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Klaus Kinski biography 2022

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Biography of Klaus Kinski Klaus Kinski (Klaus Günther Nakszyński) was born October 18, 1926., German actor; father of Nastassja Kinski . After theater work in Berlin, Klaus Kinski starred in more than 100 films from 1948. With his manic eyes and his angry temperament, Klaus Kinski often got roles as a genius, fantasist, or madman, for example, in Dr. Zhivago (1965), Jack the Ripper (1976), Paganini (1989), and Werner Herzog's films, e.g., Aguirre der Zorn Gottes (1972), Nosferatu (1978) and Cobra Verde (1987). Died November 23, 1991. last updated September 2022

Elia Kazan Biography 2022

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Biography of Elia Kazan  Elia Kazan (Elia Kazantzoglou) was born on September 7, 1909. American film director and writer of Greek origin. Elia Kazan was an actor and theater director in the 1930s, made a name for himself on Broadway in the 1940s, and in 1947 was a co-founder of the Actors' Studio . He disseminated Konstantin Stanislavski's theories about the perfect psychological and physical identification with the role, the so-called Method of Acting, who had a breakthrough with his production of A Streetcar Named Desire on Broadway in 1947. Marlon Brando had the lead role and got it again in the film adaptation in 1951, which marked the method's breakthrough in film and broke radically with the star types of earlier times and the soberly muted playing style of the 1940s. Elia Kazan's direction then produced landmark acting performances in the film adaptation of American writer John Steinbeck's novel East of Eden (1955) with James Dean, Baby Doll (1956) with Carr

Kurt Russell Biography 2022

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Biography of Kurt Russell Kurt Russell (Kurt Vogel Russell) was born on March 17, 1951. After child and youth roles for The Walt Disney, Kurt Russell had his breakthrough as Elvis Presley in John Carpenter's (January 16, 1948) television portrait film Elvis (1979). Since then, Kurt Russell has been used as a romantic hero with sharp edges or as a pure action hero in genre films such as John Carpenter's Escape from New York City (1981), Mike Nichols' Silkwood (1983), Tequila Sunrise (1988), Unlawful Entry (1992), the western Tombstone (1993) in the role of Wyatt Earp and Breakdown (1997). In 2007, he made a minor comeback in Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof (2007). last updated September 2022

Marlon Brando Biography 2022

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Biography of Marlon Brando Marlon Brando, 1924-2004, American actor. As one of the most influential actors of his generation, Marlon Brando, in the 1950s, stood for a new acting style, the so-called method acting from the Actors' Studio in New York. In a break with the sober form of expression of the 1940s, he represented an emotional identification with the character's psychology in roles built on intensely felt details and motivations in the characters. To the roles, Marlon Brando brought his radiance of vulnerable, groping rebel, quickly making him the symbol of a new generation's showdown with the authorities. Elia Kazan , one of the founders of the Actors' Studio , gave Brando his breakthrough on the stage with Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire in 1947 and had him reprise the role on film in 1951 (Ascension to Paradise) to the same effect. Marlon Brando got his definitive star role as the motorcycle gang leader in The Wild One (1954), where the inart

Jack Nicholson biography 2022

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Biography of Jack Nicholson Jack Nicholson (John Joseph Nicholson) was born on April 22, 1937, in Neptune City, New Jersey, USA. After debuting in 1958 with roles in horror and horror B-movies, Jack Nicholson got his breakthrough in Dennis Hopper 's Easy Rider (1969), where he established the part of the rebellious individualist in the wake of youth rebellion. The figure was refined in Bob Rafelson's Five Easy Pieces (1970), The Last Detail (1973), and not least in Miloš Forman's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), which gave Jack Nicholson his first Oscar. On a large-scale of temperament, Jack Nicholson has portrayed introverted and introspective characters in films such as The King of Marvin Gardens (1972), Mike Nichols' Carnal Knowledge (1971), Michelangelo Antonioni's The Passenger (1975), and Ironweed (1987) and various degrees of madness in Stanley Kubrick's horror The Shining (1980) as well as The Witches of Eastwick (1987) A Few Good Men (1992) A

