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Jeremy Kewley

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Jeremy Kewley (born 16 August 1960) is an Australian actor, writer, producer and convicted child sex offender. He made his professional acting debut as an adolescent in the feature film The Devil's Playground. He made his professional debut in the AFI award-winning motion picture The Devil's Playground (1975) followed by Mad Dog Morgan (1976) opposite Dennis Hopper and Jack Thompson, through to his lead roles in television series including Arcade (1979-1980), Janus (1994-1995) and Stingers (2000-2004), and his popular semi-regular role in Blue Heelers (1997-2005), multi-award-winning actor Jeremy Kewley has enjoyed a solid and diverse career in the entertainment industry. In December 2014, Kewley was charged with, and on 26 November 2015 he pleaded guilty to, multiple child sex offences.
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Kate Williams

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British actress best known for the 1970s sitcom, Love Thy Neighbour, the Lynda La Plante serials Widows, Widows 2 and She's Out (alongside the lead Ann MItchell, Williams was the only other cast member to appear in all three instalments), and the 90s sitcom May to December, as well as the films Poor Cow, Melody and Quadrophenia. Guest roles on TV include Dixon of Dock Green, On the Buses, Please Sir!, Minder, The Gentle Touch, Just Good Friends, C.A.T.S. Eyes, Only Fools and Horses, May to December, Murder Most Horrid, Lovejoy,Doctor At Large, Born and Bred, and The Bill. She also starred as a regular in two soaps; Family Affairs and EastEnders. Williams is currently a teacher and director on the Acting degree course at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in Clapham.
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Jiří Kodet

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He came from a very old Czech theatrical family of Steimar and artistic family of Kodet, he was the son of Czech actress Jiřina Steimar and sculptor Jan Kodet. After her parents divorced, her mother married Jaroslav Juhan, a car racer, but he emigrated. This had an impact on the further studies of Jiří Kodet, who was expelled from the grammar school and was not admitted to the DAMU until the second time. He left the DAMU before graduating and began his theatre career at the East Bohemian Theatre in Pardubice (1961-1962). In 1962-64 he was in the Artistic Military Ensemble, based in Pohořelec, Prague. With this ensemble he toured a large part of the former Czechoslovakia. His future colleagues from the Drama Club, Jiří Hrzán, Jiří Zahajský and Petr Skoumal, were in the ensemble with him. In Pardubice, he was sought out by Jan Kačer, who was assembling a troupe for the Petr Bezruč Theatre in Ostrava. Kodet worked in Ostrava from 1963-1965, and from 1966 he played at the Prague Drama Club, where some of the members of the Ostrava ensemble moved. In 1991 he became a member of the drama company of the National Theatre in Prague. During his lifetime he played a number of small and episodic roles in film and television, but it was not until the end of his life that he was able to play major roles, mainly thanks to director Jan Hřebejk, who cast him in his film Divided We Fall, and earlier also in Cosy Dens, which was his most successful film ever. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jiří Kodet, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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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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Francine Beers

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Francine Beers was born on November 26, 1924 in New York City and has lived there for her entire life. She is an actress, appearing in multiple films, television programs, Broadway shows, and radio and television commercials. She is perhaps best known as Mrs. Lefkowitz in "In Her Shoes", as Archie and Edith's neighbor Sybil Gooley on "All In the Family", and as Judge Janis Silver on "Law and Order". She became interested in show business as a child when an aunt who played on Vaudeville came to her house to practice singing accompanied by Francine's mother. Her entry into show business was singing radio jingles in the 1930s. With the advent of television, she played many character parts and she was associated in the 1950s and 1960s with Carol Burnette and Jerry Orbach. - IMDb Mini Biography
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Jamie Martz

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Jamie Martz was born in Evanston, Illinois. Through his career, he has appeared in films like Jarhead (with James Morrison), Eagle Eye (with Anthony Azizi, Bill Smitrovich, and Dariush Kashani), Cloverfield, and Fortress (with Manu Intiraymi and Jeremy Ray Valdez). In 2012, Martz appeared in an episode of Touch, which also stars Kiefer Sutherland. The episode was directed by Milan Cheylov, and also featured Sprague Grayden. He has also appeared in shows like The Shield (with Benito Martinez), Medical Investigation (with Dean Norris), NCIS (with Pauley Perrette), The 4400 (with Megalyn Echikunwoke), Crossing Jordan (with Ravi Kapoor), and Cold Case (with Jaime Gomez and Mare Winningham).
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Olga Damani

