Paul Ben-Victor

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Paul Ben-Victor (born July 24, 1965) is an American actor. Ben-Victor was born Paul Friedman, in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Leah Kornfeld, a playwright, and Victor Friedman. Ben-Victor debuted on the small screen in 1987 in the made-for-TV movie Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife and on an episode of Cagney & Lacey. Fifteen years after beginning his television career with bit parts, Ben-Victor found himself cast in important roles on HBO dramas The Wire and Entourage, as well as making a 2006 appearance as Coach Lou on My Name is Earl. He portrayed Moe Howard in the 2000 made-for-TV film The Three Stooges. Ben-Victor has been featured on many television cop dramas like Monk and CSI, and also had a recurring role as two-bit con man Steve Richards on three episodes of NYPD Blue from 1994 to 1997. Ben-Victor has co-written stage plays with his mother. At least two of their plays have been staged in the Manhattan area, including "Club Soda" and "The Good Steno". Ben-Victor had a starring role in the Sci-Fi channel television show, The Invisible Man, alongside Vincent Ventresca. The two later guest starred together on the hit TV show Las Vegas. They were reunited again on an episode of the new USA Network series In Plain Sight (Episode 1.2, "Hoosier Daddy"), on which Ben-Victor has a supporting role. Appeared on "Everybody Hates Chris" as Mr. Thurman In 2008, Ben-Victor held a supporting role in the feature film, Clear Lake, WI, starring Michael Madsen. In August 2008, Ben-Victor co-starred in Coma, a web series on Crackle.

Everybody Hates Chris

overview: Chris is a teenager growing up as the eldest of three children in Brooklyn, New York during the early 1980s. Uprooted to a new neighborhood and bused to a predominantly white middle school two-hours away by his strict, hard-working parents, Chris struggles to find his place while keeping his siblings in line at home and surmounting the challenges of junior high.

original_name: Everybody Hates Chris

The Shield

overview: The story of an inner-city Los Angeles police precinct where some of the cops aren't above breaking the rules or working against their associates to both keep the streets safe and their self-interests intact.

character: Detective Paul Reyes

original_name: The Shield

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

overview: A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.

character: Joey

original_name: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

The Wire

overview: Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.

character: Spiros 'Vondas' Vondopoulos

original_name: The Wire

Shark

overview: Notorious Los Angeles defense attorney Sebastian Stark becomes disillusioned with his career after his successful defense of a wife-abuser results in the wife's death. After more than a month trying to come to grips with his situation, he is invited by the Los Angeles district attorney to become a public prosecutor so he can apply his unorthodox-but-effective talents to putting guilty people away instead of putting them back on the street.

character: Ricky Rago

original_name: Shark

John from Cincinnati

overview: In Imperial Beach, California, the Yosts—a dysfunctional family of surfers—intersect with two new arrivals to the community: a dim-but-wealthy surfing enthusiast and man spurned by the Yosts years ago.

character: Palaka

original_name: John from Cincinnati

L.A. Law

overview:
L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994.

Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including a large number of parallel storylines, social drama and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff.

The show was popular with audiences and critics, and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run, four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series.

character: Sergeant Costellano

original_name: L.A. Law

Drive

overview: An American action drama television series set against the backdrop of an illegal cross-country automobile road race, focusing on the willing and unwilling competitors and, as the plot develops, the unseen puppet masters who sponsor the race.

character: The Truck Driver

original_name: Drive

Alias

overview: Sydney Bristow, an agent who has been tricked to believe she is working for the U.S. government, is actually working for a criminal organization named the Alliance of Twelve. Upon learning this, Sydney becomes a double agent for the real CIA.

character: Carter

original_name: Alias

Monk

overview: Adrian Monk was once a rising star with the San Francisco Police Department, legendary for using unconventional means to solve the department's most baffling cases. But after the tragic (and still unsolved) murder of his wife Trudy, he developed an extreme case of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Now working as a private consultant, Monk continues to investigate cases in the most unconventional ways.

character: Al Nicoletto

original_name: Monk

Early Edition

overview: Gary Hobson thinks he may even be losing his mind when tomorrow's newspaper mysteriously arrives today giving him a disconcerting look into the future. What will he do with tomorrow's news?

character: Elliott Rosenfield

original_name: Early Edition

Doogie Howser, M.D.

overview: Doogie Howser is a doctor. He is also a 16-year-old genius who graduated college at age 10 and finished medical school at age 14. But he is still a teenager, with normal teenage friends and problems. But unlike a normal teenager, he is just learning to drive while also consulting on serious medical cases like heart transplants.

character: Karl

original_name: Doogie Howser, M.D.

My Name Is Earl

overview: When petty criminal Earl Hickey wins the lottery, he sets off on a quest to repair his questionable karma.

character: Coach Lou

original_name: My Name Is Earl

Fastlane

overview: Fastlane is an American action/crime drama series that was broadcast on Fox from September 18, 2002 to April 25, 2003.

character: Marty

original_name: Fastlane

Las Vegas

overview: Ed Deline is a strict ex-CIA officer who went from being Head of Security to becoming President of Operations of the Montecito, whose job is to run the day-to-day operations of the casino. Following his departure, former Marine Danny McCoy, Ed's former protégé, becomes the Montecito's new President of Operations.

original_name: Las Vegas

Entourage

overview: Film star Vince Chase navigates the vapid terrain of Los Angeles with a close circle of friends and his trusty agent.

character: Alan Gray

original_name: Entourage

Crossing Jordan

overview: Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that stars Jill Hennessy as Jordan Cavanaugh, M.D., a crime-solving forensic pathologist employed in the Massachusetts Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

character: Theo

original_name: Crossing Jordan

Castle

overview: After a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard "Rick" Castle receives permission from the Mayor of New York City to tag along with an NYPD homicide investigation team for research purposes.

character: Dino Scarpella

original_name: Castle

The Practice

overview: A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its storylines about “people who walk a moral tightrope.”

character: Benny Small

original_name: The Practice

The X-Files

overview: The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.

character: Dr. Aaron Monte

original_name: The X-Files

Close to Home

character: Paul Bosco

original_name: Close to Home

The Invisible Man

overview:
The Invisible Man is a Sci-Fi American television series starring Vincent Ventresca, Paul Ben-Victor, Eddie Jones, Shannon Kenny and Michael McCafferty. Somewhat more successful than previous television series involving invisible secret agents, it aired from June 9, 2000 to February 1, 2002, lasting two seasons.

The plot revolves around Darien Fawkes, a thief facing life imprisonment who was recruited by a low-rent spy organization and given the power of invisibility via implantation of a special "Quicksilver gland" in his head. The gland allows Fawkes to secrete a light-bending substance called "Quicksilver" from his pores and follicles. The substance quickly coats his skin, hair, nails and clothes and renders him invisible. He can consciously release the Quicksilver, which then flakes off and disintegrates. However, the Quicksilver gland was sabotaged at its creation by scientist Arnaud DeFehrn to release a neurotoxin that accumulates in the bloodstream and causes intense pain, followed by antisocial behavior and psychosis. The host requires regular doses of "counteragent" to keep him sane and healthy, which is controlled by said government agency. This series lasted for two seasons, before being cancelled due to cost issues and internal bickering between the Sci Fi Channel and its then-parent company, USA Networks. The show's first season ran concurrently in first-run syndication as well as on Sci Fi.

character: Robert Albert Hobbes

original_name: The Invisible Man

In Plain Sight

overview: U.S. Marshal Mary Shannon must hunt down witnesses for federal cases in the witness protection program while also managing a rather dysfunctional family and her own personal life.

character: Stan McQueen

original_name: In Plain Sight

The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage

overview: The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage is a television series broadcast in the United States by NBC and produced by Stephen J. Cannell Productions in association with Walt Disney Television. This show originated as a TV-movie. The program originally aired in 1991, but lasted less than one season. The series was officially titled Disney Presents The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage.

original_name: The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage

Dark Justice

overview: A judge turns into a vigilante by night in order to bring to justice the high-level offenders that use technicalities to "escape" the legal system.

original_name: Dark Justice

Brooklyn South

overview: An American ensemble police drama series following the life of police officers from the 74th Precinct in southern Brooklyn, New York City.

character: Steve Richards

original_name: Brooklyn South

The Mick

overview: Mackenzie "Mickey" Murphy is a hard-living, foul-mouthed, cigarette-smoking woman who moves to affluent Greenwich, CT to raise the spoiled kids of her wealthy sister who fled the country to avoid a federal indictment. She quickly learns what the rest of us already know - other people's children are awful.

character: Jerry Berlin

original_name: The Mick

Paul T. Goldman

overview: Paul T. Goldman's world is turned upside down when he finds out that his wife has been living a secret double life. His efforts to uncover the truth thrust him into a labyrinth of fraud, deception and criminality that transforms him, in his words, "from wimp to warrior." Director Jason Woliner tries to keep the series he thought he was making from going off the rails as Goldman stars in reenactments, changes the script and challenges Woliner's vision.

character: Mob Boss

original_name: Paul T. Goldman

Person of Interest

overview: John Reese, former CIA paramilitary operative, is presumed dead and teams up with reclusive billionaire Finch to prevent violent crimes in New York City by initiating their own type of justice. With the special training that Reese has had in Covert Operations and Finch's genius software inventing mind, the two are a perfect match for the job that they have to complete. With the help of surveillance equipment, they work "outside the law" and get the right criminal behind bars.

character: Detective Cameron

original_name: Person of Interest

True Detective

overview: An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.

character: Major Leroy Salter

original_name: True Detective

Allegiance

overview: Alex O'Connor, a young idealistic CIA analyst specializing in Russian affairs, learns a shocking secret and his close-knit, affluent family is about to be split apart when it's revealed that his parents, Mark and Katya, are covert Russian spies deactivated decades ago. But today the Kremlin has re-enlisted them into service as they plan a terrorist operation inside the U.S. border that will bring America to its knees.

character: Special Agent Faber

original_name: Allegiance

Vinyl

overview: In 1970s New York, jaded record exec Richie Finestra tries to resurrect his failing label and fractured personal life while keeping his finger on the pulse of the city's new sound.

character: Maury Gold

original_name: Vinyl

The Mentalist

overview: Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to solve serious crimes with the California Bureau of Investigation.

character: Noah Landau

original_name: The Mentalist

Curb Your Enthusiasm

overview: The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe in which he can't seem to do anything right, and, by his standards, neither can anyone else.

character: Ticket Scalper

original_name: Curb Your Enthusiasm

Pam & Tommy

overview: This comedic series takes on the true story behind the release of the first ever viral video in history — the sex tape of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee.

character: Richard Alden

Freddy's Nightmares

overview: The evil, sinister killer of the "Nightmare On Elm Street" movies, Freddy Krueger, hosts this show, where each week, he shows us a tale of evil and death about the lives of people who live in Springwood.

