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- Abdullah Al Redwan is a Bangladeshi tech entrepreneur, Author, and programmer. He is well known for his book on Android development, titled "Essay on Android Development Process from Scratch (2021)," and for his contributions to content writing. He is a well-known figure in the Bangladeshi tech industry. He is also the founder and CEO of Ocoxe and Tech Soldier.
- Alexis Andrews is a 23-year-old American actress and model. Her experience runs from theatrical productions and commercials to scripted and non-scripted TV. She has had lead roles in TV One's Fatal Attraction as Afrikka Hardy and CNBC's Super Heists as Calia Kane, and a minor role in TV One's For My Man as Juanita.
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Born on September 24, 1981 in Clearwater, Florida, Andrew Leeds started acting professionally at the age of 8. He first appeared on Broadway in the musical "Teddy & Alice" and soon after appeared as Gavroche in "Les Miserables." He next starred on Broadway in the musical "Falsettos" as Jason. He graduated from Stanford University with a degree in Computer Science. He splits his time between Los Angeles and New York. As a writer, he has written pilots for various networks including FOX, NBC, and Showtime.- Director
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Ashton Gleckman is a filmmaker and composer from Indianapolis, Indiana. In 2019, Ashton directed the award-winning Holocaust documentary, "We Shall Not Die Now," for which he composed the score alongside Golden Globe-nominated composer, Benjamin Wallfisch and Austrian composer, Michael Frankenberger. In 2018, Ashton was discovered by Academy Award-winning composer, Hans Zimmer (Gladiator), which led to a five-month collaboration with Bleeding Fingers Music, a production music house located in Los Angeles. Ashton's third directorial effort is "Kennedy," an 8-part documentary series exploring the life and legacy of John F. Kennedy, narrated by Emmy Award-winner Peter Coyote and featuring more than 80 new interviews filmed across the US. With Kennedy set for release in November 2023, Ashton began production for his next documentary as director in April 2023, Agent Number 9, telling the story of former US Secret Service agent, Clint Hill.- Producer
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Assaf Swissa, Boston born and made, is an award-winning creative director, published author and founder of Coast Productions. Assaf launched Coast Productions this year with co-founder Julian Edelman. He has released his first feature, 100%: Julian Edelman, on Showtime. Assaf splits his time between working on film projects in LA and serving as creative director at his Boston-based agency, Superdigital.- Ayvianna began her career by training on the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama's Youth Theatre course. Following this, she gained a B.A. (Hons.) Acting from The Arden School of Theatre. Her theatre credits include a role in Anguish & Enthusiasm at the Library Theatre Manchester, a role in The Hound of The Baskervilles at The Brass Works Theatre Bristol, and a nationwide tour of A Midsummer Night's Dream with The Little English Theatre in which she played Titania.
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Brandon LoCasto is a talent manager and producer. Brandon started his entertainment career in 2012 working at Emanation Films as a development executive. He joined JDM Artists in 2015 as a talent scout and became a full-time manager a year later. May 2019, Brandon is heading JDM Artists, west coast division.- Music Artist
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Brantley Gilbert is an American country rock singer and songwriter. He was born January 20, 1985 in Jefferson, Georgia. He began singing and song writing original music when he was thirteen. Brantley was a college student studying at Georgia College & State University and was aspiring to be a marriage and relationship counselor. He held a job as a special-needs counselor at Friendship Elementary in Gainesville, Georgia. When he was nineteen, he was in a near-fatal car accident while driving intoxicated. Critically injured, Gilbert's academic career came to a screeching halt, as most of his memories were erased by the trauma that he suffered. According to Gilbert, the accident spurred him to dedicate himself to his musical career and writing songs helped him recapture some memories he lost in the crash. He has released two albums, both on the Average Joe's Entertainment label. His first album "Modern Day Prodigal Son" was released after signing with Average Joe's Entertainment in mid-2009. His second album "Halfway to Heaven" was released on March, 16 2010. The album peaked at #2 on iTunes Country Album Charts and at #1 on the Billboard Heatseekers Album Chart for all genres. A deluxe edition of Halfway to Heaven was released on September 13, 2011. In February 2011, Brantley signed with Big Machine Label Group's imprint The Valory Music Co. and went on tour later that year, supporting Willie Nelson on his Country Throwdown Tour, which began in June. From June to September 2012, he was on tour as an opener for Toby Keith's "Live in Overdrive" tour. In July 2012, Brantley announced that his first headlining tour "Hell on Wheels" which kicked off on September 27th in Lafayette, IN and guests Uncle Kracker, Greg Bates and Brian Davis are appearing at select shows.- Bri Collins is a name you'll never forget, and a true star who shines brighter than the sun. Bri is a native of cultural paradise New Orleans, LA.
Bri is the voice of Eury Sinclair in Wylde Flowers. A cozy life and farming sim with a witchy twist!
Bri has had roles in hit series such as Amazon's The Underground Railroad, UrbanFlixTv Broken Seeds, BET's Tales, KweliTV's Maternally Yours, and Claws.
Bri is no stranger to the silver screen as she can also be seen in Carol Morley's Neo-Noir detective homicide film " Out of Blue" on Amazon Prime and Hallmarks " My Southern Family Christmas"
There is no doubt, that this young woman will be Hollywood's new " It girl" as you get to know her name and fall in love with her nurturing bubbly spirit. - In his spare time, McFayden works out, rollerblades, plays video games, listens to rock and hip-hop and searches for sports memorabilia to add to his already substantial collection. Graduated from Ralston High School in Omaha. Graduated from Brown Institute.
