Dabney Coleman

Dabney Coleman

actor, additional crew, producer

Dabney Coleman was born on Jan 03, 1932 in USA. Dabney Coleman's big-screen debut came with I Dream of Jeannie - Season 1 directed by Hal Cooper in 1965, strarring Captain Dan Yardley / Lt. George Webb. Dabney Coleman is known for Boardwalk Empire directed by Timothy Van Patten, Steve Buscemi stars as Enoch 'Nucky' Thompson and Kelly Macdonald as Margaret Thompson. Dabney Coleman has got 6 awards and 8 nominations so far. The most recent award Dabney Coleman achieved is Satellite Awards. The upcoming new movie Dabney Coleman plays is Rules Don't Apply which will be released on Nov 23, 2016.

For decades, Dabney Coleman has often appeared as a smarmy, selfish, nervous person, often with money, who is mostly out for himself. He did such a good job in this type of part that he's made a career of it in film.Dabney Wharton Coleman was born in Austin, Texas, to Mary Wharton (Johns) and Melvin Randolph Coleman. He attended the Virginia Military Institute, and studied law in Texas. Coleman has a well deserved reputation as a fine character actor, and a reliable presence for almost any role in TV and movies. Dabney Coleman's early appearances in the cinema were in 30 minutes de sursis (1965) and La descente infernale (1969). On TV he starred in That Girl (1966). As the 1970s approached he became a well-known character actor in television and movies, appearing in La tour infernale (1974), La bataille de Midway (1976), and Permission d'aimer (1973). Television seemed Dabney Coleman's forum in the 1970s as Coleman played the role of Merle Jeeter in Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976) and Fernwood 2 Night (1977). Coleman made appearances in the popular North Dallas Forty (1979) and the Oscar-winning Melvin et Howard (1980). Dabney Coleman also became known for some satirical movies, starring in the comedy Les nanas jouent et gagnent (1980) and snatched a lead role for the TV movie Pray TV (1980). Coleman's reputation for playing world-class jerks became cemented in 1980 as the boss to Dolly Parton , Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin in Comment se débarrasser de son patron (1980). The next year, Coleman was in very good company working with legends Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn in La maison du lac (1981). Coleman's hit streak would not end there.In 1982 Coleman landed a key role in the classic Tootsie (1982), further cementing his role as an unlikable wealthy boss in some capacity. In 1983 Coleman starred in the Cold War classic WarGames (1983). During this period he also found many parts in lesser known movies like Docteurs in love (1982) and Un amour sans limite (1981). In 1984 he starred in Les Muppets à Manhattan (1984) and in 1985 he starred with Tom Hanks in L'Homme à la Chaussure Rouge (1985). In 1987 the actor won an Emmy for Sworn to Silence (1987). In 1990 Coleman took two lead roles, one in the disastrous Tout pour réussir (1990), and the other in the quirky comedy Short Time (1990). In 1993 Coleman starred in the slapstick comedy Amos & Andrew (1993) (a very funny part) and in a remake of the TV show Les allumés de Beverly Hills (1993) as Milburn Drysdale. Coleman took an extensive line of TV movies, such films as Texan, In the Line of Duty, among others. Coleman took an unusual part in the ABC cartoon, La Cour de récré (1997), and then starred in a couple of big money grossers, the Tom Hanks comedy, Vous avez un mess@ge (1998), as Chief Quimby in Inspecteur Gadget (1999), and in Stuart Little (1999), both 1999.Coleman is still very active.

  • Birthday

    Jan 03, 1932
  • Place of Birth

    Austin, Texas, USA
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Known For

Awards

6 wins & 8 nominations

Satellite Awards
2018
Winner - Mary Pickford Award
Walk of Fame
2014
Television
Winner - Star on the Walk of Fame
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