Coordinates	29°57′53″N90°4′14″N
name	Sam Shepard
birth name	Samuel Shepard Rogers III
birth date	November 05, 1943
birth place	Fort Sheridan, Illinois, U.S.
occupation	Actor, author, playwright
spouse
partner	Jessica Lange (1983-present)
years active	1960s–present
website	}}

Sam Shepard (born November 5, 1943) is an American playwright, actor, and television and film director. He is the author of several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs, and received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979 for his play ''Buried Child''. Shepard was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of pilot Chuck Yeager in ''The Right Stuff'' (1983).

Early years

Born Samuel Shepard Rogers III in Fort Sheridan, Illinois, he worked on a ranch as a teenager. His father, Samuel Shepard Rogers, Jr., was a teacher and farmer who served in the United States Army Air Forces as a bomber pilot during World War II. His mother, Jane Elaine (née Schook), was a teacher and a native of Chicago, Illinois. After high school, Shepard briefly attended college, but dropped out to join a travelling theater group. He was also a drummer for the eccentric late-1960s rock band The Holy Modal Rounders, featured in the movie ''Easy Rider'' (1969).

Career

Shepard became involved in New York City's Off-Off-Broadway theater scene beginning at the age of nineteen. Although his plays were staged at several Off-Off-Broadway venues, he was most closely connected with Theatre Genesis, housed at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery in Manhattan's East Village. He acted occasionally in those days, but his interests were almost exclusively confined to writing, up until the late 1970s. Most of his writing was for the stage, but he had early screen-writing credits for ''Me and My Brother'' (1968) and Antonioni's ''Zabriskie Point'' (1970). His early science-fiction play, ''The Unseen Hand'', influenced Richard O'Brien's stage musical ''Rocky Horror Show''. After three years of living in England, in 1976 Shepard relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area in California and was named playwright-in-residence at the Magic Theatre in San Francisco where many of his works received their premier productions. Notable work includes ''Buried Child'' (1978), ''Curse of the Starving Class'' (1978), ''True West'' (1980) and ''A Lie of the Mind'' (1985). He also continued with his collaboration with Bob Dylan that started with the surrealist film ''Renaldo and Clara'' (1978) and co-wrote with Dylan an epic, 11-minute song entitled "Brownsville Girl", included on Dylan's ''Knocked Out Loaded'' (1986) album and later compilations.

Shepard began his acting career in earnest when he was cast as the handsome land baron in Terrence Malick's ''Days of Heaven'' (1978), opposite Richard Gere and Brooke Adams. This led to other important films and roles, most notably his portrayal of Chuck Yeager in ''The Right Stuff'' (1983), earning him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. By 1986, one of his plays, ''Fool for Love'', was being made into a film directed by Robert Altman; his play ''A Lie of the Mind'' was Off-Broadway with an all-star cast including Harvey Keitel and Geraldine Page; he was living with Jessica Lange; and he was working steadily as a film actor—all of which put him on the cover of ''Newsweek'' magazine.

Throughout the years, Shepard has done a considerable amount of teaching on writing plays and other aspects of theatre. His classes and seminars have occurred at various theatre workshops, festivals, and universities. During the 1970s he served a stint as a Regents Professor at the University of California, Davis.

Shepard was elected to The American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1986. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1986.

In 2000, Shepard decided to repay a debt of gratitude to the Magic Theatre by staging his play ''The Late Henry Moss'' as a benefit in San Francisco. The cast included Nick Nolte, Sean Penn, Woody Harrelson, and Cheech Marin. The limited, three-month run was sold out.

In 2001, Shepard had a notable role of General William F. Garrison in the box office hit and cult classic movie ''Black Hawk Down.'' Although he was cast in a supporting role, it reinvigorated interest in Shepard among the public and critics alike.

He performed Spalding Gray's final monologue ''Life Interrupted'' for its audio release through Macmillan Audio in 2006.

In 2007, Shepard was featured playing banjo on Patti Smith's cover of Nirvana's song, "Smells Like Teen Spirit", on her album ''Twelve''.

Although many artists have had an influence on Shepard's work, one of the most significant has been actor-director Joseph Chaikin, a veteran of the Living Theatre and founder of a group called the Open Theatre. The two have often worked together on various projects, and Shepard acknowledges that Chaikin has been a valuable mentor.

A revival of ''A Lie of the Mind'' in New York was staged at the same time as his 2010 play, ''Ages of the Moon'', also opened there. Reflecting on the two plays, Shephard said that the older, longer play feels to him "awkward ...[, a]ll of the characters are in a fractured place, broken into pieces, and the pieces don’t really fit together," while the newer play "is like a Porsche. ... It’s sleek, it does exactly what you want it to do, and it can speed up but also shows off great brakes." The revival and new play also coincided with the publication of the collection ''Day out of Days: Stories'' (book title echoing a film-making term), also by Shepard. The book includes "short stories, poems and narrative sketches ... that developed from dozens of leather-bound notebooks [Shepard] has carried with him over the years."

In 2011 Shepard will star in Blackthorn, in theaters Oct 7th.

Directing

At the beginning of his playwriting career, Shepard did not direct his own plays. His earliest plays were directed by a number of different directors but most frequently by Ralph Cook, the founder of Theatre Genesis. Later, while living at the Flying Y Ranch in Mill Valley, just north of San Francisco, Shepard formed a successful playwright-director relationship with Robert Woodruff, who directed the premiere of ''Buried Child'' (1982), among other plays. During the 1970s, though, Shepard decided that his vision of his plays required that he should direct them himself. He has since directed many of his own plays, but with a few rare exceptions, he has not directed plays by other playwrights. He has also directed two films but apparently does not see film direction as a major interest.

Personal life

When Shepard first arrived in New York, he roomed with Charlie Mingus, Jr., a friend of his from high school and son of famous jazz musician Charles Mingus. Then he lived with actress Joyce Aaron. He later married actress O-Lan Jones (born O-Lan Johnson, alias O-Lan Johnson Dark, alias O-Lan Barna) from 1969 to 1984, with whom he has one son, Jesse Mojo Shepard (born 1970). After the end of his relationship with the singer and musician Patti Smith, Shepard met Academy-Award-winning actress Jessica Lange on the set of a film they were both acting in, ''Frances''. He moved in with her in 1983, and they have been together ever since. They have two children, Hannah Jane (born 1985) and Samuel Walker Shepard (born 1987). In 2005 Jesse Shepard wrote a book of short stories which was published in San Francisco, and his father appeared together with him at a reading to introduce the book.

