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Ricardo Palacios
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Ricardo López-Nuño Díez, better known as Ricardo Palacios, was a Spanish actor, film director and screenwriter. Born in Reinosa (Cantabria), Palacios graduated from the Official Film School in Madrid as an actor and director. He debuted in the 1961 TV series Poly. He participated in about 150 films and television series, being mainly active in the Spaghetti Western genre, and he was also a recurring presence in films directed by Jesús Franco. In 1987, Palacios made his directorial debut with the comedy film ¡Biba la Banda!, starring Alfredo Landa, and in 1997 he directed the TV-series La Banda de Pérez. After spending over a month in hospital with heart problems, Ricardo died on 11 February 2015 of heart failure.
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Yuriy Stoyanov
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Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, musician. People's Artist of the Russian Federation (2001). Author, director and performer of roles (together with Ilya Oleinikov) in the television comedy program “Gorodok” (1993-2012). Since 2015, he has been an adviser to the directorate of the FGUP VGTRK State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company affiliate, on September 25, 2015, the actor took part in theatrical readings of A. Chekhov’s works Chekhov Alive. On October 30, 2018, Yuriy Stoyanov joined the Council on To public television by decree of the President of the Russian Federation. In April 2020, on YouTube, it registered its own channel called “Clean neighing,” where it posts humorous videos on topics that are relevant at the time of release. The plots are shot in the "Gorodok" style and all roles are played by Yuriy Stoyanov.
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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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Jess Hahn
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Jess Hahn's career is a bit of an oddity, being one of very few American actors to establish himself in French cinema in the early 1960's. He acted exclusively in French productions for the duration of his career with the exception of the Marlon Brando vehicle "The Night of the Following Day" in 1968, which was filmed in France. He also appeared in several international coproductions and low budget films by French exploitation director Jean Marie Pallardy, for which he is arguably best-known to contemporary audiences.
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Charles Martinet
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Charles Andre Martinet (born September 17, 1955) is an American actor, who formerly portrayed both Mario and Luigi in the Super Mario video game series. Martinet developed the voices of the Mario brothers first used in mainline entries from 1996 to 2022. He also voiced other characters in the series such as Wario, Waluigi, and their baby equivalents, prior to stepping down as voice actor to become an official brand ambassador for the series. Martinet, having spent a large portion of his youth in Europe, speaks fluent French and Spanish, as well as some Italian. He resides in the Netherlands with his partner.
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Samoa Joe
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Nuufolau Joel "Joe" Seanoa is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Samoa Joe. He is currently under contract with WWE. He has also worked for the Japanese promotion Pro Wrestling Noah, as well as the Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) brand as well.
Throughout his career, Seanoa has won numerous championships, including the Ring of Honor (ROH) World Championship and the Pure Championship. Within TNA, he is a former TNA World Heavyweight Champion, a four-time TNA X Division Champion, and a two-time TNA World Tag Team Champion. He has also won the 2005 Super X Cup Tournament, the 2008 King of the Mountain match, and the TNA Triple Crown. In WWE, he's a two-time NXT Champion, winner of the first Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic (with partner Finn Bálor), and a two-time United States Champion.
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Kim Coates
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Kim Coates (born February 21, 1958) is a Canadian actor who has worked in both Canadian and American movies and television series. He has worked on Broadway portraying Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire and in the lead role of Macbeth performed at the Stratford Theatre. He starred as Tig Trager, sergeant-at-arms of the Sons of Anarchy, in the FX Network's drama series Sons of Anarchy.
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Pratik Gandhi
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A salesman during the day and a theater actor during the night - Pratik Gandhi juggled between his passion and profession until he finally found success with the Gujarati play Aa Paar Ke Pele Paar. The play went on to become a commercial success and soon Pratik featured in several plays such as Apurva Avsar, Hun Chandrkant Bakshi, Master Madam, and Mere Piya Gaye Rangoon. In 2006, Pratik made his feature debut with the United Kingdom-Indian co-produced film Yours Emotionally. It was in 2014 that he made his Gujarati film debut with the movie Bey Yaar directed by Abhishek Jain. He has since then appeared in movies such as Wrong Side Raju (2016), Tamburo (2017), and Love Ni Bhavai (2017).
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Drew Barrymore
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Drew Blythe Barrymore (born February 22, 1975) is an American actress, director, producer, businesswoman, and talk show host who is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award, as well as five Emmy Award nominations and a BAFTA nomination. She is a member of the Barrymore family of actors and the granddaughter of John Barrymore.
Barrymore achieved fame as a child actress with her role in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Following a highly publicized childhood marked by drug and alcohol abuse, she released an autobiography Little Girl Lost. She starred in a string of successful films during the 1990s and 2000s, including Charlie's Angels, Never Been Kissed, Poison Ivy, Boys on the Side, Mad Love, Batman Forever, Scream and Ever After. Barrymore starred with Adam Sandler in several films, including The Wedding Singer, 50 First Dates and Blended.
Her other films include Firestarter, Donnie Darko, Riding in Cars with Boys, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, Fever Pitch, Music and Lyrics, Going the Distance, Big Miracle and Miss You Already. She also starred in her directorial debut film Whip It. She won a SAG Award and a Golden Globe for her role in Grey Gardens. She starred in the Netflix series Santa Clarita Diet and currently hosts her syndicated talk show The Drew Barrymore Show.
Barrymore is the founder of the production company Flower Films. It produced several projects in which she has starred. She launched a range of cosmetics under the Flower banner in 2013, which has grown to include lines in make-up, perfume and eyewear. Her other business ventures include a range of wines and a clothing line. E. P. Dutton published a collection of Barrymore's autobiographical essays in a book titled Wildflower in 2015. Barrymore received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2004.
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Bhagyashree Mote
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Bhagyashree Mote is a popular Marathi and Hindi TV actress. She is originally from Pune, but now lives in Mumbai Maharashtra. For her education, she has a degree in Economics.
She is most popular for her roles in Hindi mythological shows like "Devon Ke Dev Mahadev" and the role of Surpanakha 'Siya Ke Ram'. Devyani was her first debut Marathi serial. At the college level, she had acted in commercial natak called Vishwa Garjana.
In 2017, she was seen in the Zee Yuva serial "Prem Hey" alongside actor Lalit Prabhakar.
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