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Roger Moore
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Sir Roger George Moore (14 October 1927 – 23 May 2017) was an English actor. He was the third actor to portray Ian Fleming's fictional secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions/MGM Studios film series, playing the character in seven feature films: Live and Let Die (1973), The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Moonraker (1979), For Your Eyes Only (1981), Octopussy (1983) and A View to a Kill (1985). Moore's seven appearances as Bond are the most of any actor in the Eon-produced entries.
On television, Moore played the lead role of Simon Templar, the title character in the British mystery thriller series The Saint (1962–1969). He played Beau Maverick in the American Western series Maverick (1960–1961), replacing James Garner as the lead, and starred with Tony Curtis in the action-comedy The Persuaders! (1971–1972). Continuing to act in the decades after his retirement from the Bond franchise, Moore's final appearance was in a pilot for a new Saint series that became a 2017 television film.
Moore was appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 1991 and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 2003 for services to charity. In 2007, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the film industry. He was made a Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government in 2008.
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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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Patrick Scott Jeffries
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Patrick Jeffries is best known for his role as Dr. Thurber in HBO Max's 'Theodosia', directed by Matt Bloom and Matthias Hoene. He has also appeared in 'Before We Die,' 'Professor T,' 'Boat Story' and 'Suspect'.
Patrick recently finished filming on Mark Gatiss new drama 'Bookish', which will air in 2025, where he plays the role of Mr Toovey.
His theater work includes John Proctor in 'The Crucible,' Alan Raleigh in 'God of Carnage,' and Brito in 'Four Knights in Knaresborough.'
He has worked internationally in Belgium and trained at The Arden School of Theatre in Manchester.
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Moazzam Begg
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Moazzam Begg (born in 1968 in Sparkhill, Birmingham, England), is a British Pakistani Muslim who was held in extrajudicial detention in the Bagram Theater Internment Facility and the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp, in Cuba, by the U.S. government for nearly three years. The Pentagon claimed Begg was an enemy combatant and al-Qaeda member, recruited others for al-Qaeda, provided money and support to al-Qaeda training camps, received extensive military training in al-Qaeda-run terrorist training camps in Afghanistan, and prepared to fight U.S. or allied troops. While Begg admits spending time at two Islamic militant training camps in Afghanistan, supporting militant Muslim fighters, buying a rifle and a handgun, that he "thought about" taking up arms in Chechnya, and being an acquaintance of people linked to terrorism (most notably, Khalil al-Deek, Dhiren Barot, and Shahid Akram Butt), he denies the remainder of the U.S.'s allegations.
Begg says that when he was incarcerated at Bagram, though not in Guantanamo Bay to which he was later moved, he was hog-tied, kicked, punched, and left in a room with a bag put over his head, even though he suffered from asthma. A Pentagon spokesman said there was "no credible evidence that Begg was ever abused by U.S. forces". Begg has also spoken of having witnessed two other detainees being beaten to death while detained at Bagram. Officials concluded the men were murdered and an investigation was conducted. After intensive discussions with the U.K. government, President Bush had him released without charge on 25 January 2005. Bush released Begg over the objections of the Pentagon, the CIA, and the FBI, who were concerned that Begg could still be a dangerous terrorist. In November 2010, the British Government announced that it had reached a financial settlement out of court with a number of individuals, including Begg, who accused British officials of complicity in their alleged abuse and torture while in the custody of the United States.
After his release, he became a commentator on radio and television on issues pertaining to the UK Muslim community and UK and worldwide anti-terror measures, and toured as a speaker about his time in Guantanamo and other detention facilities. Referring to 2010 Afghanistan, he said he completely supported the inalienable right of the people to fight "foreign occupation". He has also co-authored a book, and authored broadsheet and magazine pieces. In 2010, Gita Sahgal, then the head of Amnesty International's gender unit, publicly condemned her organization for its collaboration with Begg, calling it "a gross error of judgment". Description above from the Wikipedia article Moazzam Begg, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Ali
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Ali also known as Ali Basha is an Indian actor and TV presenter who works predominantly in Telugu cinema. He acted in more than 1000 films in Telugu, Tamil and Hindi. He is a regular actor in Pawan Kalyan and Puri Jagannadh movies. The Academy of Global Peace conferred an honorary doctorate to Ali on 25 May 2013 at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. He won two Filmfare Awards and two Nandi Awards.
Ali came into the movie industry with the help of Jit Mohan Mitra, Rajahmundry's musical company. He went to Chennai when director Bharathi Raja was looking for child actors for his movie "Seethakoka Chiluka", and was given a role. As a child Ali acted in several movies. When he was too old to be a child actor he became a comedian in Tollywood.
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Mohamed Henedi
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Mohamed Henedy [Arabic: محمد هنيدى] is an Egyptian comedy actor born in Giza, Egypt, on 1 February 1965 and has gained a cinematic bachelor's degree.
