T.K. CarterFilmography

Domino

Actors: Keira Knightley, Mickey Rourke, Edgar Ramirez, Delroy Lindo

Synopsis: The (mostly) true story of a Hollywood princess turned bounty hunter is told in this witty action-drama from director Tony Scott. Domino Harvey (Keira Knightley) was the daughter of famed actor Laurence Harvey (played by Jesse Pate) who passed on when Domino was only eight years old. Domino's Read More

BAADASSSSS!

Actors: Paul Rodriguez, Ossie Davis, Rainn Wilson, Joy Bryant, Khleo Thomas, T.K. Carter, David Alan Grier, Nia Long, Mario Van Peebles

Synopsis: In 1971, filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles released his third film, Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song, which he wrote, directed, and scored. Despite boasting an all-black cast, an X rating, a low budget, and a decidedly non-Hollywood approach to moviemaking, the ground-breaking independent film went on Read More

The Corner

Actors: T.K. Carter, Khandi Alexander, Sean Nelson, Glenn Plummer

Synopsis: The toll that drugs and crime have taken on an economically-depressed African-American neighborhood in Baltimore paints the backdrop for this miniseries produced for and initially aired by the premium cable network HBO. Gary McCullogh (T.K. Carter) was once a hard-working man with an education and Read More

NYPD Blue: What's Up, Chuck?

Synopsis: Medavoy (Gordon Clapp) and Martinez (Nicholas Turturro) pursue their theory that a man whose body was found in a dumpster may have been killed by his violence-prone brothers. Diane (Kim Delaney) and Jill (Andrea Thompson) investigate when a young girl disappears, a case that leads to a bizarre Read More

Yesterday's Target

Actors: Daniel Baldwin, Stacy Haiduk, T.K. Carter

Synopsis: In this sci-fi thriller which opens in the year 2025, researchers have been able to create a new race of people with remarkable mental powers, such as ESP. In order to insure their safety, three of these gifted individuals must be sent back in time 30 years to protect a young man who years later Read More

A Different World: Dancing Machines

Synopsis: At the request of the girl's father, Whitley (Jasmine Guy) allows her student Dashawn Curtis (Jonell Green) to stay at her house over the weekend. Appalled at Dashawn's tomboyish behavior, Whitley admonishes her to act more like a lady--resulting in chaos when Dashawn decides to play a few Read More

A Different World: Cabin in the Sky

Synopsis: To afford a second honeymoon at a remote mountain cabin, Dwayne (Kadeem Hardison) and Whitley (Jasmine Guy) agree to share the place with Mr. and Mrs. Gaines (Lou Myers, Bebe Drake-Massey). This romantic getaway proves to be anything but thanks to a rampaging skunk and the less-than-stellar Read More

A Rage in Harlem

Actors: Forest Whitaker, Gregory Hines, Robin Givens, Zakes Mokae, Danny Glover

Synopsis: Bill Duke directs this quirky film adaptation of Chester Himes' crime novel -- a heavily plotted gangster tale with a sweet love story hidden underneath. The film begins in Natchez, Mississippi in 1956. During a police shoot-out with the mob leader Slim's (Badja Djola) gang, Slim's moll Imabelle (Robin Givens Read More

Ski Patrol

Actors: Roger Rose, Corby Timbrook, T.K. Carter, Leslie Jordan, George Lopez, Martin Mull

Synopsis: In this slapstick comedy, a group of faithful ski patrol members set out to save Snowy Peaks ski resort from the evil plans of greedy businessman Maris (Martin Mull). ~ Iotis Erlewine, All Movie Guide Read More

Polly

Actors: Celeste Holm, Phylicia Rashad

Synopsis: There were those in 1989 who bellyached that Disney Television's Polly was a far from faithful adaptation of Eleanor Porter's classic novel Pollyanna. What they meant was that Polly did not resemble the 1960 Hayley Mills movie version of Pollyanna, which itself played fast and loose with the Read More

Amazon Women on the Moon

Actors: Rosanna Arquette, Ralph Bellamy, Carrie Fisher, Griffin Dunne, Steve Guttenberg

Synopsis: The 1987 portmanteau comedy feature Amazon Women on the Moon lampoons several film genres in general and the 1954 sci-fi cheapie Cat Women of the Moon in particular. Other sketches in Amazon Women include an opening bit with Arsenio Hall; a vignette titled "Son of the Invisible Man" wherein a Read More

He's My Girl

Actors: T.K. Carter, David Hallyday, Misha McK, Jennifer Tilly, Warwick Sims

Synopsis: When aspiring musician Bryan Peters (David Hallyday) wins a trip to L.A. to meet his rock idol (Warwick Sims), there's one catch: bachelor Bryan must bring a girl friend. This could present a problem, since he doesn't have one. The solution: his manager Reggie (T.K. Carter) goes drag. ~ Jason Read More

Runaway Train

Actors: Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca De Mornay, Kyle Heffner, John Ryan

Synopsis: Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky's second American film may well be the only existential adventure flick in Hollywood history. Two prisoners, Manny (Jon Voight) and Buck (Eric Roberts), escape from a desolate Alaskan maximum-security facility. They hop aboard a speeding train, making a clean Read More

Punky Brewster: Season 02

Actors: Soleil Moon Frye, George Gaynes, Susie Garrett, Cherie Johnson, Ami Foster

Synopsis: Spunky nine-year-old Penelope "Punky" Brewster (Soleil Moon Frye) and her foster father, middle-aged bachelor photographer Henry Warnimont (George Gaynes), continue to adjust themselves to one another's presence (sometimes successfully) as the heartwarming sitcom Punky Brewster begins its second Read More

