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Kathryn co-starred as Cassie Lang in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania 2023, followed by Lisa Frankenstein starring alongside Cole Sprouse and Winner starring Emilia Jones, with release dates sometime in 2023. She can be seen as the lead of Amazon's The Map of Tiny Perfect Things, on Prime Video. In the fall of 2020, Kathryn starred opposite Vince Vaughn in Universal's highly anticipated horror-comedy Freaky, in which she starred as a high schooler who switches bodies with the local serial killer, played by Vaughn.
Previously, Kathryn has starred opposite Ryan Reynolds and Justice Smith in Pokemon Detective Pikachu for Legendary. She can be seen in Netflix's The Society and Blockers for Universal, which was the highest earning R-rated comedy of 2018.
She has worked with Martin McDonagh in the critically acclaimed film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, Peter Hedges in Ben is Back and Greta Gerwig in Lady Bird. She has also worked with Jean-Marc Vallee and Andrea Arnold in Big Little Lies in which she played Reese Witherspoon's daughter.
Previous credits for Newton include CW's Supernatural, AMC's Mad Men, AMC's Halt and Catch Fire, CBS's Bad Teacher, Gary Unmarried and Paramount's Paranormal Activity 4. Newton started her acting career at the age of 4 and is also an avid golfer.- Actress
- Producer
- Writer
Brooke Adams was born on February 8, 1949 in New York City, to Rosalind (Gould), an actress, and Robert Kaufmann Adams, a former CBS vice president. She was educated at the prestigious High School for the Performing Arts and the School of the American Ballet.
Starting her career on the stage, her film career took off with a break through role opposite Richard Gere and Sam Shepard in Terrence Malick's Days of Heaven (1978). She also starred in Philip Kaufman's Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), and repeated her off-Broadway role in the film version of Kevin Wade's romantic comedy Key Exchange (1985). Other film credits include Gas Food Lodging (1992), The Dead Zone (1983) opposite Christopher Walken, Cuba (1979) with Sean Connery, and Tell Me a Riddle (1980). She produced and starred in Made-Up (2002), written by her sister Lynne Adams.
Her stage credits include The Heidi Chronicles on Broadway, Key Exchange at the Orpheum, Split at The Second Stage, The Old Neighborhood at A.R.T. If Memory Serves at the Pasadena Playhouse, The Philanderer at Yale Rep, The Cherry Orchard at The Atlantic Theatre Co. and Lend Me a tenor on Broadway with her husband Tony Shalhoub directed by Stanley Tucci. She has most recently starred in Samuel Becket's Happy Days with her husband Tony Shalhoub.
On television, she has appeared in Thirtysomething (1987), Moonlighting (1985), Family (1976), The Lion of Africa (1987), Special People (1984), the miniseries Lace (1984) and Lace II (1985), 5 episodes of Monk (2002), BrainDead (2016) on CBS and is writing, producing, directing, and starring in a web-series, All Downhill from Here (2015).- Actress
- Producer
- Music Department
Mary Steenburgen is an Academy Award-winning American actress.
She was born February 8, 1953, in Newport, Arkansas, USA. Her mother,
Nellie May (Wall) Steenburgen, was a school-board secretary, and her
father, Maurice H. Steenburgen, was a freight-train conductor. Her
surname comes from distant Dutch ancestry, and her roots also include
English, Scottish, and Welsh.
Young Steenburgen was fond of arts and literature. Mary grew up
tap-dancing her way through talent shows and school functions. She was
active in her school drama class. After appearing in a number of high
school plays, she enrolled at Hendrix College, a highly progressive
Southern School located in Conway, Arkansas. Upon the recommendation of
her drama professor, she left college in 1972 and moved to New York to
study acting professionally. In the past several years,
Mary Steenburgen has emerged as one of
the most accomplished and sought-after screen actresses. Ever since
Jack Nicholson discovered her and cast her as a sassy adventuress in
his rollicking western,
Goin' South (1978), her career has
skyrocketed and she has won acclaim for exceptional performances in
each of her diverse film roles. In Nicholas Meyer's
Time After Time (1979),
Steenburgen was afforded critical praise for her portrayal of a
somewhat dippy but liberated young bank clerk in San Francisco who
crosses paths, via time machine, with English author H.G. Wells (played
by Malcolm McDowell, who later became
her husband). In 1980 she shot to fame with her role as Lynda Dummar in
Melvin and Howard (1980) for
which she won Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Steenburgen again impressed audiences and critics alike with
her stunning performance as the strong-willed turn-of-the-century
Mother in Ragtime (1981).
Steenburgen is a notable patron of arts. She is also an active
supporter of humanitarian causes. She has two children from her
previous marriage to actor
Malcolm McDowell. Since 1995 she has
been married to actor Ted Danson, and the
couple is living in Los Angeles area.- Actress
- Producer
Dawn Orienne Olivieri is an American actress perhaps best known for her turn as Lydia in Heroes and Monica Talbot in House of Lies. She has appeared in the Showtime series House of Lies for 41 episodes, starting in 2012, playing the competitive management consultant and ex-wife of main character Marty Kaan and mother of their son, Roscoe Kaan. She acted as Janice Herveaux in the third season of the HBO series True Blood. She played a reporter and Damon Salvatore's girlfriend Andie Star in the hit CW show The Vampire Diaries. Wrapping up the 4th season on Heroes, she has also completed parts on TBS's My Boys, NBC's Knight Rider, TNT's Trust Me, and SyFy's Stargate: Atlantis, and recurred on CBS's How I Met Your Mother. Olivieri played a lead role in the SyFy movie Hydra, and she is the voice of Pepper Potts in the new Avengers animated series on Disney XD. She appeared in the October 2009 issue of Maxim. Olivieri appeared on HBO's Entourage on September 13, 2009, and hosted a contest on Scripped. She voiced Lucy Kuo in a PlayStation 3 video game, Infamous 2, which was released in June 2011. As of March 2018, she has a recurring role in the CBS action-adventure series SEAL Team as Amy Nelson.- Ben Schnetzer was born on February 8 1990 in New York, to actors
Stephen Schnetzer and
Nancy Snyder. He began acting in
his teens, appearing in the TV drama 'Happy Town' but, in his own words
wanted to give acting "a proper shot" and moved to London in 2010 to
study drama at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Graduating
three years later he went almost immediately into film work and in
three movies released in Britain in 2014 showed his total versatility
and superb mastery of accents, as a German Jewish fugitive in 'The Book
Thief', a snobbish Anglo-Greek student in 'The Riot Club' and committed
Northern Irish gay activist Mark Ashton in 'Pride'. - Actor
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Nick Nolte was born in Omaha, Nebraska and began his career on stage at the Pasadena Playhouse and in regional theatre productions. His breakthrough role was in the TV miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man (1976), playing the role of "Tom/Tommy Jordache". Nick Nolte said that when he played a young man in the early scenes of the project, he weighed about 160 pounds. When he played a middle-aged man in the later scenes, he weighed over 180 pounds.- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Seth Green has starred in numerous films and television series including the Austin Powers trilogy, The Italian Job (2003), Without a Paddle (2004), Party Monster (2003), Can't Hardly Wait (1998), Old Dogs (2009) and dozens more, including starring roles in Sexy Evil Genius (2013), The Story of Luke (2012) and Yellowbird (2014). He's portrayed Christopher Guest in Netflix's National Lampoon origin film, A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018), and he starred opposite Katie Holmes and Michael Caine in Dear Dictator (2017). Green made his feature film directorial debut with Changeland (2019) starring Green, Breckin Meyer, Brenda Song, Macaulay Culkin, Clare Grant and Randy Orton. He is the co-creator/executive producer/primary voice talent and a writer/director on Robot Chicken (2001), 2010 & 2016 Emmy® Award-winner for Outstanding Short Format Animation Program. Green has voiced Chris Griffin on Family Guy (1999) since the series' inception.
