Trending

Popular people

Ashraf Abdel Baky

Biography

Egyptian actor born in Shubra. He graduated from the faculty of Commerce, Ain Shams University, then the High Institute of Performing Arts. He started acting since childhood and acted in a lot of plays with the Faculty of Commerce theater troupe and with many other amateur companies. He appeared in around 80 plays between 1979 and 1984. He was discovered by director Hani Metawea in the play Rosewood (1986). His notable plays include Ballo Ballo (1995), and Refund My Loan (1999). He also starred in many TV series, including Life of a Modern-Day Husband (2003), and the sitcom One Man, Six Women (2007- 2016). He was introduced to the big screen by Raafat El Mehi in Mishmash (1988), after which he appeared in many films, including Divorcing a Man (2005), A Generous Gesture (2001), and Terrorism and Kebab (1992).
Read more

Azamat Satybaldy

Biography

Azamat Satybaldy was born on November 2, 1977, in the village of Lugovoye, Turar Ryskulov District, Zhambyl Region. In 1997, he enrolled at the T. Zhurgenov Academy of Arts, and in 2000, he was assigned to defend his diploma at the Kostanay Regional Drama Theater. In 2001, he graduated and began working as an actor at the M. O. Auezov Kazakh State Academic Drama Theater. From December 27, 2018, to February 12, 2022, he served as the director of the G. Musrepov Kazakh State Academic Theater for Children and Youth. In 2017, he founded a film studio called "Cinema 28" and his own theater, "28 THEATRE." The theater's first production was the play Sell Your Husband by director Aydyn Sakhaman, based on the comedy of the same name by Mikhail Zadornov. On February 14, 2022, he was appointed rector of the T. Zhurgenov Kazakh National Academy of Arts. In July 2023, he was appointed president of the "Kazakhfilm" film studio.
Read more

Mauricio Gugelmin

Biography

Maurício Gugelmin, born on April 20, 1963, in Joinville, Brazil, is a retired racing driver known for his participation in both Formula 1 and the Champ Car World Series. He began his motorsport career in karting, securing multiple championships before moving to Europe to compete in various junior categories. In 1985, Gugelmin won the British Formula 3 Championship, a notable achievement that highlighted his potential. Gugelmin made his Formula 1 debut in 1988 with the March team, where he raced until 1992, also driving for Leyton House and Jordan. During his F1 career, he participated in 80 Grands Prix, achieving one podium finish—a third place at the 1989 Brazilian Grand Prix—and scoring a total of ten championship points. Transitioning to the Champ Car series in 1993, Gugelmin competed until 2001, starting 147 races. His most successful season was in 1997, when he secured his sole victory at the Vancouver Grand Prix and finished fourth in the championship standings. Notably, he set a closed-course speed record in 1997 at California Speedway, reaching 240.942 mph (387.759 km/h). After retiring from racing, Gugelmin shifted his focus to business ventures, including involvement in reforestation projects in Brazil. His contributions to motorsport, particularly as one of the few Brazilian drivers to compete in both Formula 1 and Champ Car, remain a significant part of his legacy.
Read more

Mika Salamanca

Biography

Anne Michaella "Mika" Salonga Salamanca (born October 26, 2000) is a Filipino social media influencer and television personality. She first gained public attention as a vlogger, sharing song covers and lifestyle videos on YouTube. Salamanca began her acting career with minor roles on GMA Network and is currently managed by Sparkle, the network's talent agency. In 2025, she was a housemate (contestant) on Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Collab Edition and won with her duo partner Brent Manalo.
Read more

Sean Connery

Biography

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 October 31, 2020, it was announced that Connery had died at the age of 90.
Read more

