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Don Shanks is a Actor, Scriptwriter and Stunt Coordinator American born on 26 february 1950 at Macoupin County (USA)
Donald L. "Don" Shanks (born February 26, 1950) is an American actor and stuntman, known for his role as Michael Myers in Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers, and Nakoma, the Native American friend of the title character in the 1977 television series The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams.
(1994)
(Stunts)
(2002)
(Scriptwriter)
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Birth name Donald L. Shanks
Nationality USA
Birth 26 february 1950 (74 years) at Macoupin County (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 26 february 1950 (74 years) at Macoupin County (USA)
Donald L. "Don" Shanks (born February 26, 1950) is an American actor and stuntman, known for his role as Michael Myers in Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers, and Nakoma, the Native American friend of the title character in the 1977 television series The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams.
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Shanks was born in Piasa, Illinois. In 1989, Shanks portrayed Michael Myers in Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers. In 2006, he appeared as Ben Willis, the infamous serial killer in the film I'll Always Know What You Did Last Summer. Recently, Shanks, who is of Cherokee and Choctaw descent, appeared in the film The Last Sin Eater as an Indian chief. It was released in the U.S. on February 9, 2007.Best films
(1994)(Stunts)
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Smothered (2016)
Directed by John Schneider
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Kane Hodder, R. A. Mihailoff, Bill Moseley, Malcolm Danare, Don Shanks, John Schneider
Roles Don Shanks
Rating37%
After a convention appearance gig turns out to be wildly unsuccessful and unpleasant, a group of cult horror icons find themselves reluctantly persuaded to haunt a trailer park. Lured by the promise of $1,000 a piece for what should be relatively easy work, the group arrives at the park but soon discovers that there is more to the job than they had initially been led to believe and that their own lives are at risk.
, 1h25Directed by Arlene Sanford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Christmas films, Transport films, Road movies, Children's films
Actors Bridgit Mendler, Leigh-Allyn Baker, Bradley Steven Perry, Mia Talerico, Debra Monk, Michael Kagan
Rating63%
The Duncan family plans to go to Amy's parents' new condo in Palm Springs, California for Christmas. However, they are separated on route when Teddy (Bridgit Mendler) makes a snap decision to give up her airline seat for a free ticket to prove to her parents she can go to Florida for her spring break with her best friend Ivy (Raven Goodwin). Unwilling to let her daughter travel alone, Amy (Leigh-Allyn Baker) also disembarks the plane, only to discover that the next flight to Palm Springs departs after Christmas. Meanwhile, the rest of the family arrives in Palm Springs, but things aren’t any easier as Bob (Eric Allan Kramer) tries to care for Charlie (Mia Talerico) under the watchful eye of Amy’s mother Petunia (Debra Monk), who strongly dislikes Bob and blames him for Charlie's mischief; PJ (Jason Dolley) learns the pros and cons of his grandparents' pool after getting a sunburn; and Gabe (Bradley Steven Perry) quickly realizes the downfalls of teaching Grandpa Hank (Michael Kagan) how to play his favorite video game, Galaxy of Death, after Hank becomes addicted to it.
The Last Sin Eater (2007)
, 1h57Directed by Michael Graham Landon, Jr.
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion
Actors Liana Liberato, Louise Fletcher, Soren Fulton, Henry Thomas, Alan John Buckley, Elizabeth Lackey
Roles Indian Chief
Rating56%
The Last Sin Eater is a story that takes place in 1850s Appalachia in a settlement community of Welsh Americans. Ten-year-old Cadi's grief over the death of her beloved grandmother, the only person who seemed to love her unconditionally, is compounded by a previous family tragedy for which she believes her family blames her. During her grandmother's funeral rites, Cadi sees the face of the village sin-eater, a person who absolves the deceased, at death, of their sins in this tiny Smoky Mountain community.
, 1h32Directed by Sylvain White
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Brooke Nevin, David Paetkau, Torrey DeVitto, Ben Easter, K.C. Clyde, Don Shanks
Roles The Fisherman
Rating34%
On July 4, Amber Williams (Brooke Nevin), her friends Zoe (Torrey DeVitto) and Roger (Seth Packard) and her boyfriend Colby Patterson (David Paetkau) stage a prank at the town carnival, with Roger faking the return of the "Fisherman" killer, with the hook Roger says Ben Willis originally used. However, during the prank, their friend PJ Davis (Clay Taylor) performs a stunt as part of the act. The prank seemingly goes without a hitch, but when they return, they see everyone staring at PJ's body impaled on a pipe. The public believes the Fisherman to be behind it and to cover up what happened, Colby convinces his friends to burn the evidence and make a pact that the secret will die with them.