Green has been singled out for many Emmy voiceover nominations for Adult Swim's Robot Chicken. The show, the network's highest-rated original program, and their specials have won numerous Annie Awards for writing and producing, including one for Green for directing. In 2011, Green and his partners created Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, a full-service animation studio with many other projects including: Crackle's SuperMansion, Adult Swim's Hot Streets (2016) and WWE's Camp WWE (2016). In December 2017, the company signed a two-year first-look deal with 20th Century Fox Film to develop animated and live-action projects. Green has always been fascinated by space travel and has done a PSA for NASA and designed the CASIS patch for ISS U.S. National Laboratory missions for research to benefit life on Earth.- Actress
- Producer
- Writer
Mary McCormack began her acting
career performing in a stage production of
Gian Carlo Menotti's Christmas opera,
"Amahl and the Night Visitors". "I was twelve but looked like an
eight-year-old boy" she recalls. "As luck would have it, none of the
boys in town could sing, so I got the part and wore a hat". Mary
continued working regionally throughout New Jersey and continued her
education at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. At Trinity, she
majored in English and painting and continued her stage work in many
more musicals. Mary finished an acting program at the
William Esper Studio. She has worked in
many New York theaters, some of which include The Atlantic Theatre
Company, Alice's 4th Floor and Naked Angels, where she recently
appeared in Jon Robin Baitz's "A Fair
Country".- Actress
- Soundtrack
Sharon Duncan-Brewster was born on 8 February 1976 in London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Dune (2021), Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) and Enola Holmes 2 (2022).- Actor
- Producer
- Director
Jack Lemmon was born in Newton, Massachusetts, to Mildred Lankford Noel and John Uhler Lemmon, Jr., the president of a doughnut company.
His ancestry included Irish (from his paternal grandmother) and
English. Jack attended Ward Elementary near his Newton, MA home. At age
9 he was sent to Rivers Country Day School, then located in nearby
Brookline. After RCDS, he went to high school at Phillips Andover
Academy. Jack was a member of the Harvard class of 1947, where he was
in Navy ROTC and the Dramatic Club. After service as a Navy ensign, he
worked in a beer hall (playing piano), on radio, off Broadway, TV and
Broadway. His movie debut was with
Judy Holliday in
It Should Happen to You (1954).
He won Best Supporting Actor as Ensign Pulver in
Mister Roberts (1955). He received
nominations in comedy
(Some Like It Hot (1959),
The Apartment (1960)) and drama
(Days of Wine and Roses (1962),
The China Syndrome (1979),
Tribute (1980) and
Missing (1982)). He won the Best Actor
Oscar for Save the Tiger (1973)
and the Cannes Best Actor award for "Syndrome" and "Missing". He made
his debut as a director with Kotch (1971)
and in 1985 on Broadway in "Long Day's Journey into Night". In 1988 he
received the Life Achievement Award of the American Film Institute.- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Ralf Little was born on 8 February 1980 in Bury, Greater Manchester, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for The Royle Family (1998), 24 Hour Party People (2002) and Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps (2001).- Quintessa Swindell was born on February 8, 1997 in New York, USA. They are an actor, known for Voyagers (2021), Black Adam (2022) and Euphoria (2019). In December 2020, they were cast in the role of Cyclone in the DCEU film Black Adam, starring Dwayne Johnson in the title role.
Swindell is non-binary and they use they/them and he/him pronouns. - Actress
- Additional Crew
- Director
Susan Misner was born in Paterson, New Jersey in 1971. She grew up in
Pompton Plains where she fell in love with dancing. Her love of the
dance led her to New York City where she landed roles in Broadway plays
such as Guys and Dolls, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To A Forum,
How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and Dream.
After turning her focus toward acting, Susan appeared on,
One Life to Live (1968), as
Grace Davidson. She appeared in such films as Woody Allen's
Everyone Says I Love You (1996),
Chicago (2002),
Stick It in Detroit (2008),
Two Weeks (2006),
Somebody's Hero (2012),
Cayman Went (2009), and
Hope Springs (2012). She can also be
seen in music videos by C&C Music Factory and Taylor Dayne.
You can see Susan in CBS's
Person of Interest (2011)
as Jessica Arndt and in the 2013 Mid-season Thriller
The Following (2013) as Jenny
Mitchell, who has ties to Kevin Bacon's character.
Susan was just cast in The Americans (2013) as Sandra Beeman and will also
play a handful of episodes in ABC's Nashville (2012) as Dr. Stacey Douglas.- Music Department
- Composer
- Actor
As one of the best known, awarded, and financially successful composers
in US history, John Williams is as easy to recall as
John Philip Sousa,
Aaron Copland or
Leonard Bernstein, illustrating why he
is "America's composer" time and again. With a massive list of awards
that includes over 52 Oscar nominations (five wins), twenty-odd Gold
and Platinum Records, and a slew of Emmy (two wins), Golden Globe
(three wins), Grammy (25 wins), National Board of Review (including a
Career Achievement Award), Saturn (six wins), American Film Institute (including a Lifetime Achievement Award) and BAFTA (seven wins)
citations, along with honorary doctorate degrees numbering in the
teens, Williams is undoubtedly one of the most respected composers for
Cinema. He's led countless national and international orchestras, most
notably as the nineteenth conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra from
1980-1993, helming three Pops tours of the US and Japan during his
tenure. He currently serves as the Pop's Conductor Laureate. Also to
his credit is a parallel career as an author of serious, and some
not-so-serious, concert works - performed by the likes of
Mstislav Rostropovich,
André Previn,
Itzhak Perlman,
Yo-Yo Ma, Gil Shaham,
Leonard Slatkin,
James Ingram, Dale Clevenger, and
Joshua Bell. Of particular interests
are his Essay for Strings, a jazzy Prelude & Fugue, the multimedia
presentation American Journey (aka The Unfinished Journey (1999)), a
Sinfonietta for Winds, a song cycle featuring poems by
Rita Dove, concerti for flute, violin,
clarinet, trumpet, tuba, cello, bassoon and horn, fanfares for the
1984, 1988 and 1996 Summer Olympics, the 2002 Winter Olympics, and a
song co-written with Alan Bergman
and Marilyn Bergman for the Special
Olympics! But such a list probably warrants a more detailed
background...
Born in Flushing, New York on February 8, 1932, John Towner Williams
discovered music almost immediately, due in no small measure to being
the son of a percussionist for CBS Radio and the Raymond Scott Quintet.
After moving to Los Angeles in 1948, the young pianist and leader of
his own jazz band started experimenting with arranging tunes; at age
15, he determined he was going to become a concert pianist; at 19, he
premiered his first original composition, a piano sonata.
