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- Grandson of a carpenter, Olivier Gourmet grew up in Mirwart, a Belgian village where his father was a cattle dealer and mother the manager of a family hotel-restaurant. At 13, he was sent to boarding school, which was an unhappy experience that led him to "be closed in on myself". It was at this school that he began acting when he replaced a classmate at short notice in the school play. He discovered a talent for mimicry and comedy. Later he was torn between a career in sports journalism or comedy. He opted for acting and comedy and attended the Conservatoire de Liège where he won first prize after only two years.
In 1996 he enjoyed his first significant role in a Dardenne brothers' film, The Promise. Since then Gourmet has featured in every film from the Dardennes. His performance in their film The Son earned him a Cannes Jury prize for interpretation in 2002. He is a much sought after actor with an extensive filmography making, on average five films per year. Internationally regarded as the one of greatest actors with staggering performances in a wide range of roles full of charismatic qualities and insights, he has also received the Critics Award at the Cannes festival in 2011 and in 2012 he was nominated in eleven categories at the Césars!
Olivier has been married to Catherine since age 19 and they have two children, Louis and Juliette. After his mother suffered a stroke, the family returned to Mirwart to manage the hotel-restaurant with Olivier's wife leaving her advertising career. - Actress
Born in New York City, raised in Virginia and a graduate of University of Tel Aviv. A theatre actress for many years, 'Bad Hurt' is Iris Gilad's film debut. Highlights of favorite theatre roles include: Carol in 'The Glory of Living,' Peg in 'Throwing Rubies' and Valentina in 'Valentino Valentina.' Iris originated the role of DeeDee in the World Premiere of Mark Kemble's play, 'Bad Hurt On Cedar Street' for which she received an Ovation Award Nomination for Best Featured Actress in a Play. Subsequently, Mark Kemble cast her in the role of DeeDee for the feature film 'Bad Hurt' which premiered at the 2015 TriBeCa Film Festival to critical acclaim. Iris is a lifetime member of the Actors Studio.- Actor
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Tom Sullivan - known to many as an actor, singer, entertainer, author and producer - lives and works by "Sullivan's Rules." One of Sullivan's first rules is that any negative can be turned into positive.
Born prematurely in 1947, Tom was given too much oxygen while in an incubator. Though it saved his life, it cost him his eyesight. The "inconvenience" of being blind has never kept Tom Sullivan from competing in a world where he realized that to be equal, for him, meant that he must be better. Even as he may have had to change the rules slightly, he has proven that one need not be limited by a handicap, whether it is playing backyard baseball as a youngster or any activity he's pursued. Tom is an excellent golfer, an avid snow skier, remarkable marathon runner and has been inducted into the Wrestling Hall of Fame in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Having spent the early part of his career pursuing his ambition as a singer and composer, Tom started out playing the piano in summer resorts in New England. He eventually gained national prominence with appearances on The Tonight Show, a major recording contract and a steady stream of gigs in Las Vegas and resorts around the country. Although music was his primary focus, Tom's limitless energy and ambition would combine to lead him into a series of successes in the entertainment industry.
In 1975, Tom's autobiography, 'If You Could See What I Hear', co-written with Derek Gill, took him on yet another journey, this time as an author. The story is an inspirational one of Tom's college years at Providence College and then at Harvard. Ultimately, it is a true love story about his romance and marriage to his wife, Patty, and the beginning of a family that is to this day the most cherished part of his life. 'If You Could See What I Hear' became a major motion picture in 1982.
Tom has gone on to write more than a dozen books, both works of fiction and non-fiction. In 2007's 'Adventures in Darkness', Tom takes readers through his monumental eleventh summer. The story is an inspirational one of Tom's childhood in Boston. This book is a hair-raising, heart-warming experience that culminates in Tom's determination to realize his dreams of a "normal" life.
Tom was a regular morning fixture to millions as special correspondent for ABC's Good Morning America. He also went on to be nominated for two Emmy Awards and has acted on TV series, such as Designing Women, Highway to Heaven, Fame, M*A*S*H, Mork & Mindy and WKRP in Cincinnati, just to name a few. But to create the characters and fulfill the role of a blind man on prime time he also helped write and develop many of these stories.
Thanks to Tom's public life, he has been privileged to become one of America's most sought-after motivational speakers, communicating with over 3,000 corporations around the world.- Ólafur Darri was born on the 3rd of March in Connecticut, USA in 1973. Growing up in Iceland from the age of 4 he went to The Icelandic Drama School. Olafur Darri has been fortunate enough to work full time as an actor from his graduation with the help of a lot of good people. He is one of the founders of the Vesturport Theatre Company as well as the production company ACT4. Olafur Darri lives in Reykjavik with his partner, two daughters and Waffle the dog.
