The Fighter


9:00 pm - 11:15 pm, Tuesday, January 20 on London TV (8)

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Fact-based drama about boxer Micky Ward. He is initially trained by his brother, a former fighter who lost everything through drug addiction. Micky is persuaded to sever ties with his family after a series of disastrous fights, but when a shot at the world championship title presents itself, the brothers must reconcile to meet the challenge. With Mark Wahlberg, Amy Adams and Oscar-winning performances from Christian Bale and Melissa Leo


2010
Biopic Factual Movie/Drama

Cast & Crew

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Mark Wahlberg (Actor) .. Micky Ward
Christian Bale (Actor) .. Dicky Eklund
Amy Adams (Actor) .. Charlene Fleming
Melissa Leo (Actor) .. Alice Ward
Mickey O'Keefe (Actor) .. Himself
Jack McGee (Actor) .. George Ward
Melissa McMeekin (Actor) .. Alice Eklund
Bianca Hunter (Actor) .. Cathy Eklund

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Did You Know..

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Mark Wahlberg (Actor) .. Micky Ward
Born: June 05, 1971 in Boston, Massachusetts
Best Known For: Going from Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch to Hollywood blockbusters.
Early-life: Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg was born on June 5, 1971, in Boston, Massachusetts. The youngest of nine children, his mother was a bank clerk and his father a delivery driver. He didn't graduate from high school. He had a troubled youth, but at 13 was in the original line-up of the New Kids on the Block. He quit due to their squeaky-clean image, but achieved his own chart success with Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. In the early 1990s, he modelled underwear for Calvin Klein and made a workout video.
Career: Wahlberg's film career kicked off in 1993 with TV movie The Substitute. A year later he made his big-screen debut in flop comedy Renaissance Man. Impressive turns in The Basketball Diaries and Fear made critics realise he was more than just another pop star-turned-actor. It was 1997 drama Boogie Nights that made his name as an actor. By 2000 he was a Hollywood hot property with roles in Three Kings and The Perfect Storm. Although a revamp of Planet of the Apes divided critics, Wahlberg delivered fine turns in The Italian Job remake, Four Brothers, I Heart Huckabees, The Departed and The Fighter. He is also a respected producer, with credits on Entourage, In Treatment, Boardwalk Empire, and How to Make It In America.
Quote: "I've always looked at my career as an athlete would look at his. I won't play forever. Some don't know when to walk away, but the smart ones do."
Trivia: Has stated his performance as Max Payne in Max Payne (2008) as his favorite role.
Christian Bale (Actor) .. Dicky Eklund
Born: January 30, 1974 in Haverfordwest
Best Known For: Portraying Bruce Wayne in Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy.
Early-life: Christian Charles Philip Bale was born in Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, on January 30, 1974. He has three older sisters. His father was a commercial pilot, his mother a circus dancer. Performing runs in the family - his grandfather was a comedian and children's entertainer, while his great uncle was an actor and John Wayne's stand-in for two movies. Christian was raised in England, Portugal and California, and made his acting debut in a cereal commercial in 1983.
Career: At the age of 10, Christian made his West End debut in The Nerd, opposite Rowan Atkinson. He was hand-picked from 4,000 auditionees to take the lead role in Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun in 1987. Unlike many child stars, he has successfully made the transition to serious grown-up actor. Films since include Little Women, The Portrait of a Lady, Velvet Goldmine, American Psycho, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Shaft, Reign of Fire, Equilibrium and The Machinist. His status soared after playing Bruce Wayne in Batman Begins and its sequels. His other recent films have included The Prestige, 3:10 to Yuma, Terminator Salvation, Public Enemies, The Fighter (for which he won an Oscar) and American Hustle.
Quote: "What the hell kind of man decides to dress up as a bat and run around the city? There's got to be something a little bit loose in there."
Trivia: Bale lost a more than four stone to play the emaciated lead character in The Machinist, then had to bulk up immediately for his role in Batman Begins.
Amy Adams (Actor) .. Charlene Fleming
Born: August 20, 1974 in Vicenza, Italy
Best Known For: Enchanted, The Muppets, and American Hustle.
Early-life: Amy Lou Adams was born in Vicenza, Italy, on August 20, 1974. Her father was a US serviceman stationed in Italy at the time of her birth and spent time at different bases before settling in Castle Rock, Colorado, when Amy was eight. Amy sang in her school choir and had ambitions of becoming a ballerina.
Career: Adams began working professionally as a dancer at Boulder's Dinner Theatre and Country Dinner Playhouse. She relocated to Minnesota and worked at the Chanhassen Dinner Theatres for three years. She landed her first acting role in Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999). After moving to Los Angeles, she was cast in a short-lived TV spin-off of the film Cruel Intentions. She went on to guest star in a number of TV shows, including That ‘70s Show, Charmed, Smallville and The West Wing, before appearing on the big screen in Catch Me If You Can (2002). Her big break came in 2007 when she was cast in Disney's Enchanted. It was a commercial success and Adam's performance was well received by critics. Since then, she has appeared in Charlie Wilson's War (2007), Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009), Julie & Julia (2009), Leap Year (2010), The Fighter (2010), The Muppets (2011), The Master (2012), Man of Steel (2013, Her (2013) and American Hustle (2013) .
Quote: "I have worked with some of the meanest people in the world. You can't do anything to intimidate me."
Trivia: In 2014, Adams was named one of the 100 most influential people by Time magazine.
Melissa Leo (Actor) .. Alice Ward
Born: September 14, 1960 in New York
Best Known For: Homicide: Life on the Street and The Fighter (2010).
Early-life: Melissa Chessington Leo was born in New York on September 14, 1960 to Peggy and Arnold. She made her acting debut in 1984 in the soap All My Children, for which she won a Daytime Emmy Award.
Career: Leo went on to make guest appearances in a number of popular TV shows, including The Equalizer, Miami Vice, The Young Riders, Veronica Mars, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Law & Order. She had recurring roles on Homicide: Life on the Street, Mildred Pierce and Treme. Her film credits include 21 Grams (2003), Frozen River (2008), The Fighter (2010), Prisoners (2013), Oblivion (2013), The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2014) and The Equalizer (2014). She won an Academy Award for her role in The Fighter.
Quote: "Acting is the business of truth, so that we can see ourselves reflected back and learn."
Trivia: She beat Julia Roberts for her role in All My Children.
Mickey O'Keefe (Actor) .. Himself
Jack McGee (Actor) .. George Ward
Melissa McMeekin (Actor) .. Alice Eklund
Bianca Hunter (Actor) .. Cathy Eklund
David O Russell (Director)

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