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- Director
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Yorgos Lanthimos was born in Athens, Greece. He studied directing for Film and Television at the
Stavrakos Film School in Athens. He has directed a number of dance videos in collaboration with Greek choreographers, in addition to TV commercials, music videos, short films and theater plays. Kinetta, his first feature film, played at Toronto and Berlin film festivals to critical acclaim. His second feature Dogtooth, won the "Un Certain Regard prize" at the 2009 Cannes film festival, followed by numerous awards at festivals worldwide. It was nominated for a Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award (Oscar) in 2011. Alps won the "Osella for best screenplay" at the 2011 Venice film festival and Best Film at the Sydney film festival in 2012. His first English language film The Lobster was presented in Competition at the 68th Cannes Film Festival. Moreover, "The Lobster" was nominated for the (Oscar about the) Best Original Screenplay by the Academy and won Best Screenplay and Best Costume Design at the European Film Awards of 2015. His fifth project "The Killing of a Sacred Deer" was also presented in Competition at the 70th Cannes Film Festival where it won the award for the best Screenplay. Lanthimos's last film "The Favorite" is a historical Drama about the British Queen Anne.- Actress
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Leslie Louise Bibb was born in Bismarck, North Dakota, on November 17,
1973, and raised in Nelson County, Virginia. Later she and her mother,
along with her three older sisters, moved to Richmond, where Leslie
attended an all-girls Catholic high school, St. Gertrude.
In 1990
The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986)
and the Elite Agency held a nationwide modeling search; Leslie's mother
took photos of her then 16-year-old daughter and sent them in. Although
Leslie wasn't impressed with the photos, the
judges--John Casablancas,
Naomi Campbell,
Linda Evangelista and
Iman--were, and they picked her as the
winner.
After finishing her junior year, Leslie flew to New York City and
signed a contract with Elite. She modeled over the summer, and went on
a trip to Japan. She returned home for her senior year and graduated in
1992, then decided to forgo a full-time modeling career to attend the
University of Virginia. After a single semester, however, she dropped
out and moved to New York City. She attended the
William Esper acting studio for three
years and took nine months off in which she did more modeling in
Europe. Her photographs have appeared in such magazine as Maxim and
FHM.
Leslie had her first film role in the comedy
Private Parts (1997), which was
followed by her first television series (where she replaced the
departed Susan Walters as the
female lead) in the second season of
The Big Easy (1996) on USA.
Unfortunately, the show was canceled just months later.
In 1999 she appeared as the lead character on the WB Network television
series Popular (1999). The show was a
success among teenagers, and led Leslie to more recognizable film
roles, such as The Skulls (2000) and
See Spot Run (2001). Most recently
she has appeared as intern Erin Harkins in
ER (1994).- Actress
- Producer
- Writer
Kristen Carroll Wiig was born on August 22, 1973 in Canandaigua, New
York, to Laurie J. (Johnston), an artist, and Jon J. Wiig, a lake
marina manager. She is of Norwegian (from her paternal grandfather),
Irish, English, and Scottish descent. The family moved to Lancaster,
Pennsylvania, before settling in Rochester, New York. When Wiig was
9 years old, her parents divorced and she lived with her mother and
older brother Erik.
After graduating from Brighton High School in Rochester, Wiig attended
the University of Arizona as an art student. She took her first acting
class, as an elective, and was soon encouraged by her teacher to pursue
acting. Years later, she moved to Los Angeles and Wiig worked as a main
company member of the Los Angeles-based improv and sketch-comedy troupe
The Groundlings. As a Groundlings alumna, she joins the ranks of such
SNL cast mates as Maya Rudolph,
Will Ferrell,
Phil Hartman, and
Jon Lovitz.
Wiig made her big-screen debut to universal high praise as
Katherine Heigl's passive-aggressive
boss in Judd Apatow's smash-hit comedy
Knocked Up (2007). Additional film
credits include Drew Barrymore's
directorial debut, Whip It (2009),
starring Elliot Page;
Greg Mottola's
Adventureland (2009), with
Ryan Reynolds,
Kristen Stewart and
Jesse Eisenberg;
David Koepp's
Ghost Town (2008), with
Ricky Gervais; and
Jake Kasdan's
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007),
another Apatow-produced film, in which she starred opposite
John C. Reilly. She has also
guest-starred on the Emmy-winning NBC series
30 Rock (2006), the HBO series
Bored to Death (2009), with
Jason Schwartzman, and
Flight of the Conchords (2007).
Wiig joined the cast of
Saturday Night Live (1975)
in 2005, and was known for playing such memorable characters as the
excitable Target clerk, Lawrence Welk singer Doonese, the hilarious
one-upper Penelope, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and Suze Orman, among
others. Wiig earned four Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting
Actress in a Comedy Series for her work on the show. She left the show
in the spring of 2012.
In 2011, Wiig co-wrote and starred in
Bridesmaids (2011), along with
Melissa McCarthy,
Maya Rudolph, and
Rose Byrne. The film was a box office hit and
won several awards, plus earned two Oscar nominations (Best Supporting
Actress and Best Original Screenplay), and two Golden Globes
nominations (Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical and Best Actress).
Wiig also appeared in such notable films as
Greg Mottola's
Paul (2011), opposite
Simon Pegg and
Nick Frost;
Andrew Jarecki's
All Good Things (2010), opposite
Ryan Gosling,
Kirsten Dunst and
Frank Langella; DreamWorks Animation's
How to Train Your Dragon (2010),
with Gerard Butler and
Jay Baruchel; the Universal Pictures'
animated feature film
Despicable Me (2010), starring
Steve Carell and
Jason Segel; and
Jennifer Westfeldt's
Friends with Kids (2011),
opposite Jon Hamm,
Megan Fox,
Adam Scott,
Maya Rudolph and Westfeldt.- Actor
- Director
- Composer
Tadanobu Asano's a Japanese film actor. His father suggested he take on what became his first role in the TV show Kimpachi Sensei at 16. His film debut was Swimming Upstream (1990) though his first major critical success was in Shunji Iwai's Fried Dragon Fish (1993). His first critical success in the West was in Kore-eda Hirokazu's Maborosi (1995), in which he played a man who inexplicably throws himself in front of a train, widowing his wife & orphaning his infant son. His best known works internationally are the samurai films Taboo (1999) & The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003). It was on the set of Iwai's Picnic (1996) that he met & fell in love with J-Pop idol Chara. They married soon after learning she was pregnant with their first child, Sumire. While best known for characters who are psychologically offbeat, if not downright psychotic (e.g. Kakihara in Ichi the Killer (2001)), he has been described by those who know him as a down-to-earth family man. He has directed commercial TV spots for Chara. Hesistant to identify himself as an actor, he most readily describes himself as a vocalist, referring to Mach 1.67, the band he has w/ director Gakuryû Ishii. He's also an artist & sometimes works as a model, most notably for the Japanese designers Takeo Kikuchi & Jun Takahashi.- Actress
- Producer
- Director
Lena Headey is a Bermudian-British actress. Headey is best known for her role as "Cersei Lannister" in Game of Thrones (2011) (2011-2019) and The Brothers Grimm (2005), Possession (2002), and The Remains of the Day (1993). Headey stars as "Queen Gorgo", a heroic Spartan woman in the period film, 300 (2006), by director Zack Snyder.
Headey was born in Hamilton, Bermuda, to British parents Sue and John Headey. Her father, a Yorkshire police cadet, was stationed in the Bermuda Police Service. She was raised there until age five, when her family returned to England. She was brought up in Yorkshire before moving to London in her teens. Headey had not gone to drama school before she became an actress. At the age of seventeen, Headey's performance in a one-off show in the company of six school friends caught the attention of a casting agent, who took a photo and asked her to audition. Eventually, Headey was cast in Waterland (1992), which became her big-screen debut. She honed her natural acting talent while filming and also took archery classes and horse training. She also took boxing classes in clubs in south London, where a former boxer had been teaching her to spar. During her film career, spanning over 15 years, Headey has shown her range in a variety of roles, playing characters from Amazon-type warriors and action-minded women in The Cave (2005) and The Brothers Grimm (2005), to a lesbian florist in Imagine Me & You (2005).
Headey's film career has taken her all over the world. She was in India for the filming of The Jungle Book (1994), then in St. Petersburg, Russia, for filming Onegin (1999), and in Norway for filming of Aberdeen (2000). In 2005 Headey was filming in Romania and in Mexico, then spent four months in Prague, Czech Republic, where a forest was designed and built for filming The Brothers Grimm (2005), with Matt Damon and Heath Ledger. During 2006 Headey was in Canada for the filming of 300 (2006), then went to locations in Bulgaria for shooting The Contractor (2007), and Germany and in Czech Republic for the filming of The Red Baron (2008).
She also played Gina McVey in the horror thriller The Broken (2008), and Elizabeth in Tell Tale (2009). In addition to her film-work, Heady appeared as Sarah Connor in a TV spin-off of the popular "Terminator" film franchise, the FOX's television series Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (2008).
