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Dean Martin biography Dean Martin (Dino Paul Crocetti) was born June 7, 1917, in Steubenville, Ohio, USA. He was an American actor, singer, and entertainer. After a series of farces with Jerry Lewis , Martin became the epitome of the relaxed Hollywood comedy star in, for example, Bells Are Ringing (1960) and What a Way to Go! (1964), but he also showed character talent in, e.g., Rio Bravo (1959) and Some Came Running (1959). On television, he was very successful with The Dean Martin Show (1965-74), where he was rarely seen without a glass of whiskey. His greatest hits are Memories Are Made of This (1956), and Everybody Loves Somebody (1964). Died December 25, 1995, in Beverly Hills, California, USA. last updated October 2022 last updated October 2022

Danny Kaye biography Danny Kaye was an American comedian and actor. He began as a stand-up comedian and appeared on Broadway in 1939. His sporadic film career began in 1944, and highlights were Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) and especially seen through Danish eyes by Hans Christian Andersen (1952). Danny Kaye incurred general outrage when, during a PR visit to Odense in 1952, at the request of the press photographers, he laid down in H.C. Andersen's bed with the poet's open umbrella in his hand. He was able to reverse this disillusionment with his disarming charm, and over the years, his relationship with Denmark and the Danes were characterized by mutual cordiality. The linguistic equilibrist and musical Danny Kaye achieved enormous popularity; he received 1954 a unique Oscar for his work and 1963 an Emmy for the television series The Danny Kaye Show (1963-67). He devoted most of his later life to charity work for UNICEF. last updated October 2022

Charles Boyer biography Charles Boyer, 1899-1978, French-American actor. Boyer was very successful as a romantic lover and sometimes unreliable lifer in 1930s and 1940s Hollywood, where he rose to stardom after ten years in French theater and film. Among his most famous films were Mayerling (1935), The Garden of Allah (1936), Conquest (1937), and Gaslight (1944). As an older man, he had renewed success in television, i.a., in the series The Rogues (1964-65). last updated October 2022

Buster Keaton biography Buster Keaton (Joseph Francis Keaton) was born on October 4, 1895. Buster Keaton was an American actor and film director. He is regarded in film history as the only comedian who can measure up to Charles Chaplin , even though the two artists were far apart in artistic character and temperament. Background Keaton grew up in a family of acrobats and made his debut at three in his parents' variety show. At the age of six, he had become the number's main attraction and had learned the violent displays that became one of his characteristics throughout the best part of his film career. The family troupe was successful under The Three Keatons but disbanded in 1917, after which Keaton began his film work. Farces Keaton was first a partner with Fatty Arbuckle, but from the autumn of 1920 got his own series of short farces, approx. 20 films established his type and his universe: the handsome, gentle, and dignified young man with an almost expressionless face and t

Kevin Costner biography Kevin Costner (Kevin Michael Costner) was born on January 18, 1955, an American actor who, in a few years, became one of the most famous movie stars of the 1980s and 1990s. Kevin Costner's breakthrough came in 1987 in Roger Donaldson's thriller No Way Out and Brian De Palma's gangster epic The Untouchables. Then he hit cemented his position with the character role in Oliver Stone's JFK (1991), about the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy. Kevin Costner achieved great success when he stubbornly and independently of the established production system directed himself in the alternative western Dances With Wolves (1990), which received an Oscar for, among other things. Best movie. Kevin Costner subsequently had leading roles in, among others, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), Lawrence Kasdan's romantic drama The Bodyguard (1992), and the same director's western Wyatt Earp (1994). However, the large-scale future drama Waterworld

Colin Farrell biography Colin Farrell (Colin James Farrell) was born on 31 May 1976 in Castleknock, Ireland. He is an Irish actor who has appeared in several successful Hollywood films, including Daredevil, Miami Vice, Minority Report, Phone Booth, Alexander, and S.W.A.T.  last updated October 2022