He attended both UCLA and the Los Angeles City College, studying
orchestration under MGM musical associate
Robert Van Eps and being privately
tutored by composer
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco,
until conducting for the first time during three years with the U.S.
Air Force. His return to the states brought him to Julliard, where
renowned piano pedagogue Madame Rosina Lhevinne helped Williams hone
his performance skills. He played in jazz clubs to pay his way; still,
she encouraged him to focus on composing. So it was back to L.A., with
the future maestro ready to break into the Hollywood scene.
Williams found work with the Hollywood studios as a piano player,
eventually accompanying such fare such as the TV series
Peter Gunn (1958),
South Pacific (1958),
Some Like It Hot (1959),
The Apartment (1960), and
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962),
as well as forming a surprising friendship with
Bernard Herrmann. At age 24, "Johnny
Williams" became a staff arranger at Columbia and then at 20th
Century-Fox, orchestrating for
Alfred Newman and
Lionel Newman,
Dimitri Tiomkin,
Franz Waxman, and other Golden Age
notables. In the field of popular music, he performed and arranged for
the likes of Vic Damone,
Doris Day, and
Mahalia Jackson... all while courting
actress/singer Barbara Ruick, who became
his wife until her death in 1974. John & Barbara had three children;
their daughter is now a doctor, and their two sons,
Joseph Williams and Mark Towner
Williams, are rock musicians.
The orchestrating gigs led to serious composing jobs for television,
notably Alcoa Premiere (1961),
Checkmate (1960),
Gilligan's Island (1964),
Lost in Space (1965),
Land of the Giants (1968),
and his Emmy-winning scores for
Heidi (1968) and
Jane Eyre (1970).
Daddy-O (1958) and
Because They're Young (1960)
brought his original music to the big theatres, but he was soon
typecast doing comedies. His efforts in the genre helped guarantee his
work on William Wyler's
How to Steal a Million (1966),
however, a major picture that immediately led to larger projects. Of
course, his arrangements continued to garner attention, and he won his
first Oscar for adapting
Fiddler on the Roof (1971).
During the '70s, he was King of Disaster Scores with
The Poseidon Adventure (1972),
Earthquake (1974) and
The Towering Inferno (1974).
His psychological score for Images (1972)
remains one of the most innovative works in soundtrack history. But his
Americana - particularly
The Reivers (1969) - is what caught
the ear of director Steven Spielberg,
then preparing for his first feature,
The Sugarland Express (1974).
When Spielberg reunited with Williams on
Jaws (1975), they established themselves as
a blockbuster team, the composer gained his first Academy Award for
Original Score, and Spielberg promptly recommended Williams to a
friend, George Lucas. In 1977, John
Williams re-popularized the epic cinema sound of
Erich Wolfgang Korngold,
Franz Waxman and other composers from the
Hollywood Golden Age: Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
became the best selling score-only soundtrack of all time, and spawned
countless musical imitators. For the next five years, though the music
in Hollywood changed, John Williams wrote big, brassy scores for big,
brassy films - The Fury (1978),
Superman (1978),
1941 (1979),
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
... An experiment during this period,
Heartbeeps (1981), flopped. There was
a long-term change of pace, nonetheless, as Williams fell in love with
an interior designer and married once more.
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
brought about his third Oscar, and
The River (1984),
Empire of the Sun (1987),
The Accidental Tourist (1988)
and
Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
added variety to the 1980s, as he returned to television with work on
Amazing Stories (1985) and
themes for NBC, including
NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt (1970). The
'80s also brought the only exceptions to the composer's collaboration
with Steven Spielberg - others scored
both Spielberg's segment of
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
and The Color Purple (1985).
Intending to retire, the composer's output became sporadic during the
1990s, particularly after the exciting
Jurassic Park (1993) and the
masterful, Oscar-winning
Schindler's List (1993). This
lighter workload, coupled with a number of hilarious references on
The Simpsons (1989) actually
seemed to renew interest in his music. Two Home Alone films (1990,
1992), JFK (1991),
Nixon (1995),
Sleepers (1996),
Seven Years in Tibet (1997),
Saving Private Ryan (1998),
Angela's Ashes (1999), and a
return to familiar territory with
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
recalled his creative diversity of the '70s.
In this millennium, the artist shows no interest in slowing down. His
relationships with Spielberg and Lucas continue in
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001),
the remaining Star Wars prequels (2002, 2005),
Minority Report (2002),
Catch Me If You Can (2002),
and a promised fourth Indiana Jones film. There is a more focused
effort on concert works, as well, including a theme for the new
Walt Disney Concert Hall and a rumored light
opera. But one certain highlight is his musical magic for the world of
Harry Potter (2001, 2002, 2004, etc.), which he also arranged into a
concert suite geared toward teaching children about the symphony
orchestra. His music remains on the whistling lips of people around the
globe, in the concert halls, on the promenades, in album collections,
sports arenas, and parades, and, this writer hopes, touching some place
in ourselves. So keep those ears ready wherever you go, 'cause you will
likely hear a bit of John Williams on your way.- Actor
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James Byron Dean was born February 8, 1931 in Marion, Indiana, to Mildred Marie (Wilson) and Winton A. Dean, a farmer turned dental technician. His mother died when Dean was nine, and he was subsequently raised on a farm by his aunt and uncle in Fairmount, Indiana. After grade school, he moved to New York to pursue his dream of acting. He received rave reviews for his work as the blackmailing Arab boy in the New York production of Gide's "The Immoralist", good enough to earn him a trip to Hollywood. His early film efforts were strictly small roles: a sailor in the Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis overly frantic musical comedy Sailor Beware (1952); a GI in Samuel Fuller's moody study of a platoon in the Korean War, Fixed Bayonets! (1951) and a youth in the Piper Laurie-Rock Hudson comedy Has Anybody Seen My Gal (1952).
He had major roles in only three movies. In the Elia Kazan production of John Steinbeck's East of Eden (1955) he played Cal Trask, the bad brother who could not force affection from his stiff-necked father. His true starring role, the one which fixed his image forever
in American culture, was that of the brooding red-jacketed teenager Jim Stark in Nicholas Ray's Rebel Without a Cause (1955).
George Stevens' filming of Edna Ferber's Giant (1956), in which he played the non-conforming cowhand Jett Rink who strikes it rich when he discovers oil, was just coming to a close when Dean, driving his Porsche Spyder race car, collided with another car while on the road near Cholame, California on September 30, 1955. He had received a speeding ticket just two hours before. At age 24, James Dean was killed almost immediately from the impact from a broken neck. His very brief career, violent death and highly publicized funeral transformed him into a cult object of apparently timeless fascination.- Actor
- Producer
- Director
Jim Parrack, born February 8, 1981, is an American actor. He had a starring role as "Hoyt Fortenberry" in the HBO series, True Blood (2008), and appeared in the film, Battle Los Angeles (2011), which was released in March 2011. He starred in the 2014 Broadway production of John Steinbeck's novel, "Of Mice and Men", in which he plays the character "Slim". The play also stared James Franco, Chris O'Dowd and Leighton Meester. Parrack was born in Allen, Texas on February 8, 1981. He attended the co-ed Allen High School for secondary education. In 2001, Parrack moved to Los Angeles, California, where he studied acting at The Stella Adler Academy and then at the Playhouse West.- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Soundtrack
Danny Tamberelli was born on 8 February 1982 in Wyckoff, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor, known for The Mighty Ducks (1992), The Magic School Bus (1994) and Grand Theft Auto V (2013). He has been married to Katelyn Detweiler since 5 May 2018. They have two children.- Actress
- Producer
- Writer
Cecily Strong was born on 8 February 1984 in Springfield, Illinois, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Saturday Night Live (1975), Schmigadoon! (2021) and Ghostbusters (2016).- Actor
- Additional Crew
Thai-Australian actor Chai Hansen was born on February 8, 1989 on Koh Samui, an island in the Gulf of Thailand. Soon relocating to Australia, Chai began breaking national records for track and field at a young age, soon developing a passion for dance.
