Arliss Howard

Arliss Howard

1954-10-18 Independence, Missouri, USA 58 Credits

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Arliss Howard (born Leslie Richard Howard; October 18, 1954) is an American actor, writer and film director. Description above from the Wikipedia article Arliss Howard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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The Thicket

The Thicket

2024

as Rev. Ephron Karlsson

6.4
Acting

An innocent young man, Jack, goes on an epic quest to rescue his sister Lula after she has been kidnapped by the violent killer Cut Throat Bill and he...

The Killer

The Killer

2023

as The Client - Claybourne

6.6
Acting

After a fateful miss, an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn't personal.

With/In Volume 2

With/In Volume 2

2022

Director

7.4
Directing

An anthology film that centres around relationships, love and family. A man misses his flight and instead finds love in quarantine, a lonely therapist...

With/In Volume 2

With/In Volume 2

2021

as (segment "Still Life")

4.0
Acting

Giving creatives the chance to step outside the box while being confined to their own homes, the filmmakers behind With/In range from seasoned directo...

With/In Volume 2

With/In Volume 2

2021

Director, Screenplay

4.0
Directing Writing

Giving creatives the chance to step outside the box while being confined to their own homes, the filmmakers behind With/In range from seasoned directo...

The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank

The Magic of the Movies: Behind the Scenes of David Fincher's Mank

2021

as Self

Acting

Join acclaimed director David Fincher, actors Gary Oldman and Amanda Seyfried, and the cast and crew of MANK, for a peek behind the curtain of Netflix...

Lapsis

Lapsis

2021

as Dr. Mangold

6.2
Acting

In a parallel present, delivery man Ray Tincelli is struggling to support himself and his ailing younger brother. After a series of two-bit hustles an...

Mank

Mank

2020

as Louis B. Mayer

6.7
Acting

1930s Hollywood is reevaluated through the eyes of scathing social critic and alcoholic screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz as he races to finish the sc...

The Boy Downstairs

The Boy Downstairs

2018

as Diana's Father

5.9
Acting

A young woman is forced to reflect on her first relationship when she inadvertently moves into her ex boyfriend's apartment building.

Mosaic

Mosaic

2017

Acting

A dissection of hybrid identity in ten chapters through the life of a chimeric evolving creature 'Mosaic' and confessions by the most influentials sci...

Concussion

Concussion

2015

as Dr. Joseph Maroon

7.1
Acting

A dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologi...

Over/Under

Over/Under

2013

as Victor

3.8
Acting

A man becomes a bookie after losing his job as a day trader.

Moneyball

Moneyball

2011

as John Henry

7.3
Acting

The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-gen...

The Time Traveler's Wife

The Time Traveler's Wife

2009

as Richard DeTamble

6.9
Acting

Due to a genetic disorder, handsome librarian Henry DeTamble involuntarily zips through time, appearing at various moments in the life of his true lov...

Awake

Awake

2007

as Dr. Jonathan Neyer

6.5
Acting

While undergoing heart surgery, a man experiences a phenomenon called ‘anesthetic awareness’, which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the oper...

Weapons

Weapons

2007

as Mikey's Uncle

4.6
Acting

Weapons presents a series of brutal, seemingly random youth-related killings over the course of a weekend in a typical small town in America, and trag...

Dawn Anna

Dawn Anna

2005

Director, Co-Producer, Writer

7.1
Directing Producing Writing

The true story of a single mom who overcomes many of life's obstacles.

Birth

Birth

2004

as Bob

6.0
Acting

It took Anna 10 years to recover from the death of her husband, Sean, but now she's on the verge of marrying her boyfriend, Joseph, and finally moving...

Dandelion

Dandelion

2004

as Luke Mullich

6.4
Acting

In a small town of rolling fields and endless skies, isolated 16 year old Mason lives in a world where families exist in fragmented silence and love s...

