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Drake Bell was born on June 27, 1986, in Santa Ana, California, USA as Jared Drake Bell. He is an American actor, singer, songwriter, and musician. He is also known as Drake Campana, under which name he records Spanish-language songs. In December 2005, Bell was driving a vehicle that was stopped at a red light when it was struck by an oncoming vehicle. Bell's injuries were severe, including a fractured neck and vertebra, a broken jaw, the loss of seven teeth, and deep lacerations to his face. In June 2021, in Cuyahoga County Court in Ohio, he entered a guilty plea to charges of attempted child endangerment and disseminating matters harmful to juveniles.- Actress
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October 2018 her book Bad Auditions is released online and in stores. In it she tells stories of her own 'bad' auditions, in an irreverent manner, in order to help prepare young actors for the real world of auditioning. It features a foreword by director Michael Lehmann and a cover blurb by Danny Strong.- Actor
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British actor born in London. Emma D'Arcy is an actor and theatre-maker. Emma studied at the Ruskin School of Art. They are also the Joint Artistic Director of the Forward Arena Theatre Company. Their performance on stage in Christopher Shinn's 'Against' alongside actor Ben Whishaw was described as "exceedingly likeable and sensitive"- Actor
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English actor Sam Claflin was born in Ipswich, England, to Susan A.
(Clarke), a classroom assistant, and Mark J. Claflin, a finance
officer. As a child, he was football-mad, often going to see his favorite team, Norwich City. He was a talented footballer, playing for Norwich
schools at city level and Norfolk county level. However, he suffered two broken ankles and at 16 gave up thinking about a footballing career. He
took up performing arts and a teacher from Costessey High School was
impressed with his performance in a school play, and encouraged him to
take up drama. He joined the local youth group at Norwich's Theatre
Royal and went on to gain entry to LAMDA drama school in 2006
graduating with a 3 year acting degree in 2009. He is the 3rd eldest of
4 boys, his older brothers Dan and Ben are not involved in drama but
his younger brother Joe Claflin commenced at
the same drama school in 2009 also doing a 3 year acting degree.
In 2010, Clafin made his debut screen performances in two award-winning
series,
The Pillars of the Earth (2010)
and Any Human Heart (2010).
His film debut came playing footballer Duncan Edwards, one of the
'Busby Babes', in United (2011).
Clafin then came to the attention of cinemagoers across the world when
he was cast as Philip in
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011).
Various roles followed, including Jack in
White Heat (2012) and Prince
William in
Snow White and the Huntsman (2012).
He played Finnick Odair in the sequels The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014), and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015).- Actor
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Moura was born in Salvador, a city located in Northeast Region of Brazil, but grew up in the small town of Rodelas, Bahia. His mother, Alderiva, was a housewife, and his father, José Moura, was a Sergeant in the Brazilian Air Force. At the age of 13, he moved with his family to Salvador, Bahia.
Besides his acting career, Moura is a lyricist and the vocalist of a band named Sua Mãe ("Your Mum"). In 2012, he guest performed as lead vocalist for some Legião Urbana tribute shows, featuring surviving members Marcelo Bonfá and Dado Villa-Lobos.- Actress
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Shining equally bright in both comedic and dramatic roles, Courtney Ford's ability to take on diverse projects has set her career in motion. After a memorable arc on Showtime's Dexter, Ford was named one of the "Top Ten Faces to Watch on Television" by Variety. She was most recently a series regular on one of The CW's most unique shows, Legends of Tomorrow, playing fan favorite Nora Darhk.
Ford has showcased her versatility with guest starring performances on hit shows such as Grey's Anatomy (2005), Criminal Minds (2005), CSI: NY (2004), The Big Bang Theory (2007), Hawaii Five-0 (2010) , and How I Met Your Mother (2005). Her episode of, The Naked Man (2008), received an Emmy Award Nomination. Her season long recurring guest star on Showtime's hit Dexter (2006) as John Lithgow's troubled daughter earned her rave reviews and loyal fan following. On season four of the HBO series True Blood (2008), Ford played Portia Bellefleur, a successful attorney who becomes romantically involved with vampire Bill Compton. In one of the season's most shocking twists, Bill discovers that his lover Portia is actually his great-great-great-great granddaughter, a revelation that stuns them both, as well as the fan community at large.
A formally trained actress, Ford has received training in The Strasberg Method, The Improv Underground and has studied with Andrew Magarian and Lesly Kahn. Courtney Ford is a native of Los Angeles and currently resides there with her husband, Brandon Routh, where they both passionately support and serve as activists for "Service Nation".- Actor
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Tobias Vincent Maguire was born in Santa Monica, California. His parents were 18
and 20, and not yet married, when he was born. His mother, Wendy (Brown), did advertising, publicity, and acting in Hollywood for years as she coached and managed Tobey. His father, Vincent Maguire, was a cook and sometimes a construction worker. Tobey did not finish high school in order to pursue and focus on acting roles, but he did end up getting his GED. He did several commercials (he was a model dancer for Nordstrom by age six), and he had some roles on various TV shows before landing a starring role on the Fox comedy Great Scott! (1992). That role lasted nine weeks before the show was canceled. Fox-made series were not doing well in general at the time. He avoids drugs and alcohol, and his best friend is Leonardo DiCaprio. Tobey is a vegan and studies yoga. He now has two beautiful children with his wife Jennifer Meyer Maguire. Their names are Ruby Sweetheart and Otis Tobias Maguire. Another little known fact is that his two half-brothers, Jopaul and Weston Epp, were the child actors who handed Tobey (Peter Parker) his mask after the train scene in Spider-Man 2.- Actor
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Chandler Riggs was born on 27 June 1999 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Chandler is an actor and director, known for The Walking Dead (2010), A Million Little Things (2018) and Only (2019).- Oliver Stark (born 'Oliver Leon Jones') was born in London, England. His first professional acting job was in the UK Film Council's short film 'Follow', directed by David Alexander. He is best known for his series regular role as Ryder in AMC's Into the Badlands (2015) and Evan 'Buck' Buckley in FOX's First Responder drama '9-1-1'.