Hilary Swank biography 2022

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Biography of Hilary Swank Hilary Swank (Hilary Ann Swank) was born July 30, 1974, in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA. After several minor films and TV roles, i.a., in Beverly Hills 90210 1997-98, Hilary Swank had her breakthrough in Boys Don't Cry (1999) as a young woman who pretends to be a man. The role brought her an Oscar, and after several significant functions, e.g., Insomnia (2002) and The Core (2003), she won another Oscar for her performance as a female boxer in Clint Eastwood 's boxing drama Million Dollar Baby (2004). She has also played in, among other things, The Black Dahlia (2006), based on James Ellroy's novel, and portrayed aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart in Amelia (2009). last updated September 2022

Henry Fonda biography 2022

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Biography of Henry Fonda Henry Fonda was born on May 16, 1905. Grand Island, Nebraska, USA. Henry Fonda made his film debut in 1935 and, with his intense but low-key acting, quickly became a symbol of higher justice, especially as the hero in John Ford films such as Young Mr. Lincoln (1939), The Grapes of Wrath (1940) and My Darling Clementine (1946). From 1948 to 1955, Henry Fonda appeared exclusively in the theater, with particular success in the play Mr. Roberts. When he returned to the film, it was, among other things, to produce the jury drama Twelve Angry Men (1957). Here he characteristically plays the juror who fights for the principle of "reasonable grounds for doubt." Since then, Henry Fonda often played the regular, liberal American but tried his hand a couple of times as a villain, for example, in Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) and Joseph L. Mankiewicz's There Was a Crooked Man ( 1970). Henry Fonda received an Oscar in 1981 for his over

Helen Hunt biography 2022

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Biography of Helen Hunt Helen Hunt was born on June 15, 1963. Culver City, California, USA. Helen Hunt was first a television child star, showed her comedic talent in Francis Ford Coppola's Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) and Only You (1992), and became known for her participation in the series Mad About You (1992 -99). Her real film breakthrough came with the disaster film Twister (1996), and she won an Oscar for her performance in As Good As It Gets (1997) opposite Jack Nicholson . Helen Hunt's later films include What Women Want (2000), The Curse of the Jade Scorpion (2001), and the romantic drama Then She Found Me (2007). last updated October 2022

Whitney Houston biography 2022

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Biography of Whitney Houston Whitney Houston (Whitney Elizabeth Houston) was born August 9, 1963, in Newark, New Jersey, USA. She was an American pop and R&B singer and actress. Houston was also a film producer, songwriter, and model. She released her debut album in 1985, receiving critical acclaim and commercial success. Died: February 11, 2012, Beverly Hills, California, USA. Whitney Houston - I Will Always Love You last updated September 2022

Willem Dafoe biography 2022

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Biography of Willem Dafoe Willem Dafoe (William Dafoe) was born in 1955. Willem Dafoe had his first significant role in Platoon (1986) and rose to stardom, starring in The Last Temptation of Christ (1988) and as the FBI agent in Mississippi Burning (1988). He is also remembered for The English Patient (1996) and Wild at Heart (1990), where he honed his talent to fill ambiguous and sometimes diabolical supporting roles in the latter. He continued this character type as the vampire Max Schreck in Shadow of the Vampire (2000), mad scientist in Spider-Man (2002), and gangster father in Lars von Trier's Manderlay (2005). Willem Dafoe has also participated in, among other things, Inside Man (2006) and Lars von Trier's Antichrist (2009). last updated October 2022

Yul Brynner biography 2022

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Biography of Yul Brynner Yul Brynner was born July 11, 1920, in Vladivostok, Russia. He was a Russian-American actor. He became known for his role as the charismatic and crowned King of Siam in Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II's (1895-1960) musical The King And I, which premiered in 1951 on Broadway. The role of the King of Siam was Brynner's breakthrough after a checkered career in the entertainment business. The success continued with Walter Lang's (1898-1972) film adaptation of the play in 1956, which earned Brynner an Oscar. In the following years, he retained his star status in villainous and western roles, i.a., in John Sturges' (1911-92) The Magnificent Seven (1960). As his film career began to fade, Yul Brynner returned to the theater in 1977, where he repeated the success of The King And I until a few months before his death. Died: October 10, 1985, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. last updated October 2022

