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Jamie Dornan was born on 1 May 1982 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for The Fall (2013), A Private War (2018) and Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021). He has been married to Amelia Warner since 27 April 2013. They have three children.- Director
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Wesley Wales Anderson was born in Houston, Texas. His mother, Texas Ann (Burroughs), is an archaeologist turned real estate agent, and his father, Melver Leonard Anderson, worked in advertising and PR. He has two brothers,
Eric and Mel. Anderson's parents divorced when he was a young child, an
event that he described as the most crucial event of his brothers and his
growing up. During childhood, Anderson also began writing plays and
making super-8 movies. He was educated at Westchester High School and
then St. John's, a private prep school in Houston, Texas, which was
later to prove an inspiration for the film
Rushmore (1998).
Anderson attended the University of Texas in Austin, where he majored
in philosophy. It was there that he met
Owen Wilson. They became friends and
began making short films, some of which aired on a local cable-access
station. One of their shorts was
Bottle Rocket (1993), which starred
Owen and his brother Luke Wilson.
The short was screened at the Sundance Film Festival, where it was
successfully received, so much so that they received funding to make a
feature-length version.
Bottle Rocket (1996) was not a
commercial hit, but it gained a cult audience and high-profile fans,
which included Martin Scorsese.
Success followed with films such as
Rushmore (1998),
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004),
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
and an animated feature,
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009). The
latter two films earned Anderson Oscar nominations.- Actress
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Julie Benz was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA on May 1, 1972. Julie's father is a Pittsburgh surgeon and her mother is a figure skater. The family settled in nearby Murrysville, when Julie was two, and she started ice skating at age three. She competed in the 1988 U.S. Championships in junior ice dancing with her partner David Schilling, coming in 13th. Her older brother and sister, Jeffrey and Jennifer, were 1987 U.S. Junior Champions in ice dancing and competed internationally. When Julie was 14, she had a bad stress fracture and had to take time off.
By 1989, with her figure skating career over, Julie turned to acting and got involved in the local theater where she got a role in the play "Street Law". Her first movie role was a small credited speaking part in the Black Cat segment of the Dario Argento/George A. Romero co-direction horror flick, Two Evil Eyes (1990), playing in one scene alongside Harvey Keitel. A year later, she got a role on a TV show called Hi Honey, I'm Home (1991).
After graduating from high school, Julie entered New York University to study acting there. After graduation, Julie moved to Los Angeles to further pursue her career and landed some small roles in movies and TV shows including a guest appearance on Married... with Children (1987) and in the Aaron Spelling TV pilot Crosstown Traffic (1995).
In 1996, Julie auditioned for the role of "Buffy" in the series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997), but lost out to Sarah Michelle Gellar. However, she was offered a small role as a vampire girl in which she did such a good job that her part was expanded to a few more episodes in playing the vampire "Darla". With that, Julie Benz's career had finally taken off. She reprised her role as "Darla" in the Buffy spin-off series Angel (1999) for two years and has had several small roles in various film productions. She also had a small, but memorable, role playing a receptionist in the movie As Good as It Gets (1997).
Even after her role on Angel (1999) wrapped up, Julie continued to find work on television in playing many guest staring roles in numerous popular TV shows from CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000), to Supernatural (2005), to playing the lead and supporting roles in various made-for-TV movies. She landed another notable role on the TV-cable series Dexter (2006) playing "Rita", a troubled divorcée and lover of the title character played by Michael C. Hall. Benz played a leading role in the TV series No Ordinary Family (2010) playing Stephanie Powell along with actors Michael Chiklis, Kay Panabaker, Jimmy Bennett, Autumn Reeser, Romany Malco, and Stephen Collins.
In 2013, she had the starring role in the sci-fi / fantasy breakout hit show Defiance (2013).- Actress
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Kerry Lynne Bishé is a New Zealand-born American actress, known for her lead role as Donna Clark in the AMC television series Halt and Catch Fire (2014). Bishé played the lead/narrator role on the final season of ABC's medical sitcom Scrubs (2001) and starred in the critically acclaimed drama film Argo (2012).
Bishé was born in New Zealand, and shortly afterward, she and her family moved to Glen Ridge, New Jersey. She graduated from Montclair Kimberley Academy (where her father, Kenneth Bishé, taught social studies) in 2002, and then studied at Northwestern University.
Bishé toured professionally with Montana Shakespeare in the Parks during the summer of 2004, performing the role of Juliet in Romeo and Juliet. She also appeared in a 2006 production of Eugene O'Neill's The Hairy Ape and in the Roundabout revival of Shaw's Pygmalion.
Bishé made her screen debut in 2007, when she portrayed Sarah Rosen in The Half Life of Mason Lake (2007), a low-budget production. After appearances as an extra in the film adaptation of Sex and the City (2008) and The Lucky Ones (2008), and a small role in The Understudy (2008), Bishé was cast in Night Life (2008), a TV movie directed by Scrubs star Zach Braff. The production did not make Bishé well-known, but did introduce her to Zach Braff, with whom she later worked on Scrubs (2001).
Bishé was busy in 2009 with television roles, appearing in an episode of the US version of Life on Mars (2008), an episode of cable TV series Royal Pains (2009), and a lead role in the TV movie made from the failed pilot of the proposed sci-fi series Virtuality (2009).
In December 2009, Bishé assumed the lead role on ABC medical sitcom Scrubs (2001), that of Lucy Bennett, the show's new narrator, taking over from Zach Braff. ABC cancelled the show on May 14, 2010. Bishé co-starred in the independent movie, Nice Guy Johnny (2010), with Edward Burns and Matt Bush. She also played a supporting role in Kevin Smith's horror film Red State (2011) and Ben Affleck's drama film Scoot McNairy. Bishé co-starred in the independent movie, Grand Piano (2013), with Elijah Wood.
