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Alex Pettyfer

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Alexander Richard "Alex" Pettyfer (born 10 April 1990) is an English actor and model. He appeared in school plays and on television before being cast as Alex Rider, the main character in the 2006 film version of Stormbreaker. Pettyfer was nominated for a Young Artist Award and an Empire Award for his role.He has been seen as a model in several advertising campaigns for Burberry.His next two starring roles were in the 2011 films I Am Number Four, a science fiction action adventure, and Beastly, a modernised retelling of Beauty and the Beast. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alex Pettyfer, 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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Zdenka Sulanová

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Zdenka Sulanová se narodila 18. února 1920 v Českých Budějovicích jako Zdeňka Hrušková opernímu tenoristovi Adolfu Hruškovi (1885 – 19??). Po čtyřech letech života v Praze s rodiči přesídlila do Semil. Už od dětství projevovala hudební a pěvecké nadání, které rozvíjela v ochotnickém kroužku a u Bohumily Rosenkrancové. Studovala gymnázium v Nové Pace a na Žižkově, ale záhy přešla a úspěšně dokončila Státní konzervatoř (1939). Sulanová se od dětství chtěla stát operetní zpěvačkou, ale současně se rozhodovala i pro činohru. Svůj pseudonym Sulanová si zvolila ještě na konzervatoři podle jména své babičky. Jako malá studentka konzervatoře se poprvé mihla jako dělnice v květinářství v Cikánově ostudném melodramatu DĚVČE ZA VÝKLADEM (1937) s Hanou Vítovou, Helenou Bušovou, Antonií Nedošinskou a Martou Májovou. Ještě tentýž rok si ji na konzervatoři všimli producenti Europafilmu a rázem se jí změnil celý život. V Binovcově melodramatu LÍZIN LET DO NEBE (1937) stvořila velkou titulní úlohu po vzoru Deany Durbinové (byla pokládána za její českou variantu) obecního sirotka Lízu Irovskou, která se se svým krásným hlasem (v původním scénáři však měla mít Líza místo pěveckých taneční vlohy) vyzdvihne ze dna až k výšinám. I když byla Zdenka Sulanová ještě herecky nevyzrálá, svým zpěvem a kouzelně dětským zjevem dokázala diváky dojmout až k slzám. Nevídaný herecký úspěch tohoto filmu přivedl na svět i jeho volné (neméně úspěšné) pokračování s názvem LÍZINO ŠTĚSTÍ (1939). Zatímco v prvním díle musela Líza těžce „bojovat“ s opovrhováním spolužáků a lidí z maloměsta, v pokračování už navštěvovala luxusní dívčí penzionát a jediné co si musela „vybojovat“ byla přízeň snoubencovy (Ladislav Boháč) rodiny včele s velmi svéráznou vládkyní rodinného kruhu babičkou Lepařovou (Antonie Nedošinská). Ještě před tím si však stihla zahrát v dalším Binovcově melodramatu BLÁHOVÉ DĚVČE (1938). I tento snímek byl dojemným příběhem z uměleckých kruhů podle dojímavého románku „Korky v mlze“ Maryny Radoměrské. Zdenka Sulanová si po boku Hany Vítové zahrála Lidlu, jenž se na konci filmu provdá za svůj tajný idol, skladatele Joneše (Vladimír Borský) a porodí mu dítě. Po vzoru Lízy Irovské se rozhodl Václav Binovec zfilmovat další milostné melodrama, tentokrát pod názvem MADLA ZPÍVÁ EVROPĚ (1940). Madla Satranová (Sulanová) se díky náhodě stane členkou dětského pěveckého sboru Jaroslava Klána (Ladislav Boháč) a svým hlasem oslní celý svět. I když je film dalším z tuctových melodramat, svou jinotajnou písní „Ty lesovské stráně“ pomáhala pozdvihovat nacistickým terorem utlačované národní sebevědomí. Po pětileté odmlce si na ni opět vzpomněl Václav Binovec s rolí zpěvačky Marie Daubnerové pro drama BLUDNÁ POUŤ (1945). Snímek se však natáčel v posledních měsících války a nemohl být v poválečné době dokončen. Václav Binovec byl vzdálen od filmové práce z důvodu svého aktivismu za protektorátu a Zdenka Sulanová byla prohlášena za kapitalistickou hvězdu a rodiče za třídní nepřátele.
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Mike Wilmot

