Miles Chapin

Known for Acting

12/6/1954(Age 71)

New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Miles Chapin was born on December 6, 1954 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Howard the Duck (1986), Hair (1979) and The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996).

Known For (21 credits)

4.7

Movie

Lightning: Fire from the Sky

2001

Overwhelmed by a disastrous lightning storm that his son predicted, a man must learn to trust his son in order to save his family and the whole community.

3.5

Movie

The Photographer

2000

A year after becoming the toast of New York City's art scene, photographer Max Martin has lost his ability to take a decent picture. On the night before his make-or-break gallery opening, surrounded by the trappings of success but devoid of inspiration, Max embarks on a bizarre trek through the city in search of ten mysterious photographs that could save his career. Shot in brilliant color and dramatic black and white, first-time director Jeremy Stein's industrial New York City is a wonderland, roamed by witches and magical creatures, where survival hinges on the completion of a simple quest. Accompanied by an unlikely crew of strangers he meets along the way, Max trips through a modern-day Oz and rediscovers the easily forgotten value of seeing magic reflected in everyday life.

7.2

Movie

Man on the Moon

1999

The story of the life and career of eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.

7.0

Movie

I Remember

1999

Set and shot chronologically in natural light over one hour at dusk, I REMEMBER materialized out of this sense of intangible loss and a desire to hold on to memories that, however fleeting, give our lives meaning.

Movie

Hudson River Blues

1997

Hoping to help their marriage, a Manhattan lawyer (Rya Kihlstedt) brings her burned-out husband (Robert Stanton) to her mother's home upstate.

7.0

Movie

The People vs. Larry Flynt

1996

Larry Flynt is the hedonistically obnoxious, but indomitable, publisher of Hustler magazine. The film recounts his struggle to make an honest living publishing his girlie magazine and how it changes into a battle to protect the freedom of speech for all people.

6.3

Movie

The Associate

1996

Laurel Ayres is a businesswoman trying to make it but unfortunately she works at a investment firm where she does all the work but all the senior investors like Frank Peterson grab all the credit. She then leaves and starts her own firm. While trying to find clients Laurel pretends that she has a male partner named Robert Cutty. And when she starts to do well all of her clients wants to meet Cutty which is difficult since he doesn't exist.

5.0

Movie

Young Goodman Brown

1993

Based of Nathaniel Hawthorn's short story of the same name. Newly married husband leaves for the night only to discover his wife maybe a witch.

5.4

Movie

Howard the Duck

1986

A scientific experiment unknowingly brings extraterrestrial life forms to the Earth through a laser beam. First is the cigar-smoking drake, Howard, from the duck's planet. A few kids try to keep him from the greedy scientists and help him back to his planet, but then a much less friendly being arrives through the beam...

7.5

Murder, She Wrote

1984

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

5.9

Kate & Allie

1984

Kate & Allie is an American television situation comedy which ran from March 19, 1984, to May 22, 1989. Kate & Allie first aired on CBS as a midseason replacement series and only six episodes were initially commissioned, but the favorable response from critics and viewers alike easily convinced CBS to commit to a full season in the fall of 1984. The series was created by Sherry Coben.

6.3

Movie

Get Crazy

1983

Mega-promoter Colin Beverly plans to sabotage the New Year's 1983 concert of small-time operator Max Wolfe. Wolfe's assistants Neil Allen and Willie Loman find romance while trying to save the drugs, violence, and rock and roll from Beverly's schemes.