Context: An actor (or actress for females; see terminology) is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre, or in modern mediums such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is, literally "one who answers". The actor's interpretation of their role pertains to the role played, whether based on a real person or fictional character. Interpretation occurs even when the actor is "playing themselves", as in some forms of experimental performance art, or, more commonly; to act, is to create, a character in performance., A film, also called a movie, motion picture, theatrical film or photoplay, is a series of still images which, when shown on a screen, creates the illusion of moving images due to the phi phenomenon. This optical illusion causes the audience to perceive continuous motion between separate objects viewed rapidly in succession. The process of filmmaking is both an art and an industry. A film is created by photographing actual scenes with a motion picture camera; by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques; by means of CGI and computer animation; or by a combination of some or all of these techniques and other visual effects., The Jake Effect is an American NBC situation comedy starring Jason Bateman , Nikki Cox , and Greg Grunberg . Seven episodes were produced to premiere in midseason of 2002 , but NBC cancelled the series before a single episode aired . In 2006 , Bravo started airing the series on the `` Brilliant But Cancelled '' block ., Nichael "Michael" Bluth is a fictional character who is both the protagonist and the straight man of the American television sitcom "Arrested Development", created by Mitchell Hurwitz. Portrayed by Jason Bateman, Bluth's role in the narrative is to lead his family through its many crises., Unhappily Ever After (often shortened to Unhappily... in promotional advertisements) is an American sitcom that aired for 100 episodes on The WB network from January 11, 1995, to May 23, 1999, for a total of five seasons. The series was produced by Touchstone Television., Bruce Kent Bateman is an American movie producer and director., The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is the flagship property of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. The network is headquartered in the Comcast Building (formerly known as the GE Building) at Rockefeller Center in New York City, with additional major offices near Los Angeles (at Universal City Plaza), Chicago (at the NBC Tower) and soon in Philadelphia at Comcast Innovation and Technology Center. The network is part of the Big Three television networks. NBC is sometimes referred to as the "Peacock Network", in reference to its stylized peacock logo, which was originally created in 1956 for its then-new color broadcasts and became the network's official emblem in 1979., The TV Land Icon Awards is an American television awards ceremony that generally commemorates shows now off the air, rather than in current production as with the Emmys. Created by Executive Producer Michael Levitt, the awards were hosted and broadcast by the TV Land network from 2003-2012 and then returned to the air in 2015. , Matthew "Matt" Parkman, Sr., is a fictional character of the NBC science fiction serial drama "Heroes", played by Greg Grunberg. Matt is a police officer, who works for the LAPD and NYPD in Seasons One and Two respectively. He is a telepath; his ability allows him to read minds, and eventually extends into aspects of mind control, as stated by Bob Bishop., Television or TV is a telecommunication medium used for transmitting moving images in monochrome (black-and-white), or in color, and in two or three dimensions and sound. It can refer to a television set, a television program ("TV show"), or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium, for entertainment, education, news, and advertising., Jason Kent Bateman (born January 14, 1969) is an American actor, director and producer. He began acting on television in the early 1980s and known for his role of Michael Bluth in the critically acclaimed sitcom "Arrested Development", for which he won a TV Land Award, a Golden Globe, and a Satellite Award. He also starred in several films, including "Juno" (2007), "Hancock" (2008), "Up in the Air" (2009), "The Switch" (2010), "Paul" (2011), "Horrible Bosses" (2011), "The Change-Up" (2011), "Identity Thief" (2013), "Bad Words" (2013), "Horrible Bosses 2" (2014), "The Gift" (2015), and "Zootopia" (2016)., Jeffrey Jacob Abrams (born June 27, 1966) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and composer. He is known for work in the genres of action, drama, and science fiction. Abrams wrote and/or produced feature films such as "Regarding Henry" (1991), "Forever Young" (1992), "Armageddon" (1998), "Cloverfield" (2008), and "" (2015)., Nicole Avery "Nikki" Cox (born June 2, 1978) is an American actress and comedy writer known mostly for her roles on the television series "Unhappily Ever After", "Las Vegas", and "Nikki"., Gregory Phillip "Greg" Grunberg (born July 11, 1966) is an American television and film actor. He is best known for starring as Matt Parkman in the NBC television series "Heroes" and "Snap" Wexley in "". He has often appeared in works produced and directed by childhood friend J. J. Abrams. He is a recurring cast member in the first two seasons of the Showtime American television drama series "Masters of Sex"., Subject: the jake effect, Relation: instance_of, Options: (A) acting (B) american television sitcom (C) bishop (D) broadcasting (E) building (F) ceremony (G) city (H) color (I) combination (J) comedy (K) company (L) director (M) drama (N) episodes (O) fiction (P) fictional character (Q) film (R) filmmaking (S) gift (T) globe (U) icon (V) identity (W) industry (X) january (Y) july (Z) june ([) logo (\) member (]) motion (^) news (_) officer (`) optical illusion (a) part (b) performance (c) person (d) phenomenon (e) police (f) process (g) protagonist (h) radio (i) reference (j) role (k) science fiction (l) serial (m) series (n) technology (o) television (p) television drama (q) television series (r) terminology (s) three (t) tower (u) two
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