People I Know

1. Dan Marino

Marino was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and attended the University of Pittsburgh, where he became the most prolific and celebrated passer in Pitt Panther history and a first-round draft pick for Don Shula of the Dolphins. Marino has established a record number of records on the All-Time ...

2. Joe Rubbo

Actor | The Last American Virgin

Joe Rubbo was born on July 26, 1963 in Bronx, New York, USA. He is an actor and director, known for The Last American Virgin (1982), Power Up Radio TV Talk (2023) and Hot Chili (1985).

3. Dirk Ellis

Stunts | 300: Rise of an Empire

Dirk is an America actor, stunt man, musician and producer. Born and raised in Texas, he has been an aspiring film maker since the age of 6 and had a lot of practice while growing up constantly creating new film ideas with the family's VHS camera once he was old enough to handle the large device. ...

4. Jason Thirsk

Soundtrack | SubUrbia

Jason Thirsk was born on December 25, 1967 in Hermosa Beach, California, USA. He died on July 29, 1996 in the USA.

5. Alexander Haig

Self | The American President

Nixon's Chief of Staff, 1973-74. Finally urged Nixon to resign. NATO Commander from 1975 to 1979. Secretary of State for Ronald Reagan. Got himself in hot water after the assassination attempt against the President in March 1981 when he appeared in the Press Room in the White House and announced "...

6. Pui Chan

Self | Pui Chan: Kung Fu Pioneer

7. Allen Bellman

Self | The Legends Behind the Comic Books

Allen Bellman was born on June 5, 1924 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He died on March 9, 2020 in the USA.

8. Brenda Venus

Actress | 48 Hrs.

Brenda Venus was born on November 10, 1947 in Biloxi, Mississippi, USA. She is an actress, known for 48 Hrs. (1982), Deathsport (1978) and The Eiger Sanction (1975).

9. Rick DeVoe

Music_department | The Chase

Rick DeVoe is known for The Chase (1994), Blink 182: The Urethra Chronicles (1999) and Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place (1998).

10. Loren Kinsella

Actress | Runaway Jury

Emmy® Considered/Award Winning Irish- American Actress Loren Kinsella, birth name, Loren Anne Kinsella, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana to Maurice Patrick Kinsella, former Navy Seal (Underwater Demolition Team), an engineer with NASA and later a New Orleans Fire Fighter, and Edith Kinsella, a ...

11. Mark Houghton

Actor | Elektra

Mark is an American actor/filmmaker trained in Los Angeles and New York that has performed onstage in New York, Los Angeles and London, England. Some of those productions include lead roles in; Shepard's 'True West', Beckett's 'Waiting for Godot', Shakespeare's 'Timon of Athens' and Mamet's 'The ...

12. Mimi Chan

Mulan

Mimi Chan was born in Boston, Massachusetts. She moved to Orlando, Florida, when her father, Grandmaster Chan Pui, opened the Wah Lum Temple. She began her kung fu training at the age of 3, and by 5 was already performing in local exhibitions. Having supplemented her martial arts with gymnastics ...

13. Kenny Chin

Actor | Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Kenny Chin was born on April 5, 1951 in Hong Kong. At age 12, he began studying various Kung Fu styles including Choy Li Fut and Eagle claw. It was while in school that he became interested in acting when he was discovered by a casting agent. He appeared as a background actor for a number of Hong ...

14. Kevin Porter

Actor | Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

Kevin Porter was born on July 29, 1969 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004), N Word (2008) and The Job Interview.

15. Don Wilson

Actor | Batman Forever

Don "The Dragon" Wilson is considered the greatest kick-boxing champion in the sport's history. A native of South Florida, Wilson began fighting in the late 1970s. In a career which spanned 4 decades, he won 11 world kick-boxing championships, among them the WKA, STAR, WKC, PKO Lightheavyweight ...

