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Andrew Daniel Divoff is a Venezuela-born Russian actor and stuntman, best known for playing the evil Djinn in the first two Wishmaster films and the villains Cherry Ganz in Another 48 Hrs., Ernesto Mendoza in A Low Down Dirty Shame, Boris Bazylev in Air Force One, Ivan Sarnoff in CSI: Miami and Mikhail Bakunin in Lost.
He was born on July 2, 1955 in San Tomé, Venezuela. His father is Russian and his mother, who was born in Venezuela, is of Irish descent. He lived in Vilassar de Mar (in Spain) from 1973-77. He lives in the United States. Divoff can speak eight languages: English, Spanish, Italian, French, German, Catalan, Portuguese, and Russian. He used to speak Romanian but forgot the language when he had no one with whom to speak it. He also acted in The Hunt for Red October, Air Force One and Toy Soldiers.
Divoff has played many villains in film and on television, usually drug cartel leaders, and is best known for having played the nefarious Djinn in the first two films of the Wishmaster series. His other films include Another 48 Hrs., The Hunt for Red October, A Low Down Dirty Shame, Air Force One and Toy Soldiers. Divoff played the lead role in the Midnight Syndicate's Indie horror flick The Dead Matter. His television guest appearances include The A-Team, JAG and Highlander: The Series. He had a recurring role on Lost as Mikhail Bakunin.
He appeared in "The Cost of Living", and later in "Enter 77" and "Par Avion". He later appeared, in flashbacks, in "One of Us," and reappeared in the episodes "D.O.C.", "The Man Behind the Curtain", "Through the Looking Glass" and "The Package". Divoff's latest work was a recurring role as Ivan Sarnoff on CSI: Miami Season 7 (2008-09). He also appeared in Air Force One.
Divoff is an alumnus of Georgetown University, where he honed his skills in the study of languages, the result seeing him speak eight languages fluently. Andrew is a SAG actor and film producer with more than a hundred movies and television appearances to his credit. He has a driving passion for environmental issues, and has used his celebrity status, putting purpose ahead of profit, for several environmental causes. Andrew is a founder of Verdant Resource, Inc., a flexible purpose corporation dedicated to location, retrieval and provision of resources found throughout planet Earth, and promoting their use in a sustainable way of life employing verdant methods. He is also a partner in a private water utility, Alpine Village Water Company, LLC in Pinyon, California. Divoff was married to Russian actress Raissa Danilova in 1992 but they divorced in 1998. Divoff resides in Los Angeles.- Writer
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Shotaro Ishinomori was born on January 25, 1938 in Tome, Japan as Shotaro Onodera. As 1 of the most prolific comic artist in history, his works encompasses over 770 titles exceeding 128,000 pages. Being 1 of the early pioneers of Japanese manga, he was 1 of the few comic artists whose works has been syndicated overseas along w/ Osamu Tezuka (Astro Boy), Jiro Kuwata (8th Man), Rumiko Takahashi (Inuyasha) & Fujiko Fujio (Obake no Q-taro). He made his debut as a comic artist in 1954 w/ Nikyu Tenshi. His name could be read either as Ishimori or Ishinomori. Although he intended it to be read as Ishinomori, most people read it as Ishimori, which stuck for the next 30 years. In 1956, he moved to Tokyo to live in a now legendary apartment called Tokiwa-so, which housed many of the future comic artists of Japan. He was mentored like so many young comic artists living in there by the late Osamu Tezuka. The 1st episode of Astro Boy was actually penned by Ishinomori because Tezuka was sick at the time. He was writing adventure sci-fi action like many of his colleagues for pre-teen boys in the late 50s & early 60s such as Niichan Sensha, Mutant Sabu & Cyborg 009. He also drew a cartoon version of Toho's movie Matango during this period. In 1966, he won the Kodansha manga award for both works. In 1971, his comic Kamen Rider was syndicated as a TV series, which saw enormous success. The word henshin (the battle cry Kamen Rider shouts before making his transformation) became part of the staple language of youth at the time. He followed up on his success w/ Kamen Rider II, Kamen Rider V3, Kamen Rider Black, Inazuman & Kikaida, who all transformed their appearances before battle. In 1975, he co-created the Go Rangers, the 1st Super Sentai series. A later Super Sentai, Zyuranger, became popular in the U.S. in the 90s as Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. In 1986, he officially changed his pen name to Shotaro Ishinomori to celebrate his 30th year as a comic artist. It was also the name he intended for himself to begin w/. During his later years, he was penning many comics for adults that depicted society from his view as a comic artist. He passed away at 60 in 1998 from heart failure. He'll be remembered as 1 of the founding fathers of manga.- Lilian Becker was born in 1988 in São Tomé and Príncipe. She has been married to Boris Becker since 14 September 2024.
- Mireya Cecilia Ramona Pantoja Levi, better known as "Cecilia" or "Cecilia la Incomparable", was born on October 21, 1943 in Tomé, Concepción, Chile. Is an actress and singer of the Chilean New Wave (Nueva Ola Chilena) like Buddy Richard, Mike Savage, José Alfredo Fuentes and Gloria Benavides. Cecilia is Chilean music icon. In 1965 won the Festival de Viña del Mar (1963) and in 2016 received the National Music Award.
- Erto Ricardo Pantoja Gutiérrez born on July 3, 1960 in Tomé, Concepción, Chile. He is a film, theater and television actor known for Mi mejor enemigo (2005), The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) and A Fantastic Woman (2017). Erto Pantoja was born in the Bellavista district of Tomé, at 19 he emigrated to Concepción to study Chemical Engineering career that left and began to study theater at the Caholic University of Chile. He is nephew of the singer Cecilia Pantoja.
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Isabel Damatta was born on 9 May 1963 in Sao Tome and Principe. She is an actress and writer, known for Roten Faden für die Liebe (1987), Maré Alta (2004) and Um Mistério Misterioso (1990). She was previously married to Octávio Matos.- Director
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Artur Costa de Macedo was trained as cinematographer by Manuel Maria da Costa Veiga with whom he worked for Lusitania Film's newsreels, both in Lisbon and several other locations, and was camera operator in various long movies. In 1921, he started working for Invicta Film, based in O'Porto, producing a number of documentaries centered in villages of the north of Portugal, and ended that contract working with Rino Lupo in the film Mulheres da Beira (1923). With the same film director but for a third Production house, he did the cinematography of Os Lobos (1923). As an independent producer, he filmed documentaries about the Portuguese architectural monuments in 1924, and from 1926 on, he directed the photography of full dramas and did newsreels for foreign producers, namely Éclair (France), and Fox News and Paramount News (USA).
In 1928, he formed the Laboratório Cinegráfico, at Avenue 5 de Outubro, no. 297, Lisbon, for the production of documentary and publicity films. News of a Production company associated with João de Sousa Fonseca and Amilcar de Sousa apparently did not materialize. In 1929, Costa de Macedo was working again in the cinematography of Nazaré, Praia de Pescadores (1929) and _Lisboa, Crónica Anedótica'_, both directed by José Leitão de Barros. He lived and in Brazil from 1941 to 1947. He wrote a book, unpublished, on Técnica Fotográfica e Cinegráfica.
He was the father of João Bourdain de Macedo and Bourdain de Macedo, also photographers and cinematographers.- Agni Mogollón was born on 19 June 1951 in San Tomé, Anzoátegui, Venezuela.
- Vianna da Motta was born on 22 April 1868 in São Tomé & Príncipe, Africa. Vianna was a composer, known for Vianna da Motta, Cenas Portuguesas (1999). Vianna died on 31 May 1948 in Lisbon, Portugal.