Trending
Popular people
Nathan J Lloyd
Biography
Nathan J Lloyd is a British actor and musician born and bred in a little West Country village in Gloucestershire. He has worked all across the UK in various stage productions and entertainment roles, and can be seen in various commercials and television shows across your screens.
Outside of acting, Nathan is an avid gamer and is also quite involved in the tattoo scene. He is co-owner, with his partner, of a popular tattoo shop located in Gloucester, where he also works as a laser technician removing tattoos.
Nathan's popularity has rapidly grown due to upbeat outlook and comedic personality. He is often referred to as a wholesome actor on the Twitter and Instagram community, manifesting for his peers and offering motivation and support to all
Read more
Sean Connery
Biography
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.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Sean Connery, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Read more
Ibrahim Maalouf
Biography
Ibrahim Maalouf (Arabic: ابراهيم معلوف,; born 5 November 1980 in Beirut) is a French-Lebanese trumpeter, producer, arranger, and composer. In 2022, he became the first Lebanese instrumentalist nominated at the Grammy Awards for his album Queen of Sheba in collaboration with Angélique Kidjo.
His father is trumpeter Nassim Maalouf and his mother is pianist Nada Maalouf. His uncle is the writer Amin Maalouf and his grandfather was the journalist, poet, and musicologist Rushdi Maalouf.
After leaving his home country as a child during the Lebanese Civil War, he grew up in Paris with his sister Layla. He studied there until the age of 17 and earned a degree in General Science and Specialized Mathematics from the Lycée Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire in Étampes (Essonne).
When he was seven years old, he started to learn how to play the trumpet from his father, a former student of French trumpeter Maurice André at the Conservatoire de Paris. He learned classical, baroque, modern, and contemporary repertoires, as well as classical Arabic music and improvisation. His father invented the microtonal trumpet or "quarter tone trumpet", which makes it possible to play Arabic maqams on the trumpet.
As a teenager Maalouf accompanied his father in a duo throughout Europe and the Middle East, playing a baroque repertoire by Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni, Henry Purcell, and Antonio Vivaldi. He performed a difficult classical piece, the Second Brandenburg Concerto by Johann Sebastian Bach. Maurice André advised him to give up science and pursue music instead. He took André's advice and spent five years at the Conservatoire de Paris. He recorded with Matthieu Chedid, Vincent Delerm, and Arthur H. He became a teacher at CNR d'Aubervilliers-La Courneuve and gave master classes in the U.S. His first solo album was Diasporas (2007) on his label.
He has composed several movie soundtracks and several pieces for choirs and symphonic orchestras. He has worked with Sting, Salif Keita, Amadou & Mariam, Lhasa de Sela, Marcel Khalife, Vanessa Paradis, Juliette Gréco, and Archie Shepp. He teaches improvisation at Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Paris (Paris Regional Superieur Conservatory).
Maalouf passed an open competition at the CNR de Paris (regional Conservatory) and joined the class of Gérard Boulanger for a two-year training course. After that, he passed another open competition and joined the Conservatoire de Paris in Antoine Curé's class for a three-year training course. He obtained degrees from both schools and entered national, European, and international trumpet competitions. He wrote more than 15 pieces for different ensembles from small to symphonic orchestras and choirs that were commissioned since 2005.
From 2006 to 2013, Maalouf was a trumpet instructor at the CNR of Aubervilliers, La Courneuve in France, ...
Source: Article "Ibrahim Maalouf" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Read more
Chua Enlai
Biography
Chua En Lai is a Singaporean stage and former television actor, best known for his work on the Mediacorp Channel 5 sitcom The Noose. He left Mediacorp due to his contract expiry.
Chua was born in Singapore and raised in New Zealand. He lived in New Zealand for 12 years before moving back to Singapore. He has also expressed an interest in singing, having joined the Singapore Armed Forces Choir.
Chua has worked on over 30 theatre productions with groups such as Wild Rice!, Toy Factory, Spell#7, SRT, TheatreWorks, The Necessary Stage and Action Theatre. On television, Chua is known for his roles as B.B.See (See Beh Biang) and Jacques Ooi in the Mediacorp Channel 5 sitcom The Noose. Chua has worked with Krishen Jit on several productions, including Squeeze & Squeezability, Plunge and The Visit of the Tai Tai.
In 2011, Chua starred as a platoon commander in The Ghosts Must Be Crazy, a two-part comedy horror film directed by Mark Lee and Boris Boo. Chua has also made a cameo as a police officer in the comedy movie Taxi! Taxi!, directed by Kelvin Sng and starring Mark Lee and Gurmit Singh.
Chua is also a member of the Association of Singapore Actors. In 2013, Chua expressed an interest in moving to more dramatic roles.
Despite his over the top acting and slapstick brand of humour, Chua has managed to find much success in the local market.
