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Beck David Hansen is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He rose to fame in the early 1990s with his experimental and Lo-Fi style, and became known for creating musical collages of wide-ranging genres. He has musically encompassed folk, funk, soul, hip hop, electronic, alternative rock, country, and psychedelia. He has released 14 studio albums (three of which were released on indie labels), as well as several non-album singles and a book of sheet music.- Actor
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On Friday, August 5th of this year, Montreal-born Alain Chanoine made a grand entrance into Hollywood with his role as the legendary mythological sex demon 'Incubus', the brother of Cara Delevingne's 'Enchantress' in Warner Bros.' massive feature film, 'Suicide Squad'. Now in his early 30s, Alain has been honing his craft for over a decade. He was barely 20 and studying to be a police officer when an audition poster at his college caught his eye. His spur-of-the-moment decision to go to the casting call proved to be a massive game-changer: Alain landed the lead role in the feature film. Unfortunately, the project never got off the ground, but this initial success provided the inspiration that drove him to work full-time at becoming an actor. Although Alain has always focused on his acting career, he has also had tremendous success in stunts. When he was just 23 years old, the producers of the Wesley Snipes feature "Blade: Trinity" were looking for a double for the star and Alain seemed to be a perfect fit. Alain was a Canadian National Karate Champion at the time, and his world class martial arts skills led him to be chosen to fight Snipes, Jessica Biel, and Ryan Reynolds in the big finale playing approximately 20 different characters and dying as each and every one of them. Alain has since amassed more than 30 film & television credits as an actor, with projects that have taken him all over the world, including New Zealand and Bulgaria, among other destinations. Major Hollywood networks and studios are now giving serious consideration to Alain's talent. In 2016 alone, Alain has been on the short list, or screen-tested for five different series leads, Fluent in English, French, and Creole, with the physique and looks of a male model and the acting skills of an Oscar-winner, Alain Chanoine has now captured the attention of the western world by playing 'Incubus'. It's a pretty safe bet that he will hold their attention for many years to come.- Alessandro Sperduti was born on 8 July 1987 in Rome, Lazio, Italy. He is an actor, known for Dante (2022), Three Floors (2021) and Greenery Will Bloom Again (2014).
- Dziena studied theatre in New York at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts and NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, where she wrote and acted in plays and was cast in her first role on television at the age of 17.
From 'E's' crazy, jealous girlfriend on HBO's Entourage (2004) to 'Lolita' parading around in the buff for Bill Murray in Jim Jarmusch's film Broken Flowers (2005), Alexis Dziena has played a wide range of wonderfully colorful characters in both film and television.
In the upcoming feature Without Ward (2022) for director Cory Cataldo, Dziena plays a deaf girl who falls in love with the man who lives across the street. Confined to their homes and never physically touching, they communicate through their windows, as love prevails. Alexis portrays a promiscuous pizza girl looking for love in Wrong (2012) from visionary filmmaker Quentin Dupieux for Drafthouse Films.
She has played notable roles in such films as When in Rome (2010), Fool's Gold (2008), Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (2008), Sex and Breakfast (2005), Havoc (2005), and Strangers with Candy (2005).
Alexis starred opposite Marcia Gay Harden in the coming-of-age movie for cable entitled She's Too Young (2004). She was a regular on the ABC series Invasion (2005) and is still asked if she can do an American accent because of the memorable Russian girl she played on Law & Order (1990) early in her career. - Actress
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Alicia Urizar McCallum is known for NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS), For The People (ABC/Shondaland), NCIS (CBS), Code Black (CBS), and Longmire (Netflix). She is creating content on all levels such as acting, directing, writing, and producing. Alicia is developing her first limited series and feature film both based on True Events of Latina immigrants. Urizar continues to work on her passion for acting and producing her own projects. Urizar received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Musical Theater from San Jose State University. Alicia resides in Los Angeles, CA.- Stunts
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As the most inspirational and diverse action actor of recent years, Alicia Vela-Bailey has emerged from A list stunt double to on screen sensation. Whether it is her chilling performance as Diana in the smash hit "Lights Out" or her acrobatic, ass kicking, portrayal of Alisha Whitley on Marvel's Agents of Shield, it is clear Alicia Vela-Bailey truly is the human special effect.
Vela-Bailey was raised in Kailua, on the beautiful island of Oahu, Hawaii. Her mother Cecelia was a ballerina and an artist from North Carolina. Her father Carlos Armando, was a top magician from El Salvador. Having two artistic parents, Vela-Bailey was enrolled in gymnastics and dance at a very young age and quickly climbed the ranks of the Hawaiian Island Twisters, becoming a competitive Level 9 Gymnast. Later, Vela-Bailey shifted more of her focus to dance, becoming a member of Marcelo Pacleb's famous 24-VII Danceforce.
At age 21, Vela-Bailey auditioned to double for Milla Jovovich in the film "Ultraviolet," and subsequently spent four months in Hong Kong and two months in Shanghai doing stunts and martial arts for the film. Ultraviolet was her very first movie experience, as well as her first time doing stunts and martial arts. Her performance earned two nominations for a Taurus World Stunt Award in 2007. Vela-Bailey has continued doubling Hollywood's hottest stars including Charilze Theron, Jennifer Lawrence, and Kate Beckinsale to name a few.
As a dancer, Vela-Bailey booked her very first audition and she became a Pussycat Doll in Las Vegas at Caesar's Palace, before being called to audition for James Cameron's Oscar® winning feature film Avatar. She spent 3 years working on the groundbreaking film as Zoe Saldana's stunt double for the character of Neytiri, as well as playing many different Navi characters including her own character as the Ikran Clan Leader.
Making her way in front of camera in recent years, Vela-Bailey landed the role of Inhuman Alisha Whitley on ABC's hit show "Marvel's Agents of Shield." Having the ability to act and do her own stunts has quickly helped Vela-Bailey become a fan favorite over the last 2 seasons. The fan dubbed "Ginger Ninja" uses her ability to multiply to take on whatever the Marvel Universe throws at her.
Being a huge fan of the horror genre, Vela-Bailey takes pride in scaring the "bejesus" out of people. Her terrifying performances in "The Purge" as the Female Freak and the leather clad Cyber Punk in "Hostel 3" feature Vela-Bailey's unique ability to manipulate her body to create terrifying movement.
This character work caught the eye of director David Sandberg and horror super producer James Wan, who were having trouble finding the correct portrayal for the lead villain Diana in "Lights Out." Blown away by Vela-Bailey's audition, they hired her on the spot and Vela-Bailey created the performance of Diana that had New York Times' Jeannette Catsoulis say "Lights Out delivers frights in old-school ways. Chief among these are the chilling exertions of Alicia Vela-Bailey, who portrays Diana with limber ingenuity. She imbues the spook with devilish intent. Whatever you do, don't blink."
Recently Vela-Bailey has just finished Doubling Gal Gadot on Wonder Women and is collaborating again with David Sandberg and James Wan on "Annabelle 2" as the evil Mrs. Mullins.- Amanda Peterson was born on July 8, in Greeley, Colorado. With a natural beauty, powerful charm and a strong personality this talented and truly gifted actress began her career in film industry at age 9, with the feature film Annie (1982), directed by Academy Award-winner John Huston. To participate in "Annie", she had to persuade her mother and then compete in a casting which included more than 8000 girls. She is the youngest of three children, she has a sister, Ann-Marie Peterson, and a brother, Rev. Jim Peterson. Her mother, Sylvia Peterson, is a full-time mother and housewife and her father, James Peterson, is a doctor. Starting in 1981, Amanda had guest starring roles in television series such as Father Murphy (1981), Silver Spoons (1982) and Boone (1983). In 1985, she played alongside with Oscar nominee River Phoenix and Ethan Hawke, a four-time Oscar nominee, in Joe Dante fantasy-fable Explorers (1985). At 14 years of age this precocious young actress, had already participated in over 50 television commercials, three television series and four movies. She was also an active member of the Greeley Saddle Club, and horse riding was one of her passions since childhood. She met her greatest international success in 1987 with the comedy movie Can't Buy Me Love (1987), directed by Steve Rash. Amanda received critical praise worldwide and demonstrated that her skills were maturing into older roles. In 1987, in Chile, Amanda acted with her elder sister, Ann-Marie Peterson, Jsu Garcia and Xander Berkeley in the post-apocalyptic movie The Lawless Land (1988), directed by Jon Hess and produced by Academy Award-winner Roger Corman. In 1988, for her outstanding acting in the Emmy Award-winning television series A Year in the Life (1986), Amanda Peterson won the Young Artist Award in the category of Best Young Actress Starring in a Television Drama Series. These awards are often referred to as the Young Oscars. A year later she acted opposite Roy Scheider, two-time Oscar nominee, in the profound and moving drama Listen to Me (1989), directed by Oscar nominee Douglas Day Stewart. She also drew praise for is her performance in the excellent thriller Fatal Charm (1990), directed by Fritz Kiersch. In 1994, after participating in the memorable contemporary drama film Windrunner (1994), she decided to leave the entertainment industry. Amanda's work involves several genres, from western to romance, science fiction to thrillers, and from dramas to comedies.
Amanda found admirers on a global scale, with her delightful work. With her strong presence and dedication, she demonstrated a gift for portraying emotion and vulnerability, while immersing herself in here roles, while bringing here unique personality, an attribute that only the best actors have. In a Perfect World Amanda would have delivered many more quality character interpretations, whether in film or on television. With her movies she achieved immortality in the hearts of all who witnessed her work since her childhood. As Leonard Maltin, the most respected and recognized historian and film critic in America, once said - "Amanda Peterson is excellent". There is no doubt about that. After all, Amanda Peterson is one of the most talented and beautiful actress of her time and considered by many a legend. On July 3, 2015, Amanda Peterson died at her home in Greeley, Colorado, at the age 43 from an accidental morphine overdose. - Actress
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American performer Amy O'Neill was born in Pacific Palisades on July 8, 1971. The daughter of an art school director and a construction company owner, O'Neill is the third of five children. Accompanied by her older siblings, she began auditioning for roles at the age of ten, first appearing at the age of 13 in an episode of Mama's Family (1983) in which she played the younger version of Betty White's character.
As a young teenager, O'Neill continued to land guest spots on television shows such as Matt Houston (1982), Night Court (1984), Highway to Heaven (1984), The Twilight Zone (1985), and Family Ties (1982), before winning a regular role on the 1986 season of the long-running soap opera The Young and the Restless (1973). She made her feature film debut three years later in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989). In the movie, O'Neill's character Amy is shrunk by her scientist father (Rick Moranis). She was nominated for a Young Artist Award for her performance, but lost to Gaby Hoffmann for Field of Dreams (1989). O'Neill reprised her role in the sequel, Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992).
Throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s, O'Neill mainly continued to guest-star on popular television series such as Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), The Young Riders (1989), and Murder, She Wrote (1984), also appearing in the biographical miniseries I Know My First Name Is Steven (1989). She had roles in the made-for-TV flicks White Wolves: A Cry in the Wild II (1993) and Attack of the 5 Ft. 2 Women (1994), as well as the rejected comedy pilot ...Where's Rodney? (1990)- Additional Crew
Amy Railsback was born on 8 July 1982 in Sacramento, California, USA. She is known for World's Dumbest (2008). She has been married to Danny Bonaduce since 22 November 2010.- Ana Ayora was born in Miami, Florida, USA. She is an actress, known for In the Dark (2019), Truth Be Told (2019) and Banshee (2013).
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Anjelica Huston was born on July 8, 1951 to director and actor John Huston and Russian prima ballerina Enrica 'Ricki' Soma. Huston spent most of her childhood overseas, in Ireland and England, and in 1968 first dipped her toe into the world of show business, taking on the lead role of her father's movie A Walk with Love and Death (1969). However, before it was released, her mother died in a car accident, at 39, and Huston relocated to the United States, where the very tall, exotically-beautiful young woman modeled for several years.
While modeling, Huston made sporadic cameo appearances in a couple films, but decided to pursue it as a career in the early '80s. She prepared herself by reaching out to acting coach Peggy Feury and began to get roles. The first notable part was in Bob Rafelson's remake of the classic noir movie The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981) (in which Jack Nicholson, with whom Huston had been living since 1973, was the star). After a few more years of on-again, off-again supporting work, her father perfectly cast her as calculating, imperious Maerose, the daughter of a Mafia don whose love is scorned by a hit man (Nicholson again) in his film adaptation of Richard Condon's Mafia-satire novel Prizzi's Honor (1985). Huston won the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her performance, making her the first person in Academy Award history to win an Oscar when a parent and a grandparent (her father and grandfather Walter Huston) had also won one.
Huston thereafter worked prolifically, including notable roles in Francis Ford Coppola's Gardens of Stone (1987), Barry Sonnenfeld's film versions of the Charles Addams cartoons The Addams Family (1991) and Addams Family Values (1993), in which she portrayed Addams matriarch Morticia, Wes Anderson's The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) and The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004). Probably her finest performance on-screen, however, was as Lilly, the veteran, iron-willed con artist in Stephen Frears' The Grifters (1990), for which she received another Oscar nomination, this time for Best Actress. A sentimental favorite is her performance as the lead in her father's final film, an adaptation of James Joyce's The Dead (1987) -- with her many years of residence in Ireland, Huston's Irish accent in the film is authentic.
Endowed with her father's great height and personal boldness, and her mother's beauty and aristocratic nose, Huston certainly cuts an imposing figure, and brings great confidence and authority to her performances. She clearly takes her craft seriously and has come into her own as a strong actress, emerging from under the shadow of her father, who passed away in 1987. Huston married the sculptor Robert Graham in 1992. The couple lived in Venice Beach until Graham's death in 2008.- Actress
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A one-time pin-up beauty and magazine story model, Barbara Loden studied acting in New York in the early 50s and was on the Broadway boards within the decade. She was discovered for films by legendary producer/director Elia Kazan who was impressed with what she did in a small role as Montgomery Clift's secretary in Wild River (1960). He moved her up to feature status with her next role as Warren Beatty's wanton sister in his classic Splendor in the Grass (1961). As Kazan's protégé, she appeared as part of Kazan's stage company in the Lincoln Center Repertory Theater's production of After the Fall, winning the Tony and Outer Critic's Circle awards for that dazzling performance. An oddly entrancing, delicate blonde beauty possessed with a Marilyn Monroe-like vulnerability, she impressed in two of his other stage productions as well - But For Whom Charlie and The Changeling . After appearing in the failed movie Fade In (1973) with Burt Reynolds, she married Kazan and went into semi-retirement. Barbara wrote, directed and starred, however, in a bold independent film entitled Wanda (1970) and became an unexpected art house darling, distinguishing herself as one of the few woman directors whose work was theatrically-released during the period. She won praise in all three departments, nabbing the Venice Film Festival's International Critics Prize. Supposedly discouraged by a doubting, perhaps even resentful Kazan, Barbara never followed up on this success. She expressed interest and was in the midst of putting together another film, based on the novella The Awakening by Kate Chopin, when she learned in 1978 she had breast cancer. Barbara died two and a half years later, at age 48, after the cancer spread to her liver - before the project ever came to fruition. The Hollywood industry lost a burgeoning talent who just might have opened doors for other women directors had she been given the time.- Actress
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Bernadette Birkett was born on 8 July 1946 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is an actress, known for Heartbreakers (2001), Mr. Mom (1983) and St. Elmo's Fire (1985). She has been married to George Wendt since 8 July 1978. They have three children.- Actor
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Bill Thompson was born on 8 July 1913 in Terre Haute, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Lady and the Tramp (1955), Peter Pan (1953) and Sleeping Beauty (1959). He was married to Mary Margaret McBride. He died on 15 July 1971 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
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Known as much for his rigorous career choices as for his talent and chiseled good looks, Billy Crudup has been straddling the line between serious actor and "it" leading man for several years. He is father to eighteen-year-old William Atticus Parker -- a director, writer and actor.
Crudup was born in 1968 in Manhasset, New York (a Long Island suburb), the middle child in a family of three boys. He is the son of Georgann (Gaither) and Thomas Henry Crudup III, and the grandson of prominent attorney William Cotter "Billy" Gaither, Jr.
Crudup was raised in Florida and Texas. His family frequently moved and always being the new kid meant Billy had to develop some way of gaining acceptance. Being the class clown was his ticket in. He found roles in school pageants and developed funny impersonations to entertain family and friends. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina (where he confirmed his interest in acting). Upon graduation, Crudup headed to NYC to live with his brother Tommy (who was at that time a publicist) and study at New York University, where he joined a theatre troupe called "the lab!" and did little plays and musicals - he even played "Schroeder" in the famed children's musical "You're A Good Man Charlie Brown!".
He then went on to earn a Master of Fine Arts from the Tisch School of the Arts at NY in 1994. A year later, he'd already made a name for himself on Broadway, earning the Outer Critics Circle Outstanding Newcomer Award for his performance in Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia".
Crudup's first big-screen acting gig was in the indie film Grind (1997), which was shot in 1994, but ended up on the shelf for three years. In 1996, he landed another, more lucrative role, opposite Hollywood hotshots Brad Pitt and Jason Patric in the Barry Levinson drama, Sleepers (1996). He followed that up with a brief appearance in Woody Allen's Everyone Says I Love You (1996) and a higher-profile turn as the rakish older brother in Inventing the Abbotts (1997).
A self-described student of human nature, Crudup has said that he looks for characters wrestling with their mistakes. Rumor has it that he declined an audition for the lead in Titanic (1997) in order to seek out more challenging projects--like the "Steve Prefontaine" biopic Without Limits (1998). "Limits" showcased Crudup's ability to completely transform himself for a role (a quality that would help him skirt stardom while continuing to land substantive parts). In 2000, with three major films in release, Crudup's already bustling movie career reached a fever pitch. He first hit the festival circuit in Keith Gordon's Waking the Dead (2000), the tale of an up-and-coming politician who is haunted by the death of his young wife. Next came the art-house favorite Jesus' Son (1999). Finally, he starred as the semi-fictional '70s rocker "Russell Hammond" in Cameron Crowe's much-lauded Almost Famous (2000). In 2002, his production of "The Elephant Man" on Broadway closed after 65 performances, due to low ticket sales.
Crudup lives in New York and returns regularly to the stage - in fact, it was during the 1996 Broadway run of "Bus Stop" that he began his romance with longtime girlfriend, Mary-Louise Parker. That romance ended in 2004, when Crudup left the then-pregnant Parker for his Stage Beauty (2004) co-star, Claire Danes. He seems to prefer quiet anonymity to the pomp and circumstance of the movie star lifestyle, but his ever-growing popularity guarantees that he won't be able to avoid the spotlight altogether.- Brian Walden was born on 8 July 1932 in West Bromwich, Staffordshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The New Statesman (1987), Titmuss Regained (1991) and The London Programme (1975). He was married to Hazel Downes, Sybil Blackstone and Jane McKerron. He died on 9 May 2019 in St Peter Port, Guernsey, UK.
