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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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Tina Pica

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia : Tina Pica (31 March 1884 in Naples – 16 July 1968 in Naples) was an Italian supporting actress who played character roles on stage. Her film debut came in 1935 with Il cappello a tre punte. In the 1950s, she became a celebrity thanks to her role as Caramella in the successful film series Pane, amore e fantasia (1953),Pane, amore e gelosia (1954), Pane, amore e... (1955), Pane, amore e Andalusia (1958) and the last one, Pane, amore e così sia(which was never filmed).
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Abhirami Venkatachalam

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Abhirami Iyer was born on 9th March in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Her family is now residing in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Her father name is Venkatachalam. She completed her schooling in Sri Shankara Senior Secondary School, Chennai, India. She is a trained Bharatnatyam dancer and as per her interest, she joined in Kalakshatra and learned other forms of dances. After finished her course in Kalakshatra, she started her modelling career. Abhirami Iyer has appeared in various television commercials like Kalamkari, Kalyan Jewellers, and others. She is also the title winner of Miss Tamil Nadu 2017 contest. Abhirami Iyer started her acting career with the music video “Love Me Lovely Lady ” by the Madras Meter Musical as a lead artist. In the year 2017, she made her debut movie “Kalavu,” along with Kalaiyarasan. Abhirami Iyer has acted with some of the famous celebrities like Venkat Prabhu, Vatsan Chakravarthy and Chinni Jayanth.
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Reiner Schöne

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Reiner Schöne (born 19 January 1942) is a German actor, known for such roles as Dukhat in the Babylon 5 series, Shinnok in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation, Esoqq in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Allegiance", Kolitar in the television series Sliders and The Eiger Sanction as Karl Freytag, and as Optimus Prime in the German dub of the live-action Transformers film series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Reiner Schöne, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Melvin Sia

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Melvin Sia is a Malaysian Chinese actor, model and singer. He won the Best Actor Award at the inaugural Malaysia Golden Awards for his role in "Romantic Delicacies" (2009). He also won Most Popular Actor in Viewers' Choice category at the same award show. Sia had studied architecture at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia before joining the Malaysian regional edition of Star Search 2003 and went into showbiz after finishing in the top 6. He has starred in a number of telemovies and also made his Singapore cinema debut in "Dance Dance Dragon" (2012) opposite veterans Adrian Pang, Dennis Chew and Kym Ng. In 2012, he debuted in a mainland Chinese idol drama through "Love Destiny" alongside Chinese actress Qi Wei.
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Jean Stapleton

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Jean Stapleton was born Jeanne Murray in Manhattan, New York City, to Marie A. (Stapleton), an opera singer, and Joseph Edward Murray, a billboard advertising salesman. Her paternal grandparents were Irish. She was a cousin of actress Betty Jane Watson. Other relatives in show business were her uncle, Joseph E. Deming, a vaudevillian; and her brother Jack Stapleton, a stage actor. She graduated from Wadleigh High School, NYC, in 1939, and attended Hunter College. She worked as a secretary before becoming an actress. Stapleton made her stage debut at the Greenwood Playhouse, Peaks Island, Maine, in the summer of 1941, and her New York stage debut in "The Corn Is Green" (1948). She appeared on Broadway in the musicals "Damn Yankees" (1955) and "Bells Are Ringing" (1956), and later repeated her roles in the movie versions (Damn Yankees (1958) and Bells Are Ringing (1960)). Her other Broadway roles included the original companies of "Rhinoceros" (1961) and "Funny Girl" (1964). Stapleton also played Abby Brewster in the 1986-87 revival of "Arsenic and Old Lace".
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Michael Fassbender

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Michael Fassbender (born 2 April 1977) is an Irish actor. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Critics' Choice Movie Award, and nominations for two Academy Awards, four British Academy Film Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. Born in Heidelberg and raised in Killarney, Fassbender made his feature film debut as a Spartan warrior in the fantasy war epic 300 (2006). His earlier roles included various stage productions, as well as starring roles on television such as in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers (2001) and the Sky One fantasy drama Hex (2004–05). He first came to prominence for his role as IRA volunteer Bobby Sands in Hunger (2008), for which he won a British Independent Film Award. Subsequent roles include the independent film Fish Tank (2009), as a Royal Marines lieutenant in Inglourious Basterds (2009), as Edward Rochester in the 2011 film adaptation of Jane Eyre, as Carl Jung in A Dangerous Method (2011), as the sentient android, David 8, in Ridley Scott's Prometheus (2012) and its sequel, Alien: Covenant (2017), and in the musical comedy drama Frank (2014) as an eccentric musician loosely inspired by Frank Sidebottom. The actor’s former girlfriend, Sunawin “Leasi” Andrews, says she was the victim of domestic abuse at the hands of Fassbender in 2009. Andrews filed a restraining order in March 2010, requesting Fassbender stay at least 100 yards away from her and her two children. She also sought $24,000 to pay for medical bills that were the result of the injuries she says she suffered after Fassbender abused her on multiple occasions. One instance of abuse allegedly occurred after Fassbender and Andrews were having dinner with friends at a restaurant. The court filings say Fassbender became angry with Andrews after one of her ex-boyfriends came over to their table to say hello. The actor’s anger carried over to the car ride home. “I went to the hospital and had a twisted left ankle, blown out left knee cap and a bursted ovarian cyst,” Andrews’ filing reads. “Lots of internal bleeding.” A second instance of abuse reportedly occurred at a July 2009 film festival. Fassbender had been partying late and came back to his hotel room with a friend and the two tried to get into bed with Andrews. She says she ended up checking into another room so she could avoid the two men. The next morning Andrews found Fassbender “sleeping in urine” and when she tried to wake him up, he allegedly threw her over a chair and broke her nose.
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Malik Bentalha

