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Bret Hart

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Bret Sergeant Hart is a Canadian on-screen personality, writer, actor and retired professional and amateur wrestler. Like others in the Hart wrestling family, Hart has an amateur wrestling background, including wrestling at Ernest Manning High School and Mount Royal College. Along with his famed "Hit Man" nickname, Hart's agile, technical style earned him the moniker, "The Excellence of Execution". He was also known as "The Pink and Black Attack", in reference to his ring attire, as well as his signature mirrored sunglasses, which he would routinely give away to a young audience member before matches. Hart debuted in professional wrestling in 1978 with his father, Stu Hart's promotion, Stampede Wrestling, and enjoyed mainstream popularity and championship success throughout the 1980s and 1990s in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF—later WWE), where he helmed the Hart Foundation, a faction of Hart family members and allies. He defected to World Championship Wrestling (WCW) following the controversial "Montreal Screwjob" in 1997, where he enjoyed continued championship success until his departure from that promotion in 2000, due to a concussion that would force his retirement that same year. Hart became the on-screen commissioner of World Wrestling All-Stars (WWA) in 2001, but this role came to a premature conclusion when he suffered a 2002 stroke, which temporarily rendered him a wheelchair user. Upon recovering, he continued to make non-wrestling appearances with independent promotions throughout the remainder of the decade, and, in 2005, returned to WWE programming. Hart was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by former on-screen rival, Stone Cold Steve Austin, the following year. He returned to sporadic in-ring competition with WWE in 2010, where he won his final championship and also briefly served as the General Manager of Raw. Hart continues to make appearances on WWE programming. Hart has held championships in every decade from the 1970s onward, with a total of thirty-two held throughout his career, and seventeen held between the WWF/WWE and WCW. Among other accolades, he is a seven-time world champion, having held the WWF Championship five times (with the highest number of combined days as champion in the 1990s) and the WCW World Heavyweight Championship twice (being the first non-American born United States champion); a record-tying five-time WCW/WWE United States Champion, with his four WCW reigns being the most in the history of the organization; and the second WWF Triple Crown Champion. In addition to championships, he is the 1994 Royal Rumble winner (with Lex Luger), and the only two-time King of the Ring in WWE history, having won the 1991 tournament and the first King of the Ring pay-per-view in 1993. Hart has been described by WWE and WCW publications, fellow wrestlers, prominent industry figures and fans as one of the greatest, and most popular, professional wrestlers of all time. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bret Hart, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Sabine Bach

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Sabine Bach studierte nach dem Abitur an der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität in Frankfurt am Main zunächst Geschichte, Literaturwissenschaft und Psychologie. Aus privaten Gründen ging sie Ende der 1970er Jahre nach Paris. Dort besuchte sie die Schauspielschule Jacques Lecoq, absolvierte eine Ausbildung in Improvisation und Maske bei Guy Sheeley und nahm bei Carlo Basso Unterricht im Theaterspiel der Commedia dell’Arte. Nach Abschluss ihrer Schauspielausbildung spielte sie am Theater in Montpellier und im Kabarett Safari in Marseille. Ihre erste Filmrolle erhielt Sabine Bach 1980 von dem Regisseur Rudolf Thome, der sie in seinem Film Berlin Chamissoplatz in der Rolle der Anna besetzte. Mit Thome arbeitete Bach später noch mehrmals zusammen, so 1999 bei dem Film Paradiso – Sieben Tage mit sieben Frauen und 2000 in der Titelrolle der Venus in dem Film Venus Talking. 1984 spielte sie unter der Regie von Erwin Keusch in dessen Fernsehspiel Das leise Gift. Ab Mitte der 1990er Jahre begann dann auch ihre dauerhafte Karriere im deutschen Fernsehen. Bach übernahm hierbei mehrere durchgehende Serienrollen, Episodenrollen und auch Gastrollen. Bach war in durchgehenden Serienrollen unter anderem als Katharina Wagenfeld in der Sat1-Fernsehserie So ist das Leben! Die Wagenfelds, als Hannah Fink in der Serie CityExpress und als Karen Blumenberg in der SAT1-Serie Wahnsinnsweiber zu sehen. Bekanntheit erlangte Bach insbesondere durch die durchgehende Serienrolle der Maria Claasen in der ZDF-Fernsehserie Forsthaus Falkenau, wo sie von 2005 bis 2006 gemeinsam mit Volkert Kraeft spielte. Sie stellt darin eine Malerin dar, die sich in Dr. Fabritius, den weltmännischen Schulfreund des Försters, verliebt. Im Jahre 2006 übernahm Bach dann an der Seite von Walter Plathe die Rolle der sportlichen und lebensfrohen Lehrerin Anne Helligpeter in der ZDF-Fernsehserie Der Landarzt, die sie bis 2009 spielte. In der ARD-Telenovela Sturm der Liebe übernahm sie 2007 für einige Folgen die Rolle der Frau Dr. Padberg. Vom 22. Februar 2010 bis zum 24. Februar 2010 spielte sie in der Telenovela Alisa – Folge deinem Herzen die Rolle der Edith Castellhoff. Nach der Titeländerung auf Hanna – Folge deinem Herzen mit neuer Hauptdarstellerin ab Folge 241 ist sie in der Telenovela seit dem 25. Februar 2010 weiterhin in derselben Rolle zu sehen.
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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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Aaron Eckhart

