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Aaron Edward Eckhart is an American actor. Born in Cupertino, California, Eckhart moved to the United Kingdom at an early age, when his father relocated the family. Several years later, he began his acting career by performing in school plays, before moving to Australia for his high school senior year. He left high school without graduating, but earned a diploma through a professional education course, and graduated from Brigham Young University (BYU) in 1994 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree in film. For much of the mid-1990s, he lived in New York City as a struggling, unemployed actor.- Actor
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Titus Welliver was born on March 12, 1962 in New Haven, Connecticut. His father was a famous landscape painter, Neil Welliver. His mother was a fashion illustrator, Norma Cripps. He has three brothers, one was killed overseas. He was raised in Philadelphia and New York City, surrounded by poets and painters. He credits them for his creativity. Originally wanting to be a painter like his father, he later decided to pursue acting. Titus moved to New York in 1980 to learn his craft. He enrolled in classes at New York's HB Acting Studios while attending New York University. To support himself, Titus did a variety of jobs including bartender and construction worker.
His first paid acting job was in Navy Seals (1990) with Charlie Sheen, playing a redneck in the bar." He soon began to appear in movies, including JFK (1991) and The Doors (1991). While appearing in movies, he continued to work in live theatre. He appeared in stage productions of Riff Raff, American Buffalo, Naked at the Coast, and Shakespeare's Henry IV Parts I and II. During the 1990s, he guest starred on many TV shows like Matlock (1986), L.A. Law (1986), The X-Files (1993), and The Commish (1991), and appeared in many TV Movies including An American Story (1992) and Mind Prey (1999). He had recurring roles on Murder One (1995) and High Incident (1996).
Then he got a regular part on Steven Bochco's Brooklyn South (1997) as Officer Jack Lowery and played a recurring character on Bochco's and David Milch's NYPD Blue (1993). He also had starring roles on Big Apple (2001) and the second season of That's Life (2000) playing Dr. Eric Hackett opposite Paul Sorvino and Ellen Burstyn. In 2004, he got a semi-regular role on David Milch's critically acclaimed HBO drama Deadwood (2004) as Silas Adams. After "Deadwood" ended, he mostly guest starred on TV shows including Law & Order (1990), Jericho (2006) and NCIS (2003), but also appeared in movies including in Ben Affleck's feature film directorial debut Gone Baby Gone (2007). He has appeared in Affleck's The Town (2010) and Argo (2012).
He also had recurring roles on Lost (2004) as Man in Black, Sons of Anarchy (2008) as Irish gun kingpin Jimmy O'Phelan, and The Good Wife (2009) as Glenn Childs. After "The Good Wife", he had recurring roles on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000), Touch (2012), The Last Ship (2014), Suits (2011) and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013), but also appeared in The Mentalist (2008) and White Collar (2009). His notable movie roles include in Man on a Ledge (2012), Promised Land (2012) and Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014). In 2014, he was cast as LAPD Homicide Detective Harry Bosch in Bosch (2014), which dropped its sixth season in 2020.
Like his father, Neil, Titus is an acclaimed landscape painter, and has had shows in Maine, California and Connecticut.- Jaimie Alexander was born in Greenville, South Carolina, but moved with her family to Grapevine, Texas, when she was four years old. She took theatre classes in grade school as a hobby but was kicked out in high school because she could not sing, and so she took up sports instead. At age 17 she substituted for a friend at a meeting with a scouting agency and she met her manager, Randy James, who sent her some scripts. After graduating from high school she moved to Los Angeles, California, to pursue acting.
Her career was launched in 2003 when she was cast in the leading role of Hanna Thompson in the low-budget award-winning film The Other Side (2006). According to the DVD commentary, she was originally at the audition to help out by reading against the male actors, but director Gregg Bishop decided to cast her in the leading role after hearing her perform the lines. Her second role was in 2004 in Squirrel Trap (2004), in which she played the co-lead role of Sara. A year later she was cast as Jessi XX on the ABC Family series Kyle XY (2006), in which she played the role of a superhuman being created by scientists as a laboratory experiment. She was nominated for the Saturn Awards as "Best Supporting Actress on Television" for that role in 2008.
