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John Mahoney
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Biography
Charles John Mahoney (June 20, 1940 – February 4, 2018) was an English-American actor. He played retired police officer Martin Crane on the NBC sitcom Frasier from 1993 to 2004, receiving nominations for two Golden Globe Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards. After moving from England to the United States, Mahoney began his career in Chicago as a member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company. He earned the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in the 1986 Broadway revival of John Guare's The House of Blue Leaves, and went on to achieve wider recognition for his roles in the films Suspect and Moonstruck (both 1987). Other notable credits included Tin Men (1987), Frantic, Eight Men Out (both 1988), Say Anything... (1989), Barton Fink (1991), Striking Distance, In the Line of Fire (both 1993), Reality Bites (1994), The American President (1995), Primal Fear (1996), and The Broken Hearts Club (2000). He also voiced roles in animated films such as Antz (1998), The Iron Giant (1999), and Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001).
Notable films
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Chains
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When the Cartoon Fights Back: Slapstick Meets Liability
What happens when simulated harm, comic violence, or staged ordeals crash into real-world consequences? This collection explores the unsettling borderland where...
8 films
The Weight of the Cape: Inheriting a Legacy You Never Asked For
Before the multiverse had a use for her, Kara Zor-El's first outing wasn't framed as destiny, it was framed as a mistake to fix. She loses the Omegahedron, the...
8 films
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Acted
Flipped
2010 · Chet Duncan
Dan in Real Life
2007 · Poppy
The Groomsmen
2006 · Paulie's Dad (uncredited)
The Iron Giant
1999 · General Rogard (voice)
Antz
1998 · Grebs (Drunk Scout) (voice)
Primal Fear
1996 · Shaughnessy
The American President
1995 · Leo Solomon
The Hudsucker Proxy
1994 · Chief
Reality Bites
1994 · Grant Gubler
Striking Distance
1993 · Vince Hardy
Barton Fink
1991 · W.P. Mayhew
The Russia House
1990 · Brady
The Image
1990 · Irv Mickelson
Say Anything...
1989 · James Court
Eight Men Out
1988 · Kid Gleason
Moonstruck
1987 · Perry
The Manhattan Project
1986 · Lt. Col. Conroy