The NBC sitcom television series My Name Is Earl created by Greg Garcia features a variety of characters, ... He has a job as an assistant manager of a copy shop, ... (played by Marlee Matlin) is a deaf attorney assigned to Joy's criminal case in season 2. She has an interpreter named Doug, but can also read lips and talk a little bit, of which ...
Ruby Whitlow was Joy's lawyer for her case of kidnapping. She was deaf, and had an interpreter, Doug. Joy arrived at her attorney's office and discovered that Ruby was a woman, to her surprise. Furthermore, when she learnt that Ruby was deaf, Joy walked out of the office, refusing to deal with a deaf lawyer. She was left to defend herself, but was unable to understand any legal …
Oct 05, 2006 · Sticks & Stones: Directed by Marc Buckland. With Jason Lee, Ethan Suplee, Jaime Pressly, Nadine Velazquez. Earl makes up for teasing a mustached girl in school, and it forces him to confront his fear of taking his shirt off in public.
Doug is Ruby Whitlow's interpreter. When Joy met Doug, she thought he was her lawyer but then found out it was Ruby. Joy was not happy to be represented by a deaf woman but in the end agreed to let Ruby be her lawyer. ("Sticks & Stones") Ruby tried to teach Joy how to control her anger in the court room by asking questions designed to trigger an angry response, but Joy …
"My Name Is Earl" The Trial (TV Episode 2007) - Marlee Matlin as Ruby Whitlow - IMDb.
Beth RiesgrafBeth RiesgrafOccupationActressYears active2001–presentPartner(s)Jason Lee (2001–2007)Children12 more rows
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S1 E21: In order to protect Joy (Jaime Pressly), Earl (Jason Lee) finds himself in desperate need to take care of number forty-five on his list, "ditched Jessie (guest star Juliette Lewis, "Cape Fear") to marry Joy." When Jessie, Earl's ex-girlfriend, returns to town hell bent on seeking revenge against Joy for causing ...
Norm McDonald played Burt Reynolds (Richard Chubby) on Saturday Night Live in the skit "Celebrity Jeopardy". His performance as Little Chubby is nearly identical to his portrayal of Burt Reynolds on Saturday Night Live.
Norm MacDonaldNorm MacDonald plays the role of Little Chubby on My Name is Earl.
Judy GreerJudy Greer was born and raised outside of Detroit, Michigan, as Judith Therese Evans. She is the ...
Eddie Steeples (born November 25, 1973) is an American actor known for his roles as the "Rubberband Man" in an advertising campaign for OfficeMax, Cal in Would You Rather, and as Darnell Turner on the NBC sitcom My Name Is Earl.
Alexis Skyy McFarland (born July 14, 1994) is an American reality television personality. She is best known from being on Vh1's tv show Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood, Love & Hip Hop: New York. and Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta. Skyy has received media attention for her relationship with rapper Fetty Wap.
The Bounty Hunter is the twenty-first episode of Season 1 of My Name Is Earl.
Earl makes up for teasing a mustached girl in school, and it forces him to confront his fear of taking his shirt off in public.
One of the "freaks" teaches Earl to skateboard. In reality, Jason Lee, who played Earl, was a professional skateboarder before he became an actor.
When Joy met Doug, she thought he was her lawyer but then found out it was Ruby. Joy was not happy to be represented by a deaf woman but in the end agreed to let Ruby be her lawyer. (" Sticks & Stones ")
As Ruby could read lips, Doug put a piece of paper in front of his and Joy's faces so he could tell her about some prescription drugs that help him control his anger. He also said he wasn't happy getting pay minimum wage to say whatever Ruby said, especially since he had to translate when she flirted with guys.
In Children Of A Lesser God, every deaf character is played by an actual deaf actor. Any role Marlee Matlin plays, notable as she's often the lead. The only role that Oscar winning actor Harold Russell ever played that was intentionally written as disabled was his role in The Best Years of Our Lives.
He doesn't get the part because the filmmakers would rather "cast a normal fella who can act crippled, than a crippled fella who can't act at all." It's also a moment of Leaning on the Fourth Wall, as the actor who plays Cripple Billy is almost always able-bodied.
In the remake of Dawn of the Dead 2004, real amputees were used to play some of the zombies. The jogger zombie in the beginning, when the survivors are just arriving at the mall, has lost his arm in real life, and the zombie in the parking garage is actually missing both of his legs.
Similarly, there's Jim Byrnes on Highlander the Series; both he and his character, Joe Dawson, are double amputees. Byrnes lost his legs in an accident similar to Robert David Hall's, though Joe lost his in Vietnam.
Star Trek: The Next Generation featured an episode called Loud as a Whisper, about a deaf mediator named Riva. Riva was played by deaf actor Howie Seago, who had petitioned the producers of the show to make an episode about deaf people, mostly to dispel myths about them.
Western Animation. In Family Guy episode, Extra Large Medium, the character, Ellen, has Down syndrome, which Andrea Fay Friedman, who provided the voice, also has the condition. When it aired, Sarah Palin called out the writers of the shows for being callous because she’s a grandmother of a Down syndrome sufferer.
Clark Middleton, whose struggle with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis retarded his growth and prevents him from having full range of motion, spent two years on Law and Order as Doctor Ellis, one of the show's Medical Examiners.
Throughout the series, many of the regular or recurring cast members of My Name is Earl (also created by Greg Garcia) have appeared in supporting parts from minor to main:
Burt Jebbidiah Chance played by Garret Dillahunt. Hope's paternal grandfather, Jimmy's father, and Virginia's husband. Burt conceived Jimmy with Virginia when he was seventeen. He is dimwitted, with flights of fancy and delusions of grandeur, but very kindhearted. He is a recovered gambling-addict and he runs a lawn care/pool cleaning business with Jimmy as his assistant, working shirtless to get more tips from the bored middle-aged housewives watching. As a teenager, he wanted to be a rockstar, and he is often shown playing his guitar, performing several songs throughout the series and fulfilling a lifelong dream by playing alongside washed up rock star Smokey Floyd in the episode " Burt Rocks ", later bashing Floyd over the head for verbally abusing his granddaughter (becoming a minor celebrity in the process).
He is a talented artist and in Season 2 Episode 1, it was revealed that he used to have musical talent when he was young (Teen singer Greyson Chance played 13-year old Jimmy in the episode "Prodigy") .
In the episode "Mongooses, " she is seen repeatedly turning her light switch on and off forty-five times, believing she must do so "to stay alive". As Hope's babysitter, they grow a strong bond. In season 2 episode 20, Shelley is the first name Hope says, to Sabrina's annoyance.
Leachman also played the character of Norma June, Maw Maw's long-estranged, presumed deceased 104-year-old mother, in the Season 3 finale, "Mother's Day", in which both women argue, then reconcile, after which Norma June passes away peacefully in the bathroom.
Lucy Carlyle. Lucy Carlyle ( Bijou Phillips) is Hope's biological mother. She is a serial killer who has killed several of her boyfriends after inadvertent influence provided by Shelly (who merely said she should "get rid of" her boyfriend, but Lucy took the advice out of context and thought she meant kill him).
Jimmy Chance. James Bon Jovi Chance, commonly known as "Jimmy", played by Lucas Neff, Hope's father. A good-natured, wide-eyed 23-year-old who is clueless about raising a child and everything else. He met and had a one-night stand with Lucy Carlyle, resulting in her pregnancy and the birth of Hope. He did not know Carlyle was a serial killer ...