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Mari Okamoto

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Mari Okamoto (おかもとまり, Okamoto Mari, December 13, 1989) is a former Japanese talent, a former impersonator, an entrepreneur, and a creator. Her real name is Mari Okamoto (岡本 麻里, Okamoto Mari). She is from Fujioka City, Gunma Prefecture. Her blood type is O. She belonged to the entertainment production companies Ohta Production and TWIN PLANET. After retiring from entertainment activities, she took the name of Mari Okamoto (岡本 麻里) and managed the column site "minto".
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Ximena Mont Suá

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She graduated from the first generation of the Bachelor's program at the University Center for Cinematographic Studies (CUEC UNAM), where she enrolled in 2015. Her focus has been on Animation, Directing, and Editing. She has created stop-motion animation for commercials, as well as photography in the documentary short "Selenium," pre-selected at the 2018 Ariel Awards. She has directed and written two short films: "Komorebi," which combines animation with live-action, and "XXI Century Love" (2018), both as part of a well-defined aesthetic search influenced by contemporary Japanese cinema. In addition to her roles as editor and credit designer in "Amanecer," selected at the SHORTS MÉXICO 2018 festival, "Suicidrag," selected at GIFF 2018 and FICM 2018, and "Donde todo comienza," winner of first place in the Short Film Contest "A cien años del natalicio de Guillermo González Camarena." She is currently a professional drummer, supporting various bands in the independent scene.
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Roman Schreier

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Roman Schreier (born July 27, 2006) is a Russian filmmaker, visual artist, actor, musician, poet, and photographer. He made his debut in the film industry with the short surrealist film A Fly Is Also a Helicopter (2021), which he shot without sets, on the street, during a walk. His second short film, Fallen (2021), follows the same style of ambiguity and open-endedness. A year after, he appeared in the short film Back to Silent Hill (2022), marking his first role in an external project. Currently, Roman Schreier is immersed in creating poetry and music, though he continues to reflect on cinema.
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Márton Tarkövi

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Since he was 11, Márton Tarkövi (1997, Hungary) has been making homemade films in Hungary. In 2020, he graduated in film editing from ECAM (Spain) and has worked as an editor with Albert Serra, Adolfo Arrieta, Javier Rebollo and Víctor Erice, among others. His debut feature film as director ‘Later in the Clearing’ co-produced by Luis Miñarro premiered in 2025 at International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) - Bright Future, Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema (BAFICI) - Avant-Garde & Genre Official Competition, IFF Message to Man, DocumentaMadrid, Edoc, continuing its festival tour...
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Cayden Boyd

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Boyd was born in Bedford, Texas. He currently lives in Los Angeles, California with his parents and actress sister, Jenna Boyd. Cayden plays the violin and cello, is on a football team, and is also a proud Christian. Cayden is more experienced in the acting world than most children his age. Growing up in Texas with his parents and sister Jenna Boyd he has been able to stay grounded and says, "My parents are a big help, and they're always making sure I have a normal life and my life isn't all just about acting and stuff." Cayden landed his first roles, small television roles and commercials, as young as 6 and 7. He was cast alongside Sean Penn and Tim Robbins in film "Mystic River". In 2004, Cayden won the lead role in children's film "The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl". Cayden has also appeared in a number of TV dramas, including "Crossing Jordan", "Cold Case" and "Close to Home". He also had a small but crucial role in the film "X-Men: The Last Stand". In 2008, Cayden starred alongside Julia Roberts and Willem Dafoe in "Fireflies in the Garden", with a strong performance as young Michael. In 2010 Cayden took the leading role in the pilot episode of a new TV show "Past Life" giving a very strong performance, and is in possible talks to be returning to the show at a later date. Boyd has had bit parts in several feature films, including Freaky Friday and Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story. He also played Tim Robbins's son in Mystic River and appeared on the sitcom Scrubs. Boyd's biggest role to date may have been as Max in The Adventures of Shark Boy and Lava Girl. Most recently, he played young Warren Worthington III in X-Men: The Last Stand, and he also had a starring role in the 2007 film Have Dreams, Will Travel. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cayden Boyd, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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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 October 31, 2020, it was announced that Connery had died at the age of 90.
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Nataliia Vorozhbyt

