M. Emmet Walsh
M. Emmet Walsh (born March 22, 1935 in Ogdensburg , New York ; actually Michael Emmet Walsh ) is an American actor .
life and career
Walsh, who is of Irish descent, was born to Agnes Katherine and Harry Maurice Walsh, a customs officer. He grew up in Vermont and studied at Clarkson University in Potsdam , New York . After graduating there, he began his career as an actor and has appeared in a total of over 200 film and television productions to date , mostly as a supporting actor.
His first movie was the Oscar-winning Asphalt Cowboy , in which Walsh only had an extra role as a bus passenger. Even in the 1970s, most of his roles remained small until he was able to attract attention for the first time in 1978 with the crime drama Hour of Probation with Dustin Hoffman . He then played in Blade Runner (1982) with Harrison Ford as Captain Harry Bryant and in Crazy Christmas (2004) as a neighbor of Tim Allen . For his portrayal in the thriller Blood Simple - A Murderous Night , he won an Independent Spirit Award in 1986 for best male leading actor.
Influential film critic Roger Ebert formulated the Stanton-Walsh Rule , which states that no film starring Walsh or Harry Dean Stanton can be completely bad.
Filmography (selection)
movie theater
- 1969: Asphalt-Cowboy (Midnight Cowboy)
- 1969: stiletto
- 1969: Alice's Restaurant
- 1970: The road to the abyss (End of the Road)
- 1970: Little Big Man
- 1971: Escape from the Planet of the Apes (Escape from the Planet of the Apes)
- 1972: Is' what, Doc? (What's Up, Doc?)
- 1973: Serpico
- 1974: The Gambler (The Gambler)
- 1975: The nerve bundle (The Prisoner of Second Avenue)
- 1976: This Land is My Land (Bound for Glory)
- 1976: Mikey and Nicky ( Mikey and Nicky )
- 1977: Major alert (Red Alert)
- 1977: Airport '77 - Lost in the Bermuda Triangle ( Airport '77 )
- 1977: Slap Shot ( Slap Shot )
- 1978: hour of probation (straight time)
- 1979: Wealth Is Not Shame (The Jerk)
- 1980: Brubaker
- 1980: Raise the Titanic (Raise the Titanic)
- 1980: Ordinary People ( Ordinary People )
- 1981: Reds
- 1982: Cannery (Cannery Row)
- 1982: Blade Runner
- 1983: Silkwood
- 1984: Blood Simple (Blood Simple)
- 1984: Missing in Action
- 1984: The Pope of Greenwich Village (The Pope of Greenwich Village)
- 1985: Fletch - The Troublemaker (Fletch)
- 1986: American Wildcats ( Wildcats )
- 1986: Critters - You Are Here! (Critters)
- 1986: Rocket Man (The Best of Times)
- 1986: Do it again, Dad ( Back To School )
- 1987: Arizona Junior (Raising Arizona)
- 1987: Bigfoot and the Hendersons (Harry and the Hendersons)
- 1987: No Man's Land - Tatort 911 (No Man's Land)
- 1987: Broken Vows
- 1988: Milagro - The war in the bean field ( The Milagro Beanfield War )
- 1988: Addict ( Clean and Sober )
- 1988: Sunset ( Sunset )
- 1989: Red Scorpion
- 1989: Big Bad Man (The Mighty Quinn)
- 1989: The Brotherhood of the Rose ( Brotherhood of the Rose )
- 1990: Narrow Margin - 12 hours of fear (Narrow Margin)
- 1992: Equinox
- 1992: White Sands - The Big Deal (White Sands)
- 1993: Music of Chance
- 1994: Cops & Robbersons - That knocks the strongest cop (Cops and Robbersons)
- 1994: Vacation Totally Crazy (Camp Nowhere)
- 1995: Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
- 1995: Panther
- 1996: The Jury (A Time to Kill)
- 1996: Albino alligator
- 1996: William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet)
- 1997: Retroactive
- 1997: The Best Friend's Wedding (My Best Friend's Wedding)
- 1998: Twilight (Twilight)
- 1999: Wild Wild West
- 1999: The Iron Giant ( The Iron Giant )
- 2000: Jack of Hearts - Reckoning in Las Vegas ( Jack of Hearts )
- 2002: Snowdogs - eight heroes on four paws (Snow Dogs)
- 2004: Christmas with the Kranks (Christmas with the Kranks)
- 2005: The zebra is loose in the racing team (Racing Stripes)
- 2007: Big Stan
- 2008: Sherman's Way
- 2009: Youth in Revolt
- 2010: Chasing 3000
- 2012: The Odd Life of Timothy Green ( The Odd Life of Timothy Green )
- 2013: A Great Life ( Arthur Newman )
- 2013: Boiling Pot
- 2014: You're Dead on Sunday (Calvary)
- 2015: The Scorpion King: The Lost Throne
- 2019: Knives Out - Murder is a family matter (Knives Out)
watch TV
- 1968: The Doctors (1 episode)
- 1975: The Waltons ( The Waltons , 1 episode)
- 1975/1976: Baretta (2 episodes)
- 1976: Starsky & Hutch ( Starsky and Hutch , 2 episodes)
- 1981: Our Little Farm ( Little House on the Prairie , 1 episode)
- 1986: Final resting ( Resting Place , TV movie)
- 1989: The Devil's Bishop ( Unsub ; 9 episodes)
- 1989: Tales from the Crypt (episode 1x06)
- 1994: Listen who's hammering ( Home Improvement , episodes 3x16, 4x12)
- 1999: The X Files - The Scary Cases of the FBI ( The X – Files , episode 6x19)
- 2000: Ed - The Blinganwalt ( Ed , episode 1x06)
- 2001: Frasier (TV series, episode 9x11) * 2003: The Guardian - Retter mit Herz ( The Guardian , episode 3x02)
- 2012: Damages - In the Net of Power ( Damages , 3 episodes)
- 2015: Empire (episode 1x08)
- since 2019: Sneaky Pete (crime series)
Awards
- 1986: Independent Spirit Award for best male lead actor in Blood Simple - A Murderous Night
- 2007: Method Fest as best actor ensemble
Web links
- M. Emmet Walsh in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- M. Emmet Walsh in the German dubbing index
Individual evidence
- ↑ Josh Levine: Biographical Data of M. Emmet Walsh . In: The Coen Brothers: The Story of Two American Filmmakers . ECW Press, 2000 ( online ). Page 22.
- ↑ M. Emmet Walsh in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- ^ Obituary for Harry Dean Stanton at the Guardian
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Walsh, M. Emmet |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Walsh, Michael Emmet |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 22, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ogdensburg , New York , USA |