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Whiplash
The road to greatness can take you to the edge.
Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.
  • Released on 10/10/2014 (Movie)
  • 8.4 out of 10 (14915 votes on TMDB)
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Miles Teller

Character's name: "Andrew"
Birthday: 02/20/1987
Birthplace: Downingtown, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography:
Miles Alexander Teller (born February 20, 1987) is an American actor and musician. An alumnus of NYU's Tisch School of Arts, he appeared in several short films and television movies before making his feature film debut in Rabbit Hole (2010). He had supporting roles in Footloose (2011) and Project X (2012), before garnering critical acclaim for his leading performance as Sutter Keely in The Spectacular Now (2013), for which he was awarded the Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize for Dramatic Acting and his role as Andrew Neiman in Whiplash, for which he was nominated for the Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Actor, the Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture, and the BAFTA Rising Star Award. His other notable films include: Divergent (2014), Bleed for This (2016), War Dogs (2016), and Top Gun: Maverick (2022).

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J.K. Simmons

Character's name: "Fletcher"
Birthday: 01/09/1955
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Biography:
Jonathan Kimble Simmons (born January 9, 1955) is an American actor. He has been cited as one of the greatest contemporary character actors, and has appeared in over 200 film and television roles since his debut in 1986. He is an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, and Critics Choice Award winner, among other accolades. His film roles include J. Jonah Jameson in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2002–2007), tobacco industry executive B.R. in Thank You for Smoking (2005), Mac MacGuff in Juno (2007), music instructor Terence Fletcher in Whiplash (2014), Bill in La La Land (2016), William Frawley in Being the Ricardos (2021), and Commissioner James Gordon in the DC Extended Universe films Justice League (2017), Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021), and Batgirl (2022). He reprised his role as Jameson in various Marvel media unrelated to the Sam Raimi trilogy, including multiple animated series and the Marvel Cinematic Universe/Sony's Spider-Man Universe films Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), Venom: Let There Be Carnage, and Spider-Man: No Way Home (both 2021), and the web series TheDailyBugle.net (2019; 2021). On television, he is known for playing Dr. Emil Skoda on the NBC series Law & Order, white supremacist prisoner Vernon Schillinger on the HBO series Oz, and Assistant Police Chief Will Pope on TNT's The Closer. From 2017 to 2019, he starred as Howard Silk in the Starz series Counterpart. He has also appeared in a series of commercials for Farmers Insurance and starred in the third season of the IFC comedy series Brockmire. In 2020, he had recurring roles on the miniseries Defending Jacob and The Stand. As a voice artist, he is known for voicing Cave Johnson in the video game Portal 2 (2011), Tenzin in The Legend of Korra (2012–2014), Stanford “Ford” Pines in Gravity Falls (2015–2016), Kai in Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016), Mayor Leodore Lionheart in Zootopia (2016), the titular character in Klaus (2019), Pig Baby in Season 4 of the HBO Max animated series Infinity Train (2021), and Nolan “Omni-Man” Grayson in the Amazon Prime action animated series Invincible (2021). He has been the voice of the Yellow M&M since 1996.

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Paul Reiser

Character's name: "Jim"
Birthday: 03/30/1957
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
Biography:
Paul Reiser (born March 30, 1956) is an American actor, comedian, television writer, and musician. He is known for his roles as Michael Taylor in the 1980s sitcom My Two Dads, Paul Buchman in the NBC sitcom Mad About You, Modell in the 1982 film Diner, Carter Burke in the 1986 film Aliens, as Detective Jeffrey Friedman in Beverly Hills Cop (1984) and Beverly Hills Cop II (1987). More recently, Reiser is recognized as Jim Neiman in the 2014 film Whiplash and Doug Getty in the Amazon Video series Red Oaks.

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Melissa Benoist

Character's name: "Nicole"
Birthday: 10/04/1988
Birthplace: Houston, Texas, USA
Biography:
Melissa Marie Benoist (born October 4, 1988) is an American actress, singer and producer. Her first major role was Marley Rose on the Fox musical comedy drama Glee (2012–2014), where she was a series regular during the fifth season. She rose to widespread prominence for portraying the title character on the CBS / CW superhero series Supergirl (2015–2021), along with related media in the Arrowverse franchise. Benoist's film appearances include the psychological drama Whiplash (2014), the comedy drama Danny Collins (2015), the crime comedy Band of Robbers (2015), the romantic Western The Longest Ride (2015), the action thriller Patriots Day (2016), the drama Lowriders (2016), and the comedy drama Sun Dogs (2017). She also portrayed the wife of cult leader David Koresh on the Paramount Network miniseries Waco (2018). On stage, Benoist made her Broadway debut in 2018 as Carole King in the jukebox musical Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.

