Ed Begley, Jr. Filmography

Born:: September 16, 1949 in Los Angeles, CA
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Tall and blond with a handsome craggy face, Ed Begley Jr. became a star for his convincing portrayal of the obsequious, socially awkward Dr. Erlich on the acclaimed television series St. Elsewhere (1982-1988). He is the son of distinguished radio, television, and screen actor Ed Begley and made...Read More

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Around the World in 50 Years 3-D

Actors: Anthony Anderson, Ed Begley, Jr., Pat Carroll, Tim Curry, Kathy Griffin

Synopsis: nWave Pictures presents this animated adventure surrounding a sea turtle's 50-year journey around the globe, featuring the voices of Anthony Anderson, Ed Begley Jr., Tim Curry, Melanie Griffith, Stacy Keach, and Jenny McCarthy. Fly Me to the Moon 3-D's director, Ben Stassen, heads up the project Read More

1/1/09
Fly Me to the Moon 3-D

Actors: Christopher Lloyd, Kelly Ripa, Nicollette Sheridan, Tim Curry, Trevor Gagnon

Synopsis: Christopher Lloyd, Kelly Ripa, Nicollette Sheridan, and Tim Curry lend their voices to director Ben Stassen's (Haunted Castle and Encounter in the Third Dimension) animatedchildren's fantasy about three preteen flies who hitch a ride into space on the Apollo 11 moon mission. The year is Read More

8/15/08
Pineapple Express

Actors: Seth Rogen, James Franco, Gary Cole, Rosie Perez, Danny R. McBride

Synopsis: Critically acclaimed director David Gordon Green takes a break from the brooding drama that defined such early efforts as George Washington and Undertow for this action-flavored buddy comedy concerning two pot-smoking friends (Seth Rogen and James Franco) who unwittingly become involved with a Read More

8/6/08
Finding Amanda

Actors: Matthew Broderick, Brittany Snow, Steve Coogan, Maura Tierney, Peter Facinelli

Synopsis: Rescue Me co-creator Peter Tolan makes his feature directorial debut with this comedy starring Matthew Broderick as a moderately successful television writer whose addiction to alcohol, gambling, and drugs make dealing with the latest family crisis especially difficult. Taylor Peters (Broderick) Read More

6/27/08
Gary Unmarried [TV Series]

Actors: Jay Mohr, Paula Marshall, Jaime King, Ryan Malgarini, Ed Begley, Jr.

2008
Recount

Actors: Kevin Spacey, Bob Balaban, Ed Begley, Jr., Laura Dern, John Hurt

Synopsis: Kevin Spacey and Bob Balaban headline Austin Powers director Jay Roach's all-star docudrama examining the events surrounding the most controversial presidential election in United States history. The highest office in the country is up for grabs, and the fate of the free world may hang in the Read More

2008
One Long Night

2007
Living With Ed: Season 01

Actors: Ed Begley, Jr., Rachelle Carson

2007
Brando

Actors: Ed Begley, Jr., Richard Bailey, Janet Aemisegger, Ellen Adler, Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, James Caan, Jane Fonda

Synopsis: As originally screened at the Tribeca Film Festival, at the Cannes Film Festival, and on Turner Classic Movies, the mammoth, epic-length documentary Brando chronicles in encyclopedic detail (and with a consistently reverent overtone) the life and career of the man widely regarded as the most Read More

2007
For Your Consideration

Actors: Bob Balaban, Jennifer Coolidge, Christopher Guest, John Michael Higgins, Eugene Levy, Jane Lynch, Michael McKean, Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey, Harry Shearer, Fred Willard

Synopsis: Mockumentary mastermind Christopher Guest turns his satirical eye away from dog shows, small-town theater, and folk music to offer a hilarious take on Hollywood award season in this comedy focusing on trio of actors whose lives are turned upside down when they discover that their performances in Read More

11/17/06
Hair High

Actors: Dermot Mulroney, Zak Orth, Sarah Silverman, Justin Long, Eric Gilliland

Synopsis: As the prom draws near and the popular head cheerleader of Echo Lake High dumps her star quarterback boyfriend in favor of attending the dance with the biggest loser in school, the raging footballer plots murderous revenge in cult animation icon Bill Plympton's darkly satirical take on the teen Read More

10/18/06
Who Killed the Electric Car?

