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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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Tim Sparv
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Tim Sparv (born 20 February 1987) is a Finnish professional footballer who last played as a midfielder for AEL in the Greek Super League and is the captain of Finland's national football team. Sparv was born in Oravais and started his football career in Norrvalla FF youth team before moving to Southampton's junior organisation. He began his senior club career playing for Halmstad, before signing with Groningen in 2010.
Sparv made his international debut for Finland in February 2009, at the age of 21 and has since had over 70 caps, including appearing in 2010, 2014 and 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifications. His family is a member of the Swedish-speaking population of Finland.
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Melissanthi Mahut
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Melissanthi Mahut (Greek: Μελισσάνθη Μάχουτ; born September 20, 1988) is a Canadian and Greek actress. Mahut was born in Toronto, Canada and raised in Greece. Her father is a Quebecois Canadian, while her mother is Greek. She attended the National Theatre of Greece Drama School and later went on to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). She graduated at RADA with a BA degree in Acting in 2012.
She is known for her role as Kassandra in Assassin's Creed Odyssey, and for playing Mita Xenakis in the Netflix film Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga.
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Dan Dierdorf
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Dan Dierdorf is a former NFL offensive lineman and longtime football broadcaster, known for his insightful commentary and steady presence across multiple decades of network television. A Hall of Fame player with the St. Louis Cardinals during the 1970s, Dierdorf transitioned seamlessly into broadcasting after his playing career ended in 1983.
He began his media career with CBS before moving to ABC’s Monday Night Football in 1987, where he spent over a decade as one of the league’s most prominent analysts. Dierdorf’s commentary was known for its balance: firm, informed, and delivered without exaggeration, often drawing on his offensive line background to highlight nuances of trench play that were otherwise overlooked.
In 1999, he returned to CBS as a lead analyst for The NFL on CBS, where he called multiple playoff games and remained a central figure in the network’s NFL coverage through the 2013 season. Dierdorf also contributed to college football broadcasts and various studio assignments during his career.
Respected for both his football intellect and straightforward style, Dierdorf was honored with the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award in 2008 for his exceptional contributions to sports broadcasting.
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Paul Blain
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Paul Blain is an American actor who has been in the entertainment industry for a decade. He is best known for his roles in films such as Hooking Up, Jekyll and Hyde Retold, and Out of the Shadow. He has also appeared in television shows such as Empire, and All Screwed Up.
Blain has received fifteen nominations for his work and won four awards, including two Best Short Film awards.
Blain also has a successful career as a model, with clients such as Sony, Connoisseur Paris, and KIA Motors.
Blain was born in Leonard Michigan in 1986. After graduating, he moved to Houston, Texas, where he pursued a career as a first responder. It was in Houston where he discovered his love for acting and made the decision to change careers.
Blain is married to Leanne Alexis Blain, and the couple has two dogs together. He is also an active philanthropist, and has been involved in a number of charitable causes. He is a supporter of the Wounded Warrior Project, and has also been involved in the fight to end homelessness.
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Viridiana Márquez
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Viridiana Márquez is an actress born in Las Vegas, Nevada, and raised in the Chicago suburbs. Born to Mexican immigrant parents, she discovered her passion for acting at the age of four after watching Titanic. From creating home movies to performing in school productions, she knew from an early age that storytelling was her calling. She went on to study acting in college and continued her training through professional acting classes, remaining dedicated to pursuing a career in film and television.
Viridiana Márquez is known for her work in the short films Froggy (2024) and Fidelidad (2024) , as well as her feature film debut, Babybacks . She won Best Actress at the 2025/2026 13 Horror Film Contest for her portrayal of Zoe in Babybacks .
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Justin Marks
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Justin Marks (born March 25, 1981) is an American racing driver, entrepreneur, and current owner of Trackhouse Racing Team in the NASCAR Cup Series. He last competed in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, driving the No. 93 for Meyer Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian in the GT Daytona class.
Marks has competed in sports car and stock car racing, competing in the ARCA Racing Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. He also served as a road course ringer in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and Cup Series.
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Manuel Villarreal
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Manuel Villarreal is a proud gay 1st generation Mexican-American writer and director based in Los Angeles. His short films, "WHAT THE WATER GAVE" and "I'M STILL HERE," were finalists at the NewFilmmakers LA Video Project and Outfest Fusion Film Festival, respectively. Prior to directing, Manuel worked as an actor and starred in various commercials, including Super Bowl ads for Carl’s Jr. and Kay Jewelers. He holds a BA in Screenwriting from California State University, Northridge, and an MFA in Directing from the AFI Conservatory. Using magical realism and the folklore of his heritage, he hopes to challenge stereotypes associated with Latinos across the U.S.
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Emily Wyatt
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Emily Wyatt is an English actress born in 1990 and raised in Berkshire, UK. She began her acting journey early, performing as a child with the Horsham Amateur Operatic and Dramatic Society and attending stage school for eight years. She furthered her education by studying drama and creative writing in Bristol, England.
Wyatt has appeared in various film and television productions. Her film credits include roles in "Rise of the Footsoldier 3: The Pat Tate Story" (2017), "Hurricane" (2018), "Sacrilege" (2020), and "Sensation" (2021). On television, she has featured in British soap operas such as "Casualty" (2015), "Doctors" (2016), and "EastEnders" (2016-2017), playing the role of Nurse Rachel Lovell.
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Nicholas Asbury
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Nicholas Asbury (born 13 February 1971) is a British actor and author. He won an Olivier Award as part of the Royal Shakespeare Company's complete cycle of Shakespeare's history plays in 2009 and is known for television roles such as Winston Churchill in the BBC's 37 Days, Mr. Angel in Hugh Laurie's Why Didn't They Ask Evans?, and Jim in the BAFTA award-winning Alma's Not Normal.
Asbury attended Hereford Cathedral School, then Dartington College of Arts. In 1998 he performed at The Watermill Theatre, before joining the ensemble of the Royal Shakespeare Company from 1999 until 2008. He subsequently acted in the all-male Shakespearean troupe Propeller, for whom he also composed music. A diary of his experiences acting in Propeller's 2011/12 productions of Henry V and The Winter's Tale was featured as a series in The Guardian.
His first book, Exit Pursued by a Badger, is a record of his involvement in Michael Boyd's The Histories Cycle with the RSC. It won the Michael Meyer Award from The Society of Authors in 2011. He has since appeared in television series such as The Inbetweeners, Chewing Gum, Sherlock, and Alma's Not Normal. His second book, White Hart, Red Lion, is a work of travel literature revisiting the subject of Shakespeare's history plays through the locations that feature in them.
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