Heath Ledger biography Heath Ledger (Heath Andrew Ledger) was born on April 4, 1979, in Perth, Australia. He was an Australian actor, photographer, and director who had his big cinematic breakthrough in the mid-2000s.  His film work includes 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), The Patriot (2000), A Knight's Tale (2001), Monster's Ball (2001), Lords of Dogtown (2005), Brokeback Mountain (2005), Candy (2006), I'm Not There (2007), The Dark Knight (2008) and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009), the latter two being published posthumously. He also produced and directed music videos. For Ennis Del Mar in Brokeback Mountain, Ledger won "the New York Film Critics Circle Award in the Best Actor category and the Best International Actor Award from the Australian Film Institute; he became the first to receive the latter award posthumously. He was also nominated for a BAFTA Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, Golden Globe Award, and Academy Award in the Best Actor category, a

Edward Burns biography Edward Burns (Edward Burns Jr.) was born January 29, 1968, in Woodside, New York City, New York, USA. He is an American film actor, producer, writer, and director. He has, among other things, featured in the movie Saving Private Ryan. Burns started in the film industry as an assistant on Oliver Stone's film The Doors in the early 1990s.  last updated October 2022

Gary Oldman biography Gary Oldman was born on March 21, 1958, in New Cross, London, UK. As a young boy, Gary Oldman was a trained pianist and singer, but he gave it all up to pursue his dream of acting. Oldman has a bachelor's degree in acting from Rose Bruford Drama College and has done a lot of theater before making his film debut in 'Remembrance' in 1982. He received, among other things, Time Out's Fringe Award for Best Newcomer in 1985–86 and a Best Actor Award from The British Theater Association's Drama Magazine in 1985. Gary Oldman has played a wide variety of roles throughout his long career. In 1986, he played the iconic frontman Sid Vicious from the music group The Sex Pistols in the film 'Sid and Nancy.' Some examples of other significant roles he has played are i.a. Ludwig Van Beethoven in 'The Woman He Loved' (1994), Lee Harvey Oswald in 'JFK' (1991), and Dracula himself in Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula from 1992. He has had

Jet Li biography Jet Li was born in Beijing, China, on April 26, 1963. He is a Chinese martial artist, actor, Wushu champion, and international film star. last updated October 2022

Chris O'Donnell biography Chris O'Donnell (Christopher Eugene O'Donnell) was born June 26, 1970, in Winnetka, Illinois, USA. He is an American actor, perhaps best known for his roles as Robin in the Batman films Batman Forever and Batman & Robin, Charlie Simms in Scent of a Woman, Finn Dandridge in Grey's Anatomy, and more recently as Jack McAuliffe in The Company.  last updated October 2022

Corey Haim biography Corey Haim was born on December 23, 1971, in Toronto, Canada. He was a Canadian actor known for films in the 1980s and as a teen idol. He broke through with the film Lucas in 1986, where he played opposite Charlie Sheen and Winona Ryder , among others. He became best known for the film The Lost Boys, where he played opposite Kiefer Sutherland . He tried several comebacks without success. Among other things, he was part of the candidates for Batman Forever in 1995 but was knocked out by Chris O'Donnell . He was open about his drug addiction. He was never married but got together with Victoria Beckham of the Spice Girls in 1995 and was engaged to actresses Nicole Eggert and Tiffany Shepis in 2008. Died on March 10, 2010, in Hollywood, USA. last updated October 2022

Warren Beatty biography Warren Beatty, born in 1937, was an American actor and director, the brother of actress Shirley MacLaine. Beatty debuted as a young romantic in the James Dean tradition in Splendor in the Grass (1961) but quickly evolved into ambiguous anti-hero portraits, which he plays with a mixture of contact-seeking charm, ironic distance, and traits of childlike insanity, that can turn into psychopathy. This combination is strongly expressed in his productions, such as Bonnie and Clyde (1967) and Bugsy (1992). As a director, he started out with the comedy Heaven Can Wait (1977) and had his breakthrough as a serious filmmaker with Reds (1981) about John Reed. Among his other notable achievements are All Fall Down (1962), Shampoo (1975), and Dick Tracy (1991). last updated October 2022

