Jimmy Breslin

Known for Acting

10/17/1930

Jamaica, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Biography

James Earle Breslin was an American journalist and author. Until the time of his death, he wrote a column for the New York Daily News Sunday edition. He wrote numerous novels, and columns of his appeared regularly in various newspapers in his hometown of New York City.

Known For (20 credits)

7.1

Movie

Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists

2018

Directors Jonathan Alter, John Block and Steve McCarthy bring New York columnists Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hamill’s courageous writing to life, celebrating the acclaimed journalists and the city they loved.

6.8

Movie

Son of Sam: The Hunt for a Killer

2017

A shocking serial murder case terrorized New York 40 years ago. Surviving victims, families of the deceased, and the detectives who worked on the case recount their stories.

8.0

Movie

Ring of Fire: The Emile Griffith Story

2005

A story of violence, love, sex, politics and media centered around the life of Griffith, a six-time world welterweight champion.

5.0

Movie

Porn King: The Trials Of Al Goldstein

2005

Al Goldstein, the controversial adult magazine publisher, is up against the odds as he takes on the D.A., the press and an even larger nightmare: irrelevancy all in a little courthouse in Brooklyn.

6.5

Movie

Summer of Sam

1999

During the summer of 1977, a killer known as the Son of Sam keeps all of New York City on edge with a series of brutal murders.

LateLine

1998

LateLine is an American TV sitcom that ran on NBC from March 17, 1998, through March 16, 1999. Due to an abrupt cancellation, there were seven unaired episodes. Created by John Markus and Al Franken, LateLine depicted the behind-the-scenes goings-on of a fictitious late-night television news broadcast, patterned in part after the long-running ABC program Nightline. Many plotlines in the series were satirical, dealing with topics like Deep Throat and the Watergate break-in, and the episodes often had cameos by famous politicians. On August 17, 2004, Paramount released a DVD set containing all nineteen episodes on three discs.

7.3

Movie

The Battle Over Citizen Kane

1996

Documentary about the battle between Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst over Welles' Citizen Kane (1941). Features interviews with Welles' and Hearst's co-workers also acts as a relatively complete biograph of Hearst's career.

6.3

The Single Guy

1995

The Single Guy is an American television sitcom

7.3

The Critic

1994

The Critic is an American prime time animated series created by writing partners Al Jean and Mike Reiss, who had previously worked as writers and showrunners on The Simpsons. The show follows the life of a 36-year-old film critic from New York named Jay Sherman, voiced by Jon Lovitz. 23 episodes were produced, first broadcast on ABC in 1994 and finishing its original run on Fox in 1995.

5.9

Charlie Rose

1991

Acclaimed interviewer and Emmy-winning journalist Charlie Rose engages a wide range of guests, including philosophers, writers, politicians, athletes, entertainers, artists, business leaders, scientists, educators, and other newsmakers in one-on-one interviews and round-table discussions.

Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel

8.5

Movie

Superman's 50th Anniversary: A Celebration of the Man of Steel

1988

A humourous telling of the history of the comic book superhero.

1.5

Movie

I Go Pogo

1980

Pogo Possum is finagled into running for President of the United States in this stop motion animated film.