The Topher Grace Handbook - Everything you need to know about Topher Grace

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Christopher John 'Topher' Grace (born July 12, 1978) is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Eric Forman on the Fox sitcom That '70s Show, Eddie Brock/Venom in the Sam Raimi film Spider-Man 3, and Edwin in the 2010 film Predators.

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In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about his Early life, Career and Personal life right away. A quick look inside: Topher Grace, Traffic (2000 film), Pinocchio (2002 film), Mona Lisa Smile, Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!, P.S., Ocean's Twelve, In Good Company (2004 film), Spider-Man 3, Personal Effects, Valentine's Day (film), Predators (film), Take Me Home Tonight (film), The Double (film), The Giant Mechanical Man, That '70s Show, King of the Hill, Stella (US TV series), Robot Chicken, The Debarted, Too Big to Fail (film), Spider-Man 3 (video game).

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• Date de parution: 24 octobre 2012
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Contents

Articles Topher Grace Traffic (2000 film) Pinocchio (2002 film)

Mona Lisa Smile

Win a Date with Tad Hamilton! P.S. Ocean's Twelve In Good Company (2004 film) Spider-Man 3 Personal Effects Valentine's Day (film) Predators (film) Take Me Home Tonight (film) The Double (film) The Giant Mechanical Man That '70s Show King of the Hill Stella (US TV series) Robot Chicken The Debarted Too Big to Fail (film) Spider-Man 3 (video game)

References Article Sources and Contributors Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors

Article Licenses License

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Grace at theSpider-Man 3premiere, April 2007

Born

Occupation

Years active

Christopher John Grace July 12, 1978 New York City

Actor

1998–present

[1] [2] [3] Christopher John"Topher"Grace( pronounced /ˈtoʊfəis an American actor. He isr/; born July 12, 1978) best known for his portrayal of Eric Forman on the Fox sitcomThat '70s Show, Eddie Brock/Venom in the Sam Raimi filmSpider-Man 3, and Edwin in the 2010 filmPredators.

Early life [4] [5] Grace was born in New York City, the son of Pat, an assistant to the schoolmaster of the New Canaan Country [3] [6] School, and John, a Madison Avenue executive. Grace grew up in Darien, Connecticut, where he knew actress Kate Bosworth, as well asOpie & Anthonyproducer Nathaniel Bryan, and was sometimes babysat by actress Chloa Sevigny, who later appeared with him in high school [7] [8] stage plays. Grace chose the name Topher because he did not want his full name abbreviated to Chris at school.

Career Grace was cast as Eric Forman on Fox'sThat '70s Show, which debuted in 1998. The sitcom was successful and Grace became well known among television watchers; he played the role until the seventh season. The series was renewed for another season despite his absence before its ending in 2006. His character was written out and was replaced with a new character named Randy Pearson who was portrayed by Josh Meyers. Grace makes a very brief guest appearance in the final episode. Grace plays a prep school student who uses cocaine and introduces his girlfriend to freebase cocaine in director Steven Soderbergh's 2000 filmTraffic, as well as having uncredited cameos as himself in Soderbergh'sOcean's Eleven, and its 2004 sequel,Ocean's Twelve. "The joke is that you're supposed to play the worst version of yourself

