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Triumphant biopic of Brandon Burlsworth, a walk-on college-football player for the Arkansas Razorbacks, whose sheer determination eventually led to him becoming an All-American offensive lineman.
2016
English
Biography
Drama
Football
Entertainment
Docudrama
Cast & Crew
Christopher Severio
(Actor)
.. Brandon Burlsworth
Neal Mcdonough
(Actor)
.. Marty Burlsworth
Leslie Easterbrook
(Actor)
.. Barbara
Michael Parks
(Actor)
.. Leo
M. C. Gainey
(Actor)
.. Coach Ford
Nick Searcy
(Actor)
.. The Farmer
Quinton Aaron
(Actor)
.. Coach Aaron
Fredric Lehne
(Actor)
.. Coach Bender
Wayne Duvall
(Actor)
.. Pastor Rick
Texas Battle
(Actor)
.. Anthony Lucas
Tammy Barr
(Actor)
.. Ashley
Jaclyn Marlan
(Actor)
.. Holly
Connor Antico
(Actor)
.. Clint Stoerner
Adam Scarimbolo
(Actor)
.. Coach Crane
Scott Thomson
(Actor)
.. Dan Huber
Peter Gray Lewis
(Actor)
.. Coach Tice
Mark Dobies
(Actor)
.. Coach Nutt
Grant Cook
(Actor)
.. Grant Garrett
Josh Emerson
(Actor)
.. Nathan Ward
Ethan Waller
(Actor)
.. Young Brandon
Todd Julian
(Actor)
.. Mike
Cassie Self
(Actor)
.. Vickie
Patrick Duff
(Actor)
.. Coach Mudd
Chris Ross
(Actor)
.. Thin Frat
Grant Morris
(Actor)
.. Fat Frat
Mark Anthony Marinoni
(Actor)
.. Bender's Son
Marty Bursworth
(Actor)
.. Photographer
Frank Broyles
(Actor)
.. Coach Broyles
Houston Dale Nutt III
(Actor)
.. Gabe
Candyce Hinkle
(Actor)
.. Mare Alice
Kyle Kelesoma
(Actor)
.. Delivery Boy
Elizabeth France
(Actor)
.. Jan
Trishauna Clarke
(Actor)
.. Stacy
Gabrielle Keeley
(Actor)
.. Gabby
Bryce Kemph
(Actor)
.. Redneck Fan
Jason Wolf
(Actor)
.. Redneck Fan #2
Richmond Porter Ross
(Actor)
.. Jerky Reporter
Ed Lowry
(Actor)
.. Snide Reporter #2
Houston Nutt
(Actor)
.. Janitor
Billy Long
(Actor)
.. Old Country Man
Mike Thomas
(Actor)
.. Fork-Lift Operator
Jeff Sanders
(Actor)
.. Happy Fan
Rob Stanley
(Actor)
.. R. Crowe
Sarah Swetnam
(Actor)
.. Attractive Female Student
Michelle Fries
(Actor)
.. Female Officer
Gary Newton
(Actor)
.. Harrison Principal
James Johnson
(Actor)
.. Veteran Football Player
Ivandricks Stumon
(Actor)
.. Player #1
Michael Britton
(Actor)
.. Player #2
Will Shackleford
(Actor)
.. Jo Don Age 8
Ross Shackleford
(Actor)
.. Jo Don Age 13
Spencer Rohrscheib
(Actor)
.. Toddler Aaron Burlsworth
Dylan Fouse
(Actor)
.. Baby Aaron Burlsworth
Blaine Browning
(Actor)
.. Brady Burlsworth
Rachel Reindl
(Actor)
.. Cute Girl #1
Libby Reindl
(Actor)
.. Cute Girl #2
Katy Hunt Ryan
(Actor)
.. Bully Mom
Nicholas Ryan
(Actor)
.. Bully Twin #2
Carroll McFerrin
(Actor)
.. Pee Wee Coach
David Bazzel
(Actor)
.. Sports Anchor
Gene Washington
(Actor)
.. As Himself
Brandon Eels
(Actor)
.. Game Announcer
Chuck Barrett
(Actor)
.. Game Announcer
Victor Anderson
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Mitchell Bailey
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Terrell Carter
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Chris Cherry
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Kevin Ryan
(Actor)
.. Bully Twin #1
Robert Cox
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Brandon Hampton
(Actor)
.. Football Player
More Information
Did You Know..
