Who is Gerald McRaney?

American actor, producer and director Gerald Lee McRaney was born in Collins, Mississippi USA, on 19 August 1947, making Leo his zodiac sign; he’s had roles in close to 150 TV series and movies, but is perhaps known best for playing Owens in the popular 2015 crime comedy movie “Focus”, written and directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, and which starred Will Smith, Margot Robbie and Rodrigo Santoro. It follows the life of skilled conman Nicky, and the film was nominated for three awards.

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Education and early life

Gerald was raised in Collins alongside his brother Buddy and sister Ann McRaney Simpson, by their father Clyde McRaney and mother Edna; not many details have been disclosed regarding his family, because Gerald respects their privacy, ut Gerald’s of Choctaw and Scottish descent.

He was passionate about both sports and acting while attending a local high school in Collins; Gerald played football for his school’s team, and was also a member of its drama club.

He matriculated in 1965 and then enrolled at the University of Mississippi, from which he graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in 1969; Gerald worked at oil fields in Louisiana while making his way up in the film industry.

Roles in movies

Gerald’s debut film role was playing Wesley Stuart in the 1969 horror “Night of Bloody Horror”, and some of his following roles were in the 1970 crime horror “Women and Bloody Terror”, the 1972 science fiction thriller “The Brain Machine”, and the 1974 drama “The F. B. I. Story: The FBI Versus Public Enemy Number One Alvin Karpis”.

What marked the decade for Gerald for perhaps portraying David Sherman in the 1975 comedy “Keep Off My Grass!”, directed by Shelley Berman, and which starred Micky Dolenz, Marcus J. Grapes and Gary Wood. It follows a group of merchants as they’re trying to convince the hippies to start their own community in a nearby abandoned town.

Some of Gerald’s most notable performances in the ‘80s were perhaps in the 1982 drama “Memories Never Die”, the 1986 crime action “Jackals”, and the 1988 western “Where the Hell’s That Gold?!!?”.

The year 1993 saw him star as George Messenger in the drama “Scattered Dreams”, directed by Neema Barnette, and which also starred Tyne Daly and Sonny Shroyer. Set in 1951, the film follows a couple who’ve been arrested for something they didn’t do. Some of Gerald’s roles in the remainder of the ‘90s were in the 1995 drama “Jake Lassiter: Justice on the Bayou”, the 1997 thriller “A Nightmare Come True”, and the 1999 drama “Shake, Rattle and Roll: An American Love Story”.

In 2002, he portrayed Father in the popular family fantasy comedy “Hansel & Gretel”, which Gary J. Tunnicliffe directed, and which starred Lynn Redgrave, Jacob Smith and Taylor Momsen. It follows two siblings as they’re trying to escape from a mysterious person they’ve met in the woods. What also marked the 2000s for Gerald was portraying Reverend Gus Horton in the critically acclaimed mystery movie “Get Low”, directed by Aaron Schneider, and which starred Sissy Spacek, Bill Murray and Robert Duvall. It tells the story of a man who threw his own funeral party (while still alive) in 1930s Tennessee, and the film won four of its 32 award nominations.

Gerald was then seen appearing in several hit movies, such as the 2010 action adventure thriller “The A-Team”, the 2011 short sports drama “The Umpire”, and the 2012 historical action “Red Tails”.

The year 2016 saw him play Judge Blacker in the horror thriller “The Disappointments Room”, directed by D. J. Caruso, and which starred Kate Beckinsale, Mel Raido and Duncan Joiner. It follows a mother and her son who’ve accidentally released supernatural entities from their home’s attic – the movie was nominated for a 2017 Golden Trailer Fleece Award.

Gerald’s three most recent film roles have been in the 2016 family drama “Dolly Parton’s Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love”, and in 2019 the crime thriller “A Violent Separation” and the western “Deadwood: The Movie”.

Roles in TV series

Gerald made his debut TV series appearance in the 1972 episode “Deliveries in the Rear” of the horror fantasy “Night Gallery”, and the remainder of the ‘70s saw him play supporting characters in a couple of TV series, such as the western “Gunsmoke”, the crime mini-series “The Law”, and the crime mystery “Barnaby Jones”.

From 1981 through 1989, he starred as Rick Simon in all 156 episodes of the crime action “Simon & Simon”, created by Philip DeGuere Jr, and which also starred Jameson Parker and Mary Carver. It follows two brothers who are running a private detective agency, and the series was nominated for eight awards.

