name	Dominique Swain
birth name	Dominique Ariane Swain
birth date	August 12, 1980
birth place	Malibu, California, U.S.
occupation	Actress
years active	1997–present }}

Dominique Ariane Swain (born August 12, 1980) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as the title character in the 1997 film adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's novel ''Lolita'', and as Jamie Archer in the film ''Face/Off''.

Early life

Swain was born in Malibu, California, the daughter of Cindy (née Fitzgerald) and David Swain, Sr., an electrical engineer. Swain grew up with four siblings and was a student at Malibu High School. In 1993, Swain was a stunt double in the film ''The Good Son''. Her sister is the actress Chelse Swain.

Career

In 1995, Swain was chosen from 2,500 girls to star in the controversial remake of ''Lolita''; the film was released in 1997. Shortly after, Swain starred as the rebellious daughter of John Travolta's character in the action film ''Face/Off''. After ''Face/Off'', she starred in many independent and low-budget films including the award winning Southern Gothic suspense movie ''Plain Dirty'', in which she played the lead role as the battered wife Inez.

Swain appeared in the video for Shawn Mullins' 1998 single, "Lullaby", directed by Roger Pistole. She has appeared in other videos as well: "Losing Control" by Sky Parade, "Rockstar" by Nickelback, and "We Are All Made of Stars" by Moby.

In 2002, ''Stuff'' magazine named her #79 of its 102 Sexiest Women In The World. In February 2007, she was the cover girl on ''Stuff''. That same month, she appeared in the straight-to-DVD horror movie ''Dead Mary''.

In 2011, she appeared in Monte Hellman's romantic thriller ''Road to Nowhere'' as Laurel Graham.

Personal life

Swain is a spokesperson for the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). At the age of 21, she became the youngest model to pose nude for PETA.

Filmography

''Lolita'' (1997) - Dolores "Lolita" Haze

''Face/Off'' (1997) - Jamie Archer

''Girl'' (1998) - Andrea Marr

''The Intern'' (2000) - Jocelyn Bennett

''The Smokers'' (2000) - Jefferson Roth

''Happy Campers'' (2001) - Wendy

''Tart'' (2001) - Cat Storm

''Pumpkin'' (2002) - Jeanine Kryszinsky

''Dead in the Water'' (2002) - Gloria

''New Best Friend'' (2002) - Sidney Connors

''Briar Patch'' aka ''Plain Dirty'' (2003) - Inez

''As Virgins Fall'' (2003) - Ellen Denver

''The Job'' (2003) - Emily Robin

''Mean People Suck'' (2003) - Kate

''Out of Season'' (2004) - Kelly Phillips

''The Freediver'' (2004) - Maggie

''The Madam's Family: The Truth About the Canal Street Brothel'' (2004) (TV) - Monica

''Devour'' (2005) - Dakota

''Journeyman'' (2005) - Dominique

''The Locrian Mode'' (2005) - Jill

''All In'' (2006) - Ace

''Alpha Dog'' (2006) - Susan Hartunian

''Totally Awesome'' (2006) - Lori

''The Pacific and Eddy'' (2007) - Chelsea

''Fall Down Dead'' (2007) - Christie Wallace

''Dead Mary'' (2007) - Kim

''White Air'' (2007) - Christie

''Capers'' (2008) - Mercy

''Prairie Fever'' (2008) - Abigail

''Stilletto'' (2008) - Nancy

''Toxic'' (2008) - Nadia

''Noble Things'' (2009) - Amber Wade

''Trance'' (2009) - Laura

''Stuntmen'' (2009) - Mindy Danger

''The Girl from the Naked Eye'' (2009) - Alissa

''Road to Nowhere'' (2010)

References

External links

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name	Jeremy Irons
birth name	Jeremy John Irons
birth date	September 19, 1948
birth place	Cowes, Isle of Wight, England
occupation	Actor
years active	1971–present
spouse	Julie Hallam (1969)Sinéad Cusack (1978–present)
children	Samuel, Max }}

Jeremy John Irons (born 19 September 1948) is an English actor. After receiving classical training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Irons began his acting career on stage in 1969, and has since appeared in many London theatre productions including ''The Winter's Tale'', ''Macbeth'', ''Much Ado About Nothing'', ''The Taming of the Shrew'', and ''Richard II''. In 1984, he made his Broadway debut in Tom Stoppard's ''The Real Thing'' and received a Tony Award for Best Actor.

Irons's first major film role came in the 1981 romantic drama ''The French Lieutenant's Woman'', for which he received a BAFTA nomination for Best Actor. After starring in such films as ''Moonlighting'' (1982), ''Betrayal'' (1983), and ''The Mission'' (1986), he gained critical acclaim for portraying twin gynaecologists in David Cronenberg's psychological thriller ''Dead Ringers'' (1988). In 1990, Irons played accused murderer Claus von Bulow in ''Reversal of Fortune'', and took home multiple awards including an Academy Award for Best Actor. Other notable films have included ''The House of the Spirits'' (1993), ''The Lion King'' (1994), ''Die Hard with a Vengeance'' (1995), ''Lolita'' (1997), ''The Merchant of Venice'' (2004), ''Being Julia'' (2004), and ''Appaloosa'' (2008).

Irons has also made several notable appearances on television. He earned his first Golden Globe Award nomination for his breakout role in the ITV series ''Brideshead Revisited'' (1981). In 2006, Irons starred opposite Helen Mirren in the historical miniseries ''Elizabeth I'', for which he received a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Since 2011, he has been starring in the Showtime historical drama ''The Borgias''.

Early life

Irons was born in Cowes, Isle of Wight, the son of Barbara Anne Brereton Brymer (née Sharpe; 1914–1999), a housewife, and Paul Dugan Irons (1913–1983), an accountant. Part of his maternal ancestry is Irish, and his great-grandfather was one of the first Metropolitan Policemen, and later a chartist. Irons has a brother, Christopher (born 1943), and a sister, Felicity Anne (born 1944). He was educated at the independent Sherborne School in Dorset, (c. 1962–66). He achieved some fame as the drummer and harmonica player (most memorably for his rendition of "Stairway to Heaven" on harmonica) in a four-man school band called the Four Pillars of Wisdom. They performed, in a classroom normally used as a physics lab, for the entertainment of boys compulsorily exiled from their houses for two hours on Sunday afternoons. He was also known within Abbey House as half of a comic duo performing skits on Halloween and at end-of-term House Suppers. Irons has stated that his family is Catholic, but of himself he states, "I don’t go to church much because I don’t like belonging to a club, and I don’t go to confession or anything like that, I don’t believe in it. But I try to be aware of where I fail and I occasionally go to services. I would hate to be a person who didn’t have a spiritual side because there’s nothing to nourish you in life apart from retail therapy."