Christopher Severio
(Actor)
.. Brandon Burlsworth
Neal Mcdonough
(Actor)
.. Marty Burlsworth
Born:
February 13, 1966
Birthplace: Dorchester, Massachusetts, United States
Birthplace: Dorchester, Massachusetts, United States
Trivia:
A square-jawed blonde with steely blue eyes, actor Neal McDonough had essayed every role from psychopath to dunce before roles in HBO's Band of Brothers and Minority Report (2002) found him gaining a reputation as the man to cast if a script called for a dependable, all-American tough guy. Though his screen presence has been growing steadily in the first years of the new millennium, it wasn't long ago that McDonough was considering abandoning his career as an actor. A native of Dorchester, MA, easygoing McDonough attended Barnstable High School before graduating from Syracuse University and later training as an actor at the London Academy of Dramatic Arts and Sciences. Taking to the stage following his graduation, it wasn't long before McDonough was appearing in such productions as Waiting for Lefty and A Midsummer Night's Dream, and in 1991 he took home a Best Actor Dramalogue Award for his role in Away Alone. McDonough began his move into film with a minor role in 1990's Darkman, and the same year appearances in such popular television series as China Beach and Quantum Leap ensured that his face would remain a familiar one to audiences. Following a turn as Lou Gehrig in the 1991 made-for-television feature Babe Ruth, McDonough's television career began to take off, and through the mid-'90s he found frequent work on the small screen with the exception of such features as Angels in the Outfield (1994). A childhood dream came true for the lifelong Star Trek fan when he was cast in the Star Trek: First Contact (1996), and that same year McDonough voiced Dr. Bruce Banner in the animated television series The Incredible Hulk. His career shifting increasingly toward feature work in the late '90s, McDonough took on memorable roles in such features as Circles (1998) and the quirky pseudo-horror film Ravenous (1999). Though the frustration of never receiving a truly gratifying role caused him to reconsider his chosen career, McDonough's big break was just around the corner. Cast as 1st Lt. Lynn "Buck" Compton in director Steven Spielberg's acclaimed HBO miniseries Band of Brothers, McDonough's role as the troubled soldier who suffers a nervous breakdown in the chaos of war finally gave the actor a chance to flex his chops and caught the attention of series producer Spielberg, who immediately approached him for a role in Minority Report. Cast as the best friend of Tom Cruise's character, McDonough was now a recognizable Hollywood figure and was quickly developing a solid screen persona. Subsequently returning to the small screen for the television series Boomtown, McDonough was cast in the role formerly occupied by Jimmy Smits, who dropped out at the last minute. As McDonough began preparation for roles in Timeline (2003) and Walking Tall (2004), it seems as if the dependable actor might finally be edging toward leading-man status. Though that may not have been the case when McDonough accompanied his onscreen brothers into the woods to expose the skeletons in the family closet in the 2005 drama American Gothic, a more amiable turn as a dedicated friend attempting to help his best pal find a man to father her child in the comedy drama Silent Men went a long way in making the actor a bit more likeable to viewers. The following year McDonough could be seen treading water opposite Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher in the Coast Guard drama The Guardian. He continued to work steadily in a variety of films including Clint Eastwood's Flags of our Fathers, The Hitcher, I Know Who Killed Me, 88 Minutes, and Traitor. In 2008 he joined the cast of the successful ABC drama Desperate Housewives in that program's fifth season.
Leslie Easterbrook
(Actor)
.. Barbara
Born:
July 29, 1951
Trivia:
Though Leslie Easterbrook has only one major feature film role to her credit, it happens to come courtesy of one of the most durable comedy franchises of the 1980s (and briefly into the 1990s). Playing off her looks, Easterbrook first gained notice as Marilyn Monroe-wannabe Rhonda Lee on the hit sitcom Laverne and Shirley from 1980 to 1983. Along with a supporting role in the sex comedy Private Resort (1984), Easterbrook further made her bombshell mark as Sgt. Callahan in the hit misfit comedy Police Academy that same year. Though she returned to TV on the daytime serial Ryan's Hope from 1985 to 1987 and played a substantial part in the TV docudrama The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story (1988), Easterbrook also reprised the role of Callahan in all six of the Police Academy sequels. After the franchise ended in 1994, Easterbrook continued to appear frequently as a guest star on primetime TV, acted in the TV movie Two Voices (1997), and displayed her vocal talents in musical theater.
