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Natalie Zea is an American actress known for her performances on television. Zea began her acting career in theatre. Her first major role was on the NBC daytime soap opera Passions (2000-2002), where she played the role of Gwen Hotchkiss. Her breakout role was on the ABC prime time soap opera Dirty Sexy Money as socialite Karen Darling, where she starred from 2007 to 2009. Zea also has made many guest appearances on television, starred in a number of independent and made-for-television movies, and had recurring roles in The Shield, Hung, Californication, and The Unicorn.- Actress
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Since SVH, Brittany has starred in Dawson's Creek, Joe Dirt and 2, other shows and movies and starred in the long series The Game. She battled stage four non-Hodgkin's's lymphoma and survived. She married her husband Adam Touni in 2017 and have now become parents to a daughter named Hope via surrogacy.- Actress
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Morfydd Clark is a Swedish-born Welsh actress. She is best known for Saint Maud (2019) and The Lord of the Rings TV Series.
For her work in Saint Maud she was nominated for Best Actress of the British Independent Film Awards, and the BAFTA Rising Star Award.
She also appears in The Falling (2014), Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016), Love & Friendship (2016), The Man Who Invented Christmas (2017), and The Personal History of David Copperfield (2019).
Her feature film debut was in Madame Bovary (2014), but she also starred in the short film Two Missing (2014), and had two works on TV.- Tall, leggy and extremely well-built statuesque blonde actress Laurene Landon has enlivened a bunch of hugely enjoyable movies with her spunky energy, physical dexterity, bubbly, upbeat personality and considerable sex appeal. She often portrays tough, two-fisted, no-nonsense action heroines with a winning blend of fiery aplomb and cheerful good humor.
Born as Laurene Landon Coughlin in Toronto, Canada, Landon's family moved to the United States when she was four. The
5'9" Landon starred as "Molly", one of two female wrestlers, who are managed by 'Peter Falk', in Robert Aldrich's uproariously raucous comedy, ...All the Marbles (1981). The fiercely athletic and aggressive Landon also performed a lion's share of her own stunts in the film. Landon was very funny as a daffy stewardess in Airplane II: The Sequel (1982) and was excellent as Mike Hammer's loyal secretary "Velda" in I, the Jury (1982). Laurene was especially strong and impressive in two delightful action/adventure features for director Matt Cimber: she's the titular rugged warrior woman in Hundra (1983) and a gutsy half-Native American spitfire in Yellow Hair and the Fortress of Gold (1984). Landon was once again, on the money, effective and engaging as courageous policewoman "Teresa Mallory" in the terrific Maniac Cop (1988) and its superior 1990 sequel, Maniac Cop 2 (1990). After a regrettably lengthy absence from acting, Laurene made a return to screen with a sizable co-starring part in the Masters of Horror (2005) episode, Pick Me Up (2006).
Outside of acting, Laurene Landon writes scripts in her spare time and is an award-winning gold medal lyricist, who authored rap music for an L.A. Metro Transit Authority video. - Actor
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Kurt Vogel Russell was born on March 17, 1951 in Springfield, Massachusetts and raised in Thousand Oaks, California to Louise Julia Russell (née Crone), a dancer & Bing Russell, an actor. He is of English, German, Scottish and Irish descent. His first roles were as a child on television series, including a lead role on the Western series The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters (1963). Russell landed a role in the Elvis Presley movie, It Happened at the World's Fair (1963), when he was eleven years old. Walt Disney himself signed Russell to a 10-year contract, and, according to Robert Osborne, he became the studio's top star of the 1970s. Having voiced adult Copper in the animated Disney film The Fox and the Hound (1981), Russell is one of the few famous child stars in Hollywood who has been able to continue his acting career past his teen years.
Kurt spent the early 1970s playing minor league baseball. In 1979, he gave a classic performance as Elvis Presley in John Carpenter's ABC TV movie Elvis (1979), and married the actress who portrayed Priscilla Presley in the film, Season Hubley. He was nominated for an Emmy Award for the role. He followed with roles in a string of well-received films, including Used Cars (1980) and Silkwood (1983), for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture. During the 1980s, he starred in several films by director Carpenter; they created some of his best-known roles, including the infamous anti-hero Snake Plissken in the futuristic action film Escape from New York (1981) (and later in its sequel Escape from L.A. (1996)), Antarctic helicopter pilot R.J. MacReady in the horror film The Thing (1982), and Jack Burton in the fantasy film Big Trouble in Little China (1986), all of which have since become cult classics.
In 1983, he became reacquainted with Goldie Hawn (who appeared with him in The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968)) when they worked together on Swing Shift (1984). The two have lived together ever since. They made another film together, Garry Marshall's comedy Overboard (1987). His other 1980s titles include The Best of Times (1986), Tequila Sunrise (1988), Winter People (1989) and Tango & Cash (1989).
In 1991, he headlined the firefighter drama Backdraft (1991), he starred as Wyatt Earp in the Western film Tombstone (1993), and had a starring role as Colonel Jack O'Neil in the science fiction film Stargate (1994). In the mid-2000s, his portrayal of U.S. Olympic hockey coach Herb Brooks in Miracle (2004) won the praise of critics. In 2006, he appeared in the disaster-thriller Poseidon (2006), and in 2007, in Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof (2007) segment from the film Grindhouse (2007). Russell appeared in The Battered Bastards of Baseball (2014), a documentary about his father and the Portland Mavericks, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 2014. Russell starred in the Western films Bone Tomahawk (2015) and The Hateful Eight (2015), and had a leading role in the dramatization Deepwater Horizon (2016). He also co-starred in the action sequels Furious 7 (2015) and The Fate of the Furious (2017).
