J.E. Freeman
J.E. Freeman (born February 2, 1946) is an American actor. He was a character actor, often cast in tough guy roles and authority figures. His first movie appearance was in the early 80's actionner An Eye for an Eye in which he plays a tow truck driver who minces words with Chuck Norris.
He is especially known for his menacing characters roles : the evil gangster Marcelles Santos in David Lynch's Wild at Heart, the terrifying Eddie Dane, ferocious gay hitman from Miller's Crossing, and the infamous scientist Mason Wren in Alien Resurrection. Other notable apparitions in : Ruthless People, Patriot Games, Copycat and Go.
He is openly gay. In 2009, he published a letter to the editor on sfgate.com, detailing his reminiscences of the 1969 Stonewall riots.
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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 3.375 |
Birthday | 1946-02-02 |
Place of Birth | Brooklyn, New York, USA |
Also Known As |
1981
Bitter Harvest
1/1
A farmer's herd sickens and dies, then his family and neighbors fall ill, so he bucks the state agricultural establishment as he pursues the political...
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Bitter Harvest
1990
Miller's Crossing
7.4/1657
Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.
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Miller's Crossing
1990
Wild at Heart
7/1628
After serving prison time for a self-defense killing, Sailor Ripley reunites with girlfriend Lula Fortune. Lula's mother, Marietta, desperate to keep...
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Wild at Heart
1995
Copycat
6.508/960
An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.
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Copycat
2004
Tremors 4: The Legend Begins
5.684/462
In 1889, seventeen men die under mysterious circumstances, and spooked by recent events, the miners who populate the town leave in droves until there'...
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Tremors 4: The Legend Begins
1997
Alien Resurrection
6.2/5010
Two hundred years after Lt. Ripley died, a group of scientists clone her, hoping to breed the ultimate weapon. But the new Ripley is full of surprises...
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Alien Resurrection
1992
Patriot Games
6.7/1629
When CIA Analyst Jack Ryan interferes with an IRA assassination, a renegade faction targets Jack and his family as revenge.
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Patriot Games
2001
Suspended Animation
4.7/7
Hollywood animator Tom (Alex McArthur) gets lost in the Michigan woods after a snowmobile ride goes wrong. He finds refuge at an isolated cabin inhabi...
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Suspended Animation
1991
One Good Cop
5.7/87
When his partner is killed in the line of duty, Artie Lewis becomes the legal guardian of his three orphaned girls. But during his investigation of th...
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One Good Cop
2003
Mystery Woman
6.4/11
A famous writer is found hanged in his office. At first, all police investigations conclude that it was suicide, but when Samantha Kinsey, owner of Se...
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Mystery Woman
2001
Along for the Ride
6/1
Two estranged brothers are forced to take a surreal and heartfelt journey to understanding, when they pick up the body of their deceased father in Mex...
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Along for the Ride
2003
44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out
6.67/100
After a failed bank robbery, two heavily armed men hold the Los Angeles Police Department at bay for 44 minutes.
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44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out
1986
Ruthless People
6.6/401
A couple, cheated by a vile businessman, kidnap his wife in retaliation—without knowing that their enemy is delighted they did.
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Ruthless People
1992
Memphis
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Two men and a woman in the deep south of the 1950s plot to kidnap a child from a wealthy black family, mistakenly believing that no one will try to st...
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Memphis
1998
Fool's Gold
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Flimp and Sam are both outcasts in the Oklahoma town of Oiltown, but Jewish Sam idolises macho Latino Flimp. When they hear that a wealthy man has mov...
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Fool's Gold
1991
The Doctor
6.4/79
Jack McKee is a doctor with it all: he's successful, he's rich, and he has no problems.... until he is diagnosed with throat cancer. Now that he has s...
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The Doctor
1993
Mother's Boys
5.4/67
Sexy but unstable wife and mother Jude walked out on her family three years ago. Now, just as suddenly, she is back. But her husband, Robert, has fall...
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Mother's Boys
1997
The Man Who Knew Too Little
6.4/495
An American gets a ticket for an audience participation game in London, then gets involved in a case of mistaken identity. As an international plot un...
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The Man Who Knew Too Little
1985
Chase
4/1
A big-city lawyer (Jennifer O'Neill) returns to her small hometown after her father's death to resume his practice. There she is called upon to defend...
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Chase
1981
An Eye for an Eye
5.2/107
Sean Kane is forced to resign from the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division when he goes berserk after his partner is murdered. He dec...
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An Eye for an Eye
1994
It Could Happen to You
6.651/803
Charlie Lang is a simple, kindhearted New York City cop. When he realizes he has no money to tip waitress Yvonne Biasi, Lang offers her half the winni...
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It Could Happen to You
1992
Till Death Us Do Part
6.7/3
This is a true crime story based on the book of the same title by prosecuting attorney, Vincent Bugliosi. (Bugliosi is the L.A. prosecutor that put Ch...
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Till Death Us Do Part
1997
Dream with the Fishes
7/26
Terry is a suicidal voyeur who treats a dying addict to a final binge, but Terry will only do this if he promises to kill him.
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Dream with the Fishes
1986
Hard Traveling
0/0
Set during the Depression, Dan Bessie's film (based on a novel by his father Alvah) stars Ellen Geer as a widow who begins a romance with an uneducate...
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Hard Traveling
1994
There Goes My Baby
6.6/11
It's the summer of 1965, and the members of the graduating class of upscale Westwood High are eager to reinvent themselves. Valedictorian Mary Beth wa...
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There Goes My Baby
1993
Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story
5.7/13
Joey Buttafuoco's story, of how a sexy, possessive young girl destroyed his life by telling her friends the two are lovers, and then shooting his wife...
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Casualties of Love: The Long Island Lolita Story
1999
Go
7/732
A supermarket clerk decides to step in for an absent drug dealer, setting off an explosive, comedic chain of events.
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Go
2000
Auggie Rose
5.768/28
An insurance salesman's humdrum existence takes a turn when a stranger, ex-con Auggie Rose, unexpectedly dies in his arms. Assuming the identity of th...
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Auggie Rose
1983
Twice Upon a Time
6.6/26
In the world of the Murkworks where nightmares are made, the evil Synonamess Botch hatches a scheme to make non-stop nightmares. Only Ralph and Mumfor...
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Twice Upon a Time
1988
The Couch Trip
5.431/101
The escaped delinquent John W. Burns, Jr. replaces Dr. Maitlin on a radio show, saying he's the psychiatrist Lawrence Baird.
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