Michael Parks
(Actor)
.. Leo
Born:
April 24, 1940
Died: May 09, 2017
Birthplace: Corona, California, United States
Died: May 09, 2017
Birthplace: Corona, California, United States
Trivia:
Brando-esque leading man Michael Parks was one of five children of an itinerant laborer. Like the rest of his family, Parks drifted from job to job in his early teens, briefly marrying at 15. When he wasn't nickel-and-diming it as a migrant worker, Parks acted with amateur theater groups up and down the California coast. Discovered by an agent in 1960, Parks was signed to a Universal contract, spending most of his time on suspension due to his ornery outspokenness. He settled down long enough to play an au naturel Adam in John Huston's The Bible (1966) and to star as a young motorcyclist in search of the Real America on the 1969 TV series Then Came Bronson. Parks astonished his anti-establishment fans in 1968 when he supported George Wallace for the presidency. Parks' film appearances since then have been confined to second-string productions, though he managed to attract attention in 1977 by portraying Bobby Kennedy in The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover. In 1990, Parks co-produced as well as starred in Caged Fury, though it was his turn as Canadian mobster Jean Renault in David Lynch's Twin Peaks that offered him the most exposure that year. Numerous film and television roles followed, and in 1996 director Quentin Tarantino gave Parks a career-boost by casting him in the violent horror/crime hybrid From Dusk Till Dawn (a role that the actor would reprise in Kill Bill, Vol. 1, Death Proof, and Planet Terror). A turn as the volatile leader of a religious cult in Kevin Smith's Red State capitalized on Parks' intense onscreen charisma, and in 2012 he could be spotted in director Ben Affleck's Argo. And though the documentary Kevin Smith: Burn in Hell found the outspoken Clerks director jokingly chiding "View Askewniverse" veteran Affleck for "cherry-picking" Parks on the strength of his Red State performance, few would deny that the talented Parks would have likely won the role on his own merit. Parks died in 2017, at age 77.
M. C. Gainey
(Actor)
.. Coach Ford
Born:
January 01, 1948
Birthplace: Jackson, Mississippi, United States
Birthplace: Jackson, Mississippi, United States
Trivia:
Notorious for his uncanny portrayals of jocks, rednecks, hellraisers, and good ol' boys, the rough-hewn American character actor M.C. Gainey built a career for himself as the prototypical onscreen lowlife. Gainey observed in an interview, "With a face like this, there aren't a lot of lawyers or priest roles coming my way. I've gotta face that was meant for a mug shot and that's what I've been doing for the past 30 years...by and large I play cowboys, bikers, and convicts."Born in Jackson, MS, in 1947, Gainey debuted onscreen -- effectively portraying a young police officer -- in Herbert Ross' fascinating, ambitious, and stillborn musical film version of the Dennis Potter miniseries Pennies from Heaven (alongside Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, and Christopher Walken). Some might call Gainey's evocation of a cop uncharacteristic, given his later turns, but at least two additional roles as a policeman followed during the '80s, in John Carpenter's Starman (1984) and Sondra Locke's ill-advised sentimental fantasy Ratboy (1986). Gainey landed a number of additional assignments through the end of that decade, but his career did not fully catch fire until the '90s, when he sustained several turns per year. Additional films during this period include 1993's Geronimo: An American Legend (as a miner), 1996's Citizen Ruth (as Harlan), 1997's Con Air (as the villain Swamp Thing), 1999's Happy, Texas (as Bob Allen), and 2003's Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (as a bouncer).In the late '90s and early 2000s, Gainey delivered two particularly memorable and dark performances that gave him instant recognition among viewers. In the first picture -- Jonathan Mostow's Breakdown (1997) -- Gainey played Earl, one of the psychopathic redneck kidnappers who torments Kurt Russell. In the second, Alexander Payne's character comedy Sideways (2004), Gainey played the unnamed husband of waitress Cammi, who chases intruder Thomas Haden Church out of his house while fully naked.Gainey found his broadest exposure to date, however, as Mr. Friendly/Tom -- seemingly the leader of the Others and as enigmatic as can be -- in the blockbuster ABC series Lost. In 2006 he began a six episode run as Bow Crowder in the popular FX crime drama series Justified, with feature roles in The Babymakers and Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained following in 2012.
Nick Searcy
(Actor)
.. The Farmer
Born:
March 07, 1959
Birthplace: Cullowhee, North Carolina, United States
Birthplace: Cullowhee, North Carolina, United States
Trivia:
An everyman character actor with a slightly authoritarian bent, Nick Searcy spent his first two decades onscreen specializing in portrayals of such easily recognizable types as policemen, FBI agents, private detectives, and military colonels. Searcy took one of his first bows as a highway patrol officer in the Tom Cruise-headlined Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer outing Days of Thunder (1990), then followed this up with roles in such projects as the telemovies Nightmare in Columbia County and White Lie (both 1991) and the Barbra Streisand feature drama The Prince of Tides (1991). Moviegoers may also associate Searcy with another portrayal from that same year, albeit a far nastier one: that of Frank Bennett, the slug of a husband who ends up as human barbecue at the Whistle Stop Café in Jon Avnet's sleeper hit Fried Green Tomatoes.As the following two decades unfurled, Searcy maintained an almost constant onscreen presence in dozens of films (albeit frequently low-profiled ones). Some of his more memorable projects included Michael Apted's Nell (1994) opposite Jodie Foster, Robert Zemeckis' Cast Away (2000) opposite Tom Hanks, and The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004) opposite Sean Penn. In 2008, Searcy signed on as a regular -- portraying Roy Buffkin -- in the CW network's series drama Easy Money. That series was short-lived, but Searcy kept going with roles in The Ugly Truth and Blood Done Sign My Name. He was part of the cast for Justified, the hit cable series based on the work of Elmore Leonard, and in 2011 he played Matt Keough in the Brad Pitt sports drama Moneyball.