Gerald’s following notable performance was starring as Major John D. MacGillis in all the 96 episodes of the family comedy “Major Dad”, created by Richard C. Okie and Earl Pomerantz, and which also starred Shanna Reed and Nicole Dubuc. It follows a conservative Marine who’s asked the liberal reporter interviewing him to marry him, promising to help raise her three children; the series aired from 1989 through 1993, and won two of its 11 award nominations. Some of Gerald’s other TV series appearances in the ‘90s were in an episode of the crime mystery “Burke’s Law”, the crime comedy “The Commish”, and the crime mystery “Diagnosis Murder”.

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From 2006 through 2008, he played Johnston Green in the action mystery “Jericho”, created by Stephen Chbosky and Josh Schaer, and which starred Skeet Ulrich, Lennie James and Ashley Scott. It tells the story of a group of people whose small town’s been covered in a mysterious mushroom cloud, and the series won one of its eight award nominations.

From 2012 through 2015, Gerald played Barlow Connally in the critically acclaimed crime action “Longmire”, which John Coveny and Hunt Baldwin created, and which starred Lou Diamond Phillips, Katee Sackhoff and Robert Taylor. It follows Walt Longmire, the sheriff of Absaroka County, Wyoming and the series won four of its nine award nominations.

Gerald’s three most recent TV series roles have been in three episodes of the 2022 animated comedy “Duncanville” (voice role), the 2023 episode “Old West” of the animated comedy “Family Guy” (voice role) and 50 episodes of the crime action “NCIS: Los Angeles” since 2014.

Other credits

Gerald has five producing and three directing credits; some of his most notable producing work includes in 1995 the drama movies “Jake Lassiter: Justice on the Bayou” and “Simon & Simon: In Trouble Again”, and the 2013 romantic family movie “Heart of the Country”.

He received special thanks for the 2014 comedy series “The Greatest Event in Television History”.

Some of Gerald’s recent talk-show appearances have been in “Entertainment Tonight”, “The Talk” and “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”.

Awards and nominations

Gerald’s won three of his 13 award nominations, including a 2017 Primetime Emmy win for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series, for his performance in “This Is Us”.

He also won a 2007 Online Film & Television Association Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series, for his performance in “Deadwood”, and a 2017 Gold Derby Award for Drama Guest Actor, for “This Is Us”.

Wife and children

Gerald’s married thrice. His first wife was non-celebrity American Beverly A. Root – they married in 1967 and divorced in 1971, and have two children together.

Gerald and his second wife, American actress and casting director Pat Moran exchanged vows in 1981; their divorce was finalized in 1989, and they have a daughter together.

He met his third wife, famous American actress and author Delta Burke while shooting for the series “Simon & Simon” in 1987, and they married on 28 May 1989; the two have since appeared alongside in several TV series, including “Designing Women”.

There are no other women whom Gerald’s dated that the public knows about; he’s married to his third wife Delta Burke as of April 2023, has two children with his first wife Beverly A. Root, and a daughter with second wife Pat Moran.

Interesting facts and hobbies

Gerald took part as Bacchus in the 1992 Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Louisiana.

He’s been a philanthropist since the launch of his career, and has mostly been into helping war veterans and soldiers; he supported the soldiers who fought in the Gulf War, especially those who took part in Operation Desert Storm, while he visited the US troops in Somalia in 1993.

Gerald underwent surgery for lung cancer in August 2004.

He supported George H. W. Bush in the 1992 presidential election, and John McCain in the 2008 presidential election.

His brother Buddy McRaney played Judge Temple in the 1995 movie “Simon & Simon: In Trouble Again”.

Gerald’s favorite actor is Jackie Chan, and some of his favorite movies include “Kung Fu Yoga”, “The Forbidden Kingdom” and “Vanguard”.

Height, eyes and wealth

Gerald’s age is 75. He has blue eyes and is bald, his height’s 6ft 1in (1.85m) and he weighs around 185lbs (84kgs).

Gerald’s net worth’s been estimated at over $8 million, as of April 2023.

Who is Pauley Perrette?

American actress, producer, director and singer Pauley Perrette was born in New Orleans, Louisiana USA, on 27 March 1969, making Aries her zodiac sign. She’s appeared in over 50 TV series and movies, but is known best for starring as Abby Sciuto in 354 episodes (2003-2018) of the crime action series “NCIS”, which today stars Mark Harmon, Sean Murray and David McCallum, and was created by Don McGill and Donald P. Bellisario. The series has been airing since 2003, follows the work of the Major Case Response Team in Washington, D. C. and has won 27 of its 71 award nominations.