Outside of her acting profession, Headey continued taking boxing lessons in London. She is a vegetarian and also remains loyal to yoga, which she discovered during her work in India. She has never been back to her birthplace in Bermuda; she shares her time between her homes in London, England, and Los Angeles, California.- Actress
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Kate Beckinsale was born on 26 July 1973 in Hounslow, Middlesex, England, and has resided in London for most of her life. Her mother is Judy Loe, who has appeared in a number of British dramas and sitcoms and continues to work as an actress, predominantly in British television productions. Her father was Richard Beckinsale, born in Nottingham, England. He starred in a number of popular British television comedies during the 1970s, most notably the series Rising Damp (1974), Porridge (1974) and The Lovers (1970). He passed away tragically early in 1979 at the age of 31.
Kate attended the private school Godolphin and Latymer School in London for her grade and primary school education. In her teens she twice won the British bookseller W.H. Smith Young Writers' competition - once for three short stories and once for three poems. After a tumultuous adolescence (a bout of anorexia - cured - and a smoking habit which continues to this day), she gradually took up the profession of acting.
Her major acting debut came in a TV film about World War II called One Against the Wind (1991), filmed in Luxembourg during the summer of 1991. It first aired on American television that December. Kate began attending Oxford University's New College in the fall of 1991, majoring in French and Russian literature. She had already decided that she wanted to act, but to broaden her horizons she chose university over drama school. While in her first year at Oxford, Kate received her big break in Kenneth Branagh's film adaptation of William Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing (1993). Kate worked in three other films while attending Oxford, beginning with a part in the medieval historical drama Royal Deceit (1994), cast as Ethel. The film was shot during the spring of 1993 on location in Denmark, and she filmed her supporting part during New College's Easter break. Later in the summer of that year she played the lead in the contemporary mystery drama Uncovered (1994). Before she went back to school, her third year at university was spent at Oxford's study-abroad program in Paris, France, immersing herself in the French language, Parisian culture and French cigarettes.
A year away from the academic community and living on her own in the French capital caused her to re-evaluate the direction of her life. She faced a choice: continue with school or concentrate on her flourishing acting career. After much thought, she chose the acting career. In the spring of 1994 Kate left Oxford, after finishing three years of study. Kate appeared in the BBC/Thames Television satire Cold Comfort Farm (1995), filmed in London and East Sussex during late summer 1994 and which opened to spectacular reviews in the United States, grossing over $5 million during its American run. It was re-released to U.K. theaters in the spring of 1997.
Acting on the stage consumed the first part of 1995; she toured in England with the Thelma Holts Theatre Company production of Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull". After turning down several mediocre scripts "and going nearly berserk with boredom", she waited seven months before another interesting role was offered to her. Her big movie of 1995 was the romance/horror movie Haunted (1995), starring opposite Aidan Quinn and John Gielgud, and filmed in West Sussex. In this film she wanted to play "an object of desire", unlike her past performances where her characters were much less the siren and more the worldly innocent. Kate's first film project of 1996 was the British ITV production of Jane Austen's novel Emma (1996). Her last film of 1996 was the comedy Shooting Fish (1997), filmed at Shepperton Studios in London during early fall. She played the part of Georgie, an altruistic con artist. She had a daughter, Lily, in 1999 with actor Michael Sheen.- March was born Jane March Horwood in Edgware, London. Her father, Bernard Horwood, is a secondary school teacher of English and Spanish ancestry. Her mother, Jean, is Vietnamese and Chinese. March has one brother.
At age 14, March won a local "Become a Model" contest. She signed with Storm Model Management and began working as a print model using her middle name March, which was also her birth month.
After being spotted on the cover of Just Seventeen by French director Jean-Jacques Annaud, she was chosen to play the female lead in his film The Lover (1992), based on a semi autobiographical novel by Marguerite Duras.
Two years after The Lover (1992), she co-starred with Bruce Willis in the erotic thriller Color of Night (1994), directed by Richard Rush. She later said, "I didn't like the script at all, but it was a Bruce Willis film and I wasn't going to turn it down".
While Color of Night (1994) was in production, March began dating the film's co-producer Carmine Zozzora. The couple married in June 1993 in an 11-minute ceremony at which Bruce Willis was the best man and Demi Moore was the maid of honor. They separated in 1997 and finally divorced in 2001. - Actor
- Soundtrack
James Paul Marsden, or better known as just James Marsden, was born on
September 18, 1973, in Stillwater, Oklahoma, to Kathleen (Scholz) and
James Luther Marsden. His father, a distinguished Professor of Animal
Sciences & Industry at Kansas State University, and his mother, a
nutritionist, divorced when he was nine years old. James grew up with
his four other siblings, sisters, Jennifer and Elizabeth, and brothers,
Jeff and Robert. He has English, German, and Scottish ancestry. During his teen years, he attended Putnam City
North High School which was located in Oklahoma City. After graduating
in 1991, he attended Oklahoma State University and studied Broadcast
Journalism. While in university, he became a member of the Delta Tau
Delta fraternity.
While vacationing with his family in
Hawaii, he met actor Kirk Cameron,
and his actress sister,
Candace Cameron Bure. They
eventually invited James to visit them in Los Angeles. After studying
in Oklahoma State for over a year and appearing in his college
production, "Bye Bye Birdie", he left school and moved to Los Angeles
to pursue his interest in acting. James got his first job on the pilot
episode of The Nanny (1993) as
Eddie, who was Margaret Sheffield's boyfriend. He then became part of
the Canadian television series,
Boogies Diner (1994), which
aired for one season. After that series ended, he got a brief role as
the original Griffin on Fox's
Party of Five (1994). His first
big break came when he became the lead on the short-lived ABC series,
Second Noah (1996). Although the
show didn't last long, the young actor received enough exposure from
the public and even managed to win the hearts of fellow teenage girls.
In 1996, he attended an audition for a movie titled
Primal Fear (1996) but unfortunately
lost that role to Edward Norton.
Two years later, he was offered a lead role in
54 (1998), which he turned down. The role
later went to another actor,
Ryan Phillippe.
James' star power increased when he starred in
David Nutter's
Disturbing Behavior (1998),
alongside Katie Holmes and
Nick Stahl, which had mixed reviews, but
mostly positive ones. His role in the television series as Glenn Foy in
Ally McBeal (1997), is probably
one of his biggest achievement to date. He became one of the main cast
members during the first half of season 5, where he showcased his
singing abilities. It was in that show where he was able to grab the
attention of audiences from different backgrounds. The 5' 10" star
later played Lon Hammon Jr. in the romantic movie,
The Notebook (2004), which was based
on a novel by Nicholas Sparks of the same name. His movies,
Lies and Alibis (2006) and
10th & Wolf (2006) was also released
around the world to audiences in the year 2006. One of his most
memorable roles to fans is his role as Cyclops in the
X-Men (2000) movie franchise. The movie was
well accepted by audiences and critics, which eventually made James one
of the hottest stars since it was released. He was among the actors who
starred in all three of the X-Men movies. James had the honor of
working alongside
Patrick Stewart,
Famke Janssen and
Hugh Jackman in the film. However, not many
people know that he actually had to wear lifts for most of his scenes
in the X-men movies, because his character Cyclops is supposed to be 6"
3" compared to a 5' 3" Wolverine. In reality, he is actually under 6'
0", shorter than Famke Janssen who plays his love interest, Jean Grey,
and even shorter than Hugh Jackman who played Wolverine.
In the year
2006, he played Richard White in the
highly anticipated movie,
Superman Returns (2006), which
coincidentally was directed by
Bryan Singer, who also directed
previous X-Men installments. Although he appeared in
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006),
the third installment of the X-Men franchise, many would notice that he
in fact had more screen time in 'Superman Returns', as Lois Lane's long
awaiting fiancé who had to accept the fact that his fiancée is in love
with the man of steel. James earned great reviews from that movie,
which led to him getting more movie roles. In 2007, James played Corny
Collins in the film Hairspray (2007),
an adaption of the Broadway musical based on
John Waters movie,
Hairspray (1988). He joined a
star-studded cast, starring alongside top names such as
John Travolta,
Queen Latifah and
Michelle Pfeiffer. James not only
acted in that movie, but also sang two of the film's songs, "The Nicest
Kids In Town", and "Hairspray". Being part of Hairspray catapulted
James to a different level of stardom as audiences got to see another
side of him. His next role was in the Disney movie,
Enchanted (2007), playing Prince
Edward, where he acted alongside
Amy Adams,
Susan Sarandon and
Patrick Dempsey. Once again,
James had the opportunity to sing in two songs from the movie, "True
Love's Kiss" and "That's Amore".
Enchanted (2007) appealed to not only
older audiences but also to those who were fans of Disney's network
productions. Following his huge success in the years 2006 and 2007,
James played the male lead role in the romantic comedy,
27 Dresses (2008), opposite actress
Katherine Heigl in 2008. The movie did
well at the box office, earning a gross revenue of over $159
million, which exceeded the expectations of crew members especially
since it was under a $30 million budget.
Marsden played the
male lead in the horror film,
The Box (2009), based on the 1970
short story "Button, Button" by author Richard Matheson. He starred opposite Cameron Diaz in the
movie.