16. Chi Ling Chiu

Actor | Kung fu

Chiu Chi-ling (born 1943) is a martial artist and actor who appears mostly in Kung Fu style movies produced in Hong Kong. He also teaches Hung Gar Kung Fu at Chiu Chi-ling Hung Gar Kung Fu Association, a San Francisco-based martial arts school he founded, and at the old Chiu Family Kwoon in Hong ...

17. Jonathan Carroll

Actor | Super Power Beat Down

Jonathan Carroll is known for Super Power Beat Down (2012), Avengers Assemble! (2010) and Breaking Barbi (2019).

18. Jim Lindberg

Soundtrack | SubUrbia

James William Lindberg was born July 26th, 1965 in Hermosa Beach, California. He started the California punk band Pennywise in 1988 along with band mates Fletcher Dragge on guitar, Jason Thirsk (died in 1996) who plays bass and Byron McMackin who plays drums. His band mates were at Mira Costa High ...

19. Charlene Houghton

Actress | Qing Long Men

Charlene Houghton is known for Qing Long Men (2019), The Gathering and The Empty Hands (2017).

20. Jerry Trimble

Actor | Heat

Jerry Trimble was born in Newport, Kentucky. He was an insecure, fearful and bullied kid. At age 14 he was inspired by Bruce Lee and began studying Taekwon-Do. In six months he began teaching the art. At 15, Jerry earned the rank of first-degree black belt and became the number one point fighter in...

21. Fletcher Dragge

Soundtrack | Torque

Fletcher Dragge was born in 1966 in the USA. He is an actor, known for Torque (2004), SubUrbia (1996) and Godmoney (1999).

22. Andy Kunz

Actor | Bad Romance

Andy Kunz is known for Bad Romance (2013), Abomination (2018) and Coronaphobia (2020).

23. Luo Li

Director | Tang huang you difu

Luo Li was born in Wuhan, Hubei, China. Luo is known for Emperor Visits the Hell (2012), Li Wen at East Lake (2015) and Rivers and My Father (2010).

24. Richie Supa

Composer | Aerosmith: Lightning Strikes

Richie Supa is known for Aerosmith: Lightning Strikes (1982).

25. Reb Brown

Actor | Space Mutiny

Reb Brown was born on April 29, 1948 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Space Mutiny (1988), Uncommon Valor (1983) and Yor: The Hunter from the Future (1983). He has been married to Cisse Cameron since September 8, 1979.

Born in Hilo, Hawaii in 1940. Gerald started Martial Arts with Judo in 1953. He has practiced Kendo, Aikido, Taekwondo, and he is currently a 5th degree black belt in Kung Fu San Soo (his sensei was the late Jimmy H. Woo). Gerald is a designer of various types of weaponry that have been featured in...

29. Dana Kippel

Actress | Reflect

Dana Kippel was born in Queens, NY and adopted by an amazing family in Suffern, NY. As a child she excelled in gymnastics, creative writing, science and math as well as theatre at Rockland Center for the Arts. Dana had struggles during her childhood and teenage years and frequently writes about ...

30. Brendan Bickley

Actor | Step by Step

Brendan Bickley is known for Step by Step (1991).

31. Brian Drolet

Actor | Dumbbells: Special Edition

Brian Drolet is originally from Queens, NY. He graduated from The University Of Florida's fine arts school with a degree in Electronic Intermedia. After graduating he moved back to NY, he started as an actor but began to write and produce his own films as well. Brian loves all mediums of creative ...

32. Casper Van Dien

Actor | Starship Troopers

Casper Van Dien's breakthrough role was as the lead in Paul Verhoeven's sci-fi film Starship Troopers (1997). Still one of the most talked about films of 1997 that has one of the largest cult followings in film history. He was also in Tim Burton's critically acclaimed film Sleepy Hollow (1999), as ...

33. Vince Cecere

Actor | Analyze This

Vince Cecere is known for Analyze This (1999), The Bouncer (2011) and Palmetto (1998).

34. Hiroyuki Sanada

Actor | Tasogare Seibei

Hiroyuki Sanada was born on October 12, 1960 in Tokyo. He made his film debut when he was 5 in Rokyoku komori-uta (1965) (Shin'ichi Chiba played the lead role.) His father died when he was 11. He joined Japan Action Club, organized & run by Sonny Chiba, when he was 12. He 1st became famous as an ...

