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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sean Connery, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Tommy Campbell

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.                                        Tommy Campbell (born October 6, 1978) is a stand-up comedian, actor and writer. He is a dual-citizen of Ireland and Canada and currently resides in London, England. He spends most of his time acting, writing and performing stand-up around the world.                                    Description above from the Wikipedia article Tommy Campbell (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.                    ​
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Raymond Burr

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Raymond William Stacey Burr (May 21, 1917 – September 12, 1993) was a Canadian actor, primarily known for his title roles in the television dramas Perry Mason and Ironside. His early acting career included roles on Broadway, radio, television and in film, usually as the villain. He won two Emmy Awards in 1959 and 1961 for the role of Perry Mason, which he played for nine seasons between 1957 and 1966. His second hit series, Ironside, earned him six Emmy nominations, and two Golden Globe nominations. He is also known for his role as Steve Martin in both Godzilla, King of the Monsters! and Godzilla 1985. In addition to acting, Burr owned an orchid business and had begun to grow a vineyard. He was a collector of wines and art, and was very fond of cooking. After his death from cancer in 1993, Burr's personal life came into question as details of his known biography appeared to be unverifiable. Gradually, it was revealed that Burr had possibly contrived a life story that hid his homosexuality. Description above from the Wikipedia article Raymond Burr, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Valentín Trujillo

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Valentin Trujillo Gazcón (28 March 1951 – 4 May 2006) was a Mexican actor, writer and director. His career spanned 48 years, where he appeared in over 140 films and directed 20 films. Trujillo was born on March 28, 1951 in a show business family as his grandfather was film producer Valentín Gazcón and his uncle was actor Gilberto Gazcón. He made his film debut as a baby. Trujillo initially studied law at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). He never completed his studies, choosing instead to become an actor. Trujillo made his acting debut at the age of seven in the film El Gran Pillo (1958). As a teen he got into the Columbia Pictures release Rage (1966) alongside Glenn Ford and Stella Stevens. Beginning in the early 1970s, Trujillo was cast often as the male lead. The film Las figuras de arena (1970) directed by Roberto Gavaldón established him as a leading man. He worked steadily as the leading man in action films over the next decade, completing over 30 films between 1970 and 1979. In addition to action films, Trujillo expanded his range in a number of films that incorporated commentary about modern social issues and politics in Mexico. The film Perro Callejero (1980) won a Silver Goddess for Best Picture and Trujillo, who portrayed the lead drunken character, was awarded Best Actor by Premios ACE. Beginning in the 1980s, Trujillo stepped behind the camera as well and began writing and directing his films. He released several popular action films and was soon the top box office draw in Mexico. Trujillo was nominated for several Ariel Awards in the 1980s, including Best Supporting Actor for El Ansia de Matar (1987) and Best Story and Screenplay for Violación(1989). The latter also was the first film to co-star his son, Valentin Trujillo, Jr. Together they co-starred in close to 20 films together before Trujillo's untimely death. Trujillo died on May 4, 2006 in his sleep from a heart attack. He was 55 at the time of his death.
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Chris Marker

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Christian François Bouche-Villeneuve, also known as Chris Marker (France: 29 July 1921 - 29 July 2012) was a French writer, poet, activist, internaut, critic, photographer, traveler, journalist, film enssayist, multimedia artist and documentary maker. He began his work as part of the French Rive gauche group, parallel but different from the nouvelle vague, with which he would later share themes and works. He is credited with creating the subjective documentary and is considered a pioneer of collective cinema in France. His cinematographic work is known for its poetic, sometimes ethereal, and video-art-like expression. He dedicated himself, during sixty years of work, to observing, with meticulous curiosity, with caustic and often amusing irony, even with anger, the vicissitudes of world history and also of the individual (memory, art, wars, politics, culture, nature, etc), all this while experimenting with various methods of image manipulation and montage. He is also known for the ignorance of his person. For years, hardly anyone knew what Chris Marker looked like, he didn't like being photographed, so there were no photos of him. It amused him to offer contradictory accounts of his life in the few written interviews he gave. The closest you can get to Marker's intimate life is in his film career. Philippe Dubois once said: "Chris Marker is, in a way, the most celebrated of the unknown filmmakers". "Rather than a Man Without Qualities, he is a Man Without Biography," says his official website: chrismarker.org. He used many pseudonyms too, some are Hayao Yamaneko, Jacopo Berenzini, Kosinki, Michel Krasna, Sandor Krasna, Guillaume-en-Égypte (his avatar) & the best known Chris Marker. Some of his most important works are La Jetée (1962), Sans Soleil (1983), Far From Vietnam (1967), A Grin Without a Cat (1977), Level Five (1997), A.K. (1985) & One Day In the Life of Andrei Arsenevitch (1999). He also dabbled in CD-ROMs with Immemory (1997), has a website called Gorgomancy, a Youtube channel called Kosinki & created a whole world dedicated to his interests, life and works, called 'Ouvroir', in the virtual world game: Second Life.
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Peter Y. Kim

