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French Stewart

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French Stewart (born Milton French Stewart IV) is an American actor and voice actor. He is best known for his role as Harry Solomon on the 1990s sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun, as well as his roles as Marv Murchins in Home Alone 4, Inspector Gadget in Inspector Gadget 2, and Chef Rudy on the CBS sitcom Mom. Stewart toured in regional theatre for seven years before breaking into television with the role of Razor Dee, a spaced-out DJ on the final season of The New WKRP in Cincinnati in 1992. In 1996, he was cast on 3rd Rock from the Sun, which lasted for six seasons, and where Stewart was noted for his talents at physical comedy and his characteristic "squinting" facial expression. During 3rd Rock's height of popularity, he appeared in numerous commercials and as a spokesperson for the beverage Clamato. His major film credits include Stargate (1994), Leaving Las Vegas (1995), The Poison Tasters (1995), Magic Island (1995) Glory Daze (1996), McHale's Navy (1997), Love Stinks (1999), Clockstoppers (2002), and Wedding Daze. His animation credits include the voice of Bob in the short-lived animated series God, the Devil and Bob (2000), and as Icarus in Disney's animated series Hercules (1998).
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Lee Whitlock

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Lee Whitlock was a British actor. He began his career as a child, starring in popular TV series Shine On Harvey Moon as Stanley Moon. His film credits included the groundbreaking LGBT TV movie Two of Us, David Leland's Wish You Were Here, Paul WS Anderson's Shopping, Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Bryan Singer's Jack the Giant Slayer, Woody Allen's Cassandra's Dream, Dexter Fletcher's Wild Bill and Plan B's Ill Manors. Whitlock died aged 54 on 17th February 2023
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Sattabut Laedeke

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Drake Sattabut Laedeke is an American-Thai actor born in Chiang Mai to a Thai mother and an American father. His heritage is Thai, American, Chinese, Scottish, and German. He is studying at the University of Thai Chamber of Commerce at the School of Tourism and Service Event Management. Drake started acting at the age of 14 and made his television debut in "Broken." After signing with GMMTV, his first notable character was in the 2017 series "Slam Dance." The next year, Drake took his first leading role in the series "Cause You're my Boy." He carried that role over into the mini-series "Our Skyy." He owns a clothing brand called Momentszz Store.
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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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Pruitt Taylor Vince

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Pruitt Taylor Vince (born July 5, 1960) is an American character actor. He became best known for his roles in the films Shy People (1987) and Mississippi Burning (1988). He also appeared in Jacob's Ladder (1990), Nobody's Fool (1994), Heavy (1995), Beautiful Girls (1996), The Legend of 1900 (1998), Nurse Betty (2000), Identity (2003), Constantine (2005), Gotti (2018), and Bird Box (2018). He is also known for his role of J.J. Laroche in The Mentalist (2008-2015). Vince has also appeared on many television series. In 1997, he won a Primetime Emmy Award for his guest role as Clifford Banks in the second season of the television series Murder One.
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Lori Nelson

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Lori Nelson was an American actress born in Santa Fe, New Mexico on August 15, 1933. She began as a performer, dancing at the young age of 4, as well as winning a Little Miss America title. Many of her early auditions were unsuccessful. However, in 1952, she made it into her first role as Marjie Baile in Bend of the River. Many of her roles were large, but were mostly in 1950s B-movies. Today, she is acting sparingly, most recently in The Naked Monster. She costarred with Barbara Eden in the series How to Marry a Millionaire (1957–1959). However, she also had a well-remembered role as Mara, the Mayor's daughter, opposite Van Johnson (who played two roles) in the 1957 made-for-TV musical film The Pied Piper of Hamelin, a motion picture which premiered on NBC and then went on to be syndicated and shown annually on local television stations. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lori Nelson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Penny Drake

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Penny Drake is an American Independent film actress and model.[She is the daughter of a Southern Baptist pastor. Her modelling career since 2008 has included work for Herra Couture, Flora Zeta and Ed Hardy. In June 2009 she appeared as the video game character Bayonetta at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles. Drake's movie appearances since 2005 include parts in the hits Sin City and The 40 Year Old Virgin. She also stars in Zombie Strippers alongside Jenna Jameson and Robert Englund, and in Necrosis played with Michael Berryman and George Stults. In 2006–2008 she played co-anchor Mary Clark in the Bikini News Web-based satirical video series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Penny Drake, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​
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Jamie Kaler

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Jamie Kaler (born September 14, 1964) is an American stand-up comedian and actor who has gained fame by portraying the character Mike Callahan on the TBS comedy "My Boys". He has appeared on such talk shows as the Late Late Show as well as having a role on the sitcom How I Met Your Mother, and had a recurring role on Will and Grace. Kaler also lends his voice to the show Robot Chicken, as the suicidal blooper host. He is a member of the ACME Company, ACME Comedy Theatre's top-level sketch company and has also made guest appearances on Friends and Monk. Before beginning his comedic career, Kaler graduated from Boston University. He was then commissioned as an lieutenant in the United States Navy and stationed in San Diego before realizing he wanted to be an actor. After resigning his commission, he started performing in comedy clubs and eventually became involved in the Los Angeles comedy scene. Jamie was the guest on the Adam Carolla Podcast on May 14, 2009. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jamie Kaler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Nathan Crowley

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Nathan Crowley was born in London, United Kingdom. He attended Brighton School of Art in England. He has received Academy Award nominations for The Prestige, The Dark Knight, and Interstellar, also Bafta Nominations for Batman Begins, The Dark Knight, "Interstellar, and Dunkirk his seventh collaboration with director Christopher Nolan. He also received an Emmy nomination for his work on the HBO series Westworld. Crowley has been the Designer on four of the Costume institutes exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art that accompany the costume ball in New York every May. Super Heroes, American Women, Impossible Conversations, and China through the looking glass. He recently collaborated with Sofia Coppola on La Traviata at the Teatro del l'Opera di Roma.
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Mark Margolis

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Mark Margolis (November 26, 1939 – August 3, 2023) was an American actor, who had been making films since 1976. Margolis went to Temple University briefly before moving to New York City, where he studied drama with Stella Adler and at the Actors Studio. He was perhaps most famous for his supporting roles in Scarface and the films of Darren Aronofsky: π, Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain, The Wrestler, and Black Swan. Aronofsky wrote the role of Father Avila in The Fountain specifically for Margolis. He had recurring roles on numerous TV shows, including The Equalizer, HBO's Oz, Law And Order, Crossing Jordan and most recently Showtime's Californication and Breaking Bad. He also appeared in a first season episode of Quantum Leap. In 1991, he also played Helmut Dieter in soap opera Santa Barbara.
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