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Russell Tovey was born on 14 November 1981 in Billericay Essex, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012), The Good Liar (2019) and Grabbers (2012).- Actor
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Adam Patrick Devine is an American actor, comedian, singer, screenwriter, and producer. He is one of the stars and co-creators of the Comedy Central comedy television series Workaholics and Adam Devine's House Party. He played the role of Bumper in the musical films Pitch Perfect and Pitch Perfect 2. He had recurring sitcom roles as Andy Bailey in Modern Family and Adam DeMamp in Workaholics. He also had roles in the films The Intern, The Final Girls, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, Game Over, Man! and When We First Met. He has voiced characters in films including Ice Age: Collision Course and The Lego Batman Movie, as well as in the animated series Uncle Grandpa, Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero, Vampirina, Green Eggs and Ham, and Bad Ideas with Adam Devine.- Actress
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Kate Linder has portrayed Esther Valentine on CBS' The Young and the Restless since April, 1982. The popular daytime drama has been the #1 rated soap opera every week for over 30 years. In 2008, Linder received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Linder has a busy feature film career as well, she was in the feature films Hysteria, Erased, Miss Meadows, Garry Marshall's Mother's Day, Voice from the Stone and The Charnel House. Linder also co-stars in Charlie Matthau's upcoming feature, Book of Leah, Echo Boomers and Shriver.
Linder has been the celebrity spokesperson for The ALS Association for over a decade since her late brother-in-law's initial diagnosis and is especially active with The ALS Association's Golden West Chapter. She has lobbied Congress on their behalf and won several of their national and state volunteer awards for her service. Linder was a longtime board member for SAG-AFTRA and a former two-time Governor of the Television Academy. She is active with countless charities that benefit research and support for health-related and LGBT causes. Linder also hosts annual charity teas in Canada that benefit the March of Dimes Canada's Conductive Education program, for which she also serves as ambassador. Linder also works with the Los Angeles Mission, has been the Grand Marshal of the Walk to End Lupus Now Los Angeles twice and has made several trips visiting troops with the USO.
Website: KateLinder.com Twitter: @KATELINDER Instagram: @katelinderyr Facebook: @officialkatelinder- Actor
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Born in New York and raised in Los Angeles, Schwimmer was encouraged by a high school instructor to attend a summer program in acting at Northwestern University. Inspired by that experience, he returned to Northwestern where he received a bachelor's degree in speech/theater. In 1988, along with seven other Northwestern graduates, he co-founded Chicago's Lookingglass Theatre Company.- Actor
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Randy Harrison was born in Nashua, New Hampshire, USA and graduated high school in Atlanta, GA. Harrison began acting as a child eventually receiving a BFA from Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. He is best known for his role as Justin Taylor in the Showtime series Queer as Folk (2000). Other film credits include Such Good People (2014) and Bang Bang You're Dead (2002). An accomplished theater actor, Harrison has appeared on Broadway in Wicked, off-Broadway at the Public Theater, Theatre for a New Audience, Primary Stages and Red Bull Theatre, as well as regionally at Yale Repertory Theater, The Guthrie Theater, Shakespeare Theatre DC amongst others. He is a founding member of the downtown New York theatre company QWAN Company. Harrison resides in Brooklyn, NY.- Actress
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Marisol Nichols currently (2023) stars opposite Jenna Ortega in Paramounts Winter Spring Summer Fall. She recently starred opposite Chris Rock and Sam Jackson as Capt. Angie Garza in the Lions Gate film Spiral, and opposite Eugenio Derbez in the Lions Gate comedy The Valet. On the small screen Nichols' currently stars as Hermione Lodge on The CW's highly rated, Riverdale which has won a collective 19 Teen Choice Awards.
Nichols' first appeared in shows including Beverly Hills 90210, Friends, and ER. She made her movie debut in the film Vegas Vacation playing Audrey Griswald opposite Chevy Chase. She's appeared in films Scream 2, Can't Hardly Wait, Bowfinger, Jane Austen's Mafia & Felon opposite Val Kilmer. Marisol also commanded the Counter Terrorist unit in 24 opposite Kiefer Sutherland, appeared as the mysterious and elusive Desert Wolf on Teen Wolf, was Special Agent Zoe Keates in NCIS and starred in Stephen Bochco's Blind justice as well as numerous other roles.
Balancing her work on screen with her humanitarian efforts fighting for the rights of young girls and women, Marisol created her non-profit, Foundation for a Slavery Free World, embracing the global eradication of the most heinous human rights violations-human trafficking. She is a deputized legal informant and has been dubbed, the "Hollywood Vigilantly" as she's taken part in numerous undercover operations leading to the successful arrest of dozens of traffickers and child predators. Sony Pictures recently bought the rights to her life story and is adapting it for a Television Series that Nichols is Executive Producing.
In 2017, Marisol was recognized by President Barack Obama with the President's Distinguished Volunteer Service Award for her work in human rights and for her service to our community.- Actor
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Joshua David Duhamel was born in Minot, North Dakota. His mother, Bonny L., is a retired high school teacher, and the Executive Director of Minot's Downtown Business & Profession Association, and his father, Larry Duhamel, is an advertisement salesman. Josh has three younger sisters: Ashlee, McKenzee and Kassidy. His ancestry is German, and smaller amounts of Norwegian, French-Canadian, English, Irish, and Austrian (his last name is very common among Francophones in the world). Before his acting career, the football player studied biology and earned his Bachelor's degree at Minot State University with the intention of pursuing dentistry.
At 26 years old, Josh worked in construction, and it was by chance that he got into showbusiness. Modeling eventually gave way to acting as Josh was asked to audition for the title character in The Picture of Dorian Gray (2004), from the novel by Oscar Wilde.
Duhamel can be seen in Vince Gilligan and David Shore's CBS series, "Battle Creek." He is in production on four films: "Lost In The Sun," "Bravetown," "The Wrong Stuff," and "Beyond Deceit."
Duhamel also starred alongside Hillary Swank and Emmy Rossum in the George C. Wolfe directed drama, "You're Not You." Duhamel also starred opposite Julianne Hough in Lasse Hallstrom's "Safe Haven," a drama based on the best-selling novel by Nicholas Sparks and the thriller "Scenic Route," which tells the story of two friends stranded in the desert. In addition, Duhamel was seen in the star-studded, ensemble comedy "Movie 43" alongside Emma Stone, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, Kate Winslet, Richard Gere among many others. Co-directed by Peter Farrelly and Patrik Forsberg, the film features various intertwining, raunchy tales.
Other projects include Garry Marshall's "New Year's Eve" alongside Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert DeNiro, Halle Berry, and Hilary Swank and Michael Bay's "Transformers: Dark of the Moon," where he reprised his role of Captain William Lennox for the third installment of the franchise. Additional film credits include the romantic comedy "Life as We Know It" alongside Katherine Heigl, "Ramona and Beezus," "When in Rome" and "The Romantics." On television, Josh is best known for his role as Danny McCoy on the NBC crime drama "Las Vegas." Additionally, he lent his voice to Nickelodeon's Emmy Award-winning animated series "Fanboy & Chum Chum" and starred in several seasons of the long-running ABC soap opera "All My Children," in which he received three consecutive Daytime Emmy nominations.
On January 10 2009, Josh married Fergie Duhamel, better known as Fergie from The Black Eyed Peas. They have one child together, Axl Jack Duhamel. They reside in Los Angeles.- Actor
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Josh Wiggins was born on 2 November 1998 in Houston, Texas, USA. He is an actor, known for Max (2015), Walking Out (2017) and Mean Dreams (2016).- Brandon Soo Hoo was born on 2 November 1995 in Pasadena, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Tropic Thunder (2008), G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) and Ender's Game (2013).
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Erika Flores was born on 2 November 1979 in Grass Valley, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993), Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) and House (2004). She has been married to Bart Burson since 1 July 2006. They have two children.- Actor
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Sean Kanan's career encompasses many facets of the entertainment world including actor, author, comedian, and producer. Early in his career, Kanan was chosen at an open call by Oscar-winning Director, John Avildsen from over 2000 hopefuls for the role of Mike Barnes in the Karate Kid III. He went on to create two iconic characters, AJ QUARTERMAINE (GH) and DEACON SHARP (B&B/Y&R). Kanan's popularity as DEACON in Italy and ability to speak fluent Italian landed him on the Italian version of the popular show Dancing with the Stars where he lasted 9 weeks.
On the comedy stage, Kanan has performed at some of the countries leading clubs including the Laugh Factory, the Comedy Store, Dangerfield's, the Brokerage, Uncle Vinny's and other venues. On the theater stage, he has performed in Sam Shepard's True West twice, once at the Zephyr theater and once at the Palm Canyon Theater.
Sean penned The Modern Gentleman; Cooking and Entertaining with Sean Kanan (Dunham Books) and Secret of My Success. Kanan co-hosted a celebrity parenting radio talk show called Kanan's Rules, available for download on iTunes podcast. Sean Kanan spends his free time studying martial arts, writing scripts, cooking, performing his stand-up routine and further pursuing the study of the Italian, French, Mandarin, Russian and Japanese language. Sean also dedicates much of his time to numerous charitable and nonprofit endeavors including ASPCA, anti-bullying and the Red Cross.- Actress
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Many well known and highly identifiable actresses have tried and failed to make the arduous crossover from fizzy TV sitcom star to mature, dramatic artist. Usually it was their hardcore fans who refused to accept them in any other light. Sally Field and Elizabeth Montgomery come first to mind as two strong actresses, with even stronger TV comedy character personas to contend with, who managed to make the none-too-easy leap to serious dramatic stardom after the fact. And then there's THAT girl ... lovely, glowing brunette Marlo Thomas ... another prime example.
Born in Detroit, Michigan on November 21, 1937, Marlo was christened Margaret Julia Thomas. Raised within the mad Beverly Hills whirl of the entertainment business as the daughter of show business legend Danny Thomas, she was initially dissuaded from an acting career and began a half-hearted adult life as a school teacher.
Quickly switching to acting, however, Marlo began with early TV appearances in the late 1950's on such series as "Dobie Gillis," "77 Sunset Strip," "Thriller" and "Zane Grey Theatre" (an appearance with her father). Her first break came when she was cast as Joey Bishop's sister and aspiring actress on the sitcom The Bob Newhart Show (1961) for one season, and she continued to build up her small screen resumé with assorted guest shots on "Bonanza," "My Favorite Martian," "McHale's Navy," "The Donna Reed Show" and "Ben Casey."
Following her delightful work on the London stage as Corey in "Barefoot in the Park" in 1965, Marlo appeared in a failed TV pilot. The pilot was seen by ABC, and they had her tested for another sitcom lead and passed with flying colors. This one stuck did not fail. Audiences adored "That Girl" with the romantic entanglements and struggling ambition of Ann Marie, a single, independent and very trendy young lady in the real world as an actress wannabe. Marlo became an instant household name (as did co-star Ted Bessell) and earned a Golden Globe ("Best TV Star") and four Emmy nominations during the five-year run of the groundbreaking show.
Cancelling the show on her own terms in 1971, the smoky-voiced actress was faced with a huge task of breaking a stereotype as a perky, fresh-faced, wide-eyed innocent. Capitalizing on her TV fame, she immediately pursued serious film roles. Playing the title dramatic role of Jenny (1970) opposite Alan Alda, she portrayed an unwed, naïve, pregnant girl who marries a filmmaker for convenience sake and earned a Golden Globe nom for "Most Promising Newcomer" in the process. Still, the box office take was mild and the public needed more convincing. When she made her Broadway debut successfully in the Herb Gardner play "Thieves" opposite Richard Mulligan in 1975, she made another stab at films by recreating her stage role. The reviews for Thieves (1977) co-starring Charles Grodin this time (who directed her in the Broadway version) were underwhelming. She would meet talk show icon Phil Donahue on his daytime TV program while a guest promoting the Thieves (1977) movie. They wed in 1980.
During this time Marlo broadened her focus and combined her deep love for children and education with her show business career. She took home bookend Emmy Awards for producing the "Outstanding Children's Specials" Free to Be... You & Me (1974) and, later, Free to Be... a Family (1988). She would also win a Grammy for her children's album "Marlo Thomas & Friends." As for TV, she earned wonderful reviews starring in the ABC holiday mini-movie comedy It Happened One Christmas (1977) playing a troubled female version of James Stewart's protagonist in It's a Wonderful Life (1946) but it was her dramatic work in the TV movies The Lost Honor of Kathryn Beck (1984) Consenting Adult (1985) (Golden Globe nomination), Nobody's Child (1986) (Emmy Award, Golden Globe nomination), and Held Hostage: The Sis and Jerry Levin Story (1991), Ultimate Betrayal (1994) and Reunion (1994) that forever erased her pristine stereotype image and saw her as a dramatic force to be reckoned with.
Marlo's subsequent return visits to Broadway with the plays "Social Security" (1986) and "The Shadow Box" (1994) added to her list of successes and continued with demanding theater roles such as Beatrice in "The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigold" (1990), Martha in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" (1992) and Ouisa in "Sex Degrees of Separation" (1992).
