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Dave Chappelle

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David Khari Webber "Dave" Chappelle was born on August 24, 1973 in Washington, D.C. He is a comedian, screenwriter, television/film producer and actor. Chappelle began his film career in the film Robin Hood: Men in Tights in 1993 and continued to star in minor roles in the films The Nutty Professor, Con Air, and Blue Streak. His first lead role in a film was in Half Baked in 1998. In 2003, he became widely known for his popular sketch comedy television series, Chappelle's Show, which ran until 2006. Comedy Central ranked him forty-third in its list of the 100 greatest stand-up comedians
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Alaine Huntington

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Alaine is known for her multi-skilled and passionate work on films both large and small. Working on films such as Dominion, Kickboxer: Vengeance, and the cult-favorite Shark Exorcist. She studied acting with Harvard professors from the Moscow Arts Theatre School, and studied producing from award-winning producer/ director Dimitri Logothetis. Originally from Miami, Florida, Alaine considers herself a lifelong learner, and finds the value of film to be the ability to change hearts and minds for greater good. She has dedicated her life to the service of others, whether that be through special needs instruction, environmental and animal rights advocacy, or through film.
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Iker Jiménez

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Iker Jiménez Elizari is a Spanish journalist with a degree in Information Sciences from the Complutense University of Madrid and the European University of the same city. He is married to the journalist Carmen Porter, with whom he works regularly. He began his journalistic activity at the age of seventeen, in a municipal radio station in Alcalá de Henares. For several years, he worked in different radio stations, collaborating and directing several programs focused on mystery and the paranormal; until, in 2001, he started what was his star program, Milenio 3, in Cadena SER. In 2005, he began his career in television with the program Cuarto Milenio.
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Tewfik Jallab

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Tewfik Jallab is a French actor. Trained at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art of Paris, he made ​​his debut on stage with the director Wajdi Mouawad in Littoral and Blood trilogy Promises he will in the world, from Japan to Canada through by the highly prestigious courtyard of the Palace of the Popes in Avignon , or the trilogy will be played all night (12h show). He was awarded the prize for the best interpretation of the TV drama Festival of La Rochelle in 2010 for his role in the movie Brothers.
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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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Joe Matthews

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Joe Matthews is an award-winning director, editor, actor, and singer. He took an early interest in film at eight years old, making short films on Super 8. He has been involved in the film industry for most of his life, working in front of the camera with credits including “Splitting Up Together”, “Bizaardvark”, and “Jimmy Kimmel Live”. He has worked as a session singer on projects including “The Book of Life”, “Sing”, and The Weeknd’s song “Angel”. More recently, Joe has worked on concept trailers for Netflix, Paramount Pictures, and Sony Pictures and produced and edited Lionsgate’s “The Duel” starring Dylan Sprouse, Callan McAuliffe, and Patrick Warburton.
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Doug Dillard

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Dillard, who grew up on a farm near Salem, Missouri, began learning guitar and fiddle at age five, and banjo at age 15. He began playing in the family band, with his father Homer Sr. on fiddle, his mother Lorene on guitar, and his older brother Earl on keyboards. His banjo heroes were Earl Scruggs, Ralph Stanley, and Don Reno. After corresponding with Scruggs, Dillard persuaded his parents to drive him to Scruggs' home in Madison, Tennessee, where Scruggs installed "Scruggs Tuners" on Dillard's banjo. By age 19, Dillard was performing regularly on a weekly radio show hosted by Howe Teague on KSMO, a Salem radio station.
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Tuomas Holopainen

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Tuomas Lauri Johannes Holopainen is a Finnish songwriter, multi-instrumentalist musician, screenwriter and record producer, best known as the founder, leader, keyboardist and songwriter of symphonic metal band Nightwish. He has also studied jazz and classical styles, but prefers to be influenced by harmonic film music. He has also played in the bands Nattvindens Gråt and Darkwoods My Betrothed. His current side projects are the gothic metal band For My Pain... and the band of Timo Rautiainen. Holopainen has written several songs that have been included in movie soundtracks, including recent collaboration with Nightwish bass player, and male vocalist Marco Hietala on "While Your Lips Are Still Red", for the Finnish film Lieksa! in 2007. He also co-wrote Nightwish's own film, Imaginaerum, released in November 2012. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tuomas Holopainen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Armelle

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Armelle (born 23 July 1969 as Armelle Leśniak) is a French actress, comedian and screenwriter. After studies in khâgne, she works as a costume-aid. Trained by Jean Périmony, her atypical physique and her personality do not take long to attract attention. Coline Serreau entrusted her with a second role in 1996 in La Belle Verte. In 2001, she plays Maéva Capucin, the head of archives stuck in Caméra Café that she will also play in the cinema in Espace Détente and in Le Séminaire. The same year, she plays in Amélie of Jean-Pierre Jeunet. In 2003, at the 8th edition of the Grand Prix of humor in advertising, she received the Actress Award for her performance in advertising Spontex. In 2011 she plays in La Croisière of Pascale Pouzadoux. Source: Article "Armelle" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Eiko Kujo

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Kujyo Kyoko (October 22, 1935 - April 30, 2014) was a Japanese actress, theater, film producer from Azabu, Tokyo. The stage name of the actress was Eiko Kujo (Kujo Eiko). Real name is Eiko Terayama (Torayama Eiko). Husband Shuji Terayama. After graduating from Mihoda Gakuen Junior High School · High School, she debuted on the stage of Shochiku Opera Group under the name of Eiko Kujo. After that, she moved to Shochiku movie and appeared in Yoshitaro Nomura's film "Yellow cherries" (1960) etc etc. In 1967 Shuji Terayama, Tadanori Yokoo and others founded "Drama Laboratory / Ceiling Arts", and Kujo is responsible for the production. Also made a movie. In 1970 she got divorced from Terayama (except Terayama's surname). After Terayama died in 1983, she was in charge of the copyright management of the Terayama work and gave lectures all over the country. In recent years I gave a lecture at Hirosaki Gakuin University in 2009. She served as Representative Director of Terayama World Limited Company. Misawa City Shuji Terayama memorial hall honorary director. Misawa City Tourism Ambassador. On April 30, 2014, she died at his house in Tokyo due to rupture of esophageal varices due to cirrhosis of the liver. 78 year old died. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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