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Henry William Dalgliesh Cavill was born on the Bailiwick of Jersey, a British Crown dependency in the Channel Islands. His mother, Marianne (Dalgliesh), a housewife, was also born on Jersey, and is of Irish, Scottish and English ancestry. Henry's father, Colin Richard Cavill, a stockbroker, is of English origin (born in Chester, England). Henry is the second youngest son, with four brothers. He was privately educated at St. Michael's Preparatory School in Saint Saviour, Jersey before attending Stowe School in Buckinghamshire, England.
His interest in acting started at an early age with school play renditions of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", and Sonny LaTierri in "Grease". He also starred and directed Shakespeare's "Hamlet" in the BBC documentary "40 Minutes". It was at age 17 when Henry was discovered by casting directors at school who were looking for a young boy to play Albert Mondego in The Count of Monte Cristo (2002). He went on to star in Vendetta (2001), appear in BBC's The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2001), the television film Goodbye, Mr. Chips (2002), and the television series Midsomer Murders (1997).
When Henry was 20 years old, he gained starring roles in I Capture the Castle (2003), Hellraiser: Hellworld (2005), Red Riding Hood (2006) and Tristan + Isolde (2006). He also had a minor role in the fantasy-adventure epic Stardust (2007) alongside Sienna Miller and Ben Barnes. During 2007-2010, Henry had a leading role on the television series The Tudors (2007) as Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk. The series was a success and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in 2007 and won an Emmy Award in 2008. Entertainment Weekly named him "Most Dashing Duke".
He also starred in Blood Creek (2006) and Woody Allen's comedy film Whatever Works (2009). On January 30, 2011, it was announced that Henry Cavill had been cast as the next Superman in Man of Steel (2013), making him the first non-American actor to play Superman. The movie was directed by Zach Snyder, produced by Christopher Nolan, and scripted by David S. Goyer. On November 7, 2011, Henry starred in Tarsem Singh's fantasy-adventure epic Immortals (2011) alongside Mickey Rourke, Freida Pinto and Luke Evans. On September 7, 2012, Henry starred in the action-thriller Cold Light of Day (2003) alongside Bruce Willis and Sigourney Weaver.
On June 10, 2013, Man of Steel (2013) kicked off its world premiere in New York City followed by London, Bailiwick of Jersey, Sicily, Madrid, Shanghai, Sydney and Tokyo. The movie became the highest-grossing Superman film to date, and the second-highest-grossing reboot of all time behind The Amazing Spider-Man (2012). Glamour magazine ranked him the #1 "Sexiest Man". In August 2014, Henry became the Ambassador for Durrell Wildlife Park and created a website and social media called #CavillConservation to help raise funds and awareness for his love of animals and conservation. On November 3, 2014, it was announced that Cavill, his brother Charlie, and London-based producer Rex Glensy, have formed their own British production company, Promethean Productions.
On August 7, 2015, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015) began its premiere tour with a people's premiere at the famous Somerset House in London, followed by its world premiere in New York City, then Toronto, and Rio de Janeiro. Cavill reprised his role as Superman in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) and Justice League (2017).- Actor
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Welsh actor John Rhys-Davies was born in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, Wales, to Mary Margaretta Phyllis (nee Jones), a nurse, and Rhys Davies, a mechanical engineer and Colonial Officer. He graduated from the University of East Anglia and is probably best known to film audiences for his roles in the blockbuster hits Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). He was introduced to a new generation of fans in the blockbuster trilogy "The Lord of the Rings" (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), (The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002), and (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)) in the role of Gimli the dwarf. He has also had leading roles in Victor/Victoria (1982), The Living Daylights (1987) and King Solomon's Mines (1985).
Rhys-Davies, who was raised in England, Africa and Wales, credits his early exposure to classic literature for his decision to pursue acting and writing. He later refined his craft at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (of which he is now an Associate Member). His television credits include James Clavell's Shogun (1980) and Noble House (1988), Great Expectations (1989), War and Remembrance (1988) and Archaeology (1991). An avid collector of vintage automobiles, Rhys-Davies has a host of theater roles to his credit, including "The Misanthrope", "Hedda
Gabler", and most of Shakespeare's works. He divides his time between Los Angeles and the Isle of Man.- Actress
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Danielle Christine Fishel was born on May 5, 1981, in Mesa, Arizona.
She began acting professionally at the age of ten, during which she
made many TV guest appearances and commercials. She was originally a
guest star on the show
Boy Meets World (1993), but
Danielle added a spark that the show needed and she became a regular
cast member shortly afterward. She played Topanga Lawrence on the show,
the girlfriend of Cory Matthews. The show brought Danielle much
attention even landing her face on the cover of "Seventeen" magazine.
She was voted as one of Teen People's magazine hottest stars under the
age of 21. She graduated from high school in 1999.
In 2014, fourteen years after the conclusion of "Boy," she reprised her
role as Topanga, now the wife of Cory Matthews, in the show
Girl Meets World (2014).- Actor
- Producer
- Additional Crew
An intense, versatile actor as adept at playing clean-cut FBI agents as
he is psychotic motorcycle-gang leaders, who can go from portraying
soulless, murderous vampires to burned-out, world-weary homicide
detectives, Lance Henriksen has starred in a variety of films that have
allowed him to stretch his talents just about as far as an actor could
possibly hope. He played "Awful Knoffel" in the TNT original movie
Evel Knievel (2004),
directed by John Badham and executive
produced by Mel Gibson. Henriksen
portrayed "Awful Knoffel" in this project based on the life of the
famed daredevil, played by George Eads.
Henriksen starred for three seasons (1996-1999) on
Millennium (1996), Fox-TV's
critically acclaimed series created by
Chris Carter
(The X-Files (1993)). His
performance as Frank Black, a retired FBI agent who has the ability to
get inside the minds of killers, landed him three consecutive Golden
Globe nominations for "Best Performance by a Lead Actor in a Drama
Series" and a People's Choice Award nomination for "Favorite New TV
Male Star".
Henriksen was born in New York City. His mother, Margueritte, was a
waitress, dance instructor, and model. His father, James Marin
Henriksen, who was from Tønsberg, Norway, was a boxer and merchant
sailor. Henriksen studied at the Actors Studio and began his career
off-Broadway in Eugene O'Neill's
"Three Plays of the Sea." One of his first film appearances was as an
FBI agent in Sidney Lumet's
Dog Day Afternoon (1975),
followed by parts in Lumet's
Network (1976) and
Prince of the City (1981). He
then appeared in Steven Spielberg's
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
with Richard Dreyfuss and
François Truffaut,
Damien: Omen II (1978) and in
Philip Kaufman's
The Right Stuff (1983), in which
he played Mercury astronaut Capt.
Wally Schirra.
James Cameron cast Henriksen in
his first directorial effort,
Piranha II: The Spawning (1982),
then used him again in
The Terminator (1984) and as the
android Bishop in the sci-fi classic
Aliens (1986).
Sam Raimi cast Henriksen as an outrageously
garbed gunfighter in his quirky western
The Quick and the Dead (1995).
Henriksen has also appeared in what has developed into a cult classic:
Kathryn Bigelow's
Near Dark (1987), in which he plays the
head of a clan of murderous redneck vampires. He was nominated for a
Golden Satellite Award for his portrayal of
Abraham Lincoln in the TNT
original film
The Day Lincoln Was Shot (1998).
