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Brian Jordan Alvarez

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Brian Jordan Alvarez (born July 10, 1987) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He is best known for creating and starring in the FX comedy series English Teacher. He is also known for his original songs, recurring roles as Estéfan in Will & Grace (2018–2020) and Wesley in Jane the Virgin (2015–2016), appearances in such films as M3GAN and 80 for Brady, and his self-produced films and series, most notably his 2016 web series The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brian Jordan Alvarez, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Alexander Rodnyansky

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Alexander Yefimovych Rodnyansky (Ukrainian: Олекса́ндр Юхи́мович Родня́нський, romanized: Oleksandr Yukhymovych Rodnianskyi, Russian: Александр Ефимович Роднянский; born July 2, 1961) is a Ukrainian film director, film producer, television executive and businessman. As a media manager, Rodnyansky founded the first Ukrainian independent television network, 1+1, and ran Russian CTC Media, which, under his management, became the first Russian media company to trade on NASDAQ publicly. Rodnyansky has produced over 30 films and more than 20 television series during his career. Some of his most notable projects include Elena (2011), Leviathan (2014) and Loveless(2017), directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev, The Duelist (2016) directed by Aleksey Mizgirev, The Man Who Surprised Everyone (2018) directed by Aleksey Chupov and Natasha Merkulova, Beanpole (2019) directed by Kantemir Balagov, Mama, I'm Home (2021) directed by Vladimir Bitokov and Unclenching the Fists (2021) directed by Kira Kovalenko. Films produced by Rodnyansky many times won top prizes at the Cannes Film Festival. Among the awards won by his films are – the Golden Globe Award for Leviathan, the Grand Prix of Un Certain Regard program for Unclenching the Fists and the César Award for Loveless. Rodnyansky won the GQ Russia Man of the Year (producer) award three times. He is a European Film Academy and Asia Pacific Screen Awards member. Rodnyansky is a Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Four of his films were nominated for an Oscar in the Best Foreign Film category: A Chef in Love, East/West, Leviathan, and Loveless. Among other films that Alexander Rodnyansky produced was Stalingrad (2013), the highest-grossing Russian film at the time. Among other movies produced by Rodnyansky: A Chef in Love (1997), East/West (1999), A Driver for Vera (2004), The 9th Company (2005), The Sun (2005), Heat (2006), Piter FM (2006) and The Inhabited Island (2009). He created the Ukrainian TV network 1+1 and was the CEO of a Russian media company, CTC Media, for seven years. Variety500 index names Alexander Rodnyansky as one of the 500 most influential business leaders shaping the global media industry. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alexander Rodnyansky, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Stacy Keach

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Walter Stacy Keach Jr. (born June 2, 1941) is an American actor, active in theatre, film and television since the 1960s. Keach first distinguished himself in Off-Broadway productions and remains a prominent figure in American theatre across his career, particularly as a noted Shakespearean. He is the recipient of several theatrical accolades: four Drama Desk Awards, two Helen Hayes Awards and two Obie Awards for Distinguished Performance by an Actor. He was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance in Arthur Kopit's 1969 production of Indians. In film, he garnered critical acclaim for his portrayal of a washed-up boxer in the John Huston film Fat City (1972) and appeared as Sergeant Stedenko in Cheech & Chong's films Up in Smoke (1978) and Nice Dreams (1981).[4] His other notable film credits include Brewster McCloud (1970), Doc (1971), The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972), The New Centurions (1972), Luther (1974), Slave of the Cannibal God (1978), The Ninth Configuration (1980), The Long Riders (1980), Roadgames (1981), Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993), Escape from L.A. (1996), American History X (1998), The Bourne Legacy (2012) and Nebraska (2013). Keach is known to television audiences for his portrayal of private detective Mike Hammer in television movies and on the television series Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1984–1987), for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe, as Ken Titus on the sitcom Titus (2000–2002) and as the narrator of the crime documentary series American Greed (2007–present). He also had a main cast role on the sitcom Man with a Plan (2017–2020) and recurring roles on series such as Prison Break (2005–2007), Two and a Half Men (2010), Blue Bloods (2016–2024) and The Blacklist (2019–2023). He won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Primetime Emmy Award for playing Ernest Hemingway on the television miniseries Hemingway (1988). He is an inductee of the Theatre Hall of Fame and was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2019. He is the son of theatre director Stacy Keach Sr., and the older brother of actor James Keach.
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Victor Ullate

