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Curtiss Cook Jr.

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Curtiss Cook Jr is a Harlem school of the arts graduate, who starred in Sundance hit Gook, Ryan Koo's Amateur and Jay Dockendorf's Naz & Maalik among several others. His role in Chris Morris' The Day Shall Come is one of his proudest to date. In addition to his film accomplishments, A versatile actor, he gained his regional theater debut in Brownsville Song (b-side for tray) for The Long Wharf Theater and The Philadelphia Theater Company. Following this success, Curtiss made his Off-Broadway debut in the Classic Stage Company's production of Mother Courage and Her Children, and Parable of The Sower which gave him his debut at NY's Public Theatre. On television, his credits include Power, Bull, The Path, Orange is the New Black and a powerful role in NBC's Manifest. His upcoming role in Stephen King's The Stand miniseries for CBS is surely not to be missed. He is represented by Take 3 Talent Agency & Connecting Talent Company, along with Ingber & Associates for commercial rep.
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Fan Bingbing

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Fan Bing Bing (范冰冰, Fan Bingbing) (born 16 September 1981) is a Chinese actress, television producer and pop singer. Fan rose to fame in East Asia in 1998–1999 with the mega-hit TV series My Fair Princess. In 2003, she starred in Cell Phone, which became the highest-grossing Chinese film of the year, and received critical acclaim at the Hundred Flowers Award. Since then, she has starred in many films, most notably The Matrimony (2007), Lost in Beijing (2007), Buddha Mountain (2011) and Double Xposure (2012), where she received awards from prestigious award ceremonies such as the Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards, Eurasia International Film Festival, Tokyo International Film Festival, Beijing College Student Film Festival and Huading Awards. Fan has also participated in many foreign-language films, such as the French film Stretch (2011), the Korean film My Way (2011) and the Hollywood blockbuster X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014). Description above from the Wikipedia article Fan Bingbing, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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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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Olga Karlatos

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Olga Karlatos (Greek: Όλγα Καρλάτου; born 20 April 1947) is a Greek actress known primarily for performing in Italian horror cinema .Karlatos is best known for performances in such films as Zombi 2, Murder Rock, Purple Rain, My Friends and Once Upon A Time In America. In 2007 Karlatos graduated from Kent University with a law degree and was admitted to the Bermuda Bar Association in 2010. She moved to Bermuda with her husband, famous animator Arthur Rankin Jr., and continued living there after his death in 2014.
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Samuel Johnson

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Samuel Joseph Johnson OAM (born 1978) is an award winning Australian actor, radio presenter, voiceover artist and philanthropist. He is best known for his roles in the television series The Secret Life of Us (AFI award - Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role TV), Rush, After the Deluge and the miniseries Molly (AACTA Award for Best Lead Actor in a Television Drama). He also won the Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality on TV in 2017 and set a world record for the longest unicycle journey (raising $1.5m for charity) in 2014.
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Josh Thomson

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Josh Thomson is a Timaru born idiot from sturdy South Island and even sturdier Tongan Island Stock. He studied Theatre and Film at the University of Otago and now has a useless Bachelor of Arts somewhere at his parent's house. Josh arrived in Auckland to do stand up comedy and appeared in a couple of "Pulp Comedy's", but took up acting because actors get lunch, and most of the time they don't have to pay for it. He's graced the small screen in some iconic commercials and several TV series that no one watched such as "Terry Teo", "Hounds", "Coverband", the voice of the tubby ginger kid in "Barefoot Bandits" and in his first feature film lead role as Gary in Gary of the Pacific. Josh continues to work as an actor, MC and comedian when he is not doing his new job, appearing as an idiot on the daily news show "The Project". He's toured with NZ's best comedians from "7 Days" doing stand up and the 7 Days:Live show the length of the country. In demand for his MC skills he's hosted the NZ Film Awards, the 48 Hour Film awards, various corporate events and even guest spots at the NZ Music awards. He still loves working behind the scenes as a director, writer, editor and whatever else he can do to pay for the new floor in the laundry since he broke the last one when he tried to fix it himself.
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Laura Stetman