- Catherine Chan was born on 27 June 1999 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is an actress, known for Safe (2012).
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India de Beaufort was born in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for Run Fatboy Run (2007), Slumberland (2022) and Kimi (2022). She has been married to Todd Grinnell since 29 August 2015. They have one child.- Actor
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Joseph Sikora was born and raised in the city of Chicago on the far northwest side. He studied acting at the Piven Theatre Workshop in Evanton, Illinois and also at Columbia College, Chicago where he received his B.A. degree in Theatre. He has been nominated for a Joseph Jefferson award for theatre in Chicago and received an Ovation award for theatre in Los Angeles.- Producer
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Jeffrey Jacob Abrams was born in New York City and raised in Los Angeles, the son of TV producer parents. At 15, he wrote the music for Don Dohler's Nightbeast (1982). In his senior year of college, he and Jill Mazursky teamed up to write a feature film, which became Taking Care of Business (1990). He went on to write and produce Regarding Henry (1991) and Forever Young (1992). He also co-wrote Gone Fishin' (1997) with Mazursky. Along with other Sarah Lawrence alumni, he experimented with computer animation and was contracted to develop pre-production animation for Shrek (2001).
Abrams worked on the screenplay for Armageddon (1998) and co-created (as well as composing the opening theme of) Felicity (1998), which ran for four seasons. He founded the production company Bad Robot in 2001 with Bryan Burk. He created and executive-produced Alias (2001) and Lost (2004), composing the theme music for both, and co-writing episodes of "Lost". He also co-wrote and produced thriller Joy Ride (2001). He made his feature directing debut with Mission: Impossible III (2006), reinvigorating the series. He produced the hit mystery film Cloverfield (2008) and co-created Fringe (2008).
He directed the Star Trek (2009) reboot, proving successful with fans and newcomers to the franchise. He next directed Super 8 (2011), co-produced by Steven Spielberg and produced Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011). He returned to direct the follow-up to his reboot, Star Trek Into Darkness (2013). Disney and Lucasfilm announced J.J. as their choice for director of the first episode in the new 'Star Wars' trilogy, Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015). He initially resisted, as he didn't want to travel away from his family to London, but Kathleen Kennedy convinced him that his voice would be the best to reinvigorate this franchise, as he had done with two others before. He also produced Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015) and Star Trek Beyond (2016), and executive-produced Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017). When it was announced that Colin Trevorrow would no longer direct Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019), it was announced that J.J. would return to complete the trilogy he started.- Actress
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Isabelle Yasmine Adjani was born in Gennevilliers, Hauts-de-Seine, a suburb of Paris, to Emma Augusta "Gusti" (Schweinberger) and Mohammed Adjani. Her father was a Kabyle Algerian, from Iferhounène, and her mother was a Bavarian German. She grew up speaking German fluently. After winning a school
recitation contest, she began acting in amateur theater by the age of
twelve. At the age of 14, she starred in her first motion picture,
Le Petit Bougnat (1970). Adjani
has appeared in 30 films since 1970. She holds the record for most
César Award for Best Actress (5), which she won for
Possession (1981),
One Deadly Summer (1983) (aka "One
Deadly Summer"),
Camille Claudel (1988),
Queen Margot (1994) (aka
"Queen Margot") and
Skirt Day (2008)
(aka "Skirt Day"). She was also given a double Cannes Film Festival
Best Actress Award in 1981. She also received two Academy Award
nominations for Best Actress. She performs in French, English, Italian
and German. Adjani was made a Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur in 2010.- Actor
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Christian Kane was born in Dallas, Texas. Christian and his family
moved around a lot throughout the South before settling down in Norman,
Oklahoma. Christian attended the University of Oklahoma where he had
plans to major in Art History. However, Christian wanted to try out acting,
so he took his truck and his life savings of a few hundred dollars and
headed to Hollywood. Christian had many jobs, including mail-room clerk
for a talent agency. His big break came when he played Ryan "Flyboy"
Legget, the male lead, in a new show called
Fame L.A. (1997) based on the hit
movie and 80s TV show. Christian's next role was on the short-lived
Aaron Spelling's
Rescue 77 (1999), where he played
Wick Lobo a.k.a. "Cowboy" because of his radical application of "gutter"
medicine.
