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Nicki Aycox
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Nicki Lynn Aycox (May 26, 1975 – November 16, 2022) was an American actress and musician. She was born in Hennessey, Oklahoma, and played the piano and sang at a young age. Her early acting credits included "3rd Rock From The Sun," "USA High," "Boy Meets World," "The X-Files" and a recurring role in "Providence."
In 2003, Aycox played Minxie Hayes, a psychic cheerleader, in "Jeepers Creepers 2." Two years later, she portrayed Private Brenda "Mrs. B." Mitchell on "Over There." The TV series followed a unit of the United States Army's 3rd Infantry Division, on its first tour of duty in occupied Iraq, and chronicled the war's effects on the soldiers' families in the United States.
In 2006, Aycox portrayed Meg Masters, a recurring antagonist, in the first season of the WB (now The CW) TV series "Supernatural." The following year, she appeared in the thriller film "Perfect Stranger," alongside Halle Berry and Bruce Willis. Aycox returned to "The X-Files" franchise in 2008 for its second movie, "The X-Files: I Want To Believe." Her final acting role was in the 2014 film, "Dead On Campus."
In 2015, Aycox released her debut EP, "Red Velvet Room," which contained five songs of her own original music.
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Pia Tjelta
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Pia Merete Tjelta (born 12 September 1977 Stavanger ) is a Norwegian actress.
Tjelta graduated from the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre in 2006, but had already appeared in many films. She made her film debut in 2001 in the film Mongoland. She entered the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre in 2000, but after taking a two-year maternity leave, she did not manage to graduate until 2006. In 2005, she also worked on the jury of the TV series Filmstjerne on TV 2.
She made her stage debut in 2006 with the play Fyrverkerimakarens dotter at Det Norske Teatret. In 2007 she starred in the play "Få meg på, for faen" at Det Norske Teatret, where she played Maria.
In February 2007 she received much media coverage for her lead role in the Norwegian romantic comedy Mars og Venus.
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Rhys Humphreys
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Rhys Humphreys is an English actor and singer known for his versatility across both screen and stage. Originally from the South West of England, Rhys has been performing since the age of nine, building a strong foundation in theatre before branching into film.
His screen debut came in the medieval coming-of-age comedy Catherine Called Birdy, where he appeared in various roles including a fishmonger and villager. Rhys continues to expand his on-screen presence with the upcoming short film Good Behaviour — a psychological prison drama in which he plays a prisoner — showcasing his range and commitment to character-driven storytelling.
Beyond film, Rhys has a rich background in stage performance, including a celebrated portrayal of Shrek in Shrek The Musical, for which he was honoured with a NODA (National Operatic and Dramatic Association) award. Known for his adaptability, Rhys has taken on roles spanning period dramas to thought-provoking psychological pieces, and is passionate about bringing authentic, grounded performances to every project.
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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 who 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, it was announced that Connery had died at the age of 90.
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Renée Elise Goldsberry
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Renée Elise Goldsberry (born January 2, 1971) is an American actress, singer and songwriter, known for originating the role of Angelica Schuyler in the Broadway musical Hamilton, for which she won the 2016 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Her other Broadway credits include Nettie Harris in the original Broadway cast of The Color Purple, Mimi Márquez in Rent, and Nala in The Lion King. She has portrayed many roles on television, including Geneva Pine on The Good Wife, and Evangeline Williamson on One Life to Live, for which she received two Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series nominations.
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Sean Lau Ching-Wan
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Sean Lau Ching-Wan (Chinese: 劉青雲; born February 16, 1964) is a Hong Kong Film Award winning and Golden Bauhinia Award winning film and former television actor based in Hong Kong. Lau was born in Hong Kong in 1964. He joined the TVB acting classes in 1983 and made his first appearance on TV the following year with TV drama Draw Out the Rainbow. Dark-skinned with no matinee-idol look, he struggled to be cast until in the immensely popular stock market drama The Greed of Man (1992), when he acted opposite Adam Cheng. His wife, former (1991) Miss Hong Kong Amy Kwok, is a well-known former television actress. Lau is one of a handful of HK actors who has made the successful transition from TV to film; he is now exclusively a film actor.
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Mike Doyle
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Mike Doyle is an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He is best known for his recurring roles in the television series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, playing Forensics Tech Ryan O'Halloran, and Oz, playing Adam Guenzel.
It was on the set of Oz that Doyle met George Morfogen, whom he would cast in Shiner, a short film written, produced and directed by Doyle that debuted at the 2006 Tribeca Film Festival. Doyle also wrote and produced the 2003 limited-release film Cutter.
Doyle played Lt. Cmdr. Tom Palatonio in the 2005 action film Phantom Below, which is notable for having been released in multiple versions under multiple names which included or excluded gay content depending on the edit (the gay-themed edit was released under the title Tides of War). Also in 2005, he plays a gay coffee barista named Andy in 29th and Gay.