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Víctor Ullate (born 9 May 1947, Zaragoza, Spain) is a dancer, choreographer, ballet director and ballet teacher. He studied dance with María de Avila and at the École supérieure de danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower. He began his professional career in 1962 at the age of 15 in the company of the worldwide sought-after Spanish dancer Antonio Ruiz Soler. Three years later he was engaged by Maurice Béjart in his Ballet du XXième Siècle as a Principal Dancer. In the fourteen years of collaboration, Béjart created a number of roles for him, among others Ni fleurs, ni couronnes (1967), Offrande chorégraphique (1970), Nijinsky, Clown de Dieu (1971), Golestan (1973), I trionfi di Petrarca (1974); In Maurice Béjart's Gaîté parisienne (1978) an autobiographical ballet, he incorporated the role of Béjart. Artistic Director and Choreographer In 1979 the Spanish government commissioned him to found the country's first classical ballet company, today Compañia Nacional de Danza, of which he was artistic director for four years. In 1983 he opened his first own school, the Centro de Danza Víctor Ullate, in order to find and educate the missing offspring. In 1988, with the support of the Ministry of Culture, he founded the Víctor Ullate Ballet. officially Spain's first private dance company, of which he has been director for more than 30 years. He brought works by Maurice Béjart, George Balanchine, Hans van Manen, Nils Christe, Jan Linkens, Micha van Hoecke to the stage for his audiences in Spain, South America, Russia, and many European countries. He worked on classics of the repertoire including Les Sylphides, Giselle (after Jules Perrot) and Don Quixote (after Marius Petipa and Alexander A. Gorski), and premiered more than 40 of his own choreographies, often with reference to Spanish music and culture. Some of his most successful pieces choreographed for his own company are: El Amor Brujo (1994),Ven Que Te Tiente (1996), Jaleos(1996), Seguiriya(2000), La Inteligencia de Las Flores(2001), El sur(2005), Samsara(2006), Wonderland (2010), Carmen (2017), finally Antigona (2019, together with choreographer Eduardo Lao). His works are an original combination of classical and neoclassical ballet and flamenco, combining Spanish traditional and classical music. His efforts for individual advancement and the base of technical ability are met by the successes of such personalities as Angel Corella, Lucía Lacarra, Carlos Lopez, Joaquín De Luz, Tamara Rojo, Igor Yebra, Itziar Mendizabal to name just a few of the most internationally known names of the ballet world. In 32 years many hundreds of pupils were starting into a professional dance career after graduating from his school. With the aim of enabling talents without financial resources a universal training for the dance profession and promoting classical ballet in all its forms of expression in Spain, he set up a foundation in 2000. After decades of fruitful work, he closed his ballet company in 2019.,[3][4] the other institutions finally fell victim to the cultural and political change in Spain in 2019–2020. ... Source: Article "Víctor Ullate" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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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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Rick Olvera

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Rick Olvera is thrilled and honored to be working on a project with an important message with the power to change lives and influence culture. He earned a BFA in Theatre from Sam Houston State University and has often acted professionally since. His on-camera credits include commercials for Academy Sports, Houston’s Voice, Fiesta and University Federal Credit Union, as well as a co-star role on NBC’s “Chase”. Rick has previously been featured in various plays in the Houston area with the Houston Shakespeare Festival, Texas Repertory Theatre, Main Street Youth Theatre and The Alley Theatre ECE program. Rick was previously a youth/teen instructor with Next Level Acting Studios and has recently returned to teach adult improv workshops.
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Donagh Gordon

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Since 2010 Donagh has been acting in various projects both on TV and in film. Originally from Dublin, Ireland, he worked in London and Paris in the banking sector for many years. He came to Mexico for a change of life and left behind the city offices for film and TV studios. Although not so young, he had the strength to renounce the comforts of life to start again from scratch. He has worked in films such as Colombiana (2011) , Cesar Chavez (2014), Mentada de Padre (2019), My Boyfriend's Meds (2020) and Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (2022). He also has appeared in TV series such as El Señor de los Cielos (2013), Enemigo Íntimo (2018), Los miserables (2014), Lady of Steel (2014), La piloto 2 (2017), Ana (2020), and High Heat (2022). He has also appeared in commercials both in Mexico and abroad.
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Russ Emanuel

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Russ Emanuel is an American filmmaker, producer, and founder of Russem Productions whose work spans narrative features, short films, web series, and documentaries. A graduate of the University of Southern California with studies in cinema, international relations, and Japanese, he has directed films including The Legends of Nethiah, Occupants (later released as Alterverse), and the documentary Restoration of Paradise. His science-fiction thriller Occupants earned the Best Sci-Fi Feature award at Shriekfest and screened at the San Diego Comic-Con International Independent Film Festival.
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John Gatins

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John Gatins (born April 16, 1968) is an American screenwriter, director, and actor. For writing the drama film Flight (2012), he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Gatins made his directorial feature debut by filming his screenplay for Dreamer (2005). He also wrote or co-wrote Coach Carter (2005), Real Steel (2011), Kong: Skull Island, and Power Rangers (2017). As an actor, he has collaborated three times with Eddie Murphy on Norbit (2007), Meet Dave (2008), and A Thousand Words (2012). Description above from the Wikipedia article John Gatins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Yan Jiaying

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Jessie Yan or Yan Jiaying. Actress, singer and model from Mainland China. In early 2010, she debuted as the captain of the singing and dancing group Celadon Girls. She participated in the competitions and recordings of the CCTV talent show " Avenue of Stars " and the music program "Let's Music Together". In October 2011, the thriller mystery film "The Immortal Medicine of the Immortal Way " co-starring with Liu Bowen and Yin Han was launched on the Internet.. In 2012, relying on her love of performing arts and dance learning, she was admitted to the undergraduate degree of film and television performance of the Chinese Academy of Traditional Chinese Opera for more professional studies. She is proficient in English and went to the United States for further studies in 2016 to "charge up" for herself. In July 2019, she starred in the urban drama "Your Future Has Been Signed", and in May 2020, she starred in the martial arts film "Tiger Hunter"
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