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Justin Chatwin

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Justin Chatwin (born October 31, 1982) is a Canadian actor. He began his career in 2001 with a brief appearance in the musical comedy Josie and the Pussycats. Following his breakthrough role as Robbie Ferrier in the blockbuster War of the Worlds (2005), Chatwin headlined studio films such as The Invisible (2007) and Dragonball Evolution (2009), an action-adventure feature based on the manga series Dragon Ball. In the 2010s, Chatwin acted in small independent films. He starred as rock star idol Bobby Shore in the sci-fi musical Bang Bang Baby (2014), which earned him a Canadian Screen Awards nomination for Best Supporting Actor and appeared in the romantic comedy Unleashed (2016) and drama Summer Night (2019). Throughout the 2000s, Chatwin made guest appearances in several television series, including Weeds and Lost. His first regular role was on the comedy-drama Shameless, where he portrayed Jimmy Lishman between 2011 and 2015. Chatwin starred as a cartoonist in the CBS murder mystery drama American Gothic (2016), and also that year, he appeared as superhero Grant Gordon / The Ghost in the Doctor Who Christmas special "The Return of Doctor Mysterio". From 2019 to 2021, Chatwin played scientist Erik Wallace in Netflix's Another Life. Aside from acting, he has a long-time passion for motorcycles, extreme sports and travelling. Chatwin's journey from Vancouver to Patagonia on a motobike was depicted in the documentary series No Good Reason (2020), which he also executive produced. Description above from the Wikipedia article Justin Chatwin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors o
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Hank Strong

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Hank Strong is an actor who earned his name as a bodybuilder and a celebrity bodyguard in his younger years. Standing six feet six inches tall and weighing in at 270lbs, this actor is more than meets the eye. This beefcake may be all muscle but is also a former NYU student flexing his biggest muscle, his brain. Don't mistake this actor for a theatre geek. The young talent is tough too and isn't afraid to go full "beast mode." Hank Strong's athleticism has enabled him to perform almost all of his own stunts in various roles. He commands an audience bringing a physical presence to the set that is clearly displayed on the screen. Hank Strong was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. His street savvy background prepared him for his recurring role as "Big Dick Buster" in The Godfather of Harlem. The series is based on the true story of drug kingpin Bumpy Johnson" who is played by the Oscar Award winning Forrest Whitaker. In the comedy series, The Last OG, he plays 90's hood legend, John Booknight, a gangster notorious for knocking out enemies with one punch. Strong was casted as Carlo, the leader of an elite security squad employed by a mad scientist on an episode of The Blacklist, a hit show on NBC,. His former years as a celebrity bodyguard gave the actor an unfair advantage at that casting call, but don't be fooled! More than muscles, he is not just a character actor playing the brute, the bad guy, the gangster, or the bodyguard. In the feature film, "King of Staten Island," Strong plays firefighter, Sandy Gardner. After seeing this movie, Howard Stern the most moving scene was the fire fighting scene that Hank Strong stars in. Shortly after, Strong secured a role in Gotham, an action crime drama television series produced by the Warner Brothers based on DC Comics Batman Franchise showcases classic characters many of us know such as: Batman, Penguin, and the Riddler to name a few. From superstar to super villain, the actor plays the role of "Lunkhead" a sinister criminal with only bad intentions. In this role, he is able to live out childhood dreams surviving fights with both the Joker and Bruce Wayne, but ultimately meets his demise when he clashes with Catwoman. Though his character, "Lunkhead," meets his end, that is not the end of Strong. The actor has all the ingredients that make for a promising career with longevity. Hank Strong demonstrates a broad range of a countless possibilities for the future with a resume boasting a substantial list of various roles in an expansive scope.
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Max Nosseck

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Max Nosseck (September 19, 1902, Nakel – September 29, 1972, Bad Wiessee) was a German actor, film director, and screenwriter. After studying art in Vienna, he began his career in Berlin as a performer and filmmaker, directing his first feature in 1930. Following the rise of the Nazi regime, Nosseck emigrated in 1933 and worked across France, Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands before settling in the United States in 1939, where he directed films primarily for MGM, sometimes using the name Alexander M. Norris. Nosseck returned to Germany in the mid-1950s, directing films and television productions and later appearing in small acting roles. His career spanned silent cinema, European exile productions, Hollywood genre films, and postwar German television.
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Barbara Lukešová