- Brittany Williams is an actress and internationally published model best known for The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015), and Traded (2016). She was born in Monterey Bay, California. Brittany's acting career began as a child in San Francisco. She studied Theater Arts at Monterey Peninsula College in her hometown before graduating Magna Cum Laude from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Brittany is a trained dancer and competed on a national dance team for five years.
- Bruce Breydor, a multi-talented actor with a gift for enchanting audiences, began his performing arts journey at a young age. Born and raised in Connecticut, the 30-year-old charmer has traveled across various regions of the USA, absorbing a brilliant mix of artistic flavors.
At the tender age of 14, Bruce dove into the acting world when he joined the Haunted Graveyard at Lake Compounce. Skillfully weaving terror, humor, and song to entertain guests, his presence became an essential part of the spine-chilling attraction until he decided to pursue new horizons in 2015.
One notable moment in Bruce's career took place in 2009 when he auditioned for Disney in Hartford, Connecticut. During this experience, he briefly met the cast of "Sonny with a Chance" and was told by the casting team that he was "too dark for Disney." Despite this setback, Bruce remained undeterred in honing his craft.
In 2019, Bruce was presented with an opportunity to display his talent on an internet series called "The Gay Real World" in Tampa, Florida. While dedicating several months to the project, he soon realized that it did not align with his long-term career goals. Choosing to break his contract and explore different avenues in the entertainment industry ultimately proved beneficial for Bruce's growth.
Since then, Bruce has been actively pursuing exciting roles as an extra or lead on both television and web-based series. With his unwavering determination and charismatic performances, Bruce Breydor is poised to captivate audiences once again. Keep your eyes peeled for this rising star as he continues to leave an indelible mark on the acting world! - A self-taught actor whose passion and drive for industry experience has seen Can play a variety of roles to date. Diren a 2015 Drama/Action film produced by Biba Film, has been his biggest accomplishment to date. This is due to the fact that Can was part of the birth of this independent film from start to finish. A project that he was thoroughly involved with, in various aspects and that also seen him take on his first leading role. A leading role that immersed him into a range of emotions, settings and eventually a dramatic and tear-jerking demise - A personal challenge for himself, to meet the required expectations of the role and portray events and emotions in a just and true manner. 2015 - Promotional Campaign Advertisement - Vauxhall ADAM - MoreMilkTv 2015 - Film Promo - The Climb - Feature - Nutopia 2015 - Drama/Action Film - Diren - Lead Role: Diren - Biba Film 2014 - Crime/Drama Film - Hyena - Feature: Mahmut - Number9films
- Dr. Casey Jordan is a criminologist, behavioral analyst, and attorney in private practice. She is a contributor for CNN (Turner Broadcasting) serving as their in-house Criminologist. She is also the host-interviewer for Investigation Discovery's "Wives with Knives" and serves as a consultant crime analyst for several other ID shows, including "Scorned: Love Kills," " Wicked Attraction," "Deadly Sins" and "I (Almost) Got Away With It." Other shows include "The Killer Speaks," "CNN's Crimes of the Century," and TruTV's "Cold Case Squad." In 2011, she was the In Session Criminologist and Legal Analyst on CNN's sister station TruTV, offering assessment of criminal cases and commentary on featured court proceedings, including full-time live analysis of the Casey Anthony murder trial for In Session and HLN.
A professor in the Division of Justice & Law Administration at Western Connecticut State University since 1991, Dr. Jordan also spent 10 years teaching in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, as well as serving as an adjunct professor at Iona College, Queens College, and St. Joseph's College in New York during the 1990s. Her courses include the Insanity Defense, Criminal Law, Advanced Criminology, Women & Criminal Justice, Policy Analysis, and Seminar on Violent Crime.
As a behavioral analyst focusing on the psychology of crime, Dr. Jordan has extensively researched violent crime causation and patterns, investigative profiles, and the trauma experience of victims. With grant-funded projects on serial killing and "hybrid" killers, multicide typologies, sexually-motivated captors and their captives, sexual assault risk factors assessment, and the phenomenon of false confession, she has interviewed dozens of violent offenders--both inmates and undetected criminals-and authored dozens of scholarly articles and four books.
An attorney, Dr. Jordan specializes in jury analysis and selection, consulting in the voire dire process, offering trial strategy and forensic evidence assessment in criminal cases. Certified in health law and mediation,her knowledge of forensic psychology has assisted in analyzing murder and sexual assault cases where low intelligence, diminished capacity, self-defense, and possible insanity are primary issues.
Dr. Jordan received her graduate degrees (Ph.D., M.Phil., and M.A.) from John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY), her J.D. from Quinnipiac College of Law, and bachelor's degrees in Political Science and Law & Society from the University of Tulsa. She has presented papers, served as keynote speaker, and/or attended hundreds of conferences and training seminars, including the FBI Conference on Family Violence and Child Abuse.
Since 1992, Dr. Jordan has contributed to more than 1500 television stories on crime and legal issues, serving as the in-house CNN Criminologist during the 2002 D.C. Sniper Event. Appearances include NBC's The Today Show, CBS' The Early Show, ABC Good Morning America, 48 Hours Mystery, ABC's 20/20, CNN American Morning, Larry King Live, The O'Reilly Factor, Anderson Cooper 360, Fox's Hannity, HLN's Issues with Jane Velez Mitchell, The Joy Behar Show, and as a regular guest on The Behavior Bureau for "Dr. Drew On Call."