Pauley stated on 7 June 2019 that she quit “NCIS” because she was terrified of her former colleague Mark Harmon, and that she had been physically assaulted multiple times on set.

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Education and early life

Pauley and her family lived in more than 10 US states while she was growing up, mostly because of her father’s (undisclosed) job; she’s highly secretive when it comes to her mother and father, thus not sharing many details about them, but it’s believed that Pauley’s father worked for the FBI.

She grew up dreaming of becoming either an FBI agent, a rock ‘n’ roll musician or a veterinarian. Pauley matriculated from high school in 1987 and then enrolled at Valdosta State University in Georgia; she eventually transferred to John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City, from which she graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in 1991.

Some of the jobs she did prior to launching her career as an actress were a dinner cruise boat cook, bartender and waitress.

Roles in TV series

Pauley’s debut TV series role was playing Shannon in the 1994 episode “Magical Make-Over” of the adventure comedy “ABC Afterschool Specials”, and she only gained recognition in 1997, with her portrayal of Gwen in 10 episodes of the popular crime mystery “Murder One”, created by Steven Bochco and Charles H. Eglee, and which starred Mary McCormack, Michael Hayden and J. C. MacKenzie. It follows the life of prominent defense lawyer Theodore Hoffman, the series aired from 1995 through 1997 and won 15 of its 33 award nominations. The remainder of the ‘90s saw Pauley appear in an episode or two of the adventure comedy “Early Edition”, the comedy “Frasier” and another comedy “The Drew Carey Show”.

In 2001 and 2002, she played Alice Cramer in the action crime comedy “Special Unit 2”, created by Evan Katz, and which starred Michael Landes, Alexondra Lee and Richard Gant; it follows detectives Nick O’Malley and Kate Benson as they’re trying to hide the existence of mythological creatures Links from the public. Pauley had only a couple of other TV series roles in the decade, appearing in an episode or two of the crime action “24”, the crime mystery “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”, and the crime action “JAG”.

In 2016, she voiced Nickleby in the popular animated comedy “Fantasy Hospital”; it starred Pete Holmes, Kunal Nayyar and Emma Caulfield Ford, and follows wizards, fairies and dwarves as they’re running a hospital together. Pauley’s since appeared in only two TV series: she played Robin in the 2017 episode “Night IV: Part VI and VII” of the drama mini-series “When We Rise”, and the lead character Jackie in all the 13 episodes of the 2020 comedy “Broke”.

Roles in movies

Pauley’s debut film role was playing Renee in the 1997 romantic drama “The Price of Kissing”, and the following year saw her star in the short comedy movies “Hand on the Pump” and “Hoofboy”.

In 2000, Pauley appeared as Alice Wisdom in the critically acclaimed adventure comedy “Almost Famous”, which Cameron Crowe wrote and directed, and which starred Kate Hudson, Patrick Fugit and Billy Crudup. Set in the first half of the ‘70s, the film follows a teenager as he’s accompanying a rock ‘n’ roll band on their tour, and it won 55 of its 158 award nominations, including an Oscar nomination for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. A couple of Pauley’s following roles were in the 2001 romantic comedy “My First Mister”, the crime action “Red Skies” and the  horror mystery “The Ring”, both in 2002.

In 2003, she voiced Female Lover Bear in the critically acclaimed animated adventure comedy “Brother Bear”, which Robert Walker and Aaron Blaise directed, and which starred Rick Moranis, Jeremy Suarez and Joaquin Phoenix. It follows an Inuit hunter who’s needlessly killed a bear, and has now been magically transformed into one; the movie won two of its 25 award nominations, including an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature. Some of Pauley’s roles in the remainder of the decade were in the 2004 short drama “A Moment of Grace”, the 2006 crime comedy “Potheads: The Movie” and the 2009 short drama “To Comfort You”.

In 2012, she played Mom in the thriller “I Am Bad”, while her most recent film role has been voicing both Delilah Domino and The Crimson Witch in the animated adventure comedy “Scooby-Doo! And Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery”.

Other credits

Pauley voiced Lucy Devlin in the 1997 video game “Blade Runner”.

She produced and directed the 2013 biographical historical documentary movie “Citizen Lane”, while she also produced the 2015 family documentary movie “An Act of Love”, the 2019 short film “The German King”, and three episodes of the 2020 comedy series “Broke”.