Marlo remained actively involved on TV in everything from classic comedy (as Jennifer Aniston's mom in Friends (1994) to adult drama as a lawyer/mentor in the highly-rated crime drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), with other TV guest appearances including "Roseanne," "Ally McBeal," "Ugly Betty," "The New Normal" and an additional recurring role on Wet Hot American Summer: Ten Years Later (2017).
Sporadic filming into the millennium included the "Odd Couple"-styled comedy In the Spirit (1990) co-starring Elaine May and featuring May's daughter Jeannie Berlin who also co-wrote, and featured roles in the romantic comedy The Real Blonde (1997), the drama Starstruck (1998), the social comedy Playing Mona Lisa (2000), the Miley Cyrus romantic dramedy LOL (2012), the witty comedy The Female Brain (2017) and the action comedy Ocean's Eight (2018) headed by Sandra Bullock.
Younger brother/producer Tony Thomas and actress/sister Terre Thomas also involved themselves in show business careers. On a more personal level, Marlo is an accomplished author, humanitarian and social activist. She has also continued the tradition of her late father as National Outreach Director for St. Jude's Children Hospital for cancer research.- Actor
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Sam Waterston was born on 15 November 1940 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Killing Fields (1984), The Great Gatsby (1974) and Law & Order (1990). He has been married to Lynn Louisa Woodruff since 26 January 1976. They have three children. He was previously married to Barbara Rutledge Johns.- Actress
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Bronx-born character actress Cathy Moriarty was just 18 years old, fresh out of high school and had no idea that her life was about to change. Joe Pesci discovered her competing in a bathing-beauty contest at a bar. He invited her to audition for the part of Vikki LaMotta, second wife to champion boxer Jake LaMotta, portrayed by Robert De Niro, in Martin Scorsese's timeless black and white masterpiece, Raging Bull (1980). Moriarty's performance earned her an Academy Award nomination; however, shortly after appearing in the mediocre comedy, Neighbors (1981), she endured a near-fatal automobile accident which resulted in a six-year hiatus. She did not get within a mile radius of a good part until her most personally treasured role, the deliciously evil Montana Moorehead in the soap opera-parody, Soapdish (1991). Ever since, Moriarty's invigorating presence animated a variety of strong woman, all of which, incidentally, appear to be specifically written with her in mind.- Actor
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Dylan Walsh was born on 17 November 1963 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Congo (1995), The Stepfather (2009) and Nip/Tuck (2003). He was previously married to Joanna Going and Melora Walters.- Actor
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Actor Ryan Carnes has amassed numerous credits over the years, including roles in the smash hit ABC series "Desperate Housewives," and Clint Eastwood's LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA. Most recently, Carnes starred in the Hulu Holiday film CUPID FOR CHRISTMAS, streaming on the platform.
Carnes grew up on a farm outside a small rural town in Illinois. As an only child, he spent much of his time in nature, exploring the acres of woods that surrounded his family's property. Beyond that, he dedicated his formative years to academics, basketball, baseball, and drumming. In addition to film and television, Carnes has been diving into songwriting and aims to release a full length record with music partner Vanessa Silberman in 2022.
The Illinois native first discovered acting at Duke University, where he majored in Public Policy. He set aside his original plans for law school in order to pursue acting in Los Angeles, where he immediately landed the role of Justin on season 1 of ABC's mega hit TV series "Desperate Housewives," alongside Eva Longoria and Shawn Pyfrom.
From there, he continued to book steady work that brought him international recognition. He made an extended appearance on the legendary British sci-fi series "Doctor Who," as the popular character Laszlo (forever commemorated through an actual action figure, sculpted in his likeness). He fulfilled his childhood dream of dawning superhero tights in the title role in the SYFY limited run series "The Phantom." In 2016, Carnes took a turn as a troubled wanderer in the 2016 short film titled, "The Golden Year," written and directed by Salvador Paskowitz (THE AGE OF ADELINE). Carnes also starred opposite Mexican superstar Omar Chaparro in LA BODA DE VALENTINA, one of Mexico's top 10 grossing films of all time.
As a creative artist, Carnes' lent his voice to the development of the Paramount+ hit "Why Women Kill," Season 3. He will also serve as producer.- Actor
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Once and forever a Brady! Christopher Knight met life as a child actor, starring as "Peter Brady" in the TV classic hit show The Brady Bunch (1969). A reluctant icon, Christopher has focused his adult years on interests beyond the entertainment industry, particularly the corporate world of computers and high technology.
Christopher Anton Knight was born November 7, 1957 in Manhattan, New York, the second of four children of Wilma (Stern) and actor Edward Knight (born Edward Kozumplik), who had three boys and one girl. Around the time he was three, his family moved to Los Angeles, where his father later began seeking auditions for his two oldest sons as a means of saving money for their college education. Although both Christopher and his older brother Mark tried out, only Christopher was offered parts.
At the young age of seven, he began landing appearances in commercials for companies such as Toyota, Tide, and Cheerios and in television shows such as Gunsmoke (1955) and Mannix (1967). Soon, however, he found himself involved with what would become one of the most successful television shows of all time. Partially because his dark looks matched that of Robert Reed who was already cast as the show's father, Christopher won the part of the middle brother, "Peter Brady", in The Brady Bunch (1969). Airing from September 1969 through August 1974, the show was highly popular with teenagers of that era. Although ending thirty years ago, it acquired instant syndication and has never since left the airways.
Being a reluctant icon as well as having an innate interest in science and machines led Christopher to his new career in the computer industry in 1988. Constant celebrity status from youth has provided him with people skills and has proven to be excellent preparation for life in sales and marketing. Entering the industry as an account sales manager at Martec, Inc., he logged the company's first $1 million sales order within his first eighteen months, quickly becoming Martec's top performer, and employee of the year.
In October 1989, Christopher took the responsibility of Vice President of Design System Marketing and Sales at New Image Industry, moving the company into 3D rendering/imaging technologies. Then in mid 1991, he, and a few other key employees successfully moved the software engineering staff and the 3D technologies into a new privately held company, Visual Software. As co-founder of Visual Software, Christopher was a pioneer in the consumer 3D graphics market. His efforts were responsible for enormous sales growth, moving the company from $.4 million annual sales to $4.2 million within 10 months. Visual Software was acquired by Micrografx in January.
In late 1995, Christopher partnered with friend and associate Frank Paniagua, and founded Kidwise Learningware. This company proposed to design, produce and publish interactive edutainment products for children. Christopher served as Executive Producer, with duties ranging from production and design, projects management and sales strategy.
In February of 1996, he took on the responsibility of Vice President of Sales at Adesso, a Keyboard manufacturer, providing keyboards for Macintosh and PC/Win95 systems, where he oversaw a doubling of sales within his first four months.
He and Mr. Paniagua reunited again in August of 1997 at Integrated Micro Solutions (I.M.S.) which later became IXMICRO. Initially hired in the capacity of Vice President of Strategic Marketing, Christopher was promoted to Vice President of Marketing after only four months. With Mr. Paniagua, he was able to influence annual sales from less than $2 million in early 1997 to $63 million in 1998.
In late 1998, Christopher would again team up with Paniagua and another associate, David Smith, to form Eskape Labs. Knight, Smith and Paniagua had all been part of IXMICRO's executive staff when the company decided to concentrate on a path divergent from the common interests of the three. Sensing a shift in the focus of the computer technology industry beyond the personal computer to intelligent devices, Eskape Labs was born. The company's mission, to provide "on wire" digital appliances that easily plug into computers, has led Eskape to develop a number of first-to-market video devices. Eskape Labs was purchased by Hauppauge Computer Works in the summer of 2000. Hauppauge is the world's largest manufacturer of computer-based TV tuner products and, with Eskape Labs, now has a line of TV tuners compatible with the Macintosh.
Christopher continued to work for Hauppauge Computer as the head of the Eskape Labs brand until the spring of 2003, and then as a consultant to the company throughout the remainder of the year.
Mid-year 2003, he became more involved on an executive level with an investment that had taken flight and was in need of interim management. Casting Networks Inc. (doing business as LA Casting and SF Casting) is an online (web based) talent exchange. Nine months from the introduction of the service to the Los Angeles commercial casting marketplace in late 2002, LA Casting had completely revolutionized the casting process by replacing archaic and time-consuming methods of handling clients' information with a much more efficient method using the Internet.
While Christopher's career in the high tech industry has prevented much involvement in entertainment, it did not constitute a full retirement from show business; he has starred or otherwise participated in the abundance of Brady films, television movies, series, gatherings, discussions and retrospectives. Christopher also has utilized his celebrity status by serving as host and/or spokesperson for several projects. In 2003, he was asked to host a segment on the Travel Channel series' TV Road Trip (2003), starring the late John Ritter. When the series was optioned for a second cycle, Christopher was offered to "Host" the series. It was, in fact, this participation that lead to the rekindling of Christopher's interest in front and behind the camera.
Christopher was soon signed up for the celebrity version of Discovery Health Channel's "Body Challenge", which debuted in the fall of 2004 and led to his participation on VH1's The Surreal Life (2003). The explosion of popularity and "new found fame" as a result of this #1 VH1 Hit that has also lead to his high-profile romance with The Surreal Life (2003) co-star and America's Next Top Model (2003) winner, Adrianne Curry, placed Knight back in the spotlight. Grateful at this unique second opportunity at an acting career, Christopher relished the chance at experiencing celebrity as a seasoned, experienced, "well-baked" adult. In 2005, his on-screen endeavors included special guest appearances on shows such as WB's Blue Collar TV (2004) and ABC's Less Than Perfect (2002). He also starred as the lead in the independent film, Light Years Away (2008), co-starring Eric Roberts. He then worked on several projects with his then-wife, model and TV personality Adrianne Curry.
2004 marked the fourth consecutive year that he has been the spokesperson for the American Counseling Association's "Healthy Skin, Healthy Outlook" campaign, which has received the Gold Triangle Award recognizing excellence in public education of dermatology issues the past two years. In 2002-2003, Christopher also was privileged to be the spokesperson for the National Consumer League's "AD/HD Campaign to Inform the Nation," speaking in Washington D.C. at the National Press Club on the sensitive subject of AD/HD (Christopher himself was diagnosed with lifelong ADD at the age of 40). The campaign's laudable goal is to broadcast the truth about AD/HD, dispelling myths and tearing down the barriers of ignorance and stigma that prevent AD/HD sufferers from obtaining the proper diagnoses and medical treatments they need. He was also brought on as the spokesman for a popular personal fitness product, Ab Lounge XL®.
Cognizant of his celebrity status and seasoned by maturity, Christopher is ready and eager to return more fully to the industry that gave him his start and to expand his public identity, but his plan to re-establish his place in the entertainment industry is not designed to displace his interests in the corporate world.- Actor
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Christopher Daniel Barnes was born on November 7, 1972 in Portland, Maine, USA. He is an actor, known for The Little Mermaid (1989), Spider-Man (1994), The Brady Bunch Movie (1995) and A Very Brady Sequel (1996). Barnes moved to New York when he was eight years old, where he began his acting career. He moved to Los Angeles for the television series Starman (1986) and followed that show with the sitcom Day by Day (1987). His credits span diverse genres of film and television over the course of more than three decades. Barnes earned his BA in 2004, and his MA in 2009. He enjoys reading, writing short stories, playing the guitar, and practicing Yoga.- Actress
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Jessica Lowndes is a multifaceted Canadian actress, singer, and songwriter. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Jessica began her acting career at a young age, appearing in various television shows and films before landing her breakout role as drug addicted teen Adrianna Tate-Duncan on the CW TV series "90210." Originally written as a 3-episode arc, the character quickly became a series regular and a central character on 90210 for five seasons.
Beyond acting, Lowndes has expanded her career into production, having executive produced eight projects, two of which she has written the scripts and music for, as well as starred in.
In addition to her acting talents, Lowndes is also a gifted musician. She has released several singles and albums, showcasing her soulful voice and songwriting skills. She has self-released over 30 original songs and her single, Silicone in Stereo reached #11 on the Billboard charts in both the U.S. and Canada.
Lowndes starred alongside Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig in Lifetime's "A Deadly Adoption" and was the female lead in Bruce Willis and John Cusack's action flick "The Prince". In the past few years she has starred in over 15 projects with Lifetime, Hallmark, GAF and Tubi, many of which included original songs she wrote and performed for the projects. She wrote the original screenplay for Hallmark's "Over the Moon in Love" and co-wrote/performed the hit song "Paradise" for the film which hit #1 on iTunes Singer/Songwriter charts. She also starred in the 2021 film Mix Up in the Mediterranean for Hallmark Channel. Her duet "Alive," which she performed with her co-star Jeremy Jordan for the film, cracked the top 15 on iTunes last year.
Lowndes both wrote and starred in "Harmony From The Heart," for GAF and Hulu, alongside Jesse Metcalfe. Additionally, she wrote and produced the film's popular original song "11:11," which soared to #3 on the iTunes singer/songwriter chart.- Actress
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Gillian Amalia Zinser is an American actress, known for her appearances as Ivy Sullivan in 90210.
