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During a routine visit to the supermarket, Calvin meets "Produce", the fruit and vegetable boy with Down syndrome. Joyful and eager to help, Produce uses his job to build personal connections with shoppers. After meeting Calvin, Produce confronts his dark depression with a burst of joy through his knowledge of produce and his love for people.
Kenny is a 2006 Australian mockumentary film starring Shane Jacobson as Kenny Smyth, a Melbourne plumber who works for a portable toilet rental company. The film was followed by the television series Kenny's World .
Shane Jacobson (born 18 March 1970) is an Australian actor, entertainer, director, writer, and comedian, best known as the "Dunny Man" for his performances as the eponymous character Kenny Smyth, a plumber working for a portable toilet rental company, in the 2006 film Kenny and the spin-off TV series, Kenny's World.
Eberhardt, 37, is now the first actor with Down syndrome to star in an action film, and he spoke alongside the film's director Ben Gonyo in an interview that aired on TODAY Jan. 29.
Easterday gained some notability following the 1988 release of the Canadian movie Kenny (1988), in which he played a fictionalized version of himself. He was a regular on The Jerry Springer Show in which he functioned as "The Messenger". He was also the focus of a 2010 TLC special [4] titled The Man with Half a Body. [5]
First major character with Down syndrome on a television series, portrayed by a person who also has Down syndrome. Chris Burke [113] 2018 Penny Stevenson: Doctors: She was born with a right arm that ends just below the elbow. Cerrie Burnell [114] 1994 Kerry Weaver: ER: Limp in her gait due to congenital hip dysplasia: Laura Innes [115] [116 ...
Osmond returned to acting in 1983 reprising his role as Eddie Haskell in the CBS made-for-television movie Still the Beaver, which followed the adult Cleaver boys, their friends, and their families. [4] [9] [18] The television movie was a success and led to the revival comedy series The New Leave It to Beaver, which premiered the following year.
Tigar made his film debut in The Happy Hooker (1975). He went on to play Mr. Raymaker in Just One of the Guys (1985) and Professor Swivet in 18 Again! (1988). Tigar's later film roles include playing a bomb squad leader in Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) and Lethal Weapon 3 (1992), Weil in Primal Fear (1996), a lawyer in Conspiracy Theory (1997), and a brief but pivotal part as a German resister to ...