Russell and Goldie Hawn live on a 72-acre retreat, Home Run Ranch, outside of Aspen. He has two sons, Boston Russell (from his marriage to Hubley) and Wyatt Russell (with Hawn). He also raised Hawn's children, actors Oliver Hudson and Kate Hudson, who consider him their father. Russell is also an avid gun enthusiast, a hunter and a staunch supporter of the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution. He is also an FAA-licensed private pilot holding single/multi-engine and instrument ratings, and is an Honorary Board Member of the humanitarian aviation organization Wings of Hope.- Actress
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Gina was born in the small mountain town of Smithers, British Columbia,
where her first performance took place at a figure skating exhibition
at age five. She has been at home on center stage ever since. As a
precocious and outgoing child Gina performed in all her school plays
and talent shows.
Through most of these early years, as she moved around with her mom and
older brother, her first love was dance. Whether ballet, tap, modern,
or musical theatre, Gina was immersed in dance performance. As the
classical ballet training developed her unrelenting work ethic, it
wasn't long before Gina's love of performance began to shape itself
into something resembling a career.
At the age of fifteen, Gina was scouted by a modeling agency and
shipped to Japan. Embracing the move with both hands, Gina schooled
herself on the culture and language and the country quickly became her
second home.
Professionally, Japan was a major break. Gina was unbelievably
successful in modeling and appeared on upwards of twenty magazine
covers. But modeling was never Gina's passion. While her talent and
drive gave her a taste of success, modeling was ultimately a stepping
stone to bigger things, in another medium.
On returning to North America, Gina went back to school, where she
continued to study Japanese and graduated from college at the top of
her class. Then, while working two jobs, Gina took acting classes to
develop her stage skills. It was during these years that she faced a
lot of naysayers, a lot of people telling her, "No, you can't." In
spite of - or perhaps because of - this type of pessimism, Gina was
determined to become an actor. "Oh really? Just watch me!" was her
response.
Continuously driven and fiercely independent, Gina has managed to
achieve big things without buying into the trappings of show business.
In a world that revolves around money, fame, and image, Gina has found
success and happiness through sheer will and commitment to her craft.
She also finds fulfillment volunteering with less fortunate people -
Gina has worked with physically and mentally challenged and enjoys
supporting bullied teen girls, helping them foster confidence and self
esteem.
Despite a list of personal achievements that includes starring roles in
prime time TV shows and in feature films (big budget and indie), Gina
continues to work hard to achieve bigger and better things. She
continues to study theatre and classical ballet, and, surrounded by
loving friends and family, she is always looking ahead. And up!- Actress
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Nicole Austin was born in 1979 in Palos Verdes, California. Austin
later lived in Albequerque, New Mexico at the age of 10. She began
dancing and acting during her childhood and teenage years. Once
becoming an adult, Austin began to modeling in swimsuit competitions,
calendars, catalogs and videos. Once becoming a model, Austin enlarged
her breasts to 39DD. In 1999, she married Mike Williams, but they
divorced. She married rapper Ice-T in 2001. She and Ice-T are expecting their first child.- Actress
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Eliza Bennett is a English actress. She is known for her role as Jules Thomas in the MTV series Sweet/Vicious for which her performance received critical acclaim.
Eliza started working at 9 years old after landing the lead as Jemima in 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' in the London West End, after an open audition. Growing up, Eliza starred in multiple studio films, most notably 'The Prince and Me' (with Julia Stiles, Miranda Richardson), Nanny McPhee (Emma Thompson, Colin Firth), The Contractor (with Lena Headey, Wesley Snipes) and 'From Time to Time' (with Dame Maggie Smith, Dominic West). Her biggest break came at fourteen, where Eliza beat hundreds of girls to land the lead in fantasy family film 'Inkheart' starring alongside Dame Helen Mirren, Paul Bettany and Jim Broadbent.
As an adult, Eliza landed television roles such as the critically acclaimed ITV drama 'Broadchurch' (starring David Tennant, Olivia Coleman), HBO Cinemax and Sky's 'Strike Back' (starring Sullivan Stapleton, Robson Green) and ITV's 'Grantchester' starring James Norton. Alongside television roles, Eliza transformed herself for movie 'H8RZ' playing a boy in this psychological thriller alongside Abigail Spencer and Jeremy Sisto and played the lead in biopic 'Von Trapp Family' (with Matthew MacFayden). Eliza also returned to the West End to star in new pop/rock musical 'Loserville' written by Busted member James Bourne.
More recently, Eliza landed the lead role in US critically acclaimed MTV television show 'Sweet/Vicious', where she played a sexual assault survivor who moonlights as a vigilante avenging other victims on her university campus. Sweet/Vicious received rave reviews calling it 'the best show you've never heard of' (Hollywood Reporter) and 'our most politically important show' (Vanity Fair) and scoring 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Eliza also leads the cast on the new Amazon Pilot based on the BAFTA Award winning UK series 'People Just Do Nothing', directed by Chris Storer (Eight Grade).
