Keith Gordon

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birthplace = New York City

Keith Gordon (born February 3, 1961) is an American actor and film director.

Biography

Gordon was born in New York City, the son of Barbara, an actress, and Mark Gordon, an actor and stage director. [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/97/Keith-Gordon.html Keith Gordon Biography (1961-) ] ] He grew up in an Atheist Jewish family [ [http://www.impossiblefunky.com/archives/issue_10/10_gordon.asp?IshNum=10&Headline=Interview%3A%20Keith%20Gordon Cashiers du Cinemart Issue 10: Interview: Keith Gordon ] ] and was inspired to become an actor at the age of twelve, after seeing James Earl Jones in a Broadway production of "Of Mice and Men". [ [http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800030886/bio Keith Gordon Biography - Yahoo! Movies ] ] As an actor, Gordon's first feature film was in the 1978 sequel film "Jaws 2", as the class clown Doug, then his 1979 excellent turn as the young Joe Gideon (Bob Fosse) in All That Jazz. His film credits include the 1980 horror film "Dressed to Kill", the 1983 horror film "Christine" (in the role of Arnie Cunningham, the teen who buys Christine and falls under the car's influence), the 1985 cult film "The Legend of Billie Jean" as Lloyd Muldaur, the son of a District Attorney who aspires to be Attorney General, the 1986 Mark Romanek classic "Static", and the 1986 comedy movie "Back to School", as Jason Melon. His most recent onscreen film appearance was in 2001, in the movie "Delivering Milo".

Gordon left acting for directing, making his debut in 1988 with the movie "The Chocolate War", about a student who rebels against the rigid hierarchies in his Catholic school. His other films include the 1992 anti-war film about a group of American soldiers in the Ardennes just before and during the Battle of the Bulge, "A Midnight Clear", as well as "Mother Night" (adapted from the novel by Kurt Vonnegut), "Waking the Dead", and the 2003 Robert Downey Jr. film "The Singing Detective". He also directed some of the mini-series "Wild Palms" and appeared in the 2006 Iraq War documentary "Whose War?". His directing credits for television include "", "Gideon's Crossing", "Dexter" and "House". He is also credited with writing the screenplay for the 1986 cult classic, "Static."

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0330360|name=Keith Gordon
* [http://www.moviemaker.com/hop/vol5/03/screenwriting.html "MovieMaker" magazine intervew]
* [http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/04/33/keith_gordon.html "Senses of Cinema" two-part interview]
* [http://www.kittenpants.org/31_topthat/kg.asp Kittenpants.org interview]