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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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Charles Southwood

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Charles Southwood born Charles Allen Southwood August 30, 1937 in Los Angeles, California, died April 8, 2009 in Grants Pass, Oregon was an American actor in Europe and the founder of Death Cigarettes. Born in Los Angeles in 1937, his family moved to Oregon at the end of World War II. He earned a degree in philosophy at Oregon State University. He travelled to Europe where he worked at a variety of jobs before becoming a stand in for Lex Barker on Woman Times Seven in 1966. He was spotted by an agent who led him into lead roles in spaghetti westerns. Returning to Oregon, he came up with the idea of "Death Cigarettes" in 1991. Deciding to be honest about the effect of cigarettes, Southwood, a smoker from age 13 to 40, decided to be brutally honest about his cigarettes. In addition to the standard warnings, Death Cigarettes were packed in their own coffin: a stark little black package bearing a skull and crossbones. Southwood traveled to the Southern United States, where the major U.S. tobacco companies found his idea "antithetical to their interests." He found a small tobacco company in Holland that was willing to manufacture his cigarettes, and he briefly took up smoking again to get the blend of tobaccos just right, however he couldn't find a cigarette distributor willing to move his product into stores. "I think they're afraid of pressure from the major cigarette manufacturers". The idea of Death cigarettes was "borrowed" by BJ Cunningham for sales in England from 1991-1999.
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Rainer Bock

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After graduating from high school, Rainer Bock ran a café in his hometown, which also had a cabaret programme. After studying acting at a private acting school in Kiel, he made his debut as a theater actor on the stages of the state capital of Kiel in 1982. He came to Heidelberg and the National Theater Mannheim via the Schleswig-Holstein State Theater. From 1995 to 2001 he had an engagement at the Staatstheater Stuttgart. Until 2011 he was engaged at the Bavarian State Theater in Munich. Bock often appears in supporting roles, including his initially rare appearances in film and television. The part of the doctor in Michael Haneke's award-winning drama The White Ribbon - A German Children's Story (2009) earned him a nomination for the German Film Prize. In 2011 he was represented at the Berlinale with four films. Bock is also active as an audio book speaker.
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Matthijs van Nieuwkerk

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Na de opleiding vwo studeerde Van Nieuwkerk enige tijd Nederlands aan de Universiteit van Amsterdam, maar voltooide de opleiding niet. Van Nieuwkerk begon zijn journalistieke carrière bij Het Parool. Samen met zijn jeugdvriend Mark van den Heuvel ging hij daar in 1984 sportmensen interviewen, onder wie de schakers Kasparov en Karpov en de voetballer Johnny Rep. Later ging hij schrijvers interviewen en vernieuwde hij de literatuurpagina van de krant. In 1988 werd Matthijs van Nieuwkerk redacteur bij de kunstredactie. Uiteindelijk werd hij in 1996 hoofdredacteur. Onder zijn leiding werd besloten dat de toen nog landelijke krant zich weer volledig zou gaan richten op Amsterdam. Van Nieuwkerk werd geroemd omdat hij van het zieltogende Parool weer een vlotte eigentijdse krant wist te maken. Zijn daaropvolgende hoofdredacteurschap van de Amsterdamse zender AT5 werd geen succes en hij maakte spoedig de overstap naar Hilversum, waar hij in 2002 netcoördinator van Nederland 3 werd. Binnen zes maanden stopte hij bij de landelijke zender, uit frustratie over de complexe omroepcultuur die de door hem gewenste veranderingen in de weg stond. In plaats van achter de schermen ging hij nu voor de schermen werken. In de aanloop naar de Kamerverkiezingen van januari 2003 presenteerde hij samen met Felix Rottenberg (PvdA) het politieke programma Nederland Kiest. De twee mochten vervolgens ook NOVA presenteren, maar na een conflict met de redactie stopten ze er na korte tijd weer mee. In 2003 startte Van Nieuwkerk, samen met Wilfried de Jong, het programma Holland Sport, waar ze in 2005 de Zilveren Nipkowschijf mee wonnen. In 2008 stopte hij met het sportprogramma, om zich volledig te kunnen richten op De Wereld Draait Door. In oktober 2005 begon Van Nieuwkerk met DWDD, zoals de afkorting van het VARA-programma luidt. In eerste instantie deelde hij de presentatie met Francisco van Jole en later met Claudia de Breij, die de maandagavond presenteerde omdat Van Nieuwkerk die avond Holland Sport van commentaar voorzag. In 2007 won hij met De Wereld Draait Door de Gouden Televizier-Ring en in 2011 tevens een Zilveren Nipkowschijf. Achtereenvolgens in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 en 2012 werd Van Nieuwkerk genomineerd voor de Zilveren Televizier-ster. Hij heeft deze echter nog nooit gewonnen. Van Nieuwkerk is naast DWDD actief als presentator van het muzikale programma Popquiz à Go-Go en het eind december uitgezonden Top 2000 à Go-Go. In deze programma's is Leo Blokhuis zijn vaste co-presentator. Leermeesters van Van Nieuwkerk zijn Felix Rottenberg en Mart Smeets . Ook ziet Van Nieuwkerk Willem Duys als een voorbeeld. De Wereld Draait Door is één van de best bekeken hedendaagse programma's. Er gingen geruchten over een overstap van Van Nieuwkerk naar RTL, maar dit ontkende hij met als reden dat hij van De Wereld Draait Door 'een monumentje' wil maken. In maart 2011 presenteerde Matthijs van Nieuwkerk Je Mist Meer Dan Je Ziet, een late-night show op Nederland 3, die dan voorlopig als experiment vijf dagen achter elkaar werd uitgezonden. Vanaf 14 januari 2013 presenteert van Nieuwkerk De Wereld Leert Door, een late-night wetenschappelijk programma dat uitgezonden wordt door de VARA
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Külliki Saldre

