to devoutly Catholic Irish parents. He was raised in
. His father was a professor in literature and his mother a homemaker. He has three brothers and a sister. His older brother,
, is a noted cinematographer. Though a roofer by trade, Quinn got his start in the Chicago theater at age 19. He trained at the
). Quinn next starred in the controversial TV movie
. He received his first
. When
. In meantime, Quinn recited in a role as protagonist in the film
During the 1990s Quinn's career grew immensely. He found work alongside such Hollywood stars as
. He continually starred in films that allowed him to return to his Irish roots, such as
. He later met McCartney at a hotel, and they became good friends. Quinn was able to gain his first regular television role as the lead in the short lived, and controversial
, in 2006 before being canceled after the first three weeks of its run. In 2007, Quinn received his second Emmy nomination for the television movie
. The two met in 1984 at a restaurant and later co-starred in
. They married in 1987 and have two daughters, one diagnosed with
. The other has been confirmed to appear as a ghost in
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| 1984 -Events:* The Walt Disney Company founds Touchstone Pictures to release movies with subject matter deemed inappropriate for the Disney name.*Tri-Star Pictures, a joint venture of Columbia Pictures, HBO, and CBS, releases its first film.... |
Reckless Reckless is a 1984 love story shot in the Appalachian Mountains and Rust Belt of Steubenville, Ohio, Weirton, West Virginia and Mingo Junction, Ohio. Starring Daryl Hannah and Aidan Quinn. Directed by James Foley and written by Chris Columbus. Soundtrack by INXS, Romeo Void, Bob Seger and Thomas... |
Johnny Rourke |
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| 1985 -Events:* 3 December - Roger Moore steps down from the role of James Bond after twelve years and seven films. He is replaced by Timothy Dalton.* The Academy Award for Best Picture was won by Out of Africa, while the highest grossing film was Back to the Future.-Top grossing films :source:... |
Desperately Seeking SusanDesperately Seeking Susan is a 1985 film directed by Susan Seidelman and starring Rosanna Arquette and Madonna. This movie was rated PG-13 in the USA & 15 in the UK-Plot:... |
Dez |
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| 1986 -Events:*April 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries The Go-Go's Belinda Carlisle*Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries television journalist Maria Shriver.*Actress Heather Locklear marries Mötley Crüe drummer Tommy Lee.... |
The MissionThe Mission is a 1986 British film about the experiences of a Jesuit missionary in 18th century South America. The film was written by Robert Bolt and directed by Roland Joffé. It stars Robert De Niro, Jeremy Irons, Ray McAnally, Aidan Quinn, Cherie Lunghi and Liam Neeson. It won the Palme d'Or and... |
Felipe Mendoza |
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| 1987 -Events:*January 31 - The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago, Illinois, to officially become the world's longest film according to Guinness World Records.*May 9 - Actor Tom Cruise marries actress Mimi Rogers.... |
Stakeout |
Richard 'Stick' Montgomery |
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| 1989 -Events:* "Batman" is released on June 23, and went on to become the biggest blockbuster of the year; Grossing over $250 million at the box office.* Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton, Georgia, for $20 million... |
Crusoe Crusoe is a 1989 film, a variation on the famous story recounted in the novel of Daniel Defoe, and is directed by Caleb Deschanel. It was Deschanel's second film as a director.- Plot :... |
Crusoe |
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| 1990 The year 1990 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* CGI technique is expanded with motion capture for CGI characters, used in Total Recall .* The first digitally-manipulated matte painting is used, in Die Hard 2.... |
The Handmaid's Tale The Handmaid's Tale is a 1990 film adaptation of the Margaret Atwood novel of the same name. Directed by Volker Schlöndorff the film stars Natasha Richardson , Faye Dunaway , Robert Duvall , Aidan Quinn , and Elizabeth McGovern . The screenplay was written by Harold Pinter... |
Nick |
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| The Lemon Sisters The Lemon Sisters is a 1990 film from Miramax Films directed by Joyce Chopra and written by Jeremy Pikser. The film was both a commercial and critical failure after being shelved for more than a year with extensive revisions.-Plot:... |
Frankie McGuinness |
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| Avalon Avalon is a feature film directed by Barry Levinson. It is a mostly autobiographical story of a family of Eastern European Jewish immigrants to the United States who settle in Baltimore, Maryland, at the beginning of the 20th century. The movie follows the family as they grow, become more... |
Jules Kaye |
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| 1991 The year 1991 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*April 28 - Bonnie Raitt marries actor Michael O'Keefe in New York*Terminator 2: Judgment Day, became one of the landmarks for sci-fi action films.-Top grossing films :... |
At Play in the Fields of the Lord At Play in the Fields of the Lord is a drama film directed by Hector Babenco adapted from the 1965 novel of the same name by American author Peter Matthiessen. The screenplay was written by Babenco and Jean-Claude Carrière... |
Martin Quarrier |
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| 1992 The year 1992 in film involved many significant films. -Top grossing films :source: - Awards :Academy Awards:*Article 99B... |
The Playboys |
