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Luis Gnecco

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Luis Gnecco Dessy was born in Santiago, Chile. He is one of Chile's most popular comedic actors, tackling the Ricky Gervais part in his country's 2008 version of "The Office". Pablo Larraín cast him in a decidedly non-comedic role as an unscrupulous villain in HBO Latin America's hit mini-series "Prófugos". Gnecco appeared in Fabula's provocative "Young and Wild" before assuming the role of the man who recruits Saavedra to join the NO campaign; it was a natural fit for the actor, as he was deeply involved in the 1988 movement to overthrow Pinochet.
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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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Rita Siddiqui

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Rita Siddiqui is half-Italian and half-Pakistani and was born and raised in London. Aged 15, she was on the front cover of Touch magazine with R&B artist Jay Sean. At 18, she went onto travel independently to parts of Africa and Asia - this was self-funded. Rita did volunteer projects throughout her travels. At 19, she was on Mongolian TV Acting and Presenting. Rita has written, produced, presented and edited programmes for C1 Television. Rita has always been passionate about acting and studied Drama throughout school. She has pursued and worked on numerous films. Rita studied Broadcast Journalism on a BJTC-accredited course at Staffordshire University where she graduated with a 1st. At University, she co-presented a radio show for three years, produced, edited and presented TV and radio packages. Rita has continued to pursue her acting career after graduating. Rita also secured another editorial front cover and graduated from acting school. Rita has finished filming series 2 for a TV show that aired on Sky1. She has also finished filming three feature films, one of which is in pre-production and numerous short films. Rita is pursuing an Acting & Presenting career within the Film/TV/Media industry.
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Spencer Squire

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Spencer Squire was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Having performed on stage since early childhood, Spencer completed a degree in Theatre from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. From there, Spencer moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the entertainment industry. His first break occurred when he was cast as one of the college rowers coached by Michael Shannon in Heart of Champions, previously known as Swing. Spencer then went on to be featured in Shriver, which also starred Michael Shannon. Earlier this year, Spencer was selected by Denzel Washington to play a role in the Sony Pictures Entertainment feature A Journal for Jordan. In addition to his work as an actor, Spencer directed, wrote, and starred in the short film Trip's Duplage, which went on to be featured in various film festivals worldwide.
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Daniel Davis

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Daniel Davis (born November 26, 1945) is an American stage, screen, and television actor best known for portraying Niles the butler on the popular sitcom The Nanny, and for his two guest appearances as Professor Moriarty on Star Trek: The Next Generation, affecting an upper class English accent for both roles. He also voices the intelligent Cro Magnon, Longhair from the Longhair and Doubledome cartoon shorts from Cartoon Network's Big Pick. Description above from the Wikipedia article Daniel Davis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Zahari Baharov

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Zahari Emilov Baharov (Bulgarian: Захари Емилов Бахаров; born August 12, 1980) is a Bulgarian actor, best known for portraying the roles of Moth in Zift (2008), Ivo Andonov in the BNT series Undercover (2011–2016), and Loboda in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2015). Baharov attended 18th Secondary School "William Gladstone". After graduating, he majored in acting at the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts. He has been acting at the Ivan Vazov National Theatre since 2003; his notable theater performances include King Lear (2006), Don Juan (2007), and The Cherry Orchard (2009). Description above is from the Wikipedia article Zahari Baharov, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Luis Mario Quiroz

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Luis Mario Quiroz Acosta is a Mexican film, television and theater actor. Son of Enrique Quiroz Acosta and Teresa Acosta de Quiroz and brother of actor, broadcaster and producer Gerardo Quiroz , he began his acting career at an early age. In 1988, he received the Ariel Award for his performance as Carlos in the film Mariana, Mariana , by Alberto Isaac. As a child he was good at soccer , he played for Pumitas , where he was a winger from the age of eight until he was 16. His grandfather Francisco Quiroz Acosta played for Atlas and his brother Alfonso for Pumas. He is also remembered for his role as Cesarín in the television series Papá single , where he shared credits with the singer César Costa , the actress and singer Edith Márquez , and his brother Gerardo Quiroz. Description above from the Wikipedia article Luis Mario Quiroz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Susan Glover