Additionally to her acting career, Eliza is a singer and pianist. Eliza also has a dance background training with Italia Conti and dancing in West End musicals.- Actress
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Lesley-Anne Down was born on March 17, 1954 and raised in London,
England. With the help of her father, she began modeling at age 10,
acting in commercials, and winning several beauty contests. By the time
she was 15, Down had completed four films and was voted "Britain's Most
Beautiful Teenager". Lesley-Anne first gained international popularity
as Georgina Worsley in the British series
Upstairs, Downstairs (1971),
which became a hit on PBS in the United States. She has starred in
films, including
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976),
A Little Night Music (1977),
The Betsy (1978),
The Great Train Robbery (1978),
Hanover Street (1979),
Rough Cut (1980) and
Sphinx (1981). She starred in the
television movies
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982),
Arch of Triumph (1984),
Indiscreet (1988), and in
the miniseries
The Last Days of Pompeii (1984)
and North & South: Book 1, North & South (1985).
Lesley-Anne appeared for six episodes as Stephanie Rogers in the
prime-time television series
Dallas (1978), on the CBS Network. Her
previous daytime experience included roles as Olivia Richards in
Sunset Beach (1997) and Lady
Sheraton in
Days of Our Lives (1965).
She also made guest appearances on the television series
The Nanny (1993) and
Diagnosis Murder (1993). On
stage, she has appeared in "Hamlet" and a musical version of "Great
Expectations". As for her career, Lesley-Anne has earned Golden Globe
Award nominations, German Bravo Awards, the British Best Actress Award,
the Rose D'or Best Soap Opera Actress Award and the covers of numerous
publications throughout the world, including Life Magazine. She was
awarded the 2006 TV Soap Golden Boomerang Award for the most Popular
Supporting Female for her role as Jackie Marone Knight on
The Bold and the Beautiful (1987).
Lesley-Anne Down met her husband, cinematographer
Don E. FauntLeRoy, while filming
North & South: Book 1, North & South (1985). They
live in Malibu, California with their son, George-Edward FauntLeRoy.
She also has a son, Jackson Friedkin,
from her earlier marriage to director
William Friedkin and two stepchildren,
Season FauntLeRoy and
Juliana FauntLeRoy, from Don's
previous marriage. When she's not on the set, Down prefers to spend her
free time with her children and animals. She has an extensive
collection of Victorian children's books, which she has collected since
age 15.- Actress
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Olesya Yurivna Rulina is a Russian-American actress. She is best known for co-starring in all three films of the High School Musical franchise as Kelsi Nielsen. She also starred in the films Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous (2008), Flying By (2009), Expecting Mary (2010) and Family Weekend (2013).- Actor
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Rob Lowe was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, to Barbara Lynn
(Hepler), a schoolteacher, and Charles Davis Lowe, a lawyer. His
brother is actor Chad Lowe. He has
German, as well as English, Irish, Scottish, and Welsh ancestry. Lowe's
family moved to Dayton, Ohio, when he was a child. Rob broke into
acting in his teens. He spent the 1980s as a member of the "Brat Pack",
a group of young, powerful and reckless actors and actresses that
included Emilio Estevez,
Charlie Sheen and
Judd Nelson, among others. In 1988 Lowe was
involved in a scandal centering around a sexually explicit videotape
which involved a minor, for which he did 20 hours of community service
in Dayton. He subsequently sought help for his problems with drugs and
alcohol and has re-emerged in the 1990s as a clean and sober husband
and father.- Actress
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Born and raised in Minnesota, Marisa Coughlan attend the University of Southern California where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in French and Theater, after studying in Paris during her junior year.
She married Stephen Wallack, whom she had known since they were
teenagers in Minneapolis, at a private estate in Pasadena, California
on November 1, 2008. They have four children together.- Cynthia Daniel was born on 17 March 1976 in Gainesville, Florida, USA. She is an actress, known for The Basketball Diaries (1995), Sweet Valley High (1994) and Cheaper by the Dozen (2022). She has been married to Cole Hauser since 22 December 2006. They have three children.
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Lewis was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, the daughter of Marlene, a nursing administrator, and Jim Lewis, an air traffic supervisor. She has a sister, Denise. She most recently starred as Countess Lili in Darko Tresnik's production of 'Anastasia' on Broadway. She starred as Velma Kelly in the Broadway revival of 'Chicago' opposite Charlotte d'Amboise, and played Gloria Thorpe in the Broadway revival of 'Damn Yankees', directed by Jack O'Brien. She portrayed Mary Warren in the Roundabout's production of 'The Crucible', directed by Gerald Freedman. She appeared in 'Pal Joey' with Bebe Neuwirth and Patti LuPone for Encores at the NY City Center. Off-Broadway productions in which Lewis has appeared include: Nassim, Snoopy, and Angry Housewives.
She starred as Beth on the critically acclaimed NBC series NewsRadio (1995) for its full run of 4.5 seasons. She also appeared on Three Sisters (2001) and Betsy's Kindergarten Adventures (2006) for their full runs. She had recurring roles on How I Met Your Mother (2005) on Sonny with a Chance (2009). Guest roles include such series as Modern Family (2009), The Blacklist (2013), Angie Tribeca (2016), Doll & Em (2013), Melissa & Joey (2010), Bones (2005), Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000),Murphy Brown (1988), Seinfeld (1989), Grey's Anatomy (2005), The Middle (2009), Pushing Tin (1999), Grace Under Fire (1993), Norm (1999), and Caroline in the City (1995). She has appeared in such films as The Ugly Truth (2009), Breakfast of Champions (1999), Mousehunt (1997), California Dreaming (2007), and Godzilla (1998). She has voiced hundreds of animation characters, most notably Deb/Flo in Pixar's blockbuster films, Finding Nemo (2003) and Finding Dory (2016), and such animated TV series as The Wild Thornberrys (1998), Rugrats Pre-School Daze (2005), Mission Hill (1999), and Rugrats (1991).- Actor
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Gary Alan Sinise was born in Blue Island, Illinois, to Mylles S.
