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Jamie Christopher

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Jamie Christopher (1 July 1971–29 August 2023) was a British assistant director and film producer. He worked on numerous films, including the Harry Potter series, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Age of Ultron, and Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Christopher worked in the first assistant director role, or the same role for a second unit, for all eight Harry Potter movies. He often worked with James Gunn, Rian Johnson, and Kevin Feige. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jamie Christopher, licenced under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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James Wheaton

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James Wheaton first made a name for himself on the stage. First, as a member of the Bishop's Company, a repertory theatre group which toured the United States, and later with the Ebony Showcase which was based in Los Angeles. After NBC aired an adaptation of "Carnival Island," an Ebony Showcase production, on their affiliate KNBC in Los Angeles, Wheaton began to find work in television and film. He made his major film debut as OMM, the narrator in "THX 1138" (1971), the debut feature of director George Lucas. Throughout the 1970s, he appeared in some of the most popular series of the period including "Sanford and Son," "Good Times," "Kojak," and "Ironside." In 1999, "Masks Before the Altar," a memoir about his experiences with the Bishop's Company was published. He was working on a one man show based on the poetry of Langston Hughes at the time of his death.
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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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Yaar Kannan

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Kannan made his debut as a film maker by directing Yaar? (1985), a horror film which gave a breakthrough to actor Arjun in the Tamil film industry. The success of the film prompted the director to use the film's name as a prefix and he subsequently went on to make several films in the late 1980s with Ramarajan including Namma Ooru Nayagan (1988), Anbu Kattalai (1989) and Kaavalan (1990). Kannan made a comeback with Yuga (2006), a low-budget science-fiction film featuring Richard, 'Ice' Ashok and Manikandan. Produced by fifty eight financiers, the film received negative reviews and performed poorly at the box office. He then supervised the Tamil version of the Telugu film Punnami Naagu featuring Mumaith Khan and helped release it as Pournami Naagam (2010). The film, which was partially dubbed and partially re-shot, failed to recreate the success of the original Tamil version.[3][4] In 2010, he planned a fantasy trilingual film titled Piravi with Master Vinay in the lead role, thought the venture failed to materialise. He has let several aspiring directors apprentice under him, including Azhagan Selva of Azhagu Magan, Suriya Nithi of Vilambaram and actor Maruthi of Marumunai.[6][7][8] In the 2010s, Kannan has made appearances as an actor in films, working twice with director Prabhu Solomon and with director Ponram in the film Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam.
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Yves Coppens

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Yves Coppens (9 August 1934 – 22 June 2022) was a French anthropologist. A graduate from the University of Rennes and Sorbonne, he studied ancient hominids and had multiple published works on this topic, and also produced a film. In October 2014, Coppens was named an Ordinary Member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences by Pope Francis. He was Professor at the College de France, which is considered to be France's most prestigious research establishment. Richard Dawkins makes the following observation in The Ancestor's Tale: "Incidentally, I don't know what to make of the fact that in his native France, Yves Coppens is widely cited as the discoverer of Lucy, even as the 'father' of Lucy. In the English-speaking world, this important discovery is universally attributed to Donald Johanson". This confusion is because Coppens was the former director of the Hadar expedition. Donald Johanson, who led the 1974 expedition, was the one who found Lucy. The "Rift Valley theory", proposed and supported by the Dutch primatologist Adriaan Kortlandt, became better known when it was later espoused and renamed by Coppens as the "East Side Story". However, this paradigm has been challenged by the discovery of Australopithecus bahrelghazali (Abel) and by the discovery of Sahelanthropus tchadensis by Michel Brunet's team in Toumaï in Chad (2,500 km to west Rift Valley). The main-belt asteroid 172850 Coppens was named in his honour. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 21 March 2008 (M.P.C. 62357). Coppens advised on the French film Une Femme ou Deux (English: One Woman or Two; 1985). Yves Coppens was a member of the French Academy of Sciences, the French Academy of Medicine, the Pontifical Academy of Sciences of Vatican, the French Outremer Academy of Sciences, the Academia Europaea, the Royal Academy of Sciences Hassan II of Morocco, the African Academy of Sciences, Arts, Cultures and Diasporas of Côte d'Ivoire, Honorary Member of the São Paulo Academy of Medicine, Associate Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium, correspondent of the Royal Belgian Academy of Medicine, honorary member of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, foreign associate of the Royal Society of South Africa. Coppens died in Paris on 22 June 2022 at the age of 87. Source: Article "Yves Coppens" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Matthew Ryan