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Jung Jin Young is a South Korean actor, born in the year 1964. He was born and raised in Seoul, and earned a Bachelor's Degree in Korean Language and Literature from Seoul National University, one of South Korea's most prestigious institutions.
Building an interest in the arts, Jung Jin Young began acting through college theatre during his time at Seoul National University.
The 1980s was a time of military dictatorship of Korea, and the tension between the government and resistance forces were at its peak. Under such political background, Jung Jin Young participated in an ideologically oriented left-wing play during his twenties, and also debuted in the film industry through a film titled "Opening the Closed School Door," which was banned from major screening by the government due to its story-line focusing on the foundation of the Korean Teachers & Educational Worker's Union.
The actor successfully settled into the film industry through his performance in the 1998 hit film, "A Promise." Leaving a strong impression behind for audiences, Jung Jin Young eventually won the award for Best Male Supporting Actor in both the 19th Blue Dragon Awards and the 36th Daejong Film Festival.
Jung Jin Young's breakthrough role came in the 2005 award winning film, "The King and the Clown." The actor appeared as the deranged king, Yeonsan-gun- of Korea's Joseon Dynasty, successfully providing audiences with a new perspective on the historical figure. The film was a major success, reaching an audience number of 10 million.
The actor continued his success through the television industry also, starring in many dramas, such as "Country of Winds," "Brain," "The Glamorous Temptation," etc. Through his notable performances, the actor was presented with many nominations and awards.
In addition to acting, Jung Jin Young also participated as a TV show host; most widely known for hosting the educational/cultural program, "Unsolved Mysteries," for 4 years, since the year 2002. He also participated as a host for the program, "Challenger," in 2011, and the final stage of popular variety show, "I am a Singer 2," in 2012.
Of his many performances on screen, "A Promise (1998)," "Let's Play Dharma (2001)," "Wildcard (2003)," "The King and the Clown (2005)," "Bunt (2007)," "Battlefield Heroes (2010)," "Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2012)," "Ode to My Father (2014)," etc., are his most notable appearances. For television, the actor earned many awards for his performances in "Country of Winds (2008)," "Brain (2011)," and "The Glamorous Temptation (2015)."- Actor
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Ma Dong-seok (born Lee Dong-seok on March 1, 1971), also known as Don Lee is a South Korean-American actor best known for his supporting roles in The Neighbor, Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time, and The Unjust. He also played leading roles in Norigae, Murderer and One on One. Under his Westernized real name Don Lee and before he turned to acting, he was once the personal trainer of mixed martial artists Mark Coleman and Kevin Randleman.- Actor
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An American Actor with Down Syndrome, has been acting since 2000, but mostly in plays, he has studied acting with Jay Lynch of the Opus Theater, Selma Glass at the Coconut Creek Recreation Center and Allan Press of the Youth Theater in Boca Raton. his first main movie role was in The Ringer (2005) next to Johnny Knoxville. Finished high school in 1996.- Actor
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Eduard Fernández was born on 25 August 1964 in Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He is an actor and producer, known for El nino (2014), Everybody Knows (2018) and Biutiful (2010).- Actor
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Marcello Fonte was born on 7 November 1978 in Melito di Porto Salvo, Calabria, Italy. He is an actor and director, known for Dogman (2018), Asino vola (2015) and Il posto della felicità (2019).- Song Kang-ho never professionally trained as an actor, beginning his career in social theater groups after graduating from Kimhae High School. Later, he joined Kee Kuk-seo's influential theater company with its emphasis on instinctive acting and improvisation, which proved to be Song's training ground. Although regularly approached to act in films, he always turned down the opportunity until taking a role as an extra in Hong Sang-soo's The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well (1996). In the following year, after portraying one of the homeless in Jang Sun-woo's docu-drama Bad Movie (1997), he gained cult notoriety for his scene-stealing performance in Neung-han Song No. 3 (1997) as a gangster training a group of young recruits, winning his first Best Actor award.
Since that time he was cast in several supporting roles before his high-profile role as Han Suk-kyu's secret-agent partner in Kang Je-kyu's blockbuster thriller Shiri (1999). In early 2000, Song became a star with his first leading role in the box office smash The Foul King (2000), for which he reputedly did most of his own stunts. But it was with his award-winning role as a North Korean sergeant in Joint Security Area (2000) that Song has come to the forefront as one of Korea's leading actors. Song also starred in Park Chan-wook's Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002), which centers around a father's pursuit of his daughter's kidnappers.
In 2002 Song starred in another major production by Myung Film titled YMCA Yagudan (2002), about Korea's first baseball team, which formed in the early 20th century. He came to international attention with the film The Host (2006), which reunited him with director Bong Joon Ho. With Snowpiercer (2013), his third collaboration with Bong, he made his debut in an English-language film with international theatrical distribution.