Her biggest role came in 2011, when she was cast as Lady Sif, a warrior goddess of Asgard, in the blockbuster from Marvel Comics, Thor (2011). She later reprised her role in its sequel, Thor: The Dark World (2013). - Actor
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Jason Beghe was born on 12 March 1960 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Next Three Days (2010), Thelma & Louise (1991) and Monkey Shines (1988). He was previously married to Angie Janu.- Actress
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Lesley Manville was born on March 12, 1956 in Brighton, East Sussex, England. She is a multi award-winning actress of theatre, film, and television, and has worked extensively with director Mike Leigh. She is known for Another Year (2010), All or Nothing (2002), Topsy-Turvy (1999) and Secrets & Lies (1996), and her performance in Phantom Thread (2017), which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She also had a supporting role in the Disney fantasy Maleficent (2014). Manville's extensive stage career includes roles in "As You Like It", "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" and "The Alchemist". Her film debut was in Dance with a Stranger (1985). She was awarded Officer of the Order of the British Empire at the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours for her services to drama. She was awarded Commander of the Order of the British Empire at the 2021 Queen's New Years Honours for her services to drama and to charity.- Julia Campbell is an American film and television actress. Her most noted role to date was Christie Masters in Romy and Michele's High School Reunion. Campbell had a starring role in the feature film, Tillamook Treasure (2006), in which she plays Kathryn Kimbell, the mother of the story's lead character. She has appeared on such television shows as Still Standing, Martial Law, Herman's Head, Ally McBeal, Malcolm in the Middle, Seinfeld ("The Frogger" episode), Friends, House, The Mentalist, The Practice, The Pretender, and Dexter. Some of her earliest notable roles were on the daytime soap operas Ryan's Hope (in which she played Ryan granddaughter Maura "Katie" Thompson) and Santa Barbara (in which she played Courtney Capwell) and the comedy film Livin' Large. In 2009, she guest starred on the NBC drama Heroes as Mary Campbell, mother of a new recurring character, Luke, in the episode "Trust and Blood". She appeared on the last episode of the series The Shield, on which her husband Jay Karnes played the character of Dutch Wagenbach.
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Frank Welker was born in Colorado. He followed his dream to California, and started a voice acting career which has spanned over five decades and hundreds of credits. Frank has worked with fellow voice actors Casey Kasem, Nicole Jaffe, Don Messick, Heather North, and Stefanianna Christopherson on Hanna-Barbera's iconic Scooby Doo, Where Are You! (1969), voicing Fred Jones, among other Scooby credits over the years. He has also worked with Kurt Russell, Peter Cullen, and Michael Bay.- Actor
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Cameron can currently be seen in Prime Video's Emmy-nominated superhero series The Boys as 'Ryan', son of 'Homelander' played by Antony Starr, and appearing alongside an all-star cast featuring Karl Urban, Jack Quaid, Erin Moriarty, Chace Crawford, Karen Fukuhara and Jensen Ackles.
A native of Southern California, Cameron Crovetti began his acting career at 8 years-old appearing in HBO's Emmy Award-winning drama series Big Little Lies playing one of the twin sons (alongside his real-life twin brother Nicholas) of Nicole Kidman and Alexander Skarsgård. Nominated for a Screen Actor's Guild Award for Best Ensemble Drama, Cameron went on to appear in the show's critically-acclaimed 2nd season with the opportunity to act alongside multiple Academy Award-winning actress Meryl Streep.
Cameron can next be seen playing a young Ryan Gosling in Netflix's action spy thriller The Gray Man directed by Anthony and Joe Russo. Cameron can also soon be seen starring opposite Academy Award-nominated actress Naomi Watts and his twin brother Nicholas in Prime Video's film Goodnight Mommy directed by Matt Sobel.
Cameron recently completed filming the highly-anticipated action-thriller Boy Kills World in South Africa, in which he and his brother Nicholas portray a young version of Bill Skarsgård's 'Boy' character (in yet another acting turn with the Skarsgård family). Directed by Moritz Mohr and produced by Sam Raimi and Roy Lee, the film also stars Jessica Rothe, Michelle Dockery, Sharlto Copley, Andrew Koji, Famke Janssen and legendary martial arts master Yayan Ruhian.
