Eddie Presley is a 1992 dramedy film directed by Jeff Burr and featuring Duane Whitaker in the title role. It is based on a one man show Whitaker had written and performed in Los Angeles .
19-530: Whitaker plays Eddie Presley, a former successful owner of a chain of pizza restaurants who, against the wishes of his father ( Joe Estevez ) and mother (Whitaker's real-life mother Barbara), decides to sell his business in the pursuit of living his dream of becoming an Elvis Presley impersonator , going so far as to legally change his last name to "Presley". After several years, he's living in his van and desperate for work. After his boss ( Lawrence Tierney ) fires Presley from his night security job for sleeping (with
38-557: A voice-over artist and performs in stage productions. He has expressed in an interview that he wants to make movies that make a difference. Estevez stood in for his brother in a number of long shots and in some of the voice-overs for Apocalypse Now (1979), as Martin Sheen was recovering from his heart attack. In 1992, he acted in Armed for Action and Blood on the Badge . He plays
57-419: A cheating girlfriend who ends up working in pornography , while remaining oblivious to a co-worker who truly loves him. Tempe Video released a two-disc special edition of Eddie Presley in 2004, including a director's cut, commentary with director Burr, cast and crew, and many short subjects about the film, including a tribute to the late Lawrence Tierney . This article about a 1990s comedy-drama film
76-606: A villain, Cyrus, in the film Doonby (2012), which features former The Dukes of Hazzard star John Schneider as a mysterious stranger who comes into a small town and falls in love with the spoiled daughter of Estevez's character, the local doctor. He also co-stars with David Faustino in the feature Not Another B Movie (2011) released by Troma Entertainment . Since 2013, Estevez has worked with comedians Tim Heidecker and Gregg Turkington on various projects including On Cinema , The Tim Heidecker Murder Trial and as President Jason Davidson (and President Davidson Jr.) on
95-432: A weekly Internet comedy series on Crackle , an online video network backed by Sony Pictures Entertainment. A total of 12 episodes of Star-ving were produced. Faustino played an exaggerated version of himself in the series, which he wrote and developed with several friends as an "anti- Entourage ." "This is a very twisted take on what I've been through all these years," Faustino said. He also starred as Jason Dockery in
114-457: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to an American film of the 1990s is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Joe Estevez Joseph Estévez (born February 13, 1946), sometimes credited as Joe Phelan , is an American actor and director. He is the younger brother of actor Martin Sheen and the uncle of Emilio Estevez , Charlie Sheen , Renée Estevez , and Ramon Estevez . Estevez
133-594: Is an American actor who played Bud Bundy on the Fox sitcom Married... with Children . He has also voiced animated characters for Nickelodeon , including Mako on The Legend of Korra and Helia on Nickelodeon's revival of Winx Club . Faustino was born in Los Angeles, California , on March 3, 1974, to Roger, a costumer, and Kay Faustino (née Freeman), a homemaker. His younger brother Michael made many guest appearances on Married... with Children , including
152-894: Is the same name as his rap album. The club was "the first hip-hop/funk club on the Sunset Strip," and was originally held on Thursday nights at the Whisky a Go Go in 1991. The club closed after a final New Year's Eve party at The Roxy in 1993. After meeting at a spiritual center in Los Angeles and dating for five years, he married pop musician Andrea Elmer on January 24, 2004, at the Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas , Nevada . They separated in May 2006. Faustino sought not to pay spousal support , according to
171-474: The Adult Swim series Decker . In all his collaborations, Estevez either plays a fictionalized version of himself or a character being portrayed by a fictionalized version of Joe Estevez. Estevez is the youngest sibling of Martin Sheen and sounds very similar to him, a fact he took advantage of when he performed a voice-over for a National Shooting Sports Foundation pro-gunmaker commercial in 2000; at