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Susan Glover is a Canadian actress, best known for playing Sarah in Naked Josh. She is also known for voicing Miss Woods in Arthur, Izabella Dehavalot in Amazon Jack, Mrs. Larkin in What's With Andy?, Tubby's mom in The Little Lulu Show, Lucille and Princess Vi in Samurai Pizza Cats, General Jinjur in the 1986 anime The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Miss Dalee in My Goldfish is Evil. She also played Ms. Noelle Atoll on the television series Radio Active and has made appearances in several films, specials and television programmes. Prior to film acting, Glover began her career doing improvisational theatre with companies such as Albert Nuremberg's Theatre Shmeatre, Acme Harpoon Co. and La Ligue National d'Improvisation. She has since appeared in theatres across Canada including, Montreal's Centaur Theatre, Ottawa's Great Canadian Theatre Company and the National Arts Center, and Calgary's Alberta Theatre Projects. She is sometimes credited as Suzanne Glover. She currently lives in Montreal, Quebec.
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Nicole Courcel

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Nicole Marie Jeanne Andrieu (21 October 1931 – 25 June 2016), better known as Nicole Courcel, was a French actress who achieved popularity through the 1950s and 1960s, though she is mostly unknown outside of France. Born in Saint-Cloud, in the western suburbs of Paris, she appeared in 43 films between 1947 and 1979. After working as an extra in a few films, she won a major role in Rendez-vous de juillet (1949), with Brigitte Auber. In 1970 she turned to television, appearing in different television films and miniseries, in which she continued to work until 2004. Courcel is best known for her role in Serge Bourguignon's Sundays and Cybele (1962). She had notable parts in: La Marie du port (1950, opposite Jean Gabin), Sacha Guitry's Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954), and La Sorcière (1956, opposite Marina Vlady). Source: Article "Nicole Courcel" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Claudette Colbert

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Claudette Colbert was born in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, France on September 13, 1903 and was brought to the United States as a child three years later. Born Emilie 'Lily' Claudette Chauchoin, she went to high school in New York. She was studying at the Art Students League when, in 1923, she took the name Claudette Colbert for her first Broadway role in "The Wild Westcotts". Her most noteworthy stage vehicle was the "The Barker" in 1927. Her first film was a silent For the Love of Mike (1927), directed by Frank Capra. Made on a shoestring, the movie was a flop, and she vowed that it would be her last film role: "I only left Broadway when the crash came. The Depression killed the theater, and the pictures were manna from heaven". She had her first film success the next year, however, in The Lady Lies (1929). Her early notable films were all box-office hits and included Cleopatra (1934), in which she played the title role enticingly. She had her greatest triumph playing a runaway heiress, with enormous charm, opposite Clark Gable in Capra's comedy It Happened One Night (1934), for which she won the Academy Award as Best Actress. By 1938 her keen ability in business made her the highest paid star in Hollywood. By 1950, though, her star had begun to wane. She returned to the stage in 1956 when she replaced Margaret Sullavan during the spring and summer in the comedy "Janus". Appearances in other Broadway productions followed, including "The Marriage-Go-Round". Besides the stage, she did TV specials and had a supporting role in a notable TV movie, The Two Mrs. Grenvilles (1987), for which she received a Golden Globe award. In 1989 she was presented with a Life Achievement award from the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. She married actor Norman Foster in 1928, although they never lived together and were divorced after seven years. She married surgeon Dr. Joel Pressman soon after and remained married until his death in 1968. In latter years she divided her time between an apartment in New York and a 200-year-old plantation house in Speightstown, Barbados, where she entertained such guests as Frank Sinatra and Ronald Reagan. She remained on Barbados Island after her stroke. On July 30, 1996, Claudette died in Speightstown, Barbados. She was 92.
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