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Combat Jack was born on 8 July 1964 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was a podcaster and actor, known for Vrooom Vroom Vrooom (1995), 3rd Bass: The Gas Face (1989) and A Genius Leaves the Hood: The Unauthorized Story of Jay Z (2014). He was married to Akim Vann-Ossé. He died on 20 December 2017 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.- Actor
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Corey Parker grew up in and around the theater. A native of New York City, Corey Parker began working as an actor at age 5 and training at the age of 14 with teachers from the Actors Studio. He graduated from the High School of Performing Arts in Manhattan. Corey Parker has appeared on every major network--with leading roles on ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX, UPN, and supporting roles on PBS, BBC, HBO, MTV, USA. He has worked at Paramount, Universal, 20th Century Fox, Warner Brothers, Miramax, Lorimar, and Viacom. Corey has an extensive theater background and is a member of the Actors Studio in New York and Los Angeles, and of the Ensemble Studio Theater in New York and Los Angeles. Corey has worked with Chicago's Steppenwolf Theater Company, with Joe Papp at the Public Theater and has a long list of productions in which he has appeared in New York and at the Mark Taper in Los Angeles.- Actor
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Born in Liberty, Missouri, as Gail Shikles Jr., tall, suave Craig Stevens will forever be remembered for his role as the cool, laid-back private eye Peter Gunn (1958), a ground-breaking show that ushered in the era of tough but smooth private eyes who were handy with their fists and with the ladies, and which also pioneered the use of jazz as not only background music but its main theme song. Stevens was attending Kansas University and planning a career in dentistry when he began performing in student plays at the university. Bitten by the acting bug, he moved to California, and in 1941 was signed by Warner Bros., where he met his future wife, Alexis Smith. Although never a front-rank star, Stevens played many second-leads through the 1940s and 1950s. Sci-fi fans will know him best as the lead in the somewhat cult-classic The Deadly Mantis (1957). With his film career in a rut, he moved over to television, and it was there he made his mark in the landmark "Peter Gunn" series. He made many guest-starring appearances in TV series over the years, had recurring roles in such series as Dallas (1978) and starred in ITC's Man of the World (1962). He retired after a role in his old friend Blake Edwards' 1981 film S.O.B. (1981).- Actor
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David Elliott played a leading role in one of the top ten grossing films of 1978 and supervised the Construction Department for one of the top ten grossing films of 2000. In addition to his work on set he ran a Private Investigation business in Hollywood, obtained an airplane pilot's license with an instrument rating, was elected President of the California Association of Judgment Enforcement Professionals, and traveled extensively. He's published a novel titled "Shining Target" as well as numerous short stories. Since 2016 he works as a Business Representative at IATSE Local 44, where he previously served as the Construction Coordinator Board Rep for 10 years. .- Casting Director
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Des Hamilton was born on 8 July 1965 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He is a casting director and actor, known for Irma Vep (2022), The King (2019) and High Life (2018).- Actor
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This eminently recognizable, bulbous, beetle-browed character actor left Culver Military Academy and began acting in repertory companies before becoming a Hollywood extra and stunt man. Eugene's father had also been a thespian at one time but eventually ended his career as an insurance salesman. In his younger days, Eugene was apparently of the more slender build since he once managed to hold down a job as a jockey! He spent in total six years with touring companies, briefly worked as a streetcar conductor in Portland and finally found his way to motion pictures. By his own account, he began in films on the East Coast around 1910 or 1911, gravitating to Hollywood by 1913 and appeared in some 100 productions each year for the first four years of his tenure. The majority of this prodigious output was undoubtedly made up of one-reel shorts. Eugene initially played leads in silent feature films and was described as relatively athletic by the time he appeared in D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Intolerance (1916). His career was put on hold while he served with the Flying Corps during the First World War, but just a couple of years after his return to films he started to turn into a compulsive gourmand. His vast appetite for food increased his girth manifold and he steadfastly refused to go on a diet. Consequently, he found himself demoted to supporting roles but still managed to make a decent living out of his unusual appearance and his trademark gravelly bullfrog voice. Sometime in the early 1920s, he began to dabble in Texas oil and first amassed and then lost a fortune within the space of a year.
Eugene remained gainfully employed all through the '20s, '30s, and '40s. He played Aramis to Douglas Fairbankss's D'Artagnan in The Three Musketeers (1921) and appeared as a Hal Roach contract player in the classic Laurel & Hardy short The Battle of the Century (1927). In talkies, he was the truculent police sergeant Heath in five installments of the Philo Vance series at Paramount, starring William Powell. When not used as pinstripe-suited authority figures or Runyonesque characters (Nicely-Nicely Johnson in The Big Street (1942)), he was always diverting in screwball comedies, notably in My Man Godfrey (1936) and Topper (1937). A truly versatile, his gallery of characters ranged from garrulous and witty and ingratiating, to brooding loners, from avuncular to cantankerous. Under contract at Warners, he proved to be the very best ever incarnation of Friar Tuck in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) and followed this with another priestly effort as Father Felipe in The Mark of Zorro (1940).
Near the end of World War II, Eugene and a business partner acquired a 3500-acre estate and ranch along the Imnaha River in remote Wallowa County, Oregon, complete with a fallout shelter. Allegedly, he lived the life of a semi-recluse for the next four years, anticipating a nuclear attack by stockpiling all manner of essential items in order to become fully self-sufficient. The aforementioned business partner later denied this as a rumor, implying that the ranch was merely a place where Eugene entertained his actor friends (some came to hunt and fish). Whether true or not, Eugene was ultimately forced to sell the property in 1949 due to ill-health (throat cancer, as it turned out). He made his final return to the screen at Poverty Row studio Monogram in Suspense (1946), rounding out his career with a minor film noir set in the skating rink, starring the 'Ice Maiden' Belita. Eugene died eight years later in Los Angeles at the age of 65.- Producer
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Evzen Kolar was born on 8 July 1950 in Brno, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was a producer and assistant director, known for Masters of the Universe (1987), Never Say Never Again (1983) and Double Impact (1991). He was married to Deborah Shaw-Kolar. He died on 11 July 2017 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actress
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Synonymous with chic, the ever-fashionable Faye Emerson certainly qualified as one of the "first ladies" of TV glamour. Bedecked in sweeping, rather low-cut gowns and expensive, dangling jewelry, she was a highly poised and stylish presence on the small screen during its exciting "Golden Age". An enduring presence throughout the 1950s, she could have lasted much longer in her field of work had she so desired.
Born in 1917 in Elizabeth, Louisiana, her father was both a rancher and court stenographer. The family subsequently lived in Texas and Illinois before settling in California. Her parents divorced after she entered her teens and she went to live with her mother (and new husband) in San Diego where she was subsequently placed in a convent boarding school. Following graduation from high school, she attended San Diego State College and grew interested in acting, performing in several Community Players productions. She made her stage debut with "Russet Mantle" in 1935.
Her first marriage to a San Diego car dealer, William Crawford, was short-lived, but produced one child before it ended in 1942. Both Paramount and Warner Bros. talent scouts spotted her in a 1941 San Diego production of "Here Today" and were impressed, offering her contracts. She decided on Warner Bros. and began uncredited in such films as Manpower (1941) and Blues in the Night (1941). During her five-year tenure at Warners she progressed to a variety of swanky secondary and co-star roles in such "B" war-era movies as Murder in the Big House (1942) starring Van Johnson, Air Force (1943) with Gig Young, The Desert Song (1943) starring Dennis Morgan, The Mask of Dimitrios (1944) with Peter Lorre, Between Two Worlds (1944) with John Garfield, The Very Thought of You (1945) (again) with Dennis Morgan, Hotel Berlin (1945) starring Helmut Dantine, Danger Signal (1945) with Zachary Scott, and Nobody Lives Forever (1946) (again) starring John Garfield. A large portion of the roles she received were interesting at best. For the most part, however, Faye was caught in glittery roles that were submerged in "men's pictures".
At this juncture, Faye was probably better known as Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt, the fourth child of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, whom she married in 1944. Her husband was a war hero and author and the couple lived in the White House for a spell (FDR died in 1945). Faye abruptly abandoned the Hollywood scene after her marriage and the couple instead became major figures in the New York social scene. Sometime after the war Elliott and Faye entered the Soviet Union as journalists where they interviewed Joseph Stalin for a national publication.
With her movie career on the outs, the recently-transplanted New Yorker made her Broadway debut in "The Play's the Thing" (1948), then entered the world of television where she truly found her niche. Managing to combine both beauty and brains, Faye was a sparkling actress of both drama and comedy and a stylish, Emmy-nominated personality who became an emcee on Paris Cavalcade of Fashions (1948); a hostess of her own show The Faye Emerson Show (1949); a moderator of Author Meets the Critics (1947); and a regular panelist on the game shows Masquerade Party (1952) and I've Got a Secret (1952). In addition she enjoyed time as a TV columnist, appeared on such covers as Look magazine, and was performed as guest host for other permanent TV headliners such as Garry Moore, Dave Garroway and even Edward R. Murrow on his "Person to Person" vehicle. All the while Faye continued to return sporadically to the stage and added to her array of Broadway credits such shows as "Parisenne" (1950), "Heavenly Twins (1955), "Protective Custody" (1956) and "Back to Methuselah" (1958), the last mentioned pairing her with Tyrone Power. Regional credits included "Goodbye, My Fancy", "State of the Union", "The Pleasure of His Company", "Mary Stuart", "Elizabeth the Queen" and "The Vinegar Tree". One highlight was gracing the stage alongside such illustrious stage stars as Eva Le Gallienne, Viveca Lindfors and Basil Rathbone in the 1953 production of "An Evening with Will Shakespeare".
Divorced from Roosevelt in 1950, her third (and final) marriage also would figure prominently in the public eye. She wed popular TV band leader Skitch Henderson shortly after her second divorce was final. The couple went on to co-host a 15-minute music show Faye and Skitch (1953) together. This union would last seven years.
Faye was a welcomed as a guest panelist on other game fun too such as "To Tell the Truth" and "What's My Line?". The actress, once dubbed the "Best-Dressed Woman on TV," focused on traveling in the early part of the 1960s and never returned actively to Hollywood. For nearly two decades she lived completely out of the limelight in and around Europe, including Switzerland and Spain, returning to the United States very infrequently and only for business purposes. She died of stomach cancer in 1983 in Majorca, Spain.- Actor
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Raised in Hellertown, PA, Glenn's proclivity for Horror Films (particularly those of the Universal and Hammer Studios variety) and Sci-fi/Fantasy imbued him with a ravenous appetite for all things genre related. This passion compelled him to work on various theatre projects as both actor and fledgling make-up artist throughout Junior and Senior High School. As an undergrad at York College of Pa., he landed his first acting role in an independent feature... which happened to be a horror film. He moved quickly to secure the Special Effects Make-up Artist position as well, and began creating the multitudinous gags on his first films with a shoestring budget.
Soon he was working on an array of indie projects and collaborating with world renowned musical acts such as Type-O-Negative and horror punk icons the Misfits. That same year saw him make the move from the East Coast to Los Angeles in order to facilitate the progression of his acting, writing and make-up effects career. Upon arriving in Hollywood he found his first foothold at Optic Nerve as a lab technician, fabricator, painter and eventually sculptor and designer - working tirelessly for years on several seasons of Buffy, Angel, and X-files among others.
The path of his career led him to opportunities at other studios as well, working with Ve Neil on Pitch Black: Chronicles of Riddick and Bioshock. He continued auditioning and performing as well, landing multiple guest star roles as a character actor in The Shield, Committed, Charmed, Scrubs, and Heroes as well as various other projects including the first Pirates of The Caribbean film.
He then returned to the very first shop he had worked at... Optic Nerve, this time as CEO. Reinventing both the business and artistic perspectives of the Studio from the ground up, his new competitive studio model was built for the modern marketplace. Its focus was now honed on cross training core crew so that they could behave as a modular problem solving machine, moving comfortably from one department to another and adapting easily to the constant flux of multiple production schedules. After more than a decade of amazing shows, he partnered with longtime friend and collaborator Neville Page, evolving the shop even further into the newly renamed Alchemy Studios! Expanded services include seamless integration with CGI Visual Effects, 3D Conceptual Design and cutting-edge 3D Printing Techniques.
