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Kersti Tombak

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Kersti Tombak (born April 30, 1977) is an Estonian actress. She graduated from the Viljandi College of Culture with a major in performing arts in 1999. Worked as an actress in Rakvere Theater from 1999 to 2005. Since 2005, she has been a freelance actor, playing supporting parts in the production "Andmed Liina Pihlapuust" by the NGO Oma Lava, in the summer production "Tsepeliin" by Tõstamaa manor, etc. In 2011, she had a part in the Estonian Television children's series "Nöbinina". In 2016, she played the family nurse Ester Käbin in the TV3 series "Doktor Silva". She has also played in the series "Kartulid ja apelsinid", "Pilvede all" and "Padjaklubi".
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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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Jiří Hubač

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Jiří Hubač (27 August 1929 Prague - 27 September 2011 Prague) was a Czech playwright and screenwriter. He began his career as a playwright in Czechoslovak Television as a playwright after 1961, and since 1974 he has been a freelance professor. He has worked with Jaroslav Dietl before, and his own significant success has been achieved by Ikarův pád (1977) and Ripe Raspberries (1981). His effort was to create custom-made roles for selected actors, he had the support of his approach in his close collaborator, director František Filip. Also, his television series Dobra Voda (1982) and Sanitka (1985) recorded great acclaim. He has drafted a number of novels, such as King Krysa from James Clavell or The Chime ringing from Ernest Hemingway. In 1989 he was appointed a deserving artist and in 2000 he was featured in the TV Hall of Fame at the TYT Awards. He also received the Trilobit Prize and the Vladislav Vančura Prize. Jiří Hubač is buried at the Kyjov cemetery in Prague 9. (Wikipedia)
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Sándor Csányi

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Csányi Sándor (Budapest, 1975. december 19. – ) Jászai Mari-díjas magyar színész. Gyermekkora óta színésznek készült. Az általános iskola elvégzése után épületgépészeti szakközépiskolában tanult. Érettségi után a kaposvári Csiky Gergely Színházban segédszínészként tanulta a színészmesterséget. 1997-ben negyedik felvételije sikeres volt a Színház- és Filmművészeti Főiskolára, Marton László osztályába. A főiskola elvégzése után, 2001-ben, a Krétakör Színház tagja lett. 2002 és 2012 között a Radnóti Miklós Színház tagja, ezt követően elvállalta a Thália Színház művészeti vezetését. Évek óta kerüli a sajtónyilvánosságot, ritkán nyilatkozik karitatív, a Hospice Alapítványnál végzett tevékenységéről. Forrás: Wikipédia
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Ariel Schulman

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Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman are a directing team, producers, best buds, and founders of the New York City production company Supermarché. They directed two films in 2016 -- Nerve, a summer hit released by Lionsgate, starring Emma Roberts and Dave Franco, and Viral, a low budget horror movie starring Sofia Black-D'Elia and Analeigh Tipton. They also executive produced the 2016 Sundance Film Festival hit White Girl, directed by Elizabeth Wood, which was picked up by Netflix and will be released theatrically in September. Their first feature documentary, Catfish, premiered at the Sundance film festival where it received critical acclaim and went on to a nationwide release in Fall 2010. Their next feature, Paranormal Activity 3, released by Paramount Pictures in 2011, opened to rave reviews and remains the highest grossing horror opening in history. Their second film in the franchise, Paranormal Activity 4 was released in October, 2012. The two combined have grossed $350 million dollars. Henry and Rel are also Executive Producers on Catfish the TV Show, and have directed dozens of commercials and short films including A Brief History of John Baldessari, narrated by Tom Waits, which has been screened at over 75 film festivals worldwide. Their 2011 Google commercial Dear Sophie was named Time Magazine's Best Commercial of the Year. They have also made a number of short films for Vogue Magazine starring Lena Dunham, Margot Robbie, and Taylor Swift, accumulating over 5 million views. In addition to several projects in development, Henry & Rel wrote and are attached to direct an adaptation of Edward Abbey's novel The Monkey Wrench Gang, to be produced by Ed Pressman and Gary Burden.
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John Coghlan

