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Uncle Vanya (2019)
Character: Vanya
Vanya and his niece Sonya struggle to care for the estate owned by Vanya’s brother-in-law Alexánder, a wealthy professor. When he returns with a beautiful new wife and plans to sell the estate, hidden passions explode and lives come undone.
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The Revolt of Mother (1988)
Character: Adam Penn
Father is going to build a new barn. Mother (Academy Award nominee Amy Madigan) wants the new house she's been promised. A simple story, yet one that reveals so much about love and respect and the often difficult times between those who strive and work to build a life together. Set against the beautiful rustic backdrop of farming life in 1890 New England, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman's poignant story brings us two hard-working people of the land. Sometimes the most difficult thing to see may be the needs of those who are closest to you.
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The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play One: Hungry (2017)
Character: George Gabriel
Hungry is the first in a three-play cycle introducing us to the Gabriels of Rhinebeck, New York. These three plays unfold in real time and track the lives of the Gabriels throughout the coming presidential election year. To the rhythm of peeling, chopping and mixing, Hungry places us in the center of the Gabriel’s kitchen. The family discusses their lives and disappointments, and the world at large and nearby. As they struggle against the fear of being left behind, the family attempts to find resilience in the face of loss.
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The Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family, Play Three: Women of a Certain Age (2017)
Character: George Gabriel
Eight months after we first meet the Gabriels, Patricia, the family matriarch, joins her children and daughters-in-law as they prepare a meal from the past and consider the future of their country, town and home. Paying tribute to the difficult year behind them, the Gabriels compare notes on the search for empathy and authenticity at a time when the game seems rigged and the rules are forever changing.
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That Hopey Changey Thing (2020)
Character: Richard Apple
Set on election day, November 2, 2010. Uncle Benjamin’s dog has died, and his nieces and nephew have gathered for dinner in Rhinebeck, New York, to surprise him with a new one. While the polls close, the Apple Family discusses memory, manners, and politics.
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Sweet and Sad (2020)
Character: Richard Apple
The Apple Family finds themselves together again for the first time since Election Night, 2010. Marian, reeling from a personal tragedy, now lives with her sister Barbara; sister Jane is back with her boyfriend Tim; their brother Richard has come up from Manhattan; and Uncle Benjamin prepares for his first dramatic performance in years. Over Sunday brunch on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, the Apples find themselves talking about loss, memory, remembrance, and the meaning of compensation.
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Sorry (2020)
Character: Richard Apple
A year after Sweet and Sad, the Apple Family again share a meal in Rhinebeck, NY, as they sort through personal and political feelings of loss and confusion on the morning of the day the country will choose the next president. Like the first two plays in this trilogy, Sweet and Sad and That Hopey Changey Thing, Sorry opens on the day that it is set, November 6, 2012: Election Day.
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Regular Singing (2020)
Character: Richard Apple
The fourth and final play in this captivating series, Regular Singing, opened on November 22, 2013 – the 50th Anniversary of JFK's assassination that shocked the world.
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What Do We Need to Talk About? (2020)
Character: Richard Apple
In the midst of our unsettled world, the Apple Family, last seen in 2014, return, though not over the dinner table, but via Zoom. This hour-long play picks up with them during their now suspended and quarantined lives. They talk about grocery shopping, friends lost, new ventures on a hoped-for horizon—all at a time when human conversation (and theater) may be more needed than ever before.
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Vice (2018)
Character: Governor
When a state governor is unexpectedly tapped for the Vice-Presidency he finds the vetting process a brutal introduction to national politics.
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I'm Coming Over (2011)
Character: Walter
I'm Coming Over reveals a day in the life of Matt Downing, owner and proprietor of I’m Coming Over, specializing in holistic happiness. When traditional therapy has failed, Matt Downing picks up the pieces with common sense, good old fashioned hard work, and a strict avoidance of the modern world.
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Adventures in Plymptoons! (2011)
Character: Self
A documentary film about Oscar-nominated animator Bill Plympton. This is a portrait piece that includes interviews with family, friends, colleagues, critics, and fans.
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Earth from Space (2012)
Character: Narrator (voice)
Earth from Space takes you on an epic quest to discover the invisible forces and processes that sustain life on our planet and, for the first time, see them in action in their natural environment in vivid detail. These truly unique images will explore the deepest mysteries of its existence, raising profound questions and challenging the old assumptions of how Earth's system works.
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NOVA: Prediction by the Numbers (2018)
Character: Narrator (voice)
Predictions underlie nearly every aspect of our lives, from sports, politics, and medical decisions to the morning commute. With the explosion of digital technology, the internet, and 'big data,' the science of forecasting is flourishing. But why do some predictions succeed spectacularly while others fail abysmally? And how can we find meaningful patterns amidst chaos and uncertainty? From the glitz of casinos and TV game shows to the life-and-death stakes of storm forecasts and the flaws of opinion polls that can swing an election, 'Prediction by the Numbers' explores stories of statistics in action. Yet advances in machine learning and big data models that increasingly rule our lives are also posing big, disturbing questions. How much should we trust predictions made by algorithms when we don't understand how they arrive at them? And how far ahead can we really forecast?