He co-starred in
Accidental Love (2015) (previously Accidental Love (2015), a politically-themed romantic comedy, directed by David O. Russell and filmed in
Columbia, South Carolina. Marsden's recent film roles include the sequel comedy Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013), the romantic drama The Best of Me (2014), and the comedy Unfinished Business (2015).
James was married to
Lisa Linde, an actress known from her role in
Days of Our Lives (1965).
Lisa is the daughter of legendary country music songwriter Dennis
Linde. The couple wed on July 22, 2000 and have a son, Jack Holden Marsden who
was born on February 1, 2001, and a daughter, Mary James, who was born
on August 10, 2005. They divorced in 2011. James has another son, born in 2012, with model Rose Costa.
Many would assume that with
all this success achieved by James at this age, he would be somewhat
high-headed but James mentioned that despite all the attention he's
getting from the public eye, he tries to keep himself as grounded as
possible. He even admits that he flies coach instead of first class
while traveling with his family. In an interview he mentioned that he
believes he has a certain responsibility to let his children know that
he isn't special because of what he does, but who he is as a person.
With a great humble attitude and a bright future ahead of him, there's
definitely more to expect from this Oklahoma native.- Actor
- Producer
- Director
Patrick Joseph Wilson was born in Norfolk, Virginia and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida, the son of Mary Kathryn (Burton), a voice teacher and professional singer, and John Franklin Wilson, a news anchor.
Wilson has a B.F.A. in Drama from Carnegie-Mellon University. His theater work has produced many nominations and awards. He was nominated for Best Actor in a Musical for The Full Monty, a Drama League Award for "Fascinating Rhythm", a Drama Drama League Award for "Bright Lights, Big City", an Encores nomination for "Tenderloin". He had national tours in "Carousel" (Drama Logue Award winner and L.A. Ovation nomination) and "Miss Saigon". Regionally, he has appeared in "Sweet Bird of Youth" (La Jolla), "Cider House Rules" (Mark Taper Forum), "Romeo and Juliet: The Musical" (Ordway), "Lucky in the Rain" (Goodspeed), "Harmony" (La Jolla), and "The Full Monty" (Globe).
Patrick Wilson is married to actress Dagmara Dominczyk; the couple has two children.- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Andrew Lincoln is a British actor. Lincoln spent his early childhood in
Hull, Yorkshire before his family relocated to Bath, Somerset when he
was age 10. He was educated at Beechen Cliff School in Bath, and then the
prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London. His father is a
civil engineer and his mother is a nurse
Lincoln's first big break came when he was cast as Edgar 'Egg' Cook in
the popular UK drama series
This Life (1996). Various roles
followed including that of teacher Simon Casey in the Channel 4 series
Teachers (2001), and as Mark in the
hit film Love Actually (2003). In
2010, he was cast in
The Walking Dead (2010), a
live action drama series based on the comic of the same name. Lincoln
plays the lead character of Rick Grimes.
Lincoln is married to Gael Anderson, his father-in-law is legendary
musician Ian Anderson of
Jethro Tull fame.- Actress
- Producer
- Director
Vera Farmiga is an American actress who has received an Academy Award nomination for her role in Up in the Air (2009) and Primetime Emmy Award nominations for her roles in Bates Motel (2013) and When They See Us (2019).
She was born Vera Ann Farmiga, the second of seven children, on August 6, 1973, in Clifton, New Jersey, USA, to Ukrainian parents. She did not speak English until the age of six, and was raised in the Ukrainian Catholic home of her mother, Luba (Spas), a schoolteacher, and her father, Michael Farmiga, a computer systems analyst. Her younger sister is actress Taissa Farmiga, who is 21 years her junior. Young Vera was a shy, nearsighted girl, who played piano and folk danced with a Ukrainian touring company in her teens.
In 1991, she graduated from Hunterdon Central Regional High School. Farmiga initially dreamed of becoming an optometrist, but she later changed her mind and studied acting at Syracuse University's School of Performing Arts, graduating in 1995. The following year, she began her professional acting career, making her Broadway debut as an understudy in the play "Taking Sides". Her stage credits included performances in "The Tempest", "Good", "The Seagull", and in a well-reviewed off-Broadway production of "Second-Hand Smoke" (1997). That same year, she made her television debut as the female lead, opposite a then-unknown Heath Ledger, in Fox's adventure series Roar (1997).
In 1998, Farmiga made her big screen debut in the drama Return to Paradise (1998), then played the daughters of Christopher Walken in The Opportunists (1999) and Richard Gere in Autumn in New York (2000). She starred as a working-class mother struggling to keep her life and marriage together while hiding her drug addiction in Down to the Bone (2004), for which she was awarded Best Actress from the 2004 Sundance Film Festival and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Farmiga's acting talent shone in a range of characters, from her role as a senator's daughter in The Manchurian Candidate (2004), the wife of a mobster in Running Scared (2006), a humorous prostitute in Breaking and Entering (2006), and a police psychiatrist in The Departed (2006).
In 2010, Farmiga received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her performance in Up in the Air (2009). In 2011, she made her directorial debut with the drama Higher Ground (2011), in which she also appeared in the leading role. Although the film had a limited release, Farmiga's direction and performance received attention at several festivals. In 2013, she began starring in the drama thriller series Bates Motel (2013), for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in the first season. In 2019, she received a second Primetime Emmy Award nomination, this time in the Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie category, for her role in the drama miniseries When They See Us (2019).
Farmiga was formerly married to actor Sebastian Roché, whom she met during production of Roar (1997). The two eloped to the Bahamas after the series ended in 1997. They separated and subsequently divorced in 2004. On September 13, 2008, she married musician Renn Hawkey, with whom she has two children, son Fynn McDonnell (b. 2009) and daughter Gytta Lubov Hawkey (b. 2010). Farmiga lives with her family in Hudson Valley, New York. Her other activities, outside her acting profession, include reading, playing piano, boxing, jujitsu, and spending time with her pet angora goats.- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Noel Fielding was born to Dianne Fielding and Ray Fielding, on May 21 1973. He has once revealed on The Russell Brand Show, on Radio 2, that he has a French grandmother. Fielding once stated that he was never
baptised, he hasn't got a middle name and he does not follow any
religion. He was once educated at Croydon art college and Buckingham
Chilterns University College.
Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt's Edinburgh Festival debut in 1998 won
them the much coveted Perrier Award for Best Newcomer. In 2001, The
Mighty Boosh came to Radio 4. This proved to be very successful and was
made into a television series for BBC 3 and took it by storm.
Outside of the Boosh, Fielding has had bit parts in several of Channel
4's off-beat comedy programmes. These included Nathan Barley, The IT
Crowd and Garth Marenghi's Darkplace. On quite a few occasions he has
starred alongside fellow Boosh star Julian Barratt.- Actress
- Director
- Producer
Sasha Alexander began acting by the time she was in the seventh grade when she found herself cast as the lead female in her school's production of "Baby". What she didn't know was that her male co-star would chicken out on her only a few hours before opening night. Determined to let the show go on, Sasha used her comedic skills and threw herself into the role. The audience response was overwhelmingly enthusiastic, and a star was born. Sasha continued acting in high school and college plays, and traveled east to New York from her native Los Angeles to perform in summer stock and Shakespeare Festival productions. It was here that her portrayal of Katherine in "The Taming of the Shrew" earned her the honor of studying in London with Cicely Berry and the Royal Shakespeare Company. Sasha graduated from USC's prestigious School of Cinema & Television, where she studied directing in an effort to hone her behind-the-camera skills. All the while, she continued to add to her acting resume with appearances in several critically acclaimed independent films, which premiered at festivals across the country. Besides her acting career, Sasha has also written a variety of productions, including Lucky 13 (2005), a comedy which she co-wrote, produced and stars in with Harland Williams and Lauren Graham. Sasha co-starred with Angie Harmon on the TV drama Rizzoli & Isles (2010).- Actor
- Producer
- Director
Anson is an American actor, born in Mount Prospect, IL and grew up in White Bluff, Tennessee. His mother is Nancy Smith, a former professional golfer. His father Anson Adams Mount II was one of the original contributing editors to Playboy magazine. Anson has an older brother Anson Adams III and a sister Kristin from his father's first marriage. His great-great-great grandfather was a Confederate cavalry colonel in the Civil War. Anson attended the University of the South and Columbia University for MFA Acting Program from 1995-1998.- Actor
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Bokeem Woodbine grew up in Harlem, New York. At the age of 19, he secured the lead role in the HBO production of Forest Whitaker's directorial debut Strapped (1993). Bokeem moved to Los Angeles shortly after completing the film Jason's Lyric (1994), and has pursued his dream of becoming a noteworthy film actor while balancing a passion for musical expression. Along the way he has appeared alongside Oscar- wining actors and worked with many of today's top directors, producers, and networks. To date he has appeared in biographical movies, like "Ray," comedies like "Life," horror, "Devil," and most recently science fiction, in the much anticipated film, In the Shadow of the Moon (2019). Bokeem respects the responsibilities inherent in taking on any role, and enjoys the process.- Actress
- Producer
- Writer
Neve Campbell was born and raised in Guelph, Ontario, to Marnie (Neve), a Dutch-born psychologist and yoga instructor (from Amsterdam), and Gerry Campbell, a Scottish-born teacher (from Glasgow). Campbell first came to our TV screens in the hit Drama series Party of Five (1994). Described as TV's most believable teenager, her first major film role came in the form of innocent victim "Sidney Prescott" in Scream (1996), the film which re-defined the slasher genre.