Dr. Jordan regularly contributes to live interviews on CNN News, HLN, Fox News, Fox Financial, BBC, MSNBC, Al-Jazeera, and TruTV's "In Session." She analyzed more than 100 cases for Court TV during its tenure and in 2008 starred in the TruTV reality show Unsolved Murder Unit. In 2013 she provided extensive commentary on the Cleveland captives in the British documentary "House of Horrors." Printed media interview quotes have appeared in The New York Times, Christian Science Monitor, Boston Globe, Monterey Herald, Connecticut Post, and Hartford Courant. Features on Dr. Jordan have appeared in Oprah's "O" magazine, USA Today, Yankee Magazine, Connecticut Law Tribune, Soundings, Law Crossings.com, Coastal Living, and the Danbury News Times. - Producer
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Chase Dudley was born on December 3rd, 1982 in Atlanta, GA. He received his first camera at age 15 as a Christmas present from his parents. He was first inspired to be a filmmaker after he watched the original "Child's Play" directed by Tom Holland. Chase Dudley has been directing films since 2000 and has grown larger each year. Together, Chase and his partner Samantha Dudley have produced and directed 4 feature films. Those films include "Marvelous Mandy", and "Payday", "Beasts of the Field", and "Locked In". In 2020, Chase was inducted into The Kentucky Motion Picture & Television Hall of Fame.- Director
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Chase Joynt is a moving-image artist and writer whose work interrogates representations of gender and violence. Awarded the EP Canada/Canada Film Capital Award for Emerging Canadian Artist (Inside Out, Toronto) and jury awards for Best Documentary (Bangalore, Regent Park), Best Short (Ecuador) and Best Documentary Short (Seattle), Chase's work continues to be exhibited internationally. In 2013, Chase starred as Mars Brito, the lead character in John Greyson's Murder in Passing, which is widely regarded as the most ambitious transmedia public narrative project available on public screens worldwide. His most recent two film projects, Between You and Me and Genderize, are now streaming live online with CBC Digital Docs.
As a recipient of a Mellon Fellowship in Arts Practice and Scholarship at the University of Chicago, Chase's recent speaking engagements include Harvard University, Princeton University, NYU, The New York Academy of Medicine, University of Manchester, UC Berkeley, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Chase holds a BA from the UCLA School of Theater Film and Television, and a PhD in Film from York University. His first book You Only Live Twice (co-authored with Mike Hoolboom) is a 2017 Lambda Literary Award Finalist and named one of the Best Books of 2016 by The Globe and Mail and CBC. Chase is a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Chicago.- Actress
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Born in Dover, Ohio, Christian-Rhen Stefani was raised to be an individual and a star. Ever since birth, she has displayed signs of talent. The first sign of talent was shown in dance. From the age of three, she was tip-tapping across the floor. Noticed immediately for her star quality by her great-uncle, Edward J. Gualtieri, she was quickly given an outlet for her not-yet-known venue of talent. She was urged to pursue dance classes, partake in singing, and even influenced by other classical entertainers - like Frank Sinatra or Judy Garland. Through many years, she took dance classes from Magenta Dance Studio, in her native Dover, Ohio. She even competed for the school, and went on to become a national dance champion. And that was only the beginning! She also displayed talent in acting, writing, choreography and art. By the age of ten, she had already written several short stories, hundreds of poems, and her first full-length play. While pursuing the arts, she was also an avid athlete. She was known for her prowess in boy's football, baseball, softball, volleyball, basketball, and gymnastics; it was in gymnastics that she retired an undefeated gold medalist on floor.
By the time she was 19, Christian-Rhen was a bit bored with dance, having competed and excelled for years previous, so she turned to acting. She surprised everyone with her star-like shine and obvious range of ability. Trying to get out from under her dancer's image, she stopped dancing altogether and honed her craft of acting. At 21, she couldn't bear to see the dancer in her die without another round of competition. Christian-Rhen's last and final competition was in St. Louis, Missouri, 1995, and allowed her to retire with a solid champion career. After she hung up her dance shoes once and for all, she went back to acting, determined to make the field her career; she even moved to Long Beach, California to enter into her dreams of acting. Since, she has acted in projects in locations such as Ohio, Missouri, California, Illinois, and New Mexico.
Christian-Rhen is also an award-winning actress. She has won Best Actress for her work on: Kinetix as Syron from the D.A.G. Film Awards in 2004-2005; and, Tallon Lake as Sacha Cage from the Tallon Lake Audience Choice Awards in 2010.
Christian-Rhen Stefani is a talented young lady with experience in acting, dancing, writing, abstract art, and even directing. And it is sure that she will continue to entertain her audience no matter which vehicle she chooses to do it in.- Cole Jacob Lee Pearce was born in Birmingham, England in 2001. He developed a passion for the performing arts from a young age and decided to pursue a career in acting.
Cole's professional acting career began with a supporting role in the BBC series Phoenix Rise (2023) , where he demonstrated his talent as an actor. He also secured a role with the Birmingham Royal Ballet, performing in their production of Swan Lake (2023) and showcasing his versatility as a performer.
Through his work on Phoenix Rise and Swan Lake, Cole has gained recognition for his talent and dedication to his craft.
Looking to the future, Cole is committed to continuing to develop his skills and explore new opportunities in the industry. He is a passionate and dedicated performer who is committed to his craft, and he is poised to make a lasting impact on the world of acting. With his exceptional talent and unwavering dedication. - Actor
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Cory Pendergast is best known for his motion picture debut in Wildthings, which he co-starred in with Matt Dillon, Kevin Bacon and Neve Campbell. Being cast as Jimmy Leach in the film was not only his first film, but his very first audition. He continued working on various projects into the mid 2000's before stepping away from the theatrical industry.- Known in the ninja world as The Ninjanado, Daisy can hit the high and the low notes of the National Anthem, but also likes to head bang while channeling her best Axl Rose. She is quirky with a sense of humor that sometimes makes her laugh at herself! Oftentimes you can find her out in a field with headphones on dancing like nobody is watching. She can crush it on the ninja course, on the stage, and in front of the camera.
