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- Born in Montréal, Québec, Missy lived most of her life in Surrey, British Columbia, with her father, a minister; her mother; and two sisters. She began her career in front of the camera at age 18, when she started modeling. The print advertisements soon turned into commercials for Mercedes Benz, Sprint Canada, and the Olympics. It wasn't long before Hollywood came calling.
Missy's first guest appearance was on the action-drama series Dark Angel (2000), opposite Jessica Alba. She followed that with the role of Julia on the critically acclaimed cable series The Chris Isaak Show (2001). Her next audition landed her the plum role of Tory Stratton in Black Sash (2003). She also had starring roles on the shows Life as We Know It (2004) and Reaper (2007). Missy starred as Haley Graham in the 2006 gymnastics movie Stick It (2006). She also starred as police officer Andy McNally in ABC's prime-time cop show Rookie Blue (2010).
A dedicated soccer player, Missy's new schedule has forced her to take time away from the sport, but she picks up games whenever she can. She also enjoys snowboarding and outdoor sports on the local Vancouver mountains. She resides in Vancouver with her family. - Actress
- Additional Crew
- Soundtrack
Laurie Metcalf was born June 16, 1955 in Carbondale, Illinois, the oldest of three children of Libby (Mars), a librarian, and James Metcalf, a budget director. She was
raised in Edwardsville, Illinois. Laurie attended Illinois State University,
where she obtained her bachelor of arts in theater in 1977. In her
class were the immeasurable talents of
John Malkovich,
Glenne Headly, and
Joan Allen. Laurie began acting at
Steppenwolf Theatre Company. Her acting career in film and television
began with a minor and uncredited role in
Robert Altman's
A Wedding (1978). In 1988, Laurie found
her most memorable and successful role to date, Jacqueline "Jackie"
Harris in the television series
Roseanne (1988). For her performance
in the series, she was nominated for two Golden Globes and won three
Primetime Emmy awards.- Actor
- Producer
- Director
Daniel Brühl was born in Barcelona, Spain. His father was German TV director Hanno Brühl (1937-2010), who was born in São Paulo, Brazil. His Spanish mother was a teacher. He also has a brother and a sister, Oliver and Miriam. Shortly after his birth, his family moved to Cologne, Germany, where he grew up and attended the Dreikönigsgymnasium. Brought up in a fully multilingual home, he speaks fluent German, English, Portuguese, Spanish, French and Catalan.- Actress
- Writer
- Producer
Abby Elliott is the first second-generation cast member on Saturday Night Live (1975). Her father is Chris Elliott, who was featured on the show during the 1994-1995 season. She is also the granddaughter of veteran
comic Bob Elliott, from the "Bob and Ray Show".
Before coming to "Saturday Night Live", Elliot worked with current SNL
cast member Michaela Watkins at LA's Groundling's Theater.
Since her arrival on SNL, she has skillfully portrayed
Angelina Jolie,
Chloë Sevigny and
Joan Cusack.- Camila Morrone is an American model and actress.
Morrone was born in Los Angeles, California to Argentine parents Lucila Solá and Máximo Morrone. Her mother is a former model and was a companion to actor Al Pacino, who is also her stepfather.
Morrone started her career as a model and has appeared on the cover page of Vogue Turkey in 2016. She made her runway debut modeling for Moschino's 2017 resort collection.
Morrone made her acting debut in James Franco's 2013 film Bukowski. She rerurned to acting in 2018's action film Death Wish. - Actor
- Soundtrack
Frederick Koehler was born on 16 June 1975 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Mr. Mom (1983), Death Race (2008) and Pearl Harbor (2001).- Actor
- Producer
- Director
An acting chameleon who can easily lose himself in the life of his film
and television characters, Clifton Collins Jr. is a native Angeleno who
grew up destined to become a part of the Latino entertainment industry.
His great-grandparents on his mother's side were a Mexican trumpet
player and Spanish dancer who formed a traveling family act, and his
grandfather was well-known character actor
Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, most
famous for his humorous sidekick roles in 1950s/1960s
John Wayne westerns (he played the
excitable hotel keeper in
Rio Bravo (1959)) and in sitcoms. His
uncle and aunt dabbled in the business at one point as well. While his
famous grandfather was unable to break out of the old unflattering
Latino stereotypes, Collins Jr. has done Pedro proud in the new
millennium. Playing everything from policemen to boxers to serial
killers, he has managed to transcend the typical racial trappings of
his grandfather's era and play flesh-and-blood, three-dimensional
characters. It was not always that way.
Born short, lean and mean on June 16, 1970, he started his career in
1988 using his real name of Collins, but two years later began billing
himself as "Clifton Gonzales-Gonzales" as a tribute to his aged
grandfather and his early accomplishments. Pedro, who died in 2006,
lived long enough to witness his grandson's achievements. Toiling in
typical "barrio" roles at the beginning of his career, Collins Jr.
found himself stuck in bit parts either as a struggling blue-collar
worker or urban thug. In the mid-1990s, he began to search out and wing
standout roles that enabled him to break the confines of the Latino
stereotype. He slowly moved up in billing, even in mediocre material
such as the futuristic prison film
Fortress (1992) and the mindless 1970s
rock-era comedy
The Stöned Age (1994). His
breakout role as Cesar, the vicious student and gangbanger in
One Eight Seven (1997) opposite
Los Angeles substitute teacher
Samuel L. Jackson, set him on the
right path. This led to a mesmerizing collection of other portrayals,
both good-guy and bad-guy, in such films as
The Replacement Killers (1998),
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit (1998)
and Tigerland (2000). His versatility
finally tested, he played everything from a gay Mexican hitman in the
critically acclaimed Traffic (2000) to a
psychological profiler for the FBI in the mainstream actioner
Mindhunters (2004). A number of top
guest appearances came his way on such series as
NYPD Blue (1993) and
The Twilight Zone (2002)
and he had recurring roles on
Resurrection Blvd. (2000)
and Alias (2001).