Actors: Greg "Gadget" Abbott, Dave Barthmuss, Ed Begley, Jr., Jim Boyd and His Men of the West, Alec N. Brooks

Synopsis: Filmmaker Chris Payne explores the many factors that played into the ultimate failure of the electric car to catch on with consumers, even as gas prices began to skyrocket, in a thoughtful meditation on the increasingly important role that renewable energy plays in modern society. Introduced as a Read More

6/26/06
Veronica Mars: Lord of the Pi's

Synopsis: Veronica and Keith are hired to find the missing daughter of the founder of Hearst College, who just happens to be the swing vote in the case to ban all fraternities and sororities at the college. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide Read More

2006
Veronica Mars: Hi, Infidelity

Synopsis: Veronica's term paper turns up on the internet, leading the TA to accuse her of cheating. The young sleuth must prove her innocence, all while Wallace copes with long basketball practices distracting him from his studies. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide Read More

2006
Pittsburgh

Actors: Jeff Goldblum, Ed Begley, Jr., Illeana Douglas, Moby, Catherine Wreford

Synopsis: Filmmakers Chris Bradley and Kyle LaBrache co-directed this film that exists somewhere between an improvisational mockumentary and an actual documentary. Starring Jeff Goldblum as himself, the film follows the actor's attempts to put on a production of The Music Man in the titular town. The play Read More

2006
Tripping Forward

Actors: Chris Fogleman, William Gregory Lee

Synopsis: A struggling actor and a has-been rock star attempt to make the rent by selling cocaine to supermodels in this buddy comedy starring Chris Fogelman, William Gregory Lee, Ed Begley, Jr., M.C. Gainey, and Ezra Buzzington. As an actor, Ford (Fogelman) is a modestly successful commercial spokesman Read More

2006
Veronica Mars: President Evil

Synopsis: The illegal casino that Veronica's been visiting is robbed, and now she must discover who the thief was, so she can retrieve the necklace Lilly gave her, which was taken with the rest of the casino's loot. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide Read More

2006
Spirit Bear: The Simon Jackson Story

Actors: Catherine Disher, Jonathan Potts, Mark Rendall, Ed Begley, Jr., Graham Greene, Katie Stuart

Synopsis: Spirit Bear: The Simon Jackson Story concerns an awkward teenager who, after being attacked in the forest, befriends a Kermode bear. He soon learns that the bears are seriously endangered. The boy grows out of his shell and begins a political campaign to save his large furry friends. ~ Perry Read More

2005
The Optimist

Actors: Leelee Sobieski, Shane West, Rade Serbedzija

2005
Desolation Sound

Actors: Ed Begley, Jr., Helene Joy, Jennifer Beals

Synopsis: A woman hounded by jealousy, doubt, and guilt commits a shocking crime and suffers unexpected consequences in this psychological thriller. Laurel (Helene Joy) is a fortysomething artist living in rural Canada with her husband, Michael (Ian Tracey), but their relationship is hardly ideal -- he's Read More

2005
Stateside

Actors: Rachael Leigh Cook, Jonathan Tucker, Agnes Bruckner, Val Kilmer, Joe Mantegna

Synopsis: Directed by Reverge Anselmo, Stateside revolves around the unique love story of two very different teens -- namely, the rich but lonely Mark Deloach (Jonathan Tucker) and Dori Lawrence (Rachael Leigh Cook), a schizophrenic singer and actress -- whose lives spiral out of control in separate but Read More

