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Peter Jurasik is a Actor American born on 25 april 1950 at New York City (USA)

Peter Jurasik

Peter Jurasik
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Nationality USA
Birth 25 april 1950 (73 years) at New York City (USA)

Peter Jurasik (born April 25, 1950) is an American actor known for his television roles as Londo Mollari in the 1990s science fiction series Babylon 5 and Sid the Snitch on the 1980s series Hill Street Blues and its short-lived spinoff Beverly Hills Buntz.

Biography

Jurasik was born in Queens, New York, the third of four children. He lives with his wife and son in Wilmington, North Carolina and teaches acting for the camera in the Theatre Department and the Film Studies Department at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. He attended the University of New Hampshire where he appeared in several plays.
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Filmography of Peter Jurasik (19 films)

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Actor

The Longest Ride, 2h8
Directed by George Tillman Jr.
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Oona Chaplin, Britt Robertson, Scott Eastwood, Jack Huston, Alan Alda, Melissa Benoist Wood
Roles Howie Sanders
Rating70% 3.509813.509813.509813.509813.50981
Luke Collins (Scott Eastwood) is a bull rider on the Professional Bull Riders tour, who is seriously injured one night while performing. A year later after recovering, he starts riding again and meets Sophia Danko (Britt Robertson) after she attends the show. She is an art lover living at a sorority house with an internship secured in New York City. On the way home from their first date, they spot a car crash in the woods and help rescue an older man who is stuck inside. Sophia also pulls a wooden box from the vehicle.
42
42 (2013)
, 2h8
Directed by Brian Helgeland
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Films about racism, Sports films, Baseball films
Actors Chadwick Boseman, Harrison Ford, Nicole Beharie, Alan Tudyk, Christopher Meloni, André Holland
Roles Hotel Manager
Rating74% 3.747393.747393.747393.747393.74739
The film tells the story of Jackie Robinson and, under the guidance of team executive Branch Rickey, Robinson's signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers to become the first African-American player to break the baseball color barrier. The story focuses mostly on the 1947 Brooklyn Dodgers season and somewhat on Robinson's 1946 season with the Montreal Royals, which emphasize his battles with racism.
Mary and Martha, 1h30
Directed by Phillip Noyce
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Hilary Swank, Brenda Blethyn, Frank Grillo, Perla Haney-Jardine, Sam Claflin, James Woods
Roles Pastor
Rating67% 3.3954753.3954753.3954753.3954753.395475
The film tells the story of two very different women, Mary (Hilary Swank) and Martha (Brenda Blethyn), who both lose their sons to malaria.
Arthur Newman, 1h41
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Colin Firth, Emily Blunt, Anne Heche, David Andrews, Sterling Beaumon, Kristin Lehman
Roles Bus Driver
Rating56% 2.8005852.8005852.8005852.8005852.800585
Former pro golfer Wallace Avery (Colin Firth) is struggling with boredom, depression, and a life from which he longs to escape. Trapped in an unfulfilling FedEx floor manager job in Florida, he finds little comfort in his failed first marriage or his current relationship with his girlfriend Mina (Anne Heche). He has even become estranged from his teenage son Kevin (Lucas Hedges) who has come to resent him. Driven to desperate measures, Wallace decides that he needs a new start and a new life.
Little Red Wagon, 1h44
Directed by David Anspaugh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Films about children, Météorologie, Documentaire sur une personnalité, L'enfance marginalisée
Actors Anna Gunn, Daveigh Chase, Frances O'Connor, Chandler Canterbury, Dylan Matzke, Deena Dill
Rating63% 3.196683.196683.196683.196683.19668
In the opening scene of Little Red Wagon, real news footage filmed in 2004 of Hurricane Charley and the storm's aftermath is shown. While Bonner and his family take shelter in Tampa from the storm, Bonner sees on television the widespread destruction caused by the hurricane. His volunteerism begins at that moment when he decides to canvass for food and other necessities for Hurricane Charley survivors.
Quantum Apocalypse, 1h35
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Stephanie Jacobsen, Stuart Lafferty, Gigi Edgley, Kristen Quintrall, Peter Jurasik, Shirly Brener
Roles President Scott
Rating30% 1.52181.52181.52181.52181.5218
During routine administration at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Dr. Rhodes discovers that a comet has suddenly veered off its orbit and smashed into Mars. The explosion causes debris to travel towards Earth with the possibility of causing an extinction level event. At Ben Marshall's house, Ben refuses to give his son, Leo, a ride as he complained his own car smelled of mildew. However, Ben drives Leo to school and discovers Leo is in love with a fellow student, Lindsey. Leo is chatting with Lindsey when her ex-boyfriend, Sean, gives them threatening looks.
Runaway Jury, 2h7
Directed by Gary Fleder
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Children's films
Actors John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Weisz, Bruce Davison, Bruce McGill
Roles Professor Phelan
Rating70% 3.548973.548973.548973.548973.54897
In New Orleans, a failed day trader at a stock brokerage firm shows up at the office and opens fire on his former colleagues, then kills himself. Among the dead is Jacob Wood. Two years later, with attorney Wendell Rohr, Jacob's widow Celeste takes Vicksburg Firearms to court on the grounds that the company's gross negligence led to her husband's death.
