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Bryce Papenbrook

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Bryce Papenbrook (born February 24, 1986) is an American voice actor who has done voice work for Animaze, Bang Zoom! Entertainment, Funimation and Studiopolis and has performed the voices for several anime roles, particularly those of young male protagonists. He is best known for his portrayals of Kirito in Sword Art Online, Eren Jaeger in Attack on Titan, Rin Okumura in Blue Exorcist, Masaomi Kida in Durarara!! series, Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Shirou Emiya in Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works, Meliodas & Zeldris in The Seven Deadly Sins, Red in Pokémon Origins, Kaito in Ajin: Demi-Human and Makoto Naegi and Nagito Komaeda in the Danganronpa series. In animation, he provides the voice of Adrien Agreste a.k.a. Cat Noir in Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir.
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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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Jaime Chávarri

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Spanish film director born in Madrid. Graduated in Law, he never practiced as a lawyer. He later studied for two years at the Escuela Oficial de Cinematografía and worked as a film critic for the magazine Film Ideal while making several short films in super-8. His first solo feature film was Los viajes escolares (1974). In 1976 he released El desencanto, a biographical documentary about the poet Leopoldo Panero. The film was awarded the Best Film Award by the Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos. A un dios desconocido (1977) starred Héctor Alterio and its script was written by Elías Querejeta. It was followed by Dedicatoria (1980) and Bearn o la sala de las muñecas (1983), starring Fernando Rey, Imanol Arias and Ángela Molina. One of his most recognized works is Las bicicletas son para el verano (1984), based on a play by Fernando Fernán Gómez. The film, starring Agustín González, Victoria Abril, Marisa Paredes and Gabino Diego, is set during the Spanish Civil War. El río de oro (1986) stars Ángela Molina. It is followed by Las cosas del querer (1989), in whose script Fernando Colomo participated. Tierno verano de lujurias y azoteas (1992) is a comedy starring Gabino Diego, Marisa Paredes and Imanol Arias. In 1994 he directed the sequel to Las cosas del querer with the same actors. A year later he released Gran Slalom (1996), with a script by Rafael Azcona. The film stars Juanjo Puigcorbé and Pilar Bardem, among others. The following year he directed a Spanish-Argentine co-production entitled Sus ojos se cerraron y el mundo sigue andando (1997). In 2002 he directed Besos para todos, starring Emma Suárez and Eloy Azorín and in 2004 El año del diluvio, an adaptation of the novel by Eduardo Mendoza. His latest feature film was Camarón (2005), for which he co-wrote the script with Álvaro del Amo. The film is based on the biography of the flamenco singer José Monje Cruz, Camarón de la Isla, who is given life by the actor Óscar Jaenada in a splendid characterization. The film won three Goya awards for Best Costume Design, Best Makeup and Hairstyling and Best Leading Actor.
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Manami Toyota

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is a retired professional wrestler, best known for her work with the All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) promotion. Following AJW's closure, she continued to work in other joshi promotions such as Gaea and NEO. Toyota is a member of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame. Dave Meltzer has called Toyota "one of the greatest wrestlers of all-time, regardless of gender On July 25, 2010, it was announced that Toyota would make her first wrestling appearance in the United States, wrestling for the Chikara promotion in September.On September 18, 2010, in Baltimore, Maryland, Toyota defeated Daizee Haze in her first match on American soil.[4] The following day in Brooklyn, New York, Toyota and Mike Quackenbush defeated the Bruderschaft des Kreuzes (Claudio Castagnoli and Sara Del Rey) in a tag team match.On February 10, 2011, Chikara announced that Toyota would be returning to the promotion in April to take part in the 2011 King of Trios tournament, where she would team up with Jigsaw and Mike Quackenbush. On April 15, Toyota, Jigsaw and Quackenbush defeated Amazing Red, Joel Maximo and Wil Maximo in their first round match in the 2011 King of Trios. The following day, Toyota, Jigsaw and Quackenbush were eliminated from the tournament by Team Michinoku Pro (Dick Togo, Great Sasuke and Jinsei Shinzaki). On April 17, the final day of the tournament, Toyota defeated Madison Eagles in a singles match.Toyota returned to Chikara on December 2, 2011, to take part in the special JoshiMania weekend, defeating Toshie Uematsu on On March 17, 2017, Toyota announced that she would retire from professional wrestling on November 3 with her final match at a special thirty-anniversary show in Japan.Toyota's retirement event featured a series of one-minute time limit matches, which Toyota finished with a record of 12 wins, 29 draws and 10 losses. Toyota then had her retirement match with no time limit against her hand-picked successor, Tsukasa Fujimoto, which she won with the Japanese Ocean Cyclone Suplex. However, Toyota demanded a rematch and went on to defeat Fujimoto again with the Japanese Ocean Queen Bee Bomb. Toyota and Fujimoto then had a third match, where Fujimoto was victorious with Toyota's own Japanese Ocean Cyclone Suplex, bringing Toyota's thirty-year career to an end
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Salina Sherwood

