Ralph Brown
Ralph William John Brown (born 18 June 1957) is an English actor and writer, known for playing Danny the drug dealer in Withnail and I, the security guard Aaron (a.k.a. "85") in Alien 3, DJ Bob Silver in The Boat That Rocked aka Pirate Radio, super-roadie Del Preston in Wayne's World 2, the pilot Ric Olié in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace and Henry Clinton in Turn: Washington's Spies. He won The Samuel Beckett Award for his first play Sanctuary written for Joint Stock Theatre Company in 1987, and the Raindance and Sapporo Film Festival awards for his first screenplay for the British film New Year's Day in 2001.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.007 |
| Birthday | 1957-06-18 |
| Place of Birth | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK |
| Also Known As |
1992
The Crying Game
6.84/871
Irish Republican Army member Fergus forms an unexpected bond with Jody, a kidnapped British soldier in his custody, despite the warnings of fellow IRA...
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The Crying Game
1997
Amistad
7.016/1457
In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads the slaves in an unprecedented uprising. They are th...
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Amistad
1992
Alien³
6.391/6581
After escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet, Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161, a prison planet and host to a correctional facility. Unfo...
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Alien³
1988
Buster
5.637/95
Buster is a small time crook who pulls a big time job. When he finds that the police will not let the case drop, he goes into hiding and can't contact...
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Buster
2005
Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist
5.339/436
Father Merrin takes a sabbatical from the Church to devote himself to history and archaeology as he struggles with his shattered faith.
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Dominion: Prequel to The Exorcist
2001
Mean Machine
6.256/657
Disgraced ex-England football captain, Danny 'Mean Machine' Meehan, is thrown in jail for assaulting two police officers. He keeps his head down and h...
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Mean Machine
1987
Withnail & I
7.224/641
Two out-of-work actors -- the anxious, luckless Marwood and his acerbic, alcoholic friend, Withnail -- spend their days drifting between their squalid...
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Withnail & I
2007
The Contractor
5.464/208
Former CIA Operative James Dial is coaxed back into action to kill a terrorist in London, but it all goes wrong and he is forced into hiding, where he...
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The Contractor
2003
I'll Be There
5.4/33
A has-been rock star that discovers he has a teenage daughter from a long forgotten love affair.
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I'll Be There
2005
Stoned
5.245/55
A chronicle of the sordid life and suspicious death of Rolling Stones co-founder Brian Jones, who was found in the bottom of his swimming pool weeks a...
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Stoned
2009
The Boat That Rocked
7.223/2346
When a group of rebellious deejays decides to defy the ban on government-censored music, they take to the seas to broadcast music and mayhem to millio...
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The Boat That Rocked
2010
Mission London
6.603/34
A concert to celebrate Bulgaria joining the EU is being planned at the Embassy in London and it is the job of VARADIN, the new ambassador, to ensure t...
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Mission London
2006
Puritan
5.786/7
Victorian inspired modern day supernatural film noir, set against the backdrop of Whitechapel, mediums and the work of supposed pagan architect Nichol...
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Puritan
2013
Jack the Giant Slayer
5.911/5348
The story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unlea...
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Jack the Giant Slayer
2010
SUS
5.5/12
Election Night 1979: Margaret Thatcher is about to come into power. A young black man is held on suspicion of murdering his pregnant wife. Officers Ka...
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SUS
2011
Killing Bono
6.23/111
The true story of Neil and Ivan McCormick, two Irish brothers who attempt to become rock stars but can only look on as their high school friends U2 be...
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Killing Bono
2013
Stoker
6.6/2488
Following her father Richard's death in an unexplained road accident, reclusive teenager India Stoker withdraws further into the quiet rural life she...
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Stoker
2012
Dark Tide
4.726/243
A traumatized shark expert must battle her own fears to lead a thrill-seeking businessman on a dive into a dangerous section of water known as "Shark...
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Dark Tide
1990
Diamond Skulls
3.417/12
Hugo Buckton seems to have it all: He is apparently rich and has a beautiful wife and a doting son. In actuality, though, Hugo is having money problem...
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Diamond Skulls
2008
Schrader's Exorcism
8/1
A documentary chronicling director Paul Schrader's ride through hell and back while making film history with his prequel to The Exorcist. Schrader, af...
