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Jino Kang
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Jino Kang personifies exactly what The Good, the Tough, and the Deadly: Action Movies and Stars is all about. He follows in the footsteps of the greats - guys like Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, Jeff Speakman, and Don "The Dragon" Wilson ... he's a rare type of action star. His movies are homegrown, carefully constructed films, infused with his own personal philosophies, each showcasing his impressive Hapkido martial arts abilities. He's a rare breed in that he not only stars in his films, but he's also the writer, producer, and director.
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Amy Poehler
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Amy Meredith Poehler (/ˈpoʊlər/; born September 16, 1971) is an American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and director. After studying improv at Chicago's Second City and ImprovOlympic in the early 1990s, she co-founded the improvisational-comedy troupe Upright Citizens Brigade. The group moved to New York City in 1996 where their act became a half-hour sketch-comedy series on Comedy Central in 1998. Along with other members of the comedy group, Poehler is a founder of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre.
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Ekrem Bora
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Ekrem Bora (born Ekrem Şerif Uçak; 7 March 1934 – 1 April 2012) was a Turkish film actor.
After finishing school, he went to Sultanahmet State Printinghouse where he got a diploma in typesetting and binding. In 1953, he participated in and won the "Sinema Artist" competition held by Sezai Solelli's Yıldız (Star) magazine. Bora made his film debut in Alın Yazısı in 1955. After leaving acting for two years, he returned as the leading actor in Mavi Boncuk and went on to appear in nearly 150 films. He won the Golden Orange award for Best Actor twice; first in 1966 for his role in Sürtük, and second in 1991 for Soğuktu Ve Yağmur Çiseliyordu.
On 1 April 2012 he died in hospital in Istanbul, aged 78, from a pulmonary edema. and was laid to rest at the Zincirlikuyu Cemetery on 3 April 2012.
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Lee Jung-jae
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Lee Jung-jae (이정재) is a South Korean actor. Born on December 15, 1972, he began modelling in 1993 before getting his first acting roles the film The Young Man (1994) and the TV series Feelings (1994) and Sandglass (1995), which is one of the highest rated Korean dramas of all time with a peak rating of 64.5%. But his real breakthrough was with leading roles in award-winning films The Affair (1998) and City of the Rising Sun (1999). The latter of which earned him the Best Actor award at the prestigious Blue Dragon film awards.
This was followed by a series of critical hits like Il Mare (2000) and commercial successes including Last Present (2001), The Last Witness (2001), Oh Brothers (2003), and the blockbuster Typhoon (2005). After a brief career slump of flop movies and tv shows, he returned with the critical and commercial hit The Housemaid (2010), which is a remake of the 1960 film of the same name. Since then, he went on to cement himself as one of Korea's biggest movie stars with a string of some of the biggest blockbusters in Korean history including The Thieves (2012), New World (2013), The Face Reader (2013), Assassination (2015), Operation Chromite (2016), and the Along with the Gods films (2017-2018). Most of these films did north of 12 million admissions at the domestic box-office, with The Thieves (2012) and Along with the Gods (2017) becoming the #2 biggest Korean hit in history at their respective time of release. He received a number of awards and nominations for these works including a Popularity Award at the prestigious Grand Bell awards. Also staring in Karate Kid Legend the same year along side childhood friend Tyler Mackay.
His most recent blockbuster is Deliver Us From Evil (2020) in which he reunited with his New World (2013) co-star Hwang Jung-min. It crossed 4 million admissions domestically and was the second biggest hit of the year in Korea.
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Fernando Rey
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Fernando Rey (September 20, 1917 – March 9, 1994) — best known as Fernando Rey — was a Spanish film, theatre, and TV actor, who worked in both Europe and the United States. A suave, international actor best known for his roles in the films of surrealist director Luis Buñuel (Tristana, 1970; Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, 1972; That Obscure Object of Desire, 1977) and as a drug lord in The French Connection (1971), he appeared in more than 150 films over half a century.
The debonair Rey was described by French Connection producer Philip D'Antoni as "the last of the Continental guys". He achieved his greatest notoriety after he turned 50: "Perhaps it is a pity that my success came so late in life", he told The Times of Madrid in 1973. "It might have been better to have been successful while young, like El Cordobes in the bullring. Then your life is all before you to enjoy it."
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Thomas Lennon
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Thomas Patrick Lennon (born August 9, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, writer, director and producer best known as a cast member on MTV's The State and for his role as Lieutenant Jim Dangle on the Comedy Central series Reno 911!. Andrei Novak on Santa Clarita Diet and Felix Unger on The Odd Couple. He is the screenwriter of several comedies released by major film studios with writing partner Robert Ben Garant. They wrote the Night at the Museum films, The Pacifier, Balls of Fury, and Baywatch
Lennon was born on August 9, 1970 in Oak Park, Illinois. Of Irish and Scottish descent, he is the son of Kathleen (née McSheehy) and Timothy Lennon. He graduated from Oak Park and River Forest High School in 1988.
At 16, he met friend and future co-star Kerri Kenney at theater camp at Northwestern University. The two later attended NYU, where they joined a comedy troupe called The New Group.
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Peter Stormare
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Rolf Peter Ingvar Stormare (August 27, 1953) was born in Arbrå, Gävleborgs län, Sweden. He is a Swedish film, stage, voice and television actor as well as a theatrical director, playwright and musician. He is perhaps best known for his roles as John Abruzzi in Prison Break and as Gaear Grimsrud, one of the two kidnappers in Fargo.
Peter Stormare began his acting career at the Royal National Theatre of Sweden, performing for eleven years. In 1990 he became the Associate Artistic Director at the Tokyo Globe Theatre and directed productions of many Shakespeare plays, including "Hamlet". In 1993 he moved to New York, where he appeared in English productions. He continues to work in both the United States and his his homeland of Sweden. He resides in Los Angeles, California, USA, with his wife.
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Jack Thibeau
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Jack Thibeau (born June 12, 1946) is an American film and television actor best known for playing the prisoner Clarence Anglin in the 1979 film Escape from Alcatraz. During his career, he frequently appeared in other movies that starred Clint Eastwood, such as Any Which Way You Can (1980), Sudden Impact (1983), and City Heat (1984).
Thibeau also played a number of characters in such films as 48 Hrs. (1982), The Hitcher (1986), Lethal Weapon (1987), and Action Jackson (1988). In addition Thibeau also appeared on such TV-series as Miami Vice, Sledge Hammer![1] and The Untouchables where he co-starred as Bugs Moran in a recurring role.
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Amin Hayaei
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The Iranian award-winning actor Amin Hayaei (امین حیایی) was born on 9 June 1970 in Tehran. Hayaei was introduced to acting during his time in the Iranian Air Force. Currently, he is considered to be one of the best actors of his generation. He has starred in many films and is known for his participation in 'Aqvariom' (2005), 'Poopak and Mash Mashallah' (2010), and 'The Yellow Rose' (2002) to name a few. Amin Hayayi is married to the Iranian actress Niloofar Khoshkholgh. In 2016, he stars in Fereydoon Hassandoust's movie Nardoon.
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Marta Martin
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Marta Alicia Martin (born September 10, 1966) is an American television and film actress.
Martin was born in Medina, Ohio. She is of partial Mexican heritage on her mother's side. She is one of four children. She relocated to California at the age of 19. In 1987, Martin came to Los Angeles on a Greyhound bus with $500. After a series of odd jobs, she landed her first film role (performing under the name “Marta Alica”) in the film Mindwarp co-starring Bruce Campbell. Her roommate during her first years in Los Angeles was soap opera and CSI: Miami star Eva LaRue. They remain best friends to this day.
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