A monumental shift forward in his career happened recently with his
hypnotic portrayal of killer Perry Smith, the object of writer
Truman Capote's obsession, in the
art-house favorite Capote (2005). Decades
ago, Robert Blake played the same
part in the gripping Capote book-to-film
In Cold Blood (1967). This heralded
achievement has enabled Collins to move into the co-producer's chair of
late, notably for
Rampage: The Hillside Strangler Murders (2006),
in which he inhabits the role of serial killer
Kenneth Bianchi. Obviously, there is
plenty more in the works for this major talent.
More recent millennium work includes potent performances in Road Dogz (2002); Tom Cool (2009), which he produced; Dirty (2005); For Your Own Good (1996), which he co-produced; Star Trek (2009); Freeloaders (2012); The Vault (2017); and the Oscar-winning Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (2019).- Actress
- Producer
Valerie Mahaffey is an American character actress and producer. She began her career starring in the NBC daytime soap opera The Doctors (1979-81), for which in 1980 she was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.In 1992, Mahaffey won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role in the CBS drama series Northern Exposure. She later won fame through her portrayal of extroverted and friendly but ultimately insane women on the television shows Wings, Desperate Housewives, Devious Maids and Big Sky. Mahaffey also appeared in a number of movies, including Senior Trip (1995), Jungle 2 Jungle (1997), Jack and Jill (2011), Sully (2016), and most notably French Exit (2020), for which she received critical acclaim and an Independent Spirit Award nomination.- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
John Yohan Cho was born in Seoul, South Korea, and moved to Los Angeles, California as a child. His father was a Christian minister. Cho was educated at Herbert Hoover High School at Glendale, before moving on to the University of California at Berkeley, where he studied English literature. Upon graduation, he moved back to Los Angeles, working for a while as a teacher at Pacific Hills School where he taught 7th grade English. He also began acting with the famed Asian American theatre company East West Players.
A screen acting career began with small roles in projects such as Wag the Dog (1997), Bowfinger (1999), and the critical favorite Better Luck Tomorrow (2002). His breakthrough came when he appeared in the teen romance comedy American Pie (1999) and helped coin the phrase "MILF". Other roles followed, and he scored another hit in the slacker comedy Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004). Cho also starred in the hugely successful franchise reboot Star Trek (2009), in the sought-after role of Hikaru Sulu, and has continued working steadily in Hollywood, starring in the indie drama Columbus (2017), thriller film Searching (2018), and the horror follow-up The Grudge (2019). As well as acting, Cho is also a singer and performs in the band Viva La Union.
He is married to actress Kerri Higuchi, and they have two children.- Sibel Kekilli is a German actress of Turkish origin. With her debut in Fatih Akin's movie "Head On" she gained major public attention. The film won the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival 2004 and her acting performance received several national and international prizes, among them the highly prestigious German film award Lola for Best Actress.
Since then Kekilli played in several national and international productions like "Eve Dönüs" ("Home coming"), awarded Best Actress at the Antalya Film Festival, aside with Josef Bierbichler and Hanna Schygulla in "Winter Journey" ("Winterreise) or the leading role Umay in Feo Aladags "When We Leave" ("Die Fremde") in 2010 which lead to Best Actress Award at the Tribeca Film Festival and once again the Lola award among others.
Apart from other movie roles, as the very successful comedy "What a man" (2011) directed by Matthias Schweighöfer, she has been investigating in the highly regarded German series "Tatort" since 2010.
She has also become widely known as part of the main cast for her role as Shae in the HBO award-winning series "Game of Thrones" (Season 1 until Season 4). - Actor
- Producer
Arnold Vosloo was born in Pretoria, South Africa, to stage actor
parents, Johanna Petronella Vorster and Johannes J. Daniel Vosloo. He
is an Afrikaaner (of mostly Dutch, as well as German, Swiss-German,
Danish, and French, descent).
Vosloo quickly established a fine reputation as an actor in his native
South Africa, winning several awards there for his theater work,
including "More Is 'n Lang Dag", "Don Juan" and "Torch Song Trilogy". A
regular performer with South Africa's State Theatre, he also played
leading roles in "Savages", "Twelfth Night" and "Hamlet". His film
career in the RSA brought him The Dalro Award as Best Actor for both
Maneuvers (1984)
and
Circles in a Forest (1989),
and the Dalro Best Actor Nomination for the film version of More Is
'n Lang Dag.
After moving to the United States, he appeared in "Born In The R.S.A."
at Chicago's Northlight Theatre and starred with Al Pacino
and Sheryl Lee in a Circle In The Square
Uptown production of "Salome" (his character's name was "Jokanaan").
The latter running for a total of 18 performances only between June 28,
1992 and July 2, 1992. Vosloo's film credits include
Ridley Scott's
1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992),
John Woo's
Hard Target (1993) (produced by
James Jacks and
Sean Daniel),
Darkman II: The Return of Durant (1995)
and
Darkman III: Die Darkman Die (1996),
both directed by Bradford May, and
George Miller's
Zeus and Roxanne (1997). Equally
at home on the television screen, Vosloo appeared in
American Gothic (1995) for
Fox and Nash Bridges (1996) for
CBS.- Actress
- Writer
- Additional Crew
Eileen Atkins was born in a Salvation Army Women's Hostel in north
London. Her father was a gas meter reader; her mother, a seamstress and
barmaid. A drama teacher taught her how to drop her Cockney accent, and
she studied Shakespeare and Greek tragedies. Her breakthrough role in
"The Killing of Sister George" took her to Broadway.- Actress
- Executive
Jessica McNamee was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Jessica is an actor and executive, known for The Meg (2018), Battle of the Sexes (2017) and The Vow (2012). Jessica has been married to Patrick Caruso since April 2019.- Dakota Lohan was born on 16 June 1996 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Irish Wish (2024), Betty (2020) and Lindsay Lohan's Beach Club (2019).
