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Anika Noni Rose
Anika Noni Rose (born 1972, Bloomfield, Connecticut) is an American actress and singer, Tony winner for Caroline, or Change, Lorrell in Dreamgirls, and the voice of Disney's first Black princess, Tiana.
Anil Dhawan (अनिल धवन)
Anil Dhawan (अनिल धवन), Indian Hindi film and TV actor born 1950 in Kanpur, FTII graduate, debuted with Chetna (1970); brother of director David Dhawan; starred in about 40 films as hero, revived as Pramod Sinha in Andhadhun (2018). Distinct from the hepatologist Anil Dhawan.
Anil Kapoor (अनिल कपूर)
Anil Kapoor (अनिल कपूर), born 1956, Indian actor and producer; Hindi lead debut Woh Saat Din (1983), star of Mr India and Tezaab, National Award for Pukar, Slumdog Millionaire, and a 2024 AI personality-rights ruling.
Anil Kapoor filmography
Anil Kapoor filmography: over 108 Hindi, Telugu, and international films from 1979 to 2024, spanning Woh Saat Din, Mr. India, Tezaab, Slumdog Millionaire, and Animal, with box-office totals and awards.
Anil Sharma (अनिल शर्मा) (director)
Anil Sharma (अनिल शर्मा), born 1955 in Mokama, Bihar, is an Indian film director of Hindi cinema, best known for Gadar: Ek Prem Katha (2001) and Gadar 2 (2023).
Anima (2026 film)
Anima (2026 film): American sci-fi comedy-drama road movie, the narrative feature debut of writer-director Brian Tetsuro Ivie; premiered at SXSW 2026, stars Sydney Chandler and Takehiro Hira, shot on 16mm in Connecticut; distinct from the Paul Thomas Anderson short and other titles named Anima.
Animal (2014 film)
Animal (2014) is an American creature-feature horror film directed by Brett Simmons, written by Thommy Hutson and Catherine Trillo, starring Keke Palmer, Elizabeth Gillies, and Jeremy Sumpter; friends are stalked by a predator in the woods, with practical creature effects by Gary J. Tunnicliffe.
Animal (2021 TV series)
Animal (2021) is a Netflix nature docuseries by Plimsoll Productions, premiered November 10, 2021; two four-episode seasons narrated by Bryan Cranston, Rashida Jones, Rebel Wilson, Pedro Pascal, then Andy Serkis and others, filmed during Covid-19.
Animal (2023 film)
Animal (2023) is an Indian Hindi-language action crime drama directed, written, and edited by Sandeep Reddy Vanga, starring Ranbir Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Rashmika Mandanna, and Bobby Deol; released 1 December 2023, a box-office hit criticized for misogyny and violence.
Animal (Muppet)
Animal is the wild drummer Muppet of Doctor Teeth and the Electric Mayhem Band, created for The Muppet Show (1975-1981). Originally performed by Frank Oz (1975-2000), he has been performed by Eric Jacobson since 2002.
Animal Control (TV series)
Animal Control is an American single-camera workplace sitcom created by Bob Fisher, Rob Greenberg, and Dan Sterling, starring Joel McHale as ex-cop Frank Shaw at Seattle's animal control division. It premiered on FOX February 16, 2023, was FOX's first wholly owned live-action comedy, and reached a fifth season in 2026.
Animal Crackers (1930 film)
Animal Crackers (1930) is the Marx Brothers' second Paramount film, adapted from their 1928 Broadway musical, directed by Victor Heerman, starring Groucho as Captain Spaulding, and entering the US public domain in 2026.
Animal Crackers (2017 film)
Animal Crackers (2017) is a 3D computer-animated comedy-fantasy directed by Scott Christian Sava, Tony Bancroft, and Jaime Maestro, about magic cookies that turn eaters into animals; it premiered at Annecy 2017 and reached Netflix in 2020 after distribution disputes.
Animal Farm (1954 film)
Animal Farm is a 1954 British animated feature directed by John Halas and Joy Batchelor, adapting Orwell's novella and covertly part-funded by the CIA as Cold War propaganda.
