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My Cousin Vinny is a 1992 American comedy film directed by Jonathan Lynn from a screenplay by Dale Launer. It stars Joe Pesci , Ralph Macchio , Marisa Tomei , Mitchell Whitfield , Lane Smith , Bruce McGill , and Fred Gwynne in his final film appearance before his death.
Marisa Tomei (/ t oʊ ˈ m eɪ / toh-MAY, Italian:; born December 4, 1964) [1] is an American actress. She gained prominence for her comedic performance in My Cousin Vinny (1992), which earned her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Launer was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and brought up in the San Fernando valley. [1] He is the son of actor S. John Launer and is Jewish. [2] [3] He attended California State University, Northridge, [1] where, after changing his major to Film, [4] he recognized his desire for a job writing and directing films.
Jonathan Adam Lynn (born 3 April 1943) is an English stage and film director, producer, writer, and actor.He directed the comedy films Clue, Nuns on the Run, My Cousin Vinny, and The Whole Nine Yards.
Dorothy Ficken, Gwynne's mother, in 1917. Gwynne was born on July 10, 1926, in New York City, the son of Frederick Walker Gwynne, a partner in the securities firm Gwynne Brothers, and his wife Dorothy Ficken Gwynne, who, before her marriage, was a successful artist known for her "Sunny Jim" comic character.
Bruce Travis McGill (born July 11, 1950) is an American actor. He worked with director Michael Mann in the films The Insider (1999), Ali (2001), and Collateral (2004). McGill's other notable film roles include Daniel Simpson "D-Day" Day in John Landis's Animal House, Sheriff Dean Farley in My Cousin Vinny, and Lt. Brooks in Ride Along and its sequel Ride Along 2.
James Robert Rebhorn (September 1, 1948 – March 21, 2014) was an American character actor.Rebhorn appeared in over 100 films, television series, and plays. Rebhorn portrayed George Wilbur in My Cousin Vinny, Dr. McElwaine in Basic Instinct, and FBI Agent Flynn in White Sands and Mr. Trask in Scent of a Woman (all in 1992), John Merino in Up Close & Personal, Albert Nimziki in Independence ...
Whitfield was born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York. [1] In the 1992 film My Cousin Vinny, Whitfield starred as Stan Rothenstein, opposite Ralph Macchio. [2]He guest starred in several episodes of Friends as Dr. Barry Farber, Rachel Green's orthodontist ex-fiancé, whom Rachel left at the altar on their wedding day.