5/21/04
Kingdom Hospital

Actors: Andrew McCarthy, Diane Ladd, Bruce Davison, Ed Begley, Jr., Jack Coleman

Synopsis: Based upon the critically acclaimed Lars von Trier miniseries Riget (The Kingdom), this American remake from fright master Stephen King unfolds over 15 hours and centers on the creepy goings-on at a hospital known as The Kingdom. Andrew McCarthy leads the cast as Dr. Hook, one of the physicians at Read More

2004
Life on Liberty Street

Actors: Annabeth Gish, Ethan Embry, Wendy Phillips, Ed Begley, Jr., Brett Cullen

Synopsis: An altruistic divorcée learns that sometimes it takes a patient to heal the healer in a touching tale of forgiveness and compassion starring Annabeth Gish, Ethan Embry, and Ed Begley, Jr. Denise (Gish) has just been through an emotionally taxing divorce, and when the hospital she is employed at Read More

2004
Raising Genius

2004
A Mighty Wind

Actors: Bob Balaban, Christopher Guest, Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy, Michael McKean, Jane Lynch, John Michael Higgins

Synopsis: The writing and directing team who created Waiting for Guffman and Best in Show turn their satiric eye toward the world of folk music in this sly mockumentary. Irving Steinbloom was one of the great behind-the-scenes figures of the folk music boom of the late '50s and early '60s, and helped to Read More

4/16/03
War Stories

Synopsis: A feature-length pilot film for a proposed NBC series, War Stories is set in a battle-torn Middle Eastern country that is obviously Uzbekistan (but not identified as such). Cynical, hard-as-nails American war correspondent Ben Dansmore (Jeff Goldblum) balks at being assigned a new Read More

2003
Going Down

Actors: Jay Michael Ferguson, Josh Blake, Christine Lakin, Hope Riley, Matthew Carey

Synopsis: The debut film from director Joseph A. Pineda, Going Down is a raunchy independent comedy starring Jay Michael Ferguson and Josh Blake as two pals who find themselves mired in a fiasco in the aftermath of a wild party. With Jack's (Ferguson) parents due back in just a few hours, the guys find Read More

2003
Net Games

Actors: Monique Demers, C. Thomas Howell, Lala Sloatman, Samuel Ball

Synopsis: A man who has it all finds his perfect world spinning into a blinding storm of psychotic rage after engaging in a bout of extramarital cybersex in this thriller starring C. Thomas Howell. Despite having a life that every man would envy, Adam Vance (Howell) just can't help but feeling that his sex Read More

2003
Auto Focus

Actors: Greg Kinnear, Willem Dafoe, Rita Wilson, Maria Bello, Ron Leibman

Synopsis: The life and sordid, untimely death of Hogan's Heroes star Bob Crane are explored by director Paul Schrader in this biopic, which marks one of the few times the filmmaker has not scripted his own film. Auto Focus chronologically traces the meteoric rise of Crane's show business career, beginning Read More

10/18/02
Bug

Actors: Brian Cox, Michael Hitchcock, Jamie Kennedy, Jane Adams

Synopsis: Various lives intersect to curious results in this sometimes surreal tale of life in Silverlake, from the duo who scripted crazy/beautiful and The Tuxedo. As Chinese-food restaurant and donut shop owner Cyr's (Brian Cox) obsessive-compulsive leanings begin to get the best of him, his workers' Read More

2002
Get Over It!

Actors: Kirsten Dunst, Ben Foster, Melissa Sagemiller, Sisqo, Shane West, Colin Hanks, Martin Short

Synopsis: Ben Foster stars in this teenage comedy as Berke Landers, an average high schooler who has achieved high status by winning over Allison (Melissa Sagemiller), reputed to be the most popular and beautiful girl in his class. After an initially winning time, Allison finds herself drawn to the hot new Read More

3/9/01
Hounded

Actors: Tahj Mowry, Craig Kirkwood, Shia LaBeouf, Ed Begley, Jr.

