Behind the Candelabra
Drama
Romance
Too much of a good thing is wonderful.
Based on the autobiographical novel, the tempestuous 6-year relationship between Liberace and his (much younger) lover, Scott Thorson, is recounted.
2013-05-26
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Cast
Director
Steven Soderbergh
Michael Douglas as Liberace
Matt Damon as Scott Thorson
Dan Aykroyd as Seymour Heller
Scott Bakula as Bob Black
Rob Lowe as Dr. Jack Startz
Tom Papa as Ray Arnett
Paul Reiser as Mr. Felder
Bruce Ramsay as Carlucci
Nicky Katt as Mr. Y
Cheyenne Jackson as Billy Leatherwood
Mike O'Malley as Tracy Schnelker
David Koechner as Adoption Attorney
Boyd Holbrook as Cary James
Debbie Reynolds as Frances
Eric Zuckerman as Lou
Eddie Jemison as Assistant Director
Randy Lowell as Director
Jane Morris as Rose Carracappa
Garrett M. Brown as Joe Carracappa
Pat Asanti as George Liberace
Casey Kramer as Dora Liberace
James Kulick as Assistant Stage Manager
Paul Witten as Make-up Artist
Deborah Lacey as Gladys
Susan Caroll Todd as Sue
Austin Stowell as Backstage Flirt
Francisco San Martin as Backstage Flirt
Anthony Crivello as Stagehand
Kiff VandenHeuvel as Scott's Half-Brother, Wayne
Nikea Gamby-Turner as Dorothy
Charlotte Crossley as June
Josh Meyers as Liberace's Attorney
Harvey J. Alperin as Joel Strote
Jerry Clarke as Dr. Ronald Daniels
Lisa Frantz as Anchorwoman
Shaun T. Benjamin as Health Department Spokesman
John Philip Kavcak as Priest at Funeral
Kelly Allen as Young American Dancer (uncredited)
Greg Baine as Patron (uncredited)
Brian Blu as Guy Outside Casino (uncredited)
Barbara Brownell as Angie Liberace (uncredited)
Kass Connors as Kazarian (uncredited)
Jacquelyn Dowsett as Showgirl (uncredited)
Timothy Skyler Dunigan as Concert Fan (uncredited)
Fielding Edlow as Deposition Reporter (uncredited)
Corey Eid as French Guy #2 (uncredited)
Krystal Ellsworth as Impossible Dream Dancer (uncredited)
Kelli Erdmann as Young American Dancer (uncredited)
Amber Lee Ettinger as Hair Stylist (uncredited)
Joe Filippone as Adult Bookstore Patron (uncredited)
Brandon Henschel as Dancer (uncredited)
Kara Hess as Young American Dancer (uncredited)
Lenny Jacobson as Stage Manager (uncredited)
Richard Allan Jones as Mourner (uncredited)
Dominique Kelley as Impossible Dream Dancer (uncredited)
David Dustin Kenyon as Cameraman (uncredited)
Kristin Lindquist as Billy (uncredited)
Rachael Markarian as Showgirl (uncredited)
Hugo Pierre Martin as Patron (uncredited)
KC Monnie as Young American Dancer (uncredited)
Max Napolitano as Bar Patron (uncredited)
Gregory Niebel as Tailor (uncredited)
Meredith Ostrowsky as Young American (uncredited)
Brittany Perry-Russell as Liberace Showgirl (uncredited)
Ferly Prado as Dancer (uncredited)
Mike Jerome Putnam as On-Air News Reporter (uncredited)
Thure Riefenstein as Maitre d' (uncredited)
Stephanie Maura Sanchez as Second Anchorwoman (uncredited)
Jimmy Scanlon as News Reporter (uncredited)
Roby Schinasi as French Guy #1 (uncredited)
Nellie Sciutto as Reporter (uncredited)
Franklin J. Sterns as Bookstore Patron (uncredited)
C.J. Stussi as Startz Surgeon (uncredited)
Becca Sweitzer as Showgirl (uncredited)
Trace Taylor as Stagehand (uncredited)
Anna Wendt as Stagehand (uncredited)
Judy Bruno Bennett as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Nick Lanzisera as Young American Dancer (uncredited)
Ayesha Orange as Showgirl (uncredited)
Johnny Carson as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Peggy King as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)