She joined the cast of the acclaimed series House of Cards In 2016, playing Leann Harvey, shortly after in 2018 she starred opposite Dwayne Johnson in the action movie Skyscraper.
Many film offers came Neve's way but, as she was filming Party of Five (1994) for nine months of the year, the filming schedules often clashed. So in 2000, she announced that she was to leave the award-winning show to concentrate on a film career. Working in many genres, her film credits include the romantic comedy Three to Tango (1999) alongside Matthew Perry and the erotic thriller Wild Things (1998) with Denise Richards and Matt Dillon, though she has turned to a more art house approach with the critically acclaimed Panic (2000) and, more recently, Last Call (2002), both directed by Henry Bromell.
She is an animal lover and describes herself as having a dry, often offensive sense of humor.- Actress
- Director
- Producer
Juliette Lewis has been recognized as one of Hollywood's most talented and versatile actors of her generation since she first stunned audiences and critics alike with her Oscar-nominated performance as "Danielle Bowden" in Cape Fear (1991).
To date, she has worked with some of the most revered directors in the industry, including Martin Scorsese,
Woody Allen, Lasse Hallström, Oliver Stone, and Garry Marshall. Whether lending dramatic
authenticity or a natural comedic flair to her roles, Lewis graces the screen with remarkable range and an original and captivating style.
Lewis was born in Los Angeles, Californa, to Glenis (Duggan) Batley, a graphic designer, and Geoffrey Lewis, an actor. By the age of six, she knew she wanted to be a performer. At twelve, Lewis landed her first leading role in the Showtime miniseries
Home Fires (1987). After appearing in several TV sitcoms including The Wonder Years (1988), she made her move to film, starring with
Chevy Chase in National Lampoon's National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) and with Jennifer Jason Leigh in the drama Crooked Hearts (1991). At
16, Lewis starred opposite Brad Pitt in the critically acclaimed television movie Too Young to Die? (1990), catching the attention of Martin Scorsese, who cast her in his thriller Cape Fear (1991). Her powerful scenes with Robert De Niro captured the
quiet complexities of adolescence and earned her an Oscar nomination and Golden Globe nomination for "Best Supporting Actress". Her auditorium scene with De Niro went down in movie history as one of cinema's classic scenes.
Lewis next worked with Woody Allen in Husbands and Wives (1992), playing a self-assured college coed with a penchant for older men and, particularly, her married professor. She quickly followed suit with a succession of starring roles in a variety of blockbusters and critically acclaimed projects including Kalifornia (1993), Romeo Is Bleeding (1993), What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), and Natural Born Killers (1994),
Oliver Stone's controversial media satire about two mass murderers who become legendary folk heroes.
Lewis's other credits include the Nora Ephron comedy Mixed Nuts (1994), with Steve Martin and Adam Sandler; the sci-fi action film Strange Days (1995) with Ralph Fiennes and Angela Bassett; Quentin Tarantino's vampire tale From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) with George Clooney; The Evening Star (1996) with Shirley MacLaine; the Garry Marshall-directed The Other Sister (1999), and Todd Phillips' Old School (2003), co-starring opposite Luke Wilson, Vince Vaughn, and
Will Ferrell as well as Starsky & Hutch (2004). In addition to her film career, Lewis has continued to add roles to her growing list of television credits with a performance in Showtime's My Louisiana Sky (2001), for which she secured an EMMY nomination, and a starring role in the Mira Nair-directed HBO's film Hysterical Blindness (2002), alongside Uma Thurman and Gena Rowlands.
After a six-year hiatus from film to pursue her burgeoning music career exclusively, Lewis announced her return to acting with a handful of upcoming movies. Juliette starred alongside Elliot Page, Marcia Gay Harden, Kristen Wiig and Jimmy Fallon in the comedy Whip It (2009). The film was released by Fox Searchlight on October 2nd, 2009. Directed by
Drew Barrymore, the film tells the story of an ex-beauty pageant contestant that leaves her crowns behind after joining a roller derby team. Lewis plays "Iron Maven", the star of a top derby team. Next, she joined the cast of the acclaimed
European animated thriller Metropia (2009), as the voice of "Nina". She also appeared in the romantic comedy The Switch (2010), opposite Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman, and Patrick Wilson. The film tells the story of a single mother (Aniston) who decides to have a child using a sperm donor. Juliette plays "Debbie Epstein", the best friend of Aniston's character. Lewis also appears in Sympathy for Delicious (2010), Mark Ruffalo's directorial debut. The film follows a paralyzed DJ, struggling to survive on the streets of LA who turns to faith healing and mysteriously develops the ability to cure the sick. Juliette plays "Ariel", costarring alongside Orlando Bloom, Mark Ruffalo, and Laura Linney. The film took home the US Dramatic Special Jury Prize at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. Most recently, Juliette Lewis appears in the indie-drama Conviction (2010), which stars
Hilary Swank, Melissa Leo, Minnie Driver, and Sam Rockwell. She plays "Roseanna Perry" in the true story of an unemployed single mother (Swank) who saw her brother begin serving a life sentence in 1983 for murder and robbery. The role has won Lewis praise from audiences and critics, alike, for her performance, with USA Today saying, "Juliette Lewis has an
indelible role" and the San Francisco Chronicle saying "Her character work should be studied in schools. Just remarkable". In addition to Conviction (2010), Lewis also makes a cameo in Todd Phillips's comedy, Due Date (2010), starring Robert Downey Jr., Michelle Monaghan, and Zach Galifianakis.
Beginning in 2004, Juliette took a hiatus from acting to embark on a musical journey. After six years, two full length albums and countless high profile tours and festival gigs with her band, 'Juliette & the Licks', Juliette set out on a solo career. Releasing "Terra Incognita" last fall, the album has taken her all across the world from Europe to Japan to Turkey, Australia, North America and Canada. For more information on Juliette Lewis' music, please visit her MySpace page. Juliette Lewis resides in Los Angeles.- Actor
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Adam Scott was born in Santa Cruz, California, the son of Anne and Dougald Scott. He has two older siblings, Shannon and David. Scott has said that his brother David "looks like me but is far more cerebral and inherited the intellect of our parents," both of whom are retired teachers. He graduated from Harbor High School and he is an alumnus of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Los Angeles, California, class of 1993.- Actress
- Producer
Simmone Mackinnon was born on 19 March 1973 in Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia. She is an actress and producer, known for McLeod's Daughters (2001), Attila (2001) and Dark Waters (2003).- Actress
- Music Department
- Writer
Grey Griffin was born in Fort Ord, California. She is a singer and
well-known voice actress. She was raised by her grandmother through her
difficult childhood because her mother was a drug addict. Her
grandmother was a singer and performed often with
Tito Puente. Grey was highly interested in
goth bands, mostly The Cure. Her mother,
however, born-again Pentecostal, strictly forbade Grey to listen to
goth music. In her late teens, she sang gospel songs. Thanks to that,
she became interested in stand-up comedy and started to perform it. She
also had a talent for voice impressions, which led to voice acting.
Griffin started in a few animation series and, since then, has been
featured in numerous video games.
She is best-known for providing the voice of "Vicky" in
the Nickelodeon TV series, "Fairly OddParents" (2001-2013), as well
as "Mandy" in the Cartoon Network TV show, "The Grim
Adventures of Billy and Mandy" (2001 - 2007). She voiced "Mandy" again in two more films about Billy and Mandy, "Billy and Mandy
Big Boogie Adventure" (2007) and "The Grim Adventures of KND" (2007),
opposite'Richard Steven Horvitz' (Billy) and
Greg Eagles (Grim).
In 2002, Grey DeLisle married musician
Murry Hammond, the bassist for the band,
Old 97's. Their first child, Jefferson Texas
Hammond, was born in 2007, in Los Angeles, California.- Actor
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Having grown up in Houston, and its northern suburb of Spring, he made his first stage appearance in a school play at the age of 6. Parsons then went on to study theater at the University of Houston. From there he won a place on a two-year Masters course in classical theater at the University of San Diego/The Old Globe Theater, graduating in 2001.
He moved to New York, working in Off-Broadway productions, appearing in TV commercials and in one episode of Ed (2000) before landing a recurring role in Judging Amy (1999) in 2004.
He was propelled to international fame and acclaim three years later when he starred as Sheldon in the award-winning sitcom,
The Big Bang Theory (2007).- Actor
- Producer
- Composer
Adrien Nicholas Brody was born in Woodhaven, Queens, New York, the only child of retired history professor Elliot Brody and Hungarian-born photographer Sylvia Plachy. He accompanied his
mother on assignments for the Village Voice, and credits her with making
him feel comfortable in front of the camera. Adrien attended the American
Academy of Dramatic Arts and LaGuardia High School for the Performing
Arts in New York.
Despite a strong performance in
The Thin Red Line (1998),
time constraints forced the director to edit out much of Adrien's part.
