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Chip Zien is a Actor American born on 20 march 1947 at Milwaukee

Chip Zien

Chip Zien
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Birth name Jerome Herbert Zien
Nationality USA
Birth 20 march 1947 (77 years) at Milwaukee

Jerome Herbert "Chip" Zien (born March 20, 1947) is an American actor. He is best known for playing the lead role of the Baker in the original Broadway production of Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim. He has appeared in all of the "Marvin Stories" musicals by William Finn: In Trousers, March of the Falsettos, Falsettoland and Falsettos. He played the role of Thénardier in the Broadway production of Les Misérables and Mark Rothenberg in the film United 93. He is also known for providing the voice of Howard in the film Howard the Duck.

Best films

Howard the Duck (1986)
(Actor)

Usually with

Alan Rudolph
Alan Rudolph
(2 films)
Edward Zwick
Edward Zwick
(1 films)
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Filmography of Chip Zien (13 films)

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Actor

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead, 1h35
Directed by Jordan Galland
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Vampires in film, Comedy horror films
Actors Jake Hoffman, Devon Aoki, John Ventimiglia, Kris Lemche, Ralph Macchio, Jeremy Sisto
Roles Dr. Marsh
Rating50% 2.5069852.5069852.5069852.5069852.506985
Julian Marsh (Jake Hoffman), an unemployed young lothario, is forced by his doctor dad (Chip Zien) to accept a job directing an off-Broadway play called Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead, which is described as a weird adaptation of Hamlet. The play has been written by a mysterious, pallid Romanian named Theo Horace (John Ventimiglia), a vampire who has just killed a young woman (Bijou Phillips). Unaware of the danger that surrounds Theo’s play, Julian casts his best friend Vince (Kris Lemche) as Hamlet and uses his new job to impress his ex-girlfriend, Anna (Devon Aoki), an aspiring actress. To Julian’s dismay, Anna has taken up with a shady businessman named Bobby Bianchi (Ralph Macchio), who has reputed ties to the Mafia. When Anna is cast as Ophelia, she slowly gets involved with Theo. The roles of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern in Theo’s play are filled by Carlo (Carlos Velazquez) and Mickey (Mike Landry), two narcissistic actors as foolish as the characters they are cast to play. Opening night draws near and people begin to die. Two bumbling New York City detectives (Jeremy Sisto and Lou Carbonneau) chase suspects as the movie builds to its climactic sequence.
United 93
United 93 (2006)
, 1h45
Directed by Paul Greengrass
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Disaster, Documentary, Action, Historical, Crime
Themes Films based on the September 11 attacks, La fin du monde, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents, Films about hijackings
Actors Khalid Abdalla, Christian Clemenson, Cheyenne Jackson, Sarmed al-Samarrai, David Alan Basche, David Rasche
Roles Mark Rothenberg
Rating75% 3.796933.796933.796933.796933.79693
On the morning of September 11, 2001, four al-Qaeda terrorists Ziad Jarrah, Saeed al-Ghamdi, Ahmed al-Nami, and Ahmed al-Haznawi pray in their respective hotel rooms before arriving at Newark Liberty International Airport. The quartet wait at a gate after getting through security to board San Francisco-bound United 93. After 40 minutes of delay due to traffic the plane takes off, flown by captain Jason Dahl and first officer Leroy Homer, with all four terrorists on board.
Breakfast of Champions, 1h50
Directed by Alan Rudolph
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about writers, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Bruce Willis, Albert Finney, Nick Nolte, Barbara Hershey, Glenne Headly, Lukas Haas
Roles Andy Wojeckowzski
Rating45% 2.255322.255322.255322.255322.25532
The film is a portrait of a fictional town in the Midwest that is home to a group of idiosyncratic and slightly neurotic characters. Dwayne Hoover (Bruce Willis) is a wealthy car dealership owner who is on the brink of suicide and is losing touch with reality.
The Siege
The Siege (1998)
, 1h56
Directed by Edward Zwick
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about terrorism, Political films, Children's films
Actors Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Bruce Willis, Tony Shalhoub, David Proval, Aasif Mandvi
Roles Chief of Staff
Rating63% 3.199073.199073.199073.199073.19907
