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Bruce Adler

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Bruce Adler (November 27, 1944 – July 25, 2008) was an American Broadway actor. After debuting on the Broadway stage in the 1979 revival of Oklahoma!, he went on to a career that saw him nominated for Tony Awards as Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Those Were the Days (1991) and Crazy For You (1992). His film work was limited to voice work in animated films, notably providing the singing voice for the peddler of the 1992 Disney film Aladdin and the 1996 sequel Aladdin and the King of Thieves.
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Connor Murray

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Connor Anthony Murray (born November 8, 2002) is an American actor, performer, and producer currently based in the New York City tri-state area. Murray launched his professional career in early 2018, while living near Boston, and steadily became one of the most recognizable, well-respected young personalities in the New England entertainment scene. Now operating out of New Rochelle, New York, he is gaining popularity and renown in the primary industry of NYC, where he is widely considered a "star on the rise" in the realm of show business. He is best known for his portrayal of Dean Williams in the short film Descend, which garnered praise from critics and the public alike upon its release in May, 2020, as well as his performance as a dancer alongside the Bague brothers in the music video for "Celebration", the 2019 hit single by Teresa Marie and featuring Cristian Cartier. His ascent to stardom was interrupted by the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, resulting in the postponement of several of his more highly-anticipated projects, such as Magnolia Flowers, the Strange Place Productions film that received viral fame due to its casting of notable TikTok stars, including Emma Waters. Magnolia Flowers was released in limited theaters in the summer of 2021 and is now in the festival stage. Also delayed was Final Curtain: Tech Week, the 22nd addition to what has been described as the independent counterpart of the "Friday the 13th" series. In March, 2021, the film opened in select theaters. Murray plays the lead role of Michael Forrest, and, additionally, is listed on IMDb as a producer with Curtain Call Pictures. This is his first recorded venture into professional film production, and he has attained several more producer credits since the film's release, all of which are with Curtain Call Pictures. Most recently, he was announced as a cast member in blockbuster Who Invited Charlie?, starring Jordana Brewster and Reid Scott, and will also be making an appearance in Challengers, the highly anticipated Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer romantic drama directed by Luca Guadagnino of Call Me by Your Name, featuring stars such as Zendaya, Josh O'Connor, and Mike Faist. Murray grew up in the Hudson Valley region of New York, but moved with his family to Massachusetts at thirteen years old. Until recently, he resided in Andover, a mid-sized suburb about 25 miles north of Boston, where he attended Andover High School (not to be confused with Phillips Academy, the internationally renowned boarding school in the same town) and is reportedly a well-liked, popular member of the community. He was the vice-president of Andover High School's critically-acclaimed show choir and vocal music program, which performs in New York City, Nashville, and beyond, for the likes of celebrities such as Jay Leno and Maria Canals-Barrera, and was also a member of the Andover Drama Guild, which won the Marquis Award for Best Ensemble Acting in 2019 for its production of "The Music Man"; Murray played Olin Britt. During high school, Murray took regular voice lessons with prominent New England singer Sandra Bedrosian and was nominated "Most Likely to Win America's Got Talent" by his graduating class.
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Wu Motong

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Wu Motong (吴茉彤) is a Chinese actress born as Wu Chunyan (吴春燕). She is a graduate from the undergraduate class of the Acting Department of the Central Academy of Drama. In 2012, Wu Motong signed up to participate in the 10th Miss Tourism World International Competition of the "Ledex" Cup. After competing in casual wear, swimwear, evening wear and other links, he finally won the championship in China. In the same year, she filmed her debut TV series "Fantasy Adventure King", with Lin Zhiying and Ma Su on the same stage
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Jake Benson

