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1196 celebrities 6' 1" tall have been found. Add to favourites (476 fans)Biography of Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II (pronounced /bəˈrɑːk hʊˈseɪn oʊˈbɑːmə/; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician. As the winner of the presidential election of November 4, 2008, he is currently the President-elect of the United States of America and is expected to take office as the forty-fourth President of the United States on January 20, 2009. He is currently the incumbent junior United States Senator from Illinois. External link - Comprehensive Astrological Portrait for Barack Obama Version 4.0 Barack Obama'Comprehensive Astrological Portrait Obama is the first African-American to be elected President of the United States, and was the first Afr... Add to favourites (497 fans)Biography of Leonardo DiCaprio
Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11, 1974 (birth time source: Frank C. Clifford )) is a three-time Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor well known for his roles in blockbuster movies such as William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1996), Titanic (1997), Catch Me If You Can (2002), Gangs of New York (2002), The Aviator (2004), The Departed (2006), and Blood Diamond (2006), and was, as a young man, famed for his global celebrity influence dubbed as "Leomania" in the late 1990s following his role as heartthrob protagonist Jack Dawson in Titanic. More recently, he has worked regularly with director Martin Scorsese which has led some to compare their partnership to that of Scorsese and actor Robert De Niro. The move from 'star' to 'superstar' came when ... Add to favourites (138 fans)Biography of Alan Rickman
Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman (born February 21, 1946) is an acclaimed, award-winning English film, television and stage actor. Early life Rickman was born in Hammersmith, London to a working-class family. His father, Bernard Rickman, was an Irish Catholic factory worker, and his mother, Margaret Doreen Rose (nee Bartlett), was a Methodist Welsh homemaker. His father died when Rickman was eight, leaving his mother (whom he has always held in the highest respect) to raise their four children mostly alone. He says she married again, but divorced his stepfather after three years. "There was one love in her life". After graduating from Latymer Upper School, Hammersmith, Rickman attended Chelsea College of Art and made his way as a graphic artist in Soho. He received a scholarship to the Roya... Add to favourites (513 fans)Biography of Keanu Reeves
Keanu Charles Reeves (pronounced in IPA: ) is a Canadian actor, born September 2, 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon, and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is well known for playing Neo in the action film trilogy The Matrix. He also has played Scott Favor in My Own Private Idaho alongside River Phoenix, Kevin Lomax in The Devil's Advocate, and starring roles in Speed, Constantine and Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. He played bass in a grunge band, Dogstar, during the 1990s and more recently in the band Becky.... Add to favourites (187 fans)Biography of Justin Timberlake
Justin Randall Timberlake, (born January 31, 1981 (birth time source: Frank Clifford, Astrodatabank)), is an American singer, actor, and businessman. He achieved early fame when he appeared as a contestant on Star Search, and went on to star in the Disney Channel television series The New Mickey Mouse Club, where he met future bandmate JC Chasez. Timberlake became famous in the late 1990s as the lead singer and youngest member of the boy band 'N Sync, whose launch was financed by Lou Pearlman. Early life Timberlake was born in Memphis, Tennessee, the son of Lynn Harless (née Bomar) and Randall Timberlake. Timberlake is of English descent, however he has some very distant German and Native American ancestry. His paternal grandfather, Charles L. Timberlake, was a Baptist minister, and... Add to favourites (203 fans)Biography of Robbie Williams
Robbie Williams (born Robert Peter Williams on February 13, 1974 (birth time source: Astrodatabank, another source gives 3:20 PM, by email but no explanation)) is a Grammy Award-nominated and fifteen time BRIT Award-winning English singer/songwriter. His career started as a member of the pop band Take That in 1990, which he left in 1995 after selling 25 million records, to begin his solo career. Since then, Robbie Williams has sold more albums in the United Kingdom than any other British solo artist in history. His sales stand at over 53 million worldwide. He has also sold an estimated 15 million singles. This brings his total to almost 70 million records. Williams entered in the The Guinness Book of World Records when he announced his World Tour for 2006, selling 1.6 million tick... Add to favourites (20 fans)Biography of Julien Courbet
French journalist producer and TV host.... Add to favourites (298 fans)Biography of Robert Pattinson
Robert Douglas Thomas Pattinson (born 13 May 1986 (birth time source: Youtube, Astrodatabank)) is an English actor, model, musician and producer. Pattinson started his career by playing Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. He later landed the leading role of Edward Cullen in the film adaptations of the Twilight novels by Stephenie Meyer, and came to worldwide fame, thus establishing himself among the highest paid and most bankable actors in Hollywood. In 2010, Pattinson was named one of TIME magazine's 100 Most Influential People in The World, and also in the same year Forbes ranked him as one of the most powerful celebrities in the world in the Forbes Celebrity 100. Since the Twilight series ended in 2012, Pattinson has ventured into doing small independent films. Ea... Add to favourites (309 fans)Biography of Jude Law
Jude Law (born 29 December 1972) is an English actor, film producer and director. He began acting with the National Youth Music Theatre in 1987, and had his first TV role in 1989. After starring in films directed by Andrew Niccol, Clint Eastwood and David Cronenberg, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1999 for his performance in Anthony Minghella's The Talented Mr. Ripley. In 2000 he won a BAFTA Award as "Best Supporting Actor" for his work in the film. In 2003, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in another Minghella film, Cold Mountain. He is on the Top Ten List from the 2006 A-list of the most bankable movie stars in Hollywood. In 2007, he was honoured with the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres conferred by the Fre... Add to favourites (102 fans)Biography of Rafael Nadal
Rafael "Rafa" Nadal Parera (Catalan: ; Spanish: ) (born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. As of 11 June 2012, he is ranked No. 2 by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). He is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time; his success on clay has earned him the nickname "The King of Clay", and has prompted many experts to regard him as the greatest clay court player in the history of tennis. Nadal has won eleven Grand Slam singles titles, including a record seven French Open titles, the 2008 Olympic gold medal in singles, a record 21 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments, and was also part of the Spain Davis Cup team that won the finals in 2004, 2008, 2009 and 2011. He completed the Career Grand Slam by winning the 201... Add to favourites (183 fans)Biography of Heath Ledger
Heath Andrew Ledger (April 4, 1979 – January 22, 2008) was an Australian actor. After appearing in television roles during the 1990s, Ledger developed a Hollywood career. He starred in both critical and financial successes, including The Patriot, Monster's Ball and Brokeback Mountain (for which he received an Academy Award nomination), and completed the role of The Joker in the forthcoming The Dark Knight. Ledger was found dead in a New York City apartment on January 22, 2008. Early life and family Ledger was born in Perth, Western Australia, the son of Sally Ledger Bell (née Ramshaw), a French teacher, and Kim Ledger, a race car driver and mining engineer. Ledger's mother is descended from the Clan Campbell of Scotland and his father comes from a family well-known in Perth. The Sir Fr... Add to favourites (120 fans)Biography of Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III; August 19, 1946 (birth time source: Astrodatabank)) is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation. Clinton has been described as a New Democrat. Many of his policies have been attributed to a centrist Third Way philosophy of governance. Born and raised in Arkansas, Clinton became both a student leader and a skilled musician. He is an alumnus of Georgetown University where he was Phi Beta Kappa and earned a Rhodes Scholarship to attend the University of Oxford. He is married to Hillary Rodham Clinton, who has ... Add to favourites (161 fans)Biography of Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson is a rock band based in Los Angeles, California. They usually advocate nonconformity which is one of their notions that founded the accusation that they are a "shock rock" band. They show influences from industrial to glam rock. As a whole, Marilyn Manson is highly difficult to categorize as each album has a distinct and individual image and sound. The band was formed in 1989 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida as "Marilyn Manson and the Spooky Kids". The band's uniquely theatrical performances gathered a local cult following that subsequently developed into a worldwide fanbase. Marilyn Manson's reputation has likewise grown, with the band now considered one of modern music's most widely-known and most controversial; this has been due, in large part, to eponymous lead singer Mari... Add to favourites (72 fans)Biography of Roger Federer
Roger Federer (born August 8, 1981) is a Swiss male tennis professional, currently ranked World No. 1. Many experts and his own peers believe Federer may eventually prove to be the greatest player in history. Federer has won ten Grand Slam men's singles titles in 31 appearances, three Tennis Masters Cup titles, and 13 ATP Masters Series titles. In 2004, the Swiss became the first man since Mats Wilander in 1988 to win three of four Grand Slam singles tournaments in the same year: the Australian Open, Wimbledon and U.S. Open. In 2006, he became the first and only man to repeat this feat and the first man in the open era to win at least ten singles tournaments in three consecutive years. He is also the only player to have won both the Wimbledon and U.S. Open singles titles in three consec... Add to favourites (132 fans)Biography of Harrison Ford
Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an American film actor and producer. Ford is best known for his performances as Han Solo in the original Star Wars trilogy and as the title character of the Indiana Jones film series. He is also known for his roles as Rick Deckard in Blade Runner, John Book in Witness and Jack Ryan in Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger. His four-decade career also includes roles in several other Hollywood blockbusters, including Presumed Innocent, The Fugitive, Air Force One, and What Lies Beneath. At one point, four of the top five box-office hits of all time included one of his roles. Five of his films have been inducted into the National Film Registry. In 1997, Ford was ranked # 1 in Empire's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. As of July 2008, th... Add to favourites (190 fans)Biography of Carl Jung
Carl Gustav Jung (German pronunciation: ; 26 July 1875 – 6 June 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist, an influential thinker and the founder of Analytical Psychology. Jung is often considered the first modern psychologist to state that the human psyche is "by nature religious" and to explore it in depth. Though not the first to analyze dreams, he has become perhaps one of the most well known pioneers in the field of dream analysis. Unlike Freud et al. he was a self-described natural scientist, not a theoretical psychologist. For Jung this salient distinction revolved around his initial process of deep observation followed by categorizations rather than the reverse process of imagining what categories exist and then proceeding to seek for proof of and then discover that one was correct, always co... Add to favourites (92 fans)Biography of Zinedine Zidane
Zinedine Yazid Zidane born 23 June 1972), popularly nicknamed Zizou, is a French former football midfielder who played for four European clubs, including Juventus FC and Real Madrid. As a member and later captain of the French national team he participated in two World Cup finals - including winning the tournament in 1998 - and in three European Championships, winning that tournament in 2000. Having gained fame in Europe as a playmaker for Juventus, Zidane attracted worldwide attention in the 1998 World Cup final with two headed goals against Brazil which won his country its first FIFA World Cup. He also contributed to France's victory in Euro 2000, and at the club level he went on to win domestic championships in Italy and Spain with Juventus and Real Madrid respectively. In the final ... Add to favourites (187 fans)Biography of Ryan Gosling
Ryan Thomas Gosling (born November 12, 1980) is a Canadian actor and musician. Having first gained notice at the age of 12 as a mouseketeer on the variety show The Mickey Mouse Club, Gosling has built a reputation for playing misfits in independent films: a fanatic Neo-Nazi in the The Believer (2001), a drug-addicted junior high school teacher in Half Nelson (2006), a socially inept loner in Lars and the Real Girl (2007) and a frazzled husband in Blue Valentine (2010). He has been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Leading Actor (for Half Nelson) and two Golden Globe Awards (for Lars and the Real Girl and Blue Valentine). His most commercially successful movie to date is 2004's romantic drama The Notebook. 2011 was a landmark year for the actor as he appeared in three mainstream fi... Add to favourites (70 fans)Biography of Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American film director, actor, and Academy Award-winning screenwriter. He rose to fame in the early 1990s as an auteur indie filmmaker whose films used nonlinear storylines, edgy tough-guy dialogue, and stylized violence interwoven with often-obscure cinematic references. His films include Reservoir Dogs (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), Jackie Brown (1997), Kill Bill (Vol. 1 , Vol. 2 ) and Death Proof featured in Grindhouse (2007). Early life Tarantino was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. His father, Tony Tarantino, is an Italian American actor and musician. His mother, Connie McHugh, worked for a home medical organization and had part Cherokee Native American ancestry. Shortly after Quentin's birth, his mother married musician Curt Zastoup... Add to favourites (37 fans)Biography of Julio Iglesias
Julio José Iglesias de la Cueva (born September 23, 1943 in Madrid) is Spain's best selling singer and the best-selling Spanish singer of all time. Julio Iglesias has sold over 250 million records in different languages and released 77 records. He thus far has performed approximately 5,000 concerts during his career and recorded albums in fourteen different languages. Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m) Julio is the eldest son of Dr. Julio Iglesias Puga and Maria del Rosario de la Cueva y Perignat; his younger brother is Carlos. At age 61, his 87 year old dad had more children. Half brother Jaime was born 18 May 2004, and half-sister Ruth on 26 July 2006. Julio's half-siblings were born from the second marriage of Dr. Julio Iglesias Puga and Ronna Keitt. If not for a car accident, on 22nd Sept... Add to favourites (133 fans)Biography of Kevin Costner
Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American film actor and director who has often produced his own films. Early life Costner was born in Lynwood, California, the youngest of the three sons (the middle son died at childbirth) of William Costner, an electrician and laterly utilities executive, and Sharon Rae Tedrick, a welfare worker. He has German, Irish and Cherokee ancestry. Costner attended elementary school at McKevette School in Santa Paula, California. A poor student, Costner enjoyed sports in spite of his small stature, and took piano lessons, wrote poetry and even sang in the First Baptist Choir. Spending his teenage years in various parts of California as his fathers career progressed, the family lived in Orange County, then in ... Add to favourites (104 fans)Biography of Hayden Christensen