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Salina Soto is an actress, singer, model and writer born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. She's appeared on Vampire Diaries, Days of Our Lives and CSI: NY. She's been featured in numerous commercials and has modeled for Adidas, Coca Cola, and Samsung, and made the cover of Photography Magazine's April, 2015 issue. She can be seen as the love interest of Andre 3000 in the music video for the single "Int. Player's Anthem". She also appears in the official music video for Ginuwine's single, "I'm In Love".
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Thomas Peter Friedl

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Thomas Peter Friedl (born January 3, 1967 in Munich) is a German media entrepreneur and film producer. He started his career in the film industry in 1989 at Germany’s media house Constantin Film. Until 2008, Friedl was member of the board and served as President, Distribution & Marketing and COO of Constantin Film AG, a company he left at the beginning of 2008 after 18 years. Friedl distributed the two most successful German films: Michael Bully Herbig's Der Schuh des Manitu and (T)Raumschiff Surprise. As an international distributor, Friedl was in charge of productions such as the first three Resident Evil films, House of the Spirits or Perfume: The Story of a Murderer. Friedl also led various campaigns for the Academy Awards, including Nowhere in Africa (Academy Award for Best Foreign Film 2001) and Downfall (nominated for Best Foreign Film 2005). In 2008, Friedl joined UFA Cinema and took over responsibility as producer and CEO of UFA Cinema’s operations. Friedl’s producer credits include – among others – the movie adaptation of the children’s and young-adult bestsellers Devil's Kickers and The Twins at St. Clare's, plus the comedy The Theory of Relativity in Love, Sabine Kuegler’s autobiographical bestseller, Jungle Child, Other titles include the thrillers The Fourth State directed by Dennis Gansel and The Coming Days, the romantic comedy Jesus Loves Me and The Weekend, which was adapted from the eponymous bestseller by Bernhard Schlink. Friedl left UFA Cinema end of 2012 to join forces with leading German producer and CEO of X-Filme Creative Pool, Stefan Arndt. Friedl and Arndt’s new production entity The Amazing Film Company (TAF) which focuses on high commercial English speaking feature movies for worldwide exploitation. Currently Friedl is preparing the international productions A Year in the Merde, Honky Tonk Pirates, Prototype, Cathy's Book and Fatherland - Fatherland is based on Robert Harris best-selling novels. Friedl is a member of the European and German Film Academy, where he served many years as creative director and producer of the German Film Awards. He is also Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Children Charity Organisation "Artists for Kids", which he founded in 1999 together with his friend and partner, Bernd Eichinger. Source: Article "Thomas Peter Friedl" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Joakim Thåström

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Sven Joakim Eriksson Thåström växte upp på Skebokvarnsvägen 209 i Högdalen i Stockholm. Han var med och skapade bandet Helt Sonika som bestod av Thåström, Thomas Svanljung, Lars Elffors, Lennart "Elton" Hellgren, Bosse Steinholtz och Lars Bremer. Helt Sonika spelade runtom Stockholm på ungdomsgårdar, klubbar, utomhusfestivaler mm. Lennart Eriksson (eller Fjodor som han kallades) bodde i Rågsved. De bildade tillsammans med Gunnar Ljungstedt ("Gurra") ett band som hette The Haters. The Haters bytte dock redan efter tre dagar namn till Ebba Grön, som härstammar från en poliskod med anknytning till den s.k. Operation Leo, där den tyske terroristen Norbert Kröcher planerade att kidnappa dåvarande invandrarministern Anna-Greta Leijon. "Ebba röd" var polisens kod för den operation som gick ut på att gripa Kröcher. Då gripandet var fullbordat ropades "ebba grön" ut i radion. Thåström har en dotter från sitt första äktenskap vilket upplöstes 1998, och en son född 2000. I unga år hade han ett förhållande med skådespelaren Amanda Ooms. Paret återförenades efter flera år isär och är numera sambos.
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Bobby Barber