Although he played the legendary test pilot Chuck Yeager in ''The Right Stuff,'' and went through an airliner crash in the film ''Voyager'' (1992), Shepard is known for his aversion to flying. According to one account, he vowed never to fly again after a very rocky trip on an airliner coming back from Mexico in the 1960s. However, he allowed the real Chuck Yeager to take him up in a jet plane in 1982 when he was preparing for his role as Yeager in ''The Right Stuff''.

In the early morning hours of January 3, 2009, Shepard was arrested and charged with speeding and drunken driving in Normal, Illinois; his blood alcohol content was allegedly 0.175. Shepard was taken to the McLean County Jail, in Bloomington, IL, and posted bond after processing. He pleaded guilty to both charges on February 11, 2009 and was sentenced to 24 months probation, alcohol education classes, and 100 hours of community service.

Awards and honors

! Year	! Nominated work(s)	! Category	! Result
1966	''Chicago, Icarus's Mother, Red Cross''
1967	''La Turista''
1968	''Forensic and the Navigator, Melodrama Play''
1973	''The Tooth of Crime''
1975	''Action''	Obie Award for Best Playwriting
1977	''Curse of the Starving Class''	Obie Award for Best New American Play
		Obie Award for Best Playwriting
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
1980	Himself	Obie Award for Sustained Achievement
	rowspan="2"	Obie Award for Best New American Play
Obie Award for Best Direction
	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
1985		BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
		Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Play
1992
1994	American Theatre Hall of Fame
1996	''Buried Child''	Tony Award for Best Play
1997	''Hallmark Hall of Fame:'' "Lily Dale"	Lone Star Film & Television Award for Best TV Supporting Actor
1999
2002
2008

Archives

The Sam Shepard papers at the Wittliff collections of Southwestern Writers, Texas State University, were donated by the author and comprise some 26 boxes of material.

Bibliography

Bibliography
Year	Title	Notes
	''Cowboys''
''The Rock Garden''
	''Chicago''
''Icarus's Mother''
''4-H Club''
1966	''Red Cross''
	''La Turista''
''Forensic & the Navigators''
	''The Unseen Hand''
''Oh! Calcutta!''	contributed sketches
	''The Holy Ghostly''
	''Mad Dog Blues''
''Back Bog Beast Bait''
	with Patti Smith
1972	''The Tooth of Crime''
1974	''Geography of a Horse Dreamer''
1975
	''Suicide in B Flat''
1977	''Inacoma''
	''Buried Child''
''Curse of the Starving Class''
	with Joseph Chaikin
1980
1981	''Savage Love''	with Joseph Chaikin
1983
1985	''A Lie of the Mind''
1987	''A Short Life of Trouble''
1991	''States of Shock''
1993
1994
1998	''Eyes for Consuela''
2000	''The Late Henry Moss''
2004	''The God of Hell''
2007	''Kicking a Dead Horse''
2009	''Ages of the Moon''

Collections

Collections
Year	Title	Notes
1973	''Hawk Moon''	PAJ Books, ISBN 0-933826-23-0
1983	''Motel Chronicles''	City Lights, ISBN 0-87286-143-0
	''Seven Plays''	Dial Press, 368 pages, ISBN 0-553-34611-3
''Fool For Love and Other Plays''	Bantam, 320 pages, ISBN 0-553-34590-7
1996	''The Unseen Hand: and Other Plays''	Vintage, 400 pages, ISBN 0-679-76789-4
1997	''Cruising Paradise''	Vintage, 255 pages, ISBN 0-679-74217-4
2003	''Great Dream Of Heaven''	Vintage, 160 pages, ISBN 0-375-70452-3
2004	''Rolling Thunder Logbook''	Da Capo, 176 pages, reissue, ISBN 0-306-81371-8
2010	''Day out of Days: Stories''	Knopf, 304 pages, ISBN 978-0-307-26540-1

Filmography

Actor

As actor
Year	Title	Role
1963	''Apples In the Tree''
1965	''Rusakai''
1970	''Brand X''
	''Renaldo and Clara''	Rodeo
''Days of Heaven''	The Farmer
1980		Cal Carpenter
1981	''Raggedy Man''	Bailey
1982	''Frances''	Harry York
1983		Chuck Yeager
		unconfirmed
	Gil Ivy
1986		Doc Porter
1987		Dr. Jeff Cooper
1989	''Steel Magnolias''	Spud Jones
1990	''Bright Angel''	Jack
1991	''The Voyager''	Walter Faber
1992	''Thunderheart''	Frank Coutelle
1993		Professor Thomas Callahan
1994		Patrick Singer
1995		Pea Eye Parker
		Arthur Chambers
	Sheriff Forrest/Wild Bill Hickock
		The Ghost
	J.C. Franklin
''After the Harvest''	Caleb Gare
''Kurosawa''	Narrator
''Shot in the Heart''	Frank Gilmore
	Senator James Reisman
	Eric Pollack
2003	''Blind Horizon''	Sheriff Jack Kolb
2004		Frank Calhoun
	''Don't Come Knocking''	Howard
''Bandidas''	Bill Buck
	Capt. George Cummings
	''Walker Payne''	Syrus
	Ed Mills
	(Narrator)
''The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford''	Frank James
	''The Accidental Husband''	Wilder
	Gordon Camrose
2009		Hank Cahill
	''Inhale''	James Harrison
	Sam Plame
2011	''Blackthorn''	Butch Cassidy

Screenwriter

As screenwriter
Year	Title	Director
1968		Robert Frank
1970		Michelangelo Antonioni
1984		Wim Wenders
1985		Robert Altman
1988
1994	''Silent Tongue''
2005	''Don't Come Knocking''	Wim Wenders

Director

As director
Year	Title	Notes
1988
1994	''Silent Tongue''

