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Old 05-09-14 | 02:16 PM
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And the hardest working actor in Hollywood is....

Well in my opinion its gotta be Eric Roberts. I noticed his IMDB page and the guy has 68 movies and/or TV shows coming out in 2014 alone. Quality over quantity is not adhered to in the Roberts household.

The guy is a hack machine. Anyone think of an actor or actress that appears in more projects on an annual basis?
Old 05-09-14 | 02:25 PM
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It's mostly TV, but Donal Logue was in 4 hour long drama shows in the last year or so and has Gotham coming out soon. I don't understand how it's possible to do all these episodes of shows which seem like they film all over Earth.
Old 05-09-14 | 02:49 PM
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Originally Posted by james2025a
Well in my opinion its gotta be Eric Roberts. I noticed his IMDB page and the guy has 68 movies and/or TV shows coming out in 2014 alone. Quality over quantity is not adhered to in the Roberts household.

The guy is a hack machine. Anyone think of an actor or actress that appears in more projects on an annual basis?
It also made him rich.
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Not like Julia Roberts is all that great of an actress either. At least Eric Roberts knows his quality.
Old 05-09-14 | 03:41 PM
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Originally Posted by james2025a
Well in my opinion its gotta be Eric Roberts. I noticed his IMDB page and the guy has 68 movies and/or TV shows coming out in 2014 alone. Quality over quantity is not adhered to in the Roberts household.

The guy is a hack machine. Anyone think of an actor or actress that appears in more projects on an annual basis?
68 in one year?! That's more than one a week. Now that's an agent/management team for you! Aspiring actors, take note.
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Yeah, Roberts is rich and likes to travel. He just shot a scene for some indy in OH with some folks I know and everyone said he was awesome.
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Eric Roberts is one of those actors who, no matter how many movies he is in, I will always remember for one particular scene:

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Eric Roberts in his prime was fucking great. His performances in TPOGV, Star 80 & Runaway Train were brilliant.
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I've never seen him do great work. Guess I need to check those out.
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I've never seen him do great work. Guess I need to check those out.
Dude you have to see Runaway Train. It is a 1985 film based on a screenplay by Akira Kurosawa and is directed by Andrei Konchalovsky. Konchalovsky co-wote Ivan's Cildhood & Andrei Rublev with Andrei Tarkovsky. It was produced by The Canon Group (Golan/Globus). The film also stars Jon Voight as a badass convict & Rebecca DeMornay and also features Danny Trejo & Tiny Zeus Lister (Deebo) in their first movie roles.
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Best actor in his family, for sure.
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Eric Roberts in his prime was fucking great. His performances in TPOGV, Star 80 & Runaway Train were brilliant.


He was holy fuck.....incredible in Star 80.
Old 05-09-14 | 07:25 PM
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Golan/Globus approaching respectability is really something to be seen.
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Best of the Best is legit, too.
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Golan/Globus approaching respectability is really something to be seen.
There were some :

Andrei Konchalovsky's Runaway Train & Shy People
John Cassavetes' Love Streams
Jason Miller's That Championship Season
John Frankenheimer's 52 Pick-Up
Barbet Schroeder's Barfly
Jerry Schatzberg's Street Smart
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Best of the Best is legit, too.
Fuckin' A, it is!
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There were some :

Andrei Konchalovsky's Runaway Train & Shy People
John Cassavetes' Love Streams
Jason Miller's That Championship Season
John Frankenheimer's 52 Pick-Up
Barbet Schroeder's Barfly
Jerry Schatzberg's Street Smart
You're damn right about Barfly. I have the German import Blu-ray of that one.
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Eric Roberts is also one of the leads in The Human Centipede 3, and went ass to mouth. now THAT'S dedication
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Originally Posted by james2025a
Well in my opinion its gotta be Eric Roberts. I noticed his IMDB page and the guy has 68 movies and/or TV shows coming out in 2014 alone. Quality over quantity is not adhered to in the Roberts household.

The guy is a hack machine. Anyone think of an actor or actress that appears in more projects on an annual basis?
My nickname for Eric Roberts is "The hardest working man in the business". I am always surprised at all the movies/shows I see him show up.
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Although a cheesy flick (albeit intentional), I loved him in DOA: Dead Or Alive. His line delivery of "right on time" during the volleyball game or when discussing Jamie Pressley's "musculature" were definite winks to the audience regarding the fan service nature of the whole movie.
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You have to respect someone with 347 credits on IMDB!

Not the bet actor in the world but usually entertaining. My two favourite Roberts films come from 1995;

The Nature of the Beast - going head to head with Lance Henriksen and some wild dialogue and situations - "Oh God, why did you do it? Why did you have to cut them into little pieces?!"

The Immortals - Insane plot but it works with career best performances from Tia Carrere and Tony Curtis.
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Shit, forgot about The Immortals. That's a cool flick.
Old 05-11-14 | 05:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Time Warrior
The Immortals - Insane plot but it works with career best performances from Tia Carrere and Tony Curtis.
Eric Roberts, Tia Carrere and Tony Curtis? In the same movie?! I never heard of this so I just looked it up on IMDB. It's also got Chris Rock, Joe Pantoliano, Clarence Williams III, and William Forsythe in it! I have to see this.


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