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Külliki Saldre (until 1986, Külliki Tool; born December 29, 1952) is an Estonian stage, television, radio and film actress. Külliki Saldre was born in the small town of Kehtna, in Rapla County in 1952, where she graduated from secondary school. Her older sister is performance artist Krista Tool and her younger brother is philosopher and translator Andrus Tool. Following graduation, she studied photography before beginning studies at the Tallinn State Conservatory, Performing Arts Department (now, the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre), graduating in 1976. Among her graduating classmates were Merle Karusoo, Ago-Endrik Kerge, Urmas Kibuspuu, Aare Laanemets, Lembit Peterson, Jüri Krjukov, Anne Paluver, Kalju Orro, Priit Pedajas, Eero Spriit, and Peeter Volkonski.
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Ashkan Khatibi

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Ashkan Khatibi (born October 10th 1978) is an Iranian actor, singer, presenter, producer and director. He has continued his studies until the bachelor's degree in theater from the Faculty of Art and Architecture of Azad University. In 2000, together with Babak Saeedi, they had a music group called Apollon, who played Iranian rock, but he left the group. He plays the piano, guitar and sometimes the harmonica. Apart from music and acting, he sometimes translates English plays into Persian and is the manager of the Traffic music group. He is also a vegetarian.
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Babu Antony

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Babu Antony (Malayalam: ബാബു ആന്റണി) is an Indian film actor. Working primarily in Malayalam cinema, Babu has also acted in other Indian languages. He made his debut in Bharathan's Chilampu (1986). He started his career doing antagonist roles but has also played the lead role in few films. He made a mark in Malayalam cinema through Fazil's 1986 thriller Poovinu Puthiya Poonthennal. The film was remade into Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada and Babu Antony reprised his role in all the four versions. His career highlights include Vaishali (1988), Aparhnnam (1991), and Uppukandam Brothers (1993).
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Saleh Mirzaaghaei

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Saleh Mirzaaghaei (صالح میرزاآقایی) is an iranian cinema and television actor born in 23 july 1970 in Tehran, Iran. His first theater role was in suitcase directed by Farhad Aeesh in (1992) and his first cinema role was in fateh directed by Bahram Reypour in (1995). He aslo acted in movies such as Conqueror (1995), Pilot (1996), I love you (1999), A Thousand Women Like Me (2000), Reclamation (2012) and in series such as Mailbox[Redhat and Cousin] (1993), Lost (2001), Memorable Days (2002), Custom of being in love (2004), Mokhtarnameh (2006), Kolah-e Pahlavi (2006), Years of snow and violets (2006), Paridokht (2007), children of heaven (2008), Ancient land (2013), Lady of the Mansion (2018), Khatoon[Once Upon a Time in Iran](2021), Fire and wind (2022) and Gildokht (2022).
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Erra Fazira

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Erra Fazira (born Fazira Wan Chek) is a Malaysian actress, singer, fashion model, TV Host, film producer, as well as former beauty queen. She rose to fame in the early/mid 1990s following her roles in Sembilu ("Torn", Sembilu 2 ("Torn 2"), Maria Mariana and Pasrah (Surrender). She received critical acclaim and a Best Actress In a Leading Role trophy at Malaysia Film Festival twice for her portrayal of inspiring young sales girl and part time student "Nurul Ain" in "Soal Hati ("About The Heart")" (2001) and as "Nora", an old lady with dark past in the film Hingga Hujung Nyawa (" Until The End of Life" (2005). She received another three Malaysia Film Festival's Best Actress award nomination for her performance in Soalnya Siapa? ""Who is it?" (2003), Persona Non Grata (2006), and Anak "The Child" (2008).
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Nichole Sakura

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Nichole was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her mother is Japanese, and her father is white. She loved recreating characters and doing funny voices from a very young age. As a child, she begged her parents to help her get an agent, and then at the age of 14, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting as a career. Nicole attended Santa Susana High School in Simi Valley. Nichole went on to attend USC as a Theater major and graduated early, after three years. She says it was a challenge for her to get cast in the university's own plays because she dedicated so much of her spare time to professional auditions outside of school. She started her career in 2010 with the lead role in the independent short film Everyday. The next year she starred in another short film, Carpool, opposite Morgan Pavey and Andy Dulman. She gained widespread recognition in 2012 as JB's Girl in Project X. Project X was a box office success, earning 100.9 million in total box office sales, on a budget of only 12 million. In 2012 she starred in the independent film Model Minority, her first lead role. The film won awards at the Sacramento Film Festival, London Independent Film Festival, Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival, Las Vegas Film Festival, among others. Bloom also garnered a Special Jury Prize at the 28th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival for Best New Actress. She has also done commercial work and modeled for American Apparel.
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