Gedde Watanabe

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gedde Watanabe  (born Gary Watanabe, June 26, 1955, Ogden, Utah) is an American theatre, film, and television actor. He was in several dramatic productions in high school, both acting and singing. After graduation, Watanabe left Ogden for San Francisco, where he hoped to make his living as a street musician while honing his acting skills. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gedde Watanabe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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Alfie (2004)

In Manhattan, the British limousine driver Alfie is surrounded by beautiful women, having one night stands with all of them and without any sort of commitment. His best friends are his colleague Marlon and his girl-friend Lonette. Alfie has a brief affair with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Shyer
CAST:  Jude Law  •  Marisa Tomei  •  Omar Epps  •  Jane Krakowski

In Manhattan, the British limousine driver Alfie is surrounded by beautiful women, having one night stands with all of them and without any sort of commitment. His best friends are his colleague Marlon and his girl-friend Lonette. Alfie has a brief affair with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Shyer
CAST:  Jude Law  •  Marisa Tomei  •  Omar Epps  •  Jane Krakowski

Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soon reunite with the friendly and lovable Gizmo. But a series of accidents creates a whole new generation of Gremlins. The situation worsens when the devilish green ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Dante
CAST:  Zach Galligan  •  Phoebe Cates  •  John Glover  •  Robert Prosky

Young sweethearts Billy and Kate move to the Big Apple, land jobs in a high-tech office park and soon reunite with the friendly and lovable Gizmo. But a series of accidents creates a whole new generation of Gremlins. The situation worsens when the devilish green ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joe Dante
CAST:  Zach Galligan  •  Phoebe Cates  •  John Glover  •  Robert Prosky

Mulan (1998)

CleverEnjoyableFunInsightful

To save her father from certain death in the army, a young woman secretly enlists in his place and becomes one of China's greatest heroines in the process.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Barry Cook  •  Tony Bancroft
CAST:  Lea Salonga  •  Eddie Murphy  •  BD Wong  •  Ming-Na Wen

To save her father from certain death in the army, a young woman secretly enlists in his place and becomes one of China's greatest heroines in the process.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Barry Cook  •  Tony Bancroft
CAST:  Lea Salonga  •  Eddie Murphy  •  BD Wong  •  Ming-Na Wen

Sixteen Candles (1984)

FunClassicCuteLighthearted

A teenage girl deals with her parents forgetting her birthday and a crush on her high school's heartthrob.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Hughes
CAST:  Molly Ringwald  •  Anthony Michael Hall  •  John Cusack  •  Gedde Watanabe

A teenage girl deals with her parents forgetting her birthday and a crush on her high school's heartthrob.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Hughes
CAST:  Molly Ringwald  •  Anthony Michael Hall  •  John Cusack  •  Gedde Watanabe

Slackers (2002)

Dave, Sam and Jeff are about to graduate from Holden University with honors in lying, cheating and scheming. The three roommates have proudly scammed their way through the last four years of college and now, during final exams, these big-men-on-campus are about to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dewey Nicks
CAST:  Jason Segel  •  Devon Sawa  •  Jason Schwartzman  •  Jaime King

Dave, Sam and Jeff are about to graduate from Holden University with honors in lying, cheating and scheming. The three roommates have proudly scammed their way through the last four years of college and now, during final exams, these big-men-on-campus are about to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dewey Nicks
CAST:  Jason Segel  •  Devon Sawa  •  Jason Schwartzman  •  Jaime King

That Thing You Do! (1996)

A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom Hanks
CAST:  Tom Everett Scott  •  Liv Tyler  •  Johnathon Schaech  •  Steve Zahn

A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom Hanks
CAST:  Tom Everett Scott  •  Liv Tyler  •  Johnathon Schaech  •  Steve Zahn

Two for the Money (2005)

Fantastical

A former college athlete joins forces with a sports consultant to handicap football games for high-rolling gamblers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  D. J. Caruso
CAST:  Al Pacino  •  Matthew McConaughey  •  Rene Russo  •  Armand Assante

A former college athlete joins forces with a sports consultant to handicap football games for high-rolling gamblers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  D. J. Caruso
CAST:  Al Pacino  •  Matthew McConaughey  •  Rene Russo  •  Armand Assante

