Movies Starring Michael Chernus
Coach
James Biberi, Bill Camp, Gary Cherkassky, Michael Chernus, Christopher Clawson, Miles E. Daniels, Hugh Dancy, Patch Darragh, Donato DeMarinis, Daniel Farcher, Jonathan Gutierrez, Jesse Stevenson, Benjamin Walker, John R. Whelan
DIRECTOR:Will Frears
A trust fund party boy becomes the coach of his neighborhood youth soccer team after his model girlfriend kicks him to the curb and his former drinking buddies all decide to move on with their lives. When it comes to motivation, Nick (Hugh Dancy) is sorely lacking. Content just to watch life pass by while he lives it up with friends, Nick struggles to find direction after everyone he knows disappears. Nick may not know the first thing about coaching sports, but when an opportunity with a local youth league opens up, he jumps. After striking up a fast friendship with one of his young charges, the aging slacker falls for pretty young doctor Gabrielle, who displays little patience for his irresponsible lifestyle. Before long things start looking up for Nick, but when his ex comes back begging forgiveness, everything starts to fall apart. If Nick can just find a way to show Gabrielle that he's really changed, perhaps she will discover that he's a catch worth hanging on to.
Lovely by Surprise
Carrie Preston, Michael Chernus, Austin Pendleton, Dallas Roberts, Reg Rogers, Kate Burton, Richard Masur, Jimmy Crothswait, Glenn Fitzgerald, Boyd Gaines, Wink Rush, Donald Meyers
DIRECTOR:Kirt Gunn
A writer attempting to finish her first novel seeks the wisdom of her mentor and ex-lover in hopes of overcoming a crippling case of writer's block in writer/director Kurt Gunn's enigmatic thriller. Marian (Carrie Preston) is writing an absurdist novel about a par of brothers living in a landlocked boat when the ideas simply stop coming. Advised that she could overcome her problem by simply killing off the protagonist, Marian discovers that task is easier said than done when the willful character escapes the pages of her book and begins wrecking havoc in her personal life.