Cameron's previous credits include co-starring in the anthology series Dirty John opposite Amanda Peet and Christian Slater, Universal's horror-thriller Oracle with Heather Graham, the horror-fantasy Witch Hunt with Elizabeth Mitchell, indie French drama Anywhere With You with Betsy Brandt and Lorelei Linklater, the multiple award-winning short drama Boys, as well as guest starring roles in such major TV series as Black-ish, Teachers and Single Parents.- Actress
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Malina Pauline Weissman is an American-German actress. She was born in New York City to a German-Palestinian-mother, and an American father of Romanian-Jewish descent. Her most notable roles are, as Violet Baudelaire in the Netflix series A Series of Unfortunate Events, young April O'Neil in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and young Kara Zor-El in Supergirl. Malina is attending New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.- Actress
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Christina Wren is an actress and producer, known for Will Trent (2023), Man of Steel (2013) and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016). She is married to Demetrius Wren.- Actress
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Liza Minnelli was born on March 12, 1946, the daughter of Judy Garland and movie director Vincente Minnelli. She was practically raised at MGM studios while her parents worked long hours there and she made her film debut at 14 months of age in the movie In the Good Old Summertime (1949). Her parents divorced in 1951 and, in 1952, her mother married Sidney Luft, with sister Lorna Luft and brother Joey Luft subsequently being born. Her father, Vincente Minnelli, later married Georgette Magnani, mother of her half-sister Christiane Nina "Tina Nina" Minnelli.
At 16, Liza was on her own in New York City, struggling to begin her career in show business. Her first recognition came for the play "Best Foot Forward" which ran for seven months in 1963. The following year, Judy invited Liza to appear at a show with her at the London Palladium. This show sold out immediately and a second night was added to it. Liza's performance in London was a huge turning point in both her career and her relationship with her mother. The audience absolutely loved Liza and Judy realized that Liza was now an adult with her own career. It was at the Palladium where Liza met her first husband, Peter Allen, a friend of Judy's.
Liza won a Tony award at age 19 and was nominated for her first Academy Award at age 23 for the role of Pookie Adams in The Sterile Cuckoo (1969). Other dramatic roles followed and, in 1972, she won an Oscar for her performance as Sally Bowles in the movie Cabaret (1972). The 1970s were a busy time for Liza. She worked steadily in film, stage, and music. She and her good friend Halston were regulars at Studio 54, the trendiest disco club in the world. Marriages to filmmaker Jack Haley Jr. and Mark Gero, a sculptor who earned his living in the theater, followed. Each marriage ended in divorce.
Over the past years, her career has leaned more towards stage performances and she has a long list of musical albums to which she continues to add. She teamed with Frank Sinatra in his "Duets" CD, and Sammy Davis Jr. joined them for a series of concerts and TV shows that were extremely well-received.
She has had to deal with tabloid stories of drug abuse and ill-health and has had a number of high profile stays at drug-rehabilitation clinics. Her hectic schedule may have slowed down in recent years, but she still has a large following of immensely loyal fans who continue to cheer her on.- Actor
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Jake Weber has worked in film, theatre and television. His film credits include Zach Snyder's remake of Dawn of the Dead, Martin Brest's remake of Meet Joe Black, Jonathan Mostow's U-571, Mike Newell's Pushing Tin, Tarsem Singh's The Cell, Marshall Herskovitz's Dangerous Beauty, Alan J. Pakula's The Pelican Brief, Sidney Lumet's A Stranger Among Us, and Larry Fessendon's Wendigo. His first job was in Oliver Stone's Born on the 4th of July. Most recently, he can be seen in Learning to Drive opposite Patricia Clarkson as well as Terrence Malick's Song to Song.