UHF (1989)

The eccentric new manager of a UHF television channel tries to save the station from financial ruin with an odd array of programming.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jay Levey
CAST:  'Weird Al' Yankovic  •  Victoria Jackson  •  Michael Richards  •  David Bowe

The eccentric new manager of a UHF television channel tries to save the station from financial ruin with an odd array of programming.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jay Levey
CAST:  'Weird Al' Yankovic  •  Victoria Jackson  •  Michael Richards  •  David Bowe

Volunteers (1985)

After his rich father refuses to pay his debt, compulsive gambler Lawrence Bourne III joins the Peace Corps to evade angry creditors. In Thailand, he is assigned to build a bridge for the local villagers with the help of American-As-Apple-Pie WSU Grad Tom Tuttle ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicholas Meyer
CAST:  Tom Hanks  •  John Candy  •  Rita Wilson  •  Tim Thomerson

After his rich father refuses to pay his debt, compulsive gambler Lawrence Bourne III joins the Peace Corps to evade angry creditors. In Thailand, he is assigned to build a bridge for the local villagers with the help of American-As-Apple-Pie WSU Grad Tom Tuttle ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nicholas Meyer
CAST:  Tom Hanks  •  John Candy  •  Rita Wilson  •  Tim Thomerson

Edtv (1999)

Video store clerk Ed agrees to have his life filmed by a camera crew for a tv network.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ron Howard
CAST:  Matthew McConaughey  •  Woody Harrelson  •  Sally Kirkland  •  Jenna Elfman

Video store clerk Ed agrees to have his life filmed by a camera crew for a tv network.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ron Howard
CAST:  Matthew McConaughey  •  Woody Harrelson  •  Sally Kirkland  •  Jenna Elfman

Boys on the Side (1995)

After breaking up with her girlfriend, a nightclub singer, Jane, answers a personal ad from Robin, a real estate agent with AIDS, seeking a cross-country travel partner. On their journey from New York City to Los Angeles, the two stop by Pittsburgh to pick up ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Ross
CAST:  Whoopi Goldberg  •  Mary-Louise Parker  •  Drew Barrymore  •  Matthew McConaughey

After breaking up with her girlfriend, a nightclub singer, Jane, answers a personal ad from Robin, a real estate agent with AIDS, seeking a cross-country travel partner. On their journey from New York City to Los Angeles, the two stop by Pittsburgh to pick up ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Herbert Ross
CAST:  Whoopi Goldberg  •  Mary-Louise Parker  •  Drew Barrymore  •  Matthew McConaughey

Guinevere (1999)

A young girl from an affluent family rebels and becomes involved with a much older photographer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Audrey Wells
CAST:  Sarah Polley  •  Stephen Rea  •  Jean Smart  •  Gina Gershon

A young girl from an affluent family rebels and becomes involved with a much older photographer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Audrey Wells
CAST:  Sarah Polley  •  Stephen Rea  •  Jean Smart  •  Gina Gershon

Vamp (1986)

Two fraternity pledges go to a sleazy bar in search of a stripper for their college friends, unaware it is occupied by vampires.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Wenk
CAST:  Chris Makepeace  •  Sandy Baron  •  Robert Rusler  •  Dedee Pfeiffer

Two fraternity pledges go to a sleazy bar in search of a stripper for their college friends, unaware it is occupied by vampires.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Wenk
CAST:  Chris Makepeace  •  Sandy Baron  •  Robert Rusler  •  Dedee Pfeiffer

L.A. Law: The Movie (2002)

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DIRECTION:  Michael Schultz
CAST:  Corbin Bernsen  •  Susan Dey  •  Larry Drake  •  Richard Dysart

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DIRECTION:  Michael Schultz
CAST:  Corbin Bernsen  •  Susan Dey  •  Larry Drake  •  Richard Dysart

Gung Ho (1986)

When a western Pennsylvania auto plant is acquired by a Japanese company, brokering auto worker Hunt Stevenson faces the tricky challenge of mediating the assimilation of two clashing corporate cultures. At one end is the Japanese plant manager and the sycophant ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ron Howard
CAST:  Michael Keaton  •  Gedde Watanabe  •  George Wendt  •  Mimi Rogers

When a western Pennsylvania auto plant is acquired by a Japanese company, brokering auto worker Hunt Stevenson faces the tricky challenge of mediating the assimilation of two clashing corporate cultures. At one end is the Japanese plant manager and the sycophant ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ron Howard
CAST:  Michael Keaton  •  Gedde Watanabe  •  George Wendt  •  Mimi Rogers

Nick and Jane (1997)

N.Y. corporate Jane discovers her boyfriend John in bed with another woman, leaves building enraged and jumps into cab. Her driver is Nick. Jane and her friend Vickie have a plan - to make John jealous, they'll give Nick a false corporate identity and pass him off ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Mauro
CAST:  Dana Wheeler-Nicholson  •  James McCaffrey  •  John Dossett  •  LisaGay Hamilton

N.Y. corporate Jane discovers her boyfriend John in bed with another woman, leaves building enraged and jumps into cab. Her driver is Nick. Jane and her friend Vickie have a plan - to make John jealous, they'll give Nick a false corporate identity and pass him off ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Mauro
CAST:  Dana Wheeler-Nicholson  •  James McCaffrey  •  John Dossett  •  LisaGay Hamilton

Parental Guidance (2012)

Artie and Diane agree to look after their three grandkids when their type-A helicopter parents need to leave town for work. Problems arise when the kids' 21st-century behavior collides with Artie and Diane's old-school methods.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andy Fickman
CAST:  Billy Crystal  •  Bette Midler  •  Marisa Tomei  •  Tom Everett Scott

Artie and Diane agree to look after their three grandkids when their type-A helicopter parents need to leave town for work. Problems arise when the kids' 21st-century behavior collides with Artie and Diane's old-school methods.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andy Fickman
CAST:  Billy Crystal  •  Bette Midler  •  Marisa Tomei  •  Tom Everett Scott

Perfect Alibi (1995)

Melanie is married to Keith Bauers, she has two beautiful children and she is rich. She decides to engage a girl au pair, Janine, who arrives from France. Everything seems to run perfectly. Janine looks shy and timid and well disposed towards the family. But ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kevin Meyer
CAST:  Teri Garr  •  Hector Elizondo  •  Alex McArthur  •  Lydie Denier

Melanie is married to Keith Bauers, she has two beautiful children and she is rich. She decides to engage a girl au pair, Janine, who arrives from France. Everything seems to run perfectly. Janine looks shy and timid and well disposed towards the family. But ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kevin Meyer
CAST:  Teri Garr  •  Hector Elizondo  •  Alex McArthur  •  Lydie Denier

Don't You Forget About Me (2010)

Throughout the ’80s John Hughes defined the teen movie genre and spoke not only to that generation’s teens, but every generation that has followed. Then in 1991 he hung up his director’s hat and disappeared into obscurity ala J.D Salinger. In 2008, a group of young ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matt Sadowski-Austin
CAST:  David Anderle  •  Mike Bender  •  Jackie Burch  •  Scott Coffey

Throughout the ’80s John Hughes defined the teen movie genre and spoke not only to that generation’s teens, but every generation that has followed. Then in 1991 he hung up his director’s hat and disappeared into obscurity ala J.D Salinger. In 2008, a group of young ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Matt Sadowski-Austin
CAST:  David Anderle  •  Mike Bender  •  Jackie Burch  •  Scott Coffey

Not Forgotten (2009)

Set in a Tex-Mex border town, Not Forgotten is a classic psychological thriller about Jack and Amaya Bishop, a couple who must come to terms with their tortured pasts in order to save their kidnapped daughter. It is a tale taut with intrigue and steeped in Latino ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dror Soref
CAST:  Simon Baker  •  Paz Vega  •  Chloë Grace Moretz  •  Claire Forlani

Set in a Tex-Mex border town, Not Forgotten is a classic psychological thriller about Jack and Amaya Bishop, a couple who must come to terms with their tortured pasts in order to save their kidnapped daughter. It is a tale taut with intrigue and steeped in Latino ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dror Soref
CAST:  Simon Baker  •  Paz Vega  •  Chloë Grace Moretz  •  Claire Forlani
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