Childrens Hospital

overview: A hospital isn't a place for lazy people. It's a place for smart people who take care of people who aren't smart enough to keep themselves healthy. So begins Children's Hospital, a parody series that follows the lives, loves and laughs of a hospital staff.

Chicago Med

overview: An emotional thrill ride through the day-to-day chaos of the city's most explosive hospital and the courageous team of doctors who hold it together. They will tackle unique new cases inspired by topical events, forging fiery relationships in the pulse-pounding pandemonium of the emergency room.

FBI: Most Wanted

overview: The Fugitive Task Force relentlessly tracks and captures the notorious criminals on the Bureau's Most Wanted list. Seasoned agents oversee the highly skilled team that functions as a mobile undercover unit that is always out in the field, pursuing those who are most desperate to elude justice.

Lethal Weapon

overview: A slightly unhinged former Navy SEAL lands a job as a police officer in Los Angeles where he's partnered with a veteran detective trying to keep maintain a low stress level in his life.

Santa Clarita Diet

overview: They're ordinary husband and wife realtors until she undergoes a dramatic change that sends them down a road of death and destruction. In a good way.

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

overview: A tough-as-rawhide cowpoke, debonair ladies' man and Harvard-educated smarty-britches roams from Frisco to Jalisco in pursuit of outlaws who killed his father...and in search of a mysterious orb possessing out-of-this world powers. Hot lead and cool anachronisms await Brisco as he and his sidekicks - including Comet, the intellectual equine who doesn't know he's a horse - fight for justice in the way, way, way-out West.

FBI

overview: The New York office of the FBI brings to bear all their talents, intellect and technical expertise on major cases in order to keep their city and the country safe.

The Resident

overview: A tough, brilliant senior resident guides an idealistic young doctor through his first day, pulling back the curtain on what really happens, both good and bad, in modern-day medicine.

Bull

overview: Dr. Jason Bull is the brilliant, brash, and charming founder of a hugely successful trial consulting firm.

Will & Grace

overview: That's right, honey! A decade after their unforgettable eight-season run, comedy's most fabulous foursome is back.

Goliath

overview: Once a powerful lawyer, Billy McBride is now burned out and washed up, spending more time in a bar than a courtroom. When he reluctantly agrees to pursue a wrongful death lawsuit against the biggest client of Cooperman & McBride, the massive law firm he helped create, Billy and his ragtag team uncover a vast and deadly conspiracy, pitting them all in a life or death trial against the ultimate Goliath.

Gravesend

overview: A 1980's series of events revolving around Benny Zerletta (William DeMeo), a Brooklyn based Italian-American, soldier in the Colezzo crime family. Benny depicts the difficulties.

Strong Medicine

overview: The lives of staff in the womens' health clinic of a fictitious hospital in Philadelphia.

The Chosen

overview: The life of Christ through the eyes of those who encountered him.

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

overview: In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Special Victims Unit. These are their stories.

Nobody Wants This

overview: An agnostic sex podcaster and a newly single rabbi fall in love, but can their relationship survive their wildly different lives and meddling families?

Everybody Still Hates Chris

overview: A re-imagined animated version of Chris Rock's beloved autobiographical family comedy Everybody Hates Chris.

The Lincoln Lawyer

overview: Hotshot LA defense attorney Mickey Haller will do whatever it takes to win as he navigates the criminal justice system from his trademark Lincoln.

Creature Commandos

overview: Follow the exploits of the Creature Commandos, a secret team of incarcerated monsters recruited for missions deemed too dangerous for humans. When all else fails... they're your last, worst option.

character: Bulldozer / General King / Large Son (voice)

Hawaii Five-0

overview: Steve McGarrett returns home to Oahu, in order to find his father's killer. The governor offers him the chance to run his own task force (Five-0). Steve's team is joined by Chin Ho Kelly, Danny "Danno" Williams, and Kono Kalakaua.

Bookie

overview: A veteran bookie struggles to survive the impending legalization of sports gambling, increasingly unstable clients, family, co-workers, and a lifestyle that bounces him around every corner of Los Angeles, high and low.

L.A. Doctors

overview: Four Los Angeles doctors run a practice in this drama that focuses as much on the problems in the American medical system as it does on the patients.

The Boys from Brazil

overview: Follow Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter Yakov Liebermann across three decades from the immediate aftermath of World War II through the political turbulence of the 1970s in his lifelong crusade to bring Nazi fugitives to justice, a crusade that has cost him nearly everything.

Rude Awakening

overview: Unemployed alcoholic ex-soap-opera actress Billie Frank tries to go sober and become a writer but continues to struggle with her self-destructive habits; her relationships with other members of Addictions Anonymous, her neighbor Dave, and her mother Trudy are explored.

M.I.A.

overview: Restless in the Florida Keys, Etta Tiger Jonze dreams of a life in Miami's glittering, sub-tropical kingdom. When her family's drug-running business shatters in tragedy, however, Etta embarks on a dangerous journey through Miami's neon-lit underbelly that will define who she is and what she's ultimately capable of.

Vegas

overview: Ralph Lamb wants to be left in peace to run his ranch, but Las Vegas is now swelling with outsiders and corruption which are intruding on his simple life. Recalling Lamb's command as a military police officer during World War II, the Mayor appeals to his sense of duty to look into a murder of a casino worker – and so begins Lamb’s clash with Vincent Savino, a ruthless Chicago gangster who plans to make Vegas his own.

Man on Fire

overview: Haunted by his past and hunted by his enemies, a Special Forces veteran fights to keep a teenage girl alive on the deadly streets of Rio de Janeiro.

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Paul Ben-Victor

biography: Paul Ben-Victor (* 24. Juli 1965) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler. Geboren wurde er als Paul Friedman in Brooklyn, New York, als Sohn der Dramatikerin Leah Kornfeld und Victor Friedman. Sein Fernsehdebüt gab er 1987 in dem Fernsehfilm „Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife“ und in einer Folge von „Cagney & Lacey“. Fünfzehn Jahre nach Beginn seiner Fernsehkarriere mit kleineren Rollen erhielt Ben-Victor wichtige Rollen in den HBO-Dramen „The Wire“ und „Entourage“ und hatte 2006 einen Gastauftritt als Coach Lou in „My Name is Earl“. Im Jahr 2000 verkörperte er Moe Howard in dem Fernsehfilm „The Three Stooges“. Ben-Victor war in zahlreichen Krimiserien wie „Monk“ und „CSI“ zu sehen und spielte von 1994 bis 1997 in drei Folgen von „NYPD Blue“ den Kleinganoven Steve Richards. Gemeinsam mit seiner Mutter verfasste er Theaterstücke. Mindestens zwei davon, „Club Soda“ und „The Good Steno“, wurden in Manhattan aufgeführt. Ben-Victor spielte neben Vincent Ventresca eine Hauptrolle in der Sci-Fi-Serie „Der Unsichtbare“. Die beiden hatten später einen gemeinsamen Gastauftritt in der Erfolgsserie „Las Vegas“. Ein Wiedersehen gab es in einer Folge der neuen USA-Network-Serie „In Plain Sight“ (Folge 1.2, „Hoosier Daddy“), in der Ben-Victor eine Nebenrolle übernahm. Ben-Victor hatte einen Gastauftritt in der Serie „Alle hassen Chris“ als Mr. Thurman. 2008 spielte er eine Nebenrolle in dem Spielfilm „Clear Lake, WI“ mit Michael Madsen in der Hauptrolle. Im August 2008 war er außerdem in der Webserie „Coma“ auf Crackle zu sehen.

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保罗·本-维克多

biography: 保罗·本-维克多（Paul Ben-Victor，1965年7月24日-），美国演员。本-维克多出生于纽约布鲁克林的保罗·弗里德曼，是剧作家莉亚·科恩菲尔德和维克多·弗里德曼的儿子。Ben-Victor于1987年在电视电影《血誓：黑手党妻子的故事》和《卡格尼与莱西》的一集中首次亮相。在以零碎角色开始他的电视生涯 15 年后，Ben-Victor 发现自己在 HBO 电视剧 The Wire 和 Entourage 中扮演重要角色，并在 2006 年在《我的名字是伯爵》中饰演 Lou 教练。他在 2000 年的电视电影《三个臭皮匠》中饰演了莫·霍华德。Ben-Victor 曾在 Monk 和 CSI 等许多电视警匪剧中出演，并且在 1994 年至 1997 年的 NYPD Blue 的三集中也经常扮演两个骗子史蒂夫理查兹的角色。Ben-Victor 与他的母亲共同编写了舞台剧。他们至少有两部戏剧在曼哈顿地区上演，包括“苏打俱乐部”和“好斯泰诺”。Ben-Victor 与文森特·文特雷斯卡 （Vincent Ventresca） 一起在科幻频道电视节目《隐形人》中担任主演。两人后来一起客串了热门电视节目拉斯维加斯。他们在美国网络新剧集《In Plain Sight》（第 1.2 集，“Hoosier Daddy”）的一集中再次重聚，Ben-Victor 在其中扮演配角。2008年，本-维克多在迈克尔·马德森主演的故事片《威斯康星州清湖》中担任配角。2008 年 8 月，Ben-Victor 共同主演了 Crackle 的网络连续剧 Coma。

