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Sigrid ten Napel
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Sigrid ten Napel is one of the most talented actresses of her generation. From an early age she took drama lessons, after which she graduated from the Theatre Academy in Maastricht in 2015.
Sigrid is known for the role of Nathalie van Walraven in the popular series Penoza and in the film Penoza: The Final Chapter. She also starred in series such as Lijn 32, Overspel 2, the French Canal + series Kill Skills and Ard's Der Amsterdam Krimi. She was nominated for a 2012 Golden Nutcracker in the television category for her roles in Overspel and Lijn 32.
Sigrid can also be admired on the big screen. In 2014 she starred in Zomer, which earned her a Golden Calf nomination for Best Actress. She also starred in the feature film Prins (2015), directed by Sam de Jong which brought her another Golden Calf nomination, for Best Female Supporting Actress. Sigrid played leading roles in the films The Paradise Suite, Brasserie Valentijn, Riphagen, A Certain Kind of Silence, Ik Wist Het and, most recently, Trauma Porn Club. She has starred on stage in Mensen Zoals Jij, Sweet Sixteen and Edward 2 - The Gay King.
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Ray Lovelock
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Ray Lovelock was born on June 19, 1950 in Rome, Italy to an Italian mother and English father. Ray first became interested in acting while attending college as a teenager. He began as an extra in both movies and TV commercials to make extra money. An acting agent discovered Ray performing in the Roman nightclub The Piper. This lead to his first role in Djanjo Kill. It was his part in Bandits in Milan that launched his acting career. He appeared as David in the eerie Queens of Evil, George in The Living Dead at the Manchester Morgue, Edgar in Autopsy, and Aldo in Terror. He also had a recurring role as Hans Rudolf in the TV series Incantesimo.
His wife Gioai is also his agent. They met in 1968 and got married in 1970. Their daughter Francesca Romana Lovelock was born in 1971 and works as an assistant director in Naples. An avid soccer lover, Ray Lovelock serves as the captain of an Italian actors soccer team who play soccer matches to raise money for charity.
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Leslie Nielsen
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Leslie William Nielsen, OC (February 11, 1926 – November 28, 2010) was a Canadian and naturalized American actor and comedian. Nielsen appeared in over one hundred films and 1,500 television programs over the span of his career, portraying over 220 characters. Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Nielsen enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force and worked as a disc jockey before receiving a scholarship to Neighborhood Playhouse. Making his television debut in 1948, he quickly expanded to over 50 television appearances two years later. Nielsen made his film debut in 1956, and began collecting roles in dramas, westerns, and romance films. Nielsen's performances in the films Forbidden Planet (1956) and The Poseidon Adventure (1972) received positive reviews as a serious actor, though he is primarily known for his comedic roles.
Although Nielsen's acting career crossed a variety of genres in both television and films, his deadpan delivery in Airplane! (1980) marked a turning point in his career, one that would make him, in the words of film critic Roger Ebert, "the Olivier of spoofs." Nielsen enjoyed further success with The Naked Gun film series (1988 – 1994), based on a short-lived television series Police Squad! in which he starred earlier. His portrayal of serious characters seemingly oblivious to (and complicit in) their absurd surroundings gave him a reputation as a comedian. In the final years of his career, Nielsen appeared in multiple spoof and parody films, many of which were met poorly by critics, but performed well in box office and home media releases. Nielsen married four times and had two daughters from his second marriage. He was recognized with a variety of awards throughout his career, and was inducted into the Canada and Hollywood Walks of Fame.
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Franz Beckenbauer
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Franz Anton Beckenbauer (11 September 1945 - 7 January 2024) was a German former professional footballer and manager. In his playing career he was nicknamed Der Kaiser ("The Emperor") because of his elegant style, dominance and leadership on the field, and also as his first name "Franz" is reminiscent of the Austrian emperors. He is widely regarded to be one of the greatest players in the history of the sport. A versatile player who started out as a midfielder, Beckenbauer made his name as a central defender. He is often credited as having invented the role of the modern sweeper (libero).
Twice named European Footballer of the Year, Beckenbauer appeared 103 times for West Germany and played in three FIFA World Cups and two European Championships. He is one of three men, along with Brazil's Mário Zagallo and France's Didier Deschamps, to have won the World Cup as a player and as a manager; he lifted the World Cup trophy as captain in 1974, and repeated the feat as a manager in 1990. He was the first captain to lift the World Cup and European Championship at international level and the European Cup at club level. He was named in the World Team of the 20th Century in 1998, the FIFA World Cup Dream Team in 2002, the Ballon d'Or Dream Team in 2020, and in 2004 was listed in the FIFA 100 of the world's greatest living players.