Animal Farm (1999 film)
Animal Farm (1999) is a TNT/Hallmark Entertainment live-action TV film of Orwell's novella, directed by John Stephenson, using Jim Henson Creature Shop animatronics, voiced by Patrick Stewart and Ian Holm, with a changed hopeful ending.
Animal Farm (video)
Animal Farm is a 1981 British-Danish pornographic compilation video, released in Germany, built from Danish hardcore loops starring the performer Bodil Joensen.
Animal House
National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) is a John Landis comedy starring John Belushi, the first National Lampoon film, about the Delta fraternity versus Dean Wormer at Faber College in 1962; a $3.5 million film that grossed over $90 million and entered the National Film Registry in 2001.
Animal Kingdom (film)
Animal Kingdom (2010) is David Michôd's Australian crime drama debut about the Cody family, starring Ben Mendelsohn, Jacki Weaver, Guy Pearce and Joel Edgerton; Sundance World Cinema Jury Prize winner, nine AFI Awards, and the basis of the 2016 TNT series.
Animal Kingdom (TV series)
Animal Kingdom is an American TNT crime drama (2016–2022), adapted from David Michôd's 2010 Australian film, about 17-year-old J Cody joining his criminal grandmother Smurf (Ellen Barkin) and her sons in Oceanside, California; six seasons, 75 episodes, renewed final season 2021.
Animal Man
Animal Man: DC Comics superhero Buddy Baker, created by France Herron and Carmine Infantino in Strange Adventures #180 (1965); borrows nearby animals' abilities via the morphogenetic field; rebuilt by Grant Morrison's 1988–1990 metafictional Vertigo-preceding run.
Animals (2026 film)
Animals is a 2026 American crime thriller directed by, co-written by, and starring Ben Affleck, released on Netflix October 9, 2026; it adapts Kurosawa's High and Low.
Animals (American TV series)
Animals. is an American adult animated HBO comedy (2016-2018, three seasons) by Phil Matarese and Mike Luciano, produced by the Duplass brothers, in which New York City animals hold improvised conversations; distinct from BoJack Horseman.
Animaniacs
Animaniacs is a Warner Bros./Amblin animated variety comedy created by Tom Ruegger with Steven Spielberg, airing 99 episodes from 1993 to 1998, starring the Warner siblings Yakko, Wakko, and Dot, with a 2020–2023 Hulu reboot.
Animaniacs (2020 TV series)
Animaniacs (2020) is the Hulu animated revival of the 1990s series, streaming November 20, 2020 to February 2023 in three seasons and 36 episodes, with Rob Paulsen, Jess Harnell, Tress MacNeille, and Maurice LaMarche and executive producer Steven Spielberg.
Ánimas Trujano
Ánimas Trujano (El hombre importante) is a 1961 Mexican drama by Ismael Rodríguez, based on Rogelio Barriga Rivas's novel La mayordomía, starring Toshiro Mifune as an Oaxacan Zapotec seeking the mayordomo honor; Oscar and Golden Globe nominated, dubbed by Narciso Busquets.
Animated sitcom
Animated sitcom: a situation comedy produced with animation instead of live action. Also called prime-time animation. Began with The Flintstones (1960); revived by Matt Groening's The Simpsons (1989), followed by Family Guy, South Park, Futurama, and streaming-era adult series.
Animation
Animation is the art of creating the illusion of movement by rapidly displaying a series of still images that differ only slightly, as in hand-drawn, stop-motion, and computer animation.
Animation industry in Canada
Canada's animation industry: NFB-led art animation plus commercial hubs in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver; $175M production volume in 2023/24, CPTC and provincial tax credits, and a 2024–25 downturn.
Animation industry in Japan
The animation industry in Japan is a cluster of studios and rights holders that produces anime. In 2024, its market reached 3.84 trillion yen, with overseas revenue exceeding the domestic market.
Animation industry in the United States
The US animation industry: Hollywood-based production of animated film, TV, and games, from Disney's 1923 founding and the TV era of Hanna-Barbera to today's 51,900-artist workforce, $460 billion global market, and AI-driven contraction.