In addition to his abilities as an actor, Henriksen is an accomplished
painter and potter. His talent as a ceramist has enabled him to create
some of the most unusual ceramic artworks available on the art market
today. He resides in Southern California with his wife Jane and their
five-year-old daughter Sage.- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Stunts
Zach McGowan was born and raised in New York City, where he started acting at an early age in school productions. His passion for the stage followed him through his high school and college years and landed him on the New York City stage in 2003, where he honed his craft in numerous off-Broadway productions. In 2005, Zach moved to Los Angeles to work in film and television. Zach's film work includes Terminator Salvation, directed by McG; The Hunt For Eagle One (Sony Screen Gems), directed by Brian Clyde; Crash Point (Sony Screen Gems), directed by Henry Crum; and Seal Team Six, directed by Mark Andrews. On television, Zach guest-starred in the premiere episode of the fifth season of Numb3rs, and in season 7, episode 6 of CSI Miami. Zach's short film work includes leading roles in The 14th Morning (LA International Short Film Festival, New Haven Film Festival, and The Method Festival), and Sadiq (official 2006 MTVU Student Film Maker Award Nominee, and winner of Best Short at the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival) by Sean Mullin. Zach can also be heard in numerous advertisements, video games, and animation projects doing voice-over work. Zach lives in Los Angeles and is a member of both SAG and AFTRA.- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Richard E. Grant is an actor and presenter. He made his film debut as Withnail in the comedy Withnail and I (1987). Grant received critical acclaim for his role as Jack Hock in Marielle Heller's drama film Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018), winning various awards including the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male. He also received Academy Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor.- Lisa Eilbacher was born in Saudi Arabia, the daughter of an oil company
executive. She spent her most formative years in Paris. After moving to
Beverly Hills, California with her family, she soon appeared on
television on episodes of Wagon Train (1957), Laredo (1965), My Three Sons (1960), and Gunsmoke (1955). Among her credits as a teenager is The War Between Men and Women (1972), a motion picture
starring Jack Lemmon and Barbara Harris. She has since been featured prominently
in many TV and film productions. - Actor
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Santiago Cabrera was born in Caracas, Venezuela, to Chilean parents, and grew up in London, Romania, Toronto, and Madrid. Although he considers Santiago, Chile, his hometown, he splits his time between London and Los Angeles.
Cabrera trained at London's prestigious Drama Centre under renowned instructors Yat Malmgren and Christopher Fettes, whose students include many great actors, among them Sir Sean Connery and Sir Anthony Hopkins. Concurrent with his final year at the Centre, he made his television debut with small roles on British television, and on the London stage, playing Montano in Shakespeare's "Othello", at the London Greenwich Theatre, directed by Rupert Goold. His most recent stage role was Romeo in London's Middle Temple Hall production of "Romeo and Juliet".
Cabrera's breakthrough role came in the highly successful first season of NBC's ensemble drama series "Heroes" (2006-2007). There he played Isaac Mendez, a heroin-addicted, lovesick artist able to paint the future. He seduced viewers with his moody, manly charm, even though his character didn't live past the first season. He also played a strong recurring role, as the mythical character Lancelot, in the very popular BBC series "Merlin" (2008-2010).
He can be seen in the historic epic "Cristiada" (2011) opposite Andy Garcia and Peter O'Toole, playing the lead role of Father Vega, a priest turned General during the Cristero War in 1920s Mexico. He was seen in Steven Soderbergh's film, "Che. Part 1" (2008), opposite Benicio del Toro, for which he won critical acclaim for his portrayal of legendary Cuban guerrilla commander Camilo Cienfuegos.
Since 2014, Cabrera has starred as Aramis in the BBC One hit show The Musketeers (2014), a fresh and exciting look at the much-loved novel by Alexandre Dumas. In 2015, Cabrera narrated the successful BBC Two three-part documentary series Patagonia (2015), which explores the rarely seen South American wilderness from the Andes Mountains to Cape Horn.
In addition to his native Spanish language, he is fluent in English, French, and Italian.- Mark McKenna was born on 5 May 1996. He is an actor, known for Sing Street (2016), Overlord (2018) and The Tourist (2022).
- Known to audiences worldwide as spitfire advertising executive "Pete Campbell" on Matthew Weiner's Golden Globe, Emmy, and SAG Award-winning drama series Mad Men (2007), Vincent Kartheiser has actually been acting since he was a teen. Starting with Untamed Heart (1993), alongside Marisa Tomei, Kartheiser accumulated an impressive number of credits during his youth, inclusive
of Little Big League (1994), Iron Will (1994), The Indian in the Cupboard (1995), and Alaska (1996). He
has since appeared in the likes of Another Day in Paradise (1998) with James Woods and Melanie Griffith; Crime + Punishment in Suburbia (2000); and most recently, the sci-fi thriller In Time (2011), which reunited him with his Alpha Dog (2006) co-star, Justin Timberlake.
During his Mad Men (2007) hiatus, Kartheiser filmed the indie, Beach Pillows (2014), and performed the lead role in "Death of the Novel", which brought him back to his stage roots, that originated at the renown Guthrie theatre.
Kartheiser previously starred on Joss Whedon's Angel (1999), and has
guest-starred in numerous other series, including ER (1994), BBC America's
Money (2010), and The Cleveland Show (2009). He's also lent his voice to the big
screen's Rango (2011) and will next lead the cast of FOX's High School USA! (2013).
A native of Minneapolis, MN, Kartheiser was named after Vincent van Gogh and grew up surrounded by his works. - Actor
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Tyrone Power was one of the great romantic swashbuckling stars of the
mid-twentieth century, and the third Tyrone Power of four in a famed
acting dynasty reaching back to the eighteenth century. His
great-grandfather was the first Tyrone Power (1795-1841), a famed Irish
comedian. His father, known to historians as
Tyrone Power Sr., but to his
contemporaries as either Tyrone Power or Tyrone Power the Younger, was
a huge star in the theater (and later in films) in both classical and
modern roles. His mother, Helen Emma "Patia" (née Reaume),
(Mrs. Tyrone Power), was also a
Shakespearean actress as well as a respected dramatic coach.
Tyrone Edmund Power, Jr., (also called Tyrone Power III) was born at
his mother's home of Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1914. His ancestry included
English, Irish, German, French Huguenot, and French-Canadian. A frail,
sickly child, he was taken by his parents to the warmer climate of
southern California. After his parents' divorce, he and his sister
Anne Power returned to Cincinnati
with their mother. There he attended school while developing an
obsession with acting. Although raised by his mother, he corresponded
with his father, who encouraged his acting dreams. He was a
supernumerary in his father's stage production of 'The Merchant of
Venice' in Chicago and held him as he died suddenly of a heart attack
later that year.
Startlingly handsome, young Tyrone nevertheless struggled to find work
in Hollywood. He appeared in a few small roles, then went east to do
stage work. A screen test led to a contract at 20th Century Fox in
1936, and he quickly progressed to leading roles. Within a year or so,
he was one of Fox's leading stars, playing in contemporary and period
pieces with ease. Most of his roles were colorful without being deep,
and his swordplay was more praised than his wordplay. He served in the
Marine Corps in World War II as a transport pilot, and he saw action in
the Pacific Theater of operations.