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Saving the Dead Sea (2019)
Character: N/A
As the Dead Sea shrinks, engineers prepare a daring solution: connect it with the Red Sea by way of a massive desalination plant. If it works, it could stabilise the lake and ease regional tensions.
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Ghosts of Stonehenge (2017)
Character: Narrator (voice)
Who built Stonehenge and why? Groundbreaking archaeological digs have revealed major new clues about Britain's enigmatic 5,000-year-old site and the people who constructed it.
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The River (2013)
Character: Phil
On a sweltering hot day, a very pregnant Maria, desperate for a cooling swim, encounters obstacles on her path to the river.
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Abby Singer (2003)
Character: Kevin's Father
Chronicles the life of Curtis Clemins, who is torn between the love of his life and accomplishing his dream. When hitting rock bottom during the Sundance Film Festival, Clemins' calls upon his old college chum, Kevin Prouse, giving the now drunken acting instructor in the throes of a divorce, the only clue that will salvage Clemins' rapidly deteriorating life.
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The Dissection of Thanksgiving (2008)
Character: Cliff
Buffalo, NY. The day before Thanksgiving. Cliff and Carol Morgan take their three grown children out to dinner to tell them that, after thirty years, they are getting a divorce. As they spend what could be their last Thanksgiving together as a family, everyone tries to salvage what little is left. A dysfunctional family comedy with heart, The Dissection of Thanksgiving will make you laugh, cry and ultimately, make you appreciate the importance of family.
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Girl From the North Country (2024)
Character: Nick Laine
Set in 1934 Duluth, Minnesota, during the Great Depression, Girl from the North Country centres on Nick Laine, who struggles to keep his guesthouse afloat amidst financial ruin. His wife, Elizabeth, battles dementia, while their adopted daughter, Marianne, harbours a secret pregnancy. The guesthouse becomes a refuge for a diverse group of drifters, each grappling with their own hardships. This cinematic adaptation brings the acclaimed Broadway production to the screen, offering a poignant exploration of human resilience and connection.
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Hostages (1992)
Character: Terry Anderson
True account of the six men held hostage by religious extremists in Beirut during the Reagan-Bush era.
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Nobody's Children (1994)
Character: Joe Stevens
An American couple's battle through bureaucracy to adopt a Romanian child.
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A Doctor's Story (1984)
Character: Dr. Curtis
A physician frustrates his family in his fight to prove that an elderly man is not senile.
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The Day Christ Died (1980)
Character: Peter
A dramatization of the events from the Last Supper through the arrest and trial of Jesus to the Crucifixion.
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Rio Shannon (1993)
Character: John Cleary
A widow and her family face new challenges when they relocate to a run-down guest ranch in New Mexico.
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The Prosecutors (1996)
Character: DA Alan Baker
Drama (and prospective pilot) about the lives of three women who work in the New York City DA's office: one a brilliant prosecutor of high-profile cases whose husband is shot and killed in an armed robbery; a second, her tough, bitter, chain-smoking, boozing, wheelchair-bound former mentor; a third, a Latina who is an ambitious legal intern.
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The Secret Life of Girls (1999)
Character: N/A
15-year-old Natalie, confused to begin with, finds out about her father's affair with one of his students. Refusing to simply stand by and watch her family disintegrate, Natalie takes it upon herself to expose the problem, and in doing so calls into question the family's penchant for denial.
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Revealing Evidence: Stalking the Honolulu Strangler (1990)
Character: Tom Marshall
After months of a search for a serial killer, the police are able to catch the killer of some of the women. But the search is not over when the assistant of the attorney discovers some details in the last case that differ from the assassinations before...
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NOVA: Life's Rocky Start (2016)
Character: Narrator (voice)
Four and a half billion years ago, the young Earth was a hellish place-a seething chaos of meteorite impacts, volcanoes belching noxious gases, and lightning flashing through a thin, torrid...
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NOVA: Secrets of Noah's Ark (2015)
Character: Narrator (voice)
Historians, boat builders and experts examine the tale of Noah's Ark, studying ancient texts and attempting to rebuild a forerunner of the Ark itself.
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El misterio de la Mona Lisa (2014)
Character: Narrator (voice)
The Mona Lisa, also known as La Gioconda, is a work by Leonardo Da Vinci and one of the most famous paintings in the world. It is currently on display at the Louvre Museum in Paris and is visited by millions of people every year. The Gioconda has not only gone down in art history for its artistic value, but also for the mystery surrounding its creation. Painted between 1503 and 1519, Da Vinci's last great work was revolutionary for the painting techniques used. After several analyses of the painting, it is known that the artist first made the drawing and then applied the oil paint. Da Vinci was the inventor of the 'sfumato' or blurring technique, which consists of blurring the outline of the drawing and softening the colors to create a play of shadows that gives the figure a three-dimensional effect.
