Teri Polo Filmography

Born:: June 1, 1969 in Dover, DE
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: After toiling for a decade in low-grade films and a host of TV shows, Teri Polo finally earned a helping of recognition, topped off with a dollop of critical appreciation, for her portrayal of Ben Stiller's would-be fiancée in Jay Roach's 2000 autumn blockbuster Meet the Parents. The casting of...Read More

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Material Lies

Actors: Dean Cain, Teri Polo, Jay Thomas

Synopsis: A group of college friends are brought together for a reunion by Josh (Dean Cain), a down and out actor whose recent diagnosis of leukemia leads him to try his hand at pacifying old wounds, including those of his ex-girlfriend, Ginni (Teri Polo), even if he has to pose as a wealthy socialite to do Read More

2009
The Hole

Actors: Chris Massogloa, Haley Bennett, Nathan Gamble, Teri Polo

Synopsis: Joe Dante (Gremlins) directs this 3-D extravaganza concerning two brothers who discover a hole in their basement that acts like a portal to a dark world. Vacancy's Mark Smith provides the screenplay for the Bold Films production. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide Read More

1/1/09
Full of It

Actors: Ryan Pinkston, Kate Mara, Craig Kilborn, John Carroll Lynch, Cynthia Stevenson

Synopsis: A teenager with a penchant for tall tales becomes tangled in his own complex web of deceit upon transferring to a new school in this cautionary comedy of little white lies starring Craig Kilborn, Carmen Electra, Teri Polo, and Ryan Pinkston. Sam Leonard (Pinkston) is the new kid at Bridgeport Read More

3/2/07
The Wedding Bells [TV Series]

Actors: KaDee Strickland, Teri Polo, Sarah Jones, Michael Landes, Benjamin King

Synopsis: Reportedly based on an actual Long Island business concern called "Leonard's", the Fox dramedy The Wedding Bells was the saga of a family-owned wedding planning business, the Wedding Palace (one of the original titles for this series--along with "The Wedding Album", "The Wedding Planners" and "The Read More

2007
Meet the Fockers

Actors: Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand, Blythe Danner

Synopsis: After suffering the humiliation of being given the third degree by his girlfriend's father, one man now faces the even more embarrassing task of introducing his own mother and father in this star-studded sequel to the box-office smash Meet the Parents. After getting off on the wrong foot (to put Read More

12/22/04
Beyond Borders

Actors: Angelina Jolie, Clive Owen, Teri Polo, Linus Roache, Yorick Van Wageningen

Synopsis: Martin Campbell directs the romantic adventure Beyond Borders. Angelina Jolie stars as Sarah Jordan, a American living with her wealthy British husband, Henry Bauford (Linus Roache), in London during the early '80s. At a charity benefit, she meets passionate relief worker Nick Callahan (Clive Read More

10/24/03
Straight from the Heart

Actors: Teri Polo, Andrew McCarthy, Patricia Kalember, Greg Evigan, Christine Tucci

Synopsis: The old "wrong person answers the 'object-matrimony' ad" story device was refreshingly brought up to date in this made-for-TV romance. Jilted by her boyfriend, professional photographer Jordan Donovan (Teri Polo) decides that her problem is one of bad location; though a New Yorker for several Read More

2003
I'm With Her [TV Series]

Actors: Teri Polo, David Sutcliffe, Danny Comden, Rhea Seehorn

Synopsis: Based on the real-life romance between series co-creator Chris Henchy and film favorite Brooke Shields, this ABC sitcom starred David Sutcliffe as high school English teacher Patrick Owen and Teri Polo as gorgeous movie star Alex Young. "Meeting cute" when Patrick was attacked by Alex's dog, the Read More

2003
Second String

Actors: Gil Bellows, Jon Voight, Teri Polo, Richard T. Jones

Synopsis: This made-for-cable "feel good" picture begins with a "feel-bad" moment, as the entire first-string offensive squad of the Buffalo Bills football team falls victim to food poisoning. With no other option, the Bills' ulcerated coach Ditcher (Jon Voight) must rely upon the team's second-string Read More

2002
Domestic Disturbance

Actors: John Travolta, Vince Vaughn, Teri Polo, Matt O'Leary, Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Synopsis: John Travolta stars in this thriller as divorced husband and father Frank Morrison, a boat builder concerned about his son Danny (Matthew O'Leary), a troubled 11-year-old who has shown a tendency to lie since his parents broke up. When his ex-wife Susan (Teri Polo) announces that she's getting Read More

11/2/01
The Unsaid

Actors: Andy Garcia, Vincent Kartheiser, Linda Cardellini, Trevor Blumas, Teri Polo

Synopsis: Tom McLoughlin directs the downbeat psychological thriller The Unsaid, released straight-to-video in the U.S. Andy Garcia stars as Kansas psychologist Dr. Michael Hunter who quits his practice following the suicide of his teenage son Kyle (Trevor Blumas). Disturbed by the death, separated from his Read More

2001
Meet The Parents

Actors: Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Blythe Danner, Teri Polo, James Rebhorn