She attended New York University in New York City, NY. Prior to 90210, she appeared in Southland, Cold Case and Cupid.
She played a recurring role in 90210 during the second season from 2009 to 2010, as a young Californian surfer named Ivy Sullivan. In February 2010, she was signed as a regular cast member for the third season of the show.
In 2011 Zinser starred in her first feature, The Truth Below for MTV, and in Liars All with Matt Lanter.
She grew up in Washington, D.C. and now resides in Venice, California.- Actress
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June Squibb is an American actress, once nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Squibb was born in 1929 in Vandalia, Illinois. Vandalia had served as the state capital of Illinois for two decades (1819-1839), but it has remained a small city since the capital was transferred to Springfield, Illinois. Internationally, its main claim of fame is being a setting for the novel "An Antarctic Mystery" (1897) by Jules Verne, in which the protagonist is from Vandalia.
Squibb's parents were Lewis Squibb (1905-1996) and his wife JoyBelle Force; (1905-1996). Lewis was an obscure figure, who worked as an insurance agent. During World War II, Lewis served in the United States Navy. JoyBelle was a well-known pianist, who provided accompanying music for silent films during the 1920s. Joybelle won the World Championship Old Time Piano Playing Contest twice, in 1975 and 1976.
Squibb started her career as a theatrical actor, working with the Cleveland Play House. The Play House is a professional regional theater company located in Cleveland, Ohio. Squibb received additional acting lessons from the HB Studio (Herbert Berghof Studio) in Greenwhich Village, New York City. The studio was led at the time by acting teachers Herbert Berghof (1909-1990) and Uta Hagen (1919-2004).
By 1958, Squibb started performing regularly at Off-Broadway theaters in Manhattan, New York City. They had a seating capacity ranging from a 100 to 499 viewers, In 1960, Squibb made her Broadway debut in a production of the musical play "Gypsy" (1959) by Arthur Laurents (1917-2011). The play was loosely based on the autobiography of striptease artist Gypsy Rose Lee (1911-1970). Squibb was cast in the role of Electra, a fellow striptease artist.
While continuing her acting career through the 1960s, Squibb also worked as a model for romance novel and as a character actor for commercials.
In 1990, the 61-year-old Squibb made her film debut in the romantic fantasy "Alice". During the 1990s, Squibb regularly appeared in small roles in various theatrical films. Among them were the drama film "Scent of a Woman" (1992), the historical drama "The Age of Innocence" (1993), the romantic comedy "In & Out" (1997), and the romantic fantasy "Meet Joe Black" (1998).
In 2002, Squibb had a more memorable role in the comedy-drama film "About Schmidt" , cast in the role of Helen Schmidt. In the film, Helen is the wife of protagonist Warren Schmidt (played by Jack Nicholson). They have been long alienated from each other, while still living together by force of habit. After Warren's mandatory retirement from a life insurance company, they plan to travel together in a motor home but Helen suddenly dies from a blood clot in her brain. The film deals with Warren's frustration and loneliness, following the ends of both his career and his marriage. And his reaction when he finds out from old love letters that Helen had an extramarital affair during their marriage.- Actor
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Tyler Knight, born November 11, 1971, was inducted into the AVN Hall of Fame on January 22, 2021. He is the author of the memoir, "Burn My Shadow: A Selective Memory of an X-Rated life" as well as the novel, "Deer Shoots Man (then steals his cigarettes)" He lives in Los Angeles, California.- Actress
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Ashley Williams is an American actress. She is known for playing Victoria on the CBS series How I Met Your Mother opposite Josh Radnor. She's also had a long relationship with The Hallmark Channel where she stars in movies, produces, directs, writes, and also founded their women's directing initiative called "Make Her Mark". She also wrote and directed the short film "Meats" which played at Sundance and sold to Showtime. She has starred in more than a dozen different television pilots over the years and done over 200 episodes of television and television movies, in studio and independent films, regional theater, Off-Broadway, and on Broadway. She starred in the television series The Jim Gaffigan Show on Comedy Central and in the NBC series Good Morning Miami, as well as Warner Brothers' movie Something Borrowed.- Actor
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Lou Ferrigno Jr. is an American dramatic and comedic actor. Beginning his career in entertainment as a fitness model, Ferrigno Jr. quickly transitioned to roles in commercials, Tv, and films. He's best known for his work on S.W.A.T. (2019), 9-1-1 (2018), How I Met Your Mother (2013), and Outer Banks (2023). Upon graduation from The Annenberg School for Communication (USC), he began studying improvisational comedy at LA's finest schools: Improv Olympic (iO), Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB), and the West Side Comedy Theatre (WCT). Before long he would land national commercial spots for Subway, Dr. Pepper, Comcast, Carl's Jr., Mopar, Honda, Oscar Mayer, Miller Light, FIAT, Home Depot, and Navy Federal Credit Union, Fox Sports to name a few. As the eldest son of actor/bodybuilder Lou Ferrigno, he spent much of his youth with his parents on Tv and film sets across the globe. Exposure to acting at a young age manifested to become his passion for film and Tv. Ferrigno Jr.'s first dramatic break was on the longtime daytime soap, Days of Our Lives (2012), and thereafter booking recurring roles on hit Tv programs How I Met Your Mother (2013) and Teen Wolf (2014).- Oliver Ackland is an Australian actor best known for his role as Tristan de Martel in the third season of The CW's Vampire Diaries spin-off, The Originals.
With a filmography spanning both the small and silver screens, Ackland solidified his career whilst being heavily involved in a number of television productions including Outriders, Pirate Islands, and Cloudstreet.
Recognized for his talent, he was awarded with the inaugural Heath Ledger Scholarship in 2009 by Australians in film, which soon saw him become much more active within the film industry. In 2010 he starred in Wasted on the Young, a short film that was premiered at both Sydney Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival. Other film credits include 100 Bloody Acres, The Proposition, and Blinder.
In 2015, Ackland was cast as the mysterious vampire Tristan de Martel, in the CW's horror fiction television series, The Originals. The series serves as a spin-off to the widely praised supernatural fantasy, The Vampire Diaries. Tristan was the first sire of Elijah Mikaelson, and acted as the primary villain during season three. - Actor
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Versatile actor with over 100 Film and TV credits. Many Guest TV appearances. Comedies and dramas. Usually plays blue collar/tough guy characters. Television Academy Member. Screen Actors Guild over 20 years. Started his career in New York City and made his way to Los Angeles in 2001. US Navy Veteran. Son of Italian Immigrants. Animal Lover.- Actress
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Nicole Blonsky (born November 9, 1988) is an American actress, singer, dancer, and Internet personality, who is best known for her breakthrough role as Tracy Turnblad in the film Hairspray (2007), for which she won a Critics' Choice Award and received a nomination for a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She is also known for her starring role as Willamena Rader in the ABC Family series Huge (2010), for which she received a Teen Choice Award nomination.- Music Artist
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Josh Turner was born on November 20, 1977 in Hannah, Florence County, South Carolina, USA as Joshua Otis Turner. After graduating from high school, he moved to Nashville to attend Belmont University and made his debut at the Grand Ole Opry a few days before Christmas in 2001. He is a popular country music singer known for his iconic bass-baritone vocals on songs like "Long Black Train" and "Your Man." When he is not on the road, he focuses his time on his music recording albums to be released in the next few years. He has been married to Jennifer Ford since June 14, 2003, and they have four sons together.- Music Artist
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Lauren Alaina (real name Lauren Alaina Suddeth) quickly became a favorite on American Idol (2002) Season Ten's list of competitors, unique in her looks and known for her devotion to God. Born and raised in Rossville, Georgia, Lauren tapped into her talent of singing when her cousin got diagnosed with a brain tumor and convinced Lauren to pursue her singing dreams. During her stay on "American Idol", she quickly became friends with winner Scotty McCreery. They shared their Christianity, country roots and likability. Though Scotty won, Lauren was more than happy to lose to a friend and kissed him repeatedly after it was announced to what would later be called "Proof of McLaina", which is a couple nickname dubbed by Lauren and Scotty's fans. Though Lauren played it coy for weeks after, both she and Scotty have now said that they are like "brother and sister" and they are "best friends". Her new album, "Wildflower", hit stores in October of 2011 and, already, she shows some huge success, debuting at number 1 on iTunes. With her awesome looks, angelic voice and charming sense of humor, one thing is for sure: this "Georgia Peach" has talent and will go very far.- Actress
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The youngest of five happy children, Jane Sibbett was born in Berkeley, California to William Ryan Sibbett IV and social butterfly "Sis" Gaines Sibbett. After a few years in Orinda, California, the Sibbett family moved to the idyllic island of Alameda where destiny bellowed at her daily in the form of a gruff neighbor. It was here that her best friends' father would announce daily upon her always shy, red-cheeked arrival, "Here is Jane Sibbett -- Star of Stage, Screen, Radio, and Television!" In the late 70s Jane did become a teenage DJ and station manager at K-RAT in Sacramento, California, as well as make her theatrical debut at the Eagle Theater. Though always dreaming of being a writer, Jane so loved being able to lose her still shy self in acting, she applied to enter the theater program at UCLA, gaining a spot on the prestigious Acting Continuum under magnificent Jennifer Penny Rountree. Upon graduating from UCLA, Jane continued working with the women of the Continuum, going on to act, write and co-produce several long running, much lauded plays in Los Angeles. Jane's acting career continued to keep her busy enough that even her honeymoon with writer/producer/director Karl Fink had to be squeezed into a hiatus week before the wedding. She and her husband remain busy and blissful in ongoing collaboration with one another and their three children on an animal packed farm in Southern California. (However, they divorced in 2016.) Jane's best friends remain so after nearly 40 years and their father, who heralded Jane's destiny, is most gratefully still looking for his due in her continuing success.- Actor
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Vince Vieluf recently wrapped Love Inc, a pilot for UPN, he quickly returned to Vancouver, British Columbia where he has been working alongside Paul Bettany and Harrison Ford in the feature film Firewall. Vince packed up all his belongings in 1996, rented a 13 foot U-haul and with his cat Groovy made the trek to Los Angeles. He quickly found a bartending job in a nightclub and in a vortex of timing, luck and preparation he met his first agent having a drink at his bar.
That relationship led him to his first role in a feature film, "Brad" in An American Werewolf in Paris. He has been working steadily since, landing roles alongside Vince Vaughn and Joaquin Pheonix in Clay Pigeons, Seth Green in Rat Race and Pinked with Rose McGowan. We have more recently seen Vince starring alongside The OC star Adam Brody in the skateboarder cult favorite Grind. Comfortable both on stage and in front of the camera, he starred in the plays Cool Cops and The World of Wrestling at the Actor's Gang Theatre in Los Angeles. Vince has also appeared in some of the most popular shows on television, guest starring on ER and Jesse, as well as appearing on Friends and CSI. In the fall of 2005 Love, Inc. will air Thursdays at 9:30pm.- Brook Kerr was born on 21 November 1973 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. She is an actress, known for Passions (1999), True Blood (2008) and Prank (2000). She was previously married to Christopher Warren.
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Pierre Fitch was born on 1 November 1981 in Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor and director.- Producer
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Firebrand Roseanne Barr has long been one of America's funniest and most controversial comedians.
She was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Helen (Davis), a cashier and bookkeeper, and Jerome Hershel "Jerry" Barr, a salesman. Her family was Jewish, and had moved to the U.S. from Russia, Lithuania, and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. She dropped out of high school when she was seventeen, and, after a car accident, was admitted to a mental institution, claiming she was having nightmares and memory loss. She left the institute less than a year later. At seventeen, she gave birth to her first daughter, Brandi Brown, and gave her up for adoption. She began working at a restaurant as a dishwasher and waitress. Her hilarious comments to the customers she waited on led her to doing stand-up comedy at the restaurant. She married Bill Pentland and they had three children together, Jessica, Jennifer, and Jacob Pentland.
Roseanne worked doing stand-up comedy until her August 23, 1985 appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) thrust her into the limelight. In 1987, HBO offered her a show of her own, On Location: The Roseanne Barr Show (1987). It was canceled after a short time. In 1989, Roseanne starred opposite Meryl Streep and Ed Begley Jr. in She-Devil (1989). Though her first picture wasn't as successful as she might have hoped, her sitcom, Roseanne (1988), debuted in 1988 and ran for 9 seasons on ABC, co-starring John Goodman. It dealt with real-life issues in a lower middle-class working family. During its first season on ABC, it leaped to #2 in the ratings. After the sitcom's first season, Roseanne gained notoriety when she gave a screeching, crotch-grabbing performance of "The Star Spangled Banner" at a baseball game.