Henedi started his career in 1991 in short appearances in theaters and cinemas, and he achieved huge success in his two films Esma'eleya Rayeh Gaii and Sa'ede Fel Gam'a Al Amrekya. He later starred in the movies Hamam fi Amesterdam, Belya we Demagho el Alya, Saheb Sahbo and Andaleeb Al Dokki. Mohamed Henedi also dubbed the voices of Timon, Mike Wazowski and Homer Simpson for the Egyptian versions of The Lion King, Monsters, Inc., and The Simpsons respectively. After acting in many Egyptian movies, he is famous all over the Arabic world.
Yasmine El-Reshidi, of The Wall Street Journal, said that Henedi was "considered the Robert De Niro of the Middle East."
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Antony Carbone
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Antony Carbone (born 1927 in Calabria, Italy) is an American film and television actor.
His family moved to Syracuse, New York when he was a young boy, then relocated to Los Angeles, California. After graduating from Los Angeles State College, he moved to New York City to study drama with Harold Clurman and Eva Le Galliene. He started his professional acting career in small parts in various Broadway productions before moving into film and television. Carbone is probably best known for his supporting roles in several low budget Roger Corman horror films of the late 1950s and early 1960s, including A Bucket of Blood (1959), Creature from the Haunted Sea (1961) and The Pit and the Pendulum (1961). Since the mid-1980s he has been a stage director in Los Angeles. He was sometimes credited as Anthony Carbone and Tony Carbone.
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Andrey Kirilenko
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Russian professional basketball player. Honored Master of Sports of Russia. President (since August 2015) of the Russian Basketball Federation. Having made his debut in professional basketball at the age of 15, Kirilenko, playing in the positions of light or heavy striker, later became the leader of CSKA Moscow (Moscow) - the most titled basketball club in Russia - and in 2000 he was recognized as the best player in the championship of Russia. The following year, at the age of 20, Kirilenko received an invitation to play in the NBA, as part of the Utah Jazz club, where he soon managed to win a place in the starting lineup and, thanks to its versatility, proved itself well in both attack and defense. As part of the Russian national basketball team, Kirilenko is the owner of gold medals at the European Championship 2007, bronze medals at the European Championship 2011 and a bronze medalist at the 2012 Olympic Games. Bronze medalist of the 2012 London Olympics. Champion of Europe 2007, MVP and the best striker of the tournament. Bronze medalist of Europe 2011, the symbolic team of the tournament. Silver medalist of the 1997 European Championship among youth. The most valuable player of the tournament. Silver medalist at the 1998 World Youth Games. Three-time champion of Russia in CSKA (1999, 2000, 2012). Champion of VTB United League (2012, 2015). Champion of Russia in the team of St. Petersburg in the age category not older than 1981 year of birth (1995). Player of the Year FIBA Europe (2007, 2012). Euroleague regular season MVP (2012). The best defensive player of the Euroleague (2012). The best player of the championship of Russia (2000). MVP of VTB United League regular season (2012). MVP of the final of four VTB United League (2012). Member of the NBA All-Star Game (2004). Member of the NBA Rookie Matches (2002, 2003). NBA rookie team (2002). Leader of the NBA Block Shot Regular Championship (2005). Three times included in the team of all stars of the NBA defense: 2006 (first team); 2004, 2005 (second team). Member of the “Stars Matches” of Russia (1999, 2000). Winner of the top throw competition at the Match of the Stars of Russia (1999). The youngest participant in the “Stars Matches” in Europe (18 years 10 months 10 days). Member of the Final Four of the Euroleague (2001, 2012).
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Nancy Palk
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Nancy Palk is a Canadian stage, film and television actress. Acclaimed actor, director, educator, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Nancy Palk was raised in Winnipeg and London, Ontario. Her father was on the board at the Manitoba Theatre Centre when John Hirsch was the Artistic Director, and when actors such as Douglas Rain and Martha Henry were performing there. She attended the MTC drama school when she was in grade 5. She graduated with an Arts degree from Queen’s University in 1977, and from the National Theatre School of Canada (Acting) in 1979, mentored by Douglas Rain.
Nancy Palk is a founding member and resident artist of Soulpepper Theatre Company. For the Company, she has acted in a wide range of plays and roles, many of which are exceptional and challenging mothers.
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Marcos Bernstein
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Born in Rio de Janeiro, in 1970, Bernstein is a screenwriter and director. With João Emanuel Carneiro, he wrote Central Station (1998), movie directed by Walter Salles, winner of the Golden Bear at Berlin International Film Festival and screened at the 42nd Mostra. He also wrote Oriundi (1999, 23rd Mostra), Zuzu Angel (2006), Chico Xavier (2010) and Brazilian Western (2013), among other films. As a director, he made the features The Other Side of the Street (2004) and My Sweet Orange Tree (2012).
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