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Kurt Yue
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Kurt Yue was born in Beijing, China and moved to the United States with his parents when he was four years old. He spent his formative years moving around the country from Iowa to Arizona to Ohio. Unlike many actors, Kurt never dreamed of acting when he was growing up. He never participated in drama club in high school nor did he take any theater classes in college. In fact, before the age of 27, his only acting experience was a fourth grade play (in which he played a horse). Four years after graduating college with a degree in computer science and engineering, Kurt was doing business consulting as a software developer in Cleveland, Ohio. He was the "typical young professional" working nine-to-five on weekdays and hitting the bars with friends on weekends. One Saturday night, after a night of celebrating a high school buddy's return from a tour of duty in the army, Kurt and his friends were walking back to their cars when he noticed an interesting storefront. It was the Houde School of Acting - the premier acting school in Cleveland, Ohio. Since he was looking for something to do after work at the time, this really piqued his interest. Kurt decided to jot down the contact info and, the following week, he walked into his first acting class ever.
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Derek Miller
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Derek, a Chicago native, is a product of that city's improv scene. As a child he was trained under the Piven Theatre Workshop and Interlochen Arts Camp. He attended Indiana University where he co-founded improv troupe Full Frontal Comedy while taking classes at Second City and iO (formerly Improv Olympic.) Derek has been a mainstay of the L.A. improv community - performing and teaching for over 15 years. He still performs at i.O. West with Opening Night: The Improvised Musical! in over 650 performances.
In 2008 after touring with Second City at Sea, Derek landed the series "The Hills: According to Me" for MTV (where he played over 20 roles) and then in 2009 the Comedy Central series, "Sercret Girlfriend" playing the role of Phil and acting as a consulting writer.
2012 saw Derek joining TBS' hour-long comedy "Wedding Band" Derek plays Barry the band's drummer - an instrument he had never played before.
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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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Morgan Lofting
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Morgan Lofting is an American voice actress and writer. She is best known for playing the Baroness in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero. Lofting has also been featured in series such as The Transformers, and Spider-Man (as the Black Cat). She played the characters Princess Invidia on Star Blazers, and Fistina on Ben 10: Omniverse, and provided additional vocal work in the Arnold Schwarzenegger film Total Recall. Morgan Lofting was one of the few actors to move from the Sunbow Joe series to the DIC Joe series; she joined Chris Latta (Cobra Commander, 1st season only), Sgt. Slaughter, Jerry Houser (Sci-Fi) and Ed Gilbert (General Hawk, 1st season only) in doing so.
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Rayssa Solar
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Rayssa is an actress from Goiás, Brazil, with a degree in Theatre from the Federal University of Goiás (UFG). Her work spans film and television, theatre, and advertising.
On screen, she was part of the supporting cast of the TV Globo telenovela Coração Acelerado. She made her feature-film debut in Leodegária, portraying Alice Augusta in the principal cast; the film was featured at the Goytacazes Festival in 2026. She also played Sol in the television film Levanta, Regiane!, a co-production between Assuntar Filmes and Globo Filmes, which aired nationally on TV Globo’s Tela Quente and is available on Globoplay.
Rayssa portrays Carol in A Última Noite, which had its world premiere at the Rio Festival in 2026. She also plays Maria in the series Arani, currently in post-production. Her other screen credits include the short films Nossos Podres and O Embrolho, as well as advertising campaigns for Flamboyant Shopping, Detran, Senac Idiomas, and Raízen, and a promotional spot for Estrelas da Casa (TV Globo).
In theatre, Rayssa starred in João e Maria during a national tour and has also performed in Maria Grampinho, Boca Oca, Árvore(ser), and Assim É Se Lhe Parece.
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Sharif Dorani
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Sharif was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, at the time of the Soviet Union's occupation of the country. The Soviet occupation, the Mujahideen Civil War and the Taliban's initial takeover of Kabul in 1996 forced Sharif (with his parents and siblings) to flee to many countries, including Pakistan, Iran and the Central Asian States. While the numerous journeys weren't easy, they had their advantage: the exposure enabled Sharif to learn about different cultures and speak numerous languages, including Pashto, Dari, Farsi, Urdu, Hindi, Russian, and some Arabic.
After a long and dangerous voyage in late 1999, Sharif, along with his parents, claimed asylum in the UK. Although he'd come far away from the danger of the brutal wars, a new set of challenges presented themselves; chief among them was the language. But Sharif knew he had to learn English and catch up on his education. He committed to studying during the day and worked at night (in factories or as a pizza delivery driver). The hard work paid off: he gained undergraduate and master's degrees in Law from The University of Northampton and UCL, respectively, and a PhD in the United States' Middle Eastern Policy from Durham University.
