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Ken Olin is a Actor and Director American born on 30 july 1954 at Chicago (USA)

Ken Olin

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Birth name Kenneth Edward Olin
Nationality USA
Birth 30 july 1954 (69 years) at Chicago (USA)

Kenneth Edward "Ken" Olin (born July 30, 1954) is an American actor, director and producer. He is known for his starring role on the television series thirtysomething, and most recently as executive producer, director, and recurring guest star of the television series Brothers & Sisters (2006–2011).

Biography

Olin was born to a Jewish family in Chicago, Illinois, the son of a former Peace Corps official and pharmaceutical company owner. He was raised in Highland Park, Illinois. He graduated from The Putney School in Putney, Vermont, in 1972. He holds a degree in English Literature from Pennsylvania State University. He then completed his college career at the University of Pennsylvania. He is married to his thirtysomething and Brothers & Sisters co-star, Patricia Wettig, with whom he has a son, Clifford, and a daughter, Roxanne, who appears on The City.

Usually with

Polly Draper
Polly Draper
(1 films)
Robert Wagner
Robert Wagner
(1 films)
James Sikking
James Sikking
(2 films)
Alex Wolff
Alex Wolff
(1 films)
Jack Cardiff
Jack Cardiff
(1 films)
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Filmography of Ken Olin (14 films)

