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Ruth Wilson (born 13 January 1982) is an English actress, perhaps best known for her performance in the title role of Jane Eyre and the character of Alice Morgan in the BBC TV psychological crime drama Luther. Wilson is a two-time Olivier Award winner.
Wilson was born in Ashford, Surrey and raised with three older brothers in Shepperton, Surrey. She attended Notre Dame School and sixth form at Esher College. As a teenager, Wilson worked as a model, and went on to study history at the University of Nottingham, graduating in 2003. While at Nottingham, she was also involved in student drama at New Theatre (Nottingham). She graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in July 2005. Afterwards, she co-founded Hush Productions.
She is a grand-daughter of the novelist and MI5 officer Alexander Wilson.
Prior to her role in Jane Eyre, Wilson had one professional screen credit, in Suburban Shootout, a situation comedy.
In 2006–7 she filmed the second series of Suburban Shootout, a new Marple mystery for ITV, and Stephen Poliakoff's BBC television drama Capturing Mary as the young Mary.
Paul McGann (born 14 November 1959) is an English actor who made his name on the BBC serial The Monocled Mutineer, in which he played the lead role. He is also known for his role in Withnail and I, and for portraying the Eighth Doctor in the 1996 Doctor Who television movie and subsequent tie-in media.
McGann was born in Kensington, Liverpool, England in 1959 into a Roman Catholic family[citation needed]. His mother, Claire, was a teacher, and his father was a metallurgist. His parents encouraged him and his siblings to develop their talents from an early age. McGann's talents were further developed when he attended Cardinal Allen Grammar school in West Derby, Liverpool. One of McGann's teachers advised him to enter the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and to pursue a career as an actor. Acting on his teacher's advice, McGann enrolled at the Royal Academy and went on to enjoy a successful acting career spanning over two decades.
McGann is the third of six children in the McGann family. His mother had twin boys, Joseph and John, who were born in 1958, but John died shortly after birth. McGann has three younger siblings: Mark (born in 1961), Stephen (born in 1963) and Clare McGann (born in 1965). All three of his brothers are also actors and the four of them starred together (as four brothers) in the 1995 television TV serial The Hanging Gale about the Irish Famine. The same year he played the role as Grigori Potemkin in TV film Catherine The Great, with Mark and Stephen too. These brothers also formed the pop quartet The McGanns, releasing the single "Shame About the Boy". McGann's sister, Clare, is a programme finance manager for Five.
Luther is a British psychological crime drama television series starring Idris Elba as the title character Detective Chief Inspector John Luther. A first series of six episodes was broadcast on BBC One from 4 May to 8 June 2010. The second series of four episodes was shown on BBC One in summer 2011. During the Edinburgh TV Festival, BBC One controller Danny Cohen announced there will be a third season.
The character of Luther is played by Idris Elba, who won the Golden Globe award for best actor in a miniseries at the 2012 ceremony.
John Luther is a Detective Chief Inspector working for the Serious Crime Unit in season one, and the new Serious and Serial Crime Unit in season two. A dedicated police officer, Luther is also a genius. He is obsessive, possessed, and sometimes dangerous in the violence of his fixations. But Luther has paid a heavy price for his dedication; he has never been able to prevent himself from being consumed by the darkness of the crimes with which he deals. For Luther, the job always comes first. His dedication is a curse and a blessing, both for him and those close to him.
Actors: Maggie Wagner (actress), Mark Margolis (actor), James McCaffrey (actor), Peter Chan (miscellaneous crew), Phyllis Somerville (actress), Dean Silvers (producer), Dean Silvers (actor), Georgiana Enders (miscellaneous crew), Tony Trimarco (miscellaneous crew), Marlen Hecht (editor), Marlen Hecht (producer), Natasha Landau (costume designer), Mark La Mura (actor), Zoe McLellan (actress), Charles Techman (actor),
Plot: Set in the rustic Mid-Western town of One Fall, the film tells the story of a man who miraculously survived a terrible fall from a spectacular 200 foot- high precipice that is the area's major attraction. After recovering, he abruptly abandoned friends and family and disappeared without explanation. The secret he couldn't share with them was that, while recovering, he had suddenly developed the power to heal others. Tired of running away, he returns home after a long absence and decides to use his gift -- but not altruistically. If people pay him, he will cure them. Though he appears to be doing the right thing, he is doing it for for all the wrong reasons, and risks driving away anyone who ever loved or trusted him. As his moral crisis peaks, he must figure out why he survived his fall, and what he is really meant to do with his life.
Keywords: adoration, attempted-suicide, bar, bare-butt, baseball-bat, beating, beer, boy-admirer, boy-sidekick, brotherActors: Anil Jacob Kunnel (director), Anil Jacob Kunnel (editor), Anil Jacob Kunnel (writer), Anil Jacob Kunnel (producer), David Madry (actor), Peter Eberst (actor), Andreas Ladwig (actor), Rebecca Werdehausen (writer), Rebecca Werdehausen (producer), Josh Childs (composer), Gabriele Bruening (actress), Jonas Zorn (actor), Jonas Zorn (composer), Armin Käthner (actor), Armin Käthner (actor),
Plot: Told in five chapters, "ABSCHIEDE" is a unique tale about personal loss, grief and hope, starting with a nine-year-old girl and ending with a man at the end of his life. The film also shows that in these new exciting times, everyone can tell a grander story with limited ressources - and without a real budget or a film school.
