Who Played Me in "Runaway Jury"? Quiz

Answer: Cliff Curtis

Curtis, born on July 27th, 1968, in Rotorua, New Zealand got the role of Frank Herrera. Frank was called for jury duty in the case that involved Celeste Wood. He became a jury member and argued that he should be the foreman due to having served his country in the military. Eventually, the jury decided that Herman Grimes should be the foreman and Herrera even agreed. Nick Easter asked Frank where he served and Frank answered that he was in Grenada.

When the jury became sequestered, Frank met up with Nick Easter and told him he did not trust him and felt he had something to gain by being on the jury. During the jury's deliberations on how to rule on the case, Frank argued that Celeste Wood should not get a dime but he caved in when Nick argued for her to get a settlement. Curtis had roles in the films, "Live Free or Die Hard", "The Majestic" and "The Piano".

Answer: Rachel Weisz

Weisz, a native of London, England was cast in the role of Marlee. Marlee had a relationship with Nick Easter and both of them worked hard to push for the jury to swing a certain way. Marlee phoned up Finch near the beginning of the film and told him she could get him a win so long as he paid up. If he paid her, she promised him to get the jury to find in the defendant's favor. Marlee met up with Finch on the train one day and told him what price she wanted him to pay for him to secure a win for the defendant.

When he quoted her a low price, Marlee said she would not do his laundry for that amount. At the end of the film, Finkin paid the amount that Marlee wanted and she told him that he had just bought himself a verdict. Marlee waited for confirmation that the money was put into an account in the Cayman Islands and notified Finch that they had received his payout.

However, Marlee encouraged Nick to argue for finding in the plaintiff's favor. It was revealed that Finch, in the past, swung a case that involved the death of Marlee's sister, the cause of death being a gun related fatality. Weisz was seen in the movies, "Constantine", "The Mummy Returns" and "Chain Reaction".

In 2006, she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in "The Constant Gardener". Other Oscar nominees for Best Supporting Actress that year were Michelle Williams for "Brokeback Mountain", Catherine Keener for "Capote", Amy Adams for "Junebug" and Frances McDormand for "North Country".

Answer: Gerry Bamman

Bamman, born in 1941 in Independence, Kansas landed the part of Herman Grimes for "Runaway Jury". Herman was first seen during the voir dire process of the case that involved Celeste Wood's lawsuit against a firearms manufacturer, since she claimed their business practice resulted in the death of her husband.

When the judge found out that Herman was blind, he told Herman that he was excused due to disability and Herman said he did not want to be excused. The judge said he did not know of a case that allowed a disabled person to serve on a jury but Herman quoted him such a case.

The attorneys for the plaintiff and the defendant accepted Herman Grimes and allowed him to serve on the jury. When it came time to decide on who should be foreman, Nick Easter recommended Herman Grimes be the foreman due to how he knew a little something of the law.

The group agreed that Herman should be the foreman. Bamman guest starred on the TV series', "Law & Order", "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" and "L.A. Law".

Answer: Nora Dunn

Dunn played Stella Hulic in this film. Hulic was selected to be a member of the jury and was pleased. One day, Nick Easter noticed that she had a bottle of alcohol in her purse and poured some of it into a cup and had a drink. On another day, she offered Nick a drink and Nick got the bottle and dropped it on the floor.

When the judge confronted him and Ms. Hulic, Nick claimed it was his bottle but the judge said he saw lipstick on the bottle and told Nick he did not believe it was his. The judge asked Ms. Hulic and she confessed to having the alcohol while in the jury room. Ms. Hulic was kicked off the jury. Dunn had guest starring stints on the TV series', "Pushing Daisies", "Numb3rs" and "Boston Legal".

Answer: Gene Hackman

Hackman, born on January 30th, 1930 in San Bernardino, California was cast as Rankin Finch for "Runaway Jury". Finch loaded up profiles of all members of the jury and planted a listening piece in the defendant's lawyer's ear to tell him whether to accept or reject a potential juror. On the day of the voir dire, you saw Finch tell the defendant's counsel, Durwood Cable, who to take as a juror and who to deny. Throughout the movie, Finch got his men to blackmail members of the jury with information they knew about them, such as how one member went to a clinic to have an abortion. Finch got upset at one point when he thought that they were losing the case.

