|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
5' 10½" or shorter
|
9071 celebrities heights in our database on November 21, 2009. The celebrities 5' 10" tall are listed here, sorted by decreasing popularity. The popularity is the real time consultation statistics by our users for each celebrity on Astrotheme. You can either access the picture and detailed map of the heavens by clicking on the thumbnail, or read the horoscope by clicking on "Display his/her horoscope with biography and chart". Heights Home · Home · 35,925 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 35,925 Celebrities
600 celebrities 5' 10" tall have been found. Biography of Michael JACKSON
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 in Gary, Indiana – June 25, 2009 2:26 PM in Los Angeles, California) - Michael Jackson's astrological portrait - was an American recording artist and entertainer. The seventh child of the Jackson family, he debuted on the professional music scene at the age of 11 as a member of The Jackson 5 and began a solo career in 1971 while still a member of the group. Referred to as... Biography of Cécilia ATTIAS
Cécilia Attias (born November 12, 1957, Boulogne-Billancourt, France) was the second wife of French president Nicolas Sarkozy. The Sarkozys started divorce proceedings on October 10, 2007 and eight days later, the Élysée Palace announced that the couple had separated. Later that day, the palace corrected that announcement by stating that the couple had officially divorced. The ex-wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy married Richard Attias, an events planner, on March 23, 2008, in New Y... Biography of Bill GATES
William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American entrepreneur, philanthropist, and the chairman of Microsoft, the software company he founded with Paul Allen. During his career at Microsoft he has held the positions of CEO and chief software architect, and he remains the largest individual shareholder with more than 8% of the common stock.[3] Forbes magazine's list of The World's Billionaires has ranked him as the richest person in the world since 1995,[2] and recent estimates put ... Biography of Diana SPENCER
Diana, Princess of Wales (Diana Frances; née Spencer; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997) was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales. Their two sons, Princes William and Harry, are second and third in line to the thrones of the United Kingdom and 15 other Commonwealth Realms. Education Diana was educated at Riddlesworth Hall in Norfolk and at West Heath Girls' School (later reorganised as the New School at West Heath, a special school for boys and girls) in Sevenoaks, Kent, where she was regar... Biography of Marlon BRANDO
Marlon Brando, Jr. (April 3, 1924 – July 1, 2004) was a two-time Academy Award-winning iconic actor whose body of work spanned over half a century. Brando is best known for his roles in A Streetcar Named Desire and On the Waterfront, both directed by Elia Kazan in the early 1950s, and his Academy-Award winning performance as Vito Corleone in The Godfather and as Colonel Walter E. Kurtz in Apocalypse Now, the latter two directed by Francis Ford Coppola in the 1970s. His acting style, combined wit... Biography of David BOWIE
David Bowie (born David Robert Jones on 8 January 1947) is an English singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger and audio engineer. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Active in four decades of rock music, and frequently re-inventing his music and image, Bowie is widely regarded as an influential innovator, particularly for his work through the 1970s. Bowie has taken cues from a wide range of fine art, philosophy and literature. He is also a film and stage actor, music video dir... Biography of Mel GIBSON
Melvin Columcille Gerard Gibson (born January 3, 1956) is an American-born actor, director, and producer raised primarily in Australia. After establishing himself as a household name with the Mad Max and Lethal Weapon series, Gibson went on to direct and star in the Academy Award-winning Braveheart. Gibson's direction of Braveheart made him the sixth actor-turned-filmmaker to receive an Oscar for Best Director. In 2004, he directed and produced The Passion of the Christ, a blockbuster movie that... Biography of Mick JAGGER (ROLLING STONES)
Sir Michael Phillip "Mick" Jagger (born July 26, 1943) is an English rock musician, actor, songwriter, record and film producer and businessman. He is best known as the lead singer and one of the founding members of The Rolling Stones. Jagger was not an immediate success as lead singer of The Rolling Stones. By his own admission, he was a stiff and awkward school boy in front of an audience, but in the same way the Stones learned how to play and write songs – through imitating other artists –... Biography of Jean-Claude VAN DAMME
Jean-Claude Van Damme (born Jean-Claude Camille François Van Varenberg in Sint-Agatha-Berchem, in the Brussels-Capital Region, on October 18, 1960), is a Belgian-born martial artist and actor who is best known for his large catalogue of action movies. His Belgian background combined with his physique gave rise to his nickname "The Muscles from Brussels". Van Damme has also been called the "King of the Belgians" due to his international superstardom. By the end of the 1990s, Van Damme's high-p... Biography of Sylvester STALLONE
Sylvester Stallone (born July 8, 1946) is a two-time Academy Award-nominated American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. He achieved his greatest successes in a number of action films, notably the Rocky and Rambo series. Stallone was born in Hell's Kitchen, New York. His mother, Jacqueline "Jackie" Labofish was an astrologer; his father, Frank Stallone, Sr., was an immigrant from Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily. One of his maternal great-grandmothers, Rosa Rabinovich, was from Odessa... Biography of Patrick SWAYZE
Patrick Wayne Swayze (pronounced /ˈsweɪziː/; August 18, 1952 – September 14, 2009) was an American actor, dancer and singer-songwriter. He was best-known for his roles as romantic leading men in the films Dirty Dancing and Ghost and as Orry Main in the North and South television miniseries. He was named by People magazine as its "Sexiest Man Alive" in 1991. Diagnosed with Stage IV pancreatic cancer in January 2008, Swayze told Barbara Walters a year later that he wanted the med... Biography of RENAUD
Renaud Séchan, known as Renaud (Raynald), born in Paris on May 11, 1952, is a popular French singer. His early work is characterized by a volatile temperament, innovative use of French, and edgy, dark, social and left-wing political themes. Raised in an educated milieu, the son of an intellectual, Renaud in the 1970s adopted the looks and attitude of working-class youth, and reflected this in his lyrics. A recurrent theme is his disgust for the average French people with petty bourgeois preoc... Biography of Briana BANKS
Born in Munich, Germany, to an American mother and German father, Banks moved to Britain at the age of four, and then to the Los Angeles suburb of Simi Valley in California, United States when she was seven years old. Her father still lives in Germany. She moved out of her mother's house when she was sixteen, taking her fourteen year old sister with her. She got custody of her sister when she turned eighteen. She modeled as a teenager, including a cover of Teen Magazine. She held various other j... Biography of Matt DAMON
Matthew Paige "Matt" Damon (born October 8, 1970) is an American screenwriter and actor. He has won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award for his screenwriting and been nominated for an Academy Award as an actor.... Biography of Liv TYLER
Liv Tyler (born Liv Rundgren, on July 1, 1977 at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, New York) is an American actress most famous for her roles of Grace Stamper in Armageddon and Arwen in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy trilogy (2001–2003). Biography Early and personal life Liv is the first born daughter of Steven Tyler, the lead singer of Aerosmith; and Bebe Buell, a model and singer. Having grown up with the understanding that rock star Todd Rundgren was her biological father, sh... Biography of Jon BON JOVI
Jon Bon Jovi (born John Francis Bongiovi on March 2, 1962) is an American musician, businessman, actor and lead singer of the rock band, Bon Jovi. Biography Jon Bon Jovi was born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey on March 2,1962, and was raised in nearby Sayreville. His mother, Carol Sharkey (of Irish/Italian descent), was a U.S. Marine as well as a Playboy Bunny and his father, John Bongiovi Sr., also a Marine, was a barber of Italian ancestry. John Bon Jovi attended St. Joseph High School in M... Biography of Colin FARRELL
Colin James Farrell (born May 31, 1976) is an Irish actor who has appeared in several high-profile Hollywood films including Daredevil, Miami Vice, Minority Report, Phone Booth and S.W.A.T.. Early life Farrell was born prematurely, weighing 1 pound 6 ounces, in Castleknock, Dublin to Rita and Eamon Farrell. His father was a footballer who played for Shamrock Rovers FC. Farrell has three siblings, two sisters, Claudine and Catherine, and a brother, Eamon Jr. Farrell was educated at St. Bri... Biography of Victor HUGO
Victor-Marie Hugo (26 February 1802 — 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, playwright, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights campaigner, and perhaps the most influential exponent of the Romantic movement in France. In France, Hugo's literary reputation rests on his poetic and dramatic output. Among many volumes of poetry, Les Contemplations and La Légende des siècles stand particularly high in critical esteem, and Hugo is sometimes identified as the greatest French poet. In th... Biography of Michael DOUGLAS
Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is an Oscar-winning and Emmy Award-nominated American actor and producer, primarily on movies and television, who arose to fame as Karl Malden's young partner, Insp. Steve Keller in the popular 1970s crime drama, The Streets of San Francisco. Biography Early life Douglas was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey to celebrated American actor Kirk Douglas and Bermudian actress Diana Dill. His paternal grandparents, Herschel Danielovitch and Bryna ... Biography of Jenna ELFMAN
Jenna Elfman (born September 30, 1971, in Los Angeles, California, USA) is an American television and film actress. Early life Elfman was born Jennifer Mary Butala in Los Angeles, California, to Sue Grace, a homemaker, and Richard Wayne Butala, a Hughes Aircraft executive. She attended the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts as a dance major and graduated in 1989. Her uncle is Tony Butala of The Lettermen. She studied with acting teacher Milton Katselas at the Beverly Hills Playhouse... Biography of Jesse McCARTNEY
Jesse A. McCartney born April 9, 1987 is an American pop singer and Daytime Emmy-nominated actor. McCartney initially came to fame in the early 2000s as a member of the boy band Dream Street, and subsequently branched out into a solo career, having appeared on the television series Summerland and released a successful music album, Beautiful Soul. His newest album, Right Where You Want Me, was released on September 19, 2006 in the United States. Early life and career Jesse McCartney was born ... Biography of Elodie GOSSUIN
Élodie Gossuin (born December 15, 1980 in Reims, Marne, France) is a former beauty pageant winner and municipal politician. Gossuin was raised in Trosly-Breuil in the Oise département, a village about seven miles east of the city of Compiègne. In her teens, she won several local beauty contests. While training to be a nurse, she won the "Miss Picardie" beauty contest in November of 2000 that qualified her to compete for the Miss France 2001 title. She won that contest and as a result received... Biography of River PHOENIX
River Jude Phoenix (August 23, 1970 – October 31, 1993) was an Academy Award-nominated American film actor. He was listed on John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 38 as one of twelve "promising new actors of 1986", and was hailed as highly talented by such critics as Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel. However, his career was cut short when he died of an overdose of heroin and cocaine on Halloween morning at age 23. He was the older brother of Joaquin Phoenix. His father, John Lee Bottom, came from a Cath... Biography of Daniel CRAIG
Daniel Wroughton Craig (born 2 March 1968 in Chester, England) is a BAFTA-nominated English actor best known as the sixth actor to portray secret agent James Bond in the official film series from EON Productions. He made his debut as the character on 14 November 2006, in the 21st official Bond film, Casino Royale, to much critical acclaim. Early life Craig was born in Chester, England, the son of Timothy John Wroughton Craig, who served as a Midshipman in the Merchant Navy and worked in vari... Biography of Chuck NORRIS
Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris (born 10 March 1940) is an American martial artist, action star, and Hollywood actor who is known for playing Cordell Walker on Walker, Texas Ranger. In 2006, he became the subject of an internet phenomenon known as Chuck Norris Facts. A native of Ryan, Oklahoma, Norris has two younger brothers, Wieland (deceased) and Aaron (a Hollywood producer). Chuck Norris was born to an alcoholic father who is half Irish and half Cherokee. Norris's mother is also half Irish a... Biography of Adriana LIMA
Adriana Francesca Lima (born June 12, 1981) is a Brazilian supermodel. She is best known for her modeling work with Victoria's Secret and Maybelline. Adriana Lima is currently the third highest paid model in the world (behind Gisele Bundchen and Kate Moss). She earned $4.5 million in 2006 according to Forbes. Height : 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) She ranked 7th on FHM 100 Sexiest Women 2007 and was chosen as one of People Magazine's annual 100 Most Beautiful People in the World, in May 2007 along w... Biography of Walt DISNEY
Walter Elias Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. Disney is notable as one of the most influential figures in the field of entertainment during the twentieth century. As the co-founder (with his brother Roy O. Disney) of Walt Disney Productions, Walt became one of the best-known motion picture producers in the world. The corporation he co-founded, now known as The Walt Disney ... Biography of Adam LEVINE (MAROON5)
Adam Noah Levine (born March 18, 1979) is the lead singer and the guitarist for the rock group, Maroon 5. Levine was born in Los Angeles, California to Patsy Noah and Fred Levine. He is Jewish. Levine has one brother, Michael, a stepsister, Julia, and two half siblings, Sam and Liza, from his father's remarriage to Lisa. Lisa and Fred Levine own two fashion stores geared toward men. Because of this, Levine claims he's always been ahead of the fashion curve. In 2005, he and Ryan Seacrest of Am... Biography of John Wayne GACY (GACEY)
John Wayne Gacy, (March 17, 1942 - May 10, 1994) was an American serial killer. He was convicted and later executed for the rape and murder of 33 boys and men, 27 of whom he buried in a crawl space under the floor of his house, while others were found in nearby rivers, between 1972 and his arrest in 1978. He became notorious as the "Killer Clown" because of the many block parties he threw for his friends and neighbors, entertaining children in a clown suit and makeup, under the name of "Pogo the... Biography of CAT STEVENS (Yusef ISLAM)
Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou on 21 July 1948 in London) performed as Cat Stevens from 1966 to 1978. He is an English musician, singer-songwriter, educator, philanthropist and prominent convert to Islam. Under the name Cat Stevens he has sold over 60 million albums around the world since the late 1960s. His albums Tea for the Tillerman and Teaser and the Firecat were both certified by the RIAA as having achieved Triple Platinum status in the United States (three million sales eac... Biography of Omar SHARIF
Omar Sharif (born April 10, 1932) is an Academy Award nominated Egyptian actor who has starred in many Hollywood films. He has acted in Arabic, French, and English feature films. Sharif is most famous for his roles in Doctor Zhivago and Lawrence of Arabia. Sharif was born Michel Demitri Chalhoub on April 10, 1932 in Alexandria, Egypt to Joseph Chalhoub, a Lebanese immigrant and timber merchant, and his wife, Claire Chalhoub who was an Egyptian of Lebanese and Syrian descent. Omar Sharif gradu... Biography of Gary KASPAROV
Garry Kimovich Kasparov (IPA: ; Russian: Га́рри Ки́мович Каспа́ров) (born April 13, 1963, in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR; now Azerbaijan) is a Russian chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion, writer and political activist. Kasparov is a candidate for the Russian presidential race of 2008. Kasparov became the youngest ever World Chess Champion in 1985. He held ... Biography of Bruce SPRINGSTEEN
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist and born in Freehold, New Jersey. Springsteen has frequently recorded and toured with the E Street Band, and also as a solo artist and with other musicians. Through his career, Springsteen has won fifteen Grammys, an Oscar, an induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and a large, devoted and long-lasting fan base. His best-known albums, such as Born to Run and Born in the U.S.... Biography of Jonathan RHYS-MEYERS
Jonathan Rhys Meyers (born 27 July 1977) is an Irish actor and Golden Globe winner. Early life Meyers was born Jonathan Michael Francis O'Keeffe in County Cork, Ireland to Geraldine Meyers and John O'Keeffe. His stage name is derived from his mother's maiden name, Meyers. Rhys Meyers was born with a serious heart problem and was baptised shortly after his birth, as it was feared he would not survive long enough for a traditional baptism ceremony. He spent the first few months of his life in ... Biography of Patrick DEWAERE
Patrick Dewaere (January 26, 1947 – July 16, 1982) was a French actor. He was born in Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-d'Armor, France. He committed suicide at age 35 in Paris. Short-lived Patrick Dewaere was one of the most promising and popular French actors of the '70s. In 1968, he joined Café de la Gare, the troupe of performers which also included such future stars as Gérard Depardieu and Miou-Miou. After initially appearing under the pseudonym Patrick Maurin, he finally opted for Dewaere, which w... Biography of Charlene WITTSTOCK
Charlene Lynette Wittstock (born January 25, 1978) is a South African Olympic swimmer and Sports Illustrated swimsuit model, who rose to fame because she was accompanying Albert II, Prince of Monaco at the opening ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics. This fueled speculations that she could be the new girlfriend of the Prince, and a potential future Princess of Monaco. They were seen again together at the 2006 Monaco Grand Prix and the Red Cross Ball in August 2006. She was a member of the Wo... Biography of Richard BURTON
Richard Burton CBE (November 10, 1925 – August 5, 1984) was a Welsh actor. He was at one time the highest-paid actor in Hollywood. Known for his vocal style, he was nominated seven times for Academy Awards for acting yet never won. Background and education He was born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr. in the village of Pontrhydyfen near Port Talbot and grew up in a poor, Welsh-speaking household, the 12th of 13 children. His father was a coalminer, and his mother died after the last birth, before h... Biography of Liam GALLAGHER (OASIS)
