Trending
Popular people
Aleksandr Chistyakov
Biography
Aleksandr Chistyakov was born in 1880, he never graduated from high school, he worked as an accountant. From 1921 he studied at the First State Film School (Leo Kuleshov's workshop). Since 1925, he actively acted in films. The first role - a worker in the film "Arsenals" became a characteristic role for the subsequent work of the actor.
He also was the champion of the Russian Empire in hammer throwing. Self-taught, he began to master hammer throwing at the end of the 19th century and in 1912 became the first record holder in Russia. He was a very good cyclist and an able wrestler too.
Read more
Sade Katarina
Biography
Sade Katarina is an actress of Finnish descent, although mostly grew up in the small town of Zephyrhills, Florida. She is the daughter of Nina Luoto and Henri Pohjolainen. Sade comes from a family of skydivers, but she never found this to be her passion. As a young girl, Sade was always looking for ways to perform and express herself creatively. As she got older she was drawn towards acting, as this fulfilled all of her desires of storytelling and art. Frustrated with the lack of theatrical opportunity in her small town surroundings, Sade moved to Los Angeles by herself at 16 years old to work as an actress. Since then, Sade has had roles in major projects including an Emmy Award winning show and blockbuster film "Annabelle 3" from the Conjuring franchise.
Read more
Manjari Fadnnis
Biography
Manjari Fadnnis (Marathi: मंजरी फडणीस) (born on 10 July 1984) is an Indian film actress, who has appeared in Hindi, Telugu, Bengali, Kannada and Tamil language films. She is best known for her performance in the 2008 Hindi film Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na. She started her career with Rok Sako To Rok Lo in 2004, but her big break was Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na (2008) as the lead actor's girlfriend. Earlier she was part of the National Film Award-winning Bengali feature film Faltu and the highly unsuccessful Mumbai Salsa. In 2008, her Telugu debut film Siddu From Srikakulam released, following which her first Tamil film Muthirai got released. Both performed poorly at the box office. Notably, she had sung a song under the direction of Yuvan Shankar Raja for Muthirai. In September 2009 she signed to appear in a series of Onida television commercials. In 2011, she also appeared in an ad film for iBall brand of pen drvies. Her 2010 releases were the Telugu films Inkosaari and Shubhapradham. Her latest movies include the long-pending I Am 24 and the Walt Disney-produced superhero film Zokkomon, starring Darsheel Safary in the titular role.
Read more
Singeetam Srinivasa Rao
Biography
Singeetam Srinivasa Rao (born 21 September 1931) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, producer, composer, and actor. Regarded as one of the most versatile directors in India cinema, he is credited with revolutionizing South Indian cinema with experimental films, primarily in the comedy and drama genres. He has directed about sixty films in Telugu, Kannada, Tamil, Hindi, and English languages across multiple genres, and has garnered two National Film Awards, five Nandi Awards, three Karnataka State Film Awards, and three Filmfare Awards South. In 2011, Rao was honored with Life Achievement Award from the Film Federation of India.
Read more
Paul Tsongas
Biography
Paul Efthemios Tsongas (February 14, 1941 – January 18, 1997) was an American politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States Senate from 1979 until 1985 and in the United States House of Representatives from 1975 until 1979. A member of the Democratic Party, he ran for president in 1992. He won eight contests during the presidential primaries but ultimately lost the nomination to Bill Clinton, who later won the general election.
Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, Tsongas graduated from Dartmouth College, Yale Law School and the Kennedy School of Government. After working for the Peace Corps and as an aide to Congressman F. Bradford Morse, Tsongas successively won election as a city councilor and county commissioner. In 1974, Tsongas was elected to the House of Representatives representing Massachusetts's 5th congressional district, after defeating incumbent Paul W. Cronin. In 1978, he ran for Senate, and defeated incumbent Republican Edward Brooke.
In Congress, Tsongas established a reputation as a social liberal and fiscal conservative. Tsongas was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 1983 and declined to seek re-election in 1984. He returned to politics after undergoing a successful bone marrow transplant. He experienced early success in the 1992 Democratic presidential primaries, winning the New Hampshire primary, but withdrew from the race in March 1992 and endorsed Clinton. An opponent of deficit spending, Tsongas co-founded the Concord Coalition. He died in 1997 of complications from pneumonia and non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
Read more
David Hayter
Biography
David Hayter is a Canadian-American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer. He is well known as the English-language voice actor for Solid Snake and Naked Snake in the Metal Gear video game series. He wrote the film X-Men and co-wrote X2 and Watchmen and was awarded the Saturn Award for Best Writing in 2000 for his work on X-Men. Hayter voiced King Shark on The Flash.