Following the bombing of an American military installation in the Middle East (the film shows footage from the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing), the U.S. government orchestrates the capture of the mastermind believed to be behind the attack, Sheikh Ahmed bin Talal. In New York City FBI Special Agent Anthony Hubbard (Washington) and his Lebanese-American partner Frank Haddad (Shalhoub) are told of a hijacked bus, fully loaded with passengers and containing an explosive device. The bomb turns out to be a paint bomb and the terrorists manage to escape. The FBI receives demands to release the sheikh.
Snake Eyes
Snake Eyes (1998)
, 1h38
Directed by Brian De Palma
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Assassinat, Sports films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Nicolas Cage, Gary Sinise, Carla Gugino, John Heard, Joel Fabiani, Kevin Dunn
Roles Mickey Alter
Rating61% 3.0504253.0504253.0504253.0504253.050425
Corrupt, flamboyant Atlantic City police detective Rick Santoro (Nicolas Cage) attends a boxing match at Gilbert Powell's (John Heard) Atlantic City Arena between heavyweight champion Lincoln Tyler (Stan Shaw) and challenger Jose Pacifico Ruiz. He meets up with his best friend since childhood, Kevin Dunne (Gary Sinise), who is a US Navy Commander working with the Department of Defense to escort Defense Secretary Charles Kirkland (Joel Fabiani) and Powell at the fight after a trip to Norfolk, Virginia. As the first round begins, Dunne is distracted by an attractive redhead named Serena (Jayne Heitmeyer) who wears a ruby ring, and leaves his seat, which is then taken by Julia Costello (Carla Gugino), a mysterious woman with platinum blonde hair and a white satin suit.
The Real Shlemiel, 1h16
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about religion, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Tovah Feldshuh, Chip Zien, Fyvush Finkel, Ivy Austin, Lee Wilkof, Larry Keith
Roles Treitel / The Donkey (voice)
Rating51% 2.584492.584492.584492.584492.58449
When God distributed wiseness and foolishness through a newly created world, one of the cherubs accidentally dropped all the foolishness on a tiny village called Chelm. So everyone in the village is very dumb. Recently orphaned boy Aaron and his friendly goat Zlateh live there with Aaron's uncle Shlemiel. When an evil sorcerer and his monster attack the village, Aaron and Zlateh have to defend it themselves.
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle, 2h6
Directed by Alan Rudolph
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Romance
Themes Films about writers
Actors Jennifer Jason Leigh, Campbell Scott, Matthew Broderick, Peter Gallagher, Sam Robards, Jennifer Beals
Roles Franklin P. Adams
Rating63% 3.1983.1983.1983.1983.198
La vie de la poétesse Dorothy Parker dans le New York des années 1920 dans le cercle littéraire de la table ronde de l'Algonquin.
Quiet Killer, 1h30
Origin USA
Genres Thriller
Themes Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Kate Jackson, Al Waxman, Jeffrey Nordling, Chip Zien, Barbara Williams, David Hewlett
Roles Dr. Lionel Katz
Rating56% 2.8096252.8096252.8096252.8096252.809625
When Sara Dobbs (Robertson), the teenage daughter of a wealthy New York City family returns home while feeling sick, nobody suspects a thing. At home, her health deteriorates quickly, resulting in a painful death on the streets before her Manhattan home. In the hospital, it does not take long before Dr. Nora Hart (Jackson) concludes that Sara has died of the Black Death, which has not occurred in centuries. Realizing that the disease is extremely contagious, she tries to push the authorities to warn the New York citizens, but the Mayor is reluctant to cause a widespread panic. Meanwhile, more citizens who have been in direct contact with Sara start to perish. Nora and her new colleague Dr. Jake Prescott (Nordling)—whom she becomes romantically involved with—start a race against the clock to locate and treat all the people who might be infected, while trying to prevent the city from panicking. In the end, Nora is successful in finding everyone who is infected, and treats most of them successfully. Within a week, a pandemic is ended after 22 deaths.
Hello Again, 1h32
Directed by Frank Perry
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Actors Shelley Long, Judith Ivey, Gabriel Byrne, Corbin Bernsen, Sela Ward, Austin Pendleton
Roles Reporter #4
Rating52% 2.608612.608612.608612.608612.60861
Long Island housewife Lucy Chadman in the midst of a tarot card reading by her occult sister, Zelda. Just as Zelda exclaims something is going to happen, Lucy begins to choke to death on a South Korean Chicken Ball. The film shows the difficulty of Lucy's loved ones, including Zelda, had in coping with her death. But the grief turns to excitement when Zelda receives a book of spells called The Wisdom of Catagonia. Within the book Zelda finds a spell that requires perfect astronomical timing—the moon, the earth, and the dog star must form a perfect isosceles triangle. Zelda performs the spell and Lucy appears.
