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975 celebrities 6' tall have been found. Biography of Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ also known as Jesus of Nazareth, is the central figure of Christianity. He is also called Jesus Christ, where "Jesus" is an Anglicization of the Greek, itself a transliteration of the Hebrew Yehoshua or Hebrew-Aramaic Yeshua, meaning "YHWH is salvation"; and where "Christ" is a title derived from the Greek christós, meaning the "Anointed One", which corresponds to the Hebrew-derived "Messiah". The main sources of information regarding Jesus' life and teachings are the four canonical Gospels of the New Testament: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Most scholars in the fields of history and biblical studies agree that Jesus was a Galilean Jew, was regarded as a teacher and healer, was baptized by John the Baptist, and was crucified in Jerusalem on orders of the Roman Governor Pon... Biography of Elvis Presley
Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), was an American singer, musician and actor. He is often known simply as Elvis, and is also called "The King of Rock 'n' Roll", or simply "The King". Presley began his career as a singer of rockabilly, performing country and rhythm and blues songs. He developed a combination of country music and blues with a strong back beat, and an energetic delivery - one of the earliest forms of rock & roll. He also had success with ballads, country, gospel, blues, pop, folk and even semi-operatic and jazz standards. In a career of over two decades, Presley set many records for concert attendance, television ratings and records sales. He subsequently became one of the best-selling and most influential artists in the history of popular music. ... Biography of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), also referred to as John F. Kennedy, JFK, John Kennedy or Jack Kennedy, was the 35th President of the United States. He served from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. Major events during his presidency include the Bay of Pigs Invasion, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the building of the Berlin Wall, the Space Race, the American Civil Rights Movement and early events of the Vietnam War. Kennedy's leadership during the USS PT-109 incident in the Second World War in the South Pacific was a major turning point in his life. Kennedy represented the state of Massachusetts from 1947 to 1960, first as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, and then, in the U.S. Senate. Kennedy (Democrat) was elected president of the United States i... Biography of Albert II, Prince of Monaco
Albert II, Prince of Monaco (Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre Grimaldi; born 14 March 1958), styled His Serene Highness The Sovereign Prince of Monaco, is the head of the House of Grimaldi and the current ruler of the Principality of Monaco. Early life Born in the Prince's Palace of Monaco, Monaco, Albert's godmother was Queen Victoria Eugenia of Spain. Albert attended the Albert I High School, graduating with distinction in 1976. He was a camper and later a counselor for six summers at Camp Tecumseh on Lake Winnipesaukee, Moultonborough, New Hampshire in the 1970s. He spent a year training in various princely duties, and enrolled at Amherst College in Massachusetts in 1977 as Albert Grimaldi, studying political science, economics, music, and English literature, and also joined Chi Psi ... Biography of Tom Hanks
Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American film actor, Emmy-winning director, voice-over artist and movie producer who starred in family-friendly and screwball comedies before achieving notable success as a dramatic actor in Philadelphia and Forrest Gump. As of September 24, 2006, Hanks is the highest-grossing lead actor of all time, with a combined gross of over USD$3.3 billion and a worldwide gross of nearly $6 billion. Hanks followed Philadelphia with the 1994 summer hit Forrest Gump. Hanks explained what appealed to him about the script: "When I read the script for Gump, I saw it as one of those kind of grand, hopeful movies that the audience can go to and feel ... some hope for their lot and their position in life... I got that from the... Biography of Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage (born Nicholas Coppola on January 7, 1964) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. Cage has also worked as a director and producer, through his production company Saturn Films. As of 2007, he has been nominated twice for an Academy Award as Best Actor in a Leading Role, winning one of them for his performance in Leaving Las Vegas. Early life Cage was born Nicholas Kim Coppola in Long Beach, California. His father, August Floyd Coppola, is a comparative literature professor and a pioneer of studies for the blind, while his part German American mother, Joy Vogelsang, is a choreographer and dancer who suffered from chronic depression; the two divorced in 1976. Cage's father is an Italian American, with his paternal grandparents being Carmine Coppola and Italia Pennino, an a... Biography of Eva Herzigová
Eva Herzigová (born 10 March 1973) is a Czech model and actress. Career Herzigová was born in Litvínov, in the then Central bloc country of Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic. She began her modeling career after winning a modeling beauty contest in Prague in 1989, at the age of sixteen. After arriving in Paris, her popularity increased. Her first important appearance was the Wonderbra campaign in 1990s. She was also featured in Guess? jeans advertisements. She has also appeared in the Victoria's Secret catalog and Sports Illustrated. She was a member of Thomas Zeumer's Metropolitan Models. Herzigová has also appeared in several movies. She posed nude for Playboy in August 2004. In 2006 she was Venus at the 2006 Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony. She married Tico Torres, the drummer... Biography of Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II (Latin: Ioannes Paulus PP. II, Italian: Giovanni Paolo II, Polish: Jan Paweł II) born Karol Józef Wojtyła (May 18, 1920, Wadowice, Poland – April 2, 2005, Vatican City) reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church and Sovereign of the State of the Vatican City from October 16, 1978, until his death more than 26 years later, making his the second-longest pontificate in modern times after Pius IX's 31-year reign. He is the only Polish pope, and was the first non-Italian pope since the (Low) German Adrian VI in the 1520s. He is one of only four people to have been named to the Time 100 for both the 20th century and for a year in the 21st. The official title of John Paul II was: Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of Saint Peter, Head of the College of Bishop... Biography of Jake Gyllenhaal
Jacob Benjamin "Jake" Gyllenhaal (born December 19, 1980) is an Academy Award-nominated and BAFTA Award-winning American actor. The son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner, Gyllenhaal began acting at age eleven, and his short career has seen performances in diverse roles. He has received an Academy Award nomination and won a British Academy of Film and Television Arts Award. Gyllenhaal's first major film appearance was in 2001's cult hit Donnie Darko, in which he played a teenager troubled by psychological problems. In the 2004 blockbuster The Day After Tomorrow, he portrayed a student caught in a cataclysmic global cooling event alongside Dennis Quaid. He then played against type as a confused and frustrated Marine in Jarhead (2005) and, that same year, won crit... Biography of Sting (musician)
Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, CBE (born 2 October 1951), better known by his stage name Sting, is an English musician from Newcastle upon Tyne. Prior to starting his solo career, he was the principal composer, lead singer and bass player of the 1970s/1980s rock band The Police. Personal life Sting married actress Frances Tomelty from Northern Ireland, on 1 May 1976. Before they divorced in 1984, the couple had two children: Joseph (born 1976) and Fuchsia Catherine (born 1982). Joe is following in his father's musical footsteps and is a member of the band Fiction Plane. In 1982, shortly after the birth of his second child, Sting separated from Tomelty and began living with actress (and later film producer) Trudie Styler. The couple eventually married in 1992. Sting and Styler have fo... Biography of Ted Bundy
Theodore Robert 'Ted' Bundy (November 24, 1946 – January 24, 1989) was one of the most infamous serial killers in U.S. history. Bundy raped and murdered scores of young women across the United States between 1974 and 1978. After more than a decade of vigorous denials, Bundy eventually confessed to thirty murders, although the actual total of victims remains unknown. Typically, Bundy would rape then murder, or murder then rape (which qualifies him as a necrophiliac), his victims by bludgeoning, and sometimes by strangulation. Despite the brutality of his crimes, Bundy is believed to have had a brilliant mind and was frequently described as educated and charming. His personal friends and acquaintances would remember him as a handsome and articulate young man.... Biography of 50 Cent
Curtis James Jackson III (born July 6, 1975) is an American rapper commonly known by his stage name 50 Cent. He rose to fame following the release of his albums Get Rich or Die Tryin' and The Massacre. 50 Cent achieved multi-platinum success with both albums, selling over twenty-one million records worldwide. Born in South Jamaica, Queens in New York, 50 Cent began drug dealing at the age of twelve during the 1980s' crack epidemic. After leaving drug dealing in favor of pursuing a rap career, he was shot nine times in 2000. After the release of his mixtape compilation Guess Who's Back? in 2002, 50 Cent was discovered by rapper Eminem and signed to Interscope Records. With the help of Eminem and Dr. Dre—who produced his first major commercial successes—he became one of the highest sellin... Biography of Laurent Ruquier
Laurent Ruquier (born February 24, 1963) is a popular French journalist and TV and radio host. Laurent Ruquier was born in Le Havre, in Normandy. He now currently hosts a talk show called "On a tout essayé", meaning in french "We tried everything", in access prime-time on France 2. He also hosts a talk show on the radio Europe 1. Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurent_Ruquier"... Biography of Tony Blair
Anthony Charles Lynton Blair (born 6 May 1953) is the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, First Lord of the Treasury, Minister for the Civil Service, Leader of the Labour Party, and Member of Parliament for the constituency of Sedgefield in the North East of England. As a member of the British Cabinet he is also a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom. Tony Blair became leader of the British Labour Party in July 1994 following the sudden death of his predecessor, John Smith. Under Blair's leadership the party abandoned many decades-old policy goals. Labour won a landslide victory in the 1997 general election, ending 18 years of rule by the Conservative Party; it was the worst Conservative defeat since 1832. Blair is the Labour Party's longest-serving prime minister... Biography of Jean-Pierre Danel
Jean-Pierre Danel (born 4 June 1968 in La Varenne-Saint-Hilaire) is a French self-taught guitarist, record producer and composer. Biography Danel started his career as a professional guitarist in July 1982, at the age of 14. He was then mainly influenced by the English guitarist Hank Marvin and The Shadows. After many tours and studio recordings with French session musicians, he released various guitar albums, 7 gold discs in Europe. In the US, his album Stratospheric was named Best Album of the Year 2000 by the Instrumental Rock Guitar Hall Of Fame, and Danel was also named Composer of the Year for his track "Ballad For a Friend". As a guitarist, the Instrumental Rock Guitar Hall Of Fame described him as "brilliant and expressive". In 2001, he was featured on the charitable Unic... Biography of Christian Bale
Christian Charles Philip Bale (also known professionally as Christian Morgan Bale; born 30 January 1974) is an English actor who is known for his roles in the films American Psycho, Equilibrium, Batman Begins and The Prestige, among others. Bale is also known for his versatility as an actor, including mimicking nearly any English-based accent, harsh regimens of shedding and gaining weight (particularly for The Machinist, Batman Begins and, most recently, Rescue Dawn), and generally inhabiting the characters he plays. Before he found success in playing Batman, he was heavily involved in independent films. Bale first caught the public eye when he was cast in the starring role of Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun at the age of 13, playing a British boy who becomes separated from his par... Biography of George Michael
George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou on June 25, 1963) is an English singer-songwriter and pop star who performs soul influenced pop, and who (as a solo artist and half of the duo Wham!) has enjoyed global success since 1982. His biggest commercial success to date was in 1987 with his debut solo album Faith which sold 14 million copies on release and to date has crossed well over the 20 million mark worldwide. George Michael is one of the world's most successful male artists, selling over 85 million records globally and encompassing 12 British #1 singles, 9 British #1 albums, 10 US #1 singles and 2 US #1 albums.... Biography of Vin Diesel
Vin Diesel (born Mark Sinclair Vincent on July 18, 1967) is an American actor, writer, director, and producer. Diesel is the founder of the production companies OneRace Films, Tigon Studios, and Racetrack Records. He is distinguished by a shaved head, athletic physique, tell-it-like-it-is attitude, and a deeply textured baritone voice. Diesel made his stage debut at age seven when he appeared in "Theatre for the New City," which was produced in Greenwich Village and directed by Thomas Hinkerman. He remained involved with the theatre throughout adolescence, going on to attend the city's Hunter College, where his creative writing studies led him to begin screenwriting. Diesel became an active film-maker in the early 1990s, first earning notice for the short film Multi-Facial, which was se... Biography of Patrick Poivre d'Arvor
Patrick Poivre d'Arvor (born Patrick Poivre, September 20, 1947) is a French TV journalist and writer. He is a household name in France, and nicknamed PPDA. With over 30 years and in excess of 4,500 editions of television news to his credit, he is the longest serving current newsreader in the world. Biography PPDA was born in Reims, France. He obtained his Baccalaureat at the age of 15, the same year he became a father. He attended the Institut d'études politiques de Paris, where he studied Law and Oriental Languages at the Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales. Journalistic career Poivre started training as a journalist at the Centre de formation des journalistes (CFJ) at age 22. He obtained his first job in 1971 on France Inter as the morning news-reader... Biography of Alain Juppé
Alain Marie Juppé (French pronunciation: ; born 15 August 1945) is a French right-wing politician currently serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs. He also served as Prime Minister of France from 1995 to 1997 under President Jacques Chirac and the Minister of Defence and Veterans Affairs from 2010-2011. He had previously served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1993 to 1995, and as Minister of the Budget and Spokesman for the Government from 1986 to 1988. In December 2004, Juppé was convicted of mishandling public funds. His political career was subsequently suspended until he was re-elected as Mayor of Bordeaux in October 2006. He served briefly as Minister of State for Ecology and Sustainable Development in 2007, but resigned in June 2007 after failing in his bid to be re-electe... Biography of Matthew McConaughey
Matthew David McConaughey (born November 4, 1969) is an American actor. After a series of minor roles in the early 1990s (including his breakout role in Dazed and Confused, director Richard Linklater's second feature film), he came to fame after starring in several successful films, including A Time to Kill and U-571. He is known for having played the leading man in several hit romantic comedies, including The Wedding Planner (2001), How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003) and Failure to Launch (2006). Early life McConaughey (pronounced "ma-KON-a-hay"), the youngest of three boys, was born in Uvalde, Texas, son of a gas station owner who ran an oil pipe supply business and a mother who was a substitute school teacher; he has Irish ancestry. McConaughey had what he describes as a conservati... Biography of Richard Attias
Richard Attias (born November 19, 1959) is a Moroccan global events producer, former chairman of PublicisLive and presently the Executive Chairman of the Experience Corporation. Attias was the producer of the World Economic Forum in Davos for over fifteen years. Background Attias was born on November 19, 1959 in Fez, Morocco, and graduated from the Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees, an engineering school in France. He began his career as a sales executive at IBM France and in 1986 became the General Manager of Econocom France and Econocom Japan, a computer leasing company. During the 1990s, Attias founded an Event Management Company and produced various global events including the Zurich Insurances Convention and Boris Yeltsin's visit to France. Richard was awarded the contr... Biography of Ralph Fiennes
Ralph Fiennes, (IPA: ), born 22 December 1962 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England), is a Tony Award-winning, Academy Award-nominated and Genie Award-nominated English actor. Career Ralph Fiennes trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and then joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1988. He is the only actor ever to have won a Tony Award for playing Hamlet on Broadway. In 2001, Fiennes received the William Shakespeare Award from the Shakespeare Theatre in Washington, D.C.. Fiennes made his film debut in 1992 as Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights opposite Juliette Binoche. But it was in the following year that he became known internationally, portraying the amoral Nazi concentration camp commandant Amon Göth in Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List, for which he was nominated for the Acade... Biography of Criss Angel
Criss Angel (born Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos on December 19, 1967) is an American magician, illusionist, musician, mentalist, hypnotist, escapologist, stunt performer and actor. He is best known for starring in his own television show, Criss Angel Mindfreak. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Early life Angel was born on December 19, 1967, raised in East Meadow, New York and is of Greek descent. Angel grew up loving music (playing drums, flute and accordion) and has always had an interest in magic. His parents are John and Dimitra Sarantakos. His mother hails from Mystra, Greece. He has two brothers, Costa and JD, as well as two cats, Minx and Hammy (short for Hamlet). One of Criss's biggest influences has been his father, who died from stomach cancer. Criss Angel first became interested ... Biography of Jean-Pierre Foucault
Famous TV host and producer.... Biography of Matt Dillon
Matthew Raymond "Matt" Dillon (born February 18, 1964) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. He began acting in the late 1970s, gained fame as a teen idol during the 1980s, and developed a successful career as an adult actor in the decades following, culminating in an Oscar nomination for his performance in the film Crash. Early life Dillon was born in New Rochelle, New York to second-generation Irish American Catholic parents Paul Dillon (a painter and sales manager for Union Camp, a packing material manufacturer) and Mary Ellen (a homemaker). He has one sister and four brothers, one of whom, Kevin, is also an actor. Dillon grew up in Mamaroneck, New York and attended Hommocks School in Larchmont, New York. Career Dillon in My Bodyguard, 1980In 1979, casting director... Biography of Chad Michael Murray
Chad Michael Murray (born August 24, 1981) is an American actor, former male fashion model and teen idol. He is perhaps best known for his role of Lucas Scott in the CW series One Tree Hill. Early life Chad Michael Murray was born in Buffalo, New York; he has three brothers and one sister. His mother left his family when he was 10 years old. His father, Rex (an air traffic controller), raised Chad and his siblings by himself. Also at 10 he began his first job, in a long list of jobs, as a newspaper boy. Murray attended Clarence High School in his hometown of Clarence, New York. Murray describes himself as a loner in high school. At the age of fifteen, he began playing football as a kicker and punter, however a high school football injury landed him in a hospital where a nurse encourage... Biography of François Baroin
François Baroin (born 21 June 1965 in Paris) is a French politician, recently appointed Finance Minister, following a stint as Minister of the Budget in the François Fillon III government. He is a long-time ally of Jacques Chirac and, currently, the mayor of Troyes. Baroin, a lawyer, was Minister for Overseas Territories from June 2005 to March 2007 and was briefly Minister of the Interior from March to May 2007. He replaced Nicolas Sarkozy on 26 March 2007 as Interior Minister when Sarkozy left the Government to pursue his presidential candidacy. On 29 June 2011 François Baroin was appointed Minister for the Economy, Finance and Industry, replacing Christine Lagarde following her appointment as Director General of the IMF. He was the partner of the journalist Marie Drucker until ... Biography of Brooke Shields
Christa Brooke Camille Shields (born May 31, 1965) is an American actress and supermodel. Career Shields' career as a model began in the late 1960s as an infant, and she continued as a successful child model throughout the 1970s. In early 1980 (at age 14), Shields was the youngest fashion model to ever appear on the cover of the top fashion publication Vogue magazine. Later that same year (at age 15), Shields appeared in controversial print and TV ads for Calvin Klein jeans. The TV ad included her saying the famous tagline, "Do you wanna know what comes between me and my Calvins? Nothing." By the age of 16, Shields had become one of the most recognizable faces in the world because of her dual career as a provocative fashion model and controversial child actress. TIME magazine report... Biography of Robert Smith (musician)
Robert James Smith (born April 21, 1959 in Blackpool, England), is a guitarist, vocalist and songwriter, and has been the lead singer of British post-punk band The Cure since its founding in 1976. NY Rock calls him "pop culture’s unkempt poster child of doom and gloom", and describes his songs as "somber introspection over lush, brooding guitars" Smith is a multi-instrumentalist and can play 6 and 12-string guitars; 4 and 6 string bass guitars; double bass; keyboards and violins. Musical career Early years See also the history of The Cure Robert Smith is the third of four children born to Alex and Rita Smith. His siblings are Richard, Margaret, and Janet. Janet is married to Porl Thompson, the "second" guitarist of The Cure, as he and Smith switch between playing lead and rhythm ... Biography of Javier Bardem
Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem (born March 1, 1969) is a Spanish actor. He has made over two dozen films in his native country, but became an international star with his starring role in the critically acclaimed Before Night Falls. With this role, he became the first Spanish actor to receive an Academy Award nomination. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Early life Bardem was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Gran Canaria, the son of Carlos Encinas and the actress Pilar Bardem. Bardem comes from a long line of filmmakers and actors who have been working since the earliest days of Spanish cinema; he is the grandson of Rafael Bardem and actress Matilde Muñoz Sampedro, and the nephew of screenwriter and director Juan Antonio Bardem. Both his older brother and older sister, Carlos Bardem and Mónica Bar... Biography of Morrissey
Steven Patrick Morrissey (born May 22, 1959) is an English singer and songwriter from Davyhulme, near Manchester. He rose to prominence in the 1980s as the lyricist and vocalist of the English band The Smiths. When the band broke up in 1987, Morrissey began a successful solo career, racking up ten Top 10 singles in the UK. Biography Morrissey was born in Park Hospital, now known as Trafford General Hospital in Davyhulme, on 22 May 1959 to Irish Catholic immigrants. His father, Peter Morrissey was a hospital porter whilst his mother, Elizabeth Dwyer, was a librarian. His parents had emigrated to England just before Morrissey's birth and, along with his elder sister Jackie, Morrissey was raised in Harper Street in Hulme, Manchester. In 1965, the family moved to Queens Square in Hulme ... Biography of Ty Pennington
Tygert Burton “Ty” Pennington (born October 19, 1965 in Atlanta, Georgia) is a carpenter and TV personality. Height: 6' (1.83 m) He is most famous for being the host of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition which currently airs on ABC. Previously, Pennington was a carpenter on the TLC reality show Trading Spaces. Pennington was considered an unruly child and had difficulty performing throughout school. It wasn't until he was seventeen years old that he was tested for and diagnosed with ADHD He is now a spokesperson for the organization ADHD Experts on Call, and manages his condition with Adderall XR. Additionally, his mother, Dr. Yvonne Pennington, is a psychologist who focuses on the treatment of ADHD and depression. A self-described "Jack of all trades," Pennington learned woodworki... Biography of Mark Harmon
Mark Thomas Harmon (born September 2, 1951) is an American actor. As of 2003, Harmon is the star of the CBS series NCIS. Early life Harmon was born in Burbank, California to College Football All-American University of Michigan football legend and Heisman Trophy winner Tom Harmon and actress Elyse Knox, the daughter of politician Frank Knox. He has two older sisters: actress and painter Kristin Nelson, and actress Kelly Harmon. After attending Los Angeles Pierce College as a student and quarterback, Harmon transferred to UCLA and, following in his father's athletic footsteps, was the starting quarterback for the UCLA Bruins in 1972 and 1973. He was also awarded the National Football Foundation Award for All-Round Excellence in 1973. Career He portrayed doctors in two previous ser... Biography of Yves Rénier
Popular French actor and film director.... Biography of Ana Ivanovic
Ana Ivanovic born November 6, 1987 in Belgrade, is a Serbian professional tennis player. She entered the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) top 20 after her debut on the 2005 French Open, when she lost in the quarterfinals. After almost two years in top 20, Ivanovic advanced into the top 10 in the WTA rankings, after winning German Open, on May 13, 2007. She is currently the No. 7 in the world and the No. 2 Serbian player simultaneously, behind Jelena Jankovic. Career Ivanovic started tennis at the age of five after seeing the sport on TV. She asked her parents to take her to the local tennis school and she was given a small raquet as a birthday present from her father shortly after. Tennis player Monica Seles was her main inspiration for wanting to be a tennis player. Ivanovic is ... Biography of Samy Naceri
Samy Naceri (born 2 July 1961) is a French actor, known for his work in the four Taxi movies and The Code (La Mentale). He was born Saïd Naceri to an Algerian father and French mother in the 4th arrondissement of Paris and spent his childhood in the Parisian suburb of Montreuil. Criminality Stemming from a substance abuse charge in 2003, Samy was sentenced to eight months imprisonment with deferment, had his driving licence suspended for three years, and was penalized with a €5,000 fine for a road rage incident in which he smashed a car and assaulted one of its occupants. In November 2005, after waiting for a late guest, Naceri attacked a 22-year-old man with an ashtray at a trendy Paris restaurant. The actor was convicted for assault and spent two months in jail. He was relea... Biography of David Gilmour
David Jon Gilmour CBE (born March 6, 1946 in Cambridge) is an English guitarist, singer, and songwriter best known as a member of the band Pink Floyd. In addition to his work with Pink Floyd, Gilmour has also worked as a record producer for a variety of famous artists. Gilmour has been very active in many charity organisations over the course of his career. In 2003, he was appointed CBE for this work. Gilmour was also voted No. 1 in Fender's Greatest Players of all time poll in the February 2006 issue of Guitarist (UK) magazine. Early life Gilmour was born and grew up in the affluent Grantchester Meadows area of Cambridge, England. His father, Douglas Gilmour, was a senior lecturer in zoology at the University of Cambridge and his mother, Sylvia, was a teacher. Gilmour attended The... Biography of Maya Angelou
Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Johnson April 4, 1928) is an American poet, memoirist, actress and an important figure in the American Civil Rights Movement. In 2001 she was named one of the 30 most powerful women in America by Ladies Home Journal. Maya Angelou is known for the autobiographical writings I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969) and All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes (1986). Her volume of poetry, Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Die (1971) was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Early life Maya Angelou was born Marguerite Ann Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 4, 1928. In 1931, when she was three years old, her parents divorced and she and her 4-year old brother, Bailey, were sent alone, by train, to live with their grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas. Whil... Biography of Geena Davis
Virginia Elizabeth "Geena" Davis (born January 21, 1956) is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning and Emmy-nominated American actress and former fashion model. Biography Early life Davis was born in Wareham, Massachusetts to Lucille, a teacher's assistant, and William Davis, a civil engineer. One of the first signs of her interest and skill in the performing arts was her budding talent in music. She learned piano, flute and drums, and she also played organ well enough even as a teenager to serve as an organist at her church in Wareham. Enrolling at New England College, Davis eventually graduated with a bachelor's degree in drama from Boston University in 1979. While an exchange student in Sandviken, Sweden, Davis became fluent in Swedish. Career After graduating, Davis s... Biography of Julien Clerc
Paul-Alain Leclerc, popularly known as Julien Clerc (born October 4, 1947 in Paris) is a French singer. His father was a UNESCO employee and his mother is from Guadeloupe. Many of the chansons he sings were written by Étienne Roda-Gil, a long time collaborator. His brother, Gérard Leclerc, is a political commentator on France 2. For a time he was involved with French actress Miou-Miou, who in 1978 bore him a daughter, Jeanne Herry. Like her father, Jeanne has pursued a career in show business, albeit as an actress and comedian rather than as a singer. Julien Clerc owes his fame in France to his 1969 French language adaptation of the musical Hair. Since then he has sung a great many popular songs, and is generally considered one of the greatest francophone musicians of his generati... Biography of Christophe Willem
Christophe Willem, born on August 3, 1983 in Enghien-les-Bains, France, is a French singer and the winner of the fourth edition of Nouvelle Star. Early life Christophe's parents live in Deuil-la-Barre (Val-d'Oise), where they run a driving school. As a child, he learned figure skating and to play the piano. Later he learned to sing as part of a gospel choir "Young Voices". He also was composing songs at the age of fourteen. In 2004 he appeared in a Richard Anconina film, Alive, where he played the role of Henri, a young man with a golden voice who is, nevertheless, not considered suitable for the lead role in a musical. Since his film career did not continue after this, he returned to university, where he studied communication while working a number of part-time jobs, such as babysi... Biography of David Grohl
David Eric Grohl (born January 14, 1969, in Warren, Ohio) is an American rock musician and songwriter. He was the drummer of Nirvana from 1990 until the band dissolved in 1994 after frontman Kurt Cobain's death. He formed the Foo Fighters in 1995. Grohl began his music career in the 1980s as the drummer for several Washington, DC area bands, most notably the punk rock band Scream. Early life When Grohl was a young child, his family (father James, mother Virginia, and older sister Lisa) relocated from Ohio to Springfield, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, DC. Three years later, his parents divorced, and Grohl grew up living with his mother. At the age of twelve, Grohl began tinkering with the guitar. He started with lessons, but eventually grew tired of them, and began to play in band... Biography of Layne Staley
Layne Thomas Staley (August 22, 1967 - ca. April 5, 2002) was the lead singer and co-lyricist of the rock group Alice in Chains and the short-lived supergroup Mad Season, known for his powerful and soulful voice. By the 90's, he was addicted to heroin, which led to the downfall of his career, and eventually took his life. History Early life Layne Thomas Staley was born on August 22, 1967 to Phil Staley and Nancy McCallum in Kirkland, Washington. He was eight years old when his parents divorced, after which he was raised by his mother and sisters. In early 2002 shortly before his death he would describe the experience of witnessing his parents' divorce: "My world became a nightmare, there were just shadows around me. I got a call saying that my dad had died, but my family always kn... Biography of Jean-Marc Ayrault
Jean-Marc Ayrault (born 25 January 1950 in Maulévrier, Maine-et-Loire) is a French politician who has been Prime Minister of France since May 2012. He is a member of the French Socialist Party. He is also Mayor of Nantes and was President of the Socialist Party group in the French National Assembly from 1997 to 2012. Political career Governmental career Prime minister : On 15 May 2012 he was appointed Prime Minister of France by newly-installed President François Hollande. Electoral mandates National Assembly of France President of the group of Socialist, Radical, Citizen and Miscellaneous Left : 1997-2012 (Became Prime minister). Reelected in 2002, 2007. Member of the National Assembly of France for Loire-Atlantique (3rd constituency) : 1986-2012 (Became Prime minister)... Biography of Frank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American composer, musician, and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa established himself as a prolific and highly distinctive musician, composer and band leader. He worked in almost every musical genre and wrote music for rock bands, jazz ensembles, synthesizers and symphony orchestra, as well as radiophonic works constructed from pre-recorded, synthesized or sampled sources. In addition to his music recordings, he created feature-length and short films, music videos, and album covers. Although he only occasionally achieved major commercial success, he maintained a highly productive career that encompassed composing, recording, touring, producing and merchandising his own and others' music. Zappa... Biography of Christopher Walken
Christopher Walken (born March 31, 1943) is an Academy Award-winning American film and theatre actor. In 1979, Walken won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Deer Hunter, where he played a disturbed Vietnam vet alongside Robert De Niro. Walken was nominated again in 2002 for Catch Me if You Can. He has a considerable body of work in theatre, with over 100 plays to his credit. Walken won the Clarence Derwent Award for his performance in The Lion in Winter in 1966 and an Obie for his 1975 performance in Kid Champion. He has played the main role in a number of Shakespeare plays, notably Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and Coriolanus. Walken tried his hand at writing and directing with the short five-minute film Popcorn Shrimp in 2001. He also wrote and acted the main role i... Biography of Sean Faris
Sean H. Faris (born March 25, 1982 in Houston, Texas) is an American actor. He is unrelated to comedic actress Anna Faris. Early life Faris moved from Houston to Parma, Ohio, at age 12 with his mother. He attended Padua Franciscan High School, and was one of the few non-Catholic students on the campus. He graduated with honors in 2000. Career Faris decided to become an actor at the age of 17. He began his acting and modeling career in Cleveland at Barbizon, and later moved to the International Model and Talent Association with Stone Model & Talent. Three weeks after high school graduation, Faris and his best friend moved to California. But after three days in Los Angeles, Faris' best friend could not handle the L.A. culture and returned to Ohio. He was cast in the role of Dan... Biography of Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis (born on March 16, 1926, according to most sources), is an American comedian, actor, film producer, writer and director known for his slapstick humor and his charity fund-raising telethons for the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Jerry Lewis has won many prestigious Lifetime Achievement Awards from The American Comedy Awards, The Golden Camera, Los Angeles Film Critics Association, The Venice Film Festival and he has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Lewis currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada. Lewis was originally paired up in 1946 with Dean Martin, and formed the comedy team of Martin and Lewis. Aside from popular nightclub work, they starred in an extremely successful series of comedy films for Paramount Pictures. The team broke up ten years later (to the day). ... Biography of Kevin Federline
Kevin Earl Federline (born March 21, 1978), is a back-up stage dancer, model, actor, and rapper. Career Back-up stage dancer Kevin Federline has been a backup stage dancer for a number of years for Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Gwen Stefani, Christina Milian and other famous singers. Rapper Federline's previous single, "PopoZão," was released on New Year's Day, 2006. He released his debut album, Playing with Fire, on October 31, 2006 to poor reviews, and lackluster sales. However he remains popular on his myspace page with well over two million plays on his songs. Model Federline has been signed to model for the Five Star Vintage line by the San Francisco-based Blue Marlin clothing company. The initial series of ads ran in August 2006, and was subsequently exten... Biography of Kimora Lee Simmons
Kimora Lee Simmons (born Kimora Lee Perkins on May 4, 1975 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a retired model, the head of design for Baby Phat, KLS and an occasional actress. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Simmons is of Korean and Black heritage . Her parents are a Korean mother Joanne Perkins (who now claims to be fully Japanese and goes by the Japanese name "Kyoko" and Black father Vernon Whitlock Jr. Joanne (who was adopted by an American serviceman during the Korean War) is a former social security administrator; and Vernon is a former federal marshal who after serving 3 years for dealing cocaine and synthetic heroin in the 80s is now a barber in St. Louis . Growing up in the North St. Louis suburb of Florissant, she was very self-conscious about being a geek. Other children called her "Chinky ... Biography of Billy Bob Thornton
Billy Bob Thornton (born William Robert Thornton on August 4, 1955) is an Academy Award-winning American screenwriter, actor, as well as occasional director, playwright and singer. He came to fame in the mid 1990s, after writing, directing, and starring in the film Sling Blade, and has since established a career as a Hollywood leading actor, having appeared in several successful films, including 2003's Bad Santa. Thornton has been described in media reports as "Hollywood's go-to alpha male",. Early life Thornton was born in Arkansas to Billy Ray Thornton, a high school history teacher and basketball coach, and Virginia R. Faulkner, a psychic. Thornton has three younger brothers, Jimmy Don, born in 1958 and now deceased, Jim Bean, and John David, born in 1969. Thornton lived in both Alp... Biography of Elle MacPherson
Elle Macpherson (born Eleanor Nancy Gow, 29 March 1963) is an Australian supermodel and actress. She is most famous worldwide for her five cover appearances on Sports Illustrated's swimsuit issue in the 1980s and 1990s. Nicknamed “The Body”, she is 183cm tall. Early life Macpherson was born in Cronulla, New South Wales, and is the eldest of four children. Her parents divorced when she was fourteen, and her mother later married Neil Macpherson. Macpherson then changed her last name for her stepfather's. She studied law for one year at the University of Sydney. Rise to fame While on holiday in Tasmania, Macpherson was discovered and signed to Click Model Management. Macpherson became an international star through her appearance in ELLE magazine. She appeared in every issue for ... Biography of Michael Fassbender
Michael Fassbender (born April 2, 1977) is an actor, born in Heidelberg, Germany, brought up in Killarney, county Kerry, Ireland, and currently a resident of London. He played Azazeal in the Sky One UK Television series Hex. Other credits include Band of Brothers and the Frank Miller film 300 in which he plays Spartan soldier Stelios ("Then we shall fight in the shade"). Has been cast in the lead role of Heathcliff in the John Maybury version of "Wuthering Heights" due in 2009 ] Early years and facts Michael Fassbender was born on April 2, 1977 in Heidelberg, Germany. His parents moved to Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland only a few years after his birth. Michael attended St. Brendan's, Killarney (The Sem) and the Drama Centre London. He's 6ft (183cm) tall, has blue eyes and light br... Biography of Neil Young
Neil Percival Young OM (born November 12, 1945, Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and film director from Omemee, Ontario. His work is characterized by deeply personal lyrics, distinctive guitar work, and an instantly recognizable nasal tenor (and frequently alto) singing voice. Although he accompanies himself on several different instruments—including piano and harmonica—his style of hammer-on acoustic guitar and often idiosyncratic soloing on electric guitar are the lynchpins of a sometimes ragged, sometimes polished, yet consistently evocative sound. Although Young has experimented widely with differing music styles, including swing, jazz, rockabilly, blues, and electronica throughout a varied career, his best known work usually falls into either of two dis... Biography of David Copperfield
David Copperfield (born David Seth Kotkin on September 16, 1956) is a world-renowned American magician and illusionist best known for his combination of spectacular illusions and storytelling. His most famous illusions include making the Statue of Liberty "disappear", "flying", "levitating" over the Grand Canyon, and "walking through" the Great Wall of China. Copperfield was born in Metuchen, New Jersey, to Jewish-Ukrainian immigrants. He began practicing magic at the age of 12, and became the youngest person ever admitted to the Society of American Magicians. By age 16, he was teaching a course in magic at New York University. At age 18, he enrolled at Fordham University, and was cast in the lead role of the Chicago-based musical The Magic Man three weeks into his freshman year, adopti... Biography of Famke Janssen
Famke Beumer Janssen (Dutch pronunciation: ; English pronunciation: /ˈfɑːmkə ˈdʒænsən/; born November 5, 1964) is a Dutch actress and former fashion model. She is best-known for playing the villainess Bond girl Xenia Onatopp in GoldenEye and Dr. Jean Grey/Phoenix in the X-Men film series. Janssen is also a UNODC Goodwill Ambassador for Integrity. Early life Famke Beumer Janssen was born in Amstelveen, Netherlands. Her first name means little girl in West Frisian, the native language of the Dutch province Friesland. Besides her native Dutch, Janssen speaks English and French. She also learned German, but has not kept up with it. She has two sisters, director Antoinette Beumer and actress Marjolein Beumer. Before coming to the United States, ... Biography of David Charvet
David Charvet (born David Franck Guez on May 15, 1972 in Lyon, France) is an actor and singer. David's father is Tunisian-born French-Jewish businessman Paul Guez. His mother, Christiane Charvet is of French ancestry and was born in France. He and his siblings grew up speaking French as their first language. When David was nine years-old, his parents split and he moved with his father to the United States. He won a green card through the "Morrison visa lottery" in the early 1990s. David is currently living in his native France, where he tours around the country (and other parts of Europe) singing songs from his albums. He occasionally appears (as himself) on French TV. He dated co-star Pamela Anderson prior to and during the second season of Baywatch. A few years later he dated Israeli ... Biography of Benoît Poelvoorde
Benoît Poelvoorde (born September 22, 1964, in Namur, Belgium) is a Belgian actor. His first movie was the 1987 student film "Pas de C4 pour Daniel Daniel". It was a stylized trailer for a mock-spy film. It was followed byC'est arrivé près de chez vous (Man Bites Dog internationally) was a low-budget school graduation project (1992), which went on to become a critically acclaimed cult movie. He subsequently starred in several movies which made him famous in France and Belgium, and was selected to be member of the Cannes Film Festival Jury in 2004, on request of Quentin Tarantino, a big fan of his first movie. In 2005 he came in 7th place in the Walloon version of De Grootste Belg (the Greatest Belgian). In the Flemish version he came in nr. 300 outside the official list of nominat... Biography of Margaux Hemingway
Margaux Louise Hemingway (February 16, 1954 – July 1, 1996) was a film actress and model who appeared in several movies. She was born in Portland, Oregon, the sister of actress Mariel Hemingway and the granddaughter of writer Ernest Hemingway. In addition to Mariel Hemingway, she had another sister, Joan. She grew up on her grandfather's farm in Ketchum, Idaho. Early life Hemingway was named for the wine, Château Margaux, which her parents, Puck and Jack Hemingway (the son of Ernest), were drinking the night she was conceived. In later years, after giving up drinking alcohol, she spelled her name Margot. She struggled with a variety of disorders in addition to alcoholism, including bulimia and epilepsy. She allowed a video recording to be made of a therapy session related to her bulimi... Biography of Karim Benzema
Karim Benzema (Arabic: كريم بن زيما) (born 19 December 1987) is a French footballer of Algerian descent who plays in a forward role for Olympique Lyonnais. He has also been known to play anywhere down the left and right wings. A pure product of the Olympique Lyonnais youth academy, he is capable of playing as the main striker in Olympique Lyonnais' preferred 4-3-3 formation, but he can also play on both wings. Linked with major clubs such as Manchester United and Barcelona, he has often reiterated his desire to keep playing for his hometown club and help them to win the UEFA Champions League. Height: 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Benzema was called up to the national team by Raymond Domenech for an international friendly against Greec... Biography of Joseph Fiennes
Joseph Fiennes (IPA: ) (born May 27, 1970) is an English actor. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of William Shakespeare in the 1998 film Shakespeare in Love and Sir Robert Dudley in Elizabeth. Career After leaving art school, Fiennes worked with the Young Vic Youth Theatre. He continued his training at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. His first professional stage appearance was in the West End in The Woman in Black, followed by A Month in the Country opposite Helen Mirren. Fiennes, then, was a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company for two seasons. Fiennes made his television debut as Willy in The Vacillations of Poppy Carew. His first feature film was 1996's Stealing Beauty, co-starring Liv Tyler. In 1998, Fiennes appeared in two films that were nominated at the ... Biography of Joe Penny
Joe Penny is an actor who was born on June 24, 1956, in London, England, UK. Alumnus of Marina High School, Huntington Beach, CA (1974). He is known for his role as Nick Ryder in the detective series Riptide from 1984 to 1986 and for his role as Jake Styles in the series Jake and the Fatman from 1987 to 1992. Starting with a minor role on Forever Fernwood in 1977, the busy actor has appeared in numerous TV movies and has made many guest appearances on television shows ranging from T.J. Hooker, Vega$, Matt Houston, Lou Grant, CHiPs, Flamingo Road, The Sopranos, Diagnosis Murder, Walker, Texas Ranger, 7th Heaven, Matlock, Vegas and CSI.... Biography of John McEnroe
John Patrick McEnroe, Jr. (born February 16, 1959 in Wiesbaden, Germany) is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from the United States. Scott Riley, writing for The Sports Network, recognized him as one of the greatest tennis players of all time. During his career, he won seven Grand Slam singles titles – three at Wimbledon and four at the U.S. Open. He also won nine Grand Slam men's doubles titles and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title. He is remembered for his shot-making artistry and supreme volleying; for his matches against Björn Borg; for his fiery on-court temperament, which frequently landed him in trouble with umpires and tennis authorities; and for the catchphrase "You cannot be serious!" directed toward an umpire during a match at Wimbledon in 1981. He was inducted i... Biography of Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is a five-time Academy Award winning American film director, producer, and screenwriter. Coppola is also a vintner, magazine publisher, and hotelier. He earned an M.F.A. in film directing from the UCLA Film School. He is most renowned for directing the highly regarded Godfather trilogy, The Conversation, and the Vietnam War epic Apocalypse Now. Life and career (1960 to 1978) Francis Ford Coppola was born to Carmine Coppola, at the time first flautist for the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and his wife Italia in Detroit, Michigan on April 7, 1939, the second of three children. Two years later Carmine became first flautist for the NBC Symphony Orchestra and the family moved back to suburban Long Island, New York where Francis spent the remainder of ... Biography of Jason Orange
Jason Orange (born Jason Thomas Orange, 10 July 1970, Wythenshawe, Manchester, England) is an English singer and was one fifth of the successful English boyband, Take That during the early 90's. Orange's first experience with fame came when his breakdancing skills landed him a role The Hitman and Her. After the break-up of Take That, Orange studied acting. In 1999, he performed in Gob by Jim Kenworth at the The King's Head Theatre in London. He then attended South Trafford College, studying psychology and sociology. Orange is currently touring with the re-formed Take That, who released a new album Beautiful World on 27 November 2006. During the first round of Take That Jason was best known for his skills as a dancer and was never given lead vocals on any of the songs. The new albu... Biography of Boy George
George Alan O'Dowd, better known as Boy George (born June 14, 1961 in Eltham) is a pop singer-songwriter. George grew up in a large, working-class Irish family, which originated in Thurles, in Co. Tipperary. O'Dowd gained fame with his group Culture Club during the 1980s. His music is often classified as blue-eyed soul, since he was heavily influenced by Rhythm and Blues and reggae. Early recordings with Culture Club showed that O'Dowd's vocals had an emotional quality which was reminiscent of American soul music of the 1960s and 1970s. His later solo work has also touched on glam rock influences and was particularly influenced by David Bowie and Iggy Pop. Boy George is also known for his flamboyant and androgynous appearance back in the 80s and early 90s. Personal life Drug u... Biography of Ronaldo (footballer)
Ronaldo Luis Nazário de Lima (born September 18, 1976 in Bento Ribeiro, Rio de Janeiro), is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Brazil and the Italian Serie A club AC Milan. He has been nicknamed "The Phenomenon" (Portuguese: O Fenômeno, Spanish: El Fenómeno). Pelé named him one of the 125 greatest footballers in March 2004. Sources of his birth day and birth time: http://www.footballteamplayers.com/luis-ronaldo-biography.html http://www.trueknowledge.com/q/what_age_is_ronaldo http://vodpod.com/watch/4392603-ronaldo-luis-nazario-de-lima http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ronaldo-Journey-Genius-James-Mosley/dp/1845961145 (birth time) Ronaldo has enjoyed success at the international level, winning the 1994 and 2002 FIFA World Cups with Brazil. Ronaldo has won th... Biography of Fabien Barthez
Fabien Alain Barthez (born 28 June 1971 in Lavelanet) is a French football player who plays the position of goalkeeper.One of the best goalkeepers to play the sport, he played with the French national team, he won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000 and reached the final of the 2006 World Cup. He shares the record for most World Cup final clean sheets with Peter Shilton, with 10. Professionally, he has kept goal for his clubs to a Champions League title and several Ligue 1 and Premier League championships.... Biography of Jay Leno
Jamie Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno (born April 28, 1950) is an Emmy-winning American comedian who is best known as the current host of NBC television's long-running variety and talk program The Tonight Show. Early years Jay Leno was born in New Rochelle, New York. His mother, Catherine Muir, was born in Scotland and came to the United States as an eleven year-old. His father, Angelo Leno, was born in New York to Nicolina Garafola and Pasquale Leno, immigrants from Flumeri, Italy. Leno grew up in Andover, Massachusetts, and received his Bachelor's degree in Speech therapy from Emerson College in 1973. In the late 1970's, he was the warm-up act for Johnny Mathis, Tom Jones and John Denver. He replaced Johnny Carson as host of The Tonight Show in 1992 and has planned to retire from The Tonight... Biography of Ray Liotta
Ray Liotta (born December 18, 1954) is an Emmy Award winning & Golden Globe-nominated American actor. He is well known for his roles in the films Something Wild, Field of Dreams, Goodfellas, Cop Land, Narc, and Smokin' Aces Early life Liotta was born in Newark, New Jersey and was adopted at age six months by Alfred Liotta, the president of a local Democratic club, and Mary, an appointed township clerk. Both of his adoptive parents unsuccessfully ran for local office. Despite his surname, he is not of Italian descent; his last name was changed to Liotta after his adoption. In 1973, he graduated from Union High School in Union, New Jersey, and in 1992, he was inducted into their Hall of Fame. Liotta studied acting at the University of Miami, where he performed at the university's Jerry H... Biography of Robert Lamoureux
Robert Lamoureux (4 January 1920 (source: Gauquelin NS Vol 3/0877) – 29 October 2011) was a French actor, comedian, screenwriter, humorist, and film director. He appeared in 37 films between 1951 and 1994. He starred in the film The Adventures of Arsène Lupin, which was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. Selected filmography Saluti e baci (1953) Papa, maman, la bonne et moi (1954) Papa, maman, ma femme et moi (1955) If Paris Were Told to Us (1956) The Adventures of Arsène Lupin (1957) La Vie à deux (1958) Mais où est donc passée la septième compagnie? (1973 - directed)... Biography of Filip Nikolic
Filip Nikolić born September 1, 1974 in Saint-Ouen (Seine-Saint-Denis), is a French singer and actor, former member of French boys'band 2Be3.... Biography of Ted Kennedy
Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy (February 22, 1932 – August 25, 2009) was the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party. In office since November 1962, Kennedy was in his eighth full (and ninth overall) term in the Senate. At the time of his death, he was the second most senior member of the Senate, after Robert Byrd of West Virginia, and the third-longest-serving senator of all time. He was best known as one of the most outspoken and effective Senate proponents of liberal causes and bills. For many years the most prominent living member of the Kennedy family, he was the youngest brother of President John F. Kennedy and Senator Robert F. Kennedy, both victims of assassinations, and the father of Congressman Patrick J. Kennedy. Kennedy was born inDor... Biography of Steve Martin
Steve Martin est un acteur et scénariste américain né le 14 août 1945 à Waco, Texas (États-Unis). Étudiant en philosophie et se destinant à enseigner cette discipline, il change brusquement d'orientation pour écrire des textes comiques, puis jouer lui-même des rôles dans ce registre, sans jamais se départir d'un style qui lui est propre, un peu décalé. Il débute dans le cinéma à l'âge de 33 ans dans le film Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band en 1978 avec les Bee Gees (il retira longtemps ce titre de sa filmographie officielle à cause de l'échec du film). Son premier grand rôle est, en 1982, celui d'un détective privé ringard dans Les cadavres ne portent pas de costard de Carl Reiner, dont il a écrit le scénario : il s'agit d'un pastiche de vieux films noirs où sont intercalés d... Biography of Tom Waits
Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. Waits has a distinctive voice, described by one critic as sounding "like it was soaked in a vat of bourbon, left hanging in the smokehouse for a few months and then taken outside and run over with a car." With this trademark growl, his incorporation of pre-rock styles such as blues, jazz, and Vaudeville, and experimental tendencies verging on industrial music, Waits has built up a distinctive musical persona. Lyrically, Waits' songs are known for atmospheric portrayals of bizarre, seedy characters and places, although he has also shown a penchant for more conventional and touching ballads. He has a cult following and has influenced subsequent songwriters, despite having little radio or mu... Biography of Michael Vartan
Michael Vartan (b. November 27, 1968) is a French-American film and television actor. Early life Vartan was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France to Eddie Vartan, a musician, and Doris, a painter and artist; his paternal aunt is singer Sylvie Vartan and his step-father is writer Ian La Frenais. Vartan's father is a Bulgarian of Armenian and Hungarian descent and his mother is an American Jew originally from Poland; Vartan has said that he does not have "an ounce of French blood", and is a "Polish Jew who happens to be born in France". His parents divorced when he was five and he moved to America with his mother. He moved back to France to be with his father until his high school years, and grew up a "farm kid" in a "simple environment" in Fleury, a small town in the Fren... Biography of Billy Ray Cyrus
Billy Ray Cyrus (born August 25, 1961 in Flatwoods, Kentucky) is an American country singer and film and television actor, who is best known for his hit single "Achy Breaky Heart" (1992). He is also a multi-platinum selling recording artist, with one number one country single and eight top-ten singles. From 2001 to 2004, he starred in the television series Doc, a show about a doctor from the ranch adjusting to the large city. Starting in 2006, he is currently co-starring in the Disney Channel original television series, Hannah Montana, which stars his daughter Miley. His parents divorced during his youth and his grandfather, who was a Pentecostal preacher, died when he was twelve years old. Career After moving to Los Angeles alone, Cyrus signed to Mercury Nashville Records in 199... Biography of Pete Townshend
Peter Dennis Blandford ('Pete') Townshend (born May 19, 1945 in Chiswick, London), is an award winning English rock guitarist, singer, songwriter, and composer. Townshend made his name as the guitarist and principal songwriter for rock band The Who. His career with them spans more than forty years, during which time the band grew to be considered one of the greatest and most influential rock bands of all time, in addition to being "possibly the greatest live band ever." Townshend is the primary songwriter for the group, writing over 100 songs on the band's eleven studio albums, including the rock operas Tommy and Quadrophenia, plus dozens of additional songs that appeared as non-album track singles, bonus tracks on reissues and tracks on rarities compilations such as Odds and Sods. Alth... Biography of Gérard Philipe
Gérard Philipe (December 4, 1922 – November 22, 1959) was a prominent French actor. Born in Cannes, as a teenager Philipe took acting lessons before going to Paris to study at the Conservatory of Dramatic Art. At age 19, he made his stage debut at a theater in Nice and the following year his strong performance in the Albert Camus play, Caligula, brought an invitation to work with the Théâtre national populaire (T.N.P.) in Paris and Avignon, whose festival, founded in 1947 by Jean Vilar, is France's oldest and most famous. Philipe made his film debut in 1943 in Les Petites du Quai aux Fleurs and after a few more minor film roles, he rocketed to fame as a result of his performance in Claude Autant-Lara's 1947 film Le diable au corps (Devil in the Flesh) . Adored by young women for his ... Biography of Kad Merad
Kaddour Merad, best known as Kad Merad, is a French actor, musician, singer, TV host, humorist and screenwriter, born March 27, 1964 in Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria. Filmography Actor 2001 : La Grande Vie ! (le motard) 2003 : Bloody Christmas (l'homme) 2003 : Le Pharmacien de garde (le médecin légiste) 2003 : La Beuze (le directeur de Pacific Recordings) 2003 : Mais qui a tué Pamela Rose ? (Richard Bullit) 2003 : Rien que du bonheur : Pierre 2003 : Les Clefs de bagnole (un comédien qui refuse de tourner avec Laurent (simple apparition)) de Laurent Baffie 2004 : Les Choristes (Chabert) 2004 : Monde extérieur (Bertrand) 2004 : Les Dalton (prisonnier mexicain) de Philippe Haïm 2005 : Iznogoud (le génie Ouzmoutousouloubouloubombê) de Patrick Braoudé 2005 : Propriété... Biography of Michael Rosenbaum
Michael Owen Rosenbaum (born July 11, 1972) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Lex Luthor on Smallville. Continuing in the comic book genre, he voiced Wally West (a.k.a. The Flash) in the DC Comics animated series Justice League. Rosenbaum has also done film and other voiceover work. In February of 2007, Rosenbaum confirmed that he would be leaving Smallville after the show's 7th season. However, he may return as an occasional special guest star. Rosenbaum was born in Oceanside, New York and raised in Newburgh, Indiana. He is Jewish and graduated from Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky, with a degree in theatre arts and immediately moved to New York City to pursue an acting career. Rosenbaum is also known for his love of ice hockey, a sport he ... Biography of Matt Dallas
Matthew Joseph Dallas (born October 21, 1982 in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American actor. He became interested in acting at the age of 12, when his grandmother took him to a play of The Ugly Duckling, and he has wanted to be an actor ever since. He moved to Los Angeles, California at the age of 18 and began to climb the acting ladder. He stars in several films, including Babysitter Wanted and The Indian, as well as the ABC Family television series Kyle XY, where he plays the title character. Dallas can also been seen in Living The Dream, Wannabe, Camp Daze, and Way of The Vampire. Dallas has also appeared on the hit TV show Entourage. In 2004, Dallas starred in fan 3's music video for "Geek Love". In 2005, Dallas starred with Mischa Barton in James Blunt's music video for "Goodbye My Lover".... Biography of Rufus Sewell
Rufus Frederik Sewell (born October 29, 1967) is an English actor. In film, he appeared in The Woodlanders, Dangerous Beauty, Dark City, A Knight's Tale, and Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence. On television, he became well known for his role as the hero, Will Ladislaw, in the BBC adaptation of George Eliot's Middlemarch. In 2003, he appeared in the lead role in Charles II: The Power and The Passion about the life of King Charles II of England. On stage, he originated the role of Septimus Hodge in Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the role of Jan in Stoppard's Rock 'n' Roll, which earned him an Olivier Award for the latter performance. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Early life Sewell was born in Twickenham in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in South West London, the son of William Sew... Biography of Bruno Cremer
Bruno Crémer (born 6 October 1929 in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, and died August 7, 2010 in Paris (tongue cancer)) was a French actor and comedian, who spent a great part of his career on stage but also had successful performances for the cinema and the television. Biography He was widely known in France and the French speaking world for his interpretation of the famous detective Maigret in a television series that started in 1991. In 2005, he acted in his 54th adaptation of a Maigret story. (See also ) (In the Washington, DC area, they can frequently be seen on the MHz cable network.) His earlier career on the stage included creating the role of Thomas Beckett in the 1959 world premiere of the play Beckett by Jean Anouilh. After ten years on stage, he had a credited role in the ... Biography of Billy Zane
William George "Billy" Zane, Jr. (born February 24, 1966) is an American actor and director. He is perhaps best recognized for his role as Caledon Hockley in the 1997 blockbuster film Titanic, and as The Phantom in the 1996 eponymous film based upon the comic book superhero. As of 2007, Zane has appeared in over 50 films and numerous TV-series. Height 6' (1.83 m) Early life Zane was born in Chicago, Illinois to Thalia and William George Zane, Sr., both of whom were amateur actors and founders of a school for medical technicians. His family's original surname, "Zanikopolous", was anglicized to "Zane" by his grandparents. Both of his parents are Greek American and Zane was raised in the Greek Orthodox religion. He has an older sister, Lisa Zane, who is also an actress. After complet... Biography of Zach Braff
Zachary Israel Braff (born April 6, 1975) is an American television and film actor, director, screenwriter, and producer. During the 2000s, he became known for his role as J.D. on the NBC sitcom Scrubs as well as starred in several films. Braff also wrote and directed 2004's Garden State. The soundtrack record, which he selected and produced, earned him a Grammy for Best Soundtrack Album in 2005. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Early life Braff was born in South Orange, New Jersey, to a Jewish family. His parents, Hal Braff, a trial attorney and professor, and Anne Brodzinsky, a clinical psychologist, divorced and re-married others during Braff's childhood. One of his siblings, Joshua, is an author. Braff has wanted to be a filmmaker since his early childhood, and has described it as his "life... Biography of Uri Geller
Uri Geller Freud, commonly Uri Geller Hebrew: אורי גלר, born György Gellér (Hungarian name) on 20 December 1946 is an Israeli-British performer and self-proclaimed psychic who claims "to be able to bend spoons with the power of his mind" and to have psychic powers, although he currently prefers the designation of "mystifier" rather than "psychic". Early life Born in Tel Aviv, Israel, to Hungarian Jewish parents, Geller was named after a cousin who had been killed in a bus accident. He was the only child of retired Army sergeant Itzhaak Geller (Gellér Izsák) and Manzy Freud (Freud Manci). Geller says he is a relative of Sigmund Freud on his mother's side. At the age of 11, Geller moved with his family to Nicosia, Cyprus, where he atte... Biography of Kid Rock
Robert James Ritchie (born January 17, 1971 in Romeo, Michigan), better known as Kid Rock, is an American musician. After being cut loose by Jive Records in 1991 after his debut album, "Grits Sandwiches For Breakfast", it would take him 8 years to reappear. In the spring of 1999, his 6th album "Devil Without A Cause" would explode behind the single "Bawitdaba", and would go on to sell 11 million copies. Kid Rock was able to keep the momentum after a slow start on 2001's Cocky, thanks in large part to the crossover country ballad "Picture", which featured Sheryl Crow. On October 9,2007 Kid Rock released his 11 th album "Rock N Roll Jesus",the album became his first debuting number one album. It was propelled by the mega hit "So Hott". Height: 6' (1.83 m) Grits Sandwiches For Breakfast... Biography of Wayne Gretzky
Wayne Douglas Gretzky, OC (born 26 January 1961 in Brantford, Ontario) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently part-owner and head coach of the Phoenix Coyotes. Nicknamed "The Great One," Total Hockey: The Official Encyclopedia of the NHL calls Gretzky "the greatest player of all time." He is generally regarded as the best player of his era and has been called "the greatest hockey player ever" by many sportswriters, players, and coaches. He set 40 regular-season records, 15 playoff records, 6 All-Star records, won four Stanley Cups with the Edmonton Oilers, and won 9 MVP awards and 10 scoring titles. He is the only player ever to total over 200 points in a season (a feat that he accomplished four times in his career). In addition, he tallied over 100 points... Biography of Ira von Furstenberg
Princess Ira of Fürstenberg (German: Ira Prinzessin zu Fürstenberg) (born April 18, 1940) is a European socialite, actress, jewelry designer, and a former public relations manager for the fashion designer Valentino Garavani. Background The daughter of Prince Tassilo Egon Maria Karl George Leo of Fürstenberg and his first wife, Clara Agnelli, a Fiat heiress, she was born Princess Virginia Carolina Theresa Pancrazia Galdina of Fürstenberg in Rome, Italy. Her maternal great-grandmother was a Kentucky heiress, Jane Campbell (Princess of San Faustino), and her brother, Prince Eduard Egon Peter Paul Giovanni of Fürstenberg, was better known as the fashion designer Egon von Fürstenberg. Her former sister-in-law is the fashion designer Diane von Fürstenberg, and her uncle was Gianni Agnelli, t... Biography of Sylvie Guillem
Sylvie Guillem (born February 25, 1965 in Paris) is a French ballet dancer who has performed with the Paris Opera Ballet and is currently a guest principal dancer with the Royal Ballet in London. Height: 1m83 (6'). As a child, Guillem trained in gymnastics under the instruction of her mother and when she was 11 she began training at the Paris Opera Ballet School. Eventually she joined the corps de ballet of this company at 16. In 1983 Guillem won the gold medal at the Varna International Ballet Competition. On December 29, 1984, at the young age of 19, Guillem became an etoile of the company after her first performance of Swan Lake. She created the leading role in William Forsythe's contemporary ballet, In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated in 1987. In 1989, Guillem shocked Rudolf Nureyev... Biography of Sanjay Dutt
Sanjay Dutt (Hindi: संजय दत्त ), born 29 July 1959, is an Indian Bollywood film actor. A two time Filmfare Awards winner, he is the son of Bollywood stars Sunil Dutt and Nargis. On 31 July 2002, Sanjay Dutt was sentenced to a jail term of 6 years for illegal possession of firearms acquired from terrorist acquaintances, who were responsible for the 1993 Bombay bomb blasts. On August 20, 2007, the Supreme Court of India granted him interim bail. Sanjay Dutt married thirdly on February 10, 2008 to Manyata in Mumbai. Early days Sanjay Dutt was born to actors Nargis and Sunil Dutt. He has two sisters, Priya Dutt and Namrata Dutt (Anju). He was educated at the Lawrence School, Sanawar, near Kasauli in Himachal Pradesh state. At the age of 12... Biography of Art Garfunkel
Arthur Ira Garfunkel (born November 5, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter and actor, best known as half of the folk duo Simon and Garfunkel. Early life Arthur Ira Garfunkel was born in Forest Hills, Queens, in New York City. He is of Romanian Jewish ancestry. He met his future singing partner, Paul Simon, in the sixth grade. Between 1956 and 1962, the two had performed together as Tom & Jerry. Garfunkel ("Tom Graph") chose his nickname because he liked to track, or "graph" hits, on the pop charts. Garfunkel attended Columbia University in the early sixties, where he sang with the Kingsmen, an all-male a cappella group, and was a Brother in the Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity. In 1962, Garfunkel earned a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in art history, followed by a Master's degree i... Biography of John Stamos
John Phillip Stamos (IPA: ) (born August 19, 1963) is an Emmy-nominated American actor. He is best known for his role as the character of Jesse Katsopolis on the TV show Full House, and currently the role of Tony Gates on the TV series ER. Career Television Stamos began his acting career with a role on the television show General Hospital as Blackie Parrish. Then General Hospital casting director Gary Price noted that Stamos did not read for any particular parts. Later he joined Full House as Adam Cochran, but he then changed the first name to Jesse before taping the premiere. During the second season he then changed his character's last name to Katsopolis to highlight his Greek heritage, of which Stamos is very proud. As a member of the fictional band Jesse and the Rippers he perf... Biography of Ann Coulter
Ann Hart Coulter (born December 8, 1961) is an American conservative columnist, political commentator and best-selling author. She frequently appears on television, radio and as a speaker at public and private events. Known for her confrontational style, she has been described by The Observer as "the Republican Michael Moore", and "Rush Limbaugh in a miniskirt". Coulter has described herself as a "polemicist" who likes to "stir up the pot" and does not claim to be "impartial or balanced". This style has often resulted in a firestorm of criticism and controversy. Background Ann Coulter was born to John Vincent and Nell Husbands Martin Coulter December 8, 1961. After her birth in New York City, the family moved to New Canaan, Connecticut, where Coulter and her two older brothers were rai... Biography of Dennis Quaid
Dennis William Quaid (born April 9, 1954) is an American actor. Early life Quaid was born in Houston, Texas to Juanita Bonniedale "Nita" (Jordan), a real estate agent, and William Rudy Quaid, an electrician. He studied drama at Bellaire High School in Bellaire, Texas and later in college. Career After his brother, actor Randy Quaid, was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in The Last Detail, he dropped out of the University of Houston before graduating and moved to Los Angeles, California, to pursue an acting career of his own. He initially had trouble finding work but began to gain notice when he appeared in Breaking Away (1979) and earned good reviews for his role in The Right Stuff (1983). Known for his famous grin, Quaid is a versatile actor, performing in both comed... Biography of Dave Mustaine
David Scott Mustaine (born September 13, 1961 in La Mesa, California, United States) is the lead/rhythm guitarist, songwriter, and singer for the speed/thrash metal band, Megadeth. He grew up in various Southern California suburbs. As the central figure of Megadeth and a former Metallica lead guitarist and co-songwriter, he is one of a handful of people considered to have pioneered thrash metal and speed metal. A member of Metallica: The Early Days In 1981 Dave Mustaine left his first band Panic to join Metallica as the lead guitarist. Metallica's drummer had posted an ad in a local newspaper, called The Recycler, looking for a lead guitarist. In his own words, Mustaine remembers his first meeting with James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich: "I was convinced that I should be in the band and we... Biography of Prince Andrew, Duke of York
The Prince Andrew, Duke of York (Andrew Albert Christian Edward; born 19 February 1960) is a member of the British Royal Family, the third child and second son of Queen Elizabeth II. He has held the title of Duke of York since 1986. The Duke of York has been 4th in the line of succession since the birth of Prince Harry in 1984. The Duke of York married and subsequently divorced Sarah Ferguson. He also served in the Royal Navy, seeing action in the Falklands War aboard HMS Invincible. He currently serves as the United Kingdom's Special Representative for International Trade and Investment. Early life Andrew was born on 19 February 1960 in the Belgian Suite of Buckingham Palace, London. His mother is the reigning British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, the eldest daughter of King George ... Biography of James Woods
James Howard Woods (born April 18, 1947) is a two-time Academy Award-nominated and three-time Emmy Award winning American film and television actor. Early life Woods was born in Vernal, Utah to Gail Peyton Woods, an army intelligence officer who died in 1960 following routine surgery, and Martha A. (née Smith), who operated a pre-school after her husband's death and re-married to Thomas E. Dixon. Woods grew up in Warwick, Rhode Island, where he attended Pilgrim High School. Woods was a close childhood friend of Wall Street Journal Personal Technology columnist Walter Mossberg. The two collaborated on a column in their Warwick, RI, school newspaper. Woods, an army brat, had been accepted to attend the United States Air Force Academy with the intention of becoming a fighter pilot. Unfort... Biography of John Barrowman
John Barrowman (born 11 March 1967 in Mount Vernon, Glasgow) is a Scottish-American actor, musical performer, dancer, singer, and TV presenter who has lived and worked both in the United Kingdom and the United States. He currently lives in the UK with long-term partner Scott Gill. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Barrowman is best known on British television for his acting and his presenting work on theatre. His most prominent television role has been as Captain Jack Harkness in Doctor Who and its spin-off series Torchwood. He has featured in such light entertainment shows as Live & Kicking, Any Dream Will Do and How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?, as well as appearing on the celebrity ice skating show Dancing on Ice. Openly homosexual, he was voted the 2006 Stonewall "Entertainer of the Y... Biography of Telly Savalas
Aristotelis "Telly" Savalas (January 21, 1922 (somtimes 1924) – January 22, 1994) was a prominent Emmy Award-winning American film and television actor whose career spanned four decades. He was nominated for an Oscar in 1963 for his supporting role in Birdman of Alcatraz. He also starred with Burt Lancaster in The Young Savages and The Scalphunters. For the course of his long career, he was best known for his work playing the title role in the popular 1970s crime drama, Kojak, and for also playing Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service. He co-starred with Angie Dickinson in the 1971 film, Pretty Maids All in a Row. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Early life Savalas, the second oldest of five children, was born as Aristotelis Savalas in Garden City, Long Isla... Biography of Jacques Higelin
Jacques Joseph Victor Higelin (born 18 October 1940 in Brou-sur-Chantereine, Seine-et-Marne, France) is a French pop singer who rose prominence in the early 1970s. Early in his career, many of Higelin's songs were effectively blacklisted from French radio because of his controversial left wing political beliefs, and his association with socialist groups. He and his wife, Kuelan, are the parents of three children, including musician Arthur H and actor Ken Higelin. Higelin's entertainment career began at age 14, when he left school to work as a stunt double. While playing a number of small roles in various motion pictures, Higelin was taught to play the guitar by Henri Crolla, an Italian film composer. By the early sixties, Higelin was attending the René Simon drama school, where he won t... Biography of Luke Wilson
Luke Cunningham Wilson (born September 21, 1971) is an American film actor. Height : 6' (1.83 m) Early life Wilson was born in Dallas, Texas to Laura Wilson (née Cunningham), a photographer, and Robert Andrew Wilson, an advertising executive and operator of a public television station. His family is Irish American and Catholic. Wilson is the youngest of three brothers along with fellow actors Owen and Andrew (the eldest). He attended St. Mark's School of Texas, where he was very competitive in the 400 meter and 800 meter runs for the school's track team. At Occidental College, Luke was initially more interested in the school's athletics department than he was in drama or theater. He excelled at track and field, but eventually gave up sports after taking a drama class. Career ... Biography of Adrian Grenier
Adrian Grenier (born July 10, 1976) is an American actor, musician and director. Grenier is best known for his lead role on the HBO original series, Entourage, as Vincent Chase. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Early Years Grenier was born in Canada and, raised in Sasktchwean, Canada by his mother, Karesse Grenier, a real estate agent. Grenier attended Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School and went to Bard College where he studied loving Amy Brown drama. Career In 1997, Grenier made his film debut in the independent drama Arresting Gena. In 1999, he played opposite Melissa Joan Hart in Drive Me Crazy, and in 2001, starred in James Toback's Harvard Man. In 2002, Grenier made his directorial debut with the documentary, Shot in the Dark. The documentary chronicles his years-long search for his ... Biography of Louis Garrel
Louis Garrel (born June 14, 1983 in Paris, France) is a French actor. He starred in The Dreamers by Bernardo Bertolucci. Height: 6' (1.83 m) He is the son of Philippe Garrel, a French director, and Brigitte Sy, a director and actress. His grandfather is Maurice Garrel and his godfather is actor Jean-Pierre Léaud, both of them also famous French actors. Trivia Speaks French, English, and Italian. Is a graduate of the Paris Conservatory. Was awarded the 2006 Cesar Award for Best Male Newcomer for his work in Les Amants réguliers, directed by his father. According to an interview with Michael Pitt in the New York Daily News, Garrel, just before the shooting the first nude scene in The Dreamers, ran nude through every room on the set screaming. The prank broke the tension an... Biography of Adrian Paul
Adrian Paul Hewett (born May 29, 1959), better known as Adrian Paul, is an actor best known for his role on the television series Highlander: The Series as Duncan MacLeod. He was born in London, England in 1959, the first of three brothers to an Italian mother and a British father. Paul first became a model, then a dancer and choreographer. In 1985, he left Europe for the United States to pursue a dance and modeling career. In 1998, he founded The Peace Fund charitable organization. Adrian Paul has also trained in various martial arts; Kung Fu forms of Hung Gar and Choy Lee Fut, Tae Kwon Do, Kickboxing and Kendo using the Japanese katana. Acting career He was cast in the role that would bring him to the most prominence to date, that of Duncan MacLeod in the syndicated television ser... Biography of Allen Iverson
Allen Ezail Iverson (born June 7, 1975, in Hampton, Virginia), nicknamed A.I. and The Answer, is an American professional basketball player for the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association. An 11-year veteran at the age of 32, he is considered to be one of the most prolific and consistent scorers in the history of the game (his career average of 27.9 points per contest is third all-time behind only Michael Jordan and Wilt Chamberlain). Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Weight 165 lb (75 kg) Player profile Iverson is the third leading scorer in NBA history. He has averaged 27.9 points per game in his career, trailing all-time leader Michael Jordan and Wilt Chamberlain in this category by only 2.2 points per game. Iverson is one of only 30 players in NBA history to score over ... Biography of Jerry Hall
Jerry Faye Hall (born July 2, 1956 in Gonzales, Texas) is an American supermodel and actress known for being Mick Jagger's long-time companion and common law wife. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Early life Hall's autobiography, entitled Jerry Hall's Tall Tales, was published in 1985. In this book, she describes her early life in Mesquite, Texas, where she graduated from North Mesquite High School. She also relates her experiences as a young model living in Paris. Celebrity marriage In 1990, Hall was "married" to Mick Jagger in an unofficial Balinese ceremony. Hall began a secret affair with Jagger while still engaged to Bryan Ferry. Her common law marriage to Jagger ended in 1999. They have four children together: Elizabeth, James, Georgia, and Gabriel. Entertainment career In 19... Biography of Raymond Devos
Raymond Devos (November 9, 1922, Mouscron, Belgium - June 15, 2006, Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse, Yvelines, France) was a French humorist, stand-up comedian and clown. He is best known for his sophisticated puns and surreal humour. Early life Devos was born in Mouscron, Belgium close to the French border. Both his parents were French and he moved to Tourcoing, France at the age of two. Seven years later, his family moved to Paris. During the Second World War he was sent, like many young men of his generation, to Germany to work. On his return to France, he took acting and mime lessons at the Étienne Ducroux school, where he met Marcel Marceau. In 1948, he was part of a burlesque trio (in the older sense of the word burlesque). Career Devos' career took off in the 1950s when he began... Biography of Jason Bateman
Jason Kent Bateman (born January 14, 1969) is a Golden Globe-winning and Emmy Award-nominated American actor. After starring in several 1980s films, Bateman became known for his role as Michael Bluth on the television sitcom Arrested Development. Since the show's end, he has also appeared in several Hollywood films. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Early life Bateman was born in Rye, New York to Victoria, a flight attendant, and Kent Bateman, a film and television writer/director and founder of a repertory stage in Hollywood. His older sister is Family Ties star Justine Bateman. Career Bateman began acting in 1981, playing James Cooper Ingalls in the television drama, Little House on the Prairie. He earned the status of teen idol in the mid-1980s in shows such as Silver Spoons, It's Your ... Biography of Andy Kaufman
Andrew Geoffrey Kaufman (January 17, 1949 – May 16, 1984) was an American entertainer, actor, and performance artist. Though many refer to him as a comedian, Kaufman did not self-identify as one. He disdained telling jokes and engaging in comedy as it was traditionally understood; instead, he saw himself as a practitioner of anti-humor or dada absurdist performance art. Kaufman was born in New York City on January 17, 1949 into a Jewish family, the first son of Stanley and Janice (Bernstein) Kaufman. He grew up in Great Neck, Long Island, New York, and began performing at the age of 7. He attended the now defunct two-year Grahm Junior College in Boston, graduating in 1971. After leaving college he began performing stand-up comedy at various small clubs along the East coast. Career... Biography of Tula (model)
Caroline "Tula" Cossey (born August 31, 1954, in Brooke, Norfolk), is an English model. Born Barry Kenneth Cossey, she is one of the world's most well known transsexual people and the first to ever pose for Playboy. Since being "outed" by British tabloid News of the World, Cossey has fought for her right to legally marry a man and to be recognized by the law as a woman. Early life and transition At the age of 17, Cossey started hormone therapy and began living as a woman full time. She was already somewhat feminine due to a condition known as Klinefelter's syndrome. However, instead of having XXY chromosomes like most with this condition, Cossey is XXXY. Soon after beginning transition, Cossey began a career as a showgirl and topless dancer, working in nightclubs in London, Paris and R... Biography of Eddy Merckx
Edouard Louis Joseph Merckx (IPA: ) (born June 17, 1945, Meensel-Kiezegem, Vlaams Brabant, Belgium) is a former Belgian professional cyclist. Merckx, regarded as one of the greatest and most successful cyclists of all time, established several world cycling records, some of which remain unbroken to this day. Successes in stage racing and single day races Merckx started competing in 1961. Three years later he became world champion in the amateur category, before turning professional in 1965. In 1966 he won the first of seven editions of Milan-Sanremo. The following year, he started his first grand tour at the 1967 Giro d'Italia. He would win his first stage here and finished seventh overall. Later that year he outsprinted Jan Janssen to become world champion in the professional category... Biography of Robert Mitchum
Robert Charles Durman Mitchum (August 6, 1917 – July 1, 1997) was an American film actor and singer. Mitchum is largely remembered for his starring roles in several major works of the film noir style, and is considered a forerunner of the anti-heroes prevalent in film during the 1950s and '60s. Height 6' (1.83 m) Life and career Early life and career Mitchum was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut to shipyard and railroad worker James Thomas Mitchum and Ann Harriet Gunderson, a Norwegian immigrant and sea captain's daughter. His father was a former soldier and known barroom brawler of Scots-Irish ancestry (on his father's side) and Blackfoot descent (on his mother's side). James Mitchum was crushed to death in a railyard accident when Mitchum was eighteen months old, leaving Ann t... Biography of Weird Al Yankovic
Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic (IPA pronunciation: ; born October 23, 1959) is an American singer, musician, satirist, parodist, songwriter, accordionist, and television producer. Yankovic is known in particular for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and that often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts. Since receiving his first accordion lesson a day before his seventh birthday, he has sold more than 12 million albums (more than any comedy act in history), recorded more than 150 parody and original songs, and has performed more than 1,000 live shows. His works have earned him three Grammy Awards among nine nominations, four gold records, and six platinum records in the United States. Yankovic's first top ten Billboard album and single were both released... Biography of André Rieu