Acting career

Irons trained as an actor at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and is now president of its fundraising appeal. He performed a number of plays, and busked on the streets of Bristol, before appearing on the London stage as John the Baptist and Judas opposite David Essex in ''Godspell'', which opened at the Roundhouse on 17 November 1971 before transferring to Wyndham's Theatre playing a total of 1,128 performances.

Irons was bestowed an Honorary-Life Membership by the Law Society (University College Dublin) in September 2008, in honour of his contribution to television, film, audio, music and theatre.

Television

He made several appearances on British television, including the children's television series ''Play Away'' and as Franz Liszt in the BBC 1974 series ''Notorious Woman''. More significantly he starred in the 13-part adaptation of H.E. Bates' novel ''Love for Lydia'' for London Weekend Television (1977), and attracted attention for his key role as the pipe-smoking German student, a romantic pairing with Judi Dench in Harold Pinter's screenplay adaptation of Aidan Higgins' novel ''Langrishe, Go Down'' for BBC television (1978).

The role which brought him fame was that of Charles Ryder in the television adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's ''Brideshead Revisited'' (1981). ''Brideshead'' reunited him with Anthony Andrews, with whom he had appeared in ''The Pallisers'' seven years earlier. In the same year he starred in the film ''The French Lieutenant's Woman'' opposite Meryl Streep.

Almost as a 'lap of honour' after these major successes, in 1982 he played the leading role of an exiled Polish building contractor, working in the Twickenham area of South West London, in Jerzy Skolimowski's independent film ''Moonlighting'', widely seen on television, a performance which extended his acting range.

In 2005, Irons won both an Emmy award and a Golden Globe award for his supporting role in the TV mini-series, ''Elizabeth I''. A year later Irons was one of the participants in the third series of the BBC documentary series ''Who Do You Think You Are?'' In 2008 he played Lord Vetinari in ''Terry Pratchett's The Colour of Magic'', an adaptation for Sky One.

On 6 November 2008, ''TV Guide'' reported he would star as photographer Alfred Stieglitz with Joan Allen as painter Georgia O'Keeffe, in a Lifetime Television O'Keeffe biopic. Irons also appeared in the documentary for Irish television channel TG4, ''Faoi Lan Cheoil'' in which he learned to play the fiddle.

On 12 January 2011, Irons was a guest-star in an episode of ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit'' called "Mask". He played Dr. Cap Jackson, a sex therapist. He reprised the role on an episode that ran on 30 March 2011.

Irons stars in the 2011 U.S. premium cable network Showtime's series ''The Borgias'', a highly fictionalized account of the Renaissance dynasty of that name. Irons portrays patriarch Rodrigo Borgia, better known to history as Pope Alexander VI.

Film

Irons' made his film debut in ''Nijinsky'' in 1980. He appeared sporadically in films during the 1980s, including the Cannes Palme d'Or winner ''The Mission'' in 1986, and in the dual role of twin gynecologists in David Cronenberg's ''Dead Ringers'' in 1988. Other films include ''Danny the Champion of the World'' (1989), ''Reversal of Fortune'' (1990), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, ''Kafka'' (1991), ''Damage'' (1993), ''M. Butterfly'' (1993), ''The House of the Spirits'' (1993) appearing again with Glenn Close and Meryl Streep, ''Die Hard With a Vengeance'' (1995) co-starring Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson, Bernardo Bertolucci's ''Stealing Beauty'' (1996), the 1997 remake of ''Lolita'' and as the musketeer Aramis opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in the 1998 film version of ''The Man in the Iron Mask''.

Other roles include the evil wizard Profion in the film ''Dungeons and Dragons'' (2000) and Rupert Gould in ''Longitude'' (2000). He played the Über-Morlock from the movie ''The Time Machine'' (2002). In 2004, Irons played Severus Snape in Comic Relief's ''Harry Potter'' parody, "Harry Potter and the Secret Chamberpot of Azerbaijan".

In 2005, he appeared in the films ''Casanova'' opposite Heath Ledger, and Ridley Scott's ''Kingdom of Heaven''. He has co-starred with John Malkovich in two movies; ''The Man in the Iron Mask'' (1998) and ''Eragon'' (2006), though they did not have any scenes together in ''Eragon''.

In 2008, Irons co-starred with Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen in ''Appaloosa'', directed by Harris. In 2011, Irons appeared alongside Kevin Spacey in the thriller film ''Margin Call''.

Theatre

Irons has worked with the Royal Shakespeare Company three times in 1976, 1986–87 and 2010. In 1984, Irons made his New York debut and won a Tony Award for his Broadway performance opposite Glenn Close in ''The Real Thing''.

After an absence from the London stage for 18 years, in 2006 he co-starred with Patrick Malahide in Christopher Hampton's stage adaptation of Sándor Márai's novel ''Embers'' at the Duke of York's Theatre.

He made his National Theatre debut playing Harold Macmillan in ''Never So Good'', a new play by Howard Brenton which opened at the Lyttelton on 19 March 2008.

In 2009 Irons appeared on Broadway opposite Joan Allen in the play ''Impressionism''. The play ran through 10 May 2009 at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theater.

Other ventures

Audio

Irons read the audio book recording of Evelyn Waugh's ''Brideshead Revisited'', Paulo Coelho's ''''The Alchemist'''', and the audio book recording of Vladimir Nabokov's ''Lolita'' (he had also appeared in the 1997 film version of the novel)).

One of his best known film roles has turned out to be lending his distinctive voice to the villain Scar in ''The Lion King'' (1994). Irons has since provided voiceovers for three Disney World attractions. He narrated the ''Spaceship Earth'' ride, housed in the large geodesic globe at Epcot, from November 1994 to July 2007. He was also the English narrator for the Studio Tram Tour: Behind the Magic at the Walt Disney Studios Park at Disneyland Paris. He also voiced H.G. Wells in the English version of the former Disney attraction The Timekeeper. He also played Scar in ''Fantasmic''.