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Secrets of the Dead: The Nero Files (2019)
Character: Narrator (voice)
The Roman emperor Nero is considered one of history's greatest criminals - a cruel, insane, and brutal ruler. Secrets of the Dead: The Nero Files investigates Nero's reign with the help of criminal psychologist Thomas Müller.
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NOVA: Decoding da Vinci (2019)
Character: Narrator (voice)
Leonardo da Vinci was a Renaissance genius. Not only did he paint masterpieces of art, but he was an obsessive scientist and inventor, dreaming up complex machines centuries ahead of his time, including parachutes, armored tanks, hang gliders and robots. On the 500th anniversary of Leonardo’s death, with the help of biographer Walter Isaacson, NOVA investigates the secrets of Leonardo’s success. How did his scientific curiosity, from dissections of cadavers to studies of optics, shape his genius and help him create perhaps the most famous painting of all time, the "Mona Lisa"?
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Secrets of the Dead: The Real Trojan Horse (2015)
Character: Narrator (voice)
The Trojan Horse… It was the ultimate sneak attack, bringing a city that would withstood nine years of battle to its knees. But was it simply a work of fiction? Or did the Greeks really trick the Trojans into defeat with a giant wooden horse that concealed enough soldiers to reduce the powerful city to rubble? Are the city of Troy and the familiar story of the Trojan War as recounted in Homer’s ancient Greek epic poem, the Iliad, fact or fiction?
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NOVA: Mystery Beneath the Ice (2016)
Character: Narrator (voice)
Scientists venture onto the ice to find out why krill, creatures crucial to the Antarctic ecosystem, are disappearing at an alarming rate.
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NOVA: Why Trains Crash (2017)
Character: Narrator (voice)
A look at several recent train crashes, their causes and a technological solution which should make such events occur much less often.
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Remain (2027)
Character: N/A
Architect Tate Donovan arrives in Cape Cod to design a client’s summer home. Struggling with the loss of his family, he moves into a historic home where he meets Wren, a mysterious young woman who challenges Tate’s perception of the world.
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Happenstance (2007)
Character: Bob
Bringing your girlfriend home to meet the parents is usually stressful enough, but what happens when someone in the room has already slept with her? Beth discovers she has a lot in common with her son's new girlfriend.
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State of Emergency (1994)
Character: Dr. Jeffrey Forrest
Medical drama about a major hospital whose emergency room regularly faces an overload of patients. One of the doctors finds it necessary to adopt an unorthodox procedure to try to save a patient, and finds himself in trouble in consequence.
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Down Came a Blackbird (1995)
Character: Jan Talbeck
A woman struggles with the death of her lover. He was killed by South-American fascists.
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Greetings from the Shore (2007)
Character: Commodore Callaghan
Still reeling from the death of her father, a young girl spends one last summer at the Jersey Shore before heading off to college. But when her plans fall apart, the girl stumbles into a mysterious world of Russian sailors, high-stakes gambling, and unexpected love.
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NOVA: Arctic Dinosaurs (2008)
Character: Narrator (voice)
Dinosaurs are generally considered tropical animals. So what are their fossils doing north of the arctic circle? Paleontologists battle the fierce climate to find out if the arctic was warmer then than it is now, or the arctic was farther from the North Pole, or the dinosaurs were migratory animals, or if they were warm-blooded.
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Secrets of the Dead: Graveyard of the Giant Beasts (2016)
Character: Narrator (voice)
A mining operation in Cerrejon, Northern Colombia revealed a treasure trove of fossils from animals that lived ten million years after the KT extinction that killed the dinosaurs. Surprisingly, enormous reptiles were dominate. Scientists investigate who was the apex predator of the era - Titanoboa, a quarter ton giant snake five times bigger than the largest anaconda, or a similarly giant crocodilian with an incredibly deadly bite force. —David Foss
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NOVA: Secret Tunnel Warfare (2016)
Character: Narrator (voice)
In the thick of World War I, Allied forces attempt the daring feat of planting over a million pounds of explosives beneath enemy lines.
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The Man Who Saved the World (2012)
Character: Narrator (voice)
During the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, Soviet Navy officer Vasily Arkhipov refused to launch a nuclear strike and saved the world from nuclear war and total destruction.
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Riddles of the Sphinx (2010)
Character: Narrator (voice)
For over 4000 years, the Sphinx has puzzled all who have laid eyes on it. What is this crouching lion, human-headed creature? Who built it and why? To unlock its secrets, two teams of scientists and sculptors immerse themselves in the world of ancient Egypt — a land of pharaohs and pyramids, animal gods and mummies, sun worship and human sacrifice.
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Starstruck (1981)
Character: Mr. Miller
Aspiring teen folk singer is torn whether to continue her singing or to accept an educational scholarship.
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For Richer or Poorer (1997)
Character: Samuel Yoder
Brad Sexton and his wife, Caroline, are wealthy New Yorkers with both marital and financial problems. The latter issue becomes a pressing matter when they discover that their accountant has embezzled millions and pinned the blame on them. Forced to go on the lam, Brad and Caroline end up in an Amish area of Pennsylvania and decide to pose as members of the religious group to evade the IRS. As the two adapt to the simple Amish lifestyle, they begin to reconnect.
