True Stories co-stars which American actor who wrote autobiographical monologues in the 1980s and 1990s?
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True Stories (film) True Stories is a 1986 American film that spans the genres of musical, art, and comedy, directed by and starring David Byrne of the band Talking Heads. It co-stars John Goodman, Swoosie Kurtz, and Spalding Gray. Byrne has described the film as, "A project with songs based on true stories from tabloid newspapers. It's like "60 Minutes" on acid."
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Spalding Gray Spalding Rockwell Gray (June 5, 1941 – January 11, 2004) was an American actor and writer. He is best known for the autobiographical monologues that he wrote and performed for the theater in the 1980s and 1990s, as well as for his film adaptations of these works, beginning in 1987. He wrote and starred in several, working with different directors.
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The Naked Truth (novel) The Naked Truth, by the actor Leslie Nielsen and writer David Fisher, is a fictional autobiography allegedly telling the inside story of Nielsen's life and acting career. The book is written in the style of Nielsen's "The Naked Gun" series of films, with absurd statements describing him as one of the most important actors in the history of Hollywood. Released in 1993 by Pocket Books (a division of Simon & Schuster, Inc.), the book was a tie-in for the then forthcoming third installment of the "Naked Gun" series, "".
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Woody Woodbury Robert “Woody” Woodbury (born February 9, 1924) is an American comedian, actor, television personality and talk show host. He is known for his best-selling comedy albums of risqué stories, most of which were released in the early 1960s. He was among the first standup comedians to receive a gold record.
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Thom Christopher Thom Christopher (born October 5, 1940) is an American actor.
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Joe Gulla Joe Gulla (born July 23, 1964) is an American playwright, actor and reality television participant. He is best known for the autobiographical monologues that he writes and performs for the theater. HIs best known work, "Bronx Queen Trilogy" is based on his experience growing up as a gay boy in the Bronx.
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William Sanderson William Sanderson (born January 10, 1944) is an American character actor famous for his roles in "Blade Runner", "Deadwood", "True Blood", and as a cast member in the long-running, 1980s television series "Newhart".
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Michael Easton Michael Easton (born February 15, 1967) is an American television actor, poet, author and photographer.
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Chris Robinson (actor) Chris Robinson (born November 5, 1938, in West Palm Beach, Florida; sometimes credited as Christopher Robinson) is an American actor, screenwriter, and film director.
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Michael Rapaport Michael David Rapaport (born March 20, 1970) is an American actor, podcast host, director, and comedian. He has appeared in over sixty films since the early 1990s. His best known television roles include "Boston Public", "Friends", "The War at Home", "Prison Break", "Justified", and "Atypical" (2017). Some of his notable film roles include "True Romance" (1993), "Higher Learning" (1995), "Cop Land" (1997), "Deep Blue Sea" (1999), "The 6th Day" (2000), "Dr. Dolittle 2" (2001), "Big Fan" (2009), and "The Heat" (2013). He also directed the documentary "" (2011).
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Trent Lewis Thomas Trent Lewis II (born 16 November 1979), known professionally as Trent Lewis, is an American actor.
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Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling is a 1986 semi-autobiographical film starring Richard Pryor. This was the first and only feature film he directed (although he is credited as such on the screen version of "").
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Sam Rockwell Sam Rockwell (born November 5, 1968) is an American actor known for independent and mainstream films.
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Quentin Tarantino filmography Quentin Tarantino is an American director, producer, screenwriter and actor, who has directed eight films and written all of them. He began his career in the late 1980s by directing, writing and starring in the black-and-white "My Best Friend's Birthday", a partially lost amateur short film which was never officially released. He impersonated musician Elvis Presley in a small role in the sitcom "The Golden Girls" (1988), and briefly appeared in "Eddie Presley" (1992). As an independent filmmaker, he directed, wrote and appeared in the crime thriller "Reservoir Dogs" (1992), which tells the story of five strangers who team up for a jewelry heist. It proved to be Tarantino's breakthrough film and was named the "Greatest Independent Film of all Time" by "Empire". His screenplay for Tony Scott's "True Romance" (1993) was nominated for a Saturn Award.
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True Britt True Britt was a best-selling autobiography, published in 1980, by the actress Britt Ekland.
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Chris Cubas Christopher "Chris" L Cubas is an American stand-up comedian, podcast host, and actor.
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Scott Sowers Scott Sowers (born November 5, 1963) is an American actor. He is probably best known for his roles as Detective Parker in the late 1990s ABC series "Cracker" and for his role as Stanley Kowalski on stage in "A Streetcar Named Desire". He established the Signature Theatre Company in 1991, and the following year he won the LA Dramalogue Award for Performance for his role as the colonel in "A Few Good Men" at the Shubert Theatre. In film he has played some notable minor roles, such as a mercenary in "" (1995), a prison guard in "Dead Man Walking" (1995), and a condemned man in "True Grit" (2010). Aside from numerous dramatic readings for audiobooks, Sowers has also provided his voice for videogames such as "" (2003), "Manhunt 2" (2007) and "Homefront" (2011).
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Channon Roe James Channon Roe (born October 27, 1969) is an American actor. He began his film and television career in the mid-1990s. He first appeared on TV series "My So-Called Life" as Billy in 1994. Roe began his acting career in independent films, including "The Low Life" and "Junked".
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Laura Ann Kesling Laura Ann Kesling (born February 25, 2000) is an American child actress. She made her film debut as Bobbi in the Adam Sandler film "Bedtime Stories". Kesling developed an interest in acting at a young age and has appeared in a number of commercials. Her mother is LPGA golfer Danielle Ammaccapane.
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James Parks (actor) James Jean Parks (born November 16, 1968) is an American actor.
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Derek Waters Derek Matthew Waters (born July 30, 1979) is an American actor, comedian, and writer. He is the co-creator and host of the Comedy Central series "Drunk History".
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Denzel Washington on screen and stage Denzel Washington is an American actor who made his feature film debut in "Carbon Copy" (1981). In 1982, Washington made his first appearance in the medical drama "St. Elsewhere" as Dr. Philip Chandler. The role proved to be the breakthrough in his career. He starred as Private First Class Melvin Peterson in the drama "A Soldier's Story" (1984). The film was an adaptation of the Off-Broadway play "A Soldier's Play" (1981–1983) in which Washington had earlier portrayed the same character. In 1987, he played Steve Biko, an anti-apartheid activist in the Richard Attenborough-directed drama "Cry Freedom", for which he received his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Two years later, Washington won the award for playing Trip, a former slave-turned-soldier in Civil War film "Glory" (1989). In 1990, he played the title character in the play "The Tragedy of Richard III", and starred in Spike Lee's comedy-drama "Mo' Better Blues". Washington received the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the Berlin International Film Festival, for playing the eponymous civil rights activist in Lee's "Malcolm X" (1992).