André Rieu (born October 1, 1949, in Maastricht, Netherlands) is a Dutch violinist and conductor. He is famous for creating an international revival in waltz music and for his many top selling recordings with his "Johann Strauss Orchestra." Early life and career Rieu began studying violin at age five. He was raised in a large musical family and his father was a conductor. From an early age he developed a fascination with the orchestra. He studied violin at the "Conservatoire royal" in Liège and in the Conservatorium Maastricht, (1968–1973). His teachers included Jo Juda and Herman Krebbers. From 1974 to 1977, he attended the music academy in Brussels, studying with André Gertler. At the academy, he won the Premier Prix. Rieu was exposed to nothing but classical orchestral music unti... Biography of Dylan McDermott
Dylan McDermott (born Mark Anthony McDermott on 26 October 1961) is an American actor, known for his role as lawyer and law firm head Bobby Donnell on the former TV legal drama The Practice. Height: 6' (1.83 m) McDermott was born in Waterbury, Connecticut to Diane and Richard McDermott, who owned the West Fourth Street Saloon in New York City. His Italian American mother was fifteen and his Irish American father was seventeen when he was born; the couple, divorced early on during his childhood. His mother was later accidentally shot and killed by a boyfriend when McDermott was five. His father's third wife was Eve Ensler, author of The Vagina Monologues, who legally adopted McDermott when he was 19 years old, although she has since divorced his father. He has a sister, Robin, and was... Biography of John Rzeznik
John Rzeznik (born John Joseph Theodore Rzeznik on December 5, 1965 in Buffalo, New York and also known as Johnny Rzeznik) is a songwriter and the vocalist/guitarist of rock band the Goo Goo Dolls. The last name "Rzeznik" (which, spelled 'Rzeźnik' and pronounced Res-nik, means 'butcher' in Polish) although not many people know that he came from a Serbian background. He has four older sisters (Phyllis, Fran, Glad and Kate), and often jokingly complains it's "...one of the worst things that can happen to a man." His father, Joseph, died from complications of alcoholism when Johnny was fourteen, and his mother, Edith, the following year from heart problems. He got an apartment on his own and turned punk. At McKinley Vocational High School, he was studying to be a plumber. While studyi... Biography of Jennifer Hawkins
Jennifer Hawkins (born 22 December 1983 in Holmesville, New South Wales, Australia) is a beauty queen and television presenter from Newcastle, Australia who held the Miss Universe 2004 title.... Biography of Kevin Levrone
Kevin Mark Levrone (born July 16, 1964 in Roma, Italy (Source Imdb, Wikipedia gives 1966 in Baltimore) is an IFBB professional bodybuilder, musician, and an actor. Kevin is half-Italian and half-African-American. Kevin Levrone was noted in the bodybuilding world for his long bellied triceps and well-developed delts. He was known as the singer of the band, FulBlown. Levrone is currently trying to make a career for himself in Hollywood. His accomplishments, along with his roles in Hollywood which include Turk in the movie, Backlash, make Kevin a versatile entertainer. Kevin Levrone never won a Mr. Olympia contest despite his reputation as the owner of one of the best physiques of all time. It had been rumored around the bodybuilding community that Levrone took up to 7 months off of his... Biography of Annie Leibovitz
Anna-Lou "Annie" Leibovitz (IPA: /ˈliːbəvɪts/) (born October 2, 1949) is an American portrait photographer whose style is marked by a close collaboration between the photographer and the subject. Born in Waterbury, Connecticut, Leibovitz was one of six children and a military brat; her father was a lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force and the family moved frequently when she was young. Leibovitz's mother was a modern dance instructor. In high school, she became interested in various artistic endeavors, and began to write and play music. She attended the San Francisco Art Institute. She became interested in photography after taking pictures on a trip to visit her family in Japan. For several years, she continued to develop her photography skills while ... Biography of Barry Manilow
Barry Manilow is an American singer and songwriter best known for his recordings "I Write the Songs", "Mandy" and "Copacabana". His career achievements include selling more than 75 million records worldwide. In 1978, five of his albums were on the best-selling charts simultaneously, a feat equalled only by Frank Sinatra and Johnny Mathis. He has achieved a string of Billboard hit singles and multi-platinum albums that have resulted with him being named Radio & Records number one Adult Contemporary artist and winning the American Music Award for Favorite Pop/Rock Male Artist for three consecutive years. Several well-known entertainers have given Manilow their "stamp of approval," such as Sinatra, who was quoted in the 1970s regarding Manilow, "He's next." In 1988, Bob Dylan stopped Manil... Biography of Michael Dudikoff
Michael Dudikoff is an American actor. Michael Joseph Stephen Dudikoff was born on October 8, 1954 in Redondo Beach, California. He later graduated from Redondo Union High School. He was a student at Harbor College studying child psychology when he was discovered as a model. He began his acting-career with small roles, and it wasn't until 1985-86, when he got big parts in Avenging Force (1986), American Ninja (1985), and Radioactive Dreams (1985) that he made a big screen-impact. He then went on to make a lot of action-movies of varying quality, but never became quite the household-name he could have been. Filmography Movies Quicksand (2002) .... Bill Turner Gale Force (2002) (V) .... Jared Dengue Fever (2001) ....Himself Ablaze (2001) .... Daniels Stranded (2001/II) ...... Biography of Guillaume Durand
Guillaume Durand is a French TV host and journalist, born September 23, 1952 in Boulogne-Billancourt.... Biography of Scott Peterson
Scott Lee Peterson (October 24, 1972) is an American man who was convicted of the murder of his wife, Laci Peterson, who had been eight months pregnant at the time, and their unborn son, Conner. Peterson's case dominated the American media for many months. Peterson was sentenced to death in 2005, and remains on death row in San Quentin State Prison awaiting his execution. He has not admitted guilt. Early life Peterson was born in San Diego, California to Lee Arthur Peterson (born 9 May 1939) and his wife, the former Jacqueline Helen Latham (born 16 September 1943). Peterson's father worked for a trucking company, and later owned a packaging business. His mother owned a boutique in La Jolla, California, called The Put On. While a student at University of San Diego High School, he ... Biography of Chace Crawford
Christopher Chace Crawford (born July 18, 1985) is an American actor best known for his role as Nate Archibald in Gossip Girl on The CW. Early life Chace Crawford grew up in Plano, Texas but spent several years during his childhood living in Bloomington, Minnesota. His father is a dermatologist and his mother is a teacher. He has one sibling, a younger sister, Candice Crawford, who is Miss Missouri USA 2008. Crawford played football and golf in high school. He graduated from Trinity Christian Academy in 2003. Although he worked as a model in Dallas, he never pursued modeling. After high school, he moved to Malibu, California, to attend Pepperdine University. He struggled to identify a career path, vacillating between advertising, business and communications majors. Midway through his s... Biography of Jacques Weber
Jacques Weber is a famous French actor, director and screenwriter, born August 23, 1949 in Paris. Filmography 1970 : Lancelot du lac, de Claude Santelli (TV) 1970 : Au théâtre ce soir : Un ange passe, de Pierre Sabbagh (TV) 1971 : Raphaël ou le Débauché, de Michel Deville 1971 : Tartuffe, de Marcel Cravenne (TV) 1972 : Mauprat, de Jacques Trébouta (TV) 1972 : Faustine et le bel été, de Nina Companeez 1972 : L'Humeur vagabonde, d'Édouard Luntz 1973 : État de siège, de Costa-Gavras 1973 : R.A.S., d'Yves Boisset 1973 : Hilda Muramer, de Jacques Trébouta (TV) 1973 : Projection privée, de François Leterrier 1974 : La Femme aux bottes rouges, de Juan Luis Buñuel 1975 : Une femme fatale, de Jacques Doniol-Valcroze 1975 : I Baroni, de Gian Paolo Lomi 1975 : Aloïse... Biography of Jerry Springer
Gerald Norman "Jerry" Springer (born February 13, 1944) is an English-born American celebrity; a former Democratic mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio; musician; television personality; and host of the controversial television tabloid talk show bearing his name, The Jerry Springer Show. He is also the current host of America's Got Talent and the co-producer of The Steve Wilkos Show. Early years Springer was born in East Finchley tube station, London, England in 1944. His parents, Margot and Richard Springer, were Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany. In January 1949, he emigrated to the United States, settling in Kew Gardens, Queens, New York. He attended Forest Hills High School. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Tulane University in 1965, majoring in political science. He earned a Juris Doctor (J... Biography of Andy Bell (musician)
Andrew Piran Bell (Born 11 August 1970, in Cardiff, Wales) is a British musician formerly of Ride, a 1980s and 90s British shoegazing band, and Hurricane #1. He currently plays Bass guitar and is a songwriter for Oasis, following the departure of Paul McGuigan in 1999. However, on latest albums, the band have taken less clearly defined roles and Bell was able to contribute guitar on his tunes.... Biography of Jean-Pierre Cassel
Jean-Pierre Cassel (October 27, 1932 - April 19, 2007) was a French actor, born in Paris. The son of a doctor father and opera singer mother, Cassel was discovered by Gene Kelly as he tap danced on stage, and later cast in the 1957 film "The Happy Road". Then Cassel gained fame in the late 1950s as a hero in comedies by Philippe de Broca. During the 1960s and 1970s he worked with Claude Chabrol (La Rupture), Luis Buñuel (as Stéphane Audran's husband in Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie), Ken Annakin (as Frenchman in Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines), Gérard Brach (as Claude Jade's lover in The Boat on the Grass), Richard Lester (as King - married to Geraldine Chaplin - in The Three Musketeers), Sidney Lumet (as Pierre in Murder on the Orient Express), Joseph Losey (wi... Biography of Geoffrey Rush
Geoffrey Roy Rush (born 6 July 1951) is an Academy Award- and Emmy Award-winning Australian actor. He is the first Australian-born person to win an Academy Award for acting. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Early life Rush was born in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, the son of Merle (née Kiehne), a department store sales clerk, and Roy Baden Rush, an accountant for the Royal Australian Air Force. His parents divorced when he was five, and his mother subsequently took him to live with her parents in the suburbs. Before he began his acting career, he attended Everton Park State High School. He began his acting career with the Queensland Theatre Company in Brisbane. In 1975, Rush took off for Paris for a couple of years, and studied mime and pantomime at the famous Jacques Le Coq School Of Mime, ... Biography of Frank Lampard
Frank James Lampard, Jr. (born 20 June 1978) is an English football player currently at Chelsea and previously with West Ham United and Swansea City. Lampard was born in Romford, East London, England. He is the son of Frank Lampard Sr., the former England full back and two-time FA Cup winner with West Ham United. His family is related to another famous footballing family, the Redknapps. Lampard was educated at Brentwood School, a boys' independent school in Brentwood, Essex. A current England national team regular, he has won the English Premiership twice (with Chelsea, 2004–05 and 2005–06), the FA Cup (with Chelsea, 2007) twice the League Cup (with Chelsea, 2005 and 2007), the FA Community Shield (with Chelsea, 2005), and the UEFA Intertoto Cup (with West Ham, 1999). In November ... Biography of Dean Cain
Dean Cain (born as Dean George Tanaka on July 31, 1966 in Mount Clemens, Michigan) is an American actor who is best known for his role as comic book legend Superman in the television series Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, in which he co-starred with Teri Hatcher. Height : 6' (1.83 m) Cain was born in Mount Clemens, Michigan to actress Sharon Thomas and U.S. Army serviceman Roger Tanaka. His parents divorced before he was born, but his mother later married film director Christopher Cain, and moved to Malibu, California. Christopher Cain adopted Dean and his brother, musician Roger Cain. The couple later had a daughter, Dean's half-sister, actress Krisinda Cain. At Santa Monica High School, Cain excelled in sports. When he graduated in 1984, he turned down 17 athlet... Biography of Sakis Rouvas
Sakis Rouvas (Σάκης Ρουβάς; born January 05, 1972) is a Greek singer and former athlete. He was born on the island of Corfu. Rouvas was signed in 1991 by record company Polygram. A few months later, he performed at the Thessaloniki Song Festival. His first single was called Par?ta. He has won several awards at the Hellenic Music Awards including Best New Singer, Best Song and Best Stage Performance. He has also played a role in reconciliation efforts with Turkey. In 1997, he performed on stage with Turkish singer Burat Kut in a concert in UN-controlled territory on Cyprus. For this, he was awarded the International Ipekçi Prize for understanding and co-operation. During his athletic career, he was a member of the national Gree... Biography of Vincent Peillon
Vincent Benoît Camille Peillon (born 7 July 1960 at Suresnes) is Minister for Education in the French Government. He is a longstanding French politician and since 2004 has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for North West France (allied with the Socialist Party and the Party of European Socialists). Career Highest postgraduate teaching qualification in Philosophy (1986) Doctor of Philosophy (1992) Lecturer in Philosophy (1984–1997) Economic research director at the CNRS (national centre for scientific research) (2002–04) Secretary of the Socialist Party's group of experts (1993–94) Seconded to the First Secretary of the Socialist Party (1995–97) National research secretary of the Socialist Party (1997–2000) Socialist Party national spo... Biography of Billy Connolly
William "Billy" Connolly, CBE, (born 24 November 1942) is a Scottish comedian, musician, presenter, and actor. He is sometimes known, especially in his native Scotland, by the nickname The Big Yin (The Big One). The nickname was first used during Connolly's adolescent years to differentiate between himself and his father, William Connolly, Sr. Background Birth and early years Connolly was born at 65 Dover Street ("on the linoleum, three floors up") in Anderston, Glasgow to Mary "Mamie" McLean, a hospital cafeteria worker, and William Connolly, an instrument technician and the son of an Irish immigrant. In 1946, with their son barely four years old, Connolly's mother abandoned him and his sister while his father was away for the war. He and his sister, Florence ("Flo"), were then lo... Biography of Patrick Macnee
Patrick Macnee (born February 6, 1922) is an English-American actor. Height : 6' (1.83 m) Early life Macnee, an only child, was born Daniel Patrick Macnee in London, the son of Dorothea Mary (Hastings), who was related to the Earls of Huntingdon, and Daniel "Shrimp" Macnee, a race horse trainer. From his maternal connection Macnee has long suggested that he may be a distant relation of Robin Hood, sometimes said to have been a black sheep of the Huntingdon family. Macnee's great-grandfather was Scottish portrait artist Sir Daniel Macnee. His parents divorced after his mother declared her lesbianism and had a live-in partner (referred to in Macnee's memoirs as "Uncle Evelyn") who helped pay for young Patrick's schooling. He was educated at Eton College, was commissioned as a Lieu... Biography of Seve Ballesteros
Severiano "Seve" Ballesteros Sota (Spanish pronunciation: ; 9 April 1957 – 7 May 2011) was a Spanish professional golfer, a World No. 1 who was one of the sport's leading figures from the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s. He gained attention in the golfing world in 1976, when at the age of 19 he finished second at the British Open. A member of a gifted golfing family, Ballesteros won five major championships between 1979 and 1988, the British Open three times, and The Masters twice. He was also successful in the Ryder Cup, helping the European team to five wins both as a player and captain, and won the World Match Play Championship a record-tying five times. He is best known for his great short game, and his erratic driving of the golf ball. He is generally regarded as the greatest Spanish golfe... Biography of Ron Paul
Ronald Ernest "Ron" Paul (born August 20, 1935) is an American physician and Republican Congressman for the 14th congressional district of Texas. Paul serves on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, the Joint Economic Committee, the Committee on Financial Services and is Chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy where he has been an outspoken critic of American foreign and monetary policy. He has gained prominence for his libertarian positions on many political issues, often clashing with both Republican and Democratic Party leaders. Paul has run for President of the United States twice, first in 1988 as the nominee of the Libertarian Party and again in 2008 as a candidate for the Republican nomination. He is the founder of the advocacy group Campa... Biography of Gerald Ford
Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. (July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006) was the 38th President of the United States (1974–1977), and is, to date, the only person to occupy that office who had been elected neither to the presidency nor the vice-presidency. Ford was the first person appointed to the vice presidency under the terms of the 25th Amendment, and, after serving as the 40th Vice President (1973–1974) of the United States for less than a year, became President upon Richard Nixon's resignation. Prior to 1973, he served for over eight years as the Republican Minority Leader of the House of Representatives; he was first elected to Congress in 1948 from Michigan's 5th congressional district. Height: 1m83 (6'). In foreign policy, the Helsinki Accords marked a move toward detente in the Cold W... Biography of David Byrne
David Byrne (born May 14, 1952 in Dumbarton, Scotland) is a Grammy Award, Academy Award and Golden Globe winning musician best known as a founding member and the principal songwriter of the New Wave band Talking Heads. He lives in New York City. Early years Byrne was born in Dumbarton, Scotland on May 14, 1952. Two years later, his parents moved to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, then Arbutus, Maryland when he was 8 or 9 years old. He graduated from Lansdowne High School in southwest Baltimore County. He then attended the Rhode Island School of Design for one year before dropping out and forming Talking Heads in 1974 with fellow RISD students Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth, later joined by Jerry Harrison. He also attended the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland for one ... Biography of Grégory Basso
Grégory Basso, born April 20, 1974 in Manosque, was the winner of French TV reality Show Greg le Millionnaire in 2003. He begins his career in theatre to become an actor. He participated in February 2010 in La Ferme Célébrités, the French version of the international tv format The Farm, produced in France by Endemol and broadcast on TF1.... Biography of Warren G. Harding
Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was an American politician and the 29th President of the United States, from 1921 to 1923. A Republican from Ohio, Harding was an influential newspaper publisher. He served in the Ohio Senate (1899–1903) and later as lieutenant governor of Ohio (1903–1905) and as a U.S. Senator (1915–1921). His political leanings were conservative, which enabled him to become the compromise choice at the 1920 Republican National Convention. During a campaign held in the aftermath of World War I, he promised a return to "normalcy"; in the 1920 election, he defeated his Democratic opponent, fellow Ohioan James M. Cox, by a landslide, 60.36 % to 34.19%. As president, he appointed a strong cabinet that included Charles Evans Hughes, Andrew Me... Biography of Karlie Kloss
Karlie Elizabeth Kloss (born August 3, 1992) is an American model and ballet dancer. Kloss is ranked 4th on the Top 50 Models Women List by models.com. Vogue Paris declared her one of the top 30 models of the 2000s. Early life and discovery Kloss was born in Chicago, Illinois, and her family moved to suburban St. Louis, Missouri in 1995. Before making it as a model, Kloss studied at Caston's Ballet Academy in 2002, a prestigious dance school in St. Louis. She soon became very talented at dance, and was in a number of performances such as the Nutcracker. Kloss has called her classical ballet training "a beautiful thing" that taught her how to move in the modeling world and was a great training ground for her runway walk. When Kloss was 13, she was discovered at a charity fashion... Biography of Skeet Ulrich
Brian Ray "Skeet" Ulrich (born January 20, 1970) is an American actor who stars in the CBS drama Jericho. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Early life Ulrich was born Brian Ray Trout in Lynchburg, Virginia and was raised in Concord, North Carolina by his mother, Carolyn Elaine Wax (née Rudd), who owns the special-events marketing agency Sports Management Group. Ulrich's father is a restaurateur and his first step-father was former NASCAR driver and team owner D. K. Ulrich. His mother has since re-married to Edward Lewis Wax. Ulrich's uncle is NASCAR NEXTEL Cup driver Ricky Rudd (who is his mother's brother) and his maternal grandfather was Alvin Ray Rudd, Sr., the president of Al Rudd Auto Parts. The nickname "Skeet" originated from the nickname "Skeeter" he was given by his Little League coach b... Biography of Ian Fleming
Ian Lancaster Fleming (May 28, 1908 – August 12, 1964) was a British author, journalist and Second World War Navy Commander. Fleming is best remembered for creating the character of James Bond and chronicling his adventures in twelve novels and nine short stories. Additionally, Fleming wrote the children's story Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and two non-fiction books. Ian Fleming was born in Mayfair, London, to Valentine Fleming, a Member of Parliament, and his wife Evelyn Ste Croix Fleming (née Rose). Ian was the younger brother of travel writer Peter Fleming and the older brother of Michael and Richard Fleming (1910–77). He also had an illegitimate half-sister, the cellist Amaryllis Fleming. He was the grandson of Scottish financier Robert Fleming, who founded the Scottish American Investme... Biography of Juan Carlos Ferrero
Juan Carlos Ferrero Donat (born February 12, 1980) or JCF is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Spain. He captured the men's singles title at the French Open in 2003, and in September that year he became the 21st player to hold the World No. 1 ranking. He has also been a runner-up at two other Grand Slams during his career. His nickname is "Mosquito" due to his speed and wiry, strong physique. Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in) Weight 72 kg (158 lb) Tennis career Born in Onteniente, Ferrero came to prominence in 1998 making final of the Roland Garros juniors losing to Fernando Gonzalez finishing the year ranked the number 17 junior. He made his professional debut in 1999, making an immediate splash by reaching the semi-finals of his first tour event in Casablanca. He ma... Biography of Young Buck
David Darnell Brown (born March 15, 1981), better known as Young Buck, is an American rapper who is a member of the rap group G-Unit. Early life Young Buck started rapping at the age of 12. It was not until the age of fourteen that he started recording in the studio. Although he was in the studio, recording, he was also well known on the streets because he used to deal drugs in his neighborhood. The older drug dealers then gave him the nickname, "Young Buck", due to the fact that although he was dealing drugs at an early age he was also making money. Brian "Baby" Williams spotted Young Buck at the age of sixteen having a rap battle and took on the young rapper. It was not long before Buck left high school and was recording along with the rest of the Cash Money Crew. Juvenile and You... Biography of Andy Griffith
Andy Samuel Griffith (born June 1, 1926) is an iconic American actor, producer, writer, director and southern gospel singer. He gained prominence in the starring role of A Face in the Crowd before he was better known for his starring roles, playing the title characters in the 1960s sitcom, The Andy Griffith Show, for CBS and in the 1980s and 1990s legal drama, Matlock, on NBC and later ABC. Griffith was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush on 9 November 2005. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Early life Griffith, an only child, was born in Mount Airy, North Carolina, the son of Geneva (née Nunn) and Carl Lee Griffith. At a very young age, Griffith had to live with relatives until his parents could afford to get a home of their own. Without a crib or a bed, Andy sl... Biography of David Lee Roth
David Lee Roth (sometimes referred to as "Diamond Dave") (born October 10, 1954, Bloomington, Indiana) is an American rock vocalist, songwriter, actor, author, and former radio personality, best known for his work with the band Van Halen. After leaving Van Halen, Roth started his own career as a solo artist. His early albums were well received, but starting in the early 1990s, subsequent releases fared successively worse as popular musical tastes changed and Roth's band underwent numerous personnel changes. Roth has re-united with Van Halen, and the group is currently touring North America. In 2008, an album and further worldwide touring are proposed to follow. Early life David Lee Roth is the son of the late Nathan Roth, a prominent ophthalmologist, and Sibyl Roth. He is the brothe... Biography of John Entwistle
John Alec Entwistle (October 9, 1944 – June 27, 2002) was an English bass guitarist, songwriter, singer, and horn player, who was best known as the bass guitarist for rock band The Who. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most influential rock bassists of all time, creating an aggressive lead sound that helped influence contemporary and later bassists such as Steve Harris, Lemmy, Geddy Lee, John Paul Jones, Phil Lesh, Noel Redding, Billy Sheehan, Chris Squire, Markus Grosskopf and Mike Watt. Entwistle helped uncover the potential of the bass guitar as a lead instrument, using aggressive pentatonic lead lines, and a trebly sound virtually unheard of in the early 1960s. He pioneered the use of roundwound steel bass strings, made to his personal specifications by RotoSound. His searc... Biography of Belle Gunness
Belle Sorenson Gunness (born as Brynhild Paulsdatter Størseth, November 22, 1859, Selbu, Norway- probably died circa 1931, Los Angeles, California, United States) was one of America's most profligate known female serial killers. At 6 ft (1.83 m) tall and over 200 lb (91 kg), she was a powerful Norwegian-born woman. She may have killed both of her husbands and all of her children (on different occasions), but she is known to have killed most of her suitors, boyfriends, and her two daughters Myrtle and Lucy. Her apparent motives involved collecting life insurance benefits. Reports estimate that she killed more than twenty people over several decades--some claim more than one hundred--and possibly got away with it. Early years Belle Gunness' origins, like much of her life story, are sh... Biography of George Peppard
George Peppard, Jr. (October 1, 1928 – May 8, 1994) was a popular American film and television actor. Height: 6' (1.83 m) He secured a major role early in his career when he starred alongside Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), but he is probably best known for his role as Col. John "Hannibal" Smith in the 1980s television show The A-Team, where he is the cigar-chomping leader of a renegade commando squad. Early life George Peppard, Jr. was born in Detroit, Michigan. The son of building contractor George Peppard, Sr. and opera singer Vernelle Rohrer; he graduated from Dearborn High School in Dearborn, Michigan. Peppard enlisted in the Marine Corps at 17 and rose to the rank of Acting Gunnery Sergeant in the Artillery, leaving the Marines at the end of his first to... Biography of Dwight Yoakam
Dwight David Yoakam (born October 23, 1956) is an American country music singer, songwriter, and actor. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Yoakam was born in Pikeville, Kentucky, and raised in Columbus, Ohio, growing up with his mother and step-father, who had a white-collar job in the automotive industry. He graduated from Columbus' Northland High School on June 9, 1974. During his high school years, he excelled in both music and drama, regularly securing the lead role in school plays, such as "Charlie" in the stage version of Flowers for Algernon, honing his skills under the guidance of teacher-mentors Jerry McAfee (music) and Charles Lewis (drama). Outside of school, Yoakam sang and played guitar with local garage bands, and frequently entertained his friends and classmates as an amateur comedia... Biography of Darren Aronofsky
Darren Aronofsky (born February 12, 1969 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American film director, screenwriter and film producer. Early life Aronofsky was born in the Brooklyn borough of New York City to Abraham "Abe" Aronofsky and Charlotte, both school teachers. His father taught science and was a dean at Bushwick High School. He graduated from Edward R. Murrow High School, during which he was selected to attend Camp Rising Sun, the Louis August Jonas Foundation's international summer scholarship program. Upon graduating early, he backpacked around the Middle East, Europe and Guatemala for six months and, in 1987, entered Harvard University where he studied anthropology, live action film and animation. His senior thesis film, Supermarket Sweep, starred his fellow student and friend Se... Biography of Bret Easton Ellis
Bret Easton Ellis (born March 7, 1964 in Los Angeles, California) is an American author. He is considered to be one of the major Generation X authors and was regarded as one of the so-called literary Brat Pack, which also included Tama Janowitz and Jay McInerney. He has called himself a moralist, although he has often been pegged as a nihilist. His characters are young, generally vacuous people, who are aware of their depravity but choose to enjoy it. The novels are also linked by common, recurring characters, and dystopic locales (such as Los Angeles and New York). He was born March 7, 1964 in Los Angeles and raised in Sherman Oaks in the San Fernando Valley, the son of Robert Martin Ellis, a wealthy property developer, and Dale Ellis, a housewife. His parents divorced in 1982. He was ... Biography of Eric Szmanda
Eric Kyle Szmanda (born July 24, 1975 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American actor, best known for playing forensic geek Greg Sanders in the popular crime drama television series CSI. Szmanda grew up in the small town of Mukwonago, Wisconsin, with his two brothers, Rob and Brett, where he graduated from high school in 1993. Eric's great-uncle, Ray Szmanda, is a local radio personality in Wisconsin and a regional television ad figure known unofficially as "The Menards Guy". He also attended Carroll College in Wisconsin. Once in college he received the role of "Lysander" in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. After college, Szmanda moved to Los Angeles and was cast for a guest role on the drama The Division and starred in the television series The Net on USA Network. Eric is... Biography of Jacques Plante
Joseph Jacques Omer "Jake the Snake" Plante (born January 17, 1929 in Shawinigan Falls, Quebec; died February 27, 1986 in Sierre, Switzerland) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Weight: 175 lb (80 kg) Assessments and contributions Jacques Plante began playing in the NHL in 1952 for the Montreal Canadiens, where he became well known and played the majority of his career. He was a flamboyant, popular player, known for raising his arms high over his head in a "V" victory salute when his team won a key game. He also knitted as a hobby (something which did not ingratiate him to Toe Blake) and had made himself several tuques , which he wore during games in his junior hockey days! Despite chronic asthma, Plante was one of the greatest goalies... Biography of Tim McGraw
Samuel Timothy "Tim" McGraw (born May 1, 1967) is an American country singer. With many of his albums and singles topping the country music charts, Tim has achieved total album sales in excess of 40 million units. He is married to country singer Faith Hill and is the son of former baseball player Tug McGraw. His trademark hit songs include "Indian Outlaw", "Don't Take the Girl", "I Like It, I Love It", "Something Like That", "It's Your Love" (featuring his wife, Faith Hill), and "Live Like You Were Dying". As of 2006, McGraw had nine consecutive albums to debut at Number One on the Billboard albums charts; Twenty-six singles to hit number 1 on the Billboard Hot Country 100 chart; three singles named the #1 country song of the year; ("It's Your Love", "Just To See You Smile", and "Live L... Biography of Rick Nelson
Eric Hilliard "Ricky" Nelson, later known as Rick Nelson (May 8, 1940 –December 31, 1985), was one of the first American teen idols. Early years Born in Teaneck, New Jersey to a Swedish-American family, he was the younger son of Ozzie Nelson, the leader of a big band, and Harriet Hilliard Nelson, the band's singer. Along with brother David Nelson, the family starred in the long-running radio and television series The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet from 1944 to 1954 on the radio, and 1952 to 1966 on television. However, David and Ricky Nelson did not join the cast until 1949; for the first five years of the radio show, the sons were played by professional actors. Career Ricky Nelson began a rock and roll music career in 1957. He recorded his debut single, the Fats Domino song "I'm... Biography of James Van Der Beek
James William Van Der Beek, Jr. (born March 8, 1977) is an American television and film actor, known for his role as Dawson Leery in Dawson's Creek. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Early life Van Der Beek was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, the son of Jim, then professional baseball player in the Dodgers Minor League system , and Melinda, a gymnastics teacher and former professional dancer. His father retired from baseball shortly after James' birth and took a job with the phone company as sales account manager. The family then moved to Cheshire Connecticut, where James played american football, baseball, ran track and field and even had a brief stint on the diving team. He mowed lawns around the neighborhood to earn money, and earned a full academic scholarship to the private school Cheshir... Biography of Saffron Burrows
Saffron Dominique Burrows (born October 22, 1972) is an English actress. Early life Burrows was born in London, England, to a politically active family; both of her parents are Socialists. Her father is an architect and teacher and her mother, Susie, is a teacher and feminist. At age fifteen, she was discovered by a modeling talent scout (she stands about 6 feet tall), and she began a successful modeling career. Career Burrows debuted in the film Welcome to the Terra Dome as Jodie, then had a role in the movie In the Name of the Father (1993). Her first significant acting role was as an ambitious Irish lass in Circle of Friends (1995), which also featured Chris O'Donnell and Minnie Driver. Subsequently she appeared in Hotel de Love. In 1999, she appeared in the sci-fi Wing Comma... Biography of Sam Neill
Sam Neill, DCNZM, OBE (born 14 September 1947) is a New Zealand film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for the title role of Reilly, Ace of Spies, and for playing the adult Damien in Omen III: The Final Conflict and paleontologist Doctor Alan Grant in Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park III. Most recently he is in the Showtime production of The Tudors as Cardinal Wolsey. Early life Neill was born Nigel John Dermot Neill in Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, the second son of Dermot Neill, a Harrow and Sandhurst-educated army officer and third generation New Zealander, and his English wife, Priscilla. At the time of Neill's birth, his father was stationed in Northern Ireland, serving with the Irish Guards. The family were the owners of Neill and Co., the largest liquor ret... Biography of Xavier Gravelaine
Xavier Gravelaine (born October 5, 1968 in Tours) is a French football manager and former football player, who played for many clubs in France and Europe and for France national team . He was sometimes seen as a mercenary because of the impressive number of teams he played for but often appreciated by supporters.After his retirement, he became a coach at FC Istres, but did not manage to save the team from the relegation.He is currently a consultant on France Televisions. Height: 183 cm (6')... Biography of Sugar Ray Robinson
Sugar Ray Robinson (born Walker Smith Jr., May 3, 1921 – April 12, 1989) was a professional boxer. Generally regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time, Robinson's performances at the welterweight and middleweight divisions prompted sportswriters to create "pound for pound" rankings, where they compared fighters regardless of weight. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990. Robinson was 85-0 as an amateur with 69 of those victories coming by way of knockout, and started his professional career 128-1-2 with 84 knockouts. Robinson held the world welterweight title from 1946 to 1951, and won the world middleweight title in the latter year. He retired in 1952, only to come back two and a half years later and regain the middleweight title in 1955. He then b... Biography of Georges Corraface
Georges Corraface (Greek: Γιώργος Χωραφάς, Giórgos Choraphás) (born December 7, 1952 in Paris, France) is a French-Greek actor who has had an international career in film and television, following many years in French theatre, notably as a member of the famed Peter Brook Company. His film credits include To Tama, Escape from L.A., La Pasión Turca, Vive La Mariée, Impromptu, Christopher Columbus and a feature film debut in The Mahabharata. His most famous television appearances include La Bicyclette Bleue, L'Ete Rouge and The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Corraface's multi-cultural background enables him to work extensively in French and Greek, his native languages, as well as in English, Spani... Biography of Raz Degan
Raz Degan (born August 25, 1968 in Afula) is an Israeli actor and former model. His girlfriend is Polish actress Kasia Smutniak. He broke up with Paola Barale after 6 years. Filmography # Deauville (2010) (pre-production) .... Lawrence # Barbarossa (2009) .... Alberto da Giussano # Albakiara (2008) .... Ispettore Castri # Centochiodi (2007) .... Il professorino ... aka "One Hundred Nails" - Canada (English title) (festival title) # Alexander (2004) .... Darius III ... aka "Alexander Revisited: The Final Cut" - USA (recut version) ... aka "Alexander: Director's Cut" - USA (censored version) # Giravolte (2001) .... Bo ... aka "Freewheeling in Roma" - International (English title) # Titus (1999) .... Alarbus # "Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna" (1998) TV series .... Prince Fort... Biography of Devon Sawa
Devon Edward Sawa (born September 7, 1978) is a Saturn Award-winning Canadian actor. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Sawa was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, the son of Joyce, a homemaker, and Edward Sawa, a refrigeration mechanic. His father is of Polish descent and his mother is "a little bit of everything". Sawa is the oldest of three children. He started his career in 1992 as a children's action toy spokesperson and was a very successful teen star during the 1990s. His most notable Hollywood film roles were Casper, Idle Hands, and Final Destination. He was featured on the covers of many teen magazines such as Tiger Beat and others during the height of his fame. In 2000, he portrayed the role of Stan, the obsessed Eminem fan in the music video "Stan" alongside singer Dido who played S... Biography of William Friedkin
William Friedkin (born August 29, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois) is an Academy Award-winning American movie and television director, producer and screenwriter best known for directing The Exorcist and The French Connection in the early 1970s. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Career After seeing the movie Citizen Kane as a boy, Friedkin became fascinated with movies and began working for WGN-TV immediately after high school. He eventually started his directorial career doing live television shows and documentaries, including The People vs. Paul Crump which won several awards and contributed to the commutation of Crump's death sentence. In 1965 Friedkin moved to Hollywood and two years later released his first feature film, Good Times starring Sonny and Cher. Several other "art" films followed (includ... Biography of Terence Stamp
Terence Henry Stamp (born July 22, 1938) is an English actor. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Early life Stamp, the eldest of five children, was born in Stepney, London, to Ethel Ester Perrott and Thomas Stamp, a tugboat captain. The family lived in the East End of London. His brother, Chris, is a rock 'n roll impresario credited with helping to bring The Who to prominence during the 1960s. Because his father was away for long periods with his job in the Merchant Navy, the young Stamp was mostly raised by his mother, grandmother, and aunts. He grew up idolizing the film actor Gary Cooper after his mother had taken him to see Beau Geste at the age of three. He was also inspired by James Dean. On leaving school Stamp worked in a variety of advertising agencies in London, working his way up to ... Biography of Douglas MacArthur
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur (January 26, 1880 – April 5, 1964) was an American general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army. He was a Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and later played a prominent role in the Pacific theater of World War II, receiving the Medal of Honor for his early service in the Philippines and on the Bataan Peninsula. He was designated to command the proposed invasion of Japan in November 1945, and when that was no longer necessary he officially accepted their surrender on September 2, 1945. MacArthur oversaw the occupation of Japan from 1945 to 1951. Although criticized for protecting Emperor Hirohito and the imperial family, he is credited with implementing far-ranging democratic changes in that country. He led the United Nati... Biography of Allison Janney
Allison Brooks Janney (born November 19, 1959) is an Emmy-winning American actress, perhaps best known for her portrayal of C. J. Cregg on the American television series The West Wing and of Prudy Pingleton on the 2007 film adaption of the musical Hairspray. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Personal life Janney was born in Dayton, Ohio to Macy (née Putnam), a former actress and homemaker, and Jervis Spencer Janney, Jr., a real estate developer and jazz musician. She has two older brothers, Jay and Hal. She attended The Miami Valley School in Dayton, where she was named a distinguished alum in 2004 and the Hotchkiss School in Connecticut. She then attended Kenyon College. She went on to study drama at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. She att... Biography of Hank Williams
Hank Williams (September 17, 1923 – January 1, 1953) was an American singer-songwriter and musician who has also become an icon of country music, and was one of the most influential musicians and songwriters of the 20th century. A leading pioneer of the honky tonk style, he had numerous hit records, and his charismatic performances and succinct compositions increased his fame. His songbook is one of the backbones of country music, and several of his songs are pop standards as well. He has been covered in a range of pop, gospel, blues and rock styles. His premature death at the age of twenty-nine helped fuel his legend. His son (Randall) Hank Williams, Jr., nicknamed 'Bocephus', his daughter Jett Williams, and his grandchildren Hank Williams III, Holly Williams, and Hilary Williams are also... Biography of Dave Chappelle
David Khari Webber Chappelle (born August 24, 1973) is a comedian, screenwriter, television/film producer, and actor. In 2003, he became widely known for his popular sketch comedy television series, Chappelle's Show. Early life Chappelle was born in Washington DC. His father, William David Chappelle III, was a professor at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. His older brother is named Abdullah. His mother, Yvonne K. (née Reed), was a professor at Howard University and the University of Maryland and is also a Unitarian Universalist minister. Chappelle grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland and attended Woodlin Elementary school. During young Chappelle's formative years, his comic inspiration came from various comedy idols, particularly Eddie Murphy and Richard Pryor. After his pare... Biography of Sydney Pollack
Sydney Pollack (born July 1, 1934) is an Academy Award-winning American film director, producer and actor. He has directed over 21 films and 10 television shows, acted in over 30 films or shows, and produced over 44 films. Pollack is best known for directing films Out of Africa (Academy Awards, 1985), Tootsie (1982), Three Days of the Condor (1975), The Way We Were and Jeremiah Johnson (1972), along with newer films The Interpreter (2005), Sabrina (1995 film), The Firm (1993) and Havana. He has appeared in over 15 films, including The Interpreter (2005), Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Husbands and Wives (1992), The Player and The Electric Horseman (1979). Height: 6' (1.83 m) Personal life Pollack was born in Lafayette, Indiana to a family of Jewish immigrants from Russia, the son of Rebecca... Biography of Glen Campbell
Glen Campbell (born 22 April 1936, Delight, Arkansas) is a Grammy Award, Dove Award winning American country pop singer and guitarist and occasional actor, best known for a series of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for hosting a television variety show called The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television. Campbell's hits include "Gentle On My Mind", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman", "Southern Nights" and "Rhinestone Cowboy". Campbell made history by winning a Grammy in both country and pop categories in 1967: “Gentle On My Mind” snatched the country honors, and "By The Time I Get To Phoenix" won in pop. He owns trophies for Male Vocalist of the Year from both the CMA and the ACM, and took the CMA’s top honor as Entertainer of the Year. During his 40 years... Biography of Billy Dee Williams
Billy Dee Williams (born April 6, 1937) is an American actor. Early life Williams was born William December Williams, Jr. in New York City, New York, the son of Loretta, a West Indian-born elevator operator, and William December Williams, Sr. a Texas-born janitor. He has a sister, Loretta, and grew up in Harlem, where he was raised by his maternal grandmother while his parents worked at several jobs. Williams graduated from Manhattan's School of Performing Arts. Career His first big break was in the acclaimed television movie, Brian's Song in which he played Gale Sayers. His next hit came in 1972 when he played Billie Holliday's husband Louis McKay in Motown Productions' Holliday biopic Lady Sings the Blues. Diana Ross starred in Lady Sings the Blues opposite Williams; Motown pa... Biography of Judd Hirsch
Judd Hirsch (born March 15, 1935) is an American Academy Award-nominated, Emmy-winning actor, known for playing the character Alex Reiger on the acclaimed television comedy series Taxi. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Personal life Hirsch was born in the Bronx, New York, the son of Sally (née Kitzis) and Joseph Sidney Hirsch, an electrician. Hirsch was raised in a Jewish family; his father was an immigrant from Russia. Hirsch was married to his first wife from 1957 to 1958. He married Bonnie Chalkin in 1992. Hirsch has two children, Alexander and Montana Eve. Career For his performance in Taxi, in 1981 and again in 1983, Judd Hirsch won the Emmy Award for Lead Actor In a Comedy Series. Hirsch went on to play the title character on the modestly successful sitcom Dear John and in 1989 won ... Biography of Claude Pompidou
Claude Pompidou (November 13, 1912 Château-Gontier - July 3, 2007 Paris) was the widow of former French President of France Georges Pompidou.... Biography of Kenny Rogers
Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers (born August 21, 1938, in Houston, Texas) is a prolific American country music singer, photographer, producer, songwriter, actor and businessman. He has been very successful, charting more than 70 hit singles across various music genres and topping the country and pop album charts for more than 420 individual weeks in the United States alone. Two of his albums, The Gambler and Kenny are featured in the About.com poll of "The 200 Most Influential Country Albums Ever". He was voted the "Favorite Singer of All-Time", in a 1986 joint poll by readers of both USA Today and People. He has received hundreds of awards for both his music and charity work. These include AMAs, Grammys, ACMs and CMAs, as well as a lifetime achievement award for a career spanning ... Biography of George Steinbrenner
George Michael Steinbrenner III (born July 4, 1930 in Rocky River, Ohio), often known as "The Boss", is an American billionaire businessman and the principal owner of Major League Baseball's New York Yankees. George graduated from Culver Military Academy High School then got his B.A. from Williams College. Afterwards he did post graduate study at The Ohio State University (1954-55), where he met his wife, and served as a graduate assistant to legendary Buckeye football coach Woody Hayes. He has two sons Hank Steinbrenner and Hal Steinbrenner. Height: 6' (1.83 m) His outspokenness and role in driving up player salaries have made him one of the sport's most controversial figures, though his willingness to spend to build the club (and its post-season success since 1976) have earned him ... Biography of Bruce Dern
Bruce MacLeish Dern (born June 4, 1936) is an Academy Award-nominated American screen actor. Dern is the father of actress Laura Dern and was formerly married to actress Diane Ladd. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Early life Dern was born in Chicago, Illinois to John Dern and Jean (MacLeish). His paternal grandfather was George Dern, a former Utah governor and Secretary of War and his uncle was poet Archibald MacLeish. His godfather was well-known politician Adlai Stevenson and his godmother was Eleanor Roosevelt. Career One of Dern's first film roles was in the Sydney Pollack picture They Shoot Horses, Don't They? in 1969. He played the enemy and killer of John Wayne's character in The Cowboys, and starred along with Jack Nicholson in The King of Marvin Gardens. Dern is generally regard... Biography of William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was an American politician, the twenty-seventh President of the United States, the tenth Chief Justice of the United States, a leader of the progressive conservative wing of the Republican Party in the early 20th century, a pioneer in international arbitration and staunch advocate of world peace verging on pacifism, and scion of a leading political family, the Tafts, of Ohio. Taft served as the Solicitor General of the United States, a federal judge, Governor-General of the Philippines, and Secretary of War before being nominated for President in the 1908 Republican National Convention with the backing of his predecessor and close friend Theodore Roosevelt. His presidency was characterized by trust-busting, strengthening the In... Biography of Dan Quayle
James Daniel "Dan" Quayle (born February 4, 1947) was the forty-fourth Vice President of the United States under George H. W. Bush (1989–1993). He unsuccessfully sought the Republican Party Presidential nomination in 2000. Early life Quayle was born in Indianapolis, Indiana to Martha Corinne Pulliam and James C. Quayle. He has often been incorrectly referred to as James Daniel Quayle III. In his memoirs, he points out that his birth name was simply James Daniel Quayle. The name Quayle originates from the Isle of Man. His maternal grandfather, Eugene C. Pulliam, was a wealthy and influential publishing magnate who founded Central Newspapers, Inc., owner of over a dozen major newspapers such as the Arizona Republic and The Indianapolis Star. James C. Quayle moved his family to Arizona... Biography of John Carpenter
John Howard Carpenter (born January 16, 1948) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, film score composer and occasional actor. Carpenter has worked in numerous film genres, and is considered one of the most accomplished and influential horror and science fiction directors in Hollywood. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Early life Carpenter was born in Carthage, New York, the son of Milton Jean (née Carter) and Howard Ralph Carpenter, a music professor. He and his family moved to Bowling Green, Kentucky in 1953. He was captivated by movies from an early age, particularly the westerns of Howard Hawks and John Ford, as well as 1950s low budget horror and science fiction films, such as Forbidden Planet and The Thing from Another World and began filming horror shorts on 8 mm film even b... Biography of Ving Rhames
Irving Rameses "Ving" Rhames (born May 12, 1959) is a Golden Globe-winning American actor. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Early life Rhames was born in New York City, New York to African-American parents Reatha, a homemaker, and Ernest Rhames, an auto mechanic. He was named after retired NBC journalist Irving R. Levine and grew up in Harlem, Manhattan. A good student, Ving entered New York's High School of Performing Arts, where he discovered his love of acting. After high school he studied drama at SUNY Purchase where he met fellow actor Stanley Tucci, who gave him his nickname "Ving". He later transferred to Juilliard, where he began his career in New York theater. Career Rhames first appeared on Broadway in the play The Winter Boys in 1984. Ving continued his rise to fame through his... Biography of Campbell Scott
Campbell Scott (born July 19, 1961) is an American actor, director, producer, and voice artist. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Scott was born in New York City, New York, the son of George C. Scott, an actor, director, and producer, and Colleen Dewhurst, a Canadian-born actress. His brother is Alexander Scott. As an actor, Scott co-starred in the movie Dying Young (in which his mother also appeared) alongside Julia Roberts. He also appeared in the movie Singles. In 1996, he teamed up with Stanley Tucci to direct the film Big Night. The film met with much critical acclaim and was nominated for the "Grand Jury Prize" at the Sundance Film Festival. For their work, Scott and Tucci won both the New York Film Critics Circle Award and the Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best New Director. ... Biography of Josh Peck
Joshua Michael Peck (born November 10, 1986) is an American actor and comedian. He started out as a child actor in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and became known to young audiences after his role on the The Amanda Show as well as in the films Snow Day and Max Keeble's Big Move. He also starred in the very successful children's sitcom, Drake & Josh, and recently appeared in the films Drillbit Taylor and The Wackness. Biography Early life Peck was born in the Hell's Kitchen area of New York City, New York, where he attended The Professional Performing arts school( where other stars such as Alicia Keys attended). His parents were unmarried at the time of his birth and Peck never knew his father. He grew up with his mother, Barbara, who is a career coach, and his maternal grandmothe... Biography of Lloyd Bridges
Lloyd Vernet Bridges, Jr. (January 15, 1913 - March 10, 1998) was an American actor. Bridges had success as a star in television series, and appeared in more than 150 films. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Early life Bridges was born in San Leandro, California to Lloyd Vernet Bridges, Sr., who was involved in the California hotel business and once owned a cinema, and Harriet Evelyn (Brown). He graduated from Eureka Senior High school in 1931. Bridges studied political science at UCLA, where he met his future wife, Dorothy Dean Simpson; the two married in 1938. They were married on St. Pete's Beach at sunrise. Career Bridges made his Broadway debut in 1939 in a production of Shakespeare's Othello. He was blacklisted briefly in the 1950s after he admitted to the House Un-American Activitie... Biography of Alan Shearer
Alan Shearer OBE (born 13 August 1970 in Gosforth) is a retired professional English footballer who played as a striker for the England national team and Premiership clubs, Southampton, Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United. Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) During his career he enjoyed successes at both club and international level and also in his personal life, becoming one of the most prolific strikers of all time. In total he scored 422 goals for club and country, averaging 25 goals a season for each of his 17 seasons as a player. Shearer currently holds the Premier League goalscoring record with 260 goals. He announced his international retirement following England's exit from Euro 2000 but continued to play for Newcastle United until 2006, when he retired completely from football. ... Biography of Eli Roth
Eli Raphael Roth (born April 18, 1972) is an American film director, producer, writer and actor. He is part of the group of filmmakers dubbed the Splat Pack, because of their association and their focus on the horror genre. Roth is known for making extremely violent, low-budget horror box office hits, and for bringing the "Hard R" horror film to cinemas. Roth's films have been worldwide box office and DVD hits, despite their lack of budgets and stars. The source for his birth time is http://famous-relationships.topsynergy.com/Eli_Roth/AstroData.asp Early life Roth was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Dr. Sheldon Roth, a psychiatrist/psychoanalyst and professor at Harvard University, and Cora Roth, a painter. He had a Jewish upbringing. Roth began shooting films at the age of eight ... Biography of Ricky Ross
Ricky Ross (born Richard Ross, 22 December 1957 in Dundee, Scotland) is a male singer and songwriter, most famously with the Scottish rock band, Deacon Blue. Ricky Ross is the co-founder of Scottish rock/pop band Deacon Blue. He formed the group in 1985 when he was told by music industry folk he would need to form a band to showcase his increasing repertoire of material. Up to this point he had played keyboards in a local band called Woza. In 1984, and before the formation of Deacon Blue, Ross had released a solo album, So Long Ago on the Glasgow independent label Sticky Records. After the band's breakup in 1994, Ross resurrected his solo career and Epic released his second solo album What You Are in 1996. As Ross's first solo album So Long Ago was a very minor release What You Are b... Biography of Jason Donovan
Jason Sean Donovan (born June 1, 1968, Malvern, Melbourne) is an Australian actor and singer. In the UK, he has sold in excess of 3 million records, where his debut album Ten Good Reasons was the highest selling album of 1989 with sales of over 1.5 million copies. He has also had four UK no.1 singles, one of which was "Especially For You", his 1988 duet with Kylie Minogue. In more recent years, he has mainly worked as a leading man in stage musicals in the UK. His father is Terence Donovan, also a well-known Australian actor who also appeared in Neighbours as Doug Willis, and his mother is Sue McIntosh. His half-sister is current Neighbours star Stephanie McIntosh. Donovan attended the De La Salle College, Malvern. His partner since 1997 and the mother of his children is Angela Malloch,... Biography of Christopher Gorham
Christopher Gorham (born August 14, 1974, in Fresno, California is an American actor. He attended Roosevelt School of the Arts and graduated from UCLA with a BA in Film & Theater Arts. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Gorham has appeared in a number of science fiction TV series, ranging from a starring role in Odyssey 5 to a lead role in Jake 2.0. He also had roles on Party of Five and Felicity. Gorham has also been in a few films, including the 2001 film The Other Side of Heaven, co-starring Anne Hathaway. He also has done voice-overs for some computer and video games. Gorham played Harrison John in the WB series Popular, Dr. Miles McCabe in the NBC drama Medical Investigation, and played the lead role in the short lived CBS series Out of Practice. He was also the lead of ABC Family's origina... Biography of Leslie Grantham
Leslie Michael Grantham (born April 30, 1947, in Camberwell, England) is a British actor best known for playing "Dirty" Den Watts in the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 1985 to 1989 and again from 2003 to 2005. Early life Grantham was born in Camberwell, London and enlisted in the British Army in 1965, at the age of 18. On 3 December 1966 he attempted to rob a German taxi driver, Felix Reese. A struggle between Grantham and the driver followed, and Reese died from a gunshot wound to the head. In his statement to the police following his arrest, he claimed that he did not know the gun was loaded and it had gone off during a struggle with the taxi driver. He was subsequently convicted of murder, a surprise verdict after being advised by his lawyer that a manslaughter verdict would probabl... Biography of Jennie Finch
Jennie Finch (born September 3, 1980), or occasionally using her husband's name, Daigle, is an American softball player. She is widely regarded as the most famous softball player of all time. As of 2004, she is a pitcher for USA Softball, and pitched on the team that won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Early years Born in Bellflower, California, Finch has been playing softball since she was five years old and has been pitching since she was eight. At La Mirada High School, Finch lettered four times in softball, and twice each in both basketball and volleyball. (As a senior, she was the captain of all three sports.) As a sophomore, she was an All-CIF Div. II choice in softball and an All-Suburban League selection, which was quite a great honor for her. Her dad, Doug Finch, w... Biography of Marcello Lippi
Marcello Lippi, Commendatore OMRI, (born April 11, 1948) is an Italian World Cup-winning football coach and former player. Born in Viareggio, in northern Tuscany, he served as Italian national team head coach from July 16, 2004 to July 12, 2006 and led Italy to win the FIFA World Cup 2006. He resigned from this position following his victory after dismissing widespread calls for him to remain in the position by saying "I believe that I have achieved what I set out to achieve as the coach of the Italian team".. Career Playing career In a professional career as a midfielder that started in 1969, Lippi spent most of his playing years with Sampdoria, where he played consecutively from 1969 to 1980, except for a year loan at Serie C side Savona. In 1980 he joined Pistoiese, being par... Biography of Fred Rogers
Fred McFeely Rogers (March 20, 1928 – February 27, 2003) was an American educator, minister, songwriter and television host. Rogers was the host of the internationally acclaimed children's television show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, in production from 1968 to 2001. As Mister Rogers, he became an iconic presence to millions of viewers worldwide. Rogers was also an ordained Presbyterian minister. Throughout his life, he was an advocate for the education and welfare of children. Personal life Rogers was born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, a town located 40 miles (65 km) southeast of Pittsburgh. He was born to James and Nancy Rogers; he spent many years as an only child. He spent much of his free time as a child with his grandfather, Fred McFeely, and had an interest in puppetry and music. He ... Biography of Cameron Crowe
Cameron Bruce Crowe (born July 13, 1957) is an Academy Award winning American writer and film director. Before moving into the film industry, Crowe was contributing editor at Rolling Stone magazine, for which he still frequently writes. Crowe has made his mark with character-driven, personal films that have been generally hailed as refreshingly original and void of cynicism. Michael Walker in the New York Times called Crowe "something of a cinematic spokesman for the post-baby boom generation" because his first few films focused on that specific age group, first as high schoolers and then as young adults making their way in the world. Crowe's debut screenwriting effort, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, grew out of a novel he wrote while posing for one year undercover as a student at Cl... Biography of Dack Rambo
Dack Rambo (b. Norman Rambo, November 13, 1941, in Delano (source Imdb), California – March 21, 1994, Delano, California) was an American actor, most notable for appearing as Jack Ewing in the TV Series Dallas from 1985 until his dismissal in 1987 and as Grant Harrison on the NBC soap opera Another World from 1990 to 1991. Height: 6' (1.83 m) He had a twin brother, Dirk Rambo, who died in 1967. After being diagnosed with HIV in 1991 he acknowledged being bisexual and campaigned for AIDS awareness until his death. Rambo died on March 21, 1994 due to complications from AIDS. Partial filmography Another World (1964) (TV series) (1990–1991) Dallas (1978) (TV series) (1985–1987) Paper Dolls (1984) (TV series) All My Children (1970) (TV series) (1982–1983) Sword of Justic... Biography of Brendan Fehr
Brendan Jacob Joel Fehr (born October 29, 1977) is a Canadian actor. He is known for his roles as Michael Guerin on the WB television series Roswell and as Laboratory Tech Dan Cooper in CSI:Miami (which stars former Roswell co-star Adam Rodriguez). Height: 6' (1.83 m) Personal life Fehr was born in New Westminster, British Columbia to a mother who worked as a correctional case manager. He attended the Mennonite Brethren Collegiate Institute and lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife, Jennifer (wed July 2006). He is an animal lover and had a dog named Opa, incidentally a female. His favourite sports are skiing, snowboarding and playing ice hockey and his favourite band is Metallica. He previously dated Roswell co-star Majandra Delfino during filming of the series and is a cl... Biography of Dane Cook
Dane Jeffrey Cook (born March 18, 1972) is a American stand-up comedian and film actor. He has released five comedy albums: Harmful If Swallowed, Retaliation, Vicious Circle, Rough Around The Edges: Live From Madison Square Garden and Isolated Incident. Retaliation became the highest charting comedy album in 28 years and went double platinum. Cook performed an HBO special in the Fall of 2006, Vicious Circle, a straight to DVD special entitled Rough Around The Edges (which is included in the album of the same name), and has made numerous television appearances. As an actor, Cook has appeared in 15 films since 1997, including Mystery Men and Waiting.... He also starred in major movie roles since 2006 including Employee of the Month and Good Luck Chuck. He also had supporting roles in the ... Biography of Melvil Poupaud
Melvil Poupaud is a French actor, born in Paris, 26 January 1973. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Filmography Un Homme Perdu (2007), by Danielle Arbid, as Thomas Broken English (2007), by Zoe R. Cassavetes, as Julien Melvil (2006), by Melvil Poupaud, as Melvil Time to Leave (2004), by François Ozon Ce film est projeté dans 1 salle(s), as Romain Pronobis (2003), by Melvil Poupaud, as Philippe / his twin Eros thérapie (2002), by Danièle Dubroux, as Bruno Les Sentiments (2002), by Noémie Lvovsky, as Jacques Le Divorce (2002), by James Ivory, as Charles-Henri de Persand Shimkent hotel (2002), by Charles de Meaux, as Alex Reines d'un jour (2001), by Marion Vernoux, as Ben La Chambre obscure (2000), by Marie-Christine Questerbert, as Bertrand Combat d'amour en songe (2000), b... Biography of Ladji Doucouré
Ladji Doucouré (born March 28, 1983 in Juvisy-sur-Orge) is a French athlete of Malian and Senegalese descent. He was a football player and decathlete before specializing in hurdling. He competed in the Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 110 metres Hurdles at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and finished 8th in the final with a result of 13.76 (he fell just before the finish line). Doucouré won the gold medal at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, beating Liu Xiang and veteran Allen Johnson. He (together with Ronald Pognon, Eddy De Lépine and Lueyi Dovy) won another gold medal (in the 4×100 m relay). As of August 2005, he has lowered his personal best to 12.97, which is also the national record. He currently ranks second on the IAAF World Rankings. In Men's 110m Hurdles ... Biography of Jacky Boxberger
Jacky Boxberger, born April 6, 1949 in Châtel-sur-Moselle, died August 9, 2001 in Kenya (trampled to death by an elephant), was a French athlet. Events 42 sélections en équipe de France A Recordman du monde junior du 1500m en 1968, en 3'40"8 ; ce record est toujours d'actualité en France en 2005... Recordman de France du 3000m en 1979, en 7'43"76 Recordman de France du 5000m en 1976, et 1977 en 13'23"59 Meilleure performance française sur 20km route en 1980 Meilleure performance française sur 25km route en 1985, en 1'15'45" Meilleure performance française sur l'heure en 1980, avec 20 km 340 Recordman de France (on dit Meilleure performance française) du marathon en 1985, en 2 h 10'49" Champion d'Europe en salle du 1 500 mètres en 1972 1er du 5000m de Coupe d'Europe... Biography of Adam Rodriguez
Adam Michael Rodríguez (born April 2, 1975 in Yonkers, New York) is an American actor of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent. He grew up in New York City but attended Clarkstown High School North in New City, New York. He graduated in 1993. Rodriguez auditioned for The Cosby Show when he was 10 years old. He dreamed of being a professional baseball player, but was injured in high school. He then turned his attention to acting and performed in a children's theater in New York. He later appeared on Brooklyn South, Law & Order, Felicity, Roswell and NYPD Blue. He also appeared in Jennifer Lopez's 1999 video, "If You Had My Love." His best known role is as Eric Delko in CSI: Miami. He currently appears in Lionel Richie's new music video, "I Call it Love", opposite Nicole Richie. He has also a... Biography of Nelson Eddy
Nelson Ackerman Eddy (June 29, 1901 - March 6, 1967) was an American singer who appeared in 19 musical films during the 1930s and 1940s, as well as in opera and on the concert stage, radio, television, and in nightclubs. Although he was a classically trained baritone, he is best remembered for the eight films in which he costarred with soprano Jeanette MacDonald. During his 40-year career, he earned three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (one each for film, recording, and radio), left his footprints in the wet cement at Grauman's Chinese Theater, earned three Gold Records, and was invited to sing at the third inauguration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He also introduced millions of young Americans to classical music and inspired many of them to pursue a musical career. F... Biography of Jan Ullrich
Jan Ullrich (born December 2, 1973 in Rostock, East Germany) is a German professional road bicycle racer. In 1997, he was the first German to win the Tour de France. He went on to achieve five second place finishes, along with a fourth place (2004) and a third place finish (2005). In 2006, Ullrich was barred from competing in the Tour de France amid speculation of having doped. In late February, 2007, he announced his retirement at a press conference. Many consider Ullrich one of the most talented riders of all time, possessing great power with a soft, athletic style. Despite, or perhaps because of this talent, critics consider Ullrich to be "lazy" as he was notorious for allowing himself to get out of shape during the off season. Ullrich won a gold and a silver medal in the Olympics 20... Biography of Vitas Gerulaitis
Vytautas Kevin Gerulaitis (July 26, 1954 – September 18, 1994) was a professional tennis player from the United States. He is best remembered for winning the men's singles title at the Australian Open in 1977. Gerulaitis was born in 1954 in Brooklyn, NY to Lithuanian immigrant parents, and grew up in Howard Beach, Queens. He attended academic and athletic powerhouse Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens, graduating in 1971. He attended Columbia College of Columbia University for one year before dropping out to pursue tennis full time. In 1977, Gerulaitis won the most significant title of his career at the Australian Open, when he defeated John Lloyd in the men's singles final in five sets. In 1979, Gerulaitis lost in men's singles finals at the US Open to fellow New Yorker John ... Biography of Abdel Gamal Nasser
Gamal Abdel Nasser (Arabic: جمال عبد الناصر - Gamāl ‘Abd an-Nāṣir; - January 15, 1918 – September 28, 1970) was the second President of Egypt from 1956 until his death in 1970. Along with Muhammad Naguib he led the Egyptian Revolution of 1952 which removed King Farouk I, heralding a new period of industrialization in Egypt, and a profound advancement of Arab nationalism, including a short-lived union with Syria. Nasser inspired anti-colonial and pan-Arab revolutions in Algeria, Libya, Iraq, and Yemen and played a major role in founding the Palestine Liberation Organization in 1964, and the international Non-Aligned Movement. Nasser is seen as one of the most important political figures in Arab ... Biography of Hank Aaron
Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron (born February 5, 1934 in Mobile, Alabama), nicknamed "Hammer", "Hammerin' Hank”, or "Bad Henry”, is a retired American baseball player whose Major League Baseball (MLB) career spanned from 1954 through 1976. After playing with the Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro American League and in the minor leagues, Aaron started his Major League Baseball career in 1954. He played 21 seasons with the Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves in the National League, and his last two years (1975-1976) with the Milwaukee Brewers in the American League. Throughout his career, Aaron had many accomplishments and records. His most notable achievement was setting the MLB record for most career home runs with 755, which he held for 33 years until being surpassed by San Francisco Giants outfielder ... Biography of Peter Weller
Peter Weller (born June 24, 1947) is an Academy Award-nominated American film and stage actor, director and lecturer. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Early life Weller was born in Stevens Point, Wisconsin to Dorothy, a homemaker, and Frederick Weller, a lawyer, federal judge, and former helicopter pilot for the Army who often flew President Lyndon B. Johnson. Weller had a "middle-class Catholic" upbringing. As a result of his father's army work, Weller spent many years abroad during his childhood. His family lived in Germany for several years, before eventually moving to Texas. He attended Alamo Heights High School in San Antonio. While enrolled at North Texas State University (now the University of North Texas), he played trumpet in one of the campus bands. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts... Biography of Andy Fordham
Andy Fordham (born February 2, 1962 in London) is an English darts player, also known by his nickname, The Viking. He won the 2004 World Professional Darts Championship, beating Mervyn King in the final. He is also a four-time semi-finalist at the Lakeside, and the 1999 Winmau World Masters champion. Darts career Fordham made his first appearance on the stage at Lakeside in 1995 and made it to the semi-finals before losing to Richie Burnett. Another semi-final defeat followed in 1996, this time to Steve Beaton. On both occasions, his victor went on to claim the title. Second round defeats followed in 1997 (to Marshall James) and 1998 (to Raymond van Barneveld) before he made it a hat-trick of semi-final defeats in 1999, this time to Ronnie Baxter. His 2000 campaign ended in the q... Biography of Jeffrey Donovan
Jeffrey Donovan (born May 11, 1968) is an American television and film actor. Early life Donovan was born in Amesbury, Massachusetts, United States. After graduating from the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) with a B.A. in Theater, he went on to study at New York University, from which he earned an Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in acting. Prior to attending UMass Amherst, Donovan studied at Bridgewater State College, also in Massachusetts. After earning his MFA, Donovan made his film debut in Throwing Down. The film took the top jury prize at The Hamptons Film Festival. Since then, Donovan has been seen in television show guest appearances, such as Homicide: Life on the Street, The Pretender, Witchblade, Monk, CSI: Miami and Law & Order. He has also been in made-for-t... Biography of Jim Reeves
James Travis "Jim" Reeves (August 20, 1923 – July 31, 1964) was an American country and pop singer. Early life & rise to fame Reeves was born James Travis Reeves in Galloway, Texas, a small rural community near Carthage, Texas. He became known as a crooner because of his warm, velvety voice. His songs were remarkable for their simple elegance highlighted by his rich light baritone voice. Songs such as "He'll Have to Go," "Adios Amigo," "Welcome To My World," and "Am I Losing You" demonstrated this approach. Jim Reeves' Christmas songs have been perennial favorites, including songs such as "Silver Bells," "Blue Christmas," and "An Old Christmas Card". For many years, Reeves mixed college life with baseball and music. Influenced by such Western swing artists as Jimmie Rodgers and Moon... Biography of Greg Norman
Gregory John Norman AM (born February 10, 1955) is an Australian professional golfer and entrepreneur who spent 331 weeks as the world's number one ranked golfer in the 1980s and 1990s. He is nicknamed "The Great White Shark," or simply "The Shark," a reference to a shark inhabiting Australian waters as well as Norman's size and aggressive golf style. Height: 183cm Weight: 84kg Career outline Norman was born in Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia to Merv --an English-born Australian, and Toini Norman -- of Eastern-Swedish descent. As a youth, he played sports such as rugby and cricket. His mother Toini Norman was a fine golfer who earned a handicap in the low single digits. Greg Norman took up golf for the first time at age 16, and within a year was playing to a scratch handicap. He b... Biography of Jérémy Toulalan
Jérémy Toulalan (born 10 September 1983 in Nantes) is a French footballer who plays central midfielder for Olympique Lyonnais and the France national football team. Career Toulalan is a pure product of the FC Nantes youth academy, making his first-team debut during the 2001-2002 season against Rennes. He would stay at his hometown club until the end of the 2005-2006 season, when he agreed a transfer to the Olympique Lyonnais, who had just won their fifth consecutive Ligue 1 title. Since joining Lyon, Toulalan has been one of the their most consistent performers, and whilst perhaps naturally a more attacking player, he has taken over the holding role vacated by Mahamadou Diarra's transfer to Real Madrid with great success. International Career Toulalan was a member of the Fren... Biography of Mike Judge
Michael Craig Judge (born October 17, 1962) is an American animator, actor, voice actor, writer, director, and producer, best-known as the creator and star of the hit animated television series Beavis and Butt-head and King of the Hill. He also wrote and directed the films Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, Office Space, and Idiocracy. Biography Born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Judge was raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, where he attended St. Pius X High School. He is the son of anthropologist Jim Judge and teacher/librarian Margaret Blue. Judge graduated with a Bachelor of Science in physics in 1985 from the University of California, San Diego. Mike Judge currently lives in Austin, Texas. Judge also plays bass guitar, occasionally sitting in with bands. Professional career In 1... Biography of Aisha Tyler
Aisha N. Tyler (born September 18, 1970) is an American actress, stand-up comedian and occasional writer. Early life Tyler was born in San Francisco, California, the daughter of Robin Gregory, a teacher, and Jim Tyler, a photographer. Her parents divorced when she was 10 and she was raised by her father. She pursued an early interest in comedy during high school, when she would skip her regular courses to attend local comedy improv classes. She also attended theater classes at San Francisco's School of the Arts High School. She attended Dartmouth College where she earned a degree in government with a minor in environmental policy and was a member of The Tabard, a co-ed fraternity. At Dartmouth, she co-founded and sang in the all-female a cappella group, The Dartmouth Rockapellas, a gro... Biography of Arlo Guthrie
Arlo Davy Guthrie (born July 10, 1947) is an American folk singer. Like his father, Woody Guthrie, Arlo often sings songs of protest against social injustice. Arlo Guthrie's most famous work is "Alice's Restaurant Massacree", a talking blues song that lasts for 18 minutes. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Early life Guthrie was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of folk singer and composer Woody Guthrie and his wife Marjorie Mazia Guthrie, who was a one-time professional dancer with the Martha Graham Company and founder of the Committee to Combat Huntington's Disease. He graduated from the Stockbridge School of Massachusetts in 1965, and briefly attended Rocky Mountain College. "Alice's Restaurant" His most famous work is "Alice's Restaurant Massacree", a talking blues song that lasts 18... Biography of Cary Elwes
Ivan Simon Cary Elwes (born October 26, 1962) is an English actor credited as Cary Elwes, known for his performances in Another Country, The Princess Bride, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Glory, Liar, Liar and Saw. Early life Elwes was born in London. His advertising agent father Dominic Elwes and grandfather Simon Elwes were very well-known British portrait painters. His father had moved in the circles of high society (and been friends with Lord Lucan and Lady Annabel Goldsmith to whom he was also related) before he committed suicide in 1975. His mother, interior designer and shipping heiress Tessa Kennedy, eloped with his father in 1958 at age 19 to great scandal. She is of Croatian and Anglo-Irish extraction. She has been married to Jewish-American Hollywood executive, Elliott Kastner, ... Biography of Huey Lewis
Huey Lewis (born Hugh Anthony Cregg, III on July 5, 1950) is an American musician, songwriter and occasional actor. He sings lead vocals and plays harmonica for his band Huey Lewis & The News, in addition to writing or co-writing many of the band's songs. The band is perhaps best remembered in American popular culture for their third album Sports and their contribution to the soundtrack of the 1985 feature film Back to the Future. Huey Lewis also played with the band Clover from 1972 to 1979. Lewis was born in New York City and raised in Marin County, California, attending Strawberry Point Elementary School (where he skipped second grade) and Edna Maguire Junior High School in Mill Valley. His mother, Magda Cregg, was a Polish refugee and the girlfriend of poet Lew Welch, and his matern... Biography of Macy Gray
Macy Gray (born Natalie Renee McIntyre on September 6, 1967; also credited as Natalie Hinds in her music) is an American R&B, soul, and neo soul singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress, famed for her raspy voice and a singing style heavily influenced by Billie Holiday and Betty Davis. This Year She Will Be Performing At Leicester's Summer Sundae To date, Gray has released four studio albums, one compilation album, and one live album—with her fourth studio album, Big, released in March 2007—, and has received five Grammy Award nominations, winning one. She has appeared in a number of films including Training Day, Spider-Man, and Idlewild. Gray is best known for her international hit single "I Try", taken from her multi-platinum debut album On How Life Is. Career beginnings Gr... Biography of Richard Carpenter
Richard Lynn Carpenter (b. October 15, 1946 in New Haven, Connecticut) is a pop musician who is best known as one half of the brother/sister duo the Carpenters, along with his sister Karen Carpenter. Childhood Richard Carpenter was born on October 15, 1946 in New Haven, Connecticut. He was named after his father's younger brother, Richard Lynn Carpenter. Ironically enough, Carpenter and his uncle married a lady by the name of Mary. He frequently played the piano while his sister, Karen, played baseball outside. He and Karen also liked to listen to the children's records his father bought for him when he was young. He was introduced to Perry Como and Ella Fitzgerald, among many others, and by the age of twelve, he knew he wanted to be in the music industry. The Carpenter family... Biography of James Monroe
James Monroe (April 28, 1758 – July 4, 1831) was the fifth President of the United States (1817-1825). His administration was marked by the acquisition of Florida (1819); the Missouri Compromise (1820), in which Missouri was declared a slave state; and the profession of the Monroe Doctrine (1823), declaring U.S. opposition to European interference in the Americas, as well as breaking all ties with France remaining from the War of 1812. Early years The president’s parents, father Spence Monroe (ca. 1727–1774), a woodworker and tobacco farmer, and mother Elizabeth Jones Monroe had significant land holdings but little money. Like his parents, he was a slaveholder. Born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, Monroe went to school at Campbelltown Academy and then the College of William and Mary,... Biography of Nicole Vaidišová
Nicole Vaidišová (born April 23, 1989 in Nürnberg, West Germany) is a Czech female tennis player. Vaidišová is a star in women's tennis who has been playing since she was six years old. She is a student of Nick Bollettieri and trains at the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton, Florida. Her serve is considered her biggest weapon. As of June 25, 2007, Vaidišová is ranked #10 in the WTA rankings. On August 9, 2006, she moved up in the rankings to #9, becoming the 12th-youngest player in Tour history to crack the Top 10, at 17 years, 3 months, and 2 weeks of age. She achieved her career-high ranking of No. 7 on May 14, 2007. Vaidišová is the face of Reebok and has been featured in their "I Am What I Am" and "Run Easy" campaigns. She also endorses Citizen Watch Co., Ltd and its E... Biography of Jeff Fahey
Jeffrey David Fahey (born November 29, 1952) is an American film and television actor. Early life Fahey was born in Olean, New York, the sixth of thirteen siblings in an Irish American family. He was raised in Buffalo, New York from the age of ten. Fahey left home at the age of seventeen, subsequently hitchhiking to Alaska, backpacking through Europe and working in an Israeli kibbutz. Career Fahey started performing when he won a full scholarship to dance with the Joffrey Ballet. This eventually led to his performing in theaters across the country and on Broadway. He landed his first major role in television playing Gary Corelli on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. In 1985, he received his first major role in film, playing the villain Tyree in Silverado. He then in 1986 playe... Biography of Rick Danko
Richard Clare "Rick" Danko (December 29, 1942 – December 10, 1999) was a Canadian musician and singer, best known as a member of The Band. Early years (1942–1967) The third of four sons, Danko was born at the tail end of 1942 in Green's Corners, a farming community outside of the town of Simcoe, Ontario, to a musical family of Ukrainian Canadians. Growing up (as his future bandmates also did) in front of the family radio, he was exposed to country and R&B music at an early age. His musical heroes included Hank Williams and Sam Cooke. He also drew inspiration from the music of his older brother Maurice (known by family and friends as "Junior"). At the age of 14, Danko left school to pursue music, and also fired his teacher from the band they were in, because he did not have cymbals o... Biography of Steve Guttenberg
Steven Robert Guttenberg (born August 24, 1958) is an American film and television actor. He became known during the 1980s, after a series of starring roles in major Hollywood films, including Cocoon, Three Men and a Baby, Police Academy, and Short Circuit. Guttenberg is one of 12 contestants on the 6th season of Dancing with the Stars. Early life Guttenberg was born in Brooklyn, New York to Ann Iris Newman, a surgical assistant, and Jerome Stanley Guttenberg, an electrical engineer. He had a Jewish upbringing and grew up in North Massapequa, New York, where he graduated from Plainedge High School in 1976. He attended The Juilliard School, State University of New York, and the University of California at Los Angeles. Acting career His studies, which include years with teacher... Biography of John Tyler
John Tyler,Jr. (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) was the tenth (1841-1845) President of the United States. A long-time Democrat-Republican, he was elected Vice President on the Whig ticket and on becoming president in 1841, broke with that party. His term as Vice President began on March 4, 1841 and one month later, on April 4, incumbent President William Henry Harrison died of what is today believed to have been viral pneumonia. Harrison's death left Tyler, the federal government, and the American nation briefly confused on the process of succession. Opposition members in Congress argued for an acting caretaker that would continue to use only the title Vice President. The act of taking over as official president, rather than as acting president, came from the influence of the Harrison c... Biography of Adrian Young
