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Tom Mardirosian is a Actor American born on 14 december 1947 at Buffalo (USA)
Tom Mardirosian (born December 14, 1947) is an American actor. He is known for playing Agamemnon Busmalis in the HBO show Oz and Agt. Kristos Koutris in the HBO show The Wire.
Mardirosian was born and raised in Buffalo, New York, the son of Afro (née Karahos) and Matthew Mardirosian. In the army, he was a member of a Special Forces troop, where he first started developing his love for acting. After his army service he appeared in numerous productions in Buffalo, and was taught acting at The Studio ARENA Theatre School. He appeared on Broadway at the Cort Theatre in The Magic Show as Goldfarb.
An Armenian-American, Mardirosian is strongly involved with the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) within New York City. His brother is the actor and writer Oliver Clark.
Il est surtout connu pour son rôle de Agamemnon Busmalis dans la série télévisée Oz. Il fait également une apparition dans la série télévisée The Wire de David Simon lors de la saison 2.
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Tom Mardirosian (born December 14, 1947) is an American actor. He is known for playing Agamemnon Busmalis in the HBO show Oz and Agt. Kristos Koutris in the HBO show The Wire.
Mardirosian was born and raised in Buffalo, New York, the son of Afro (née Karahos) and Matthew Mardirosian. In the army, he was a member of a Special Forces troop, where he first started developing his love for acting. After his army service he appeared in numerous productions in Buffalo, and was taught acting at The Studio ARENA Theatre School. He appeared on Broadway at the Cort Theatre in The Magic Show as Goldfarb.
An Armenian-American, Mardirosian is strongly involved with the Armenian General Benevolent Union (AGBU) within New York City. His brother is the actor and writer Oliver Clark.
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Il a fait partie des services spéciaux lors de son service à l'armée. D'origine arménienne, il est un membre actif de l'Armenian General Benevolent Union à New York. Son frère est l'acteur et auteur Oliver Clark.Il est surtout connu pour son rôle de Agamemnon Busmalis dans la série télévisée Oz. Il fait également une apparition dans la série télévisée The Wire de David Simon lors de la saison 2.
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Let's Be Cops (2014)
, 1h44Directed by Luke Greenfield
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action
Themes Buddy films, Children's films
Actors Jake Johnson, Nina Dobrev, Damon Wayans, Jr., Andy García, James D'Arcy, Rob Riggle
Roles Georgie
Rating64%
Two longtime pals, Justin Miller (Wayans), a struggling video game designer, and Ryan O'Malley (Johnson), an unemployed, washed-up former college quarterback, recall a pact they once made: if they hadn't "made it" in Los Angeles by the time they were thirty, they would head back to their Columbus hometown. As they leave a bar, their car is hit by an SUV full of tough-looking Albanians, who intimidate them into not retaliating.
That's My Boy (2012)
, 1h56Directed by Sean Anders, Dennis Dugan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes L'adolescence, Films about alcoholism, Films about children, Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, La sexualité des mineurs, Films about pedophilia
Actors Adam Sandler, Ian Ziering, Leighton Meester, Susan Sarandon, Todd Bridges, Andy Samberg
Rating56%
In 1984, Donny Berger's teacher, a hebephile named Mary McGarricle (Eva Amurri Martino), begins a sexual relationship with him. When she is discovered inciting him to sexual activity on a piano during an assembly, she is sentenced to a lengthy prison term where it is revealed she is pregnant. The court gives custody of the unborn child to Donny's abusive father until Donny himself is at the legal age to assume custody.
, 2h13Directed by Oliver Stone
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films, Children's films
Actors Michael Douglas, Shia LaBeouf, Josh Brolin, Carey Mulligan, Frank Langella, Susan Sarandon
Roles Procureur général
Rating61%
In 2001, Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas) is released from prison after serving eight years for insider trading and securities fraud. Seven years later, Gekko is promoting his new book Is Greed Good?, warning about the coming economic downturn. His estranged daughter, Winnie (Carey Mulligan), runs a small, non-profit news website and is dating Jacob Moore (Shia LaBeouf), a top proprietary trader at Keller Zabel Investments (KZI). Jacob is a protégé of managing director Louis Zabel (Frank Langella), and is trying to raise money for a fusion research project which would create massive amounts of clean energy for the world. Jake is also financially assisting his mother (Susan Sarandon), who has begun a new career selling real estate.
The Armenian Genocide (2006)
, 1hDirected by Andrew Goldberg
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Historical
Themes Films about racism, Documentary films about racism, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Political films
Actors Laura Linney, Julianna Margulies, Orlando Bloom, Natalie Portman, Louis Zorich, Ed Harris
Roles U.S. Consul Jesse Benjamin Jackson (voice)
Rating45%
Lady in the Water (2006)
, 1h49Directed by M. Night Shyamalan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Crime
Themes Films about magic and magicians
Actors Paul Giamatti, Bryce Dallas Howard, Bob Balaban, Jeffrey Wright, Sarita Choudhury, Cindy Cheung
Roles Mr. Bubchik
Rating55%
One evening, Cleveland Heep (Paul Giamatti), who became a handyman at a Philadelphia apartment complex after his family was murdered, discovers Story (Bryce Dallas Howard), a naiad-like character (called a Narf) from the Blue World, in his building's pool, immediately rescuing her from an attack by a "Scrunt", a grass-covered lupine that lies preternaturally flat.
