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George Timothy Clooney was born on May 6, 1961, in Lexington, Kentucky, to Nina Bruce (née Warren), a former beauty pageant queen, and Nick Clooney, a former anchorman and television host (who was also the brother of singer Rosemary Clooney). He has Irish, English, and German ancestry. Clooney spent most of his youth in Ohio and Kentucky, and graduated from Augusta High School. He was very active in sports such as basketball and baseball, and tried out for the Cincinnati Reds, but was not offered a contract.
After his cousin, Miguel Ferrer, got him a small role in a feature film, Clooney began to pursue acting. His first major role was on the sitcom E/R (1984) as Ace. More roles soon followed, including George Burnett, the handsome handyman on The Facts of Life (1979); Booker Brooks, a supervisor on Roseanne (1988); and Detective James Falconer on Sisters (1991). Clooney had his breakthrough when he was cast as Dr. Doug Ross on the award-winning drama series ER (1994), opposite Anthony Edwards, Noah Wyle and Julianna Margulies.
While filming "ER" (1994), Clooney starred in a number of high profile film roles, such as Robert Rodriguez's From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), and One Fine Day (1996), opposite Michelle Pfeiffer. In 1997, Clooney took on the role of Batman in Joel Schumacher's Batman & Robin (1997). The film was a moderate success in the box office, but was slammed by critics, notably for the nipple-laden Batsuit. Clooney went on to star in Steven Soderbergh's Out of Sight (1998), Terrence Malick's The Thin Red Line (1998), and David O. Russell's Three Kings (1999).
In 1999, Clooney left "ER" (1994) (though he would return for the season finale) and appeared in a number of films, including O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), The Perfect Storm (2000) and Ocean's Eleven (2001). Collaborating once again with Steven Soderbergh, Ocean's Eleven (2001) received critical acclaim, earned more than $450 million at the box office, and spawned two sequels: Ocean's Twelve (2004) and Ocean's Thirteen (2007).
In 2002, Clooney made his directorial debut with Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002), an adaptation of TV producer Chuck Barris' autobiography. This was the first film under the banner of Section Eight Productions, a production company he founded with Steven Soderbergh. The company also produced many acclaimed films, including Far from Heaven (2002), Syriana (2005), A Scanner Darkly (2006) and Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005). Clooney won his first Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in Syriana (2005), and was nominated for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005).
In 2006, Section Eight Productions was shut down so that Soderbergh could concentrate on directing, and Clooney founded a new production company, Smokehouse Productions, with his friend and longtime business partner, Grant Heslov.
Clooney went on to produce and star in Michael Clayton (2007) (which earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Actor), directed and starred in Leatherheads (2008), and took leading roles in Burn After Reading (2008), The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), and Jason Reitman's Up in the Air (2009). Clooney received critical acclaim for his performance in Up in the Air (2009) and was nominated for several awards, including a Golden Globe Award and Academy Award. He didn't win that year, but took home both Best Actor awards (as well as countless nominations) for his role as a father who finds out his wife was unfaithful as she lays in a coma in Alexander Payne's The Descendants (2011). Through his career, Clooney has been heralded for his political activism and humanitarian work. He has served as one of the United Nations Messengers of Peace since 2008, has been an advocate for the Darfur conflict, and organized the Hope for Haiti telethon, to raise money for the victims of the 2010 earthquake. In March 2012, Clooney was arrested for civil disobedience while protesting at the Sudanese embassy in Washington, D.C.
Clooney was married to actress Talia Balsam, from 1989 until 1993. After their divorce, he swore he would never marry again. Michelle Pfeiffer and Nicole Kidman bet him $10,000 that he would have children by the age of 40, and sent him a check shortly after his birthday. Clooney returned the funds and bet double or nothing he wouldn't have children by the age of 50. Although he has remained a consummate bachelor, Clooney has had many highly publicized relationships, including with former WWE wrestler Stacy Keibler. In 2014, he married lawyer and activist Amal Clooney, with whom he has two children, twins.- Actor
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Jimmy Drain is an award winning actor/writer/producer from Denver, Colorado. He began his acting career in Hollywood California under acting coach Stephen 'The Pit Bull' Snyder. Trekking from Colorado and Hollywood has landed him starring roles in over 55 short films and 8 feature films including (The Goal) 2005 & (Don't Call Me) 2007, and the award winning short films (Suicide For Two) 2005 & Dreamlady (2009) and (Meet Michael) 2017. In 2006 he birthed ThunderKnight Entertainment LTD, which has several feature film projects in development including (Dick Reno: Monster Slayer), (Professor Kimmer's Initiation) and the much anticipated (The Dead Rose feature film Trilogy).
