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496 celebrities 6' tall have been found. Biography of JESUS CHRIST
Jesus Christ also known as Jesus of Nazareth, is the central figure of Christianity. He is also called Jesus Christ, where "Jesus" is an Anglicization of the Greek, itself a transliteration of the Hebrew Yehoshua or Hebrew-Aramaic Yeshua, meaning "YHWH is salvation"; and where "Christ" is a title derived from the Greek christós, meaning the "Anointed One", which corresponds to the Hebrew-derived "Messiah". The main sources of information regarding Jesus' life and teachings are the four canoni... 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, ... Biography of Bill KAULITZ (TOKIO HOTEL)
Bill and Tom Kaulitz, identical twins, were born on 1 September 1989, in Leipzig, German Democratic Republic. Tom is the elder by 10 minutes. Despite being identical twins, their appearances differ because of their radically different fashion styles. Taille : 1,83m Weight: 50 kg They are popular German rock stars, best known for being in the band Tokio Hotel in which Bill sings lead vocals and Tom plays the guitar. The brothers also to do music and endorsement deals together. Their par... 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 ... 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... Biography of JEAN-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 ... Biography of Albert de 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.... 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... 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 Sm... Biography of STING
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 followi... Biography of Jean-Pierre FOUCAULT
Famous TV host and producer.... Biography of Laurent RUQUIER
Laurent Ruquier (born February 24, 1963) is a popular French journalist and TV and radio host. Laurent Ruquier was born in Le Havre, in Normandy. He now currently hosts a talk show called "On a tout essayé", meaning in french "We tried everything", in access prime-time on France 2. He also hosts a talk show on the radio Europe 1. Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurent_Ruquier"... Biography of Alain JUPPE
Alain Marie Juppé (born 15 August 1945) was Prime Minister of France from 1995 to 1997. In December 2004 Juppé was convicted of mishandling public funds; since then, his political career was suspended until he was reelected mayor of Bordeaux in October 2006. He is currently the French minister of State, as well as Energy, Ecology and Sustainable Development, but is due to resign on June 18, 2007. Early life Alain Juppé was born in the commune of Mont-de-Marsan in the department of Landes in ...
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,... 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, ... 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, selli... 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 ne... 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 playe... Biography of Christophe LAMBERT
Christopher Lambert (born March 29, 1957 as Christophe Guy Denis Lambert) is an American-born French actor. He is best-known for his role as Connor MacLeod in the movie Highlander. He is best known in France and French-speaking countries as Christophe Lambert. Early life Lambert was born in Great Neck, New York. His father was a French diplomat in the United Nations. Lambert grew up in Geneva, Switzerland, where his family moved when he was two, before returning to Paris when he was 16. Ther... Biography of Matthew McCONAUGHEY
Matthew David McConaughey (born November 4, 1969) is an American actor. After a series of minor roles in the early 1990s (including his breakout role in Dazed and Confused, director Richard Linklater's second feature film), he came to fame after starring in several successful films, including A Time to Kill and U-571. He is known for having played the leading man in several hit romantic comedies, including The Wedding Planner (2001), How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003) and Failure to Launch (200... 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... 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 Hinkerm... 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 th... 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 tenni... Biography of Samy NACERI
Samy Naceri (born 2 July 1961) is a French actor, known for his work in the four Taxi movies and The Code (La Mentale). He was born Saïd Naceri to an Algerian father and French mother in the 4th arrondissement of Paris and spent his childhood in the Parisian suburb of Montreuil. Criminality Stemming from a substance abuse charge in 2003, Samy was sentenced to eight months imprisonment with deferment, had his driving licence suspended for three years, and was penalized with a €5,000 fine f... 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... 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... 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 includ... 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 teena... 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 quart... Biography of Kevin FEDERLINE
Kevin Earl Federline (born March 21, 1978), is a back-up stage dancer, model, actor, and rapper. Career Back-up stage dancer Kevin Federline has been a backup stage dancer for a number of years for Michael Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Gwen Stefani, Christina Milian and other famous singers. Rapper Federline's previous single, "PopoZão," was released on New Year's Day, 2006. He released his debut album, Playing with Fire, on October 31, 2006 to poor reviews, and lackluster sales. Ho... Biography of David GILMOUR (PINK FLOYD)
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... Biography of Robert SMITH (THE CURE)
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 care... Biography of David GROHL (NIRVANA)
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) reloca... 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 busin... 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 Pulit... 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 th... Biography of Fabien BARTHEZ
Fabien Alain Barthez (born 28 June 1971 in Lavelanet) is a French football player who plays the position of goalkeeper.One of the best goalkeepers to play the sport, he played with the French national team, he won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000 and reached the final of the 2006 World Cup. He shares the record for most World Cup final clean sheets with Peter Shilton, with 10. Professionally, he has kept goal for his clubs to a Champions League title and several Ligue 1 and Premier League c...
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 Inte... 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 ... 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 d... 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 curre... 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... 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 p... 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 reco... 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. ... 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, studyin... Biography of Steven Patrick 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 Morri... 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 h... 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 propon... 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 Ke... 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 d... Biography of Tommy Lee JONES
Tommy Lee Jones (born September 15, 1946) 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 Mid... Biography of Karim BENZEMA
Karim Benzema (Arabic: كريم بن زيما) (born 19 December 1987) is a French footballer of Algerian descent who plays in a forward role for Olympique Lyonnais. He has also been known to play anywhere down the left and right wings. A pure product of the Olympique Lyonnais youth academy, he is capable of playing as the main striker in Olympique Lyonnais' preferred 4-3-3 formation, but he can also play on both wings. Linked with major clubs s... Biography of Neil YOUNG
Neil Percival Young OM (born November 12, 1945, Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and film director from Omemee, Ontario. His work is characterized by deeply personal lyrics, distinctive guitar work, and an instantly recognizable nasal tenor (and frequently alto) singing voice. Although he accompanies himself on several different instruments—including piano and harmonica—his style of hammer-on acoustic guitar and often idiosyncratic soloing on electric guitar are t... 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 admi... Biography of RONALDO (Nazario de LIMA)
Ronaldo Luis Nazário de Lima (born September 22, 1976), 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. Ronaldo has enjoyed success at the international level, winning the 1994 and 2002 FIFA World Cups with Brazil. Ronaldo has won three FIFA World Player of the Year awards (1996,... Biography of Pete TOWNSHEND (WHO)
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 prima... Biography of Benoît POELVOORDE
Benoît Poelvoorde (born September 22, 1964, in Namur, Belgium) is a Belgian actor. His first movie was the 1987 student film "Pas de C4 pour Daniel Daniel". It was a stylized trailer for a mock-spy film. It was followed byC'est arrivé près de chez vous (Man Bites Dog internationally) was a low-budget school graduation project (1992), which went on to become a critically acclaimed cult movie. He subsequently starred in several movies which made him famous in France and Belgium, and was sele... 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 ...
Biography of Filip NIKOLIC
Filip Nikolić born September 1, 1974 in Saint-Ouen (Seine-Saint-Denis), is a French singer and actor, former member of French boys'band 2Be3.... Biography of 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 bloo... 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 Ocea... 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 o... 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... 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 cousi... 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",. ... 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 or... Biography of Mathieu CHEDID (M)
Mathieu Chedid (also known as as -M-) (born December 21, 1971 in Boulogne-Billancourt) is a French rock singer-songwriter of Lebanese descent through his grandparents. Height: 1m83 He is the son of French singer Louis Chedid, and the grandson of the French writer and poetess of Lebanese descent Andrée Chedid who has written lyrics to many of his songs. He has a daughter named Billie. History Chedid took an interest in music at an early age, notably with the sons of Laurent Voulzy and A... 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 l... 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 ... 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 musi... 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 comé... 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 ... 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 Pa... 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 st... 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 ... 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 (7... 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 famil... Biography of Steve MARTIN
Steve Martin est un acteur et scénariste américain né le 14 août 1945 à Waco, Texas (États-Unis). Étudiant en philosophie et se destinant à enseigner cette discipline, il change brusquement d'orientation pour écrire des textes comiques, puis jouer lui-même des rôles dans ce registre, sans jamais se départir d'un style qui lui est propre, un peu décalé. Il débute dans le cinéma à l'âge de 33 ans dans le film Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band en 1978 avec les Bee Gees (il retira longtemp... 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 caree... Biography of TULA
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 a... 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 pa... 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... Biography of Jean-Pierre CASSEL
Jean-Pierre Cassel (October 27, 1932 - April 19, 2007) was a French actor, born in Paris. The son of a doctor father and opera singer mother, Cassel was discovered by Gene Kelly as he tap danced on stage, and later cast in the 1957 film "The Happy Road". Then Cassel gained fame in the late 1950s as a hero in comedies by Philippe de Broca. During the 1960s and 1970s he worked with Claude Chabrol (La Rupture), Luis Buñuel (as Stéphane Audran's husband in Le charme discret de la bourgeoisie),... 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 fo... 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. Dalla... 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... 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) ... Biography of Jennifer HAWKINS (Miss UNIVERS 2004)
Jennifer Hawkins (born 22 December 1983 in Holmesville, New South Wales, Australia) is a beauty queen and television presenter from Newcastle, Australia who held the Miss Universe 2004 title.... Biography of 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. S... Biography of Guillaume DURAND
Guillaume Durand is a French TV host and journalist, born September 23, 1952 in Boulogne-Billancourt.... 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... 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 s... 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... 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 Hou... 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 Contemp... Biography of Jerry SPRINGER
Gerald Norman "Jerry" Springer (born February 13, 1944) is an English-born American celebrity; a former Democratic mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio; musician; television personality; and host of the controversial television tabloid talk show bearing his name, The Jerry Springer Show. He is also the current host of America's Got Talent and the co-producer of The Steve Wilkos Show. Early years Springer was born in East Finchley tube station, London, England in 1944. His parents, Margot and Richard Sp... Biography of Dave MUSTAINE (MEGADETH)
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 P... 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... Biography of ANDREW d'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 curre... 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" M... 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 tha...
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 whi... Biography of Franck LEBOEUF
Frank Leboeuf (sometimes Franck or Lebœuf; born January 22, 1968 in Bouches-du-Rhône near Marseille) is a former French football (soccer) defender. With the French national team, Leboeuf won the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Height 183 cm After starting his career in 1986 in the lower divisions of the French league, Leboeuf moved to Laval in 1988. In 1991, he moved to Strasbourg and played there until 1996, when he made a switch to English club Chelsea for £2.5m. He played over 200 games for the c... 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 competit...