Tom Casey |
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| 1993 The year 1993 in film involved many significant films. -Events:... |
Benny & JoonBenny & Joon is a 1993 romantic comedy about how two misfits, Sam and Juniper/Joon , find each other and fall in love. The film is perhaps best known for Depp's humorous physical comedy routines and for popularizing in the U.S. the song "I'm Gonna Be " by The Proclaimers... |
Benjamin 'Benny' Pearl |
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| 1994 The year 1994 in film involved some significant events.-Top grossing films :*This was the Highest Grossing film of 1994 Worldwidesource: - Awards :Academy Awards:* Andre... |
Blink Blink is a 1994 Neo-noir thriller film starring Madeleine Stowe and Aidan Quinn. Director Michael Apted was nominated for a Crystal Globe award for the film at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, and screenwriter Dana Stevens was nominated for Best Motion Picture at the Edgar Allan Poe... |
Det. John Hallstrom |
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Mary Shelley's FrankensteinFrankenstein is a 1994 film directed by Kenneth Branagh, starring Robert De Niro, Tom Hulce, Helena Bonham Carter, and Kenneth Branagh... |
Capt. Robert Walton |
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| Legends of the Fall Legends of the Fall is a drama film based on the 1979 novella of the same title by Jim Harrison. It was directed by Edward Zwick and stars Brad Pitt, Anthony Hopkins and Aidan Quinn. The film won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography.... |
Alfred Ludlow |
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| 1995 The year 1995 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* March 22 - The Dogme 95 movement is officially announced in Paris by Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg.... |
The Stars Fell on Henrietta The Stars Fell on Henrietta is a 1995 drama film from Warner Bros., directed by James Keach and produced by Clint Eastwood.... |
Don Day |
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| Haunted Haunted is a 1995 British film, directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Aidan Quinn, Kate Beckinsale, Anthony Andrews and John Gielgud. It is based on a novel of the same name by James Herbert... |
Prof. David Ash |
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| 1996 The year 1996 in film involved some significant events. Major releases this year included Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient, Independence Day, Twister, Scream, Jerry Maguire and Madonna's Evita.-Events:... |
Looking for Richard Looking for Richard is a 1996 documentary film, the first film directed by Al Pacino. The film is both a performance of selected scenes of William Shakespeare's Richard III and a broader examination of Shakespeare's continuing role and relevance in popular culture... |
Richmond |
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Michael CollinsMichael Collins is a 1996 historical biopic about General Michael Collins, the Irish patriot and revolutionary who died in the Irish Civil War. It won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.-Plot:... |
Harry Boland |
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| 1997 The year 1997 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*The Star Wars original trilogy's 20th Anniversary Special Editions are released.*Production begins on Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.... |
Commandments |
Seth Warner |
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| The Assignment The Assignment is a 1997 spy thriller film directed by Christian Duguay and starring Aidan Quinn, Donald Sutherland, and Ben Kingsley. The film, written by Dan Gordon and Sabi H. Shabtai, is set mostly in the late 1980s and deals with a CIA plan to use Quinn's character to masquerade as the... |
Lt. Cmdr. Annibal Ramirez/Carlos |
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| 1998 The year 1998 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 14 - Sharon Stone marries Phil Bronstein.* Former child star Gary Coleman is charged with assaulting a young female bus driver at a California shopping mall.-Top grossing films:... |
This Is My FatherThis Is My Father is a 1998 Irish-American film directed by Paul Quinn.- Plot :The film portrays a tragic love story set in late 1930s Ireland, focusing on the relationship between Fiona Flynn , a beautiful, feisty seventeen-year-old from a middle class family, and Kieran O'Dea , a shy labourer in... |
Kieran O'Day |
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| Practical Magic Practical Magic is a 1998 family fantasy film directed by Griffin Dunne and starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman as witches who carry on a family legacy of witchcraft and tragedy. The film is based on a book of the same name by Alice Hoffman. The original music score was composed by Alan... |
Officer Gary Hallet |
Blockbuster Entertainment Award (nominated) |
| 1999 The year 1999 in film involved some significant events and was arguably the most successful year for films released in the 1990s. Several new feature films, including Star Wars Episode I, The Sixth Sense, The Green Mile, new sequel Toy Story 2, first of The Matrix, Disney's animated Tarzan,... |
In Dreams In Dreams is a psychological thriller directed by Neil Jordan, released in 1999. The film has a running time of 1 hour and 40 minutes.In Dreams has the distinction of being the last film Robert Downey, Jr... |
Paul Cooper |
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| Music of the Heart Music of the Heart is a 1999 dramatic film. This film was produced by Craven-Maddalena Films and Miramax Films, and distributed by Buena Vista Distribution.This film stars Meryl Streep, Aidan Quinn, Gloria Estefan, and Angela Bassett...