Finding his feet upon the completion of his performing arts Diploma in 2011, it was announced that Chai would join the cast of internationally acclaimed series Mako Mermaids. Portraying merman Zac Blakely, Chai's first ever lead in a television series shone a spotlight on the young actor, opening a door to the industry.
The success of Mako helped secure Chai the role of Ilian in the fourth season of The 100. The recurring role became a fan favorite, though the character had a predetermined fate. Bidding farewell to the series, it was only a matter of time until Chai landed the title character of Monkey in The New Legends of Monkey, a new spin on the classic tale Journey to the West.
In early 2018, Chai officially joined the cast for Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments third season as Jordan Kyle, a werewolf on a quest for redemption.
Chai Hansen continues to show dedication to his craft developing his characters with attention to detail, he has a number of projects on the horizon.- Actress
- Producer
Anna Hutchison was born on 8 February 1986 in New Zealand. Anna is an actor and producer, known for Robert the Bruce (2019), Encounter (2018) and Vengeance: A Love Story (2017). Anna has been married to Mike Gillespie since December 2018. They have two children.- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Liam McIntyre is an Australian actor best known for playing the lead role in the Starz television series Spartacus: Vengeance and Spartacus: War of the Damned. McIntyre began his career acting mainly in short films, before performing guest roles in Australia's popular television series Rush and Neighbours. McIntyre made his US television debut guest starring in an episode of the award nominated HBO mini-series The Pacific.
After his 2010 diagnosis of Non-Hodgkins lymphoma, original Spartacus lead actor Andy Whitfield took what was intended to be a temporary break from filming the title role for the Starz television series. Whitfield later withdrew from the role entirely when his cancer recurred, prior to his death. He was then replaced by McIntyre, who performed the title role for the remaining two seasons. Production on the second season of Spartacus resumed in the fall of 2011 and the series premiered on 27 January 2012.- Henry Czerny was born on 8 February 1959 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor, known for Mission: Impossible (1996), Clear and Present Danger (1994) and The Pink Panther (2006). He has been married to Claudine Cassidy since 11 August 2001. They have one child.
- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Marc Wootton was born on 8 February 1975 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009), Arthur Christmas (2011) and La La Land (2010).- Actress
- Soundtrack
Susan May Pratt was born on 8 February 1974 in Lansing, Michigan, USA. She is an actress, known for 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), Drive Me Crazy (1999) and Open Water 2: Adrift (2006). She was previously married to Kenneth Mitchell.- Actor
- Producer
- Soundtrack
William Jackson Harper was born on 8 February 1980 in Dallas, Texas, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Midsommar (2019), The Good Place (2016) and Paterson (2016).- Actor
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Ethan Phillips was born on February 8, 1955 in Long Island, New York as the only boy of six children. He graduated from Boston University with a degree in English Literature and received a Masters Degree in Fine Arts from Cornell University. He has acted on stage, screen, and television for over four decades.- Actress
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Lana Turner had an acting ability that belied the "Sweater Girl" image
MGM thrust upon her, and even many of her directors admitted that they
knew she was capable of greatness (check out The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)). Unfortunately, her private life sometimes overshadowed her professional accomplishments.
Lana Turner was born Julia Jean Mildred Francis Turner in Wallace, Idaho. There is some discrepancy as to whether her birth date is February 8, 1920 or 1921. Lana herself said in her autobiography that she was one year younger (1921) than the records showed, but then this was a time where women, especially actresses, tended to "fib" a bit about their age. Most sources agree that 1920 is the correct year of birth. Her parents were Mildred Frances (Cowan) and John Virgil Turner, a miner, both still in their teens when she was born. In 1929, her father was murdered and it was shortly thereafter her mother moved her and the family to California where jobs were "plentiful". Once she matured into a beautiful young woman, she went after something that would last forever: stardom. She wasn't found at a drug store counter, like some would have you believe, but that legend persists. She pounded the pavement as other would-be actors and actresses have done, are doing and will continue to do in search of movie roles.
In 1937, Lana entered the movie world, at 17, with small parts in They Won't Forget (1937), The Great Garrick (1937) and A Star Is Born (1937). These films didn't bring her a lot of notoriety, but it was a start. In 1938 she had another small part in Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938) starring Mickey Rooney. It was this film that made young men's hearts all over America flutter at the sight of this alluring and provocative young woman--known as the "Sweater Girl"--and one look at that film could make you understand why: she was one of the most spectacularly beautiful newcomers to grace the screen in years. By the 1940s Lana was firmly entrenched in the film business. She had good roles in such films as Johnny Eager (1941), Somewhere I'll Find You (1942) and Week-End at the Waldorf (1945). If her career was progressing smoothly, however, her private life was turning into a train wreck, keeping her in the news in a way no one would have wanted.
Without a doubt her private life was a threat to her public career. She was married eight times, twice to Stephen Crane. She also married Ronald Dante, Robert Eaton, Fred May, Lex Barker, Henry Topping and bandleader Artie Shaw. She also battled alcoholism. In yet another scandal, her daughter by Crane, Cheryl Crane, fatally stabbed Lana's boyfriend, gangster Johnny Stompanato, in 1958. It was a case that would have rivaled the O.J. Simpson murder case. Cheryl was acquitted of the murder charge, with the jury finding that she had been protecting her mother from Stompanato, who was savagely beating her, and ruled it justifiable homicide. These and other incidents interfered with Lana's career, but she persevered. The release of Imitation of Life (1959), a remake of a 1934 film (Imitation of Life (1934)), was Lana's comeback vehicle. Her performance as Lora Meredith was flawless as an actress struggling to make it in show business with a young daughter, her housekeeper and the housekeeper's rebellious daughter. The film was a box-office success and proved beyond a doubt that Lana had not lost her edge.
By the 1960s, however, fewer roles were coming her way with the rise of new and younger stars. She still managed to turn in memorable performances in such films as Portrait in Black (1960) and Bachelor in Paradise (1961). By the next decade the roles were coming in at a trickle. Her last appearance in a big-screen production was in Witches' Brew (1980). Her final film work came in the acclaimed TV series Falcon Crest (1981) in which she played Jacqueline Perrault from 1982-1983. After all those years as a sex symbol, nothing had changed--Lana was still as beautiful as ever.
She died on June 25, 1995, in Culver City, California, after a long bout with cancer. She was 74 years old.- Actor
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Creed Bratton's talent for acting and music began at a young age. Born
in Los Angeles, he grew up in the small town of Coarsegold near
Yosemite, California. He attended the College of the Sequoias and
Sacramento State College as a drama major. He began playing the guitar
professionally as a teenager followed by a whirlwind travel experience
throughout Europe in his twenties with the band The Young Californians.
