Sam Shepard biography and movies
Born into an academic family - his father is a history lecturer at Winchester University College (formerly King Alfred's College) in Winchester and his mother is a comparative religions lecturer at the Open University - Colin Firth's first acting experience came in infant's school when he played 'Jack Frost' in a Christmas pantomime. Three of his four grandparents were Methodist missionaries and he spent his early childhood in Nigeria, returning to England at age five where he entered a comprehensive school in Winchester. He spent two years at the Drama Centre in Chalk Farm where he was 'discovered' while playing 'Hamlet' during his final term. His first professional role was as 'Bennet' in the West End production of 'Another Country'. From this performance, he was chosen to play the character of 'Judd' in the movie of the play. He went on to play a variety of character parts in both film and television. For his portrayal of 'Robert Lawrence' in the 1989 TV production Tumbledown (1988) (TV), he received the Royal Television Society Best Actor award and also a BAFTA nomination. He also received a BAFTA nomination for 'Mr. Darcy' in the 1995 TV version of "Pride and Prejudice" (1995).

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Rate: 6.9 Patti Smith: Dream of Life

Year: 2009

Genres: Music

Artists: Patti Smith


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Rate: 7.3 Brothers

Year: 2009

Genres: Drama, Thriller, War

Director: Jim Sheridan

Artists: Patrick John Flueger, Ethan Suplee, Arron Shiver, Carey Mulligan, Cassie Willis, Omid Abtahi, Navid Negahban, Sam Shepard, Bailee Madison, Tobey Maguire, Natalie Portman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Mare Winningham, Jenny Wade, Taylor Geare


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Rate: 7.3 Brothers

Year: 2009

Genres: Drama, Thriller, War

Director: Jim Sheridan

Artists: Arron Shiver, Ethan Suplee, Navid Negahban, Omid Abtahi, Cassie Willis, Carey Mulligan, Jenny Wade, Patrick John Flueger, Taylor Geare, Mare Winningham, Sam Shepard, Bailee Madison, Tobey Maguire, Natalie Portman, Jake Gyllenhaal


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Rate: 5.4 The Accidental Husband

Year: 2008

Genres: Romance, Comedy

Director: Griffin Dunne

Artists: Sarita Choudhury, Jeffrey Tedmori, Nick Sandow, Lindsey Kraft, Ajay Naidu, Justina Machado, Isabella Rossellini, Brooke Adams, Michael Mosley, Yolande Bavan, Uma Thurman, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Colin Firth, Sam Shepard, Lindsay Sloane


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Rate: 9.7 The Accidental Husband

Year: 2008

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Director: Griffin Dunne

Artists: Sam Shepard, Colin Firth, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Uma Thurman, Lindsay Sloane


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Rate: 7.7 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Year: 2007

Genres: Western, History, Crime, Biography

Director: Andrew Dominik

Artists: Brooklynn Proulx, Brad Pitt, Jeremy Renner, Darrell Orydzuk, Jonathan Erich Drachenberg, Sam Shepard, Joel McNichol, Ed Miller, Garret Dillahunt, Paul Schneider, James Defelice, Dustin Bollinger, Dick Liddil, Casey Affleck, Sam Rockwell


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Rate: 6.7 Charlottes

Year: 2006

Genres: Comedy, Family, Fantasy

Director: Gary Winick

Artists: Dominic Scott Kay, Sam Shepard, Abraham Benrubi, Dakota Fanning, Kevin Anderson


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Rate: 5.6 Bandidas

Year: 2006

Genres: Western, Crime, Comedy, Action

Director: Espen Sandberg

Artists: Gary Cervantes, Audra Blaser, Dwight Yoakam, Salma Hayek, Sam Shepard


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Rate: 6.7 Don't Come Knocking

Year: 2005

Genres: Music, Drama

Director: Wim Wenders

Artists: James Gammon, Sky, Robin Twogood, Gabriel Mann, Fairuza Balk, Mike Butters, Sarah Polley, George Kennedy, Julia Sweeney, Tim Matheson, Tim Roth, Sam Shepard, Marieh Delfino, Majandra Delfino, Jeffrey Vincent Parise, James Roday


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Rate: 8 The Notebook

Year: 2004

Genres: Romance, Drama

Director: Nick Cassavetes

Artists: James Marsden, Gena Rowlands, Sam Shepard, Rachel McAdams, Joan Allen


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