Quinton Aaron
(Actor)
.. Coach Aaron
Born:
August 15, 1984
Birthplace: The Bronx, New York, New York, United States
Birthplace: The Bronx, New York, New York, United States
Trivia:
Moved to Augusta, Georgia from The Bronx after elementary school.Made his feature film debut playing Q in the 2008 film Be Kind Rewind.At the end of the audition for his role in 2009's The Blind Side, he offered the director his security services should they be needed for the film, unsure if his audition had been successful.Participated in the Taco Bell Legends and Celebrities Softball Game during the 2010 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.Founded the Quinton Aaron Foundation whose aim is to end bullying and provide a safe learning environment for children of all ages.
Fredric Lehne
(Actor)
.. Coach Bender
Born:
February 03, 1959
Trivia:
Supporting actor, onscreen from 1980.
Wayne Duvall
(Actor)
.. Pastor Rick
Born:
May 29, 1958
Texas Battle
(Actor)
.. Anthony Lucas
Tammy Barr
(Actor)
.. Ashley
Jaclyn Marlan
(Actor)
.. Holly
Connor Antico
(Actor)
.. Clint Stoerner
Adam Scarimbolo
(Actor)
.. Coach Crane
Born:
August 11, 1983
Scott Thomson
(Actor)
.. Dan Huber
Born:
October 29, 1957
Peter Gray Lewis
(Actor)
.. Coach Tice
Mark Dobies
(Actor)
.. Coach Nutt
Born:
April 03, 1959
Grant Cook
(Actor)
.. Grant Garrett
Josh Emerson
(Actor)
.. Nathan Ward
Ethan Waller
(Actor)
.. Young Brandon
Todd Julian
(Actor)
.. Mike
Cassie Self
(Actor)
.. Vickie
Patrick Duff
(Actor)
.. Coach Mudd
Chris Ross
(Actor)
.. Thin Frat
Grant Morris
(Actor)
.. Fat Frat
Mark Anthony Marinoni
(Actor)
.. Bender's Son
Marty Bursworth
(Actor)
.. Photographer
Frank Broyles
(Actor)
.. Coach Broyles
Houston Dale Nutt III
(Actor)
.. Gabe
Candyce Hinkle
(Actor)
.. Mare Alice
Kyle Kelesoma
(Actor)
.. Delivery Boy
Elizabeth France
(Actor)
.. Jan
Trishauna Clarke
(Actor)
.. Stacy
Gabrielle Keeley
(Actor)
.. Gabby
Bryce Kemph
(Actor)
.. Redneck Fan
Jason Wolf
(Actor)
.. Redneck Fan #2
Richmond Porter Ross
(Actor)
.. Jerky Reporter
Ed Lowry
(Actor)
.. Snide Reporter #2
Houston Nutt
(Actor)
.. Janitor
Born:
October 14, 1957
Billy Long
(Actor)
.. Old Country Man
Mike Thomas
(Actor)
.. Fork-Lift Operator
Jeff Sanders
(Actor)
.. Happy Fan
Rob Stanley
(Actor)
.. R. Crowe
Sarah Swetnam
(Actor)
.. Attractive Female Student
Michelle Fries
(Actor)
.. Female Officer
Gary Newton
(Actor)
.. Harrison Principal
James Johnson
(Actor)
.. Veteran Football Player
Ivandricks Stumon
(Actor)
.. Player #1
Michael Britton
(Actor)
.. Player #2
Will Shackleford
(Actor)
.. Jo Don Age 8
Ross Shackleford
(Actor)
.. Jo Don Age 13
Spencer Rohrscheib
(Actor)
.. Toddler Aaron Burlsworth
Dylan Fouse
(Actor)
.. Baby Aaron Burlsworth
Blaine Browning
(Actor)
.. Brady Burlsworth
Rachel Reindl
(Actor)
.. Cute Girl #1
Libby Reindl
(Actor)
.. Cute Girl #2
Katy Hunt Ryan
(Actor)
.. Bully Mom
Nicholas Ryan
(Actor)
.. Bully Twin #2
Carroll McFerrin
(Actor)
.. Pee Wee Coach
David Bazzel
(Actor)
.. Sports Anchor
Gene Washington
(Actor)
.. As Himself
Brandon Eels
(Actor)
.. Game Announcer
Chuck Barrett
(Actor)
.. Game Announcer
Victor Anderson
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Mitchell Bailey
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Terrell Carter
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Chris Cherry
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Kevin Ryan
(Actor)
.. Bully Twin #1
Robert Cox
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Brandon Hampton
(Actor)
.. Football Player