Word of Honor

Word of Honor

2003

as J.D. Runnells

6.6
Acting

Prompted by a just-published book that holds ex-lieutenant Ben Tyson accountable for a hushed-up massacre committed by his platoon in a Hue hospital 1...

Big Bad Love

Big Bad Love

2001

as Barlow

5.6
Acting

Vietnam veteran Leon Barlow is struggling as a writer, and his personal life isn't much better. His unsympathetic ex-wife Marilyn doesn't approve of h...

Big Bad Love

Big Bad Love

2001

Director, Screenplay

5.6
Directing Writing

Vietnam veteran Leon Barlow is struggling as a writer, and his personal life isn't much better. His unsympathetic ex-wife Marilyn doesn't approve of h...

A Map of the World

A Map of the World

1999

as Paul Reverdy

6.1
Acting

School nurse Alice Goodwin lives with her husband and two daughters on a dairy farm in a small Wisconsin community. After an accident on her property ...

You Know My Name

You Know My Name

1999

as Wiley

4.5
Acting

In six months, the population of Cromwell, Oklahoma, has climbed from 500 to 10,000. Boom times have come to the oil-rich town. So has a new breed of ...

The Lesser Evil

The Lesser Evil

1998

as Ivan

5.8
Acting

Four best friends reunite in a remote cabin for the first time in two decades. They are not there to reminisce about the good old days, but rather, to...

Amistad

Amistad

1997

as John C. Calhoun

7.0
Acting

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...

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

The Lost World: Jurassic Park

1997

as Peter Ludlow

6.6
Acting

Four years after Jurassic Park's genetically bred dinosaurs ran amok, multimillionaire John Hammond shocks chaos theorist Ian Malcolm by revealing tha...

Old Man

Old Man

1997

as J.J. Taylor

6.3
Acting

A prisoner set on serving his time gets recruited to save a pregnant woman trapped in a tree during the Great Flood of 1927. A massive storm drives th...

Johns

Johns

1996

as John Cardoza

5.4
Acting

It's the day before Christmas, the day before John's 21st birthday. He's a prostitute on Santa Monica Blvd in L.A., and he wants to spend that night a...

The Man Who Captured Eichmann

The Man Who Captured Eichmann

1996

as Peter Malkin

5.9
Acting

Set in 1960, the story follows the efforts of the Mossad, the Israeli Secret Service, to find former SS Colonel Adolf Eichmann, who ran from Germany t...

Beyond the Call

Beyond the Call

1996

as Keith O'Brien

6.0
Acting

Russell Gates (David Strahairn) is a Vietnam vet on death row for killing a policeman. His childhood sweetheart, Pam O'Brien (Sissy Spacek), is stunne...

Tales of Erotica

Tales of Erotica

1996

3.8
Acting

A series of erotic short films, all with similar unexpected endings.

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

1995

as Virgil

7.4
Acting

Manhattan drag queens Vida Boheme and Noxeema Jackson impress regional judges in competition, securing berths in the Nationals in Los Angeles. When th...

The Infiltrator

The Infiltrator

1995

as Eaton

5.9
Acting

In the early 1990s, an Israeli freelance journalist travels to Germany and uncovers a dangerously pervasive underground Neo-Nazi faction intent on bri...

Natural Born Killers

Natural Born Killers

1994

as Owen Traft

7.1
Acting

Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.

Wet

Wet

1994

as Bruce Lomann

4.6
Acting

The attractive Davida enters a shop shortly before off-time and wants to buy a bathtub. Just the manager is still there. As business is not well, he i...

Wilder Napalm

Wilder Napalm

1993

as Wilder

5.5
Acting

Wilder and Wallace are brothers and pyrokinetics. Ever since childhood they've been able to start fires with their minds but following a tragedy in wh...

The Sandlot

The Sandlot

1993

as Adult Scotty Smalls (uncredited)

7.5
Acting

During a summer of friendship and adventure, one boy becomes a part of the gang, nine boys become a team and their leader becomes a legend by confront...