William Hurt biography 2022

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Biography of William Hurt William Hurt (William McChord Hurt) was born March 20, 1950, in Washington, D.C., USA. He was an American actor. He is best known for his role in Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985), which won him an Oscar. After a versatile theater career in the 1970s, William Hurt became a new type in cinema in the 1980s, specializing in interpreting inner, complex tensions behind an almost anonymous exterior, especially in collaboration with the director Lawrence Kasdan in Body Heat (1981), The Big Chill (1983) and The Accidental Tourist (1988). Among his other films are Broadcast News (1987), Smoke (1995), A History of Violence (2005), and Vantage Point (2008). Died March 13, 2022, in Portland, Oregon, USA. last updated October 2022

Sharon Tate biography 2022

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Biography of Sharon Tate Sharon Tate (Sharon Marie Tate) was born January 24, 1943, in Dallas, Texas, USA. Tate was an American actress who was murdered in one of the most publicized murder cases of the 1960s in the United States.  Died: August 9, 1969, 10050 Cielo Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA. The Fearless Vampire Killers last updated September 2022

Franka Potente biography 2022

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Biography of Franka Potente   Franka Potente was born: 22 July 1974, Münster, Germany. She is a German actress. She is known for her leading role in the film Lola rennt (1998), The Bourne Identity (2002), The Bourne Supremacy (2004), and The Bourne Ultimatum (2007). last updated October 2022

Kiefer Sutherland biography 2022

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Biography of Kiefer Sutherland Kiefer Sutherland (Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland) was born on December 21, 1966, the son of Donald Sutherland . Kiefer Sutherland is known for a wide range of varied roles, including in the western Young Guns (1988), Joel Schumacher's Flatliners (1990), Lost Without a Trace (1992), and the 1990s version of The Three Musketeers (1993) after Alexandre Dumas. With the theatrical TV series 24 hours (2001- ), he made a comeback that, among other things, has been followed by roles in Lars von Trier's Melancholia (2011) and the TV series The Confession (2011). last updated October 2022

Ethan Suplee biography 2022

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Biography of Ethan Suplee Ethan Suplee was born on May 25, 1976, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He is an American actor. He is probably best known for his role as Seth Ryan in American History X, Louie Lastik in Remember the Titans, Frankie in Boy Meets World, Randy Hickey in NBC's sitcom My Name Is Earl, and for his roles in Kevin Smith's films.  last updated October 2022

Ronda Rousey biography 2022

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Biography of Ronda Rousey Ronda Rousey (Ronda Jean Rousey) was born on February 1, 1987, in Riverside, California, USA. She is an American professional wrestler, judoka, MMA practitioner, actress, and author. Rousey competed in the UFC, where she was the bantamweight champion from December 2012 to November 2015. She was previously a champion in the Strikeforce. last updated October 2022

Rain Phoenix biography 2022

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Biography of Rain Phoenix Rain Phoenix (Rain Joan of Arc Phoenix) was born November 21, 1972, in Crockett, Texas, USA. She is ​​an American actress, musician, and singer. She is the older sister of Joaquin Phoenix , Liberty Phoenix, and Summer Phoenix and the younger sister of River Phoenix . Her official website last updated October 2022

Joaquin Phoenix biography 2022

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Biography of Joaquin Phoenix Joaquin Phoenix (Joaquin Rafael Phoenix) was born October 28, 1974 , Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. He is an American actor, film producer, and director. In 2006, he was nominated for an Oscar and won a Golden Globe for his starring role as Johnny Cash in Walk the Line. In 2019, he received critical acclaim in the role of the Joker from the DC universe in the movie Joker.  last updated October 2022

River Phoenix biography 2022

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Biography of River Phoenix River Phoenix (River Jude Phoenix) was born on August 23, 1970, in Madras, Oregon, USA. He was an Academy Award-nominated American actor and musician, as well as a spokesperson for PETA . He was the older brother of actors Joaquin Phoenix , Rain Phoenix , and Summer Phoenix. Died: October 31, 1993, West Hollywood, California, USA. last updated September 2022

Anya Taylor-Joy biography 2022

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Biography of Anya Taylor-Joy Anya Taylor-Joy was born on April 16, 1996, in Miami, Florida, USA. Anya Josephine Marie Taylor-Joy is an American-Argentine-British actress and model. She has received numerous awards, including a Critics' Choice Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She received high praise for her performances as the protagonists Emma Woodhouse in the Jane Austen remake Emma and Beth Harmon in the Netflix miniseries The Queen's Gambit (both 2020). For the Queen's Gambit, she won the Golden Globe for Best Actress – Miniseries or TV Movie and the SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie. In 2021, she was included in the Time 100 list. last updated October 2022

