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- Bradley Welsh played gangster kingpin Mr. Doyle in T2 Trainspotting (2017) co-starring with Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle. He had no prior acting experience before T2 Trainspotting. He also appeared as himself in a documentary The Boxer From Somewhere Else (2012). It was his appearance on Danny Dyer's Deadliest Men that Welsh was noticed for T2 Trainspotting. Dyer's documentary profiled Welsh as one of the most dangerous men in the UK who more than lived up to the title when he worked in the protection rackets as a bodyguard and enforcer. He used boxing to turn his life around which cause Dyer to feature Welsh on Season Two of his show on the Bravo Channel.
As a young adolescent growing up in Moredun, a district of Edinburgh, Scotland, Welsh was a member of a gang of neighborhood terrors who quickly graduated from causing dust-ups in Edinburgh's neighborhoods to violent bloody brawls as soccer casuals - attacking the opposing team players and their supporters. By age 13, his size and his anger were put to use as he moved out of the gangs into the neighborhood protection rackets, guarding anything from dubious warehouse shipments to people to drugs. He was incarcerated at age 14 and upon release, it was his brother who steered his aggression into boxing at the neighborhood gym.
It paid off. At age 17, Bradley Welsh became the 1993 lightweight champion in the Amateur Boxing Association of England, the youngest age allowed to register in the ABA. He learned how to market himself and earned enough money as a boxer to eventually buy his Holyrood Boxing Gym. He spoke locally to young people who were on the wrong path and used his gym to steer them in. Edinburgh Evening News editor Liam Rudden said on Twitter that Welshh was able to train his actors in two sessions to make them into believable boxers for a local stage play "A Cock and Bull Story."
Bradley Welsh came into notice by his appearance on Danny Dyer's Deadliest Men. He was cast in T2 Trainspotting which was released in 2017. There were no acting jobs after the movie wrapped and Welsh went back to part time bodyguard work and devoting his time to charities to keep young people out of trouble. His age has been misreported as 48. The official report of his death lists his age as 42, born in 1976.
On the night of April 17, 2019, after leaving his Holyrood Gym to go home, Welsh was walking down the steps to his flat in Chester Street when he was shot. The gunman ran off. His partner and young child who were inside didn't hear the gunshot. Bradley Welsh was found by a neighbor on the staircase around 8pm and he died at the scene. Police searched for the gunman and two days later, tips led to the arrest of a 28-year-old man who was also charged in the assault of a 22-year-old Pitcairn Grove man in March 2017. Police said that murders were extremely rare in the capital city and the use of a firearm were even more rare. The Daily Star newspaper reported they had an underworld source who claimed that Welsh was targeted by a hit man. In the process of providing muscle to protect 3 kg of heroin and 2 kg of cocaine, the shipment suddenly went missing on his watch. The source said the reason Welsh was targeted was because he could not explain the disappearance of the drugs. As of 2020, the accused hit man has not had a court date.
Bradley Welsh started out life as a street fighter in the ghettos of Moredun who turned his life around to become a lightweight boxing champ. owner of Holyrood Boxing Gym and a great supporter of children at risk. Police said it was likely that he fell back into old illegal activities which caused him to be gunned down at age 42. - Writer
- Soundtrack
Kazuo Koike was born on 8 May 1936 in Akita, Japan. He was a writer, known for Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), Lady Snowblood (1973) and Shogun Assassin (1980). He died on 17 April 2019 in Japan.- Director
- Writer
- Actor
Pieter Verhoeff was born on 4 February 1938 in Lemmer, Friesland, Netherlands. He was a director and writer, known for De brief voor de koning (2008), Het teken van het beest (1980) and Van geluk gesproken (1987). He died on 17 April 2019 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.- Irina Tsyvina was born on 1 July 1963 in Minsk, BSSR, USSR [now Belarus]. She was an actress, known for V polose priboya (1990), Night Fun (1991) and Bumazhnye glaza Prishvina (1990). She was married to Aleksandr Blagonravov, Evgeniy Evstigneev, Vladislav Toldykov and George Pusep. She died on 17 April 2019 in Moscow, Russia.
- Visual Effects
- Director
- Special Effects
Alex Weil is the award-winning executive creative director and founder of New York-based "design and build" digital atelier - Charlex. As designer, storyteller and technical innovator, he has delivered breakthrough moments in digital imagemaking for over 25 years.
From groundbreaking work with multi-layered video effects for projects like The Cars' 'You Might Think' - netting the young director MTV's first ever Best Music Video Award - to acclaimed projects for Saturday Night Live, IBM and Budweiser, Weil has become synonymous with the aesthetics and language of digital communication.
Weil broke ground early by embracing video as his creative medium at a time when it was considered only a primitive delivery system. Motivated by a 'never before' attitude he developed innovative alternatives for producing motion graphics and effects. By the early 1980s Charlex was single-handedly challenging the slower and expensive optical houses and quickly earning a reputation in the advertising and broadcast industries as post-production mavericks. These early days were captured in the 1988 film "Tapeheads" with John Cusack playing Alex.
Even during the early days of crude daisy-chained video decks and gaffer tape ingenuity, Weil recognized the limits of relying solely on technology to deliver a message. To further the creative experience - 'the personality' of the work - Weil started to collaborate more deeply with ad agencies to develop a new turnkey approach to post-production. Charlex became the first shop to successfully integrate design, effect, editorial, sound and live-action production services into a single working environment.
During this time Weil partnered with new software company Discreet Logic and equipped his team and New York with the latest evolution in post-production technology. This potent combination re-contextualized the potential of design and effects in commercial production. During this period Charlex and Weil were also gaining acclaim in the realm of design and branding for their work for the Fortune 500, including Coca Cola, Ford, Exxon, GM and Microsoft. Alex Weil had come to successfully harness both the art and the science of his discipline.
Challenged by the endless appetite for 'new stuff,' Weil embraces the potential of the latest talent and technology to push the work forward- including creating a thriving new CG team. Under his direction,
- Alan García was born on 23 May 1949 in Lima, Peru. He was married to María del Pilar Nores Bodereau and Carla Buscaglia Castellano. He died on 17 April 2019 in Lima, Peru.
- Producer
- Director
George Finkel was born on 29 July 1936 in Paris, France. George was a producer and director, known for Major League Baseball on NBC (1947), 1986 World Series (1986) and 1976 World Series (1976). George died on 17 April 2019 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA.- Clive Rose was born on 15 September 1921 in the UK. He was married to Elisabeth Mackenzie. He died on 17 April 2019 in Lavenham, Suffolk, England, UK.
- Jan Naaijkens was born on 10 February 1919 in Hilvarenbeek, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. He was a writer, known for Fanfarella (1962). He died on 17 April 2019 in Hilvarenbeek, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
- Production Designer
- Set Decorator
Ryszard Kaja was born in 1962 in Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland. He was a production designer and set decorator, known for Bajland (2000). He died on 17 April 2019 in Legnica, Dolnoslaskie, Poland.- Renato Biribin was born on 29 July 1940 in Union City, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Roy (2008), Saturnalia (2013) and Basement (2009). He died on 17 April 2019 in Fort Pierce, Florida, USA.
- Milada Procházková was born on 18 April 1930 in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Víkend za milión (1987), Do zubu a do srdícka (1986) and Máme se rádi (1987). She died on 17 April 2019 in Hrbov, Czech Republic.
- Actor
- Producer
Chet Coppock was born on 30 April 1948 in Winnetka, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for The Express (2008), Game Changers (2018) and WrestleMania 2 (1986). He was married to Anna Marie Busalacchi. He died on 17 April 2019 in South Carolina, USA.