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Aaron Edward Eckhart (born March 12, 1968) is an American actor. Born in Cupertino, California, Eckhart moved to the United Kingdom at early age, when his father relocated the family. Several years later, he began his acting career by performing in school plays, before moving to Australia for his high school senior year. He left high school without graduating, but earned a diploma through a professional education course, and graduated from Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1994 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree in film. For much of the mid-1990s, he lived in New York City as a struggling, unemployed actor. As an undergraduate at BYU, Eckhart met director and writer Neil LaBute, who cast him in several of his own original plays. Five years later Eckhart made a debut as an unctuous, sociopathic ladies' man in LaBute's black comedy film In the Company of Men (1997). Under LaBute's guidance he worked in the director's films Your Friends & Neighbors (1998), Nurse Betty (2000), and Possession (2002). Eckhart gained wide recognition as George in Steven Soderbergh's critically acclaimed film Erin Brockovich (2000), and, in 2006, he received a Golden Globe nomination for his portrayal of Nick Naylor in Thank You for Smoking. He gained further mainstream breakout in 2008 when he starred in the blockbuster Batman film The Dark Knight as District Attorney Harvey Dent / Two-Face. Eckhart's other key roles include The Pledge (2001), The Core (2003), Paycheck (2003), Rabbit Hole (2010), Battle: Los Angeles (2011), Olympus Has Fallen (2013) and its sequel London Has Fallen (2016), I, Frankenstein (2014), Sully (2016), Midway (2019) and Line Of Duty (2019).
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Soumitra Chatterjee

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Soumitra Chatterjee or Soumitra Chattopadhyay (Shoumitro Chôttopaddhae; born 19 January 1935) was an Indian Bengali film and stage actor and poet. He was best known for his collaborations with Oscar-winning film director Satyajit Ray, with whom he worked in fourteen films, and his constant comparison with the Bengali cinema screen idol Uttam Kumar, his contemporary leading man of the 1960s and 1970s. Soumitra Chatterjee is also the first Indian film personality to be conferred with the Commandeur de l’ Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France's highest award for artists. He is also the winner of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award which is India's highest award for cinema. Not only that, in 2017 exactly thirty years after auteur Satyajit Ray was honoured with France's highest civilian award, the coveted Legion of Honor, thespian Soumitra Chatterjee, arguably, the most prominent face of Ray's films, is set to receive the prestigious award. Starting with his debut film, Apur Sansar (The World of Apu, 1959), the third part of Apu Trilogy, he went on to work in several notable films with Ray, including Abhijan (The Expedition, 1962), Charulata (The Lonely Wife, 1964), Aranyer Din Ratri (Days and Nights in the Forest, 1969); Ashani Sanket (Distant Thunder, 1973); Sonar Kella (The Fortress, 1974) as Feluda and Joi Baba Felunath (The Elephant God, 1978) as Feluda, Ghare Baire (The Home and The World, 1984) and Ganashatru (Enemy of the People, 1989). Meanwhile, he also worked with other noted directors of Bengali cinema, with Mrinal Sen in Akash Kusum (Up in the Clouds, 1965), Tapan Sinha in Kshudhita Pashan (Hungry Stones, 1960), Jhinder Bandi (1961), Asit Sen in Swaralipi (1961), Ajoy Kar in Saat Pake Bandha (1963), Parineeta (1969), and Tarun Mazumdar in Sansar Simante (1975) and Ganadevata (1978). He acted more than 210 films in his career till 2016. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Government of India in 2004. In 2012, he received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's highest award in cinema given by the government of India for lifetime achievement. He has won two National Film Awards as an actor, and as an actor in Bengali theatre, he received the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1998, given by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama. In 2013, IBN LIVE named him as one of "The men who changed the face of the Indian Cinema". In 2014, he received the introductory Filmfare Awards East for Best Male Actor (Critics) for his role in Rupkatha Noy. Description above from the Wikipedia article Soumitra Chatterjee, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Shotaro Mamiya