He is also one of the readers in the 4x CD boxed set of ''The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde'', produced by Marc Sinden and sold in aid of the Royal Theatrical Fund.

He was originally to star as the Phantom in a 2006 French musical adaptation of Gaston Leroux's novel ''The Phantom of the Opera'', though the project was canceled. He will be the narrator for Val Kilmer and Bill Pullman's brand-new Lewis and Clark movie from Revolution Studios.

He serves as the English-language version of the audio guide for Westminster Abbey in London.

Irons has served as voice-over in two big cat documentary films by National Geographic: ''Eye of the Leopard'', which was released in 2006, and ''The Last Lions'', which is a 2011 motion-picture, released on 18 February.

Music

In 1985, Irons directed a music video for Carly Simon and her heavily promoted single, "Tired of Being Blonde". Although the song was not a hit, the video —featuring the fast cutting, parallel narratives and heavy use of stylized visual effects that were a staple of pop videos at the time— received ample attention on MTV and other outlets.

In 1994 Jeremy Irons had a cameo role in the video for Elastica's hit single "Connection". Irons was one of the many naked men sitting down around Elastica as they performed the song. Irons has since claimed that this three-minute slice of nudity was his most enjoyable work to date.

Irons has contributed to other musical performances, recording William Walton's ''Façade'' with Dame Peggy Ashcroft, and in 1987 the songs from Lerner and Loewe's ''My Fair Lady'' with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, released on the Decca label.

He sang a selection of Noël Coward at the 1999 Last Night of the Proms in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Coward's birth.

In 2003 he played Fredrik Egerman in a New York revival of Stephen Sondheim's ''A Little Night Music'', and two years later appeared as King Arthur in Lerner and Loewe's ''Camelot'' at the Hollywood Bowl.

Jeremy Irons also sang the song "Be Prepared" in the movie ''The Lion King''. However, he actually sang only a section of the song after having vocal problems; Jim Cummings finished the last few lines.

Irons performed the Bob Dylan song "Make You Feel My Love" on the 2006 charity album ''Unexpected Dreams – Songs From the Stars''.

In 2009 Irons appeared on the Touchstone album ''Wintercoast'', recording a narrative introduction to the album. Recording took place in New York City in February 2009 during rehearsals for his Broadway play ''Impressionism''.

Personal life

Irons married Irish actress Sinéad Cusack in March 1978. They have two sons, Samuel James Brefni Irons (16 September 1978), who works as a photographer, and Maximilian Paul Diarmuid Irons (17 October 1985), also an actor, who appeared in the 2006 Burberry fashion campaign & ''Red Riding Hood''. Both of Irons' sons have appeared in films with their father – Sam as the eponymous hero in ''Danny, Champion of the World'' and Max in ''Being Julia''. Irons lives in the small town of Watlington, Oxfordshire and the village of Ballydehob, in County Cork, Republic of Ireland.

He has been the patron since 2002 of the Thomley Activity Centre, an Oxfordshire non-profit activity centre for disabled children. Irons owns Kilcoe Castle (which he had painted a rusty pink) in County Cork, Ireland, and has become involved in local politics there. He also has another Irish residence in The Liberties, Dublin. Irons is a patron of the Chiltern Shakespeare Company. He is a fan of English football club Portsmouth.

Activism

Charity work

At the 1991 Tony Awards, Irons was one of the few celebrities to wear the recently created red ribbon to support the fight against AIDS, and he was the first celebrity to wear it onscreen. He supports a number of other charities, including The Prison Phoenix Trust, of which he is an active patron.

Politics

In 1998 Irons and his wife were named in the list of the biggest private financial donors to the Labour Party. In 2004, he publicly declared his support for the Countryside Alliance, referring to the hunting ban as an "outrageous assault on civil liberties".

In 2010, Irons starred in a promotional video for “The 1billionhungry project” – a worldwide drive to attract at least one million signatures to a petition calling on international leaders to move hunger to the top of the political agenda.

Work

Theatre

Following training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre school Irons initially stayed with the company:

Florizel in ''The Winter's Tale'', Bristol Old Vic 1969

Simon in ''Hay Fever'' (Noël Coward) Bristol Old Vic 1969

Nick in ''What the Butler Saw'' (Joe Orton) Bristol Old Vic 1969

''Major Barbara'' (Shaw) Bristol Old Vic 1969

''A Servant of Two Masters'' (Carlo Goldoni) Bristol Old Vic 1969

''Macbeth'', Bristol Old Vic 1969

''The Boy Friend'' (Sandy Wilson) Bristol Old Vic 1969

''As You Like It'', Bristol Old Vic 1970

''Oh! What a Lovely War'', Little Theatre Bristol 1970

''The School for Scandal'' (Sheridan) Little Theatre Bristol 1970

John/Judas in ''Godspell'', Roundhouse and Wyndham's Theatre, November 1971–1973

The Madman in ''The Diary of a Madman'' (Gogol), Act Inn 1973

Don Pedro in ''Much Ado About Nothing'', Young Vic

Mick in ''The Caretaker'' (Pinter) Young Vic 1974

Petruchio in ''The Taming of the Shrew'', New Shakespeare Company, Roundhouse 1975

Harry Thunder in ''Wild Oats'' (John O'Keefe) RSC Aldwych Theatre, December 1976; RSC Stratford and Piccadilly Theatre 1977

Jameson in ''The Rear Column'' (Simon Gray), Globe Theatre, February 1978 – Clarence Derwent Award

Henry in ''The Real Thing'' (Tom Stoppard) New York 1984 —Tony Award for Best Actor

Leontes in ''The Winter's Tale'', Royal Shakespeare Theatre Stratford 1986)

Willmore in ''The Rover'' (Aphra Behn) RSC Swan Theatre and Mermaid Theatre 1986

Richard II in ''Richard II'', RSC Royal Shakespeare Theatre, 1986, Barbican Theatre 1987

Fredrik Egerman in ''A Little Night Music'' (Sondheim) New York, 2003

Russell in ''Celebration'', a Pinter staged reading, Gate Theatre, Dublin/Albery Theatre, 2005

