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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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Mahmoud Abdel Aziz
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Mahmoud Abdel Aziz was born in Alexandria, Egypt to a middle class family. He studied Agricultural Sciences and during his college days he practiced acting through the university theatre.
He started his acting career by taking a role in "Al Dawama" TV show in the mid 70s with Nelly and Mahmoud Yassin after which he entered the cinema world for the first time through "Al Hafeed" an all time Egyptian film classic. Mahmoud Abdel Aziz starred in over 25 movies during the late 70s and early 80s while his popularity was increasing dramatically, most of his movies at the time were categorized as romantic drama.
His acting path has matured when he started taking different roles which really exposed his talent. He was known to be equally adept at comedy and drama.
The 1980s marked Mahmoud Abdel Aziz as a superstar when he starred in very successful movies like "El Aar", "El Keef" and "Rafat El Haggan" TV Series which is one of the most popular works of Egyptian television based on the true story of the renowned Egyptian spy who was planted in Israel for over 20 years before the 6 days war.
Mahmoud Abdel Aziz has starred in over 100 movies and he can still surprise his audience with great work such as Bab El Khalk (2012) TV Series after 7 years of absence from the Egyptian TV.
He has two children Mohamed Mahmoud Abdel Aziz a film producer and director; and Karim Mahmoud Abdel Aziz.
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Wojciech Pszoniak
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Wojciech Pszoniak (born in 1942 in Lwów, currently Ukraine), is a Polish film and theater actor.
Pszoniak gained international visibility following Andrzej Wajda's 1975 film The Promised Land, in which he played Moritz, one of the three main characters.
The actor left Poland during the period of political unrest in 1980-1981, which saw the appearance of the Solidarity trade union and ended with the imposition of martial law on December 13, 1981. Pszoniak found roles in France, where he is currently living and working. Since the fall of communism in Eastern Europe in 1989, Pszoniak has appeared in Polish movies and plays.
Internationally, he simplified his first name into Wojtek, which is the standard diminutive of the relatively formal Wojciech in the Polish language.
Pszoniak often plays Jewish characters, although he is not of Jewish descent. In France, this is partially attributable to his role in The Promised Land, as well as his foreign accent.
Pszoniak did not speak French when he emigrated to France, so he learned his theatrical lines phonetically; in movies like Danton, where he played Robespierre, his voice was dubbed. An anecdote about his language skills relates that when he finally started speaking French, one director told him that he preferred his old accent.
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Vivien Taylor
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Vivien Taylor is a British actress who is no stranger to a film set, theatre or voiceover booth.
Born in Glasgow, Scotland Vivien often acts as the 'Scottish Lass' but has also played English and American characters over the years.
Vivien prides herself on being a versatile performer and loves exploring roles from princesses, to drug addicts to blonde bimbos to police officers! 2018 was off to a great start when Vivien was nominated as Best Lead Actress in the Amsterdam International Filmmaker Festival and the Madrid International Film Festival for her portrayal as Jennifer in UK feature film TRAIN SET.
Other highlights were as drug addict Sheena in Wayne Thallon's dark comedy feature film A Spanking in Paradise (2010) which along with The Dunwich Horror (2010) (in which Vivien played Lavinia Whateley) gained 'Best of the Fest' at the 64th Edinburgh International Film Festival. After showing how physically versatile Vivien was whilst appearing as a host of characters in CBBC's Hedz (2007), she was cast as the grotesque zombie matron in Outpost: Black Sun (2012), and appeared as the same character in pre-zombie form the following year in the prequel, Outpost: Rise of the Spetsnaz (2013) which was shown at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. Vivien has also provided many of the voices in CBBC's OOglies.
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Lee Jae-kyung
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Lee Jae-kyung, better known by his ring name Jake Lee, is a Zainichi-Korean professional wrestler and former mixed martial artist and weightlifter who signed to New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW) in July 2024 and made his G1 Climax debut later that month. After suffering a serious knee injury in September 2024 while aligned with Bullet Club War Dogs, he returned to NJPW at Wrestle Kingdom 20 in 2026 as a surprise member of United Empire, marking his first appearance for the promotion in over 16 months, now known as the "Silent Jester."
He transitioned to professional wrestling after competing in MMA and powerlifting and made his in-ring debut with All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW) in 2011 after training through the promotion’s dojo system. Known as the “Smart Bastard” and previously the “Good Looking Emperor,” Lee is best known for his stints in All Japan Pro Wrestling and Pro Wrestling NOAH, where he became a two-time Triple Crown Heavyweight Champion, won the 2021 Champion Carnival, led the Good Looking Guys stable from 2023 to 2024, and captured the GHC Heavyweight Championship by defeating Kaito Kiyomiya at Great Voyage in Yokohama in March 2023.
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Ahmed Malek
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Ahmed Malek (أحمد مالك), born March 6, 1931 in Bordj El Kiffan and died July 24, 2008 in Algiers, is an Algerian artist, musician and composer.