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Laura Stetman was born Laura Noelle Stetman on January 24, and has been performing since she was 3 years old. As a young child she was heard up in her bedroom portraying many Disney characters. At the age of 6 years old she would have her first role as a singing plate and an old beggar woman in her school play Beauty and the Beast. At age seven, Laura's family moved to the small town of Steamboat Springs, Colorado. She continued regular schooling along with expanding her acting range at the Perry Mansfield's summer performing arts camp. After one summer of performing arts camp, she declared to she would pursue her career as an actress/singer to her parents. After leaving her small mountain town she ventured to Southern California, attending one of the top film acting school's in Los Angeles: Gary Spatz The Playground A Young Actor's Conservatory where she would have the privilege of working with coach Gayla Goehl, Faran Fonte and Gary Spatz himself. Shortly after graduating from Gary Spatz's The Playground Acting School, she landed her first commercial, was pursued by her first talent agency, and became a member of Sag-Aftra. Since then she has starred in many short films, features, TV series, and web series, including the nominated tv series "Skitz", where she got her start playing various dramatic and comedic roles on Three60TV. After landing a principal role in Universal Studio's "HHN 2019" commercial as Jenny opposite Universal's Slimer from the iconic movie Ghost Busters, her career took off in performing co-star and guest starring roles on Disney Plus's "The Right Stuff", and Wild Dog's Productions "Woods of Purgatory". She would then go on to star in leading roles in many feature films and short films. The actress is best known for her lead roles as 'Vera' in the sci fi dramatic feature film "The Connection", 'Ashley Page' in the horror comedy feature film "American Bigfoot", and 'Yessica Underhill' in the Found Footage horror feature film "The Zand Order". - IMDb Mini Biography By: Laura Stetman
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Martin Jarvis

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Martin Jarvis OBE is one of Britain's most versatile leading actors. His distinguished career continues to encompass just about every aspect of the entertainment industry: film, television, theatre, radio and audio recording. He is also the author of two bestselling books: a hilarious autobiography Acting Strangely and a compelling account of his award-winning time on Broadway in 2001: Broadway, Jeeves - The Diary of a Theatrical Adventure, both published by Methuen. In 2010 he starred as Vincent Hogg in a new production of Agatha Christie's The Mirror Cracked in ITV/WGHB's popular 'Miss Marple' series. In 2009, he starred in BBC2's comedy/drama Taking the Flak, receiving outstanding reviews for his performance as national treasure tv journalist David Bradburn. He stars in the feature film Neander Jin - Return of the Neanderthal Man (US/ Germany co-production, 2010) as Peter Blodnik, network mogul.
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Lara Goodison

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Lara Goodison (born 1989 or 1990) is an English actress. Goodison is from Oxshott, Surrey, and was educated at St Teresa's School and Hurtwood House. She first gained public attention when she became a contestant on Shipwrecked in 2008, aged 18. During this she was placed 18th by Nuts in their list of the 50 Sexiest Reality TV Babes in May 2008. Prior to Shipwrecked, she had worked part-time in an old people's home, but after returning she pursued a career in acting, despite having no professional training. She appeared in the Doctor Who episode "The Next Doctor", before being cast alongside Samuell Benta, Matt Kane, Connor Scarlett and Tosin Cole in a main role as 17-year-old Marla Mackinnon in the BBC series The Cut, a role she continued in for the second and third series as well. She is the only actor to have appeared in every single episode of the drama series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lara Goodison, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Justine Lupe

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Justine Lupe is an American actress and producer from Denver, Colorado, who graduated from Julliard in 2011. She is best known for her role as Willa in HBO's Succession, as well as roles in a variety of films and television, most recently Mr. Mercedes, The Marvelous Ms. Maisel & The Luckiest Girl Alive. Justine Lupe is an American actress known for her work in both television and film. She has showcased her talent through various roles, earning recognition for her performances. Lupe gained attention for her role as Holly Gibney in the television series "Mr. Mercedes," based on the novel by Stephen King. She is also recognized for her portrayal of Willa, a young playwright entangled in the lives of the ultra-wealthy Roy family, in the critically acclaimed series "Succession."
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