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Malik Bentalha (born 1 March 1989 in Bagnols-sur-Cèze) is a French humorist and actor of Algerian and Moroccan descent. He does stand-up comedy and has appeared in some films. Malik Bentalha studied at the Cours Florent during one year, from 2007 to 2008. After that, he did sketches in Parisian café-théâtre, as the Théâtre du Point-Virgule. In 2010, after Jamel Debbouze noticed him, Malik Bentalha integrated the Jamel Comedy Club and later on served as the opening act for Debbouze's tour, Tout sur Jamel, for two years. One day, he met Gad Elmaleh at Montmartre who asked him to do the opening act for his show at the Palais des Sports the following day. That same year, he was a part of Le meilleur de Paris fait sa comédie on France 2. In 2011 he had a chronicle, Télé Délire, on Le Grand Direct, a radio program hosted by Jean-Marc Morandini. At first, he did it with Mathieu Madénian and since September 2011 with Benjamin Josse. In 2014, he joined Cyril Hanouna in his radio program Les pieds dans le plat on Europe 1, with Valérie Bénaïm. Since 2010, he has been touring with his first one man show, Malik Bentalha se la raconte, directed by Alex Lutz. In December 2014, a DVD was released. In January 2015, W9 broadcast a live session of the one man show, followed by a TV report, Malik se raconte. In 2015, he is going to film Pattaya, a Franck Gastambide film in which he'll have one of the main roles. He is a godfather for the Theodora Children's Charity.
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Merve Dizdar

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Merve Dizdar (born 25 June 1986) is a Turkish actress. She was born in Izmir, Turkey. She is a graduate of Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University School of Fine Arts with a degree in acting. She received her master's degree in acting from Kadir Has University. She started her career on stage by joining Semaver Company and continued it at Craft Theatre. Dizdar made her cinematic debut with Bir Ses Böler Geceyi (2011) alongside Cem Davran and pursued a career in television with recurring roles in the series Kavak Yelleri, Genis Aile, Bir Yastikta, Doksanlar, Cilgin Dershane Üniversite, and was first noted with her role in Bes Kardes. She also worked for TRT Children, presenting the programs Arkadasim Bidi and 23 Nisan Senlige Dogru. Dizdar won the Afife Jale Theatre Best Actress Award for her role in the play Yutmak. She then joined the cast of hit series 7 Yüz, Vatanim Sensin, and Mucize Doktor respectively. In 2020, she had a leading role with Uraz Kaygilaroglu in the Gupse Özay's comedy film Eltilerin Savasi, which as of April 2021 is the 22nd most-watched movie of all time in Turkey according to Box Office Türkiye. She shared the leading role with Serenay Sarikaya, Ezgi Mola, Enis Arikan, Sükrü Ozyildiz in a musical adaptation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. In 2020, she started to play in the series Masumlar Apartmani and won Golden Butterfly Awards Best Actress. She played an actress and her many roles in Cem Yilmaz's Netflix spin off comedy series Ersan Kuneri. In 2022 she starred in Selcen Ergun's Kay ve Ayi/Snow and Bear. In 2023, she starred in Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Kuru Otlar Ustüne /About Dry Grasses , for which she become first Turkish actress at the 76th Cannes Film Festival by winning the Best Actress award for her portrayal of a teacher.
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Randy Davison

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Randy Lee Davison (born May 17, 1971) is an American actor who appeared in the films The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021) as Joseph McCarthy, Mank (2020), Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea (2023), Not This Part of the World (1995), and Touch (2022). In the 1990s, Davison appeared in the television show America's Funniest People as Edith Bunker and as Senex in Boise State University's production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. This article uses material from the Wikipedia article "Randy Davison", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.
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