Movies by Craig T. Nelson
As part of the cast:
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Soul Surfer (2011)
Cast: AnnaSophia Robb, Dennis Quaid, Helen Hunt …
Directed by: Sean McNamara
From director Sean McNamara comes this inspiring film that dramatizes the real-life story of Bethany Hamilton (AnnaSophia Robb), a Hawaiian teen who bravely returns to competitive surfing…
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Parenthood: Season 1 (2010)
Cast: Peter Krause, Monica Potter, Erika Christensen …
Directed by: Thomas Schlamme
When struggling single mom Sarah Braverman (Lauren Graham) moves back home to Berkeley, Calif., with her two surly teens in tow, she reunites with her three adult siblings who are also…
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The Company Men (2010)
Cast: Ben Affleck, Kevin Costner, Tommy Lee Jones …
Directed by: John Wells
Written, directed and produced by John Wells ("The West Wing"), this indie drama stars Ben Affleck as a successful businessman who comes face-to-face with America's downsizing epidemic…
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The Proposal (2009)
Cast: Oscar Nuñez, Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds …
Directed by: Anne Fletcher
When she learns she's in danger of losing her visa status and being deported, overbearing book editor Margaret Tate (Sandra Bullock, in a Golden Globe-nominated role) forces her put-upon…
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Blades of Glory (2007)
Cast: Will Ferrell, Jon Heder, Will Arnett …
Directed by: Josh Gordon, Will Speck
When a much-publicized ice-skating scandal strips them of their gold medals, two world-class athletes (Will Ferrell and Jon Heder) skirt their way back onto the ice via a loophole that allows…
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The Family Stone (2005)
Cast: Rachel McAdams, Dermot Mulroney, Sarah Jessica Parker …
Directed by: Thomas Bezucha
Although their relationship works in the city, things begin to fall apart for buttoned-up Manhattanites Everett (Dermot Mulroney) and Meredith (Sarah Jessica Parker) when they visit the…
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The Incredibles (2004)
Cast: Craig T. Nelson, Holly Hunter, Samuel L. Jackson …
Directed by: Brad Bird
Bob Parr (voiced by Craig T. Nelson) has given up his superhero days to log in time as an insurance adjuster and raise his three children with his formerly heroic wife (Holly Hunter) in…
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Against Time (2001)
Cast: Ean Mering, Robert Loggia, Craig T. Nelson …
Directed by: Cleve Nettles
Small-town athlete and scholar Z.T. (Ean Mering) dreams of a prosperous career as an inventor. But those plans change with the arrival of Zack (Robert Loggia), a 67-year-old drunk who claims…
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The Skulls (2000)
Cast: Joshua Jackson, Paul Walker, Hill Harper …
Directed by: Rob Cohen
Drafted to join a secret university society, a working-class student jumps at the chance, seeing it as a springboard to success. But he finds himself in jeopardy when he delves into the…
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Dirty Pictures (2000)
Cast: James Woods, Craig T. Nelson, Diana Scarwid …
Directed by: Frank Pierson
When Robert Mapplethorpe's sadomasochistic photography exhibit "A Perfect Moment" was shown at Cincinnati's Contemporary Arts Center in 1990, it was quickly deemed obscene, and…
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To Serve and Protect (1999)
Cast: Craig T. Nelson, Joanna Cassidy, Richard Crenna …
Directed by: Jean de Segonzac
This gripping drama follows three generations of Dallas police officers -- members of the Carr family -- who join forces to track down the deadliest serial killer ever to terrorize Texas.…
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Peter Benchley's Creature (1998)
Cast: Kim Cattrall, Craig T. Nelson, Michael Reilly Burke …
Directed by: Stuart Gillard
When a government-bred, shark-dolphin hybrid begins terrorizing the coastline of a Caribbean island, a marine biologist living there with his ex-wife and son springs into action to save his…
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The Devil's Advocate (1997)
