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Mohamed Faraag

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Mohamed Farrag is an Egyptian actor. He was born in 1982. He joined the High Cinema Institute, but was forced to quit it and join the faculty of commerce in Cairo. He also joined Khaled Galal's acting workshop in Cairo's creativity center, and participated in the acting troupe's play “Ahwa Sada” (Black Coffee) in 2009, which premiered to widespread acclaim from audience and critics alike. He then went on to land supporting roles in television series and films, including “Elrahina” (The Hostage) and “Alf Mabrook” (Congratulations) alongside Ahmed Helmy. In 2013, Farrag made his debut leading role in the action film “El Qashah” (The Sweeper).
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Bayoumi Fouad

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Egyptian actor, Bayoumi Fouad was born in Cairo on June 16, 1965. He was part of the first class at the Center for Creative Arts and graduated from the Directing Department. Fouad got his start playing supporting roles in films including: “Ihki ya Scheherazade” (Sherazade, Tell Me a Story; 2009), “678” (2010) and “Asmaa” (2011). He also appeared in several television series such as: “Abwab El Khouf” (Gates of Fear; 2011), “Raqm Maghoul” (Unknown Number; 2012), and “Ism Mua’at” (Temporary Name; 2013). Fouad gained fame when he appeared the television series “El Kebir Awi,” which ran for four seasons (2010-2014). He is also well-known for his role in the series “Mawjet Hara” (Heatwave; 2013).
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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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Doria Tillier

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Doria Tillier (born 27 March 1986) is a French actress. She was born to a mathematician father and a mother who restores paintings, and she was a student in one of the oldest and most prestigious French high schools, Lycée Condorcet, in Paris. After she graduated, she worked as a waitress. From 2008 to 2010, Tillier studied acting at the Laboratoire de l'acteur-Hélène Zidi with Hélène Zidi. She later played in short films as well as in commercials, including Nina Ricci's perfume Mademoiselle Ricci. In 2008, she appeared as a coroner in the thriller Bloody Flowers directed by Richard J. Thomson and starring Amanda Lear. In 2009, she played in the series Action spéciale douanes aired on France 2. In September 2012, she became a witty weather girl on a famous access prime time TV show called Le Grand Journal on Canal+, succeeding Solweig Rediger-Lizlow. She left the program in June 2014. During the same period, Tillier also appeared in the second version of the sketch show Le Débarquement on Canal+ in December 2013. She was the mistress of ceremonies of the thirtieth anniversary of Canal+ in November 2014. In June 2015, on the occasion of the ten years of the popular TV show Salut les Terriens!, she performed a song in homage to the star presenter Thierry Ardisson with music by Barbara, written by Nicolas Bedos who accompanied with the piano. In March 2017, Tillier starred in the leading role in the film M. & Mme Adelman, directed and co-starred by her companion Nicolas Bedos, with a screenplay written by them both. Source: Article "Doria Tillier" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Gigí Ruá

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Gigí Ruá (Gigí Vila Rúa) (Comodoro Rivadavia, March 10, 1955) is an Argentinean actress. He began his career as a model and mannequin due to his beautiful face, his huge green eyes and his slender figure. In the mid-seventies he began to work in television, standing out in cycles of Carlos Lozano Dana and Alma Bressán. In the Eighties its popularity continued in ascent, being the favorite of producers and directors of the time to interpret different roles of ingenuous women, evil or romantic heroines in the cinema, the television and the theater. In 1979 he represented Lucy in the theatrical success Dracula, directed by Sergio Renán and in 1981 he starred Boeng-Boeing in the Provincial theater of Mar del Plata with Osvaldo Miranda, Claudio García Satur and Paulina Singerman. At the end of the decade of 1980 and in full success of his career he had a son and took refuge in Uruguay for a few years. He returned in the early nineties excelling in roles increasingly committed. (Wikipedia translate)
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Ashley Albert

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Ashley Albert was born to Howard and Arlene Albert. She wen to Miami Shores Elementary School, Miami Country Day College Prep for middle, and other various schools until she graduated. At the age of 3, her father remarried JoEllen Small. At 12, her baby half-sister, Arielle Lauren Albert, was born, and Ashley picked out the name. After moving to New York with a friend, Ashley started her career as a voice over actress. Her big break was with Daria, a TV show on MTV. Ashley now owns several companies along with her voice-over career. She is the lead singer in her rock band for kids, The Jimmies. She also owns a jewelery company that specializes in Twitter necklaces.
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Oh Jung-se

