English Movie Review Midway - Cast & Crew

Amanda Leigh Moore was born on 10th of April in New Hampshire, USA. Her mother Stacy Moore was a news reporter who worked for Orlando Sentinel. Her father, Donald Moore was a pilot in American Airlines. Apart from her parents in the family, she has two more brothers. The elder brother named Scott and younger brother, Kyle. She became interested in cinema and singing at a very young age. Her grandmother was a dancer and Mandy at a very tender age got greatly inspired by her. Moore was 13 years old when she began working on music on her own. Later, she signed with ‘Epic records’. Moore is an American actress, singer and lyricist. Moore first came to light was with her first single debut “Candy” which was out in 1999. Her first album, “so real” received a Platinum certification from RIAA. In the year 2000, she launched her new album ‘I wanna be with you’ and she released her self-named album ‘Mandy Moore’ in the year 2001. Besides her musical career, Moore made her way into acting as well. With the film, Dr. Dolittle2, which came in 2001, she made her film debut.

He is one of the sexiest men alive ever pronounced by polls and reputable magazines. He is known for his name is Luke Evans, born on April 15, 1979 in Wales, United Kingdom. First appeared as Billy for “Taboo”, as Clive Richards for the movie “Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll”, as Apollo for the movie “Clash of the Titans” a story of Perseus, a demigod son of Zeus, will stop the underworld monsters from engulfing heaven and earth unleashed by his Uncle Hades. He also appeared as a Thug of Sheriff for the movie “Robin Hood”, as Andy Cobb for the movie “Tamara Drewe”, a Craig Stokes for the movie “Blitz” with Jason Statham, a story of a cop that will track down a killer that kills police officers. He also joined the ranks of legends in the movie “The Three Musketeers”, a story of three vigilantes that will be pursue by a stubborn young man to bring up arms again and save Europe from war.

Woody Harrelson is an American activist and a popular film and television actor. He was born as Woodrow Tracy ‘Woody’ Harrelson on July 23, 1961 at Midland, Texas to Diane Lou and Charles Voyde Harrelson. His parents had a divorce in 1964. When his father died, Woody moved to his mother’s hometown in Lebanon, Ohio, where he grew up. He went to Lebanon High School and works as a woodcarver while studying. He also studied at Hanover College in Indiana where he participated in the Sigma Chi fraternity. In 1983, Woody got a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre and English.

One of the most notable role that he played was his character as Woody Boyd, a bartender in the television sitcom, Cheers which runs from year 1982-1993 on NBC. Woody joined the cast in year 1985 after replacing the late Nicholas Colasanto who played as Coach. His performance in the show gained him five Emmy Awards, winning only one award as the Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in 1989. Woody also appeared in the spin-off of Cheers and reprised the same role in Frasier in 1999, where he received another nomination at the Emmy Awards. In 2001, the actor appeared in many episodes of the American sitcom, Will & Grace and donned the role of Nathan. In 2009, in an episode of The Colbert Report, he was interviewed by Stephen Colbert in promoting the war drama film, The Messenger. In response to a question by Colbert, Woody agreed to let his head shave in front of the camera. He came back in television in 2014 through the first season of the crime drama series, True Detective which stars Matthew McConaughey.

During the time that he works on Cheers, he is also reawakening his film career. In 1986, he did his first film, Wildcats which stars Wesley Snipes. He and Wesley became good friends and starred together in the box-office films, White Men Can’t Jump in 1992 and Money Train in 1995. He was also starred in another box-office hit film, Indecent Proposal together with Robert Redford and Demi Moore. The film grossed $265,000,000. In 1994, he was featured as Mickey Knox in the crime film, Natural Born Killers. Woody acted as Dr. Michael Reynolds in the 1996 film, Sunchaser. In the same year, he donned the role of Roy Munson in the comedy film, Kingpin which also stars Randy Quaid and Bill Murray.

In the biographical drama film, The People vs. Larry Flynt, Woody bagged the main lead role as Larry Flynt of Hustler magazine. This film became a success and his performance gained him nominations for Best Actor at the Golden Globe and Academy Award. Later, he started to appear in more serious roles. In 1997, he was starred in the British war film, Welcome to Sarajevo and acted as Sgt. William Schumann in the black comedy film, Wag the Dog. He was also featured as Harry Barber in the 1998 neo-noir film, Palmetto followed by his role as Sgt. William Keck in the epic war film, The Thin Red Line, which received seven nominations at the Academy Awards.

The actor also made other films like the Western drama film, The Hi-Lo Country. He essayed the role of Raymond Pekurny in the comedy film, EDtv in 1999 and in the same year, Woody acted was starred as Vince Boudreau in the sports comedy film, Play It to the Bone. He stopped on doing films until 2003. In his returned to the big screen, he was co-starred in the comedy film, Anger Management. He also appeared in the action-comedy film, After the Sunset in 2004 and acted as Leland Powell in the independent comedy film, She Hate Me. He was also seen in films like, The Big White and North Country in 2005. In the biographical film, The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio, Woody acted as Leo ‘Kelly’ Ryan, the husband of Evelyn Ryan (played by Julianne Moore), who is obsessed in joining contests to support her family. In 2006, Woody voiced Roy Arnie’s character in the animated film, Free Jimmy. He also essayed the role of Ernie Luckman in the animated science fiction film, A Scanner Darkly.

In year 2007, he played as Carson Wells, an arrogant bounty hunter in the neo-western thriller film, No Country for Old Men where he received the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Cast. Woody was also part of the films, Battle in Seattle in 2007, Semi-Pro and Seven Pounds in 2008. Woody received praises for his role as Captain Tony Stone in the war drama film, The Messenger, which was considered as his best role according to the critics. He received nominations at the Satellite Award, Independent Spirit Award, Academy Award, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor. He received the Best supporting Actor award at the National Board of Review Award Ceremonies in 2009.

