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Charles Hallahan is a Actor American born on 29 july 1943 at Philadelphia (USA)

Charles Hallahan

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Birth name Charles John Hallahan
Nationality USA
Birth 29 july 1943 at Philadelphia (USA)
Death 25 november 1997 (at 54 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Charles John Hallahan (July 29, 1943 – November 25, 1997) was an American film, television and stage actor best known for his performances in Going in Style, The Thing, and Dante's Peak.

Biography

Diplômé de Rutgers University, Charles Hallahan entre à Temple University afin d'obtenir une Maîtrise en Beaux-arts. Au cours de sa carrière d'acteur, il incarne souvent des officiers de police, notamment dans la série télévisée Rick Hunter. Il joue Paul Dreyfus dans le film Le Pic de Dante.

L'un de ses rôles les plus célèbres est celui du géologue Norris dans le film de John Carpenter The Thing.

En 1997, Charles Hallahan meurt d'une crise cardiaque à Los Angeles en Californie. Il est enterré dans le port de Cobh, dans le sud de l'Irlande.

Best films

Dante's Peak (1997)
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Filmography of Charles Hallahan (35 films)

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Actor

Ambushed
Ambushed (1998)
, 1h49
Directed by Ernest R. Dickerson
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Films about racism
Actors Courtney B. Vance, Jer Adrianne Lelliott, Virginia Madsen, William Forsythe, David Keith, Robert Patrick
Roles Sheriff Carter
Rating58% 2.9473452.9473452.9473452.9473452.947345
Un policier noir lutte contre le racisme d'une ville du sud des États-Unis tout en enquêtant sur le meurtre de l'un des dirigeants du Ku Klux Klan Jerry Robinson, un officier de police noir, vient d'être muté dans une petite ville du sud des États-Unis. Sur place, il doit faire face au racisme ambiant. On lui fait clairement comprendre qu'il n'est pas du tout le bienvenu en raison de la couleur de sa peau. Un jour, l'un des dirigeants du Ku Klux Klan local est assassiné. Le supérieur hiérarchique de Jerry décide de lui confier l'affaire afin de le mettre à l'épreuve. Il lui adjoint l'aide d'Organski, un autre policier, pour éviter tout problème avec la population. Jerry parvient à retrouver un témoin oculaire de l'affaire : le propre fils de la victime. Mais des pressions se font sentir .
Dante's Peak, 1h49
Directed by Roger Donaldson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes La fin du monde, Volcanisme, Films about volcanoes, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Pierce Brosnan, Linda Hamilton, Charles Hallahan, Elizabeth Hoffman, Jamie Renée Smith, Jeremy Foley
Roles Paul Dreyfus
Rating60% 3.001693.001693.001693.001693.00169
Dr. Harry Dalton (Pierce Brosnan), a volcanologist of the United States Geological Survey, and his partner Marianne (Walker Brandt), are studying volcanic activity in Colombia when the volcano erupts. Marianne is killed by a piece of falling debris, leaving Harry remorseful about her death, believing it could have been prevented by evacuating sooner.
The Pest
The Pest (1997)
, 1h25
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action
Actors John Leguizamo, Jeffrey Jones, Edoardo Ballerini, Freddy Rodríguez, Tammy Townsend, Aries Spears
Roles Angus
Rating48% 2.4001752.4001752.4001752.4001752.400175
Pestario 'Pest' Vargas, petit artiste de Miami, est pourchassé par une foule d'écossais et un chasseur allemand, les uns pour remporter la prime de 50 000 dollars mis sur sa tête, le second pour, justement, sa tête...
The Fan
The Fan (1996)
, 1h51
Directed by Tony Scott
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Sports films, Baseball films
Actors Robert De Niro, Wesley Snipes, Benicio del Toro, John Leguizamo, Patti D'Arbanville, Ellen Barkin
Roles Coop
Rating59% 2.9507452.9507452.9507452.9507452.950745
Gil "Curly" Renard (Robert De Niro), a knife salesman, is a mentally unstable temperamental divorcé who has been neglecting both his young son and his job, which he is on the verge of losing due to poor sales. Gil has a fervent loyalty to his favorite sport, baseball, and his favorite team, the San Francisco Giants. Gil is obsessed with the Giants' newest player, Bobby Rayburn (Wesley Snipes), who has recently been acquired from the Atlanta Braves. He risks his job by attending the opening game of the season while he should be meeting a client. In an attempt to bond with his son, Gil takes him to the game, but leaves him there to attend his sales meeting.
Space Jam
Space Jam (1996)
, 1h29
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation, Comic science fiction
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Time travel films, Comedy science fiction films, Basketball films, Films about cats, Mise en scène d'un lapin ou d'un lièvre, Films about birds, Mise en scène d'un canard, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Michael Jordan, Wayne Knight, Theresa Randle, Danny DeVito, Penny Bae Bridges, Brandon Hammond
Roles Baron's Owner (uncredited)
Rating65% 3.2543553.2543553.2543553.2543553.254355
In 1993, professional basketball player Michael Jordan announces his retirement from the sport to follow his late father’s career as a baseball player. However, it becomes evident that he is not as skilled in baseball as he was in basketball. Jordan is assigned a publicist, the bumbling Stan Podolak, to make his new career less bumpy. Elsewhere, in outer space, an intergalactic amusement park called Moron Mountain faces dwindling popularity, so its owner, Mr. Swackhammer, sends his diminutive minions, the Nerdlucks, to capture the Looney Tunes as new entertainment. The Looney Tunes live in an animated world hidden in the centre of the Earth, but are unable to listen to the Nerdlucks’ threats and challenge them to a game of basketball to try to win back their freedom.