Hayden Christensen (born April 19, 1981) is a Canadian actor. He appeared in Canadian television programs when he was young, then diversified into American television in the late 1990s. He moved on to minor acting roles before being praised for his role of Sam in Life as a House. He gained international fame playing the young adult Anakin Skywalker in the Star Wars films. Early life Christensen, the third of four children, was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to Alie, a speechwriter for the heads of large companies, and David Christensen, a software program writer. His father is of Danish descent and his mother has Italian and Swedish ancestry. He has one brother, Tove, and two sisters, Kaylen and Hesja. Raised outside Toronto in Thornhill, Ontario, Christensen attended Bayt... Add to favourites (44 fans)Biography of Tom Kaulitz
Tom Kaulitz was born 1 September 1989 in Leipzig, German Democratic Republic (birth time source: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20120119133649AAmpwKi and http://stephikaulitz.deviantart.com/art/love-is-all-0620-0630-276731952), and he is the guitarist of the band Tokio Hotel. Tokio Hotel is a pop rock band from Germany, founded in 2001 by singer Bill Kaulitz, guitarist Tom Kaulitz, drummer Gustav Schäfer and bassist Georg Listing. The quartet have scored four number one singles and have released three number one albums in their native country, selling nearly 5 million CDs and DVDs there. After recording an unreleased demo-CD under the name "Devilish" and having their contract with Sony BMG Germany terminated, the band released their first German-language album, Schrei, as Toki... Add to favourites (83 fans)Biography of Robert Plant
Robert Anthony Plant (born August 20, 1948, West Bromwich, West Midlands, England) is an English rock singer and songwriter, most famous for his membership in the rock band Led Zeppelin, but also for his successful solo career. He is known for his powerful style, often mystical lyrics, and wide vocal range. As the lead singer of Led Zeppelin he is often defined as the quintessential rock front man, combining rare musical adeptness and knowledge with a large measure of stage bravado and braggadocio. As a solo artist following Led Zeppelin's demise, he is often credited for his wide range of musical taste and his ability to perform an eclectic range of songs in a refined and critically acclaimed manner.... Add to favourites (95 fans)Biography of Wentworth Miller
Wentworth Earl Miller (b. June 2, 1972) is a British-born American actor who achieved fame as Michael Scofield in the Fox Network's television series Prison Break. Early life Miller's father is of Jamaican, British, German, Jewish, and Cherokee descent, while his mother is of Russian, French, Dutch, Syrian, and Lebanese descent. In an interview, Miller said: "My father is black and my mother is white. Therefore, I could answer to either which kind of makes me a racial Lone Ranger, at times, caught between two communities." He was born in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England, where his father, a Rhodes Scholar, was studying. His family moved to Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York, when he was one. He has two sisters, Leigh and Gillian. Miller attended Midwood High School in Brooklyn, New... Add to favourites (120 fans)Biography of Bradley Cooper
Bradley Cooper (born January 5, 1975 (birth time source: People magazine)) is an American film, stage, and television actor. He's best known for the roles of Will Tippin in the TV series Alias and Zachary "Sack" Lodge in the successful film Wedding Crashers. Personal life Cooper was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His mother, Gloria, is Italian-American and his father is Irish-American. After graduating from Germantown Academy in 1993, Cooper attended Georgetown University, from which he graduated with a B.A. in English in 1997. Later, he studied at the Actors Studio Drama School at New School University. He was married to actress Jennifer Esposito in a small ceremony on December 30, 2006. They have since divorced. In October 2007, rumors came out that Bradley Cooper dated actre... Add to favourites (115 fans)Biography of Jensen Ackles
Jensen Ross Ackles (born March 1, 1978) is an American television actor. He is notable for his television roles as Eric Brady in Days of Our Lives, Alec/X5-494 in Dark Angel, Jason Teague in Smallville and, most recently, Dean Winchester on the CW series Supernatural. Early life Jensen was born in Dallas, Texas to Alan Roger Ackles, an actor, and Donna Joan Shaffer. His parents chose the name "Jensen" because it was uncommon. Ackles has an older brother, Joshua, and a younger sister, Mackenzie, and is of Irish, English, and Scottish ancestry. He graduated from Dartmouth Elementary School in 1990, Apollo Junior High School in 1993, and Lloyd V. Berkner High School in Richardson, Texas in 1996, where he was a baseball and lacrosse player. He planned to study sports medicine at Texas Tech... Add to favourites (52 fans)Biography of Tiger Woods
Eldrick "Tiger" Woods (born December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Currently the World No. 1, Woods was the highest paid professional athlete in 2006, having earned an estimated $100 million from winnings and endorsements. In 2006, at the age of 30, he won his eleventh and twelfth professional major golf championships and has more wins on the PGA Tour than any other active golfer. He is the only active golfer in the top 10 in career major wins and career PGA Tour wins. Among his achievements, Woods has held the number one position in the world rankings for the most consecutive weeks and for the greatest total number of weeks. He has been awarded PGA Tour Player of the Year a record eight ti... Add to favourites (26 fans)Biography of Jeffrey Dahmer
Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer (May 21, 1960 – November 28, 1994) was an American serial killer. He murdered at least 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991 (with the majority of the murders occurring between 1989 and 1991). His murders were particularly gruesome, involving acts of forcible sodomy, necrophilia, dismemberment, and cannibalism.... Add to favourites (38 fans)Biography of James Hetfield
James Hetfield (born James Alan Hetfield, 3 August 1963, Downey, California) is the main songwriter, lead vocalist, guitarist and a founding member of the American thrash/heavy metal band Metallica. Early life Hetfield was born on August 3, 1963, in Downey, Los Angeles County, California. His father, Virgil Hetfield (a truck driver) and mother, Cynthia (a light opera singer) were devout and strict adherents to Christian Science, and accordingly, much of his young life revolved around religion. In accordance with their beliefs, Hetfield's parents strongly disapproved of medicine or any medical help and remained vigilant in their faith even as his mother began to die of cancer. Her death and his subsequently turbulent relationship with religion are both recurring subjects that have been ... Add to favourites (15 fans)Biography of Brigitte Nielsen
Brigitte Nielsen (born 15 July 1963) is a Danish actress who became known for appearing in the 1985 films Red Sonja and Rocky IV and then marrying Rocky's star, Sylvester Stallone. She subsequently appeared with him in the 1986 film Cobra, and was noted for her widely publicized breakup with Stallone in 1987, and her relationship with New York Jets Mark Gastineau in 1988. Her exploits were well-covered in the entertainment media in the 1980s, and the world press started referring to her as an "Amazon" because of her tall stature (verified by the Guinness Book of World Records at six feet, or 1.82 meters). She first commented on her stature and used the term "Amazonian" to describe herself in 1985. She later built a career appearing in B-movies, and in the 2000s, for appearing on real... Add to favourites (23 fans)Biography of Guillaume Depardieu
Guillaume Depardieu (April 7, 1971 - Oct. 13, 2008) was a French actor. He was the son of the actor Gérard Depardieu and the actress Elisabeth Depardieu. He was the brother of the actress Julie Depardieu and half-brother of Roxane Depardieu. He had a daughter named Louise. In 1995 Guillaume Depardieu had a motorcycle accident due to a suitcase that fell off a vehicle in front of him. Depardieu needed surgery on his knee. In the hospital he acquired a Staphylococcus aureus infection in the knee which led to an amputation in 2003 . Guillaume Depardieu died on Monday, October 13, 2008 from pneumonia at the age of 37. Filmography Pas si méchant que ça (1974) Tous les matins du monde (1992) Cible émouvante (1993) Les apprentis (1995) Marthe (1997) Alliance cherche doigt (... Add to favourites (54 fans)Biography of Russell Brand
Russell Edward Brand (born 4 June 1975) is an English comedian, actor, columnist, author and presenter of radio and television. Brand achieved mainstream fame in the UK for presenting a Big Brother spin-off, Big Brother's Big Mouth, and for his radio show, among other television series and award ceremonies. He has also appeared in a number of films, including the romantic comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall, St Trinian's, and Bedtime Stories. He is noted for various controversies that have surrounded him in the British media, such as the 2008 prank calls that led to his resignation from the BBC. Early life Brand was born in Grays, Essex, England, the only child of Barbara Elizabeth (née Nichols) and Ronald Henry Brand, a photographer. His parents separated when Brand was six months o... Biography of Lil Romeo
Percy Romeo Miller, Jr. (born August 19, 1989 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American rapper and actor. The son of rapper, producer and entertainment mogul Master P and nephew of C-Murder and Silkk the Shocker, he records teen-friendly hip-hop music on his father's Guttar Music label. He is best known by his stage name, Romeo, although his previous name was Lil' Romeo. He has so far released three studio albums and two compilation albums. His fifth album God's Gift was released on December 12, 2006. Biography Romeo was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and was first born son to rapper Master P who was the eldest out of 7 children. Romeo stated on his myspace that he and his family are all Catholic. In acting he starred in his own television show, Romeo! and also played a small role i... Add to favourites (70 fans)Biography of John Malkovich
John Gavin Malkovich (born December 9, 1953) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor, producer and director. Early life Malkovich was born in Christopher, Illinois of Croatian, Scottish, and German ancestry. His father, Daniel Malkovich, was a state conservation director and publisher of Illinois Magazine, a conservation magazine. His mother, Joe Anne, owned the Benton Evening News (a local newspaper in Benton, Illinois), as well as the Outdoor Illinois. Because of his father's work, the Malkovich family is widely acknowledged as one of the founding families of the environmental movement in Illinois. By high school, he had transformed himself physically and was an athlete. He transferred to Illinois State University from Eastern Illinois University, with an interest in ecology, bu... Add to favourites (57 fans)Biography of Jacques Brel
Jacques Romain Georges Brel (April 8, 1929 – October 9, 1978) was a legendary Belgian French-speaking singer-songwriter, considered by many as a poet as well given the quality and evocative power of his lyrics. Known in the English-speaking world mainly through translations of his songs (most famously by Scott Walker), he is also remembered in French-speaking countries as an actor and director. Brel was born in Schaarbeek, Belgium, a district of Brussels, but lived most of his life in Paris. He died in Bobigny in the suburbs of Paris, of lung cancer, and is buried in the Marquesas Islands. Quotation ...in a man's life, there are two important dates : his birth and his death. Everything we do in between is not very important. -Jacques Brel Although the Brels spoke French, they w... Add to favourites (23 fans)Biography of Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 (birth time source: Astrodatabank) – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981 – 1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967 – 1975). The source for his birth time comes from his astrologer Ralph Kraum, sa femme et Marc Edmund Jones. Born and raised in Illinois, Reagan moved to California in the 1930s, where he became a Hollywood actor, President of the Screen Actors Guild, a spokesman for General Electric, and later met his second wife, Nancy. Previously a New Deal Democrat, Reagan became a Republican in 1962. During his work for General Electric Theatre, he began to articulate the political themes that would carry him into the California Governorship, which he won in 1966. He later made two presidential bids: the first, uns... Add to favourites (31 fans)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. There Lambert was accepted to the acting program at the Paris Conservatoire. His feature acting debut was in the 1980 film The Telephone Bar. Career Director Hugh Hudson cast him in the title role of Greystoke - The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984). With Highlander (1986), starring as Co... Add to favourites (46 fans)Biography of Emmanuel Moire
Emmanuel Moire (born in Le Mans on 16 June 1979) is a French singer and an eclectic artist that has released two albums (Là) où je pars (2006) and L'Équilibre (2009). He sings and plays the piano, with a hundred tunes to his credit. Singing career At 21 years of age, Emmanuel was selected to take part in the 16th meeting of Astaffort, a training course for songwriters and performers. Between 2004 and 2007, he portrayed Louis XIV in the successful musical Le Roi Soleil, whose cast included Christophe Maé and Merwan Rim. Emmanuel Moire released his first solo album, titled Là où je pars, on 13 November 2006. With British pop influences, the first album paid special attention to the melodies even more than the emotions. The piano, vocals and beautiful guitar segments led the listener t... Add to favourites (41 fans)Biography of Matthew Perry
Matthew Langford Perry (born August 19, 1969) is a American-Canadian Emmy and Golden Globe nominated actor who is best known for his role as Chandler Bing in the American television sitcom Friends, a part he played for 10 years. He recently portrayed Matt Albie on the NBC series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. Early life Matthew Perry was born in Williamstown, Massachusetts to an American father, actor John Bennett Perry, and a Canadian mother, Suzanne Perry Jane Louise Morrison (nee Suzanne Langford), a former press secretary to Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. He holds dual US/Canada citizenship. His parents divorced before his first birthday. Perry was raised by his mother in Ottawa. While growing up in Ontario, Perry took a keen interest in tennis and soon became a top-ran... Add to favourites (23 fans)Biography of Roch Voisine
Roch Armand Joseph Voisine, O.C. (born 26 March 1963 in Edmundston, New Brunswick) is an Acadian-Québécois singer-songwriter, actor, and radio and TV host who lives in Montreal, Quebec, when he is not performing in Las Vegas, Nevada. He writes and performs material in both English and French. He won the Juno Award for Male Vocalist of the Year in 1994. In 1997 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. Childhood and family Roch Voisine was born in Edmundston, New Brunswick, but grew up in Saint Basile. His parents are Réal Voisine, mayor of Notre-Dame-du-Lac, Québec and a former English teacher, and Zélande Robichaud, a former nurse. He is the oldest of three children: his brother, Marc, was born in 1965, and his sister, Janice, was born in 1966. They work today as a nurse and hair... Add to favourites (54 fans)Biography of Rowan Atkinson
Rowan Sebastian Atkinson (born 6 January 1955) is an English comedian, actor and writer, famous for his title roles in the British television comedies Blackadder and Mr. Bean. Atkinson has been listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy, and amongst the top 50 comedy acts ever in a 2005 poll of fellow comedians. Early life Atkinson was born to Ella May and Eric Atkinson, Anglican farmers in the town of Consett, north-west of the city of Durham. His oldest brother is Rodney Atkinson, a eurosceptic economist who narrowly lost the United Kingdom Independence Party leadership election in 2000. He was educated at Durham Choristers School, followed by St Bees School, and studied electrical engineering at Newcastle University. He continued with an MSc at Qu... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of David Carradine