Biography of Louis GARREL
Louis Garrel (born June 14, 1983 in Paris, France) is a French actor. He starred in The Dreamers by Bernardo Bertolucci. Height: 6' (1.83 m) He is the son of Philippe Garrel, a French director, and Brigitte Sy, a director and actress. His grandfather is Maurice Garrel and his godfather is actor Jean-Pierre Léaud, both of them also famous French actors. Trivia Speaks French, English, and Italian. Is a graduate of the Paris Conservatory. Was awarded the 2006 Cesar Award for Best M... 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 playi... 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 H... 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), re... 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 Norwegia... 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... Biography of Andy GRIFFITH
Andy Samuel Griffith (born June 1, 1926) is an iconic American actor, producer, writer, director and southern gospel singer. He gained prominence in the starring role of A Face in the Crowd before he was better known for his starring roles, playing the title characters in the 1960s sitcom, The Andy Griffith Show, for CBS and in the 1980s and 1990s legal drama, Matlock, on NBC and later ABC. Griffith was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George W. Bush on 9 November 2005. ... Biography of Kimberly STEWART
Kimberly Alana Stewart (born 21 August 1979, Holmby Hills, California) is an American fashion model, socialite, fashion designer, and actress. Kimberly Stewart is the daughter of rock legend Rod Stewart and his first wife Alana Stewart. She has an older half brother Ashley Hamilton from her mother's marriage to George Hamilton. She has one full brother, Sean Stewart. She also has four younger half siblings from her father Rod Stewart: Ruby (whose mother is Kelly Emberg); Renee and Liam (whose... 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 child... Biography of Glen CAMPBELL
Glen Campbell (born 22 April 1936, Delight, Arkansas) is a Grammy Award, Dove Award winning American country pop singer and guitarist and occasional actor, best known for a series of hits in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as for hosting a television variety show called The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television. Campbell's hits include "Gentle On My Mind", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman", "Southern Nights" and "Rhinestone Cowboy". Campbell made history by winning a Gram... 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 attende... 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 Ro... 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 Ontenie... 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... 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, H... 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 be... 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 s... 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 h... Biography of Sydney POLLACK
Sydney Pollack (born July 1, 1934) is an Academy Award-winning American film director, producer and actor. He has directed over 21 films and 10 television shows, acted in over 30 films or shows, and produced over 44 films. Pollack is best known for directing films Out of Africa (Academy Awards, 1985), Tootsie (1982), Three Days of the Condor (1975), The Way We Were and Jeremiah Johnson (1972), along with newer films The Interpreter (2005), Sabrina (1995 film), The Firm (1993) and Havana. He has ... 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 th... 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 Chr... Biography of David BYRNE (TALKING HEADS)
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 Co... 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 Engl... 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-marri... Biography of Severiano BALLESTEROS
Severiano "Seve" Ballesteros (born 9 April 1957) is a Spanish former professional golfer and former World No. 1, who was one of the sport's leading figures from the mid 1970s to the mid 1990s. Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Weight 185 lb (84 kg) Career outline Ballesteros was born in Pedreña, Cantabria, Spain. He learned the game while playing on the beaches near his home, mainly using a 3-iron given to him by one of his older brothers. His uncle Ramón Sota was Spanish professional champion... 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 Hollywo... 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 1...
Biography of Sakis ROUVAS
Sakis Rouvas (Σάκης Ρουβάς; born January 05, 1972) is a Greek singer and former athlete. He was born on the island of Corfu. Rouvas was signed in 1991 by record company Polygram. A few months later, he performed at the Thessaloniki Song Festival. His first single was called Par?ta. He has won several awards at the Hellenic Music Awards including Best New Singer, Best Song and Best Stage Performance. He has also played a role in reconci... 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...
Biography of Belle GUNNESS
Belle Sorenson Gunness (born as Brynhild Paulsdatter Størseth, November 22, 1859, Selbu, Norway- probably died circa 1931, Los Angeles, California, United States) was one of America's most profligate known female serial killers. At 6 ft (1.83 m) tall and over 200 lb (91 kg), she was a powerful Norwegian-born woman. She may have killed both of her husbands and all of her children (on different occasions), but she is known to have killed most of her suitors, boyfriends, and her two daughters My... 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 19... 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... 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 repe... 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"... Biography of John ENTWISTLE (WHO)
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 Wat... 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 B... Biography of Ricky ROSS (DECON BLUE)
Ricky Ross (born Richard Ross, 22 December 1957 in Dundee, Scotland) is a male singer and songwriter, most famously with the Scottish rock band, Deacon Blue. Ricky Ross is the co-founder of Scottish rock/pop band Deacon Blue. He formed the group in 1985 when he was told by music industry folk he would need to form a band to showcase his increasing repertoire of material. Up to this point he had played keyboards in a local band called Woza. In 1984, and before the formation of Deacon Blue, ... 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-grandfat... 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 rais... 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 acco... 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 ... Biography of Bret EASTON ELLIS
Bret Easton Ellis (born March 7, 1964 in Los Angeles, California) is an American author. He is considered to be one of the major Generation X authors and was regarded as one of the so-called literary Brat Pack, which also included Tama Janowitz and Jay McInerney. He has called himself a moralist, although he has often been pegged as a nihilist. His characters are young, generally vacuous people, who are aware of their depravity but choose to enjoy it. The novels are also linked by common, recurr... Biography of Alan SHEARER
Alan Shearer OBE (born 13 August 1970 in Gosforth) is a retired professional English footballer who played as a striker for the England national team and Premiership clubs, Southampton, Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United. Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) During his career he enjoyed successes at both club and international level and also in his personal life, becoming one of the most prolific strikers of all time. In total he scored 422 goals for club and country, averaging 25 goals a season ... 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 c... 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,... Biography of Billy Dee WILLIAMS
Billy Dee Williams (born April 6, 1937) is an American actor. Early life Williams was born William December Williams, Jr. in New York City, New York, the son of Loretta, a West Indian-born elevator operator, and William December Williams, Sr. a Texas-born janitor. He has a sister, Loretta, and grew up in Harlem, where he was raised by his maternal grandmother while his parents worked at several jobs. Williams graduated from Manhattan's School of Performing Arts. Career His first big b... Biography of William FRIEDKIN
William Friedkin (born August 29, 1935 in Chicago, Illinois) is an Academy Award-winning American movie and television director, producer and screenwriter best known for directing The Exorcist and The French Connection in the early 1970s. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Career After seeing the movie Citizen Kane as a boy, Friedkin became fascinated with movies and began working for WGN-TV immediately after high school. He eventually started his directorial career doing live television shows and docum... 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 person... Biography of Bruce DERN
Bruce MacLeish Dern (born June 4, 1936) is an Academy Award-nominated American screen actor. Dern is the father of actress Laura Dern and was formerly married to actress Diane Ladd. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Early life Dern was born in Chicago, Illinois to John Dern and Jean (MacLeish). His paternal grandfather was George Dern, a former Utah governor and Secretary of War and his uncle was poet Archibald MacLeish. His godfather was well-known politician Adlai Stevenson and his godmother was Elea... Biography of Jason DONOVAN
Jason Sean Donovan (born June 1, 1968, Malvern, Melbourne) is an Australian actor and singer. In the UK, he has sold in excess of 3 million records, where his debut album Ten Good Reasons was the highest selling album of 1989 with sales of over 1.5 million copies. He has also had four UK no.1 singles, one of which was "Especially For You", his 1988 duet with Kylie Minogue. In more recent years, he has mainly worked as a leading man in stage musicals in the UK. His father is Terence Donovan, a... Biography of Jan ULLRICH
Jan Ullrich (born December 2, 1973 in Rostock, East Germany) is a German professional road bicycle racer. In 1997, he was the first German to win the Tour de France. He went on to achieve five second place finishes, along with a fourth place (2004) and a third place finish (2005). In 2006, Ullrich was barred from competing in the Tour de France amid speculation of having doped. In late February, 2007, he announced his retirement at a press conference. Many consider Ullrich one of the most talent... Biography of Dan QUAYLE
James Daniel "Dan" Quayle (born February 4, 1947) was the forty-fourth Vice President of the United States under George H. W. Bush (1989–1993). He unsuccessfully sought the Republican Party Presidential nomination in 2000. Early life Quayle was born in Indianapolis, Indiana to Martha Corinne Pulliam and James C. Quayle. He has often been incorrectly referred to as James Daniel Quayle III. In his memoirs, he points out that his birth name was simply James Daniel Quayle. The name Quayle origin... Biography of Brendan FEHR
Brendan Jacob Joel Fehr (born October 29, 1977) is a Canadian actor. He is known for his roles as Michael Guerin on the WB television series Roswell and as Laboratory Tech Dan Cooper in CSI:Miami (which stars former Roswell co-star Adam Rodriguez). Height: 6' (1.83 m) Personal life Fehr was born in New Westminster, British Columbia to a mother who worked as a correctional case manager. He attended the Mennonite Brethren Collegiate Institute and lives in Los Angeles, California with his w...