After the war, he got his best reviews for an atypical part as a
downward-spiraling con-man in
Nightmare Alley (1947). Although
he remained a huge star, much of his postwar work was unremarkable. He
continued to do notable stage work and also began producing films.
Following a fine performance in
Billy Wilder's
Witness for the Prosecution (1957),
Power began production on
Solomon and Sheba (1959).
Halfway through shooting, he suffered a heart attack during a dueling scene with
George Sanders and died before reaching a hospital.
His three children, including his namesake, Tyrone William Power IV
(known professionally as
Tyrone Power Jr.), have all followed
him in the family acting tradition.- Actor
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Clark Duke is an actor, writer, and director best known for Clark and Michael, The Office, Kickass, and Hot Tub Time Machine.
Originally from Arkansas, Clark attended film school at Loyola Marymount University. His thesis film was the pilot for Clark and Michael.
Clark was most recently seen alongside Vince Vaughn, Liam Hemsworth, and John Malkovich in his feature directorial debut, Arkansas.- Actor
- Writer
Although best known as the deputy on Bonanza (1959) and Robert in
The Magnificent Seven (1960), Russell was also well-known on a national level as the
owner of the Portland Mavericks Baseball Club. Helming the only
independent team in the Class-A Northwest League, Russell was an
innovator. Before Bull Durham (1988), there were the Mavericks. Russell
kept a 30-man roster because he believed that some of the players
deserved to have one last season. His motto was one 3-letter word. Not
WIN, although the Mavericks did just that. No, the word was FUN. He created
a park that kept all corporate sponsorship outside the gates, hired the first
female general-manager in professional baseball, and the the next year hired
the first Asian-American GM/Manager. That season his team set a record for
the highest attendance in minor-league history and went on to win the
pennant. Ex-major leaguers and never-weres who couldn't stop playing the
game flocked to his June tryouts, which were always open to anyone who
showed up. Players from as far away as France and Cape Town would head to
Portland for a chance with Russell's Mavericks.- Producer
- Writer
- Actor
Raised in the shadow of Rahway prison, Sutter spent most of his New
Jersey childhood indoors, away from people, three feet from a TV
screen. That's where he learned the essentials of storytelling and the
comic significance of anvils.
After graduating from Rutgers University with a BA in Film, Kurt spent
several years as an actor in NYC, performing in off-off-Broadway
theatres, lofts and holding cells. His theatre training led to teaching
and directing and, in the mid-nineties, he joined the faculty of "The
Gately-Poole Acting Studio" on Theatre Row, teaching the
Sanford Meisner Technique and directing
productions at "The Nat Horne Theatre".
In 1997, Kurt was awarded an MFA Fellowship to attend Northern Illinois
University. In Chicago, Kurt's exposure to the dramatic masters -
August Strindberg,
Eugene O'Neill,
Jean Genet - inspired him, and he began
writing plays and cultivating ideas for the screen. After graduating
with a Master of Fine Arts, Sutter moved to Los Angeles, where he began
writing. In 2001, he landed a gig on FX's
The Shield (2002). Starting as a
staff writer, he stayed on "The Shield" its entire seven season run,
finishing up the last two seasons as Executive Producer.
Kurt continues his relationship with FX, with his new
critically-acclaimed series,
Sons of Anarchy (2008). Along
with his TV work, Sutter has feature projects in development at Warner
Brothers and Paramount.
Sutter and his wife, actor/singer
Katey Sagal, live in Los Angeles with their
three children: Sarah, Jackson and Esmé. And their three dogs: Lola,
Lumpy and Blue.- Actress
- Writer
- Producer
Virginie Efira was born on 5 May 1977 in Brussels, Belgium. She is an actress and writer, known for Elle (2016), Benedetta (2021) and Sibyl (2019). She was previously married to Patrick Ridremont.- Actor
- Director
- Soundtrack
Like a number of British actors of the same generation
(John Hurt and
Alan Rickman, to name two), Roger Rees originally trained for the visual arts. He was born on May 5 1944 in Aberystwyth, Wales, and acted in church and Boy Scouts stage productions while growing up in South London, but studied painting and lithography at the Slade School of Art. He had to quit his studies, however, when his father died and he had to help support the family. His first paying jobs in show business were as a scenery painter. He was painting scenery, in fact, when he was asked to sub in for a part and made his acting debut. He put away his brushes for good after this.
He turned to acting on a full-time basis in the mid-1960s and appeared on both the London and Scottish stages. After his
fourth audition, the Royal Shakespeare Company finally hired him as a
walk-on, sword carrier and bit player in 1968. He then worked his way up through the RSC's ranks, finally achieving stardom in the early 1980s in the 8-1/2 hour stage adaptation of "The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickelby", which had a cast of 40 actors, and for which he won both an Olivier Award and a Tony Award. Rees was also nominated for an Emmy Award for the television version of the play. By this time, he had several
TV movies to his name, but he did not make his big-screen
debut until Star 80 (1983).
Living in the United States since 1989, Roger made a name for himself in America when he joined the cast of the TV hit comedy Cheers (1982) as the priggish Britisher Robin Colcord and later the glib British ambassador Lord John Marbury on the series The West Wing (1999). More recently, he appeared as a frequent guest in several British and American television series and in a number of independent films.
However, Roger Rees remained primarily a man of the theatre with secondary careers as a playwright and stage director. Married to theatre collaborator Rick Elice since 2011, Roger was subsequently diagnosed with cancer. Performing on Broadway in the musical "The Visit" starring Chita Rivera, he was forced to quit the show in late May of 2015. The 71-year-old actor died on July 10, 2015.- Actress
- Soundtrack
- Producer
Jenna Davis is a talented actress, producer, singer, songwriter, dancer and a social media influencer.
Most recently she voiced the titular character in Blumhouse's hit horror-thriller M3gan.Jenna also received praise for bringing M3gan to life, with Rolling Stone calling her voice acting "perfectly right" and the Hollywood Reporter saying the film " would be nothing without her voice work " Jenna will next be seen in Zelda William's upcoming film Lisa Frankenstein opposite Kathryn Newton and Cole Sprouse. Additionally, you can find Jenna on the hit Disney Channel show RavensHome.
Jenna has over 9 million followers across all social platforms, and her music videos have amassed over 67 million views!- Actress
- Producer
Melinda Culea was born in a suburb of
Chicago on May 5, 1955. At the age of 20, she moved to New York to join
a prestigious modeling agency; her first marriage broke up in the
process. After four years in New York, she moved to California to break
into the TV industry. After doing a number of commercials, including a
successful Burger King campaign, she landed a starring role in the
sitcom pilot
Dear Teacher (1981).
Though that pilot didn't sell, she soon got what seemed like her big
break when she won the role of Amy Allen, the female lead in
The A-Team (1983). Though the
pilot episode presented Amy as a spunky, Howard Hawksian heroine, in
subsequent episodes, the role became little more than that of a token
female, tagging along with the heroes but rarely having much to do with
the plot. At the time, Culea expressed dissatisfaction with the
insignificance of her part, and began lobbying for the writers to give
her more to do. Reportedly, she asked that her character be allowed to
participate in fight scenes. During the second season, producer
John Ashley allegedly told Culea's
agent, "tell Melinda to shape up or she's out". A few weeks later,
Culea discovered that she had been dropped from the show when she
received a script with no lines for her character. Why she was fired
has never been completely clear; reports at the time focused on the
fact that she didn't seem to get along with star
George Peppard, who reportedly felt that
the show should not have a female co-star.