References

Further reading

External links

Sam Shepard at ''The New York Times''

The Sam Shepard Web Site

Blackthorn website

Sam-Shepard.com

"Brownsville Girl", by Bob Dylan and Sam Shepard

The Wittliff Collections of Southwestern Writers, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX

"Sam Shepard" by Vivian M. Patraka and Mark Siegel in the Western Writers Series Digital Editions at Boise State University

"Sam Shepard opens up"

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Coordinates	29°57′53″N90°4′14″N
name	Jason Alexander
birth name	Jay Scott Greenspan
birth date	September 23, 1959
birth place	Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
occupation	Actor, comedian, singer
years active	1981–present
spouse	Daena E. Title (1982–present) 2 children }}

Jay Scott Greenspan (born September 23, 1959), better known by his professional name of Jason Alexander, is an American actor, writer, comedian, television director, producer, and singer. He is best known for his role as George Costanza on the television series ''Seinfeld'', appearing in the sitcom from 1989 to 1998. He also has had an active career on the stage, appearing in several Broadway musicals including ''Jerome Robbins' Broadway'' in 1989, for which he won the Tony Award as Best Actor in a Musical. He appeared in the Los Angeles production of ''The Producers'' with Martin Short. He is the Artistic Director of "Reprise! Broadway's Best in Los Angeles," where he has directed several musicals. Alexander is also an avid poker player.

Early life

Alexander was born in Newark, New Jersey, the son of Jewish parents Ruth Minnie (née Simon), a nurse and health care administrator, and Alexander B. Greenspan, an accounting manager. He has a half-sister, Karen Van Horn, and a half-brother, Michael Greenspan. Alexander grew up in Livingston, New Jersey and is a 1977 graduate of Livingston High School. Alexander had a very wheezy voice growing up, primarily because of his asthma. He attended Boston University but left the summer before his senior year, after getting work in New York City. He was later given an honorary degree in 1995. He is a practiced magician, and only switched to acting as a career when he realized that he was unlikely to succeed as a magician.

Acting career

Stage career

Alexander began his acting career on the New York stage and is an accomplished singer and dancer. On Broadway, he appeared in Stephen Sondheim's ''Merrily We Roll Along,'' Kander & Ebb's ''The Rink'', Neil Simon's ''Broadway Bound'', ''Accomplice'', and ''Jerome Robbins' Broadway'', for which he garnered the 1989 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. Returning to the stage in 2003, Alexander was cast in a successful run, opposite Martin Short, in the Los Angeles production of Mel Brooks' ''The Producers''. Alexander also appeared with Kelsey Grammer in the 2004 musical adaptation of ''Charles Dickens''' A Christmas Carol. He played Jacob Marley to Grammer's Ebenezer Scrooge.

Alexander continues to appear in live stage shows, including Barbra Streisand's memorable birthday party for Stephen Sondheim at the Hollywood Bowl, in which he appeared with Angela Lansbury, performing selections from ''Sweeney Todd''. Alexander was recently named the Artistic Director of Reprise! Broadway's Best in Los Angeles, where he previously directed ''Sunday in the Park with George''. He is scheduled to direct the upcoming revival of ''Damn Yankees'' at Reprise!

Television

Alexander is best known as one of the key cast members of the award-winning television sitcom ''Seinfeld'' (1989–1998), in which he played George Costanza (the Jerry Seinfeld character's best friend since childhood). Before ''Seinfeld'', he starred in a short-lived CBS sitcom called ''Everything's Relative'' in 1987 which lasted six episodes. Concurrently with his ''Seinfeld'' role, Alexander provided the voice of the lead character in the cult animated series ''Duckman'' (1994–1997). Alexander also voiced Catbert, the evil director of human resources, in the short-lived ''Dilbert'' animated series based on the popular comic strip. He made cameo appearances in the second season of ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'', playing himself. Alexander also appeared in the seventh season of ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'', along with the other three principal ''Seinfeld'' cast members.

Alexander co-starred with George Clooney and Elliot Gould in the short-lived CBS sitcom ''E/R'' from 1984–1985. He played Hospital Administrator Harold Stickley.

Alexander also had a part in the ABC sitcom ''Dinosaurs'', as Al "Sexual" Harris (who frequently engaged in sexual harassment). Despite a relatively successful career in film and stage, Alexander never managed to repeat his ''Seinfeld''-level of success in television. 2001 marked his first post-''Seinfeld'' return to prime-time television: the heavily promoted but short-lived ABC sitcom ''Bob Patterson'' (which was canceled after just 5 episodes). Alexander partially blames the lack of success on the mood of the country after 9/11. His second chance as a TV series lead, the CBS sitcom ''Listen Up!'' (September 20, 2004 to April 25, 2005), also fell short of a second season. Alexander was also the principal executive producer of the series based very loosely on the life of the popular sports-media personality Tony Kornheiser.

Alexander appears on the ''Family Guy: Live in Vegas'' CD singing a verse in the song "All Cartoons are Fuckin' Dicks".

He was featured in the ''Friends'' episode "The One Where Rosita Dies" as a suicidal supply manager named Earl. Phoebe rings him trying to sell him toner and she learns about his problem and tries to convince him not to commit suicide. This is referred to in an episode of ''Malcolm in the Middle'' where Alexander appears as a neurotic and critical loner called Leonard. He describes himself as free and mentions that he makes money with a job "selling toner over the phone". Also in the episode, he is repeatedly harassed by a man named George – his character's name on ''Seinfeld''.

Alexander appeared in the 1995 TV version of the Broadway musical ''Bye Bye Birdie'', as Conrad Birdie's agent, Albert Peterson.

He guest-starred in episode 8 of the 1996 variety show ''Muppets Tonight''.

Alexander appeared on ''Star Trek: Voyager'' on the episode "Think Tank" playing a genius alien named Kurros who was trying to get Seven of Nine to serve on his ship.

He appeared in the first episode of the short-lived 2002 revival of ''The Twilight Zone'', playing Death. He featured in the 2005 ''Monk'' episode "Mr. Monk and the Other Detective" as Monk's rival, Marty Eels. On the June 26, 2006 episode of the ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' talk show, Alexander demonstrated several self-defense techniques. He was also the Host of the 230th July 4, 2006 of the PBS July 4 "A Capitol Fourth" Celebrations in Washington, D.C. in which he sang, danced, and played tuned drums.