(Alsip) and Robert L. Sinise, A.C.E., a
film editor. He is of Italian (from his paternal grandfather), English,
Scottish, Irish, French, German, and Swedish ancestry. His family moved
to Highland Park, where he attended high school. He was something of a
rebel, playing in bands but paying little attention to school.
Gary and some friends tried out for "West Side Story" as a lark, but
Gary was hooked on acting for life by closing night. Gary credits his
love for theatre to his drama teacher, Barbara Patterson. In 1974,
Gary, Terry Kinney, and
Jeff Perry founded the Steppenwolf
Theatre Company in Chicago. Initially performing in a church basement,
the company grew and gained stature in the Chicago area. In addition to
acting in many plays, Gary also directed some of Steppenwolf's most
notable productions, including Sam Shepard's
"True West". The company made its off-Broadway debut with that
production, starring Gary and
John Malkovich, and its Broadway debut
with "The Grapes of Wrath" at the Cort Theatre in 1990. Gary's
Hollywood career also started in the director's chair with two episodes
of the stylish TV series
Crime Story (1986), followed in
1988 by the feature
Miles from Home (1988) starring
Richard Gere. Gary's first feature film as
an actor was the World War II fable
A Midnight Clear (1992) in 1992.
That year also found Gary combining his acting and directing talents
with the critically acclaimed
Of Mice and Men (1992). His first
real notice by the public came in 1994, however. He starred in the
blockbuster miniseries
The Stand (1994), rapidly followed
by his bravura performance as "Lt. Dan" in
Forrest Gump (1994). His portrayal
of the disabled, emotionally tortured veteran earned Gary numerous
awards and an Oscar nomination. Busy 1994 was followed by busy 1995,
first reuniting with Tom Hanks in
Apollo 13 (1995) and then starring in
the HBO film Truman (1995) which
earned him the Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Awards and an Emmy
nomination.
Gary is married to Moira Sinise, an actress
and original member of the Steppenwolf company. They have three
children, Sophie Sinise,
McCanna Anthony Sinise and
Ella Sinise.- Actress
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Michelle Nolden was born in Brantford, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress and writer, known for The Time Traveler's Wife (2009), ZOS: Zone of Separation (2009) and Saving Hope (2012). She has been married to Chris Szarka since 1998. They have three children.- Actor
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John Boyega is a British actor, known for playing Finn in Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015). Boyega rose to prominence in his native United Kingdom for his role of Moses in the 2011 sci-fi comedy film Attack the Block (2011), before attaining international recognition for his work as Finn in the seventh film of the Star Wars series.
Other credits include historical fiction drama film Half of a Yellow Sun (2013), four episodes of the television series 24: Live Another Day (2014), and the drama films Imperial Dreams (2014), The Circle (2017), and Detroit (2017).- Julia Winter, a Swedish former child actress, is known for playing Veruca Salt in the 2005 film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory opposite Johnny Depp, her first and only feature film gig to date. Despite the film's commercial success and enduring popularity, she has since led a life out of the public eye.
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Mark Boone Junior was born on 17 March 1955 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Memento (2000), 30 Days of Night (2007) and Batman Begins (2005).- Actor
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Youngest of 2 children, and only son born to Terrence and Marie Duffy. Patrick was born in
Montana, where his parents owned local taverns, and raised in Everett, Washington, since age 12. He wanted to become a professional athlete, and became a
certified scuba diver while in his teens. However, his involvement in
his high school's drama department led him to apply to the Professional
Actors Training Program at the University of Washington, Seattle. He
was one of 12 people accepted, from over 1,200 applicants. He ruptured
both of his vocal cords during his senior year of college, but he
created the position of actor-in-residence, where he worked as an
interpreter for ballet, opera, and orchestra companies in Washington.
He also taught mime and movement classes. Around this time, he met his
wife, Carlyn, a ballet dancer with the First Chamber Dance Company of
New York. Carlyn introduced Patrick to Buddhism, which he has practiced
for the past 30 years. The couple married in a Buddhist temple in 1974.
They then moved to New York, where Patrick appeared in Off-Broadway
plays, and supported himself and his wife by working as a carpenter.
The couple then moved to Hollywood, where he drove a florist's delivery
truck, and landed small roles in film and television. His son, Padraic Duffy,
was born in 1974/5. In 1976, Patrick was working as a house painter
when he landed the role of "Mark Harris" in the TV series Man from Atlantis (1977). Two
years later, he won the role of "Bobby Ewing" on Dallas (1978). His second
son, Conor Duffy, was born in 1979/80. In 1986, his parents were murdered
by 2 teenagers who raided their tavern in Montana. Patrick has
continued to work, however, starring in a variety of TV movies, and as
"Frank Lambert" on his third TV series, Step by Step (1991). Since SBS was canceled
in 1997, Patrick has continued to pursue his TV career, which includes
2 Dallas reunion movies and the revival series Dallas (2012). Widowed in 2017, he splits his time between Los Angeles
and southern Oregon.- Amelia Heinle was born on 17 March 1973 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. She is an actress, known for The Young and the Restless (1973), The Limey (1999) and Loving (1983). She has been married to Thad Luckinbill since 3 March 2007. They have two children. She was previously married to Michael Weatherly.
- Nuufolau Joel Seanoa is an American professional wrestler and color commentator, better known by the ring name Samoa Joe who is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) where he is the company's World Champion since December 30th, 2023. During his career, Joe has also worked for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) and WWE.