- Dana Arielle Fields was born on June 13th 1990 to Michelle and Jay Fields. She has an older sister Samantha and a puppy named Winnie. She has lived her entire life in Manalapan, New Jersey. Dana began her career in the spotlight at the tender age of 4 modeling for Spiegel Catalog. In November of 2004 Dana was an extra on an episode of Law and Order: Criminal Intent. In April of 2005 she made her film debut in the indie film "House of D" starring Robin Williams and David Duchovny. She played one of the best friends of the character Melissa, played by Robin Williams' daughter Zelda Williams. Later that year, Dana went on to model in a brochure for New York Mental Health.
She is currently a junior at Manalapan High School. She plays varsity field hockey, as well as varsity lacrosse. This past summer she took part in a week course at the New York Film Academy where she wrote, directed, and produced her own short film. She hopes to study film in college. Until then, she plans on continuing to enjoy the rest of her high school career with her friends and family and hopefully picking up some modeling or acting jobs along the way. - In Puerto Rico 1995 Daniel Torres-Castro was brought to this earth and grew up with a dream. His whole life he wanted to share his love for the art of acting. He went to different schools to educate himself on the art, and though it has been a life long dream....he felt he was needed for a greater calling in the U.S. Army, where he proudly serves at this moment. His dream however thrives and lingers deep in his soul! Handsome, dedicated, and youthful. He will continue to chase his goals!
- Hi! I'm Declan an enthusiastic, fun-loving, energetic teen. I loved working for Nickelodeon Australia in my early teens as a Host and Presenter of a variety of shows such as Nick Gamer, Crash The Bash and Kids Choice Sports Awards. Plus a Finalist in Slime Cup 2017!
I'm from Gerringong, Australia and have had a passion for acting ever since I was 'Max' in my Kindergarten Production of ''Where the Wild things Are''. Closely follow this by a dance rendition of Michael Jackson's 'Black and White' when I was only 5 years old and it was clear I needed to be in the Spotlight!
I have been studying Acting since I was 8 years old and been honing my skills since then. The last 2 years have been pretty quiet due to Covid, and me focusing on completing Year 12 in 2022. - Producer
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Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III was born in Santiago, Cuba on March 2, 1917. His father was the mayor of Santiago. The 1933 revolution led by Fulgencio Batista had landed his father in jail and stripped the family of its wealth, property and power. His father was released because of the intercession of U.S. officials who believed him to be neutral during the revolt. The family fled to Miami, Florida. One of Desi's first jobs in America consisted of cleaning canary cages. However, after forming his own small band of musicians, he was hired by Xavier Cugat, the "king" of Latin music.
Desi soon left Cugat, formed his own Latin band, and literally launched the conga craze in America. He was cast in the Broadway play "Too Many Girls" and then brought to Hollywood to make the film version of the play. It was on the set of Too Many Girls (1940) that he and Lucille Ball met. They soon married and approximately 10 years later formed Desilu Productions and began the I Love Lucy (1951) shows. Desi and Lucille had two children, Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr.. At the end of the I Love Lucy (1951) run, which included The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1957), the two divorced. Desi later wrote an autobiography entitled "A Book." In 1986 he was diagnosed with lung cancer. He died on December 2, 1986 at age 69.- Donald Hauser was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. His father died when he was very young and his mother, as a single parent, struggled to raise him. After a brief stint in the Navy, he studied directing at New York University, and acting at the Herbert Berghoff Studio. His directing career started with a series of instructional Yoga videos. He now runs Rising Star Entertainment, a production company located in New York City.
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Dontae Dudley is the first-born son of award-winning filmmakers, Chase and Samantha Dudley. He Portrayed his first acting as a patient extra in Chase Dudley's feature "Marvelous Mandy" at the age of five. Dontae (DJ) is also known for Chase Dudley's "Beast of the Field", as a production Assistant. He continues to help with his parents' films in any way he can.- Dustin was born in Amarillo, TX. He attended the famed Interlochen Arts Academy and then moved to New York when he was 18. After his apprenticeship with Williamstown Theater Festival he made his Broadway debut in the 1999 revival of The Rainmaker, directed by Scott Ellis and starring Woody Harrelson. For the past two decades he has performed throughout the country appearing in regional theater, commercials, television, and film. Dustin also is an audiobook narrator for Hachette and Audible. He resides in Falmouth, Maine with his husband and their son.
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Ecaterina was born in San Antonio,Texas to the parents of Elaine Flores and Francisco Perez. She was born into a family of dancers in Flamenco, International and Mexican dancing which is where she started. From there, Ecaterina began to fall into the acting scene in drama of her high school year.
After doing two plays, she realized entertainment was where she wanted to go. Her grandfather, Paco Pharrez, was a Spanish actor who appeared in Amityville Horror 1979, Billy The Kid (1970s) and other such movies. She knew acting and film was part of her calling.
