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Edward Bunker
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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 furth…
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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.
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Edward Bunker's Filmography
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Venus & Vegas
as Micky the Calc
Reservoir Dogs: Playing It Fast & Loose
as Self (archive footage)
High Hopes
as Big Joe
Reservoir Dogs Revisited
as Self
The Longest Yard
as Skitchy Rivers
Nobody Wants Your Film
as Self
Champion
as Self
The Making of Heat
as Self
13 Moons
as Hoodlum
Family Secrets
as Douglas Marley
Animal Factory
as Buzzard
Shadrach
as Joe Thorton
Chameleon
as Sid Dembo
Somebody to Love
as Jimmy
Love, Cheat & Steal
as Old Con
Last Light
as Chess Player
Distant Cousins
as Mr. Benson
Best of the Best 2
as Spotlight Operator
Reservoir Dogs
as Mr. Blue
Tango & Cash
as Capt. Holmes
Best of the Best
as Stan
Relentless
as Cardoza
Miracle Mile
as Nightwatchman
Fear
as Lenny
Shy People
as Chuck
The Running Man
as Lenny
Slow Burn
as George
Runaway Train
as Jonah
The Long Riders
as Chadwell
Straight Time
as Mickey