- Eddie Cibrian was born on 16 June 1973 in Burbank, California, USA. He is an actor, known for The Cave (2005), The Best Man Holiday (2013) and Sunset Beach (1997). He has been married to LeAnn Rimes since 22 April 2011. He was previously married to Brandi Glanville.
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James Patrick Stuart was born on 16 June 1968 in Encino, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Gettysburg (1993), General Hospital (1963) and Gods and Generals (2003). He has been married to Jocelyn Jane Stilwell since 9 September 2000. They have two children.- Actor
- Soundtrack
A former song-and-dance man and veteran of vaudeville, burlesque and
Broadway, Jack Albertson is best known to audiences as "The Man" in the
TV series Chico and the Man (1974), for which he won an Emmy. In 1968 Albertson, the
brother of actress Mabel Albertson, won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in
The Subject Was Roses (1968), a part which also won him the Tony award during its Broadway
run.- Actress
- Director
Joan Van Ark, just out of high school, was the second youngest student
to attend the Yale School of Drama on a scholarship. The youngest was
Julie Harris. It was the beginning
of a lifelong friendship. Years later, they would co-star on the CBS
Television series,
Knots Landing (1979). Van Ark
began her professional career at the Minneapolis Guthrie Theater in
Moliere's "The Miser", opposite Hume Cronyn
and Zoe Caldwell. That was followed
by "Death of a Salesman" at the Guthrie with both Cronyn and
Jessica Tandy. After a season at the Arena
Stage in Washington, D.C., Joan was cast in the national touring
company of "Barefoot in the Park", directed by
Mike Nichols. She recreated the
role in the critically acclaimed London Company and later on Broadway.
She earned a Tony nomination for her performance in "The School for
Wives" and she won the Theater World Award for "The Rules of the Game".
Van Ark also appeared off-Broadway opposite
John Rubinstein in "Love Letters". More
recently, she co-starred in the New York production of
Edward Albee's Pulitzer Prize winning play
"Three Tall Women". Her Los Angeles theater credits include "Cyrano de
Bergerac", playing "Roxanne" opposite
Richard Chamberlain's
"Cyrano", "Ring Around the Moon" with
Michael York and
Glynis Johns, "Chemin de Fer", "Heartbreak
House" and "As You Like It", for which she won a Los Angeles Drama
Critics Award. She also appeared as "Lady Macbeth" in the Grove
Shakespeare Festival's production of "Macbeth". Van Ark has also
starred in the Williamstown Theater Festival productions of "Night of
the Iguana", "The Legend of Oedipus" and the festival's 40th
anniversary production of
Stephen Sondheim's "A Little Night
Music".
She is perhaps best known for her role as "Valene Ewing" beginning on
Dallas (1978) and then on the spin-off
series, Knots Landing (1979).
During the 13 seasons as "Val", she earned six nominations and two Soap
Opera Digest Awards for Best Actress. Joan also starred in the TV
comedies,
The New Temperatures Rising Show (1972)
and
We've Got Each Other (1977).
In May 1997, she reprieved her role of "Valene" in the CBS mini-series,
Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac (1997).
Most recently, she guest-starred in an episode of
The Nanny (1993), which was
specially written for her. Van Ark's television movie credits include
When the Dark Man Calls (1995),
Moment of Truth: Cult Rescue (1994),
With Harmful Intent (1993)
(actor/producer),
Boys Will Be Boys (1999)
(actor/director),
Terror on Track 9 (1992),
Tainted Blood (1993),
Menu for Murder (1990),
Always Remember I Love You (1990),
My First Love (1988) and
Shakedown on the Sunset Strip (1988).
She was also one of the voices for CBS-TV's Saturday morning cartoon
series Santo Bugito (1995) and
she provided the voice of
Spider-Woman (1979), another
Saturday morning series. In 1997, Joan directed a short documentary on
homelessness and domestic violence for the Directors Guild of America,
which was nominated for an Emmy.
She appeared in the feature film,
Held for Ransom (2000), with
Dennis Hopper and
Debi Mazar. Joan is currently featured in the
film, UP, Michigan! (2001), which
was entered in the New York Independent Film Festival. According to
Film Festival representatives, the screening of
UP, Michigan! (2001) elicited more
favorable audience response than any other film throughout the one-week
event. Joan also starred as the "Vice President of the United States"
in the FOX Family telefilm,
Loyal Opposition (1998). Last
summer, she played "Camille" in
Tennessee Williams' "Camino Real" at
the Folger Shakespeare Theater in Washington, D.C. She appeared in
Twice in a Lifetime (1999),
filmed in Toronto. She recently completed filming in Los Angeles of
Son of the Beach (2000).
Joan's career was featured on the biographical program,
Joan Van Ark (2002),
on the Lifetime Channel for Women. She also played two cameo roles in
the independent feature films,
Net Games (2003) and the
soon-to-be-released
Diamond Zero (2005) with
Tippi Hedren. Joan was featured in "The
Vagina Monologues" at the Canon Theater in Beverly Hills. She also
opened the national tour of "The Vagina Monologues" in Denver's Center
for the Performing Arts.