Harvey Keitel biography 2022

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Harvey Keitel biography Harvey Keitel was born May 13, 1939, in New York City, New York, USA. Harvey Keitel is an American actor and producer. Some of his most prominent starring roles were in Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets and Taxi Driver, Ridley Scott's The Duellists, and Thelma & Louise. Protégé of Martin Scorsese, Harvey Keitel had several significant supporting roles in the 1970s, often as a gangster as in Mean Streets (1973), but also got leading roles in, for example, Ridley Scott's historical drama The Duellists (1977). Later, because of his star status, he promoted young directors, e.g., Quentin Tarantino, in whose Reservoir Dogs (1992) and Pulp Fiction (1994) he starred. Among Harvey Keitel's many other roles is Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974), Fingers (1978), Ridley Scott's Thelma and Louise (1991), and Jane Campion's The Piano (1993). and Holy Smoke (1999) and Theo Angelopoulos's Odysseus's Look (1995), the latter three allowed

Natasha Henstridge biography 2022

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Natasha Henstridge biography Natasha Henstridge was born in Springdale, Canada, on August 15, 1974. Natasha Tonya Henstridge is a Canadian actress and model. In 1995, she rose to prominence with her debut role in the science-fiction thriller Species, followed by performances in Species II and Species III. last updated October 2022

Goldie Hawn biography 2022

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Biography of Goldie Hawn Goldie Hawn (Goldie Jean Hawn) was born on November 21, 1945. She has been in a relationship with Kurt Russell  since 1983. Goldie Hawn has since her breakthrough in Cactus Flower (1969), for which she won an Oscar, especially playing the apparently naive blonde in a long series of comedies. Comedie such as Shampoo (1975), Private Benjamin (1980), Death Becomes Here (1992), The First Wives Club (1996), and Woody Allen 's Everybody Says I Love You (1996). In recent years, she has had quite a few roles but is i.a. seen in the comedy The Banger Sisters (2002) alongside Susan Sarandon . last updated October 2022

Gene Hackman biography 2022

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Gene Hackman biography Gene Hackman (Eugene Allen Hackman) was an American actor born on January 30, 1930, in San Bernardino, California, USA. Gene Hackman is among Hollywood's most versatile character actors, alternately in leading and supporting roles, producing complex characters, everyday people, and professional action heroes in genre films. After a career in various jobs, he began as an actor Off-Broadway and got his film breakthrough relatively late in Arthur Penn's Bonnie and Clyde (1967) and became a star in the Oscar-winning role of policeman in the genre-reviving crime film The French Connection ( 1971). He has also won an Oscar for his role as an evil sheriff in Clint Eastwood 's take on the western genre, The Unforgiven (1992). Among Gene Hackman's other significant roles can be mentioned Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation (1974), Night Moves (1975), Mississippi Burning (1988), and the John Grisham film adaptation The Firm (1993). He has also show

Geena Davis biography 2022

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Biography of Geena Davis Geena Davis (Virginia Elizabeth Davis) was born on January 1, 1956. Geena Divis made her debut in Tootsie (1982) and in films such as David Cronenberg's The Fly (1986) and Tim Burton's Beetlejuice (1988), showing delicate tact with a sense of both melancholy, sweetness, and absurd humor. She then shone opposite William Hurt in The Accidental Tourist (1988) in a psychological character role for which she won an Oscar. Geena Davis has become primarily known for her female initiative characters in Ridley Scott's women's film Thelma & Louise (1991) as well as the pirate film Cutthroat Island (1995) and the action film The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996), both directed by her former husband, Renny Harlin. On TV, Geena Davis has, among other things, had his own TV show, The Geena Davis Show (2000-01), and played the President of the USA in the series Commander in Chief (2005-06). last updated October 2022

Eddie Murphy biography 2022

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Eddie Murphy biography Eddie Murphy began as a fast-talking and provocative stand-up comedian and found great success on Saturday Night Live's TV show (1981-84). His individual stand-up skills are also documented in the two TV shows Eddie Murphy Delirious (1983) and Eddie Murphy Raw (1987). He continued the type in the action comedies 48HRS. (1982, 48 hours) and the sequel Another 48 hrs. (1990) as well as Beverly Hills Cop (1984) with two sequels and had one of his best roles in Trading Places (1983). Eddie Murphy has also cultivated his masking talent in Coming to America (1988) and The Nutty Professor (1996, The Nutty Professor, sequel 2000). With i.a. the latter, he has cultivated a more family-friendly image. He successfully voiced the donkey in the animated film Shrek (2001, continued in 2004 and 2007) and was surprised with a character role in the musical Dreamgirls (2006). last updated October 2022