In spite of his later work with Spike Lee and
Barry Levinson, he never became
the star many expected he would become until
Roman Polanski called on him to play a
celebrated Jewish pianist in Nazi-occupied Warsaw. He pulled off a
brilliant performance in
The Pianist (2002), drawing on the heritage and rare dialect of his Polish-born grandmother, as well as his father, who lost family members during the Holocaust, and his mother, who fled Communist Hungary as a child during the 1956 uprising against the Soviet Union.- Actress
- Producer
- Director
Jennifer Esposito was born in Brooklyn, New York.
She launched her career with an appearance on
Law & Order (1990) in 1996, and
went on to play the character of "Stacey Paterno" in 36 episodes on the
hit TV series Spin City (1996),
starring alongside
Michael J. Fox.
Her first major film was Spike Lee's
Summer of Sam (1999). Other famous
film credits include the Academy Award-winning film
Crash (2004) and
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (1998).- Actor
- Producer
- Director
Sharlto Copley was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, to Linda Stocks
and Bruce Copley, a former university professor. His childhood dreams
of acting were put on hold for many years when his television
production company was one of few in his native South Africa granted
licensing to create content for broadcast. Rather than acting in front
of the camera, Copley found himself the businessman running the
production behind the scenes, becoming South Africa's youngest
television producer at age 25. It was during this time that he met a
then-teen-aged Neill Blomkamp, who worked
at Copley's company in exchange for use of the computers to pursue his
talent for design. Blomkamp would many years later go on to direct
Copley in his star-making debut as nervous bureaucrat Wikus van de
Merwe in the Oscar nominated science fiction hit District 9 (2009).
Copley followed this by fulfilling another childhood dream, landing the
role of H.M. "Howling Mad" Murdock in the big screen adaption of the
1980's TV hit The A-Team (2010) and was also directed by Blomkamp
once again in the movie Elysium (2013). He now continues to split his
time between his native South Africa and Hollywood, pursuing more
opportunities in front of and behind the camera.- Actress
- Producer
- Writer
Kathryn Marie Hahn is an American actress and comedian. She became a worldwide phenomenon when she starred as Agatha Harkness in the Marvel Cinematic Universe miniseries WandaVision (2021) for which she received critical acclaim and a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie.
She was born in Westchester, Illinois, but her family then moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where she spent most of her time growing up. She is of German, Irish, and English descent. She graduated with a bachelor's degree in theater from Northwestern University. She later attended Yale, where she enrolled in the school of drama and starred as "Sally Bowles" in "Cabaret" and as "the heartless Célimène" in Molière's play, "The Misanthrope". Kathryn has extensive stage experience, and appeared with the Huntington Theater Company's production of Jon Robin Baitz's "Ten Unknowns", with Ron Rifkin of Alias (2001) (Arvin Sloane).
Kathryn got her role as "Lily" when she was "discovered" by an NBC casting director at the Williamstown Theater Festival, and the Crossing Jordan (2001) role of "Lily" was created for her by creator/producer Tim Kring.
As a lead actress in film, Hahn starred in Joey Soloway's comedy-drama Afternoon Delight (2013), the comedy film Bad Moms (2016), and its 2017 sequel, and the Tamara Jenkins drama Private Life (2018). For the latter, she received critical acclaim and a Gotham Award nomination for Best Actress. She has appeared in various dramatic films, including Revolutionary Road (2008), This Is Where I Leave You (2014), Tomorrowland (2015), The Visit (2015), and Captain Fantastic (2016), for which she received her first Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. She voiced Ericka Van Helsing in the Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation (2018) and Hotel Transylvania 4: Transformania (2022) and Doctor Octopus in the Academy Award winning animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018).
In television, Hahn was featured in a recurring guest role on the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation (2009), for which she received a Critics' Choice nomination for Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series, she starred in the Amazon Prime Video comedy-drama series Transparent (2014), for which she received a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Hahn also starred in the Amazon Prime Video comedy series I Love Dick (2016), the HBO comedy miniseries Mrs. Fletcher (2019), and the HBO drama miniseries I Know This Much Is True (2020). Since 2020, Hahn has voiced Paige Hunter in the Apple TV+ animated musical comedy series Central Park (2020).
She lives in Los Angeles, where she paints and practices yoga when she's not busy acting. She is married to Ethan Sandler, with whom she has two children.- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Stephen Graham was born August 3, 1973, in the small town of Kirkby,
Lancashire, to a pediatric nurse mother and a social worker father.
His paternal grandfather was Jamaican, and one of his grandmothers was
Swedish. After years of small parts, he finally got his big break in an
unexpected way, playing the dim-witted Tommy in
Guy Ritchie's film,
Snatch (2000). Apparently, Graham didn't
audition for the role as Tommy--one day, he accompanied a friend to the
audition for Ritchie and was asked if he was next. When Graham
replied "no", Ritchie told the then-unknown actor, "I like your face",
and was asked if he could start work Monday.
So much is to be said of this actor, who started his career with bit
parts on ITV (he played Lee Sankey on
Coronation Street (2006) in
1999 and was also cast in smaller films like
Pit Fighter (2005). Graham also
appeared in the critically acclaimed
Gangs of New York (2002),
directed by Martin Scorsese, and
on television, playing Sgt. Myron 'Mike' Ranney in the HBO
mini-series Band of Brothers (2001). His acting course also includes brilliant performances in excellent works such as in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Parade's End (2012) and Taboo (2017).- Actress
- Producer
- Writer
Roselyn Milagros Sánchez Rodríguez is a Puerto Rican singer-songwriter, dancer, model, actress, producer, and writer. On television, she is best known for her roles as Elena Delgado on the CBS police procedural Without a Trace (2005-09), as Carmen Luna on the Lifetime comedy-drama Devious Maids (2013-16), and as Elena Roarke on the new Fantasy Island (2021-present). In film, Sánchez has appeared in Rush Hour 2 (2001), Boat Trip (2002), The Game Plan (2007), and Act of Valor (2012).- Actor
- Soundtrack
Jordan Bridges is an American actor, best known as Frankie Rizzoli on Rizzoli & Isles (2010-2016). Bridges was born in Los Angeles County, California, and is the son of actor Beau Bridges and Julie Bridges. He is the nephew of Jeff Bridges and the grandson of Lloyd Bridges and Dorothy Bridges. Bridges' maternal grandfather, Marvin Landfield, was the son of Russian-Jewish immigrants.- Actress
- Producer
- Director
Rose McGowan is an American actress and director, known for her
contribution to independent film. Since the age of nineteen, she has
appeared in acclaimed films by Gregg Araki, Wes Craven, Brian De Palma,
Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino. In 2014, her directorial debut
Dawn (2014) was nominated for the Short
Film Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Rose Arianna
McGowan was born on September 5, 1973 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy, to
American parents Terri and Daniel Patrick McGowan. She is the second
eldest of six siblings, and has Irish, French, and English ancestry. As
a young child, she was raised within the Italian chapter of the
Children of God. During the early 1980s, her family severed ties with
the community and migrated to Eugene, Oregon, USA. Following the
divorce of her parents, Rose relocated to Gig Harbor, Washington, to
live with her grandmother. At age 14, McGowan was accused of drug use
by a family friend and committed to rehabilitation. She has
consistently maintained the decision was unjustified. Upon release, she
spent a year without a home and was emancipated from her parents by the
age of 15. McGowan's career as an actor began with
The Doom Generation (1995).
Originally intended for Jordan Ladd, the
character of Amy Blue was, coincidentally, awarded to McGowan by an
associate of director Gregg Araki. For her
performance, she was nominated at the 1995 Independent Spirit Awards
for Best Debut Performance. Subsequently cast in
Wes Craven's
Scream (1996), she experienced further
success when the project defied expectations to become one of the
highest grossing films of the year. The innovative career of McGowan
was overshadowed throughout much of the 1990s by her high-profile
relationship with musician Brian Warner (aka
Marilyn Manson). Strong performances in
Going All the Way (1997),
Lewis & Clark & George (1997),
Southie (1998) and
Jawbreaker (1999) were largely unseen
by the general public. When the relationship ended between Rose and
Manson in 2001, she remarked: "There is great love, but our lifestyle
difference is, unfortunately, even greater". Rose continued to work
solidly, appearing in a string of soft-sounding studio and independent
films. Performances from this period included: a political activist in
Showtime's
The Killing Yard (2001),
a grifter in Roads to Riches (2002)
and a factory worker in "Stealing Bess" (aka
Vacuums (2003)). She was re-introduced to
the mainstream as Paige Matthews in
Aaron Spelling's
Charmed (1998), a popular television
series for which she devoted five consecutive years. When "Charmed"
finished its run in 2006, McGowan emerged in top form. Critics praised
her efforts in
Robert Rodriguez's
Planet Terror (2007), and
Quentin Tarantino's
Death Proof (2007). In several
interviews, McGowan has expressed a general apathy and disdain for
Hollywood. Despite this, her work ethic remains strong. Following her
recent marriage to LA-based artist Davey Detail, the actress has
resolved to purse further projects as a director.- Actor
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Jack Davenport was born in 1973 and is the son of actors Maria Aitken and
Nigel Davenport. He studied Literature and Film Studies at the University of
East Anglia. His first break happened after he wrote to John Cleese to ask
to be a runner on Fierce Creatures (1997) where he ended up playing a zoo keeper. His
first major role however was that of public school educated barrister
Miles in the BBC television series This Life (1996). Recent projects include the
stylish Ultraviolet (1998) where he played a modern-day vampire hunter, The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) as
Matt Damon's love interest, and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) as the Keira Knightley's intended
mate.- Actor
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Paul William Walker IV was born in Glendale, California. He grew up
together with his brothers, Caleb and Cody, and sisters, Ashlie and
Amie. Their parents, Paul William Walker III, a sewer contractor, and
Cheryl (Crabtree) Walker, a model, separated around September 2004. His
grandfather, William Walker, was a Pearl Harbor survivor and a Navy
middleweight boxing champion, while his maternal grandfather commanded
a tank battalion in Italy under General Patton during World War II.