Henrik in ''Embers'' (Christopher Hampton/Sándor Márai novel) Duke of York's Theatre March 2006

Harold Macmillan in ''Never So Good'' (Howard Brenton) National Theatre Lyttelton, March 2008

Thomas Buckle in ''Impressionism'' (Michael Jacobs) Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre Broadway, March 2009

Filmography

! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1980		Mikhail Fokine
1981	''''	Charles Henry Smithson/Mike	Nominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
1981		Charles Ryder
1982		Nowak
1983		Jerry
1984	''''	Harold
1984	''Swann in Love''	Charles Swann
1986	''''	Father Gabriel	Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama
1988	''''	Guy Jones
1987	''My Fair Lady''	Henry Higgins
1988		Beverly Mantle/Elliot Mantle
1989		Edouard Pierson
1989		William Smith
1990	''Reversal of Fortune''	Claus von Bülow
1991	''''	Prisoner
1991		Kafka
1992	''''	H.G. Wells
1992		Tom Crick
1992		Dr. Stephen Fleming
1993		René Gallimard
1993	''''	Esteban Trueba
1994		Narrator
1994	''''	Scar
1995	''Die Hard with a Vengeance''	Simon Gruber
1996	''Stealing Beauty''	Alex	Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
1997	''Chinese Box''	John
1997		Humbert Humbert
1998	''''	Aramis
1999	''Islands of Adventure: Poseidon's Fury: Escape from the Lost City''	Poseidon
2000		Profion
2000		Rupert Gould	Television series (4 episodes)
2001	''''	Jack Elgin
2001	''Beckett on Film'' – ''Ohio Impromptu''	Reader/Listener
2002	''Callas Forever''	Larry Kelly
2002		F. Scott Fitzgerald
2002	''''	Über-Morlock
2003	''And Now... Ladies and Gentlemen''	Valentin Valentin
2003	''Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There''	Himself
2004		Pukovnik Unprofora
2004	''''	Antonio
2004	''Being Julia''	Michael Gosselyn	Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
2005		Gallipoli
2005		Tiberias
2005		Pucci
2006		Kingsley Stewart
2006		Brom
2006		Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester
2008	''''	Havelock Vetinari	Television miniseries
2008		Randall Bragg
2009	''''	Alonso Avellaneda
2009	''Georgia O'Keeffe''	Alfred Stieglitz
2011	''Margin Call''	John Tuld
2011	''''		Television series

References

External links

Jeremy Irons Profile by ''The Daily Telegraph'' (13 March 2008)

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name	James Russo
birth name	James Vincent Russo
birth date	April 23, 1953
birth place	New York City, New York, U.S.
occupation	Actor
yearsactive	1981–present }}

James Vincent Russo (born April 23, 1953) is an American film and television actor. He has starred in over 90 films in three decades.

Biography

Early life

Russo was born in New York City, New York. A graduate of New York University (NYU), of Italian descent, he wrote and starred in the prize-winning short film, ''The Candy Store''. Before his first break in acting, he drove for a cab company and was also a gravedigger.

Career

Russo's first role in his acting career was in the 1981 made-for-television movie ''Chicago Story''. He would then go on to star in many hit films of the 1980s. His big break (but small role) came in the 1982 cult classic comedy film ''Fast Times at Ridgemont High'', as a convenience store robber. In 1984, his other big role came in the hit film ''Beverly Hills Cop'' as Mikey Tandino, the friend of Axel Foley who gets murdered. Also in 1984, he starred in ''The Cotton Club'', and played small-time hood Bugsy in Sergio Leone's ''Once Upon a Time in America''. Russo's other big role was as a brutal rapist in the 1986 drama ''Extremities'', opposite Farrah Fawcett. He also starred in the 1988 drama-suspense-thriller film ''Freeway''.

Russo's film roles in the 1990s include ''State of Grace'' (1990), ''A Kiss Before Dying'' (1991) - in which he played a private investigator who is helping Sean Young's character investigate the murder of her twin sister - and ''My Own Private Idaho'' (also 1991). Russo also had roles in the 1994 movie Western ''Bad Girls'', the 1997 hit films ''The Postman'' (as Idaho, the brutal sergeant of the Holnist army), and ''Donnie Brasco''. In 2009 he had a small role in Michael Mann's ''Public Enemies'' as a member of John Dillinger's gang.

In 2003, Russo was reunited with his co-star from ''The Postman'', Kevin Costner, in the Western film ''Open Range''. He has also made guest appearances in many TV dramas and movies, including ''The Equalizer'', ''Miami Vice'', ''CSI'', ''CSI: Miami'' and ''Las Vegas''.

In the summer of 2009, Russo starred in a sort of psychological thriller entitled "7E" along with Brendan Sexton III, John Savage and Natasha Lyonne. The film has yet to be released.

Career

Stage

;Off-Broadway

''Extremities'' (1982)

Film

''A Stranger Is Watching'' (1982)

''Fast Times at Ridgemont High'' (1982)

''Vortex'' (1982)

''Exposed'' (1983)

''Once Upon a Time in America'' (1984)

''Beverly Hills Cop'' (1984)

''The Cotton Club'' (1984)

''Extremities'' (1986)

''China Girl'' (1987)

''The Blue Iguana'' (1988)

''Freeway'' (1988)

''The Vineyard'' (1989)

''The Belt'' (1989)

''We're No Angels'' (1989)

''State of Grace'' (1990)

''A Kiss Before Dying'' (1991)

''Intimate Stranger'' (1991) (TV film)

''My Own Private Idaho'' (1991)

''Cold Heaven'' (1991)

''In the Shadow of a Killer'' (1992) (TV film)

''Illicit Behavior'' (1992)

''Da Vinci's War'' (1993)

''Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story'' (1993) (TV film)

''Trauma'' (1993)

''Double Deception'' (1993) (TV film)

''Dangerous Game'' (1993)

''Bad Girls'' (1994)

''The Set Up'' (1995)

''The Secretary'' (1995) (TV film)

''Panther'' (1995)

''Condition Red'' (1995)

''Livers Ain't Cheap'' (1996) (aka ''The Real Thing'')

''American Strays'' (1996)