When Roseanne divorced her first husband, Bill Pentland, after 16 years of marriage in 1990 and married Roseanne (1988) co-star Tom Arnold only four days later, her sitcom was already beginning its downward spiral. In 1991, she started to be billed as Roseanne Arnold. Around this time, she began to claim that she, as well as her siblings, had been physically and sexually abused as a child. Both her siblings and parents denied the charges, and lie detector tests used on Roseanne's parents came back negative. The court battles led to ten years of estrangement with her parents and siblings. Her marriage with Arnold lasted four years before she filed for divorce from him for physical abuse and domestic violence. It is still not known if the accusations were true. Although she insisted that he hit her, she admits that he never abused her three children from her previous marriage:
In 1996, she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and won, but she was not there to accept it. Luckily, Tom Arnold's exit from "Roseanne" happened towards the end of the sixth season, allowing the show to have an almost smooth ending. However, after the sixth season of Roseanne (1988), the plots started to run dry and ratings began to drop. During the season following her divorce, she insisted on being billed as simply "Roseanne." After Roseanne (1988) was canceled, she went on Broadway to play "The Wicked Witch of the West" in "The Wizard of Oz" to rave reviews.
On Valentine's Day 1995, Roseanne married former bodyguard Ben Thomas. With Thomas, she had her tubal ligation surgery reversed in order to become pregnant with her fifth child, Buck Thomas. In 1997, she slowly began being billed as "Roseanne Thomas", as in the last 11 episodes of Roseanne, as executive producer (she was still "Roseanne" in the cast credits). She guest-starred in The Nanny (1993) as Roseanne Thomas in late 1997. In 2002, she filed for divorce against Thomas for the second time (the first time, in 1998, she dropped the suit), accusing him of being disturbed and claiming that he threatened to run off with their son.
After the divorce, she began to study the Kabballah, a form of Jewish mysticism, and those around her said she became amazingly centered and stable. In the 2000s, she ended the feud with her parents and siblings and went back to being billed as Roseanne Barr. Today, Roseanne Barr Pentland Arnold Thomas spends her time with her family in her home in El Segundo, California.
Always outspoken, Roseanne began commenting on politics in earnest in the 2000s, and unsuccessfully ran for the Green Party's presidential nomination in 2012. She was subsequently chosen as the Peace and Freedom Party's candidate for President of the United States in '12, receiving 61,971 votes in the general election, and placing sixth. Her run is depicted in the documentary Roseanne for President! (2015).
Initially a left-leaning liberal, she became considerably more right-wing throughout the 2010s. Her show Roseanne returned for a tenth season in 2018, to blockbuster ratings, but was canceled after Roseanne sent a racially-offensive tweet that capped off a longer run of incendiary comments.- Actress
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Mariel Hemingway was born on 22 November 1961 in Mill Valley, California, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Manhattan (1979), Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987) and The Sex Monster (1999). She was previously married to Stephen Crisman.- Actor
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Best known worldwide for his supporting role co-starring on the hit ratings-smash Nickelodeon teen sitcom "iCarly" (TV Series; 2007-12), Nathan portrays the nerdy, tech-savvy Freddie Benson (Carly's smitten next-door neighbor, childhood crush, cameraman and technical producer of her web show), a role which he reprises in the 2021 Paramount+ revival as well as guest starring on a special 44-minute 2-part episode of the crossover spin-off "Sam & Cat" in February 2014. After "iCarly" ended on Thanksgiving Day 2012, Nathan broke out into feature films and new media, with New Line Cinema's "Into the Storm", and RocketJump's hit YouTube series, "Video Game High School".
Born and raised in Glendale, California, Nathan began his acting career as a child actor at the age of 3 in the mid-1990s, gaining recognition in the early 2000s after appearing in television commercials, and quickly landed a feature film role as the voice of Easy the Chimp in "Babe: Pig in the City." By fifth grade, he had landed a recurring role as a sketch performer on "The Jimmy Kimmel Show" playing various characters; one of his favorite being a young Simon Cowell of "American Idol."
Shortly thereafter, Nathan began to book guest-starring roles on such shows as "Without a Trace," "Standoff," "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody," "House MD," and "Notes from the Underbelly." Kress began gaining recognition in February 2006 after appearing in the live action television teen sitcom "Drake and Josh," he received praise for his performances in the top-rated Nickelodeon teen sitcom episode, which aired in April 2007, and saw international fame by co-starring in "iCarly". It was his small role he landed guest-starring on "Drake and Josh" that led the show's creator/show-runner Dan Schneider, to cast him in "iCarly." Since then, Nathan has co-starred alongside Christopher Meloni in Nickelodeon's "Gym Teacher: The Movie" and has guest-starred on "True Jackson, VP" as well as police procedural shows such as "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation", "Major Crimes", and "Hawaii Five-0".
In addition to auditioning for various supporting roles in live action Hollywood movies & TV shows, Nathan enjoys voicing characters in animated shows/cartoons with appearances as the classic Wedge Antilles on "Star Wars Rebels", and as a lead on Netflix's animated series "Pinky Malinky". In recent years, he has also stepped behind the scenes putting his experience with multi-camera television to work, with his directorial debut on Nickelodeon's popular series, "Henry Danger" in December 2014, as well as directing several episodes of its sister Nick show, "Game Shakers". With well over a dozen episodes under his belt, Nathan is continuing to develop his abilities as a director by broadening the scope of his work into more varied styles of directing.
In mid-November 2015, Nathan married the love of his life (and "Into the Storm" co-star), London Elise Moore in L.A. They welcomed their first child, Rosie, in December 2017. Their second child was born in mid-March 2021. Kress resides in Beverly Hills with his family.- Jason Thompson was born on 15 November 1976 in Alberta, Canada. He is an actor, known for General Hospital (1963), The Young and the Restless (1973) and General Hospital: Night Shift (2007). He has been married to Paloma Jonas since 5 April 2015. They have two children.
- Zaqi Ismail is an actor, known for playing Tim Lunn in Doctor Who (2005), and Boman Harish in Indian Summers (2015). He will be starring as Philo in the upcoming television show Britannia (2017). He graduated from Rose Bruford College, a London based drama school in 2015 with a BA(Hons) in Acting.
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Harry Charles Salusbury Lloyd is an English actor. He is known for his roles as Will Scarlet in the 2006 BBC drama Robin Hood, Jeremy Baines in the 2007 Doctor Who episodes "Human Nature" and "The Family of Blood", Viserys Targaryen in the first season of the HBO series Game of Thrones, Peter Quayle in the Starz series Counterpart, Charles Xavier in the third season of the FX series Legion, Bernard Marx in the Peacock series Brave New World, and Viktor in the Netflix series Arcane. He has also appeared on stage, and in films including The Theory of Everything and Anthropoid.- Ryan Sampson was born on 28 November 1985 in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for The Frankenstein Chronicles (2015), Doctor Who (2005) and Wire in the Blood (2002).
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Dolph Lundgren was born as Hans Lundgren in Stockholm, Sweden, to Sigrid Birgitta (Tjerneld), a language teacher, and Karl Johan Hugo Lundgren, an engineer and economist for the Swedish government. He lived in Stockholm until the age of 13, when he moved in with his grandparents in Nyland, Ångermanland, Sweden. Despite an early interest in music and the fine arts, Dolph decided to follow in his father's footsteps and pursue an Engineering degree. After having completed his military service, he enrolled at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.
It was in the military when Dolph first came in contact with the martial arts. Five years later, he had become a world-class competitor in Japanese Karate and was deeply involved with a discipline that was to become an important part of his life. After graduating High School, Dolph spent considerable time studying in the United States and abroad on various academic scholarships. He attended Washington State University and Clemson University in South Carolina. In 1982, he received a scholarship to complete his Masters Degree in Chemical Engineering at the University of Sydney, Australia. In 1983, he was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, one of the world's top engineering schools.
However, that same year, he decided to move to New York City and take up acting. He changed his forename to Dolph. He started studying drama at the Warren Robertson Theatre Workshop in Manhattan, not knowing how quickly his life was about to change. His film debut came in A View to a Kill (1985). However, it was his performance in Rocky IV (1985) later that year that definitely got him noticed. After a 9-month audition process among 5,000 hopefuls, he was cast opposite writer-director Sylvester Stallone, as his Russian opponent, "Ivan Drago". Following the success of Rocky IV (1985), Lundgren moved to Los Angeles and has since starred in more than 30 feature films.
Lundgren portrayed the classic action-heroic lead in such films as Gary Goddard's Masters of the Universe (1987), Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991) co-starring Brandon Lee and Blackjack (1998), by Hong-Kong action legend, John Woo. Lundgren has also continued to turning in memorable performances as the main adversary to other action-stars, most notably in Universal Soldier (1992) opposite Jean-Claude Van Damme, directed by Roland Emmerich, as well as Robert Longo's Johnny Mnemonic (1995) opposite Keanu Reeves. In February 2004, Lundgren directed his first feature film, the thriller The Defender (2004), in which he also starred. In 2005, he directed and starred in yet another feature, The Russian Specialist (2005) (a.k.a "The Russian Specialist").
In January 2006, he finished principal photography of The Final Inquiry (2006), a joint Italian/American/Spanish co-production, directed by Giulio Base, appearing opposite, among others, Daniele Liotti, Max von Sydow and F. Murray Abraham. In 2006, Lundgren starred in Diamond Dogs (2007), a Chinese/American co-production filmed on location in Mongolia. In 2007, he directed a modern day western shot in Texas, Missionary Man (2007). In 2009, he completed two new directorial efforts, the action-packed Command Performance (2009), which showcases Lundgren's longtime musical talents as a drummer; and the neo-noir thriller Icarus (2010). Lundgren also reunited with co-stars Jean-Claude Van Damme and Sylvester Stallone for Universal Soldier: Regeneration (2009) and the highly anticipated action blockbuster, The Expendables (2010).
Lundgren managed to not let his Hollywood career stand in the way of his athletic background. He has been awarded his Third Degree Black Belt by the World Karate Organization in Tokyo. His accomplishments include being the Captain of the Swedish National Karate Team, as well as a Champion of the Swedish, European and Australian Heavyweight Division titles. Lundgren still regularly performs Karate exhibitions at international tournaments worldwide. In addition, he was selected by the U.S. Olympic Committee to serve as Team Leader of the 1996 U.S. Olympic Pentathlon Team during the Atlanta Games. He is actively involved in promoting the image of this sport. His production company, Thor Pictures, is developing several projects in which he will produce, star and/or direct. He is also a founding member of "Group of Eight", a New York theater group started in 1994.
Lundgren has reportedly been working on a fitness book and sports wear line for men, the creation and launch of a new eponymous brand, a licensing, media and publishing program, and the development of future entertainment and media projects. Lundgren was married to Anette Qviberg-Lundgren, an interior decorator and fashion designer, until their divorce in 2011. They had two daughters together.- Actor
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Jonathan Sadowski was born on 23 November 1979 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Chernobyl Diaries (2012), She's the Man (2006) and Friday the 13th (2009).- Actor
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Stephen Ford is a Swedish-American actor and director. After acting in shows like Teen Wolf, Switched At Birth and Private Practice he began his own production company, Ascndr. His career started at a young age when he began doing commercials and creating short films with his neighborhood friends.
As his family was in the military, he moved around the United States a lot as a kid, growing up in Alaska, Alabama, California, Kansas and Florida. After relocating to Los Angeles as a teenager, he skipped around various Disney, Fox and Nickelodeon sitcoms. This led him to starring in the American adaptation of Kamen Rider Ryuki as the lead of CW's Kamen Rider Dragon Knight.
Since then he has appeared in various indie films and hit television shows like ABC's Private Practice and Desperate Housewives, MTV's Teen Wolf and Freeform's Switch At Birth.
He took a break from acting to focus on directing in 2014 following some life-changing events. When he returned to the industry, he partnered with the Warner Brothers YouTube company Machinima as their lead narrative show runner. After which he created his own production company Ascndr with the motto: "Low budgets, High Concepts."- Berlinda Tolbert was born on 4 November 1949 in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA. She is an actress, known for Goodfellas (1990), Patriot Games (1992) and Harlem Nights (1989). She has been married to Bob Reid since 14 February 1979.
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Jay Hammer was born on 16 November 1944 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Guiding Light (1952), Emergency! (1972) and The Jeffersons (1975). He has been married to Dene Nardi since 1990. They have two children.- Ernest Harden Jr. was born on 25 November 1952 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He is an actor, known for White Men Can't Jump (1992), Hollywood Homicide (2003) and Three Days of the Condor (1975).
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Sherry Hursey was born on 22 November 1956 in the USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Bring It On (2000), The Chronicles of Riddick (2004) and The Island (2005).- Actress
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Lovely, red-headed Pippa Scott is the daughter of noted stage actress Laura Straub and playwright/screenwriter Allan Scott, who wrote most of the Astaire/Rogers musical films. She is also the niece of the writer/producer Adrian Scott, one of the legendary "Hollywood Ten" of the Hollywood Blacklist.
Educated at Radcliffe and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) in London, Scott debuted in Jed Harris' last Broadway production, "Child of Fortune" (1956), based upon Henry James' Wings of the Dove. That same year she had a featured role as Lucy in John Ford's classic western film The Searchers (1956). The following year she returned to Broadway with a brief run of "Miss Lonelyhearts" and added a couple of films to her résumé when she co-starred as a novice schoolteacher who is harassed in the low-budget, highly obscure drama As Young as We Are (1958) and portrayed young love interest Pegeen Ryan in the iconic comedy hit Auntie Mame (1958) starring Rosalind Russell in the title role.