Liam Gallagher (born William John Paul Gallagher on September 21, 1972, Burnage, Manchester, England) is an English singer of the successful band Oasis. His erratic behaviour, distinctive singing style and abrasive attitude have been the subject of commentary in the press. Although his brother Noel Gallagher writes the majority of the band's songs, in recent years Liam has increasingly developed himself as a songwriter, and has contributed songs for the group's most recent albums. Despite dif... Biography of Mathilda MAY
Mathilda May is a French actress, born on February 8, 1965, in Paris, France. Daughter of French playwright Victor Haim. She is known for the films Lifeforce (1985), Naked Tango , Becoming Collette and The Tit and The Moon (1994) outside of Europe, but her work is primarily in French for the European market. She also appeared in the 1996 space adventure game Privateer 2 - The Darkening, which also featured Clive Owen, Christopher Walken, and Jürgen Prochnow. Mathilda May has been married t... Biography of Rupert GRINT
Rupert Alexander Grint (born August 24, 1988) is an English actor best known for playing Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter films. Early life Grint was born in Watton-at-Stone, Hertfordshire, the eldest of five siblings. His father, Nigel Grint, is a memorabilia dealer and ex-racecar driver, and his mother, Jo (Parsons), is a homemaker. He has one brother, James, and three sisters: Georgina, Samantha, and Charlotte. Before being cast in Harry Potter, he had only appeared in plays for school an... Biography of Mareva GALANTER (Miss FRANCE 1999)
Mareva Galanter (born February 4, 1979 in Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia, France) is a French actress and former beauty queen who has competed at Miss Universe. Galanter won the 1998 "Miss World of Islands" and then the 1998 "Miss Tahiti" beauty contest that allowed her to compete for the Miss France 1999 crown, which she won. Galanter later represented France at the Miss Universe 1999 pageant held in Trinidad and Tobago in May 1999. Ms. Galanter expanded her work into music and singing... Biography of James FRANCO
James Edward Franco (born April 19, 1978) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, film producer, and artist. He began acting during the late 1990s, appearing on the series Freaks and Geeks and starring in several teen films. He won a Golden Globe Award for playing the title role in the made-for-television film James Dean, and has become known among audiences for his role as Harry Osborn in the Spider-Man films. In 2006, Franco had a starring role in three Hollywood films, Tristan & Isolde,... Biography of Rod STEWART
Roderick David Stewart, CBE (born January 10, 1945), is a Scottish / English singer born and raised in London. He describes himself as a "Scottish rock singer", owing to his parentage. He considers himself as a true Scot. He was a member of the The Jeff Beck Group and the Faces. He was also briefly in a band entitled Roddy Rod and the Dynamic Duo with fellow band members Mark McCallister and Sammy Pierce before embarking on a solo career. His wife is model Penny Lancaster. With his career in ... Biography of Chester BENNINGTON (LINKIN PARK)
Chester Charles Bennington (born March 20, 1976) is an American vocalist. He is best known as Linkin Park's frontman and lead vocalist. Early life Bennington was born in Phoenix, Arizona. He took interest in music at a young age, citing Depeche Mode and Stone Temple Pilots as early inspirations. Bennington's parents separated in the late 1980s, while he was still a child. He was sexually abused during his youth, and later struggled with cocaine and methamphetamine addictions. Bennington even... Biography of Kurt RUSSELL
Kurt Vogel Russell (born March 17, 1951) is an American actor. He became known during the late 1970s and 1980s, having starred in several Hollywood films, and has continued appearing in leading roles since, including Escape from New York, Stargate and most recently Grindhouse. Early life Russell was born in Springfield, Massachusetts to Louise Crone, a dancer, and Bing Russell, a character actor known as Deputy Clem Foster on Bonanza. His grandfather was a professional baseball player. He is... Biography of James SPADER
James Todd Spader (born February 7, 1960 in Boston, Massachusetts) is an Emmy-winning and Golden Globe-nominated American actor best known for his eccentric roles in movies such as sex, lies, and videotape (for which he won the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival), Stargate, and Secretary, as well as his role as the lead character in the TV series Boston Legal. Height: 1m78 Spader attended The Pike School, where his mother taught art and Brooks School in North Andover, Massachuset... Biography of Moana POZZI
Moana Pozzi, often called simply Moana, complete name was Anna Moana Rosa Pozzi (27 April 1961 - 15 September 1994) was an Italian pornographic actress. She was sometimes credited in the early films as Linda Heveret. She was 1.78 m tall and her breasts were a natural size 5 (no surgery). Early years Moana Pozzi was born in Genoa, Liguria. Her parents chose her name watching a geographic map of Hawaii: it means "where the sea is deeper". Her father was a nuclear engineer and he used to move f... Biography of Alessandra AMBROSIO
Alessandra Corine Ambrósio (born April 11, 1981), popularly nicknamed Ale, is a Brazilian supermodel. Her last name is spelled Ambrósio, but the diacritic mark is omitted in her modeling work. She was described by retired supermodel Tyra Banks as "The future of the modeling world". She is best known for her work with Victoria’s Secret and was chosen as their first spokesmodel for Victoria's Secret PINK line. She is currently one of Victoria’s Secret Angels and the face for the UK company Next an... Biography of Burt REYNOLDS
Burt Reynolds (born Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. on February 11, 1936) is an Oscar-nominated Emmy Award-winning American actor. Some of his memorable roles include Lewis Medlock in Deliverance, Paul Crewe in the original version of The Longest Yard, Bo 'Bandit' Darville in Smokey and the Bandit, J.J. McClure in The Cannonball Run and Jack Horner in Boogie Nights. Career The Florida State Drama Award included a scholarship to the Hyde Park Playhouse, a summer stock theater, in Hyde Park, New York... Biography of MATA HARI
Mata Hari was the stage name of Margaretha Geertruida (Grietje) Zelle (7 August 1876, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands – 15 October 1917, Vincennes, France), a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was executed by firing squad for alleged espionage during World War I. Life Background Margaretha Zelle was born in Leeuwarden, Friesland in the Netherlands, to Adam Zelle, owner of a hat store, and Antje van der Meulen, both born and raised in Friesland . When she was 6, the family moved to Leiden... Biography of Adam SANDLER
Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9, 1966) is an American comedian, actor, musician, screenwriter, and film producer. After becoming a popular Saturday Night Live cast member, he went on to star in several $100 million Hollywood feature films. Though he is best known for his comedic roles, such as in the films Billy Madison (1995), Happy Gilmore (1996), and Big Daddy (1999), he has also had success in romantic and dramatic roles, such as in the films Punch-Drunk Love (2002), Spanglish (2004),... Biography of Olivier MARTINEZ
Olivier Martinez (born January 12, 1966 in Paris, France) is a Spanish-French film actor. He became known after roles in several French films, and has also appeared in Hollywood-produced features, including Unfaithful. Early life Martinez was born in Paris, France to a working-class family. His father was a Spanish professional boxer born in Morocco and his mother was a French secretary. He studied at the prestigious CNSAD and began his acting career in his native France in 1990, and quickly... Biography of Shannon TWEED
Shannon Lee Tweed (born March 10, 1957) is a Canadian actress and model. One of the most successful actresses of mainstream erotica,, she is identified with the genre of the erotic thriller. Height 5' 10" (1.78 m) Early life Tweed was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, to a mink rancher father. She was raised in Whitbourne, Newfoundland, and Labrador, on a mink ranch. She has six brothers and sisters. Shannon graduated from Mount Royal Collegiate in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and... Biography of Charlie SHEEN
Charles Irwin Sheen (born Carlos Irwin Estévez on September 3, 1965) is a Golden Globe Award-winning and Emmy-nominated American actor. Early life Sheen was born in New York City to Janet Templeton, an artist, and actor Martin Sheen (who was born "Ramón Estévez"). He has two brothers and one sister, all of whom are now actors: Emilio Estévez, Ramón Estévez Jr. and Renée Estévez. Sheen attended Chaminade-Julienne High School, where he was a star pitcher and shortstop for the baseball team. He... Biography of Yul BRYNNER
Yul Brynner (July 11, 1915 – October 10, 1985) was a Russian-born Broadway and Academy Award-winning Hollywood actor. He appeared in many movies and stage productions in the United States. He is best known for his portrayal of the Siamese king in the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical The King and I on the stage and on the screen, as well as Rameses II in the 1956 Cecil B. DeMille film The Ten Commandments and as Chris Adams in The Magnificent Seven. He was known for his shaved head which he kept ... Biography of Mandy MOORE
Amanda "Mandy" Leigh Moore (born April 10, 1984) is an American pop singer and actress. She grew up in Florida and came to fame as a teenager in the early 2000s, after the release of her teen-oriented pop albums So Real, I Wanna Be with You, Mandy Moore, and Coverage. Moore has branched out into a film career, starring in 2002's A Walk to Remember and later appearing in the lead roles of other movies also aimed at teenage audiences. Two of her later films, American Dreamz and Saved!, were satire... Biography of XUXA
Xuxa born Maria da Graça Meneghel, March 27, 1963, Santa Rosa, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) is a Brazilian television actress, singer and children's television show host. Her various shows have been broadcasted in Portuguese, Spanish, and English. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) She was a famous idol to Latin American children in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Among her achievements include the best-selling album in the history of Brazil (Xou da Xuxa 3, which sold over 3,8 million copies thanks to ... Biography of QUEEN LATIFAH
Dana Elaine Owens (born March 18, 1970 in Newark, New Jersey) is a Grammy-winning American rapper/singer, model, and Academy Award-nominated actress. She is better known as Queen Latifah. Music career In the early days of her career, she was one of the members of the original version of the Flavor Unit, which, at that time, was a crew of emcees grouped around producer DJ Mark the 45 King. She was also a member of the Nation of Gods and Earths, a Faradian Islamic sect. After becoming successf... Biography of Daryl HANNAH
Daryl Christine Hannah (born December 3, 1960) is an American film actress. After making her screen debut in 1978, Hannah starred in a number of Hollywood films throughout the 1980s. She has recently had several notable roles, including that of Elle Driver in Kill Bill, after a hiatus from major roles during the 1990s. Early life Hannah was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Donald and Susan Hannah. Her parents divorced shortly after her birth and her mother remarried Jerrold Wexler, a businessma... Biography of Keith URBAN
Keith Lionel Urban (born 26 October 1967, Australia), has enjoyed immense success in the United States over the last decade, with two of his albums, Be Here (2004) and Love, Pain & the whole crazy thing (2006) reaching #1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart. He has scored seven number one songs in the United States to date and a total of fifteen top ten hits, including "Somebody Like You," "You'll Think of Me," "Days Go By," "Making Memories of Us," and "I Told You So." Keith was born in M... Biography of Jean ROCHEFORT
Jean Rochefort (born 29 April 1930) is a French actor who has appeared in more than 100 movies. Rochefort was born in Dinan, a town of Côtes-d'Armor, France. He was 19 years old when he entered the Centre d'Art Dramatique de la rue Blanche. Later he joined the Conservatoire National. After his national service, in 1953, he worked with the Compagnie Grenier Hussenot as a theatre actor for seven years. There he was noticed for his ability to play both drama and comedy. He then became a televisi... Biography of Dean MARTIN
Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti, June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995) was an American singer, film actor, and comedian. He was one of the most famous music artists in the 1950s and 1960s. His hit singles included songs such as "Memories Are Made Of This", "That's Amore", "Everybody Loves Somebody", "Mambo Italiano", "Sway", "Volare", and "Let Me Go Lover". Martin received a gold record in 2004 for his fastest-selling album ever, which also hit the iTunes Top 5, and Playboy magazine recently ca... Biography of Janice DICKINSON
Janice Doreen Dickinson (born February 15, 1955) is an American supermodel, fashion photographer, actor, author and an agent. She has also recently opened her own modeling agency, the Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency. Relationships and family life Janice Dickinson was born in Brooklyn, New York, to parents Ray Dickinson and Jennie Pietrzykoski, who is of Polish and Irish ancestry. On the television show The Surreal Life Janice admitted that she was sexually molested by her father. She moved... Biography of Serge LAMA
Serge Lama (b. February 11, 1943 in Bordeaux) is a French singer. His most famous song is Je suis malade.... Biography of Mary PIERCE
Mary Pierce (born on January 15, 1975, in Montreal, Canada) is a French-American women's professional tennis player on the WTA and one of the leading women in professional sports with multiple Grand Slam tennis championships to her name. She has won four Grand Slam titles, two in singles and two in doubles. Pierce plays for France. During her long career, she has reached six Grand Slam singles finals, including the 2005 U.S. Open. She has reached three Grand Slam doubles finals, claiming two ... Biography of Blake LIVELY
Blake Christina Lively (born August 25, 1987 in Tarzana, California) is an American actress known for her roles in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Accepted and the upcoming book-based TV show Gossip Girl. Lively is the youngest of five (5) children; her parents are actors Ernie Lively and Elaine Lively. Lively has two sisters, Lori Lively and Robyn Lively, and two brothers, Jason Lively and Eric Lively. Both her parents and all four siblings are, or have been, in the entertainment indu... Biography of Tobias MORETTI
Tobias Moretti (born Tobias Loeb on July 11, 1959) is an Austrian actor. Born in Gries am Brenner, Tyrol, Moretti is the oldest of four brothers. His brothers are named Tomas, Cristoph and Gregor. Since 1997 he has been married to Julia Moretti (born Wilhem), an oboist. They have two children, Antonia (born August 1998) and Lenz Valentino (born February 2000). Moretti studied composition at the Vienna University of Music and Applied Arts, then went to Munich to train for the stage at the r... Biography of Priyanka CHOPRA
Priyanka Chopra (Hindi: प्रियांका चोपड़ा; born July 18, 1982) is an Indian Film actress who works in Bollywood movies, and former Miss World. After winning the title of Miss India World and later becoming Miss World 2000, Chopra made her acting debut with Anil Sharma's The Hero: Love Story of a Spy (2003). She had her first commercial success with her second release, Andaaz from the same year and won a F... Biography of Helena CHRISTENSEN
Helena Christensen (born December 25, 1968 in Copenhagen) is a Danish supermodel. Her father is Danish and her mother is Peruvian. She stepped into the limelight in 1986 by claiming the title of Miss Denmark at age eighteen, and representing her country at the Miss Universe pageant. This provided an invaluable springboard to launch herself as an international model. She left her home soon afterwards to pursue modeling in Paris. Christensen is considered to be one of the more prominent s...
Biography of Samy FREY
Sami Frey (born October 13, 1937) is a French actor. Filmography 1958 : Les Jeux dangereux 1959 : La Nuit des traquees 1960 : La Vérité 1961 : Jeunesse de nuit 1961 : Les 7 péchés capitaux 1962 : Thérèse Desqueyroux 1962 : La Chambre ardente 1963 : Le Desordre 1963 : L'Appartement des filles 1964 : Bande à part (Band of Outsiders) 1964 : Avec amour et avec rage 1965 : Qui êtes-vous, Polly Maggoo ? (Who Are You, Polly Magoo?) 1966 : Le destin de Rossel 1966 : Angéliq... Biography of Hatem BEN ARFA
Hatem Ben Arfa (born on March 7, 1987 in Clamart, Hauts-de-Seine) is a French footballer of Tunisien descent, currently playing for Olympique Lyonnais. Club A graduate of the youth ranks in the Olympique Lyonnais, he broke through to the first team during the 2005/06 season, making his début in the Ligue 1 opener against OGC Nice. National team Ben Arfa had scored 15 times in 22 appearances for France's Under-17 side before the triumph at the 2004 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in... Biography of Charles BRONSON
Charles Bronson (born Charles Dennis Buchinsky, November 3, 1921 – August 30, 2003) was an American actor of "tough guy" roles. In most of his roles he starred as a brutal police detective, a western gunfighter, vigilante, boxer or a Mafia hitman. Early life and World War II service Bronson was born in the notorious Ehrenfeld, Pennsylvania coal-mining neighborhood of Scooptown in the Pittsburgh Tri-State area. He was one of 15 children born to a Lithuanian immigrant father of Lipka Tatar anc... Biography of Terry FOX
Terrance Stanley "Terry" Fox, CC (July 28, 1958 – June 28, 1981) was a Canadian humanitarian, athlete, and cancer treatment activist. He became famous for the Marathon of Hope, a cross-Canada run to raise money for cancer research, running with one prosthetic leg. He is considered one of Canada's greatest heroes of the 20th century and is celebrated internationally every September as people participate in the Terry Fox Run, the world's largest one-day fund raiser for cancer research. Terry Fo... Biography of Mario LOPEZ
Mario López, Jr. (born October 10, 1973), is an American actor who appeared on several television series. He first became well known for his portrayal of the character A.C. Slater on Saved by the Bell. Career Lopez's professional career began in 1985 when he appeared as younger brother Tomás in the short-lived ABC comedy series a.k.a. Pablo. In that same year, he was cast as a drummer and dancer on Kids Incorporated. Mario is a capable drummer and has been seen in his many television roles p... Biography of Pauley PERRETTE
Pauley Perrette (born March 27, 1969) is an American actress. Early life Perrette was "born in New Orleans and raised all over" the southern United States. She told Craig Ferguson (on the Late Show) she has lived in Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, New York, New Jersey, LA, everywhere. Career After years of working in television and film (mostly doing commercials, voice-overs, music videos and short films), and a chance meeting while tending bar in NYC, Perr...