From 2014 to 2017, Bishé starred as Donna Clark in the acclaimed AMC television drama series, Halt and Catch Fire (2014). By coincidence, her character's husband in Halt and Catch Fire (2014) is portrayed by actor Scoot McNairy, who also played her spouse in Argo (2012). In season three of the Netflix Original series, Narcos (2015), she portrays the recurring role of Cristina Jurado, the American wife of the Cali Cartel's Harvard-educated money launderer Franklin Jurado.- James Badge Dale was born on 1 May 1978 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for The Departed (2006), 13 Hours (2016) and World War Z (2013).
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Joanna Lumley was born on 1 May, 1946 in Kashmir, India, to British parents, Thya Beatrice Rose (Weir) and James Rutherford Lumley. Her father was a major in the Gurkha Rifles, and she spent most of her early childhood in the Far East where her father was posted.
An aspiring actress, she first came to fame as a model in London's swinging 1960s, where she was photographed by the greats, including her friend, the late Patrick Lichfield. She was designer Jean Muir's muse and house model for several years before carving a career as a freelance model where she became one of the top ten most-booked models of the 1960s.
Lumley's breakthrough role was as Purdey in The New Avengers (1976), a role for which over 800 girls auditioned. Purdey propelled Lumley to instant fame and created one of the "must-have" hairstyles of the 1970s -- the Purdey bob. Lumley became a pin-up figure for a generation of British males who grew up watching her as the high-kicking action girl.
Other roles followed, most notably as Sapphire in Sapphire & Steel (1979) opposite David McCallum -- a sci-fi precursor to The X-Files (1993) and an under-rated gem of a series which has gained a cult following in recent years, despite the fact it has only ever been shown ONCE on terrestrial TV. During the 1980s, Lumley returned to the theater, making notable appearances as "Hedda Gabler" and as "Elvira" in "Blithe Spirit" -- a role that seems tailor-made for her. Lumley also made appearances in several films, including Trail of the Pink Panther (1982), Curse of the Pink Panther (1983), and a screen-stealing role in Shirley Valentine (1989).
It was her reinvention as a comic actress in Absolutely Fabulous (1992) that shot Lumley to wider international acclaim. Her role as Patsy in Absolutely Fabulous (1992) is regarded as one of the greatest female comic performances ever, earning Lumley a stream of awards, including several BAFTAs. Since Absolutely Fabulous (1992), Lumley has cemented her role as one of the UK's most-loved & respected actresses. She is rarely off UK TV screens and has also built a successful film career as a character/voice-over actress.
She recently teamed up with the writer/director Hugo Blick for the series of acclaimed monologues Up in Town (2002) which were critically regarded as the performance of a lifetime, and the recent Sensitive Skin (2005).
In 2007, she returned to the stage for the first time in over a decade in a production of Anton Chekhov's "The Cherry Orchard", directed by Sir Jonathan Miller.- Actor
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Nicholas was born in Bethpage, New York. His parents are actor
Craig Braun and Elizabeth Lyle. He
made his debut in Disney productions such as
Sky High (2005) and
Princess Protection Program (2009).
He also had a recurring role as Cameron in ABC Family's 2009-2010
series
10 Things I Hate About You (2009).
He has gone on to have major roles in such films as
Red State (2011),
Prom (2011), and
Date and Switch (2014).
Additionally, he has had the continuing role of Cole Waters in the
online Web series
The LXD: The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers (2010).- Music Artist
- Actor
- Music Department
Tim McGraw has sold more than 90 million records worldwide and dominated the charts with 46 worldwide No. 1 singles and 19 worldwide No. 1 albums. He's won 3 Grammy Awards, 21 Academy of Country Music Awards, 14 Country Music Association Awards. His iconic career achievements include being named BDS Radio's Most Played Artist of the Decade for all music genres and having the Most Played Song of the Decade for all music genres. He is the most played country artist at radio since his debut in 1992, with two singles spending 10 weeks or more at No. 1. Known for his high energy concerts, he is one of the top touring artists of all time including the record-setting "Soul2Soul" tours with his wife, Faith Hill. An acclaimed actor, McGraw starred in and narrated the hit movie "The Shack" and co-wrote and performed the closing credit song for the Oscar winning documentary "Free Solo." His other movie credits include blockbuster hits "Friday Night Lights" and "The Blind Side. McGraw starred beside Sam Elliott and his wife Faith Hill in the Yellowstone prequel and three-time Emmy nominated 1883. McGraw has co-authored two New York Times Best Selling books, Songs of America: Patriotism, Protest and the Music that Made a Nation with Jon Meacham and fitness book Grit & Grace: Train the Mind, Train the Body, Own Your Life. As part of the host committee, McGraw welcomed the largest outdoor crowd in Nashville history to his performance at the 2019 NFL Draft. He also appeared in the NFL Tailgate Party for Super Bowl LII and the College Football Playoffs 2020. His newest single, "Standing Room Only," just launched with the most first-week streams of any track in McGraw's career.- Actress
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Caitlin Jean Stasey is an Australian actress who is well known for her
roles as Francesca Thomas in Sleepover Club (2003), Rachel Kinski in
Neighbours (1985) and Ellie Linton in the film adaptation of John Marsden's
best seller 'Tomorrow When the War Began'
Caitlin is from Victoria, Australia, She began taking an interest in
acting/performing when she was about six years of age. She also has an
active interest in writing screenplays and documentary film making.
Caitlin was featured as part of the Australian Girls Choir in a Qantas
commercial, singing "I Still Call Australia Home" and traveled the
world as a member of the choir to film the commercial in 2000 before
the Sydney Olympics. This commercial was named the "Greatest Australian
Commercial" on 20 to 1.
In Caitlin's early years she played the role of Francesca "Frankie"
Thomas which made a hit in both Australia, UK and Americas Nickelodeon
TV.
Her role in Tomorrow, When the War Began (2010) was highly praised by critics
and won her an IF (inside film) award in 2010 for best actress. one of
the most prestigious film awards in Australia
She moved to Los Angeles in 2010.- Actress
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Madeline Kathryn Brewer was born on May 1, 1992 in Pitman, New Jersey. She is a
graduate of American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City,
graduating in 2012. Her TV debut is Orange Is the New Black (2013).