On August 6, 2006, Alexander signed on to feature as a regular cast member in the second season of ''Everybody Hates Chris''. Alexander was the host of the Comedy Central Roast of actor William Shatner on August 13, 2006 (first airdate: August 20, 2006). In 2007, Alexander was a guest star in the third episode of the improv comedy series ''Thank God You're Here''. He is also a frequent guest and panelist on: Bill Maher's ''Politically Incorrect'' and ''Real Time'' shows; ''Hollywood Squares''; the ''Late Late Show'', with both Craig Kilborn and Craig Ferguson; and, the ''Late Show with David Letterman''.

In 2008, Alexander guest-starred on the CBS show ''Criminal Minds'' in the season four episode "Masterpiece" as Prof. Rothschild, a well-educated serial killer obsessed with the Fibonacci sequence who sends the team into a race against time to save his last victims. He returned in the same season to direct the episode "Conflicted", featuring the actor Jackson Rathbone.

Movies

In addition to his roles as a misogynistic lawyer in ''Pretty Woman'', co-starring with Richard Gere, and as the womanizer Mauricio in ''Shallow Hal'', with Jack Black, Alexander has appeared in ''Love! Valour! Compassion!'', ''Dunston Checks In'', ''Love and Action in Chicago'', ''The Last Supper'' and psychological horror film ''Jacob's Ladder''.

He voiced the gargoyle Hugo in the 1996 Disney animated film ''The Hunchback of Notre Dame''.

He has also dabbled in the art of directing, starting with 1996's ''For Better or Worse'' and 1999's ''Just Looking''. He also played the phenomenally successful US toymaker A.C. Gilbert in the 2002 movie: ''The Man Who Saved Christmas''.

In 2009 he has a small role in the movie ''Hachi: A Dog's Tale'' as a train station manager, again working next to Richard Gere. He stars in ''A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!'' as Cosmo.

Other work

Alexander is also featured in country music star Brad Paisley's music videos "Celebrity" and "Online", the latter of which he directed and won the 2007 Country Music Association's Video of the Year Award.

In January 1995, Alexander did a commercial for Rold Gold pretzels to be broadcast during the Super Bowl. The commercial depicts him with ''Frasier'' dog "Eddie" jumping out of an airplane with a parachute over the stadium. After the commercial, the audience is brought back to a supposedly "live feed" of the playing field hearing startled sports commentators as Alexander and the dog land in the field to wild applause.

In the summer of 2005, he appeared with Lee Iacocca in ads for DaimlerChrysler. Lee Iacocca did the ads as part of a way to raise money for Dr. Denise Faustman's research to cure autoimmunity. Both Lee Iacocca and Jason Alexander have had loved ones whose lives have been adversely affected by autoimmunity.

Alexander has also done a McDonald's commercial advertising the McDLT, in which he sings. He has also appeared in KFC commercials, including one with baseball superstar Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants and another one opposite Trista Rehn of ''The Bachelorette''. It was rumored that he no longer appears in these commercials due to the alleged cruelty to animals by KFC suppliers and slaughterhouses, but he refuted that in the August 2, 2006 issue of ''Adweek''. Alexander said, "That's PETA bullcrap. I loved working for KFC. I was targeted by PETA to broker something between them. I think KFC really stepped up to the plate; unfortunately PETA did not."

He performed a mentalism and magic act at the Magic Castle in Hollywood, California on April 24–30, 2006. He has been awarded the Parlor Magician of the year award at the Castle.

Alexander was the national spokesman for the Scleroderma Foundation, a leading organization dedicated to raising awareness of the disease and assisting those who are afflicted.

He also voiced the character Abis Mal in ''The Return of Jafar'' and the television series based on Disney's 1992 animated film, ''Aladdin''.

Jason Alexander guest starred in ''Malcolm in the Middle'' as an intelligent but unpleasant individual (Lenard) who Malcolm meets in the park. He makes money as a telephone salesman and spends his time playing chess in the park. Malcolm, afraid of ending up like Lenard, tries to get him to change his ways and get a full time job.

In 2007 Alexander appeared in a commercial for the ASPCA, which is currently airing on cable TV stations.

Playing poker

In recent years, Alexander has also competed on televised poker shows and in various tournaments. He has appeared twice on Bravo's ''Celebrity Poker Showdown'', winning the final table of the 8th season. Alexander won the $500,000 prize for his charity, The United Way of America to help benefit the New Orleans Area.

An avid poker player, Jason was also one of the "famous faces" due to being a regular player on the online poker website Hollywood Poker which is run in conjunction with Ongame Network. Alexander also played in the 2007 World Series of Poker main event, but was eliminated on the second day. He returned to play in 2009. He made it to Day 3 of the event, finishing in the top 30% of the field.

Alexander has also appeared on NBC's Poker After Dark in the "Celebrities and Mentors" episode, finishing in 6th place after being eliminated by professional poker player Gavin Smith. He is currently signed with PokerStars where he plays under the screen name "J. Alexander"

Recent appearances

Jason Alexander was host of the LOL Sudbury opening night Gala in Sudbury, Ontario on May 29, 2008 which was simulcast throughout Canada at 60 Cineplex theaters, a first for any comedy festival.

He has lent his voice to several episodes of the ''Twilight Zone Radio Dramas''.

Jason Alexander explained on ''Real Time with Bill Maher'' (July 17, 2009) that he has visited Israel many times. On his appearance, he spoke about progress towards peace that he has recently observed.

In 2008 and again in 2009, Alexander fronted "Jason Alexander's Comedy Spectacular", a routine exclusive to Australia. The show consists of stand-up and improvisation and incorporates Alexander's Broadway musical talent. He is backed up by a number of well-known Australian comedians. His first time performing a similar show of this nature was in 2006 for "Jason Alexander's Comedy Christmas."

In February/March 2010, Alexander will be starring in his own show: "The Donny Clay Experience" at the Planet Hollywood Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Donny Clay character, which he has performed in a tour of the United States, is a self-help guru in a similar mold to Bob Patterson.