Marla Heasley, who briefly replaced Culea,
was told that Culea had been considered too "tomboyish" by the
producers.
After a role on the short-lived
Aaron Spelling series
Glitter (1984), Culea re-emerged in
1986 with a series of high-profile guest roles on
Family Ties (1982) and
St. Elsewhere (1982). She then
took a hiatus from acting, returning in 1988 with a regular role on
Knots Landing (1979). Since
then, Culea has worked steadily as a dependable and versatile TV
performer, most notably in a guest-starring role in the famous
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
episode
The Outcast (1992).
Since 1995, she has been married to television and film director
Peter Markle.- Actor
- Producer
- Director
Sage Stallone was an American actor and film director from Los Angeles. His best known role was Robert Balboa, Jr. (Rocky Balboa's son) in the sports drama film "Rocky V" (1990).
Stallone was the eldest son of actor Sylvester Stallone (1946-) and his first wife Sasha Czack. His parents married in 1974, and divorced in 1985. Sage's paternal grandfather was hairdresser and beautician Frank Stallone Sr. (1919-2011). Sage's paternal grandmother was the astrologer Jackie Stallone (1921-). Through his father's side of the family, Sage had Italian, French, and Ukrainian-Jewish ancestry.
Stallone made his film debut in "Rocky V" (1990), when 14-years-old. From 1994 to 1995, Stallone studied filmmaking at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, a public art school located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. In 1996 Stallone and film editor Bob Murawski became the founders of the film preservation company Grindhouse Releasing. The company preserved, digitally restored and distributed exploitation films, B-movies, and cult films. It was also known for the restoration of Italian horror films directed by Lucio Fulci, Ruggero Deodato, and other horror directors.
In 2006, Stallone directed the drama film "Vic", concerning a down-on-his-luck actor who struggles to make a career comeback. For this film, Stallone won the Best New Filmmaker at the Boston Film Festival .
In 2010, Stallone played an unnamed Mafioso in the drama film "Promises Written in Water". The film did not receive distribution, and was mainly exhibited in film festivals. Stallone's last film appearance was a role in the short film "The Agent" (2010).
Stallone died in July 2012,at his home in Studio City, Los Angeles. His autopsy indicated that the cause of death was coronary artery disease, caused by atherosclerosis. He was 36-years-old at the time of death. His funeral was held at the St. Martin of Tours Catholic Church in Los Angeles. Stallone was buried at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery.- Dylan Tays was born on 5 May 1971 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1996), Waist Deep (2006) and CSI: NY (2004).
- Actress
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- Director
Jessie Cave studied Illustration and Animation at Kingston University, London,
and worked backstage in various theatres before deciding to pursue
acting.
She got a place at RADA to study Stage Management, but after watching
some actors in rehearsal rooms she changed her mind and applied to
drama school. She was ready to go to The Oxford School of Drama when
she got the part in Harry Potter.- Marc Alaimo was born on 5 May 1942 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He is an actor, known for Total Recall (1990), Tango & Cash (1989) and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993).
- Actress
- Writer
- Producer
Gabrielle Nevaeh was born on 5 May 2005 in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for That Girl Lay Lay (2021), All That (1994) and Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai (2022).- Writer
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Michael Palin is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter. He was one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python.
After the Monty Python television series ended in 1974, the Palin/Jones team worked on Ripping Yarns, an intermittent television comedy series broadcast over three years from 1976. In 1980, Palin co-wrote Time Bandits with Terry Gilliam. He also acted in the film. In 1984, he reunited with Terry Gilliam to appear in Brazil. He appeared in the comedy film A Fish Called Wanda (1988), for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Green-eyed Tina Yothers began doing commercials when she was just three
years old. The daughter of TV film producer Robert Yothers, she was
born on May 5, 1973 in Whittier, California. Her three brothers (Jeff,
Randy Poindexter Yothers and
Cory 'Bumper' Yothers) had all
acted in commercials. She also has a foster sister whose name is also
Tina.
After doing spots for McDonald's, Bell Telephone and Doritos, Tina
auditioned for a role in the movie
Shoot the Moon (1982) and won the
part. After the movie, she won the part of "Jennifer Keaton" on the
series, Family Ties (1982).
She wrote the book, "Being Your Best: Tina Yothers's Guide for Girls"
and appeared in the TV movie,
Crash Course (1988). Her
hobbies are swimming and playing hockey.- Actor
- Writer
Sandy Baron was born Sanford Beresofsky in Brooklyn, New York on May 5,
1936. Raised in Brooklyn's Brownsville neighborhood, the young Sandy
attended public schools and participated in accelerated classes. A
graduate of Brooklyn College, he spent his early years working summers
in the Catskill Mountain resorts that were the breeding grounds of many
Jewish comedians. Baron made his Broadway debut in "Tchin-Tchin" on Oct
25, 1962. His next play, Bertolt Brecht's "Arturo Ui" with
Christopher Plummer in the
title role, was a flop, lasting but eight performances in November
1963. His next appearance on the Great White Way, in the comedy
"Generation," was more successful, playing for over half a year in the
1965-1966 season.
In 1964, Sandy -- already a seasoned Catskill comic and nightclub
performer -- released a 13-track album on Roulette Records, "The Race!
Race!" The album jacket pronounced it a "rollicking comedy album about
hate, prejudice, bigotry and other such nonsense." He established a
national reputation that year on the television comedy series
That Was the Week That Was (1963),
the American version of the hit British TV show, both of which starred
David Frost. He followed it up with
a lead role in the TV series
Hey, Landlord (1966), playing a
stand-up comedian.
In the 1970s, he made regular appearances on the
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
and the The Merv Griffin Show (1962). Baron played
Lenny Bruce in the show "Lenny" at
Hollywood's Aquarius Theater in 1972, and eventually replaced
Cliff Gorman in New York in what
would prove to be his last Broadway appearance.
Baron appeared as himself in Woody Allen's
Broadway Danny Rose (1984),
the director's homage to borscht-belt comedy. In the 1990s, he appeared
as Jack Klompus, the nemesis of
Jerry Seinfeld's father on the hit TV
series Seinfeld (1989). He replaced
Al Lewis as Grandpa Munster in the TV
movie
The Munsters' Scary Little Christmas (1996).
His last movie appearance was in Stephen Frears'
The Hi-Lo Country (1998).
Sandy Baron died of emphysema on January 21, 2001 in a nursing home in
Van Nuys, California. A memorial celebration was held on July 22, 2001
at Hollywood's Ivar Theater.- Actress
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Actress and entertainer Pat Carroll played everything from chatterbox wives to wicked stepsisters on TV, and from Gertrude Stein to Shakespeare's Falstaff on stage. Even at 80 plus, the plucky comedienne showed no sign of stopping any time The riotous Pat Carroll was born in Shreveport, Louisiana in 1927, the daughter of Angela (Meagher) and Maurice Clifton Carroll. Her family moved to Los Angeles when Pat was five, and there began performing in local stage productions. She graduated from Hollywood's Immaculate Heart High School, an all-girls Catholic school, then attended Immaculate College, also in Los Angeles, and Catholic University of America.