Donald Sutherland biography 2022

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Biography of Donald Sutherland Donald Sutherland, born July 17, 1935, is a Canadian-American film actor. He is the father of Kiefer Sutherland . Donald Sutherland broke through in darkly humorous roles in the war films The Dirty Dozen (1967) and M.A.S.H. (1970). He then developed a talent for playing demonic, often unsympathetic supporting characters in, e.g., Bernardo Bertolucci's 1900 (1976), Lock Up (1989), and Disclosure (1994). He has also cultivated more quietly intrusive characters with excellent performances in Klute (1971), Don't Look Now (1973), Ordinary People (1980), A Dry White Season (1989), and as the painter Paul Gauguin in Henning Carlsen's Oviri (1986). In recent years, Donald Sutherland has given solid supporting role performances in, e.g., The Italian Job (2003) and in the Jane Austen film adaptation Pride & Prejudice (2005) as well as in the TV series Commander in Chief 2005-06, Dirty Sexy Money 2007 -09 and The Pillars of the Earth 2010. last updat

Dianne Wiest biography 2022

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Dianne Wiest biography Dianne Wiest, born March 28, 1948, is an American actress primarily known for portraits of neurotic, vulnerable women with Woody Allen , i.a., in Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) and Bullets Over Broadway (1994), for which she both won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Diane Wiest has also shown her incredible acting talent in several central theater roles on Broadway. Also, in films such as Tim Burton 's Edward Scissorhands (1990), Robert Redford 's The Horse Whisperer (1998), and the drama I am Sam (2001). She has also appeared in TV series such as The 10th Kingdom 2000, Law & Order 2000-02, and In Treatment 2008-09. last updated October 2022

Diane Keaton biography 2022

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Diane Keaton biography Diane Keaton was born as an American actress and director on January 5, 1946. Diane Keaton had her breakthrough on Broadway in Hair (1968) and the following year starred opposite Woody Allen in Play It Again, Sam. In 1972, she reprised the role in the films (Me and Bogart) and then became Allen's muse in, among others, Sleeper (1973), Annie Hall (1977), Manhattan (1979), and again in Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993). Diane Keaton has also had character roles in the Godfather trilogy (1972, 1974, 1990) and in, Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977), and, for example, in the historical dramas Reds (1981) and Mrs. Soffel (1984). In the latter half of her career, she had several comedic roles, such as Something's Gotta Give (2003) and Because I Said So (2007). As a director, she has mainly worked in television. last updated October 2022

Emma Roberts biography 2022

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Emma Roberts Biography Emma Roberts was born on February 10, 1991, in Rhinebeck, New York, to Kelly Cunningham and actor Eric Roberts . Her parents divorced when she was seven months old. Through her father's marriage, she is the stepdaughter of Eliza Roberts and step-granddaughter of David Rayfiel and Lila Garrett. Through her mother's marriage, she is the stepdaughter of musician Kelly Nickels. She has a younger maternal half-sister, Grace. Her paternal grandmother was acting coach Betty Lou Bredemus, and her aunts are actresses Julia Roberts and Lisa Roberts Gillan. During her childhood, Roberts spent time on the sets of her aunt Julia Roberts films. These experiences sparked a desire to follow her father and aunts into the film industry. Her mother initially wanted her to have a normal childhood. She is of English, Scottish, Irish, Welsh, German, and Swedish descent through her father. last updated October 2022

Eric Roberts biography 2022

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Biography of Eric Roberts Eric Roberts was born on April 18, 1956, in Biloxi, Mississippi, USA. His sister is Julia Roberts . He is an American actor. His first film was King of the Gypsies, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor Debut. He was nominated for a Golden Globe and Academy Award for his supporting role in Runaway Train with Jon Voight . last updated October 2022