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Angela Zhou is a New Zealander of Chinese descent raised in Auckland. Born in Guangzhou, Angela grew up learning Mandarin from her mother's side and Cantonese from her father's side.
A high school scheduling conflict led Angela to her first drama class where she discovered acting. From then on, she took up every opportunity to act in musicals, improvisational comedy, and classical dramas -- eventually writing and directing too. Her interest in Shakespearean productions led her to train and perform with SGCNZ's Young Shakespeare Company at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, London.
Angela moved to the U.S. to study at Duke University as a Robertson Scholar. During her junior year, she studied at NYU's Tisch and USC through Duke in New York and Duke in LA programs. She graduated with an A.B. degree majoring in Politics, Economics, and Creative Media and moved to Los Angeles where she caught her first big break in the gender-bending role of Mei/Fong on AMC's Hell on Wheels (2011).- Actor
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Casey Siemaszko is an extremely versatile American actor, known for his roles in the 1980s
'Brat Pack' films, although over the last three decades he has notched up an impressive 60-plus film and TV appearances.
Siemaszko was born in Chicago, Illinois, to a Polish father and a British mother. His sister is actress Nina Siemaszko. His first film role was in the Rob Lowe
vehicle Class (1983), which also featured
John Cusack,
Andrew McCarthy, and
Alan Ruck. He appeared with
Charlie Sheen and
Chad Lowe in
Silence of the Heart (1984)
and, the following year, in both
Secret Admirer (1985) with
C. Thomas Howell and
Back to the Future (1985) with
Michael J. Fox.
The second half of the 1980s showed no break from the
'Brat Pack'. Indeed, Casey took a role in the Stephen King-adapted
and Rob Reiner-directed
Stand by Me (1986) in which he
appeared alongside John Cusack,
Corey Feldman,
River Phoenix,
Kiefer Sutherland and
Wil Wheaton. He again appeared with Kiefer
Sutherland that same year in
Steven Spielberg's
Amazing Stories (1985). A
substantial role came with the
Matthew Broderick comedy,
Biloxi Blues (1988), and he reprised
his role as 3-D in the sequel,
Back to the Future Part II (1989).
He saw the 1980s out with a starring role in the Brat Pack blockbuster,
Young Guns (1988), alongside
Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen, Kiefer
Sutherland, and
Lou Diamond Phillips.
Casey has added a string of quality movies to his resume, including a
great performance in
Of Mice and Men (1992) directed
by - and starring - Gary Sinise, and based
on the acclaimed novel by John Steinbeck.
It seems he has left the
'Brat Pack' long behind, but nobody can deny the top notch performances he put into these great movies. In 2009, he appeared in the Michael Mann film, Public Enemies (2009).
Casey starred in the Rob Lowe film, Killing Kennedy (2013).- Joseph Cousins was born on 17 March 1983 in Orange County, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Kindergarten Cop (1990), Intruders (1992) and Knots Landing: Back to the Cul-de-Sac (1997).
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Extremely gifted character actor whose face is readily familiar to the public but they can often not remember why. He tends to turn minor supporting roles into perfect studies in human frailty, strength, passion, avarice or anything else demanded by the role. Born on March 17, 1960, in Los Angeles, Arye Gross attended the University of California at Irvine and went on to study acting at the Conservatory at South Coast Repertory. He then became a member of the South Coast Repertory resident company for three years. This was followed by a year with El Teatro Campesino under the direction of Luis Valdez. Gross has appeared in a number of stage productions with a variety of companies in the Los Angeles area, including LATC, Pasedena Playhouse, Odyssey Theater Ensemble, MET Theater and Stages Theater Center. Gross' extensive stage credits include "La Bete" for the Stages Theatre Center, "Room Service" for the Pasadena Playhouse, "Three Sisters" for the Los Angeles Theatre Center, "Taming of the Shrew" and "Much Ado About Nothing" for the Grove Shakespeare Festival, "Troillus and Cressida" for the Globe Playhouse and "Screwball" and "Let's Play Two" for the South Coast Repertory Theatre.
His tour de force as the lackey sent to fetch famed singer Dixie Leonard (Bette Midler) for a TV show in For the Boys (1991) provided what would have been an otherwise mediocre film with all its pivotal moments upon which the story would turn. The most important growth of a character in that film turns out to be that of his who goes from a "go-fer" to his own man as a result of his tender encounter with Dixie as she tells him her life story. However, as usual, his performance appeared a seamless part of the whole. In another era, a great character actor such as Gross would be more widely appreciated and celebrated. Many viewers will recall his appearance as the wronged husband in Minority Report (2002) which demanded a change from a loving family man to a betrayed husband falling victim to murderous rage all within a few minutes time. Simply superb.- Actor
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Christian Clemenson was born on 17 March 1958 in Humboldt, Iowa, USA. He is an actor, known for The Big Lebowski (1998), Apollo 13 (1995) and United 93 (2006).- Actor
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From starring in critically acclaimed drama series to showcasing his natural ability in comedies on-screen, award-winning actor Yanic Truesdale has brought diverse and dynamic characters to life on screen over the years, and he is just getting started.
In 2022 Truesdale can be seen in Netflix's upcoming comedy series "God's Favorite Idiot" opposite Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone. "God's Favorite Idiot" follows a mid-level tech support employee who finds love with a co-worker at exactly the same time that he becomes the unwitting messenger of God. Truesdale shines as Chamuel, the new divine, archangel in town and if there wasn't a cataclysmic conflict tearing heaven and earth asunder, he'd try the nachos at that mall kiosk. "God's Favorite Idiot," which premieres this spring, reunites Truesdale with McCarthy nearly 15 years after wrapping their award winning, iconic series "Gilmore Girls."