In May, 2003, she was a celebrity guest actor in the Los Angeles
production of "Blackout" at the McCadden Theater in Hollywood. She also
appeared in the off-Broadway production of "The Exonerated" at the
Bleeker Street Theater in New York. Last spring, Joan appeared in "Five
by Tenn" at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. with
Kathleen Chalfant,
Patricia Clarkson and
Sally Field. It was a world premiere of
newly-found Tennessee Williams
one-act plays. In addition, she played a regular role for much of last
year on CBS Television's
The Young and the Restless (1973).
Joan will soon appear in the world premier of
Mark O'Donnell's new adaptation
of "Private Fittings" by Georges Feydeau
at the La Jolla Playhouse near San Diego. The production, opening
February 22nd, will be directed by
Des McAnuff, winner of two Tony Awards. Joan
is still married to her high school sweetheart,
John Marshall, a former
award-winning TV newsman, who now heads an on-line news service,
eNewswires.com. Their daughter,
Vanessa Marshall, is also an
accomplished actress, director and comedian.- Michael Culver was born on 16 June 1938 in Hampstead, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980), A Passage to India (1984) and Breakaway (1980). He was married to Amanda Ward and Lucinda Curtis. He died on 27 February 2024.
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- Music Department
Born in New York City, Tupac grew up primarily in Harlem. In 1984, his
family moved to Baltimore, Maryland where he became good friends with
Jada Pinkett Smith. His family moved
again in 1988 to Oakland, California. His first breakthrough in music
came in 1991 as a member of the group Digital Underground. In the same
year he received individual recognition for his album "2Pacalypse Now,"
but this album was also the beginning of his notoriety as a leading
figure of the gangster permutation of hip-hop, with references to cop
killing and sexual violence. His solo movie career also began in this
year with Juice (1992), and in 1992 he
co-starred with Janet Jackson in
Poetic Justice (1993).
However, law confrontations were soon to come: A 15-day jail term in
1994 for assault and battery and, in 1995, a conviction for sexual
assault of a female fan. After serving 8 months pending an appeal,
Shakur was released from jail.- Actor
- Writer
- Soundtrack
John Franklin was born on 16 June 1959 in Blue Island, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Children of the Corn (1984), The Addams Family (1991) and Addams Family Values (1993). He has been married to David White since September 2008.- Actor
- Producer
- Music Department
Bill Cobbs was born and raised in Cleveland,
Ohio, where his parents were hard-working people, who instilled in him
a sense of self-reliance and humility. As an amateur actor in the
city's Karamu House Theater, he starred in the
Ossie Davis play "Purlie Victorious". Cobbs
was an Air Force radar technician for eight years; he also worked in
office products at IBM and sold cars in Cleveland. In 1970, at the age
of 36, he left for New York to seek work as an actor. There he turned
down a job in the NBC sales department in order to have time for
auditions. He supported himself by driving a cab, repairing office
equipment, selling toys, and performing odd jobs. His first
professional acting role was in "Ride a Black Horse" at the Negro
Ensemble Company. From there, he appeared in small theater productions,
street theater, regional theater and at the Eugene O'Neill Theater. His
first television credit was in
Vegetable Soup (1975), a New
York public television educational series, and he made his feature film
debut in
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974).
In his free time, Cobbs enjoys music, reading, and playing his drums.
He lives in New York City and Los Angeles, California and continues
acting.- Actor
- Soundtrack
Park Bo-gum is a South Korean actor. He gained acclaim with his diverse range of roles in film and television and has received numerous awards and nominations for his acting. In 2016, he became the youngest artist to be named Actor of the Year by Gallup Korea and in 2017, became the first actor to top Korea Power Celebrity list by Forbes magazine. Bogum is also an endorser of a wide range of brands in and outside South Korea. The "Park Bo-gum Effect", coined by the Korean Business Research Institute, refers to his consistent high brand reputation ranking indicating his effectiveness as an endorser across different demographics. He was voted by marketing executives as Top Celebrity Endorser of 2017. Park was torchbearer of the 2018 Winter Olympics as "Korea's Representative Actor", and endorser of Coca-Cola.- Los Angeles-native Charlie Bushnell really had no choice but to act! His dad is a musician who travels the world and his uncle is a TV and Film actor. When he was just 10 years old, he got a camera and started making movies with his friends.
In 2017, when his family dog Patito passed away, he stayed home from school and binged Stranger Things, at which point, a strange thing happened - he realized he was an actor!
In the beginning, he trained himself, memorizing monologues every day and filming himself. Then, he participated in elementary and middle school plays and eventually started taking acting classes at Ruskin Academy in Santa Monica, and has also studied at John Rosenfeld Studios, among others. He started getting auditions in Hollywood and pretty quickly read for.. and landed... the role of Bobby in Diary of a Future President where he gets to work with Gina Rodriguez, an amazing cast, crew and producers! When the cameras stop, he loves just being a regular 9th grader, playing soccer and tennis, crushing it with video games, studying hard, and living life! This is just the first of many adventures and he is so grateful to be surrounded by such amazing peers, mentors, family and friends! - Nathan Parsons was born on 16 June 1988 in Adelaide, Australia. He is an actor, known for The Originals (2013), General Hospital (1963) and The Roommate (2011).
- Actress
- Producer
Lyndsey Marshal was born on 16 June 1978 in Manchester, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for Rome (2005), Trespass Against Us (2016) and Hereafter (2010).- Jordan Alexandra was born in London. Jordan is an actor, known for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022), Boiling Point (2021) and A Tree Fell Today (2022).
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- Director
- Producer
Born June 16th, 1990 Washington D.C. Native, Iantha Richardson has had a passion for the performing arts since the age of 3.