Kyle MacLachlan biography Kyle Merritt MacLachlan was born February 22, 1959, in Yakima, Washington, USA. He is an American actor who, among other things, plays Orson Hodge in the television series Desperate Housewives. He has also appeared in, among others, Blue Velvet, The Good Wife, How I Met Your Mother, Twin Peaks, Sex and the City, and the Norwegian series Atlantic Crossing. last updated October 2022

George Hamilton biography George Hamilton (George Stevens Hamilton) was born August 12, 1939, in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. He is an American film and television actor. His notable films include Home from the Hill (1960), By Love Possessed (1961), Light in the Piazza (1962), Your Cheatin' Heart (1964), Once Is Not Enough (1975), Love at First Bite (1979), Zorro, The Gay Blade (1981), The Godfather Part III (1990), Doc Hollywood (1991), 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997), Hollywood Ending (2002) and The Congressman (2016). For his debut performance in Crime and Punishment USA (1959), Hamilton won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for a BAFTA Award. He has received one additional BAFTA nomination and two additional Golden Globe nominations. last updated October 2022

Corey Feldman biography Corey Scott Feldman was born on July 16, 1971. He is an American actor and musician. As a youth, he became well known for roles in the 1980s in films such as Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984), Gremlins (1984), The Goonies (1985), and Stand by Me (1986). In 1987, Feldman co-starred in the horror film The Lost Boys with Corey Haim ; they became known as "The Two Coreys" and went on to appear in other films together, including License to Drive (1988) and Dream a Little Dream (1989). Feldman experienced diminishing success in the film industry as an adult amid well-publicized personal conflicts with Haim over the latter's substance abuse and Michael Jackson , who had befriended him during his time as a teen celebrity. He has been outspoken about the sexual abuse of children and teens in the entertainment industry, identifying himself as a victim of such abuse. last updated October 2022

Sam Raimi biography Sam Raimi (Samuel M. Raimi) was born October 23, 1959, in Royal Oak, Michigan, USA. He is an American film director, producer, actor, and screenwriter. He is best known for directing the classic cult horror film The Evil Dead and the blockbuster Spider-Man movies.  last updated October 2022

Paul Reiser biography Paul Reiser was born on March 30, 1956, in New York City, New York, USA. He is an American actor, comedian, and television writer. He is known for his roles as Michael Taylor in the 1980s sitcom My Two Dads and Paul Buchman in the NBC sitcom Mad About You. last updated October 2022

Chris Rock biography Chris Rock (Christopher Julius "Chris" Rock III) was born February 7, 1965, in Andrews, South Carolina, USA. He is an American actor and comedian. He hosted the Academy Awards in 2005. Tyler James Williams stars as Chris and is the narrator of the sitcom 2005-09; Everybody Hates Chris. last updated October 2022

Jim Carrey biography Jim Carrey is an American comedian and film actor. He was born in Canada but has been an American citizen since 2004. After a career as a stand-up comedian, Jim Carrey broke through in 1994 with three farces that presented his grotesque comic talent: The Mask, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, and Dumb & Dumber, followed by a. Bruce Almighty (2003) and Fun with Dick and Jane (2005). He has also continued his characteristic comedy as a villain in Joel Schumacher's Batman Forever (1995), Ron Howard's How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), and Robert Zemeckis' A Christmas Carol (2009) after Charles Dickens. In parallel, Jim Carrey has also shown a more complex character talent in Peter Weir's television criticism of The Truman Show (1998), Miloš Forman's portrait of the comedian Andy Kaufman (1949-84), Man on the Moon (1999), and Michel Gondry's Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004). Carrey returned to more traditional comedic roles in Yes