David Carradine (born John Arthur Carradine, December 8, 1936 - June 3, 2009) was an American actor, best known for his work in the 1970's television series Kung Fu and more recently in the movie Kill Bill. He appeared in more than 100 feature films and was nominated four times for a Golden Globe Award. Early life Carradine was born in Hollywood, California, the son of Ardanelle Abigail (née McCool) and noted American actor John Carradine. He was the brother of Bruce Carradine and half-brother of Keith and Robert Carradine, as well as the uncle of Ever Carradine and Martha Plimpton. Carradine had Irish, English, Scottish, Welsh, German, Spanish, Italian, Ukrainian and Cherokee ancestry. Carradine attended Oakland Junior College and later studied drama at San Francisco State College bef... Biography of Vincent Peillon
Vincent Benoît Camille Peillon (born 7 July 1960 at Suresnes) is Minister for Education in the French Government. He is a longstanding French politician and since 2004 has been a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for North West France (allied with the Socialist Party and the Party of European Socialists). Career Highest postgraduate teaching qualification in Philosophy (1986) Doctor of Philosophy (1992) Lecturer in Philosophy (1984–1997) Economic research director at the CNRS (national centre for scientific research) (2002–04) Secretary of the Socialist Party's group of experts (1993–94) Seconded to the First Secretary of the Socialist Party (1995–97) National research secretary of the Socialist Party (1997–2000) Socialist Party national spo... Add to favourites (45 fans)Biography of John F. Kennedy, Jr.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Jr. (November 25, 1960 - July 16, 1999), often referred to as John F. Kennedy, Jr., JFK Jr., John Jr. or John-John, was an American lawyer, journalist, socialite and publisher. He was the son of President John F. Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, and the younger brother of Caroline Kennedy (as well as of the deceased Arabella Kennedy and older brother of the deceased Patrick Bouvier Kennedy). Early life Born 17 days after his father was elected to the presidency, John F. Kennedy, Jr., was in the public spotlight from infancy. He had lived for most of the first three years of his life in the White House and under the eye of the media who adored his antics. The nickname "John-John" came from a reporter mishearing his father calling him ("John" spoken twice in... Add to favourites (21 fans)Biography of John Cena
John Felix Anthony Cena (born April 23, 1977) is an American professional wrestler, hip hop musician and actor. He currently works for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) as a member of the Raw brand, though is currently inactive due to a legitimate torn pectoral muscle. He was in his third reign as WWE Champion, a reign that lasted 380 days—the sixth longest reign in the title's history—before he was stripped of the title due to injury. He is also a three-time United States Champion and a one-time World Tag Team Champion. Height : 1m85 Before being promoted to the main WWE roster, Cena trained in and wrestled for Ultimate Pro Wrestling and Ohio Valley Wrestling, holding the top titles of both promotions. Aside from professional wrestling, Cena has released the rap album You Can't... Biography of Jean-Pierre Pernaut
Famous French journalist and TV host.... Add to favourites (15 fans)Biography of Pierre Casiraghi
Pierre Rainier Stefano Casiraghi is the youngest child of HSH Princess Caroline of Monaco (now HRH The Princess of Hanover) and her second husband, Stefano Casiraghi. He was born on September 5, 1987 at Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace in Monte Carlo. He is named for his maternal great-grandfather, Prince Pierre of Monaco, his maternal grandfather, Prince Rainier III of Monaco, and his father. His godparents are his uncle Prince Albert and his aunt by marriage Laura Casiraghi (the wife of Daniele Casiraghi). He had just turned three when his father was killed in a speed-boat accident in october 1990 He has two elder siblings: Andrea Albert Pierre Casiraghi and Charlotte Marie Pomeline Casiraghi, and one younger half-sister, HRH Princess Alexandra of Hanover. He can speak fluent ... Biography of O.J. Simpson
Orenthal James "O. J." Simpson (born July 9, 1947) (also known by his nickname, The Juice) is a retired American football player who achieved stardom at the collegiate and professional levels, and was the first NFL player to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a season. He later worked as an actor, spokesperson and broadcaster. Simpson is infamous for having been tried for the murder of ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman in 1994. He was acquitted in criminal court in 1995 after a lengthy, highly publicized trial (often called the "Trial of the Century" in America). In 1997, Simpson was found liable for their deaths in civil court, but to date has paid little of the $33.5 million judgment. He gained further notoriety in late 2006 when he wrote a book titled If I Did... Biography of Jeff Hardy
Jeffrey Nero "Jeff" Hardy (born August 31, 1977) is an American professional wrestler on the Raw brand of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), though he is currently suspended for drug policy violations. Before gaining prominence in WWE, Hardy performed for the Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts (OMEGA), a promotion he ran with his brother Matt. After being signed by WWE, the brothers worked as jobbers before gaining notoriety in the tag team division, partly due to their participation in Tables, Ladders, and Chairs matches. With the addition of Lita, the team became known as Team Xtreme and continued to rise in popularity. As a tag team wrestler, Hardy is a former six-time World Tag Team Champion and one-time WCW Tag Team Champion. Apart from his success as a tag team wre... Add to favourites (20 fans)Biography of Roger Moore
Sir Roger George Moore KBE (born 14 October 1927) is an English actor known for his suave and witty demeanour. He is best known for portraying two British action heroes, Simon Templar in the television series The Saint from 1962 to 1969, and James Bond in seven films from 1973 to 1985. He has been a UNICEF ambassador since 1991. Early life Moore was born in Stockwell, London (sometimes referred to by Moore in interviews as Saint Ockwell, in recognition of his proud, humble beginnings). The son of Lillian Pope and George Moore, a policeman. He attended Battersea Grammar School but was evacuated to Amersham, Buckinghamshire during World War II where he was educated at Dr Challoner's Grammar School. He then briefly attended the University of Durham's College of the Venerable Bede. Upon tu... Add to favourites (29 fans)Biography of Jeff Bridges
Jeffrey Leon Bridges (born December 4, 1949 in Los Angeles, California) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. He is the son of Dorothy Simpson and Lloyd Bridges, the brother of Beau Bridges and the uncle of Jordan Bridges. Film career Bridges's first major role was in the 1971 movie The Last Picture Show for which he garnered a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He was nominated again for the same award for his performance opposite Clint Eastwood in the 1974 film Thunderbolt and Lightfoot. One of his better known roles was in the 1982 science-fiction cult classic Tron, in which he played Kevin Flynn, a video game programmer. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1984 for playing the alien in Starman. He was also acclaimed for his role... Add to favourites (55 fans)Biography of Tom Felton
Thomas Andrew Felton (born September 22, 1987) is an English actor in films, television, radio, and videogames. He is best known for playing the role of Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter series. Early life Felton was born in Epsom hospital. He was brought home to live in Surrey with his mother, Sharon, his father, Peter, and his three older brothers: Jonathan, Chris, and Ashley. While growing up Felton tagged along with his brothers and was in four choirs throughout his childhood, starting with his church choir at the age of seven. At age 11 he worked one of his first jobs: at a fishery in Dorking. Also at that time his brother Chris introduced him to a lasting passion - the sport of catch and release carp-fishing. Felton was educated at West Horsley's Cranmore School (an all boys schoo... Add to favourites (19 fans)Biography of Oscar Pistorius
Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius (/pɪsˈtɔːriəs/; born November 22, 1986 (birth time source: his family, by email) is a South African sprint runner. Pistorius, who has double below-knee amputations, competes in T44 (single below knee amputees) events though he is actually classified in T43 (double below knee amputee). In 2007, Pistorius took part in his first international competitions for able-bodied athletes. However, his cutting-edge prostheses gave rise to claims that he had an unfair advantage over able-bodied runners. The International Association of Athletics Federations initially ruled him ineligible for competitions conducted under its rules, but on May 16, 2008, the Court ruling that, since he was slower out of the blocks than an able-bodied athlete there was ... Add to favourites (47 fans)Biography of Clark Gable
William Clark Gable (February 1, 1901 – November 16, 1960) was an Academy Award-winning American film actor. His most famous role was in the 1939 film Gone with the Wind, in which he starred with Vivien Leigh. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Gable among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time, ranking at No. 7. Throughout the Hollywood industry, Gable, since the height of his career and, even today, has been called "The King of Hollywood." Marriage to Carole Lombard Gable's marriage in 1939 to his third wife, successful actress Carole Lombard, was the happiest period of his personal life. They purchased a ranch at Encino and once Clark had become accustomed to her often blunt way of expressing herself, they found they had much in common. This was despite the fact that Gable was ... Biography of Philippe de Villiers
Viscount Philippe Le Jolis de Villiers de Saintignon, known as Philippe de Villiers, born on 25 March 1949, is a French politician. He was the Mouvement pour la France nominee for the French presidential election of 2007. He received 2.23% of the vote, putting him in sixth place. As only the top two candidates advance to the second round of voting, he was eliminated from the race. Before and after the election, Villiers has been internationally notable for his criticism of Islam in France. Personal life Villiers was born in Boulogne in the département of Vendée, France, the second of five children and first son of Jacques Le Jolis de Villiers de Saintignon (born Meurthe-et-Moselle, Nancy, 14 November 1913) and wife Edwige d' Arexy (born Loire Atlantique, Nantes, 1 July 1925). His pat... Add to favourites (32 fans)Biography of Ian Curtis
Ian Kevin Curtis (July 15, 1956 – May 18, 1980) was the vocalist, lyricist and occasional guitarist and keyboardist of the band Joy Division, which he helped form in 1977 in Manchester, England. Early life Curtis was born in the Memorial Hospital, Old Trafford, Manchester, in 1956. He grew up in the Hurdsfield area of Macclesfield. It was apparent from a young age that Curtis was a talented poet and songwriter. Although being awarded a scholarship to attend the The King's School, Macclesfield at the age of 11, Curtis was never interested in pursuing academic success as his ambitions and hopes lay in the music industry. His passion for music led him to work in a record shop for a short time. Curtis also worked as a civil servant in Manchester and later, Macclesfield. Joy Division ... Add to favourites (48 fans)Biography of Matthew Gray Gubler
Matthew Gray Gubler (born March 9, 1980) is an American actor, film director, sketch artist, and former fashion model. He made his début in the film The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (2004) as Intern #1, and is best known for his role as the young genius Dr. Spencer Reid in the CBS television show Criminal Minds. Gubler created several movies that were mostly filmed in his hometown of Las Vegas as well as New York City, prior to his graduation from Tisch. He is also known for his constant wearing of mismatched socks, because he says the one time he did wear matching socks he sprained his ankle. Biography He is a high school graduate of the Las Vegas Academy of International Studies, Performing and Visual Arts, where he majored in acting, because the school didn't offer his first love,... Add to favourites (47 fans)Biography of David Boreanaz
David Paul Boreanaz (born May 16, 1969) is an American film and television actor. He is perhaps best known for his role on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel, as the character Angel/Angelus. Since fall of 2005, he has played the male lead on Bones, opposite Emily Deschanel. Early life Boreanaz was born in Buffalo, New York and grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where his father, Dave Roberts (born David Thomas Boreanaz), is a weather presenter for WPVI-TV; his mother, Patti Boreanaz, is a travel agent. He is of Czech and Italian descent. However, his ancestors are from the Italian-Slovenian border region which accounts for the Boreanaz name. He was raised as a Catholic. Angel and Seeley Booth, his two most famous characters, were also both raised according to ... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Anthony Delon
Anthony Delon (born September 30, 1964 Hollywood) is a French-American actor, and son of actors Alain Delon and Nathalie Delon (Francine Canovas). Biography Delon is the former boyfriend of Princess Stéphanie of Monaco. Selected filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0217670/ ) 2011 Polisse (completed) 2010 Paris Connections Jake Sica 2009 Mensch Tonio Massari 2007 Danse avec lui Paul 2005 Vénus & Apollon (TV series) Anthony Delon – Soin conjugal (2005) … Anthony Delon – Soin sunlight (2005) … Anthony Delon 2005 3 femmes... un soir d'été (TV mini-series) Mathias Auvignon – Episode #1.1 (2005) … Mathias Auvignon – Episode #1.2 (2005) … Mathias Auvignon – Episode #1.3 (2005) … Mathias Auvignon 2005 L'homme pressé (TV movie) Pierre Niox... Add to favourites (47 fans)Biography of Henry Cavill
Henry William Dalgliesh Cavill (born 5 May 1983) is a British actor. Early life Cavill was born in Jersey and was educated at St. Michael's Preparatory School on the Island, before attending Stowe School, a boarding school, where he acted in many plays. Career Cavill's film appearances include 2002's The Count of Monte Cristo, I Capture the Castle (2003), Red Riding Hood (2004), Hellraiser: Hellworld in (2005), and the 2006 film version of Tristan & Isolde. Cavill auditioned for the lead role in Batman Begins but lost out to Christian Bale. In 2005, he became a young contender for the role of James Bond, and performed in a final screentest. The producers and director were torn between Cavill, Daniel Craig, and Sam Worthington. Apparently the director favoured Henry Cavill as a ... Add to favourites (35 fans)Biography of Gordon Ramsay
Gordon James Ramsay, OBE, (born 8 November 1966) is a chef, television personality and restaurateur. He has been awarded a total of 16 Michelin Stars, and in 2001 became one of only three chefs in the United Kingdom to hold three Michelin stars at one time. Ramsay currently ranks 3rd in the world in terms of Michelin Stars behind Joël Robuchon and Alain Ducasse. Ramsay is known for presenting TV programmes about competitive cookery and food, such as Hell's Kitchen, The F Word and Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares. Early life Ramsay's father was, at various times, a swimming pool manager, welder, shopkeeper, and his mother and sister were nurses. Ramsay has described his early life as "hopelessly itinerant", as his family moved constantly due to the aspirations and failures of his father... Biography of Tariq Ramadan
Tariq Said Ramadan (born 26 August 1962 in Geneva, Switzerland) is a Swiss Muslim academic and theologian. He advocates a reinterpretation of Islamic texts, and emphasizes the heterogeneous nature of Islamic society. He believes that Muslims in Europe have to establish a new "European Islam" (see also Euroislam) and emphasizes the necessity for their engagement in European society. His maternal grandfather Hassan al Banna founded the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. His father, Said Ramadan, was a prominent figure in the Muslim Brotherhood as well, and was expelled from Egypt by Gamal Abdul Nasser for his activities in that organization. He later settled in Switzerland where Tariq was born. Tariq Ramadan graduated a year early and studied philosophy, literature and social sciences at Univer... Add to favourites (36 fans)Biography of Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt (Hungarian: Liszt Ferenc; pronounced /lɪst/, in English: list) (October 22, 1811 – July 31, 1886) was a Hungarian virtuoso pianist and composer of the Romantic period. He was a renowned performer throughout Europe during the 19th century, noted especially for his showmanship and great skill with the piano. Today, he is considered to be one of the greatest pianists in history, despite the fact that no recordings of his playing exist. Liszt is frequently credited with re-defining piano playing itself, and his influence is still visible today, both through his compositions and his legacy as a teacher. He also contributed greatly toward the Romantic idiom in general, and he is credited with the creation of the symphonic poem. Liszt studied and played at Vienna and Paris an... Biography of Jean-Luc Reichmann
