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Nobuo Nakamura
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Nobuo Nakamura (中村伸郎 Nakamura Nobuo, September 14, 1908–July 5, 1991 ) was a Japanese actor, who made notable appearances in the films of Akira Kurosawa and Yasujiro Ozu in the 1950s and 1960s. Perhaps his most famous roles were those of the callous deputy mayor in Kurosawa's Ikiru (1952), and the hairdresser's henpecked husband in Ozu's Tokyo Story (1953).
Nakamura is famous for many notable performances in theatre. In 1937, he founded the Bungakuza company along with Haruko Sugimura, Seiji Miyaguchi, and Masayuki Mori. Nakamura played Polonius in Hamlet, Herod in Wilde's Salome, Aleksandr Vladimirovich Serebryakov in Chekov's Uncle Vanya, and Krapp in Krapp's Last Tape. He also appeared in Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, and The Cherry Orchard . In the 1950s and 1960s, he played major roles in Yukio Mishima's plays such as Rokumeikan, My Friend Hitler, and so on. In 1963, Nakamura left Bungakuza company and founded the NLT company with Mishima. His most famous and successful role is considered to be The Professor in Ionesco's The Lesson. He performed The Lesson for the first time in 1972 and had played The Professor every Friday night at a small theatre in Shibuya, Tokyo until 1983.
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Jerzy Skolimowski
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Jerzy Skolimowski (Polish: [ˈjɛʐɨ skɔliˈmɔfskʲi]; born 5 May 1938) is a Polish film director, screenwriter, dramatist, actor and painter. Beginning as a screenwriter for Andrzej Wajda's Innocent Sorcerers (1960), Skolimowski has made more than twenty films since his directorial debut The Menacing Eye (1960). In 1967 he was awarded the Golden Bear prize for his Belgian film The Departure (1967). Among his other notable films is Deep End (1970), starring Jane Asher and John Moulder Brown as well as The Shout, starring Alan Bates, Susannah York and John Hurt, Moonlighting (1982), starring Jeremy Irons and Essential Killing, starring Vincent Gallo
He lived in Los Angeles for over 20 years where he painted in a figurative, expressionist mode and occasionally acted in films. He returned to Poland, and to filmmaking as a writer and director, after a 17-year hiatus with Four Nights with Anna (2008).
He received the Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement at the 2016 Venice Film Festival. His film EO (2022) was awarded the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 95th Academy Awards.
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Buck Young
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John Otto "Buck" Young (April 12, 1920 – February 9, 2000) was an American actor who played the role as Sergeant Whipple on the Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. TV series, and Deputy Joe Watson on The Andy Griffith Show.
In 1944, during World War II, Young was drafted into the US Army Air Forces. He married actress Peggy Stewart in 1953 and had two children, Grey Young and Abigail Young who each acted in one film. He was the brother-in-law of Stewart's sister, Patricia O'Rourke, and her husband, Wayne Morris.
In 1962, he appeared three times in James Arness's TV Western series Gunsmoke, playing “Carl” in S7E24’s “Coventry”, “Corporal Stone” in S7E27's “Wagon Girls” & “John” in S8E1’s “Call Me Dodie”.
Buck Young took the part as Sgt Whipple in the Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. TV series at the beginning of the show in 1964. He acted in a total of 95 films and the Gomer Pyle. U.S.M.C. series. Buck Young also played in Barnaby Jones in the episode titled “The Last Contract” (12/31/1974).
Young died on February 9, 2000, in Los Angeles at age 79.
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Yelena Tonunts
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Елена Константиновна Тонунц (урождённая Кокалевская; род. 17 июля 1954, Магадан) — советская и российская киноактриса, режиссёр и сценарист. Окончила геологический факультет МГУ (1976), на следующий год дебютировала в кинематографе. Получила актёрское образование в Государственном институте театрального искусства под руководством К. Михайлова (окончила в 1981 г.), в дальнейшем закончила также режиссёрский факультет Всесоюзного государственного института кинематографии (1992, мастерская Юрия Озерова).
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Dwagie
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Tseng Kuan-jung (Chinese: 曾冠榕), professionally known as Dwagie (Chinese: 大支), is a Taiwanese rapper, best known for using Taiwanese in his performances. His first solo album, Lotus from the Tongue (舌粲蓮花, 2002), was billed as the first full rap album in the Chinese-speaking world. He has also collaborated with fellow rapper MC HotDog. Outside of the hip hop scene he is best known for his best-selling single, "Taiwan Song", which projects an unapologetic Taiwanese assertiveness.
