The Last Debate
Encyclopedia
The Last Debate is a 2000
political film
based on the book by and co-written by the journalist
and writer
Jim Lehrer
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2000 in film
The year 2000 in film involved some significant events.The top grosser worldwide was Mission: Impossible II. Domestically in North America, Gladiator won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor ....
political film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
based on the book by and co-written by the journalist
Journalist
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and writer
Writer
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Jim Lehrer
Jim Lehrer
James Charles "Jim" Lehrer is an American journalist and the executive editor and former news anchor for PBS NewsHour on PBS, known for his role as a frequent debate moderator during elections...
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Cast
- James GarnerJames GarnerJames Garner is an American film and television actor, one of the first Hollywood actors to excel in both media. He has starred in several television series spanning a career of more than five decades...
as Mike Howley - Peter GallagherPeter GallagherPeter Killian Gallagher is an American actor, musician and writer. Since 1980, Gallagher has played many roles in numerous Hollywood films. He starred as Sandy Cohen in the television drama series The O.C. from 2003 to 2007...
as Tom Chapman - Audra McDonaldAudra McDonaldAudra Ann McDonald is an American actress and singer. She currently stars in the ABC television drama Private Practice as Dr. Naomi Bennett. She has appeared on the stage in both musicals and dramas, such as Ragtime and A Raisin in the Sun...
as Barbara Manning - Donna MurphyDonna MurphyDonna Murphy is an American stage, film, television actress and singer.Murphy has won two Tony Awards for Best Actress in a Musical for her roles in Passion as Fosca and in The King and I as Anna Leonowens...
as Joan Naylor - Marco SanchezMarco Sanchez-Life and career:The son of Cuban immigrants, and the youngest of 4 siblings, Marco Sanchez was raised in Palm Desert, California. Having studied theater throughout junior high and high school, he entered the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television in 1988. In the summer of 1989, he studied...
as Henry Ramirez - Dorian HarewoodDorian HarewoodW. Dorian Harewood is an American actor. He first garnered attention for his portrayal of Simon Haley in the ABC miniseries Roots: The Next Generations.-Career:...
as Brad Lily - Jack Turpin as Michael Riley
- Bruce GrayBruce GrayBruce Gray is a Puerto Rican-born Canadian actor.-Early years:Gray was born Robert Bruce Gray in San Juan, Puerto Rico to Canadian parents...
as Governor Paul L. Greene - Stephen YoungStephen Young (actor)Stephen Young is a Canadian actor.Young was born Stephen Levy in Toronto, Canada to a financier father. Directly following high school, the naturally gifted teen athlete signed on for a career with the Cleveland Indians, but his professional bid ended when he seriously injured his knee playing ice...
as Richard Meredith - Lawrence Dane as Sidney Robert Mulvane
- Djanet SearsDjanet SearsDjanet Sears is a Canadian playwright, actor and director. She was born in 1959 in England, to a Guyanese father and a Jamaican mother. Sears was raised in England and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan...
as Nancy Dewey - Peter DonaldsonPeter DonaldsonPeter Ian Donaldson is a main newsreader on BBC Radio 4.He was born in Cairo, Egypt and moved to Cyprus in 1952 at the time of the overthrow of King Farouk. He was a frequent listener to the BBC World Service and the BFBS....
as Jeff Grayson - John BadhamJohn Badham- External links :...
as Don Beard - Leslie CarlsonLeslie CarlsonLeslie Carlson is a character, film and television actor. He acted on stage in both the U.S...
as Pat Tubbs - Maggie Huculak as Gwyn Garrison
- Martin DoyleMartin DoyleMartin Doyle VC, MM was a British Army soldier during the First World War, and an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.After the war he joined the old IRA in the...
as Jim Weaver - Brenda Robins as Carol Reynolds
- Colin FoxColin FoxColin Fox is the national spokesperson of the Scottish Socialist Party, and a former member for Lothian in the Scottish Parliament...
as Joshua L. Simpson - Judah KatzJudah KatzMontreal born and classically trained actor Judah Katz has worked in Toronto and Los Angeles for more than 25 years, appearing on television and in films....
as Bob Lucas - Robin Ward as Mark Southeran
- Don RitchieDon RitchieDonald Taylor Ritchie OAM is an Australian who has rescued at least 160 people from suicide over a 45 year period. Ritchie resides next to The Gap, a cliff in Sydney, Australia known for suicide attempts...
as Chuch Hammond - Nicky GuadagniNicky GuadagniNicky Guadagni is a Canadian actress who has worked on stage, radio, film and television.-Career:Originally from Montreal, Nicky Guadagni majored in drama at Dawson College and went on to train at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. Her first role after graduation was playing Miranda, with...
as Sam Minter - Patrice Goodman as Roz Weisberg
- Barry FlatmanBarry FlatmanBarry Flatman is a Canadian actor. He has appeared in many film and television roles such as Rideau Hall in which he plays a fictional Prime Minister of Canada. His other works include My Name is Tanino, The Company, Saw 3, Just Friends, H2O, and most recently in the 2008 A&E's miniseries The...
as Ned Cannon - Shelley PetersonShelley PetersonShelley Peterson is a Canadian television and film actress, best known as the star of the 1987 Canadian sitcom Not My Department. Peterson is also a author of many books, her most known book being Dancer....
as Joyce Meredith - Annabelle Torsein as Alison Meredith
- Lynn Vogt as Ellen Greene
- Eamon Zekkon as TV Director
- Barbara Gordon as Lorraine Hampstead
- Nancy Harewood as Bonnie Kerr
- Ann Marin as Female Reporter
- Vanessa Vaughan as Grace Dickins
- Doug MurrayDoug MurrayDouglas Murray is a Swedish ice hockey player, currently playing defence for the San Jose Sharks in the NHL. He was drafted in the 8th round, 241st overall by the Sharks in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft.-Playing career:...
as Jeff Field - Martin RoachMartin RoachMartin Jamie Roach is a Canadian actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles on Aaron Stone as T. Abner Hall and in the films Cube Zero, Diary of the Dead, and The Lookout.-Filmography:* Producing Parker as Dr...
as Room Service Waiter - Denis Akiyama as TV Makeup Artist
- Bryan Renfro as Steve Harrington
- Sharron Matthews as Barbara Fan
- Chuck CampbellChuck CampbellChuck Campbell is a Canadian actor who portrayed the role of Chuck the Technician on Stargate Atlantis. He had a role in the webseries, Sanctuary.-Personal life:...
as Bartender