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Olga Damani (Athens, November 17, 1943) is a Greek actress. He was born in Athens on November 17, 1943. In 1975 he graduated from the Dramatic School of the Art Theater. She began her career with various theater performances at the "Karolos Koon" Art Theater, later followed by various television series and films. From 1975 to 1985 he collaborated with the "Karolos Koun" Art Theater and participated in works such as Seven on Thebes by Aeschylus, Hens by Aristophanes, Bacchus by Euripides and many others From 1986 to 1995 he collaborated with the National Theater in the plays: Exile by Pavlos Matesi, Churchmen by Aristophanes, Bengera by D. Kapetanakis, The Murder of Mara by P. Weiss and many others. With directors such as Vassilis Papavasileiou, Giorgos Armenis, Stavros Tsakiris, Nikaitis Kontouris, Yiannis Diamantopoulos, Vassilis Nikolaidis, Andreas Boutsinas and others. in performances of ancient drama and modern dramaturgy: Aristophanes, Aeschylus, Moliere, Maribaud, Goltoni, Shakespeare, Ibsen, Lorca, Arthur Miller, Eduardo de Filippo, D. Solomos, Palamas, Gouzelis, Hurmouzis, Scurtis, Armenis, etc. On private television she has appeared in the series Like Crazy Birds, Fanny, Dyed Red Hair, Department of Morals: Grace and Rhinestones, The Wedding Dress Rehearsal, Dusty Clouds, Due to Honor, Vendetta, No Problem, Airy Silences, Dancing in Silence, Jordan , Secrets and mistakes, Angelina's treasure, 10th commandment, The stories of the policeman Beka, Yugerman, Karyotakis, The Island, Kato Partali, Wild Bees (Season 2) and Sasmos.
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Henry Yuk

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Henry Yuk was born and raised in Brooklyn, graduating from Brooklyn College with a degree in English and Education. His introduction to theater came when his drama teacher at Midwood High School got him involved in “Sing,” a NYC high school performance program. However his early career was in education and child care, first teaching at three Brooklyn public schools & subsequently directing a Chinatown day care center for 6 years. His interest in theater did not wane, and opportunity presented itself later when he was invited to join the Pan Asian Repertory Theatre Company. During this time he perfomed in numerous productions, including “Yellow Fever,” where he played the role of Chuck Chan. Meanwhile, he also was developing experience in film. His first SAG job was in the movie “Eyewitness." This led to a number of small roles in other films, until he landed a more significant role in “The Last Dragon” which has since become a cult classic. Roles since then have included General Tan in Martin Scorsese’s “Kundun,” and Sung Yon Kim in the “Sopranos." Henry has a warm personality with a keen sense of humor, which can be subtle and cerebral or antic and physical. At the same time he is quite adept at dramatic and more sensitive roles. Henry speaks Cantonese and Toisanese dialect. While he speaks perfect American English, he has also played roles with Asian accents. His credits include voiceovers and narration. The son of immigrants from Guangdong Province, Henry lives in Brooklyn with his wife Holly Hyans, a partner at Morrison & Foerster LLP. They have two daughters.
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Josh Safdie

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Joshua "Josh" Safdie (born April 3, 1984 in New York City) is an American director and screenwriter, best known for the New York-set thrillers Good Time (2017) and Uncut Gems (2019). Together with his brother and frequent collaborator Benny Safdie, they are of Syrian-Jewish ancestry and grew up between their European father in Queens and their New Yorker mother in Manhattan. The brothers began making movies when they were kids, inspired by their film-enthusiastic father who translated his love of cinema to Josh and his brother by constantly filming them.
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Dallas Roberts

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Dallas Mark Roberts (born May 10, 1970) is an American stage and screen actor. Roberts was born in Houston, Texas. He is a graduate of Juilliard School. He is primarily based in New York City, where he regularly appears in theatrical productions. Off-Broadway he has appeared in a revival of Lanford Wilson's Burn This, opposite Edward Norton and Catherine Keener; in Adam Rapp's Nocturne, for which he was nominated for a Drama Desk Award; and in Caryl Churchill's A Number, opposite Sam Shepard and later Arliss Howard, among others. He was slated to make his Broadway debut as Tom Wingfield in a revival of Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie opposite Jessica Lange and Josh Lucas, but was replaced by Christian Slater during rehearsals Roberts' film work includes the screen adaptation of Michael Cunningham's A Home at the End of the World, opposite Colin Farrell and Robin Wright Penn, and supporting roles in Walk the Line and The Notorious Bettie Page, among others. He also had a recurring role on the Showtime drama The L Word. He starred in the AMC original series Rubicon where he plays Miles Fiedler, a genius intelligence analyst at a national think tank. He has guest starred in three episodes of the CBS series The Good Wife as the brother of the character Alicia Florrick, played by Julianna Margulies. Roberts is married to scenic designer Christine Jones. They have two sons. Description above from the Wikipedia Dallas Roberts, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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