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and I don't think too many people are comfortable with that. I never thought for a second that people were really going to think that's what I was like. I think that people will know that I was faking it in those movies," he told [9] FlauntHe planned to cameo inmagazine in 2007. Ocean's Thirteenbut due to his filmingSpider-Man 3he had to drop out. As Grace said, "I was doing reshoots on this [Spider-Man 3], I was bummed. I actually talked to Steven Soderbergh about that and we had a thing and then I couldn’t do it. I’m bummed because there’s nothing more fun [10] than dropping in on that set for one or two days and hanging out with that crew." He also appeared in director Mike Newell's 2003 filmMona Lisa Smile. In 2004, Grace had the starring role in two major feature films; he played the leading roles in the Robert Luketic-directedWin a Date with Tad Hamilton!and the Paul Weitz dramedy,In Good Company, in which he played an ambitious but troubled corporate executive. That same year, Grace also starred in the filmP.S., which received only a limited theatrical release. Grace won the National Board of Review's 2004 award for Breakthrough [11] Performance Actor for his work inIn Good CompanyandP.S. [12] [11] On January 15, 2005, Grace hostedSaturday Night Live. In 2007, Grace portrayed Eddie Brock/Venom inSpider-Man 3, directed by Sam Raimi. Grace himself was a fan of the comics, and read the Venom stories as a kid. A spin off film of Venom is in the works, but it is unknown if he will reprise the role. [13] In 2009, Grace became the subject of a recurring Videogum column entitled "What's Up With Topher Grace?" which relates the latest news in a snarky fashion. In 2010, Grace appeared in the ensemble comedyValentine's DayalongsideThat '70s Showco-star Ashton Kutcher, and also played the character of Edwin inPredators, the newest installment of the popular science fiction franchise. [14] In 2011, Grace appeared in the 1980s retro comedyTake Me Home Tonight. He co-wrote the script and co-produced the film. Grace will star opposite Richard Gere in the Michael Brandt directed spy thriller,The [15] Double.

Personal life [16] He dated Ivanka Trump in 2006. He dated hisTake Me Home Tonightco-star, Teresa Palmer, in mid-to-late [17] [18] [19] 2007. They reunited in 2009 after she broke up with Russell Brand. [20] He is also a celebrity supporter of FINCA International, a microfinance organization.

Filmography

Year

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2007

2009

Traffic

Film

Ocean's Eleven

Roberto Benigni's Pinocchio

Mona Lisa Smile

Film

Role

Seth Abrahams

Himself

Lucignolo–Leonardo

Tommy Donegal

Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!Pete Monash

P.S.

Ocean's Twelve

In Good Company

Spider-Man 3

[21] Personal Effects

F. Scott Feinstadt

Himself

Carter Duryea

Eddie Brock/Venom

Clay

Other notes

Uncredited role

Voice role

Uncredited role

Voice role

2

Also writer

2010

Awards and nominations 2008 MTV Movie Awards b Nominated: Best Villain, in "Spider-Man 3" (2007)

Teen Choice Awards

2007

Stella

Saturday Night Live

Robot Chicken

Eddie Brock/Venom

Young Hollywood Awards

Voice role

Voice role Episode:Megalo Dale

Role

Valentine's Day

King of the Hill

1998–2006That '70s Show

2012

2003

Take Me Home Tonight

2011

Notes

Donny

Matt Franklin

Eric Forman

Chris

Edwin

Spider Man 3 (video game)

Doug

Year

Television

Ben Geary

Predators

2010

Notes

Episode:Gold Dust Gasoline

Jason Morris

Won: Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture,Traffic(Shared with cast, 2001)

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Nominated: Choice Movie: Rumble,Spider-Man 3(Shared with Tobey Maguire, James Franco, and Thomas Haden Church, 2007) Nominated: Choice Movie: Villain,Spider-Man 3(2007) Nominated: Choice Movie Actor–Comedy,Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!(2004) Nominated: Choice Movie Hissy Fit,Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!(2004) Nominated: Choice Movie Liplock,Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!(Shared with Kate Bosworth, 2004) Nominated: Choice TV Actor–Comedy,That '70s Show(2004) Nominated: Choice TV Actor–Comedy,That '70s Show(2003) Nominated: Choice TV Actor–Comedy,That '70s Show(2002) Nominated: Choice TV Actor–Comedy,That '70s Show(2001)

Won: Breakthrough Performance–Male,Traffic(2001)