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Barbara Lukešová graduated from the State Conservatory in Prague. After that she acted at the F. X. Šalda Theatre in Liberec and later with the Rokoko Theatre in Prague (1994-2001). At the same time, she was performing at the Theatre in Celetna. She also starred in various productions of the Rubín Theatre, National Theatre, Prague Municipal Theatres, Divadlo Komedie and the Theatre in Řeznická. She starred in Brucio nel vento (It.) which gained 5 wins and 16 nominations. The director of the movie, Silvio Soldini was selected for the main competition for the Golden Bear award at the Berlin International Film Festival Berlinale in 2002. In 2013, she was among strong candidates for the Alfréd Radok Award, nominated by theatre critics in the Best Actress category for her performance of “A” in the play Terminus directed by M. Němec. Thanks to her language proficiency (she speaks English, Russian, and Italian) she has been cast in international productions as well. from www.barbaralukesova.com
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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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Jodie Foster

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Alicia Christian 'Jodie' Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress and filmmaker. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. For her work as a producer and director, she has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. She has also earned numerous honors such as the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2013, was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2016 and received the Cannes Film Festival's Honorary Palme d'Or in 2021. Foster began her professional career as a child model and later as a teen idol in various Disney films including Napoleon and Samantha (1972), Freaky Friday (1976) and Candleshoe (1977). She acted in Martin Scorsese's comedy-drama Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) and reunited with him in Taxi Driver (1976) in a role for which she received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination. Other early films include Tom Sawyer (1973), Bugsy Malone (1976), The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976), Carny (1980) and Foxes (1980). After attending Yale University, Foster transitioned into mature leading roles earning two Academy Awards for playing a rape victim in The Accused (1988), and Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lambs (1991). She also received a nomination for Nell (1994). Her other notable films include Sommersby (1993), Maverick (1994), Contact (1997), Anna and the King (1999), Panic Room (2002), Flightplan (2005), Inside Man (2006), The Brave One (2007), Nim's Island (2008), Carnage (2011), Elysium (2013), Hotel Artemis (2018), and The Mauritanian (2021). Foster made her directorial film debut with Little Man Tate (1991) and has since directed films such as Home for the Holidays (1995), The Beaver (2011) and Money Monster (2016). She founded her own production company, Egg Pictures, in 1992. She earned two Primetime Emmy Awards for producing The Baby Dance (1999), and directing the Orange Is the New Black episode "Lesbian Request Denied" in 2014. She has also directed episodes for Tales from the Darkside, House of Cards, Black Mirror, and Tales from the Loop.
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Ahmed Mekky

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Ahmed Mekky began his career in cinema after graduating from the directing division at the Institute of Cinema. Mekky started out directing several short films such as Yabanee Asly (An Original Japanese) before directing Al Hassa Al Sab'a (The Seventh Sense), which starred Ahmed Al Fishawy, in 2005. That work was adapted from a short film that Mekky had previously directed in 2003. Ahmed Mekky has collaborated with his sister Inas Mekky in directing several television productions, including Lahazat Harija (Crucial Moments) and Tamer wa Shawqiyah (Tamer and Shawqiyah) in which he also played the role of Haitham Dabour. Mekky stars in the Ramadan comedy El Kebir Awi in which he plays both main characters, two brothers vying for the inheritance of their deceased father. In 2013, the third season of El Kebir Awi introduces a third brother, also played by Mekky. Besides his career in cinema, Mekky has also continued to write rap songs that he performs in films or uploads to the internet.
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Carolyn Bridget Kennedy

