the actor who played this character; was he also a stage artist?
Yes. Harris began his career on the stage in 1976
Ed Harris
Harris began his career on the stage. In 1976, he played an FBI agent in the world premiere of Thomas Rickman's play, "Baalam" at the Pasadena Repertory Theatre located at the historic
catch me if you can ask me to stop UNANSWERABLE what is the genre of this film? It American biographical crime film who is the director? Steven Spielberg who is the protagonist in this? Frank Abagnale and who plays this character? Ed Harris who are some of the other actors in this movie? Brian Howe, Frank John Hughes ,Chris Ellis,  Ellen Pompeo, Elizabeth Banks, and Kaitlin Doubleday the character you have mentioned above; is he a conman? Yes. He is an American security consultant known for his career as a con man, check forger and impostor when he was 15 to 21 years old. so the film is based on this character's various crimes? Yes. The film is based on the life of Frank Abagnale, who, before his 19th birthday, successfully performed cons worth millions of dollars
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Ed Harris [SEP] Early plays
Harris began his career on the stage. In 1976, he played an FBI agent in the world premiere of Thomas Rickman's play, "Baalam" at the Pasadena Repertory Theatre located at the historic The Hotel Carver. He followed that at the Pasadena Repertory Theatre in 1976 playing Lot in the West Coast premiere of Tennessee Williams's play "Kingdom of Earth" (aka "The Seven Descents of Myrtle").