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Andre Guantanamo
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Andre Guantanamo is an Ontario-based actor who specializes in characters. He took something of a meandering route into the entertainment industry and prior to his acting work he traveled the world, even partaking in an operational deployment to Kandahar, Afghanistan with the Canadian Military. Of especial importance to him is work which challenges our dualistic notions about the world, particularly demystifying the good/evil fallacy. His biggest influences are Sylvester Stallone, Marlon Brando and Dave Chappelle.
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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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Richard Edson
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Richard Edson (born January 1, 1954) is an American actor and musician. He was born in New Rochelle, New York to a Jewish family.
In 1979, Edson was a founding member of the San Francisco art rock band The Alterboys with Snuky Tate, Tono Rondone, Richard Kelly and JC Garrett, playing both drums and trumpet. From 1981 to 1982, he was Sonic Youth's original drummer and played drums for Konk at the same time. After the release of Sonic Youth's self-titled debut EP, Edson left the band to play with Konk full-time. Edson also played trumpet with San Francisco band The Offs on the group's eponymous 1984 album.
He started his acting career on screen in the feature film, Stranger Than Paradise (1984). Since then, he has been known for his roles in Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Do The Right Thing (1989), Super Mario Bros. (1993) and Strange Days (1995).
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Nina Caprez
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Nina Caprez, born November 15, 1986 in Küblis, is a Swiss climber, double Swiss champion in 2006, for the speed and difficulty events, and twice finalist, at the Swiss Cup (CSC) in bouldering.
She was the companion of Swiss climber Cédric Lachat for 10 years until 2015. Nina Caprez grew up in Küblis, and is the youngest of three children, she has a brother and a sister. Her father died of a fatal fall while hiking, when she was only three years old. She started climbing at 13, and discovered sport climbing at 17. At 19, she became a member of the national team. Between 2006 and 2009, she won five world cup events in bouldering and rock. In 2008, she decided to leave the competition in 2009, because she felt she did not have enough competitive spirit, and did not conceive the practice of climbing, to fight against others.
She has since made spectacular ascents, with photos and films, which has the advantage of being able to live from her passion and work as a team.
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Tracy Morgan
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American actor, comedian and author Tracy Jamal Morgan is best known for his eight seasons as a cast member on Saturday Night Live and currently known for playing the role of Tracy Jordan on the NBC series 30 Rock.
Morgan began his career on Martin, where he played Hustle Man. In the 2003 Chris Rock film Head of State, Morgan appeared as a man watching television, often questioning why they are not watching Martin. Morgan was also a regular cast member on "Uptown Comedy Club which aired for two seasons between 1992 and 1994. He was also on the HBO show Snaps. Morgan joined the cast of comedy show Saturday Night Live in 1996, where he performed as a regular until 2003.
Morgan married his high school sweetheart Sabina in 1985. They have three sons together. Morgan filed for divorce at Bronx Supreme Court on August 7, 2009 after 23 years of marriage, although he and his wife had been already separated for eight years.
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Lee Sung-jae
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Lee Sung-jae (이성재) is a South Korean actor. He was born on August 23, 1970 in Seoul, South Korea. In a short period of time, he rose to become one of the more versatile and popular actors in Korean cinema. After working for a time on TV (his debut was the MBC drama The Love of Two Women), he launched his film career with the romantic comedy Art Museum by the Zoo opposite superstar Shim Eun-ha. The success of this movie gave him considerable attention and led to him being offered many more roles.
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Merle Dandridge
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Merle Dandridge is a Japanese-American actress who was born in Okinawa, Japan. Dandridge is primarily a stage actress, but has had several roles in television. She has gained a wider audience as the voice of Alyx Vance in the award-winning action game Half-Life 2 and its sequels, Episode One, Episode Two.
Her father was an African-American US serviceman from Memphis and her mother was a local Okinawan of Korean and Japanese descent. As well as Okinawa, Dandridge has lived in Sacramento, California, at Beale Air Force Base, and later at Offutt Air Force Base (home to the then-Strategic Air Command) in Bellevue, Nebraska, where she spent the majority of her childhood. She attended Papillion La Vista High School and participated in the play production class and theater department there.