Synopsis: In this comedy from Austin Powers director Jay Roach, Ben Stiller plays a young man who endures a disastrous weekend at the home of his girlfriend's parents. Greg Focker (Stiller) is completely in love with Pam Byrnes (Teri Polo), and views their upcoming trip to her parents' house on Long Island Read More

10/6/00
Frasier: Legal Tender Love and Care

Synopsis: Relentless attorney Donny Douglas (Saul Rubinek) continues to press his lawsuit against Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) and Daphne (Jane Leeves), accusing Frasier of encouraging Daphne to run out on her wedding to Donny. Hoping to fight fire with fire, Frasier hires an attorney named Abby (Teri Polo) Read More

2000
Sports Night: The Sword of Orion

Synopsis: Dan's (Peter Krause) nonstop wooing of Rebecca (Teri Polo) appears to be going nowhere, in spite of the fact that he is getting to know everyone she works with as he continues his quest to get her to go out with him. His most recent proposal is watching a tape of a baseball game with him -- which Read More

1999
Sports Night: How Are Things in Glocca Morra

Synopsis: Due to a tennis match running very late, the Sports Night show has been put on hold pending the match's conclusion. For Dana (Felicity Huffman), this holds greater significance as she is supposed to meet Gordon (Ted McGinley) later in the evening -- after the show was supposed to air. Dan (Josh Charles Read More

1999
Sports Night: Ten Wickets

Synopsis: Still yammering about the recent bomb threat, Casey (Peter Krause) has now gotten to the point that every time he opens his mouth, the rest of the Sports Night crew feels like punching him. Since it has come out that Christian extremists were responsible for the hoax, Casey has started taking pot Read More

1999
Sports Night: Ordnance Tactics

Synopsis: The Sports Night crew returns to the studio from a bomb scare 15 minutes before the show goes on-air and naturally everyone is a little worked up. Casey (Peter Krause) and Dan (Josh Charles), however, can't seem to get over the fact that someone would try to blow up their building and they proceed Read More

1999
Sports Night: Eli's Coming

Synopsis: Dan (Josh Charles) is starting to sense that something bad is about to happen. First of all, Bobbi Bernstein (Lisa Edelstein) is back on the set for expanded coverage of the college basketball tournament and still maintains her story about having slept with Dan several years ago. Additionally, Dan Read More

1999
Sports Night: Dana and the Deep Blue Sea

Synopsis: Still smarting over being rejected by Rebecca (Teri Polo) -- the beautiful woman who works in the same building as the Sports Night crew -- Dan (Josh Charles) continues his relentless quest to get the mysteriously distant woman to go on a date with him. Since Casey (Peter Krause) has refused Read More

1999
Sports Night: Rebecca

Synopsis: The rumors continue to fly about Isaac's (Robert Guillaume) possible firing, which comes to a head when Isaac announces that tomorrow's Wall Street Journal will be featuring a story about his and CEO Luther Sach's ongoing feud. While the crew speculates what this will mean for Sports Night, Dan (Josh Charles Read More

1999
A Change of Heart

Synopsis: Former Brat Packer Andrew McCarthy stars in this emotional drama about a widowed man's fight for the child he loves. When Keith (McCarthy) and Kim (Teri Polo) made plans to adopt a baby, they never expected Kim to suddenly die of cancer, leaving Keith with the tasks of both grieving for his loss Read More

1998
Love After Death

Actors: Walter Matthau, Carol Burnett, John Stamos, Teri Polo

Synopsis: Adapted by Richard Vetere from his own play, the made-for-TV The Marriage Fool served to reunite Walter Matthau and Carol Burnett, the stars of the 1972 theatrical feature Pete 'n Tillie. Matthau is cast as widowed septuagenarian Frank Walsh, whose sedentary lifestyle is shifted into third gear by Read More

1998
A Father for Brittany

Actors: Andrew McCarthy, Michael Learned, Teri Polo, Linda Sorenson, Chuck Shamata

Synopsis: Childless couple Keith and Kim Lussier (Andrew McCarthy and Teri Polo) have seemingly had their prayers answered when they are placed in charge of 3-month old foster child Brittany. When the couple decides to adopt the child, it is Kim who seems most enthusiastic about her prospective parenthood Read More

1998
A Prayer In The Dark

Synopsis: The Quaker religion was founded in mid-17th-century Britain on principles of non-violence and religious contemplation. Eschewing the pomp, grandeur and complex rituals associated with other Christian sects, the Quakers express their devotion in a plain and outwardly simply manner. They do not Read More

1997
House of Frankenstein 1997

Actors: Adrian Pasdar, Greg Wise, Teri Polo

Synopsis: A trio of monsters are on the loose in this updated reinterpretation of one of the great horror films of Universal's "Golden Age." A police detective, Vernon Coyle (Adrian Pasdar), is trying to track down an infamous serial killer known as the Midnight Raptor, a killer whose victims are almost Read More

1997
Danielle Steel's 'Full Circle'

Actors: Teri Polo, Corbin Bernsen, Reed Diamond, Erika Slezak, Eric Lutes

Synopsis: Based on a book by Danielle Steel, this drama recount's a woman's struggle to learn to love and trust again after she survives a vicious rape and beating. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1996
The Arrival

