The Fighter

79
Metascore
2010
1 Hr 56 Mins
Action & Adventure, Documentary, Drama, Sports
R

The Fighter is a drama about boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turned-trainer on the verge of being KO'd by drugs and crime.

79
Metascore
2010
1 Hr 56 Mins
Action & Adventure, Documentary, Drama, Sports
R

The Fighter Actor Sean Malone Dead at 54

His breakout role was in 2007's Gone Baby Gone.

Thu, Jul 30, 2015

The Fighter Actor Sean Malone Dead at 54

Exclusive Wahlburgers Sneak Peek: Mark Wahlberg Returns to the Ring to Punk His Pal Nacho

Mark Wahlberg gave a knockout performance as boxer Micky Ward in the 2010 Oscar-winning film The Fighter. On Wednesday's season finale of Wahlburgers (10:30/9:30c, A&E), the movie star is returning to the ring — but for a very different cause. In this exclusive sneak peek, Mark decides to...

Wed, Mar 19, 2014

Exclusive Wahlburgers Sneak Peek: Mark Wahlberg Returns to the Ring to Punk His Pal Nacho

Treme's Melissa Leo: Playing Toni Grounded Me

Melissa Leo spent many weekends during the early part of this year staying in fancy hotel suites and accepting awards in ballrooms full of her fellow actors — no doubt the high point in her career.Meanwhile, during the week, on the set of HBO's Treme, she slipped back into the skin of civil liberties lawyer Toni Bernette, a character no doubt at her lowest point following the post-Hurricane Katrina depression and eventual suicide of her husband, Creighton (John Goodman).The beat goes on: Treme settles in for the "long haul" of Season 2"Going back to Toni grounded me," Leo told TVGuide.com....

Thu, Apr 28, 2011

Treme's Melissa Leo: Playing Toni Grounded Me

VIDEO: Mark Wahlberg Will Re-Team With David O. Russell on Next Four to Five Movies

Well, there's one actor who doesn't seem to have any problems working with The Fighter director David O. Russell. Mark Wahlberg told Chris Harrison that, in fact, the two will re-team on at least four to five movies over the next three years. "I put it in his contract that he can't make his next four movies without me," he said. Oscars 2011 Top Moments: James Franco in a dress, Taylor Lautner without a shirt The actor-producer also had offered a bit of a confession on Sunday's Oscars red carpet: It was Wahlberg's idea to have the real-life Dicky Eklund crash Christian Bale's acceptance speech at the SAG Awards. (Bale, of course, played Eklund in The Fighter.) "'Listen,' I told Dicky, and I didn't tell Christian, 'When he wins -- and he will win -- run up there and just surprise him," Wahlberg said. But it's all good now. "Christian is obviously in love with Dicky, and he wouldn't be there without Dicky and all he had to go through. We've all grown so close, it's a special thing." Check out Wahlberg's full interview:

Tue, Mar 1, 2011

VIDEO: Mark Wahlberg Will Re-Team With David O. Russell on Next Four to Five Movies

VIDEO: Find Out Why Melissa Leo Says She Hoped They'd Call Someone Else's Name at the Oscars

After winning the Golden Globe and the Screen Actors Guild Award for her supporting role in The Fighter, it was no surprise to see Melissa Leo take home an Oscar. Oscars 2011 Top Moments: James Franco in a dress, Taylor Lautner without a shirt But just before Sunday's show, the 50-year-old actress said she actually...

Mon, Feb 28, 2011

VIDEO: Find Out Why Melissa Leo Says She Hoped They'd Call Someone Else's Name at the Oscars