An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.
08-15-2003
1h 41m
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Main Cast
Movie Details
Production Info
Directors:
Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
Writers:
Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini
Production:
HBO Films, Good Machine
Revenue:
$6,003,587
Budget:
$2,000,000
Key Crew
Novel:
Harvey Pekar
Costume Design:
Michael Wilkinson
Production Design:
Thérèse DePrez
Set Decoration:
Robert DeSue
Editor:
Robert Pulcini
Locations and Languages
Country:
US
Filming:
US
Languages:
en
Main Cast
Paul Giamatti
Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti (/ˌdʒiːəˈmɑːti/ JEE-ə-MAH-tee; born June 6, 1967) is an American actor. His accolades include a Primetime Emmy Award and three Golden Globes, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards and a British Academy Film Award. After studying acting at the Yale School of Drama he performed in numerous theatrical productions. Giamatti made his Broadway debut portraying Ezra Chater in the Tom Stoppard play Arcadia (1995). Later that year he played the Rev. Donald "Streaky" Bacon in the David Hare play Racing Demon (1995). He returned to theatre in the revivals of Anton Chekhov's Three Sisters (1997) and Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh (1999).
Hope Davis (born March 23, 1964) is an American actress. She has starred in more than 20 feature films, including About Schmidt, Arlington Road, Flatliners, Mumford, American Splendor, The Lodger and Next Stop Wonderland.
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Judah Friedlander (born March 16, 1969) is an American actor and comedian, known for his trademark trucker hats, oversized glasses and unkempt appearance, which he retains in many of his screen roles.
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James Christian Urbaniak (born September 17, 1963) is an American actor. Urbaniak was born in Bayonne, New Jersey. He lives in Santa Monica, California with his wife Julie and their twins, son Severn Jerzy and daughter Esme Maeve.
One of his first noteworthy roles was in the avant-garde playwright/director Richard Foreman's The Universe, for which Urbaniak won an Obie. He has also been acclaimed for his acting in the films Henry Fool and American Splendor, in the latter of which he played legendary illustrator R. Crumb. He was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for his role in Thom Pain (based on nothing). He provides the voice for main character Dr. Thaddeus Venture on The Venture Bros. as well as the Doctor's brother Jonas Venture Junior and the super-villain Phantom Limb.
In one of his lesser-known roles, Urbaniak played a pizza guy in the famous "Whassup?" television commercials for Budweiser. He also portrayed the moderator in "Human Centipede Anonymous", a Funny or Die short depicting three men who grapple with their past as a human centipede.
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James McCaffrey was an American actor known for his voice role as Max Payne in the Max Payne video game series, Jimmy Keefe on Rescue Me, Michael Payton / Joe Astor on Viper and Captain Arthur O'Breun in New York Undercover. A character actor with a nearly 40 year career appearing in over 100 projects including television, film and videogames.
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Daniel Tay (born December 17, 1991) is an American teen actor and voice actor who is best known for playing Michael in the Christmas film Elf.Tay also voiced Pedro De La Hoya in Bully and the title character in the movie Doogal.
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Donal Francis Logue is an Canadian actor, producer and writer. His notable roles include starring as Dex in The Tao of Steve, Father Brian Norris in Runaway Bride, Quinn in Blade, Dan Scott in The Patriot, Jack in Just Like Heaven, Alex Balder in Max Payne, and Mack in Ghost Rider.
His major roles on TV include starring as Detective Harvey Bullock on Fox's Gotham, Declan Murphy on NBC's Law & Order: SVU, Sean Finnerty on the sitcom Grounded for Life, ADA Dickie Flood on The Practice, Chuck Martin on ER, Capt. Kevin Tidwell on Life, Hank Dolworth on Terriers, Brendan Donovan on Copper, Lee Toric on Sons of Anarchy, King Horik on Vikings, Dan on Quibi's series Dummy, Sheriff McCullough on Departure, Ken Schuler on Public Morals, Eugene Gurkin on The Knights of Prosperity, and Dr. Danny Macklin on Medicine Ball.
Joshua Ryan "Josh" Hutcherson (born October 12, 1992) is an American film and television actor. He began working in the early 2000s, appearing in several minor film and television roles. He gained wider exposure with major roles in the 2005 films Little Manhattan and Zathura, the 2006 comedy RV, the 2007 family adventure film Firehouse Dog, and the film adaptations of Bridge to Terabithia, Journey to the Center of the Earth and Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant. On March 30, 2008, Hutcherson won a Young Artist Award (for Leading Young Actor). Hutcherson was also featured on a Celebrity Teens edition of the hit show MTV Cribs, and is set to play Robert in the Red Dawn remake.