As the CEO, he personally supervises every effect for his studio's many projects including hundreds of forensically accurate make-ups and corpses for Crossing Jordan, Hugh Jackman's body replicas for The Prestige, all of the make-up illusions and prosthetics that propelled Heroes and CSI:NY, and the surreal effects in Sony's Legion. He constantly continues working as both FX Artist and performer. His resume includes special effects for The Event, custom wardrobe and instruments for Lady Gaga, prosthetic effects and props for Disney's Journey 2: Mysterious Island, Lionsgate's Hunger Games 1, 2, 3 and 4, The Dictator, The Host, Mad Men, Marvel's Agents of SH.I.E.L.D., Steven Spielberg's Extant and most recently Star Trek Discovery. Simultaneous to his work as an FX Artist, he continues his development work as Producer on both NECROSCOPE and his own Television series based on the classic Horror Comic franchise Eerie. Marrying his passions for performance and FX, he stars in all 13 Seasons of the on-going Syfy Hit Face-Off! Future plans include franchising his own brand of Live Horror Entertainment in the form of Escape Games and an immersive Cinematic Inspired Haunt Experience for Halloween.- Thomas Glenn Langan spent most of his early life in his home town of Denver, Colorado. After completing his education he acted in local repertory companies before moving to New York. In 1942, he appeared on Broadway opposite Luise Rainer in J.M. Barrie's "Kiss for Cinderella". He garnered good critical reviews which led to a contract with 20th Century Fox the following year. With many top leading men of the era away on wartime duties, the tall, muscular Langan filled the gap in several A-grade productions.
Langan was usually seen in the role of the stalwart professional man, appearing to best advantage as a French professor in the romantic Margie (1946), a devoted young doctor protecting Gene Tierney from the evil machinations of Vincent Price in Dragonwyck (1946), and as one of the psychiatrists looking after demented patient Olivia de Havilland in the The Snake Pit (1948). Langan was also gainfully employed in escapist adventure, essaying a square-jawed privateer captain in Forever Amber (1947) and starring as Edmund Dantes -- descendant of the original protagonist of Alexandre Dumas -- in the updated and modernised, Treasure of Monte Cristo (1949).
In spite of these boosts to his career, his sturdy good looks and rugged appeal, Langan's popularity gradually waned by the early 1950s. He spent the next decade appearing on various television episodes and eventually achieved a kind of cult status as the irradiated 60-foot hero of Bert I. Gordon's often hilarious schlock sci-fi The Amazing Colossal Man (1957). After winding down his screen career in the 60s, Langan re-invented himself as a successful real estate salesman. He was married for forty years to the actress Adele Jergens. - Harrison Dillard was born on 8 July 1923 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He was married to Joy Victoria Clemetson. He died on 15 November 2019 in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
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Hugo Boss was born on 8 July 1885 in Metzingen, Württemberg, Germany. He is known for Cuernos de mujer (1995), Night and the City (1992) and EliteXC Saturday Night Fights (2008). He was married to Anna Katharina Freysinger. He died on 9 August 1948 in Metzingen, Württemberg-Hohenzollern, West Germany [now Baden-Württemberg, Germany].- Iyari Limon was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, but in her infancy she and her parents made Southern California their new home. Although English is her primary language, she's fluent in Spanish from being raised in a Spanish- speaking household. She's also semi-fluent in French, and being of Spanish, French, German, and Mexican-Indian descent, it seems only right that she is able to speak these languages. She is very well-traveled and has lived in Australia, France, Mexico, and England.
She began her acting career in 1995 with a guest appearance on an "ER" episode, followed by other significant guest roles on various TV shows, including as a guest regular in 2000 on the MTV anthology "Undressed." Her biggest break came in 2002 when she was offered the part of Kennedy, one of the 'Slayer Potentials' on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." Because of supportive fan mail, she appeared in the last 13 episodes of "Buffy"'s 7th and final season. Being the "Scoobie Gang's" latest addition has brought Iyari a whole new fame; she now makes personal appearances at conventions around the world.
Most recently, she guest starred in the 2004 premiere episode of the Emmy-winning series "Without a Trace." She also appeared in numerous television commercials such as SBC, Always, Toyota, and Dr. Pepper. In 2001, she hosted Radio Disney's world tour 2001, traveling to all of the major cities in the U.S. - Actor
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Jaden Smith is an actor, known for The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), The Karate Kid (2010) and After Earth (2013). In addition to being an actor he is also a dancer, songwriter and rapper who won an MTV award for his performance in The Pursuit of Happyness. He co-starred with his father Will Smith in both The Pursuit of Happyness and in the 2013 science fiction film After Earth. Smith and his siblings are youth ambassadors for Project Zambia which provides assistance in conjunction with Hasbro for Zambian children orphaned by AIDS.
Jaden Smith was born on July 8, 1998 in Malibu, California, USA as Jaden Christopher Syre Smith, the son of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith. He is the older brother of Willow Smith (born on October 23, 2000) and is the younger half-brother of Trey Smith. He is also the nephew of Caleeb Pinkett. His maternal grandmother's family was Afro-Caribbean (from Barbados and Jamaica). His other grandparents' families were African-American.
Before fame, He helped Project Zambia and Hasbro to take care of children in Zambia whose parents have died of AIDS. He made his film debut in 2006 in The Pursuit of Happyness. Along with his sister, Willow Smith, and his elder brother, Trey Smith, are youth ambassadors for Project Zambia, in conjunction with the Hasbro corporation, which helps children orphaned by AIDS in Africa. Along with his younger sister, Willow Smith, he was home-schooled and also attends the New Village Leadership Academy, which was co-founded by his parents.
He co-starred with Jackie Chan in the 2010 remake of The Karate Kid directed by Harald Zwart. Smith's character portrayal was acclaimed by critics and the film received mixed to mainly positive reviews. He also played a role in The Day the Earth Stood Still (2013) with Keanu Reeves. In May 2013, Will Smith and Jaden starred together, playing father and son, in After Earth. In 2014, it was announced that Smith will return for the sequel Karate Kid 2 with Jackie Chan. The movie will be directed by Breck Eisner, produced by James Lassiter and Will Smith and written by Zak Penn. The movie would be released in 2015.
Smith rapped alongside Canadian singer Justin Bieber in the song "Never Say Never." On October 1, 2012, Jaden released his first mix tape, The Cool Cafe.
Smith started his own clothing/lifestyle brand called MSFTSrep. The clothes range from hoodies and T-shirts to trousers and vests. In May 2013 Smith collaborated with a Korean designer, Choi Bum Suk, to create a pop-up store in which customers can buy clothes with their collaborated logos.
In 2015, he began dating Instagram star Sarah Snyder. Before Sarah, Jaden dated Kylie Jenner.- Actor
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John Allen McDorman IV is an American actor. On television, he headlined the CBS comedy-drama Limitless (2015-2016) and was the male lead of the sitcoms Are You There, Chelsea? (2012) and Manhattan Love Story (2014). He was also a series regular on the ABC Family comedy-drama Greek (2007-2011), the fourth season of the Showtime comedy-drama Shameless (2014), the revival of the CBS sitcom Murphy Brown (2018), and the Disney+ historical drama The Right Stuff (2020) as Alan Shepard.- Actor
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Jamie Alexander Blackley is a British actor. He is known for his role as Adam Wilde in the film If I Stay. Blackley was born in Douglas, Isle of Man, and was raised in London, England, with his father Martin, mother Marina, and older sister Holly-Anna. His first major appearance was as Hanschen in the London stage production of Spring Awakening. Blackley had a small role as Iain in the fairy tale/action-adventure movie Snow White and the Huntsman (2012), but some of his most prominent film roles include Mark in the thriller Uwantme2killhim? (2013), Sigurdur Thordarson in the thriller The Fifth Estate (2013), and Adam Wilde in the romantic drama If I Stay (2014). He played Freddie Hamilton in The Halcyon.- Actress
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Janet Sheen was born on 8 July 1944 in Dayton, Ohio, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for The Way (2010), The Way: Chapter 2 and Kennedy (1983). She has been married to Martin Sheen since 23 December 1961. They have four children.- Janice Pennington was born on 8 July 1942 in Seattle, Washington, USA. She is an actress, known for I Love My Wife (1970), Martial Law (1998) and Lucas Tanner (1974). She has been married to Carlos de Abreu since 20 April 1984. She was previously married to Fritz Stammberger and Glen Jacobsen.
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Jean Rouverol was born on 8 July 1916 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. She was a writer and actress, known for It's a Gift (1934), Bar 20 Rides Again (1935) and Guiding Light (1952). She was married to Hugo Butler. She died on 24 March 2017 in Wingdale, New York, USA.- Actor
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Jeffrey Tambor starred in Amazon Studios hit series TRANSPARENT, playing family patriarch "Mort Pfefferman," who over the course of the show becomes the unforgettable "Maura." Tambor's groundbreaking performance earned him two Emmy Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a SAG Award and a Critics' Choice Award. He's also starred in the Emmy-winning sitcom ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, playing twin brothers "George Bluth" and "Oscar Bluth," and played "Hank Kingsley," the self-centered sidekick on HBO's critically acclaimed THE LARRY SANDERS SHOW.- Writer
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Jerry Belson was born on 8 July 1938 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Tracey Ullman Show (1987), The Odd Couple (1970) and Always (1989). He was married to Jo Ann Harris and Linnea Vivi-Ann Flogell. He died on 10 October 2006 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
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Jerry Vale was born on 8 July 1930 in The Bronx, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000), Casino (1995) and Donnie Brasco (1997). He was married to Rita Grapel. He died on 18 May 2014 in Palm Springs, California, USA.- Actress
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Joan Osborne was born on 8 July 1962 in Anchorage, Kentucky, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Vanilla Sky (2001), For Love of the Game (1999) and Nightcrawler (2014).- Producer
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Joseph Vincent Russo is an American filmmaker and producer who works alongside his brother Anthony Russo. They have directed You, Me and Dupree, Cherry and the Marvel films Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. Endgame is one of the highest grossing films of all time.- John D'Leo was born and raised in New Jersey. He has two older brothers.
When John is not in front of the camera, he is behind it. He has acquired a love for filmmaking and all aspects of "behind-the scenes" work. John also enjoys photography and writing scripts. He is a unique talent with a flair for comedy, natural on-camera demeanor and all-around passion for entertaining. - Actor
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Trained at the Camp Pendleton school of infantry in 2001, with a PMOS of 0351, serving as both an infantry assault-man with 1st Marine Division, and then as a light armored vehicle (anti-tank) commander at LAR Battalion. Jon continued his training throughout the Marine Corps, earing certificates in over 27 different schools and training courses including NCO school in 2009, counter terrorism, reconnaissance, mountaineering, and A-MOUT (advanced military operations on urban terrain), just to name a few.