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 De... Biography of Ladji DOUCOURE
Ladji Doucouré (born March 28, 1983 in Juvisy-sur-Orge) is a French athlete of Malian and Senegalese descent. He was a football player and decathlete before specializing in hurdling. He competed in the Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics - Men's 110 metres Hurdles at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and finished 8th in the final with a result of 13.76 (he fell just before the finish line). Doucouré won the gold medal at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics, beating Liu Xiang and veteran Allen... Biography of Melvil POUPAUD
Melvil Poupaud is a French actor, born in Paris, 26 January 1973. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Filmography Un Homme Perdu (2007), by Danielle Arbid, as Thomas Broken English (2007), by Zoe R. Cassavetes, as Julien Melvil (2006), by Melvil Poupaud, as Melvil Time to Leave (2004), by François Ozon Ce film est projeté dans 1 salle(s), as Romain Pronobis (2003), by Melvil Poupaud, as Philippe / his twin Eros thérapie (2002), by Danièle Dubroux, as Bruno Les Sentiments (2002), by Noémie ... Biography of Christopher GORHAM
Christopher Gorham (born August 14, 1974, in Fresno, California is an American actor. He attended Roosevelt School of the Arts and graduated from UCLA with a BA in Film & Theater Arts. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Gorham has appeared in a number of science fiction TV series, ranging from a starring role in Odyssey 5 to a lead role in Jake 2.0. He also had roles on Party of Five and Felicity. Gorham has also been in a few films, including the 2001 film The Other Side of Heaven, co-starring Anne Hath... Biography of Robert ALTMAN
Robert Bernard Altman (February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American film director known for making films that are highly naturalistic, but with a stylized perspective. In 2006, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognized his work with an Academy Honorary Award. His films MASH and Nashville have been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. Early life and career Altman was born in Kansas City, Missouri, the son of wealthy insurance man... Biography of Leslie GRANTHAM
Leslie Michael Grantham (born April 30, 1947, in Camberwell, England) is a British actor best known for playing "Dirty" Den Watts in the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 1985 to 1989 and again from 2003 to 2005. Early life Grantham was born in Camberwell, London and enlisted in the British Army in 1965, at the age of 18. On 3 December 1966 he attempted to rob a German taxi driver, Felix Reese. A struggle between Grantham and the driver followed, and Reese died from a gunshot wound to the head.... 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 W... Biography of Adam RODRIGUEZ
Adam Michael Rodríguez (born April 2, 1975 in Yonkers, New York) is an American actor of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent. He grew up in New York City but attended Clarkstown High School North in New City, New York. He graduated in 1993. Rodriguez auditioned for The Cosby Show when he was 10 years old. He dreamed of being a professional baseball player, but was injured in high school. He then turned his attention to acting and performed in a children's theater in New York. He later appeared ... Biography of Judd HIRSCH
Judd Hirsch (born March 15, 1935) is an American Academy Award-nominated, Emmy-winning actor, known for playing the character Alex Reiger on the acclaimed television comedy series Taxi. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Personal life Hirsch was born in the Bronx, New York, the son of Sally (née Kitzis) and Joseph Sidney Hirsch, an electrician. Hirsch was raised in a Jewish family; his father was an immigrant from Russia. Hirsch was married to his first wife from 1957 to 1958. He married Bonnie Chalkin ... Biography of Richard CARPENTER
Richard Lynn Carpenter (b. October 15, 1946 in New Haven, Connecticut) is a pop musician who is best known as one half of the brother/sister duo the Carpenters, along with his sister Karen Carpenter. Childhood Richard Carpenter was born on October 15, 1946 in New Haven, Connecticut. He was named after his father's younger brother, Richard Lynn Carpenter. Ironically enough, Carpenter and his uncle married a lady by the name of Mary. He frequently played the piano while his sister, Karen, ... Biography of Hank AARON
Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron (born February 5, 1934 in Mobile, Alabama), nicknamed "Hammer", "Hammerin' Hank”, or "Bad Henry”, is a retired American baseball player whose Major League Baseball (MLB) career spanned from 1954 through 1976. After playing with the Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro American League and in the minor leagues, Aaron started his Major League Baseball career in 1954. He played 21 seasons with the Milwaukee and Atlanta Braves in the National League, and his last two years (1975-... 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 of... Biography of Xavier GRAVELAINE
Xavier Gravelaine (born October 5, 1968 in Tours) is a French football manager and former football player, who played for many clubs in France and Europe and for France national team . He was sometimes seen as a mercenary because of the impressive number of teams he played for but often appreciated by supporters.After his retirement, he became a coach at FC Istres, but did not manage to save the team from the relegation.He is currently a consultant on France Televisions. Height: 183 cm (6')... Biography of Jim REEVES
James Travis "Jim" Reeves (August 20, 1923 – July 31, 1964) was an American country and pop singer. Early life & rise to fame Reeves was born James Travis Reeves in Galloway, Texas, a small rural community near Carthage, Texas. He became known as a crooner because of his warm, velvety voice. His songs were remarkable for their simple elegance highlighted by his rich light baritone voice. Songs such as "He'll Have to Go," "Adios Amigo," "Welcome To My World," and "Am I Losing You" demonstrate... Biography of Campbell SCOTT
Campbell Scott (born July 19, 1961) is an American actor, director, producer, and voice artist. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Scott was born in New York City, New York, the son of George C. Scott, an actor, director, and producer, and Colleen Dewhurst, a Canadian-born actress. His brother is Alexander Scott. As an actor, Scott co-starred in the movie Dying Young (in which his mother also appeared) alongside Julia Roberts. He also appeared in the movie Singles. In 1996, he teamed up with Stanley T... Biography of Peter WELLER
Peter Weller (born June 24, 1947) is an Academy Award-nominated American film and stage actor, director and lecturer. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Early life Weller was born in Stevens Point, Wisconsin to Dorothy, a homemaker, and Frederick Weller, a lawyer, federal judge, and former helicopter pilot for the Army who often flew President Lyndon B. Johnson. Weller had a "middle-class Catholic" upbringing. As a result of his father's army work, Weller spent many years abroad during his childhood. Hi... Biography of Pierre VERNIER
Pierre-Philippe Rayer, best known as Pierre Vernier, born May 25, 1931 in Saint-Jean-d'Angély, is a French actor. Théâtre Grand ami de Jean-Paul Belmondo depuis le conservatoire, il accompagnera son retour au théâtre dans 1987 : Kean (théâtre) de Jean-Paul Sartre d'après Alexandre Dumas, mise en scène Robert Hossein 1990 : Cyrano de Bergerac d' Edmond Rostand, mise en scène Robert Hossein 1998 : Frédérick ou le boulevard du crime de Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, mise en scène Bernard Mur... Biography of Nelson EDDY
Nelson Ackerman Eddy (June 29, 1901 - March 6, 1967) was an American singer who appeared in 19 musical films during the 1930s and 1940s, as well as in opera and on the concert stage, radio, television, and in nightclubs. Although he was a classically trained baritone, he is best remembered for the eight films in which he costarred with soprano Jeanette MacDonald. During his 40-year career, he earned three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (one each for film, recording, and radio), left his ... 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 ... Biography of Lloyd BRIDGES
Lloyd Vernet Bridges, Jr. (January 15, 1913 - March 10, 1998) was an American actor. Bridges had success as a star in television series, and appeared in more than 150 films. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Early life Bridges was born in San Leandro, California to Lloyd Vernet Bridges, Sr., who was involved in the California hotel business and once owned a cinema, and Harriet Evelyn (Brown). He graduated from Eureka Senior High school in 1931. Bridges studied political science at UCLA, where he met hi... Biography of Ving RHAMES
Irving Rameses "Ving" Rhames (born May 12, 1959) is a Golden Globe-winning American actor. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Early life Rhames was born in New York City, New York to African-American parents Reatha, a homemaker, and Ernest Rhames, an auto mechanic. He was named after retired NBC journalist Irving R. Levine and grew up in Harlem, Manhattan. A good student, Ving entered New York's High School of Performing Arts, where he discovered his love of acting. After high school he studied drama at... Biography of Jacky BOXBERGER
Jacky Boxberger, born April 6, 1949 in Châtel-sur-Moselle, died August 9, 2001 in Kenya (trampled to death by an elephant), was a French athlet. Events 42 sélections en équipe de France A Recordman du monde junior du 1500m en 1968, en 3'40"8 ; ce record est toujours d'actualité en France en 2005... Recordman de France du 3000m en 1979, en 7'43"76 Recordman de France du 5000m en 1976, et 1977 en 13'23"59 Meilleure performance française sur 20km route en 1980 Meilleure performance... Biography of Greg NORMAN
Gregory John Norman AM (born February 10, 1955) is an Australian professional golfer and entrepreneur who spent 331 weeks as the world's number one ranked golfer in the 1980s and 1990s. He is nicknamed "The Great White Shark," or simply "The Shark," a reference to a shark inhabiting Australian waters as well as Norman's size and aggressive golf style. Height: 183cm Weight: 84kg Career outline Norman was born in Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia to Merv --an English-born Australian, and To... Biography of William Howard TAFT
William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was an American politician, the twenty-seventh President of the United States, the tenth Chief Justice of the United States, a leader of the progressive conservative wing of the Republican Party in the early 20th century, a pioneer in international arbitration and staunch advocate of world peace verging on pacifism, and scion of a leading political family, the Tafts, of Ohio. Taft served as the Solicitor General of the United States, a ... Biography of Jérémy TOULALAN
Jérémy Toulalan (born 10 September 1983 in Nantes) is a French footballer who plays central midfielder for Olympique Lyonnais and the France national football team. Career Toulalan is a pure product of the FC Nantes youth academy, making his first-team debut during the 2001-2002 season against Rennes. He would stay at his hometown club until the end of the 2005-2006 season, when he agreed a transfer to the Olympique Lyonnais, who had just won their fifth consecutive Ligue 1 title. Since j... Biography of Arlo GUTHRIE
Arlo Davy Guthrie (born July 10, 1947) is an American folk singer. Like his father, Woody Guthrie, Arlo often sings songs of protest against social injustice. Arlo Guthrie's most famous work is "Alice's Restaurant Massacree", a talking blues song that lasts for 18 minutes. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Early life Guthrie was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of folk singer and composer Woody Guthrie and his wife Marjorie Mazia Guthrie, who was a one-time professional dancer with the Martha Graham... Biography of Andy FORDHAM (THE VIKING)
Andy Fordham (born February 2, 1962 in London) is an English darts player, also known by his nickname, The Viking. He won the 2004 World Professional Darts Championship, beating Mervyn King in the final. He is also a four-time semi-finalist at the Lakeside, and the 1999 Winmau World Masters champion. Darts career Fordham made his first appearance on the stage at Lakeside in 1995 and made it to the semi-finals before losing to Richie Burnett. Another semi-final defeat followed in 1996, this t... Biography of Cary ELWES
Ivan Simon Cary Elwes (born October 26, 1962) is an English actor credited as Cary Elwes, known for his performances in Another Country, The Princess Bride, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Glory, Liar, Liar and Saw. Early life Elwes was born in London. His advertising agent father Dominic Elwes and grandfather Simon Elwes were very well-known British portrait painters. His father had moved in the circles of high society (and been friends with Lord Lucan and Lady Annabel Goldsmith to whom he was a... 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 ... Biography of Steve GUTTENBERG
