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Jason George

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Jason Winston George (born February 9, 1972) is an American actor and model. He is best known for his roles as Dr. Ben Warren on Grey's Anatomy and its' spinoff Station 19, Justin Russell in Breaking In, David in Kidnap, Detective Adam Noble on Lifetime's fantasy series Witches of East End, Dominic Taylor on ABC's drama Mistresses, Dr. Otis Cole on ABC's Off the Map, Keith Bennett on ABC's series Eli Stone, Jeremy on ABC's drama What About Brian?, Jeremiah Thurgood "J.T." Hunter on UPN's sitcom Eve, Kevin in Barbershop, Scott Littleton on NBC's series Titans, and Michael Bourne on the NBC daytime soap opera Sunset Beach.
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Catherine Spaak

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Catherine Spaak (3 April 1945 - 17 April 2022) is a French-Italian actress and singer. Spaak spent most of her career in Italy, where she became a teenage star. From age 15 to 18, Spaak was the lead actress in at least 12 movies. As an adult, she appeared in many comedies and a few dramas from the mid-1960s through the early 1980s. Most of them were for the Italian film industry, with some Hollywood or international productions. Among her most notable titles are Circle of Love (1964, directed by Roger Vadim), The Man, the Woman and the Money (1965, starring Marcello Mastroianni), The Incredible Army of Brancaleone (1966, written by Age & Scarpelli), Adultery Italian Style (1966), Hotel (1967), the sex comedy The Libertine (1969), Diary of a Telephone Operator (1969, with Claudia Cardinale), the drama The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971, written and directed by Dario Argento), the nunsploitation film Story of a Cloistered Nun (1973), the controversial My Darling Slave (1973), the western Take a Hard Ride (1975), Sunday Lovers (1980), and Miele di donna (1981).
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Anna Faris

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Anna Kay Faris (born November 29, 1976) is an American actress. She rose to prominence for her work in comedic roles, particularly the lead part of Cindy Campbell in the Scary Movie film series (2000–2006). She has appeared in a number of films, including The Hot Chick (2002), May (2002), Lost in Translation (2003), Brokeback Mountain (2005), Just Friends (2005), My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006), Smiley Face (2007), The House Bunny (2008), What's Your Number? (2011), The Dictator (2012), and Overboard (2018). On television, Faris had a recurring role as Erica in the final season of the NBC sitcom Friends (2004) and starred as Christy Plunkett in the CBS sitcom Mom (2013–2020). She has also had voice-over roles in the film series Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009–2013) and Alvin and the Chipmunks (2009–2015), as well as The Emoji Movie (2017). In 2015, Faris launched Unqualified, an advice podcast, and in 2017, her memoir of the same name was published, which became a New York Times Best Seller.
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Paul F. Tompkins

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Paul Francis Tompkins, born on September 12, 1968, in Philadelphia, is an American comedian and actor known for his stand-up comedy and improvisational skills. He's gained acclaim for his witty storytelling and has appeared on various television shows and podcasts, showcasing his comedic versatility and distinctive style. Tompkins is recognized for his quick wit, sharp humor, and engaging performances, solidifying his place in the comedy scene. Beyond stand-up, he's recognized for his work in improvisational comedy, notably as a frequent guest on the podcast "Comedy Bang! Bang!" and his own podcast "Spontaneanation," where he showcases his improvisational skills.
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Nick Dimitri

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Nick Dimitri is a stuntman and actor best known as Charles Bronson's veteran bare-knuckle black leather coat wearing opponent in the climax of "Hard Times", often considered one of the best fights ever put on film. The 6' 2", 200 pound Dimitri was a U.S. Navy veteran and former muscleman in a Mae West Las Vegas Revue. He played many tough guy parts from the late 1950s on, joining the Stuntmen's Association in the late 1960s. In addition to fisticuffs, his speciality was dying violently on screen. He was a regular stuntman on the World War II TV series "The Rat Patrol" and a double for action actors Sean Connery and William Smith. He helped set up the great fights in "Darker Than Amber" and "Any Which Way You Can", although tough guy Smith ended up doing all his own stunts. Dimitri was also memorable playing Angie Dickinson's undead husband in the 1973 cult TV Movie "The Norliss Tapes". He later became a fixture in many of Arnold Schwarzenegger's films, stood up to Steven Seagal in "Out for Justice", and doubled for the one arm man in the big screen version of "The Fugitive". Description above from the Wikipedia article Nick Dimitri, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Judy Greer

