
John Pinette
Actor · 1962 – 2014 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA
John Paul Pinette (/pɪˈnɛt/ pi-NET; March 23, 1964 – April 5, 2014) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, and Broadway performer. He toured the comedy club circuit beginning in the 1980s and appeared in cinema and on television. Besides stand-up, Pinette did various impressions, among them Michael Jackson, The Chipmunks, Elvis Presley, Gollum from The Lord of the Rings, Hervé Villechaize (Tattoo from Fantasy Island), an Ewok, actor Marlon Brando (notably Brando's role in The Godfather), as well as a range of regional accents. He occasionally sang in his stand-up routines, working in songs such as "Over the Rainbow" from The Wizard of Oz, "Will You Be There" from Free Willy, and "Don't Cry for Me Argentina". Description above from the Wikipedia article John Pinette, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movies17
Movie6.4ActionCrimeWhen undercover FBI agent Frank Castle's wife and son are slaughtered, he becomes 'the Punisher' -- a ruthless vigilante willing to go to any length to avenge his family.
The Punisher
2004 · 3.3K votes
Movie5.2ComedyScience FictionA research scientist becomes the world's first pregnant man in order to test a drug he and a colleague have designed for expectant women. To carry out the trial, he has an embryo implant, believing that he will only carry the baby for three months – hardly expecting to face the prospect of giving birth.
Junior
1994 · 1.7K votes
Movie4.6ComedyThe nerds are now in control of the university, as a result of Lewis Skolnick and the rest's actions in the two previous movies. A new generation of sportsmen arrive, however, determined on winning the school back. The principle, himself an ex-nerd fighter, helps them, and the nerds return to suppression. Harold Skolnick needs help from his uncle Lewis, the hero of the first two movies. Lewis, however, are not too proud of his nerd past, and won't reveal any of it, much less help his nephew. However, his wife makes him change his mind, and with help from his friends from the first two movies, they start the fight to win the school back, using classic nerd tricks.
Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation
1992 · 132 votes
Movie4.6ComedyLewis and his nerdy friends attend Booger's wedding to the daughter of a rich politician, but nerd-haters in the family do everything possible to prevent the wedding going ahead. Meanwhile, Lewis awaits with eagerness the birth of his unborn foetal child...
Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love
1994 · 131 votes
Movie2.9ActionComedyA tattooed Interpol agent helps an old classmate find the kidnapped daughter of a computer software tycoon.
Simon Sez
1999 · 77 votes
Movie5.7ComedyDramaDuets is a road-trip comedy which revolves around the little known world of karaoke and the whimsical characters who inhabit it. All roads lead to Omaha, site of a national karaoke competition where this motley group of singers and stars come together for a blow-out sing-off.
Duets
2000 · 164 votes
Movie5.4ComedyA judge gives con-man Tom Turner a choice—a jail sentence, or a year of honest work. But when he gets a job in the U.S. Post Office's dead letter office, he starts a Good Samaritan con by answering letters written to God. His seemingly virtuous work inspires his co-workers to do the same, but their good deeds are frowned upon by the postmaster general—and the cops.
Dear God
1996 · 66 votes
Movie6.3MysteryAdventureSet in San Francisco, Jonathan and Jennifer Hart are faced with the prospect of being reunited with Jonathan's long lost sister, and her nephew. Is it possible that Jonathan will finally discover a key to his past or will the "family" turn out to be after something, putting Jonathan and Jennifer in danger's past one more time?
Hart to Hart: Secrets of the Hart
1995 · 13 votes
Movie4.8ComedyA three times divorced real estate tycoon who thought he was through with love gets more then he bargained for when he invests in some property for a ski resort in Utah.
My 5 Wives
2000 · 23 votes
Movie3.4ComedyStruggling actor Danny and his pal Stuart are ready to rock the L.A. nightlife -- with help from a Rolls Royce and Rolex "borrowed" from Stuart's uncle Manny, a big-time producer. But plans go awry when the boys meet the too-good-to-be-true Jenny.
Do It for Uncle Manny
2002 · 10 votes
Movie4.6ComedyA satirical take on a modern day Ned Kelly who is forced to Hollywood in order to make enough money to save his family's land. As it goes against his belief, he cannot simply rob banks for his own benefit (all money goes to the poor). Ned is forced to find another way to come up with the $1 million required to save his family island.
Reckless Kelly
1993 · 36 votes
Movie4.0ComedyCrimeYoung-goo the son of mafia boss Don Carini, is too foolish to be part of the mafia elite. One day, Young-goo comes to his father and is trained by Tony V to be his father's successor. A few days later, Young-goo accidentally rescues Nancy, the only daughter of Don Bonfante, the boss of a rival mafia family. But Vinnie, an under-boss of the Bonfante family kidnapped her and fabricates that Young-goo has taken her. Vinnie's behavior provokes an armed conflict between the two families.
Movie7.5ComedyTV MovieLight-hearted spoof about a dysfunctional upper-income family who have to come to terms with family and business problems around the titular holiday.
Thanksgiving Day
1990 · 2 votes
Movie7.4ComedyStill Hungry serves as a follow-up of sorts to Pinette’s previous Comedy Central special, 2007’s I’m Starvin’!
