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Paul Birchard is a Actor American born on 1 september 1954
Paul Birchard is an American actor living in Scotland and working worldwide. In 1986 he wrote and recorded the song "Diamonds Rap (We Are The Diamonds)", promoting the Glasgow Diamonds American football team. CBS Sports created a video package called the "CBS Video Bowl" for the half-time interval of their worldwide broadcast of the Super Bowl in January 1987, and in a countdown from seven to one, "Diamonds Rap (We Are The Diamonds)" beat more polished rap videos by NFL teams to take the top spot.
Some of his most notable roles have been at the National Theatre. He also played Benjamin's father in the London run of The Graduate. Birchard's more recent roles have been in Spooks as a rogue CIA operative, in Inherit the Wind at the Old Vic in London, where he played the town mayor and was understudy to Kevin Spacey, and in Edward Albee's The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh . He provided the voice over for 1998 computer game Plane Crazy (video game) as well as voice of one of the main characters in Crysis 2 in 2011.
Birchard produced, directed and appeared in the feature-length documentary film U & Me & Tennessee: An American Romance..., which deals with the epistolary romance between playwright Tennessee Williams and Konrad Hopkins. This film was an official selection at the Raindance Film Festival and at the Mardi Gras Film Festival.
He is a lifelong devotee of Meher Baba.
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Some of his most notable roles have been at the National Theatre. He also played Benjamin's father in the London run of The Graduate. Birchard's more recent roles have been in Spooks as a rogue CIA operative, in Inherit the Wind at the Old Vic in London, where he played the town mayor and was understudy to Kevin Spacey, and in Edward Albee's The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh . He provided the voice over for 1998 computer game Plane Crazy (video game) as well as voice of one of the main characters in Crysis 2 in 2011.
Birchard produced, directed and appeared in the feature-length documentary film U & Me & Tennessee: An American Romance..., which deals with the epistolary romance between playwright Tennessee Williams and Konrad Hopkins. This film was an official selection at the Raindance Film Festival and at the Mardi Gras Film Festival.
He is a lifelong devotee of Meher Baba.
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, 2h13Directed by David Yates
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about education, Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Ghost films, Children's films
Actors Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Ezra Miller, Colin Farrell, Alison Sudol, Dan Fogler
Roles Hobo
Rating72%
1926. Norbert Dragonneau rentre à peine d'un périple à travers le monde où il a répertorié un bestiaire extraordinaire de créatures fantastiques. Il pense faire une courte halte à New York mais une série d'événements et de rencontres inattendues risquent de prolonger son séjour. C'est désormais le monde de la magie qui est menacé.
Air Force One Is Down (2014)
, 2h44Origin USA
Genres Drama, Disaster, Action
Themes Disaster films
Actors Jeremy Sisto, Emilie de Ravin, Rupert Graves, Jamie Thomas King, Ken Duken, Linda Hamilton
Roles General Greaves
Rating41%
Markey, capitaine dans l'armée américaine, est envoyé en Serbie pour arrêter un criminel de guerre, Dragutin. Au même moment, la présidente Rowntree s'envole à bord de l'avion présidentiel Air Force One avec une jeune journaliste, Romero. Mais l'avion est piégé et doit atterrir d'urgence en Serbie, où se trouve le bras droit de Dragutin, un certain Petrovic. Markey ignore que Petrovic est en fait un agent britannique du MI5…
Outpost: Black Sun (2012)
, 1h41Directed by Steve Barker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Action, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Richard Coyle, Clive Russell, Catherine Steadman, Daniel Caltagirone, Julian Wadham, Michael Byrne
Rating49%
Nazi-hunter Lena (Catherine Steadman) is on the trail of a notorious war-criminal scientist, Klausener, who at the close of World War II had begun trials of a frightening new technology that can create an immortal army. Lena's hunt leads her to a war zone in Eastern Europe (although the exact location is never mentioned, maps clearly show former Yugoslavia). There she runs into an acquaintance, a physicist, Wallace (Richard Coyle). He encourages her to stop her search because he knows what is coming and she refuses. So, pooling resources, they end up helping a professional military unit they meet take on the advancing army, the product of Klausener's experiments, a battalion of zombie Nazi Storm Troopers. Lena, Wallace, and the unit aim to identify the source of the evil army and prevent a Fourth Reich.