The Giant Mechanical Man

Call of Duty: Black Ops

Title

The Double

Post-production

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Host

Episode:Paper Route

Voice role Episode:The Debarted

Title

The Simpsons

Eric Forman

Older Kevin

Video Games

Role

Jim Wilkinson

Voice role

2008

Year

2005

2005

2005

2011

Too Big to Fail

Special Agent Harris

National Board of Review, USA b Won: Best Breakthrough Performance by an Actor,In Good Company(2004) andP.S.(2004) Screen Actors Guild Award

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Nominated: Choice TV Actor–Comedy,That '70s Show(2000) Nominated: Choice TV Actor–Comedy,That '70s Show(1999)

Young Artist Awards

Nominated: Best Performance in a TV Series–Young Ensemble,That '70s Show(Shared with cast, 1999)

References

[1]Topher Grace:Biography(http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/topher-grace/177487). TV Guide. . Retrieved October 10, 2007 [2] Flint, Rebecca. "Topher Grace:Biography" (http:/ /movies.msn.com/celebs/celeb.aspx?c=165284&mp=b). . Retrieved October 10, 2007 [3]Topher Grace(http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1804147074/bio). Yahoo!. . Retrieved October 10, 2007 [4] Brunner, Borgna (2005).Time Almanac 2006: With Information Please. Time Inc.. pp. 295. ISBN 1932994416 [5]Topher Grace Profile(http://www.eonline.com/celebrities/profile/?uuid=ee8c6fdc-2a2b-4d10-b5e9-00988504b685). E!. . Retrieved October 10, 2007 [6] Topher Grace's Plan for Crossover Success (http:/ /nymag.com/nymetro/movies/features/10887/) [7] Keck, William (December 21, 2004). "The personification of Grace" (http:/ /www.usatoday.com/life/people/2004-12-21-topher-grace_x. htm?POE=LIFISVA).USA Today. . Retrieved May 25, 2010. [8] Axmaker, Sean (January 14, 2005). "'In Good Company' pays dividends in its rich relationships" (http:/ /www.seattlepi.com/movies/ 207739_company14q.html).Seattle Post-Intelligencer. . Retrieved December 27, 2010. [9] Flaunt Magazine (http://drewtewksbury.com/2008/04/21/interview-topher-grace/)–Youth Issue 2007 [10] rottentomatoes.com (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/oceans_thirteen/news/1648657/ no_topher_grace_cameo_in_andquotoceans_13andquot)–No Topher Grace Cameo in "Oceans 13" [11] Hill, Logan (May 21, 2005). "Deadpan Alley" (http:/ /nymag.com/nymetro/movies/features/10887/).New York. . Retrieved December 27, 2010. [12] "Topher Grace" (http://snl.jt.org/guest.php?i=2056).The SNL Archives. . Retrieved December 27, 2010. [13] http://videogum.com/category/whats-up-with-topher-grace/ [14] Faris, Fogler "Kids" again in comedy film (http:/ /today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=filmNews& storyID=2007-02-08T064108Z_01_N08312613_RTRIDST_0_FILM-KIDS-DC. XML)Reuters,February 8, 2007. [15] Richard Gere, Topher Grace see 'Double'–Yahoo! Movies (http://movies.yahoo.com/news/usmovies.thehollywoodreporter.com/ richard-gere-topher-grace-see-double) [16] "People.com" (http://www.people.com/people/article/0,26334,1552878,00.html).Ivanka Trump & Topher Grace Cozy Up. . Retrieved October 12, 2007. [17] Teresa Palmer caught with hand in Topher Grace's pocket (http:/ /www.news.com.au/entertainment/story/0,23663,22169926-10388,00. html)News.com.au,August 1, 2007. [18] New Couple Alert: Minka Kelly & Topher Grace (http:/ /www.okmagazine.com/news/view/6729)Okmagazine.com,May 16, 2008. [19] Teresa Palmer and Topher Grace hit Adelaide (http:/ /www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,24957580-5009160,00.html) The Daily Telegraph,January 25, 2009. [20] Topher Grace about FINCA on Jimmy Fallon (http:/ /www.finca.org/site/c.6fIGIXMFJnJ0H/b.6088593/k.A7AC/Video_Resources. htm) "FINCA International website," March 20, 2011. [21] Interview: Personal Effects Director David Hollander–CinemaBlend.com (http://www.cinemablend.com/new/ Interview-Personal-Effects-Director-David-Hollander-12359. html)