Molly Helen Shannon (born September 16, 1964) is an American comic actress best known for her work as a cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1995–2001 and for starring in the films Superstar and Year of the Dog. More recently, she starred in NBC's Kath & Kim from 2008–2009 and on the TBS animated series Neighbors from Hell.
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Toby is perhaps best known for his appearance in the 2003 film American Splendor about Cleveland comic book writer and R. Crumb collaborator, Harvey Pekar. If you’ve seen the film or read the comic book series, you already know that Toby was a friend of Pekar’s and they met in 1980 while working together as file clerks at Cleveland’s VA Hospital. Radloff became a recurring character in Pekar’s American Splendor comic book series for which the film was named.
Radloff was subsequently featured in a handful of vignettes for MTV starting in 1987 and aired, according to Toby, in conjunction with the release of Revenge of the Nerds II. As an actor, the guy’s a true weirdo, and totally hilarious. He’s appeared in several outsider films, including Killer Nerd and Bride of Killer Nerd made in 1991 and 1992 respectively. Both are distributed by Troma Films.
Madylin Sweeten was born on June 27, 1991 in Brownwood, Texas, USA as Madylin Anne Michele Sweeten. She is an actress and producer, known for Everybody Loves Raymond (1996), Toy Story 2 (1999) and Eagle Eye (2008).
Ebon Moss-Bachrach (/ˈɛbɪn mɑːs ˈbækəræk/) (born March 19, 1977) is an American actor. He is known for his role as restaurant manager Richie Jerimovich in the comedy-drama series The Bear (2022–present), for which he was twice awarded the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in addition to a Golden Globe Award nomination.
Moss-Bachrach has had major television roles on Girls (2014–2017) and NOS4A2 (2019–2020) and appeared in the first season of Andor (2022). In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he has played David "Micro" Lieberman in the first season of The Punisher (2017).
Ebon Moss-Bachrach was born on March 19, 1977, in New York City, the son of Renee Moss and Eric Bachrach, who run a music school in Springfield, Massachusetts. His father was born in Germany to Jewish-American parents.
Moss-Bachrach attended high school at Amherst Regional High School in Massachusetts and graduated from Columbia University in 1999 with a B.A. in English Literature. He initially was an American history major and a music studies major. During his third year of college, he studied abroad in Alicante, Spain, for a semester.
As a child, Moss-Bachrach had a passion for theatre and movies and also loved to read. Some of his favourite authors were Isaac Asimov and Piers Anthony. He spent much of his childhood indoors and described his younger self as an "escapist." In high school, Moss-Bachrach joined the school band and became fond of performing. One of his favourite musical artists was Ornette Coleman.
During his first year of college, Moss-Bachrach took an acting class out of curiosity and quickly became inspired to pursue theater. After the class, he became an apprentice at the Williamstown Theatre Festival to gain some experience in theater. Moss-Bachrach went on to study acting and the Meisner technique at the William Esper Studio in New York City.
Moss-Bachrach had his television breakout playing Desi in the HBO series Girls, which began as a recurring role before he became a series regular in the series' final three seasons. He has subsequently appeared in The Punisher and Andor. For his role in the FX on Hulu series The Bear, he has won two Primetime Emmy Awards.
As of July 2024, Moss-Bachrach is set to portray Ben Grimm/The Thing in The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025), Avengers: Doomsday (2026), and Avengers: Secret Wars (2027).
Moss-Bachrach is married to Ukrainian photographer Yelena Yemchuk, with whom he has two daughters.
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Born Rachel M.B. Renish, youngest of ten, Rae Sunshine Lee is a singer, actress, science fiction novelist and poet. In the 1960s, she was a child model in the Sears/Roebuck magazine for four years, even appearing on the cover. She also appeared in commercials such as Chatty Cathy: This Is Mattel's Family of Chatty Dolls (1962) with Maureen McCormick, and made appearances on Bonanza (1959) and Bozo the Clown (1959).
Lee has published three books: "As Timeless as Infinity", "The Elsewhen of Drixdada", and "Musings of Sunshine: A Lifetime in Verse". The first two books are science fiction novels, and (at the time of this writing) she is working on a third to complete the trilogy. She has written two screenplays and is looking forward to directing her first project, a fantasy film.
Lee is attending school to further her education in the field of Human Services. She is a great defender of children everywhere and has done volunteer work for years as a children's civil rights advocate. She also got her pastoral license to aid a burgeoning jail house ministry.
