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Sasha Grey

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Sasha Grey (born March 14, 1988) is a former American pornographic actress who has since become a mainstream actress, model, author and musician. After her feature film debut as the lead in Steven Soderbergh's "The Girlfriend Experience", she shifted her focus to mainstream acting. She starred in the black comedy/horror film "Smash Cut", and played a semi-fictionalized version of herself in the seventh season of the HBO television series "Entourage". She has also appeared in independent films, such as "I Melt With You". She is a former member of aTelecine, an industrial music band.
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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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Luke Mitchell

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Luke Mitchell (born 17 April 1985) is an Australian actor and model. He attended the Film and Television Studio International, and won the role of Chris Knight in Neighbours in 2008. Mitchell appeared as Will in the third season of H2O: Just Add Water in 2009. He starred as Romeo Smith in Home and Away from 2009 to 2013. The role saw Mitchell win the Most Popular New Male Talent Logie Award in 2010. In 2013 he starred as John Young in the CW's The Tomorrow People. In 2015, he joined the cast of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. for the series' second season, playing the recurring character of Inhuman Lincoln Campbell, before being promoted to series regular for its third season. He joined NBC's Blindspot as a series regular during its second season in 2016, playing Roman. Description above from the Wikipedia article Luke Mitchell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Steve Miner

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Stephen C. "Steve" Miner is an American film and television director. Miner was born in Westport, Connecticut. Television programs Miner have directed include The Wonder Years, Jake 2.0, Felicity, Dawson's Creek (including the pilot and four of the other episodes of the first season), and Diagnosis: Murder. However, Miner first made his big splash as an associate-producer on the 1980 hit, Friday the 13th. He would go on to successfully direct the following sequels, Friday the 13th Part 2 and its 3D sequel Friday the 13th Part III. To this day, Steve Miner is the only director to direct more than one film in the Friday the 13th series. In 1986, he directed the horror comedy House which featured his real life son playing a kid who the main character (played by William Katt) must protect from monsters. In later years, Miner would direct Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, and Lake Placid. Miner directed the 2008 film Day of the Dead, a remake of the George A. Romero film of the same name. The remake stars Ving Rhames, Mena Suvari, Nick Cannon and 2001 Maniacs' Christa Campbell, and was penned by Jeffrey Reddick (Final Destination).
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Samantha Morton

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Samantha Jane Morton (born May 13, 1977) is an English actress and director. Known for her work in independent cinema, she is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Morton was a member of the Central Junior Television Workshop in her native Nottingham and began her career in British television in 1991. She appeared in the ITV series Band of Gold (1995–1996) and the BBC miniseries The History of Tom Jones: a Foundling (1997). Morton's early film roles include Emma (1996), Jane Eyre (1997), and Under the Skin (1997). She received two Academy Award nominations, one for Best Supporting Actress for Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown (1999), and the other for Best Actress for Jim Sheridan's In America (2003). Other notable film credits include Morvern Callar (2002), Minority Report (2002), The Libertine (2004), Control (2007), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), Synecdoche, New York (2008), The Messenger (2009), John Carter (2012), Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016), and The Whale (2022). For her portrayal of Myra Hindley in the HBO film Longford (2006) she received Primetime Emmy Award, BAFTA Award, and Golden Globe Award nominations. Morton made her directorial debut with the television film The Unloved (2009), which won the BAFTA Television Award for Best Single Drama. She has starred in various programs, such as The Last Panthers (2015), Rillington Place (2016), Harlots (2017–2019), The Walking Dead (2019–2020), and The Serpent Queen (2022–present). Description above from the Wikipedia article Samantha Morton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Kari Gibson Fraser

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Kari Gibson Fraser is a versatile performer who is equally at home on film and television. Fraser portrayed the original Dixie Cooney, Palmer Courtlandt's long lost niece, when the character was introduced in the ABC daytime series, All My Children in 1988. Film credits include Savage Dawn and A Little Tailor's Christmas Story. Additional credits include commercial spokesperson for the NBC television series, Hot Country Nights. Currently co-starring in the web series, The Reel Housewives Of Theatre West, Fraser continues to study and hone her acting skills and is a current member of the Ivana Chubbuck Studio in Los Angeles, California.
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Ghassan Massoud