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Peter attended NYU and holds an MFA from the Yale School of Drama. He made his Off-Broadway debut in Yoko Ono's rock opera, "New York Rock" and has appeared on Broadway, Off-Broadway and regionally. He made his feature film debut in "Hackers" opposite Angelina Jolie and has appeared in numerous TV shows, films and commercials. He is a founding member of Mr. Miyagi's Theatre Company and co-creator of their critically acclaimed Off-Broadway comedy, "Sides: The Fear is Real...". He is the Associate Producer of OBIE award winning NAATCO (National Asian American Theatre Company), teaches at Princeton University's Program in Theater and is the recipient of the Lilah Kan Red Socks Award.
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Will Madden

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Known for his role in the 2020 Sundance film Beast Beast executive produced by Alec Baldwin, Will Madden is an American stage and screen actor who has worked in live action short, animated, and feature films. Will's work has been showcased at Sundance, South by Southwest, and a number of national and international festivals. Pink Floyd's David Gilmour chose the animated short film Confusion Through Sand which features Will's voice to screen live during the international tour of his album "Rattle that Lock" in 2016. The short film Notes On: Biology, starring Will as a creative, spacey high school student went viral in 2013 reaching over 1.3 million viewers online. His shared awards include a 2018 Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature at the South by Southwest Film Festival, an inaugural 2018 Vimeo Staff Picks Award, 2013 Grand Jury Award at the South by Southwest Film Festival, a 2013 Best Narrative Feature Award at the Tacoma Film Festival, a 2014 First Place Award at the USA Film Festival, a 2014 Peace Award at Gothenburg Indie Film Festival, a 2014 American Spectrum Prize at Indianapolis International Film Festival, a 2014 Animated Grit Award at the Indie Grits US Film Festival, and a 2013 Big Grit Award also at the Indie Grits Film Festival.
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Aoi Tada

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Aoi Tada (多田葵 Tada Aoi?, born 3 July 1981 in Tokyo) is a Japanese singer and former voice actress. She formerly belonged to Gekidan Himawari. She also performed an insert song to the series, "Wo Qui Non Coin". In March 2005, she signed on to Moon-Bunny Entertainment and began her singer-songwriting career. She has performed the theme songs for Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino and Angel Beats!. She is also affiliated with the group Veil.[1] She is credited for her Veil-related songs as Veil ∞ Aoi.
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Najiba Malikova

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Najiba Hashim bey qizi Malikova (azerb. Nəcibə Məlikova) was Azerbaijani Soviet actress, People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR. She was born on October 25, 1921 in Buzovna settlement of Baku. Despite the fact that N.Melikova is more known as a film actress, her work is inextricably linked with the theater. She received primary education in the village. From 1940 to 1943 she studied at the Baku Theater School in the class of Azerbaijan People's Artist Fatma Kadri. After graduating from school, she started to work at Ganja State Drama Theater. Soon after returning to Baku, she entered the Theater Institute, graduated in 1951. Since 1952 she has appeared in episodic roles in the National Drama Theater, but her stage activities began much earlier - in 1938. Najiba Malikova most of all received roles in dramas of her contemporaries. No less popular are the comedic roles of the great actress. June 10, 1959 N. Malikova received the title of "Honored Artist" of the Republic of Azerbaijan, and already June 1, 1974 became the "People's Artist" of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The great actress died on July 27, 1992. She was buried in the alley of honorable burial in Baku.
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Tim Heidecker

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Timothy Richard Heidecker (born February 3, 1976) is an American comedian, writer, director, actor, and musician. Along with Eric Wareheim, he is a member of the comedy duo Tim & Eric. He has also appeared in films, including Bridesmaids (2011), Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie (2012), The Comedy (2012), Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), and Us (2019). He currently co-hosts the parodic film review web series On Cinema and stars in the comedy series Decker alongside Gregg Turkington and hosts a weekly call-in show, Office Hours Live with Tim Heidecker, with DJ Douggpound and Vic Berger. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tim Heidecker, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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