She got her first taste of acting doing short films in and around San Antonio and her first pilot in 2008 in a internet series called, Shooters. From then on shse continued to work in short films, a couple of features and series.- Actress
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Born in Turin, Italy in 2000. She first started acting on small short films released on Youtube. She has worked on small theater productions across Italy over the years and is now attending university. She can play guitar and piano. She lives in Italy for work and is working on a production expected to premiere in theaters in 2022.- Eleanor Grace is an English actress best known for The Chemistry of Death for Paramount+ (2023), Hullraisers for Channel 4 (2022) and Leopard (2020). She graduated from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in 2018 (BA Acting). She was born in Suffolk and currently resides between London and Rome.
- A Latina spitfire, with quite the diverse upbringing, Elvia "Elle" Rodriguez was born and raised in Dallas, TX. While gangs, drugs and crime grew rampant in her inner-city Dallas neighborhood; she engulfed her passions into Theater Arts as a kid and managed to stay out of trouble. Thus, grew her curiosity in the arena of the Performing Arts. This led to her arrival at Southern Methodist University, where she graduated from Meadows School of the Arts, receiving a BA in Film. The day after her college graduation, she moved to Los Angeles. Within months, she made her television debut. She began studying in Master Class with Ivana Chubbuck at the Ivana Chubbuck Studio in Los Angeles; then began studying Improv at The Second City Training Center in LA; landing into their prestigious Conservatory program. Elle then set her sights on New York, where she studied at the Lee Strasberg Theater & Film Institute in Manhattan and then The Acting Studio, New York. After getting acclimated as a "serious actress", she traveled back to LA, where she has been working steadily on Film & TV projects. More TBA.
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Erin Samantha Hanson is an 18-year-old aspiring playwright and actor from Wyoming. Originally born in Eureka, California, she moved to Sheridan, Wyoming when she was 4-years-old. She was home schooled until her freshman year of high school, when she then attended the John C. Schiffer Collaborative School. She is currently studying Musical Theatre and Playwriting at Marymount Manhattan College in New York City.- Stunts
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Ermes Blarasin was born on April 17 1965 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is of an Italian background, his family moving from Fruili Venezia Giulia 8 years prior to him being born. He grew up in Toronto where filming movies had become popular and first got into the business as a stuntman in the movie Tommy Boy, doubling the hilarious Chris Farley. Since then, Ermes Blarasin has created a name for himself in the stunt business and has been complimented about his skill many times by directors. One of his most famous roles is the role of the "bloated Woman" zombie is the 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead. He currently lives in a small town north of Toronto close by to his family and friends awaiting more roles.- Evelyn Sims has grown up near Gordons Bay, NSW - playing with crabs, avoiding sting rays, catching waves and hopping across rocks. She currently has two cats, a goldfish and a part-time dog but previously had chickens, guinea pigs, mice and an axolotl. Her dream is to become either a vet or a doctor. (Her favourite TV shows are Gray's Anatomy and Bondi Vet). Attending a Steiner school in Sydney, she loves science, maths and debating, as well as gardening, baking, dancing, gymnastics, horse riding and playing soccer. Both her parents are film and TV directors - her mum, Samantha Lang has lived and worked in France, U.S and Australia and her Dad, Jeremy Sims has made iconic Aussie films as well as being an admired stage actor. So Evelyn 'Evie' is well practised in both performing and making stories for the screen. She is also a great traveller - whether catching planes or pitching a tent - she has been around Australia, to Cambodia, Japan, Italy, France and the U.K.
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Francis is a South African born actor living and working from Cape Town. Born the youngest of four to a German/Dutch mother and English South African father, Francis was schooled in two of Cape Town's Rudolf Steiner schools before attending the University of Cape Town, where he received his four year Bachelors degree in acting 'cum laude' in 2010. Beginning his career in theatre, Francis has played 4 seasons of Shakespeare at Maynardville open air theatre in Cape Town.
He first came to international attention in the 2010 Bollywood action film Crook: It's Good to Be Bad where he played the lead antagonist opposite Emraan Hashmi
Francis appears as Jack Cleary in fellow South African and Academy Award Winner Gavin Hood's thriller Eye in the Sky, opposite Alan Rickman, Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul and Iain Glen, which opened Toronto International Film Festival in September 2015. Television includes Netflix/ BBC's The Crown, Amazon's The Widow. Francis will play John Rawlins in the upcoming "Ulysses Grant" mini series on The History Channel.
Francis recently appeared in first commercial for Rolls Royce in 40 years, directed by Lena Heady of HBO's Game of Thrones.
A keen improviser, Francis is a member of "The Longshots" improvised theatre troupe and performs regularly in Cape Town. He recently performed his first solo theatre production in Nocturne by Adam Rapp to critical acclaim.
Francis is represented by Samantha Bernhardi Artists Management and Moonyeenn Lee Associates.
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Frank Whaley is a critically acclaimed actor/writer/director. He is best known for the films Pulp Fiction (1994) and Swimming with Sharks (1994), and has worked with Oliver Stone multiple times. His feature directorial debut, Joe the King (1999), earned him the Waldo Salt Screenwriting prize at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival. He was born in Syracuse, New York, and resides in New York City. He is also an accomplished stage actor, working frequently with the New Group theater. Frank is married to the writer Heather Whaley. They have two children.- Freigeist van Tazzy is a Switzerland-based actor and voice actor known for his appearance in the feature films Eternal Midnight (2018) and World Order: Three Days and Three Nights (2021).
After his high school graduation he started to work as a software engineer.
Freigeist married South African-born Deidre Müller in Lüderitz, Namibia on March 10, 1995. They have one child, Ian Malcolm Müller. In 2003 the family moved to Ireland where he was naturalized in 2011.
In Summer 2013, at the mature age of 47, Freigeist slipped into Dublin's independent filmmaking scene. He started out as an extra in horror, splatter and action movies and later played speaking roles in a number of student films, TV ads and music videos.