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Ghassan Massoud (Arabic: غسّان مسعود / Ghassān Masʻūd; born September 20, 1958) is a Syrian actor and filmmaker born on September 20, 1958, in Damascus, Syria. He achieved global recognition for his roles in both Arabic and worldwide films. Massoud has been active in the industry for several decades, earning a distinguished reputation as one of the most highly regarded actors in the Middle East. Massoud is known for writing and directing the theater play "Diplomasiyyoun," as well as his appearances in many Syrian-made films. He has appeared in the Syrian television series "The Chant of Rain," but most recently, he starred as Abu Bakr in MBC's series "Omar." He's most well-known internationally for his role as Saladin in Ridley Scott's 2005 film "Kingdom of Heaven," alongside playing Ammand the Corsair in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. Throughout his career, Massoud has been recognized for the commitment he has to his craft. He continues to be an influential figure in the world of Arab cinema, teaching drama at both the Damascus Music and Drama School and the Higher Institute for Dramatic Arts.
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John Cannon

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A British actor who worked predominantly in television, Cannon appeared in several Doctor Who (1974-1983) stories during the Jon Pertwee and Patrick Troughton eras, as well as numerous episodes of classic television shows such as Steptoe & Son, The Sweeney, Porridge and The Professionals. His other credits included Beau Geste (1982), The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984) and as a Stormtrooper in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, Star Wars VI - Return of the Jedi and as a Holographic Imperial Officer in Star Wars Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back.
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Jaromír Nohavica

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Jaromír Nohavica pochází z Ostravy. První píseň napsal již v osmi letech. Na kytaru hraje od svých třinácti let, přičemž původně jeho otec chtěl, aby hrál na housle, k těm ale nepřilnul. Sám se však navíc naučil hrát na několik hudebních nástrojů. V letech 1978–1981 dálkově studoval na SŠ knihovnické v Brně. Začal také studovat na Vysoké škole báňské, ale studia přerušil, vystřídal několik zaměstnání, načež raději zůstal volným textařem. V tomto oboru se proslavil textem Lásko, voníš deštěm pro Marii Rottrovou (She’s Gone od Black Sabbath), ale psal také například pro Věru Špinarovou ad. Později začal samostatně vystupovat, v posledních letech i s kapelou. Spolupracoval s méně významnými regionálními kapelami, ale také například se skupinou Čechomor. Jako herec ztvárnil roku 2002 hlavní roli „Jarka Nohavici“ ve filmu Petra Zelenky Rok ďábla. Postupně se stal jedním z nejpopulárnějších zpěváků a v roce 2004 získal i některá ocenění. Časopis Rock & pop vyhodnotil jako nejlepší české album od roku 1989 Nohavicovo Divné století. Akademie populární hudby zařadila při vyhlašování výsledků ceny Anděl 2003 Nohavicu do Síně slávy a byl nominován ve dvou dalších kategoriích. Bydlí v Ostravě, předtím žil v Českém Těšíně. Má ženu Martinu a dvě děti – syna Jakuba a dceru Lenku. V roce 1997 získal titul mistra republiky ve stolní hře scrabble. Jeho literárním oblíbencem je Bohumil Hrabal. V únoru 2008 bylo vydáno album Ikarus, které bylo nahráno na osmi koncertech v Ostravě v lednu 2008. (text převzat z Wikipedie)
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Samantha Coughlan

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Born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Samantha is a graduate of the acclaimed Circle In The Square Theatre School in New York City. She moved to London in 2003 forming the theatre company, Suspect Package with fellow Canadian actor Trevor White ( Downton Abbey/ Episodes), where their productions received critical success. Evening Standard review for "Problem Child": ' It is impossible to maintain a detached reaction to the Suspect Package company's provocative production, largely due to the impressive Samantha Coughlan's sympathetically psychotic performance'.
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