''No Way Home'' (1996)

''Small Time'' (1996)

''Laws of Deception'' (1997)

''Donnie Brasco'' (1997)

''The Girl Gets Moe'' (1997) (aka ''Love to Kill'')

''Under Oath'' (1997)

''The Postman'' (1997)

''Butter'' (1998) (aka ''Never 2 Big'')

''Heist'' (1998)

''My Husband's Secret Life'' (1998) (TV film)

''Fait Accompli'' (1998) (aka ''Voodoo Dawn'')

''Charades'' (1998) (aka ''Felons'')

''Detour'' (1998)

''Sonic Impact'' (1999)

''The Unscarred'' (1999)

''BitterSweet'' (1999)

''Jimmy Zip'' (1999)

''The Ninth Gate'' (1999)

''Diamonds'' (1999)

''Hidden War'' (2000)

''Bad Guys'' (2000)

''Deep Core'' (2000)

''Paper Bullets'' (2000)

''Pendulum'' (2001)

''Double Deception'' (2001) (aka ''24 Hours to Die'')

''Shattered Lies'' (2002)

''The House Next Door'' (2002)

''Redemption'' (2002)

''My Daughter's Tears'' (2002)

''Stealing Sinatra'' (2003)

''A Good Night to Die'' (2003)

''Paris'' (2003)

''The Box'' (2003)

''Open Range'' (2003)

''Target'' (2004)

''Come as You Are'' (2005)

''Confessions of a Pit Fighter'' (2005)

''Cut Off'' (2006)

''All In'' (2006)

''Satanic'' (2006)

''One Among Us'' (2006)

''Broken Trail'' (2006) (TV film)

''Shut Up and Shoot!'' (2006)

''Blackwater Valley Exorcism'' (2006)

''Chill'' (2007)

''The Pink Conspiracy'' (2007)

''Blue Lake Massacre'' (2007)

''Machine'' (2007)

''The Hit'' (2007)

''On the Doll'' (2007)

''Little Red Devil'' (2008)

''Born of Earth'' (2008)

''Kings of the Evening'' (2008)

''Dark World'' (2008)

''Stiletto'' (2008)

''Deadwater'' (2008)

''Shoot First and Pray You Live (Because Luck Has Nothing to Do with It)'' (2008)

''Break'' (2009)

''Good God Bad Dog'' (2009)

''Public Enemies'' (2009)

''Never Surrender'' (2009)

''Taken by Force'' (2009)

''Charlie Valentine'' (2009)

''Dark Woods'' (2009)

''Dreams and Shadows'' (2009)

''Love Sick Diaries'' (2010)

''One in the Gun'' (2010)

''Boy Wonder'' (2010)

''7E'' (2010)

''An American Hero'' (2010)

''Break'' (2010)

Television

''The Equalizer'' (1985) (1 episode)

''Miami Vice'' (1985) (1 episode)

''Crime Story'' (1987) (1 episode)

''Friday the 13th: The Series'' (1988) (1 episode)

''Gabriel's Fire'' (1991) (1 episode)

''C-16: FBI'' (1997) (1 episode)

''Falcone'' (2000) (1 episode)

''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' (2004) (1 episode)

''Without a Trace'' (2004) (1 episode)

''Joan of Arcadia'' (2005) (1 episode)

''Las Vegas'' (2006) (1 episode)

''CSI: Miami'' (2006–2008) (2 episodes)

''The Capture of the Green River Killer'' (2008) (2-part miniseries)

''Numb3rs'' (2009) (1 episode)

''Dark Blue'' (2009) (1 episode)

Awards

Winner, 1983 Theatre World Award for ''Extremities''

References

External links

Category:1953 births Category:American film actors Category:American television actors Category:Living people Category:Actors from New York City Category:American people of Italian descent

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Thomas Edward "Tom" Sizemore, Jr. (born November 29, 1961) is an American film and television actor and producer. He is known for his roles in films such as ''Saving Private Ryan'', ''Strange Days'', ''Pearl Harbor'', ''Heat'' and ''Black Hawk Down''. Sizemore is also known for his supporting roles in well known films such as ''The Relic'', ''True Romance'', ''Natural Born Killers'', ''Wyatt Earp'' and ''Devil in a Blue Dress''.

Early life

Sizemore was born in Detroit, Michigan. His mother, Judith ( Schannault), was a member of the city of Detroit ombudsman staff, and his father, Thomas Edward Sizemore, Sr., now retired, was a lawyer and philosophy professor. He has three brothers, Charlie, Aaron and Paul, who is also an actor. Sizemore attended Michigan State University for one year, as well as Wayne State University. He earned a Master's degree in theatre from Temple University in 1986. He subsequently moved to New York City to pursue an acting career.

Career

Acting career

One of Sizemore's earliest film appearances occurred in Oliver Stone's ''Born on the Fourth of July'' in 1989, followed by roles in ''Lock Up'' (1989), ''Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man'' (1991), ''True Romance'' (1993), ''Natural Born Killers'' (1994), and ''Strange Days'' (1995). Sizemore also starred in the independent drama film ''Love Is Like That'' (1993) with actress and model Pamela Gidley. He had a supporting role in Kevin Costner's ''Wyatt Earp'' as Bat Masterson.

A succession of well-received supporting parts followed, perhaps the most well known being his portrayal of Michael Cheritto as an armed robber in the heist film ''Heat'' (1995). His first major leading role was as Vincent D'Agosta in 1997's ''The Relic''. Sizemore had a recurring role on the television series ''China Beach'' (1988 to 1991) as an enlisted man named Vinnie who was in love with Dana Delany's character. Sizemore continued to play leading and character parts in many films, notably ''Devil in a Blue Dress'' (1995), ''Saving Private Ryan'' (1998), ''Bringing Out the Dead'' (1999), and ''Witness Protection'' (1999).

At the start of the 21st century, he appeared in actions films such as ''Pearl Harbor'' (2001), starring Ben Affleck, and Ridley Scott's ''Black Hawk Down'' (2002). He had a voice part as Sonny Forelli in the video game ''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City''. In 2001, Sizemore starred in ''Ticker'', an action film directed by Albert Pyun, with Steven Seagal and Dennis Hopper. In 2002, Sizemore starred in the well-reviewed but short-lived television drama series ''Robbery Homicide Division''. It was cancelled mid-way through its first season. He also played an undercover cop in the film ''Swindle'' opposite Sherilyn Fenn. In 2004, he starred in ''Paparazzi''.

