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1133 celebrities 6' tall have been found. Add to favourites (738 fans)Biography of Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ also known as Jesus of Nazareth, is the central figure of Christianity. His time of birth is an assumption of course, given by this site : http://dsa.pagesperso-orange.fr/jc.html http://dsa.pagesperso-orange.fr/. 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 Je... Add to favourites (287 fans)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. ... Add to favourites (121 fans)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... Add to favourites (47 fans)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 ... Add to favourites (119 fans)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... Add to favourites (30 fans)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... Add to favourites (177 fans)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... Add to favourites (65 fans)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... Add to favourites (163 fans)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... Add to favourites (122 fans)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... Add to favourites (90 fans)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... Add to favourites (35 fans)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.... Add to favourites (54 fans)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... Add to favourites (20 fans)Biography of Jean-François Copé
Jean-François Copé (born 5 May 1964), is a French politician. He is currently Mayor of Meaux, Deputy (Député) for the 6th constituency of Seine-et-Marne, and acts as President of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP) Group in the French National Assembly. He was appointed Spokesperson for the French Government between 2002 and 2007, and assumed other tenures in the government—including Minister of the Budget—in the same time frame. In November 2010, he became General Secretary of the Union for a Popular Movement. In August 2012, he announced that he would run for the presidency of the UMP, facing former Prime Minister François Fillon. He becomes the President of UMP on November 19, 2012, winner agains François Fillon. Life Jean-François Copé, born in Boulogne-Billancourt (Hauts-de-S... Add to favourites (61 fans)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.... Add to favourites (33 fans)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"... Add to favourites (82 fans)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... Add to favourites (76 fans)Biography of Matthew McConaughey
Matthew David McConaughey (born November 4, 1969 (birth time source: Astrodatabank)) 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 ha... Add to favourites (27 fans)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... Add to favourites (11 fans)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... Add to favourites (106 fans)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... Add to favourites (22 fans)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... Add to favourites (50 fans)Biography of Pascal Obispo
Pascal Obispo (born 8 January 1965 in Bergerac, Dordogne, France) is a French Occitan singer/songwriter. In 1997, Obispo duetted with French singer Zazie on the single "Les Meilleurs Ennemis". Discography Le long du fleuve (1990) Plus Que Tout au Monde (1992) Un Jour Comme Aujourd'hui (1994) Superflu (1997) Live 98 (1998) Soledad (1999) Millésime Live 00/01 (2001) Studio Fan - Live Fan (2004) Les Fleurs du Bien (2006)... Add to favourites (31 fans)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... Add to favourites (19 fans)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 ... Add to favourites (35 fans)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 Muńoz Sampedro, and the nephew of screenwriter and director Juan Antonio Bardem. Both his older brother and older sister, Carlos Bardem and Mónica Bar... Add to favourites (95 fans)Biography of Michael Fassbender
Michael Fassbender (born April 2, 1977 (birth time source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/theobserver/2012/may/20/observer-profile-michael-fassbender)) 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. Br... Add to favourites (14 fans)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 ... Add to favourites (25 fans)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... Add to favourites (54 fans)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 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... Add to favourites (54 fans)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 Pierre Moscovici
Pierre Moscovici (born September 16, 1957) is a French politician, a member of the Departmental Council of Doubs and a Member of the French Parliament. He is a member of the French Socialist Party (PS); part of the Party of European Socialists. He has been National Secretary of his party since 1995. Biography Born in Paris, he is the son of the influential Romanian-Jewish social psychologist Serge Moscovici and of the psychoanalyst Marie Bromberg-Moscovici. Pierre Moscovici obtained a DEA in economics, one in philosophy, and graduated the École nationale d'administration (where he studied under Dominique Strauss-Kahn). He was also a president of Ŕ gauche en Europe, a group founded by Strauss-Kahn and Michel Rocard. Initially active in the Revolutionary Communist League, he left in 1... Add to favourites (50 fans)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 ... Add to favourites (34 fans)Biography of David Icke
David Vaughan Icke (pronounced "IKE" /aɪk/) (born April 29, 1952) is a British writer and public speaker who has devoted himself since 1990 to researching "who and what is really controlling the world." A former professional football player, reporter, television sports presenter, and spokesman for the Green Party, he is the author of 20 books explaining his views. Icke argues that he has developed a moral and political worldview that combines New Age spiritualism with a passionate denunciation of what he sees as totalitarian trends in the modern world, a position that has been described as "New Age conspiracism." At the heart of Icke's theories is the view that the world is ruled by a secret group called the "Global Elite" or "Illuminati," which he has linked to The Protocols ... Add to favourites (13 fans)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 ... Add to favourites (74 fans)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... Add to favourites (49 fans)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... Add to favourites (72 fans)Biography of Val Kilmer
