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Eli Wallach
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Eli Herschel Wallach (December 7, 1915 – June 24, 2014) was an American film, television and stage actor, who gained fame in the late 1950s. For his performance in Baby Doll he wo…
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Eli Herschel Wallach (December 7, 1915 – June 24, 2014) was an American film, television and stage actor, who gained fame in the late 1950s. For his performance in Baby Doll he won a BAFTA Award for Best Newcomer and a Golden Globe nomination. One of his most famous roles is that of Tuco in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). Other roles include his portrayal of Don Altobello in The Godfather Part III, Calvera in The Magnificent Seven, and Arthur Abbott in The Holiday. Wallach has received BAFTA Awards, Tony Awards and Emmy Awards for his work. Wallach also has a cameo as a liquor store owner in Clint Eastwood's Mystic River. Wallach received an Honorary Academy Award at the 2nd Annual Governors Awards, presented on November 13, 2010.
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2022
Rat Pack
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2015
The Train
Movie Andre
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2014
Showing Up
Movie Self
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2010
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Movie Julie Steinhardt
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2010
Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber
Movie Mordechai Rossman (voice)
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2010
The Ghost Writer
Movie Old man
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2009
Nurse Jackie
TV show Bernard Zimberg
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2009
In the Name of Democracy
Movie Narrator
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2009
The Toe Tactic
Movie Maestro
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2008
New York, I Love You
Movie Abe
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2008
Il falso bugiardo
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2008
Vote and Die: Liszt for President
Movie Joe Nightingale
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2007
Mama's Boy
Movie Seymour Warburton
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2007
The War
TV show Narrator (voice)
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2007
Brando
Movie Self
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2006
The Holiday
Movie Arthur
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2006
The Hoax
Movie Noah Dietrich
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2006
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
TV show Eli Weinraub
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2006
The Real James Dean
Movie Self
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2006
Baby Doll: See No Evil
Movie Self
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2006
Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things
Movie Self
- 2006
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2005
A Taste Of Jupiter
Movie Arturo
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2005
Steve McQueen: The Essence of Cool
Movie Self
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2005
James Dean: Sense Memories
Movie Self
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2005
The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation
Movie Father
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2004
The Easter Egg Adventure
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2004
Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson
Movie Other Voices (voice)
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2004
Stroker and Hoop
TV show Narrator (voice)
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2004
King of the Corner
Movie Sol Spivak
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2004
Leone's West
Movie Self
- 2004
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2004
Por un puñado de sueños
Movie Self - Interviewee
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2003
Mystic River
Movie Mr. Loonie (uncredited)
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2003
Horatio's Drive: America's First Road Trip
Movie Other Voices (voice)
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2003
Whoopi
TV show Norman
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2003
Rita
Movie Self
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2003
The Education of Gore Vidal
Movie Self
- 2003
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2003
Veritas: The Quest
TV show Rabbi