In 2006, he starred in ''The Genius Club'', playing a terrorist who taunts seven geniuses into solving the world's problems in one night. Also that year, he had a leading role in action/thriller film ''Splinter'' with Edward James Olmos. In 2007, the television network VH1 aired a six episode reality TV series called ''Shooting Sizemore'', which depicted the life of the actor as he struggled to regain his career in the midst of a continuing battle with addiction. The series also covered an ongoing legal appeal on his conviction for an assault of former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss. In this year, the actor also starred in the Indie drama film ''Oranges'' with Tom Arnold and Jill Hennessy, which was directed by Sirian director and producer Joseph Merhi.

Recently, Sizemore has worked in films that include ''Red'' and ''American Son'', both of which were screened at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. In 2008, Sizemore starred in ''The Last Lullaby'', playing a killer, and appeared also in ''The Flyboys'' with Stephen Baldwin, action film ''Stiletto'' with Tom Berenger and Michael Biehn, drama film ''Toxic'' with Costas Mandylor, and is the star in the Canadian drama ''A Broken Life'' with Ving Rhames.

In 2009 he appeared in the comedy film ''Super Capers''. In addition, Sizemore also appeared in five episodes of the TV series ''Crash'' with Dennis Hopper. In 2010, Sizemore starred in the indie horror film ''C.L.A.S.S.'' which is written by Sheldon Robins, and co-starred with Kyra Sedgwick and Vincent D'Onofrio in drama/comedy film ''Chlorine''. He also starred alongside martial arts actor Mark Dacascos in the action movie ''Shadows in Paradise''. He also appeared in an episode of ''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia''.

Sizemore also appeared alongside the Insane Clown Posse in the comedy film ''Big Money Rustlas'' and the drama ''513'' with Michael Madsen. Sizemore has roles in the upcoming films, ''Suing the Devil'' and ''White Knight''.

Music

Sizemore fronted the Hollywood rock band Day 8. Formed in 2002, the band recorded a 4-song EP produced and recorded by former Snot/Soulfly guitarist Mike Doling. Originally called The Bystanders, the group included Rod Castro, Alan Muffterson, Tyrone Tomke and Michael Taylor.

Personal life

While speaking in an interview about friend Mickey Rourke, Sizemore revealed he is Catholic: "He’s been a good friend. He’s a real good Catholic and I’m Catholic."

Sizemore married actress Maeve Quinlan in 1996, but divorced in 1999. In 2010, Sizemore appeared as a patient/castmember on VH1's 3rd season of ''Celebrity Rehab''.

Sex tape

On August 18, 2005, approximately eight hours of celebrity sex tape starring Sizemore was published on the internet. The material has since become available on DVD.

Substance abuse and legal problems

Sizemore, who had battled drug addiction since he was 15, was convicted in 2003 of assault and battery against his girlfriend, the former "Hollywood Madam" Heidi Fleiss. Sizemore was then sentenced to 17 months in jail and four months in drug treatment for repeatedly failing drug tests while on probation on March 25, 2005. Fleiss' restraining order against him had lapsed by the time they appeared together in the third season of ''Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew'' in 2010.

On May 8, 2007, while still on probation for a previous drug conviction, Sizemore was arrested outside the Four Points Sheraton hotel in Bakersfield, California for possession of methamphetamines. Police found what appeared to be two drug bags under 1 gram in weight of methamphetamine and three glass pipes used for inhaling methamphetamines that were coated with drug residue inside his 2004 Ford Mustang. On June 25, Sizemore was sentenced to 16 months in prison. The sentence was reduced to nine months because Sizemore already served 213 days in county jail unable to post bail. On March 27, 2009, Sizemore avoided jail-time in the above case for an alleged probation violation.

On May 28, 2009, Sizemore was arrested in Los Angeles on an outstanding warrant for drug charges. Sizemore and a friend were questioned by police and an outstanding $25,000 warrant for Sizemore was discovered. Sizemore did not have any narcotics in his possession, but was arrested on the outstanding 2007 warrant; he was later released.

Sizemore had been approached to appear in the first season of the reality television series ''Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew'', but declined. He met with Dr. Drew Pinsky about appearing in the second season, sitting in Pinsky's office for two hours, as Pinsky recounted, "sweating and completely high on drugs, talking a million miles an hour, acting like he was going to do it then deciding he didn’t want to." Sizemore ultimately decided to appear in Season 3, but did not appear in the season premiere, forcing Pinsky's colleague Bob Forrest to seek him out. Because Heidi Fleiss was also in treatment on the show that season, both she and Sizemore had to consent to appear together. While the season premiered in January 2010, Sizemore's arrival at the clinic was chronicled in the third episode, and his reunion with Fleiss was amicable. Yet, by the season's end, it was Heidi who, at their graduation ceremony, lashed out against Sizemore, taunting him that "the thought of being with [him] would turn women gay...it really would." After they received their coins, both Tom and Heidi agreed to Sober House treatment. During a guest appearance on the fourth season of Celebrity Rehab, a healthy-looking Sizemore praised Dr. Drew and his program, stating he has been sober for fourteen months.