Polski

biography: Paul Ben-Victor (ur. 24 lipca 1965) jest amerykańskim aktorem. Ben-Victor urodził się jako Paul Friedman w Brooklynie w Nowym Jorku, jako syn Leah Kornfeld, dramatopisarki, i Victora Friedmana. Ben-Victor zadebiutował na małym ekranie w 1987 roku w filmie telewizyjnym Krwawy trop, czyli historia mafijnej żony i w odcinku Cagney & Lacey. Piętnaście lat po rozpoczęciu kariery telewizyjnej od ról epizodycznych, Ben-Victor został obsadzony w ważnych rolach w serialach HBO Prawo ulicy i Ekipa, a także pojawił się w 2006 roku jako trener Lou w Na imię mi Earl. Wcielił się w postać Moe Howarda w filmie telewizyjnym Zakręcone trio z 2000 roku. Ben-Victor wystąpił w wielu telewizyjnych serialach policyjnych, takich jak Monk i CSI, a także miał powtarzającą się rolę dwulicowego oszusta Steve'a Richardsa w trzech odcinkach Nowojorscy gliniarze od 1994 do 1997 roku. Ben-Victor współtworzył sztuki teatralne ze swoją matką. Co najmniej dwie z ich sztuk zostały wystawione w rejonie Manhattanu, w tym „Club Soda” i „The Good Steno”. Ben-Victor miał główną rolę w telewizyjnym programie kanału Sci-Fi, The Invisible Man, u boku Vincenta Ventrescy. Później obaj wystąpili gościnnie razem w przebojowym serialu telewizyjnym Las Vegas. Ponownie spotkali się w odcinku nowego serialu USA Network Bez powrotu (odcinek 1.2, „Hoosier Daddy”), w którym Ben-Victor ma drugoplanową rolę. Wystąpił w „Everybody Hates Chris” jako Mr. Thurman. W 2008 r. Ben-Victor zagrał drugoplanową rolę w filmie fabularnym Clear Lake, WI z Michaelem Madsenem w roli głównej. W sierpniu 2008 r. Ben-Victor zagrał w Coma, serialu internetowym na Crackle.  z Wikipedii, wolnej encyklopedii.

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保羅·本 - 維克多

biography: 保羅·本 - 維克多（Paul Ben - Victor，1965 年 7 月 24 日-），美國演員。本 - 維克多出生於紐約布魯克林的保羅·弗里德曼，是劇作家莉亞·科恩菲爾德和維克多·弗里德曼的兒子。Ben - Victor 於 1987 年在電視電影《血誓：黑手黨妻子的故事》和《卡格尼與萊西》的一集中首次亮相。在以零碎角色開始他的電視生涯 15 年後，Ben - Victor 發現自己在 HBO 電視劇 The Wire 和 Entourage 中扮演重要角色，並在 2006 年在《我的名字是伯爵》中飾演 Lou 教練。他在 2000 年的電視電影《三個臭皮匠》中飾演了莫·霍華德。Ben - Victor 曾在 Monk 和 CSI 等許多電視警匪劇中出演，並且在 1994 年至 1997 年的 NYPD Blue 的三集中也經常扮演兩個騙子史蒂夫理查茲的角色。Ben - Victor 與他的母親共同編寫了舞台劇。他們至少有兩部戲劇在曼哈頓地區上演，包括“蘇打俱樂部”和“好斯泰諾”。Ben - Victor 與文森特·文特雷斯卡 （Vincent Ventresca） 一起在科幻頻道電視節目《隱形客》中擔任主演。兩人後來一起客串了熱門電視節目拉斯維加斯。他們在美國網絡新劇集《In Plain Sight》（第 1.2 集，“Hoosier Daddy”）的一集中再次重聚，Ben - Victor 在其中扮演配角。2008 年，本 - 維克多在邁克爾·馬德森主演的故事片《威斯康星州清湖》中擔任配角。2008 年 8 月，Ben - Victor 共同主演了 Crackle 的網絡聯續劇 Coma。

Türkçe

biography:
Paul Ben-Victor (doğum adıyla Paul Friedman), 24 Temmuz 1965 tarihinde Brooklyn, New York, ABD'de dünyaya gelmiştir. Oyun yazarı bir anne ve iş insanı bir babanın oğlu olarak sanata yatkın bir çevrede büyüyen Ben-Victor, eğitimini prestijli Carnegie Mellon Üniversitesi'nde tamamlayarak oyunculuk kariyerine sağlam bir temel atmıştır.

1980'lerin sonlarında televizyon ve sinema dünyasına adım atan aktör, kariyerinin ilk yıllarında "True Romance" (Çılgın Romantik) (1993) ve "Tombstone" (1993) gibi dikkat çeken yapımlarda ufak ama akılda kalıcı roller üstlendi. Karakteristik yüz hatları, sert duruşu ve çok yönlü oyunculuğu sayesinde kısa sürede Hollywood'un en aranan karakter oyuncularından biri haline gelerek; mafya üyelerini, dedektifleri ve otorite figürlerini canlandırma konusunda uzmanlaştı.

Televizyon dünyasındaki en büyük çıkışını ve kariyerinin tartışmasız en ikonik rolünü, tüm zamanların en iyi dizilerinden biri olarak kabul edilen HBO yapımı "The Wire"da (2003-2008) canlandırdığı Spiros "Vondas" Vondopoulos karakteriyle gerçekleştirdi. Kurnaz, acımasız ve soğukkanlı bir suçlu olan Vondas performansıyla eleştirmenlerden büyük övgü topladı. Bu karanlık rolün ardından yine HBO'nun hit dizisi "Entourage"da (2005-2008) asabi, kural tanımaz ve güç odaklı film stüdyosu şefi Alan Gray karakterine hayat vererek komedi ve dramadaki yeteneğini aynı anda sergiledi.

Kariyerindeki istikrarlı yükselişi USA Network yapımı "In Plain Sight" (2008-2012) dizisinde başrolü üstlenerek sürdürdü. Canlandırdığı sert ama babacan Başmüfettiş Stan McQueen karakteriyle geniş bir izleyici kitlesinin sevgisini kazandı. Otuz yılı aşkın kariyeri boyunca "NYPD Blue", "CSI", "The Shield" ve HBO'nun dönem draması "Vinyl" (2016) gibi sayısız popüler televizyon dizisinde önemli roller üstlenerek ekranların tanıdık ve vazgeçilmez yüzlerinden biri oldu.

Sinema dünyasında da usta isimlerle çalışma fırsatı bulan deneyimli aktör, Martin Scorsese'nin epik suç başyapıtı "The Irishman"de (2019) Jake Gottlieb karakterine hayat verdi. Yakın dönemde yüksek profilli yapımlarda boy göstermeye devam eden Ben-Victor, popüler mini dizi "Pam & Tommy"de (2022) ve Gerard Butler'ın başrolünde yer aldığı aksiyon-gerilim filmi "Plane"de (Uçak) (2023) izleyici karşısına çıkmıştır. Bugüne dek 150'den fazla dizi ve filmde rol alan Paul Ben-Victor, Amerikan sinema ve televizyon endüstrisinin en üretken ve güvenilir karakter aktörlerinden biri olarak sektördeki aktif kariyerini sürdürmektedir.

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title: Maximum Risk

overview: Alain Moreau's investigation into the death of his identical twin brother leads him from the beauty of the south of France to the mean streets of New York City and into the arms of his brother's beautiful girlfriend. Pursued by ruthless Russian mobsters and renegade FBI agents, the duo race against time to solve his brother's murder and expose an international conspiracy.

title: The Last Outlaw

overview: The story follows a band of former Confederate soldiers who were part of a cavalry unit. Their commander, Graff, had once been a heroic and staunch supporter of the Southern cause, but after losing his family, he became coldhearted and ruthless. His second-in-command is Eustis, whom Graff has trained on the strategies of leadership and combat command.

title: Crazy in Alabama

overview: An abused wife heads to California to become a movie star while her nephew back in Alabama has to deal with a racially-motivated murder involving a corrupt sheriff.

title: Drowning Mona

overview: A Sheriff investigating the murder of an upstate New York woman learns that her extremely hateful ways gave the whole town a motive to be rid of her.

title: Body Parts

overview: A criminal psychologist loses his arm in a car crash, and becomes one of three patients to have their missing limbs replaced by those belonging to an executed serial killer. One of them dies violently, and disturbing occurrences start happening to the surviving two.

title: The Corruptor

overview: Danny is a young cop partnered with Nick, a seasoned but ethically tainted veteran. As the two try to stop a gang war in Chinatown, Danny relies on Nick but grows increasingly uncomfortable with the way Nick gets things done.

title: Mighty Fine

overview: Set in the 1970's, MIGHTY FINE is the story of Joe Fine (Chazz Palminteri) a charismatic, high-spirited man, who relocates his family--wife Stella (Andie MacDowell), a Holocaust survivor, daughters Nathalie (Jodelle Ferland) and Maddie (Rainey Qualley)--from Brooklyn to New Orleans, in search of a better life. Unfortunately, Joe's spending spree is wildly out of touch with reality, as his apparel business is teetering on the brink of collapse, a fact he refuses to accept. Written and directed by Debbie Goodstein, MIGHTY FINE is told from the perspective of an adult Nathalie remembering the events of her youth, and is inspired by Goodstein's memories of her own father. MIGHTY FINE ultimately shows how coming to terms with the past without judgment is the most fruitful way to move toward the future.

title: A Civil Action

overview: Jan Schlickmann is a cynical lawyer who goes out to 'get rid of' a case, only to find out it is potentially worth millions. The case becomes his obsession, to the extent that he is willing to give up everything—including his career and his clients' goals—in order to continue the case against all odds.

title: Soulmates

overview: A man who is immortal can bring his wife back from the dead temporarily by killing young women. But his latest would-be victim may be a problem.

title: Firestorm

overview: In the year 2024, a fierce battle rages between a ruthless villain and an android resistance group.

title: On Our Way

overview: Up-and-coming Henry struggles to write a debut feature “On Our Way”. Confronted by memories from early childhood and boyhood, he revisits a painful past when both his parents were alive. Henry encounters a gorgeous muse Rosemary, who flirts with no kissing allowed and inspires him to create something meaningful together.

