Corner, Getting Away With Murder, and Badfoot in St. Louis Woman, in City Centers acclaimed Encore series. National tours: The Tap Dance Kid, Eubie and Whistle Down the Wind. Off-Broadway: Thunder Knocking On The door, Marco Polo Sings a Solo, Jawbone, Avenue X, Police Boys and Colored People's Time. Regional Theatre: Paul Robeson in Paul Robeson at the Passage Theatre, Thunder Knocking On The Door at Trinity Repertory, The Doctor is Out, Othello in Othello at the New Jersey Shakespeare Festival, Brutus in Julius Caesar at the Philadelphia Drama Guild, Tullus Aufidius in Coriolanus at the Old Globe Theatre and Caliban in The Tempest at the Alliance Theatre Company. Television credits include Law & Order, Oz, Strangers with Candy, NYPD Blue, Cosby, The Cosby Mysteries, New York Undercover, I'll Fly Away, The Bold and the Beautiful and as Charlie the Bridge Man in the A&E series 100 Centre Street. His most recent film credits are _3 Days of Rain (2000)_, Our Song (2000), Gloria (1999), The Peacemaker (1997), The Juror (1996) and The Hurricane (1999).
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: November 08, 1954
Deathday: N/A
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A Crime
2006-09-11
A Crime
Overview: Vincent's life is on hold until he finds his wife's killer. Alice, his neighbor, is convinced she can make him happy. She decides to invent a culprit, so that Vincent can find revenge and leave the past behind. But there is no ideal culprit and no perfect crime.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-11
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Find Me Guilty
2006-03-16
Find Me Guilty
Overview: Based on the true story of Jack DiNorscio, a mobster who defended himself in court for what would be the longest mafia trial in U.S. history.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-16
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Action Family
1987-02-07
Action Family
Overview: At work, Chris is a hardboiled no-nonsense detective who's investigating a series of brutal murders of jazz musicians. At home, he's a family man straight out of sitcom who has to satisfy every whim of his wife and kids.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-02-07
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tick, tick... BOOM!
2021-11-11
tick, tick... BOOM!
Overview: On the brink of turning 30, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressure to create something great before time runs out.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-11-11
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Noise
2007-11-06
Noise
Overview: A man who is being driven crazy by the noise in New York City decides to take vigilante action against it.
Genres: Comedy Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-11-06
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Downtown: A Street Tale
2004-11-07
Downtown: A Street Tale
Overview: A group of street kids find that the only way to make it through the day is to hold onto their dreams while their reality is eating out of dumpsters, turning tricks and squatting in abandoned buildings.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-11-07
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The Opportunists
2000-05-17
The Opportunists
Overview: Vic is a struggling auto mechanic with a safe-cracking past and a lot of debt. His girlfriend runs a bar and offers to loan him the money she's saved for remodeling, but Vic is reluctant to take it. When a long-lost cousin from Ireland shows up on his doorstep, the two team up for one last heist.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-05-17
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Malcolm X
1992-11-18
Malcolm X
Overview: A tribute to the controversial black activist and leader of the struggle for black liberation. He hit bottom during his imprisonment in the '50s, he became a Black Muslim and then a leader in the Nation of Islam. His assassination in 1965 left a legacy of self-determination and racial pride.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-11-18
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Road Show
Road Show
Overview: At what point does the pursuit of the American Dream become an empty enterprise? Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman’s Road Show is a larger-than-life account of two brothers—schemer Wilson Mizner and his more thoughtful sibling Addison —who are fueled by a modest inheritance to stake their claim on a piece of the world.
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Original Language: en
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The Hurricane
1999-09-17
The Hurricane
Overview: The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-17
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North
1994-07-22
North
Overview: Eleven-year-old North has had it with his parents. They are always busy with their careers and don't give North the attention he needs, so he files a lawsuit against them. The judge rules that North should either find new parents or return to his own parents within two months. Thus North starts off on a journey around the world to find parents that really care about him.
