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Alan Reed

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Alan Reed (born Herbert Theodore Bergman; August 20, 1907 – June 14, 1977) was an American actor, best known as the original voice of Fred Flintstone on The Flintstones and various spinoff series. He also appeared in many films, including Days of Glory, The Tarnished Angels, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Viva Zapata! (as Pancho Villa), and Nob Hill, and various television and radio series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alan Reed, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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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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Vinnie Bennett

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Vinnie Bennett has just wrapped “Black Snow” Season 2 in Australia for AMC. He received the prestigious TIFF Rising Star award for his exceptional performance in the New Zealand feature film “Human Traces.” Vinnie made his international debut in “Fast & Furious 9,” portraying a younger version of Vin Diesel, and starred in the New Zealand film “Whina.” He has recently completed lead roles in “Testify” for Warner Bros / TVNZ and “Friends Like Her” for Warner Bros Discovery. His diverse acting credits span productions such as “The Bad Seed,” “Resolve,” “Filthy Rich,” and “Ghost in the Shell” for Dreamworks, “The Shannara Chronicles” for MTV, and “Tatau” for BBC America.
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Steven Blakeley

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Steven Blakeley (born 26 February 1982) is a British actor. He is best known for his role as PC Geoff Younger in the British police drama Heartbeat, guest roles in various other television programmes and multiple theatre roles. Steven Blakeley was born in Chesterfield, Derbyshire in 1982 and was brought up in the Derbyshire mining town of Bolsover. He attended the Bolsover School, and was initially interested in pursuing a medical career, before turning his attentions to performing. Blakeley started his career as a member of the Derby Playhouse Community and Youth Theatre companies, before going on to work professionally at Derby Playhouse. He trained as an actor at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow and at the Athanor Academy in Germany. His theatre credits include national tours of Peter Shaffer's The Private Ear and The Public Eye, Dry Rot and Funny Peculiar, Diary of a Nobody at the Royal and Derngate, Boeing-Boeing, Selling the Sizzle, Bare Words, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Peter Pan, The Hypochondriac, Soap and Cold Turkey. As well as appearing in four series of ITV's Heartbeat, he has made guest appearances in ITV's Emmerdale, Doctors and Holby City (the latter two both for the BBC). Blakeley has performed in radio plays for the BBC, as well as providing narration for animation films and poetry recordings. In 2006, he was a nominee in the category of Best Newcomer at the National Television Awards, and in 2016 a nominee in the category of Best Supporting Male Performer at the Off West End Awards for his portrayal of Comrade Staggles in J. B. Priestley's The Roundabout at the Park Theatre, London. He played the same role when the production transferred to New York in 2017. Blakeley played Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Verges in Much Ado About Nothing with the British Shakespeare Company on their 2009 tour of the United Kingdom, Dublin, Norway and Prague. Blakeley has also worked as a writer and theatre director. Since 2009, he has appeared in, written and directed several pantomimes at the Theatre Royal Windsor, playing the pantomime dame in Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Aladdin and Jack and the Beanstalk. In 2010, he was acting at Derby Theatre. Blakeley appeared in ITV's Coronation Street and the BBC's Suffragettes with Lucy Worsley in 2018. In 2020, he appeared in the All Creatures Great and Small episode "All's Fair" as Mr. Foyle. Blakeley is also now a civil celebrant and funeral director working for A.Wass in Mansfield.
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Angela Kinsey

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Angela Faye Kinsey (born June 25, 1971) is an American actress, best known for her role as Angela Martin in the sitcom The Office (2005–2013), and she appeared in the sitcoms Your Family or Mine (2015) and Haters Back Off (2016–2017). Since The Office, Kinsey has appeared in Netflix's Tall Girl, Disney+'s Be Our Chef, and A.P. Bio. She was born in Lafayette, Louisiana. When she was two years old, her family moved to Jakarta, Indonesia, where her father worked as a drilling engineer. They lived there for 12 years, and she attended the Jakarta Intercultural School. During this time, she learned Indonesian, a language she still occasionally speaks. Her family returned to the United States and settled in Archer City, Texas.
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Alexia Nicole