Following her college graduation, she began performing comedy in nightclubs and gained early experience with appearances in resort areas. Her stage debut in 1947 with a role in "The Goose and the Gander" starring Gloria Swanson led to hundreds of stock roles. She made her off-Broadway debut in the play "Come What May" in 1950. Also a talented singer, she earned a Tony nomination for her Broadway work in the singing revue "Catch a Star" in 1955, and then enjoyed a number of brash showcases in such musicals as "On the Town," "Once Upon a Mattress" and "The Unsinkable Molly Brown".
It was, however, the "golden age" of TV that truly took advantage of Pat's adroit talents. An initial "second banana" regular on the variety programs The Red Buttons Show (1952) and The Saturday Night Revue (1953), she copped an Emmy award for her work on Caesar's Hour (1954) as Howard Morris' wife and earned fine reviews from her recurring role on the sitcom The Danny Thomas Show (1953) playing Bunny Halper, the pert and plucky wife of Danny Thomas' nightclub manager Charlie Halper (Sid Melton).
Pat's down-to-earth demeanor, chummy disposition and hearty, infectious laugh made her a popular guest on all the major talkfests and a welcomed panelist on such game shows as "You Don't Say," "To Tell the Truth," "I've Got a Secret" and "Password". In 1965, she co-starred on TV as one of the wicked stepsisters in the endearing Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical Cinderella (1965), which starred Lesley Ann Warren as the princess-to-be. In later years she won recurring/regular roles on the last season of Too Close for Comfort (1980) [retitled in 1986 as "The Ted Knight Show"] and the Suzanne Somers' sitcom She's the Sheriff (1987).
As a character actress, the cropped-blond comedienne never made much of a dent in film, which included supporting roles in With Six You Get Eggroll (1968) with Doris Day and The Brothers O'Toole (1973) with John Astin. In the late 1970s her career received a huge shot in the arm with the award-winning, one-woman show "Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein, Gertrude Stein", which she also produced and won multiple theater awards, including the Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk trophies. A complete departure from her usual comedy antics, audiences saw a burgeoning dramatic actress in the making. Taking the show on the road for four years, she also won a Grammy for her recorded version of the performance in 1981. She then returned to Broadway after thirty years to appear in the play "Dancing in the End Zone" (1985).
Pat surprised her fans by continuing vigorously in this vein. She began taking on Shakespearean roles and earning critical acclaim. For her interpretations of Sir John Falstaff in "The Merry Wives of Windsor" and the Nurse in "Romeo and Juliet" she won bookend Helen Hayes awards. A life member of The Actors Studio, other challenging stage roles over the years have included Volpone, Mother Courage (another Helen Hayes award), the Stage Manager in "Our Town" and the Chorus in a Broadway revival of "Electra".
Still interested in tickling the funny bone on occasion, she performed in a number of adaptations of the wacky musical comedy "Nunsense" playing the Reverend Mother. If this weren't enough, she extended herself into directing, helming a musical version of "Alice in Wonderland" for The Kennedy Center, as well as productions of "Private Lives and "The Supporting Cast".
With the late 1980s, Pat became a voice-over favorite on numerous animated programs -- notably for Disney as the sea witch Ursula in The Little Mermaid (1989) and other voices in A Goofy Movie (1995). Into the millennium, the feisty character lady still gave voice life to many Disney related characters and in video games and special projects. Some elderly film work includes Outside Sales (2006), Freedom Writers (2007), Nancy Drew (2007), Bridesmaids (2011) and BFFs (2014). She also guested on the drama series ER (1994) and provided the voice of Old Lady Crowley in the Disney TV animated series Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (2017).
She had three children (oldest son Sean and daughters Kerry and Tara) by late husband Lee Karsian, a one-time manager and talent agent. Tara Karsian is a character actress from stage, film and TV. Kerry Karsian is a casting director.- David Potts was born on 5 May 1993 in Manchester, England, UK.
- Marion Bailey was born on 5 May 1951 in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Vera Drake (2004), Mr. Turner (2014) and Allied (2016).
- Michael Murphy was born in Los Angeles, California, to Georgia Arlyn (née Money), a teacher, and Bearl Branton Murphy, a salesman.
After a hitch in the Marine Corps, Murphy attended the University of Arizona, Tucson, and
then went to U.C.L.A. for his California teaching credential. From 1962 to
1964, he taught high school English and drama in Los Angeles.
Murphy's most notable appearance was as
Woody Allen's best friend Yale, the
self-tortured adulterer, in Allen's masterpiece
Manhattan (1979). The two had acted
together earlier in Martin Ritt's
The Front (1976) and had become good
friends. Surprisingly, despite the excellent performance Murphy gave in
the film, Allen hasn't used him again.
Murphy's career as a first-rate supporting player began in 1962 and has continued for
over five decades, with major parts in
Paul Mazursky's
An Unmarried Woman (1978),
which he calls "the first of the whining yuppies,"
Peter Weir's
The Year of Living Dangerously (1982),
and Oliver Stone's
Salvador (1986). He also has worked with
such significant directors as Elia Kazan in
The Arrangement (1969),
Tim Burton in
Batman Returns (1992), and
Paul Thomas Anderson in
Magnolia (1999). Murphy
co-starred in John Sayles'
Silver City (2004), as a U.S. Senator
who is the father of a gubernatorial candidate played by Oscar-winner
Chris Cooper, standing-in for the
pre-presidential George W. Bush.
Murphy is perhaps best known for his long collaboration with director
Robert Altman that stretches back to the beginning of his career.
"I was right out of the University of Arizona," Murphy reminisced
during a 2004 interview, "and a friend said, 'Go over to MGM and meet Bob Altman. He's using a lot of
young guys for this Army thing he's doing.'" Altman was directing the World War II
television series Combat! (1962), and Altman cast him in the show without an audition. "We became immediate friends.
He told me, 'You may not turn out to be a movie star, but you'll get to do some interesting work.'
Bob was in his thirties when we met. He had been a young bomber pilot in World War II and was wise beyond his years.
From the very beginning, he never played it safe when it came to making movies. He had amazing fortitude and guts."
In addition to Combat! (1962) and the
Altman-directed TV movie
Nightmare in Chicago (1964),
Murphy has appeared in seven theatrical movies directed by Altman
between 1968 and 1996:
Countdown (1967),
That Cold Day in the Park (1969),
M*A*S*H (1970),
Brewster McCloud (1970),
McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971),
Nashville (1975), and
Kansas City (1996). Murphy has also
appeared in Altman's TV adaptation of
Herman Wouk's play
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1988)
and in two cable-TV mini-series for him:
Tanner '88 (1988) and
Tanner on Tanner (2004).
About Altman, Murphy says, "I adored the guy. If you were getting married
or divorced, or, really, if anything momentous was happening in your life, you'd want to seek him out
to talk about it. He was very strong when it came to life's dilemmas...could always see the big
picture...was always helpful. An extraordinary man."
Murphy played the title role of Michigan Congressman Jack Tanner in
Altman's ground-breaking HBO series
Tanner '88 (1988), which was
scripted by Garry Trudeau of "Doonesbury"
fame. The fictional Tanner ran for president in the Democratic Party
primaries of 1988, alongside
George Bush (whom Murphy himself
"plays" in Silver City (2004)),
Michael Dukakis,
Al Gore, and
Pat Robertson, with some "guest
appearances" by Ronald Reagan
along the way. The "candidate" Tanner actually interacted on-camera
with candidates Gary Hart,
Bob Dole, and
Jesse Jackson, and with the
journalists Linda Ellerbee and
Chris Matthews.
