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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 who 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 31 October 2020, it was announced that Connery had died at the age of 90.
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Elodie
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Elodie Di Patrizi (born 3 May 1990), known professionally as simply Elodie (Italian: [eloˈdi]), is an Italian singer, actress and model. She first came to prominence as the runner-up of the fifteenth season of the show Amici di Maria De Filippi.
Since 2015 she had published three studio albums, which entered the top 10 of the Italian Albums Chart, and numerous successful singles. She collaborated with Italian artists such as Emma, Elisa, Michele Bravi, Fabri Fibra, Mahmood, The Kolors, Rkomi and Marracash. She has sold over one million copies certified by FIMI and earned a MTV Europe Music Award for Best Italian Act nomination. Elodie participated at Sanremo Music Festival three times with "Tutta colpa mia" (2017), "Andromeda" (2020) and "Due" (2023).
In 2022 Elodie made her acting debout, in the leading role on Italian film Ti mangio il cuore, premiered at the 79th Venice International Film Festival. Throughout her career, Elodie has also become the face of numerous fashion and beauty brands, including Versace, Sephora, Puma, Lancome, Levi's, Calvin Klein, Bulgari and OVS.
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Tanya Rigley
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Tanya Rigley has been involved in theatre since elementary school. She studied Theatre and Drama studies at Sheridan College and the University of Toronto. During and since graduation she performed in dramas, comedies, experimental theatre, musicals and even burlesque. Tanya is co-founder of the theatre company Royal Porcupine Productions and was also a member of The Shameless Dames Comedy Burlesque Troupe.
Tanya has been involved in many film and television projects including independent short films, features, internet and television series. Tanya is an avid yogi and has become certified to teach yoga and enjoys teaching at several studios around the city of Toronto.
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Michaela Coel
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Michaela Ewuraba Boakye-Collinson (born October 1, 1987), known professionally as Michaela Coel, is a Ghanaian-British actress, filmmaker, singer, and composer. She is best known for creating and starring in the E4 sitcom Chewing Gum (2015–2017), for which she won the BAFTA Award for Best Female Comedy Performance; and the BBC One/HBO comedy-drama series I May Destroy You (2020) for which she won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress in 2021. For her work on I May Destroy You, Coel was the first black woman to win the Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special at the 73rd Primetime Emmy Awards.
Coel is also known for her work in other Netflix productions, including guest-starring in the series Black Mirror (2016–2017), starring as Kate Ashby in the series Black Earth Rising (2018) and as Simone in the film Been So Long (2018).
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Daniel Sobieray
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Daniel Sobieray is a California native, born in Newport Beach, California. Daniel is now based in Los Angeles. Daniel grew up in Colorado and was very active in sports from an early age. After accepting a scholarship to Michigan for Ice Hockey, Daniel graduated with a B.A in Finance and Economics. Then Daniel was asked by a top talent agency to model for many well known designers in Europe and was a regular on the runway from 2006-2009. In 2010 Daniel was asked to be in the popular day time soap All My Children. Now you can see him in many t.v shows and feature films.
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Hailee Steinfeld
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Hailee Steinfeld (born December 11, 1996) is an American actress and singer. Known for her acting versatility and musical prowess, she is the recipient of various accolades, including a Peabody Award, a Critics' Choice Movie Award, a Billboard Music Award, and nominations for an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, three Critics' Choice Movie Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
She had her breakthrough with the western drama film True Grit (2010), which earned her Academy Award and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress, and a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Actress. Steinfeld then rose to mainstream prominence for her lead roles in Ender's Game (2013), Romeo & Juliet (2013), Begin Again (2013), and 3 Days to Kill (2014). She received critical acclaim for her roles in the Pitch Perfect film series (2015–2017) and the coming-of-age comedy-drama film The Edge of Seventeen (2016), the latter of which earned her a Golden Globe Award and Critics' Choice Movie Award nomination.
Steinfeld has since provided the voice of Gwen Stacy / Spider-Woman in the animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) and Vi in Netflix's animated TV series Arcane (2021–2024), based on the League of Legends video game franchise. She also starred as Charlie Watson in the Transformers film Bumblebee (2018) and Emily Dickinson in the Apple TV+ comedy-drama series Dickinson (2019–2021). She played Kate Bishop / Hawkeye, appearing in the 2021 Disney+ series Hawkeye, set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Steinfeld gained recognition in music after performing "Flashlight" in Pitch Perfect 2 (2015). She signed with Republic Records soon after and released her debut single, "Love Myself", followed by her debut extended play Haiz (2015). She went on to release a series of successful singles, including "Starving", "Most Girls" and "Let Me Go". In 2020, she released her second extended play, Half Written Story.
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Ramin Hosseinpour | رامین حسین پور
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Ramin Hosseinpour , Persian (رامین حسین پور) was (Born On March 20,1987) in Tehran, Iran. He Is An Iranian Movie Director,Screenwriter,Film Producer as well as an Architect ,Conceptual Artist And Composer .Iranian Director who works professionally in international media , festivals and platforms in the field of combining cinema with architecture and rock music.He is known for Directing the Movie Sculpture (2022) ,Video Art Of Sculpture.The international media called him a Multi-Talented Artist.Ramin has won more than 57 international awards with the movie Sculpture (2022) third place (semi-final) in called Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival (Academy Award ® Qualifying, BAFTA Qualifying, Canadian Screen Award Qualifying) , Crown Point International Film Festival(Chicago) ,Vegas Movie Awards,Global Shorts( Los Angeles),Best Film Awards (US),Gold Star Movie Awards (US),LA Sun Film Fest,International Short Film Awards (US),One-Reeler Short Film Competition (US),Global Music Awards (GMA),Accolade Competition (US),Berlin International Art Film Festival and many other events.Hosseinpour has started combining cinema with architecture and rock music professionally since 2014,He has made 2 other experimental films named Ghanimat and Eshtiagh in 2014 and 2017,Ramin also graduated with a Phd in architecture and a bachelor's degree in cinema director and music. One of his best international activities is the Short Movie Sculpture (2022).
