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Bill Nunn
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William G. "Bill" Nunn III (October 20, 1953 – September 24, 2016) was an American actor. Nunn made his acting debut in the 1988 Spike Lee film School Daze, and is perhaps best known for his roles as Radio Raheem in Lee's Do the Right Thing and as Nino Brown's verbally challenged bodyguard Duh Duh Duh Man in New Jack City.
Some of his other film credits include Lee's Mo' Better Blues and He Got Game, as well as Regarding Henry, Sister Act, Canadian Bacon, The Last Seduction, Things To Do In Denver When You're Dead, New Jack City, Runaway Jury, Spider-Man trilogy (as Joseph "Robbie" Robertson), Firehouse Dog, the television series The Job, Randy and The Mob, and A Raisin in the Sun, adapted for TV.
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Miriam Makeba
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Zenzile Miriam Makeba (4 March 1932 – 9 November 2008), nicknamed Mama Africa, was a South African singer, songwriter, actress, and civil rights activist. Associated with musical genres including Afropop, jazz, and world music, she was an advocate against apartheid and white-minority government in South Africa.
Born in Johannesburg to Swazi and Xhosa parents, Makeba was forced to find employment as a child after the death of her father. She had a brief and allegedly abusive first marriage at the age of 17, gave birth to her only child in 1950, and survived breast cancer. Her vocal talent had been recognized when she was a child, and she began singing professionally in the 1950s, with the Cuban Brothers, the Manhattan Brothers, and an all-woman group, the Skylarks, performing a mixture of jazz, traditional African melodies, and Western popular music. In 1959, Makeba had a brief role in the anti-apartheid film Come Back, Africa, which brought her international attention, and led to her performing in Venice, London, and New York City. In London, she met the American singer Harry Belafonte, who became a mentor and colleague. She moved to New York City, where she became immediately popular, and recorded her first solo album in 1960. Her attempt to return to South Africa that year for her mother's funeral was prevented by the country's government.
Makeba's career flourished in the United States, and she released several albums and songs, her most popular being "Pata Pata" (1967). Along with Belafonte she received a Grammy Award for her 1965 album An Evening with Belafonte/Makeba. She testified against the South African government at the United Nations and became involved in the civil rights movement. She married Stokely Carmichael, a leader of the Black Panther Party, in 1968. As a result, she lost support among white Americans. Her visa was revoked by the US government when she was traveling abroad, forcing her and Carmichael to relocate to Guinea. She continued to perform, mostly in African countries, including at several independence celebrations. She began to write and perform music more explicitly critical of apartheid; the 1977 song "Soweto Blues", written by her former husband Hugh Masekela, was about the Soweto uprising. After apartheid was dismantled in 1990, Makeba returned to South Africa. She continued recording and performing, including a 1991 album with Nina Simone and Dizzy Gillespie, and appeared in the 1992 film Sarafina!. She was named an FAO Goodwill Ambassador in 1999, and campaigned for humanitarian causes. She died of a heart attack during a 2008 concert in Italy.
Makeba was among the first African musicians to receive worldwide recognition. She brought African music to a Western audience, and popularized the world music and Afropop genres. She also made popular several songs critical of apartheid, and became a symbol of opposition to the system, particularly after her right to return was revoked. Upon her death, former South African President Nelson Mandela said that "her music inspired a powerful sense of hope in all of us." ...
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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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Irina Demick
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Irina Demick (16 October 1936, Pommeuse, Seine-et-Marne - 8 October 2004), sometimes credited as Irina Demich was a French actress with a brief career in American films.
Born Irina Dziemiach, apparently of Slavic (Russian, Ukrainian, or Polish) and polish Jewish ancestry, in Pommeuse, Seine-et-Marne, she went to Paris and became a model. She made an appearance in a French film Julie la rousse (1959) and met producer Darryl F. Zanuck. Zanuck, whose lover she became, cast her in his epic production, The Longest Day as a French resistance fighter. Her career continued with roles in OSS se déchaine (1963), The Visit (1964), alongside Ingrid Bergman and Anthony Quinn, Un monsieur de compagnie (1964) with Catherine Deneuve and Jean-Pierre Cassel and Up from the Beach (1965) opposite Cliff Robertson and Red Buttons. In 1965, she played seven roles in Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, each one of a different nationality.
After making a few more films, Prudence and the Pill (1968), Le Clan des Siciliens (The Sicilian Clan), with Jean Gabin and Alain Delon mostly in France and Italy, Demick's career faded and came to a standstill in 1972.
She died in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Emmanuel Frechette
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Emmanuel Fréchette (born January 15, 1969) is a Canadian film production designer and Commercial art director, best known for his collaborations with Kim Nguyen, Andrew Haigh, and Wim Wenders. He has worked extensively with the Canadian film and advertising industry, Netflix, and independent European films and series.
Trained as an architect, Fréchette is fluent in French, English, and Spanish. He has developed expertise in filming in challenging natural environments, including forests, snow-covered landscapes, Arctic ice floes, and the open sea.
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Manon Azem
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Manon Azem begins the theater as well as the dubbing at the age of 5 years. In 2001, she doubles the voice of actress Emma Watson who plays Hermione Granger in Harry Potter at the School of Wizards . She then becomes the official French voice in all films of the Harry Potter saga until 2015. She decides not to double it because, according to her, her voice has become too serious and incompatible with that of the British actress . She is also the French voice of Debby Ryan in Jessie and Joy Lauren in Desperate Housewives .
In 2006, she appears in the episode Bad slope of the series Diane, wife cop directed by Marc Angelo.
After obtaining her baccalaureate, she joined the free class, promo 29, Cours Florent in Paris .