Prior to "Orange is the New Black", she stated that she had no prior professional
acting experience. As of 2013, she resides in New York City.- Actor
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Bailey was born in Chicago but moved to Florida after his parents divorced at a young age. He attended Duke University on a football scholarship and majored in Psychology. After graduation, Bailey moved to LA to pursue his boyhood dream of acting which encompassed a training stint in London (LAMDA). His first film break came in
Adam Shankman's
Cosmo's Tale (1998), which screened
at both Sundance and Cannes.
Bailey's career blossomed in television starting with Buffy, the Vampire Slayer then working with Oscar-winners in Saving Grace and Damages before his own critically acclaimed performance in Longmire.
Bailey has starred in various projects since including Batman V Superman, Chicago PD, Grimm, 24: Legacy, Twin Peaks and Queen of the South. He was recently nominated for Best Lead Actor for his performance in Far Haven and is currently shooting Homestead (2024). Bailey resides in North Carolina with his wife and three children.- Born in Georgia, Kaylee Hottle comes from an all-Deaf family, spanning four generations of Deaf relatives on her father's side. Her native fluency in American Sign Language has provided her with opportunities to perform in commercials such as the Glide app public service announcement (directed by Jules Dameron, 2016) and "Mother's Day" (for Convo Relay, 2017). She also appeared in "10 Deaf Children: One Powerful Message" (directed by Sheena McFeely and produced by ASL Nook, 2018), and starred in the film Godzilla vs. Kong (2021) as Jia.
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Born (May 1, 1950) and raised in Flat Rock, Michigan, the son of a chiropractor, bald-domed, serious-looking Dann Harvey Florek majored
in math and physics at Eastern Michigan University. A drama scholarship, however, changed his destiny and he left the college before graduating. He moved to New York and, following training at Juilliard, traveled frequently on the late 70's/early 80's stage in plays ranging from the classics ("Love's Labour's Lost," "A Midsummer Night's Dream," "The Philanderer") to contemporary pieces ("Saints," "Bicycle Boys," "Dark Ages," "One Tiger to a Hill," "The Freak," "Winterset," "Strange Snow," "Landscape of the Body," "Chopin in Space"). Younger brother Dave Florek is also an actor.
Making another big move to Los Angeles in the 1980's, Dann appeared on stage at the La Jolla Playhouse and Globe Theatre ("Big River," "The Three Cuckolds") while scouting out film and TV work. He eventually found a "working class" niche playing down-to-earth, pragmatic officials in TV crime dramas. Series credits include "Hill Street Blues," "The Equalizer," "Matlock," "21 Jump Street," Beverly Hills Buntz" and "Almost Grown." Dann also was given a recurring role on L.A. Law (1986) as the husband of secretary Roxanne (series' regular Susan Ruttan). He also became a durable support player and definable face in such films Eddie Macon's Run (1983) (debut), Sweet Liberty (1986), Angel Heart (1987), Sunset (1988) and Moon Over Parador (1988).
Florek would find long-term employment as Captain Cragen on the long-running cop show on Law & Order (1990). He returned to his role on a spin-off series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999). In all, he played the supervisory role for two and a half decades. During this lengthy tenure, he found time to play on a few other series, including a regular role on the short-lived baseball comedy Hardball (1994) and as a wacky Abraham Lincoln in the irreverent comedy The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer (1998). He also was handed a recurring coach role on Smart Guy (1997). Laying low since he retired his TV character, more recent work included the theatre plays "The Front Page" (Broadway revival, 2016) and "The Joy Wheel" (2019), as well as the films Hard Rain (1998), Beautiful Joe (2000) and Santorini Blue (2013).- Actor
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Trained professionally at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic
Arts, a graduate of Dartmouth College, a Ph.D. in Dramatic Literature
from Indiana University and, during his teaching days, a tenured
Associate Professor, Stephen Macht is one of the best-educated working
actors in America, today.
Stephen Robert Macht was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Janette (Curlenjik) and Jerome Irving Macht. He is of Russian Jewish descent.
He starred as "Proctor" in "The Crucible",
"Orsino" in "12th Night", and "Dunois" in "Saint Joan" at the Stratford
Shakespeare Festival in Canada, where he was scouted and signed by
Universal Television to come to Hollywood to begin his film career.
Since then, he has played leading men in plays and dozens of television
movies and feature films from "Yoni Netanyahu" in
Raid on Entebbe (1976)
to "Warwick" in Stephen King's
Graveyard Shift (1990), and from
"Dan Lavetta" in
The Immigrants (1978) to
"David Keeler", Sharon Gless' love interest
on Cagney & Lacey (1981). He
has recurred on
Boston Public (2000),
Jack & Jill (1999) and
Boomtown (2002). Soap Opera Digest
nominated Stephen as "2007 Villain of the Year, for Trevor Lasing", on
General Hospital (1963), a
role he played through 2008.
Opposite Charlton Heston, Stephen played
"King Henry VIII" in "A Man For All Seasons" at the Ahmansohn Theatre,
and prosecutor "Challee" in "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial" at the
Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. He was "Henry II" in "Lion in
Winter" at the Cleveland Playhouse and, most recently, "Lyman Felt" in
Arthur Miller's "Ride Down Mt.
Morgan" at the Will Geer Theatre in what
Variety called "a juicy star turn, appropriate for a character defined
as a recklessly sexual, splendidly hungry man".
