E.J. Carroll

Acting

E.J. Carroll

Born 1965-05-21

Acting credits

The Wrestler poster
7.5

Aging wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson is long past his prime but still ready and rarin' to go on the pro-wrestling circuit. After a particularly brutal beating, however, Randy hangs up his tights, pursues a serious relationship with a long-in-the-tooth stripper, and tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter. But he can't resist the lure of the ring and readies himself for a comeback.

The Wrestler

2008

Everybody's Fine poster
6.8

Eight months after the death of his wife, Frank Goode looks forward to a reunion with his four adult children. When all of them cancel their visits at the last minute, Frank, against the advice of his doctor, sets out on a road trip to reconnect with his offspring. As he visits each one in turn, Frank finds that his children's lives are not quite as picture-perfect as they've made them out to be.

Everybody's Fine

2009

The Night Listener poster
5.5

In the midst of his crumbling relationship, a radio show host begins speaking to his biggest fan—a young boy—via the telephone. But when questions about the boy's identity come up, the host's life is thrown into chaos.

The Night Listener

2006

Crooked Lines poster
4.5

Johnny, Chris, Sal, and Joe are four petty crooks thrown together for the job of a lifetime. $1 million in mob money being held at a delicatessen for pick-up seems like an easy score until the bumbling quartet collaborate to mess the whole thing up. Suddenly the Brooklyn mafia and police are on their trail and the fool proof plan now looks like a death trap.

Crooked Lines

2003

The Cake Eaters poster
5.5

The death of the Kimbrough family matriarch affects the three male survivors of the clan. Widower Easy tries to reconnect with his old flame, Marg. Eldest son and struggling musician Guy moves back to town, feeling guilty that he missed the funeral. His brother, Beagle, who was his mother's caretaker, falls for Marg's granddaughter, Georgia, a chronically ill girl who fears her time is growing short.

The Cake Eaters

2007

Minor Premise poster
5.2

Attempting to surpass his father's legacy, a neuroscientist becomes entangled in his own experiment, pitting ten fragments of his consciousness against each other.

Minor Premise

2020

Last Day of Summer poster
4.6

This unpredictable story follows an agitated fast-food employee, Joe, who's reached his breaking point from being harassed and tormented by his boss...

Last Day of Summer

2009

Pipe Dream poster
6.3

A lonely plumber poses as a movie director to meet women, and the writer whose script he's stolen builds on his ruse to get her movie made.

Pipe Dream

2002

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NR

It explores Vivien Leigh’s struggle with bipolar disorder in the 1960s, as she prepares to lead the Broadway production of John Gielgud’s Chekhov adaptation of “Ivanov.” Joseph Penn, WWII veteran and blue-collar florist encounters Leigh on a delivery. At the same time, the star attends a local psychiatric facility for electroconvulsive therapy. Amidst the backdrop of madness, Leigh and Penn become each other’s sources of truth, beauty, and love.

Vivien & the Florist

The Brooklyn Heist poster
4.4

Three teams of criminals share the same Brooklyn block, but each exists in a separate genre of film. The Amateurs are trapped in a 1970's anti-hero movie. The Sputniks live in black and white. The Moolies can't escape their rap video life.

The Brooklyn Heist

2009

A Fish Story poster
6.6

After his sudden death, a devoted father's search for heaven brings him back to his distraught family and his wilderness fishing camp for a few precious days in the body of a wanted man.

A Fish Story

2013