title: Kiss Toledo Goodbye

overview: After learning his biological father was a crime lord, an Ohio investment adviser must secretly try to prevent a gang war.

title: Trouble Bound

overview: Upon getting out of prison, a man who took the rap for some thief buddies gets together with them again, and tells them he's not interested in doing things with them any more. They stick a dead body in his trunk, unbeknownst to him, and he roars off to find his future. Unfortunately, they forgot to get the key they need off the body, so they're chasing him. Meanwhile, a mafia kingpin's daughter is trying to kill the hitman that killed her father, but her grandmother is trying to make peace with the family that hired the hitman, so she and her thugs are trying to stop the daughter. The guy and the daughter get together and experience mayhem on the run from two directions.

title: Point Blank

overview: Convicted corporate criminal Howard engineers a prison break as he and a number of fellow inmates are being transferred to a new facility. The escapees storm a shopping mall and take a group of shoppers hostage (after killing many more of them) before making their demands. Only Rudy, a former mercenary and brother of one of the fugitives, can take out the criminals before more of the hostages die.

title: A Reuben by Any Other Name

overview: Takes a hilarious look at the differences between Orthodox and Reform Judaism in terms of the Reuben sandwich.

title: The Three Stooges

overview: A biography of the Three Stooges, in which their careers and rise to fame is shown throughout the eyes of their leader, Moe.

title: Should've Been Romeo

overview: A self-centered, middle-aged pitchman for a potato chip company loses his job and his livelihood just as his octogenarian grandfather is dropped on his doorstep unexpectedly by his mother on her way to a singles cruise.

title: American Bully

overview: A middle-American teenage boy who is affected by 9/11, terrorism, and the war in Iraq becomes involved in an isolated high school altercation that escalates into a hate crime that shocks the entire nation.

title: Don Jon

overview: A New Jersey guy dedicated to his family, friends, and church, develops unrealistic expectations from watching porn and works to find happiness and intimacy with his potential true love.

title: Terrified

overview: Traumatized after witnessing her jealous husband kill her adulterous lover and then himself, an unbalanced, nymphomaniac young woman finds herself stalked by an unknown assailant, but she cannot make anyone believe her desperate situation.

title: Empire State

overview: After failing to get into the police academy, Chris Potamitis settles for a security guard job with an armoured truck company. After he makes the mistake of mentioning the company's lax security to his best friend, He's unwittingly drawn into an elaborate scheme to rob the abundant amounts of cash being stored on their premises—resulting in the largest cash heist in U.S.history.

title: Standoff

overview: The FBI and Texas police make ready to storm the headquarters of a heavily armed sect of religious fanatics. But the operation goes horribly wrong and a couple of agents seek protection at an abandoned farm. But they are not the only ones there.

title: The First Man

overview: Aliens who take on the form of humans are invading Earth, with the ability to manipulate women on a psychological level.

title: Murder at Hollow Creek

overview: A disbarred lawyer and his eccentric brother attempt to pull off the robbery of a lifetime but find themselves in a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a disgruntled Serbian mobster.

title: By the Gun

overview: A rising Boston gangster (Ben Barnes) endangers those around him when he starts to make moves without the knowledge of his boss (Harvey Keitel).

title: Collide

overview: A gripping chronicle of three couples over the course of one fateful night in an LA restaurant named Collide. Hunter finds himself on an awkward blind date with the captivating Tamira, while a busboy and his waitress girlfriend hope to score a big payday, and outside, Peter sits in his car observing his wife Angie meet with the restaurant’s manager. Though all strangers, their stories are weaved together as they hurl towards an explosive end.

title: Love Is All You Need?

overview: Set in a world where homosexuality is the norm, a small Indiana town is rocked to its core when Jude, the star quarterback of the local university football team, strikes up a love affair with Ryan, a sports journalism major. When the straight couple is outed, the community’s powerful religious leader begins a vitriolic crusade against all heterosexuals.

title: The Cure for Boredom

overview: Sex, love and murder abound when two guys, two waitresses and a group of mobsters meet.

title: Daredevil

overview: A man blinded in a childhood accident fights crime using his superhumanly-elevated remaining senses.

title: Plane

overview: After a heroic job of successfully landing his storm-damaged aircraft in a war zone, a fearless pilot finds himself between the agendas of multiple militias planning to take the plane and its passengers hostage.

title: Any Day

overview: Following his release from prison, an ex-fighter meets a woman who helps him put his life back together.

title: Another Day in America

overview: Based on true events: Another Day in America tells the stories of an ensemble of distinct characters as they each make their way through a seemingly normal workday which begins to unwind. As pressure mounts, each character is pushed closer and closer to the brink, culminating in a harrowing and psychologically explosive conclusion.

title: Get Hard

overview: When millionaire hedge fund manager James is convicted of fraud and sentenced to a stretch in San Quentin, the judge gives him one month to get his affairs in order. Knowing that he won't survive more than a few minutes in prison on his own, James desperately turns to Darnell-- a black businessman who's never even had a parking ticket -- for help. As Darnell puts James through the wringer, both learn that they were wrong about many things, including each other.

title: Emancipation

overview: Inspired by the gripping true story of a man who would do anything for his family—and for freedom. When Peter, an enslaved man, risks his life to escape and return to his family, he embarks on a perilous journey of love and endurance.

title: After the Shock

overview: On October 17 1989, an earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale rocked San Francisco. Presented here are some of the stories of the brave members of the public and emergency services who rescued people who were trapped in the rubble in houses or on the freeway.

title: Tempting Fate

overview: Ben Creed, a doctor still mourning the death of his love, meets a man who's created a machine that can transport anyone to a parallel world. For a chance to see his beloved Melody again, Ben risks everything and uses the machine. In this new—at once familiar and foreign—world, Ben meets an alternate Melody, but after he explains himself, she's uninterested in returning to his dimension.

title: Goliath

overview: Nicolas is madly in love with Charlotte, a girl he barely knows yet fantasizes about through the pictures she posts on Facebook. With a friend, he decides to prove his love for her by accomplishing an exploit.

title: The Collective

overview: A group of righteous assassins called The Collective take aim at a highly sophisticated human trafficking ring backed by a network of untouchable billionaires. With their backs against the wall, The Collective has no choice but to put their most important mission in the hands of rookie assassin, Sam Alexander.

title: Friends and Romans

overview: A group of lifelong mob movie extras mount a production of Shakespeare's Julius Caesar in their local Staten Island theater in order to finally get some speaking roles. But the theater is the secret hideout of a real-life gangster who fancies himself an actor, and whom the FBI are hunting for the recent murder of a Broadway producer. The Feds insert their own undercover agent to audition for the role of Cassius, seeking to determine who is the real gangster among a cast of make-believe criminals. All the while, the oblivious cast seek only to prove to themselves, their families, and friends that they are more than just extras.

title: Gun Shy

overview: Legendary undercover DEA agent Charlie Mayough has suddenly lost his nerves of steel. On the verge of a career-induced mental breakdown, and in complete fear of trigger-happy Mafia leader Fulvio Nesstra, Charlie seeks psychiatric help and finds himself relying on the support of an unstable therapy group and nurse Judy just to get through his work.

title: Tombstone

overview: Legendary marshal Wyatt Earp, now a weary gunfighter, joins his brothers Morgan and Virgil to pursue their collective fortune in the thriving mining town of Tombstone. But Earp is forced to don a badge again and get help from his notorious pal Doc Holliday when a gang of renegade brigands and rustlers begins terrorizing the town.

title: Red Scorpion 2

overview: An elite group of "soldiers" are assigned the job of infultrating a right-wing militia group. Each team member has unique skills (what's new ?). The right wingers have a heavily guarded camp, and are about to launch a nationwide campaign of violent action.. Will our heroes thwart the neo-nazis in time....

title: Rosario

overview: Wall Street stockbroker Rosario Fuentes returns to her grandmother's apartment after her sudden death. While sorting through her belongings, Rosario discovers a hidden chamber that's filled with occult artifacts tied to dark generational rituals. As supernatural occurrences begin to plague her, she must confront her family's buried secrets and face the truth about the sacrifices and choices they made.

title: Randy & the Mob

overview: A good ol' boy (McKinnon) gets into trouble with some mobsters, and then must seek assistance from his estranged, identical twin gay brother.

title: Assault of the Killer Bimbos

overview: Two go-go dancers, Lulu and Peaches, are framed for the murder of their employer by the real killer, sleazy gangster Vinnie. Picking up waitress Darlene along the way, the three are involved in wild car chases with cops as they head south to cross the border into Mexico, where they unexpectedly encounter Vinnie in a fleabag Mexican motel.

title: Heist

overview: Four ruthless career criminals are brought together by desperation and greed in a devious attempt to sing a rival underworld boss. Dipper is the contact man for Caz, a cold blooded murderer who will let nothing stand in his way. With the deal set and the exchange for the merchandise complete, the criminals will meet to divide the money, only to discover that someone is holding out.

title: Blowtorch

overview: Blowtorch is the Brooklyn story of Ann Willis, a recently widowed and financially struggling, mother of three. When her oldest son is murdered, she inexorably takes the investigation into her own hands.

title: Flight Risk

overview: A pilot transports a U.S. Marshal accompanying a government witness to a trial in New York. As they cross the Alaskan wilderness, tensions soar and trust is tested, as not everyone on board is who they seem.

title: Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury

overview: In this unearthed lost movie from 1990 that the studio deemed too terrible to release, a Vietnam Veteran Sal Bando(Sorbo), tortured by his past as a Poolboy returns home to Van Nuys, California, and a country he doesn't recognize, in which it seems only Mexicans run pool-cleaning companies. Bando sets off on a brutal mission to reclaim his "rightful" vocation and enact revenge on the man(Trejo) who killed his wife and son.

title: FDR: American Badass!

overview: Chronicles the adventures of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, as he rides a "wheelchair of death" to stop the world from being taking over by polio-carrying werewolves during WWII. A deadly menace that are led by Werewolf Hitler, Mussolini and Emperor Hirohito.