She was first exposed to acting while receiving her B.F.A. from Fordham University/The Ailey School, but it wasn't until her arrival to Los Angles that she began aggressively pursuing theatrical training at numerous school in the LA area. Through passion and dedication, her goal is to use her gifts to create work which sparks progressive dialog and positive shifts in society.- Actor
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- Soundtrack
James Christopher Bolam was born in the Sunderland Maternity Home on 16th June 1935 to Marion and Robert Bolam. Later after completing his education at Bede Grammar School he went to drama school then into repertory in Dundee with Sir Ralph Richardson before moving to London. Married to actress Susan Jameson with daughter Lucy, born in 1976 they eventually moved from Fulham to near Horsham in Sussex. He now owns two race horses, 'King Credo', which by 1993 had won three top races including the Tote Gold Trophy at Newbury which repaid his purchase and training costs and 'Unique New Yorker'- Actress
- Soundtrack
Anna Cathcart was born on June 16, 2003 in Vancouver, Canada. She starred in the Television show Odd Squad (2014). In 2017 she was cast in Disney's Descendants series as Dizzy Tremaine. In 2018, she starred as Kitty in To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2018). In 2019 she started filming the Brat show Zoe Valentine (2019). She has a sister name Sara.- Buchanan was born June 16, 1957 in Hamilton, Scotland. He worked at a local hotel as a bellhop while still a teenager. By the time he turned 14 his parents, both of whom fought alcoholism, died suddenly. He and his five siblings were left alone and his dreams of moving to the U.S. were put on hold. Buchanan went on to work as a bartender and restaurant manager in Scotland. While vacationing in Spain, his exceptional good looks captured the attention of a photographer. He agreed to a photo session that went so well he quickly found regular modeling work. He moved to London where he soon became an international fashion model. When the prestigious Ford Agency signed Buchanan in the 1980s, he relocated to New York City. Buchanan studied acting at New York's Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. He was also coached by notable playwright and actress Marcia Haufrecht. His hard work paid off when he was offered the role of heartthrob Duke Lavery on General Hospital (1963) in 1986 who most notably sizzled with co-star Finola Hughes. The role became Buchanan's launchpad to other television opportunities. When he left the soap in 1989, he appeared on prime-time in It's Garry Shandling's Show. (1986) from 1988-1990. The recurring spot as Dick Tremayne on Twin Peaks (1990) followed from 1990-1991. In 1990, he played a wealthy Playboy-style magazine publisher who murders his partner in Columbo Cries Wolf (1990). Buchanan returned to daytime television in 1993 as the mysterious psychologist Dr. James Warwick on The Bold and the Beautiful (1987). He was the first ever actor on the show to receive a Daytime Emmy Award in 1997 and stayed with the show until 1999, returning on several occasions from 2004 to 2011. A string of guest-starring roles on various TV shows followed as well as some film work including playing Jodie Foster's Realtor on Panic Room (2002). Buchanan has since appeared on various soap operas: on the "General Hospital" spin-off Port Charles (1997) from 2002-2003, and as a vampire in the 1993 Halloween episode of Quantum Leap (1989), he played the devious fertility specialist Dr. Greg Madden on All My Children (1970) who had performed Erica Kane's (Susan Lucci) controversial abortion in the 1970s and had a short run as Ian McAllister on Days of Our Lives (1965) in 2012. Not long after Buchanan returned to "General Hospital" after a 23 year long absence where he was reunited with Finola Hughes.
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Pierson was born and raised in Chicago. After graduating from high school, he moved to New York to attend Fordham University. He earned a Bachelor's Degree and went on to the Yale School of Drama where, in 1980, he earned his masters. He began his career in summer stock outside of Chicago. In 1983, he landed the role of "Frank Ryan" on ABC's daytime drama Ryan's Hope (1975), a show he starred on for three years. He also appeared in several other daytime serials including Texas (1980), Another World (1964) and One Life to Live (1968). On prime-time TV, he has guest starred on such series as Grace Under Fire (1993), Party of Five (1994), New York Undercover (1994), Against the Law (1990), Kate & Allie (1984) and Law & Order (1990). His feature film credits include Two Bits (1995) with Al Pacino and he co-starred with Alan Arkin in Necessary Parties (1988) (TV)_ . Pierson has amassed extensive credits on stage, including the Broadway production of "Tricks of the Trade" in which he appeared with George C. Scott. His other stage work includes "The Gamblers" for the American Stage Company; "Stringbean" at the California Theatre; and "Speed the Plow" for the Philadelphis Theatre Company. Additional Productions include; "Otherwise Engaged", "Glengarry Glen Ross", "American Buffalo", "Les Liaisons Dangereuses", all for the Virginia Stage Company, "Measure for Measure", "Timon of Athens", "UbuRex" and "The Bundle" at the Yale Repertory Theatre and "A Streetcar Named Desire" at the Pennsylvania Centre Stage. Pierson divides his time between Los Angeles and New York, where he lives.- Actress
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- Producer
Charlotte Kirk was born in Kent, England. Her passion for acting began at the age of 11 when she saw Gone with the Wind for the first time and fell in love with both the stage and screen alike. Taking her first steps in theatre, she performed in Greek tragedies 'Agamemnon' and 'Arturo Ui', along with plays such as 'A Christmas Carol', 'Oliver Twist', and 'Hairspray'. Having attended the prestigious Italia Conti School of Acting in London, her skills were further refined working with Jigsaw Performing Arts in the UK and Susan Batson and Lee Strasberg in New York City.
In early 2015, Charlotte landed a starring role in 'Vice', (Lionsgate 2016) a sci-fi thriller, opposite Bruce Willis and Thomas Jane. Charlotte has completed seven feature films since, including the female lead opposite Stephen Baldwin in film-noir comedy 'No Panic with a Hint of Hysteria' (Dir. Tomasz Szafranski), the female lead in psychological drama 'The Depths' (award winner at 7 film festivals), alongside appearances in 'How To Be Single' (Warner Bros 2017) and 'Ocean's 8' (Dir. Gary Ross, Warner Bros. 2018) opposite Sandra Bullock.
Charlotte has just completed filming on the controversial conspiracy drama 'Nicole and O.J.' (Dir. Joshua Newton) in which she plays the title role of Nicole Brown Simpson, due for release in 2019.
Charlotte also enjoys singing and has released two music videos 'Eyes in Love' and 'I Get the Feeling Again', and performed the end title track for 'No Panic with a Hint of Hysteria'.
Charlotte resides in Los Angeles.- Actor
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Stan Laurel came from a theatrical family, his father was an actor and
theatre manager, and he made his stage debut at the age of 16 at
Pickard's Museum, Glasgow. He traveled with
Fred Karno's vaudeville company to the United
States in 1910 and again in 1913. While with that company he was
Charles Chaplin's understudy, and he
performed imitations of Chaplin. On a later trip he remained in the
United States, having been cast in a two-reel comedy,
Nuts in May (1917) (not released
until 1918). There followed a number of shorts for Metro,
Hal Roach Studios, then Universal,
then back to Roach in 1926. His first two-reeler with
Oliver Hardy was
45 Minutes from Hollywood (1926).
Their first release through MGM was
Sugar Daddies (1927) and the first
with star billing was
From Soup to Nuts (1928). Their
first feature-length starring roles were in
Pardon Us (1931). Their work became
more production-line and less popular during the war years, especially
after they left Roach and MGM for Twentieth Century-Fox. Their last
movie together was
The Bullfighters (1945) except
for a dismal failure made in France several years later
(Utopia (1950)). In 1960 he was given a
special Oscar "for his creative pioneering in the field of cinema
comedy". He died five years later.- Actress
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Olivia Catherine Hack was born in Beverly Hills, California. At a young age, she first got her start as an actress with her role as Captain Picard's daughter in Star Trek: Generations (1994), and followed this up by starring as Cindy Brady in the two films based on the 1960s sitcom The Brady Bunch (1969), those being The Brady Bunch Movie (1995) and A Very Brady Sequel (1996). The same year that A Very Brady Sequel was released, Hack would also begin her voice acting career with her role as Rhonda Wellington Lloyd in Nickelodeon's Hey Arnold! (1996), and would subsequently reprise the role in the films Hey Arnold! The Movie (2002) and Hey Arnold: The Jungle Movie (2017). Her other roles include Ty Lee in Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005) and Mao in the English dub of Blood+ (2005), alongside various guest appearances in shows like Family Guy (1999), Freaks and Geeks (1999), and Gilmore Girls (2000), among others.- Actor
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Simon Williams was born on 16 June 1946 in Windsor, Berkshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Kinvig (1981), Jabberwocky (1977) and Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017). He is married to Lucy Fleming. They have four children. He was previously married to Belinda Carroll.- Actor
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Tom Lenk is a SAG award winning actor whose stage and screen work include starring roles in "American Horror Stories," "Barb & Star," "Batwoman," "NCIS: Hawaii/NOLA," "Transparent," "HBO's Room 104," "Workin' Moms," "Bones," "Episodes," "Cabin in the Woods," "Transformers," "Much Ado About Nothing," "Argo," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," "Buyer & Cellar (US Regional Theaters)," "Rock of Ages (Broadway)," and "Tilda Swinton Answers an Ad on Craigslist (LA, NYC, SF, London, Edinburgh Fringe)." As a comedian he has performed his solo comedy shows around the globe with sold out stops at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, SF SKetchfest, Soho Theatre (London), Comedy Central Stage (LA), and Birdland Jazz (NY).
Tom's Instagram photos & viral videos have hundred's of millions of views and even earned him a profile piece in the coveted New York Times Styles section. His Instagram brand collaborations include work with E! Entertainment Television, Hulu, FOX TV, Comcast, The Academy Museum, Sundance Now!, AMC+, Acorn TV, Lionsgate, & Acne Studios.
Tom has a B.A. in Theater Arts from the UCLA School of Theater Film and Television where he received the Carol Burnett Award and Scholarship for Musical Theater Excellence.- Sultry, brunette Faith Domergue was born in New Orleans, part Creole,
but primarily of Irish and English extraction. She was adopted when she
was six weeks old. In 1927 her adoptive parents took her to live in
California, where she was educated at Catholic schools in Santa Monica.
She had her first flirt with the acting profession while still at
school, on stage at the Bliss Hayden Theatre. Just after her graduation
she suffered a disfiguring injury during a car accident when she was
thrown into a windshield, and spent 18 months undergoing intensive
plastic surgery. Still in her teens, she was briefly married to
Acapulco night club owner and bandleader
Teddy Stauffer.
By 1941 she was properly back in circulation. "Discovered" by a Warner
Brothers talent scout, she was signed to a contract and her name
streamlined a la Hollywood to "Faith Dorn". Sometime at the end of May
that year young Faith found herself at a studio party (it was not
unheard of for underage ingénues to be thrown together with rich or
influential men) given on board the Southern Cross, a yacht owned by
billionaire Howard Hughes. Hughes,
21 years her senior, became quickly infatuated with the teenager and
bought out her contract from Warner Brothers for $50,000, then signed
her to the studio he owned, RKO Pictures. He also mollified her
adoptive parents by buying them a house, and he paid for Faith to take
lessons to perfect her diction and acting. The romantic affair
continued on-and-off until mid-1943, and was eventually scuttled by
Hughes' various indiscretions with stars
Lana Turner,
Ava Gardner and
Rita Hayworth.