While he learned to love the UK and adopted it as a second home, his love for his native country has never diminished. He has authored several articles and two acclaimed books on Afghanistan: "The Lone Leopard", a novel set in Afghanistan, and "America in Afghanistan", published by Bloomsbury Publishing House.
His passion, linguistic skills and in-depth knowledge of the Middle East and South Asia, as well as his postgraduate training from one of the most prestigious schools in London, have enabled Sharif to be part of some major projects by established production houses, including The Millennium Media' war movie and Critic Choice award nominee The Outpost, CBC Films/Lionsgate's action thriller film American Assassin, Channel 5's television movie Agatha and The Curse of Ishtar, Netflix's political thriller series The Diplomat, BBC's BAFTA Awards winner detective drama series Shetland, the Emmy Award-winning series Homeland, Fox's Drama series Deep State, Apple's thriller Disclaimer, Canal+'s French multi-awards winner series The Bureau, Channel 4's the Royal Television Society-UK winner series No Offence, ITV's longest-running police series The Bill and SKY's series Strike Back.
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Lionel Bart
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Lionel Bart (1 August 1930 – 3 April 1999) was a British writer and composer of pop music and musicals. He wrote Tommy Steele's "Rock with the Caveman", which became the first British pop song to break into the American Top 40, and was the sole creator of the musical Oliver! (1960). With Oliver! and his work alongside theatre director Joan Littlewood at Theatre Royal, Stratford East, he played an instrumental role in the 1960s birth of the British musical theatre scene after an era when American musicals had dominated the West End. Best known for creating the book, music and lyrics for Oliver!, he was described by Andrew Lloyd Webber as "the father of the modern British musical". In 1963 he won the Tony Award for Best Original Score for Oliver!, and the 1968 film version of the musical won a total of 6 Academy Awards including the Academy Award for Best Picture. Some of his other compositions include the theme song to the James Bond film From Russia with Love, and the songs "Living Doll" by Cliff Richard, "Far Away" by Shirley Bassey, "Do You Mind?" (recorded by both Anthony Newley and Andy Williams), "Big Time" (a 1961 cover by Jack Jones of his "Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be" show tune), "Easy Going Me" by Adam Faith, "Always You And Me" by Russ Conway, and several songs recorded by Tommy Steele ("A Handful of Songs", "Butterfingers" and "Little White Bull"). By the mid 1960s he was as well known for his outlandish lifestyle, his celebrity friends, his excesses, and his parties as he was for his work.
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Shannon Wallace
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Shannon Wallace is an American actor and model born and raised on Long Island, NY. As a model, he has worked for such brands as GAP, Nike, Kenneth Cole, Ralph Lauren and Guess. Having appeared in several commercials for Cohen's Fashion Optical, Bose, and MTV and in magazines such as GQ and Cosmopolitan. His acting work began with a guest starring role in the BET Digital series "Brooklyn Blue Sky" in 2017. Shannon then went on to book a lead role in the UMC film "Jacqueline and Jilly" alongside Victoria Rowell and Richard Brooks and a recurring role in the BET original series "American Soul"
He is the oldest of 5 children and has 1 brother, Joshua and 3 sisters, Holley, Kiersten and Zorria.
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Irena Salina
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Irena Salina (born 8 July 1968) was born in France and acted in French theatre before moving to New York City to study at the Actors Studio. Her first short film, See You on Monday, screened at the Hamptons International Film Festival. She is the niece of actor Philippe Noiret.
Ghost Bird: The Life and Art of Judith Deim (2000), her first documentary film feature, played a number of festivals, winning the Best Documentary Award at the Fort Lauderdale Film Festival and the President’s Award at Mexico’s prestigious Ajijic International Film Festival. Her films are also shown on the Sundance Channel.
She is also the director of Flow: For Love of Water (2008), a documentary about the world water crisis.
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Katia Leclerc O’Wallis
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Katia Leclerc O'Wallis was born in Paris. She took part as an actress in theatrical performances and films in France, working with directors such as Pauline Bureau, Adrien de Van (Avignon Festival In), Florian Sitbon, Ali Ihsan Kaleci. In Portugal she appeared in the feature film Gloria by Manuela Viegas, in the Czech Republic she sang in German in the Cabaret Gogo by Michal Laznovsky, in England she joined the theatrical tour The three Musketeers, in Italy she worked with the Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards, in Turkey she played in Sufi performances at the festival The Nights of Cappadocia.
Since 2009 she has been working in Athens, playing in Greek, French and English in the cinema and theater. She had the leading roles in the feature films Charlie’s son, Big Hit and Pedro Noula by Karolos Zonaras, and Back held hands by Nikos Kornilios.
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