He was a series regular on Mind of the Married Man (HBO), American Gothic (CBS), Something Wilder (CBS), starring Gene Wilder, and, for 7 years, Medium (NBC), starring Patricia Arquette. Jake recurred in 2 seasons of Hell on Wheels, and guested in Joe Swanberg's Easy for Netflix as well as Secrets and Lies on ABC. Most recently, he has a series regular on Homeland.
A theatre veteran, he has appeared extensively on and off Broadway and regionally at Williamstown Theatre Festival and Arena Stage.
He attended Juilliard in New York City, A.S. Neil's Summerhill School in England, Middlebury College in Vermont, where he studied English and Political Science, and The Moscow Art Theatre in the then Soviet Union.
He was born in London. Weber has one son, Waylon, born in 2006. In 2017, he married his longtime partner, Korri Culbertson Weber.- Actor
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Ron Funches was born on 12 March 1983 in California, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Trolls (2016), Jexi (2019) and 6 Underground (2019). He has been married to Christina Dawn since August 2020.- Actor
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From studying history at Harvard, and acting at Yale Drama School, to making history in Hollywood, Courtney B. Vance has carefully cultivated an exceptional career that showcases his passion, talent, and intellect. His penchant for successfully finding the dignity and honor in each character exploration has made this Tony and Emmy award-winning actor a powerful presence from the theatrical boards to the silver screen.
Courtney was awarded the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series; the Critics Choice Award for Best Actor in a Movie Made for Television or Limited Series; and the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special for his stunning portrayal of Johnnie Cochran in the FX series The People vs. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story. He also earned SAG and Golden Globe nominations for his critically acclaimed performance.
Most recently, Courtney co-starred in Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions' Ben is Back, directed by Peter Hedges, alongside Julia Roberts and Lucas Hedges. He will also appear as a pivotal character in HBO's upcoming drama horror series Lovecraft Country and wrapped production on the Netflix film, Uncorked, with Niecy Nash and Mamoudou Athie. The film is a father-son story inspired by the family of Prentice Penny, Insecure EP and showrunner. Also, Courtney has been announced as joining the cast of the Universal/Will Packer romantic drama, The Photograph, with Issa Rae and LaKeith Stanfield, directed by Stella Meghie.
Other credits include his Tony Award winning performance in Nora Ephron's Lucky Guy and noteworthy films such as The Hunt for Red October, The Preacher's Wife, Space Cowboys, and Terminator Genisys.
Courtney and his wife, actress Angela Bassett co-wrote the book, FRIENDS: A LOVE STORY. The inspirational book is their personal love story and chronicles their story about healthy relationships. A native of Detroit, Michigan, he is a proud Ambassador for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. He resides in Southern California with his wife and their twins, Bronwyn Golden and Slater Josiah.- Actor
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Born and raised in Southern California, Nicholas Crovetti began his acting career at 8 years-old appearing as 'Max Wright' in HBO's Emmy Award-winning drama series Big Little Lies, playing one of the twin sons (alongside his real-life twin brother Cameron) of Nicole Kidman and Alexander Skarsgård. Nominated for a Screen Actor's Guild Award for Best Ensemble Drama, Nicholas went on to appear in the show's critically-acclaimed 2nd season with the opportunity to act alongside multiple Academy Award-winning actress Meryl Streep.
Nicholas can next be seen as 'Danny Glick' in the New Line/Warner Bros' adaptation of Stephen King's best-selling novel Salem's Lot directed by Gary Dauberman. Produced by horror maestro James Wan, the film features an ensemble cast which includes Lewis Pullman, Pilou Asbaek, Makenzie Leigh, Bill Camp and Alfre Woodard. Nicholas can also soon be seen starring opposite Academy Award-nominated actress Naomi Watts and his twin brother Cameron in Prime Video's English-language adaptation of the cult horror film Goodnight Mommy directed by Matt Sobel.
Nicholas recently completed filming the highly-anticipated action-thriller Boy Kills World in South Africa, in which he and his brother Cameron portray a young version of Bill Skarsgård's 'Boy' character (in yet another acting turn with the Skarsgård family). Directed by Moritz Mohr and produced by Sam Raimi and Roy Lee, the film also stars Jessica Rothe, Michelle Dockery, Sharlto Copley, Andrew Koji, Famke Janssen and legendary martial arts master Yayan Ruhian.