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Actor

The Cloverfield Paradox, 1h42
Directed by Julius Onah
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Films set in the future, Temporal paradox
Actors Elizabeth Debicki, Daniel Brühl, Chris O'Dowd, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Zhang Ziyi, David Oyelowo
Roles l'homme à la radio
Rating55% 2.7513752.7513752.7513752.7513752.751375
2028. La Terre souffre en raison d'une crise d'énergie majeure. Tous les regards et espoirs sont tournés vers une mission à bord d'une station spatiale internationale nommée Cloverfield. À son bord, l'accélérateur de particules Shepard est testé. Après une tentative de lancement de la machine, une surcharge se produit. Suite à cet incident, les scientifiques de la mission découvrent que la Terre a disparu. D'autres événements étranges vont alors se produire au sein de la station, mettant en danger l'ensemble de l'équipage.
The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie, 1h24
Directed by Polly Draper
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about children, Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Nat Wolff, Alex Wolff, David Levi, Thomas Batuello, Shelby Young, Allie DiMeco
Roles Ken Olin
Rating40% 2.0202752.0202752.0202752.0202752.020275
The film begins with an introduction to the documentary from the boys. Nat and Alex Wolff, aged nine and six respectively, are members of the fictional band The Silver Boulders which also consists of Thomas, David, Josh, and their manager Cooper. The band found success after a music executive (John B. Williams) signed them to his label, Who's the Man Records. The band performs their new song "Motormouth" at a concert in the Hammerstein Ballroom. After the show, the band members describe how their group started and a clip from their music video "Crazy Car" is shown.
Y2K
Y2K (1999)
, 1h30
Directed by Dick Lowry
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller
Actors Ken Olin, Joe Morton, Kate Vernon, Lauren Tom, Zack Ward, Rex Linn
Roles Nick Cromwell
Rating34% 1.7408851.7408851.7408851.7408851.740885
Evolution's Child
Directed by Jeffrey Reiner
Origin USA
Actors Ken Olin, Taylor Nichols, Susan Gibney, Jacob Smith, Heidi Swedberg, Christopher Gaze
Rating51% 2.567192.567192.567192.567192.56719
After a preserved Bronze-Age man is found in Colorado, a woman is mistakenly inseminated with semen extracted from him for DNA research. Years later the child begins to exhibit strange abilities.
Til There Was You, 1h53
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Jeanne Tripplehorn, Dylan McDermott, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jennifer Aniston, Craig Bierko, Christine Ebersole
Roles Gregory
Rating48% 2.400542.400542.400542.400542.40054
Gwen Moss (Jeanne Tripplehorn) has spent the better part of her life waiting for the man of her dreams, unaware she briefly bumped into him at school as children and has had several close encounters ever since. She aspires to have a life like her longtime friend Debbie (Jennifer Aniston), a successful doctor with a beautiful home but a marriage that may not be as perfect as it seems on the surface.
Au-dessus de tout soupçon, 3h5
Directed by Karen Arthur
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Ken Olin, Lindsay Frost, Annette O'Toole, John Terry, Sherilyn Lawson, Marlyn Mason
Roles Brad Cunningham
Rating65% 3.2919153.2919153.2919153.2919153.291915
Âgé d'une quarantaine d'années, Brad Cunningham a toujours eu ce qu'il voulait : les plus belles femmes, comme les plus puissants bolides. Marié cinq fois et père de six enfants, il a aimé, puis abandonné, toutes celles qui ne cédaient plus à ces caprices.
Queens Logic, 1h40
Directed by Steve Rash
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Kevin Bacon, Jamie Lee Curtis, Linda Fiorentino, John Malkovich, Joe Mantegna, Ken Olin
Roles Ray
Rating58% 2.901542.901542.901542.901542.90154
When childhood friends Al, Dennis and Eliot get together for Ray's wedding, which may or may not happen, they end up on a roller-coaster ride through reality. During one tumultuous, crazy weekend, they face adulthood and each other with new found maturity and discover what Queens Logic is all about. This comedy takes a look at friendship, loyalty, and love.
A Stoning in Fulham County, 2h
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Ken Olin, Theodore Bikel, Ron Perlman, Gregg Henry, Jill Eikenberry, Brad Pitt
Roles Jim Sandler
Rating59% 2.9509552.9509552.9509552.9509552.950955
An Amish family is returning home from a gathering when a group of reckless local teens drives past them in a red pickup truck shouting insults and throwing rocks. A rock hits the seven-month-old baby of the family, causing family patriarch Jacob (Ron Perlman) to borrow a nearby neighbor's phone to call for an ambulance. The baby dies, and county prosecutor Jim Sandler (Ken Olin) decides to investigate and prosecute for reckless homicide. To his frustration, he finds that the Amish family takes Biblical commandments to "turn the other cheek" and that "vengeance belongs to the Lord" literally and as forbidding to help civil authorities punish those who hurt them. Therefore the prosecutor must work to persuade them to speak up about what happened so that future harassment and aggression against the Amish community will cease.
Flight 90: Disaster on the Potomac, 1h30
Directed by Robert Michael Lewis
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Richard Masur, Ken Olin, Barry Corbin, Dr. Stephen Macht, Jeannetta Arnette, Donnelly Rhodes
Roles David Frank
Rating58% 2.945962.945962.945962.945962.94596
On January 13, 1982 we are introduced the people whose lives will intersect on Air Florida Flight 90 from Washington, D.C. to Ft. Lauderdale. Marilyn Nichols, a stewardess has just learned she is pregnant. Priscilla Tirado and her husband Jose are flying to take up a new job. Nikki Felch is going to a trip with her boss, Joe Stiley to Alabama, but her boyfriend David Frank wants to get married. Bert Hamilton is going on a business trip to Florida, but would rather stay with his wife and son. Roger Olian is a maintenance man at a mental hospital, married to Ginger, who works in the Naval Recruitment Office. Arland D. Williams Jr. is flying to Florida to close a bank for the Federal Reserve. Marilyn, Flight attendant Kelly Duncan and the plane leave Florida and fly to Washington. They land in Washington in a blinding snowstorm. After the passengers boarded the plane they had to sit for 50 minutes. This caused ice to accumulate on the plane. Most passengers ignore the stewardesses safety talk. The de-icing that was done was done improperly. The pilots seemed unconcerned about ice on the wings. When the plane tries to take off, ice on the sensors causes the pilots to have a false idea of their speed. The plane only gets to 352 feet altitude before it stalls. The plane hits the 14th Street Bridge and crashes into the Potomac River. Bert Hamilton, Joe Stiley, Nikki Felch, Priscilla Tirado, Kelly Duncan and Arland Williams make it out of the plane and cling to a piece of wreckage in the freezing river. Roger Olain, who was on the bridge plunges into the river to try to help. Meanwhile, friends and relatives learn about the crash. Donald Usher and Melvin Windsor take off in their helicopter. Olain gets close enough to shout encouragement to the survivors. The helicopter rescues Bert Hamilton. When it returns Arland Williams passes the rescue line to Kelly Duncan. They pull Olain out of the river. Each time when offered the rope, Williams passed it on to Joe, Nikki and Priscilla. Joe is pulled to shore, but a stranger, Lenny Skutnik has to jump in and pull Priscilla to shore. By the time Nikki is rescued, Arland has slipped beneath the water. The survivors start to come to terms with what happened.
Ghost Story, 1h50
Directed by John Irvin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., John Houseman, Alice Krige, Craig Wasson
Roles Young Sears James
Rating62% 3.1479153.1479153.1479153.1479153.147915
The plot is taken from the novel of the same name by Straub, but greatly changes and simplifies it.