Cast: Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron …
Directed by: Taylor Hackford
When charismatic lawyer John Milton (Al Pacino) recruits the successful young attorney Kevin Lomax (Keanu Reeves) to his high-powered Manhattan firm, both Kevin and his wife (Charlize Theron)…
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Ghosts of Mississippi (1996)
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg, James Woods …
Directed by: Rob Reiner
Decades after two hung juries cleared white supremacist Byron De La Beckwith (Oscar nominee James Woods) in the 1963 shooting death of civil-rights activist Medgar Evers, assistant district…
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I'm Not Rappaport (1996)
Cast: Walter Matthau, Ossie Davis, Amy Irving …
Directed by: Herb Gardner
Nat Moyer (Walter Matthau) and Midge Carter (Ossie Davis) are a truly odd couple who wryly comment on modern urban life as it strolls by their bench in Central Park. When Midge, who's…
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The Lies Boys Tell (1994)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Craig T. Nelson, Marley Shelton …
Directed by: Tom McLoughlin
This moving drama catches Ed Reece (Kirk Douglas), a salesman who's spent his life on the road, at the twilight of his life. Ed's past choices have left his family by the wayside,…
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Ride with the Wind (1994)
Cast: Max Gail, Craig T. Nelson, Helen Shaver …
Directed by: Bobby Roth
Frank Shelby (Craig T. Nelson) is a motorcycle racer for whom age, personal tragedy and a love for the bottle have supplanted hopes of the big time. But when he meets Katherine (Helen…
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Probable Cause (1994)
Cast: Kate Vernon, James Downing, David Neale …
Directed by: Paul Ziller
Police detective Gary Yanuck (Michael Ironside) faces a high-pressure engagement when he's tasked with nabbing a serial killer who's already offed a string of police officers and…
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The Fire Next Time (1993)
Cast: Craig T. Nelson, Bonnie Bedelia, Richard Farnsworth …
Directed by: Tom McLoughlin
This futuristic drama is set in 2017, after Earth has been overtaken by pollution. When a hurricane levels everything Drew (Craig T. Nelson) owns, he must move his family to a refugee camp.…
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The Josephine Baker Story (1991)
Cast: Lynn Whitfield, Craig T. Nelson, Louis Gossett Jr. …
Directed by: Brian Gibson
Before Madonna, even before Marilyn, there was Josephine Baker (Lynn Whitfield), an African-American entertainer who rose from the crumbs of St. Louis society to become the toast of Paris…
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Extreme Close-Up (1990)
Cast: Craig T. Nelson, Morgan Weisser, Samantha Mathis …
Directed by: Peter Horton
In the wake of his mother's (Blair Brown) untimely death, distraught teenager David (Morgan Weisser) studies old home movies that reveal her self-destructive nature, videotapes his own…
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Turner and Hooch (1989)
Cast: Tom Hanks, Mare Winningham, Craig T. Nelson …
Directed by: Roger Spottiswoode
In director Roger Spottiswoode's farcical comedy, fastidious detective Scott Turner (Tom Hanks) is saddled with a slobbering new partner - a dog named Hooch. The pup's previous…
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Troop Beverly Hills (1989)
Cast: Shelley Long, Craig T. Nelson, Betty Thomas …
Directed by: Jeff Kanew
Shelly Long stars as a spoiled Beverly Hills housewife who decides -- in an effort to disprove her husband's characterization that she's a selfish trophy wife -- to become the…
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Red Riding Hood (1989)
Cast: Amelia Shankley, Isabella Rossellini, Craig T. Nelson …
Directed by: Adam Brooks
You know the drill -- the irrepressible little girl with the stunning red ensemble must brave the forest and the big, bad wolf to bring her ill grandmother a basket of goodies. But this time,…
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Action Jackson (1988)
Cast: Carl Weathers, Sharon Stone, Vanity …
Directed by: Craig R. Baxley
