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Balaji Sakthivel
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Balaji Sakthivel began as an assistant director of popular director S. Shankar. In 2002, he directed his first film, Samurai for Vikram - however despite receiving positive reviews, did not make it big at the box-office. After a two-year break, he released Kaadhal under the S Pictures banner, the production house of Shankar. The film starring relatively new actors, Bharath and Sandhya made it big at the box-office and earned the stars and the director instant recognition. His Vazhakku Enn 18/9 won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil.Balaji Sakthivel is married to Dr. L.R.S. Kalanithi, who is an Associate Professor of English and Vice-principal (Students' Affairs) of Guru Nanak College (Autonomous), Chennai. They have two children, a daughter (B.K.Koushi Mahalakshmi) born in 2004 and a son (B.K.Vidhyadharan) born in 2007. Their native is Dindigul. They were residing in Virugambakkam, Chennai. But have recently moved to a nearby neighbourhood Ramapuram, Chennai.
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Thomas Ian Griffith
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Thomas Ian Griffith (born March 18, 1962) is an American actor and martial artist. He is best known for portraying Terry Silver in the 1989 film The Karate Kid Part III, a role he reprised in the 4th season of the Netflix series Cobra Kai.
Griffith became obsessed with Tae Kwon Do while in high school and earned a black belt when he was 18. His knowledge of Tae Kwon Do helped him land his first feature film: 1989's The Karate Kid Part III, in which he played Terry Silver.
In 1996, Griffith starred in the film Hollow Point alongside Tia Carrere, as DEA agent Max Parish and FBI agent Diane Norwood respectively. Griffith has also collaborated with director John Carpenter. He played head vampire Jan Valek in the 1998 film Vampires and co-created the comic book series Asylum, together with Carpenter and producer Sandy King. Griffith appeared in the 2002 film XXX, in which he portrayed Agent Jim McGrath.
His first TV role was on the soap opera Another World, as Catlin Ewing, whom he played from 1984 to 1987. In 1999, he starred in the TV movie Secret of Giving with Reba McEntire; earlier in 1999, he had appeared in Reba's video for the song "What Do You Say". He also starred as Rock Hudson in a 1990 TV movie Rock Hudson. He has made guest appearances on a number of television shows, including In the Heat of the Night, Wiseguy, and One Tree Hill.
From 2013 to 2017, Griffith periodically wrote and worked as a story editor for the NBC television series Grimm and became a co-producer in 2015.
In 2021, Griffith reprised the role of Terry Silver from The Karate Kid Part III in Season 4 of Cobra Kai.
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Karina Lombard
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Born in Tahiti, Karina moved to Spain at an early age. After attending a number of boarding schools and living throughout Europe where she became fluent in Spanish, English, Italian, French, and German, Karina relocated to New York where she began modeling, dancing and acting. She has appeared on stage in "Uncle Vanya", "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", "Summer and Smoke", "M. Butterfly", "Joan of Arc", "Betrayal" and "Danny and the Deep Blue Sea". Lombard has been seen in many high profile films including The Firm (1993) with Tom Cruise, and played Brad Pitt's wife in Legends of the Fall (1994). Her screen credits also include Last Man Standing (1996) with Bruce Willis, Wide Sargasso Sea (1993) and Big Kiss (2004). Also, "The L Word" (2004), "The 4400" (2004), "Rescue Me" (2004) and Jo's Boy (2011) (in theaters 2011). In addition to her acting talent, Karina has proved to be an accomplished musician and writer. She is a citizen of the world, both US and EU.
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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.
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Aras Aydın
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Aras Aydın (born 4 January 1989) is a Turkish actor.
Aydın was born in 1989 in Eskişehir. He studied theatre at the Istanbul University State Conservatory. He made his debut in 2010 with the series Öğretmen Kemal. In 2013, he briefly appeared in the series Şefkat Tepe and in 2014 he was cast in a supporting role in Saklı Kalan. He was first noted by the general audience with his portrayal of Emre Yiğit in Cherry Season. He then made his cinematic debut in 2016 with a leading role in the movie Oğlan Bizim Kız Bizim. Aydın later had main roles in series such as Altınsoylar and Canevim. He recently joined the second season of Hulu's 'Nine Perfect Strangers'.
