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Alisan Porter
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Alisan Leigh Porter is an American singer, actress and dancer. As a child, Porter made acting appearances in Parenthood, Stella and I Love You to Death. Her breakout role came in 1991, when she played the lead in the film Curly Sue opposite Jim Belushi.
As an adult, Porter pursued roles in musical theatre, including a run in The Ten Commandments: The Musical & as an original cast member of the Broadway revival of A Chorus Line. A solo album followed in 2009. In 2016, she auditioned for NBC's The Voice, earning a spot on Team Christina Aguilera. In May of that same year, Porter was announced the winner of season 10.
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Jim Belushi
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James Adam Belushi (born June 15, 1954) is an American actor, comedian, singer and musician. He is best known for his title role of James "Jim" Orenthal on the American sitcom According to Jim. He is the younger brother of the late comic actor John Belushi.
Belushi was born in Chicago to Adam Anastos Belushi, an Albanian from Qytezë, Korçë, and Agnes Demetri (Samaras) Belushi, who was born in Ohio from Greek-Albanian immigrants from Korçë. He was raised in Wheaton, a Chicago suburb, along with his three siblings: Older brother John, older sister Marian, and younger brother Billy. After graduating from Wheaton Central High School, Jim Belushi attended the College of DuPage, and graduated from Southern Illinois University Carbondale with a degree in Speech and Theatre Arts.
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Lü Yulai
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Actor, director and showrunner from Mainland China. Lu Yulai was born on April 8, 1982 in Neijiang City, Sichuan Province. He graduated from the Department of Drama and Literature at the Central Academy of Drama, and graduated from the Department of Directing, Beijing Film Academy. During student years Lu starred in the film debut "Peacock" and was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in the Chinese Media Film Awards. In 2006 he was nominated for the Best Supporting Actor in the 7th Chinese Film Media Awards with his starring movie " The Courthouse on Horseback". In 2009 Lu was awarded the 4th Chinese Forum Emerging Actor and Best Actor in Madrid Film Festival for starring in the movie "Soundless Wind Chimes". In 2010, he won the best TV movie actor in the 17th Beijing University Student Film Festival with the movie "Summer Without Cicadas". In 2012 Lu Yulai appeared in the historical film "The Last Supper".
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Bunjaku Han
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Bunjaku Han (1948–2002) was a Taiwanese actress who worked in Japan from 1970 to 1995. Born in Tokyo, she did not speak Chinese. She died of cancer.
Famous for her role as Jun Sanders in Sain wa V (1969), she excelled in supporting roles on television (Playgirl, Attention Please) and in films, also dubbing Dr. Quinn and starring in Love Letter (1995).
In the series Stray Cat Rock (which launched Meiko Kagi), she played Yuriko (Delinquent Girl Boss), Asako (Wild Jumbo) and other rebellious roles, capturing the energy of Nikkatsu films of that decade.
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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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Travis Van Winkle
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Travis Van Winkle is an American actor and producer, born on November 4, 1982, in Victorville, California, USA. He made his feature film debut in Accepted (2006) and soon gained recognition for his roles in major studio projects such as Transformers (2007) and Friday the 13th (2009).
Throughout his career, Van Winkle has built a reputation for his versatility, moving seamlessly between comedy, drama, and action. On television, he is best known for his performances in Hart of Dixie, The Last Ship, and the Netflix hit You, where he received praise for his charismatic and layered portrayal.
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Jayma Mays
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Jamia Suzette "Jayma" Mays (born July 16, 1979) is an American actress. She is known for playing Emma Pillsbury in the Fox musical series Glee (2009–2015) and for her starring roles in the films Red Eye (2005), Paul Blart: Mall Cop (2009) and The Smurfs (2011). She is also known for portraying Debbie in the sitcom The Millers (2013–2014) and her recurring role as Charlie Andrews on the NBC sci-fi series Heroes (2006–2010). Mays starred as prosecutor Carol Anne Keane in the NBC sitcom Trial & Error (2017–2018).
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Jacob Blair
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Jacob William Blair (born January 26, 1984 in Red Deer, Alberta) is a Canadian actor and writer. He is best known for the leading role of William Pinkerton in the TV series The Pinkertons. His first role was in the sci-fi television series Battlestar Galactica: Razor and went on to appear in many other series as Bionic Woman, The L Word, Fringe, Aliens in America, Suits, Beauty and the Beast, Republic of Doyle, Rookie Blue and Dark Rising: Warrior of Worlds. He also appeared in many movies such as Fear Island, Smokin’ Aces 2: Assassins’ Ball, Hot Tub Time Machine, The A-Team, Wrecked, The Grey, Underworld: Awakening, Night Cries and Country Crush.
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Piotr Michael
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Piotr Michael is an actor, comedian and voice artist born in Los Angeles, California. He grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, lived in Taos, New Mexico, and Hilo, Hawaii. He studied theater and acting in college, including improvisational comedy at The Groundlings. Piotr's voices can be heard across many platforms, from regular appearances on "The Howard Stern Show" on Sirius XM, to television shows like Netflix's "Lady Dynamite", "The X-Files", Disney's "Wander Over Yonder", "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey", "Jimmy Kimmel Live", "Ellen" and "Conan", as well as video game voices for "Doom", "Call of Duty", "Warcraft", "Final Fantasy" and "Lego: Dimensions", among many others.
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Julia Holt
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Julia Holt was born on November 23, 1993 in New Orleans, LA. She is multi-ethnic. Her father has Trinidadian, Bajan, Carib, Vincentian, and Indian ancestry, and her mother has English, German, Irish, Scottish, and French ancestry. Julia was no stranger to the stage at a young age. She performed in musical theater since the age of five. Julia is also a composer, who composed her first original piece at eight years old. She attended the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts for jazz piano. Throughout high school, Julia performed jazz piano and vocals at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and French Quarter Festival with the Don Jamison School of Music. She attended Loyola University in New Orleans for Music Industry Studies and Film.
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