Architects in Movies

Dec 2010

By Alison Furuto — Filed under: Architects ,Featured ,Misc , Movies

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Gary Cooper in Fountainhead (1949)

From the mid 1900′s to the beginning of the 2000′s, being an architect as a profession has made its way into key roles on the big screen for many big shot celebrities. Whether the roles they play in the movies are similar to the reality of the profession or not, I’m sure many architects that have watched some of these movies feel honored that their profession is one that deserves to be highlighted in ways that are not not just in architectural publications, but in the cinema world as well. More images after the break.

Photo credits: Mason White for his photostream on Flickr which can be viewed here.

: Gary Cooper in Fountainhead (1949)

: Michael Keaton in White Noise (2005)

: Richard Gere in Intersection (1994)

: Wesley Snipes in Jungle Fever (1991)

: Paul Newman in Towering Inferno (1974)

: Albert Finney in Two for the Road (1967)

: Eiji Okada in Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)

: Harry Fonda in 12 Angry Men (1957)

: Adam Sandler in Click (2006)

: Keanu Reeves in The Lake House (2005)

: Mark Ruffalo in Just Like Heaven (2005)

: Jude Law in Breaking and Entering (2006)

Cite:
Furuto , Alison . "Architects in Movies" 10 Dec 2010. ArchDaily. Accessed 26 May 2012. <http://www.archdaily.com/94772>

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Scott says:

Working for Wesley Snipes would be interesting. I’d see a lot of blast-proof designs with secret rooms and escape routes that would not show up on a code review.

# December 10, 2010 at 16:17

Starter says:

Well, let’s just say, I wouldn’t mind working for Keanu Reeves :D

# December 10, 2010 at 16:35

Well, let’s just say, I wouldn’t mind working for Keanu Reeves … :D

# December 10, 2010 at 16:37

Nicolas Dorval-Bory says:

Intersection is a remake of french movie “Les choses de la vie”, by Claude Sautet (1970), which is one of my favorite movies. Michel Piccoli’s character is indeed an architect in it.

# December 10, 2010 at 16:38

jonas says:

Inception?
One of the best movies from the last year where the profession of an architect is a key factor in the movie

# December 10, 2010 at 17:04

shanghai says:

..and there’s a girl architect in inception!!!! In all those movies above it’s just men!

# December 11, 2010 at 04:08

Dennis says:

maybe they left her out cos she’s still a student? ;)

# December 11, 2010 at 05:30

Matthew says:

Charles Bronson’s character in “Death Wish,” anyone? Architect by day, vigilante by night. Hands-down the most accurate portrayal of an architect ever to appear on screen.

# December 10, 2010 at 17:39

up_today_arch says:

I agree, Inception is fine… the best…

# December 10, 2010 at 17:55

Sean says:

Woody Harrelson played an architect in Indecent Proposal. “A brick just wants to be a brick.”

# December 10, 2010 at 19:35

Thom says:

Yikes, where are the female architects, Hollywood?

# December 10, 2010 at 19:50

gheorghios says:

there’s Hank Moody’s wife, Karen, in the HBO series “Californication”… architect… woman…

# December 13, 2010 at 14:45

karim navia says:

Y LAS MUJERES DÓNDE?

# December 10, 2010 at 20:03

i love lampoon says:

props for 12 angry men, unfortunately they forgot Sam Baldwin (Tom Hanks) in Sleepless In Seattle was an architect.

# December 10, 2010 at 20:13

Dina Lopez says:

Kevin Klein in Life as a House!

# December 10, 2010 at 20:43

Eclectic me says:

I remember a female architect in Firewall, the Harrison Ford’s wife. Also, in Fear there’s another architect too.

# December 10, 2010 at 20:56

bLogHouse says:

Charles Bronson in Death wish 1974, Brian Dennehy in The belly of an Architect 1987. And, of course, George Costanza in Seinfeld who was not an architect but always wanted to be.

# December 10, 2010 at 21:00

t100 says:

john cassavetes in SWEEP AWAY…architect loves young woman on a Greek Island….80′s

# December 11, 2010 at 01:41

art says:

Kevin Kline in Life as a House (2001)

# December 11, 2010 at 06:10

Angelo says:

Michelle Pfeiffer in One Fine Day (1996)

# December 11, 2010 at 06:25

Seb says:

“The Lake House” (not “house in the lake”) is the remake of the korean movie “Il Mare”.
And the great Christopher Plummer, the father of Reeves in the movie, is also an architect !

# December 11, 2010 at 08:31

Matthew Perry and Oliver Platt was architects in “Three to Tango”.

# December 11, 2010 at 12:07

Arz says:

Tom Hanks on “Sleepless in Seattle” (1993)
Joseph Gordon-Levitt on “500 days of summer” (2009)

# December 11, 2010 at 08:57

Terry Meek says:

You forgot one – Kirk Douglas in “Strangers When We Meet” – one of my favorite

# December 11, 2010 at 09:36

brandon says:

What about George Castanza? I know, Television but still. He WAS the master!

# December 11, 2010 at 10:38

paul says:

ted mosby in how i met your mother!

# December 11, 2010 at 19:31

FLJason says:

adam sandler in CLICK
and i believe he was some type of designer in anger managment

# December 11, 2010 at 19:52

Chris says:

Jude Law is a landscape architect in Breaking and Entering

# December 13, 2010 at 08:16

manhattanduck says:

don’t for get mr. minniver (in “mrs. minniver” — classic wwII english film)

# December 13, 2010 at 08:28

Jim B says:

Wilbur in Mr. Ed was an architect who worked out of a barn he shared with a talking horse. And so was Mr. Brady of the Brady Bunch. the 60′s were the golden age of TV architects.

# December 13, 2010 at 15:05

Sergio says:

(500) Days of Summer (:

# December 13, 2010 at 21:00

Gabriel Centenaro says:

There was also the appearance of Matt Dillon with Michael Douglas in the Movie “You, me and Dupree” (2006). And Luke Wilson with Anna Faris in “My super ex-girlfriend” (2006)

# December 14, 2010 at 11:33

Melisa says:

There’s also a TV Show: How I met your Mother, the main charcater is Ted Mosby, a NY archictect. There are many episodes dedicated to his profession

# December 14, 2010 at 12:21

Robert Downey Jr. in “Due Date”.

# December 14, 2010 at 12:36

jk says:

Adam Sandler in Click sums up todays architect. Classic details like is bomb car, constant work pressure, poor eating habits and the ‘treasured’ Eames recliner among other mis-matched furniture.

# December 14, 2010 at 22:51

john says:

More sence than on TV shows I guess..
Mr Ed’s owner WILBER was an architect! What does that say about the profession…
~JDS

# December 17, 2010 at 01:04

Jim says:

You forgot Ted Mosley, Architect, from How I Met Your Mother!! I know its a TV show but meh

# December 20, 2010 at 10:22

mario mendoza says:

…i remember in tv “the invaders”, and the architect david vincent (roy thinnes)…

# February 4, 2011 at 07:22

LLH says:

David Duchovny in Red Shoe Diaries..

# March 6, 2011 at 18:38

munho says:

And how about “Fear”? William Petersen is an architect who ends up killing his daughter psycho boyfriend (Mark Wahlberg)
I’ve always admired Hollywood screenwriters, if you ask them, architects will always kill someone at the end of the movie.
At the end of the average stressful day only thought in head of every architect is: “If only I could kill my boss and costruction site menager and half of cotractors and…”
Now you see why writers think of us that way :D

# May 9, 2011 at 14:30

Masoud Arch says: