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Gerald Okamura

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Gerald Okamura (born 1940) is an American theatrical martial artist. Gerald started martial arts with judo in 1953. He has practiced kendo, aikido, taekwondo, and he is currently a 5th degree black belt in Kung Fu San Soo (his sensei was Jimmy H. Woo). Gerald is a designer of various types of weaponry that have been featured in dozens of movies and publications across the world. Okamura began doing stunts in 1975, getting his first credited role in 1980. Since then he has appeared in 39 feature films, notably Big Trouble in Little China, Samurai Cop, Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance, Ninja Academy, 9½ Ninjas!, Ring of Fire, Blade, and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. Other roles he's played are Kai-Ogi in Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers, a sensei in Power Rangers Wild Force, and Chao Chong in VR Troopers.
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Alexander Vlahos

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Alexander is a Welsh actor, writer and director, born on the 30th of July, 1988 in Swansea, South Wales. Since graduating from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff in 2009, Alex has had a very successful career across all platforms. As an actor he's most recognised for playing Mordred (BBC One MERLIN), Philippe d'Orléans (Canal+ VERSAILLES) and Dorian Gray (Big Finish). As a director, Alexander won several awards for his debut short film LOLA, which was later acquired by US network Showtime. His BBC Wales short entitled I AM ONE, a 1964 Mods vs Rocker piece set in Porthcawl, Wales, won Best Drama at the It's My Shout Celebration of 20 Years. He's a co-owner of production company CowHouse Films.
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Miguel Ferreira

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Miguel Ferreira is a filmmaker from Porto, Portugal with a bachelor degree in Cinema and a post-graduation degree in Screenwriting and Playwright. Miguel always loved the power of his imagination, and trough movies he found out a way to express himself and this love. Miguel wrote & directed four different student projects, from which the documentary "Soul's Origin: The Life of Gabino Ribeiro" stands out. After graduating, Miguel has independently written & directed another three short-films, a non-fiction short-film named "You're not fuc*ing alone" in the year of 2020, and the short-films "When Time Stood Still" & "The Blinking House" in the year of 2021. Miguel has also directed diverse music videos & written three books in the literature world. The historical fiction novels named "Conduct Code: Valdemar" and "Conduct Code: Dolores" that have been edited & published by 5Livros in 2019 and 2021, respectively, and also the both non-fiction and poetry "Verses, Memories and Thoughts of a Young Daltonic" in 2022, which was edited and published by Primeiro Capítulo and Grupo Editorial Atlântico. Besides his work in the novel world, Miguel also wrote an original play named "Then, Now and after Christmas", which has been produced by ESMAE & TNSJ.
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Hayley McLaughlin

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Hayley McLaughlin, born Hayley Melissa McLaughlin, is a Scottish actress. Hayley was born in Glasgow, Scotland and grew up in Linlithgow, West Lothian, Scotland. She holds Dual UK/ US Citizenship. Hayley is known for playing Jennifer in David Fincher's Emmy Award winning Love, Death & Robots, and Rebecca in Robert Zemeckis' hit drama series Project Blue Book. She is also known for her role "Ariel", the magical Shakespearean fairy, in TNT's And the Happily Ever Afters. In 2019, Hayley starred alongside Teri Polo and Dylan Walsh in the Netflix movie Deadly Switch.
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Noémie Schmidt

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Noémie Schmidt (born 18 November 1990) is a Swiss actress, most notable for her television and film work, including Henrietta of England in Versailles (2015–2017). Her role in The Student and Mister Henri (2015) won her the Prix Premiers Rendez-vous (Best Newcomer) at the 2016 Cabourg Film Festival and a nomination for the César Award for Most Promising Actress the same year. Her other work includes For This Is My Body (2015) and Radin! (2016) and the television films Daddy's Little Girl (2014) and Le premier été (2014). The daughter of a lawyer and a biologist, Schmidt became interested in performing at an early age. From 2004 to 2008 she sang in the choir of the Schola de Sion (in Valais, Switzerland), developing her vocal technique and training in classical singing. After a trip to the United States, she moved to Brussels where she studied theatre at the Lassaad International School of Theatre, and gave singing lessons to children at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie. She made her screen debut in 2012, in a short film by Ewa Brykalska entitled Coda. Her performance was praised and she won several prizes in festivals dedicated to short films. Noticed for her talent, she turned to television in 2013 with Toi que j'aimais tant by Mary Higgins Clark, followed by Le premier été of Marion Sarraut, in 2014. That year, she made her cinema debut in the feature film La Fille sûre by Victor Emmanuel Boinem. She then won the title role of The Student and Mister Henri, in 2015, alongside Claude Brasseur. The film earned her a nomination for the César Award for Most Promising Actress, and won her the Prix Premiers Rendez-vous (Best Newcomer) at the 2016 Cabourg Film Festival. That same year, she portrayed Henrietta of England in the series Versailles (2015-) on Canal+. In 2016, she starred in the French comedy film Radin! by Fred Cavayé, alongside Dany Boon, Laurence Arné, and Patrick Ridremont. Source: Article "Noémie Schmidt" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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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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Beverly Peer

