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Wayne Farris

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Roy Wayne Farris, better known by his ring name The Honky Tonk Man, is an American professional wrestler. A 1975 graduate from University of Memphis with a B.S. degree in Education, Farris coached high school football for two seasons at Munford High School in Munford, Tennessee. Currently working on the independent circuit, he previously worked for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and World Wrestling Federation (WWF)--now WWE. He is best known for his first run with WWF, where he held the WWF Intercontinental Championship for a record 64 weeks, and lost it to Ultimate Warrior in the very first pay-per-view of SummerSlam. He is the cousin of professional wrestler and color commentator Jerry "The King" Lawler.
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Dobrila Stojnic

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Dobrila Stojnic (Belgrade, January 28, 1948) is a Serbian film actress. Dobrila officially enters the world of acting in 1968. The audience will be remembered by the role of Biljana, Bilje in the TV series "The Unpicked Strawberries", and this role is considered to be the most important in her career. She has made over twenty roles in domestic films and series, and the most successful films she starred in include: Throatful of Strawberries, Love Life of Budimir Trajkovic, White Suit, Pavle Pavlovic and many others. From Wikipedia (sh), the free encyclopedia
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Zhang Jingyi

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Zhang Jing Yi is a Chinese model and actress. Zhang Jing Yi, born in Shaoyang, Hunan, an actress from Mainland China, studied in the undergraduate class of the 2017 Performance Department of Beijing Film Academy. In 2018, Zhang Jing Yi signed a contract with the "Dongshen Future" film and television company co-founded by Chen Kun and Zhou Xun; in December of the same year, she starred in her first TV series "The Sky of the Wind Dog". In 2019, starring in the movie "I Want Us Together" directed by Desert. In 2020, participate in Hunan Satellite TV variety show "The Fourth Season of Longing for Life". In the same year, starring in the TV series "Love at first sight".
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Manuel Noriega

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Manuel "Manolo" Noriega, (July 24, 1880 - August 12, 1961) was a stage and film actor, screenwriter, and film director. Born Manolo Noriega Ruiz in Spain, he worked in live theatre for many years, performing in his native Spain as well in Mexico, Cuba, and the United States. A pioneer in silent film, he made his first screen appearance in 1907. It is believed some of his early silent films have been lost but his main body of work began in talkies in the early 1930s, performing in close to two hundred sound films. Noriega earned an Ariel Award nomination for "Best Actor in a minor role" for his performance in the 1946 film, "Pepita Jiménez." Married to Hortensia Castañeda, their daughter Carmen became a singer who married Tito Guízar. Manuel Noriega died in Mexico City in 1961.
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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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Ken Anderson

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Kenneth Anderson is an American professional wrestler and occasional actor. He is currently signed to Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), where he performs under the ring names Mr. Anderson and Ken Anderson. Since performing for TNA, he has become a two time World Heavyweight Champion in addition to being a member of Immortal and a current member of Aces & Eights. He wrestled under the ring names Mr. Kennedy and occasionally Ken Kennedy during his time with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) between 2005 and 2009. Before being promoted to the main WWE roster, Anderson wrestled for numerous promotions in his career. While performing in these promotions, he won various championships, both in tag team and singles competition. Anderson was assigned to WWE's developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) in Louisville, Kentucky in 2005. After signing with WWE, Anderson made his debut on the SmackDown! roster in August 2005. In September 2006, he captured his first and only title with the company, the United States Championship, and would hold onto it for a month. The following year at WrestleMania 23, Anderson won the annual Money in the Bank ladder match, a contract, which guarantees a match for one of WWE's world heavyweight championships. He was released from his WWE contract on May 29, 2009.[10] He returned to the independent circuit before signing a contract with TNA in 2010.
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Liam Neeson