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Mike Wilmot is a Canadian stand-up comedian and actor. In 2005 he won two Canadian Comedy Awards for best male stand-up and best actor for his work in It's All Gone Pete Tong. Wilmot has appeared on Corner Gas, British TV shows such as Never Mind the Buzzcocks, and alongside American comedian Rich Hall in BBC television series Rich Hall's Fishing Show and Rich Hall's Cattle Drive. He was the host of the Paramount comedy series Comedy Blue. He has also appeared on the Australian TV show Good News Week as a guest panelist and visits Australia annually to perform at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. In 2009, he starred as Michael Valmont-Selkirk, the crooked and corrupt director of a philanthropic foundation in the Canadian TV series The Foundation.
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Im Won-hee

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Im Won-hee (임원희) is a South Korean actor. He was born on October 11, 1970. Im was an alumnus of the legendary Daehak-ro theater troupe Mokhwa, starring in many of Jang Jin's stage plays. He made his film debut in Jang's black comedy The Happenings in 1998, and through the years has become one of the most versatile supporting actors in Korean cinema, with notable roles in Three... Extremes and Le Grand Chef. But Im is best known for his iconic role Dachimawa Lee, which began in 2000 as the titular character of a 35-minute short film that director Ryoo Seung-wan made as a parody/homage to '70s Korean genre action films. The internet short was enormously popular and received more than a million page views, and in 2008, Ryoo again cast Im in an action-comedy feature film based on the same character, Dachimawa Lee.
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Mohamed Fawzi

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Mohamed Fawzi (1918-1966) is one of the most famous Egyptian singers of the 20th century. He also worked as a music composer, actor and producer. Fawzy was born in 1918 in the village of Kafr Abu Gendy in the center of the Tanta Governorate and finished his schooling in Tanta ing in Tanta in 1931. His interest in music started while he was still in elementary school, during which time he began training with Mohamed El Kharbatly, who brought Fawzy along to sing at weddings and other celebrations. He was deeply influenced by the music of Om Kulthoum and Mohammed Abdel Wahab and would sing their songs for the people at Al Montazah Park in Alexandria and during the Mawlid of Said El Bedawi. Fawzy’s songs have been included in many films and performed by many of the great actors of his age including Mohammed Abdel Motelib, Leila Murad, Hoda Soltan (Fawzy’s sister) and others. He also composed the melody for the Algerian national anthem.
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Veronica LaVery

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Veronica LaVery (birth name: Veronika Poloprutska) was born in 1991 in the Czech Republic to a Slovakian mother and a Polish/Irish father. She grew up in a small northern town called Vrchlabí, known as the Gate to the Giant Mountains (Krkonose) of the Czech Republic. While in Vrchlabí, Veronica attended both an art and dance school along with acting classes where she was trained to play musical instruments, sing, craft, act and dance. She was also a singer in a punk-rock band named Driak, where she was the only female, and only 15yo(!!). She has done various stage plays, band and dance performances and wasn't shy about being seen and heard by masses. All those artistic ways of expressing herself in her very young age gave her a solid base for her, during that time unthinkable, a career in the entertainment industry. In February 2008, after 17 years of living in the Czech Republic, Veronica moved to Sacramento, California. Without knowing anybody or anything about living outside the Czech Republic, Veronica had to adjust herself to a brand new lifestyle, culture, and language. In June 2009, Veronica graduated from the Foothill High School, Sacramento and enrolled in college to study Anthropology and Business. It was during this time that she got an opportunity to model. Modeling allowed Veronica to use her prior knowledge of acting and dancing to express herself in a whole new way which she quickly fell in love with. in 2011, Veronica moved to Southern California to pursue her modeling career, however; she's always felt like modeling is really just a start of getting her self back to where she used to be in Czech Republic, and that is- in front of a mass audience and back on stage. For more information, visit Veronica LaVery's official website.
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Maddison Bullock