During the progress of the series' eleven episodes, Tanner increasingly
became alienated as the grueling political marathon went on. He was
portrayed as an intellectual troubled by sound-bite politics and the
public persona he was compelled to create for the media-fueled electoral
machine that vetted the candidates for the public at the other end of
the cathode-ray tube. Tanner eventually realizes he lacks the
all-consuming drive to be a successful presidential candidate under
such a system.
A caustic look at American politics from a liberal-left-anarchist point
of view, "Tanner '88" won the prize for best television series at the
Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels in Cannes in the fall
of 1988. The mini-series ranks among the best and most important of
television programs. Altman-Murphy-Trudeau reprised Tanner with "Tanner
on Tanner" (2004), in which the character did not run but commented on
the political process and on the media circus accompanying the pursuit
for the nation's highest office.
About the cable mini-series, Murphy says, "Yes, Bob shows some of the
nastiness behind all campaigns, but I don't think it's a polemic. In Bob's
case, you vote for the Democrat, but be careful of what you wish for.
He is very cynical."
In 2019, Murphy's Jack Tanner found himself back on the silver screen in "Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese".
In this movie, Tanner gets to go to a Dylan concert at the behest of President Jimmy Carter...a mutual friend.
Despite decades of solid performances in a plethora of movies, Murphy
remains somewhat anonymous to the public at large. Arriving in a limousine at
the 2004 Toronto Film Festival premiere of Silver City (2004), he got out of the
car and was unrecognized. When the publicists eventually realized he
was a star of the film, Murphy was ordered back into the limousine so
that he could exit it again, and the paparazzi could photograph him.
"I'm in this kind of fun position where I'm not especially recognizable," Murphy said when recounting the incident.
"This sometimes allows me to stand back and watch the circus...even though I'm a part of it it.
You wind up with an interesting perspective."
In 1988, Michael Murphy married the co-star of his short-lived
television show Hard Copy (1987),
the actress Wendy Crewson. She has also
appeared with her husband in
Tanner '88 (1988) and in the
theatrical films Folks! (1992) and
Sleeping Dogs Lie (1998). They
have two children, a daughter, Maggie Murphy, born in 1989, and a son,
John ("Jack") Branton Murphy, born in 1992. - Actress
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As A&E's Biography put it, "She rose from the mean streets of New York's Hell's Kitchen to become the most famous singing actress in the
world. When the pressures of fame became too much, she had the courage to leave Hollywood on her own terms". Alice Faye was born Alice Jeanne Leppert in NYC on May 5, 1915. She was to become one of Hollywood's biggest stars of the late 1930s and early 1940s. She started her career as a singer, but later gravitated to film roles. Alice's first role was in the film George White's Scandals (1934) in 1934 where she played "Mona Vale". Lilian Harvey was set to play the lead role in this film, but quit. Alice inherited the part. She went on to star in Tinseltown's popular and lucrative cookie-cutter musicals and, with her distinctive contralto, introduced several songs that became pop standards, notably "You'll Never Know" in the film Hello Frisco, Hello (1943) in 1943.
After filming Fallen Angel (1945) in 1945, in which she was very disappointed because many of her best scenes were cut, she walked out on her contract. Her life after Hollywood was charmingly simple. She was married to Hoosier Phil Harris from 1941-1995 in a
union that produced two daughters. She had previously been married to Tony Martin for four years. Alice had always said that her family always came before her professional life. She went back to Hollywood to make State Fair (1962) in 1962. At that time, she said "I don't know what happened to the picture business. I'm sorry I went back to find out. Such a shame". Her last film was The Magic of Lassie (1978) in 1978 opposite James Stewart. Most of her films are big hits at revival theaters across the country, confirming the power she had in the wonderful performances she gave. Ironically, Alice is more popular in Britain than in the US. Four days after her birthday on May 9, 1998, Alice Faye died in Rancho Mirage, California. She was 83 years old.- Music Artist
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Adele Laurie Blue Adkins (born May 5, 1988) is a British singer-songwriter who has sold millions of albums worldwide and won a total of 15 Grammys as well as an Oscar. Adele's first two albums, 19 and 21, earned her critical praise and a level of commercial success unsurpassed among her peers. After becoming a mom in 2012, Adele returned to the charts with the ballad "Hello" in 2015, the lead single from what was dubbed her comeback album 25. In 2017 she won five Grammys for her work on 25, including album, record and song of the year.Early on, Adele developed a passion for music. She gravitated toward the songs of Lauryn Hill, Mary J. Blige and Destiny's Child. But her true, eye-opening moment came when she was 15 and she happened upon a collection of Etta James and Ella Fitzgerald records at a local shop. "There was no musical heritage in our family," Adele told The Telegraph in a 2008 interview. "Chart music was all I ever knew. So when I listened to the Etta James and the Ella Fitzgerald, it sounds so cheesy, but it was like an awakening. I was like, oh, right, some people have proper longevity and are legends. I was so inspired that as a 15-year-old I was listening to music that had been made in the '40s."While clearly bright, Adele wasn't oriented towards traditional classroom settings. Instead, her mother enrolled her in the BRIT School for Performing Arts & Technology, which counts Amy Winehouse as an alum.While at school, Adele cut a three-track demo for a class project that was eventually posted on her MySpace page. When executives at XL Recordings heard the tracks, they contacted the singer and, in November 2006, just four months after Adele had graduated school, signed her to a record deal.
Adele has recorded a total of three studio albums since the beginning of her career in 2008: 19, 21 and 25.
'19' (2008)
Adele's debut album, 19, which is named for the singer's age when she began recording the project, went on sale in early 2008. Led by two popular lead singles, "Adele: Hometown Glory (2009)" and "Adele: Chasing Pavements (2008)" the record rocketed Adele to fame.
Released in the United States through Columbia Records, 19 resonated with American audiences, much as it had with British music fans. Adele cemented her commercial success with an appearance in October 2008 on Saturday Night Live (2016). At the taping of the show, the album was ranked No. 40 on iTunes. Less than 24 hours later, it was No. 1.
'21' (2011)
Adele's much anticipated follow-up album, 21, again named for her age at the time of recording, did not disappoint upon its release in early 2011. Tapping even deeper into Adele's appreciation for classic American R&B and jazz, the record was a monster hit, selling 352,000 copies within its first week.
Anchored by hits like "Adele: Rolling in the Deep (2010)" and "Adele: Someone Like You (2011)" 21 placed Adele in rarified air. In February 2011, she found herself with two Top 5 singles and a pair of Top 5 albums in the same week, becoming the only artist besides The Beatles and 50 Cent to achieve that milestone. And with 21 staying at No. 1 for 11 weeks, Adele also broke the solo female artist record previously held by Madonna's Immaculate Collection for consecutive weeks atop the album charts. 21 went on to sell more than 30 million copies worldwide.
'25' (2015)
On October 22, 2015, Adele announced that she would release her third album, 25, in November. She posted 25's cover on Instagram, and said of her first full-length studio project in several years: "My last record was a break-up record, and if I had to label this one, I would call it a make-up record. Making up for lost time. Making up for everything I ever did and never did. 25 is about getting to know who I've become without realizing. And I'm sorry it took so long but, you know, life happened."
