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Ron O'Neal

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​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Ron O'Neal (September 1, 1937 in Utica, New York – January 14, 2004 in Los Angeles, California) was an American actor, director and screenwriter. O'Neal is most remembered for his starring role as Youngblood Priest in the blaxploitation film Super Fly and the anti-villain Cuban officer Colonel Bella in the film Red Dawn, although he also had recurring roles on the television show Living Single as Synclaire's father and as Whitley Gilbert's father on A Different World. He was also a regular on the 1982 series "Bring 'Em Back Alive" with Bruce Boxleitner in which he played the Sultan of Johore. He died in 2004 of pancreatic cancer at the age of 66 on the same day "Super Fly" was released on DVD in the US. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ron O'Neal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Henno Käo

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Henno Käo (January 10, 1942 – July 2, 2004) was an Estonian children's writer, book illustrator, poet, and musician. He was born in the village of Allikalahe in Saare County. In 1964 he graduated from Tartu Art School in decorative art. From 1975 to 1978 he studied at Villu Toots' school of calligraphy. From 1963 to 1968 he worked for Tallinnfilm, being an artist on puppet films. From 1969 to 1982, he was an artist at Directorate of Recreational Parks of Tallinn. From 1991 he was a member of Estonian Writers' Union. He was one of the founders of the folk-rock group Peoleo.
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Fuka Miyako

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Fuka Miyako (宮古 風佳, Miyako Fūka, born August 26) is a Japanese voice actress born in Kyoto, though she was raised in Osaka Prefecture. She is affiliated with Ken Production. From a young age, she displayed a wide range of interests and talents, especially in physical activities. During her high school years, she decided to pursue voice acting with the goal of living life to the fullest by doing what she loved most. Fuka began her career as a seiyuu by participating in various anime projects across television, film, and web platforms. She has also appeared in stage plays. Her hobbies include singing, illustration, tabletop role-playing games (TRPGs), and video games. She has special skills such as speaking in the Osaka dialect and dancing.
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Seth Landau

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​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Seth Landau is an actor/writer/director and former newspaper reporter for The Arizona Republic and New Times. Landau is known for two independent films, Take Out and "A.P.U.: Art, Pot and Underwear". The latter was termed by Film Threat as "a look at Hollywood you're not likely to find anywhere else". The former, "Take Out", was the target of a locally publicized dispute regarding Michael Sergio's film of the same name. The movies have distinctly different plots - Landau's being about a reporter who battles chain restaurants, and Sergio's being about a woman being stalked in a parking garage. Landau was "caught off guard" by the lawsuit filed against him, while Sergio felt that Landau was merely trying to gain free publicity off his Slamdance screening months earlier. Description above from the Wikipedia article Seth Landau, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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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. He 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 October 31, 2020, Connery died at the age of 90.
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Chris Evans

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Chris began his career with Hofesh Shechter Company, performing as one of its original members, and touring worldwide. During this time, he also collaborated with Jonathan Lunn to devise Reading Rooms, a dance/text interplay working with Alan Rickman, Juliet Stevenson, and Miranda Richardson. He later joined Lost Dog Theatre Company, co-devising It Needs Horses, which toured internationally and won the Bloomburg Place Prize Award for dance. Chris has been a member of Gecko since 2011 and has worked on the creation of The Wedding, Missing and Institute, touring these productions worldwide. Chris still continues a creative relationship with Hofesh Shechter, joining him on two major projects; as Assistant Choreographer for The Metropolitan Opera’s new creation Two Boys, and Associate Choreographer for the Broadway Musical Fiddler on the Roof.
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Patrick Roper

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A worldly, intelligent performer who stands out in most rooms for his towering height and authoritative demeanor, Patrick can often be seen inhabiting characters that combine an aloof, stoic presence, with a complex moral compass. He has brought a powerful, uncompromising, and naturalistic style to his work on screen for playing intense antagonists, strong anti-heroes, and often very damaged characters who are at a profound crossroads in life. Patrick appeared in 2022 as the curt pharmacist Kevin in the pilot episode of Panhandle (2022). He had recurring guest star role of Ryder, the intimidating brother of series regular Trinity Whiteside's character Preston, on Tyler Perry's Sistas on BET in 2021. Also in 2021, he appeared in the final chapter (1666) of the highly anticipated Fear Street Trilogy on Netflix. He played a powerful supporting role as the cruel Hank Beaumont, opposite star Dayo Okeniyi, in the 2020 Pre-Civil War thriller Emperor. He can also be seen in his recurring role as the eternally downbeat Ken in the 2019 hit comedy series Florida Girls opposite series creator and star Laura Chinn. A native of Seattle, WA, he has worked in theatre and film since he was a teenager and spent most of his summers attending plays and workshops at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland. After school he worked in theatre in the Seattle area, later joining the Washington Shakespeare Festival where he received outstanding reviews for his ability to perform Shakespeare in a naturalistic and approachable style. From there, he starred in the film A Thousand Years as a young widower dealing with the emotional fallout of his wife's sudden death. He then joined the ensemble cast of the original play Odes by Nathan Auer, which premiered at the Seattle Fringe Festival to rave reviews. Again he played a young widower with a child trying to cope with modern relationships in a complex dating scene. By the early 2000's, Patrick pursued one of his other business ventures as a master kiltmaker. He was highly regarded as an excellent craftsman and expert on tartans. Always an adventurer, upon retiring from kilt making, he traveled the world learning to dogsled in the Yukon Territory, riding camels in the Arabian desert, photographing tigers in the jungles of Central India, cage diving with Great White Sharks at Isla Guadalupe, and going on photo safaris in Southern Africa. By 2013, he moved to the Southeast to take up acting again. In 2015 he won Best Actor for the dark comedy Behind Closed Doors for his portrayal as a bitter man going through unconventional marriage counseling. In 2016 he won Best Actor for the film Scalawag playing a Union prisoner of Southern decent who must come to terms with the consequences of his loyalties. Once again in 2017, he won Best Actor for the film In Deed playing a mysterious salesman with a checkered past seeking redemption. In 2018, he was nominated for Best Actor for the thriller Chello playing a murderous drifter who wreaks havoc in a small Southern community. In his leisure time, he enjoys cooking, travel, photography, history, and cultural studies.
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Liam Graham

