Action (TV series)

Action was a short-lived comedy series about a Hollywood producer named Peter Dragon, who is trying to recover from his last box-office failure. The series was critically praised for its irreverent, almost hostile, look at Hollywood culture but was a ratings failure. Thirteen episodes were produced but only ten episodes ran on the Fox Channel in 1999 before being cancelled. The remaining three episodes were eventually broadcast on other networks such as Comedy Central.

Supporting characters

Bobby Gianopolis, played by Lee Arenberg is the chief executive of Dragonfire Studios. Bobby G, as he is well known, uses menacing threats to get what he wants from Peter and the rest of the Dragonfire staff. Often these threats involve withdrawing his massive financial backing or displaying his large penis. Bobby G is gay, but married Jane, Peter's ex-wife, in order to quell any rumors of such. Many critics have suggested that Bobby is a parody of former FOX CEO Barry Diller.

Related Topics:
Lee Arenberg - Barry Diller

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Jane Dragon, played by Cindy Ambuehl, is Peter's ex-wife. It is never revealed why she and Peter broke up, but she remarried with Bobby Gianopolis mostly to spite Peter. She is manipulative, scheming and is so orally gifted she can hum and whistle at the same time. She has a daughter by Peter named Georgia.

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Georgia Dragon, played by Sara Paxton, is Peter's daughter by Jane. Ten years old, she is deceptively innocent but mildly stone-hearted for her age, a trait she gets from her parents.

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Jenny, played by Erin Daniels, is a struggling Hollywood career woman. She used to work at UPN, but after sleeping with Peter, moved on to become a production assistant at Dragonfire Studios. Her character receives more screen time in the series as Wendy is slowly written out of the show.

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Cole Riccardi, played by Richard Burgi, is a famous action star who has been in many of Peter's movies. He is introspective, self-obssessed and secretly gay.

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Connie Hunt, played by Amy Aquino, is the publicist assigned to Peter Dragon by Bobby Gianapolis after a major PR disaster. She is dry, practical and cold-hearted in her PR strategies. A clap of lightning and thunder usually follows mention of her name.

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Titus Scroad, played by R. Lee Ermey is an eccentric movie director with a predilection for hydro-colonic therapy.

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Holden van Dorn, played by Fab Filippo is a hotshot young actor, with a very public record of alcohol and drug abuse.

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Reagan Lauren Busch, played by Jennifer Lyons is a sexy starlet with a big appetite and weight problems.

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