Jean-Luc (Stéphane) Reichmann, born November 2, 1960 in Fontainebleau, is a French TV host, comedian, and radio host.... Add to favourites (40 fans)Biography of David Tennant
David Tennant (born David John McDonald; 18 April 1971) is a Scottish actor. In addition to his work in theatre, including a widely praised Hamlet, Tennant is best known for his role as the tenth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who, along with the title role in the TV serial Casanova (2005) and as Barty Crouch, Jr., in the film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005). Early life Tennant was born in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, the son of Essdale Helen (née McLeod) and The Rev. Alexander McDonald (known to family and friends as Sandy McDonald). He grew up with his brother Blair and sister Karen in Ralston, Renfrewshire, where his father was the local Church of Scotland minister. Tennant's maternal great-grandparents, William and Agnes Blair, were staunch Protestants from D... Add to favourites (18 fans)Biography of David Schwimmer
David Lawrence Schwimmer (born November 12, 1966) is an Emmy-nominated American actor and director, who gained popularity when playing Ross Geller on the American sitcom Friends. Early life Schwimmer was born in Astoria, Queens, New York to Jewish parents, Arthur Schwimmer and Arlene Colman, and then lived in Valley Stream, Long Island, until he was 2 years old. He was raised in Los Angeles, California, where he attended Beverly Hills High School. Having attended Northwestern University’s summer “Cherub” program (the National High School Institute) in 1983, he subsequently enrolled at the university as a theater major, joining Delta Tau Delta fraternity and Arts Alliance in addition to acting and directing. In 1988, along with seven other Northwestern graduates, he co-founded Chicag... Add to favourites (29 fans)Biography of R. Kelly
Robert Sylvester Kelly (born January 8, 1967 in Chicago, Illinois) better known by his stage name R. Kelly, is an American R&B and pop singer, songwriter, record producer, and occasional rapper. He first appeared on the music scene as the founder and lead singer of Public Announcement whose smooth mixture of hip hop beats, soul, and funk propelled the group's 1992 debut album Born into the '90s to platinum status. After leaving the group in 1993, he became one of the top-selling musical acts of the nineties. Kelly's songs often include explicit sexual references, such as "Bump N' Grind", "Feelin' on Yo Booty", and "Ignition" (Remix). Kelly has also had hits such as "I Believe I Can Fly", "I'm Your Angel" (the Grammy Award-nominated duet with Céline Dion), "If I Could Turn Back the Hands... Add to favourites (19 fans)Biography of Bryan Ferry
Bryan Ferry (born 26 September 1945 in Washington, Sunderland) is an English singer, musician, songwriter and occasional actor famed for his suave visual and vocal style, who came to public prominence in the 1970s as lead vocalist and principal songwriter with Roxy Music. He is also noted for his subsequent solo career. Before Roxy Music (before 1971) Born into a working-class family (Ferry's father looked after pit ponies), Ferry studied fine art at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne under Richard Hamilton. He had applied to study History of Art at the world-renowned Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London, but was rejected. His contemporaries included Tim Head and Nick de Ville. He became a pottery teacher in London , all the while aiming for a career in music. Ferry form... Add to favourites (32 fans)Biography of Bill Murray
William James "Bill" Murray (b. September 21, 1950) is an Academy Award-nominated, Emmy-winning and Golden Globe-winning American comedian and actor. He is perhaps most famous for his work in Saturday Night Live, as well as for his comedic roles in films such as Stripes, Groundhog Day, Caddyshack, Ghostbusters and Rushmore, among many others. He has gained further acclaim for recent dramatic roles, such as in the acclaimed films Lost In Translation, Broken Flowers and The Royal Tenenbaums. Early life Murray was born and raised in Wilmette, Illinois, the fifth of nine children of Edward J. Murray II, a lumber salesman, and Lucille Collins, both Irish American Catholics. Three of Murray's siblings are also actors: John Murray, Joel Murray, and Brian Doyle-Murray. A sister, Nancy, is an ... Biography of Bruno Gaccio
Bruno Gaccio is a French humorist and writer born December 14, 1958 in Saint-Etienne. He is well-known for his work on the French satyric TV show Les Guignols de l'Info.... Add to favourites (35 fans)Biography of Adam Lambert
Adam Mitchel Lambert (born January 29, 1982) is an American singer and actor residing in Los Angeles, California. In May 2009 he finished as the runner-up on the eighth season of American Idol. Early life and education Lambert was born in Indianapolis, Indiana and lived there for a year before moving out West to California. He grew up in Rancho Peñasquitos, San Diego, California and attended Deer Canyon Elementary School, Mesa Verde Middle School, and Mt. Carmel High School, where he was in theater, choir, and frequently performed with the school's jazz band. Lambert is Jewish and has performed in Hebrew at Jewish events, singing songs such as "Shir LaShalom". Career Early career Lambert has been a stage actor since he was about ten years old; he was cast as Linus in San Di... Add to favourites (23 fans)Biography of Charlie Hunnam
Charles Matthew "Charlie" Hunnam (born 10 April 1980) is an English actor. Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m) Hunnam was born in Newcastle upon Tyne. Discovered while clowning around in a shoe store by a production manager for the British Children's show Byker Grove, Charlie Hunnam was cast in his first role as the long locked child model Jason in three episodes of the show. His first major role came soon after as Nathan Maloney in the Channel 4 drama Queer as Folk (1999). Immediately following his role in Queer as Folk came the role as the young anarchist Daz in the British film Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? (1999), Upon completion of both projects, Hunnam relocated to Los Angeles, California to pursue his acting career. Upon his arrival in Los Angeles in 1999 he met and married actress... Add to favourites (38 fans)Biography of Al Gore
Albert Arnold "Al" Gore, Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an American politician, businessman, and Nobel Peace Prize winner. Gore served in the United States House of Representatives (1977–85) and the United States Senate (1985–93) representing Tennessee. From 1993 to 2001, he was the forty-fifth Vice President of the United States, under Bill Clinton. Gore was the Democratic nominee for President in the 2000 election, which was one of the most controversial elections in American history. After a series of voting discrepancies and court challenges in the state of Florida the United States Supreme Court, with its final ruling on Bush v. Gore, stopped ongoing ballot recounts, giving George W. Bush the electoral college victory, and consequently the presidency. Today, Gore is president o... Add to favourites (21 fans)Biography of Shemar Moore
Shemar Franklin Moore (US /ʃəˌmɑːr ˈmuːr/; born 20 April 1970 (birth time source: his facebook page: MOMS n POPS!! 44 YEARS AGO ... They fought for LOVE and saw PAST COLOR.. They fell in LOVE n fought for HARMONY and for each other!!! They did the Hanky Panky and CREATED ME! SHEMAR MOORE was BORN at 5:32 p.m. on APRIL 20, 1970 in OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA...)) is an American actor and former fashion model. His most notable roles are that of Malcolm Winters on The Young and the Restless from 1994 to 2005, Derek Morgan on CBS's Criminal Minds from 2005 to present, and as the third permanent host of Soul Train from 1999 to 2003. Early life Moore was born in Oakland, California, the son of Marilyn Wilson, a business consultant, and Sherrod Moore. Moore's fath... Add to favourites (22 fans)Biography of Chad Kroeger
Chad Robert Turton-Kroeger (born on November 15, 1974) is the lead singer and lead guitarist for the rock band Nickelback. Born as Chad Robert Turton, he later adopted the surname of his half-brother, Mike Kroeger. Background Chad Kroeger was born in Saint Alberts Hanna, Alberta, 226 kilometers northeast of Calgary, and some time later joined a cover band. Eventually they got tired of playing other people's songs, and singer/guitarist Chad Kroeger put together a collection of his own songs, borrowed money from his stepfather, and went to Vancouver to record the band in a friend's studio. Based on the results, Kroeger's bassist brother, Mike, and pal guitarist Ryan Peake all relocated to Vancouver in 1996; that same year, they recorded and released the EP Hesher and full-length Curb ind... Biography of Skandar Keynes
Skandar Amin Casper Keynes (born 5 September 1991) is an English actor. He is best known for starring as Edmund Pevensie in The Chronicles of Narnia film series. He will appear in the second installment, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, currently scheduled for release in May of 2008. Keynes was born in London to writer Randal Keynes and Zelfa Cecil Hourani. His maternal grandfather, Cecil Fadlo Hourani, is a famous writer of Lebanese descent, and the brother of Albert Hourani, also a well-known writer and professor. Through his father, Keynes is the great-great-great grandson of the famous scientist Charles Darwin, the great-great nephew of the economist John Maynard Keynes and the nephew of the historian and Cambridge professor Simon Keynes. He has an older sister, Soumaya Key... Biography of Ryan O'Neal
Ryan O'Neal (born Patrick Ryan O'Neal on April 20, 1941 in Los Angeles, California (birth time source: Robert Paige, Gauquelin, Astrodatabank)) is an Oscar-nominated American actor. Early life Born in Los Angeles, California to Irish-American Hollywood movie screenwriter Charles O'Neal and actress Patricia Callaghan, O'Neal first became famous on the soap opera Peyton Place. Hollywood career His role in Love Story gained him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. Further starring roles have been in Paper Moon (co-starring his daughter, Oscar-winner Tatum O'Neal), the Stanley Kubrick directed Barry Lyndon, and the Love Story sequel, Oliver's Story. O'Neal starred in a series of films directed by Peter Bogdanovich and was the second highest grossing movie star in 1972. How... Add to favourites (29 fans)Biography of Ben Barnes
Benjamin "Ben" Barnes (born August 20, 1981) is an English actor. He has appeared in the television series Doctors and Split Decision, and in the films Stardust, Bigga than Ben, and The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian. Early life Barnes was born in London, England to a psychiatrist father and therapist mother. He has a younger brother, Jack, and is an alumnus of King's College School, where he was a contemporary of film actor Khalid Abdalla and comedian Tom Basden. He studied Drama and English literature at Kingston University, London. Career It was revealed in the June/July 2008 issue of CosmoGIRL! magazine that he was a backup singer in the boyband Hyrise, who were in the running to represent the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004. Barnes began working in ... Biography of Iker Casillas
Iker Casillas Fernández (born May 20, 1981 in Móstoles, Madrid) is a Spanish football goalkeeper. He is currently the first choice goalkeeper for Real Madrid and the Spanish national team. He is the captain of the Spanish national team, as well as one of the vice-captains of Real Madrid. Real Madrid He was a product of Real Madrid's youth system, and started in the junior squad during the 1990-91 season, but it wasn't until 1998-99 that he debuted in the senior side, and he was in Real's starting lineup the next season. In 2000, he became the youngest-ever goalkeeper to ever play in a Champions League final when Real Madrid defeated Valencia C.F. 3-0 four days after his nineteenth birthday. He is also one of the vice captains in the team and has grown to be a club icon. He has been con... Add to favourites (21 fans)Biography of Dr. Dre
André Romell Young (born February 18, 1965 in Los Angeles, California), better known by his stage name Dr. Dre, is an American record producer, rapper, actor and record executive. He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and a former co-owner and artist of Death Row Records. He was a member of the influential rap group N.W.A., which popularized the use of explicit lyrics in rap to detail the violence of street life (also known as Gangsta rap). He has also produced albums for and overseen the careers of some of the biggest stars in (mostly) rap music, including 2Pac, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, 50 Cent,The Game, Nate Dogg, Busta Rhymes,The D.O.C., and Eve. With tens of millions of records he has produced sold worldwide (including over 65 million with Eminem alone), he is wide... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Kaká
Ricardo Izecson dos Santos Leite (IPA: ; born April 22, 1982 in Brasília), better known as Kaká, is a Brazilian football midfielder who plays for A.C. Milan of the Italian Serie A. Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Early life Kaká was born to Simone Cristina dos Santos Leite and Bosco Izecson Pereira Leite. He has a younger brother, Rodrigo (known as Digão), who has followed in Kaká's footsteps by playing football for Milan. He suffered a career-threatening and possibly paralysis-inducing spine fracture at the age of 18 as a result of a swimming pool accident, but remarkably made a full recovery. The next year, Kaká made his comeback on the pitch, when he came in as a reserve-substitute in the Torneio Rio-São Paulo final match and scored two goals, among them the match-winner, in less t... Add to favourites (23 fans)Biography of Rutger Hauer
Rutger Oelsen Hauer (IPA: ) (born January 23, 1944) is a Dutch film actor. He is well known for his role in Blade Runner (1982). He won a Golden Globe Award for his role in Escape from Sobibor (1987). In 2007 he published an autobiography, All Those Moments (HarperCollins; co-written with Patrick Quinlan), the title of which refers to his dialogue in Blade Runner.). Background Rutger Hauer was born on January 23, 1944 in Breukelen, Netherlands to drama teachers Arend and Teunke, Rutger Hauer grew up in Amsterdam. Since his parents were very occupied with their careers he and his three sisters (one older, two younger) were raised mostly by nannies. At the age of 15 Hauer ran off to sea and spent a year scrubbing decks aboard a freighter. Returning home, he worked as an electrician and a... Biography of John Abraham
John Abraham (Hindi: जॉन अब्राहम) (born December 17, 1972 in Mumbai, India), is a Bollywood actor and a former model. Early life Born in Mumbai, India on December 17, 1972, John Abraham is one of the most successful male models in India, His height is 6' 1". Abraham's father is a Malayali Christian architect, from Alwaye, Kerala in India. His mother, Phiroza Irani, is part of Bombay's Parsi community. Abraham's Parsi name is Farhan but his father gave him the name John. He has one younger brother, Alan. Abraham first went to the Bombay Scottish School and later to Jai Hind College. He was an avid sportsman, captaining the college football team. He earned his M.B.A degree from Mumbai Educational Trust (MET). Career Ab... Biography of Nicolas Anelka
Nicolas Sebastien Anelka (French pronunciation: ; born 14 March 1979) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Chelsea in the English Premier League. Anelka is also a regular starter for the French national team. Carlo Ancelotti describes him as a quick player with good aerial ability, technique, shooting, and movement off the ball. Anelka began his career at Paris Saint-Germain, but soon moved to Arsenal. He became a first team regular and won the PFA Young Player of the Year Award the following season. Real Madrid signed him for £22.3 million in 1999, a record fee at the time, but he did not settle in well and returned to Paris Saint-Germain in a £20 million deal. Despite regular first team football in Paris, Anelka set his eyes upon the English Premier League ... Biography of Stefano Casiraghi