Synopsis: Directed by Neal Israel, Hounded is a made-for-television family film about a 13-year-old boy named Jay Martin who has both a school paper and his chances for a scholarship stolen by his rival, Ronny Van Dusen, who just so happens to be the headmaster's son. Jay concocts a plan to right the Read More

2001
Diary of a Sex Addict

Actors: Nastassja Kinski, Michael Des Barres, Rosanna Arquette, Ed Begley, Jr.

Synopsis: Joseph Brustman's erotic drama Diary of a Sex Addict tells the tale of Sammy Horn (Michael Des Barres), a man whose sexual addiction forces him into situations where he risks the comfortable suburban life he has created for himself and his family. Rosanna Arquette, Nastassja Kinski, Ed Begley Jr. Read More

2001
Best in Show

Actors: Eugene Levy, Catherine O'Hara, Christopher Guest, John Michael Higgins, Michael McKean, Michael Hitchcock, Parker Posey, Jennifer Coolidge, Jane Lynch, Fred Willard

Synopsis: After parodying the idiosyncrasies of community theater devotees in the mock documentary Waiting for Guffman, actor/director Christopher Guest returns with another semi-improvised comedy that casts a satirical gaze on the world of championship dog breeding and training. A television crew is on Read More

9/29/00
Murder She Purred: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery

Actors: Ricki Lake, Blythe Danner, Anthony Clark, Linden Ashby, Ed Begley, Jr.

Synopsis: An amateur sleuth gets some help from her pets in this family-oriented mystery. Mary Haristeen (Ricki Lake), known to her friends as Harry, is the Post Mistress in a small Southern town; when she's not reading mystery novels, she tends to her cat, Mrs. Murphy (voice of Blythe Danner), and her dog Read More

2000
Homicide: The Movie

Actors: Daniel Baldwin, Ned Beatty, Ed Begley, Jr., Richard Belzer, Andre Braugher

Synopsis: Some six months after the cancellation of the popular, hard-hitting TV cop series Homicide, most of the cast members were reunited for a two-hour TV movie, which deftly (and somewhat surprisingly) combines stark, raw realism with Sartre-esque flights of fantasy. Several members past and present of Read More

2000
I'm Losing You

Actors: Rosanna Arquette, Amanda Donohoe, Buck Henry, Salome Jens, Frank Langella

Synopsis: This 1998 film about a dysfunctional Los Angeles family is directed by Bruce Wagner, on whose novel this is based. Everyone in this family has a problem. Perry (Frank Langella) is a successful TV producer who has been diagnosed with inoperable cancer just before his 60th birthday. His son Bertie (Andrew McCarthy Read More

7/16/99
Addams Family Reunion

Actors: Tim Curry, Daryl Hannah

Synopsis: In this made-for-TV sequel to the popular films, the Addams set out to find some of their weirder relatives. Tim Curry and Darryl Hannah star. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide Read More

1998
The Larry Sanders Show: Putting the "Gay" Back in Litigation

Synopsis: Hesitant to have Illeana Douglas as a guest on the show despite the fact that he's currently dating her, Larry (Garry Shandling) is compelled to coach the confounded actress through her appearance. Meanwhile, amidst a seemingly endless barrage of gay jokes from Phil (Wallace Langham), Brian (Scott Thompson Read More

1998
Joey

Actors: Jamie Croft, Alex McKenna, Rebecca Gibney, Ed Begley, Jr., Ruth Cracknell

Synopsis: This Australian animal adventure begins at a Queensland farm where young Billy (Jamie Croft), who lives with his widowed mother Penny (Rebecca Gibney), likes to watch the kangaroos, including baby Joey. Mean-spirited neighbor Dixon (Errol O'Neill) hires brutish Kanga Catcher (Harold Hopkins) to Read More

