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By transforming into his characters and pulling the audience in, Ed Harris has earned a reputation as one of the most talented actors of our time.
Ed Harris was born in Tenafly, New Jersey, to Margaret (Sholl), a travel agent, and Robert Lee Harris, a bookstore worker who also sang professionally. Both of his parents were originally from Oklahoma. Harris grew up as the middle child. After graduating high school, he attended New York's Columbia University, where he played football. After viewing local theater productions, Harris took a sudden interest in acting. He left Columbia, headed to Oklahoma, where his parents were living, and enrolled in the University of Oklahoma's theater department. After graduation, he moved to Los Angeles to find work. He started acting in theater and television guest spots. Harris landed his first leading role in a film in cult-favorite George A. Romero's Knightriders (1981). Two years later, he got his first taste of critical acclaim, playing astronaut John Glenn in The Right Stuff (1983). Also that year, he made his New York stage debut in Sam Shepard's "Fool for Love", a performance that earned him an Obie for Outstanding Actor. Harris' career gathered momentum after that. In 2000, he made his debut as a director in the Oscar-winning film Pollock (2000).A History of Violence- Actor
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Owen Joseph Kline is an American filmmaker, actor and cartoonist, best known for his directorial debut Funny Pages (2022) and his performance as Frank Berkman in The Squid and the Whale (2005). Owen Joseph Kline was born and raised in New York City, to theater and film actor Kevin Kline and actress Phoebe Cates. He has one younger sister, Greta Kline, a musician/singer-songwriter. Kline acted in his adolescence in the independent films The Anniversary Party (2001) and Noah Baumbach's The Squid and The Whale (2005), but did not pursue a subsequent career in acting, instead remaining in junior high school. At the age of 7, Kline fell ill, and during a two-week stay in the hospital, he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes.The Squid and the Whale- Actor
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Striking Irish actor Cillian Murphy was born in Douglas, the oldest child of Brendan Murphy, who works for the Irish Department of Education, and a mother who is a teacher of French. He has three younger siblings. Murphy was educated at Presentation Brothers College, Cork. He went on to study law at University College Cork, but dropped out after about a year. During this time, Murphy also pursued an interest in music, playing guitar in various bands. Upon leaving University, Murphy joined the Corcadorca Theater Company in Cork, and played the lead role in "Disco Pigs", amongst other plays.
Various film roles followed, including a film adaptation of Disco Pigs (2001). However, his big film break came when he was cast in Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later (2002), which became a surprise international hit. This performance earned him nominations for Best Newcomer at the Empire Awards and Breakthrough Male Performance at the MTV Movie Awards.
Murphy went on to supporting roles in high-profile films such as Cold Mountain (2003) and Girl with a Pearl Earring (2003), and then was cast in two villain roles: Dr. Jonathan Crane, aka The Scarecrow, in Batman Begins (2005) and Jackson Rippner in Red Eye (2005). Although slight in nature for a villain, Murphy's piercing blue eyes helped to create creepy performances and critics began to take notice. Manhola Dargis of the New York Times cited Murphy as a "picture-perfect villain", while David Denby of The New Yorker noted he was both "seductive" and "sinister".
Later that year, Murphy starred as Patrick "Kitten" Braden, an Irish transgender woman in search of her mother in Neil Jordan's Breakfast on Pluto (2005), a film adaptation of the Pat McCabe novel. Although the film was not a box office success, Murphy was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Comedy or Musical and he won Best Actor for the Irish Film and Television Academy Awards.
The following year, Murphy starred in Ken Loach's The Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006). The film was the most successful independent Irish film and won the Palm D'Or at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. Murphy continued to take roles in a number of independent films, and also reprised his role as the Scarecrow in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight (2008). Nolan is known for working with actors in multiple films, and cast Murphy in Inception (2010) as Robert Fischer, the young heir of the multi-billion dollar empire, who was the target of DiCaprio's dream team. His most well-known work is starring as Thomas Shelby in the British TV show Peaky Blinders beginning in 2013.
Murphy continues to appear in high-profile films such as In Time (2011), Red Lights (2012), and The Dark Knight Rises (2012), the final film in Nolan's Batman trilogy.
Murphy is married to Yvonne McGuinness, an artist. The couple have two sons, Malachy and Aran.Batman Begins- Matthew William Goode (born 3 April 1978) is an English actor. His films include Chasing Liberty (2004), Match Point (2005), Imagine Me and You (2006), Brideshead Revisited (2008), Watchmen (2009), A Single Man (2009), Leap Year (2010), Stoker (2013) and The Imitation Game (2014). Goode also starred in in the final season of Downton Abbey and in the CBS legal drama The Good Wife as Finley "Finn" Polmar from 2014 to 2015. Goode was born in Exeter, Devon. His father is a geologist and his mother, Jennifer, is a nurse and amateur theatre director. Goode is the youngest of five children with a brother, two half brothers, and a half sister, television presenter Sally Meen, from his mother's previous marriage. He grew up in the village of Clyst St. Mary, near Exeter.Match Point
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Michel Côté is a French-Canadian actor. He is best known for his performance in the comedy Broue and his role in Omertà. He was born on June 25, 1950 in Alma, Québec, Canada. For his Education, he studied and graduated out of the National Theatre School of Canada in 1973. Michel is best known for his TV shows TV shows: La Petite Vie, Et Dieu créa... Laflaque. He is married to Véronique Le Flaguais since 1972 and they have two sons. Maxime Le Flaguais (Born in 1983 and known for movies Tentacules 8, le retour de la chose, The Sands, Turn Off Before Living) and Charles Côté.
Michel also formed "Broue" with Marc Messier and Marcel Gauthier in 1979. He also convinced Jean-Marc Vallée to film C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005) in Montréal instead of in the USA. Côté won the Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for C.R.A.Z.Y.
From a modest family, he made known classical studies. For personal enjoyment, he played in amateur plays. With Marc Messier and Marcel Gauthier, it is one of the pillars (bar) of the traveling comedy, Broue. Despite his 33 years of age, this comedy is always a great success and constitutes the bulk of its income. It is presented from October to April. For this reason, all his films are always made from May to September.
Throughout his career, he played various roles in television series, most notably the Omertà trilogy and Omertà La Petite Vie. He played in several films, including Le Dernier Tunnel, C.R.A.Z.Y., De père en flic, Liste noire, etc.. He received a Gémeau Award in 1999 for her performance in Omertà, Genie Award for best actor and the Jutra for best supporting actor. He is married to Véronique Le Flaguais and the father of two sons, Charles and Maxime.C.R.A.Z.Y.