Renaissance Man

Renaissance Man

One man's mission to teach the few, the proud... The impossible!

1994•2h 8m•6.1/10

ComedyDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.1/10(317)

An advertising man is slowly sliding downhill. When he is fired from his job in Detroit, he signs up for unemployment. One day they find him a job: teaching thinking skills to Army recruits. He arrives on base to find that there is no structure set up for the class.

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Production

Cinergi Pictures, Touchstone Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Danny DeVito

Danny DeVito

Bill Rago

Gregory Hines

Gregory Hines

Sergeant Cass

James Remar

James Remar

Captain Tom Murdoch

Ed Begley Jr.

Ed Begley Jr.

Jack Markin

Lillo Brancato

Lillo Brancato

Soldat Donnie Benitez

Stacey Dash

Stacey Dash

Soldat Miranda Myers

Kadeem Hardison

Kadeem Hardison

Soldat Jamaal Montgomery

Cliff Robertson

Cliff Robertson

Colonel James

Richard T. Jones

Richard T. Jones

Pvt. Jackson Leroy

Khalil Kain

Khalil Kain

Pvt. Roosevelt Nathaniel Hobbs

Gregory Sporleder

Gregory Sporleder

Pvt. Melvin

Peter Simmons

Pvt. Brian Davis, Jr.

Mark Wahlberg

Mark Wahlberg

Pvt. Tommy Lee Haywood

Ann Cusack

Ann Cusack

Bill's Secretary

Jeb Brown

Jeb Brown

Young Executive #1

Paul Abbott

Young Executive #2

Nat Mauldin

U Love to Rent Voice (voice)

Hakiem Greenhut

Paperboy (voice)

Roy K. Dennison

Bum

Jenifer Lewis

Jenifer Lewis

Mrs. Coleman

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