Steven Robert Guttenberg (born August 24, 1958) is an American film and television actor. He became known during the 1980s, after a series of starring roles in major Hollywood films, including Cocoon, Three Men and a Baby, Police Academy, and Short Circuit. Guttenberg is one of 12 contestants on the 6th season of Dancing with the Stars. Early life Guttenberg was born in Brooklyn, New York to Ann Iris Newman, a surgical assistant, and Jerome Stanley Guttenberg, an electrical engineer. He h... Biography of Marcello LIPPI
Marcello Lippi, Commendatore OMRI, (born April 11, 1948) is an Italian World Cup-winning football coach and former player. Born in Viareggio, in northern Tuscany, he served as Italian national team head coach from July 16, 2004 to July 12, 2006 and led Italy to win the FIFA World Cup 2006. He resigned from this position following his victory after dismissing widespread calls for him to remain in the position by saying "I believe that I have achieved what I set out to achieve as the coach of t... Biography of Andreï CHEVTCHENKO
Andriy Mykolayovych Shevchenko (Ukrainian: Андрій Миколайович Шевченко, Andrij Mykolajovyč Ševčenko, born 29 September 1976, Dvirkivschyna, Kiev Oblast) is a Ukrainian football striker who plays for Chelsea in the Premier League. In 2004, he won the Ballon D'or and was included in Pelé's FIFA 100. He is the third-highest goalscorer in the... Biography of Robert BELTRAN
Robert Adame Beltran (born November 19, 1953) is an American actor best known for his role as Commander Chakotay on Star Trek: Voyager. Beltran is the son of first generation Mexican-American parents and refers to himself as being “Latindio” (a portmanteau of Latino and Indio). He was born in Bakersfield, California where he attended East Bakersfield High School and Bakersfield College. He has seven brothers and two sisters, including the well-known Latin Jazz musician Louie Cruz Beltran and ... Biography of John CARPENTER
John Howard Carpenter (born January 16, 1948) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, film score composer and occasional actor. Carpenter has worked in numerous film genres, and is considered one of the most accomplished and influential horror and science fiction directors in Hollywood. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Early life Carpenter was born in Carthage, New York, the son of Milton Jean (née Carter) and Howard Ralph Carpenter, a music professor. He and his family moved to Bowling ... Biography of Saffron BURROWS
Saffron Dominique Burrows (born October 21, 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, th... Biography of Vitas GERULAITIS
Vytautas Kevin Gerulaitis (July 26, 1954 – September 18, 1994) was a professional tennis player from the United States. He is best remembered for winning the men's singles title at the Australian Open in 1977. Gerulaitis was born in 1954 in Brooklyn, NY to Lithuanian immigrant parents, and grew up in Howard Beach, Queens. He attended academic and athletic powerhouse Archbishop Molloy High School in Queens, graduating in 1971. He attended Columbia College of Columbia University for one year be... Biography of Dack RAMBO
Dack Rambo (b. Norman Rambo, November 13, 1941, in Delano (source Imdb), California – March 21, 1994, Delano, California) was an American actor, most notable for appearing as Jack Ewing in the TV Series Dallas from 1985 until his dismissal in 1987 and as Grant Harrison on the NBC soap opera Another World from 1990 to 1991. Height: 6' (1.83 m) He had a twin brother, Dirk Rambo, who died in 1967. After being diagnosed with HIV in 1991 he acknowledged being bisexual and campaigned for AIDS... Biography of Jennie FINCH
Jennie Finch (born September 3, 1980), or occasionally using her husband's name, Daigle, is an American softball player. She is widely regarded as the most famous softball player of all time. As of 2004, she is a pitcher for USA Softball, and pitched on the team that won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Early years Born in Bellflower, California, Finch has been playing softball since she was five years old and has been pitching since she was eight. At La Mirada High School, Finch ... Biography of George STEINBRENNER
George Michael Steinbrenner III (born July 4, 1930 in Rocky River, Ohio), often known as "The Boss", is an American billionaire businessman and the principal owner of Major League Baseball's New York Yankees. George graduated from Culver Military Academy High School then got his B.A. from Williams College. Afterwards he did post graduate study at The Ohio State University (1954-55), where he met his wife, and served as a graduate assistant to legendary Buckeye football coach Woody Hayes. He has ... Biography of John TYLER
John Tyler,Jr. (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) was the tenth (1841-1845) President of the United States. A long-time Democrat-Republican, he was elected Vice President on the Whig ticket and on becoming president in 1841, broke with that party. His term as Vice President began on March 4, 1841 and one month later, on April 4, incumbent President William Henry Harrison died of what is today believed to have been viral pneumonia. Harrison's death left Tyler, the federal government, and the Ame... Biography of Robert ZEMECKIS
Robert Lee "Bob" Zemeckis (born May 14, 1952) is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning American movie director, producer and writer. Zemeckis first came to public attention in the 1980s as the director of the comedic time-travel Back to the Future films as well as the live-action/animated film Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), though in the 1990s he diversified into more dramatic fare, including 1994's Forrest Gump, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Director. Height: 6' (1.83 m) ... Biography of Fred ROGERS
Fred McFeely Rogers (March 20, 1928 – February 27, 2003) was an American educator, minister, songwriter and television host. Rogers was the host of the internationally acclaimed children's television show Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, in production from 1968 to 2001. As Mister Rogers, he became an iconic presence to millions of viewers worldwide. Rogers was also an ordained Presbyterian minister. Throughout his life, he was an advocate for the education and welfare of children. Personal life ... Biography of James GARFIELD
James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831–September 19, 1881) was the twentieth President of the United States. He had also served as a major general in the United States Army, and as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Garfield was the second U.S. President to be assassinated — Abraham Lincoln was the first. Garfield had the second shortest presidency in U.S. history, after William Henry Harrison's. In office for six months and fifteen days, President Garfield, a Republican, actually s... Biography of Sylvain MARCONNET
Sylvain Marconnet (born 8 April 1976 in France) is a French rugby union footballer, currently playing for Stade Français in the Top 14 club competition in France. His usual position is prop. Marconnet has played for France, including representing them at the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia. He made his debut for Stade Français during the 1997-98 season, which was also the year that they were crowned champions of France. Marconnet made his international debut for France on November 15, 1998,... Biography of Adrian YOUNG (NO DOUBT)
Adrian Samuel Young (born August 26, 1969, Long Beach, California) is the drummer for the rock band, No Doubt. Young's parents were hippies. He has three brothers: Alex, Damian and Aaron. Young was exposed to rock music very early by the 1990s California music scene. He became a fan of the band No Doubt from the start, attending their concerts after they formed in 1987. The same year he began playing the drums. In 1989, No Doubt announced that they were looking for a new drummer, and Young... Biography of James MONROE
James Monroe (April 28, 1758 – July 4, 1831) was the fifth President of the United States (1817-1825). His administration was marked by the acquisition of Florida (1819); the Missouri Compromise (1820), in which Missouri was declared a slave state; and the profession of the Monroe Doctrine (1823), declaring U.S. opposition to European interference in the Americas, as well as breaking all ties with France remaining from the War of 1812. Early years The president’s parents, father Spence Monro... Biography of Callum BLUE
Daniel James Callum Blue (born August 19, 1977 in London, England) is an English film and television actor best known for his role as grim reaper Mason on Dead Like Me. Probably his most high-profile movie role was in the 2004 film The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement with Anne Hathaway. Filmography Shades (mini) TV series (2000) Nick MacIntyre Young Blades (2001) Aramis In Love and War (2001) Eric Newby Devil's Gate (2003) Rafe The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (200... Biography of Martin KEMP
Martin John Kemp (born 10 October 1961), brother of Gary Kemp, is an English actor and former pop musician. He was born in Islington, London. Career In the 1980s he and his brother Gary Kemp had a great deal of success in the New Romantic band Spandau Ballet. Their most popular albums included True. He also performed on the popular 1984 famine relief project song "Do They Know It's Christmas", written by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure. He and his brother Gary branched out into acting in 1990, b... Biography of Macy GRAY
Macy Gray (born Natalie Renee McIntyre on September 6, 1967; also credited as Natalie Hinds in her music) is an American R&B, soul, and neo soul singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress, famed for her raspy voice and a singing style heavily influenced by Billie Holiday and Betty Davis. This Year She Will Be Performing At Leicester's Summer Sundae To date, Gray has released four studio albums, one compilation album, and one live album—with her fourth studio album, Big, released in March... Biography of Daryl SITTLER
Darryl Glen Sittler (born September 18, 1950 in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League from 1970 until 1985 for the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Philadelphia Flyers and the Detroit Red Wings. Height Weight 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 190 lb (86 kg/13 st 8 lb) Playing career Sittler grew up in St. Jacobs, Ontario and played minor hockey in nearby Elmira. He was drafted out of the Junior C Elmira Sugar Kings by the London Natio... Biography of Mark-Paul GOSSELAAR
Mark-Paul Harry Gosselaar (born March 1, 1974) is an American actor. Gosselaar is best known for his roles as Zack Morris on NBC's Saved by the Bell and detective John Clark on NYPD Blue. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Early life Gosselaar was born in Panorama City, California, his father, Hans, is Dutch and his mother, Paula, is Indonesian. His parents and his three siblings were all born in the Netherlands. He speaks Dutch fluently. Gosselaar began as a child model at age 5. He spent his teenag... Biography of Michael BIEHN
Michael Connell Biehn (born July 31, 1956) is an American actor, best known for his roles in the Hollywood films such as The Terminator, Aliens, The Abyss, Tombstone, The Rock and Planet Terror. He also played Officer Randall Buttman on the Emmy-Award winning television series, Hill Street Blues. Personal life Biehn was born in Anniston, Alabama, the son of Marcia (née Connell) and Don Biehn, a lawyer. He has three siblings, Brooks Ann, Jonathon, and Steven. He attended high school in Lake H... Biography of Fouad CHOUKI
Fouad Chouki (born 15 October 1978 in Strasbourg) is a French middle distance runner who specializes in the 1500 metres. He won a bronze medal at the 2001 Mediterranean Games in Tunis and finished fourth at the 2002 European Championships in Munich. He then reached the final at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, but was disqualified as he tested positive for erythropoietin. The IAAF handed him a suspension from September 2003 to September 2005. Chouki's claims the substance was injected i... Biography of Julien PILLET
Julien Pillet (born 28 September 1977 in Dijon, Burgundy) is a French sabre fencer. He is a two-time Olympic medalist as he won the gold in the team event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Four years earlier he won the silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics, again in the sabre team event. Pillet won the individual bronze medal at the 2006 European Seniors Fencing Championship and the gold medal in the sabre team event at the 2006 World Fencing Championships after beating Spain in the final. He a... Biography of Aisha TYLER
