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Cillian Murphy

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Cillian Murphy (born May 25, 1976) is an Irish actor. He made his professional debut in Enda Walsh's 1996 play Disco Pigs, a role he later reprised in the 2001 screen adaptation. His early notable film credits include the horror film 28 Days Later (2002), the dark comedy Intermission (2003), the thriller Red Eye (2005), the Irish war drama The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006), and the science fiction thriller Sunshine (2007). He played a transgender Irish woman in the comedy-drama Breakfast on Pluto (2005), which earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination. Murphy began collaborating with filmmaker Christopher Nolan in 2005, playing Dr. Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow in The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005–2012) as well as appearing in Inception (2010) and Dunkirk (2017) and portraying the lead role of J. Robert Oppenheimer in the biographical epic Oppenheimer (2023). By the year 2023, Murphy has already worked with Nolan for around 20 years and six films. He also gained prominence for his role as Tommy Shelby in the BBC period drama series Peaky Blinders (2013–2022) and for starring in the horror sequel A Quiet Place Part II (2020). In 2011, Murphy won the Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Actor and Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Solo Performance for the one-man play Misterman. In 2020, The Irish Times named him one of the greatest Irish film actors.
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Steve Cox

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Steve Cox is a retired professional wrestler from the United States, best known for his time in various regional promotions during the 1980s and 1990s, including the Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF), World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW), the Global Wrestling Federation (GWF), and Japan’s UWF International. Originally from Portsmouth, Virginia, Cox was a standout football player at the University of Tulsa, where he served as team captain before transitioning into professional wrestling. He began his wrestling career in 1987, appearing on major Mid-South supercards held at the Superdome in New Orleans, where he faced competitors such as Super Ninja, Gary Young, and Terry Taylor. Cox’s most notable run came in 1988, when he was introduced as the protégé of Michael P.S. Hayes in World Class Championship Wrestling. The two quickly became a tag team and entered into a heated rivalry with the Samoan Swat Team, capturing — and losing — the WCCW Tag Team Championships on multiple occasions. This period included appearances at major events such as Cotton Bowl Extravaganza and SuperClash III. In 1991, Cox joined the Global Wrestling Federation, teaming with Stan Lane in the GWF World Tag Team Title Tournament, and later facing Lane in the North American Championship Tournament. That same year, he traveled to Japan to compete for UWF International, where he faced prominent names such as Nobuhiko Takada and Kiyoshi Tamura in hard-hitting shoot-style matches. Throughout the mid-1990s, Cox continued wrestling on the independent circuit, including appearances for Power Zone Wrestling Alliance and the Dallas-based CWA. One of his more unusual matches came in 1996, when he took part in the now-infamous "Bodyguards vs. Bandits" match — a team bout that used football-style scoring rather than traditional pinfalls. Steve Cox officially retired from active competition in the late 1990s but made occasional appearances at special events, including the Ricky Morton Tag Team Invitational in 2006. While his career was relatively short compared to some of his peers, Cox made a lasting impression on the American regional wrestling scene during a pivotal era of growth and change for the industry.
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Linda Henry

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Linda Varilis (née Henry; born 24 August 1959) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Yvonne Atkins in the ITV drama Bad Girls and Shirley Carter in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, a role she has played since 2006. She had previously appeared in EastEnders as the original Lorraine Salter, the mother of Mandy Salter (Nicola Stapleton) from 1991 to 1992. Her other acting credits include Cracker (1995), Prime Suspect (1997) and Trial & Retribution (1998). She has also appeared in the films Beautiful Thing (1996) and The Business (2005). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Amanda Carolina Rodriguez

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is an American female professional wrestler and valet known in-ring by her real name. She has wrestled for several notable independent promotions including Combat Zone Wrestling, Premiere Wrestling Xperience, SHINE Wrestling and Queens of Combat. She started her training at Highspots in Charlotte North Carolina. Career Queens of Combat (2014-present) Amanda debuted for Queens of Combat as a babyface at their first show on March 21, 2014, teaming with Amy Love in a winning effort against Miss Rachel and Heather Owens. However, at QOC 2, Amanda was defeated by Miss Rachel in singles action. At QOC 3 on November 30, Amanda defeated Crazy Mary Dobson. At QOC 4 on March 14, 2015, Amanda again teamed with Amy Love in a winning effort against Miss Diss Lexia and Roni Nicole. Amanda entered the Queens of Combat Title Tournament on June 13 and defeated Jenny Rose in the first round, only to be defeated by Taeler Hendrix in the second round on the following evening. SHINE Wrestling (2014-present) Amanda debuted for Shine Wrestling at SHINE 21 in on August 22, doing so as a last second replacement for Marti Belle as Jayme Jameson's partner in a losing effort to The Buddy System. She returned to the promotion at SHINE 22, again as a last second replacement, in a losing effort to Su Yung via submission. At SHINE 23 on December 5, Amanda lost to former SHINE Champion Ivelisse via submission. At SHINE 24 on January 23, 2015, Amanda lost to Amber Gallows. Amanda returned as a heel at SHINE 27 and aligned with Ivelisse, who challenged Santana Garrett to a match for the SHINE Championship. At SHINE 28, Amanda defeated Renee Michelle by using the ropes for leverage and grabbing her tights.
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Guy Barker

