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José Manuel Poncelis

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With a career of more than 35 years as a theater, film, and television series actor, he has also worked as a theater director, also venturing into playwriting and production. He has acted in more than 20 films, some of them are: “Marionetas” by Álvaro Curiel, “Polvo” directed by José María Yaspik, “Sueño en otro Idioma” by Director Ernesto Contreras. He has been awarded the Mayahuel 2017 award and as best actor, with the film “Sueño en otro Idioma” at the Guadalajara International Film Festival in 2017 and with the WINSTON-SALEM OUT AT THE MOVIES LGBT FILM SERIES award. In addition to films like “De la Calle”, “La Ley de Heródes”, “Ricochet”, “Pescador” among others. He has participated in series for NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, CANAL 11, FOX AND NETFLIX, among which stand out: Sitiados, Hernán, Biografía de una lengua, La Reina Roja, Palenque.
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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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Anna Shurochkina

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Russian singer, songwriter, composer, actress. Born into a family of musicians. Father, Vladimir Vyacheslavovich Shurochkin - a former member of the musical group "Laskoviy May", the future producer of the singer. Mother, Irina Vladimirovna Shurochkina, sang in a rock band in her youth. When Anna was two years old, her parents divorced, but the father spent a lot of time with his daughter. Nyusha's half-sister, Maria Shurochkina, is an Olympic champion and eight-time world champion in synchronized swimming. There is also a younger brother, Ivan Shurochkin, who is engaged in tricking. Nyusha first came to the studio at the age of five and recorded "The Big Dipper's Song." The singer did not receive a musical education; as a child, she studied solfeggio for a year and a half. The piano, by his own admission, does not speak very well. She was also involved in Thai boxing as a child. At the age of 11 she began performing on stage (as part of the Grizzly group). The ensemble toured in Russia and Germany. Nyusha's first songs were written in English. Oksana Shurochkina, master of sports in artistic gymnastics, studied dancing and stage skills with Anna. At the age of 14, she did not pass the age limit at the casting of the "Star Factory".
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Roman Yunusov

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Родился в Кимовске Тульской области 9 сентября 1980 года. Окончил Московскую сельскохозяйственную академию. Играл в КВН в составе команды Рос-Ноу, куда его пригласил его будущий напарник по дуэту «Сёстры Зайцевы» Алексей Лихницкий. В 2003 году познакомился с капитаном команды «Новые армяне» Гариком Мартиросяном, от которого узнал о наборе в программу Comedy Club. Придя на кастинг, он встретил Алексея, который прошёл кастинг и искал себе напарника для дуэта. Также совместно с Алексеем Лихницким был ведущим утреннего эфира на радио «Максимум». Недавно стало известно, что весной Роман Юнусов примет участие в проекте телеканала DTV «Юморе$$ки» (аналог передачи «Убойная Лига»). С 2010 года участвует в программе Наша Russia в роли болельщика «Москвича».
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Tristan Rogers

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.           Tristan Rogers (born 3 June 1946 in Melbourne) is an Australian–American actor. He is best known for playing Robert Scorpio on the ABC soap opera General Hospital and for voicing Jake in Walt Disney Pictures' The Rescuers Down Under. Early acting roles were on Australian television and he completed short stints in soap operas Bellbird, Number 96 (in 1974) and The Box (in 1975). He was a regular in police drama series The Link Men (1970) which lasted 13 episodes, and had guest roles in programs including Barrier Reef, Division 4. He also had a role in 1976 miniseries Power Without Glory. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tristan Rogers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Michael Braveheart

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Michael Braveheart was an actor of Native American descent who worked as a regular background cast member and stand-in on Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Trek: Enterprise, as well as in at least two Star Trek films. Braveheart is probably best known for his portrayal of Crewman Martinez on Star Trek: The Next Generation, beginning with the second season episode "The Child." He was seen throughout the series as well as in the films Star Trek: First Contact and Star Trek: Insurrection. In addition, he portrayed various alien characters and Klingons in Deep Space Nine and Voyager. As a background actor he received no credit for his appearances.
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Rudolf Nureyev

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Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev (17 March 1938 – 6 January 1993) was a Tatar dancer from the former Soviet Union, considered one of the most celebrated ballet dancers of the 20th century. Nureyev's artistic skills explored expressive areas of the dance, providing a new role to the male ballet dancer who once served only as support to the women. He defected to the West, despite KGB efforts to stop him. According to KGB archives studied by Peter Watson, Nikita Khrushchev personally signed an order to have Nureyev killed Description above from the Wikipedia article Rudolf Nureyev, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​
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Flávia Alessandra

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Brazilian actress and lawyer , of Portuguese descent . [ 3 ] Famous for her characters Sônia, in História de Amor , Dorothy, in A Indomada , Lívia, in three soap operas: Meu Bem Querer , Porto dos Milagres and O Beijo do Vampiro , the obsessive villain Cristina, from Alma Gêmea , a character in which was highly awarded, the comical van Vanessa in Pé na Jaca , the sensual pole dancer Alzira, in Duas Caras , the romantic Dafne, from Caras & Bocas , the robot Naomi, in Morde & Assopra , Erica in Salve Jorge , the villain Sandra in Êta Mundo Bom! and Helena in Salve-se Quem Puder . Personal life Flávia was married from 1992 to 2002 with director Marcos Paulo , with whom she had her first daughter, Giúlia Martins Simões, born on February 25, 2000. On October 14 , 2006 , she married actor Otaviano Costa . [ 38 ] From this union, she had her second daughter, Olívia Martins da Costa, born on October 5, 2010. Her two daughters were born by cesarean section , in Rio de Janeiro .
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David Weiss

