Jayne BrookFilmography

Searching for David's Heart

Synopsis: On her 16th birthday, Darcy Deeton (Danielle Panabaker) continues to grieve over her beloved brother David (Billy Aaron Brown), who had been killed in a freak car accident exactly one year earlier. Desperate for "closure", Darcy joins her friend Sam (Ricky Ullman) on a cross-country journey to Read More

Imagine That [TV Series]

Actors: Hank Azaria, Katey Sagal, Jayne Brook

Synopsis: This NBC sitcom went into production as The Hank Azaria Show, giving a pretty good indication of the star's identity. The versatile Hank Azaria, best known for his many voices on the animated series The Simpsons, was cast as Josh Miller, head writer of the late-night sketch comedy series Barb Read More

John Doe [TV Series]

Actors: Dominic Purcell, Azura Skye, Jayne Brook, John Marshall Jones, William Forsythe

Synopsis: Piecing together elements from such past series as The Profiler, Quantum Leap, and the 1967 cult classic Coronet Blue, John Doe starred Dominic Purcell as the title character. Awakening naked on a desert island, the hero eventually washed up in Seattle, where he quickly gained a reputation as a Read More

Into My Heart

Actors: Rob Morrow, Claire Forlani, Jake Weber, Jayne Brook

Synopsis: Sean Smith and Anthony Stark co-directed this romantic drama about an extramarital affair. At Columbia University, during the week of John Belushi's death, lifelong friends Ben (Rob Morrow) and Adam (Jake Weber) meet Nina (Claire Forlani) at a student bar. After Nina and Adam marry, she goes to Read More

Sports Night: The Local Weather

Synopsis: Still grappling with his recent psychiatric visits, Dan (Josh Charles) decides he'll skip his next visit with Dr. Abby Jacobs (Jayne Brook), but instead goes to her office and rattles off his day's highlights for the full length of his appointment. Later, back in the studio, he and the rest of the Read More

The District [TV Series]

Actors: Craig T. Nelson, Jayne Brook, Lynne Thigpen, Roger Aaron Brown, Sean Patrick Thomas

Synopsis: Craig T. Nelson stars as Jack Mannion, a policeman brought in to fight crime in the nation's capital in this television drama series. After a controversial but successful stint as chief of police in Newark, NJ, Mannion makes a positive impression on Deputy Mayor Mary Ann Mitchell (Jayne Brook) and Read More

My Mother the Spy

Actors: Jayne Brook, Dyan Cannon, Kevin Kilner, Gloria Stuart, Michael Benyaer

Synopsis: While vacationing in the Azores, attractive young book editor Alison Shaeffer (Jayne Brook) discovers to her dismay that her "absentee" mother Gloria (Dyan Cannon) is a longtime CIA agent. Alison doesn't quite swallow this revelation until both she and Gloria are kidnapped by the villainous Read More

Sports Night: Kyle Whitaker's Got Two Sacks

Synopsis: When Jeremy's (Joshua Malina) assistant Corbin (Charlie Finn) neglects to prepare a play sheet for an important story in the broadcast, Natalie (Sabrina Lloyd) demands Jeremy fire him or else she'll be forced to do it herself. Jeremy reluctantly agrees but has second thoughts while reconsidering Read More

Sports Night: Kafelnikov

Synopsis: While out for a drink, Dan (Josh Charles) strikes up a lively conversation with a woman named Abby Jacobs (Jayne Brook) who gives him her card before they part. Dan tells Casey (Peter Krause) about her the following day and shows him her card. Pointing out to Dan that Abby is a psychiatrist, Casey Read More

Sports Night: Shane

Synopsis: Dan (Josh Charles) continues to see psychiatrist Abby Jacobs (Jayne Brook), who continues to analyze Dan's neuroses -- a development that begins a very introspective time for the confused sportscaster. Meanwhile, Casey (Peter Krause) enthuses about his upcoming interview with old friend and new Read More

Mind Games

Actors: Jayne Brook, Lindsay Frost, Kyle Secor

Synopsis: In this dark thriller, a trusting family is torn apart by the machinations of a crazed, amoral psychotherapist. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Gattaca

Actors: Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law, Gore Vidal, Alan Arkin, Xander Berkeley