It was announced in July 2010 that Alexander would be joining the cast of the Nickelodeon film based on their series The Fairly Oddparents, ''A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!''. He played a live-action version of Cosmo, one of Timmy Turner's fairies.

Personal life

He has been married to Daena E. Title since May 31, 1982. They have two sons, Gabriel (b. May 1992) and Noah (b. February 1996).

On January 6, 2010, it was announced that Jason is the new face of the weight loss company Jenny Craig.

Jason has been a prominent public supporter of the OneVoice initiative, which seeks out opinions from moderate Israelis and Palestinians who want to achieve a mutual peace agreement between their societies.

Filmography

''The Burning'' – Dave (1981)

''Senior Trip'' – Pete (1981)

''The Mosquito Coast'' – Clerk (1986)

''Brighton Beach Memoirs'' – Pool Player (1986)

''Seinfeld'' – George Costanza (1989–1998)

''Pretty Woman'' – Philip Stuckey (1990)

''White Palace'' – Neil (1990)

''Jacob's Ladder'' – Geary (1990)

''I Don't Buy Kisses Anymore'' – Bernie Fishbine (1992)

''Coneheads'' – Neighbor Larry Farber (1993)

''Sexual Healing'' (1993)

''For Goodness Sake'' (1993)

''Chance and things'' (1994) Channy's brother Sam.

''Duckman'' – Duckman – voice (1994–1997)

''The Paper'' – Marion Sandusky (1994)

''North'' (1994)

''Blankman'' (1994)

''The Return of Jafar'' – Abis Mal – voice (1994)

''Bye Bye Birdie'' – Albert (1995)

''The Last Supper'' (1995)

''The Hunchback of Notre Dame'' – Hugo- (voice) (1996)

''Dunston Checks In'' (1996)

''Muppets Tonight'' - himself (1996) (Season 1 Episode 8, original airdate June 30, 1996)

''The Nanny'' – Blind guy (1996) (Season 4 Episode 1, original airdate September 18, 1996)

''For Better Or Worse'' (1996)

''Love! Valour! Compassion!'' – Buzz Hauser (1997)

''Cinderella'' – Lionel (1997)

''Denial'' – Art Witz (1998)

''Dilbert'' – Catbert (voice, 1999–2000)

''Love and Action in Chicago'' – Frank Bonner (1999)

''Star Trek Voyager'' – Kurros (1999) (Season 5 Episode 20, original airdate April 1, 1999)

''Madeline: Lost in Paris'' – Madeline's Uncle "Henri" Horst (1999)

''The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle'' – Boris Badenov (2000)

''The Trumpet of the Swan'' – voice (2001)

''Shallow Hal'' – Mauricio Wilson (2001)

''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' – Himself (2001, 2009)

''Friends'' – Earl ("The One Where Rosita Dies") (2001)

''Bob Patterson'' – Bob Patterson (2001)

''The Hunchback of Notre Dame II'' – voice (2002)

''The Man Who Saved Christmas'' (2002)

''101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure'' – Lightning – voice (2003)

''Malcolm in the Middle'' – Lenard – (2003)

''A Christmas Carol'' – Jacob Marley (2004)

''Listen Up!'' (2004–2005)

''Monk'' (2005) – Marty Eels in "Mr. Monk and the Other Detective"

''How to Go Out on a Date in Queens'' – Johnny (2006)

''Snoop Dogg's Hood of Horror'' – British Record Executive (2006)

''Everybody Hates Chris'' – Principal of School (2006–2007)

''Ira and Abby'' – Psychologist

''Thank God You're Here!'' – Improv comedy (2007)

''The New Adventures of Old Christine'' (2008)

''Criminal Minds'' (2008)

''Meteor'' – Dr. Chetwyn (2009)

''Hachiko: A Dog's Story'' – Carl (2009)

''Fish Hooks'' – Mr. Nibbles (2010)

''The Cleveland Show'' – Saul Friedman (2010)

''A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner!'' – Cosmo (live-action TV movie)

''Franklin & Bash'' – Carter Lang (2011)

References

External links

A 1999 Interview about his 1981 Broadway role in ''Merrily We Roll Along''

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Coordinates	29°57′53″N90°4′14″N
name	Joseph Chaikin
birth date	September 16, 1935
birth place	Brooklyn, New York, USA
death date	June 22, 2003
death place	New York City, New York, USA
occupation	Theatre director, actor, playwright, pedagogue
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Joseph Chaikin (16 September 1935–22 June 2003) was an American theatre director, playwright, and pedagogue.

Early years

The youngest of five children, Chaikin was born to a poor Jewish family living in the Borough Park residential area of Brooklyn. At the age of six, he was struck with rheumatic fever, and he continued to suffer from resulting heart complications throughout his life. At the age of ten, he was sent to the National Children's Cardiac Hospital in Florida. It was during this period of isolation he began to organize theater games with other children. After two years in Florida, his health improved, and he was returned to his family, who had moved to Des Moines, Iowa, where his father had taken a job teaching.

Chaikin briefly attended Drake University in Iowa, and then returned to New York to begin a career in theater, studying with various acting coaches, while struggling to survive working a variety of jobs. He appeared as a figurant at the Metropolitan Opera, and gradually began to be cast in legitimate stage roles, going on to work with The Living Theatre before founding in 1963 The Open Theater a theater co-operative that progressed from a closed experimental laboratory to a performance ensemble.

Career

The Open Theatre's most famous and critically acclaimed production, ''The Serpent'', was a unique creation developed largely from the actors' own experiences, using the Bible as text, but incorporating current events, such as the violence that plagued the 1960s. In 1969 Open Theatre performed ''Endgame'' by Samuel Beckett, with Chaikin playing the role of Hamm and Peter Maloney as Clov, at the Cite Universitaire, Paris, and in 1970 at the Grasslands Penitentiary, a fulfillment of Chaikin's desire to experiment with audiences who would be fundamentally and culturally different from cosmopolitan audiences.