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Jake Benson has been working in the Arts for over 10 years. As an actor, he has appeared in various theatre and screen productions including: Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Greenside, Edinburgh); Years and Years (BBC/HBO); Iqbal Khan’s Of Mice and Men (Birmingham REP/Leeds Playhouse), the BAFTA qualifying film, First Sight, and most recently, Trainspotting. Alongside this, he has provided his voice for the LEGO video game franchise; The King’s Man; and podcasts Shadows at the Door; and The NoSleep Podcast. As a writer, Jake debuted his first play How to (Politely) Dispose of One’s Mother in 2015 to a sell-out run, followed by an industry reading in London in 2023, it is now in development as a co-production with some of the UK’s major theatres. In 2021, he founded his own production company, Smoke & Shadow Productions. As of 2024, the company has five productions in development stages, 2 plays, 2 audio dramas and a short film, all with bases around the globe. Most recently, Jake is developing a new musical production which has been commissioned for development with Birmingham REP theatre. He is a frequent collaborator with Music Producer and Composer, Will Fox, the creator of Shadows at the Door, Mark Nixon, and award-winning filmmaker, Andrew McGee. Jake is a guitarist, frequently playing in London (playing several gigs at Hammersmith’s Riverside Studios) and across the UK. He is a member of the Kiln Theatre Collective, MESSY Collective and is based between Birmingham and London. He is also multi-lingual speaking English, German and French.
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Şebnem Hassanisoughi

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Şebnem Hassanisoughi was born in Istanbul. Her father is of Azerbaijani descent from Iran. Her mother is Turkish. Sebnem took on roles in some very significant shows such as, 'Firar', 'Kayip Sehir', 'Tatar Ramazan', 'Bana Artik Hicran De', 'Poyraz Karayel', and 'Vatanim Sensin'. She recently took a place in various digital series, such as 'Andropause', 'Hot Skull' for Netflix, 'Metot' for Gain and 'Star' for Disney+, which will be launched soon. Her role in the 2011 movie 'Geriye Kalan', shot by Cigdem Vitrinel brought her two very important awards. Hassanisoughi was awarded 'Best Actress' at the 12th Izmir International Film Festival, and received the 'Ayhan Isik Special Award' at the 18th Sadri Alisik Actor's Awards. After working with Alphan Eseli on his film 'Eve Dönüs Sarikamis 1915' in 2012, she appeared in Zeki Demirkubuz's film 'Bulanti', and with her performance in this movie, won 'Best Supporting Actress' at the 48th Siyad Awards. Later, Hassanisoughi took on the role of 'Sara' in Tayfur Aydin's 2016 movie 'Siyah Karga'. She was also honored with the 20th Year Special Award at the 20th Flying Broom International Women's Film Festival. Following, Sebnem participated in the movie 'Butterflies', which got Grand Jury Prize at Sundance 2018. In the same year, she appeared in the Danish movie 'Lifeboat' with Sofia Helin and Pal Sverre Hagen.
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Rich Keeble

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Rich Keeble is a British actor and voiceover artist. He is known for appearances in TV series including Brian Hetherington in Rivals, Mr Arnold in Good Omens, two series of The Emily Atack Show as well as appearances in Ghosts, The Change, and Meet the Richardsons. His voice acting for video games includes playing The Mouth of Sauron in The Lord of the Rings: Gollum, Frank Fairburne in Strange Brigade, and various characters in the Total War: Warhammer series. Keeble attended Tiffin School in Kingston upon Thames in the 1990s.
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Pezavan Whatley

