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Stephen Dorff
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Stephen Hartley Dorff Jr. (born July 29, 1973) is an American actor. Starting his film career as a child, appearing in the cult horror film The Gate (1987), Dorff first rose to prominence playing Stuart Sutcliffe in Backbeat (1994) and then gained further mainstream attention for portraying Deacon Frost in Blade (1998). Other notable lead roles include Bob Rafelson's Blood and Wine (1997), the titular character in John Waters' Cecil B. DeMented (2000), and Johnny Marco in Sofia Coppola's Somewhere (2010), as well as Britney Spears’ boyfriend in her 2004 music video for "Everytime".
Supporting roles include Candy Darling in I Shot Andy Warhol (1996), Detective Scott Strauss in World Trade Centre (2006), Homer Van Meter in Public Enemies (2009), Stavros in Immortals (2011), Joseph Kuklinski in The Iceman (2012), and Ketchum in Old Henry (2021). He is also known for portraying Roland West in the third season of HBO's crime drama anthology seriesTrue Detective (2019).
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Jason Isaacs
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Jason Isaacs (born 6 June 1963) is an English actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Colonel William Tavington in The Patriot (2000), Michael D. Steele in Black Hawk Down (2001), Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter franchise series (2002–2011), Captain Hook in Peter Pan (2003), James Wolfe in Battle of the Brave (2004), Antonio Pérez in The Escorial Conspiracy (2007), Georgy Zhukov in The Death of Stalin (2017), and John Godfrey in Operation Mincemeat (2021).
His television roles include Dr. Hunter Aloysius "Hap" Percy in the Netflix supernatural mystery drama streaming series The OA (2016–2019) and Captain Gabriel Lorca in Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2018).
His voice acting roles include Admiral Zhao in the first season of Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005) and the second season of The Legend of Korra (2013), and the Grand Inquisitor/Sentinel in Star Wars Rebels (2014–2016).
Isaacs has appeared on stage as Louis Ironson in Declan Donnellan's 1992 and 1993 Royal National Theatre premiere of Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes and as hitman Ben in a 2007 revival of Harold Pinter's 1957 play The Dumb Waiter at Trafalgar Studios in the West End.
He was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor—Miniseries or Television Film for The State Within (2006) and for the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of Harry H. Corbett in The Curse of Steptoe (2008). He also was nominated for the International Emmy Award for Best Actor, won the Satellite Award for Best Actor—Miniseries or Television Film for Case Histories (2011–2013), and was nominated for the Satellite Award for Best Actor—Television Series Drama for Brotherhood (2006–2008).
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Ever Anderson
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Ever Gabo Anderson, born on November 3, 2007, in Toronto, Canada, is a Canadian-American actress and model. She is the daughter of American actress Milla Jovovich and British director Paul W. S. Anderson, and has two younger sisters, Dashiel and Osian. Her ancestry includes Russian and Serbian roots from her mother's side and English heritage from her father's lineage.
Despite initial attempts by her parents to dissuade her from pursuing acting, Ever remained steadfast in her pursuit. Fluent in English and Russian, she is also proficient in French, residing in Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, California, where she practices taekwondo.
At the age of nine, Ever graced the cover of Vogue Bambini, photographed by Ellen von Unwerth, and captured the attention of renowned photographers like Karl Lagerfeld, Mikael Jansson, and Peter Lindbergh.
Her debut in a feature film occurred in "Resident Evil: The Final Chapter" (2016), directed by her father. In this film, she portrayed a younger version of Alicia Marcus, a character her mother portrayed as an adult. Ever gained recognition for her portrayal of the young Natasha Romanoff in the film "Black Widow". Additionally, she played the role of Wendy Darling in the film "Peter Pan & Wendy", marking significant milestones in her burgeoning career as an actress.
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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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Cliff Harrington
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Born in Seattle, Washington on June 18, 1932, military life eventually brought Harrington to Japan where he would end up teaching English for 35 years. Beyond that, he would become involved in the entertainment industry. He is perhaps best known for his brief appearance as Al in King Kong vs. Godzilla, and by happenstance ended up dubbing the voice of the helicopter pilot he sat next to (in the Japanese version).