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Outrage (2023)
Character: Frank Brand
In a secluded French château, a group of elite media and political personalities gather for a private dinner party. Beneath the glitz and glamor lie dark conspiracies between an extremist group and a prominent broadcast news company. As Ivy, a level-headed reporter, begins to unravel the tangled web of secrets, the partygoers realize that they have stumbled into a deadly trap. At the center of it all sits an unassuming mother with a mysterious agenda and revenge on the mind. The partygoers must not only fight for the truth, but for their lives.
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Eddie Macon's Run (1983)
Character: Rudy Potts
Eddie Macon is running from a nightmare... running to a dream... running for his life and his time is running out. He's escaped a Texas prison for the second time (risking life imprisonment if caught) to make it back to his wife and son. Relentlessly pursued by ruthless truant officer, Carl Marzack, who feels he must prove he can still 'get his man' by returning Macon to jail at any cost.
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Music of the Heart (1999)
Character: Dan Paxton
After Roberta Guaspari separates from her husband, she receives encouragement from her mother to take up a job of a music teacher at the Central Park East School in East Harlem.
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Hanky Panky (1982)
Character: Katz
Naïve Michael Jordon is drawn into a web of government secrets when a girl carrying a mysterious package gets into a taxi with him. When she's later murdered, Michael becomes the chief suspect and goes on the run.
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The Familiar Stranger (2001)
Character: Patrick Hennessy Welsh
Patrick and Elizabeth Welsh seem to have the perfect family…but their idyllic life is rocked when Patrick is charged with embezzlement. Months later, he leaves a suicide note and is presumed dead. Ten years later, Elizabeth and their two sons are astonished that the authorities are claiming that he is still alive. It isn't long before Elizabeth learns the shocking truth about the man she thought she knew.
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Inside Einstein's Mind: The Enigma of Space and Time (2015)
Character: Narrator (voice)
In November 1915, Einstein published his greatest work: General Relativity, the theory that transformed our understanding of nature's laws and the entire history of the cosmos. This documentary tells the story of Einstein's masterpiece, from the simple but powerful ideas at the heart of relativity to the revolution in cosmology still playing out in today's labs, revealing Einstein's brilliance as never before.
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The Undying (2009)
Character: Dr. Russell Lassiter
Seduced by the ghost of a Civil War soldier, Barbara Haughton creates a love that is undying.
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Glory (1989)
Character: Gen. George Crockett Strong
Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.
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Cold Sassy Tree (1989)
Character: Clayton McAllister
In the early 20th century, an independent lady from up North causes a scandal when she decides to wed an older local general-store owner just three weeks after he's been widowed.
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The Road to Galena (2022)
Character: John Baird
Cole Baird has everything—a beautiful wife, successful career, large home, country club membership and expensive toys. Behind the facade, however, is a man trapped by his surroundings and falling ever behind in the pursuit of his life's dream. Not strong enough to confront his father's expectations, he left his true love, his best friend and his vision of life in small town America, and set off on a legal career—intent to, one day, return. Now the rising star in Washington social circles, and the youngest Managing Partner in the history of a powerhouse DC law firm, he is given the choice—continue the path of success in a life to which he never aspired, or return to the community that raised him.
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Picnic (2000)
Character: Howard Bevens
The son of the richest man in town wants to marry the town's beauty queen, but she meets a more interesting stranger who just got off the train.
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Along Came a Spider (2001)
Character: Kyle Craig
After the harrowing death of his partner, forensic psychologist and best-selling author Alex Cross cannot forgive himself and has retreated to the peace of retirement. But when a brilliant criminal kidnaps a senator's young daughter, he is lured back into action as the kidnapper wants to deal with Alex personally. Teamed with Jezzie Flanigan, the Secret Service agent assigned to protect the missing girl, Alex follows a serpentine trail of clues that leads him to a stunning discovery - the kidnapper wants more than just ransom.
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Meeting Venus (1991)
Character: Stephen Taylor
Celebrated Swedish opera star Karin Anderson is slated to appear in an internationally-telecast production of Tannhauser. Ms. Anderson balks at the notion of working with obscure Hungarian conductor Zoltan Szanto. The much-anticipated production may never get off the ground, thanks to labor-management difficulties, intramural jealousies, and clashing egos. Amidst all this chaos, the mismatched Anderson and Szanto fall in love.
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NOVA: The Great Math Mystery (2015)
Character: Narrator (voice)
NOVA leads viewers on a mathematical mystery tour -- a provocative exploration of math's astonishing power across the centuries. We discover math's signature in the swirl of a nautilus shell, the whirlpool of a galaxy and the spiral in the center of a sunflower. Math was essential to everything from the first wireless radio transmissions to the prediction and discovery of the Higgs boson and the successful landing of rovers on Mars. But where does math get its power? Astrophysicist and writer Mario Livio, along with a colorful cast of mathematicians, physicists and engineers, follows math from Pythagoras to Einstein and beyond, all leading to the ultimate riddle: Is math an invention or a discovery? Humankind's clever trick or the language of the universe?