title: Camera Store

overview: On the eve of the transition from film to digital, the longtime denizens of a camera store confront their personal issues in this darkly comic story.

title: True Romance

overview: Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.

title: Eyes of the Beholder

overview: A crazed escaped mental patient holds 2 couples hostage and terrorizes them in a Malibu beach home during a stormy night.

title: The Fifteen Minute Hamlet

overview: Shakespeare films Hamlet on a single reel then, after an initial screening, edits it down to the bare bones.

character: Franciso, Ghost, Gravedigger, Osric & Fortinbras

title: The Super

overview: A man becomes the superintendent of a large New York City apartment building where people mysteriously go missing.

title: The Rookie

overview: Veteran cop Nick Pulovski is used to playing musical partners; many of the partners he's had in the past have died on the job, and often as a result of Nick's risky tactics. But the rookie who's been assigned to help Nick bust a carjacking ring is almost as hotheaded as he is … and when Nick gets kidnapped, his newbie partner is his only hope.

title: Very Mean Men

overview: A bartender wants rid of an obnoxious drunk but not until the drunk has left a decent tip. So the bartender tells the story of two mobster families, the Minetti's who work out of an Italian restaurant in the East San Fernando Valley, and the Mulroney's who work out of an Irish pub in the West San Fernando Valley. Mob war breaks out when one of the Minetti "boys" stiffs Big Paddy's daughter on her tip. We soon see why these hoods are called very mean men

title: Sunset Heat

overview: A former drug-dealer photojournalist returns to Los Angeles and helps friends terrorized by his ex-partner.

title: The Amityville Murders

overview: On the night of November 13th, 1974, Ronald DeFeo Jr. took a high powered rifle and murdered his entire family as they slept. At his trial, DeFeo claimed that 'voices' in the house commanded him to kill. This is their story.

title: Streets

overview: A teenage prostitute and a runaway rich kid flee a psycho-killer motorcycle patrolman.

title: Dream Lover

overview: Not long after they cross paths at an art gallery, architect Ray Reardon and hypnotically sensual Lena are married with children. But as strange incidents occur, Ray begins to realize he may not really know the woman he married.

title: Wired

overview: The ghost of John Belushi looks back on his troubled life and career.

title: Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave

overview: It is a very hot summer in the city as the well known detectives of the 87th Precinct investigate serial rapes and a mysterious homicide (which do not appear to be connected). The women getting raped appear to be raped by a rapist who has raped them earlier and who was not caught. Detective Eileen Burke, who is working together with detectives Carella, Meyer and Brown, goes undercover and pretends to be one of the women who was raped earlier in order to lure out the rapist. Her boyfriend, Det. Kling, is not happy with her assignment.

title: A Crooked Somebody

overview: An attention-seeking psychic is kidnapped and tries to use the situation to boost his popularity.

title: Monster

overview: The story of Steve Harmon, a 17-year-old honor student whose world comes crashing down around him when he is charged with felony murder.

title: 8-Ball

overview: 8-BALL is a crime drama that chronicles the lives of Johnny and his three childhood friends in Queens, New York and their fateful encounter with neighborhood mobster, Ramone Torzo. Events that occurred 10 years ago in the gritty pool halls of New York City resurface and threaten Ramone's new high-powered life in modern-day Hollywood. Sensing the inevitable collision course with history, Ramone eventually discovers that a man can never truly escape his past.

title: The Banker

overview: In the 1960s, two entrepreneurs hatch an ingenious business plan to fight for housing integration—and equal access to the American Dream.

title: Feast of the Seven Fishes

overview: A slice of life story that follows a large Italian family on Christmas Eve as they prepare for the traditional Feast of the Seven Fishes, reminisce about the past and seek love in the future.

title: The Irishman

overview: Pennsylvania, 1956. Frank Sheeran, a war veteran of Irish origin who works as a truck driver, accidentally meets mobster Russell Bufalino. Once Frank becomes his trusted man, Bufalino sends him to Chicago with the task of helping Jimmy Hoffa, a powerful union leader related to organized crime, with whom Frank will maintain a close friendship for nearly twenty years.

title: Adventure Force 5

overview: When their quiet beach town is invaded by a mysterious threat, five kids - a gamer, comic book geek, inventor, skater and martial artist - must band together and use an arsenal of homemade gadgets to fight back.

title: Blood and Money

overview: A retired veteran hunting in the Allagash backcountry of Maine discovers a dead woman with a duffle bag full of money. He soon finds himself in a web of deceit and murder.

title: My Brothers' Crossing

overview: My Brothers' Crossing is the true story about a tragic accident that happened in August 2015. In remote southwest Virginia, during the time when we were experiencing riots and racial hate crimes, an African-American man is involved in a horrific accident which claims the lives of Bobby and Pam Clark—a Caucasian couple. What followed was a community rising up, blind to our different heritages, to heal and show incredible forgiveness in the wake of this tragedy.

title: Cool World

overview: While incarcerated for murder, cartoonist Jack Deebs found escape by creating Cool World, a series featuring a voluptuous femme fatale named Holli Would. But the artist becomes a prisoner of his own fantasies when Holli transports Jack into Cool World with a scheme to seduce him and bring herself to life. Hard-boiled detective Frank Harris – the only other human in Cool World – cautions Jack with the law: Noids (humans) don't have sex with doodles (cartoons). However, flesh proves weaker than ink as Holli takes human form in Las Vegas, staring in a trans-universal chase that threatens the destruction of both worlds.

title: The 6th Man

overview: A college athlete returns from the dead to help his brother's basketball team win the NCAA title.

title: Pass the Ammo

overview: A corrupt television preacher and his congregation are held hostage by a woman, her lover, and her two cousins in an attempt to avenge the theft of her inheritance. A quirky look at the dishonesty of the televangelist industry.

title: Extreme Justice

overview: Jeff Powers is the newest member of a very elite and very secret LAPD division. Their mission is to target important criminals and to get them to stop. Police brutality is not a known term for the division and they will stop at nothing to get the job done, even if it means murder.

title: Grudge Match

overview: A pair of aging boxing rivals are coaxed out of retirement to fight one final bout -- 30 years after their last match.

title: State of Emergency

overview: 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.

title: Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife

overview: A fashion designer marries a lawyer only to discover that his father is an imfamous mafia don.

title: Metro

overview: Roper, a hostage negotiator catches a murderous bank robber after a blown heist. The bank robber escapes and immediately goes after the man who put him behind bars.

title: Houseguest

overview: In hot water with the mob over an unpaid debt, a con man poses as a family friend in an affluent Pennsylvania suburb.

title: Bushwhacked

overview: A inept courier realises he has been used by criminals to deliver money. On the run from both the criminals and police, he poses as a Scout leader and leads a scout group on a hike through the mountains.

title: Video Girl

overview: Lorie Walker is a small town girl whose big dreams of becoming a dancer come true when she becomes a star in the Hip-Hop video world. But she soon learns the hard way that life in front of the camera is not as glamorous as it seems.

title: Black Marigolds

overview: A writer goes to a vacation house to finish his book. But he develops a mental illness.

title: Web of Deception

overview: A forensic psychatrist of the Police Department falls for a fatal attraction that threatens to terminate his marriage, his career and his life.

title: The Carrier

overview: A grieving mother, dealing with the loss of her philandering son, discovers a secret that will profoundly influence her life, the lives around her, and ultimately result in a new understanding of her son.

title: Clear Lake, WI

overview: A group of childhood friends return to their former hometown to revisit the horrors that happened there 15 years ago.

title: On the Doll

overview: A lurid, dark look into the lives of sex workers, where victims of child abuse deal with the consequences later in life.

title: Last Looks

overview: A disgraced ex-cop seeks solace by moving to the woods, but his quiet life comes to an end when a private eye recruits him to investigate the murder of an eccentric TV star's wife.

title: Venus & Vegas

overview: When three Vegas buddies attempt the score of a lifetime, they have to walk a fine line between their girlfriends who want their heads, and the mobsters who want them dead.

title: The Invisible Man

overview: A thief is given the means to become invisible and ends up working for a government agency.

title: His Lover

overview: Leonard Moissant is a recluse living in a small town whose quiet life is suddenly upended when a younger woman arrives and knocks on his door. What begins as an innocent seduction soon spirals into something much darker.

title: Killing Castro

overview: Centered on true events when Cuban revolution leader Fidel Castro visited New York City and stayed in Harlem in 1960.

title: The Chosen: Crucifixion

overview: The sixth season finale of the popular Biblical television series, following Jesus' arrest and trial leading up to His crucifixion.

title: 3 Days Rising

overview: Living in self-imposed exile, Eric Usher battles his own conscience and reality itself as he must choose between his siblings, Rick and Cher, and his own salvation. Life and death consequences hinge on Eric's resolve and sanity as he navigates a world filled with strange interlopers climaxing with an explosively violent twist ending reveal Poe himself would be proud of.

title: The Twelve Dates of Christmas

overview: Follows Christina Walker, a successful shop owner who has devoted her energy to her career at the expense of her dating life, as she goes on 12 dates in the 12 weeks leading up to Christmas hoping to find Mr. Right.

title: Choosing Matthias

overview: After losing their young son, a young couple struggle to keep their lives and relationships intact. Their lives soon change when they met Matthias, a young boy who had lost his family.

title: Player 5150

overview: Joey (Ethan Embry, Can't Hardly Wait) is a successful day trader at a high-end brokerage house, he has a beautiful fiancée and a home on the beach. He has it all and a lot to lose. Now the gambling addiction that has plagued him for years has him on the run and he must put everything on the line...including his life.

title: Should've Been Romeo

title: Should've Been Romeo

title: Should've Been Romeo

title: Maximum Risk

title: The Last Outlaw

title: Crazy in Alabama

title: Drowning Mona

title: Body Parts

title: The Corruptor

title: Mighty Fine

title: A Civil Action

title: Soulmates

title: Firestorm

title: On Our Way

title: Kiss Toledo Goodbye

title: Trouble Bound

title: Point Blank

title: A Reuben by Any Other Name

title: The Three Stooges

title: Should've Been Romeo

title: American Bully

title: Don Jon

title: Terrified

title: Empire State

title: Standoff

title: The First Man

title: Murder at Hollow Creek

title: By the Gun

title: Collide

title: Love Is All You Need?