Harrington dubbed many films via William Ross and Frontier Enterprises, spending countless hours in recording studios working with Japanese technicians. He even worked as cinematographer on Robert Dunham's independent film Time Travelers. Harrington was close friends with Ross, and as such, he had more scope to negotiate his roles and work schedule. According to Richard Nieskens, Harrington eventually began to show up less and less around the late 80's and early 90's, having grown bored of the process after so many decades.
The country afforded Harrington the chance to use his college journalism training as a writer and photographer to meet and interview movie stars and other celebrities who came to Tokyo from other countries, including the likes of Mel Gibson, Muhammad Ali, Charlton Heston, and Robert Mitchum.
Harrington married his wife Tomoko in 1988 and moved to Kyushu in 2011 to be closer to his wife's aging parents. He fell ill sometime in early 2013 and never recovered. He passed away in Kyushu on August 9 at the age of 81.
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Gonzalo Heredia
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Gonzalo Heredia was born on March 12, 1982 in Munro, Vicente López, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is an actor, known for Valientes (2009), Lobo (2012) and Felicitas (2009). Between 1996 and 1997 he studied at the "Complejo Cultural Comunicanto" in Vicente López: Vocal Technique, technique and dramatic art movement with Alberto D'Ana and Carmen D'Ana. In 1997 and 1998 his theater teachers were Moscardini Mauro , Javier Correa Rubens Margulis and the "theater group La shack". In 2000 he made his first ad for "Mortgage Credit". A year later he worked as a driver for the cable program "Road to ..." the designer Lilian Coone. In 2000 he participated again in an advertisement, this time for Coca Cola . His big break came in 2001 when he auditioned for the soap opera "Falling in love" on Telefe; there Gonzalo played the character of Maxi and gained popularity in the entertainment world. Together they made Matias Fiszson the short film "The flavor of the meeting." A month after the end of the novel, Heredia entered the house of "Reality Reality" the first reality show with actors from Argentina where he also gained notoriety. In early 2002, the same producer of reality, Enrique Estevanez summons for the sitcom "Husbands home" where Gonzalo portrayed Chango. Simultaneously in early 2002, Diego Shaalo summons to co-star movie "Retirement Day".
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Zhou Yiran
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Zhou Yiran, born Zhou Haoran in Chongqing, is a Chinese actor and singer. He debuted in 2017 as a member of Yi'an Music Club, a cross-dimensional music group. In 2018, he announced his departure from the group to focus on his acting career.
He began acting with a supporting role in the movie "Go Brother!" (2018) and landed his first lead role in the 2020 series "Boom! Boom!." Zhou’s breakout came in 2023 with his performance as Zhang Lurang in the popular series "When I Fly Towards You."
