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Mitchell Lichtenstein

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  • Producer
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Mitchell Lichtenstein
Jayne and Laura are about to take on the first man they just might not be able to handle: their seventy-something-year-old father Joe. Dutiful daughters returning to the house they grew up in, Jayne and Laura are forced to take a closer look at their own not-so-perfect lives while dodging childhood memories. Laura suspects that Joe needs full-time care, but Jayne hopes that their father's condition isn't that serious. Joe is still singing and playing his old guitar, and the lively widower even has a new "ladyfriend," shameless and sassy Shelly. But as the visible moments of their father's impending senility increase, so do the dysfunctional family dynamics. Tensions flare as the close sisters must also juggle their own very different lives - Laura's busy schedule as an environmentalist and mother of two small children, and Jayne, desperate to finally have a baby with her workaholic art-dealing husband Jackson. Their adventures back home are not without magic, mischief and mayhem, and even a search for buried treasure in the backyard! Any tears that Jayne and Laura might shed will be happy ones.
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Happy Tears (2009)
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Mitchell Lichtenstein was born on 10 March 1956 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Teeth (2007), The Wedding Banquet (1993) and Happy Tears (2009).
BornMarch 10, 1956
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BornMarch 10, 1956
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  • Awards
    • 2 wins & 9 nominations

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Winston Chao, May Chin, and Mitchell Lichtenstein in The Wedding Banquet (1993)
Ah-Lei Gua, Winston Chao, May Chin, Sihung Lung, and Mitchell Lichtenstein in The Wedding Banquet (1993)
Winston Chao, May Chin, and Mitchell Lichtenstein in The Wedding Banquet (1993)
Ah-Lei Gua, Winston Chao, May Chin, Sihung Lung, Mitchell Lichtenstein, and Tien Pien in The Wedding Banquet (1993)
Mitchell Lichtenstein in The Wedding Banquet (1993)
Winston Chao, May Chin, and Mitchell Lichtenstein in The Wedding Banquet (1993)
Winston Chao, May Chin, and Mitchell Lichtenstein in The Wedding Banquet (1993)
Mitchell Lichtenstein and Michael Wright in Streamers (1983)
Mitchell Lichtenstein in Happy Tears (2009)
Mitchell Lichtenstein in Teeth (2007)
Demi Moore, Parker Posey, Ellen Barkin, and Mitchell Lichtenstein at an event for Happy Tears (2009)
Ang Lee and Mitchell Lichtenstein at an event for Happy Tears (2009)

Known for

Jess Weixler in Teeth (2007)
Teeth
5.4
  • Producer
  • 2007
Winston Chao, May Chin, and Mitchell Lichtenstein in The Wedding Banquet (1993)
The Wedding Banquet
7.6
  • Simon
  • 1993
Happy Tears (2009)
Happy Tears
5.2
  • Producer
  • 2009
Streamers (1983)
Streamers
6.5
  • Richie
  • 1983

Credits

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Actor

  • Lili Taylor in Modern Houses (2016)
    Modern Houses
    • Architect's Partner (voice)
    • Short
    • 2016
  • Twin Set
    • Hamilton Albatross
    • Short
    • 2002
  • Robert De Niro and Philip Seymour Hoffman in Flawless (1999)
    Flawless
    • Gay Republican Spokesperson
    • 1999
  • Homicide: Life on the Street (1993)
    Homicide: Life on the Street
    • Adam
    • David Ralston
    • TV Series
    • 1998
  • Ice-T, Sam Waterston, Mariska Hargitay, Camryn Manheim, Christopher Meloni, Jeffrey Donovan, Mehcad Brooks, Kelli Giddish, and Danielle Moné Truitt in Law & Order (1990)
    Law & Order
    • Eddie Chandler
    • Joe Gibb
    • TV Series
    • 1995–1998
  • Tom Gilroy and Margaret Welsh in Ratchet (1996)
    Ratchet
    • Tim Greenleaf
    • 1996
  • Dai shu nan ren (1995)
    Dai shu nan ren
    • Dr. Peter Briggs
    • 1995
  • As the World Turns (1956)
    As the World Turns
    • Gil
    • TV Series
    • 1992–1993
  • Kirstie Alley, Woody Harrelson, Ted Danson, Kelsey Grammer, John Ratzenberger, George Wendt, and Rhea Perlman in Cheers (1982)
    Cheers
    • Waiter
    • TV Series
    • 1993
  • Winston Chao, May Chin, and Mitchell Lichtenstein in The Wedding Banquet (1993)
    The Wedding Banquet
    • Simon
    • 1993
  • Blue Bayou (1990)
    Blue Bayou
    • Martin Vernet
    • TV Movie
    • 1990
  • Chelsea Field, Kristy Swanson, Suzanne Pleshette, and Susan Walters in Nightingales (1989)
    Nightingales
    • TV Series
    • 1989
  • Edward Woodward in The Equalizer (1985)
    The Equalizer
    • Alex Hayes
    • TV Series
    • 1987
  • Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas in Miami Vice (1984)
    Miami Vice
    • Mark Jr.
    • TV Series
    • 1984
  • Sean Penn, Donald Sutherland, and Tasia Valenza in Crackers (1984)
    Crackers
    • Artiste
    • 1984

Producer

  • Janet McTeer, Jena Malone, and Ed Stoppard in Angelica (2015)
    Angelica
    • producer
    • 2015
  • Happy Tears (2009)
    Happy Tears
    • producer
    • 2009
  • Jess Weixler in Teeth (2007)
    Teeth
    • producer
    • 2007
  • Celia Weston, Daniel O'Neill & Friends in "Resurrection"
    Resurrection
    • producer (uncredited)
    • Short
    • 2004
  • Patriotic (2000)
    Patriotic
    • executive producer
    • Short
    • 2000

Director

  • Janet McTeer, Jena Malone, and Ed Stoppard in Angelica (2015)
    Angelica
    • Director
    • 2015
  • Happy Tears (2009)
    Happy Tears
    • Director
    • 2009
  • Jess Weixler in Teeth (2007)
    Teeth
    • Director
    • 2007
  • Celia Weston, Daniel O'Neill & Friends in "Resurrection"
    Resurrection
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2004

Videos3

Happy Tears
Trailer 2:18
Happy Tears
U.S. trailer: Teeth
Trailer 1:52
U.S. trailer: Teeth
Streamers
Trailer 1:25
Streamers

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  • Born
    • March 10, 1956
    • Cleveland, Ohio, USA
  • Parents
    • Roy Lichtenstein

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