The Angels' Share (2012)
, 1h41Directed by Ken Loach
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Films about the labor movement, La précarité, Heist films
Actors Paul Brannigan, Roger Allam, Paul Brannigan, Paul Birchard, John Henshaw, David Goodall
Roles North American Bidder
Rating69%
In the opening scenes, the protagonists are sentenced to hours of community payback. During his first community payback session, Robbie (Paul Brannigan), under the guidance of Harry (John Henshaw), is interrupted and taken to the hospital by Harry as his girlfriend, Leonie (Siobhan Reilly), has gone into labour. At the hospital, Robbie is assaulted by two of his girlfriend's uncles before he can see her. Harry takes Robbie back to his house to clean him up, at which point Leonie calls to announce Robbie's son, Luke, has been born. Harry insists that he and Robbie celebrate, and brings out a vintage whisky. With Leonie's encouragement, Robbie agrees to meet with a victim of his former violent crimes, Anthony (Roderick Cowie), who recollects the attack in front of both his family and Leonie. Afterwards, Leonie makes clear that she does not want her son to grow up around violence and long-term feuds.
Love Bite (2012)
, 1h27Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about sexuality, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film, Comedy horror films, Films about virginity
Actors Edward Speleers, Jessica Szohr, Timothy Spall, Luke Pasqualino, Kierston Wareing, Imogen Toner
Roles Reverend Lynch
Rating45%
Pendant les vacances, Jamie rencontre la belle Juliana qui est de passage dans sa ville et tombe amoureux d'elle. Mais petit à petit, Jamie remarque que depuis l'arrivée de Juliana, plusieurs choses étranges se passent. Un de ses amis disparaît, puis un second et puis un monsieur vient lui annoncer qu'un loup garou circule parmi eux et qu'il est à la recherche de personnes vierges. Depuis, tous les jeunes de la ville cherchent à perdre leur virginité.
Hanna (2011)
, 1h51Directed by Joe Wright
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana, Tom Hollander, Olivia Williams, Jason Flemyng, Jessica Barden
Roles Bob
Rating66%
Hanna Heller (Saoirse Ronan) is a 15-year-old girl who lives with her father, Erik Heller (Eric Bana) in rural northern Finland, near Kuusamo. The film opens with her hunting and killing a reindeer, first by shooting it with an arrow that just misses its heart, and then killing it with a handgun.
The Dark Knight (2008)
, 2h33Directed by Christopher Nolan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Action, Crime
Themes Films about children, Films about terrorism, Batman films, Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics
Actors Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Gary Oldman, Maggie Gyllenhaal
Roles Cop with Fat Thug
Rating85%
In Gotham City, the Joker and his crew rob a mob bank of millions of dollars, killing each other in the process, the Joker as sole survivor.
1408 (2007)
, 1h44Directed by Mikael Håfström
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about writers, Ghost films
Actors John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Mary McCormack, Tony Shalhoub, Len Cariou, Isiah Whitlock, Jr.
Roles Mr. Innkeeper
Rating67%
Mike Enslin (John Cusack) is a cynical, skeptical author who, after the death of his daughter Katie (Jasmine Jessica Anthony), writes books appraising supernatural events in which he has no belief. After his latest book, he receives an anonymous postcard depicting The Dolphin, a hotel on Lexington Avenue in New York City bearing the message, "Don't enter 1408." Viewing this as a challenge, Mike forces the hotel to allow him to book the room, referencing a law that any hotel room in New York can be requested as long as it meets safety standards. The hotel manager, Gerald Olin (Samuel L. Jackson) tries to dissuade Mike from checking into the room, explaining that 56 people have died in the room over the past 95 years, and that no one has lasted more than an hour inside it. Mike, who does not believe in the paranormal, insists on staying in the room, and asks Olin if he thinks it is haunted; Olin replies that it is "evil" rather than haunted.
Alien Autopsy (2006)
, 1h35Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Documentary, Comic science fiction
Themes Comedy science fiction films
Actors Anthony McPartlin, Declan Donnelly, Bill Pullman, Harry Dean Stanton, Götz Otto, Morwenna Banks
Roles Senior TV Exec
Rating58%
In 1995, Ray Santilli, along with his friend Gary Shoefield, go to America to find Elvis memorabilia to sell on the market stall Ray runs in London. Harvey, a former US Army cameraman, sells them a silent black and white film of Elvis performing live, but later returns with an intriguing offer. Harvey takes Ray to Miami, Florida to see a film from 1947 showing the autopsy of an alien supposedly killed in a UFO crash in Roswell, New Mexico. Harvey wants $30,000 for the film. Gary and Ray return to England to look for an investor to give them the money.