Eldest of three brothers and a sister. At a very young age, he began working in factories to help his father provide for the family. Ahmed Malek's mother died when he was 12 years old. It was then that he decided to become a musician. After completing his schooling, he enrolled at the Algiers Conservatory.
Very early on, he was recognized by his peers and won numerous international and national awards. The “First Prize for Arts and Letters for Composition”, in 1972, the gold medal at the “Panafrican Festival”, in 1976, and the “National Merit Prize for musical composition”, in 1987. He composed for television shows, documentaries and especially for cinema, film music. He was also interested in the use of new technologies in music (MAO, synthesis, etc.), thus ensuring a link between traditional Algerian music and a more modernist movement. Head of the Algerian Television Orchestra, Ahmed Malek represented Algeria in several international events such as the universal exhibitions of Japan, Canada, Cuba, Spain, in France at the Printemps de Bourges... Ambassador of Algerian culture through the world to represent his country of origin he later taught at the Algiers Conservatory and was the pioneer of electro-acoustic arrangements.
By the late 1990s, his health began to deteriorate. Ahmed Malek died on July 24, 2008 at his home in El Mouradia, Algiers, at the age of 76, leaving two daughters Maya and Henya.
In 2019 with the help of the musician's family, the German label Habibi Funk decided to reissue, in the form of a compilation, fourteen pieces by Ahmed Malek, including two versions of the theme from "Omar Gatlato" by Merzak Allouache. There will also be themes taken from the soundtrack of "Inspector Tahar's Vacation", the great public success of Moussa Haddad, of "Silence of the Ashes", the unique production of cinematographer Youcef Sahraoui, of "Autopsy of 'Un Plot' by Mohamed Slim Riad and 'Un Toit, Une Famille' by Rabah Laradji. The Algerian Cinematheque in Algiers paid tribute to him with a retrospective in 2021, “Ahmed Malek, the Algerian Ennio Morricone”, and the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Algiers in 2019, “Planète Malek – A Retrospective”: an exhibition archives of composer and musician Ahmed Malek.
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Maria Caso
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Being The daughter of an fighter pilot, Maria had the privilege of traveling to many countries in her youth. The wildly different cultures and richness that she saw in her travels have colored there way deep into her design philosophy . With a desire to bridge her passion for the arts she decided to pursue a career in the film business. Maria is now a Production Designer for Motion Pictures and television. She began her career working on the movie the, " Terminator ", as a Set Decorator, but was also given the responsibilities of the Art Director. Maria worked on the television show, " Deadwood", and won an Emmy for her work. Maria has one son named Forest Terry, who is her biggest inspiration. Born in Chicago, Illinois, she now resides in Los Angeles, California. Maria has two sisters and one brother. Both sisters are also in the film business.
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Bob Beckwith
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Bob Beckwith (born September 21, 1933) is a former member of the New York City Fire Department. He became well known to the United States' public after he stood next to President George W. Bush as the president gave a speech at the ruins of the World Trade Center after the attacks of September 11, 2001. Photos of Beckwith and the president appeared on the front page of the New York Daily News and the cover of Time magazine. This exposure launched him into the national spotlight and led to press attention and interviews. Beckwith has met several times with President Bush since then, spoken extensively in public, and acted as a fundraiser for charities.
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Chris Hemsworth
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Christopher Hemsworth AM (born 11 August 1983) is an Australian actor and film producer. Born and raised in Melbourne, Victoria, and Bulman, Northern Territory, he rose to prominence playing Kim Hyde in the Australian television series Home and Away (2004–2007) before beginning a film career in Hollywood. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Hemsworth starred as Thor in the 2011 film of the same name and reprised the role in several subsequent instalments, which established him among the world's highest-paid actors.
His other film roles include the action films Star Trek (2009), Snow White and the Huntsman (2012) and its sequel The Huntsman: Winter's War(2016), Red Dawn (2012), Blackhat (2015), Men in Black: International (2019), Extraction (2020) and its 2023 sequel, the thriller A Perfect Getaway(2009), and the comedy Ghostbusters (2016). Hemsworth's most critically acclaimed films include the comedy horror The Cabin in the Woods (2012), the biographical sports film Rush (2013) in which he portrayed James Hunt, the action film Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)—which earned him a nomination for the AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role—and the animated film Transformers One (2024) in which he voiced Optimus Prime.
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Emma Bird
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Emma successfully auditioned for her first professional role, Needle, written by Jimmy McGovern, directed by Gillies MacKinnon when she was 17 years old (BBC, 1990). Having secured representation with Sally Long-Innes at ICM (now Independent Talent), she began a successful early career in television, most notably as series regular Maxine Price in Casualty (1992). Her experience grew in short films and features through her work with director Sandra Goldbacher in Seventeen, Piccadilly Circus by Night and The Governess, starring alongside Minnie Driver, (1997). Her notable theatre work includes The Good Hope, (adapted by Lee Hall), directed by Bill Brydon, (2002) at The Royal National Theatre, David Mamet’s Oleanna (Norwich Playhouse) and The Woods (The Finborough Theatre), and Terms of Abuse (by Jessica Townsend) at Hampstead Theatre amongst others.
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