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Beverly Peer (October 7, 1912 – January 16, 1997) was an American jazz double-bassist. Peer played piano professionally early in his career before switching to bass. He worked with Chick Webb from 1936 to 1939 and continued to play in the orchestra under the direction of Ella Fitzgerald. In 1942 he joined Sabby Lewis's orchestra. He also worked extensively as an accompanist for vocalists such as Sarah Vaughan, Lena Horne, Johnny Mathis, and Barbra Streisand. In the 1950s and 1960s he worked with pianists Barbara Carroll and Ellis Larkins, and worked with Bobby Short from the 1970s into the 1990s, often performing at the Cafe Carlyle in New York City. He can be heard on Ella Fitzgerald's release "Ella Sings, Chick Swings" as well as other recordings of Ella and the Chick Webb Orchestra. Aside from music, late in his career Peer also had cameo roles in films such as Hannah and Her Sisters and For Love or Money.
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Andy Milder

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Andy Milder (born August 16, 1969) is an American actor. Milder was born in Omaha, Nebraska. He moved to Santa Monica, California, at a young age and then went to the University of California, Berkeley, majoring in Economics before studying at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. He has appeared in such films as Apollo 13, Armageddon, Rumor Has It…, Frost/Nixon, Transformers, and Domino. He was a series regular on Fame L.A. and Weeds, and appeared on such shows as Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The West Wing, Six Feet Under, Ugly Betty, Boston Legal, Parks and Recreation, Married... with Children, The Wonder Years, Private Practice, and Criminal Minds. Milder provided narration for Ballroom Bootcamp, 101 Most Starlicious Make-Overs, Wrecks to Riches, and Lost Gold of World War II. He provided the voice of Lightning Lad in the 2006 animated series Legion of Super Heroes and the film Lego DC Comics Super Heroes: Justice League: Cosmic Clash. From 2005 to 2009, he was a recurring cast member and later series regular on Weeds as Dean Hodes. Starting in 2011, he is a recurring cast member on the Disney Channel sitcom Austin & Ally as Lester Dawson. He also had an appearance on the show Royal Pains as well as Rizzoli & Isles. Milder lives in Manhattan Beach, California, with his wife, Dr. Betty Lee. From Wikipedia.
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Travis Tomko

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Travis David Tomko is an American retired professional wrestler, entrepreneur, best known for his tenures with Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Tomko between 2006 and 2010. Prior to this, he worked for WWE on the Raw brand under the ring name Tyson Tomko from 2003 to 2006. He also performed in New Japan Pro-Wrestling from 2006 to 2008. He is a two-time tag team champion having simultaneously held the TNA World Tag Team and IWGP Tag Team championships. Following retirement from wrestling, Tomko currently works as a personal trainer.
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Sigrid ten Napel

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Sigrid ten Napel is one of the most talented actresses of her generation. From an early age she took drama lessons, after which she graduated from the Theatre Academy in Maastricht in 2015. Sigrid is known for the role of Nathalie van Walraven in the popular series Penoza and in the film Penoza: The Final Chapter. She also starred in series such as Lijn 32, Overspel 2, the French Canal + series Kill Skills and Ard's Der Amsterdam Krimi. She was nominated for a 2012 Golden Nutcracker in the television category for her roles in Overspel and Lijn 32. Sigrid can also be admired on the big screen. In 2014 she starred in Zomer, which earned her a Golden Calf nomination for Best Actress. She also starred in the feature film Prins (2015), directed by Sam de Jong which brought her another Golden Calf nomination, for Best Female Supporting Actress. Sigrid played leading roles in the films The Paradise Suite, Brasserie Valentijn, Riphagen, A Certain Kind of Silence, Ik Wist Het and, most recently, Trauma Porn Club. She has starred on stage in Mensen Zoals Jij, Sweet Sixteen and Edward 2 - The Gay King.
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