The Jacket (2005)
, 1h43Directed by John Maybury
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Time travel films, Films set in the future, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Alternate history films, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Kris Kristofferson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Kelly Lynch, Brad Renfro
Roles Doctor
Rating70%
After miraculously recovering from a bullet wound to the head, Gulf War veteran Jack Starks (Adrien Brody) returns to Vermont in 1992, suffering from periods of amnesia. While walking, he sees a young girl, Jackie (Laura Marano), and her alcoholic mother (Kelly Lynch) in despair beside their broken-down truck. Starks and Jackie quickly form a certain affinity; she asks him to give her his dogtags and he does so. He gets the truck started for them and continues on his way. Shortly after, a man driving along the same highway gives Jack a ride and they get pulled over by a policeman. The scene changes: Starks is found lying on the deserted roadside near the dead policeman, with a slug from the policeman's gun in his body. The murder weapon is on the ground nearby. Although he testifies there was someone else at the scene, he is not believed because of his amnesia. Starks is found not guilty by reason of insanity and is incarcerated in a mental institution.
The White Countess (2005)
, 2h10Directed by James Ivory
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about disabilities, Political films, La cécité
Actors Ralph Fiennes, Natasha Richardson, Vanessa Redgrave, Hiroyuki Sanada, Lynn Redgrave, Allan Corduner
Roles Company Director
Rating64%
Having escaped the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia, Countess Sofia Belinskaya is working as a taxi dancer in a seedy Shanghai bar to support her family of White émigrés, including her daughter Katya, her mother-in-law Olga, her sister-in-law Grushenka, and an aunt and uncle by marriage, Princess Vera and Prince Peter. Despite the fact employment is scarce and her meagre income is the family's only source of revenue, Sofia's once-aristocratic relatives scorn her for her choice of profession and insist she keep it a secret from her child.
Quicksand (2003)
, 1h35Directed by John Mackenzie
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Michael Keaton, Michael Caine, Judith Godrèche, Rade Šerbedžija, Matthew Marsh, Xander Berkeley
Roles F.B.I. Man
Rating52%
Martin Raikes is an American bank investigator who is sent to Monaco to check up on the suspicious financial dealings of a movie production. After the business trip, Martin, who is divorced, will fly to London to visit his daughter.
Revelation (2001)
, 1h51Directed by Stuart Urban
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Historical, Crime
Themes Films about religion
Actors Natasha Wightman, James D'Arcy, Udo Kier, Terence Stamp, Liam Cunningham, Manuel Cauchi
Roles Gen. Demolay
Rating47%
In two flashbacks a relic is created in 50 AD and then hidden by Jews from a Crusader mob in medieval Rennes-le-Château. In present-day Rennes-le-Château an academic under instructions from Magnus Martel is seen with the relic - the Loculus - researching on the ground to find the right place to hide it. Magnus's son Jake, an ace cryptographer, is released from Wormwood Scrubs and recruited by his father for research on the Loculus. Magnus reveals that the Loculus relates to the Knights Templar and its sinister successor organisation known as "the order", and in secret receives calls from this organisation threatening him if he does not accelerate his research - in spite of this, Magnus realises the Loculus' massive power for good or evil and has hidden it to ensure it does not fall into the order's hands. After breaking a code on the Loculus to reveal the word "palingenesis", Jake hides whilst members of the organisation kill and flay his father. Jake then flees with another researcher on the project (the occultist Mira) and seeks help from the Roman Catholic priest Father Ray Connolly.
The Tailor of Panama (2001)
, 1h49Directed by John Boorman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Spy films
Actors Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush, Jamie Lee Curtis, Leonor Varela, Brendan Gleeson, Catherine McCormack
Roles Joe
Rating60%
Andy Osnard is an MI6 spy reassigned to Panama after having an affair in Madrid with the foreign minister’s mistress. His superior warns him of the corruption present in Panama, but Osnard views that as an opportunity. Consulting a list of British citizens residing in Panama, he meets Harry Pendel, the tailor to many of Panama's elite, including the President. Pendel, a gifted storyteller, passes himself off as being formerly of Savile Row, but is in fact an ex-con who used to run scams with his late uncle Benny. Pendel's wife Louisa, the assistant to the administrator of the Panama Canal Authority, is unaware of his criminal record. While Harry is a superb tailor, he is a bad businessman; his tailor shop is constantly in debt, and he owes $50,000 of Louisa's money to the bank for a farming business that failed.
The Fourth Angel (2001)
, 1h36Directed by John Irvin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Jeremy Irons, Forest Whitaker, Jason Priestley, Charlotte Rampling, Briony Glassco, Lois Maxwell
Roles Pilot
Rating53%
Jack Elgin (Jeremy Irons) is the European editor of The Economist, a magazine based in London, England. Jack has a wife named Maria (Briony Glassco) and three kids named Joanne (Anna Maguire), Julia (Holly Boyd), and Andrew (Joel Pitts).