Filmography

Film
Year	Film	Role	Notes
		Wool Cap
	Dallas
	Ian
''Penn & Teller Get Killed''	2nd Mugger	Cameo
	Vet – Villa Dulce
1990	''A Matter of Degrees''	Zeno Stefanos
	''Flight of the Intruder''	Boxman
''Guilty by Suspicion''	Ray Karlin
''Point Break''	DEA Agent Deets	Uncredited
''Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man''	Chance Wilder
''Where Sleeping Dogs Lie''	Eddie Hale
	''Love Is Like That''	Lenny
''Passenger 57''	Sly Delvecchio
	''Watch It''	Danny
''Heart and Souls''	Milo Peck	Nominated — Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor
''True Romance''	Cody Nicholson
''Striking Distance''	Detective Danny Detillo
		Bat Masterson
''Natural Born Killers''	Detective Jack Scagnetti
		DeWitt Albright
	Max Peltier
	Michael Cheritto
1997		Lt. Vincent D'Agosta
	''Saving Private Ryan''	Sgt. Mike Horvath	Online Film Critics Society
	Boss Paulie Pintero	Uncredited
	''[[The Florentine''	Teddy
	Buffalo
''Bringing Out the Dead''	Tom Wolls
''Play It to the Bone''	Joe Domino
		Les Fletcher	Voice onlyuncredited
	Dr. Quinn Burchenal
		Sgt. Earl Sistern
	Detective Ray Nettles
	Colonel Danny McKnight
		Seth George
	Zach
	Snake Dupree
2003		Owen
2004		Rex Harper
		Kain Diamond
''The Nickel Children''	Freedo
	Dad
		Frank Miller
''Bottom Feeder''	Vince Stoker
''Zyzzyx Road''	Joey
	Pierce
''Shut Up and Shoot!''	Himself
	Detective Cunningham
''The Genius Club''	Armand
	''White Air''	Steve
''Protecting the King''	Ronnie
	Burt
	''A Broken Life''	Max
	Dale
	Mr. McCormack
	Angelo Esposito
''The Last Lullaby''	Price
	Large Bills
	Van Sant
		Chuck
	God
''Good God Bad Dog''	Ezra Mann
''Super Capers''	Roger Cheatem
	Paolo
''Double Duty''	Craig
''21 and a Wake-Up''	Jack Breedlau
		Col. Bunker
	Det. Nitti
''Big Money Rustlas''	Himself	Cameo
''C.L.A.S.S''	FBI Agent Ridley	post-production
	Ernie	post-production
	Glen	post-production
		Detective Brandano
	Tony Anzaldo	post-production
	Leroy Lowe	post-production
''Right Angle (film)''	Lucky	post-production
	Father Murray	post-production
''Cousin Sarah''	Lloyd	pre-production
			pre-production
Television
Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	''Gideon Oliver''	Paul Slocum	Episode: "Sleep Well, Professor Oilver"
1989–1990	''China Beach''	Sgt. Vinnie Ventresca, The Dog Man	6 episodes
1992	''An American Story''	Jesse Meadows	TV Movie
1998	''Witness to the Mob''	John Gotti	TV Movie
1999		Bobby Batton	TV MovieNominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
		Tom Cherry	TV Movie
	Metamorpho (Voice)	Episodes: "Metamorphosis: Part 1""Metamorphosis: Part 2"
2002–2003	''Robbery Homicide Division''	Lt. Sam Cole	13 episodes
2004		Pete Rose	TV Movie
2004–2006	''Dr. Vegas''	Vic Moore	6 episodes
2007		Katzenberg	3 episodes
2008	''CSI: Miami''	Kurt Rossi	Episode: "Down to the Wire"
2008–2009		Detective Adrian Cooper	5 episodes
	''P Lo's House''	Himself	Television movie
	Timmy Davis	Episode: "See the Woman"
	''Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew''	Reality Television	Whole Season
"Sober House"	Reality Television on VH1
''It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia''	Truck Driver
2011		Jonathan Marks
Other
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	''Grand Theft Auto: Vice City''	Sonny Forelli (Voice)	Video game
2006	''24: The Game''	Sid Wilson (Voice)	Video game

References

External links

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Bai Ling (born October 10, 1966) is a Chinese actress known for her work in films such as ''The Crow'', ''Red Corner'' and ''Wild Wild West'', and in TV series such as ''Entourage'' and ''Lost''. In 2011 she appeared in the fifth season of the VH1 reality television series ''Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew'', which documented her recovery from alcohol addiction.

Early life

Bai was born in Chengdu, People's Republic of China in 1966. Her father, Bai Yuxiang (白玉祥), was a musician in the People's Liberation Army, and later a music teacher. Her mother, Chen Binbin (陈彬彬), was a dancer, stage actress, and a literature teacher in Sichuan University; Bai's maternal grandfather was a military officer of the Kuomintang army, and thus was persecuted during the Cultural Revolution. In the early 1980s, Bai Ling's parents divorced, and later remarried. Her mother remarried to the writer Xu Chi (徐迟), renowned for his report titled ''Goldbach's Conjecture'', about Chinese mathematician Chen Jingrun. Bai Ling has one older sister Bai Jie (白洁), who works for the Chinese tax bureau, and a younger brother Bai Chen (白陈), who emigrated to Japan and works for an American company.

Bai has described herself as a very shy child who found that she best expressed herself through acting and performing. She has said that acting allows people to ignore how society tells them to behave and allows other parts of themselves to be expressed. During the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976), she learned how to perform by participating in Eight model plays, at her elementary school shows. After her graduation from middle school, Bai was sent to do labor work at Shuangliu, a county near Chengdu, where the Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport is located.

Before long, she managed to pass the People's Liberation Army's exams, and became an "artist soldier" at , Tibet. Her main activity there was entertaining in the musical theater. She also served shortly as an Army nurse. Three years later, she was discharged from the army.

Subsequently, Bai spent some time in a mental hospital. Though she insisted then and now, "I'm not crazy," she maintains to this day that she is from the moon, where her grandmother lives. "I'm not really in reality. I'm in my own universe and my mind is a million miles somewhere else," she claims, further explaining, "Why I feel like I come from the moon is because my mother told me I was found somewhere." She believes that when she looks up at the moon, she can often spot her grandmother there, still living in her childhood home.

Soon after her release from the hospital, Bai joined People's Art Theater of Chengdu, and became a professional actress. Her performance as a young man in the stage play ''Yueqin and Little Tiger'' drew the attention of movie director Teng Wenji (滕文骥), which gained her her first movie role in ''On The Beach'' (1985), as a village girl who becomes a factory worker and struggled against her father's will for her to marry her cousin.

In later years, she appeared in several movies. She temporarily moved to New York in 1991 to attend New York University's film department as a visiting scholar, but later obtained a special visa that allowed her to remain in the United States until she became a citizen in 1999.

Acting career

Bai had previously appeared in several Chinese movies. In 1984, Bai appeared as a fishing village girl in the movie ''On the Beach'' (海滩). Later she filmed several other movies, including ''Suspended Sentence'' (缓期执行), ''Yueyue'' (月月), ''Tears in Suzhou'' (泪洒姑苏) without much attention. She became famous after playing a girl with a psychological disorder who has an affair with her doctor, in the film ''Arc Light'' (弧光) directed by Zhang Junzhao (张军钊). She attended Moscow International Film Festival in 1989. Since coming to the United States in 1991, she has appeared in a number of American movies.