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is a Canadian professional wrestler of Italian descent. Career Nicole began training in an all women's class lead by former TNA Knockout Taylor Wilde 2011 at Squared Circle Training in Toronto. She made her debut on July 1, 2013 at Tigerfest in Brampton, Ontario, teaming up with Cody 45 in a losing effort to Marcus Marquez and Angelina Love. On May 31, 2014, Alexia returned to battle Skylar Rose. She was defeated due to interference from "Reckless" Ryan Swift. The two began to team up on Nicole, until Anthony Fiasco made the save. On July 19, Nicole and Fiasco teamed up to defeat "Pretty Reckless", Skylar Rose and Ryan Swift. On October 25, at Badd DreamsAlexia defeated Skylar to become the number one contender for the Championship. On December 6, at Spirit of the Season III, Nicole unsuccessfully challenged KC Spinelli for the Title. On January 24, 2015, Nicole defeated Jewells Malone. After the match, she was attacked by Skylar Rose. The two had a match later on in the night, where Alexia picked up a second win. During the October 12 edition of UCW, Alexia Nicole and Jasmin Areebi teamed up to defeat Arella Angel and KC Lofton. Xtreme Intense Championship Wrestling (2014) At XICW 180: BEST IN DETROIT VI - Border Wars on July 5, Alexia Nicole lost to Taeler Hendrix. Absolute Intense Wrestling (2014-Present) At AIW All In, on July 26, Alexia lost in a singles match against Seleyzia Sparx. Later on in the evening, during the AIW Battle of the Sexes taping, Nicole battled Rickey Shane Page as a replacement for Kimber Lee. Despite losing the match, AIW President Matt Wadsworth, announced that Nicole had earned a spot on the Girl's Night Out Roster.On October 4, Nicole would be defeated by Jasmin in a singles match for AIW Girls Night Out 13, but then teamed up for AIW Girls Night Out 14 as Team Barely Legal, defeating The Social Network (Annie Social and Heidi Lovelace). Team Barely Legal teamed up with Veda Scott on December 26 at AIW Charge It To The Underhills to defeat The Social Network and Tessa Blanchard. On February 20, at AIW I Choo Choo Choose You, Team Barely Legal and Veda Scott were defeated by the team of Taeler Hendrix, Marti Belle, and Mary Elizabeth Monroe. After the match, Jasmin turned on Nicole, who had been pinned. At AIW Gauntlet For The Gold X on March 20, Nicole defeated Jasmin in singles competition. AAW Vanguard (2015-Present) At Auditions on February 21, Alexia Nicole defeated Jasmin Areebi. Alpha-1 Wrestling (2015-Present) At Watch The Throne III, Alexia Nicole was part of a Sudden Death Six Way match including Jasmin Areebi, Rhys Greenaway, Josh Rogan, Alex Daniels, and Joshua Singh. The match was won by Rogan. Nicole graduated with honours from St. Jean De Brebeuf CHS in Vaughan, Ontario in 2014. She is currently studying Criminology at York University in Toronto. Nicole has had two surgeries (March 2013 and January 2014) on her left shoulder due to multiple dislocations.
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Danny Keogh

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Danny Keogh is a veteran actor whose work strongly ties itself to the theatre. A native of South African, born in Uganda, Danny's theatrical career earned him numerous award nominations. Danny's screen debut was in 1977 and since then added onto an extensive career spanning over 3 decades. His most notable screen credits include the Clint Eastwood-directed film Invictus (2009) and the Sci-Fi trilogy-marker Starship Troopers 3: Marauder (2008). Notable television appearances include The Lost Future (2010) (TV), The Sinking of Laconia (2011) (TV) and Labyrinth (2012) (TV). - IMDb Mini Biography
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Vicky Kaushal

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Vicky Kaushal is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films. Born to the action director Sham Kaushal, he pursued an engineering degree from the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology. Aspiring to a career in film, Kaushal assisted Anurag Kashyap in the crime drama Gangs of Wasseypur (2012) and went on to play minor roles in two of Kashyap's productions. His first leading role was in the independent drama Masaan (2015), which earned him the IIFA and Screen Awards for Best Male Debut. Following the leading role of an unhinged cop in Kashyap's psychological thriller Raman Raghav 2.0 (2016), Kaushal rose to prominence in 2018 with supporting roles in Raazi and Sanju, two of the highest-grossing Hindi films of the year.
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Arvo Kuusla

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Arvo Armas Kuusla (until 1935 Granlund, 19 April 1907 Pyhäjärvi Vpl - June 24, 1960 Helsinki) was a Finnish actor and organizer of SF. Among others, Kuusla was known as the Seven Brothers Eerona. Kuusla was also the organizer of SF. Kuusla's wife was actress Irja Kuusla and her children were actress Matti Kuusla and photographer Mauno Kuusla. Arvo Kuusla created a long career in film as well as in theater. Kuusla performed in films such as Vaimoke, The Seven Brothers, the SF Parade, Loviisa - Niskavuoren's young mistress, Pekka Puupää on the summer pastures, Unknown Soldier, Pekka and Pätkä in bad trouble, Stuck and stays, ie Pekka and Pätkä's new adventures, Majuri highway, Hey, rillumarei !!! Among the greatest roles of Arvo Kuusla was, for example, the teacher Vellanus in the film The Girl of Snowy Forests (1960). He was married to Irja Kuusla in 1931-1960. Kuusla belonged to the revolutionary theater of the Red Mill from the 1940s until his death. From Wikipedia (fi), the free encyclopedia
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Zayn Malik

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Zain Javadd Malik (born 12 January 1993), who records mononymously as ZAYN, is an English singer and songwriter. In 2010, Malik auditioned as a solo artist for the British reality television music competition, "The X Factor". After being eliminated as a solo performer, Malik was brought back into the competition, along with Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, and Louis Tomlinson, to form the boy band 'One Direction'. During his time in the group, Malik and his bandmates released the albums Up All Night (2011), Take Me Home (2012), Midnight Memories (2013), and Four (2014). In March 2015, Malik's representative announced the singer's departure from the band. Description above is from the Wikipedia article Zayn Malik, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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