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Those New York ’Nineties—Film & TV acting by Rohan Quine
Those New York ’Nineties—
Film & TV acting by Rohan Quine
(thankless roles and buttock-clenching performances)
This footage that I’ve called Those New York ’Nineties (residing in the top-menu called “Film & TV Acting”) is just for fun—a frisky little soufflé laying no claim to profundity, presented for moral instruction. My presence in all these 115 items of footage, including my acting in the 64 items of film/TV on this page, probably adds up to something like one full B-movie’s worth of performance in total. A general introduction and an insufficient apology for Those New York ’Nineties as a whole is here. (See also my pages at the Internet Movie Database and the Oz TV Wiki.)
(1) Zoolander. As snippety nightclub doorman Malachi with last year’s male-model-of-the-year Derek Zoolander, in the feature film directed by Ben Stiller, shot in Yonkers NY. IMDb listing here. (26”)
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(2) 100 Centre Street. As defendant William Livingston in court with Alan Arkin, in the premiere episode of the TV show written and directed by Sidney Lumet. IMDb listing here. (1’42”)
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(3) Election. As an ex-student on Hudson Street with ex-teacher Matthew Broderick, in the feature film directed by Alexander Payne. IMDb listing here. (24”)
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(4) Third Watch. As crime witness Loretta, in the TV show, from the episode “32 Bullets and a Broken Heart”. IMDb listing here. Also see the “Third Watch Wiki” here. (41”)
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(5) Oz. As prison queen Kiki Faye Downing, inmate number 94D696 in the “Emerald City” wing of Oswald Maximum Security Correctional Facility, in the TV show by Tom Fontana. IMDb listings here, here, here, here, here and here. Also see, on the “Oz TV Wiki”: Kiki Faye Downing’s page here; my own page here; and the gay inmates’ pages here and here. (10’45”)
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(6) Spin City. As a party-goer bumping into Michael J. Fox, in the TV show, from the episode “There’s Something About Heidi”. IMDb listing here. (16”)
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(7) Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. As a Chelsea art gallery assistant, in the TV show, from the premiere episode “Payback”. IMDb listing here. (49”)
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(8) The Basketball Diaries. As a druggie with Leonardo DiCaprio, in the feature film directed by Scott Kalvert, shot in a Brooklyn subway station on the G line. IMDb listing here. (18”)
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(9) Threads (f.k.a. Garmento). As Seventh Avenue fashion designer Lee, in the feature film directed by Michele Maher. IMDb listing here. (1’34”)
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(10) Simply Being. As art gallery owner (and unnecessary eyepatch-wearer) Marc Osgood, in the feature film directed by Luis Marin. (4’17”)
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(11) The Last Days of Disco. As an ornately white-wigged Marie Antoinette, on one of Kate Beckinsale’s disco nights out, in the feature film directed by Whit Stillman. IMDb listing here. (14”)
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(12) $1,000 Shoes. As junkshop-keeper R. Steelchen and as a hair salon proprietress, in a short film directed by Evan Camfield (who told me the “R” perhaps stood for Rumpelstiltskin). IMDb listing here. (2’12”)
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(13) The Next Big Thing. As a delegation-favouring Artiste in a bar, in the feature film directed by P.J. Posner. IMDb listing here. (16”)
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(15) A Sublime and Atrocious Spectacle. As despairer Bartleby, in the short film directed by Ray Mia and Tiziana Blancato. (4’22”)
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(17) Nick and Jane. At the Tunnel nightclub, with David Johansen, in the feature film directed by Richard Mauro. IMDb listing here. (14”)
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(18) Too Much With Us. As boyfriend and recent suicide Gavin, in the raw dailies for a short film by Cradeaux that he never got round to editing—filmed in L.A. rather than New York, in fact. (2’56”)
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(20) Unzipped. At the entrance to Isaac Mizrahi’s show at Fashion Week in Bryant Park, in the documentary feature film directed by Douglas Keeve. IMDb listing here. (18”)
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(21) Shelter. As one-night stand Trick in a Long Island beachfront house, in the feature film directed by Benno Schoberth. IMDb listing here. (39”)
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(23) Dellaventura. As a Soho clothing boutique assistant, in the TV show (this one took stamina). IMDb listing here. (05”)
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(25) The Dresser. As an actor’s dresser, in a monologue from the play by Ronald Harwood. (This little demo reel is also showcased here.) (2’03”)
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(29) Zoo. As Goat-Boy at an animal-fanciers’ confessional, in the feature film directed by Alexandra King. A real goat was cast and assigned to me, named Gemilla (a union performer, I believe). Knowing that no actual intimacy would be required of us, we’d both arrived on set with the intention not to engage in any; but as it chanced, we were never even introduced. IMDb listing here. (28”)
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(30) Untitled. As a thoughtful fence-nailer, in the short film directed by Natsuki Kida, shot in Red Hook, Brooklyn. (1’51”)
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(31) Independent Love Song. As Cupid’s target in Times Square, wearing a black leather mini-skirt in the music video for Scarlet. My appearances are pretty brief and this was a flickery old tape copy, but I’ve put the whole thing here because I love that grandly soaring chorus. (3’49”).
