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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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William Dembski

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. William Albert "Bill" Dembski (born July 18, 1960) is an American analytic philosopher, known as a proponent of intelligent design and for the concept of specified complexity. He is currently a Research Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Center for Cultural Engagement at the Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary at Fort Worth, Texas, and a senior fellow of the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture. He is the author of a number of books about intelligent design, including The Design Inference (1998), Intelligent Design: The Bridge between Science and Theology (1999), The Design Revolution (2004), The End of Christianity (2009), and Intelligent Design Uncensored (2010). The concept of intelligent design involves the argument that an overarching intelligence is responsible for the complexity of life, and that it can be detected empirically. Dembski postulates that probability theory can be used to prove irreducible complexity, or what he calls specified complexity. The theory of intelligent design in general—and Dembski's concept of specified complexity in particular—are seen by the scientific community as a contemporary form of creationism, drawn from a conservative Christian set of religious beliefs attempting to portray itself as science. Description above from the Wikipedia article William A. Dembski, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Paul Zachary Myers

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Paul Zachary "PZ" Myers (born March 9, 1957) is an American biology professor at the University of Minnesota Morris (UMM) and the author of the science blog Pharyngula. He is currently an associate professor of biology at UMM, works with zebrafish in the field of evolutionary developmental biology (evo-devo), and also cultivates an interest in cephalopods. He has published numerous research papers in Nature and other notable scientific journals. He is a public critic of intelligent design (ID) and of the creationist movement in general and is an activist in the American creation–evolution controversy. He is widely regarded as a confrontationalist. In 2006, the journal Nature listed his blog, Pharyngula, as the top-ranked blog written by a scientist. Additionally, PZ Myers was the recipient of the Humanist of the Year award in 2009. Asteroid 153298 Paulmyers is named in his honor. Description above from the Wikipedia article PZ Myers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Chuck Picerni Jr.

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Chuck Picerni's unique array of talents as a Director, 2nd Unit Director, and Stunt Coordinator/Action Expert has enable him to create, capture, and deliver the kind of action films audiences have been parking theaters to see for years! A driving force behind some of Hollywood's Top Blockbusters, his work has helped bring in over 3 billion in box office receipts. Chuck has been one of the industry's most exciting "Go To" creative forces. Chuck has been in the industry for over 36 years and there are no signs of him or his reputation that precedes him slowing down. Chuck's action career began as an elite stunt performer on the original series "Starsky and Hutch." Through his creative talent and vision, Chuck emerged as one of the most successful and sought after Director's and Stunt Coordinator of the industry
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Gigi Parrish

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From Wikipedia Gigi Parrish was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts as Katherine Gertrude McElroy, and raised in Hartford, Connecticut. Her mother died in 1918, and McElroy and her siblings were put up for adoption. After adoption by a wealthy family, she and her step-siblings were tutored by author Dillwyn Parrish. Although he was eighteen years her senior, the two fell in love, and at the age of fifteen she married Parrish, under the name Gertrude McElroy. For their honeymoon, she and her husband started out on motorcycles from his family's home in Claymont, Delaware, intending to drive across the country to California. Parrish was severely injured in an accident in the Southwestern United States and, once she was physically able, they completed the remainder of the journey via train. In 1929, she and her husband moved permanently to California, where, a few years later, Parrish was signed to a contract with Samuel Goldwyn's motion picture company. In 1933 she made her film debut in Roman Scandals, starring Eddie Cantor and Gloria Stuart. Parrish became a "WAMPAS Baby Star", touring the country to promote motion pictures through the Shriners sponsorship. In 1934 she appeared in secondary roles in six more films. Gigi and Dillwyn Parrish rented a beach house in Laguna Beach, next door to Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher and her husband Alfred Fisher, with whom they became good friends. Her husband fell in love with Mary Fisher at a point when the marriage was already in difficulty. By the time both couples divorced, Parrish had already fallen in love with journalist and screenwriter John Weld (1905-2003). After appearing in nine films, she gave up her acting career and married Weld in 1937. From 1949 to 1965 she and her husband published The Laguna Beach Post, at which time she was known as Katherine Weld. Her husband John Weld died in 2003 in Dana Point, California, aged 98, after 66 years of marriage. Parrish died three years later, aged 93.
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Taliesin Jaffe