Stephen taught at Smith College, was a tenured professor at Queens
College in New York and has directed theatre and television in Los
Angeles. Together with his wife, he is the father of actor Gabriel Macht, and of three other children, and also has eight grandchildren and counting. His greatest hobby and future plans are to provide a lot of
entertainment for years to come. Through the years, Macht has
participated in and supported various charitable causes, serving as an
Honorary Board Member of the Parkinson's Resource Organization and its
Master of Ceremonies for the past ten years. In 1981 and 1982, he was
the original moderator of the Los Angeles Jewish Federation's JTV. He
has been spokesman for the Jewish National Fund, M.C. for several
Israeli Consulate functions and is a board member of The Center For
Jewish Culture and Creativity under leadership of Ruth and John Rauch. In 2013 Stephen earned his M.A. in Jewish Studies at the Academy for the Jewish Religion, Ca. and is an ordained Chaplain. He officiates at weddings, baby namings, and funerals by private arrangement.- Josh Andrés Rivera was born on 1 May 1995. He is an actor, known for The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023), American Sports Story (2024) and West Side Story (2021).
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Legendary actor Glenn Ford was born Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford in Sainte-Christine-d'Auvergne, Quebec, Canada, to Hannah Wood (Mitchell) and Newton Ford, a railroad executive. His family moved to Santa Monica, California when he was eight years old. His acting career began with plays at high school, followed by acting in West Coast, a traveling theater company.
Ford was discovered in 1939 by Tom Moore, a talent scout for 20th Century Fox. He subsequently signed a contract with Columbia Pictures the same year. Ford's contract with Columbia marked a significant departure in that studio's successful business model. Columbia's boss, Harry Cohn, had spent decades observing other studios'-most notably Warner Brothers-troubles with their contract stars and had built his poverty-row studio around their loan-outs. Basically, major studios would use Columbia as a penalty box for unruly behavior-usually salary demands or work refusals. The cunning Cohn usually assigned these stars (his little studio could not normally afford then) into pictures, and the studio's status rose immensely as the 1930s progressed. Understandably, Cohn had long resisted developing his own stable of contract stars (he'd first hired Peter Lorre in 1934 but didn't know what to do with him) but had relented in the late 1930s, first adding Rosalind Russell, then signing Ford and fellow newcomer William Holden. Cohn reasoned that the two prospects could be used interchangeably, should one become troublesome. Although often competing for the same parts, Ford and Holden became good friends. Their careers would roughly parallel each other through the 1940s, until Holden became a superstar through his remarkable association with director Billy Wilder in the 1950s.
Ford made his official debut in Fox's Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939), and continued working in various small roles throughout the 1940s until his movie career was interrupted to join the Marines in World War II. Ford continued his military career in the Naval Reserve well into the Vietnam War, achieving the rank of captain. In 1943 Ford married legendary tap dancer Eleanor Powell, and had one son, Peter Ford. Like many actors returning to Hollywood after the war (including James Stewart and Holden (who had already acquired a serious alcohol problem), he found it initially difficult to regain his career momentum. He was able to resume his movie career with the help of Bette Davis, who gave him his first postwar break in the 1946 movie A Stolen Life (1946). However, it was not until his acclaimed performance in a 1946 classic film noir, Gilda (1946), with Rita Hayworth, that he became a major star and one of the the most popular actors of his time. He scored big with the film noir classics The Big Heat (1953) and Blackboard Jungle (1955), and was usually been cast as a calm and collected everyday-hero, showing courage under pressure. Ford continued to make many notable films during his prestigious 50-year movie career, but he is best known for his fine westerns such as 3:10 to Yuma (1957) and The Rounders (1965). Ford pulled a hugely entertaining turn in The Sheepman (1958) and many more fine films. In the 1970s, Ford made his television debut in the controversial The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970) and appeared in two fondly remembered television series: Cade's County (1971) and The Family Holvak (1975). During the 1980s and 1990s, Ford limited his appearance to documentaries and occasional films, including a nice cameo in Superman (1978).
Glenn Ford is remembered fondly by his fans for his more than 100 excellent films and his charismatic silver screen presence.- Actress
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Lizzy Greene was discovered in 2013 at a talent workshop in her hometown of Dallas. Growing up she was drawn to everything related to the performing arts. She got her start in theater at age seven, specializing in comedic projects. After a few years training in theater, traveling with an improv troupe, she was cast in a lead role in Nickelodeon's comedy series "Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn" which ran for four seasons.
Greene has been nominated three times for a Kids Choice Award for Favorite Female TV Star for her portrayal of Dawn on the Nickelodeon series. Her other television credits include a lead role in Nickelodeon's TV movie "Tiny Christmas", multiple guest starring roles, and ABC's pilot "Damaged Goods."
Greene, who thrives on being challenged professionally, has demonstrated versatility in her transition from children's comedic acting to adult drama in ABC's "A Million Little Things", now in its second season. Greene plays Sophie Dixon, the 16-year-old daughter to Jon and Delilah Dixon (played by Ron Livingston and Stephanie Szostak).
In her free time, Greene enjoys humanitarian work, singing, school, painting, and sports.- Chris Coy was born on 1 May 1986 in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. He is an actor, known for The Deuce (2017), The Front Runner (2018) and The Killing of Two Lovers (2020). He has been married to Alice Coy since 2011. They have two children.
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Diahnne Abbott is an American actress from New York City. She is primarily known as the first wife of actor Robert De Niro (1943-). Their marriage lasted from 1976 to 1988, and ended in a divorce.
Abbott made her film debut in the psychological thriller "Taxi Driver" (1976), where she played an unnamed box office clerk at a pornographic movie theatre. Her first named film role was her portrayal of receptionist Jeannette Ross in the drama film "Welcome to L.A." (1976). In the film Ross has an affair with song-writer Carroll Barber (played by Keith Carradine).
Abbott next played a Harlem Club singer in the musical drama "New York, New York" (1977), where she performed the song "Honeysuckle Rose" (1929). Abbott had a more substantial role as bartender Rita Keene in the black comedy "The King of Comedy" (1983). Keene is the love interest of the protagonist, stand-up comedian Rupert Pupkin (played by Robert De Niro).
Abbott's other films of the 1980s included the dysfunctional family-themed drama "Love Streams" (1984) and the autobiographical film "Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling" (1986). Her role of Mother represented the mother of protagonist Jo Jo Dancer (played by Richard Pryor ).
