John Pankow

Acting

John Pankow

Born 1954-04-28 · St. Louis, Missouri, USA

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Pankow (born April 28, 1954) is an American film and stage actor. He is perhaps best known for a supporting role on the sitcom Mad About You (1993-1999). Description above from the Wikipedia article John Pankow, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

Rambo: First Blood Part II poster
6.7

John Rambo is released from prison by the government for a top-secret covert mission to the last place on Earth he'd want to return - the jungles of Vietnam.

Rambo: First Blood Part II

1985

Bride Wars poster
6.2

Two best friends become rivals when their respective weddings are accidentally booked for the same day.

Bride Wars

2009

The Secret of My Success poster
6.5

Brantley Foster, a well-educated kid from Kansas, has always dreamed of making it big in New York City, but once there, he learns that jobs - and girls - are hard to get. When he visits his uncle, Howard Prescott, who runs a multi-million-dollar company, he is given a job in the mail room.

The Secret of My Success

1987

To Live and Die in L.A. poster
7.1

When his longtime partner on the force is killed, reckless U.S. Secret Service agent Richard Chance vows revenge, setting out to nab dangerous counterfeit artist Eric Masters.

To Live and Die in L.A.

1985

Talk Radio poster
7.1

A rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program just before it goes national.

Talk Radio

1988

The Hunger poster
6.7

Five-thousand-year-old vampire Miriam promises her lovers the gift of eternal life. When John, her cellist companion for centuries, discovers that he has suddenly begun growing old, he attempts to seek out the help of Dr. Sarah Roberts, a researcher on the mechanisms of aging.

The Hunger

1983

Monkey Shines poster
6.3

A quadriplegic man is given a trained monkey help him with every day activities, until the little monkey begins to develop feelings, and rage, against its new master and those who get too close to him.

Monkey Shines

1988

Life as a House poster
7.1

When a man is diagnosed with terminal cancer, he takes custody of his misanthropic teenage son, for whom quality time means getting high, engaging in small-time prostitution, and avoiding his father.

Life as a House

2001

Morning Glory poster
6.4

A young and devoted morning television producer is hired as an executive producer on a long-running morning show at a once-prominent but currently failing station in New York City. Eager to keep the show on air, she recruits a former news journalist and anchor who disapproves of co-hosting a show that does not deal with real news stories.

Morning Glory

2010

*batteries not included poster
6.7

In a soon to be demolished block of apartments, the residents resist the criminal methods used to force them to leave so a greedy tycoon can build his new skyscraper. When tiny mechanical aliens land for a recharge, they decide to stay and help out.

*batteries not included

1987

The Object of My Affection poster
5.8

A pregnant New York social worker begins to develop romantic feelings for her gay best friend, and decides she'd rather raise her child with him, much to the dismay of her overbearing boyfriend.

The Object of My Affection

1998

Mortal Thoughts poster
5.7

A loathsome man ends up dead, but it's not clear who's to blame. If ever a person got what he deserved, it's James Urbanksi, an abusive drunk who steals from his wife, Joyce, and promises her close friend Cynthia Kellogg that she'll be the next target of his rage. At a group outing, James bleeds to death after someone cuts his throat. But because he's such a terrible human being, police aren't sure which of his acquaintances decided to kill him.

Mortal Thoughts

1991

Johnny Be Good poster
4.5

It's recruiting time and despite being short and scrawny, Johnny Walker is America's hottest young football prospect. His dilemma: should he take one of the many offers from college talent scouts or should he attend the local state college with his girlfriend and give up his football career?

Johnny Be Good

1988

Johnny Be Good poster
4.5

It's recruiting time and despite being short and scrawny, Johnny Walker is America's hottest young football prospect. His dilemma: should he take one of the many offers from college talent scouts or should he attend the local state college with his girlfriend and give up his football career?

Johnny Be Good

1988

A Stranger Among Us poster
5.5

Detective Emily Eden is a tough New York City cop forced to go undercover to solve a puzzling murder. Her search for the truth takes her into a secret world of unwritten law and unspoken power, a world where the only way out is deeper in.

A Stranger Among Us

1992

First Steps poster
8.0

Teenage Nan Davis is left paralyzed in a car accident and has a tough time accepting her new wheelchair-bound life. One day she hears about new research by Dr. Jerrold Petrofsky, about using external electric stimulations to enable paralyzed people to use their frozen muscles. She enters the research as a test subject and gets her reward when she walks up to receive her college diploma.

First Steps

1985

Year of the Gun poster
4.9

American novelist David Raybourne accidentally becomes entangled in the Red Brigade's terrorist plan to kidnap Italian Premier Aldo Moro during a research trip to Rome. As the terrorists attempt to kill David, he and his photojournalist friend must struggle to stay alive.

Year of the Gun

1991

The Big Tease poster
5.9

Thinking he's competing in Los Angeles' hot Platinum Scissors contest, Scottish hairstylist Crawford leaves Glasgow with a film crew to capture the event. When he learns he's a mere audience member, Crawford must find a way to become the mane event.

The Big Tease

1999

Married Young poster
NR

The story of a man, his pregnant wife and his animated alter ego, MARRIED YOUNG is a poignant comedy about what it takes for a husband not to be a selfish douche bag.

Married Young

2019

The Chosen poster
7.1

In a 1940s New York, two Jewish teenage boys are determined to remain friends despite the deep differences between their families.

The Chosen

1981

The Extra Man poster
5.8

A man who escorts wealthy widows in New York's Upper East Side takes a young aspiring playwright under his wing.

The Extra Man

2010

Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.' poster
7.7

The magic and creation behind the making of William Friedkin's classic action film To Live and Die in L.A. (1985). It follows cast, crew and the director several years after the film sharing their experiences while working on the project, also including footage from the shooting, and they discuss in detail the conception of the most spectacular scenes filmed there and also the great debate about the different endings developed for the film.

Counterfeit World: Making 'To Live and Die in L.A.'

2003

Before/During/After poster
4.6

This sharp-witted dramedy studies a middle-aged NYC theatre actress suddenly forced to figure out the kind of person she wants to portray in real life when her marriage comes to an end after she catches her husband cheating.

Before/During/After

2020

An Experiment in Fear: The Making of Monkey Shines poster
NR

Documentary about the making of George A. Romero's Monkey Shines.

An Experiment in Fear: The Making of Monkey Shines

2014