In 1999 he played the duplicitous role of Lindsey McDonald, in the popular Horror/Fantasy series Angel (1999). Christian was soon cast as a production assistant in
Edtv (1999) starring
Woody Harrelson as well as a made-for-TV
Western called
Crossfire Trail (2001)
with Tom Selleck.
Kane's TV resume also includes a leading role on Leverage (2008)(2008-2012)
as Eliot Spencer. He also appeared in the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced,
CBS series Close to Home (2005) (2005-2007) and a featured slot in the
Stephen Spielberg/TNT miniseries Into the West (2005). In addition, Kane
made his mark in big-screen films that include Life or Something Like It (2002); Secondhand Lions (2003) in which he was honored to play a young
Robert Duvall;Just Married (2003) where he starred with Ashton Kutcher and
Brittany Murphy ; and Friday Night Lights (2006).
Kane starred in 50 to 1 (2014), along side Skeet Ulrich and William Devane. Kane starred in The Librarians (2014) on TNT, which was produced by Dean Devlin who also produced Leverage (2008). His portrayal of Jake Stone earned him a nomination for Best Supporting Actor on Television with the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror. Christian collaborated with his friend Clayne Crawford on Tinker' (2017) which won him Best Supporting Actor at the Sutter Creek Intl Film Festival. He's also an avid supporter of the Clayne Crawford Foundation.
Christian is well-known for performing his own stunts on most of his shows! Continuing his collaboration with Dean Devlin, he stars as former DEA agent Alex Walker on Almost Paradise (2020) on WGN America and the Leverage: Redemption (2021) reboot for IMDB TV!- Actor
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Edward Jack Peter Westwick is an English actor and musician best known for his role as Chuck Bass on The CW's Gossip Girl as well as Vincent Swan in the TV series White Gold. He made his feature film debut in Children of Men (2006) and has since appeared in the films Breaking and Entering (2006), Son of Rambow (2007), S. Darko (2009), Chalet Girl (2011), J. Edgar (2011), Romeo & Juliet (2013), Bone in the Throat (2015), Freaks of Nature (2015), Billionaire Ransom (2016), and Me You Madness (2021).- Actress
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Kimiko Elizabeth Glenn was born and raised in Phoenix, AZ, where she grew up with
her sister Amanda, and parents Mark and Sumiko. She started doing
theater when she was ten years old at Valley Youth Theatre and there,
began developing her love for performing.
Halfway through her freshman year of college at the Boston
Conservatory, she was cast in the 1st National Tour of Spring
Awakening. After touring for two years, she finally settled her life in
New York.
Since then, she starred as the title role in La Jolla Playhouse's
"Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots", directed by Des McAnuff; and played
the bratty Princess Ssu-Ming in the Playhouse's production of
"The Nightingale", directed by Moisés Kaufman. She was honored to perform at
the Delacorte Theater for Shakespeare in the Park, in The Public's
"Love's Labour's Lost", directed by Alex Timbers. She had a blast
originating the role of Emily in the Off-Broadway production of
Julianne Moore's Freckleface Strawberry and is proud of the many
exciting projects she has been a part of. Favorites include: Behind the
Painting written by Maltby & Shire; Plop, written by Bare's Damon
Intrabartolo; Yeast Nation from the creators of Urintetown at the NY
Fringe festival '11; Crossing Over as part of the National Asian
Artists' Project; and the staged reading of Cheer Wars -- her very
first New York job.
Kimiko has also appeared in feature films Construction (2021); Nous York (2012); and
Hair Brained (2013) starring Brendan Fraser & Parker Posey; and the
movie-musical short, Galaxy Comics, by director Kevin McMullin. You may
have seen her in the 2011 Disney/ABC Diversity Showcase directed by Ted
Sluberski and Joe Ward. She was thrilled to shoot NBCUniversal's
half-hour comedy pilot Holding Patterns; and will be joining the cast
of Orange Is the New Black (2013), a Netflix series, as Brook Soso.- Alanna Masterson (born June 27, 1988) is an American actress who is known for her role as Tara Chambler in the AMC television series The Walking Dead.
Masterson was born on Long Island, New York to Carol Masterson (a manager) and Joe Reaiche, a Lebanese Australian former rugby league player with the Sydney Roosters and the South Sydney Rabbitohs. She is the younger sister to her full brother, Jordan Masterson, and two half-brothers, Danny Masterson, Christopher Masterson. The family later relocated to Los Angeles, California. She grew up around and was influenced by her older brothers who both starred in popular television shows in the late 1990s to early 2000s. Masterson's passion for acting came from spending a lot of time on set with her brothers and seeing the filming process.
Masterson has recently appeared as Tara Chambler on the AMC series The Walking Dead, having debuted in the show's fourth season. Masterson was promoted to a series regular for the fifth season and was added to the main credits in the seventh season. She had a recurring role in the fourth season of the ABC series Mistresses.
On November 4, 2015, Masterson gave birth to her first child, a daughter named Marlowe, with then-boyfriend Brick Stowell. - Actress
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Madylin Anne-Michele Sweeten is an American actress, best known for her portrayal of Alexandra "Ally" Barone on the popular family sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond (1996-2005). Sweeten was born on June 27, 1991, in Brownwood, Brown County, Texas, the eldest of four children born to Timothy Lynn "Tim" Sweeten and Elizabeth Anne Gini (nee Millsap).
