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Holmes Osborne

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Biography

Holmes Osborne (born November 7, 1947) is an American character actor who has worked in film and television, including notable roles in That Thing You Do! (1996), Donnie Darko (2001) and Southland Tales (2007).

Notable films

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Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

Donnie Darko

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Election

Appears in a KinoChain journey

Identity

As Judge

Windtalkers

As Colonel Hollings

Unthinkable

As General Paulson

The Box

As Dick Burns

Bring It On

As Bruce Shipman

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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Imperfect Pedagogues: Teachers in the Grey

From the cracked idealism of Half Nelson to the bureaucratic despair of The Teacher, a chain of films where educators are as flawed as the systems they serve.

7 films

20 Home Video Releases Every Film Obsessive Should Own

There was a brief, glorious period in the late 1990s and early 2000s when buying a film on home video felt less like acquiring a product and more like being han...

20 films

25 Years of Flailing: How Bridget Jones Perfected the Best Worst Fight Scene Ever

From Bridget Jones's iconic street brawl to a Greek restaurant showdown, trace the lineage of cinema's most gloriously awkward fights.

5 films

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