The Dark Half (1993)
, 1h56Directed by George A. Romero
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Themes Films about writers, Serial killer films
Actors Timothy Hutton, Amy Madigan, Michael Rooker, Julie Harris, Rutanya Alda, Chelsea Field
Roles Rick Cowley
Rating59%
The author of highbrow literary novels under his own name, Thad Beaumont (Timothy Hutton) is better known for the bestselling suspense-thrillers he writes under the pen name "George Stark". Beaumont wishes to retire the Stark name and symbolically buries Stark in a mock grave.
Boomerang (1992)
, 1h57Directed by Reginald Hudlin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Halle Berry, Robin Givens, David Alan Grier, Martin Lawrence, Grace Jones, Geoffrey Holder
Roles Salesman
Rating56%
The film begins as Marcus (Eddie Murphy) enters Chantress, the company that he works for as an advertisement executive. It is quickly established that he is quite the ladies' man, as he tells his assistant to send flowers to nine different women, with cards reading "only thinking of you." When he enters his office, Nelson (Geoffrey Holder), one of the creative minds also in Marcus' department, shows Marcus a re-cut he's done of one of the ads they've been working on. Marcus tells Nelson, who's very creative but also very risqué and overtly sexual with his style, that he must re-edit the ad, as some of the material may be offensive to women and may also cause problems with the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. Nelson reluctantly agrees, then leaves.
Quiet Killer (1992)
, 1h30Origin USA
Genres Thriller
Themes Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Kate Jackson, Al Waxman, Jeffrey Nordling, Chip Zien, Barbara Williams, David Hewlett
Roles Deputy Mayor Kaprow
Rating56%
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.
Betsy's Wedding (1990)
, 1h34Directed by Alan Alda
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about marriage
Actors Molly Ringwald, Alan Alda, Ally Sheedy, Madeline Kahn, Joe Pesci, Joey Bishop
Roles Dave Delahees
Rating56%
Eddie Hopper is a construction contractor from Long Island, New York, with two grown daughters. One of them, Betsy, is about to be married.
Presumed Innocent (1990)
, 2h7Directed by Alan J. Pakula
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Assassinat, Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Harrison Ford, Brian Dennehy, Raúl Juliá, Bonnie Bedelia, Paul Winfield, Greta Scacchi
Roles Nico Della Guardia
Rating68%
Rozat "Rusty" Sabich (Ford) is a prosecutor and the right-hand man of District Attorney Raymond Horgan (Dennehy). When his colleague, Carolyn Polhemus (Scacchi), is found raped and murdered in her apartment, Raymond insists that Rusty take charge of the investigation. The election for District Attorney is approaching and Tommy Molto (Joe Grifasi), the acting head of the homicide division, has left to join the rival campaign of Nico Della Guardia (Tom Mardirosian).
New York Stories (1989)
, 2h4Directed by Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Peinture
Actors Mae Questel, Mia Farrow, Heather McComb, Talia Shire, George Schindler, Giancarlo Giannini
Roles Hasid
Rating63%
In a story loosely based on Fyodor Dostoevsky's short novel The Gambler, Nick Nolte plays Lionel Dobie, an acclaimed abstract artist who finds himself unable to paint during the days before the scheduled beginning of a major gallery exhibition of his new work. Rosanna Arquette is Paulette, his apprentice/assistant and former lover. Lionel is still infatuated with her, but Paulette wants only his tutelage, which makes things difficult since they live in the same studio-loft. Paulette dates other people, including a performance artist (Steve Buscemi) and a painter (Jesse Borrego).
Shakedown (1988)
, 1h52Directed by James Glickenhaus
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Actors Peter Weller, Jude Ciccolella, Sam Elliott, Antonio Fargas, Patricia Charbonneau, Thomas G. Waites
Roles Cab Driver
Rating59%
Roland Dalton (Weller) is a burned-out, mild-mannered Manhattan public defender, and his last case before leaving legal aid is crack dealer Michael Jones (Richard Brooks), accused of shooting to death police officer Patrick O'Leary in Central Park. According to Jones, the shooting was in self-defense and that officer O'Leary was a 'Blue Jean Cop' (an opportunistic police officer who robs drug dealers).
Eat and Run (1987)
, 1h25Directed by Christopher Hart
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Horror, Comic science fiction
Themes Comedy science fiction films
Actors Ron Silver, R. L. Ryan, Tom Mardirosian, Louis Turenne
Roles Scarpetti
Rating47%
A humanoid alien (R. L. Ryan) lands on Earth and soon discovers he likes to eat Italian people. Detective McSorely (Ron Silver) is an incompetent police officer, and the only one who knows what's going on. The rest of the police force thinks McSorely has gone nuts, while the alien continues eating the Italian population of New York City.
The Rosary Murders (1987)
, 1h45Directed by Fred Walton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about religion
Actors Donald Sutherland, Charles Durning, Tom Mardirosian, Mark Margolis, Josef Sommer, James Murtaugh
Roles Detective Fallon
Rating57%
Un prêtre se voit plonger dans le trouble quand un tueur de prêtres et de religieuses vient se confesser à lui.
Power (1986)
, 1h51Directed by Sidney Lumet
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Children's films
Actors Richard Gere, Julie Christie, Gene Hackman, Kate Capshaw, Denzel Washington, E. G. Marshall
Roles Sheikh
Rating57%
Pete St. John (Richard Gere), a ruthless and highly successful media consultant, is juggling a couple of other political candidates when asked to join the campaign of wealthy but little-known Ohio businessman Jerome Cade (J. T. Walsh), who hopes to win the Senate seat being vacated by St. John's friend Sam Hastings (E. G. Marshall).