External links b Topher Grace (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm333410/) at the Internet Movie Database IGN Films interview (http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/574/574805p1.html) (December 22, 2004) About.com interview (http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/574/574805p1.html) (January, 2004)

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Box office

Country

United States

Language

English Spanish

$46 million

$207,515,725

Music by

December 27, 2000

Bedford Falls Productions Compulsion Inc. Initial Entertainment Group (IEG) Splendid Medien AG USA Films

Laura Bickford Edward Zwick Marshall Herskovitz

147 minutes

Running time

Stephen Mirrione

Michael Douglas Don Cheadle Benicio del Toro LuisGuzmcn Dennis Quaid Catherine Zeta-Jones D.W. Moffett Jacob Vargas Miguel Ferrer Erika Christensen Steven Bauer Clifton Collins, Jr. Topher Grace Salma Hayek

Release date(s)

Simon Moore (miniseries)

Theatrical release poster

Traffic

Traffic (2000 film)

Screenplay by

Stephen Gaghan

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Steven Soderbergh

Directed by

Produced by

Editing by

Studio

Budget

USA Films

Distributed by

Peter Andrews

Cinematography

Cliff Martinez

Starring

Story by

Traffic (2000 film)

Trafficis a 2000 American crime drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Stephen Gaghan. It explores the illegal drug trade from a number of perspectives: a user, an enforcer, a politician and a trafficker. Their stories are edited together throughout the film, although some of the characters do not meet each other. The film is an adaptation of the British Channel 4 television seriesTraffik.

Traffic (2000 film)

20th Century Fox, the original financiers of the film, demanded Harrison Ford play a leading role and that significant changes to the screenplay be made. Soderbergh refused and proposed the script to other major Hollywood studios, but it was rejected because of the three-hour running time and the subject matter. USA Films, however, liked the project from the start and offered the film-makers more money than Fox. Soderbergh operated the camera himself and adopted a distinctive cinematography tint for each story so that audiences could tell them apart. Trafficwas critically acclaimed and earned numerous awards, including four Academy Awards for Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Film Editing, and Best Adapted Screenplay.It was also a commercial success with a worldwide total of $207.5 million, well above its estimated $46 million budget. In 2004, USA Network ran a miniseries—also calledTraffic—based on the American film and the earlier British television series.

Plot

Mexico storyline In Mexico, police officer Javier Rodriguez (del Toro) and his partner Manolo Sanchez (Vargas) stop a drug transport and arrest the couriers. Their arrest is interrupted by General Salazar (Milian), a high-ranking Mexican official who decides to hire Javier. Salazar instructs him to locate and apprehend Francisco Flores (Collins, Jr.), a notorious hitman for the Tijuana Cartel, headed by the Obregdn brothers. Back in Tijuana, Flores, under torture, gives Salazar the names of important members of the Obregdn cartel, who are arrested in a large effort by police and army soldiers. Javier and Salazar's efforts begin to cripple the Obregdn brothers' cocaine outfit, but Javier soon discovers Salazar is a pawn for the Jucrez Cartel, the rival of the Obregdn brothers. That entire portion of the Mexican anti-drug campaign is a fraud, as Salazar is wiping out one cartel because he has aligned with another for profit. Javier's partner Sanchez attempts to sell the information of Salazar's true affiliation to the DEA but is killed for his betrayal. Javier, who can no longer stomach working for Salazar, decides to make a deal with the DEA. In exchange for his testimony, Javier requests electricity in his neighborhood so the kids can play baseball at night rather than be tempted by street gangs and crime. Salazar's secrets are revealed to the public and he is arrested and dies in prison. Javier explains to the media about the widespread corruption in the police force and army. In Mexico, Javier watches as children play baseball at night in their new stadium.