Howard the Duck, 1h51
Directed by Willard Huyck
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Comic science fiction
Themes Films about animals, Comedy science fiction films, Films about birds, Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Mise en scène d'un canard, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Lea Thompson, Tim Robbins, Jeffrey Jones, Chip Zien, Ed Gale, David Paymer
Roles Howard T. Duck (voice)
Rating47% 2.356622.356622.356622.356622.35662
Twenty-seven-year-old Howard the Duck (Chip Zien) lives on Duckworld, a planet similar to Earth but inhabited by anthropomorphic ducks and orbited by twin moons. As he is reading the latest issue of Playduck magazine, his armchair begins to quake violently and propels him out of his apartment building and into outer space; Howard eventually lands on Earth, in Cleveland, Ohio. Upon arriving, Howard encounters a woman being attacked by thugs. He defeats them using a unique style of martial arts. After the thugs flee, the woman introduces herself as Beverly Switzler (Lea Thompson), and decides to take Howard to her apartment and let him spend the night. The following day, Beverly takes Howard to Phil Blumbertt (Tim Robbins), a scientist who Beverly hopes can help Howard return to his world. After Phil is revealed to be only a janitor, Howard resigns himself to life on Earth and rejects Beverly's aid. He soon applies for a job as a janitor at a local romance spa. Because of unfair treatment by his boss, Howard resigns and rejoins Beverly, who plays in a band called Cherry Bomb. At the club at which Cherry Bomb is performing, Howard comes across their manager (Tommy Swerdlow), and confronts him when he insults the band. A fight breaks out, in which Howard is victorious.
Grace Quigley, 1h27
Directed by Anthony Harvey
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Katharine Hepburn, Nick Nolte, Walter Abel, William Duell, Chip Zien, Elizabeth Wilson
Roles Dr. Herman
Rating57% 2.854352.854352.854352.854352.85435
Grace Quigley arrive à la fin de sa vie, vivant seule dans son appartement de New York. Un jour, elle est témoin d'un meurtre commis par TopHit-man, Seymour Flint. Elle décide de lui faire du chantage et la tuer, cependant, elle a un ou deux amis qui souhaitent la voire mourir .....
The House of God, 1h48
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Tim Matheson, Charles Haid, Michael Sacks, Bess Armstrong, Lisa Pelikan, George Coe
Roles Eat-My-Dust-Eddie
Rating57% 2.856122.856122.856122.856122.85612
Le film relate le quotidien un groupe d'étudiants en médecine dans un hôpital universitaire aux États-Unis. L'histoire commence lorsque Jo, chef du groupe, sombre dans une dépression, et que les membres de ce groupe se retrouvent, dès lors, sous la coupe d'un autre interne, dénommé « The Fatman ».
The Rose
The Rose (1979)
, 2h5
Directed by Mark Rydell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Bette Midler, Alan Bates, Frederic Forrest, Harry Dean Stanton, David Keith, Jack Starrett
Roles Reporter
Rating68% 3.4480553.4480553.4480553.4480553.448055
In late 1969, Mary Rose Foster (Bette Midler) is a famous rock and roll diva known as The Rose. Although a success, she is burnt out and lonely but is kept working by her gruff, greedy manager and promoter Rudge Campbell (Alan Bates). Though loud and brassy, Rose is an insecure alcoholic and former drug user who seems to crave approval in her life. As such, she is determined to return to her hometown, now as a superstar. After being humiliated by a country singing star named Billy Ray (Harry Dean Stanton) whose songs she performs in her show, Rose takes off with a limousine driver named Houston Dyer (Frederic Forrest) and begins a romance with him. Rudge thinks Houston is just another hanger on, but Rose thinks she has finally met her true love. Houston tells her that he is actually an AWOL sergeant from the Army, and she tells him of her past in Florida. They have a rocky relationship and her lifestyle of "Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll" and constant touring lead her to an inevitable breakdown. Houston and Rose break up and she returns to her hometown with an escort where she tells him about her past. Finally, Rose collapses on stage from a fatal drug overdose (on alcohol, barbiturates and heroin) in the opening minutes of her long-awaited homecoming concert in Jacksonville Florida.