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David Bradley
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Born to a miner father and a seamstress mother in Barnsley, South Yorkshire in 1953, David Bradley is best known for playing Billy Casper in Ken Loach's 1969 film, Kes. Prior to this starring role, Bradley had only ever acted in school pantomimes and secured the lead in an open audition against thousands of children. Following the success of Kes, Bradley had to change his name to Dai Bradley on account of the actor David Bradley already having an Equity card in that name. Bradley turned to television appearing as the lead in two children's series The Flaxton Boys and The Jensen Code and guest roles in Z Cars, Nearest and Dearest and A Family at War. He appeared in several other movies as a young man in the tail end of the 70s including All Quiet on the Western Front, Zulu Dawn and Absolution but by the following decade Bradley decided to retire from acting and tried his hand as a writer instead. In recent years he has returned to the profession as David Bradley once more and has had roles in the film Hummingbird and the children's TV series The Dumping Ground.
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Jean-Jacques Moreau
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Jean-Jacques Moreau is a French actor and screenwriter, born on February 4, 1947, in Stains, Seine-Saint-Denis. His artistic career spans both theater and film. He is distinguished by his versatility and the diversity of his collaborations with numerous renowned directors.
In film, Jean-Jacques Moreau has appeared in several notable films, including Gérard Oury's The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob, A Few Quiet Gentlemen, Jackal, and Good Kisses, Until Monday. He has also appeared in television productions, playing Leroy-Champier in the miniseries The Big Secret (1989), Duroc in Josephine or the Comedy of Ambitions (1979), and Theo van Gogh in Paul Gauguin (1975). He also appeared in the cult film Diva (1981), where he played the character of Krantz.
His presence on stage has been marked by numerous roles in both classical and contemporary works. He has worked under the direction of such leading figures as Gabriel Garran in Bertolt Brecht's The Visions of Simone Machard, Denis Llorca in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, and Jacques Echantillon in Dario Fo's Accidental Death of an Anarchist, a role for which he was nominated for a Molière Best Actor Award. He has also appeared in plays such as Jean-Michel Ribes' The Sycamore Tree Must Flow and Jean Genet's The Balcony.
Jean-Jacques Moreau has portrayed a variety of characters, ranging from drama to comedy, both on television and in the theater. His artistic career demonstrates a great adaptability and a pronounced taste for the eclecticism of genres and registers. Throughout his career, he has collaborated with directors and producers both in France and internationally, consolidating his reputation in the world of live performance and audiovisual.
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Susanne Beyers
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Susanne Beyers is a South African actress and writer best known for her roles in Afrikaans television drama series, including Arende, Onder Draai die Duiwel Rond, Soutmansland and Hart van Staal. Other television series she has acted in include Dennekruin 12, Seders val in Lebanon, Die Man met die Lyk om sy Nek, Jasper Le Feuvre, Samaritaan and Beyond Return. Susanne did a BDrama degree at the University of Stellenbosch. Theatre credits include the Merchant of Venice, Much Ado About Nothing and various productions for National Festivals, including Die Uurwerk Kantel, Drafstap of Drentel, Dalk is ons almal so, Susanna die Geliefde and Moeders en Dogters. She has also done extensive work in children's theatre and played a minor role in the 1997 made-for-TV movie Mandela and de Klerk, playing T.V. Reporter #2. In addition to her acting Susanne also writes a weekly column for Die Burger newspaper, in which she does a round-up of theatre happenings and interviews theatre personalities. Susanne joined the cast of the SABC2 drama series Erfsondes for its second season (2009) in the role of Ansie Labuschagne.
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Brooke Trantor
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Brooke Trantor was born and raised in the small town of Quincy, IL. She moved to Los Angeles after receiving her BFA in Acting from Illinois Wesleyan University, and studying Shakespeare at The British American Drama Academy in London. While Brooke found her love for Shakespeare in London, her true passion lies in the improv and comedy world. She has studied and performed at Second City, UCB, Groundlings, and iO West. Some of her recent acting credits include NBC's "The Enemy Within", TNT's "Cocaine Cowboys Pilot", a lead in the comedy feature film "Misfits", and being in absolute awe acting alongside Shirley MacLaine in "The Last Word".
Brooke began her filmmaking journey in 2014, and has found such joy in the collaborative world of independent film. "Night Four" (Co-Written & starring Elizabeth Gwynne Wilson, Directed by Chris Dougherty) toured the world through the festival circuit, including screening at the esteemed Outfest at the DGA in Los Angeles. "Yours are Mine" (Director / Actor / Producer / Writer) also went around the globe on the festival circuit and procured several awards including Best Director, Best Actress, and the Powerful Voice Award at Blackbird Film Festival 2019. Her comedy series "Botanical Baes" was featured in The LA Times, and depicts the comedic lunacy of her own plant addiction through the Plant Mom characters Stacey and Canyon (Co-created by Erin McDonnell). Her latest film, "Oh, Baby!" (Co-Written by Kate Morgan Chadwick) premiered at the Academy Award-qualifying Florida Film Festival, iNDIE Film Festival (Winner, Best Comedy), Blackbird Film Festival 2020 (Winner, Audience Choice), and won Best Short Film: Audience Award 2021 at the esteemed Dances With Films LA & Best Director at Broad Humor Film Festival (2023).
