It's gotta suck ass playing Superman. It's the Madden curse of the comic-book superhero world. George Reeves, the original Man of Steel, decided to swallow some prompting the very first unoriginal meme tackiness of making "faster than a speeding bullet" jokes, a tragedy only to be surpassed by the agonizing demise of Christopher Reeve. While Dean Cain hasn't quite suffered physical "slings and arrows," metaphorically, his career has been wallowing in ignominy. Granted, our man Clark's been working steady -- but in the likes of the made for TV Gentle Ben movie and its sequel and the forthcoming Halloween Dog. The latest Ka-Lel (with due respect to Henry Cavill who has yet to don the S) is Brandon Routh, and honestly, I wouldn't know what to do with his career either. After the excreble Superman Returns, Routh's been kind of bobbing aimlessly adrift, popping up in "Chuck" or the occasional...
- 2.5.2011
- von Brian Prisco
With his work as Billy Black in The Twilight Saga: New Moon and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, Gil Birmingham ... has appeared in more than 40 film and television productions. Most recently, Birmingham generated public acclaim for his portrayal as Billy Black in Twilight, based on the best-selling book series by Stephenie Meyer. His TV and screen credits include appearances in End of the Spear, Dreamkeeper, Skins, Gentle Ben, The Doe Boy, Love's Long Journey, Nip/Tuck, 10 Items or Less, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Veronica Mars and Body & Soul. In 2005, his powerful portrayal of Dogstar in Steven Spielberg's six-part TV miniseries, Into the West, captured the attention of audiences worldwide. Birmingham recently finished filming The Love Ranch, starring Helen Mirren and Joe Pesci, directed by Taylor Hackford, and he will return as Billy Black in the Twilight sequel, New Moon, scheduled for release in November 2009. He also just completed Rango, an...
- 29.10.2009
- von thetwilightexaminer
- Twilight Examiner
Today, The Twilight Saga: New Moon star Gil Birmingham has turned 43. Born on July 13, 1966, Birmingham began his career in acting when he was about twenty years old - where he starred as police officer in an episode of Riptide. Ever since, Birmingham has appeared in more than a dozen television series (including Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, The Wild Thornberrys, V.I.P., Oz, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Charmed, Veronica Mars, 10 Items Or Less, and Nip/Tuck). Before appearing as Billy Black in 2008's Twilight, Birmingham also did quite a few films as well. Birmingham's earliest film was House II: The Second Story, and he has sinced appeared in films such as Gentle Ben, Gentle Ben 2: Danger On The Mountain, DreamKeeper, Love's Long Journey, Le Jaguar, The Doe Boy, Skins, End Of The Spear, Night At The Museum, Cosmic Radio, Turok: Son Of Stone, and California Indian. Since Twilight, Birmingham...
- 13.7.2009
- von thetwilightexaminer
- Twilight Examiner
Corbin Bernsen and Dean Cain are set to reprise their roles in Gentle Ben 2, a follow-up to the Animal Planet TV movie Gentle Ben, which aired in 2002. Updated from the 1960s TV series, the new film is another production from Hallmark Entertainment and will be directed by David S. Cass Sr., who helmed the first Gentle Ben film for Animal Planet. Original co-stars Ashley Laurence and Reiley McClendon will also return for the sequel, which will air in 2003.
- 23.10.2002
- IMDbPro News
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