Michael Ensign
Also Known As: Michael Ensign Evans
Biography: Michael Ensign (born 13 February 1944) is an American actor. He was born in Arizona (height 6' 1" (1,85 m)), and he is of British/American descent, living extensively in both the USA and the UK. He trained as an actor at The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He spent the first eleven years of his professional career in the theatre in Britain. He was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1972 to 1975. He played the leading man (Donald) in the musical, 'Irene', at London's Adelphi Theatre in 1978. He appeared in the London productions of The Curse Of The Starving Class (Royal Court Theatre), The Red Devil Battery Sign (Phoenix Theatre) and numerous English Repertory Theatres. His film and television work has been primarily in the USA. In 2009 he was awarded the Distinguished Alumnus Award by the College of Fine Arts, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. Michael Ensign is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Safford, Arizona, USA
Birthday: February 13, 1944
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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WarGames
Overview: High school student David Lightman has a talent for hacking. But while trying to hack into a computer system to play unreleased video games, he unwittingly taps into the Department of Defense's war computer and initiates a confrontation of global proportions. Together with his girlfriend and a wizardly computer genius, David must race against time to outwit his opponent and prevent a nuclear Armageddon.
Genres: Thriller Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-06-03
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Titanic
Overview: 101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and Fabrizio De Rossi win third-class tickets aboard the ship. Rose tells the whole story from Titanic's departure through to its death—on its first and last voyage—on April 15, 1912.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-18
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Ghostbusters
Overview: After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who exterminate ghouls, hobgoblins and supernatural pests of all stripes. An ad campaign pays off when a knockout cellist hires the squad to purge her swanky digs of demons that appear to be living in her refrigerator.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-06-08
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Solaris
Overview: A troubled psychologist is sent to investigate the crew of an isolated research station orbiting a bizarre planet.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-27
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Cupid
Overview: With Valentine’s Day approaching, Eve Lovett, a workaholic TV talk show host with a string of failed relationships, is worried she will never find true love. But when a mysterious stranger named Vernon Gart shows up on the set claiming to work for Cupid, Inc., Eve has no idea her love life is about to get an arrow right through the heart.
Genres: Romance Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-30
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Superman
Overview: Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush: Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-14
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All of Me
Overview: Just before stubborn millionaire Edwina Cutwater dies, she asks her uptight lawyer, Roger Cobb, to amend her will so that her soul will pass to the young, vibrant Terry Hoskins – but the spiritual transference goes awry. Edwina enters Roger's body instead, forcing him to battle Edwina for control of his own being.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-09-21
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Bringing Down the House
Overview: Uptight lawyer Peter Sanderson wants to dive back into dating after his divorce and has a hard time meeting the right women. He tries online dating and lucks out when he starts chatting with a fellow lawyer. The two agree to meet in the flesh, but the woman he meets — an escaped African-American convict named Charlene — is not what he expected. Peter is freaked out, but Charlene tries to convince him to take her case and prove her innocence. Along the way, she wreaks havoc on his middle-class life as he gets a lesson in learning to lighten up.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-03-07
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Down with Love
Overview: In 1962 New York City, love blossoms between a playboy journalist and a feminist advice author.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-08
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Seabiscuit
Overview: True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-07-22
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Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Overview: Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. Television producer by day, CIA assassin by night, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA at the height of his TV career and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-12-31
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The Drone Virus
Overview: The unthinkable strikes when the advanced MRI scanner within a hospital forces Dr. Colleen O'Brian to choose between her superiors and a desperate father who has lost a child to the scanner before the it claims its next victim.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-10-10
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Life Stinks
Overview: A rich businessman makes a bet he can survive on the streets of a rough Los Angeles neighborhood for 30 days completely penniless. During his stay he discovers another side of life and falls in love with a homeless woman.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-06-05
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Not Another Teen Movie
Overview: On a bet, a gridiron hero at John Hughes High School sets out to turn a bespectacled plain Jane into a beautiful and popular prom queen in this outrageous send-up of the teen movies of the 1980s and '90s.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-12-07
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House
Overview: Roger Cobb, a divorced horror novelist coming to terms with the disappearance of his young son, inherits an old mansion home to malevolent supernatural residents.
