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John Lynch
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Born September 25, 1971, in Hinsdale, Illinois, John Terrence Lynch Jr. attended Torrey Pines High School in San Diego where he excelled in football, baseball, and basketball. Stanford University recruited him to play quarterback beginning in 1989, but after losing the starting competition entering his junior season, Lynch focused on pitching for Stanford's baseball team. The Florida Marlins drafted him in the second round (66th overall) of the 1992 Major League Baseball draft as a right-handed pitcher, and he threw the first pitch in the organization's history.
When Bill Walsh became Stanford's head coach in January 1992, he convinced Lynch to return to football. Walsh moved him to free safety for his senior season, where Lynch recorded 76 combined tackles, four interceptions, and a 62-yard interception return touchdown, helping Stanford achieve a 10-3 record and finish ranked ninth nationally.
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected Lynch in the third round (82nd overall) of the 1993 NFL draft after Walsh personally called head coach Sam Wyche to vouch for Lynch's commitment to football over baseball. Lynch earned the starting strong safety position in 1995 and had his breakout performance against Minnesota, collecting eleven combined tackles, deflecting two passes, and intercepting two passes from Warren Moon—crediting his success to knowing Vikings head coach Dennis Green's tendencies from playing under him at Stanford.
Head coach Tony Dungy and defensive coordinator Monte Kiffin installed the Tampa 2 defense in 1996, making Lynch an integral component. Nicknamed "The Closer" by Kiffin for his clutch late-game playmaking ability, Lynch sealed crucial victories with fourth-quarter interceptions. His defining achievement came on January 26, 2003, when he won Super Bowl XXXVII in his hometown of San Diego as the Buccaneers defeated Oakland 48-21.
Lynch played fifteen NFL seasons, finishing with 1,058 tackles, 26 interceptions, 13 sacks, and 16 forced fumbles. His nine Pro Bowl selections (five with Tampa Bay, four with Denver) tie for second-most all-time among safeties, and he earned four All-Pro honors.
Lynch retired in 2008 and joined NFL on Fox as a color commentator until 2017. On January 29, 2017, the San Francisco 49ers hired him as general manager, and he earned 2019 Executive of the Year honors after leading the team to a 13-3 record. Lynch received a contract extension and the additional title of president of football operations in September 2023. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2021.
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Aaqib Khan
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Aaqib Khan is an actor, writer, editor, and director. He has a passion for the arts and has been involved in various theatre plays and productions throughout his career. In addition to his work in the theatre, Aaqib is also a talented writer and has published a short book called "Among the Angels."
Aaqib received his bachelor's degree in English from the University of Delhi. He is also a social media influencer.
He is a versatile and talented performer, and he is always looking for new and exciting opportunities to showcase his skills.
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Igor Kovalyov
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Igor Adolfovich Kovalyov is a Soviet, Russian-Ukrainian and American animator, director and educator, co-founder of “Pilot” — the first private animation studio in the Soviet Union. From 1991 to 2005 he worked at Klasky Csupo where he co-created “Aaahh!!! Real Monsters” and co-directed “The Rugrats Movie”. He currently serves as a creative producer at “Soyuzmultfilm”. Kovalyov is also known for his auteur films for which received multiple international awards, including three Grand Prizes at the Ottawa International Animation Festival.
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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 who 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, it was announced that Connery had died at the age of 90.
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Jeremy Kissner
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Jeremy James Kissner is an American actor.
Kissner's first film role was in 1998's remake of Great Expectations, playing the younger version of Ethan Hawke's character.
After an appearance on the television series Melrose Place, he starred in the lead role of the 1999 remake of A Dog of Flanders.
Kissner subsequently appeared on several television series, including ER and Touched by an Angel, as well as in several independent films.
From 2005 to 2007, he appeared in the Discovery Kids series Flight 29 Down as Eric.
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Carole Bouquet
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Carole Bouquet (born 18 August 1957) is a French actress and fashion model, who has appeared in more than 40 films since 1977. Bouquet was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.
She is best known internationally for her role as the Bond girl Melina Havelock in the 1981 movie For Your Eyes Only, but she also acted in a number of mainstream European films throughout the 1980s and continues to do so in France.
She is also recognized for her work in Luis Buñuel's surrealist classic That Obscure Object of Desire (1977), and in the internationally successful film Too Beautiful For You (1989), for which she won the César Award for Best Actress. Also she received a César Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress in Rive droite, rive gauche (1984).
Bouquet was a model for Chanel in the 1980s-1990s. She is the widow of producer Jean-Pierre Rassam with whom she had a son, Dimitri Rassam. From 1997 to 2005, she dated actor Gérard Depardieu, with whom she had worked several times. Bouquet was engaged to him from 2003 to 2005. In 1999 she was also a member of the jury of the 4th Shanghai International Film Festival
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Joe Manjón
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Joe is an amazing Spanish/English actor that at the age of 18 gained a place at the Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance in London. His Theatre credits include A Streetcar named desire, that is touring the UK, Muros and Amor de Niños. He has been in TV Shows like Queens; Still Star-Crossed; The Refugees and El Internado. He recently worked with Terry Gilliam in The Man who Killed Don Quixote, the horror film Framed directed by Marc Martinez Jordan, Risen by Kevin Reynolds and The Hustle directed by Chris Addison. This year he will be working in La Virgen de Agosto, film by acclaimed Spanish director Jonas Trueba.
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Marlon Wayans
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Marlon Lamont Wayans (born July 23, 1972) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. He is best known for his work with his brother Shawn Wayans on The WB sitcom The Wayans Bros. (1995–1999) and the comedy films Don't Be a Menace (1996), Scary Movie (2000), Scary Movie 2 (2001), White Chicks (2004), Little Man (2006), and Dance Flick (2009).
Wayans' other film credits include Above the Rim (1994), The 6th Man (1997), Norbit (2007), G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009), The Heat (2013), A Haunted House (2013) and its sequel A Haunted House 2 (2014), Naked (2017), Fifty Shades of Black (2016), Sextuplets (2019), and On the Rocks (2020). He also had several dramatic roles, including the psychological drama film Requiem for a Dream (2000).
Wayans partnered with Randy Adams to create What the Funny, an online destination for urban comedy. He created the comedy competition television show Funniest Wins, which aired on TBS in 2014. In 2014, Wayans and his brothers travelled the U.S. with "The Wayans Brothers Tour". In 2017, he co-wrote and starred in the NBC sitcom Marlon, which ran for two seasons.
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Mait Malmsten
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Mait Malmsten (born September 6, 1972) is an Estonian actor. Malmsten comes from a family of actors. His father is actor Rein Malmsten. His paternal grandparents were actors Franz Malmsten and Eva Malmsten. His great-uncle was actor Hugo Malmsten and his great-aunt was actress Lydia Bock.
Since 1993 he is working as an actor in Estonian Drama Theatre. Besides theatrical appearances he is also played in numerous films and television series, e.g. Wikmani poisid. He is married to actress Harriet Toompere and the couple have two sons, Franz and Hugo, who are also both television and film actors.
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Toby Tarrach
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Tobys musical path started in the early 1970s. Influenced by drummers like i.a, Ian Paice, John Bonham and the legendary jazz drummer Buddy Rich, Toby made his sticks burn out countless of drumheads getting to where he wanted to be.
He developed his own style of playing and played with a various line of musicians in different genres until life brought him to Alien.
Toby is as eager today as he was laying down the first track on the first Alien album. with a steady beat and a heart on fire he’s taking on the new furure that awaits with Tony and Jim.
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