Biography of Sami NASRI
Samir Nasri (Arabic: سمير ناصري; born 26 June 1987 in Marseille) is a French attacking midfielder. He is Algerian by ethnicity and like many other football stars in France comes from a family of immigrants who had settled in France. French Ligue 1 Nasri began playing in the French Ligue 1 with Marseille in the 2004/2005 season. He started 13 games and came on as a substitute in 11 games, scoring a total of just one goal, still an accompli... Biography of Hermann GOERING
Hermann Wilhelm Göring (also Goering in English) (January 12, 1893 – October 15, 1946) was a German politician and military leader, a leading member of the Nazi Party, second in command of the Third Reich, and commander of the Luftwaffe. He was tried for war crimes and crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg Trials in 1945-1946 and sentenced to death by hanging; however, he escaped the hangman's noose around two hours before his scheduled execution by taking his life through the use of potassiu... Biography of Jesse METCALFE
Jesse Eden Metcalfe (born December 9, 1978 in Carmel Valley, California) is an American actor. Early life Metcalfe was born in California to Scott Metcalfe and Nancy DeMaio; his father is of French and Italian descent, and his mother is of Portuguese and Italian descent. Jesse Metcalfe, who played in several basketball leagues during his teen years, grew up an only child in Waterford, Connecticut and graduated from The Williams School, in New London, CT, but dropped out of New York Universi... Biography of Rudolph VALENTINO
Rudolph Valentino (May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926) was an Italian actor. He was born Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Piero Filiberto Guglielmi in Castellaneta, Italy, to a middle-class family. Filmography * My Official Wife (1914) * The Quest of Life (1916) * The Foolish Virgin (uncredited) (1916) * Seventeen (uncredited, extra) (1916) * Alimony (1917) * A Society Sensation (1918) * All Night (1918) * The Married Virgin (or Frivolous Wives; 1918) * The ... Biography of Jack KEROUAC
Jack Kerouac (pronounced ) (March 12, 1922 – October 21, 1969) was an American novelist, writer, poet, and artist. He is perhaps the best known of a group of writers and friends who came to be known as the Beat Generation; a term he himself created. Kerouac enjoyed some degree of popular appeal but little critical acclaim during his lifetime. Today, however, he is considered an important and influential author. His spontaneous, confessional prose style has inspired numerous other writers, inc... Biography of Steve CARELL
Steven John Carell (born August 16, 1962) is a Golden Globe-winning and Emmy-nominated American comedian, actor, producer and writer, who rose to fame as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, from 1999 to 2004. Since 2005, he has starred in the popular American version of the television sitcom The Office, as main character Michael Scott. He has starred and co-starred in several notable films including Bruce Almighty, Anchorman, The 40-Year Old Virgin, Little Miss Sunshine and Evan ... Biography of Lou REED
Lewis Allan "Lou" Reed (born March 2, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. Reed first found prominence as the guitarist and principal singer-songwriter of The Velvet Underground (1965 - 1973). The band gained relatively little notice during its life, but is widely considered by some to be one of the seeds of alternative rock music. As the Velvets’ principal songwriter, Reed wrote about subjects such as sadism and masochism ("Venus in Furs"), transv... Biography of Wayne ROONEY
Wayne Mark Rooney (born 24 October 1985 in Liverpool) is an English footballer who currently plays for the English Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team. He is seen as one of the most exciting prospects of the modern game, his transfer fee from Everton still stands as the highest ever paid for a teenager. He normally played as a second striker to Ruud van Nistelrooy for his club team before van Nistelrooy's move to Real Madrid, although during 2005-06, he showed his... Biography of Tom JONES
Sir Thomas Jones Woodward, OBE, (born 7 June 1940), known by his stage name Tom Jones, is a Grammy Award-winning Welsh popular music singer. He was born in Treforest, Pontypridd, near Cardiff in South Wales. Musical career Tom Jones rose to fame in the mid-1960s, with an exuberant live act which included wearing tight breeches and billowing shirts, in an Edwardian style popular amongst his peers at the time. He was known for his overt sexuality, before this was as common as it has become in ... Biography of Gedeon BURKHARD
Gedeon Burkhard (born July 3, 1969 in Munich, Germany) is a German film and television actor. Although he has appeared in numerous films and TV series in both Europe and the US, he is probably best recognised for his role as Alexander Brandtner in the Austrian/German television series Kommissar Rex (1998-2001), which has been aired on television in numerous countries around the world. He was considered the most handsome man in Germany in 1998. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Gedeon is the son of t... Biography of Joss STONE
Joscelyn Eve Stoker (born 11 April 1987), best known by her stage name Joss Stone, is an English soul, R&B, and blues singer, songwriter, and occasional actress who has sold over ten million albums worldwide and won two BRIT Awards and one Grammy Award. Early years Stone was born in Dover, Kent, and spent her teenage years in Ashill, Devon. She is the third of four children born to Richard and Wendy Stoker. She made her first public appearance at the Uffculme Comprehensive School—which she a... Biography of Catherine BELL
Catherine Lisa Bell (born August 14, 1968 in London, England) is a British-born Iranian-American actress best known as being David James Elliott's co-star as fiancee and best friend Lt. Colonel Sarah MacKenzie of the hit television show JAG from 1995 to 2005. Bell is the daughter of a Scottish father and Iranian mother. Her parents divorced, and then she and her mother moved to Los Angeles, California, when she was three years old. She became a naturalized citizen of the United States at the ... Biography of Raphaël IBANEZ
Raphaël Ibañez (born 17 February 1973 in Dax, France) is a French rugby union footballer. He is a hooker, and is currently vice-captain of the France national team. Height 1,78 m Weight 102 kg Ibañez began his playing career in his home town of Dax before moving to Perpignan and Castres. He made his debut against Wales in 1996 and went on to win 72 caps for his country, including 27 as captain. He won successive Grand Slams with France in 1997 and 1998 and led them to the World Cup Fina... Biography of Pierre RICHARD
Pierre Richard (born Pierre Richard Charles Léopold Defays, 16 August 1934 in Valenciennes, France) is a comic actor who often plays the character of a clumsy daydreamer. Richard is also a film director and occasional singer. Richard started his acting career in the theatre, where he worked with Antoine Bourseiller and performing in Paris cabarets (such as l'Écluse), where he collaborated with Victor Lanoux. His film debut came in 1967 with a small role in Yves Robert's Alexandre le bienhe... Biography of Montgomery CLIFT
Edward Montgomery Clift (October 17, 1920 - July 23, 1966) was an American Academy Award-nominated actor known by the stage name of Montgomery Clift. He was the great-grandson of Montgomery Blair, Postmaster General under President Abraham Lincoln, and the great-great grandson of Francis Preston Blair, a journalist and adviser to President Andrew Jackson, and Levi Woodbury, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Early life Clift was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Ethel Anderson Fogg... Biography of Shilpa SHETTY
Shilpa Shetty (Tulu: ಶಿಲ್ಪ ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ) (born 8 June 1975 in Tamil Nadu, India) is an award-winning Indian film actress and model. Since making her debut in the film Baazigar (1993), she has appeared in nearly 50 films, her first leading role being in 1994 in Aag. She resides at the centre of the Hindi-language film industry in Mumbai, India. Her younger sister Shamita Shetty is also a Bollywood film actress. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m)... Biography of Sean BEAN
Seán Mark Bean (born 17 April 1959 in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England) is an English film and stage actor. Bean has also acted in a number of television productions as well as performing voice work for computer games and television adverts. As an actor, he adopted the Irish/Scottish spelling "Seán" of his first name. Bean is best known for his role as Boromir, in the The Lord of the Rings films and as James Bond adversary Alec Trevelyan in Goldeneye. His portrayal as Richard Sharpe in the... Biography of Laurence OLIVIER
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA and four-time Emmy winning English actor, director, and producer. Olivier's Academy acknowledgments are considerable—fourteen Oscar nominations, with two wins for Best Actor and Best Picture for the 1948 film Hamlet, and two honorary awards including a statuette and certificate. He was also awarded five Emmy awards from the nine nominations he received. Olivier's career as a stage a... Biography of Noémie LENOIR
Noémie Lenoir (born September 19, 1979) is a French supermodel and actress. She was born in the town of Les Ulis, a suburb of Paris. She is the daughter of a French father, and a French mother coming from the island of La Réunion in the Indian Ocean and who, like many Réunionnais, is of Malagasy descent. Noémie was discovered in Versailles when she was a teenager and then signed to various modelling agencies. This led to Noémie working with famous fashion photographers like Mario Testino and ... Biography of Michael PALIN (MONTY PYTHON)
Michael Edward Palin, CBE (born 5 May 1943) is an English comedian, actor, writer and television presenter best known for being one of the members of the comedy group Monty Python and for his travel documentaries. Palin won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role Early life and career Palin was born in Broomhill, Sheffield, South Yorkshire. His father was an engineer working for a steel firm. He started his education at Birkdale preparatory school, Sheffield, and later Shrewsb... Biography of John NETTLES
John Nettles (born 11 October 1943) is an English actor who is best known for playing the main roles in Bergerac and Midsomer Murders. Early life John Nettles was born in St Austell, Cornwall in 1943. He was adopted at birth by a carpenter Eric Nettles and his wife Elsie and he attended the local grammar school in St Austell. When he was seven years old he learned that his birth mother was a Catholic Irish nurse who had been working in England during World War II. She was placed into a menta... Biography of Sonia ROLLAND
Sonia Rolland (born February 11, 1981 in Kigali, Rwanda) is a French actress and former beauty queen who has competed at Miss Universe. Born to a Tutsi mother and a French father, the family fled the civil unrest in Rwanda in 1990 to the neighbouring country of Burundi. With the growing unrest that led to the Burundi Civil War, they emigrated to France in 1994. In October of 1999, Sonia Rolland won the "Miss Burgundy" beauty contest that allowed her to compete for the Miss France 2000 titl... Biography of Donnie WAHLBERG
Donald Edmond Wahlberg, Jr. (born August 17, 1969) is an American actor and producer. He was a member of the popular 1980s and 1990s boy band New Kids on the Block and is the older brother of fellow actor Mark Wahlberg. With a background that includes music, feature films, and television, Wahlberg is now working as a producer. Early life Wahlberg was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, as the eighth of nine children, with older siblings Arthur, Jim, Paul, Robert, and Tracey, Michelle, Debbie,... Biography of Sean YOUNG
Mary Sean Young (born in Louisville, Kentucky on November 20, 1959) is an American actress. Young is divorced from Robert Lujan and is the mother of two sons, Rio (born in 1994) and Quinn (born in 1998). Career Young was born in Louisville, Kentucky to Donald Young and Lee Guthrie. A model and trained dancer, she began her film career in 1980 in the film Jane Austen in Manhattan, followed by a small role in the 1981 film Stripes, and a substantial part in the cult classic Blade Runner (19... Biography of Elizabeth JAGGER
Elizabeth Scarlett Jagger (born March 2, 1984 in New York City) is an English model and actress. She is the daughter of Mick Jagger and his erstwhile common-law wife Jerry Hall. Her siblings are James, Georgia, and Gabriel, and her half-siblings are Karis Jagger, Jade Jagger, and Lucas Morad-Jagger. Early Life and Career Elizabeth, known to her friends and family as "Lizzy," was Mick and Jerry's first child together. Lizzy’s first appearance on the fashion runway was in 1998, when she mod... Biography of Philippe SEGUIN
Philippe Séguin OQ (born April 21, 1943) is a former French politician, and is now first president of France's Cour des Comptes (Court of Financial Auditors). He entered the Court of Financial Auditors in 1970, but he began a political career in the Neo-Gaullist party RPR. In 1978, he was elected to the National Assembly as a deputy for the Vosges département. Representing the social tradition of the Gaullism, he was Minister of Social Affairs in Jacques Chirac's cabinet, from 1986 to 1988... Biography of Don JOHNSON
Donald Wayne "Don" Johnson (born December 15, 1949) is an American actor well known for his fame in film and television. Johnson played the lead role of Sonny Crockett in the popular 1980s TV cop series, Miami Vice. He also played the lead role in the 1990s cop series, Nash Bridges. Early life Johnson was born in Flat Creek, Missouri. His father was a farmer, his mother a beautician. At the age of 6, he moved from Missouri to Wichita, Kansas. He graduated from South High School in Wichita, K... Biography of Jean-Claude KILLY
Jean-Claude Killy (born August 30, 1943) is a French alpine skier and a triple Olympic champion. Killy was born in Saint-Cloud, but brought up in Val d'Isère. Following his international success, he moved to Geneva, Switzerland in 1969. Killy was a World Cup champion in 1967 and would repeat in 1968. Killy won the Triple Crown of Alpine Skiing with a sweep of all three gold medals at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France, in the slalom, giant slalom and downhill events. Killy sta... Biography of Wesley SNIPES
Wesley Trent Snipes (born July 31, 1962 is an American actor, martial artist and film producer. He may be best known for his role as the vampire hunter in the Blade trilogy films. Height : 5' 10" (1.78 m) Snipes has starred in action-adventures, thrillers, comedies, and dramatic feature films opposite such actors as Robert De Niro and Sean Connery. In recent years, Snipes has moved behind the scenes in order to make his own films. To this end, he formed his own independent production compa... Biography of Natasha HENSTRIDGE
Natasha Henstridge (born August 15, 1974) in Springdale, Newfoundland and Labrador, she was raised in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. She is a Canadian fashion model turned actress. Her most notable roles include Species and Species II. At the age of thirteen, she entered the Casablanca Modeling Agency's "Look of the Year" contest and was chosen first runner-up. The following year, Henstridge went to Paris to pursue her modeling ambitions. At fifteen, she was featured on her first magazine... Biography of Simon BAKER
Simon Baker (born July 30, 1969) is an Australian film and television actor. Career Baker was a champion sportsman who competed at state level in surfing and water polo. He began acting on Australian television during the late 1980s using the name "Simon Baker Denny". He first appeared in music video clips for Melissa Tkautz ("Read My Lips") and Aussie dance outfit Euphoria ("Love You Right") in 1991 before appearing in the successful series E Street, Home and Away and Heartbreak High. Baker... Biography of Amelia VEGA (Miss UNIVERS 2003)
Victoria Amelia Vega Polanco (born November 7, 1984 in Santiago de los Caballeros, Santiago, Dominican Republic), known simply as Amelia Vega, is a Dominican woman who won the Miss Universe contest held in Panama City, Panama on June 3, 2003, becoming the first Dominican woman ever to win the Miss Universe title, at only age 18. She had been mentioned by many in the press as one of the favorite candidates to win the crown before the big event. Amelia's father is a general medical practitio... Biography of Maurice RICHARD
Joseph-Henri-Maurice "Rocket" Richard PC, CC, OQ (August 4, 1921 – May 27, 2000) was a professional ice hockey player who played for the Montreal Canadiens from 1942 to 1960. The "Rocket" was the most prolific goal-scorer of his era, achieving the fabled feat of 50 goals in 50 games. He lived most of his life in Ahuntsic, Montreal. Playing career Maurice Richard was the first to score 50 goals in one season (the 1944-45 NHL season), doing so in 50 games, and the first to score 500 goals in a... Biography of Christy TURLINGTON
Christy Nicole Turlington (born January 2, 1969 in Walnut Creek, California) is an American supermodel best known for representing Calvin Klein fragrances since 1987. She grew up in Danville, California, with a British commercial pilot father and Salvadoran flight attendant mother. She has also worked on various campaigns for Maybelline Cosmetic and Giorgio Armani, has appeared in several films about the fashion industry and was a co-founder of the now defunct Fashion Café. Height 5' 10" (1.... Biography of Andrea PARKER
Andrea Nicole Parker (born March 8, 1970 in Monterey County, California) is an American actress and former ballet dancer. Career Parker began ballet training at age 6 and at age 15 she joined a professional dance company. She quit her career in ballet after three years of touring and trained to become an actress while working as a bartender. Her first documented film role was at age 19 in the movie Rented Lips in which she played a dancer/nurse. Andrea Parker got her break in television p... Biography of Delta GOODREM
Delta Lea Goodrem (born 9 November 1984) is a multi-ARIA Award winning Australian singer-songwriter, pianist and Logie Award winning actress. Signed to Sony at the age of 15, Goodrem rose to prominence in 2002, starring in the popular Australian soap Neighbours, and this assisted her in establishing an international music career. Her musical output falls under the pop and ballad genres and heavily features the piano, which she usually plays in her bare feet when performing live. Height 5' 10... Biography of Anjelica HUSTON
Anjelica Huston (born July 8, 1951) is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning American actress and former fashion model. Huston won an Oscar for her performance in 1985's Prizzi's Honor. She later was nominated in 1990 and 1991 for her acting in Enemies, a Love Story and The Grifters respectively. Among her roles, she starred as Morticia Addams in The Addams Family (1991) and Addams Family Values (1993), receiving Golden Globe nominations for both. Youth Huston was born in Santa Mo... Biography of Vincent GALLO
Vincent Gallo (born in Buffalo, New York on April 11, 1961) is an American movie actor and director, producer, screenwriter, and musician. Although he has had small roles in mainstream films such as Goodfellas, he is most associated with independent movies. Buffalo '66, which he wrote, directed, and starred in, is considered his most notable film. In the 1980s, Gallo worked as a figurative painter in New York City, performed in a rap duo and played in a band called Bohack. In the late 1990s, Gal... Biography of Doutzen KROES