As a member of the popular rock group The Grass Roots in the 1960s,
Bratton appeared on numerous television shows, as well as in the Doris
Day movie, "With Six You Get Egg Roll." He parted ways with the band in
1970, but continued his passion and has released six solo albums up to
the present day.
While honing his acting career, Bratton also worked in front of the
camera and behind the scenes as prop man, boom man, composer and grip.
His film credits as an actor include "Terri", "Mask" and "Heart like a
Wheel." On television, he has appeared on hit shows such as "The Bernie
Mac Show", "Eight Is Enough" and "Quincy." He was cast in "The Office"
doing a parody of his life as a former rock star. During his years on
the series, he also appeared in several short and independent films
which were accepted in numerous festivals. He still performs in clubs
as a solo performer.
Bratton resides in Los Angeles.- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Guillaume Gallienne was born on 8 February 1972 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He is an actor and writer, known for Me, Myself and Mum (2013), Maryline (2017) and Marie Antoinette (2006). He has been married to Amandine Guisez since 2004. They have one child.- Actor
- Writer
Alastair Mackenzie was born on 8 February 1970 in Trinafour, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Andor (2022), The Crown (2016) and Dracula (2013). He is married to Susan Vidler. They have two children.- Actress
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British actress Suzanna Hamilton's first major screen role was as Izz Huett in Roman Polanski's "Tess" (1979). She went on to feature in many more motion-pictures and television dramas including Michael Radford's "Nineteen Eighty-Four" (1984) opposite John Hurt, and Sydney Pollack's "Out of Africa" (1985) with Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. More recently she has featured in the BBC's long running TV series "Silent Witness" and UK independent feature film "My Feral Heart" (2016). As well as her work on screen, Suzanna continues to do theater and voice work.
Suzanna was discovered in the early 1970s by filmmaker Claude
Whatham, at age 12, in a children's experimental theater in north
London. She starred in her first feature "Swallows and Amazons", based
on the popular Arthur Ransome children's book, in 1974. Whatham also
cast her as Princess Alexandra in the BBC miniseries, "Disraeli".
Hamilton first received training in acting at the Anna Scher Theatre
School and later, at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.
Suzanna's first major screen role was Izz Huett, the lovesick
dairymaid, in Roman Polanski's 1979 film "Tess", based on the classic
Thomas Hardy novel "Tess of the d'Urbervilles", which featured
Nastassja Kinski in the title role.
Her next significant role was in Richard Loncraine's 1982 film
"Brimstone and Treacle", based on Dennis Potter's play of the same
name. In this film, Suzanna starred as Patricia Bates, the traumatized,
catatonic daughter of a devoutly religious, middle-aged Home Counties
couple whose lives are changed by a demonic drifter and con man
portrayed by Sting. She was also featured the following year, in the
BBC television mystery "A Pattern of Roses", with a young Helena
Bonham Carter.
Suzanna's next major motion-picture appearance is also her most famous
and, arguably, her finest. In "Nineteen Eighty-Four", she was perfectly
cast as Julia in writer/director Michael Radford's film adaptation of
George Orwell's classic dystopian novel. Her uncommonly bold, affecting
performance, opposite John Hurt's Winston Smith, earned her some
notoriety and a bit of a minor cult following over the years as the
film's reputation has steadily grown.
1985 was a very busy year. She starred opposite Vanessa Redgrave in
British playwright David Hare's "Wetherby". As Karen Creasy,
Hamilton's character is the sullen former friend of a young man who
committed suicide, and she represents the emotional void at the heart
of contemporary British life with all its repressions, denials, and
disaffection -- "a central disfiguring blankness" as one character
calls it. Her next role was as the equestrienne, Felicity, in Sydney
Pollack's Oscar-winning "Out of Africa", based on the memoirs of the
famed Danish writer, Karen Blixen (aka "Isak Dinesen") opposite Meryl
Streep; a role that was an amalgam based on Beryl Markham and others.
Her subsequent screen roles were mostly in European films made in
exotic locations, as well as numerous British television dramas. She
played a saxophonist in an all-woman band touring colonial dives in
southeast Asia in the 1987 German film "Devil's Paradise", shot in
Thailand and based on a Joseph Conrad story. In 1988, she starred in
another low-budget German film, a short called "The Voice", opposite
British cult actor Jon Finch (of Polanski's "Macbeth" and
Hitchcock's "Frenzy" fame).
Hamilton also starred in the well-received 1986 television drama
"Johnny Bull" with Peter MacNicol, Jason Robards, Colleen Dewhurst,
and Kathy Bates. She next played the winsome Anglo-French spy, Matty
Firman, in "Wish Me Luck", a British World War II miniseries, and
starred in the miniseries based on Barbara Taylor Bradford's "Hold the
Dream."
In the 1989 BBC miniseries "Never Come Back", she made a striking
appearance as the inscrutable femme fatale, Anna Raven, a murky,
nourish conspiracy thriller set on the eve of the London blitz. Suzanna
also turned in an admirable performance in the excellent 1990 British
television film "Small Zones", as a strong-willed Russian poetess
whose subversive writings have led to her indefinite imprisonment in a
bleak Soviet holding cell. This was followed by a supporting role in a
1992 TV film of Barbara Cartland's Regency-period bodice-ripper "Duel
of Hearts".
1992's low-budget Gothic horror romance "Tale of a Vampire", written
and directed by Shimako Sato, a 27-year-old Japanese-British film
student, features Suzanna in a dual appearance, as both Ann, a
librarian mourning the death of her boyfriend, and as Virgina Clemm,
the wife of Edgar Allan Poe and long-lost love of a lonely melancholic
vampire played by Julian Sands.
Suzanna had a recurring role In the 1990s as Dr. Karen Goodliffe on the
British TV hospital dramatic series "Casualty". Her character had to
be written out of the show after Hamilton became pregnant in early
1993. In 1997's "Island on Bird Street", a Danish period drama made in
the Dogme 95-style, concerning an orphaned Jewish boy who dodges the
Nazis in occupied Europe during World War II, Suzanna has a brief cameo
as the mother of a girl whom the boy befriends.
Suzanna Hamilton is also an accomplished theater and radio actress. She
made her first West End appearance in 1982, starring in Tom Stoppard's
play "The Real Thing". In 1993, she played the lead as a Welsh maid
who gets in over her head in the Bush Theater production of Lucinda
Coxon's "Waiting at the Water's Edge". She was cast as Creusa in a Gate
Theater 2002 production of Euripides's "Ion", and in early 2005,
Hamilton appeared as Dora, a tough, bereaved, guilt-ridden lesbian
incarcerated in a 1920s asylum in the production of Charlotte Jones's
chamber drama "Airswimming", at the Salisbury Playhouse. She also lent
her voice to a 1991 audio-book recording of Julian Barnes' novel about
a love triangle called "Talking It Over".- Actor
- Music Department
- Additional Crew
Joshua Luis Wiener or Josh Keaton is an American voice actor and musician. He is known for voicing young Hercules in the 1997 Disney film Hercules, Charlie Carbone in Kangaroo Jack: G'Day USA, Revolver Ocelot in Metal Gear Solid 3, Spider-Man, Electro and Harry Osborn in several Spider-Man video games and cartoons, Ryu Hayabusa in Ninja Gaiden and Shiro in Voltron: Legendary Defender.- Actress
- Additional Crew
- Soundtrack
Mathilda May (born Karin Haïm) is a French actress and dancer from Paris. She is primarily known to English-speaking audiences for playing the alien vampire Space Girl, the main villain of the cult horror film "Lifeforce" (1985). The role required her to appear naked for most of the film, though her character remained mysterious and menacing. In France, May's breakthrough role was that of Juliette, the suicidal young woman whose love life was at the center of the psychological thriller "The Cry of the Owl" (1987). For this role, May won the "César Award for Most Promising Actress".