In 2008 he starred in Kim Jee-woon's film The Good the Bad the Weird (2008), where he played Tae-goo, the motorcycle-riding, walther-wielding counterpart to "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"'s Tuco.
In 2015, Song Kang-ho works on 'The Throne', a period drama of palace intrigues par excellence and whose film is nominated that year for best non-English-language film and costumes at Satellite awards. Already in 2016 he makes his fourth collaboration with Korean director Kim Jee-woon and is none other than the critically acclaimed film "The Empire of Shadows." A period drama with a background of espionage intrigue with a very good technical bill. - Actor
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Xuebing Wang was born on 6 September 1971 in Urumqi, Xinjiang, China. He is an actor and director, known for A Trophy on the Sea (2019), The Partner (2020) and The Road Not Taken (2018). He has been married to Xuan Zhang since 2013. They have one child. He was previously married to Ning Sun and Yuqi Feng.- Born in Seo-choen, a small village, in South Korea in 1970, Seung-Ryong Ryu discovered his love for acting when he saw a play at the age of 15. Then, he went on to study theater at Seoul Institute of the Arts. For over a decade after graduating from the college, he was just an obscure actor mostly performing on the small stage. During this time period, he had a chance to spend 5 years performing 'Nanta', a non-verbal performance, travelling all around the world and patiently built up the skills and perspectives as an actor.
He made his film debut as a minor role at a relatively late age of 34 in 'Someone Special (2004)'. In spite of a very short appearance, his 'driving existence as a supporting actor' instantly caught filmmakers' eye and soon led him to be a prolific supporting actor. Although his college mates already had risen to fame before him, his optimism and endless passion for acting made it possible for him to keep stepping forward calmly. While appearing in several films, he turned his attention to the TV dramas and won critical acclaim for his portrayal as a sensitive gay in the 2010 drama series 'Personal Taste' and demonstrated his wide range to inhabit various characters.
After Prain TPC, an entertainment agency, started to represent him, he is being in the 2nd highlight of his career. His recent 4 films, 'War of the Arrows (2011)', 'All About My Wife (2012)', 'Masquerade (2012), and 'Miracle of Cell No.7 (2013)', have become blockbuster box office hits in South Korea.
One of his strongest points as an actor is he slips into every role he takes perfectly and gets both critical and commercial acclaim. He has transformed himself into diverse characters so far: a hard-nosed Qing dynasty commander speaking Manchu language (War of the Arrows), a royal adviser in Chosun dynasty (Masquerade), an irresistible legendary Casanova (All About My Wife), and a mentally-handicapped father (Miracle of Cell No.7).
As his latest film 'Miracle of Cell No.7' elicited positive response at the Cannes Film Market during the 66th Cannes Film Festival, the leading actor, Seung-Ryong Ryu, consequently became the center of attention. Now he is planning to start a new chapter of his acting career abroad. - Yoo Hae-jin was born on 4 January 1970 in Cheongju, Korea. He is an actor, known for A Taxi Driver (2017), The Pirates (2014) and Veteran (2015).
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Fabrice Luchini was born on 1 November 1951 in Paris, France. He is an actor and writer, known for In the House (2012), Molière (2007) and Beaumarchais the Scoundrel (1996).- Actor
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Tahar Rahim was born on 4 July 1981 in Belfort, Territoire de Belfort, France. He is an actor, known for A Prophet (2009), The Past (2013) and The Mauritanian (2021). He has been married to Leïla Bekhti since 2010.- Actor
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Aaron Pedersen was born on 24 November 1970 in Alice Springs, Australia. He is an actor and producer, known for Mystery Road (2013), Goldstone (2016) and Mystery Road (2018). He was previously married to Lisa Serma.- Actor
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Federico Luppi was born on 23 February 1934 in Ramallo, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was an actor and director, known for Cronos (1992), The Devil's Backbone (2001) and Pan's Labyrinth (2006). He was married to Susana Hornos and Haydée Padilla. He died on 20 October 2017 in Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina.- Choi Min-shik first made a name for himself in theater before breaking into the film world with a role in Park Chong-won's acclaimed film 'Our Twisted Hero' (1992). In the mid-nineties he continued to act in theater productions as well as in several TV dramas, including Moon Over Seoul with Han Seok-gyu. 1997 marked his return to motion pictures, with a role as a tough-talking police investigator in Song Neung-han's No. 3 (1997). His biggest role came in 1999, when he was cast in Korea's most successful film ever, Shiri (1999). His portrayal of a North Korean agent garnered him much praise and a Best Actor Award from the 1999 domestic Grand Bell Awards.
After starring in a theater production of Hamlet in spring of 1999, Choi took on the role of a husband who discovers his wife's infidelity in Happy End (1999), and in early 2001 starred as a third-rate gangster opposite Hong Kong actress Cecilia Cheung in the acclaimed Failan (2001). In 2003 he starred in the now classic Oldboy (2003).