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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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Yacef Saâdi

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Yacef Saâdi (20 January 1928 – 10 September 2021) was an Algerian independence fighter, serving as a leader of the National Liberation Front during his country's war of independence. After the Algerian War, Yacef helped produce Italian filmmaker Gillo Pontecorvo's film The Battle of Algiers (1966), based on Souvenirs de la Bataille d'Alger. Yacef played a character modeled on his own experiences (named as Djafar) in the battle. He began his professional life as a baker's apprentice. In 1945 he joined the Algerian People's Party (PPA) which was succeeded by the Movement for the Triumph of Democratic Liberties (MTLD) where he was active in the armed wing, the Special Organization between 1947 and 1949. He went to France after the dismantling of the OS and only returned to Algeria in 1952 where he resumed his work as a baker in the Casbah. In 1955, he joined the ranks of the FLN at the start of the war of independence then left for Switzerland for a liaison mission with Ben Bella. The Swiss authorities expelled him and he was arrested by the French police in Orly who transferred him to Algiers and imprisoned him. He was released in September 1955 on the condition that he inform the DST about the activities of the FLN in Algiers. He went underground and became the right-hand man of the leader of the FLN for the military zone of Algiers, Larbi Ben Mhidi. He became the FLN military leader of the autonomous zone of Algiers in May 1956 and replaced him in March 1957 after the death of Ben Mhidi, assassinated by General Aussaresses. On September 24, 1957, he was captured by French paratroopers and sentenced to death but finally released after the Evian Accords of March 18, 1962. Saâdi was pardoned by General de Gaulle, along with all those condemned to death in Algeria, in January 1959. He then benefited from amnesty in 1962. Close to Ben Bella, he founded a film production company, Casbah Films, which he financed with Algerian and Yugoslav capital. In 1962, he published Memories of the Battle of Algiers, his memoirs of the battle which he wrote during his incarceration. In July 1963, Yacef Saâdi was appointed by Ahmed Ben Bella president of the National Center for Friendship with Peoples (CNAP), intended to publicize abroad the achievements of Algerian socialism. In 1966, he co-produced with the Italian director Gillo Pontecorvo the famous film “The Battle of Algiers” in which he played himself. He was appointed president of the Algerian club USM Alger for three years, 1972-1975. On January 6, 2001, Saâdi was appointed senator by President Bouteflika out of the contingent of 29 appointments reserved for him. His mandate was not renewed by the President of the Republic in January 2016. According to the Algerian daily L'Expression, Yacef Saâdi was approached, in 2003, by the FBI and the CIA with the aim of drawing inspiration from his guerrilla warfare. urban from the time of the prestigious battle of Algiers to fight the Iraqi resistance. He refuses to collaborate.
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Blayne Weaver

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Blayne Weaver (born April 9, 1976) is an American actor, writer and director. Weaver began to perform in the children's theater group The Peter Pan Players in Shreveport, Louisiana. His first major film performance was in the independent film Where the Red Fern Grows (Part Two). In the late 1990s, he appeared in several TV movies and was also a guest star on several shows including ER, JAG and Chicago Hope. In 2001, he became the new voice of Disney's Peter Pan, and has performed that voice in various children's films as well as in recordings for the Disney theme parks. In 2001, he co-wrote the film Manic, which starred actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt. He continues to play the voice of Peter Pan and pursue acting in Los Angeles, California. In late 2004, he directed, wrote and starred in the short film Losing Lois Lane, which made a big impact online. He then wrote, directed and starred in Secret Identity's first feature film Outside Sales, which won awards on the film festival circuit and was released nationwide through Echo Bridge Entertainment. Weaver wrote, directed and played a small role in SIP’s next feature Weather Girl with an ensemble cast that boasted Tricia O’Kelley, Mark Harmon, Jon Cryer and Jane Lynch. He wrote, directed and stars in his next feature film 6 Month Rule with a cast featuring Martin Starr, Jaime Pressly, John Michael Higgins and Dave Foley.
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Mckenna Bridger