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JFK (1991)
Character: Lou Ivon
Follows the investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy led by New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison.
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His Three Daughters (2024)
Character: Vincent
Emotions run high when three estranged sisters reunite in a cramped New York City apartment to watch over their ailing father during his final days.
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Il gioiellino (2011)
Character: Mr. Rothman
Amanzio Rastelli appointed several of his relations to managerial positions in his firm. They decided to think internationally and now business is heavily in debt. Luckily for the Rastellis, Bolta the accountant uses all the tricks of his art to cook the books, but catastrophe awaits.
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Wild Costa Rica (2000)
Character: Narrator
Cost Rica is one of the most diverse places on Earth. This exploration features Costa Rica's unique animal inhabitants, including various monkeys, birds, frogs, even caimans and fruit-eating bats.
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Edge of Darkness (2010)
Character: Whitehouse
As a seasoned homicide detective, Thomas Craven has seen the bleakest side of humanity. But nothing prepares him for the toughest investigation of his life: the search for his only daughter Emma's killer. Now, he is on a personal mission to uncover the disturbing secrets surrounding her murder, including corporate corruption, government collusion and Emma's own mysterious life.
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Bardo, falsa crónica de unas cuantas verdades (2022)
Character: Ambassador Jones
A renowned Mexican journalist and documentary filmmaker living in Los Angeles, after being named the recipient of a prestigious international award, is compelled to return to his native country, unaware that this simple trip will push him to an existential limit.
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Daylight (1996)
Character: Steven Crighton
A group of armed robbers fleeing the police head for the New Jersey Tunnel and run right into trucks transporting toxic waste. The spectacular explosion that follows results in both ends of the tunnel collapsing and the handful of people who survived the explosion are now in peril. Kit Latura is the only man with the skill and knowledge to lead the band of survivors out of the tunnel before the structure collapses.
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Dawn of Humanity (2015)
Character: Narrator (voice)
Nova and National Geographic present exclusive access to an astounding discovery of ancient fossil human ancestors.
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Three Wishes (1995)
Character: Coach Schramka
While Jane Holman is driving with her two sons, she accidentally runs into a drifter, Jack McCloud, who breaks his leg. Being responsible, Jane invites Jack, and his dog, to stay at her home until his leg has healed. Jack struggles to adapt their lifestyle, and finds himself loved by the family.
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ATF (1999)
Character: Sam Sinclair
In the wake of the tragic events at Waco, Texas where an armed conflict with armed militiamen broke out, agents of the federal government's Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) carry out a clandestine mission within another militia operation that is possibly involved in the sales of guns and the murder of an agent. Agent Robin O'Brien infiltrates the operation against her director's orders. When events start unraveling and an FBI agent threatens to take over the operation and start a military action, the ATF agents have to apply what they learned from Waco to save another blood bath.
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Catfight (2016)
Character: Angry Guy
The rivalry between two former college friends comes to a head when they both attend the same glamorous event.
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Broken Places (2018)
Character: Narrator (voice)
An exploration into why some children are severely damaged by early adversity while others are able to thrive. By revisiting childhood trauma victims profiled decades ago, we learn how their experiences shaped their lives as adults.
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Wedding Daze (2006)
Character: Sheriff
After losing the woman of his dreams, Anderson is convinced he'll never fall in love again. But at the urging of his best friend, he spontaneously proposes to a dissatisfied waitress named Katie and an innocent dare evolves into the kind of love that both have been looking for all along.
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NOVA: Judgement Day - Intelligent Design on Trial (2007)
Character: Narrator (voice)
In this two-hour special, NOVA captures the turmoil that tore apart the community of Dover, Pennsylvania in one of the latest battles over teaching evolution in public schools. Featuring trial reenactments based on court transcripts and interviews with key participants, including expert scientists and Dover parents, teachers, and town officials, "Judgment Day: Intelligent Design on Trial" follows the celebrated federal case of Kitzmiller v. Dover School District.
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The Big Green (1995)
Character: Jay Huffer
In a depressed Texas town, British foreign exchange teacher Anna attempts to inject some life into her hopeless kids by introducing them to soccer. They're terrible at first, but Anna and her football-hero assistant whip them into shape. As they work overtime, the pair help kids build their self-esteem and also get involved in solving family squabbles.
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NOVA: First Face of America (2018)
Character: Narrator (voice)
During risky expeditions in an underwater cave in Mexico, scientists unearth the skeleton of a 13,000-year-old prehistoric teenager to gain insight into the earliest known humans in America.
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Silver Strand (1995)
Character: Lucas Hughes
The U.S. Navy selects from its ranks a small group of persons to send through unadulterated hell.
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Cross Creek (1983)
Character: Charles Rawlings
In the 1930s, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings moves to Florida's backwaters to write in peace. She feels bothered by affectionate men, editors and confused neighbors, but soon she connects and writes The Yearling, a classic of American literature.