Her younger siblings include her sister Maysa Sweeten and twin brothers, the late Sawyer Sweeten and Sullivan Sweeten, and, by her mother's remarriage to Jerry Gini, she has four half-sisters, Elliette Gini, Emma Gini, Guiliana Gini, and Jaymeson Gini.- Actor
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Martin Sensmeier is an American Actor and Producer from the Alaskan Native Tribes, Tlingit as well as Koyukon-Athabascan. He was raised in the village of Yakutat, Alaska.
He is best known for his roles in the Magnificent Seven, Wind River, Yellowstone and Westworld. He next can be seen in Netflix' Mini-Series The Liberator and The Feature Film The Last Manhunt opposite Jason Momoa.- Matthew Lewis was born on 27 June 1989 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011), Me Before You (2016) and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001). He has been married to Angela Jones since 28 May 2018.
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Jeremy Swift is an English actor born in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham in 1960, who has most
recently been seen in 'Mary Poppins Returns' directed by Rob Marshall for Disney.
Jeremy has also worked with legendary film directors such as Roman Polanski (Oliver Twist),
Robert Altman (Gosford Park) and The Wachowski Siblings (Jupiter Ascending).
His professional career began touring a revue show to prisons and borstals and
throughout his 20's Jeremy worked mainly in theatre including The National Theatre
(What The Butler Saw) and the West End (Abigail's Party).
Jeremy moved more into television in his 30's with roles in Vanity Fair and cult show The
Smoking Room (BBC) then in his 40's into major feature films such as Gosford
Park, Amazing Grace, Oliver Twist, Fred Claus and Jupiter
Ascending.
He is known internationally for his role in Downton Abbey, in which he
played Mr. Spratt (Maggie Smiths butler) and Foyle's War, in which he played
Glenvil Harris.
Jeremy is married to the actress Mary
Roscoe. (q v )They have 2 children and live in London.- Actor
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Terry Serpico was born on 27 June 1964 in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), Yellowstone (2018) and Army Wives (2007). He has been married to Kadia Saraf since 8 June 2022. He was previously married to Erin M. Goodwin.- Actor
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Ruy Iskandar was born on 27 June 1984. He is an actor and director, known for Yes Day (2021), Gotham (2014) and Rex (2016).- Actor
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Michael Reilly Burke was born on 27 June 1964 in Marin County, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Ted Bundy (2002), The Collector (2009) and Mars Attacks! (1996). He has been married to Kayren Butler since October 2008. They have two children.- Actor
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Tony Leung Chiu Wai was born in Hong Kong on 27 June 1962. He and his
younger sister were raised by their mother after his father left them.
In 1982, after passing the training courses of TVB, Tony became a TV
actor and became famous for his comedy style in such TV shows as
Tales of a Eunuch (1983) or
The Proud Twins (1979).
However, he didn't limit himself to television and began showing his
versatility in films like
My Heart Is That Eternal Rose (1989)
and A City of Sadness (1989).
After he starred in several movies directed by
'Kar wai Wong'; such as
Chungking Express (1994) and
Happy Together (1997), he
gained more respect as an actor and finally received the Best Actor
Award at the Cannes International Film Festival for his outstanding
performance in
In the Mood for Love (2000). In
addition to his acting career, he is also known as a singer.- Robert Newman is perhaps best known for his 28-year run as Joshua Lewis on the longest running program in broadcasting history, Guiding Light. The role garnered him 2 Daytime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series.
He has recently guest starred on House of Cards, Chicago Fire, Homeland, Criminal Minds, NCIS, and Law and Order: SVU. Film credits include Amazing Spider-Man 2, Dracano, and the short film Deadline, which earned him the Best Actor award at the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival in 2015.
Off-Broadway Credits include Perfect Crime, She's of a Certain Age, Sessions: the Musical, and Quiet on the Set.
Most recent regional credits include Kiss Me Kate, Hairspray, Noises Off, The Civil War, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (With Kim Zimmer), The Lion In Winter (With Kim Zimmer), Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame, the world premiere of Naked Influence, Stephen Sondheim's Putting It Together, Other Desert Cities, Man of La Mancha, Gypsy (With Tovah Feldshuh and with Kim Zimmer), Love Letters, Fiddler on the Roof, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Deathtrap, Peter Pan, Shenandoah, Curtains, Annie, Nine, A Little Night Music, The Full Monty, and Sylvia (which he also directed.) - Actor
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The stocky-framed, lookalike son of singing legend
Bing Crosby who had that same bemused,
forlorn look, fair hair and jug ears, Gary was the eldest of four sons
born to the crooner and his first wife singer/actress
Dixie Lee. The boys' childhood was an
intensely troubled one with all four trying to follow in their father's
incredibly large footsteps as singers and actors. As youngsters, they
briefly appeared with Bing as themselves in
Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
and Duffy's Tavern (1945). Gary
proved to be the most successful of the four, albeit a minor one. As a
teen, he sang duet on two songs with his famous dad, "Sam's Song" and
"Play a Simple Melody," which became the first double-sided gold record
in history. He and his brothers also formed their own harmonic singing
group "The Crosby Boys" in subsequent years but their success was
fleeting. Somewhere in the middle of all this Gary managed to attend
Stanford University, but eventually dropped out.