In August 2014 Freigeist van Tazzy moved to the Swiss canton of Zurich where he still resides. He continued to work as an actor. He appeared in a number of feature films. His biggest role so far was the one of the suspended Detective Superintendent and alcoholic in the German movie World Order: Three Days and Three Nights (2021). - Actor
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Gerald C. Rivers, grew up in Compton, California. Studied at the Sheenway Theatre Arts Repertory in Los Angeles, Earned an Associates of Arts Degree in Theatre Arts from Los Angles City College, where he also served two terms as the ASO President and was a 3-time National Gold Medalist in Dramatic Interpretation with the National Forensics League. He then continued his education in Theatre & Marketing at Morehouse College in Atlanta.
After college he joined the Academy Theatre (at that time, Georgia's oldest existing professional theatre), where he toured and performed for several years before going on to become the Associate Artistic Director. As a classically trained theatre actor, Gerald has performed with The Georgia Shakespeare Festival, the Hippodrome State Theatre in Florida and countless other regional theatres and is a company member at the Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum.
His most recent on camera national television commercial is for Geico in the 'Camels' spot.
He is also a tremendous voice over talent, his extensive credits include cartoons and video games, Disney animated series "The Lion Guard", the online educational learning website ABC Mouse, the Academy Award Nominated Disney animated film "Wreck-it Ralph". He is the voice of M. Bison in "Streetfighter IV" & the deluxe edition, the voice of Ex-Death "Final Fantasy X & XI" along with the voice of Jackson Jax Briggs in "Mortal Combat" and Drakuru in "World of Warcraft". He can be heard in McDonald's radio commercials and is the voice of the "Tobacco Free Florida" radio and television campaign. His is also known as the voice of the late great Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Gerald has earned accolades performing, speaking and touring all over the country and abroad as this resonating voice from the past. Over twenty years and dozens of King speeches fully committed to memory has garnered him recognition from the King family, the King Center,NAACP, SCLC, National Baptist Convention and he has been a part of the National holiday celebrations in Atlanta, DC, LA and Bermuda. He was also invited to be a part of the Dr. King Memorial dedication celebrations in Washington DC.
Mr Rivers has dedicated his life's work to keeping alive the spirit and inspiration of the late great Dr. King through his awe inspiring renditions. We know the messages of Dr. King are as relevant right now as they were over 50 years ago and Gerald's passionate renditions dramatically bring them to life and remind us all of these timely and universal words.
He has committed to memory, verbatim over 20 of Dr. King's speeches in their entirety. However, one of Gerald's unique gifts is his ability to combine several of these speeches which flow seamlessly together to support a specific theme. As a result of years of study, Gerald was inspired to create a One Man Show called "What Do You Dream Of?" The show highlights Dr. King's famous "I Have A Dream" speech and culminates with "The American Dream" speech a lesser known version which truly speaks to world peace, unity and brotherhood. He also created a two man show with Broadway Vocalist Charles Holt and together their show experience "Martin & Music" tours across the country.
Sitting in an audience listening to Gerald literally become Martin Luther King Jr is an experience everyone must have at least once in their lifetime. To hear these words and have them delivered with such passion and urgency propels the listener to a higher level of consciousness. He speaks to that part of us that says "Stand up, do what you know is right, take action now!" The lives of everyone who hear Gerald speak are truly altered and blessed in the most deep and profound way.
This connection with Dr. King has led him to a life of service working with young people of all ages in prisons, detention facilities both in Atlanta and Los Angeles. Gerald particularly enjoys his work in the schools, homeless shelters, senior citizen facilities, after school programs, violence prevention, conflict resolution and the community.
Mr Rivers is passionate about keeping Dr. Kings words present and alive in our thoughts and actions on a regular basis......"Now is the time.... and the time is always right to do right."- Producer
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As a driven Influencer & entrepreneur, Gordon South aka Wood Bully has founded and led successful businesses in construction and social media marketing, specializing in landscape design & deck building. With a substantial social media following, he is a prominent figure in the North American construction industry. His ventures, established without initial financial backing, generate over $1 million in annual net revenue, showcasing exceptional business expertise. Gordon also shares his knowledge through a consulting program, aiding others in enhancing their social media presence. Recognized for award-winning landscape projects, he sets new standards for creativity and sustainability, leaving a lasting impact on clients and communities. Gordon's visionary approach and commitment to excellence make him a trailblazer in the industry.- Producer
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Halle Eavelyn is a writer and travel blogger, and has written nearly a dozen screenplays for clients ranging from A-list producers to newbies. Halle co-wrote the spec script Silver, which sold for 6 figures, and now writes or co-writes several screenplays and books a year. Her spiritual travel memoir, Red Goddess Rising, tells the story of her own spiritual awakening and the many trips she has led up the Nile. She also blogs regularly for Spirit Quest Tours, and her writing has regularly appeared on Huffington Post, JetSet Extra, We Said Go Travel, and Travelhoppers, among others.
An expert on travel, Halle has been interviewed by Time Magazine, USA Today, Good Morning America, Wealth TV and many others about her spiritual travel experiences. She has spoken all over the country as well, from institutes such as Vanderbilt University and Goucher College, to bookstores including Awakenings and Barnes & Noble. She is writing her next book, Conversations in My Head.- Heather Marie Scott was born in Edmonton and moved to Victoria for her teenage years where she won theatre awards at Claremont Secondary School. Her parents have always been business owners and she and her two sisters moved to Victoria when she was in high school. After this, she went on to study acting, occupational therapy, and psychology. She resides in the USA.