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Brendan Johansen
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Brendan was born in Pinjarra in September 1992. Brendan has lived in Mandurah all his life, due to his large family he is a very charismatic person and can adapt into all social aspects. Brendan has always been interested in acting throughout his school years participating in drama classes at school and eventually outside of school. Brendan is employed in the steel fabrication industry however still takes time to go to auditions, write scripts and when not in front of the camera or writing scripts Brendan helps out with the crew work. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Brendan Johansen
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Claude Cerval
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Claude Cerval (21 February 1921 – 25 July 1972) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than forty films from 1955 to 1971.
After his secondary studies, he took drama lessons with, among others, Louis Jouvet. He then performed in cabarets and at the theater, notably at the Odéon, before joining the Théâtre national populaire. He worked in cinema and television as well. He was well remembered for his performance in the role of the detestable Count of Nansac in the ORTF series Jacquou le Croquant in 1969.
He died of heart failure at the age of 51.
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Enzo Salvi
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Diplomatosi all'Istituto Agrario, inizia a lavorare come giardiniere del comune di Roma: i colleghi, colpiti dalla sua caratteristica "battuta pronta", lo convincono ad intraprendere la carriera di cabarettista. Le esibizioni serali a Roma e dintorni riscuotono molto successo e lo portano al debutto in teatro, nel 1990, con la commedia di Plauto "Il Miles Gloriosus". Nel 1991 con Mariano D'Angelo fonda i “Mammamia che Impressione”, duo che conquista subito la piazza Romana.
Mammamia comme sto! è il "tormentone" di “Er Cipolla”, " divenuto uno dei più celebri del Seven Show. In teatro commedie come Balle di Natale, Fiumi di forfora e A qualcuno piace Carlo - il suo esordio, tutto esaurito, al teatro Brancaccio - raccolgono subito il favore del pubblico. La notorietà su scala nazionale arriva grazie al grande schermo dove interpreta da protagonista Vacanze di Natale 2000, seguito da Bodyguards, Merry Christmas, Natale sul Nilo, Natale in India, Le barzellette e Il ritorno del Monnezza. In tv è apparso anche in Barbecue, nel film Di che peccato sei diretto da Pierfrancesco Pingitore, in Stracult Sogni e Striscia la notizia. Nel 2006, Enzo Salvi, entra nel cast del nuovo film di Natale Olé insieme, tra gli altri, a Massimo Boldi ed a Vincenzo Salemme. Nel 2006 è anche comparso in un cameo nei film culto Notte prima degli esami e Notte prima degli esami - Oggi.
Nel 2007 ha avuto una piccola comparsa in 2061 - Un anno eccezionale di Carlo Vanzina, dove interpretava un becchino. Sempre nel 2007 interpreta Matrimonio alle Bahamas, dove il protagonista è Massimo Boldi; ha preso parte, l'anno successivo, alla quarta serie di Un ciclone in famiglia. Nel 2008 lo rivediamo protagonista nel film a episodi Un'estate al mare e nel nuovo film di Natale con Massimo Boldi La fidanzata di papà. Ha inventato il personaggio di "Agusto" lo scienziato del Wrestling, che va in onda sul canale GXT su Sky e sul canale K2 del digitale terrestre. Nel 2012 è tra gli inviati speciali della trasmissione televisiva Punto su di te su Rai 1. Dal luglio 2012 è il protagonista maschile di Ricci e capricci, una sitcom di Italia 1[1][2].
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Sammy McKim
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Sammy McKim (December 20, 1924 – July 9, 2004) was a Canadian film actor and artist. He graduated from Los Angeles Art Center with a Bachelor of Arts Degree and was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. He died in Burbank, California from heart failure in 2004. McKim Served in the U.S. Army in 1943 with his brother David McKim where he fought in the Korean War. He earned the Distinguished Service Cross medal for being shot down in combat during the Korean War. After the war McKim stopped acting and became an artist, starting his career at the art department of Fox Studios before moving to the Walt Disney Company where he'd stay for the next 32 years until his retirement in 1987, 12 of which he would work closely with Walt Disney.
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Jack Betts
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Jack Betts (April 11, 1929 - June 19, 2025) was an American actor also known as Hunt Powers. He starred in numerous Spaghetti Westerns, including Sugar Colt (1966), Django and Sartana Are Coming... It’s the End (1970), and A Barrel Full of Dollars (1971). Besides Westerns, he appeared in films like Spider-Man (2002), Falling Down (1993), and 8mm (1999). On television, he had roles in series such as General Hospital, Bonanza, Kojak, and Perry Mason. Betts studied acting at the University of Miami and was also active in theater. He wrote the play Screen Test: Take One and performed on Broadway.
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