Jimmy has two feature films completed and in the worldwide sales distribution process, namely (Professor Kimmer's Initiation) - a collegiate horror/drama starring Vernon Wells (Commando, Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior), Richard Tyson (Kindergarten Cop, Black Hawk Down), Mel Novak, Naomi Grossman (American Horror Story) and (Realm Of Shadows) starring horror legend Tony Todd (The Candyman) - in which also sets up the long awaited drama/horror feature film (The Dead Rose) starring Cooper Huckabee (The Funhouse) Vernon Wells, Richard Tyson and academy award nominee Eric Roberts (The Dark Knight)!
(Realm of Shadows) will be ThunderKnight Entertainment's first full length feature film production and Drain's first leading man acting role in a full length feature; which has now picked up worldwide distribution rights through Emmy award winning team 'Safier Entertainment'!
Jimmy has won a best director award and best short film award for controversial short film 'Overshadow' starring Erika Monet!- Actor
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George Zouvelos is a 6'4" versatile actor that blends his ethnically ambiguous appearance with his lifelong street credits and a careful study and an authentic emulation of human nature. His acting studies included the Stanislavsky method via Meisner, Adler, and attending the Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute in New York City. His studies have also included emotional techniques study of Chubbuck and Hagen. George maintains the ability to perform several accents besides US English and New Yorkese including, Greek, Italian, Arabic, Jewish and Slavic. This combination of acting studies, personal attributes, and work experiences, which include formerly being in law enforcement and as a New York City Paramedic, have led to an authentically intense style of George's acting performances.
Besides his acting, screenwriting and directing, George is active in the entertainment industry as a member and Judge at the New York Chapter of the National Academy of Arts and Sciences; a member of the American Film Institute AFI, and a member of the New York Women in Film and Television NYWIFT. His philanthropic work includes over three decades in the New York leadership of AHEPA that was founded in 1921 and with a focus on Civil rights to combat discrimination. George is an advocate for 'equal work for equal pay' for equal skills and capabilities, and irrespective of gender.
He has a bachelor's degree from John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and his Filmmaking Diploma from the New York Film Academy.
George was born into and baptized a Greek Orthodox Christian. He was raised in a traditional Hellenic Greek family that originally hails from the historic and highest's peaks of Sparta and Arcadia that are located in the Morea, Peloponnese Regions of Greece. George speaks, reads, and writes Hellenic Greek. George is the father of four children and resides in New York City. His surname is pronounced (Zoo' vel os).- Editor
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Jason is a television and film editor with over 20 years experience working in both scripted and unscripted stories. He loves searching for the best way to find story impact through performance, narrative structure and timing. He also has an extensive background in music writing, recording and sound design which inform his craft.
Several of the films he's edited have featured at prominent film festivals such as the Venice Film Festival, TIFF, VIFF, Hot Docs and DOXA. He has also won and been nominated for several awards, but is mostly interested in collaborating with creative people and telling great stories.
Jason still thinks editing is a pretty cool job to have.- Actor
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Tom Sizemore rose in prominence throughout the 1990s, establishing himself as a memorable tough-guy actor, sought by the most respected directors in the business.
Thomas Edward Sizemore, Jr. was born in Detroit, Michigan, to Judith (Schannault), an ombudsman staff member, and Thomas Edward Sizemore, Sr., a lawyer and professor. Sizemore grew up idolizing the tough-guy characters of the movies he watched. After attending Wayne State University, he got his master's degree in theatre from Temple University in 1986.
Like many, he moved to New York City and struggled, waiting tables and performing in plays. His first break came when Oliver Stone cast him in a bit part in Born on the Fourth of July (1989). Bigger roles soon followed throughout the early 1990s, such as Guilty by Suspicion (1991), True Romance (1993), and Striking Distance (1993). 1994 proved to be an even bigger year for Sizemore, as he won the role of "Bat Masterson" in Kevin Costner's star-studded biopic Wyatt Earp (1994), as well as one of his first truly memorable roles as "Detective Jack Scagnetti" in Oliver Stone's controversial Natural Born Killers (1994). In 1995 he appeared in Devil in a Blue Dress (1995), Strange Days (1995), as well as the acclaimed crime epic Heat (1995), directed by Michael Mann. Sizemore's first big leading role is in The Relic (1997), the big-budget effects thriller directed by Peter Hyams.
