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Art Evans is a Actor American born on 27 march 1942 at Berkeley (USA)
Arthur James "Art" Evans (born March 27, 1942) is an American actor who has made multiple film and television program appearances over the span of three decades.
Evans was born in Berkeley, California. His acting career, spanning almost 40 years, started with Frank Silvera's Theater of Being in Los Angeles. He took a starring role in The Amen Corner which transferred to Broadway in 1965. His first uncredited acting performance in film was Claudine in 1974. His first credited role was in Chico and the Man as Bubba in the episode "Too Many Crooks" which aired in 1976.
He is probably best known for his role as Bradlee in Trespass and Leslie Barnes in the action 1990s films Die Hard 2 in which he plays an air traffic control tower employee at Dulles International Airport that helps LAPD detective John McClane, played by Bruce Willis, stop terrorists from crashing planes. Evans has also appeared in Fright Night and Fright Night II as well as many appearances in a variety of television shows such as M*A*S*H, Hill Street Blues, Monk, The X-Files, and Family Matters on which he played a man claiming to be Santa Claus.
In 1984, Evans co-starred in the all-star African-American drama A Soldier's Story as the memorable brown-nosing character Wilkie. His talents for many instruments came in handy when playing Blind Lemon Jefferson in the movie Leadbelly. In 1993, he appeared in the film Bitter Harvest as Earl Yates.
Also starred in the music video for Stevie Wonder's "Go Home".
In 2010, Art Evans was seen in Anderson's Cross playing the grandfather of the lead character Nick Anderson.
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Arthur James "Art" Evans (born March 27, 1942) is an American actor who has made multiple film and television program appearances over the span of three decades.
Evans was born in Berkeley, California. His acting career, spanning almost 40 years, started with Frank Silvera's Theater of Being in Los Angeles. He took a starring role in The Amen Corner which transferred to Broadway in 1965. His first uncredited acting performance in film was Claudine in 1974. His first credited role was in Chico and the Man as Bubba in the episode "Too Many Crooks" which aired in 1976.
He is probably best known for his role as Bradlee in Trespass and Leslie Barnes in the action 1990s films Die Hard 2 in which he plays an air traffic control tower employee at Dulles International Airport that helps LAPD detective John McClane, played by Bruce Willis, stop terrorists from crashing planes. Evans has also appeared in Fright Night and Fright Night II as well as many appearances in a variety of television shows such as M*A*S*H, Hill Street Blues, Monk, The X-Files, and Family Matters on which he played a man claiming to be Santa Claus.
In 1984, Evans co-starred in the all-star African-American drama A Soldier's Story as the memorable brown-nosing character Wilkie. His talents for many instruments came in handy when playing Blind Lemon Jefferson in the movie Leadbelly. In 1993, he appeared in the film Bitter Harvest as Earl Yates.
Also starred in the music video for Stevie Wonder's "Go Home".
In 2010, Art Evans was seen in Anderson's Cross playing the grandfather of the lead character Nick Anderson.
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iSteve (2013)
, 1h19Origin USA
Genres Biography, Comedy
Themes Films about computing
Actors Justin Long, Jorge Garcia, James Urbaniak, Michaela Watkins, John Ross Bowie, Steve Tom
Roles Ol’ Mose
Rating52%
Steve Jobs, une fois mort, revient sur les événements marquants de sa vie.
Alien Rising (2013)
, 1h33Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action
Themes Films set in the future
Actors Lance Henriksen, John Savage, Brian Krause, Dave Vescio, Art Evans
Roles General Tabor
Rating31%
In 2023, an unidentified spacecraft is found orbiting Neptune and an investigation is started. Meanwhile, Lisa (Amy Hathaway), a special agent for the DEA witnesses what she thinks is the death of her best friend Manning (John Savage), during a drugs raid. She quits her job as a DEA to become a dance teacher however she is recruited again for a secret mission and shipped off to a remote island.
