Randall Wallace was born on July 28,1949 and is an American screenwriter, film director and producer who came to prominence by writing the screenplay for the historical drama film Braveheart.
13 Facts About Randall Wallace
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Randall Wallace has since directed films such as The Man in the Iron Mask, We Were Soldiers, Secretariat and Heaven Is for Real.
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Randall Wallace put himself through a graduate year of seminary by teaching martial arts.
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Randall Wallace began writing short stories, novels and scripts for movies.
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Randall Wallace gained recognition and commercial success by penning the screenplay for Braveheart, which was inspired by a trip to Scotland to learn more about his Scottish roots.
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Randall Wallace made his directorial debut with his own screenplay in The Man in the Iron Mask, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, John Malkovich, Gabriel Byrne, Jeremy Irons and Gerard Depardieu.
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Randall Wallace directed Disney's Secretariat, the true story of the racehorse that won the Triple Crown in 1973.
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Randall Wallace wrote the end title song, It's Who You Are, which was released with the Secretariat soundtrack.
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In June 2016, Randall Wallace stated that he and Gibson had begun work on a sequel to The Passion of the Christ, which will focus on the resurrection of Jesus, and the events surrounding the resurrection.
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Randall Wallace is the New York Times bestselling author of seven novels and the lyricist of the hymn "Mansions of the Lord", originally written for We Were Soldiers and performed as the recessional for President Ronald Reagan's national funeral.
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Randall Wallace appeared in the seventh season episode 3 "Dramedy" of HBO's comedy series Entourage as himself.
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Randall Wallace was the speaker at the Fellowship Foundation National Prayer Breakfast on February 3,2011.
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Randall Wallace served as the commencement speaker at the Liberty University graduation ceremony on May 14,2011.