Stefano Casiraghi (September 8, 1960 – October 3, 1990) was a sportsman and Italian businessman. He was a son of Fernanda and Giancarlo Casiraghi and the second husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco. He had once described himself as "a born businessman" who was involved in all sectors of business from exporting footwear to building and investment. He owned garages, used car lots, restaurants, boutiques, heliports, apartment houses, factories and souvenir shops. He had business interests in North Africa, the Middle East, Rome, Milan, Paris and New York. On December 29, 1983 he married the princess. Her father, Prince Rainier was by all accounts suspicious of his new son-in-law as many were. The Italian papers called him "Carolino" and imagined him to be a mere plaything for his wife ... Add to favourites (24 fans)Biography of Gavin Rossdale
Gavin McGregor Rossdale (born October 30, 1965) is a British musician most famous for being the lead singer and guitarist of the former British rock group Bush, and later the lead singer and guitarist of Institute, which broke up in 2006. Born in Kilburn, London, England, to parents Lucy Stephan (b. Scotland) and Douglas Rossdale (a doctor of Russian Jewish descent); they divorced when he was eleven years old and he was raised primarily by his father and aunt (his mother remarried and moved to South Tampa Florida). He has a younger sister, Soraya, and an older one, Lorraine (daughter called Jade). Rossdale modelled briefly, producing some fashion shots with good friend, Marilyn. Gavin learned to play bass guitar after hanging out with Lorraine's boyfriend who was in a band called The... Add to favourites (28 fans)Biography of Chris Isaak
Christopher Joseph Isaak (born June 26, 1956 in Stockton, California) is an American indie rock, pop and rock and roll singer, songwriter, and occasional actor. Isaak's music can be described as a blend of country, blues, rock and roll, pop and surf rock. He signed a contract to Warner Bros. Records in 1984 for his first album Silvertone. Isaak's contract was renewed in 1988 when Warner Bros. moved him to their Reprise Records label. His best-known song is "Wicked Game." Though released on the 1989 album Heart Shaped World, an instrumental version of the song was later featured in the David Lynch film Wild at Heart (and also years later in the 2000 film The Family Man). Lee Chesnut, an Atlanta radio station music director who was obsessed with David Lynch films, began playing the ... Biography of Jean-Louis Debré
Jean-Louis Debré (born September 30, 1944 in Toulouse) is a conservative French politician. On February 23, 2007, he was appointed president of the Constitutional Council of France by president Jacques Chirac, replacing Pierre Mazeaud. The son of former prime minister Michel Debré and the brother of politician Bernard Debré, he was member of the Neo-Gaullist party Rally for the Republic (RPR) then of the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP). Debré is known for his loyalty to Jacques Chirac. Jean-Louis Debré, outside of politics, is a career judge. He was elected mayor of Evreux in 2001. Since June 16, 2002, he has been the deputy in the first constituency of Eure. Debré was the Minister of the Interior in Alain Juppé's governments (1995-1997), and has been criticized for having a... Biography of Yoann Gourcuff
Yoann Gourcuff (born July 11, 1986) is a French footballer who is presently playing with Bordeaux on loan from Milan. Career Gourcuff was born in Ploemeur, Morbihan, Brittany. Having started out with FC Lorient (then managed by his father, Christian) at a young age, Gourcuff signed a youth contract with Stade Rennais in 2001, followed by a professional contract two years later. Making only nine appearances in the 2003-04 season, the following season was more successful, with him scoring six goals in the 2005-06 season, helping Rennes to finish 7th in Ligue 1 and winning them a place in the 2006 Intertoto Cup. Having been linked with a host of big name European clubs such as Ajax Amsterdam, Valencia CF and Arsenal F.C., at the end of the 2006 season, Gourcuff moved to A.C. Milan ... Add to favourites (21 fans)Biography of Bill Cosby
William Henry "Bill" Cosby, Jr., Ed.D. (born July 12, 1937) is an American actor, comedian, television producer, and activist. A veteran stand-up performer, he got his start at various clubs, then landed a vanguard role in the 1960s action show I Spy. He later starred in his own series, The Bill Cosby Show, in the late 1960s. He was one of the major characters on the children's television show for its first two seasons, and created the humorous educational cartoon series Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, about a group of young friends growing up in the city. Cosby also acted in numerous films, although none has received the acclaim of his television work. During the 1980s, Cosby produced and starred in what is considered one of the decade's defining cultural sitcoms, The Cosby Show, which ... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Richard Gasquet
Richard Gasquet (pronounced )(born 18 June, 1986) is a French tennis player. He reached a career high of World Number 7 in July, 2007 after making it to the semi-finals of Wimbledon 2007, defeating American Andy Roddick. Later that year, Gasquet qualified for the 2007 Tennis Masters Cup. He is currently the World No. 23. It was reported on 9 May 2009 that he failed a drugs test at the Miami Masters in March, with 1.46 mg of cocaine discovered in his A-sample. He is reportedly facing a ban for up to two years if his B-sample also tests positive. Career Early years Gasquet was born in Béziers in the Languedoc-Roussillon region. He is the only child in the family. He began playing tennis at the age of 4 under the guidance of his father, Francis, who ran a tennis club, the TC Sérignan,... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Eddie Mitchell
Eddy Mitchell (born Claude Moine July 3, 1942, Paris) is a French singer and actor. He began his career in the late 1950s, with the group Les Chaussettes Noires (The Black Socks), taking his name from the American expatriate tough-guy actor Eddie Constantine (later the star of Jean-Luc Godard's Alphaville). The band performed at the Parisian nightclub Le Golf Drouot before signing to Barclay Records and finding almost instant success; in 1961 it sold two million records. Heavily influenced by American rock & roll, Mitchell (who went solo in 1963) has often recorded outside France, at first in London, but later in Memphis and Nashville, Tennessee. Guitarist Jimmy Page and drummer Bob Graham were among the British session musicians who regularly supported him in London. He is the voice... Add to favourites (19 fans)Biography of Burt Lancaster
Burt Lancaster (November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994) was an Oscar-winning American film actor, noted for his athletic physique (a rare thing for leading men of that time), distinct smile (which he called "The Grin") and, later, his willingness to play roles that went against his initial "tough guy" image. Initially dismissed as "Mr Muscles and Teeth", in the late 1950s Lancaster would abandon his all-American image and gradually he would be regarded as one of the best actors of his generation. Early life Lancaster was born Burton Stephen Lancaster in New York City to James Henry Lancaster, a postman, and Elizabeth Roberts. His parents were both Protestants of working-class Northern Irish origin, with Lancaster's grandparents having been immigrants to the U.S. from Belfast and descendan... Biography of Richard Chamberlain
George Richard Chamberlain (born March 31, 1934 in Beverly Hills, California) is an American actor who became a teen idol in the title role of the television show Dr. Kildare (1961-1966).Coinciding with his rise to fame on Kildare, Chamberlain also had a brief but moderately successful career as a pop singer. Chamberlain subsequently became disenchanted with Hollywood and turned to the theater, finding success in England among British audiences. In 1952, he graduated from Beverly Hills High School in Beverly Hills, California. In 1966, Chamberlain was cast opposite Mary Tyler Moore in the ill-fated Broadway musical Breakfast at Tiffany's which, after a torturous out-of-town tryout period, closed after only four previews. It is considered one of the most notorious flops in theater histor... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Nick Nolte
Nicholas King Nolte (born February 8, 1941) is a Oscar-nominated American actor, model, and producer. Nolte was born in Omaha, Nebraska. His father, Frank Nolte, a farmer's son and an itinerant irrigation pump salesman of part German descent -- his father a German immigrant --, was an All-American candidate at Iowa State in 1934. His mother, Helen King, was a department store buyer; her father, Matthew Leander King, invented the hollow-tile silo and was prominent in early aviation. Nolte's maternal grandmother ran the student union at Iowa State University. Nolte went to a public high school at Omaha Benson High School. While he was at Omaha Benson High School he was the kicker on the football team. Nolte got kicked out of Benson for digging a hole and hiding beer before practice and... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Pete Sampras
Peter "Pete" Sampras, also known to fans as 'Pistol Pete', (born August 12, 1971, in Washington, D.C.) is a former World No. 1 tennis player from the United States. During his 15 year career, he won a record 14 Grand Slam men's singles titles in 52 appearances and finished the year as No. 1 on the ATP rankings for six consecutive years, a record for the open era and tying him for third all-time. Sampras won the singles title at Wimbledon seven times, an all-time record shared with William Renshaw. He also won five singles titles at the U.S. Open, an open era record shared with Jimmy Connors. Bud Collins has named Sampras as one of the top five men's tennis players of all-time, and TENNIS Magazine has named him the greatest player from 1965 through 2005. On January 17, 2007, Sampras was ind... Biography of Jean-Marc Morandini
Jean-Marc Morandini (Marseille, 5 August 1965 — ) is a French journalist. In 1985, aged 20, Morandini became the youngest TV speaker of France. He worked for channel La Cinq, before creating and animating the programme Tout est possible on TF1 for 4 years. The programme was sharply criticised for it lack of intelligence, particularly by Libération and Les Guignols de l'Info, and was eventually discontinued. Morandini then turned to radio, working for RMC Info and, since 2003, for Europe 1. On the 12 April 2007, Morandini started a small scandal from his blog, where he stated his intentions to publish estimations of results of the presidential election as soon as 18h ; according the French applicable laws (loi électorale du 19 février 2002), the results cannot be announced before 2... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Freddie Jr. Prinze
Freddie James Prinze (born March 8, 1976) is an American actor, perhaps best known for his leading roles in teen-oriented films. Early life Prinze was born in Los Angeles, California, the son of Katherine Elaine Cochran (a real-estate agent) and Freddie Prinze, an American actor and comedian who died in 1977, after Elaine left him and filed a restraining order against him. (Prinze was just 10 months old at the time). His father's death was originally termed a suicide but later ruled an accident, as he was under the influence of quaaludes. Prinze's paternal grandfather Karl Pruetzel was a German immigrant and his paternal grandmother was Puerto Rican; he was raised a Roman Catholic and embraces his Puerto Rican heritage . Prinze grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Puerto Rico. H... Add to favourites (11 fans)Biography of Larry Hagman
Larry Martin Hagman (September 21, 1931 (birth time source: Stephen Przybylowski, Astrodatabank) – November 23, 2012) was an American film and television actor, producer and director most known for playing J. R. Ewing in the 1980s primetime television soap opera Dallas and for playing Major Anthony "Tony" Nelson in the 1960s sitcom I Dream of Jeannie. His films include Fail-Safe, Superman, JFK, Nixon and Primary Colors. His television appearances continued in international soap operas and with guest roles on shows such as Desperate Housewives into the 21st century. In 2012, he reprised his role as J.R. Ewing in an updated version of Dallas. Hagman was the son of the actress Mary Martin. A long-time drinker, he underwent a life-saving liver transplant in 1995, and although a member of a ... Add to favourites (20 fans)Biography of Drew Fuller
Drew Fuller (born Andrew Alan Fuller on May 19, 1980) is an American actor and former male fashion model. Early life Fuller was born in Atherton, California and grew up in Newport Beach; he has a younger sister, Hilary. He has Russian, Scottish and English ancestry. Fuller was discovered by an agent when he was twelve years old, after a family friend put him on the cover of UCLA Magazine. Career Deciding to wait a few years, Fuller eventually entered the modeling world at age sixteen and quickly became a top model for such companies as Prada, Club Med, and Tommy Hilfiger. He has starred in many commercials including J.Crew, Subway, Toyota and Pepsi opposite Britney Spears. Fuller became known for playing Chris Halliwell on Charmed, a starring and guest star role from seasons 5-8... Add to favourites (25 fans)Biography of Johnny Knoxville
Johnny Knoxville (born Philip John Clapp on March 11, 1971 in Knoxville, Tennessee) is an American comic actor and daredevil. Knoxville has been featured in a number of films, but is best known as the co-creator and principal star of the MTV series Jackass and its subsequent films. Career After graduating from South-Doyle High School in 1989 in Knoxville, Tennessee, Clapp moved to California to become an actor, and at first appeared in commercials and as an extra. Not getting the big break he had hoped for, he began writing and pitching article ideas to various magazines. He also attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts on a scholarship, but dropped out within two weeks. An idea to test self-defense equipment on himself was picked up by the Jeff Tremaine-helmed skateboarding m... Add to favourites (29 fans)Biography of Zachary Quinto
Zachary John Quinto (born June 2, 1977) is an American actor known for his roles as Adam Kaufman on 24, Sasan on So NoTORIous, and Gabriel "Sylar" Gray on NBC's Heroes. He has recently been cast to appear in the 2008 film Star Trek, as a young Spock. The source for his time of birth is there: http://community.zacharyquinto.com/entry/6a0120a57ade8b970b0120a661f0b5970c and http://community.zacharyquinto.com/entry/6a012876714a46970c014e881c6a68970d Quinto, who is half-Italian and half-Irish, was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Central Catholic High School, class of 1995, and then attended Carnegie Mellon University's Carnegie Mellon School of Drama, from which he graduated in 1999. Career Quinto first appeared on television in the short-lived television series Th... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Lilian Thuram
Lilian Thuram (born Ruddy Lilian Thuram-Ulien, January 1, 1972 in Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, France) is a French professional football defender, the most capped player in the history of the France national team. He has played at the top division level for over 15 seasons, including ten in Italy's Serie A. With the France national team, Thuram won the 1998 World Cup and the Euro 2000. Before Thuram pursued a football career, he aspired to be a Roman Catholic priest, until he found that he wanted to make use of his football talents. Club career Thuram's football career began with Monaco of the French Ligue 1 in 1991. Later stops included Parma (1996-2001) and Juventus (2001-2006) in the Italian Serie A championship. He won the the scudetto twice with Juventus (it was originally four t... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Taylor Hanson
Jordan Taylor "Tay" Hanson (born 14 March 1983 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is one of the singers in the band Hanson. He also plays keyboard, percussion (including bongos and the tambourine), drums, guitar (both acoustic and electric), and piano. Taylor is the second oldest of seven children. He and his older brother, Isaac, started their band, firstly known as The Hanson Brothers (later changed to just 'Hanson') in 1992. Isaac was eleven, Taylor nine, and later, a then six year old Zac joined the group. They performed as an acapella group outside of different clubs in their hometown of Tulsa. In May of 1997, the band released their first studio album, Middle of Nowhere, on a major record label, Mercury Records. The first single, "MMMBop", made it to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. ... Biography of Eric Abidal