Gary concentrated a solo acting career in the late 50s and appeared
pleasantly, if unobtrusively, in such breezy, lightweight fare as
Mardi Gras (1958),
Holiday for Lovers (1959),
A Private's Affair (1959),
Battle at Bloody Beach (1961)
(perhaps his best role),
Operation Bikini (1963), and
Girl Happy (1965) with
Elvis Presley. Making little leeway, he
turned to TV series work.
The Bill Dana Show (1963)
and Adam-12 (1968) as Officer Ed
Wells kept him occasionally busy in the 60s and early 70s, also
guesting on such shows as
The Twilight Zone (1959)
and Matlock (1986). Getting only so
far as a modestly-talented Crosby son, Gary's erratic career was
hampered in large part by a long-standing alcohol problem that began in
his teens. In 1983, Gary published a "Daddy Dearest" autobiography
entitled "Going My Own Way," an exacting account of the severe physical
and emotional abuse he and his brothers experienced at the hands of his
overly stern and distant father, who had died back in 1977. Mother
Dixie, an alcoholic and recluse, died long before of ovarian cancer in
1952. All four boys went on to have lifelong problems with the bottle,
with Gary hitting bottom several times. The tell-all book estranged
Gary from the rest of his immediate family and did nothing to
rejuvenate his stalled career. Two of his brothers,
Dennis Crosby and
Lindsay Crosby, later committed suicide.
Gary was divorced from his third wife and was about to marry a fourth
when he learned he had lung cancer. He died on August 24, 1995, two
months after the diagnosis.- Sistine Rose Stallone was born on 27 June 1998 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for 47 Meters Down: Uncaged (2019), Midnight in the Switchgrass (2021) and Scavenger Hunt.
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Richard Dimitri was born on 27 June 1942 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Johnny Dangerously (1984), Let It Ride (1989) and Daddy Dearest (1993).- Actress
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Shirley Anne Field was one of Britain's most highly respected actresses. She starred opposite Laurence Olivier, Albert Finney, Steve McQueen, Michael Caine, Daniel Day-Lewis and Ned Beatty in such classic films as The Entertainer, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, The War Lover, Alfie, My Beautiful Laundrette and Hear My Song.
As a teenager, she returned to London, her birthplace. She worked as a photographic model to pay her way through acting school, and had small parts in films. Her break came when she was cast as Tina the Beauty Queen opposite Sir Laurence Oliver in The Entertainer. She credited Tony Richardson, the director, with starting her (proper) career.
Her role as "Doreen" in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning soon followed. Only 22 years old, Shirley Anne was a major film star. Her next movie, Man in the Moon, was featured in a Royal Command Performance. This resulted in her name being above the title in all the major cinemas around Leicester Square. Apparently this is a record to this day.
A friend of Richardson told Shirley how Tony and he had gone to Leicester Square to see her name in lights. She worked with Albert Finney at the Royal Court in Lindsay Anderson production of The Lily White Boys. They later worked together again, on Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, written by Alan Sillitoe.
Hollywood was paying attention. Shirley Anne was cast as the female lead in The War Lover opposite Steve McQueen and Robert Wagner. Then she starred in a Hollywood blockbuster, Kings of the Sun, with Yul Brynner and George Chakiris, filmed in Mexico.
She interspersed her film career with theatre and TV performances in Britain and around the world. She played the lead in Wait until Dark in South Africa. She played the part of "Pamela" in the U.S. television drama Santa Barbara.
In the 1980s, she met up again with Stephen Frears, with whom she had worked when they were both beginners at the Royal Court. He cast her in My Beautiful Laundrette which was a big success and a breakthrough movie Her next big film was Hear My Song, as Cathleen Doyle, was made in the 1990s.
In recent years, she toured in theatre productions such as The Cemetery Club and Five Blue Hair Ladies Sitting on a Green Park Bench. Late in her career, she appeared alongside Flora Spencer Longhurst in Beautiful Relics, a short film directed by Adrian Hedgecock.- Actor
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Anthony Howell was born in 1971 in the Lake District in England. He
trained to be an actor at the 'Drama Centre.' His acting debut came
when he went on a world tour with Robert Lepage's 'Geometry of
Miracles'. Then came
Wives and Daughters (1999).
Along with his TV work, he took a year out and appeared in the
1999-2000 RSC season in Stratford-Upon-Avon, where he took major roles
in the three main plays of that season: Orlando in 'As You Like It',
Benvolio in 'Romeo and Juliet' and Antipholous of Ephesus in 'The
Comedy of Errors'.
More recently, he has taken up the role of Paul Milner in
_"Foyle's War" (2002) and is currently filming series two.- Actress
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Kathryn Beaumont was just ten years old when she was chosen for the
voice of Alice, in Disney's animated version of the classic children's
tale,
Alice in Wonderland (1951).
Walt Disney was so impressed with Kathryn's
long curly blonde hair, sparkling eyes and acting ability, that he
chose her as the model for Alice.- Actress
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- Script and Continuity Department
Meera Syal was born on 27 June 1961 in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Yesterday (2019), Beautiful Thing (1996) and You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010). She has been married to Sanjeev Bhaskar since 21 January 2005. They have one child. She was previously married to Chandra Shekhar Bhatia.- Actress
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Kelley Jakle is an actress and singer/songwriter from Sacramento, CA.