TV took a strong focus from the late '50s on with recurring parts on the series Mr. Lucky (1959) and The Virginian (1962), plus a host of guest parts in "Maverick," "The Twilight Zone," "Thriller," "Have Gun - Will Travel," "United States Steel Hour," "Dr. Kildare," "The Fugitive," "Gomer Pyle," "Wagon Train," "The Rogues," "Ben Casey," "Perry Mason," "Wagon Train," "The Dick Van Dyke," "F Troop," "Tarzan, "I Spy," "Family Affair," "Medical Center," "Gunsmoke," "The Mary Tyler Moore," "Mission: Impossible," "Love, American Style," "Barnaby Jones," "Columbo," "The Waltons," "Ironside," "The Streets of San Francisco," "Mannix," "The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries" and "Remington Steele." She also had a regular role in the short-lived series Jigsaw John (1976) as a love interest for star Jack Warden.
Sporadic stage and film roles came about in between all the TV work. On stage she appeared in the New York company of "Look Back in Anger" and a national tour of "Mary, Mary." She also collaborated with John Houseman at UCLA in preparation for the start of the Center Theater Group and performed in scores of episodic television productions in the 1960's, 1970's and 1980's. The few films she appeared in included My Six Loves (1963), The Confession (1964), For Pete's Sake! (1966), Petulia (1968), Cold Turkey (1971) (co-starring with Dick Van Dyke), The Sound of Murder (1982).
Along with her then-husband, producer Lee Rich, Pippa was a founding partner of Lorimar Productions, an Emmy-award winning television company and the single largest provider of programming to the networks for two and a half decades. They produced such classics as the Emmy-winning "The Waltons," "Dallas," "Falcon Crest," "Knots Landing," "Eight is Enough" and "The Blue Knight." Lorimar produced many films as well including Oscar and Emmy-winning films Moonstruck (1987), A Fish Called Wanda (1988), Sybil (1976) and Being There (1979).
In the 1980s a long-standing concern caused Ms. Scott to focus on humanitarian issues. She founded The International Monitor Institute (IMI), a non-profit dealing with the prosecution of war crimes. IMI was requested by the War Crimes Tribunal to locate, collect and provide visual evidence for prosecutors to use in the trials for the conviction of war criminals. IMI concentrated on the Balkans, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Congo, Cambodia, Iraq and Child Soldiers. IMI assisted many organizations both nationally and internationally, in the investigation of human rights violations and in documenting the circumstances that produced such conditions. The work of the Institute was intended to help nations remove the impediment which block respect for individual rights, civil society and development. The International Monitor continues to be in use today, residing in the Human Rights department at Duke University.
Ms. Scott also began Linden Productions to develop and produce documentaries related to international conflict and human rights violations. Linden has made numerous films for organizations such as the United Nations, Human Rights Watch and the International Rescue Committee to name only a few. A feature documentary, King Leopold's Ghost, based on the bestselling book by Adam Hochschild is about colonial greed and its ravages past and present in the Congo. Scott's film won Best Documentary at seven film festivals and today is playing on Amazon Prime and other online platforms. Another documentary, PBS Frontline's, "The Most Wanted Man, the Hunt for Radovan Karadzic" [a Serbian War Criminal] won at the Berlin Film Festival.
Away from the film camera for over two decades, Pippa returned for a couple parts into the millennium -- Footprints (2009) and Automotive (2013).- In addition to his extensive film and television work, Kip has been called by critics "one of the theater's most important actors". Starring roles in Premieres include "Dave Vaughn" in "Catskill Sonata" directed by Paul Mazursky, Harry Houdini in "Harry And Arthur" directed by William Shatner, Ben Hecht in "Moonlight And Magnolias", "Ralph Edwards" in "Gretty Goodtime", "Josh Green" in "2 Across", "Adam Penzius" in Michael Weller's "What The Night Is For", and "Paul Wolfowitz" in the Mark Taper Forum's production of "Stuff Happens" for which he received an Ovation Nomination. His one-man shows "Mister Moody.. 82 minutes with Christ" and "Men Women And Assassins" have also enjoyed much critical success along with their musical recordings. Months after graduating college, Kip settled in Chicago and his initial audition earned him his first professional break co-starring in "Irma La Douce". Starring roles followed in productions of "Funny Girl", "Light Up The Sky", "Little Mary Sunshine", "Send Me No Flowers" and "Pal Joey" as he worked non-stop for a year in the windy city. He then settled in New York where he was instantly cast in an improv review called "Weigh-In Weigh-Out". Soon, he was picked out of the show by several William Morris agents (one was Judy Abbott, the daughter of legendary director and writer George Abbott) and his busy career began in earnest. New York Theater projects followed for several years including the premier of Mark Medoff's "The Wager" directed by Anthony Perkins followed by "Barefoot In The Park", the Public Theater's production of "Lotta", and culminating with the hit "Company". The hit musical "Purlie" with Robert Guillaume brought him to Los Angeles where he soon became recognizable to the prime-time TV world. He has since starred as a regular on Loves Me, Loves Me Not (1977), Trapper John, M.D. (1979), Foot in the Door (1983), Dorothy (1979), "Closeup News", Studio 5-B (1989), Nurses (1991) and has recurred on Doctor Doctor (1989) and Relativity (1996). The son of a traveling salesman dad, Kip has lived in Boston, Rochester, Cleveland, Chicago, and, now, bi-coastalizes between New York City and the Santa Monica Mountains. Gilman's dramatic, comedic and musical performances in television, film and stage are a testament to his incredible versatility and what makes him one of the most fascinating and talented actors in the business.
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Anthony Ramos Martinez is an American actor, singer and songwriter. In 2015, he originated the dual roles of John Laurens and Philip Hamilton in the Broadway musical Hamilton. Ramos also appeared in the 2021 film version of In the Heights as Usnavi and in the 2018 film A Star Is Born as Ramon. In 2021, he received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Actor in a Supporting Role in a Limited Series or Movie for his performance in the Disney+ live stage recording of Hamilton which was released in 2020. He is scheduled to star in Transformers: Rise of the Beasts in 2023.- Actor
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Riker Anthony Lynch (born Nov 8, 1991) is an all around entertainer. In 2007 he moved with his family to Los Angeles to pursue acting and it was in LA where he and his siblings started the pop/rock band R5. Playing bass and singing for the band, they toured the world playing on five continents and over 300 shows. Riker also gained popularity as an actor in 2010 when he appeared in Fox's Hit TV Show "Glee". He joined the cast on the "Glee Live Tour" in 2011 which included shooting a live 3D concert film in New York.
For most of 2012 through 2014, Riker's acting career would be on hold due to four major record releases and heavy touring with R5. In the spring of 2015, Riker joined the cast of "Dancing With The Stars" season 20 and finished 2nd place in the contest. In the summer of 2015, Riker and the rest of R5 embarked on their biggest tour to date playing large amphitheater venues across the world including filming a live concert DVD at The Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. Promotion for the tour included performances on The American Music Awards, Jimmy Kimmel, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Good Morning America, Live with Kelly and Michael, and The Radio Disney Music Awards.
Following the 2015 R5 tour, Riker's acting career continued when he landed lead roles in the high school comedy film "Colossal Youth" and the psychological thriller film "Voyeur". Riker also hosted The World Choreography Awards in 2015 and again in 2016. With those hosting experiences under his belt, in 2018, Riker launched a YouTube and Podcast show called "Glass Half Full with Riker Lynch." He would also go on to make five more films that year with the feel-good family film "Turnover", the mystery-thriller "The Nameless", the satire-comedy "Purge of Kingdoms", the romantic short "Don't Write Me Off" and voice acting in the new animated film "The Adventures of Pinocchio".
For his latest project he took on writing and directing his first short film "Lyft Me Up." Today, Riker plays bass for the alternative band, The Driver Era, and has started his own music side project called Riker and The Beachcombers. With many other projects on the way including producing and starring in a major motion picture set to film in 2020, Riker is continuing to have a major impact in the entertainment world.- Child Actor born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada and grew up in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. Artistic Studies include the Etobicoke School of the Arts, Stage It Arts, Linda Fletcher Vocal Studio, Lewis Baumander Acting Studio, Dean Armstrong Acting Studio, The Royal Conservatory of Music's Taylor Academy, and many other institutions.
Now a proud husband and father of two pursuing a career in the Health Sciences. - Actor
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Brandon Larracuente sparks his passion for entertainment and reignites his inspirations at every corner. Pushing the bounds of storytelling, his performances transcend the screen and touch the hearts of viewers. The Thirteen Reasons Why actor continues to explore new creative avenues and roles as he sets himself up for his directorial debut coming in 2022.
Born and raised in New York, Larracuente's original passion was baseball. Playing competitive sports for over 10 years taught him the discipline and dedication that he brings to his crafts each and every day. The actor, who recently started directing, has worked on some of the most socially impactful shows in the past few years. Both Netflix's Thirteen Reasons Why, a show that tackles mental health, and Freeform's Party of 5, a complex drama surrounding immigration, have left views with a sense of representation, education, and meaning alongside entertainment. These stories, the ones that feel real and raw, are the stories that Larracuente's passion was meant for.
Larracuente got his start doing off-broadway plays in New York City before moving to Florida and booking commercial work. Little did he know, an open casting call his mom found on Facebook would turn into his first recurring television role, a 3-year run on television drama Bloodline. Working alongside professional actors turned Larracuente's passion from baseball to acting as he began honing in on his craft.
Once moving to LA, Larracuente's career began to snowball, booking multiple projects including Netflix's Bright. In his spirit of dedication, Larracuente also finished a 4-year bachelor's degree in Communication remotely, studying in between shoots. Brandon Larracuente has since dove into producing and directing. His upcoming directorial debut, short film Saturday Morning is his first project starring alongside his wife Jazmin Garcia-Larracuente. The power couple is working to create a diverse production company with strong values in representation and story that combines their passions for producing, Brandon's love for directing, and Jazmin's knack for writing.
Living by the motto his mother always told him, "remember who you are," Larracuente exemplifies the drive, dedication, and discipline it takes to succeed in Hollywood. By constantly honing in on his crafts, re-igniting his passions, and searching for meaningful projects, Larracuente is set to touch the hearts of viewers for years to come.- Actor
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Jimmy Deshler didn't follow his interest in the entertainment industry until the age of 14. He began his acting career in Minnesota where he was involved in theater, short films, and landed several commercial and print jobs before being discovered at IMTA in New York in 2008. Following the attention he received at the convention, he moved to Los Angeles and his career quickly took off. He has appeared in several co-star and guest star roles on major network and cable channels, a made for TV movie, several short films and is best known for his role as "Rafe Kovich, Jr." on ABC's General Hospital.- Charles Bateman was born on 19 November 1930 in San Diego, California, USA. He is an actor, known for The Green Hornet (1966), Cannon (1971) and Santa Barbara (1984).
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The amazingly gifted and versatile, Ms. Diane Ladd, received immense praise for her dramatic efforts throughout the course of her electric and unique seventy-year career. Her timeless offbeat charm and beauty reminiscent of a lamented Hollywood Golden Era actress gleam in the most understated roles and continue to make her a sought-after unconventional performer.- Matt Cedeño was born on 14 November 1973 in Moses Lake, Washington, USA. He is an actor, known for Power (2014), Z Nation (2014) and Devious Maids (2013). He has been married to Erica Cedeno since 31 July 2009. They have two children.
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Casey Moss was born on 16 November 1993 in Kings County, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Days of Our Lives (1965), The Last Champion (2020) and Youthful Daze (2012).- Actress
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Ellen Kathleen Pompeo was born in Everett, Massachusetts, to Kathleen B. (O'Keefe) and Joseph E. Pompeo, a salesman. She is of Italian (from her paternal grandfather), Irish, and some English, ancestry.
Pompeo made her major studio screen debut in Brad Silberling's Moonlight Mile (2002), starring alongside Susan Sarandon, Dustin Hoffman, and Jake Gyllenhaal. She received outstanding reviews for her portrayal of an outspoken young woman carrying a silent burden that's breaking her heart.
Pompeo starred opposite Luke Wilson, Vince Vaughn, and Will Ferrell in the wildly successful Old School (2003) and, before that, in Steven Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can (2002), opposite Leonardo DiCaprio.
Pompeo has starred in several independent features, including In the Weeds (2000), Coming Soon (1999), and Life of the Party (2005). Since 2005, she has played Dr. Meredith Grey on the television series Grey's Anatomy (2005).- Actor
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Eric Dane was born on November 9, 1972, in San Francisco, California, the older of two brothers. His father is an architect and interior designer based in San Francisco. His mother, Leah (Cohn), was a homemaker. His ancestry includes English, German, Finnish, Russian Jewish, and Austrian Jewish, and he had a Bar Mitzvah ceremony.
He was a good athlete in high school. There, he started amateur stage work by playing Joe Keller in Arthur Miller's "All My Sons", and realized that this was all he wanted to do.
