Miguel FerrerFilmography

Justice League: The New Frontier

Actors: Kyle MacLachlan, Jeremy Sisto, Lucy Lawless, Neil Patrick Harris, David Boreanaz

Synopsis: Adapted from the six-issue comic book series originally published in 2004, the animated adventure Justice League: The New Frontier follows the epic adventures of Superman and his fellow DC Comics superheroes from the end of World War II to the global tensions of the Cold War. In addition to Read More

Bionic Woman [TV Series]

Actors: Michelle Ryan, Miguel Ferrer, Molly Price, Will Yun Lee, Chris Bowers

Synopsis: A remake of the popular 1970s fantasy/adventure series of the same name, NBC's Bionic Woman starred Michelle Ryan as Jaime Sommers, the character originally played by Lindsay Wagner. In the earlier series, Jaime was a professional athlete; in the new version, she was a bartender and soon-to-be Read More

The Man

Actors: Samuel L. Jackson, Eugene Levy, Luke Goss, Miguel Ferrer, Susie Essman

Synopsis: Les Mayfield directs Samuel L. Jackson and Eugene Levy in the buddy action comedy The Man. Jackson plays ATF agent Derrick Vann. His partner, who it turns out was corrupt, has been killed after a cache of guns were stolen from the ATF office in Detroit. Internal affairs believe Derrick was in on Read More

Silver City

Actors: Danny Huston, Maria Bello, Billy Zane, Chris Cooper, Richard Dreyfuss, Daryl Hannah, Kris Kristofferson, Mary Kay Place, Miguel Ferrer, Thora Birch

Synopsis: Celebrated writer and director John Sayles turns his eye to politics in America in this drama. The son of respected Colorado politician Senator Jud Pilager (Michael Murphy), Dicky Pilager (Chris Cooper) is a charming but half-bright man with a bad habit of mangling the English language and a Read More

The Manchurian Candidate

Actors: Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber, Jon Voight

Synopsis: Jonathan Demme directed this updated remake of John Frankenheimer's 1962 cult favorite The Manchurian Candidate, a pioneering examination of political conspiracy and psychological reconditioning. Major Bennett Marco (Denzel Washington) and Sergeant Raymond Shaw (Liev Schreiber) are two soldiers Read More

Sunshine State

Actors: Edie Falco, Angela Bassett, Jane Alexander, Ralph Waite, James McDaniel, Timothy Hutton, Mary Steenburgen, Gordon Clapp, Miguel Ferrer

Synopsis: Writer and director John Sayles returns with another multi-layered look at an American community, subtly exploring how race, class, economics, and both national and regional history come together to shape people's lives. Plantation Island is a community on the coast of Florida; the island was once Read More

Heartland Ghost

Actors: Randy Birch, Beau Bridges, Richard Halliday, Lori Ravensbourg, Nia Long

Synopsis: Based upon an allegedly factual story featured in the paranormal reality series Sightings, this made-for-cable chiller stars Beau Bridges as Derek, a cynical TV producer. Despite his own personal skepticism concerning supernatural activity, Derek agrees to visit a supposedly haunted house in Read More

Crossing Jordan: Season 01

Actors: Jill Hennessy, Miguel Ferrer, Ken Howard, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, Ravi Kapoor

Traffic

Actors: Michael Douglas, Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro, Luis Guzman, Dennis Quaid, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Erika Christensen

Synopsis: Described by director Steven Soderbergh as "Nashville meets The French Connection," this multi-character drama explores the effects of international drug trafficking on all fronts: from their source, to the U.S. border, to the federal government, to the private lives of users. Based upon a Read More

Matisse & Picasso

Synopsis: Originally aired on public television in 2001, Matisse & Picasso is one of the first documentaries filmed in high-definition television. The program explores the competitive nature of the relationship between Spanish painter, sculptor, graphic, and ceramic artist Pablo Picasso and French painter Read More

Mulan

Actors: Ming-Na Wen, Lea Salonga, Eddie Murphy, B.D. Wong, Donny Osmond

Synopsis: Inspired by a familiar Chinese folk tale, this $90 million animated Disney drama follows the adventures of a young woman in ancient China. Character animator Tony Bancroft and 17-year Disney veteran Barry Cook (Captain EO, Tron, Trail Mix-Up) formed the directing team with production design by Read More

Brave New World

Actors: Peter Gallagher, Leonard Nimoy, Tim Guinee, Rya Kihlstedt, Sally Kirkland

