Police Squad! Wiki:Today's featured person/April 13, 2008



Leslie Nielsen is a Canadian-American actor, who portrays Frank Drebin the main character of the series and the films. He also appeared in other ZAZ projects including Airplane! and Scary Movie 3. Currently he's known as a comedic actor but he started his career as a serious actor, acting in Academy Award nominated films such as Forbidden Planet and The Poseidon Adventure. After appearing in Airplane! Nielsen became more famous as a comedian, and so he build his career acting in comedies such as Dracula: Dead and Loving it, Spy Hard and Wrongfully Accused. Famous film critic Roger Ebert Stated in a review on Scary Moive 3 that Nielsen is the Laurence Olivier of spoofs. During his career Nielsen got two Emmy Award nominations and has a star on the hollywood walk of fame. (more...)

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