After his first combat tour in 2003/4 he became the Echo company, 2nd battalion 23rd Marine regiment's dedicated mountaineering and asymmetric warfare instructor and, from 2008 to 2010, the asymmetric warfare instructor for Alpha Company, 4th Light Armored Recon battalion. Throughout his time in the Marines, he continued to develop a love of weapons and weapons systems, and in 2008 was one of only a handful of sergeants at Camp Pendleton who completed the comprehensive "long rifle" range safety officer (RSO) course. This allowed him to open, operate, and run platoon, company and battalion level weapons training courses on all light, medium, and heavy weapons throughout the entire base.
Serving from 2001 to 2011 in both active / reserve duty, he received the Combat Action Ribbon with bravery commendation, three Navy Achievement Medals, along with many certificates of commendations for NCO combat instructor excellence, and mountain warfare at both the company and battalion level.
Jon had been active in the film and television industry since before joining the Corps, and when time and deployments allowed, he collected a team of other veterans, launching his first company; GUNMETAL, which was dedicated to veteran job creation in movies and tv in 2006. From 2006 onward, he served as a senior military consultant and weapons choreographer for some of the biggest movies, video games, and TV shows in the world. He has been a private weapons trainer for celebrities including Tom Cruise, Connor Cruise, Chris Hemsworth, Aaron Eckhart, Ray Stevenson, Kristen Stewart, Shemar Moore, Will Estes, and many others.
In 2010, the ad agency Campbell Ewald brought Jon on to help them navigate their client USAA. From 2010 to 2018, Jon and his team worked together with the agency and USAA's creative team to help them realistically depict the military in commercials and photography campaigns for: banking, insurance, and retirement.
Since then, Jon has helped other agencies, like Mullen Lowe, navigate all things military for their clients. Just days before the pandemic, Jon started work on the national ad campaigns for T-Mobile, Sprint, Verizon, and Met Life. Post pandemic, Jon has been constantly working on many action projects throughout Hollywood.
As a professional consultant, Jon has a never-ending thirst for military accuracy and proper depiction of the armed services past, present, and future, across all media platforms. Through his extensive network of active and retired veterans, he is constantly learning and incorporating all the latest military policies, practices, weapons, and uniforms into his work.
Between projects, Jon continues to write prolifically in both novels and screenplays. To date, he has written over 9 full-length feature films, 1 episodic series, and the first 3 books (1.5 million words!) of the Aurillium book series.
Jon launched Night Fire Media in 2015 to help advance veteran storytellers in all media by supplying access to his vast inventory of historical, modern, and futuristic military props, weapons, and wardrobe to the independent filmmaker.
In February 2022, just days after Russia invaded Ukraine, Jon donated over 1 million dollars' worth of REAL military and tactical equipment, that he used for celebrity training, to the government of Ukraine to aid them in their defense against Russian aggression.
Whether through efforts in the media, work in veteran charities, or creating a better tasting craft beer, he always finds a way to help those in need... a way to succeed where others failed... or a way to make the world a better place. For 20 years he has been driven by these words: "aut viam invenium aut faciam"( I'll find a way, or make one)- Jorge Fernández Díaz is known for The Man of Your Dreams (2011), Página 2 (2007) and Debo decir (2016).
- Joshua Lauren Alba was born July 8th, 1982 in Biloxi, Mississippi. His father's name is Mark and his mother's is Cathy. Joshua has one sibling, actress Jessica Alba. His father is of Mexican (Spanish and Native American) descent and his mother is of Danish and French Canadian descent. Joshua started acting when he was 18 years old, which is when he booked his first job, Dark Angel (2000), starring his sister Jessica. After Dark Angel (2000), he pursued acting with a passion and took classes for a year and a half. Before that, Joshua had been modeling for about two and a half years with Next Modeling Agency. During that time he modeled for Sketchers, Tommy Hilfiger Fashion Shows, and Teen Magazine, just to name a few. Along with being an actor, he was once a Realtor.
His movie Unrest (2006) was released in 500 theaters nationwide on the weekend of November 17th, 2006. Unrest (2006) was later released in Blockbuster video stores. - Katherine Moffat was born on 8 July 1958. She is an actress, known for Spy Hard (1996), Quincy M.E. (1976) and Simon & Simon (1981).
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An award-winning actor, an accomplished writer, a producer, and now a showrunner, Kathleen Robertson is the definition of a multi-hyphenate.
Her breakthrough was as naughty girl Clare in the landmark 1990s series 'Beverly Hills, 90210.' She appeared in the sixth and final season of the critically acclaimed Amazon series 'The Expanse.' Robertson also wrapped production on 'Triage' for ABC/Disney and director Jon Chu. In addition, she appears in the Lionsgate series 'Swimming with Sharks' opposite Diane Kruger, Kiernen Shipka and Donald Sutherland, a project for which she also created, produced and was showrunner.
Robertson also starred on the Netflix drama 'Northern Rescue,' the critically acclaimed TNT crime drama 'Murder in the First' opposite Taye Diggs for three seasons, and had a pivotal, recurring role opposite Vera Farmiga and Freddie Highmore on A&E's Emmy nominated 'Bates Motel.' She also garnered much attention for her starring role on the Gus Van Sant Golden Globe-winning political drama 'Boss,' as the brilliant, broken and duplicitous Kitty O'Neill, Mayor Tom Kane's (Kelsey Grammer) press aide. On the writing and producing front, Robertson and her production company Debut Content continue to build an impressive slate of both television and feature film projects.
On the television side, in a highly competitive situation, Robertson signed an overall deal with Universal Cable Productions (UCP) to both create and produce original content. She also has projects with Netflix, Barry Jenkins ('Moonlight'), Jason Bateman's Aggregate Films, Imagine Television, and acclaimed Academy Award nominated documentary filmmaker Joe Berlinger ('Cecil Hotel').
On the feature side, she is writing Flight for Paramount Pictures and Academy Award winner Akiva Goldsman.
She also adapted the acclaimed novel 'The Possibilities' for Fox Searchlight and Academy Award nominated filmmaker Jason Reitman who is attached to direct. Reitman also attached himself to direct the TV pilot 'Your Time is Up,' which Robertson wrote and signed on to star in. In addition, she adapted the novel 'Little Bee' for Amazon and Academy Award-winning actress Julia Roberts. Robertson was also recently brought on to adapt the comic-book series 'Lady Killer' for Dark Horse with Michelle Mac Laren (Westworld/Game of Thrones) directing.
A native of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Robertson moved to Los Angeles, California, USA, to pursue her career.- Actor
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Kevin Norwood Bacon was born on July 8, 1958 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Ruth Hilda (Holmes), an elementary school teacher, and Edmund Norwood Bacon, a prominent architect who was on the cover of Time Magazine in November 1964.
Kevin's early training as an actor came from The Manning Street. His debut as the strict Chip Diller in National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) almost seems like an inside joke, but he managed to escape almost unnoticed from that role. Diner (1982) became the turning point after a couple of television series and a number of less-than-memorable movie roles. In a cast of soon-to-be stars, he more than held his end up, and we saw a glimpse of the real lunatic image of The Bacon. He also starred in Footloose (1984), She's Having a Baby (1988), Tremors (1990) with Fred Ward, Flatliners (1990), and Apollo 13 (1995).
Bacon is married to actress Kyra Sedgwick, with whom he has 2 children.- The child of professional dancers, Kim Darby began her career studying dance with her father, as well as Nico Charisse. At fourteen, she was granted special admission to Tony Barr's acting workshop at Desilu Studios on the Paramount Pictures lot. He wrote later that it was her remarkable openness, honesty, emotional readiness and focus that convinced him to bring her into his adult class. These traits have become the signature of her work in a career that has now spanned a period of more than forty years.
As a teenager, she earned her first acting roles in episodes of television shows, including Mr. Novak (1963), Dr. Kildare (1961), The Eleventh Hour (1962), Star Trek (1966) and The Fugitive (1963). Her reputation continued to grow with more work in film and television.
She was twenty-one when producer Hal B. Wallis saw her in an episode of Run for Your Life (1965) and decided to offer her the coveted role of "Mattie Ross", opposite John Wayne's "Rooster Cogburn", in True Grit (1969). The classic western earned Wayne his only Oscar and made Kim Darby a film star.
Ms. Darby went on to star in a variety of productions, receiving a Golden Globe nomination for her work in Generation (1969), and an Emmy Nomination for her role in Rich Man, Poor Man (1976). Her feature films include The Strawberry Statement (1970), The Grissom Gang (1971), Better Off Dead (1985) and Mockingbird Don't Sing (2001); television movies include The Story of Pretty Boy Floyd (1974), Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (1973) and Enola Gay: The Men, the Mission, the Atomic Bomb (1980).
Still acting, since 1990, she has also been teaching her craft and is asked to give seminars at universities and film schools throughout the country. Her own training and lifelong experience over the last four decades has provided her with a rich perspective as well as a diverse collection of skills which she enjoys sharing with enthusiastic students. - Actor
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Lance Gross was born on 8 July 1981 in Oakland, California, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for House of Payne (2006), Sleepy Hollow (2013) and Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor (2013). He has been married to Rebecca Mamie Jefferson since 23 May 2015. They have two children.- Actor
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He was born on July 8, 1965 in Ivoryton, Connecticut and is a graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. His brother, Chris Tergesen, is a music supervisor and music editor. Lee has been married three times and has been married to Yuko Otomo, an art therapist, since 2011. They have a daughter, Lily, born in 2012.
While working as a waiter, he did his first stage work in New York. He landed his first major movie parts in Point Break (1991), Wayne's World (1992) and Wayne's World 2 (1993). In 1993, he played a recurring character, Chris Thormann, on Homicide: Life on the Street (1993). Next year, he got a starring role as Chett Donnelly on Weird Science (1994), which lasted until 1998. In 1997, he got another starring tv role on HBO's Oz (1997), as Tobias Beecher. It lasted until 2003.
Since Oz, he has appeared mostly on tv. He has had recurring or starring roles on Rescue Me (2004), Wanted (2005), Desperate Housewives (2004), Generation Kill (2008), Army Wives (2007), The Big C (2010), Red Widow (2013), Longmire (2012), The Americans (2013), Alpha House (2013) and American Horror Story (2011). After the Wayne's World movies, he has appeared in movies like Shaft (2000), Monster (2003), The Forgotten (2004), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006), Silver Tongues (2011), Red Tails (2012) and The Collection (2012).