Adrian Samuel Young (born August 26, 1969, Long Beach, California) is the drummer for the rock band, No Doubt. Young's parents were hippies. He has three brothers: Alex, Damian and Aaron. Young was exposed to rock music very early by the 1990s California music scene. He became a fan of the band No Doubt from the start, attending their concerts after they formed in 1987. The same year he began playing the drums. In 1989, No Doubt announced that they were looking for a new drummer, and Young auditioned. At the audition, he lied saying that he had been playing for some time now. Young is known among fans for his affinity for wearing thongs during performances, and rebellious hair (mohawks, etc...) He can often be seen topless and in his thong in the band's music videos. When not p... Biography of Hafez al-Assad
Hafez al-Assad (October 6, 1930 – June 10, 2000) was president of Syria, for three decades. Assad's rule stabilized and consolidated the power of the country's central government after decades of coups and counter-coups. He was succeeded by his son and current president Bashar al-Assad in 2000. Early life Hafez al-Assad was born in the town of Qardaha in the Latakia province of western Syria (then a French Mandate) into a minority Alawite family. He was the first member of his family to attend high school. He attended Jules Jammal High School in Lattakia from which he graduated. He joined the Baath Party in 1946 at the age of 16. Because his family had no money to send him to university, Assad went to the Syrian Military Academy (where he met Mustafa Tlass) and received a free higher ... Biography of Peter Sarsgaard
Peter Sarsgaard (born March 7, 1971) is a Golden Globe Award-nominated American film and stage actor. Known for often playing dark and villainous characters, he has so far predominantly appeared in supporting roles in a wide variety of both low-budget and major studio films, ranging from drama to horror and action thrillers. His most critically praised performance to date was as The New Republic magazine editor, Charles Lane, in Shattered Glass (2003) for which he won several critics' awards such as the Boston Film Critics Award and the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor. Biography Early life Sarsgaard was born at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, where his father was an Air Force engineer. His family moved over twelve times during his childhood, follow... Biography of Joel Coen
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, known collectively as the Coen brothers, are four-time Academy Award winning American filmmakers. For more than 20 years, the pair have written and directed numerous successful films, ranging from screwball comedies (O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Raising Arizona, The Hudsucker Proxy) to film noir (Miller's Crossing, Blood Simple, The Man Who Wasn't There, No Country for Old Men), to movies where those two genres blur together (Fargo, The Big Lebowski, Barton Fink). The brothers write, direct and produce their films jointly, although until recently Joel received sole credit for directing and Ethan for producing. They often alternate top billing for their screenplays while sharing film credits for editor under the alias "Roderick Jaynes". They are known in the film bu... Biography of Timothy Olyphant
Timothy David Olyphant (born May 20, 1968) is an American actor. His prominent roles include Sheriff Seth Bullock in the HBO series Deadwood, the villain Thomas Gabriel in Live Free or Die Hard (also known as Die Hard 4.0) and the lead role in Hitman. He has also had notable roles in Scream 2 and Catch and Release. He's currently starring in the legal drama Damages. Personal life Olyphant was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, the son of Katherine Wright, and raised in California. Olyphant attended Fred C. Beyer High School in Modesto, California. He was a competitive swimmer in high school and at the University of Southern California in L.A., where he studied fine art and theater; he was a finalist at the U.S. National Swimming Championships in the 200 Individual Medley. After graduating, Ol... Biography of Robert Altman
Robert Bernard Altman (February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American film director known for making films that are highly naturalistic, but with a stylized perspective. In 2006, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognized his work with an Academy Honorary Award. His films MASH and Nashville have been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. Early life and career Altman was born in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of wealthy insurance man/gambler Bernard Clement Altman, who came from an upper-class family, and Helen Mathews, a Mayflower descendant from Nebraska. Altman's ancestry was German, English and Irish; his paternal grandfather, Frank Altman, Sr., changed the family name from "Altmann" to "Altman". Altman had a strong Catholi... Biography of Michael Biehn
Michael Connell Biehn (born July 31, 1956) is an American actor, best known for his roles in the Hollywood films such as The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, Tombstone, The Rock and Planet Terror. He also played Officer Randall Buttman on the Emmy-Award winning television series, Hill Street Blues. Personal life Biehn was born in Anniston, Alabama, the son of Marcia (née Connell) and Don Biehn, a lawyer. He has three siblings, Brooks Ann, Jonathon, and Steven. He attended high school in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, and was a member of the high school drama club. He then attended the drama program at the University of Arizona for two years before heading to Hollywood. He has been married twice, first to Carlene Olsen (1980 - 1987), then to Gina Marsh (1988 - ). He is the father of four s... Biography of Pierre Vernier
Pierre-Philippe Rayer, best known as Pierre Vernier, born May 25, 1931 in Saint-Jean-d'Angély, is a French actor. Théâtre Grand ami de Jean-Paul Belmondo depuis le conservatoire, il accompagnera son retour au théâtre dans 1987 : Kean (théâtre) de Jean-Paul Sartre d'après Alexandre Dumas, mise en scène Robert Hossein 1990 : Cyrano de Bergerac d' Edmond Rostand, mise en scène Robert Hossein 1998 : Frédérick ou le boulevard du crime de Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, mise en scène Bernard Murat Filmography Actor 1950 : Juliette ou La clef des songes de Marcel Carné 1956 : Les Copains du dimanche d'Henri Aisner 1958 : Les Affreux de Marc Allégret 1959 : Rue des prairies de Denys de la Patellière 1959 : Les Yeux de l'amour de Denys de la Patellière 1960 : Les Godel... Biography of John Le Carre
John le Carré is the pseudonym of David John Moore Cornwell (born October 19, 1931 in Poole, Dorset, England), an English writer of espionage novels. Le Carré has resided in St Buryan, Cornwall, Great Britain, for more than forty years. Early life and career The son of Richard Thomas Archibald Cornwell (1906–75) and Olive (Gassy) Cornwell, John le Carré was born on October 19, 1931. The actress Charlotte Cornwell is his sister. He began his formal schooling at St. Andrew's preparatory school near Pangbourne, Berkshire, and continued at Sherborne School. From 1948–49, he studied foreign languages at the University of Berne, then studied at Lincoln College, Oxford. He graduated with a B.A. in 1956. He then taught at Eton College for two years; le Carré left Eton in 1959 to spend the next... Biography of Bernard de la Villardiere
Bernard de La Villardière, born March 25, 1958, is a French journalist, TV host and producer.... Biography of Adam Duritz
Adam Fredric Duritz (born August 1, 1964 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American musician and record producer. He is the lead singer and founding member of the rock band Counting Crows. His lyrics have been described as "morose" and "tortured"and as "wordy introspection" and his vocals "expressive." He has also suffered from depression and Dissociative Identity Disorder which contributes to the duration between albums and the inspiration of many of his song lyrics. History Early history Adam Duritz was born in Baltimore, Maryland. Early on he moved to Boston, then El Paso, Texas, and Berkeley, California. Duritz has lived in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Houston, Amsterdam and, most recently, New York City. As a student, he attended Head-Royce School, the Taft School, the University o... Biography of Ron Taylor (actor)
Ronald James Taylor (October 16, 1952 – January 16, 2002) was an American actor, singer and writer. He grew up in Galveston, Texas and later moved to New York to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. After graduating, he began working in musical theater, appearing in The Wiz (1977), before getting his break with the 1982 off-Broadway production Little Shop of Horrors. Taylor voiced the killer plant Audrey II in the show, which ran for five years and over 2,000 performances. Taylor created and starred in the musical revue It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues, which charted the history of blues music, from its African origin to American success. Originally performed at high schools in Denver as a 45-minute piece, the revue was expanded to two hours, played around the country and opened ... Biography of Andrew Garfield
Andrew Russell Garfield (born 20 August 1983) is an American-British actor who has appeared in radio, theatre, film, and television. He is known for his roles in the 2007 films Lions for Lambs and Boy A, as well as 2009's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, and will play Spider-Man/Peter Parker in the 2012 Spider-Man reboot. Garfield is a dual citizen of the U.S. and the U.K. Early life Garfield was born in Los Angeles, California, to a British mother from Essex and an American father from California. His family moved to England three years after he was born. Garfield is Jewish and was raised in a "middle class home". His parents ran a small interior design business; his father later worked as a swimming teacher and his mother as a teaching assistant at a nursery school. Garfield w... Biography of Callum Blue
Daniel James Callum Blue (born August 19, 1977 in London, England) is an English film and television actor best known for his role as grim reaper Mason on Dead Like Me. Probably his most high-profile movie role was in the 2004 film The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement with Anne Hathaway. Filmography Shades (mini) TV series (2000) Nick MacIntyre Young Blades (2001) Aramis In Love and War (2001) Eric Newby Devil's Gate (2003) Rafe The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004) Andrew Jacoby Caffeine (2006) Charlie Knights of Impossingworth Park (2006) Reason Dead Like Me (2008) Television Series & Guest Spots The Bill (1999) ep. "Millennium" Carl Wink Doctors (2000) ep. "Clear View" Denny Where the Heart Is (2001) "Pound of Flesh" Clem Jones As If ser... Biography of Micky Dolenz
George Michael Dolenz, Jr. (born March 8, 1945) is an American actor, musician, television director and theatre director; he is best known for his role as the drummer/vocalist in the 1960s made-for-television band, The Monkees. Early life Dolenz was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of George Dolenz, a Hollywood character actor, and his wife Janelle Johnson. As a child he was diagnosed with Perthes disease. Dolenz began his show business career in 1956 when he starred in a children’s show called Circus Boy under the name Micky Braddock. In the show, he played an orphaned boy who is the water boy for the elephants in his uncle’s one-ring circus at the start of the twentieth century. The program ran for three years, after which Dolenz made sporadic appearances on network TV shows ... Biography of Robert Zemeckis
Robert Lee "Bob" Zemeckis (born May 14, 1952) is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning American movie director, producer and writer. Zemeckis first came to public attention in the 1980s as the director of the comedic time-travel Back to the Future films as well as the live-action/animated film Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), though in the 1990s he diversified into more dramatic fare, including 1994's Forrest Gump, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Director. Height: 6' (1.83 m) His films are characterized by an interest in state-of-the-art special effects, including the early use of match moving in Back to the Future Part II (1989) and the pioneering performance capture techniques seen in The Polar Express (2004). Though Zemeckis has often been pidgeonholed as a director ... Biography of Mark-Paul Gosselaar
Mark-Paul Harry Gosselaar (born March 1, 1974) is an American actor. Gosselaar is best known for his roles as Zack Morris on NBC's Saved by the Bell and detective John Clark on NYPD Blue. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Early life Gosselaar was born in Panorama City, California, his father, Hans, is Dutch and his mother, Paula, is Indonesian. His parents and his three siblings were all born in the Netherlands. He speaks Dutch fluently. Gosselaar began as a child model at age 5. He spent his teenage years in the Santa Clarita Valley in Southern California, where he attended Hart High School. Career Gosselaar first came to public notice in the role of Zack Morris, the star of Saved by the Bell, which aired on NBC from 1989 to 1993. Gosselaar reprised the role in a markedly less successf... Biography of Eric Stoltz
Eric Cameron Stoltz (born September 30, 1961) is a Golden Globe-nominated American actor. He is known for playing either sensitive misfits (Mask, Kicking and Screaming, The Waterdance) or sociopathic criminals (Pulp Fiction, Killing Zoe). Stoltz has also appeared in the movies Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Some Kind of Wonderful, Memphis Belle, The Butterfly Effect, Rob Roy, Little Women, The Rules of Attraction, and The House of Mirth. Early life Stoltz was born in Whittier, California, the son of Evelyn B. (née Vawter), a violinist and schoolteacher who died in 1994, and Jack Stoltz, an elementary school teacher. He has two older sisters, Catherine Stoltz (1954) and Susan R. Stoltz (1957). Eric was raised in both American Samoa and Santa Barbara, California, where, as a kid, he used... Biography of Ryan John Cassidy
Ryan John Cassidy, born February 23, 1966 in Santa Monica, California, is an American actor. He is the son of Jack Cassidy and Shirley Jones. He played on the TV series Facts of Life.... Biography of Thomas Kretschmann
Thomas Kretschmann (born September 8, 1962) is a German actor who has also performed in Hollywood movies. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Early life Kretschmann was born in Dessau, former East Germany. Before he became an actor, Kretschmann trained to become an Olympic swimmer. At the age of 19 he left East Germany and began a month-long trek to West Germany to escape the East German regime. During this trek he lost part of a finger, but it was surgically reattached. Kretschmann crossed four borders with nothing other than his passport and the equivalent of $100 in his possession. Career At the age of 25, he began acting, starring in numerous European films and television series. In 1991, Kretschmann was awarded the Max Ophüls Prize for best young actor for his role in Der Mitwisser. Pop... Biography of Jorge Garcia
Jorge García (born April 28, 1973) is a Latino-American comedian and actor. He first came to public attention with his performance as Hector Lopez on the show Becker, and currently stars as Hugo "Hurley" Reyes in the American television series Lost. García also performs as a stand-up comic. García was born in Omaha, Nebraska to a Chilean father and Cuban mother. He grew up in Southern California and went to San Clemente High School. As a senior, he was selected by the faculty as "Triton of the Year", the highest award given to a graduating senior. He was a prominent character in Troma Studio's film, Tales from the Crapper, in which he portrayed a raccoon-headed young man who is unlucky in love. García was the first actor to be cast on Lost. The producers saw him on Curb Your Enthu... Biography of James Garfield
James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831–September 19, 1881) was the twentieth President of the United States. He had also served as a major general in the United States Army, and as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Garfield was the second U.S. President to be assassinated — Abraham Lincoln was the first. Garfield had the second shortest presidency in U.S. history, after William Henry Harrison's. In office for six months and fifteen days, President Garfield, a Republican, actually served for less than four months before being fatally shot on July 2, 1881. Early life Garfield was born in Orange Township, now Moreland Hills, Ohio of Welsh ancestry. His father, Abram Garfield, died in 1833, when James Abram was 17 months old; he was brought up and cared for by his mother, ... Biography of William Levy (actor)
William Levy (born William Levy Gutiérrez on August 29, 1980) is a Cuban actor and former model. Early life and education Levy was born in Cojimar, Cuba, and is the oldest of four siblings. He is of Jewish ancestry on his paternal grandfather's side. Levy migrated to Miami, Florida, when he was 14. He attended high school, after which he studied business administration on a baseball scholarship. He subsequently went to Los Angeles to study acting and continued his acting studies in Miami and Mexico City (CEA, Televisa). Career Levy worked as a model for the agency Next Models and was featured later in two reality shows broadcast by Telemundo: Isla de la Tentación and Protagonistas de Novela 2. In 2005 he performed at the Centro de Bellas Artes in San Juan Puerto Rico, starring i... Biography of Martin Kemp
Martin John Kemp (born 10 October 1961), brother of Gary Kemp, is an English actor and former pop musician. He was born in Islington, London. Career In the 1980s he and his brother Gary Kemp had a great deal of success in the New Romantic band Spandau Ballet. Their most popular albums included True. He also performed on the popular 1984 famine relief project song "Do They Know It's Christmas", written by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure. He and his brother Gary branched out into acting in 1990, both of them appearing in the British film The Krays in which they played the notorious gangster twins, Ronald and Reginald Kray. Their performances received a great deal of critical acclaim. Since The Krays, Martin Kemp has been in the public eye more than his brother. He moved to Los Angeles in ... Biography of Steve Ballmer
Steve Anthony Ballmer (born March 24, 1956) is an American businessman. He has been the chief executive officer of Microsoft Corporation since January 2000. Ballmer is the second person after Roberto Goizueta to become a billionaire in U.S. dollars based on stock options received as an employee of a corporation in which he was neither a founder nor a relative of a founder. In Forbes 2008 World's Richest People ranking, Ballmer was ranked the 43rd richest person in the world, with an estimated wealth of $15 billion. Steve Ballmer has been known to be very passionate in expressing his enthusiasm. When Microsoft celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2000, Ballmer popped out of the anniversary cake to surprise the audience. His wild screaming and dancing on stage at an employees convention was... Biography of Riley Smith
Riley Smith, born April 12, 1978 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is an American actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0809720/ ) Make It Happen (2008) (post-production) .... Russ Gallowwalker (2009) (completed) .... Fabulos The Madness of Jane (2008) (TV) (completed) .... Dane "Criminal Minds" .... Ryan Phillips (1 episode, 2008) - 3rd Life (2008) TV episode .... Ryan Phillips "Women's Murder Club" .... Jamie Galvan (1 episode, 2007) - The Past Comes Back to Haunt You (2007) TV episode .... Jamie Galvan "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" .... Jordan Rockwell (1 episode, 2007) ... aka CSI: Las Vegas (South Africa: English title: informal alternative title) (USA: syndication title) ... aka C.S.I. (USA: short title) ... aka CSI: Weekends (USA: promotional titl... Biography of Andreï Chevtchenko
Andriy Mykolayovych Shevchenko (Ukrainian: Андрій Миколайович Шевченко, Andrij Mykolajovyč Ševčenko, born 29 September 1976, Dvirkivschyna, Kiev Oblast) is a Ukrainian football striker who plays for Chelsea in the Premier League. In 2004, he won the Ballon D'or and was included in Pelé's FIFA 100. He is the third-highest goalscorer in the history of European club competition with 60, behind Filippo Inzaghi and Gerd Müller. Shevchenko was nine when the Chernobyl nuclear disaster occurred in April 1986. His village was affected by the disaster, and his family was forced to abandon their home and relocate to the coast to escape the... Biography of Terry Farrell
Terry Farrell (born November 19, 1963) is an American actress and former fashion model, best known for her roles in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Becker. The source for her time of birth is http://www.librarising.com/astrology/celebs/terryfarrell.html. Early life Farrell was born Theresa Lee Farrell in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the daughter of Kay Carol Christine Bendickson and Edwin Francis Farrell, Jr. Later, her mother married David W. Grussendorf, who adopted Terry and her sister, Christine. Before becoming a model, she played a Christmas elf at a mall in Cedar Rapids. In 1978, at age fifteen, she left her hometown for a summer in Mexico City as a foreign exchange student. That time in her life made her fond of big cities, so in her junior year of high school, the ... Biography of Charles Grodin
Charles Grodin (born April 21, 1935) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor, comedian, and former cable talk show host. Early life Grodin was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Orthodox Jewish American parents Lena (née Moretsky), who worked as an assistant in the family's store and was a volunteer for disabled veterans, and Theodore Grodin, who sold wholesale supplies. His maternal grandfather, Emanuel Moretsky, was a Russian Jewish immigrant who came from a long line of Rabbis and moved to Pittsburgh at the turn of the 20th century. He has an older brother, Jack. Grodin attended the University of Miami, but did not graduate. His first acting role was in a 1962 Broadway production of Tchin-Tchin. He made his film debut in an uncredited role for Disney's 1954 film 20,000 Leagues ... Biography of Tab Hunter
Tab Hunter (born July 11, 1931) is an American actor and singer who appeared in more than 40 major feature films. Hunter was born Arthur Andrew Kelm in New York City to German immigrants. His father, Charles Kelm, was Jewish and his mother, Gertrude Gelien, a Roman Catholic who later converted to Judaism. Hunter was raised as a Roman Catholic. His father was an abusive man, and within a few years of his birth, his parents divorced and his mother moved with her two sons to California. She reassumed her maiden surname, Gelien, and changed her sons' name to that as well. As a teenager, Hunter was a figure skater, competing in both singles and pairs, and an ardent horseback rider. In later years, Hunter's mother was institutionalized and underwent shock treatments, and he supported her f... Biography of Miguel Ferrer
Miguel José Ferrer (born February 7, 1955) is a Screen Actors Guild Award-winning American actor, who is often typecast in roles as a villain. Early life Ferrer was born in Santa Monica, California, the oldest of five children of Puerto Rican Academy Award-winner José Ferrer and American singer Rosemary Clooney. His siblings are Maria, Gabriel, Monsita, and Rafael (also an actor) and his cousin is actor George Clooney. Ferrer was raised in Hollywood and as a teenager his interests shifted towards music. Ferrer played the drums on Keith Moon's Two Sides of the Moon. Band mate Bill Mumy ("Will Robinson" on the television classic Lost In Space) cast him as a drummer in his first television role, in the series Sunshine. He only took the role because Mother talked him into it. Career ... Biography of Scott Bakula
Scott Stewart Bakula (born October 9, 1954) is an American actor who played leading roles in two science fiction television series: Quantum Leap and Star Trek: Enterprise. He also co-starred with Maria Bello in the short-lived CBS television series Mr. & Mrs. Smith (which bore little relation to the 2005 motion picture of the same title), and had a recurring role in the sitcom Murphy Brown. Early life Bakula was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Sally and J. Stewart Bakula, a corporate lawyer. He graduated from Kirkwood High School in Kirkwood, Missouri in 1973 where he was a good student. During high school, he was active in soccer, tennis, and theatre. Also during high school, he had the lead roles in Godspell and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at First Presbyteri... Biography of Alex Rocco
Alex Rocco (born February 29, 1936) is an American actor. His roles have ranged from comedy to playing gangsters in Mafia movies, the latter fitting in with his reported connections to mob organizations. Early life Rocco was born Alexander Federico Petricone, Jr. in Cambridge, Massachusetts but raised in Somerville, Massachusetts, the son of Mary (née Di Biase; October 1909 - August 1978) and Alexander Sam Petricone. Known by the nickname "Bobo" as a young man, Rocco was reputedly a "fringe member" of the Winter Hill Gang. Rocco was a suspect in the October 1961 murder of Bernie McLaughlin, but was never charged. He moved to California in 1962 and began using the name Alex Rocco. He first worked as a bartender in Santa Monica, California and took acting lessons from actor Leonard Ni... Biography of David Keith
David Lemuel Keith (born May 8, 1954) is a Golden Globe-nominated American actor and director. Career Keith had an early supporting role in the prison film Brubaker. He also appeared in the 1995 film The Indian in the Cupboard as the cowboy "Boo-Hoo" Boone. He also had a supporting role in The Rose, starring Bette Midler, and later co-starred with Richard Gere in An Officer and a Gentleman. Keith also played a local thug in The Great Santini, starred in The Lords of Discipline and White of the Eye, and held a prominent supporting role in U-571 opposite Matthew McConaughey. He played opposite child-star Drew Barrymore in the 1984 hit Firestarter and Brooke Shields in 1992's Running Wild. Keith played Elvis Presley in the 1988 film Heartbreak Hotel. He directed The Curse and The Further ... Biography of Tom Brokaw
Thomas John Brokaw (born February 6, 1940 in Webster, South Dakota) is an American television journalist and author, previously working on regularly scheduled news documentaries for the NBC television network, and is the former NBC News anchorman and managing editor of the program NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw. His last broadcast as anchorman was on December 1, 2004, succeeded by Brian Williams in a carefully planned transition. In the latter part of Tom Brokaw's tenure, NBC Nightly News became the most watched cable or broadcast news program in the United States. Brokaw also hosted, wrote, and moderated special programs on a wide range of topics. Throughout his career, he has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors. Brokaw serves on the Howard University School of Communica... Biography of Nicholas Ray
Nicholas Ray (born Raymond Nicholas Kienzle) (August 7, 1911–June 16, 1979) was an American film director. Career Coming from a radio background, Ray directed his first and only Broadway production, the Duke Ellington musical Beggar's Holiday, in 1946. One year later, he directed his first film, They Live By Night. It was released two years later due to the chaotic conditions surrounding Howard Hughes' takeover of RKO Pictures. An almost impressionistic take on film noir, it was notable for its extreme empathy for society’s young outsiders (a recurring motif in Ray’s films). It was influential on the sporadically popular sub-genre often called “love on the run” movies, concerning as it does two young fugitive lovers on the run from the law. (Other examples are Gun Crazy, Bonnie and Cly... Biography of Robert Beltran
Robert Adame Beltran (born November 19, 1953) is an American actor best known for his role as Commander Chakotay on Star Trek: Voyager. Beltran is the son of first generation Mexican-American parents and refers to himself as being “Latindio” (a portmanteau of Latino and Indio). He was born in Bakersfield, California where he attended East Bakersfield High School and Bakersfield College. He has seven brothers and two sisters, including the well-known Latin Jazz musician Louie Cruz Beltran and is a Christian. Career Beltran graduated from California State University, Fresno with a degree in Theater Arts and moved to Los Angeles to begin his acting career. He has been working steadily since 1979 in both theater and film. Beltran had his first film role in Zoot Suit in 1981, but his ... Biography of John Densmore
John Paul Densmore (born December 1, 1944, in Los Angeles, California) is an American drummer best known as the drummer of the rock group The Doors from 1965 to 1973. He is a drummer and songwriter and attended Santa Monica City College and Cal. State-Northridge. "I've been playing for six years. I took piano lessons when I was ten. They tried to get me to play Bach. They tried for two years. When I was in junior high I got my first set of drums. I played symphonic music in high school (tympani, snare drum), then I played jazz for three years. I used to play sessions in Compton and Topanga Canyon." John Densmore has recently been seen with his jazz group "tribal jazz". A true lover of jazz, John Densmore had released an album with tribal jazz which can only be purchased online. ... Biography of Paul Haggis
Paul Edward Haggis (born March 10, 1953 in London, Ontario) is an Academy Award-winning Canadian screenwriter, producer and film director who spent his early career in the television field writing, producing and directing various American and Canadian television network series. Personal life Haggis is the son of Ted and the late Mary Haggis, onetime owners of London Ontario's former Gallery Theatre at 36 York Street where the younger Haggis cut his teeth in theater production, directing, and playwriting in the early 1970s. He attended St Thomas More Elementary School, St George's Public School, H.B.Beal Secondary School, and Fanshawe College in London before leaving for Los Angeles in 1975 to follow his dream of writing television and movie scripts. According to his father, Ted, it was... Biography of David Niven
James David Graham Niven (March 1, 1910 – July 29, 1983) was an English Academy Award-winning actor best known as the punctuality-obsessed adventurer Phileas Fogg in Around the World in Eighty Days (1956). David Niven was born in London, England. He was the son of William Edward Graham Niven and the French/British Henrietta Julia Degacher who, born in Wales, was the daughter of army officer William Degacher (who changed his original name of Hitchcock to his mother's maiden name of Degacher in 1874 ) and Julia Caroline, the daughter of Lieutenant General James Webber Smith. He was named David for his birth on St. David's Day. Although he often claimed to have been born in Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland in 1909, it was only after his birth certificate was checked following his death that thi... Biography of Sébastien Gattuso
Sébastien Gattuso (born June 28, 1971 in Menton, France) is a Monegasque athlete specializing in the 100 metres. Participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he achieved seventh place in his hundred metres heat, thus failing to secure qualification for the second round. He ran the 100 metres in 10.58 seconds, which was too slow. It was, however, a personal best time and national record. He also competed at the 2002 European Championships, the 2003 World Championships, the 2003 World Indoor Championships and the 2007 European Indoor Championships without reaching the final. His current personal best time is 10.57 seconds, achieved in June 2007 in Marseille. This is also the Monegasque record. He also holds the national records in 200 metres and shot put. He currently holds the Mon... Biography of John Ashcroft
John David Ashcroft (born May 9, 1942) is an American politician who was the 79th United States Attorney General. He served during the first term of President George W. Bush from 2001 until 2005. Ashcroft was previously the Governor of Missouri (1985 – 1993) and a U.S. Senator from Missouri (1995 – 2001). Early life and education Ashcroft was born in Chicago, Illinois, to James Robert Ashcroft and Grace P. Larsen. His father was a minister in an Assembly of God congregation, and served as the the President of Evangel University from 1958-1974, while his mother was a housewife whose parents had immigrated to the United States from Norway. Ashcroft went to school in Springfield, Missouri. He attended Yale University, where he was a member of the Sigma Tau Gamma Fraternity, graduating ... Biography of Manny Ramirez
Manuel "Manny" Aristides Ramírez Onelcida (born May 30, 1972 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a Dominican-American professional baseball player who plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball. A nine-time Silver Slugger, and one of twenty-four people to have hit over 500 career home runs, he is well recognized for his strong offensive abilities. He has the most career grand slams of any active player - and the second most of any player after Lou Gehrig, and has led the American League in three key batting measures: batting average, home runs and runs batted in. For the past eleven years, Ramirez has been a fixture in the All-Star Game, and is a twelve-time All-Star. Ramirez has hit 26 home runs in the postseason in his career, #1 all time. In 2004, he was named the M... Biography of Dan Cortese
Dan Cortese (born September 14, 1967 in Sewickley, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American actor. Prior to becoming an actor, he was a walk-on member of the University of North Carolina football team. His freshman year he traveled with the team to the Aloha Bowl. He graduated with a B.A. in Broadcasting from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Cortese first came to prominence as host of MTV Sports from 1992 to 1997. He has had starring roles in the 1993 remake of Route 66, Traps, Melrose Place, The Single Guy, Veronica's Closet(in which he played "Perry" for three seasons), Rock Me Baby, and Ball & Chain. Cortese appeared in the NBC television series Seinfeld, where he played Elaine's ultra-cool, vapid, good-looking boyfriend. In the episode, he was dubbed a "mimbo" (a m... Biography of Taylor Kitsch
Taylor Kitsch (born April 8, 1981) is a Canadian actor and model. Early life and modeling career Kitsch was born in Kelowna, British Columbia. He has two older brothers and two younger half sisters. Originally set to become a professional hockey player, he played for the Langley Hornets in the Canadian BCHL before a bad knee injury ended his career. He moved to New York in 2002 after receiving an opportunity to pursue modeling with IMG and studied acting there as well. After two years, he signed with production company, Untitled Entertainment. While staying in New York, Kitsch also became certified as a nutritionist and personal trainer. Kitsch has modeled for Diesel and Abercrombie & Fitch. He was in The Covenant alongside Steven Strait, Sebastian Stan, Laura Ramsey, Toby Hemingway... Biography of Daryl Sittler
Darryl Glen Sittler (born September 18, 1950 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League from 1970 until 1985 for the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Philadelphia Flyers and the Detroit Red Wings. Height Weight 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg/13 st 8 lb) Playing career Sittler grew up in St. Jacobs, Ontario and played minor hockey in nearby Elmira. He was drafted out of the Junior C Elmira Sugar Kings by the London Nationals, soon renamed the London Knights, and played under coaches Turk Broda and Bep Guidolin. Sittler was selected eighth overall by the Maple Leafs in the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft. After struggling in his first two seasons in the NHL—including suffering a broken wrist in his rookie year—Sittler bec... Biography of Jane Lynch
Jane Lynch (born July 14, 1960) is an American comedienne, actress and singer. She is known for her roles in comedies such as Best in Show and The 40-Year-Old Virgin, and for her recurring roles as Dr. Linda Freeman, Charlie's sarcastic therapist on Two and a Half Men and as Spencer Reid's mother Diana Reid on Criminal Minds. She is currently appearing as Sue Sylvester in the Fox musical-comedy series Glee. She also provided the voice for one of the female ogres in Shrek Forever After. Early life Lynch was born and raised in Dolton, Illinois, the daughter of a housewife mother and a banker father. She was raised in an Irish Catholic family and attended Thornridge High School. She received her bachelor's degree in theatre from Illinois State University and her MFA from Cornell Univer... Biography of Brendan Hansen
Brendan Joseph Hansen (born August 15, 1981 in Havertown, Pennsylvania) is an American swimmer who specializes in the breaststroke. He is a four-time Olympic medalist and multiple record holder. He attended St. Denis School in Havertown, PA. Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Weight: 189 pounds (86 kg) Despite setting the world record in the 100 and 200 meter breaststroke at the 2004 U.S. Olympic trials, he did not manage to win a gold medal in either event at the 2004 Summer Olympics, as he settled for silver in the 100 and bronze in the 200. He would win a gold in those games for his role in the world-record setting 4 x 100 medley relay. His split on the relay turned out to be one of the fastest in history. At the 2005 World Aquatics Championships, Hansen won gold in the same three e... Biography of Jason Connery
Jason Joseph Connery (born January 11, 1963) is an English actor. Born in London, he is the son of actors Sean Connery and Diane Cilento. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Career Jason's acting career in television and film is minor compared to his father. He has also done much theatre work. He made his film debut in the 1983 film The Lords of Discipline. He appeared in the Doctor Who serial Vengeance on Varos in 1985. Jason also portrayed Robin Hood (a role his father had taken on in the film Robin and Marian) in the final season of the television series Robin of Sherwood in 1986. He portrayed James Bond creator Ian Fleming in the 1990 television drama Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming. (Fleming created the James Bond character which was the role that made his father Sean Connery a sta... Biography of David Anders
David Anders (born David Anders Holt on March 11, 1981) is an American television and stage actor. He is best known for his role as Julian Sark on Alias, and for his role as Adam Monroe on Heroes. Although Anders is American, both of these noted roles required him to use an English accent. Biography Early life Anders was born in Grants Pass, Oregon, to parents Dr. Tony and Jeri Holt. Anders is the youngest of four children, he has three older siblings; a biological brother, an adopted brother, and an adopted sister. Anders began acting in school plays at a young age but spent most of high school playing sports such as basketball and tennis. When he was a senior in high school, at 17, he played Philip the Apostle in a regional theater production of Jesus Christ Superstar. Whe... Biography of Harlem Désir
Harlem Désir (born 25 November 1959 in Paris) is a French politician and Member of the European Parliament for the Île-de-France. He is a member of the Socialist Party, part of the Party of European Socialists. Harlem Désir is member of the Capital Tax, Fiscal Systems and Globalisation Intergroup of the European Parliament, to whom was presented Denis Robert and Ernest Backes's book, Revelation$, in March 2001 . He was the first president of the French anti-racist organisation SOS Racisme between 1984 and 1992.... Biography of Fouad Chouki
Fouad Chouki (born 15 October 1978 in Strasbourg) is a French middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. He won a bronze medal at the 2001 Mediterranean Games in Tunis and finished fourth at the 2002 European Championships in Munich. He then reached the final at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, but was disqualified as he tested positive for erythropoietin. The IAAF handed him a suspension from September 2003 to September 2005. Chouki's claims the substance was injected into his body by an unknown individual led the French Athletics Federation to cut his ban by six months. However, the claim was rejected by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. His personal best time is 3:30.83 minutes, achieved in August 2003 in Zürich.... Biography of Julien Pillet
Julien Pillet (born 28 September 1977 in Dijon, Burgundy) is a French sabre fencer. He is a two-time Olympic medalist as he won the gold in the team event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Four years earlier he won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, again in the sabre team event. Pillet won the individual bronze medal at the 2006 European Seniors Fencing Championship and the gold medal in the sabre team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Spain in the final. He accomplished this with his team mates Vincent Anstett, Nicolas Lopez and Boris Sanson. Other achievements 2006 European Seniors Fencing Championship, individual sabre 2006 World Fencing Championships, team sabre... Biography of Scott Glenn
Theodore Scott Glenn (born January 26, 1941) is an American actor known for appearing in supporting roles. His roles include Wes Hightower in Urban Cowboy (1980), astronaut Alan Shepard in The Right Stuff (1983), Commander Bart Mancuso in The Hunt for Red October (1990), and as Jack Crawford in The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Biography Early life Glenn was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Elizabeth, a homemaker, and Theodore Glenn, a business executive. He grew up in Appalachia and has Irish and Native American ancestry. During his childhood he was regularly ill, and for a year was bed-ridden. Through intense training programs he got over his illnesses, including a limp. After graduating from a Pittsburgh high school, Glenn entered College of William and Mary where he... Biography of Dann Florek
Dann Florek (born Ezekial Dann Florek on May 1, 1950 in Flat Rock, Michigan) is an American actor and director. Known as a "folk-punk" singer in the seventies, Dann Florek also played on underground scenes in NYC as an actor. He first worked with french director Gregoire Benimeli, and with "the Greenwich Factory" on the show "How I killed my french grandfather" where he was introduced as La Fayette, drinking and eating french food during three hours. Then Florek worked his way up from the classical theatre into supporting roles in such diverse '80's films as Sweet Liberty, Moon Over Parador, and Angel Heart, thanks to producer Richard L. Parks who had seen "How I killed my french grandfather". After a brief stint as the boring husband of Susan Ruttan on NBC's hit drama L.A. Law, Flor... Biography of Winsor Harmon
Winsor Harmon aka Winsor Dewey Harmon III, born on November 22, 1963, in Crowley, Louisiana), is an American actor. Career Harmon portrayed Del Henry on the program All My Children from 1994 to 1995. He is best known for his work as Thorne Forrester on the American soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful; he took over the role from Jeff Trachta in December 1996. He has made appearances on Baywatch Nights and Acapulco H.E.A.T.. Harmon told Soap Opera Digest about his guest stint on H.E.A.T.: "That was such a silly show. It was so embarrassing but it was a free trip to Mexico... I hung out with John McCook the whole time and I kept watching all these people from other countries asking for his autograph. I'm thinking to myself, 'Who the hell is this guy?' So one night, we were drinking C... Biography of Michael Shanks
Michael Garrett Shanks (b. December 15, 1970, Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian actor who achieved fame for his role as Dr. Daniel Jackson on the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1. He also provided the voice of the recurring character Thor on the same series. Biography Early life After graduating from the University of British Columbia with a B.A. in Fine Arts in 1994, Shanks played in several stage productions, serving a two year apprenticeship with the prestigious Stratford Festival in Ontario. He made guest appearances on TV series like Highlander, University Hospital, and The Outer Limits. He also played in the TV movie A Family Divided and The Call of the Wild before accepting his role in Stargate SG-1. Career Shanks played Daniel Jackson throughou... Biography of Costas Mandylor
Costas Mandylor (born 3 September 1965) is an Australian actor. He was born Costas Theodosopoulos in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, the son of Louise (née Mandylaris) and Yannis Theodosopoulos, a taxi driver. Originally remembered as deputy Kenny in Picket Fences, Mandylor is best known lately for playing Hondshew in Beowulf and Detective Lieutenant Mark Hoffman in Saw parts 3, 4, and 5. He and actor brother Louis Mandylor shared the screen together as homicidal ghost siblings in the fourth season episode "Saving Private Leo" of Charmed. Costas is also an avid soccer fan and plays occasionally with Hollywood United F.C., a team composed of mostly celebrities and former professionals. Filmography Triumph of the Spirit (1989) ... Avram Arouch Mobsters (1991) The Doors (1991... Biography of Bradley James
Bradley James (born 11 October 1983) is an English actor from Exeter, Devon. He made his television debut in the ITV series Lewis in 2008 and is best known for portraying the role of Prince Arthur in the television show Merlin. Television career Bradley made his first appearance in an episode of Lewis in 2008. He also played the part of Ben Davies in the BBC Three drama Dis/Connected. He trained at Drama Centre London. His breakthrough came when he was chosen to play Prince Arthur, a teenage boy who would later become the legendary King Arthur, in the BBC One fantasy TV series Merlin, alongside fellow young actor Colin Morgan, who plays the protagonist in this series. In an interview, he stated that he had enjoyed being involved with the stunts; however, he had "picked up more tha... Biography of Dennis Bergkamp
Dennis Nicolaas Maria Bergkamp (born May 10, 1969 in Amsterdam) is a retired Dutch professional footballer. At club level he played for Ajax, Internazionale, Arsenal and also represented the Netherlands at international level. Bergkamp played most of his best games as a support striker, where his tactical awareness and deft passes made him a great exponent of the game from the 'hole'. He was selected by Pelé as one of the FIFA 125 greatest living players and is widely regarded as one of the English Premier League's all-time greatest players. In 2007 he was inducted into the English Football Hall of Fame, the first ever Dutch player to receive the honour. He has also finished third in the FIFA Player of the Year award twice. Early life Raised in a flat in western Amsterdam, Bergkamp was... Biography of Marc Lièvremont
Marc Lièvremont (born October 28, 1968 in Dakar, Senegal) is a former rugby union footballer who is currently head coach of the French national rugby union team. He played as a back-row forward for France, gaining 25 caps from 1995 to 1999, and was selected in France's 1999 Rugby World Cup squad. He also played with the French Rugby Sevens team and with the French Barbarians. Born in Senegal to a militarian father from Franche-Comté and a mother from Lorraine, he was raised in Argelès-sur-Mer with his six younger brothers and one younger sister who all play or played rugby at different high levels. Two are or have been international rugby players: Thomas (who was also part of France's 1999 Rugby World Cup squad and is now coach of Dax) and Matthieu. The only girl of the family, Claire, ... Biography of Sammy Sosa
Samuel Sosa Montero (born November 12, 1968 in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic) is a right fielder in Major League Baseball and is currently a free agent. Sosa's Major League career began when he broke in with the Texas Rangers in 1989. In the intervening years, he has played for the Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs and Baltimore Orioles. He ended the 2005 with 588 career home runs, placing him fifth on the all-time home run list. After sitting out the 2006 season, Sosa signed with the Rangers in a comeback attempt in early 2007, and he made the team as a designated hitter. While playing for the Rangers on June 20, 2007, against the Cubs, his former team, Sosa hit his 600th home run, becoming the 5th player in professional baseball to achieve that mark. He is also the all-time h... Biography of Robert Goulet
Robert Gerard Goulet (November 26, 1933 – October 30, 2007) was a Grammy- and Tony Award- winning Canadian entertainer. He rose to international stardom in 1960 as Lancelot in Lerner and Loewe's hit Broadway musical Camelot. His long career as a singer and actor encompassed theatre, radio, television and film. Early life Goulet was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, the only son of French Canadian parents Jeanette (née Gauthier) and Joseph Georges André Goulet, a laborer. Shortly after his father's death, his mother, sister Claire, and Robert moved to Girouxville, Alberta, Canada when he was thirteen years old, where he spent his formative years throughout Canada. After living in Girouxville for several years, they moved to the provincial capital of Edmonton so that he could take adva... Biography of D.B Sweeney
Daniel Bernard "D. B." Sweeney (born November 14, 1961) is an American actor. Early life Sweeney was born on Long Island, New York and raised in Shoreham to an educator father and a municipal government employee mother. He attended Shoreham-Wading River High School where he was a member of Omega Gamma Delta Fraternity. He attended both Tulane and New York University. Though he had trouble getting sizeable roles in student productions, upon his graduation he was immediately cast in the Broadway revival of The Caine Mutiny Court Martial. Career Sweeney went on to guest star on such television series as The Edge of Night and Spenser: For Hire before entering films, where he portrayed an idealistic, gung-ho Vietnam enlistee in Francis Ford Coppola's Gardens of Stone (1987). While he... Biography of Colin Quinn
Colin Quinn (born June 6, 1959 in Brooklyn, New York) is an Irish-American comedian, best known for his five years in the cast of Saturday Night Live. Early years Colin Quinn was born in Brooklyn to an Irish-American family and was raised in the Park Slope section of the borough. His gravelly Brooklyn accent and idiosyncratic mannerisms are trademarks of his stand-up act, headlining at top comedy clubs across the country, including Caroline's Comedy Club in New York City. Before becoming a comedian, Quinn worked as a bartender. He stopped drinking in the early 1980s after several bad experiences with alcohol, including drunken blackouts and nights spent in jail. After quitting bartending, Quinn began his stand-up career in 1984. He first achieved fame in 1987 as co-host of the MTV g... Biography of Bernard Lama
Bernard Lama is a former French footballer born in the Indre-et-Loire département but originating from French Guiana who played as a goalkeeper, spending a number of years in goal for Lille and Paris Saint-Germain. He also played for Brest, Lens, Metz and West Ham. His debut with the France national team was on February 17, 1993 against Israel in a 4-0 victory, and he would go on to win 44 caps for his nation. He played in the Euro 1996 finals, and was a substitute at the Euro 2000 finals. Lama also received a two month ban for failing a drug test in 1998. It was reported that it was the consumption of cannabis which led to the ban. This led to Lama losing his place in the French national team to Fabien Barthez for the World Cup in France. He is now a coach and on July 21, 2006, Lama... Biography of Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. (born November 30, 1918) is an American actor known for his starring roles in the television series 77 Sunset Strip and The F.B.I. Personal life Zimbalist was born in New York, New York, the son of violinist Efrem Zimbalist, Sr. (1889-1985) and operatic soprano Alma Gluck (1884-1938). His wife was Stephanie Spaulding Zimbalist, who died of lung cancer on February 4, 2007. She was 73 years old. Zimbalist is the father of actress Stephanie Zimbalist (with Stephanie Spaulding) and of Efrem Zimbalist III and Nancy Zimbalist (with Emily McNair). He had a recurring role on his daughter's 1980s mystery series, Remington Steele. Born Jewish, Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. has had a close association with evangelical Christianity, having appeared on some Christian radio and televi... Biography of David Janssen
David Janssen (March 27, 1931 – February 13, 1980) was a Golden Globe-winning Emmy Award- nominated American film and television actor who is best known for his starring role as Dr. Richard Kimble in the hit television series The Fugitive (1963–1967) with Barry Morse. Early life Janssen was born David Harold Meyer in Naponee, Nebraska to banker Harold Edward Meyer (May 12, 1906 – November 4, 1990) and Berniece Graf (May 11, 1910 – November 26, 1995). They were married on May 22, 1930 in Nebraska and divorced in 1935. Following his parents' divorce when he was five, his mother took him to Los Angeles, California. She eventually married Eugene Janssen (February 18, 1918 – March 30, 1996) on September 29, 1940 in Los Angeles. His father married Reva Kroeger in 1941. David used his stepfa... Biography of Morris Chestnut
Morris L. Chestnut (born January 1, 1969) is an American film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles as teenage father Ricky Baker in the 1991 film Boyz N the Hood, and as groom-to-be Lance Sullivan in the 1999 film The Best Man. Personal life Chestnut was born in Cerritos, California where he graduated from Richard Gahr High School in 1986. He subsequently studied finance and drama at California State University, Northridge. Chestnut is married to Pam Byse of Ellaville, Georgia and has two children, and said (in an interview for essence.com) that he prefers to keep his private life private. Chestnut is a fan of the Philadelphia Eagles and the USC Trojans. Career Chestnut's first professional acting role was as "Jason" in Freddy's Nightmares: A Nightmare on... Biography of Chet Atkins
Chester Burton "Chet" Atkins (June 20, 1924 – June 30, 2001) was an influential guitarist and record producer. His picking style, inspired by Merle Travis, Django Reinhardt, George Barnes and Les Paul, brought him admirers both within and outside the country scene, both in the U.S.A. and internationally. Atkins produced records for Perry Como, Elvis Presley, Eddy Arnold, Don Gibson, Jim Reeves, Jerry Reed, Skeeter Davis, Connie Smith, Waylon Jennings, and others. He created, along with Owen Bradley, the smoother country music style known as the Nashville sound, which expanded country music's appeal to include adult pop music fans as well. Chet Atkins was born on June 20, 1924, in Luttrell, Tennessee, near the Clinch Mountains, and grew up with his mother, two brothers and a sister... Biography of Joe Henry Engle
Joe Henry Engle (born August 26, 1932 in Chapman, Kansas) is a retired U.S. Air Force colonel and a former NASA astronaut. He was married to the late Mary Catherine Lawrence of Mission Hills, Kansas and has two grown children and one stepchild. He is currently married to Jeanie Carter Engle of Houston, Texas. Engle's recreational interests include flying (including World War II fighter aircraft), big game hunting, back-packing and athletics. He received a bachelor of science in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Kansas in 1955. He was a member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots. Engle helped to flight test the joint NASA-Air Force X-15 rocket airplane. During the course of testing, Engle earned his USAF astronaut wings, a Distinguished Flying Cross and other awards. En... Biography of Bill Engvall
Bill Engvall (born July 27, 1957 in Galveston, Texas) is an American comedian best known for his work as a stand-up comic and as a member of the Blue Collar Comedy group. In 2007 TBS began airing his sitcom The Bill Engvall Show. Discography Albums Year Title Chart Positions RIAA US Country US 200 US Comedy 1996 Here's Your SignA 5 50 Platinum 1998 Dorkfish 16 119 Gold 1999 Here's Your Christmas AlbumB 44 2000 Now That's Awesome 14 133 2002 Cheap Drunk: An Autobiography 37 2003 Here's Your Sign Reloaded 37 12 2004 A Decade of Laughs 27 183 1 2007 15° Off Cool 16 93 1 AHere's Your Sign peaked at #3 on Top Heatseekers. BHere's Your Christmas Album peaked at #33 on Top Holiday Albums. It was re-released in 2005. Singles In a manner similar ... Biography of Sylvain Marconnet
Sylvain Marconnet (born 8 April 1976 in France) is a French rugby union footballer, currently playing for Stade Français in the Top 14 club competition in France. His usual position is prop. Marconnet has played for France, including representing them at the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia. He made his debut for Stade Français during the 1997-98 season, which was also the year that they were crowned champions of France. Marconnet made his international debut for France on November 15, 1998, in a match against Argentina in Nantes. The match was won by France, 34 points to 14. He played one other test that year, the following week, against the Wallabies at Stade de France, which was won by Australia. Marconnet played in all of France's 1999 Five Nations Championship. He played in two... Biography of Charles Ulm
Charles Thomas Philippe Ulm (October 18, 1898, Middle Park, Melbourne, Australia — December 3, 1934) was a pioneer Australian aviator. World War I Ulm joined the AIF in September 1914, lying about his name and age to get in. He fought and was wounded at Gallipoli in 1915, and on the Western Front in 1918. Charles Ulm was married twice. In 1919 he married Isabel Amy Winter. After divorcing his first wife, in 1927 he married Mary Josephine Callaghan. Partnership with Charles Kingsford Smith Ulm is best known for his partnership with Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, and was Kingsford Smith's copilot on many of his famous flights, including the 1928 first crossing of the Pacific. Ulm was the "business brains" in the partnership, and acquired the funding necessary for the journey. ... Biography of Bert Newton
Albert Watson "Bert" Newton, AM, MBE, (born 23 July 1938), is an Australian television, radio, film, stage performer and author. Childhood Newton was born in Fitzroy, an inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria in Australia as Albert Watson Newton. He was educated at St Joseph's Marist Brothers College which is Roman Catholic. In his early years he had thoughts of entering the priesthood. Radio Newton's first paid radio appearance was on 3XY on 10 June 1952 as a schoolboy, doing advertisements dressed as a clown with Doug McKenzie, later to become "Zag" in Zig and Zag. "... there was a radio program on 3XY Melbourne called Scouting Around, compered by the late Tom Jones. One week the broadcast was recorded at our Scout Hall, and as the direct result of this, I began to appear... Biography of William Gallas
William Gallas (born 17 August 1977 in Asnières-sur-Seine) is a French international footballer of Guadeloupian descent who currently plays for and captains Arsenal in the English Premier League. He plays as a Centre Back. Early career William Gallas is a graduate of the French Football academy at Clairefontaine. He started his professional career at second division SM Caen helping them to promotion as champions in 1996. He was subsequently transferred to Olympique Marseille in 1997. Gallas spent four seasons at Marseille, playing alongside Robert Pirès among others. He made his debut in the UEFA Champions League playing for Marseille, and he also played against Chelsea in that competition in 2000. Chelsea Former Chelsea manager Claudio Ranieri bought Gallas from Marseille in May... Biography of Mickey Hargitay
Miklós "Mickey" Hargitay (January 6, 1926 – September 14, 2006) was an actor and Mr. Universe 1955. He was born in Budapest, Hungary. He also is noted for his marriage to Jayne Mansfield, and as the father of actress Mariska Hargitay. Early life and sports career Growing up in Hungary, he performed in an acrobatic act with his brothers. He also played soccer and became a champion speed skater. An underground fighter during World War II, Hargitay fled Hungary after the war and moved to the United States. He settled in Cleveland, where he met and married his first wife, Mary Birge (with whom he also had an acrobatic act and one child, Tina, who was born in 1949), and worked as a plumber and carpenter. He was inspired to begin bodybuilding after seeing a magazine cover of Steve Reeves, fa... Biography of Christian Wulff
Christian Wilhelm Walter Wulff (born 19 June 1959) is a German politician of the conservative Christian Democratic Union. He was elected President of Germany on 30 June 2010, and will be sworn in on 2 July. A lawyer by profession, he served as Minister-President of the state of Lower Saxony between 2003 and 2010. Education and early years Wulff was born in Osnabrück and is Roman Catholic. His father left the family, and he grew up with his mother. As a teenager, he had to take responsibility for the care of his younger sister, after his mother developed multiple sclerosis. After completing his Abitur at the Ernst Moritz Arndt Gymnasium in Osnabrück, Wulff went to study law with a specialisation in economics at the University of Osnabrück. In 1987 and 1990, he passed the first and se... Biography of Greg Vaughan
James Gregory Vaughan, Jr. (born June 15, 1973, in Dallas, Texas, USA) is an American actor and former male fashion model. He has starred in soap operas such as The Young and the Restless and General Hospital. Personal life Greg was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. Shortly after graduating from high school, he ventured to Italy, where he modeled for designer Giorgio Armani. Gianni Versace, Tommy Hilfiger, Banana Republic, and Ralph Lauren campaigns soon followed. In 2001, he was arrested for driving while under the influence. Vaughan married Moroccan-Dutch model Touriya Haoud on June 4, 2006. On December 16, 2006 they announced Touriya's pregnancy. On May 4, 2007, Touriya gave birth to a son named Jathan James Vaughan. He briefly dated actress Alyssa Milano. He is good fr... Biography of Jürgen Prochnow
Jürgen Prochnow (; born June 10, 1941) is a German actor. His most well-known roles internationally have been as the submarine captain (based on Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock) in Das Boot (1981), Duke Leto Atreides in Dune and the villain Maxwell Dent in Beverly Hills Cop II. Prochnow was born in Berlin and raised in Düsseldorf, the son of an engineer. He has an older brother, Dieter. He studied acting at the Folkwang Academy in Essen. Thanks to his on-screen intensity and his fluency in English, he has become one of the most successful German actors in Hollywood. He portrayed Arnold Schwarzenegger in a film about the actor's political career in California, entitled See Arnold Run; ironically, Prochnow was one of the actors considered for the titular role in The Terminator. He also appea... Biography of Roberto Alomar
Roberto Alomar Velázquez (born February 5, 1968 in Ponce, Puerto Rico) is a former Major League Baseball player (1988-2004), considered by many to be one of the best second basemen in history. He holds the record for most Gold Glove Awards at that position, and has also won the second most Silver Slugger Awards for a second baseman. A native of Salinas, Puerto Rico, Alomar was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed. He is the son of New York Mets third base coach Sandy Alomar, Sr., a former All-Star second baseman with a 15-year MLB experience. His older brother, Sandy Jr., was a Major League catcher. Career San Diego Padres Alomar broke into the Major Leagues in 1988 with the San Diego Padres, where he was regarded as an excellent fielder with speed and a solid bat. Defensively... Biography of Nancy Achin Sullivan
Nancy Achin Sullivan, born January 20, 1959 in Lowell Junction, Massachusetts, is an American politician, head of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine.... Biography of Jack Swigert
John Leonard 'Jack' Swigert, Jr., (August 30, 1931 – December 27, 1982) was a NASA astronaut. He was one of only 24 men to have flown to the Moon. Early life Born in Denver, Colorado, Swigert attended the Blessed Sacrament School, Regis Jesuit High School, and East High School. He graduated from University of Colorado at Boulder, where he played varsity football and earned a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering. He served with the United States Air Force as a combat pilot in Korea and then became a test pilot. After earning a master of science degree in aerospace science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from University of Hartford in West Hartford, Connecticut, Swigert was accepted into the N... Biography of Dennis Farina
Dennis Farina (born February 29, 1944) is an American film and television actor. He is a character actor, often typecast as a mobster or police officer, the latter due to his earlier career as a police officer. Early life Farina was born in Chicago, Illinois, to Italian American parents Yolanda, a homemaker, and Joseph Farina, a Sicilian doctor. He was raised in a large family and has three brothers and three sisters. Farina served 18 years as a policeman on the Chicago police force before becoming an actor. Farina himself has stated several times that his handgun skills while on the force were so poor that his fellow officers nick-named him 'The Great Wounder'. Career Farina began his work in show business working for director Michael Mann as a police consultant on Mann's ea... Biography of Rick Yune
Rick Yune (born August 22, 1971) is an American actor. Yune, a Korean American, was born in Washington, D.C., the older brother of actor Karl Yune. He graduated from the Wharton School in 1994. He appeared in Snow Falling on Cedars, The Fast and the Furious, and the James Bond movie Die Another Day. Yune qualified for the Olympic Trials in Tae Kwon Do when he was 19. He changed the spelling of his last name from "Yun" to "Yune" for Screen Actors Guild (SAG) purposes. Filmography Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (2009) - Gen Alone in the Dark II (2008) - Edward Carnby The Fifth Commandment (2008) Die Another Day (2002) - Zao The Fast and the Furious (2001) - Johnny Tran The Fence (2001) - Lucky Chang Snow Falling on Cedars (1999) - Kazuo Miyamoto Nathan Grimm... Biography of John Fraser
John Fraser (born Glasgow 18 March 1931) is a BAFTA-nominated Scottish-born actor of cinema, television and theatre. One of his earliest roles was as Inigo Jollifant in the second film version of J.B. Priestley's The Good Companions. He is however most familiar on television, with roles in series including Danger Man, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) and Doctor Who amongst others. In 2004 he published his autobiography, Close Up, in which he writes frankly about his gay life and friendships with well known actors. Selected filmography Year Title Character 1996 Truth or Dare Gordon Hillan 1982 Young Sherlock: The Mystery of the Manor House Uncle Gideon 1981 Doctor Who: Logopolis The Monitor 1975 The Doll Peter Matty 1965 Repulsion Colin 1962 The Waltz of the Toreadors Lt... Biography of Greg Ellis
Greg Ellis (born March 21, 1968) is an English actor. He has worked on films such as Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End,To End All Wars, and Mr. and Mrs. Smith and has appeared in television shows such as Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (in its final episode, "What You Leave Behind") and 24 as the biological weapons dealer, Michael Amador. He also has a steady voice over career, giving voices to the games SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords, Tomb Raider: Legend, SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy SEALs, Ty the Tasmanian Tiger, and to cartoons such as The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, and Invader Zim. His voice was also featured in the Playstation 2 games Rogue Galaxy, as the character Simon Wic... Biography of Evgeny Platov
Evgeny Platov (born August 7, 1967, in Odessa, Ukrainian SSR) is a former competitive ice dancer who represented the Soviet Union, the Unified Team, and Russia in international competition and now works as a figure skating coach and choreographer. With former partner Oksana Grishuk, he is the 1994 and 1998 Olympic Champion and four-time World Champion. After retiring from competitive skating, he had a falling out with Oksana, now known as Pasha. As a result, he skated professionally with former rival Maya Usova, who Pasha depised. He was briefly married to former figure-skater turned actress Maria Anikanova in 1991, but they divorced in 1997. Platov was an assistant coach to his own former coach Tatiana Tarasova from 2002-2004, along with Maya Usova, at the International Skating Center... Biography of Tom Skerritt
Thomas Roy Skerritt (born August 25, 1933) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor who has appeared in over 40 films and more than 200 television episodes since 1962. Career Skerritt made his television debut in 1962 in Combat! and his film debut in War Hunt, produced by Terry Sanders and released the same year. Skerritt's notable film appearances include M*A*S*H (1970; his huge role was pared down enormously by director Robert Altman), Harold and Maude (credited as "M. Borman") (1971), Cheech & Chongs Up In Smoke (1978), as Captain A.J. Dallas of the commercial towing vessel 'Nostromo' in Alien (1979), as an astronaut in Contact (1997) and SpaceCamp (1986), and in Top Gun (1986), where he played opposite Tom Cruise as Cmdr. Mike "Viper" Metcalf. He was the Rev. MacLean in A River R... Biography of Joshua Morrow
Joshua Morrow (born February 8, 1974 in Juneau, Alaska) is a former pop singer and an Emmy Award-nominated American actor who plays the role of Nicholas Newman on The Young and the Restless. He joined the show in 1994. He is close friends with his former co-star, Eddie Cibrian, with whom he formed the musical group 3Deep. In 2001, Joshua married his longtime girlfriend, Tobe Keeney. The couple are the parents of 3 sons, Cooper Jacob Morrow (born September 27, 2002),Crew James Morrow (born May 27, 2005) and Cash Joshua Morrow (born April 21, 2008). Morrow plays on the World Poker Tour in the Hollywood Home Games for The V Foundation for Cancer Research charity. He is a sports enthusiast who plays on celebrity basketball and softball teams on behalf of various charities. He also collec... Biography of Tracy Lawrence
Tracy Lawrence (born 27 January 1968) is an American country singer-songwriter. Signed to Atlantic Records in 1991, Lawrence made his debut on the country music charts that year with the single "Sticks and Stones", which reached the top of the Billboard country charts in early 1992. His debut album, also titled Sticks and Stones, was also a Number One album on the Top Country Albums charts, and was certified platinum. Throughout the 1990s, Lawrence continued to chart several Top Ten hits from his subsequent albums; in addition, two of his studio albums (1993's Alibis and 1996's Time Marches On) earned 2× Multi-Platinum certification, while 1994's I See It Now was certified platinum. Despite a decline in chart success in the latter half of the 1990s, Lawrence briefly rebounded in 2000 wi... Biography of Jean Chrétien
Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien, PC, CC, QC (generally known as Jean Chrétien) (born January 11, 1934), is a Canadian politician who was the twentieth Prime Minister of Canada from November 4, 1993, to December 12, 2003, and leader of the Liberal Party of Canada from 1990 to 2003. Early life Born in Shawinigan, Quebec, as the 18th of 19 children (10 of whom did not survive infancy) to Wellie Chrétien and Marie Boisvert, Jean Chrétien studied law at Université Laval. Chrétien would later make light of his humble origins, calling himself "le petit gars de Shawinigan", or the "little guy from Shawinigan." In his youth, he suffered an attack of Bell's palsy, permanently leaving the left side of his face partially paralyzed. Chrétien used this in his first Liberal leadership campaign, saying t... Biography of Alain Goma
Alain Goma (born on October 5, 1972 in Sault, France) is a former football player. He kick-started his football career playing for Paris suburb team RC Versailles from 1982. After spending six years there, Alain went on to join the academy of AJ Auxerre in 1988. He eventually made his first team debut in a 1991 league game. In 1992-93, Goma took part in Auxerre's unprecedented run in the UEFA Cup, where the French only bowed out in the semifinals, losing on penalties to Ajax Amsterdam. At the end of the season at the French club, he signed his very first professional contract. In 1994, he won the French Cup, and in 1996, the double (league and cup) were added to his "résumé". Two years later, he helped Auxerre to the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League. After ten full ye... Biography of Fabian Forte
Fabiano Anthony Forte (born February 6, 1943), better known as Fabian, is a former American teen idol of the late 1950s and early 1960s. He rose to national prominence after performing several times on American Bandstand. In total, he charted 11 hit singles in the Billboard Hot 100. Early life Fabian was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Josephine and Domenic Forte. His father was a policeman and had ill health. Fabian was discovered in 1957 by Bob Marcucci and Peter DeAngelis, owners of Chancellor Records. At the time, record producers were looking to the South Philadelphia neighborhoods in search of teenage talents with good looks, and Frankie Avalon, also of South Philly, suggested Fabian as a possibility. Fabian was sitting on the front steps of his house crying becau... Biography of Cam Gigandet
Cam Joslin Gigandet (pronounced /dʒiːɡɑːnˈdeɪ/; born August 16, 1982) is an American actor, perhaps best known for portraying the character of Kevin Volchok on the FOX television series The O.C., and Ryan McCarthy in the film Never Back Down. In 2008, Gigandet starred as James in the film adaptation of Stephenie Meyer's novel, Twilight. Personal life Gigandet was born in Tacoma, Washington to Jay and Kim Gigandet, along with one sister named Kelsie. After graduating from Auburn Senior High School in Auburn, Washington in 2001, he moved to California where he attended Santa Monica Community College, where he first took an acting class. Gigandet enjoys basketball, golf, skiing, surfing, and krav maga, a self-defense system developed by the Israeli ... Biography of Danny Pino
Daniel "Danny" Pino (born on 15 April 1974 in Miami, Florida, U.S.) is an American actor of Cuban descent, currently appearing on the TV series Cold Case. In May of 2003, Pino had played Desi Arnaz in a CBS special on the life of Lucille Ball, Lucy: The Lucille Ball Story. Pino attended Miami Coral Park senior high school and graduated class of 93'. Pino went on to attend Florida International University graduating in 1996, where he was also a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon. One of his most riveting performances was as Mexican drug lord, rapist, and gang leader Armadillo Quintero on the cable drama series The Shield. The character is notorious for the rape of a pretty blond blue eyed rival gang leader's girlfriend, the rape of the child sister of someone who was going to testify, burning his ... Biography of Colm Feore
Colm Feore (born August 22, 1958) is a Gemini Award-winning American-born Irish-Canadian stage, film and television actor. Personal life Feore was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Irish parents who lived in Ireland for several years during Feore's early life, subsequently moving to Windsor, Ontario, where Feore grew up. After graduating from Ridley College in St. Catharines, Ontario, he attended the National Theatre School of Canada in Montreal, Quebec. He is also fluent in French. Feore lives with his wife, choreographer Donna Feore, and their three children, Jack, Tom and Anna, in Stratford, Ontario. Career Feore honed his acting skills as a member of the Acting Company of the Stratford Festival of Canada, North America’s largest classical repertory theatre. He spent 14 season... Biography of Jack F. Kemp
Jack French Kemp, Jr. (born July 13, 1935) is an American politician and former professional American football player. In the 1996 election, Kemp was Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole's running mate for Vice President. He had previously contended for the presidential nomination in the 1988 Republican primaries. Kemp began his political career with nine terms as a Congressman for Western New York, from 1971 to 1989. He also served as Housing Secretary in the George H. W. Bush administration. Before politics, Kemp was a professional quarterback for 13 years in the National Football League (NFL), Canadian Football League (CFL), and American Football League (AFL). He served as captain of both the San Diego Chargers and Buffalo Bills and earned the AFL Most Valuable Player award in 19... Biography of Medhi Baala
Mehdi Baala (Arabic: مهدي بعلة) (born August 17, 1978 in Strasbourg) is a French middle-distance athlete of Algerian origin competing mainly at 1500 m. Baala has won numerous major medals, including two European titles. Mehdi Baala is considered as the best French middle-distance runner of all time. He hold 4 France outdoor records (800m : 1.43.15, 1000m : 2.13.96, 1500m : 3.28.98 and 2000m : 4.53.12) and 3 France indoor records too. However, he has not won a gold medal in Olympic Games or in IAAF World Championships in Athletics yet. He was disqualified at the semi finals stage in Osaka for causing the fall of two other athletes. Achievements 2008 Olympic Games - fourth place 2007 World Championships in Athletics - disqualified... Biography of Andre Braugher
Andre Braugher (born July 1, 1962) is a two-time Emmy Award-winning American actor. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of fiery detective Frank Pembleton on Homicide: Life on the Street from 1993 to 1998, and again in the 2000 made-for-TV movie. Biography Early life Braugher, the youngest of four children, was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Sally, a postal worker, and Floyd Braugher, a heavy-equipment operator. He went to high school at St. Ignatius College Prep. He graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. in theater in 1984; he was originally a pre-med student. Braugher then attended the Juilliard School in New York City, graduating in 1988 where he was acknowledged as the most outstanding theater student at graduation. Career Braugher's first film r... Biography of Kristen Johnston
Kristen Johnston (born September 20, 1967) is an American Emmy Award-winning stage, film, and television actress. She may be most famous for her Emmy Award winning role as Sally Solomon in the television series 3rd Rock from the Sun. She also starred as Wilma Flintstone in the sequel to the live-action movie adaptation of The Flintstones animated series. Johnston is also known for her tall 6 ft (1.83 m) frame and relatively deep voice for an actress. In 2005, Johnston featured in six episodes of NBC's ER. Early life Johnston was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of a real estate agent and a Republican state senator from Wisconsin. Johnston was raised mostly in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she graduated from Whitefish Bay High School, although ... Add to favourites (3 fans)Biography of Kendall Jenner
Kendall Nicole Jenner (born November 3, 1995) is a commercial model and TV personality who is featured on the E! reality TV show Keeping Up with the Kardashians. Modeling career In 2010 she appeared in One Call's music video, Blacklight. As of 2011, she has modeled for the Sherri Hill dress line, which specializes in dresses for proms and pageants. Personal life Jenner is the eldest daughter of Bruce Jenner and Kris Jenner. She has a younger sister, Kylie Jenner. Through her mother, she has three older half-sisters, Kourtney Kardashian, Kim Kardashian, and Khloé Kardashian, and one older half-brother, Rob Kardashian. Through her father, she has three older half-brothers, Burton Jenner, Brandon Jenner, and Brody Jenner, and a half-sister, Casey Jenner. Filmography 2007–pre... Biography of Lionel Mallier
Lionel Mallier, born March 6, 1974 in Grenoble, is a French rugby player. Height: 1m83 Weight: 98 kg... Biography of Fritz Lang
Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang (December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976) was an Austrian-German-American film director, screenwriter and occasional film producer. One of the best known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the BFI. His most famous films are the groundbreaking Metropolis (the world's most expensive silent film at the time of its release) and M, made before he moved to the United States. Early life Friedrich Lang was born in Vienna, in what was then Austria-Hungary, to Anton Lang (August 1, 1860–1940), an architect and construction company manager, and Pauline "Paula" Schlesinger (July 26, 1864–1920) on December 5, 1890. He was the second of two sons (his brother Adolf was nearly seven years older). Both his father a... Biography of Steven Soderbergh
Steven Andrew Soderbergh (born January 14, 1963) is an American film producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, and Academy Award-winning director. He is best known for directing the films Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Traffic, and the Ocean's Eleven franchise. Early life and career Soderbergh was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of Mary Ann (née Bernard) and Peter Andrew Soderbergh, who was a university administrator and educator. He has Swedish ancestry (the family's original surname in Swedish, Söderberg, was changed to Soderbergh when they immigrated to the United States). When he was a child, his family moved from Atlanta to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where his father became Dean of Education at Louisiana State University (LSU). There he discovered filmmaking as a teenager, direc... Biography of Dominique Dropsy
Dominique Dropsy (born December 9, 1951 in Leuze, Aisne) is a former football goalkeeper from France, who earned seventeen international caps for the French national team during the late 1970s, early 1980s. A player of RC Strasbourg (1973–1984), he was a member of the French team in the 1978 FIFA World Cup.... Biography of Robert Walker
Robert Hudson Walker (October 13, 1918 – August 28, 1951) was an American actor. Early Life Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Zella (McQuarrie) and Horace Walker, he was the youngest of four sons. He developed an interest in acting which led to his maternal aunt Hortense (McQuarrie) Odlum (the president of Bonwit Teller) to offer to pay for his enrollment at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City in 1937. Career and Personal Life It was at the academy that Walker met fellow aspiring actress Phylis Isley, later to be known as Jennifer Jones. After a brief courtship, the two were married in Tulsa, Oklahoma on January 2, 1939 and moved to Hollywood to find work in films. Their prospects proved to be meager however and they soon returned to New York where Walker found... Biography of William Eythe
William Eythe (April 7, 1918 – January 26, 1957) was an American actor of film, radio, television and stage. Born in Mars, Pennsylvania, a small town located about 25 miles from Pittsburgh, he was interested in acting from a young age. He attended Carnegie Tech University and studied acting and he began writing his own plays. "Lend An Ear," was one of his early plays and proved to be a theatrical success, later going on to have a Broadway run. Eythe eventually moved to New York City, where he got various jobs performing in radio dramas and as an announcer for a local television station. During the Second World War, many of Hollywood's young male stars were away at war, and the film studios were forced to locate newer, younger actors who were below the age of military service, or thos... Biography of James Frain
James Frain (born March 14, 1968) is an English stage and screen actor. He is possibly best known for his role as Thomas Cromwell in the Showtime series The Tudors. He appeared from 2007 to 2009 until his character was executed in the third season finale. Frain was born in Leeds, Yorkshire and raised in Hertfordshire, the eldest of eight children. He was educated at Newport Free Grammar School, studied English, Film and Drama at the University of East Anglia and trained as an actor at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. While in his final year there he made his film debut in Shadowlands (1993), as a result of being spotted by Richard Attenborough and has had a successful film career on both sides of the Atlantic ever since. Skilled at accents and capable of playing a large... Biography of Andrea Peron
Andrea Peron (born August 14, 1971 in Varese) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. Peron turned professional in 1993, riding for team Gatorade. He is best remembered for leading the sombre peloton across the finish line in the neutralised Stage 16 of the 1995 Tour de France, the day after the death of his team- and room-mate Fabio Casartelli in a fall. He is a strong time trialist, with good results in the Italian championships, as well as a 5th place at the 1996 World Time-Trial Championships. Since 2002, he has been riding as an experienced domestique on Team CSC. Drug use allegations Before the 2004 Tour de France, rumours surfaced in the French newspaper Le Monde that Peron, alongside other riders, was still under suspicion for using doping following a polic... Biography of Robin Yount
Robin R. Yount (pronounced /jɔnt/, born September 16, 1955 in Danville, Illinois) is a former Major League Baseball player who spent his entire career with the Milwaukee Brewers (1974–1993). A first-round draft pick in 1973, Yount debuted the following year, and on September 14, 1975, he broke Mel Ott's 47-year-old record for most games played in the major leagues as a teenager. Career Yount courted controversy in the winter of 1978. He threatened to retire from the game and take up professional golf rather than be underpaid by the Brewers. His demands were met during spring training in 1978, and he played the full season, ultimately becoming a Brewer for the rest of his career. Always a better-than-average hitter (career .285 batting average), by 1980 Yount had developed into ... Biography of Dougray Scott
Dougray Scott (born Stephen Scott on November 25, 1965) is a Scottish television and film actor. Height: 1m83 (6') Early life Originally from Glenrothes, Fife, Scott enrolled on a foundation course in drama and then went on to attend the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in Cardiff (1984-87). He earned the college's 1987 Most Promising Drama Student award. Career Scott began his acting career in regional theatre and television. He appeared in his first high-profile role on the television series Soldier Soldier, and made his film debut in Twin Town. His first major film roles were as Prince Henry in Ever After and the hero in the adaptation of Robert Harris' novel Enigma. In 1998, he signed to play the villain in Mission: Impossible II — hand-picked by star Tom Cruise — ... Biography of William Powell
William Horatio Powell (July 29, 1892 – March 5, 1984) was an American actor, noted for his sophisticated, cynical portrayals. A major star at MGM, he was paired with Myrna Loy in fourteen films, including the popular Thin Man series in which Powell and Loy played Nick and Nora Charles. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor three times, for The Thin Man (1934), My Man Godfrey (1936) and Life with Father (1947). Childhood Powell, an only child, was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Nettie Manila (née Brady) and Horatio Warren Powell. He showed an early aptitude for performing. In 1907, he moved with his family to Kansas City, Missouri. The Powells lived a few blocks away from the Carpenters, whose daughter Harlean evolved into Jean Harlow, although Powell would n... Biography of Jo Durie
Jo Durie (born July 27, 1960, in Bristol, United Kingdom) is a former world Top 5 professional tennis player from the United Kingdom. During her career, she won two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. Career Durie turned professional in 1977. As a singles player, she reached the semi-finals at both the French Open and the US Open in 1983. She was also a quarter-finalist at the Australian Open in 1983 and at Wimbledon in 1984 where she beat a young Steffi Graf in the fourth round. She won two top-level singles titles (both in 1983) at Mahwah, New Jersey and Sydney. Her career-high singles ranking was World No. 5. She had career wins over Steffi Graf, Zina Garrison, Pam Shriver, Hana Mandlikova, and Tracy Austin. Partnering her fellow British player Jeremy Bates, Durie won the mixed dou... Biography of Robert Stack
Roberto Langford Modini Stack (January 13, 1919 – May 14, 2003) was an Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award- nominated American stage and movie actor. He was perhaps best known for his film acting as well as his role in the television series The Untouchables and as host of Unsolved Mysteries. Early life Stack was born in Los Angeles, California but spent his early childhood growing up in Europe. He became fluent in French and Italian at an early age, but he did not learn English until returning to Los Angeles. Raised by his mother, Mary Elizabeth (née Wood), Stack's parents divorced when Stack was one-year-old and his father, James Langford Stack, a wealthy advertising agency owner, died when Stack was nine. Stack always spoke of his mother with the greatest respect and love. When he w... Biography of William Forsythe
William Forsythe (born June 7, 1955) is an American actor, screenwriter and producer. He is frequently cast in "tough guy" roles such as criminals or law enforcement officers. He portrayed organized crime figure Sammy "The Bull" Gravano in the HBO telefilm Gotti, as well as Al Capone in the 1993 series The Untouchables. Forsythe is well known for his tall stature and deep, gravelly voice. Film career His film credits include Once Upon a Time in America, Blue Streak, Raising Arizona, Extreme Prejudice, Big City Blues, Savage Dawn, Dead Bang, Out for Justice, Stone Cold, The Rock, Palookaville, Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead, The Devil's Rejects, The Waterdance, Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, Blue Hill Avenue, Dick Tracy, City by the Sea, Hammerhead: Shark Frenzy, American Me, F... Biography of Zhang Yimou
Zhang Yimou (born November 14, 1951) is an internationally acclaimed Chinese filmmaker and former cinematographer. He made his directorial debut in 1987 with the film Red Sorghum. One of Zhang's recurrent themes is a celebration of the resilience, even the stubbornness, of Chinese people in face of hardships and adversities, a theme which has occurred from To Live (1994) through to Not One Less (1999). His works are particularly noted for their sensitivity to colour, as can be seen in his early trilogy (like Raise the Red Lantern) or in his wuxia films Hero and House of Flying Daggers. In 2008 Zhang Yimou directed the Opening and Closing ceremonies at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing China. Zhang's many awards have led him to be nicknamed the "Award Winning Expert" ("huo jiang zhu... Biography of Bryan Greenberg