Keywords: diy, german, no-budgetActors: Anil Jacob Kunnel (writer), Anil Jacob Kunnel (editor), Anil Jacob Kunnel (director), Anil Jacob Kunnel (producer), David Madry (actor), Josh Childs (composer), Lisa Maria Weber (producer), Merly Vogt (actress), Malte Vogt (writer), Hartwig Ammann (actor), Kaya Verhoeven (actress), Jan Schäfer (actor),
Plot: After a private party night in the woods, Jana and her friends discover an old man at their camp site. While the others don't want to deal with what could be just a homeless person, Jana, who is haunted by her own demons, is determined to help him.
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Ryan Convery (actor), Jason Kulas (actor), Ben Kopec (composer), Leo Petry (actor), Kris Keyes (actor), Wendy Olafson (actress), Brett Andes (editor), Brett Andes (director), Brett Andes (actor), Brett Andes (writer), Alexander J. Andriulli (producer), Jeanette Drake (costume designer), Mike Greca (actor), Brian Buster (actor), Nick Kramarczyk (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Horror, Short,Actors: Patrick Lazzara (director), Patrick Lazzara (producer), Brandt Wille (editor), Brandt Wille (actor), Brandt Wille (producer), James Arlen (actor), Joseph DeVito (actor), Lindsay Cevrich (actress),
Genres: Crime, Short,Actors: Nick Stellate (actor), Joel Bryant (actor), Willard Morgan (actor), Michael Consiglio (actor), Madden Page (actor), Kathleen Kelly (actress), Michael Hyland (actor), Celeste Creel (actress), Celeste Creel (actress), Celeste Creel (actress), H. Anton Riehl (actor), Travis G. Hjorth (producer), Travis G. Hjorth (actor), James Basile (actor), Travis G. Hjorth (writer),
Plot: Rupert Galloway was once a child star adored by millions, forty five years later he's homeless and confined by his childhood ego. Until one day Rupert's fantastical world is turned upside down. Into the sordid underworld of Hollywood's drug scene he goes to discover another dimension.
Keywords: character-name-in-titleActors: Richie Keen (actor), Matt Letscher (actor), Jason Antoon (actor), Bonnie Somerville (actress), Pamela Fryman (director), Vic Kaplan (producer), Jonathan Groff (producer), Jonathan Groff (writer), Wendy Saatjian (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Comedy, Romance,Actors: Enzo Sisti (miscellaneous crew), Samuel Hadida (producer), Jon Baker (miscellaneous crew), Edward R. Pressman (producer), John Altman (composer), Jean-Claude Van Damme (writer), Jean-Claude Van Damme (producer), David Hayman (actor), Jim Carter (actor), Nicholas Farrell (actor), Steven Berkoff (actor), Jean-Claude Van Damme (actor), Nosher Powell (miscellaneous crew), Nosher Powell (actor), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (actor),
Plot: Alain Lefevre is a boxer paid by a Marseille mobster to take a dive. When he wins the fight he attempts to flee to America with the mobster's girlfriend Katrina. This plan fails and he seeks escape by joining the foreign legion. As part of the legion he tangles with abusive lieutenant Steinkampf and bonds with legionnaires Luther, Mackintosh and Rosetti. The mobster discover his whereabouts and enrolls two hitmen to finish him off. With their fort under siege and enemies within, Lefevre finds that second chances are difficult to come by in the Legion.
Keywords: 1920s, abusive-husband, action-hero, african, ambush, arab, arm-wrestling, bandage, barbed-wire, basic-trainingActors: Wes Craven (producer), Frank von Zerneck (producer), J. Peter Robinson (composer), Nancy Mouton (miscellaneous crew), Robert Milicevic (miscellaneous crew), William MacDonald (actor), Robert M. Sertner (producer), Ted Babcock (producer), Benz Antoine (actor), Randy Sutter (producer), Michael D. Ornstein (editor), Terry Kinney (actor), Billy Burke (actor), Peter Sadowski (producer), Britt McKillip (actress),
Plot: Carla's sister accidetally falls off a cliff when the railing becomes loose while Carla's boyfriend takes photos. She has a hard time getting over her death and keeps having visions of her sister yelling at her for not saving her. It seems that everytime she gets next to a edge of a high area, she gets terrified. She then starts to take a class with other Acrophobiacs. Then the people in the group start getting killed one by one. She starts to suspect that someone wants her never to get over her fear and that the loose railing was meant for her.
Keywords: acrophobia, cliff, hallucination, murderActors: John Kemeny (producer), Amy Madigan (actress), Jayne Eastwood (actress), Maury Chaykin (actor), Timothy Webber (actor), Brad Fiedel (composer), Vlasta Vrana (actor), Philip Akin (actor), Garrick Hagon (actor), John Colicos (actor), Michael Ironside (actor), Clark Johnson (actor), Chuck Shamata (actor), Joanne T. Harwood (miscellaneous crew), Renée April (costume designer),
Plot: Marine officer Rob Cutter and his wife Barbara have a son named Johnny. Rob discovers that two newly delivered helicopters in his squadron have crashed because a defective part, a C-ring, has been made of a weaker, less expensive alloy. Before Rob can go public with this, Rob is killed on the orders of corrupt General Howard, who did not want Rob to go public with the defective part. Howard believes that Barbara, who is also a marine, now has the part, so Howard and his henchmen set out to kill Barbara and Johnny and get the part, but Howard is underestimating what Barbara is willing to do to protect Johnny.
Keywords: chase, hitman, independent-film, marine, murder, vietnam-veteran