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Pauley received special thanks for the 2007 short film “NCIS: Cast Roundtable”, the 2012 short horror series “Project: Phoenix”, and the 2023 documentary movie “Commitment to Life”.

Some of her most recent talk-show appearances have been in “48 Hours”, “The Talk” and “Entertainment Tonight”.

Awards and nominations

Pauley won a Best Female Performance Award for Short Film Drama at the 2010 Beverly Hills Film Festival, for her performance in “To Comfort You”.

She’s been nominated for five other awards, including three People’s Choice Awards for her performance in “NCIS” in 2014, 2016 and 2017, and two Behind the Voice Actors Awards for “Superman vs. The Elite” and “Scooby-doo! And Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery”.

Love life and husband

Pauley’s been married once, and has become engaged twice. Her husband was Canadian actor and musician Francis ‘Coyote’ Shivers; the two married in 2000 and divorced in 2006. Pauley was granted a restraining order against Coyote, as he’d allegedly subjected her to sexual, emotional and physical abuse while they were married.

She then began dating American cameraman Michael Bosman, and the two became engaged in June 2008, but split in 2010. In December 2011, Pauley revealed that she and former British Royal Marine Thomas Arklie had become engaged. The two haven’t married, as they’ve promised not to exchange vows until the 2008 California Proposition 8 is invalidated; the proposition aims to ban same-sex marriage.

Pauley’s engaged to Thomas Arklie as of April 2023, was married to Francis ‘Coyote’ Shivers, and doesn’t have children.

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Interesting facts and hobbies

Pauley donated $10,000 to the city of Prattville, Alabama, to be given to the person who offers information that would lead to catching the killer of Shannon Paulk; she also donated $10,000 to the city of Detroit, Michigan to be given to those who provided information regarding the disappearance and possible murder of seven-year-old girl Raven Jeffries.

She’s a philanthropist, and supports various charitable organizations including LGBT right groups, the American Red Cross, and animal rescue organizations.

A homeless man assaulted Pauley on 12 November 2015, in front of her Hollywood Hills house; she didn’t press charges.

In September 2021, Pauley suffered a stroke.

She has her own favorite actresses, Meryl Streep and Kate Winslet, and some of her favorite movies include “Heavenly Creatures”, “Little Children” and “The Devil Wears Prada”.

Height, eyes and wealth

Pauley’s age is 54. Her eyes are green and hair’s black, she’s 5ft 10ins (1.78m) tall and weighs about 150lbs (68kgs).

Pauley’s net worth’s been estimated at over $22 million, as of April 2023, most of which she earned by starring in “NCIS”.

Who is Malcolm Washington?

Malcolm Washington was born in Los Angeles, California USA, on 10 April 1991 – his zodiac sign is Aries and he holds American nationality. He is a movie director, producer and writer, who might be known best for being the son of famous American actor Denzel Washington.

Early life and education

Malcolm was raised alongside his twin sister Olivia, and their brother and sister John David and Katia in Los Angeles, by their father and their mother Pauletta who was a housewife – all of Malcolm’s siblings are also actors and actresses.

Because of his father who occasionally took him and his siblings to the sets of his movies, Malcolm became interested in acting at a very early age, and practiced his skills at a local theatre. He attended a local high school at which he was a member of the school’s drama club, and also excelled at basketball playing for his school’s team, however, he eventually became interested in directing and producing films, and chose to stop playing basketball. Upon matriculation in 2009, Malcolm enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in theatre in 2013.

Malcolm’s career

Malcolm launched his career in 2014 when he served as a production assistant for the adventure comedy movie “Chef”, written and directed by Jon Favreau who also starred in it alongside Robert Downey Jr. and Scarlett Johansson – the film was a success, winning two awards while it was nominated for four others.

After three years without working in the film industry, Malcolm was a production assistant for the shooting of eight episodes of the comedy series “She’s Gotta Have It”, created by Spike Lee and which starred DeWanda Wise and Anthony Ramos.

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It is about a woman who is dating three men, and it won one award while it was nominated for six others. In 2017 as well, Malcolm made his writing and directing debut with his short drama film “Benny Got Shot”, which starred Iantha Richardson, Tammi Mac and Jay Reeves, and is about a young autopsy assistant who, after her brother went missing, starts believing she might find him at the morgue – the film won Malcolm an Atlanta Film Festival Award for Filmmaker to Watch. He went on to serve as the assistant director for two short films “The Last Bookstore” and “Trouble Man”, and also produced the short film “Summer of 17”.