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He was born in Ballymena, County Antrim, Northern Ireland and educated at Saint Patrick's College, Ballymena Technical College and Queen's University Belfast. He moved to Dublin after university to further his acting career, joining the renowned Abbey Theatre. In the early 1990s, he moved again to the United States, where the wide acclaim for his performance in Schindler's List led to more high-profile work. He is widowed and lives in New York with his two sons. An Irish actor who has been nominated for an Oscar, a BAFTA and three Golden Globe Awards. He has starred in a number of notable roles including Oskar Schindler in Schindler's List, Michael Collins in Michael Collins, Peyton Westlake in Darkman, Jean Valjean in Les Misérables, Qui-Gon Jinn in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Alfred Kinsey in Kinsey, Ras Al Ghul in Batman Begins and the voice of Aslan in The Chronicles of Narnia film series. He has also starred in several other notable films, from major Hollywood studio releases (ie. Excalibur, The Dead Pool, Nell, Rob Roy, The Haunting, Love Actually, Kingdom of Heaven, Taken, Clash of the Titans, The A-Team, Unknown) to smaller arthouse films (ie. Deception, Breakfast on Pluto, Chloe). Description from the Wikipedia article Liam Neeson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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David Castro

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David's acting career began at age 5, where he landed a national Nickelodeon Sponge Bob commercial. At age 7, David landed a role in a Todd Solondz's film due to his talented break-dancing moves. His first leading role came a year later in the film remake of "The Little Fugitive." A critically acclaimed short "Tracks of Color" followed, where he played the role of a young graffiti artist struggling to pursue his passion yet fearing the disappointment of his family. The film was so riveting that investors took notice At 9, he co-starred opposite John Leguizamo in the movie "Where God Left His Shoes" which landed him a best supporting actor nomination at the IMAGEN AWARDS. Teaming up again with John Leguizamo in the film"Ministers, directed by Franc Reyes and co-starring Harvey Keitel, left David with the daunting task of playing the younger version of John Leguizamo's twin characters Dante and Perfecto. Several pilots followed; including LL Cool J in "The Man" created by CSI's Anthony Zukier and Nickelodeon's "Summer Camp" where David played Hailee Steinfeld's boy crush. David's most recently released film "Forged" won Best Domestic Feature at the New York International Latino Film Festival in 2010 as well as the Providence Latin Film Festival. David has recently wrapped production for the film "Tio Papi" which is slated to release in 2012. David has a recurring role playing Staten Island Guido, Frankie DeCosmo in Ice Cube's TBS's hit show "Are we There Yet? " When David isn't acting, he is enjoying Golf. He also competes in nationwide dance competitions and being a self- taught pianist, his love for music has now lead him to debut as a singer. IMDb Mini Biography By: Who's That Kid Inc.
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Anna Kyriakou

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Anna Kyriakou (Athens, January 17, 1929) is a Greek actress She studied at the Drama School of the National Theater as well as at the Charles Dullin School in Paris (1954-1956), with Jean Vilar as her teacher. She made her first theatrical appearance as a teenager at the REX Theater with the Marikas Kotopoulis troupe in the play "Carmen". Collaboration with the troupes Manolidou-Pappa, Vassilis Logothetidis, Katerinas, Manos Katrakis followed. At the National Theater she participated in leading roles in 34 plays from 1960 to 1981! In 1982 she collaborated with "Aplo Theatro" of Ant. Antipa - Chr. Citizen in the opening act of the play "The Tastes of Mr. Sloan". Her appearance in the cinema was also notable: "Drunk" (1950), "Liar Wanted" (1961), "Groom Wanted Urgently" (1971), "Safe Sex" (1999), The Cry Came Out of Heaven " (2001), "Oxygono" (2003) etc. She took part in many TV series, from "He and That", "Our Neighbor" and "Yougerman" in the 1970s, to "The Three Graces" (1989 - 1992) in which she played the legendary Aunt Bebeka. She appeared in a guest role in "Constantinos and Helens", playing the role of Aunt Maros, as well as in "Seven Deadly Mothers-in-Law", where she played the evil mother-in-law. Her theatrical repertoire on the radio is particularly rich, in the well-known shows "The theater on the radio", "The theater of Monday" etc.
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Larry Varanelli

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Larry was born in Orange, New Jersey. After high school he headed west to attend San Diego State University, where he studied Physical Education and Business. After selling real estate for over 20 + years Larry caught the acting bug. At age 40 he began his acting career on the set of the movie Phenomenon. Once his children started college Larry headed straight for Los Angeles to pursue his passion for his craft and realize the thrill of appearing on the Silver Screen. He has worked on various movies and television shows, (Monk, General Hospital Night Shift) Including The web series Cold Call and The Ranger Larry Show. Larry also worked on three radio plays from 2012 to 2013. Larry Varanelli resides in Los Angeles where he's continually active in the artistic community.
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