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Musical savant and acclaimed instrumentalist Ilan Rubin is the youngest person to ever be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Ilan has been the drummer for Nine Inch Nails since 2009. He's also a member of Angels and Airwaves (AVA), the successful alternative band started by blink-182's Tom DeLonge. In AVA, he plays drums live but records multiple instruments an co-writes everything. Additionally, Ilan writes and produces every song for his own band The New Regime, as well as his self-titled solo project, which he debuted in 2021. As a session musician, he's collaborated with a wide variety of artists, including Beck, Phantogram, and M83. Ilan has performed on a handful of major film scores - 2013's Oblivion, 2015's The Divergent Series: Insurgent, and 2018's Robin Hood - as well as highly anticipated video game Cyberpunk 2077. He's well-versed in baroque and romantic-era classical orchestration, big-band jazz drumming, bass-driven funk, blues guitar, and synth-heavy alternative rock music. For the past 12 years, Ilan has been consistently touring. Covid-19 provided an unforeseen break that has given him time to dive deeper into his long-held passion for composing. Ilan is based in Los Angeles and works out of his home studio.- Born in Stoke on Trent to mother Esther (dancer/ doctor) and father Alan (printer), Jades family moved to America shortly after she was born following the work of her father and was brought up in Pennsylvania, and then later the family moved to Limoges in France until the family returned to the UK to lay roots in Stratford-on-Avon.
Growing up in Stratford when she was young she worked in productions with the RSC, including The Thebans Trilogy and The Merry Wives of Windsor. Her mother worked at the theatre and put her in contact with a number of actors who helped to coach her through audition speeches for new roles. She took part in many local theatre companies including making her own, joined and performed with the National Youth Theatre and had small parts on TV.
She studied at LAMDA and briefly at Bretton Hall before stopping her studies to go travelling. When she returned from her travels she was head hunted by her Agent playing the part of Mercedes in Arbitrary Adventures of an Accidental Terrorist with the NYT at the Hammersmith Lyric Theatre. Following this she returned to university to study for a degree in Music Composition. Whilst studying she had several small roles and then then was chosen for the role of Pheobe in Kenneth Brannagh's As You Like it
Jade currently lives and works in London - Actor
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Jake Zyrus (known as Charice Pempengco prior to his gender transition) was born in Cabuyao, Philippines. When he was three years old, he witnessed his abusive father point a gun at his mom during an episode of domestic violence. Along with his mother and younger brother Carl, they left their father searching for a better life.
Zyrus was very young when his mother noted that his rendition of Happy Birthday was very high-pitched and on-key. When he was four years old, his mother Raquel came home to discover Zyrus standing on top of the kitchen table singing Celine Dion's My Heart Will Go On. She initially thought the radio was on, and Celine was singing. Zyrus had learned to operate the karaoke machine by observing his mother, who was a singer in a band, practice with her bandmates. It was then that Zyrus' singing talent was discovered.
At the age of seven, with money hard to come by and with little food to put on the table, Zyrus urged his mother to teach him how to sing and let him join singing contests to help support their family. He went around the provinces of Laguna and Batangas, entering amateur singing contests in town fiestas and later, on little known shows on television. He started winning most of the competitions he joined, often borrowing money from friends and neighbors for the bus fare and then paying them back after winning. He estimates he joined 80-100 singing contests all in all.
In 2005 when he was twelve years old, he joined Little Big Star, a singing contest for children on TV network ABS-CBN, loosely patterned after American Idol. He was eliminated after the first round but was called back as a wild card contestant later on in the show. From there, he was a consistent top scorer in the elimination rounds but only wound up as a third placer in the finals due to low text votes. Dejected as he was counting on winning the grand prize of P1 million pesos ($20,000) for his family, he wanted to give up on singing. He made minor appearances on TV shortly after Little Big Star, dancing backup and singing in the background on variety shows, but he had fallen off the radar. He eventually decided to give it all up and return to regular schooling.
Little did he know that David Dueñas (a.k.a FalseVoice), a fan of him, was so in awe of his powerful vocals and performances on Little Big Star that he started uploading them on YouTube. His videos were racking up millions of hits online, and one of his videos caught the eye of StarKing, a Korean variety show. In 2007, StarKing invited then 15-year old Zyrus to come to South Korea to perform. Dressed in pink and wearing pigtails, Zyrus blew the roof off the set as he performed a hair-raising and powerful rendition of And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going from the Dreamgirls soundtrack. The studio audience was floored to hear such a big voice coming out of such a small child.
The video of that StarKing performance went viral on YouTube, garnering millions of views until the producers of The Ellen Degeneres Show took notice. Ellen aired an on-air invitation for Zyrus to come to her show. A month later, in December 2007, Zyrus and his mother flew to America for the first time to appear on the show, where Zyrus sang And I Am Telling You and Whitney Houston's I Will Always Love You. The audience was blown away, giving Zyrus the first two standing ovations she had ever received in his life. Zyrus went home to the Philippines, an instant celebrity.
In May 2008, Zyrus was invited to guest on Oprah, for a themed show called World's Smartest Kids. He sang "I Have Nothing" by Whitney Houston and bought the audience to their feet, giving him another standing ovation. No one was more impressed than Oprah Winfrey herself, though, incredulously asking him, "Girl, that was fantastic! Who are you?!"
The next day, Charice and his mother were already on a plane waiting to take off for the Philippines when Oprah called to stop the plane and bring them back to her office. Oprah had been so impressed with the child and couldn't get him off her mind. Oprah listened to Zyrus' story and told him, "Don't lose hope. I promise you something big will happen." She then called legendary music producer David Foster who took Zyrus on under his wing.