Wakefield storyline Meanwhile, Robert Wakefield (Douglas), a conservative Ohio judge, is appointed to head the President's Office of National Drug Control, taking on the title drug czar. Robert is warned by his predecessor (Brolin) and several influential politicians that the War on Drugs is unwinnable. His daughter, Caroline (Christensen), an honors student, has been using cocaine and develops a drug addiction after her boyfriend Seth (Grace) introduces her to free-basing heroin. Caroline and Seth are arrested when a fellow student overdoses on drugs at a party. As Robert and his wife Barbara (Irving), struggle to deal with the problem he discovers that she has known about their daughter's involvement with drugs for over six months. Robert realizes his daughter Caroline is a drug addict and is caught between his demanding new position and difficult family life. On a visit to Mexico, he is encouraged by the successful efforts of Salazar in hurting the Obregdn brothers. When he returns to Ohio, Robert learns his efforts to see Caroline rehabilitated have failed. She ran away to the city of Cincinnati, where no one knows her location. She steals from her parents and prostitutes herself to procure money for drugs. Robert drags Seth along as he begins to search Cincinnati for his daughter. After a drug dealer that Caroline had frequently had sex with refused to reveal her whereabouts, Robert breaks into a seedy hotel room and finds a

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semi-conscious Caroline acting as a prostitute to an older man. He breaks down in tears as Seth quietly leaves in remorse. Robert returns to Washington, D.C., to give his prepared speech on a "10-point plan" to combat the war on drugs. In the middle of the speech, he falters, then tells the press that the War on Drugs implies a war even on some people's own family members, which he cannot endorse. He then walks out of the press conference and takes a taxi to the airport. Robert and Barbara go to Narcotics Anonymous meetings with their daughter to support her and others.

Ayala/DEA storyline A third story is set in San Diego, where an undercover Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) investigation led by Montel Gordon (Cheadle) and Ray Castro (Guzmcn) leads to the arrest of Eduardo Ruiz (Ferrer), a high-stakes dealer posing as a fisherman. Ruiz decides to take the dangerous road to immunity by giving up his boss: drug lord Carlos Ayala (Bauer), the biggest distributor for the Obregdn brothers in the United States. Ayala is indicted by a tough prosecutor, hand-selected by Robert to send a message to the Mexican drug organizations. As the trial against Carlos Ayala begins, his pregnant wife Helena (Zeta-Jones) learns of her husband's true profession. Facing the prospect of life imprisonment for her husband and death threats against her only child, Helena decides to hire Flores to assassinate Eduardo Ruiz; she knows killing Ruiz will effectively end the trialnolle prosequi. Flores plants a car bomb on a DEA car in an assassination attempt against Ruiz. Shortly after planting the bomb, Flores is assassinated by a sniper in retaliation for his co-operation with General Salazar; the car bomb kills Castro, but Gordon and Ruiz survive. Helena, knowing Ruiz is soon scheduled to testify, makes a deal with Juan Obregdn (Bratt), lord of the drug cartel, who forgives the debt of the Ayala family and has Ruiz poisoned. Ayala is released, much to the dissatisfaction of Gordon, who is still angry over the death of his partner. Soon after the release, Gordon bursts into the Ayala residence and surreptitiously plants a microphone under his desk.

Relationship to factual events Some aspects of the plotline are based on actual people and events. The character General Arturo Salazar is closely modeled after Mexican General Jeses Gutifrrez Rebollo, who was secretly on the payroll of Amado Carrillo Fuentes, head of the Juarez Cartel. The character Porfilio Madrigal is modeled after Fuentes. The Obregdn brothers are [1] [2] [3] modeled after the Arellano Fflix brothers. At one point in the film, an El Paso Intelligence Center agent tells Robert his position, official in charge of drug control, doesn't exist in Mexico. As noted in the original script, a Director of theInstituto Nacional para el Combate a las Drogaswas created by the Attorney General in 1996.