Paul grew up active in sports like soccer and surfing. He had English
and German ancestry.
Paul was cast for the first season of the family sitcom,
Throb (1986) and began modeling until
he received a script for the 1994 movie,
Tammy and the T-Rex (1994).
He attended high school at Village Christian High School in Sun Valley,
California, graduating in 1991. With encouragement from friends and an
old casting agent who remembered him as a child, he decided to try his
luck again with acting shortly after returning from College.
He starred in
Meet the Deedles (1998), a
campy, silly but surprisingly fun film which failed to garner much
attention. However, lack of attention would not be a problem for Paul
Walker for long. With
Pleasantville (1998), he appeared
in his first hit. As the town stud (a la 1950s) who more than meets his
match in modern day Reese Witherspoon,
he was one of the most memorable characters of the film. That same
year, Paul and his then-girlfriend Rebecca had a baby girl named Meadow Walker (Meadow Rain Walker). Even though Paul publicly admitted that Meadow was not planned, he said that she is his number one priority. Paul and Rebecca
separated and Meadow lives with her mother in Hawaii. She often visited
with Paul as his homes in Santa Barbara and Huntington Beach,
California.
Roles in the teen hits
Varsity Blues (1999),
She's All That (1999) and
The Skulls (2000) cemented Walker's
continued rise to celebrity. He was chosen to be one of the young stars
featured on the cover of Vanity Fair's annual Hollywood issue in April
2000. While the other stars on the cover, brooded and tried their best
to look sexy and serious, Paul smiled brightly and showed why he is not
part of the norm. This is one young actor who certainly stood apart
from the rest of the crowd, not only with his talent but with his
attitude. The Dallas Morning News commented in March of 2000 that,
"Paul is one of the rarest birds in Hollywood- a pretension free movie
star." The latest blockbuster hit, The Fast and the Furious (2001),
had raised his stardom to an even higher level.
His fighting scenes in movies lead to a passion for martial arts. He
has studied various forms of Jujitsu, Taekwondo, Jeet Kune Do and
Eskrima. Paul mentioned in a magazine interview that he had hoped
enroll in the Keysi Fighting Method when it comes to the United States.
Other than practicing martial arts, Paul enjoyed relaxing at home with
his daughter, Meadow Rain, surfing near his Huntington Beach abode,
walking his dogs and just driving.
When Paul seriously did get a break from the entertainment business, he
said he loved traveling. Paul had traveled to India, Fiji, Costa Rica,
Sarawak, Brunei, Borneo and other parts of the Asian continent.
Tragically, Paul Walker died in a car crash on Saturday November 30,
2013, after attending a charity event for "Reach Out Worldwide".
Several of Paul's films were released after his death, include Hours (2013), Brick Mansions (2014), and his final starring role in The Fast and the Furious series, Furious 7 (2015), part of which was completed after his death. The film's closing scenes paid tribute to Walker, whose character met with a happy ending, and rode off into the sunset.- Actress
- Music Department
- Producer
Tara Strong began her acting career at the age of 13 in Toronto, Canada. She landed several TV, film, and musical theater roles as well as her first lead in an animated series as the title role of "Hello Kitty." After a short run at Toronto's Second City theater company, she moved to Los Angeles with an extensive resume that included her own sit-com and well over 20 animated series. Upon arriving in Hollywood, she quickly made her mark in several TV and Film projects, such as "Party of Five," "National Lampoon's Senior Trip," "Sabrina the Teenage Witch," and more. She has an iconic voice-over career, including roles such as Bubbles in "The Powerpuff Girls," Timmy Turner in "The Fairly OddParents," Dil Pickles in "Rugrats," Raven in "Teen Titans," "Batgirl," "Family Guy," "Drawn Together," "Ben 10," Melody in "The Little Mermaid 2," "Spirited Away," etc. She is Miss Collins on Nickelodeon's "Big Time Rush" and the current voice of "Harley Quinn." She is Emmy nominated, a Shorty Award winner, Twilight Sparkle in "My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic" and currently playing "Unikitty" in the new hit series. She appeared in the Hallmark Christmas movie, "A Very Merry Toy Store." She has 350,000 Twitter followers (@tarastrong) and has used her social media to raise several hundred thousand dollars for kids with cancer and animal rescue groups, as well as using her commanding voices for her anti-bullying platform. She lives in Los Angeles. From between 2000 and 2019 she was married to former actor and real estate agent Craig Strong. However, the couple went their separate ways in July 2019 and, eventually, they formally divorced in January 2022. They have two sons together.- Actress
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Carmen Elizabeth Ejogo was born in Kensington, London, England, to a Nigerian father and a Scottish mother. Her television career began in the United Kingdom in the early 1990s, where she presented the children's series Saturday Disney (1990). Subsequently, she has had an acting career in the United States. She has appeared in Metro (1997) with Eddie Murphy, What's the Worst That Could Happen? (2001) with Martin Lawrence, and Love's Labour's Lost (2000) with Kenneth Branagh, among other films, and also presented "The Carmen Ejogo Video Show" - her own video show on BSB's Power Station channel. She starred as Thomas Jefferson's slave concubine in the television drama Sally Hemings: An American Scandal (2000) as Sally Hemings and also as Sister Anderson in the remake version of the cult classic original film Sparkle (2012).
Ejogo is also a vocalist, having collaborated with several artists in the 1990s. She wrote and sang lead vocals on the song "Candles" by English drum 'n' bass DJ Alex Reece - she appeared in the music video and is listed in the production credits as 'Carmen'. She also sang vocals and duets with British artist Tricky on a song called "Slowly". Aside from "Candles", Ejogo appears on four songs of the Sparkle (2012) original soundtrack album from the movie of the same name, singing lead on "Yes I Do" (as a solo), and co-lead vocals with Jordin Sparks and Tika Sumpter on "Jump", "Hooked on Your Love" and "Something He Can Feel". She is also a member of Mensa International, the largest and oldest high IQ society in the world.- Writer
- Producer
- Music Department
Seth Woodbury MacFarlane was born in the small New England town of Kent, Connecticut, where he lived with his mother, Ann Perry (Sager), an admissions office worker, his father, Ronald Milton MacFarlane, a prep school teacher, and his sister, Rachael MacFarlane, now a voice actress and singer. He is of English, Scottish, and Irish ancestry, and descends from Mayflower passengers.
Seth attended and studied animation at the Rhode Island School of Design and, after he graduated, he was hired by Hanna-Barbera Productions (Now called Cartoon Network Studios) working as an animator and writer on the TV series Johnny Bravo (1997) and Cow and Chicken (1997). He also worked for Walt Disney Animation as a writer on the TV series Jungle Cubs (1996). He created The Life of Larry (1995) which was originally supposed to be used as an in-between on Mad TV (1995). Unfortunately the deal fell through but, a few months later, executives at FOX called him into their offices and gave him $50,000 to create a pilot for what would eventually become Family Guy (1999).
Since Family Guy's debut, MacFarlane has gone on to create two other television shows-American Dad! (2005) and The Cleveland Show (2009). MacFarlane began to establish himself as an actor, voice actor, animator, writer, producer, director, comedian, and singer throughout his career. MacFarlane has also written, directed and starred in Ted (2012) and its sequel Ted 2 (2015), and A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014). He voiced the mouse, Mike, in the animated musical Sing (2016).- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Stephen Dorff was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to Nancy and Steve Dorff, a composer. Chosen from over 2000 young men from around the world, he auditioned
and won the coveted role of "PK" in
John G. Avildsen's
The Power of One (1992) in 1992, starring opposite Morgan Freeman, John Gielgud and Fay Masterson.
For his performance, he was awarded the Male Star of Tomorrow Award
from the National Association of Theater Owners.
Dorff then amassed an impressive list of screen credits, chief among them New
Line's Blade (1998), in which he starred
opposite Wesley Snipes and won the "Best
Villain" at both the MTV Movie and Blockbuster Entertainment Awards. He
also co-starred with Susan Sarandon in
HBO's
Earthly Possessions (1999),
based on Anne Tyler's novel about an
unlikely romance between a young, fumbling bank robber and his hostage. He also starred in Scott Kalvert's street
gang drama, Deuces Wild (2002), for
MGM and as the champion of bad cinema in the
John Waters comedy,
Cecil B. Demented (2000),
co-starring Melanie Griffith.