Zyrus, as David Foster's protégé, suddenly found himself singing duets with Andrea Bocelli in Italy and with his idol Celine Dion in Madison Square Garden. He also shared the stage with other big names such as Michael Buble and Josh Groban. He performed at three of President Barack Obama's pre-inauguration galas and made a cameo appearance as himself in 2009's Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel. He also appeared on the Oprah show three more times after his initial appearance, the most recent one being last May 11, 2010, a day after his 18th birthday, to debut his international album CHARICE. His single Pyramid with singer Iyaz topped the Billboard Dance chart at #1. During its first week, his album sales landed him in the #8 spot on the US Billboard Hot 200 chart, making him the first-ever Asian artist in history to enter the Billboard top 10.
In June 2010, it was announced that Zyrus landed a recurring guest role on the hit TV series Glee, playing the character of Sunshine Corazon, a Filipino foreign exchange student to rival actress Lea Michele's character, Rachel Berry.- Director
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Born in Richmond, Virginia in 1961, James is the son of former Howard University President Dr. James E. Cheek, Sr. and was educated at the American University in Cairo, Harvard Law School and Howard University. Since completing his education, James has lived and worked in locales as culturally rich as Egypt, the Dominican Republic, St. Kitts and Nevis, South Africa, Mauritius, Mali and most recently Belize and has trained under the tutelage of such film luminaries as Haile Gerima and the late Al Freeman, Jr.
While raising five children, and building a wealth of experience, James has developed his craft as an independent filmmaker with a unique eye and an eloquent voice that projects the power and profundity of the African Diaspora. James has evolved from hustling among the ranks of production crews into working professionally as a freelance cinematographer, screenwriter and director.
James is currently working on several independent projects.- Actor
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Jarod was born in Plano, Texas. Son of Michael and Barbara Einsohn, Jarod currently resides in Los Angeles where he lives with his youngest brother, Kyle. His other brother resides in Tyler. The oldest of 3, Jarod was always a basketball player and never knew that this would be his ticket in Hollywood. After only a short time in L.A., Jarod did basketball commercials with Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, and Jermaine O'neal. Struggling to find some consistent work, he credits Shane Duffy and the E League for some of his biggest jobs. After working on Eagle Eye, Jarod landed the role of "Randy" in the much anticipated film, Hurricane Season, with Forest Whitaker. This is a movie about a basketball team that loses everything from Hurricane Katrina, but finds a way to make every positive out of it they can. Often credits D.J. Caruso, who directed him in Eagle Eye, for the confidence to land the role in Hurricane Season. Jarod loves to play poker and basketball.- Actor
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Javier Ronceros is a Peruvian born actor living in Los Angeles. His career began in New York in 1989 and after working on 3 major motion pictures, staring in 4 plays and a TV show he moved to Los Angeles. After just a few weeks in town he was cast on Dianne English's Love and War, which ran for three seasons. Since then he has worked steadily on Film and TV and on the stage, as well as developing his own projects under 11:59 Films. He is the co-founder of 52 Films/52 Weeks; A Year in Filmmaking and continues to work as a Director, Producer, Writer and an Actor.- Producer
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Jay Davis is an Emmy nominated producer. Jay graduated from Kent State University, and has worked for Fox Sports, and moved into production as a contracted producer, line producer, writer, and director. Jay has produced over 15 feature films, he is the writer and producer of an Emmy nominated web series, he has written feature films, and directed the documentary "Making It".- Jean Carlin (Harriet Jean Sollenberger) was born September 2, 1921 in Long Beach, California. As a child, she grew up devoting her time to the arts. She had a love for performing arts, including dancing, theater and acting. After moving to Los Angeles, she quickly signed with a Hollywood agent. By the age of 23 and, under the stage name "Carlin", she had appeared in her first major motion picture, Are These Our Parents? (1944). For the next two years, she made over 11 major motion pictures, and was named "The Wild West Woman", often co-starring with fellow cast-mate, Eddie Dean, in westerns such as Six Gun Man (1946) and The Caravan Trail (1946). In 1946, after meeting her agent's brother, young Norwegian ship Captain James Pearson, she moved from Hollywood, retired from acting, and settled down with Pearson. They went on to have three children: Eric, Nancy, and Ulrika. Carlin passed away in October, 2000, but will always be remembered as one of Old Hollywood's most respected young actresses.
- Jessica Violeta Vásquez Velarde is an actress, artist, composer and director, born in La Paz, Bolivia. Assigned male at birth, she started acting at school at the age of 5. When she was 15 she directed her first short film. She won an scholarship to study filmmaking in Havanna, Cuba, where she acted and directed in many other short films. When she returned to Bolivia, she began her transition, taking many male and female roles in TV. In 2016 she directed the short film "Face", and the one-hour film "Eternity", and appeared in the Bolivian featured films "Las Malcogidas", "Averno" and made her international debut with the Argentinian movie "The Unseen", here, she played the role of a black market seller in the 16 de Julio fair in El Alto, called Edwin. Jessica won two awards for her film "I was a born a woman". Since then, she began her advocacy about rights for transgender people, after an important part of the Gender Identity Law in Bolivia was declared unconstitutional. She recorded many songs, some of them speak about her transition. She became radio host of "Las InTRANSigentes" in Radio Deseo, a show about LGBTIQ issues . In 2021, she directed the short film "An Empowered Woman", about a transgender woman who loses her job, and started working in a new big project of her own.