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Mckenna Bridger is an American actress from Redondo Beach, California. She is best known for her work in Stranger Things (2016) and Three Months to Break Your Heart (2025), among others. Bridger began her professional acting career in late-2024, and soon made her on-screen debut in the TV Mini-series Dominated by My Father's Killer (2025). She later starred as Violet in the psychological thriller Nightmare (2026), taking on her first leading role. Just a month later, she landed her breakthrough role in a vertical drama as Grace Hayes, the younger sister to Summer Hayes, in Three Months to Break Your Heart (2025). She can also be seen in the final season of Stranger Things (2016). Before stepping into the entertainment industry, she spent most of her youth exploring a wide range of creative and athletic pursuits. She trained in dance, gymnastics, figure skating, and soccer, which helped her develop confidence, discipline, and a strong sense of performance. Her passion for acting began early on, appearing in multiple school plays and community theater productions. While in high school, she performed in stage versions of Herakles and Romeo and Juliet, experiences that strengthened her love for storytelling and helped prepare her for a future in screen acting. In addition to acting, Bridger has gained experience behind the camera. She served as a co-writer and producer on Nightmare (2026), contributing to both the creative and production sides of the project. She also worker as a co-executive producer and first assistant director on Good Knight, which expanded her skills within multiple areas in filmmaking.
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Jorge Humberto Robles

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Studying in high school at UNAM, he climbed onto his first stages. Then he tried to study Economics, while working as an employee in a furniture store. In 1968 he worked as a journalist in the newspaper El Día, and then in the AMEX agency, dissolved by the government after starting a strike. He returned to acting at the Teatro Del Bosque and at the Jiménez Rueda, put in a greater number of daily hours as a host at the station Radio Universidad. Rafael Corkidi hired him for a film that Carlos Illescas was writing: Angeles y querubines. Jorge Humberto Robles had his first starring role there. His work partner: Helena Rojo Around 1974 he worked as an actor in the Theater Company of the Universidad Veracruzana. In Xalapa he took part in few plays: he began to have problems with his eyesight and that year he lost an eye. -"What happened to Borges is happening to me," he used to joke very intimately, without petulance, without exaggerating the comment, "Anyway, there is not much to see". Then, shortly after, came the project of making a film and he and his friends made it, creating an independent work unit, which resulted in Bandera rota, directed by Gabriel Retes. On November 1, 1983, despite his success as a theater actor, he shot himself in the right temple.
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Kirk Torrance

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Kirk Torrance is a New Zealand actor and playwright of Māori origins. He is also a former Commonwealth Games swimmer. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Acting from Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School in Wellington. His debut play Strata (2003) won Best New Playwright at the Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards. He played the lead role of Holden in the New Zealand movie Stickmen (2001) and award-winning television drama Fish Skin Suit (2003). While appearing on Outrageous Fortune, he hosted one series of a New Zealand version of The Real Hustle. He was nominated Best Supporting Actor at the Qantas Film & Television Awards 2008 for his ex-cop role in the television series Outrageous Fortune. In 2008, he was named Sexiest Man in Auckland by Metro magazine.
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Michael Torontow

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Michael Torontow was born December 12, 1977, in Ottawa, Ontario. Son of Laurence and Silvia and older brother to Andrea, Michael didn't have true aspirations to be an actor until he did his first musical in his last year at Bell High School. Despite having been bitten by the acting bug, he enrolled in a combined Biochemistry and Chemical Engineering program at the University of Ottawa. While trying to excel in his program and follow his original dream of becoming a doctor, he started taking voice lessons with Soprano Yoriko Tanno and got involved with a variety of community theatre groups (most notably, the Orpheus Musical Theatre Society), playing leads in almost every musical he did. Eventually the dream of becoming an actor overshadowed that of becoming a doctor, and, with his parents' blessing, he changed programs, ultimately earning a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre. A few of his community theatre cast mates had been cast in the Toronto production of "Mamma Mia!" so he figured he should start trying to audition for large shows as well. While living in Ottawa, Michael traveled to Toronto and to Montreal to audition for a few shows, including "Mamma Mia!", but to no avail. In fact, one casting director told him the business wasn't for him. He took that as an acting note and kept trying. A few months after graduating, Michael moved to Toronto and took another shot at a "Mamma Mia!" open call. After six callbacks, he was told "no" again (on his birthday, no less), but just six weeks later, a spot on the US National tour opened and they asked him to fill it. After two years on tour, he landed the part of Link Larkin in the original Canadian company of "Hairspray" (2004). After "Hairspray," Michael learned that the big jobs don't come along all the time, so he began expanding his horizons by trying to break into film and television. He played a handful of small roles over the years before landing what will be his breakout role as Mr. T in the upcoming Family Channel/Temple Street series, "Lost and Found Music Studios" (Winter 2016). For his role (season one is in post-production) Michael was able to draw on his years of experience as a singer and as an actor in his role as a failed musician who now runs a program for young elite musicians.
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Ériq Ebouaney