Nicholas' previous credits include co-starring in the dramatic crime thriller Brothers By Blood with Maika Monroe, Joel Kinnaman and Ryan Philippe, Universal's horror-thriller Oracle with Heather Graham, the horror-fantasy Witch Hunt with Elizabeth Mitchell, indie French drama Anywhere With You with Betsy Brandt and Lorelei Linklater, as well as appearing in a guest starring role on the hit ABC comedy Black-ish.
Nicholas also lends his voice and singing talents to the character of 'Iggy Peck' in Netflix's animated series Ada Twist, Scientist which was recently nominated for a 38th annual Television Critics Association Award.- Actress
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Barbara Feldon was born on 12 March 1933 in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, USA. She is an actress, known for Get Smart (1965), Fitzwilly (1967) and Smile (1975). She was previously married to Lucien Verdoux-Feldon.- Director
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Jerry Levine is an actor, director, and producer. His experience encompasses all genres across multiple platforms, finding success both in front of the camera, behind the lens, and in the theater.
As an actor Jerry's feature film debut came in the blockbuster comedy TEEN WOLF, playing the iconic character, "Stiles", opposite Michael J Fox. Jerry would go on to star opposite Tom Cruise in Oliver Stone's Academy Award nominated . He's also worked with legendary directors Barry Levinson (WAG THE DOG), Rob Reiner (THE GHOSTS OF MISSISSIPPI) and Ivan Reitman (CASUAL SEX?). Jerry has appeared in over one hundred episodes of TV, both as a series regular and recurring guest. Some of his credits include a recurring role on the Emmy award winning WILL AND GRACE. Along with episodes of MONK, and as Elaine's love interest in the "The Big Salad" episode of SEINFELD. Jerry can next be seen on FX playing the role of Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, in Ryan Murphy's American Sports Story.
In addition to his acting work, Jerry has directed over one hundred episodes of TV. Most recently he served as the Co-EP and directed all episodes of HIT THE ROAD (DirecTV's Audience Network), a single-camera, musical comedy starring Jason Alexander. Jerry was the longtime Producer/Director on the hit series EVERYBODY HATES CHRIS and has directed episodes of IT'S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA, RAISING HOPE, MONK, ELEMENTARY, CHICAGO MED, JOAN OF ARCADIA, HAWAII 5-0, MACGYVER, CSI/NY, and THE TWILIGHT ZONE, among others.
Jerry's directorial film debut BIG AL, a short film based on a play he produced and directed at The Fountainhead Theatre in Los Angeles, was produced by Showtime Networks. BIG AL was televised on Showtime and was nominated for 3 Cable Ace Awards including: Best Theatrical Special, Best Director, and winning the award for Best Actor.
An avid fan of the stage, both in New York and Los Angeles, Jerry created ACT ONE, a production company sponsored by Showtime. Jerry served as Founding Producer and Artistic Director, producing over thirty, one act plays at The Met Theatre in Los Angeles. In New York, Jerry worked on over 30 plays at the renowned Roundabout Theatre. Jerry sits on the Board of Directors of The Lighthouse International Film Festival.
Jerry holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting from Boston University College of Fine Arts, and a master's degree in psychology from Antioch University, Los Angeles. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife (television executive/producer, Nina Tassler). They have two children who also reside in Los Angeles.- Actor
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Jake Lockett stars as mischievous yet honorable firefighter Sam Carver on NBC's hit prime-time drama "Chicago Fire". Jake's first union booking was a comedic role in an episode of "Two Broke Girls." Since then he has been working steadily in TV and film with large guest starring roles in Masters of Sex, NCIS: LA , Hawaii Five-O, Seal Team and many more. He was a strong support in the SXSW 2016 Audience Award Winner, "Transpecos" distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Films, and lead antagonist in "Blood on Wheels" produced by and starring James Franco.
Most recently, outside of his weekly appearances on Chicago Fire, Jake guest stars on the comedy series "Maggie" on Hulu and "The Big Leap" on FOX.