Babylon 5: In the Beginning, 1h34
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Films set in the future, Space opera
Actors Bruce Boxleitner, Mira Furlan, Richard Biggs, Andreas Katsulas, Ardwight Chamberlain, Peter Jurasik
Roles Londo Mollari
Rating76% 3.8443853.8443853.8443853.8443853.844385
In the Beginning tells the story of an important event in the history of the Babylon 5 universe. Ten years before the television series Babylon 5 is set, Earth becomes involved in a deadly conflict with the just-discovered Minbari race. This war nearly leads to the extermination of the human race, but it is mysteriously halted at the last moment by the Minbari leadership for reasons that would remain secret for over a decade. This near-destruction of the human race led to the Earth Alliance creating the Babylon space stations as a means of preventing further wars.
The Late Shift, 1h35
Directed by Betty Thomas
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Documentary
Actors John Michael Higgins, Daniel Roebuck, Kathy Bates, Bob Balaban, Rich Little, Ed Begley Jr.
Roles Howard Stringer
Rating67% 3.3965453.3965453.3965453.3965453.396545
Une grande rivalité naît entre David Letterman et Jay Leno pour savoir lequel des deux succéderait à Johnny Carson en tant que présentateur de 'The Tonight Show'.
Mr. Jones
Mr. Jones (1993)
, 1h54
Directed by Mike Figgis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about psychiatry
Actors Richard Gere, Lena Olin, Mike Figgis, Anne Bancroft, Tom Irwin, Delroy Lindo
Roles Dr. Rosen
Rating57% 2.899432.899432.899432.899432.89943
Mr. Jones (Gere) is a man suffering from bipolar disorder, a disease that affords him periods of intense emotional pleasure and expansiveness but which also results in periods of suicidal depression. In one of his manic periods he jumps up onto the stage during a concert performance of Beethoven's ninth and starts conducting, resulting in his arrest. Libbie Bowen (Olin), a doctor at a psychiatric hospital, takes an interest in his condition and falls for him, has sex with him, and has to resign from her position.
Babylon 5: The Gathering, 1h29
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Films set in the future, Space opera
Actors Michael O'Hare, Tamlyn Tomita, Jerry Doyle, Mira Furlan, John Fleck, Peter Jurasik
Roles Londo Mollari
Rating65% 3.297593.297593.297593.297593.29759
In the earth year 2257, a multitude of humans and non-humans gather deep in neutral space at a new station, Babylon 5, which has recently become operational. Babylon 5 was built as a neutral venue for discussing and resolving issues between the five major spacefaring races of the galaxy, the humans, Narn, Centauri, Minbari and Vorlons. Commander Jeffrey Sinclair is in overall charge of the station.
Calendar Girl, Cop, Killer? The Bambi Bembenek Story, 2h7
Directed by Jerry London
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Timothy Busfield, Lindsay Frost, John Karlen, Tobin Bell, Linda Blair, Peter Jurasik
Rating58% 2.9062052.9062052.9062052.9062052.906205
C'est l'histoire vraie de Laurie Bembenek. Elle a été accusée d'avoir assassinée l'ex-femme de son mari.
Problem Child, 1h18
Directed by Dennis Dugan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Films about families
Actors John Ritter, Jack Warden, Michael Oliver, Amy Yasbeck, Gilbert Gottfried, Michael Richards
Roles Roy
Rating54% 2.7078552.7078552.7078552.7078552.707855
The film opens with a woman leaving a bassinet on the porch of a fancy home; the baby, Junior, promptly pees on the woman who picks him up. From there, he is repeatedly discarded at various homes throughout many years by guardians who have grown tired of his destructive behavior—which includes throwing a rattle at the window, giving a cat soap to eat, using a vacuum cleaner to suck up the fish tank, and demolishing a mobile home with a bulldozer in retaliation for his favorite toys being stepped on—until he is eventually deposited at a Catholic orphanage, where he continues to wreak havoc on the strict nuns.
Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501, 1h30
Directed by Philip Saville
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Cheryl Ladd, Jeffrey DeMunn, Frederick Coffin, Peter Jurasik, Jim Metzler, Jeff McCarthy
Roles Bob Stanton
Rating53% 2.668722.668722.668722.668722.66872
Diane and Greg Halstead were once happily married, even deciding to try and have a baby in later years, despite the fact that she had already suffered two miscarriages. She has no luck in becoming pregnant and this leads to an estrangement from her husband. On his latest flight, Greg, a professional pilot, finds out about a bomb threat. The person carrying the bomb supposedly wants to kill another passenger, a politician with an outspoken opinion on abortion. Unknown to the killer, however, the politician has already left the plane because it had an hour and a half delay. Greg decides to make an emergency landing in Dayton, Ohio, but during the heavy weather, the plane crashes, killing almost everyone on board.
Peter Gunn
Peter Gunn (1989)
, 1h30
Directed by Blake Edwards
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Peter Strauss, Peter Jurasik, Jennifer Edwards, David Rappaport, Barbara Williams, Pearl Bailey
Roles Lieutenant Jacoby
Rating53% 2.6661452.6661452.6661452.6661452.666145
Le détective Peter Gunn (Peter Strauss) enquête sur la mort du frère d'un ami. Son enquête dérange à la fois la police et les truands locaux, ce qui lui attire plusieurs ennuis, sans lui donner envie de renoncer à découvrir la vérité.