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Palaeontologist Dr Alan Grant is lured to a dinosaur-infested island by a divorced couple who offer to fund his research, unaware their real motive is to find their missing son - and that the creatures on the island are far more intelligent than anyone suspected. Action adventure sequel, starring Sam Neill, William H Macy, Tea Leoni and Alessandro Nivola
2001
HD
subtitles
16x9
audio-description
Adventure
Movie/Drama
Science Fiction
Cast & Crew
Sam Neill
(Actor)
.. Dr Alan Grant
William H Macy
(Actor)
.. Paul Kirby
Tea Leoni
(Actor)
.. Amanda Kirby
Alessandro Nivola
(Actor)
.. Billy Brennan
Laura Dern
(Actor)
.. Ellie Sattler
Trevor Morgan
(Actor)
.. Eric Kirby
Michael Jeter
(Actor)
.. Udesky
John Diehl
(Actor)
.. Cooper
Bruce A Young
(Actor)
.. Nash
Joe Johnston
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Sam Neill
(Actor)
.. Dr Alan Grant
Born:
September 14, 1947
in
Omagh, Co Tyrone
Best Known For:
Jurassic Park.
Early-life:
Nigel John Dermot Neill was born on September 14, 1947, in Omagh, Co Tyrone. His father moved the family to New Zealand's South Island in 1954. He went to boarding school and attended universities at Canterbury and Victoria. After gaining a degree in English Literature he worked with the New Zealand Players and other theatre groups. He was also a film director, editor and scriptwriter for the New Zealand National Film Unit for six years.
Career:
Following several little-seen movies, Neill's breakthrough came as Damien in Omen III: The Final Conflict. After the 1983 miniseries Reilly: Ace of Spies, he divided his career between TV work, mainstream dramas and arthouse films, including such projects as Kane and Abel, Plenty, Dead Calm and A Cry in the Dark. Steven Spielberg cast him in Jurassic Park in 1993, the year he was awarded an OBE. He also won critical acclaim for The Piano and Sirens. Other projects include The Horse Whisperer, Restoration, Event Horizon, Jurassic Park III, mini-series Merlin's Apprentice, The Tudors and the BBC's gritty period drama Peaky Blinders. One of the busiest actors in Hollywood, he always has several films in the pipeline.
Quote:
"The pathetic thing about actors is they don't feel valid unless they're acting."
Trivia:
Away from showbusiness, he has his own vineyard, which he claims is a very expensive hobby.
William H Macy
(Actor)
.. Paul Kirby
Born:
March 13, 1950
in
Miami
Best Known For:
A string of roles.
Early-life:
William Hall Macy Jr was born in Miami on March 13, 1950 and grew up in Georgia and Maryland. William went on to study veterinary medicine at Bethany College in West Virginia. He transferred to Goddard College and took an interest in theatre. After graduating from Goddard in 1971, he relocated to Chicago and within a year, he was one of the co-founders of St Nicholas Theater Company, where he originated roles in a number of plays written by David Mamet.
Career:
Macy moved to New York in 1980 and starred in a number of off-Broadway and Broadway plays. His first major role in front of a camera was the 1984 TV movie The Boy who Loved Trolls. On the big screen, Macy is best known for his lead role in Fargo (1996), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. His other film credits include Benny & Joon, Mr Holland's Opus, Pleasantville, Psycho, Jurassic Park III, Seabiscuit and Sahara. Since 2011, he has played the main protagonist Frank Gallagher in the US remake of TV comedy drama Shameless.
Quote:
"I do them all for the money, I really do."
Trivia:
He plays the ukulele.
Tea Leoni
(Actor)
.. Amanda Kirby
Born:
February 25, 1966
in
New York
Best Known For:
A string of Hollywood films.
Early-life:
Elizabeth Tea Pantaleoni was born in New York on February 25, 1966 to Emily and Anthony. Tea attended Sarah Lawrence College but dropped out before completing her studies to travel through Italy and Japan. On her return, she landed a lead role in a TV remake of Charlie's Angels but a writer's strike in Hollywood ensured it never got made. Her acting debut came in the daytime soap opera Santa Barbara.
Career:
Leoni went on to star in a number of high-profile Hollywood movies, including A League of Their Own (1992), Wyatt Earp (1994), Bad Boys (1995), Deep Impact (1998), Jurassic Park III (2001) and Fun with Dick and Jane (2005). She has also worked extensively on TV, notably in the sitcoms Flying Blind and The Naked Truth. More recently, she has starred in Ghost Town (2008), The Smell of Success (2009) and Tower Heist (2011).
Quote:
"I am not addicted to, attracted to, or neurotically pursuing stardom."
Trivia:
She was considered for the role of Rachel on Friends.
Alessandro Nivola
(Actor)
.. Billy Brennan
Laura Dern
(Actor)
.. Ellie Sattler
Born:
February 10, 1967
in
Los Angeles, California
Best Known For:
Jurassic Park
Early-life:
Laura Elizabeth Dern was born in Los Angeles on February 10, 1967. The second daughter of actors Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd _ her older sister had tragically drowned at the age of 18 months a year before Laura was born. After her parents split in 1969, her father would often take her to work with him, hoping that if she saw how boring film-making really was, she wouldn't want to be a movie star. But after making uncredited appearances in White Lightning and Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore alongside her mother during the early 1970s, she decided to become an actress.
Career:
Her official film debut was in the 1980 film Foxes, which also starred Jodie Foster, but her big break came five years later when she played a blind girl in Mask. She went on to appear in David Lynch films Blue Velvet (1986) and Wild at Heart (1990) and in 1991 received an Oscar nomination for her role in Rambling Rose, which co-starred her mother. The following year she won a Golden Globe for her role in the TV movie Afterburn, and in 1993 starred in the blockbusting Jurassic Park. Her recent credits include TV movie Recount, Everything Must Go (2010), Little Fockers (2010),The Master (2012), and TV series Enlightened.
Quote:
"It's really fun to act like a bimbo. But it's fun to act like a bimbo only when people know that you really aren't one."
Trivia:
She picked up Golden Globes for Recount and Enlightened.
Trevor Morgan
(Actor)
.. Eric Kirby
Michael Jeter
(Actor)
.. Udesky
John Diehl
(Actor)
.. Cooper
Bruce A Young
(Actor)
.. Nash
Joe Johnston
(Director)