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Matthew Ryan, a name that reverberates with raw talent and boundless potential, has swiftly emerged as one of the most captivating actors of our time. With a string of mesmerizing performances under his belt, Matthew's star has soared to remarkable heights, leaving audiences in awe and critics clamoring for more. Born with an innate ability to breathe life into any character, Matthew Ryan possesses an electric charisma that ignites the screen. His breakthrough role came in the highly acclaimed "No Caller ID" franchise, where he portrayed the enigmatic and cunning protagonist, John Pontiac. With his intensity and unmatched versatility, Matthew brought a mesmerizing depth to the complex character, leaving audiences spellbound and earning him widespread acclaim. Matthew's remarkable talent extends far beyond a single role. With each new project, he fearlessly delves into uncharted territory, immersing himself in the psyche of his characters and breathing authenticity into their every gesture. Whether it's a tormented antihero, a charming romantic lead, or a vulnerable soul grappling with inner demons, Matthew's transformative abilities captivate viewers, transporting them into the very essence of his characters' worlds.
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Burr DeBenning

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Burr DeBenning (September 21, 1936 – May 26, 2003) was an American character actor, who has done work in both film and television. DeBenning appeared in nearly 100 films and TV shows during his career. His credits include the television films The House on Greenapple Road, Wolfen, The Incredible Melting Man, A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Dream Child, St. Ives, Cruising, and Love Field. He appeared in such television programs as Custer, Matlock, Matt Houston, Mike Hammer, Magnum, P.I., Matt Helm, Medical Center, McCloud, Columbo and Medical Story. Co-starred with Robert Wagner in City Beneath the Sea (1971). His character was called "Aquila" and had gills. Other guest appearance was in a war movie Beach Red (1967). DeBenning's last media appearance was a cameo in a music video for The Avalanches' hit song "Frontier Psychiatrist" in 2000. He died in California at age 66 from undisclosed causes. Description above from the Wikipedia article Burr DeBenning, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Julian McCullough

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McCullough was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1979. He initially attended college in California before attending Rutgers University, where he majored in English. After graduating from college in 2001, McCullough moved to Brooklyn, New York where he began to pursue a career in comedy. In 2007, McCullough participated in the Just for Laughs comedy festival in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and appeared on an episode of the Comedy Central television series Live at Gotham hosted by Robert Schimmel. McCullough has performed at the Comedy Cellar, Carolines on Broadway, and Stand Up New York. McCullough has appeared as a guest comic on several television shows, including Comedy Central Presents, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Funny as Hell, Larry King Now, Conan, All Growz Up with Melinda Hill, the NPR series This American Life, and the MTV series Money From Strangers. He was a contributor to the MTV2 program Guy Code during its first two seasons in 2011 and 2012. He has been a frequent roundtable guest on the E! series Chelsea Lately since 2012 and was the sidekick to Whitney Cummings on the short-lived talk show Love You, Mean It with Whitney Cummings in 2012 to 2013. McCullough has also hosted three specials on VH1 and has hosted the series Very Funny News on TBS alongside Rachel Perry. McCullough guest starred on the former IFC series Z Rock in 2009. He also starred in his self-produced TV movie Supermodel Moving Company in 2010. He appeared as Nick on an episode of Whitney in 2012.
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Sophia Latjuba

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Sophia Latjuba was born to Azzizurrahman Latjuba, a Bugis-Javanese, and Anna Muller, a German-Austrian, in West Berlin, West Germany, on 8 August 1970. In her youth, she moved back to Indonesia with her father; she later reported that she felt closer to him than her mother. She graduated from Senior High School 3 Jakarta. Latjuba made her film debut in 1987 with Bilur-Bilur Penyesalan (Stripes of Regret), while still in high school. She later appeared in numerous films, culminating with Kuldesak, directed by her then-sister-in-law Mira Lesmana which she appeared in for free, in 1998. During her film career, Latjuba was considered a sex symbol; Bruce Edmond, writing for The Jakarta Post, described her as being "many an Indonesian man's fantasy woman" at the time. She also released several albums, including Hanya Untukmu (Only For You), which won the 1994 BASF Award for Best Album Arrangement.
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Roshan Seth

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Roshan Seth OBE (Hindi: रोशन सेठ; born April 2, 1942) is an Indian-born British actor, who appears mainly in British and American films. He is best known for his critically acclaimed performances in the films Gandhi, Mississippi Masala, Not Without My Daughter, My Beautiful Laundrette, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, and Such a Long Journey. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roshan Seth, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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