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Duane Whitaker is a Actor and Scriptwriter American born on 23 june 1959 at Lubbock (USA)
Duane Whitaker (born June 23, 1959) is an American actor.
Duane Whitaker is probably best known for his role in Quentin Tarantino's popular 1994 film Pulp Fiction as Maynard, the sadistic pawn shop owner. He wrote and portrayed the title role in Eddie Presley (based on his own successful stage play). Whitaker also wrote, directed and appeared in Together and Alone.
Other notable roles include; a racist cop in Tales from the Hood, the bouncer Roadrash in Hobgoblins, Boss Man in Feast, The Sheriff in Trailer Park of Terror, Luther in From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (which he also co-wrote), Buddy in Dead Letters (film), Winslow in Broke Sky, Mickey in Cordoba Nights and Dr. Bankhead in The Devil's Rejects.
Most recently Duane has appeared in the feature films Albino Farm, Dozers, Halloween II and "Lionhead." On TV, Duane appeared on the Cold Case episode "The Brush Man" and recently filmed a recurring role in the new FX Series "The Bridge (2013 TV series)" as well. Whitaker has also written numerous screenplays including "Stripteaser."
On March 31, 2010, American Cinematheque hosted a screening of Eddie Presley and "Together and Alone" at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles. Duane has also spent nearly a decade teaching Film Acting classes in Los Angeles.
Duane is a graduate of Monterey High School in Lubbock, Texas.
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Duane Whitaker is probably best known for his role in Quentin Tarantino's popular 1994 film Pulp Fiction as Maynard, the sadistic pawn shop owner. He wrote and portrayed the title role in Eddie Presley (based on his own successful stage play). Whitaker also wrote, directed and appeared in Together and Alone.
Other notable roles include; a racist cop in Tales from the Hood, the bouncer Roadrash in Hobgoblins, Boss Man in Feast, The Sheriff in Trailer Park of Terror, Luther in From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (which he also co-wrote), Buddy in Dead Letters (film), Winslow in Broke Sky, Mickey in Cordoba Nights and Dr. Bankhead in The Devil's Rejects.
Most recently Duane has appeared in the feature films Albino Farm, Dozers, Halloween II and "Lionhead." On TV, Duane appeared on the Cold Case episode "The Brush Man" and recently filmed a recurring role in the new FX Series "The Bridge (2013 TV series)" as well. Whitaker has also written numerous screenplays including "Stripteaser."
On March 31, 2010, American Cinematheque hosted a screening of Eddie Presley and "Together and Alone" at Grauman's Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles. Duane has also spent nearly a decade teaching Film Acting classes in Los Angeles.
Duane is a graduate of Monterey High School in Lubbock, Texas.
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3 from Hell (2019)
, 2h5Directed by Rob Zombie
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Horror, Crime
Actors Sheri Moon Zombie, Bill Moseley, Sid Haig, Austin Stoker, Dee Wallace, Jeff Daniel Phillips
Roles Dr. Bankhead (uncredited)
Rating54%
La suite de La Maison des mille morts et The Devil's Rejects sortis respectivement en 2003 et 2005.
Bad Ass (2012)
, 1h30Directed by Craig Moss
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action
Actors Danny Trejo, Charles Dutton, Ron Perlman, Chris Spencer, Shalim Ortiz, Jillian Murray
Roles Rex / Pawn Shop Owner
Rating55%
Frank Vega (Danny Trejo) is a decorated Vietnam War veteran who had led a difficult life. His old girlfriend married someone else and had two kids while he was fighting for his country, he is unable to get a job anywhere, and ended up making a living selling hot dogs for most of his life until a hot dog van took away his customers. Frank spent much of the rest of his life as a drifter, until one day, he becomes famous on the internet when he beats up two abusive skinheads on a bus, is given the nickname "Bad Ass," and is celebrated by everybody around him; people make T-shirts and graffiti with his face on it, police give him ride-alongs and he ends up on talk shows.
, 1h35Directed by Joel Soisson
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about religion
Actors Billy Drago, Barbara Nedeljáková, Kelen Coleman, Duane Whitaker, Stephen King
Roles Pritchett
Rating36%
Tim and Allie's car breaks down and they attempt to find shelter in a remote desert farmhouse after becoming lost. A strange Charles Manson-like character, Preacher (Billy Drago), allows them inside to use the phone. The couple find out they won't be able to get tow service until the following day. Preacher and his Ukrainian wife Oksana let them stay the night with strict orders to be gone by morning, and not wander "where you are not invited." They find their hosts weird but don't think much of it and head to bed after dinner. Allie wanders off in the middle of the night after using the outhouse, and discovers the garage has been converted into a cult worshipping church. She then stumbles upon a crumbling outbuilding where she hears faint cries coming from a child.