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Oh Jung-se (born February 26, 1977) is a South Korean actor. Oh began his career in theater, and has since appeared in many onscreen supporting roles over the years, notably in Petty Romance (2010), Couples (2011), As One (2012), A Millionaire On the Run (2012), and Running Man (2013). But his performance in the 2013 romantic comedy How to Use Guys with Secret Tips earned him special attention from critics and viewers. This led to Oh being cast in his first leading role in the 2013 film The Hero.
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Edgar Nelson

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Edgar Nelson was born January 25th, 1882 in the coal mining town of Tower City, Pennsylvania. Born Edgar N. Stuck, he changed his name after moving to New York City to pursue an acting career. He was a bit player in movies, but also appeared in a number Broadway shows. His movie credits include: 1915 The House of a Thousand Candles - Larry Donovan 1920 Way Down East - Hi Holler 1921 The Chicken in the Case - Percival Jones 1921 Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford - Eddie Lamb 1924 Janice Meredith - Tailor 1924 Sandra - Mr. Stanley 1925 Womanhandled - Pinky (uncredited) 1932 The Misleading Lady - Steve 1933 Laughs in the Law (Short) At the age of 81, he died December 27th, 1963, in New Haven Connecticut.
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Roger Ashton-Griffiths

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Roger Ashton-Griffiths (born January 19, 1957 in Hemel Hempstead) is a British character actor, screenwriter and film director. He graduated from Lancaster University (BMus) and the University of East London (MA Fine Art), and began his career as a singer with English National Opera at the London Coliseum. He has appeared in numerous high-profile films, including Terry Gilliam's The Brothers Grimm and Brazil, A Knight's Tale, Martin Scorsese's Gangs of New York, Roman Polanski's Pirates, Peter Greenaway's The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover and Woody Allen's You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger. He has also worked extensively in television, including Margaret and The Tudors (2009). Description above from the Wikipedia article Roger Ashton-Griffiths, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​
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Elizabeth Mitchell

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Elizabeth Joanna Mitchell (née Robertson; born March 27, 1970), is an American actress who is known for her roles as Dr. Juliet Burke on ABC's TV series Lost  and as FBI agent Erica Evans on V. She has starred such films as The Santa Clause 2, The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause and Gia. Mitchell currently co-stars in Eric Kripke's television series Revolution, airing on NBC. Her stepfather, Joseph Day Mitchell, and mother, Josephine Marian Mitchell (née Jenkins), are lawyers based in Dallas. Mitchell and her mother moved to Dallas, Texas in 1970, where her mother married Joseph Mitchell in 1975. Mitchell graduated from Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, a public magnet school. She is the eldest of three sisters, the others being Kristina Helen "Kristie" Mitchell (b. 1977), and Katherine Day "Kate" Mitchell (b. 1981). In 1991, she graduated from Stephens College with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting, and also studying at the British American Drama Academy.Mitchell worked for six years in Dallas Theater Center and a year at Encore Theater. Mitchell had a recurring role as psychiatrist Dr. Kim Legaspi, the first lesbian lover of Dr. Kerry Weaver (Laura Innes) during the 2000–01 season of TV series ER. She also played Angelina Jolie's hairdresser/lover in the movie Gia. In March 2009, Entertainment Weekly reported that Mitchell had been cast in new ABC pilot for V, its remake of the classic science fiction television miniseries. Although ABC and Warner Bros. officials told the magazine she was only cast as a guest star, the announcement led to speculation and concern that Mitchell's character would be killed off at the end of Lost's fifth season, which ended on a cliffhanger that left the fate of her character unknown. Mitchell was later named the lead actress on V in an ABC press release and various sources reported that she would guest-star in Lost's sixth, final season.Mitchell's character was killed off in the sixth season premiere, but returned for the two-part series finale for which she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series. The show V was picked up for a second season, which premiered on January 4, 2011 but was not picked up for a third season. Mitchell had a guest starring role on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit in 2011 where she played June Frye. Mitchell starred in the film, Answers to Nothing in 2011, where she played Kate. On June 30, 2012, NBC announced that Elizabeth had joined the cast of the upcoming series Revolution as Rachel Matheson, replacing actress Andrea Roth whom Mitchell worked with for one episode on Lost. The series premiered on September 17, 2012. Actress Elizabeth Banks who was born Elizabeth Irene Mitchell, changed her name to avoid confusion with Mitchell. Mitchell married actor Chris Soldevilla in 2004 with whom she has a son named C.J., who was born in 2005. In 2013 Mitchell and Soldevilla divorced due to irreconcilable differences. Description above from the Wikipedia article Elizabeth Mitchell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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