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Jim Serpico is the American co-founder, along with Denis Leary, of Apostle, a production company in New York City, specializing in television production.
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Jim Serpico is the American co-founder, along with Denis Leary, of Apostle, a production company in New York City, specializing in television production.
Serpico was also an executive producer for Leary's stand-up shows from the 1990s, including No Cure for Cancer and Lock 'n Load . He has produced a number of television programs including Rescue Me , Canterbury's Law , The Job , Maron , Sirens , and Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll . [1] In 2004, he won a "Visionary Award" from the Producers Guild of America. [2]
Denis Colin Leary is an American actor and comedian. A native of Massachusetts, Leary first came to prominence as a stand-up comedian, especially through appearances on MTV and through the stand-up specials No Cure for Cancer (1993) and Lock 'n Load (1997). Leary began taking roles in film and television starting in the 1990s, including substantial roles in the films Judgment Night (1993), Gunmen (1994), Operation Dumbo Drop (1995) and Wag the Dog (1996).
Edward Kern Demme was an American director, producer, and actor.
Serpico is a 1973 American biographical crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Al Pacino. The screenplay was adapted by Waldo Salt and Norman Wexler from the book of the same name written by Peter Maas with the assistance of its subject, Frank Serpico. The story details Serpico's struggle with corruption within the New York City Police Department during his eleven years of service, and his work as a whistleblower that led to the investigation by the Knapp Commission.
Rescue Me is an American comedy-drama television series that aired on FX from July 21, 2004 to September 7, 2011. The series focuses on the professional and personal lives of a group of New York City firefighters.
Katherine Elaine Hendrix is an American actress. She is known for her roles in Superstar, Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, the 1995 Get Smart series, the 1998 remake of The Parent Trap, Dynasty, Inspector Gadget 2, and the 2004 documentary film What the Bleep Do We Know!?
Peter O’Fallon is an American television director.
"Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll" is a 1977 single by Ian Dury, who popularised the phrase.
Apostle is a New York-based production company specializing in television production created by stand-up comedian and actor Denis Leary and his business partner Jim Serpico. Apostle created the hit TV series Rescue Me about a post-9/11 FDNY crew and the drama in their personal lives.
Peter James Tolan III is an American television producer, director, and screenwriter.
Martin Torgoff is an American journalist, author, documentary filmmaker, and writer, director and producer of television, who has worked extensively in the fields of music and American popular culture. He is best known for his book "Can’t Find My Way Home: America In the Great Stoned Age, 1945-2000" (2004) a narrative cultural history of illicit drugs, and for "The Drug Years", the series for VH1 and Sundance that Torgoff wrote and appeared in, which was based on his book. Over the span of his forty-year career, his work has encompassed music, art, film, theater, literature, politics, biography, history, race, sociology, sexuality, and celebrity culture.
Damian Jones is a British film producer.
Elizabeth Egan Gillies is an American actress and singer. She gained prominence for her starring roles as Jade West in the Nickelodeon series Victorious (2010–2013), and as Fallon Carrington on The CW revival of Dynasty (2017–2022).
Robert Small is an American television, film and event producer who co-created MTV Unplugged with Jim Burns in 1989. He is the president and executive producer of RSE, Robert Small Entertainment, a media production company based in New York City. In 2013 Small began developing his new company, Small Industries, to focus on digital content creation and special projects exploring virtual reality, augmented reality and holographic entertainment.
Apostle, an anglicization of the Greek ἀπόστολος (apóstolos), refers to a messenger or ambassador.
Sirens is a British comedy-drama about an ambulance service team, broadcast on Channel 4. It was first screened on 27 June 2011.
Maron is an American sitcom created by and starring Marc Maron as a fictionalized version of himself. The series premiered on the American cable television network IFC on May 3, 2013. Maron, Denis Leary, Jim Serpico, Olivia Wingate, Sivert Glarum, Michael Jamin and Duncan Birmingham serve as the show's executive producers. Glarum and Jamin are the showrunners. Maron's second season premiered on May 8, 2014, and its thirteen-episode third season premiered on May 14, 2015. In November 2015, the series was renewed for a thirteen-episode fourth season. In 2016 the show was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Comedy. On July 11, 2016, Maron announced on his WTF podcast that the series will not have a fifth season, with the season four finale serving as the series finale. The series finale aired on July 13, 2016.
Kelsey Elizabeth Griswold, is an American pageant titleholder from Tulsa, Oklahoma who was named Miss Oklahoma 2013.
Sirens is an American comedy television series loosely based on the British series of the same name. The American version was adapted by actor Denis Leary and screenwriter Bob Fisher. The series aired for two seasons on the USA cable television network from March 6, 2014, through April 14, 2015. On April 22, 2015, USA cancelled Sirens after two seasons.
Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll is an American comedy television series created by and starring Denis Leary. The series aired on FX for a total of 20 episodes from July 16, 2015, to September 1, 2016. In September 2015, the network renewed the show for a second season, which premiered on June 30, 2016. On September 9, 2016, following the end of the second season, FX canceled the show.
BURN: One Year on the Frontlines of the Battle to Save Detroit is a 2012 American documentary film, produced and directed by Tom Putnam and Brenna Sanchez. It focuses on Engine Company 50 of the Detroit Fire Department, and the city of Detroit as it faces an economic collapse and rising arson and fire rates. The film was executive produced by Denis Leary and Jim Serpico through their production company, Apostle, as well as Steve Tihanyi and Morgan Neville.