Bryan E. Greenberg (born May 24, 1978) is an American actor and musician, known for his recurring role as Jake Jagielski in the CW Network TV show One Tree Hill in seasons 1-3 and as Nick Garrett on the short-lived ABC drama October Road. Biography Early life Greenberg was born in Omaha, Nebraska to psychologists Denny and Carl Greenberg. He has a younger sister, Becca. Greenberg was raised in Conservative Judaism. He moved with his family to St. Louis, Missouri when he was twelve years old. He graduated from Parkway Central High School in Chesterfield, Missouri. Greenberg became interested in acting at an early age, and moved to New York City after high school. He attended a Jewish summer camp located in Webster, Wisconsin, called Herzl Camp. He starred as Joseph in a camp-wide p... Biography of Chas Smash
Carl Smyth, also known as Chas Smash (born Cathal Joseph Patrick Smyth, 14 January 1959, in the Middlesex Hospital, London, England), is an English born musician, best known as a backing singer and dancer in the ska/pop band Madness. He also plays trumpet, acoustic guitar and various percussion instruments. He occasionally performs lead vocals. He was initially an occasional songwriter, becoming a more regular contributor over the course of Madness' career, and was credited as co-writer on the group's major international hit, "Our House". In 1976, "The North London Invaders" recruited Smyth to play bass until he was replaced in 1977 by Gavin Rogers. In late 1979, Smyth became the last of the seven original Madness members to join the band. Prior to that he was a friend of the band membe... Biography of Emilie Boiron
Émilie Boiron, born May 21, 1982 in Geneve, is a Swiss model, TV host and actress. Emilie Boiron won the title of Miss Suisse Romande (queen of the French-speaking part of Switzerland) on the first weekend of May 2002. She is the first delegate chosen for the Miss Switzerland 2003 Pageant, scheduled for September 2002.... Biography of James Hong
James Hong (吳漢章, pinyin: Wu Hanzhang, born 22 February 1929) is an American actor and former president of the Association of Asian/Pacific American Artists (AAPAA). Early life Hong was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His father, Frank W. Hong, immigrated from Hong Kong to Chicago through Canada and was a restaurant owner. For his early education, Hong moved to Hong Kong, and returned to the United States at age ten. He studied civil engineering at the University of Southern California, but later became interested in acting and trained with Jeff Corey. Career His career in show business began in the 1950s when he redubbed soundtracks of several Asian films, including the redubbing of characters Ogata and Dr. Serizawa in the 1956 Japanese film Godzilla, King o... Biography of Jean Borotra
Jean Robert Borotra (13 August 1898–17 July 1994) was a French champion tennis player, one of the famous "Four Musketeers" from his country who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Borotra was born in Domaine du Pouy, near Biarritz, Aquitaine and married with an English woman. Known as "the Bounding Basque", he won five Grand Slam singles titles in the French, Australian, and British championships, failing to win only in the American championships. His first appearance was in the French Davis Cup team of 1921. A member of François de la Rocque's Parti social français (PSF), he became 1st General Commissioner to Sports from August 1940 to April 1942 during Vichy France, leading the Révolution nationale's efforts in sports' policy. Arrested by the Gestapo (November... Biography of Matthew Lewis
Matthew David Lewis (born 27 June 1989) is an English actor, best known for playing Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter films. Life and career Lewis was born in Horsforth, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, the son of Lynda (née Needham) and Adrian Lewis. He has been acting since he was five years old. He started off with minor parts in television programmes, debuting in Some Kind of Life, and then went on to try out for the part of Neville Longbottom. He has portrayed Neville Longbottom in the first seven Harry Potter films. For his role as Neville Longbottom, Lewis wears yellow and crooked false teeth, two-sizes-too-big shoes and has plastic bits placed behind his ears in order to make them stick out more. This is done to give the character a more clownish look. During the filming ... Biography of Natashia Williams
Natashia Williams-Blach (born on August 2, 1978 in Pontiac, Illinois) is an American actress and former Wonderbra campaign model, who is perhaps best known for her role as Shane Phillips in NBC/Syndicated series She Spies. She also co-starred in So Little Time, opposite Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen and most recently co-starred in Nickelodeon series Romeo! from 2004 to 2006. She appeared on the seventh season of American Idol as Natashia Blach. The change in surname was due to her marriage. She made it through the Hollywood round to the top 50 but got cut just before the Top 24 were selected. Starring TV roles Romeo! (2004-2006) as Angeline Eckert Miller She Spies (2002-2004) as Shane Phillips So Little Time (2001-2002) as Teddi TV guest appearances American Idol: Season 7... Biography of Ugo Mola
Ugo Mola, born May 14, 1973 in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, is a French former rugby player.... Biography of Wally Albertson
Wallace Thompson or Wally Albertson, born July 23, 1924 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is an American activist, politician and educator. She was a model and actress before. She is the widow of actor Jack Albertson (June 16, 1907 – November 25, 1981).... Biography of Philippe Khorsand
Philippe Khorsand (February 17, 1948 - January 29, 2008) was a French actor. His father was Iranian and his mother French. Filmography Actor 1971 : Laisse aller, c'est une valse de Georges Lautner : Homme de Varèse 1977 : Lâche-moi les valseuses!... d'Alain Nauroy : Henri 1979 : Le Mors aux dents de Laurent Heynemann : Flipper 1979 : Rien ne va plus de Jean-Michel Ribes : Conducteur au péage, Jacky, M. Alexandre 1980 : Inspecteur la Bavure de Claude Zidi : Le satyre Alphonse Rouchard 1982 : Casting d'Arthur Joffé 1982 : T'empêches tout le monde de dormir de Gérard Lauzier : Michel 1983 : Édith et Marcel de Claude Lelouch : Jo Longman 1983 : Zig Zag Story de Patrick Schulmann : inspecteur de police 1983 : Attention ! Une femme peut en cacher une autre de Georg... Biography of Philippe Remond
Philippe Remond, born November 9, 1963 in Dijon, is a French athlete, specialist of marathon. He was World champion in 1997, et three times champion of France.... Biography of Robert Young
Robert George Young (February 22, 1907 - July 21, 1998) was an American actor, best known for his leading roles in two long-running television series, Jim Anderson, the father of Father Knows Best (NBC and then CBS) and physician Marcus Welby in Marcus Welby, M.D. (ABC). Hollywood career After appearing on stage, Young was signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)—the studio that had more stars than in the heavens—and in spite of having a "tier B" status, he co-starred with some of the studio's most illustrious actresses such as Margaret Sullavan, Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Helen Hayes, Luise Rainer, and Helen Twelvetrees, among many, many others. Yet most of his assignments comprised B-movies, also known as programmers, which required a mere two to three weeks of shooting. Actors who w... Biography of Jack Elam
Jack Elam (November 13, 1920 — October 20, 2003) was an American film actor best known for his lazy eye in Western films. Early life William Scott Elam was born in Miami, Arizona, to Millard Elam and Alice Amelia Kerby. The year of his birth is often given as 1916. According to his New York Times obituary, Elam was born in 1918 and "lied about his age to get work as a youngster". However, his birth, death, and census records indicate Elam was born in 1920. Alice died in 1924, when young Jack was not quite four years of age. Afterwards, he was reared by relatives in unhappy circumstances. By 1930, he was once again living with his father, older sister, Mildred, and their stepmother, Flossie. He grew up picking cotton. As a Boy Scout, he lost the sight in his left eye after another... Biography of Len Harvey
Len Harvey was born in Galburton on the 11 July, 1907. A great tactician and defensive boxer who boxed at every weight division's of his day. He began boxing at the very young age of 12 and boxed to he was 36. He was British champion at three weights, middleweight, light-heavy and heavyweight, He also held British Empire championship at light-heavy and heavyweight as well as being recognized as world light-heavyweight champion in Britain from 1939-1942. Len Harvey started out as a flyweight at 12. By the time he was 18 he was ready to fight for the British welterweight title. He was held to a draw though by Harry Mason on the 29 April 1926. his next British title shot came 2 years later on the 16 May 1929. This time at middleweight against Alex Ireland. Harvey knocked out his opponent i... Biography of Mark Portugal
Mark Steven Portugal (born October 30, 1962 in Los Angeles, California), is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1985-1999. 1994 Silver Slugger winner.... Biography of Matt Felker
Matthew Nicholas Felker or Matt Felker, born October 11, 1979 in Brookfield, Wisconsin, is an American actor, model and screenwriter. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1812676/ ) Who is Brad Lenz? (2008) (pre-production) .... Brad Lenz/Marty Feltcher London (2005) (uncredited) .... Nipple Man Dirty Famous (2005) (TV) .... Shar's Boyfriend Flashpoint (2002) (TV) .... Surfer stud ... aka E.I.S.: Epidemiologic Intelligence Service... Biography of Jon Hensley
Jon Hensley (born August 26, 1965 in Fort Dix and raised in Browns Mills, New Jersey) is an American actor. Career Hensley's first television role was in 1985 on the daytime drama One Life to Live as Brody Price. The role was a short term one, but led to Hensley being cast in the role for which he is best known, the role of rebellious farmhand Holden Snyder on As the World Turns. Hensley started on "ATWT" in 1985, and became a popular player when the character of Holden and his "wrong side of the tracks" love affair with rich Lily Walsh (Martha Byrne) set the stage for much story in the 1980s and early 1990s. Hensley ended his first stint in 1988. During his first break from the show, Hensley lived in London and studied at the Shakespeare Academy of Music, Drama, and Art. Hen... Biography of Dave Wottle
David ("Dave") James Wottle (born August 7, 1950) is a former American athlete, winner of the 800 metres at the 1972 Summer Olympics, perhaps best known for wearing a golf cap while running. Dave was born in Canton, Ohio, and attended Bowling Green State University. During his childhood he was very slim and feeble, so that the family doctor told him that he needed to do something to strengthen himself, such as running. The young boy took very seriously this advice and started to run. At the university he finished second to Marty Liquori in the mile run at the 1970 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. During the 1971 season he was hampered by injuries, but a year later in 1972 he won the 1,500 m at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, and at the 1973 NCAA Outdoor Track ... Biography of Romain Rocchi
Romain Rocchi (born October 2, 1981 in Cavaillon) is a French football midfielder currently playing for FC Metz in the French Ligue 2.... Biography of Stuart Whitman
Stuart Maxwell Whitman (born February 1, 1928) is an American actor. Stuart Whitman is arguably best-known for playing Marshal Jim Crown in the western television series Cimarron Strip in 1967. Whitman also starred with John Wayne in the Western movie, The Comancheros, in 1961, and received top billing as the romantic lead in the extravagant aerial epic Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines in 1965. Early life Born in San Francisco, he graduated from high school and spent three years in the Army Corps of Engineers. He became a boxer and was at one time a top light heavyweight contender. After leaving the army, he enrolled in Los Angeles City College and the Los Angeles Academy of Dramatic Art. Personal life Stuart was married to the French-born Caroline Boubis (1966... Biography of Big Daddy Kane
Antonio Hardy (born September 10, 1968 in Brooklyn, New York), better known by his stage name, Big Daddy Kane, is an African-American rapper. He started his career in 1986 as a member of the rap group, the Juice Crew. Biography 1980s In 1984, he met Biz Markie, and the two struck a friendship. Kane would go on to co-write some of the Biz's best-known lyrics, and both eventually became important members of the Queens-based Juice Crew, a collective headed by renowned producer Marley Marl. Kane signed with Marl's Cold Chillin' Records label in 1987 and debuted the following year with the 12" single "Raw," an underground hit. Kane is known for his ability to syncopate over faster hip hop beats, and despite his asthmatic condition he is acknowledged as one of the pioneering masters of ... Biography of John Ford
John Ford (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973) was an American film director of Irish heritage famous for both his westerns such as Stagecoach and The Searchers and adaptations of such 20th-century American novels as The Grapes of Wrath. His four Best Director Academy Awards (1935, 1940, 1941, 1952) is a record, although only one of those films, How Green Was My Valley, also won Best Picture. In a career that spanned more than 50 years, Ford directed 140 films (although nearly all of his silent films are now lost) and he is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers of his generation. Ford's films and personality were held in high regard by his colleagues, with Ingmar Bergman and Orson Welles among those who have named him as one of the greatest directors of... Biography of Paul Molitor
Paul Leo Molitor (nicknamed Molly or The Ignitor) (born August 22, 1956 in Vadnais Heights, Minnesota) is a former American baseball player. Molitor played for 21 seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers (1978-1992), Toronto Blue Jays (1993-1995) and Minnesota Twins (1996-1998). He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2004, his first year of eligibility. Career Milwaukee Brewers Molitor played several positions during his career. He started out as a shortstop, then moved to second base when the briefly-retired Robin Yount returned. Molitor then was moved to third base at the age of 25. During the latter half of his career, he was used primarily as a designated hitter, with occasional games at first base and in the outfield. He played 44% of his career games as a DH. Molitor was part of ... Biography of Olivier Girault
Olivier Girault (born February 22, 1973 in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe) is a French team handball player, currently playing for Paris Handball. He is World Champion from the 2001, and European Champion from 2006. Clubs Vaires-sur-Marne Livry-Gargan handball Massy Essonne HB CD Bidasoa Paris Handball Honors Club 2007 : Winner of French Cup 2008 : 2nd of the French Cup National team World Cup : 2001 European Men's Handball Championship : 2006... Biography of Moncef Zerka
Monsef Zerka (born August 30, 1981 in Orléans) is a French-Moroccan professional football (soccer) player. He plays for AS Nancy, usually as a striker, but originally played as fullback then in midfield. Playing for US Orléans as a youngster, Zerka was signed by Nancy on the recommendation of his coach Jacques Quéré. He completed the final years of his apprenticeship at Nancy before making his debut in 2001. Before finally signing professional forms (initially a three-year contract) with Nancy in August 2002, Zerka had made his debut for the Morocco national team. He was part of the Moroccan 2004 Olympic football team, who exited in the first round, finishing third in group D, behind group winners Iraq and runners-up Costa Rica. After playing in various positions over the years, Z... Biography of Patrick Flueger
Patrick Flueger (born December 10, 1983 in Red Wing, Minnesota) is an American actor. He received his big break when he auditioned for the 2001 family hit, The Princess Diaries. He and four others competed for the leading male role, but that part went to Robert Schwartzman. Patrick made his mark with director, Garry Marshall, though, and Marshall wrote him a part as Jeremiah, a fun-loving card-trick master who charmed the lead character's best friend. Flueger is a graduate of Red Wing High School and has two younger siblings. He is making his mark, slowly but surely, in the acting world with small parts in television shows, such as Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and most recently, as a star in the series The 4400. He is currently appearing in the 4th season of The 4400.... Biography of Billy Joe Thomas
B. J. Thomas (Billy Joe Thomas, b. August 7, 1942, in Hugo, Oklahoma) is an American popular singer known for his chart-topping hits in the 1960s and 1970s. Career Thomas was reared in and around Houston, Texas. He graduated from Lamar Consolidated High School in Rosenberg. Before his solo career, Thomas sang in a church choir as a teenager then joined the musical group The Triumphs. In 1966, B. J. Thomas and The Triumphs released the album, I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Pacemaker Records). The album featured a hit cover of the Hank Williams song, "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry". In the same year, Thomas released a solo album of the same name (Scepter Records). Thomas achieved mainstream success again in 1968, with the single "Hooked on a Feeling", which featured the sound of an electr... Biography of Sal Bando
Salvatore Leonard Bando (born February 13, 1944 in Cleveland, Ohio) is a former third baseman and executive in professional baseball who played for the Kansas City & Oakland Athletics (1966-76) and Milwaukee Brewers (1977-81). He batted and threw right-handed. During the A's championship years of 1971-75, he captained the team and led the club in runs batted in three times. He was the second American League third baseman to hit 200 career home runs, joining Brooks Robinson, and retired among the all-time leaders in games (5th, 1896), assists (6th, 3720) and double plays (7th, 345) at his position. In a 16-season career, Bando was a .254 hitter with 242 home runs and 1039 RBI in 2019 games played. His brother Chris was a catcher for the Cleveland Indians. Over four consecutive American L... Biography of Paul Greengrass
Paul Greengrass (b. 13 August 1955) is an English writer and Academy Award nominated film director. He specialises in dramatisations of real-life events and is known for his signature use of hand-held cameras. Greengrass was born in Cheam, Surrey, and educated at Sevenoaks School and Queens' College, Cambridge University. He first worked as a director in the 1980s, for the ITV current affairs programme World in Action. At the same time he co-authored the notorious book Spycatcher with Peter Wright, former assistant director of MI5, which contained enough sensitive information that the British Government made an unsuccessful attempt to ban it. He then moved into drama, directing made-for-television films such as The One That Got Away, based on Chris Ryan's book about SAS actions in th... Biography of Peter Lawford
Peter Sydney Lawford (September 7, 1923 – December 24, 1984) was an English-born American actor, member of the "Rat Pack," and brother-in-law to President John F. Kennedy, perhaps more noted in later years for his off-screen activities as a celebrity than for his acting. In his earlier professional years (late 1930s through the 1950s) he had a strong presence in popular culture and starred in a number of highly acclaimed films. Biography Early life Born in London, on September 7, 1923, the son of English World War I hero Sir Sydney Turing Barlow Lawford and the former May Somerville Bunny, he spent his early childhood in France and began acting at a young age. Lawford's mother was said to have dressed him as a girl in private up until age eleven. Lady Lawford and Sir Sydney were n... Biography of Sergio Ramos
Sergio Ramos García (Spanish pronunciation: ; born 30 March 1986 in Camas, Andalusia) is a Spanish footballer who currently plays for Real Madrid and the Spanish national team. He usually plays as right or centre back. Club career Sevilla Ramos began his career at local La Liga giants Sevilla, where he played alongside Jesús Navas and the late Antonio Puerta. He made his debut in February 2004, coming on as a substitute away at Deportivo de La Coruña and scored his debut goal in September. After only three seasons in the Sevilla first team, he was transferred to Real Madrid in the summer of 2005 for €27 million, a record for a Spanish teenager. He was the only Spanish player brought in during Florentino Pérez first stint as Real Madrid president. Real Madrid At Real Madrid, Ra... Biography of Jonas Armstrong
Jonas Armstrong (born 1 January 1981. ) is an Irish actor, best known for his appearances on British television. He is currently playing the title role in the BBC One drama series Robin Hood, his highest-profile role to date. Jonas Armstrong was born in Mount Carmel Hospital, Dublin, Ireland on 1 January 1981, exactly one minute after midnight on New Years Day. He was the first baby born in Ireland that year. He was raised in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England. He has 2 siblings, a brother called Grant, also an actor and a sister, both younger. Jonas was educated at Arnold School and was a member of the critically acclaimed drama group In Yer Space. It was with this group that he performed at the Edinburgh fringe in the Stephen MacDonald play Not About Heroes and the Arthur Miller cla... Biography of Michael Gambon
Sir Michael John Gambon, CBE (born 19 October 1940) is a Olivier Award-, and BAFTA Award-winning Irish actor who has worked in theatre, television, and film. Early life Gambon was born in Dublin during World War II. His father, Edward Gambon, was an engineer and his mother, Mary (née Hoare) was a seamstress. His father decided to seek work in the rebuilding of London, and so the family moved to Mornington Crescent in north London, when Gambon was five. His father had him made a British citizen — a decision that would later allow Michael to receive an actual, rather than honorary, knighthood and CBE. (although, under the British Nationality Act 1981 anyone born in Ireland before 1949 can still register as a British subject and, after five years' UK residence, as a British citizen). ... Biography of Doug Bair
Charles Douglas Bair (born August 22, 1949, in Defiance, Ohio) was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He is an alumnus of Bowling Green State University. Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 2nd round of the 1971 MLB amateur draft, Bair would make his major league debut with the Pirates on September 13, 1976. Bair pitched in 584 games during his long career, all but five in relief. His best season was in 1978 with the Cincinnati Reds, when he had 28 saves and an ERA of 1.97 in 70 games. A few days before the 1982 World Series his daughter, Heather Lea Bair, was born. Bair was a member of the St. Louis Cardinals 1982 World Series Championship team and the Detroit Tigers 1984 World Series Championship team. He appeared in his final game on October 3, 1990, at th... Biography of John Kapelos
John Kapelos (born March 8, 1956) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his portrayal of the janitor Carl Reed in The Breakfast Club. Souce for his birth time: http://www.castingcall.com/index.php/component/content/article/5/67 An alumnus of The Second City, Chicago, John Kapelos’ theatrical work spans eight years from Second City’s Touring Company (1978–1982) to six revues as a member of the famed Resident Company (1982–1986), and finally Second City’s critically acclaimed return to off-Broadway in Orwell That Ends Well at the former Village Gate in New York City. Career Adept at playing both dramatic and comedic roles, some of John’s movie highlights include 1999’s The Deep End of the Ocean, which received praise from both The New York Times and Roger Ebert from The Chica... Biography of Vida Blue
Vida Rochelle Blue Jr. (born July 28, 1949, in Mansfield, Louisiana) is a former Major League Baseball left-handed starting pitcher. In his 17-year career, he played for the Oakland Athletics, San Francisco Giants, and Kansas City Royals. Baseball career In 1970, after spending the season in the minor leagues with the Iowa Oaks of the American Association, Blue was called up in September and made two starts that provided a glimpse of what was to come for the 21-year old. On September 11, he shut out the Kansas City Royals 3-0, giving up only one hit, to Pat Kelly in the eighth inning. Ten days later, he no-hit the Minnesota Twins, 6-0, at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The lone baserunner came on Harmon Killebrew's fourth-inning walk. Blue was a southpaw power pitcher. He possesse... Biography of Adam Pascal
Adam Pascal (born October 25, 1970) is an American actor and singer, best known for his Tony-nominated performance as Roger Davis in the original cast of Jonathan Larson's musical Rent on Broadway, and in the movie version of the musical. He is also known for originating the role of Radames in Elton John and Tim Rice's Aida. Career Pascal was born to a Jewish family in The Bronx, New York, but raised in Syosset, New York. Before he started being interested in music, he was a personal trainer. Although he started as a rock musician playing in a number of bands (such as Mute) he formed with his schoolmates, Pascal became drawn to the musical theater. A friend of his former high school, who at the time was dating fellow Syosset graduate Idina Menzel, mentioned RENT to him. On a whim, he a... Biography of Emil Jannings
Emil Jannings (July 23, 1884 in Rorschach – January 3, 1950) was a Swiss-born German actor and the first winner of the Academy Award for Best Actor. Early life He was christened Theodor Friedrich Emil Janenz in Rorschach, Switzerland, the son of a German mother and an American father. Career Jannings was a theater actor who eventually started a career in Hollywood. He won the 1928 Oscar for two films, The Way of All Flesh and The Last Command. He also starred in F. W. Murnau's The Last Laugh, a film notable in silent cinema for its lack of title cards, and in the 1922 film version of Shakespeare's Othello. His Hollywood career came to an end when talkies made his thick German accent difficult to understand. He returned to Europe, where he starred opposite Marlene Dietrich in ... Biography of Dick Powell
Richard Ewing "Dick" Powell (November 14, 1904 – January 2, 1963) was an American singer, actor, producer, director and studio boss. Born in Mountain View, the seat of Stone County in northern Arkansas, Powell attended the former Little Rock College in the state capital, before he started his entertainment career as a singer with the Charlie Davis Orchestra, based in the midwest. He recorded a number of records with Davis, and on his own, for the Vocalion label in the late 1920s. Powell moved to Pittsburgh, where he found great local success as the Master of Ceremonies at the Enright Theater, and the Stanley Theater. In April 1930, Warner Bros. bought up Brunswick Records, which at that time owned Vocalion. Warner Bros. was sufficiently impressed by Powell's singing and stage presenc... Biography of Solange Wilvert
Solange Wilvert (born October 15, 1988 (source: askmen.com)) is a Brazilian model. Wilvert was discovered during a casting session at her public school in Florianopolis, Brazil. She was only 14 years old at the time, but in only four weeks she had landed a contract in New York City. She has appeared on the catwalk for high designers Chanel, Alexander McQueen, Marc Jacobs, Karl Lagerfeld, and more. She was the face of Chanel, Calvin Klein, Fendi, Gucci, Stella McCartney, and others. She was on the cover of Stiletto, Vogue (3 times), and Wonderland.... Biography of Matthew Morrison
Matthew James Morrison (born October 30, 1978) is an American musical theater and television actor and singer. He is best known for starring in multiple Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, including Link Larkin in Hairspray on Broadway, and most notably for his Golden Globe-nominated role as Will Schuester on the smash Fox television show Glee (2009-present). He has also received a Satellite Award for this role. Early life Morrison was born in Fort Ord, California. The inspiration for his career as an actor came from attending theatre camp as a child and acting in school plays and musicals. He was also a soccer/football player and was elected prom king and president of his high school. He was educated at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and the Orange County High ... Biography of Jean-Pierre Aumont
Jean-Pierre Aumont (5 January 1911 – 30 January 2001) was a French actor. Early life Aumont was born in Paris as Jean-Pierre Philippe Salomons to Alexandre Salomons, owner of La Maison du Blanc (a linen department store) and Suzanne Cahen. His mother's uncle was well-known stage actor Georges Berr. His father, whose family came from Holland, was Jewish and his mother also came from a Jewish family. Aumont began studying drama at the Paris Conservatory, following his mother, at the age of sixteen. His professional stage debut occurred at the age of 21. His film debut came one year later, when Jean de la Lune (Jean of the Moon) was produced in 1931. Career However, his most important, career-defining role came in 1934, when Jean Cocteau's play La Machine Infernale (The Infernal Ma... Biography of Jeffrey Hunter
Jeffrey Hunter (November 25, 1926 – May 27, 1969) was a film and television actor. Early life He was born Henry Herman McKinnies, Jr. in New Orleans, Louisiana, and raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he graduated from Whitefish Bay High School, and began acting in local theater and radio in his early teens. He served stateside in the United States Navy in World War II, then studied drama at Northwestern University. Acting career In 1950, while a graduate student in radio at the University of California, Los Angeles and appearing in a college play, he was spotted by talent scouts and offered a two-year motion picture contract by 20th Century Fox that was eventually extended to 1959. He made his Hollywood debut in Fourteen Hours (1951), had star billing by Red Skies of Montana ... Biography of Jerry Heard
Jerry M. Heard (born May 1, 1947) is an American professional golfer who won several PGA Tour events in the 1970s. Heard was born in Visalia, California. He became a professional golfer in 1968 and joined the PGA Tour in 1969. His first professional win came in the American Golf Classic at the Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio in 1971. He finished with a four-day total of 275, three strokes better than runner-up Dale Douglass. In 1972, he won the Florida Citrus Open and the Colonial National Invitation. Heard had nearly 60 top-10 finishes in PGA Tour events in his career including four top-10 finishes in major championships — his best finish in a major was T-5 at The Masters in 1972. Heard was struck by lightning at the 1975 Western Open as were his playing partners, tour veterans L... Biography of William Haines
Charles William Haines (January 2, 1900 – December 26, 1973) was an American film actor who was one of the most notable film stars of the silent era. Haines was born to a wealthy family in Staunton, Virginia, left home at the age of 14 and moved to New York City. After winning a talent contest he moved to Hollywood where he played bit parts for several years until MGM Studios began casting him in more prominent roles. Career in film By 1925 he was MGM's most important male star, and his films were very profitable for the studio. He was cultivated as a romantic leading man, and his combination of good looks and flair for comedy won him many fans. He made a career out of playing wise-cracking young athletic types whose large egos hold them back until an attitude adjustment leads to s... Biography of Jamie Isaac Conde
Jamie Isaac Conde, born August 11, 1986 in San Dimas, California, is an American actor.... Biography of Thor Hushovd
Thor Hushovd (born January 18, 1978 in Grimstad) is a Norwegian professional road bicycle racer, riding for Crédit Agricole. Hushovd is known for sprinting and time trialing. He is a former Norwegian time trial champion. He is the first Norwegian to wear the yellow jersey in Tour de France. Before turning professional in 1998, Hushovd won the under-23 time trial world championship and the under-23 versions of Paris-Roubaix and Paris-Tours. Hushovd is a member of Crédit Agricole. He was Norwegian time trial champion in 2004 and 2005 and road race champion in 2004. In 2006, Hushovd won seven UCI ProTour races and two stages of the Tour de France. Hushovd won the prologue in Strasbourg and wore the maillot jaune after the first day despite a cut arm. He continued with stitches and regai... Biography of Angelo Mazzoni
Angelo Mazzoni, born April 3, 1961 in Milan, is an Italian former Olympic fencer.... Biography of Gene Barry
Gene Barry (born June 14, 1919) is an American actor and producer. Early life Barry was born Eugene Klass in New York City, New York, the son of Eva (née Conn) and Martin Klass; all of his grandparents were Jewish immigrants from Russia. He exhibited early skills with his singing and violin playing. Career Barry adopted his professional name in honor of John Barrymore. He was trained in violin and voice and spent two years at the Chatham Square School of Music on a singing scholarship. He made his Broadway debut as Captain Paul Duval in the 1942 revival of Sigmund Romberg's The New Moon. He returned to Broadway numerous times over the next decade, portraying Falke in Rosalinda (1942), Nova Kovich in The Merry Widow (1943), Lieutenant Bunin in Catherine Was Great (1944), Dorante ... Biography of Michael Damian
Michael Damian is an American actor, singer and producer, known mainly for his eighteen-year run on the #1-rated daytime drama, The Young and the Restless. Born in San Diego, California, Damian made his feature film debut as an actor in the Garry Marshall-directed comedy Young Doctors in Love. Later followed a recurring role for two seasons on NBC's The Facts of Life. He is married to Janeen Best, a former Solid Gold dancer and the daughter of the actor James Best (The Dukes of Hazzard). After leaving "The Young and the Restless," Damian landed the starring role in the Broadway production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. The production became the highest grossing revival in Los Angeles history, before hitting Broadway, where i... Biography of Guy Madison
Guy Madison (January 19, 1922 – February 6, 1996) was an American film and television actor. Born Robert Ozell Mosely in Bakersfield, California, Madison attended Bakersfield Junior College for two years and then worked briefly as a telephone lineman before joining the United States Coast Guard in 1942. In 1944, while visiting Hollywood on leave from the Coast Guard, Madison's boyish good looks and manly physique caught the eye of Henry Willson, the head of talent at David O. Selznick's newly formed Vanguard Pictures. Willson was widely known for his stable of good-looking, marginally talented actors with unusual names he bestowed upon them, and he immediately cast the rechristened Madison in a bit part in Selznick's Since You Went Away. Following the film's release in 1944, the stud... Biography of Rolf Harris
Rolf Harris CBE, AM (born 30 March 1930), is an Australian/British musician, singer, composer, painter, and television host and personality. Named after Rolf Boldrewood, an Australian writer his mother admired, he was born in Bassendean, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, Australia, to Cromwell ("Crom") Harris and Agnes Margaret Harris (née Robbins) who had both emigrated from Cardiff, Wales. He is the nephew of Australian artist Pixie O'Harris, (1903-1991), i.e. Rhona Olive Pratt, née Harris. As an adolescent and young adult, Harris was a champion swimmer being the Australian Junior 110 yards Backstroke Champion in 1946 and Western Australian state champion over a variety of distances and strokes during the period 1948–1952. Harris attended Perth Modern School in Subiaco, and the... Biography of Olivier Gruner
Olivier Gruner (born 2 August 1960 in Paris, France) is a former Commando Marine and World Kickboxing Champion. He became an actor specializing in the field of physical fitness. Early life Gruner was born into a family where both his father and brother became noted surgeons and his younger brother became an engineer. After seeing a Bruce Lee movie at age 11, Gruner became captivated with martial arts and began studying Shotokan Karate, and then boxing and kickboxing. Military At age 18, rather than pursuing the academic life many expected of him, he joined the French Military, volunteering for their Commando Marine unit. As a part of his military training he learned to scuba dive, sky dive and climb. Career In 1981 Gruner left the French military to train full time to comp... Biography of Andrew Adamson
Andrew Ralph Adamson, MNZM (born 1 December 1966 in Auckland, New Zealand) is a New Zealand film director, producer and screenwriter based mainly in Los Angeles, California, U.S., where he made the blockbuster animation films, Shrek and Shrek 2 for which he received an Academy Award nomination. He was director, executive producer, and scriptwriter for C. S. Lewis' The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Shooting took place in New Zealand, primarily in and around Auckland, but also in South Island where much of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy was filmed. He also worked on the movies Batman Forever and Batman & Robin as a visual effects supervisor. He was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2006 Queen's Birthday Honours List. Personal life Adamson's... Biography of Elenoire Casalegno
Elenoire Casalegno, born May 28, 1976 in Savona, is an Italian model and TV host.... Biography of Brad Delson
Bradford Phillip Delson (born December 1, 1977) is an American musician, lead guitarist, and one of the founding members of the alternative rock band Linkin Park. He is also the A&R Representative for Machine Shop Recordings. Early life Brad Delson attended Agoura High School with childhood friend and Linkin Park band mate Mike Shinoda. He played in various bands throughout his high school career, the most notable being Relative Degree, in which he met and teamed up with drummer Rob Bourdon. Relative Degree's goal was simply to play a show, and, after achieving that goal, they disbanded. After graduating in 1995, Delson, Shinoda, and Bourdon formed Xero, which would eventually become the starting point for Linkin Park. Delson entered UCLA in 1995 as a Regent Scholar working towar... Biography of Alan Ameche
Lino Dante "Alan" Ameche (March 1, 1933 – August 8, 1988), nicknamed "The Horse", was an American football player who played six seasons with the Baltimore Colts in the National Football League after winning the Heisman Trophy in college at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He was elected to the Pro Bowl in each of his first four seasons in the league. He is famous for scoring the winning touchdown in the 1958 NFL Championship Game against the New York Giants, labeled "The Greatest Game Ever Played." After emigrating to the United States in the late 1930s, his family returned for a year to Italy. The family then returned to Kenosha, Wisconsin. Alan was a cousin of noted actors Don Ameche and Jim Ameche. With colleague (and former Colts teammate) Gino Marchetti, Alan Ameche founded th... Biography of William Boyd
William Boyd (June 5, 1895–September 12, 1972) was an American actor. Born William Lawrence Boyd in Hendrysburg, Ohio, located 26 miles east of Cambridge, Ohio, he was raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In 1918 he went to Hollywood, where he became famous as a leading man in silent film romances with a yearly salary of $100,000. By the end of the 1920s, Boyd's career had begun to deteriorate, and he was without a contract and going broke. Then Boyd's picture was mistakenly run in a newspaper story about the arrest of another actor with a similar name (William "Stage" Boyd) on gambling and liquor charges, which further hurt his career. Hopalong Cassidy In 1935, he was offered the lead role in the movie Hopalong Cassidy. He changed the original pulp-fiction character, written by Clarence E. ... Biography of Fatboy Slim
Norman Quentin Cook (born Quentin Leo Cook, 16 July 1963), better known by his stage name Fatboy Slim is a British DJ, big beat musician and producer. Cook has achieved considerable success in UK single and album charts, first as a member of the Housemartins and then most notably as Beats International, Freak Power, Fatboy Slim and The BPA. Some have called him the most iconic DJ of all time. History Quentin Leo Cook was raised in Reigate, Surrey, England, and was educated at Reigate Grammar School. He started a punk fanzine titled Peroxide with his neighbour Andrew Thomas and art student Ian McKay (formerly Laidlaw). Contemporary with his publishing activities, he played drums in Disque Attack (a British new-wave-influenced rock band) for which he later performed lead vocals. At Reiga... Biography of Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Jalacy Hawkins, best known as Screamin' Jay Hawkins (July 18, 1929 – February 12, 2000) was an African-American musician, singer, and actor. Famed chiefly for his powerful, operatic vocal delivery and wildly theatrical performances of songs such as "I Put a Spell on You" and "Constipation Blues," Hawkins sometimes used macabre props onstage, making him perhaps the first shock rocker. Early career Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, Hawkins studied classical piano as a child and learned guitar in his twenties. His original career goal was to become an opera singer in the footsteps of Paul Robeson. When his initial ambitions failed, he began his career as a conventional blues singer and pianist. He served in the U.S. Army in the Pacific Ocean during World War II, primarily as an enter... Biography of Marty Liquori
Martin ("Marty") Liquori (born 11 September 1949) is an American middle distance athlete. Liquori first rose to fame when he became the third American high schooler to break the four-minute mile by running a 3:59.8 in 1967, three years after Jim Ryun first did it. He grew up in Cedar Grove, New Jersey and attended Essex Catholic High School. After high school, Liquori enrolled at Villanova University. There he was coached by the legendary Jumbo Elliott. Liquori made the U.S. Olympic team in 1968 as a nineteen-year-old freshman. He reached the finals of the 1,500 meter run but suffered a stress fracture and finished 12th. He was the youngest person ever to compete in the final. In 1969, he finished second to Ryun in the NCAA indoor mile then won the NCAA and AAU outdoor mile cha... Biography of Nicolas Massu
Nicolás Alejandro Massú Fried (born October 10, 1979, in Viña del Mar, Chile), nicknamed Vampiro (Spanish: "vampire"), is a Chilean tennis player, a former world number nine in singles, and a two-time Olympic gold medalist. Tennis career Early years Massú was introduced to tennis at age five by his Hungarian grandfather, Ladislao Fried. From age 12, he was trained at the Valle Dorado tennis academy, near Villa Alemana, by Leonardo Zuleta, with whom he perfected his forehand and double-handed backhand. He later trained at the Nick Bollettieri academy, in Florida, United States, alongside Marcelo Ríos, and later at the High Performance Center in Barcelona, Spain. Juniors Massú became a professional tennis player in 1997. That year he won the prestigious juniors year-end Orange... Biography of Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (born Chris Wayne Jackson on March 9, 1969 in Gulfport, Mississippi) is an American professional basketball player. Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Weight 162 lb (73 kg) Playing career Abdul-Rauf changed his name in 1991 upon his conversion to Islam. After a record-setting college career at Louisiana State University, he was selected with the third pick in the 1990 NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets. He played with Denver until 1995, and was a key player on that team, winning the Most Improved Player award in 1993. Abdul-Rauf later went on to play for the Sacramento Kings and later the Vancouver Grizzlies. He led the league in free throw percentage in 1994 and 1996, narrowly missing (by one missed free throw) the NBA all-time record for free-throw percentage in a single... Biography of Andy Bathgate
Andrew James Bathgate (born August 28, 1932 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played 17 seasons in the National Hockey League for the New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins. Playing career Andy Bathgate was a popular star-player of the New York Rangers and also holds the honor of being declared the MVP of both the NHL and WHL. He started his professional career with the Cleveland Barons of the AHL in the 1952–53 season. He bounced between the Vancouver Canucks and the Rangers for two seasons before settling with the Rangers in 1954–55. He played ten full seasons with the Rangers, where he became a popular player in New York as well as a top-tiered player in the NHL. In 1961–62, Bathgate and ... Biography of Doug Davidson
Douglas Donald "Doug" Davidson (born October 24, 1954 in Glendale, California) is an American television actor. He has portrayed private investigator Paul Williams on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless since May 1978, making him the series' senior male cast member. On September 12, 1994, he began hosting a five-night-a-week, syndicated, half hour version of the game show The New Price Is Right, but the show was canceled just four and a half months later on January 27, 1995 due to both the O. J. Simpson trial and a product that was generally seen as too much of a departure from the familiar daytime version. Davidson was one of a few people given an audition to replace Bob Barker after his retirement from The Price Is Right in 2007, a role which ultimately went to Drew Carey. D... Biography of Edward Albert
Edward Albert (February 20, 1951 - September 22, 2006) was an American film and television actor. He was also known as Edward Laurence Albert and occasionally Eddie Albert Jr. He was born Edward Laurence Heimberger in Los Angeles, California, the son of actor Eddie Albert and Mexican actress Margo. Edward is probably most famous for his work in the 1972 film Butterflies Are Free in which he played Don Baker, a blind man who is a talented guitarist and singer-songwriter. His performance won him the Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year - Actor. The following year he starred opposite Liv Ullman in the film adaptation of the play 40 Carats. Children may remember him as Mr. Collins, father to Wesley Collins, the Red Ranger from Power Rangers: Time Force. He appeared as a U.S. Na... Biography of Stefan Booth
Stefan Booth (born 4 October 1979) is an English actor and singer. Background Booth went to school at Monkton Combe School in Bath and grew up between the West Country and Berkshire. He now lives in London. Career Booth played Jamie Nash in Hollyoaks from 2001 until 2003 and appeared as a semi-regular character, Sergeant Mark Rollins, in The Bill. In 2006, he came second in the ITV ice skating competition Dancing on Ice, partnered with professional ice skater Kristina Cousins. In August 2006 he filmed a guest part in an episode of The Royal in Scarborough. He has appeared in pantomime, playing the title role in Dick Whittington in 2006–2007, at the Gordon Craig Theatre in Stevenage, Hertfordshire alongside Sheila Ferguson. He starred in Back in Business a 2007 comedy film as th... Biography of René Auberjonois
René Murat Auberjonois (born June 1, 1940) is an American actor, known for portraying Father Mulcahy in the movie version of M*A*S*H and for creating a number of characters in long-running television series, including Clayton Endicott III on Benson (for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award), Odo on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and attorney Paul Lewiston on Boston Legal. Early life Auberjonois was born in New York City. His mother was Princess Laure Louise Napoléone Eugénie Caroline Murat (1913-1986), a great-great granddaughter of Joachim Murat, King of Naples, and his wife Caroline Bonaparte, sister of the Emperor Napoléon. His maternal grandmother, Hélène Macdonald Stallo (1893-1932), was an American, from Cincinnati, Ohio; his maternal grandfather's mother was a Russian noblewo... Biography of Frank Nobilo
Frank Ivan Joseph Nobilo, CNZM (born on 14 May 1960) is a professional golfer and current analyst for The Golf Channel's Champions Tour and PGA Tour coverage. He is of Croat origin and Italian descent. He is a member of the famed Nobilo Wines family which has been involved in viticulture for more than 300 years. Nobilo was born in Auckland, New Zealand and educated at St Peter's College. In 1978, he won the New Zealand Amateur Championship at 18, the second-youngest winner of this title. In November 1979, he turned professional. In 1985, Nobilo joined the European Tour as a full-time player, having played in selected events in 1982 and 1983. He recorded his first win on the Tour in the 1988 PLM Open (not to be confused with the KLM Open). Nobilo subsequently won four other European T... Biography of Ted Shawn
Ted Shawn (October 21, 1891 - January 9, 1972), originally Edwin Myers Shawn, was one of the first notable male pioneers of American modern dance. Along with creating Denishawn with former wife Ruth St. Denis he is also responsible for the creation of the well known all male company Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers. With his innovative ideas of masculine movement he is one of the most influential choreographers and dancers of his day. He is also the founder and creator of Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in Massachusetts. Ted Shawn and the creation of Denishawn Ted Shawn of Kansas City, Missouri was the first man to achieve a high level of recognition in the world of modern dance. In 1912 Shawn graduated from The University of Denver where he had original intentions of becoming a minister. I... Biography of Gale Sayers
Gale Eugene Sayers (born May 30, 1943) also known as "The Kansas Comet", is a retired professional football player in the National Football League who spent his entire career with the Chicago Bears. Sayers is a member of both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame. His friendship with fellow Chicago Bear Brian Piccolo was the basis for the 1971 movie Brian's Song. He is a successful entrepreneur in the information technology field and an active philanthropist. Early Years and College career Born in Wichita, Kansas and reared in Omaha, Nebraska, Sayers graduated from Omaha Central High School (where he set a state long jump record of 24'11 3/4"); he was a two-time All-American football player at the University of Kansas. During his Jayhawk career, he ru... Biography of Ralph Earnhardt
Ralph Lee Earnhardt (February 23, 1928—September 26, 1973 (heart attack)) was a NASCAR racing legend. He was the father of Dale Earnhardt, the grandfather of Dale Earnhardt, Jr. and Kerry Earnhardt, and great grandfather of Jeffrey Earnhardt. Background Ralph was born in Kannapolis, North Carolina to Effie Mae Barber and John Henderson Earnhardt. He spent many years working in a cotton mill in North Carolina. One of the only ways out of this poor living was racing. Ralph started his racing career on dirt tracks where he was famous for keeping his car in top condition throughout each race. Ralph died of a heart attack in the kitchen and found by his wife Martha. His death was portrayed inaccurately in the ESPN movie "3" where his death occurred in the garage and Dale Earnhardt Sr. fo... Biography of Fran Tarkenton
Francis Asbury "Fran" Tarkenton (born February 3, 1940) is a former professional football player, TV personality, and computer software executive. He is best known for his years with the Minnesota Vikings and New York Giants, as well as a commentator on Monday Night Football and a co-host of That's Incredible!. At the time of his retirement he owned every major quarterback record. Tarkenton also founded Tarkenton Software, a computer-program generator company, and he toured the U.S. promoting CASE (computer-aided software engineering) with Albert F. Case, Jr. of Nastec Corporation. Tarkenton Software later merged with KnowledgeWare (with Tarkenton as president), until selling the company to Sterling Software in 1994. Early life Fran Tarkenton was born in Richmond, Virginia. He ... Biography of Tim Hardaway
Timothy Duane "Tim" Hardaway (born September 1, 1966) is a retired American basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and who in his prime was one of the league's best point guards. Six feet (1.83 m) tall, he was best known for his devastating crossover dribble (dubbed the "UTEP Two-step" by television analysts), a move which he helped to popularize among younger players. Early career He was born in Chicago, Illinois. After graduating from Carver High School in Chicago, Hardaway attended the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) where he won the Frances Pomeroy Naismith Award as the best college player six feet (1.83 m) tall or under. Hardaway was selected as the 14th pick of the first round, in the 1989 NBA Draft by the Golden State Warriors. NBA ... Biography of Stéphane Porato
Stéphane Porato (born 19 September 1973) is a football goalkeeper, who currently plays for Xerez CD, in Spain's Segunda División. His former clubs include AS Monaco and Olympique Marseille. He earned one cap for France in 1999. He had a trial at Chelsea, possibly signing as a third goalkeeper after the long-term injury to Petr Čech, but was not signed eventually.... Biography of Walter Mondale
Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale (born January 5, 1928) is an American politician and member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. He was the forty-second Vice President of the United States (1977–1981) under President Jimmy Carter, a two-term United States Senator from Minnesota, and the unsuccessful Democratic Party nominee for president in 1984. Later, during the administration of Democratic President Bill Clinton he served as the United States Ambassador to Japan from 1993-1996. Early life Walter Frederick ("Fritz") Mondale was born in Ceylon, Minnesota, the son of Theodore Sigvaard Mondale, a Methodist Episcopal Church minister, and his wife Claribel Hope Cowan, an elementary school teacher. Mondale spent his boyhood in the small towns of southern Minnesota, including Heron Lake ... Biography of Claude Érignac
Claude Érignac, born October 15, 1937 in Mende, died February 6, 1998 in Ajaccio, Corsica, was a French Prefect of Corsica (1996-1998). The murder of Claude Erignac was the most serious political assassination in France since World War Two and sparked one of the biggest investigations in the country’s history. Height: 1m83 (6')... Biography of Robin Roberts (baseball)
Robin Evan Roberts (born September 30, 1926) is an American former Major League Baseball starting pitcher who pitched primarily for the Philadelphia Phillies (1948–61). He spent the latter part of his career with the Baltimore Orioles (1962–65), Houston Astros (1965–66) and Chicago Cubs (1966). He is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Roberts has surrendered the most home runs in Major League Baseball, delivering 505. Before the Phillies Roberts was born in Springfield, Illinois. He was the son of an immigrant Welsh coal miner. He arrived in East Lansing, Michigan as part of an Army Air Corps training program. After World War II, Roberts returned to Michigan State University—where he had attended an Army Air Corps training program—to play basketball, not baseball. Almost by accid... Biography of Laurence Harvey
Laurence Harvey (1 October 1928 in Joniškis – 25 November 1973) was a Lithuanian-born actor, screenwriter and producer, who achieved fame in British and American films. Early life Harvey maintained throughout his life that his birth name was Laruschka Mischa Skikne. However, his legal name was Zvi Mosheh (Hirsh) Skikne. He was the youngest of three boys born to Ber "Boris" and Ella Skikne, a Jewish family in the town of Joniškis, Lithuania. At the age of five he emigrated with his family to South Africa where he took on the English name of Harry. He grew up in Johannesburg, and was in his teens when he served with the entertainment unit of the South African Army during World War II. After moving to London, England, he enrolled in the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art where he became k... Biography of Buddy Rogers
Charles Edward “Buddy” Rogers (13 August 1904 – 21 April 1999) was an American actor and jazz musician. Early years Rogers was born to Maude and Bert Henry Rogers in Olathe, Kansas. He studied at the University of Kansas where he became an active member of Phi Kappa Psi. In the mid-1920s he began acting professionally in Hollywood films. A talented trombonist skilled on several other musical instruments, Rogers performed with his own jazz band in motion pictures and on radio. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Navy as a flight training instructor. Career Nicknamed "Buddy", his most remembered performance in film was opposite Clara Bow in the 1927 Academy Award winning Wings, the first film ever honored as "Best Picture." Respected by his peers for his work in film and... Biography of David Scott
David Randolph Scott (born June 6, 1932), a former NASA astronaut, was one of the third group of astronauts named by NASA in October 1963. As commander of the Apollo 15 mission, the fourth human lunar landing, he was the seventh person to walk on the Moon and the first person to drive on the Moon. As command module pilot on Apollo 9, David Scott became the last American to fly solo in earth orbit. Early life and education He was born on Randolph Air Force Base in Fort Sam Houston (for which he received his middle name) near San Antonio, Texas and was active in the Boy Scouts of America where he achieved its second highest rank, Life Scout. He was educated at Texas Military Institute, Riverside Polytech High School in Riverside, California, where Scott joined the swim team and set sev... Biography of Greg Proops
Gregory Everett "Greg" Proops (born October 3, 1959) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, and producer. He is best known for his improvisational work on the UK and U.S. versions of Whose Line Is It Anyway? He also currently stars as Max Madigan on the Nickelodeon sitcom True Jackson, VP. Early life Proops was born in Phoenix, Arizona and raised in San Carlos, a suburb south of San Francisco. He attended the College of San Mateo and spearheaded the comedy duo "Proops & Brakeman." Later, he studied improvisation and acting at San Francisco State University. He was captain of SFSU's winning College Bowl team. He never finished college. Improv comedy After graduation, he joined an improv group with Mike McShane, which proved to be his ticket to stardom. Both Proops an... Biography of Mike Hargrove
Dudley Michael Hargrove (born October 26, 1949, in Perryton, Texas) is a former Major League Baseball player and manager. A first baseman who batted and threw left-handed, Hargrove played with the Texas Rangers (1974–78), San Diego Padres (1979), and Cleveland Indians (1979–85). After retiring, he managed the Indians, Baltimore Orioles, and Seattle Mariners. He now manages the Liberal BeeJays, a semi-professional baseball team in Liberal, Kansas for which he played while in college. Playing career During his playing days, Hargrove was a career .290 hitter with 80 home runs and 686 RBI in 1666 games. He won both the AL Rookie of the Year and The Sporting News Rookie of the Year awards in 1974, after hitting a career-high .323 with the Rangers (he is the only Ranger ever to be so ho... Biography of Michael Jai White
Michael Jai White (born November 10, 1967) is an American actor and professional martial artist who has appeared in numerous films and television series. He is the first African American to portray a major comic book superhero in a major motion picture, having starred as Al Simmons, the protagonist in the 1997 film Spawn. Career His first major starring role and breakout performance was in the 1995 HBO film Tyson, as heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson. He portrayed the eponymous character in the 1997 movie Spawn, making him the first African American to portray a major comic book superhero in a major motion picture. His work in Spawn earned him a nomination for the Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Best Male Newcomer. White starred opposite Jean-Claude Van Damme in Universal Soldier: ... Biography of Maxwell Caulfield
Maxwell Caulfield (born Maxwell Maclaine, November 23, 1959) is a British-born film, stage and television actor best known for his role as Michael Carrington in the musical film Grease 2 (1982). Early life Caulfield was born as Maxwell Maclaine in Chesterfield. the elder son of Peter Nelby Maclaine and his wife, Oriole. He has a younger brother, Marcus Maclaine, a musician. The actor's American stepfather, a Marine instructor at Parris Island, reportedly kicked Caulfield out of the house at the age of 15. He later became a go-go dancer at Raymond Revue Bar, a famous striptease club in London. At 18, he moved to the U.S. and obtained his green card. Career Theatre Caulfield made his acting debut off-Broadway in 1981 as the titular drifter in Joe Orton's Entertaining Mr. S... Biography of Barry Newman
Barry Foster Newman is an American actor, born November 7, 1938 in Boston, Massachusetts. Early years He is the son of an Austrian father and a Swedish mother. Newman was born in Boston, Massachusetts on November 7, 1938 and he attended Boston Latin School and Brandeis University, where he took a degree in cultural anthropology. After graduation he decided to become an actor after wandering by chance into a class conducted by Actors Studio mentor Lee Strasberg. The Actor He started his acting career on stage and in New York TV, with his most notable role in the daytime drama Edge of Night. His first film was the gangster potboiler Pretty Boy Floyd (1960) but he waited years before achieving his breakthrough role in the 1970 movie The Lawyer. This was followed by his most famou... Biography of James Last
James Last (born Hans Last on 17 April 1929 in Bremen) is a German composer and big band leader. Last learned to play the piano as a child, then switched to double bass as a teenager. At 14 he was entered in the Bückeburg Military Music School of the German Wehrmacht. After the fall of the Nazis, he joined Hans-Gunther Österreich's Radio Bremen Dance Orchestra in 1946. In 1948, he became the leader of the Last-Becker Ensemble, which performed for seven years. During that time, he was voted as the best bassist in the country by a German jazz poll for three consecutive years, from 1950-1952. After the Last-Becker Ensemble disbanded, he became the in-house arranger for Polydor Records, as well as for a number of European radio stations. For the next decade, he helped arrange hits for artis... Biography of Wendy Williams
Wendy Joan Williams (born July 18, 1964) is an American media personality and New York Times bestselling author. Known as the "Queen Of All Media," she hosts her own syndicated talk show, The Wendy Williams Show. Williams is known for being a former DJ in New York City, where she gossiped about entertainers and conducted celebrity interviews. Williams gained notoriety for her on-air spats with celebrities. Early life Williams was born to Thomas and Shirley Williams, as the middle child of three children. She and her siblings were raised in Ocean Township, New Jersey in the Wayside section. She graduated from Ocean Township High School. From 1982 to 1986, Williams attended Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, where she graduated with a B.A. in communications and was also ... Biography of George Stults
George Sheehy Stults (born August 16, 1975) is an American actor and former male fashion model. Stults grew up in Green Mountain Falls, Colorado but was born in Detroit, Michigan Stults was interested in acting and wrestling in high school. He got his career start in life as a model. A commercial agent spotted Stults eating lunch one day and stopped to give him her card and he then entered into the world of acting. At the time, Stults was seriously considered joining the U.S. Navy. George auditioned for a role on 7th Heaven where his younger brother Geoff already had a recurring role as Mary Camden's love interest Ben Kinkirk. Originally auditioning for the role of a kid who forces people to drink, George was later cast in the role of Ben's older brother Kevin. He appears as Kevin Ki... Biography of Frank Stallone
Frank P. Stallone, Jr. (born July 30, 1950) is an American actor, singer/guitarist and Golden Globe and Grammy Award-nominated songwriter. He is the brother of Sylvester Stallone. He has appeared in many Hollywood films and television. Biography Stallone was born in New York City, the son of Jacqueline "Jackie" Stallone.(née Labofish), an astrologer, former dancer, and promoter of women's wrestling, and Frank Stallone, Sr., a hairdresser and an immigrant from Castellammare Del Golfo (province of Sicily). In his teen years he went to Lincoln High School in Northeast Philadelphia, PA. Stallone has worked as a singer in the tradition of American big band jazz and popular music, in a vocal style reminiscent of his idol Frank Sinatra. He tours with his own orchestra under conductor Paul... Biography of James Buchanan
James Buchanan, Jr. (April 23, 1791 – June 1, 1868) was the 15th President of the United States from 1857–1861 and the last to be born in the 18th century. To date he is the only President from the state of Pennsylvania and the only to remain a lifelong bachelor. As President he was a "doughface", a Northerner with Southern sympathies who battled with Stephen A. Douglas for the control of the Democratic Party. A popular and experienced politician when he took office, Buchanan's efforts to maintain peace between the North and the South alienated both sides. As the Southern states declared their secession in the prologue to the American Civil War, Buchanan's opinion was that secession was illegal, but that going to war to stop it was also illegal; hence he remained inactive. By the time h... Biography of Mickey Lolich
Michael Stephen Lolich (born September 12, 1940 in Portland, Oregon) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher from 1962 until 1979, playing the majority of his career with the Detroit Tigers. Lolich is best known for his performance in the 1968 World Series, when he allowed just five runs in three complete games, winning all three including the final and decisive game. Mickey also helped himself at the plate in game 2 when he hit the first and only home run of his 16 year career. He remains the last pitcher to win three complete games in a single World Series, and was the last to win three at all until Randy Johnson did that in 2001. Lolich was given the World Series MVP Award for his superb performance. Lolich was a picture of consistency, winning 14 or more games for ten consecuti... Biography of Geordie Johnson
Geordie Johnson, born February 25, 1953 in Claresholm, Alberta, is a Canadian actor. Selected Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0425132/) Durham County (TV series) Jonathan Verrity (5 episodes) – Surviving the Fall (2009) … Jonathan Verrity – Daddy Hurt Mommy? (2009) … Jonathan Verrity – The Fish in the Ocean (2009) … Jonathan Verrity – Ray Loves Sadie True (2009) … Jonathan Verrity – Little Lost Children (2009) … Jonathan Verrity "Murdoch Mysteries" 2009 Murdoch Mysteries (TV series) Barclay Blake (1 episode) – Dinosaur Fever (2009) … Barclay Blake The Dark Room 2007 The Dark Room (TV movie) Lex Allbright "Starhunter" 2004 Starhunter (TV series) Tristan Catchpole (2 episodes) – Hyperspace 2 (2004) … Tristan Catchpole – Hyperspace 1 (2004) … Tri... Biography of Tate Donovan
Tate Buckley Donovan (born September 25, 1963) is an American actor. He is most recently known for his three-season role in the FX drama Damages, as "Tom Shayes." He is also known for his role as "Jimmy Cooper" in the American teen drama television series The O.C.. He has also been the voice of "Hercules," a title character from the 1997 film of the same name, in the animated television series and in the video game Kingdom Hearts II. Biography Early life Tate Buckley Donovan, the youngest of seven children, was born in Tenafly, New Jersey, the son of Eileen (née McAllister) and J. Timothy Donovan, who was a surgeon. He attended Dwight-Englewood School, in Englewood, New Jersey (graduates of which include Brooke Shields, Anthony Bourdain and Mira Sorvino), before transferring to a p... Biography of Sam Robards
Sam Prideaux Robards (born December 16, 1961) is an American actor. Robards was born in New York City, the son of actors Jason Robards and Lauren Bacall. He began his acting career in 1980 in an off-Broadway production of Album, and made his feature film debut in director Paul Mazursky's 1982 film Tempest. He married fellow actor Suzy Amis in 1985. Their marriage produced a son, Jasper, and ended in divorce in 1993. In 1997, Robards married Danish model Sidsel Jensen, and they have two sons together. Robards appeared alongside his father in 1988's Bright Lights, Big City, in their only film collaboration together (Robards Sr. died in 2000.) He also costarred with his mother in the 1993 Robert Altman film Prêt-à-Porter. Robards portrayed Harold Ross, first editor of The New Yorker, in... Biography of José Anigo
José Anigo (born April 15, 1961) is a French former football defender, currently sporting director for Olympique de Marseille.... Biography of Joel Gretsch
Joel James Gretsch (born December 20, 1963 in St. Cloud, Minnesota) is an American actor. His recent roles include Tom Baldwin on the USA Network series The 4400, Capt./Maj./Col. Owen Crawford in the Steven Spielberg produced 2002 sci-fi miniseries Taken and more recently Father Jack Landry on V. Career Gretsch studied acting at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis before moving to Los Angeles in 1989. His stage work includes roles in Molière's Tartuffe and John Patrick Shanley's Danny and the Deep Blue Sea. He started his television work in the early '90s, appearing in episodes of Married... with Children, Melrose Place and Saved by the Bell: The New Class. Since then he has appeared in episodes of JAG, Silk Stalkings, CSI: Miami, Burn Notice, and NCIS. More recently, he played a... Biography of Ricardo Montalban
Ricardo Gonzalo Pedro Montalbán Merino KCSG (born November 25, 1920) is a Mexican television, theatre, and film actor. He has a career spanning decades and multiple notable roles. During the late 1970s, he was the spokesperson in automobile advertisements for the Chrysler Cordoba (in which he famously extols the "Corinthian leather" used for its interior). From 1977-1984 he starred as Mr. Roarke in the television series Fantasy Island. He also played the villainous Khan Noonien Singh in both the 1967 "Space Seed" episode of the first season of the original Star Trek series, and the 1982 film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. He won an Emmy Award in 1978, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild in 1993. Though currently in his 80s, he continues to perform, often providi... Biography of Bob Seagren
Robert "Bob" Seagren (born October 17, 1946) was an American pole vaulter, the 1968 Olympic champion. A native of Pomona, California, Bob Seagren was one of the world's top pole vaulters in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He won six National AAU and four NCAA titles indoors and outdoors. Indoors he posted eight world bests between 1966 and 1969. He was also the Pan American Games champion in 1967. He jumped his first world record (5.32 m) in Fresno on May 14, 1966, followed by his world records 1967 in San Diego (5.36 m), 1968 in South Lake Tahoe (5.41 m) and 1972 in Eugene (5.63 m). In 1968, Bob Seagren participated in his first Olympic Games in Mexico City. In an exciting contest, he won the gold medal with the top three vaulters, including silver medallist Claus Schiprowski (West ... Biography of DeJuan Wheat
DeJuan Shontez Wheat (born October 14, 1973, in Louisville, Kentucky) is an American professional basketball player, formerly of the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves and Vancouver Grizzlies. He was a star at the University of Louisville from 1993-97, becoming the first player in NCAA Division I history to amass career totals of at least 2,000 points, 450 assists, 300 three-point field goals and 200 steals. Louisville's all-time leader in three-point field goals (323), Wheat ranks second in school history in scoring (2,183 points) and third in assists (498). As a senior, he was named Honorable Mention All-America by The Associated Press, as well as Third Team All-America by the National Association of Basketball Coaches and Second Team All-America by The Sporting News. He led the Cardinals i... Biography of Laurent Busselier
Laurent Busselier, born November 27, 1976 in Nice, is a French handball player.... Biography of Anton Walbrook
Anton Walbrook, born German: (Adolf) Anton (Wilhelm) Wohlbrück (19 November 1896, Vienna, Austria – 9 August, 1967, Garatshausen) was an Austrian actor who settled in the United Kingdom. Life Originally known as Adolf Wohlbrück, he was descended from ten generations of actors though his father broke with tradition and was a circus clown. Walbrook studied with the director Max Reinhardt and built up a career in Austrian theatre and cinema. In 1936 he went to Hollywood to reshoot dialogue for the multinational The Soldier and the Lady (1937) and in the process changing his name from Adolf to Anton. Instead of returning to Austria, Walbrook, who was half-Jewish and gay, settled in England and continued working as a film actor making a speciality of playing continental Europeans. ... Biography of John Conteh
John Conteh (born 27 May 1951 in Toxteth, Liverpool, England) is a British former boxer who was world light-heavyweight boxing champion. Conteh is one of Britain's most successful boxing champions. At his peak in the mid to late 1970s he was considered good enough that he was touted as a possible opponent of Muhammad Ali. He enjoyed great fame in Britain and was often on the front as well as the back pages of the leading dailies due to his love of partying and women. Conteh said that his excessive lifestyle brought about a premature decline in his talents. He started boxing at age 10 at the Kirkby club that was a training ground for some of the best amateur boxers, Joey Singleton, Tucker Hethering and Stuart Morton were only a few. At 19, he won the middleweight gold medal at the 1970 B... Biography of Felix Heredia
Félix Heredia Pérez (born June 18, 1975 in Santa Cruz de Barahona, Dominican Republic) is a former Major League Baseball starting pitcher who currently plays for Dorados de Chihuahua of the Mexican League. On October 18, 2005, he became the 11th MLB player to be suspended for testing positive for steroids. He is also known as "El Gato Flaco" (Skinny Cat in Spanish). Heredia attended Escuela Dominical in Barahona. He was signed as a free agent by the Florida Marlins in 1993 and made his major league debut with the Marlins on August 9, 1995. Heredia went on to pitch for the Chicago Cubs and Toronto Blue Jays before having his best season in 2003 with the Cincinnati Reds and New York Yankees. That year, he was 5-3 with one save and a 2.69 ERA in 69 relief appearances. However, his performa... Biography of Mike Figgis
Michael "Mike" Figgis (born 28 February 1948) is an English film director, writer, and composer. Personal life Figgis was born in Carlisle, England and grew up in Africa. Figgis for several years had a relationship with the actress Saffron Burrows and cast her in several films. He is cousin to Irish filmmakers Jonathan Figgis and Jason Figgis who run the award-winning film production company October Eleven Pictures in Ireland. His sons Arlen Figgis and Louis Figgis have also followed their father in to the film industry, as editor and producer respectively. Career Figgis's early interest was in music and he played keyboards for Bryan Ferry's first band. In 1983 he directed a theatre play, produced in Theatre Gerard-Philipe (Saint-Denis, Paris, France). This play performed with... Biography of Julia Vakulenko
Julia Vakulenko (Ukrainian: Юлія Вакуленко) (born July 10, 1983 in Yalta) is a professional Ukraine-born female tennis player. She achieved her career high ranking of No. 31 on January 14, 2008. In April, 2008, Vakulenko renounced her Ukrainian citizenship announcing her decision to acquire the citizenship of Spain where she lives for the last ten years. Career At the 2006 French Open, Vakulenko reached the third round. At Wimbledon 2006, she had to pull out during the first round due to injury. Julia became Kim Clijsters' last opponent in her professional career. Julia won 7–6(3), 6–3 in the second round of J&S Cup in Warsaw, Poland on May 3, 2007. This earned her the nickname "Kimmie Killer". A... Biography of Henri Domec
Henri Domec, born August 9, 1932 in Lourdes, is a French former rugby player.... Biography of Alexander d'Arcy
Alexander D'Arcy, ( 10 August 1908 – 20 April 1996) was an Egyptian actor with an international film repertoire. Born Alexander Sarruf in Cairo, Egypt, D'Arcy, variously credited as Alexandre D'Arcy, Alex D'Arcy, Alexandre Darcy and Alex d'Arcy appeared in some 45 films, mostly as a suave gentleman or smooth rogue. His first film appearance was in 1927 in The Garden of Allah, before appearing in Alfred Hitchcock's Champagne (1928). He then went to Hollywood where he started by playing supporting roles in several films in the late 1930s including The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) Stolen Holiday (1937), The Awful Truth (1937). In 1953, he was one of Marilyn Monroe's suitors in How to Marry a Millionaire and featured in Abdulla the Great and Soldier of Fortune in 1955. His roles diminished i... Biography of Lance Reventlow
Count Lance von Haugwitz-Hardenberg-Reventlow or Lance Reventlow (February 24, 1936–July 24, 1972) was a wealthy playboy, entrepreneur, and racing driver. He was the stepson of actor Cary Grant. Count Lance von Haugwitz-Hardenberg-Reventlow was the only child of Danish nobleman Count Curt von Haugwitz-Hardenberg-Reventlow and American socialite Barbara Hutton who almost died giving birth to him. He was born at Winfield House in London, built by his mother and named for her grandfather Frank Winfield Woolworth. His parents' marriage was a tumultuous one, filled with his father's emotional and physical abuse of him and his mother, and his mother's growing alcohol and drug addiction. She had inherited the Woolworth department store fortune and was then one of the wealthiest women in the wo... Biography of Jeff Bagwell
Jeffrey Robert Bagwell (born May 27, 1968) is a former Major League Baseball first baseman, who spent his entire career with the Houston Astros. After retirement as a player, he remains with the Astros as an assistant to the General Manager. Early life Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Bagwell grew up in Killingworth, Connecticut. He graduated from Xavier High School, a private all-male Catholic school located in Middletown, Connecticut, where he excelled at soccer as well as baseball. His former coaches have said that he was a better soccer player than a baseball player, but was an all-around phenomenal athlete. After high school, he remained in Connecticut, attending the University of Hartford. Playing career Red Sox prospect Bagwell was selected in the fourth round of the 19... Biography of Terry-Thomas
Thomas Terry Hoar-Stevens (14 July 1911 – 8 January 1990) was a distinctive English comic actor, known as Terry-Thomas. He was famous for his portrayal of disreputable members of the upper classes, especially cads, with a "toothbrush" moustache, the trademark gap in his front teeth, cigarette holder, smoking jacket, and catch-phrases such as "What an absolute shower!" and "Good show!" Early life and career He was born Thomas Terry Hoar-Stevens in Glenfern House, Nether Street, Finchley, North London, England, and educated at Ardingly College. He began his working life as a clerk with Union Cold Storage Co, before drifting into showbusiness. Terry-Thomas worked in cabaret and as a film extra before finding success as an entertainer during World War II. After the war, he worked in TV, ... Biography of Edward Heath
Sir Edward Richard George Heath, KG, MBE (9 July 1916 – 17 July 2005), often known as Ted Heath, was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974 and leader of the Conservative Party from 1965 to 1975. Heath's accession represented a change in the leadership of the Conservative party, from aristocratic figures such as Harold Macmillan and Lord Home to the self-consciously meritocratic Heath, and later, Margaret Thatcher. He is most remembered as being the Prime Minister who took Britain into the European Economic Community (EEC) in 1973. His premiership was also marked by an escalation of The Troubles in Northern Ireland, and industrial disputes, which led to the "three-day week" in 1974. Early life Ted (or "Teddy" as he was known as a young man) Heath was born the son of ... Biography of Toni Sailer
Anton Engelbert "Toni" Sailer (17 November 1935 - 24 August 2009) was an Austrian alpine ski racer, who is considered to be among the best the sport has ever produced. Up to and including 1956 the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships and the Winter Olympics were held together as one. Therefore during that era the Olympic Champion was also the World Champion; though there were no medals awarded for the "Alpine skiing combined" at the time. Career Sailer, nicknamed "Blitz from Kitz" (Blitz = German word for "bolt of lightning" or "flash"), was born in Kitzbühel. He was the first skier at the Winter Olympics to win all three alpine skiing events, taking gold in the downhill, slalom, and giant slalom at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. He was the fifth athlete to win t... Biography of Charles Whitman
Charles Joseph Whitman (June 24, 1941 – August 1, 1966) was a student at the University of Texas at Austin and an ex-Marine who killed 14 people and wounded 32 others during a shooting rampage on and around the university's campus on August 1, 1966. Three of his victims were killed inside the University's tower and ten killed from the 29th floor observation deck of the University's 307 foot administrative building; one died a week after the shooting from her wounds. The tower massacre happened shortly after Whitman murdered his wife and mother at their homes. He was shot and killed by Austin Police Officer Houston McCoy, assisted by Austin Police Officer Ramiro Martinez. Charles Whitman grew up in an upper-middle class family headed by a father who owned a successful plumbing contr... Biography of Jeremy Ratchford
Jeremy Ratchford (born August 6, 1965) is a Canadian actor. He starred as Nick Vera on the TV series Cold Case. While in Canada, Ratchford played Marvel Comic book character Banshee in a live action version of Generation X TV movie. He also may have voiced the same character for a few episodes of the "X-Men" animated series, but it is not shown on his website and there is some confusion. He also starred in a series of Canadian Crispy Crunch candy bar commercials. When Ratchford relocated to Hollywood, California, he played a sexual predator on an episode of NYPD Blue and two episodes of The Practice, as well as the vampire Lyle Gorch in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episodes "Bad Eggs" and "Homecoming" before being cast on Cold Case. On Cold Case he played the character named Nick Ver... Biography of Silvio Fauner
Silvio Fauner (born November 1, 1968 in Pieve di Cadore, Italy) is an Italian cross country skier who competed from 1988 to 1999. His best known victory was part of the 4 × 10 km relay team that upset Norway at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer. He also won four other medals at the Winter Olympics with silvers in the 4 × 10 km relay (1992, 1998) and bronzes in the 15 km (1994) and 30 km (1998). Fauner also won six medals at the Nordic skiing World Championships, including 1 gold (50 km: 1995), 2 silvers (10 km + 15 km combined pursuit: 1995, 4 × 10 km: 1993), and 3 bronzes (4 × 10 km: 1995, 1997, 1999). At the Opening Ceremony for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin on February 10, he and his 4 × 10 km relay teammates (Maurilio De Zolt, Marco Albarello, and Giorgio Vanzetta) who ... Biography of Maria Mena
Maria Viktoria Mena (born February 19, 1986 in Oslo) is a Norwegian pop artist. Maria Mena was born into an artistic family. Her mother wrote plays and her father Charles was a drummer. Both Maria and her brother Tony are named after characters from Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story. Her father played in several bands in Oslo, which influenced Mena towards music. When Mena was nine years old, her parents divorced. She suffered from depression and developed an eating disorder. Her mother is Norwegian while her father is Nicaraguan. When Mena was 13 years old, she moved to live with her father. She sang and wrote lyrics as a form of therapy for her feelings and frustrations. Not all the stories in her diary became songs, but "My Lullaby" was one of them, expressing her pain from her ... Biography of Floyd Patterson
Floyd Patterson (January 4, 1935 – May 11, 2006 in Waco, North Carolina) was an American 2-time world heavyweight boxing champion. At 21, Patterson was then the youngest man to win the world heavyweight championship and, later, the first to regain it. He had a record of 55 wins 8 losses and 1 draw, with 40 wins by knockout. He won gold for the United States at the 1952 Olympic Games as an amateur middleweight. Childhood and amateur career Born into a poor family in Waco, North Carolina, Patterson was the youngest of eleven children and experienced an insular and troubled childhood. His family moved to Brooklyn, New York, where Floyd was a truant and petty thief. At age ten, he was sent to the Wiltwyck School for Boys, a reform school in upstate New York, which he credited with turnin... Biography of Thomas P. Stafford
Thomas Patten Stafford (born September 17, 1930) is a retired Air Force Lieutenant General and a former NASA astronaut. He is one of only 24 people to have flown to the Moon. Background Stafford was born September 17, 1930, in Weatherford, Oklahoma. Married his first wife, former Faye L. Shoemaker. They have two daughters, Dionne Kay, and Karin Elaine. They also have two grandsons, Thomas P. Stafford II and Andrew Alexi Harrison. He later married the former Linda Ann Dishman of Chelsea, Oklahoma. They have two sons, Michael Thomas, and Stanslav "Stas" Patten. Linda has two children from a previous marriage, Kassie Neering and Mark Hill, and four grandchildren: Sloane, Lee, Marcus, and Tara. Stafford enjoyed hunting, scuba diving, fishing,and swimming. He went on to graduate with honors... Biography of Chris Whitney
Christopher Antoine Whitney (born October 5, 1971, in Hopkinsville, Kentucky) is a former American professional basketball player. A 6'0" point guard from Clemson University, Whitney was selected by the San Antonio Spurs in the second round of the 1993 NBA Draft. Despite his actual height, he was depicted rather stoutly by Sega's design team, their rendition appearing in the popular 1999 release, NBA 2K. He played 11 seasons (1993-2004 in the NBA, spending time with the Spurs as well as the Washington Bullets/Wizards, Denver Nuggets, and Orlando Magic. He finished his career with averages of 6.5 points, 2.8 assists and 1.4 rebounds in 579 games, mostly with the Wizards.... Biography of David Cook
David Roland Cook (born December 20, 1982) is an American singer-songwriter. On May 21, 2008, he won the seventh season of the reality television show American Idol. Prior to Idol he released an album entitled Analog Heart, and his post-Idol self-titled album, produced by Rob Cavallo, is set for release on November 18, 2008. Early life Cook was born in Houston, Texas, raised in Blue Springs, Missouri, and currently lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma. His parents are Beth (née Frye) and Stan Cook. He is the middle of three brothers. Adam is the oldest, and Andrew is the youngest. David's eldest brother, Adam, has been battling brain cancer for a decade. Cook's interest in music began early in life. He began singing in second grade, when his elementary school music teacher gave him a solo in a sch... Biography of Reggie Bush
Reginald Alfred "Reggie" Bush II (born March 2, 1985) is a professional football player who plays for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League. He has played running back/tailback, wide receiver and punt returner. Bush played college football at the University of Southern California in 2003–2005. Bush won numerous collegiate awards, including the 2005 Heisman Trophy, but allegations that he received improper benefits were central to a controversy surrounding the USC program that led to severe NCAA sanctions against USC, including a two-year postseason ban, the loss of football scholarships and the vacating of wins in the 2004-05 championship season. Since the NCAA also retroactively stripped Bush of his eligibility, the status of the many awards he won in 2005 is in questi... Biography of Andrej Golic
Andrej Golic, born February 10, 1974 in Banja Luka en Bosnia Herzegovina, is a French handball player.... Biography of Nigel Bruce
William Nigel Ernle Bruce (4 February 1895, Ensenada, Mexico – 8 October 1953), best known as Nigel Bruce, was a British character actor on stage and screen, best known for his portrayal of Doctor Watson in a series of films and in the radio series The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes). Bruce is also remembered for his part in the Alfred Hitchcock film Suspicion where he starred alongside Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine. Biography Bruce was the second son of Sir William Waller Bruce, 10th Baronet (1856–1912) and his wife Angelica (died 1917), daughter of General George Selby, Royal Artillery. Bruce was born in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico while his parents were vacationing there. He was educated at The Grange, Stevenage, and at Abingdon S... Biography of Max Fercondini
Max Kabuklow Fercondini, born September 1, 1985 in São Vicente, São Paulo, is a Brazilian actor. He is often compared to Leonardo DiCaprio, because of his facial resemblance to the American actor (and same height). Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0272233/ ) "Ciranda de Pedra" .... Conrado (45 episodes, 2008) - Episode #1.19 (2008) TV episode .... Conrado - Episode #1.45 (2008) TV episode .... Conrado - Episode #1.44 (2008) TV episode .... Conrado - Episode #1.43 (2008) TV episode .... Conrado - Episode #1.42 (2008) TV episode .... Conrado (40 more) "Sete Pecados" .... Aquiles (156 episodes, 2007-2008) - Episode dated 15 February 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Aquiles - Episode dated 14 February 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Aquiles ... Biography of Ring Lardner Jr.
