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Christien Anholt is a Actor British born on 25 february 1971 at London (United-kingdom)
Christien Alexis Anholt (born 25 February 1971) is an English stage, television and film actor best known for his role in the television series Relic Hunter. He is the son of actor Tony Anholt and resides in London.
Anholt was born in London and began his acting career in 1988 in Reunion. He was then cast as "Leonard"/"Jeremy Lands" in the Harold Pinter play Another Time. He went on to play 'Marcelus' alongside Mel Gibson in the Franco Zefferelli film Hamlet (1990). He starred opposite Kate Beckinsale, Sam Neill and Judy Davis in the Hallmark production One Against the Wind, and alongside Stephen Dorff in The Power of One, directed by John G. Avilsden.
Steven Spielberg selected Anholt to play Clive Owen's brother in the TV series pilot Class Of '61. He appeared in the BBC's Money For Nothing. He has been featured in Seventeen opposite Rachel Weisz, and in Hard Times opposite Richard E. Grant and Sir Alan Bates and inThe Harpist. This was followed by Preaching to the Perverted, The Ruby Ring, and in George Milton's Appetite. Anholt returned to the West End in Terence Rattigan's In Praise Of Love and was cast by Harold Pinter and director David Jones opposite Pinter himself, in The Hothouse.
In 1999 Anholt was cast as "Nigel Bailey" in Relic Hunter which ran for three seasons. More recently Anholt guest starred in two episodes of Adventure Inc, alongside Michael Biehn, and had a cameo in The Conclave. He appeared opposite James Franco and Jean Reno in the World War One drama Flyboys, and can be seen alongside Thora Birch in Dark Corners.
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Birth name Christien Alexis Anholt
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 25 february 1971 (53 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 25 february 1971 (53 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Anholt was born in London and began his acting career in 1988 in Reunion. He was then cast as "Leonard"/"Jeremy Lands" in the Harold Pinter play Another Time. He went on to play 'Marcelus' alongside Mel Gibson in the Franco Zefferelli film Hamlet (1990). He starred opposite Kate Beckinsale, Sam Neill and Judy Davis in the Hallmark production One Against the Wind, and alongside Stephen Dorff in The Power of One, directed by John G. Avilsden.
Steven Spielberg selected Anholt to play Clive Owen's brother in the TV series pilot Class Of '61. He appeared in the BBC's Money For Nothing. He has been featured in Seventeen opposite Rachel Weisz, and in Hard Times opposite Richard E. Grant and Sir Alan Bates and inThe Harpist. This was followed by Preaching to the Perverted, The Ruby Ring, and in George Milton's Appetite. Anholt returned to the West End in Terence Rattigan's In Praise Of Love and was cast by Harold Pinter and director David Jones opposite Pinter himself, in The Hothouse.
In 1999 Anholt was cast as "Nigel Bailey" in Relic Hunter which ran for three seasons. More recently Anholt guest starred in two episodes of Adventure Inc, alongside Michael Biehn, and had a cameo in The Conclave. He appeared opposite James Franco and Jean Reno in the World War One drama Flyboys, and can be seen alongside Thora Birch in Dark Corners.
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Ben 10: Race Against Time (2008)
, 1h8Directed by Alex Winter
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action
Themes Films about religion, Time travel films, Films set in the future, Superhero films, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Graham Phillips, Haley Ramm, David Franklin, Lee Majors, Christien Anholt, Beth Littleford
Roles Eon
Rating42%
Taking place after the series, the story opens in Bellwood as a mysterious black figure appears and immediately starts destroying things. Ben Tennyson (Graham Phillips), in the form of Heatblast (voiced by David Franklin), confronts him. After a short battle, Ben seemingly obliterates the villain, which is strange considering it was way too easy.
Flyboys (2006)
, 2h19Directed by Tony Bill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors James Franco, Martin Henderson, Jean Reno, Augustin Legrand, Abdul Salis, Jennifer Decker
Roles Higgins
Rating65%
Prior to America's entrance into World War I, a group of young Americans go to France, for different personal reasons, to fight in the French Air Service, L'Aéronautique militaire. One of them, Blaine Rawlings, faced with the foreclosure of his family ranch in Texas, decides to enlist after seeing a newsreel of aerial combat in France. Dilettante Briggs Lowry joins because of his overbearing father. African-American boxer Eugene Skinner, who had been accepted as an athlete in France, was motivated to "pay back" his adopted country. Beagle, a notorious thief, burglar and mugger, evades capture due to a tip off about his arrest and leaves America for France, believing that even criminals are forgiven if he registers in the French Army. Porter, a former Church pastor suffering dwindling churchgoers, decides to enlist to become a chaplain, and Jamie, frustrated by American neutrality, decides to join the war. These American recruits are under the command of French Captain Georges Thenault, while the veteran fighter ace Reed Cassidy, a fellow American, a womanizer, drunkard and traumatized ace pilot, takes over as their mentor.