CrissCross

CrissCross

1992

as Joe

6.2
Acting

Set in 1969, a twelve-year-old grows up in Key West with his mother, who is paying the bills by stripping at the local topless bar. The boy finds out ...

Ruby

Ruby

1992

as Maxwell

5.7
Acting

Fact and fiction are combined in this story about Jack Ruby and a stripper, Candy Cane, and how they become involved in a conspiracy to kill J.F.K.

Those Secrets

Those Secrets

1992

as Simon

2.5
Acting

A wife and mother drifts back to her life as a call girl.

Till Death Us Do Part

Till Death Us Do Part

1992

as Vincent Bugliosi

6.7
Acting

This is a true crime story based on the book of the same title by prosecuting attorney, Vincent Bugliosi. (Bugliosi is the L.A. prosecutor that put Ch...

For the Boys

For the Boys

1991

as Sgt. Michael Leonard (uncredited)

6.2
Acting

Talented USO entertainer Dixie Leonard and comedian Eddie Sparks deal with their relationship over the course of 5 decades from World War II to the Vi...

Iran: Days of Crisis

Iran: Days of Crisis

1991

as John Limbert

3.5
Acting

Follows the events of Iran hostage crisis of 1979 and people who were held as hostages in the US embassy in Tehran, Iran for over 400 days.

Men Don't Leave

Men Don't Leave

1990

as Charles Simon

6.5
Acting

A widowed mother and her two sons move to Baltimore and struggle to adjust to urban life, encountering numerous eccentric characters along the way.

Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture

Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture

1990

as Raymond Eames

6.8
Acting

Taut thriller about a photographer who races the clock to clear a man about to be executed.

Tequila Sunrise

Tequila Sunrise

1988

as Gregg Lindroff

6.1
Acting

In a seaside California town, best friends Mac and Nick are on opposite sides of the law. Mac is a former drug dealer trying to clean up his act, whil...

Plain Clothes

Plain Clothes

1988

as Nick Dunbar

6.0
Acting

To prove his brother's innocence, undercover officer Nick enrolls in high school again, dealing with crushes, bullies, humiliations, popularity swings...

Full Metal Jacket

Full Metal Jacket

1987

as Pvt. Cowboy

8.1
Acting

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the ...

Hands of a Stranger

Hands of a Stranger

1987

as Felix Lyttle

4.8
Acting

A New York cop becomes obsessed with finding his wife's rapist.

The Ladies Club

The Ladies Club

1986

as Ed Bricker

5.2
Acting

A policewoman who was raped forms a vigilante group of various rape victims. They abduct and castrate men who have committed repeated violations of wo...

The Lightship

The Lightship

1985

as Eddie

5.3
Acting

A trio of robbers, two brothers and their twisted genius leader, invade a lightship, but don't reckon on the crew fighting back.

Sylvester

Sylvester

1985

as Peter

5.4
Acting

Charlie is a 16-year-old orphan struggling to raise her two younger brothers when she endeavors to train a wild horse she names Sylvester and turn him...

Door to Door

Door to Door

1985

as Leon Spencer

Acting

A smooth-talking vacuum cleaner salesman takes a young man under his wing and teaches him how to swindle his way to riches. The two team up, conning e...

The Day After

The Day After

1983

as Tom Cooper

6.7
Acting

In the mid-1980s, the U.S. is poised on the brink of nuclear war. This shadow looms over the residents of a small town in Kansas as they continue thei...

A Killer in the Family

A Killer in the Family

1983

as John Lyons

6.5
Acting

Three teenage boys break their father out of prison only to discover that he is a murderous sociopath. Based on a true story.

The Prodigal

The Prodigal

1983

as Scott Stuart

8.0
Acting

They were a family torn apart by redemption...kept apart by pride...but brought together by a miracle.

Butterfly in the Typewriter

Butterfly in the Typewriter

N/A

as Shelby Foote

Acting

Troubled author John Kennedy Toole's struggle to bring A Confederacy of Dunces to print.