In 1988, Abbott had her first recurring role in television, playing the character of Sonia in the three final episodes of the short-lived crime-drama Crime Story" (1986-1988). Her role ended in May, 1988, when the series was canceled.
Abbott was mostly out of the public eye during the 1990s. She returned to film roles with a minor part in the biographical film "Before Night Falls" (2000). The film concerned the life of Cuban novelist Reinaldo Arenas (1943-1990).
In 2002, Abbott had her first protagonist role as opera singer Leah in the drama film "Soliloquy". Abbott has made several film appearances since then, though rarely in major roles.- Actor
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Douglas Barr was born on 1 May 1949 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Dead Badge (1995), Spaced Invaders (1990) and Secrets of the Mountain (2010). He has been married to Clare Kirkconnell since 9 June 1984. They have one child.- Actor
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Charlie Schlatter was born on May 1, 1966, in Englewood, New Jersey. It was in junior high school that he fell in love with acting. He liked a girl and auditioned for the school play "Oliver" to impress her. The audition was a success, and he got the leading role. Later, Charlie attended Ithaca College, where he earned a BFA in musical theater. He starred in numerous plays there and became a skilled musician, playing guitar, drums, and piano. He spent his summers appearing in summer stock. During a performance of George Bernard Shaw's 'Misalliance', he was spotted by a casting director, who asked him to audition for Bright Lights, Big City (1988), playing the younger brother of Michael J. Fox's character. It was his first professional audition. Success! In 1994, Charlie married his current wife, Colleen, who works as a publicist and life coach. They have three children and live in southern California.- Actor
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Daniel Peter "Dan" O'Herlihy was born on 1 May 1919 at Odessa Cottage, Wexford Town, County Wexford (Ireland) to John Robert O'Herlihy, a civil servant from Cork who later worked in the Department of Industry and Commerce, and Ellen (née Hanton). Dan had at least two siblings, a sister and a younger brother (Michael O'Herlihy, who became a television director). The family moved to Dublin when Dan was one year old. Educated at CBS Eblana (Dún Laoghaire Christian Brothers School), as a teenager he developed literary ambitions. Upon entering UCD, he applied to study law but rapidly switched to architecture which allowed him to use his drawing skills. While a student he published political cartoons in Irish newspapers under the initials "TOC".
O'Herlihy decided not to follow in his father's footsteps, forsaking the life of an architect in favour of the acting profession. The tall, distinguished-looking university graduate boasted a rich, resonant voice which enabled him to easily find work in radio plays, as well on the stage. He first came to note as a small part actor with the Gate and Abbey Theatre Players, on occasion putting his architectural qualifications to use as a set designer. His first leading role was in Sean O'Casey's play 'Red Roses for Me' in 1944. During one of his performances in Dublin, he was spotted by the director Carol Reed and cast as an IRA terrorist in Odd Man Out (1947). This, and another London-produced film, Hungry Hill (1947), resulted in good critical notices , prompting another genial filmmaker, Orson Welles, to cast O'Herlihy in the role of Macduff for his Mercury/Republic production of Macbeth (1948). While this enterprise was far from successful, the actor's rugged, bearded appearance sufficiently impressed Luis Buñuel to cast him in the titular role of Robinson Crusoe (1954).
Until the arrival of "Friday", the only other featured character, this definitive version of Daniel Defoe's shipwrecked 17th century mariner was a tour-de-force one man show, a compelling, wordless portrayal of agonised solitude. However, as the Mexican production was considered merely a B-movie in Hollywood, O'Herlihy was forced to invest some of his own money to have the film exhibited in Los Angeles. While he was rewarded with an Oscar nomination, few worthy job offers came his way. For the remainder of the decade, he worked under short-term contracts as a character actor (often billed as "Daniel O'Herlihy") for Universal and 20th Century Fox, typically cast in costume dramas like The Black Shield of Falworth (1954), The Purple Mask (1955) and The Virgin Queen (1955). When movie roles became scarce, he branched out into anthology television, eventually becoming a much sought-after guest star on popular prime time shows like The Untouchables (1959), Bonanza (1959) and
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964). Work on radio shows, like 'Johnny Dollar', 'Suspense' and 'Lux Radio Theatre', also continued to provide him with a steady source of income.
From the mid-1960s, he was afforded several better film opportunities: first, in a memorable dual role as the sinister, voyeuristic Dr.Caligari AND the handsome psychiatrist treating repressed mental patient Jane Lindstrom (Glynis Johns), in Robert Bloch's off-beat psycho-thriller, The Cabinet of Caligari (1962). Second, he played an anguished U.S. Air Force general contemplating orders to drop a hydrogen bomb over New York, in Sidney Lumet's gripping anti-war drama Fail Safe (1964). He was also, among later big screen appearances, one of many name actors in the star-studded military epic Waterloo (1970) (as Napoleon's "Marshal Ney"); unrecognisable in make-up as a reptilian alien in the 'Star Wars' clone The Last Starfighter (1984); as irredeemable villains in Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) and RoboCop (1987); and as the inscrutable Andrew Packard in Twin Peaks (1990) on television. He continued to alternate film work with acting on stage in Los Angeles and at the Abbey Theater. Dan O'Herlihy died on 17 February 2005, aged 85. He left his papers to the care of University College Dublin (UCD) where he had graduated with a degree in architecture in 1945.- Actor
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Darius McCrary is best known for his role as Eddie Winslow on the long-running television series "Family Matters". He began his career in Hollywood at the age of nine and has continued to provide performance excellence in multiple films, television, theater, and music projects.
McCrary has starred as a series regular on NBC's "Committed" as Bowie James and later as Jamal in UPN's "Eve." along with a role as Malcolm Winters on "The Young and the Restless". He appeared on the NBC/Paramount miniseries "Kingpin," HBO's multi-award-winning "Don King: Only in America," starring Ving Rhames and as Royce Slocumb in the classic comedy, "Kingdom Come" Other roles also include playing opposite to Robert De Niro in "15 Minutes" as detective Tommy Cullen, in the Oscar winning "Mississippi Burning" as Aaron Williams. and "Something to Sing About".