Dark Corners (2006)
, 1h32Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Thora Birch, Toby Stephens, Christien Anholt, Lorraine Bruce, Jonny Coyne, Jonny Coyne
Roles David Hamilton
Rating49%
Birch plays two characters, alternating between them each time she falls asleep, each of whom believes that the other is a dream. The first of them, Karen Clarke, is a mortuary worker who awakes to find that she has injuries which she does not recall receiving, and the second is Susan Hamilton, an office worker who is preparing to undergo artificial insemination. As time passes Clarke's world becomes increasingly nightmarish, with a corpse coming to life on her table and a serial killer stalking her, and the line between the two worlds becomes increasingly fragile.
The Harpist (1999)
Directed by Hansjörg Thurn
Genres Drama
Actors Christien Anholt, Colin Baker, John Kavanagh, Barbara Murray
Rating56%
30 Years to Life (1998)
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller
Themes Films set in the future
Actors Robert Hays, Hugh O'Conor, Amy Robbins, Christien Anholt, Gabrielle Lazure, Josie d'Arby
Roles Derek
Rating53%
In a futuristic society where prison has been abolished, a 15-year-old is punished for a murder he didn't commit by being subject to a process that ages him thirty years. As an older man he sets out to find the real killer.
Preaching to the Perverted (1997)
, 1h40Directed by Stuart Urban
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about sexuality, BDSM in films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Guinevere Turner, Tom Bell, Christien Anholt, Ricky Tomlinson, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Sue Johnston
Roles Peter Emery
Rating58%
Henry Harding MP, a British government minister on a moral crusade, hires an inexperienced young computer whizzkid, Peter Emery who works for a Christian computer company called Holy Hardware, to infiltrate the United Kingdom BDSM scene. Harding is set on putting a club called "House of Thwax" run by Mistress Tanya Cheex out of business, and is sure that Peter's secretly videotaped evidence of the club's activities will do the trick. However, the virginal Peter takes a liking to Tanya Cheex and finds himself falling for the Mistress. Amongst the locations used Layer Marney Tower in Essex plays a pivotal role for a party scene.
Class of '61 (1993)
, 1h30Directed by Gregory Hoblit
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Political films
Actors Dan Futterman, Clive Owen, Laura Linney, Josh Lucas, Christien Anholt, Andre Braugher
Roles Terry O'Neil
Rating55%
The film follows the lives of several West Point cadet classmates who find themselves on opposite sides of the war. The film also follows the adventures of Lucius the slave escaping via the underground railroad to freedom with the film cutting between the First Battle of Bull Run and the birth of a Lucius' child born in slavery.
The Power of One (1992)
, 2h7Directed by John G. Avildsen
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about racism, Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Political films
Actors Stephen Dorff, Armin Mueller-Stahl, John Gielgud, Morgan Freeman, Daniel Craig, Simon Fenton
Roles Date at Dinner
Rating71%
Born in 1930 to a recently widowed Englishwoman on a homestead in rural Natal, little Peter Philip is schooled in the ways of England by his mother and the ways of Africa by a Zulu nanny (Nomadlozi Kubheka), whose son Tonderai is also his best friend. Their easy life is forever shattered, however, when the farm's cattle are claimed by rinderpest. PK's mother succumbs to a nervous breakdown, and he is sent away to a conservative Afrikaans boarding school while she recovers.
Hamlet (1991)
, 2h10Directed by Franco Zeffirelli
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Films about royalty
Actors Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates, Paul Scofield, Ian Holm, Helena Bonham Carter
Roles Marcellus
Rating66%
In Denmark, Prince Hamlet finds himself involved in a conspiracy of power to the royal palace. Cruel uncle Claudius kills his brother and takes the power of the kingdom. After an encounter with the restless ghost of his murdered father, Hamlet feigns madness and plots to take vengeance.
One Against the Wind (1991)
, 1h36Origin Luxembourg
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Judy Davis, Sam Neill, Anthony Higgins, Christien Anholt, Kate Beckinsale, Denholm Elliott
Roles Maurice Lindell, Mary's Son
Rating67%
Mary Linden travaille pour la Croix-Rouge française en France occupée pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale et aide les soldats alliés qui ont été abattus à s'échapper vers le côté inoccupé. Ses activités sont compliquées par sa notoriété et l'histoire d'amour de sa fille avec un officier allemand. Basé sur l'histoire vraie.
Reunion (1989)
, 1h50Directed by Jerry Schatzberg
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Buddy films, Films about school violence
Actors Jason Robards, Samuel West, Christien Anholt, Françoise Fabian, Barbara Jefford, Barbara Jefford
Roles Hans Strauss
Rating68%
American lawyer Henry Strauss (Robards) is preparing to return to Germany for the first time since he left in 1933 following Adolf Hitler's rise to power. He is seeking to renew an "enchanting friendship" of his youth with aristocrat Konradin Von Lohenburg (West).