John Pinette: Still Hungry
2011 · 8 votes
Movie7.6ComedyFresh from his role in the Broadway musical hit "Hairspray," self-effacing stand-up funnyman John Pinette delivers nonstop laughs at the Montreal Comedy Festival. An all-new routine covers topics from health food to family get-togethers, and backstage footage and hilarious outtakes add to the fun. Pinette's successful acting career extends to TV and the big screen as well as the stage; his films include Duets, Dear God and Junior.
John Pinette: I'm Starvin'!
2007 · 14 votes
Movie6.9ComedyJohn Pinette has been cracking up audiences around the world for more than 15 years. He was named Stand-Up Comedian of the Year by the American Comedy Awards in 1999 and he received a Gemini Award nomination for his superb televised performance at The Montreal Comedy Festival in 2000.
John Pinette: I Say Nay Nay
2005 · 9 votes
- MovieDocumentary
Remembering influential comedic performer John Pinette, more than just the fat guy from the last episode of Seinfeld.
Series15
TV8.2ComedyA stand-up comedian and his three offbeat friends weather the pitfalls and payoffs of life in New York City in the '90s. It's a show about nothing.
Seinfeld
1989 · 2.5K votes
TV6.8Action & AdventureCrimeMannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller, the title character, Joe Mannix, is a private investigator. He is played by Mike Connors. Mannix was the last series produced by Desilu Productions.
Mannix
1967 · 56 votes
TV6.5DramaCrimeFollows the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.
Dragnet
1951 · 36 votes
TV7.6ComedyFamilyA furry alien wiseguy comes to live with a terran family after crashing into their garage.
ALF
1986 · 1.3K votes
TV5.6CrimeDramaPrivate Eyes Tom Lopaka and Tracy Steele are based out of Hawaiian Village Resort where they work both hotel security and are hired by others to look into various matters. They're helped by their trusty right-hand man Kazuo Kim who runs a taxi company and is always eager to help them.
Hawaiian Eye
1959 · 10 votes
TV6.6CrimeDramaPeter Gunn is an American private eye television series. Filmed in a film noir atmosphere and featuring Henry Mancini music that could tell you the action with your eyes closed, Peter Gunn worked in style. Known as Pete to his friends and simply as Gunn to his enemies, he did his job in a calm cool way.
Peter Gunn
1958 · 26 votes
TV7.8AnimationComedyFrom living with his deadbeat son, Ben, to his day-to-day dealings with his stunningly sarcastic secretary, Laura, join therapist Jonathan Katz as he picks the brains of your favorite stand-up comedians.
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
1995 · 67 votes
TV7.4ComedyParker Lewis is a teenager who apparently can't lose. He's cool, cute, popular, hip – and seems to get away with anything. That's not to say he's got no problems. His two primary nemeses are school principal Grace Musso, whose goal is getting Parker expelled; and his little sister Shelly, whose sole purpose seems to be tattling on Parker. However, with best friends Mikey and Jerry, Parker takes on the world and makes the best of high school.
Parker Lewis Can't Lose
1990 · 84 votes
TV6.8WesternBranded is an American Western series which aired on NBC from 1965 through 1966, sponsored by Procter & Gamble in its Sunday night 8:30 p.m. Eastern Time period, and starred Chuck Connors as Jason McCord, a United States Army Cavalry captain who had been drummed out of the service following an unjust accusation of cowardice.
Branded
1965 · 18 votes
TV6.3DramaCrimeTightrope is an American crime drama series that aired on CBS from September 1959 to September 1960, under the alternate sponsorship of the J.B. Williams Company, and American Tobacco. Produced by Russell Rouse and Clarence Greene in association with Screen Gems, the series stars Mike Connors as an undercover agent named "Nick" who was assigned to infiltrate criminal gangs. The show was to have originally been titled Undercover Man but it was changed before going to air.
Tightrope
1959 · 3 votes
TV7.5ComedyLife's Work is an American situation comedy series that aired from September 1996 to June 1997 on the ABC channel; the show stars Lisa Ann Walter as Lisa Ann Minardi Hunter, an assistant district attorney in Baltimore. Lisa Ann always wanted to practice law since she was young because she always argued with her parents. She also had a basketball coach husband named Kevin Hunter who served as the patriarch of the family. Together, they raised a 7-year-old daughter Tess and a toddler son named Griffin. During the entire run of the series, a simple electric guitar instrumental solo was used as the show's opening theme. Laugh tracks were used in all episodes in the sitcom as it was filmed "live before a studio audience."
Life's Work
1996 · 2 votes
TV6.9WesternHondo is a 17-episode Western television series starring Ralph Taeger that aired in the United States on ABC during the 1967 fall season. The series was produced by Batjac Productions, Inc., Fenady Associates, Inc., and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television.
Hondo
1967 · 7 votes
TV8.0ComedyVinnie & Bobby
1992 · 3 votes
TV10.0ComedyA wealthy Oklahoma widower enlists the help of an unemployed Harvard graduate to tutor his brood on becoming more refined in a stale sitcom that's notable only because it was created by Abe Burrows and Cleveland Amory.
O.K. Crackerby
1965 · 1 votes
TV6.0DocumentaryHungry for facts about the food you consume? All You Can Eat, hosted by comedian John Pinette, takes the country's culinary obsession in a whole new direction. He'll be serving up everything you need to know about great food. You won't get recipes or travel to foreign countries, but you will get the complete history, technology, and the process behind every single bite. From factories and farmlands to restaurants and retail, this is the story of how what we eat ends up in our mouths.
All You Can Eat
2013 · 1 votes