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CAST:
 Vincent D'Onofrio Jan  Kevin Corrigan Zelko  Liane Balaban Irene  Jamie Harrold Peter  David Rakoff Frank  Helen Hanft CAST BIOGRAPHIES: Vincent D'Onofrio is known as an "actor's actor". The wide variety of roles he has played and the quality of his work have earned him a reputation as a versatile talent. He studied at the Actors Studio and the American Stanislavski Theatre. His debut on stage was in 1984 in the Broadway play "Open Admissions", followed by work in numerous other stage plays. As a film actor, D'Onofrio's career break came when he played a mentally unbalanced recruit in Full Metal Jacket (1987), directed by the renowned Stanley Kubrick. For this role D'Onofrio gained nearly 70 pounds. He had a major role in Dying Young (1991), and appeared prominently in the box-office smash Men in Black (1997) as the bad guy (Edgar "The Bug"). Other films of note in which he has appeared are Mystic Pizza (1988), JFK (1991), The Player (1992), Ed Wood (1994), The Cell (2000) and The Break-Up (2006). In 1996 D'Onofrio garnered critical acclaim along with co-star Renée Zellweger for The Whole Wide World (1996), which he helped produce. He also made a guest appearance in the TV series "Homicide: Life on the Street" (1993) in a 1997 episode, where he played an accident victim who could not be rescued and was destined to die. For this performance he won an Emmy nomination. In 2000 he both produced and starred in Steal This Movie (2000), a biopic of radical leader Abbie Hoffman. In 2001 D'Onofrio took the role which has likely given him his greatest public recognition: Det. Robert Goren, the lead character in the TV series "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" (2001). D'Onofrio's character focuses on psychology to identify the perpetrators, whom he often draws into confessing or yielding condemning evidence. In his career D'Onofrio's various film characters have included a priest, a bisexual former porn star, a hijacker, a serial killer, Orson Welles, a space alien, a 1960s radical leader, a pulp fiction writer, an ingenious police investigator and Stuart Smalley's dope-head brother. Kevin Corrigan made his film debut in 1989 in Lost Angels starring Donald Sutherland and Adam Horovitz. He also had a small role in Goodfellas as the brother of Henry Hill (Ray Liotta). After appearing in the poorly-received film Billy Bathgate, Corrigan turned his attention towards small-budget films, starting with Zebrahead. During the independent film boom of the 1990s, he built a career playing quirky, unconventional characters in films such as True Romance, Living in Oblivion and Walking and Talking. He made a rare appearance in a big-budget blockbuster film with a small role in Bad Boys. Corrigan made his television series debut as a cast member of the short-lived Rhea Perlman sitcom, Pearl. Corrigan became well-known for his role as the slacker Eddie Finnerty on the sitcom Grounded for Life which ran for five seasons. After the show's cancellation, he returned to appearing in smaller film projects with the exception of a role in Martin Scorsese's The Departed as the drug dealing cousin of Leonardo DiCaprio's character. Since the success of that film, he began to appear more regularly in high-profile films. He had roles in the Judd Apatow-produced film Superbad as the violent owner of the house where Jonah Hill's and Michael Cera's characters attempt to steal alcohol and in Pineapple Express as one of the main villain's henchmen. He also appeared in Ridley Scott's American Gangster as an informant for Russell Crowe's character. Corrigan was also in the movie The Last Winter 2006, in which he played "Motor" a mechanic. He stars also 2010 in the John Landis produced thriller film Some Guy Who Kills People. Liane Balaban (born June 24, 1980) is a Canadian actress. Her film debut was in New Waterford Girl (1999), playing Agnes-Marie "Moonie" Pottie, and has since appeared in the films Definitely, Maybe (2008), Last Chance Harvey (2009), and the independent drama One Week (2008). Jamie Harrold was born and raised in Taylorville, Illinois. He graduated from The Academy for the Performing Arts (Chicago's High School for the Arts) and received his B.F.A. from The Theatre School at DePaul University. Jamie is best known for his role as Scott, the nervous water board clerk, opposite Julia Roberts, in the critically acclaimed film Erin Brockovich (2000) and as Steven, the hyper computer hacker in The Score (2001) opposite Robert De Niro and Marlon Brando. He has co-starred in television movies including; Kingdom Hospital (2004) (mini), Glimpse of Hell, A (2001) (TV), Family Pictures (1993) (TV) opposite Anjelica Huston, and Darrow (1991) (TV) opposite Kevin Spacey. He has guest appeared on the TV series "Law and Order: Criminal Intent" (2001), Trinity (1998), and Cracker (1997). He has co-starred in independent films including Flannel Pajama's (2006), Swimming (2000), I Think I Do (1997), and I Shot Andy Warhol (1996). His other movies include hits like Natural Born Killers (1994), To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (1995), and The Sum of All Fears(2002). Jamie lives in New York City with his cat Dinzee. David Rakoff is the author of the New York Times bestselling books FRAUD and DON'T GET TOO COMFORTABLE. His next book, HALF EMPTY, will be published in Fall of 2010. He has been collected in DA CAPO'S BEST MUSIC WRITING and THE BEST AMERICAN TRAVEL WRITING, and his writing has also been featured in The New York Times, Salon, GQ, Outside Magazine, and Public Radio International's "This American Life," among others. As an actor and director, he has worked with Amy and David Sedaris on numerous Off-Broadway productions, and has appeared in the films "Capote" (fleetingly), and "Strangers With Candy" (fleetingly; mutely). Helen Hanft began her career on the stage in the late 1950‘s in theatre productions after studying drama at The Performing Arts High School. She is well-documented in many books and writings for having made theatre history with her performances and being at the center of such renowned companies as Theatre of The Eye and an integral part of the La Mama E.T.C. and Caffe Cino families. She continued to appear in plays for both Tom Eyen and other various New York playwrights throughout the 1960's and 1970’s but later went on to develop a considerable film career. Occasionally Hanft appears in such popular television fare as Law & Order: Criminal Intent, which is filmed in her native New York. She is perhaps best known for her roles in Used People (1992) as the ever-endearing "Aunt Ruthie" (opposite Shirley MacLaine) and as the almost villainous Department of Motor Vehicles employee, "Miss Hellberg", in License to Drive (1988) (opposite former teen heartthrob Corey Haim). A marvellous and dazzling actress of many facets and great depth, Hanft still delights and thrills audiences today with her film and stage characters. |