In 1965, May was born in Paris. Her father was the playwright Victor Haïm (1935-) . Her paternal ancestors were Sephardic Jews from the city of Thessaloniki in Greek Macedonia. May's mother was the Swedish ballet teacher and choreographer Margareta Hanson. May herself was trained as a dancer in early life. In 1981, May won the "Premier Prix du Conservatoire de Danse de Paris" (First Prize of the Paris Dance Conservatory). At the time, she was only 16-years-old.
May pursued an acting career in the early 1980s. She made her film debut in the fantasy film "Nemo" (1984), where a boy from New York City is transported to an alternate reality. She became known to international audience with "Lifeforce" (1985), and had some success in France during the late 1980s. Following "The Cry of the Owl", May played the romantic lead in the controversial musical "Three Seats for the 26th" (1988). In the film, an aging actor falls in love with Marion de Lambert (played by May), the daughter of his former lover. He is relatively unfazed when he learns that his new love interest is his own illegitimate daughter.
May's first significant film in the 1990s was the biographical drama "Isabelle Eberhardt" (1991), where she had the lead role. May played the Swiss author and explorer Isabelle Eberhardt (1877 - 1904), and also portrayed Eberhardt''s accidental death in a flash flood. The film was nominated for three AACTA Awards, without ever winning. The film was negatively received by critics for overemphasizing Eberhardt's femininity and sexuality, while mostly ignoring the political context of her activities in North Africa, and her status as a social outcast.
That same year, May played the female lead in the erotic drama "Naked Tango". The film depicted the life of an Eastern European young woman who was forced into prostitution in 1920s Buenos Aires. The film was largely inspired by the activities of the Zwi Migdal (1867-1939), an international sex trafficking organization which controlled about 2,000 brothels in Argentina during the interwar period.
May also had the lead role in "Becoming Colette" (1991). The film dramatized the early life of the actress, journalist, and novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette (1873-1954). The real Colette is primarily remembered for her vivid depictions of the French demimonde of elite courtesans, and for her lesbian affairs with the fellow writer Natalie Clifford Barney and the aristocratic artist Mathilde de Morny.
May next had the female lead role in the crime drama "Toutes peines confondues" (1992). She played Jeanne Gardella, the wife of a shady businessman. She genuinely loves her husband, but fails to inform him that she is an Interpol agent who was assigned to spy on him. The film was an adaptation of a novel by Andrew Coburn (1932-2018).
May had the female lead in the romantic comedy "The Tit and the Moon" (1994), playing the beautiful French dancer Estrellita. In the film a preadolescent boy is fascinated with Estrellita and her breasts, but finds himself competing for her attention with Estrellita's husband and with an adolescent singer.
In 1996,. May had her first role in a video game, cast in the space flight simulation "Privateer 2: The Darkening". The main plot featured an amnesiac man who chose a new life as a privateer, while trying to find out why there was no record of his past life. The game was introduced as a spin-off of the space combat series "Wing Commander" (1990-2007), but had little resemblance to its predecessors.
May had her final major role in the 1990s in the action thriller film "The Jackal" (1997). She played Isabella Celia Zancona, a retired member of the Basque terrorist organization ETA. Zancona becomes a key witness for the FBI, as she is thought to be the only person able to identify the wanted assassin "The Jackal" (played by Bruce Willis). The assassin is an old foe of Zancona, who wounded her during a past encounter and caused her to miscarry their unborn child. She agrees to help, partly because she is promised safe haven, and partly because she wants revenge. The film was a minor box office hit.
During the early 2000s, May regularly appeared in television films and television series. Her theatrical roles were few in this period. She was eventually cast in a supporting role in the comedy thriller "A Girl Cut in Two" (2007). The film depicts a love triangle which results in the murder of one suitor by the other one. May's next significant film role was in the anthology film "The Players" (2012), which depicted various tales of male infidelity. The film attracted controversy for the sexually suggestive posters of its release, which were seen as violating France's regulations for advertising.
May continued regularly appearing in television roles throughout the 2010s, and was part of the main cast in the television series "Access" She resumed playing in theatrical films in 2019, initially cast in the World War II-themed drama "An Irrepressible Woman". By 2022, May was 57-years-old. She has never retired, and remains a well-known face in the European film market.- Actor
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Without a doubt Gary Coleman was THE child TV star of the late 1970s
and early 1980s. A refreshingly confident little tyke with sparkling
dark, saucer-like eyes and an ingratiating, take-on-anyone burst of
personality, the boy charmed the pants right off of TV viewers the
minute he was glimpsed in national commercials. Amazed by how mature he
came across, Gary was in truth older than he looked, which was brought
upon by a congenital kidney condition. Sadly, the pint-sized phenomena
outgrew his chubby-cheeked welcome and found the course of his grown-up
Hollywood career brutally rough and patchy. The fragile condition of
his health coupled with this lack of adult career acceptance, sparked
an aggressively defensive behavior mechanism in his adult years and led
to great personal unhappiness, chronic legal/financial hassles and
early death.
He was born Gary Wayne Coleman on February 8, 1968, to a homeless woman, and was adopted by a fork-lift operator and his nurse
practitioner wife from a Chicago hospital when he was just a few days
old. Raised in Zion, Illinois, it was discovered that little Gary had
severe health issues before the age of 2. Born with one atrophied
kidney and an endangering weak second one, he had two kidney
transplants by the time he reached age 16 and the effects of his
dialysis medication permanently stunted his growth (to 4'8").
A highly precocious comedy cut-up on-camera, Gary proved a natural in
local Chicago commercials. As his commercials spread nationwide,
audiences began wondering just who this diminutive dynamo was.
Norman Lear's talent scout spotted him in a
Chicago bank commercial (he was 9 at the time) and decided to reveal to
the world who the little guy was. Brought in to brighten up such Lear
sitcoms as "The Jeffersons" and "Good Times" (the latter as a friend of
little Janet Jackson's character),
NBC quickly recognized the boy's comedy prowess and handed the
10-year-old his own prime-time sitcom playground to mug in.
While
Diff'rent Strokes (1978)'s
underlying approach was to preach racial and social tolerance (it
revolved around two lower-class African-American brothers from Harlem
who are taken in and adopted by a wealthy, debonair Park Avenue white
man after their housekeeper mother dies), the show's powers-that-be
smartly deduced that it was the wisecracking gifts of young Coleman,
who played the youngest brother, Arnold Jackson, that gave the show its
spark. Deemed "NBC's Littlest Big Man," Gary's sly, pouting-lipped
delivery of, "What'chu talkin' about, Willis?" soon became a popular
American catchphrase.
