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Jim Piddock is a Actor, Scriptwriter and Executive producer British born on 8 april 1956 at Rochester (United-kingdom)
James Anthony "Jim" Piddock (born 8 April 1956) is an English actor, writer, and producer who began his career on the stage in England, before emigrating to the U.S. in 1981.
After contemplating becoming an anthropologist, Piddock ended up pursuing his other passion and began his acting career on the stage in the UK, before emigrating to the U.S in his early twenties. He made his U.S theatrical debut in The Boy's Own Story in 1982. A number of film and television credits followed, most notably several Christopher Guest films, including Best in Show and For Your Consideration.
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Birth name James Anthony Piddock
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 8 april 1956 (68 years) at Rochester (United-kingdom)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 8 april 1956 (68 years) at Rochester (United-kingdom)
James Anthony "Jim" Piddock (born 8 April 1956) is an English actor, writer, and producer who began his career on the stage in England, before emigrating to the U.S. in 1981.
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Piddock was born in Rochester, Kent, the son of Celia Mary (née O'Callaghan) and Charles Frederick Piddock. After completing his tertiary studies at Worth Abbey, a Benedictine boarding school in the south of England, Piddock attended London University, gaining an Honours degree in English literature.After contemplating becoming an anthropologist, Piddock ended up pursuing his other passion and began his acting career on the stage in the UK, before emigrating to the U.S in his early twenties. He made his U.S theatrical debut in The Boy's Own Story in 1982. A number of film and television credits followed, most notably several Christopher Guest films, including Best in Show and For Your Consideration.
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Mascots (2016)
Directed by Christopher Guest
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Zach Woods, Sarah Baker, Parker Posey, Jim Piddock, Chris O'Dowd, Michael Hitchcock
Roles Owen Golly, Sr.
Rating57%
Grosses têtes et combinaisons en fourrure ! Les concurrents entrent en lice pour le titre de Meilleure mascotte du monde dans cette comédie décalée de Christopher Guest.
Mascots (2016)
, 1h29Directed by Christopher Guest
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Zach Woods, Sarah Baker, Parker Posey, Jim Piddock, Chris O'Dowd, Michael Hitchcock
Roles Owen Golly, Sr.
Rating57%
Plongée dans le monde des concours de mascottes sportives.
1915 (2015)
, 1h22Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Simon Abkarian, Angela Sarafyan, Samuel Page, Nikolai Kinski, Jim Piddock, Debra Christofferson
Roles Jeffrey
Rating35%
Exactly a century after the Armenian Genocide committed in Ottoman Turkey, a mysterious director (Simon Abkarian) is staging a play at the Los Angeles Theatre to honor the victims of that tragedy. Because of the controversial theme of the performance, protesters surround the theater and series of strange accidents spread panic among his producer (Jim Piddock) and actors (Angela Sarafyan, Sam Page, Nikolai Kinski), it appears that the director’s mission is profoundly dangerous, and the ghosts of the past are everywhere.
Kill Your Friends (2015)
, 1h43Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Crime, Black comedy
Themes Films about music and musicians
Actors Nicholas Hoult, Craig Roberts, Tom Riley, Georgia King, Ed Skrein, Rosanna Arquette
Roles Derek Sommers
Rating60%
London, 1997; the British music industry is on a winning streak. Britpop bands Blur, Oasis, The Verve rule the airwaves and Cool Britannia is in full swing. Twenty-seven-year-old A&R man Steven Stelfox (Nicholas Hoult) is slashing and burning his way through the music business, a world where ‘no one knows anything’ and where careers are made and broken by chance and the fickle tastes of the general public. Fuelled by greed, ambition and inhuman quantities of drugs, Stelfox lives the dream, as he searches for his next hit record. But as the hits dry up and the industry begins to change, Stelfox takes the concept of “killer tunes” to a murderous new level in a desperate attempt to salvage his career.