Val Edward Kilmer (born December 31, 1959 (birth time source: Frank Clifford, Astrodatabank)) is an American actor. A trained stage actor, Kilmer became well-known in the mid 1980s, after a string of appearances in comedy films, starting with Top Secret! (1984), then the cult classic Real Genius (1985), as well as blockbuster action films, including a role in Top Gun and a lead role in Willow. During the 1990s, Kilmer gained critical respect after a string of commercially successful and well reviewed films, including his roles as Jim Morrison in The Doors, Doc Holliday in 1993's Tombstone, and Batman in 1995's Batman Forever. During the early 2000s, Kilmer appeared in several well-received roles, including The Salton Sea, Spartan, and an acclaimed supporting performance in Kiss Kiss, Ba... Add to favourites (37 fans)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... Add to favourites (32 fans)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... Add to favourites (61 fans)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... Add to favourites (20 fans)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... Add to favourites (13 fans)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... Add to favourites (28 fans)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 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... Add to favourites (11 fans)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 Saďd 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... Add to favourites (32 fans)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... Add to favourites (45 fans)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... Add to favourites (38 fans)Biography of Neil Young
Neil Percival Young OM (born November 12, 1945, Toronto, Ontario (birth time source: Sy Scholfield, Astrodatabank)) 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 be... Biography of Yves Rénier
Popular French actor and film director.... Add to favourites (12 fans)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 ... Add to favourites (20 fans)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... Add to favourites (12 fans)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... Add to favourites (40 fans)Biography of Tommy Lee Jones
Tommy Lee Jones (born September 15, 1946 (birth time source: Stephen Przybylowski, Astrodatabank. Time zone could be 7W00 and not 6W00)) is an Academy Award-winning American actor and director. Early life Jones was born in San Saba, Texas to Clyde C. Jones, who worked in the oil fields of both Texas and Libya, and Lucille Marie Scott, who was a police officer and hairdresser who owned a beauty parlour; the two were married and divorced twice. Jones, an eighth-generation Texan, has a Cherokee Native American grandparent, and is mostly of Welsh ancestry. Jones was also a resident of Midland, Texas, and attended the same high school, Midland Lee, as the First Lady Laura Bush. Graduation Jones graduated the St. Mark's School of Texas (where he is now on the board of directors) and a... 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... Add to favourites (17 fans)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). ... Add to favourites (34 fans)Biography of Famke Janssen
Famke Beumer Janssen (Dutch pronunciation: ; English pronunciation: /ˈfɑːmkə ˈdʒćnsən/; 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 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, "PopoZăo," 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... Add to favourites (23 fans)Biography of Benoît Poelvoorde
Benoît Poelvoorde (born September 22, 1964, in Namur, Belgium (birth time source: Michaël Mandl, André Dekoster)) 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 prčs 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 c... Add to favourites (16 fans)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 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... Add to favourites (17 fans)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... Add to favourites (27 fans)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 ... Add to favourites (11 fans)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... Add to favourites (30 fans)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 ... Add to favourites (21 fans)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... Add to favourites (28 fans)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... Add to favourites (12 fans)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 ... Add to favourites (29 fans)Biography of Steve Martin
Steve Martin est un acteur et scénariste américain né le 14 aoűt 1945 ŕ Waco, Texas (États-Unis). Étudiant en philosophie et se destinant ŕ enseigner cette discipline, il change brusquement d'orientation pour écrire des textes comiques, puis jouer lui-męme des rôles dans ce registre, sans jamais se départir d'un style qui lui est propre, un peu décalé. Il débute dans le cinéma ŕ 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 ŕ 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 oů sont intercalés d... Add to favourites (14 fans)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 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... Add to favourites (24 fans)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 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 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... Add to favourites (18 fans)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... Add to favourites (16 fans)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... Add to favourites (17 fans)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 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... Add to favourites (16 fans)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... Add to favourites (28 fans)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... Add to favourites (16 fans)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 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.... Add to favourites (15 fans)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 ... Add to favourites (21 fans)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... Add to favourites (14 fans)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 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 Haďm 2005 : Iznogoud (le génie Ouzmoutousouloubouloubombę) de Patrick Braoudé 2005 : Propriété... Add to favourites (11 fans)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 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.... Add to favourites (11 fans)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 Arsčne 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 Arsčne Lupin (1957) La Vie ŕ deux (1958) Mais oů est donc passée la septičme compagnie? (1973 - directed)... Add to favourites (13 fans)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 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... Add to favourites (15 fans)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... Add to favourites (21 fans)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... Add to favourites (12 fans)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".... Add to favourites (11 fans)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... Add to favourites (19 fans)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... Add to favourites (11 fans)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 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... Add to favourites (17 fans)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 ... Add to favourites (18 fans)Biography of Louis Garrel