He became confidant that the defendant would win when he told Marlee that he wired money into an account of hers in the Cayman Islands and she congratulated him, since he just bought himself a verdict. Finch got upset when he saw that the jury found in favor for the plaintiff, Celeste Wood. Marlee and Nick Easter confronted him and told him that, while there would probably be an appeal, they would testify that Finch tried to rig the case and that there was proof. Hackman starred in the films, "The Poseidon Adventure", "Bonnie and Clyde" and "The Firm".

In 1972, he won an Academy Award for Best Lead Actor in a Motion Picture for his part in "The French Connection". Other Oscar nominees for Best Lead Actor in a Motion Picture that year were Topol for "Fiddler on the Roof", George C. Scott for "The Hospital", Walter Matthau for "Kotch" and Peter Finch for "Sunday Bloody Sunday". In 1993, he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his part in "Unforgiven". Other Oscar nominees for Best Supporting Actor that year were Jaye Davidson for "The Crying Game", Jack Nicholson for "A Few Good Men", Al Pacino for "Glengarry Glenn Ross" and David Paymer for "Mr. Saturday Night".

Answer: Joanna Going

Going, a native of Washington, D.C. took on the role of Celeste Wood for this film. Celeste Wood was devastated when her husband, Jacob, was shot dead when a former employee at his work came back and shot many people. Celeste spoke with an attorney, Wendell Rohr, and she said she wanted to sue the gun manufacturer that produced the killer's gun, since she felt they made it very easy for this guy to get a gun. Rohr took on her case and assured her they would win. Celeste was relieved when the jury found in her favor and she got a huge settlement. Going guest starred on the TV series', "Criminal Minds", "Close to Home" and "Ed".

Answer: Bruce McGill

McGill, born in 1950 in San Antonio, Texas was cast as Judge Harkin. Harkin was first seen on the day that the voir dire process began, since Celeste Wood exercised her right to a jury trial. When the attorneys questioned Nick Easter, Judge Harkin noticed that Easter kept looking at his watch so he asked Nick if they kept him from something. Nick told Judge Harkin that there was a video game championship that day in which the winner would receive a lot of money. Harkin gave Nick a history lesson in courts and trials and Nick agreed to continue the voir dire process. One day, Nick notified Judge Harkin that their lunch was late so Harkin arranged for the jurors to have lunch with him at a restaurant. McGill had parts in the movies, "Legally Blonde 2", "Black Sheep" and "Courage Under Fire".

Answer: Rusty Schwimmer

Schwimmer got the part of Millie Dupree in "Runaway Jury". Dupree got a jury summons to appear at a local court one day and she appeared in court. Finch wanted her on the jury since she was overweight and he said that overweight people were angrier and less sympathetic.

In the middle of the film, Millie's husband was arrested by the FBI and this caused Millie to break down into tears. When he got arrested, some of Finch's men threatened her, to get her to vote in the defendant's favor. At the end of the film, Dupree voted to give Celeste Wood a settlement. Schwimmer had guest starring roles on the TV series', "State of Mind", "Private Practice" and "Numb3rs".

Answer: Bill Nunn

Nunn, a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania portrayed Lonnie Shaver. Shaver was accepted to be on the jury and there was one scene where it came time to decide who should be the foreman. One of the jurors said she could be a great foreman since she was a mother. Shaver jokingly said he could be a foreman as well since he had three kids. Eventually, Herman Grimes became the foreman.

There was one scene when Finch's men went to Shaver's grocery store and tried to entice him to vote in the defendant's favor. That did not work since Shaver voted in the plaintiff's favor at the end of the film. Nunn had roles in the films, "Lockdown", "People I Know" and "Mad City".

Answer: Dylan McDermott

McDermott, born on October 26th, 1961 in Waterbury, Connecticut got the small part of Jacob Wood. Mr. Wood was a successful stockbroker in New Orleans, Louisiana. On the day after his son's birthday, he went to work and asked a co-worker of his to help him with the words to a song his son taught him. Jacob heard gunshots and asked the co-worker to call 911.

The gunman entered Jacob's office and killed him. McDermott had guest starring stints on the TV series', "3 lbs" and "Will & Grace". He starred as Bobby Donnell on the Emmy winning primetime series, "The Practice".