Ringgold Wilmer "Ring" Lardner Jr. (August 19, 1915 – October 31, 2000) was an American journalist and screenwriter blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studios during the Red Scare of the late 1940s and 1950s. Early life Born in Chicago, he was the son of journalist and humorist, Ring Lardner. After being educated at Phillips Academy, Andover, and Princeton University he became a reporter on the New York Daily Mirror. Lardner joined the US Communist Party in 1936. Career Ring Lardner Jr. moved to Hollywood where he worked as a publicist and "script doctor" before writing his own material. This included Woman of the Year, a film that won him an Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay in 1942. He also worked on the scripts for the films Laura (1944), Brotherhood of Man (194... Biography of Jeff Reboulet
Jeffrey Allen Reboulet (born April 30, 1964, in Dayton, Ohio) was a Major League Baseball infielder. He is an alumnus of Louisiana State University. Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 10th round of the 1986 MLB amateur draft, Reboulet would make his major league debut with the Minnesota Twins on May 12, 1992, and appear in his final game during the 2003 season.... Biography of Bill Kilmer
William Orland Kilmer, Jr. (born September 5, 1939 in Topeka, Kansas) was an American football quarterback in the National Football League for the San Francisco 49ers, the New Orleans Saints and the Washington Redskins. He played college football for the UCLA Bruins. Early life A native of Azusa, California, Kilmer played baseball, football and basketball during his athletic career at Citrus High School in California, scoring more than 1,500 points in the latter sport while earning All-American honors. His baseball exploits saw him win All-Conference accolades, while the poor fortunes of his football squad saw him relegated to Third Team All-Conference recognition. College career Kilmer then competed in football for one year at Citrus Junior College where he scored six touchdow... Biography of Adriano Panatta
Adriano Panatta (born 9 July 1950) is a former professional tennis player from Italy. He is best remembered for winning the French Open in 1976. Career Panatta was born in Rome. His father was the caretaker of the Tennis Club Parioli, and as a youngster he learned to play the game on the club's clay courts. He became a successful European junior player before turning professional. In his early career, Panatta won top-level professional titles at Bournemouth in 1973, Florence in 1974, and at Kitzbühel and Stockholm in 1975 but 1976 was the pinnacle of Panatta's career. He won the French Open that year after having saved a match point in the first round against the Czechoslovakian Pavel Hutka. In the final, he defeated Harold Solomon 6–1, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6. He also won that year's Itali... Biography of Steve Ford
Steven Meigs Ford (born May 19, 1956) is an American actor. Early life Ford was born in Washington DC (source: Imdb), the youngest son of former United States President Gerald Ford and First Lady Betty Ford. Ford graduated from T. C. Williams High School in Alexandria, VA June 14, 1974. Ford attended Utah State University, studying range management. while his older brother Jack studied forestry there. Ford also attended California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. He studied Animal Science-Equine Studies while at Cal Poly. Career Ford was cast in the 1978 film Grease as Tom Chisum, but dropped out before filming began and was replaced by Lorenzo Lamas. Ford joined the cast of The Young and the Restless in 1981, creating the role of private investigator Andy Richards... Biography of Peter Capaldi
Peter Dougan Capaldi (born 14 April 1958) is a Scottish actor and film director. In 1995, his short film Franz Kafka's It's a Wonderful Life won the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film. As an actor, he is best known for his breakthrough role as Oldsen in Local Hero, his appearance as John Frobisher in Torchwood and his portrayal of political spin doctor Malcolm Tucker in the successful British TV comedy series The Thick of It and In the Loop. Early life Capaldi was born in Glasgow. His mother's family was from Killeshandra, County Cavan, Ireland, and his father's from Picinisco, Italy. Capaldi was educated at St Teresa's Primary School in the city's Possilpark district, St Matthew's Primary School in Bishopbriggs and at St Ninian's High School, Kirkintilloch, (three years behind... Biography of George Reeves
George Reeves (January 5, 1914 – June 16, 1959) was an American actor, best known for his role as Superman in the 1950s television program Adventures of Superman and his death by a gunshot wound at the age of 45. Early life Reeves was born George Keefer Brewer in Woolstock, Iowa, the son of Don Brewer and Helen Lescher. (His death certificate erroneously lists his birthplace as Kentucky.) George was born five months into their marriage. They separated soon afterward, and Helen moved back home to Galesburg, Illinois. Later, George's mother moved to California to stay with her sister. There, Helen met and married Frank Bessolo. George's father married Helen Schultz in 1925 and had children with her. Don Brewer apparently never saw his son again. In 1927, Frank Bessolo adopted Geor... Biography of Glenn Hoddle
Glenn Hoddle (born 27 October 1957, Hayes, London) is an English football manager and former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder for Tottenham Hotspur, AS Monaco, Chelsea and Swindon Town and at international level for England. In 2007 he was inducted into the National Football Museum Hall of Fame which cited him as the most gifted English footballer of his generation exhibiting "sublime balance and close control, unrivalled passing and vision and extraordinary shooting ability, both from open play and set pieces". He has been manager of Swindon Town (earning promotion to the Premier League), Chelsea (taking them to the FA Cup final), Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur (reaching a League Cup final) and most recently Wolverhampton Wanderers. As manager, he took England to ... Biography of Greg Maddux
Gregory Alan Maddux (born April 14, 1966 in San Angelo, Texas) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He was the first pitcher in major league history to win the Cy Young Award for four consecutive years (1992-1995), during which he had a 75-29 record with a 1.98 ERA, while allowing less than one runner per inning. Maddux is the only pitcher in MLB history to win at least 15 games in 17 consecutive seasons. In addition, he has been awarded a record eighteen Gold Gloves. A superb control pitcher, Maddux won more games during the 1990s than any other pitcher, and is 8th on the career wins list, with 355. Only Warren Spahn (363) has more career wins among pitchers whose entire careers were in the post-1920 live-ball era. Early life Maddux was born in San Angelo, Texas, but spent mu... Biography of Robert K. Dornan
Robert Kenneth "Bob" Dornan (born April 3, 1933) is a Republican and former member of the United States House of Representatives from California and a vocal advocate of pro-life and social conservative causes. A boisterous former actor and television talk show host, Dornan had a flair for the dramatic that drew him supporters and detractors well beyond his congressional districts. Though never a major power in Washington, he became one of the most well-known members of the House of Representatives and has been described as "one of the leading firebrands among American politicians". Dornan attended Loyola Marymount University until 1953. At age 19, Dornan volunteered to join the United States Air Force. During his time in the USAF, he survived two emergency parachute ejections and two... Biography of James Hewitt
Major James Hewitt (born April 30, 1958 in Dublin), a former British household cavalry officer, is notable for being the longterm lover of Diana, Princess of Wales, and was rumoured to be the biological father of Prince Harry, which he has denied. He has courted controversy by revealing details of their affair. There were rumours of a palace deal with newspapers but this is not corroborated. Princess Diana admitted in her notable Panorama interview that she had committed adultery with Hewitt. As Diana was then the wife of the Prince of Wales, heir to the throne, this was technically high treason. The affair ended in 1992. Hewitt grew up in Kent and Devon. He was educated at Millfield School and Sandhurst. He served as a Major in the first gulf war. He retired from the Life Guards in Mar... Biography of Michael Hawkins
Steven Michael Hawkins, referred to as Michael Hawkins (born October 28, 1972 in Canton, Ohio), is an American professional basketball player formerly in the NBA and currently playing with Al Jalaa Aleppo of the Syrian basketball league. Hawkins, along with classmate and NBA player Eric Snow, played basketball at Canton McKinley High School and graduated from there in 1991. The 6' 0" (1.83 m) point guard went undrafted out of Xavier University when he signed with the Boston Celtics in 1997. Over the next four years he played for three other NBA teams, finally finishing his short NBA career with his hometown Cleveland Cavaliers in 2001. He played for the US national team in the 1998 FIBA World Championship, winning the bronze medal.... Biography of Andrei Pavel
Andrei Pavel (born January 27, 1974 in Constanţa) is a Romanian tennis player, who turned professional in 1990. He began playing tennis at age eight, and moved to Germany at age sixteen. Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Weight 87 kg (190 lb/13.7 st) Pavel has won three singles titles, including the ATP Masters Series tournament in Montreal/Toronto in 2001. He has also won seven doubles titles, the latest title being the Open Seat Barcelona, in 2007. Pavel played what John McEnroe considers to be the best first round match at a Grand Slam he's ever seen at the U.S Open in August 2006, where he lost to Andre Agassi in four tough sets; 6–7(4), 7–6(10), 7–6(6), 6–2; taking three and half hours. Had Pavel won, it would have been Agassi's last match in a professional tournament. His ... Biography of Stan Musial
Stanley Frank "Stan" Musial (born November 21, 1920), originally Stanisław Franciszek Musiał, (pronounced /ˈmjuːziəl/), is a retired American professional baseball player who was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1969. Nicknamed "Stan the Man" and "The Donora Greyhound", Musial played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1941 to 1963. A 20 time All-Star selection, Musial accumulated 3,630 hits and 475 home runs during his career, and was also named the National League's Most Valuable Player three times. Musial was born in Donora, Pennsylvania, where he frequently played baseball in both informal and organized settings, eventually playing on the baseball team at Donora High School. Signed to a professional contract by the St.... Biography of Kevin Tapani
Kevin Ray Tapani (born February 18, 1964 in Des Moines, Iowa) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the New York Mets, Minnesota Twins, Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago White Sox, and Chicago Cubs from 1989 to 2001. Selected in the second round of the 1986 amateur draft by the Oakland Athletics, Tapani made his Major League debut on July 4, 1989 with the New York Mets. A few weeks after this debut, he was traded to the Minnesota Twins along with Rick Aguilera, Tim Drummond, Jack Savage and David West, in exchange for 1988 A.L. Cy Young Award winner Frank Viola. Tapani became a starter the Twins, with whom he spent seven of his thirteen Major League seasons as a stable veteran pitcher. While with Minnesota, Tapani ably played the role of number two starter behind Jack Morr... Biography of Jocelyn Gourvennec
Jocelyn Gourvennec (born 22 March 1972 in Brest) is a French football (soccer) player in midfield role.... Biography of Henry Hull
Henry Watterson Hull (October 3, 1890 – March 8, 1977) was an American character actor with a unique voice, most noted for playing the lead in Universal Pictures's Werewolf of London (1935). The film flopped, but has since come to be highly regarded. Life and career Hull was born in Louisville, Kentucky. His father was William Madison Hull and mother Elinor Bond Vaughn. Hull appeared in 74 films between 1917 and 1966, a half-century span, often playing supporting characters like the uncle of Tyrone Power's love interest Nancy Kelly in Jesse James (1939). He appeared as Charles Rittenhouse, a wealthy industrialist in Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat (1944). Two other notable roles were as Abel Magwitch in the 1934 version of Great Expectations and in the last film of veteran director Tod B... Biography of Robert Donat
Robert Donat (18 March 1905 – 9 June 1958) was an English film and stage actor. He is best-known for his roles in Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps and Goodbye, Mr. Chips for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor. Early life Donat was born Friedrich Robert Donat in Withington, Manchester, England, to Ernst Emil Donat and his wife Rose Alice (née Green) who were married at Withington, St Paul, in 1895. He was of English, Polish, German and French descent and was educated at Manchester’s Central High School for Boys. Donat had a brother, John Donat, who was a trapper in Canada and later moved to Shelton, Connecticut. John Donat's children were Jean, Jay, and Peter. He was the owner of Lake George Camp for Girls in Gull Bay, New York, which catered to old New York families. Ca... Biography of Sean Klitzner
Sean Klitzner, born June 14, 1983 in Miami, is an American actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1398326/ ) # "Back to You" (1 episode, 2007) - Pilot (2007) TV episode (uncredited) # "Barbershop" .... Ben (1 episode, 2005) - Crimes of the Heart (2005) TV episode .... Ben # Dark Queen (2004) .... Gary... Biography of Eduard Shevardnadze
Eduard Shevardnadze (Georgian: ედუარდ შევარდნაძე, IPA: ; Russian: Эдуа́рд Амвро́сиевич Шевардна́дзе, Eduard Amvrosiyevich Shevardnadze; born 25 January 1927 / 28 is written in papers) served as the second President of Georgia from 1995 until he resigned on 23 November 2003 as a consequence of the bloodless Rose Revolution. Prior to his presidency, he served under Mikhail Gorbachev as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991. Shevardnadze's political skills earned him the nickname of tetr... Biography of George J. Lewis
George J. Lewis (December 10, 1903 – December 8, 1995) was a Mexican-born actor who appeared in many films and eventually TV series from the 1920s through the 1960s, usually specializing in westerns. He is probably best known for playing Don Alejandro de la Vega, who was Don Diego de la Vega's father in the 1950s Disney television series Zorro. Career Lewis broke into films in the 1920s, and his handsome presence led to leading roles in a Universal Pictures short-subject series, The Collegians. The arrival of sound movies came as a blessing for Lewis, who was bilingual. He spoke English without any trace of accent, and could play character or dialect roles of practically any ethnicity. His language skills earned him leading roles in Spanish-dialogue features, produced by American stu... Biography of James Drury
James Child Drury (born April 18, 1934) is an American actor who played the title role in the 90-minute weekly Western television series The Virginian, broadcast on NBC from 1962-1971. The series had perhaps the most demanding production schedules in the history of network television. Drury was born in New York, New York, where his father was a New York University professor of marketing. He grew up in both New York and Oregon. After a series of bit parts and playing second-lead for Walt Disney, Drury landed the top-billed leading role of the ranch foreman on The Virginian, a lavish series which ran for nine seasons. The show was based on Owen Wister's classic novel and the various screen versions that had been filmed since; Drury was probably cast because of a vague resemblance to Ga... Biography of Thomas Glavine
Thomas Michael Glavine (born March 25, 1966 in Concord, Massachusetts) is an American left-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who is currently a free agent. With 164 victories during the 1990s, Glavine was the second winningest pitcher in the National League, second only to Greg Maddux. He is a five-time 20-game winner and two-time Cy Young Award winner, and one of only 24 pitchers (and just 6 left-handers) in major league history to earn 300 career wins. As of 2009, his 305 wins rank him as baseball's winningest active pitcher. He is also known as an excellent fielding and hitting pitcher. Biography High school years Raised in Billerica, Massachusetts, Glavine attended Billerica Memorial High School, where he was an excellent student and a letterman in ice hockey... Biography of Roger Allam
Roger Allam (born 26 October 1953) is an English actor, known primarily for his stage career, although he has performed in film and television. He played Inspector Javert in the original London production of the stage musical Les Misérables. He has been nominated three times for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor, winning once. He has also been nominated for, and won, the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor. He played as Mercutio, in Royal Shakespeare Company, in 1983. He has also appeared in many radio dramas for the BBC. In 2001, he starred in BBC Radio 4's adaptation of Les Misérables, as Javert. In 2000 he played Hitler at the Royal National Theatre in David Edgar's Speer. He won an Olivier Award as Best Actor 2001, for his role as Captain Terri Denis in a rev... Biography of Bob Dole
Robert Joseph "Bob" Dole (born July 22, 1923) is an attorney and retired United States Senator from Kansas from 1969–1996, serving part of that time as United States Senate Majority Leader, where he set a record as the longest-serving Republican leader. He was the Republican nominee in the 1996 U.S. Presidential election, but lost the election to Bill Clinton. He was the Republican vice presidential nominee in the 1976 U.S. Presidential election, but lost the election to Walter Mondale. Dole is special counsel at the Washington, D.C. law firm of Alston & Bird. In 2007, President George W. Bush appointed Dole as a co-chair of the commission to investigate problems at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, along with Donna Shalala. Dole is married to former cabinet member and former U.S. Senator E... Biography of Sherman Douglas
Sherman Douglas (born September 15, 1966, in Washington, D.C., U.S.A.) is a retired American professional basketball player from Syracuse University who played for the Miami Heat, Boston Celtics, Milwaukee Bucks, New Jersey Nets and the Los Angeles Clippers from 1989 to 2001. His nickname, The General, is a play on his last name and his position as a point guard (as a floor general). He was known for revolutionizing the running "floater" shot in the lane. Sherman Douglas set the all time NCAA assist record with the Syracuse Orangemen in 1989 before becoming the Heat's first starting point guard. Although he was only a second-round draft choice in 1989, his strong campaign (14.3 ppg and 7.6 apg) earned him a spot on the NBA's All-Rookie First Team. He bettered that campaign in 1990-91, w... Biography of John Randolph
John Randolph (June 1, 1915 – February 24, 2004) was an American film, television and stage actor. Early life Randolph was born Emanuel Hirsch Cohen in New York City, the son of Jewish immigrants Dorothy (née Shore), an insurance agent, and Louis Cohen, a hat manufacturer. His stepfather was Joseph Lippman, and as a result Randolph was briefly known as Mortimer Lippman during his childhood. In the 1930s he was active in politics as well as acting. He made his Broadway debut in 1938 in Coriolanus. Randolph joined the United States Army Air Force in World War II. He wound up blacklisted by the Hollywood studio bosses in 1955 after he refused to answer questions and claimed the Fifth Amendment before the HUAC relating to the Cold War Communist infiltration of the State Department. In... Biography of William Steinkraus
William Clark Steinkraus (born October 12, 1925) is an American show jumping champion. Olympic Record Steinkraus participated in 5 Olympic Games. At the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, he won a gold medal in Individual Jumping with the horse Snowbound. He obtained two silver medals in Team Jumping, first in 1960 on his mount Ksar d'Espirt, and 1972 on Main Spring. Steinkraus also won a bronze medal in Team Jumping at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, Finland on Hollandia. He was also slated to ride on the 1964 Olympic Team until his horse, Sinjon, was injured. Biography Steinkraus first rode at the age of 10 while at summer camp, after which he took lessons with such well-known horsemen as Gordon Wright and Morton W. "Cappy" Smith. He rode sales horses for Smith, allowing... Biography of A. J. Foyt
Anthony Joseph Foyt, Jr., or as he is universally known as in motorsports circles, A. J. Foyt (born January 16, 1935, in Houston, Texas), is a retired American automobile racing driver. He raced in numerous genres of motorsports. His open wheel racing includes USAC Champ cars and midget cars. He raced stock cars in NASCAR and USAC. He won several major sports car racing events. He holds the all-time USAC career wins record with 159 victories, and the all-time American championship racing career wins record with 67. He is the only driver to win the Indianapolis 500 (which he won four times), the Daytona 500, the 24 Hours of Daytona, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Foyt won the International Race of Champions all-star racing series in 1976 and 1977. Foyt's success has led to induction in num... Biography of Wes Studi
Wesley "Wes" Studi (born December 17, 1947) is an American Cherokee actor, who has earned notability for his portrayals of American Indians in film. He has appeared in well-received Academy Award-winning films, such as Kevin Costner's Dances with Wolves, Michael Mann's The Last of the Mohicans, the award-winning Geronimo: An American Legend and Academy Award-nominated The New World (2005). He most recently portrayed General Linus Abner (an analogue to the biblical Abner) in the NBC series Kings, and Eytukan in James Cameron's box office blockbuster Avatar. Early life and education Studi was born Wesley Studie in Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma, the son of Maggie, a housekeeper, and Andy Studie, a ranch hand. Studi was schooled at Chilocco Indian Agricultural School in Northern Oklahoma. Unti... Biography of Jimmy Briand
Jimmy Briand (born August 2, 1985 in Vitry-sur-Seine, France) is a French football player who plays as a forward. He currently plays for Stade Rennais, and has also played for the French national under-21 team in recent times. He won the Coupe Gambardella in 2003. He received his first call-up to the senior France National Team in May 2007 for the June Euro qualifiers against Ukraine and Georgia. Briand is being tipped to be one of France's top strikers in the future, and his playing style has drawn comparisons with Thierry Henry. After starring for Stade Rennais in the 2006-2007 season, he attracted the attention of clubs such as Portsmouth, Saint-Étienne and Lens.... Biography of Gene Cernan
Eugene Andrew Cernan (born March 14, 1934 in Chicago) is a retired United States Navy officer and a former NASA astronaut of Czechoslovakian ancestry. He has been into space three times: as co-pilot of Gemini 9A in June 1966; as lunar module pilot of Apollo 10 in May 1969; and as commander of Apollo 17 in December 1972. In that final lunar landing mission, Cernan became "the last man on the moon" since he was the last to re-enter the Apollo Lunar Module during its third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA). (While crewmate Harrison Schmitt was "the last man to arrive on the moon" as Cernan got out the module first.) Cernan was also a backup crew member for the Gemini 12, Apollo 7 and Apollo 14 missions. A native of Chicago, Illinois, son of a Czech mother and a Slovak father, he rec... Biography of Devon Gummersall
Devon Ryan Gummersall (born October 15, 1978) is an American actor, writer, and television and film director, perhaps best known for acting on the cult classic television show My So-Called Life. Life and career Gummersall was born in Durango, Colorado, the son of artist C. Gregory Gummersall. He began acting at the age of 10, and his first major performance was as a guest star on the television series Dream On. He appeared in minor guest spots on various TV shows and in films like My Girl 2 until he was cast as the brainy character of Brian Krakow on My So-Called Life in 1994. The show was canceled after only one season. His talent was duly noted when he was nominated for a Young Artist Award for his performance as Brian. (He won one as an ensemble with his fellow cast members.) H... Biography of Christian Fittipaldi
Christian Fittipaldi (born January 18, 1971 in São Paulo, Brazil) is a Brazilian racing driver who has competed in various forms of motorsport including Formula One, Champ Car and NASCAR. Named after less known Brazilian driver Christian "Bino" Heinz (killed at Le Mans in 1963), he was a highly rated young racing driver in the early 1990s, and participated in 43 Formula One Grand Prix for Minardi and Footwork between 1992 and 1994. He is the son of former Grand Prix driver and team owner Wilson Fittipaldi, and the nephew of two-time Formula One Champion and Indianapolis 500 winner Emerson Fittipaldi. Europe / Formula One Fittipaldi graduated to Formula One following a Formula 3000 championship winning season in 1991. Opportunities to test and impress were limited at Minardi though,... Biography of Andrea Gaudenzi
Andrea Gaudenzi (born July 30, 1973) is a former tennis player from Italy, who turned professional in 1990. Gaudenzi was born in Faenza, Emilia-Romagna. A right-hander, he represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was defeated in the third round by America's eventual winner Andre Agassi. Gaudenzi reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on February 27, 1995, when he became the number 18 of the world.... Biography of Nick Buoniconti
Nicholas Anthony Buoniconti (born December 15, 1940) is a former American Football League and NFL Hall of Fame middle linebacker, who played for the Boston Patriots and Miami Dolphins. Born on December 15, 1940 in Boston, Massachusetts, Buoniconti graduated from Notre Dame, and was drafted by the American Football League's Patriots in the thirteenth round of the 1962 AFL draft. Pro career As a tackle, Buoniconti was the captain of the 1961 Notre Dame football team, but was considered by NFL scouts as "too small" to play Pro Football. Drafted by the Boston Patriots in the 1962 American Football League college draft and switched to linebacker, Buoniconti made an immediate impact with the Patriots, being named the team's rookie of the year. The following year he helped Boston capture... Biography of Pua Magasiva
Pua Magasiva (born August 10, 1980) is a Samoan New Zealand actor, who is perhaps known for his roles as Shane Clarke, the Red Ranger from Power Rangers: Ninja Storm, and Nurse Vinnie Kruse in New Zealand soap Shortland Street. Biography He was born in Apia, Samoa, but raised in Wellington, New Zealand since he was two years old. He is the younger brother of famous New Zealand actor, Robbie Magasiva. It was Robbie who inspired Pua to become an actor, after being signed up with an acting agency and acquiring small roles. In 1999, Pua made a minor appearance on Shortland Street as Elvis Iosefa, a relative of Louie Iosefa (played by Shimpal Lelisi). Then in 2001, he landed a role in a six-part Māori language television series called Aroha. The series went on to screen at the Intern... Biography of Alan Bennett
Alan Bennett (born 9 May 1934) is a British playwright, screenwriter and author. Born in Leeds, he attended Oxford University where he studied history and performed with The Oxford Revue. He stayed to teach and research medieval history at the university for several years. His collaboration as writer and performer with Dudley Moore, Jonathan Miller and Peter Cook in the satirical revue Beyond the Fringe at the 1960 Edinburgh Festival brought him instant fame. He gave up academia, and turned to writing full time, his first stage play Forty Years On being produced in 1968. His output includes The Madness of George III and its film incarnation The Madness of King George, the series of monologues Talking Heads, the play The History Boys, and popular audio books, including his readings of Al... Biography of Larry Holden
Larry Holden, born May 1(, 1961 in Belfast, is an Irish actor. He is the twin brother of writer Hank Holden. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0390227/ ) Jackie Downtime 2007 Downtime (video) Vince Batman Begins 2005 Batman Begins Finch Insomnia 2002/I Insomnia Farrell "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" 2001 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV series) Darin Hanson (2 episodes) – And Then There Were None (2001) … Darin Hanson – Face Lift (2001) … Darin Hanson "ER" 2001 ER (TV series) Chris Pendry (1 episode) – Partly Cloudy, Chance of Rain (2001) … Chris Pendry Memento 2000 Memento Jimmy "Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family" 2000 Cover Me: Based on the True Life of an FBI Family (TV series) Gangster (1 episode) – Bazooka ... Biography of Mike Skinner
Mike Skinner, born June 28, 1957 in Ontario, California, is a NASCAR driver from Susanville, California now living in Daytona Beach, Florida. He currently drives the #5 truck in the Craftsman Truck Series for Bill Davis Racing. He is the father of Jamie Skinner, a former NASCAR competitor, and Dustin Skinner, who is a development driver for Key Motorsports. Early career Skinner began racing at Susanville Speedway in the 1970's in a Plymouth Road Runner at various California dirt tracks, winning three championships. He soon moved to North Carolina and worked as a crew member for Rusty Wallace and at Petty Enterprises. In 1986, he made his NASCAR debut in the Winston Cup Series, driving the #19 Pontiac for the Zanworth Racing Team, and had a best finish of 22nd in three starts. The foll... Biography of Rafael Palmeiro
Rafael Palmeiro Corrales (born September 24, 1964 in Havana, Cuba) is a former Major League Baseball player with a career spanning 20 years, 1986 to 2005. Though technically not officially retired, Palmeiro has not played since 2005. Palmeiro was an All-American at Mississippi State University before being drafted by the Chicago Cubs in 1985. His major league debut came on September 8, 1986 with the Cubs. He played three seasons with the Cubs (1986-1988), ten seasons with the Texas Rangers (1989–1993, 1999–2003), and seven seasons with the Baltimore Orioles (1994–1998, 2004–2005). He was named to the All-Star Team four times, and won the Gold Glove three times. He is a member of the exclusive 500 home run club and the 3000 hit club and is only the fourth player in history to be a member... Biography of Fats Waller
Fats Waller (May 21, 1904 - December 15, 1943) born Thomas Wright Waller was a jazz pianist, organist, composer and comedic entertainer. He was the youngest of four children born to Adaline Locket Waller, wife of the Reverend Edward Martin Waller. Significance Fats Waller started playing the piano when he was six and graduated to the organ of his father's church four years later. At the age of fourteen he was playing the organ at Harlem's Lincoln Theater and within twelve months he had composed his first rag. Waller's first piano solos (Muscle Shoals Blues and Birmingham Blues) were recorded in October 1922 when he was just 18 years old. He was a skilled pianist, and master of stride piano, having been the prize pupil and later friend and colleague of the greatest of the stride pi... Biography of Catfish Hunter
James Augustus "Catfish" Hunter (April 8, 1946 - September 9, 1999), was a Major League right-handed starting pitcher between 1965 and 1979. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1987. Hunting accident The youngest son of eight children, he excelled in a variety of sports; enjoying success as a linebacker and offensive tackle in football as well as a shortstop, cleanup batter and pitcher in baseball. His pitching skill began to attract scouts from Major League Baseball teams to Hertford, North Carolina. In his senior year, Hunter was wounded in a hunting accident which led to the loss of one of his toes and the lodging of shotgun pellets in his foot. The accident left Hunter somewhat hobbled and jeopardized his prospects in the eyes of many professional scouts, b... Biography of Mitsugu Chiyonofuji
Chiyonofuji Mitsugu (千代の富士 貢?), born June 1, 1955, as Mitsugu Akimoto (秋元 貢, Akimoto Mitsugu?) in Hokkaidō, Japan, is a former champion sumo wrestler and the 58th yokozuna of the sport. He is now the head coach of Kokonoe stable. Chiyonofuji was one of the greatest yokozuna of recent times, winning 31 tournament championships, second only to Taihō. He was particularly remarkable for his longevity in sumo's top rank, which he held for a period of ten years from 1981 to 1991. He won more tournaments in his thirties than any other wrestler and retired in his mid-thirties, in contrast to most recent yokozuna who have tended to retire around 30. He is the only professional sumo wrestler to have scored more than 1000 win... Biography of Henry McGee
Henry McGee (14 May 1929 – 28 January 2006) was a British actor, best known as straight man to Benny Hill for many years. McGee was also often the announcer on Hill's TV programme, delivering the upbeat intro "Yes! It's The Benny Hill Show!" Born as Henry Marris-McGee in South Kensington, London, and educated at Stonyhurst College, McGee hoped to become a doctor, but the death of his father when he was 17 put financial strains on the family that ended his plans. Having enjoyed acting as a boy, McGee decided to follow his mother's side of the family, which could trace its involvement in acting back to Kitty Clive. He went on to play supporting roles in films and television series and dramas, including The Saint and The Avengers, but it is for comedy roles that he is best remembered, prim... Biography of Michael Easton
Michael Easton (born on February 15, 1967 at Long Beach, California) is an American television actor, poet, author and photographer. Career Easton has made appearances on television shows such as Ally McBeal and The Practice. He had a recurring role on the science fiction television series Mutant X. He played the dual lead role in the 1996 thriller series Two, as well as starring roles in the sci-fi series VR.5 and Total Recall 2070. Additionally, Easton has appeared on soap operas, first starting out in the role of Tanner Scofield on NBC's Days of our Lives from 1991 to 1992. He went on to a two-year stint as vampire Caleb Morley on Port Charles from 2001 until its cancellation in 2003. Easton currently portrays John McBain on the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live, a role he has pl... Biography of Barry Goldwater
Barry Morris Goldwater (January 1, 1909 – May 29, 1998) was a five-term United States Senator from Arizona (1953–1965, 1969–1987) and the Republican Party's nominee for President in the 1964 election. An articulate and charismatic figure in the 1960-64 era, he was known as "Mr. Conservative". Goldwater is the politician most often credited for sparking the resurgence of the American conservative political movement in the 1960s. He also had a substantial impact on the libertarian movement. Goldwater rejected the legacy of the New Deal and fought through the conservative coalition to defeat the New Deal coalition. He lost the 1964 presidential election to incumbent Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson by one of the largest landslides in history, bringing down many Republican candidates as well. ... Biography of Rusty Wallace
Russell William Wallace, Jr. (born August 14, 1956) is a current television broadcaster on ESPN, car owner in the Nationwaide Series, and a former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver. He is also a co-host of NASCAR Angels. Wallace had his first live broadcast of the Indy 500 on May 28, 2006. Wallace had also appeared in the 1990 film Days of Thunder. His birthplace is Fenton, Missouri. Early racing career In the late '70s, prior to joining the NASCAR circuit, Wallace made a name for himself racing around the Midwest winning a pair of local track championships. Rusty won more than 200 short track races. In 1979 he won United States Auto Club's (USAC) Stock Car Rookie of the Year honors, finishing third in the points behind A.J. Foyt and Bay Darnell. He finished second in USAC Stock Car i... Biography of Pedro Costa
Pedro Costa (born March 3, 1959) is a Portuguese film director. He is acclaimed for using his ascetic style to depict the marginalised people in desperate living situations. Many of his films are set in a district of Lisbon inhabited by the socially disadvantaged and shot in a natural and low-key way that makes them resemble documentaries. While studying history at University of Lisbon, Costa switched to film courses at School of Theatre and Cinema (Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema). After working as an assistant director to several directors such as Jorge Silva Melo and João Botelho, he made a first feature film O Sangue (The Blood) in 1989. He collected the France Culture Award (Foreign Cineaste of the Year) at 2002 Cannes Film Festival for directing the film No Quarto da Vanda (... Biography of Samuel Givens
Samuel Givens, born September 16, 1982 in Glendale, Arizona, is an American actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1096895/) # "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" .... Dancer w Pussycat Dolls (1 episode, 2004) - Episode dated 4 November 2004 (2004) TV episode (uncredited) .... Dancer w Pussycat Dolls # "Joey" .... Cowboy (1 episode, 2004) - Joey and the Perfect Storm (2004) TV episode (uncredited) .... Cowboy # "General Hospital" .... Party Planner (1 episode, 2004) - Episode dated 17 September 2004 (2004) TV episode (uncredited) .... Party Planner # Gigli (2003) (as Samuel Luis Givens) .... Beach Dancer # Not Another Teen Movie (2001) (as Sam Givens) .... Dancer ... aka "Sex Academy" - Europe (English title) (new title) # "Nikki" .... Baseball Stand Dancer (1 e... Biography of Richard Dix
Richard Dix (July 18, 1893 – September 20, 1949) was an American motion picture actor who achieved popularity in both silent and sound film. His standard on-screen image was that of the rugged and stalwart hero. Early life Born Ernest Carlton Brimmer in St. Paul, Minnesota, he had planned to become a surgeon, but took most of the leading roles while studying drama. Dropping out of the University of Minnesota after just one year, he worked in a bank. He also joined a local stock company, which led to acting work in New York City. Career He moved to Hollywood, where he began a career in Western movies. One of the few actors to successfully bridge the transition from silent films to talkies, Dix's best-remembered early role was in Cecil B. Demille's silent version of The Ten Comm... Biography of Aidan Turner
Aidan Turner (born 19 June 1983) is an Irish actor, most notable for playing the vampire Mitchell in BBC Three's television series Being Human. Turner was born in Ireland, and grew up in Tallaght, Dublin. He graduated from The Gaiety School of Acting in 2004. He briefly appeared in the first episode of the Ireland-Canada production of The Tudors and was also in two series of Irish hospital drama The Clinic in 2008/09 appearing as receptionist Ruairí McGowan. He plays Dante Gabriel Rossetti in the BBC Two drama series Desperate Romantics. From 2007 to 2009, he dated actress Charlene McKenna, whom he met on the set of (as yet unreleased) feature film Porcelain directed by Gavin Cleland. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2636108/) # Hattie (2010) (TV) (post-productio... Biography of Pierre-Emmanuel Dalcin
Pierre-Emmanuel Dalcin (born 15 February 1977 in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie) is a French Alpine skier. Dalcin was French Champion in Downhill 2000. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Dalcin was leading the Super-G competition before it was stopped. In the 2nd run, he was disqualified for supplying bananas, fedoras and spacebags to the Moonah arts centre.... Biography of Freddie Lewis
Frederick L. Lewis (born July 1, 1943 in Huntington, West Virginia) is a retired American basketball player. He played professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and now defunct American Basketball Association (ABA) from 1966 to 1977. Lewis was a fundamentally sound 6'0" (1.83 m) guard who could pass, shoot, and defend equally well. He attended McKeesport Area High School (in Pennsylvania) and Arizona State University before being drafted by the NBA's Cincinnati Royals in 1966. After one season of limited playing time with the Royals, he moved to the rival ABA, spending the next seven seasons with the Indiana Pacers. Though players like Roger Brown and Mel Daniels received more attention from Indiana fans, Lewis was a solid contributor on three Pacers teams that won... Biography of Craig Counsell
Craig John Counsell (born August 21, 1970, in South Bend, Indiana) is a Major League Baseball infielder for the Milwaukee Brewers. He has played for the Brewers (two occasions), Arizona Diamondbacks (two occasions), Colorado Rockies, Florida Marlins, and Los Angeles Dodgers. Counsell grew up in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, and went to Whitefish Bay High School, where he played baseball. His father worked for the Milwaukee Brewers. He attended college at the University of Notre Dame. Counsell has also spent off-seasons coaching middle school basketball at University School of Milwaukee. He and his wife Michelle have 4 children, sons Brady and Jack and daughters Finley and Rowen. Batting stance Counsell is particularly known for his unusual batting stance, where he points the ba... Biography of David Backus
David Backus, born September 21, 1977 in Sioux City, Iowa, is an American actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1409629/ ) # Priest (2011) (post-production) .... Train Familiar # Sibling: Marcus Miller the Orphan Killer (2010) .... The Orphan Killer ... aka "The Orphan Killer" - USA (short title) # Cannibal Flesh Riot (2007) (V) (as David Backhaus) .... Stash # Spider-Man 3 (2007) (uncredited) .... Bucket Boy ... aka "Spider-Man 3: The IMAX Experience" - USA (IMAX version) # Ride for a Fall (2007) .... Fritz # Iowa (2005) .... Nick Slavens # "7th Heaven" .... Electrician (1 episode, 2005) ... aka "7th Heaven: Beginnings" - USA (rerun title) - Paper or Plastic? (2005) TV episode .... Electrician # Cloud Seven (2005) .... Dwight # "Charmed" .... Derange... Biography of Michael Heath
Michael Steward "Mike" Heath (born April 9, 1964) is a former American college and international swimmer who won two gold medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Heath was born in McAllen, Texas. He attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he swam for coach Randy Reese's Florida Gators swimming & diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1983 to 1986 and was a member of the Gators' 1983 and 1984 NCAA championship teams. Heath graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in exercise and sports science in 1988, and was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 1996. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, Heath was a member of the winning U.S. men's ... Biography of Oswaldo Piazza
Oswaldo Piazza (born 6 April 1947 in Buenos Aires) is a former Argentine football defender, now a manager. Biography He arrived at AS Saint-Étienne, in 1972, replacing new coach Robert Herbin at fullback position.He was associated with Christian Lopez and had the habit to help the team offensively.He won lots of titles with AS Saint-Étienne.He was very popular at this time, and Bernard Sauvat wrote a song dedicated to him.He earned 15 caps for Argentina, but could not participate to 1978 FIFA World Cup in his country due to family problems even though César Luis Menotti wanted him to.In 1979, he played for Club Atlético Vélez Sársfield, before coming back to France with AS Corbeil-Essonnes, as player-coach but it was a failure.He resumed his coaching career in South America, winning s... Biography of Broderick Crawford
William Broderick Crawford (December 9, 1911 - April 26, 1986) was an American Academy Award-winning actor. Early life Crawford was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Lester Crawford and Helen Broderick, who were both vaudeville performers. His father appeared in films in the 1920s and '30s; his mother had a minor career in Hollywood comedies. Career Crawford began his career in radio and vaudeville and made his first serious character debut playing a footballer in She Loves Me Not at the Adelphi Theatre, London in 1932. Crawford's talents were spotted by Noel Coward during the three weeks that the play ran. Coward later found him a role in the 1935 Broadway production of 'Point Valaine'. Crawford was stereotyped early in his career as a rough-talking tough guy, frequently p... Biography of Patrice Lauzon
Patrice Lauzon (born November 26, 1975 in Montréal, Québec) is a Canadian ice dancer. With partner and wife Marie-France Dubreuil, he is the 2006 & 2007 World silver medalist. Lauzon was born in Montreal, Quebec. He began skating with Dubreuil in 1995 after he had split with his previous partner Chantal Lefebvre. The pair has captured the gold medal at the Canadian National Championships four times and competed at the Winter Olympics twice. They were forced to withdraw from the 2006 Winter Olympics after Dubreuil suffered an injury. They recovered to win the silver medal at the 2006 World Championships in Calgary. They started out the 2007 season strongly by winning the Skate Canada event and NHK Trophy events, which qualifies them for the Grand Prix Final. They ended their year j... Biography of Perez Hilton
Mario Armando Lavandeira, Jr. (born March 23, 1978), better known as Perez Hilton, is an American blogger and television personality. His blog, Perezhilton.com (formerly PageSixSixSix.com), is known for posts covering gossip items about musicians, actors and celebrities. He is also known for posting tabloid photographs over which he has added his own captions or "doodles." His blog has garnered negative attention for its attitude, its active "outing" of alleged closeted celebrities and its role in the increasing coverage of celebrities in all forms of media. Early and personal life Hilton was born in Miami, Florida to parents from Cuba. He says he did not learn to speak English until he went to school. He graduated in 1996 from Miami's Belen Jesuit Preparatory School and received hi... Biography of John Ciardi
John Anthony Ciardi (CHAR-dee) (June 24, 1916 - March 30, 1986) was an American poet, translator, and etymologist. While primarily known as a poet, he also translated Dante's Divine Comedy, wrote several volumes of children's poetry, pursued etymology, contributed to the Saturday Review as a columnist and long-time poetry editor, and directed the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference in Vermont. In 1959, Ciardi published a book on how to read, write, and teach poetry, How Does a Poem Mean?, which has proven to be among the most-used books of its kind. At the peak of his popularity in the early 1960s, Ciardi also had a network television program on CBS, Accent. Ciardi's impact on poetry is perhaps best measured through the younger poets whom he influenced as a teacher and as editor of The Saturday... Biography of Rory Cochrane
Rory Cochrane (born February 28, 1972) is an American actor. He is known as playing Ron Slater in Dazed and Confused, Lucas in Empire Records, and Tim Speedle in CSI: Miami. Cochrane was born in Syracuse, New York to an Irish-American father and an Indian-American mother. He has two siblings, Brendan and Siobhan. He spent his childhood in Grantchester, England. Cochrane returned to the United States and was educated in New York City and trained in the drama department of NYC's Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts. His first roles included a part in a docudrama about drugs on Saturday Night with Connie Chung (1989) and an appearance in an episode of H.E.L.P. (1990). He then made his film debut (with about fifteen seconds screen time) in A Kiss Before Dy... Biography of Gareth Hunt
Alan Leonard Hunt (7 February 1942 – 14 March 2007) was an English actor, known as Gareth Hunt, best remembered for playing the footman Frederick Norton in Upstairs, Downstairs and Mike Gambit in The New Avengers. Early life Alan Leonard Hunt was born in Battersea, London in 1942; he was the nephew of actress Martita Hunt. His father was killed in the Second World War when Hunt was two years old, and he was brought up by his mother Doris and stepfather. At the age of 15, he joined the Merchant Navy. After six years, he jumped ship in New Zealand and worked in a car plant for a year before he was caught and served three months in a military prison. Hunt was then deported back to Britain and while taking a BBC design course he held a variety of jobs, including stagehand, road digger, b... Biography of Dylan Baker
Dylan Baker (born October 7, 1959) is an American actor, known for playing supporting roles in both major studio and independent films. Early life Baker was born in Syracuse, New York after his family moved from Lynchburg, Virginia, where his three older brothers were born. He began his career as a teenager in regional theater productions. He attended Holy Cross Regional Catholic School and then went on to attend Darlington School and finally graduated from the Georgetown Preparatory School in 1976. He attended the College of William and Mary in Virginia and later graduated from Southern Methodist University in 1980. Baker then received a Masters in Fine Arts from the Yale School of Drama, in which he studied alongside Chris Noth and Patricia Clarkson. Career Baker's Broadway th... Biography of Tonhi Terenzi
Tonhi Terenzi, born March 16, 1969 in Genoa, is an Italian fencer.... Biography of Ralph Richardson
Sir Ralph David Richardson (19 December 1902 – 10 October 1983) was an English actor, one of a group of theatrical knights of the mid-20th century who, though more closely associated with the stage, also appeared in several classic films. Richardson first became known for his work on stage in the 1930s. In the 1940s, together with Laurence Olivier, he ran the Old Vic company. He continued on stage and in films into the early 1980s and was especially praised for his comedic roles. In his later years he was celebrated for his theatre work with his old friend John Gielgud. Among his most famous roles were Peer Gynt, Falstaff, John Gabriel Borkman and Hirst in Pinter's No Man's Land. Early life Richardson was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, the third son and youngest chi... Biography of Tom McLoughlin
Tom McLoughlin, b. 1950, is an American screenwriter and film and television director. He is most well known for writing and directing Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives. McLoughlin's inclusion of wry humor and nods to various Universal Studios and Hammer Studios horror films led to the film being one of the most popular installments of the Friday the 13th movie series, as well as the film receiving reviews more positive than most films in the series. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0572951/ ) Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal (2008) (TV) "Saving Grace" (1 episode, 2007) - This Is Way Too Normal for You (2007) TV episode The Staircase Murders (2007) (TV) Not Like Everyone Else (2006) (TV) Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life (2005) (TV) Odd Girl Out (... Biography of TJ Jackson
Tito Joe Jackson "TJ", born July 16, 1978 in Hollywood, California, is the son of Tito Jackson. Tito married Delores "DeeDee" Martes (who died in 1994) in June 1972 at the age of 18, and later divorced in 1988. The couple had three sons, who compose the musical group 3T: * Toriano Adaryll Jackson "Taj" II (b. August 4, 1973) * Taryll Adren Jackson (b. August 8, 1975) * Tito Joe Jackson "TJ" (b. July 16, 1978) Career 3T released their debut album in 1995, titled Brotherhood. Michael Jackson gave the group extensive creative freedom on their album and they wrote 8 of the 12 songs on it. Their album sold approximately three million copies worldwide. They achieved an international hit with their debut single, titled "Anything" and released several hit singles in Europe i... Biography of Harry Reems
Harry Reems (born August 27, 1947) is the nom de film of one of the most notorious pornographic actors of the 1970s and star of the 1972 cult classic Deep Throat. Early life and career Reems was born Herbert Streicher to a German-American Jewish family in Bronx, New York. Reems served briefly in the United States Marine Corps before electing to pursue an acting career, principally in off-Broadway theater. Looking for ways to support himself, Streicher began to appear in dozens of short, silent stag films, often referred to as "loops," during the early 1970s. He eventually went on to appear in approximately 140 feature-length sexploitation and hardcore films between 1971 and 1989, with Deep Throat (1972) and The Devil in Miss Jones (1973) being the best known, as well as roughies l... Biography of Matthew Wilson
Matthew "Matt" Wilson (born October 1, 1977 in Melbourne) is a professional Australian road racing cyclist, for UCI ProTour team Garmin-Transitions. During 2007 he rode as a domestique for the UCI ProTour team Unibet.com. In 2008 and 2009, he rode as a team leader for the US-based Team Type 1. Wilson's talent ensured that he became a part of the Australian national team with basis in Italy. He was diagnosed however with Hodgkins disease in 1999 and he moved back to Australia. After the cancer treatment, he decided however to take up cycling again. His friend and Unibet team mate Baden Cooke helped him to get a place in the professional stable Mercury-Viatel. He won a stage in Tour de l' Avenir 2001. The following year he and Baden Cooke changed to Française des Jeux. At the start ... Biography of Jurgen Melzer
Jürgen Melzer (born 22 May, 1981 in Vienna) is an Austrian tennis player. He reached a career-high ranking of No. 26 on 18 May 2009, and a doubles ranking of No. 17 on 19 March 2007. In 1999, he won the boy's singles event at Wimbledon. He is often referred to as the best player on the tour to have not yet reached the fourth round of a major tournament. He is dating Croatian-Austrian swimmer Mirna Jukić. He is endorsed by adidas and Dunlop Sport. He is known for mental weakness, earning the well-known nickname, "MeltzDown" Career Early Years In 1998 Melzer slarted playing in the Futures in his country where he won his first two matches but lost the next four. In 1999, He started playing outside of Austria in the Futures and Challengers. He competed in his first main draw... Biography of Elmer Bennett
Elmer James Bennett (born February 13, 1970 in Evanston, Illinois) is a retired American professional basketball player. He was selected by the Atlanta Hawks in the 2nd round (38th overall) of the 1992 NBA Draft. Bennett played in 21 career games in the NBA in a span of three seasons. A 6'0" (1.83 m) and 170 lb (77 kg) point guard, he averaged 2.3 points per game. Bennett played competitively for Bellaire High School in Bellaire, Texas.... Biography of Lance Alworth
Lance Dwight Alworth (born August 3, 1940) is a former American collegiate and Professional Football wide receiver. He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame and the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He retired as a player after the 1972 season. Early life Born in Houston, Alworth was raised in Brookhaven, Mississippi, where he played football at Brookhaven High School before attending the University of Arkansas. While in high school, he earned fifteen letters. Alworth's sister Ann was fast enough in the 50 and 75-yard dash in track to be invited to the Olympic Games trials, though she declined the invitation. After high school, Alworth was offered contracts by New York Yankees and the Pittsburgh Pirates. At Arkansas, the six-foot (1.83 m), 180-pound (82 kg) Alworth was a flanker ... Biography of Matt Mieske
Mattew Todd Mieske (born February 13, 1968 in Midland, Michigan) is a former right fielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1993 to 2000 for the Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago Cubs, Seattle Mariners, Houston Astros and Arizona Diamondbacks.... Biography of Vincent Fernandez
Vincent Fernandez (born 31 January 1975 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Yvelines) is a French football goalkeeper who currently plays for LB Châteauroux. Beginning his career with Paris Saint-Germain, Fernandez was loaned to LB Châteauroux to experience first-team football. When he returned to PSG, he became sub for Bernard Lama, and then Dominique Casagrande. The 1997–98 season was one of his best, because even though he did not play much in the championship, he still won two cups. In 1998 FC Sochaux, who had recently reached Ligue 1, offered him a place, which he took up and kept until Teddy Richert convinced him to play for RC Strasbourg. He played there for two years, but did not manage to shine, so he has been playing for Châteauroux since.... Biography of Scott Kamieniecki
Scott Kamieniecki (born April 19, 1964 in Mount Clemens, Michigan), is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1991-2000 and played four years for the University of Michigan. Scott had one of the best pickoff moves in the Major Leagues. He joined the New York Yankees in 1991. Teams * New York Yankees 1991-1996 * Baltimore Orioles 1997-1999 * Cleveland Indians 2000 * Atlanta Braves 2000 Pitching Stats * 250 Games * 53 Wins * 59 Losses * 542 Strikeouts * 4.52 ERA Fast Facts * Kamieniecki was the winning pitcher for the Orioles in Game 5 of the 1997 ALCS versus the Cleveland Indians. * Kamienkiecki was Jim Abbott's college Roomate... Biography of Paul O'Grady
Paul James Michael O'Grady, MBE (born 14 June 1955) is an English comedian, television presenter, actor, writer and radio DJ. He is best known for presenting the daytime chat television series, The Paul O'Grady Show, from 2004 through to 2009, as well as his drag queen comedic alter ego, Lily Savage, as whom he performed in various television series including Blankety Blank (1997–1999) and Lily Live! (2000–2001). He also appeared in the comedy sitcom Eyes Down (2003–2004) and presented several travel documentaries. In 2003, O'Grady was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy, and in 2006 he was listed by The Independent at number 32 in their 101 most influential gay men and women in Britain. In October 2008, he was appointed MBE in the 2008 Birthday Hono... Biography of Dick Shawn
Dick Shawn (December 1, 1923 – April 17, 1987) was an American actor and comedian. Early life and career Shawn was born as Richard Schulefand in Buffalo, New York. He played Sylvester Marcus, son of Mrs. Marcus (Ethel Merman), in Stanley Kramer's It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and as Lorenzo St. DuBois/Adolf Hitler in the musical Springtime for Hitler, the play within the movie The Producers. He also provided the Snow Miser's voice in The Year Without a Santa Claus. He had continued success with his stand-up comedy act that he successfully performed for over 35 years in nightclubs around the world. His award-winning one-man stage show, The Second Greatest Entertainer in the Whole Wide World, was sometimes performed with a unique opening: When the audience entered the theater, they ... Biography of Van Heflin
Emmett Evan "Van" Heflin, Jr. (December 13, 1910 – July 23, 1971) was an American film and theatre actor. He played mostly character parts over the course of his film career, but during the 1940s had a string of roles as a leading man. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Johnny Eager (1942). Early life Heflin was born in Walters, Oklahoma, the son of Fannie B. and Dr. Emmett E. Heflin, a dentist. He was of Irish and French ancestry. Heflin's sister was Daytime Emmy-nominated actress Frances Heflin. Heflin attended the University of Oklahoma, where he was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. Career Heflin began his acting career on Broadway in the early 1930s before being signed to a contract by RKO Radio Pictures. He made his film debut i... Biography of Beth Orton
Elizabeth Caroline Orton, known as Beth Orton (born 14 December 1970), is a BRIT Award–winning English singer-songwriter. Known for her 'folktronica' sound, which mixes elements of folk and electronica, she was initially recognised for her collaborations with William Orbit and the Chemical Brothers in the mid 1990s—but these were not Orton's first recordings. She released a solo album, Superpinkymandy, in 1993. Since the album was only released in Japan, it went largely unnoticed by international audiences. Her second solo album, Trailer Park, garnered much critical acclaim in 1996. With the release of the albums Central Reservation (1999) and the 2002 UK top 10 album, Daybreaker, Beth developed a devoted audience. On her 2006 release, Comfort of Strangers, she has moved towards a more fol... Biography of Franco Squillari
Franco Squillari (born on August 22, 1975 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is a former professional male tennis player from Argentina. In his career he has won 3 ATP Tour singles titles and he has reached the semi-finals at the 2000 French Open. He stopped his career in 2005. He is one of the few tennis players to have a perfect 100% record against Roger Federer, having beaten Federer in both times they played.... Biography of Amy Van Dyken
Amy Van Dyken (born February 15, 1973 in Englewood, Colorado) is an American swimmer who has six career Olympic gold medals. Four of these gold medals came in the 1996 Summer Olympics, making her the first American woman to accomplish such a feat. She won gold in the 50 meter free, 100 meter butterfly, 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay, and the 4 x 100 meter medley relay. Van Dyken is an asthmatic who suffered from severe asthma throughout her childhood and into adulthood. She began swimming on the advice of a doctor as a way to strengthen her lungs to cope with her condition and prevent future asthma attacks. Early Life Van Dyken. At the 1992 US Olympic Trials, she placed 4th in the 50 meter freestyle, just missing the Olympic team. After high school, Van Dyken attended the Universi... Biography of Lee Janzen
Lee McLeod Janzen (born August 28, 1964) is an American golfer who is best known for twice winning the U.S. Open, in 1993 and 1998. Overview Janzen was born in Austin, Minnesota, and spent most of his childhood in Baltimore, Maryland, where he played Little League baseball. When Janzen was 12, his father's company transferred him to Florida and his parents started him in golf and tennis, and he continued playing baseball. Janzen liked golf best and started playing that sport exclusively. He won his first tournament at age 15 as a member of the Greater Tampa Junior Golf Association. Janzen chose to attend a small college – Florida Southern – rather than a big institution like Florida. In 1985 and 1986, Florida Southern won the Division II national team championship. Janzen was the i... Biography of Ernie Hudson
Ernest Lee "Ernie" Hudson (born December 17, 1945) is an American actor known for his roles as Winston Zeddemore in the Ghostbusters film series, Warden Leo Glynn on HBO's Oz, and Sergeant Albrecht in The Crow. Early life Hudson was born in Benton Harbor, Michigan, the son of Maggie Donald, who died of tuberculosis when Hudson was two months old; Hudson never knew his father. He was subsequently raised by his maternal grandmother, Arrana Donald. He has a half-brother, Lewis Hudson. After a short time in the Marine Corps, he moved to Detroit, where he became the resident playwright at Concept East, the oldest Black Theatre company in the country. In addition, he enrolled at Wayne State University to further develop his writing and acting skills, and found time to establish the Actors'... Biography of David Alan Basche
David Alan Basche (born August 25, 1968) is an American actor. Life and career Basche was born in Hartford, Connecticut. His first acting role was in a school production of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer when he was in the sixth grade at West Hartford's Norfeldt Elementary School. Basche, who describes his demeanor then as an "angry, smart-ass kid," tried out for and landed the lead role after a school counselor suggested he take up acting to channel some of his anger and emotion. Basche appeared in several plays presented by the Greater Hartford Jewish Community Center while he was a student at King Philip Middle School, and he had roles in 10 school plays during his four years at William H. Hall High School in West Hartford. His first major exposure was starring in Oh Grow Up, a s... Biography of Alfonso Cuarón
Alfonso Cuarón Orozco (Spanish pronunciation: ) (born 28 November 1961) is an Academy Award-nominated Mexican filmmaker, screenwriter and film producer. Some of his works include Y tu mamá también, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, A Little Princess and Children of Men. Early life Cuarón was born in México City. He is the son of Alfredo Cuarón, a nuclear physicist who worked for the United Nations' International Atomic Energy Agency for many years. He studied Philosophy at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and filmmaking at CUEC (Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos), a faculty of the same University. There, he met director Carlos Marcovich and cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki, and they made what would be his first short film, Vengeance is mi... Biography of Darrell Armstrong
Darrell Eugene Armstrong (born June 22, 1968 in Gastonia, North Carolina) is a former American professional basketball player, who played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association. Early life Armstrong did not play basketball in high school until his senior year, and did not play again until his junior year of college. He played college basketball at Fayetteville State University, a Division II school in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and was also a kicker on the football team. After college, Armstrong was not drafted by any NBA team, and went on to play in the Global Basketball Association and United States Basketball League, as well as in Europe, where he began playing in Cyprus with Pezoporikos Larnaca, followed by an ACB stint. NBA career Armstrong first signed wit... Biography of Franck Darabont
Frank Darabont (born January 28, 1959) is a Hungarian-American film director, screenwriter and producer who has been nominated for three Academy Awards and a Golden Globe. He has directed the films The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile, and The Mist, all based on stories by Stephen King. In 2010 he developed and executive produced the AMC network television series The Walking Dead. Early life Darabont was born in a refugee camp in 1959 in Montbéliard, Doubs, France. His parents fled Hungary after the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. When he was still an infant, his family moved to the United States, settling in Chicago, Illinois. When Darabont was five the family moved to Los Angeles, California. Career Early films By the age of 20, Darabont became involved in filmmaking. One of ... Biography of Mark Lester
Mark Lester (born Mark A. Letzer; 11 July 1958) is an English former child actor known for playing the title role in the 1968 musical film version of Oliver! and starring in a number of other British and European films of the 1960s and 70s. Early life and film career Lester was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, to actress Rita Keene Lester and actor and producer Michael Lester (originally Michael Boris Letzer). His father was Jewish and his mother Anglican. He attended the independent Halliford School in Shepperton, Middlesex, and the independent Corona Academy stage school in Hammersmith, London, and had supporting roles in several British television series, including The Human Jungle and Danger Man. In 1964, at the age of six, Lester was cast in Robert Dhery's film Allez France! with... Biography of John Hodiak
John Hodiak (April 16, 1914 – October 19, 1955) was an American actor who worked in Radio and Film. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Walter Hodiak (October 25, 1888 – August 21, 1962) and Anna Pogorzelec (February 28, 1888 – October 17, 1971). He was of Ukrainian and Polish descent. He grew up in Hamtramck, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. Hodiak had his first smell of greasepaint at age eleven, acting in Ukrainian and Russian plays at the Ukrainian Catholic Church. From the moment he first appeared on the stage, he resolved to become an actor. He was not even swayed when as a third baseman on his local high school baseball team, he was offered a contract with a St. Louis Cardinals farm club. He turned the offer down. When Hodiak first tried out for a radio acting... Biography of Joseph Alioto
Joseph Lawrence Alioto (February 12, 1916 – January 29, 1998) was the mayor of San Francisco, California, from 1968 to 1976. Biography Alioto was born in San Francisco, California. His father was a Sicilian immigrant who owned and operated several fish processing companies. His mother, Domenica Mae Lazio, was born in San Francisco in 1893. His parents met on a fishing boat while escaping the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Education Alioto graduated with honors from St. Mary's College in Moraga, California in 1937 and from law school at The Catholic University of America with honors, in Washington, D.C. in 1940. Law practice Alioto worked for the Antitrust Division of the Justice Department and then for the Board of Economic Warfare. He returned to San Francisco after World ... Biography of John Davidson (entertainer)
John Hamilton Davidson, Sr. (born December 13, 1941) is an American singer, actor and game show host known for hosting That's Incredible!, Time Machine, and Hollywood Squares in the 1980s, and a revival of The $100,000 Pyramid in 1991. Biography Davidson was born to two Baptist ministers in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ("The Mike Douglas Show", July 11, 1974) and graduated from high school in White Plains, New York before entering Denison University. His boyish good looks, broad smile, and telegenic charm gained him entry to such TV venues as sitcoms, game shows, variety shows, and talk shows. He is perhaps best known for hosting 1980-84's That's Incredible!, a human interest/stunt-themed series created in the tradition of the 1950s TV show You Asked for It. During an appearance on the... Biography of Greg Harris (pitcher, born 1955)
Greg Allen Harris (born November 2, 1955 in Lynwood, California) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball for the New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds, Montreal Expos, San Diego Padres, Texas Rangers, Philadelphia Phillies, Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees from 1981 to 1995. Harris pitched in 703 games in his career, starting 98. He pitched for the Padres in the 1984 World Series, which they lost to the Detroit Tigers in five games. Harris is best known as the only pitcher in the modern era to pitch with either arm. A natural right-hander, by 1986 he could throw well enough left-handed that he felt he could pitch with either hand in a game, but the opportunity did not arise. Harris wasn't allowed to throw lefty in a regular-season game until September 28, 1995, the next-to-last game of... Biography of William A. Wellman
William Augustus Wellman (February 29, 1896 – December 9, 1975) was an American film director. Although Wellman began his film career as an actor, he worked on over 80 films, as director, producer and consultant but most often as a director, notable for his work in crime, adventure and action genre films, often focusing on aviation themes, a particular passion. He also directed several well regarded satirical comedies. Wellman directed the 1927 film Wings, which became the first film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture at the 1st Academy Awards ceremony. Early life Wellman's father, Arthur Gouverneur Wellman, was a New England Brahmin of English-Welsh-Scottish and Irish descent. William was a great-great-great-great-great-grandson of Puritan Thomas Wellman who immigrated to t... Biography of Ron Santo
Ronald Edward Santo (February 25, 1940 – December 2, 2010) was an American Major League Baseball third baseman. During a 14-year baseball career, he played from 1960-74, mainly as the regular third baseman for the Chicago Cubs. Santo was a productive player despite suffering from diabetes, a condition which he carefully concealed for 80% of his career; it eventually necessitated the amputation of both of his legs. Major League career Santo was drafted as an amateur free agent by the Chicago Cubs in 1959, and made his debut on June 26, 1960. In 1961 he set a Cubs record with 41 double plays at third base, breaking the previous mark of 33 set by Bernie Friberg in 1923. In 1962 he led the National League in assists for the first time with 332, setting the team record for assists at thir... Biography of John Osborne
John James Osborne (12 December 1929 – 24 December 1994) was an English playwright, screenwriter, actor and critic of the Establishment. The success of his 1956 play Look Back in Anger transformed English theatre. In a productive life of more than 40 years, Osborne explored many themes and genres, writing for stage, film and TV. His personal life was extravagant and iconoclastic. He was notorious for the ornate violence of his language, not only on behalf of the political causes he supported but also against his own family, including his wives and children. Osborne was one of the first writers to address Britain's purpose in the post-imperial age. He was the first to question the point of the monarchy on a prominent public stage. During his peak (1956–1966), he helped make contempt an ... Biography of Otto Preminger
Otto Ludwig Preminger (5 December 1905 – 23 April 1986) was an Austro–Hungarian-born American film director who moved from the theatre to Hollywood, directing over 35 feature films in a five-decade career. He rose to prominence for stylish film noir mysteries such as Laura (1944) and Fallen Angel (1945). In the 1950s and 1960s, he directed a number of high-profile adaptations of popular novels and stage works. Several of these pushed the boundaries of censorship by dealing with topics which were then taboo in Hollywood, such as drug addiction (The Man with the Golden Arm, 1955), rape (Anatomy of a Murder, 1959), and homosexuality (Advise and Consent, 1962). He was twice nominated for the Best Director Academy Award. He also had a few acting roles. Early life Preminger was born in 19... Biography of Conrad Nagel
Conrad Nagel (March 16, 1897 – February 24, 1970) was an American screen actor and matinee idol of the silent film era and beyond. He was also a well-known television actor and radio performer. Biography Born in Keokuk, Iowa, into an upper-middle-class family, he was the son of a musician father, Frank, and a mother, Frances (née Murphy), who was a locally praised singer. Nagel’s mother died early in his life, and he always attributed his artistic inclination to growing up in a family environment that encouraged self-expression. His father, Frank, became dean of the music conservatory at Highland Park College and when Nagel was three, the family moved to Des Moines. After graduating from Highland Park College at Des Moines, Iowa, Nagel left for California to pursue a career in the... Biography of Gabriele Ferzetti
Gabriele Ferzetti (born Pasquale Ferzetti on 17 March 1925 in Rome, Italy) is an Italian actor. He has more than 160 credits to his name across film, television and stage. His career was at its peak in the 1950s and 1960s. A prominent figure in Italian cinema since the 1950s, Ferzetti's first leading role came in 1950 in the film Lo Zappatore. He portrayed Puccini twice in 1953 and 1954 in the films Puccini and Casa Ricordi respectively. Ferzetti made his international breakthrough in 1960 in his most acclaimed role as an oversexed, restless playboy in Michelangelo Antonioni's controversial L'avventura. After a series of romantic performances, he acquired a reputation in Italy as an elegant, debonair and a somewhat aristocrat-looking leading man. In 1966, Ferzetti starred as Lot in J... Biography of Edgar Martínez
Edgar Martínez (born January 2, 1963 in New York City, but raised in the Maguayo neighborhood of Dorado, Puerto Rico) is a former Major League Baseball player who retired at the end of the 2004 season. He spent his entire 18-year major league career with the Seattle Mariners. During his time with the Mariners he was nicknamed Gar and Papi. Martínez, Ted Williams, Babe Ruth, Stan Musial, Rogers Hornsby, Lou Gehrig, Manny Ramirez, and Todd Helton are the only players in history with 300 home runs, 500 doubles, a career batting average higher than .300, a career on-base percentage higher than .400 and a career slugging percentage higher than .500. Professional career Seattle Mariners In December 19, 1982, the Seattle Mariners signed Martínez to a minor league contract. Martínez wor... Biography of God Shammgod
God Shammgod (born April 29, 1976 in New York City, New York) is an American professional basketball player, currently playing for the Portland Chinooks of the International Basketball League. Prior to this he played in the National Basketball Association with the Washington Wizards during 1997-98 after being drafted by them in the 2nd round (17th pick) of the 1997 NBA Draft, the Chinese Basketball Association for several teams, including Zhejiang Cyclones and Shanxi Yujun. He has played professionally in several countries, including Poland and Saudi Arabia. High School When he was known as Shammgod Wells, he played high school basketball at LaSalle Academy in Manhattan. His teammates at LaSalle Academy included current NBA player Ron Artest and former Providence College center K... Biography of Christian Shawn
Shawn Patrick Christian (born December 18, 1965) is an American television and film actor. After graduating Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan in 1989, he moved to Chicago to pursue an acting career. He starred in numerous stage productions, and began appearing in commercials. He worked on stage with improvisational company Improv Olympic. In 1994, he was the first male spokesman on Star Search. He landed the role of Mike Kasnoff also in 1994 on As the World Turns. He starred on the show until 1997, moving to Los Angeles in the meantime. From 1998 through 1999 he also had a recurring role in The WB television series Charmed as Josh, the love interest of Piper Halliwell, played by Holly Marie Combs. He also landed the role of Johnny Durant on WB's Summerland. Although the sh... Biography of Mickaël Gerard
Mickaël Gérard, born on December 29, 1972 in Calais (Pas-de-Calais), is a French former football player.... Biography of Paul Warfield
Paul Dryden Warfield (born November 28, 1942 in Warren, Ohio) is a former professional American football wide receiver in the 1960s and 1970s known for his speed, fluid moves, grace, jumping ability and hands. Football career Warfield graduated from Warren G. Harding High School in Warren, Ohio in 1960. He was a star running back and defensive back for the Panthers, joining the varsity as a sophomore in 1957. In 1958, Warfield ran for 810 yards and scored 15 touchdowns - a campaign highlighted by a 6-0 victory over the powerhouse Massillon Tigers. Warfield ran for 1158 yards in 1959 and hit the paydirt 13 times. Warfield also set a state mark in the long jump. He graduated from The Ohio State University where he shined as a two time all Big 10 halfback in the 1962-1963 season and ... Biography of Claude Brosset
Claude Brosset, born December 24, 1943 in Juvisy-sur-Orge, died June 25, 2007 in Pontoise (cancer), was a French actor. Filmography Actor 1966: Un homme de trop de Constantin Costa Gavras 1968: La désirade de Louis Cuniot 1970: On est toujours trop bon avec les femmes de Michel Boisrond 1970: La Coqueluche de Christian-Paul Arrighi 1972: R.A.S. d'Yves Boisset 1973: L'Histoire très bonne et très joyeuse de Colinot trousse-chemise de Nina Companeez 1975: Adieu poulet de Pierre Granier-Deferre 1976: L'Alpagueur de Philippe Labro 1976: Le Corps de mon ennemi de Henri Verneuil 1978: La Carapate de Gérard Oury 1978: La Barricade du point du jour de René Richon 1978: Je te tiens, tu me tiens par la barbichette de Jean Yanne 1979: Flic ou voyou de Georges Lautn... Biography of Bobby Heenan
Raymond Louis "Ray" Heenan (born November 1, 1944), better known as Bobby "The Brain" Heenan (or derisively as Bobby "The Weasel" Heenan), is a former American professional wrestling manager and color commentator, best known for his time with the American Wrestling Association (AWA), World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF). He was known for his skill in drawing heel heat for himself and his wrestlers, and for his on-screen repartee with Gorilla Monsoon as a color commentator. World Wrestling Entertainment (formerly WWF) has described Heenan as "one of sports-entertainment's best loved legends". Heenan was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2004 by Blackjack Lanza.... Biography of Cindy Sheehan
Cindy Lee Miller Sheehan (born July 10, 1957) is an American anti-war activist whose son, U.S. Army Specialist Casey Sheehan, was killed by enemy action during the Iraq War. She attracted national and international media attention in August 2005 for her extended anti-war protest at a makeshift camp outside President George W. Bush's Texas ranch—a stand that drew both passionate support and angry criticism. Sheehan ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 2008. She is a vocal critic of President Barack Obama's foreign policy. Her memoir, Peace Mom: A Mother's Journey Through Heartache to Activism, was published in 2006. Personal life Cindy Sheehan was born in Inglewood, California in 1957. Her father worked at Lockheed while her mother raised her family. She graduated with honors from Cerri... Biography of Benoît August
Benoît August (born 20 December 1976 in Mont-de-Marsan (Landes)) is a French rugby union footballer, currently playing for Biarritz Olympique in the top division of French rugby, the Top 14. His usual position is as a hooker. Prior to joining Biarritz he played for US Dax and Stade Français Paris. He was selected in the French national team's squad for the 2007 Six Nations, making his debut in the Test against Wales. That is still his only cap for his National Team. Height: 6' (1m83) Weight: 110 kg... Biography of Dado Dolabella
Carlos Eduardo Bouças Dolabella Filho (born July 20, 1980 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a Brazilian actor and singer. His parents are actor Carlos Eduardo Dolabella and actress Pepita Rodríguez. Career Television 2008 - Chamas da Vida .... Antônio Galvão Ferreira 2006 - Cristal .... João Pedro Ascânio 2004 - Senhora do Destino .... Plínio Ferreira da Silva 2003 - A Casa das Sete Mulheres .... Bento "Bentinho" Filho 2003 - Sexo Frágil .... Gerônimo 2001 - Malhação .... Robson Silveira Sampaio Filmography 2008 - Wink .... Marcos 2005 - Gaijin - Ama-me Como Sou .... Irmão Discography 2003 - Dado pra Você 2004 - Mais do Mesmo Tv Series 2008 - Louca Família 2009 - A Fazenda... Biography of Pons Maar
Pons Maar, born on August 4, 1951 in Pensacola, Florida, is an American actor and artist. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006542/ ) 2001 Ne croque pas tes voisins (TV series) Puppeteer 2001 Monkeybone Lead Puppeteer (uncredited) 1998 The Simple Life (TV series) Barry the Dinosaur – The Fly-Fishing Show (1998) … Barry the Dinosaur 1995 T-Rex (video) Theodore Rex 1991-1995 Dinosaures (TV series) Roy Hess / Additional Dinosaur Performer / Fran Sinclair / … – Georgie Must Die (1995) … Roy Hess / Brigitte – Earl and Pearl (1995) … Roy Hess – Variations on a Theme Park (1995) … Roy Hess / Ticket Guy – Working Girl (1994) … Roy Hess / Chef – Into the Woods (1994) … Roy Hess See all 62 episodes » 1988 Le blob Theatre Manager 1988 Flic ou ... Biography of Jesper Parnevik
Jesper Bo Parnevik (Swedish pronunciation: ; born 7 March 1965) is a Swedish professional golfer. He spent 38 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings in 2000 and 2001. Early years Parnevik was born in Stockholm, Sweden and was reared in its suburbs. He is the son of the Swedish entertainer Bo Parnevik. At age 15, Parnevik spent 10 days in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina getting a sense of life in the United States. He moved to Palm Beach County, Florida to attended Palm Beach Junior College in Lake Worth on a golf scholarship. Career Parnevik turned professional in 1986 and scored four wins in his early years on the European Tour. Based in Florida, he joined the PGA Tour in the mid-90s, subsequently winning five events. His playing career also includes three Ryder C... Biography of Aftab Shivdasani
Aftab Shivdasani (Hindi: आफ़ताब शिवदसानी, born 25 June 1978) is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films. He started as a child actor in commercials and has performed in over 40 films. He also co-wrote and helped produce the film Aao Wish Karein. Early life and background Shivdasani was born in Mumbai to Prem and Putli Shivdasani. His father is a Sindhi Hindu while his mother is a Parsi. He has an older sister named Afsana Shivdasani. He studied at St. Xavier's High School, (Fort) located at Lokamanya Tilak Marg in Mumbai. He then graduated from H. R.College of Commerce in Mumbai. Career Shivdasani was selected as the Farex baby (Baby food brand) at age 14 months and from that point on he a... Biography of Gunter Sachs
Fritz Gunter Sachs (November 14, 1932 – May 7, 2011) was a German photographer, author and multi-millionaire industrialist. A trained mathematician and economist, Sachs was an investor and industrialist, and latterly head of an institute that researches the claims of astrology. As a young man he became a sportsman, then gained international fame as a documentary film-maker and documentary photographer. He was "passionately interested" in astrology and its connection with mathematics/statistics. Personal life Sachs was born in Southern Germany. His mother was the daughter of Wilhelm von Opel; his father was Willy Sachs, sole owner of Fichtel & Sachs, a leading manufacturer of ball bearings and one of Germany’s biggest automobile suppliers. Willy Sachs was known to Hermann Göring an... Biography of Jan Kiepura
Jan Wiktor Kiepura (May 16, 1902, Sosnowiec, Poland – August 15, 1966, Harrison, New York) was a Polish singer (tenor) and actor. He was born of a Jewish mother and a Polish father. In 1926 he left Poland. Before World War II, he built a well-known hotel, "Patria", in Krynica-Zdrój, which cost him about US$3 million. Some Polish movies were made there. He played in twelve musicals, including O czym się nie myśli (1926), Die Singende Stadt (Neapol, śpiewające miasto) (1930), Tout Pour L'amour (Zdobyć cię muszę) (1933), and Mon coeur t'appelle (1934). Marriage In 1936, Kiepura married the lyric soprano Marta Eggerth (b. 1912). The two often sang together in operettas, in concerts, on records, and in films until his death. Kiepura and Eggerth (both ... Biography of Jason-Shane Scott
Jason-Shane Scott was born on December 29, 1976, in Reno, Nevada (source: Imdb). At the age of two he moved to Reno, Nevada with his mother and older sister while making frequent trips to L.A. to visit his father. Jason attended Wooster High School and excelled at sports; playing baseball, basketball and football. His football talent earned him particular recognition; his team won the state championship and Jason himself was offered numerous football scholarships. Upon graduation, Jason chose to pursue an acting career and moved back to Los Angeles. Enrolled in acting classes, he began studying intensely. Jason also took up modeling and spent several months in Europe. Upon his return to the U.S. he appeared in such films as Shrieker, Until Death, A Turn in the Tree, Caught and Billy's H... Biography of Roger Maris
Roger Eugene Maris (September 10, 1934 – December 14, 1985) was an American right fielder in Major League Baseball who is primarily remembered for hitting 61 home runs for the New York Yankees during the 1961 season. This broke Babe Ruth's single-season record of 60 home runs (set in 1927) and set a record that would stand for 37 years. Maris played with four teams during a 12-year Major League career, appearing in seven World Series and winning three World Championships. Early life The son of Croatian immigrants, he was born Roger Eugene Maras (he later changed his last name to Maris) in Hibbing, Minnesota. He grew up in Grand Forks and Fargo, North Dakota, where he attended Shanley High School. A gifted athlete, Maris participated in many sports while in Fargo, and excelled at f... Biography of Rick Pitino
Rick Pitino (born September 18, 1952) is an American basketball coach. Since 2001, he has been the head coach at the University of Louisville. He has also served as head coach at Boston University, Providence College and the University of Kentucky, leading that program to the NCAA championship in 1996. He has coached on the professional level for the NBA's New York Knicks and Boston Celtics with mixed results. Pitino holds the distinction of being the first coach in NCAA history to lead three different schools (Providence, Kentucky, and Louisville) to a Final Four. In addition, Pitino has achieved a measure of success as an author and a motivational speaker. Biography Early years Pitino, a Sicilian American and native of New York City, grew up in the Village of Bayville and was ... Biography of Jamie Martz
Jamie Martz, born on October 20, 1978 in Evanston, Illinois, is an American actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0554457/) 2010 Fortress (post-production) Pops 2011 L.A. Noire (Video Game) Reginald Varley (voice) 2010 24 heures chrono (TV series) Nate Burke – Day 8: 2:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m. (2010) … Nate Burke – Day 8: 3:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m. (2010) … Nate Burke 2010 Cold case - affaires classées (TV series) Mike Donley '05 – The Good Soldier (2010) … Mike Donley '05 2009 Grande Drip (short) Eric 2009 Frozen Kiss Ryan 2008 L'oeil du mal Northcom Control Tech 2008 Cloverfield Helicopter Pilot 2007 FBI - Portés disparus (TV series) Brett Hendricks – Fight/Flight (2007) … Brett Hendricks 2007 Preuve à l'appui (TV series) Michael... Biography of Holmes Osborne
Holmes Osborne (born November 7, 1947) is an American actor, best known for starring in Richard Kelly's films - Donnie Darko (2001), Southland Tales (2007) and The Box (2009). He's also played the father of Guy Patterson in the movie That Thing You Do!, and starred in the movie Bring it On. He has made appearances in TV shows such as House M. D., Cold Case, CSI: Miami, Dharma & Greg and a recurring role in Invasion. In 1999 he guest starred, along with Lance Henriksen (reprising his role as Frank Black), in an episode of The X-Files as a necromancer for the Millennium Group. This was X-Files series creator Chris Carter's attempt at wrapping up the story from his original show Millennium, which was canceled in 1999. He is a graduate of Odessa, Missouri, High School. Osborne is currently ... Biography of Tommy Henrich
Thomas David "Tommy" Henrich (February 20, 1913 – December 1, 2009), nicknamed "The Clutch" and "Old Reliable", was a Major League Baseball right fielder. He played his entire baseball career for the New York Yankees (1937–1942 and 1946–1950). He led the American League in triples twice and in runs scored once, also hitting 20 or more home runs four times. He is best remembered for his numerous exploits in the World Series; he was involved in one of the most memorable plays in Series history in 1941, was the hitting star of the 1947 Series with a .323 batting average, and hit the first walk-off home run in Series history in 1949's Game 1. Life and career Henrich batted left and threw left. Throughout much of his career he claimed to have been born in 1916, saying later that this was ... Biography of Jim Gantner
James Elmer Gantner (born January 5, 1953 in Eden, Wisconsin (source: Stephen Przybylowski, birth certificate) was a Major League Baseball player who spent his entire career with the Milwaukee Brewers (1976–92). Background Gantner grew up in Eden, Wisconsin, and attended Campbellsport High School in nearby Campbellsport, Wisconsin. He played his college baseball at the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh, where he was enshrined into the Titans' Hall of Fame in 1984. Baseball career Gantner was a 12th-round draft pick in the 1974 amateur draft. Gantner spent two years in the minor leagues before being called up to the majors. He was best known for his consistent play, which culminated in a respectable .274 career batting average after 17 seasons. Gantner, or "Gumby" as he was affecti... Biography of Ivan Basso
Ivan Basso (born 26 November 1977 in Gallarate, Province of Varese) is an Italian professional road bicycle racer who is currently racing with UCI ProTeam Liquigas-Cannondale. Basso, nicknamed Ivan the Terrible, is among the best mountain riders in the professional field in the 21st century, and is considered one of the strongest stage race riders. He is a double winner of the Giro d'Italia, having won the 2006 edition and the 2010 edition of the Italian Grand Tour whilst riding for Team CSC in 2006 and for Liquigas in 2010. However, in 2007 Basso admitted he was planning to use doping and was suspended for two years. His suspension ended on October 24, 2008, and he returned to racing two days later in the Japan Cup, where he placed a close third behind Damiano Cunego and Giovanni Visconti... Biography of Robert Pastorelli
Robert Joseph Pastorelli (June 21, 1954 – March 8, 2004) was an American actor. He had many roles on TV, in movies, and on the stage, including the seven years he played the portly painter Eldin Bernecky on the television series Murphy Brown. His last role was as an oddball hit man in Be Cool, reuniting him with Michael star John Travolta. Pastorelli died of a heroin overdose in 2004. Early life Pastorelli was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, the son of Dotty, an artist, and Ledo Pastorelli, an insurance salesman. Pastorelli was of Italian descent. His sister, Gwen Pastorelli, is an opera singer and a real estate agent. He was a 1972 graduate of Edison High School in Edison, New Jersey. A near-fatal car crash on his 19th birthday cost him his dream of boxing professionally. Death... Biography of Mikihisa Azuma
Mikihisa Azuma, born on August 12, 1969 in Tokyo, is a Japanese actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0044454/) 2011 Karutetto! (post-production) 2011 Untitled Minato Kanae Drama (TV movie) (post-production) 2010-2011 Mito Kômon (TV series) – Episode #43.6 (2011) – Episode #1200 (2011) – Episode #42.13 (2011) – Omae wa Suke-san ore wa Kaku-san (2010) 2010 Rikon doukyo (TV series) Junichi Saotome – Kondo wa koishimasu (2010) … Junichi Saotome – Maekara suki datta (2010) … Junichi Saotome – Ninna odocchao (2010) … Junichi Saotome – Wasurechaimashita (2010) … Junichi Saotome – Nido to shimasen (2010) … Junichi Saotome 2009 Tôkyô Dogs (TV series) Mashiko Reiji – Episode #1.10 (2009) … Mashiko Reiji – Episode #1.9 (2009) … Mashiko Reiji – Epi... Biography of Enrique Rocha
Enrique Miguel Rocha Ruiz, born on January 5, 1942 in Silao, Guanajuato (source: Imdb), is a Mexican actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0733780/) 2009-2010 Corazón salvaje (TV series) Rodrigo Montes de Oca – Final (2010) … Rodrigo Montes de Oca – Escape (2010) … Rodrigo Montes de Oca – Tortura (2010) … Rodrigo Montes de Oca – Inconsciente (2010) … Rodrigo Montes de Oca – Posibilidad (2010) … Rodrigo Montes de Oca See all 135 episodes » 2009 Verano de amor (TV series) Víctor Roca – Gran Final (2009) … Víctor Roca – Embarazada (2009) … Víctor Roca – Verdades (2009) … Víctor Roca – Dante y Brisa (2009) … Víctor Roca – Reveladora carta poder (2009) … Víctor Roca See all 120 episodes » 2008 Mejor que nunca Emiliano 2007 Amor sin maquillaje (T... Biography of Daniel Roebuck
Daniel Randall Roebuck (born March 4, 1963) is an American television film actor, writer and producer, primarily in films, soap operas and television. Life and career Roebuck was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and graduated from Bethlehem Catholic High School in Bethlehem. He appeared in his first film role in 1981. From 1992 to 1995, he played Andy Griffith's assistant, final private investigator and right-hand man, Cliff Lewis, on the television drama Matlock, replacing Clarence Gilyard, during the 1993-94 season, and he also had a recurring role opposite Don Johnson's character as the corrupt officer, Insp. Rick Bettina in Nash Bridges. He has appeared in numerous other guest roles in television programs and has appeared in many feature films including River's Edge, Dudes, and ... Biography of Shondrella Avery
Shondrella Avery, born on April 26, 1971 in Los Angeles, California, is an American actress. Filmography (source : http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1414931/ ) 2010 Gillian in Georgia (TV series) Alicia – The Decision (2010) … Alicia – The Truth Is Out (2010) … Alicia – Trip to Town (2010) … Alicia – The Challenge (2010) … Alicia – Transplanted to Georgia (2010) … Alicia 2010 La guerre des pères Keisha Boyd 2009 Eleventh Hour (TV series) Louella – Medea (2009) … Louella 2008 Le secret de Lily Owens Greta 2006 Déjà vu Kathy - Secretary 2005-2006 Cuts (TV series) Candy Taylor – Hollaback, Girl (2006) … Candy Taylor – It's a Ring Thing (2006) … Candy Taylor – Adult Education (2006) … Candy Taylor – Coupling... Except Funnier (2006) … Candy Taylor – Code... Biography of Nick Price (golfer)
Nicholas Raymond Leige Price (born 28 January 1957) is a South African-Zimbabwean Professional golfer and an inductee in the World Golf Hall of Fame. In the mid-1990s, Price reached number one in the Official World Golf Rankings. Background Price is a citizen of Zimbabwe, but was born in Durban, Union of South Africa. His parents were originally British and his early life was spent in Zimbabwe (then called Rhodesia). He attended Prince Edward School in Salisbury, where he captained the golf team. After his schooling he spent some time in the army during that country's civil war. He began his professional golf career in 1977 on the Southern Africa Tour, before moving to the European Tour and finally the PGA Tour in 1983. Price now lives in Hobe Sound, Florida. Price's nephew Ray Price i... Biography of Ezzard Charles
Ezzard Mack Charles (July 7, 1921 – May 28, 1975) was an African-American professional boxer and former world heavyweight champion. He holds wins over numerous Hall of Fame fighters in three different weight classes. Charles retired with a record of 93 wins, 25 losses and 1 draw. Career He was born in Lawrenceville, Georgia, but is commonly thought of as a Cincinnatian. Charles graduated from Woodward High School in Cincinnati where he was already becoming a well-known fighter. Known as "The Cincinnati Cobra," Charles is best remembered for his wins as a heavyweight, but most experts feel he was in his prime as a light heavyweight. Although he never won the championship at that weight, Ring magazine has rated him as the greatest light heavyweight of all time. Ezzard Charles starte... Biography of Adolphe Jaureguy
Adolphe Jauréguy (18 February 1898 – 4 September 1977) was a French rugby union player who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was born in Ostabat-Asme and died in Toulouse. In 1924 he won the silver medal as member of the French team. During the Olympic rugby union final between France and the United States at Colombes Stadium, French fans booed and hissed the American team for the remainder of the game after star player Jauréguy was flattened by a hard tackle two minutes after the opening whistle, leaving him unconscious with blood pouring down his face and having to be carried off the field on a stretcher. In the second half, French fans threw bottles and rocks onto the field and at American players and officials, wild brawls broke out in the stands, U.S. reserve Gideon Ne... Biography of Vince Poletto
Vince Poletto, born on August 15, 1972 in Townsville, Queensland, is an Australien actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0689003/) The Hitman 2009 Dream the Life (short) Jason 2007 All Saints (TV series) Nondas Poulos – Family Matters (2007) … Nondas Poulos 2005 Second Chance (TV movie) Alec Costello 1999 Sally Marshall n'est pas une extraterrestre Wayne Marshall 1999 Spank Rocky 1999 Wildside (TV series) Aiden Collins – Episode #2.5 (1999) … Aiden Collins 1997 Mister Cool Romeo 1996-1997 La force du destin (TV series) Tanner Jordan – Episode dated 16 January 1997 (1997) … Tanner Jordan 1995-1997 Heartbreak High (TV series) Matt Logan – Episode #3.24 (1997) … Matt Logan – Episode #4.1 (1997) … Matt Logan – Episode #4.1... Biography of Artur Dmitriev
Artur Valeryevich Dmitriev (Russian: Артур Валерьевич Дмитриев; born 21 January 1968 in Bila Tserkva, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian-born Russian pair skater who competed internationally for the Soviet Union, the Unified Team, and Russia. He is a two-time Olympic Champion with Natalia Mishkutenok and Oksana Kazakova in 1992 and 1998 respectively, and also won Olympic silver in 1994. Along with Irina Rodnina, he is the only pair skater to win Olympic gold with two different partners. Career With his partner Natalia Mishkutenok, he was coached by Tamara Moskvina in Saint Petersburg. The pair won the gold medal at the 1992 Olympics, and the silver at t... Biography of Daisy Lowe
Daisy Rebecca Lowe (born 27 January 1989 in London) is an English fashion model who has modelled for editorial photo shoots and commercial advertising campaigns and has worked as a runway model. She is the daughter of Pearl Lowe, the singer/songwriter turned textile and fashion designer, and Gavin Rossdale, the front man for the band Bush. Career Lowe began modelling at the age of two, and did some photoshoots when she was 12 and 14 years old. At 15 she was approached by a talent scout in Camden Town and, as a result, she signed with Select, a London modelling agency. In February 2006, Lowe was featured in Italian Vogue, shot by New York photographer Steven Klein, who also shot her in March 2007 for a W magazine pictorial called "Xurbia". In September 2006, Lowe modelled for the U... Biography of John Hencken
John Frederick Hencken (born May 29, 1954 in Culver City, California) is a former international swimmer from the United States, who won five Olympic medals during his career, including three golds. The first one came at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, the other two four years later in Montreal, Canada.... Biography of Lemar
Lemar Obika (born 4 April 1978), professionally known simply as Lemar, is a British recording artist. Obika has had a run of chart success in the UK, Europe and Australia. He rose to fame after finishing in third place on the first series of British talent show Fame Academy, which was won by David Sneddon. Since then Lemar has had 7 top ten UK singles and sold over 2 million albums. He is seen as one of the most successful artists to come out of a reality TV show. Lemar has won two Brit Awards and three Mobo Awards. Early life Lemar Obika was born in London, England to south eastern Nigerian parents, and grew up listening to R&B and soul music. He used to sing at home with his brothers and sister, pretending to be The Jacksons. He was 17 when he had his first concert at the Jun... Biography of James Gunn (filmmaker)
James Gunn (born on August 5, 1970) is an American writer, filmmaker, actor, musician and cartoonist. Career Gunn began his career in filmmaking with Troma Entertainment, for whom he wrote and co-directed the critically-acclaimed independent film Tromeo and Juliet. After contributing to several other films for Troma, Gunn wrote, produced and performed in his own superhero comedy, The Specials, directed by Craig Mazin and featuring Rob Lowe, Thomas Haden Church, Paget Brewster, Judy Greer and Jamie Kennedy. Gunn's first major Hollywood screenplay was Scooby-Doo in 2002. In 2004, he wrote the initial screenplay for the remake of George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead, but left the project early to work on Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed. That same year he also executive produced, and ... Biography of Pat Porter
Patrick ("Pat") Ralph Porter (born May 31, 1959 in Wadena, Minnesota) is a former American distance runner. With an unremarkable personal best of 4:29 in the mile while running for Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado, Porter was not heavily recruited to run in college. He enrolled at Adams State College in Alamosa, Colorado, and flourished under the training of coach Joe Vigil. After graduating from Adams State in 1982 with a degree in marketing, Porter became one of the most dominant U.S distance runners of the 1980s. Porter was a two time U.S. Olympian, running the 10000 meters at the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games. In 1983 he set the World Record for a road 10K at 27:31.8. In 1985 he won the silver medal at the World Cup of Athletics in Canberra, Australia, getting nipped at th... Biography of Mark O'Meara
Mark Francis O'Meara (born January 13, 1957) is an American professional golfer who was a prolific tournament winner on the PGA Tour and around the world from the mid 1980s to the late 1990s. He spent nearly 200 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings from their debut in 1986 to 2000. O'Meara was born in Goldsboro, North Carolina, but grew up in southern California in Mission Viejo. He took up golf at age 13, sneaking on to the nearby Mission Viejo Country Club. O'Meara later became an employee of the club and played on his high school golf team. He was an All-American at Long Beach State, and won the U.S. Amateur in 1979, defeating John Cook. After graduating with a degree in marketing in 1980, O'Meara turned professional and would win 16 events on the PGA Tour, beginni... Biography of Rex Smith
ex Smith (born September 19, 1955, Jacksonville, Florida) is an American actor and singer. Smith debuted in the Broadway play Grease in 1978. He is noted for his role as Jesse Mach in the 1985 television series Street Hawk, as well as being a singer and stage actor. During the late 1970s, Smith was popular as a teen idol. Because of his good looks, he was featured regularly in 16 Magazine and Tiger Beat. He also had a gold Top 10 single, "You Take My Breath Away," in 1979. Career Music Around 1976, Rex Smith was in a band simply titled "REX." The music was hard rock and consisted of the following members: Rex Smith - Vocals Mike Ratti - Drums, percussion Lou Vandora - Guitar, background vocals Orville Davis - Bass Lars Hanson - Guitar, background vocals ... Biography of Hong Sang-soo
Hong Sang-soo (Korean: 홍상수, Hanja: 洪尚秀) (born October 25, 1960 in Seoul) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter. Hong's directorial debut, The Day a Pig Fell into the Well (1996), was praised by South Korean critics for its originality and won international film prizes. His 2010 film Hahaha won the Prix Un Certain Regard at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. Filmography The Day a Pig Fell into the Well (돼지가 우물에 빠진 날) (1996) The Power of Kangwon Province (강원도의 힘) (1998) Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors (오! 수정) (2000) On the Occasion of Remembering the Turning Gate (생활의 발... Biography of Brad Rowe
Brad Rowe (born May 15, 1970) is an American film and television actor who began his career in movies such as Invisible Temptation and Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss (which launched the career of Sean Hayes). A University of Wisconsin–Madison graduate, Rowe originally worked as a finance manager for political campaigns in Washington, D.C. before moving to Los Angeles, California, to pursue writing and acting. In addition to films, Rowe starred in an episode of the television series Outer Limits, titled "A New Life." In 1998 he was a portraying a recurring character named Walt in the critically acclaimed sitcom NewsRadio. The character was the nephew of the eccentric billionaire Jimmy James boss of the WNYX crew. He was originally intended to be a regular in the show's 5th season much ... Biography of Mark Calcavecchia
Mark John Calcavecchia (born June 12, 1960) is an American professional golfer and a former PGA Tour member. During his professional career, he has won thirteen PGA Tour events, including the 1989 Open Championship. Calcavecchia currently plays on the Champions Tour. Early years Calcavecchia was born in Laurel, Nebraska. While he was a teenager, his family moved from Nebraska to West Palm Beach, Florida in 1973. He attended North Shore High School in West Palm Beach, and won the Florida high school golf championship in 1977 while playing for the North Shore golf team. While playing in junior tournaments, Calcavecchia often competed against Jack Nicklaus' son, Jackie, and as a result began a lifelong friendship at the age of 14 with the legendary pro. College career He received an ... Biography of Stephen Boyd
Stephen Boyd (4 July 1931 – 2 June 1977), born William Millar, was an British actor from Glengormley, Northern Ireland, who appeared in 60 films, most notably in the role of Messala in the 1959 film Ben-Hur. Biography One of nine siblings from a Protestant family from County Antrim, Boyd was originally named William Millar. He starred in a radio play in Belfast and worked as a commissionare at a cinema in London. Some sources state that he was discovered by actor Michael Redgrave while working as a hotel doorman. He began acting in British films, notably as an edgy Irish spy in the 1955 World War II film The Man Who Never Was. It was his role in a 1957 French film, The Night Heaven Fell opposite Brigitte Bardot that got him noticed. He went to Hollywood and appeared as second lead... Biography of Jim Bouton
James Alan Bouton (born March 8, 1939 in Newark, New Jersey, United States) is a former Major League Baseball player, and author of the controversial baseball book Ball Four, which was a combination diary of his 1969 season and memoir of his years with the New York Yankees, Seattle Pilots, and Houston Astros. Precareer While attending high school in Chicago Heights, Illinois, Bouton was nicknamed "Warm-Up Bouton" because he never got to play in a game, serving much of his time as a benchwarmer. Jerry Colangelo, future owner of the Arizona Diamondbacks and Phoenix Suns, was the ace of that Bloom High School staff. In summer leagues, Bouton did not throw particularly hard, but got batters out by mixing conventional stuff with the knuckleball that he had experimented with since childhood.... Biography of Karl Kassulke
Karl Otto Kassulke (March 20, 1941 (Milwaukee, WI) (source for his time of birth: Gauquelin) - October 26, 2008) was a former professional American football player. Kassulke graduated from Drake University, where he starred as a safety. He played 10 seasons in the National Football League, all with the Minnesota Vikings. He started in Super Bowl IV and the next season was selected to the Pro Bowl. In 1973 he suffered a motorcycle accident on the way to training camp that left him paralyzed from the waist down. After his playing career, Kassulke worked with Wings Outreach, a Christian Ministry to the disabled.... Biography of Kevin Michael Richardson
Kevin Michael Richardson (born October 25, 1964) is an American actor and voice actor who currently stars as Cleveland Brown, Jr. in The Cleveland Show. He is also known for being the voice of Tartarus in the video game Halo 2 and as Robert Hawkins in Static Shock. Early life A classically-trained actor and a native of the Bronx, New York, Richardson first gained recognition as one of only eight U.S. high school students selected for the National Foundation for the Arts' "Arts '82" program. As a result of this he earned a scholarship to Syracuse University and a spot on a PBS special directed by the esteemed late John Houseman. Career Richardson has usually portrayed villainous characters due to his deep and powerful voice. His credits include Captain Gantu from Lilo & Stitch... Biography of Max Moriniere
Max Morinière (born 16 February 1964 in Fort-de-France) is a retired French sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres. Biography At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, he won a bronze medal in the 4x100 metres relay with his team mates Bruno Marie-Rose, Daniel Sangouma and Gilles Quenehervé. At the 1990 European Championships in Split the French team of Morinière, Daniel Sangouma, Jean-Charles Trouabal and Bruno Marie-Rose improved the world record to 37.79 seconds. The record stood less than one year, as the United States team ran in 37.67 seconds at the Weltklasse Zurich meet. With 10.09 seconds he is also a former French record holder in the 100 metres. Achievements Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes Representing France 1988 Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea... Biography of Richard Trivino
Richard Trivino (born 5 June 1977 in Paray-le-Monial, Saône-et-Loire) is a French goalkeeper who currently plays for US Créteil-Lusitanos. He won the French League Cup in 2000 and played in the UEFA Cup with FC Gueugnon.... Biography of Mahamadou Diarra
Mahamadou Diarra (born 18 May 1981 in Bamako) is a Malian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for AS Monaco and is captain of the Mali national team. Biography Early career Diarra started his career with Greek side OFI Crete. He played for French club Olympique Lyonnais (Lyon) from 2002 until 2006 and formed a successful midfield partnership with Michael Essien, winning four Ligue 1 titles during his time at the club. He was known for his strength in the midfield. Real Madrid Real Madrid coach Fabio Capello asked President Ramón Calderón to sign three players, "Diarra, Diarra and Diarra". Real Madrid joined in the race to sign Diarra, along with Manchester United. Lyon said that Diarra will not leave and put a €40 million price tag, which matched the price Chelsea p... Biography of Saul Raisin
Saul Raisin (born January 6, 1983 in Dalton, Georgia) is an American former professional road bicycle racer with UCI ProTeam Crédit Agricole. Career Raisin began racing mountain bikes at 13, and moved to road bikes when he was 17. Raisin had a good start to his professional career with Crédit Agricole in 2005, coming 37th in the Tour de Suisse, later having the best result of his career with a 13th place in the Int. Österreich-Rundfahrt (or Tour of Austria). He then went on to win the King of the Mountains jersey in the Tour de l'Avenir. In early 2006 Raisin won the third stage of the Le Tour de Langkawi and ended the Malaysian Tour placed eleventh overall. In 2003 Saul won Best Young Rider at the Tour de Georgia. At the 2006 Tour of California Raisin came 17th overall. He raced ... Biography of Dieter Bohlen
Dieter Bohlen (born Dieter Günther Bohlen, February 7, 1954, Berne, Lower Saxony, near Oldenburg) is a German musician, songwriter, entertainer, TV personality, producer and writer. He did his Abitur in Oldenburg. In 1978 Dieter Bohlen was part of Monza. In 1981 he was member of trio Sunday, and they had a hit "Hale Hey Louise", which covered several artists in Germany, for example Ricky King. From 1984 to 1987 and from 1998 to 2003, Bohlen was part of the pop duo Modern Talking as a producer, songwriter and frontman. From 1985 to 1988, he was a producer and songwriter of disco queen C.C.Catch. In 1988, Dieter Bohlen signed a young 15 year old singer named Anna Garcia Sheree "Ronnie Talk to Russia". The record was short lived after a sex scandal involving Dieter Bohlen. After the ... Biography of Mike Wallace (racing driver)
Mike Wallace (born March 10, 1959 in Fenton, Missouri) is a NASCAR race car driver. He is a younger brother to Rusty Wallace, older brother to Kenny Wallace, and uncle to Steve Wallace. His daughter, Chrissy Wallace, and son, Matt Wallace, are also pursuing their own racing careers, with Chrissy racing 5 races in NASCAR's Craftsman Truck Series in 2008, and 5 races in ARCA RE/MAX Series. Mike is currently a free agent. Early NASCAR Career Wallace made his Nationwide Series debut in 1990 at the season-closing Winston Classic at Martinsville Speedway. Starting twenty-fourth, Wallace finished sixth in the #40 Lowes Foods Chevrolet. The next season, he ran nine Busch races for a variety of different teams, and had a third-place finish at Lanier Raceway. He also made his Winston Cup debut a... Biography of Mark Price
William Mark Price (born February 15, 1964 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma) is a retired American basketball player who played for 12 seasons in the NBA, from 1986 to 1998. Spending the majority of his career with the Cleveland Cavaliers, his last three years were consisted of one season each with the Washington Bullets, Golden State Warriors, and Orlando Magic. Playing career The 6-foot (183 cm) Price played college basketball at Georgia Tech. During his time at Georgia Tech, he was a two time All American and four time All ACC basketball player who helped lead the Yellow Jackets to an ACC Championship his junior year by defeating North Carolina in the ACC Tournament championship game. He was named the ACC Most Valuable Player for the 1984-85 season and his jersey was retired. A point gua... Biography of Jim Lyttle
James Lawrence Lyttle Jr. (born May 20, 1946) is a former major league baseball player from Hamilton, Ohio. He played as an outfielder for the New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, Montreal Expos, and Los Angeles Dodgers. He also played seven seasons of baseball in Japan with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp and Nankai Hawks. Major league career Lyttle graduated from Florida State University, and was drafted in the first round of the 1966 amateur draft by the New York Yankees. He made his major league debut with the Yankees in 1969, and recorded a .310 batting average in 87 games in 1970. He was traded to the Chicago White Sox in 1971, and played in 42 games as a defensive backup with the White Sox before being sent off to various teams from 1973 to 1974. He spent three years with the Montreal... Biography of David Zabriskie
David Zabriskie (Born January 12, 1979 in Salt Lake City) is a professional road bicycle racer from the United States who rides for Garmin-Cervélo. His main strength is individual time trials and his career highlights include stage wins in all three Grand Tour stage races and winning the US National Time Trial Championship six times. Zabriskie is known for his quirky nature, including singing before stages and the interviews he does with fellow riders in the professional peloton which are posted on his web site. In 2005, he became the third American to wear the leader's jersey at the Tour de France, after three-time Tour winner Greg LeMond, and seven-time winner Lance Armstrong. George Hincapie became the fourth American in 2006.... Biography of Lou Piniella
Louis Victor Piniella (pronounced /piːnˈjeɪjɑː/) (born August 28, 1943 in Tampa, Florida, United States) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and manager. He has been nicknamed "Sweet Lou," both for his swing as a major league hitter and, facetiously, to describe his demeanor as a player and manager. He finished his managerial career ranked 14th all-time on the list of Managerial Wins. He currently works in the Giants' front office. Early life Piniella grew up in West Tampa, Florida of Asturian Spanish descent. As a child, he played American Legion Baseball sponsored by Post 248 and PONY League Baseball alongside Tony La Russa. He attended Jesuit High School of Tampa where he was an All-American in basketball. After graduation, he attended the Univers... Biography of Gilbert Rozon
Gilbert Rozon, born October 26, 1954 in Montreal, Quebec, is a Canadian-French producter. Producer (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1639625/ ) # "The Very Funny Show" (co-executive producer) (9 episodes, 2009-2010) - Finale: Al Madrigal and Billy Gardell (2010) TV episode (co-executive producer) - John Mulaney and Pete Correale (2010) TV episode (co-executive producer) - Sebastian & Tommy Johnagin (2009) TV episode (co-executive producer) - Mike Palascak & Patti Vasquez (2009) TV episode (co-executive producer) - John Caparulo & Kyle Kinane (2009) TV episode (co-executive producer) (4 more) # "Just for Laughs" (executive producer) (16 episodes, 2009) ... aka Just for Laughs Comedy Festival (Canada: English title: long title) - Caroline Rhea (20... Biography of Jeff Blauser
Jeffrey Michael Blauser (born November 8, 1965 in Los Gatos, California) is a former Major League Baseball shortstop. He played for the Atlanta Braves and Chicago Cubs from 1987 to 1999. Career Blauser went to Placer High School in Auburn, California and Sacramento City College. He was selected by the Braves in the first round (5th pick) of the 1984 amateur draft and made his major league debut on July 5, 1987. Blauser was a powerful right-handed shortstop at 6' 0", 170 lb. He hit well for a middle infielder but was shaky with the glove, which often led him to be replaced on the field in the later innings. In 1993, Blauser had a breakout season, batting over .300 for the first time and scoring 110 runs. He was also named to the All-Star team. During the next few seasons, Blauser's ... Biography of Peter Madsen
Peter Planch Madsen (born 26 April 1978 in Roskilde) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Lyngby Boldklub on loan from Brøndby IF. He has played 13 games and scored three goals for the Danish national team, and Madsen was part of the Danish squad at the 2002 FIFA World Cup and 2004 European Championship tournaments. Biography Madsen started playing as a junior for Roskilde B 06, before he moved on to the youth team of Brøndby IF. Considered a good talent, he played 35 matches and scored 9 goals for various Danish national youth teams from 1993 to 1999. He made his senior debut for Brøndby in April 1997, and went on to win three Danish Superliga championships and the 1998 Danish Cup in his six years with the club. He finished the 2001–02 season as joint league ... Biography of James Pickens Jr.