title: The Cure for Boredom

title: Daredevil

title: Plane

title: Any Day

title: Another Day in America

title: Get Hard

title: Emancipation

title: After the Shock

title: Tempting Fate

title: Goliath

title: The Collective

title: Friends and Romans

title: Gun Shy

title: Tombstone

title: Red Scorpion 2

title: Rosario

title: Randy & the Mob

title: Assault of the Killer Bimbos

title: Heist

title: Blowtorch

title: Flight Risk

title: Poolboy: Drowning Out the Fury

title: FDR: American Badass!

title: Camera Store

title: True Romance

title: Eyes of the Beholder

title: The Fifteen Minute Hamlet

title: The Super

title: The Rookie

title: Very Mean Men

title: Sunset Heat

title: The Amityville Murders

title: Streets

title: Dream Lover

title: Wired

title: Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Heatwave

title: A Crooked Somebody

title: Monster

title: 8-Ball

title: The Banker

title: Feast of the Seven Fishes

title: The Irishman

title: Adventure Force 5

title: Blood and Money

title: My Brothers' Crossing

title: Cool World

title: The 6th Man

title: Pass the Ammo

title: Extreme Justice

title: Grudge Match

title: State of Emergency

title: Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife

title: Metro

title: Houseguest

title: Bushwhacked

title: Video Girl

title: Black Marigolds

title: Web of Deception

title: The Carrier

title: Clear Lake, WI

title: On the Doll

title: Last Looks

title: Venus & Vegas

title: The Invisible Man

title: His Lover

title: Killing Castro

title: The Chosen: Crucifixion

title: 3 Days Rising

title: The Twelve Dates of Christmas

title: Choosing Matthias

title: Player 5150

title: Should've Been Romeo

title: Should've Been Romeo

title: Should've Been Romeo


Candice King

biography:
Candice Rene King (née Accola, born May 13, 1987) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Caroline Forbes in The CW supernatural drama series The Vampire Diaries and her recurring role as the same character on the spin-off series The Originals and Legacies.

In December 2006, King released her debut album, It's Always the Innocent Ones, independently in the United States. King toured as a backing singer for Miley Cyrus's Best of Both Worlds Tour. She appeared as herself in the 2008 3D concert film Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert.

Accola had guest appearances in a number of television series such as How I Met Your Mother, Supernatural, Drop Dead Diva, and The Oriville.

How I Met Your Mother

overview: A father recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he and his four best friends took leading up to him meeting their mother.

character: Amy

original_name: How I Met Your Mother

original_language: en

The Vampire Diaries

overview: The story of two vampire brothers obsessed with the same girl, who bears a striking resemblance to the beautiful but ruthless vampire they knew and loved in 1864.

character: Caroline Forbes

original_name: The Vampire Diaries

Greek

overview: Casey Cartwright is poised to become the most powerful girl in the Greek system. Rusty, her little brother, is new on campus and he's the geek. But he sees Cyprus-Rhodes University as an opportunity to create a whole new identity.

character: Alice

original_name: Greek

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

overview:
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson is an American late-night talk show hosted by Scottish American comedian Craig Ferguson, who is the third regular host of the Late Late Show franchise. It follows Late Show with David Letterman in the CBS late-night lineup, airing weekdays in the US at 12:37 a.m. It is taped in front of a live studio audience from Monday to Friday at CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California, directly above the Bob Barker Studio. It is produced by David Letterman's production company Worldwide Pants Incorporated and CBS Television Studios.

Since becoming host on January 3, 2005, after Craig Kilborn and Tom Snyder, Ferguson has achieved the highest ratings since the show's inception in 1995. While the majority of the episodes focus on comedy, Ferguson has also addressed difficult subject matter, such as the deaths of his parents, and undertaken serious interviews, such as one with Desmond Tutu, which earned the show a 2009 Peabody Award.

character: Self

original_name: The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

Dating Rules from My Future Self

overview: Dating is complicated. But what if you could get answers about your love life today from your older, wiser self 10 years in the future? There's an app for that, and Lucy Kenner's future self is using it to send her texts! With a little help from her future self, Lucy could be headed toward the future of her dreams. But will she follow the rules?

character: Chloe Cunningham

original_name: Dating Rules from My Future Self

Drop Dead Diva

overview: A shallow model suddenly dies in an accident only to find her soul resurfacing in the body of a brilliant, plus-sized attorney.

character: Jessica Orlando

original_name: Drop Dead Diva

Eli Roth's History of Horror

overview: An in-depth look at the history and pop cultural significance of horror films.

original_name: Eli Roth's History of Horror

Supernatural

overview: When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America ... and he taught them how to kill it. Now, the Winchester brothers crisscross the country in their '67 Chevy Impala, battling every kind of supernatural threat they encounter along the way.

character: Amanda Heckerling

original_name: Supernatural

The Originals

overview: The Vampire Diaries spin-off that follows the Mikaelsons, a family of millennia-old, power-hungry vampires who want to reclaim the city they built, New Orleans, and dominate all those who have wronged them.

original_name: The Originals

The Orville

overview: Follow the crew of the not-so-functional exploratory ship in the Earth's interstellar fleet, 400 years in the future.

character: Solana Kitan

original_name: The Orville

Legacies

overview: In a place where young witches, vampires, and werewolves are nurtured to be their best selves in spite of their worst impulses, Klaus Mikaelson’s daughter, 17-year-old Hope Mikaelson, Alaric Saltzman’s twins, Lizzie and Josie Saltzman, among others, come of age into heroes and villains at The Salvatore School for the Young and Gifted.

original_name: Legacies

We Were Liars

overview: One year after a mysterious accident left her with amnesia, 17-year-old Cadence returns to Beechwood, an island off Martha's Vineyard, seeking answers. As three generations of the distinguished Sinclair family gather at their private summer utopia, no one will talk about the accident – neither her childhood friends "The Liars" nor her first love Gat, forcing her to uncover the truth herself.

character: Bess Sinclair

original_name: We Were Liars

Punk'd

overview: What happens when the biggest stars in the world get too high on the Hollywood hog? When their bank accounts start swelling bigger than their heads? Master prankster Ashton Kutcher is there to punk 'em down to earth.

original_name: Punk'd

Whose Line Is It Anyway?

overview: Comedian Aisha Tyler hosts this improv comedy show where the actors on the show - Wayne Brady, Colin Mochrie, Ryan Stiles along with a special guest each episode -must put their comedic skills to the test through a series of spontaneous improv games, prompted only by random ideas supplied by the studio audience.

original_name: Whose Line Is It Anyway?

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facebook_id: CRAccolaOfficial

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English

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english_name: English

Français

biography: Candice King est une actrice et chanteuse américaine, particulièrement célèbre pour son rôle de Caroline Forbes dans Vampire Diaries.

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english_name: French

ελληνικά

Κάντις Κινγκ

biography: Η Candice King είναι Αμερικανίδα ηθοποιός και τραγουδίστρια, πιο γνωστή για το ρόλο της ως Caroline Forbes στο The Vampire Diaries.

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english_name: Greek

Deutsch

biography:
Candice King, geboren am 13. Mai 1987 in Houston, Texas, als Candice Rene Accola, ist eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin und Sängerin. Sie wuchs in Edgewood, Florida, auf und zog bereits als Teenager nach Los Angeles, um ihre Musikkarriere zu verfolgen. Ihr musikalisches Debüt gab sie 2006 mit dem Album It's Always the Innocent Ones, das besonders in Japan erfolgreich war.

Bekannt wurde sie vor allem durch ihre Rolle als Caroline Forbes in der erfolgreichen Serie The Vampire Diaries (2009–2017) sowie in den Spin-offs The Originals und Legacies. Neben Gastauftritten in Serien wie How I Met Your Mother, Greek und Supernatural spielte sie auch in Filmen wie Juno (2007) und After Truth (2020).

Privat war Candice King von 2014 bis 2022 mit dem Musiker Joe King verheiratet und hat zwei Töchter. Sie engagiert sich zudem für soziale Projekte, darunter die Unterstützung der LGBTQ-Community.

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日本語

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Español

Candice King

biography: Candice Rene Acoola (nacida Accola; Houston, 13 de mayo de 1987) y conocida como Candice King es una actriz y cantautora estadounidense conocida por su papel de Caroline Forbes en la serie de The CW, The Vampire Diaries.

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Deutsch

biography:
Candice King (* 13. Mai 1987 in Houston, Texas als Candice Rene Accola) ist eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin.

Candice Accola wuchs in Edgewood, südlich von Orlando auf. Ihr Vater Kevin ist ein Herz-Kreislauf- und Thorax-Chirurg und ihre Mutter Carolyn ist Hausfrau und aktives Mitglied der örtlichen republikanischen Partei. Sie hat einen jüngeren Bruder. Sie hatte ihr Filmdebüt im Jahr 2007 mit dem Film Pirate Camp. Bekannt wurde sie durch die Rolle der Caroline Forbes in der Serie Vampire Diaries. 2008 war Accola als Background-Sängerin für die Best-of-Both-Worlds-Tour von Miley Cyrus tätig. Am 26. Dezember 2006 hatte Candice auch ein eigenes Musikalbum It's Always the Innocent Ones veröffentlicht.

Candice Accola hatte bis Mitte 2012 eine Beziehung mit ihrem Vampire Diaries-Kollegen Zach Roerig. Via Twitter/Instagram gab sie am 29. Mai 2013 bekannt, dass sie mit dem The-Fray-Gitarristen Joe King verlobt ist. Am 18. Oktober 2014 heirateten King und Accola in New Orleans.[ Am 15. Januar 2016 kam ihre gemeinsame Tochter zur Welt.

