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Paul Guilfoyle
Actor 77 years old

Paul Guilfoyle

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Paul Guilfoyle is an American stage and screen actor, best known for playing Captain Jim Brass on the television series "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation". He graduated from Yale University in 1977 with a major in economics and studied at the Actor's Studio in New York City. He... Read full bio →

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Don't Look Up

Don't Look Up

Adam McKay 2021 2h 18m 7.3

Two low-level astronomers must go on a giant media tour to warn humankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet Earth.

Spotlight

Spotlight

Tom McCarthy 2015 2h 9m 8.0

The true story of how The Boston Globe uncovered the massive scandal of child molestation and cover-up within the local Catholic Archdiocese, shaking the entire Catholic Church to its core.

That Guy... Who Was in That Thing

That Guy... Who Was in That Thing

Ian Roumain, Michael Schwartz 2012 1h 19m 6.0

Follows sixteen actors who detail their ups and downs as they struggle to forge careers in Hollywood.

American Violet

American Violet

Tim Disney 2008 1h 43m 6.0

A single mother struggles to clear her name after being wrongly accused and arrested for dealing drugs in an impoverished Texas town.

Coyote Waits

Coyote Waits

Jan Egleson 2003 1h 47m

A Navajo shaman is the prime suspect in a murder case in this drama from PBS. But as Officer Jim Chee investigates the case he discovers some unusual events that perplex the veteran lawman, leading to an intriguing climax.

Live from Baghdad

Live from Baghdad

Mick Jackson 2002 1h 48m

A group of CNN reporters venture to the Iraqi capital to cover the Gulf War.

Session 9

Session 9

Brad Anderson 2001 1h 40m 6.5

Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.

Company Man

Company Man

Peter Askin, Douglas McGrath 2000 1h 26m 5.0

Set in the 1960's, a school teacher pretends to be a CIA spy to get his nagging wife off his back. He helps a Russian ballet dancer defect and is then sent to Cuba to locate "Agent X" for the CIA.

Random Hearts

Random Hearts

Sydney Pollack 1999 2h 13m 4.5
In Dreams

In Dreams

Neil Jordan 1999 1h 40m 5.5

Claire Cooper dreams strange things from time to time. One night, she dreams about a little girl being taken away by a stranger...

Entropy

Entropy

Phil Joanou 1999 1h 44m 5.0

Entropy is the semi-autobiographical film by director which tells the story of a young director struggling to make a film for a despotic studio while his life falls apart around him. Along the way, he goes on tour with U2 to help them make a music video, gets married in Vegas, and has a conversation with his cat.

Anywhere But Here

Anywhere But Here

Wayne Wang 1999 1h 54m 6.0

A mother and daughter search for success in Beverly Hills.

The Negotiator

The Negotiator

F. Gary Gray 1998 2h 20m 7.0

A police negotiator confronts a framed counterpart.

Primary Colors

Primary Colors

Mike Nichols 1998 2h 23m 6.6

A man joins the political campaign of a smooth-operator candidate for president of the USA

L.A. Confidential

L.A. Confidential

Curtis Hanson 1997 2h 18m 8.3

Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner in this lush tribute to tough film noir crime films. Based on the multi-layered James Ellroy novel.

Amistad

Amistad

Steven Spielberg 1997 2h 35m 6.9

Amistad is about a 1839 mutiny on board a slave ship that is traveling towards the Northeast Coast of America. Much of the story involves a court-room drama about the slave who led the revolt.

Air Force One

Air Force One

Wolfgang Petersen 1997 2h 4m 5.8

Hijackers seize the plane carrying the President of the United States and his family, but he (an ex-soldier) works from hiding to defeat them.

Un divan à New York

Un divan à New York

Chantal Akerman 1996 1h 44m 3.0

A burnt-out New York psychoanalyst exchanges apartments with a Parisian woman. When his patients arrive, they talk to her and then pay. He returns early and becomes a patient as well.

Striptease

Striptease

Andrew Bergman 1996 1h 55m 5.1

A stripper becomes involved in both a child custody dispute and corrupt politics in South Florida. Based on the book Strip Tease by Carl Hiaasen.

Ransom

Ransom

Ron Howard 1996 2h 1m 6.3

When a rich man's son is kidnapped, he cooperates with the police at first but then tries a unique tactic against the criminals.

Night Falls on Manhattan

Night Falls on Manhattan

Sidney Lumet 1996 1h 53m 6.3

A newly elected District attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation that may involve his father and his partner.