1997
Not in This Town

Actors: Kathy Baker, Adam Arkin, Max Gail, Bradford Tatum

Synopsis: A wife and mother from Billings, Montana takes a stand against a white supremacist hate group in Not In This Town. Tammy Schnitzer (Kathy Baker) and her husband Brian (Adam Arkin) hope to raise two young children in the quiet town. Henry Whitcomb (Ed Begley Jr.) leads the hate group into Read More

1997
The Lay of the Land

Actors: Sally Kellerman, Ed Begley, Jr., Sandra Taylor, Stuart Margolin, Tyne Daly

Synopsis: A pair of not-so-happily married academics confront their various emotional problems as temptations appear on all sides in this comedy. Mary Jane Dankworth (Sally Kellerman) teaches film at the same university where her husband Harvey (Ed Begley, Jr.) teaches Russian literature. Their relationship Read More

1997
The Drew Carey Show: Cap-Beer-Cino

Synopsis: The guys are appalled to discover that their coffee-flavored Buzz Beer has an upscale rival in the form of "Cap-Beer-Cino", created by shady entrepreneur Gus Vandekamp (Ed Begley Jr.). Actually, Gus brazenly stole the idea from the guys, but thanks to a legal loophole they can't do anything about Read More

1997
Alone

Actors: Ed Begley, Jr., Chris Cooper, Shelley Duvall, James Earl Jones, Hume Cronyn

Synopsis: A lonely man receives some not entirely welcome attention from his children in this drama written by Horton Foote. John Webb (Hume Cronyn) is an aging farmer from Texas who recently lost his wife and is coming to terms with spending the rest of his days on his own. An oil company believes that Read More

1997
Ms. Bear

Actors: Ed Begley, Jr., Shaun Johnston, Kaitlyn Burke, Natja Jamaan, Kimberly Warnat

Synopsis: In this heartwarming, youth-oriented outing, a 7-year-old girl finds the perfect playmate when she stumbles across a lost, lonely bear cub in the forest. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1997
Hourglass

Actors: C. Thomas Howell, Sofia Shinas, Ed Begley, Jr.

Synopsis: C. Thomas Howell made his directorial debut in this suspense thriller, in which he also stars as Michael Jardine, a successful fashion designer. When Jardine's wife drowns under mysterious circumstances, he finds himself the key suspect in the murder investigation led by police detective Cecil Read More

1996
Star Trek: Voyager: Future's End, Part I

Actors: Roxann Dawson

1996
Star Trek: Voyager: Future's End, Part II

Actors: Roxann Dawson

1996
7th Heaven [TV Series]

Actors: Tyler Hoechlin, George Stults, Stephen Collins, Catherine Hicks, Barry Watson, Jessica Biel, Beverley Mitchell, David Gallagher, MacKenzie Rosman

Synopsis: One of the most atypical weekly series to emerge from the Aaron Spelling TV factory, 7th Heaven, created by Spelling and Brenda Hampton, has eschewed the sex-and-sin shenanigans of such series as Beverly Hills 90210 and Melrose Place in favor of honest, three-dimensional family values, with Read More

1996
Santa with Muscles

Actors: Hulk Hogan, Ed Begley, Jr., Don Stark

Synopsis: Penurious but muscle-bound Blake Thorne (famed wrestler turned actor Hulk Hogan) has made a vast fortune marketing health food and health supplements. He once was a nice fellow, but as his wealth increases, he becomes increasingly self-centered and decadent. One day, he gets in a great paint-gun Read More

1996
The Late Shift

Actors: Kathy Bates, John Michael Higgins, Daniel Roebuck, Bob Balaban, Ed Begley, Jr.