Description above from the Wikipedia article David Hayter, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Read more
Micheal Ward
Biography
Micheal Ward (born November 18, 1997) is a Jamaican-born British actor and former model. His films include Blue Story (2018) and The Old Guard (2020). He is best known for playing Jamie on the hit Netflix-original show Top Boy, and his films include Blue Story (2018), The Old Guard (2020), and Lovers Rock (2020), the first film in Steve McQueen's anthology series Small Axe. Ward was awarded the 2020 BAFTA Rising Star Award and has most recently featured in the newest Top Boy season, released in March 2022.
Read more
Hugo Sánchez
Biography
A matchless finisher. The Mexican has been one of the best strikers in the history of Real Madrid. He was the perfect spearhead of that team captained by the Quinta del Buitre. He lived one of the golden eras of our club and the fans still remember his acrobatic finishes and his somersaults in every celebration. He arrived at the Santiago Bernabéu from Atlético de Madrid. Hugo arrived, he saw and he won. His first season as a madridista ended with the league title, in which he was top scorer with 22 goals, and the UEFA Cup. It was only the beginning of a long list of successes. Thanks, among other things, to the effectiveness of the Mexican, Madrid won five consecutive league titles. Dominating domestic soccer, he reached two European Cup semifinals. If things went very well for him as a team, the same happened in the individual category. Hugo won four Pichichi Trophies and a Golden Shoe with the white shirt to close a glorious period. Voted Best North and Central American Footballer of the 20th century by the IFFHS, he was capped 75 times by Mexico. He played in three World Cups (Argentina, Mexico and USA) and one Copa América, in 1993, where he was runner-up. As in Madrid, Hugo Sánchez is a legend in his country. (From realmadrid.com, official website of the Spanish team of the same name).
Read more
Mitch Eakins
Biography
Mitch Eakins was born and raised in Wilmington, North Carolina. He studied acting with legendary teacher Lucile McIntyre, who encouraged him to devote his life to the performing arts. Eakins graduated at the top of his class with a Film Studies degree at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. He went on to study at Stella Adler in Manhattan and in 2017 became a member of the BGB studio in Los Angeles, California. Mitch is an original cast member in L.A's longest running play Point Break Live and went on to play Goose in the Top Gun Parody Tom Gun Live. He recurred for two seasons on the AMC series Turn: Washington's Spies as the duplicitous and dashing Major William Bradford. In April 2020 he can be seen in at least 8 episodes playing Detective Tommy Roberts in Antonie Fuqua's New Orleans based thriller #freerayshawn. Mitch is an avid surfer, a dedicated father and husband, and a passionate advocate for ocean conservation. Mitch is married to actress Melanie Minichino. They met doing a touring comedy show.
Read more
Tim Shelburne
Biography
Tim Shelburne is a bi-coastal actor based in New York. Described as "disappearing into dynamic and emotionally charged roles", best exemplified in Netflix's "Here Love Lies" with a shocking transformation from vulnerable rom-com love interest to a calculating serial killer, he has a reputation for always delivering and cultivating deep skills in martial arts, fluency in multiple languages, and a distinctly "yes-and" attitude to life.
Most recently, Tim has been honored with a nomination for Best Actor in the Best of Nollywood Awards for the lead in "Here Love Lies" (dir. Tope Oshin), seen on Lifetime as the leading man in "The Perfect In-Laws" (dir. Ashley Jones), and winner of Best Actor in the Milan IFF for the lead role in "Chinese Laundry" (dir. Giorgio Arcelli), which is on the shortlist for the Oscars Best Shorts. He also appeared in "Rumba Love" (Showtime), "A Merry Single Christmas" (Peacock), "FBI: Most Wanted" (CBS), and "Mind Over Murder" (HBO).
When not on camera, Tim spends his time writing, directing, traveling, and in the boxing ring.
Read more










