Mercedes Ruehl
Mercedes J. Ruehl is an American screen, stage, and television actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Tony Award, a Drama Desk Award, two Obie Awards, and two Outer Critics Circle Awards. Her most acclaimed film role was in The Fisher King; her performance in the film earned her the 1991 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress as well as an American Comedy Award, a Boston Society of Film Critics Award, a Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, and a Golden Globe. Ruehl is known for her leading performance in the play Lost in Yonkers (1990) and supporting performance in the film The Fisher King (1991). Her other film credits include Big (1988), Married to the Mob (1988), Last Action Hero (1993), Roseanna's Grave (1997), and Hustlers (2019). She also played the mother of main character Vincent Chase in HBO's Entourage.
71 acting credits
Acting · 71
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Law & Order
1990
NCIS
2003
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Psych
2006
Frasier
1993
2 Broke Girls
2011
Entourage
2004
New Amsterdam
2018
Bull
2016
The Cosby Show
1984
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Life in Pieces
2015
The Oscars
1953
ABC Afterschool Special
1972
Kate & Allie
1984
The Mysteries of Laura
2014
Accused
2023
Big
1988
Monday Mornings
2013
The Warriors
1979
Hustlers
2019
Last Action Hero
1993
Gia
1998
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Disclosure
2020
The Fisher King
1991
Heartburn
1986
Married to the Mob
1988
The Secret of My Success
1987
Crimes and Misdemeanors
1989
Radio Days
1987
84 Charing Cross Road
1987
Widows
2002
Subway Stories
1997
Crazy People
1990
Another You
1991
Loving Leah
2009
The Minus Man
1999
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands
1976
All-American Girl: The Mary Kay Letourneau Story
2000
Indictment: The McMartin Trial
1995
The Nana Project
2023
Four Friends
1981
A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story
2006
Spooky House
2002
Mom at Sixteen
2005
Roseanna's Grave
1997
Lost in Yonkers
1993
Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict
2015
Bad Apple
2004
What's Cooking?
2000
Doubt
2013
Mom's On Strike
1984
More Dogs Than Bones
2000
The Lost Child
2000
Slaves of New York
1989
Guilt by Association
2002
The Amati Girls
2001
Star Spangled Banners
2013
Chu and Blossom
2014
Twisted
1985
Out of the Cold
1999
Goldstar, Ohio
2010
Zeyda and the Hitman
2004
North Shore Fish
1997
On Hope
1994
People Not Places
—
Doctors of the Dark Side
2011
Robin Williams: Behind Closed Doors
2016
Leader of the Band
1987