Synopsis: Aldous Huxley's 1932 science fiction novel was previously adapted to film (a 1980 TV movie starring Bud Cort) and radio (a 1956 CBS Radio Workshop two-parter with an opening intro by Huxley) and again to TV in this 1998 production. In a high-tech city of a future time, humans are genetically Read More

The Night Flier

Actors: Miguel Ferrer, Julie Entwisle, Dan Monahan, Michael H. Moss, Merton H. Moss, John Bennes

Synopsis: Stephen King's short story, The Night Flier, originally appeared in Prime Evil: New Stories by the Masters of Modern Horror (1988), edited by Washington, D.C., lawyer Douglas E. Winter, and it was later collected in King's Nightmares & Dreamscapes (1993). This film adaptation aired on HBO Read More

LateLine [TV Series]

Actors: Al Franken, Robert Foxworth, Miguel Ferrer, Megyn Price, Sanaa Lathan

Synopsis: This just in: Nightline meets The Mary Tyler Moore Show in Lateline, an ensemble TV sitcom about a late-night news-and-issues series with a show-within-a-show format, incorporating real-life guests and using digital time updates and video to contrast "on-air" scenes with the filmed footage of the Read More

Where's Marlowe?

Actors: Miguel Ferrer, Mos Def, John Livingston, Elizabeth Schofield, Barbara Howard

Synopsis: Daniel Pyne directed and co-scripted (with John Mankiewicz) this satirical look at private eyes, originally planned as a TV series but instead later expanded into a feature. Before a switch to color, the film begins with a black and white prologue in which NYU film-school graduates Wilton Crawley (Mos Def Read More

Death in Granada

Actors: Andy Garcia, Esai Morales, Edward James Olmos, Jeroen Krabbé, Marcela Walerstein

Synopsis: Drawing its basic story from author Ian Gibson's investigation into the real-life murder of Andalusian poet Federico Garcia Lorca at the dawn of the Spanish Civil War, this English-language thriller begins in 1935 as exiled Spanish journalist Ricardo and his family resettle in Puerto Rico. For Read More

Mr. Magoo

Actors: Leslie Nielsen, Kelly Lynch, Matt Keeslar, Nick Chinlund, Stephen Tobolowsky

Synopsis: Action-adventure director Stanley Tong (Supercop, Rumble in the Bronx) did a change of pace by directing this live-action adaptation of UPA's bumbling, near-sighted Mr. Magoo the animated-series character created during the '40s by John Hubley and others for the cartoon short Ragtime Bear (1949). Read More

Project: ALF

Actors: Ed Begley, Jr., Ray Walston, 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

Royce

Actors: James Belushi

The Stand

Actors: Gary Sinise, Molly Ringwald, Jamey Sheridan, Laura San Giacomo, Ruby Dee, Ossie Davis, Miguel Ferrer, Rob Lowe

Synopsis: Originally aired as a television mini-series, this all-star filmization of Stephen King's gripping epic of good versus evil chronicles the episodic adventures of a disparate group of people who struggle to reestablish civilization after a man-made catastrophe wipes out most of the world's Read More

Blank Check

Actors: Brian Bonsall, Karen Duffy, Miguel Ferrer, James Rebhorn, Tone-Loc

Synopsis: This low-rent Disney comedy mines the Home Alone territory for labored laughs. Brian Bonsall stars as the eleven-year-old Preston Waters, who is low-kid on the family totem pole -- his father Fred (James Rebhorn) lectures him on saving his money, while his older brothers, Ralph (Michael Faustino) Read More

Jack Reed: A Search for Justice

Actors: Brian Dennehy, Charles S. Dutton, Kevin Dunn, Susan Ruttan, Miguel Ferrer, Joe Grifasi, Suki Kaiser

Synopsis: Chicago's most dedicated police officer Jack Reed (Brian Dennehy) returns in this police drama to solve a murder and to clean up his own corrupt department. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Incident at Deception Ridge

Actors: Michael O'Keefe, Linda Purl, Ed Begley, Jr., Colleen Flynn, Miguel Ferrer

Synopsis: In this made-for-TV action adventure, some criminals terrorize a Seattle-bound bus filled with innocent passengers after a kidnapping goes awry. Michael O'Keefe stars as Jack Boulder, a just-released ex-con who, along with some resourceful characters, helps his fellow bus passengers defend Read More

Point of No Return

Actors: Bridget Fonda, Gabriel Byrne, Dermot Mulroney, Miguel Ferrer, Anne Bancroft

