John Heard only stars in movies directed by people who have only directed comedies.
He is probably best known for his lead roles in several films , including Chilly Scenes of Winter , Heart Beat , Cutter 's Way , Cat People , and C.H.U.D. , as well as supporting roles in After Hours , Big , Beaches , Awakenings , Rambling Rose , The Pelican Brief , My Fellow Americans , Snake Eyes , and Animal Factory .	Chilly Scenes of Winter	Chilly Scenes of Winter	Heart Beat	Heart Beat (film)	Cat People	Cat People (1982 film)	After Hours	After Hours (film)	Big	Big (film)	Beaches	Beaches (film)	Awakenings	Awakenings	Rambling Rose	Rambling Rose (film)	The Pelican Brief	The Pelican Brief	My Fellow Americans	My Fellow Americans	Snake Eyes	Snake Eyes (film)	Animal Factory	Animal Factory
Awakenings is a 1990 American drama film based on Oliver Sacks 's 1973 memoir of the same title .	Awakenings	Awakenings (book)	Oliver Sacks	Oliver Sacks	drama film	drama film	memoir of the same title	Awakenings (book)
Heart Beat is a 1980 American drama film written and directed by John Byrum , based on the autobiography by Carolyn Cassady .	John Byrum	John Byrum	Carolyn Cassady	Carolyn Cassady	drama film	Drama (film and television)
The Pelican Brief is a legal-suspense thriller written by John Grisham in 1992 .	John Grisham	John Grisham	legal-suspense thriller	legal thriller	1992	1992 in literature
The film was directed by Steve Buscemi , and stars Willem Dafoe , Edward Furlong , Danny Trejo , John Heard , Mickey Rourke , Tom Arnold , Seymour Cassel , and Mark Boone , Jr. .	Steve Buscemi	Steve Buscemi	Danny Trejo	Danny Trejo	Willem Dafoe	Willem Dafoe	Edward Furlong	Edward Furlong	John Heard	John Heard (actor)	Mickey Rourke	Mickey Rourke	Tom Arnold	Tom Arnold (actor)	Seymour Cassel	Seymour Cassel
Animal Factory is a 2000 crime drama film about life in prison , set in San Quentin .	crime	Crime film	drama film	drama film	San Quentin	San Quentin
Rambling Rose is a 1991 American drama film set in Georgia during the Great Depression starring Laura Dern and Robert Duvall in leading roles with Lukas Haas , John Heard and Diane Ladd in supporting roles .	Laura Dern	Laura Dern	Diane Ladd	Diane Ladd	Lukas Haas	Lukas Haas	Robert Duvall	Robert Duvall	John Heard	John Heard (actor)	drama film	drama film	Georgia	Georgia (U.S. state)	Great Depression	Great Depression
Snake Eyes is a 1998 American conspiracy thriller film directed by Brian De Palma , featuring his trademark use of long tracking shots and split screens .	Brian De Palma	Brian De Palma	conspiracy thriller	conspiracy thriller	long tracking shots	Long take	split screens	Split screen (filmmaking)
Cat People is a 1982 American erotic horror film directed by Paul Schrader and starring Nastassja Kinski and Malcolm McDowell .	Paul Schrader	Paul Schrader	Nastassja Kinski	Nastassja Kinski	Malcolm McDowell	Malcolm McDowell	erotic horror	erotic horror	Cat People	Cat People (1942 film)