Louis Garrel (born 14 June 1983 (birth time source: his family)) is a French actor. He is best known for his starring role in The Dreamers, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. He regularly appears in films by French director Christophe Honoré, including Ma mčre, Dans Paris, Les Chansons d'amour, La Belle Personne and Non ma fille, tu n'iras pas danser. Early life Garrel is the son of director Philippe Garrel and actress Brigitte Sy. His grandfather, Maurice Garrel, and his godfather, Jean-Pierre Léaud, are also famous French actors. He is a graduate of the Conservatoire de Paris. Film career He was 6 years old when he first appeared onscreen, in the movie Le baisers de secours. It would be more than a decade before appearing in another film, Ceci est mon corps. It wasn't until 2002,... 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 ... Add to favourites (28 fans)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 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 ... Add to favourites (14 fans)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 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... Add to favourites (19 fans)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... Add to favourites (no fan yet)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... Add to favourites (25 fans)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... Add to favourites (11 fans)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 ... Add to favourites (20 fans)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... Add to favourites (23 fans)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 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 ... Add to favourites (18 fans)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... Add to favourites (23 fans)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 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 Ličge 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... Add to favourites (17 fans)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... Add to favourites (20 fans)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... Add to favourites (17 fans)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... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Raymond Devos
Raymond Devos (November 9, 1922, Mouscron, Belgium - June 15, 2006, Saint-Rémy-lčs-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... Add to favourites (19 fans)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 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... Add to favourites (13 fans)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... Add to favourites (10 fans)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 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... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Jerry Springer
Gerald Norman "Jerry" Springer (born February 13, 1944 (birth time source: CNN http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1106/01/pmt.01.html°) 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 T... 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 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... Add to favourites (14 fans)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 Darren Aronofsky
Darren Aronofsky (born February 12, 1969 in Brooklyn, New York (birth time source: email)) 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 f... 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... Add to favourites (12 fans)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.... Add to favourites (11 fans)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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 sičge, 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 Buńuel 1975 : Une femme fatale, de Jacques Doniol-Valcroze 1975 : I Baroni, de Gian Paolo Lomi 1975 : Aloďse... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Sakis Rouvas
Sakis Rouvas (Σάκης Ρουβάς; born January 05, 1972 (birth time source: program "Prive" in Mega Channel, 2004, he has said that his Ascendant is Gemini) 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... Biography of Andy Griffith
Andy Samuel Griffith (June 1, 1926 (birth time source: Stephen Przybylowsk, Astrodatabank) – July 3, 2012) was an American actor, television producer, Grammy Award-winning Southern-gospel singer, and writer. A Tony Award nominee for two roles, he gained prominence in the starring role in director Elia Kazan's film A Face in the Crowd (1957) before he became better known for his television roles, playing the lead characters in the 1960–1968 situation comedy The Andy Griffith Show and in the 1986–1995 legal drama Matlock. Early life and education Griffith was born in Mount Airy, North Carolina, the only child of Carl Lee Griffith and his wife Geneva Nunn. He was born on the same day and year as Marilyn Monroe. As a baby, Griffith lived with relatives until his parents could afford to b... 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... Add to favourites (no fan yet)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 Guillaume Durand
Guillaume Durand is a French TV host and journalist, born September 23, 1952 in Boulogne-Billancourt.... 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 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 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... Add to favourites (14 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 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 Buńuel (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 Evel Knievel
Robert Craig "Evel" Knievel, Jr. (born October 17, 1938 in Butte, Montana) is a motorcycle daredevil who has been a household name since the late 1960s. Evel Knievel's highly publicized motorcycle jumps, including his attempt to jump over the Snake River Canyon, claim four of the top 20 most-watched Wide World of Sports events of all time. Early life Knievel was the first of two children born to Robert and Ann Knievel. Robert and Ann divorced in 1940, just after the birth of their second child, Nic. Both parents decided to leave Butte and their two children to get a new start. The children were raised by their paternal grandparents, Ignatius and Emma Knievel. At the age of eight, Knievel attended a Joie Chitwood Auto Daredevil Show, which he credits for his later career choice to becom... 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 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... Add to favourites (13 fans)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 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 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 Bret Easton Ellis
Bret Easton Ellis (born March 7, 1964 in Pomona, California (birth time source: Scholfield, Astrodatabank)) 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 Pomona 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. ... 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.... Add to favourites (22 fans)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.... Add to favourites (11 fans)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 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 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 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 Belle Gunness
Belle Sorenson Gunness (born as Brynhild Paulsdatter Střrseth, 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 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 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... Add to favourites (20 fans)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... Add to favourites (14 fans)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 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 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 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 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 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 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 ... | |||||||