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Hank White

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Born in Halifax, N.S., a film industry veteran with more than 45 years experience as an actor, producer, writer, casting director and stage director. Hank is a member of Nova Scotia Native Council Zone 12 and Eastern Woodland Metis. He started Hank White Productions in 1979 and was the first casting director in Nova Scotia and is best known for his diversity in casting and crew. He was a founding member of Film Nova Scotia and the Aboriginal and Visible Minority Shadow Program. He is co-owner of Redemption Pictures Inc. and a producer on: Charlie Zone (awarded Best Feature; Director; Cinematographer and Best Actor at the 2011 Atlantic International Film Festival). Charlie Zone was the first Indigenous-produced feature film in Nova Scotia. He is president of Stone Cold Productions Limited and producer/co-Writer for 8:37 REBIRTH, The Guardian, (dev) Endgame (Miller's Reckoning), Reservation 4 Three Executive Producer (LA) (Multi-award winner) Fractured 2008 - Officially Selected and Nominated in the Atlantic Film Festival Atlantic Shorts, and broadcast on CBC 2010 The Decision 2007; Requested for the World Wide Shorts Preview, distributed by Out Media and shown on Movieola 2007 2008 The Cab Driver 2006 - Official Selection at the Silver Wave Film festival, Broadcast on CBC 2010.
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Mina Sadati

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Mina Sadati is an actress who was born in 1981 in Kashan, Iran. She has been nominated three times for the Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress from Fajr Film Festival for "Ice Age," "Mina's Choice" and "Hot Summer". She entered to cinema world by "Eve's Shoulder Wound" by Hossein Ghenat. Among the cinematic works of Mina Sadati Maziar Miri's "Saadat Abad", Asghar Farhadi's "Seller", Parviz Shahbazi's "Karat 14", and Manji Baghbani's "Kharguish" can be named.
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Galvão Bueno

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Galvão Bueno, born on July 21, 1950, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is a celebrated Brazilian sports commentator, best known for his enthusiastic coverage of Formula 1 and football. With a broadcasting career spanning over four decades, Bueno became the voice of Brazilian sports, working with Rede Globo, Brazil’s largest television network. His passionate, high-energy commentary style made him a household name, especially during Brazil's football World Cup victories and Ayrton Senna’s iconic moments in Formula 1. Bueno’s iconic catchphrases and emotional connections with athletes, particularly with Senna, earned him widespread affection and recognition. He covered ten World Cups and countless Formula 1 races, making his voice synonymous with major sports events in Brazil. In addition to his commentary career, Bueno ventured into business, including wine production, founding his own winery. He retired from regular broadcasting in recent years but remains a cherished figure in Brazilian sports media, with his voice still echoing in the memories of countless fans.
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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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Danny Bakewell Sr.

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Danny Joseph Bakewell (born 1946) is an American civil rights activist and entrepreneur. He is the owner of The Bakewell Company, which includes among its holdings the New Orleans radio station WBOK and the Los Angeles Sentinel newspaper. He is currently Chairman of the National Newspaper Publishers Association. Bakewell was born and raised in New Orleans, graduating from St. Augustine High School. Bakewell is the co-founder of the National Black United Fund. He also served as President of The Brotherhood Crusade, a civil rights advocate organization, for over thirty years, before stepping down to focus on his other projects. In recent years, Bakewell has been focused on expanding and diversifying his firm The Bakewell Company, which is the largest minority-owned development firm on the West Coast. He purchased the Los Angeles Sentinel, the city's oldest and largest Black newspaper, in 2004. Soon after, in 2007, he purchased the New Orleans radio station WBOK. In 2009, Bakewell was elected Chairman of the National Newspaper Publishers Association. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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George Williams

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George Williams is an independent writer and filmmaker from the UK. Over the course of nearly a decade, he has been releasing all sorts of content online, be it video essays, edits or short films on his YouTube channel TLEGeorge. Collaborations include his debut short film Sobering Cell, which he co-directed alongside Joel Johnson, the many musicians featured in his documentary A Personal Note, and his co-directed anthology film Confessors. His solo efforts include micro-short All That Time and the recently-released Standing On End, all of which are available on YouTube.
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Dolly de Leon

