How does IMDB decide how to distinguish one actor/director search result from another? [more inside]
posted by specialagentwebb on Oct 3, 2009 - 8 answers

I've fallen in love with a certain older British character actor and want to write his biography...where do I begin? [more inside]
posted by frosty_hut on Sep 4, 2009 - 5 answers

Who is the guy who does the narration for the PBS Frontline series? I have always thought he has the most interesting and uniquely credible voice in the world. I know he is doing the Dos Equis commercials now, but has he done anything else? Any other presenters with voices I might like? [more inside]
posted by zaebiz on Jul 22, 2009 - 10 answers

Scene Suggestions Filter: Please suggest scenes from modern movies or plays, for two female characters, where one or both have an "impediment"- cognitive handicap, physical disability, or intoxication. More specifics included. [more inside]
posted by pseudostrabismus on May 4, 2009 - 12 answers

What are the next steps for a Theater major going into her Senior year of College? [more inside]
posted by thankyoumuchly on Apr 30, 2009 - 18 answers

On the February 11th episode of FX's show "Damages", I saw an actor in a small part, who I know from another show, but I'll be damned if I can remember him, and I missed the credits! [more inside]
posted by newfers on Feb 13, 2009 - 11 answers

Down's syndrom : do they know what money is ? [more inside]
posted by Baud on Jan 17, 2009 - 18 answers

I'll be performing in next year's Vagina Monologues. How can I be awesome? [more inside]
posted by divabat on Dec 6, 2008 - 17 answers

In the 1st season of Heroes, what kind of sunglasses is the character Nathan Petrelli (played by Adrian Pasdar) wearing? (He is the congressional candidate.) And where can I buy them
posted by Mr. Justice on Jul 19, 2008 - 2 answers

Can you help me become familiar with what and who is up-and-coming in martial arts movies? Am interested in recent movies that are less reliant on wires and CG, and in younger actors who didn't just learn martial arts to make a movie, but are truly gifted in the area. I don't mind subtitles! [more inside]
posted by FortyT-wo on May 7, 2008 - 10 answers

Spoiler inside for "Harold and Kumar escape from Guantanamo Bay". Who was that one actor? [more inside]
posted by amtho on Apr 27, 2008 - 12 answers

While flying from Montreal to Chicago, I saw a guy on my plane that I'm sure is an actor. I know in retrospect I should have just asked him who he was, but I didn't, so now I need some help. [more inside]
posted by royalchinook on Nov 24, 2007 - 30 answers

Do you know your French actors? Well then tell me, who is this man? [more inside]
posted by miss lynnster on Jul 31, 2007 - 18 answers

Can anyone recommend a voice-over actor or vocal coach in the DC/Northern VA area? I'm interested in locating someone for a brief interview/lesson that would be part of a podcast. Someone who would do it for the possibility of some free publicity and the certainty of a free lunch would be optimal, but not essential.
posted by itstheclamsname on Jul 16, 2007 - 2 answers

Do you know artists who moved to NYC illegally and now live there legally? [more inside]
posted by miles1972 on Apr 22, 2007 - 15 answers

Real music-making onscreen: Fiction movies in which actors, portraying musician characters, actually play the instruments and/or sing? [more inside]
posted by lorimer on Mar 13, 2007 - 63 answers

Who plays the Cingular guy in the Alltel food court commercial, and why have I seen him in so many commercials recently?
posted by Xazeru on Dec 15, 2006 - 4 answers

Are there any famous Iranian males who are well known among non-Iranians in the west (especially the USA)? Any kind of celebrity will do: actors, musicians, artists, authors, or other kinds of TV personalities like newscasters. [more inside]
posted by BuddhaInABucket on Nov 15, 2006 - 43 answers

Language/Dialect-filter: In search of "authentic" Southern (American) accents... [more inside]
posted by ibeji on Oct 11, 2006 - 48 answers

I am the MC for my good friends wedding tonight. I have the schedule and only a few announcements, but aside from that I will have a wireless mic and freedom. Ideas? [more inside]
posted by freudianslipper on Aug 27, 2006 - 7 answers

Anyone know who plays the main character in Keane's "Atlantic" video?
posted by shoos on Aug 2, 2006 - 2 answers

Who's this Z-grade Canadian actor? [more inside]
posted by solid-one-love on Jul 4, 2006 - 10 answers

How to produce and direct an collaborative, actor-created work? [more inside]
posted by Sticherbeast on Mar 15, 2006 - 6 answers

When did actresses start calling themselves actors? [more inside]
posted by Wild_Eep on Mar 5, 2006 - 37 answers

I really need to know this for work. Who is the actor in a certain television ad I have been seeing? Lots of vague details and foggy memories inside. [more inside]
posted by generic230 on Mar 2, 2006 - 17 answers

Kendall Hailey wrote a delightful book and was a talented stage actor in Pasadena a few years later. It surprises me immensely that she seems to have done no writing or acting since then (or at least none that I can find out about). Anybody know what she's been up to?
posted by bac on Apr 28, 2005 - 1 answer

Looking for the name of an actor who was typecast in many westers as a "crazy old coot". [more inside]
posted by bkdelong on Mar 3, 2005 - 25 answers

Help me, independent Film Lovers (especially you Brits)! I can't remember the title, the actors, or the plot.... [more inside]
posted by Secret Life of Gravy on Nov 4, 2004 - 6 answers

Need help with a RIDICULOUSLY TRIVIAL but frustrating OBSESSION concerning the movie Dr. Zhivago and Richard Burton, the actor. (m.i.) [more inside]
posted by marsha56 on Apr 14, 2004 - 15 answers

In Mystic River, there's a character who only appears in one scene- talking to Sean Penn about how life was when his wife died while Penn opens a case of beers. The actor is older, and has always seemed to play salty sea captains or the sort. I tried searching IMDB but can't figure out his name.
posted by drezdn on Feb 4, 2004 - 5 answers