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Shotaro Mamiya (間宮 祥太朗 Mamiya Shōtarō, born 11 June 1993) is a Japanese tarento and actor. He is represented with Tristone Entertainment Inc. Mamiya's real name is Shotaro Mawatari (馬渡祥太朗 Mawatari Shōtarō) and has nicknames such as "Shotaro" (祥太朗 Shōtarō), "Mamīnu" (まみーぬ, named by Takahisa Maeyama) and Mamitasu (まみたす, nicknamed by Dori Sakurada). His hobbies are playing guitar, watching films and listening to music. Mamiya's shoe size is 28 cm (11 in). He is often on good terms with fellow actors Ryo Narita, Dori Sakurada, and Yuma Yamoto on Twitter. Mamiya also professed that he sometimes meet Narita once in a month according to a variety show (Down Town DX). It is said that they are good friends from surrounding people, but they are suspected to be gay, but they have not denied it, and he told that he does not mind thinking of it. Mamiya's favourite actress is Kumiko Aso. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gore Vidal

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Eugene Luther Gore Vidal (born Eugene Louis Vidal; October 3, 1925 – July 31, 2012) was an American writer and public intellectual known for his epigrammatic wit. His novels and essays interrogated the social and cultural sexual norms he perceived as driving American life. Beyond literature, Vidal was heavily involved in politics. He unsuccessfully sought office twice as a Democratic Party candidate, first in 1960 to the U.S. House of Representatives (for New York), and later in 1982 to the U.S. Senate (for California). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gore Vidal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Tokuko Sugiyama

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Tokuko Sugiyama (杉山 とく子), also known by her birth name and former stage name Tokuko Sugiyama (杉山 徳子), was a Japanese actress born on August 16, 1926, in Tokyo. She is renowned for her notable roles in the film "The Town with a View of the Capsule" (キューポラのある街) and the TV dramas "Otoko wa Tsurai yo" (男はつらいよ) and "Wataru Seken wa Oni Bakari Series" (渡る世間は鬼ばかりシリーズ). After completing her education at Jissen Women's Academy Second High School, Sugiyama initially worked as a nursery school teacher and in Chiba Newspaper's advertising department. Her journey into the entertainment industry began when she applied to Toho's New Face audition and later joined the Bungakuza theater company in 1946. Following two years of training, she became a part of the Haiyūza theater company in 1948 and marked her stage debut with "Tooku e no Hitsuji Goya" (遠くへの羊飼い) the same year. Sugiyama's film debut occurred in 1949 with "Shiratori wa Kanashikarazu ya" (白鳥は悲しからずや). She played significant supporting roles throughout her career. Notably, in the TV drama "Otoko wa Tsurai yo," she portrayed Tora-san's sister, Tsune, and featured in various roles in the film series. From 1990 onward, she portrayed Hanako Noda, the mother-in-law of the main character, in the TV drama "Wataru Seken wa Oni Bakari." Even at the age of 66 in 1992, she continued her acting career from a nursing home in Saitama Prefecture. Sugiyama retired from the entertainment industry in 2005, with her final appearance in the 7th series of "Wataru Seken wa Oni Bakari." She passed away on August 28, 2014, at the age of 88 due to liver cancer. Throughout her career, Sugiyama often collaborated with Kunio Yamazaki, Aiko Nagayama, and Akiko Matsuda. She was a recurring cast member in films directed by Yoji Yamada. (Translated from Wikipedia Japan "杉山とく子")
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Mia Goth

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Mia Gypsy Mello da Silva Goth (born 1993) is an English actress and model best known for her work in the ongoing horror film franchise X (2022–present). Following a brief stint modeling as a teenager, Goth made her feature film debut in Nymphomaniac (2013). She went on to have supporting roles in the sci-fi thriller The Survivalist (2015), the sci-fi horror High Life (2018), the supernatural horror Suspiria (2018), and the romantic comedy Emma (2020). Goth starred in Ti West's slasher films X and Pearl (both 2022), the latter of which she also co-wrote.
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Daniel Bernhardt

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Daniel Bernhardt (born August 31, 1965) is a Swiss actor and martial arts expert who has appeared in a number of films and shows featuring martial arts action sequences, including little-known films like Future War (1997), series films like Bloodsport 2, 3, and 4 (in which he replaced actor and martial artist Jean-Claude Van Damme, star of the original film). He is well known for playing Siro, one of the main characters in the video game-inspired television show Mortal Kombat: Conquest. He had a supporting role in the box office hit The Matrix Reloaded, the second of the Matrix trilogy, as Agent Johnson, one of three newly upgraded agents. Description above from the Wikipedia article Daniel Bernhardt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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