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Guy Barker is an English jazz trumpeter and composer. Barker was born in Chiswick, London, the son of an actress and a stuntman. He started playing the trumpet at the age of twelve, and within a year had joined the National Youth Jazz Orchestra. After lessons from Clark Terry in 1975, Barker went on in the 1980s to play with John Dankworth, Gil Evans, Lena Horne and Bobby Watson. Barker was a member of Clark Tracey's quintet from 1984 to 1992, and continues to play with Tracey, as well as with Tracey's father Stan. As a sideman he has played with many major musicians and groups, including Ornette Coleman, Carla Bley, Georgie Fame, James Carter, Mike Westbrook, Frank Sinatra, Colin Towns, Natalie Merchant, ABC, The The, Haircut One Hundred, Erasure, Chris Botti, Wham!, Kajagoogoo, The Housemartins, Matt Bianco, Alphaville, The Moody Blues, Sting, Bucks Fizz, Mike Oldfield, Cleo Laine, Acoustic Alchemy, and XTC. Previously, his own band has featured an international mix of musicians – Perico Sambeat, Bernardo Sassetti, Geoff Gascoyne, and Gene Calderazzo
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Nino Terzo

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Nino Terzo (22 May 1923 – 8 May 2005) was an Italian actor. Born in Palermo as Antonino Terzo, he worked intensively in the avanspettacolo and revue theater, entering the stage companies of Totò, Peppino De Filippo, Franco Franchi and Ciccio Ingrassia, Domenico Modugno, among others. Terzo was also active as a singer, appearing in several operettas. Terzo made his film debut in 1962, and he soon established himself as one of the most active character actors in the Italian comedy cinema, usually playing, with small variations, the character that made him famous in avanspettacolo, i.e. a man with extremely slow reflexes and a huge speech impediment, which does not allow him to speak before he loudly inhaled and exhaled. He retired in 1992 for health reasons. Source: Article "Nino Terzo" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Mariya Ignatenko

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Mariya Ignatenko (Russian: Мария Игнатенко; born 15 December 1986, Moscow) is a Russian filmmaker, script writer and a leading teacher at the Moscow School of New Cinema. In 2008, she graduated from the faculty of journalism of Moscow State University, and in 2016 - the director's workshop of Dmitry Mamuliya at MSNC. She co-wrote the script for Mamuliya's film "Criminal Man". She worked as an editing director. Her debut film "In Deep Sleep" was presented in 70th Berlin Film Festival (2020).
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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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Johnny Eck

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John Eckhardt Jr, (August 27, 1911 – January 5, 1991), professionally billed as Johnny Eck, was an American freak show performer in sideshows and a film actor. Born with sacral agenesis, Eck is best known today for his role in Tod Browning's 1932 cult classic film Freaks and his appearances as a bird creature in several Tarzan films. He was often billed as "The Amazing Half-Boy", "King of the Freaks" and "The Most Remarkable Man Alive". Besides being a sideshow performer and actor, the multi-talented Eck was also a folk artist (specifically a screen painter), musician, photographer, illusionist, penny arcade owner, Punch and Judy operator, and expert model-maker. Description above from the Wikipedia article Johnny Eck, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Dakota Phillips

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Dakota Abraham Phillips started out as a self-taught actor in 2010 portraying historical characters at Festivals and events. He has taken many classes and workshops and has been involved in productions for both stage and screen. He received a BA and The Distinguished Award in Theatre at Hanover College in 2019. In 2022 Dakota was inducted into the Whispering Beard Hall of Fame for his Folk Acting. Over the years he has done background, supporting, and lead roles as well as crew. Dakota considers every production a learning experience and puts his heart and soul into every role.
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