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-07-22
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American Gangster
2007-11-02
American Gangster
Overview: Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he comes up with a unique way of importing the drugs into the United States. Partly based on a true story.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-11-02
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Romeo and Juliet
2014-02-13
Romeo and Juliet
Overview: In this Broadway stage production, Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad take on the title characters in a modern adaptation of the timeless classic, Romeo and Juliet.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-02-13
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Our Song
2000-01-21
Our Song
Overview: Focusing on the bonding between three female (an African American female, a half African American half Latino American female, and a Latino American female) high school members of Brooklyn's "Jackie Robinson Steppers Marching Band" and the choices the girls face once their school closes down because of the need for asbestos removal. This film is about a host of topics, not least of which is the hard-work involved in maintaining
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-21
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A Vigilante
2019-03-29
A Vigilante
Overview: A once-abused woman devotes herself to ridding victims of their domestic abusers while hunting down the one she must kill to be truly free.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-03-29
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Gloria
1999-01-22
Gloria
Overview: After serving a prison term for her boyfriend, a streetwise, middle-aged moll named Gloria stands up against the mobs, which is complicated by a six-year-old urchin with a will of his own, whom she reluctantly takes under her wing after his family has been gunned down.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-01-22
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Evening
2007-06-09
Evening
Overview: As Constance (Natasha Richardson) and Nina (Toni Collette) gather at the deathbed of their mother, Ann (Vanessa Redgrave), they learn for the first time that their mother lived an entire other lifetime during one evening 50 years ago. In vivid flashbacks, the young Ann (Claire Daines) spends one night with a man named Harris (Patrick Wilson), who was the love of her life.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-06-09
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Criminal Justice
1990-09-08
Criminal Justice
Overview: A knife-scarred victim must identify her assailant beyond a reasonable doubt. Meanwhile the accused is offered a deal if he pleads guilty. Is he as innocent as the victim? Is the justice system guiltier than both?
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-08
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The Juror
1996-02-02
The Juror
Overview: With his gangster boss on trial for murder, a mob thug known as "the Teacher" tells Annie Laird she must talk her fellow jurors into a not-guilty verdict, implying that he'll kill her son Oliver if she fails. She manages to do this, but, when it becomes clear that the mobsters might want to silence her for good, she sends Oliver abroad and tries to gather evidence of the plot against her, setting up a final showdown.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-02-02
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Act One: Live from Lincoln Center
2015-11-13
Act One: Live from Lincoln Center
Overview: James Lapine's tribute to a life in the theater based on Moss Hart's autobiography of the same name, starring Tony Shalhoub and Andrea Martin. The play, narrated by an older Moss Hart, traces his life from being poor in The Bronx to becoming famous and successful as a Broadway writer and director.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-11-13
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The Public's Much Ado About Nothing
2019-11-22
The Public's Much Ado About Nothing
Overview: This bold interpretation of Shakespeare’s comedic masterpiece features Danielle Brooks (“Orange is the New Black,” Broadway’s “The Color Purple”) and Grantham Coleman (“Buzzer,” “The Americans”) as the sparring lovers Beatrice and Benedick. Tony Award winner Kenny Leon (“American Son,” “A Raisin in the Sun”) directs with choreography by Tony Award nominee Camille A. Brown (“Choir Boy”). Set in contemporary Georgia with an election race underway, Great Performances: Much Ado About Nothing finds the community of Messina celebrating a break from an ongoing war, but not all is peaceful amid the merriment. Former rivals battle it out, revenge is sought and trickery runs amok in this timeless comedy of romantic retribution and miscommunication. Earning a New York Times Critic’s Pick, the play was recorded during its final weekend of Free Shakespeare in the Park performances, June 22-23, 2019.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-11-22
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The Peacemaker
1997-09-26
The Peacemaker
Overview: When a train carrying atomic warheads mysteriously crashes in the former Soviet Union, a nuclear specialist discovers the accident is really part of a plot to cover up the theft of the weapons. Assigned to help her recover the missing bombs is a crack Special Forces Colonel.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-26
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Chapter 27
2007-01-25
Chapter 27
Overview: A film about Mark David Chapman in the days leading up to the infamous murder of Beatle John Lennon.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-25
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Vacation Friends
2021-08-27
Vacation Friends
Overview: When a straight-laced couple that has fun with a rowdy couple on vacation in Mexico return to the States, they discover that the crazy couple they met in Mexico followed them back home and decide to play tricks on them.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-08-27
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After All
After All
Overview: After 10 years on the road, Jake returns home for his son’s funeral. Facing a family he doesn’t know, Jake decides to stay and take a job driving for a small local car service. One rainy night, he picks up singer Catriona Walsh at the airport and drives her to a gig. Jake and Catriona develop an unexpected friendship that forces them to face the lives they are running from, and chart a new path forward.
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Original Language: en
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Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013-10-04
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Overview: Muhammad Ali’s historic Supreme Court battle from behind closed doors. When Ali was drafted into the Vietnam War at the height of his boxing career, his claim to conscientious objector status led to a controversial legal battle that rattled the U.S. judicial system right up to the highest court in the land.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-04
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