
Ellen Barkin
Biography
Ellen Rona Barkin (born April 16, 1954) is an American actress. Her breakthrough role was in the 1982 film Diner, and in the following years, she had starring roles in films such as Tender Mercies (1983), Eddie and the Cruisers (1983), The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984), The Big Easy (1986), Johnny Handsome, and Sea of Love (both 1989).…
Filmography

Faerie Tale Theatre
1982 · 8.1

E! True Hollywood Story
1996 · 8.1

The Princess Who Had Never Laughed
1986 · 8.0

Modern Family
2009 · 7.9

Animal Kingdom
2016 · 7.8

Poker Face
2023 · 7.5

King of the Hill
1997 · 7.4

Down by Law
1986 · 7.4

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
1998 · 7.2

This Boy's Life
1993 · 7.1

Terrible Joe Moran
1984 · 7.0

We're Fighting Back
1981 · 7.0

Tender Mercies
1983 · 6.8

Diner
1982 · 6.8

Ocean's Thirteen
2007 · 6.7

HAPPYish
2015 · 6.7

Up in Smoke
1978 · 6.6

Sea of Love
1989 · 6.6

Eddie and the Cruisers
1983 · 6.6

Daniel
1983 · 6.6

Hands of Stone
2016 · 6.6

Drop Dead Gorgeous
1999 · 6.5

Made in Heaven
1987 · 6.5

The Man from Toronto
2022 · 6.4

Into the West
1992 · 6.4

Before Women Had Wings
1997 · 6.4

Johnny Handsome
1989 · 6.4

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
2017 · 6.3

Brooklyn's Finest
2010 · 6.3

The Big Easy
1986 · 6.2

Palindromes
2005 · 6.2

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
1984 · 6.0

Someone Like You...
2001 · 6.0

Kent State
1981 · 6.0

The Fan
1996 · 6.0

The Out-Laws
2023 · 6.0

The New Normal
2012 · 5.9

Breaking News in Yuba County
2021 · 5.9

Switch
1991 · 5.9

Harry & Son
1984 · 5.9

The Cobbler
2014 · 5.9

Desert Bloom
1986 · 5.8

Mac
1992 · 5.8

Very Good Girls
2013 · 5.8

Wild Bill
1995 · 5.7

Twelve
2010 · 5.7

Crime + Punishment in Suburbia
2000 · 5.7

Act of Vengeance
1986 · 5.6

Another Happy Day
2011 · 5.5

Mercy
2000 · 5.3

The Chameleon
2010 · 5.3

She Hate Me
2004 · 5.2

Trust the Man
2005 · 5.2

Mad Dog Time
1996 · 5.2

Siesta
1987 · 5.2

The White River Kid
1999 · 5.1

Happy Tears
2009 · 5.0

Bad Company
1995 · 5.0

Operation: Endgame
2010 · 4.9

Man Trouble
1992 · 4.9

Shit Year
2010 · 4.7

Enormous Changes at the Last Minute
1983 · 4.6

Terminal Choice
1985 · 4.0

Clinton and Nadine
1988 · 3.7
White Lies
— · 0.0

Active Adults
2017 · 0.0