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Muammar Gaddafi
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Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi (c. 1942 – 20 October 2011), commonly known as Colonel Gaddafi, was a Libyan revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He governed Libya as Revolutionary Chairman of the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977 and then as the "Brotherly Leader" of the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011. He was initially ideologically committed to Arab nationalism and Arab socialism but developed his own Third International Theory.
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Toshirō Mifune
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Toshirō Mifune (April 1, 1920 - December 24, 1997) was a Japanese actor who is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors in the history of Japanese cinema. He was born in Qingdao, China, but was raised in Japan. Mifune's career spanned over 50 years, during which he collaborated extensively with renowned director Akira Kurosawa, creating some of the most iconic films in Japanese cinema.
Mifune gained international recognition for his performances in Kurosawa's films, particularly in samurai films. He portrayed strong, dynamic, and often rebellious characters, bringing a raw intensity to his roles. Some of his notable collaborations with Kurosawa include "Rashomon" (1950), "Seven Samurai" (1954), "Yojimbo" (1961), and "The Hidden Fortress" (1958), which inspired George Lucas's "Star Wars."
Apart from his work with Kurosawa, Mifune appeared in numerous other films, showcasing his versatility as an actor. He played roles in various genres, including dramas, comedies, and war films. Some of his other notable films include "The Throne of Blood" (1957), "High and Low" (1963), and "Red Beard" (1965).
Mifune's charismatic presence, powerful performances, and ability to convey complex emotions made him an iconic figure in Japanese cinema. He received international recognition and awards for his contributions to the film industry, including several honors at the Venice Film Festival and a lifetime achievement award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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Giuseppe Andrews
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Giuseppe Andrews (born Joey Andrews; April 25, 1979) is an American film actor, writer, and director known for his roles as Lex in the 1999 film Detroit Rock City, a bizarre sheriff's deputy in Cabin Fever (2002), a small role in Never Been Kissed (1999), as well as appearances in The Smashing Pumpkins videos "1979" and "Perfect". Andrews has enjoyed considerable success and notoriety for writing, directing, scoring, editing, shooting and producing a number of avante-garde films, and for directing several experimental independent movies.
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Takis Hristoforidis
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Takis Christoforidis (Istanbul 1914-Athens 1973) was a Greek actor and cousin of fellow actor Pericles Christoforidis.
He played mainly secondary comic roles and became known through the role of the nervous or the mad doctor, who had a tic. Actor (member of the Greek National Theatre Association since 1937) scion of the well-known Christoforidis theatrical family. At the beginning of his career he collaborated with prose troupes and with the National Theatre (1936-41). Thus, in the period 1939-40 he appeared in the operetta "Bat" staged by the Foundation's Opera Stage. Until 1945 he was at the "State Theatre of Thessaloniki" and then followed P. Kyriakos on his tour of Cyprus (1945-48).
He played at D. Rontiris' "Hellenic Stage" and the "Vembo" Theatre (1951-54). Since then he began to appear in characteristic roles with the main revue and comedy troupes. He collaborated particularly with K. Hadjichristos and took part, among others, in the K. Stoligkas - M. Theofanidis Troupe, etc.
He also played in many films.
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Nikos Tsoukas
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Nikos Tsoukas (Greek: Νίκος Τσούκας) was born in Deskati, Grevena, in 1935. He studied at the Pelos Katseli Drama School.
He made his debut in the theater in 1962, alongside Mimis Fotopoulos, with the play "Outside the Thieves". He then played with Elli Lampeti in the play "Our Little Town" and later collaborated with Katerina, Kostas Mousouris, Lambros Konstantaras, Jenny Karezi, Kostas Rigopoulos, Kakia Analyti, Sotiris Moustakas, Aliki Vougiouklaki and others.
He made his debut in the cinema in 1962, with the films Betrayed Love and The Bride Shut Up. Some of his most characteristic roles were in the films: Villa of Orgies, The Fairy and the Groom, The Crooked Tree and The Barber's Beauty.
He first appeared on the small screen in the series "Travel", which made him popular with the general public and was followed by "Parking", "When I Was a Teacher" etc. (Source: CineHellas)
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Hal Holbrook
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Harold Rowe Holbrook Jr. (February 17, 1925 – January 23, 2021) was an American actor, television director, and writer. He first received critical acclaim in 1954 for a one-man stage show he developed, Mark Twain Tonight!, performing as Mark Twain, while studying at Denison University. He won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play in 1966 for his portrayal of Twain. He would continue to perform his signature role for over 60 years, only retiring the show in 2017 due to his failing health. Throughout his career, he also won five Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on television and was nominated for an Academy Award for his work in film.
Holbrook made his film debut in Sidney Lumet's The Group (1966). He later gained international fame for his performance as Deep Throat in the 1976 film All the President's Men. He played Abraham Lincoln in the 1976 miniseries Lincoln and 1985 miniseries North and South. He also appeared in such films as Julia (1977), The Fog (1980), Creepshow (1982), Wall Street (1987), The Firm (1993), Hercules (1997), and Men of Honor (2000).