Additional recent credits for Truesdale include appearing in the award nominated film "My Salinger Year" (IFC Films) opposite Sigourney Weaver and Margaret Qualley which opened the Berlin Film Festival, "Curb Your Enthusiasm" for HBO (where he played Lin-Manuel Miranda's agent) and is a part of the ongoing murder mystery franchise "Fallen Angels Murder Club" for Lifetime opposite Toni Braxton. Truesdale is currently in production on season three of the record-breaking, CBC Canadian series "Les Mecs," which just sold for distribution worldwide. The show follows four male best friends in their 50's trying to stay relevant in today's life.
Truesdale may be best known for his starring role opposite Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel, and Melissa McCarthy as the opinionated, sarcastic, and good-hearted concierge of the Independent Inn, Michel Gerard, on the critically acclaimed, iconic series "Gilmore Girls." The role garnered Truesdale much critical acclaim, even landing him on the Variety 10 Actors to Watch list opposite Ryan Gosling and Jennifer Garner. The series was revived by Netflix in 2016 for four special episodes under the title "Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life," which brought Truesdale back into homes as Michel, for ecstatic fans.
Born and raised in Montreal, Truesdale launched his acting career at just 17 years old when he joined the National Theatre School of Canada, where he was accepted to study and fine tune his craft. Upon graduation at 19, he began a robust acting career across Canada. One of his first big breaks was a starring role in "He Shoots, He Scores" a popular Canadian series about hockey. He went on to work for six years on a series entitled "The Duval Family," and in 1998 was nominated for his first Gemini Award (the Canadian Emmys) for Best Acting - Comedy Series or Special for his performance in the sitcom "Majeurs et Vaccinés." The series was a critical hit throughout Canada, with Truesdale portraying the only Black child in a while family. Truesdale then starred in "Mauvais Karma" which landed him his second Gemini nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy.
While his star power was growing in Canada, Truesdale desired to relocate and work in the states, so he moved to New York City where he studied at the renowned Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute. Truesdale's very first audition in Los Angeles was for the role of Michel on "Gilmore Girls," a character he portrayed for 158 episodes. He has been starring in film and television projects, ever since.
In addition to acting, Truesdale is a successful entrepreneur owning the indoor cycling studio Spin Energie in Montreal, for nearly a decade. The studio has been frequented by celebrities over the years including Charlize Theron, and Ariana Grande. Truesdale splits his time in Los Angeles and Montreal, both cities he considers home.- Actor
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Hugo Speer was born on 17 March 1968 in Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor and director, known for The Musketeers (2014), Shadow and Bone (2021) and Bleak House (2005). He has been married to Vivienne Harvey since 19 February 2015.- Pattie Boyd was born on 17 March 1944 in Taunton, Somerset, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Der Kommissar (1969), The Beatles: A Day in the Life (1967) and The Celebrity Game (1964). She has been married to Rod Weston since 30 April 2015. She was previously married to Eric Clapton and George Harrison.
- Eunice Gayson was an English actress best known for playing Sylvia Trench, James Bond's girlfriend in the first two Bond films (Dr. No and From Russia with Love). Originally, Gayson was to be cast as Miss Moneypenny, but that part went to Lois Maxwell instead.
Gayson was originally to have been a regular in the Bond film series, but her character was dropped. Gayson's voice in Dr. No and From Russia with Love was overdubbed by voice actress Nikki van der Zyl, as were the voices of nearly all the actresses appearing in the first two Bond films, though Gayson's real voice can still be heard in original trailers for Dr. No.
As the first female to be seen in Dr. No together with James Bond (Sean Connery), she is officially the very first actress to play a Bond girl.
Decades later, Gayson's daughter appeared in a casino scene in the 1995 Bond film GoldenEye.
She also starred in the Hammer horror film The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958).
Gayson died on 8 June 2018, aged 90. - Actor
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Patrick Seitz is an American voice actor and script writer who is known for voicing Scorpion from the Mortal Kombat franchise, Dio Brando from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Bizarro from Injustice 2, Jiren from Dragon Ball, Franky from One Piece, Bob Richards from Tekken, Laxus Dreyar from Fairy Tail and Isshin Kurosaki from Bleach.- Kardo Razzazi was born on 17 March 1985. He is an actor, known for Rheingold (2022), Peacemaker (2020) and The Abyss (2023).
- Born in Berlin, Germany. After her role in Metropolis (1927) she made a string of movies in which she
almost always had the starring role, easily making the transition to sound films. Her last film was An Ideal Spouse (1935) which was released in 1935. She died on June 11th 1996 of heart failure in Ascona, Switzerland. - Producer
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Rob Kardashian was born on 17 March 1987 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is a producer and actor, known for Raiding MLK (2014), Dancing with the Stars (2005) and Meow (2008).- Actor
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Mathew St. Patrick was born on 17 March 1968 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Six Feet Under (2001), War (2007) and All My Children (1970).- Actor
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Aaron Poole is a classically trained actor who stars in the CBS/Roku series Most Dangerous Game alongside Christoph Waltz.
Other television credits include series regular roles in Tom Fontana's "Copper", Netflix's "Strange Empire", as well as numerous guest spots on shows such as "Schitt's Creek", "American Gods", and "Condor".
