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Todd Christian Hunter

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Growing up an awkward, shy kid from a conservative area, Todd Hunter now writes heightened dramas that empower odd-man-out protagonists or someone from a minority community. After 15 years as an actor and stuntman, Todd transitioned behind the camera where he bangs his head somewhat less frequently. An award-winning short producer, he studied Screenwriting and Producing at UCLA Extension and Script Anatomy. Marc Cherry, Gary Lennon are mentors. A lifelong martial artist, Todd also teaches self-defense for the City of West Hollywood. His dog, Pip (the sweetest little terrier rescue), takes up a disproportionate amount of his time.
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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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Sam De Grasse

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From Wikipedia Sam De Grasse (June 12, 1875 – November 29, 1953) was a Canadian actor. He traveled to New York City and in 1912 appeared in his first motion picture. At first he played standard secondary characters, but when fellow Canadian Mary Pickford set up her own studio with her husband Douglas Fairbanks, he joined them. He portrayed the villainous Prince John in Fairbanks' 1922 Robin Hood. Afterward, he began to specialize in villainous roles. De Grasse was the uncle of successful cinematographer Robert De Grasse.
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Pál Feke

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Feke Pál 1981. június 6-án született Budapesten. Tizennyolc éves kora óta folyamatosan színpadon szerepel és eljátszotta a világ musicalirodalmának legnagyobb szerepeit. Huszonkét évesen - a világon eddig talán legfiatalabbként - eljátszotta az egyik legnehezebb szerepet, Webber Jézus Krisztus szupersztárjának címszerepét a Szegedi Dóm Téren. Több hónapon keresztül turnézott az Egyesült Államokban és Kanadában az István, a király rockoperával. Számos nemzetközi musicalgála vendége volt Németországban és Ausztriában. Az ország legtöbb színházában és szabadtéri színpadán fellépett már, húsz hanglemezen volt közreműködő. 2008-ban megnyerte a Magyar Televízió István, a király rockopera 25 éves jubileumi előadássorozatára elindított versenyét. A legendás rockopera István királyaként az egész ország szívébe belopta magát. A Társulatban énekelt legszebb dalaiból megjelent válogatás lemeze hetekig a lemezeladási listák élén szerepelt. A megaprodukció bejárta az egész országot: közel 250 ezer néző látta élőben az előadást 2008 és 2010 között. 2013-ban, a rockopera bemutatásának 30. évfordulója alkalmából színpadra állított jubileumi előadásokban ismét eljátszhatta István szerepét, ezúttal modern feldolgozásban, Alföldi Róbert rendezésében. A produkciót a Szegedi Szabadtéri Játékokon és a Papp László Budapest Sportarénában összesen ötvenezer néző látta élőben. A szegedi bemutatót az RTL Klub felvételről közvetítette. Két önálló musical lemeze is megjelent legkedveltebb szerepeinek dalaival, sajátos stílusára átírt hangszerelésben. 2009-ben elkészült harmadik lemeze Új világ vár! címmel. A korongra a legismertebb világslágerek, filmzenék és vadonatúj szerzemények kerültek fel. Az albumon a feldolgozások és a saját szerzemények is rockosabb hangzást kaptak, de jó néhány dalban a hetvenfős Danubia szimfonikus zenekar is megszólal. Az album 2009 decemberében aranylemez lett. 2012-ben jelent meg Paul&Hód: Az első harapás című lemeze, amelyen nagyszerű magyar zenészek szerzeményei és új, saját dalok szólalnak meg a Paul&Hód zenekar különleges, egyszerre lírai és modern stílusában. 2014-ben készítette el első élő koncertfelvételeket tartalmazó lemezét, Musical Live 1. címmel, amelyen egyaránt helyet kaptak magyar és külföldi slágerek, valamint ismert musical dalok is. A Magyar Televízió Csináljuk a Fesztivált című műsorának folyamatos közreműködője és ötödik sorozatának győztes előadója. Saját műsora indult 2010 márciusában A zene az kell címmel a Duna Televízióban, melyben műsorvezetőként tűnt fel a képernyőn. A TV2 Rising Star című tehetségkutató műsorának zsűritagja. Folyamatos színházi és televíziós munkái mellett saját zenekaraival turnézik, amelyekkel bejárta az ország szabadtéri színpadait és sportcsarnokait. Jelenleg a Budapesti Operettszínház és a Madách Színház állandó művésze, valamint számos vidéki színház vendégművésze.
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P.H. Moriarty