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John Robert Coghlan (born 19 September 1946) is an English musician, best known as the original drummer of the rock band Status Quo. The son of a Glasgow-born father and a London-born half-French mother, Coghlan grew up in Dulwich and was educated at Kingsdale Comprehensive School. He left school at 15 to begin an apprenticeship as a mechanic. He attended drumming tuition under Lloyd Ryan, who also taught Phil Collins the drum rudiments. John Coghlan joined Status Quo, then called The Scorpions (latterly The Spectres), in early 1962 after a meeting with bassist Alan Lancaster, guitarist Francis Rossi and keyboard player Jess Jaworski. "The three of them were playing away through a single Vox AC30 amplifier," he recalled. "But it sounded amazing and that was the start of it all." Coghlan played on the first fourteen Quo albums, including their first and most successful live album, Live! in 1977, and songs such as Caroline", "Down Down", "Rockin' All Over the World" and "Whatever You Want". While Quo were recording what became their 1+9+8+2 album, Coghlan unexpectedly quit after almost twenty years of being in the line-up. According to Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt, Coghlan went into the studio, sat behind his kit, "tapped around" on it, "then he got up, kicked the whole kit apart, walked out and that was that." "It had been creeping up on me," the drummer explained. "I always felt that we never got enough rest; there were parties every night… Also, things weren't happy for me at home in those days, and nobody in the band was too interested in anybody else's problems… It was such a shame, because the original band were shit-hot and we allowed it to fall apart… Alan [Lancaster] told everybody when I left the room that I'd be back the next day. In fact, I was on a plane, going home." Coghlan was replaced by Pete Kircher, formerly of the 1960s band Honeybus. Subsequently, Coghlan played with Partners in Crime, but the band failed to earn major attention. He also played on a one-off single by The Rockers, a supergroup also featuring Roy Wood, Phil Lynott and Chas Hodges. Their "We Are The Boys (Who Make All The Noise)", a rock and roll medley, was released in November 1983 and made No. 79 in the chart. His own band, John Coghlan's Diesel, was a loose ensemble of musicians he'd known in his years with Quo, notably Bob Young and Andy Bown. Diesel never signed a proper recording contract. Coghlan continued to play in his own solo bands mostly known as John Coghlan's Quo, and also with members from other bands, including members from well known Quo tribute acts, including Rick Abbs (Dog of Two Head), Rick Chase and Mick Hughes from Predatur. He also leads the John Coghlan Band, or JCB, which comprises the members of the 12 bar boogie rock band and the King Earl Boogie Band (with former members of Mungo Jerry). In 2012 Coghlan, along with bandmates Rick Parfitt, Francis Rossi and Alan Lancaster, reunited for a special one-off jam session at Shepperton Studios for the band's first ever cinematic documentary Hello Quo!, directed by Alan G. Parker. It was the first time the four had all been in the same room and played together since Coghlan left in 1981. ... Source: Article "John Coghlan (drummer)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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James Caitlin

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James Caitlin is an Australian actor. Caitlin is a graduate (Bachelor of Arts Performance) of Theatre Nepean, the University of Western Sydney's, School of Visual and Performing Arts. He began his acting career in Sydney, at The Ensemble Theatre, studying with Hayes Gordon. James continued to study various screen acting and voice techniques at Screenwise, Lower Eastside Studios (Australia), The Actor's Centre, Screenskill, The Australian Film, Television and Radio School, and Kathy Evans Voice Management.
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Michael Hirsh

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Michael Hirsh is a Canadian producer born in Brussels, Belgium to Polish parents. His parents met at a dance in Brussels after the Holocaust. His family relocated to Canada when he was three year old. He attended York University in Toronto, Ontario. In 1971, Hirsh co-founded the animation studio Nelvana. In 2000, Nelvana was purchased by Corus Entertainment. Hirsh held the position CEO of Nelvana until 2002. In 2003, he led a group which purchased the animation company Cinar Corporation, rebranding it Cookie Jar Entertainment. In 2012, DHX Media acquired Cookie Jar and appointed Hirsh as Executive Chairman and a board member. He stayed at the company until late 2015. In 2016, Hirsh launched a new animation-focused entertainment company, Wow! Unlimited Media.
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Henry Thia

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Henry Thia is a Singaporean actor and comedian. Thia was a member of the main cast of Comedy Nite throughout its run. Although he had many roles in various sketches, his most memorable role is probably Lion King in the sketch series Liang Ximei. He made a transition to English television in 2004, where he played the recurring role of Georgie Gan in Police & Thief. Thia is also known to the public for his strikingly similar looks to Singaporean politician Khaw Boon Wan, a fact he often acknowledges by jokingly referring to Khaw as his twin.
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Ginette Leclerc

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Ginette Leclerc  (9 February 1912 – 2 January 1992) was a French film actress. She appeared in nearly 90 films between 1932 and 1978. Her last TV appearance was in 1981. She was born Geneviève Lucie Menut in Paris, France and died in Paris. She is possibly best-remembered for her roles in such films as Le Corbeau (1943), L'homme de nulle part (1937), The Baker's Wife (1938), Cab Number 13 (1948), and Tropic of Cancer (1970). Description above from the Wikipedia article Ginette Leclerc, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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