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Oliver Muirhead is a Actor born on 29 may 1957 at Manchester (United-kingdom)
Oliver Muirhead (born May 29, 1957) is an English character actor known for often portraying pompous country gentlemen. In 1986, he also directed the musical pantomime A Christmas Held Captive. In addition to acting, Muirhead has also lent his voice to various animated series such as P.J. Sparkles and Spider-Man and the video games Zork: Grand Inquisitor, Dead to Rights, The Hobbit and Eragon.
He is perhaps most recognisable in the USA for his appearances in 1990s commercials for Tombstone Pizza.
In 1991, he starred in the soap opera Santa Barbara as Mr. Marx: he hired Gina at the Santa Barbara Sperm Bank.
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He is perhaps most recognisable in the USA for his appearances in 1990s commercials for Tombstone Pizza.
In 1991, he starred in the soap opera Santa Barbara as Mr. Marx: he hired Gina at the Santa Barbara Sperm Bank.
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The Beauty Inside (2012)
Directed by Drake Doremus
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Romance
Actors Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Topher Grace, Matthew Gray Gubler, Caitriona Balfe, Anna Akana, Oliver Muirhead
Roles Alex #23
Rating79%
Every day Alex wakes up, he wakes up in a completely different body. He's the same person on the inside, but on the outside he's always someone new. And it's been happening for as long as he can remember. He shares his story through filmed episodes and real-time conversations with the audience. Audience members play Alex throughout the experience, both in filmed episodes and on his Facebook timeline, via photos and videos, adding to his narrative every step of the way.
Like Crazy (2011)
, 1h30Directed by Drake Doremus
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Anton Yelchin, Felicity Jones, Jennifer Lawrence, Alex Kingston, Charlie Bewley, Finola Hughes
Roles Bernard Gardner
Rating65%
Anna Gardner (Felicity Jones), a British exchange student attending college in Los Angeles, meets and falls in love with Jacob Helm (Anton Yelchin), an American student who returns her affections. After graduation, Anna decides to spend the summer with Jacob rather than return to England, unaware of the consequences of staying longer than her student visa, which expired upon her graduation, allows. After returning to London for a family engagement, Anna flies back to Los Angeles, where she is detained, denied entry, and sent back to England by immigration officials.
Son of Morning (2011)
, 1h16Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes La fin du monde, Films about religion, Disaster films
Actors Joseph Cross, Heather Graham, Lorraine Bracco, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Danny Glover, Bob Odenkirk
Roles JBS Intl Anchor
Rating39%
La fin du monde est proche. L'ensemble de la population est désespérée et n'a plus aucun espoir. Philip Katz, un homme ordinaire, est frappé lors d'une cérémonie par un stigmate en pleurant du sang. Josephine Tuttle, journaliste qui a assisté à la scène, s'empare de l'affaire et le proclame comme le « messie » que la population attendait.
The Christmas Pageant (2011)
, 1h25Themes Christmas films
Actors Melissa Gilbert, Robert Mailhouse, Edward Herrmann, Candice Azzara, Alex Hyde-White, Kate Flannery
Roles Frank Baldwin
Rating55%
Vera Parks est metteur en scène et essaie tant bien que mal de faire carrière à Broadway, mais son mauvais caractère lui joue des tours et sa réputation la précède. Elle est obligée d'accepter la mise en scène d'un spectacle de Noël dans une banlieue perdue près de New York. Vera est bien loin des paillettes de Broadway et se retrouve à diriger des apprentis comédiens. Elle n'est pas au bout de ses surprises quand elle découvre que c'est Jack, son ancien amoureux, qui est à l'initiative de sa venue...
Shrek Forever After (2010)
, 1h33Directed by Mike Mitchell
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Time travel films, Films about cats, Films about dragons, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas, Walt Dohrn, Jon Hamm
Roles ADR Group
Rating63%
Shrek has grown steadily tired of being a family man and celebrity among the local villagers, leading him to yearn for the days when he felt like a "real ogre". When he takes his family to Far Far Away to celebrate his children's first birthday, a series of mishaps further injure his ego, causing him to lose his temper and walk out in anger.