As the only girl in a family with two older brothers, Kelley held her own playing competitive soccer, basketball and swimming. However, it was acting and singing that eventually consumed her interest, beginning with The Sacramento Children's Chorus. She soon started giving impromptu performances of the National Anthem at swim meets and local parades, which turned into solo performances for the Sacramento River Cats and the NBA's Sacramento Kings. After competing against hundreds of contestants from around the country, Kelley was also selected to sing in front of thousands of fans and a national television audience for the SF 49ers.
In high school, Kelley starred in stage productions that varied from satirical comedies such as Urinetown (as Hope Cladwell) and The Princess Bride (as Princess Buttercup), to poignant and thought-provoking works like The Laramie Project (as Catherine Connolly). Her music development flourished, as she wrote songs inspired by the likes of Andrew McMahon, Michelle Branch and Sheryl Crow, while accompanying herself on the piano. By her junior year Kelley produced her first self-titled CD, Spare Change, containing five original songs. This was followed by a self-titled album with her band, By the Way.
As the founder of her high school a cappella group, it was no surprise when Kelley chose to attend the University of Southern California and become a member of the SoCal VoCals - USC's premiere a cappella group. The VoCals won the coveted International Competition of collegiate Acappella in New York City twice during her time in the group.
The national television spotlight soon found Kelley when the SoCals were chosen to appear on the first season of the NBC vocal competition series, "The Sing-Off". Kelley was back again for season two, this time making it to the finals a member of the Backbeats, a group comprised of vocal performers from USC, UCLA and BYU.
After graduating with honors, Kelley remains in Los Angeles pursuing a career in music as well as in television and film. In addition to her debut role as a member of the Barden Bellas in the 2012 mega-hit 'Pitch Perfect,' she appeared in Warner Brothers/Legendary Pictures '42', the Jackie Robinson biopic helmed by Oscar winner Brian Helgeland. She has appeared on Comedy Central's "Workaholics" and "Adam Devine's House Party."- Actress
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Emma Kate Lahana was born in Auckland, New Zealand on 27 June 1984. She
became involved in the arts at a very young age doing ballet and
broadened her dancing to jazz, tap and modern styles. She also learnt
to play the violin but once in high school became involved in drama as
well as singing. It was here that she auditioned for a long-running New
Zealand TV soap,
Shortland Street (1992) and
was surprised to be given the part of "Erin Kingston" which she played
for 2 seasons. She performed in many lead roles in musicals for ACMT.
In 2002, she starred in the Disney movie
You Wish! (2003) and, in
2003, landed a lead role in
Power Rangers DinoThunder (2004)
as Kira Ford/The Yellow Ranger. Emma is currently in the US recording
music for her first CD.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Director
Janusz Kaminski is a Polish cinematographer and film director. He has established a partnership with Steven Spielberg, working as a cinematographer on his movies since 1993. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on Schindler's List (1993) and Saving Private Ryan (1998).
His other film's as an cinematographer includes Amistad (1997), A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), Catch Me If You Can (2002), The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007), War Horse (2011), Lincoln (2012), Bridge of Spies (2015), The BFG (2016), and Ready Player One (2018).- Actor
- Soundtrack
John McIntire possessed the requisite grit, craggy features and crusty,
steely-eyed countenance to make for one of television and film's most
durable supporting players of western settings. Born in Spokane,
Washington in 1907 and the son of a lawyer, he grew up in Montana where
he learned to raise and ride broncos on the family homestead. After two
years at USC, he spent some time out at sea before turning his
attentions to entertainment and the stage. As a radio announcer, he
gained quite a following announcing on the "March of Time" broadcasts.
In the late 1940s, John migrated west and found a niche for himself in
rugged oaters and crimers. Normally the politicians, ranchers and
lawmen he portrayed could be counted on for their integrity, maturity
and worldly wise, no-nonsense approach to life such as in
Black Bart (1948),
Down to the Sea in Ships (1949),
The Asphalt Jungle (1950),
Saddle Tramp (1950) and
The World in His Arms (1952).
However, director Anthony Mann
tapped his versatility and gave him a few shadier, more interesting
villains to play in two of his top-notch western films:
Winchester '73 (1950) and
The Far Country (1954) and a kindhearted role in
The Tin Star (1957).
Television helped John gain an even stronger foothold in late 1950s
Hollywood. Although his character departed the first season of the
Naked City (1958) program, he
became a familiar face in two other classic western series. He won the
role of Christopher Hale in 1961 after
Wagon Train (1957) series' star
Ward Bond died, and then succeeded the late
Charles Bickford in
The Virginian (1962) in 1967
playing Bickford's brother, Clay Grainger, for three years.