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Pezavan Whatley was a professional wrestler in the 1980s up until the mid-1990s. Whatley played football and wrestled for Notre Dame High School in Chattanooga, Tennessee and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC). He was UTC's first African-American wrestler. Whatley was also a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. Whatley started wrestling in 1973 after a brief career as a power lifter. He wrestled with The Sheik's 'Big Time Wrestling', after which he wrestled primarily in Alabama and Tennessee before going to Florida Championship Wrestling in 1984. He won the Southern Title twice while there. He was one-third of the "Convertible Blondes" with Rip Rogers and Gary Royal in the Angelo Poffo-promoted ICW, even though he didn't dye his hair blonde. One of Whatley's best-known moments in ICW was the "Mop Head" angle where Whatley had to wear a mop wig after losing a match to Ron Garvin. The match stipulation also required him to keep wearing it until he won another match. This led to not only a lengthy feud with Garvin but also to a long losing streak for Whatley. Most of Whatley's losses were by disqualification due to outside interference when Garvin would attack Whatley's opponent. The angle lasted for several months until Whatley finally won a match. He went to the NWA's Jim Crockett Promotions in 1985 and often teamed with "The Boogie-Woogie Man" Jimmy Valiant against members of Paul Jones' Army. In 1986, after Valiant called Whatley "the best black athlete in professional wrestling", Whatley turned on Valiant and cut some of Valiant's hair, thinking Valiant's comment was racist. Whatley then became a "Heel", joined Jones' Army and renamed himself "Shaska Whatley". He frequently teamed with The Barbarian and Baron von Raschke in their war against Valiant, and would frequently spit on his opponents during matches. He eventually lost a hair vs. hair match to Valiant and was shaved bald. In 1986, during a short stint when Dusty Rhodes was NWA Champion, Whatley appeared to freelance during a TV interview and made the announcers visibly uncomfortable when he said that he wanted to become the first black NWA World Heavyweight Champion. In late 1987, Whatley had left Jones and started teaming with Tiger Conway Jr. as "The Jive Tones". They did not have much success, and Whatley left for Florida in 1988. He was part of Kevin Sullivan's goon squad in Florida and departed for Alabama shortly after his arrival. In Alabama's Southeast Championship Wrestling, Whatley became "Willie B. Hert" and was one of the top faces for the company. In the early 1990s Pez Whatley had a short stint in Japan's UWFi. He also worked for the World Wrestling Federation as an enhancement talent on their weekly television programs from January 1990 until April 1991, putting over many of the WWF's top stars. He also picked up a few victories on house shows, most notably over Paul Diamond and The Genius. Whatley then made sporadic appearances in World Championship Wrestling throughout the 90's as an enhancement talent as well as appearances at the 1995 and 1996 World War 3 Battle Royale events until his in-ring retirement in 1998, becoming a backstage worker for WCW and an assistant trainer at the WCW Power Plant.
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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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Aleksander Kwaśniewski

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Aleksander Kwaśniewski (Polish pronunciation: [alɛˈksandɛr kfaˈɕɲɛfskʲi] ⓘ; born 15 November 1954) is a Polish politician and journalist who served as the third president of Poland from 1995 to 2005. Kwaśniewski served as a minister in the communist government during the 1980s, and later led the post-communist centre-left Social Democracy of the Republic of Poland, a successor to the former ruling Polish United Workers' Party, and a co-founder of the Democratic Left Alliance. In 1995, he was elected to the presidency, defeating the incumbent, Lech Wałęsa, and was re-elected in 2000 in a decisive first-round victory. His presidency was marked by modernization of Poland, rapid economic growth (Poland's GDP doubled in ten years), the drafting of a new constitution (1997), and the accession of Poland to NATO (1999) and the European Union (2004).[2][3] In 2004, he brokered a pro-democratic agreement during the Orange Revolution in Ukraine. According to a 2020 poll conducted by Rzeczpospolita, Kwaśniewski was considered the best president in the post-1989 history of Poland by a plurality of Poles, albeit tied with the two PiS presidents, Andrzej Duda and Lech Kaczyński respectively, taken together. Description above from the Wikipedia article Aleksander Kwaśniewski, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Emma Booth

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Emma Booth (born c. 1982) is an Australian model-turned-actress. Coming from Perth in Western Australia, the former teen model and TV star has recently achieved international stardom with a main role in the film Introducing the Dwights opposite Brenda Blethyn. Frequently referred to as the "next big thing" from Australia after Clubland (North American title of Introducing the Dwights) was screened at the Sundance Film Festival, many talent agencies solicited her for roles in upcoming films. As a result, in 2008 she appeared in the horror film Blood Creek to be directed by Joel Schumacher. She will also be appearing in Hippie Hippie Shake with Cillian Murphy and Sienna Miller, an account of the Schoolkids OZ obscenity trials in Great Britain. Currently, she is working on the film The Wrong Girl, an Australian true-life drama about a teen who had been raped by a notorious Sydney gang and her four-year struggle for justice, written by award-winning screenwriter Nicholas Hammond and directed by Michael Jenkins.
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