Urban Legends: Bloody Mary (2005)
, 1h29Directed by Mary Lambert
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Kate Mara, Tamala Jones, Olesya Rulin, Lillith Fields, Nancy Everhard, Audra Lea Keener
Roles Coach Jacoby
Rating42%
On November 5, 1969, three high school footballers tried to drug and kidnap their prom night dates. Their plan works with two of the girls but the third, Mary Banner (Lillith Fields), tries to escape. The football captain chases her into a storage room and punches her, knocking her out. Unable to revive her nor able to hear her heartbeat, he believes Mary to be dead. Panicking, he locks her body in an old trunk.
Ride with the Devil (2000)
, 2h18Directed by Ang Lee
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Romance, Western
Themes Films about slavery, Films about racism, Political films
Actors Tobey Maguire, Skeet Ulrich, Jewel, Jeffrey Wright, Simon Baker, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
Roles George
Rating66%
Jake Roedel and Jack Bull Chiles are friends in Missouri when the American Civil War breaks out. During the mayhem, Chiles's father is murdered by Kansas pro-Union Jayhawkers. The two men join the First Missouri Irregulars, also known as the Bushwhackers; informal units loyal to Missouri in 1861. They later meet George Clyde and former slave Daniel Holt, whose freedom Clyde has previously granted.
The Crow: Salvation (2000)
, 1h42Directed by Bharat Nalluri
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about animals, Films about families, Films about sexuality, Films about birds, Ghost films, Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics
Actors Eric Mabius, Kirsten Dunst, Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, Fred Ward, William Atherton, Tim DeKay
Roles Guard #1
Rating49%
In Salt Lake City, Alex Corvis (Eric Mabius) is a death row convict framed for the murder of his girlfriend Lauren Randall (Jodi Lyn O'Keefe). Three years later, he is sentenced to death in the electric chair. When he is asked for his last words, he says he still loves Lauren and that he is innocent. However, the guards ignore his plea to live, and the switch is pulled. The generator is struck by lightning during the electrocution, overriding the electricity, and Alex suffers a painful, excruciating death. Soon after the execution, Alex is resurrected by a mystical crow and gifted with supernatural abilities, so he can clear his name and avenge Lauren's death. Alex follows the crow to the Salt Lake City police department's evidence room, where he discovers that Lauren was killed by a group of corrupt cops. Alex has a vision of one of the killers, who has a scar on his arm matching one he saw just before his execution. Alex finds the knife that was used on Lauren, and then goes to her grave. There, he meets with Lauren's sister Erin (Kirsten Dunst), who believes he is guilty. He tells her that he will prove his innocence, and disappears.
Made Men (1999)
, 1h27Directed by Louis Morneau
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors James Belushi, Timothy Dalton, Michael Beach, Vanessa Angel, Steve Railsback, Jamie Harris
Roles Caleb
Rating58%
Bill Manucci, ex-membre de la mafia de Chicago, vit avec sa femme dans une petite ville de Caroline du Sud, où il bénéficie du programme de protection des témoins du FBI. Suspecté de s'être enfui avec un butin de 12 millions de dollars, Bill est pris en chasse par deux de ses anciens collègues, Miles et Felix, tous deux à la solde du Skipper, mystérieux chef de la mafia dont personne ne connaît le visage, et bien déterminés à rapatrier ce magot. Alors que se mêle à ce trio un shérif local bien décidé à toucher sa part de la somme, les choses pourraient bien dégénérer dans la paisible ville d'Harmony...
Truth or Consequences, N.M. (1998)
, 1h47Directed by Kiefer Sutherland
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Actors Vincent Gallo, Mykelti Williamson, Kevin Pollak, Max Perlich, Rod Steiger, Kiefer Sutherland
Roles Vago Wiseguy #3
Rating62%
Raymond Lembecke (Vincent Gallo) is an ex-con just out of prison after serving time for selling drugs for his mob boss Tony Vago (Rod Steiger). (Lembecke was innocent and took the rap for Vago.) Lembecke thinks Vago owes him big time so, when his former boss gets him a measly job in a warehouse, he decides on revenge and plans to steal a million dollars' worth of drugs from him.