25, released in November 2015, is a collection of emotional, sometimes plaintive songs looking at the ins and outs of relationships, owing much of its sound to traditional pop craft. The album went on to become an international smash hit, reaching No. 1 on iTunes in 110 countries. In the U.S., 25 sold 3.38 million copies in seven days, beating the 'NSync record of 2.42 million album copies sold in a week. Among other feats, 25 is also the only album to reach a million copies sold in the U.K. in 10 days.- Actor
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Takehito Koyasu was born on 5 May 1965 in Yokohama, Japan. He is an actor and writer, known for Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion (1997), Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone (2007) and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012).- Actor
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With his funky Afro hairstyle, super cool attitude and superb karate
skills, Jim Kelly was instantly identifiable, and one of the top
martial arts film stars of the early 1970s. After appearing in a minor
film role, Kelly's second screen effort was as one of the invited
guests to the deadly Han's Island in Enter the Dragon (1973). Kelly quickly cropped up
in several more martial arts influenced "blaxploitation" films
including Three the Hard Way (1974), Golden Needles (1974) and Black Belt Jones (1974), with its interesting fight
finale in a soap filled car wash! He then appeared in several other
action films of the late seventies, however since 1980, Kelly has only
cropped up in two minor roles. A talented athlete, winning ranked
titles both in tennis and karate, Jim Kelly was an integral part of the
African-American & martial arts cinematic explosion of the
1970s.- Actress
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- Producer
Samantha Cope was born on 5 May 1987 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Frankie Meets Jack (2023), A Deadly Deed (2021) and Insecure (2016). She has been married to Joey Lawrence since 1 May 2022. They have one child.- Actor
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- Writer
Peter Howitt was born on 5 May 1957 in Manchester, England, UK. He is an actor and director, known for Sliding Doors (1998), Dangerous Parking (2007) and Johnny English (2003). He has been married to Lorraine since 5 August 2001. They have two children.- Actor
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Ben Wright was born May 5, 1915, to an English mother and an American
father in London, England, UK. At 16, he entered the Royal Academy of
Dramatic Arts where classmates included such future stars as Ida Lupino.
Upon graduating, he acted in several West End stage productions. When
WWII broke out, he enlisted and served in the Kings Royal Rifle Corps.
He came to America in 1946 to attend a cousin's wedding and settled in
Hollywood. He began his American acting career in radio, establishing
himself as a master of dialects with such roles as Hey Boy, the Chinese
servant, on "Have Gun, Will Travel" with John Dehner. His talent for
dialects also kept him busy in the many WWII-related films and TV shows
of the 1950s and '60s wherein he played countless Germans and Frenchmen
as well as a variety of Englishmen for which he ensured the dialects
were accurate depending on which part of England they were from. After
years of radio, TV, stage and film work, he entered semi-retirement in
the late 1970s, accepting occasional voice work and small guest
appearances on TV. On June 16, 1989, after completing his last role,
providing the voice of Grimsby in Disney's The Little Mermaid (1989), he entered St.
Joseph's Hospital in Burbank for quadruple bypass surgery from which he
never recovered. He died of heart failure July 2, 1989.- Music Artist
- Actor
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Christopher Maurice Brown is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor. According to Billboard, Brown is one of the most successful R&B singers of his generation, having often been referred to by many contemporaries as the "King of R&B". His musical style has been defined as polyhedral, with his R&B being characterized by several influences from other genres, mainly hip hop and pop music. His lyrics develop predominantly over themes of sex, romance, fast life, desire, regret, and emotional conflict. Brown has gained a cult following, and wide comparisons to Michael Jackson for his stage presence.- Cinematographer
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Filmmaker, James Mathers began his career in the entertainment industry
as a child actor appearing as "Jimmy Mathers" in many films and TV
series of the 1960s. Behind the lens professional work started after he
attended film school and a wide variety of staff and freelance
assignments led to a specialization in cinematography and the founding
of his own business, "The Migrant FilmWorkers".
James has been the Director of Photography on over forty features and
TV movies and has seen seven TV series from inception through their
first season. While still active as a cinematographer, he also
regularly produces, writes and directs a variety of projects. Since 2003, James has served as President of the nonprofit
educational cooperative, "The Digital Cinema Society", a group
dedicated to the industry's informed integration of new technology. He
is also a regular contributor to a number of industry trade journals
and a sought after speaker on the subject of emerging Entertainment
Technology.
With wife and writing partner, Charlene Mathers, Executive Director of
DCS, he is currently writing and developing several motion picture and
television projects. Jim's vast experience producing, directing,
writing, shooting, acting and editing combined with his business acumen
have created a talented and resourceful filmmaker who is eager and able
to take on new creative challenges.- Cinematographer
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Don E. FauntLeRoy was accepted into the American Society of
Cinematographers, with only 7 years experience as a Director of
Photography. His rise has been swift, and his reputation as one of the
most talented young cinematographers, rapid. Don's major break came in
1994, when he was given the opportunity of shooting
David L. Wolper' epic mini-series,
North & South: Book 3, Heaven & Hell (1994),
which culminated with the ASC honoring him with a nomination. His most
recent films have been
Today You Die (2005),
Mercenary for Justice (2006),
Stan Lee's
Lightspeed (2006) and
Once Upon a Time in the Hood (2004)
for Sony Pictures", all of them directed and photographed by Don. Don's
technical knowledge is formidable and his experience virtually
unsurpassed. Starting as an assistant cameraman in 1972, he has worked
with some of the finest directors and cinematographers in the business:
Harry Stradling Sr.,
Peter Hyams,
Michael Chapman,
Martin Scorsese,
Robert Surtees,
Herbert Ross,
Haskell Wexler,
James Cameron,
Adam Greenberg,
Richard Donner,
Sam Peckinpah,
Billy Wilder,
Steven Spielberg and
Blake Edwards, to name a few. His
style, speed, and exuberance reflect this intense professional
background. He has since gone on to direct and photograph some of the
screen's most interesting talents:
Sam Shepard,
Dean Stockwell,
Diane Keaton,
Stockard Channing,
Diane Lane,
Mimi Rogers,
Elizabeth Pena,
Rutger Hauer,
Jacqueline Bisset,
Linda Hamilton and, of course,
his gorgeous wife, Lesley-Anne Down.
Don's grandfather was a still cameraman and his father was an optical
cameraman, from them came Don's interest, then passion for this
wonderful industry, his grandfather's collection of antique cameras and
photographic equipment was handed down to Don, and he has continued to
build upon that collection, now possessing a large, rare, and virtually
irreplaceable array of film cameras and paraphernalia, which will be
inherited by his eldest daughter,
Season FauntLeRoy, who already is an
accomplished young assistant camera-person, herself. When Don works, he
insists on two things. Panavision equipment, both film and digital,
along with Eastman Kodak stock, "they are the best", he says, and
coming from one of the best, you know he is right.- Actor
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Nicholas Guest was born in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), Trading Places (1983) and Astro Boy (2009). He has been married to Pamela Guest since 26 November 1989. They have one child. He was previously married to Jill Ellen Demby.- Actor
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In 1998 he was graduated from Istanbul University State Conservatory Theater Department. Between 1998 - 2001 he acted in the plays for Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality City Theaters such as Peace of Aristophanes, Romeo and Juliet of William Shakespeare, Woytzeck of Georg Büchner and Herkes Ayni Bahçede (Basar Sabuncu), Evliya Çelebi (E. Keskin).