Director

In Pursuit of Honor, 1h29
Directed by Ken Olin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Themes Films about animals, Environmental films, Films about horses, Political films
Actors Don Johnson, Craig Sheffer, Gabrielle Anwar, Bob Gunton, Rod Steiger, James Sikking
Rating69% 3.4905253.4905253.4905253.4905253.490525
The movie opens in 1932 when World War I veterans are protesting and rallying in Washington D.C. for war bonuses they were promised but never received from the government, a true event known as the Bonus March. U.S. cavalry and infantry are present for crowd control. The mounted cavalry is ordered by Major John Hardesty (Bob Gunton), to present their sabers in order to hold back the protesters. First Sergeant John "Top" Libbey (Don Johnson), along with three fellow soldiers, refuse to draw their swords because the demonstrators were men they served with during the war. As a consequence, their military careers are tarnished and they are relegated to duty at a remote post in the American Southwest.
White Fang 2: Myth of the White Wolf, 1h42
Directed by Ken Olin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Wolves in film, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Scott Bairstow, Anthony Ruivivar, Al Harrington, Alfred Molina, Geoffrey Lewis, Ethan Hawke
Rating54% 2.73282.73282.73282.73282.7328
While Jack Conroy (Ethan Hawke) was in San Francisco, White Fang was living and banding together with his master's friend, Henry Casey (Scott Bairstow). While they were sailing to bring their gold to town, they had been washed up. At the Native Americans tribe, Moses ( Al Harrington) had a dream about White Fang with his daughter Lilly (Charmaine Craig). He said that Lilly will guide them the way to finding the wolf due to this dream. Lilly sailed to the river, and then walked through the forest, when she heard White Fang barking. She ran as fast as she could, and she saw White Fang, but White Fang suddenly disappeared, then she saw Henry appearing, leading her to believe that the wolf (White Fang) had changed into Henry. She rescued Henry from the river and placed him inside her small boat, and traveled back to the starving tribe. Then she introduced Henry to her father, when they got back to Lilly's home. While Moses was telling Henry that he is the wolf, Henry said that he is not the wolf, and that the wolf was his friend, White Fang, and that he himself is a human, leading to a laughter from the crowd. In actuality, White Fang was left at the river,but he got out of the waters and onto land. White Fang then walked through the wilderness in the forest, and saw some wolves. He followed them, saw a pack, but he did not socialize with them.
Doing Time on Maple Drive, 1h32
Directed by Ken Olin
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors James Sikking, Bibi Besch, William McNamara, Jayne Brook, Lori Loughlin, Jim Carrey
Rating69% 3.491253.491253.491253.491253.49125
Doing Time on Maple Drive centers on the Carter family. Phil (Sikking), the patriarch, is a successful local restaurateur, married for many years to Lisa (Besch). They have three grown children, Karen (Brook), Tim (Carrey) and Matt (McNamara). Karen is married to Tom (Byron), Tim works in his father's restaurant and Matt is a college student. Matt returns from college and introduces the family to his fiancée, Allison (Loughlin).