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Nataliia Anatoliivna Vorozhbyt, born 4 April 1975, is a Ukrainian playwright, screenwriter and director. Vorozhbyt prefers to be referred to professionally as Natalka, the diminutive form of her name. Vorozhbyt graduated in 2000 from the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute in Moscow. She has also studied at the Iowa Writers Workshop. She was a Visiting Fellow and Ukrainian Writer in Residence at St Hugh's College, Oxford for the 2023-24 term. She was named a member of PEN Ukraine in May 2024. Over the years she has written her scripts in both Russian and Ukrainian. This however increasingly caused her pain. Speaking to a reporter for The Moscow Times in 2014, she said, "In connection with the anti-Russian mood, many of my Ukrainian friends have purposefully switched to Ukrainian exclusively. The pain and hurt and protest that I feel make me want to do the same. I very much feel that moment has arrived. Then I think, damn it, Russian is my language, too. Why should I have to give it up? I love it. I write in it. Protest against myself? I won't do that." However, by the following year she was writing almost exclusively in Ukrainian. Together with German director Georg Genoux she founded the Theater of the Displaced, where refugees from Donbas could tell their stories,and curated the Class Act project. She wrote the screenplay for the feature film Cyborgs about the defense of Sergei Prokoviev Airport near Donetsk, where Ukrainian soldiers fought for 242 days against separatists. Vorozhbyt traveled through the war zone for four months and spoke with those involved. The war situation in Ukraine is a frequent theme in her work.
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Germain Houde

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Germain Houde (born December 14, 1952) is a Genie Award-winning Canadian actor from Petit-Saguenay, Quebec. He has usually played tough-guy parts; his screen characters have ranged from cruel criminals to corrupt policemen. A graduate of the Conservatoire d’Art Dramatique de Québec, Houde spent his early years in theatre including time with an experimental troupe in England. His first cinematic role was in Anne Claire Poirier’s acclaimed A Scream from Silence (Mourir à tue-tête), where he played a vicious rapist. He has won two Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for his roles in Good Riddance (Les bons débarras) and Night Zoo (Un Zoo la nuit). His other roles have included the television series Omerta, Les Filles de Caleb, Les Invincibles and Vertige, and the films Prettykill, Love Me (Love-moi), Terminal City Ricochet, Léolo, Jerome's Secret, Fear of Water (La Peur de l'eau) and 2 Frogs in the West.
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Shani Wallis

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Shani Wallis (born 14 April 1933) is an English actress and singer, who released several records in the 1950s. Wallis was born in Tottenham, London. Making her first stage appearance at the age of four, she later studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) on a scholarship. Wallis went on to play many leading roles in the West End, but she is best known for the role of Nancy in Carol Reed's 1968 film production of Lionel Bart's musical Oliver! which co-starred Ron Moody, Harry Secombe, Oliver Reed, Jack Wild and Mark Lester. Wallis has appeared with Liberace, Jack Benny, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. Wallis is a naturalized citizen of the United States, where she has lived for many years. She married her agent/manager Bernie Rich on Friday 13 September 1968. Asked, "Why on that day?" she replied, "Everything good has happened to me on Friday 13th and Shani means 'lucky jewel'. The couple have one child, Rebecca, and two granddaughters. She is also the sister of jazz drummer Leon Roy. Wallis is an Honorary Patron of The Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America. Description above from the Wikipedia article Shani Wallis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Phillip Rhee

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​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Phillip Rhee (born September 7, 1960) is a Korean-American actor and director, most famous for his role in the Best of the Best movie series. Rhee holds ranks of 6th degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do, 3rd degree black belt in Hap Ki Do and 1st degree black belt in Kendo. He is also skilled in Wing Chun Kung fu and is a good boxer. He is the younger brother of Simon Rhee. He currently lives in the Los Angeles vicinity and is working on a screenplay. Description above from the Wikipedia article Phillip Rhee, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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