Colonel Walter E. Kurtz,is a fictional character and the main antagonist of Francis Ford Coppola's film "Apocalypse Now" (1979), and portrayed by which American actor, film director and political activist?
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Colonel Kurtz Colonel Walter E. Kurtz, portrayed by Marlon Brando, is a fictional character and the main antagonist of Francis Ford Coppola's film "Apocalypse Now" (1979). Colonel Kurtz is based on the character of a nineteenth-century ivory trader, also called Kurtz, from the novella "Heart of Darkness" (1899) by Joseph Conrad.
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Marlon Brando Marlon Brando Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was an American actor, film director and political activist. He is widely credited with bringing realism to film acting. He helped to popularize the Stanislavski system of acting, studying with Stella Adler in the 1940s. Brando is widely known for his Academy Award-winning performances as Terry Malloy in "On the Waterfront" (1954) and Vito Corleone in "The Godfather" (1972), as well as his performances in "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1951), "Viva Zapata!" (1952), "Julius Caesar" (1953), "The Wild One" (1953), "Guys and Dolls" (1955), "Sayonara" (1957), "Last Tango in Paris" (1972), and "Apocalypse Now" (1979). Brando was also an activist for many causes, notably the Civil Rights Movement and various Native American movements.
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Escape from New York Escape from New York is a 1981 American dystopian science-fiction action film co-written, co-scored and directed by John Carpenter. The film is set in the then near-future of 1997 in a crime-ridden United States that has converted Manhattan Island in New York City into the country's sole maximum security prison. Ex-soldier and now federal prisoner Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell) is given only 24 hours to find the President of the United States (Donald Pleasence), who has been captured by prisoners after the crash of Air Force One.
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Stanley Kurtz Stanley Kurtz is an American conservative commentator.
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Clayton Hill Clayton Hill (May 7, 1931 – July 26, 2009) was an American actor who appeared in many films, but was best known for his role as the "sweater zombie" in the 1978 horror film "Dawn of the Dead" by director George A. Romero.
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Bruce Lee Lee Jun-fan (; November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973), known professionally as Bruce Lee, was a Hong Kong and American actor, film director, martial artist, martial arts instructor, philosopher and founder of the martial art Jeet Kune Do. Lee was the son of Cantonese opera star Lee Hoi-chuen. He is widely considered by commentators, critics, media, and other martial artists to be one of the most influential martial artists of all time, and a pop culture icon of the 20th century. He is often credited with helping to change the way Asians were presented in American films.
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Frank Novak Frank Novak (born March 4, 1945) is an American character actor who has made dozens of film and television appearances in "Independence Day", "Newsies", "Breast Men", "Seinfeld", "", "NYPD Blue", "Becker", "Charmed", "Diagnosis Murder", "Party of Five", "Monk", and "Las Vegas". He gave a memorable performance as General Douglas MacArthur in the miniseries "The Korean War" made for Chinese television, and played Henry Kissinger in the science fiction epic "Watchmen."
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Andrew Koenig Joshua Andrew Koenig ( ; (August 17, 1968 – approximately February 25, 2010), was an American character actor, film director, editor, writer, and human rights activist.
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Paul Stewart (actor) Paul Stewart (born Paul Sternberg; March 13, 1908 – February 17, 1986) was an American character actor, director and producer who worked in theatre, radio, films and television. He frequently portrayed cynical and sinister characters throughout his lengthy career. A friend and associate of Orson Welles for many years, he helped Welles get his first job in radio and was associate producer of the celebrated radio program "The War of the Worlds", in which he also performed. One of the Mercury Theatre players who made their film debut in Welles's landmark film "Citizen Kane", Stewart portrayed Kane's butler and valet, Raymond. He appeared in 50 films, and performed in or directed some 5,000 radio and television shows.