On stage, McCrary portrayed Malcolm Tremell in "The Maintenance Man," based on the novel by author Michael Baisden; he was Ray Collins in "Vampires: Los Muertos."
Other acting credits include Leah Daniels (Otis) on Fox's drama series, "Star"; "Hostage," "Something to Sing About," "Kingdom Come," "The Breaks", Legendary Ivan Whitman's in "Big Shots"; James Brown in front of "America's Soul", and the late great Gerald Lavert in "Mickey Howard's story".
Darius is an humanitarian at heart and is currently in production for his show and podcast Beyond Black, which is dedicated to highlighting that people are more than just the color of their skin and excellence doesn't start or end at the category that others may place you.
Alongside celebrities and up-and-coming actors & artists, he brings together incredible talents in the form of interviews, skits, reels, and short-films. The show will address important issues such as social justice & racial inequality, but also share an authentic look at the Real Darius McCrary.- Andrea Lowe was born on 1 May 1975 in Arnold, Nottinghamshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Sherwood (2022), Without Sin (2022) and DCI Banks (2010).
- Actor
- Producer
John Henry Diehl has appeared more than 150 times in films and TV including Armageddon Time (2022), Five Days at Memorial (2022), Nixon, Stripes, and TV series Dark Winds (2022), Snowfall (2017), Castle Rock (2018), The Shield, and Miami Vice. Described by the Los Angeles Times as a "versatile and immediately recognizable" character actor, Diehl has has "...avoided the typecasting that is an accepted part of most character actors' careers." NY Times' A.O Scott hailed his "wry, cunning performance" in Wim Wenders' post 9/11 film Land of Plenty (2004). A member of The Actors Studio since 2004, Diehl's career has spanned over 40 years. Playing a colorful array of wackos in his earlier years, he has since become a fine character actor. In the early 80s Diehl played bit parts in movies such as Escape from New York (1981) with Kurt Russell and Stripes (1981) with Bill Murray and then landed a co-starring role in the pilot for Miami Vice (1984) playing Detective Larry Zito in a Hawaiian shirt. He continued that role in Miami Vice (1984) for three seasons before leaving to pursue other roles. Film credits include The Client (1994), A Time to Kill (1996), Stargate (1994), Nixon (1995) and Pearl Harbor (2001) and the first one to get eaten in Jurassic Park III (2001). He lives in New Mexico with his wife, singer Julie Christensen. They have one son, Los Angeles actor and filmmaker Magnus Diehl b. 1993.- Actor
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Sacha Dhawan was born in Bramhall, Stockport to Hindu parents
though he attended a Roman Catholic secondary school, Thomas
Aquinas College, in nearby Stockport. There one of the authors he
studied for his final exams was Alan Bennett, by whom he was very
impressed. He began as a child actor at the age of 12 and attended the
Laine-Johnson School of Acting in Manchester. He is also an
accomplished tap-dancer. His enthusiasm for Bennett was such that when auditioning for his play 'The History Boys' on the London
stage, Sacha impressed the author not just with his acting but by
reciting a poem he had composed about the play and its author. He has
appeared in stage versions of 'The History Boys' around the world as
well as in the 2006 film adaptation. On television he appeared in two high profile series 'In the Club' as an expectant father and 'Last Tango in Halifax' as a toy boy.- Actress
- Casting Director
- Music Department
Her dancing career started in Leicestershire where her father worked in an aircraft factory. She went into pantomime as a chorus girl and eventually became known when she did a chocolate commercial which led to work on television and films, Despite what other people say she doesn't think that shes a good dancer. She met actor Peter Gilmore and became engaged to him in 1953 and married in 1958 and live in Radlett, Hertfordshire. Her ambitions are to have a family, and to pass her advanced driving test. She makes some of her own clothes,- Tamzin Malleson was born on 1 May 1974 in Yeovil, Somerset, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Poirot (1989), Teachers (2001) and Midsomer Murders (1997).
- Actress
- Director
- Writer
Paloma - whose Christian name is the Spanish for 'Dove' - was born on
May 1st 1975 in London. Her parents, an English mother and Mexican
father were hippie musicians and, when Paloma was a baby they moved to
live in Mexico City, where she stayed until she was nine and the
parents separated. She returned to England with her mother, began
acting in school plays and read English and Performing Arts at Bristol
University. Since then she has appeared on the London stage and in
several popular television dramas. She has also directed two short
films.- Actress
- Additional Crew
Born in Flushing, New York, the impressively endowed Patty Jo Harmon
was discovered as a guest on
You Bet Your Life (1950) by
Groucho Marx and later was invited to work
with him on
Tell It to Groucho (1961).
The TV exposure parlayed into roles in such obscure films as
Village of the Giants (1965)
and more famous fare like
Cool Hand Luke (1967), but she was
used mostly for eye candy. With only a handful of television
appearances to her name, she made a bigger career as a pin-up girl
during the late 1960s and early 1970s, but she ultimately retired from
acting to get married and start a family. Baking has always been a
favorite pastime and she since started Aunt Joy's Cakes. She first
started sharing her treats while working at Disney Studios and runs a
wholesale bakery based in Burbank, California.- Actor
- Writer
Jake Cannavale was born on 1 May 1995 in Manhattan, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Nurse Jackie (2009), Romance & Cigarettes (2005) and The Mandalorian (2019).- Actress
- Composer
Italian actress/singer/songwriter Violante Placido was born in Rome.