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Dante Varona
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Dante Varona was a former Filipino actor and movie director in the Philippines. He was considered one of the famous action stars from 1970s up to 1980s together with Fernando Poe, Jr., Joseph Estrada, Jun Aristorenas, Ramon Revilla, Ramon Zamora, Rey Malonzo, Anthony Alonzo, Lito Lapid, Rudy Fernandez and Ace Vergel among others. One of his famous stunts involved jumping from the San Juanico Bridge inHari Ng Stunt (King Of Stunts). Varona began his movie career in 1968 in Mangificent Siete Bandidas. Leading roles in his early career included Master Stuntman (1970) andLeon Dimasupil (1973). He did also a movie Gulapa (1977) with Ramon Revilla in a true-to-life-story of former Mayor Patrocinio Z. Gulapa of Maragondon, Cavite and the movie Carding Estrabel: Tirador Ng Malabon (1980), based on the life story of Ricardo Luciano. In 1981, action star Dante Varona made a daring and spectacular stunt act when he jumped at the San Juanico Bridge for a scene in “Hari ng Stunt.” It’s a make-or-break for this struggling actor whose movie career was in limbo for quite sometime and can’t seem to have a headstart. That breathtaking leap changed his fortune overnight. The movie was dubbed as “The most death defying action thriller of the year!” He became an instant sensation and propelled him to superstardom.[1] He directed some of his films' Raging Anger (1984), Bangkay Mo Akong Hahakbangin(1986) and Ratratan (1999). He was included in a Hollywood movie Dune Warriors, starring David Carradine, Rick Hill, Blake Boyd and Maria Isabel Lopez. He is the father of Metropop Songfest finalists and now a singer Tanya Varona.[
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S.Ve. Sekar
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Sattanathapuram Venkataraman Shekhar (Tamil: சட்டநாதபுரம் வெங்கடராமன் சேகர் Caţţanātapuram Věŋkaţarāmaņ Cēkar) (born 26 December 1950) is a Tamil playwright and film actor known best for his slapstick humor and for his public welfare initiatives. In 2006, he made an entry into politics by contesting and winning the Legislative Assembly Elections as an All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) candidate fromMylapore. In June 2009 he decided to start his own party after he had issues with AIADMK, and was expelled from the party, due to anti-party activities.[1] In February 2009 he started Brahmins Association under the banner FEBAS which has not received any support from the already existing association THAMBRAAS.
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Riccardo Muti
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Riccardo Muti (born 28 July 1941) is an Italian conductor. He is current music director of the Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini. Muti has previously held posts at the Maggio Musicale in Florence, the Philharmonia Orchestra in London, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, the Salzburg Whitsun Festival, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. He was named Music Director Emeritus in Chicago in 2023.
A prolific recording artist, Muti has received numerous honours and awards, including two Grammy Awards. He is especially associated with the music of Giuseppe Verdi. Among the world's leading conductors, in a 2015 Bachtrack poll he was ranked by music critics as the world's fifth best living conductor.
Muti was born in Naples but he spent his early childhood in Molfetta, near Bari, in the long region of Apulia on Italy's southern Adriatic coast. His father, Domenico, was a pathologist in Molfetta, as well as an amateur singer and great music lover; his mother, Gilda, was a reserved and severe Neapolitan woman with five children.
Muti graduated from Liceo classico (Classical Lyceum) Vittorio Emanuele II in Naples, then studied piano at the Conservatory of San Pietro a Majella under Vincenzo Vitale; here Muti was awarded a diploma cum laude. He was subsequently awarded a diploma in Composition and Conducting by the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory, Milan, where he studied with the composer Bruno Bettinelli and the conductor Antonino Votto. He has also studied composition with Nino Rota, whom he considers a mentor. He was unanimously awarded first place by the jury of the "Guido Cantelli Competition for Conductors" in Milan in 1967 and became, the next year, principal conductor and music director of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, a post he held for eleven years.
Since 1971 he has been a frequent conductor of operas and concerts at the Salzburg Festival, where he is particularly known for his Mozart opera performances. From 1972 Muti regularly conducted the Philharmonia Orchestra in London and in 1973 he was appointed its principal conductor, succeeding Otto Klemperer.
In 1979, Muti became the music director and principal conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra. In 1986, he became principal conductor of the Filarmonica della Scala, Milan, with which in 1988 he received the Viotti d'Oro and toured Europe. In 1989 he conducted a live performance of Mozart's Don Giovanni that was recorded on a DVD. In 1991, after twelve years as music director, he announced his resignation from the Philadelphia Orchestra, effective at the end of the 1991–1992 season.
In 1995 he was the president of the jury of the International Composing Competition "2 Agosto".
Muti has been a regular guest of the Berlin Philharmonic and the Vienna Philharmonic. In 1996, he conducted the Vienna Philharmonic during Vienna Festival Week and on tour to Japan, Korea, Hong Kong and Germany; he most recently toured with the Vienna Philharmonic to Japan in 2008. Muti has also led the orchestra's Vienna New Year's Concert on seven occasions to date: in 1993, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2018, 2021 and 2025. ...
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