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Pусский

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iso_3166_1: RU

english_name: Russian

普通话

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english_name: Mandarin

עִבְרִית

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普通话

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Türkçe

Candice King

biography:
Candice Rene King (evlilik öncesi soyadı Accola), 13 Mayıs 1987'de Houston, Teksas'ta dünyaya geldi ve Edgewood, Florida'da büyüdü. Eğlence sektörüne ilk adımını bir müzisyen olarak attı. Henüz lisedeyken yeteneği fark edildi ve bir demo kaseti hazırladıktan sonra 16 yaşında bir plak şirketiyle anlaşma imzaladı. 2006 yılında "It's Always the Innocent Ones" adını taşıyan ilk albümünü yayınladı. Albüm, özellikle Japonya'da büyük bir ticari başarı yakaladı. Müzik kariyerinin başlarında, Miley Cyrus'ın "Best of Both Worlds Tour"unda geri vokalist olarak sahne aldı.

Müzik kariyerine devam ederken oyunculuğa da yönelen King, "How I Met Your Mother", "Supernatural" ve "Greek" gibi popüler dizilerde konuk oyuncu olarak yer alarak deneyim kazandı.

Ancak Candice King'i dünya çapında şöhrete kavuşturan ve kariyerinin en belirleyici rolü, The CW'nin fenomen dizisi "The Vampire Diaries"te (2009–2017) canlandırdığı Caroline Forbes karakteri oldu. Başlangıçta yüzeysel ve güvensiz bir genç kız olarak tanıtılan Caroline, bir vampire dönüştükten sonra dizinin en sevilen karakterlerinden birine evrildi. King'in, karakterin bu derinlikli ve güçlü dönüşümünü başarıyla canlandırması, hem eleştirmenlerden hem de izleyicilerden büyük övgü topladı. Caroline Forbes karakteri o kadar sevildi ki, King bu rolle dizinin sona ermesinden sonra da "The Vampire Diaries" evreninde kalmaya devam etti ve karakterin mirasını "The Originals" ve "Legacies" dizilerinde konuk oyuncu olarak sürdürdü.

"The Vampire Diaries" sonrasında King, "After We Collided" (2020) gibi sinema filmlerinde rol aldı ve televizyon projelerinde yer almaya devam etti.

Oyunculuk dışında King, medya dünyasında da aktiftir. "The Vampire Diaries" dizisinden rol arkadaşı Kayla Ewell ile birlikte, otuzlu yaşlarda hayatın getirdiği zorlukları ve belirsizlikleri konu alan "Directionally Challenged" adlı bir podcast'i sunmaktadır. Bu platform aracılığıyla dinleyicileriyle daha kişisel bir düzeyde bağ kurmaktadır.

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فارسی

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english_name: Persian

Azərbaycan

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english_name: Azerbaijani

also_known_as:
Candice Accola
Candice Rene Accola
Candice Accola King

title: X's & O's

overview: Relationship issues arise between a researcher with a theory to explain away all his failed dating experiments, a player who wants out of the game, a deejay whose head spins with thoughts of God, a hoodrat with no street cred, a poet not-so-well-versed in the art of love, and a womanipulator of men.

character: Gwen's Friend

original_title: X's & O's

title: On the Doll

character: Melody

original_title: On the Doll

title: Juno

overview: Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, sixteen year old high-schooler, Juno MacGuff, makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child.

character: Amanda, Girl Lab Partner

original_title: Juno

title: Deadgirl

overview: When high school misfits Rickie and JT decide to ditch school and find themselves lost in the crumbling facility of a nearby abandoned hospital, they come face-to-face with a gruesome discovery: a body of a woman stripped naked, chained to a table and covered in plastic and soon realize she is anything but dead. Quickly the boys find themselves embarking on a twisted yet poignant journey testing the limits of their friendship, and forces both to decide just how far they're willing to stretch their understanding of right and wrong.

character: JoAnn

original_title: Deadgirl

title: Love Hurts

overview: After his wife leaves him, middle-aged Ben Bingham slips into a funk and refuses to change out of his pajamas. Justin, Ben's 17-year-old son, has the cure for what ails his depressed dad: he gives Ben a makeover and pushes him out into the singles scene. Soon Ben is the most popular guy in town, but when Justin falls in love for the first time, Ben must refocus his priorities and set about trying to win back his wife.

character: Sharon

title: Christmas in Tune

overview: Years after their personal and professional breakup, the singing duo of Georgia and Joe Winter agree to reunite after their daughter, Belle, asks them to participate in a Christmas Charity concert, only to find themselves getting back in tune on stage and off.

title: Pirate Camp

overview: Only the pure of heart will be able to find the key to breaking the curse that holds real pirates captive.

title: The Truth About Angels

overview: An ordinary guy escapes his turbulent home life when he is invited to an exclusive Hollywood party by his movie star friend, only to discover that there's more to the glamorous world than meets the eye.

title: Suitcase Killer: The Melanie McGuire Story

overview: Based on a shocking true story, Melanie McGuire was an exceptional fertility nurse, married to her ex-Navy husband Bill and doting mother of two boys. When she falls for Brad, a doctor at her clinic, and gets entangled in a steamy love affair, Melanie does the unthinkable. After drugging and murdering Bill, she dismembers him and places the body parts into three suitcases, throwing them into Chesapeake Bay. But when the suitcases are found on the shores of Virginia Beach, an investigation is launched leading to Melanie as the prime suspect. Led by the efforts of assistant attorney general Patti Prezioso, authorities eventually bring Melanie to justice, who despite being convicted, continues to maintain her innocence.

overview: In this concert film, 'Hannah Montana' star Miley Cyrus performs a slew of hit songs, including 'Just Like You' and 'Life's What You Make It.'

title: After We Collided

overview: Tessa finds herself struggling with her complicated relationship with Hardin; she faces a dilemma that could change their lives forever.

I Know What You Did Last Summer

overview: As the fifth season opens, Elena, after a passionate summer with Damon, heads to college nearby with Caroline as her roommate. Plus, a terrifying appearance by Silas.

No Exit

overview: Damon's behavior escalates from destructive to deadly. Stefan begins to regret their last conversation and tries to track Damon down and intervene. Dr. Wes enlists the Travelers to set a trap that will test Damon's friendship with Enzo; and a talk between Caroline and Stefan leads to a horrifying realization.

Home

overview: Damon's plan causes a huge explosion in Mystic Falls, and everyone is caught up in the confusion, leaving a trail of heroism, sacrifice, relief and despair.

title: X's & O's

title: On the Doll

title: Juno

title: Deadgirl

title: Love Hurts

title: Christmas in Tune

title: Pirate Camp

title: The Truth About Angels

title: After We Collided


Trond Fausa Aurvåg

biography: Trond Fausa Aurvåg (born 2 December 1972) is a Norwegian actor and film director. After graduating from the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre in 2001, he has acted at Oslo Nye Teater since 2001. Here he has acted in plays such as Amadeus, Manndomsprøven and Tatt av kvinnen. As a film actor he is best known for his leading roles in the films Andreaskorset (2004), Den brysomme mannen (2006) and Tatt av kvinnen (2007). He won two Amandas – the main Norwegian film award – in 2006, for best actor for his role in Den brysomme mannen, and for the short film Alene menn sammen, which he directed. Aurvåg cohabits with his girlfriend, actress Lena Kristin Ellingsen, in Oslo.

Taskmaster Norway

overview: The taskmaster has invited five of Norway's best comedians to solve a number of tasks.

original_name: Kongen befaler

original_language: no

Over Atlanteren

original_name: Over Atlanteren

Lilyhammer

overview: After Frank The Fixer Tagliano testifies against his Mafia boss in New York, he enters the Witness Protection Program and makes an unusual demand: he wants to be set up with a new life in the Norwegian small town of Lillehammer or as he calls it, Lilyhammer.

character: Torgeir Lien

original_name: Lilyhammer

Nissene i bingen

overview: Norwegian Christmas calendar where 24 santas compete to be the last man standing.

character: Steven Evensen

original_name: Nissene i bingen

Captain Fall

overview: A goofy, gullible sea captain is hired to helm a high-end cruise ship and becomes the perfect fall guy for an illicit smuggling operation.

character: Nico (voice)

original_name: Captain Fall

Norsemen

overview: Norsemen is an epic and humorous drama series set in the Viking Age. The residents of an 8th-century Viking village experience political rivalry, social change and innovations that upend their culture and way of life.

character: Rufus

original_name: Vikingane

Nissene på låven

overview: Santas in the barn is a Nordic Christmas calendar that aired on TVNorge in 2001, and is a spoof of reality TV.

original_name: Nissene på låven

Nissene over skog og hei

overview: Ten years after the smash hit "Santas in the barn", the Christmas gnomes are finally back. In "Santas on the way" the Christmas gnomes has left the barn, and embarks on a journey through our vast country. There will be a reunion with beloved characters, and we meet some newcomers.

original_name: Nissene over skog og hei

Christmas on Blood Mountain

overview: A family gathering doesn't go as planned, as one by one is being killed by a mysterious murderer.

character: Svein Soot

original_name: Jul i Blodfjell

ZombieLars

overview: In the fictitious town of Bekkebakken, conformity is a virtue and all things otherwordly are frowned upon. Twelve year old Lars, half zombie, and his just as special friends with certain supernatural characteristics, have a series of strange adventures suppressing their true natures in order to fit in.

character: Morten - Bikkjemenneske

original_name: ZombieLars

Neste sommer

overview: Norwegians' quest for the perfect holiday in the summer house, the constant experience that the dream never becomes a reality and the belief that it certainly will be better next summer.

character: Per Ivar

original_name: Neste sommer

Klovn til kaffen

original_name: Klovn til kaffen

MILF of Norway

overview: The spark in Lene’s marriage is long gone and when she suddenly loses her job at a prestigious advertisement agency, she feels lost and humiliated, wondering what to do next. One drunken night, she posts a scantily clad picture of herself wearing a traditional folk costume – mostly as a joke – on the website InsideFans. Lene soon realizes there is a niche audience out there who are thirsty for more and willing to pay for it.