Synopsis: Director John Badham's remake of French action thriller La Femme Nikita moves the action to the U.S., where Maggie (Bridget Fonda) is a strung-out Washington, D.C. drug addict who kills a policeman in a pharmaceutical-induced haze. Sentenced to death, Maggie is rescued by a shady operative, Bob (Gabriel Byrne Read More

Scam

Actors: Christopher Walken, Lorraine Bracco, Miguel Ferrer, Martin Donovan, Maxi Priest

Synopsis: In this erotic thriller, two bunco artists ply their trade in Miami Beach. They prey upon wealthy marks; the female grifter uses all her wiles to seduce men out of their cash. It works fine until she tries to con ex-G-man Jack Shanks. He catches on and ends up blackmailing her into helping him get Read More

The Harvest

Actors: Miguel Ferrer, Anthony John Denison, Leilani Sarelle, Henry Silva, Harvey Fierstein, Tim Thomerson

Synopsis: Based on a popular urban myth, The Harvest is about a screenwriter (Miguel Ferrer) who is seduced by a sexy dancer (Leilani Sarelle Ferrer) while he is researching and writing a script in Mexico. She leads him down to the beach, where a group of thugs knock him unconscious. When he wakes up, his Read More

Hot Shots! Part Deux

Actors: Charlie Sheen, Lloyd Bridges, Valeria Golino, Richard Crenna, Brenda Bakke

Synopsis: Movie references, sight gags, silly puns, and double entendres abound in Hot Shots! Part Deux, Jim Abrahams' sequel to Hot Shots -- only now the object of the skewering is the Stallone Rambo movies instead of Top Gun. Charlie Sheen returns as the lunk-headed Topper Harley, who has retreated to a Read More

Another Stakeout

Actors: Richard Dreyfuss, Emilio Estevez, Rosie O'Donnell, Dennis Farina, Marcia Strassman

Synopsis: In Stakeout, cop Richard Dreyfuss fell in love with Madeline Stowe, the woman he and his partner Emilio Estevez were watching during a police stakeout. Stowe's back in Another Stakeout, but her part is fleeting and unbilled. On the other hand, we get plenty of Dreyfuss and Estevez, still both as Read More

It's All True

Synopsis: Both a documentary and a unique exercise in film restoration, It's All True tells the complex story of Orson Welles' ill-fated attempts to make an anthology film about the life and culture of South America and concludes with a reconstruction of one of Welles' unfinished segments, edited together Read More

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

Actors: Sheryl Lee, Chris Isaak, Ray Wise, David Bowie, Moira Kelly, Kyle MacLachlan, Harry Dean Stanton

Synopsis: David Lynch's prequel to his cult television series "Twin Peaks" concerns the last seven days in the life of Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee), whose plastic-wrapped corpse, found floating in a river, was the fulcrum for the television series. During the day in the town of Twin Peaks, Laura is a top Read More

In the Shadow of a Killer

Synopsis: When a decorated New York City policeman voiced his opposition to an accused cop killer's death sentence, his co-workers ostracized him in this true story. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Murder in High Places

Synopsis: Murder in High Places is a made-for-TV whodunit set at a Colorado ski resort ("High Places." Get It?). Adam Baldwin, an ex-football pro turned cop, is the investigating officer in a homicide case. He is aided and abetted by Ted Levine, an alcoholic ex-newsman (what price Hunter Thompson?) who is Read More

The Guardian

Actors: Jenny Seagrove, Dwier Brown, Carey Lowell, Brad Hall, Miguel Ferrer

Synopsis: The Exorcist director William Friedkin made a return to the horror genre with this blend of straightforward suspense and Druid myth-inspired horror-fantasy. The idyllic lives of yuppie couple Phil and Kate (Dwier Brown and Carey Lowell) seem complete when they select the winsome young Camilla (Jenny Seagrove Read More

Revenge

Actors: Kevin Costner, Anthony Quinn, Madeleine Stowe, Sally Kirkland, Tomas Milian, Joaquin Martinez, James Gammon, Joe Santos

Synopsis: Kevin Costner plays an ex-pilot who visits the posh Mexican estate of an old associate (Anthony Quinn) "Tibey" Mendes, for a bit of R & R. Tibey has turned into a very powerful Godfather type who rules his world and those who touch it. Costner can't help but notice his old friend's incredibly Read More

Twin Peaks: Episode 02

Synopsis: Originally broadcast on April 19, 1990, the memorable and pivotal second episode of Twin Peaks, "Zen, or the Skill of Catching a Killer," contains the infamous surreal dream sequence with the Little Man From Another Place (Michael J. Anderson). On Saturday night, sleazy businessman Benjamin Horne (Richard Beymer Read More

