Acting

Mars Callahan

Studio City, California, U.S.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Mars Callahan (born 1971) is an American actor, director, producer and writer. He is known, among other things, for the movie Poolhall Junkies where he served as director, actor and screenwriter. At the age of eleven Callahan toured with a children's musical group through thirty-seven states. At fifteen he received his first acting role in the television series The Wonder Years. After honing his acting skills in television he tried for the big screen and soon appeared in various films. Inspired by the directors he worked with Callahan decided to try working behind the camera and in 1998 shot his first short film The Red Bag. In a 2007 Hollywood Reporter interview he revealed that he has had serious health problems when doctors found a tumor in his right kidney. He lost his right kidney, his right adrenal gland and has been in and out of a wheelchair for years. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mars Callahan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

6.6

A journalist duo go on a tour of serial killer murder sites with two companions, unaware that one of them is a serial killer himself.

Kalifornia

1993

5.9

Charlie and Rachel run away from home to get married in Las Vegas. But they get attacked by a zombie who takes Rachel with him to hell, where she will become one of Satan's brides.

Highway to Hell

1991

6.9

A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager. But behind the scenes, the group’s sudden fame tests their strength, their maturity and responsibility, and their ability to resist the temptations that money and notoriety always make possible.

That Thing You Do!

1996

5.1

When his brother asks him to look after his young son, Clifford, Martin Daniels agrees, taking the boy into his home and introducing him to his future wife, Sarah. Clifford is fixated on the idea of visiting a famed theme park, and Martin, an engineer who helped build the park, makes plans to take him. But, when Clifford reveals himself to be a first-rate brat, his uncle goes bonkers, and a loony inter-generational standoff ensues.

Clifford

1994

6.3

A retired pool hustler is forced to pick up the stick again when his brother starts a game he can't finish.

Poolhall Junkies

2002

6.3

An alienated teenage boy runs away from home and ventures to New York City where he falls in with a gang of juvenile delinquents working as drug dealers and pickpockets for a shady crime boss.

The Children of Times Square

1986

5.0

Samuel and his friends along with his trusted dog Athena have to go for the adventure of a lifetime, matching wits with a mob boss to solve Oscar's riddles in order to help Athena save Christmas for the whole town.

Dog Patrol: Operation Santa Paws

2025

Behind the camera

5.3

It's Valentine's Day and Tom has big plans. He's about to get engaged and has a surprise party planned to share the good news with friends. But things take a turn for the worse. Tom returns home only to discover his girlfriend has packed up and left him. Now, instead of a surprise party, the surprise is on Tom. Fortunately, his friends are there to help him make sense of it all.