35. David Bradley

Actor | American Ninja 4: The Annihilation

David Bradley was born in Plano, Texas on October 2, 1953. He is well known to the fans of low budget and martial arts films.

Prior to films, Bradley worked as a car salesman on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles and practiced such martial arts as Shotokan Karate, Chinese Kempo, Tai Chi and Aikido. ...

36. Michael Freeman

Actor | Blood Run

Michael Freeman is known for Blood Run (2016), Dear Kathryn (2009) and The Art of Woodturning (2012).

37. Jay Kwon

Actor | Magnum P.I.

Jay Kwon is known for Magnum P.I. (2018), Made in Chinatown (2021) and Spa Night (2016).

38. Clair Brauer

Actress | Thumper's Revenge

Growing up, Clair Brauer has always excelled at various kinds of talents that had her very busy in band, choir, and in theater with many awards from contests as well. As an adult, Clair was a long time improve actress for many shows over the years in her home town of Florida. Anything from Fire ...

39. Mike Busey

Self | Tiger King

Mike Busey is known for Tiger King (2020), WWE's Most Wanted Treasures (2021) and Spring Breakers (2012).

40. Kelvin Yu

Producer | Bob's Burgers

Kelvin Yu is known for Bob's Burgers (2011), Grandma's Boy (2006) and Cloverfield (2008).

41. Jino Kang

Writer | Fist 2 Fist 2: Weapon of Choice

Jino Kang is known for Fist 2 Fist 2: Weapon of Choice (2014), Fist 2 Fist (2011) and Blade Warrior (2001).

42. Chucky Currie

Actor | Enter the Tiger

Chucky Currie is known for Enter the Tiger (2012), Shadow Recruit: The Canadian Connection and Cyber-Tracker 2 (1995).

43. Michelle Wu

Actor | Warrior Island TV Movie

Michelle Wu is known for Warrior Island TV Movie.

44. John Cheung

Actor | Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

John Cheung is known for Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993), Kickboxer (1989) and Double Impact (1991).

45. Andrew Kranz

Writer | The Invitation

Andrew Kranz was born on April 3, 1965 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Invitation, Torn from Innocence (2020) and The Clouds (2019).

46. PeiPei Alena Yuan

Stunts | Obi-Wan Kenobi

PeiPei Alena is an Actress, Stunt Woman, Fight Coordinator, Filmmaker dedicated to inspiring through her art.

PeiPei has appeared as an actress / stunt performer in TV shows & Films such as "The Brothers Sun", "Stranger Things" , "Obi-Wan", "The Flight Attendant ", "Ncis-LA", "Fear of the Walking ...

47. Meadowlark Lemon

Actor | The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh

Meadowlark Lemon was born on April 25, 1932 in Wilmington, North Carolina, USA. He was an actor, known for The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (1979), Modern Romance (1981) and Imps* (1983). He was married to Dr. Cynthia Lemon and Willye Maultsby. He died on December 27, 2015 in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.

48. Mark Strange

Stunts | Yip Man 4

Mark Strange, the highly decorated British film actor and martial artist, recently played one of the lead roles in the global action-horror film Redcon-1. The award winning movie received a theatrical release and a global release including a Netflix and Amazon Prime release and across many US ...

49. Lateef Crowder

Actor | Tekken

Lateef Crowder was born on November 23, 1977 in San Jose, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Tekken (2010), Wonder Woman (2017) and The Mandalorian (2019). He was previously married to Andressa Vallotti.

50. Aeon Cruz

Actress | Merry Birthday, Happy Christmas

From a very young age Aeon knew she wanted to be a performer. She grew up as a pop, modern and hula dance performer in local festivals, parades, home town halftime shows and as a competitive gymnast. She appeared dancing and cheer-leading in the 'Walt Disney World Super Bowl XXV Halftime Show' in ...