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In the Name of the People (1985 film) In the Name of the People is a 1985 American documentary film directed by Frank Christopher about the Salvadoran Civil War. The film follows four filmmakers who secretly entered El Salvador, marched with guerrillas across the country, and followed them into combat against government forces in San Salvador. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
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Steve Austin (character) Steve Austin is a science fiction character created by Martin Caidin for his 1972 novel, "Cyborg". The lead character, Colonel Steve Austin, became an iconic 1970s television science fiction action hero, portrayed by American actor Lee Majors, in American television series "The Six Million Dollar Man", which aired on the ABC network as a regular series for five seasons from 1974 to 1978. In the television series, Steve Austin takes on special high-risk government missions using his superhuman bionic powers. The television character Steve Austin became a pop culture icon of the 1970s.
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Coleman Francis Coleman C. Francis (January 24, 1919 – January 15, 1973) was an American actor, writer, producer, and director. He was best known for his film trilogy consisting of "The Beast of Yucca Flats" (1961), "The Skydivers" (1963), "Red Zone Cuba" (1966), all three of which were filmed in the general Santa Clarita, California area and used preoccupation with light aircraft and parachuting, coffee or cigarettes serving as a prop or a center of conversation, and a vigilante-style gunning down of suspects without a trial to conclude the film as frequent motifs.
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Sean Penn Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an American actor, filmmaker, and political activist. He has won two Academy Awards, for his roles in the mystery drama "Mystic River" (2003) and the biopic "Milk" (2008).
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Daniel Zelman Daniel Luke Zelman (born June 16, 1967) is an American actor, screenwriter, television producer, and director.
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Fahrenheit 9/11 Fahrenheit 9/11 is a 2004 American documentary film directed, written by, and starring filmmaker, director and political commentator Michael Moore. The film takes a critical look at the presidency of George W. Bush, the War on Terror, and its coverage in the media. In the film, Moore contends that American corporate media were "cheerleaders" for the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and did not provide an accurate or objective analysis of the rationale for the war or the resulting casualties there.
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Cuba (film) Cuba is a 1979 film directed by Richard Lester and starring Sean Connery, portraying the build-up to the 1958 Cuban Revolution.
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All the President's Men (film) All the President's Men is a 1976 American political thriller film about the Watergate scandal. Directed by Alan J. Pakula with a screenplay by William Goldman, it is based on the 1974 non-fiction book of the same name by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, the two journalists investigating the Watergate scandal for "The Washington Post". The film stars Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman as Woodward and Bernstein, respectively; it was produced by Walter Coblenz for Redford's Wildwood Enterprises.
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Bunchy Carter Alprentice "Bunchy" Carter (October 12, 1942 – January 17, 1969) was an American activist. Carter is credited as a founding member of the Southern California chapter of the Black Panther Party. Carter was shot and killed by a rival group, and is celebrated by his supporters as a martyr in the Black Power movement in the United States. Carter is portrayed by Gaius Charles in the 2015 TV series "Aquarius".
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Gordon Gekko Gordon Gekko is a fictional character in the 1987 film "Wall Street" and its 2010 sequel "", both directed by Oliver Stone. Gekko was portrayed by actor Michael Douglas, whose performance in the first film won him an Oscar for Best Actor.
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Cliff Robertson Clifford Parker Robertson III (September 9, 1923 – September 10, 2011) was an American actor with a film and television career that spanned half a century. Robertson portrayed a young John F. Kennedy in the 1963 film "PT 109", and won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in the movie "Charly". On television, he portrayed retired astronaut Buzz Aldrin in the 1976 adaptation of Aldrin's autobiographic "Return to Earth", played a fictional character based on Director of Central Intelligence Richard Helms in the 1977 miniseries "", and portrayed Henry Ford in the 1987 "Ford: The Man and the Machine". His last well-known film appearances were in 2002 through 2007 as Uncle Ben in the "Spider-Man" film trilogy.
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The Pilot (film) The Pilot (also known as Danger in the Skies) is a 1980 American action-drama film by director and star Cliff Robertson and is based on the novel of the same name by Robert P. Davis.
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Return of the Rebels Return of the Rebels (originally titled The Eagle Rock Rebels Ride Again) is a 1981 American made-for-television drama film starring Barbara Eden, Don Murray, Christopher Connelly, Robert Mandan, Jamie Farr and Patrick Swayze, which premiered on CBS on October 17, 1981.