Legion of Fire: Killer Ants (1998)
Genres Horror
Actors Eric Lutes, Mitch Pileggi, Patrick Fugit, Julia Campbell, Jeremy Foley, Kevin Rahm
Rating29%
Dr. Jim Conrad is visiting the small town of Burly Pines to fish. While out with a friend, they discover a moose that has been stripped clean of meat. They presume it was left by hunters for scavengers, but then the hunters arrive and say they had shot it two hours earlier and had been tracking it since. They wonder what could have stripped a moose bare so quickly. A shopkeeper is found in the same condition in his home. The authorities think it may have been a predator, but Jim isn't so sure. During the autopsy, Jim finds something on the man's body and quietly takes it to study. When he looks at it under a microscope, he discovers that it is the jaws of a marabunta, a South American ant that is known for traveling in waves, killing everything in their path. After questioning Sheriff Jeff Croy and his men, Jim figures out that the ants must have arrived on a boat that had crashed a few years ago, leaving logs of South American wood behind. The ants had hibernated in the wood until recent seismic activity had made it warm enough to support them.
Walking Thunder (1997)
Directed by Craig Clyde
Genres Drama, Western
Actors John Denver, James Read, Irene Miracle, Brian Keith, Don Shanks, Christopher Neame
Roles Blood Coat
Rating58%
A young boy, Danny McKay, stays with his grandmother while his parents are away. The grandmother gives him a journal written by his grandfather when the latter was a teenage boy. It relates how he, Jacob McKay, travelled with his parents and younger brother Toby in a covered wagon on the way to California to seek a better life. Somehow they become separated from the wagon train that they originally joined up with and become stranded in the Rocky Mountains. While they are sleeping, an enormous bear appears and rummages through the wagon, scaring off their mules and livestock and scatters their possessions. The axle of the wagon is broken in the process and the father, John McKay, decides to build a shelter where they presently are as it would take too long to fix the axle and winter is about to arrive. Also, the mother Emma is heavily pregnant with their third child. Jacob and Toby are sent to look for food and come across a lodge owned by an old Sioux medicine man Dark Wind. Having read about the Indians in books, Jacob and Toby fear for their lives when the old man appears but are quickly re-assured by the fortuitous arrival of mountain man Abner Murdock, who understands the Sioux language and acts as interpreter. Both Murdock and Dark Wind share a meal with the McKays, and Dark Wind regales them with the story of the great bear known by the Sioux nation as Walking Thunder, with whom he shares a kindred spirit, and who had dominion over the land in which they live.
3 Ninjas Knuckle Up (1995)
, 1h25Directed by Shin Sang-ok
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Children's films
Actors Victor Wong, Charles Napier, Michael Treanor, Max Elliott Slade, Chad Power, Crystle Lightning
Roles Charlie
Rating43%
Rocky (Michael Treanor), Colt (Max Elliott Slade), Tum Tum (Chad Power) defend "Truth, Justice and the American Way", once more - this time, protecting a Native American village and the rest of society against a Toxic Waste Company.
Dumb and Dumber (1994)
, 1h47Directed by Frères Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Buddy films, Sports d'hiver, Ski
Actors Jim Carrey, Jeff Daniels, Lauren Holly, Charles Rocket, Mike Starr, Victoria Rowell
Roles Waiter #3 (uncredited)
Rating72%
Lloyd Christmas (Jim Carrey) and Harry Dunne (Jeff Daniels) are best friends and roommates living in Providence, Rhode Island who struggle at every aspect of life. Lloyd, a limousine driver, falls in love with Mary Swanson (Lauren Holly), a woman he is driving to the airport. She intentionally leaves a briefcase in the terminal; Lloyd, unaware that it contains ransom money for her kidnapped husband, Bobby, retrieves it and tries to return it to her, but her Aspen-bound plane has already departed, leading to Lloyd running through and falling out of the jetway.
Dream Machine (1991)
, 1h22Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors Corey Haim, Jeremy Slate, Jim McKrell, Don Shanks
Roles Juan Valdez
Rating51%
A suspicious Mrs. Chamberlain (Susan Seaforth Hayes) hires a private detective to spy on her husband. When she receives the confirmation later that night that her husband is with another woman, she proceeds to location.
The Indian Runner (1991)
, 2h7Directed by Sean Penn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Musical films
Actors Viggo Mortensen, David Morse, Patricia Arquette, Valeria Golino, Charles Bronson, Sandy Dennis
Roles Young Indian Runner
Rating68%
The story, set in 1960s Nebraska, involves two very different brothers: small-town deputy sheriff Joe and criminal Frank Roberts.