At club level with Bayern Munich, Beckenbauer won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1967 and three consecutive European Cups from 1974 to 1976. The latter feat made him the first player to win three European Cups as captain of his club. He became team manager and later president of Bayern Munich. After two spells with the New York Cosmos he was inducted into the U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame.
Beckenbauer led Germany's successful bid to host the 2006 FIFA World Cup and chaired the organizing committee. He worked as a pundit for Sky Germany, and for 34 years as a columnist for the tabloid Bild, both until 2016.
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Edward Holcroft
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Edward Patrick Holcroft is an English film, television, and stage actor. He is best known for his roles in the Kingsman film franchise and in the television series Wolf Hall (2015), London Spy (2015), and Alias Grace (2017).
Holcroft is the second of three sons born to Lt. Col. Patrick Holcroft, a soldier and Kathleen "Annie" Holcroft (née Roberts), a former publisher at Condé Nast. His elder brother, Oliver Holcroft, is a former soldier who served with the Grenadier Guards in Afghanistan. Edward was sent to boarding school at age 8, first attending prep school at Summer Fields School in Oxford and then to a Roman Catholic school, Ampleforth College, in North Yorkshire.
He initially wanted to become a professional drummer, having attended music school, but switched to acting after appearing in a play at Oxford Brookes University. He then undertook post-graduate studies in acting at the Drama Centre London of Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, graduating in 2012.
Holcroft is best known for his roles as Charlie Hesketh in the film Kingsman: The Secret Service and its sequel Kingsman: The Golden Circle; as George Boleyn in the British drama series Wolf Hall; and as Alex Turner in the BBC drama series London Spy. In 2017, he appeared in the historical miniseries Gunpowder on the BBC and Alias Grace on Netflix and the CBC. Holcroft acted with Dominic West and Janet McTeer in Les Liaisons Dangereuses at the Donmar Warehouse.
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Cal Nguyen
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Award-winning actor/filmmaker Cal Nguyen had performed for film since 1998 doing commercials, infomercials, print modeling and Hollywood studio films such as "Bedazzled", starring Brendan Fraser and Elizabeth Hurley. After separating from military service, he shortly nabbed short film roles while returning to acting workshops, where the filmmaking bug bit him.
Cal's breakthrough was when he booked a lead, series regular spot as "Jim Lecter" in the post-apocalyptic web TV series, "Day Zero", which, after buying the script rights in 2011, he became the show-runner all the while continuing his role as Jim. The pilot episode "Lethal" alone earned him eight filmmaker awards in 2012 throughout the festival circuit and since then, the series completed nearly 3 full seasons worth 10 episodes each by 2019, and has earned over 100+ film fest nominations (many of them award wins) to include Tellys. "Day Zero" was the first indie web series to ever appear on Amazon Prime since 2016 after being grandfathered in from the CreateSpace DVD days. The show is listed in former ABC researcher Vincent Terrace's "Internet Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Television Series, 1998-2013".
Since "Day Zero", he has delved into investing in other filmmakers' projects, becoming an executive producer of short films as well as features such as "Wayward: The Prodigal Son, "Love Everlasting" (Lucky Blue Smith, Emily Procter) and in 2020 with "Lucy Shimmers" as co-executive producer and playing the part of a doctor. Earlier, he was a camera operator for the comedic web series "Crash Pad" and in 2018 had directed and filmed another indie web series, "Fleet". He is also a producer for celebrity-laden films such as Kevin Sorbo's "Mythica" and "Survivor", Amy Jo Johnson's "Lines", and the pilot "Rock and a Hard Place" starring Jim Breuer.
He has trained with some of the best coaches such as Richard Hatch of "Battlestar Galactica" fame, Glenn Morshower from "Transformers", Larry Silverberg (leading Meisner coach), casting director Jeff Johnson, and the prolific producer, director and actor, Lance Williams ("Star Wars: Return of the Jedi"). Cal received other types of training and experience, being a distinguished Veteran of Gulf War II, and also serving in the corporate Information Technology industry since 1996 to this day, serving in the federal government supporting the war-fighter.