character: Lars

original_name: MILF of Norway

Lesekunst

original_name: Lesekunst

original_language: nb

Evig singel

character: Kennet

original_name: Evig singel

Stardust

overview:
A magic stone turns 9-year-old star child Elly into the guiding North Star. But she hates that she can never leave her home because of it – and

she runs away. On Earth, 10-year-old Jo has to move because his parents split up – and he doesn’t feel at home anymore. When Jo and Elly

meet, they both feel out of place. But they help each other learn that not everything is about them, and just in time for Christmas they save

the world together! Everyone can become a guiding star; because, in the end, aren’t we all made of stardust?

character: Varg

original_name: Stjernestøv

Torsdag kveld fra Nydalen

original_name: Torsdag kveld fra Nydalen

Tonight Med Timothy Dahle

character: Tommy

original_name: Tonight Med Timothy Dahle

Alle mot alle julespesial

original_name: Alle mot alle julespesial

Åse tonight

overview: Åse is 34 years old and lives with her dad. She works in a shop that sells and makes cards for lives special occasions. She is in love with her boss, and her colleague is secretly in love with here. She is overly ordinary and daydreams into her own world where she hosts her own imaginary talkshow.

character: Trygve

original_name: Åse tonight

In the Name of Love

overview: Set in conservative Norway from the 1970s through the 1990s,  chart the rise and fall of a family empire built on adult entertainment - through the VHS boom, censorship crackdowns, and shifting cultural norms.

character: Terje

original_name: I kjærlighetens navn

Steal

overview: A typical day at Lochmill Capital is upended when armed thieves burst in and force Zara and her best friend Luke to execute their demands. In the aftermath, conflicted detective Rhys races against time to find out who stole £4 billion pounds of people's pensions and why.

character: Noah Johansen

original_name: Steal

The Agency

overview: Covert CIA agent Martian is ordered to abandon his undercover life and return to London Station. When the love he left behind unexpectedly reappears, their romance reignites, pitting his career, his real identity and his mission against his heart while hurling them both into a deadly game of international intrigue and espionage.

character: Mikkel De Bruyne

original_name: The Agency

Himmelblå

job: Director

overview: Himmelblå is a Norwegian drama series which aired on NRK1 in Norway, on SVT in Sweden and on RÚV in Iceland. It is based on the British TV drama Two Thousand Acres of Sky written by Timothy Prager and produced by Adrian Bate.

department: Directing

original_name: Himmelblå

instagram_id: trondfausa

Bokmål

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iso_3166_1: NO

english_name: Norwegian Bokmål

Norsk

Trond Fausa Aurvåg

biography: Trond Fausa Aurvåg  er en norsk skuespiller utdannet ved Statens teaterhøgskole. Han er best kjent gjennom TV-serien Neste sommer på TVNorge.

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english_name: Norwegian

also_known_as:
Trond Fausa Aurvaag
Trond Fausa
Trond Fausta Aurvag
Trond Aurvåg

title: Gone with the Woman

overview: A woman moves into a young man's home and starts to run his life -- a process that makes him fall hopelessly in love with her.

character: Him

original_title: Tatt av kvinnen

title: The Bothersome Man

overview: Forty-year-old Andreas arrives in a strange city with no memory of how he got there. He is presented with a job, an apartment - even a wife. But before long, Andreas notices that something is wrong. Andreas makes an attempt to escape the city, but he discovers there's no way out. Andreas meets Hugo, who has found a crack in a wall in his cellar. Beautiful music streams out from the crack. Maybe it leads to "the other side"? A new plan for escape is hatched.

character: Andreas

original_title: Den brysomme mannen

title: Eksperiment

overview: Two former student buddies meet over a beer, something that puts the life of one of them in a new light.

character: Anders

original_title: Eksperiment

title: The Crossing

overview: Andreas has everything a man can wish for – a wonderful wife, a big house in the country, and a great job. But a sudden car accident puts him in a wheelchair, leaving him paralysed below the waste and impotent. Will his marriage work?

original_title: Andreaskorset

title: Curling King

overview: Once a great curling star, Truls Paulsen is diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder and banned from competition. But when he learns that his old friend and coach Gordon is on his deathbed, Truls, heavily-medicated decides to compete again, in the hopes of winning money for Gordon to have an operation in the US. Truls stops taking the meds and tries to convince his old team mates that he is mentally stable enough to lead them to victory in the Norwegian Curling Championship. But, is it a good sign that he obsessively insists his teammates pull their zippers all the way up before they can play?

title: Home for Christmas

overview: Adapted from a series of short stories by Norwegian author Levi Henriksen, Bent Hamer's "Home for Christmas" weaves together the lives of people struggling to find their way home on a Christmas Eve, beneath the colors of the Northern Lights. The plot unfolds during a few afternoon hours on Christmas Eve. The individual stories, which at times intertwine, are set in the small town Skogli. The characters in the stories cover a great range in age and life situations, representing both reconciliation with their own lives and strong frustration. Some show the will to understand and do something about their lives, while others have given up. Deeply tragic and melancholy aspects are mixed with humour and rather frivolous solutions.

title: I Am Yours

overview: An unhappy single mother in Norway's Pakistani expatriate community begins to ignore her young son in favor of placating a Swedish filmmaker she thinks could change her life for the better.

title: Escalator

overview: Christopher Nielsen, the director behind "Free Jimmy" returns to the big screen together with Qvisten Animation. Escalator is an animated short film about three people who are struggling upward on an escalator that is going down. Why? Is the goal to fight their way to the top, or is to relax and just go with the flow of the stairs to the bottom?

title: Oppenheimer

overview: The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.

title: The Brothers Gruff Go to Splash World

overview: When The Billy Goats Gruff go on a chaotic adventure to Splash World instead of the dull meadow, the irate troll under the bridge has other ideas and sets out to capture the brothers at any cost.

title: Loose Ends

overview: Two friends are discussing Star Wars episode 1, and get angry at each other. Questions about the movie soon becomes questions about their friendship.

title: Twigson in Trouble

overview: Little Brother has moved with his family, and a stick son has seen the day of light, but there is no new friends.

title: Shut the Door

overview: A young man lives in a flat with his mother. One day she falls ill suddenly only to pass away the following day. The young man is left alone in the flat. However a door that can't be shut properly means he must cope with unwanted intrusions.

title: Forlat oss vår skyld

overview: Three young Italian Black Metal fans traveling in Norway end up on a twisted Christian youth camp.

title: Friendly People

overview: A tired young man sits on the train for a long journey from Oslo to Lillehammer. His fellow passengers are very friendly and will gladly help him to sleep. The young man however wants as little attention as possible.

title: Junk Mail

overview: Dimwitted, somewhat misanthropic Oslo mail carrier Roy's quiet life changes dramatically on the day he steals a set of keys and lets himself into the apartment of a deaf woman who seems to be in trouble with a psychotic criminal. Though he doesn't know it at the time, his and her fate are about to intertwine and this is not going to be to his benefit.

title: Evig Singel

overview: We follow six involuntarily lonely souls in their ups, downs, and roadblocks in the search for a life partner. Tragicomic mockmentary about not finding love.

title: Greenland 2: Migration

overview: Having found the safety of the Greenland bunker after the comet Clarke decimated the Earth, the Garrity family must now risk everything to embark on a perilous journey across the wasteland of Europe to find a new home.

title: Glass Dolls

overview: A mother reports her student daughter Lisa missing, but detective Aslak Eira is getting too little information, and she is found in a lake. The more they investigate, the less they seem to understand. Then Lisa's best friend goes missing too.

title: Bloody Angels

overview: A few months after a girl with developmental disabilities is murdered in the remote village Høtten, the two young men who most townsfolk think killed her go missing. A police detective is sent to investigate and finds this very challenging.

title: Captain Sabertooth and the Magical Diamond

overview: Captain Sabertooth and his crew are up against a sunburnt vampire, a manipulating queen, a violent monkey army and two young pirates while on the hunt for the magical diamond.

original_title: Kaptein Sabeltann og den Magiske Diamant

title: Benjamin Falck & the Ghost Dagger

overview: A failed treasure hunter tricks his girlfriend into going on a vacation to Mallorca, hoping to both fix the relationship and find the legendary Ghost Dagger, with deadly consequences.

title: The Middle Man

overview: Frank Farrelli takes on the job as a middle man in the God-forsaken town of Karmack, USA, a community in a depression so deep that they need a middle man to professionally communicate more of the bad news.

title: Curling King

title: The Wrong Track

overview: When chaotic single mother Emilie hits a new low, she looks to her brother for help. He has a brilliant plan: to enter a cross-country ski marathon.

title: Better Off

overview: A thought-provoking meeting between two men, a hen and the local train from Jessheim. A classic, humorous short film with a short and concise point. And the title is not randomly chosen to put it that way.

title: Howl

overview: In 1993 an elderly Canadian couple were killed when their car veered off a road in a blizzard. The tragedy was only discovered when the spring snows melted, revealing the wreckage. When they went to the store on their fateful journey, they had left their faithful dog locked up at their summer home, deep in the woods.

title: Oppdraget

overview: Described as an absurd fable set in the future, about robots, unemployment and humanity's place in a world that no longer needs us.

title: Trofast

overview: Petter won't let go of his Frida, even though she weds another man. Gradually he acquires more and more features of a faithful dog.

title: Alene menn sammen

overview: Thomas breaks down after his girlfriend leaves him, and starts going to therapy groups.

title: Gone with the Woman

title: The Bothersome Man

title: Eksperiment

title: The Crossing

title: Curling King

title: Home for Christmas

title: I Am Yours

title: Escalator

title: Oppenheimer

title: The Brothers Gruff Go to Splash World

title: Loose Ends

title: Twigson in Trouble

title: Shut the Door

title: Forlat oss vår skyld

title: Friendly People

title: Junk Mail

title: Evig Singel

title: Greenland 2: Migration

title: Glass Dolls

title: Bloody Angels

title: Benjamin Falck & the Ghost Dagger

title: The Middle Man

title: Curling King

title: The Wrong Track

title: Better Off

title: Howl

title: Oppdraget

title: Trofast

title: Alene menn sammen