Exodus Fall (2011)
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children, Medical-themed films, Transport films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Road movies, Films about autism, Films about child abuse
Actors Rosanna Arquette, Jesse James, Devon Graye, Leo Rossi, Dee Wallace, Christopher Atkins
Roles Marty
Rating75%
Set in 1974, the film centers on three siblings from Texas — Kenneth (Jesse James), Charlotte (Adrien Finkel), and Dana Minor (Devon Graye) — who are left living with their abusive, alcoholic mother Marilyn (Rosanna Arquette) after their father's death. Marilyn commits Dana, who is autistic, to an institution, allowing doctors to perform medical experiments on him. Kenneth and Charlotte break their younger brother out of the asylum, and the three siblings set out on a road trip, intending to travel from Texas to their grandmother's home in Oregon. They are joined by a hippie named Travis (Alexander Carroll).
Halloween II (2009)
, 1h45Directed by Rob Zombie
Origin USA
Genres Horror, Slasher
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Sheri Moon Zombie, Matt Bush, Brad Dourif, Chase Wright Vanek
Roles Sherman Benny
Rating48%
In a flashback, Deborah Myers (Sheri Moon Zombie) visits her son, a young Michael Myers (Chase Wright Vanek), at Smith's Grove Sanitarium. She gives him a white horse statuette as a gift. Michael says that the horse reminds him of a dream he had of Deborah's ghost, dressed in all white and leading a horse down the sanitarium halls toward Michael, telling him she was going to bring him home. Fifteen years later, after having shot an adult Michael (Tyler Mane), Laurie Strode (Scout Taylor-Compton) is found wandering around in a state of shock by Sheriff Brackett (Brad Dourif), who takes Laurie to the emergency room. Meanwhile, the paramedics pick up the Sheriff's daughter and Laurie's friend Annie (Danielle Harris) and Michael's psychiatrist Dr. Loomis (Malcolm McDowell), who are still alive after having been attacked by Michael, and take them to the hospital. Presumed dead, Michael's body is loaded into a separate ambulance. When the driver has a traffic accident, Michael awakens and escapes the ambulance, walking toward a vision of his mother dressed in white and leading a white horse.
Albino Farm (2009)
, 1h30Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors Chris Jericho, Tammin Sursok, Duane Whitaker, Sunkrish Bala, Alicia Lagano, Kevin Spirtas
Roles Jeremiah
Rating38%
The film opens in the small town of Shiloh, where two boys on bicycles ride through the woods up to the gates of the legendary Albino Farm. The oldest goes in and the youngest stays outside. The oldest boasts he isn't scared of anything, and then a figure leaps out and drags him into the woods.
The Butcher (2009)
Directed by Jesse V. Johnson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors Eric Roberts, Keith David, Robert Davi, Geoffrey Lewis, Irina Björklund, Michael Ironside
Roles Car Buyer
Rating53%
Merle Hench, nicknamed "The Butcher" (Roberts) is a henchman for gangster Murdoch (Davi), until Hench takes the fall for his boss. Having survived, Hench will earn his nickname on a mission for revenge.
Trailer Park of Terror (2008)
, 1h31Directed by Steven Goldmann
Genres Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Nichole Hiltz, Matthew Del Negro, Trace Adkins, Trisha Rae Stahl, Priscilla Barnes, Ed Corbin
Roles Sheriff Keys
Rating51%
Based on the Imperium Comics series of the same name, Trailer Park of Terror follows six troubled high schoolers and their leader, the optimistic youth ministries pastor, Lewis (Matthew Del Negro). As the group return from an outdoor character building retreat in the mountains they become lost on the backroads after their bus crashes during a raging storm. The luckless group seeks refuge for the night in a seemingly abandoned trailer park down the road, managed by the strange and seductive Norma (Nichole Hiltz). As the night progresses they find that the park is anything but empty as Norma and her undead trailer trash buddies pick them off in imaginative ways.