Synopsis: Based on the non-fiction best-seller, The Late Shift is an irreverent, behind-the-scenes look at the conflict over who would succeed Johnny Carson as host of The Tonight Show, Jay Leno or David Letterman. Beginning with Carson's retirement, the made-for-cable film follows the backstage Read More

1996
Project: ALF

Actors: Ray Walston, Ed Begley, Jr., Martin Sheen, Jensen Daggett

Synopsis: This made-for-television comedy picks up where the popular alien TV-series ALF left off. Captured by the military on his way back home, ALF is forced to undergo experiments at the hands of the unsympathetic Col. Gilbert Milfoil (Martin Sheen). Two military officers take pity on poor ALF and decide Read More

1996
Touched By an Angel: 'Til We Meet Again

Synopsis: Monica (Roma Downey) is the nurse at the bedside of elderly Joe Carpenter (Harvey Vernon), who is on the verge of being "collected" by Angel of Death Andrew (John Dye). But before Joe can leave this world, Monica and Tess (Della Reese) must somehow repair the fractured relationships between the Read More

1996
Batman Forever

Actors: Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman, Chris O'Donnell

Synopsis: Director Joel Schumacher inherited the Batman franchise from Tim Burton and began steering it in the campier direction of the Sixties television show with this third installment. First-time Batman/Bruce Wayne (Val Kilmer), in his only outing as the Caped Crusader, is effectively brooding as he Read More

6/16/95
The Crazysitter

Synopsis: When an ex-con manages to schmooze her way into being a high-priced nanny for a rich family, she promptly tries to control the family's two adorable moppets. Unfortunately for her, the kids are none too keen on starting an early career in a sweat shop, and with Home Alone-like aplomb, they manage Read More

1995
Storybook

Actors: Swoosie Kurtz, William McNamara, Sean Fitzgerald, Richard Moll, Milton Berle, Ed Begley, Jr.

Synopsis: A trip to the attic of his new house lands young Brandon and his loyal dog in a magical world ruled by a wicked queen. There he meets a captive prince and vows to help the youthful prince relocate a powerful sword and prevent it from falling into the queen's greedy hands. This fantasy adventure is Read More

1995
Partners

1994
The Shaggy Dog

Actors: Ed Begley, Jr., Scott Weinger, Sharon Lawrence, Jon Polito, James Cromwell

Synopsis: In this television remake of Disney's zany feature, a teenager under a magic spell keeps turning into a sheepdog, much to his father's chagrin. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1994
The Pagemaster

Actors: Macaulay Culkin, Christopher Lloyd, Ed Begley, Jr., Mel Harris, Patrick Stewart

Synopsis: A young boy overcomes his obsessive fears by discovering a love for books in this animated fantasy adventure. In a live action wraparound, Macaulay Culkin stars as Richard Tyler, an easily bullied, nervous wreck of a kid who's an expert on safety statistics. His mother and father (Mel Harris and Ed Begley, Jr. Read More

1994
Renaissance Man

Actors: Danny DeVito, Gregory Hines, James Remar, Cliff Robertson, Lillo Brancato

Synopsis: Penny Marshall's feel-good comedy, invoking parts of Dead Poet's Society, Sister Act, and Private Benjamin, features Danny DeVito as Bill Rago, a divorced advertising man who is fired from his job. During an appointment at the unemployment office, a counselor finds him a job as a civilian Read More

1994
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

Actors: Uma Thurman, John Hurt, Rain Phoenix, Noriyuki "Pat" Morita, Lorraine Bracco

Synopsis: Writer/director Gus Van Sant's early bid for big-time commercial success -- a success he didn't manage to achieve until Good Will Hunting -- is based on Tom Robbins' 1976 feminist bestseller. Uma Thurman plays Sissy Hankshaw, a woman born with very large thumbs. After her parents (Grace Zabriskie Read More

1994
Greedy

Actors: Michael J. Fox, Kirk Douglas, Nancy Travis, Olivia D'Abo, Phil Hartman

Synopsis: It's been said that nothing can bring two men closer together than a dollar placed between them, and a large family finds themselves becoming far closer than they'd like over several million dollars in this satiric comedy. Uncle Joe McTeague (Kirk Douglas) is an elderly man with a multi-million Read More

1994
Incident at Deception Ridge

Actors: Michael O'Keefe, Linda Purl,