Two-fisted, Motor City cop Jericho Jackson (Carl Weathers) locks horns with Peter Dellaplane (Craig T. Nelson), an auto tycoon who's methodically eliminating the union's big wheels…
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Poltergeist II (1986)
Cast: JoBeth Williams, Craig T. Nelson, Heather O'Rourke …
Directed by: Brian Gibson, Gary Sherman
Scares abound in this spooky sequel as evil supernatural forces continue to haunt Carol Anne Freeling and her family. The Freelings move in with a relative but soon discover they're…
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The Killing Fields (1984)
Cast: Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich …
Directed by: Roland Joffé
Sam Waterston portrays Sydney Schanberg, the New York Times journalist who won a Pulitzer for his coverage of the civil war in Cambodia. Aided by his translator, Dith Pran (Haing S. Ngor),…
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Silkwood (1983)
Cast: Meryl Streep, Kurt Russell, Cher …
Directed by: Mike Nichols
While working at an Oklahoma nuclear power plant, Karen Silkwood (Meryl Streep) becomes exposed to radiation. When the official investigation is tampered with, Karen conducts her own inquiry,…
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All the Right Moves (1983)
Cast: Tom Cruise, Craig T. Nelson, Lea Thompson …
Directed by: Michael Chapman
Tom Cruise plays high school senior Stefen Djordjevic, a gridiron hero eager to earn a football scholarship and leave behind his bleak steel-mill hometown. But a falling-out with his stern,…
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The Osterman Weekend (1983)
Cast: Rutger Hauer, John Hurt, Craig T. Nelson …
Directed by: Sam Peckinpah
An investigative reporter for a TV news show throws a big soiree every year to which he invites his closest friends. But the C.I.A. dumps a wet blanket on the festivities when they tell him…
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Man, Woman and Child (1983)
Cast: Martin Sheen, Blythe Danner, Craig T. Nelson …
Directed by: Dick Richards
When college professor Robert Beckwith (Martin Sheen) learns he has a 9-year-old son from an affair he had in France, the discovery shakes up his once-happy family. Although hurt, his wife,…
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Poltergeist (1982)
Cast: Craig T. Nelson, JoBeth Williams, Beatrice Straight …
Directed by: Tobe Hooper
Life is pleasant for the close-knit Freeling family (headed by Craig T. Nelson and JoBeth Williams) until a host of otherworldy forces invades their peaceful suburban home, transforming their…
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Stir Crazy (1980)
Cast: Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Georg Stanford Brown …
Directed by: Sidney Poitier
In their second of four on-screen teamings, Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor are two slackers who get bum-rapped and shipped directly to the Arizona State Penitentiary (where parts of this…
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Lightning Over Water (1980)
Cast: Gerry Bamman, Craig T. Nelson, Martin Schafer …
Directed by: Nicholas Ray, Wim Wenders
This touching documentary records the last days of Rebel Without a Cause director Nicholas Ray, who was gradually dying of cancer. As his life winds down, Ray looks back on his many career…
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The Promise of Love (1980)
Cast: Shelley Long, Valerie Bertinelli, Jameson Parker …
Valerie Bertinelli heads the cast as Kathy Wakeman, a promising young woman who sacrifices her collegiate goals to marry her high school sweetheart (David James Carroll) only to become a…
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...And Justice for All (1979)
Cast: Al Pacino, Jack Warden, John Forsythe …
Directed by: Norman Jewison
America's justice system comes under indictment in director Norman Jewison's penetrating film starring Al Pacino as upstanding attorney Arthur Kirkland, who's tasked with…
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The Return of Count Yorga (1971)
Cast: Robert Quarry, Mariette Hartley, Roger Perry …
Directed by: Bob Kelljan
Bloodthirsty vampire Count Yorga (Robert Quarry) descends upon an orphanage, where he falls in love with the comely Cynthia (Mariette Hartley). Yorga puts her under his spell and attempts to…