He moved to Los Angeles and made his television debut in 1993 on The Wonder Years (1988). In his early career, he also played bit parts on the TV series Married... with Children (1987) (1995), Silk Stalkings (1991) (1996) and Roseanne (1988) (1996). He played medical doctors more than once, first appearing as a Dr. Cooper in Gideon's Crossing (2000). He was also recurring as Jason Dean in the hit show Charmed (1998). From 2006 until 2012, he appeared as handsome Dr. Mark Sloan, the plastic surgeon on the show Grey's Anatomy (2005). He is also starring as Tom Chandler on The Last Ship (2014).
He landed his first leading role on the big screen in the German-made feature, Open Water 2: Adrift (2006). He was also a co-star in Marley & Me (2008) and Valentine's Day (2010). In X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) he played the character of Jamie Madrox, the Multiple Man.
On October 29, 2004, in Las Vegas, Eric Dane married actress Rebecca Gayheart. They have two daughters.- Actress
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Katherine Marie Heigl was born on November 24, 1978 in Washington, D.C., to Nancy Heigl (née Engelhardt), a personnel manager, and Paul Heigl, an accountant and executive. Her father is of German/Swiss-German and Irish descent, and her mother is of German ancestry. A short time after her birth, the family moved to New Canaan, Connecticut, where Katherine was to spend the majority of her childhood; the youngest member of her family, Katherine--or "Katie" as she is nicknamed--has two elder siblings, John and Meg. Tragically, her older brother Jason died in 1986 of brain injuries suffered in a car accident, after being thrown from the back of a pickup truck. When doctors determined he was brain-dead, the family made the difficult decision to donate his organs. Not only did this painful chapter give Katherine a greater perspective and appreciation for life, but it motivated her to use her celebrity to promote the importance of organ donation.
Katherine was first thrust into the limelight as a child model. An aunt, visiting the family in New Canaan, took a number of photographs of Katherine, then aged nine, in a series of poses to advertise a hair care product she had invented. Upon returning to New York, with permission from Katherine's parents, she sent the photos to a number of modeling agencies. Within a few weeks, Katherine had been signed to Wilhelmina, a renowned international modeling agency. Almost immediately, she made her debut in a magazine advertisement and soon followed this with an inaugural television appearance in a national commercial for Cheerios breakfast cereal.
Following a number of commercials and modeling assignments for Sears and Lord & Taylor, she made her big-screen debut in That Night (1992), which starred Juliette Lewis and C. Thomas Howell. It was then that she realized that acting rather than modeling was her passion. In 1993, Katherine appeared in Steven Soderbergh's critically-acclaimed Depression-era drama, King of the Hill (1993), before landing her first leading role as a rebellious teenager, alongside Gérard Depardieu, in My Father the Hero (1994). During this time, Katherine continued to attend New Canaan High School, balancing her academic studies with work on films and modeling, which she undertook during holidays, vacations and weekends.
In 1995, she played "Sarah Ryback", the niece of Steven Seagal's character, in Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995), which was her "debut" in the action film genre. Acting was now becoming a stronger focus for Katherine, although she still modeled extensively, appearing regularly in magazines such as "Seventeen". Television appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992) and Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993) soon followed, before she took the lead role in Disney's Wish Upon a Star (1996) in 1996. It was also during that year that Katherine's parents divorced and, following her graduation from high school in 1997, she moved with her mother into a four-bedroom house in Los Angeles' Malibu Canyon area. This enabled her to focus upon acting with the guidance and support of her mother, who now managed her career.
In 1997, Katherine portrayed "Taffy Entwhistle", Rita Hayworth's stand-in, in Stand-ins (1997) and was also cast as the beauteous "Princess Ilene" in the European production, Prince Valiant (1997). She then made her made-for-TV movie debut, co-starring with Peter Fonda in a re-working of the classic Shakespearean play, The Tempest (1998), updated with an American Civil War theme. In this film, she played "Miranda Prosper", a young woman torn between her love for both her father and a Union soldier. Bug Buster (1998) and Bride of Chucky (1998) represented a venture into the horror genre for Katherine. While both films could be described as rather tongue-in-cheek despite their gory emphases, Bride of Chucky (1998) was the better received, both critically and commercially.
In 1999, Katherine decided to branch out into series television when she accepted the role of the haughty, yet vulnerable, "Isabel Evans", on Roswell (1999), a show that blended teen angst with sci-fi drama. Though she had never planned to embark on a career in television, the role of Isabel, a teenager with a secret life, was an offer she found impossible to refuse. In the series, Isabel, her brother Max (Jason Behr) and their friend Michael (Brendan Fehr) are aliens passing as humans in Roswell, New Mexico, as they desperately try to hide the truth from government agencies, the people of Roswell and even their own adopted families. To publicize her role on the show, Katherine graced the covers of magazines such as "TV Guide", "Maxim" and "Teen" and was interviewed on Later (1994) and The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (1999). Along with her mother Nancy, she also appeared in an episode of the Sci-Fi TV talk show, Crossing Over with John Edward (2001), during which she spoke with John Edward, a psychic medium, about her late brother, Jason. During the three years Roswell (1999) was in production, Katherine found time to work on several movies. 100 Girls (2000), an independent film released in 2001, is the story of a college freshman who meets the girl of his dreams in an elevator during a blackout, and spends the rest of the movie trying to find her again. Her cameo role is that of Arlene, the competitive tomboy. The second film, Valentine (2001), a horror film starring David Boreanaz and Denise Richards, appeared in U.S. theaters on February 2, 2001. In this movie, which is based upon the 1996 novel by Tom Savage, Katherine plays "Shelley", a medical student who meets a sudden demise.
In the spring of 2001, Katherine accepted a role in NBC's Critical Assembly (2002), a two-hour original television thriller. Katherine and Kerr Smith (Dawson's Creek (1998)) co-starred as brilliant and politically concerned college students who build a nuclear device to illustrate the need for a change in national priorities, but are betrayed by a fellow student when the bomb ends up in the hands of a terrorist. Unfortunately, the telefilm, directed by Eric Laneuville, written by Tom Vaughan, and based on the best-seller "The Seventh Power" by James Mills, was shelved when its storyline was deemed too close for comfort to the events of September 11, 2001. It was eventually broadcast in 2003. Since the cancellation of Roswell (1999) in the spring of 2002, Katherine has been busy with various projects, including an appearance on UPN's update of the classic television series, The Twilight Zone (2002). That episode, entitled Cradle of Darkness (2002), aired on October 2, 2002, and featured Katherine in the role of a woman who goes back in time to stop one of the most notorious murders in history. In addition, she completed a movie, Descendant (2003), a psychological thriller inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher". She has also starred as "Romy" in ABC/Touchstone's two-hour telepic, Romy and Michele: In the Beginning (2005), a prequel to the 1997 feature, Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997). During the summer of 2002, Katherine made a major decision in the direction of her career when she signed on for representation in all areas with the William Morris Agency, one of the biggest and most prestigious agencies in the entertainment industry. She is now being represented by Norman Aladjem at Paradigm Agency and being managed by Nancy Heigl and Stephanie Simon and Jason Newman at Untitled Entertainment.- Director
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Chi Chi LaRue was born on 8 November 1959 in Hibbing, Minnesota, USA. He is a director and actor.- Composer
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Tom Judson was born on 14 November 1960 in Goshen, New York, USA. He is a composer and actor.- Director
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Todd Verow was born on 11 November 1966 in Bangor, Maine, USA. He is a director and producer, known for Little Shots of Happiness (1997), Once and Future Queen (2000) and The Trouble with Perpetual Deja-Vu (1999).- Actor
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Lexington Steele was born on 28 November 1969 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and director.- Shaved-head, tattooed and muscled, Barry Scott, is a reliable and frequent casting choice in the pornographic industry. Beginning in 2004, at 32 years old, Barry wasted no time establishing himself in the business. Barry has amassed an impressive resume of credits, including working for and with veteran male performer Jake Cruise to working for straight porn companies such as Wicked Pictures, Sudden Impact, Brazzers, Metro, Evil Angel and Vivid. His casting range has included various roles, such as being the rebellious student in class, kept after school to "convince" his incredibly sexy teacher of passing him, to answering the distress calls of a wife in need of sexual release with a better lover than her husband. Since 2004, Barry has appeared in over 200 films and has proved to be reliable as well as proficient enough on screen to bring out the best in his female partners time after time.
- Dennis West was born on 18 November 1978 in Colorado, USA. He is an actor.
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Wolf Hudson was born on 24 November 1984 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor.- Actor
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Bruce Venture was born on 2 November 1985 in San Ramon, California, USA. He is an actor and director.- Boyishly-handsome, tall and athletically-built Criss Strokes, who has gone by the names of Chris Strokes, Chriss Strokes, Cris Strokes, Chris Holmes, Criss Strokes and Braden throughout the course of his porn career, made his debut back in 2006. He has since then been working for various studios and companies within the porn industry and is perhaps one of the most popular and reliable performers in the business. Undoubtedly a favorite of both male and female viewers and co-stars who have seen Criss in his entire physical splendor, this man has not been hunting for work ever since breaking into the porn scene and is certainly well on his way to forging a considerable legacy in the business.
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Mary Louise Wilson was born on 12 November 1931 in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. She is an actress, known for Nebraska (2013), Pet Sematary (1989) and Zelig (1983). She was previously married to Cibelli, Albert.- Actress
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Elizabeth Keifer was born on 14 November 1961 in Pacific Palisades, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Guiding Light (1952), Morning Glory (2010) and The Clique (2008). She has been married to Robert Patrick Convertino since 14 September 1996. They have two children. She was previously married to Brett Porter.- Actor
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Kevin's first dream was to be a cartoonist, but in later years decided to on acting. Getting his early training in Chicago, his first movie role was in Peggy Sue Got Married (1986). He has since appeared in over 30 films as well as ABC's short-lived Gideon's Crossing (2000). He recently appeared in as Igor in Stephen Sommers's Van Helsing (2004). He also worked with Sommers in The Mummy (1999) and Deep Rising (1998).- Actress
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Ming-Na ("enlightenment") was born on the island of Macau, forty miles from Hong Kong. Her mother, Lin Chan Wen, divorced her father when Ming-Na was only a toddler. She has an older brother named Jonathan. After the divorce, they moved to Hong Kong where her mother became a nurse. There her mother met Soo Lim Yee, a U.S. businessman. They soon married, and at four years, Ming-Na moved with her family to Queens, New York. Five years later, they transferred to Yee's hometown of Pittsburgh where his family runs the Chinatown Inn restaurant. Jonathan and half-brother, Leong, now manage this restaurant. Struggling to fit in at school, she changed her name to Maggie & Doris. She found a love for acting while appearing in a third grade Easter play, where she played a klutzy bunny. Her mother was not excited about her desire to pursue acting, She preferred that she go into medicine. Nonetheless, Ming-Na graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a degree in theatre. She got her first acting job in 1988 on the soap As the World Turns (1956). Her big break came when she was cast in The Joy Luck Club (1993). When she needed a ride to the premiere of the film, her acting instructor sent one of his students, Eric Michael Zee. The two started dating in 1994 after Ming-Na moved permanently to Los Angeles and married in 1995, dropping her last name, Wen, at that time. She says she is now like Ann-Margret. Zee is a screenwriter and, with Ming-Na, manages At Last, a boy band.- Actor
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Sinbad was born in Benton Harbor, Michigan to two parents, Louise and the Baptist Rev. Dr. Donald Beckley Adkins and was then known as David Adkins. He is primarily known as an actor and somewhat a writer and proved his comedic acting style in House Guest (1994), Jingle All the Way (1996), First Kid (1996) and Good Burger (1997). He has been married to Meredith Adkins since 2002 with two children. He was previously married to Meredith Fuller.- Actress
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Bonnie Bramlett was born on 8 November 1944 in Alton, Illinois, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for The Guardian (2006), The Doors (1991) and Ghost Rider (2007). She was previously married to Danny Sheridan and Delaney Bramlett.- Actor
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Danny DeVito has amassed a formidable and versatile body of work as an actor, producer and director that spans the stage, television and film.
Daniel Michael DeVito Jr. was born on November 17, 1944, in Neptune, New Jersey, to Italian-American parents. His mother, Julia (Moccello), was a homemaker. His father, Daniel, Sr., was a small business owner whose ventures included a dry cleaning shop, a dairy outlet, a diner, and a pool hall.
While growing up in Asbury Park, his parents sent him to private schools. He attended Our Lady of Mount Carmel grammar school and Oratory Prep School. Following graduation in 1962, he took a job as a cosmetician at his sister's beauty salon. A year later, he enrolled at New York's American Academy of Dramatic Arts so he could learn more about cosmetology. While at the academy, he fell in love with acting and decided to further pursue an acting career. During this time, he met another aspiring actor Michael Douglas at the National Playwrights Conference in Waterford, Connecticut. The two would later go on to collaborate on numerous projects. Soon after he also met an actress named Rhea Perlman. The two fell in love and moved in together. They were married in 1982 and had three children together.
