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Major League (1989) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Margaret Whitton. James Gammon. Lou Brown. Bob Uecker. Harry Doyle. Rene Russo. Lynn Wells. Wesley Snipes. Willie Mays Hayes. Charles Cyphers. Charlie Donovan. Chelcie Ross. Eddie Harris. Dennis...
- David S. Ward
Apr 7, 1989 · Major League: Directed by David S. Ward. With Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Corbin Bernsen, Margaret Whitton. The new owner of the Cleveland Indians puts together a purposely horrible team so they'll lose and she can move the team. But when the plot is uncovered, they start winning just to spite her.
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- Comedy, Sport
- David S. Ward
- 1989-04-07
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- Major League Cast (1989) – Where Are They Now?
- Charlie Sheen – Ricky Vaughn
- Corbin Bernsen – Roger Dorn
- Tom Berenger – Jake Taylor
- Wesley Snipes – Willie Mays Hayes
- Dennis Haysbert – Pedro Cerrano
- James Gammon – Lou Brown
- Rene Russo – Lynn Wells
- Bob Uecker – Harry Doyle
- Margaret Whitton – Rachel Phelps
The movie Major League, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary, is not the greatest baseball movie ever made, but it may very well be the most fun. The film tells the story of a group of misfit baseball players who are brought in by an unscrupulous Cleveland Indiansowner who wants to tank the team and move it to Miami. Needless to say, the playe...
Where to begin? The son of Martin Sheen had his first major role in Red Dawn in 1984 and his career took off with starring turns in Platoon (1986) and Wall Street(1987). By the time he played, Ricky “Wild Thing” Vaughn, the ex-con pitcher with poor vision and control, he was one of the most recognizable stars in Hollywood. Sheen continued to work t...
Thanks to L.A. Law, Bernsen was a household name when he took the role of Roger Dorn, the third baseman whose opinion of himself did not match his play. He would go on to reprise that role in both Major League II and Major League: Back to the Minors. Bernsen has had no shortage of work since then, with his biggest role being faux psychic Shawn Spen...
Berenger has made a career of playing badasses, some of whom may be slightly unstable, in films like Platoon, Sniper and The Substitute. He was a perfect choice to play Jake Taylor, the veteran catcher who serves as the leader of the team. Berenger reprised this role in Major League II and continues to work heavily. He most recently won an Emmy for...
Snipes was virtually unknown when he was cast as Hayes, the base stealer who could not get on base. In 1991, he became a household name with his performance as drug kingpin Nino Brown in New Jack City and starring roles in films like White Men Can’t Jump,Demolition Man and the Blade trilogy followed. When Major League IIwas cast, Snipes did not rep...
Haysbert played Pedro Cerrano, the superstitious slugger who could not hit curveballs, in all three Major League films. Then in 2001, he played the role that he will be best remembered for as President David Palmer on 24. Since then, Haysbert has been a fixture in television and movies, appearing in films ranging from Far From Heaven to Dear White ...
The gravelly-voiced Gammon first got work in westerns in the late '60s, but was a veteran character actor by the time he joined the cast of Major League. He would play the team’s gruff manager in the first and second films. Gammon would go on to work steadily in the 20 years after Major League, including a memorable role as Don Johnson’s father on ...
Russo had only made one other movie when she appeared in Major League as Jake Taylor’s ex-fiancé. She shot to superstardom a few years later when she appeared as hard-nosed internal affairs officer in Lethal Weapon 3 and subsequently starred in Get Shorty, In the Line of Fire, Tin Cup and The Thomas Crown Affair. She also had a cameo in Major Leagu...
After a five-year career in the majors, Uecker became the Milwaukee Brewers' play-by-play announcer in 1971 and did color commentary for television as well. In 1985, he was cast as the father on Mr. Belvedereand remained on the show for its six-season run. He also began appearing in Miller Lite commercials, which led to his casting as broadcaster H...
Whitton is best remembered for playing Michael J. Fox’s aunt-by-marriage in The Secret of My Success and Major League’s Rachel Phelps, the owner hell bent on driving her franchise into the ground. Ironically, the original ending had Phelps revealing that she had adopted that persona to motivate the team and wanted to stay in Cleveland all along. Ho...
- Aaron Tallent
Major League is a 1989 American sports comedy film produced by Chris Chesser and Irby Smith, written and directed by David S. Ward, that stars Tom Berenger, Charlie Sheen, Wesley Snipes, James Gammon, Bob Uecker, Rene Russo, Margaret Whitton, Dennis Haysbert, and Corbin Bernsen.
Feb 22, 2023 · By Dalton Norman. Published Feb 22, 2023. Link copied to clipboard. Released in 1989, Major League is not only remembered for being a hilarious and irreverent sports movie, but also for its star-studded cast.
Dennis Haysbert. as Pedro Cerrano. Andy Romano. as Pepper Leach. Bob Uecker. as Harry Doyle. Steve Yeager. as Duke Temple. Peter Vuckovich. as Haywood. Stacy Carroll. as Suzanne Dorn. Richard...