Doutzen Kroes (born January 23, 1985) is a Dutch supermodel. Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Hair color blonde Eye color blue She was born in the town of Eastermar, in Friesland, The Netherlands and is signed by DNA Models. Kroes has made the covers of Time, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and Numero. She also appears regularly in the Victoria's Secret catalog and was featured in their fashion show in 2005 and 2006. Kroes has also been in campaigns by Gucci, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Escada, Do... Biography of Gabriel BYRNE
Gabriel Byrne (born 12 May 1950) is an Irish actor. Born in Dublin Ireland, the first of six children born to devoutly Roman Catholic parents, Byrne was educated by the Irish Christian Brothers. He attended University College Dublin, where he studied archaeology and linguistics, becoming proficient in Irish. He worked in archaeology when he left UCD but maintained his love of the language, writing the first drama in Irish, Draiocht, on Ireland's national Irish Language television station, TG4... Biography of Stephanie SEYMOUR
Stephanie Seymour (born 23 July 1968 in San Diego, California) is a supermodel who has done modeling work for many well-known fashion magazines and fashion designers. She has worked with several well-known photographers, including Herb Ritts, Richard Avedon, and Gilles Bensimon. In its March 1991 and February 1993 issues, she posed nude in Playboy magazine. She has appeared on over 300 magazine covers. She started her modeling career working for local newspapers and department stores in her h... Biography of Kelly Lee CURTIS
Kelly Lee Curtis (born June 17, 1956 in Santa Monica, California) is the elder child of actors Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh and the sister of actress Jamie Lee Curtis. She appeared as Lt Carolyn Plummer in the first series of The Sentinel. She appeared in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Captive Pursuit". She also appeared as Muffy in the motion picture Trading Places.... Biography of Paul NICHOLLS
Paul Nicholls (born Paul Greenhalgh on 12 April 1979) is an English actor. His earliest role was in the BBC drama Earthfasts, but it was his character of Joe Wicks in EastEnders, which he played from 1996 to 1997, that first brought him fame. Following this, he appeared in City Central as PC Terry Sydenham from 1998 to 1999. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Recent TV appearances include the 2003 BBC adaptations of The Canterbury Tales with Julie Walters and as notorious art thief Adam Rice in the f... Biography of Leelee SOBIESKI
Leelee Sobieski (born Liliane Rudabet Gloria Elsveta Sobieski on June 10, 1983) is an American actress. Early life Sobieski was born in New York City; her first name, "Liliane", was the name of her paternal grandmother. Sobieski's French father, Jean Sobieski, is a painter who appeared in French and Italian spaghetti Westerns during his youth, as well as dated actress Jean Seberg. Her mother, Elizabeth Salomon, is an American writer who also works as Sobieski's manager. She has a younger bro... Biography of Takeshi KANESHIRO
Takeshi Kaneshiro (Japanese and Chinese: 金城武, Hepburn: Kaneshiro Takeshi, Pinyin: Jīnchéng Wǔ), (born October 11, 1973) is a male actor and model. Takeshi Kaneshiro's Chinese name, written with the same characters, is pronounced as Jīnchéng Wǔ. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) With a Chinese mother and a Japanese father, Kaneshiro was born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan. He has two brothers. After being bullied at a regular Taiwanese high school, the Gaoxong P... Biography of Joan ALLEN
Joan Allen (born August 20, 1956) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress, perhaps known for her roles in the films Nixon, The Contender, The Bourne Supremacy and The Upside of Anger. Early life Allen, the youngest of four children, was born in Rochelle, Illinois to James Jefferson Allen, a gas-station owner, and Dorothea Marie Wirth, a homemaker. She has an older brother, David, and two older sisters, Mary and Lynn. Allen attended Rochelle Township High School, and was voted most lik... Biography of Jean-Pierre ADAMS
Jean-Pierre Adams (born 10 March 1948 in Dakar, Senegal) was a French international football player. Along with Marius Trésor, he was a member of the garde noire (black guard) as France's central defender. Since 17 March 1982, he is in a Coma, following a surgery.... Biography of Adam CLAYTON (U2)
Adam Charles Clayton (born 13 March 1960 in Chinnor, Oxfordshire, England), is the bass player of the rock band U2. Although he is a British citizen, Clayton has resided in Dublin county from the time his family moved to Malahide when he was five years old to the present. Clayton is well known for his bass playing on songs such as "New Year's Day" and "With or Without You". He has worked on several solo projects throughout his career, including working with fellow band member Larry Mullen Jr. on... Biography of John DENVER
John Denver (December 31, 1943 – October 12, 1997), born Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr., was an American folk singer-songwriter and folk rock musician who was one of the most popular artists of the 1970s. He recorded and released some 300 songs, about half of which he had composed, and was named Poet Laureate of Colorado in 1977. Denver's songs were suffused with a deep and abiding kinship with the natural world. Songs such as "Take Me Home, Country Roads", "Leaving on a Jet Plane", "Calypso",... Biography of Cynthia NIXON
Cynthia Ellen Nixon (born April 9, 1966) is a Tony and Emmy Award-winning American actress who is best known for her portrayal of lawyer Miranda Hobbes in the popular HBO comedy-drama Sex and the City (1998–2004). Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Early life and career The native New Yorker broke into showbiz at age 12 as the object of a wealthy schoolmate's crush in The Seven Wishes of a Rich Kid, a 1979 ABC Afterschool Special, and made her feature debut shortly after alongside fellow campers Kri... Biography of Evgeni PLUSHENKO
Evgeni Viktorovich Plushenko, or Yevgeny Viktorovich Plyushchenko (Russian: Евге́ний Ви́кторович Плю́щенко) (born November 3, 1982 in Solnechny, Khabarovsk Krai, Soviet Union (Russia) is a Russian figure skater, the seven-time National Champion, five-time European Champion, three-time World Champion, 2006 Winter Olympics gold medalis... Biography of Layla ROBERTS
Layla Harvest Roberts (born October 22, 1974 in Kealakekua Kona, Hawaii) is an American model and actress. She was Playboy magazine's Playmate of the Month for its October 1997 issue. Her centerfold was photographed by Stephen Wayda. Measurements 36C" - 24" - 36" Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Weight 121 lb (55 kg) Layla Roberts has gone on to be one of the most talked about and photographed playmates as she dated Jim Carey, Oscar De La Hoya, Tom Brady and Vin Diesel amongst other rocksta... Biography of Adriano CELENTANO
Adriano Celentano (born January 6, 1938) is an Italian singer, songwriter, comedian, actor, and TV host. He was born in Milan at 14 Via Gluck (about which he later wrote the song "Il ragazzo della via Gluck"), his parents were from Puglia and had moved north for work. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Before his singer career, in Milan the metropolitan legend, remember Celentano as student-apprendice of Ghigo Agosti (european rock pioneer) during his music show in north italy about 1955-1956 with th... Biography of Laura PREPON
Laura Prepon (born March 7, 1980) is an American actress, best known for her role as Donna Pinciotti on the Fox television series That '70s Show and Hannah Daniels on the ABC television series October Road. Height : 5' 10" (1.78 m) Prepon was born and raised in Watchung, New Jersey, the youngest of four children in a family of Jewish and Irish Catholic descent. She is 5 feet 10 inches tall. Her acting experience was limited prior to her audition for That '70's Show. Her first job was a 199... Biography of Bobby BROWN
Robert Berisford Brown (born February 5, 1969), better known as Bobby Brown, is an American Grammy Award-winning R&B singer, songwriter, actor and dancer. Brown began his career with the popular boy band New Edition in 1980 but was later ousted from the group due to behavioral problems. He embarked on a solo career in 1986 and had a string of Top 10 Billboard hits. Brown is the ex-husband of R&B singer Whitney Houston and the star of his own reality show, Being Bobby Brown on Bravo. On September... Biography of Shawn CRAHAN (SLIPKNOT)
Shawn "Clown" Crahan, (born Michael Shawn Crahan on September 24, 1969), is a percussionist in the metal band Slipknot. He has a set of deeply tuned toms (drums) on which he provides backup (along with Chris Fehn) to the drumming of Joey Jordison. According to Slipknot, he was the first band member to wear a mask (he had an old clown mask). Shawn is by far, the most "accident" prone of Slipknot's members, suffering at least twelve serious injuries. Personal Because Shawn has a background ... Biography of Cláudia RAIA
Claudia Raia, born December 23, 1966, is Brazilian actress on TV and theater. She is a sex-symbol in Brazil.... Biography of Guy BERRYMAN (COLDPLAY)
Guy Rupert Berryman (born 12 April 1978) is a member of the group Coldplay. He plays bass guitar and is known as the soft-spoken member of the band. Despite being left handed, he plays bass right handed. Early life Berryman was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, but he moved to Kent, England at age twelve, where he attended Kent College, a prestigious private school. He has been playing bass guitar since he was sixteen. He grew up on funk and groove music and collects rare editions of those ... Biography of Jodi Lyn O'KEEFE
Jodi Lyn O'Keefe (born October 10, 1978) is an American actress and model, who rose to fame at age 17 as Don Johnson's daughter, Cassidy Bridges on Nash Bridges. Early life O'Keefe was born in Cliffwood Beach, New Jersey and has Irish, Czech, Austrian, Polish and Swedish ancestry. When she was a child, the youngest of three sisters, she had a bowl haircut and was a self-described "dork." Her older sister was a model and she decided that she wanted to give it a try. She did, and says the mode... Biography of Connie NIELSEN
Connie Inge-Lise Nielsen (born July 3, 1965) is a Danish actress. Height 5' 10" (1.78 m) Early life Nielsen was born in Frederikshavn, Denmark, and raised nearby in a small seaside village named Elling. She began her acting career working alongside her mother on the local revue and variety scene. At 18, she travelled to Paris, France where she worked as an actress and model, which led to further work and study in Italy — at drama school in Rome and in master classes with Lydia Styx, a tea... Biography of Edouard BALLADUR
Édouard Balladur (born 2 May 1929) is a French right-wing politician. He served as Prime Minister during the second "cohabitation", under François Mitterrand, from 29 March 1993 to 10 May 1995. Born in İzmir, Turkey, Édouard Balladur's parents emigrated to Marseille in 1935 along with their five children. In 1957, he married Marie-Josèphe Delacour with whom he had four sons. He is a Roman Catholic. In 2006 he announced that he would not run again for re-election in 2007 as a member of Pa...
Biography of KELIS
Kelis Rogers-Jones (born Kelis Rogers on August 21, 1979), professionally known as Kelis, is an American R&B singer and songwriter. Height 5' 10" (1.78 m) Kelis was born and raised in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. Her first name, pronounced , is a combination of the name of her father Kenneth and of her mother Eveliss. Kenneth is an African-American jazz musician, a Pentecostal minister, and a professor at Wesleyan University. Eveliss is a Chinese-Puerto Rican fashion designe... Biography of Saku KOIVU
Saku Antero Koivu (born November 23, 1974 in Turku, Finland) is a professional ice hockey player, and plays centre for the Montreal Canadiens as the current team captain. His brother Mikko Koivu plays for Minnesota Wild. Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Weight 187 lb (85 kg/13 st 5 lb) Playing career SM-liiga and NHL Koivu started his professional ice hockey career playing for TPS in the Finnish SM-liiga, in the 1992–1993 season. He spent three seasons with TPS, winning two Finnish champi... Biography of Kristen ZANG
Kristen Zang, born June 22, 1974 in Battle Creek, Michigan, is an American actress. She dated Leonardo DiCaprio , Engaged to Nicolas Cage and Dated Michael Hutchence of INXS. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Filmography Hollywood (2006) .... Madison "Dharma & Greg" .... Kristen, Victoria's Secret Model (1 episode, 2001) - Dutch Treat (2001) TV Episode .... Kristen, Victoria's Secret Model Love & Sex (2000) .... Savannah All My Friends Are Cowboys (1998) .... Jenny... Biography of Sandra BERNHARD
Sandra Bernhard (born June 6, 1955 in Flint, Michigan) is an American comedian, actress, author and singer. She first gained attention in the late 1970s with her stand-up comedy where she often bitterly critiques celebrity culture and political figures. She is also famous for her close friendship to Madonna during the late 1980s. Bernhard is number 97 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 greatest standups of all time. Bernhard has often addressed her childhood in interviews and within the cont... Biography of Fabio CAPELLO
Fabio Capello (born June 18, 1946 in San Canzian d'Isonzo, Gorizia) is an Italian football manager and former professional player who most recently coached Real Madrid. Regarded as one of the best coaches in professional football, he has the distinction of winning the domestic league title with every team he has managed, with A.C. Milan, Real Madrid, A.S. Roma and Juventus (but later stripped due to match-fixing). Capello is one of the few coaches to claim championship victories in four major... Biography of Karen MULDER
Karen Mulder, born June 1, 1968 in Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands (near Rotterdam) and raised in Den Haag and Voorburg, Holland, is a former Dutch supermodel. Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Hair color Blonde Eye color Blue Measurements (cm) 85-60-86 (in) 33½-23½-34 Family Her father Ben, is a tax inspector and her mother, Marijke, is a secretary. Karen has a younger sister, Saskia, who became an actress after a stint studying economics. Modeling Career When a group of gi... Biography of Spencer TRACY
Spencer Tracy (April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was a two-time Academy Award-winning American film and stage actor who appeared in 74 films from 1930 to 1967. Tracy is generally regarded as one of the finest actors in motion picture history. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Tracy among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time, ranking 9th on the list of 100. He was nominated for nine Academy Awards for Best Actor. Career He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the second son of John Edward T... Biography of Jason Scott LEE
Jason Scott Lee (李截, pinyin: Lǐ Jié, born November 19, 1966) is an American movie actor. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Lee was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Sylvia and Robert Lee, a bus driver. Lee was raised in Hawaii. As a third-generation Chinese American, he is three-quarters Chinese American and one-quarter Hawaiian. He attended high school with Carrie Ann Inaba, of Dancing with the Stars, and dated her briefly. In the mid-1990s, Lee had a few leading rol... Biography of Cheryl TIEGS
Cheryl Rae Tiegs (born September 25, 1947 in Breckenridge, Minnesota) is sometimes considered to be the first modern American supermodel. Her popularity signaled the rise of tall models, as she stands 5'10" to 5'11" in height. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) (Imdb) Tiegs was born in Minnesota, but raised in California, where she graduated from Alhambra High School in Alhambra, California in 1965. She also attended the California State University, Los Angeles and became a little sister to the Sigma... Biography of Joe McINTYRE
Joseph Mulrey McIntyre (aka Joe McIntyre, Joey McIntyre), born December 31, 1972 in Needham, Massachusetts, is a singer-songwriter and actor. He is best known as the youngest member of the 1980s-1990s group New Kids on the Block (NKOTB). Height 5' 10" (1.78 m) McIntyre is the youngest of nine children in an Irish-American Catholic family. Just before his 13th birthday, McIntyre joined New Kids on the Block, replacing Jamie Kelly. Since the other four members of the group were already ... Biography of MAMMOOTTY
Muhammad Kutty (born Pannaparambil Muhammad Kutty on September 7, 1953 (Imdb gives 1951)) better known by his screen name Mammootty, is an award winning, popular, Malayalee Indian film actor. He, along with Kamal Haasan, holds the record of winning the National Film Award for Best Actor most times. During a career that spanned more than quarter of a century, he has acted in more than 300 films as lead actor in Malayalam movies, a distinction he shares with Prem Nazir.Mammootty is considered by m... Biography of Elizabeth BERKLEY
Elizabeth Berkley (born July 28, 1972) is an American television, film, and stage actress. She is known for her roles on the television series Saved by the Bell and the 1995 film Showgirls. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Early life Elizabeth Berkley was born in Fort Durrange, Michigan. She graduated from North Farmington High School in Farmington Hills, Michigan, in 1990, after previously having attended Cranbrook-Kingswood High School, a private school in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Caree... Biography of Billy Joe CRAWFORD
Billy Crawford (born Billy Joe Crawford on May 16, 1982) is a Filipino American musician and actor with musical influences from R&B, Pop, and Soul. Billy Crawford became known around Europe and Asia with song titles such as "When You Think About Me", "Steamy Nights" and "Bright Lights". Billy is also known for being multilingual; speaking in three languages Tagalog - his native language, English, and French. He is also close friends with singers Lemar, Justin Timberlake and the rest of the singe... Biography of Zara PHILLIPS
Zara Anne Elizabeth Phillips, BSc (Exon), MBE (born 15 May 1981) is an elite standard equestrienne and is the current European and World Champion in eventing. She is the only daughter of Princess Anne, the Princess Royal and her first husband, Captain Mark Phillips. She is the eldest granddaughter of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom and The Duke of Edinburgh. She is currently 11th in the British Order of Succession. At the time of her birth she was 6th in the British Order of Succession, behin... Biography of Patrick STEWART
Patrick Stewart OBE (born July 13, 1940) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated English film, television and stage actor. He is also Chancellor of the University of Huddersfield. Stewart has had a distinguished career in theatre for nearly fifty years, including performances as various characters in Shakespearean productions. However, he is perhaps most famous for his roles as Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the starship Enterprise in Star Trek: The Next Generation, and as Professor Xavier in the X-M... Biography of Gary SINISE
Gary Alan Sinise (born March 17, 1955) is an Emmy and Golden Globe winning, Golden Palm and Academy Award nominated American actor and film director. In 1992, he directed the film and played the role of George Milton in the movie adaption of Of Mice and Men. Sinise was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1994 for his role as Lieutenant Dan Taylor in Forrest Gump. He won a Golden Globe award for Best Actor in a TV Movie or Miniseries for his role in Truman. In 1996, he pl... Biography of Darren HAYES ( SAVAGE GARDEN)