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bobby Barber (December 18, 1894 – May 24, 1976) was an American actor who appeared in over 100 films. Barber is notable for his work as a foil for Abbott and Costello on and off screen. Barber was often used by Bud Abbott and Lou Costello as a form of "court jester" on the set of their films. It was his job to keep the energy level up with pranks and practical jokes. Sometimes, he even suddenly appeared on camera during a take to break up the cast and crew. In Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948), Costello answers a knock at the door expecting to see large actor Lon Chaney Jr. Instead, the very short Barber walks in wearing a funny hat with a feather. In another outtake from that film, Bela Lugosi, in full Dracula regalia, is solemnly descending a staircase to meet Abbott and Costello when all of a sudden the actors and crew burst out laughing. Lugosi, annoyed, turns around to see Barber following right behind him, mimicking his steps. Barber also appeared in bit parts, such as a delivery boy, waiter, bellhop, or man on the street, often uncredited in movies, and in many of Abbott and Costello's films and about half their television shows. Sometimes his likeness was in a picture on a wall or a "wanted" poster in a post office. His final film appearance was in Lou Costello's last movie, The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock (1959). His film career included bit parts in over 100 (known) feature films.
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Adam Falkoff

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Adam Falkoff is a founding partner and Co-Chairman of Circle 4 Entertainment, an independent financing and production company with close relationships to distributors and the major entertainment studios. The company has become a leader in the independent film space featuring a collection of award winning, inspiring films on determination, grit and achieving the American Dream. Circle 4 Entertainment continually seeks out new and interesting commercial full feature length film projects and currently has four additional films in development and three in pre-production. Mr. Falkoff has produced, directed, and acted in theatrically released films generating millions of dollars in box office revenues. With all-star casts, Circle 4 Entertainment films have won multiple 'Best Picture' and 'Best Director' awards and have been the 'Best in Show' headline films in over a dozen film festivals, including part of the "Top 10" most downloaded films on Amazon Prime. His films include, Walt Before Mickey (2015), Swing State (2016), New Life (2016), The Brawler (2018), Stowaway (2019), and Honest Thief (2019). Mr. Falkoff and his team were invited to The White House to meet President Obama and screen Walt Before Mickey - a film whose central theme is immigrant perseverance and successfully achieving the American Dream. They were also invited by the US Congress to screen the film in the Capitol Building. Mr. Falkoff is a member of The Collective, an organization dedicated to driving social change through film and technology. The Collective is comprised of leaders in entrepreneurship, film, music, business, technology, philanthropy, and other creative endeavors meeting annually at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. He lends his philanthropic expertise and mentorship to a Washington, D.C.- based nonprofit organization that provides young aspiring filmmakers in the inner city with educational and financial resources. Mr. Falkoff is also the President and a Principal of CapitalKeys - regarded as one of the top global strategy and public affairs firms. While at CapitalKeys, among a variety of clients, he works on intellectual property issues of critical importance to the major film studios and represents foundations for actors seeking to continually raise awareness of their causes within the public policy space. Adam Falkoff was featured in the "Power 100 List", a list of the 100 most powerful people in Washington, DC in the May, 2017 publication of Washington Life Magazine and again in the May 2018 publication. Earlier in his career, Mr. Falkoff served two U.S. Senators on Capitol Hill and a former Vice President of the United States.
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Joe Matthews

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Joe Matthews is an award-winning director, editor, actor, and singer. He took an early interest in film at eight years old, making short films on Super 8. He has been involved in the film industry for most of his life, working in front of the camera with credits including “Splitting Up Together”, “Bizaardvark”, and “Jimmy Kimmel Live”. He has worked as a session singer on projects including “The Book of Life”, “Sing”, and The Weeknd’s song “Angel”. More recently, Joe has worked on concept trailers for Netflix, Paramount Pictures, and Sony Pictures and produced and edited Lionsgate’s “The Duel” starring Dylan Sprouse, Callan McAuliffe, and Patrick Warburton.
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