Lee has also been busy in commercials. His "I love you, man!" line from Wayne's World (1992) was used by Budweiser in its beer commercials. Between 2003-2004, he provided the voice-over in Advil's commercials. Between 2011-2012, he provided the voice-over of TV commercials in Ally Bank's "People Sense" ad campaign.- Actress
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Lena Endre was born on 8 July 1955 in Härnösand, Västernorrlands län, Sweden. She is an actress and writer, known for Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), The Master (2012) and The Girl Who Played with Fire (2009). She was previously married to Richard Hobert, Thomas Hanzon, Vjeko Benzon and Malte Ekblom.- Actor
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Liam Matthews was born on July 8 in Toledo, Ohio and has been performing on stage and in film for over twenty years. Standout theater productions include To Kill a Mocking Bird, Scapino, Return to the Forbidden Planet, Chaps, Much Ado About Nothing, Dancing at Lughnasa and Lost in Yonkers. His most recent film credits include Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice, ISRA 88, Mickey Matson and the Copperhead Conspiracy, The Book of Daniel, Jerusalem Countdown, War Prayer and Do You Believe? as Bobby. He graduated from Hope College where he played on the men's Ice Hockey team and received his MFA from the University of Michigan. He is an avid cyclist, visual artist and a founding member of 10 West Studios and EMC Productions.Liam Matthews- Actor
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Lineysha Sparx is known for Rise of the Zombies (2012), Faster Than the Speed of Light (2015) and RuPaul's Drag Race (2009).Lineysha Sparx- Actress
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Liz Katz was raised in Randolph, NJ on video games, fantasy games, comic books, and science fiction movies. She began cosplaying at the age of 14 as an elf. She began cosplaying professionally in 2012 after she gained public attention and was voted the top cosplayer at Wondercon 2012.
In 2012 Liz Katz began appearing in YouTube videos and later as a personality on the video game streaming platform, Twitch. Liz Katz's authenticity, natural energy, quirky personality, and snarky wit lead her to gain a following beyond that of just cosplay modeling. In spring of 2018 Liz was asked to audition as the season 3 love interest for the HBO show, Crashing. Having had no prior acting training and little experience outside of YouTube she says re-watching it now "I'm embarrassed. This was my first ever audition and I am cringing at it now" The experience made her hungry to learn and pursue training through a Los Angeles coach with an emphasis on comedy and ad libbing.
In 2019 Liz took a supporting role in the comedy, Guest House, starring Pauly Shore, Aimee Teegarden, Mike Castle and Billy Zane.
Liz was present at the video gameplay premier of Gearbox's Borderlands 3 in 2019 as a Twitch personality. She also voiced her first video game character as Bloodshine in Borderlands 3.- Lori Hallier was born on 8 July 1959 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. She is an actress, known for My Bloody Valentine (1981), Star Trek: Voyager (1995) and Strange Days at Blake Holsey High (2002).
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Louis Jordan was born on 8 July 1908 in Brinkley, Arkansas, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for The Blues Brothers (1980), Raging Bull (1980) and Swingers (1996). He was married to Martha Weaver, Florence Vicky Hayes Johnson, Fleecie Moore and Ida Fields. He died on 4 February 1975 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
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Oren Hawxhurst is an American professional wrestler, promoter, actor and stuntman best known by his stage name Luke Hawx.
Dubbed the "Southern Stomper", Luke Hawx comes from Cajun Country in New Orleans, LA and made a lot of noise both in that part of the country and around the world as well. Loud, confident, brash, but always ready to back up his words. Originally known as Altar Boy Luke at the start of his career, Hawx was less intimidating in his formative years when it came to his size. However, as time went on, Hawx dedicated himself to the gym, showing a remarkable transformation in adding size and power, and is quick to brag about his "Huge F*cking Arms" that he sports today.
Hawx has competed for every major company in the United States and has branched out to see international success as well, but he is best known for his experience in Hollywood, as an actor playing roles such as "Stone Cold" Steve Austin in NBC's Young Rock, "Miller" in Fate of The Furious(F8) , "The Hole" in the Starz network television show Heels. Hawx is also the wrestling/action coordinator & liaison for the series as well. Luke gained much popularity in the film world after securing prestigious parts in major blockbusters films Logan & Fate of The Furious (Fast 8). This came after many years of Hawx's stunt work in over a 50+ different feature films. In addition to all of these attributes, Hawx is the founder of Wildkat Sports, based in his native Louisiana, training prospective wrestlers and producing live events, a formula that has generated some of the most promising young prospects to come out of the southeast United States in recent times.- Comely, dark-haired Kansas-born musical and legit actress Marcia Rodd, born on July 8, 1940, was raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and tasted theatre life at an early age when she played "Priscilla Alden" at a grade school pageant. Following high school graduation, she studied drama in the late 1950s with Alvina Krause at Northwestern University before heading to New York to pursue the stage.
Offbeat comedy would play a dominate part of this appealing actress's early career. Following her off-Broadway debut in the musical "Oh Say, Can You See!" in 1962, she took over several parts in the revues "Oh, What a Lovely War!" (1964) and "The Mad Show" (1966). Following tours of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" and "Chu Chem," she made her Broadway debut in 1967's "Love in E Flat." More roles followed as Daisy Gamble in "On a Clear Day You Can Look Forever," and Viola in "Love and Let Love." She returned to the off-Broadway stage and received a Drama Desk trophy after quickly replacing (after only a week into the show) Marian Mercer in the 1968 musical "Your Own Thing," which was based on Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night." She also went on to play the role in its London tour. Marcia's fine work as a grass-smoking free spirit opposite James Coco in Neil Simon's classic 1969 comedy "Last of the Red Hot Lovers" did not go unnoticed.
Marcia's abundance of fine stage work led to an auspicious film debut in Jules Feiffer's black comedy Little Murders (1971) with Elliott Gould. A flashy supporting part in the comedy-drama T.R. Baskin (1971) with Candice Bergen then followed. Norman Lear took an interest in Marcia and brought her to TV with guest spots on All in the Family (1971). She guested as the sensible, outspoken daughter of defiantly liberal Bea Arthur in one of the classic Archie Bunker episodes, and their roles would spin off into the popular series Maude (1972). Adrienne Barbeau, however, assumed the role of daughter Carol when Marcia turned the (1972-1978) sitcom down. She did appear in later years as a guest star in a single classic episode of the series. Elsewhere, she was seen in episodes of "Young Doctor Kildare," "Medical Center" and "Barnaby Jones," before finding a lead in the short-lived family comedy The Dumplings (1976).
With the theatre being her first love, Marcia returned to the stage to play Aldonza in a 1971 tour of "Man of La Mancha." She then return to the East Coast and copped a Tony nomination for the 1973 musical "Shelter." She also toured with the comedy "Rms Riv Vu" in 1973, followed by the role of Mistress Page in "The Merry Wives of Windor (1975). In addition to roles in the plays "Once Upon a Time" "And If That Mockingbird Don't Sing" and "The Goodbye People," she developed a strong reputation as an L.A. stage director in later years while also still taking on acting stage parts such as Golde in "Fiddler on the Roof" and Diana Vreeland in the one-woman play "Full Gallop."
Other than a few films here and there such as Citizens Band (1977) and Last Embrace (1979), Marcia's on-camera focus remained centered on the small screen. She played recurring TV wives on the '80s series The Four Seasons (1984) and Trapper John, M.D. (1979) and graced a plethora of episodes in such shows as "Phyllis," "Quincy," "Archie Bunker's Place," "Lou Grant, "Laverne & Shirley," "Flamingo Road," Night Court," "Highway to Heaven," "Too Close for Comfort," "Empty Nest," "Murder, She Wrote," "21 Jump Street," "Doogie Howser," "Home Improvement" and "ER." She also co-starred with Eileen Brennan in the short-lived series 13 Queens Boulevard (1979).
Into the millennium, Marcia continues to show herself a TV presence with shows like "Family Law," "Broken at Love," "The Young and the Restless," "Open House," "Grey's Anatomy" and another short-lived series Kaplan's Korner (2018). Married and divorced once, Marcia has proven to be one intriguing talent. - Actor
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Marcus Chong began as a child actor in Roots: The Next Generations (1979) as Frankie Warner where he met Alex Haley. He then went on to work on Little House on the Prairie (1974), starring Michael Landon . As a young adult, he appeared on Broadway in "Stand Up Tragedy", and won a Theater World Award. In film, he debuted in Jeff Bridges's American Heart (1992) about street kids in Seattle. He went on to perform in "Panther", written and directed by Melvin Van Peebles. Chong portrayed Huey P. Newton, founder of the Black Panthers. Marcus filmed The Matrix (1999). Chong has been performing his up and coming new productions on stage in NY as Alexander Dumas, author of the "Three Musketeers" and the "Count of Monte Cristo". Chong portrayed Harry Belafonte in Not 4 Sale (2013) and appeared in the USC film Son Shine (2013). He also appeared on such television shows as Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001) and Burn Notice (2007).- Margarita Padín was born on 8 July 1910 in Chacabuco, Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress, known for Dancing (1933), Picaflor (1935) and Locuras, tiros y mambos (1951). She died on 13 August 1993 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Mariano Roger is known for Paco (2009), Babasónicos: Irresponsables (2003) and Babasónicos: Putita (2004).- Actor
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Mark Herron was born on 8 July 1928 in Baxter, Tennessee, USA. He was an actor, known for Girl in Gold Boots (1968), 8½ (1963) and Eye of the Cat (1969). He was married to Judy Garland. He died on 13 January 1996 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Writer
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"I am too old to die young, and too young to grow up," Marty Feldman told a reporter -- a week before he died.