In 1970- 71 Open Theatre performed Terminal by Susan Yankowitz, touring the production internationally as well as to many maximum and minimum security prisons in the eastern U.S. and Canada. The Open Theater operated for about ten years. Chaikin closed the Open Theatre in 1973 because he said it was in danger of becoming an institution. Although it achieved much critical success, Chaikin said: "I have rarely known a case where a critic's response to actors, directors or writers has expanded or encouraged their talent- I ''have'' known cases where by panning or praising, the critic has crushed or discouraged creative inspiration".

His first work after closing the Open Theatre was in collaboration with the playwright Robert Montgomery: ELECTRA, a three-character version of the Electra myth with Michele Collison (from Peter Brooks' company) in the title role, Paul Zimet as Orestes, and Shami Chaikin, Joe's sister, as Clytemnestra. The work was a critical success in New York City, and later toured colleges in the United States with Tina Shepard in the title role.

In the mid-1970s, Chaikin formed an experimental workshop company called The Winter Project, whose members included Ronnie Gilbert, Corey Fischer, Robbie McCauley, Mark Samuels, Robert Montgomery, Christopher McCann and Will Patton, as well as core members of the previous Open Theatre, among others. In the Winter Project, Chaikin proposed and participated in explorations of the boundary between life and death, the actor as storyteller, listening, found dialogue and more. His production of The Dybbuk at the Public Theater in 1977-78 was, to some extent, influenced by some of these researches. Chaikin had a close working relationship with Sam Shepard and together they wrote the plays ''Tongues'' and ''Savage/Love'', both of which premiered at San Francisco's Magic Theatre. They were commissioned to write ''When The World Was Green'' for the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, and later, they wrote together ''War in Heaven''. Chaikin was an expert on Samuel Beckett, directing a number of Beckett's plays, including ''Endgame'' at the Manhattan Theatre Club and ''Happy Days'' at Cherry Lane Theater.

Chaikin received six Obie Awards, including one for Lifetime Achievement, and two Guggenheim Fellowships.

His book, "The Presence of The Actor" was first published in 1972 by Theatre Communications Group, and a second edition followed in 1991. Based on his experiments with actors, the book includes exemplar notes, photographs, and exercises from Open Theatre productions, and records Chaikin's ideas about theater as a tool for social transformation.

Personal life

In 1984, a stroke suffered during his second open-heart surgery left Chaikin with partial aphasia. Despite this barrier to communication, Chaikin continued to act, direct and to create plays in collaboration with other actors, writers, and groups including Mira Rafalowicz, Traveling Jewish Theatre, Michael Posnick and John Belluso, whose disability-themed plays were produced at the Mark Taper Forum, Trinity Rep, Pacific Repertory Theatre, Keen Company and the New York Shakespeare Festival.

Following Chaikin's stroke, several writers, including Jean-Claude van Itallie, Susan Yankowitz, and Sam Shepard, wrote plays specifically for Chaikin. Samuel Beckett wrote a poem dedicated to Chaikin entitled ''What Is the Word?''. Overcoming some of the limitations of aphasia, Chaikin subsequently performed the poem as a monologue.

Chaikin was a lifelong teacher of acting and directing, and lived most of his adult life in New York's West Village, at Westbeth Artists Community.

References

External links

Website of the documentary film ''The Presence of Joseph Chaikin''

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Coordinates	29°57′53″N90°4′14″N
birth name	Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal
birth date	December 19, 1980
birth place	Los Angeles, California
occupation	Actor
years active	1991–present
parents	Stephen GyllenhaalNaomi Foner Gyllenhaal
relatives	Maggie Gyllenhaal (sister) }}

Jacob Benjamin "Jake" Gyllenhaal ( ; born December 19, 1980) is an American actor. The son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner, Gyllenhaal began acting at age ten. He has appeared in diverse roles since his first lead role in 1999's ''October Sky'', followed by the 2001 indie cult hit ''Donnie Darko'', in which he played a psychologically troubled teen and onscreen brother to his real-life sister, actress Maggie Gyllenhaal. In the 2004 science-fiction film ''The Day After Tomorrow'' he portrayed a student caught in a cataclysmic global cooling event, alongside Dennis Quaid as his father. He then played against type as a frustrated Marine in ''Jarhead'' (2005). The same year, he garnered critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor as Jack Twist in the film ''Brokeback Mountain'' opposite Heath Ledger.

Gyllenhaal has promoted various political and social causes. He has appeared in Rock the Vote advertising, campaigned for the Democratic Party in the 2004 U.S. Presidential election, promoted environmental causes, and campaigned on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union.

Early life and education

Gyllenhaal was born in Los Angeles, the son of film director Stephen Gyllenhaal and film producer and screenwriter Naomi Foner (née Achs). Maggie Gyllenhaal, his older sister and also an actress, appeared with Jake in the movie ''Donnie Darko''. Gyllenhaal's father was raised in the Swedenborgian religion and is a descendant of the Swedish noble Gyllenhaal family. His last native Swedish ancestor was his great-great-grandfather, Anders Leonard Gyllenhaal. Jake Gyllenhaal's mother is from a Jewish family from New York City, and Gyllenhaal has said that he considers himself "more Jewish than anything else." On his 13th birthday, Gyllenhaal performed a "barmitzvah-like act, without the typical trappings", volunteering at a homeless shelter, because his parents wanted to instill in him a sense of gratitude for his privileged lifestyle. His parents insisted that he have summer jobs to support himself, and he thus worked as a lifeguard and as a busboy at a restaurant operated by a family friend.

Acting career

Early career

During childhood, Gyllenhaal had regular exposure to filmmaking due to his family's deep ties to the industry. As an 11-year-old he made his acting debut as Billy Crystal's son in the 1991 comedy film ''City Slickers''. His parents did not allow him to appear in the 1992 film ''The Mighty Ducks'' because it would have required him leaving home for two months. In subsequent years, his parents allowed him to audition for parts, but regularly forbade him to take them if he were chosen. He was allowed to appear in his father's films several times. Gyllenhaal appeared in the 1993 film ''A Dangerous Woman'' (along with sister Maggie); in "Bop Gun" a 1994 episode of ''Homicide: Life on the Street''; and in the 1998 comedy ''Homegrown''. Along with their mother, Jake and Maggie appeared in two episodes of ''Molto Mario'', an Italian cooking show on the Food Network. Prior to his senior year in high school, the only other film not directed by his father in which Gyllenhaal was allowed to perform was the 1993 film ''Josh and S.A.M.'', a little-known children's adventure.