In 1968, Danny landed his first part in a movie when he appeared as a thug in the obscure Dreams of Glass (1970). Despite this minor triumph, Danny became discouraged with the film industry and decided to focus on stage productions. He made his Off-Broadway debut in 1969 in "The Man With the Flower in His Mouth." He followed this up with stage roles in "The Shrinking Bride," and "Lady Liberty." In 1975, he was approached by director Milos Forman and Michael Douglas about appearing in the film version of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), which would star Jack Nicholson in the leading role. With box office success almost guaranteed and a chance for national exposure, Danny agreed to the role. The movie became a huge hit, both critically and financially, and still ranks today as one the greatest movies of all time. Unfortunately, the movie did very little to help Danny's career. In the years following, he was relegated to small movie roles and guest appearances on television shows. His big break came in 1978 when he auditioned for a role on an ABC sitcom pilot called Taxi (1978), which centered around taxi cab drivers at a New York City garage. Danny auditioned for the role of dispatcher Louie DePalma. At the audition, the producers told Danny that he needed to show more attitude in order to get the part. He then slammed down the script and yelled, "Who wrote this sh**?" The producers, realizing he was perfect for the part, brought him on board. The show was a huge success, running from 1978 to 1983.
Louie DePalma, played flawlessly by Danny, became one of the most memorable (and reviled) characters in television history. While he was universally hated by TV viewers, he was well-praised by critics, winning an Emmy award and being nominated three other times. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Danny maintained his status as a great character actor with memorable roles in movies like Romancing the Stone (1984), Ruthless People (1986), Throw Momma from the Train (1987) and Twins (1988). He also had a great deal of success behind the camera, directing movies like The War of the Roses (1989) and Hoffa (1992). In 1992, Danny was introduced to a new generation of moviegoers when he was given the role of The Penguin/Oswald Cobblepot in Tim Burton's highly successful Batman Returns (1992). This earned him a nomination for Best Villain at the MTV Movie Awards. That same year, along with his wife Rhea Perlman, Danny co-founded Jersey Films, which has produced many popular films and TV shows, including Pulp Fiction (1994), Get Shorty (1995), Man on the Moon (1999) and Erin Brockovich (2000). DeVito has many directing credits to his name as well, including Throw Momma from the Train (1987), The War of the Roses (1989), Hoffa (1992), Death to Smoochy (2002) and the upcoming St. Sebastian.
In 2006, he returned to series television in the FX comedy series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005). With a prominent role in a hit series, Devito's comic talents were now on display for a new generation of television viewers. In 2012, he provided the title voice role in Dr. Seuss' The Lorax (2012).
These days, he continues to work with many of today's top talents as an actor, director and producer.- Peter Brouwer was born on 18 November 1945 in Hartford, Connecticut, USA. He is an actor, known for Friday the 13th (1980), Arthur (2011) and One Life to Live (1968). He is married to Cindy K. Veazey. They have one child.
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This Arkansas native was born on 26 November 1945 to parents who owned a movie theater. He often felt that his desire to become an actor came from the fact that he spent so much time in the theater's "crying room" for babies - and listening to the likes of Tyrone Power and others. His first "professional" work came at the age of 11 when he became a member of the cast of a children's TV series broadcast from Little Rock - "Betty's Little Rascals". His formal acting training came from the Arkansas Arts Center (a fine arts conservatory with its own repertory company), followed by work with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Stratford Shakespeare Festival, and 6 years with the American Conservatory Theatre, among many others. He also taught acting classes while at ACT. His love of the theater has continued through his career. He has played in nearly every Shakespeare play and an untold number of musicals (he's an accomplished singer) and straight plays. For the year 2000 Tony Awards, he was recognized with a nomination as best actor in a featured role for his performance in "Wrong Mountain". When The Nanny (1993) first went on the air, many people believed that the very British butler "Niles" was definitely being played by a British actor. This Southern boy was so convincing in his role that many fans wrote to the show and suggested that he teach Charles Shaughnessy (a true British native) how to improve his accent!- Peyton Meyer was born on 24 November 1998 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. He is an actor, known for Girl Meets World (2014), He's All That (2021) and American Housewife (2016). He has been married to Taela LaCour since 11 October 2021. They have one child.
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Max Burkholder was born on 1 November 1997 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Daddy Day Care (2003), The Purge (2013) and Parenthood (2010).- Actor
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Alex Wolff, an award-winning actor, musician, singer, and composer, was born on November 1, 1997 in New York, New York. He is the son of actress Polly Draper and jazz pianist Michael Wolff. His elder brother is actor and musician Nat Wolff.
He is most known for his work on The Naked Brothers Band (2007), Mr. Troop Mom (2008), In Treatment (2008), Hair Brained (2013), Stella's Last Weekend (2018), Patriots Day (2016), Hereditary (2018), Jumanji: The Next Level (2019), and The Cat and the Moon (2019).- Actress
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Lia was born in Wahiawa, Hawaii. She is part of a military family and has lived all over the United States including Florida and California. She has four younger sisters and a younger brother. Now that she is permanently located in Southern California she is excited to continue pursuing her acting dream.- Actor
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Tye Sheridan was born on November 11, 1996 in Palestine, Texas as Tye Kayle Sheridan. Having been named 1 of Variety's 10 Actors to Watch, he has emerged as 1 of Hollywood's most sought after young talents. He has been seen in Ready Player One (2018) as the lead character Wade Watts. He also starred as young Cyclops/Scott Summers in X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), reprising the role in Dark Phoenix (2019). He also starred in The Mountain (2018), Age Out (2018) & The Night Clerk (2020).
He won the 2013 Marcello Mastroianni Award at the Venice Film Festival for his performance in Joe (2013). Later that year, he was recognized by numerous film critics for his role in Mud (2012). He received a 2014 Critics' Choice nomination for Best Young Actor while the cast was honored w/ the 2014 Robert Altman Award at the Independent Spirit Awards.
He had 3 films at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival: The Stanford Prison Experiment (2015), Last Days in the Desert (2015) & Entertainment (2015). He followed up by starring in The Forger (2014), Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015) & Dark Places (2015).
He then starred in The Yellow Birds (2017) & The Mountain (2018), w/ the latter premiering at the Venice Film Festival in 2018. He won the Golden Goblet Award at the Shanghai International Film Festival for his performance in Age Out (2018).
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Ricardo Antonio Hoyos is a Canadian born actor. He was born November 27, 1995. He has green eyes and dark brown hair. He can play the guitar. Surprisingly, Ricardo has dual citizenship in the USA and Canada. He has worked on many shows including the famous Canadian show Degrassi as a skate-boarder named Zig. He is a fan of Entourage, Seinfeld, Michael Jackson, Drake and The Beatles. He enjoys playing rugby and his favourite color is green.- Actress
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Sophia Taylor Ramseyer Ali is an American actress. She is best known for her work in the MTV romantic comedy series, Faking It, the ABC medical drama series Grey's Anatomy, and The Wilds. Ali is Pakistani American. Although she was born in San Diego, California, her family was at the time living in Dubai, so when she was 10 days old, she and her mother flew back home to be with Ali's father. After around four years in Dubai her family relocated to Texas. When Ali was 19 years old she moved to California to pursue her dream of becoming an actor.- Actor
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With numerous roles in film and television, Luke Bilyk is an actor whose career is on the rise. Born in North York, Ontario, Luke is the youngest of four children of Italian, Ukrainian and German decent. His passion for acting began at the early age of five, leading to his breakout role as Drew Torres on the iconic television series Degrassi : The Next Generation, where he was declared a fan favorite for 5 seasons. Luke then joined the cast of the Emmy Award Winning Canadian sci-fi series "Lost Girl", as series regular in their second season.
After his success on "Degrassi" (2010-2015), Luke appeared in several movies including the Sundance select "Hellions" (2015), "Holiday Joy" (2016), "Kiss and Cry" (2017), "F The Prom" (2017), The SantaBarbra IFF select "The Marijuana Conspiracy" (2019) and TIFF's Top Ten select "Black Conflux" (2019).
Luke has also appeared on hit television shows across North America, including the half-hour teen comedy series "Raising Expectations" with Molly Ringwald and Jason Priestley, CW's "Legends Of Tomorrow" (2018), CityTv's buddy cop comedy "Hudson And Rex" (2019) and the FX acclaimed mini-series "A Teacher" (2020).
Luke's interests stretch beyond acting, having co-produced three short films. He's also used his platform to support the world renowned organization Free The Children. Luke has traveled to India, Haiti and Nicaragua where he's aided in building schools and assisting with the construction of water filtration systems in the economically challenged regions of the countries.
With multiple projects in development, Luke is continuing his passion and drive for acting and striving towards a future in both film and television- Actor
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Xander Corvus was born in "The Discovery City" of Columbus, Ohio on November 18, 1988. Around age 22, he began his career in the adult entertainment industry in 2010. He began directing films in 2016 and since 2010, has worked for studios and companies including Brazzers Network, Evil Angel, Naughty America, New Sensations, Wicked Pictures, Vivid, Digital Sin, New Sensations, Reality Kings and many more. Corvus is a multiple-time AVN Award-winner, with awards in 2012 for "Best Male Newcomer" and "Best Supporting Actor". In 2014, he won another AVN Award for "Best Supporting Actor" and again for a third time in 2015. In 2017, he won an AVN Award for "Best Actor" for his work in The Preacher's Daughter (2016). In 2018, Corvus won an AVN Award for "Best Group Sex Scene". During his career, he was also nominated by Erotic Lounge, Nightmoves, Sex Awards, Spank Bank, The Fannys, TLA RAW, and Virtual Awards shows. In 2012, he won the XBIZ Award for "Supporting Acting Performance of the Year: Male". He won his second XBiz Award in 2015 for "Best Actor in a Couples-Themed Release" for his work in The Sexual Liberation of Anna Lee (2014). He won his second XBiz Award in 2016 for the same category, for his work in My Sinful Life (2015). In 2017, he won his third XBiz Award for "Best Actor in a Feature Movie" for his work in The Preacher's Daughter (2016). Corvus also won the 2017 XBiz Award for " Male Performer of the Year". He is also a two-time XRCO Award winner, with consecutive award wins in 2010 and 2011 for "Best New Stud".- Actor
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Jared Kusnitz was born on 8 November 1988 in the USA. He is an actor, known for Dance of the Dead (2008), Otis (2008) and Prom (2011).- Actor
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Orny Adams was born on 10 November 1970 in Lexington, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Teen Wolf (2011), Funny People (2009) and Teen Wolf: The Movie (2023).- Actor
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Logan is a native of Charleston, South Carolina. His parents are both drama teachers. His mother, Lowry Marshall, is the artistic director of Brown University's repertory theatre department.
Logan graduated with a Master's in Fine Arts from New York University's Graduate Acting Program at the Tisch School of the Arts.
He made a few appearances in Law and Order, before landing recurring roles on The O.C. (2003) and 24 (2001). His breakthrough role came in Ridley Scott's Prometheus (2012).- Actor
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Bo Bice was born on 1 November 1975 in Helena, Alabama, USA. He is an actor, known for American Idol (2002), Blades of Glory (2007) and Last Ounce of Courage (2012). He has been married to Caroline Fisher since 15 June 2005. They have three children.- Actor
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Clayton Holmes Grissom was born on November 30, 1978 in Raleigh, North Carolina, to Faye Aiken Parker and Vernon Grissom. When Clay was a teenager, he had a love for teaching and helping young children and later on studied to became a school teacher. When he was about 23 years old, a longtime friend persuaded him to audition for American Idol. When he was 25 years old he released his debut album, "Measure of a Man." (singles from his debut album include: "Invisible," "This Is The Night" and "The Way") His debut album sold over 600,000 copies in the USA in its first week of release. It has sold almost 2.5 million in the US as of 4/16/04.- Actor
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Jonathan was born in Massachusetts in 1968, the son of Marlene and Allan Knight. He grew up in the Dorchester area of Boston with his 5 brothers and sisters and numerous foster children his mother took in. He shot to fame in the late 80's with the group New Kids On The Block. From the 80's to 90's NKOTB played around the world to sold out concerts, and sold millions of albums. The group took time off before their last album "Face The Music" was released, and during the tour for that album, Knight decided to call it quits. Suffering from an anxiety and panic disorder, he no longer felt that he could continue performing. Knight retired to his Massachusetts farm, where he raised horses. He now works in real estate and stays out of the spotlight.- Actor
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Canadian-born actor Matt Craven is among the most sought after character actors of film and television today, starring in such blockbuster critically acclaimed films as the Academy-Award-nominated "Crimson Tide" and "A Few Good Men" and SAG Award nominated "X-Men: First Class." Craven has starred opposite great Hollywood actors such as Denzel Washington, Gene Hackman, Helen Mirren, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ethan Hawke, James Gandolfini, and Michael Caine, to name a few, and was recently seen starring in the hit ABC science fiction drama series "Resurrection" as Fred Langston, sheriff of Arcadia, Missouri, a town that's turned upside down as deceased loved ones return after death. Craven can also be seen starring in Roland Emmerich's film "Stonewall," which chronicles a young man's political awakening and coming of age leading up to the Stonewall Riots (set for 2015 release) and "Unless," based on the novel of the same name, opposite Academy-Award-nominated Catherine Keener, also set for a 2015 release.