James Pickens, Jr. (born October 26, 1954) is an American actor. He is best known for his starring role as Dr. Richard Webber on the ABC drama television series Grey's Anatomy, and for his supporting role as Deputy Director Alvin Kersh on later seasons of the Fox Network science fiction series The X-Files. Early life Pickens was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and did not begin acting until he was a student at Bowling Green State University. His first acting role was in a campus production of Matters of Choice by Chuck Gordone. Pickens earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from BGSU in 1976. Career Pickens started his acting career at the Roundabout Theatre in New York playing Walter Lee in A Raisin in the Sun. In 1981, Pickens performed in the Negro Ensemble Company's production of ... Biography of Francisco Clavet
Francisco Javier Clavet González (born October 24, 1968 in Aranjuez) is a former tennis player from Spain. From 2009 he has been coaching his countryman Feliciano López. Singles career titles 1990 - Hilversum 1995 - Palermo 1996 - Amsterdam 1997 - Bogotá and Mexico City 1998 - Bucharest and Santiago de Chile 2001 - Scottsdale... Biography of Earl Holliman
Earl Holliman (born September 11, 1928) is an American actor. Early life Earl Holliman was born at Delhi in Richland Parish of northeastern Louisiana. Holliman’s biological father died before he was born, and his biological mother, living in poverty with several other children, gave him up for adoption at birth. Henry Holliman, an oil-field worker, and his wife adopted Earl and his early years were normal until his adoptive father also died when Earl was 13. He saved money from his job ushering at a movie theater and left Shreveport, Louisiana, hitchhiking to Hollywood. Unsuccessful at finding work, he soon returned to Louisiana. Meanwhile, his adoptive mother had remarried, and Holliman disliked his new stepfather. He lied about his age and enlisted in the United States Navy duri... Biography of Nicholas Colla
Nicholas Colla (born on 14 October 1985 (source: Imdb) in Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian actor. His first big break was a starring role as a child from another planet in a McDonald's commercial that was shot in the USA under the watchful eye of Prime Time US Director David Nutter (X-Files, Millennium, The Sopranos, Entourage) and which was shot by Academy Award winning cinematographer Wally Pfister. He also starred in the AFI award winning children's drama Holly's Heroes, that was aired on the Nine Network in 2005. After filming Holly's Heroes and Wicked Science over consecutive years while at high school, Nick went on to complete a Bachelor of Film and Television at Swinburne University in 2008. He currently resides in Melbourne where he is the Creative Director of, LateNite... Biography of Paul Stanley
Stanley Eisen (born January 20, 1952), better known by his stage name Paul Stanley, is an American hard rock guitarist, and singer, best known for being the rhythm guitarist and frontman of the rock band Kiss. He is the writer or co-writer of most of the band's highest-charting hits, including "Rock and Roll All Nite," "Detroit Rock City," "Hard Luck Woman," "I Was Made for Lovin' You," "Crazy Crazy Nights" and "Forever." Career Kiss Before Kiss, Paul Stanley was in a local band, Rainbow (not to be confused with Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow) and was also a member of Uncle Joe and Post War Baby Boom. Through a mutual friend of Gene Simmons', Stanley joined Simmons' band Wicked Lester in the early 1970s. The band recorded an album in 1972, but as of 2009 it has never been officially r... Biography of Adam Scott (golfer)
Adam Derek Scott (born 16 July 1980) is an Australian professional golfer. To date he is one of only two golfers born in the 1980s who have made the top five in the Official World Golf Rankings, the other being Sergio García, and thus has one of the most promising careers in men's golf. On 7 January 2007, he reached a career high ranking of third with a second place finish at the Mercedes-Benz Championship. Scott was born in Adelaide, Australia. He is often talked of as a natural successor to Greg Norman in Australian golf, an impression reinforced when Norman's former caddy joined up with Scott in 2004. His playing career took off in 2001, his first full year as a professional golfer, when he won the European Tour's Alfred Dunhill Championship in Johannesburg, South Africa. The foll... Biography of Franck Renier
Franck Renier (born April 11, 1974 in Laval, Mayenne) is a French professional road bicycle racer who is currently a free agent. Palmares Vuelta a España - 121st (2006) Giro d'Italia - 134th (2005) Tour de France 85th (2002) 95th (2003) 114th (2004) 116th (2001) Tour du Finistère (2001)... Biography of Jeremy Mayfield
Jeremy Allen Mayfield (born May 27, 1969) is a former NASCAR driver who last competed in 2009 due to legal troubles and an indefinite suspension by NASCAR. Prior to 2009, Mayfield drove cars for the Sadler Brothers, T.W. Taylor, Cale Yarborough, Michael Kranefuss, Roger Penske, Ray Evernham, Bill Davis, and Gene Haas. He last drove for his own team, Mayfield Motorsports, before his suspension. On May 9, 2009, Mayfield was suspended indefinitely as both owner and driver by NASCAR following what NASCAR said was a positive test for methamphetamine. A federal judge weighing the respective harms and evidence lifted the suspension temporarily on July 1, 2009. On July 15, 2009, it was revealed by NASCAR that Mayfield again tested positive for the second time of using methamphetamine. He allege... Biography of Michael Parks
Michael Parks (born Harry Samuel Parks; April 24, 1940) is an American actor and singer. He has appeared in almost fifty films and has made frequent TV appearances, but is probably best known for his work in recent years with Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, and Kevin Smith as well as the 1969 television series Then Came Bronson. Personal life Parks was born Harry Samuel Parks in Corona, California to a truck driver father. He drifted from job to job during his teenage years. He was married at the age of 15. Career Parks first gained recognition in the role of Adam in John Huston's The Bible: In the Beginning (1966) and as the star of the television series Then Came Bronson from 1969 to 1970. He also sang the theme song for the show, "Long Lonesome Highway," which became a #... Biography of Joseph Wiseman
Joseph Wiseman (May 15, 1918 – October 19, 2009) was a Canadian theater and film actor, best known for starring as the titular antagonist of the first James Bond film, Dr. No, his role as Manny Weisbord on Crime Story, and his career on Broadway. He was once called "the spookiest actor in the American theater". Early life Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada to Orthodox Jewish parents, Louis and Pearl Rubin (née Ruchwarger), Wiseman grew up in New York. At age 16, he began performing in summer stock and became professional, which displeased his parents. Career Wiseman also had roles in a wide variety of films, Viva Zapata!, the very first James Bond film Dr. No, The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Bye Bye Braverman, and the TV series The Streets of ... Biography of Max Papis
Massimiliano "Max" Papis (born October 3, 1969 in Como, Italy) is a racing driver who has competed in several top-level motorsports events such as Le Mans 24 Hours, Formula One and Champ Car. He has three Champ Car victories. He is the son-in-law of Emerson Fittipaldi. His son's godfather is fellow Italian Alex Zanardi. He currently drives the #9 Geico Toyota Tundra for Germain Racing in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Formula One After a spell as the Lotus team's test driver in 1994, Papis replaced Gianni Morbidelli in the Footwork team for seven races in the middle of the 1995 Formula One season, as he brought valuable sponsorship to the cash-strapped outfit. Despite being a race-winner in Formula 3000, he often struggled with the unfamiliar car, and was occasionally outpaced ... Biography of Steve Cochran
Steve Cochran (May 25, 1917 - June 15, 1965) was an American film, television, and stage actor, the son of a California lumberman. He graduated from the University of Wyoming in 1939. After a stint working as a cowpuncher, Cochran developed his acting skills in local theatre and gradually progressed onto Broadway, film, and television. Film career From 1949 to 1952, he worked for Warner Brothers (mostly supporting roles, often playing boxers and gangsters) and appeared in many films including The Chase (1946), The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Copacabana (1947), A Song Is Born (1948), Highway 301 (1950), The Damned Don't Cry! (1950), and Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (1951), which inspired Johnny Cash to write his song "Folsom Prison Blues". One of his most memorable roles w... Biography of José María Jimenez
Jose María Jimenez Sastre (February 6, 1971 in El Barraco, Spain - December 6, 2003 in Madrid) was a professional road bicycle racer. His nickname was "El Chava". When he turned professional, Jiménez was considered a potential successor of Miguel Indurain. He won the points jersey (2001) and the mountains jersey (1997–1999, 2001) of the Vuelta a España, finishing 3rd overall in 1998, 5th in 1999, and 17th in 2001. He often attacked without considering the consequences, which sometimes resulted in spectacular wins in the toughest mountain stages. During stage eight of the 1999 Vuelta a España Jiménez attacked the 23% grade of the Angliru in rain and fog to catch Pavel Tonkov's long solo break at the line and take the stage in a two-man sprint. However, he would subsequently pay for hi... Biography of Guy Maddin
Guy Maddin, OM (born February 28, 1956) is a Canadian screenwriter, director, cinematographer and film editor of both features and short films from Winnipeg, Manitoba. His most distinctive quality is his penchant for recreating the look and style of silent or early sound era films which has solidified his popularity and acclaim in alternative film circles. Career While Maddin strives to recreate the styles and moods of early film melodramas, Weimar Republic German silent films, and 1920s Soviet agit-prop, his own personal style lies in his use of clichés, psychosexual situations, bizarre stories and humour. Reminiscent of the early work of American director David Lynch, it is this self-conscious and surreal merging of early film-making techniques with a post-modern sensibility that giv... Biography of Mark Murro
Mark Murro, born June 4, 1949 in Newark, New Jersey, is an American athlete, the first American to throw a javelin 300 feet (91.44), hitting that mark on the button in 1970 (although with the old style javelin). He was AAU and NCAA champion in the javelin in 1969. He competed for Arizona State and the Pacific Coast Club. External link: http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mu/mark-murro-1.html... Biography of Jim Hines
James "Jim" Ray Hines (born September 10, 1946) is a former American track and field athlete, who held the 100 m world record for 15 years. He was the first sprinter to officially break the 10-second barrier in the 100 meters, running an electronically timed 9.95 to win the 1968 Olympics at altitude in Mexico City. Track career Born in Dumas, Arkansas, Hines was raised in Oakland, California and graduated from McClymonds High School in 1964. He was a baseball player in his younger years, until he was spotted by a track coach as a running talent and became a sprinter. At the 1968 US national championships in Sacramento, California, Hines became the first man to break the ten second barrier in the 100 meter race, setting 9.9 (manual timing), with a real time of 10.03 - two other athletes... Biography of Warren Spahn
Warren Edward Spahn (April 23, 1921 – November 24, 2003) was an American Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He played his entire 21-year baseball career in the National League. He won 20 games each in 13 seasons, including a 23-7 record when he was age 42. Spahn was the 1957 Cy Young Award winner, and was the runner-up three times, all during the period when just one award was given. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973, with 83% of the total vote. (His eligibility was delayed, under the rules of the time, by 2 years of token minor league play.) Spahn won 363 games, more than any other left-handed pitcher in history, and more than any other pitcher who played his entire career in the post-1920 live-ball era. He is acknowledged as one of the best pitchers in Major ... Biography of John McTiernan
John Campbell McTiernan, Jr. (born January 8, 1951) is an American movie director, best known for his action films. He was born in Albany, New York and was an M.F.A. graduate of the AFI Conservatory. Most action cinema fans agree that the director's best works have been Predator, Die Hard, and The Hunt for Red October. McTiernan directed these three films back-to-back. He was once discussed as being involved in a fourth Die Hard movie, but the producers stated in early 2006 that they were pursuing a new director, who eventually was announced to be Len Wiseman. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Partial filmography Movies directed by McTiernan include: Nomads (1986) Predator (1987) Die Hard (1988) The Hunt for Red October (1990) Medicine Man (1992) Last Action Hero (1993) Die Hard... Biography of Howard Duff
Howard Green Duff (November 24, 1913 – July 8, 1990) was an American actor of film, television, stage, and radio. Duff was born in Charleston, Washington, now a part of Bremerton. He graduated from Roosevelt High School in Seattle in 1932 where he began acting in school plays only after he was cut from the basketball team. Thereafter, he worked locally in the theater in Seattle until he entered the military during the Second World War where he was assigned to the Army Air Force's radio service. After the war his career improved and he quickly got his first film role as an inmate in Brute Force. His other movies include The Naked City (1948), All My Sons (1948), Calamity Jane and Sam Bass (1949), Panic in the City (1968), In Search of America (1971), A Wedding (1978) and No Way Out (1987... Biography of Geronimo Berroa
Gerónimo Emiliano Berroa (born March 18, 1965 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a former Major League Baseball player who played for nine teams from 1989 to 2000. Berroa's best season was 1996 when he hit 36 home runs with 106 RBIs for the Oakland Athletics. Signed by the Toronto Blue Jays as an amateur free agent in 1983, he quickly worked his way through the minor leagues, finally making his major league debut with the Atlanta Braves on April 5, 1989. In his 11 seasons in the major league, he hit 101 home runs, had 692 hits, and 510 strikeouts. Apart from the Braves, Berroa also played for the Cincinnati Reds, Florida Marlins, Oakland Athletics, Baltimore Orioles, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, Blue Jays, and Los Angeles Dodgers. On 20 December 2007, Berroa was accused ... Biography of Drew Pinsky
David Drew Pinsky, M.D. (born September 4, 1958), better known as Dr. Drew, is an American radio/television personality, board-certified internist and addiction medicine specialist. He is the host of the nationally syndicated radio talk show, Loveline, which he has hosted since 1984. On television he produces and stars in the VH1 show Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, its spinoffs Sex Rehab with Dr. Drew and Celebrity Rehab Presents Sober House, and the MTV show Sex...With Mom and Dad. As a medical doctor, Pinsky is Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California, former Medical Director for the Department of Chemical Dependency Services at Las Encinas Hospital in Pasadena, California, staff member at Huntington Memorial Ho... Biography of Herbert Marshall
Herbert Marshall (23 May 1890 – 22 January 1966), born Herbert Brough Falcon Marshall, was an English actor. His parents were Percy F. Marshall and Ethel May Turner. He graduated from St. Mary's College (later known as Harlow College, until c1964) in Old Harlow, Essex and worked for a time as an accounting clerk. Marshall overcame the loss of a leg in World War I, where he served in the London Scottish Regiment with fellow actors Basil Rathbone, Ronald Colman, and Claude Rains, to enjoy a long career. His stage debut took place in 1911, and he entered motion pictures with Mumsie (1927). Initially he played romantic leads and later character roles. The suave actor spent many years playing romantic leads opposite such stars as Greta Garbo, Marlene Dietrich and Bette Davis, and starring... Biography of Benoît Poilvet
Benoît Poilvet (born August 27, 1976 in Saint-Brieuc) is a French professional road bicycle racer. He rode for UCI ProTeam Crédit Agricole between 2000 and 2007. For the 2008 season he joined the continental team Bretagne Armor Lux, with whom when the team was an amateur team he had raced. In May 2008, Poilvet took his first professional race victory with stage 5 of the Tour de Bretagne Cycliste. Poilvet also took the leader's jersey which he would keep to win the race. Palmares * Critérium International - Mountains Classification (2003) * 1st stage 5 & overall Tour de Bretagne Cycliste... Biography of Kenny Lofton
Kenneth Lofton (born May 31, 1967) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder known for his great speed on the base paths as well as in the field, award-winning defensive play (four Gold Glove awards), timely hitting, and playful spirit. He batted and threw left-handed. During his career he played for the Houston Astros, Cleveland Indians (10 seasons), Atlanta Braves, Chicago White Sox, San Francisco Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Texas Rangers. He was his league's Player of the Week three times (twice with Cleveland, once with Atlanta), and was named to six All-Star teams (five times with the Indians, once with the Braves). From 2001 to 2007 Kenny Lofton did not spend more than one season with a team. It ... Biography of Todd Sand
Todd Sand (born October 30, 1963) is an American pairs skater. He currently skates professionally with wife Jenni Meno. Life and career Sand was born in Burbank, California. He has dual American and Danish citizenship and early in his career, he represented Denmark as a single skater. He competed for that country at the World Figure Skating Championships and the European Figure Skating Championships in the early 1980s. In 1985, Sand began competing as a pair skater with Lori Blasko, representing the United States. They were the 1985 U.S. national bronze medalists on the junior level. Following that partnership, Sand teamed up with Natasha Kuchiki. They are the 1991 U.S. National Champions and 1991 World bronze medalists. Kuchiki & Sand competed together at the 1992 Winter Olympic... Biography of Alex Cord
Alex Cord (May 3, 1933) is an American actor who is perhaps best known for portraying the role of Archangel on the television series Airwolf. Biography Born Alex Viespi in Floral Park, New York, Cord's first role of note was in the 1962 movie The Chapman Report directed by George Cukor. He briefly enjoyed a leading man status on the big and small screen during the 1960s and 1970s, and starred or co-starred in westerns and action films. He is one of a handful of actors to appear on both the original and revival versions of Mission: Impossible. Cord is also known to science fiction enthusiasts for having portrayed Dylan Hunt in the failed 1973 TV pilot Genesis II which was created by Gene Roddenberry. In 1977 he starred in the epic Western Grayeagle where he played the title character... Biography of Filippo Pozzato
Filippo "Pippo" Pozzato (born September 10, 1981 in Sandrigo, Veneto) is an Italian road racing cyclist with UCI Professional Continental Team Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli. Career Pozzato turned professional in 2000 with the Mapei cycling team, part of the famous classe di '81 a group of emerging young riders born in 1981 who were part of the Mapei TT3 development team. Other alumni include Fabian Cancellara and Bernhard Eisel, and Eastern Europeans Kolobnev and Gryschenko. After Mapei ended its sponsorship in 2002 Pozzato joined Giancarlo Ferretti's Fassa Bortolo cycling team. Despite his win of Tirreno–Adriatico in 2003 and a stage win in the 2004 Tour de France, personality clashes with Ferretti meant that Pozzato suffered poor years with Fassa Bortolo in 2002–2004. During this peri... Biography of Yannick Bonheur
Yannick Bonheur (born 18 May 1982 in Ivry-sur-Seine France) is a French pair skater who currently competes with Adeline Canac. He is a five time French National Champion with three different partners: Marylin Pla, Vanessa James, and Canac. Career Partnership with Marylin Pla Bonheur competed with Marylin Pla from 2002 until 2007. They won the French National Championships three times and placed 14th at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Partnership with Vanessa James Bonheur teamed up with British skater Vanessa James and began competing internationally with starting in 2008. They made their Grand Prix debut at the 2008 Trophee Eric Bompard, finishing in 7th place. They placed 10th at the 2009 European Figure Skating Championships and 12th at the 2009 World Figure Skating Championships... Biography of Giuseppe Dordoni
Giuseppe ("Pino") Dordoni (June 28, 1926 in Piacenza – October 24, 1998) was an Italian athlete who competed mainly in the 50 kilometre race walk. He competed for Italy at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland, where he won the gold medal in the mens'50 kilometre walk event. In 1950 he became European champion.... Biography of Red Schoendienst
Albert Fred "Red" Schoendienst (pronounced /ˈʃeɪndiːnst/; born February 2, 1923) is a former American Major League Baseball second baseman and manager. During a 19-year baseball career, he played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1945–56, 1961–63), New York Giants (1956–57) and Milwaukee Braves (1957–60). After retiring, Schoendienst in 1965 began the second-longest managerial tenure in Cardinals history (surpassed only by Tony La Russa, who is now going into his 15th season), skippering the team for 12 seasons, from 1965 through 1976. Under his direction, St. Louis won National League pennants in 1967 and 1968, and defeated the Boston Red Sox in seven games in the 1967 World Series. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1989. He is currently the special assistant c... Biography of Greg Massialas
Greg Massialas (born 20 May 1956 (source: Mary Frances Wood)) is an American fencer. He competed in the foil events at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics.... Biography of Chris Paul
Christopher Emmanuel Paul (born May 6, 1985) is an American professional basketball player for the New Orleans Hornets of the National Basketball Association. He plays point guard. He serves as team captain of the franchise. Paul was born and raised in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Despite only playing two varsity basketball seasons in high school, he was a McDonald's All-American and accepted a scholarship with nearby Wake Forest University. After his sophomore year with the Demon Deacons, he declared for the draft. Since being selected 4th overall in the 2005 NBA Draft by New Orleans, Paul has been a NBA Rookie of the Year (2006), a three-time All-Star, and an All-NBA and All-Defensive team honoree. He led the Hornets to the second round of the 2008 NBA Playoffs. He has also won an ... Biography of Donald Petrie
Donald Mark Petrie (born April 2, 1954) is an American film director, screenwriter, and actor. Petrie was born in New York City, New York, the son of Dorothea (née Grundy), a television producer, actor, and novelist, and Daniel Petrie, a director. Petrie has acted and guest-starred on television programs. His first directorial job was on the set of The Equalizer, a private detective TV series, in 1985. Since, he has directed films such as Mystic Pizza (1988), Grumpy Old Men (1993), The Favor (1994), Richie Rich (1994), The Associate (1996), Miss Congeniality (2000), How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003), Welcome to Mooseport (2004), Just My Luck (2006) and My Life in Ruins (2009).... Biography of Ernest Tubb
Ernest Dale Tubb (February 9, 1914 – September 6, 1984), nicknamed the Texas Troubadour, was an American singer and songwriter and one of the pioneers of country music. His biggest career hit song, "Walking the Floor Over You" (1941), marked the rise of the honky tonk style of music. In 1948, he was the first singer to record a hit version of "Blue Christmas", a song more commonly associated with Elvis Presley and his mid-1950s version. Another well-known Tubb hit was "Waltz Across Texas" (1965), which became one of his most requested songs and is often used in dance halls throughout Texas during waltz lessons. Tubb recorded duets with the then up-and-coming Loretta Lynn in the early 1960s, including their hit "Sweet Thang". Tubb is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. Biography ... Biography of Henry Logan (basketball)
Henry Lee Logan (born on March 14, 1946 on Asheville, North Carolina) was an American basketball player. Logan was a 6'0" guard. He played high school basketball at Stephens-Lee High School in Asheville, North Carolina. After high school Logan became the first African-American collegiate athlete in the history of North Carolina and perhaps at any predominantly white institution in the southeastern United States when he enrolled at and played basketball for Western Carolina University. The Western Carolina University Board of Trustees wrote that Logan was “the first African-American basketball player to be recruited by and play for a predominantly white institution in the Southeast". At WCU Logan scored 60 points in a game against Atlantic Christian in 1967, and he holds the record... Biography of William Gregory Lee
William Gregory Lee (born January 24, 1973 in Virginia Beach, Virginia) is an American actor. His first prominent role was as Virgil on Xena: Warrior Princess. He is perhaps still best known for his role as Zack on the series Dark Angel (2000-2001). Lee has appeared in a number of other roles, including the 2002 horror film Wolves of Wall Street and his current starring role as "Ambrosius Vallin" in the here! original series Dante's Cove. He has also appeared as Sven in the 2003 film Beauty and the Beast. Filmography Father (1996) A Kiss So Deadly (1996) Anything Once (1997) Beverly Hills, 90210 (1997) Wind on Water (1998) Clueless (1999) Brutally Norman (2000) Xena: Warrior Princess (2000-2001) Baywatch (2001) V.I.P. (2001) Dark Angel (2001) Wheelmen (2... Biography of Walter Lang
Walter Lang (August 10, 1896 – February 7, 1972) was an American film director, screenwriter, and photography director. Early life Walter Lang was born in Memphis, Tennessee. As a young man he went to New York City where he found clerical work at a film production company. The business piqued his artistic instincts and he began learning the various facets of filmmaking and eventually worked as an assistant director. However, Lang also had ambitions to be a painter and left the United States for a time to join the great gathering of artists and writers in the Montparnasse Quarter of Paris, France. Things did not work out as Lang hoped and he eventually returned home and to the film business. Career In 1926, Walter Lang directed his first silent film, The Red Kimona. In the mid 1930... Biography of Nicholas D'Agosto
Nicholas D'Agosto (born April 17, 1980) is an American television and film actor. Life and career D'Agosto was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the son of Deanna and Alan D'Agosto, who owns several Arby's in Omaha. D'Agosto was very involved in drama and theatre growing up, acting in many different plays and musicals. He attended Creighton Preparatory School in Omaha and graduated in 1998. His big break came when he was cast as the ethical committee chairman Larry Fouch in the dark teenage comedy Election in 1999. The film was written and directed by Alexander Payne, another alumnus of Creighton Prep. D'Agosto attended college at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, obtaining bachelor degrees in both history and theatre. In 2002, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a full-time actin... Biography of Bernie Kopell
Bernard Morton "Bernie" Kopell (born June 21, 1933) is an American television character actor who is probably best known for his roles as Dr. Adam Bricker ("Doc") in The Love Boat and KAOS agent Siegfried in Get Smart. He also portrayed Alan-a-Dale in When Things Were Rotten, Jerry Bauman in That Girl and Louie Pallucci in The Doris Day Show. Kopell also played several characters on the hit sitcom Bewitched including the witches' Apothecary, and the warlock Alonzo in episode # 239, "The Warlock in the Gray Flannel Suit." He played a director in an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents ("Good-Bye George," original air date December 13, 1963). About this same time, he guest starred on Phil Silvers's unsuccessful sitcom The New Phil Silvers Show on CBS. He had a cameo as a patient in the Sc... Biography of Cedric Gibbons
Austin Cedric Gibbons (March 23, 1893 – July 26, 1960) was an Irish American art director and production designer who was one of the most important and influential in the field in the history of American film. He also made a great impact on motion picture theater architecture through the 1930s to 1950s, the period considered the golden-era of theater architecture. He is credited as the designer of the Oscar statuette in 1928. Career Gibbons was born in Dublin, Ireland and studied at the Art Students League of New York and worked for his architect father. While at Edison Studios from 1915, he first designed a set for a film released in 1919, assisting Hugo Ballin. But, after this first foray, the studio closed, and he signed with Samuel Goldwyn in 1918. This evolved to working for Louis... Biography of Serge Le Dizet
Serge Le Dizet (born 27 June 1964 in Douarnenez, Finistère) is a French football coach who had a playing career. He is currently an assistant coach at US Boulogne. He played his whole career in Brittany, with Stade Quimperois, Stade Rennais FC and FC Nantes Atlantique. He also managed US Concarneau. References http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/breves2009/20090609_1025_guyot-signe-deux-saisons.html http://www.usc-concarneau.com/content/view/99/303/... Biography of Manning Redwood
Manning Redwood, born on February 16, 1920 in New York, died on July 9, 2006 in Surrey, England, was an American actor. Filmography (source : http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0715197/) 1995 The Affair (TV movie) Military judge 1995 Vendetta Skip Harrier 1994 Scarlett (TV mini-series) Wilson 1993 Harry (TV series) – Episode #1.3 (1993) 1992 The Tomorrow People (TV series) Colonel Masters – The Origin Story: Part 5 (1992) … Colonel Masters – The Origin Story: Part 4 (1992) … Colonel Masters – The Origin Story: Part 3 (1992) … Colonel Masters – The Origin Story: Part 2 (1992) … Colonel Masters – The Origin Story: Part 1 (1992) … Colonel Masters See all 6 episodes » 1991 Jeeves and Wooster (TV series) Stoker – The Mysterious Stranger (or, Kidnapped) (1991) … Stok... Biography of Barry Norman
Barry Leslie Norman, CBE (born 21 August 1933 in London) is a British novelist, impresario, film critic and media personality. He was the BBC film critic on television from 1972 to 1998. Early life Norman, the son of film director Leslie Norman and the brother of script editor and director Valerie Norman, was educated at a state primary school and at the Highgate School, a boys' independent school in North London. He did not go to university, but instead began his journalistic career at the Kensington News, later spending a period in South Africa where he developed a hostility to the situation created there by the emergence of apartheid. By the 1960s, Norman was a prominent journalist, and show business editor of the Daily Mail until 1971, when he was made redundant. Subsequently, h... Biography of Heather Kuzmich
Heather Kuzmich, born April 19, 1986 in Valparaiso, Indiana is an art student. She currently lives in Chicago, Illinois where she is studying video game design. She is best known for being a contestant of America's Next Top Model, Cycle 9, where she was the fourth runner-up of the show. During the show, it was revealed that Kuzmich has Asperger's Syndrome and ADHD. Personal life Kuzmich was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome when she was fifteen years old (mistakenly reported as thirteen by Tyra on ANTM), around the time her father died. She has stated in interviews that it wasn't the easiest time in her life. Living with Asperger's, the most difficult things for Kuzmich are approaching people and her communication skills. Participation in America's Next Top Model Kuzmich was on... Biography of Chord Overstreet
Chord Overstreet (born February 17, 1989) is an American actor and musician, best known for his role as Sam Evans on the television series Glee. Early life Overstreet was born in Nashville, Tennessee, the son of make-up artist Julie and country music singer-songwriter Paul Overstreet, he has an older brother Nash, an older sister Summer, and three younger sisters Harmony, Skye and Charity. The third of six children, he was named after the musical term of the same name. His brother Nash is also a musician, and is a member of the band Hot Chelle Rae. Encouraged by his parents to pursue music, he started playing the mandolin at an early age, and moved on to the drums, flute, piano, and guitar. He is also a songwriter, but is unsigned. In his teenage years, he modeled for advertisements ... Biography of Pat Jennings
Patrick Anthony "Pat" Jennings OBE (born 12 June 1945 in Newry, County Down) is a Northern Ireland former football player. He played 119 games for Northern Ireland as a goalkeeper, a figure which at the time was a world record and is still a Northern Ireland record, in an international career which lasted for over 22 years. During his career Jennings played for Newry Town, Watford, and in the top division with Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal, winning the FA Cup with both of the north London rivals. In total, Jennings made over 1,000 top level appearances, and despite being a goalkeeper he scored in the 1967 FA Charity Shield. Club career Newry Town & Watford After playing for Shamrock Rovers' under-18 side at the age of 11, Jennings concentrated on Gaelic football until he was sixteen ... Biography of Elliot Perry
Elliot Lamonte Perry (born March 28, 1969 in Memphis, Tennessee) is a retired American professional basketball player in the NBA. The 6'0" (1.83 m) point guard from Memphis State University (now the University of Memphis), was selected with the tenth pick of the second round (37th overall) by the Los Angeles Clippers in the 1991 NBA Draft. He played ten games in 1991-92 for the Clippers before being waived and subsequently signed for the rest of the season by the Charlotte Hornets. He then moved on to Continental Basketball Association for two years before returning to the NBA, most notably with the Phoenix Suns where in 1994-95 he was voted runner-up as the NBA's Most Improved Player. He rounded out his NBA career in 2002 with his hometown Memphis Grizzlies for whom he played just t... Biography of Bill Smitrovich
William Stanley Zmitrowicz Jr. aka Bill Smitrovich is an American actor. Personal life Bill Smitrovich was born on May 16, 1947 in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the son of Anna (née Wojna) and Stanley William Zmitrowicz, a tool and die maker. Bill is a graduate of the University of Bridgeport (1972) and holds an MFA from Smith College (1976). He is married to Shaw Purnell from Pittsburgh, PA. They have a son, Alexander John, and a daughter Maya Christina, four years younger. Career Smitrovich has starred in a number of television series. His first prominent TV series role was in the 1980s series Crime Story as Det. Danny Krychek. He went on to star in the hit drama series Life Goes On (1989–93). Smitrovich was the lead guest star in the pilot film of the 1980s crime drama hit series Mia... Biography of Sterling Marlin
Sterling Marlin (born June 30, 1957) is a retired NASCAR Sprint Cup Series driver. He is the son of late NASCAR driver Coo Coo Marlin. He is married to Paula and has a daughter, Sutherlin, and a son, Steadman, who sometimes races in the Nationwide Series. Beginnings While he attended Spring Hill High School, Marlin played high school basketball and football, earning the captain status his senior year while he played quarterback and linebacker. He began his collection of civil war artifacts shortly after highschool. In 1976, he made his NASCAR debut at Nashville Speedway, filling in for his injured father in the #14 H.B. Cunningham Chevrolet. He started 30th and finished 29th after suffering oil pump failure early in the race. He made two more starts in 1978, finishing ninth at World 60... Biography of Ben Daniels
Ben Daniels (born 10 June 1964) is an English actor. A graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), he has taken on roles in numerous productions. On television he has appeared in, among other shows, The Lost Language of Cranes (1991), Conspiracy (2001), Cutting It (2002–2005), Ian Fleming: Bondmaker (2005), The Virgin Queen (2005) and The State Within (2006). On the silver screen, Daniels has appeared mostly in supporting roles, including parts in The Bridge (1992), Beautiful Thing (1996), I Want You (1998), Madeline (1998) and Doom (2005). An exception was the 1997 independent film Passion in the Desert, based on a short story by novelist Honoré de Balzac. Daniels has had most success with theatre work. He was nominated for Best Actor at the Evening Standard Award... Biography of Gabriel Gabrio
Gabriel Gabrio (13 January 1887 – 31 October 1946) was a French stage and film actor whose career began in cinema in the silent film era of the 1920s and spanned more than two decades. Gabrio is possibly best recalled for his roles as Jean Valjean in the 1925 Henri Fescourt-directed adaptation of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables, Cesare Borgia in the 1935 Abel Gance-directed biopic Lucrèce Borgia and as Carlos in the 1937 Julien Duvivier-directed gangster film Pépé le Moko, opposite Jean Gabin. Biography Early years Gabriel Gabrio was born Édouard Gabriel Lelièvre in Reims, France as the youngest of sixteen children. Gabrio's father worked for the Pommeray Champagne cellars. At a young age he developed a keen interest in puppet theater. As a teen, Gabrio grew to an impressive height of 6... Biography of Jim Leyritz
James Joseph Leyritz (born December 27, 1963 in Lakewood, Ohio) is a former catcher and infielder in Major League Baseball. Early years Leyritz attended Turpin High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, Middle Georgia Jr. College (Cochran, GA) and the University of Kentucky. Baseball career After playing the 1985 season for the Kentucky Wildcats, Leyritz went undrafted by Major League Baseball, but was signed as a free agent by the New York Yankees. Leyritz played for the Yankees (1990–1996, 1999–2000), with whom he debuted on June 8, 1990. He played for the Anaheim Angels (1997), Texas Rangers (1997), Boston Red Sox (1998), San Diego Padres (1998) and Los Angeles Dodgers (2000), pinch-hitting more extensively toward the end of his career. He batted and threw right-handed exclusively in the... Biography of Alec Bedser
Sir Alec Victor Bedser, CBE, (born 4 July 1918) was a professional English cricketer, chairman of selectors for the English national cricket team, and president of Surrey County Cricket Club, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest English cricketers of the 20th century. He was an outstanding right-arm medium-fast bowler for Surrey and England in a first-class playing career that spanned twenty-one years, taking 1924 first-class wickets in 485 matches during this time. Early life and career Bedser was born in Reading, Berkshire, where his father was stationed with the Royal Air Force, just minutes after identical twin brother Eric. Within six months the family moved to Woking, Surrey, where, at the age of seven, the brothers played their first organised cricket and over the ne... Biography of Cleavon Little
Cleavon Jake Little (June 1, 1939 – October 22, 1992) was an American film and theatre actor. Little was widely known for his lead role as Sheriff Bart in the 1974 Mel Brooks comedy Blazing Saddles. He also was the irreverent Dr. Jerry Noland in the early 1970s sitcom Temperatures Rising. In 1978, he played "The Prince of Darkness" in the radio station comedy FM, previously having played the role of radio personality Super Soul in the 1971 action film Vanishing Point. His later work included the 1984 film Toy Soldiers. Early life Little was born in Chickasha, Oklahoma and was the brother of singer DeEtta Little, best known for her performance of Gonna Fly Now, the main theme to Rocky. He grew up in California and attended college initially at San Diego City College, and then at S... Biography of Brian Close (cricketer)
Dennis Brian Close (born 24 February 1931), usually known as Brian Close, is a former cricketer who is the youngest man ever to play Test cricket for England. He was picked for the Test team to play against New Zealand, in July 1949, when he was 18 years old. Close went on to play 22 Test matches for England, captaining them seven times (six wins, one draw). Close also captained Yorkshire County Cricket Club to four county championship titles – the main domestic trophy in English cricket. He later went on to captain Somerset, where he is widely credited with developing the county into a hard-playing team, and helping to mould Viv Richards and Ian Botham into the successful players they became. Throughout his cricket career, which lasted from 1948 until the 1977 season, Close was one of ... Biography of Bobby Hurley
Robert Matthew 'Bobby' Hurley (born June 28, 1971) is an American former basketball player and currently an assistant coach at Wagner College. Biography Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Hurley was a basketball star at St. Anthony High School in Jersey City, where his father, Bob Hurley Sr., is the longtime coach. While at St. Anthony, from 1985 to 1989, Hurley led the team to four consecutive Parochial B state titles. In his senior year he averaged 20 points, 8 assists and 3 steals, as St. Anthony racked up a 32-0 record, the school's first Tournament of Champions crown, and the No. 1 ranking in the United States. In his high school career the team's overall record with Hurley as point guard was 115-5. Hurley was a point guard for Duke University's men's basketball team from 1989-1... Biography of Gaston Modot
Gaston Modot (31 December 1887 (birth time source: Lescaut) – 20 February 1970) was a French actor. For more than 50 years he performed for the cinema working with a number of French directors. Modot lived in Montmartre at the beginning ot the 20th century where he met Picasso and Modigliani. In 1909 he started his career with Gaumont and for the following 20 years he covered all silent film genres. In 1917 he was the main actor in Abel Gance's Mater dolorosa. He played in Germaine Dulac and Louis Delluc's avant-garde films La fête espagnole (1919) and Fièvre (1921). With Max Linder, Modot played in Abel Gance's Au secours! (1924). Towards the end of the 1920s he performed in German-French co-productions. He is still famous for his role of "Manns" in Luis Buñuel's L'Âge d'Or (1930). ... Biography of Bill Chott
Bill Chott (born July 23, 1969) is an American actor and comedian. Early life During his school years, Chott appeared in numerous plays and musicals. As a graduate of Ritenour High School he was inducted into the school's hall of fame for his tremendous success.{date=February 2008}} He continued appearing when he was in college at Central Methodist University in Fayette, Missouri, with starring roles in both comedic and dramatic plays and musicals. Leaving St. Louis in 1992, he headed to Chicago, IL and immediately broke into improvisational theater at ComedySportz, IO (formerly known as Improv Olympic), and became one of the creme de la creme of the Second City comedy troupe, where he studied with people such as Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. Career Chot... Biography of Tobin Esperance
Tobin Esperance, born November 14, 1979 in Vacaville, California, is an American musician, a member of group Papa Roach. Papa Roach is a four-piece nu metal band from Vacaville, California. They broke into the mainstream with their three times platinum major-label debut album Infest (2000). The group's success continued with later releases Lovehatetragedy (2002) and Getting Away with Murder (2004). The group's fourth major album, The Paramour Sessions, was released on September 12, 2006. Their new album, Metamorphosis, will be released in March 2009. Papa Roach has sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. Band history Papa Roach's early years (1993-1998) The formation of Papa Roach began in January of 1993, when Jacoby Shaddix (vocals) and Dave Buckner (drums) met on the Vaca... Biography of Gregory Dark
Gregory Dark (born Gregory Hippolyte Brown on July 12, 1957 in Los Angeles, California) is an American film director, film producer, music video director, and screenwriter. Dark is one of the few adult film-makers to successfully transition into mainstream Hollywood film-making. He has also been credited as Alexander Hippolyte, as Gregory Brown, and as The Dark Brothers. Early career Dark began his career as a fine artist of both paintings and conceptual art and installations. After graduating with an M.F.A. from Stanford University, he moved to New York City to pursue graduate studies in film at New York University. From the mid-1980s through the mid-1990s, Dark directed hardcore and softcore adult films. His work from this period influenced the current "Alt porn" genre. Dark direc... Biography of Johnny Whitaker
Johnny Whitaker (born John O. Whitaker, Jr. on December 13, 1959) is an American actor best known for several notable television and film performances during his childhood. The naturally redheaded Whitaker is best known for his role as Brian Keith's 6-year-old nephew, Jody Davis, on Family Affair from 1966-1971, originated the role of Scotty Baldwin on General Hospital in 1965, played the lead in Hallmark's 1969 The Littlest Angel, and the title character in the 1973 musical version of Tom Sawyer. His siblings, Billy and Dora Whitaker provided the voices of the rabbits Skippy and Tagalong for Disney's animated film Robin Hood in that same year. He was born in Van Nuys, California, the fifth of eight children to Thelma and John O. Whitaker, Sr. and started his professional acting career ... Biography of Al Lewis (actor)
Al Lewis (April 30, 1923 – February 3, 2006) was an American character actor best known for his role as "Grandpa Munster" on the television series The Munsters and its subsequent film versions. Later in life, he was also a restaurant owner, political candidate, and radio broadcaster. Early life Lewis was born Albert Meister on April 30, 1923. Few other facts about Lewis are known with any certainty; most of the information comes from interviews he gave, but there are inconsistencies in his statements. Sometimes he gave his birth year as 1910, other times 1923. Ted Lewis, his son, said his father was born in 1923. Dan Barry of the New York Times wrote in reference to Lewis: "Actors who lie about their age usually subtract, not add, years, and few would have the nerve to fudge those year... Biography of Petra Kvitová
Petra Kvitová (born March 8, 1990 in Bílovec, Czechoslovakia) is a female tennis player from the Czech Republic. Career Early Years Kvitová started playing professionally in 2006 at her home nation tournament at Prostějov, Czech Republic where she qualified but fell in the first round. She then won two ITF tournaments in Szeged, Hungary and Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic defeating Dorottya Magas and Radana Holušová in the finals in straight sets. In 2007 she won four ITF events in Stuttgart, Germany defeating Anne Schaefer 6-1 6-0, in Prague Pruhonice, Czech Republic defeating Magdalena Rybáriková 7-5 7-6(2), in Přerov, Czech Republic once again beating Magdalena Rybáriková 7-5 6-3 and in Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic defeating Ivana Lisjak 6... Biography of Van Hansis
Van Hansis (born Evan Vanfossen Hansis on September 25, 1981 in North Adams, Massachusetts) is a two-time Emmy nominated American actor. Hansis, who uses the name Van professionally, currently stars on the CBS soap opera As the World Turns as Luke Snyder, the son of one of the show's signature supercouples, Holden and Lily Snyder (played by Jon Hensley and Noelle Beck); although the character's biological father is Damian Grimaldi. Hansis made his first appearance on December 14, 2005, taking over the role from Jake Weary. Shortly after taking over the role, the character came out as a gay man in a storyline in spring 2006. Luke has since become involved with Noah Mayer (played by Jake Silbermann), a pairing hailed as the first gay male soap opera supercouple despite controversy about thei... Biography of Frank Merrill (actor)
Frank Merrill (born Arthur Poll in Newark, New Jersey) (March 21, 1893 - February 12, 1966) was a Southern California and national title-winning gymnast (with over 58 titles to his credit), police officer, stuntman and actor, most famous for being the fifth actor to portray Tarzan on film. Merrill had doubled for the screen's first Tarzan, Elmo Lincoln, in the 1921 movie serial The Adventures of Tarzan, and was cast in the role himself in the 1928 movie serial Tarzan the Mighty. A year later, he starred in the movie serial Tarzan the Tiger, which, though shot as a silent feature, was partially dubbed into sound. Merrill was thus the first actor to voice Tarzan's "victory cry" on film. As a gymnast, Merrill had the finest physique of any of the silent actors who played Tarzan. With th... Biography of Guy Boros
Guy Donald Boros (born September 4, 1964) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour. He is the son of Hall of Fame golfer Julius Boros. Boros was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He attended the University of Iowa and was a three-time All-Big Ten member of the golf team. He turned pro in 1986. Boros has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour in relatively equal amounts over the course of his career recording about a dozen top-10 finishes in each venue. He has one victory in an official PGA Tour event and three wins in Nationwide Tour events. His best finish in a major championship is a T-36 at the 1995 U.S. Open. In addition to the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour, Boros played for four years on the Canadian Tour and two yea... Biography of Walter Buschhoff
Walter Buschhoff, born on July 8, 1923 in Worms, died on December 7, 2010, was a German actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0124035/) 1989-2006 Une famille en Bavière (TV series) Vinzenz Bieler / Vinzenz Bieler alias Babsi – Aufbruch (2006) … Vinzenz Bieler – Falsches Spiel (2006) … Vinzenz Bieler – Herausforderungen (2006) … Vinzenz Bieler – Koi (2006) … Vinzenz Bieler – Falsche Angst (2006) … Vinzenz Bieler See all 207 episodes » 2000 Eine Liebe auf Mallorca 2 (TV movie) Herr Häussler 1998 Die Straßen von Berlin (TV series) Eberhard von Gastrow – Blutige Beute (1998) … Eberhard von Gastrow 1997 Docteur Markus Merthin (TV series) Herr Breitsameter – Glaube, Liebe - Hoffnung? (1997) … Herr Breitsameter 1996 Zwei zum Verlieben (TV series) ... Biography of Ian Ziering
Ian Ziering (born March 30, 1964) is an American actor best known for playing Steve Sanders on the television series Beverly Hills, 90210. Ian was born in Newark, New Jersey to Mickie and Paul Ziering. He grew up in West Orange, New Jersey and has two brothers, Jeff and Barry, both of whom are more than 10 years older. His father jokes: "Ian is the best mistake I ever made." Ziering graduated in 1982 from West Orange High School. Career In 1990, Ziering was chosen as Steve Sanders on the hit series Beverly Hills, 90210. He was also a celebrity dancer on Season 4 of ABC's American version of Dancing with the Stars. His professional dance partner was Cheryl Burke, who won the competition in Season 2 with partner Drew Lachey and also Season 3 with partner Emmitt Smith. Ian made it to t... Biography of Donald Faison
Donald Adeosun Faison (born June 22, 1974) is an American actor and voice actor best known for his role as Dr. Chris Turk in the ABC (formerly NBC) comedy-drama Scrubs (2001–present). Faison first emerged on the scene with parts in films such as Clueless (1995) and Remember the Titans (2000). He has continued his career with Next Day Air. Early life Faison was born into a family of actors, in New York City. His parents, Donald and Shirley, were part of the National Black Theatre, in Harlem. Faison also has two younger brothers, Dade and Olamide, who is also an actor. Faison's mother visited Lagos, Nigeria, when she was pregnant with him and gave him the Yoruba (the language of same named people in Nigeria) name in remembrance of the trip. Career Before his debut on Scrubs, Faison ... Biography of Xabi Alonso
Xabier "Xabi" Alonso Olano (Basque pronunciation: ; born 25 November 1981 in Tolosa, Basque Country, Spain) is a Spanish Basque footballer who plays for La Liga club Real Madrid and the Spanish national team. He is a midfielder, often playing as a Defensive midfielder or deep-lying playmaker. Alonso began his career at Real Sociedad, and after a brief loan period at SD Eibar returned to the La Liga club. John Toshack appointed Alonso as his team captain and Alonso succeeded in the role, taking Real Socieded to second place in the 2002–03 season. The Spaniard moved to Liverpool in August 2004 for £10.5 million. He won the UEFA Champions League in his first season at the club. The following season he won the FA Cup, and subsequently also the FA Community Shield. He moved to Real Madrid fo... Biography of Charles Coburn
Charles Douville Coburn (June 19, 1877 – August 30, 1961) was an American film and theater actor. Biography Coburn was born in Macon, Georgia, the son of Scots-Irish Americans Emma Louise Sprigman and Moses Douville Coburn. Growing up in Savannah, he started out doing odd jobs at the local Savannah Theater, handing out programs, ushering, or being the doorman. By age 17 or 18, he was the theater manager. He later became an actor, making his debut on Broadway in 1901. Coburn formed an acting company with actress Ivah Wills in 1905. They married in 1906. In addition to managing the company, the couple performed frequently on Broadway. After his wife's death in 1937, Coburn relocated to Los Angeles, California and began film work. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for h... Biography of Sam Hornish, Jr.
Samuel Jon Hornish, Jr. (born July 2, 1979) is an American auto racing driver. He currently drives the #12 Alliance Truck Parts/Würth Group Dodge Challenger for Penske Racing in the NASCAR Nationwide Series. Early career Hornish began racing at the age of 11 in go-kart. After competing in junior leagues for various seasons, he joined the World Karting Association in 1993, winning seven races and posting twenty-nine top-five finishes. The following season, he won several championships in WKA, including the U.S. and Canadian Grand Championships, as well as the U.S. Junior Class Grand Championship. In 1995, he repeated his U.S. Grand National title and won nine races. He would move up to the United States F2000 Series, driving six races for his family-owned team, and had one top-ten finis... Biography of TJ Schiller
Thomas James Schiller, or TJ Schiller, is a candadian free style skier.He was born on the October 17 1986 in Vernon, British Columbia. Schiller combines amplitude with style and is best known for his signature switch 1080 mute grab. Sponsors Tj's sponsors iclued: Armada skis, Orage, anon, R.E.D., Reuch and PM Results 2007 2nd King Of Style Stockholm, Swe Big Air 2007 7th Icer Air San Francisco, Ca Big Air 2007 1st Freestyle.ch Zurich, Sui Big Air 2007 1st Wsi Whistler, Bc Can Big Air 2007 3rd Jon Olsson Invitational Are, Swe Big Air 2007 4th Us Open Cooper, Co Big Air 2006 1st Icer Air San Francisco, Ca Big Air 2006 5th Freestyle.ch Zurich, Sui Big Air 2006 3rd Jon Olsson Invitational Are, Swe Big Air 2006 3rd Total Fight Masters Of Freestyle Andorra Slopestyle ... Biography of Mary Jo Peppler
Mary Jo Peppler (born October 17, 1944) is a retired American volleyball player and coach. Peppler was inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame in 1990. Early life Peppler was born in 1944 in Rockford, Illinois. Peppler attended Sul Ross State and was an six time All-American. Coaching Peppler has coached (as the assistant or head coach) at Utah State, Florida and Kentucky. She guided E. Pluribus Unum professional of Houston, Texas, to crowns in 1972 in Salt Lake City and 1973 in Duluth, Minnesota, and Utah State University to the championship in 1981 in Arlington, Texas. From 1991-96, she mentored the number-one women's beach volleyball team of Karolyn Kirby and Liz Masakayan. Olympics Peppler's international experience includes playing on the 1964 U.S. Olympic Te... Biography of Ann Turkel
Ann Turkel (born July 16, 1946 in New York, U.S.) is an actress, dancer, singer, writer, producer and model. Turkel had studied at the Musical Theatre Academy with prominent acting coaches by the time she was 16. She was photographed many times for American Vogue. Patrick Lichfield captured many of the images on location in England, the Bahamas and Sardinia during the early seventies and included her in his 1981 book The Most Beautiful Women. She has starred in many television episodes and movies, her first major role occurring in the 1974 film 99 and 44/100% Dead, alongside her future husband. She was married to Irish actor Richard Harris in the late '70s until they divorced in 1982. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0877183/ ) Deja Vu (2006) .... Technician .... Biography of Jamie Campbell Bower
James Campbell Bower (born 22 November 1988) is an English actor who is best known for his role as Anthony Hope in Tim Burton's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and his role of Caius in The Twilight Saga: New Moon. He appeared as the young Gellert Grindelwald in the two-part Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Background Bower was born James Campbell M. Bower in London. His mother, Annie, is a music manager, and his father, David, works for the Gibson Guitar Corporation. He attended Bedales, and is a former member of the National Youth Music Theatre and the National Youth Theatre. He began his professional career when friend Laura Michelle Kelly, who also appears in Sweeney Todd, recommended him to her agent. In addition to acting, he is also the lead singer in the ba... Biography of Stephen Lang
Stephen Lang (born July 11, 1952) is an American film actor. He started in theatre on Broadway, but is best known for his recent role as Colonel Quaritch in the critically acclaimed 2009 film Avatar. Lang is currently co-artistic director (along with Carlin Glynn and Lee Grant) of the famed Actor's Studio at its headquarters in New York City. Personal life Lang was born in New York City, the son of Theresa (née Volmer) and Eugene Lang, who works in business and philanthropy. Lang's mother is Irish Catholic and his father is Jewish and of Hungarian background. He married Kristina Watson, a costume designer and teacher, on June 1, 1980. They have four children: Lucy Jane, Noah, Grace and Daniel. Lang attended the P S 178 school in Jamaica Estates, Queens. He graduated from Swarthmore C... Biography of Grégory Baugé
Grégory Baugé (born 31 January 1985 in Maisons-Laffitte) is a French professional racing cyclist specializing in track cycling. Career highlights 2002 1º in World Championship, Track, Team Sprint,. Juniors 2003 2º in European Championship, Track, Keirin, Juniors, Moscou 1º in European Championship, Track, Sprint, Juniors, Moscou 2º in National Championship, Track, 1 km, Juniors, France (FRA) 1º in National Championship, Track, Sprint, Juniors, France (FRA) 2º in World Championship, Track, Sprint, Juniors, Moscou 1º in European Championship, Track, Team Pursuit, Elite, Moscou 2004 1º in National Championship, Track, Sprint, U23, France (FRA) 3º in Manchester, Team Sprint (GBR) 1º in European Championship, Track, Team Pursuit, Elite, Valencia (ESP) 2005 2º ... Biography of Milan Jovanovic
Milan “Lane” Jovanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Јовановић - Лане) (born April 18, 1981 in Bajina Bašta, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian footballer who currently plays as a striker for Standard Liège. International He received a call-up to the Serbia national team in May 2007 for the first time and scored in his first game for the national team after coming on as a substitute. Titles He also Won Belgian Player of the Year for the 2007/08 season after leading Standard to first place. Awards 2007 - 08 Belgian Footballer of the Year... Biography of Johnny Benson, Jr.