Valentino Returns

Actors: Barry Tubb, Frederic Forrest, Veronica Cartwright, Jenny Wright

Synopsis: Set in the '50s, this drama follows the turbulent life of the Gibbs family. While Patricia (Veronica Cartwright) and Sonny (Frederic Forrest) are struggling with their recent separation, their lonely teenage son, Wayne (Barry Tubb), is finally able to purchase his dream car, a pink Cadillac; he Read More

DeepStar Six

Actors: Taurean Blacque, Nancy Everhard, Greg Evigan, Miguel Ferrer, Nia Peeples

Synopsis: Friday the 13th director Sean S. Cunningham helmed this sea-monster opus about a team of engineers on an undersea missile platform who disturb the slumber of a huge, killer crustacean, which soon develops a taste for human-flavored snacks. The rubbery-looking beastie is quite a laugh, but there Read More

Shannon's Deal

Actors: Jamey Sheridan

Synopsis: Cynical Philadelphia lawyer-turned-p.i. Jamey Sheridan aims his investigatory skills at an international smuggling ring. Sheridan wants to know who's supplying the weapons that are leaving the country, and who's supplying the drugs that are rolling in. The deeper he digs, the dirtier it gets; Read More

C.A.T. Squad: Python Wolf

Robocop

Actors: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, Dan O'Herlihy

Synopsis: Paul Verhoeven's American breakthrough film, Robocop, is an exceedingly violent blend of black comedy, science fiction, and crime thriller. Set in Detroit sometime in the near future, the film is about a policeman (Peter Weller) killed in the line of duty whom the department decides to resurrect Read More

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock

Actors: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, George Takei, Walter Koenig, James Doohan

Synopsis: When last we left the crew of the star ship Enterprise, they were heading home following a skirmish with the despotic Khan. The unpleasant incident had cost the life of Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy)--or so it seemed. Admiral Kirk (William Shatner) is informed by Spock's father Sarek (Mark Lenard Read More

Flashpoint

Actors: Kris Kristofferson, Treat Williams, Rip Torn, Kevin Conway, Kurtwood Smith, Tess Harper

Synopsis: Bob Logan (Kris Kristofferson) and Ernie Wyatt (Treat Williams) are freewheeling U.S. border patrol officers in a tiny Texas town. Though they're "oil and water" in terms of personality, they're a dynamite team on the job. Coming across a million dollars in stolen money, their relationship Read More

Lovelines

Actors: Greg Bradford, Mary Beth Evans, Michael Winslow, Don Michael Paul, Tammy Taylor

Synopsis: Yet another teen romance and hijinks movie for the pre-pubescent, this film is set in the mid-1950s and involves two rival California high schools whose bands are in serious competition. Other than that plot device, there is a telephone hotline to teen love run by J.D. (Michael Winslow) and the Read More

The Man Who Wasn't There

Actors: Steve Guttenberg, Jeffrey Tambor, Lisa Langlois, Art Hindle, Morgan Hart

Synopsis: Sam Cooper (Steve Gutenberg) is an attaché in the U.S. State Department when, on the day before his wedding, a dying scientist hands him a formula that induces invisibility, and Sam finds himself fleeing with the maid of honor to escape both Russian and U.S. agents. Hotly pursued by everyone, Sam Read More

Heartbreaker

Actors: Fernando Allende, Dawn Dunlap, Peter Gonzales Falcon, Miguel Ferrer, Michael D. Roberts

Synopsis: In this surprisingly chaste and some would say bland movie, car clubs in East L.A. with their low-riding, decorated, custom vehicles provide the background for gang rivalry and a blossoming romance between Beto (Fernando Allende in his first English-speaking role) and the blonde newcomer to the Read More

Truckin' Buddy McCoy

Actors: Terence Knox, Myra Chason, Miguel Ferrer

Synopsis: In an insipid variation of boy meets truck, Buddy McCoy (Terence Knox) wins a Mack truck in a contest and leaves his live-in woman behind to hit the road and find himself. Along the way, he hangs out for awhile with another trucker, has a few sexual adventures, and gets into a brawl or two -- but Read More

Magnum, P.I.: Lest We Forget

Synopsis: Supreme Court nominee Judge Robert Caine (Jose Ferrer) gives Magnum (Tom Selleck) 24 hours to locate the woman Caine married in Honolulu on December 6, 1941, when he was a Navy ensign and she was a prostitute. Someone is blackmailing the Judge, and he thinks that the long-lost (and presumed dead) Read More