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P.H. Moriarty was a British actor best known for playing hard men and gangsters. He began acting late in life, having worked for many years in several professions including a boxer and a longshoresman. It was whilst working in the latter role that his film career started; a production company, shooting on the docks spotted him one day and asked him to act in their film. Moriarty's film credits include Guy Ritchie's feature film debut Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, The Long Good Friday, Jaws 3-D and the Western-inspired sci-fi film Outland (1981). He also starred in various British television programmes and TV movies.
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Johnny Nash

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John Lester Nash Jr. (August 19, 1940 – October 6, 2020) was an American singer and songwriter, best known in the United States for his 1972 hit "I Can See Clearly Now". Primarily a reggae and pop singer, he was one of the first non-Jamaican artists to record reggae music in Kingston. Born in Houston, Texas, USA, he was also an actor known for Deep Blue Sea (1999), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) and Take a Giant Step (1959). He was married to Carlie Collins and Doris Vann. He died on October 6, 2020 in Houston, Texas, USA. From Wikipedia.
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Siegfried Breuer Jr.

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Walter Breuer, also credited as Siegfried Breuer Jr. (July 16, 1930, Vienna – June 8, 2004), was an Austrian film actor. Trained at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna, he began working in film in the early 1950s and was briefly engaged at the Deutsche Theater (German Theatre) in Göttingen. In contrast to his father Siegfried Breuer, who was known for portraying cold and calculating characters, Breuer was frequently cast as a young romantic lead, including an appearance opposite Romy Schneider in Die Deutschmeister (1955). Unable to firmly establish himself in this type of role, his film career gradually declined, and his final screen appearance was in In Frankfurt sind die Nächte heiß (1966). He later worked as a production assistant at Bayerischer Rundfunk (Bavarian Broadcasting). Two of his sons, Jacques and Pascal Breuer, also became actors.
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James Caan

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James Edmund Caan (March 26, 1940 – July 6, 2022) was an American actor who was nominated for several awards, including four Golden Globes, an Emmy, and an Oscar. Caan was awarded a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1978. After early roles in Howard Hawks's El Dorado (1966), Robert Altman's Countdown (1967) and Francis Ford Coppola's The Rain People (1969), he came to prominence for playing his signature role of Sonny Corleone in The Godfather (1972), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor. He reprised the role of Sonny Corleone in The Godfather Part II (1974) with a cameo appearance at the end. Caan had significant roles in films such as Brian's Song (1971), Cinderella Liberty (1973), The Gambler (1974), Rollerball (1975), A Bridge Too Far (1977), and Alan J. Pakula's Comes a Horseman (1978). He had sporadically worked in film since the 1980s, with his notable performances including roles in Thief (1981), Gardens of Stone (1987), Misery (1990), Dick Tracy (1990), Bottle Rocket (1996), The Yards (2000), Dogville (2003), and Elf (2003).
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Paul Capsis

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Paul Capsis is an Australian actor, singer and playwright who mainly works in cabaret and musical theatre. He has also released four albums, Paul Capsis Live (2004), Boulevard Delirium, Everybody Wants to Touch Me (2008) and Make Me a King (2010). His film work includes roles in Head On (1998) and Memoir Of A Snail (2024). Capsis appeared in the telemovie Carlotta (2014). At the Helpmann Awards, he has won five accolades: Best Live Music Presentation for Capsis vs Capsis (2002), Best Performance in an Australian Contemporary Concert for Boulevard Delirium (2006), Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Play for Diana in The Lost Echo (2007), Best Male Actor in a Play and Best New Australian Work for Angela's Kitchen (2012).
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Anna Chlumsky

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Anna Chlumsky (born December 3, 1980, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actress best known for playing Vada Sultenfuss in the 1991 movie My Girl and the 1994 sequel My Girl 2. Her father, Frank Chlumsky, is an instructor in the culinary program at Kendall College in Chicago. Her surname (pronounced kh-lum-skee) is Czech-Slovak in origin, meaning hill. Her cousin, Vik Foxx, is the drummer for The Veronicas. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anna Chlumsky, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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