Éric Abidal (born July 11, 1979 in Lyon (birth time source: Didier Geslain)) is a left-sided French football defender of Martiniquean descent who currently plays for FC Barcelona in La Liga. He is married with an Algerian woman and became a Muslim with Islamic name Bilal. Height: 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) Club career Abidal was trained in Lyon-La Duchère, a team playing in the suburbs of Lyon. He started his professional career with AS Monaco on September 16, 2000, where he earned 22 first-team appearances. He moved to Lille OSC where he was reunited with his former manager Claude Puel and earned 62 first-team appearances. At the end of 2004, he returned to his native region by joining Olympique Lyonnais, which had just won its second successive Ligue 1 championship. During his time in Fr... Add to favourites (17 fans)Biography of Henry Fonda
Henry Jaynes Fonda (May 16, 1905 – August 12, 1982) was a highly acclaimed Academy Award-winning American film and stage actor, best known for his roles as plain-speaking idealists. Fonda's subtle, naturalistic acting style preceded by many years the popularization of method acting. Fonda made his mark early as a Broadway actor, and made his Hollywood debut in 1935. Fonda's career gained momentum after his Academy Award-nominated performance in 1940's The Grapes of Wrath, an adaptation of John Steinbeck's novel about an Oklahoma family who moved west during the Dust Bowl. Throughout six decades in Hollywood, Fonda cultivated a strong, appealing screen image in such classics as The Ox-Bow Incident, Mister Roberts, and 12 Angry Men. Later, Fonda moved toward both more challenging, darker ... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Shane West
Shane West (born June 10, 1978) is an American television and film actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles on the television series ER and Once and Again and in the film A Walk to Remember. Early life West was born Shannon Bruce Snaith in Baton Rouge, Louisiana to Catherine, a lawyer, and Don, a drugstore manager. He has two sisters, Simone and Marli Ann. At the age of ten, West moved to California with his mother and sister Simone. He needed one more credit to graduate when he was forced to take a drama class. Career His first major role was in 1999's television series, Once and Again, playing "Eli Sammler". West's film debut was a supporting role in the 1999 film Liberty Heights, director Barry Levinson's film about a Jewish family in Baltimore. He also co-starred in the... Biography of Harry Roselmack
Harry Roselmack, born March 20, 1973 in Tours, is a French radio and TV journalist. Harry Roselmack is gratuated in History (DEUG) and Journalist (DUT). He began to work for a local radio station, during this period. Than, he wrote some sport's papers for a regional news paper La Nouvelle République du Centre-Ouest. Roselmack has worked with Radio France, in 2000 (France Bleu, France Info) before joining Canal+. In 2006, he was appointed official summer replacement for Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, the evening news anchorman, by TF1. This decision triggered a number of moves between the major networks. Thomas Hugues, who has held this position for many years, left the channel, followed by his wife Laurence Ferrari, who was the official summer replacement of Claire Chazal. Mélissa The... Add to favourites (20 fans)Biography of Karl Urban
Karl-Heinz Urban (born June 7, 1972) is a New Zealand actor. He may be best known for playing Éomer in the second and third installment of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy, the role of Kirill, Jason Bourne's opposite number in The Bourne Supremacy, the lead role in the movie adaption of video game Doom, and Vaako from The Chronicles of Riddick. Karl is married to Natalie with whom he has two sons; Hunter, born 2000, and another son born in 2005. Early life Urban was born in Wellington, New Zealand. He attended St Mark's Church School where he showed an early love for public performance. His first acting role was when he was eight he had a line on a television show. However, he did not act again until after high school. He then went on to Wellington College. Upon leaving Hi... Biography of Slobodan Milosevic
Slobodan Milošević 20 August 1941 – The Hague, The Netherlands, 11 March 2006) was President of Serbia and of Yugoslavia. He served as President of Serbia from 1989 to 1997 and then as President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1997 to 2000. He also led Serbia's Socialist Party from its foundation in 1990. He is from the Vasojevići Montenegrin clan. He was one of the key figures in the Yugoslav wars during the 1990s and Kosovo War in 1999. He was indicted in May 1999, during the Kosovo War, by the UN's International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia for crimes against humanity in Kosovo. Charges of violating the laws or customs of war and grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions in Croatia and Bosnia and genocide in Bosnia were added a year and a half after... Biography of Emmanuel Petit
Emmanuel "Manu" Petit (born September 22, 1970) is a French former football player, who played his club football for Monaco, Arsenal, Barcelona, and Chelsea. He represented France at the international level. Club career Born in Dieppe, Seine-Maritime, Normandy, Petit began his career at minor club ES Argues, before being signed by Arsène Wenger's AS Monaco at the age of 18. He made his debut soon after and played in the 1989 French Cup final. Petit became a regular at Monaco, at left back or centre back; in 1991 he won the Cup with Monaco, and also played in the 1992 European Cup Winners' Cup final (which Monaco lost to Werder Bremen). In 1996-97, his final season at Monaco he captained his side to the Ligue 1 title. Petit joined Arsenal in June 1997, where he was reunited with his ... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Crispin Glover
Crispin Hellion Glover (born April 20, 1964) is an American primarily known as a film actor, but is also a painter, filmmaker, author, musician, and collector and archivist of esoterica. Glover is known for portraying eccentric people on screen, such as George McFly in Back to the Future, the Creepy Thin Man in the big screen adaptation of Charlie's Angels and Willard Stiles in Willard. In the early 2000s, Glover started his own production company, Volcanic Eruptions. Early life Born in New York City, Glover moved to Los Angeles at the age of four. His mother, Mary Elizabeth Lillian Betty Krachey Bloom (née Koerber), was an actress and dancer who retired upon his birth. His father, Bruce Glover, is a character actor remembered for playing Mr. Wint in Diamonds Are Forever (film). As a c... Biography of Christophe Pinna
Christophe Pinna is a member of the French National Karate team. He is a multi-time World Champion. He is well known for his roundhouse kicks. Key facts Birth: 1968-03-18 Born in: Nice, France Height: 185 cm Weight: 83 kg Style: Shotokan Graduation: 4º Dan... Biography of Arnaud Lemaire
Arnaud Lemaire, born November 30, 1975 in Uccle, near Bruxelles, is a top model, actor and TV host. He is the boy friend of French journalist Claire Chazal.... Biography of David Conrad
David Crawford Conrad (born 17 August 1967 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American actor born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He attended The Kiski School, Brown University and The Juilliard School. He is currently starring in Ghost Whisperer alongside Jennifer Love Hewitt and Camryn Manheim. He is best known for roles in Men of Honor and Return to Paradise, as Leo Roth on Relativity, and as Agent Pierce on Roswell. He also played the minor role of Trap in Wedding Crashers. He appeared in Boston Public as Dave Fields. Most recently he has been working on producing a documentary featuring one of the teachers at The Kiski School, Tamas Szilagyi. Filmography 1993 : Darkness (vidéo) : Vampire 1996 : Relativity (série TV) : Leo Roth 1996 : Under Heat : Simon 1997 : Blanch... Add to favourites (20 fans)Biography of James Denton
James Denton (born January 20, 1963) is an American film and television actor. Early life Denton was born in Nashville, Tennessee and grew up in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, the son of J. T. Denton, a dentist who served in the military. He attended the University of Tennessee where he majored in television/journalism and earned a degree in advertising. Before he became an actor, he sold advertising for two radio stations. He began acting at 23, at a community theater in Nashville. He eventually moved to California to become a full time actor. Career He is a regular cast member on the television show Desperate Housewives, where he plays the role of Mike Delfino, a plumber who lives on Wisteria Lane and husband of Susan Mayer.He had previously been a regular on several television se... Biography of Frédéric Deltour
Frédéric Deltour is a French sportsman, a stunt performer and a model.... Add to favourites (35 fans)Biography of Alex O'Loughlin
Alex O'Loughlin (born August 24, 1976 in Sydney) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his roles as Kevin Hiatt in The Shield and as Mick St. John in Moonlight. Early life O'Loughlin was born on August 24 in Canberra but raised in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. His father is a physics and astronomy teacher in Sydney, Australia. He graduated in 2002 from the National Institute of Dramatic Art. It was rumored that Bon Scott was O'Loughlin's biological father, however this is false. Career O'Loughlin's film career started off in 2004 when he landed his first lead role in the film Oyster Farmer. Continuing his career O'Loughlin appeared in Man-Thing, Feed, and in the Australian mini-series The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant for which he received a nomination as the Be... Add to favourites (12 fans)Biography of Dan Aykroyd
Daniel Edward Aykroyd CM (born July 1, 1952) is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning Canadian/American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and musician. He was an original cast member of Saturday Night Live, an originator of the Blues Brothers (with John Belushi), and has had a long career as a film actor and screenwriter. Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m) Early life Aykroyd was born on Dominion Day 1952 at the Ottawa General Hospital in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He grew up in the Canadian capital where his father, Samuel Cuthbert Peter Hugh Aykroyd, a civil engineer, worked as a policy adviser to Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. His mother, Lorraine Gougeon, is a secretary of French Canadian origin, and his brother, Peter, also became a comedy actor. Aykroyd was born with syndac... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Craig David
Craig Ashley David (born 5 May 1981), better known as Craig David, is an English R&B singer and songwriter who has sold around thirteen million albums worldwide as of 2007. Biography and music career Craig David was born in Holyrood, Southampton, Hampshire to a Grenadian father and a Jewish-English mother and attended Bellemoor School. His earliest exposure to recording came when he worked on a B-side to British R&B group Damage's cover of the Eric Clapton song Wonderful Tonight. He then started doing vocals for a few tracks with garage act The Artful Dodger, of which the song "Rewind", released off the Artful Dodger album It's All About the Stragglers, hit #2 on the UK charts in 2000, spending seventeen weeks in the top 75 and paving the way for a solo career. His first single, "se... Biography of Steve Reeves
Stephen L. Reeves (January 21, 1926 – May 1, 2000), was an American bodybuilder, actor, and author. Childhood Born in Glasgow, Montana, Steve Reeves moved to California at the age of 10 with his mother Goldie, after his father Lester Dell Reeves died in a farming accident. Reeves developed an interest in bodybuilding while in high school and trained at Ed Yarick's gym in Oakland. By the time he was 17 he had developed a Herculean build, long before the rise in general interest in bodybuilding. After graduating from high school, he entered the Army during the latter part of World War II, and served in the Pacific.... Biography of Roger Hanin
Roger Hanin (real name Roger Lévy, born October 20, 1925 in Algiers) is a French actor (and film director). He is the brother in law of former President of France François Mitterrand.... Add to favourites (22 fans)Biography of CM Punk
Phillip Jack Brooks (born October 26, 1978), better known by his ring name CM Punk, is an American professional wrestler currently signed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its Raw brand. Punk initially came to prominence through his career on the professional wrestling independent circuit, primarily as a member of the Ring of Honor (ROH) roster where he was an ROH Tag Team Champion, ROH World Champion, and the first head trainer of the ROH wrestling school. In 2005, Punk signed a contract with WWE and was sent to their developmental federation Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW) where he won every championship available in the federation. When the ECW brand was revived, Punk was moved up to the main roster where he established himself by being undefeated in singles competition for si... Biography of Thierry Paulin
Thierry Paulin (born November 28, 1963 in Fort-de-France, Martinique; died April 16, 1989 in Fresnes, Val-de-Marne, France; nicknamed the Beast of Montmartre or Dandy of Death or the Old Ladies' Killer) was a French serial killer active in the 1980's. Childhood and teenage years The child of a Martinican parents, Paulin's father flew to France just after his birth, leaving her teenage mother to fend for herself and the baby. Paulin was raised in Martinique by his paternal grandmother, who owned a restaurant and allegedly paid little attention to her grandson. When he was ten, Paulin started to live with his now married mother's, trying to blend in with his step-brothers and sisters. His behaviour starting to become erratic and violent towards the other children, eventually his mother ... Biography of Lorik Cana
Lorik Cana (born on 27 July 1983 in Priština, Kosovo, Yugoslavia) is an Albanian footballer. A midfielder, 1.85m tall and weighing 77kg, he plays for the Albania national football team and Olympique de Marseille of France at club level. He holds Albanian, French and Swiss citizenship. Lorik Cana was born in Kosovo, but left as a child to escape the war when he moved to Switzerland. His father, Agim Cana, also a famous Albanian footballer of so-called "Golden Generation" of KF Prishtina during the 1980s, inspired him and as a young boy he joined the Lausanne Sports in Switzerland. He then worked up the ranks in the team until year 2000 when he was spotted and signed by Paris Saint-Germain. He finally broke into the first team of PSG in 2003 when during the 2003-2004 season he played 3... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Nicolas Canteloup
Nicolas Canteloup, born November 4, 1963 in Mérignac, is a French humorist and impersonator. Impersonator Philippe Douste-Blazy Nicolas Sarkozy Roselyne Bachelot Bernard Kouchner Gérard Schivardi Alain Juppé Jean-Claude Gaudin François Hollande François Bayrou Ségolène Royal Philippe de Villiers Jean-Marie Le Pen Bernard Laporte Bernadette Chirac Michèle Alliot-Marie Dominique de Villepin Jean-Pierre Raffarin Jean-Louis Borloo François Chérèque Bernard Thibault Jean-Louis Debré Barack Obama Richard Virenque Aimé Jacquet Fabien Barthez Zinédine Zidane Didier Deschamps Philippe Lucas Jacques Santini Philippe Candeloro Raymond Domenech Francis Cabrel Patrick Bruel Gilbert Montagné Charles Aznavour Mylène Farmer Eddy M... Add to favourites (24 fans)Biography of Neil Patrick Harris
Neil Patrick Harris (born June 15, 1973) is an American actor and magician. Prominent roles of his career include the titular character in Doogie Howser, M.D., the womanizing Barney Stinson in How I Met Your Mother, and as a fictionalized version of himself in the Harold & Kumar series of films. Early life Harris was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and grew up in Ruidoso, New Mexico. His parents, Sheila H. and Alex Stueck, were Jews. He has an older brother named Mark, and it was by following his brother to an audition in fourth grade that he first began acting—as Toto in a school production of The Wizard of Oz. He attended La Cueva High School in Albuquerque and was active in school plays and musicals there. Harris was an honors student and graduated with honors in 1991. He was three... Biography of David Soul