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Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
Character: Kirby
Ypsilanti, Michigan, 1945. Engineer Preston Tucker dreams of designing the car of future, but his innovative envision will be repeatedly sabotaged by his own unrealistic expectations and the Detroit automobile industry tycoons.
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The Assistant (2020)
Character: Boss (voice)
A searing look at a day in the life of an assistant to a powerful executive. As Jane follows her daily routine, she grows increasingly aware of the insidious abuse that threatens every aspect of her position.
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Hair High (2004)
Character: Football Announcer (voice)
Rod and Cherri are the unmistakable king and queen of Echo High. When new kid Spud arrives, he makes a faux pas so bad that Rod forces him to be his girl's slave. What unfolds is the tale of Cherri and Spud's blossoming relationship behind Rod's back, and their untimely demise on the night of the prom. A tale of tragedy that could only be as irreverent and sensational through the pen (or pencils, if you will) of Bill Plympton.
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Mr. Destiny (1990)
Character: Jackie Earle
Larry Burrows is unhappy and feels powerless over his life. He believes his entire life could have turned out differently had he not missed that shot in a baseball game when was a kid. One night he meets this mysterious man, who could change his fate by offering him that alternative life he always dreamed of. But as Burrows embarks on this journey of self discovery he realises that even this new life has its problems and drawbacks..
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D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear (2003)
Character: Douglas Duncan
Based on the known events that shook the United States for 23 days in 2002. Within 24 hours six people were killed by a sniper in Maryland County. A man and his son get overlooked in all settings where shootings occur. The police, in cooperation with the FBI follows the wrong track of a white van, while the murderers act with impunity and panic seizes the population
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The Valley of Light (2007)
Character: Howard
The Valley of Light is a beautifully-filmed, sentimental movie of a young man's quest to make sense of his experiences and find new meaning in life. While this film deals with weighty material such as the suicide of Eleanor's husband and Mathew's untimely death, the content is handled with reverence and sensitivity. Parents can feel confident in sharing this and many other Hallmark films with their families.
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The Violin Alone (2019)
Character: Narrator (voice)
A chance encounter between two modern visionaries results in a collaboration that pushes the boundaries of music and our idea of the possible –a piece in which the player must perform orchestra and solo parts simultaneously on a violin.
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The Odd Couple II (1998)
Character: Leroy
Brucey, the son of Oscar, calls his father to invite him to his wedding to Felix's daughter next Sunday in California. Oscar and Felix meet again at Los Angeles International Airport and rent a car in order to go to San Malina for the wedding.
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Secrets of Stonehenge (2010)
Character: Narrator (voice)
Dated to the late Stone Age, Stonehenge may be the best-known and most mysterious relic of prehistory. Every year, a million visitors are drawn to England to gaze upon the famous circle of stones, but the monument's meaning has continued to elude us. Now investigations inside and around Stonehenge have kicked off a dramatic new era of discovery and debate over who built Stonehenge and for what purpose. How did prehistoric people quarry, transport, sculpt, and erect these giant stones? Granted exclusive access to the dig site at Bluestonehenge, a prehistoric stone-circle monument recently discovered about a mile from Stonehenge, NOVA cameras join a new generation of researchers finding important clues to this enduring mystery.
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The Confession (1999)
Character: Jack Renoble
After his young son dies from the negligence at a hospital, Harry Fertig takes matters into his own hands and kills the doctor, nurse and clerk responsible. Slick lawyer Roy Bleakie, looking only to win a case and not caring of the matters involved, is asked by Fertig's boss to defend him. Shocked to hear that his client wants to plead guilty, the case causes Bleakie to question his own morals by defending an honorable man.
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Tapes (2020)
Character: N/A
Tapes is about a young woman (Maddie) who discovers a recording of her parents' couples therapy session from 30 years earlier, which exposes a secret that makes their Sunday dinner a bit...awkward.
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The Last Brickmaker in America (2001)
Character: Mike Potter
A man must cope with the loss of his wife and the obsolescence of his job before finding redemption by becoming a role model to an equally lost 13-year-old.
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NOVA: Cold Case JFK (2013)
Character: Narrator (voice)
The assassination of John F. Kennedy has fueled dark rumours of conspiracies and mishandled evidence. Now fifty years later, NOVA gathers investigators and standbyers to officially figure out the death of JFK including information on the ammo usage an descriptions of where the shooters were.
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Northern Borders (2015)
Character: Agent Sanders
In 1956, ten-year-old Austen Kittredge is sent to live on his grandparents’ Vermont farm, where he experiences wild adventures and uncovers long-festering family secrets.
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The Misfit Brigade (1987)
Character: Tiny
War story of the 27th Panzers, Hitler's heavy-duty combat regiment composed of prisoners.
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Boss of Bosses (2001)
Character: Joseph O'Brien
The story of the rise and fall of the powerful New York City organized crime boss, Paul Castellano.