Jake had his directorial debut in award-winning short film "A Rush of Peace", starring M Hayward Scott - winning Best First Time Director and Best Crime Film, along with 3 other Independent Shorts Awards, as well as a Rome Shorts award for Best Male Director.
He graduated from Texas A&M University with a degree in Aerospace Engineering, stays busy as a martial artist and as a musician, singing and playing guitar.- Actress
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Jo (Joanne) Victoria Hartley is an English actress born in Oldham, Lancashire.
Her acting debut was playing Gretl Von Trapp in a theatre production of 'The Sound Of Music'.
In 2002 Shane Meadows cast Jo as Marie in the Film4 cult classic movie 'Dead Man's Shoes', starring Paddy Considine and Toby Kebbell. She reunited with Shane for the award winning movie 'This Is England' and critically acclaimed BAFTA award winning TV show 'This is England 86, 88 and 90' to play Cynthia.
She starred alongside Hugh Jackman, Taron Egerton and Christopher Walken as Janette Edwards in Dexter Fletcher's 'Eddie the Eagle', joined Alice Lowe and the cast for 'Prevenge', starred alongside Heather Graham and Stephen Mangan in David Cross's TV comedy 'Bliss', played the rebellious Angela in hit TV show 'Not Safe for Work' starring Zawe Ashton.
In 2015 Jo was cast as Pauline Gray in Ricky Gervais's hit movie 'David Brent-Life on the Road', she collaborated with Ricky once again to play June, in the award winning TV show 'After Life' for Netflix, then In 2019 Jo played Trina, a woman living with bi-polar disorder, in the Bafta award winning TV show (Best Drama), 'In My Skin' for the BBC and HULU.
Jo was nominated for a British Independent Film Award (Best Supporting Actress) for her role as Tina in Marley Morrison's multi-award winning British coming of-age movie 'Sweetheart' in 2021.
In 2022 she played Nicola Fishwick in 'Bank Of Dave' for Netflix, alongside Rory Kinnear, Joel Fry and Phoebe Dynevor and executive produced her first feature film, 'Swede Caroline', in which she plays the titular role of Caroline Shumpert.- Actress
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Luenell was born on 12 March 1959 in Tollette, Arkansas, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for The Rock (1996), That's My Boy (2012) and A Star Is Born (2018).- Actor
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As a teenager, Coiro, a talented visual artist, spent summers building sets and operating lights at the New Jersey Shakespeare Festival. Inspired by numerous productions, including Julie Taymor's "Titus Andronicus" at Theater For A New Audience, Coiro decided to study theater at Carnegie Mellon University, where he eventually graduated with a BFA. He also spent time studying at The Moscow Art Theater in Russia. Coiro got his first professional gig as an understudy to three roles in the American premiere of Conor McPherson's off-Broadway play "This Lime Tree Bower" directed by Harris Yulin at Primary Stages. Within a month of graduating from CMU, Coiro landed the role of Eddie the Bellhop in the Lincoln Center revival of George S. Kauffman's "Dinner at Eight", directed by the late Gerald Gutierrez. Coiro then moved to Los Angeles and began working in construction, including a stint building a house with Nick Offerman. As recounted on Jerry Ferrara's podcast "Bad 4 Business", Coiro received the call that he'd landed his first on-screen acting gig, as Billy Walsh on "Entourage", while digging a hole for a deck in Echo Park. The role of Walsh was originally meant to be a guest star but soon evolved into an iconic character that has defined Coiro's career.- Actress
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Wei Zhao was born in Wuhu, Anhui province. She is the second child of her family. Because she is the only girl, Zhao's father named her Wei, literally "Rose". Her father was a senior engineer, her mother was a music teacher.
After filming A Soul Haunted By Painting (1994) as a figurant, Wei Zhao was inspired by Li Gong's performance and deter-minded to be an actor. In 1994, as the first year student, Zhao moved to Shanghai and entered the Star Academy, held by Chinese master Jin Xie. The same year, Zhao filmed the Behind the Wall of Shame (1995), directed by Xie. After filming several television series and advertisements, including as a leading role in Sisters in Beijing (1995), she gain a little fame in the north China. In the entrance examination, Wei Zhao obtained the highest score when she was matriculated into the acting institute of the Beijing Film Academy in 1996. When Qiong Yao casting actors in 1997, she watched Zhao's television show and impressed by her.