Darren Stanley Hayes (born May 8, 1972) is an Australian singer-songwriter. Hayes debuted in 1996 as the frontman and singer of the pop duo Savage Garden, whose 1997 album Savage Garden propelled them to stardom. It spawned the singles "I Want You", "To the Moon and Back", and the airplay number-one "Truly Madly Deeply". The duo followed the success of their debut album with Affirmation (1999), which also produced several hits such as "I Knew I Loved You" and "The Animal Song". Savage Garden sol... Biography of Peter FACINELLI
Peter Facinelli (born November 26, 1973) is an American actor, perhaps best-known as the star of FOX's 2002 television series Fastlane. Facinelli grew up in Ozone Park, Queens, New York, in a family with a rich Italian-American heritage. He studied acting at the Atlantic Theater Company Acting School in New York City; his teachers there included William H. Macy, Felicity Huffman, Giancarlo Esposito, and Camryn Manheim. Facinelli met his future wife, Jennie Garth, on the set of An Unfinishe... Biography of Joseph GORDON-LEVITT
Joseph Leonard Gordon-Levitt (born February 17, 1981) is an American actor. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Gordon-Levitt began as a child actor, becoming known for his role on the series 3rd Rock from the Sun, and subsequently developing into adult roles, having strongly concentrated on independent films (including Brick and The Lookout) and receiving positive reviews for his performances. Jam! Showbiz has noted that Gordon-Levitt has "defied the cliched fates that befall most underage actors whe... Biography of Rachel NICHOLS
Rachel Emily Nichols (born January 8, 1980) is an American actress, currently known for her film work and for her portrayal of CIA agent Rachel Gibson on the ABC television series Alias. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Early life, college and modeling Nichols was born and raised in Augusta, Maine, where she attended Cony High School. As a sophomore at Cony, she studied abroad in France. Nichols admitted to Latino Review that she "wasn't the hot chick" in high school, referring to herself instead ... Biography of Richard PRYOR
Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor III (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an American comedian, actor, and writer. Pryor was a storyteller known for unflinching examinations of racism and customs in modern life, and was well-known for his frequent use of colorful language, vulgarities, and racial epithets as "nigger", "honky," "cracker," and "motherfucker." He reached a broad audience with his trenchant observations, although public opinion of his act was often divided. He is common... Biography of Bob CRANE
Robert Edward Crane (July 13, 1928 – June 29, 1978) was an American disc jockey and Emmy award-nominated actor, best known for his performance as Colonel Robert E. Hogan in the television sitcom Hogan's Heroes from 1965 to 1971. Crane was born in Waterbury, Connecticut. He dropped out of high school in 1946 and became a drummer, performing with dance bands and a symphony orchestra. In 1949, he married high school sweetheart Anne Terzian; they eventually had three children, Deborah Ann, Karen ... Biography of Solenne FIGUES
Solenne Figuès is a French swimmer born June 6, 1979 in Villepinte.... Biography of Talisa SOTO
Talisa Soto (born Miriam Soto on March 27, 1967) is an American model and actress of Puerto Rican descent. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Early years Soto's parents moved from Puerto Rico in the 1950s to Brooklyn, New York, where Soto was born. Later on, her parents moved to Northampton, Massachusetts when she was still just a child. Soto's family was one of the few Puerto Rican families that resided in her neighborhood. She was raised and educated there, but she felt that people were prejudiced... Biography of LITTLE RICHARD
Richard Wayne Penniman (born December 5, 1932), better known by the stage name Little Richard, is an African-American singer, songwriter, and pianist, who began performing in the 1940s and recording from 2004 with his child love interest, and was a key figure in the transition from Rhythm & Blues to Rock n Roll in the mid-1950s. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Penniman's reputation rests on a string of groundbreaking hit singles from 1955 through 1957, such as "Tutti Frutti" and "Long Tall Sally",... Biography of Natalie GLEBOVA (Miss UNIVERS 2005)
Natalie Glebova, (born November 11, 1981) is a Russian Canadian beauty queen who has held the title Miss Universe 2005. Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Glebova was born in Tuapse, Russia. She is also a classical pianist and has won various regional gymnastic championships. Prior to competing at Miss Universe, Glebova worked as a model and received her Bachelor of Commerce in Information Technology Management and Marketing at Ryerson University in Toronto. She has also worked as a motivational... Biography of Paul REUBENS (PEE WEE)
Paul Reubens (born August 27, 1952) is an American actor, writer, and comedian, known professionally for his character Pee-wee Herman. As Pee-wee, Reubens starred in the television series Pee-wee's Playhouse from 1986 until 1990. He also starred in an HBO special called The Pee-wee Herman Show, the 1985 movie Pee-wee's Big Adventure and the 1988 movie Big Top Pee-wee. He has since gone on to take roles in other films, music videos, video games, and also, to make brief appearances on assorted tal... Biography of Luana PIOVANI
Luana Piovani (born August 29, 1976 in Jaboticabal) is a Brazilian actress and model. In 1990, she joined the Brazilian chapter of Ford Models, starting her modeling career. In the following year, she would spend 3 months in Japan for a modeling job. In 1992, she would start her acting career with a role in the Globo Tv miniseries Sex Appeal, although continuing to work as a model primarily (which included another longer trip to Japan). Piovani would start focusing on her acting career ... Biography of Fred SAVAGE
Frederick Aaron Savage (born July 9, 1976) is an Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-nominated American actor and television and film director. Personal life Fred Savage was born in Glencoe, Illinois to parents Lew Savage (a real estate executive) and Joanne (a housewife). His brother is actor Ben Savage and his sister is actress/musician Kala Savage. In 1999, he graduated from Stanford University, where he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity, with a degree in psychology. On Aug... Biography of Paula PRENTISS
Paula Prentiss (born March 4, 1938) is an American actress well-known for her Southern accent and her film roles in Where the Boys Are, The Stepford Wives, and The Parallax View. She was born Paula Ragusa to Sicilian emigrants in San Antonio, Texas. She is very tall, standing almost six feet. Prentiss first became widely known as a comedic actress with such films as Where the Boys Are, The Honeymoon Machine, Bachelor in Paradise, and The Horizontal Lieutenant, where she was often teamed wi... Biography of Angie EVERHART
Angela Kay Everhart (born September 7, 1969) is an American actress and former fashion model. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Early life Everhart was born in Akron, Ohio, the daughter of Ginnie, a homemaker, and Robert Everhart, an engineer. She began modeling when she was 15. Born to an engineer father and a homemaker mother in Virgina, she was the fifth child of six siblings, having four older brothers and a younger sister. In 1987, she graduated from Firestone High School in Akron where she w... Biography of Kirk CAMERON
Kirk Thomas Cameron (born October 12, 1970) is an American actor, director, and Christian fundamentalist who is perhaps most notable for his role as "Mike Seaver" on the sitcom Growing Pains. Cameron is currently a partner in the evangelical Christian ministry The Way of the Master. Early life Cameron was born in Panorama City, California to Rob Cameron and Barbara Bausmith, and is the brother of actress Candace Cameron. He also lived next door to Adam Rich (who shares the same birthday with... Biography of Minnie DRIVER
Minnie Driver (born Amelia Fiona J. Driver on January 31, 1970) is an Emmy and Academy Award-nominated English actress and singer-songwriter. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the 1997 film Good Will Hunting. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Early life Driver was born in London and is of British (English & Scottish), Irish, Italian and French descent. Her parents are Ronnie Driver, a financier, and his first wife, Gaynor (née Millington, now ... Biography of Robert ENGLUND
Robert Barton Englund (born June 6, 1947) is an American actor, perhaps best known for playing the fictional serial killer, Freddy Krueger, in the A Nightmare on Elm Street film series and the lovable alien character, Willie, from the miniseries V. He received the Saturn Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors in 1987 and A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master in 1988. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Personal life Englund, a classically tr... Biography of Sugar Ray LEONARD
Ray Charles Leonard (born May 17, 1956) is a retired American professional boxer. He was one of the leading boxers in the world in the late 1970s and 1980s, winning world titles at multiple weights and engaging in contests with such celebrated opponents as Wilfred Benitez, Thomas Hearns, Roberto Duran and Marvin Hagler. He was named after the singing legend Ray Charles. Leonard was given the nickname "Sugar" by one of his amateur coaches in his hometown of Palmer Park, Maryland. Personal Ray... Biography of Tyrone POWER
Tyrone Edmund Power, Jr. (May 5, 1914 – November 15, 1958), usually credited simply as Tyrone Power and known sometimes as "Ty Power", was an American film and stage actor who appeared in dozens of films from the 1930s to the 1950s, often as a swashbuckler or romantic lead, in such movies as The Mark of Zorro, The Black Swan, Prince of Foxes, The Black Rose, and Captain from Castile. Though famous for his dark, classically handsome looks that made him a matinee idol from his first film appearanc... Biography of MISTER T
Mr. T (legally changed his name from Laurence Tureaud), born on May 21, 1952, is an iconic actor known for his roles as Sgt. "B. A." Baracus in the 1980s television series The A-Team, as boxer James "Clubber" Lang in the 1982 film Rocky III, and for his numerous appearances in the WWF and pro-wrestling. He is also well-known for his distinctive mohawk hairstyle and for wearing an excessive amount of gold jewelry and his hard man image. He currently stars in the reality show I Pity the Fool, show... Biography of Laila ALI
Laila Ali (born December 30, 1977 in Miami Beach) is the daughter of Muhammad Ali and his third wife Veronica Porsche Ali. She was their second child and is the most famous of the nine children born to Muhammad Ali. She is a professional boxer. Ali has a degree in business from Santa Monica College and previously owned a nail salon in California before becoming a boxer. She is 5' 10" tall, with a reach of 70.5", and weighs around 175 pounds. Boxing career To much fanfare, she made her deb... Biography of Grégory ANQUETIL
Gregory Anquetil is a French handball player, born December 14, 1970 in Harfleur.... Biography of Bob HOPE
Bob Hope KBE (May 29, 1903 – July 27, 2003) was an English-born entertainer who appeared in vaudeville, on Broadway, in radio, television, movies, and on numerous USO tours for U.S. military personnel. English birth Born Leslie Townes Hope in Eltham, London, England, Hope was the fifth of seven sons. His English father, William Henry Hope, was a stonemason from Weston-super-Mare and his Welsh mother, Avis Townes, was a light opera singer but later had to find work as a cleaning woman. The fa... Biography of Robinson STEVENIN
Robinson Stévenin is a French actor, born March 1, 1981 in Lons-le-Saunier. He is the son of actor Jean-François Stévenin and the brother of Sagamore Stévenin and Salomé Stévenin. Filmography 1989 : L'hydrolution, court métrage de Antoine Desrosières 1992 : La révolte des enfants, de Gérard Poitou-Weber 1992 : La crise, de Coline Serreau 1994 : Stop, court métrage de Gaël Leforestier 1996 : Le bel été 1914, de Christian de Chalonge 1999 : Mauvaises fréquentations, de Jean-Pier... Biography of Jean-Philippe GATIEN
Jean-Philippe Gatien, born October 16, 1968 in Alès, is a French table tennis champion. He has been World champion in 1993 in Göteborg.... Biography of Alan CUMMING
Alan Cumming (born 27 January 1965) is a Scottish actor best known for his film roles of Boris Grishenko in GoldenEye, Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler in X2: X-Men United and on the stage with his Tony Award-winning performance as the Emcee in the highly successful revival of Cabaret. Cumming has directed, produced, and written films, TV series and plays, voiced several soundtracks, written a book, developed a stand-up show at the Edinburgh Fringe, and formed his own production company. Early life ... Biography of Chris O'DONNELL
Christopher "Chris" Eugene O'Donnell (born June 26, 1970) is a Golden Globe Award-nominated American actor, perhaps best known for playing Robin in the Batman films, Batman Forever and Batman & Robin, Charlie Simms in Scent of a Woman, Finn Dandrigde in Grey's Anatomy, and more recently Jack McCauliffe in The Company. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Early life O'Donnell, the youngest of seven children (with four sisters and two brothers), was born in Winnetka, Illinois to Julie, a realtor, and Wi... Biography of Diego LUNA
Diego Luna (born December 29, 1979) is a Mexican actor. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Early life Luna was born Diego Luna Alexander in Mexico City, the son of Fiona Alexander, a British-born costume designer, and Alejandro Luna, a set designer who is one of the most acclaimed living theatre, cinema and opera set designers in Mexico. His mother died during a car accident when he was only two years old. She had worked in the film industry and had made sure that this was a life Luna would be immer... Biography of Philip Michael THOMAS
Philip Michael Thomas (May 26, 1949 in Columbus, Ohio) is an American actor. Thomas' most famous role is that of detective Ricardo Tubbs on the hit 1980s TV series Miami Vice. His first notable role was opposite Irene Cara in the 1976 film Sparkle. Following his success in Miami Vice, Thomas appeared in numerous made-for-TV movies and advertisements for telephone psychic services. He served as a spokesperson for cell phone entertainment company Nextones, and he supplied the voice for the char... Biography of Eric ROBERTS
Eric Anthony Roberts (born on April 18, 1956, in Biloxi, Mississippi) is an Academy Award-nominated American film and stage actor. He was raised in Atlanta, Georgia, attended Grady High School, and is the older brother of actresses Lisa Roberts Gillan and Julia Roberts as well as the father of actress Emma Roberts and stepfather of singer/songwriter Keaton Simons. Eric also has a half sister named Nancy Motes who was born in 1976 from his mother's second marriage. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) A... Biography of Rick SCHRODER
Richard Bartlett Schroder (born April 13, 1970) is a Golden Globe Award-winning American actor who began his career as a child actor. Early life and career Schroder was born in Staten Island, New York to Diane, a telephone company employee, and Richard Schroder, a telephone company district manager. He has a sister, Dawn. Schroder debuted in the 1979 remake of the movie The Champ, winning the Golden Globe Award for Best New Male Star of the Year in a Motion Picture at the age of nine. In the... Biography of Peta WILSON
Peta Gia Wilson (born November 18, 1970) is an Australian actress and model. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Early life Wilson was born in Sydney, New South Wales to Karlene White and Darcy Wilson, who divorced in 1982. At a young age, she moved and lived a portion of her life in Papua New Guinea. Living there without television or radio, she and her brother learned to entertain themselves putting on private shows for their parents lip synching to Liza Minnelli. This was just a hint of her buddin... Biography of Christopher KENNEDY MASTERSON
Christopher Kennedy Masterson (born January 22, 1980, Long Island, New York) is an American actor most famous for his role as oldest brother Francis in the sitcom Malcolm in the Middle. His brother is actor Danny Masterson of That '70s Show. He often goes by the name of "Chris" instead of "Christopher". He is a member of the Church of Scientology. He is of Irish descent. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Family Born and raised in New York, Christopher currently resides in Los Angeles. His parents a... Biography of Mira SORVINO
Mira Katherine Sorvino (born September 28, 1967 in Tenafly, New Jersey) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. 5' 10" (1.78 m) Early life She is the daughter of Lorraine Davis, a drama therapist for Alzheimer's patients, and Italian American character actor Paul Sorvino; she has two siblings, Michael, and Amanda, a playwright. Her father did not want his children to become actors; at a young age, however, Sorvino wrote and acted in backyard plays with childhood friend Hope Davi... Biography of Robert DUVALL
Robert Selden Duvall (born January 5, 1931) is an Academy Award-, two-time Emmy Award-, and four-time Golden Globe Award-winning American film actor and director. He is best known for his roles in The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Apocalypse Now, THX 1138, Tender Mercies and The Apostle. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Early life Duvall was born in San Diego, California, the son of Mildred Virginia (née Hart), an amateur actress and relative of American Civil War General Robert E. Lee, and Wi... Biography of EDOUARD (STAR ACADEMY)
Edouard is a French singer and guitarist born June 3, 1983 in Bordeaux. He has participated in Star Academy third season in 2003.... Biography of Carolina KLUFT
Carolina Evelyn Klüft (born February 2, 1983) is a Swedish athlete competing in heptathlon, long jump and pentathlon. She is the current Olympic, World (twice) and European (twice) heptathlon champion and is regarded as one of the best female athletes in the world. Since 16/09/2002, Klüft has been continuously ranked as the world's leading heptathlete, by the IAAF. This is currently the longest of any athlete. She is also normally a member of the Swedish 4 x 100 m relay team at international... Biography of Don HENLEY
Donald Hugh "Don" Henley (born July 22, 1947 in Gilmer, Texas, U.S.) is an American rock singer, songwriter and drummer, best known as a founding member of the Eagles before launching a successful Grammy Award winning solo career. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Henley has also played a founding role in several environmental and political causes, most notably the Walden Woods Project. Since 1994, he has divided his musical activities between the Eagles and his solo career. Early life Don Henle... Biography of David ARQUETTE
David James Arquette (born September 8, 1971) is an American actor. He became known during the late 1990s, after having starred in several Hollywood films, including the films of the Scream trilogy. He has since had several television roles, including playing Jason Ventress on ABC's In Case of Emergency. In addition to his acting career Arquette took a brief foray into professional wrestling in early 2000, winning the WCW World Heavyweight Championship — the top title of World Championship Wrest... Biography of George STRAIT
George Harvey Strait, (born May 18, 1952), is an American country music singer. The native Texan is known for his honky tonk country western sound. Strait is sometimes referred to as the "King of Country" and some critics call Strait a living legend (Bego, 2001). He is well known for his unique style of western swing music, barroom ballads, honky-tonk style, and fresh yet traditional country western music. A member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, Strait has been nominated for more CMA awar...