David Soul (born August 28, 1943 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor and British citizen and singer best known for his role as the "seat-of-the-pants" California police detective Ken 'Hutch' Hutchinson (opposite co-star and long-time friend Paul Michael Glaser) in the cult television program Starsky and Hutch (1975-79). Originally David Richard Solberg, he was born the son of a Lutheran minister. His father, Dr. Richard Solberg, was a senior representative for Lutheran World Relief during the reconstruction of Germany after World War II, and the family moved frequently while Soul was growing up. Soul's brother is a Lutheran minister and social activist. Soul first gained attention as the mysterious "Covered Man" on several appearances on The Merv Griffin Show in 1967 in which ... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was the 7th President of the United States (1829–1837). He was also military governor of Florida (1821), commander of the American forces at the Battle of New Orleans (1815), and the eponym of the era of Jacksonian democracy. He was a polarizing figure who dominated American politics in the 1820s and 1830s. His political ambition combined with the masses of people shaped the modern Democratic Party. Nicknamed "Old Hickory" because he was renowned for his toughness, Jackson was the first President primarily associated with the frontier, as he based his career in Tennessee. Early life and career Andrew Jackson was born to Presbyterian Scots-Irish immigrants Andrew and Elizabeth Jackson, on March 15, 1767. The youngest of the Jacksons' three ... Biography of Bernard Laporte
Bernard Laporte (born 1 July 1964 in Rodez, Aveyron) is the current head coach of the France national rugby union team, taking over in 1999. He was previously the coach at Stade Français. He was the first fully professional head coach of France. He played rugby union at scrum-half and won the French Under-21 championship with UA Gaillac in 1983 and then again in 1984, in which he was captain. Seven years later he captained Begles-Bordeaux to the French championship. Laporte's first coaching role was in the early 1990s, when he was assistant coach of the Stade Bordelais University club between 1993 and 1995. He took over at Stade Français in 1995, who were in the third division at the time. He took them right up to the first division in three seasons, winning the respective championsh... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Eric Idle
Eric Idle (born March 29, 1943) is an English comedian, actor, author and composer of comedic songs. He wrote and performed as a member of the internationally renowned British comedy group, Monty Python. Early life Idle was born in South Shields, Tyne and Wear (then County Durham) and in Harton Village. His father had served in the Royal Air Force and survived World War II, only to be killed in a truck-crash shortly afterwards. His mother had difficulty coping with a full-time job and raising a child, so when he was seven, she enrolled him into the Royal Wolverhampton School as a boarder. The school had begun life as a Victorian orphanage, and during Idle's time was a charitable foundation dedicated to the welfare of children who had lost one or both parents. Its pupils, who were ma... Biography of Paul Wagner
Paul Allen Wagner (born November 14, 1967 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American former Major League Baseball player. A pitcher, Wagner played for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1992—1997), Milwaukee Brewers (1997—1998), and Cleveland Indians (1999). Height: 6'1" (1m85)... Biography of Philippe Vercruysse
Philippe Vercruysse (born January 28, 1962) is a former football midfielder from France. Vercruysse was born in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire. He earned a total number of twelve international caps (one goal) for the French national team during the 1980s. A player of RC Lens (1980–1986), he was a member of the French team in the 1986 FIFA World Cup. Clubs RC Lens (1980–1986) Girondins de Bordeaux (1986–1987) RC Lens (1987–1988) Olympique de Marseille (1988–1991) Nîmes Olympique (1991–1993) Girondins de Bordeaux (1993–1994) FC Metz (1994–1995) FC Sion (Switzerland, 1995-December 1996) RC Lens (December 1996-1997) FC Sion (Switzerland) Riyadh Club (Saudi Arabia) Etoile Carouge (Switzerland)... Biography of Kelsey Grammer
Allen Kelsey Grammer (born February 21, 1955) is a six-time Emmy and a two-time Golden Globe-winning American actor best known for his two-decade portrayal of psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane in the NBC sitcoms Cheers (nine years) and Frasier (eleven years). He was nominated for Emmys for playing his character on three different sitcoms (the third being a guest appearance on Wings). He has also worked as a television producer, director, writer, and a voice artist. He is currently starring in Back to You. Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m) Early life Grammer was born in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands to Sally Cranmer, a singer, and Frank Allen Grammer, Jr., a bar owner and musician. His parents' marriage ended when he was young; his mother took him to live with her, and he was partly raised in Ne... Biography of Miguel Bosé
Miguel Luchino González Bosé (born April 3, 1956) is a Latin Grammy-winning Spanish-Italian musician and actor. He has been in many successful Spanish language movies and other artistic works. Height: 6' 1¼" (1.86 m) Early life Bosé was born in Aries, Panama, the son of the famous Italian actress Lucia Bosé and the legendary bullfighter Luis Miguel González Lucas. He is also cousin of the late Carmen Ordóñez. His godfathers were Luchino Visconti, Pablo Picasso, and Salvador Dalí. Career In 1971, Bosé started a career as an actor, participating in various movies. However, he didn't make that many films, and in 1975 he decided a career change was due and started exploring his talents as a singer. By the hand of Camilo Blanes he recorded his first singles. Some years later Bosé ... Add to favourites (18 fans)Biography of James Garner
James Garner (born April 7, 1928) is an American film and Emmy-award winning television actor. He has starred in several television series spanning a career of more than five decades. These included his roles as Bret Maverick, in the popular 1950s western-comedy series, Maverick; Jim Rockford, in the popular 1970s detective drama, The Rockford Files; and the father of Katey Sagal's character on 8 Simple Rules following the death of John Ritter. He has starred in dozens of movies, including The Great Escape (1963) with Steve McQueen; Paddy Chayefsky's The Americanization of Emily (1964) and Blake Edwards' Victor/Victoria (1982), both with Julie Andrews; and Murphy's Romance (1985) with Sally Field, for which he received an Academy Award nomination. Mazda also had him as their spokespe... Biography of Paolo Maldini
Paolo Maldini (born June 26, 1968 in Milan) is an Italian footballer who plays for A.C. Milan. He is also a former Italian national team captain and the most capped player for Italy with 126 caps. Maldini has played in eight Champions League finals (six under its current format) since the inception of the tournament - equalling Francisco Gento's record and more than any other active player. Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) He is the son of Cesare Maldini. Maldini is a a defender who now predominantly plays the position of centre back although he sometimes plays at left back which is his original position in the team. Throughout his long career, he has remained a one-club man with A.C. Milan, where he holds the current captaincy, and has currently made the most appearances for the club (as ... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Ken Watanabe
Ken Watanabe (渡辺 謙, Watanabe Ken?, born October 21, 1959) is a Japanese Oscar-nominated stage, film, and television actor. Born Kensaku Watanabe in Koide, Niigata prefecture, his mother was a school teacher and his father taught calligraphy. Japanese roles After graduating from high school in 1978, Watanabe moved to Tokyo to begin his acting career, getting his big break with the Tokyo-based theater troupe En. While with the troupe, he was cast as the hero in the play Shimodani Mannencho Monogatari, under Yukio Ninagawa's direction. The role attracted critical and popular notice. In 1982, he made his first TV appearance in Michinaru Hanran (Unknown Rebellion), and his first appearance on TV as a samurai in Mibu no koiuta. He made his feature-film debut in ... Biography of Henri Leconte
Henri Leconte (born July 4, 1963 in Lillers, Pas-de-Calais) is a former French professional tennis player. He is best remembered for reaching the men's singles final at the French Open in 1988, for winning the French Open men's doubles title in 1984, and for helping France win the Davis Cup in 1991. Leconte first came to the tennis world's attention as an outstanding junior player who won the French Open junior title in 1981. As a professional, Leconte won his first career doubles title in 1981 at Bologna, and his first top-level singles title in 1982 in Stockholm. Leconte teamed up with Yannick Noah to win the men's doubles title at the French Open in 1984. In 1985, Leconte and Noah reached a second Grand Slam doubles final at the US Open, where they finished runners-up. Leconte ... Biography of David Ginola
David Ginola (born January 25, 1967) is a former French international football player and also a model. Career Born in Gassin (south-eastern France), Ginola played at club level for Toulon (1985-88), Racing Club Paris (1988-90), Brest (1990-92), Paris Saint-Germain (1992-95), Newcastle United (1995-97), Tottenham Hotspur (1997-2000), Aston Villa (2001-02) and Everton (2002). In 1999, he was named PFA Players' Player of the Year and FWA Footballer of the Year, while playing for Tottenham Hotspur. He also won his one English domestic trophy with Spurs, the 1999 League Cup. David Ginola is considered by many in the English Football world as one of the best wingers of all time due to his "magical" touch on the ball and his ability to get past players from any type of position and the... Biography of Ruud Gullit
Ruud Gullit (born September 1, 1962) is a Dutch football coach and former player, who played professionally in the 1980s and 1990s. He was a member of the Netherlands national team at the Euro 88 and the 1990 World Cup. He was named the European Footballer of the Year in 1987 and the World Soccer Player of the Year in 1987 and 1989. He was a versatile player, as he played several positions during his career. Club career Gullit, of Surinamese descent, was born Ruud Dil in Amsterdam. He signed for Meerboys as a junior in 1970. In 1978, he signed professional forms for HFC Haarlem by coach and former West Bromwich Albion F.C. player Barry Hughes. Gullit made 91 league appearances for Haarlem, scoring 32 goals. He brought Haarlem to the first division and managed a fourth place finish. ... Biography of Amelia Vega
Victoria Amelia Vega Polanco (born November 7, 1984 in Santiago de los Caballeros, Santiago, Dominican Republic), known simply as Amelia Vega, is a Dominican woman who won the Miss Universe contest held in Panama City, Panama on June 3, 2003, becoming the first Dominican woman ever to win the Miss Universe title, at only age 18. She had been mentioned by many in the press as one of the favorite candidates to win the crown before the big event. Amelia's father is a general medical practitioner with offices in New York City and Miami. Her mother, Patricia Polanco, was a previous national titleholder who represented the Dominican Republic at the 1980 Miss World pageant. Miss Universe After winning the Miss Dominican Republic Universe title, Vega represented the Domincan Republic in ... Add to favourites (15 fans)Biography of Eric Dane
Eric William Dane (born November 9, 1972) is an American actor, most recently known for his role as Dr. Mark Sloan in Grey's Anatomy. Career After appearing in a high school production of Arthur Miller's All My Sons, Dane decided to pursue a career in acting. He relocated to Los Angeles, where he played small roles in the television series Saved by the Bell, The Wonder Years, Roseanne, and Married With Children, among others. But in 2000, he was signed for a recurring role in Gideon's Crossing, and followed this with a two-season run in Charmed. His made-for-television movie credits included two biopics, Serving in Silence (about Margarethe Cammermeyer's experiences in the military), and Helter Skelter, in which he portrayed a member of the Charles Manson clan. Dane's first major fe... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Rick Springfield
Rick Springfield (born Richard Lewis Springthorpe on August 23, 1949 in Guildford, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (birth time source: British Entertainers, Franck C. Clifford, Sy Scholfield)) is a songwriter, musician and actor. As a musician, he is most famous for the 1981 #1 single "Jessie's Girl", which became a Grammy Award-winning landmark of 1980s pop-rock and helped establish the emerging music video age. Also an actor, Springfield's best known role is that of the character Dr. Noah Drake on the daytime drama General Hospital. He originated the character from 1981-1983, and then returned to play him again from 2005 until present. Background Springfield grew up in a military family, and moved as his father, who was in the army, was posted to various military bases throughout ... Biography of Jon-Erik Hexum
Jon-Erik Hexum (November 5, 1957 – October 18, 1984) was an American actor and model who died accidentally shortly after a firearms incident on the set of Cover Up, a television series in which he was a central cast member. Born to Norwegian immigrant parents, he was the star of the science fiction series Voyagers!, which aired on NBC during the 1982–83 television season. He also appeared in made for television movies The Bear and Making of a Male Model co-starring Joan Collins and Roxie Roker, and in an episode of Hotel, before being cast in the action series Cover Up. Early life and career Hexum was born in Englewood, New Jersey, to Gretha and Thorleif Hexum. He and his elder brother, Gunnar, were raised in Tenafly by their mother after their parents divorced when Hexum was four... Add to favourites (14 fans)Biography of Tyler Hoechlin
Tyler Lee Hoechlin (born September 11, 1987 in Corona, California) is an American actor who got his big break starring alongside Tom Hanks in the film Road to Perdition (2002) as Michael Sullivan Jr. Hoechlin was born and raised in Southern California and began acting at the age of 9. Tyler is 6' 1" (1.85 m) tall. His performance in Road to Perdition led to him getting the role of Martin Brewer in the hit show 7th Heaven in 2003. Recently, Tyler was nominated for a 2004 Teen Choice Award for Breakout Male Star. Besides acting, Hoechlin is a standout baseball talent. He began playing at the age of seven and previously played infield for Arizona State University and the Battle Creek Bombers of the Northwoods League. Now he plays infield for UC Irvine Anteaters. References ^ Ar... Biography of Jason Lewis
Jason Lewis (born June 25, 1971) is an American actor and former male fashion model. Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m) Early life Lewis was born in Newport Beach, California to Nancy, a nurse, and Gregory Lewis, a court judge; the two are divorced. He has two siblings, Sean and Nicole. Lewis attended college in San Diego, California. After college he started fashion modeling, first in Paris and then with star status in Milan in the late 1990s for some of the biggest designers in fashion, including Guess?, Tommy Hilfiger and Hugo Boss. Career Lewis appeared in a cameo on Beverly Hills 90210 in 1997, and his most prominent role to date was in Sex and the City, where he was a fairly regular member of the show's cast in its final season as emerging young actor and waiter Smith Jerrod, the o... Biography of Jesse James (customizer)
Jesse Gregory James (born April 19, 1969) is an American television personality and CEO of West Coast Choppers, a manufacturer of custom-made motorcycles. James is the current host of Jesse James is a Dead Man on Spike TV, focus of documentary Motorcycle Mania and former host of series Monster Garage, both on the Discovery Channel. Career Custom motorcycles and cars After several years as the bodyguard with Danzig and occasionally for other heavy metal bands such as Slayer and Soundgarden, James opened West Coast Choppers in his mother's garage in 1992. The company grew quickly and soon moved to a larger facility for select customers and companies. About 200 bikes have been built at West Coast Choppers. West Coast Choppers is also sponsoring race teams in Top Fuel Drags and Super L... Biography of Luke Goss
Luke Damon Goss is a singer and actor from England, born 29 September 1968. Along with twin brother Matt Goss, he started his career with the highly successful 1980s boy band Bros. In total he has charted no fewer than 13 hit singles in his homeland. Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m) When Bros broke up in the early 1990s, Goss embarked on a solo career and also formed Luke Goss and the Band Of Thieves. His highly successful autobiography, "I Owe You Nothing" was a top 10 best seller book, and had three printings. He also began to appear in stage musicals including Grease and What a Feeling!, and has turned to acting in films full-time, with his first most notable role being the villain Jared Nomak in the Hollywood box office hit Blade II. He also appeared as the Creature in the Hallmark Channel... Biography of Wes Scantlin