Legendary comics such as Bob Hope and
Lucille Ball absolutely gushed about the
little boy's comedy genius and Gary soon became a hit on the talk show
circuit, trading clever banter with the likes of
Johnny Carson among others. The
boy was also outfitted with a series of lightweight TV-movie showcases
which included
The Kid from Left Field (1979),
Scout's Honor (1980),
The Kid with the Broken Halo (1982),
The Kid with the 200 I.Q. (1983),
The Fantastic World of D.C. Collins (1984)
and
Playing with Fire (1985).
All of them wisely centered around Gary's adorable persona. Modest film
comedies also came his way with
On the Right Track (1981) and
Jimmy the Kid (1982). Topping it
all off, the Hanna-Barbera-produced series
The Gary Coleman Show (1982)
produced an animated version of the child star. Little Gary would make
close to $18 million during his nearly decade-long TV reign.
Like many others in his shoes, however, the aging Coleman felt trapped
and pigeonholed by his stifling juvenile image and begged to get out
from under it. The 18-year-old was truly thankful when the series ended
in 1986. Coleman found, however, that a very fickle public was not as
receptive to seeing him grow up. Like fellow TV star
Emmanuel Lewis, Coleman began aging in
appearance but remained trapped in the body of a young boy and the
contrast proved too strange for audiences. As a result, Hollywood had
little resources as to what to do with Gary Coleman the man. It wasn't
long before Coleman was reduced to making weird guest appearances and
small parts in even smaller films.
This crash course in reality triggered an increasingly erratic and
aggressive behavior in Gary Coleman as he became increasingly angry and
bitter about his lack of work when he was so used to be on top of
everything. The subsequent tragedies suffered by all three young stars
from the "Diff'rent Strokes" show, in fact, was sold out as a jinx
package known as the "Diff'rent Strokes curse". While distaff co-star
Dana Plato fell heavily into drug addiction,
petty crime and pornography before taking her own life in 1999,
Todd Bridges, who played Coleman's older
brother, battled major cocaine abuse and was later charged (but
acquitted of) attempted murder in the late 1980s.
In addition to his life-long health issues, Gary's adult problems came
in the form of scattered financial and legal entanglements, as well as
scrapes with the law. He was once arrested in 1999 for punching a
persistent female autograph fan, in which he was fined and ordered to
take anger-management classes. This became tabloid fodder for late night comics who joked that he must have landed "several good uppercuts." He also had many disorderly conduct and
reckless driving charges brought up against him at various times. He
would admit that the tally of his life problems led to more than a few
feigned suicide attempts. In 1989, Coleman successfully sued his
adopted parents and business manager after they allegedly pilfered his
youthful fortune for their own self interest totaling $3.8 million in
losses, and he won $1,280,000. Despite the large settlement, all of the
money was soon spent on taxes, legal fees, as well as his increasingly
high medical bills for his continuing dialysis treatments. As a result
by 1999 (with no steady acting work) Coleman had to declare bankruptcy,
finding work outside the Hollywood industry as a security guard. For
self-preservation, he went the reality-show route and became the object
of self-mocking cameos to help bring in some cash. As a gag, he ran for
California's 2003 governorship during its recall election.
In 2007, he married the much younger actress
Shannon Price, whom he met on the set of
the low budget film
Church Ball (2006), but the quickly
marriage dissolved quickly into domestic squabbles that put him in
front of the court system yet again on domestic abuse charges. He later
moved and settled in Utah.
In early 2009, Coleman managed to star in his very last film, the crude
independent comedy
Midgets vs. Mascots (2009)
filmed in Dallas, Texas before the end came. Following heart
surgery complicated by pneumonia in the fall of 2009, he suffered
a heart seizure in February 2010 while performing on a
Hollywood set. The 42-year-old actor died of a brain hemorrhage on May
28, 2010, after suffering an epidural haematoma from a fall at home. A
sad end to a very bright and talented, but very troubled and bitter,
child star who, at his peak, brought such joy to TV audiences.- Actor
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For over three seasons Brendan Wayne has played in "Mandalorian" in Disney+'s flagship series as well as the Book of Boba Fett.
Wayne grew up amidst Hollywood royalty. From Loretta Young to Maureen O'Hara, Wayne was able to look no further than his own aunts and uncles to derive inspiration. His greatest influence, though, continues to be his grandfather, American legend John Wayne. Knowing the high expectations placed on the Wayne family name, Brendan worked hard to hone his craft. Brendan studied at American Academy of Dramatic Arts and then followed in his grandfather's footsteps by attending film school at the University of Southern California.
Wayne began his professional career opposite David Boreanaz on ANGEL. He started his working relationship with Jon Favreau on COWBOYS AND ALIENS alongside Daniel Craig and Olivia Wilde. Wayne has also recurred on SONS OF ANARCHY and MARVEL'S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. He's particularly proud of his work on ANGEL AND THE BADMAN, a remake of a John Wayne movie. He was thrilled to have been able to participate in breathing new life into a project that his grandfather had a large part in creating.
Brendan dedicates his free time to supporting young women's soccer. He has recently
accepted a head coaching position at his local high school. Keeping with his family's Western
traditions, Brendan is also an avid horseman. Brendan is a father to three beautiful girls who
are his absolute life. He has been happily married for more twenty years to actress and acting coach, Sara Arrington.- A superbly versatile character actor of lugubrious countenance and
strong physical presence, Roger was the son of
Charles Lloyd Pack, a frequent
supporting actor in British films of the '50s and '60s. Roger
was educated at Bedales, a prestigious co-educational school in
Hampshire, noted for a laid-back approach and a pronounced emphasis
towards arts, crafts and drama. With inspiration provided by his drama
teacher and rather liking the attention and applause that came with
being on stage, Lloyd Pack managed to attain A-levels in languages.
After leaving school, aged nineteen, he successfully auditioned for
RADA, where one of his teachers was the actor
Peter Barkworth. Soon after, he made his
stage debut in the Elizabethan play "The Shoemaker's Holiday" at
Northampton Repertory Theatre. From the beginning, Lloyd Pack always
thought of becoming a Shakespearean actor. However, his career took him
on quite a different path.
His first television appearances were similar peripheral 'no-name
parts' as cleaners, soldiers and constables. After years of toiling in
relative obscurity, he finally managed to secure a recurring role as
the vacuous, simple-minded road sweeper Colin 'Trigger' Ball in the
sitcom
Only Fools and Horses (1981).
Appearing in nearly every episode of the long-running series, Lloyd
Pack came to be identified with this character in the national
consciousness to such an extent, that he could "not go anywhere without
anyone going on about it".
His next popular casting was no less fortuitous: that of the flatulent,
somewhat seedy farmer Owen Newitt in
The Vicar of Dibley (1994),
lusting after Dawn French's extrovert cleric
(when not entertaining dubious thoughts about farm animals). On the big
screen, Lloyd Pack reached a wider audience as Bartemius Crouch Sr, a
ruthless Ministry of Magic functionary in
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005),
destined to be killed by his Death Eater son, played by
David Tennant. Still more dramatic
was his role as evil megalomaniac John Lumic (who creates an army of
cybermen in his pursuit of immortality) menacing Tennant and company in
the Doctor Who (1963) two-parter
Rise of the Cybermen (2006) and The Age of Steel (2006), set on a parallel Earth.
Lloyd Pack thoroughly enjoyed participating in the iconic series.