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Peter Fischli (8 June 1952 in Zurich) and David Weiss (21 June 1946 in Zurich), often shortened to Fischli/Weiss, are an artist duo that have been collaborating since 1979. They are among the most renowned contemporary artists of Switzerland. Their best known work is the film "Der Lauf der Dinge (The Way Things Go)." This was described by The Guardian as being "post apocalyptic" as it is all about chain reactions and the way in which objects fly, crash, and explode across the studio it was shot in. For their work, they make use of a large bandwidth of artistic forms of expression: film and photography, art books, sculptures made out of different materials, and multimedia installations. They adapt objects and situations from everyday life and place them into an artistic context—often using humour and irony. In more than 25 years of activity, Fischli & Weiss have exhibited in some of the most important institutions and museums worldwide including Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam; Museum Ludwig, Cologne; MACBA, Barcelona; Museé d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris; San Francisco Museum of Contemporary Art, San Francisco; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Serpentine Gallery, London; Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich; and Tate Modern, London. The Swiss duo has also participated in the Swiss Pavilion at the Sevilla EXPO 1992. In 2008 the Nicola Trussardi Foundation presented Altri fiori e altre domande, the first retrospective in Italy of Swiss artists installed in the 17th century rooms of Palazzo Litta in Milan. Art critics often see in the parodying bearing of their work parallels to the artists Marcel Duchamp, Dieter Roth or Jean Tinguely. Fischli/Weiss have represented Switzerland at the Venice Biennale. Both live and work in Zurich. Their works are held in the collection of the Tate and the Guggenheim. Peter Fischli and David Weiss are represented by the Matthew Marks Gallery, New York and Sprüth Magers Berlin London. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Fischli & David Weiss, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Judit Pogány

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Pogány Judit (Kaposvár, 1944. szeptember 10. –) Kossuth-díjas és Jászai Mari-díjas magyar színművésznő, érdemes művész, a Halhatatlanok Társulatának örökös tagja. Kora gyermekéveit – bátyjával együtt - Kaposváron töltötte. 8 és fél éves korában elveszítette édesapját, ekkor édesanyja már súlyos beteg volt. Testvérével együtt gyámszülőkhöz került Budapestre, akik két édes gyermekük mellett kitanították és felnevelték őket. Pici gyerekkora óta vonzódott a színház, a versek világához, a Békéscsabán eltöltött középiskolás évei alatt számtalan helyi és országos szavalóversenyen sikerrel indult. A közgazdasági technikum elvégzése után jelentkezett a Színház- és Filmművészeti Főiskolára, ahol az első rostán eltanácsolták. Nyilatkozataiban említette, hogy igazat ad a felvételiztető vizsgabizottságnak, jelentéktelen kislányként közhelyes versekkel próbálkozott. Érettségi után visszaköltözött Kaposvárra, és másfél évig a Kaposvári Megyei Bíróságon adminisztrátorként dolgozott. Munka mellett Takács László segédrendező amatőr színjátszókörében játszott el néhány szerepet. 1965-ben a csoport fellépett az országos Ki mit tud?-on, és bekerült a döntőbe. Produkciójukat a kaposvári Csiky Gergely Színház vezetése is látta, készülő új előadásukba fiatal lányokat kerestek, melybe Pogány Juditot is meghívták. Meghallgatás után segédszínészi állást ajánlottak számára, melyet rögtön elfogadott. Először a kórus és tánckar tagja volt, később kisebb prózai szerepeket játszott. Ebben az időszakban ismerkedett meg későbbi férjével, Koltai Róbert színművésszel, aki ekkor már a színház oszlopos tagja volt. Az igazi áttörést színészi pályájában az 1968-1969-es évad hozta el, amikor Zsámbéki Gábor friss diplomás rendezőként Kaposvárra szerződött, és szerepet adott Pogány Juditnak a Várj míg sötét lesz című színdarabban. A következő, 1969-1970-es évadtól elindult színházi karrierje: Csorba István rendezésében a Hamupipőke címszerepét alakította, és még ebben az évadban megkapta a színész minősítést. 1971-ben összeházasodott Koltai Róberttel, a következő évben, 1972-ben megszületett fiúk, Koltai Gábor. 1973-tól Ascher Tamás rendezésében a Pinokkió főszerepét játszotta, melyre szülés után napi több órás intenzív edzéssel készült a színésznő, hogy hitelesen keltse életre a szikár fabábu lényét és mozgását. Számtalan szereppel bízták meg a kaposvári évek alatt, többek között Shakespeare Ahogy tetszik című drámájában Rosalindát, Csehov Ivanovjában Anna Petrovnát alakította, mindkettőt Zsámbéki Gábor rendezésében. Sarkadi Imre Oszlopos Simeonjában Zsuzsit, a megalázott, gyilkos nőt keltette életre, a darabot Gazdag Gyula rendezte. Érett, kiforrott művésszé fejlődött, az új rendező generáció legnagyobbjaival dolgozott együtt a kaposvári évek alatt, mint például: Babarczy László, Ascher Tamás, Zsámbéki Gábor. Elismert filmrendezőkkel forgatott, mint Gazdag Gyula, akinek filmjeiből több tudható meg a Kádár-rendszer valóságáról, mint néhány átfogó szociológiai munkából. A Bástyasétány 74' című filmet 1974-ben mutatják be, melyben Pogány Judit Bözsi szerepét alakítja. Lugossy Lászlóval 1975-ben forgatta az Azonosítás című filmet, mely a következő évben a Berlini Nemzetközi Filmfesztiválon Ezüst Medve-díjat nyert. 1978-ban - 34 évesen - színészi munkáját Jászai Mari-díjjal ismerték el. Forrás: Wikipédia
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