Synopsis: New Zealand screenwriter Andrew Niccol (The Truman Show) made his feature directorial debut with this science fiction drama, set in a future when one's life is determined by genetic engineering rather than education or experience. The wealthy can choose the genetic makeup of their descendants. Read More

Ed

Actors: Matt LeBlanc, Jayne Brook, Jack Warden, Bill Cobbs, Doren Fein, Jay Caputo

Synopsis: If, in the world of the movies, a dog can play basketball and a donkey can play football, why can't a chimp play baseball? That question is answered in the family comedy Ed. Jack "Deuce" Cooper (Matt LeBlanc) is a struggling baseball pitcher who has great natural talent but keeps choking under Read More

Last Dance

Actors: Sharon Stone, Rob Morrow, Randy Quaid, Peter Gallagher, Jack Thompson

Synopsis: The relationship between an unproven lawyer and the female convict he attempts to save from execution is detailed in this death-row drama. Sharon Stone plays against type as Cindy Liggett, convicted of murder at the age of 19, who has spent over a decade in prison awaiting execution. Having Read More

A Brother's Promise: The Dan Jansen Story

Actors: Matt Keeslar, Jayne Brook, Len Cariou

Synopsis: Matthew Keelar stars in this drama based on the true-life story of Dan Jansen, who strives to keep the pledge he made to his sister on her death bed by winning the Olympic gold medal in speed skating. The cast also includes Len Cariou and Jayne Brook. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide Read More

Bye Bye, Love

Actors: Matthew Modine, Randy Quaid, Paul Reiser, Janeane Garofalo, Rob Reiner

Synopsis: Three divorced fathers, played by Paul Reiser, Matthew Modine, and Randy Quaid, experience the joys and hardships of their former marriages, their relationships with their kids, and getting back into the dating scene in this whimsical comedy. Dave (Modine) is diligently playing the field, while Read More

In the Best of Families

Actors: Kelly McGillis, Keith Carradine, Harry Hamlin, Holland Taylor, Jayne Brook

Synopsis: The full title of this made-for-TV film was In the Best of Families: Pride and Madness. Based on a true story, the film details the bitter divorce between overly idealistic Keith Carradine and emotionally disturbed Kelly McGillis. Caught in the middle are the couple's sons, played by Erik Von Detten Read More

Clean Slate

Actors: Dana Carvey, Valeria Golino, James Earl Jones, Kevin Pollak, Michael Gambon

Synopsis: Dana Carvey plays a private detective who forgets everything when he goes to sleep at night, waking up each morning with a "clean slate," in this hit-and-miss comedy that plays like a companion piece to the much funnier Groundhog Day. Pogue (Carvey) is afflicted with his unique form of amnesia Read More

Doing Time on Maple Drive

Actors: James B. Sikking, Bibi Besch, David Byron, Jayne Brook, Jim Carrey

Synopsis: In this made-for-TV drama, a New England family's secrets all come tumbling out at once as they spend a weekend together to celebrate the engagement of their youngest son. Lisa Carter (Bibi Besch) and her military husband, Phil (James B. Sikking), couldn't be happier when their youngest son, Matt Read More

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead

Actors: Christina Applegate, Joanna Cassidy, John Getz, Josh Charles, Keith Coogan

Synopsis: Christina Applegate stars in this convoluted comedy that comes across as a teen fantasy combination of Home Alone and Working Girl. The premise is all in the title -- when the mother (Concetta Tomei) of a sniveling group of surly kids goes on a much-deserved summer vacation, she leaves her kids Read More

Kindergarten Cop

Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penelope Ann Miller, Pamela Reed, Linda Hunt, Richard Tyson

Synopsis: Arnold Schwarzenegger sheds his action image in Ivan Reitman's police comedy Kindergarten Cop, where he plays an undercover cop teaching a class of hyperactive six-year-olds. As the film begins, John Kimble (Schwarzenegger) and his partner Phoebe O'Hara (Pamela Reed) are in pursuit of notorious Read More

Superman IV: The Quest for Peace

Actors: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure, Mariel Hemingway, Jon Cryer

Synopsis: Superman (Christopher Reeve) tries to save the world from nuclear destruction at the hands of Lex Luthor (Gene Hackman) in this action film featuring the man of steel. In a speech to the United Nations, Superman declares he will rid the world of all nuclear weapons. Arch-villain Luthor emerges Read More