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Sean Connery
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Sir Thomas Sean Connery (August 25, 1930 – October 31, 2020) was a Scottish actor and producer who won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards (one being a BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award), and three Golden Globes, including the Cecil B. DeMille Award and a Henrietta Award.
Connery was the first actor to portray the character James Bond in film, starring in seven Bond films (every film from Dr. No to You Only Live Twice, plus Diamonds Are Forever and Never Say Never Again), between 1962 and 1983. In 1988, Connery won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Untouchables. His films also include Marnie (1964), Murder on the Orient Express (1974), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Highlander (1986), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Dragonheart (1996), The Rock (1996), and Finding Forrester (2000).
Connery was polled in a 2004 The Sunday Herald as "The Greatest Living Scot" and in a 2011 EuroMillions survey as "Scotland's Greatest Living National Treasure". He was voted by People magazine as both the “Sexiest Man Alive" in 1989 and the "Sexiest Man of the Century” in 1999. He received a lifetime achievement award in the United States with a Kennedy Center Honor in 1999. Connery was knighted in the 2000 New Year Honours for services to film drama.
On 31 October 2020, it was announced that Connery had died at the age of 90.
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Marziyeh Meshkiny
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Born in 1969 in Tehran. She is the wife of celebrated Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf. She studied Cinema in Makhmalbaf Film school for 8 years. Her first film ‘The Day I Became a Woman”, (a 3-episode story) attended the Critics Week category in Venice International Film Festival in 2000 and won 3 awards from that festival. Marziyeh Meshkini’s second film ‘Stray Dogs’ competed in the best film category at Venice Film Festival in 2003 and received two awards from the festival. Her film has received many international awards across the world.
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Fardin Irfan
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Started career as a Background Score Composer, Fardin Irfan been involved in the world of films since his childhood. An India based artist that initiated his career as a Professional Music Composer back in 2020. In 2023, he began his career as a Film Director with his debut short film 'KAURI'. He owns the production home F.I.R : Fardin Irfan Releases. Actively working independent artist who is currently developing his second film 'MAAKOSOM!' and composing music for upcoming films like 'MAAR'.
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Valentín Trujillo
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Valentin Trujillo Gazcón (28 March 1951 – 4 May 2006) was a Mexican actor, writer and director. His career spanned 48 years, where he appeared in over 140 films and directed 20 films. Trujillo was born on March 28, 1951 in a show business family as his grandfather was film producer Valentín Gazcón and his uncle was actor Gilberto Gazcón. He made his film debut as a baby. Trujillo initially studied law at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). He never completed his studies, choosing instead to become an actor. Trujillo made his acting debut at the age of seven in the film El Gran Pillo (1958). As a teen he got into the Columbia Pictures release Rage (1966) alongside Glenn Ford and Stella Stevens. Beginning in the early 1970s, Trujillo was cast often as the male lead. The film Las figuras de arena (1970) directed by Roberto Gavaldón established him as a leading man. He worked steadily as the leading man in action films over the next decade, completing over 30 films between 1970 and 1979. In addition to action films, Trujillo expanded his range in a number of films that incorporated commentary about modern social issues and politics in Mexico. The film Perro Callejero (1980) won a Silver Goddess for Best Picture and Trujillo, who portrayed the lead drunken character, was awarded Best Actor by Premios ACE. Beginning in the 1980s, Trujillo stepped behind the camera as well and began writing and directing his films. He released several popular action films and was soon the top box office draw in Mexico. Trujillo was nominated for several Ariel Awards in the 1980s, including Best Supporting Actor for El Ansia de Matar (1987) and Best Story and Screenplay for Violación(1989). The latter also was the first film to co-star his son, Valentin Trujillo, Jr. Together they co-starred in close to 20 films together before Trujillo's untimely death. Trujillo died on May 4, 2006 in his sleep from a heart attack. He was 55 at the time of his death.
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Teo Yoo
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Yoo Teo (born April 11, 1981 in Cologne, Germany) is a German-South Korean actor.
Yoo Teo, also known by the Western name Teo Yoo, was born in Cologne on April 11, 1981 as the son of South Korean guest workers. He was a passionate basketball player in his youth, but gave it up after an injury and focused on acting. He went to the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York. Yoo speaks fluent English, German and Korean. He has appeared in productions in various countries. At the beginning of his career, he had several supporting roles in South Korean films, including One on One (2014) by Kim Ki-duk.
In 2015, he played one of the leading roles in the American production Seoul Searching by Korean-American director Benson Lee. The film is about young Koreans who grew up abroad and want to get to know their Korean heritage. Yoo plays Klaus Kim from Hamburg. He has also appeared in the science fiction film Equals, the Vietnamese film Bitcoin Heist (2016) and the Thai film Ruk Kong Rao (2017).
