Jon Hamm and John Slattery were journeyman actors, having trod the boards and made countless guest appearances on TV series. Then a basic-cable show called "Mad Men" changed their careers and lives.
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I'm not a Method actor," says André De Shields. "It doesn't serve my bliss."
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Debra Christofferson has a problem: She sees famous people. Except when she has a celebrity sighting, it most often comes near the audition room.
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Craig T. Nelson, perhaps still most identified with the comically oafish and bumbling title character on "Coach" (1989–97), insists his lifelong career on television has in no way curtailed other options.
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Bobby Steggert says playing narrator and lead in the new musical "Yank!" is no easy feat. Indeed, he says, "It's a delicate balance between the fun and the responsibility of hosting the night."
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Currently, Ciarán Hinds stars in McPherson's new film, "The Eclipse," playing Michael Farr, a widower who volunteers to chauffeur the lovely Lena (Iben Hjejle), a writer visiting his town's literary festival.
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Justin Whalin and Zoe McLellan, who co-star in the new adventure film Dungeons & Dragons, recently sat down for a chat with Back Stage West to share their experiences surviving as actors in Los Angeles.
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We dare you to find a contemporary comedic presence as fearless, distinctive, and lacking in vanity as Missi Pyle. Sure, other actors might be able to play menacing, monobrowed dodgeball champions or slightly demented rich-bitch Tae Bo addicts, but Pyle doesn't merely play these roles; she inhabits them with ...
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For Michelle Glick, Fear is Inspiration
When Michelle Glick saw her first solo show, her response was, "That is so scary, why would anybody do that?" But it was the fear, the craziness of baring one's world, that drew her into the idea.
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Naomie Harris Goes Back to School in 'The First Grader'
Harris plays Jane Obinchu in the heartwarming true story of Maruge, an elderly ex-revolutionary who, in post-imperialist Kenya, seeks the basic education denied him in his youth.
