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Garfield Morgan
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His television career began in the mid-fifties and although initially playing small parts, during the sixties he began to take on bigger roles, including the part of Detective Chief Inspector Lewis in the BBC's long-running Softly Softly (1966) series. He often played policemen but none more famous than DCI Frank Haskins in The Sweeney (1974), opposite John Thaw and Dennis Waterman, during the seventies, where he was an admirable foil to Thaw's brash, renegade Inspector Jack Regan. He was also a regular in other TV series such as The Nineteenth Hole (1989), You Must Be the Husband (1987) and Shelley (1979), all during the eighties, and No Job for a Lady (1990) opposite Penelope Keith in the nineties.
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Rajit Kapoor
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Rajit Kapoor born May 22, 1963 in Amritsar, is a distinguished Indian film and theatre actor and director. He gained fame portraying the fictional detective Byomkesh Bakshi in the eponymous television series on Doordarshan in 1993. He won the National Film Award for Best Actor for portraying Mahatma Gandhi in the 1996 film The Making of the Mahatma. His film debut was in Shyam Benegal's Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda (1992). He also won acclaim for his role in the Malayalam film Agnisakshi. A prominent theatre personality, Kapur has appeared in recent films like Raazi, Uri: The Surgical Strike, and Mission Majnu.
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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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Oh Min-suk
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Oh Min-seok (오민석; born April 22, 1980) is a South Korean actor known for his versatile performances in television dramas and films. He began his career under the stage name Han Ki-joo (한기주) and has since established himself as a prominent figure in the Korean entertainment industry.
Oh Min-seok made his acting debut in 2006 and quickly gained recognition for his roles in various television dramas and films. He is best known for his performances in popular TV series such as Kill Me, Heal Me (2015), Secrets of Women (2017), and The King in Love (2017). In Secrets of Women, he won the Excellence Award for Actor in a Daily Drama at the 2016 KBS Drama Awards. He also received the Excellence Award for Actor in a Serial Drama at the 2019 KBS Drama Awards for his role in Beautiful Love, Wonderful Life .
In addition to his television work, Oh Min-seok has appeared in several films, including Sector 7 (2011), Did You Hear She Sings? (2012), and The Culprit (2019) .
Over the years, Oh Min-seok has received numerous accolades for his acting.
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Holly Robinson Peete
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Holly Elizabeth Robinson Peete (born September 18, 1964) is an American actress and singer. She's known for her roles as Judy Hoffs on the Fox police drama 21 Jump Street, Vanessa Russell on the ABC sitcom Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, Billie Blessings in the Morning Show Mysteries movie series, Christina on Mike & Molly, Clea on Love Inc., Tanya Ward on Like Family, Dr. Malena Ellis on the NBC/The WB sitcom For Your Love, and Diana Ross in the 1992 miniseries The Jacksons: An American Dream. She was one of the original co-hosts of the CBS Daytime talk show The Talk. She and her husband, former NFL quarterback Rodney Peete, hosted two reality shows, Meet the Peetes and For Peete's Sake, which followed daily life with their family. They also host the reality dating show Queens Court (2023). She has been married to Rodney Peete since 1995; they have 4 children.
A children's book by Peete, My Brother Charlie, won her an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work in March 2011.
Her father, Matt Robinson was the original Gordon on Sesame Street.
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Erdal Özyağcılar
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Özyağcılar was born in 1948 in Bursa. He started his acting career in 1967, with the movie "Ölüm Tarlası" (Field of Death). He is a theater artist as well as a screen actor, who had roles in many plays, movies and TV series. He also appeared in TV commercials.
Özyağcılar is a popular character in the TV series Yabancı Damat, which is famous both in Turkey and Greece.
The artist regained his popularity in Turkey in 2007 with the series named Elveda Rumeli (Farewell Rumelia), portraying a Turkish peasant living during the turmoil times of 19th century in Balkans region, near Monastir, with his family, when Ottoman Empire started to lose territory and fall back.
He is married to Güzin Özyağcılar, also a theater actress.
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Mary Chris Wall
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Mary Chris Wall is an actress, who is best known for the role of Ellen Talbot, the mother of Joe Talbot, on the 1995-1998 children's television show Wishbone that aired on PBS.
She has appeared in such feature films as Blank Check and Ruby, in which she played Jackie Kennedy. She also has appeared in the 1990 ABC movie Challenger, the Walker, Texas Ranger television series and has more than 250 industrial films and commercials to her credit. Her stage experience includes the Broadway and national touring company of "42nd Street" and regional exposure in Six Women with Brain Death or Expiring Minds Want to Know, Grease and Misalliance. She received her professional training from New York University, London University and the Image Theatre and Studio in New York.
She can now be seen in "Get a Mac" commercials as a spokeswoman for "PC." Also has been in a back to school commercial for Walmart in the summer of 2009.
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Lauren Bowles
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Lauren Bowles is an actress and writer. Bowles majored in drama at New York University.
Bowles has appeared in numerous TV shows, including Arrested Development, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Judging Amy and Private Practice. She has appeared with Louis-Dreyfus in programs such as Seinfeld, as a waitress at the diner; The New Adventures of Old Christine, Watching Ellie, and Veep. She has also appeared in some feature films. In April 2010, she was cast as Holly Cleary, a Wiccan, in the vampire television series True Blood.
She currently appears on XM radio's Take Five channel, where she does features for their Five Minute Magazine.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is her maternal half sister.
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Louie
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Louie is a Chimpanzee. He was born December 2, 1995. He stared in MVP: Most Valuable Primate (2000), MVP 2: Most Vertical Primate (2001), MXP: Most Xtreme Primate (2003), and Spymate (2003). Most famous for the MVP Series in which he shared the role of Jack with Bernie, but he also played Jack's brother Louie. He was trained by Greg and Carol Lille at Goin' Ape to play Hockey, Skateboard, and Snowboard. He was relocated to The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, Maryland in 2010 after the closure of Goin' Ape. He still resides there and had a child in 2019, Violet.
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Kelly Metzger
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Kelly Metzger is a Canadian voice and theater actress, born in Edmonton and based in Vancouver, British Columbia. After making her debut in the title role of Anne of Green Gables, she performed on the stage with several Vancouver based theatrical companies. After this, she began a career in voice acting. Among her more noted voice acting roles are the English voice of Sayu Yagami in the anime series based on the Death Note manga, the character of Buttercup in Powerpuff Girls Z, the voice of Spitfire in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, the voice of Nya in the Cartoon Network series Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu, and the voice of Sugar Sprinkles in Littlest Pet Shop. She also voiced Makena in Barbie Presents: Thumbelina.
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