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Judith Therese Evans (born July 20, 1975), known professionally as Judy Greer, is an American actress. She is primarily known as a character actress, who has appeared in a wide variety of films. She first rose to prominence in the late 1990s to early 2000s, appearing in the films Jawbreaker (1999), What Women Want (2000), 13 Going on 30 (2004), 27 Dresses (2008), and Love & Other Drugs (2010). Greer also expanded into other genres, with roles in such films as Adaptation (2002), The Village (2004), The Descendants (2011), Carrie (2013), Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014), Jurassic World (2015), Ant-Man (2015), War for the Planet of the Apes (2017), Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), Halloween (2018), and Halloween Kills (2021). She made her directorial debut with the comedy-drama film A Happening of Monumental Proportions (2017). On television, Greer is best known for her starring voice role as Cheryl Tunt in the FXX animated comedy series Archer (2009–present). She also had roles in the comedy series The Big Bang Theory (2007–2019), Arrested Development (2003–2006, 2013-2019), Two and a Half Men (2003–2015), Married (2014–2015), and Kidding (2018–2020). Description above from the Wikipedia article Judy Greer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Philippe Labro

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Philippe Labro (born 27 August 1936) is a French author, journalist and film director. He has worked for RTL, Paris Match, TF1 and Antenne 2. He is a laureate of the Prix Interallié, a French literary distinction founded in 1930, which was awarded for «L'Étudiant étranger» in 1986. At the age of eighteen, he left France to study at Washington and Lee University in Virginia. He then travelled across the United States. On his return to Europe, he became a reporter. From 1960 to 1962, during the Algerian war, Labro was a member of the military. He then returned to his journalistic activities. While covering the assassination of John F. Kennedy for French newspaper France-Soir, he met Jack Ruby in Dallas days before he shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald; he was thus subsequently officially auditioned by the Warren Commission. He has written and directed many films and was a close friend of Jean-Pierre Melville, as he recalls in the 2008 documentary Code Name Melville. From 1985 to 2000, he was director of programmes at RTL becoming the vice president of the station in 1992. In April 2010, he became Commander of the Légion d'honneur. Source: Article "Philippe Labro" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Mina Sadati

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Mina Sadati is an actress who was born in 1981 in Kashan, Iran. She has been nominated three times for the Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress from Fajr Film Festival for "Ice Age," "Mina's Choice" and "Hot Summer". She entered to cinema world by "Eve's Shoulder Wound" by Hossein Ghenat. Among the cinematic works of Mina Sadati Maziar Miri's "Saadat Abad", Asghar Farhadi's "Seller", Parviz Shahbazi's "Karat 14", and Manji Baghbani's "Kharguish" can be named.
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Willi One Blood

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Willi One Blood (born William Harbour, Jr.) is a reggae singer and actor, formerly New York-based and now in Miami. He is best known for the song "Whiney Whiney (What Really Drives Me Crazy)", from the soundtrack album of 1994 film Dumb and Dumber, which peaked at number 62 on the Billboard Hot 100. Blood's acting credits include the films Léon: The Professional (1994) and Joe's Apartment (1996). His character in Léon is called "Blood" by Gary Oldman's Stansfield character, and "Willi Blood" by another antagonist, Malky; he is credited as "Stansfield's 1st man". Blood guest-starred in the New York Undercover episode "Catman Comes Back" (1995), and appeared as himself in the independent film Blazin' (2001). Blood inspired the appearance and personality of Gary Oldman's antagonist Drexl Spivey in True Romance (1993).
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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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