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Parm Soor
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Born in India and raised in London, Parm moved to Canada where he studied Theatre at the University of Winnipeg. After completing his actor apprenticeship in Canada, Parm worked on the stage and as a stand up comedian across North America for ten years before being offered his first feature film role in 2002.
He then landed a recurring role as Detective Nadeem Parmir in two outstanding CBC crime dramas, DaVINCI'S INQUEST and DaVINCI'S CITY HALL.
His extensive film and television credits include the Emmy Award nominated miniseries TRAFFIC, the Genie Award nominated film PARTITION, the Gemini Award winning miniseries HUMAN CARGO, the Writers Guild nominated feature film AFGHAN LUKE, and big budget Hollywood blockbusters including WATCHMEN and 2012.
Parm travelled to Valencia,Spain to shoot the DISNEY feature film TOMORROWLAND starring George Clooney.
His next film appearance will be in the highly anticipated third and final installment of The Maze Runner Trilogy. MAZE RUNNER: THE DEATH CURE.
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Gary Oldman
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Gary Leonard Oldman (born 21 March 1958) is an English actor and filmmaker. Regarded as one of the best actors of his generation, he is known for his versatility and intense acting style. He received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and three British Academy Film Awards. His films have grossed over $11 billion worldwide, making him one of the highest-grossing actors to date.
Oldman began acting in theatre in 1979 and made his film debut in Remembrance (1982). He continued to follow a stage career in London's Royal Court. He was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, with credits including Cabaret, Romeo and Juliet, Entertaining Mr Sloane, Saved, The Country Wife and Hamlet. He rose to prominence in British film with his portrayals of Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy (1986), Joe Orton in Prick Up Your Ears (1987) and Rosencrantz in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990), while also attracting attention as the leader of a gang of football hooligans in the television film The Firm (1989). Regarded as a member of the "Brit Pack", he achieved greater recognition as a New York gangster in State of Grace (1990), Lee Harvey Oswald in JFK (1991) and Count Dracula in Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992).
Oldman portrayed the villains in films such as True Romance (1993), The Fifth Element (1997), Air Force One (1997) and The Contender (2000); corrupt DEA agent Norman Stansfield, whom he played in Léon: The Professional (1994), was called one of cinema's best villains. He also played Ludwig van Beethoven in Immortal Beloved (1994). He later appeared in franchise roles such as Sirius Black in the Harry Potter series, James Gordon in The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005–2012) and a human leader, Dreyfus in Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014). He won the Academy Award for Best Actor as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour (2017). He was nominated for his portrayals of George Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) and Herman J. Mankiewicz in Mank (2020).
Oldman was executive producer of films like The Contender, Plunkett & Macleane (1999) and Nil by Mouth (1997), the latter of which he also wrote and directed. He featured in television shows such as Fallen Angels, Tracey Takes On... and Friends, voiced Ignitius and Viktor Reznov, respectively, in The Legend of Spyro and Call of Duty video games and appeared in music videos for David Bowie, Guns N' Roses and Annie Lennox.
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Jonathan Adams
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Jonathan Adams (born July 16, 1967) is an American actor and voice actor. He is best known for playing Chuck Larabee on the sitcom Last Man Standing and Dr. Daniel Goodman during the first season of the crime drama Bones.
He has been a series regular on NBC's American Dreams (2002–05), and in the short-lived ABC crime drama Women's Murder Club. He's had recurring roles on The American Embassy (2002) and Dark Winds (2022). He has appeared on many other TV shows including Crossing Jordan, NCIS, NCIS: LA, Frasier, Felicity, The Unit, One Tree Hill, Medium, Boston Legal, 24, Numb3rs, Desperate Housewives, The Glades, The Closer, Drop Dead Diva, Castle, Nikita, Masters of Sex, Designated Survivor, Burn Notice, Harry's Law, Up All Night, Revenge, Once Upon a Time, Man with a Plan, The Orville, All Rise, Bob Hearts Abishola, and more.
He portrayed Dr. Daniel Goodman in the first season of the Fox series Bones. At the start of season 2, his character appointed Dr. Camille Saroyan (Tamara Taylor) to be the Jeffersonian's first head of forensics (immediate boss of Temperance Brennan). Although he was supposed to have left on a short sabbatical, his character did not return.
His role of Chuck Larrabee on the sitcom Last Man Standing started out as a recurring role and eventually became a series regular.
He has voiced several characters including Ronan the Accuser on the animated series Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy and again in the animated special LEGO Marvel Super Heroes - Guardians of the Galaxy: The Thanos Threat. He voiced Atrocitus in Green Lantern: The Animated Series and again in the animated special LEGO DC Super Heroes - Aquaman: Rage of Atlantis. He also voiced the Mayor in the animated specials The Death of Superman and again in The Death and Return of Superman.
Also, he has voiced characters on video games including Tyrael on Diablo III, Diablo III: Reaper of Souls, and Diablo III: Wrath. He also voiced for World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria, World of Warcraft: Legion, Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, Heroes of the Storm, and Starcraft II: Legacy of the Void.
He was a narrator on the History Channel's docuseries America's Book of Secrets and a few documentaries.
He also appeared in the feature film Black Panther as well as a couple of Hallmark movies.
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