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A workaholic businessman always puts his job before his family until he receives an unexpected inheritance from his explorer father - six penguins. He abandons his plan to offload the birds to a zoo when he finds his kids love them, and sets about turning his New York apartment into a suitable habitat. Family comedy, starring Jim Carrey, Carla Gugino and Angela Lansbury
2011
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Family
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Cast & Crew
Jim Carrey
(Actor)
.. Tom Popper
Carla Gugino
(Actor)
.. Amanda
Angela Lansbury
(Actor)
.. Mrs Van Gundy
Ophelia Lovibond
(Actor)
.. Pippi
Madeline Carroll
(Actor)
.. Janie
Clark Gregg
(Actor)
.. Nat Jones
Jeffrey Tambor
(Actor)
.. Mr Gremmins
David Krumholtz
(Actor)
.. Kent
Mark Waters
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Jim Carrey
(Actor)
.. Tom Popper
Born:
February 17, 1962
in
Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
Best Known For:
His outrageous comedy performances.
Early-life:
James Eugene Carrey was born on January 17, 1962, in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada. He's the youngest of four children. His father was an accountant and jazz musician. The family was so strapped for cash that at one point they all worked as cleaners in a factory and lived in their camper van to make ends meet. A natural performer from a young age, he had a routine he would do for anybody willing to watch and sent his CV to Carol Burnett when he was 10.
Career:
Carrey dropped out of high school at 16, but began appearing as a stand-up comedian in Toronto clubs. After moving to Los Angeles, he made a name for himself at The Comedy Store before moving into films and TV. Small roles in Peggy Sue Got Married, Earth Girls Are Easy and The Dead Pool followed. The series In Living Color helped make his name in the US, while the success of Ace Ventura: Pet Detective turned him into a global star. Hit films since include The Mask, Dumb and Dumber, Liar Liar, The Truman Show, Bruce Almighty, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Lemony Snicket's Series of Unfortunate Events. His recent work includes Mr Popper's Penguins, Kick-Ass 2 and Dumb and Dumber To.
Quote:
'I tend to stay up late, not because I'm partying, but because it's the only time of day when I'm alone and I don't have to be on, performing.'
Trivia:
He became an American citizen in 2004.
Carla Gugino
(Actor)
.. Amanda
Born:
August 29, 1971
in
Sarasota, Florida
Best Known For:
The Spy Kids movies.
Early-life:
Carla was born in Sarasota, Florida, on August 29, 1971. Her parents separated when she was two. She went on to work as a teenage fashion model and took acting lessons. She made her acting debut in a 1988 episode of the sitcom Who's the Boss?
Career:
Gugino had a recurring role in the soap opera Falcon Crest and played Michael J Fox's love interest during the first season of the sitcom Spin City. She is perhaps best known for playing family matriarch Ingrid Cortez in three Sky Kids films (2001-2003). She played the title role in short-lived crime drama Karen Sisco and played the lead role in another short-lived project, sci-fi drama Threshold. More recently, she has starred on the big screen in Watchman (2009), Race to Witch Mountain (2009), Sucker Punch (2011), Mr Popper's Penguins (2011) and San Andreas (2015). Her TV credits include recurring roles in Californication, Political Animals, Wayward Pines, and The Brink.
Quote:
'As an actor, you're naked emotionally; you're revealing yourself emotionally.'
Trivia:
Gugino has a butterfly tattoo on the inside of her left ankle.
Angela Lansbury
(Actor)
.. Mrs Van Gundy
Born:
October 16, 1925
in
London
Best Known For:
Murder, She Wrote.
Early-life:
Angela Brigid Lansbury was born in London on October 16, 1925. Her mother was Irish actress Moyna MacGill; her father, Edgar Lansbury, was a timber merchant and member of the Communist Party of Great Britain. She has younger, twin brothers, who became theatre producers. Her cousin was legendary animator Oliver Postgate. Angela's father died in 1934, and her mother became involved with a former soldier who was strict with the children. Her mother eventually took her children to Hollywood when she landed a part in a touring Noel Coward play.
Career:
While working in a department store in LA, Lansbury met a casting director through her mother. He offered her a role in the 1944 film Gaslight; she was just 18, but it landed her an Oscar nomination. Roles in National Velvet, Blue Hawaii and Bedknobs and Broomsticks followed. She gained further Academy Award nominations for The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Manchurian Candidate. She's also worked extensively on stage, winning a record five Tony Awards. But it was playing Jessica Fletcher in the long-running TV series Murder, She Wrote, that turned her into a household name. More recently, Lansbury has appeared in Nanny McPhee and Mr Popper's Penguins.
Quote:
'I'm never left behind. I'm the bionic woman.'
Trivia:
Arguably her most offbeat work is a fitness book - Angela Lansbury's Positive Moves - My Personal Plan for Fitness and Well-Being.
Ophelia Lovibond
(Actor)
.. Pippi
Madeline Carroll
(Actor)
.. Janie
Clark Gregg
(Actor)
.. Nat Jones
Born:
April 02, 1962
in
Boston, Massachusetts
Jeffrey Tambor
(Actor)
.. Mr Gremmins
David Krumholtz
(Actor)
.. Kent
Mark Waters
(Director)