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Taliesin Jaffe (born January 19, 1977) is an American voice director, script writer, voice actor, and former child actor. Jaffe was born in Los Angeles, California. He is known for directing and writing many English language anime titles for New Generation Pictures, most notably R.O.D the TV and Hellsing. He is also co-directing BECK: Mongolian Chop Squad with Christopher Bevins for FUNimation. Together with Amanda Winn Lee and Jason C. Lee, he recorded commentary tracks for the North American DVD release of the films Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth and The End of Evangelion. Jaffe has also written many articles and spoken as a guest lecturer at universities and libraries. Description above from the Wikipedia article Taliesin Jaffe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Dan Payne

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​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dan Payne (born August 4, 1972) is a Canadian actor best known for playing the role of John in the television series Alice, I Think. Among his numerous television appearances was in an advertisement for Speakeasy from Esat Digifone, an Irish mobile phone operator now owned by O2. He also played the part of the Kull Warriors in Stargate SG-1, and the Wraith king in the Stargate Atlantis episode Sateda. Recently, Payne appeared as Nathan Davidson, a married, sexually-repressed father in Mulligans, and also as Dollar Bill in Watchmen. He is currently in development on a new television series entitled "Pucked" to be launched on the web. He is playing the lead role of Andy Zirkor. An internet campaign to promote the series has been started with an Andy Zirkor facebook page where fans can interact and be a part of Andy's world. Dan is also starring as "Divine" in a the web based television series Divine: The Series. The Vancouver, BC, Canada based project is set to be released in 2011. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dan Payne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Daren Donofrio

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Daren Donofrio is an actor and freelance video editor based out of New York City. He has appeared on critically-acclaimed dramatic series such as: FBI: Most Wanted (2020), Bull (2016), The Plot Against America (2020), Manhunt (2017), The Equalizer (2021), and co-starred opposite Academy Award winner Russell Crowe on The Loudest Voice (2019). Being an avid horror fan, he was thrilled to earn a co-starring role in the Bad Robot/ Stephen King miniseries, Lisey's Story (2021). Daren recently completed shooting roles on New Amsterdam (2018) and on the return of Law & Order (1990). Since 2016, he has been the voice of a national Velveeta/ Rotel ad campaign, represented BMW in a national comedic spot, and he had two international car commercials for a 2020 Opel campaign that aired throughout 50+ countries. Additionally, he is experienced in English dubbing and character voiceover, lending his talents to video games, anime, and multiple foreign language films on Netflix.
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Austin Haynes

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Austin Haynes is a British child actor best known for playing Thomas in The Railway Children Return (2022). Austin landed his first cast TV role within a year of taking up acting, in popular BBC1 drama The A Word, where he plays the role of Olly Chapman. Since then Austin has worked consistently in film and television. Austin is a keen guitarist and his first breakthrough role was busking on the streets in the iconic Co-op advert for Christmas in 2020 to Oasis' Round Are Way with younger brother, Rocco.
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Heikki Kinnunen

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Heikki Kinnunen (born 8 April 1946, in Raahe) is a Finnish actor, who became well known in the beginning of the 1970s in the comedy program Ällitälli. Kinnunen was known specially for his roles in comedy films and -series. He has played the leading role in Vääpeli Körmy films and appeared in five Uuno Turhapuro films. Kinnunen's most famous comedic catch-phrase is "Onks Viljoo näkyny?" ("You seen Viljo?") born from a skit in which he shows up asking people this question then inquiring something about what they are currently doing. Who Viljo is or why Kinnunen's character is looking for him is never explained in the skits themselves. Source: Article "Heikki Kinnunen" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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