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Matthew Laurance is a Actor American born on 2 march 1950
Matthew Laurance (born Matthew Dycoff) is a film and television actor. Laurance appeared on Saturday Night Live during its sixth season.{
He was born in Queens, New York and raised in Long Island, New York. Laurance is the twin brother of Mitchell Laurance. He attended Tufts University.
He left SNL after a mere one season that totaled to only 10 episodes. He portrayed bass player Sal Amato in the 1983 cult hit Eddie and the Cruisers, and was the only cast member besides Michael Paré and Michael Antunes to appear in the 1989 sequel Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives!
He also had a roles in Streets of Fire. as one of the two Ardmore cops that entered the bus Tom Cody (Michael Pare) was on making this the third film he played in with Michael Pare and Popeye Doyle.
He also starred as a detective novelist in Duet on Fox from 1987-89. He also appeared on TV in thirtysomething.
From 1991-2000 he had the recurring role of Mel Silver, father of David Silver and Erin Silver from Beverly Hills, 90210.
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He was born in Queens, New York and raised in Long Island, New York. Laurance is the twin brother of Mitchell Laurance. He attended Tufts University.
He left SNL after a mere one season that totaled to only 10 episodes. He portrayed bass player Sal Amato in the 1983 cult hit Eddie and the Cruisers, and was the only cast member besides Michael Paré and Michael Antunes to appear in the 1989 sequel Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives!
He also had a roles in Streets of Fire. as one of the two Ardmore cops that entered the bus Tom Cody (Michael Pare) was on making this the third film he played in with Michael Pare and Popeye Doyle.
He also starred as a detective novelist in Duet on Fox from 1987-89. He also appeared on TV in thirtysomething.
From 1991-2000 he had the recurring role of Mel Silver, father of David Silver and Erin Silver from Beverly Hills, 90210.
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Night of the Running Man (1995)
, 1h33Directed by Mark L. Lester
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors Andrew McCarthy, Scott Glenn, Janet Gunn, John Glover, Don Stark, Judith Chapman
Roles Eric Nichols, the Fare
Rating58%
Jerry Logan, a cab driver in Las Vegas, picks up a nervous passenger who offers him $100 to get to the airport as quickly as possible. Unknown to Jerry, the man has stolen $1 million from the Al Chambers, a mob-connected casino owner. Chambers himself skimmed the money from mob boss August Gurino. Knowing that Gurino will kill him if he notices the missing money, Chambers sends assassins to recover it. Although they successfully kill the thief, Logan escapes with the cash. Desperate, Chambers hires an expensive hitman, David Eckhart, who tracks Logan to his house. Logan escapes with the money and flees the city on a train. Before he leaves, he confides in a friendly waitress, and Eckhart intimidates her into revealing Logan's destination. Eckhart kills the waitress and follows Logan.
Sibling Rivalry (1990)
, 1h28Directed by Carl Reiner
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Kirstie Alley, Sam Elliott, Jami Gertz, Bill Pullman, Carrie Fisher, Scott Bakula
Roles Dr. Casey Hunter
Rating53%
Marjorie Turner has been married for eight years and is tired of her husband Harry's neglect and his snooty relatives, most of them doctors. One day her sister, Jeanine, urges her to break out of her rut and have a fling.
Do You Know the Muffin Man? (1989)
, 1h30Directed by Gilbert Cates
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary, Musical, Crime
Themes Films about children, Films about child abuse
Actors Pam Dawber, Brian Bonsall, Stephen Dorff, John Shea, Dee Dee Rescher, Matthew Laurance
Roles Marvin Bernstein
Rating56%
, 1h44Directed by Jean-Claude Lord
Genres Drama, Thriller, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Michael Paré, Bernie Coulson, Michael Antunes, Marina Orsini, Matthew Laurance, Harvey Atkin
Roles Sal Amato
Rating62%
Satin Records, which twenty years prior had rejected rock and roll band Eddie and the Cruisers last album A Season in Hell, launches an "Eddie Lives!" campaign to make more money from his image in a publicity stunt, despite them not believing he is alive. The record label re-releases the band's first album, which becomes an even bigger hit than it had on its first release. As seen in the first film, the "lost recordings" from Season in Hell are released and become yet another hit album. In fact, Eddie Wilson is living, and he had simply slipped away following the car crash in which he was believed killed. By that stage in his life, he simply wanted to leave music behind him. The newly generated constant spotlight surrounding his supposed death angers the reclusive rocker, by now living in Canada as a construction worker under the name Joe West.