Genres: Comedy Horror Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-12-06
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Assassin
Overview: When the British government orders the assassination of an Air Ministry official suspected of leaking top secret intel, their top assassin assigned to the job discovers there may be more to the hit than meets the eye.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-11-01
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The Couch Trip
Overview: The escaped delinquent John W. Burns, Jr. replaces Dr. Maitlin on a radio show, saying he's the psychiatrist Lawrence Baird.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-15
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Raise the Titanic
Overview: To obtain a supply of a rare mineral, a ship raising operation is conducted for the only known source, the Titanic.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-08-01
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Pink Floyd: The Wall
Overview: A troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-07-14
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Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest
Overview: After a couple adopts a pair of orphaned brothers, it becomes alarmingly clear the boys are much more than they seem.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-12
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The Star Chamber
Overview: As violence escalates in Los Angeles and heinous murders are committed, Steven Hardin, a young judge of the California Supreme Court, must struggle with his tortured conscience and growing despair as he watches helplessly as the ruthless criminals brought before his court go free because clever lawyers find obscure loopholes in the law.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-08-05
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Mr. Mom
Overview: Jack and Caroline are a couple making a decent living when Jack suddenly loses his job. They agree that he should stay at home and look after the house while Caroline works. It's just that he's never done it before, and really doesn't have a clue...
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-07-22
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License to Drive
Overview: Teenager Les Anderson thinks his life can't get any worse after he flunks his driver's exam, but he's wrong. Even though he didn't receive his license, Les refuses to break his date with the cool Mercedes Lane, and he decides to lift his family's prize luxury car for the occasion. Unfortunately, Mercedes sneaks some booze along and passes out drunk, and a confused Les makes the bad decision of enlisting his rebellious friend, Dean, to help.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-07-06
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The Man Who Wasn't There
Overview: When he accidentally takes possession of a top-secret invisibility potion while en route to his wedding, government bureaucrat Sam Cooper finds himself engulfed in a madcap free-for-all as Russians and other bad guys try to get the substance. To elude the Reds, his own State Department bosses and his livid fiancée, Cooper takes the vanishing juice himself—which only makes matters worse.
Genres: Action Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-08-12
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Ladykillers
Overview: A female police detective enlists her boyfriend to help her track down a murderer picking off the dancers at an upscale male strip club in Los Angeles.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-09
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Secrets of a Chambermaid
Overview: In this erotically-charged drama, a group of people are gathered at a secluded mansion to hear the reading of a rich man's will. The assembled guests are to stay the night and learn of their inheritance the next day, but as the night wears on, many of the guests find it impossible to curb their sexual appetites. What they don't know is that their bedroom activities are being observed, and that there's more to this gathering than they've been led to believe
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Vice Squad
Overview: An unlikely Hollywood hooker helps a detective set a trap for a mutilator pimp.
Genres: Action Crime Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-01-22
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Born Yesterday
Overview: A rich millionaire hires a sophisticated journalist to bring his somewhat dim-witted girlfriend up to the level of his peers. He fears that the showgirl's lack of etiquette may damage his own social reputation and tries to change her — but fails to realise that her enhanced eloquence will empower her to voice her own strong opinions.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-03-26
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Rough Magic
Overview: In the 1950s, a pretty magician's apprentice travels to Mexico to escape her boyfriend, a wealthy politician, and to find a Mayan shaman who will teach her the ancient principles of magic.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-09-07
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Prairie Fever
Overview: A group of women contracted a strange fever and a former sheriff is responsible for taking them to the hospital in the nearest town, but in their way they will encounter a gang of murderers. His only hope is a woman whose beauty is matched only by his skill with weapons.
Genres: Action Western TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-03-29
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Ladies of the House
Overview: When three women are asked to refurbish a house for their church, they find that they must break down their own self-perception in order to build something together.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-18
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Kiss Me Goodbye
Overview: Not until three years after the death of her husband Jolly, Kay dares to move back into their former home, persuaded by her new fiancée Rupert. But soon her worst expectations come true, when not only her old memories haunt her, but also Jolly's ghost, who doesn't approve of her new mate. Invisible to anyone but Kay, he tries to prevent the wedding.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-22
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Six Weeks
Overview: A wealthy cosmetic tycoon and her 12-year-old daughter, who's dying from leukemia, strike up a sentimental friendship with a California politician. Since the girl has only six weeks or less to live, the trio fly to New York City where the daughter skates the ice rink at Rockefeller Center, assumes the lead in The Nutcracker ballet, and sightsees most of the city.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-24
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Maxie
Overview: When Nick and Jan move into their new apartment in San Francisco, the batty landlady upstairs tells them about a girl who used to live there in the 20's: a brash young party girl named Maxie, who died in a car crash the morning before her big audition for a Hollywood studio. The trouble is, Maxie, or rather her ghost, hasn't left the house. Worse, she can take over Jan's body. And the only way she's going to leave is if she gets that audition.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-09-27
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Shattered Vows
Overview: At the age of 16 Mary becomes a nun. But she never gets used to the strict rules of her new life and when she falls in love with Father Tim, she wants to withdraw her vow.
