Joseph Frank Keaton IV or as everyone had called him Buster Keaton was an American actor, director, producer, writer, comedian, and stunt performer. Buster Keaton was born on October 4, 1895 in Piqua, Kansas. Here’s a little fun fact on why everyone calls Joseph Frank Keaton IV, “Buster” Keaton. Legend has it that when Keaton was eighteen months old he fell on a flight of stairs and there was a famous magician that we all know and love that was there to see it and his name was Harry Houdini. After Houdini saw Keaton fall, Houdini had said, “That was a real buster!”, and so that’s how Keaton got his name and that will stick to him for his whole life. So, Buster Keaton’s parents Joe and Myra have been part of the actor/performer industry for several years and just like his parents Buster would follow in their footsteps. Buster began performing at the age of 3 and his first performance was a part of his parent’s act. While working with his parents throughout his childhood, Keaton would have some bruises here and there but he took pride in that because he loved doing performances for the audience and in which they found it funny, so you can say that he loved making people laugh. During these performances Keaton, would learn to display the deadpan look that would later become a hallmark of his comedy career. In 1917 Keaton decided to move to Hollywood because his father’s drinking problem would get in the way of the acts/performances they did. Once moving to Hollywood Keaton
Wanna know how many movies adam sandler has been in? Keep reading…. Adam Richard Sandler was born on September 9th, 1969 in Manchester, New Hampshire where he was raised as a child.he had 3 other siblings besides himself. Their names were Scott Sandler, Elizabeth Sandler, and Valerie Sandler. He was a class clown. Now Adam sandler has influenced American culture by entertaining millions of Americans and teaching people very valuable life lessons..
He did little gig stand ups and also did a few appearances of television but as his career grew and many more people started to love his comedy he grew into a star.
In this paper, there will be a diagnosis of a character named Arnie from the movie “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape?” (Hallström, 1993). Clear clinical descriptions of the said diagnosis will be given, followed by a describing how the movie character fits the diagnosis. Then, empirically supported treatments for the diagnosis will be provided, otherwise known as evidence-based practices, which are given to the specific disorder that Arnie has in the movie. Lastly, two treatments to relieve the character’s distress will also be given.
Who knew Will Ferrell would be so successful at comedy in every form? John William Ferrell was born on July 16, 1967 in Irvine, California. Ferrell’s comedy career launched as he became part of a los angeles based show called the Groundlings. His career in comedy skyrocketed when he joined onto the cast of Saturday Night Live. Will Ferrell has influenced American Culture by giving people endless laughs and someone they can connect with on and off the screen.
Sandler grew up in Brooklyn, New York and was born on September 9th, 1966. While this probably doesn't come as a surprise, Adam was the class clown throughout high school. What was surprising is that Adam never realized how useful his sense of humor would be. He got his start in stand-up comedy one night when he got and started performing at a Boston bar he frequently
I am doing my character analysis on Brian the brainy (nerdy) guy of The Breakfast Club. I do not think I have anything in common with Brian but you never really know for sure. Brian is a very smart guy. He is very book smart, I am more of a common sense kind of guy. Brian was always the odd man out during the movie. Even when they were talking about what would happen on Monday when they saw each other in the halls you knew they would treat him the way they always had. He would still be considered the brain no matter what.
Robin McLaurin Williams was a remarkable person who shaped the american culture as an actor and comedian. A lot of people see him as an idol. He was born on 21st July 1951 in Chicago, Ilinois. He grew up in wealthy conditions as the only child of Laura McLaurin, a founder of a modeling agency and Robert Fitzgerald who was a senior employee at Ford. He spent most of his childhood in different places due to his father's profession before the family finally settled in Marin County.
"King was born on April 24,1943 in Sacramento, California"(Busby). King had a diverse background as his mom was of German-Swiss descent and his father was a
James Earl Jones was born on January 17 1931 in Arkabutla, Mississippi USA. He is a renowned actor, basing his career not only on screen, but as well in theater, taking part in countless successful film and theater productions such as “Conan the Barbarian”, “Dr. Strangelove”, “Great White Hope” and “Otello”.
Kevin Hart was born on July 6, 1979 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is known for being a comedian doing stand-up comedy and for being an actor. He was raised by his mother, Nancy, and is the youngest of two boys. His father, Henry Hart, battled with cocaine addiction and was in and out of jail, so he was rarely around during Kevin Hart’s childhood. However, since Kevin’s childhood, his father has cleaned himself up and the two of them have reconnected. Kevin Hart took to comedy as a way to relieve himself from all of his pain that he endured during his childhood. He used humor as a coping mechanism to make everyone laugh about the situations that he has been through. “The jokes,” he has said on his stand-up, “come from a real experience” (biography.com editors). As a kid, he was really into stand-up comedy and comedians. Hart named Chris Tucker and J.B. Smoove as the most influential comedians to him. Soon after he graduated from high school, he had begun to work as a stand-up comedian. He traveled to New York City, Brockton, Massachusetts and Los Angeles. He started off doing stand-up comedy in small clubs with his stage name as ‘Lil’ Kev the Bastard’. He won several amateur stand-up performances, which encouraged him to perform in clubs around the country. ABC gave Hart his own sitcom called The Big House, which was cancelled after only six episodes. Hart did not sit with that loss, instead he rebounded quickly. He starred in various movies such as Soul Plane, The
Robin Williams was born in Chicago, Illinois on July 21, 1951 and, after his time studying at Juilliard in New York City, he had a successful career as a stand-up comedian alongside a few small parts in TV shows. He did not become widely known and beloved as an actor until his role of Mork in the sitcom Mork & Mindy. From there, his career took off and it is well known that he had an expressive and comedic personality both as a person and as a performer. It is not as widely known, however, that he was extremely passionate about and successful in his charitable work nor that he struggled with many health issues, both mental and physical, to go along with his success.
William James "Bill" Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an American actor and comedian. He first gained exposure on Saturday Night Live for which he earned his first Emmy Award and later went on to star in comedy films, including Meatballs (1979), Caddyshack (1980), Stripes (1981), Tootsie (1982), Ghostbusters (1984), Scrooged (1988), What About Bob? (1991), and Groundhog Day
He got his start in the entertainment industry when a major morning radio show for Clear Channel Communications in Los Angeles in the 90s. By finding the humor in his past and through the community he was able to make humorous and relatable jokes allowing for his career to skyrocket in success. By transforming the experiences he was able to make many pieces of material for his comedy acts.
Richard Pryor was born December 1st 1940 to Gertrude L. Thomas and Leroy “Buck Carter” Pryor. Richard was born into a family business of what is known to be the world’s oldest profession. Richards family own a brothel, this is where men come pay for intimacy or sex. His mother a working girl and father a bartender in the brothel owned and operated by his mother Marie Carter. At the age of three his parent married, but sadly their union did not last long and at the year age of ten his mother abandoned him leaving him in custody of his grandmother Marie that was a violent woman and ruled her home with an iron fist and never spared the rod to spoil the child. Gertrude left due to the violence present in their marriage and ultimately knowing
Robin Williams I believe is one of the greatest all time actors for all of my childhood. Robin Williams had such an amazing impact on the acting industry and i’m very sure brought along many laughs with him in his acting career. He had so much passion in every disney movie he starred in Aladdin, Mrs. Doubtfire, Night at the Museum, and Flubber. All of those movies are some of the greatest childhood Disney movies made. Robin Williams bought acting to life and really brought of the stars in small childrens eyes. He was my favorite actor as a child and will always be the most rememberable actor to me.