She made her on-screen debut in
Quattro bravi ragazzi (1993)
alongside her father Michele Placido. In
1996 she starred in
Jack Frusciante Has Left the Band (1996)
which became quite successful in Italy. Her first major role was in
Sergio Rubini's
L'anima gemella (2002) (Soul
Mate). In 2006 she released her debut album Don't Be Shy... under the
pseudonym Viola. In 2009 she appeared in the Hindi movie
Barah Aana (2009). In 2010 she made
her Hollywood debut starring alongside
George Clooney in Anton Corbijn's
thriller The American (2010).- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Henry Zebrowski was born on 1 May 1984 in Florida, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), The Characters (2016) and Murderfist (2017).- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Mark Slade was born in Salem, Massachusetts. In 1956, he
enrolled at the Worcester Academy, intending to make a career of his
great interest and hobby, cartooning. However, after filling in at the
last minute for a sick classmate in a play entitled "The Male Animal",
he founds himself smitten with the stage-bug and decided to become an
actor, instead.
Success didn't come to Mark overnight, but a combination of talent and
hard work (not to mention youthful good-looks) resulted in appearances
in numerous films and TV productions, including the role of the
perpetually sea-sick "Radioman Patrick Hollis" in the series,
The Wackiest Ship in the Army (1965).
After that came the part that Mark is probably best known for to this
day - the role of the handsome, young, blue-eyed cowboy in the Western
series
The High Chaparral (1967),
where his outstanding portrayal of "Billy Blue Cannon" contributed
greatly to the popularity and success of that series. He himself became
extremely popular the world over, appearing on the covers (and in the
pages) of numerous magazines, and receiving huge quantities of fan mail
from around the world. He was the recipient of various acting awards
(Otto, Bambi, Fabulous 201, Belgian Viewers and Western Heritage Award)
and was even made an honorary life member of the Navajo Indian tribe,
for his great and sympathetic interest in the lives of Native
Americans. After
The High Chaparral (1967),
he continues to appear in many series and film roles, but he also
developed his writing and directing skills - the script of
Cliffy (1975)
episode, which he wrote and in which he portrayed the title role,
received general critical acclaim, three national awards, and a
commendation from the White House.
Mark has returned to his "first love", and today works out of his own
art studio, where, surrounded by an artistic family, he creates
beautiful works that reveal a great sense of humor, rare sensitivity
and a deep knowledge of the human nature.- Amira Casar was born on 1 May 1971 in London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Call Me by Your Name (2017), The Contractor (2022) and The Last Summer of the Rich (2014).
- Joanna P. Adler is an Obie Award-winning actor who has long enjoyed a distinguished career in New York City -- which began under the aegis of New York's internationally acclaimed theatre artists Mabou Mines and Richard Foreman. Also honored with the inaugural New Dramatists' Boden Award to Actors, she has been described by the Village Voice as "One of New York's best stage talents." She's worked alongside Tony, Pulitzer, Emmy & MacArthur award winning writers and directors Off Broadway and regionally. She made her Broadway debut in Terrence McNally's "Deuce" starring Angela Lansbury and Marion Seldes. She's participated as both an actor & dramaturg in the development of countless new plays through the O'Neill Playwrights Conference, New Dramatists, New York Stage & Film and The Sundance Institute.
In addition to several world premieres across the US, countless recurring television appearances, a pilot for NBC starring Stephen Colbert and a series regular role as Opal in Devious Maids, she has shot over 60 national network commercials including Superbowl spots & many long-running campaigns. In 2017 and 2018, she garnered critical praise for her work as the Young Mr. Kaplan on "The Blacklist", and in the recurring role of Mary Ann Cunanan (Andrew Cunanan's mother) in Ryan Murphy's Emmy and Golden Globe Award winning "American Crime Story: The Assassination Of Gianni Versace." In 2019, Joanna was cast in the series regular role of Chyna in Darlene Hunt's "Patty's Auto" produced by Elizabeth Banks' Brownstone Productions and Warner Bros. Television. She studied Theatre & Art History at Williams College and in the Performance Studies Department of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. - Actor
- Art Department
Grayson Russell was born on 1 May 1998 in Clanton, Alabama, USA. He is an actor, known for Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010) and Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (2012).- Actress
- Producer
Ana Claudia Talancon was born on May 1st, 1980 in Cancun, Mexico. Her
first performance was in her home town Quintana Roo in Cancun.
She studied acting in Cancun with the Cuban professor Albio Paz. She
later went to Mexico City to continue her studies at the Acting
Workshop of Héctor Mendoza and Raúl Quintanilla. She has starred in
various soap operas such as 'Al norte del corazón', 'Señora','Romántica
obsesión' (for which she won the Sol de Oro award in 1999 for Best New
Actress) and 'Amor latino'.
Her big screen debut in the role of Valentina in
_ El cometa (1999)_ by
Marisa Sistach, for which she was
nominated for the Ariel award for Best New Actress. Her performance as
Amelia in
The Crime of Padre Amaro (2002)
with Gael García Bernal, gave her an
international recognition.- Actress
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Anushka Sharma was born on 1 May 1988 in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. Her father, Colonel Ajay Kumar Sharma, is an army officer, and her mother, Ashima Sharma, is a homemaker. Her father is a native of Uttar Pradesh, while her mother is a Garhwali.
Her elder brother is film producer Karnesh Sharma, who earlier served in the Merchant Navy. Prior to joining the navy, Karnesh played for the under-19 Bangalore Ranji cricket team. Sharma has stated that being a military brat played an important role in shaping her as a person and contributing to her life. In an interview with The Times of India in 2012, she said, "I take pride in saying that I am an army officer's daughter even more than being an actor.
She studied in Army School and graduated with specialization in arts from Mount Carmel College, Bangalore. She then moved to Mumbai to further her modeling career.
Sharma says she originally wished to make it big in the modeling world
but had no strong aspirations for films. She began her modeling career
at the Lakme Fashion Week as a model for Wendell Rodricks's Les Vamps
Show and was picked to be Rodricks's finale model at the Spring Summer
'07 Collection. Since then she has done campaigns for Silk & Shine,
Whisper, Nathella Jewelry and Fiat Palio.