Aisha N. Tyler (born September 18, 1970) is an American actress, stand-up comedian and occasional writer. Early life Tyler was born in San Francisco, California, the daughter of Robin Gregory, a teacher, and Jim Tyler, a photographer. Her parents divorced when she was 10 and she was raised by her father. She pursued an early interest in comedy during high school, when she would skip her regular courses to attend local comedy improv classes. She also attended theater classes at San Francisco'... Biography of Ryan John CASSIDY
Ryan John Cassidy, born February 23, 1966 in Santa Monica, California, is an American actor. He is the son of Jack Cassidy and Shirley Jones. He played on the TV series Facts of Life.... Biography of Darren ARONOFSKY
Darren Aronofsky (born February 12, 1969 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American film director, screenwriter and film producer. Early life Aronofsky was born in the Brooklyn borough of New York City to Abraham "Abe" Aronofsky and Charlotte, both school teachers. His father taught science and was a dean at Bushwick High School. He graduated from Edward R. Murrow High School, during which he was selected to attend Camp Rising Sun, the Louis August Jonas Foundation's international summer schol... Biography of James HONG
James Hong (吳漢章, pinyin: Wu Hanzhang, born 22 February 1929) is an American actor and former president of the Association of Asian/Pacific American Artists (AAPAA). Early life Hong was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His father, Frank W. Hong, immigrated from Hong Kong to Chicago through Canada and was a restaurant owner. For his early education, Hong moved to Hong Kong, and returned to the United States at age ten. He studied civil engineering at the University of South... Biography of Pascal NEGRE
Pascal Nègre, born August 4, 1961 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, is a French businessman and former radio host. He is CEO of Universal Music France. Universal Music Group (UMG) is the largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry. With a 25.5% market share, it is one of the Big Four record labels. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Vivendi. UMG's record labels have many of the world's biggest artists including The Killers, Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, Gym Class Heroe... Biography of David ANDERS
David Anders (born David Anders Holt on March 11, 1981) is an American television and stage actor. He is best known for his role as Julian Sark on Alias, and for his role as Adam Monroe on Heroes. Although Anders is American, both of these noted roles required him to use an English accent. Biography Early life Anders was born in Grants Pass, Oregon, to parents Dr. Tony and Jeri Holt. Anders is the youngest of four children, he has three older siblings; a biological brother, an adopte... Biography of Riley SMITH
Riley Smith, born April 12, 1978 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is an American actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0809720/ ) Make It Happen (2008) (post-production) .... Russ Gallowwalker (2009) (completed) .... Fabulos The Madness of Jane (2008) (TV) (completed) .... Dane "Criminal Minds" .... Ryan Phillips (1 episode, 2008) - 3rd Life (2008) TV episode .... Ryan Phillips "Women's Murder Club" .... Jamie Galvan (1 episode, 2007) - The Past Comes Back to Haunt Yo... Biography of Bernard LAMA
Bernard Lama is a former French footballer born in the Indre-et-Loire département but originating from French Guiana who played as a goalkeeper, spending a number of years in goal for Lille and Paris Saint-Germain. He also played for Brest, Lens, Metz and West Ham. His debut with the France national team was on February 17, 1993 against Israel in a 4-0 victory, and he would go on to win 44 caps for his nation. He played in the Euro 1996 finals, and was a substitute at the Euro 2000 finals. La... Biography of Thomas KRETSCHMANN
Thomas Kretschmann (born September 8, 1962) is a German actor who has also performed in Hollywood movies. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Early life Kretschmann was born in Dessau, former East Germany. Before he became an actor, Kretschmann trained to become an Olympic swimmer. At the age of 19 he left East Germany and began a month-long trek to West Germany to escape the East German regime. During this trek he lost part of a finger, but it was surgically reattached. Kretschmann crossed four borders ... Biography of Jason CONNERY
Jason Joseph Connery (born January 11, 1963) is an English actor. Born in London, he is the son of actors Sean Connery and Diane Cilento. Height: 6' (1.83 m) Career Jason's acting career in television and film is minor compared to his father. He has also done much theatre work. He made his film debut in the 1983 film The Lords of Discipline. He appeared in the Doctor Who serial Vengeance on Varos in 1985. Jason also portrayed Robin Hood (a role his father had taken on in the film Robin an... Biography of Rick DANKO
Richard Clare "Rick" Danko (December 29, 1942 – December 10, 1999) was a Canadian musician and singer, best known as a member of The Band. Early years (1942–1967) The third of four sons, Danko was born at the tail end of 1942 in Green's Corners, a farming community outside of the town of Simcoe, Ontario, to a musical family of Ukrainian Canadians. Growing up (as his future bandmates also did) in front of the family radio, he was exposed to country and R&B music at an early age. His musical h... Biography of Cameron CROWE
Cameron Bruce Crowe (born July 13, 1957) is an Academy Award winning American writer and film director. Before moving into the film industry, Crowe was contributing editor at Rolling Stone magazine, for which he still frequently writes. Crowe has made his mark with character-driven, personal films that have been generally hailed as refreshingly original and void of cynicism. Michael Walker in the New York Times called Crowe "something of a cinematic spokesman for the post-baby boom generation... Biography of Peter SARSGAARD
Peter Sarsgaard (born March 7, 1971) is a Golden Globe Award-nominated American film and stage actor. Known for often playing dark and villainous characters, he has so far predominantly appeared in supporting roles in a wide variety of both low-budget and major studio films, ranging from drama to horror and action thrillers. His most critically praised performance to date was as The New Republic magazine editor, Charles Lane, in Shattered Glass (2003) for which he won several critics' awards suc... Biography of Jeff FAHEY
Jeffrey David Fahey (born November 29, 1952) is an American film and television actor. Early life Fahey was born in Olean, New York, the sixth of thirteen siblings in an Irish American family. He was raised in Buffalo, New York from the age of ten. Fahey left home at the age of seventeen, subsequently hitchhiking to Alaska, backpacking through Europe and working in an Israeli kibbutz. Career Fahey started performing when he won a full scholarship to dance with the Joffrey Ballet. This... Biography of Joel COEN
Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, known collectively as the Coen brothers, are four-time Academy Award winning American filmmakers. For more than 20 years, the pair have written and directed numerous successful films, ranging from screwball comedies (O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Raising Arizona, The Hudsucker Proxy) to film noir (Miller's Crossing, Blood Simple, The Man Who Wasn't There, No Country for Old Men), to movies where those two genres blur together (Fargo, The Big Lebowski, Barton Fink). The br... Biography of David NIVEN
James David Graham Niven (March 1, 1910 – July 29, 1983) was an English Academy Award-winning actor best known as the punctuality-obsessed adventurer Phileas Fogg in Around the World in Eighty Days (1956). David Niven was born in London, England. He was the son of William Edward Graham Niven and the French/British Henrietta Julia Degacher who, born in Wales, was the daughter of army officer William Degacher (who changed his original name of Hitchcock to his mother's maiden name of Degacher in... Biography of Dan CORTESE
Dan Cortese (born September 14, 1967 in Sewickley, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American actor. Prior to becoming an actor, he was a walk-on member of the University of North Carolina football team. His freshman year he traveled with the team to the Aloha Bowl. He graduated with a B.A. in Broadcasting from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Cortese first came to prominence as host of MTV Sports from 1992 to 1997. He has had starring roles in the 1993 remake of Route 66, Tra... Biography of Nicholas RAY
Nicholas Ray (born Raymond Nicholas Kienzle) (August 7, 1911–June 16, 1979) was an American film director. Career Coming from a radio background, Ray directed his first and only Broadway production, the Duke Ellington musical Beggar's Holiday, in 1946. One year later, he directed his first film, They Live By Night. It was released two years later due to the chaotic conditions surrounding Howard Hughes' takeover of RKO Pictures. An almost impressionistic take on film noir, it was notable for ... Biography of Adam DURITZ
Adam Fredric Duritz (born August 1, 1964 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American musician and record producer. He is the lead singer and founding member of the rock band Counting Crows. His lyrics have been described as "morose" and "tortured"and as "wordy introspection" and his vocals "expressive." He has also suffered from depression and Dissociative Identity Disorder which contributes to the duration between albums and the inspiration of many of his song lyrics. History Early history A... Biography of Tom BROKAW
Thomas John Brokaw (born February 6, 1940 in Webster, South Dakota) is an American television journalist and author, previously working on regularly scheduled news documentaries for the NBC television network, and is the former NBC News anchorman and managing editor of the program NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw. His last broadcast as anchorman was on December 1, 2004, succeeded by Brian Williams in a carefully planned transition. In the latter part of Tom Brokaw's tenure, NBC Nightly News beca... Biography of John DENSMORE (THE DOORS)
John Paul Densmore (born December 1, 1944, in Los Angeles, California) is an American drummer best known as the drummer of the rock group The Doors from 1965 to 1973. He is a drummer and songwriter and attended Santa Monica City College and Cal. State-Northridge. "I've been playing for six years. I took piano lessons when I was ten. They tried to get me to play Bach. They tried for two years. When I was in junior high I got my first set of drums. I played symphonic music in high school (ty... Biography of Ugo MOLA
Ugo Mola, born May 14, 1973 in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, is a French former rugby player.... 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... Biography of Nancy Achin SULLIVAN
Nancy Achin Sullivan, born January 20, 1959 in Lowell Junction, Massachusetts, is an American politician, head of the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine.... Biography of Jorge GARCIA
Jorge García (born April 28, 1973) is a Latino-American comedian and actor. He first came to public attention with his performance as Hector Lopez on the show Becker, and currently stars as Hugo "Hurley" Reyes in the American television series Lost. García also performs as a stand-up comic. García was born in Omaha, Nebraska to a Chilean father and Cuban mother. He grew up in Southern California and went to San Clemente High School. As a senior, he was selected by the faculty as "Triton of th... Biography of Charles GRODIN
Charles Grodin (born April 21, 1935) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor, comedian, and former cable talk show host. Early life Grodin was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Orthodox Jewish American parents Lena (née Moretsky), who worked as an assistant in the family's store and was a volunteer for disabled veterans, and Theodore Grodin, who sold wholesale supplies. His maternal grandfather, Emanuel Moretsky, was a Russian Jewish immigrant who came from a long line of Rabbis and moved... Biography of John ASHCROFT
John David Ashcroft (born May 9, 1942) is an American politician who was the 79th United States Attorney General. He served during the first term of President George W. Bush from 2001 until 2005. Ashcroft was previously the Governor of Missouri (1985 – 1993) and a U.S. Senator from Missouri (1995 – 2001). Early life and education Ashcroft was born in Chicago, Illinois, to James Robert Ashcroft and Grace P. Larsen. His father was a minister in an Assembly of God congregation, and served as th... Biography of Joe Henry ENGLE
Joe Henry Engle (born August 26, 1932 in Chapman, Kansas) is a retired U.S. Air Force colonel and a former NASA astronaut. He was married to the late Mary Catherine Lawrence of Mission Hills, Kansas and has two grown children and one stepchild. He is currently married to Jeanie Carter Engle of Houston, Texas. Engle's recreational interests include flying (including World War II fighter aircraft), big game hunting, back-packing and athletics. He received a bachelor of science in Aeronautical Engi... Biography of Efrem ZIMBALIST Jr.