Holbrook's role as Ron Franz in Sean Penn's Into the Wild (2007) earned him both Academy Award and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor. In 2009, Holbrook received critical acclaim for his performance as recently retired farmer Abner Meecham in the independent film That Evening Sun. He also portrayed Francis Preston Blair in Steven Spielberg's Lincoln (2012).
In 2003, Holbrook was honored with the National Humanities Medal by President George W. Bush.
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Charlton Heston
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Charlton Heston (October 4, 1923 – April 5, 2008) was an American actor, renowned for his towering screen presence and roles in some of Hollywood’s most famous epics. Born John Charles Carter in Illinois, he discovered his passion for acting in school, studied drama at Northwestern University, and began his career on stage and in live television before transitioning to film. He first gained major attention in Cecil B. DeMille’s The Greatest Show on Earth and then became an international star with his performances as Moses in The Ten Commandments and Judah Ben‑Hur in Ben‑Hur, the latter earning him the Academy Award for Best Actor. Heston went on to headline a wide range of big‑budget films, including El Cid, The Agony and the Ecstasy, Planet of the Apes, and The Omega Man, establishing himself as one of the most recognizable leading men of mid‑20th‑century cinema. Beyond acting, he was active in public life, supporting civil rights in the 1960s and later becoming a prominent conservative voice and president of the National Rifle Association from 1998 to 2003. He retired from public life after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2002 and died on April 5, 2008, in Beverly Hills, California, leaving behind a legacy as both a cinematic icon and a polarizing political figure.
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Habib Reda
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Habib Reda (in Arabic: حبيب رضا), whose real name is Mohamed Hattab, born on March 28, 1919 in Miliana, is an Algerian actor and musician.
Habib Reda had several strings to his bow, actor, director, on the radio, in sports and supreme privilege, by participating in the Algerian War. Sentenced to death twice during the heroic Battle of Algiers, fought against Massu's paratroopers, Habib Reda paid dearly for his commitment by being incarcerated at the Sarouy school, transformed into an interrogation center, where he was tortured for a long time. He began a career as a professional actor in 1939 in Mahieddine Bachtarzi's troupe, where he was one of the main actors, with his brother Madjid Reda who died fighting in the Aurès in 1960. Habib Reda, an affable and cultured man who played Molière and Shakespeare brilliantly, rubbed shoulders with the greats of the time such as Keltoum, Sissani, Mohamed Touri, among others.
"I started at Djamiaât Chabiba, an association of ulama who taught the Arabic language. We gave performances during religious holidays and the month of Ramadan. The theater thus became my vocation, to such an extent that at 18, with a friend who also wanted to be an actor, I almost stowed away to Egypt, fascinated as we were then by its cinema, its singers and its musicals. It was around this time that Mahieddine Bachtarzi was looking to expand his troupe with young people who could read and write Arabic because he had the obligation to stage plays in literary Arabic. "So, professionally, I started in 1939 with the father of Algerian theater," he confided in an interview.
A professional theater actor under the leadership of Mahieddine Bachtarzi who became his father-in-law, Habib Reda is said to be a privileged witness to the birth of Algerian theater. In cinema, he played in the first talking film shot in the Maghreb, "Kenzi - Mon Trésor", in Z by Costa-Gavras... According to Arlette Roth, author of Le Théâtre Algérien (Ed. Maspero, Paris, 1967), Habib Reda belongs to the 2nd generation of Algerian actors.
At the end of his artistic career, he became an industrialist and lived between Algiers, Paris and the United States. Habib Reda died on May 29, 2013 at the age of 94. He is buried in the El-Kettar cemetery in Algiers.
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Autumn Federici
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Originally born in Pittsburgh, Autumn spent her earliest years on a farm in West Virginia, but at the tender age of 5 was whisked off to California by her Mother. No sooner than arriving, Autumn’s involvement in the arts began. Modeling, ballet, tap, jazz, modern dance and gymnastics filled her evenings after school and her love of equestrian riding took over on the weekends. At 16 years old she choreographed her first lyrical routine with the team winning first place. Her dynamic dance technique and choreography won her a place on several companies and afforded her the ability to travel extensively throughout the US, Europe and Asia.
Autumn’s prominent features landed her several national print campaigns and magazine covers only to discover that her success in modeling was just the beginning. At 18 years of age, after booking several regional and national commercials, the acting bug bit her. Since then she has dedicated herself to the art, studying with Richard Brander, Harvery Lembeck Comedy Workshop, Divisek, and most recently with Shanelle and David Gray at Gray Studios.
Autumn has appeared in projects with Kellan Lutz, Peter Weller, Joe Anderson, Brock Cuchna, Jane Seymour, and Billy Zane. Last year Autumn was involved in projects that were screened at Queen's Int'l Film Festival, Bev Hills Hi-Def Festival, Mammoth Film Festival, Sacramento Film Festival, and Honest Thieves Film Festival. The year started out in the UK filming the feature film "Flutter" in which she plays "Nancy", Billy Zane's Wife who is a Dental Nurse. The next project took her to New Orleans for Dermot Mulroney's Directorial debut in "Love, Wedding, Marriage". Autumn's short film "Ugly" was nominated Best Short at the Burbank International Film Festival. Biography from Autumn Federici official webpage www.autumnfederici.com
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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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