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Tommy Flanagan

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Tommy Flanagan (born 3 July 1965) is a Scottish film actor. His distinctive facial scars are a result of a mugging. Flanagan was born in Glasgow, Scotland, the 3rd of five children. Flanagan first television roles were in Screen One, 1992 and Taggart in 1993. Flanagan worked in Carlyle's Raindog Theatre for three years before being cast in Braveheart (1995). He has had roles in Face/Off, The Game, Sunset Strip, Gladiator, Alien vs. Predator, Sin City, Smokin' Aces, Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball, When a Stranger Calls, All About the Benjamins, The Last Drop and the mini-series Attila. He is a regular cast member on Sons of Anarchy, in which he plays outlaw biker Filip "Chibs" Telford.
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Mary Birdsong

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Mary grew up in the small beach community of Long Beach Island, NJ, but her family hails from Louisiana. She graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in acting, and the Stella Adler Award for Outstanding Achievement in Acting. Recently Mary was also awarded an honorary Masters Degree in Acting from the American Conservatory Theatre (ACT) in San Francisco. Mary made her Broadway debut in "Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me" in 2006, for which she won the prestigious Theatre World Award. Mary also stared as rookie cop "Deputy Kimball" in Reno 911 on Comedy Central, and in the Fox feature film "Reno 911: Miami."
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Agustín Jiménez

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Humorista, actor, presentador y monologuista español. Es uno de los creadores e impulsores del género de stand up en España así como un referente imprescindible como intérprete y autor. Ha participado en múltiples cadenas de televisión como actor, presentador, showman, y ocasionalmente como guionista. Se dio a conocer en la cadena televisiva Paramount Comedy. Es uno de los fundadores de la emisora comunitaria Radio Enlace (Madrid). Actualmente centra su carrera en la interpretación teatral donde ha obtenido reconocimiento del público y de la crítica, protagonizando varias obras de éxito comercial.
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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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Benno Sterzenbach

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Benno Sterzenbach (born 3 March 1916 Osnabrück - died 13 September 1985 Feldafing) was a German cinema and theatre actor and director. His first major role on stage was Götz von Berlichingen at which he played next to Ellen Schwiers as Adelheid at the Jagsthausen festival. On television, he is mostly known for his roles in filmed theatrical adaptations: Der Richter und sein Henker (1957) by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Der Schlaf der Gerechten (1962) by Albrecht Goes and Mirandolina (1963) by Carlo Goldoni. Suspected of espionage due to his editorial relations, he was arrested by the Gestapo in 1941, and imprisoned for a month, during which time he protested his innocence. He was eventually freed after his case was expedited. This episode was repeated in a number of his plays. With Paths in Twilight in 1948, he made his cinematic debut under the direction of Gustav Fröhlich. In 1960, he was in one of the first films by Edgar Wallace after the war: Der Rächer. In the same year, he was in Es ist soweit. In 1966, he acted alongside Heinz Reincke in one of the first German colour television series, Adrian der Tulpendieb. After acting in 1962 in Max the Pickpocket with Heinz Rühmann, in 1964 he played the role of a doctor in Flug in Gefahr, a film which started a long series of films based on plane crashes. Benno Sterzenbach found most success in the role of General Winston Woodrov Wamsler in Raumpatrouille – Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion. After this, he was invited to series such as Die fünfte Kolonne, Derrick and The Old Fox. In France, he is best known for his role as Major Achbach in La Grande Vadrouille with Louis de Funès and Bourvil. Benno Sterzenbach has also written a number of books. Source: Article "Benno Sterzenbach" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Sondra James

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Sondra James (July 21, 1939 - September 12, 2021) was an American sound coordinator and actress. She appeared in films such as the Oscar-winning film Joker (2019), Emma Seligman's directorial debut Shiva Baby (2020), and a very small role in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017). She also did ADR voice casting for multiple films such as Wes Anderson's The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) and Mike Nichols' Closer (2004). On September 12th, 2021, she passed away in New York City after a five-month battle with lung cancer.
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Fred Graham

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Fred Graham (1908 – 1979) was an American actor and stuntman, who performed in scores of films from the 1930s. A semi-professional baseball player, Graham appeared mainly in Westerns, doing stunts and playing opposite John Wayne among others. He also featured alongside Wayne in several films with director John Ford. He played small roles in two Alfred Hitchcock films, notably Vertigo, as the Police Officer who falls to his death in its famous opening scene while trying to help James Stewart. He continued working in films to the 1970s. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fred Graham (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Melissa Jaffer

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Melissa Jaffer (born December 1, 1936) is an Australian actress. She is best known for her television roles, but has also appeared in many Australian films. Jaffer has made many appearances in television series, including Kings, Mother and Son, G. P., Brides of Christ, Grass Roots and All Saints. Jaffer is probably best known to international audiences for her role as aging mystic Utu-Noranti Pralatong in the science fiction series Farscape. In 1976, Jaffer tied for the first AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role opposite Jacki Weaver for her performance in Caddie. In 1980 she played the part of Cousin Edie in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's children's television series The Nargun and the Stars. In the 2015 film Mad Max: Fury Road she played the role of "Keeper of the Seeds". The short film Dear Life is her latest project.
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Alex West

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Alex Chatmon West is an actor and 23X international award-winning filmmaker (4X Platinum) that is best known for his work on This is Me Now, Harvested, Harvested 2, Blood & Water, Angie's Cure, A Holiday Change, Dread, Space Juice and Don't Shoot. As a brass knuckle self taught filmmaker, Alex's films are streaming on Roku, Samsung TV, LG TV and multiple other platforms where they are free to the public. He is enthralled with inspiring, helping and motivating other's by creating content and opportunities through his companies, Culture Forward Media Group and Culture Forward TV. The LA native is married to Ruby Lee Dove II who is also an actor and producer. A former semi-professional basketball player, Alex is also a polymath, artist, and philanthropist. His next films are Harvested 3 (2024) and This is Your Driver (2024), both belonging to the horror / thriller genre. Alex favorite quotes: "You can swallow a pint of your own blood before you get sick". - Fight Club
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Shannon Wilcox

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Shannon Wilcox was widely known for her acting on the big screen. Wilcox's early roles were in comedies like "Songwriter" (1984) starring Willie Nelson, the Robert Redford film "Legal Eagles" (1986) and "Hollywood Harry" (1986) with Robert Forster and Kate Forster. She also appeared in the TV movie "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery" (NBC, 1978-79). She kept working in film throughout the nineties, starring in the dramatic musical "For the Boys" (1991) with Bette Midler, the dramedy "There Goes My Baby" (1994) with Dermot Mulroney and the Dana Delany comedy adaptation "Exit to Eden" (1994). Wilcox had a number of different projects under her belt in the nineties and the early 2000s, including the Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt box office smash "Seven" (1995), "Dear God" with Greg Kinnear (1996) and the Julia Roberts and Richard Gere box office smash "Runaway Bride" (1999). Her credits also expanded to "The Other Sister" (1999) starring Juliette Lewis and the Julie Andrews and Anne Hathaway smash hit "The Princess Diaries" (2001). Most recently, Wilcox acted in "Ready or Not" (2009) with Christian Oliver. Wilcox was married to Alex Rocco.
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