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Wrestling with Alligators (1998)
Character: Rick
All that Maddy Hawkins has ever wanted was a family she could call her own. Even in 1959, the simplest things are difficult to find...Maddy, a street-wise teenage runaway, believes she has created this family with the women who live with her in an East Coast woman-only rooming house: Lulu, an eccentric silent-screen star; Claire, a beautiful, widowed French war bride; and Mary, a young artist.But as Maddy watches her newfound family fall apart, she begins to realize that some things in life are worth fighting for, and that the bonds of true friendship are the strongest bonds of all.
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My Boyfriend's Back (1993)
Character: Sheriff McCloud
Missy McCloud is the most beautiful girl in school and Johnny Dingle has been in love with her for years. One night, as Johnny tries to stop an armed robbery and save Missy from danger, he's killed, but resurrected as a zombie not long after. Now, with the help of his mentor, self-proclaimed Zombie Expert Maggie, Johnny must control his flesh-eating urges while trying to win the heart of Missy.
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I Hate Valentine's Day (2009)
Character: Tim the Delivery Guy
A love story set in Manhattan, where a florist who abides by a strict five-date-limit with any man finds herself wanting more with the new restaurateur in town.
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Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story (1983)
Character: Dick Willey
TV movie based on the singer's life, under his mother's thumb, competing with the ghost of one of the most famous singers in C&W music history, and aspiring to rise above it all.
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A Novel Romance (2011)
Character: Walter Evans
Nate Shepherd, late 40's, and Jenny Sparks, early 30's, meet in a fancy New York eatery. Complete strangers who have had a rotten day, waiting for their better halves, they reveal to one another that they are going to meet new people tonight. They quickly realize they are waiting for each other. When Nate loses his girlfriend (after getting fired from his cushy job at an ad agency) and Jenny loses her boyfriend to a drug overdose, Nate's girlfriend suggests that they should move in together as friends to split the rent and ease each others pain. As their friendship grows into something more, their relationship becomes a loving but complicated experience.
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NOVA: Iceman Reborn (2016)
Character: Narrator (voice)
Murdered more than 5,000 years ago, Otzi the Iceman is the oldest human mummy on Earth. Now, newly discovered evidence sheds light not only on this mysterious ancient man, but on the dawn of civilization in Europe.
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Kiss of Death (1995)
Character: Federal Agent
Jimmy Kilmartin's an ex-con who's trying to go straight. But he can't say no to a quick driving job because his so-called friend's life is threatened. The job is for Little Junior Brown, a violent and powerful villain. When things go wrong, Jimmy is left to do the time, and his whole life is turned upside-down, but if that wasn't enough, the cops won't leave Jimmy alone when he gets out... They want Little Junior Brown.
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Defenseless (1991)
Character: Bull Dozer
A Los Angeles lawyer defends her former college roommate, whose husband — her lover — has been slain.
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Revolutionary Road (2008)
Character: Bart Pollock
A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.
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Dead Dog (2001)
Character: Frank Edmonds
Tom and Perri are the happy ideal New York couple until Tom's beloved Golden Retriever is killed by a hit-and-run driver. Tom blames Perri for the accident and their relationship becomes strained as Tom's fixation with finding and punishing the culprit consumes his life. Events spin out of control as death, sex and cynicism take their toll on the pair's seemingly idyllic life.
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The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
Character: Frank Harris
After paleoclimatologist Jack Hall is largely ignored by UN officials when presenting his environmental concerns about the beginning of a new Ice Age, his research proves true when a superstorm develops, setting off catastrophic natural disasters throughout the world. Trying to get to his son, Sam, who is trapped in New York City with his friend Laura and others, Jack and his crew must travel to get to Sam before it's too late.
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When You Finish Saving the World (2023)
Character: Roger
Evelyn and her oblivious son Ziggy seek out replacements for each other. As Evelyn tries to parent an unassuming teenager at her shelter, Ziggy fumbles through his pursuit of a brilliant young woman at school.
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The Prince of Pennsylvania (1988)
Character: Trooper Joe
Set in a remote Pennsylvania coal-mining town, this off-beat comedy follows the relationship between Carla, a hippie woman, and Rupert, a young punk rocker who feels like a pariah. Hoping to leave their current lives behind, the two conspire to kidnap Rupert's father and hold him for ransom.
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Tumbleweeds (1999)
Character: Dan Miller
Whenever trouble strikes in one of her relationships, single mother Mary Jo Walker and her daughter, Ava, pack up and move to another city, a routine Ava is tiring of. This time, they are helped on their move to San Diego by trucker Jack Ranson. While Ava settles in, getting a leading part in the school play, Jack starts dating Mary Jo but soon reveals himself to be controlling and aggressive. Mary Jo prepares to flee again, angering Ava.
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Green Lantern (2011)
Character: Carl Ferris
For centuries, a small but powerful force of warriors called the Green Lantern Corps has sworn to keep intergalactic order. Each Green Lantern wears a ring that grants him superpowers. But when a new enemy called Parallax threatens to destroy the balance of power in the Universe, their fate and the fate of Earth lie in the hands of the first human ever recruited.