Aaron's film work has been recognized by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television for his leading roles in "This Beautiful City" and "Strange Empire". He stars opposite Kiefer and Donald Sutherland in "Forsaken", as Mick Ronson in the Bowie pic "Stardust" and in cult favorites "The Empty Man" and "The Void".
He made his directorial debut with the short film "Oracle" that premiered at TIFF and went on to screen at Slamdance 2020, Busan and Palm Springs. He is following that up with the feature "Dada", set to shoot in late 2022.- Frank DeKova parlayed a sinister scowl, piercing eyes and an all-around
menacing attitude into a long career of playing cold-blooded
trigger-men, rampaging Indian chiefs, brutal Mexican army officers and
the like. So it would probably come as a shock to those who know his
work to discover that, before he became an actor, he was--of all
things--a schoolteacher.
Born in New York in 1910, DeKova gave up teaching for the stage, and
played in many Shakespearean productions before getting work on
Broadway. One of his first starring roles was in the classic detective
play "Detective Story", which got him noticed and brought to Hollywood.
He debuted in Viva Zapata! (1952) as
the devious Mexican colonel who sets up Zapata's assassination. For the
next several years he played an assortment of gangsters, killers,
gunfighters and Indians--with time out to play a prehistoric patriarch
in Roger Corman's campy
Teenage Cave Man (1958)--and did
much television work, including a standout job as a Mafia hit-man
assigned to kill Elliot Ness in The Untouchables: Part 1 (1959). The role for which he will be
most remembered, however, is probably the one that was his most
atypical: the scheming, somewhat untrustworthy but very funny Hekawi
Chief Wild Eagle, the partner to
Forrest Tucker's Sgt. O'Rourke in
O'Rourke's various schemes to make money, in the western comedy series
F Troop (1965). He showed a
previously unknown talent for comedy and managed to steal most of the
scenes he was in from such veterans as Tucker and
Larry Storch. He died in his sleep in 1981. - Stephanie Fantauzzi is a New York based writer, actress, model and singer from São Paulo, Brasil. At 15, Stephanie was cast as the fourth member of pop group 'Anthem.' The group relocated to New York to pursue a record deal with Sony Records. After moving to Los Angeles, Stephanie booked national commercials for Nikon, Chevy, AOL, Miller Lite. Her first acting role was in Nickelodeon's Big Time Rush.
- Christian Cousins was born on 17 March 1983 in Orange County, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Kindergarten Cop (1990), Intruders (1992) and Knots Landing (1979).
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Sydne Rome was born on 17 March 1951 in Akron, Ohio, USA. She is an actress, known for The Pumaman (1980), Some Girls Do (1969) and What? (1972). She has been married to Roberto Bernabei since 20 May 1987. They have two children. She was previously married to Emilio Lari.- Actress
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Dana Reeve was born on 17 March 1961 in Teaneck, New Jersey, USA. She was an actress and producer, known for Everyone's Hero (2006), Loving (1983) and Above Suspicion (1995). She was married to Christopher Reeve. She died on 6 March 2006 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Actor
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Bryan Dechart was born in Salt Lake City, Utah and raised outside
Detroit, Michigan. Graduated with honors from New York University with
a BFA in Acting. He studied at the Meisner Extension, the Experimental
Theater Wing, the Viewpoints Studio, Stonestreet Studios for Film and
Television and trained in Commedia dell'arte in Florence, Italy.- Additional Crew
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Naturalist, TV Host and Science Advocate Phil Torres is a graduate of Cornell University with degrees in Entomology and Biology. With a passion for discovery and adventure, Phil was host of the weekly science and tech show TechKnow on Al Jazeera America for two years. The Denver native also appeared on Discovery and Animal Planet as a host and 'bug' expert. He has worked extensively in the Amazon Rainforest, having lived remotely there while leading conservation research and education projects for over 4 years. During his scientific expeditions around the world, Phil has discovered over 45 new species many of which were covered in global popular science media. As a science reporter, he has taken a submarine to the bottom of the ocean, an ice breaker into the Arctic, and tackled sharks with shark conservationists to help satellite tag them. Phil's unique science communication abilities and unique nature photography have put him on the map and his discoveries have been seen, heard, and read about in media throughout the world. Phil is also host of United Airlines 'Big Metal Bird' series.- Nijirô Murakami was born on 17 March 1997 in Tokyo, Japan. He is an actor, known for Destruction Babies (2016), Isle of Dogs (2018) and Natsumi's Firefly (2016).
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- Soundtrack
Clare Grogan was born on 17 March 1962 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. She is an actress, known for Gregory's Girl (1980), The House Bunny (2008) and Red Dwarf (1988). She has been married to Stephen Lironi since 5 August 1994. They have one child.- Actor
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Damien Garvey is an Australian film and television actor. Garvey had guest roles in several drama series in his early part of his acting career. Some of his early roles include shows like Medivac (this was his first role, in 1998), Water Rats (in 2000), Young Lions (in 2002) and in the children's drama Cybergirl (in 2001).
Garvey appeared on McLeod's Daughters, in a recurring role from 2001 until 2007. He then had a role in season one of Sea Patrol, also in 2007.
In 2008 and 2009, he appeared on ABC1's drama East of Everything. In 2010, was in Channel Nine's Underbelly: The Golden Mile, in which won him an AACTA Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actor in a Television Drama in 2010.
In 2011, had a role in the American sci-fi series Terra Nova filmed entirely on the Gold Coast in QLD , playing the role of Tom Boylan.
In 2012, he returned to Australia to take a recurring role in Rake. He also appeared in the two Jack Irish TV films.