Jonathan Benson, Jr. (born June 27, 1963 in Grand Rapids, Michigan) is an American NASCAR driver and the son of former Michigan modified driver John Benson, Sr. His career highlights include the 1993 American Speed Association AC-Delco Challenge series championship, the 1995 Busch Series championship, the 1996 Winston Cup NASCAR Rookie of the Year award, and the 2008 Craftsman Truck Series championship. Early career Johnny Benson, Jr. was late model champion at Berlin Raceway in Marne, Michigan before joining the American Speed Association (ASA) in 1990, During Benson Jr's rookie season in the ASA he captured one pole position, led 174 laps and scored eight top 10 finishes to blitz the competition for the ASA"s Pat Schauer rookie of the Year award . In 1991 Benson compiled 13 top 10's ... Biography of Neal McDonough
Neal McDonough (born February 23, 1966) is an American film, television and voice actor. McDonough was born in Dorchester, Massachusetts, the son of Catherine and Frank McDonough, motel owners who emigrated from Ireland, with his mother coming from County Tipperary and his father from County Galway. He grew up in Barnstable, Massachusetts, graduated from Barnstable High School, and attended Syracuse University, where he was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1988. His roommate in college was Brett Pollock, current broadcaster for the Huntsville (Ala.) Stars of the Southern League. Mr. McDonough frequently appeared as "Captain Laser" inspiring young students to bring their studies to completion. From there McDonough trained for a sho... Biography of Henry Ian Cusick
Henry Ian Cusick (born Henry Ian Cusick Chávez; April 17, 1967) is an Emmy-nominated Scottish-Peruvian actor of stage, television, and film. Early life Henry Ian Cusick Chávez was born in Trujillo, Peru to a Peruvian mother and a Scottish-Irish father. After living in Trujillo for two years, his family moved to Spain, then Scotland and lived in Trinidad and Tobago for ten years. There he attended Presentation College. He moved back to Scotland at the age of fifteen. Cusick spent six months at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow and then joined the Citizens' Theatre. He also appeared in various productions for the Strathclyde Theatre Group] in Glasgow. He is fluent in both English and Spanish, and was raised Roman Catholic. Career Cusick began his career as a... Biography of François Raoult
François, born March 18, 1985 in Brest, is a French singer, a contestant and finalist of Nouvelle Star 2010, a French television series based on the popular Pop Idol programme produced by FremantleMedia and broadcast by M6 in France.... Biography of Gregory Michael
Gregory Michael (born on May 30, 1981 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American actor. Background Michael at a young age was very active in community theater, portraying the leading characters in the musicals Blood Brothers, The Music Man, & Damn Yankees, which were performed at the famous Walnut Street Theatre. Michael attended high school at La Salle College High School in Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania. In High School, he captured national championship awards in his Dramatic and Humorous Interpretation of literature, in competing with the National Forensics League. Michael furthered his studies in theatre and acting at Pennsylvania State University, The Atlantic Theatre Company at Tisch School of the Arts, & The Barrow Group Theater Company. Michael worked for Walt Disney Entertai... Biography of Bret McKenzie
Bret Peter Tarrant McKenzie (born 29 June 1976 in Wellington, New Zealand) is a musician, actor, producer, writer and comedian, best known for being half of the musical comedy duo Flight of the Conchords with Jemaine Clement. Background Bret is a former member of The Black Seeds. He has released an album called Prototype as Video Kid and is a member of the Wellington International Ukulele Orchestra. McKenzie attended Clifton Terrace Model School (model in the sense of a standard school for training teachers; not a school for models), Wellington College and then Victoria University of Wellington where he met Jemaine Clement who was also studying film and theatre. Together they were members of So You're a Man. They later formed Flight of the Conchords. As The Conchords they have to... Biography of Nick Nemeth
Nicholas Theodore "Nick" Nemeth (born July 27, 1980) is an American professional wrestler, currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) under the name Dolph Ziggler on the Raw brand. He is also known for his performances as Spirit Squad member Nicky from 2006. Ring name(s) Nick Nemeth Nicky Nic Nemeth Nick Metro Dolph Ziggler Billed height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Billed weight 213 lb (97 kg) Nemeth signed a development contract with WWE in 2004, and was sent to Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW). He was brought up to the Raw brand in 2005 as Kerwin White's sidekick. He was, however, sent back to OVW shortly afterwards, where he joined the Spirit Squad. They debuted on Raw in January 2006, and won the World Tag Team Championship before returning to OVW that November. In Septe... Biography of Daniel Albrecht
Daniel Albrecht (born 25 May 1983) is a Swiss alpine skier and the present world champion in combined. He won his first World Cup race in late 2007, a super-combined held in Beaver Creek, USA, followed by a giant slalom in the same location a few days later. World Cup victories Date Location Race November 29, 2007 Beaver Creek Super-Combined December 2, 2007 Beaver Creek Giant Slalom October 26, 2008 Sölden Giant Slalom... Biography of Robin Dunne
Robin Dunne (born November 19, 1976) is a Canadian actor, known for a lead role in As If, a series of appearances in the sequels/prequels Cruel Intentions 2, Au Pair II, The Skulls II, Species 3, and the Mila Kunis vehicle American Psycho II: All American Girl, and Jewel, as well as recurring guest roles on Dawson's Creek and Dead Like Me. Dunne also appeared in Just Friends and can currently be seen in Sanctuary. He was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and attended The Etobicoke School of the Arts. He was once married to actress Heidi Lenhart. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0382216/ ) "Supernatural" .... Alastair (2 episodes, 2009) - On the Head of a Pin (2009) TV episode .... Alastair - Death Takes a Holiday (2009) TV episode .... Alastair Cadavres (... Biography of Taye Taiwo
Taye Ismaila Taïwo (born April 16, 1985 in Lagos, Nigeria) is a Nigerian football defender who currently plays for Olympique de Marseille. Taiwo's primary position is left back. He is known for his left-footed long range shots and crosses, physical strength, pace, and tackling ability. Taiwo has a powerful left-footed shot, which was clocked at over 130 km/h (close to 82 mph) on a free kick in the 2006 Coupe de France semi-final. Taiwo was the 2006 Young African Player of the Year. Club career Olympique de Marseille Taiwo was brought in to fill the void Bixente Lizarazu had left when he departed for Bayern Munich. Taiwo has stated a desire to play in Britain and has been mentioned as a possible transfer target of Liverpool FC (according to Tony Montana's (Norwich bedsit) sour... Biography of Bernd Schuster
Bernd Schuster (born December 22, 1959 in Augsburg) is a German football coach and former player. He is the manager at Spanish club Real Madrid. Schuster was an important part of the FC Barcelona team during the 1980s, leading the game from midfield and scoring many goals. His club president Josep Lluís Núñez and some trainers like Helenio Herrera, Udo Lattek, Terry Venables and Luis Aragonés had difficult relations with him. At age 21, in 1981, he received a bad injury on his right knee by Athletic Bilbao defender Andoni Goikoetxea and never reached the level of the early seasons. He won, however, the European Bronze Ball in 1981 and 1985. His move to Real Madrid was controversial due to the strong rivalry between Barcelona and Madrid. His style complemented the group of home-grown ... Biography of David Strathairn
David Russell Strathairn (born January 26, 1949) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. Life Strathairn was born in San Francisco, California, the son of a physician. He has Scottish ancestry through his paternal grandfather, Thomas Scott Strathairn (a native of Crieff, Perthshire), and Native Hawaiian ancestry through his paternal grandmother, Lei. Strathairn attended Redwood High School in Larkspur, California and graduated from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts in 1970. He studied at the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Clown College in Venice, Florida and briefly worked as a clown in a traveling circus. He is married to Logan Goodman Strathairn, a nurse. They have two sons and live in the mid-Hudson Valley area of upstate New York, near Poughkeepsie. Th... Biography of Arjen Robben
Arjen Robben (Dutch pronunciation: ; born 23 January 1984) is a Dutch footballer who plays for the German Bundesliga club Bayern Munich. Though often classified as a forward, he usually plays behind the forwards (inside position) as a winger, and he is also known for his dribbling skills. He is also a part of the Netherlands national team and has appeared at Euro 2004, the 2006 World Cup, Euro 2008 and at the 2010 World Cup. Robben first came to prominence with Groningen, for whom he was player of the year for the 2000–01 Eredivisie season. Two years later he signed for PSV, where he became the Netherlands' Young Player of the Year and won an Eredivisie title. The following season Robben's signature was pursued by leading English clubs, and after protracted transfer negotiations he jo... Biography of Marco Simoncelli
Marco Simoncelli (Italian pronunciation: ; 20 January 1987 – 23 October 2011) was an Italian motorcycle racer. He competed in the Road Racing World Championship for 10 years from 2002 to 2011. He started in the 125cc class before moving up to the 250cc class in 2006. He won the 250cc World Championship with Gilera in 2008. After four years in the intermediate class, he stepped up to the MotoGP class with the Honda Gresini Team. Simoncelli died after an accident during the 2011 Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang on 23 October 2011. Career Early career Simoncelli started racing in 1996 at an early age of nine in the Italian Minimoto Championship. He won the Italian Minimoto Championship in 1999 and 2000 while also became the runner-up in the 2000 European Minimoto Championship. The follo... Biography of Russell Wong
Russell Girard Wong (王盛德, pinyin: Wáng Shèngdé; born March 1, 1963) is an American actor and photographer, as well as the brother of actor/model Michael Wong. The sixth of seven children, Wong was born in Troy, New York; the son of Chinese American restaurateur William Wong and an American artist of Dutch and French descent, Connie Van Yserloo. His family moved to Albany when he was a baby, where his father ran a restaurant. When Wong was seven years of age, his parents divorced, and he moved with his mother to California, settling near Yosemite. In 1981, Wong graduated from Mariposa County High School, and that fall enrolled at Santa Monica City College. Wong supported himself as a photographer and as a dancer (appearing in rock videos with David Bowie, Donna Summe... Biography of Gregory Helms
Gregory Shane Helms (born July 12, 1974) is an American professional wrestler, working for World Wrestling Entertainment on its SmackDown brand as Hurricane Helms. He began his career in the Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts promotion, alongside Matt and Jeff Hardy, and moved to World Championship Wrestling in 2000. There he gained fame as "Sugar" Shane Helms, a member of 3 Count, and won the WCW Hardcore Championship and the WCW Cruiserweight title. When WCW was bought by the then World Wrestling Federation (WWF), Helms' contract was kept by WWF. Helms renamed himself "The Hurricane" and won the WWE Cruiserweight Championship. He later picked up a sidekick, Rosey, and they won the World Tag Team Championship together. He dropped the superhero gimmick in 2005, and began wres... Biography of Dominic West
Dominic Gerard Fe West (born 15 October 1969) is an English actor best known for his role as Detective Jimmy McNulty in the HBO drama series The Wire. Career West attended Eton College before moving on to Trinity College Dublin. He made his debut in 1991 in a short called 3 Joes. His other screen appearances include True Blue, Chicago and Mona Lisa Smile. His most notable television role has been Baltimore police detective Jimmy McNulty on the HBO television police drama The Wire. West was praised for the accuracy of his character's accent. In film, he portrayed the heavy metal guitarist Kirk Cuddy in the 2001 film Rock Star. In 2007, he played the Spartan politician Theron in 300. West also starred in the 1999 film version of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream as ... Biography of Tom Kennedy
Tom Kennedy (born James Narz on February 26, 1927 in Louisville, Kentucky) is a television game show host who had his greatest fame in the 1960s and 1970s. He is the younger brother of the late television host Jack Narz and the brother-in-law of the late Bill Cullen, and changed his name to avoid confusion prior to hosting his first national show, The Big Game, in 1958. Shows His biggest hit series were You Don't Say!, which aired on NBC from 1963 to 1969 and on ABC in 1975; Split Second, on ABC from 1972 to 1975; Name That Tune, which he hosted from 1974 to 1981; and Password Plus, which he hosted from 1980 to 1982 following the illness (and later death) of original host Allen Ludden due to stomach cancer. Other hosting credits include Doctor IQ, Break the Bank, To Say the Least, Body... Biography of Sang-woo Kwone
Kwon Sang-woo (or Kwone Sang-woo) (born August 5, 1976, Daejeon, South Korea) is a South Korean actor. Prior to acting, he worked as a model. Kwon was made known to Asian countries through his popular movie, My Tutor Friend (2003), but it was his character as Cha Song Joo in Stairway to Heaven alongside Choi Ji Woo that boosted his popularity, especially in Asian countries, as Stairway to Heaven was amongst the most popular Korean dramas in the Asian region. Another popular role was in Once Upon a Time in High School, set in the 1970s, highlighting the authoritarian nature of Korean society at the time. In 2004, Kwon starred in a film, Love, So Divine, as a Catholic priest. In an interview, Kwon confided that his mother was a Roman Catholic, and was encouraged by his friends to recei... Biography of Víctor Valdés
Víctor Valdés i Arribas (Spanish pronunciation: ; born 14 January 1982 in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Catalonia), is a Spanish football goalkeeper, who plays for Barcelona of the Spanish La Liga. He is the most successful goalkeeper in Barcelona's history, having won 3 La Liga titles, 2 UEFA Champions League titles, and 1 Copa del Rey. He is also one of the few goalkeepers to have played in a European Cup final without conceding a goal. Before joining the principal team in 2002–03 season, Víctor played for the youth teams and Barcelona B. Currently, he has a contract with Barcelona until 2014. Early career Valdés was born to Águeda Arribas and José Manuel Valdés, and has two brothers, elder Ricard and younger Álvaro. He started his career with Barça's youth team when he joi... Biography of Paul Kohner
Paul Kohner (29 May 1902 in Teplitz-Schoenau (Teplice) – 16 March 1988 in Los Angeles, California). The native of Bohemia in Austria-Hungary came to Hollywood in 1920 after having been a news reporter in Prague. He caught the attention of Carl Laemmle during an interview and was appointed head of Universal's European division. In 1938 he opened the Paul Kohner Talent Agency and managed the careers of Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo, Dolores del Rio, Maurice Chevalier, Billy Wilder, Liv Ullmann, Henry Fonda, David Niven, Erich von Stroheim and Ingmar Bergman. Married to Lupita Tovar, he became the father of actress Susan Kohner and the grandfather of Chris and Paul Weitz, successful film directors in Hollywood, having helmed films such as American Pie and About a Boy. Movies 1989 W... Biography of Bruno Gollnisch
Bruno Gollnisch (born 28 January 1950 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) is a French academic and politician, a member of the National Front (FN) far-right party, and a European Parliament member. He was chairman of the European Parliamentary group 'Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty' in 2007, which was dissolved in November 2007 following the defection of the 'Greater Romanian Party'. He is therefore a Non-Inscrit. Gollnisch is also executive vice-president of the FN since 2007. He is a councillor of the Rhône-Alpes région of France. Because of his public comments and his position in the National Front, he is a controversial figure in France. Studies and career Bruno Gollnisch studied Law, political science and far-eastern languages, with an intent to become a diplomat. He met Jean-Marie Le ... Biography of Nomar Garciaparra
Anthony Nomar Garciaparra (pronounced /ˈnoʊmɑr ɡɑrˌsiːəˈpɑrə/; born July 23, 1973, in Whittier, California) is an American Major League Baseball player for the Oakland Athletics. He previously played first base and third base for the Los Angeles Dodgers, and shortstop and third base for the Chicago Cubs, after a decade as an All-Star shortstop for the Boston Red Sox. His full name is Anthony Nomar Lee, but he began going by Nomar when he was a child, after there were too many Anthonys in his class. Nomar is his father's first name (Ramon) spelled backward. Garciaparra is a six-time All-Star (1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006). In five postseason series he has batted .323 with a slugging percentage of .625. Early years Garcia... Biography of Kelly Bensimon
Kelly Killoren Bensimon (born May 1, 1968 in Rockford, Illinois) is an author, jewelry designer, former model, and former editor of Elle Accessories. She currently appears on Bravo The Real Housewives of New York City. Early life Kelly Jean Killoren was born in Rockford, Illinois. She began working as a model at the age of 15. Education Killoren Bensimon initially attended Trinity College, Connecticut as a member of the Class of 1990, but left after a year. She graduated in 1998 from Columbia University's School of General Studies with a degree in Literature and Writing. Career Killoren began her modeling career in New York City. She has appeared in magazines such as ELLE, Cosmopolitan, and Harper's Bazaar. She was once the face of Clarins. She is the editor at large for Ha... Biography of Arthur Lee
Arthur Lee (March 7, 1945 – August 3, 2006) was the frontman, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist of the Los Angeles rock band Love, best known for the critically acclaimed 1967 album, Forever Changes. Early years Lee was born Arthur Taylor in Memphis, Tennessee, the son of Chester Taylor, a jazz cornet player and Agnes Taylor, a school teacher. He and his mother moved to Los Angeles when he was five. In 1953 his mother married Clinton Lee, who adopted Arthur and legally changed his name to Arthur Taylor Lee. Arthur would spend his childhood and teenage years in the now historic West-Adams District of Los Angeles. He attended Dorsey High School, where he excelled in basketball. He even held the record for most points scored in a single game. During his high school years he teamed... Biography of Ian Anthony Dale
Ian Anthony Dale (born July 3, 1978) is an American actor. Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, he attended school in Madison, Wisconsin. He is of Japanese, French and English descent (see bio). Dale may be best-known for his starring role as Davis Lee on Surface and/or his recurring role on Charmed as Avatar Gamma. He has also appeared on shows such as Las Vegas, JAG, Day Break, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Criminal Minds, and in 2007 appears in 24 as the minor character Zhou. Movies In 2004, Dale appeared in the film Mr. 3000 as "Fukuda", alongside Bernie Mac, Angela Bassett and Chris Noth. His next movie role was in 2007's The Bucket List as an instructor to Jack Nicolson & Morgan Freeman's characters in one of the scenes. He followed that up with a minor part in The Hangover... Biography of Jake McDorman
Jake McDorman (born July 8, 1986) is an American film and television actor who currently plays Evan Chambers on the ABC Family TV Series Greek. Early life McDorman was born John Allen McDorman IV in Dallas, Texas, the son of Deborah Gale (née Stallings) and John Allen McDorman III. He has a younger sister, Morgan, and an older half-sister, Mandy. After dropping out of the Boy Scouts of America to pursue his acting career, he booked his first job playing a Boy Scout in an industrial film about the importance of Scouting. McDorman studied acting at the Dallas Young Actors Studio and attended Richardson High School, Westwood JH, and Northwood Hills Elementary in Texas. Career 2003: Run of the House (2 episodes: "Pilot" and "Kiss & Tell") as Scott Banks. 2004- 2005: Quintuplets (... Biography of Christian Cévaër
Christian Cévaër (born 10 April 1970) is a French golfer. Cévaër was born in New Caledonia, attended Stevenson School in Pebble Beach, California, and then took a golf scholarship at Stanford University in California, U.S., where he twice won the Pac-10 Championship. He also won the 1989 French Amateur Championship. He turned professional in 1993 and has spent his professional career playing mainly in Europe. Inconsistent form has necessitated several trips to the European Tour Qualifying School and he has had to split his time between the main tour and the developmental Challenge Tour. He has one European Tour title, the 2004 Canarias Open de España and two Challenge Tour victories, the 1998 Volvo Finnish Open and the 2000 Finnish Masters. His best year-end ranking on the Order of M... Biography of Quinton Jackson
Quinton Ramone Jackson (born June 20, 1978 in Memphis, Tennessee), also known as Rampage Jackson, is an American mixed martial artist and actor. He is a former UFC Light-Heavyweight title holder. Jackson rose to prominence in Japan's Pride Fighting Championships where he was noted for his powerful body slams including a famous knockout victory over Ricardo Arona. In the United States, he is known for his tenure in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Jackson is the first person to unify any of the UFC and Pride FC championship belts, defeating Pride Fighting Championships Light-Heavyweight title holder Dan Henderson in 2007. Jackson appeared for a second time as a coach on the reality series The Ultimate Fighter opposite Rashad Evans. They were scheduled to fight at UFC 107, but t... Biography of Bob Addis
Robert Gordon Addis, (born November 6, 1925, in Mineral City, Ohio), more commonly known as Bob Addis, was a Major League outfielder. Career Breaking into the big leagues at age 24, on September 1, 1950, Addis played his first game for the Boston Braves. He would play 16 more games in that season, hitting safely seven times and scoring the same number of times. He played the 1951 season with the Braves too, this time appearing in 85 games, and contributing 55 hits and 23 runs with a single home run. The 1952 season would be played with the Chicago Cubs, and it would be a career best season for him. In 93 games, and 252 at bats, he picked up 86 hits, 13 doubles, two triples, 38 runs, and a home run which capped off 20 RBI for Addis. The next season, he played 10 games in Chicago gettin... Biography of Josh Radnor
Joshua Michael "Josh" Radnor (born July 29, 1974) is an American actor, writer and director. He is best known for portraying the main character Ted Mosby on the popular, Emmy Award-winning CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother. He made his writing and directorial debut with the 2010 comedy-drama film Happythankyoumoreplease, for which he won the Sundance Film Festival Audience Award and was nominated the Grand Jury Prize. He is currently producing his second film, entitled Liberal Arts, which he again wrote and directed. Early life Radnor was born in Columbus, Ohio, the son of Alan Radnor, a medical malpractice lawyer, and Carol Radnor. He grew up in Bexley, Ohio, a suburb of Columbus, where he attended Jewish day schools (including the Columbus Torah Academy) and summer camps. Radnor ... Biography of Oleg Taktarov
Oleg Nikolaevich Taktarov (Russian: Олег Николаевич Тактаров; born August 26, 1967) is a Russian mixed martial artist and actor. He is a practitioner of Sambo, Krav Maga and judo and has competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship and PRIDE Fighting Championship. Taktarov was the UFC 6 tournament champion and holds notable wins over Marco Ruas and David "Tank" Abbott. Taktarov is remembered for being durable exceptionally calm during fights and for using a variety of rarely seen, acrobatic takedown moves trademark of Sambo. Taktarov has never been submitted in a MMA fight. He was born in present-day Sarov, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. Between UFC 5 (where he ... Biography of Mark Oliver Everett
Mark Oliver Everett (b. April 10, 1963 in Virginia) is the lead singer, songwriter, guitarist, keyboardist and sometime drummer of the independent rock band Eels. Also known as E, Everett is known for writing songs tackling subjects such as mental illness, loneliness and unrequited love. Biography Mark Oliver Everett is the son of physicist Hugh Everett III, originator of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum theory and of the use of Lagrange multipliers for general engineering optimizations. As a child, Everett developed a love of toy instruments; this fondness would continue into adulthood and provide an integral part of his idiosyncratic sound. In 1987, Everett moved from his family home in Virginia and resettled in California. Here, Everett began his professional musical c... Biography of Stephen McHattie
Stephen McHattie Smith (born February 3, 1947) is a Canadian actor. A graduate of American Academy of Dramatic Arts, he has appeared in many films and television shows including Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Enterprise, Highlander: The Series, and American Playhouse's Life Under Water (1989). His roles include 300, A History of Violence, The Fountain, Secretary, Shoot 'Em Up, Life with Billy, One Dead Indian, Beverly Hills Cop III. He also appeared in Canada: A People's History as Major-General Sir Isaac Brock, and in The Rocket as legendary coach Dick Irvin. He also portrayed Jacques Pasquinel in the James A. Michener production of Centennial. McHattie also appeared in an episode of Seinfeld ("The Wallet") where he played a Dr. Reston, Elaine Benes' psychiatrist/boyfriend. ... Biography of Mark Stevens
Mark Stevens (December 13, 1916 – September 15, 1994) was an American actor. Born Richard William Stevens in Cleveland, Ohio, he first studied to become a painter before becoming active in theater work. He then launched a radio career as an announcer in Akron, Ohio. Moving to Hollywood, he became a Warner Brothers contract actor at $100 a week in 1943. The studio darkened and straightened his curly ginger-colored hair and covered his freckles. At first he was billed as Stephen Richards, but it was changed to Mark Stevens at the suggestion of Darryl Zanuck when he moved to 20th Century Fox. Stevens emerged as a film noir leading man in such films as Within These Walls (1945) and The Dark Corner (1946), the latter pairing him with Lucille Ball. He played an FBI man going undercover ... Biography of Claudia Henkel
Claudia Henkel (born April 22, 1983 in Gauteng, South Africa) is a South African beauty queen, who held the title Miss South Africa 2004. pageant in Thailand and placed in the top fifteen.... Biography of Doc Blanchard
Felix Anthony "Doc" Blanchard (born December 11, 1924, raised in Bishopville, South Carolina) is best known as the West Point football player who won the 1945 Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award, and James E. Sullivan Award. The son of a doctor who had also played football at Tulane University and Wake Forest University, Felix Blanchard was nicknamed "Little Doc" as a boy. Army football After completing his freshman season at the University of North Carolina in 1942, Blanchard enlisted in the United States Army, took basic training in Miami, and was assigned to an Army Air Force ground school in Clovis, New Mexico. He received an appointment to the United States Military Academy on July 2, 1944. During his three years at West Point his team under coach Earl "Red" Blaik compiled an undefea... Biography of Yann M'Vila
Yann M'Vila (born 29 June 1990) is a French football player of Congolese descent who currently plays for French club Rennes in Ligue 1. He operates as a defensive midfielder and is known for his technical skill and physical strength. He is the younger brother of Yohan M'Vila, who plays for Ligue 2 club Dijon. M'Vila is a French international having played at all levels and has captained several of his age groups including the under-19 team that reached the semi-finals of the 2009 UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship. He is currently playing for both the under-21 team and the senior team. He made his senior debut on 11 August 2010 in a friendly match against Norway. Personal life M'Vila was born on on 29 June 1990 in Amiens, a city in the Picardie region. His father, Jean-Elvi... Biography of Julien Bontemps soon available
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Maurice Alberto "Mo" Rocca (born January 28, 1969 in Washington, DC) is an American writer, comedian, political satirist, and self-styled "fundit" (fun pundit). Early life and work Rocca, of Colombian and Italian descent, attended Georgetown Preparatory School, the Jesuit boys school in North Bethesda, Maryland and later went on to graduate from Harvard University in 1991 with a B.A. in literature. He served as president of Harvard's Hasty Pudding Theatricals, performing in four of the company's notorious burlesques and even co-authoring one (Suede Expectations). Later, he worked as a writer and producer for the children's television series Wishbone (1995), The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss (1996) and Pepper Ann (1997), and also as a consulting editor to the men's magazine Perfect 10. ... Biography of Gareth David-Lloyd
Gareth David-Lloyd (born 28 March 1981) is a Welsh actor best known for his role as Ianto Jones in the British science fiction television programme Torchwood. Early life Born Gareth David Lloyd in Bettws, Newport. His first acting role was as a robot in a junior school play. As a teenager, Gareth joined the Gwent Young People's Theatre in Abergavenny and The Dolman Youth Theatre in Newport, where he was a contemporary of the actor Matthew Woodyatt and the singer Nia Lynn. While there, he appeared in several plays, including Macbeth, The Threepenny Opera and Henry V, in which he played the title role. When former Labour Party leader Neil Kinnock saw the young David-Lloyd performing at Monmouth Castle, he sent him £250 to use towards his acting career. Early theatre work While study... Biography of Julian Rhind-Tutt
Julian Alistair Rhind-Tutt (born 20 July 1968) is an English actor, best known for his starring role as "Mac" McCartney in the comedy television series Green Wing, the second series of which finished on Channel 4 in May 2006. Biography Early life Rhind-Tutt was born in West Drayton, London the youngest of five (two brothers, Phillip and Mortimer, and two sisters, Elizabeth and Joanna). He attended the John Lyon School in Harrow, Middlesex. While there he acted in school productions, eventually taking the lead in a school production of Hamlet that played at the Edinburgh Festival fringe in the mid 1980s. After reading English at the University of Warwick, he attended the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Career Rhind-Tutt landed his first big acting break playing th... Biography of Chris Massoglia
Christopher Paul "Chris" Massoglia (born March 29, 1992) is an American television and motion picture actor. Early life Chris Massoglia was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Christopher and Karen Massoglia. His father is a chiropractor and his mother a homemaker. His parents are devout Christians and Republicans, and Massoglia grew up a fan of Christian pop music (as well as unable to listen to rap music). Gifted with an above-average intelligence, Massoglia was homeschooled by his mother. While his peers were taking third grade-level subjects, Massoglia was taking eighth grade-level courses. By the age of 13, he had enrolled in an online university where his coursework included developmental psychology, Biblical studies, algebra, and American history. He also had studied jujitsu... Biography of Nate Dogg
Nathaniel Dwayne Hale (August 19, 1969 – March 15, 2011), better known by his stage name Nate Dogg, was an American musician. Life and career Nate Dogg was born in Long Beach, California. He was the friend and partner in the rap game with rappers Snoop Dogg, Warren G, RBX, Daz Dillinger and was the cousin of Butch Cassidy and Lil' ½ Dead. He began singing as a child in the New Hope Baptist Church in Long Beach and Life Line Baptist Church in Clarksdale, Mississippi where his father (Daniel Lee Hale) was pastor. At the age of 16 he dropped out of high school in Long Beach, California and left home to join the United States Marine Corps, serving for three years. In 1991 Nate Dogg, Snoop Dogg, and their friend Warren G, formed a rap trio called 213. 213 recorded their first demo in the ... Biography of Howard Donald
Howard Paul Donald (born 28 April 1968), is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, pianist, dancer, DJ and house producer. He is a member of English pop-rock band Take That. As well as working with Jason Orange as band choreographers, he sang lead vocals on one of the band's many number one singles first time round, "Never Forget". In addition, he also wrote and sang lead vocals of the song entitled "If This Is Love" from the band's album, Everything Changes. Take That Nigel Martin-Smith hired Donald, along with Gary Barlow, Jason Orange, Mark Owen and Robbie Williams to form the first of the British boybands, Take That. The band enjoyed seven years of success until Williams left in 1995, leaving them devastated. When Take That split in February 1996, Donald went solo and recorded a ... Biography of Tom Dwan
Thomas Dwan (born July 30, 1986 in Edison, New Jersey) is an American professional poker player who regularly plays online in the highest-stakes No-Limit Texas hold 'em and Pot-Limit Omaha games, primarily on Full Tilt Poker, where he plays under the screen name "durrrr". In early November 2009, Dwan became a member of Team Full Tilt. Dwan has won prize money in live poker tournaments and has appeared on NBC's National Heads-Up Poker Championship, the fourth season of Poker After Dark, the third and fourth seasons of Full Tilt Poker's Million Dollar Cash Game, and the fifth and sixth seasons of GSN's High Stakes Poker. He attended Boston University as an engineering major before dropping out to pursue poker full-time. Poker Online poker In March 2004 at the age of 17, Dwan began... Biography of Grayson Perry
Grayson Perry (born March 24, 1960 in Chelmsford) is an English artist, known mainly for his ceramic vases and cross-dressing. He works in several media. Perry's vases have classical forms and are decorated in bright colours, depicting subjects at odds with their attractive appearance, e.g., child abuse and sado-masochism. There is a strong autobiographical element in his work, in which images of Perry as "Claire", his female alter-ego, often appear. He was awarded the Turner Prize in 2003 for his ceramics, receiving the prize dressed as Claire. He lives in London and Sussex with his wife, the author and psychotherapist, Philippa Perry and they have a daughter, Flo born in 1992. Life Alan Yentob and Grayson Perry at private view of Gilbert & George retrospective, Tate Modern Grayson... Biography of Alice Panikian
Alice Panikian (born May 23, 1985 in Sofia, Bulgaria) is a Bulgarian-born Canadian model who was crowned Miss Universe Canada on March 21, 2006. She attended William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute in Toronto, and graduated in 2003. At 6'0" (1.83 m) she is not only the tallest major national titleholder in Canadian history, but also had earned a significant amount of attention from the world press as one of the strongest candidates to succeed to then-reigning Miss Universe, Natalie Glebova, also from Canada. As no country has ever won the title back-to-back (later achieved by Dayana Mendoza and Stefanía Fernández in 2009, both of them from Venezuela), Panikian had a significant historical hurdle to jump despite many pundits who argue that she was an even stronger candidate than her ... Biography of Armin Mueller-Stahl
Armin Mueller-Stahl (born 17 December 1930) is an Academy Award-nominated German film actor. Early life Mueller-Stahl was born in Tilsit, East Prussia, Germany (now Sovetsk, Russia), the son of Editta and Alfred Mueller-Stahl, a bank teller. He was a noted concert violinist while he was a teenager. He turned to film acting in East Berlin in 1950. Career Mueller-Stahl was a successful film and stage actor in East Germany where he was declared the country's most popular actor five times in a row, starring in films such The Third and Jacob, the Liar. On East-German TV, he played the main character of the popular series Das unsichtbare Visier (see German Wikipedia) from 1973-1979, a spy thriller program designed, in co-operation with the Stasi, as an East Bloc counterpart to the Jame... Biography of Sam Page
Samuel Page (born Samuel L. Elliott on November 5, 1976) is an American actor. He is credited under the name Sam Page. Early life Samuel Page was born in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin. He attended Princeton University, where he earned a BA in ecology and evolutionary biology. He captained the football and baseball teams at Whitefish Bay High School. Career After completing his degree, Page decided to become an actor despite having no high-school acting experience. "I came home and told my mom and dad I was moving to Hollywood to become an actor." While in Los Angeles, Page appeared on the television shows Men, Women & Dogs, Undressed, 7th Heaven, Popular, Hang Time, and Border Town. In New York City, he was cast in 2002 as Trey Kenyon on the daytime drama All My Children. Page ... Biography of GZA (rapper)
Gary Grice (born August 22, 1966), better known by his stage name GZA (pronounced /ˈdʒɪzə/) and The Genius, is an American hip hop artist best known as a founding member of the seminal hip hop group the Wu-Tang Clan and for his inclusion on their group albums, his group mates' solo releases and a successful solo career. Gary Grice developed an interest in hip-hop by attending block parties as a child in the early '70s. He formed a three-man group with his cousins, who would later be known as RZA and Ol' Dirty Bastard. The group, All in Together Now, saw the three rapping and DJing, switching off names and performing local shows; since they lived in different boroughs, GZA and Ol' Dirty would travel from Brooklyn out to Staten Island to meet up with their cousin RZA, ... Biography of Antonio Colom
Antonio Colom Mas (born May 11, 1978) is a Spanish professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTeam Katusha from Bunyola. He is a specialist in short stage races, having won the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana in 2006, the Vuelta a Mallorca in 2004 and the Vuelta a Andalucía in 2002. Colom signed for Astana for the 2007 season from Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears. Colom began his career at Costa de Almería in 1999 and stayed there for three seasons, in which time he built a growing reputation as a climber, winnin the mountains classification of the Setmana Catalana in 2001. In 2002, Colom moved to Relax, and it was here that he had an early breakthrough in winning the Vuelta a Andalucía. Colom moved to the division one team Illes Balears-Banesto in 2004 and once again saw early success, w... Biography of Daniel Wu
Daniel Yin-Cho Wu (simplified Chinese: 吴彦祖; traditional Chinese: 吳彥祖; pinyin: Wú Yànzǔ; jyutping: Ng Yin Jou) (born 30 September 1974) is a Chinese American, Hong Kong actor, director and producer. Since his film debut in 1998, he has been featured in over 40 films. Wu has been called "the young Andy Lau," Early life Wu was born in Berkeley, California, and raised in Orinda, California. His parents were immigrants from Shanghai, China. Wu developed an interest in martial arts when he saw Jet Li in The Shaolin Temple, and consequently began studying the form known as wushu at age 11. His childhood role model was Jackie Chan, a man who now considers Wu "like a son." Wu attended the Head-Royce School in Oakland, California and later majored... Biography of George Ratterman
George William Ratterman (November 12, 1926 – November 3, 2007) was an American Football player in the All-America Football Conference and the National Football League. Early life He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and attended St. Xavier High School, Cincinnati, Ohio. He played college football at the University of Notre Dame from 1944 through 1946, primarily as a backup to quarterbacks Frank Dancewicz and Johnny Lujack. He was the last of only four students in Notre Dame history to earn letters in four different sports (football, basketball, baseball, tennis). Legendary football coach Frank Leahy called him "the greatest all-around athlete in the history of Notre Dame." Professional football career He played professional football with the Buffalo Bills of the AAFC from 1947 to ... Biography of Terry Kinney
Terry Kinney (born January 29, 1954) is an American actor and theatre director, and is a founding member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company with Gary Sinise and Jeff Perry. Early life Kinney was born in Lincoln, Illinois, the son of Elizabeth L. (née Eimer), a telephone operator, and Kenneth C. Kinney, a tractor company supervisor. He attended Illinois State University, in Normal, Illinois, where he became friends with Jeff Perry, who took him to see a performance of Grease featuring Gary Sinise, bringing the three Steppenwolf co-founders together for the first time. Career Theatre Kinney has been involved in theatre since 1974, when he, Gary Sinise and Jeff Perry founded the Steppenwolf Theatre Company. He has directed several plays (see below) and performed in several. In 19... Biography of Glen Stewart Godwin
Glen Stewart Godwin (born June 26, 1958 in Miami, Florida) is a fugitive and convicted murderer who was added to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list on December 7, 1996, nine years after he escaped from Folsom State Prison in Folsom, California where he was serving a 26-years-to-life sentence. He replaced O'Neil Vassell on the list. Murder of Kim LeValley In 1980, Godwin was living in Palm Springs, California, working as a self-employed tool salesman and had no known criminal past. He has also worked as a mechanic and a construction worker. On August 3, 1980, some Eagle Mountain residents found a blown-up pickup truck with remains of a human body inside of it abandoned in desert. The explosion was intended to disguise the murder of LeValley. ... Biography of Tyler Farrar
Tyler Farrar (born 2 June 1984 in Wenatchee, Washington) is an American professional road racing cyclist since 2003. He started racing at 13. In April 2006 he crashed near the finish of the Circuit de la Sarthe and broke his collarbone. He missed much of the season with his new team, Cofidis. He now rides for Garmin-Transitions. He briefly held the yellow jersey after stage two in the 2008 Tour of California, winning bonus points at intermediate sprints during the stage. In 2009, he won stage 11 of the Vuelta a España. Major achievements 2002 1st MaillotUSA.PNG Junior Individual Pursuit National Champion 1st MaillotUSA.PNG Junior Team Pursuit National Champion 1st MaillotUSA.PNG Junior Olympic Sprint National Champion 1st Jersey yellow.svg Overall Tour L'Abiti... Biography of Ángel Cabrera
Ángel Leopoldo Cabrera (pronounced /ˈɑnhɛl kəˈbrɛrə/ in English) (born September 12, 1969) is an Argentine professional golfer who plays mainly on the European Tour. Known affectionately as "El Pato" Cabrera (The duck), he is the 2007 U.S. Open champion. Career Cabrera was born in Villa Allende, Córdoba, Argentina. He worked as a caddie at the home club of internationally successful Argentine professional Eduardo Romero, who became his mentor. Cabrera turned professional at the age of twenty. His first three visits to the European Tour Qualifying School were unsuccessful, but on his fourth trip in 1995, made with Romero's financial assistance, he qualified for membership of the European Tour in 1996. He retained his card comfortably in his first three... Biography of Johnny Gill
Johnny Gill (born May 22, 1966) is a Grammy Award-nominated and Soul Train Award winning American R&B singer-songwriter best known for his romantic ballads and as a member of New Edition. His signature song "My, My, My" has been included on numerous romantic compilations. Life and work Gill was born in Washington, D.C., the son of a minister. He started singing at age five in a family gospel group called "Wings Faith," which included his brothers Bobby, Jeff, and Randy Gill (himself a solo recording artist and member of the group II D Extreme). His recording career began in 1983 when his childhood friend, singer Stacy Lattisaw, convinced him to record a demo. This demo fell into the hands of the president of Atlantic Records, and his self-titled debut album was released shortly there... Biography of Alvaro Arbeloa
Álvaro Arbeloa Coca (Spanish pronunciation: ; born 17 January 1983) is a Spanish football player currently playing for Real Madrid and the Spanish national team. He is predominantly a right back, although he can play as a central defender. During his return to Real Madrid, he has started most of the games as a left back. Arbeloa trained with Real Madrid as a youth player, and worked his way up to the first team, making his debut in the 2004–05 season. However, he mostly played for the Real Madrid B team. He moved to Deportivo La Coruña to play first team football in La Liga in 2006, but moved to Liverpool after half a season. He cemented his place in the Liverpool first team and played in the 2007 UEFA Champions League Final, although the team lost to Milan. Arbeloa made 93 appearances ... Biography of Larry Bryggman
Larry Bryggman (born Arvid Laurence Bryggman; December 21, 1938) is an American actor. Early life Bryggman was born in Concord, California of Swedish descent; his father worked for a neon sign company and his mother was a piano teacher. Bryggman attended the City College of San Francisco as well as the American Theatre Wing in New York. He made his off-Broadway debut in 1962, with A Summer Ghost. Career Bryggman is known for his role as Dr. John Dixon in the soap opera As the World Turns, a role he played from July 18, 1969 to December 14, 2004. Originally the role was a minor background part, which only required Bryggman to work two episodes, but he was later hired to a contract in 1970. For his role as Dr. Dixon, Bryggman received two Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Actor in... Biography of Jolanda Keizer
Jolanda Keizer (born 5 April 1985 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland) is a Dutch heptathlete. Achievements Year Tournament Venue Result Extra 2007 European U23 Championships Debrecen, Hungary 2nd Heptathlon World Championships Osaka, Japan 14th Heptathlon 2008 Hypo-Meeting Götzis, Austria 25th Heptathlon Olympic Games Peking, PR China 9th Heptathlon 2009 European Indoor Championships Turin, Italy 2nd Pentathlon... Biography of Monty Don
Montagu 'Monty' Denis Wyatt Don (born 8 July 1955) is a British television presenter, writer and speaker on horticulture, best known for presenting the BBC television series Gardeners' World. Life and career Family background Monty Don was born in Iserlohne (source: birth certificate), son of Denis Don, a career soldier posted in Germany and Janet (née Wyatt). Both parents died in the 1980s. Don has a twin sister, an elder brother David, and two other siblings. His twin later suffered a broken neck and blindness in a car crash, aged 19. Both his paternal grandmother and grandfather were Scottish; he is descended from the Keiller family of Dundee, inventors of chip marmalade in 1797. Keiller’s became the largest confectioners in Britain, overtaking other family-run giants like Ca... Biography of Brendan Hines
Brendan P. Hines (born December 28, 1976, Baltimore, Maryland) is an American actor and singer-songwriter. He has had a number of small television roles and leading roles in a handful of independent films. He currently appears as Eli Loker, an expert at deception detection, in the TV show Lie to Me. In the episode called "Tractor Man", which aired on December 14, 2009, he sang a song, "White Lie" to Felicia Day. Previously he played Andy Goode in the Terminator television series, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Tyler Ford in The Middleman. He also appeared as a starring role in Deep in the Valley in 2009 starring beside Denise Richards and Chris Pratt as Carl the uptight about to be married man. Hines writes and performs songs, solo and with a backing band, under the name... Biography of Michael Skibbe
Michael Skibbe (born August 4, 1965 in Gelsenkirchen) is a German football manager who most recently was the head coach of Galatasaray. Skibbe was sacked as Galatasaray manager on 23 February 2009 , after a run of poor form culminating in a frustrating 2-5 home defeat against Kocaelispor. Club career In his youth, Skibbe played for SG Wattenscheid 09. Then he switched to the professional team of Schalke 04. From 1984 to 1986, he appeared in 14 Bundesliga games, but then he tore his cruciate ligament three times, which forced him to end his playing career. Managerial career At the age of 22, he started his career as coach with Schalke 04 youth team. Borussia Dortmund In 1989, he became the youth coach for Borussia Dortmund, where he became head coach in 1998, thus becoming t... Biography of Tony Ramoin
Tony Ramoin (born December 23, 1988 in Cannes) is a French snowboarder and Olympic athlete who won a bronze medal in snowboard cross at the 2010 Winter Olympics.... Biography of Lee Westwood
Lee John Westwood (born 24 April 1973) is an English professional golfer. He is one of the few golfers who has won tournaments on every major continent, including victories on the European Tour and the PGA Tour. He was named player of the year for the 1998, 2000, and 2009 seasons. He has won the 2000 European Tour Order of Merit, and the renamed 2009 Race to Dubai. He has represented Europe for the last six consecutive Ryder Cups. He spent over 180 weeks in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 1998 and 2001 and returned to the top 10 at the end of the 2008 season and again after the 2009 PGA Championship. Career outline Born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, Westwood began to play golf aged 13 with a half set bought by grandparents. His father John, a math teacher, too... Biography of Adrian Sutil
Adrian Sutil (German pronunciation: ; born January 11, 1983 in Starnberg, West Germany) is a German Formula One racing driver. Sutil is the son of professional musicians Monika, a German, and Jorge, a Uruguayan. He has two brothers named Daniel and Raphael. He weighs 165 pounds (75 kilograms) and is 6 feet (183 centimeters) tall. A talented pianist, Sutil started karting at 14 before moving up to Swiss Formula Ford 1800 in 2002. He won all ten rounds of the season from pole and added five wins in the Formula Masters Austria championship. Sutil speaks fluent German, English, Spanish and a little Italian. He is close friends with Lewis Hamilton and is friends with fellow German driver Nico Rosberg. Formula BMW & Formula Three When Sutil moved up to the Formula BMW ADAC championsh... Biography of Antonio Esfandiari
Antonio Esfandiari (born Amir Esfandiari, December 8, 1978 in Tehran, Iran) is a professional poker player, known for his elaborate chip tricks. Early life When he was 9 years old his family moved to San Jose, California. He graduated from Del Mar High School in 1997. At the age of 19, he changed his name to Antonio, which was adopted from living in a Mexican American community in San Jose, and became a professional magician. While he was performing magic, he was invited to a game of Texas Hold 'em and started to play poker. Live Poker In 2004, he won close to $1.4 million at the Commerce Casino. He won his first World Series of Poker bracelet a few months later in Pot-Limit Texas Hold 'em. Esfandiari appeared in the second and third seasons of the Poker Superstars Invitat... Biography of Louie Dampier
Louis "Louie" Dampier (born November 20, 1944 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is a retired American professional basketball player. A 6-foot-tall guard, Dampier is one of only a handful of men to play all nine seasons in the American Basketball Association (ABA) (1967-1976), all with the Kentucky Colonels. He also was one of just two players to play all nine ABA seasons with the same team; the other was Byron Beck of the Denver Rockets, later renamed the Nuggets. After the ABA-NBA merger in 1976 Dampier also played three seasons (1976-1979) in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the San Antonio Spurs. High school Dampier was born in Indianapolis, Indiana and played at Southport High School in the suburb of Southport. He also played in an annual all-star game featuring top ... Biography of Ronnie Devoe
Ronnie DeVoe (or De Voe), aka R.D., (born Ronald Boyd DeVoe, Jr. on November 17, 1967 in Roxbury, Massachusetts) is one of the members of the R&B sextet New Edition. DeVoe was the last member, prior to Johnny Gill to join the group after being brought in by his uncle (the group's choreographer) Brooke Payne. In 1981, the group took second place at a talent show. Their performance caught the eye of music impresario Maurice Starr who decided to manage the boys and signed them to his Streetwise record label. DeVoe, and fellow New Edition members Michael Bivins, Bobby Brown, Ricky Bell and Ralph Tresvant, were the biggest teen group for the better half of the mid-1980s, almost achieving the success of their role models, The Jackson 5. In 1990, after New Edition broke up, Devoe, along wit... Biography of Aiden Turner
Aiden Turner (born 2 April 1977) is a British actor known for his role as Aidan Devane on All My Children (AMC), which he played from 6 June 2002 until he left AMC on 21 December 2009. Early years Aiden John Turner was born in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, and attended local Catholic schools (St. Joseph's, St Hugh's and St Edmund's College, Ware). Career Turner was nominated for a Daytime Emmy in 2003 for Outstanding Younger Actor in All My Children. He also appeared in Geri Halliwell's Bag It Up music video. Turner left the role of Aidan Devane in May 2004 during which time the role was recast with actor Tom Archdeacon. Turner returned to the show a few months later and portrayed Devane until Turner left AMC on 21 December 2009. He has modeled for Avon and appears regul... Biography of Anthony Mackie
Anthony Mackie (born September 23, 1979) is an American actor. He has been featured in feature films, television series and Broadway and Off-Broadway plays, including Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Drowning Crow, McReele, A Soldier's Play, and Talk, by Carl Hancock Rux, for which he won an Obie Award in 2002. He was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 2009 Independent Spirit Awards for his role in The Hurt Locker. This is Mackie's second ISA nomination, the first coming for his work in 2003 in Brother to Brother, where he was nominated for Best Actor. Also in 2009, Mackie portrayed rapper Tupac Shakur in the film Notorious. Personal life Mackie was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of Martha G. and Willie Mackie. He attended the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA)... Biography of Herman Cain
Herman Cain (born December 13, 1945) is a business executive, industry lobbyist, syndicated columnist, and radio host from Georgia. Cain was chairman and CEO of Godfather's Pizza from 1986 to 1996, deputy chairman of the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City from 1992 to 1994, and chairman from 1995 to 1996. Cain was president and CEO of the National Restaurant Association from 1996 to 1999. Before his business career, he worked as a mathematician in ballistics as a civilian employee of the United States Navy. In early 2011, Cain announced his candidacy for the 2012 U.S. Republican Party presidential nomination. Cain enjoyed a surge in the polls in October to briefly enjoy front-runner status in the race. In November, Cain's campaign struggled to deal with severa... Biography of Brian Williams
Brian Douglas Williams (born May 5, 1959 in Ridgewood, New Jersey) is the American anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, the evening news program of the NBC television network, a position he assumed in 2004. Williams was listed among Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in The World in 2007, and in 2010, a prominent media observer dubbed him "the Walter Cronkite of the 21st century." He lives in New Canaan, Connecticut, with his wife, Jane Stoddard Williams, one of their two children (Doug Williams), and two dogs. Early life Williams was raised in a middle class Irish Catholic home. In his childhood his family moved from his birth place, Ridgewood, New Jersey, to Elmira, New York. He lived in Elmira for ten years, before moving to Middletown, New Jersey. He gradua... Biography of Bryan Batt
Bryan Batt (born March 1, 1963) is an American actor best known for his role in the AMC series Mad Men as Salvatore Romano, an art director for the Sterling Cooper agency. Primarily a theater actor, he has had a number of starring roles in movies and television as well. His performance in the musical adaptation of Saturday Night Fever earned him one of New York City's more unusual honors, a caricature at Sardi's. Personal life Batt was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of Gayle Batt, an amateur actress and dancer. His family founded and ran the Pontchartrain Beach amusement park. He attended and graduated from Isidore Newman School, a preparatory school in New Orleans, and Tulane University. Although Batt played a closeted character in Mad Men, the actor himself is openly gay. ... Biography of Margherita Zanatta
Margherita Zanatta, born on February 13, 1982 in Varese, is a housemate of the 11th season of Grande Fratello, the Italian version of reality television franchise Big Brother, began in September 2000, and has gone on to become a cultural phenomenon in Italy. There have been eleven completed seasons.... Biography of Rick Tocchet
Richard Tocchet (born April 9, 1964) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Los Angeles Kings, Boston Bruins, Washington Capitals and Phoenix Coyotes. He was most recently the head coach of the Tampa Bay Lightning for two seasons. During the 2010 playoffs he served as an analyst on Flyers Postgame Live on Comcast SportsNet. Playing career After being drafted in the 6th round (121st overall) by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft, Tocchet returned to the OHL's Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds for another year of junior hockey. After registering 108 points with Sault Ste. Marie, Tocchet came to the Flyers for the 1984–85 season, scoring 39 points an... Biography of Jeroen Krabbé
Jeroen Aart Krabbé (born December 5, 1944) is a Dutch actor and film director who has appeared in many Dutch and international films. Biography Krabbé was born in Amsterdam, Netherlands, the son of Margreet (née Reiss), a film translator, and Maarten Krabbé, a painter. Born into an artistic family, he first came to prominence in fellow Dutchman Paul Verhoeven's films Soldier of Orange opposite Rutger Hauer and The Fourth Man with Renée Soutendijk. His first big American film was the Whoopi Goldberg comedy Jumpin' Jack Flash. However, it is as the 'bad guy' in a string of international films from the late 1980s which brought him international stardom, with notable films being No Mercy (1986), the James Bond film The Living Daylights (1987), The Punisher (1989), and The Fugitive (19... Biography of Oluchi Onweagba
Oluchi Onweagba (born August 1, 1980) is a Nigerian model. Biography Early life Onweagba grew up in the suburbs of Lagos, Nigeria with her two brothers and sisters. She is the daughter of a civil servant father and mother who was a nurse. When Onweagba was 16 years old, she won the "Face Of Africa" contest. Discovery She was urged by a family friend to enter into the M-Net "Face of Africa" preliminary screening at the M-Net office in Victoria Island, Lagos. The agency groomed her to be one of Nigeria's entrants for the 1998 competition (now called the Nokia Face of Africa). This despite the fact that, growing up, she had maintained a relative ignorance towards fashion and modeling. With the support of her family and friends, she decided to compete in the inaugural edition of t... Biography of James Mangold
James Allen Mangold (born 16 December 1963) is an American film director and screenwriter. He is perhaps best known for Walk the Line which he co-wrote and directed. Life and career Mangold was born in New York City, the son of artists Robert Mangold and Sylvia Plimack Mangold. After graduating from Washingtonville High School, Mangold was accepted into the California Institute of the Arts film/video program. While there, he mentored under Alexander Mackendrick. During his third year, Mackendrick suggested that Mangold should study at CalArts School of Theater as an actor alongside his regular film studies. One of his classmates was Don Cheadle. Based on the response to his short films, in 1985 Mangold got a fast start as a graduate of CalArts, securing a writer/director deal (at... Biography of Louis C.K.
Louis Szekely (born September 12, 1967), known professionally as Louis C.K., is a stand-up comedian, television and film writer, actor, producer, and director. He is the star of the FX comedy series Louie, which he also writes, directs, and edits. Early life and career C.K.'s stage name is derived from an approximate English pronunciation of his Hungarian surname, Szekely (Hungarian pronunciation: ). C.K. was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Mary Louise (née Davis), a software engineer, and Luis Szekely, an economist. His father is a native of Mexico and his mother is an American of Irish Catholic ancestry. C.K.'s paternal grandfather, a Hungarian Jew, emigrated to Mexico, where he met C.K.'s paternal grandmother, who was a Catholic Mexican of Spanish and Mexican Indian ancestry.... Biography of Dustin Fitzsimons
Dustin Fitzsimons (born December 19, 1986 in Sterling, Colorado) is an American actor who has starred in films, television and commercials. Fitzsimons began his career in 2008 after making several appearances in Little Caesars commercials that began airing across the country. His unique acting style and sense of humor coupled with an all American look quickly opened doors for him in the film and television world. Once Dustin began landing roles in features such as Speed Racer and House of the Wolf Man, Hollywood's mainstream entertainment executives began to take notice. Dustin quickly began making appearances on networks such as TLC and CBS including a role on the hit daytime soap The Young and The Restless. Columbia Pictures also cast Fitzsimons in David Fincher's hit film The Social ... Biography of Mack Calvin
Mack Calvin (born July 27, 1947 in Fort Worth, Texas) is an American former basketball player. High school career Calvin prepped at Long Beach Poly. College career A 6'0" point guard from Long Beach City College and the University of Southern California, Calvin was a 14th-round draft pick of the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers in 1969. In his final college season, Calvin and his Trojans defeated the UCLA Bruins, 46–44, in Pauley Pavilion, ending the Bruins' 41 consecutive game winning streak, 45 in a row in Pacific 8 Conference play wins, and 17 in a row over USC. The victory also ended UCLA's 51 victories in Pauley Pavilion. Pro career He played seven seasons (1969–1976) in the now-defunct American Basketball Association (ABA) and four seasons in the National Basketball As... Biography of David Blue
David Blue (born January 17, 1981 in Long Island, New York City) is an American actor, writer, producer and director. He is best known for his portrayal of Cliff St. Paul on Ugly Betty and Eli Wallace on the Syfy series Stargate Universe. Early life The youngest of three sons, Blue was raised in both New York and Florida. David attended Countryside High School in Clearwater, Florida and went on to the acting conservatory at the University of Central Florida. Career His first starring role came in the film "Winter Follies", directed by Darren Lynn Bousman who also helmed Saw II, Saw III and Saw IV. David was one of the eight selected for the Apprentice program at the Actor's Theatre of Louisville, where he worked with many acclaimed artists, such as Jennifer Hubbard and Sulliv... Biography of Daniel Logan (American actor)
Daniel Logan, born June 9, 1986 in Long Island, New York, is an American actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2304207/ ) # "General Hospital: Night Shift" .... Patient #3 (1 episode, 2007) - Paternity Ward (2007) TV episode (uncredited) .... Patient #3 # "Six Degrees" .... Drunk Teen (1 episode, 2006) ... aka "6°" - USA (promotional title) - The Puncher (2006) TV episode (uncredited) .... Drunk Teen # Dead End Massacre (2004) .... Tim Baker... Biography of Stacey Williams
Stacey Williams (born April 15, 1968 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American fashion model. Originally from Dallas, Pennsylvania (near Wilkes-Barre) she moved to Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania at the age of 13 and is a graduate of Cumberland Valley High School in Carlisle. Stacey was featured in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issues from 1992 to 1998. She was also in the 40th anniversary issue in 2004 as part of SI's Hall of Fame. She has also appeared in minor films such as The Dogwalker and Gangster World, and she had a brief role in the feature film, Jerry Maguire. Sonic Youth mention her and other Sports Illustrated models in their song "Swimsuit Issue".... Biography of Felipe Melo
Felipe Melo de Carvalho (born 26 June 1983 in Volta Redonda) is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays as a defensive midfielder for Juventus F.C. in Serie A. Club career Flamengo Felipe Melo began his career for Flamengo, where he made 24 appearances and scored 3 goals in his two season spell with the club. Following impressive performances with Flamengo, Melo transferred to Cruzeiro in the summer of 2003. Cruzeiro Melo transferred to Cruzeiro in the summer of 2003, but would remain for just one season. In his single season with Cruziero, Melo did manage to make 31 league appearances, also scoring 2 goals. Following yet another impressive season in Brazil, he was sold to fellow Brazilian club, Grêmio. Grêmio Following his transfer to Grêmio, Melo managed to make an add... Biography of Rick Ross (rapper)
William Leonard Roberts II (born January 28, 1976), better known by his stage name Rick Ross, is an American rapper. He derived his stage name from the drug trafficker "Freeway" Ricky Ross, to whom he has no connection (Ross even sued the rapper for $10 million for using his name). Ross founded the record label Maybach Music Group, on which he released his studio albums Deeper Than Rap and Teflon Don. Early life William Leonard Roberts II was born in Coahoma County, Mississippi. and raised in Carol City, Florida, near Miami. After graduating from Carol City Senior High School, he later attended the historically black college Albany State University on a football scholarship. Music career After being signed to Suave House Records, former label for rap duo 8Ball & MJG, he eventuall... Biography of Éric Ruf
Éric Ruf, born on May 21, 1969, is a French comedian, actor, and director. He is a member (1993- ), and sociétaire (1998- ) of la Comédie-Française. Filmography (source: http://akas.imdb.com/name/nm0749222/) 2011 L'Affaire Gordji (TV movie) (filming) François Léotard 2011 Édouard Drumont, histoire d'un antisémite français (TV movie) (filming) Gustave Mery 2011 R.I.F. (Recherche dans l'Intérêt des Familles) (completed) Jean-Dominique Perrin 2011 Partage de midi (TV movie) (completed) Mesa 2011 Poupoupidou Simon Denner 2011 À la recherche du temps perdu (TV movie) Charles Swann 2010 L'homme qui voulait vivre sa vie Grégoire Kremer 2010 La marquise des ombres (TV movie) Gobelin 2009 Pigalle, la nuit (TV series) Dimitri – Episode #1.7 (2009) … D... Biography of Elvis Andrus
Elvis Augusto Andrus Torres (born August 26, 1988, in Maracay, Venezuela) is a Major League Baseball shortstop for the Texas Rangers. Entering 2007, he was rated by Baseball America as the No. 2 prospect in the Atlanta Braves organization. In 2009, Andrus earned the Texas Rangers starting shortstop job at the age of 20. Baseball career Andrus was signed in 2005 at age 16 to a six-figure contract. He started the year with the Orlando Braves of the Gulf Coast League, and was promoted to Danville late in the season. He spent 2006 with Class-A Rome, being named to the South Atlantic League All-Star team. In 2007 Andrus joined the Myrtle Beach Pelicans of the Carolina League. During the midseason he was selected to the All-Star Futures Game; he was selected again for the Futures Game... Biography of Charlotte Greenwood
Frances Charlotte Greenwood (25 June 1890 - 28 December 1977) was an American actress, singer and dancer. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Greenwood started in vaudeville, and eventually starred on Broadway, movies and radio. Standing around six feet tall, she was best known for her long legs and high kicks. She earned the unique praise of being, in her words, the "...only woman in the world who could kick a giraffe in the eye." She starred with such luminaries as Betty Grable, Jimmy Durante, Eddie Cantor, Buster Keaton, and Carmen Miranda. Most of Greenwood's best work was done on the stage, and was lauded by such critics as James Agate, Alexander Woollcott and Claudia Cassidy. One of her most successful roles was that of Juno in Cole Porter's Out of This World in which she introduced ... Biography of Jonny Flynn
Jonny William Flynn (born February 6, 1989 in Niagara Falls, New York) is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association. He played collegiate basketball for the Syracuse Orange and was widely considered one of the top point guards in college basketball. High school Flynn and Niagara Falls High School won the 2005 New York state public high school and federation championships. He was also named New York State Mr. Basketball following his senior year. When he graduated with the class of 2007, he was ranked the No. 22 overall recruit and No. 4 point guard by Rivals.com as well as the No. 23 overall and the No. 4 point guard by Scout.com. Flynn was a 2007 McDonald's All-American and he was named to the 2007 USA Basketball... Biography of Michel Vorm
Michel Vorm (Dutch pronunciation: ; born October 20, 1983 in Nieuwegein) is a Dutch football goalkeeper, currently playing for FC Utrecht. He spent some time on loan at FC Den Bosch. Club career International career In 2006 he was a member of the Netherlands squad that won the UEFA U-21 Championship 2006 in Portugal. As of 2008, Vorm is a member of the Dutch National Team. He made his debut in the starting lineup on September 5, 2009 in a friendly home match against Japan (3–0 win), followed up four days later by an impressive performance at Hampden Park during the World Cup qualifier Scotland – Netherlands, a match won by the Netherlands with 0-1. The match at Hampden Park was Vorm's first competitive game ever outside the Netherlands. 2010 World Cup Vorm was include... Biography of Ray Mears
Raymond Paul "Ray" Mears (born 7 February 1964) is a British woodsman, instructor, author and TV presenter. His appearances on TV cover the subject of bushcraft and survival techniques, and he is best known for the TV series Ray Mears' Bushcraft, Ray Mears' World of Survival, Extreme Survival, Survival with Ray Mears and Ray Mears Goes Walkabout. Early life Mears grew up in Kenley, Greater London, and the North Downs, where he discovered a countryside abundant with wildlife. Educated at Reigate Grammar School, a co-educational independent school in Reigate, Surrey, he learned to track foxes in the forest at a young age. As a boy, he desired to sleep out on the trail, but unable to afford camping equipment, he resorted to setting up camp using what he could find in his surroundings. ... Biography of Sébastien Izambard
Sébastien Izambard (born 7 March 1973) is a French pop singer and a member of the operatic pop musical quartet Il Divo. Early life Sébastien Izambard was born in Paris, France on 7 March 1973 to a poor family. His childhood was very rough, since his father ran away from home when he was six, leaving Izambard, his grandmother (who he called Meme) and his mother to suffer living in poverty. He stated that one time he stole a melon to please his mother for he knew they couldn't afford it. His mother made him go back and apologize to the store keeper for his little crime. As Izambard got older, his love for music grew as he learned to play music by ear. Izambard started his career as a pop musician in France, releasing a solo album called Libre and his song Si Tu Savais was ranked fir... Biography of Bobby Wanzer
Robert Francis (Bobby) Wanzer, also known as "Hooks" Wanzer (born June 4, 1921 in Brooklyn, New York) is a former basketball player and coach. A 6'0" guard, he played collegiately at Seton Hall University, and was selected by the Rochester Royals in 1947. Royals star Bob Davies was a Seton Hall assistant and steered the star guard to the NBL contender. Initially a reserve behind Al Cervi and Red Holzman, Wanzer later teamed with Davies to form a potent backcourt for the day. The Royals were very successful 1947-1954, and their smaller stars, like Wanzer, were considered their biggest assets. With Wanzer, Rochester won the 1950-51 National Basketball Association (NBA) title. He played his entire nine-year career with the Royals, retiring from play after the end of the 1957 season. Wan... Biography of Ian Kinsler
Ian Michael Kinsler (born June 22, 1982, in Tucson, Arizona) is a Major League Baseball All-Star second baseman for the Texas Rangers. Despite having been drafted in only the 17th round out of college, Kinsler has risen to become the Rangers' starting second baseman, a two-time All Star, a two-time Player of the Week, and a member of the Sporting News' 2009 list of the 50 greatest current players in baseball. Kinsler had an historic game in April 2009, in which he had hits in all six of his at bats, and hit for the cycle. That season he became the second 30–30 player in Rangers' history. Through 2010, on defense he had the highest career range factor per game of all active major league second basemen. He led the Rangers with 9 RBIs in the first two rounds of the 2010 playoffs. Kin... Biography of Carlos Marchena
Carlos Marchena López (Spanish pronunciation: ; born 31 July 1979 in Las Cabezas de San Juan, Seville, Andalusia) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Valencia CF and the Spanish national team. Mainly a central defender with an aggressive approach, he can also pitch in as a defensive midfielder. Club career Marchena started his professional career in hometown club Sevilla FC at the age of 18, when the club was playing in the Spanish second division. In 1999–2000, he made his top flight debut, playing the entire match in a 2–2 home draw with Real Sociedad on 22 August 1999. When Sevilla was relegated again at the end of the season, Marchena earned a transfer to Portugal's S.L. Benfica, where he did sufficiently well to catch the eye of top club Valencia CF, who were in need to... Biography of Harry Lloyd
Harry Lloyd (born 17 November 1983) is an English actor. He played Will Scarlet in the first two seasons of the BBC drama Robin Hood which began in 2006. Most recently he starred in 2011's Game of Thrones as Viserys Targaryen, rightful heir to the throne of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros. Background Lloyd was born in London, England; and is the great-great-great-grandson of the Victorian writer Charles Dickens (his mother, children's publisher Marion Dickens, is the daughter of Captain Peter Dickens RN). He is the cousin of biographer and writer Lucinda Hawksley and actor and performer Gerald Dickens. Lloyd was educated at Eton College and while there, made his TV debut at the age of 16 as James Steerforth in the BBC's 1999 adaptation of David Copperfield and then in 2002, he was ... Biography of Jon Huertas
Jon Huertas, born Jon William "Scott" Hofstedt and sometimes credited as John Huertas, is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Sergeant Antonio 'Poke' Espera in HBO's Generation Kill the miniseries as well as Joe Negroni in the film Why Do Fools Fall in Love and homicide detective Javier Esposito in Castle. Career Huertas's career started in 1993 when he played an uncredited part in the The Webbers. In 1998, Huertas portrayed Joe Negroni in the romantic drama Why Do Fools Fall in Love alongside such stars as Halle Berry, Paul Mazursky, and Ben Vereen. In 1999, he appeared in two films: the horror movie Cold Hearts and the action movie Stealth Fighter. In the 2000s, he appeared in many films, but his biggest role was in television in 2008 as Sergeant Espera i... Biography of Ottis Toole
Ottis Elwood Toole (March 5, 1947 – September 15, 1996) was an American serial killer and arsonist. He was an accomplice of convicted serial killer Henry Lee Lucas. Toole admitted to multiple counts of murder, rape, and cannibalism, and was the suspect in several unsolved murders. He recanted and restated a number of confessions. Toole was convicted of three counts of murder, and confessed to four more murder charges before dying in prison. Early life Toole was born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida. Toole's mother was a religious fanatic; Toole later claimed that she abused him, including dressing him in girl's clothing and calling him Becky. As a young child, Toole was a victim of sexual assault and incest at the hands of many close relatives and acquaintances, including his olde... Biography of Valéry Zeitoun
Valéry Zeitoun, born on February 13, 1966 in Pantin, is a French producer (label AZ). He works with Universal Music Group (UMG), the largest group of record labels in the recording industry. It is the largest of the "big four" record companies by its commanding market share and its multitude of global operations. Universal Music Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of French media conglomerate Vivendi.... Biography of Michelle McLean
Michelle McLean (born July 30, 1972 in Windhoek, Namibia) was crowned Miss Universe in 1992. She was 19 years old when she represented Namibia and became the first and only woman from Namibia to win the crown. Miss World Before she became Miss Universe, McLean competed in Miss World 1991. In the preliminary competition, she was tied in second place with a score of 51 along with Miss South Africa, behind the eventual winner, Venezuela's Ninibeth Leal. McLean eventually finished in the top 5. Miss Universe In the 1992 Miss Universe pageant, she finished second in the preliminary with a score of 9.147, right behind Carolina Izsak of Venezuela, who won all three preliminary competitions. Nonetheless, McLean's warmth and love for children helped clinch the crown over Izsak, Paola Tur... Biography of Tom Gabel
Thomas James Gabel (born November 8, 1980) is the lead vocalist, songwriter, and a guitarist for Gainesville, Florida punk rock band Against Me!, as well as a solo artist. He was born on Fort Benning, Georgia a US Army post, where his father was stationed. At age 17, he dropped out of high school and formed Against Me! as a solo act in Naples, Florida. The act has since become a quartet, and have released five full-length albums. Gabel's solo debut, entitled Heart Burns, was released October 28, 2008 on Sire Records. Personal life Gabel is married to artist Heather Gabel (née Hannoura), who has designed merchandise for bands including Alkaline Trio, My Chemical Romance, AFI, and The Lawrence Arms. They had their first child, a baby girl named Evelyn, in November 2009. Gabel also e... Biography of Bodine Koehler
Bodine Koehler Peña, born on September 30, 1992 in Amsterdam, is a Puerto Rican model and beauty pageant titleholder. She was born in the Netherlands , but grew up in Puerto Rico. Of Dutch and Dominican descent, Koehler is one of the most well-known top models in the Island. She represented Rio Grande municipality at Miss Puerto Rico 2012 and won it. Bodine won La Batalla del Bikini competition, which gives her an automatic spot on the semi-finalists at the final competition. On November 7, 2011 Bodine was crowned Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2012 and will represent Puerto Rico in the Miss Universe 2012 competition.... Biography of Hana Soukupová
Hana Soukupová (born December 18, 1985) is a Czech model. She has participated in the 2006 and 2007 Victoria's Secret fashion shows. Early life Soukupová was born on December 18, 1985 in Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic). Because of her height, she began playing basketball for a local team. Career Soukupová began to work as a model in Prague in 1998. She signed her first major modeling contract at 15 years of age as the face of Carolina Herrera’s Chic perfume. In September 2004, Soukupová was selected as one of only nine models appeared on the cover of American Vogue in an issue that compared supermodels today to supermodels of the 80s and 90s heyday. Others included Daria Werbowy, Gemma Ward, Gisele Bündchen, and Karolína Kurková. Vanity Fair touted her a... Biography of Melky Cabrera
Melky Astacio Cabrera (born August 11, 1984, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Kansas City Royals. Baseball career New York Yankees Minors Cabrera was signed by the New York Yankees on November 13, 2001, at age 17. In 2002, at age 18, he made his professional debut with the Yankees Rookie League affiliate in the Dominican Summer League. He made his first minor league appearance with the Rookie-Advanced team in the NY Penn League with the Staten Island Yankees in 2003, batting .283 with 31 RBIs in 67 games. In 2004, he moved up to Class A with the Battle Creek Yankees, hitting .333 with 16 RBI in 42 games before being promoted to the high Class A Tampa Yankees, where he hit .288 with 51 RBI in 85 games to finish the season. I... Biography of Goodluck Jonathan
Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan, GCFR, BNER, GCON (born 20 November 1957) is the 14th and current President of Nigeria. He was Governor of Bayelsa State from 9 December 2005 to 28 May 2007, and was sworn in as Vice President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on 29 May 2007. Jonathan is a member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). On 13 January 2010, a federal court handed him the power to carry out state affairs while President Umaru Yar'Adua received medical treatment in a Saudi Arabian hospital. A motion from the Nigerian Senate on 9 February 2010 confirmed these powers to act as President, in recognition of her opinion. On 24 February 2010, Yar'Adua returned to Nigeria, but Jonathan continued as acting president. Upon Yar'Adua's death on 5 May 2010, Jonathan succeeded to ... Biography of Grace Jackson
Grace Jackson (born 14 June 1961 in St. Ann, Jamaica ) is a retired Jamaican athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres and 200 metres. She reached the 100m and 200m finals in the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympic Games and the 200m final in Barcelona in 1992. Her breakthrough performance was at the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea. She won a Silver medal over 200m behind Florence Griffith Joyner, beating then 200m World Champion Silke Moller, Heike Drechsler and team mate Merlene Ottey. She also won a bronze medal at the 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships and a silver medal at the 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships.She is a one time world 100m champion.... Biography of Guy Rodgers
Guy William Rodgers (September 1, 1935 – February 19, 2001) was an American professional basketball player born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He spent twelve years (1958-1970) in the NBA, and was one of the league's best playmakers in the early to mid 1960s. Rodgers led the NBA in assists twice, and placed second six times. Rodgers played alongside the great Wilt Chamberlain from 1959 through 1964, and during Chamberlain's famous 100-point game, he led the way with 20 assists. In the 1962–63 season, Rodgers led the NBA in assists with an average of 10.4 per game, and played in his first NBA All-Star game. On March 14 of that same season, Rodgers tied Bob Cousy's record of 28 assists in a single game — a record that wasn't broken until nearly 15 years later. Rodgers was the point ... Biography of Jill de Jong
Jill de Jong, also known as Jildou de Jong (born February 17, 1982 in Hoogeveen, Drenthe) is a Dutch model and actress. On March 21, 2002, she was selected by Eidos Interactive as the Lara Croft character model for the Tomb Raider video game series. She began her career as a model at the age of fifteen after winning a modeling contest in the Netherlands. Over the past ten years she became a respected and successful top model, shooting TV and print campaigns for big brand names such as, Ralph Lauren, Escada, Redken, Izod, St. Yves, Fa shower gel and L'Oréal in Europe and the United States. De Jong lives and works in Los Angeles United States and is currently developing her career as an actress.... Biography of Tania Bambaci
Tania Bambaci (born August 11, 1990 in Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto, Sicily, Italy) is the winner of the Miss Mondo Italia 2011 pageant that was held in Gallipoli, Puglia on June 11, 2011. She is going to represent Italy at the Miss World 2011 pageant in London, Great Britain on November 6, where she placed in Top 15. Before Miss World, Tania had entered the Miss Italia 2010 pageant as Miss Sicilia, placing among the Top 10. In 2011, she won the international beauty pageant Miss Regina d'Europa 2011, held in Malta on March 14, 2011. Previously, Tania had won the Italian pageant Una Ragazza per il Cinema in 2008. She also competed in Italia's Next Top Model, Cycle 4. Tania is student of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Pisa, and she also works as a fas... Biography of Bobby Abreu
Bob Kelly "Bobby" Abreu (Spanish pronunciation: , English: /əˈbreɪ.uː/; born March 11, 1974, in Turmero, Venezuela), nicknamed "El Comedulce" and also "La Luche", is a Major League Baseball left fielder for the Los Angeles Angels. Abreu is a two-time All-Star, and has won a Gold Glove Award and a Silver Slugger Award. He has led the league in games (twice), doubles, and triples. Through 2008, he was tenth among active ballplayers in on-base percentage (.405), and seventh in stolen bases (348). Career Early career Abreu played with the Leones del Caracas in the Venezuelan winter baseball league . He batted .283 and began to show gap power with 21 doubles and a league-record 17 triples. He also reached double figures in outfield assists for the third year in a row.... Biography of Bob Feller
Robert William Andrew "Bob" Feller (November 3, 1918 – December 15, 2010), nicknamed "The Heater from Van Meter," "Bullet Bob," and "Rapid Robert," was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. One of the best right-handed pitchers in baseball history, Feller was a prodigy who entered the major leagues when he was 17. Feller played for the Cleveland Indians from 1936 to 1956, his career interrupted by four years of military service during World War II. He became the first pitcher to win at least twenty games in a season before the age of 21, threw three no-hitters and twelve one-hitters (both records at the time of his retirement), led the American League in strikeouts in seven seasons, and pitched 279 complete games. Feller was r... Biography of Max Elliott Slade
Max Elliott Slade (born July 4, 1980) is an American actor who starred in 3 Ninjas, 3 Ninjas Kick Back, and 3 Ninjas Knuckle Up. He was featured as Jay Lovell in Apollo 13, young Mark Goddard in The Sweeper, and young Gil Buckman in Parenthood. Slade was born in Pasadena, California. He chose his own middle name, Elliott, at the age of 3 after watching the movie E.T. His parents' names are John and Betty, and has an older brother named Demian. All of them are, or at one time were, actors. He attended Pasadena High School, where he co-founded a rock and roll club called Three Broken Chords and The Lying Truth. Slade earned a brown belt in Gosoku-ryu karate at age 11. Slade previously worked as a bartender. He plays guitar and sings in a band called Haden. He holds a bachelor's degree ... Biography of Amy Mbacke Thiam
Amy Mbacke Thiam (born November 10, 1976) is a Senegalese athlete competing in the 400 metres. She has won medals in two World Championships, but at the 2004 Olympics she was knocked out in the heats. She is best known for winning the gold medal at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics held in Edmonton, Canada. Achievements 2006 IAAF World Cup - sixth place 2006 IAAF World Athletics Final - sixth place 2006 African Championships in Athletics - gold medal 2005 IAAF World Athletics Final - fourth place 2005 World Championships in Athletics - eighth place 2003 IAAF World Athletics Final - fourth place 2003 World Championships in Athletics - bronze medal 2001 World Championships in Athletics - gold medal... Biography of Lisa Lampanelli
Lisa Lampanelli (born Lisa Lampugnale; July 19, 1961) is an American stand-up comedian and insult comic. She is noted for her racy and raunchy style of comedy, which frequently includes taboo subjects such as race and homosexuality. Early life and journalism career Lampanelli, one of three siblings, was born in Trumbull, Connecticut, to a middle class family of Italian descent. Her father worked for Sikorsky Aircraft and later became a painter; her mother worked for the local police department where "she typed in all the arrests made." Lampanelli attended Roman Catholic schools, studied journalism at Boston College and Syracuse University, and went through a graduate program at Harvard. She worked as a copy editor at Popular Mechanics and an assistant at Rolling Stone. She was also a f... Biography of Erin O'Connor
Erin O'Connor (born 9 February 1978) is an English model. Early life Erin O'Connor was born and brought up in the Metropolitan Borough of Walsall, England and went to Brownhills Community School (now Brownhills Community Technology College/Brownhills C.T.C). She was raised Catholic and her father is from Ballycastle, Northern Ireland. On a school trip to the Birmingham Clothes Show she was spotted by a scout. Modelling career Her first published pictures were by Juergen Teller for a 1996 issue of i-D. She has modelled on the catwalk for John Galliano, Christian Dior, Donna Karan, Prada, Versace, Miu Miu, Jasper Conran, Giorgio Armani, Julien Macdonald, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Badgley Mischka, and Dolce & Gabbana. She has worked with many leading fashion photographers including Patri... Biography of Jimmy Howard
James "Jimmy" "Godpad" Howard (born March 26, 1984) is an American professional ice hockey goaltender for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League. Playing career Jimmy Howard began his junior career playing for the Westport Rideaus of the Eastern Ontario Junior Hockey League, where he played from ages 14–16 before joining the U.S. National Team Development Program. He played with the U.S. National Under-17 and U.S. National Under-18 teams during the 2001–02 season, playing 9 games with the Under-17 team and 26 games with the Under-18 team for a total record of 22-11-1 with four shutouts. In April 2002, Howard played for the United States in the 2002 IIHF World U18 Championships in Slovakia. Playing in six tournament games, he led his team to a Gold Medal and was subsequen... Biography of Jameer Nelson
Jameer Nelson (born February 9, 1982 in Chester, Pennsylvania) is an American professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the NBA. He played college basketball at Saint Joseph's University and was drafted in the first round of the 2004 NBA Draft by the Denver Nuggets but was traded to the Orlando Magic, where he has played for his entire professional career. High school Nelson attended Chester High School in Chester, Pennsylvania and was a student and a letterman in basketball. In basketball, he helped lead his team to two PIAA state championships. College career Nelson began his play at Saint Joseph's University in the 2000–2001 NCAA season. He had a breakout freshman season in which he was named unanimous National Freshman of the Year. During his junior season in 2... Biography of Ernie Digregorio
Ernest (Ernie) DiGregorio (born January 15, 1951, in North Providence, Rhode Island) is a retired American National Basketball Association player. After playing for the Providence College Friars, DiGregorio was drafted by the Kentucky Colonels of the American Basketball Association but opted instead for the NBA. He was selected third overall by the Buffalo Braves in the 1973 NBA Draft out of Providence College, and won the NBA Rookie of the Year Award in 1973-74 after averaging 15.2 points and leading the league in both free throw percentage and assists per game. DiGregorio still holds the NBA rookie record for assists in a single game with 25 (a record now shared with Nate McMillan). He would never again come close to that level of production, but managed to have a decent NBA career... Biography of Jimmie Foxx
James Emory "Jimmie" Foxx (October 22, 1907 – July 21, 1967), nicknamed "Double X" and "The Beast", was a right-handed American Major League Baseball first baseman and noted power hitter. Foxx was the second major league player to hit 500 career home runs, after Babe Ruth. Attaining that plateau at age 32 years 336 days, he held the record for youngest to reach 500 for sixty-eight years, until superseded by Alex Rodriguez in 2007. His three career Most Valuable Player awards are tied for second all-time. Early years Born in Sudlersville, Maryland, Foxx played baseball in high school and dropped out to join a minor league team managed by former Philadelphia Athletics great Frank "Home Run" Baker. Foxx had hoped to pitch or play third base, but since the team was short on catchers, ... Biography of Andreas Klöden
Andreas Klöden (born June 22, 1975) is a German professional road bicycle racer for UCI ProTour team Team RadioShack. His major achievements include a bronze medal at the 2000 Olympic Games and second place in the 2004 Tour de France and 2006 Tour de France. Klöden is a tall, lightly built racer with enough strength to place high in the overall classifications of the Grand Tours, but his performances have been afflicted by injuries. Biography Klöden was born in Mittweida in 1975. Before he turned professional, he won the bronze medal in the Under 23 World Time Trial Championships in 1996, and two stages at the International Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt in 1997. The T-Mobile years (1998–2006) Klöden signed with Team Deutsche Telekom (later T-Mobile Team) in 1998, and in his first pr... Biography of Teemu Selänne
Teemu Ilmari Selänne (Finnish pronunciation: ) nicknamed "The Finnish Flash" (born July 3, 1970) is a Finnish professional ice hockey winger with the Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey League (NHL). An offensive player known for his skill and speed, Selanne has led the NHL in goal-scoring three times and has been named to the league's First All-Star Team on two occasions. He has won the Stanley Cup once with the Ducks in 2007. While playing junior with Finnish club Jokerit, Selanne was selected 10th overall in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft by the Winnipeg Jets. Continuing to play with Jokerit following his draft, he played two-and-a-half seasons in Finland's premier league, the SM-liiga. In 1992–93, he joined the Jets and set NHL records with 76 goals and 132 points, en route to the Calder... Biography of Rusty Greer
Thurman Clyde "Rusty" Greer III (born January 21, 1969 in Fort Rucker, Alabama) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder for the Texas Rangers. He currently works for Texas Wesleyan University serving as the Assistant Head Coach under former teammate Mike Jeffcoat. Biography Greer attended high school in Albertville, Alabama before playing college baseball at the University of Montevallo. (Montevallo was the only college interested in Greer prior to a senior-year all-star game where he finally drew attention from larger schools; however, he chose to remain at Montevallo since they initially offered him a scholarship.) While at Montevallo, Greer was a Resident Assistant in Napier Hall. The Rangers made him their tenth-round pick (271st overall) in the 1990 amateur draft, and he sp... Biography of Roy Oswalt
Roy Edward Oswalt (play /ˈoʊzwɑːlt/; born August 29, 1977 in Weir, Mississippi) is an American Major League Baseball pitcher and Olympic gold medalist who plays for the Philadelphia Phillies. Oswalt, a slender six-foot right-handed starting pitcher, is currently in his ninth major league season. He spent the first eight and a half years of his career in the Houston Astros organization. Oswalt is currently considered to be among the elite pitchers in the National League. After completing nine years (2001–2009), Oswalt has compiled an 137–70 record with a 3.23 ERA and a 3.58 strikeout-to-walk ratio (1473 – to – 418) in 1803.1 innings pitched. He posted a 20–12 record in 2005 with a 2.94 ERA, repeating his 20-win performance of 2004. He was the ace of a Houston Astros s... Biography of Ken Caminiti
Kenneth Gene Caminiti (April 21, 1963 – October 10, 2004) was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball and the 1996 National League Most Valuable Player. He was born in Hanford, California, and attended San Jose State University. He died of a drug overdose on October 10, 2004. High school years Caminiti attended Leigh High School in San Jose, California and played football and baseball. In football, he was invited to many all-star games after his senior football season. Baseball career Minor leagues Caminiti played professional baseball for 15 seasons, beginning with the Osceola Astros of the Single-A Florida State League in 1985. He also played third base for the Indios de Mayagüez along with Wally Joyner in the Puerto Rico Winter League. He earned a call-up to the ... Biography of Brian Campbell
Brian Wesley Campbell (born May 23, 1979) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has previously played for the Buffalo Sabres, San Jose Sharks and Chicago Blackhawks. Personal Campbell grew up in Strathroy, Ontario, where he attended elementary school at Colborne Street Public School and high school at Strathroy District Collegiate Institute. He also attended Canterbury High School in Ottawa, Ontario while playing for the Ottawa 67's of the OHL. His parents are Ed and Lorna. He has two brothers, Craig and Darryl. Darryl also played pro hockey for four seasons in the ECHL, last for the Mississippi Sea Wolves. Campbell received national attention in Canada in 2003, not for playing hockey, ... Biography of Rob Ray
Robert John Ray, nicknamed Rayzor (born June 8, 1968) is a Canadian sports broadcaster and former professional ice hockey player. He was awarded the King Clancy Memorial Trophy by the National Hockey League in 1999 for leadership and humanitarianism. Personal and early career Ray grew up in the small town of Stirling, Ontario playing competitive hockey for the Stirling Blues before moving up to the Tier II Jr.A. level with the OHA's Whitby Law Men in 1984-85. He was drafted in the 5th round of the 1985 OHL Priority Selection by the Cornwall Royals. Ray played his junior hockey with the Cornwall Royals of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). The Buffalo Sabres drafted Ray in the 5th round, 97th overall in the 1988 NHL Entry Draft. He played two full seasons with the Rochester Americans... Biography of Ed Fairhurst
Edward Fairhurst (born May 7, 1979 in Regina, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian international rugby union player. He is currently playing with the UBC Old Boys Ravens in the BC Premier League and the BC Bears in the Canadian Rugby Championship. Fairhurst plays as a scrum half but has also played outside half and fullback for his country. He made his debut for the Canada national team in May 2001 in a match against the USA. He was then selected to the national squad for the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia. In 2006 Fairhurst signed with the Cardiff Blues from the University of Victoria in British Columbia. He would play a year at Cardiff before moving to the south-west of England to suit up for the Cornish Pirates for the 2007-08 and 2008-09 seasons. Fairhurst returned to the Rugby World C... Biography of Cam Janssen
Cam Janssen (born April 15, 1984 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a professional ice hockey player who plays for the New Jersey Devils. The New Jersey Devils drafted him 117th overall in the fourth round of the 2002 NHL Entry Draft. Janssen is also known as an enforcer and 'tough guy' for his physical play and frequent fights. Playing career Before being drafted, Janssen played for the Windsor Spitfires and Guelph Storm of the Ontario Hockey League. He played in the Memorial Cup tournament with the Guelph Storm in the 2003–04 season. He led the Devils during the 2005–06 season with 11 major penalties for fighting. On February 24, 2007 he scored his first career goal against the Washington Capitals at 10:33 in the second period in his 82nd NHL game. The Devils' fans gave Janssen a standi... Biography of Brad Richards