Genres: Romance Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-10-28
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Dr. Hackenstein
Overview: Dr. Hackenstein is a genial but somewhat misguided scientist. He murders the locals for their body parts, but it's not for power or scientific research; he just needs them to put his wife back together.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-25
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Rock Hudson
Overview: Biography of actor Rock Hudson focuses on his struggle with his homosexuality. Based on the book by his ex-wife, Phyllis Gates, and on the court records from the civil suit brought by his former lover, Marc Christian.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-08
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One Too Many
Overview: Four high school friends find their lives changed forever when one of the friends drives drunk with devastating results.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-05-01
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Fatal Pursuit
Overview: A rugged P.I. and a gorgeous insurance investigator search for diamonds stolen in a brutal robbery
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-02-01
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Trouble Shooters: Trapped Beneath the Earth
Overview: A rescue team is looking for survivors in a sinking building after a devastating earthquake.
Genres: Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-03
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Buddy Buddy
Overview: During a high profile Mafia testimony case, a contract killer checks-in a hotel room near the courthouse while his next door depressed neighbor wants to commit suicide due to marital problems.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-04-02
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Games Mother Never Taught You
Overview: Hard-working career wife Laura becomes the first female executive in an all-male office and is dismayed to find she now has to learn the rules of the corporate game.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-11-27
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Love Shack
Overview: A dysfunctional family of adult film stars reunites for a memorial porn shoot following the death of legendary producer Mo Saltzman. Along the way, the film's hapless director must contend with dueling divas, bickering couples, emotionally-scarred tag-team brothers, and a dominatrix with low self-esteem. Given its all-star cast and lofty pedigree, the film should be the greatest porno of all time
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-11-23
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A Touch of Scandal
Overview: 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.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-11-27
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Just Another Secret
Overview: An American intelligence agent uncovers a plot to assassinate Soviet Premier Gorbachev just at the time when glasnost is coming into place.
Genres: Action Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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The Five-Year Engagement
Overview: Exactly one year after Tom meets Violet, he surprises her with a wedding ring. By all accounts, Tom and Violet are destined for their happily ever after. However, this engaged couple just keep getting tripped up on the long walk down the aisle.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-04-27
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Inherit the Wind
Overview: Based on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-03-20
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Mystery Woman: In the Shadows
Overview: While searching for a KGB double agent who was about to be exposed by another Russian spy-turned-successful author, mystery bookstore owner Samantha Kinsey and her good friend and store manager Philby are thrust into the murderous world of international espionage.
Genres: Mystery Crime TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-01-13
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Dangerous Heart
Overview: A cop begins to turn to booze and cocaine during a tough undercover assignment. When a big drug-buy goes sour and the cop ends up with a million in cash, he decides to take off with the money. The drug dealer catches up with him, but he dies before revealing where he stashed the cash. Months later, the drug dealer finds the cop's wife and seduces her, in an effort to find his missing million. In the process, he falls in love with her and alienates his former partners in crime.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-02-02
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The Ratings Game
Overview: A New Jersey trucker creates a hit TV show with help from his girlfriend in the ratings business.
Genres: Comedy Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-12-15
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Sunset Limousine
Overview: Alan O'Black is a comic who wants to hit it big. But his endless attempts at stardom have worn down his relationship with his ex-girlfriend, Julie. Thinking she'll give him another chance if he gets a real job, Alan gets a gig as a limo driver, which promptly lands him in a slew of trouble when he meets and gets involved in the hijinks of a crooked entrepreneur, Bradley Coleman.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-10-12
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Midnight Express
Overview: Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his family, and the American government, or the "Midnight Express".
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-08-31
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Cleanin' Up the Town: Remembering Ghostbusters
Overview: The documentary that tells us the full story from where it all started through to the future of the "Ghostbusters" franchise.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-01-07
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Love by the Book
Overview: Bookstore owner Emma believes in fairy tales. Although she has yet to be swept away by prince charming, she sees real knight in shining armor potential with a new suitor, Landon. As Emma balances time with Landon and saving her bookstore with once irritating business consultant, Eric, however, she weighs storybook romance against genuine commitment. While she sorts out her feelings toward Landon and Eric, as well as toward love and romance, Emma begins to realize that fairytale endings aren't always by the book.
Genres: Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-01-24
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Lethal Lifestyle
Overview: A former associate of Perry Mason returns to handle the defense of a world-class chess player accused of murdering a prominent TV personality.
Genres: Drama Mystery Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-10
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Velvet
Overview: A female team of government agents, under the guise of owners of a popular worldwide franchise of aerobic centers, matches wits with a group of criminals who have kidnapped a top defense specialist and his ailing son, intending to sell him to the highest bidder.
Genres: Action Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-08-27
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Single Women, Married Men
Overview: A divorced psychotherapist forms a support group for single women whose lovers are married men.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-27
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