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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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Boyd Stockman

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Stuntman and actor Boyd Stockman was born on February 12, 1916 in Grants, New Mexico. Boyd moved to California in the early 1940's where he and his brother worked for the Bakersfield Land and Cattle Company. Stockman began his film business career doing stunts at Monogram Pictures in the mid-1940's after he was spotted roping cattle at the L.A. Coliseum Rodeo by fellow stuntmen Joe Yrigoyen and Andy Jauregui, who suggested to Stockman that he try his hand in the movies. An expert horseman and team driver, Boyd was usually cast in Westerns as a stagecoach driver. Moreover, Stockman was also a regular in Gene Autry Western programmers made by Columbia. His career as both an actor and stuntman in Westerns spanned over three decades altogether. Boyd returned to his native state of New Mexico in the mid-1970's. Stockman died at age 82 on March 10, 1998 in Silver City, New Mexico.
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Joel Zwick

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joel Zwick (born January 11, 1942) is an American film, television and theatre director. He is best known for his work on Perfect Strangers, Full House, Family Matters and well as directing the films My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Fat Albert. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he was educated at Brooklyn College. He directed twenty-one pilots, all of which went on to have successful runs as weekly series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joel Zwick, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Ryō Ikuemi

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Ryō Ikuemi (いくえみ綾, Ikuemi Ryō, October 2, 1964) is a Japanese manga artist. She was born in Nayoro, Hokkaido Prefecture, and lives in Sapporo, in the same prefecture. She graduated from Tokai University Fourth High School. She has blood type A. She writes mainly shōjo manga for Margaret, where she debuted in 1979 at age 15 with Maggie. In 2000, she won the 46th Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo for Barairo no Ashita, and in 2009 the 33rd Kodansha Manga Award for shōjo for Kiyoku Yawaku. In 2013 her work Kiyoku Yawaku (Beyond the Memories) was adapted as a live-action movie. In 2017 Anata no Koto wa Sore Hodo (I Love You Just a Little Bit ) was adapted as a TV drama.
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Orie Akiyoshi

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Orie Akiyoshi (秋吉 織栄, Akiyoshi Orie, born July 1, 1986) is a Japanese actress, TV personality, former gravure idol, and former race queen. Originally active under the stage name Caren Miyauchi (宮内 かれん, Miyauchi Karen), she adopted the name Orie Akiyoshi in May 2016. Born in Shizuoka City, she has worked in corporate projects, film, theatre, and TikTok content since 2017, while also pursuing illustration. Skilled in golf and swimming, she previously competed in track and field as an 800‑meter runner. Over the years she has appeared as a Miss FLASH 2011 semifinalist, served as a Calsonic Lady in SUPER GT, and worked as a ZEST Girl and later as a GT Birdies member for GOLF TODAY.
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Joanna Pacula

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Joanna Pacula (born January 2, 1957) is a Polish actress. Pacula joined Warsaw Dramatic Theatre where she acted until 1981. She started her career playing in productions of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Othello and As You Like It. She also found work in a handful of films, including Krzysztof Zanussi's Barwy ochronne/Camouflage (1977). In 1981, Pacula was caught in Paris when communist authorities in Poland declared martial law. In 1982 she eventually emigrated to the U.S. where she has specialized in playing European temptresses since her feature debut opposite William Hurt in Gorky Park (1983). She played the part of the exotic beauty in numerous American TV series and movies, including the Holocaust drama Escape From Sobibor (CBS, 1987), The Kiss (1988), E.A.R.T.H. Force (CBS, 1990), and the TV series, The Colony (ABC, 1996). She was featured in Marked for Death (1990) as an expert on Jamaican voodoo and gangs; in the Italian erotic thriller Husbands And Lovers (1992) as a free spirited adultress (which featured a rather controversial bare-bottom spanking scene, a first in a mainstream film); Tombstone (1993) as Doc Holliday's lover, Kate (also known as Big Nose Kate and Mary Catherine Haroney, born November 7, 1850); in The Haunted Sea (1997); and in the movie Virus (1999), playing a Russian scientist. She currently resides in Southern California. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joanna Pacula, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Reece Dewar

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As Hunted’s Deputy, Operations, Reece Dewar OAM brings to the investigation a wealth of varied experience drawn from a highly-decorated 30-year career. During 23 years spent with the Australian Defence Force in training and operational deployment, Reece served in the Special Operations Command for 12 of these years and was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for services to the Special Operations Community. Following his retirement from the military, Reece served as an advisor to the United Arab Emirates Government in Special Operations, based in UAE for seven years. He has been responsible for the development of National Level Defence and Law Enforcement Capabilities within Australia and the Middle East and has significant experience in national security, operational management and training. Upon returning to Australia in 2018, Reece became Venue Security Operations Coordinator for the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games Corporation and has since established elite training firms providing niche capability training to law enforcement, military, security and executive firms. (10play)
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Mark Lamarr

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Mark Lamarr is an English comedian, radio DJ and television presenter. Lamarr was born in the Park South area of Swindon, Wiltshire. He has three elder sisters. His father is Irish. He passed five O-Levels at Park School (renamed Oakfield School) but dropped out of school at 17 and moved to Harrow, London, which was the centre of the early 1980s British rockabilly revival scene. After his poem Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Work was published in 1987, his act developed from poetry to stand-up comedy. He took to performing at London's Comedy Store in 1985, He previously hosted Never Mind the Buzzcocks from 1996 until 2005. He was also a presenter on The Word from 1992 to 1994, the on the road presenter with The Big Breakfast from 1992 to 1996 and a team captain on Shooting Stars from 1995 to 1997. 
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Peter Cullen

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Peter Claver Cullen was a Canadian voice actor. He voiced Optimus Prime in the original 1980s Transformers animated series, later returning to the role in Transformers media in 2007, starting with the first live-action film. He also voiced many other characters across a wide variety of popular media, including Eeyore in the Winnie the Pooh franchise, Monterey Jack in Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, the first voice of KARR in Knight Rider and the vocalizations of the title character in Predator. He also voiced Thaedus in the animated series Invincible. He was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in 2023 as part of the 2nd Children's and Family Emmy Awards. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Cullen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Jack Bensinger

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Jack Bensinger is a comedian, writer, and sketch performer based in New York City who is well-known for his hilarious Twitter videos. Most recently, Jack was hired as a writer for SNL Season 51. Currently, Jack can be seen in the film RAP WORLD (YouTube), directed by Conner O’Malley and Danny Scharar. He previously developed a television project for FX with Jason Woliner and Nick Hatton attached to produce. In television, he can be seen in season 2 of THE BEAR for FX. Jack voiced “Glen Michaels” on the Comedy Central animated TV series FAIRVIEW and was a writer and voice actor on Stephen Colbert’s Paramount+ animated news show, TOONING OUT THE NEWS. Jack wrote on the 6th season of THE ERIC ANDRE SHOW for Adult Swim and was a writer, producer, and editor for Conner O’Malley’s FX pilot. Jack has opened for Eric Andre and frequently opens for Sarah Sherman. Jack is an Executive Producer on Sarah Sherman’s HBO comedy special LIVE + IN THE FLESH. He co-hosts the weekly podcast JOY TACTICS with Eric Rahill and Nate Varrone. Jack started his comedy career in Chicago performing at iO and the Annoyance Theater.
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