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Richard Jeni is a Actor American born on 14 april 1957 at Brooklyn (USA)
Birth name Richard John Colangelo
Birth 14 april 1957 at Brooklyn (USA)
Death 10 march 2007 (at 49 years) at West Hollywood (USA)
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Il est né en 1957 à Brooklyn, à New York, aux États-Unis, Richard Jeni est connu aux États-Unis comme humoriste.
En 1994, il joue avec Jim Carrey dans The Mask, où il joue l'ami et collègue de Stanley Ipkiss (incarné par Jim Carrey).
Il se suicide par balle le 10 mars 2007.
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Filmography of Richard Jeni (4 films)
The Aristocrats (2005)
Directed by Penn Jillette, Paul Provenza
Genres Comedy, Documentary
Themes Documentaire sur une personnalité, Political films, Films about language and translation
Actors Jason Alexander, Hank Azaria, Shelley Berman, Lewis Black, David Brenner, Mario Cantone
Roles Himself
An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn (1998)
Directed by Arthur Hiller
Themes Films about films, Films about families, Films about sexuality
Actors Eric Idle, Ryan O'Neal, Coolio, Chuck D, Richard Jeni, Leslie Stefanson
Roles Jerry Glover
A director by the name of Alan Smithee has been allowed to direct Trio, a big-budget action film starring Sylvester Stallone, Whoopi Goldberg and Jackie Chan. The studio recuts the film, and when Smithee sees the results (which he describes as being "worse than Showgirls"), he wants to disown the film. However, since his name is also the pseudonym used by Hollywood when someone does not want to have their name attached to a bad film, he steals the film and flees, threatening to destroy the film by burning it.
Dad's Week Off (1997)
Directed by Neal Israel
Actors Henry Winkler, Olivia d'Abo, Richard Jeni, Justin Louis, Ken Pogue, Wendel Meldrum
Roles Bernie
A computer salesman charged with marketing a tiny computer that no one can operate, faces hypertension when he realizes that there is no way to sell the product and he is likely to lose his job. So he can get some rest, his wife offers to take their two kid's camping for a week. When his fellow salesman and best friend is fired and thrown out of his house by his wife, he moves in and immediately starts unending parties, which ultimately ends up the house on fire and Winkler arrested on multiple charges. In between, in a drug-induced stupor, he gets mixed up with a ditzy blonde who wants to marry him, and rescue her child from being raised by her parents.
The Mask (1994)
Directed by Chuck Russell
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Films based on mythology, Transport films, Films about dogs, Superhero films, Films set in the Viking Age, Films based on Norse mythology, Heist films, Children's films, Gangster films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Escroquerie
Actors Jim Carrey, Peter Riegert, Peter Greene, Nancy Fish, Amy Yasbeck, Richard Jeni
Roles Charlie Schumaker
Stanley Ipkiss is a shy and unlucky bank clerk working at the local Edge City bank. He is frequently picked on by everyone around him like the Bank President's son Mr. Dickey, his ruthless landlady Mrs. Peenman, and the mechanics Irv and Burt Ripley who ripped him off. The only exception of this is his Jack Russell Terrier Milo and his co-worker and best friend Charlie Schumaker. Meanwhile, gangster Dorian Tyrell operates a nightclub called the Coco Bongo while plotting to overthrow his boss Niko. One day, Tyrell sends his singer girlfriend Tina Carlyle into Stanley's bank to record its layout, in preparation to rob the bank.