During 1998-1999, two seasons of My Fair Princess, adapted from Qiong Yao's novel, obtained explosive success and broke the record until today. Zhao won Golden Eagle Award for Best Actress for playing Xiao Yan Zi (Little Swallow), which considered the most phenomenon TV character of the decade. Then zhao's several series were very popular in east and southeast Asia, such as Romance in the Rain (2001), another Qiong Yao production. Zhao also became the box-office daring in mainland China and Hong Kong, for The Duel (2000), Shaolin Soccer (2001), Chinese Odyssey 2002 (2002), So Close (2002).
A picture, shoot in New York, totally destoryed Zhao's hopefully career. In Dec. 3, 2001, a mainland China website upload a photo, Zhao wears a dress looks like Japanese military flag, which labeled Heatherette NYC designed by Richie Rich, published on Fashion Magazine sep issue. Most of Chinese shocked and thought their "China sweetie" betrayed the nation. After several times apology on TV Live, radio, newspaper and Internet, public have forgive her eventually. For box office failure of Green Tea (2003), My Dream Girl (2003), Goddess of Mercy (2003), several china newspapers named her as box-office poison.
In 2005, for critical acclaimed A Time to Love, Zhao won three Best Actress awards, including Shanghai Film Festival Golden Goblet Award. Drama series Moment in Peking (2005) was the most viewers tv show of the year, the highest rating episode nearly 13%. Then The Postmodern Life of My Aunt (2006), The Longest Night in Shanghai (2007) obtained positive reviews.
In 2006, Zhao back to Beijing Film Academy, study directing, and got master's degree (MFA).
Since 2008, the sustained success of movies, including Red Cliff I & II (2008-2009), Painted Skin (2008), 14 Blades (2010), Painted Skin: The Resurruction (2012), Love (2012), Hollywood Adventure (2015), Lost in Hong Kong (2015), marked Zhao as A-list box-office star in China. Alougth Mulan (2009) got mixed reviews in China, critics praised Zhao, she won Hundred Flowers Award, Changchun Film Festival Golden Deer Award and Shanghai Film Critics Award for Best Actress.
Wei Zhao's directorial debut So Young (2013) got favorable reviews, listed in many critics Top Ten of the Year, and box-office broke 110 million dollars in mainland China. Zhao won Golden Rooster Award for Best Directorial Debut, as the youngest winner of Hundred Flowers Award for Best Director, and Hong Kong Film Award for Best Chinese Language Film from Two Coasts.
For Peter Chan's Dearest (2014), Zhao, highly praised by critics and audience, was regarded as best performance of the Year. She won numerous awards and nominations, including Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress.
Vicki Zhao is the english name of Wei Zhao's music career. From 1999 to 2001, her 4 albums sold more than 3,700,000 records in Asia. During 2004-2008, Zhao's last four studio albums received welcomed reviews. And she won dozens of music awards.
Besides her career, Wei Zhao always engage in charity. Since 2004, Zhao held a scholarship in her hometown for local students. Since 2014, she held V-Love Foudation for Leukemia in Childhood.- Actor
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Richard Harrington was born on 12 March 1975 in Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Hinterland (2013), The Crown (2016) and Poldark (2015).- Myrna Fahey was born on 12 March 1933 in Carmel, Maine, USA. She was an actress, known for House of Usher (1960), The Time Tunnel (1966) and Hawaiian Eye (1959). She died on 6 May 1973 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
- A native Detroiter, Rick graduated from Southfield Senior High in 1985, and then from the University of Michigan in 1990. He then moved to Chicago where he performed at several prestigious theaters including Chicago Dramatists Workshop, The Goodman Theatre, and Victory Gardens Theater. Rick's father is a retired United Auto Workers (UAW) executive, and his mother owns and operates Studio One, a photo restoration company. Rick lives in Los Angeles, California.