John's deep, dusty, resonant voice was utilized often for narratives
and documentaries. In the ensuing years, he and his longtime wife,
actress Jeanette Nolan, became the
Ossie Davis and
Ruby Dee of the sagebrush set,
appearing together as the quintessential frontier couple for decades
and decades. They were married for 56 years until John's death of
emphysema in 1991. They both outlived their son,
Tim McIntire, a strapping, imposing
actor himself, who died in 1986 of heart problems.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Shannon Purser is an American actress, known to audiences for her roles in the series Stranger Things (2016) as Barbara "Barb" Holland, and CW's teen drama Riverdale (2017) as "Ethel Muggs". She was born on June 27, 1997, in Atlanta, Georgia, where she worked at a movie theatre. She switched her focus on a career in acting. After making her screen debut in 2016 on "Stranger Things", other television projects soon followed, including "Riverdale" (2017) and a pilot for a series called Rise (2018). Between television projects, Shannon made her film debut in the fantasy-horror venture Wish Upon (2017). She quickly joined the cast for the 2018 series Final Space (2018) and the 2018 comedy Life of the Party (2018), and landed her first leading role, in the 2018 comedy Sierra Burgess Is a Loser (2018).- Writer
- Director
- Actor
Krzysztof Kieslowski graduated from Lódz Film School in 1969, and
became a documentary, TV and feature film director and scriptwriter.
Before making his first film for TV,
Przejscie podziemne (1974)
(The Underground Passage), he made a number of short documentaries. His
next TV title, Personnel (1975)
(The Staff), took the Grand Prix at Mannheim Film Festival. His first
full-length feature was The Scar (1976) (The
Scar). In 1978 he made the famous documentary
From a Night Porter's Point of View (1979)
(Night Porter's Point of View), and in 1979 - a feature
Camera Buff (1979) (Camera Buff), which was
acclaimed in Poland and abroad. Everything he did from that point was
of highest artistic quality.- Jay Karnes was born in Omaha, NE and attended the University of Kansas,
where he studied theatre, history, and political science. He has
performed extensively in the regional theater, including in The
Tempest, Two Noble Kinsman, Richard II, Macbeth, Coriolanus, Love's
Labor's Lost, and Tom Stoppard's Arcadia, as a company member at The
Oregon Shakespeare Festival; Dealing with Claire, The Birthday Party,
The Seagull, Dangerous Corner, and The Tavern, with the Matrix Theater
Company in Los Angeles; Richard III, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Jekyll,
and The Tempest, at the Missouri Repertory Theatre; Neil LaBute's
Filthy Talk for Troubled Times, directed by the author at the Westside
dance project in New York; as well as roles at the Milwaukee Repertory
Theater, South Coast Repertory Theater, Nebraska Shakespeare Festival,
and the California Shakespeare Festival, among others.
In the late 1990s, Jay began working in television and film, and is
perhaps best known for his portrayal of detective Holland "Dutch"
Wagenbach in the Golden Globe winning drama "The Shield."
Jay is married to actress Julia Campbell and the couple have twins, a
boy and a girl. - Actor
- Soundtrack
Mitchell Hope was born on 27 June 1994 in Melbourne, Australia. He is an actor, known for Descendants (2015), Let It Snow (2019) and Descendants 2 (2017).- Actor
- Producer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Lean-faced, intense-looking, German-born, Canada-raised Paul Koslo was
at his busiest during the 1970s, usually playing shifty, untrustworthy
and often downright nasty characters. He first broke into films at age
22 in the low-budget Little White Crimes (1966), and then appeared in a rush of movies
taking advantage of his youthful looks, including cult favorites
Vanishing Point (1971) and The Omega Man (1971), and the western Joe Kidd (1972), martial arts
blaxploitation flick Cleopatra Jones (1973) and crime thriller The Stone Killer (1973). After working
alongside such stars as John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Walter Matthau and Charles Bronson, Koslo's
career drifted towards television, and in the 1980s he regularly
guest-starred on such TV series as The Incredible Hulk (1977), The A-Team (1983), Matlock (1986), MacGyver (1985)
and The Fall Guy (1981). Unfortunately, most of his film work in the 1990s and
beyond was "straight-to-video" fare, such as Chained Heat 2 (1993) and Inferno (1999). Koslo
is well remembered by many as smart-mouthed small-time hood Bobby
Kopas, trying to shake down melon grower Charles Bronson in
Mr. Majestyk (1974).- Actress
- Writer
Erin Agostino was born on 27 June 1985 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She is an actress and writer, known for Christmas by Candlelight (2023), The Jinglebell Jubilee (2023) and Christmas on Windmill Way (2023).- Music Artist
- Actress
- Composer
H.E.R. was born on 27 June 1997 in Vallejo, California, USA. She is a music artist and actress, known for Judas and the Black Messiah (2021), The Color Purple (2023) and Yes Day (2021).- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Los Angeles, California, native Roshawn Franklin is living out his childhood dreams in the recurring role of 'Special Agent Trevor Hobbs' on Dick Wolf's hit CBS show "FBI." The procedural drama follows the inner workings of the New York office of the FBI. Having previously read for "Chicago PD," "Chicago Fire," and other Dick Wolf productions, Franklin was known throughout the casting office when he came in to read for the role of 'Agent Hobbs.' It was there, in New York City, that he read for head casting director Jonathan Strauss and landed the role in one audition.