Think Like a Man Too (2014)
, 1h46Directed by Tim Story
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Kevin Hart, Regina Hall, Terrence J, Jerry Ferrara, Gabrielle Union, Michael Ealy
Roles Declan
Rating57%
Cedric (Kevin Hart) begins by saying how Las Vegas has always been a place for casinos and showgirls, and is the perfect place for couples to get married.
The Five-Year Engagement (2012)
, 2h4Directed by Nicholas Stoller
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Chris Pratt, Alison Brie, Rhys Ifans, Jacki Weaver
Roles George Barnes
Rating61%
Tom Solomon (Jason Segel), a sous chef at a fancy restaurant, and Violet Barnes (Emily Blunt), a psychology PhD graduate, are a happy couple in San Francisco who get engaged a year after they began dating. Their nuptials get interrupted when Tom's best friend Alex Eilhauer (Chris Pratt) gets Violet's sister Suzie (Alison Brie) pregnant at Tom and Violet's engagement party and the two marry before Tom and Violet. Their nuptials get further delayed when Violet gets accepted into the University of Michigan's post-doctorate in psychology program which lasts two years. Tom agrees to move with her and delay their wedding until then. However, when he tells his boss, he becomes disheartened when she states she was planning on making him head chef at a new restaurant in town.
The Dictator (2012)
, 1h23Directed by Larry Charles
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films set in Africa, Monde imaginaire, Political films
Actors Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Faris, Ben Kingsley, Aasif Mandvi, John C. Reilly, Chris Gethard
Roles (uncredited)
Rating64%
For years, the Republic of Wadiya (located in the Horn of Africa, supplanting the actual nation of Eritrea) has been ruled by Admiral General Haffaz Aladeen (Sacha Baron Cohen), a childish, tyrannical, sexist, anti-western, and antisemitic despot who surrounds himself with female bodyguards, sponsors al-Qaeda (specially giving shelter to Osama Bin Laden after "they killed his double one year ago") and is working on developing nuclear weapons to attack Israel. He also refused to sell Wadiya's oil fields, a promise he made to his father on his deathbed. After the United Nations Security Council resolves to intervene militarily, Aladeen travels to the UN Headquarters in New York to address the council.
The Cold Light of Day (2012)
, 1h34Directed by Mabrouk el Mechri, Kevin Mann
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Henry Cavill, Bruce Willis, Sigourney Weaver, Caroline Goodall, Rafi Gavron, Verónica Echegui
Roles Meckler
Rating49%
Will Shaw (Henry Cavill) works as an advisor in San Francisco. During the summer break, he reluctantly visits his family in Spain for a holiday. He is met there by his father, Martin Shaw (Bruce Willis), who is himself an advisor for the government. That evening, phone calls put Will in a bad mood and he decides to go fishing the next day. His preoccupation with the phone results in a sailing accident; Will leaps to save his brother's (Rafi Gavron) girlfriend Dara (Emma Hamilton) from being hit by the yacht's boom but she hits her head on a winch. While everyone is fussing over Dara, Will's phone rings again. In frustration, Martin grabs it and throws it into the ocean. Will decides to swim to town to fetch medical supplies and take some time to cool down.
Get Him to the Greek (2010)
, 1h49Directed by Nicholas Stoller
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians
Actors Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, Elisabeth Moss, Rose Byrne, Sean Combs, Tom Felton
Roles Limousine Driver in London
Rating62%
In 2008, British cheeky chappy rock star Aldous Snow (Russell Brand) releases an album and a titular single — "African Child", which is a commercial and critical failure. In an interview, despite having been teetotal and free of drugs, along with his pop-star girlfriend Jackie Q (Rose Byrne), she drunkenly declares they have a boring life in an interview. He relapses — which effectively ends his relationship with her, makes him lose custody of their son, Naples, sabotages his career and makes him become a slacker. Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, Aaron Green (Jonah Hill) works as a talent scout at Pinnacle Records, a successful record company. He lives with his girlfriend, Daphne (Elisabeth Moss), a doctor. Pinnacle Records is performing badly as a result of poor record sales, and the head of the company, Sergio Roma (Sean Combs), asks for ideas. Green proposes that Aldous Snow play at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles on the tenth anniversary of his legendary performance there in 1999.