Actors: Charlie Sheen, Ron Silver, Lindsay Crouse, Teri Polo, Richard Schiff

Synopsis: A shy radio telescope operator named Zane Ziminski (Charlie Sheen) picks up a series of regular signals coming from space -- and deliberately pointed toward Earth. Convinced that he has discovered alien transmissions, Ziminski is first chastised and then fired by his boss (Ron Silver). Obsessed Read More

1996
Tales From the Crypt: Revenge is the Nuts

Synopsis: In this episode of HBO's popular Tales from the Crypt horror anthology series, a wicked man who runs a home for the blind (and abuses its residents) gets a taste of his own medicine from two scheming denizens. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide Read More

1994
Golden Gate

Actors: Matt Dillon, Joan Chen, Bruno Kirby, Teri Polo, Tzi Ma

Synopsis: Playwright David Henry Hwang (M. Butterfly) wrote this ambitious epic that attempts to examine the communist witch hunts of the 1950s, racial prejudice, abuse of governmental powers, guilt, and suicide. The film begins in 1952 as an eager young FBI recruit, Kevin Walker (Matt Dillon), finds Read More

1994
Due South: They Eat Horses, Don't They?

Actors: Paul Gross, David Marciano, Beau Starr, Catherine Bruhier, Daniel Kash

Synopsis: When a youngster falls victim to food poisoning, Benton Fraser (Paul Gross) traces the source of the tainted meat ingested by the child. The trail ultimately leads to a gang of crooks trafficking in illegal horse meat. Along the way, Fraser makes the acquaintance of gorgeous horsewoman Stephanie Read More

1994
Aspen Extreme

Actors: Paul Gross, Peter Berg, Finola Hughes, Teri Polo, William Russ

Synopsis: T.J. (Paul Gross) and Dex (Peter Berg) leave Detroit to wax up their skis and find an adventurous new life on the slopes of Aspen in this skiing drama. The two become instructors and take up residence in a mobile home, at first fulfilling their ultimate bachelor fantasy. But T.J. becomes torn Read More

1993
The House of the Spirits

Actors: Jeremy Irons, Meryl Streep, Glenn Close, Winona Ryder, Antonio Banderas

Synopsis: Bille August directed this film version of the Isabel Allende novel, featuring a cast that includes Jeremy Irons, Meryl Streep, and Glenn Close. The story is a sweeping and brooding melodrama, spanning generations and filled with violence, revenge, and telekinesis. The tale begins in South America Read More

1993
Quick

Actors: Jeff Fahey, Teri Polo, Robert Davi, Martin Donovan, Tia Carrere

Synopsis: Quick is based on a series of adventure novels featuring a gorgeous hitwoman. When the title character, played by Teri Polo, is set up by her boss, she takes -- well -- quick action. Abducting the mob witness (Martin Donovan) whom she'd been hired to kill, Quick runs off to parts unknown. As the Read More

1993
Passed Away

Actors: Bob Hoskins, Jack Warden, William L. Petersen, Maureen Stapleton, Helen Lloyd Breed, Patricia Reed

Synopsis: In this black comedy, elderly Jack Scanlan (Jack Warden) passes away just as he's about to tell his oldest son Johnny (Bob Hoskins) what he's decided is truly important in life, which does little to ease Johnny's mid-life anxieties. Jack's funeral and the subsequent wake brings together the Read More

4/24/92
Mystery Date

Actors: Ethan Hawke, Teri Polo, Brian McNamara, Fisher Stevens, B.D. Wong, Tony Rosato

Synopsis: In this black teen comedy, a young man is thrilled that his kindly older brother has arranged for him to date the bombshell next door. To further impress her, little brother takes his sibling's shiny sports car. If he had known that there were a pair of corpses in the trunk though, the youth may Read More

8/16/91
Born to Ride

Actors: Teri Polo, John Stamos, John Stockwell

Synopsis: TV star John Stamos makes a game transition to the big screen in Born to Ride. Stamos plays a motorcycle whiz, who in 1939 is assigned to motorize a US cavalry troop. His irreverence and slovenliness makes Stamos a pariah to his superior officer John Stockwell -- and just to complicate matters Read More

5/3/91
The Phantom of the Opera

Actors: Jean-Pierre Cassel, Ian Richardson, Burt Lancaster, Teri Polo, Charles Dance

Synopsis: This adaptation of Gaston Leroux's indefatigable "grand guignol" piece The Phantom of the Opera stars British actor Charles Dance as Erik the Phantom. This adaptation by playwright Arthur Kopit soft-pedals the horrific elements of the story to concentrate on the love the tragic Erik bears toward Read More

1990
People Like Us

Actors: Dennis Farina, Ben Gazzara, Eva Marie Saint

Synopsis: Based on a novel by Dominick Dunne (who virtually disowned the project the minute it hit the small screen), People Like Us is a 2-part, 4-hour TV movie. Ben Gazzara plays a writer whose daughter has been murdered (much like Dunne himself). Upset that the killer's sentence is all too short, Gazzara Read More

1990

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