The Social Network (2010)
, 2hDirected by David Fincher
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Films about computing
Actors Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Armie Hammer, Brenda Song, Rooney Mara
Roles Mr. Kenwright
Rating77%
In late 2003, 19-year-old Harvard University student Mark Zuckerberg is dumped by his girlfriend Erica Albright. Returning to his dorm, Zuckerberg writes an insulting entry about Albright on his LiveJournal blog and then creates a campus website called Facemash by hacking into college databases to steal photos of female students, then allowing site visitors to rate their attractiveness. After traffic to the site crashes parts of Harvard's computer network, Zuckerberg is given six months of academic probation. However, Facemash's popularity attracts the attention of Harvard upperclassmen and twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss and their business partner Divya Narendra. The trio invites Zuckerberg to work on Harvard Connection, a social network for Harvard students aimed at dating.
Super Capers (2009)
, 1h38Directed by Ray Griggs
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Superhero films
Actors Justin Whalin, Danielle Harris, Sam Lloyd, Tom Lister, Jr., Ryan McPartlin, Michael Rooker
Roles Herbert Q
Rating32%
Un jeune homme très ordinaire et sans histoire, Ed Gruberman, rejoint un groupe de super-héros, les Super Capers, pour affronter un ennemi redoutable…
An American Carol (2008)
, 1h23Directed by David Zucker
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Christmas films, Politique, Time travel films, Ghost films, Political films
Actors Kevin P. Farley, Kelsey Grammer, Jon Voight, Robert Davi, Dennis Hopper, Leslie Nielsen
Roles Neville Chamberlain
Rating40%
Left-wing activist and filmmaker Michael Malone (Kevin Farley), a parody of Michael Moore, campaigns to end the celebration of the Fourth of July holiday. Malone holds pronounced anti-American views and truculently argues that America's past and present are both offensive, and therefore should not be celebrated.
Grave Misconduct (2008)
, 1h18Directed by Armand Mastroianni
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Crystal Bernard, Vincent Spano, Roxanne Hart, Joanna Miles, Dorian Harewood, Michael Cole
Roles Don Crown
Rating45%
Julia London, bibliothécaire et auteur de romans policiers à ses heures perdues, s'approprie et publie sous son nom le manuscrit de son amie Angela morte mystérieusement. Le livre, intitulé 'Chapitre macabre', est un succès. La maison d'édition de Julia s'empresse de fêter l'événement. Mais au cours de la soirée, un proche de Margo Lawrence, l'éditrice, est assassiné comme dans le roman. Peu de temps après, l'ancien professeur d'écriture d'Angela trouve la mort dans les mêmes circonstances. Après cette série de meurtres, Julia est bien décidée à mener l'enquête pour découvrir qui se cache derrière ces crimes...
Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)
, 1h25Directed by Tim Hill
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Musical, Animation
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Jason Lee, David Cross, Cameron Richardsons, Justin Long, Jane Lynch, Matthew Gray Gubler
Roles Butler
Rating53%
A tree that the chipmunks Alvin (Justin Long), Simon (Matthew Gray Gubler) and Theodore (Jesse McCartney) live in is cut down and driven to Los Angeles. Once in L.A., the Chipmunks meet struggling songwriter and composer David Seville (Jason Lee) who had his latest song rejected by JETT Records executive Ian Hawke (David Cross), his old college roommate. Dave also once had a relationship with his next door neighbor, Claire Wilson (Cameron Richardson).
, 2h8Directed by Jon Turteltaub
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Politique, Political films, Children's films, White House in fiction
Actors Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha, Jon Voight, Harvey Keitel, Ed Harris
Roles Control Room Guard
Rating64%
Five days after the end of the Civil War, John Wilkes Booth and Michael O'Laughlen, both members of the Knights of the Golden Circle (KGC), enter a tavern and approach Thomas Gates to decode a message. Thomas recognizes the message as using the Playfair cipher and begins to translate it. While he does so, Booth leaves for Ford's Theatre to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln. Thomas solves the puzzle and realizes the men are still loyal to the Confederacy. A fight breaks out, and Thomas rips several pages from the diary and throws them in the fireplace. Thomas is shot, and the gunman retrieves only a page fragment.
, 1h15Directed by Tim Hill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Films about cats, Films about dogs, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Bill Murray, Breckin Meyer, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Billy Connolly, Tim Curry, Ian Abercrombie
Roles Mr. Greene
Rating50%
Jon Arbuckle (played by Breckin Meyer) plans to propose to his girlfriend Dr. Liz Wilson (played by Jennifer Love Hewitt), who is going on a business trip to London. Jon follows her to the United Kingdom as a surprise; After escaping from the kennel, Garfield (voiced by Bill Murray) and Odie sneak into Jon's luggage and join him on the trip. Garfield and Odie break out of the hotel room, then get lost.
Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)
, 1h27Directed by Dean Parisot
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Jim Carrey, Téa Leoni, Alec Baldwin, Richard Jenkins, Gloria Garayua, Angie Harmon
Roles Account Rep - Grand Cayman Bank
Rating61%
In January 2000, Dick Harper (Jim Carrey) has just been promoted to Vice President of Communications for the large media corporation Globodyne. The next day, he is asked to appear on the show Money Life, where host Sam Samuels and independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader dub him and all the company's employees as "perverters of the American dream" and claim that Globodyne helps the super rich get even wealthier. As they speak, the company's stock goes into a free-fall and is soon worthless, along with all the employees' pensions, which are in Globodyne's stock. Dick arrives home to find his excited wife Jane (Téa Leoni), who informs him that she took his advice and quit her job as a travel agent after his promotion in order to spend more time with their son Billy. Dick has to break the news over dinner, instantly alarming Jane. Dick tries to think positively, and tries for a few months to get a Vice Presidency at other corporations. After getting no job anywhere, Jane reveals that they'll end up declaring bankruptcy in the next couple of months due to their assets being made up entirely of now-worthless Globodyne stock.
MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate (2001)
, 1h27Directed by Robert Vince
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about apes, Children's films
Actors Richard Karn, Cameron Bancroft, Jane Sowerby, David Kaye, Tony Alcantar, Ray Galletti
Roles Mr. Raheja
Rating40%
MVP 2 opens with the lovable Jack being invited to play for the Seattle Simians hockey team, but when the Los Angeles Carjackers team sets Jack up by making it look like he bit one of the players, Jack leaves while other Simians players look for him. Jack meets Ben, a runaway homeless skater boy, who lives in a shack at an old pool. Over time, the two become best friends, but when a police officer finds out where Jack and Ben live, they have to leave the pool. When leaving the pool, Ben breaks his board but was going to enter a skating competition and get sponsored. Jack goes to Oliver plant's garbage can full of old skateboard stuff but Oliver finds Ben who tells him about his board and the competition so Oliver gives him a board to use. They stay with Oliver overnight with him not knowing about the pool incident, but when Oliver says "good night, Ben," Ben suspects him of knowing that he was a runaway. Jack asks him to stay since there is no other place to sleep, Ben agrees. Earlier in the story, Oliver gets a visit from someone who deals with children like Ben so that night Oliver calls her and says he found Ben. The next day they go to the competition and when it's Ben's turn, he says he can't do it, but Jack realizes he has the uncanny ability to skateboard. He says he would ride with Ben, so Ben decides to do it. Ben wins the competition and gets sponsored by Bob Burnquist and Oliver adopts Ben. Meanwhile, Louie, Jack's little brother, gets a ride to Seattle and pretends to be Jack, being terrible at hockey. But Jack shows up and wins ZHL cup for the Simians. After the Simians win and Jack and Louie decide to go back home, Ben gives Louie a skate board so Jack can teach him. In the last part of the movie, Louie rides down a ramp back at their home.
MVP: Most Valuable Primate (2000)
, 1h33Directed by Robert Vince
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Ice hockey films, Films about apes, Children's films
Actors Kevin Zegers, Jamie Renée Smith, Rick Ducommun, Jane Sowerby, Jay Brazeau, Oliver Muirhead
Roles Dr. Peabody
Rating42%
The plot revolves around an ape playing sports. Jack is a three-year-old chimpanzee who is the subject of an experiment involving sign language that is performed by Dr. Kendall. However, Dr. Kendall loses funding for his research and Kendall's boss, Mr. Peabody, sells Jack to a medical research lab, much to Dr. Kendall's dismay. Unfortunately, Dr. Kendall dies (off screen) from a heart attack. Kendall had set up Jack to be taken away from the lab, but Jack was sent to Canada by mistake. In Canada, Jack finds shelter in a tree house but a young deaf girl named Tara enters the tree house and Jack surprises her causing her to faint; when Tara wakes up she learns he can use sign language, she attempts to hide Jack from her parents and brother Steven but is unsuccessful . Steven soon discovers that Jack has an uncanny ability to play the sport of ice hockey and Jack joins Steven's junior league hockey team when it is discovered that there is no rule that chimpanzees can't play hockey. However, just before the championship, Dr. Peabody returns to reclaim Jack.