Brooke is drawn to scripts that tend to live in the dramedy world. Her work focuses on finding the comedy in life’s seemingly dark moments. She is currently in development on a single-camera comedy "Wild Woman", a series spin off of "Oh, Baby!", a comedy-horror feature, and in post-production on several short films. (Written December 2024)
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Marisa Román
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Marisa Román is a venezuelan actress film and tv. The daughter of Argentinean immigrants, she grew up in the productive and nostalgic hybrid space that exists between two countries and two cultures.
Marisa's work in film has also been consistent. She has worked in several movies over the past years such as: Elipsis, Lo que tiene el otro, Ni tan largos... ni tan cortos (Best Actress Award National Film Festival of Merida 2007), Día naranja, La Hora Cero (Best Supporting Actress Award National Film Festival of Merida 2010), Samuel, Cuidado con lo que sueñas, Memorias de un soldado and Bloodbath Test, among others.
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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. He 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 October 31, 2020, Connery died at the age of 90.
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Gabriel Horn
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Gabriel Horn began working in the entertainment industry as a child acting in every grade school and community theater production as possible. By age seven, he was featured in a series of regional Dallas, Texas commercials advertising the neighborhood church he and his parents attended. It wasn't too many stage plays and commercials later before young Horn dreamed of making films of his own. Gathering every cent he was able to earn, by age ten, Gabriel purchased his first video camera and began spending countless evenings and weekends wrangling his family and friends together to be a part of his latest masterpiece.
Gabriel was acting in his first major motion picture by age 13, and was fortunate enough to meet his favorite actor, Steve Martin, on the set of Paramount Pictures Leap of Faith.
By fifteen, Gabriel co-wrote, starred in, and directed (along with his father Terry Horn), twenty episodes of Uncle Sam and The Capital Kids Club, which aired every week on Washington D.C. Public Cable Access. This gained the attention of D.C. talent manager Linda Townsend, who immediately signed Horn and began sending him out for larger film roles and national commercials.
Throughout high school, Gabriel continued to act and began to write screenplays as well. Gabriel graduated from Cleburne High School in 1996, and entered Dallas' KD Studio Actors Conservatory, where he landed commercials for Omni Hotels, Dr. Pepper, and Southwest Airlines as well as bit parts on Walker: Texas Ranger, The West Wing, Disney's Tuck Everlasting, and the Academy Award winner, Boy's Don't Cry.
Horn recently finished producing two films - back to back, his feature documentary Lovenutz which examines Loveland, Colorado, is about a quirky; beautiful town that seems to be passionate about Valentines Day all year long, followed by the direct to DVD vampire comedy, Night Crawlers, which stars Joey Greco, from TV's Cheaters.
Gabriel has been producing and directing for The New Palace Theater since 2003, which produced live theater and later, switched to film production with New Palace Films, LLC. Hamilton Pool is based on the screenplay, The Red Ribbon Key, that Gabriel originally wrote for stage, but with the help of Xander Berkeley, was converted for film this past year. Gabriel is involved with local film organizations in Austin, Texas including Austin Film Society and Reel Women.
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Robert Capron
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Robert Capron (born July 9, 1998) is American child actor who starred in Diary of a Wimpy Kid as Greg Heffley's best friend, Rowley Jefferson. He started off with a role in Bride Wars and later had small parts in Hachiko: A Dog's Story and the Disney film The Sorcerer's Apprentice. His mother, Kaye Capron, played his character's mother in Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Capron lives in Scituate, Rhode Island. He is currently undergoing dance training for an upcoming gig in Dundee, to the music "Intergalactic" - Beastie Boys.
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Harry Walters
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Harry Walters is a writer, director, and actor from South East England. With his work ranging from stage to screen. His filmography includes his directing debut ‘Company of Four’ and short film ‘Toast’, which was nominated for three awards at the National Youth Film Awards. Both projects he also starred in. Harry’s first lead role in a feature is 2024’s psychological drama ‘Retreat’ playing the lead role of Jamie. Now primarily producing films under ‘Room 18 Films’, he continues to make sensitive, tender and reserved stories.
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Robert Gunner
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Robert Gunner (July 27, 1931 - December 18, 2001) was an American actor who played the role of Lieutenant John Landon in the film, Planet of the Apes (1968). A six-foot-one, 200-pounder from North Plainfield, New Jersey, was military service in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War which landed Bob Gunner in show business - on a weekly Navy hour televised from the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Later, he studied with Sanford Meisner at the Neighbourhood Playhouse in New York and became a professional model - the 'Marlboro Man' in TV commercials and magazine ads and the 'Quiet Man' in Ford video commercials. He had been seen previously in the smaller role of a detective in Caprice (1967).
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