Between 2006 - 2009 with Oyun Atolyesi Theater Company he played Petrucio in The Taming of the Shrew (W. Shakespeare) and won the best male actor award in 2007 Sadri Alisik Theather Awars. Later in the play Testosteron (Andrzej Saramonowicz) with his character Kornel he won 2009 Ismail Dunbullu Award.
He is an actor and composer, known for Bir Zamanlar Anadolu'da (2011), Sir cocuklari (2002) and Dilber'in sekiz günü (2008).- Actor
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Bobby Coleman is an actor and contemporary artist born and raised in Pasadena, California. Following in the footsteps of his older sister, Holliston, Bobby began his acting career at the age of six. He quickly developed a passion for acting and began taking on a variety of roles in both television and film. Within a few years, Bobby had already played in multiple features such as Must Love Dogs, Friends with Money, and The Good Mother. He then began working on his most challenging role at the time as the title lead in Martian Child, where he played a child who believed he was from Mars being newly fostered by a single father (John Cusack). Since then, Bobby has taken on many more lead roles, such as The Last Song, where he played Miley Cyrus's brother, and enjoys the travel and adventure that these roles bring him. Working alongside actors such as Michael Keaton, Liam Hemsworth, Jeremy Renner, Greg Kinnear, Jane Lynch, Ray Liotta and many others, Bobby has been able to learn from a wide range of talented people throughout his career.
Outside of acting, Bobby is pursuing a number of passions. He is obsessed with art and material, and has shown his work at exhibitions and fairs. In a post-modern style, he uses mixed-media and sculpture to explore concepts surrounding the human form and condition. Bobby is passionate about other forms of design as well, and is pursuing a degree in Business in hopes to develop products and launch a clothing line. Bobby is equally passionate about nature and science, which led to his involvement in various ecologically-focused programs. In one program called Pangaea, Bobby traveled to the Amazon Rainforest in Brazil where he explored its many ecosystems and worked with tribes to distribute clean water. Today, Bobby continues to push his efforts towards acting, art, invention and ecology, and hopes to inspire and empower others through his work.- Actress
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Daisy Beaumont was born on 5 May 1974 in Kensington, London, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for The World Is Not Enough (1999), A Touch of Cloth (2012) and Shanghai Knights (2003).- Devon Gearhart was born on 5 May 1995 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He is an actor, known for Funny Games (2007), Shorts (2009) and Canvas (2006).
- Heather Chadwell was born on 5 May 1975 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. She is an actress, known for Californication (2007), The Country Singer (2020) and Funny or Die Presents... (2007).
- Lanky and likable Will Hutchins was born in 1930 in Los Angeles, California, as Marshall Hutchason. He attended Pomona College and UCLA after spending two years as a cryptographer in the U.S. Army. Out of nowhere, he was discovered by a Warner Bros. TV talent scout and signed, despite having no previous experience. Aside from appearing as a guest on many TV westerns, such as Maverick (1957) and Cheyenne (1955), he earned his own series, Sugarfoot (1957), in which he played an unlikely western hero. The program ran a respectable four seasons.
In its aftermath, he focused on films, the most important being Merrill's Marauders (1962), and co-starred in a two-year stage tour of "Never Too Late". His gawky comedy style was put to the test as well in the '60s with two short-lived series, Hey, Landlord (1966) and Blondie (1968), in the latter playing Dagwood Bumstead. He also backed up Elvis Presley in three of his mediocre film efforts. Hutchins wed Carol Burnett's younger sister, Chrissie Burnett; they later divorced.
As is often the case with an instant TV star, there is an eventual downswing, and, in the late 1960s, he started to flounder badly. He turned his back on Hollywood and became, of all things, a ringmaster and clown for various circuses. Will has also worked behind the scenes for NBC and still attends conventions on occasion, more recently the 2004 Cincinnati Old Time Radio Convention, where he received the "Stone-Waterman Award". A nonagenarian, he resides in Glen Head, New York. - Actress
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Lisa Jane Persky (aka
Eljay Persky), born in Atlanta, grew up in New York City's Greenwich Village and began her acting career at La Mama E.T.C. in H.M. Koutoukas'
"Grandmother Is In The Strawberry Patch" as the "World's Most Perfect
Teenager". She next crossed East 4th St. to co-star with Divine in
Tom Eyen's "Women Behind Bars". She has appeared in many plays including
Broadway's "Steaming", and at L.A.'s Met Theater and LATC. She made her
film debut as 'Robert Duvall''s daughter in The Great Santini (1979). Other movie credits
include Rob Reiner's The Sure Thing (1985) and When Harry Met Sally... (1989), Francis Ford Coppola's The Cotton Club (1984) and Peggy Sue Got Married (1986).
She created memorable roles in The Big Easy (1986) and Coneheads (1993), and gave Quentin Tarantino
his first screen kiss in Destiny Turns on the Radio (1995) and played the role of "Dirty Dee" in the cult classic _"Kiss Meets the Phantom of The Park" (1978).
Lisa has had featured roles in numerous television shows, such as
_"NYPD Blue" (2004)_, The Practice (1997), _"Touched by an Angel: The Last Day of the Rest of Your Life" (#2.9) (#6.3) (1999) _, _"Quantum Leap: Memphis Melody" (#6.21) (1993)_ and The X-Files (1993). Working in a wide variety of fields, from
Assistant Executive Producer on Barbet Schroeder's Kiss of Death (1995) to shaping and
generating special projects for the producers of television's Jeopardy! (1984), she is also a freelance writer, photographer, and editorial
collage artist and has worked for numerous publications including The Los Angeles Times, L.A. Weekly,
Q, MOJO, Journal of Popular Music Studies and The Pitchfork Review. She is a founding
editor of both New York Rocker and L.A. Review of Books, a recipient of a
Print Magazine Award for Design Excellence and her first short story was featured in BOMB magazine.- Actor
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Biography April 2019
Darrin Henson is a three-time award-nominated actor , one-time award-nominated author and MTV choreography award-winner. Henson won the coveted MTV choreography award for NSYNC's "Bye Bye Bye."
Henson can be seen in such films as The Express in the role of Jim Brown, Tekken in the intense role of the martial arts expert Raven, and the hit Screen Gems-Sony feature film Stomp the Yard. Afterwards he starred in the South Africa-shot Zulu Wedding opposite Nondumiso Tembe (Six, True Blood, Neverland). Henson became a lead on the hit BET series The Family Business in the role of Orland Duncan. In June 2019 he appeared in the Netflix suspense thriller Staged Killer with Chrishell Hartley, and in the theatrical release of Black Bear where he plays a POW injured by war.
Henson is best known for his role on the hit TV series Soul Food, where he plays the street tough Lem Van Adams. Henson also starred for three seasons on the ABC family TV series Lincoln Heights.
On the stage Henson starred on Broadway in Ron Link's stand-up Tragedy, and off-Broadway in David Talbert's stage play Fabric of a Man.
Henson believes you can come as your are but you can't stay as you are. Henson brings a no nonsense education and straightforward thoughts to hi approach to the industry to audiences all over the world. Henson lectured in Johannesburg and Durban, South Africa and has brought his lectures to audiences in the U.S.- Hannah Jeter was born on 5 May 1990 in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. She is an actress, known for Vacation (2015), Rush (2008) and Hollywood Game Night (2013). She has been married to Derek Jeter since 9 July 2016. They have four children.