Dennis Quaid biography 2022

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Dennis Quaid biography Dennis Quaid was born on April 9, 1954, an American film actor; he married Meg Ryan 1991-2001, brother of actor Randy Quaid (b. 1950). Dennis Quaid played i.a. alongside his brother in Walter Hill's western The Long Riders (1980) before making his breakthrough in Philip Kaufman's depiction of the birth of the US space program, The Right Stuff (1983). Dennis Quaid was then at home as a shrill Jerry Lee Lewis in Great Balls of Fire (1989), and his talent for tarnished charm was also utilized in The Big Easy (1987), Suspect (1987), and Something to Talk About (1995). In recent years, he has switched between dramatic roles, e.g., as a gay husband in Far from Heaven (2002), the hero in the large-scale disaster film The Day After Tomorrow (2004), and a secret agent in the thriller Vantage Point (2008). last updated October 2022

Dennis Hopper biography 2022

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Biography of Dennis Hopper Dennis Hopper (Dennis Lee Hopper) was born May 17, 1936, an American actor and director. Dennis Hopper began his long career, which included over 200 films, by taking on supporting roles alongside, e.g., James Dean and here cultivated an image as an erratic rebel. In 1969, Dennis Hopper broke through as a director with the generational film Easy Rider, in which he also starred, but since then had only sporadic but essential roles in the 1970s, for example,  as the manic photographer in Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now (1979). In the 1980s and 1990s, Dennis Hopper had a new breakthrough in the role profession as a psychopathic villain, e.g., David Lynch's Blue Velvet (1986) and the action hit Speed ​​(1994). In the latter part of his career, he also appeared in TV series such as 24 Hours (24 hours) 2002, E-Ring 2005-2006, and Crash 2008-2009. Dennis Hopper also directed some hit entertainment films, such as the police film Colors (1988) and the So

Danny DeVito biography 2022

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Danny DeVito biography Danny DeVito is an American actor. Danny DeVito got his first significant film role in Miloš Forman's One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest (1975), one of the pivotal films of the 1970s, but a real breakthrough came only with the TV series Taxi (1978-1983). The role of the choleric boss in Taxi secured Danny DeVito a series of significant film roles.  All of these played on his short stature (152 cm) and sharp lines, including the adventure comedy Romancing the Stone (1984) and Batman Returns back (1992). He has since been a regular supporting actor in Hollywood, for example, in getting Shorty (1995), L.A. Confidential (1997), and Big Fish (2003). He also made his mark in the television world in the comedy program Saturday Night Live from 1980-1987 and the series It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia (2006-2010). As a director, Danny DeVito has, among other things, been behind War of the Roses (1989) and the large-scale drama Hoffa (1992) about the American tra

Clint Eastwood biography 2022

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Biography of Clint Eastwood Clint Eastwood was born May 31, 1930, an American actor and director. Clint Eastwood, via minor supporting roles and i.a., television series Rawhide (1959-66), has become a significant star in gritty action films. At the same time, he has achieved a position as one of the most respected names in American cinema. He built his reputation and established his type as the taciturn loner, "The Man With No Name," in Sergio Leone's series of three Italian so-called spaghetti westerns, beginning with A Fistful of Dollars(1964) and culminating in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). He then brought the character into a contemporary American setting under director Don Siegel in the cop films Coogan's Bluff (1968) and especially Dirty Harry (1971). The last one was an excellent debate-generating success with its theme of independence and had four sequels. Clint Eastwood began directing in the 1970s, first the horror Play Misty For Me (1971) and then

Clark Gable biography 2022

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Clark Gable biography Clark Gable was born on February 1, 1901. American actor. Clark Gable was Hollywood's most popular star in the 1930s, where his devilish demeanor and virile charm represented a romantic ideal of the Depression-era hero. Gable's character was established in Frank Capra's It Happened One Night (1934) and culminated in the role of Rhett Butler in Gone With the Wind (1939). After World War II, his type and acting style could seem outdated compared to new actors such as Marlon Brando , but Clark Gable retained his authority in films such as Mogambo (1953) and The Misfits (1960). Died November 16, 1960 last updated October 2022

Christopher Walken biography 2022

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Christopher Walken biography Christopher Walken (Ronald Walken) was born on March 31, 1943, an American actor. Christopher Walken broke through as a mentally broken soldier in Michael Cimino's great Vietnam War film, The Deer Hunter (1978), for which he won an Oscar for best supporting actor and then cultivated the role of a pure psychopath, among other things. Batman Returns (1992) and True Romance (1993). Throughout a career that includes over 100 films (2011), he has since shown great range within a wide field of roles, e.g., Pennies from Heaven (1981), David Cronenberg's Dead Zone (1983), At Close Range (1986), Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction (1994), Touch (1997), The Stepford Wives (2004) and Hairspray (2007) last updated September 2022