Chua is currently managed by FLY Entertainment and is currently the ambassador for HealthHub's campaign.
Read more
Paula Echevarría
Biography
Paula Echevarría is a Spanish actress born in Asturias. Among her firsts works as an actress stand out roles in shows like 'Al salir de clase', 'Compañeros' and 'Policías'. In 2004 she became really popular because of her part on 'El comisario'. Between her main projects hightlight her performs as Lucía in 'Gran Reserva' and Ana in 'Velvet'. She has also participated in movies like 'Sangre de mayo' and 'Vulnerables'.
She is one of the most influental Spanish it-girls at this moment. She run a blog in Elle Spain website called 'Tras la pista de Paula Echevaría'. On a personal level, she is married with Spanish singer David Bustamante whom she has a daughter called Daniela who born in 2008.
Read more
James Olson
Biography
James Olson (October 8, 1930 – April 17, 2022) was an American actor.
From 1952 until 1954, he was a military policeman in the United States Army. He performed stage work in and around Chicago before his 1956 film debut in The Sharkfighters.
His Broadway credits include Of Love Remembered (1967), Slapstick Tragedy (1966), The Three Sisters (1964), The Chinese Prime Minister (1964), Romulus (1962), J.B. (1958), The Sin of Pat Muldoon (1957), and The Young and Beautiful (1955). He starred alongside Joanne Woodward in the Academy Award nominee for Best Picture Rachel, Rachel in 1968. He made numerous stage, feature film, and TV appearances from the mid-1950s until 1990, when he retired.
On television, Olson portrayed Mickey Mantle in The Life of Mickey Mantle. His other TV appearances included guest roles on scores of shows, including episodes of Kraft Television Theatre; Ironside; Murder, She Wrote; Little House on the Prairie; Hawaii Five-O; Battlestar Galactica; Lou Grant; The Bionic Woman; Wonder Woman; Mannix; Bonanza; Have Gun-Will Travel; Marcus Welby, M.D.; Police Woman; Barnaby Jones; The New Land; Columbo; Maude; The Virginian; The Streets of San Francisco; and Cannon. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Olson (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Read more
Neil Chase
Biography
A multi-faceted screenwriter, novelist, and actor, Neil Chase has mastered various genres including action, sci-fi, drama, horror, and comedy. With an impressive collection of over 100 international writing awards from prestigious events like Script Summit, Las Vegas Film Festival, FilmQuest, and more, Neil’s success speaks for itself. His notable achievements include winning the Grand Prizes at the FilmMakers International Screenwriting Awards and Neoverse Writing Competition, earning two Gold Medals at the Global eBook Awards, and receiving the Arthur Rosenfeld Award for Excellence in Dramatic Writing. Neil’s exceptional talent has also been recognized in the book, The Top 100 Indie Writers in the World. As a founding member of Brimstone Pictures, Spin the Wheel is his directorial debut.
Read more
Rana Daggubati
Biography
Rana Daggubati is an Indian film actor, producer, Visual Effects co-ordinator,and photographer known for his works in Telugu cinema, Tamil cinema and Bollywood.
As a Visual Effects producer, Rana won the State Nandi Award for Best Special Effects in 2006 for the Telugu film Sainikudu starring Mahesh Babu. In 2006, he received the National Film Award for co-producing Bommalata – A Bellyful of Dreams. In 2010, he made his acting debut with the Telugu blockbuster Leader, for which he won the Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South. He received critical acclaim for his performance in the 2012 crime thriller film Krishnam Vande Jagadgurum. In 2015, he starred as the main antagonist in Baahubali: The Beginning, which recorded the highest gross opening for an Indian film.
Read more
Saleste Mele
Biography
Born in Whitehorse, the Yukon, Saleste grew up living a gypsy life spending most of her youth in Germany and traveling throughout Europe. Being exposed to a vast array of cultures throughout her childhood has given her the ability to be a chameleon in any environment. Saleste has a deep desire to unite the world and has always believed that film and television is her medium in which to make an impact upon society. She is passionate about acting and writing, and has a fascination for dialects, especially those in the European and Mediterranean regions. Her spirited and audacious character lead her to push boundaries and invoke change in her surroundings, while her compassionate and empathetic nature allows others to feel completely at ease.
Read more
S-Raj Kumar
Biography
Born in the Fiji Islands, S-Raj Kumar is an award winning actor and alumni from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Having been in the film industry for over 20 years has allowed him to put on many hats as an actor, entertainment reporter, host, producer and screenwriter. A consummate professional in his craft, S-Raj brought a unique depth to his portrayal of the conflicted character Angel. During filming he experienced the loss of his Father but still brought his A-Game of talent and professionalism during and after filming. Some of the raw emotion audiences will see with Angel in this film, is very real.
Read more