Lloyd Pack's theatrical work encompassed performances at the National,
the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal Court. He was much
acclaimed for roles in plays by
Harold Pinter and latterly portrayed the
Duke of Buckingham in "Richard III" at the Globe. On screen, he was
glimpsed as Inspector Mendel in
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
and as a friar, friend of Cardinal Della Rovere, in
The Borgias (2011). The actor was
self-effacing in private life and was much esteemed by his peers. He
was an avid supporter of Tottenham Hotspurs, cricket and left-wing
causes. - Actress
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Brittany Bristow was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress and producer, known for Holiday Date (2019), The Marijuana Conspiracy (2020) and Blizzard (2003). She has been married to Dustin Keating since 16 September 2022.- Actor
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Steve is part of the lead cast in 'The English' a 6-part western mini-series starring Emily Blunt, which airs on BBC/Amazon Prime Video from November 2022. He appears in 'Raised by Wolves', (Ridley Scott for HBO Max); 'The South Westerlies', a 6-part Irish comedy-drama (Deadpan Pictures/Acorn Media) in which he is principal cast; 'The Witcher' (S1 Netflix) playing the nasty 'Boholt'; and he can be seen in the lead role of jazz musician 'Chet Baker' in the Dutch art house feature 'My Foolish Heart' about the days leading up to the jazz legend's death in Amsterdam in 1988. Other notable roles include: Vikings (Einar); Tin Star (Sean) (S3); Rebellion; Moone Boy (Uncle Danny). Steve is also a multi-platinum selling musician, singer and songwriter with legendary Irish bands The Walls and The Stunning.- Actor
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Burt Mustin was a salesman most of his life, but got his first taste of
show business as the host of a weekly radio variety show on KDKA
Pittsburgh in 1921. He appeared onstage in "Detective Story" at
Sombrero Playhouse in Phoenix Arizona, and played the janitor in the
movie version,
(Detective Story (1951)), after
moving to Hollywood. Hundreds of screen appearances later, he announced
his retirement while filming an episode of
Phyllis (1975). In the episode, his
character married Mother Dexter, played by actress
Judith Lowry. Lowry died one month before,
and Mustin died one month after the episode aired.- Paul also played college basketball at Southern Illinois University
Edwardsville from 1992 to 1993, and was a member of the National
Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II Cougars basketball
team. Paul is a member of the Xi Beta Chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon
fraternity at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. He scored a
total of thirty-nine points for the Cougars in limited action during
the 1992-93 season. - Stephanie Courtney is main company member of the famed Groundlings
Theater in Los Angeles, regularly performing in their sketch and improv
shows. She hails from Stony Point, New York. After graduating from the
Neighborhood Playhouse in New York City, she started doing stand up,
which brought her to Los Angeles. She's been invited to perform her
stand up at the Aspen Comedy Festival twice. She also performed in
Aspen in "Those Courtney Girls", a show she co-wrote with her sister,
Jennifer, and in the Mr. Show Tour, "Hooray for America". - Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Jordan is from Fort Worth, Texas and was born early with many health
problems. He had 6 surgeries by the time he was 7 years old. He was
diagnosed with Scoliosis at 2 years old and wore a brace 24 hours a
day. When he was 7 years old his curve had progressed to over 90
degrees and he became the youngest person to undergo a full anterior
and posterior spinal fusion. Jordan fell into acting in regional
theatre at 6 years old in the role of Tiny Tim. He fell in love with
acting, and because of all he had been through at such a young age he
was more mature than most of his peers. His small stature was an
advantage for him as well. He has since performed in over 40
professional theatrical productions in Texas and California, as well as several TV shows and films. In January of 2010 he received an
Associates Degree in Film Acting at the Kim Dawson Conservatory in Dallas.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Audrey Meadows was born in New York City as Audrey Cotter, the youngest of four children. After she was born, her family returned to
Wu'chang, China, where they worked as missionaries. Her family returned
to the US and settled in New England when Audrey was age 6, and she and sister
Jayne Meadows attended an
all-girls boarding school. After high school, Jayne went to NYC with
the goal of becoming an actress and finally convinced her little
sister to join her in show business, but as a singer instead of an
actress. Audrey spent months working on the Broadway show "Top
Banana" and then got a job on The Bob & Ray Show (1951). She
then replaced Pert Kelton as the most famous
and best-loved "Alice Kramden" of
The Honeymooners (1955). After "The Honeymooners" ended, she went on to do films, such as
Take Her, She's Mine (1963) and
That Touch of Mink (1962), and
even portrayed Ted Knight's
mother-in-law in the 1980s sitcom Too Close for Comfort (1980).
But her heart--and ours--will forever remain in that two-burner-stove Chauncey Street kitchen.- Producer
- Actress
- Writer
Linda Marsh was born in New York City. Her father was a physician and her mother was an off-Broadway actress and producer. After attending Bennington College, she appeared in three short-lived off-Broadway productions. In 1963, despite having only two TV episodes to her credit, she was selected by Elia Kazan to play "Thomna Sinnikoglou" in America America (1963) , receiving a Golden Globe nomination for her performance. The following year (1964), she played "Ophelia" on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in John Gielgud's production of Hamlet (1964), which was filmed on-stage and released as a movie. The production boasted, among others, Hamlet (1964), Hume Cronyn, Alfred Drake, and Eileen Herlie.
Subsequent to this stage role, Linda underwent operations to reduce and reshape her nose. From this point in the mid-1960s to the late-1970s, she garnered roles in popular television programs, such as The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964), The Wild Wild West (1965), It Takes a Thief (1968), and I Spy (1965). Outside of guest appearances, she made four feature films and three television movies.
In 1979, after her third appearance on Hawaii Five-O (1968), she was to receive no further screen or TV credits; however, she applied her talents to television production and writing. An article by Jack Gaver in the March 22, 1964 edition of the Pittsburgh Press noted that Marsh had been selected for roles from directors such as Elia Kazan and John Gielgud over many other actresses, some with more experience.- Actress
- Producer
Missy Yager was born on 8 February 1968 in the USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Manchester by the Sea (2016) and Mad Men (2007).- Carolyn Pickles was born on 8 February 1952 in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010), Tess (1979) and The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018).
- Actress
- Producer
Jordan Todosey was born on 8 February 1995 in Ontario, Canada. She is an actress and producer, known for He Never Died (2015), The Pacifier (2005) and Santa Baby (2006).- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Robert Klein was born on 8 February 1942 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Two Weeks Notice (2002), One Fine Day (1996) and The Back-up Plan (2010). He was previously married to Brenda Boozer.- Actress
- Writer
Enid Graham was born on 8 February 1970 in Taylor County, Texas, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Mare of Easttown (2021), Mindhunter (2017) and The Red Line (2019).- Writer
- Producer
- Actor
A graduate of Mississippi State University and Ole Miss Law School,
John Grisham obtained his law degree in 1981 and practiced law for
about 10 years, specializing in criminal defense and personal injury
litigation. He was elected to the Mississippi House of Representatives
in 1983 and served until 1990. He gave up his law practice to write
full-time. He began writing in 1984, and three years later finished his
first novel, "A Time To Kill", published by Wynwood Press in June 1988.
He is the best-selling author of "A Time to Kill", "The Firm", "The
Pelican Brief" and "The Client". He lives with his wife and their two
children on a farm in Oxford, Mississippi.