西北大学毕业，担任过影剧记者，帮电视喜剧、综艺节目编剧，偶尔也参加演出。1982年执导电影处女作《医生也疯狂》，1990年以《风月俏佳人》一片，将女星朱莉娅·罗伯茨拱上超级巨星之林，1996年两人再度合作《逃跑的新娘》。其后的《公主日记》同样捧红了甜心美女安妮·海瑟薇。
They say big things often come in small packages, and never was that saying more true than when sizing up the talents of that diminutive dynamo Nancy Walker. Born Anna Myrtle Smoyer in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on May 10, 1922, she lived a born-in-a-trunk existence as the daughter of vaudevillian Dewey Barto (né Dewey Smoyer). At the time of his run of Broadway's "Hellzapoppin", he was part of the comedy team of Barto & Mann (George Mann). Her sister, Betty Lou Barto, also went on to have a musical career. Though she had designs on becoming a legit singer, it was hard for others to take Nancy seriously with her naturally aggressive manner backed up by this tiny frame. Comedy was definitely her forte.
Eddie was active in the Worcester County Light Opera in the early '70s. He led the youth program in 1971. He was an enthusiastic dancer and a good teacher.
美籍日裔资深男星，他最为人熟知的作品是《小子难缠》系列电影中的东方武术大师，1985年曾因此片获奥斯卡最佳男配角提名。