According to a 2001 interview in The Calgary Sun, Sizemore entered a drug rehabilitation program in 1998 after his mother and his friend Robert De Niro appeared on his door-step during the filming of Witness to the Mob (1998). Telling him they were there to drive him to jail or to rehabilitation, Sizemore chose the latter. After completing rehabilitation, he counseled adolescents involved in substance abuse.
Offered roles in W.W.II films directed by both Terrence Malick and Steven Spielberg, Sizemore chose the role of "Sergeant Horvath" in Saving Private Ryan (1998). The role and film received wide acclaim and introduced Sizemore's talents to a much broader audience in a more human and well-rounded role than he had previously been given. Sizemore also credits this shoot and Steven Spielberg for helping him with his recovery from addiction, with Steven Spielberg threatening to re-shoot the entire film if Sizemore failed a drug test even once.
After a flamboyant and uncredited mobster role in Enemy of the State (1998), Sizemore then portrayed a psychotic paramedic in Bringing Out the Dead (1999) directed by Martin Scorsese. Seemingly taking it easy, he then turned in fine but stereotypical performances in Play It to the Bone (1999), Red Planet (2000), and Pearl Harbor (2001). Sizemore then received another leading role in the high-profile military drama Black Hawk Down (2001) directed by yet another legendary director, Ridley Scott.
Specializing in the sort of ultimate tough-guy/manly man roles that hearken back to a different era in film, Sizemore continued to be a favorite of Hollywood's greatest directors. Never afraid to speak his mind about anyone and anything, his sense of blunt honesty and lack of pretension was refreshing. A commanding voice and presence on film, Sizemore looked to continue as one of Hollywood's greatest actors, until his untimely death from a brain aneurysm on March 3, 2023.- Actor
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Christopher Allen Brewer is a Native American actor and writer born in South Dakota. Raised with tribal beliefs regarding a spirit world from a very early age, his interest in unexplained phenomena led him to a career in the paranormal field. Founder of Future Ghost, Christopher has appeared on several supernatural-themed programs. He has been featured on Travel Channel, Discovery +, Max, Lifetime Movie Network, Amazon Prime, Destination America, High Strangeness in Washington, Travel + Escape in Canada, UKTV Play in the UK and Fuji TV in Japan.
He has made many local TV, radio and newsprint appearances, also having been filmed by two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Craig Walker. Christopher has appeared at several conventions including Denver Comic Con, Fan Expo Denver and Denver's StarFest Entertainment Convention. He was most recently featured on season five of Haunted Hospitals after appearing as a paranormal advisor on previous seasons, as well as both seasons of Paranormal 911, Paranormal Nightshift, Most Terrifying Places in America, Scariest Night of My Life and My Ghost Story.
He is the author of Selfies From The Underworld: A Native American's Record of the Supernatural, a book detailing his experiences with the paranormal after receiving his Indian name. He has most recently authored Dreamtime Architecture: A Lakota's Journey Across a Midnight Frontier. Christopher continues to focus on acting and pursuing other creative endeavors in his community and paranormal field.- Emilio Difabio is known for The Hayride, The Magnificent Raiders of Dimension War One (2025) and The Lunatics.
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Dawna Lee Heising has acted in over 225 feature films, including Param Gill's "Bad President", starring Eddie Griffin, and "Alien Storm", starring Tom Arnold. She has won over 700 film festival awards, including over 400 Best Actress awards. Dawna is trained in Tang Soo Do martial arts, ballet, and pole dancing. She is a former Miss Los Angeles Chinatown, Ms. US World, Ms. World, Ms. Universe, Miss San Francisco Universe, Miss Orange County Universe, Miss California Hemisphere and Mrs. California United States, among many other titles. She was the Queen of the 2021 Kaiju Film Festival, the 2019 Hollywood Silver Screen Film Festival Queen, and the 2018 WIND International Film Festival Queen.
Dawna has a B.S. Degree in Business Management and MBA from Pepperdine University. She is the Vice President of Aki Aleong's Mustard Seed Media Group. Her uncle is legendary Director of Photography Tak Fujimoto ("Silence of the Lambs", Sixth Sense") and her cousins George Daugherty and David Wong won a Primetime Emmy Award for "Peter and the Wolf on Broadway".- Producer
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John Kuykendall is a passionate individual with a deep love for storytelling and the world of cinema. With a background in Cryptozoology, they have honed their skills and knowledge in the art of filmmaking. John is also Associate Producer Mob Humor Movie A Popcorn Movie Production Staring Tom Sizemore just before he passed away.
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