Anderson's Cross (2010)
, 1h38Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Rocky Marquette, Michael Warren, Joanna Cassidy, Joyce Guy, Nicholas Downs, Bill Moseley
Roles Grandfather
Rating58%
Nick (Jerome Elston Scott), Kevin (Nicholas Downs) and Tracy (Heather Bergdahl) are all the best of friends and are seemingly inseparable. They've spent most of their lives together and are so close that Kevin and Tracy (who are a couple) even allow Nick to watch while they have sex. This works out well until Nick meets Trevor (Micah Stuart) and begins questioning his own sexuality, as he's very attracted to Trevor. Things are made more tense by the fact that the three friends are in their senior year of high school and are rapidly approaching adulthood.
Jada (2008)
Directed by Clifton Powell
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Gangster films
Actors Rockmond Dunbar, Jennifer Freeman, Jason Weaver, Clifton Powell, Siena Goines, Art Evans
Roles Howard
Rating70%
A struggling widow named Jada (Siena Goines) goes through life in a tough urban neighborhood while taking care of her troubled son, Jamal (Jason Weaver) and daughter, Jasmine (Jennifer Freeman).
Shades of Ray (2008)
, 1h27Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Zachary Levi, Fran Kranz, Sarah Shahi, Bonnie Somerville, Kathy Baker, Brian George
Roles Tyler
Rating69%
American-born Ray Rehman comes home one night to find his Pakistani father on his doorstep. Ray's Nordic mother threw him out. It's an awkward time for his father to move in as Ray just proposed to his girlfriend - who hasn't given him an answer. While trying to get his parents back together, Ray meets a South Asian girl of mixed descent, just like him, and must decide where his identity truly lies.
Gas (2004)
, 1h36Directed by Henry Chan
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Flex Alexander, Khalil Kain, Gina Ravera, Tyson Beckford, Jo Marie Payton-Noble, Sticky Fingaz
Roles Will
Rating44%
Upon returning to Los Angeles to attend his father's funeral, Damon (Alexander) soon learns that in order to claim his share of the family inheritance he must work alongside his brother, Mookie (Kain) — a former drug-dealer who had previously cost Damon a college scholarship — in keeping the family's long-running gas station in business for at least one year. As the siblings repeatedly butt heads over matters both great and small, they soon come to realize that it takes more than money to hold a family together.
Never Die Alone (2004)
, 1h28Directed by Ernest R. Dickerson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors David Arquette, DMX, Michael Ealy, Drew Sidora, Antwon Tanner, Reagan Gomez-Preston
Roles Mr. Waters
Rating55%
Hardened criminal and drug dealer King David (DMX) returns to his unidentified East Coast city, where he can find redemption by settling an old score with drug lord Moon (Clifton Powell). He keeps tape-recorded journals about his life and is always talking about a woman named Edna. Upon David's return, he meets up with Jasper (Luenell), a barkeep who expresses a strong dislike towards him. She contacts Moon to inform him of his return and willingness to pay his debt, as well as momentarily passing by Paul (David Arquette), a struggling writer.
Super Spy: The Final Exit (2003)
, 2h15Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Lisa Raye, Reynaldo Rey, Art Evans, Garret Morris, Conchita Leeflang, Tom Lister, Jr.
Roles Willie Ray
Rating54%
An aspiring screenwriter is determined to make a low budget action film. While filming the movie, he films a crime being committed and is then hunted down by a band of criminals.
Interstate 60 (2002)
, 1h52Directed by Bob Gale
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, Films about automobiles, Road movies
Actors James Marsden, Gary Oldman, Amy Smart, Christopher Lloyd, Michael J. Fox, Wayne Robson
Roles Otis
Rating74%
The movie begins with two college students in a bar, talking about a thesis statement for an upcoming paper. One of them makes an argument that America is unique in that it has no real mythological character for granting wishes, such as a genie or leprechaun. The two men are soon joined in conversation by an old man at the bar claiming that America does, named O.W. Grant; the son of a leprechaun and a Cheyenne Indian.