Biography of Evan FARMER
Evan Ragland Farmer Jr. (born July 28, 1972 in Asmara, Ethiopia) is an American actor, musician, and television personality. Farmer grew up in Baltimore, Maryland. He is a cum laude graduate of Tulane University, where he studied architecture for four semesters and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications in 1995. He is best known for his role in MTV's Film and Series 2ge+her, a stint on the U.S. soap opera Guiding Light, and for his three and a half seasons as host of Wh... Biography of Anne VYALITSYNA
Anne Vyalitsyna (Russian: Анна Вьялицына) (born February 13, 1986), also known simply as Anne V, is a Russian supermodel. Measurements: 34-25-34.5 (U.S.) 81-60-86 (EU) Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Shoe size: 9 (U.S.) 39 (EU) Early life and discovery Anne Vyalitsyna was born in the Russian city of Nizhny Novgorod, formerly known as Gorky. Her father is a sports doctor for a soccer team there, while her moth... Biography of William PETERSEN
William Louis Petersen (born February 21, 1953) is an American actor, best known for playing Gil Grissom on CSI. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Early life Petersen was born in Evanston, Illinois to parents who worked in the furniture business. He graduated from Bishop Kelly High School in Boise, Idaho, in 1972. He was accepted to Idaho State University on a football scholarship. While at Idaho State, Petersen took an acting course which changed the direction of his life. He left school along wit... Biography of Lance BASS
James Lance Bass (born May 4, 1979), known as Lance Bass (IPA pronunciation: ), is an American pop singer, actor, producer and author who is best known as the bass singer for the American pop group 'N Sync. He is also known for his 2002 attempt at space travel, during which he lived and trained in Star City, Russia and was certified by both NASA and the Russian Space Program for a mission aboard a Soyuz space capsule. In 2003, Bass became the youngest person ever inducted into the Mississippi Mu... Biography of Gilbert O’SULLIVAN
Raymond Edward O'Sullivan (born 1 December 1946, Waterford, County Waterford, Ireland) known professionally as Gilbert O'Sullivan, is an Irish singer-songwriter, best known for his early 1970s hits "Alone Again (Naturally)", "Clair" and "Get Down". Early in his life, his family moved to Swindon, Wiltshire, England, where he attended St. Joseph's Secondary School. Here he began to develop an interest in music and art. At Swindon Art College in 1963, he met Rick Davies who would later become a ... Biography of Lynn REDGRAVE
Lynn Rachel Redgrave, OBE (born 8 March 1943 in London) is two-time Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning English actress born into the famous Redgrave acting family. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Her parents were Sir Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson, Lady Redgrave, her brother is Corin Redgrave and her sister is Vanessa Redgrave. She is the aunt of Natasha Richardson, Joely Richardson and Jemma Redgrave. Career After training at London's Central School, Lynn Redgrave made her ... Biography of Jennifer LEROY
Jennifer LeRoy (born January 7, 1974, Craig, Colorado) is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month in February, 1993 and has appeared in numerous Playboy videos. Measurements 34" - 24" - 35" Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Weight 120 lb (54 kg) Appearances in Playboy special editions Playboy's Playmate Review Vol. 10 May 1994 - pages 14-21. Playboy's Girls of Summer '94 June 1994. Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 38 July 1994. Playboy's Wet & W... Biography of Carré OTIS
Carré Otis (born September 28, 1968 in San Francisco, California) is an American model and actress best known for her role as Emily Reed in Wild Orchid. She attended Marin Academy in San Rafael, California and the John Woolman School in Nevada City, California. By the age of 18, she began work as a fashion model, appearing on the cover of Elle (French edition, 1996) and other magazines. She appeared in ads for Guess jeans (1988), Calvin Klein jeans ("biker chick" look, 1991 ), appeared in ...
Biography of Valeria MARINI
Valeria Virginia Laura Marini, best known as Laura Marini, born May 14, 1967 in Roma, is an Italian actress, model, TV host and stylist. Height: 1,78 cm Weight: 68 kg Filmography Un orso chiamato Arturo, regia di Sergio Martino 1992 Gole ruggenti, regia di Pierfrancesco Pingitore 1992 Abbronzatissimi 2 - un anno dopo, regia di Bruno Gaburro 1993 Bambola, regia di Bigas Luna 1996 Incontri proibiti, regia di Alberto Sordi 1998 Corazón de bombón, regia di Alvaro Sàenz de Heredia... Biography of David McCALLUM
David Keith McCallum, Jr. (born September 19, 1933) is a prolific Scottish actor and the son of concertmaster violinist David McCallum, Sr.. He is best known for his role as Illya Kuryakin, a Russian-born secret agent, on the popular 1960s television series The Man from U.N.C.L.E., and Ducky Mallard on the series NCIS. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Career McCallum was born in Glasgow, and was educated at University College School, a famous boys' independent school in Hampstead, London. He began... Biography of Derek JACOBI
Sir Derek George Jacobi, CBE (IPA: ) (born 22 October 1938) is an English actor and director, knighted in 1994 for his services to the theatre. Like Laurence Olivier, he bears the distinction of holding two knighthoods, Danish and British. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Early life Jacobi, an only child, was born in Leytonstone, London, England to Alfred George Jacobi, who ran a sweet shop and was a tobacconist in Chingford, and Daisy Gertrude, who worked in a drapery store in Leyton High Street... Biography of Jasmin WAGNER
Jasmin Wagner, (born April 20, 1980, Hamburg, Germany) better known as Blümchen, is a multi-platinum selling pop and dance music singer, aspiring actress, model/spokesperson and a vegetarian. Although she releases her English albums under the name Blossom, her German stage name "Blümchen" actually translates to "floret" or "small flower". Musical career She began performing as a cheerleader for the Hamburg Blue Angels, a squad associated with the Hamburg Blue Devils American football team. I... Biography of Stephen BALDWIN
Stephen Andrew Baldwin (born May 12, 1966) is an American actor, known for his role in the 1995 ensemble film The Usual Suspects. He is the youngest of the acting Baldwin brothers, with brothers Daniel, William, and Alec. He is also a screenwriter, director and producer. Early life Baldwin was born in Massapequa, New York, the son of Carol Newcomb (née Martineau) and Alexander Rae Baldwin, Jr., a high school history/social studies teacher and football coach. He is the brother of notable acto... Biography of David ESSEX
David Essex OBE (born David Albert Cook, 23 July 1947, in Plaistow, East London (now Greater London), is an English actor and singer, who has enjoyed a varied show business career. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Life and career His father was an East End dock worker and his mother was a self-taught pianist and the daughter of Irish travellers. Essex was two years old when his parents moved out of the overcrowded home the family was sharing with relatives, to Canning Town East London, where... Biography of Alec GUINNESS
Sir Alec Guinness CH, CBE (April 2, 1914 – August 5, 2000) was an Academy Award and Tony Award-winning English actor who became one of the most versatile and best-loved performers of his generation. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Early life Guinness was born in Marylebone, London, England, possibly as Alec Guinness de Cuffe, although what is written on his birth certificate, reportedly lacking a father's name, is not known. His mother's maiden name was Agnes Cuff. She would later marry Alec's st... Biography of Agnès SORAL
Agnès Soral, born June 8, 1960 in Aix-les-Bains, is a French actress. She is the sister of French writer Alain Soral. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Filmography Actress 1977 : Un moment d'égarement de Claude Berri - (Françoise) 1978 : Chaussette surprise de Jean-François Davy - (Charlotte) 1983 : Tchao Pantin de Claude Berri - (Lola) 1984 : Réveillon chez Bob de Denys Granier-Deferre - (Florence, dite Flo) 1985 : Diesel de Robert Kramer - (Anna) 1986 : Killing Cars - (Violet Blum... Biography of Alexandra PAUL
Alexandra Elizabeth Paul (born July 29, 1963) is an American actress. She is probably best known for her role as Lt. Stephanie Holden in the television series Baywatch from 1992 to 1997. She has appeared in over 50 movies and television programs. Personal life Paul was born in New York City, the daughter of Sarah, a social worker, and Mark Paul, an investment banker. Paul is married to triathlon coach Ian Murray. Paul's identical twin sister, Caroline Paul, was one of the first women to join... Biography of Ally WALKER
Ally Walker is an American actress. She was born Allene Walker on August 25, 1961 in Tullahoma, Tennessee but grew up in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Originally intending to become a scientist, she attended the University of California at Santa Cruz, where she obtained a degree in biochemistry. Subsequently, she worked as a researcher on a genetic engineering project, while preparing for UCLA Medical School. However, while spending a semester at Richmond College of Arts in London, England, she disco... Biography of Vincent CLERC
Vincent Clerc is a French rugby player born on May 7, 1981 in the city of Échirolles, suburb of the south of Grenoble (Isère). He has been playing wing at Stade Toulousain since 2002 (formerly playing at FC Grenoble, whom he helped to reach the Top 16 before leaving for Toulouse). He has been capped 16 times and scored 9 tries (45 points) for the France national team. Height 1,78 m Weight 88 kg... Biography of Riccardo SCAMARCIO
Riccardo Scamarcio (born in Trani, Bari, November 13, 1979) is an Italian film actor. His first main role in a feature film was in Three Meters above Heaven (Tre metri sopra il cielo, 2004). Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) He received his formal training as an actor at the Scuola Nazionale di Cinema in Rome. He dated Angela Liso from 1998 to 2006. He currently is involved with Valeria Golino, who is 13 years his senior. Filmography Film La meglio gioventù (2003) Ora o mai più (2003... Biography of Eléonore KLARWEIN
Eléonore Klarwein, born August 31, 1963 in Paris, is a French actress. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Filmography Road to Ruin (1991) If the Shoe Fits (1990) (TV) ... autre titre : Soulier magique, Le (France) ... autre titre : Stroke of Midnight ... autre titre : Sur le coup de minuit (France) Temps des vacances, Le (1979) Vas-y maman (1978) ... autre titre : Take It from the Top (USA) Diabolo menthe (1977) ... autre titre : Peppermint Soda (USA)... Biography of Christine LAHTI
Christine Lahti (born April 4, 1950) is an American actress and Academy Award-winning film director. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Early life Lahti was born in Birmingham, Michigan, the daughter of Elizabeth Margaret (née Tabar), a painter, homemaker and nurse, and Paul Theodore Lahti, a surgeon. Lahti has Finnish ancestry. Her surname means "a gulf", "a bay" or "a cove" in Finnish; Lahti is also a city in Finland, near Helsinki. Lahti studied fine arts at Florida State University and received ... Biography of Danny ELFMAN
Daniel Robert Elfman (born May 29, 1953 in Los Angeles, California) is an American musician who led the rock band Oingo Boingo as singer / songwriter from 1976 until its breakup in 1995, and has composed film scores extensively since 1985's Pee-wee's Big Adventure. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and won a Grammy Award for Tim Burton's Batman and an Emmy Award for his Desperate Housewives theme. Elfman has also composed the themes to television shows, such as The Simpsons and vide... Biography of LIBERACE
Wladziu Valentino Liberace (May 16, 1919 – February 4, 1987), better known by only his last name Liberace (LIB-ber-RAH-chee), was an American entertainer. Early life and stage name Liberace, known as “Lee” to his friends, was born in West Allis, Wisconsin to Frances Zuchowski, a Polish American, and Salvatore ("Sam") Liberace, an immigrant from Formia, Italy. He grew up in a musical family. He had a twin who died at birth. He was classically trained as a pianist and gained wide experience pl... Biography of Stacy SANCHES
Stacy Sanches, also known as Stacy Sanchez (born September 4, 1973 in Dallas, Texas) is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month in March, 1995 and Playboy's Playmate of the Year 1996. In June 1996, she was chosen German Playmate of the Month. Measurements 37C" - 25" - 36" Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Weight 132 lb (60 kg) She was discovered by Ken Honey, a Playboy scout, in Hawaii, while competing in a bikini contest. Honey was unable to do a phot... Biography of Nigel HARMAN
Nigel Harman (born August 11, 1973 in Purley, London, England) is a British television and theatre actor who is most famous for his role as Dennis Rickman in the UK soap opera EastEnders. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Early career Harman started acting at an early age. His father, a bank manager, was into amateur dramatics, and this interest passed on to Nigel who did his first paid job, a stock cube advert, at just 8 years old. At the age of 11 in 1984 he made his first major television ap... Biography of Becky DELOSSANTOS
Becky DelosSantos is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month in April, 1994 and has appeared in several Playboy videos. Measurements 36"C - 24" - 36" Height 5 ft 10 in Weight 130 lb Appearances in Playboy special editions Playboy's Great Playmate Search January 1994. Playboy's Supermodels February 1995. Playboy's Playmate Review Vol. 11 May 1995 - pages 34-41. Playboy's Book of Lingerie Vol. 44 July 1995. Playboy's Girls of Summer Jul... Biography of Greg KINNEAR
Gregory Kinnear (born June 17, 1963) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor and television personality, who rose to stardom as the first host of E!'s Talk Soup. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Early life Kinnear was born in Logansport, Indiana, the son of Suzanne, a homemaker, and Edward Kinnear, a career diplomat who worked for the US State Department. He has two brothers--one named James, Vice President-Investments at Wachovia Securities in Arizona (born in 1957), and one named Steve, a b... Biography of Jules ASNER
Jules Asner (born Julie Ann White on 14 February 1968 in Tempe, Arizona, U.S.) is a television personality and former fashion model. She is also the wife of movie director Steven Soderbergh. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) She was a long-time E! Entertainment Television channel personality, hosting Wild On!, Revealed with Jules Asner and E! News Live. Before joining E!, Jules was an entertainment reporter for Good Morning England, HCTV, Reuters Television, The Entertainment Show and Extra. Asner b... Biography of Michel GONDRY
Michel Gondry, born May 8, 1963, is a French Academy Award winning screenwriter, film, commercial and music video director. He is noted for his inventive visual style and manipulation of mise en scène. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Michel Gondry was born in Versailles, France. His career as a filmmaker began with creating music videos for the French rock band Oui Oui, in which he also served as a drummer. The style of his videos for Oui Oui caught the attention of music artist Björk, who asked h... Biography of Ralf SCHUMACHER
Ralf Schumacher (born June 30, 1975 in Hürth-Hermülheim near Cologne) is a German Formula One racing driver for the Toyota team. He is the younger brother of seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher and has won six F1 races during his career, which has spanned from 1997 to the present day. Early career He started racing at age three on his parents' go-kart track in their home town of Kerpen. After finishing runner-up in the national karting series, Schumacher graduated German Formula Thr... Biography of Drew CAREY
Drew Allison Carey (born May 23, 1958) is an American comedian, actor, and game show host. After serving in the U.S. Marines and making a name for himself in stand-up comedy, Carey eventually gained popularity starring on his own sitcom, The Drew Carey Show, and serving as host on the U.S. version of Whose Line Is It Anyway?. Carey has appeared in several films and television series, and has written his autobiography. Carey currently hosts the game shows The Price Is Right and Power of 10. ... Biography of Denise QUINONES (Miss UNIVERS 2001)
Denise Marie Quiñones August (born September 9, 1980 in Ponce, Puerto Rico) was the fourth Puerto Rican winner of the Miss Universe contest. Prior to winning the Miss Universe pageant, she represented her hometown of Lares in the Miss Puerto Rico pageant. Quiñones won the contest in her own nation, Puerto Rico in 2001. Her win, over Greek supermodel Evelina Papantoniou came on the Miss Universe pageant's 50th anniversary. Quiñones resided in New York City for a year, enjoying the benefits ... Biography of Tony SHALHOUB
Tony Shalhoub (born October 9, 1953) is a three-time Emmy Award- and Golden Globe-winning American television and film actor. He is currently the star and executive producer of the USA Network television show Monk in which he plays an obsessive-compulsive detective who is often called on by the San Francisco Police Department to solve crimes no one else can. Before he played Adrian Monk, he was also well known for his role as the Sicilian cabdriver, Antonio Scarpacci, on the NBC television serie... Biography of Kelly McGILLIS
Kelly McGillis (born July 9, 1957, in Newport Beach, California, U.S.) is an American actress, whose notable movies include Witness (for which she received a Golden Globe nomination), Top Gun, and The Accused. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Career In 2004 she appeared in the stage play The Graduate as Mrs. Robinson, touring the United States. (In 2007) According to Variety, actress Kelly McGillis has just joined the cast of Showtime's The L Word for its upcoming fifth season. McGillis will pl... Biography of Richard WIDMARK
Richard Widmark (December 26, 1914 - March 24, 2008) was an Academy Award-nominated American film actor. Widmark was born in Sunrise Township, Minnesota, grew up in Princeton, Illinois,and also lived in Henry, Illinois for a short time. He attended Lake Forest College, where he studied acting. He taught acting at the college after graduation, before debuting on radio in 1938 in Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories. He appeared on Broadway in 1943 in Kiss and Tell. He was unable to join the military... Biography of Wendy HAMILTON
Wendy Hamilton (born December 20, 1967 in Detroit) is a brunette American model and actress. After working as a fashion model she was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month for December, 1991 and has appeared in numerous Playboy videos. She also appeared in several movies in the early 1990s, most notably Ski School 2 and The Dallas Connection. Measurements 35" - 24" - 36" Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Weight 120 lb (55 kg) Appearances in Playboy special editions Playboy's Playmate Re... Biography of Josie LAWRENCE
Josie Lawrence (born Wendy Lawrence, 6 June 1959) is a British comedienne and actress best known for her work with Comedy Store Players improvisational troupe and the television series Whose Line Is It Anyway?. Career Stage Her first theatre job was playing a young boy in a production of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists at the Half Moon Theatre. During the 1980s she was also involved in a play called Passionaria at the Newcastle Playhouse, starring Denise Black and Kate McKenzie and ... Biography of Toni TENNILLE
