Peter Dante
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Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Peter Francis Dante (born December 16, 1968) is an American actor. He has been in most Happy Madison films with his friend, Adam Sandler. His roles are usually alongside Jonathan Loughran and/or Allen Covert. His role in Little Nicky was named "Peter". Similarly, his role in Grandma's Boy was named after his last name "Dante". He also played a gay man named Tommy in Adam Sandler's movie Big Daddy. He has been the quarterback Gee Grenouille in "The Waterboy" and also played Murph in "Mr. Deeds". He also played a security guard in 50 First Dates. Dante was a writer, actor and producer for the film Grandma's Boy. In the film, Dante plays a zany drug dealer with a pet monkey, lion and elephant. Dante played the role of a NYC firefighter in the film I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry. He plays the role of Danny Guiterrez in Strange Wilderness. Peter is also a musician and singer/songwriter. He has recorded with Adam Sandler and Buck Simmonds. Dante is a member of the music group Rad Omen; along with Dirt Nasty, DJ Troublemaker, Steven Laing, and Benji Madden He is a graduate of Hofstra University, where he played lacrosse. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Dante, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: West Hartford, Connecticut, USA
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Birthday: December 16, 1968
Age: 56 years old
Gender: Male
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50 First Dates
Overview: Henry is a player skilled at seducing women. But when this veterinarian meets Lucy, a girl with a quirky problem when it comes to total recall, he realizes it's possible to fall in love all over again…and again, and again. That's because the delightful Lucy has no short-term memory, so Henry must woo her day after day until he finally sweeps her off her feet.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-02-13
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The Waterboy
Overview: Bobby Boucher is a water boy for a struggling college football team. The coach discovers Boucher's hidden rage makes him a tackling machine whose bone-crushing power might vault his team into the playoffs.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-11-06
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Mr. Deeds
Overview: When Longfellow Deeds, a small-town pizzeria owner and poet, inherits $40 billion from his deceased uncle, he quickly begins rolling in a different kind of dough. Moving to the big city, Deeds finds himself besieged by opportunists all gunning for their piece of the pie. Babe, a television tabloid reporter, poses as an innocent small-town girl to do an exposé on Deeds.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-06-28
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Big Daddy
Overview: A lazy law school grad adopts a kid to impress his girlfriend, but everything doesn't go as planned and he becomes the unlikely foster father.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-06-25
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Little Nicky
Overview: After the lord of darkness decides he will not cede his throne to any of his three sons, the two most powerful of them escape to Earth to create a kingdom for themselves. This action closes the portal filtering sinful souls to Hell and causes Satan to wither away. He must send his most weak but beloved son, Little Nicky, to Earth to return his brothers to Hell.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-11-10
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Grandma's Boy
Overview: Even though he's 35, Alex acts more like he's 13, spending his days as the world's oldest video game tester and his evenings developing the next big Xbox game. But when he gets kicked out of his apartment, he's forced to move in with his grandmother.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-06
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Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
Overview: TV child star of the '70s, Dickie Roberts is now 35 and parking cars. Craving to regain the spotlight, he auditions for a role of a normal guy, but the director quickly sees he is anything but normal. Desperate to win the part, Dickie hires a family to help him replay his childhood and assume the identity of an average, everyday kid.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-04
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Strange Wilderness
Overview: With the ratings dropping for a wilderness-themed TV show, two animal fans go to the Andes in search of Bigfoot.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-02-01
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Costa Rican Summer
Overview: A titillating teen comedy, a young surfer and his friends head to Costa Rica to save his beautiful aunt's beach motel, resurrect an old surf champion and find enough waves and women to make for a totally tasty time.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-05-24
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Grown Ups 2
Overview: Lenny has relocated his family back to the small town where he and his friends grew up. This time around, the grown ups are the ones learning lessons from their kids on a day notoriously full of surprises—the last day of school.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-07-11
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Satan’s Top Forty
Overview: Produced for the "Little Nicky" Special Edition DVD.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-04-24
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Eight Crazy Nights
Overview: Davey Stone, a 33-year old party animal, finds himself in trouble with the law after his wild ways go too far.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-27
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I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
Overview: Firefighters Chuck Ford and Larry Valentine are guy's guys, loyal to the core—which is why when widower Larry asks Chuck to pose as his lover so that he can get domestic partner benefits for his kids, his buddy agrees. However, things get dicey when a bureaucrat comes calling, and the boys are forced to present a picture of domestic bliss.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-07-12
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Stuck on You
Overview: In Martha's Vineyard, Mass., conjoined twins Walt and Bob Tenor make the best of their handicap by being the fastest grill cooks in town. While outgoing Walt hopes to one day become a famous actor, shy Bob prefers to stay out of the spotlight. When a fading Hollywood actress, Cher, decides to get her show "Honey and the Beaze" cancelled, she hires Walt -- and his brotherly appendage -- as her costars. But their addition surprisingly achieves the opposite.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-12-10
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The Wedding Singer
Overview: Robbie, a local rock star turned wedding singer, is dumped on the day of his wedding. Meanwhile, waitress Julia finally sets a wedding date with her fiancée Glenn. When Julia and Robbie meet and hit it off, they find that things are more complicated than anybody thought.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-02-13
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Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
Overview: A kid from the Midwest moves out to Hollywood in order to follow in his parents footsteps -- and become a porn star.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-09-09
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That's My Boy
Overview: While in his teens, Donny fathered a son, Todd, and raised him as a single parent up until Todd's 18th birthday. Now, after not seeing each other for years, Todd's world comes crashing down when Donny resurfaces just before Todd's wedding.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-14
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Jack and Jill
Overview: Jack Sadelstein, a successful advertising executive in Los Angeles with a beautiful wife and kids, dreads one event each year: the Thanksgiving visit of his twin sister Jill. Jill's neediness and passive-aggressiveness is maddening to Jack, turning his normally tranquil life upside down.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-11-11
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Just Go with It
Overview: While romancing Palmer, a much younger schoolteacher, plastic surgeon Danny Maccabee enlists his loyal assistant Katherine to pretend to be his soon to be ex-wife, in order to cover up a careless lie. When more lies backfire, Katherine's kids become involved, and everyone heads off for a weekend in Hawaii that will change all their lives.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-02-10
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The Pizza Joint
Overview: In the town of Greensville, where cannabis is recently legal, Thomas and Anthony run the best pizza joint in town, Phu-King Pizza! They have a deal in place with ex-dealer-turn-business-man, Playa Playa, to use his most coveted strain, "Jamaican Goddess," and infuse it directly in to the pizza sauce. Just as business is looking up, they discover on pay day that the $20k owed to Playa Playa has been stolen. The duo, along with their band of misfit employees, are given until midnight to pay the debt... or else.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-04-20
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Lord of the Freaks
Overview: "Lord of the Freaks" chronicles the bizarre enterprises of new media mogul Alki David, aka 'The Eccentric Billionaire,' a man whose extreme wealth and unusual sensibilities have resulted in an array of confounding escapades.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-06-29
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