Punky Brewster [TV Series]

Actors: Soleil Moon Frye, George Gaynes, Susie Garrett, Cherie Johnson, Ami Foster

Synopsis: Child actress Soleil Moon Frye played the title role in the lightweight half-hour sitcom Punky Brewster. After being abandoned by her parents, resourceful eight-year-old Penelope "Punky" Brewster moved into an an empty Chicago apartment with her little dog, Brandon. They were discovered and Read More

Carpool

Actors: Ernest Borgnine, T.K. Carter, Stephanie Faracy, Harvey Korman, Peter Scolari

Synopsis: This made-for-TV comedy postulates that, someday, members of carpools will be selected by computer. The four so anointed herein are Harvey Korman, Peter Scolari, T.K. Carter and Stephanie Faracy. Their lives go along in their usual luckless fashion until the quarter of mismatched "poolers" find Read More

Doctor Detroit

Actors: Dan Aykroyd, Howard Hesseman, T.K. Carter, Donna Dixon, Lynn Whitfield

Synopsis: A college professor (Dan Aykroyd is forced to go undercover as a Chicago pimp disguised by a bushy wig -- the height of hairlarity in this anemic comedy. When Smooth Walker (Howard Hesseman) is hunted by his gangster rival, Mom (Kate Murtagh), he foists his bevy of hookers on the professor -- and Read More

The Thing

Actors: Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, T.K. Carter, David Clennon, Keith David

Synopsis: John Carpenter's The Thing is both a remake of Howard Hawks' 1951 film of the same name and a re-adaptation of the John W. Campbell Jr. story "Who Goes There?" on which it was based. Carpenter's film is more faithful to Campbell's story than Hawks' version and also substantially more reliant on Read More

Southern Comfort

Actors: Keith Carradine, Powers Boothe, Fred Ward, Franklyn Seales, T.K. Carter

Synopsis: A handful of part time soldiers unwittingly turn a field exercise into a miniature war in this offbeat action drama from writer and director Walter Hill. A group of National Guard reservists are sent to Louisiana on a chilly weekend for war games exercises. None of these weekend warriors seem Read More

Underground Aces

Synopsis: Ever wonder what happens to your car when you give it to a parking lot attendant? Find out in this zany slapstick comedy set in an exclusive Beverly Hills Hotel. There the attendants gleefully smash and bash the expensive cars of patrons while trying to get them parked. The story really perks up Read More

Teen Mothers

Synopsis: Two unwed youths head for New York tenements with their child after they are driven from their homes. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide Read More

The Hollywood Knights

Actors: Fran Drescher, Leigh French, Randy Gornel, Gary Graham, Sandy Helberg, Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert Wuhl, Tony Danza

Synopsis: Fran Drescher, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Tony Danza are the most notable aspects of this forgettable teen drama that features a gang of youths in a car club who decide to battle it out with the establishment in Beverly Hills. It seems their favorite haunt, the last drive-in restaurant in the Read More

Seems Like Old Times

Actors: Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase, Charles Grodin, Robert Guillaume, Harold Gould

Synopsis: For the first (and thus far the only) time in his career, Chevy Chase plays a genuinely sympathetic character in Neil Simon's Seems Like Old Times. This time around, Chase is a divorced novelist who is abducted by crooks and set up as the fall guy in a bank robbery. Arrested, Chase manages to Read More

The Waltons: The Festival

Synopsis: Impressed by the trumpet-playing skills of his black friend Josh Foster (now played by James Bond III, replacing Todd Bridges), Jason (Jon Walmsley) suggests that Josh perform at the annual Spring Festival. Unfortunately, racial prejudice rears its ugly head, and it looks as if Josh will never be Read More

Quincy, M.E.: Crib Job

Synopsis: Quincy (Jack Klugman) receives an urgent call from his friend Rosey Grier (playing himself), who is currently running Giant Step, a city-funded remedial program for delinquents. One of Grier's charges, troubled teenager Victor Garn (Todd Davis), has been accused of murdering an old man, and the Read More

The Jeffersons: Homecoming, Part 2

Actors: Sherman Hemsley, Isabel Sanford, Roxie Roker, Franklin Cover, Damon Evans

Synopsis: In this second episode of a two-part story, George Jefferson (Sherman Hemsley) steps up his campaign to purchase a warehouse owned by Alan Willis (Jay Hammer), the hippie son of interracial couple Tom and Helen Willis (Franklin Cover, Roxie Roker). Taking advantage of an argument between Alan and Read More

Good Times: J.J. and the Boss' Daughter

Synopsis: Not realizing that his new assistant, Val (Tanya Boyd), is his boss' daughter, J.J. (Jimmie Walker) puts on the usual amorous moves. Eventually, J.J. learns the truth -- and not long afterward he receives a promotion at the art agency. Is it remotely possible that J.J. is currying romantic favor Read More

Good Times: Wheels

Synopsis: Shifty landlord Nathan Bookman (Johnny Brown) sells a dilapidated used car to J.J. (Jimmie Walker) and his friends. This joint-ownership setup results in a great deal of ill will when the buddies argue over who can drive the car, and when it can be driven. As the story rolls merrily along, it's a Read More

Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid

Actors: LeVar Burton, Ossie Davis, Roxie Roker

Synopsis: Twenty-year-old LeVar Burton followed up his spectacular television debut in Roots with the made-for-TV film Billy: Portrait of a Street Kid. As can be gathered by the title, Billy (Burton) is a ghetto youth with little chance for a bright future. He gets his chance to escape his dead-end Read More