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Oki Rengga
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Oki Rengga Winata (born June 26, 1990) is an Indonesian stand-up comedian, actor, and former football player. He joined the Stand Up Indo Medan community in 2015. His name became widely known as a comedian after participating in the third season of Stand Up Comedy Academy, a competition held by Indosiar in 2017. A year later, he became the runner-up in the eighth season of Stand Up Comedy Indonesia on Kompas TV.
Oki started his career as a football player by enrolling in a football school in Langkat. Initially, he played as a defender, but due to stamina issues, he was moved to the goalkeeper position.
Oki ventured into stand-up comedy after joining Stand Up Indo Medan. At first, he was just a spectator. However, when the community held a competition, he decided to participate and ended up winning first place. From then on, he began practicing regularly with the community in between his football competitions. His comedic material often revolved around his experiences as a football player in Indonesia, particularly as a goalkeeper. Even when he moved to Palangka Raya to play for Kalteng Putra in 2016, he continued practicing with the Stand Up Indo Palangka Raya community whenever he had free time. Besides training, he frequently performed at local, regional, and intercity stand-up comedy events.
In 2017, Oki auditioned for Stand Up Comedy Academy in Medan and qualified as one of the top 35 finalists in its third season. However, he was eliminated in the top 20 round before stepping away from the microphone.
In 2018, Oki joined the eighth season of Stand Up Comedy Indonesia on Kompas TV. He auditioned in Jakarta, earned a golden ticket, and successfully advanced as a finalist. Under the new competition format, Oki was placed in Cak Lontong’s team alongside fellow contestants Haris Teguh, Yudha Ilham, Nur Arifin Ipin, and Bintang Bete. Staying consistent with his football-related material, Oki steadily progressed through the competition, even eliminating some of the top favorites. His breakthrough moment came when he defeated senior comedian Bintang Bete in the top three round, securing a place in the grand final. Despite delivering a strong performance, he ultimately finished as the runner-up.
Oki is the first football player in Indonesia to transition into a stand-up comedian.
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Isiah Whitlock Jr.
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Isiah Whitlock, Jr. (September 13, 1954 – December 30, 2025) was an American actor. He is most famous for his role on the HBO television series, The Wire as corrupt state senator Clay Davis. In 2011, Whitlock played an insurance agent named Ronald Wilkes in the film Cedar Rapids. Wilkes is a self-described fan of The Wire and does an impersonation of character Omar Little. Whitlock has said that the references to the series were written in before he became involved in Cedar Rapids.
He is also notable for appearing in Spike Lee films She Hate Me and 25th Hour as Agent Amos Flood. In all three projects, Whitlock established a catchphrase from his characters' distinct pronunciation of the word "shit" ("sheee-it").
He appeared as Eugine, a supporting role, in the 2003 film Pieces of April. He had a bit part in Goodfellas as a doctor who gives Henry Hill a Valium while attending to his brother. In 2007, he played Ethan Banks in Enchanted.
Whitlock made appearances on Chappelle's Show and played various characters on Law & Order and its' spinoff, Law & Order: SVU. He also appeared in promotional spots for the Wii video game Punch-Out!! portraying the character Doc Louis.
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Cameron Finley
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Joseph Cameron Finley (born August 30, 1987) is an American former child actor.
Finley was born in Garland, Texas, the son of Lexa Iann (née Aulgur), a spiritual healer, and Charles David "Chuck" Finley, a software developer. He has two siblings, Taz and Stopher. When he was three, he was taken by his parents to an acting seminar near his home. He started his career when he was featured in several commercials, for things such as Shout, Taco Bell, and Brinks Security. Finley appeared in the films A Perfect World, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, Hope Floats, and Leave It to Beaver (as the title character). He continued acting until the age of 12. Cameron chose to quit acting so he could go to school full time and "be a normal kid". He currently attends UC San Diego. His last performance was a co-starring role in the TV movie One True Love with David Hasselhoff.
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Mara Rúbia
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Osmarina Lameira Colares Cintra (Belém, February 3, 1918 – Rio de Janeiro, May 15, 1991) was a Brazilian actress, dancer, and showgirl, better known by her stage name Mara Rúbia.
She established herself in revue theater during the 1940s and 1950s. By 1953, she was earning 46,000 cruzeiros per month as a contract worker for TV Tupi in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Four years later, she began hosting an exclusive program on the Rio de Janeiro station. At that time, she decided to abandon theater to dedicate herself to other artistic pursuits, but was forced to return at the request of admirers and managers.
Her career also included film work—Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands, Os Deuses e os Mortos —and television— soap operas such as Sinal de Alerta and Feijão Maravilha, on Rede Globo.