Two of Malcolm’s most recent works have been in 2019 when he produced the short film “The Dispute”, and in 2020 the comedy movie “North Hollywood”.

Love life and wife

Malcolm is very secretive when it comes to his love life, and hasn’t talked about any women he might have dated or even married. There are rumors circulating the internet that Malcolm’s first long-term relationship was with his high school sweetheart, and that they dated for three years before splitting ways after deciding to attend universities in different countries. Malcolm then allegedly dated a girl whom he met while attending college, and they were together for around two years before splitting ways.

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Because none of these rumors have been confirmed and it isn’t known whether Malcolm has ever actually dated anyone, there are some people who believe him to be gay.

As of December 2020, Malcolm is single, hasn’t married and has no children.

Hobbies and other interests

Malcolm is physically very active as he has four to five training sessions at the gym each week while he’s also a martial artist and a boxer, thus his muscular body,  – he has his own personal dietitian and a nutritionist.

He is keen on playing video games in his spare time, usually on his PlayStation 4 console – one of his favorite games of all times is “The Last of Us”. He has recently finished one of the most popular games of 2020 called “The Last of Us Part II” and seems to have liked it even more than its first part.

Malcolm is also keen on watching movies – his favorite actors are Heath Ledger, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, while his favorite movies include “The Dark Knight”, “Scarface” and the trilogy “The Godfather”.

Age, height and net worth

Malcolm is 29 years old. He has short black hair and brown eyes, his height is 5ft 9ins (1.75m) and he weighs around 150lbs (68kgs). As of December 2020, his net worth has been estimated at over $400,000, while his father’s net worth is reputedly over $255 million.

Who is Denzel Washington?

Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. was born in Mount Vernon, New York State USA, on 28 December 1954 – his zodiac sign is Capricorn and he holds American nationality.

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He is an actor and a film director and producer, who has won numerous awards including three Golden Globes for his portrayal of Private Trip, one of the lead characters in the 1989 war drama movie “Glory” written by Kevin Jarre, directed by Edward Zwick, and which also starred Matthew Broderick and Cary Elwes – the film won 14 awards including three Oscars, and was nominated for 18 other awards.

Denzel was raised alongside his sister Lorice and brother David in Mount Vernon, by their father Denzel Hayes Washington Sr. who was a Pentecostal minister, and their mother Lennis ‘Lynne’ who was the owner of a beauty salon.

Denzel attended Pennington-Grimes Elementary school, and after his parents divorced in 1968, he was sent to attend Oakland Military Academy in New Windsor, New York State. After matriculating from Mainland High School in 1972, Denzel enrolled at Fordham University, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in drama and journalism in 1976 – he also practiced his acting skills at the American Conservatory Theater.

His first role was in the 1976 theatre play “Wings of the Morning”, while his first movie role was in “Wilma” in 1977, and his first Hollywood movie was the 1981 British comedy “Carbon Copy”.

Denzel became popular after he portrayed Dr. Phillip Chandler in the TV medical drama series “St. Elsewhere” from 1982 to 1988, and in the meantime, he appeared in several movies such as “Power”, “Hard Lessons” and “A Soldier’s Story”. His first lead role was in the 1990 musical comedy film “Mo’ Better Blues”, and he went on to star in the romantic film “Mississippi Masala”, the epic biographical movie “Malcolm X” (one of his most memorable and best performances), and the legal drama “Philadelphia” which also starred Tom Hanks.

The year 2000 saw him appear in his first Disney movie – “Remember the Titans” and then in the thriller film “John Q.” in 2002. He made his directing debut in 2002 as well, after working on his biographical drama “Antwone Fisher” in which he also starred, and Denzel’s following notable performance was in the 2007 biographical crime movie “American Gangster”.

He started the 2010s with a lead role in the post-apocalyptic neo-western action movie “The Book of Eli”, and a few of his following roles were in the 2012 drama movie “Flight”, the 2014 vigilante action movie “The Equalizer”, and the 2016 western action movie “The Magnificent Seven” – Denzel reprised his role in “The Equalizer 2” in 2018. He has recently been cast to appear in three upcoming movies: “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”, “The Little Things” and “The Tragedy of Macbeth”.

Denzel is a highly religious man, and at one point of his life considered becoming a preacher – he has stated hat he usually reads the Bible every day. He is also a philanthropist who has donated money to various charitable causes, including the $1 million he gave to Nelson Mandela’s Children’s Fund, and another million he gave to Wiley College.