Heavyset comedian Jeff Garlin started doing standup comedy at his Florida college before he returned to his hometown of Chicago, IL, and joined up with the ensemble of Second Town. In 1992, he produced his film debut in the Dolly Parton humor Straight Talk, accompanied by little roles in various …

Carl Reiner knew he wished to end up being an professional — preferably a Shakespearean professional — from enough time he was putting on knee pants. Been trained in New York’s Functions Improvement Administration Dramatic Workshop, he spent the battle years touring with Maurice Evans’ G.We. Hamlet, showing up with …

Vocalist/songwriter Beth Thornley combines vintage noises of ’70s pop/rock and roll using the earnestness of Aimee Mann and Beth Orton on her behalf own playful sort of sweetness. The Alabama-born Thornley, who gained a traditional music degree, got in LA in the past due ’90s with her places set on …

A handsome, brooding actor similarly in the home in mainstream Hollywood fare and in American independent projects — in addition to for the theatrical stage — Peter Gallagher was created August 19, 1955 in Armonk, NY. While going to Tufts College or university, he spent his summers showing up with …

Motivated by classic film composers such as for example Lalo Schifrin, John Barry, and Ennio Morricone — in addition to dancefloor innovators and a big cast of jazz/soul pioneers — David Holmes’ music shifted from spacious, theatrical, yet club-ready productions to award-winning movie results. His first record, hotly tipped in …

A normal collaborator of Academy Award-winning movie director Steven Soderbergh, Cliff Martinez is among the most successful music artists to get made the changeover from rock superstar to film composer. Blessed within the Bronx, NY in 1954 but elevated in Columbus, Ohio, he transferred to California simply because the punk …

Monologuist, professional, and novelist Spalding Grey was created June 5, 1941 in Barrington, Rhode Isle; after co-founding the experimental theatrical firm the Wooster Group in 1977, he finished his first main monologue, Sex and Loss of life to this 14, executing the piece through the entire U.S. and European countries. …