Manny & Lo

Manny & Lo

Lisa Krueger 1996 1h 28m 5.5

A pregnant teen and her younger sister run away from foster homes and kidnap a woman whom they believe can help with the pregnancy.

Heaven's Prisoners

Heaven's Prisoners

Phil Joanou 1996 2h 12m 6.0

A hardened New Orleans cop, Dave Robicheaux, finally tosses in the badge and settles into life on the bayou with his wife. But a bizarre plane crash draws him back into the fray when his family is viciously threatened.

Extreme Measures

Extreme Measures

Michael Apted 1996 1h 58m 5.5

A young doctor confronts a famous colleague when he learns about the true methods of his work.

Celtic Pride

Celtic Pride

Tom DeCerchio 1996 1h 31m 6.0

Two over-loyal Celtic fans kidnap their opponent's star player in order to guarantee their team the championship.

Quiz Show

Quiz Show

Robert Redford 1994 2h 13m 7.1

Quiz Show is a 1994 American historical drama film which tells the true story of the Twenty One quiz show scandal of the 1950s.

Little Odessa

Little Odessa

James Gray 1994 1h 38m 7.5

The film follows the personal relationship between a father (Schell) and his two sons (Roth and Furlong), one of whom is a hit-man for the Russian mafia in Brooklyn.

Naked in New York

Naked in New York

Daniel Algrant 1993 1h 35m 5.0

Jake meets Joanne in college. He's into theater, writing plays. She's into photography. They move in together etc. She meets Elliot, owner of a big gallery, works for him and things change.

Mrs. Doubtfire

Mrs. Doubtfire

Chris Columbus 1993 2h 5m 6.9

Mrs. Doubtfire is a comedy about a man who wants to be close to his kids yet is legally only allowed to see them once and a while after a divorce with his wife. He eventually comes up with the idea of dressing up as an old woman and working for his ex-wife as her maid. A comedy starring Robbin Williams as Mrs. Doubtfire.

Hoffa

Hoffa

Danny DeVito 1992 2h 20m 6.6

Jack Nicholson's portrait of Union leader James R. Hoffa, as seen through the eyes of his friend, Bobby Ciaro (Danny DeVito). The film follows Hoffa through his countless battles with the RTA and President Roosevelt all the way to a conclusion that negates the theory that he disappeared in 1975

Final Analysis

Final Analysis

Phil Joanou 1992 2h 4m 5.8

A psychiatrist becomes romantically involved with the sister of one of his patients, but the influence of her controlling gangster husband threatens to destroy them both.

True Colors

True Colors

Herbert Ross 1991 1h 51m

Best friends from law school to election night, their friendship is sorely tested when one learns of another's betrayal.

Cadillac Man

Cadillac Man

Roger Donaldson 1990 1h 37m 5.3

Joe's a car salesman with a problem. He has two days to sell 12 cars or he loses his job. This would be a difficult task at the best of times but Joe has to contend with his girlfriends (he's two timing), a missing teenage daughter and an ex-wife. What more could go wrong ?.. a lot, enter a crazy jealous husband with a machine gun...

The Serpent and the Rainbow

The Serpent and the Rainbow

Wes Craven 1988 1h 38m 6.7

A Harvard anthropologist is sent to Haiti to retrieve a strange powder that is said to have the power to bring human beings back from the dead. In his quest to find the miracle drug, the cynical scientist enters the rarely seen netherworld of walking zombies, blood rites and ancient curses.

Wall Street

Wall Street

Oliver Stone 1987 2h 6m 7.3

A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider whom takes the youth under his wing.

Beverly Hills Cop II

Beverly Hills Cop II

Tony Scott 1987 1h 43m 6.1

The second Beverly Hills Cop film starring Eddie Murphy back as the police officer Axel Foley. Once again the Detroit cop is sent to Beverly Hills; this time Axel along with Friends John Taggart and Billy Rosewood try to track down the man behind the “Alphabet Robberies.”

3 Men and a Baby

3 Men and a Baby

Leonard Nimoy 1987 1h 42m 5.4

Three bachelors find themselves forced to take care of a baby left by one of the guy's girlfriends.

Howard the Duck

Howard the Duck

Willard Huyck 1986 1h 50m 6.3

A scientific experiment unknowingly brings extraterrestrial life forms to the Earth through a laser beam. First is the cigar smoking drake Howard from the duck's planet. A few kids try to keep him from the greedy scientists and help him back to his planet. But then a much less friendly being arrives through the beam...

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