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Considered one of the pioneer screenwriters of the action genre, Black made his mark with his Lethal Weapon - Zwei stahlharte Profis (1987) screenplay. He also collaborated on the story of the sequel, Lethal Weapon 2 - Brennpunkt L.A. (1989). Each successive script he turned in had a higher price attached it, from Last Boy Scout - Das Ziel ist &... See full bio »
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 2018 The Predator (screenplay) (pre-production)
  Doc Savage (screenplay) (announced)
 2016 The Nice Guys (written by)
 2015 Edge (TV Movie)
 2013 Iron Man 3 (screenplay by)
 2006 A.W.O.L (Short) (as Holly Martins)
 2005 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (screen story) / (screenplay)
 1996 Tödliche Weihnachten (written by)
 1993 Last Action Hero (Video Game) (characters)
 1993 Last Action Hero (screenplay)
 1991 Last Boy Scout - Das Ziel ist Überleben (screenplay) / (story)
 1989 Lethal Weapon 2 - Brennpunkt L.A. (characters) / (story)
 1987 Monster Busters (written by)
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Alternate Names:

Harry Lime | Holly Martins

Height:

5' 10" (1.78 m)
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I don't think Tödliche Weihnachten (1996) is a bad movie. I don't think we were shunned because of the script sale or anything like that. I think it just didn't get people's asses in the seats on opening day. They just didn't come out to see it. Who knows why? I was honestly a bit disappointed, because I sold the script because Renny Harlin and Geena Davis were available. And the very next ... See more »

Trivia:

The $1.75 million he received for his screenplay for Last Boy Scout - Das Ziel ist Überleben (1991) was the highest to date in 1990. He then topped it when he sold the script to Tödliche Weihnachten (1996) for $4 million a few years later. Both were box-office disappointments that later found cult audiences on home video. See more »

Trademark:

Six of his screenplays are all set at Christmastime: Lethal Weapon - Zwei stahlharte Profis (1987), Last Boy Scout - Das Ziel ist Überleben (1991), Tödliche Weihnachten (1996), Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), Iron Man 3 (2013), and the unproduced Shadow Company. See more »

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