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. (born November 30, 1918) is an American actor known for his starring roles in the television series 77 Sunset Strip and The F.B.I. Personal life Zimbalist was born in New York, New York, the son of violinist Efrem Zimbalist, Sr. (1889-1985) and operatic soprano Alma Gluck (1884-1938). His wife was Stephanie Spaulding Zimbalist, who died of lung cancer on February 4, 2007. She was 73 years old. Zimbalist is the father of actress Stephanie Zimbalist (with Stephanie Spauldi... Biography of John LE CARRE
John le Carré is the pseudonym of David John Moore Cornwell (born October 19, 1931 in Poole, Dorset, England), an English writer of espionage novels. Le Carré has resided in St Buryan, Cornwall, Great Britain, for more than forty years. Early life and career The son of Richard Thomas Archibald Cornwell (1906–75) and Olive (Gassy) Cornwell, John le Carré was born on October 19, 1931. The actress Charlotte Cornwell is his sister. He began his formal schooling at St. Andrew's preparatory school... Biography of Colin QUINN
Colin Quinn (born June 6, 1959 in Brooklyn, New York) is an Irish-American comedian, best known for his five years in the cast of Saturday Night Live. Early years Colin Quinn was born in Brooklyn to an Irish-American family and was raised in the Park Slope section of the borough. His gravelly Brooklyn accent and idiosyncratic mannerisms are trademarks of his stand-up act, headlining at top comedy clubs across the country, including Caroline's Comedy Club in New York City. Before becoming a c... Biography of Lionel MALLIER
Lionel Mallier, born March 6, 1974 in Grenoble, is a French rugby player. Height: 1m83 Weight: 98 kg... Biography of Fabian FORTE
Fabiano Anthony Forte (born February 6, 1943), better known as Fabian, is a former American teen idol of the late 1950s and early 1960s. He rose to national prominence after performing several times on American Bandstand. In total, he charted 11 hit singles in the Billboard Hot 100. Early life Fabian was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Josephine and Domenic Forte. His father was a policeman and had ill health. Fabian was discovered in 1957 by Bob Marcucci and Peter DeAngelis,... Biography of D.B SWEENEY
Daniel Bernard "D. B." Sweeney (born November 14, 1961) is an American actor. Early life Sweeney was born on Long Island, New York and raised in Shoreham to an educator father and a municipal government employee mother. He attended Shoreham-Wading River High School where he was a member of Omega Gamma Delta Fraternity. He attended both Tulane and New York University. Though he had trouble getting sizeable roles in student productions, upon his graduation he was immediately cast in the Broadw... Biography of Sammy SOSA
Samuel Sosa Montero (born November 12, 1968 in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic) is a right fielder in Major League Baseball and is currently a free agent. Sosa's Major League career began when he broke in with the Texas Rangers in 1989. In the intervening years, he has played for the Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs and Baltimore Orioles. He ended the 2005 with 588 career home runs, placing him fifth on the all-time home run list. After sitting out the 2006 season, Sosa signed with th... Biography of Jack SWIGERT
John Leonard 'Jack' Swigert, Jr., (August 30, 1931 – December 27, 1982) was a NASA astronaut. He was one of only 24 men to have flown to the Moon. Early life Born in Denver, Colorado, Swigert attended the Blessed Sacrament School, Regis Jesuit High School, and East High School. He graduated from University of Colorado at Boulder, where he played varsity football and earned a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering. He served with the United States Air Force as a combat pilot in ... Biography of Huey LEWIS
Huey Lewis (born Hugh Anthony Cregg, III on July 5, 1950) is an American musician, songwriter and occasional actor. He sings lead vocals and plays harmonica for his band Huey Lewis & The News, in addition to writing or co-writing many of the band's songs. The band is perhaps best remembered in American popular culture for their third album Sports and their contribution to the soundtrack of the 1985 feature film Back to the Future. Huey Lewis also played with the band Clover from 1972 to 1979. ... Biography of Jeffrey DONOVAN
Jeffrey Donovan (born May 11, 1968) is an American television and film actor. Early life Donovan was born in Amesbury, Massachusetts, United States. After graduating from the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst) with a B.A. in Theater, he went on to study at New York University, from which he earned an Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in acting. Prior to attending UMass Amherst, Donovan studied at Bridgewater State College, also in Massachusetts. After earning his MFA, Donovan mad... Biography of Mike JUDGE
Michael Craig Judge (born October 17, 1962) is an American animator, actor, voice actor, writer, director, and producer, best-known as the creator and star of the hit animated television series Beavis and Butt-head and King of the Hill. He also wrote and directed the films Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, Office Space, and Idiocracy. Biography Born in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Judge was raised in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, where he attended St. Pius X High School. He is the son of anthropologi... Biography of David KEITH
David Lemuel Keith (born May 8, 1954) is a Golden Globe-nominated American actor and director. Career Keith had an early supporting role in the prison film Brubaker. He also appeared in the 1995 film The Indian in the Cupboard as the cowboy "Boo-Hoo" Boone. He also had a supporting role in The Rose, starring Bette Midler, and later co-starred with Richard Gere in An Officer and a Gentleman. Keith also played a local thug in The Great Santini, starred in The Lords of Discipline and White of t... Biography of Jürgen PROCHNOW
Jürgen Prochnow (; born June 10, 1941) is a German actor. His most well-known roles internationally have been as the submarine captain (based on Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock) in Das Boot (1981), Duke Leto Atreides in Dune and the villain Maxwell Dent in Beverly Hills Cop II. Prochnow was born in Berlin and raised in Düsseldorf, the son of an engineer. He has an older brother, Dieter. He studied acting at the Folkwang Academy in Essen. Thanks to his on-screen intensity and his fluency in Engli... Biography of Joshua MORROW
Joshua Morrow (born February 8, 1974 in Juneau, Alaska) is a former pop singer and an Emmy Award-nominated American actor who plays the role of Nicholas Newman on The Young and the Restless. He joined the show in 1994. He is close friends with his former co-star, Eddie Cibrian, with whom he formed the musical group 3Deep. In 2001, Joshua married his longtime girlfriend, Tobe Keeney. The couple are the parents of 3 sons, Cooper Jacob Morrow (born September 27, 2002),Crew James Morrow (born May... Biography of Winsor HARMON
Winsor Harmon aka Winsor Dewey Harmon III, born on November 22, 1963, in Crowley, Louisiana), is an American actor. Career Harmon portrayed Del Henry on the program All My Children from 1994 to 1995. He is best known for his work as Thorne Forrester on the American soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful; he took over the role from Jeff Trachta in December 1996. He has made appearances on Baywatch Nights and Acapulco H.E.A.T.. Harmon told Soap Opera Digest about his guest stint on H.E.A.T.: ... Biography of Charles ULM
Charles Thomas Philippe Ulm (October 18, 1898, Middle Park, Melbourne, Australia — December 3, 1934) was a pioneer Australian aviator. World War I Ulm joined the AIF in September 1914, lying about his name and age to get in. He fought and was wounded at Gallipoli in 1915, and on the Western Front in 1918. Charles Ulm was married twice. In 1919 he married Isabel Amy Winter. After divorcing his first wife, in 1927 he married Mary Josephine Callaghan. Partnership with Charles Kingsford... Biography of Micky DOLENZ (THE MONKEES)
George Michael Dolenz, Jr. (born March 8, 1945) is an American actor, musician, television director and theatre director; he is best known for his role as the drummer/vocalist in the 1960s made-for-television band, The Monkees. Early life Dolenz was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of George Dolenz, a Hollywood character actor, and his wife Janelle Johnson. As a child he was diagnosed with Perthes disease. Dolenz began his show business career in 1956 when he starred in a children’s ... Biography of Scott BAKULA
Scott Stewart Bakula (born October 9, 1954) is an American actor who played leading roles in two science fiction television series: Quantum Leap and Star Trek: Enterprise. He also co-starred with Maria Bello in the short-lived CBS television series Mr. & Mrs. Smith (which bore little relation to the 2005 motion picture of the same title), and had a recurring role in the sitcom Murphy Brown. Early life Bakula was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Sally and J. Stewart Bakula, a corporate... Biography of Robert GOULET
Robert Gerard Goulet (November 26, 1933 – October 30, 2007) was a Grammy- and Tony Award- winning Canadian entertainer. He rose to international stardom in 1960 as Lancelot in Lerner and Loewe's hit Broadway musical Camelot. His long career as a singer and actor encompassed theatre, radio, television and film. Early life Goulet was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, the only son of French Canadian parents Jeanette (née Gauthier) and Joseph Georges André Goulet, a laborer. Shortly after his fat... Biography of Terry FARRELL
Terry Farrell (born November 19, 1963) is an American actress and former fashion model, best known for her roles in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Becker. Early life Farrell was born Theresa Lee Farrell in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the daughter of Kay Carol Christine Bendickson and Edwin Francis Farrell, Jr. Later, her mother married David W. Grussendorf, who adopted Terry and her sister, Christine. Before becoming a model, she played a Christmas elf at a mall in Cedar Rapids... Biography of Sébastien GATTUSO
Sébastien Gattuso (born June 28, 1971 in Menton, France) is a Monegasque athlete specializing in the 100 metres. Participating in the 2004 Summer Olympics, he achieved seventh place in his hundred metres heat, thus failing to secure qualification for the second round. He ran the 100 metres in 10.58 seconds, which was too slow. It was, however, a personal best time and national record. He also competed at the 2002 European Championships, the 2003 World Championships, the 2003 World Indoor C... Biography of Jean CHRETIEN
Joseph Jacques Jean Chrétien, PC, CC, QC (generally known as Jean Chrétien) (born January 11, 1934), is a Canadian politician who was the twentieth Prime Minister of Canada from November 4, 1993, to December 12, 2003, and leader of the Liberal Party of Canada from 1990 to 2003. Early life Born in Shawinigan, Quebec, as the 18th of 19 children (10 of whom did not survive infancy) to Wellie Chrétien and Marie Boisvert, Jean Chrétien studied law at Université Laval. Chrétien would later make li... Biography of Paul HAGGIS
Paul Edward Haggis (born March 10, 1953 in London, Ontario) is an Academy Award-winning Canadian screenwriter, producer and film director who spent his early career in the television field writing, producing and directing various American and Canadian television network series. Personal life Haggis is the son of Ted and the late Mary Haggis, onetime owners of London Ontario's former Gallery Theatre at 36 York Street where the younger Haggis cut his teeth in theater production, directing, and... Biography of Manny RAMIREZ