This beloved comedian, who poked fun at himself, as well as others, was born Martin Alan Feldman on July 8, 1934, in London, England. His parents were of Ukrainian Jewish heritage (from Kiev). He was the son of Cecilia (née Crook) and Myer Feldman, a gown manufacturer. Marty spent his childhood in the poverty-stricken London East End and left school at the age of 15, hoping for a career as a jazz trumpeter (his appearance in a Variety show earned him the title "the worst trumpeter in the world"). He had just started his comedy career, as a writer for BBC radio programs and TV shows in the late 1950s, when he married Lauretta Sullivan in January 1959 (they would stay married until his death in 1982). There's a saying: "Your face is your fortune"; Marty had received a double-whammy. His nose was mangled in his youthful years in a boxing match; his walleyed orbs were the result of both a hyperactive thyroid and a botched operation after a car accident before his 30th birthday, in 1963. American audiences first saw Marty in Dean Martin Presents the Golddiggers (1968), where he did comedy skits with Susie Ewing and the Golddiggers. He appeared in a number of movies, his most-remembered role being that of Igor (pronounced Eye-Gor) in Young Frankenstein (1974). Besides acting, he made his directorial debut in The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977). Beloved and popular, it seemed Marty was to enjoy a long career in the entertainment field. However, he died of a massive heart attack, caused by shellfish food poisoning, while filming Yellowbeard (1983) in Mexico City, on December 2, 1982... he was only 48.- Actress
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Mary Ellen Trainor was born in Chicago, Illinois. She appeared in many feature-films of the 1980s, notable characters include, Elaine, the kidnapped sister of Kathleen Turner and the catalyst for the entire plot in Romancing the Stone (1984), Dr. Stephanie Woods (LA Police Psychiatrist) in in all four Lethal Weapon (1987) films, Mrs. Walsh Mikey and Brand's (Sean Astinand Josh Brolin) mom in The Goonies (1985), news reporter Gail Wallens in Die Hard (1988) and Ricochet (1991).- Actor
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Matt Nolan appeared in Oscar Winning Best Picture, Argo (2012), Dir. Ben Affleck. Rebel Moon - Part One: A Child of Fire (2023), Dir. Zack Snyder. Vice (2018), Dir. Adam McKay. Only the Brave (2017), Dir. Joseph Kosinski. Jersey Boys (2014), Dir. Clint Eastwood. Stolen (2012), Dir. Simon West. Television Credits include; The Rookie (2018), American Horror Story (2011), Love (2016), NCIS (2003), 2 Broke Girls (2011), Grimm (2011). Animation, Commercials, Video Games, also lending his Voice to dozens of Blockbuster's, including; Black Panther (2018), Deadpool 2 (2018), The Avengers (2012), Deadpool (2016), War for the Planet of the Apes (2017), and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014),- Matthew Marsh lives in London and has been working in theatre film television & radio since 1977 - this versatile character actor often plays American Russian south African and German roles and many others along with his native UK ones - he has been lucky enough to work all over the world in film and TV and in theatre he loves working on new plays
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Maya Ray Thurman Hawke (born July 8, 1998) is an American actress and model. She is the daughter of actors Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman. She made her acting debut as Jo March in the 2017 BBC adaptation of Little Women (2017) and starred as Robin in the Netflix series Stranger Things (2016) since its third season.
Hawke was born on July 8, 1998, in New York City, the elder of her parents' two children together. Her parents met on the set of Gattaca (1997), married in May 1998, and divorced in 2005. Hawke's brother was born in 2002. She also has two half-sisters (born in 2008 and 2011) by her father's second wife, Ryan Shawhughes. She has another half-sister (born in 2012) from her mother's ex-fiancée, financier Arpad Busson.
On her father's side, Hawke is a great-great-grandniece of playwright Tennessee Williams. On her mother's side, she is a granddaughter of Buddhist scholar Robert A. F. Thurman and model Nena von Schlebrügge. Schlebrügge was previously married to Dr. Timothy Leary. Maya's grandmother, Birgit Holmquist, was also a model, having posed for Axel Ebbe's statue Famntaget, in Smygehuk in Sweden.
Hawke has dyslexia, which resulted in her changing schools frequently during her primary education before she was finally enrolled at Saint Ann's School, a private school in Brooklyn, New York that emphasizes artistic creativity and does not grade work. The artistic environment eventually led her to acting. Hawke also took part in summer studies at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London and the renowned Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York. She attended the performing arts school Juilliard for one year before being forced to drop out after accepting her role in Little Women.
Like both her mother and grandmother, Hawke modeled for Vogue at the start of her career. She was also chosen as the face of the British fashion retailer AllSaints's 2016/2017 collection. In 2017, she starred as one of several faces in a video campaign for Calvin Klein's underwear range, directed by Sofia Coppola.- Producer
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Melissa Carrey was born on 8 July 1960. She is a producer and actress, known for Man on the Moon (1999), Real Stories of the Donut Men (1997) and The Yesterday Show with John Kerwin (2004). She was previously married to Jim Carrey.- Mel Ruick was born on 8 July 1898 in Boise, Idaho, USA. He was an actor, known for Guiding Light (1952), Treat 'Em Rough (1942) and Tales of Tomorrow (1951). He was married to Claire (Neishtadt) Niesen, Lurene Tuttle and Helen Miller Prior. He died on 24 December 1972 in Los Angeles, California, USA.Melville Ruick
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Michael is an East Tennessee native and a graduate of The North Carolina School of the Arts Drama School. He has appeared in numerous stage productions in New York City and in productions across the country in some of the nations most prestigious regional theaters. He is also a proud member of John Houseman's Tony-honored, Acting Company. Michael made his feature film debut in writer and director Jeff Nichol's debut feature film Shotgun Stories in 2007.- Actor
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Born and raised in Manhattan, a graduate of Brown University, Michael comes from a long line of filmmakers. His grandfather, Oscar-winning screenwriter Sidney Buchman, ran Columbia Pictures under Harry Cohn throughout the 1930s and 1940s and wrote and produced such films as Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941), The Talk of the Town (1942), The Awful Truth (1937) Sahara (1943), A Song to Remember (1945), Holiday (1938), Lost Horizon (1937), The Jolson Story (1946), Cleopatra (1934), Theodora Goes Wild (1936) and more than 20 others. He was blacklisted in 1951 but continued to write from Cannes until his death in 1975.
Michael's sister, Amanda Silver, wrote The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992) and she and her husband, Rick Jaffa, wrote and produced Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, among others. They are currently writing Avatar 2, due 2016.- Producer
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Michael Cuesta was born on 8 July 1963 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a producer and director, known for L.I.E. (2001), Kill the Messenger (2014) and Homeland (2011).- Actor
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Michael Manning Weatherly, Jr. was born on July 8, 1968 in New York City, to Patricia Ruth (Hetherington) and Michael Manning Weatherly, Sr. Raised in Fairfield, CT, he left college to pursue a career in acting. He also had a great passion for music, and played in a band while pursuing his acting career. He began acting professionally and landed his first job as Theo Huxtable's roommate on The Cosby Show (1984) and a role in the independent film Trigger Happy (2001) opposite Rosario Dawson. This led to numerous guest spots on television and brought him to Los Angeles, where he landed a regular role in the FOX series Significant Others (1998). He met director Whit Stillman, who cast him in The Last Days of Disco (1998) opposite Chloë Sevigny. Michael also starred as Christina Applegate's ex-husband on the series Jesse (1998) and had roles in The Specials (2000) opposite Rob Lowe, Venus and Mars (2001) opposite Lynn Redgrave and Gun Shy (2000) opposite Liam Neeson and Sandra Bullock.
In 1995 he married actress Amelia Heinle, who appeared with him in The City (1995) and Loving (1983). Unfortunately, their marriage ended in divorce in 1997, despite the birth of their son August in 1996. Michael resides in Los Angeles. Weatherly married internist Dr. Bojana Jankovic on September 30, 2009. The couple live in Los Angeles with their two children, a daughter Olivia, and a son Liam.- Actor
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Michael Nawrocki is an American animator, director, writer and voice actor. He co-created VeggieTales alongside Phil Vischer and voiced dozens of characters including Larry the Cucumber, Jerry Gourd, Scallion #2 and Jean-Claude Pea. Nawrocki also voiced Larry in video games, commercials and LarryBoy: The Cartoon Adventures. He would later create Dead Sea Squirrels, a book series and cartoon.- Actor
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Milo Ventimiglia is an American actor, director and producer.
Milo currently stars on the critically acclaimed drama series "This is Us." He has been nominated twice for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series (2017 & 2018) and a Critic's Choice Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series (2019) for his portrayal of the family patriarch, Jack Pearson. The show won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series and the People's Choice Award for Best New Drama. In 2016 he reprised his role of Jess in the continuation of critically acclaimed television drama "Gilmore Girls,' which returned with four 90-minute episodes on Netflix. His other television credits include a memorable recurring role as 'The Ogre' in the FOX drama "Gotham," the Frank Darabont helmed TNT drama "Lost Angels," NBC's "Heroes," the critically acclaimed drama "American Dreams" and David. E. Kelley's drama "Boston Public."
Milo's passion for the art of acting keeps him drawn to both studio and independent features. Milo is wrapped production on the Fox 2000 feature film "The Art of Racing in the Rain," an adaptation of the international best-selling novel by Garth Stein. The book focuses on a family dog named Enzo who evaluates his life through the lessons learned by his human owner, a professional race-car driver named Denny Swift, played by Milo. The film will be released in September 2018. Ventimiglia recently starred alongside Jennifer Lopez in the romantic comedy "Second Act" and had a memorable cameo in "Creed II." He starred alongside Sylvester Stallone as his son in sixth installment of the Rocky series "Rocky Balboa, in Adam Sandler's "That's My Boy," and "Grown Ups 2" and alongside Nicole Kidman in "Grace of Monaco." His other film credits include Xan Cassavetes' "Kiss of the Damned," a remake of the 1986 Burt Reynolds drama "Heat" alongside Jason Statham" and the "Killing Season" with Robert DeNiro.
Behind the camera Ventimiglia and his partner at Divide Pictures Russ Cundiff are involved in traditional content having sold TV shows to NBC, SyFy and FX, and producing the independent feature TELL which Ventimiglia co-starred along side of Jason Lee and Katee Sackoff as well as STATIC, which Ventimiglia co-starred with Sarah Shahi and Sara Paxton. Ventimiglia also produced the web-series Chosen, now in it's second season for Sony's Crackle as well as directed other digital projects for American Eagle Outfitters, Cadillac, GQ and Liberty Mutual. Divide Pictures' latest web-series "The P.E.T. Squad" Files for CW's Seed, is about a group of amateur ghost hunters who chase fame without having seen an actual apparition. The show launches summer 2013 from San Diego Comicon. Ventimiglia's passion for comic books led him to produce two titles for Top Cow / Image Comics "Rest" and "Berserker."
Ventimiglia spends his free time working with vets through the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America as well as taking USO tours to troops abroad.- Nicolás Colazo has been married to Sol Rivas since 23 May 2014. They have two children.