In 1945 Faith reclaimed her original name, Domergue (insisting it be
pronounced "Dah-mure") and, by the following year, made her screen
debut in Young Widow (1946), a film
starring another Hughes find,
Jane Russell. Hughes then spent the
extravagant--for the time--amount of $3.2 million on
Vendetta (1950), the picture that was to
catapult Faith to stardom. Three directors went to work on the project,
only to be fired in quick succession:
Max Ophüls,
Preston Sturges and
Stuart Heisler. Faith's lack of
theatrical training also proved to be a detriment. The picture was
eventually completed by Mel Ferrer,
but not released until 1950. When it finally arrived in cinemas,
it--like Hughes other fiasco, the Spruce Goose--failed to take off. An
earlier effort, the film noir
Where Danger Lives (1950), was
also released at this time. It starred Domergue in the role as a
homicidal femme fatale, opposite
Robert Mitchum as the lover she
manipulates into taking the blame for her murdering millionaire hubby
Claude Rains. In spite of another huge
publicity campaign, with Faith featured on the cover of "Look" Magazine
and articles in numerous other publications, this film also performed
indifferently at the box office and caused Hughes to lose interest in
his erstwhile protégé.
During the next few years Faith began to freelance at other studios,
appearing in westerns:
The Duel at Silver Creek (1952),
with Audie Murphy;
The Great Sioux Uprising (1953),
with Jeff Chandler; and
Santa Fe Passage (1955) with
John Payne at Republic. In 1955 she
starred in the first of a trio of sci-fi/horror outings for which she
is chiefly remembered. In
This Island Earth (1955), shot
in Technicolor at Universal, she played a scientist kidnapped by aliens
and, with her colleagues, pressed into service defending their world
against interplanetary attack. Helped by a clever script and make-up
artist Bud Westmore's $24,000 creation of a
bug-eyed mutant monster, the film was a huge success and has become a
cult favorite. Faith essayed yet another scientist engaged in
destroying Ray Harryhausen's giant
octopus (six-tentacled, because of the minuscule budget) in
It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955).
In Cult of the Cobra (1955),
Faith replaced Mari Blanchard in the role
of the high-priestess of a cobra-worshiping cult who assumes the shape
of a serpent in order to kill six GIs who have witnessed a secret
ceremony.
Following her separation from Argentine writer/director
Hugo Fregonese, Faith made three films in
England, most notably as queen of the London underworld in
Vernon Sewell's
Spin a Dark Web (1956) (aka "Spin a
Dark Web"). During the 1960s she concentrated on television and
appeared in everything from
Bonanza (1959) to
Combat! (1962), from
Perry Mason (1957) to
Bronco (1958). After making several
films in Italy (and getting married for a third time, to assistant
director and theatrical producer
Paolo Cossa in 1966)) , she
revisited the horror genre in the cheap but cheerful
The House of Seven Corpses (1974),
as the emotive star of a horror movie who awakens the deceased after
reading from the "Tibetan Book of the Dead".
Faith Domergue never quite made it as a major star, unlike
Jane Russell. She did, however,
acquire something of a cult following because of her involvement in the
seminal
This Island Earth (1955), as
well as her other science-fiction films from this period. Ironically,
Faith later confessed that she never much cared for the genre. - Actor
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Danny Burstein was born on 16 June 1964 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and cinematographer, known for Blackhat (2015), Transamerica (2005) and Deception (2008). He was previously married to Rebecca Luker and Laura Debra Toma.- Actress
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Verónica Echegui was born on 16 June 1983 in Madrid, Spain. She is an actress and director, known for Trust (2018), Fortitude (2015) and You're Killing Me Susana (2016).- Billy lives in London. In 2020, aged 13, he made history as the youngest recipient of an International Emmy Award for Best Performance By An Actor.
Billy has been acting professionally since the age of 6, and has had many roles in film, TV and West End Theatre. He trains at the world-renowned Sylvia Young Theatre School.
Billy's film credits include Blinded By The Light, Mary Poppins Returns, Sharknado 5, The Other Me, To Dream, The Islander and he is best known for his lead role in the critically acclaimed Responsible Child for Kudos/BBC. Billy played Ray, a 12-year-old child on trial for the brutal murder of his stepfather, in the hard-hitting drama which subsequently won an International Emmy Award for Best TV Movie and received two BAFTA nominations. In addition to winning an International Emmy, Billy's performance as Ray earned him a nomination for Best Newcomer at the National Film Awards 2020.
Billy's TV credits include A Christmas Carol (BBC), Mr Selfridge (ITV) , The White Princess (Starz) and The Alienist (Netflix). In October 2021 Billy will appear as Caspar Morrow in Apple TV's highly anticipated sci-fi series, Invasion.
When he is not filming, Billy can be found fronting his band The Hunger or on his skateboard! - Jonny Weston was born in 1988 and was raised in Charleston, South
Carolina. After turning 18, he went to the University of South Carolina
in Columbia, SC, where he took a theatre class, fell in love with
acting and decided to pursue it. He is probably most known for his part
as Jay Moriarty in Chasing Mavericks (2012), but he's also been in
movies like Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You (2011), John Dies
at the End (2012), Under the Bed (2012), Sugar (2013), Project Almanac (2015), and We Are Your Friends (2015). - James Caverly was born on 16 June 1989 in Royal Oak, Michigan, USA. He is an actor, known for Only Murders in the Building (2021), Chicago Med (2015) and A Bennett Song Holiday (2020).