She appeared in ''The Crow'' (1994), playing the half-sister/lover of the main villain, Top Dollar. ''Hu guang'' was her most celebrated role in the Chinese film industry, and ''Red Corner'' (1997) would be considered her break-out role in English film. She was named one of ''People'''s "50 Most Beautiful People in the World" in 1998. She appeared in Chris Isaak's music video "Please" in 1998. She shaved off her hair, which had exceeded a length of 36 in (90 cm) for her role in ''Anna and the King'', and is widely known in Thailand as "Tuptim", her character's name from the film, even though the movie is officially banned because of its depiction of the King of Siam. She filmed scenes for ''Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith'' (2005) as Senator Bana Breemu, but her role was cut during editing. She claimed that this was because of her posing nude for the June 2005 issue of ''Playboy'' magazine, whose appearance on newsstands coincided with the movie's May 2005 release, but director George Lucas denied this, stating that the cut had been made more than a year earlier. Her scenes were included in the "deleted scenes" feature of the DVD release.

Later in 2005 Bai was a castmate of the VH1 program called ''But Can They Sing?''. The show gave several non-singer celebrities an attempt at singing on every episode and then allowed the audience and home viewers to vote off one contestant each week. Bai Ling was most famous for her risqué and raunchy get-ups and her performances of Madonna's "Like a Virgin" and The Ramones' "I Wanna Be Sedated". Bai was eliminated just before the grand finale but was invited back on the final week for a special performance of Divinyls' "I Touch Myself".

She appeared in one episode of the show ''Lost''.

Bai made a guest appearance on a episode of ''Entourage'' titled "China Town". She played a stunt co-ordinator named Li Lei, who Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier) sleeps with.

Personal life

On February 14, 2008 Bai Ling was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport for shoplifting two magazines and a package of batteries. It was an "emotionally crazy" day, Bai explained to ''E! News''. She was coping with the "huge problem of breaking up [before] Valentine's Day...wrong boyfriend." She also wrote on her blog after the incident: "Life happens to you either you liked it or not, sometimes I feel you have to be so brave to stand in front of the World, and just hope that people will have a tender heart toward you." On March 5, 2008 she pleaded guilty to the charge of disturbing the peace. She was then fined $200 (US$700 when totaling the fine and penalties) for the action at the airport.

In regards to her public image and recent troubles over the years, she stated:

Filmography

! Year	! Film	! Role	! Notes
1984	''Hai tan''	Lu Xiao Mei (陆小妹)	海滩, lit. "The Beach"
1985	''Tears in Suzhou''	Wang Lingjuan (王怜娟)	泪洒姑苏; pinyin: ''Lei sa gu su''
1985	''Suspended Sentence''	Yang Lei (杨蕾)	缓期执行
1986	''Yue Yue''	Yue Yue (月月)	月月
1986	''The Bloody Trace''		血案疑踪
1987	''On their Own'' aka. ''College Student Stories''	Xiao Qian (小钱)	大学生轶事; ''Da xue sheng yi shi''
1987	''Shan cun feng yue''	(桂儿)	山村风月; lit. "Wind and Moon of Mountain Village"
1988	''Arc Light''	Jing Huan (景唤)	弧光; ''Hu guang''
1988	''Hit Without Gun''		无枪枪手
1989	''The Illegal Gunman''		非法持枪者
1992	''Pen Pals''	Sharice
1993	''Homicide: Life on the Street''	Lin Chang	TV series, 1 episode
		Myca
''Dead Funny''	Norriko
	''The Cosby Mysteries''	Dr. Valerie Chong	TV series, 1 episode
''Dead Weekend''	Amelia A	TV film
	Chinese Interpreter
1997	''Red Corner''	Shen Yuelin
	''Touched by an Angel''	Jean Chang	TV series, 2 episodes
''Somewhere in the City''	Lu Lu
	''Wild Wild West''	Miss East
''Anna and the King''	Tuptim
		Jhiera	TV series, 1 episode
''Row Your Boat''	Chun Hua
	''The Monkey King (TV miniseries)''	Guan Yin	TV film
''Shaolin Soccer''	Mui	Voice
	Lucy Westenra
	''Face''	Kim
''Storm Watch''	Skylar
	Wanda Orr
	''Taxi 3''	Qiu
''The Extreme Team''	RJ
''Paris''	Linda/Shen Li
''Jake 2.0''	Mei Ling	TV series, 1 episode
	''My Baby's Daddy''	XiXi
''The Beautiful Country''	Ling
''She Hate Me''	Oni
	Mei	Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting Actress
''[[Three... Extremes'' (三更2; ''Sam gang yi'')	Mei	Segment ''Dumplings''
''Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow''	Mysterious Woman
	''Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith''	Senator Bana Breemu	deleted scenes
''Lords of Dogtown''	Punky Photographer
	Li Lei	TV series, 1 episode
''Nomad''	Gaukhar	Voice
	Peep show Girl
		Barbi Ling
''Southland Tales''	Serpentine
''Scarface: The World Is Yours''	U-Gin Bar Manager	Video game, Voice
	''Living & Dying''	Nadia
	Achara	TV series, 1 episode
''The Unit''	Princess	TV series, 1 episode
''Shanghai Baby''	Coco
''The Gene Generation''	Michelle
	''The Hustle''	Han
	Lena
''Dim Sum Funeral''	Deedee
	''Crank: High Voltage''	Ria
	Samantha
''A Beautiful Life''	Esther
''The Gauntlet''	Kim Lee
''The Bad Penny''	Nok
''The Lazarus Papers''	Kyo
''The Land of the Astronauts''	Erika
''Geraldine''	Geraldine
''Cross''	Sunshine
		Jai Pham
''The Confidant''	Black
''Love Ranch''	Samantha
''Locked Down	Flores
	''Celebrity Rehab''	Herself

Notes

References

Original text from Famous Chinese Women, licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.

CNN interview with Bai Ling

External links

Official website Bai Ling

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