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Maddison Bullock is an actor, writer, and producer of film and television. On-screen, Bullock is most known for her role in "Ice: The Movie" where she portrayed Bailey Grantham, an Olympic bound figure skater opposite Disney's "Miracle" actor Patrick O'Brian Demsey. The film was rated among the top 10 Ice Skating films of all time by Skating Magazine. Bullock can also be seen on Netflix's hit young adult show 13 Reason's Why. Up next, Bullock has an assortment of projects including the highly-anticipated short film "Wives of the Skies" a groundbreaking period film about gender stereotypes and the secret lives of two female stewardesses in the 1960s. The film is directed by award-winning writer, Honey Lauren. Bullock's latest feature film, "The Extraordinary Ordinary" in which Bullock starred opposite Alex Montalban, Ricardo Montalban's Grandson challenges stigmas about mental health in young adults and is currently running the festival circuit. It will screen next at the Glendale International Film Festival in October. Bullock also produced this film. Bullock is also set to star in Chad Ridgely's (6:66 P.M., Massacre on Aisle 12) psychological horror film "Murder Van". Bullock has worked with many non-profit organizations throughout the country. She is currently a Young Girl's ambassador for Boo2Bullying, and an actor on behalf of the Young Storytellers Foundation.
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Wayne W. Johnson

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Wayne W. Johnson is an actor and singer / guitarist for the band CAROLINE BLUE. Wayne initially started out on several CNY bands before forming CAROLINE BLUE. After years of focusing primarily on music, Wayne shifted that focus towards the path of acting in 2011. He is currently best known for his roles as Corneilus in “Night of Something Strange” (Hurricane Bridge Entertainment / SRS Cinema LLC / Virtual Interactive), Dracula in “Tales of Dracula” (Wolfbain Productions) and Draven in “Empire State of the Dead” (SRS Cinema LLC / Mad Angel Films).
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Seth MacFarlane

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Seth Woodbury MacFarlane (born October 26, 1973) is an American animator, writer, comedian, producer, actor, singer, voice actor, and director best known for creating the animated sitcoms Family Guy, American Dad! and The Cleveland Show, for which he also voices many of the shows' various characters. A native of Kent, Connecticut, MacFarlane is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, where he studied animation, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree. He was an animator and writer for Hanna-Barbera for several television shows, including Johnny Bravo, Cow and Chicken and Dexter's Laboratory, before creating his own series for 20th Century Fox entitled Family Guy in 1999. MacFarlane would go on to co-create American Dad! in 2005, The Winner in 2007 and The Cleveland Show in 2009 for 20th Century Fox. As an actor, he has made guest appearances on shows such as Gilmore Girls, The War at Home and FlashForward. MacFarlane's interest in science fiction and fantasy has led to cameo and guest appearances on Star Trek: Enterprise and voicing the character of Johann Kraus in Guillermo del Toro's Hellboy II: The Golden Army. In 2008, he created his own YouTube series entitled Seth MacFarlane's Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy. As a performer, MacFarlane has sung at several venues, including Carnegie and Royal Albert Hall. MacFarlane has won several awards for his work on Family Guy, including two Primetime Emmy Awards, and an Annie Award. In 2009, he won the Webby Award for Film & Video Person of the Year. He has been a subject of criticism from television watchdog groups, such as the Parents Television Council, who regularly condemn Family Guy for its indecency. He occasionally speaks at universities and colleges throughout the United States, and is a supporter of gay rights. On the February 10, 2011 episode of the TBS variety nighttime talk-show series Conan, MacFarlane announced he is directing his first feature-length film, Ted. The film stars Mark Wahlberg as an adult, who as a child, wished his teddy bear would come to life. MacFarlane will be the voice and motion capture for the bear.
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