190-582: The Polaroids to back it up), he finally lands a gig in a seedy Hollywood bar (managed by Roscoe Lee Brown ). After a technical malfunction, he proceeds to bare his soul to the audience in an improvisational one man show , where he admits to spending time in a psychiatric hospital after suffering a mental breakdown ( Bruce Campbell and Quentin Tarantino make cameos as orderlies at the hospital). Meanwhile, in his personal life, Presley has to deal with
209-640: The United States Navy . After serving in the United States Navy, Estevez began pursuing an acting career starting in the early 1970s. He initially used his mother's maiden name, Phelan, before using his surname, Estevez. Throughout his career, Estevez has appeared in numerous film and television roles in lead, supporting, and minor parts playing protagonists and antagonists, and he frequently appears in moderate and low-budget independent features and B-movies . In addition, he has worked as
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#1732775446809228-543: The 2008 film RoboDoc . Faustino appeared with the cast of Married... with Children again at the 7th Annual TV Land Awards in 2009, presented by Dr. Phil . He also had cameo appearances in two episodes of the HBO series Entourage . Faustino co-starred in the feature Not Another B Movie which was distributed by Troma Entertainment in 2011. The same year, he was cast in Nickelodeon's revival of Winx Club as
247-554: The Edge . In 2017, Faustino appeared in the Bones 12th-season episode "The Radioactive Panthers in the Party," playing a fictional version of himself as a suspect in the death of an aspiring filmmaker. In 1992, Faustino was featured on the album Balistyx , which spawned one single titled "I Told Ya." Faustino co-founded and co-hosted a nightclub in Los Angeles named Balistyx, which
266-644: The Heap . Faustino also appeared on Burke's Law , MADtv , and The New Addams Family . In 2001, Faustino appeared in the independent film Killer Bud , produced by Aglet Productions . The following year, he appeared in the reality television special Celebrity Boot Camp (a shortened version of the Boot Camp series for celebrities). In 2005, Faustino guest-starred on two episodes of One on One . In 2007–09, Faustino developed and starred in Star-ving ,
285-588: The episode David co-wrote, " T*R*A*S*H ". Faustino made his television debut at the age of three months, when he appeared on the Lily Tomlin Special . He did not start acting regularly until 1980, after a small role on Little House on the Prairie . Throughout the early to mid-1980s, Faustino guest-starred on a number of TV shows such as Highway to Heaven , Family Ties , St. Elsewhere , and The Love Boat . In 1986 and 1987, David played
304-460: The older of two young sons in the Disney films Mr. Boogedy and Bride of Boogedy . In 1987, he landed a full-time gig on Married... with Children , which was his big break. He played Bud, the younger of the two Bundy children, in 259 episodes, from April 5, 1987, until the season finale on June 9, 1997. He reprised the role of Bud Bundy in such series as Parker Lewis Can't Lose and Top of
323-646: The time, his brother was famous for playing a President of the United States on the television series The West Wing . Sheen starred in a pro- gun control commercial that same year. Estevez also recorded the voiceover for his brother's role as Captain Willard in Apocalypse Now after Sheen's health issues on set prevented him from doing so. David Faustino David Anthony Faustino ( / f ɔː ˈ s t iː n oʊ / ; born March 3, 1974)
342-596: The voice of Helia. By the next year, Nickelodeon cast him again in the sequel series The Legend of Korra as the voice of firebender Mako , a central character named after the late Mako Iwamatsu (the original voice actor of Iroh in the first two seasons of the original series Avatar: The Last Airbender ). He also voiced Dagur the Deranged as a secondary villain on season one and main villain in season 2 of DreamWorks Dragons , and Later, redeemed character in Race to
361-583: Was born in Dayton, Ohio to a Catholic, Galician (Spanish) father, Francisco Estévez Martínez (1898–1974), and an Irish mother, Mary Anne ( née Phelan; 1903–1951). He is one of ten children—nine boys and one girl. As a child, he lived in the South Park neighborhood of Dayton. He attended Chaminade-Julienne High School , a Catholic High School located in Dayton. Upon his graduation, he enlisted and served in
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