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Tatiana Dyková
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Tatiana Čecháková-Vilhelmová (born July 13, 1978 Prague-Jarov) is a Czech actress frequently getting roles in Czech movies since the end of 1990's. She is 5 ft 3 in tall. As a kid she took lessons in ballet for 9 years, she was a member of well-renowned Kühn's Children Choir. She didn't finish Prague Conservatory though as she started her career being 16 years old. She is a permanent actor at Dejvické divadlo (Dejvice Theatre) run by the City of Prague. She has been regularly nominated for Czech prestigious awards (7x Czech Lion, Alfréd Radok Award, Thálie Award), in 2006 she was awarded Czech Lion. She was also awarded abroad - TV Festival Monte Carlo 2001, "Shooting star 2003" at Berlin Film Festival. She has a two sons, František and Cyril with her husband Petr Čechák. An exhaustive list of her movie, TV, theatre and radio roles has been maintained in the Czech version of Wikipedia article.
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Aerin Yuktadatta
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Aerin Yuktadatta is an actor. She attended Chulalongkorn University studying in the International Department and Faculty of Communication Arts
Aerin was born into a wealthy family with her father working for Thai Airlines, so she travelled a lot when she was a child. After her father passed away, her mother began taking over the business of selling airplanes and helicopters. Prior to debuting on TV, Aerin had been modelling at events that earned her some money. Later on, "Jieb" Sopitnapa Chumpanee and "Aom" Phiyada Akarasenee helped Aerin start her acting career. Both of them suggested that Aerin go audition for a lakorn with Exact, which landed her a role in "Kaew Lorm Petch".
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Dmitri Hvorostovsky
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Dmitri Hvorostovsky was born in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia. In 1989, he won the prestigious Cardiff Singer of the World competition. Since his acclaimed debut as Jeletzki at the Opera in Nice, has carrer has led and continues to lead him to the most important international stages in the world, like for example the New York Met, ROH Covent Garden, the Bayerische Staatsoper, the Paris Opera, the Scala, Moskow, the Chicago Lyric Opera, the Liceu in Barcelona, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, the Salzburger Festspielen, Australia as well as South America. Numerous contemporary composers write works for Dmitri Hvorostovsky. His most important roles include among others Graf Luna (Il trovatore), Posa (Don Carlo), the leading role in Rigoletto, Renato (Un ballo in maschera), the leading role in Simon Boccanegra, Jeletzki and the leading role in Eugen Onegin. He gave his debut at the Wiener Staatsoper in 1994 as Sir Ricardo (I Puritani) and has since also sung Figaro (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Posa, Rigoletto, Jeletzki, Jago, Giorgio Germont (La traviata) as well as the leading roles in Eugen Onegin und Simon Boccanegra. http://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/Content.Node/home/kuenstler/saengerinnen/Hvorostovsky.en.php
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Bernard B. Brown
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Bernard B. Brown (July 24, 1898 – February 20, 1981) was an American sound engineer and composer, who wrote the scores for many early animated cartoons produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions for distribution by Warner Bros. Pictures. He won an Academy Award in the category Sound Recording and was nominated for seven more in the same category. He was also nominated three times in the category Best Visual Effects. He worked on more than 520 films between 1930 and 1958.
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Billy Morrison
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Billy Morrison is an English guitarist, singer and actor who performs with the Los Angeles-based cover band Camp Freddy. Morrison is also a member of Billy Idol's current touring band, and has previously fronted the hard rock act Circus Diablo. Morrison has also been a member of The Cult, Stimulator, Doheny and Into a Circle.
Morrison co-hosted Indie 103.1's Camp Freddy Radio, with Dave Navarro, until its retirement in 2008.
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