Additional credits include XIII: The Conspiracy (2008),
Entropy (1999),
Blood and Wine (1996) with
Jack Nicholson, and opposite
Harvey Keitel in
City of Industry (1997). He
starred as the fifth Beatle,
Stuart Sutcliffe, in
Iain Softley's
Backbeat (1994), and as the notorious
Candy Darling in
I Shot Andy Warhol (1996).
His 2000s credits include
Oliver Stone's
World Trade Center (2006),
Robert Ludlum's
Covert One: The Hades Factor (2006),
.45 (2006) with
Milla Jovovich,
Shadowboxer (2005) with
Cuba Gooding Jr. and
Helen Mirren, and the Disney thriller,
Cold Creek Manor (2003), with
Dennis Quaid and
Sharon Stone for director
Mike Figgis.
Stephen appeared as disillusioned Hollywood actor and single father Johnny Marco in Sofia Coppola's Somewhere (2010), which won a Golden Lion at the 2010 Venice Film Festival. In 2009, Dorff teamed with Somewhere producer G. Mac Brown on Michael Mann's gangster drama Public Enemies (2009), starring opposite Johnny Depp and Christian Bale.
Dorff was most recently cast in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre prequel Leatherface (2017) and the fantasy family film Albion: Rise of the Dannan (2016) _.- Actress
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Indira Anne Varma (born 27 September 1973) is a British actress. Her film debut and first major role was in Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love. She has gone on to appear in the television series The Canterbury Tales, Rome, Luther, Human Target, and Game of Thrones (as Ellaria Sand). In September 2016, she began starring in the ITV/Netflix series Paranoid, as DS Nina Suresh.
Varma was born in Bath, Somerset, the only child of an Indian father and a Swiss mother who was of part Genoese Italian descent; her parents were relatively elderly and were often mistaken for her grandparents. She was a member of Musical Youth Theatre Company and graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, in 1995.
Varma has had a number of television and film roles, including Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love in 1997 and Bride and Prejudice in 2004, and the young Roman wife Niobe during the first season of BBC/HBO's historical drama series Rome. Her character appeared briefly in the second season of the award-winning series when it aired on 14 January 2007.
In 2006, she played Suzie Costello in the first and eighth episodes, "Everything Changes" and "They Keep Killing Suzie", of BBC Three's science-fiction drama series Torchwood. She appeared as Dr Adrienne Holland in the CBS medical drama 3 lbs which premiered on 14 November 2006 and was cancelled on 30 November 2006 due to poor ratings. Varma guest starred in the fourth-season premiere of hit US detective drama Bones as Scotland Yard Inspector Cate Pritchard. She also played the role of Zoe Luther in the first series of the BBC drama Luther.
Varma played the role of Ilsa Pucci in the second season of the Fox series Human Target until the show was cancelled on 10 May 2011.
Varma played the role of Ellaria Sand, the paramour of Oberyn Martell in season 4 of the HBO show Game of Thrones, and reprised the role in seasons 5, 6 and 7.
She lent her voice to the Circle mage Vivienne, in the 2014 role-playing video game Dragon Age: Inquisition.
In 2016, she played the lead role of DC Nina Suresh in the eight-episode British television drama Paranoid, streamed worldwide on Netflix.
In 1997, Varma played Bianca in Shakespeare's Othello at the National Theatre, London. In 2000 to 2001, she appeared in Harold Pinter and Di Trevis's NT stage adaptation of Pinter's The Proust Screenplay, Remembrance of Things Past, based on À la recherche du temps perdu, by Marcel Proust. In the summer of 2001, she played Gila in One for the Road, by Harold Pinter, at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City.
In 2002, she played Sasha Lebedieff in Ivanov by Anton Chekhov at the National Theatre and Bunty Mainwaring in The Vortex by Noël Coward at the Donmar Theatre, London. In 2004, she played Sabina in The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder at the Young Vic Theatre Theatre, London. In 2008, she played Nadia Baliye in The Vertical Hour by David Hare at the Royal Court Theatre London. In 2009, she played Olivia in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night with Donmar West End at Wyndham's Theatre, London. In 2012, she played Jessica in Terry Johnson's Hysteria at the Theatre Royal, Bath. In 2013 she played Miss Cutts in The Hothouse by Harold Pinter in the Trafalgar Transformed season at Trafalgar Studios.
In 2014, Varma played Tamora, Queen of the Goths, in Lucy Bailey's "gore-fest" production of Titus Andronicus at Shakespeare's Globe. In 2015, she appeared alongside Ralph Fiennes in George Bernard Shaw's Man and Superman at the National Theatre.- Actor
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Lance Barber was born in Battle Creek, Michigan. His father, an Army military police officer, was killed in line of duty when Barber was one year old. His mother raised him by herself in Battle Creek. When Lance was seven years old, he saw a production of Grease, fell in love of acting, and decided that's what he wanted to do for the rest of his life.
He graduated from Pennfield High School in 1991, then attended Kellogg Community College, where he performed in school productions while earning his associate's degree. After a year at the Barn Theatre, where he worked with Jennifer Garner, he moved to Chicago and tried his luck at the famed Second City under Del Close. Barber spent five years at Second City, where he performed alongside Jack McBrayer.
Moving to Los Angeles to try it out, Barber made his first TV appearance on Gilmore Girls. His breakout role came in 2005, when he played Paulie G. in HBO's The Comeback with co-star Lisa Kudrow.
As of 2024, Barber plays George Cooper, Sr. on the TV show Young Sheldon, a spin-off of The Big Bang Theory. He resides in Los Angeles with his wife Aliza, a chef. He is the father of two children, a son and daughter. When he is not working, he is looking after his kids.- Ólafur Darri was born on the 3rd of March in Connecticut, USA in 1973. Growing up in Iceland from the age of 4 he went to The Icelandic Drama School. Olafur Darri has been fortunate enough to work full time as an actor from his graduation with the help of a lot of good people. He is one of the founders of the Vesturport Theatre Company as well as the production company ACT4. Olafur Darri lives in Reykjavik with his partner, two daughters and Waffle the dog.
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Elisabeth Rohm will next be seen in the Roger Ailes biopic FAIR AND BALANCED for Lionsgate and director Jay Roach, portraying Fox News host Martha MacCallum, as well as Ted Melfi's THE STARLING opposite Melissa McCarthy.
Elisabeth recently wrapped production on the Lifetime feature FAMILY PICTURES opposite Justina Machado and previously co-starred in David O. Russell's JOY opposite Jennifer Lawrence and Robert De Niro. This was her second collaboration with David following the huge success of AMERICAN HUSTLE in which she had a pivotal role opposite Bradley Cooper, Christian Bale and Amy Adams (the film won numerous accolades for its ensemble cast including the coveted SAG Award and both films were nominated for Oscars.)
Elisabeth also had a key role in TRIBES OF PALOS VERDES opposite Jennifer Garner for IFC Films and Relativity Media. Other notable film credits include TRAFFICKED with Ashley Judd and GOING UNDER opposite Bruce Willis and Jason Momoa.
Elisabeth also has a rich body of work in the television space notably starring as "Serena Southerlyn" on LAW & ORDER for five seasons and "Kate Lockley" on The WB series ANGEL. More recently, Elisabeth co-starred with Dylan McDermott and Maggie Q on STALKER for CBS and starred opposite Eric Dance on THE LAST SHIP for TNT and Michael Bay. She also had memorable arcs on Will Arnett's Netflix series FLAKED and The CW hit show JANE THE VIRGIN.- Amelia Heinle was born on 17 March 1973 in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. She is an actress, known for The Young and the Restless (1973), The Limey (1999) and Loving (1983). She has been married to Thad Luckinbill since 3 March 2007. They have two children. She was previously married to Michael Weatherly.
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Claudie Blakley graduated from London's Central School of Speech and Drama in 1997 and was hailed that year as a bright and fresh Wendy in the National Theatre's Christmas production of 'Peter Pan' opposite Ian McKellen. Staying with the National she went with them for their 1998-99 season at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, where she received the Ian Charleson Award as best young performer for her role in Chekhov's 'The Seagull'.
In the early 2000s she appeared in ensemble costume films Gosford Park (2001) and The Cat's Meaw (2001) before returning to the stage in 2003 to join the Royal Shakespeare Company in 'All's Well That Ends Well' opposite Judi Dench. She was a touching Charlotte Lucas in Joe Wright's film of Pride & Prejudice (2005) opposite Keira Knightly and starred as the ill-fated Jill in cult horror-comedy Severance (2006) with Danny Dyer and Toby Stephens.