Originally from Ontario, Canada, Craven did not catch the acting bug until later in his years. Craven's father died six weeks after his birth, and he ultimately dropped out of high school to help support his mother and family. He found himself working odd jobs such as driving trucks and working maintenance for electrical companies. It wasn't until Craven was about 20 years old that his love for acting sparked when he found an ad in the local newspaper announcing auditions for a local production of Dracula. Craven auditioned, landed the role of Jonathan Harker, and from then on, never looked back. He found his true passion.
Craven's first feature film was opposite Bill Murray in "Meatballs" as Hardware, one of Tripper Harrison's (Murray) counselors-in-training at Camp North Star, a cut-rate summer camp. This hilarious comedy was the start of Craven's career, especially in the comedy world. During this time, Murray took Craven under his wing and immediately started teaching him the fundamentals of improve and how to create and mold a character. Craven's second major project, the live action short "Bravery in the Field" was nominated for an Academy Award.
In the following years, Craven moved on to star in three different sitcom pilots opposite the likes of Alan Arkin, Richard Lewis, Annie Potts and Holland Taylor. Moving away from the comedy scene, Craven's first major dramatic break came when he was cast in the drama/horror/mystery cult favorite, "Jacob's Ladder," which follows a haunted Vietnam war veteran as he attempts to discover his past while suffering from a severe case of dissociation. Craven starred as Michael, a chemist in the Army's chemical warfare division where he worked on a drug that was secretly given to the veteran's unit. This critically acclaimed film raised Craven's career to a whole new level, proving his versatility as an actor, and truly gave him a taste of Hollywood stardom.
Craven has since starred in massively popular feature films including "Public Enemies," "Disturbia," "Déjà vu," "The Life of David Gale," "The Statement," "Indian Summer," "K2" and "Tin Men." On the small screen, Craven has worked exclusively with Graham Yost on HBO's acclaimed award winning series, "From the Earth to the Moon", "The Pacific", and "Boomtown." Most recently on "Justified", he also starred on TNT's "Nuremberg" and "Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long", Steven Spielberg's "High Incident" and opposite Jeff Goldblum on NBC's "Raines".
Truly a man of many talents, Craven has also made a successful impact in theater as well, as his first off-Broadway play was the award winning "Blue Window," which was ultimately picked up and filmed for American Playhouse. He also successfully brought one of his favorite Canadian plays, "The Crackwalker" to be produced at The Hudson Guild Theater in New York City, starring himself, a young Joe Mantello ("Wicked") and Frances Fisher ("Titanic"). Additionally, Craven starred in the critically acclaimed American premiere of the German playwright, Franz Xaver Kroetz's "The Nest."
Off the screen, Craven is a strong supporter of "One Heart Source," an organization designed to empower at risk children through education in Africa. He is also an avid golfer and is ranked third by Golf Digest in Hollywood's Top 100 Golfers. He also enjoys gardening, cooking and woodworking, and, most of all, spending time with his wife of over 25 years, Emmy-Award-winning Make Up Artist Sally Sutton, and their two children, Nicholas and Josephine.- A seasoned entertainment news journalist and two-time Emmy-nominated TV personality, Samantha Harris is currently seen on the world's #1 entertainment news program, Entertainment Tonight (1981), as a correspondent. In just her first months with the show, she covered the Cannes Film Festival, traveled to two film sets in Hawaii (for interviews with Jennifer Aniston and Nicole Kidman), and also interviewed stars such as Jake Gyllenhaal, Russell Crowe, Sting, Cate Blanchett, Michael Douglas and more!
Samantha is best-known for her eight seasons co-hosting the live ABC hit, Dancing with the Stars (2005), which averaged more than 30 million viewers weekly and was the #2 most-watched show in the U.S. in each of those years. In Season 2, she even kicked up her heals on the ballroom floor to perform a Jive routine with World Smooth Champion and DWTS professional dancer, Jonathan Roberts.
Simultaneously with her time on DWTS, Samantha pulled double hosting duty as she passionately shared her opinion nightly as a panelist and correspondent on the entertainment news program, CBS Television Distribution's The Insider (2004).
In her first year with the program, she covered President Barack Obama's inauguration in Washington, D.C.; surfed the North Coast of Oahu during an interview with 19-year-old surfing champion Bethany Hamilton - who lost her arm to a shark attack at age 13; interviewed Oprah Winfrey in Chicago and Olympic skater Nancy Kerrigan in LA, in the days following her father's death; as well as interviewed Hollywood's A-list on the red carpet at the Emmys, SAG Awards, Golden Globes and Oscars.
Additionally, Samantha made her Broadway debut in summer 2009 in New York City, singing and dancing for sold-out audiences, playing the iconic role of "Roxie Hart" in the long-running musical, "Chicago".
Samantha has been seen on a myriad of TV shows, including: filling in for Meredith Vieira as a guest host for a week on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (2002); multiple times as a guest host on ABC's The View (1997); contributing as a special correspondent on ABC's Good Morning America (1975).
One of her greatest honors was hosting, alongside Regis Philbin, the live official red carpet pre-show for ABC's 80th Annual Academy Awards: Oscar's Red Carpet 2008 with Regis Philbin (2008), which garnered nearly one billion viewers, worldwide.
Beginning in January 2005 and continuing for four years, Harris was seen in over 130 countries in 600 million homes on E! Entertainment Television. In addition to writing, producing and reporting daily for E! News, she co-hosted the network's live award-show coverage for the Oscars, Golden Globes and Emmys. Samantha has also found herself reporting from inside San Quentin Penitentiary as host for E!'s "THS Investigates", a spin-off series from the producers of E! True Hollywood Story (1996).
Prior to her work on The Insider (2004) and E!, Samantha served as the weekend co-host and full-time correspondent for the nationally syndicated entertainment news magazine, Extra (1994), which she joined in 2003. As a correspondent who sought out unique stories, Samantha took to the stage performing with Cirque du Soleil, sang a duet with Wayne Newton during his live show in Las Vegas, as well as dancing her way into the arms of the late beloved Patrick Swayze backstage, while he was starring in the LA tour-stop of "Chicago".
Samantha's other hosting credits include FOX's The Next Joe Millionaire (2003), "AMC Access" (a show produced by NBC's Access Hollywood (1996) for the AMC network).
Harris' triple-threat talents were noticed within her first years living in Los Angeles. Hot off the North American musical tour Eric Idle: Exploits Monty Python (2002) (where Samantha's comedic, vocal, and dance performance electrified audiences at Carnegie Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, and other prestigious venues), CBS cast her as America's sweetheart, "Dawn Wells aka Mary Ann", in its made-for-TV movie Surviving Gilligan's Island: The Incredibly True Story of the Longest Three Hour Tour in History (2001). Samantha's other acting credits include the multi-award winning "Reefer Madness!: The New "Hit" Musical (original cast) as well as multiple feature films and television shows.
In addition to gracing the cover of Muscle & Fitness HERS magazine a record four times, Samantha has also been seen on the covers of a variety of other magazine including USA Today magazine, FIRST, Fit Parent. She has been featured in many magazines including Shape, People, Health, Self, and others. As a fitness enthusiast, she loves dancing, cardio-sculpting, Bikram yoga but will also confess... she's a dessert fanatic!
Samantha is actively involved in various charities. She is on the Entertainment Council of Feeding America and has actively supported the Revlon Run/Walk and What A Pair for cancer research, Operation Smile, P.S. Arts, the Crohns and Colitis Foundation of America and others.
In 2009, Samantha was given the honor of making her Wall Street debut by "Ringing The Bell" to open trading at the New York Stock Exchange in front of a television audience of more than 120 million.
Born and raised in Hopkins, MN by a rock concert promoter father and dancer mother - who together created and produced one of the country's first Renaissance festivals, King Richard's Faire - Samantha went on to graduate with honors from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism in Evanston, IL. She currently resides in Los Angeles, CA, with her husband, Michael Hess, and their two daughters, Josselyn Hess and Hillary Hess. - Actress
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Alison Pill was most recently seen in HELLO TOMORROW! for Apple TV+. She previously starred in the CBS All Access series, STAR TREK: PICARD, Alex Garland's FX miniseries, DEVS, and the Amazon series, THEM. Pill's other television work includes Ryan Murphy's AMERICAN HORROR STORY: CULT, the ABC drama THE FAMILY, the acclaimed Aaron Sorkin HBO series THE NEWSROOM, the HBO drama IN TREATMENT, THE BOOK OF DANIEL, and LIFE WITH JUDY GARLAND: ME AND MY SHADOWS.
Alison's film credits include ALL MY PUNY SORROWS, which premiered at TIFF in 2021 and the Oscar nominated biopic, VICE, written and directed by Adam McKay, opposite Christian Bale, Amy Adams, and Steve Carrell. Pill's other film credits include MISS SLOANE, HAIL CAESAR!, SNOWPIERCER, GOON, SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD, MILK, DAN IN REAL LIFE, DEAR WENDY, and PIECES OF APRIL. Next up for Alison is Michael Shannon's ERIC LARUE.
Alison starred on Broadway in the Tony nominated production of THREE TALL WOMEN, written by Edward Albee, directed by Joe Mantello, and opposite Glenda Jackson and Laurie Metcalf. She was nominated for a Tony Award for her Broadway debut in THE LIEUTENANT OF INISHMORE and for a Lucille Lortel Award for ON THE MOUNTAIN. She won The Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble in the U.S. premiere of THE DISTANCE FROM HERE.- Actress
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Kaley Christine Cuoco was born in Camarillo, California, to Layne Ann (Wingate) and Gary Carmine Cuoco, a realtor. She is of Italian (father) and German and English (mother) descent. A model and commercial actress from the age of 6, Cuoco's first major role was in the TV movie Quicksand: No Escape (1992) with Donald Sutherland and Tim Matheson. Her other television credits include guest-starring on the series Ellen (1994) (where she played "little Ellen" to the Ellen DeGeneres character), Northern Exposure (1990), Don't Forget Your Toothbrush (1995) and My So-Called Life (1994). In addition, she played a leading role in the miniseries, Mr. Murder (1998). Cuoco has appeared in the feature films Lucky 13 (2005), Picture Perfect (1997) and Virtuosity (1995).
On stage, she has performed in Los Angeles-area productions of "Annie" and "Fiddler on the Roof". When she is not acting, Cuoco is an avid tennis player, who in earlier years had consistently been ranked well in Southern California Tennis Association standings as a member of a regional amateur division team. In addition, she enjoys spending time with friends, going to the mall, and hip-hop dancing.
Cuoco was home-schooled, and lived in Ventura County, California with her family. She was previously married to both tennis player Ryan Sweeting and Karl Cook. In early 2022 Cuoco began dating actor Tom Pelphrey. The two made their first public appearance as a couple at a Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony in early May 2022.
Cuoco announced on Instagram in October 2022 the couple were expecting their first child together. She later on gave birth to their daughter, named Matilda Carmine Richie Pelphrey, on 30 March 2023.- William Russell was born William Russell Enoch on 19 November 1924, in Sunderland, County Durham, England, to Eva Compston (Pile) and Alfred James Enoch. He became interested in acting at an early age. He was involved in organizing entertainments during his national service in the Royal Air Force and then, after university, went into repertory theatre. He appeared in "Hamlet" in London's West End and won a number of film roles, usually as a dashing hero. Notable TV work followed in The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (1956) for ITV and Nicholas Nickleby (1957) and David Copperfield in Fredric March Presents Tales from Dickens (1959) for the BBC, shortly after which he was cast as Ian Chesterton in Doctor Who (1963). He later continued a successful acting career, particularly in the theatre, and for a time held a senior post in the actor's union, Equity. In recent years he has been a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
His son is actor Alfred Enoch. - Rachel Ames has the distinction of being the longest-running performer on ABC Daytime's longest-running daytime drama, General Hospital (1963), which she joined on February 23, 1964, less than a year after the program's first air date. She has been nominated three times for an Emmy Award as Best Actress in a Daytime Drama. Ms. Ames was introduced to the performing arts by her parents, Dorothy Adams and Byron Foulger, both well-known motion picture and television actors. A native of Portland, Oregon, Ms. Ames moved with her family to Los Angeles where she attended University High School and UCLA. Rachel made her acting debut in the annual Pilgrimage play in 1949. She then performed with her parents in a production of "One Foot in Heaven" at the renowned Pasadena Playhouse. There, she also did "Broadway Jones", "The Circle" and "King of Hearts". Her other West Coast theater credits included "Cradle Song" with her father, "The Immortalist", "Chanticleer", "Mary Rose", "Golden Boy" and "The Human Voice. A few years ago, she co-produced and co-starred in "Pieces of Time" with fellow General Hospital (1963) actors Peter Hansen and Susan Brown. Early in her career, Ms. Ames was under contract to Paramount Pictures for three years where she was a member of the "Golden Circle" of talented young performers. The actress made her motion picture debut in When Worlds Collide (1951). Her other feature films include Daddy's Gone A-Hunting (1969). Of her television career, Rachel guested in the legendary series Ben Casey (1961), Wagon Train (1957), General Electric Theater (1953) and Ironside (1967), among others. The actress' avocational interests include gardening, tennis and cooking. She and her husband, Barry Cahill, are also looking for a play to perform together.