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Half Nelson (2006)
Character: Russ Dunne
Despite his dedication to the junior-high students who fill his classroom, idealistic teacher Dan Dunne leads a secret life of addiction that the majority of his students will never know. But things change when a troubled student Drey makes a startling discovery of his secret life, causing a tenuous bond between the two that could either end disastrously or provide a catalyst of hope.
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Earthly Possessions (1999)
Character: Zack Emery
A bored homemaker planning to run away from her minister husband is taken hostage in a bank robbery. However, she sees the thrill in being involved in the chase and becomes an accomplice to the young robber.
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Salem Witch Trials (2002)
Character: Thomas Putnam
Salem, Massachusetts. A small town—with no clear governing body—became embroiled in a scandal that forever stands as one of the darkest chapters in American history. For those accused of witchcraft by their neighbors and friends, there was little chance of clearing their names; the mass paranoia that ravaged through the community took the lives of 19 innocent men and women.
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Cadillac Records (2008)
Character: Mr. Feder
The story of sex, violence, race and rock and roll in 1950s Chicago, and the exciting but turbulent lives of some of America's musical legends, including Muddy Waters, Leonard Chess, Little Walter, Howlin' Wolf, Etta James and Chuck Berry.
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NOVA: Who Killed Lindbergh's Baby? (2013)
Character: Narrator (voice)
NOVA is reopening one of the most confounding crime mysteries of all time as a team of expert investigators employs state-of-the-art forensic and behavioral science techniques in an effort to determine what really happened to Charles Lindbergh's baby... and why.
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DC Noir (2019)
Character: Sgt. Peters
A crime anthology film based on George Pelecanos' book of the same title.
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NOVA: Secrets of the Viking Sword (2012)
Character: Narrator (voice)
The Vikings were the most ferocious warriors of the Middle Ages. Especially fearsome were the select few who wielded a formidable weapon: a light, razor sharp, virtually indestructible sword with its maker's name, Ulfberht, inlaid along the blade.
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The Gathering Swarms (2014)
Character: Narrator (voice)
A look at some of the planet's great gatherings, creatures that come together in inconceivable numbers - sometimes in millions, billions, and even trillions. Included are bats and bees, locust and ants, monarch butterflies in Mexico, 17-year cicada hatches, grunion in the Sea of Cortez and carp in the Mississippi River, sardine runs off the coast of South Africa, super flocks of parakeets in the Australian Outback, mayflies on the 4th of July, and even penguins and wildebeest. Some gather to breed or to migrate, some for protection, some simply to keep warm in the cold. But in the process, a kind of super-organism is created in which individual intelligence is superseded by a collective consciousness that shares information and moves with a single purpose for the benefit of all. Check out swarm intelligence, essentially a living embodiment of social media in the natural world.
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The Matchmaker (1997)
Character: Senator John McGlory
Marcy, a worker in the reelection campaign of bumbling Senator John McGlory, is sent to Ireland on a quest to find the Irish ancestry of Sen. McGlory, to help him win the Irish vote. But when Marcy arrives in the small village of Ballinagra, she finds herself in the middle of a matchmaking festival, and the local matchmaker is determined to pair her off with one of the local bachelors.
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V.I. Warshawski (1991)
Character: Murray Ryerson
Victoria "V.I" Warshawski is a Chicago based private detective who agrees to babysit for her new boyfriend; then he is murdered. Being the detective type, she makes the murder her next case. In doing so she befriends the victim's daughter, Kat, and together they set out to crack the case.
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Kiss the Girls (1997)
Character: FBI Agent Kyle Craig
Forensic psychologist and detective Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to submit to his demands. The trail leads to Los Angeles, where the duo discovers that the psychopath may not be working alone.
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Starting Over (1979)
Character: Larry
After divorcing his ambitious singer wife, a middle-aged man begins a new relationship with a teacher.
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Queens of Combat: Rome's Female Gladiators (2026)
Character: Narrator
What if women were hidden among the ranks of Ancient Rome’s fearsome gladiators? A group of experts searches for evidence to prove women once fought in the arena just like men. Combining history, archaeology, and forensic investigation, journey across Europe in a quest for answers. If a female gladiator's existence can be proven definitively, what can we learn about their lives?
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The Jack Bull (1999)
Character: Atty. Gen. Metcalfe
When the law fails to punish a fellow rancher that has abused his horses, a Wyoming horse trader sacrifices it all in a quest for justice.
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Angels in the Outfield (1994)
Character: Ranch Wilder
Roger is a foster child whose irresponsible father promises to get his act together when Roger's favourite baseball team, the California Angels, wins the pennant. The problem is that the Angels are in last place, so Roger prays for help to turn the team around. Sure enough, his prayers are answered in the form of angel Al.
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The Rise & Fall of the Colosseum (2025)
Character: Narration
The Colosseum: the jewel of Ancient Rome. It wowed vast crowds with extraordinary battles. It pushed the boundaries of technology. It exhibited Rome’s vast wealth and power. Roman leaders spread the Colosseum’s design throughout the Empire, and it helped them conquer the ancient world. But just as the structure embodied Rome’s power, so too did it contribute to the Empire’s downfall.
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