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Carolyn Bridget Kennedy is a Canadian actress in film, television, and the internet. Carolyn is the creator, writer, director and producer of the internet Web Series "The Bridget Linden Show" on YouTube, and plays the main character "Bridget Linden". "The Bridget Linden Show" first aired on YouTube in February 2012. As of September 2014, the Web Series has aired 114 episodes, and has acquired over 475,000 views and has over 900 subscribers. She has appeared on Fargo (TV Series), The Right Kind of Wrong (2013), Bluff (TV Series), The Horses of McBride (TV Movie 2012), and Heartland (TV Series). Carolyn was the First Assistant Director of the pilot episode of "Off Screen" (TV Series in Pre-Production, 2014) and also played the character "Lindsay". Carolyn is pursuing Acting, Filmmaking and Producing Apprenticeships. She recently wrote, directed and produced a motivational short encouraging people to follow their dreams called "Why Dream?". It can be viewed on her personal YouTube channel. Carolyn is in pre-production of a new comedy Web Series "Danger Pay" that she is writing, directing, producing and will be starring in.
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Maddie Ziegler

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Madison Nicole Ziegler (born September 30, 2002) is an American actress and dancer. She was initially known for appearing in Lifetime's reality show Dance Moms from 2011 (at age 8) until 2016. From 2014, she gained wider recognition for starring in a series of music videos by Sia, beginning with "Chandelier" and "Elastic Heart", which have in total attracted more than 5 billion views on YouTube. Ziegler has appeared in films, television shows, concerts, advertisements and on magazine covers. Ziegler was a judge on the 2016 season of So You Think You Can Dance: The Next Generation and toured with Sia in North America and Australia in 2016. Her 2017 memoir, The Maddie Diaries, was a New York Times Best Seller. Her film roles include Camille Le Haut in the animated film Ballerina (2016), Christina Sickleman in The Book of Henry (2017), the title role in Music (2021), Mia Reed in the high school drama The Fallout (2021), Velma in Steven Spielberg's 2021 West Side Story, Lindy in Fitting In (2023), and Ruthie in My Old Ass (2024). Ziegler was included by Time magazine on its list of the "30 most influential teens" in each year from 2015 to 2017. She was included in the 2023 Forbes 30 Under 30 list in the Hollywood & Entertainment category. Her social media presence includes an Instagram account with more than 13 million followers.
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Matt Thompson

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Matt Thompson started formal percussion training at the age of nine, although he has been tapping and hitting things for as long as he can remember. With a classical violinist for a mom and a jazz trumpeter/pianist as a dad, he was exposed to a wide variety of music from an early age. Two pivotal concerts solidified his desire to become a drummer. The first was Chick Corea with Roy Haynes on drums, the second was Rush on their Signals tour in 1982. In 1988 Matt won a scholarship to Berklee College of Music but instead chose to tour and perform throughout the late '80s and early '90s. His travels brought him to Dallas, TX where he discovered Ed Soph, Keith Carlock, Dan Wojciechowski and the University of North TX jazz program. He attended from 1996 - 2000, earning a Jazz Studies degree. At UNT Matt studied with Ed Soph, Bob Schietroma, Ron Fink, Henry Okstel, Mike Drake, Srini Poovalar and others, learning drumset, classical percussion, Indian, African and a multitude of Afro-Cuban styles. Two weeks after graduating, Matt got a call from heavy metal icon King Diamond with an offer to tour the world as part of the group. Matt still holds the drum chair for King, longer than any other drummer. With King, Matt has shared the stage with hundreds of bands, including top acts such as Lynyrd Skynard, Motley Crue, Megadeth, Slayer, Hellyeah, Exodus, Ghost, Volbeat, Testament, Nightwish, Behemoth, Nile, and many others. During the Mayhem festival in 2015 Kerry King (Slayer) performed with King Diamond for the 2nd half of the tour on the song "Evil" (Mercyful Fate). With Legacy of Disorder, Matt has toured with Gwar, Municipal Waste, Ghoul, Kylessa, Fear Factory, Shadows Fall, and others. Shaolin Death Squad has played shows with Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Estradasphere, The Invincible Czars, Opposite Day, Dillinger Escape Plan, and many others. In 2007 Matt was nominated for two Grammys, one for Best Metal Performance for King Diamond's "Never Ending Hill" and one for Best Polka Album for Brave Combo's "Polka's Revenge." Matt also drums for Shaolin Death Squad, Aghora, Legacy of Disorder and Synkronizity. In 2010 he was invited to be a guest clinician at Croatia Drum Camp in Groznjan, Croatia alongside Mike Mangini and Petar Curic.
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