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The following is a comprehensive list of the acting and directing credits of American actress Kathy Bates. With over 200 acting and directing credits to her name, Bates is perhaps best known for her breakout role in the 1990 horror film Misery, based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King.
Sep 26, 2021 · Bruce Davison (Tales From The Darkside, Apt Pupil, Kingdom Hospital) It was back in 1984 that Bruce Davison first brought to life a Stephen King character, playing the world-changing...
- Kathy Bates
- Morgan Freeman
- John Cusack
- Ed Harris
- Gary Sinise
- Drew Barrymore
- Thomas Jane
- Rob Lowe
- Samuel L. Jackson
- Martin Sheen
Kathy Bates is one of the few to earn an Oscar nomination for a performance in a Stephen King movie, in her case winning the award for playing crazed literary fan Annie Wilkes in 1990's Misery. She later played the titular accused murderer in 1995's Dolores Claiborne, and made a quick cameo as radio host Rae Flowers in 1994's The Stand.
Morgan Freeman is another actor to receive an Oscar nomination for a King movie, in his case for portraying resourceful prisoner Red in 1994's The Shawshank Redemption. His second King movie role wasn't nearly as acclaimed, appearing in the widely panned Dreamcatcheras relentless military villain Colonel Abraham Curtis.
John Cusack's first brush with King came in 1985's Stand by Me, in the small but important role of protagonist Gordie Lachance's deceased older brother Denny, who appears in flashback. In 2007, Cusack re-entered King territory as lead Mike Enslin in the excellent one-room scare-fest 1408, then starred in 2016's not so excellent zombie outbreak stor...
Like Cusack, Ed Harris has also ventured into King's twisted world three times. The first was for one of his earliest roles, playing doomed husband Hank in the "Father's Day" segment of 1982's Creepshow. He later played heroic sheriff Alan Pangborn in 1993's Needful Things, and made an uncredited cameo as General William Starkey in 1994's The Stand...
Gary Sinise starred as Stu Redman in The Stand miniseries, just prior to his signature role as Lieutenant Dan in Forrest Gump. He later played the small but pivotal role of prejudiced reporter Burt Hammersmith in 1999's The Green Mile, briefly reuniting with Forrest Gumpco-star Tom Hanks.
As a child, Drew Barrymore played titular pyrokinetic girl Charlene "Charlie" McGee in 1984's Firestarter adaptation. While King wasn't fond of the movie, he clearly liked Barrymore, as she was cast in another main role for 1985 anthology Cat's Eye, starring in story three, "General." Sadly, Barrymore never did any more King movies after she reache...
Thomas Jane first played lead Henry Devlin in the aforementioned flop Dreamcatcher, before starring as David Drayton in 2007's The Mist, which sports one of the most hotly contested endings in horror history. In 2017, Jane led Netflix's 1922 as Wilfred James, and will soon produce an adaptation of King's 2002 novel From a Buick 8. Related: The Prob...
Perennially youthful actor Rob Lowe first got acquainted with King material in The Stand miniseries, playing Nick Andros, a deaf mute man with a heart of gold who unfortunately meets a bad end. Ten years later, Lowe starred as lead Ben Mears in TNT's 2004 miniseries adaptation of Salem's Lot, which was fine but unremarkable.
The MCU's resident Nick Fury, Samuel L. Jackson, boasts two King movies on his resume. He played hotel manager Gerald Olin in 1408, who tried to warn Mike Enslin that he was better off not going in the titular room. In 2016, he reunited with Cusack for Cell, making them an even rarer case of a pair starring in two King movies together.
Hollywood legend Martin Sheen has crossed paths with King twice, first playing psychotic politician Greg Stillson in 1983's The Dead Zone, a man destined to cause a nuclear holocaust. He later played Captain James Hollister, head of evil organization The Shop, in the Firestartermovie, although King thought his performance the second time was too si...
Critics Consensus: Post-Misery Kathy Bates proves to be another wonderful conduit for Stephen King's novels in this patient, gradually terrifying thriller. Synopsis: In a small New...
1987 1h 41m R. 6.6 (169K) Rate. 45 Metascore. In a dystopian America, a falsely convicted policeman gets his shot at freedom when he must forcibly participate in a TV game show where convicts, runners, must battle killers for their freedom.
Jun 28, 2024 · 1. Misery. James Caan, Kathy Bates, Frances Sternhagen. 631 votes. In this chilling psychological thriller, based on Stephen King's novel, a famous author becomes trapped under the care of an obsessive and deranged fan after a car accident.
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Apr 30, 2024 · Her breakthrough role came in the form of a movie adaptation of Stephen King's Misery, which earned Bates the distinction of being the first woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress...