- Bryan Christopher is known for Chicago P.D. (2014), Insatiable (2018) and RuPaul's Drag Race (2009).Nicole Paige Brooks
- Nikita Ager became an actor after a successful singing career. Growing up between the States, Europe and Asia, she is multi-lingual and has a world wide fan club. Daughter of beautiful playboy pin up model Barbara Ager. Theatrically trained in New York City, now working between there and Los Angeles, pursuing a successful TV and film career.
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Nina Zavarin was born on 8 July 1968 in San Francisco, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Requiem for a Dream (2000), Molotov Samba (2005) and Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001).- The beautiful Norma Eberhardt was born in Oakhurst, New Jersey. Norma developed a love for movies early. She was at a Easter Parade event with her mother when a well-known photographer stopped her and gave her his business card. When she turned seventeen, she got on a train and went straight to New York to find the photographer. She found out after she got there that she needed her mother to sign papers, in order for Norma to model for the photos because she was only seventeen. The photographer had to drive her all the way back to New Jersey. After Norma's mother signed the papers, her modeling career began. She became a John Robert Powers model. After modeling successfully for a few years in New York, this led to an acting career on television. Norma went out to Hollywood in 1951 and she was put under contract to Universal International studios. She appeared on television first and, later, her "first" film appearance was in a small part in Sailor Beware (1952). Also interesting is that this Martin & Lewis comedy would be the second film role for James Dean, also in a small part.
Afterwards, her first main film role was as an "agorphobic" girl (Louise) in Problem Girls (1953) (aka "The Velvet Cage"), also starring Beverly Garland and Ross Elliot and directed by German director Ewald André Dupont. The storyline concerned a school for rich troubled girls. Norma later married French actor Claude Dauphin in 1955. Norma went on to appear in many more television roles, like Whirlybirds (1957), Telephone Time (1956), Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion (1955). Then, in 1957, she got a role in the cult exploitation classic, Live Fast, Die Young (1958) with Mary Murphy and Mike Connors.
Earlier, when Norma first arrived in Hollywood, she roomed at The Studio Club For Women, where Mary Murphy also roomed. It was Norma's next film for which she would be always be remembered by horror film aficionados, as "Rachel" in The Return of Dracula (1958)! Released in (1958) by United Artists and written by Pat Fielder and directed by Paul Landres. - Pamela Brown trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Her first appearance was as "Juliet" in "Romeo and Juliet" at Stratford-on-Avon in 1936. She followed this with a variety of roles for the Old Vic Company in London. She appeared on Broadway in the 1947 production of "The Importance of Being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde. Her screen debut was in One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942) for Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. She went on to star in two more of Powell's films and they lived together until her unfortunately early death from cancer. Her memorable face with eyes you can drown in & a resonant voice always made Pamela an actress worth watching. She was often cast as an eccentric or mysterious character which suited her perfectly.
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Pauline Quirke was born on 8 July 1959 in Hackney, London, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Birds of a Feather (1989), Emmerdale Farm (1972) and Broadchurch (2013). She has been married to Steve Sheen since August 1996. They have two children.- Writer
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Born in 1982 in San Antonio, Texas, Ward, the youngest of 3 brothers, was raised by his mother Bettie Ward, an artist and daughter of a Texas oil rancher. He never met his father. He would often draw flipbooks Andy comic books with his friend Alex "the Logdog" Coates.
Ward attended CalArts, where he became friends with fellow animators J.G. Quintel of Regular Show and Alex Hirsch of Gravity Falls. They later worked on The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack together. In 2002, he created a comic strip called Bueno the Bear, but later withdrew publication the following year. He created a short film called Barrista with the character and uses the name for his social media profiles to this day.
In 2008, he made a pilot for Adventure Time for Nickelodeon, but it was rejected. Cartoon Network picked it up a year later and it premiered in 2010.- Actor
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Pentti Glan was born on 8 July 1946 in Finland. He was an actor, known for Foolproof (2003), The Rose (1979) and Alice Cooper: Welcome to My Nightmare (1975). He died on 7 November 2017 in Barrie, Ontario, Canada.- Actress
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Rachael Lillis was born on 8 July 1978 in Niagara Falls, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Pokémon (1997), Pokémon: The First Movie - Mewtwo Strikes Back (1998) and Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King (2012).- Music Artist
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Raffi Cavoukian, C.M., O.B.C., is a singer, author, and founder of the Centre For Child Honouring. He holds four honorary degrees and has received the Order of Canada and Order of BC awards. He is of Armenian descent. Raffi is a passionate children's advocate, and a defender of democracy. He published his autobiography "The Life Of A Children's Troubadour" in 1999.- Actress
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Riele Downs booked her first feature film role in the late John Singleton's Four Brothers (2005), opposite Mark Wahlberg and Terrence Howard. Riele went on to book multiple film roles including The Best Man Holiday (2013) and The Gabby Douglas Story (2014). Riele stars as Charlotte, the no-nonsense voice of reason on CBS's superhero comedy series Henry Danger (2014-20) which had a successful 121 episode run, which won multiple awards, including her 2020 Kid's Choice Awards nomination for "Favorite Female TV Star". Her animation credits include the award-winning Peep and the Big Wide World, The Adventures of Kid Danger and Captain Man, and S.A.L.E.M. Riele (ree-EL) Downs, a Canadian actress of African American, Cuban and Native American descent, is a film and television actress, visual artist, fashion designer and dancer, who is known most recently for the title role in the 20th Century/Disney+/Hulu feature Darby and the Dead (2022).- Producer
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Emmy Award-winning producer Rob Burnett has been executive producer of the Late Show with David Letterman since 1996. In addition to his role on the Late Show, Burnett is the president and chief executive officer of Worldwide Pants Incorporated, Letterman's production company, where he oversees the hit CBS shows "Everybody Loves Raymond" and "The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn." Worldwide Pants Incorporated currently has four shows on network television, including the critically acclaimed series "Ed," for which Burnett is executive producer and co-creator.- Actor
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Robert Knepper, the son of a veterinarian, was born in Fremont, Ohio, and was raised in Maumee (near Toledo). When he was growing up, his mother worked in the props department for the community theater, and because of her involvement, he became interested in acting. Robert began his career in theater in his hometown before majoring in theater at Northwestern University. He has performed in over one hundred professional theatrical productions around the world. He is a resident of Southern California.- Actor
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A classically-trained actor with a deeply-rooted seed in theatre, Rocky Carroll has solidified his career in cinema, stage and television with varied and impressive performances. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, as Roscoe Carroll, he attended the prestigious School for Creative and Performing Arts, graduating in 1981 at age 18. Pursuing an interest to expand his knowledge in acting, he went on to attend The Conservatory of Theatre Arts at Webster University in St. Louis. For his efforts he earned a BFA. Finally he decided to move to New York to test his acting mettle and started out doing Shakespeare. He graduated to television work after proving himself on the stage, appearing in such series as Chicago Hope (1994), Law & Order (1990), The Game (2006), Boston Legal (2004) and The West Wing (1999). It could be said that his most notable and perhaps breakthrough role, however, came when he was cast as Assisant Director Leon Vance on NCIS (2003). It was a role that reunited him with his "Chicago Hope" cast mate Mark Harmon. His character Vance would later be promoted to Director of NCIS after the death of Director Jenny Shepard, played by Lauren Holly. In 2009, he appeared in a spin-off of the series, NCIS: Los Angeles (2009), joining the process of establishing the Los Angeles-based NCIS office.- Actress
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Rosemary Ellen Guiley was born on 8 July 1950 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. She was an actress and writer, known for Dreams of the Dead (2007), Requiem for a Vampire (2006) and Supernatural Assault (2018). She died on 18 July 2019 in Woodway, Washington, USA.- Producer
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Ryan Buell was raised in Sumter, South Carolina by his mother, Shelly, who owns her own CPA business. Ryan's father, Tim, is a state police officer in Pennsylvania.
Buell was editor of his high school paper, and also participated in school plays and the debate team. With schoolmate, Rebecca Pointe, Ryan also formed and produced a daily news program for the school which aired in the mornings.
Buell attends Penn State University where he earned a bachelor's degree in Journalism. At 19, he formed the prestigious Paranormal Research Society which has become known throughout the nation. Paranormal Research Society also has its own show which is being produced by Go Go Luckey Productions for the A&E network, to which Buell is a consulting producer for.
Buell, now 25, just finished writing his first novel and is also helping to develop another paranormal-related show, this one a scripted drama. He is re-enrolled in Penn State to earn a degree in Anthropology and has plans for grad school.
He frequently visits South Carolina and constantly travels around the nation, particularly the beaches.- Actress
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Sally Lindsay was born on 8 July 1973 in Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Coronation Street (1960), Scott & Bailey (2011) and The Madame Blanc Mysteries (2021). She has been married to Steve White since 14 December 2013. They have two children.- Salvatore Cantalupo was born on 8 July 1959 in Naples, Campania, Italy. He was an actor, known for Gomorrah (2008), Sabato, domenica e lunedì (2004) and Perez. (2014). He died on 13 August 2018 in Jerzu, Sardinia, Italy.
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Samer Ismail was born on 8 July 1985 in Homs, Syria. He is an actor and producer, known for The Worthy (2016), Born from the Flank: Wilada Min Alkhasira (2011) and The Cello (2023).- Actress
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The actress and singer-songwriter Schuyler Fisk is the daughter of Academy Award-winning actress Sissy Spacek and production designer Jack Fisk, who met on the set of Badlands (1973), which starred Spacek (Fisk was the art director on the film). Although she was born in Los Angeles, California, she was raised in Virginia, where her parents established their home.
After acting in school plays, Fisk followed in the footsteps of her mother and became an actress. She is also a singer-songwriter, signed to Universal Records. Her song "Paperweight" was then featured on the soundtrack of the movie The Last Kiss (2006). Universal Records plans to release an album of her folk music in 2007.- Slender, buxom, and gorgeous brunette knockout Shamron Moore was born on July 8, 1977 in Flint, Michigan. She's of mixed Polish and Sicilian descent. Her first name is of Israeli origin. Moore worked for a while as a waitress at Hooters. Shamron was the Playboy Cyber Girl of the Week for January 20, 2003 and the Cyber Girl of the Month for May, 2003. In the wake of posing for Playboy Moore has not only modeled for Mystique, but also graced the covers of the magazines Ironman, Low Rider, and Import Tuner. Moreover, she has not only acted in a few movies, but is also a novelist and conservative blogger. Shamron loves classic rock and resides in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.