Cal's interest in acting started out when he was very young, and along with his younger brother, they scripted and played out their own skits, comedy and otherwise. As big Star Trek fans, it was a way for Cal to start using his voice as a talent. He became a voice impressionist since his teens, performing accurate representations of William Shatner, Elvis Presley and other celebrities, but mostly known for his Bill Bixby and South Park's "Eric Cartman" sound-alike voices.
Cal had also been a major contributor to many brick-and-mortar sales due to his writings for The All Media Guide's All Game Guide, a website repository of previews, reviews and historical documentation of every video and computer game ever made.
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Utkarsh Ambudkar
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Utkarsh Ambudkar (born December 8, 1983), also known by his stage name UTK the INC, is an American actor, rapper, and singer.
His television roles include The Mindy Project, White Famous, Never Have I Ever, and Ghosts (US). He also appeared in the Hulu limited series The Dropout (2022). Some of his film roles include Pitch Perfect, Blindspotting, Brittany Runs a Marathon, The Broken Hearts Gallery, Free Guy, and Tick, Tick... Boom!.
He made his Broadway debut in Lin-Manuel Miranda's improvisational hip-hop show Freestyle Love Supreme in 2019.
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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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Imogen Byron
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Imogen Byron grew up attending the New London Performing Arts Centre (NLPAC) and is a member of the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain (NYT). Imogen has a younger sister, Tabitha Byron, who is also an actress.
Imogen Byron began her career making her West End debut at the age of 7 in Les Miserables at the Queen's Theatre and continued to perform in other West End musicals. Aged 9 Imogen was cast as a series regular on the popular CBBC comedy sketch show 'Stupid'. Imogen then went on to land the role of Jaqueline Price on BBC thriller 'Messiah: The Harrowing' playing daughter to Helen McCrory and Hugo Speer. As a keen football player Imogen was then cast as lead 'Sammy Yeomans' for ITV film 'Pickles'. The film was shown after the World Cup in 2006. The next year Imogen filmed on numerous projects including filming opposite Judi Dench in BBC's costume drama 'Cranford' whilst also performing in 'Evita' in London's West End.
After enjoying a sell-out run at The Old Vic performing along side Kevin Spacey in 'Inherit The Wind' directed by Trevor Nunn, Imogen, then aged 13, was cast as the recurring role of Rachel Levy in BBC's Holby City. Whilst tackling serious story lines in Holby City Imogen, 17, returned to Regents Park Open Air Theatre to play Kitty Bennet in 'Pride & Prejudice'. Imogen performed in Penelope Skinner's 'Linda' at London's Royal Court originating the role of Bridget. After this she took on a lead role in Jo Brand's improvised BBC Comedy 'Going Forward' playing OCD teenager Kelly Wilde.
Imogen continues to work in television, theatre and film.
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Andrea Carballo
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Andrea Carballo (born December 8, 1982) is an Argentinian actress with experience on Films, Theatre and TV.
Watching Andrea's portfolio is sufficient to appreciate her multi-faceted acting skills. Instead of confining her acting to exact gestures, tones, and personifications of characters, she achieves, from one role to the next, genuine and complete transformations. There is reason to believe that with her talent and technical ability, this young actress, born in 1982, will have a fertile and successful future. Educated in a diverse range of acting techniques, she has ten years experience working in theatre, film, and television, including the following:
Lo Que Haria, a film by Natural Arpajou, winner of 'best short film' in several national and international film festivals, presented in the Short Film Corner of the Cannes Film Festival, and for which Andrea Carballo received the 'best actress' prize at: the International Short Film Week in Bolivia; the Pedrera Short Film Festival, Uruguay; the Film and Video Festival in Rosario, Argentina; and the Ituzaingó International Film Festival in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Ni una sola Palabra de Amor, by Niño Rodriguez; Cielo Azul, Cielo Negra, by Paula de Luque and Sabrina Farji; Carne de Neón, by Paco Cabezas; Los Diarios de Juan Bushwick, by David Gutierrez Camps; Marea, by Brenda Urlacher.
A sample of television work: Las 13 Esposas de Wilson Fernandez, directed by Gaston Portal ; Le due facce dell amore, Canale 5, Italy, directed by Monica Vullo and Maurizio Simonetti; Finding Sofia (forthcoming), a movie directed by Nicolas Casavecchia
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