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Eriq Ebouaney (born 3 October 1967) is a French actor. He is best known for his portrayal as the Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba in the 2000 film Lumumba, as "Blacktie" in Brian De Palma's Femme Fatale and as "Ice" in the 2008 action film Transporter 3 in which he starred opposite Jason Statham. Recently, Eriq appeared in the 2025 Indian-Malayalam film L2: Empuraan, playing the role of Kabuga. Ebouaney was born in Angers, France, the son of Cameroonian immigrants. As a child he didn't show any interest in acting and was set on becoming a businessman. However, at the age of 30, he joined a theatre company and left his job as a sales manager to become a professional actor. He made his film debut in 1996 in the Cédric Klapisch directed film Chacun cherche son chat. He landed a leading role in the 2000 film Lumumba in which he portrayed Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba. The film was shot in Beira, Mozambique. In 2002, he starred in Brian De Palma's Femme Fatale alongside Antonio Banderas. In 2004, he played the character of Jean Claude in Mark Bamford's debut feature Cape of Good Hope. In 2005 he starred in the award-winning Ridley Scott film, Kingdom of Heaven, in which he starred alongside Michael Sheen, Liam Neeson, Orlando Bloom, David Thewlis, Martin Hancock and Nathalie Cox. In 2006, he starred in The Front Line and La piste. In 2008, he played a supporting role in the critically acclaimed Australian film Disgrace featuring American actor John Malkovich, a small role in the Italian film Bianco e nero and later was cast as "Ice" in Transporter 3, featuring British actor Jason Statham. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eriq Ebouaney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Carice van Houten

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Carice Anouk van Houten, born on September 5, 1976, is a Dutch stage and film actress. One of Europe's most celebrated actresses, Carice van Houten is perhaps best known as 'Melisandre' in the iconic TV show Game of Thrones, a performance for which she has been recognized with an Emmy Award nomination in 2019. Other projects include Paul Verhoeven's award-winning Black Book and Bryan Singer's Valkyrie opposite Tom Cruise and as Melisandre on Game of Thrones. Recent projects include Instinct and Temple, a TV show for Sky opposite Mark Strong, which has been picked up for a second season. Her Dutch-language feature Love Life, gained her further critical acclaim and broke box office records in her native Holland. Her next film Happy Housewive won her a record breaking 5th Golden Calf at The Netherlands Film Festival and was voted 'Best Dutch Actress of All Time' by the Dutch audience. Other awards include Best Actress for Black Butterflies at the Tribeca Film Festival and the Best Performance award for Instinct at the Les Arcs Film Festival 2019. Her credits include Juan Carlos Fresnadillo's Intruders and Bill Condon's The Fifth Estate, the Jesse Owens biopic, Race, with Jason Sudekis and Jeremy Irons and voiced a character in The Simpsons. She can also be seen in Brian de Palma's Domino and in Brimstone, opposite Dakota Fanning, Guy Pearce and Kit Harrington, and The Glass Room, with Claes Bang. She played a leading role in Halina Reijn's directorial feature debut Instinct, opposite Marwan Kenzari (Aladdin), which won the Variety Piazza Grande Award in Locarno Film Festival 2019. Instinct is the first outing for the Carice and Halina's production banner, Man Up.
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Maito Fujioka

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Maito Fujioka is one of two sons of Hiroshi Fujioka, with his other brother not being part of the entertainment industry. He also has three sisters, one elder and two younger, all of whom are actresses/models within their family agency, Sanki Worldwide. In preparation for taking on his father's role as Takeshi Hongo / Kamen Rider #1 in the movie Kamen Rider: Beyond Generations, Maito watched the original series to understand the character and consulted with his father for advice. Fujioka had been interested in the entertainment industry since he was a child, but never actually wanted to be an actor as he wished to pursue music. However, after receiving the offer to portray Sega Sanshiro's son, he made his debut.
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