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Dolly Earnshaw de Leon (born April 12, 1969) is a Filipino actress. Known primarily for her work in independent films and theatre, she has received numerous accolades, including a FAMAS Award, a Guldbagge Award, and a Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award, in addition to nominations for a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award. British Vogue named her one of the 31 most famous stars in the world in 2023. After studying theatre at the University of the Philippines Diliman, De Leon began acting on stage. Her earliest performances include local productions of The Merchant of Venice, Waiting for Godot, Old Times, and Medea. She made her film debut in Peque Gallaga's horror anthology Shake, Rattle & Roll III (1991) and was cast in small and uncredited roles throughout the 1990s and 2000s. De Leon made brief appearances in films and guest-starred on television shows. Her breakthrough came in the crime drama Verdict (2019), for which she won a FAMAS Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 2021, she portrayed an ageing sex worker in Lav Diaz's period drama History of Ha to positive reviews. She followed it with more assertive parts in Erik Matti's HBO television projects On the Job and Folklore. De Leon achieved international recognition and acclaim for her performance as a toilet cleaner on a luxury yacht in Ruben Östlund's satirical black comedy Triangle of Sadness (2022), winning the Guldbagge Award and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Performance. She received nominations for a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the first Filipino to be nominated in any category. De Leon has since starred in the adult animated drama The Missing (2023)—for which she won a Cinemalaya Award for Best Supporting Actress—and the 2024 comedy dramas Between the Temples and Ghostlight. She is the co-founder of Ladies Who Launch, a social services group which supports disadvantaged communities. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dolly de Leon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Edward Akrout

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Edward Akrout is a Franco-British artist and actor. Born in Paris, Akrout grew up between France and England. He studied philosophy at the Sorbonne before attending Le Cours Florent in Paris for theatre, followed by time at the National Institute in Bucharest. He lives between London, New York and Paris. Akrout moved to England where he studied acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). Since graduating in 2008, Akrout has been prominent on both the screen and the stage. He is the grandson of Air Commodore Anthony Norman Davis (14 August 1918 – 1988) a British Royal Air Force officer who served as a pilot during the Second World War. Akrout is best known for his role as The Dauphin in The Hollow Crown. Other notable roles include Yves D'Allegre in The Borgias, Laurent Debienne in Genius: Picasso, Diego in Killing Eve and Edward Steichen in Rodin directed by Jacques Doillon.
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Volli Käro

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Volli Käro (born Vladimir Käro; December 13, 1940) is an Estonian actor. Volli Käro was born in Kirov Oblast in Russia to Estonian parents Fidrik and Erika Käro who had been resettled in the area as part of the Stolypin reform. He was one of eight siblings. At age four, the family were able to return to Estonia and settled for a while in Loksa and Vihula. Käro attended schools in Väike-Maarja before his father died when Käro was ten. Afterward, the family moved several more times. Because of his family's poor financial situation after the death of his father, he worked on a collective farm following primary school. It was during a school trip to Tallinn that Käro became interested in theatre after watching Estonian ballerina Helmi Puur perform in Swan Lake. Afterward, he took dance lessons. After graduating from secondary school in 1960, he began working at the Väike-Maarja cultural centre as an artistic instructor, then the artistic director and finally the director. In 1964, he applied to the Estonian SSR State Institute of Music and Theatre (now, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre) to work under the tutelage of theatre actor and director Voldemar Panso, but was not accepted. Volli Käro is married to stage actress Viive Käro (née Aamisepp). He resides in Rakvere and has a summer home in Kärdla on the island of Hiiumaa. His son Allan Käro is a historian and his first cousin, once removed, is actor Kirill Käro.
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Morgan Oey

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Morgan Oey (born Handi Morgan Winata on May 25, 1990, in Singkawang, West Kalimantan) is an Indonesian actor, singer, and model. He first gained recognition as a member of the boyband SM*SH before shifting his focus to acting after leaving the group in 2013. After departing from SM*SH, Morgan proved his talent in acting by starring in various feature films. His film debut was Assalamualaikum Beijing (2014), followed by roles in Ngenest (2015), Sweet 20 (2017), Belok Kanan Barcelona (2018), and Eggnoid (2019). He also starred in Losmen Bu Broto (2021) and several popular web series. Known for his versatility, Morgan has played a wide range of characters, from drama and comedy to fantasy. Besides acting, he remains active in music and frequently collaborates with various musicians. With his steadily growing career, Morgan Oey is now recognized as one of Indonesia’s prominent actors in the entertainment industry.
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