Bradley Glenn Richards (born May 2, 1980) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Early career Born and raised in Murray Harbour, Prince Edward Island. Richards has been friends with Vincent Lecavalier since the age of 14, when they met at Athol Murray College of Notre Dame, a boarding school with an excellent hockey program in Saskatchewan, Canada. They were roommates and soon became good friends as they were both the youngest players on their hockey team. Since then they have gone on to being teammates for the Rimouski Océanic of the QMJHL and Tampa Bay Lightning. Lecavalier was also responsible for suggesting to the Lightning management after they had drafted him to draft Richards. In his final season with Rimou... Biography of Barry Larkin
Barry Louis Larkin (born April 28, 1964 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a retired Major League Baseball player. Larkin played shortstop for the Cincinnati Reds from 1986 to 2004 and was one of the pivotal players on the 1990 Reds' World Series championship team. He played college baseball at the University of Michigan and had his number retired by the school on May 1, 2010. Professional career Minor leagues Larkin played with the Vermont Reds on their team that won the 1985 Eastern League Championship and in 1986 was the Rookie of the Year and AA Player of the Year with the Denver Zephyrs. Cincinnati Reds 1986-1989: Early years After arriving in the majors, Larkin battled fellow prospect Kurt Stillwell for the starting shortstop spot, but soon established himself as the starter. ... Biography of Roshumba Williams
Roshumba Williams (born August 1, 1968 in Chicago, Illinois, US) is an American model who first became known for her appearance in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition in the early 1990s. She also works as an actress and reality TV show judge. As a teenager in 1987, she was discovered in Paris by fashion designer Yves St. Laurent and quickly became a regular fixture on international runways. Career Roshumba has appeared in such feature films as Woody Allen's Celebrity, Robert Altman's Pret-a-Porter (film) and the comedy Beauty Shop. In 1999, Williams published her first book, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Being a Model, a title in the widely-read series by Penguin Publishing USA, The Complete Idiot's Guide to.... She also authored the second edition of The Complete Idiot's Guide t... Biography of McKey Sullivan
Brittany "McKey" Sullivan (born Brittany Sullivan on September 9, 1988 in Lake Forest, Illinois) is an American fashion model most notable as the winner of the eleventh cycle of America's Next Top Model. Early life Sullivan was born to Michael and Gayle Sullivan and has three siblings, Bridgette, Jimmy, and Mikey. She is a graduate of Lake Forest High School and attended Ripon College where she majored in government and chemical biology and was a member of Alpha Delta Pi sorority. She has come back to Ripon College again to start her life as a student to pursue her degree. She also trains in mixed martial arts with her boyfriend, Sam Alvey. She was known for appearing at the Bristol Renaissance Faire, which inspired her medieval fashion sense. Sullivan got into modeling when she trie... Biography of Monica Ivancan
Monica Ivancan, born on July 2, 1977 in Stuttgart, is a German actress, and the bachelorette in Germany's version of The Bachelorette. She is of Slowenian-Croatian descent. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2610735/) 2010-2011 Der große deutsche... (TV series) Herself – Der große deutsche Love & Sex-Test 2011 (2011) … Herself – Der große deutsche Führerschein-Test (2010) … Herself 2010 Die Hit-Giganten (TV series documentary) Herself – Die erfolgreichsten Herzschmerz-Hits (2010) … Herself 2009 Riverboat - Die MDR-Talkshow aus Leipzig (TV series documentary) Herself – Episode dated 4 December 2009 (2009) … Herself 2009 Yes We Can Dance (TV series) Herself - Contestant – Finale (2009) … Herself - Contestant – Episode #1.1 (2009) … Herself - Contestan... Biography of Bill Buckner
William Joseph Buckner (born December 14, 1949) is a former Major League Baseball first baseman. Despite winning a batting crown in 1980, representing the Chicago Cubs at the All-Star Game the next season and accumulating over 2,700 hits in his twenty year career, he is best remembered for a crucial fielding error during Game 6 of the 1986 World Series, a play that has since been prominently entrenched into American sports lore. Early years Born in in Vallejo, California, after graduation from Napa High School, Buckner was selected by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the second round of the 1968 Major League Baseball Draft. His friend, Bobby Valentine, was the Dodgers' first round pick. Upon signing with the Dodgers, Buckner was assigned to the Ogden Dodgers of the Pioneer League where he ... Biography of Jason Kendall
Jason Daniel Kendall (born June 26, 1974, in San Diego, California) is a Major League Baseball catcher who currently plays for the Kansas City Royals. He is the son of former catcher Fred Kendall, who played in the majors from 1969–1980. High school Kendall attended and played at Torrance High School in California, where he tied a national high school record by hitting safely in 43 straight games. He was drafted out of high school in the first round of the 1992 Major League Baseball Draft (23rd overall pick) by the Pittsburgh Pirates. Professional career Pittsburgh Pirates (1996-2004) Kendall made his major league debut 1996. In his rookie year, he hit .300, made the National League All-Star Team, and was named NL rookie of the year by The Sporting News (he finished third in v... Biography of Julio Franco
Julio César Robles Franco (born August 23, 1958 in Hato Mayor Province, Dominican Republic) is a former Major League Baseball infielder and designated hitter. In 2007, Franco was the oldest active player in the major leagues at the age of 49. While Franco was an All-Star and posted above-average hitting statistics throughout his career, he is best known for being the oldest regular position player in Major League history. Franco is the all-time hits leader among Dominican-born players. He made his debut on April 23, 1982, as a shortstop for the Philadelphia Phillies. During his long career, Franco saw significant time as a shortstop, second baseman, first baseman, and designated hitter. Early career As his career started, Franco was part of a 1982 five-for-one trade between the Ph... Biography of Stefan Sauk
Stefan Sauk is a Swedish actor and comedian, born on June 6, 1955, in Stockholm. Sauk has not only worked in films, he has also worked a lot on television. He was one of the castmembers of Lorry. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0766643/ ) 2010 För kärleken Håkan 2010 Millennium (TV mini-series) Wennerström – Del 2 - Män som hatar kvinnor (2010) … Wennerström – Del 1 - Män som hatar kvinnor (2010) … Wennerström 2009 Wallander: enquêtes criminelles (TV series) Robert – Skytten (2009) … Robert 2009 Morden (TV series) Mårten – Episode #1.6 (2009) … Mårten – Episode #1.5 (2009) … Mårten – Episode #1.4 (2009) … Mårten – Episode #1.3 (2009) … Mårten – Episode #1.2 (2009) … Mårten See all 6 episodes » 2009 Millénium Hans-Erik Wennerström 2... Biography of Michael Voss
Michael Voss (born 7 July 1975) is the senior coach of the Brisbane Lions Australian Football League team and a former professional Australian rules footballer. During his AFL playing career which was played entirely at Brisbane for the Brisbane Bears and Brisbane Lions, he was recognised as one of the greats of league and club and is listed by journalist Mike Sheahan's as one of the top 50 players of all time.. He won the league's most prestigious award, the Brownlow Medal and was recognised as one of the best players and captains in the league between 2002 and 2003 through six time All-Australian selection including captaincy and winner of the Leigh Matthews Trophy for the league's most valued player. He captained the Brisbane Lions in four consecutive AFL Grand Finals, yielding three... Biography of Ed Belfour
Edward John Belfour (born April 21, 1965) is a former Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. Belfour was born in Carman, Manitoba and grew up playing hockey. He played junior hockey for the Winkler Flyers before going to the University of North Dakota where he helped the school win the NCAA championship in the 1986–87 season. The following year, Belfour signed as a free agent with the Chicago Blackhawks (after not being picked in the draft) alternating time between them and the Saginaw Hawks of the International Hockey League. Many regard Belfour as an elite goaltender and one of the best of all-time. His 484 wins rank 3rd all-time among NHL goaltenders. His son, Dayn, is also a goaltender, having most recently played for the USHL's Fargo Force. Belfour was inducted into the Hocke... Biography of Graig Nettles
Graig Nettles (born August 20, 1944 in San Diego, California), nicknamed "Puff", is a former Major League Baseball third baseman. During a 22-year baseball career, he played for the Minnesota Twins (1967–1969), Cleveland Indians (1970–1972), New York Yankees (1973–1983), San Diego Padres (1984–1986), Atlanta Braves (1987) and Montreal Expos (1988). Nettles was one of the best defensive third basemen of all time, and despite his relatively low career batting average, he was an excellent offensive contributor, setting an American League record for career home runs by a third baseman. As a part of four pennant-winning Yankee teams, Nettles enjoyed his best season in 1977 when he won the Gold Glove Award and had career-highs in home runs (37) and runs batted in (107) in leading the Yankees ... Biography of Nadine Strittmatter
Nadine Strittmatter, born on September 4, 1984 in Baden, Aargau, is a Swiss model. External link: http://www.nadinestrittmatter.com/detail.php?MAIN_RUB_ID=18 Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2986726/) 2011 Silhouettes (completed) As Herself Nadine 2011 Sweet Focus (short) Eve 2010 Fashion Days Model Challenge (TV series) Jury – Episode #1.8 (2010) … Jury – Episode #1.7 (2010) … Jury – Episode #1.6 (2010) … Jury – Episode #1.5 (2010) … Jury – Episode #1.4 (2010) … Jury See all 7 episodes »... Biography of Frédéric Moncassin
Frédéric Moncassin (Toulouse, France, 26 September 1968) is a French former road racing cyclist. He turned professional in 1990 and retired in 1999. Moncassin was a strong roadman-sprinter known for his tussles with other riders in the last metres of a race. He clashed with Tom Steels and Mario Cipollini among others. He won 30 races and led the Tour de France for a day in 1996. He also came close to winning the Ronde van Vlaanderen and Paris-Roubaix. Procycling said when he retired: "It was the 1998 Tour that, in hindsight, probably spelt the end for Fred. Under intense pressure to come up with a stage win, he struggled through the first week, only to see the race collapse around him as the Festina Scandal took hold. His unfashionable criticism of Richard Virenque - "he's an asshole an... Biography of Evgeni Nabokov
Evgeni Viktorovich Nabokov (Russian: Евге́ний Ви́кторович Набо́ков; born July 25, 1975) is a Russian professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently under contract with the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nabokov was selected by San Jose in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft (9th round, 219th overall). When he started playing in North America, he went by John, rather than Evgeni, fearing that English speakers would have a hard time pronouncing his name. However, this change did not last. In his first nine seasons in the NHL, all with San Jose, Nabokov became the Sharks leader in nearly every goaltending catego... Biography of John MacLeod (basketball)
John Matthew MacLeod (born October 3, 1937 in New Albany, Indiana) is an American former basketball coach in the National Basketball Association. He has coached three different NBA teams; from 1973 through 1987, he coached the Phoenix Suns. The next year, he was hired by the Dallas Mavericks as head coach, a position he held for a bit over two years. In addition, he coached the New York Knicks for part of the 1990-1991 season. MacLeod had considerable success with Phoenix, but his teams did not win it all in the playoffs - they lost once in the NBA Finals, and twice at the Western Conference level. A high school star in Indiana and member of the team at Bellarmine University, as well as a former high school coach. In 1997, MacLeod was named the Big East Coach of the Year He was induc... Biography of Michele Merkin
Michele Merkin (born June 25, 1975) is an American model and television host. Early life and beginnings Merkin was born in San Francisco, California of Swedish and Russian Jewish descent as the youngest child and only daughter of four children. She attended boarding school in England. Her mother was from Sweden, and had been a model for twenty years, including an appearance in the debut 1977 Victoria's Secret catalog. Merkin grew up tall and slender, reaching 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) by the age of 14. This helped her play basketball, but gathered her some abuse in school, where she was called nicknames such as "Giraffa" and "Manute Bol". Merkin began modeling part time from the age of 15, while she was in high school. She attended the University of California, Los Angeles, aiming to stud... Biography of Mike Gartner
Michael Alfred Gartner (born October 29, 1959) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played 19 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Washington Capitals, Minnesota North Stars, New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs and Phoenix Coyotes. He also played one season in the defunct World Hockey Association for the Cincinnati Stingers. Playing career Gartner was drafted in the 1st round, 4th overall, by the Washington Capitals in the 1979 NHL Entry Draft. He started his professional career playing in the WHA as an underager with the Cincinnati Stingers in 1978–79. He played on a line with Mark Messier and had a successful campaign, finishing second to Wayne Gretzky for Rookie-of-the-Year honors. As a result, with the WHA folding at the end of the season, he ... Biography of Robinson Canó
Robinson José Canó Mercedes (Spanish pronunciation: ; born October 22, 1982, in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic) is a Dominican baseball player who currently plays as second baseman for the New York Yankees. In the Yankee community, he is sometimes referred to as "Robby Cano, don't you know". He was given this nickname by radio announcer John Sterling. Family & early life His father, José Canó, signed with the Houston Astros in 1980, and pitched in 6 games for the Astros in 1989. Robinson was named after baseball legend Jackie Robinson. Canó grew up in the Dominican Republic though he lived in New Jersey for three years. He spent seventh, eighth and ninth grades in the Newark school system, attending Barringer High School for one year. When his family moved back to the Do... Biography of Ken Daneyko
Kenneth Stephen Daneyko (born April 17, 1964) is a retired Canadian ice hockey defenceman of Ukrainian origin who played his entire career (1983–2003) with the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League, winning three Stanley Cup championships with the team. He has been affectionately nicknamed "Mr. Devil" by Devils fans, as he currently holds the franchise record for games played as a Devil with 1,283 games. Daneyko now provides commentary between periods at Devils games for the sports network MSG Plus. Playing career Daneyko was drafted in the 1st round (18th overall) in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft, the second pick of the New Jersey Devils after the franchise relocated from Colorado; when he was drafted the Devils had not yet chosen a team name. He spent several seasons in the mi... Biography of Rafael Novoa (baseball)
Rafael Angel Novoa (born October 26, 1967 in New York, New York) is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. He played during two seasons at the major league level for the San Francisco Giants and Milwaukee Brewers. He was drafted by the Giants in the 9th round of the 1989 amateur draft. Novoa, played his first professional season with their Class A (Short Season) Everett Giants in 1989, and his last season in the California Angels' farm system, in 1996.... Biography of Denard Span
Keiunta Denard Span (born February 27, 1984 in Tampa, Florida) is an American Major League Baseball outfielder for the Minnesota Twins. He was selected by the Twins with the 20th overall pick in the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft from Tampa Catholic High School. Span turned down just over $2 million from Colorado in an offer for a predraft deal; he fell all the way to the 20th pick and cost himself around $800,000. He bats and throws left-handed and is known as one of the premier lead-off hitters in the AL due to his exceptional on-base percentage. Professional career After being drafted by the Twins in 2002, Span signed with the Twins on August 15, 2002. He started his minor league at Elizabethon, Twins rookie affiliate in 2003. In 2004, he played for the Twins of the Gulf Coast L... Biography of John Valentin
John William Valentin (born February 18, 1967 in Mineola, New York) is a former shortstop and third baseman in Major League Baseball. He played most of his major league career with the Boston Red Sox, with his final season being for the New York Mets. He batted and threw right-handed. He is currently the hitting coach of the Albuquerque Isotopes in the Triple-A Pacific Coast League. Biography College career Valentin attended Seton Hall University, where he played with Mo Vaughn, before starting his professional career in the Red Sox minor league system in 1988. He first played in a major league game in 1992. Professional career In 11 seasons with the Red Sox and Mets, Valentin had a .279 batting average, and accumulated a total of 1093 hits. He hit 124 career home runs, and ha... Biography of Matt Carle
Matthew Carle (born September 25, 1984) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman who plays for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Playing career Carle was drafted 47th overall in the 2nd round of the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, by the San Jose Sharks. An all-American star player at the University of Denver, Carle won the Hobey Baker Award in 2006 emblematic of America's top college hockey player as the only junior defenseman in history to win the award. In order to get Carle to forfeit his senior year at University of Denver, as well as acknowledge Carle's numerous successes, the San Jose Sharks signed Carle to a three-year-deal worth approximately US $4.1 million, the maximum an entry-level contract can be worth according to the NHL CBA. The contract,... Biography of Jamie Moyer
Jamie Moyer (born November 17, 1962 in Sellersville, Pennsylvania) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. He is the oldest player in the major leagues and has the most wins, losses, and strikeouts of any active Major League pitcher. He has been likened to Phil Niekro. Moyer has pitched for the Chicago Cubs, Texas Rangers, St. Louis Cardinals, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, Seattle Mariners and Philadelphia Phillies. He made the All-Star team in 2003, while with the Mariners. Moyer has won numerous awards for philanthropy and community service, including the 2003 Roberto Clemente Award, the 2003 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award, the 2003 Hutch Award and the 2004 Branch Rickey Award. Amateur career High school Moyer attended Souderton Area High Sc... Biography of Jerry Lawler
Jerry O'Neil Lawler (born November 29, 1949) is an American professional wrestler, wrestling commentator, musician, businessman, commercial artist and film actor, known throughout the wrestling world as Jerry "The King" Lawler. He is currently signed to WWE, working on its Raw brand as the color commentator and occasional wrestler. He also wrestles and occasionally commentates for the Memphis Wrestling promotion. Lawler has held 164 championships throughout his career. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2007. Overall, Lawler has held more championships than any other current WWE performer, though he has never won any WWE championships since joining the company. Wrestling endeavours 1960s–1990s While working in Memphis, Tennessee as a disc jockey, Lawler's artistic abil... Biography of Ajak Deng
Ajak "Angélique" Deng, born on December 7, 1989 in Tonj, Sudan, is a Sudanese model. She has walked for Lanvin, Givenchy, Chloe, Marc by Marc Jacobs and Jean Paul Gaultier. External link: http://models.com/models/Ajak-Deng... Biography of Drew Doughty
Drew Doughty (born December 8, 1989) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected second overall by the Kings in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft, following a standout junior career with the Guelph Storm of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), where he was twice voted the league's top offensive defenceman. He made his NHL debut in 2008 as an 18-year-old and was named to the All-Rookie Team. He has represented Canada four times internationally, winning a gold medal at the 2008 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, where he was named the tournament's top defenceman, and a silver at the 2009 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. The youngest player on the team, he won a gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olym... Biography of Adam Graves
Adam Graves (born April 12, 1968 in Toronto, Ontario) is a former professional hockey player. He is best-known for his ten-year tenure with the New York Rangers. He also played for the Detroit Red Wings, Edmonton Oilers, and San Jose Sharks. He finished his career with 329 goals and 287 assists and is currently a New York Rangers special assistant with Prospect Development and Community Relations. Playing career After spending several seasons in the minor leagues, Graves made his National Hockey League debut with the Red Wings in the 1988–89 season, playing in 56 games and scoring 7 goals. The next year he was traded to the Edmonton Oilers, where he gained a reputation as a hard-nosed player, compiling over 120 penalty minutes in both seasons he spent with the team. It was there that... Biography of Iron Sheik
Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri (Persian:حسین خسرو علی وزیری) (born March 15, 1940 (source: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Iron-Sheik/16294156162?v=info)) is a semi-retired Iranian professional wrestler and actor better known by his ring name The Iron Sheik. He is known for ending the near six-year World Wrestling Federation Championship reign of Bob Backlund, and for being the man Hulk Hogan defeated for his first WWF Championship. Cast as a heel in the 1980s, he later gained popularity on Opie and Anthony, Kidd Chris, The Howard Stern Show, and on the internet due to his shoot interviews and outbursts on the wrestling industry and the hatred he expressed for various wrestlers. Early life and a... Biography of Greg Vaughn
Gregory Lamont Vaughn (born July 3, 1965) is a former Major League Baseball left fielder and right-handed batter who played for the Milwaukee Brewers (1989–96), San Diego Padres (1996–98), Cincinnati Reds (1999), Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2000–02) and Colorado Rockies (2003). He was born in Sacramento, California, where he attended Kennedy High School. He then played baseball at the University of Miami. He is the cousin of fellow former Major Leaguer, Mo Vaughn. Vaughn was selected by the Brewers in the first round (4th pick) of the 1986 amateur draft. A slugger whose batting average dropped below .250 as often as rising above it, he compensated with excellent power. He had three seasons with at least 100 runs batted in, and four with 30 or more home runs - including the legendary 1998 seas... Biography of Luke Evans (actor)
Luke Evans (born April 15, 1979) is a Welsh theatre and film actor. He is known to theatregoers for his stage roles in Rent, Miss Saigon, Small Change and Piaf, and to filmgoers for his roles in The Three Musketeers, Clash of the Titans, and Tamara Drewe. Early life Luke Evans was born and raised in Pontypool, Wales (source: Imdb), the only child of Yvonne and David Evans. At the age of seventeen, he moved to Cardiff, where he studied under the supervision of Louise Ryan, an established singing coach. In 1997 he won a scholarship to The London Studio Centre in Kings Cross, London. He graduated in 2000. Career From 2000 to 2008 Evans starred in many of London's West End productions including La Cava, Taboo, Rent, Miss Saigon and Avenue Q as well as several fringe shows in London an... Biography of Rod Carew
Rodney Cline "Rod" Carew (born October 1, 1945) is a former Major League Baseball first baseman, second baseman and coach. He played from 1967 to 1985 for the Minnesota Twins and the California Angels and was elected to the All-Star game every season except his last. In 1991, Carew was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. While Carew was never a home run threat (hitting fewer than 100 career home runs), he made a career out of being a consistent contact hitter. He threw right-handed and batted left-handed. Early life Carew is a Zonian and was born to a Panamanian mother on a train in the town of Gatún, which, at that time, was in the Panama Canal Zone. The train was racially segregated; white passengers were given the better forward cars, while non-whites, like Carew's m... Biography of Duke Snider
Edwin Donald "Duke" Snider (September 19, 1926 – February 27, 2011), nicknamed "The Silver Fox" and "The Duke of Flatbush", was a Major League Baseball center fielder and left-handed batter who played for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers (1947–62), New York Mets (1963), and San Francisco Giants (1964). Snider was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1980. Early life and career Born in Los Angeles, Snider was nicknamed "Duke" by his father at age five. Growing up in Southern California, Snider was a gifted all-around athlete, playing basketball, football, and baseball at Compton High School, class of 1944. He was a strong-armed quarterback, who reportedly could throw the football 70 yards. Spotted by one of Branch Rickey's scouts in the early 1940s, he was signed to... Biography of Ini Kamoze
Cecil Campbell (born 9 October 1957), better known by his stage name Ini Kamoze (play /ˈaɪni kəˈmoʊzi/) is a Jamaican reggae singer. He is best known for his signature song, "Here Comes the Hotstepper", which was released in 1994, and subsequently topped the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. It also reached number one in Australia and New Zealand, and number four in the UK Singles Chart. Career He made his first single, "World Affairs," in 1981. Kamoze released a 12-inch single "Trouble You A Trouble Me / General", released under the name Inai Kamosa. His self-titled debut album was released in 1984 as a six track mini-LP on Island Records. In the album notes he describes himself as a "pencil thin... disentangled... six-foot vegetarian". The album includes the... Biography of Michael Rady
Michael Rady (born August 20, 1981) is an American actor. He was born in Philadelphia and went to the St. Joseph's Prep, a Jesuit prep school in Philadelphia, well-known for its excellent theatre program. Rady made his acting debut in the feature film The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants playing Kostas Dounas. He has appeared in other feature films with small parts including The Guardian. Rady also starred in the independent film InSearchOf. Rady had a recurring role in the CBS summer series, Swingtown, playing philosophy teacher Doug Stephens. He appeared in the second season of Showtime's TV drama Sleeper Cell. Rady appeared as a guest star in two seasons of the ABC Family series Greek playing the Honors Polymer Science major and Honors Engineering Floor Resident Advisor Max Tyler... Biography of Luis Tiant
Luis Clemente Tiant Vega (Spanish pronunciation: ), born November 23, 1940 in Marianao, Cuba, (then part of Havana Province), is a former right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cleveland Indians (1964–1969), Minnesota Twins (1970), Boston Red Sox (1971–1978), New York Yankees (1979–80), Pittsburgh Pirates (1981) and California Angels (1982). Tiant is only 1 of 5 pitchers to have pitched four or more straight shutouts in the 50-year expansion era, with Don Drysdale (six, 1968), Bob Gibson (five, 1968), Orel Hershiser (five, 1988) and Gaylord Perry (four, 1970) being the others. Career Cuba and Mexico Tiant is the only child of Luis Tiant, Sr. and Isabel Vega. From 1926 through 1948, the senior Tiant was a great left-handed pitcher for the Negro Lea... Biography of Guy Lafleur
Guy Damien "The Flower" / "Le Démon Blond" Lafleur, OC, CQ (born September 20, 1951) is a former Canadian professional ice hockey player who is widely regarded as one of the most naturally gifted and popular players ever to play professional ice hockey. Between 1971 and 1991, he played for the Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers and Quebec Nordiques in an NHL career spanning 17 seasons and five Stanley Cup championships. Early years In his teens, Lafleur gained considerable recognition for his play as a member of the Quebec Remparts of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, where he led his team to the Memorial Cup in 1971, scoring an amazing 130 regular season goals. At the time, Lafleur idolized Jean Béliveau and Bobby Orr. The Habs' astute General Manager, Sam Pollock, was kee... Biography of Paul Coffey
Paul Douglas Coffey (born June 1, 1961) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman in the National Hockey League. Known for his speed and scoring prowess, Coffey ranks second all-time among NHL defencemen in career goals, assists, and points, behind Ray Bourque. Playing career Coffey was drafted 6th overall by the Edmonton Oilers in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft. He blossomed in the 1981–82 season, scoring 89 points and was named a Second-Team NHL All-Star. In the Oilers' first Stanley Cup-winning season, 1983–84, he became only the second defenceman in NHL history to score 40 goals in a season. He won his first James Norris Trophy in 1984–85 while posting 121 points. On October 26, 1984, Coffey would be the last defenceman in the 20th century to score four goals in one game... Biography of Brent Sutter
Brent Colin Sutter (born June 10, 1962) is a retired National Hockey League (NHL) player and current head coach of the Calgary Flames. Selected by the New York Islanders 17th overall at the 1980 NHL Entry Draft, Sutter played over 1,000 games for the Islanders and Chicago Blackhawks during his 18-year career. He won the Stanley Cup twice with the Islanders and was an All-Star. He represented Canada on numerous occasions, winning the Canada Cup three times. After retiring as a player in 1998, Sutter bought the Red Deer Rebels of the Western Hockey League and served as the team's head coach and general manager for eight seasons, winning the Memorial Cup in 2001. He coached the Canadian junior team to gold medals at the 2005 and 2006 World Junior Hockey Championships, as well as winning th... Biography of George Brett (baseball)
George Howard Brett (born May 15, 1953 in Glen Dale, West Virginia), nicknamed "Mullet", is a former Major League Baseball third baseman, designated hitter, and first baseman. He played his entire 21-year baseball career for the Kansas City Royals. Brett's 3,154 career hits are the most by any third baseman in major league history, and 15th all-time. Brett is one of four players in MLB history to accumulate 3,000 hits, 300 home runs, and a career .300 batting average with the others being Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, and Stan Musial. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999. Biography Early life and baseball career Brett was the youngest of four sons of a sports-minded family which included Ken, the second oldest, a major league pitcher who had pitched in the 1967 World S... Biography of Jason Kubel
Jason James Kubel is an American professional baseball player. He is currently the right fielder for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball. Kubel bats left and throws right. Kubel has consistently featured in the middle of the Twins order since being called up from Rochester in 2006. Defensively, Kubel's lack of raw athleticism is mitigated by his arm strength and accuracy. Offensively, Kubel has demonstrated that he is capable of hitting both for power and for average. Early life Jason Kubel was born May 25, 1982 in Belle Fourche, South Dakota. Early in life, he and his family moved to California, where he played baseball at Highland High School in Palmdale, California. Minor leagues In 2004 Kubel played outfield in the Twins' minor league system, starting out with the ... Biography of Shannon Stewart (baseball)
Shannon Harold Stewart (born February 25, 1974 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a former Major League Baseball left fielder who played for the Toronto Blue Jays, Minnesota Twins and Oakland Athletics. High school years Stewart attended Miami Southridge High School in South Miami Heights, Florida, and was a student and a letterman in football, baseball, and track. In football, he was a starting cornerback as a sophomore, and as a junior, he was an All-Dade County selection. In baseball, as a senior, he was an All-Dade County selection. Professional career Toronto Blue Jays Shannon Stewart was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1992 amateur draft and made his debut on September 2, 1995. Stewart fluctuated between the majors and minors over the next sever... Biography of Lou Gehrig
Henry Louis "Lou" Gehrig (June 19, 1903 – June 2, 1941), nicknamed "The Iron Horse" for his durability, was an American Major League Baseball first baseman. He played his entire 17-year baseball career for the New York Yankees (1923–1939). Gehrig set several major league records. He holds the record for most career grand slams (23). Gehrig is chiefly remembered for his prowess as a hitter, his consecutive games-played record and its subsequent longevity, and the pathos of his farewell from baseball at age 36, when he was stricken with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Gehrig was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939. In 1969 he was voted the greatest first baseman of all time by the Baseball Writers' Association, and was the leading vote-getter on the Major League Baseball All-Centu... Biography of Tug McGraw
Frank Edwin "Tug" McGraw Jr. (August 30, 1944 – January 5, 2004) was a Major League Baseball relief pitcher and the father of Country music singer Tim McGraw and actor/TV personality Mark McGraw and Cari McGraw. He is likely best remembered for recording the final out, via a strikeout of the Kansas City Royals' Willie Wilson, in the 1980 World Series, bringing the Philadelphia Phillies their first world championship. He was the last active major league player to have played under manager Casey Stengel. New York Mets Early years Tug was born in Martinez, California to Frank Edwin "Big Mac" McGraw, Sr. and Mable McKenna. He got the nickname "Tug" from his mother because of the particularly aggressive way he breast-fed. Frank Senior was the great-grandson of Irish immigrants. Tug grad... Biography of Paul Stastny
Paul Stastny (born December 27, 1985) is an American professional ice hockey center for the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL). Of Slovak lineage, Stastny is the son of Hockey Hall of Famer Peter Stastny, who played for the Avalanche's predecessor, the Quebec Nordiques. Paul's older brother Yan has played for the Boston Bruins, the Edmonton Oilers, the St. Louis Blues and the Vancouver Canucks, and his uncles Anton and Marian Stastny both played in the NHL during the 1980s, also for the Nordiques franchise. Stastny began his junior hockey career with the River City Lancers of the United States Hockey League before moving to the University of Denver Pioneers in 2004. He won the NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Championship in his first season playing for the Pioneers. He remaine... Biography of José Offerman
José Antonio Offerman Dono (born November 8, 1968 in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic) is a former professional baseball player who played professional baseball for nearly 20 years. He played for 15 seasons in the Major League Baseball and has played 4 seasons of independent and Mexican League baseball since leaving MLB. He most recently managed the Licey Tigers of the Dominican Winter League, leading them to the 2009 Dominican Winter League Championship. During a baseball game on January 16, 2010, Offerman hit an umpire during an argument and, as a result, has been banned from the Winter League for life. Early life After attending Colegio Biblico Cristiano High School in San Pedro de Macorís, Offerman signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1986. I... Biography of Wayne Brady
Wayne Alphonso Brady (born June 2, 1972) is an actor, singer, comedian, screenwriter, and television personality, known for his work as a regular on the American version of the improvisational comedy television series Whose Line Is It Anyway?, and as the host of the daytime talk show The Wayne Brady Show. He was the original host of FOX's Don't Forget the Lyrics!, and currently hosts the 2009 revival of Let's Make a Deal. Early life Brady was born in Columbus, Georgia to West Indian parents, and moved to Orlando, Florida as a young child to live with his grandmother and aunt. When Brady talks about his "Mom," he is referring to his grandmother Valerie Petersen, who raised him. At 16, he started performing in community theater and at the Orlando improv troupe SAK Comedy Lab where he f... Biography of Jamie Dornan
James "Jamie" Dornan (born 1 May 1982) is a British actor, model and musician, currently starring as Sheriff Graham in the ABC series Once Upon a Time. Early life His father, Prof. James Dornan, is an obstetrician, who often lectures at QUB. He was a teenager when his mother died. He attended and boarded at Methodist College, where he excelled on the rugby pitch as well as in the drama department. While at MCB, he met David Alexander, who would become his songwriting partner in 2002, when they founded their two-piece Irish folk outfit, Sons of Jim. Dornan has been quoted as saying that if he ever entered the music business again, he would do it very differently. The boys were young, naive, and under-prepared. Their record label, Doorstep Records, was named after a sandwich shop in Belf... Biography of Hubie Brown
Hubert Jude "Hubie" Brown (born September 25, 1933 in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, USA) is a retired American basketball coach and a current television analyst. Brown is a two-time NBA Coach of the Year, the honors being separated by 26 years. Brown was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005. Early life and career Born in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, Brown moved to Elizabeth, New Jersey at the age of 3 and was raised there, graduating from St. Mary of the Assumption High School in 1951. Hubie Brown played college basketball at Niagara University, graduating in 1955 with a degree in education. After leaving Niagara, Brown joined the U.S. Army where he joined the Army's basketball team. After being honorably discharged in 1958, Brown briefly played for the Rochester Colonels of the... Biography of Mark Loretta
Mark David Loretta (born August 14, 1971 in Santa Monica, California) is a retired Major League Baseball infielder. Loretta played for the Milwaukee Brewers (1995-2002), Houston Astros (2002, 2007-2008), San Diego Padres (2003-2005), Boston Red Sox (2006) and Los Angeles Dodgers (2009). He batted and threw right-handed. Playing career Minor leagues Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the seventh round of the 1993 Major League Baseball Draft out of Northwestern University, Loretta made his professional debut with the Helena Brewers in 1993. He subsequently played with the Stockton Ports, El Paso Diablos and New Orleans Zephyrs. He was selected to the American Association All-star team during the 1995 season. Milwaukee Brewers Loretta made his Major League debut on September 4, ... Biography of Alan Trammell
Alan Stuart Trammell (born February 21, 1958) is a retired American baseball shortstop of the Detroit Tigers from 1977 to 1996. Trammell, nicknamed "Tram", played his entire career with the Tigers, highlighted by a World Series championship in 1984 and an American League East division championship in 1987. Although his arm was not overpowering, he had a quick release and made accurate throws. Trammell's defense perfectly complemented his double-play partner, Lou Whitaker. The two formed the longest continuous double-play combination in major league history, playing 19 seasons together. At the plate, Trammell was one of the best-hitting shortstops of his era and won three Silver Slugger awards. Trammell would later serve as the team's manager from 2003 through 2005. He currently is the benc... Biography of Tomáš Vokoun
Tomáš Vokoun (Czech pronunciation: ; born July 2, 1976) is a Czech professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently playing for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). Playing career Vokoun was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the ninth round of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft, 226th overall. He remained in the Czech Republic for another year, playing with Poldi Kladno. Vokoun moved to North America for the 1995–96 season and played for the Wheeling Nailers of the ECHL. He was called up to the Fredericton Canadiens of the American Hockey League (AHL) and played one playoff game. Having proven himself in the ECHL, Vokoun spent the 1996–97 season in Fredericton and played in his first game for Montreal; it was not a stellar debut as he allowed four goals in only... Biography of Heather Chantal Jones
Heather Chantal Jones (born September 8, 1988 in Austin, Texas), is an American fashion model and actress. Jones was the runner-up on America's Next Top Model, Cycle 9 in 2007. America's Next Top Model Jones was perhaps most known for her bubbly personality. As the show progressed, Tyra Banks commented that Jones resembles Cheryl Tiegs. Her photographs were generally praised by the judges, and she appeared in the bottom two only once during the competition. Chantal earned a spot among the final two models along with fellow contestant Saleisha Stowers. During the final runway challenge in Beijing, China, she faced difficulty when a performer on stilts tripped on the train of her dress, which caused her to temporarily lose her composure. At the final deliberation, the judges noted Jone... Biography of David Wright (baseball)
David Wright (born December 20, 1982) is an American baseball player who plays third base for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball. He was drafted by the Mets in 2001 and made his Major League debut in 2004. Wright is a five time All-Star and won the Gold Glove Award and the Silver Slugger Award in 2007 and 2008. He also is a member of the 30-30 club and holds the record for most career doubles as a Met. Biography Wright was born December 20, 1982, in Norfolk, Virginia, and raised in Chesapeake, Virginia. Wright attended Hickory High School in Chesapeake, Virginia, and was the 2001 Gatorade Virginia High School Player of the Year. Wright also earned All-State honors in 1999, 2000 and 2001 and was named Virginia All-State Player of the Year in 2001. Over his four-year career at ... Biography of Bobby Dall
Robert Harry Kuykendall also known as Bobby Dall (born November 2, 1963, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania) is an American musician best known as the bass guitarist for Poison. Dall is the youngest of three children. He moved to Florida with his family for a short time, but relocated to Harrisburg when he was still young. Dall had ambitions of studying law, but ultimately turned to music instead. He began playing guitar but switched to bass at the age of 15. Dall later moved to Los Angeles, California with Bret Michaels, Rikki Rockett, and Matt Smith to play with the band Paris, which later became known as Poison. Family Dall has two children: Zachary Brandon (born December 16, 1990) and Zoe Brianne (born January 9, 1997); he lives with his family in Indialantic, Florida. Band inciden... Biography of Charlie Williams (basketball)
Charles E. "Charlie" Williams (born September 5, 1943 in Colorado Springs, Colorado) is a former professional basketball player. A 6’0” guard from Stadium High School (Tacoma) and Seattle University, he played in the American Basketball Association (which later joined the NBA in the ABA-NBA merger) in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The highlight of his career was in 1968, when he teamed with Connie Hawkins to lead the Pittsburgh Pipers to the 1968 ABA Championship. Williams also played in the 1969 and 1970 ABA All-Star Games He retired in 1973 with 6,020 total points and a career scoring average of 16.2 points per game.... Biography of Anson Mount
Anson Adams Mount IV (born February 25, 1973) is an American actor who has appeared in both movies and television shows. Mount has also played Jim Steele on the short-lived NBC series Conviction and appeared in the independent movie Tully with Julianne Nicholson, as the title character Tully Coates, a playboy whose ways are changed when he meets Ella Smalley (Nicholson), a friend of his brother. He currently is starring in the AMC show "Hell on Wheels". Biography Mount is from the small town of White Bluff, Tennessee. His father, Anson Adams Mount III, was one of the original contributing editors to Playboy magazine, and his mother was a professional golfer. His great-great-great grandfather was a Confederate cavalry colonel in the Civil War. Mount attended Dickson County Senior Hi... Biography of Larry Zbyszko
Lawrence "Larry" Whistler (born December 5, 1951) is a professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, Larry Zbyszko. Zbyszko is perhaps best known for his feud with his mentor, wrestling legend Bruno Sammartino during the early 1980s. Zbyszko's ring name has in the past been misspelled Zbysko or Zybysko. The correct spelling of the name, Zbyszko, is derived from the name of Polish wrestler Stanislaus Zbyszko. Wrestling career Early career and the World Wide Wrestling Federation (1973–1981) Whistler trained under Bruno Sammartino and debuted in 1973 as the babyface "Larry Zbyszko", with his name a tribute to 1920s Polish American wrestler Stanislaus Zbyszko. He initially wrestled in the Pittsburgh area, appearing on the local wrestling program Studio Wrestling, before rece... Biography of John Van Boxmeer
John Martin Van Boxmeer (born November 20, 1952 in Petrolia, Ontario) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. He has also served extensively as a hockey coach with various teams from 1984 to the present. Bio John Van Boxmeer was considered a top prospect, and was drafted 14th overall by the Montreal Canadiens in 1972. He was so highly regarded that he began his professional career by travelling to Moscow for the 1972 Summit Series at the request of tournament organizer Alan Eagleson, though he did not play in the famous series. He played 46 games for the Stanley Cup champion Canadiens in 1975-76, but his name for some reason was left off the cup. Ultimately, Van Boxmeer had a tough time cracking a Montreal lineup which was very deep in talent, and rather than spend the m... Biography of José Mijares
José Manuel Mijares (born October 29, 1984 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a left-handed major league pitcher with the Minnesota Twins. Mijares signed with the Twins as a free agent on March 2, 2002 and bounced around every level of the Twins' farm system-- having risen as high as the Triple-A Rochester Red Wings in 2007. He was awarded the Gulf Coast League Rolaids Relief Man Award in 2004 and elected to be an All-Star in the Eastern League in 2007. On January 24, 2008, he was re-signed to a one-year deal, and on March 9, 2008, he was cut from spring training and optioned to the Double-A New Britain Rock Cats of the Eastern League. He also spent part of the 2008 season with the Gulf Coast League Twins and Fort Myers Miracle before ended the minor league season again assigned to the Rock C... Biography of Rachel McDowall
Rachel Anne McDowall (born October 4, 1984) is an English actress who made her debut in 2008 film Mamma Mia! The Movie. Biography McDowall was born Rachel Anne McDowall on October 4, 1984, in Whiston, Merseyside (source: Imdb). She graduated from Laine Theatre Arts college in Epsom. She started out loving drama in Wade Deacon High School, in Widnes, Cheshire. She made her film debut as Lisa in Mamma Mia! The Movie, the film based on the same named musical, which is based on the songs of famous Swedish music group ABBA. The film was premiered on June 30, 2008, in London. Rachel also appeared in the UK's first 3D feature film "Streetdance 3D" playing the part of Isabella."Streetdance 3D premiered in London May 10th 2010 and then hit the cinemas around the world summer 2010. It was a g... Biography of Keith Foulke
Keith Charles Foulke (play /ˈfoʊk/; born October 19, 1972 in Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota) is a former Major League Baseball relief pitcher. Career After graduating from Hargrave High School in Huffman, Texas in 1991, he attended Galveston College and Lewis-Clark State College in Idaho. He began his career in the minor-league system of the San Francisco Giants, but was traded to the Chicago White Sox in 1997 with five other prospects for starting pitchers Wilson Alvarez and Danny Darwin, and top reliever Roberto Hernandez in the infamous White Flag Trade. In 1998, Keith found a home in the White Sox bullpen, primarily serving as set-up man for closers Matt Karchner (who was traded to the Chicago Cubs in the middle of the season) and Bill Simas. In 1999, Foulke ... Biography of Carolina Indriago
Lucbel Carolina Indriago Pinto is a Venezuelan show hostess and a pageant titleholder. She was born in Valencia, Venezuela on August 22, 1980. She is the first woman of noticeably black heritage to win the Miss Venezuela title. Indriago was the Miss Venezuela titleholder for 1998, and was the official representative of Venezuela to the Miss Universe 1999 pageant held in Chaguaramas, Trinidad & Tobago on May 26, 1999, when she classified in the 5 finalists.... Biography of Brian Leetch
Brian Joseph Leetch (born March 3, 1968) is a retired American professional ice hockey defenseman who played 18 National Hockey League (NHL) seasons with the New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Boston Bruins. He is generally considered one of the top defensemen in NHL history, being particularly noted for his skating, offense, and playmaking abilities. He and fellow Rangers teammate Mike Richter were inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 2008. Leetch was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto the following year. Leetch accumulated many individual honors during his 18-year career. He was a two-time Norris Trophy winner as the NHL's best defenseman (1992, 1997) and was the first American-born winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy as Playoff MVP for his brilliant play d... Biography of Chris Pontius (soccer)
Chris Pontius (born May 12, 1987 in Yorba Linda, California) is an American soccer player who currently plays for D.C. United in Major League Soccer. Career Youth and College Pontius attended Servite High School, and played club soccer with the Irvine Strikers, who he helped win the Nomads College Showcase in 2005. He played college soccer at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he was named Big West Offensive Player of the Year in 2007, and Hermann Trophy candidate in 2008. Chris was also a part of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at UCSB. Professional Pontius was drafted in the first round (7th overall) of the 2009 MLS SuperDraft by D.C. United. He made his professional debut, and scored his first professional goal, on 22 March 2009, in DC's first game of the 200... Biography of Petr Sýkora (ice hockey)
Petr Sýkora (Czech pronunciation: ; born November 19, 1976) is a professional ice hockey right winger currently playing for Dynamo Minsk of the Kontinental Hockey League. Sýkora has previously played for the New Jersey Devils, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, New York Rangers, Edmonton Oilers, Pittsburgh Penguins and Minnesota Wild. He is a two-time Stanley Cup champion, having won with the Devils in 2000 and the Penguins in 2009. On September 12, 2011, it was announced that Sykora would attend the New Jersey Devils training camp on a tryout contract hoping to return to the team that drafted him. Playing career Before being drafted, Sýkora spent several seasons in the Czechoslovak Extraliga and the International Hockey League (IHL). As a Cleveland Lumberjack, Sýkora became the youngest playe... Biography of Michael Ivins
Michael Lee Ivins (born March 17, 1963 in Omaha, Nebraska) is the bassist and one of the founding members of The Flaming Lips. Along with Mark Coyne and Wayne Coyne, he formed The Flaming Lips in 1983 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. According to Wayne, Michael was found as the bassist for the band because of his punk-rock look, and not because of his musical ability. In fact, Michael initially couldn't play bass, but he learned how to and has been the bassist for the band ever since. Michael developed an interest in the recording process and has helped engineer the Flaming Lips' studio recordings since 1994. Ivins often wears a full-body skeleton suit commonly recognized as a Halloween costume in tribute to John Entwistle (He wore this costume when The Flaming Lips performed at the 2008 ... Biography of Reggie Leach
Reginald Joseph Leach (born April 23, 1950) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Boston Bruins, California Golden Seals, Philadelphia Flyers and Detroit Red Wings. He is best known for his time in Philadelphia, winning a Stanley Cup with the Flyers in 1975 and being a member of the LCB line. He is of First Nations ethnicity. Playing career Nicknamed "The Riverton Rifle" and "The Chief", Leach was drafted third overall by the Boston Bruins in the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft. Boston traded Leach, Rick Smith and Bob Stewart to California for Carol Vadnais and Don O'Donoghue on February 23, 1972. After playing three seasons in Oakland, the Golden Seals traded Leach to Philadelphia for Larry Wright, Al MacA... Biography of Adnan Al-Kaissie
Adnan Bin Abdulkareem Ahmed Alkaissy El Farthie (born March 1, 1939), better known professionally as Adnan Al-Kaissie, is a former iraqi professional wrestler and a manager best known as Sheik Adnan Al-Kaissy, Billy White Wolf, or General Adnan. In 1971 he defeated Andre the Giant in Al-Shaab Stadium in Baghdad, under the auspices of his former friend at high school Saddam Hussein. He competed in the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF).On December 7, 1976 he won the WWWF world Tag Team Championship with Jay Strongbow. In 1981 he joined the American Wrestling Association (AWA), where he faced AWA champion, Nick Bockwinkel. In 1981 in Chicago Adnan defeated Baron Von Raschke,on April 24, 1983 Adnan teamed with Jerry Blackwell to take on Vern Gagne and Mad Dog Vachon, on June 17, 1986 h... Biography of Steve Ott
Steve Ott (born August 19, 1982) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player, an alternate captain of the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL). Playing career Born in Summerside, PEI, Ott's family moved to the village of Stoney Point, Ontario in the Windsor area. Ott played his minor hockey with the Sun County Panthers of the OMHA in the mid-1990s before signing for the 1998-99 season with the Leamington Flyers Jr.B. club (WOJHL). After a solid Jr.B. season, Ott was selected in the 2nd round (41st overall) of the 1998 OHL Priority Selection by the Windsor Spifires. Ott was a first round draft pick of the Dallas Stars, 25th overall at the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. He played junior hockey for the Ontario Hockey League (OHL)'s Windsor Spitfires and had a brief spell with ... Biography of Pavol Demitra
Pavol Demitra (November 29, 1974 – September 7, 2011) was a Slovak professional ice hockey player. He played sixteen seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL), two in the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League (CFIHL)/Slovak Extraliga and one in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Known as an offensive player, Demitra was a first- or second-line forward throughout his career. He died in a plane crash along with his teammates from Lokomotiv Yaroslavl prior to the 2011–12 KHL season. After a season with HC Dukla Trencin in the CFIHL, Demitra was selected 227th overall in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft by the Ottawa Senators. He subsequently left Slovakia to join the Senators organization and played three seasons between the NHL and the American Hockey League with Ottawa's minor league affiliat... Biography of Ada de la Cruz
Ada Aimée de la Cruz Ramirez (born on June 15, 1986 in Villa Mella, Santo Domingo Province, Dominican Republic) is Miss Dominican Republic 2009 and Miss Universe 2009 first runner-up. Biography She first came to fame as Miss Dominican Republic World 2007, where she placed in the top 15 at Miss World 2007 and was Miss World Beach Beauty 2007. She later was crowned Miss Dominican Republic Universe 2009. She represented the original home of her grandparents, the Province of San José de Ocoa and represented the Dominican Republic at the Miss Universe 2009 gaining high praise and finishing as First Runner Up. She is the second woman of mixed African and Spanish heritage to win the Miss Dominican Republic pageant (the first was Ruth Ocumárez in 2001). Ada was born in Villa Mella and ... Biography of Milan Hejduk
Milan Hejduk (Czech pronunciation: ( listen); born February 14, 1976) is a Czech professional ice hockey player, an alternate captain for the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL). Playing career The 6-foot (1.83 m) tall, 190-pound (86 kg) Hejduk was drafted 87th overall by the Quebec Nordiques in the 4th round of the 1994 NHL Entry Draft, after a year with HC Pardubice in the Czech Extraliga, after he won the Czech Rookie of the Year with 11 goals in 32 games. Hedjuk would remain with Pardubice until 1998, scoring 14, 13, 27, and 26 goals in his next four seasons before transferring to the NHL after the 1997–98 season. He won the Maurice 'Rocket' Richard Trophy as the NHL's top goalscorer when he scored 50 goals for the Avalanche in the 2002–03 season, narrowly ... Biography of Al Attles
Alvin A. "Al" Attles Jr. (born November 7, 1936 in Newark, New Jersey) is a retired American professional basketball player and coach. He is a graduate of Weequahic High School in Newark and North Carolina A&T State University. Attles played eleven seasons for the National Basketball Association's San Francisco Warriors (which were called the Philadelphia Warriors until 1962) beginning in 1960. He was a role player on the 1964 Warriors team (with Wilt Chamberlain, Guy Rodgers) that made the NBA Finals and eventually lost the series to the Boston Celtics four games to one. He also played on the Warriors' 1967 team that lost to Chamberlain's 68-13 Philadelphia 76ers in a closely played six-game final series. Attles later became one of the first African-American coaches in the NBA, when he... Biography of Guilhem Guirado
Guilhem Guirado (born 17 June 1986 in Céret (Pyrénées-Orientales)) is a French rugby union player. Guirado, who is a hooker, plays club rugby for Perpignan. He made his debut for France against Italy on 9 March 2008. Guirado was a member of the French under-21 team that won the 2006 Under 21 Rugby World Championship.... Biography of Harvey Weinstein
Harvey Weinstein, CBE (Hon) (born March 19, 1952) is an American film producer and movie studio chairman. He is best known as co-founder of Miramax Films. He and his brother Bob have been co-chairmen of The Weinstein Company, their film production company, since 2005. He won an Academy Award for producing Shakespeare in Love, and garnered seven Tony Awards for producing a variety of winning plays and musicals including The Producers, Billy Elliot the Musical, and August: Osage County. Education and early career Born in Flushing, New York, Weinstein and his younger brother, Bob, grew up in a Jewish family in New York City, residing in a housing co-op named Electchester. He graduated from John Bowne High School, and then the State University of New York at Buffalo. Weinstein, along wi... Biography of Lofa Tatupu
Mosiula Mea'alofa Tatupu (born November 15, 1982) is an American football linebacker who is currently a free agent. He was drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the second round of the 2005 NFL Draft. He played college football for Southern California. High school and college career Tatupu played quarterback and linebacker in high school, graduating in 2001 from King Philip Regional High School in Wrentham, Massachusetts. Tatupu spent his freshman year of college at the University of Maine before transferring to the University of Southern California (USC). He was an All-American for the USC Trojans where he wore the number 58, which was also worn by another USC linebacker of Samoan heritage, Rey Maualuga. Tatupu played for the USC Trojan football team (2005-2006 seasons) within t... Biography of Iveta Lutovská
Iveta Lutovská (born 14 May 1983 in Třeboň, Czechoslovakia) is a pageant titleholder from Czech Republic. Pageantry Iveta previously held the title of Miss Model of the World 2007 and most recently was crowned Czech Miss 2009. Iveta represented the Czech Republic at the Miss Universe 2009 pageant on August 23, 2009 in Nassau, Bahamas, where she continued Czech Republic's stake in the Miss Universe pageant by placing in the semifinals for a consecutive third time finishing as a Top 10 finalist.... Biography of Katja Nyberg
Katja Johanna Alice Nyberg (born 24 August 1979 in Stockholm, Sweden and grew up in Finland), is a naturalized Norwegian handball player, currently playing for Norwegian club Larvik HK as well as the Norwegian national team. Career Early years Katja Nyberg is the daughter of Robert Nyberg, the first Finnish handball player to play professionally abroad. She was born in Stockholm while Robert was living in Sweden. The family later relocated to Finland where she grew up. Nyberg played sports from an early age, mainly javelin throw and other athletics varieties. She started her handball career in Helsinki club Sparta IF with her father as coach. Club career Nyberg played for Sparta until she was 18. As handball in Finland was not competitive enough, she decided to pursue a professi... Biography of Gary Holt (musician)
Gary Wayne Holt (born May 4, 1964 in Richmond, California) is an American guitarist from the San Francisco Bay Area. He is the lead guitarist of Exodus. Biography After guitarist Tim Agnello left Exodus in 1981, Gary Holt joined the band and has been the main songwriter and the most senior member of the group ever since. Following Kirk Hammett's 1983 departure from Exodus to join Metallica, Holt kept the band going and during a lot of years, he and Rick Hunolt were referred to as the Exodus' "H-Team" guitar players. Holt is the only member of Exodus who has played on every album. Gary endorses guitars by Schecter Guitar Research and has a signature model through them, but previously used Ibanez, B.C. Rich and Jackson Guitars. In October 2008, Holt released an instructional guitar ... Biography of Rebecca Marino
Rebecca Marino (born December 16, 1990) is a Canadian professional tennis player. On July 11, 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 38. Early life Rebecca was born in Toronto to a family of Italian descent (her paternal grandparents were born in Caltanissetta) but she moved to Vancouver at age 2 and grew up there. In 2009, she moved to Montreal to train at the National Training Centre. She started playing tennis at age 10. Tennis career 2005–09 She played the first event of her career in Vancouver in 2005. In 2006, she played first Tour qualifying at the Rogers Cup in Montreal as a wild card. She reached the second round at the 2009 Bell Challenge after a 6–4, 6–3 win in the first round over Lauren Albanese. Marino lost 2–6, 3–6 in the next round against Julia Gör... Biography of José Bautista
José Antonio Bautista (born October 19, 1980) is a Dominican professional baseball outfielder with the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball. Though now primarily an outfielder, having been a utility player in the past, he has major league experience at six different positions. He is from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. In the 2010 season, Bautista set a Toronto Blue Jays single-season franchise record by hitting a major league leading 54 home runs, making him only the 26th member of the 50 home run club in baseball history. He earned the title of American League Home Run Champion for that season. In 2011, he once again led the major leagues with 43 home runs. He became the first player to earn two consecutive home run titles since Mark McGwire of the National League did so in t... Biography of Jason Dohring
Jason William Dohring (born March 30, 1982) is an American actor who is best known for his role as Logan Echolls on the 2004 television show Veronica Mars and for his role as Josef Kostan on the 2007 series Moonlight. Biography Personal life Dohring is the son of Doug Dohring, the owner of the marketing research firm, the Dohring Company. He married his wife Lauren Kutner on July 31, 2004 and on August 11, 2010 the couple had a son named Owen Riley Dohring. Career Dohring appeared as main character Logan Echolls in Veronica Mars between 2004 and 2007. After its cancellation, Dohring found work with Warner Bros. and CBS, co-starring in the television series Moonlight. He played the vampire Josef Kostan, a mischievous 400 year old hedge-fund trader. In October 2008, it was anno... Biography of Luc Ducalcon
Luc Ducalcon (born 2 January 1984 in La Fère) is a French rugby union player. Ducalcon, who is a tighthead prop, plays his club rugby for Castres Olympique. He made his debut for France against Scotland on 7 February 2010.... Biography of Alan Tudyk
Alan Wray Tudyk (born March 16, 1971) is an American actor known for his roles as Simon in the British comedy Death at a Funeral, as Steve the Pirate in DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story, as Sonny in the science fiction drama I, Robot, as Doc Potter in 3:10 to Yuma, as Tucker in the Tucker & Dale vs Evil and as Hoban "Wash" Washburne in the science fiction/western television series Firefly and movie Serenity, as well as Alpha in Dollhouse. He currently co-stars on the ABC sitcom Suburgatory. Personal life Tudyk was born in El Paso, Texas, the son of Betty Loyce (née Wiley) and Timothy Nicholas Tudyk. He is of half Polish descent and was raised in the Dallas suburb of Plano, Texas, where he attended Plano Senior High School. Tudyk studied drama at the Methodist-affiliated Lon Morris Coll... Biography of Anushka Shetty
Anushka Shetty (Tulu: ಅನುಷ್ಕ ಶೆಟ್ಟಿ; born on 7 November 1981 as Sweety Shetty) is an Indian film actress who works mainly in the Telugu and Tamil film industries. She debuted in the 2005 Telugu film Super and rose to fame following her performance in Vikramarkudu (2006). After starring in a series of high-budget productions alongside leading Telugu actors, she went on to became one of Telugu cinema's leading actresses in the successive years, while receiving high critical acclaim for her portrayal of the titular character in Arundhati, and as Saroja in Vedam, which fetched her two Filmfare, one Nandi and two CineMAA Awards. Early life Anushka Shetty was born as Sweety Shetty on 07 November 1981 in Mangalore. Shetty... Biography of Yunho (singer)
Jung Yunho (born February 6, 1986), better known by his stage names, U-Know, U-Know Yunho (in South Korea) and Yunho (ユンホ?) (in Japan), is a Korean singer and occasional actor. He is the leader of the South Korean boyband and now duo TVXQ. arly life U-Know was born and raised in Gwangju, South Korea. He has a younger sister, Jung Ji-hye. At the age of thirteen he joined SM Entertainment, after winning a dance competition. Before debuting in 2003, U-Know appeared in label-mate Dana's music video for her song "Diamond" as a backup dancer and rapper. He has said he chose his stage name to be U-Know because as the leader of the group, he wants to understand everybody as in "I know you." and "I know that you know that I know you, so you know that I know that we kn... Biography of Mike Bossy
Michael Dean Bossy (born January 22, 1957) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played for the New York Islanders for his entire career and was part of their four-year reign as Stanley Cup champions in the early 1980s. He was the only player in NHL history to score consecutive Stanley Cup winning goals, in 1982 and 1983, and the only player to record four game-winning goals in one series (1983 Conference Final). Playing career He started his junior career with Quebec Major Junior Hockey League at the age of 15. Despite scoring 309 goals in four seasons, Bossy was considered a timid player by NHL scouts. In the 1977 NHL Amateur Draft, he was passed over by twelve teams, with the New York Rangers and Toronto Maple Leafs ignoring him twice. However, the New York Islanders made ... Biography of Greg Valentine
John Wisniski, Jr. (born September 20, 1951) is an American professional wrestler, better known as Greg "The Hammer" Valentine. He is the son of wrestler Johnny Valentine. Career Training Born in Seattle, Washington, Valentine traveled around Texas in his teens with his father. During a summer vacation, he decided to drop out of college and become a wrestler. His father initially tried to deter him, but eventually ceded to his wishes and sent him to Canada in 1970 to train under Stu Hart in Calgary. Wisniski remained in Canada for a year, wrestling his debut match in July 1970 against Angelo "King Kong" Mosca (he lost in around five minutes). Six months later, Wisniski relocated to Detroit to complete his training under The Sheik. Early years (1970-1976) Initially reluctant to... Biography of Peter Forsberg
Peter Mattias "Foppa" Forsberg (Swedish: ( listen); born July 20, 1973) is a retired Swedish professional ice hockey player and currently an assistant general manager of Modo Sports. Known for his on-ice vision and physical play, Forsberg is considered one of the most complete players of his generation. As of 2011, he stands ninth all-time in career points-per-game and fourth all-time in career assists-per-game in the NHL, only behind Wayne Gretzky, Mario Lemieux and Bobby Orr. His 19-year professional career includes 13 years in the National Hockey League where he won two Stanley Cups with the Colorado Avalanche, as well as numerous individual honors including the Hart Memorial Trophy in 2003. As of the end of the 2008–09 NHL season, he is the fourth-highest all-time Swedish point sco... Biography of Nery Pumpido
Nery Alberto Pumpido (born July 30, 1957 in Monje, Santa Fe) is a football coach and former goalkeeper who played for the Argentine national team in two World Cups. After retirement, Pumpido moved into club management and is currently coach of Argentine side Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba. Club career Pumpido began his career at his home city side Unión de Santa Fe. After a brief stint for Vélez Sársfield, where his form saw him called up for the 1982 FIFA World Cup squad, he moved to Club Atlético River Plate to replace the departing national 'keeper Ubaldo Fillol. Here, he became part of the side that won the Argentine Primera División as well as the Copa Libertadores for the first time in its history in 1986 under manager Héctor Veira. In 1988, he transferred to Spanish club Real Betis wh... Biography of Michel Preud'homme
'Michel Georges Jean Ghislain Preud’Homme'tönten mannen, (born 24 January 1959 in Ougree (Seraing)), commonly known as Michel Preud'homme, is a Belgian football coach and retired goalkeeper. He is currently head coach of Al-Shabab Riyadh, a role he took after guiding outgoing Dutch Eredivisie champions FC Twente in the 2010–11 season. He was considered one of the world's best goalkeepers during his career, and the first winner of the Yashin Award as the best goalkeeper at the 1994 World Cup. On club level, Preud'homme played for Standard Liège, Mechelen, and Benfica. With Mechelen, he won the Belgian Cup in 1987, the Cup Winner's Cup and the European Super Cup in 1988 and the Belgian league title in 1989. He retired as a player in 1999, aged 40. For Belgium, Preud'homme was capped 58 ti... Biography of Cap Anson
Adrian Constantine Anson (April 17, 1852 – April 14, 1922), nicknamed "Cap" (for "Captain") and "Pop", was a National Association and Major League Baseball first baseman. He played a record 27 consecutive seasons, and was regarded as one of the greatest players of his era and one of the first superstars of the game. Anson spent most of his career with the Chicago Cubs franchise (then known as the "White Stockings" and later the "Colts"), serving as the club's manager, first baseman and, later in his tenure, minority owner. He led the team to five National League pennants in the 1880s. Anson was one of baseball's first great hitters, and was the first to tally over 3,000 career hits. His contemporary influence and prestige are regarded by historians as playing a major role in establis... Biography of Kevin Porter (basketball)
Kevin Porter (born April 17, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois) is a retired American professional basketball player. A 6'0" point guard from Saint Francis University, Porter played 10 seasons (1972–1981; 1982–1983) in the National Basketball Association as a member of the Baltimore/Capital/Washington Bullets, the Detroit Pistons, and the New Jersey Nets. Porter was one of the most talented passers in league history, leading the league in both assists per game and total assists four times during his career (1975, 1978, 1979, and 1981). At one point, Porter held the record for most assists in a game, with 29. (Scott Skiles broke the record when he tallied 30 assists on December 30, 1990.) Porter was also a key member of the 1975 Bullets team which reached the NBA Finals before losing to the G... Biography of John McLean (ice hockey)
Jack McLean (January 31, 1923 – October 14, 2003) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played for the Toronto Maple Leafs for three seasons, from 1942–43 until 1944–45. He is best known for scoring the game-winning goal at the 10:18 mark of the fourth overtime period against the Detroit Red Wings on March 23, 1943 - one of the longest games in Stanley Cup playoffs history. Jack was part of the Toronto Maple Leafs' Stanley Cup championship in 1944–45. McLean was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and was a 19-year-old university student when he joined the Leafs, playing forward at a time when many regulars left to join the war effort. Interestingly, McLean did not practise with the Leafs, and with but a few exceptions, was allowed only to play games in Canada (at home in Toronto and in Montreal)... Biography of Dino Bravo
Adolfo Bresciano (August 6, 1948 – March 10, 1993) was an Italian-born Canadian professional wrestler, best known for his work as Dino Bravo, self-proclaimed as "Canada's Strongest Man". Professional wrestling career Territories Bresciano began wrestling in 1970, taking the "Dino Bravo" moniker from a wrestler from the early 1960s who had teamed with Dominic DeNucci as the Bravo brothers, Dino and Dominic. He was trained by Gino Brito and often worked in a tag team with his mentor, billed as Brito's cousin. Bravo worked in a number of other tag teams, partnering with, among others, "Mr. Wrestling" Tim Woods and DeNucci. Dino's actual height was 5'11" and he weighed in around 255 pounds. Bravo held the Jim Crockett Promotions version of the NWA World Tag Team Championship with Wo... Biography of Rich Preston
Richard John Preston (born May 22, 1952 in Regina, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former forward. Preston began his pro career in the World Hockey Association in the 1974-75 season with the Avco World Trophy champion Houston Aeros. He then played three more years with the Aeros before joining the Winnipeg Jets in 1978-79. The Jets won the Avco World Trophy in 1979 (the league's final year) and Rich was named Most Valuable Player of the WHA playoffs. Preston started his National Hockey League career with the Chicago Black Hawks in 1980. He also played for the New Jersey Devils. He left the NHL after the 1987 season. Most recently Preston served as an assistant coach for the Calgary Flames from the 2003-2004 NHL season until just after the 2008-2009 NHL season. Shortl... Biography of Peter Bondra
Peter Bondra (born February 7, 1968) is a former Slovak professional ice hockey player. He was the general manager of the Slovak national team from 2007 to 2011. Bondra became the 37th player in NHL history to score 500 NHL goals. Life and family When Bondra was three years old, his father moved with the family back to Czechoslovakia from Lutsk, Ukraine, where he had moved in 1947 in order to seek better work. From 1982, Bondra and his older brothers, Vladimír and Juraj, were raised by their mother Nadežda as their father had died in that year. He was still a Soviet citizen when he arrived in the United States, later obtaining a Slovak passport and citizenship in 1993. Currently, Bondra and his wife Luba, as well as their daughter Petra and two sons, David and Nick, reside in Riva, M... Biography of Bill Hall (infielder)
William "Bill" Leonard Hall (born December 28, 1979, in Nettleton, Mississippi) is an American Major League Baseball infielder who is currently a free agent. Professional career Milwaukee Brewers In the 2005 season, Hall helped the Brewers to their first .500 season since 1992. Splitting time among third base, shortstop, and second base, Hall had a batting average of .291 with 17 home runs and 62 RBIs. The following season, Hall played behind newly acquired third baseman Corey Koskie, shortstop J. J. Hardy, and second baseman Rickie Weeks. On May 17, 2006, Hall became the Brewers' starting shortstop after Hardy injured his ankle. On Mother's Day 2006, with the Brewers playing the New York Mets, Hall hit a walk-off home run in the 10th inning. He hit the home run using a special... Biography of Huston Street
Huston Lowell Street (pronounced /ˈhjuːstən/; born August 2, 1983, in Austin, Texas) is an American baseball relief pitcher for the Colorado Rockies. His father is former University of Texas quarterback James Street, and his brother Juston Street is currently a pitcher for the minor league Vancouver Canadians. Baseball career Education Street attended Westlake High School in Austin, Texas from 1997–2001 where he lettered in both football and baseball. He then attended The University of Texas from 2001–2004, where he pitched for the school's baseball team. He is widely regarded as one of the best collegiate closers of all time. Street earned a form of All-American honors at Texas every season he was there and helped his team win the College World Series of collegiate ... Biography of Dave Taylor (ice hockey)
David Andrew Taylor (born December 4, 1955) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played for the Los Angeles Kings from 1977–94. He was previously the Kings' general manager from 1997 to 2006. Taylor currently is the Director of Player Personnel with the St. Louis Blues. Playing career Taylor played collegiate hockey at Clarkson University, where he still holds the school record for career points (251) goals (98) and assists (153) as well as single season goals (41) assists (67) and points (108) in the 1976–77 campaign; in comparison, opposing teams scored a combined 127 goals on Clarkson that year. Taylor was a member of the Triple Crown Line along with centre Marcel Dionne and left winger Charlie Simmer. All three scored more than 100 points in the 1980–81 season with ... Biography of Denis Potvin
Denis Charles Potvin (born October 29, 1953) is a former defenseman and team captain for the New York Islanders in the National Hockey League and cornerstone for the Islanders' four Stanley Cup championship teams in the early 1980s. His brother, Jean Potvin, was also an NHL defenseman and the brothers were teammates for a number of years. He is a cousin of former NHL player Marc Potvin. Biography Playing career After a stellar junior hockey career with the Ottawa 67s, Potvin was drafted first overall in the 1973 National Hockey League Amateur Draft by the struggling expansion Islanders, which had recorded the worst record in modern National Hockey League (NHL) history the previous season. Right after Bill Torrey drafted Potvin, Montreal Canadiens General Manager Sam Pollock approac... Biography of Arie Haan
Adrianus ("Arend" or "Arie") Haan (Dutch pronunciation: ) (born 16 November 1948 in Finsterwolde, Netherlands) is a former Dutch footballer and coach, who scored 6 goals in 35 matches for the Dutch national squad of the 1970s. At club level he enjoyed a successful career with AFC Ajax, R.S.C. Anderlecht, Standard Liège and PSV Eindhoven. He participated seven times in European Cup finals with five victories and two defeats. Playing career Haan joined AFC Ajax in 1969, and was a member of Ajax that won the European Champions' Cup for three consecutive years, from 1971 until 1973, the Intercontinental Cup in 1972 and two European Super Cups in 1972 and 1973. Also, with Ajax he won three Dutch Championships in 1969–70, 1971–72 and 1972–73 and the Dutch Cup from 1970 until 1972. In 1970 hi... Biography of René Vandereycken
René Vandereycken (born 22 July 1953 in Spalbeek) is a Belgian football manager and a former player. He was the head coach of the Belgian national team from 1 January 2006 to 7 April 2009. Career He played for Club Brugge, Genoa and Anderlecht. International As a player he got 50 caps and scored 3 goals for the national team, and represented Belgium at the Euro 1980, in the final of which he scored a penalty. Coaching career He used to coach FC Twente as well as R.S.C. Anderlecht for some months and was fired by K.R.C. Genk in June 2005 after he managed to qualify the team for the UEFA Cup. The other teams he managed were Gent, Standard, RWDM and Mainz 05. Vandereycken is known to like the defensive play and to be a tactician. He was the head coach of the Belgian national ... Biography of Frank Stapleton
Francis Anthony "Frank" Stapleton (born 10 July 1956 in Dublin) is an Irish former football player and manager. He is best remembered for his time at Arsenal, Manchester United and as a pivotal player for the Republic of Ireland. He has also been manager at Bradford City and MLS club New England Revolution. Playing career Stapleton was a tough tackling forward who was an especially good header of the ball. He started his career with Arsenal, joining them in 1972 as an apprentice, after being turned down by Manchester United. He made his first-team debut in 1975 against Stoke City, and would go on to form a potent striking partnership with Malcolm Macdonald; the two scored 46 goals between them in 1976–77. He was Arsenal's top scorer for the three following seasons, and helped the Gunne... Biography of Jeffrey Pierce
Jeffrey Pierce (born Jeffrey Plitt on December 13, 1971 in Denver, Colorado, USA) is an American actor, film director and film producer. He is best known for portraying the titular character in the television series Charlie Jade. He got his start in acting at the Shakespeare and Company in Lenox, Massachusetts and at the Beverly Hills Playhouse. He also directed and executive produced a film called All My Sins Remembered. He appears in one episode of the American TV series Private Practice, as well as two episodes of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Filmography Year Title Role Notes 2002 S1m0ne Kent 2004 Charmed Todd Marks Episode "Hyde School Reunion" 2005 Charlie Jade Charlie Jade 2006–2007 The Nine Randall Reese Series Regular 2008 Private Practice Ray... Biography of Ivan Gudelj
Ivan Gudelj (born 21 September 1960) is a Croatian former football midfielder who represented Yugoslavia. Born in the town of Imotski, he grew up in the nearby village of Zmijavci. Player career Club career Ivan Gudelj started his player career in a club from the neighbouring village of Runovići - NK Mračaj. His coach was the father of future football star Zvonimir Boban. Few years later, Gudelj went to play for Hajduk Split, for which he played in period 1976-1986. He quickly marked himself out as a dependable and elegant defensive midfielder, earning the moniker "Beckenbauer from Zmijavci" in the Yugoslav press. The rising career of a new European football star ended suddenly. Gudelj was forced to end his career cause of health problems, more specifically, hepatitis... Biography of Ted King (actor)
Theodore William King (born October 1, 1965) is an American actor, formally credited as T.W. King. Personal life In September 2008 King married his girlfriend Maya Rodwell, with whom he became engaged the year before. The couple welcomed their first child, daughter Ava Celeste, on October 15, 2010. Career He was first known for playing Danny Roberts on the soap opera Loving in 1995-March 1997 (later re-titled The City) until the show went off the air in March 1997. He later starred on the short lived Timecop series on ABC in the fall of 1997. The next year he appeared as the major male leading co-star in the primetime series Charmed as detective Andy Trudeau and the nascent burgeoning franchise around it as the series began its eight season run chronicling the adventurous lives... Biography of Thomas Kahlenberg
Thomas Kahlenberg (born March 20, 1983 in Hvidovre) is a Danish footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Evian on loan from Wolfsburg. He started his career with Brøndby IF, winning two Danish Superliga championship, and played four seasons at French club AJ Auxerre. He has played 29 games and scored three goals for the Danish national team, and represented Denmark at the 2004 European Championship. He was named 2004 Danish under-21 Player of the Year. Club career At the age of 15, Kahlenberg moved from lower-league club Hvidovre IF to the defending Danish champions Brøndby IF in the Danish Superliga championship. Brøndby and Auxerre Kahlenberg did not make his senior debut for Brøndby, until youth team coach Tom Køhlert was promoted to head coach in May 2002. On May 12... Biography of Kelly Chase
Kelly Wayne Chase (born October 25, 1967) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and current radio sportscaster. Playing career Chase played a tough, physical game that earned him a reputation as an enforcer as well as many penalty minutes, a statistic in which he led the WHL in 1987–88 while playing with the Saskatoon Blades. Chase was signed as an undrafted free agent in February 1988 by the St. Louis Blues, and spent the majority of the three following seasons with the Peoria Rivermen of the IHL. Chase subsequently became a regular on the Blues' bench, with his play on the ice and quick wit off the ice earning him a spot in the hearts of Blues fans. In January 1995, the Hartford Whalers selected Chase in the NHL Waiver Draft. Chase would spend most of the next thr... Biography of Andy Bolton (powerlifter)
Andy Bolton (born January 22, 1970) is an English powerlifter and strongman who was born in Dewsbury, Yorkshire. Andy is best known for being the first man to lift a 1,000 lb. deadlift in a powerlifting competition. Career Bolton won his first competitive competition in 1991 when he was twenty-one years of age, at a local powerlifting event called the BAWLA Yorkshire Junior Championships. Bolton has since competed in the WPO/WPC He is the current World Powerlifting Organization "world record holder" (1273 kg/2806 lb). Bolton also holds the current WPO world records in the squat (550.5 kg/1213 lb) and previous holder of the deadlift (457.5 kg/1009 lb), and was the first to demonstrate a deadlift of over a thousand pounds. Bolton has also competed in strongman contests. His strongman... Biography of Ed Helms
Edward Parker "Ed" Helms (born January 24, 1974) is an American actor, humorist, and comedian known for his work as a correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, as Andy Bernard on the US version of the sitcom/mockumentary The Office and for his role as Dr. Stu Price in The Hangover films. Early life Helms was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. His mother was a school administrator and his father was an attorney. He graduated from The Westminster Schools in 1992 a year after his Office co-star Brian Baumgartner. Originally a geology major, Helms graduated from Oberlin College with a degree in film theory and technology in 1996 and spent a semester as an exchange student at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. After graduating from Oberlin, Helms began his comedy a... Biography of Scott Podsednik
Scott Eric Podsednik (pronounced /pədˈsɛdnɨk/; born March 18, 1976 in West, Texas) is a Major League Baseball outfielder who is currently in the Philadelphia Phillies organization. Podsednik led the major leagues in stolen bases in 2004 with 70. Professional career Minor leagues Podsednik was drafted out of West High School in the 3rd round, 85th overall, in the 1994 Major League Baseball Draft by the Texas Rangers. He began his professional career with the Gulf Coast Rangers in 1994. The Rangers traded him (along with Wilson Heredia) to the Florida Marlins for pitcher Bobby Witt on October 8, 1995. He spent the next two seasons playing for the Marlins class-A affiliates. On December 15, 1997 he returned to the Rangers in the minor league portion of the Rule 5 ... Biography of Kirk Muller
Kirk Christopher Muller (born February 8, 1966) is a retired professional ice hockey centre who played in the National Hockey League for 19 seasons from 1984–85 until 2002–03. He currently serves as the head coach of the Carolina Hurricanes. Playing career Muller started his junior career with the Kingston Canadians of the Ontario Hockey League, but his most successful junior seasons were with the Guelph Platers. There was a dispute in 1984 between the Platers and the Canadian Olympic Team, who wanted Muller to play with them at the 1984 Winter Olympics. The Platers owner was upset over losing Muller for so much time, but eventually they came to an agreement and Muller played in the Olympics. He was drafted second overall by the New Jersey Devils in the 1984 NHL Entry Draft behind Mari... Biography of Paul Orndorff
Paul Parlette Orndorff, Jr. (born October 29, 1949) is a retired American professional wrestler, best known for his appearances with the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling as "Mr. Wonderful" Paul Orndorff. After retiring, Orndorff worked as a wrestling trainer.... Biography of Yoni Palmier
Yoni Palmier, born on December 24, 1978 in Montmorency, is the alleged serial killer in the Essonne, France. He could have coldy killed three people in the department of the Essonne between November 2011 and March 2012. External source: http://www.leparisien.hxwin.info/faits-divers/video-meurtres-en-essonne-les-mysteres-du-tueur-en-serie-presume-18-04-2012-1960318.php... Biography of Morten Olsen
Morten Per Olsen (born August 14, 1949 in Vordingborg) is a Danish football (soccer) manager and former football player. He has been the head coach of the Danish national team since 2000, guiding Denmark to the 2002 FIFA World Cup, 2004 European Championship and 2010 FIFA World Cup. He has also managed Brøndby IF to two Danish Superliga championships and Ajax Amsterdam to the Double of the 1998 Dutch Eredivisie championship and Dutch Cup trophy. His career as a coach is remarkable in that he has been fired in all of his clubs. He is the only person ever in football to achieve 100 national matches as player as well as coach. In his active career, Olsen predominantly played as a defensive midfielder and libero. He played professionally in Belgium and Germany, and won the 1983 UEFA Cup and... Biography of Darren Pettie
Darren Pettie, born on August 18, 1970 in Andalusia, Alabama, is an American actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1496294/) 2012 Pan Am (TV series) George Broyles – 1964 (2012) … George Broyles – New Frontiers (2012) … George Broyles – Diplomatic Relations (2012) … George Broyles 2011-2012 Ringer (TV series) Detective Jimmy Kemper – What Are You Doing Here, Ho-Bag? (2012) … Detective Jimmy Kemper – That's What You Get for Trying to Kill Me (2011) … Detective Jimmy Kemper – Shut Up and Eat Your Bologna (2011) … Detective Jimmy Kemper – The Poor Kids Do It Everyday (2011) … Detective Jimmy Kemper – Pilot (2011) … Detective Jimmy Kemper 2012 Prime Suspect (TV series) Mr. Coleman – Ain't No Sunshine (2012) … Mr. Coleman 2011 Castle (TV series) Tra... Biography of Paul Mariner
Paul Mariner (born 22 May 1953) is an English football coach, manager, and retired player, who is currently with Toronto FC. A striker during his playing days, Mariner began his career with Chorley. He became a professional player in 1973 with Plymouth Argyle, where he scored 61 goals in 155 appearances and is considered to be one of the club's best players. He joined Ipswich Town in 1976, where he achieved domestic and European success under the guidance of Bobby Robson. He was called up to play for the England national team during his time at Portman Road, and went on to represent his country at the 1980 European Championships and the 1982 World Cup. He spent two years with Arsenal and then Portsmouth before finishing his career abroad. He played for clubs in Australia, the United Sta... Biography of Brad Park
Douglas Bradford Park (born July 6, 1948) is a retired ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Rangers, Boston Bruins and Detroit Red Wings. He is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. Playing career Park was drafted by the New York Rangers in the first round (2nd overall) in the 1966 NHL Amateur Draft and, after a brief stint with the minor-league Buffalo Bisons of the AHL, began playing for the Rangers in 1968. New York Rangers Park quickly became the Rangers' best defenceman and drew comparisons with the great Bobby Orr, as both were credited with revolutionizing the "offensive" defenceman. Park's offensive skill, stickhandling and pugnacity attracted much attention from fans. Park and Orr occasionally fought each other on ice, and f... Biography of David Duval
avid Robert Duval (born November 9, 1971) is an American professional golfer and former World No. 1 who competes on the PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour. Background and career Early years Duval was born in Jacksonville, Florida, the son of golf instructor and club professional Bob Duval and Diane Poole Duval, a member of the FSU Flying High Circus during college. His brother Brent was two years older, and sister Diedre was five years younger. During his early years, his father was club professional at Timuquana Country Club, where he learned to play golf under his father's guidance. When David was nine, his brother Brent developed aplastic anemia. The family sought treatment at Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, where David underwent surgery to donate bone marrow... Biography of Rigobert Song
Rigobert Song Bahanag (born July 1, 1976 in Nkenglicock, Cameroon) is a former Cameroonian footballer, who is currently a pundit for TV channel Orange Sports. He was a member of the Cameroon national team between 1993 and 2010. Known for his defensive skills, Song usually plays as a centre back but can also operate at right back. Internationally, he has played at a record eight Africa Cup of Nations tournaments and served as captain in five (the only ones he was not captain for were South Africa 1996, Burkina Faso 1998 and Angola 2010), a record, and holds the record of most consecutive games played in the tournament with 35 first team games. He has won two CAF Africa Cup of Nations titles in 2000 and 2002. In 2009, Song was dropped as Cameroon skipper by new coach Paul Le Guen, who eve... Biography of Randy Wolf
Randall Christopher Wolf (born August 22, 1976, in Canoga Park, California) is a left-handed pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball. Randy's older brother Jim is a Major League umpire. To avoid a potential conflict of interests, Jim does not work behind the plate on games his brother pitches. More recently, Jim has not officiated games that includes his brother's team. If his crew is involved in games that include Randy's team, he is removed from those games and switches with another umpire.... Biography of Silvio Marzolini
Silvio Marzolini (born October 4, 1940 in Buenos Aires) is a former Argentine football player who played for Boca Juniors (1960–72). He is widely regarded as being one of the best left backs of all time, playing this position for the Argentine national team in the 1962 FIFA World Cup and the 1966 FIFA World Cup. He played a total of 28 games for Argentina. Playing career He started in the young divisions of Ferro Carril Oeste, and debuted in first division in 1959. Only a year later he moved to Boca Juniors, with whom he won five league titles. He played a total of 407 games in all competitions for Boca, putting him third on their all-time appearance list. Titles Primera 1962 Primera 1964 Primera 1965 Nacional 1969 Nacional 1970 After retiring as a playe... Biography of Sam Crawford (outfielder)
Samuel Earl Crawford (April 18, 1880 – June 15, 1968), nicknamed "Wahoo Sam", was a Major League Baseball player who played outfield for the Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1957. Crawford batted and threw left-handed, stood 6'0" tall and weighed 190 pounds. He was one of the greatest sluggers of the dead-ball era and still holds the Major League's records for triples in a career (309) and inside-the-park home runs in a season (12). He has the second best all-time record for most inside-the-park home runs in a career (51). He finished his career with 2,961 hits and a .309 batting average, and became first player to lead both American League and the National League in home runs (1901 and 1908). Baseball legend, Ed Barrow, who managed C... Biography of Magglio Ordóñez
Magglio José Ordóñez Delgado (born January 28, 1974 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan Major League Baseball right fielder. He has played for the Chicago White Sox (1997–2004) and Detroit Tigers (2005–2011). Ordóñez is six feet, one inch tall and weighs 215 lb (98 kg). Professional career In a 15-year major league career (through the end of the 2011 season), Ordóñez was a .309 hitter with 294 home runs and 1,236 RBIs in 1,848 games. He has been selected for the All-Star Game six times (1999–2001, 2003, and 2006–07) and has won three Silver Slugger awards (2000, 2002, and 2007). In 2007, he won the American League batting title with an average of .363. He also established a career high with 139 runs batted in, and finished runner-up to Alex Rodriguez in the AL Most Valuable Player a... Biography of Álvaro Saborío
Álvaro Alberto Saborío Chacón (born 25 March 1982 in Ciudad Quesada) is a Costa Rican footballer, who currently plays for Real Salt Lake in Major League Soccer and the Costa Rica national football team. Club career Deportivo Saprissa Saborio began his professional career with Saprissa in his native Costa Rica. Saborío was the leading goal-scorer of the 2003–2004 Costa Rican season, finishing the year with 25 goals, five above Whayne Wilson. With Saprissa, he has won a league title and a CONCACAF Champions Cup, and was part of the team that played the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup, where Saprissa finished third behind São Paulo and Liverpool. At the tournament, he scored two goals and ended up tied with three other players for top scoring honors. FC Sion He moved ... Biography of Keith Magnuson
Keith Arlen Magnuson (April 27, 1947 – December 15, 2003) was a professional ice hockey defenceman from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1969 and 1979. Magnuson was killed in an auto accident in Vaughan, Ontario with fellow NHL alumnus Rob Ramage behind the wheel (Ramage survived the accident, but was later found guilty of vehicular manslaughter). Magnuson played 589 career NHL games, all with the Chicago Black Hawks, wearing # 3, and scoring 14 goals and 125 assists for 139 points. Although he didn't score many goals, he was a part of a solid defensive team with the Blackhawks. Perhaps his most telling statistic is his 1,442 career penalty minutes, which included a large number of fighting majors. For a few seasons, Magnuson was captain of ... Biography of Creed Bratton
Creed Bratton (born February 8, 1943 as William Charles Schneider) is an American actor and musician, a former member of The Grass Roots. Today, he is best known for playing a fictional version of himself on the American adaptation of The Office on NBC. Background and education Born William Charles Schneider in Los Angeles, he grew up in Coarsegold, California, a small town near Yosemite National Park. His grandparents, mother, and father were musicians, and he took a liking to music at a very early age. At 13, he received his first guitar from a Sears mail order catalog. He became a professional musician during his high school and college years. Upon his mother's remarriage, his name was changed to Chuck Ertmoed. Musical career Early years He decided to try life as a traveling mu... Biography of Alexander Mogilny
Alexander Gennadevitch Mogilny (Russian: Александр Геннадиевич Могильный'; born February 18, 1969) is a former Russian professional ice hockey player, currently the team consultant of the KHL team Amur Khabarovsk. Mogilny was best known for his lightning quick speed and lethal wrist shot in his early years, which led to his career year of 76 goals in the 1992–93 NHL season. As his career progressed, he grew to become a selfless player and was not only known for his speed and shooting but also his vision, passing, and skilled stick-handling ability. Mogilny's most common nickname was Alexander the Great (coined by Sa... |
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