Christopher Reeve biography 2022

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Biography of Christopher Reeve Christopher Reeve was born on September 25, 1952. Christopher Reeve's breakthrough role as Superman (1978) starred in its three sequels (1980, 1983, 1985). Christopher Reeve also had serious parts, e.g., Deathtrap (1982) and The Remains of the Day (1993). He was a skilled pilot and twice crossed the Atlantic solo. On May 27, 1995, Reeve was paralyzed in the neck after a riding accident. Despite this disability, he played individual roles on TV, e.g., in the remake of Alfred Hitchcock's Rear Window (1998), in which a broken leg from the original version with James Stewart was converted to Reeve's authentic physical constitution to considerable effect. He also directed a few films. Christopher Reeve was married twice and left a couple of children from his first marriage. He has no burial place, his ashes being scattered instead. Died October 10, 2004 last updated October 2022

Chevy Chase biography 2022

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Chevy Chase biography Chevy Chase (Cornelius Crane Chase) was born in Lower Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA, on October 8, 1943. He is an American actor. His career began on TV, including in the series Saturday Night Live, in which he appeared intermittently from 1975-2007. He then had several farce roles and became particularly popular as the grumpy head of the Griswold family in National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) and several sequels. In addition, Chevy Chase has, among other things, played a detective in Fletch (1985) and parodied the western genre in Three Amigos! (1986) and resumed his TV career, i.a., Family Guy (2007-2009) and Community (2009-2011). last updated September 2022

Cher biography 2022

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Biography of Cher Cher (Cherilyn Sarkisian La Pier) was born in 1946, an American singer and actress. Cher began her career as a backing singer for, e.g., Phil Spector until, in 1965, she formed the duo Sonny & Cher with her husband Sonny Bono (1935-98). In the following years, they recorded several songs that became significant international sales successes, e.g., I Got You, Babe (1965) and The Beat Goes On (1967). As a soloist, Cher recorded in the same period, i.a., Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) (1966) and Sunny (1966). In the 1970s, Cher pursued a solo career, and after divorcing in 1974, she released the song Dark Lady, which became a million-seller. In 1975 she became the host of her own television show Cher. She then made the leap to the feature film, winning great recognition throughout the 1980s as an actress in films such as Mike Nichols' Silkwood (1983) and Norman Jewison's (b. 1926) Moonstruck (1987), which won her an Oscar. last updated September 2022

Charlton Heston biography 2022

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Charlton Heston biography Charlton Heston was born on October 4, 1924. American actor. Heston has primarily been synonymous with heroic figures in epics such as The Ten Commandments (1956) and the title role in Ben Hur (1959), as well as in disaster films such as Earthquake (1974). Among his more personal efforts are Major Dundee (1965), The War Lord (1965), and Will Penny (1967). From the mid-1980s, Heston mostly appeared in TV movies, also as a director. He has also been involved in administrative work in the film industry, i.a., as president of The American Film Institute. Heston was an ardent supporter of the right to bear arms, and from 1998-2003 he was president of the National Rifle Association's gun lobby. Died April 5, 2008 last updated October 2022

Charlie Sheen biography 2022

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Charlie Sheen biography Charlie Sheen was born September 3, 1965, in New York, USA. He is the son of Martin Sheen . Charlie Sheen broke through in Oliver Stone's Platoon (1986) and since then played, among other things, with his father in the same director's Wall Street (1987). He is also remembered for Young Guns (1988) and the self-parody performance in the farce Hot Shots! (1991, followed by 1993). Charlie Sheen's later films include Being John Malkovich (1998), Five Aces (1999), Scary Movie 3 (2003), and The Big Bounce (2004). On TV, he has, among other things, had success as a replacement for Michael J. Fox in the comedy series Spin City (2000-02) as well as in one of the most popular comedy series of the first decade of the 2000s Two and a Half Men (2003-11), as Charlie Sheen. However, the site left amid much media attention. last updated October 2022