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Brian Turner |
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| 2000 The year 2000 in film involved some significant events.-Top-grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the United States and Canada in 2000... |
Songcatcher Songcatcher is a 2000 drama film, directed by Maggie Greenwald. It is about a musicologist researching and collecting Appalachian folk music in the mountains of western North Carolina. Although Songcatcher is a fictional film, it is loosely based on the work of Olive Dame Campbell, founder of the...
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Tom Bledsoe |
Sundance Film Festival Award (won) |
| 2002 The year 2002 in film involved some significant events. The first significant releases of sequels took place between Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Men in Black II, Analyze That, Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost... |
Stolen Summer Stolen Summer is a 2002 American film about a Catholic boy who befriends a terminally ill Jewish boy and tries to convert him, believing it is the only way he will get to Heaven... |
Joe O'Malley |
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| Evelyn Evelyn is a 2002 drama film, loosely based on the true story of Desmond Doyle and his fight against the Irish courts to be reunited with his children. The film stars Sophie Vavasseur in the title role, Pierce Brosnan as her father and Aidan Quinn, Julianna Margulies and Stephen Rea as supporters to... |
Nick Barron |
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| 2003 The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, 2 Fast 2 Furious, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, The Matrix Reloaded, The Matrix Revolutions, Pokémon Heroes, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines,... |
Song for a Raggy Boy Song For a Raggy Boy is a 2003 film directed by Aisling Walsh. It is based on the book of the same name by Patrick Galvin and is based on true events.-Plot:... |
William Franklin |
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| 2004 The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol... |
Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius |
Harry Vardon |
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| Shadow of Fear |
Detective Scofield |
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| Return to Sender Return to Sender is a 2004 film written by Neal Purvis and Robert Wade and directed by Bille August. It is also known under the title Convicted.Aidan Quinn was nominated for a 2005 IFTA Best Actor in a Feature Film award for his performance.-Cast:... |
Frank Nitzche |
IFTA Awards (nominated-4Xs) |
| Proud Proud is a film released in 2004 that focuses on the meritorious service of the USS Mason of World War II, the first US Navy ship with a predominantly African American crew, and how three of the men were finally honored in January 1994 for their meritorious service. The movie starred veteran actor... |
Commodore Alfred Lind |
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| 2005 The year 2005 in film saw many new films released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels, prequels, and remakes as well as original films.-Top–grossing films:... |
Nine Lives Nine Lives is a 2005 American drama film written and directed by Rodrigo García. The screenplay, an example of hyperlink cinema, relates nine short, loosely intertwined tales with nine different women at their cores. Their themes include parent-child relationships, fractured love, adultery,... |
Henry |
Gotham Awards The Gotham Awards is an annual ceremony of awards presented to the makers of independent films which takes place in New York City... (nominated) |
| 2007 The year 2007 in film saw many new films released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels, prequels, and remakes as well as original films.-Top grossing films:... |
Dark Matter Dark Matter is the first feature film by opera director Chen Shi-zheng, starring Liu Ye, Aidan Quinn and Meryl Streep. It won the Alfred P. Sloan Prize at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.... |
Reiser |
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| 32A 32A is a 2007 feature film, directed by Marian Quinn, from her own script. It was shot principally in Dublin, with additional footage in Roscommon and Sligo.... |
Frank Brennan |
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| 2008 The year 2008 in film saw many new films released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels, prequels, and remakes as well as original films.-Top grossing films:... |
Wild Child |
Gerry |
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| 2009 The year 2009 has many new films to be released worldwide, including several major mainstream sequels, prequels, and remakes as well as original films.-Top-grossing films:... |
A Shine of Rainbows |
Alec |
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| The Eclipse The Eclipse is an upcoming film directed by Conor McPherson. It premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 24, 2009 where, after reports of interest from several studios, Magnolia Pictures secured worldwide distribution rights for the film... |
Nicholas Holden |
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| The 5th Quarter |
Steven Abbate |
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| Handsome Harry |
Porter |
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| Year |
Title |
Role |
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| 1985 The year 1985 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1985.For the American TV schedule, see: 1985-86 United States network television schedule.-Events:... |
An Early Frost An Early Frost was the first major film to deal with the topic of HIV/AIDS. It was first broadcast on the NBC television network on November 11, 1985... |
Michael Pierson |
NBCThe National Broadcasting Company is an American television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices in Burbank,California... TV-MovieA television movie is a feature film that is produced for and originally distributed by a...
