Biography: Ron Silver |
Ron Silver was known for his extraordinary stage presence and high-energy portrayals of a variety of offbeat characters in films and on television. A native New Yorker, Silver studied Chinese at State University of New York at Buffalo and drama at the... more
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Cast: Sidney Lumet
Tags: Comedy Drama Docudrama Courtroom Comedy
Length: 124min
A wise guy turns his own trial upside down by serving as his own lawyer in this comedy drama based on a true story. In 1987, an extensive investigation into the activities of the Lucchese crime family led to charges being filed against most of the key...
Cast: Stockard Channing
Tags: Political Thriller Thriller
Length: 113min
As three bomb-toting Muslim fundamentalists hold the citizens of a London restaurant hostage, the revelation that one of the errorists has been researching a little-known Russian explosive known as "Red Mercury" promos authorities to handle the...
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story (2002)
Cast: David Strathairn William Hurt Peter Boyle
Tags: Drama Biopic Docudrama Unglamorized Spy Film Spy Film
Length: 200min
Originally presented in two parts by the CBS network, Master Spy is the true story of Robert Hanssen, a disgruntled FBI agent who, for 20 years, systematically sold out his country to the former Soviet Union. The film depicts Hanssen (played by...
Tags: Action Thriller Action
Length: 104min
Vic Cooper (Stephen Baldwin) is an undercover agent with U.S. Customs who is dedicated to his job, but has a bad habit of getting too close to his adversaries for his own good. Back on the force after a suspension, Cooper is assigned to infiltrate a...
Tags: Drama Sports Drama Docudrama
Length: 88min
This 2001 TV docudrama relates the story of tennis' 1973 "Battle of the Sexes" between Wimbledon champions Billie Jean King (Holly Hunter) and Bobby Riggs (Ron Silver), an event considered by many to be an early victory for feminism. Riggs, 20 years...
Cast: Jon Voight Michael Mann Will Smith
Tags: Sports Drama Drama Biopic
Length: 158min
Notoriously obsessive director Michael Mann and star Will Smith devoted nearly two years and over 100 million dollars from the coffers of Columbia Pictures and other financiers to creating this biography of boxing great Muhammad Ali, which focuses on...
Tags: Family-Oriented Comedy Family Fantasy Fantasy Comedy
Length: 95min
In this comic fantasy for the family, Doris (Kathy Baker), a woman who runs a secondhand store, buys a ring that turns out to have magical powers. Before she knows what's happened, the ring has turned her into one of her favorite television stars, and...
In the Company of Spies (1999)
Cast: Ron Silver
Tags: Spy Film Political Thriller Thriller
Length: 120min
Tom Berenger stars in this made-for-cable TV political thriller as Kevin Jefferson, a restaurant owner and retired CIA agent who's recruited back into action when a former colleague is captured by North Korean authorities, who are bent on using their...
Tags: Psychological Thriller Thriller
Length: 90min
A man with an eye for beauty finds himself confronting the face of death in this thriller. Gary Whitford (Ron Silver) is a successful photographer who shoots centerfolds for an upscale men's magazine. Gary's wife died under mysterious circumstances,...
Cast: James Toback Brooke Shields Robert Downey, Jr.
Tags: Crime Drama Drama Ensemble Film Urban Drama
Length: 98min
The inner workings of the New York hip-hop scene, and the fascination of white observers with rap music and hip-hop culture, set the stage for this drama written and directed by James Toback. Rich Bower (Power) is a mover and shaker in the world of...
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