On June 2, 2009, The New York Times published an article about Doyle and his tendency to die on screen during his acting roles. His seventh death, in the season 10 finale of Law and Order Special Victims Unit, ended a successful six year run as forensic tech Ryan O’Halloran on the show.
He recently guest starred in the Criminal Minds episode, "A Rite of Passage", as well as the In Plain Sight episode, "Coma Chameleon". He also appeared alongside Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart in Rabbit Hole.
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Jüri Lumiste
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Jüri Lumiste (born July 16, 1957 in Tartu) is an Estonian actor and director.
Jüri Lumiste graduated from Tartu 1st Secondary School in 1975. In 1975, he studied mathematics at Tartu State University. In 1979, he finished the so-called Hermaküla studio. In the 1980s he participated in workshops in Russia, in the 1990s he participated in workshops in Türkiye, Finland, Denmark. In 1991-1992, he completed his training in Japan and Germany. From 1993 to 1999, drama director of the theater Vanemuine.
Jüri Lumiste's life partner is Ülle Veermäe, they have one child; there are two children from previous marriages (one son with Helena Merzin). His mother is a dentist, his father Ülo Lumiste was an emeritus professor of geometry, an academician who was awarded the Valgetähe III class medal in 1999 and in 2012 the research award of the Republic of Estonia for long-term effective research and development work.
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Edward M. Favor
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Edward Addison Favor (August 29, 1856 – January 10, 1936),
who was billed as Edward M. Favor or Ed. M. Favor, was an American vaudeville
comedian, singer, musical theatre performer and pioneer recording artist, who
was one of the most popular stars of the late nineteenth and early twentieth
centuries.
He was born in New York, the son of Franklin Cushman Favor
and his wife Lydia, née Lowe. Suggestions that the family name was originally LeFevre
have been discounted.
He began working in vaudeville as a light comedian in about
1876, and in or before 1877 married Edith Sinclair (1857-1942), who had been a
successful child actress. Billed as Favor and Sinclair, the couple worked
together as a duo and in musical comedies. In 1887 they appeared together as
members of the Edith Sinclair Comedy Company in A Box of Cash, in which he
played an Irish-American character. Despite the popularity of his Irish character
roles, there is no evidence that he had any Irish ancestry. In 1893 he and his
wife appeared on Broadway in Edward E. Rice's long-running burlesque 1492 Up To
Date.
He made one of his first recordings in 1893, of "The
Commodore Song", taken from his previous show, Ship Ahoy. Among his other
early successes were "Say Au Revoir, But Not Goodbye" (North
American, 1894), "Daisy Bell (Bicycle Built for Two)" (Edison, 1894),
and "My Best Girl's A New Yorker" (Columbia, 1895). By the late 1890s
Favor recorded for most of the major recording companies, in between his
vaudeville commitments. In 1899, he was one of the first to record on the
Zonophone label, and in 1900 recorded for the first time for Victor Records. He
continued to appear on stage and, in 1900, was described in Broadway magazine
as "one of the best light comedians on the stage" and, with his wife,
as "one of the big attractions in vaudeville."
He continued to make successful recordings for the next
decade, sung in his "Irish-American piping tenor".[3] These included
comic numbers for Edison, Columbia and other companies, such as "Hamlet
Was A Melancholy Dane", "Who Threw The Overalls In Mrs. Murphy's
Chowder?" (1901), "On a Sunday Afternoon" (1902), "Bedelia
(The Irish Coon Song Serenade)" (1903), "I Think I Hear A Woodpecker
Knocking At My Family Tree", and "Pocahontas" (1906). He also
made recordings with his wife, Steve Porter, and the American Quartet.
He made his final recordings for Victor in 1911, and for
Edison in 1914 when he recorded "On The 7:28" and "Indoor
Sports".
Favor continued to appear in theatrical shows through the
1920s and into the early 1930s. In 1933 he appeared in the Broadway productions
of John Ferguson and Merton of the Movies, and in 1934 in America - Very Early.
He died at the age of 79 in Brooklyn in 1936.
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Peter Pearson
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Peter Pearson's impactful career shaped English-Canadian film. Directing acclaimed movies like "The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar" and "Paperback Hero," he garnered multiple Canadian Film Awards, influencing Canadian storytelling. Leading Telefilm Canada, he advocated for industry advancement and Canadian content.
Transitioning from journalism to TV, Pearson excelled at CBC before making impactful films at the National Film Board. His dramas at For the Record sparked discussions and legal disputes, yet his teaching and leadership at the Broadcast Program Development Fund generated economic growth and Canadian programming.
A skilled scriptwriter, Pearson co-wrote notable works like "Snowbird" with Margaret Atwood, earning numerous Canadian Film Awards and Gemini nominations, cementing his legacy in Canadian cinema.
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