Emmy AwardThe Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards , Grammy Awards and Tony Awards .They are presented in various... (nominated) |
| 1986 The year 1986 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1986.For the American network television schedule, please see 1986-87 American network television schedule.-Events:... |
All My Sons |
Chris Keller |
TV-Movie A television movie is a feature film that is produced for and originally distributed by a...
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| 1989 The year 1989 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1989.For the American TV schedule, see: 1989-90 United States network television schedule.-Events:... |
Perfect Witness |
Sam Paxton |
HBO TV-Movie A television movie is a feature film that is produced for and originally distributed by a...
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| 1991 The year 1991 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1991.For the American TV schedule, see: 1991-92 United States network television schedule.-Events:... |
Lies of the Twins |
James McEwan/Jonathan McEwan |
TV-Movie A television movie is a feature film that is produced for and originally distributed by a...
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| 1992 The year 1992 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1992.-Events:*January 10 - The Days of our Lives nighttime special One Stormy Night airs on NBC.... |
A Private Matter A Private Matter is a 1992 film made for television drama based on the true 1963 story of Sherri Finkbine, a resident of Phoenix, Arizona in the first trimester of her fifth pregnancy. She was the popular hostess of the locally produced children's television show Romper Room.She was taking the... |
Bob Finkbine |
HBO TV-Movie A television movie is a feature film that is produced for and originally distributed by a...
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| 1997 The year 1997 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 1997.- Events :*January 1 - The U.S... |
Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone |
Henry Morton Stanley |
TV-Movie A television movie is a feature film that is produced for and originally distributed by a...
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| 2000 The year 2000 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 2000.For the American TV schedule, see: 2000-01 United States network television schedule.-Events:... |
See You in My Dreams |
Joe F. Brown |
TV-Movie A television movie is a feature film that is produced for and originally distributed by a...
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| The Prince and the Pauper |
Miles Hendon |
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| Two of Us Two of Us is a 2000 television drama which offers a fictionalized account of 24 April 1976 , the day in which Lorne Michaels made a statement on Saturday Night Live offering The Beatles $3000 to reunite on his program.It was directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg Two of Us is a 2000 television drama... |
Paul McCartney |
VH1VH1 is an American cable television network based in New York City... TV-MovieA television movie is a feature film that is produced for and originally distributed by a...
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| 2001 The year 2001 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 2001.-Events:*January 1 - Digital television officially begins in Australia... |
Night Visions Night Visions is an American television anthology series created in the style of The Twilight Zone. Each hour-long episode was made up of two half-hour stories that dealt with themes of the supernatural or simply explored the dark side of human nature. Henry Rollins was the uncredited host of the... |
Jeremy Bell |
Episode: The Passenger List |
| 2003 The year 2003 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 2003.For the American TV schedule, see: 2003-04 United States network television schedule.-Events:... |
Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor |
Gen. Benedict Arnold |
A&E A&E is a cable and satellite television network with headquarters in Manhattan and offices in Stamford, Atlanta, Detroit, Los Angeles, Chicago, and London. A&E stands for Arts & Entertainment, which, for many years, was in the channel's full title... TV-MovieA television movie is a feature film that is produced for and originally distributed by a...
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| 2004 The year 2004 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 2004.For the American TV schedule, see: 2004-05 United States network television schedule.-Events:... |
Plainsong |
Tom Guthrie |
CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American television network, one of television's original "big three", which also include NBC and ABC. Like NBC, CBS started out as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System... TV-MovieA television movie is a feature film that is produced for and originally distributed by a...
