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| Born | July 7, 1959 |
| Hometown | Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America |
| Net worth | $2.5 million |
| Height | 6'4" (1.92m) |
| Spouse | Anne Campbell |
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Hollywood’s forgotten superhero: why didn’t The Rocketeer take off?
- In 2021, it’s almost inconceivable that a Hollywood studio would turn its nose up at an untapped comic book property. But back in 1986, Dave Stevens’s idea to turn his popular cartoon character The Rocketeer into a big-screen superhero was sent flying from almost every pitch meeting he took. As Stevens recalls: “In those days, no [one] was interested at all in an expensive comic book movie.” The Joe Johnston-directed Rocketeer is now recognisable as a classic origin story: an average joe discove
AWARDS
| Year | Associations | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama | Once and Again | Nominated |
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Love Actually's 'octopus boy' is super hot now
Last Friday, the entire nation got sent into a tizzy as the cast of Love Actually reunited for a Comic Relief ‘Red Nose Day Actually’ special. The little boy was played by Billy Campbell, who has since disappeared from the acting scene, however, his godmother – actress Kathy Burke – decided that the world deserved to see what he was up to these days as well as his former castmates, and one thing’s for certain: We feel seriously old.
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The Rocketeer At 25: Revisiting An Underrated Comic Book Movie Classic
Johnston has notably returned to comic book fare in more recent years, directing 2011’s ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’ for Marvel – and there can be little question in anyone’s mind that ‘The Rocketeer’ was his main calling card for that particular job. The films are of course very far removed in tone and content – but both are hugely faithful to the spirit of their source material, so much so that it’s almost as if the character literally leapt off the page and onto the screen.
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