Her first acting role was in Aditya Chopra's Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi (2008)
opposite Shahrukh Khan. The film was a huge success and her performance
was appreciated. Film critic Taran Adarsh said, "Anushka looks the
character and surprises you with a confident performance. It's no small
achievement to share screen space with an actor of the caliber of SRK
and Anushka manages it very well from start to end." Her second film,
Badmaash Company, also under Yash Raj Films, was released on May 7,
2010. She was praised for breaking out of the shell of the conservative
and homely Taani to play the feisty and independent Bulbul, and her
performance was applauded.
She has two other projects on hand. She began shooting for her first
venture outside of Yash Raj with Nikhil Advani and Akshay Kumar in
Patiala House in December 2009. Patiala House is scheduled to be
released on February 11, 2011. She has also started filming for her
third Yash Raj Film, Band Baaja Baaraat, directed by Maneesh Sharma and
co-starring debutant Ranveer Singh.- Additional Crew
- Writer
- Actor
Ben Marshall was born on 1 May 1995 in Savannah, Georgia, USA. He is a writer and actor, known for Saturday Night Live (1975), Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain (2023) and New Car (2014).- Actor
- Soundtrack
Mikkel Boe Følsgaard is a young danish actor. In 2012, he won the award
of Best Male Actor at the Berlinale for his appearance in the movie A
Royal Affair, while still attending theatre school, Statens Teaterskole
in Copenhagen. He graduated in the summer of 2012.
Mikkel Boe Følsgaard grew up in the northern part of Sealand, the
biggest of the danish isles.- Dyana Ortelli was born in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. She is an actress, known for Three Amigos! (1986), American Me (1992) and La Bamba (1987).
- Stunts
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Actor
Conrad began his film career in 1970 as a stuntman. Since 1980, he has
become one of the most sought after Second-Unit Directors, with scores
of top films to his credit. Known to his friends and co-workers as
Connie, he has endeavored to give back to the industry by serving as
the President of the Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures for four
terms, serving on the Board of Directors of the Screen Actors Guild.
During his five-year term was instrumental in forming the National
Stunt and Safety Committee, which he chaired for several years. He was
also among the first stunt coordinators invited into the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Science. Additionally, Conrad serves on the
Blue Ribbon Committee of the World Stunt Awards.- Saidah Arrika Ekulona is an award-winning theatre, television and film actress. She's originated roles on Broadway, Off-Broadway, in regional theatres and international theatres, and originated the role of Mama Nadi in the Pulitzer Prize winning play Ruined, for which she won an Obie Award, Lucille Lortel Award, Jeff Award, Audelco Award and the Black Theatre Alliance Award. Saidah received her BA from Albright College and her MFA from University of Minnesota.
- Additional Crew
- Director
- Actress
Anne Fletcher was born on 1 May 1966 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. She is a director and actress, known for The Proposal (2009), Step Up (2006) and Hairspray (2007).- James Cusati-Moyer is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama. In 2020 he received a Tony Nomination for Best Featured Actor In A Play for his performance in Slave Play by Jeremy O. Harris. He made his Broadway debut in Six Degrees of Separation. He was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
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- Soundtrack
Louis Nye was one of those delightfully pretentious comic actors you loved to hate, his flip manner and faux rich boy arrogance possessing his characters no matter what social stature they were. Nye (first name pronounced Louie) was a master at sketch comedy, foreign accents and the quicksilver ad lib. Born to Russian Jewish emigrant parents in Hartford, Connecticut, he initially joined a troupe called the Hartford Players. Eventually he moved to New York and found work on radio and in musical revues. At his peak, he divided himself equally on stage, clubs, radio, films, comedy albums and TV.
He broke into the big time when he earned a regular gig on The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956) during the mid-1950s. His best-known character, hands down, was the droll, effete country-club braggart Gordon Hathaway, he of the forlorn-looking eyebrows whose off-the-cuff catchphrase salutation to Allen, "Hi, ho, Steverino!", was famous throughout the United States. On occasion, he was allowed some stretch in the acting department, playing it rougher and tougher, but, for the most part, his gents were more mincing than menacing. The films in which he appeared never made full use of his comic potential. Most of his parts were little more than flashy, extended cameos, some better than others. Often the unctuous con man, leering neighbor or opportunistic Madison Avenue executive, his movie credits include The Facts of Life (1960), The Wheeler Dealers (1963), Good Neighbor Sam (1964), A Guide for the Married Man (1967), Harper Valley P.T.A. (1978), and Cannonball Run II (1984).
As for television, he was always the second-banana, never the head cheese. Over the years, Nye bolstered most of Hollywood's star
comedians including Lucille Ball, Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante, Bill Cosby, and Jonathan Winters. He
played spoiled rich boy "Sonny Drysdale", an extension of his Hathaway character, on The Beverly Hillbillies (1962), and, most recently, Jeff Garlin's dad on Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000), both characters pure Nye. He worked in night clubs and TV until just a few years before his death at age 92 on October 9, 2005 of lung cancer. He was survived by his wife, Anita Leonard, a pianist/songwriter who penned the song "A Sunday Kind of Love", and their son, Peter, an artist.- Actor
- Producer
Ben Reed was born in Bixby, Oklahoma, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for American Sniper (2014), Starcrossed (2014) and The Greatest Showman (2017).- Writer
- Actor
- Producer
Dave Willis is an American writer, voice actor, and producer. A native of Texas, he got his start at Cartoon Network's Williams Street in 1995, where he would gain a writing jobs on Space Ghost Coast to Coast (1993) and its spin-off series Cartoon Planet (1995). Alongside fellow SGC2C writer Matt Maiellaro, Willis also co-created the series Aqua Teen Hunger Force (2000) for the network's Adult Swim block, in which he also voices the characters Meatwad and Carl Brutananadilewski. His other work includes co-creating the series Squidbillies (2005) and Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell (2013), in addition to voice acting roles in 12 oz. Mouse (2005), Archer (2009), and Ballmastrz 9009 (2018).- Producer
- Writer
- Director
Lorene Scafaria was born on 1 May 1978 in Holmdel, New Jersey, USA. She is a producer and writer, known for Hustlers (2019), Coherence (2013) and Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012).