Executive Decision, 2h13
Directed by Stuart Baird
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents, United States Armed Forces in films, Films about hijackings
Actors Kurt Russell, Steven Seagal, Halle Berry, John Leguizamo, Oliver Platt, Joe Morton
Roles General Sarlow
Rating64% 3.2485053.2485053.2485053.2485053.248505
Lieutenant Colonel Austin Travis leads an unsuccessful raid on a Chechen mafia safe house in Italy by a U.S. Army Special Forces team to recover a stolen Soviet nerve agent, DZ-5. One of his men is killed during the raid.
The Rich Man's Wife, 1h35
Directed by Amy Holden Jones
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Halle Berry, Peter Greene, Clive Owen, Christopher McDonald, Frankie Faison, Charles Hallahan
Roles Detective Dan Fredricks
Rating53% 2.6526152.6526152.6526152.6526152.652615
Josie Potenza is the trophy wife of workaholic Hollywood producer Tony Potenza, but their marriage is crumbling due to his increased drinking resulting from stress at work. She convinces him to join her for a romantic getaway at a secluded lakeside cabin, but when it becomes obvious his concerns about the studio are going to take precedence over relaxation, she grudgingly tells him to return home but decides to stay on her own for a few days.
Roswell
Roswell (1994)
, 1h31
Directed by Jeremy Kagan
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Actors Kyle MacLachlan, Martin Sheen, Dwight Yoakam, Xander Berkeley, Bob Gunton, Kim Greist
Roles Pilot MacIntire (Older)
Rating62% 3.1472253.1472253.1472253.1472253.147225
Un officier à la retraite, le major Jesse Marcel, se rend à la réunion des anciens de son escadrille de bombardiers (le 509th Bomber Group) basée à Roswell. Se sachant condamné par la maladie, il veut tenter de faire la lumière sur ce qui s'est réellement passé 30 ans plus tôt. Cette année-là, en 1947, un fermier des environs avait fait une étrange trouvaille dans un champ. Jesse, alerté par le shérif, s'était rendu sur place et avait découvert d’étranges débris présentant un aspect et des propriétés extraordinaires. Notre officier, chargé des relations publiques, lance un
Jack Reed: A Search for Justice
Directed by Brian Dennehy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Brian Dennehy, Charles Dutton, Susan Ruttan, Charles Hallahan, Joe Grifasi, Miguel Ferrer
Roles Galvin
Rating60% 3.04423.04423.04423.04423.0442
Le sergent Reed se voit refuser une promotion par son chef. Il s'occupe néanmoins d'une sordide affaire d'assassinat : une stripteaseuse, Loreleï est retrouvée morte, enceinte ; l'enquête mène jusqu'à un homme d'affaires et père de famille respectable qui n'aurait pas accepté la paternité de l'enfant qu'elle portait, ou les complications professionnelles à assumer... Reed va se battre pour la justice, malgré le climat de corruption ambiant, et son partenaire peu expérimenté.
Dave
Dave (1993)
, 1h50
Directed by Ivan Reitman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Political films, White House in fiction
Actors Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Frank Langella, Ving Rhames, Kevin Dunn, Ben Kingsley
Roles Policeman
Rating68% 3.4486453.4486453.4486453.4486453.448645
Dave Kovic (Kline) runs a temporary employment agency in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., and has a side job impersonating President Bill Mitchell (Kline). He is requested by Secret Service agent Duane Stevensen (Rhames) to make an appearance as the President at a hotel. Dave assumes it is a matter of security, but it is really to cover up Mitchell's extramarital affair with a White House staffer (Laura Linney).
Body of Evidence, 1h39
Directed by Uli Edel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, BDSM in films, Erotic thriller films
Actors Madonna, Willem Dafoe, Joe Mantegna, Julianne Moore, Anne Archer, Michael Forest
Roles Dr. McCurdy
Rating45% 2.2549252.2549252.2549252.2549252.254925
An older man, Andrew Marsh, views a homemade pornographic tape. It is later revealed the man died from complications stemming from erotic asphyxiation. The main suspect is the woman who has sex with Marsh in the film, Rebecca Carlson, who after being charged with murder is represented by lawyer Frank Dulaney. The trial begins in Portland, Oregon, and it is not long before Carlson and Dulaney enter a sadomasochistic sexual relationship behind the back of Dulaney's unsuspecting wife.
Warlock: The Armageddon, 1h38
Directed by Anthony Hickox
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Horror
Actors Julian Sands, Chris Young, Paula Marshall, Joanna Pacuła, Steve Kahan, R.G. Armstrong
Roles Ethan Larson
Rating53% 2.6996752.6996752.6996752.6996752.699675
In the distant past, Druids have stopped the rise of Satan's son using six magical rune stones that create light to vanquish the darkness. While the Druids perform a ritual upon a woman Satan has selected, they are attacked by Christians who feel their work is Satanic. Most of the Druids die and the rune stones are scattered.
Cast a Deadly Spell, 1h36
Directed by Martin Campbell
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Horror comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about religion, Films based on works by H. P. Lovecraft, Giant monster films, Comedy horror films, Disaster films
Actors Fred Ward, Julianne Moore, Clancy Brown, David Warner, Charles Hallahan, Lee Tergesen
Roles Det. Morris Bradbury
Rating63% 3.196183.196183.196183.196183.19618
Ward stars as 1948 hardboiled private detective H. Philip Lovecraft, in a fictional universe where magic is real, monsters and mythical beasts stalk the back alleys, zombies are used as cheap labor, and everyone—except Lovecraft—uses magic every day. Yet, cars, telephones and other modern technology also exist in this world.