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Austin Stowell

Character's name: "Ryan"
Birthday: 12/24/1984
Birthplace: Kensington - Connecticut - USA
Biography:
Austin Miles Stowell (born December 24, 1984) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Kyle Connellan in Alcon Entertainment's Dolphin Tale and Dolphin Tale 2, and as Dalton Joiner in the Vietnam romantic drama Love and Honor with Liam Hemsworth. Austin Stowell was born in Kensington, Connecticut, where he was raised by his father, Robert, a retired steelworker, and his mother, Elizabeth, a schoolteacher. He graduated from Berlin High School in 2003 with the intention of pursuing a professional career in acting. Upon acceptance at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut, he studied with the Department of Dramatic Arts, a division of the School of Fine Arts. He performed in several productions with the Connecticut Repertory Theatre, including Julius Caesar, It Can't Happen Here, and As You Like It. Stowell graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2007.

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Nate Lang

Character's name: "Carl"
Birthday: 09/16/2024

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Chris Mulkey

Character's name: "Uncle Frank"
Birthday: 05/03/1948
Birthplace: Wisconsin, USA
Biography:
​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Chris Mulkey (born May 3, 1948) is an American actor who most recently appeared in Cloverfield, the NBC TV movie Knight Rider, and as a corporate executive in season 7 of 24. He has also played a coach in four episodes of Friday Night Lights, and appeared in numerous TV shows and movies as far back the mid 1970s, such as Baretta and early '90s cult classic Twin Peaks. Finally, he is well known to fans of the Wing Commander franchise as Col. Jacob "Hawk" Manley. In the science fiction action film The Hidden, he portrayed a man named Jack, who is possessed by the parasitic alien antagonist in the beginning of the movie. Mulkey was born in Viroqua, Wisconsin and is married to actress Karen Landry. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chris Mulkey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Damon Gupton

Character's name: "Mr. Kramer"
Birthday: 01/04/1973
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Biography:
Damon Jamal Gupton (born January 4, 1973) is an American actor and orchestral conductor, best known for his series regular roles as Charles Foster on Deadline, Evrard Velerio on Prime Suspect, Adam Page on The Divide, Detective Cal Brown on The Player, Deputy Chief Henderson on Black Lightning, and SSA Stephen Walker on Criminal Minds. He has also co-starred in the films The Last Airbender (2010), Whiplash (2014), and La La Land (2016).

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Suanne Spoke

Character's name: "Aunt Emma"
Birthday: 09/16/2024
Birthplace: Meadville, Pennsylvania, USA

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Max Kasch

Character's name: "Dorm Neighbor"
Birthday: 12/06/1985
Birthplace: Santa Monica, California
Biography:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joseph Maxwell "Max" Kasch (born December 6, 1985) is an American film and television actor. He is the brother of actors Cody Kasch and Dylan Kasch. Max appeared in the 2003 film, Holes as Zig-zag and played T-Dog in Waiting..., and played a part in the horror film Shrooms. Born in Santa Monica, California, he is Scottish/Jewish American. Max has five siblings - three sisters and two brothers. He grew up in Ojai, California, but then moved to be closer to Los Angeles, so he and his siblings could pursue their acting careers. Max is very good friends with his Holes costar Jake M. Smith, who stayed at the Kasch household for a while after filming the movie Holes. Description above from the Wikipedia article Max Kasch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. ​

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Charlie Ian

Character's name: "Dustin"
Birthday: 09/16/2024

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Jayson Blair

Character's name: "Travis"
Birthday: 05/17/1984
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Biography:
Jayson Blair (born May 17, 1984) is an American actor. He has appeared in many films and television series, including being a cast member of the sitcoms The Hard Times of RJ Berger (2010–2011) and The New Normal (2012–2013).

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Kofi Siriboe

Character's name: "Bassist (Nassau)"
Birthday: 03/02/1994
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography:
Siriboe was born in Los Angeles, California. He is of Ghanaian descent. He is the middle child and has two brothers, actors Kwame Boateng and Kwesi Boakye. As a model, he signed with Wilhelmina Models. In film, Siriboe debuted playing supporting role in the 2008 comedy-drama, The Longshots. He later has appeared in films Prom (2011), Whiplash (2014) and Straight Outta Compton (2015). On television, he guest-starred on Lincoln Heights and CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. From 2014 -2015 he had a recurring role in the MTV comedy-drama series, Awkward. In 2016, Siriboe was casted as a lead character in the Oprah Winfrey Network drama series, Queen Sugar. Later that year he was cast in romantic-comedy film Girl Trip.

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Kavita Patil

Character's name: "Assistant - Sophie"
Birthday: 09/16/2024
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York
Biography:
Theresa Kavita Patil (born in Brooklyn, New York, USA). is an American actress who is known for playing Sergeant Medawar in the television show The Unit. She has also made guest appearances on other television shows including Hawthorne, Dexter and more recently on Scandal and Revenge. She co-starred in the film Whiplash (2014).

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C.J. Vana

Character's name: "Metz"
Birthday: 09/16/2024


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