Utaemon Ichikawa

Biography

Utaemon Ichikawa was a Japanese film actor famous for starring roles in Jidaigeki from the 1920s to the 1960s. Trained in kabuki from childhood, he made his film debut in 1925 at Makino Film Productions under Shōzō Makino. Quickly gaining popularity, he followed the example of Makino stars such as Tsumasaburō Bandō in starting his own independent production company, Utaemon Ichikawa Productions, in 1927. It was there he first began the "Idle Vassal" (Hatamoto taikutsu otoko) series, which would become his signature role. When his company folded in 1936 as sound film came to the fore, he moved to Shinkō Kinema and then Daiei Studios before helping form the Toei Company after World War II. He served on the board of directors along with fellow samurai star Chiezō Kataoka. Utaemon appeared in over 300 films during his career. His son, Kin'ya Kitaōji, is also a famous actor in film and television.
Read more

Joseph Carl Bailey, Jr

Biography

J. C. Bailey, whose real name was Joseph Carl Bailey Jr., was an American professional wrestler known for his hardcore style. He wrestled for several American-based promotions, including Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), IWA Mid-South, and IWA East Coast. Bailey made his professional wrestling debut in 2001. Notably, he won the IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Championship in 2003 and held it multiple times. In CZW, he was part of the tag team Team Ca$h, which won the CZW World Tag Team Championship in 2004. Bailey also became the first-ever CZW Ultraviolent Underground Champion in the same year. Fans remember his contributions to hardcore wrestling. Unfortunately, Bailey passed away on August 30, 2010, at the age of 27 due to an intracranial aneurysm
Read more

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Biography

Annaud was born in Juvisy-sur-Orge, Essonne. He was educated at the technical school in Vaugirard and in 1964 graduated from the prestigious film school Institut des Hautes Études Cinématographiques (IDHEC) in Paris. He began his career by directing television advertisements in the late 1960s to early 1970s. In his first feature film, Black and White in Color from 1976, he used personal experience obtained during his own military service in Cameroon. The film won an Academy Award for the Best Foreign Language Film. His third film Quest for Fire (La Guerre du feu) received two Césars for best film and best director. In 1986 he directed The Name of the Rose, a film adaptation of Umberto Eco's popular novel of the same name. The film version, with a screenplay written by Andrew Birkin, won two BAFTA Film Awards and was the subject of another 14 wins & two nominations. Jean-Jacques Annaud spent four years preparing for the film, traveling throughout the United States as well as Europe, searching for the perfect cast and film set locations. He supposedly felt personally intrigued by the project, among other things because of a lifelong fascination with medieval churches and a great familiarity with Latin and Greek.[citation needed] For Seven Years in Tibet, a film adaptation of the life of Heinrich Harrer, he has received a lifelong denial of entry to China, as have starring actors Brad Pitt and David Thewlis. In 2000 he wrote and produced Running Free directed by Sergei Bodrov. He also directed the 2001 film Enemy at the Gates, detailing the exploits of Vassili Zaitsev during the Battle of Stalingrad. His latest work was filmed in the year 2006, a film known by the name His Majesty Minor, which was filmed in Benitatxell and Benigembla, basically in the district of the Marina Alta, which is located in the Valencian Community. Annaud's next project will be the film adaptation of the award-winning best-selling Chinese novel Wolf Totem.
Read more

Vanessa Smythe

Biography

Vanessa Smythe is a Canadian actor and writer, best known for playing Michio in The Expanse. You can catch her on shows like Hudson & Rex and Murdoch Mysteries, and her live solo show, In Case We Disappear, has sold out houses internationally. She creates escape rooms in video stores and composes poems for arts and sports campaigns, and her latest solo show was performed when she was 8 months pregnant. You can catch her in the upcoming films Littlemouth and Trap, directed by M Night Shyamalan.
Read more

Alan J. Pakula

Biography

Alan Jay Pakula (April 7, 1928 – November 19, 1998) was an American film director, writer and producer. He was nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Picture for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), Best Director for All the President's Men (1976) and Best Adapted Screenplay for Sophie's Choice (1982). Pakula was also notable for directing his "paranoia trilogy": Klute (1971), The Parallax View (1974) and All the President's Men (1976). Description above from the Wikipedia article Alan J. Pakula, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Read more