Based on the novel Memory by Donald E. Westlake, The Actor finds Paul Cole (André Holland) stranded in a mysterious small town with no memory of who he is or how he got here. Without a sense of identity or purpose, he starts from scratch and begins courting a local costume designer Edna (Gemma Chan). As bits and pieces of his past slowly emerge, he attempts to find his way home, but time is slippery, appearances can’t be trusted, and it’s unclear which of his identities is real.
Directed by Duke Johnson, the film stars André Holland, Gemma Chan, May Calamawy, Asim Chaudhry, Joe Cole, Fabien Frankel, Olwen Fouéré, Edward Hogg, Toby Jones, Youssef Kerkour, Simon McBurney, Tanya Reynolds, Tracey Ullman, and Scott Alexander Young.
The Actor hits US cinemas on 14th March 2025.
Directed by Duke Johnson, the film stars André Holland, Gemma Chan, May Calamawy, Asim Chaudhry, Joe Cole, Fabien Frankel, Olwen Fouéré, Edward Hogg, Toby Jones, Youssef Kerkour, Simon McBurney, Tanya Reynolds, Tracey Ullman, and Scott Alexander Young.
The Actor hits US cinemas on 14th March 2025.
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00:00Can you hear me?
00:03Yes.
00:04Will you state your full name, please?
00:07Paul Edwin Cole.
00:09What happened to you, Paul?
00:15I don't know.
00:19Whom do we notify about your accident?
00:23What accident?
00:24My God!
00:26What happened?
00:27What happened to you, Paulie?
00:28I don't remember.
00:29Does he really have amnesia?
00:32Heard you're having some kind of memory problem.
00:36Lockwood's an actor who can't remember his lines.
00:38An actor?
00:39You're an actor.
00:41Unskilled labor.
00:43Oh, uh, I'm an actor.
00:49I know what happened, darling.
00:51You do?
00:54You fell in love.
01:00I'm sorry, I must have forgotten your name.
01:03I'm Edna.
01:06There's something about being here with you.
01:09Nothing like a little romance to make you forget your troubles.
01:13What kind of a guy are you, Paul?
01:15You know me?
01:16Of course I know you.
01:17You're a bad, bad man.
01:20You know, you're lucky in a way, being able to forget things.
01:23This is the man, officer!
01:29Edna!
01:31There's something wrong with me, Edna.
01:33I don't know who I am.
01:35Paul?
01:38I'm somebody else.
01:40What do you mean you don't know?
01:41Are you trying to be funny?
01:42This isn't me.
01:48Let's go back further.
01:51What else did you forget?
01:55Maybe you can start over.
01:57Start over and be someone new.
01:58We are going live in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.
02:09But I'm an actor.
02:10It's who I am.