In 2018, he played the lead role of Soviet rock musician Wiktor Zoi, the son of a Korean and a Russian, in Kirill Serebrennikov's Leto, which took him into competition at the Cannes International Film Festival. Yoo does not speak Russian and memorized the Russian lyrics phonetically for the role.
Yoo said he considers himself Korean and has always wanted to act in South Korean films, but his Korean was not fluent for a long time. In 2019, he played the lead role in the film Vertigo alongside Chun Woo-hee.
In the summer of 2024, Yoo Teo became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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Choi Won-young
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Choi Won Young (born Choi Seong Wook) is a South Korean actor. After making his acting debut in Sex Is Zero, Choi has appeared in both film and television. But his most notable roles have been in the TV dramas While You Were Sleeping and A Hundred Year Legacy, as well as the low-budget crime thriller Your Time Is Up, which premiered at the 2012 Busan International Film Festival.
In December 2013, Choi became engaged to actress Shim Yi Young whom he met while playing a married couple in the series A Hundred Year Legacy. The couple got married on February 28, 2014, at the Grand Ballroom of the COEX Walkerhill Hotel in Samseong-dong and on June 22, 2014, they welcomed their first child, a daughter. June 14, 2017 couple welcomed their second daughter.
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Simon Dominic
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Jung Gi-seok, better known by his stage name Simon Dominic, is a South Korean rapper. He debuted in 2009 as a member of the hip-hop duo Supreme Team, which disbanded in 2013. As a solo artist, he has released two studio albums: Simon Dominic Presents: SNL League Begins (2011) and Darkroom (2018), and one extended play: Won & Only (2015).
In addition to rapping, Simon Dominic was the co-CEO of hip hop record label AOMG from 2014 to 2018. He was also a cast member on South Korean variety shows, including Show Me the Money 5 (2016) and I Live Alone (2018).
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David Warren Gibson
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David Warren Gibson was raised in Minnesota, Texas and New York City, the son of Samuel Warren, a diplomat at the Embassy in Berlin and the Hague, and Sonja Würfel, a ballet dancer from Leipzig. He was attending the University of Houston and St. Thomas University when the Willhemina Agency invited him to come to NYC to work with them. He also attended the Otis Parsons School. His first audition in NYC was for Bob Fosse, who hired him for his new Broadway show, 'Dancin'. He then acted in 2 off-Broadway plays, "The Rainmaker" and "Long Days Journey into Night" before he stepped back on the Broadway stage again working with Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon on the revival of "Sweet Charity". Other Broadway credits include "Dreamgirls", and the original current revival "Chicago"(Aaron). His screen credits include, "The Last Dragon", "Havanah", Bugsy", "Postcards from the Edge", "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas", and "Annie". He has done numerous commercials and was the international spokesman for Toshiba. David traveled with Liza Minnelli for a year performing in "By Myself" directed by Fred Ebb. He has appeared on Jay Leno, David Letterman, Rosie O'Donnell, the CBS Morning Show, The Kennedy Center Honors, and several Academy and Tony Award Shows. His paintings are sold throughout the world.
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Park Ji-hoon
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Park Ji-hoon (Hangul: 박지훈; born May 29, 1999) is a South Korean singer and actor under YY Entertainment. He first rose to fame as a member of the K-pop project boy group Wanna One. Following the group’s disbandment in 2019, Ji-hoon pursued a solo music career and expanded into acting, building on his early experience as a child actor.
He gained recognition for his roles in Love Revolution and At a Distance, Spring is Green, earning accolades such as Best Idol Actor at the 2021 Korea First Brand Awards and Acting Idol at the 2022 Korea First Brand Awards. His performance in Weak Hero Class 1 marked a major milestone in his career, earning him widespread acclaim as well as Best New Actor at both the 2023 Blue Dragon Series Awards and the Korea Drama Awards.
In 2024, Ji-hoon made his big-screen debut in Beautiful Audrey, earning him Best New Actor at the Seoul International Film Awards.
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Kim Moo-yul
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Kim Moo-yul (김무열) is a South Korean actor. He was born on May 22, 1982. Following a successful career in musical theatre, Kim was first cast in minor parts on film and television. But after getting good reviews in his supporting roles in The Scam (2009) and War of the Arrows (2011), Kim landed his first major role in Jung Ji-woo's critically acclaimed film A Muse (2012), and a leading role in the independent film All Bark No Bite. This was followed by a number of other successful films including Northern Limit Line (2015), Forgotten (2017), and The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil (2019).
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