KEITH GORDON

'Keith Gordon' (born February 3, 1961) is an American actor and film director.
Gordon was born in New York City to actors Mark and Barbara Gordon, and grew up in an Atheist Jewish family.^[1] He was inspired to become an actor at the age of twelve, after seeing James Earl Jones in a Broadway production of ''Of Mice and Men''.^[2] As an actor, Gordon's first feature film was in the 1978 sequel film ''Jaws 2'', as the class clown Doug. His film credits include the 1980 horror film ''Dressed to Kill'', the 1983 horror film ''Christine'' as the role of Arnie Cunningham, the teen who buys Christine and falls under the car's influence, the 1985 cult film ''The Legend of Billie Jean'' as Lloyd Muldaur, the son of a Senator, and the 1986 comedy movie ''Back to School'', as Jason Melon. His most recent onscreen film appearance was in 2001, in the movie ''Delivering Milo''.
Gordon left acting for directing, making his debut in 1988 with the movie ''The Chocolate War''. His other films include ''Waking the Dead'', ''Mother Night'' and the 2003 Robert Downey Jr. film ''The Singing Detective''. He also directed some of the mini-series ''Wild Palms'' and appeared in the 2006 Iraq War documentary ''Whose War?''. His directing credits for television include '', ''Gideon's Crossing'', ''Dexter'' and ''House''

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1. http://www.impossiblefunky.com/archives/issue_10/10_gordon.asp?IshNum=10&Headline=Interview%3A%20Keith%20Gordon
2. http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800030886/bio

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★ ''MovieMaker'' magazine intervew

★ ''Senses of Cinema'' two-part interview

★ Kittenpants.org interview