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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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Jerry Liau
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Chinese American film and television actor, martial arts instructor and action choreographer. Liao graduated from the City University of New York. In 2007 he participated in the "Dragon's Descendants " show on Beijing Satellite TV and finally won the third place in the national finals. In 2008 Jerry Liau became a disciple of Jackie Chan and joined the "New Seven Little Fortunes" group, thus making his official debut in show business. In 2009 he starred in his first movie "Little Big Soldier"
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Gilbert Roland
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Gilbert Roland (born Luis Antonio Dámaso de Alonso, December 11, 1905 – May 15, 1994) was a Mexican-born American film and television actor whose career spanned seven decades from the 1920s until the 1980s. He was twice nominated for the Golden Globe Award in 1952 and 1964, and inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960.
Roland was born in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico. When Pancho Villa took control of their town, Roland and his family fled to the United States. He lived in Texas until at age 14 he hopped on a freight train and went to Hollywood. He chose his screen name by combining the names of his favorite actors, John Gilbert and Ruth Roland. He was often cast in the stereotypical Latin lover role.
Roland's first film contract was with Paramount. His first major role was in the collegiate comedy The Plastic Age (1925) together with Clara Bow, to whom he became engaged. In 1926, he played Armand in Camille opposite Norma Talmadge, with whom he was romantically involved, and they starred together in several productions. With the advent of sound films, Roland frequently appeared in Spanish language adaptations of American films, in romantic lead roles. Roland served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II.
Beginning in the 1940s, critics began to take notice of his acting and he was praised for his supporting roles in John Huston's We Were Strangers (1949), The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), Thunder Bay (1953), and Cheyenne Autumn (1964). He also appeared in a series of films in the mid-1940s as the popular character "The Cisco Kid". He played Hugo, the agnostic friend of the three shepherd children in The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima. In 1953, Roland played Greek-American sponge diver Mike Petrakis in the epic Beneath the 12-Mile Reef. His last film appearance was in the 1982 western Barbarosa.
Roland married actress Constance Bennett in 1941. They were married until 1946 and had two daughters. His second marriage, to Guillermina Cantú in 1954, lasted until his death 40 years later.
Gilbert Roland died of cancer in Beverly Hills, California in 1994, aged 88.
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Shane Jacobson
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Shane Jacobson (born 18 March 1970) is an Australian actor, director, writer, and comedian, best known as the "Dunny Man" for his performances as the eponymous character Kenny Smyth, a plumber working for a portable toilet rental company, in the 2006 film Kenny and the spin-off TV series, Kenny's World. In 2006, he won the Australian Film Institute's Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for that performance. In 2017 and 2018 he presented Little Big Shots, on the Seven Network, based on the American series of the same title. In 2019, Jacobson became a judge on Australia's Got Talent.
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Catherine Black
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Catherine Black is an award winning Canadian actress, artist and filmmaker. She grew up in Owen Sound, a hilly artists haven in Southern Ontario. On her childhood snowmobile, Catherine disappeared into endless fields very fast. She is inspired by the outdoors. Nature and wide, open space, play a prominent role in Catherine’s art. It was the unsupervised moments running around outside that informed so much of her strength, independence and artistic taste. Black is a self-taught painter. Her paintings have been exhibited internationally. Most recently Catherine photographed and wrote about the journey of her large oil paintings traveling from her family farm in Fergus Ontario across the Old Oregon Trail to California. This was Catherine’s own Westward Expansion. As an actress, Catherine is best known for her role as Vanden in American Psycho, performing with Christian Bale, starring with Crispin Glover in The Donner Party (Showtime) and multiple guest starring roles, most recently on season 2 of Playing House (USA, NBC). Catherine has performed with Christian Bale, Malcolm McDowell, Crispin Glover, Peter Weller, Mark and Michael Polish, Winona Ryder, Hillary Duff, Sean Astin, Shawn Ashmore, Jon Cryer, Chevy Chase, Mark Boone Jr., Jared Leto, Reese Witherspoon, Keegan Michael-Key, Eric Idle, Elyes Gabel, Harland Williams, Katey Sagal and many more. Catherine’s extensive practice as an actor and artist has rooted her artistic vision in filmmaking. Her filmmaking debut, the multi award winning ‘sexy and surreal’ short film, De Puta Madre A Love Story (2014),WON Catherine both Best Director (London IFF 2015), Best Lead Actress (Madrid IFF 2014) for her performance, and Best Cinematography (Columbia Gorge IFF 2014). Catherine is currently in post production for her latest filmmaking venture, Girl Trip.
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Ahna Capri
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Anna Marie Nanasi, better known by her professional name Ahna Capri (July 6, 1944 – August 19, 2010) was Budapest, Hungary-born American film and television actress best known for her role as Tania (secretary of the Han) in the classic martial-arts movie Enter the Dragon. Capri started her career as a child actress, appearing on such series as Father Knows Best and The Danny Thomas Show. She made her film debut at age 13 in Outlaw's Son. She went on to appear in many more TV and films, including Enter the Dragon and Payday (both 1973). On August 9, 2010, Capri was in a car accident in which a 5-ton truck collided with her car. After 11 days in a coma and on life support, she died on August 19, aged 66.
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