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| Cavedweller Cavedweller is the second novel from critically acclaimed author Dorothy Allison. Much like her award-winning novel, Bastard Out of Carolina, Cavedweller deals with domestic violence, friendship among women, mother-daughter bonds, and poverty in the small-town South... |
Clint Windsor |
Showtime Network TV-Movie A television movie is a feature film that is produced for and originally distributed by a...
Independent Spirit Award (nominated) |
Miracle RunMiracle Run is a 2004 Lifetime Television film starring Mary-Louise Parker, Zac Efron, Bubba Lewis, and Aidan Quinn.-Plot:In a flashback, a single mother, Corrine Morgan-Thomas drives her five year old twin boys Steven and Phillip to the doctor's office and learns that they are autistic... |
Douglas Thomas |
Lifetime Movie Network Lifetime Movie Network is an American cable channel. LMN offers women-oriented movies exclusively, especially made for television movies... TV-MovieA television movie is a feature film that is produced for and originally distributed by a...
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| 2005 The year 2005 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 2005.For the American TV schedule, see: 2005-06 United States network television schedule.-Events:* January 1 -**The U.S... |
The Exonerated The Exonerated is a film that dramatizes the stories of six people who had been wrongfully convicted of murder, but were later exonerated and freed after varying years of imprisonment, where many were subjected to further brutality and degradation... |
Kerry |
CourtTV TV-Movie A television movie is a feature film that is produced for and originally distributed by a...
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| Empire Falls |
David Roby |
HBO Miniseries A miniseries , in a serial storytelling medium, is a production which tells a story in a pre-planned limited number of episodes. The exact number is open to interpretation; however, they are usually limited to fewer than a whole season. The term "miniseries" is generally a North American term...
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| Mayday |
John Berry |
CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American television network, one of television's original "big three", which also include NBC and ABC. Like NBC, CBS started out as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System... TV-MovieA television movie is a feature film that is produced for and originally distributed by a...
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| 2004 The year 2004 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 2004.For the American TV schedule, see: 2004-05 United States network television schedule.-Events:... - 2005The year 2005 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 2005.For the American TV schedule, see: 2005-06 United States network television schedule.-Events:* January 1 -**The U.S... |
Third Watch Third Watch is an NBC television drama set in New York City that ran from September 23, 1999 to May 6, 2005.-Premise:The series followed the exploits of a group of police officers, firefighters, and paramedics in the fictional 55th Precinct and Fire Station 55 whose shifts fell between 3 p.m... |
Lieutenant John Miller |
Episode: Alone Again, Naturally Episode: Last Will and Testament Episode: The Hunter, Hunted Episode: The Greatest Detectives Episode: Goodbye to Camelot"Goodbye to Camelot" is the 132nd and final episode of the American television series Third Watch. It was the 22nd episode of the 6th season.-Plot Summary:...
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| 2006 The year 2006 in television involved some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 2006.For the American TV schedule, see: 2006-07 United States network television schedule.-Events:-Debuts:-Miniseries:*In Justice... |
The Book of Daniel The Book of Daniel was a short-lived television series broadcast on NBC. The network promoted it as a serious drama about Christians and the Christian faith, but it was controversial with some Christians regarding certain aspects of the show. The show had been proposed for NBC's 2005 fall line-up,... |
Daniel Webster |
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| 2007 The year 2007 in television involves some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 2007.-January–March:-April–June:-July–September:-October–December:-Debuts:-Television shows:-1950s:... |
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is a 2008 television film adapted from the book of the same name by Dee Brown. The film was written by Daniel Giat, directed by Yves Simoneau and produced by HBO Films. The book on which the movie is based is a history of Native Americans in the American West in the... |
Henry L. DawesHenry Laurens Dawes was a Republican United States Senator and United States Representative, notable for the Dawes Act.-Biography:... |
HBO TV-Movie A television movie is a feature film that is produced for and originally distributed by a...
Emmy Award (nominated) |
Law & Order: Special Victims UnitLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American police procedural TV series about the Special Victims Unit in a fictional version of the 16th Precinct of the New York City Police Department... |
Ben Nicholson |
Episode: Savant |
| 2008 The year 2008 in television involved some significant plans.Below is a list of television-related events in 2008.-Events:- Debuts :-Television shows:, ,-1950s:*Hallmark Hall of Fame... |
Canterbury's Law Canterbury's Law was an American legal drama, which ran from March 10, 2008 to April 18, 2008 as a mid-season replacement on Fox. The show was created by Dave Erickson and executive produced by Denis Leary, Jim Serpico, Walon Green, John Kane, and Mike Figgis, who also directed the pilot... |
Matthew "Matt" Furey |
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