At the age of fourteen, Roshawn Franklin and his friend were cracking jokes in a Hollywood elevator. Unbeknownst to them, they were sharing the elevator with a talent agent who ultimately gave Franklin his card and invited him to the office. That day, he signed with the agency on the spot. About six months later, he landed his first gig: a Lays commercial alongside Shaquille O'Neal. Soon, the hobby that he had as a child would turn into something he knew he wanted to pursue professionally.
Aside from television, his first major film debut was the role of 'James' in the film "What Men Want," starring Taraji P. Henson. He hopes to mirror Denzel Washington's career and follow his footsteps into drama and action films. As a child, he was always watching films like "Men in Black," or anything with Will Smith. As those were some of his best childhood memories, he wants to aim his film career towards projects that can mirror those movies he used to immerse himself in as a child; something that can help people escape their regular life and infuse them into a world they wish they were a part of. Action films excited the child in him, which is why he loves acting on procedural dramas like "FBI."
When Roshawn Franklin isn't acting, he is an amateur boxer. He has also launched his YouTube channel under his name. He is an avid supporter of the Boys and Girls Club because he was a member himself as a child and is setting his sights on other organizations that help inner-city children. In the future, he hopes to someday work with the likes of Denzel Washington and Daniel Day-Lewis, two actors that he studies regularly to help contribute to his own acting skills. He would also love to work with directors like Christopher Nolan or Ryan Coogler, as well as other small up-and-coming directors that he is always finding. In the next five years, Franklin sees himself as a series regular on a network television show as well as doing more films. In 2020, he is writing a feature film that he hopes to shoot within the next five years, alongside a short film that he is aiming to shoot within the next 6 months.- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Yancey Arias was born in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, New York
City. At the age of twelve his first experience in entertainment was
when his grandmother threw him on stage to sing a song for a
neighborhood talent show at Henry Street Settlement in downtown
Manhattan.
Yancey was discovered by Professor James Green at Saint John's Prep
High School in Astoria, Queens, New York. Green then introduced Yancey
to Stage Door Manor in Loch Sheldrake, New York, where he studied
theater under Jack Romano every summer, and in winter with fellow
actors Vincent Laresca,
Christian J. Meoli, and
Josh Charles.
During his last two years at Moore Catholic High School in Staten
Island, New York, Under the supervision of Fran Jorin and Mrs. Sparago
Yancey won first-place honors in New York City on the forensics team,
and took third in the nation for the drama category. Yancey went on to
study theater in college at Carnegie Mellon University. On his way back
to his junior year, he was discovered by the producers of Miss Saigon
on Broadway and left school to join the cast for the next five years.
During his years on Broadway, he continued his studies with Alan
Savage, and Yancey honors that relationship greatly for having given
him so much continued care and knowledge. In 2000, Yancey Joined the
cast of George C. Wolfe's "The Wild
Party" with Eartha Kitt,
Toni Collette, and
Mandy Patinkin.
During his years on Broadway, he had the opportunity to work on several
TV series as a guest star. He starred in and co-produced two
independent films,
Destination Unknown (1997)
and Home Invaders (2001), which
helped pave the way to his eventual move to Los Angeles. In 2002,
Yancey had the privilege to be discovered by
David Mills and
Allen Coulter; Mills cast him in
the title role of Miguel Cadena in the hit NBC miniseries
Kingpin (2003). Yancey continued to
thrive in television and film. Soon after the completion of that show,
he was given the opportunity to work in many projects with such greats
as Edward James Olmos in
American Family (2002) and
Andre Braugher in
Thief (2006), to name a few. Today,
Yancey continues to excel as an actor in film and TV. He has added
directing, writing, and producing to his experience as an artist. Recently he stared in the hit USA series "Queen Of The South" as General Cortez.
Yancey is grateful to every
agent and manager who has helped him over the years, such as Jean Fox of Fox and Albert Management,
Jean Fox,
Chris Henze at Thruline Entertainment, the
Paradigm agency, APA, and now Matt Luber and
April Lim at GAA . He continued his studies with Alan Savage in New
York, and Catlin Adams and 'Howard Fine'
(III) in Los Angeles. Yancey honors his family, mentors, and God for
all the support, love, and education he has received over the years.
Yancey and his wife Anna welcomed to the world their first son
Jiancarlo Arias. A few years later they also welcomed to the world their daughter Giovanna Arias.- Actress
- Producer
Martina Garcia was born and raised in Bogota, Colombia.She is fluent in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and a bit of Italian.She has baccalaureate diploma in literature from Lycée Français Louis Pasteur. She also have a Diploma in Acting from London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
In 2010, she was a member of the Feature Film Jury of the Festival Biarritz.- Kenneth "Ken" Marshall was born on June 27, 1950 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor. He gained international attention for playing the title role in the Italian-based historical TV-series Marco Polo (1982), with Burt Lancaster and Leonard Nimoy. Other Italian productions were Liliana Cavani's The Skin (1981) and Sergio Sollima's Berlin '39 (1993). He is especially known for his roles in science-fictions films and TV-series such as Krull 1983 and Quantum Leap 1989. In 1997 he received a nomination (OFTA Television Award) for best male actor as Lt. Commander Michael Eddington in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
- Actor
- Stunts
- Director
Taimak was born on 27 June 1964 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and director, known for The Last Dragon (1985), Dreamers (1999) and Repeat Offenders: Jamais Vu (2011).