Cold Ones (2007)
, 1h30Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors C. Thomas Howell, Duane Whitaker, Geoffrey Lewis, Kim Darby, Joe Unger, Patrick Thomas
Roles Buddy
Rating64%
Urban Decay (2007)
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Dean Cain, Brooke Burns, Meat Loaf, Chris Williams, Tim Thomerson, Roark Critchlow
Roles Burly Bum
Rating50%
Cab driver Stan slams into a homeless man who gets up and walks away, leaving behind a scarf covered with writhing maggots. Obsessed with the mystery, Stan hunts the ragtag figure through the city, discovering a trail of mangled, half-eaten victims, and an urban legend: Puss Head was a sewer worker who came back from an uncharted tunnel changed into something both living and dead. Parents warn their children that the shuffling zombie will get them if they stay out on the streets too late. But as the body count rises, Stan finds that the legend is alive and hungry.
Broke Sky (2007)
, 1h37Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy
Actors Will Wallace, Joe Unger, Bruce Glover, Duane Whitaker, Marco Perella, John Gulager
Roles Sheriff Winslow
Rating60%
Bucky and Earl are the two man team that collect and dispose of road kill for the county. A new, specially designed carcass removal truck forces them to choose which one of them gets to keep his job and who is let go. Earl comes up with a plan so they can both keep their jobs, but it means working at night. One night they are called out to Rufus's house where there is something dead in the well that needs to be removed. When Earl and Bucky discover what is fouling the well, their shock and confusion turns to panic and fear as they figure out what to do. Disagreement and conflict arise between them and this gradually builds to mistrust, suspicion and mystery, revealing secrets of a dirty, vile, inconceivable past. A past as repulsive as the road kill they scoop off the road.
The Devil's Rejects (2005)
, 1h49Directed by Rob Zombie
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror, Crime, Black comedy
Themes Medical-themed films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry, Road movies
Actors Sid Haig, Bill Moseley, Sheri Moon Zombie, Ken Foree, Matthew McGrory, William Forsythe
Roles Dr. Bankhead
Rating66%
On May 18, 1978, Texas Sheriff John Quincey Wydell and a large posse of State Troopers issue a Search and Destroy mission on the Firefly family for over 75 homicides and disappearances over the past several years. The family arms themselves and fire on the officers. Rufus is killed and Mother Firefly (Leslie Easterbrook) is taken into custody, while Otis and Baby escape. They steal a car, and after killing the driver, they go to Kahiki Palms, a run-down motel.
Feast (2005)
, 1h35Directed by John Gulager
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Horror comedy, Action, Horror
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Balthazar Getty, Henry Rollins, Navi Rawat, Judah Friedlander, Josh Zuckerman, Jason Mewes
Roles Boss Man
Rating61%
As people are enjoying drinks in a bar, a man covered in blood—identified onscreen as "Hero" (Eric Dane)—enters through the door and warns them all of impending danger. No one heeds his warning, so he shows the bar patrons the head of a repulsive creature to make them take him seriously. He is soon pulled through a window and decapitated by one of the monsters. After the carnage, a woman—"Heroine" (Navi Rawat)—bursts through the door and reveals herself to be the recently deceased man's wife. After a brief sentimental moment between the wife and her late husband, the bar patrons begin boarding up the windows in the bar. Despite their efforts, a young monster bursts through an uncovered window and begins attacking. A monster outside bursts its hand through Vet (Anthony "Treach" Criss), Edgy Cat/Jason Mewes has his face torn off and is accidentally shot dead, and the little monster dismembers one of the women—"Harley Mom" (Diane Goldner)—who is initially assumed to have died from massive blood loss.
Directed by Francis Stokes
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors John Hawkes, Karen Black, Dan Castellaneta, Anita Barone, Ryan Alosio, Leon Russom
Roles Mitch
Rating55%
Groom Lake (2002)
, 1h32Directed by William Shatner
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors William Shatner, Dan Gauthier, Amy Acker, Tom Towles, Dick Van Patten, Dan Martin
Roles Dr. Stevens
Rating28%
Kate is dying. She wants reassurance that there is life elsewhere in the Universe. She and Andy go to the one place that may hold the answers to her questions. Alien lights have been seen. Alien ships have been sighted. If she could only come into contact with these foreign forces! The bizarre people who inhabit the area also play a role in Kate and Andy's quest. The one place that may hold the answer is...GROOM LAKE!