St. Elmo's Fire (1985)
, 1h50Directed by Joel Schumacher
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Teen movie
Actors Emilio Estevez, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Demi Moore, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy
Roles Ron Dellasandro
Rating63%
Recent graduates of Georgetown University Alec, girlfriend Leslie, Kevin, Jules, and Kirby are waiting to hear about the conditions of their friends Wendy, a sweet-natured girl devoted to helping others, and Billy, a former frat boy and now reluctant husband and father, after a car accident. At the hospital, Kirby sees a medical student named Dale, with whom he has been infatuated since college.
Best Defense (1984)
, 1h34Directed by Willard Huyck
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy, Action, Spy
Themes Spy films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Dudley Moore, Eddie Murphy, Kate Capshaw, David Rasche, George Dzundza, Helen Shaver
Roles Ali
Rating38%
The movie takes place as two parallel plots separated by couple years: In 1982, Wylie Cooper (Moore), is an engineer developing a targeting system on a tank for the United States Army. In 1984, Murphy is US Army Lt. Landry, an American tank commander sent to Kuwait to demonstrate "XM-10 Annihilator", America's latest main battle tank, which is equipped with Cooper's system. Because of the tank's poor design and shoddy construction, Landry and his crew are barely able to control or navigate the XM-10 before it leaves the proving grounds and wanders into a combat zone during Iraq's invasion of Kuwait (an unintentional foreshadowing of the Gulf War that occurred six years after the release of the film).
Streets of Fire (1984)
, 1h33Directed by Walter Hill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Motocyclette, Musical films
Actors Michael Paré, Diane Lane, Rick Moranis, Amy Madigan, Willem Dafoe, Deborah Van Valkenburgh
Roles Ardmore Cop #2
Rating67%
In an unnamed city in a time period that resembles the 1950s, Ellen Aim (Lane), lead singer of Ellen Aim and The Attackers, has returned home to give a concert. The Bombers, a biker gang, led by Raven Shaddock (Dafoe), enter the auditorium and kidnap her.
Eddie and the Cruisers (1983)
, 1h35Directed by Martin Davidson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Tom Berenger, Michael Paré, Joe Pantoliano, Matthew Laurance, John Stockwell, Michael Antunes
Roles Sal Amato
Rating68%
A television reporter named Maggie Foley (Ellen Barkin) investigates the mysterious death of rock legend Eddie Wilson (Michael Paré). Flashbacks dramatize Eddie's life and the rise and fall of his rock and roll band, Eddie and the Cruisers.
Prince of the City (1981)
, 2h47Directed by Sidney Lumet
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes La corruption policière
Actors Treat Williams, Jerry Orbach, Richard Foronjy, Lindsay Crouse, Lee Richardson, Anthony Page
Roles Ronnie Ciello
Rating73%
Danny Ciello est un policier de l'unité des enquêtes spéciales (SIU - Special Investigations Unit), un service de la police de New York (NYPD - New York City Police Department) s'occupant de la lutte antidrogue. C'est l'élite de la police, à qui aucune faute n'est pardonnée par les autorités judiciaires et fédérales. Ces dernières confient à Danny la mission de piéger un avocat véreux. Mais Danny comprend bientôt qu'il est manipulé pour faire tomber des collègues accusés de corruption, alors que les têtes dirigeantes associées à la mafia ne sont guère inquiétées.