Andre Braugher is best known for his Emmy® Award-winning portrayal of Detective Frank Pembleton on Homicide: Life on the Street. His other television credits include The Tuskeegee Airmen, for which he received an Emmy® Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries; the TNT Original The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson; Everybody has to Shoot the Picture; and Murder in Mississippi.
Recently, Braugher starred in the feature film City of Angels, opposite Nicolas Cage and Meg Ryan. His film credits also include Glory, with Matthew Broderick and Denzel Washington; Primal Fear, with Richard Gere; and Spike Lee's Get on the Bus. Braugher starred in the New York Shakespeare Festival Productions of Much Ado About Nothing; King John; and Henry V, for which he earned an Obie Award. Additionally in 1999, Braugher will be seen starring opposite Alec Baldwin in the independent film Thick as Thieves and All The Rage, opposite Joan Allen and Jeff Daniels. Braugher also made his directorial debut with a segment of the Showtime trilogy Love Songs.
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One of the most honored actors in film, stage and television, Rip Torn made his acting debut on Broadway in 1955 understudying the role of 'Brick' in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. By the end of the show's run, Torn had become a star. He went on to become a top performer in live television shows such as Omnibus, Kraft Theatre, Playhouse 90, Hallmark Hall of Fame and The Alcoa Hour. Torn made his feature film debut in 1957 in Time Limit and went on to co-star in Pork Chop Hill. In the 1960s, Torn starred as Ingrid Bergman's young lover in the television movie Twenty-four Hours in a Woman's Life and in the feature films Sweet Bird of Youth, King of Kings, Critic's Choice, The Cincinnati Kid, Beyond the Law and Tropic of Cancer. His stage credits during this time earned him three Obie Awards, for his performances in Deer Park, The Beard and The Leader. During the next two decades, Torn added directing and producing to his long list of talents.
His performance as Artie on Garry Shandling's The Larry Sanders Show earned him the 1996 Emmy® Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, two CableACEs, the American Comedy Award and five consecutive Emmy® Award nominations. Torn also starred on Broadway recently in Horton Foote's The Young Man From Atlanta and in the feature films Men in Black, Trial & Error, Defending Your Life and Hercules. At the same time, Torn's starring roles in such critically lauded independent films as Where the Rivers Flow North; Pay Day; Heartland; and Cross Creek, for which he earned an Oscar® nomination, have continued to earn him critical raves.
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Ruby Dee has appeared in more than 50 motion pictures in her long and distinguished career. First drawn to theatre in high school, Dee won a role in the American Negro Theater's production of On Strivers' Row during her freshman year at Hunter College. From that point, she was a star Harlem's arts community. From the award-winning 1959 Broadway drama A Raisin in the Sun to Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing, Dee has devoted much of her film career, as well as her personal life, to civil rights, including emceeing the historic 1963 March on Washington. Dee and husband Ossie Davis celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary this past December. Currently, Dee has two books in release: My One Good Nerve and Ossie and Ruby: In This Life Together, a dual autobiography.
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TNT's PASSING GLORY marks Sean Squire's television debut. A graduate of Howard University, Squire studied under Al Freeman, Jr. Following several regional theatre performances, Squire was cast in the revival of the Broadway hit A Soldier's Play, the first New York production since its original Broadway run. He went on to star opposite Phylicia Rashad in Pearl Cleague's modern classic Blues for an Alabama Sky. Squire can be seen in the upcoming feature films Game Day, opposite Richard Lewis, and Letters from a Wayward Son, opposite Pete Postlethwaite and Harry Connick, Jr.
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