Manuel "Manny" Aristides Ramírez Onelcida (born May 30, 1972 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a Dominican-American professional baseball player who plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball. A nine-time Silver Slugger, and one of twenty-four people to have hit over 500 career home runs, he is well recognized for his strong offensive abilities. He has the most career grand slams of any active player - and the second most of any player after Lou Gehrig, and has led the Ame... Biography of Miguel FERRER
Miguel José Ferrer (born February 7, 1955) is a Screen Actors Guild Award-winning American actor, who is often typecast in roles as a villain. Early life Ferrer was born in Santa Monica, California, the oldest of five children of Puerto Rican Academy Award-winner José Ferrer and American singer Rosemary Clooney. His siblings are Maria, Gabriel, Monsita, and Rafael (also an actor) and his cousin is actor George Clooney. Ferrer was raised in Hollywood and as a teenager his interests shifted to... Biography of Chas SMASH (MADNESS)
Carl Smyth, also known as Chas Smash (born Cathal Joseph Patrick Smyth, 14 January 1959, in the Middlesex Hospital, London, England), is an English born musician, best known as a backing singer and dancer in the ska/pop band Madness. He also plays trumpet, acoustic guitar and various percussion instruments. He occasionally performs lead vocals. He was initially an occasional songwriter, becoming a more regular contributor over the course of Madness' career, and was credited as co-writer on the g... Biography of Patrick FLUEGER
Patrick Flueger (born December 10, 1983 in Red Wing, Minnesota) is an American actor. He received his big break when he auditioned for the 2001 family hit, The Princess Diaries. He and four others competed for the leading male role, but that part went to Robert Schwartzman. Patrick made his mark with director, Garry Marshall, though, and Marshall wrote him a part as Jeremiah, a fun-loving card-trick master who charmed the lead character's best friend. Flueger is a graduate of Red Wing High... Biography of Greg VAUGHAN
James Gregory Vaughan, Jr. (born June 15, 1973, in Dallas, Texas, USA) is an American actor and former male fashion model. He has starred in soap operas such as The Young and the Restless and General Hospital. Personal life Greg was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. Shortly after graduating from high school, he ventured to Italy, where he modeled for designer Giorgio Armani. Gianni Versace, Tommy Hilfiger, Banana Republic, and Ralph Lauren campaigns soon followed. In 2001, he was arreste...
Biography of Evgeny PLATOV
Evgeny Platov (born August 7, 1967, in Odessa, Ukrainian SSR) is a former competitive ice dancer who represented the Soviet Union, the Unified Team, and Russia in international competition and now works as a figure skating coach and choreographer. With former partner Oksana Grishuk, he is the 1994 and 1998 Olympic Champion and four-time World Champion. After retiring from competitive skating, he had a falling out with Oksana, now known as Pasha. As a result, he skated professionally with former ... Biography of Roberto ALOMAR
Roberto Alomar Velázquez (born February 5, 1968 in Ponce, Puerto Rico) is a former Major League Baseball player (1988-2004), considered by many to be one of the best second basemen in history. He holds the record for most Gold Glove Awards at that position, and has also won the second most Silver Slugger Awards for a second baseman. A native of Salinas, Puerto Rico, Alomar was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed. He is the son of New York Mets third base coach Sandy Alomar, Sr., a former A... Biography of Scott GLENN
Theodore Scott Glenn (born January 26, 1941) is an American actor known for appearing in supporting roles. His roles include Wes Hightower in Urban Cowboy (1980), astronaut Alan Shepard in The Right Stuff (1983), Commander Bart Mancuso in The Hunt for Red October (1990), and as Jack Crawford in The Silence of the Lambs (1991). Biography Early life Glenn was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of Elizabeth, a homemaker, and Theodore Glenn, a business executive. He grew up in Appala... Biography of Tracy LAWRENCE
Tracy Lawrence (born 27 January 1968) is an American country singer-songwriter. Signed to Atlantic Records in 1991, Lawrence made his debut on the country music charts that year with the single "Sticks and Stones", which reached the top of the Billboard country charts in early 1992. His debut album, also titled Sticks and Stones, was also a Number One album on the Top Country Albums charts, and was certified platinum. Throughout the 1990s, Lawrence continued to chart several Top Ten hits from... Biography of Chet ATKINS
Chester Burton "Chet" Atkins (June 20, 1924 – June 30, 2001) was an influential guitarist and record producer. His picking style, inspired by Merle Travis, Django Reinhardt, George Barnes and Les Paul, brought him admirers both within and outside the country scene, both in the U.S.A. and internationally. Atkins produced records for Perry Como, Elvis Presley, Eddy Arnold, Don Gibson, Jim Reeves, Jerry Reed, Skeeter Davis, Connie Smith, Waylon Jennings, and others. He created, along with Owe... Biography of David JANSSEN
David Janssen (March 27, 1931 – February 13, 1980) was a Golden Globe-winning Emmy Award- nominated American film and television actor who is best known for his starring role as Dr. Richard Kimble in the hit television series The Fugitive (1963–1967) with Barry Morse. Early life Janssen was born David Harold Meyer in Naponee, Nebraska to banker Harold Edward Meyer (May 12, 1906 – November 4, 1990) and Berniece Graf (May 11, 1910 – November 26, 1995). They were married on May 22, 1930 in Neb... Biography of Jo DURIE
Jo Durie (born July 27, 1960, in Bristol, United Kingdom) is a former world Top 5 professional tennis player from the United Kingdom. During her career, she won two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. Career Durie turned professional in 1977. As a singles player, she reached the semi-finals at both the French Open and the US Open in 1983. She was also a quarter-finalist at the Australian Open in 1983 and at Wimbledon in 1984 where she beat a young Steffi Graf in the fourth round. She won two t... Biography of Andre BRAUGHER
Andre Braugher (born July 1, 1962) is a two-time Emmy Award-winning American actor. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of fiery detective Frank Pembleton on Homicide: Life on the Street from 1993 to 1998, and again in the 2000 made-for-TV movie. Biography Early life Braugher, the youngest of four children, was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Sally, a postal worker, and Floyd Braugher, a heavy-equipment operator. He went to high school at St. Ignatius College Prep. He gra... Biography of Tab HUNTER
Tab Hunter (born July 11, 1931) is an American actor and singer who appeared in more than 40 major feature films. Hunter was born Arthur Andrew Kelm in New York City to German immigrants. His father, Charles Kelm, was Jewish and his mother, Gertrude Gelien, a Roman Catholic who later converted to Judaism. Hunter was raised as a Roman Catholic. His father was an abusive man, and within a few years of his birth, his parents divorced and his mother moved with her two sons to California. She reas... Biography of Michael DAMIAN
Michael Damian is an American actor, singer and producer, known mainly for his eighteen-year run on the #1-rated daytime drama, The Young and the Restless. Born in San Diego, California, Damian made his feature film debut as an actor in the Garry Marshall-directed comedy Young Doctors in Love. Later followed a recurring role for two seasons on NBC's The Facts of Life. He is married to Janeen Best, a former Solid Gold dancer and the daughter of the actor James Best (The Dukes of Hazzard). A... Biography of Dann FLOREK
Dann Florek (born Ezekial Dann Florek on May 1, 1950 in Flat Rock, Michigan) is an American actor and director. Known as a "folk-punk" singer in the seventies, Dann Florek also played on underground scenes in NYC as an actor. He first worked with french director Gregoire Benimeli, and with "the Greenwich Factory" on the show "How I killed my french grandfather" where he was introduced as La Fayette, drinking and eating french food during three hours. Then Florek worked his way up from the ... Biography of Eric STOLTZ
Eric Cameron Stoltz (born September 30, 1961) is a Golden Globe-nominated American actor. He is known for playing either sensitive misfits (Mask, Kicking and Screaming, The Waterdance) or sociopathic criminals (Pulp Fiction, Killing Zoe). Stoltz has also appeared in the movies Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Some Kind of Wonderful, Memphis Belle, The Butterfly Effect, Rob Roy, Little Women, The Rules of Attraction, and The House of Mirth. Early life Stoltz was born in Whittier, California, th... Biography of Andrea PERON
Andrea Peron (born August 14, 1971 in Varese) is an Italian former professional road bicycle racer. Peron turned professional in 1993, riding for team Gatorade. He is best remembered for leading the sombre peloton across the finish line in the neutralised Stage 16 of the 1995 Tour de France, the day after the death of his team- and room-mate Fabio Casartelli in a fall. He is a strong time trialist, with good results in the Italian championships, as well as a 5th place at the 1996 World Time-T... Biography of Brendan HANSEN
Brendan Joseph Hansen (born August 15, 1981 in Havertown, Pennsylvania) is an American swimmer who specializes in the breaststroke. He is a four-time Olympic medalist and multiple record holder. He attended St. Denis School in Havertown, PA. Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Weight: 189 pounds (86 kg) Despite setting the world record in the 100 and 200 meter breaststroke at the 2004 U.S. Olympic trials, he did not manage to win a gold medal in either event at the 2004 Summer Olympics, as he se... Biography of Dennis BERGKAMP
Dennis Nicolaas Maria Bergkamp (born May 10, 1969 in Amsterdam) is a retired Dutch professional footballer. At club level he played for Ajax, Internazionale, Arsenal and also represented the Netherlands at international level. Bergkamp played most of his best games as a support striker, where his tactical awareness and deft passes made him a great exponent of the game from the 'hole'. He was selected by Pelé as one of the FIFA 125 greatest living players and is widely regarded as one of the Engl... Biography of Michael SHANKS
Michael Garrett Shanks (b. December 15, 1970, Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian actor who achieved fame for his role as Dr. Daniel Jackson on the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1. He also provided the voice of the recurring character Thor on the same series. Biography Early life After graduating from the University of British Columbia with a B.A. in Fine Arts in 1994, Shanks played in several stage productions, serving a two year apprenticeship with the prestigio... Biography of John FRASER
John Fraser (born Glasgow 18 March 1931) is a BAFTA-nominated Scottish-born actor of cinema, television and theatre. One of his earliest roles was as Inigo Jollifant in the second film version of J.B. Priestley's The Good Companions. He is however most familiar on television, with roles in series including Danger Man, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) and Doctor Who amongst others. In 2004 he published his autobiography, Close Up, in which he writes frankly about his gay life and friendships ... Biography of Bill ENGVALL
Bill Engvall (born July 27, 1957 in Galveston, Texas) is an American comedian best known for his work as a stand-up comic and as a member of the Blue Collar Comedy group. In 2007 TBS began airing his sitcom The Bill Engvall Show. Discography Albums Year Title Chart Positions RIAA US Country US 200 US Comedy 1996 Here's Your SignA 5 50 Platinum 1998 Dorkfish 16 119 Gold 1999 Here's Your Christmas AlbumB 44 2000 Now That's Awesome 14 133 2002 Cheap Drunk: An Autobiograp...