, 1h38Directed by Woody Allen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Antonio Banderas, Josh Brolin, Anthony Hopkins, Gemma Jones, Freida Pinto, Lucy Punch
Roles Peter Wicklow
Rating62%
Alfie (Anthony Hopkins) and Helena (Gemma Jones) divorce. Helena begins seeing fortune teller Cristal (Pauline Collins) for spiritual advice. Their daughter Sally (Naomi Watts) has a troubled marriage with author Roy (Josh Brolin), who once wrote a successful book, and is now anxiously waiting for response from his publisher about the manuscript of his newest one. Helena helps pay their rent.
Batman: Under the Red Hood (2010)
, 1h15Directed by Peter Jackson
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure, Crime, Animation
Themes Films about children, Medical-themed films, Batman films, Superhero films, Films about psychiatry, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Bruce Greenwood, Jensen Ackles, John DiMaggio, Neil Patrick Harris, Jason Isaacs, Wade Williams
Roles Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
Rating80%
At a manor in Sarajevo, Ra's al Ghul ruefully realizes his mistake in allying himself with the Joker, while his assistant informs him that the Joker has captured Jason Todd, the second Robin. In a warehouse, the Joker brutally beats Jason with a crowbar while Batman races there. Joker then leaves the warehouse and traps a half-dead Jason inside. Although Jason attempts to escape, a planted explosive destroys the building before Batman can rescue him.
Falling Up (2009)
Directed by David M. Rosenthal
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Joseph Cross, Sarah Roemer, Snoop Dogg, Rachael Leigh Cook, Claudette Lalí, Joe Pantoliano
Roles Phillip Dowling
Rating56%
Nursing student Henry O'Shea (Joseph Cross), who suddenly finds himself the 'head' of his family, after the death of his father, takes a leave from school to support his mother, getting a job as a New York doorman. Soon one of the building's residents, Scarlett Dowling (Sarah Roemer), takes notice of him and soon they become romantically attracted to each other, much to the annoyance of her mother (Mimi Rogers).
Endless Bummer (2009)
Directed by Sam Pillsbury
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Jim Piddock, Colton James, Ray Santiago, Allison Scagliotti, Vanessa Angel, Jane Leeves
Roles Mr. Newell
Rating37%
Meet the Spartans (2008)
, 1h24Directed by Steven Soderbergh, Aaron Seltzer
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Children's films
Actors Sean Maguire, Kevin Sorbo, Carmen Electra, Ken Davitian, Diedrich Bader, Travis Van Winkle
Roles Loyalist / Simon Cowell Look-A-Like
Rating28%
The film opens with a Spartan elder inspecting an ugly, talking baby (an ogre from Shrek the Third); it is abandoned to die for its deformity. A second baby, who is Vietnamese, is adopted by Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie. Baby Leonidas is then inspected, having a six-pack, biceps and beard from birth. He is accepted as a Spartan and prepared for kinghood through his childhood training, from fighting his grandmother to enduring torture (a la Casino Royale). Leonidas (Sean Maguire) is then cast out into the wild, and survives the harsh winter and a gangsta penguin (Happy Feet). Returning a king for his inauguration wearing a penguin skin hat, Leonidas sees Margo (Carmen Electra) erotically dancing and asks her to marry him, to which she responds by giving him the combination to her chastity belt.
Dead Space: Downfall (2008)
, 1h15Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Adventure, Horror, Animation
Themes Space adventure films, Films about computing, Jeu, Medical-themed films, Films set in the future, Zombie films, Films about video games, Films about viral outbreaks, Space opera, Films based on video games, Disaster films
Actors Nika Futterman, Jeff Bennett, Jim Cummings, Bruce Boxleitner, Hal Sparks, Phil Morris
Roles Chic (voice)
Rating62%
An alien artifact, identified as a possible "second Marker", is discovered on the planet Aegis VII. The Church of Unitology uses its influence to send the mining ship USG Ishimura to retrieve this holy relic.