In 2015 Garvey appeared in two episodes of Ash vs Evil Dead.- Music Artist
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Nat King Cole was born Nathaniel Adams Coles (he later dropped the "s" in his surname) in Montgomery, Alabama. He received music lessons from his mother and his family moved to Chicago when he was only five, where his father, Edward James Coles, was a minister at the True Light Baptist Church and later Pastor of the First Baptist Church. At 12, he was playing the church organ. At age 14, he formed a 14 piece band called the Royal Dukes. Nat was a top flight sandlot baseball player at Wendell Phillips high school in Chicago.
His three brothers, Ike, Frankie, and Eddie Cole, also played the piano and sang professionally. Nat was an above-average football player in high school. His sister, Evelyn Cole, was a beautician in nearby Waukegan, Illinois. In 1939 he formed the King Cole Trio after his publicist put a silver tin-foiled crown on his head and proclaimed him "King". He later toured Europe and made a command performance before Queen Elizabeth II.
He had a highly-rated TV show in the 1950s but it was canceled (by Cole himself) as no companies could be found that were willing to sponsor the show. He was a big baseball fan and had a permanent box seat at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. He met his wife
Maria Cole (a big-band singer) at the Zanzibar nightclub in Los Angeles through Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson show. Her parents opposed her decision to marry Cole, claiming he was "too black". They married, nonetheless, in 1948, and had two daughters, Caroline and Natalie Cole. On April 10, 1956, at Birmingham, Alabama, he was attacked by six white men from a white supremacist group called the White Cizizens Council during a concert and sustained minor injuries to his back. Cole appeared in
several movies, the last of which was Cat Ballou (1965), starring Lee Marvin.
Cole received 28 gold record awards for such hits as "Sweet Lorraine", "Ramblin' Rose" in 1962, "Too Young" in 1951, "Mona Lisa" in 1949 and Mel Tormé's "Christmas Song". His first recordings of the Christmas Song included the lyrics, "Reindeers really
know how to fly" instead of "reindeer really know how to fly", a mistake later corrected by Capitol Records. He was also a composer and his song "Straighten Up and Fly Right" was sold for $50.00. A heavy smoker, he died of lung cancer.- John Wayne Gacy was born in 1942 and grew up in a working-class
neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. His father, John Stanley Gacy (1900-1969), was an alcoholic and beat him frequently during his
violent rages. As Gacy grew up, he began to develop a identity crisis -
doubting his own masculinity. At the age of 11, he suffered a blow to
the head from a swing. Over the next five years, he had frequent
blackouts until doctors found a clot in his brain that was removed with
medications. Following that, he would feign 'heart problems' for
attention.
He graduated from business college and started to work as a shoe
salesman. Gacy married a co-worker worker, whose family owned a KFC in
Waterloo, Iowa and began to work there as Manager. He gradually earned
the respect of the local Jaycees. In May 1968 he was arrested for
sexual misconduct with a young male employee. Gacy actually hired a
thug to beat up the witness, which failed, and only increased the
charges against him. He plead guilty to sodomy and was sentenced to 10
years. Gacy was a model prisoner and was paroled in 1970 after serving
only 18 months.
He then moved to Chicago where he began his life anew as a building
constructor. Gacy became popular with his new neighbors and colleagues.
He would throw theme parties and often dress up as 'Pogo the Clown' for
children's parties and charity shows. Gacy was also involved with the
Democratic party and even had his picture taken with then First Lady
Rosalynn Carter (wife of former President Jimmy Carter).
On February 12, 1971 he was once again charged with sexual misconduct
towards a young man. The witness did not show up in court and the
charges were dropped. He finished his parole on October 18, 1971. Gacy
committed his first murder on January 3, 1972. His modus operandi would
be to drive around town looking for young male runaways, ex-jailbirds
or even male prostitutes. Gacy's victims ranged in age from 9 to 20
years. He would flash them a 'badge' or a 'gun' pretending to be an
officer of the law and 'arrest' them. Gacy would then befriend them and
take take them home where he showed them tricks with 'magic handcuffs'.
Once he had subdued his victim he would torture, sodomize and garrote
them. Then he would bury them in a crawl space beneath his house. When
he ran out of space he began to dump bodies in neighboring rivers.
After he divorced his second wife in 1976 the killings escalated as he
had the house to himself. On October 25, 1976 he committed a double
homicide! In December 1977 he actually let one of his victims leave
after he had 'done' with him.
On December 12, 1978 he killed his 33rd and last victim; a 15-year-old
boy, named Robert Piest, who lived in his neighborhood. This was Gacy's
one big mistake. The victim had told someone he was going to see his
"contractor" about a job and was never seen again. The "contractor"
turned out to be Gacy. When the police dropped by his house they
noticed the smell from the decomposing corpses underneath. When they
saw his police record, it wasn't hard for them to get a search warrant
of his house. A total of 29 bodies were extracted from the crawlspace
and five more from the nearby river, of which 9 remain unidentified.
Gacy was judged sane by the court psychiatrists and in 1980 was charged
with 21 counts of life for murders committed before June 21, 1977 when
Illinois reinstated the death sentence. For the 12 committed since then
he got the death sentence. - Actor
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Nigel Whitmey is a British/Canadian actor born in Peace River, Alberta. His father was born in Crystal Palace, London but moved to Liverpool and married his wife before emigrating to Canada. Nigel moved to London where he studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. He resides in London with his wife, Abigail Thaw and their two daughters. He appears in films, television, on stage and has voiced numerous games and ad campaigns.