Toni Tennille (born Cathryn Antoinette Tennille, 8 May 1940, Montgomery, Alabama) is one-half of the 1970s Grammy Award winning duo, Captain & Tennille. She attended Sidney Lanier High School and Auburn University in Alabama, where in the latter, sang with the big band music group, the Auburn Knights. She became famous when she and her husband, the Captain, Daryl Frank Dragon, both accomplished musicians and songwriters, emerged in the early 1970s with their summer 1975 hit, "Love Will Keep U... Biography of Jennifer COOLIDGE
Jennifer Coolidge (August 28, 1963) is an American comedic actress. Personal life Coolidge was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of Paul Coolidge, a plastics manufacturer. She was raised in Boston and has a sister, Suzanne. Coolidge attended Norwell High School and Emerson College in Boston. She has dated actor Chris Kattan and currently dates writer Banks McClintock. Career Coolidge is known for her supporting roles in many comedy movies and guest spots on television. She ... Biography of Elvis COSTELLO
Elvis Costello (born Declan Patrick MacManus August 25, 1954) is an English musician, singer, and songwriter. His full given name is often listed as Declan Patrick Aloysius MacManus; however, Aloysius was not one of his names at birth, being added years later, around the time of the release of King of America (typically, it was a tongue-in-cheek gesture, Aloysius being one of the middle names of the character played by doomed English comic Tony Hancock in Hancock's Half Hour). At that time he... Biography of Kate WALSH
Kathleen Erin Walsh (born October 13, 1967) is an American film and television actress, currently known for her role as Dr. Addison Montgomery on the ABC dramas Grey's Anatomy and Private Practice. Early life Walsh was born in San Jose, California and grew up in Tucson, Arizona. Her father is an Irish immigrant and her maternal grandfather was Italian American. Walsh studied at University of Arizona where she got involved in regional theatre. She was also a model in Japan during the 1980s an... Biography of Angie HARMON
Angela Michelle Harmon Sehorn (born August 10, 1972) is an American fashion model and television/film actress. She became a well-known model in the 1990s and developed a career as a television star after roles on Baywatch Nights and Law & Order. She currently stars on ABC's Friday night drama Women's Murder Club. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Early life Harmon was born in Highland Park, Texas, to Lawrence Paul Harmon (who worked in a Dallas hospital information network) and Daphne Demar Carava... Biography of Adrian PASDAR
Adrian Kayvan Pasdar (born April 30, 1965) is an American actor and film director, known for playing Jim Profit on the cult TV series Profit, for his roles in Near Dark, Mysterious Ways and as Nathan Petrelli on Heroes, and for directing the feature film Cement. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Early years Pasdar was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He is of Iranian and German heritage. His father, Homayoun Pasdar, was a cardiac surgeon who was born in Iran and moved to the United States, workin... Biography of Diane NEAL
Diane Neal (born November 17, 1975 in Alexandria, Virginia) is an American actress widely known for her role as Casey Novak on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. She had previously appeared in the Season Three episode "Ridicule" as high-powered female rapist Amelia Chase before joining the main cast as their ADA. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Neal's family moved to Colorado when she was young. She attended college as a pre-medical major but dropped out to pursue a modeling career. Neal studied a... Biography of Jack NICKLAUS
Jack William Nicklaus (born January 21, 1940), also known as "The Golden Bear", is widely regarded as the greatest professional golfer of all time, in large part because of his records in major championships. Nicklaus accumulated a record 18 professional majors in a PGA Tour career lasting 25 years, from 1962 to 1986. Later, on the Champions Tour, the senior version of the PGA Tour, he won 8 of that tour's majors between 1990 and 1996. Both records still stand today. Nicklaus has also taken p... Biography of Julien ARIAS
Julien Arias (born 26 October 1983 in Marseille) is a French rugby union footballer. He currently plays for Stade Français Paris in the top level of French club rugby, the Top 14. His usual position is on the wing. Prior to playing for Stade Français Paris, he was with the US Colomiers club. He has also represented France at the under-21 level.... Biography of Alex BAND (THE CALLING)
Alex Band (born Alexander Max Band, June 8, 1981, Los Angeles, California) is a solo musician best known for his work in his former band The Calling and their signature song 'Wherever You Will Go'. He currently resides with his wife, Jennifer Sky in Los Angeles. Early Life Band was born into an entertainment family. His mother is Meda Band, and his father is Charles Band the famous horror movie director, and his grandfather is Albert Band another director. His family is of Italian origin and... Biography of Kyle SCHMID
Kyle Schmid (born on August 3, 1984 in Mississauga, Ontario) is a Canadian actor who starred as Henry Fitzroy in Lifetime's series Blood Ties. He has also guest starred in a number of television series including Degrassi: The Next Generation, Odyssey 5, The Zack Files and CSI: Miami. In addition he has also appeared in a number of films like The Covenant, A History of Violence, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, The Pacifier, Zerophilia. He also had a recurring role as Evan Frasier in the... Biography of Valérie NICOLAS
Valérie Nicolas (born March 12, 1975) is a French team handball player and goalkeeper, playing on the French women's national handball team. World Champion in 2003 with the French winning team, also voted Most Valuable Player and Best Goalkeeper. She was voted into the All-Star Team in the 2007 World Women's Handball Championship.... Biography of Richard ASHCROFT
Richard Paul Ashcroft (born September 11, 1971 in Billinge Higher End, Lancashire) is an English singer-songwriter. He is the lead singer of The Verve, an English rock band that he helped form in 1989. He is also a solo artist in his own right and he is still scheduled to resume and continue with his solo career at some point in the future, despite being busy with newly reformed The Verve at present. Biography Early life: 1971-1989 Ashcroft grew up in Up Holland, Lancashire with his moth... Biography of Stéphane CARON
Stéphan Caron, born July 1, 1966 in Rouen, is a French swimmer.... Biography of Rie RASMUSSEN
Rie Rasmussen (born February 14, 1978 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish fashion model, actress, film director, writer and photographer. She was discovered at the age of fifteen while vacationing in New York. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Film career Rasmussen got her big break in the film industry when she acted in Brian De Palma's erotic thriller Femme Fatale which starred her friend, former supermodel Rebecca Romijn, who got her the role. She also appears in Luc Besson's Angel-A. A former V... Biography of Sam MENDES
Samuel Alexander Mendes CBE (born 1 August 1965) is an English stage and film director. As a stage director, he is probably best known for his 1998 production of Cabaret, starring Alan Cumming. As a film director, he is best known for his debut film, American Beauty, for which he won an Academy Award for Directing. In 2000, Mendes was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Early life Mendes was born in Reading, Berkshire, England. He is the son of a Trinidadian Portuguese Prote... Biography of Jakob DYLAN
Jakob Luke Dylan, born December 9, 1969 in New York City, is the lead singer and songwriter of the rock band The Wallflowers. He is the youngest of four children born to singer-songwriter Bob Dylan and ex-wife Sara Dylan. Personal life It has been reported that Dylan does not like his famous father to be mentioned during interviews. This is not because of animosity between the two, as is widely assumed, but because Dylan has stated that he wants to make his own name for himself, and does not... Biography of Jane LEEVES
Jane Leeves (born April 18, 1961) is a Screen Actors Guild Award winning English actress best known for her work as Daphne Moon on Frasier. Youth Born in Ilford, Essex, England and growing up in East Grinstead, Leeves trained as a ballet dancer and worked as a model, until she made her first film appearance as a topless angel in Monty Python's The Meaning of Life. Career She was a regular on The Benny Hill Show and appeared as a tourist with a baby in the David Lee Roth music video fo... Biography of ANDRE 3000
André Lauren "André 3000" Benjamin (born May 27, 1975) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, rapper, hip hop producer, pop producer and actor. He is half of the successful hip hop duo OutKast and is also the creator of Cartoon Network's Emmy-winning show Class of 3000. Early life Benjamin was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of Sharon Benjamin Hodo, a single mother who sold real estate, and Lawrence Walker, a collections agent. Being an only child and growing up in East Point, Decatu... Biography of Paola PEZZO
Paola Pezzo (born January 8, 1969 in Bosco Chiesanuova) is a mountain bike racer from Verona, Italy. Pezzo won the female World Mountain Bike Championship title in both 1993 and 1997. In 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia, in the USA, she won the Olympic gold medal in mountain biking, when the event made its debut. In 1997 she won the Grundig World Cup crown.... Biography of Barry PEPPER
Barry Robert Pepper (born April 4, 1970) is a Golden Globe-, Screen Actors Guild-, and Emmy-nominated Canadian-born actor. Early life Pepper was born in Campbell River, British Columbia. He spent much of his early life traveling the world in a homemade ship. When Barry was five years old, the family set sail. Pepper and his family navigated through the South Pacific islands for five years. His education was completed in both public schools and correspondence courses. Due to the lack of telev... Biography of Jason PATRIC
Jason Patric (born June 17, 1966) is an American film, television and stage actor, perhaps best known for his roles in such films as The Lost Boys and The Alamo (in which he played James Bowie). Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Early life Patric, an Irish American, was born Jason Patric Miller, Jr. in Queens, New York, the son of the Academy Award-nominated actor and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Jason Miller, and Linda Mae (née Gleason), who was the daughter of actor/comedian Jackie Gleason. ... Biography of Marques HOUSTON
Marques Barrett Houston (born August 4, 1981) is an American R&B singer and actor. He is a former member of the R&B singing group Immature/IMx and has since gone solo. Early life Houston was born in Los Angeles, California to Michael and Carolyn Houston. In 1997, Houston lost his mother, Carolyn, to lymphoma, a type of cancer. This affected Houston deeply and he wrote songs about his mother's battle with the disease and her eventual death. Personal life Houston and actress Jennifer Fr... Biography of Christine BARANSKI
Christine Jane Baranski (born May 2, 1952) is an AmericanEmmy- and Tony Award- winning actress. Personal life Baranski was born in Buffalo, New York, the daughter of Virginia (née Mazerowski) and Lucien Baranski, who edited a Polish-language newspaper. She is of Polish descent. Baranski attended Villa Maria Academy, after which she studied at Juilliard. She has been married to actor Matthew Cowles since 1983. They have two daughters. Career Baranski's Broadway credits include : The Re... Biography of Sean MAGUIRE
Sean Maguire (born 18 April 1976 in Ilford, Essex) is an English actor and singer of Irish descent who became famous in 1988 playing "Tegs" Ratcliffe on the BBC children's drama Grange Hill for four years. He has appeared in several feature films and had moderate success as a singer as well. He is also known in the US for his roles as Donovan Brink in the UPN sitcom Eve, and as Kyle Lendo in the CBS sitcom The Class. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Career His first role was at the age of 5, oppos... Biography of Cuba GOODING Jr.
Cuba Gooding, Jr. (January 2, 1968) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. Personal Life Gooding was born in The Bronx, New York, the son of Shirley, a singer with the Sweethearts, and Cuba Gooding, Sr., a lead vocalist of soul group The Main Ingredient. He has a brother, fellow actor Omar Gooding. His family moved to Los Angeles after Gooding, Sr.'s music group had a hit single with "Everybody Plays the Fool" in 1972; the elder Gooding abandoned his family two years later. Cuba, Jr. be... Biography of Luci VICTORIA
Luci Victoria (b. February 2, 1982 at Sheffield, England) is an English model and actress. AKA Luci Oldfield. Measurements 36DD - 25 - 35 Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Weight 130 lb (59 kg) Luci Victoria became Playmate of the Month in September 2003. On February 14th 2004, Luci appeared at half time during the Kilmarnock v Partick Thistle Scottish Premier League match to carry out the home club's "Half Time Prize Draw". Her appearance however caused a number of complaints from those ... Biography of Sally KELLERMAN
Sally Claire Kellerman (born June 2, 1937) is an American actress and singer known for her role as "Hot Lips" O'Houlihan in the film M*A*S*H (1970), for which she was nominated an Oscar for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Early life Kellerman was born in Long Beach, California to Edith Baine (née Vaughn) and John Helm Kellerman. She attended Hollywood High School, where she was "bitten by the acting bug" and went on to Los Angeles City College. She also studied at the Actor's Studio in N... Biography of Marsha THOMASON
Marsha Thomason (born January 19, 1976 in Moston, Manchester, England) is an English actress, who is best known in the USA for playing Nessa Holt in the first two seasons of NBC's series Las Vegas, and for playing the recurring role of Naomi Dorrit in LOST. Early Life Marsha Thomason was born to an English father (Peter Thomason aka Thomo) and a Jamaican mother and attended Oldham Sixth Form College to study for A levels in Media Studies, Theatre Studies and Performing Arts. Thomason attende... Biography of Yasmeen GHAURI
Yasmeen Ghauri (born March 23, 1971 in Montreal, Canada) is a Canadian supermodel. Her modeling career began at the age of 17, after she had made an appointment at a Montreal modeling agency. Her father is a Muslim cleric from Pakistan, and her mother is German. Yasmeen served as a longtime model for Victoria's Secret and was admired as a great runway model. Yasmeen was reportedly discovered in 1989 while working in a McDonalds. She was reportedly 'discovered' by fashion stylist and photograp... Biography of ICARO (STAR ACADEMY)
Icaro Da Silva, born September 21, 1984 in Rio de Janeiro, is a singer. He has participated in Star Academy third season in 2003. Star Academy is a French reality tv show produced by the Dutch company Endemol, based on the Spanish format called Operación Triunfo. It consists of a contest of young singers. It spawned an equally successful show in Quebec called Star Académie. It is broadcast on TF1. At the end of each season, selected contestants go on tour around France, Morocco, Switzerland, Bel... Biography of Josh EVANS
Josh Evans, (born January 16, 1971), son of actress Ali MacGraw and producer Robert Evans, is a filmmaker, screenwriter, and actor. Biography and career Josh Evans was born in New York City, New York, and raised in Los Angeles, California, where he attended the University of California at Los Angeles and later became a producer, director, screenwriter, and actor. He's worked with Oliver Stone, Tom Cruise, Meg Ryan, Denzel Washington, Val Kilmer, and Drew Barrymore. He wrote, produced, and di... Biography of Beau BRIDGES
Beau Bridges, (born Lloyd Vernet Bridges III on December 9, 1941 in Los Angeles, California), is an American actor. He is the son of actor Lloyd Bridges and his college sweetheart, Dorothy Dean Simpson. He was nicknamed "Beau" by his mother and father after Ashley Wilkes' son in Gone with the Wind, the title of the book they were reading at the time. Bridges is also the older brother of actor Jeff Bridges, born in 1949. Their sister Cindy was born in 1950. In 1989, he starred opposite his brothe... Biography of Patrice LOKO
Patrice Loko (born February 6, 1970) is French footballer who retired in 2004. Playing as a striker he began his career at Nantes and then moved on to Paris Saint-Germain, where he was part of the team that lost to Barcelona in the 1997 Cup Winners' Cup final. From there he went on to play for Montpellier, Lyon, Troyes, FC Lorient and Ajaccio. He also made appearances for the French national football team, including scoring at Euro 1996. Height 1.78m Career 1988-95 – FC Nantes 1995-98 ... Biography of Anjelica HUDSON
Anjelica Huston (born July 8, 1951) is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning American actress and former fashion model. Huston won an Oscar for her performance in 1985's Prizzi's Honor. She later was nominated in 1990 and 1991 for her acting in Enemies, a Love Story and The Grifters respectively. Among her roles, she starred as Morticia Addams in The Addams Family (1991) and Addams Family Values (1993), receiving Golden Globe nominations for both. Early life Huston was born in San... Biography of Camryn MANHEIM
Camryn Manheim (born March 8, 1961) is an American Emmy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning actress known primarily for her roles as attorney Ellenor Frutt on ABC's The Practice and Delia Banks on CBS's Ghost Whisperer. Early life Manheim was born Debra Frances Manheim in Caldwell, New Jersey, the daughter of Sylvia, a teacher, and Jerome Manheim, a mathematics professor. Her family is Jewish. Manheim became interested in acting after working at a Renaissance fair in high school. Manheim g... Biography of Sarah CONNOR
Sarah Terenzi (née Lewe; born June 13, 1980), better known as Sarah Connor, is a German singer-songwriter and dancer. She debuted in 2001 under the guidance of producers Rob Tyger and Kay Denar and became the first act to ever have four consecutive chart-topping hits on the German Media Control singles chart. Following a major international success with her single "From Sarah with Love," a series of hit records established her position as one of the most successful German pop vocalists to emerge... Biography of Roddy McDOWALL
Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall (September 17, 1928 – October 3, 1998) was an English/American actor. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) Early life McDowall was born in Herne Hill, London, the son of Winsfriede L. (née Corcoran), an Irish-born aspiring actress, and Thomas Andrew McDowall, a Merchant Mariner of Scottish descent. Both of his parents were enthusiastic about the theatre. He had a sister, Virginia (1927 - 2006). McDowall made his first major film appearance at age twelve (though... Biography of Debra MICELI
Debra Ann Miceli (born February 6, 1963) better known as Madusa (shorthand for MADe in the USA) or Alundra Blayze, is a former professional wrestler for the American Wrestling Association, World Championship Wrestling, and the World Wrestling Federation. Wrestling career American Wrestling Association (1987–1988) After completing Eddie Sharkey's training camp in Minneapolis, Minnesota and working briefly with Pro Wrestling America, Miceli started wrestling in 1987 in the American Wrestli... Biography of Yves LETERME
Yves Camille Désiré Leterme (born October 6, 1960 in Wervik, Belgium) is a Belgian Senator, a former Minister-President of Flanders and Flemish Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries. Yves Leterme was the favourite to become the next prime minister of Belgium following the 2007 Belgian General Election. He tendered his resignation as Flemish Minister-President on June 26, 2007, and has been succeeded in that position by Kris Peeters. Since July 16, 2007 Leterme has been leading the formal coal...
