Coen brothers Ethan is also a writer of short stories, theater and poetry. Known for many distinctive stylistic trademarks including genre hybridity, the brothers' films "No Country for Old Men", "A Serious Man" and "Inside Llewyn Davis" have been ranked in the BBC's 2016 poll of the greatest motion pictures since 2000. Joel and Ethan Coen were born and raised in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. Their mother, Rena (née Neumann), was an art historian at St. Cloud State University, and their father, Edward Coen, was an economist at the University of Minnesota. Their family is Jewish. When they
M. Emmet Walsh Dickie Dunn in the iconic 1977 hockey film "Slap Shot", and a college diving coach in the Rodney Dangerfield film "Back to School". M. Emmet Walsh Michael Emmet Walsh (born March 22, 1935) is an American character actor and comedian who has appeared in over 200 films and television series. He appeared in the Coen Brothers' first film, "Blood Simple" (1984). He also appeared in such other films as Carl Reiner's comedy "The Jerk" (1979), Ridley Scott's science fiction film "Blade Runner" (1982), and Brad Bird's animated film "The Iron Giant" (1999). Walsh was born in Ogdensburg, New York, the