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Schrader's Exorcism
2012
Tower Block
5.857/196
A year after witnessing a murder, residents of Tower Block 31 find themselves being picked off by a sniper, pitting those lucky enough to be alive int...
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Tower Block
2012
I, Anna
5.298/42
A noir thriller told from the point of view of a femme fatale, who falls for the detective in charge of a murder case.
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I, Anna
1999
Withnail and Us
6.4/5
A short documentary about the making of "Withnail & I" (1987).
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Withnail and Us
2001
Alien Evolution
5.9/24
Mark Kermode brings a tribute to the successful Alien series, featuring interviews with the cast members and directors, including Sigourney Weaver and...
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Alien Evolution
2005
Big Dippers
7/1
Two small time crooks steal a briefcase and are amazed to find it contains £2million. But when it seems that the money was going to be used to pay the...
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Big Dippers
2014
The Seventeenth Kind
0/0
Black comedy scifi about a washed up TV presenter who doesn't let small things like alien invasions stop him from broadcasting.
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The Seventeenth Kind
2007
Straightheads
5.299/127
After surviving a gang rape and mugging, a businesswoman and her younger boyfriend plot to murder their attackers, but find themselves conflicted abou...
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Straightheads
1986
London's Burning: The Movie
8.5/4
It's Josie Ingham's first day at Blackwall Firestation but things aren't going so well being the only female firefighter in an all-male team. Not only...
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London's Burning: The Movie
1988
Coppers
7/2
Two bored twentysomethings buy a Vauxhall Cavalier kit it out with a siren and spend their evenings masquerading as police officers in this Screen One...
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Coppers
2023
Genie
6.552/281
Flora, a genie trapped for more than 2,000 years inside an antique jewelry box, is accidentally called to service by Bernard, whose life is unraveling...
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Genie
1998
Up 'n' Under
5.156/16
The Cobblers Arms have been the best and most feared Amateur Rugby League team for the past ten years. Ex-pro Arthur bets their boss that he could tra...
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Up 'n' Under
1997
The Place of the Dead
5.75/4
It was one of the last unexplored places on Earth; a terrifyingly deep gully in the heart of the Borneo jungle. It was the ultimate challenge – to cli...
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The Place of the Dead
2024
Scala!!!
7.8/9
This feature-length big screen documentary tells the riotous inside story of the infamous sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll repertory cinema which inspired...
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Scala!!!
1999
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
6.583/16205
Anakin Skywalker, a young slave strong with the Force, is discovered on Tatooine. Meanwhile, the evil Sith have returned, enacting their plot for reve...
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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
1990
Scala
6.5/2
A film about the London repertory cinema the Scala, noted for its eclectic and sometimes controversial programmes, which changed daily. Management, st...
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Scala
2002
The Final Curtain
4.889/9
The Final Curtain is a British film from 2002 directed by Patrick Harkins and starring Peter O'Toole. It tells the story of J. J. Curtis, ageing games...
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The Final Curtain
1990
A Curious Suicide
0/0
An American doctor in England for a conference with his spendthrift wife visits an old friend who stole the love of his life from him.
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A Curious Suicide
1988
The Black and Blue Lamp
0/0
Satirical and surreal play by Arthur Ellis, dealing with the manner in which the British police force has been represented on TV for four decades. In...
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The Black and Blue Lamp
1991
Impromptu
6.1/68
In 1830s France, pianist/composer Frédéric Chopin is pursued romantically by the determined, individualistic woman who uses the name George Sand.
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Impromptu
2007
Flood
5.288/165
Timely yet terrifying, The Flood predicts the unthinkable. When a raging storm coincides with high seas it unleashes a colossal tidal surge, which tra...
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Flood
2010
Huge
5.6/7
A feuding double act try to make it in the cut-throat world of stand-up comedy.
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Huge
2004
Exorcist: The Beginning
5.408/920
Years before Father Merrin helped save Regan MacNeil’s soul, he first encounters the demon Pazuzu in East Africa.
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Exorcist: The Beginning
2001
Last Run
4/10
Frank Banner used to specialize in helping Soviet spies defect safely to the West. Banner's wife was shot to death aiding such an escape. Now, with th...