The Breaks (1999)
, 1h26Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Gangster films
Actors Paul Benjamin, Mitch Mullany, Lamont Bentley, Anthony Anderson, Carl Anthony Payne II, Loretta Devine
Rating61%
A Sunday in the life of Derrick King, an Irish kid raised in South Central L.A. by a black family. He talks black, dresses black, and thinks of himself as black. It is a day of disasters: his mom kicks him out of the house, his uncle fires him, the woman he loves dismisses him as childish, the LAPD (wearing Confederate flag shoulder patches) impounds his car and tosses him in the drunk tank, a mean dude is after him for money, he is imprisoned in a store basement by gay sadists, and he is shot at. Along the way, however, he shows kindness to a near-sighted kid, and those random acts may prove to be his salvation. Rappers Xzibit and Flesh-n-Bone appear in the film.
Always Outnumbered (1998)
, 1h44Directed by Michael Apted
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Laurence Fishburne, Bill Cobbs, Natalie Cole, Laurie Metcalf, Don Cheadle, Cicely Tyson
Roles Markham Peale
Rating71%
The film stars Laurence Fishburne as aging ex-con Socrates Fortlow, who after a long incarceration, is trying hard to make a new life and to accept the regrets of his past. Meanwhile, he meets a young boy named Darryl, who witnessed a boy murdered by a friend of his. He also has to deal with his best friend's deteriorating health and finding work.
Metro (1997)
, 1h57Directed by Thomas Carter
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Eddie Murphy, Michael Wincott, Donal Logue, Kim Miyori, Michael Rapaport, Art Evans
Roles Lt. Sam Baffett
Rating56%
Scott Roper (Eddie Murphy) is the best hostage negotiator in San Francisco. His girlfriend Veronica "Ronnie" Tate (Carmen Ejogo) is a newspaper reporter.
The Great White Hype (1996)
, 1h31Directed by Reginald Hudlin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Samuel L. Jackson, Jeff Goldblum, Damon Wayans, Corbin Bernsen, Peter Berg, Jon Lovitz
Roles Minister
Rating54%
James "The Grim Reaper" Roper (Damon Wayans), the undefeated heavyweight boxing champ of the world, defeats his latest challenger with ease and visits an after-party thrown by the Rev. Fred Sultan (Samuel L. Jackson), a conniving and manipulative businessman who also acts as Roper's fight promoter. The Sultan relays some bad news to everyone: The fight was a financial flop. He deduces the reason that boxing events have become far less profitable is because audience members are sick of watching only black boxers fight each other. The Sultan predicts that a white contender, even one without a viable chance of winning, would create a huge payday for all involved in the fight (citing the Larry Holmes vs. Gerry Cooney battle in 1982 and the playing of the race card in that instance as a precedent), and he vows to either find or "create" a white contender in no time at all.
The Cracker Factory (1995)
Directed by Burt Brinckerhoff
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Natalie Wood, Perry King, Shelley Long, Vivian Blaine, Marian Mercer, Juliet Mills
Roles Abdul
Rating63%
Alcoholic Cleveland housewife Cassie Barrett is institutionalized in a psychiatric ward after experiencing a nervous breakdown in the supermarket. We learn this is the latest in a series of hospitalizations from which Cassie emerges supposedly in control of her life but actually still teetering on the edge. During this latest stay, she develops a romantic crush on psychiatrist Edwin Alexander and a close relationship with night supervisor Tinkerbell, both of whom help her take steps toward facing her inner demons and learning to live with sobriety.
Tales from the Hood (1995)
, 1h38Directed by Rusty Cundieff
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Gangster films
Actors Corbin Bernsen, Rosalind Cash, Rusty Cundieff, De'Aundre Bonds, David Alan Grier, Samuel Monroe Jr.
Roles Eli (segment "KKK Comeuppance")
Rating64%