Charlie Chaplin biography 2022

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Charlie Chaplin biography Charles Chaplin (Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin) was born on April 16, 1889. Charles Chaplin broke through in the silent film era as one of Hollywood's biggest stars with his mime and comic talent and vagabond character with his refined manners, neat mustache, bowler hat, bamboo cane, and huge shoes. Film audiences immediately embraced Chaplin's vagabond. The figure became known worldwide as the small, somewhat vain clown who can find life's poetic and bright sides in even the most challenging situation. After the breakthrough of sound film, Chaplin was still able to create popular movies that, with a mixture of comedy and social commentary, have placed him as one of the greatest actors and filmmakers in film history. Charles Chaplin was the son of two music-hall artists, and early on, he appeared with his older brother Sidney (1885-1965) in minor roles in variety shows and pantomimes. In 1907, at his brother's instigation, Charles Chaplin joined

Cary Grant biography 2022

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Cary Grant biography Cary Grant (Archibald Alexander Leach), 1904-1986, British-American actor. From the late 1930s and the following 25 years, Cary Grant was Hollywood's leading entertainment star. Cary Grant achieved an image of an elegant charmer and romantic, a carefree man of the world that was never challenged by the comic characters he also played. He had a past as a variety of singers, dancers, and acrobats, first in Great Britain and then in the United States in the 1920s. Among Grant's farce roles are classics such as Howard Hawks' so-called screwball comedies Bringing Up Baby (1938), His Girl Friday (1940), and Monkey Business (1952). The long-range of fun games include, among other things, The Awful Truth (1937) A darker and more ambiguous side of Cary Grant's personality was cultivated by Alfred Hitchcock in Suspicion (1941) and Notorious (1946). last updated October 2022

Calista Flockhart biography 2022

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Calista Flockhart biography Calista Flockhart, born in 1964, is an American actress. Calista Flockhart became famous as a skinny, neurotic daydreaming lawyer in the TV series Ally (1997-2002). She has also had film roles, i.a., in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999). last updated October 2022

Burt Lancaster biography 2022

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Burt Lancaster biography Burt Lancaster, 1913-1994, American actor. Originally a circus performer, Burt Lancaster made his debut in The Killers (1946). In the following years, Lancaster alternated between athletic and devilish roles in, for example, The Flame and the Arrow (1950) and The Crimson Pirate (1952) and characterful performances in From Here to Eternity (1953) ) and The Rose Tattoo (1955). He produced the Academy Award-winning everyday drama Marty (1955) and continued as a producer, starring himself in films such as Sweet Smell of Success (1957) and Birdman of Alcatraz (1962). Lancaster won an Oscar for his role as the lay preacher in Richard Brooks' Elmer Gantry (1960) and recognition as the prince in Luchino Visconti's Il Gattopardo (1963, The Leopard). Among Burt Lancaster's later notable films are 1900 (1976), Atlantic City (1981), and Field of Dreams (1989). last updated October 2022

Maria Bravo biography 2022

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Maria Bravo biography Maria Bravo (Maria Rosado Bravo) was born on October 18, 1967 in Málaga, Málaga, Andalucía, Spain. She is a producer and actress known for Glamour (1987), Cattle Call (2006), and For Your Eyes Only. last updated October 2022

Brendan Fraser biography 2022

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Brendan Fraser biography Brendan Fraser was born December 3,1968. Brendan Fraser broke through as the well-trained comic hero in George the Brave (1997), The Mummy (1999, continued 2001 and 2008), and Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003). Fraser has also had dramatic roles in, e.g., Gods and Monsters (1998), Philip Noyce's (b. 29/4/1950) The Quiet American (2002) based on Graham Greene's novel, Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008), and Extraordinary Measures (2010). last updated October 2022

Boris Karloff biography 2022

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Boris Karloff biography Boris Karloff (William Henry Pratt) was born November 23, 1887, in Camberwell, London, UK. British actor. Boris Karloff starred in more than 140 films, most of them American and in the horror genre, such as James Whale's Frankenstein (1931), which made the tall, darkly melancholic actor a cult figure. Besides the Frankenstein monster, Boris Karloff created famous characters in The Mummy (1934) and Mr. Wong (1938-40). His career and status as a star were dramatically exploited by Peter Bogdanovich in Targets (1968), in which Karloff plays a failed horror movie star. In addition to the films, Boris Karloff was known for his readings to children on the BBC. Died: 2. February 1969, Midhurst, UK. last updated October 2022