Edward Bunker
Born: 1933-12-31 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: 2005-07-19
Known For: Acting
Biography
Edward Heward Bunker (December 31, 1933 – July 19, 2005) was an American author of crime fiction, a screenwriter, convicted felon and an actor. He wrote numerous books, some of which have been adapted into films. He wrote the scripts for - and acted in - Straight Time (1978) (adapted from his debut novel No Beast So Fierce), Runaway Train (1985) and Animal Factory (2000) (adapted from his sophomore novel of the same name). He also played a minor role in Reservoir Dogs (1992). He began running away from home when he was five years old, and developed a pattern of criminal behavior, earning his first conviction when he was 14, leading to a cycle of incarceration, parole, re-offending and further jail time. He was convicted of bank robbery, drug dealing, extortion, armed robbery, and forgery. Bunker was released from prison for the last time in 1975, after which he focused on his career as a writer and actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Edward Bunker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2016
- Dog Eat Dog ... (Novel)
2011
- Rampart ... (In Memory Of)
2010
- Venus & Vegas as Micky the Calc
2006
- High Hopes as Big Joe
- Reservoir Dogs: Playing It Fast & Loose as Self (archive footage)
2005
- The Longest Yard as Skitchy Rivers
- Nobody Wants Your Film as Self
- The Making of 'Heat' as Self
- Champion as Self
- Reservoir Dogs Revisited as Self
2002
- 13 Moons as Hoodlum
2001
- Family Secrets as Douglas Marley
2000
- Animal Factory as Buzzard
1998
- Shadrach as Joe Thorton
1996
- Chameleon as Sid Dembo
1994
- Somebody to Love as Jimmy
1993
- Fallen Angels as Sailor
- Best of the Best 2 as Spotlight Operator
- Love, Cheat & Steal as Old Con
- Last Light as Chess Player
- Distant Cousins as Mr. Benson
1992
- Reservoir Dogs as Mr. Blue
1989
- Tango & Cash as Capt. Holmes
- Best of the Best as Stan
- Miracle Mile as Nightwatchman
- Relentless as Cardoza
1988
- Fear as Lenny
1987
- The Running Man as Lenny
- Shy People as Chuck
1986
- Slow Burn as George
1985
- Runaway Train as Jonah
1984
- Hunter as Hitman
1980
- The Long Riders as Chadwell
1978
- Straight Time as Mickey