Cast

Mexico storyline b Benicio del Toro as Javier Rodriguez, a Tijuana police officer. b Jacob Vargas as Manolo Sanchez, Javier Rodriguez's partner. b Marisol Padilla Scnchez as Ana Sanchez, Manolo Sanchez's wife. b Tomcs Milicn as General Arturo Salazar, head of Mexico's anti-drug campaign. The main antagonist. b Salma Hayek as Rosario, a drug lord's mistress.

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Wakefield storyline b Michael Douglas as Robert Wakefield, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. b Amy Irving as Barbara Wakefield, Robert Wakefield's wife. b Erika Christensen as Caroline Wakefield, the Wakefields' teenage daughter. b Topher Grace as Seth Abrahams, Caroline Wakefield's boyfriend. b D. W. Moffett as Jeff Sheridan, executive assistant to Robert Wakefield. b James Brolin as General Ralph Landry, Robert Wakefield's predecessor as Director of the ONDCP. b Albert Finney as White House Chief of Staff. b Vonte Sweet as Caroline's pimp.

Ayala/DEA storyline b Steven Bauer as Carlos Ayala, a distributor for the Obregdn drug cartel. b Catherine Zeta-Jones as Helena Ayala, Carlos Ayala's wife. b Dennis Quaid as Arnie Metzger, Helen Ayala's lawyer and Carlos's partner. b Clifton Collins, Jr. as Francisco Flores, a hitman for the Obregdn drug cartel. b Don Cheadle as Montel Gordon, a DEA agent. b Luis Guzmcn as Ray Castro, Montel Gordon's partner. b Miguel Ferrer as Eduardo Ruiz, Carlos Ayala's subordinate. b Peter Riegert as Michael Adler, Carlos Ayala's defense attorney. b Benjamin Bratt as Juan Obregdn, drug lord of the Obregdn drug cartel. b Jim Ross as DEA Agent - CalTrans#1 (a Stunt double) b James Lew as DEA Agent - CalTrans#2 (a Stunt double) b (Jeremy Fitzgerald) as DEA Agent - CalTrans#3 (a Stunt double) b (Beau Holden) as DEA Agent - CalTrans#4 (a Stunt double) b (Russell Solberg) as DEA Agent - CalTrans#5 (a Stunt double)

Development Steven Soderbergh had been interested in making a film about the drug wars for some time but did not want to make [4] one about addicts. Producer Laura Bickford obtained the rights to the United Kingdom mini-seriesTraffikand [5] liked its structure. Soderbergh, who had seen the mini-series in 1990, started looking for Bickford for a screenwriter to adapt it into a film. They read a script by Stephen Gaghan calledHavocabout upper-class white kids [6] in Palisades High School doing drugs and getting involved with gangs. Soderbergh approached Gaghan to work on his film, but found he was already working for producer/director Edward Zwick. Bickford and Soderbergh [4] approached Zwick, who agreed to merge the two projects and come aboard as a producer. Trafficwas originally going to be distributed by 20th Century Fox, but it was put into turnaround unless actor Harrison Ford agreed to star. Soderbergh began shopping the film to other studios, but when Ford suddenly showed [7] interest inTrafficFox CEO Bill, Fox's interest in the film was renewed and the studio took it out of turnaround. Mechanic championed the film, but he departed from the studio by the time the first draft was finished. It went back [8] [9] into turnaround. Mechanic had also wanted to make some changes to the script, but Soderbergh disagreed and decided to shop the film to other major studios. They all turned him down because they were not confident in the [6] prospects of a three-hour film about drugs, according to Gaghan. USA Films, however, had wanted to take on the [8] movie from the first time Soderbergh approached them. They provided the filmmakers with a $46 million budget, [9] a considerable increase from the $25 million which Fox offered.

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