00:00 Gryffindor is one of those second-role actors who are unforgettable.
00:12 In the great blue of Luke Dyson, he plays Duffy, the boss of Rosanna Arquette, who wishes
00:21 him to live the great love.
00:23 In addition to his role in the cult feature film, Gryffindor has a particularly prestigious
00:31 career.
00:32 Roberto Mio Palmo.
00:34 The Great Blue is a monument to French cinema.
00:39 How to forget the opening of the film, the sea filmed in black and white, the music composed
00:47 by Eric Serra and the cult line pronounced by the character Denzo, played by the young
00:52 Gregory Forstner, and by Jean Reno at an adult age.
00:55 In 1988, Luke Dyson shook the Cannes Film Festival with his film, which at the time
01:03 did not make the unanimity and was even whistled at the time of its presentation on the Cross.
01:10 Despite the criticism and the violence of his reception, the feature film quickly became
01:15 cult, in particular thanks to the power of his casting, with Rosanna Arquette and Jean
01:20 Marc Baas, but also Gryffindor who plays the character of Duffy.
01:26 Gryffindor is one of those supporting actors who marked the history of cinema by shooting
01:32 in many cult films, as in 1981, in The London Werewolf by John Lennon, in which he
01:39 lends his lines to Jack Goodman.
01:41 In 1985, he holds, once is not customary, the first role of After Hours by Martin Scorsese,
01:51 in which he gives the line to Rosanna Arquette.
01:53 Since then, the actor, and American screenwriter, continues his career and will even be on the
02:01 poster of the last film of the regretted William Friedkin.
02:04 Actor in series during the 1980s and 1990s, Gryffindor has chained projects, shooting
02:14 in many films like Robert Redford's Quiz Show.
02:17 Unfortunately for the American actor, his career slowed down towards the middle of the
02:24 2000s, and he became more discreet on screens.
02:27 Which did not prevent him from shooting in prestigious films, like Dallas Buyers Club
02:34 in which he gives the line to the Oscar-winning Matthew McConaughey, or The French Dispatch
02:40 of Wes Anderson.
02:41 In addition to cinema, it is on television that Gryffindor is not successful.
02:48 In 2018, he plays Dr. Alon Parfitt in the first season of the HBO series, Succession.
02:59 The same year, he joins the cast of This Is Us, in which he plays Nicky Pearson,
03:06 Jack Person's little brother.
03:08 A moving role, which all fans of the series remember.
03:17 At 68, Gryffindor is not ready to retire, in September, he will be present at the
03:24 Venice Film Festival for the film The Cane Mutiny Court Martial, by William Friedkin.
03:31 A feature film, in which he will again have the opportunity to impress filmmakers
03:37 from all over the world, again thanks to his talent.
03:40 Gryffindor is not ready to retire, in September, he will be present at the Venice Film Festival
03:59 for the film The Cane Mutiny Court Martial, by William Friedkin.
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