Gyllenhaal graduated from the Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles in 1998, then attended Columbia University, where his sister was a senior and from which his mother had graduated, to study Eastern religions and philosophy. Gyllenhaal dropped out after two years to concentrate on acting, but has expressed intentions to eventually finish his degree. Gyllenhaal's first lead role was in ''October Sky'', Joe Johnston's 1999 adaptation of the Homer Hickam autobiography ''Rocket Boys'', in which he portrayed a young man from West Virginia striving to win a science scholarship to avoid becoming a coal miner. The film earned $32 million and was described in the ''Sacramento News and Review'' as Gyllenhaal's "breakout performance."

From ''Donnie Darko'' to the London stage

''Donnie Darko'', Gyllenhaal's second major film, was not a box office success upon its initial 2001 release, but eventually became a cult favorite. The film, directed by Richard Kelly, is set in 1988 and stars Gyllenhaal as a troubled teenager who, after narrowly escaping death, experiences visions of a 6 foot (1.8 m) tall rabbit named Frank who tells him that the world is coming to an end. Gyllenhaal's performance was well-received by critics; Gary Mairs of Culture Vulture wrote that "Gyllenhaal manages the difficult trick of seeming both blandly normal and profoundly disturbed, often within the same scene."

After the critical success of ''Donnie Darko'', Gyllenhaal's next role was as Pilot Kelston in 2002's ''Highway'' alongside Jared Leto. His performance was described by one critic as "silly, cliched and straight to video." Gyllenhaal had more success starring opposite Jennifer Aniston in ''The Good Girl'', which premiered at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival; he also starred in ''Lovely & Amazing'' with Catherine Keener. In both films he plays an unstable character who begins a reckless affair with an older woman. Gyllenhaal later described these as "teenager in transition" roles. Gyllenhaal later starred in the Touchstone Pictures romantic comedy ''Bubble Boy'', which was loosely based on the story of David Vetter. The film portrays the title character's adventures as he pursues the love of his life before she marries the wrong man. The film was panned by critics, with one calling it an "empty-headed, chaotic, utterly tasteless atrocity".

Following ''Bubble Boy'', Gyllenhaal starred opposite Dustin Hoffman, Susan Sarandon and Ellen Pompeo in ''Moonlight Mile'', as a young man coping with the death of his fiancée and the grief of her parents. The story, which received mixed reviews, is loosely based on writer/director Brad Silberling's personal experiences following the murder of girlfriend Rebecca Schaeffer.

Gyllenhaal was almost cast as Spider-Man for ''Spider-Man 2'' due to director Sam Raimi's concerns about original ''Spider-Man'' star Tobey Maguire's health. Maguire recovered, however, and the sequel was shot without Gyllenhaal. Instead, Gyllenhaal starred in the blockbuster ''The Day After Tomorrow'' in 2004, co-starring Dennis Quaid as his father.

In his theatrical debut Gyllenhaal starred on the London stage in Kenneth Lonergan's revival of ''This is Our Youth''. Gyllenhaal said, "Every actor I look up to has done theatre work, so I knew I had to give it a try." The play, which had been a critical sensation on Broadway, ran for eight weeks in London's West End. Gyllenhaal received favorable critical reviews and an Evening Standard Theatre Award in the category "Outstanding Newcomer."

''Brokeback Mountain'' and subsequent roles

2005 was a prolific year for Gyllenhaal, who starred in the critically praised films ''Proof'', ''Jarhead'', and ''Brokeback Mountain''. In ''Proof'', featuring Gwyneth Paltrow and Anthony Hopkins, Gyllenhaal played a graduate student in mathematics who tries to convince Paltrow's character to publish a revolutionary proof to a problem puzzling the mathematicians' community. In ''Jarhead'', Gyllenhaal played against his usual "sensitive yet disturbed" type by displaying an aggressive masculinity as a violent U.S. Marine during the first Gulf War. He also auditioned to be Batman for one of the biggest blockbusters ''Batman Begins'' and came close to getting the role but Christian Bale was ultimately chosen for it.

In ''Brokeback Mountain'', Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger play young men who meet as sheep herders and embark upon a sexual relationship that begins in the summer of 1963 and lasts for 20 years. The film was often referred to in the media with the shorthand phrase "the gay cowboy movie," though there was differing opinion on the sexual orientation of the characters. The film won the Golden Lion prize at the Venice Film Festival. The film went on to win four Golden Globe Awards, four British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards, and three Academy Awards. Gyllenhaal was nominated for an Academy Award in the category of Best Supporting Actor for his performance, but lost to George Clooney for ''Syriana''. Gyllenhaal also won the Best Supporting Actor BAFTA for the same role and received a Best Supporting Actor nomination and Best Film Ensemble nomination from the Screen Actors Guild. Also for ''Brokeback Mountain'', he and Ledger won an MTV Movie Award for "Best Kiss" in 2006. Shortly after the 2006 Academy Awards, Gyllenhaal was invited to join the Academy in recognition of his acting career. Gyllenhaal was awarded the 2006 Young Artist Award for Artistic Excellence by The Americans for the Arts National Arts Awards for his role.

Gyllenhaal expressed mixed feelings about the experience of being directed by Ang Lee in ''Brokeback Mountain'', but generally had more praise than criticism for Lee's directing style. While complaining of the way Lee tended to disconnect with his actors once filming began, Gyllenhaal praised his encouraging direction of the actors and sensitive approach to the material. At the Directors Guild of America Awards on January 28, 2006, Gyllenhaal also praised Lee for "his humbleness and his respect for everyone around him."