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Liam Ansell Graham was born in Glasgow, Scotland, to Lisa Ansell, a nurse, and Colin Graham, a television audio director. He has two younger siblings, Madeleine White and Ruairidh Graham. He is of Irish, Italian, British, Scandinavian and Western European decent. Liam attended Perth Modern School graduating in 2005. His interest in theatre grew when he was just 7 years old, attending the Actor's Workshop established by RADA graduate Alan Blackwood, and directed by award winning actress, Nichola Renton. When Liam was 12 years old, he landed his first short film role directed by Melbourne based director, Matt Richards. During this time, he discovered his innate passion for film. Liam joined the Western Australian Youth Theatre Company (WAYTCo.) in 2007. He worked on several of WAYTCo's productions including 'Mad Forest', 'Macbeth', 'The Life of Galileo', 'DNA', and devised piece, 'Earth', directed by prominent Western Australian director, Jeffery Jay Fowler. Liam's portrayal of Phil in Dennis Kelly's 'DNA', earned him rave reviews with critics saying his performance was "Hypnotic and mesmerizing". Liam based himself in Sydney, where he enrolled in The Hub Studio's Masterclass, directed by esteemed NIDA lecturer and actor, Kevin Jackson in 2012, where he performed several pieces from the classics, including Sam Shepherd's 'Fool For Love'. Liam's passion for film never dwindled during his time on stage, and he landed his first co-lead role in Giallo inspired horror/thriller, 'Sororal (2014)' in the role of love interest, Trent Melville. Liam then went onto taking out the lead role of Max Woods, in Southern Gothic, French New Wave, psychological thriller 'The Burning Kiss (2017)'. Liam's film and television credits include 'Bad Girl' (2017), 'Otherlife' (2017), 'Hounds of Love' (2017), 'The Legend of Gavin Tanner' (2016) and 'Greenfield' (2015). He was nominated for BEST ACTOR at the WASAs (Western Australian Screen Awards) in 2015 for his portrayal of Michael, in multi award winning Scandinavian/ Australian web series, 'Greenfield'. Critics claimed Liam's performance as the "Series stand out, capturing the character's overwhelming emotional and spiritual arc." His latest achievement is winning BEST ACTOR at the 2017 'Next Gen Short Film Festival' as part of 'Fringe World', for his portrayal of Jeremiah Kane in short Sci-Fi flick, 'Council'.
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Kiran Shah

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Kiran Jethalal Shah MBE (born 28 September 1956) is a Kenyan actor and stunt double. Shah was born in Nairobi, Kenya to an Indian family. He lived in Kenya until he was twelve years old, when he moved to India with his family. While living in India, he became interested in films, and when his family moved to Feltham, he became involved in show business. His first film was Candleshoe (1977), as a stand-in. When stunt coordinator Bob Anderson asked him to do stunts as well, his career was started. Shah played the part of Bolum in The People That Time Forgot (1977). Shah is often confused with Deep Roy; they are both dwarf Nairobi-born Kenyan actors of Indian descent who got their starts in film and television in the late 1970s. He is the world's shortest stuntman according to the Guinness World Records. He has appeared as an actor in 31 films; and 37 as stuntman or body double.
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George Wallace

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George Henry Wallace (born July 21, 1952) is an American comedian and actor. Wallace has had supporting roles in a number of films, including 3 Strikes and the Coen Brothers film The Ladykillers (2004, as Sheriff Wyner). Wallace also appeared in Batman Forever (1995) as the Mayor of Gotham City. Other film credits include A Rage in Harlem (1991), The Wash (2001), Punchline (1988), Things Are Tough All Over (1982), Postcards from the Edge (1990), and Mr. Deeds (2002). Wallace made a brief appearance in the sitcom Scrubs episode "My Words of Wisdom" (2007), and in the sitcom Seinfeld episode "The Checks", where he played the doctor that was distracted by the song "Witchy Woman". He also appeared in the introduction scene to the home video release of Jerry Seinfeld: I'm Telling You for the Last Time - Live on Broadway (1999) as a fictionalized version of himself. He portrayed a man in a retirement home in The Last Laugh (2019) and starred as the Mayor in Hubie Halloween (2020).
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