She then attended the Theatre Conservatory at Roosevelt University (currently called the Chicago College of Performing Arts) with a scholarship that she earned at the International Thespian Festival.
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Brian Donlevy
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Brian Donlevy (February 9, 1901 – April 5, 1972) was an Ulster-born American film actor, noted for playing tough guys from the 1930s to the 1960s. He usually appeared in supporting roles. Among his best known films are Beau Geste (1939) and The Great McGinty (1940). For his role as Sergeant Markoff in Beau Geste he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. His obituary in The Times newspaper in the United Kingdom stated that "any consideration of the American 'film noir' of the 1940s would be incomplete without him".
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Anne Bancroft
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Anne Bancroft (born Anna Maria Louisa Italiano; September 17, 1931 – June 6, 2005) was an American actress. Respected for her acting prowess and versatility, Bancroft received an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, two Tony Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Cannes Film Festival Award. She is one of only 24 thespians to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting.
Bancroft was born Anna Maria Louisa (or Luisa) Italiano on September 17, 1931, in the Bronx, New York City, the middle of three daughters of Mildred (née Di Napoli), a telephone operator, and Michael G. Italiano, a dress pattern maker. Both of her parents' surnames were toponymic. Her parents were Italian immigrants from Southern Italy. In an interview, she stated that her family was originally from Muro Lucano, in the province of Potenza. She was raised in the Roman Catholic faith. Bancroft was raised in Little Italy, in the Belmont neighborhood of the Bronx, attended P.S. 12, later moving to 1580 Zerega Ave.
Bancroft's Broadway debut in the two-character drama Two for the Seesaw (1958), brought her wide recognition for the depth of her talent and garnered her a Tony Award for best supporting actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Annie Sullivan in The Miracle Worker (1962), and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate (1967).
Bancroft continued to have a successful career in film and television. She starred in a number of other films, including The Elephant Man (1980), 84 Charing Cross Road (1987), and Agnes of God (1985), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress.
Bancroft was married to director Mel Brooks from 1964 until her death in 2005. They had one son, Max Brooks.
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Gybzy Wanida Termthanaporn
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Wanida Termthanaporn, nicknamed Gybzy, is a Thai singer and actress from Bangkok. Termthanaporn has a Bachelor of Arts Political Science and studied English. She is a graduate of both Ramkhamhaeng University and the University of Bangkok. Termthanaporn speaks English and Thai fluently and currently resides in Bangkok. She is five feet and two inches tall.
Termthanaporn is the lead singer for the four-girl group known as Girly Berry. The other members of the group are Giftza, Nannie, and Bell. The group debuted in 2002 with the self-titled album, Girly Berry. In 2009, Girly Berry was named the Sexiest Girl Group In Thailand. In addition to producing several albums and singles, several members of the group have done television advertising for Yamaha, PCT, Fisho, EXIT, Nestle, Glico, Tipco, 1900, Clean & Smooth, Panasonic, Miss Teen, J. Ling, Coke, LEONA, Carr Barley and Hanami among others. Termthanaporn has done ad work for 12 Plus, Green Nut, Milk Plus, Shine, In 2 It, Mistine Sezy Cheek, Benice, and Nestea.
As an actress, Termthanaporn’s TV career includes countless appearances in different television shows and soap operas from 2001 and on. In 2003, she made her film debut as Sally in the comedy film, Club Zaa: Pit Tamraa Saep. In 2009, Termthanaporn took on her most notable role as May in the film Nymph, a fantasy drama where an urban husband and wife travel to the jungle, and learn just how precious their relationship is. That same year she starred in the horror movie My Ex, directed by Piyapan Choopetch. The film was released on August 27, 2009 in Thailand. Two years later, Termthanaporn appeared in the 2011 musical comedy, Small Ru Gu Naew. In 2013, she made a small appearance as Thip in the comedy Grean Fiction, and the following year, she starred as Mae Nak in the 2014 Poj Arnon-directed comedy, Make Me Shudder 2: Shudder Me Mae Nak. The same year, Termthanaporn appears in the 2014 3D horror film, Spell 3D.
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