Biography of Anna FALCHI
Anna Falchi (born Anna Kristiina Palomäki on April 22, 1972, in Tampere) is a Finnish-born model and film actress. Half Italian on her father's side, she was raised by her mother in Italy, where she remains relatively well-known for her modelling, and rather less so for her acting. Being raised in Italy with a Finnish name that proved complex to pronounce, she chose an alternative stage name to help advance her modelling and acting career. Height: 5' 10" (1.78 m) She started her career as ... Biography of Jesse OWENS
James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980) was an African American track and field athlete. He participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, where he achieved international fame by winning four gold medals: one each in the 100 meters, the 200 meters, the long jump, and as part of the 4x100 meter relay team. Childhood James Cleveland Owens was born in Lawrence County, Alabama, in the Oakville community, to Henry and Emma Owens. When Owens was nine, his ... Biography of Kathy IRELAND
Kathy Ireland (born March 20, 1963) is an American model, actress, author, and entrepreneur. Kathy Ireland is a wife, mother, Sunday school teacher, and Chief Designer and CEO of Kathy Ireland Worldwide (KIWW), whose mission is “… finding solutions for families, especially busy moms". Kathy Ireland, named “best friend to working mothers” by the Associated Press and The Times began her career as a supermodel before undergoing a “metamorphosis to Super Mogul” as stated by Readers Digest. She ha... Biography of Jason BIGGS
Jason Matthew Biggs (born May 12, 1978) is an American actor who obtained wide fame in 1999 for his role as Jim Levenstein in the American Pie series of teen films. Personal life Biggs was born in Pompton Plains, New Jersey, the son of Angela, a nurse, and Gary Biggs, a shipping company manager. He grew up in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey and attended high school there. Biggs has joked in interviews about the fact that he is often cast as an explicitly or implicitly Jewish character, as he w... Biography of Doug SAVANT
Douglas Peter Savant (born June 21, 1964 in Glendale, California) is an American actor. Career From 1992 to 1997, Savant starred as Matt Fielding on Melrose Place, a role that was notable for being one of the first mainstream openly gay characters on television. His role was, however, censored greatly by the network - notably a kiss between Matt and guest star Ty Miller during the season two finale which was edited out at the last minute by FOX. Savant left the series after six seasons and, ... Biography of Til SCHWEIGER
Tilman Valentin Schweiger (born December 19, 1963) is a German actor, director, and producer. Schweiger was born in Freiburg, Germany. He married American model Dana Carlson on June 19, 1995. The couple has four children together: Valentin Florian (b. 1995), Luna Marie (b. 1997), Lilli Camille (b. 1998), and Emma Tiger (b. October 2002). They have separated in 2005, but did not divorce yet. In 2007 he and all his children were acting together in his movie Keinohrhasen. Filmography Lind... Biography of Père Michel JAOUEN
Michel Jaouen, born October 6, 1920 in Ouessant, is a religious figure and a priest. He entered the "Compagnie de Jésus" in 1939, and was appointed to the priesthood in 1951. All his actions have developped during the 46 years he has been closely linked to Church. Height: 1m78 (5' 10") Reference : http://www.bel-espoir.com/michel.html... Biography of Daniela AMAVIA
Daniela Amavia (Greek: Ντανιέλα Αμαβία), also credited as Daniela Elle and Daniela Lunkewitz, (b. March 4, 1966) is an actress and model, appearing in numerous films and international fashion events. Career Born in Greece, raised in Germany and schooled in Britain Amavia speaks fluent Greek, German, French, and English. As a young girl she was a dancer, but her teacher told her that she was too tall for the ballet, and sug... Biography of Michael WINSLOW
Michael Winslow (born September 6, 1958) is an American actor and comedian known as the "Man of 10,000 Sound Effects" for his ability to make realistic sound effects using only his voice. Also is self-proclaimed, according to his myspace page, as "Michael Winslow...The Original Voicestrumentalist". Life and career Michael Winslow was born in Spokane, Washington, the son of Robert Winslow. He attended the Lisa Maile School of Acting, Modeling, and Imaging. His first television appearance was ... Biography of Pierrick HIARD
Pierrick Hiard (born April 27, 1955 in Rennes) is a French retired footballer.... Biography of Mackenzie ASTIN
Mackenzie Alexander Astin (born 12 May 1973) is an American actor. Early life Astin was born on May 12, 1973, in Los Angeles, California, the son of actress Patty Duke and actor John Astin. His older brother is actor Sean Astin. (In the 1985 film The Goonies, Sean Astin's character screams "Holy Mackenzie!", referencing his real-life brother.) He attended Ralph Waldo Emerson Middle School and University High School in Los Angeles, California. Career Mackenzie made his acting debut in ... Biography of Jeff FOXWORTHY
Jeffrey M. Foxworthy (born September 6, 1958) is an American comedian, actor and game show host who is known for his work as a stand-up comedian. He is known for his "You Might Be a Redneck If . . ." jokes. Early life and career Foxworthy was born in Hapeville, a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia, the first child of James Abstance and Carole Linda (Camp) Foxworthy. His grandfather James Marvin Camp was a Hapeville, Georgia, fireman for more than 30 years. Foxworthy graduated from Hapeville High ... Biography of Carl WILSON
Carl Dean Wilson (December 21, 1946 – February 6, 1998) was an American rock and roll singer and guitarist, best known as the co-founder and lead guitarist of The Beach Boys, with his older brothers Brian Wilson and Dennis Wilson. Beach Boys career Wilson played the Chuck Berry-esque guitar parts on many of the band's early hits. Because the band first became successful when he was in his teens, he was still developing as a musician and singer. His lead vocals in the band's first three years... Biography of Natascha McELHONE
Natascha McElhone (born Natascha Taylor on 14 December 1971 in Hampstead, London), is an English stage, television and movie actress, best known for her roles in Ronin, The Truman Show, Solaris, and as Lady Mary Boleyn in the first adaptation of the controversial novel The Other Boleyn Girl. Born to parents who were both journalists, she is the only girl amongst a large family - she has a script writer brother Damon who lives in Los Angeles, and two half brothers Alexander and Nicholas, who l... Biography of Ethan EMBRY
Ethan Embry (born Ethan Philan Randall on June 13, 1978) is an American actor. Embry was born in Huntington Beach, California, the son of Karen (née Daugherty) and Charles Randall. He started acting in 1991, at age thirteen. He married Amelinda Smith on 14 November 1998. They had one child together, Cogeian Sky Embry, born 10 December 1999. Embry and Smith divorced in 2002. Ethan was engaged to actress Katharine Towne. Embry is currently married to actress Sunny Mabrey, they were married in 2... Biography of Michael CERA
Michael Austin Cera (pronounced IPA: ; born June 7, 1988) is a Canadian television and film actor, best known for playing George Michael Bluth in Arrested Development, Evan in Superbad, and Paulie Bleeker in Juno. Biography Personal life Cera, the middle child of three siblings, was born in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. He is the son of Linda and Luigi Cera, a Xerox technician who is originally from Sicily. Cera has an older sister, Jordan, and a younger sister, Molly. He attended Conestog... Biography of Anthony ANDERSON
Anthony Alvin Anderson (born August 15, 1970) is an American comedian and actor. Early life Anderson was born in Los Angeles, California, but grew up in nearby Compton, California, the son of Doris, a telephone operator and actress; his stepfather, Sterling Bowman, owns a chain of clothing stores. Anderson is an alumnus of the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts and Howard University. He trained with actors such as Avery Brooks, Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis. Career He first achiev... Biography of Jean TRILLO
Jean Trillo, born October 27, 1944 in Condom, is French rugby player. Height: 1m78 (5'10") Weight: 76 kg... Biography of Isabeli FONTANA
Isabeli Bergossi Fontana (born July 4, 1983) is a Brazilian supermodel. Fontana was born in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. In 1996 she made it to the finals of the Elite Model Look Contest when she was just 13. The following year she moved from Brazil to Milan, Italy, to start her modelling career. In 1999, at the age of 16, she appeared in the Victoria's Secret lingerie catalogue. This created a huge controversy as Victoria's Secret had earlier stated that its policy was not to sign models younge... Biography of Calvin COOLIDGE
John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. (July 4, 1872 – January 5, 1933), more commonly known as Calvin Coolidge, was the thirtieth President of the United States (1923–1929). A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state. His actions during the Boston Police Strike of 1919 thrust him into the national spotlight. Soon after, he was elected as the twenty-ninth Vice President in 1920 and succeeded to the Presid... Biography of Vivek OBEROI
Vivek Anand Oberoi or Viveik Oberoi, born September 3, 1976 is a Bollywood actor. Early life Oberoi is the son of Bollywood actor Suresh Oberoi and Yashodara. He was born in , India. He went to Mayo college in Ajmer, Mithibai college in Mumbai and has a Master's Degree in film acting, from New York. Career Oberoi made his debut in Ram Gopal Varma's Company. The film was a critically acclaimed hit. He received Filmfare Awards in the Best Debut as well as the Best Supporting Actor catego... Biography of Arnold PALMER
Arnold Daniel Palmer (born September 10, 1929) is an American golfer who is generally regarded as one of the greatest players in the history of men's professional golf. He has won numerous events on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour, dating back to 1955. Nicknamed "The King," he is one of golf's most popular stars and its most important trailblazer because he was the first star of the sport's television age, which began in the 1950s. Palmer won the PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award in 19... Biography of Angela LINDVALL
Angela Lindvall (born January 14, 1979 in Midwest City, Oklahoma), is an American actress and supermodel known for her distinctive walk. She has appeared on the cover of several magazines such as ELLE, Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire, Numero, Vogue, I-D and W. She is a Victoria's Secret model, most recently appearing in the every fashion show since 2001, and has also appeared in the Fendi, Calvin Klein, Christian Dior, Tommy Hilfiger, Jil Sander, Chanel, and H&M campaigns. She is also frequentl... Biography of Dianne FEINSTEIN
Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein (born June 22, 1933) is the senior U.S. Senator from California, having held office as a senator since 1992. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Senator Feinstein holds a number of "firsts"; she was the first female President of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, San Francisco's first and only female mayor, the first woman to serve in the Senate from California, one of two first female Jewish senators, the first woman to serve on the Senate Judiciary Com... Biography of Joe McFADDEN
Joseph 'Joe' McFadden (born on 9 October 1975 in Glasgow) is a popular television actor (Take the High Road, Sex, Chips & Rock n' Roll, Crow Road). In 2007 he joined the cast of ITV's Heartbeat playing the part of PC Joe Mason. He has also starred in such films as The Trouble with Men and Women, Dad Savage and Small Faces. On stage he has appeared in productions as diverse as Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Rent and Rainbow Kiss. He was educated at Holyrood R.C. Secondary School in Glasgow where ... Biography of Ron ELDARD
Ronald Jason Eldard (born February 20, 1965) is an American film, television and stage actor known for his understated character roles on both the screen and the stage. Early life Eldard, the second youngest of seven children, was born in Long Island, New York. His mother passed away when he was a teenager, and as a result he and his siblings were sent to live with various family members. He graduated from the prestigious New York High School for the Performing Arts' Drama Department. Prior ... Biography of Kelly LYNCH
Kelly Colleen Lynch (born January 31, 1959) is an American actress. Lynch was born in Golden Valley, Minnesota to Robert Edward Lynch and Barbara Jean Dingmann. Once a model for the Elite modeling agency, she made a name for herself in the film Drugstore Cowboy which starred Matt Dillon. Lynch has been married to producer and writer Mitch Glazer since 1992 and has a daughter, Shane, from a previous relationship. Filmography Normal Adolescent Behavior (2007) .... Helen The Visitati... Biography of Armand ASSANTE
Armand Anthony Assante, Jr. (born October 4, 1949) is an Emmy Award-winning and four-time Golden Globe Award-nominated American actor. Early life Assante was born and raised in New York City, the son of Katherine, a music teacher and poet, and Armand Anthony Assante, Sr., a painter and artist. and was raised in a devoutly Roman Catholic family. Career His first film was The Lords of Flatbush (1974). A role that brought him greater attention came in 1980's Private Benjamin as a handsom... Biography of Paul REISER
Paul Reiser (March 30, 1957) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, author and writer. Born to a Jewish-American family, Reiser attended the East Side Hebrew Institute on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and graduated from Stuyvesant High School in New York City. He earned his bachelor's degree at Binghamton University, where he majored in music (piano, composition). He was active in campus theater productions, and founded "The Little Theater That Could", an on-campus community theater orga... Biography of Taye DIGGS
Taye Diggs (born Scott L. Diggs on January 2, 1971 in New Jersey) is an American theatre, film and television actor. Early life Diggs was born in New Jersey and raised in Rochester, New York. In Rochester he attended The School of The Arts. He is the oldest of five children; he has two brothers and two sisters. Diggs received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in musical theater from Syracuse University. He performed many times at the popular Lakes Region Summer Theatre in Meredith, New Hampshir... Biography of Shawn HATOSY
Shawn Wayne Hatosy (December 29, 1975) is an American actor. He has appeared in the films The Faculty, In & Out, John Q, and 2007's Alpha Dog, as well as the television shows as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The Twilight Zone, Felicity, Six Feet Under, ER, Law & Order, and Numb3rs. Taille : 5' 10" (1.78 m) Hatosy was born in Frederick, Maryland, the son of Carol, a loan officer, and Wayne Hatosy, a graphic designer. Hatosy was a singer in his own band, and graduated from Linganore High S... Biography of Chris COOPER
Christopher W. Cooper (born July 9, 1951) is an Academy Award-winning American film actor. He became well known in the late 1990s, having appeared in supporting performances in several major Hollywood films, including American Beauty, Capote, October Sky, and Seabiscuit. Early life Cooper was born in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of Mary Ann, a homemaker, and Charles Cooper, who served as a doctor in the United States Air Force and operated a cattle ranch. He has an older brother, Chuck, an... Biography of Lance HENRIKSEN
Lance James Henriksen (born May 5, 1940) is an American actor, painter, and potter. Early life Henriksen was born in Manhattan, New York City to a poor family. His father was a Norwegian merchant sailor and boxer nicknamed "Icewater" who spent most of his life at sea. Henriksen’s mother struggled to find work as a dance instructor, waitress, and model. His parents divorced when he was only two years old and he was raised by his mother from then on. As he grew up, Henriksen found himself in t... Biography of Richard THOMAS
Richard Thomas (born June 13, 1951) is an American actor, best known as budding author "John-Boy" on the CBS television series The Waltons. Thomas was born Richard Earl Thomas in New York City, the son of Richard Thomas (born circa 1925) and the former Barbara Fallis. His parents were each dancers with the New York City Ballet and owned the New York School of Ballet. Thomas was seven when he made his Broadway debut in Sunrise at Campobello (1958) playing John Roosevelt, son of future U.S. ... Biography of Mike VOGEL
Michael James Vogel (born 17 July 1979) is an American actor and former fashion model. Vogel began acting in 2001, and has since appeared in several notable films and series, including The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Grind, Poseidon, and Cloverfield. Personal life Vogel was born in Abington, Pennsylvania and raised in Warminster, Pennsylvania; both of his grandfathers fought in World War II, with one being a tank commander and fighting in the Battle of the... Biography of Michael IRONSIDE
Michael Ironside (born February 12, 1950) is a Canadian character actor. He has also worked as a voice actor, producer, film director, and screenwriter in movie and television series in various Canadian and American works. He is best known for playing villains, "tough guy" heroes and amputees, though he has also portrayed sympathetic characters. Ironside is a method actor who keeps in character between takes. Early life Ironside was born Frederick Reginald Ironside in Toronto, Ontario, the s... Biography of Danny BOYLE
Danny Boyle (born 20 October 1956) is an English director and film producer, best known for his work on films s | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||