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Last Run
2015
Hard Tide
5.2/8
An unlikely friendship if forged when a small-time drug dealer and a neglected nine-year-old girl are forced to go on the run together.
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Hard Tide
2016
Reg
5.091/11
In June 2003, Reg Keys and his wife Sally return to their home in the Welsh countryside. As they switch on the TV to hear six military policemen have...
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Reg
2018
Final Score
6.105/585
When a stadium is seized by a group of heavily armed criminals during a major sporting event, an ex-soldier must use all his military skills to save b...
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Final Score
2024
War Game
5.2/12
A bipartisan group of U.S. defense, intelligence, and elected policymakers spanning five presidential administrations participate in an unscripted rol...
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War Game
1989
Scandal
5.967/105
An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with him. He serves as friend and mentor, and through...
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Scandal
2010
The Kid
6.519/27
Based on the real life story of Kevin Lewis, the film follows his childhood of abuse, his descent into a life of crime and the way he put his life tog...
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The Kid
1994
Requiem Apache
7.5/2
Alan Bleasdale's comic crime caper for Channel 4 about a former getaway driver desperate to leave his life of crime behind. Featuring Alfred Molina, D...
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Requiem Apache
2016
Jackie
6.45/2469
An account of the days of First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, in the immediate aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963.
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Jackie
2001
New Year's Day
5.333/6
Two 17-year-old boys mark the new year by doing twelve dangerous but exciting tasks set for them by their friends.
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New Year's Day
1985
Black Arrow
6.889/9
In 15th century England, a civil war called Wars of the Roses is being fought between two rival houses who want the throne. Fresh from battle, a knigh...
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Black Arrow
1993
Wayne's World 2
6.1/1202
A message from Jim Morrison in a dream prompts cable access TV stars Wayne and Garth to put on a rock concert, "Waynestock," with Aerosmith as headlin...
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Wayne's World 2
2013
All Things To All Men
4.343/67
A thief is caught up in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse between a maverick cop and London crime boss.
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All Things To All Men
1991
The Pope Must Die
5/29
A less-than-qualified and far-from-perfect priest is mistakenly named the new pope. As the pontiff, he must deal with Vatican corruption, the Mob and...
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The Pope Must Die
2008
Caught in the Act
0/0
A corrupt parish council embezzle EU money to pay for their decadent lifestyles instead of funding the cultural development of their town. They soon f...
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Caught in the Act
1984
The Hit
6.455/242
Ten years after ratting on his old mobster friends in exchange for personal immunity, two hit men drive a hardened criminal to Paris for his execution...
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The Hit
1982
The Merry Wives of Windsor
8/3
When Sir John Falstaff decides that he wants to have a little fun he writes two letters to a pair of Window wives: Mistress Ford and Mistress Page. Wh...
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The Merry Wives of Windsor
2019
An Accidental Studio
6.4/9
Charts the early years of HandMade Films seen through the eyes of the filmmakers, key personnel, and the man who started it all: former Beatle George...
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An Accidental Studio
2019
Gemini Man
6.256/5575
Henry Brogan is an elite 51-year-old assassin who's ready to call it quits after completing his 72nd job. His plans get turned upside down when he bec...
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Gemini Man
1993
Undercover Blues
6.023/174
When fun-loving American agents Jeff and Jane Blue are called back from maternity leave for a special assignment in New Orleans, the spy parents decid...
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Undercover Blues
2003
Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
7.8/23
The creation of the film Alien³ (1992) is covered here in this feature-length documentary in exhaustive detail. Many interviews with the cast and crew...
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Wreckage and Rage: Making 'Alien³'
2024
Stand or Fall: The Remarkable Rise of Brighton and Hove Albion
9/1
This documentary is a story 25 years in the making and told by Albion fans, which charts the club's remarkable rise from the brink of extinction to th...
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Stand or Fall: The Remarkable Rise of Brighton and Hove Albion
Bjorn of the Dead
0/0
Set in the world of tribute bands, an ABBA tribute band find its members trapped in a nightclub at the start of the apocalypse.
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Bjorn of the Dead
2014
Walking with the Enemy
6.3/76
Regent Horthy is the leader of Hungary and a German ally, but his favorable standing with Hitler changes as the war comes to an end. Forced to cede Hu...
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