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(32) Chaos Theory. As the Mystery Driver in a pre-arranged car collision, in the feature film directed by Edward Vilga. IMDb listing here. (58”)
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(35) Destination Anywhere. As an arguer on a Chelsea street, in the shorter feature film for Jon Bon Jovi directed by Mark Pellington. IMDb listing here. (50”)
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(37) The Bourne Identity Crisis. As fusspot Matt, in the short film directed by Lara Wood—filmed in West Hollywood rather than New York, in fact. IMDb listing here. (4’20”)
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(39) Eresmas.com. In a black hat and suit, following Spike Lee, in a commercial for the former Spanish ISP eresmas.com, with costume design by Robin Newland. (15”)
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(40) American Dreams. As building superintendent Chet, with Miho Nikaido, in the shorter feature film directed by Hidekazu Samei. (5’35”)
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(41) Semiotics of the American Family. As theatre make-up artist Lance, in the short film directed by Keith Dunlop. (1’16”)
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(43) I Wanna Go Where the People Go. In a Welsh hat and carnivalesque company, in the music video for The Wildhearts. (1’44”)
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(44) This Corrosion. As pagan Axel in the woods, in the shorter feature film directed by Mitch McCabe. IMDb listing here. (2’38”)
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(45) Save Yourself. Wielding a light in the music video for Nation of Abel, shot in a freezing-cold warehouse in Greenpoint. For Nation of Abel’s discography see here, and for the track listing of their album Save Yourself see here. (2’02”)
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(46) First We Take Manhattan. As the Crowd Designer outside a nightclub, in the feature film directed by Guy Frenkel. (1’10”)
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(47) Kingdom Come (f.k.a. Snuff Cop). As assaulted sadist Jake, in the feature film directed by Shannon Goldman. IMDb listing here. (1’18”)
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(49) An Endless Game. As demon spirit Fujin, in the short film directed by Momoe Melon, shot on Forsyth Street and with raining fish-heads in Red Hook, Brooklyn. The lovely Momoe has since become a novelist as well as a film-maker: her site is www.momoemelon.com (though most of it is written in a script whose beauty, for me, exceeds its comprehensibility very far indeed). (5’43”)
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(50) Last Goodbye. Kissing my boyfriend Cradeaux in a loft apartment in Brooklyn, in the music video for Jeff Buckley directed by John Jesurin. In the credits for his EP Live at Sin-é, Jeff kindly mentioned the names of several of us, all of whom had been lucky to see and hear some of his early performances within the intimate confines of the mighty Café Sin-é, 122 Saint Mark’s Place, East Village. (15”)
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(52) The Errant Girl. As rent boy Nate, chatting with my agent on a Harlem stoop, in a short film whose director I must apologise to because I’ve since lost track of her name. (41”)
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(53) Bad Reputation. As a creature of the night, in the Meatpacking District, in the music video for Freedy Johnston. (34”)
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(54) If the Shoe Fits. As Kiki the stylist at a shoe fashion shoot, in the short film directed by Tanya Fenmore: show me a little more toe, please… (1’13”)
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(55) Sexuality and Our Faith. Two happy atheists gladly hired to appear in an educational video designed to help ensure that most Christians’ understanding of human love relationships remains broader than most bishops’: giving Cradeaux flowers on a Long Island station platform. (33”)
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(57) Welcome to the Family. As a boutique manager visited by a mobster in Hoboken NJ, in the feature film directed by Anthony Costanza. (3’12”)
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(58) Two Girls, One Guy and an Umbrella. Chatted up in Sheep Meadow, Central Park, in the short film directed by John C. Sheehy. (58”)
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(60) Huffer. As aerosol-sniffer and less-than-successful shot-putter Jackson, in the short film directed by Eben Baume, shot in Chelsea and Central Park. (4’51”)
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(61) The Trouble with Happiness. As art gallery-goer Evelyn, in the feature film directed by Lynn Powers. IMDb listing here. (31”)
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(63) The Hole. As the character Man, in the stark and powerful short film directed by David Kagan, for New York University’s graduate film programme. (3’50”)
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(64) Sex and the City. As a twenty-something bar patron, in the episode “Valley of the Twenty-Something Guys” of the TV show. (23”)
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Film and TV Acting: Those New York ’Nineties
Films inside ebook of novel “The Imagination Thief”