Woody was also co-starred in the comedy film, Zombieland; followed by his role as Charlie Frost in the science fiction film, 2012. In year 2010, he was also starred in the martial arts film, Bunraku. Later, he played the role of Tommy in the romantic comedy film, Friends with Benefits. Woody was also one of the casts in the adventure film, The Hunger Games in 2012. He also played as Dave Brown in the drama film, Rampart.

Woody was also part of the theatre and directed his own play. He got married to Nancy Simon in 1985. After a day, they decided to get a divorce but the divorce parlor was closed at that time. Their marriage lasted for ten months. In 2008, he got married again to Laura Louie, his girlfriend for 21 years. They have three daughters namely Deni Montana, Zoe Giordano and Makani Ravello.

Dennis Quaid is born on 9 April in 1954 in Houston, Texas, USA. He is an American actor widely famous for his comedy roles. His parents were Juanita Bonniedale, a real estate agent and Rudy Quaid, who is an electrician. He learnt Mandarin, acting in dramas when he was a student at Bellaire High School. Then he continued to study at Houston University. He dropped from the school before he could finish his degree. His brother Randy Quaid is already having a successful career in acting. So he moved to his brother in Los Angeles and carried to pursue a film with his brother. When he as in Bellaire High School, he got a nickname of Dennis Quand because he was so obsessed with the Bond film character. He acted in Breaking Away in 1979 and The Right Stuff in 1983 and very good reviews.

Harald is a music composer for movies, scriptwriter, and a producer too. He was born in Central Europe in the year 1956. He worked as a music teacher in a place called Hohenems after his graduation.

Tom Marks is one of the most noted re-recording mixers in Hollywood. He has a profound track record as a music mixer for both TV series and movies.

Edward George Skrein, who goes by the name Ed Skrein, is an English actor and also a rapper. He holds a BA Honors degree in Fine Arts. His first ever acting role was in ‘Ill Manors’ written by his best friend, Ben Drew. He then played roles in many short films namely ‘Michelle’, ‘GoldFish’, and 'Screaming Soul: Poverty' In 2013, he was cast in HBO’s “Game of Thrones” playing the character of Daario Naharis. He played the role for three episodes in season 3 of the series. In the same year, he appeared in three episodes of ‘The Tunnel’, a British/French TV series, playing the role of Anthony Walsh. When he was asked as to why he was replaced by “Michiel Huisman” in Game of Thrones he said that it was due to politics that he had to leave the show.

Aaron Eckhart is a Hollywood and stage actor. Born on March 12, 1968, Eckhart was born to Mary Martha Eckhart and James Conrad Eckhart, who was an author and a computer executive, respectively. He was born in California and was raised there until the age of 13, and then their entire family shifted to England in 1981.

Born on 19 March 1964 and recognized for his part the movie the Dawn of the Dead as Michael, and for his role as Joe Dubois in a TV series of the genre Drama, Medium, Jake Weber is a renowned English actor. He played the role of Drew in Meet Joe Black and featured as a regular in The Mind of the Married Man and has made guest appearances on the American television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent and NYPD Blue. 

Weber, who was born in London, to Susan Ann Caroline and Thomas Evelyn Weber, who has English and Danish, had a troubled childhood. In an article, Weber mentioned that his father used him as a way to carry cocaine for Mick and Bianca Jagger’s wedding, when he was just eight years old. Around this time, his mother Susan had been diagnosed of depression and schizophrenia due to drug abuse. He and his brother, Charley, were used by his father to traffic drugs to various countries. His father also sold various drugs and was hooked onto them until his death in 2006. 

Weber started off his career with small roles, beginning with an unnamed character in ‘Born on the fourth of July in 1989. He got his big break as a lead in Shaun Cassidy’s drama series American Gothic (1995). He played the role of Dr. Matt Crower, a physician who rescues a boy from a possessed sheriff. 

Weber also played the lead in ‘The Mind of a married man’ (2001). He played a newspaper employee Jake Berman. Both the programmes did not last long. Weber then played an important role in the remake of the horror film Dawn of the Dead (2004). Oweing to his impressive performance, Weber got the role of Joe Dubois in the series Medium. He acted the part of a woman named Patricia Arquette, a woman who used her psychic abilities to help solve crimes. Jake Weber has also performed on Broadway shows.

Keean Johnson is an American Dancer and Actor. He was born on the 25th of October in the year 1996. He was born in Colorado, the United States of America. He was born to a British father whose name is Mark Johnson. He has a younger brother, whose name is Cade Johnson. He is also an ambitious actor. His favorite destination for vacation in Iceland. Keean made his debut as an actor while he was just six years old. He worked in a short film named Sam Presents (2002) in the role of Sam Armstrong. He later made his professional debut with a TV show named Nashville (2012 to 2018) with the role of Colt Wheeler.

Mark Rolston is an English actor who has worked in several Hollywood movies and TV series. Mark was born on 7th December 1956 in Baltimore, Maryland. His mother’s name is Evelyn Beverl and his father is Thomas George Rolston. Thomas was a computer programmer. Mark started acting in 1982 and is active in the industry. He is not only an amazing actor but also an equally talented voice actor. He made his debut in the television industry first. In 1982 he was in the cast of the show X-Bomber.

Nicholas Jerry “Nick” Jonas was born on September 16, 1992, in Dallas, Texas, the United States. By profession, he is an actor, Producer, singer, and songwriter. He owns a website named “nickjonas.com.” In the year 2000, at the age of 7, he started his career by acting in a theater.

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