From 2006 to 2010, she plays in the French Disney Channel Trop la Class! . She plays one of the main characters, Dunk, then in her suite Too the coffee class! in 2011.
From 2008 to 2011, she doubles the actress Andrea Duro who plays the main character of Joy Freire in the famous Spanish series Physics or Chemistry .
In 2010 and 2011, at the cinema, she plays small roles in the movies Il rest du ham? of Anne Depétrini and Beur on the city of Djamel Bensalah .
Since 2012, she plays the character of Mireille in the web-series Passing pecho .
She joined the television series TF1 Research Section during the 8 th episode of season 7 tour in 2012 and broadcast in 2013. She plays the adjutant Sara Casanova until the fourth episode of season 11 shot in March 2016. She decides to leave the show because she "wants to discover other roles and to have fun with other characters" , and did not want to remain attached to a single character 1 . She returns as a guest by making an appearance in the last episode of season 12 in 2018 and then playing in the first two episodes of season 13 in 2019.
In 2017, she plays one of the main roles of Romain Levy's Gangsterdam , alongside Kev Adams and Como Levin 2 .
In 2018, she doubles Taelia in the video game World of Warcraft .
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Bryan Jordan
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Bryan Jordan is an Actor residing in the beautiful city of Los Angeles, in Southern California.
Born in Pasadena, California. Bryan got his start in life as a Soccer Player. Growing up watching the Los Angeles Galaxy soccer team play at the Rose Bowl, right in his very own backyard. Years later, after becoming a professional soccer player, his lifelong dream of playing for the Los Angeles Galaxy would come true. When the Galaxy bought him from the Portland Timbers in March of 2008. He would go on to win 2 MLS Cup Championships back to back (2011, 2012) in his 5 years with the Club, 3 Western Conference Championships, and take home the supporters shield 2 years in a row (2010, 2011). Playing alongside the likes of David Beckham, Landon Donovan, & Robbie Keane. He also had the great honor of representing the USA's Men's National Soccer Team as he played for the U-23 Team in the Toulon International Tournament in France, along with living and playing in Germany.
His soccer career has taken him all over the world and introduced him to many amazing people. During his time in LA, with the entertainment industry right around the corner he would eventually met and befriend Liz Hernandez who would give him a push towards looking into the industry. In 2010 while the Major League Soccer Union was thinking of going on strike he started to learn the craft of acting and had a few short stints in the entertainment industry. Eventually, leading to a Nickelodeon TV Show, _Figure It Out_ in 2012 but ultimately he would decide to continue to focus on soccer. After getting back from playing in Germany in 2014 his talents and likeness would re-introduce him to acting where he is also making strides for success. Upon being home he would also get back into classes with working actress/acting coach Sara Mornell.
In 2015, he was cast in his first Feature Film Quarries (2016), where he would make his debut playing the role of 'Wilson'. He also became a season regular in a new media TV series #TheAssignment (2013) - Season 2. Where you can watch him in three hilarious episodes. He also made quite a few more appearances in the new media scene. And when you combine his acting talents along with his look, and athletic prowess he's an absolute no-brainer when it comes to commercial spots and branding.
A humble and hard working guy Bryan Jordan continues to bring his athlete's mentality of hard work and dedication to his craft of acting.
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J.J. 'Bad Boy' Jones
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Born Esserlaine Jones in Baton Rouge, La., JJ Bad Boy Jones began playing the guitar at age 5 and singing in a Baptist church choir soon after.
At 16 he took a job as a long-haul truck driver and started to compose lyrics as he drove.
He quit his day job after undergoing back surgery in 1996, Lyle said. He was almost 70 at the time.
Small in stature with a powerful voice, Jones arrived in Los Angeles in the late 1950s and began
performing in local clubs and bars.
He was faithful to the blues music he grew up with in the South, playing songs made popular by a number
of his friends, particularly Albert King; King’s brother, B.B. King; Stevie Ray Vaughn; and Jones’ cousin,
Eddie “Guitar Slim” Jones.
Jones’ friends called him the “bad boy” of blues guitarists as a sign of respect, and he was dubbed J.J. by
Albert King as a compliment suggesting his own legendary brother.
With his band, “The Bad Boys,” Jones regularly performed at Harvelle’s Blues Club in Santa Monica,
B.B. King’s Club at Universal City and Babe’s and Ricky’s Inn in Los Angeles.
“J.J. was a fixture in the Los Angeles blues scene,” said Jan Garfinkle, who played keyboard with Jones’
band for many years. “He played traditional blues and he was an excellent guitarist, even in his 70s.”
Jones recorded three albums. The best-known, “Ashes in the Wind” (Aries Records), was released in
1998.
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Gus Turner
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Gus Turner is an American born British Award winning actor, a singer, a voice-actor, a stage actor in Broadway, the recurring actor featured in the Apple TV+ series, Ted Lasso, and played the character Henry Lasso; Ted Lasso and Michelle Lasso's son. Gus was raised in New York until he was four-years-old and can speak with a native East Coast American accent as well as an English accent. His hobbies are reading, photography, learning, traveling, and internet surfing. He holds British nationality.
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Eddie Pequenino
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Eddie Pequenino was an TV and film actor with over 20 movies in his career. Considered by some people as the founder of Argentine Rock since in 1956 he formed the first rock and roll band made the first recordings of that genre in Argentine. He was part of "Club del Clan" and also directed the orchestra on the TV program "Domingos para la Juventud". He starred also in "La peluquería de Don Mateo" which was a very popular show for about 30 years . Was also part of the staff of "No toca botón" lead by comedian Alberto Olmedo.
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