Acting
Mercedes Ruehl
Mercedes J. Ruehl is an American screen, stage, and television actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award, two Obie Awards, and two Outer Critics Circle Awards. Her most acclaimed film role was in The Fisher King; her performance in the film earned her the 1991 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress as well as an American Comedy Award, a Boston Society of Film Critics Award, a Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, and a Golden Globe. Ruehl is known for her leading performance in the play Lost in Yonkers (1990) and supporting performance in the film The Fisher King (1991). Her other film credits include Big (1988), Married to the Mob (1988), Last Action Hero (1993), Roseanna's Grave (1997), and Hustlers (2019). She also played the mother of main character Vincent Chase in HBO's Entourage.
Filmography
The Nana Project
Film · 2023
Accused
Series · 2023
Disclosure
Film · 2020
Hustlers
Film · 2019
New Amsterdam
Series · 2018
Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors
Film · 2016
Bull
Series · 2016
Bull
Series · 2016
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
Film · 2015
Life in Pieces
Series · 2015
Chu and Blossom
Film · 2014
The Mysteries of Laura
Series · 2014
Doubt
Film · 2013
Star Spangled Banners
Film · 2013
Monday Mornings
Series · 2013
Doctors of the Dark Side
Film · 2011
2 Broke Girls
Series · 2011
Goldstar, Ohio
Film · 2010
Loving Leah
Film · 2009
A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
Film · 2006
Psych
Series · 2006
Mom at Sixteen
Film · 2005
Bad Apple
Film · 2004
Zeyda and the Hitman
Film · 2004
Entourage
Series · 2004
NCIS
Series · 2003
Guilt by Association
Film · 2002
Spooky House
Film · 2002
Widows
Series · 2002
The Amati Girls
Film · 2001
More Dogs Than Bones
Film · 2000
All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story
Film · 2000
The Lost Child
Film · 2000
What's Cooking?
Film · 2000
The Minus Man
Film · 1999
Out of the Cold
Film · 1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Series · 1999
Gia
Film · 1998
Roseanna's Grave
Film · 1997
North Shore Fish
Film · 1997
Subway Stories
Film · 1997
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
Film · 1995
On Hope
Film · 1994
Last Action Hero
Film · 1993
Lost in Yonkers
Film · 1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Series · 1993
Frasier
Series · 1993
The Fisher King
Film · 1991
Another You
Film · 1991
Crazy People
Film · 1990
Law & Order
Series · 1990
Law & Order
Series · 1990
Slaves of New York
Film · 1989
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Film · 1989
Big
Film · 1988
Married to the Mob
Film · 1988
84 Charing Cross Road
Film · 1987
The Secret of My Success
Film · 1987
Leader of the Band
Film · 1987
Radio Days
Film · 1987
Heartburn
Film · 1986
Twisted
Film · 1985
Mom's on Strike
Film · 1984
Kate & Allie
Series · 1984
The Cosby Show
Series · 1984
Four Friends
Film · 1981
The Warriors
Film · 1979
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
Film · 1976
ABC Afterschool Special
Series · 1972
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Series · 1962
The Oscars
Series · 1953
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Series · 1951
People Not Places
Film