Between 2007-11 she completed two further ensemble costume pieces for television, Cranford (2007-09) and Lark Rise To Candleford (2008-11) as the much-loved Emma Timmins opposite Brendan Coyle. Claudie has since gone on to have a wide and varied career in film and television as a well as recent highly acclaimed stage productions including 'Chimerica' and 'Consent' in London's West End.- Actor
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Kevin McKidd was born and raised in Elgin, Scotland, the son of
Kathleen, a secretary, and Neil McKidd, a plumber. He was a member of
the Moray Youth Theatre, before going on to study Engineering at the
University of Edinburgh. While at the university, Kevin became involved
with Bedlam Theatre, the university's student theatre company. At this
point, Kevin decided to give up on engineering and dropped out of the
university to pursue acting full-time. In 1994, he landed the leading
role in the stageplay, "The Silver Darlings", produced by
Robert Carlyle's Rain Dog Theatre
Company. It was only a matter of time before Kevin made his screen
debut as the vicious gangleader, "Malky Johnson", in
Gillies MacKinnon's
Small Faces (1995). His next role was
as the tragic, gentle giant, "Tommy", in
Trainspotting (1996).- Actress
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Shannon Elizabeth was born in Houston, Texas, the daughter of a Syrian/Lebanese father. When Shannon was in 3rd grade, her family moved to Waco, Texas, to be close to relatives. As a girl, Shannon took dance lessons, including tap, ballet, and jazz. While attending high school, however, she was very interested in tennis. She even considered going pro and making tennis her life. During high school, she was active in cheerleading, dance team, and the student council. As a senior, Shannon was in a music video shot in Waco. The local music artists were called "Hi-5", and the director of that video just happened to be Antoine Fuqua. After graduating, Shannon moved to New York City to model. She then traveled all over the world with her newfound career to places that included Japan, Italy, France, and Australia. After moving to Los Angeles years later, she signed on with Ford Models and, eventually, Elite. Shannon had always wanted to start her acting career and had just modeled in hopes that it could help lead her into acting, which it did. About a year after moving to Los Angeles, she started taking acting classes with several different coaches. She got an agent, started working, and in 1999, she landed the iconic role of "Nadia" in the movie American Pie.
Shannon enjoys wearing even more hats these days. Since cutting her directing chops on music videos, she is now directing documentaries and film projects via her production company, Ganesha Productions. She also co-hosts the podcast The Art of Conservation.
Shannon also splits her time between the US and South Africa, running programs within her nonprofit, the Shannon Elizabeth Foundation. The mission is to improve this planet for the animals, environment, and indigenous people.- Actress
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Radha Mitchell (born 12 November 1973) is an Australian actress. She started her career acting in various Australian TV series and movies, and later became known for her appearance in Hollywood films.
Mitchell, a native of Melbourne, began acting when she was still in high school and had her professional debut on the popular Australian soap, Neighbours (1985) in 1994. Two years later, she made her film debut in the romantic comedy Love and Other Catastrophes (1996), in which she starred as a college student experiencing a messy breakup. The film proved to be fairly popular in Australia, but it wasn't until she was cast in High Art (1998) that Mitchell gained an introduction to a wider audience. The critical success of "High Art" made it possible for her to do more international work, and her increasing popularity was reflected by her subsequent casting in a number of projects. Among them were Pitch Black (2000), a sci-fi horror film in which Mitchell played a pilot whose ship crashes on a hostile planet, and Everything Put Together (2000), a drama where she plays a suburban woman shunned by her peers after the death of her baby. Her career continued with a diverse run of films, including Nobody's Baby (2001), Man on Fire (2004), Finding Neverland (2004), and landing the lead in Woody Allen's Melinda and Melinda (2004). Those last three films all hit the screens in 2004, and although kept working steadily, she never quite capitalized on the buzz she generated that year. Her other credits include Silent Hill (2006), Henry Poole Is Here (2008), Surrogates (2009) and The Crazies (2010).- Actress
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Alyson Court was born on 9 November 1973 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress and casting director, known for Resident Evil: Degeneration (2008), X-Men: The Animated Series (1992) and Resident Evil: Code: Veronica (2000). She was previously married to Erik Suzuki.- Actor
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Neil Patrick Harris was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on June 15,
1973. His parents, Sheila Gail (Scott) and Ronald Gene Harris, were lawyers
and ran a restaurant. He grew up in Ruidoso, New Mexico, a small town
120 miles south of Albuquerque, where he first took up acting in the
fourth grade. While tagging along with his older brother of 3 years,
Harris won the part of Toto in a school production of
The Wizard of Oz (1939).
His parents moved the family to Albuquerque in 1988, the same year that
Harris made his film debut in two movies:
Purple People Eater (1988)
and Clara's Heart (1988), which
starred Whoopi Goldberg. A year later,
when Neil was 16, he landed the lead role in
Steven Bochco's television series about a
teen prodigy doctor at a local hospital,
Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989),
which launched Harris into teen-heartthrob status. The series
lasted1989-1993 and earned him a People's Choice Award for Favorite
Male Performer in a New Series (1990) and a Golden Globe Nomination
(1990). Harris attended the same high school as
Freddie Prinze Jr., La Cueva High
School in Albuquerque. Neil acted on stage in a few plays while there,
one of which was his senior play,
Fiddler on the Roof (1971),
in which he portrayed Lazar Wolf the butcher (1991).
When "Doogie Howser, M.D." stopped production in 1993, Harris took up
stage acting, which he had always wanted to do. After a string of
made-for-television movies, Harris acted in his first big screen roles
in nine years,
Starship Troopers (1997) with
Casper Van Dien and then
The Proposition (1998). In July
1997, Harris accepted the role of Mark Cohen for the Los Angeles
production of the beloved musical,
Rent (2005). His performance in "Rent"
garnered him a Drama-League Award in 1997. He continued in the musical,
to rave reviews, until January 1998. He later reprised the role for six
nights in his hometown of Albuquerque, New Mexico, in December 1998.
In 1999, Harris returned to television in the short-lived sitcom
Stark Raving Mad (1999),
with Tony Shalhoub. He was also in the
big-screen projects
The Next Best Thing (2000)
and Undercover Brother (2002),
and he can be heard as the voice of Peter Parker/Spider-Man in the
newest animated Spider-Man (2003)
series. Harris has continued his stage work, making his Broadway debut
in 2001 in "Proof." He has also appeared on stage in "Romeo and
Juliet," "Cabaret,"
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert (2001),
and, most recently, "Assassins." In 2005, Harris returned to the small
screen in a guest-starring role on
Numb3rs (2005) and a starring role in
the sitcom
How I Met Your Mother (2005).
Neil played the title role in the web-exclusive musical comedy
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog (2008),
widely downloaded via iTunes to become the #1 TV series for five
straight weeks, despite not actually being on television.- Adam Copeland is an actor and an professional wrestler, who wrestles as Edge in the WWE. He starred as one of the leads in the fifth season of the popular television series Haven on Syfy. He also starred as a recurring character on the History Channel series Vikings. Canadian-born, Copeland's life in wrestling spans three decades, and through his long and decorated career as "Edge", Copeland entertained millions of fans internationally while winning 31 championships overall in WWE - the most by any wrestler ever - including 11 world heavyweight championships. Copeland became the youngest wrestler ever inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in March 2012. As an actor, Copeland appeared in an installment of the popular film franchise Highlander: Endgame, and also starred in the WWE produced, Bending the Rules opposite Jamie Kennedy. Copeland's television appearances include a recurring guest arc on Sanctuary, and numerous appearances as Edge in shows such as Clash Time, the Weakest link, Mind of Mencia, Deal Or No Deal, and MADtv to name a few. Copeland's autobiography, Adam Copeland on Edge, was a New York Times bestseller, Copeland has a massive and dedicated international fan base, with a twitter following of over 750K, and growing daily. He lives in the mountains of Asheville, NC, where he spends his time hiking, biking, cuddling with his family.
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T.R. Knight was a member of the acting company of Minneapolis' Guthrie Theater. Roles there included Richard Miller in Eugene O'Neill's "Ah, Wilderness!" and Amadeus in Peter Shaffer's "Amadeus".
On the New York stage, he portrayed Tim Allgood in "Noises Off", Damis in "Tartuffe", Joe in "This Lime Tree Bower" and Brendan Hilliard in "Anto Scattergood".
He received a Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in "Scattergood".
His first role was as a five year old when he played Tiny Tim in the Guthrie Theater's annual production of A Christmas Carol.- Actress
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Jennifer Lee Taylor is an American actress who is known for her voice acting contributions to video games and cartoons. She voiced Cortana and Dr. Catherine Halsey in the Halo franchise and voiced Princess Peach, Toad and Toadette in Nintendo's Super Mario franchise. She also provided voice work for the Microsoft Cortana artificial intelligence.- Producer
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Rian Johnson was born in Maryland and at a young age his family moved to San Clemente, California, where he was raised. After graduating from high school, he went on to attend the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. His first feature film, Brick (2005), was released in 2005 and was the metaphorical building block that launched his career. He is a director, writer, and musician, among other areas of expertise.
His second feature, The Brothers Bloom (2008), proved his ability to tell an exciting story with A-list actors, and the visionary Looper (2012) cemented him as a modern science-fiction icon. Among his highest-rated work are three episodes of the critically acclaimed Breaking Bad (2008). His filmography made him a strong candidate to write and direct Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017), the penultimate episode of the 'Star Wars' series. Lucasfilm was pleased with his work and announced that we would write and direct a 'Star Wars' trilogy separate from the main Skywalker story.