Acting

Michael Pasternak

Born September 10, 1955 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA (age 71)

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Known For

The WanderersThe Wanderers · 1979
The Wanderers
★ 7.01979
MovieDrama
The streets of the Bronx are owned by '60s youth gangs where the joy and pain of adolescence is lived. Philip Kaufman tells his take on the novel by Richard Price about the history of the Italian-American gang ‘The Wanderers.’
The Jazz SingerThe Jazz Singer · 1980
The Jazz Singer
★ 6.01980
MovieDramaMusic
A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer.
The WaveThe Wave · 1981
The Wave
★ 6.91981
MovieDramaThriller
A teacher conducts an experiment in an American high school where students learn how easy it is to be seduced by the same social forces which led to the horrors of Nazi Germany.
High Roller: The Stu Ungar StoryHigh Roller: The Stu Ungar Story · 2003
High Roller: The Stu Ungar Story
★ 6.22003
MovieDrama
Based on the true story of the rise and fall of poker legend Stu "The Kid" Ungar.
Carnival of WolvesCarnival of Wolves · 1995
Carnival of Wolves
★ 8.01995
MovieCrimeAction
Four men plan a robbery in a pub
Strong MedicineStrong Medicine · 2000
Strong Medicine
★ 7.42000
SeriesDrama
The lives of staff in the womens' health clinic of a fictitious hospital in Philadelphia.
HunterHunter · 1984
Hunter
★ 7.11984
SeriesAction & AdventureDrama
Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt. Dee Dee McCall, which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1991. However, Kramer left after the sixth season to pursue other acting and musical opportunities. In the seventh season, Hunter partnered with two different women officers. The titular character, Sgt. Rick Hunter, was a wily, physically imposing, and often rule-breaking homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. The show's main characters, Hunter and McCall, resolve many of their cases by shooting dead the perpetrators. The show's executive producer during the first season was Stephen J. Cannell, whose company produced the series.
American DreamsAmerican Dreams · 2002
American Dreams
★ 5.22002
SeriesDramaFamily
Set to the soundtrack of the 1960s, a Philadelphia family moves toward the cultural upheaval in the years ahead. The Pryors' teen daughter Meg tries to shed her 'good girl' image by hanging with her worldly friend Roxanne and pursuing a dream of being an American Bandstand dancer. Meg's emerging personality, and the changes her mother's going through, don't sit well with Father.

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HunterHunter · 1984
Hunter
★ 7.11984
SeriesAction & AdventureDrama
Hunter is an American police drama television series created by Frank Lupo, and starring Fred Dryer as Sgt. Rick Hunter and Stepfanie Kramer as Sgt. Dee Dee McCall, which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1991. However, Kramer left after the sixth season to pursue other acting and musical opportunities. In the seventh season, Hunter partnered with two different women officers. The titular character, Sgt. Rick Hunter, was a wily, physically imposing, and often rule-breaking homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. The show's main characters, Hunter and McCall, resolve many of their cases by shooting dead the perpetrators. The show's executive producer during the first season was Stephen J. Cannell, whose company produced the series.

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