When asked about his kissing scenes with Heath Ledger in ''Brokeback Mountain'', Gyllenhaal said, "As an actor, I think we need to embrace the times we feel most uncomfortable." When asked about the more intimate scenes with Ledger, Gyllenhaal likened them to "doing a sex scene with a woman I'm not particularly attracted to."}}

Gyllenhaal narrated the 2005 short animated film ''The Man Who Walked Between the Towers'', based on Mordicai Gerstein's book of the same name about Philippe Petit's famous stunt. In January 2007, as host of ''Saturday Night Live'', he put on a sparkly evening dress and sang "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" from the musical ''Dreamgirls'' for his opening monologue, dedicating the song to his "unique fan base... the fans of ''Brokeback''."

In 2007, Gyllenhaal starred in David Fincher's ''Zodiac'', which was based on a true story. He played Robert Graysmith, a ''San Francisco Chronicle'' cartoonist and author of two books about the Zodiac serial killer. Gyllenhaal starred opposite Meryl Streep, Alan Arkin, and Reese Witherspoon in the October 2007 release ''Rendition'', a Gavin Hood-directed political thriller about the U.S. policy of extraordinary rendition. In 2009, he appeared with Tobey Maguire in Jim Sheridan's remake of Susanne Bier's 2004 Danish language film ''Brothers''. The following year Gyllenhaal played the lead role in the movie adaptation of the video game ''Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time'', produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and released by Disney on May 28, 2010.

His upcoming roles include the comedy ''Nailed'', which he filmed in South Carolina with Jessica Biel, and Doug Liman's as yet untitled film about the race for lunar colonization.

Personal life

Family and relationships

:''For more on Gyllenhaal's paternal ancestors, see Gyllenhaal family'' The son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner, Gyllenhaal's immediate family includes his sister, actress Maggie, who is married to actor Peter Sarsgaard, Gyllenhaal's co-star in ''Jarhead'' and ''Rendition''. In December 2006, Jake and his sister escaped a fire that destroyed Manka's, a famed lodge and restaurant in Inverness, California, at which they were vacationing. Gyllenhaal's niece, Ramona Sarsgaard, was born on October 3, 2006. Jamie Lee Curtis is Gyllenhaal's godmother, and he has repeatedly referred to his godfathers being a gay couple. Gyllenhaal himself is the godfather of Matilda Rose Ledger (born October 28, 2005), daughter of Heath Ledger and Michelle Williams, both of whom co-starred with him in ''Brokeback Mountain''.

Gyllenhaal dated actress Kirsten Dunst for nearly two years starting in 2002. He later dated his ''Rendition'' co-star Reese Witherspoon from about 2007 to 2009.

Politics and other interests

Gyllenhaal is politically active. He shot a commercial for Rock the Vote, and along with his sister, visited the University of Southern California to encourage students to vote during the 2004 U.S. Election. He also campaigned for Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry. He has said, however, that "it frustrates me when actors talk politics; I'm political and I make choices in my movies that I think are political. I try and say things with what I do. Rightly or wrongly, young actors have all the power." In an interview for ''Rendition'', he remarked that "it's a sad time when actors are politicians and politicians are actors."

Raised in a family concerned with social issues, in 2003 Gyllenhaal participated in an advertising campaign by the American Civil Liberties Union, an organization his entire family strongly supports. Environmentally conscious, he recycles regularly, and said in an interview that he spends $400 a year to have trees planted in a Mozambique forest, partly to promote the Future Forests program. After filming ''The Day After Tomorrow'', he flew to the Arctic to promote awareness of climate change.

In his spare time, Gyllenhaal enjoys woodworking and cooking. He has said, "I am not a card-carrying Buddhist, but I do try to practice mindfulness" and it is his goal to meditate every day.

Gyllenhaal has signed on to help the TV fundraiser Stand Up To Cancer.

Media image

Internationally viewed as a sex symbol, Gyllenhaal was named one of ''People'' magazine's "50 Most Beautiful People" in 2006. He was also listed in ''People's'' "Hottest Bachelors of 2006". In response to mainstream press lists like these, thousands of gay and bisexual men were polled for the 2007 and 2008 "AfterElton.com Hot 100 List." Gyllenhaal was ranked at No.1 in both consecutive years. He was ranked at No.2 on the ''Gay Wired Magazine'' poll of male actors who have played gay characters in movies.

Filmography

+ Film
! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1991	''City Slickers''	Danny Robbins
1993	''Josh and S.A.M.''	Leon
1993	''''	Edward	as Jacob Gyllenhaal
1998		Jake/Blue Kahan
1999	''October Sky''
2001	''Donnie Darko''	Donald J. "Donnie" Darko
2001	''Bubble Boy''	Jimmy Livingston
2001	''Lovely & Amazing''	Jordan
2002		Pilot Kelson
2002		Joe Nast
2002	''''	Thomas 'Holden' Worther
2003		Himself	Cameo
2004	''''	Sam Hall
2005	''Brokeback Mountain''	Jack Twist
2005
2005		Harold 'Hal' Dobbs
2007		Robert Graysmith
2007		Douglas Freeman
2009		Tommy Cahill
2010
2010	''Love and Other Drugs''	Jamie Randall
2011	''Source Code''	Colter Stevens

Accolades

! Year	! Group	! Award	! Result	! Work
2002	Young Hollywood Awards	Breakthrough Performance – Male		''Donnie Darko''
2002	Independent Spirit Awards			''Donnie Darko''
2003				''Donnie Darko''
2003	DVD Exclusive Awards	DVD Premiere Award – Best Actor
2003	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Breakout Star – Male		''The Good Girl''
2005	National Board of Review			''Brokeback Mountain''
2006	MTV Movie Awards			''Brokeback Mountain''
2006	MTV Movie Awards			''Brokeback Mountain''
2006	Screen Actors Guild Awards			''Brokeback Mountain''
2006	Screen Actors Guild Awards			''Brokeback Mountain''
2006				''Brokeback Mountain''
2006	BAFTA Awards			''Brokeback Mountain''
2006	Palm Springs International Film Festival	Achievement – Actor Award		''Brokeback Mountain''
2006	Academy Awards			''Brokeback Mountain''
2006	Satellite Awards			''Brokeback Mountain''
2006	Satellite Awards
2006		Young Artist Award for Artistic Excellence
2008	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Actor – Drama
2010	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Actor – Fantasy
2010	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Actor – Drama
2010	Golden Globe Award			''Love and Other Drugs''

References

External links

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