Biography of William GALLAS
William Gallas (born 17 August 1977 in Asnières-sur-Seine) is a French international footballer of Guadeloupian descent who currently plays for and captains Arsenal in the English Premier League. He plays as a Centre Back. Early career William Gallas is a graduate of the French Football academy at Clairefontaine. He started his professional career at second division SM Caen helping them to promotion as champions in 1996. He was subsequently transferred to Olympique Marseille in 1997. Gallas... Biography of Robert WALKER
Robert Hudson Walker (October 13, 1918 – August 28, 1951) was an American actor. Early Life Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Zella (McQuarrie) and Horace Walker, he was the youngest of four sons. He developed an interest in acting which led to his maternal aunt Hortense (McQuarrie) Odlum (the president of Bonwit Teller) to offer to pay for his enrollment at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City in 1937. Career and Personal Life It was at the academy that Walker met fe... Biography of Alain GOMA
Alain Goma (born on October 5, 1972 in Sault, France) is a former football player. He kick-started his football career playing for Paris suburb team RC Versailles from 1982. After spending six years there, Alain went on to join the academy of AJ Auxerre in 1988. He eventually made his first team debut in a 1991 league game. In 1992-93, Goma took part in Auxerre's unprecedented run in the UEFA Cup, where the French only bowed out in the semifinals, losing on penalties to Ajax Amsterdam. At ... Biography of Guy MADISON
Guy Madison (January 19, 1922 – February 6, 1996) was an American film and television actor. Born Robert Ozell Mosely in Bakersfield, California, Madison attended Bakersfield Junior College for two years and then worked briefly as a telephone lineman before joining the United States Coast Guard in 1942. In 1944, while visiting Hollywood on leave from the Coast Guard, Madison's boyish good looks and manly physique caught the eye of Henry Willson, the head of talent at David O. Selznick's ne... Biography of Robert STACK
Roberto Langford Modini Stack (January 13, 1919 – May 14, 2003) was an Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award- nominated American stage and movie actor. He was perhaps best known for his film acting as well as his role in the television series The Untouchables and as host of Unsolved Mysteries. Early life Stack was born in Los Angeles, California but spent his early childhood growing up in Europe. He became fluent in French and Italian at an early age, but he did not learn English until return... Biography of William EYTHE
William Eythe (April 7, 1918 – January 26, 1957) was an American actor of film, radio, television and stage. Born in Mars, Pennsylvania, a small town located about 25 miles from Pittsburgh, he was interested in acting from a young age. He attended Carnegie Tech University and studied acting and he began writing his own plays. "Lend An Ear," was one of his early plays and proved to be a theatrical success, later going on to have a Broadway run. Eythe eventually moved to New York City, where... Biography of Tom SKERRITT
Thomas Roy Skerritt (born August 25, 1933) is an Emmy Award-winning American actor who has appeared in over 40 films and more than 200 television episodes since 1962. Career Skerritt made his television debut in 1962 in Combat! and his film debut in War Hunt, produced by Terry Sanders and released the same year. Skerritt's notable film appearances include M*A*S*H (1970; his huge role was pared down enormously by director Robert Altman), Harold and Maude (credited as "M. Borman") (1971), Chee... Biography of Stéphane PORATO
Stéphane Porato (born 19 September 1973) is a football goalkeeper, who currently plays for Xerez CD, in Spain's Segunda División. His former clubs include AS Monaco and Olympique Marseille. He earned one cap for France in 1999. He had a trial at Chelsea, possibly signing as a third goalkeeper after the long-term injury to Petr Čech, but was not signed eventually.... Biography of Mickey HARGITAY
Miklós "Mickey" Hargitay (January 6, 1926 – September 14, 2006) was an actor and Mr. Universe 1955. He was born in Budapest, Hungary. He also is noted for his marriage to Jayne Mansfield, and as the father of actress Mariska Hargitay. Early life and sports career Growing up in Hungary, he performed in an acrobatic act with his brothers. He also played soccer and became a champion speed skater. An underground fighter during World War II, Hargitay fled Hungary after the war and moved to the Un... Biography of Jack F. KEMP
Jack French Kemp, Jr. (born July 13, 1935) is an American politician and former professional American football player. In the 1996 election, Kemp was Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole's running mate for Vice President. He had previously contended for the presidential nomination in the 1988 Republican primaries. Kemp began his political career with nine terms as a Congressman for Western New York, from 1971 to 1989. He also served as Housing Secretary in the George H. W. Bush administratio... Biography of Zhang YIMOU
Zhang Yimou (born November 14, 1951) is an internationally acclaimed Chinese filmmaker and former cinematographer. He made his directorial debut in 1987 with the film Red Sorghum. One of Zhang's recurrent themes is a celebration of the resilience, even the stubbornness, of Chinese people in face of hardships and adversities, a theme which has occurred from To Live (1994) through to Not One Less (1999). His works are particularly noted for their sensitivity to colour, as can be seen in his early ... Biography of Olivier GIRAULT
Olivier Girault (born February 22, 1973 in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe) is a French team handball player, currently playing for Paris Handball. He is World Champion from the 2001, and European Champion from 2006. Clubs Vaires-sur-Marne Livry-Gargan handball Massy Essonne HB CD Bidasoa Paris Handball Honors Club 2007 : Winner of French Cup 2008 : 2nd of the French Cup National team World Cup : 2001 European Men's Handball Championship : 2006... Biography of Medhi BAALA
Mehdi Baala (Arabic: مهدي بعلة) (born August 17, 1978 in Strasbourg) is a French middle-distance athlete of Algerian origin competing mainly at 1500 m. Baala has won numerous major medals, including two European titles. Mehdi Baala is considered as the best French middle-distance runner of all time. He hold 4 France outdoor records (800m : 1.43.15, 1000m : 2.13.96, 1500m : 3.28.98 and 2000m : 4.53.12) and 3 France indoor records too. However... Biography of Billy Joe THOMAS
B. J. Thomas (Billy Joe Thomas, b. August 7, 1942, in Hugo, Oklahoma) is an American popular singer known for his chart-topping hits in the 1960s and 1970s. Career Thomas was reared in and around Houston, Texas. He graduated from Lamar Consolidated High School in Rosenberg. Before his solo career, Thomas sang in a church choir as a teenager then joined the musical group The Triumphs. In 1966, B. J. Thomas and The Triumphs released the album, I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Pacemaker Records). T...
Biography of Fritz LANG
Friedrich Christian Anton "Fritz" Lang (December 5, 1890 – August 2, 1976) was an Austrian-German-American film director, screenwriter and occasional film producer. One of the best known émigrés from Germany's school of Expressionism, he was dubbed the "Master of Darkness" by the BFI. His most famous films are the groundbreaking Metropolis (the world's most expensive silent film at the time of its release) and M, made before he moved to the United States. Early life Friedrich Lang was born ... Biography of Jean BOROTRA
Jean Robert Borotra (13 August 1898–17 July 1994) was a French champion tennis player, one of the famous "Four Musketeers" from his country who dominated tennis in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Borotra was born in Domaine du Pouy, near Biarritz, Aquitaine and married with an English woman. Known as "the Bounding Basque", he won five Grand Slam singles titles in the French, Australian, and British championships, failing to win only in the American championships. His first appearance was i... Biography of Robert YOUNG
Robert George Young (February 22, 1907 - July 21, 1998) was an American actor, best known for his leading roles in two long-running television series, Jim Anderson, the father of Father Knows Best (NBC and then CBS) and physician Marcus Welby in Marcus Welby, M.D. (ABC). Hollywood career After appearing on stage, Young was signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)—the studio that had more stars than in the heavens—and in spite of having a "tier B" status, he co-starred with some of the studio's ... Biography of Robin YOUNT
Robin R. Yount (pronounced /jɔnt/, born September 16, 1955 in Danville, Illinois) is a former Major League Baseball player who spent his entire career with the Milwaukee Brewers (1974–1993). A first-round draft pick in 1973, Yount debuted the following year, and on September 14, 1975, he broke Mel Ott's 47-year-old record for most games played in the major leagues as a teenager. Career Yount courted controversy in the winter of 1978. He threatened to retire from the game and take up pro... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||