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Lugar y fecha de nacimiento. John Heard (1946 - ) Actor Born: March 7, 1946, USA Education: Clark University, Worcester MA Versatile, stage-trained lead and supporting player who frequently plays romantically troubled characters. Heard burst on the New York theater scene in the mid-1970s grabbing plum roles in some of the most talked about productions of the decade including Warp with Chicago's Organic Theater, Vietnam dramas G.R. Point and Streamers, Iago in a New York Shakespeare production of Othello, and Broadway productions Split, The Glass Menagerie, Total Abandon, and The Last Yankee. Director Joan Micklin Silver cast the youthful Heard in BETWEEN THE LINES (1977), a highly engaging story about the staff of a Boston underground paper dreading their impending sale to a print magnate. His association with Silver continued with ON THE YARD (1979), when Heard was cast as a convict, and HEAD OVER HEELS (1979), re-released as CHILLY SCENES OF WINTER in (1982), when he played an obsessed lover. Coveted parts followed: beat icon Jack Kerouac in HEART BEAT (1980), a boozy angry Vietnam vet in CUTTER'S WAY (1981), a mysterious zoo curator in Paul Schrader's remake of LA MARCA DE LA PANTERA (1982), the seemingly helpful bartender who befriends Griffin Dunne in Martin Scorsese's DESPUES DE HORA (1985), and the unsympathetic son in Horton Foote's THE TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL (1985). In the late 1980s, Heard lightened up in such comedies as BIG, playing Tom Hanks' bullyish rival at the toy company, and BEACHES (both 1988), as director of an avant-garde theater company. But it was the unflappable buttoned-down father in MI POBRE ANGELITO (1990) and its sequel MI POBRE ANGELITO (1990) 2: LOST IN NEW YORK (1992) that moved Heard into blockbuster territory. He also turned in memorable performances in other hits, including DESPERTARES (1990), and Martha Coolidge's poignant coming-of-age comedy-drama RAMBLING ROSE (1991). Heard has continued to work in features, turning in small but pivotal performances in EL INFORME PELICANO (1993) and EN LA LINEA DE FUEGO (1993) (both 1993).
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