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Alyson Mackenzie Stroker was born in Ridgewood, New Jersey. Aly is a New York York City actress and singer, and has been for more than three quarters of her life. She studied at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, concentrated in drama. Ali has been paralyzed from the chest down since she was 2 years old and uses a wheelchair because of a car accident. She wants to inspire other people with disabilities who want to be performers to follow their dreams. She originally auditioned for the Glee Project at a casting call in New York City. Ali is a mezzo-soprano but, because she is paralyzed, she cannot engage the diaphragm, stomach, or core, so she has created her own singing techniques. She's a strong swimmer, and learned to surf with the group Life Rolls On.- Débora Nascimento was born in São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Débora is an actor, known for Lady Voyeur (2023), The Incredible Hulk (2008) and Pacified (2019). Débora was previously married to José Loreto and Arthur Rangel.
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Tommy Tiernan was born on 16 June 1969 in County Donegal, Ireland. He is an actor and writer, known for Wolfwalkers (2020), About Adam (2000) and Conversations with Friends (2022).- Actor
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Mithun Chakraborty, whose birth name was Gouranga Chakraborty, is an actor, producer, and politician. He is a former Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament and has worked in several Hindi and Bengali films.
He studied at Oriental Seminary and then cleared his B.Sc. degree in Chemistry from Scottish Church College in Kolkata. Chakraborty graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune.
Chakraborty has appeared in over 350 films, including Hindi, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Tamil, Odia, Kannada, Telugu, and Punjabi movies. He made his acting debut with Mrigayaa (1977). This debut earned him his first National Film Award for Best Actor.
During his early career as an actor, he had minor roles in movies like Do Anjaane (1976) and Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan (1978). However, it was the low-budget espionage film Surakksha (1979) that propelled Chakraborty to fame. Additionally, Basu Chatterjee's film Prem Vivah (1979) was also a significant movie for Chakraborty in the late 1970s.
His collaboration with Deepak Bahry in 1979 with Tarana (1979) got him many hit films together in the 1980s, such as Humse Badhkar Kaun: The Entertainer (1998), Hum Se Hai Zamana (1983), and Woh Jo Hasina (1983).
Chakraborty debuted in Bengali cinema with Nadi Theke Sagare (1978), directed by Arabinda Mukhopadhyay. He impacted Hindi cinema in the 1980s with over 110 releases. He played Jimmy in the iconic 1982 film Disco Dancer (1982), which was the first film in India to gross Rs. 100 crores. He played dual roles for the first time in Taxi Chor (1980) and later played dual roles in 19 films.
Between 1990 and 1999, he appeared in over 100 movies and delivered several outstanding and unforgettable performances. Some of his notable works during this period include Agneepath (1990), which earned him the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor, as well as hits like Shandar (1990) and Trinetra (1991).
He also won two National Film Awards for his role in Tahader Katha (1992) and Vivekananda (1998).
Chakraborty appeared on screen in several blockbusters in the mainstream Hindi film industry from 2000-2019. His film Elaan (2005) received massive appreciation from the audience and his critics. His movie Zor Lagaa Ke... Haiya! (2009) won multiple International awards, and critics appreciated Chal Chalein (2009) for its bold theme.
His next film Phir Kabhi (2008), was critically acclaimed and saw a direct-to-home (DTH) premiere in September 2009. The movie won as many as six awards in as many categories at the Los Angeles Reel Awards of 2009.
The Bhojpuri film, Bhole Shankar (2008) was Chakraborty's debut in the industry and is believed to be the biggest Bhojpuri film. He has played a role in films like Veer (2010) with Salman Khan and Golmaal 3 (2010) with Ajay Devgn. In 2012, he did three films with Akshay Kumar, OMG: Oh My God! (2012), Housefull 2 (2012), and Khiladi 786 (2012).
Chakraborty also made his Kannada debut with The Villain (2018), starring Shivarajkumar and Sudeep. He was also seen in The Kashmir Files (2022). Chakaraborty's web series, Bestseller (2022), was his debut in digital cinema through the OTT platform Amazon Prime.
Chakraborty is the recipient of three National Film Awards, two Filmfare Awards, one Screen Award, three BFJA Awards, two Anandalok Awards, one award from Stardust, one Annual Central European Bollywood Award, one Star Jahlsa Award, and one Star Jahlsa Award for his acting performance.
Chakraborty was the brand ambassador of Panasonic electronics in the late 1980s. He is the face of GoDaddy and the Manappuram Gold Loan for West Bengal state.
In 1979, he tied the knot with actress Helena Luke but their marriage lasted only for four months, and they separated, eventually getting a divorce. He then married another actress Yogeeta Bali in the same year. Together, they have four children - Mimoh, Ushmey Chakraborty, Namashi Chakraborty, and an adopted daughter named Dishani Chakraborty.- Kekoa Kekumano was born in Mililani, Hawaii, on June 16, 1998.
He is best known for acting as the younger version of Aquaman in the 2018 movie of the same name. He is also known for his acting roles in Hawaii Five-0 (2010) and Inhumans (2017), and the TV mini series, The White Lotus (2021).
While he is also known as an avid surfer and dancer, he also works as an Ocean Safety Officer in Honolulu, Hawaii as a primary responder for emergencies on the beaches and in near shore waters. - Tobias Segal was born on 16 June 1981 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor, known for John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017), Sneaky Pete (2015) and Mindhunter (2017).
- Finn Elliot is a British actor from Chichester in the UK. He was born in Hong Kong in 2002, before moving to Kuala Lumpur at the age of one. He spent most of his childhood living in Singapore with his brother Archie, mother Mini and his father Giles. Finn moved to England at the age of nine. He was educated at Oakwood School, in Chichester and the Portsmouth Grammar school. Finn is currently studying PPE at the University of Exeter. As well as this he was a member of the Chichester Festival Youth Theatre. His Chichester Festival Theatre credits include "Boy" in The Witches and "John Darling" in Peter Pan.