Wesley Reid Scantlin (born June 9, 1972 in Kansas City, Missouri) is a songwriter, lead singer and guitarist for the post-grunge band Puddle Of Mudd. Scantlin graduated high school in 1990 from Park Hill High School in Kansas City. He also has a son, Jordan, born in 1997, and is cousin to Melana Scantlin. Career Scantlin has been guitarist and lead vocalist for Post-Grunge band, Puddle of Mudd, since releasing their debut album, Stuck. They released their next album Abrasive in 1997. Four years later, with the addition of three new members, Come Clean was released in 2001. In 2003, the band released Life On Display. Most recently Puddle of Mudd released Famous in 2007. People often compare his look with WWE Superstar, Edge. Scantlin sometimes tours with Alice in Chains guitari... Biography of Mark Spitz
Mark Andrew Spitz (born February 10, 1950, in Modesto, California) is an American Jewish swimmer. He holds the record for most gold medals won in a single Olympic Games (seven), which he set at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. Between 1965 and 1972, Spitz won 9 Olympic gold medals, 1 silver, and 1 bronze; 5 Pan American golds; 31 National U.S. Amateur Athletic Union titles; and 8 U.S. National Collegiate Athletic Association Championships. During those years, he set 33 world records. Swimming career When he was two years old, his family moved to Hawaii, where he learned to swim. At age six his family returned to Sacramento, California, and he began to compete at his local swim club. At age nine, he was training at Arden Hills Swim Club in Sacramento with Sherm Chavoor... Biography of Paul Ryan
Paul Davis Ryan (born January 29, 1970 (birth time source: BC, Patrick Watson, Astrodatabank)) is the U.S. Representative for Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, serving since 1999, and the presumptive Republican Party nominee for Vice President in the 2012 election. Ryan is often cited for his views on fiscal policy and his proposed changes to Medicare. Born and raised in Janesville, Wisconsin, Ryan earned a B.A. degree in economics and political science from Miami University in Ohio. In the mid to late 1990s, he worked as an aide to United States Senator Bob Kasten of Wisconsin, as legislative director for Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas, and as a speechwriter for former U.S. Representative and 1996 Republican vice presidential nominee Jack Kemp of New York. In 1998, Ryan won elec... Biography of Jean-Claude Narcy
Jean-Claude Narcy is a French journalist born January 16, 1938 in Tours.... Add to favourites (19 fans)Biography of Bela Lugosi
Béla Lugosi (October 20, 1882 – August 16, 1956), was a Hungarian actor best known for his portrayal of Count Dracula in the American Broadway stage production (1927), and subsequent film (1931), of Bram Stoker's classic vampire story. Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m) Early life Lugosi, the youngest of four children, was born as Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó in Lugos, Hungary, at the time part of Austria-Hungary (now Lugoj, Romania), to Paula de Vojnich and István Blasko, a banker. He was raised in a Roman Catholic family, and had a sister, Vilma. Lugosi started his acting career on the stage in Hungary in several Shakespearean plays and in other major roles. He began appearing in Hungarian silent films under the stage name Arisztid Olt. During World War I, he served as an infantry lieutenan... Add to favourites (18 fans)Biography of Fernando Torres
Fernando José Torres Sanz (born 20 March 1984) is a Spanish footballer who plays for Premier League club Liverpool and the Spanish national team as a striker. Torres started his career with Atlético Madrid, progressing through their youth ranks. He made his professional debut in 2001 and finished his career with the club having scored 75 goals in 174 La Liga appearances, earning the nickname El Niño ("The Kid"). Prior to the La Liga debut, Torres played two seasons in the Segunda División, making 40 appearances and scoring seven goals. He joined Liverpool in 2007, after Liverpool signed him with the club's record transfer fee. He marked his first season at Anfield by being Liverpool's first player, since Robbie Fowler in 1995–96, to score more than 20 league goals in a season. He is ... Biography of Lee Majors
Lee Majors (born Harvey Lee Yeary on April 23, 1939), a popular American actor, primarily for his roles in movies, sitcoms and television who also starred in four long-running ABC TV series over four decades. He is best known for his roles as Barbara Stanwyck's son, Heath Barkley on The Big Valley (1965-1969), as Arthur Hill's law partner/friend, Jess Brandon on Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law (1971-1974), as Colonel Steve Austin on The Six Million Dollar Man (1974-1978), and as Colt Seavers on The Fall Guy (1981-1986). He also had a recurring role as Col. Seymour Kooze in Son of the Beach. Early life The son of Carl Yeary, who was killed in a work accident and Alice Yeary, who was killed in a hit and run accident, Yeary was born in the Detroit suburb of Wyandotte, Michigan. In 1941, w... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Chris Tucker
Christopher "Chris" Tucker (born August 31, 1971) is an American actor and comedian most widely known for his role as Smokey in Friday and James Carter in the Rush Hour trilogy. Early life Chris Tucker was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of Mary, who was involved in church work, and Norris Tucker, who owned a janitorial service. Tucker was raised in Decatur, Georgia. After graduating from Columbia High School, he moved to Los Angeles in order to pursue a career in comedy and movies. Through DNA tests (as aired on the 2006 PBS documentary African American Lives), his paternal ancestry was traced back to the Mbundu ethnic group of Angola and his mother's to Cameroon; Tucker has also managed to trace his family tree back to the 1830s. The test also showed that Tucker's ancestry is 83... Biography of William Fichtner
William Edward "Bill" Fichtner (born November 27, 1956) is an American actor, often credited as William Fichtner and occasionally as Bill Fichtner. Personal life Fichtner was born in Cheektowaga, New York, the son of Patricia and William E. Fichtner. He has German ancestry. His sister is a Colonel in the USAF. After graduating from State University of New York at Brockport with a Bachelor of Arts degree in criminal justice in 1978, Fichtner decided to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. Career Fichtner began his acting career as Josh Snyder in As the World Turns in 1987. Fichtner's film credits include Contact, Heat, Armageddon, Go, Equilibrium, Black Hawk Down, The Perfect Storm and Crash. He is probably best known for his 2006 appearance in "CRASH" for... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Otis Redding
Otis Ray Redding, Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967) was an influential American deep soul singer, best known for his passionate delivery and posthumous hit single, "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay." According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (where he was inducted in 1989) website, Redding's name is "synonymous with the term soul, music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of funky, secular testifying." Early life Redding was born in the small town of Dawson, Georgia. At the age of 5, he moved with his family to Macon, Georgia. He sang in the choir of the Vineville Baptist Church, and became somewhat of a local celebrity as a teenager after winning a local Sunday night talent show 15 weeks in a ... Add to favourites (16 fans)Biography of Patrick Wilson (actor)
Patrick Wilson (born July 3, 1973) is a Tony, Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated American theater and film actor and singer. Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m) Wilson was born in Norfolk, Virginia to Mary K. a voice teacher and professional singer, and John Wilson, who works as news anchor for FOX affiliate WTVT in Tampa, Florida (as does Wilson's brother, Mark). Wilson graduated from Shorecrest Preparatory School in St. Petersburg, Florida and Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. In March 2007, Wilson appeared with his Evening costar Claire Danes in a television commercial for Gap in which the pair dances to the song "Anything You Can Do" from the musical Annie Get Your Gun. In June 2005, Wilson married Polish-American actress Dagmara Dominczyk, also a Carnegie Mellon gra... Biography of Aimé Jacquet
Aimé Jacquet (born November 27, 1941) is a French football (soccer) coach and former player, and manager of the France national football team when they won the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Aimé Jacquet was born in Sail-sous-Couzan, Loire. He began his career as an amateur player for his local club, US Couzan, while working in a factory. Scouted by Saint-Étienne, he joined Les Verts in 1959 and signed his first professional contract in 1961. One of the most successful soccer clubs of the time, Saint-Étienne, won an impressive 5 league titles and 3 French Cups in his 11 years with the club. He also played for the national side, but his international career failed to take off because Les Bleus performed poorly during his years on the team. In 1973, he left Saint-Étienne for bitter regional rivals ... Biography of Trey Parker
Randolph Severn "Trey" Parker III (born October 19, 1969) is an Academy Award nominated American animator, screenwriter, film director, voice actor, actor and musician. He is most noted as one of the creators of the animated series South Park along with Matt Stone. Randolph Severn Parker III was born in Conifer, Colorado, and is the younger of two children born to Randy Parker and Sharon Parker (who are the basis for South Park characters Randy and Sharon Marsh). He has an older sister named Shelley (who is the basis for Shelley Marsh). Parker's father set out to raise him in the Buddhist teachings of Alan Watts, the philosopher. In 1985, Parker and his friend Dave Goodman (who was also a co-writer with Parker in South Park in a few episodes from season 1 to season 3) recorded an album ... Biography of Matthias Pohl
Matthias Pohl, born August 28, 1980 in Germany, is a Belgian model. He is a contestant in French reality television programme called Secret Story, in 2008. Secret Story is a French reality television programme following the format of the popular Big Brother series carrying on from the previous similar show, Loft Story. It is currently being shown on TF1, being presented by the same presenter of Loft Story, Benjamin Castaldi. The series started on 27 June 2008, when 15 people entered a purpose-built house on the outskirts of Paris.... Biography of Sam Waterston
Samuel Atkinson Waterston (born November 15, 1940) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor noted particularly for his portrayal of Jack McCoy on the long-running NBC television series Law & Order. He has also appeared in many feature films. Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m) Early life Waterston, one of four siblings, was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His father, George Chychele Waterston, was an immigrant from Leith, Scotland and was a semanticist and language teacher. His mother, Alice Tucker Atkinson, was an American Mayflower descendant and worked as a landscape painter. Waterston attended both the Brooks School, a boarding school in North Andover, Massachusetts, and the Groton School. He entered Yale University on a scholarship in 1958 and graduated with a BA in 1962. After gradua... Biography of Jack Dempsey
Jack "Manassa Mauler" Dempsey (June 24, 1895 – May 31, 1983) was an American boxer who held the world heavyweight title from 1919 to 1926. Dempsey's aggressive style and punching power made him one of the most popular boxers in history. Many of his fights set financial and attendance records. A cichlid fish, the Jack Dempsey, has been named after him. Early career Born in Manassa, Colorado, Dempsey grew up in a poor family of mixed Irish origin. He dropped out of grade school to work. Because his father had difficulty in finding work, the family traveled often. Dempsey left home in his mid-teens, eager to start a better life for himself. Because of his poverty, he frequently had to travel underneath trains and sleep in hobo camps. However, Dempsey was a strong, powerful youth who qu... Biography of Kevin Richardson
Kevin Scott Richardson (born October 3, 1971) is an American singer and former member of the Backstreet Boys. Career Back in his younger years, he was a choir member and acted in school plays such as "Bye, Bye Birdie" at Estill County High School in Kentucky. He was also a football quarterback. He made a very very hard decision to retire. He used to play the role of "Aladdin" and one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at Disney World (where he also met his wife Kristin Kay Willits who was playing "Belle" in "Beauty and the Beast") until he joined the Backstreet Boys in 1993. Kevin and Kristin (now Kristin Richardson) were married on June 17, 2000. In 2002, he played the role of "Billy Flynn" in the Broadway production of Chicago. He also performed this role in London's West End as ... Biography of Roald Amundsen
Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (July 16, 1872 – c. June 18, 1928) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. He led the first Antarctic expedition to the South Pole between 1910 and 1912. He was also the first person to reach both the North and South Poles. He is known as the first to traverse the Northwest Passage. He disappeared in June 1928 while taking part in a rescue mission. With Douglas Mawson, Robert Falcon Scott, and Ernest Shackleton, Amundsen was a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration. Early life Amundsen was born to a family of Norwegian shipowners and captains in Borge, between the towns Fredrikstad and Sarpsborg. His father was Jens Amundsen. The fourth son in the family, his mother chose to keep him out of the maritime industry of the... Biography of Mike Love
Michael Edward "Mike" Love (born March 15, 1941 in Los Angeles, California) is an American singer and songwriter who was one of the lead singers and lyric writers of The Beach Boys. He formed the band along with Brian Wilson, Carl Wilson, Dennis Wilson, and a school friend Al Jardine. Mike Love is first cousin to the Wilson brothers. Role in The Beach Boys Although he played the saxophone in the early days, Mike Love was mainly the co-lead singer, along with Brian Wilson, of the Beach Boys. Love sang the lead vocal on many of the Beach Boys' biggest hits, including, "Surfin' Safari", "Surfin' USA", "Little Deuce Coupe", "Be True to Your School", "Fun, Fun, Fun", "Little Saint Nick", "I Get Around", "When I Grow Up (To Be a Man)" and "California Girls". His lead vocal roles later dimini... Biography of Bobby Deol
Vijay Singh Deol (Punjabi: ਵਿਜੈ ਸਿੰਘ ਦਿੳਲ, Hindi:विजय सिंह देओल, Urdu: وِجے سِںہ دِیول, born 27 January 1967) known as Bobby Deol, is an Indian actor. He was born in Mumbai, India. His father is the actor Dharmendra and his brother is actor Sunny Deol.He is now considered one of the best actors of bollywood. Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m) Acting career When he was 7 years old he made a very brief appearance in the 1977 movie Dharam Veer where he played the younger version of his father's character. He made his debut as a leading man in Rajkumar Santoshi's Barsaat, for w... Biography of Stone Gossard
Stone Gossard (born Stone Carpenter Gossard on July 20, 1966 in Seattle, Washington) is the rhythm guitarist and, along with Jeff Ament and Mike McCready, a founding member of the American rock band Pearl Jam. Stone is well known for his work in grunge rock bands based in Seattle through the 1980s prior to Pearl Jam, and he has made significant contributions to the music industry as a producer and owner of a record label and a recording studio. Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m) Early work Gossard graduated from Seattle's Northwest School in 1984. The first band Stone joined was March of Crimes, a band of which future Soundgarden bassist Ben Shepherd was a member. Although Gossard's time with the band was brief, it introduced him to the emerging music scene in Seattle. Stone formed a close frie... Biography of Laurent Boyer
Laurent Boyer (born on 23 January 1958 in Paris, France) is a French radio and television host. He is the companion of singer Alice Dona. He worked on M6 since its creation and presented programs such as Graines de star, Nos meilleurs Moments, Jour J and Fréquenstar. On radio, Laurent Boyer was a host on Kiss Fm, 95.2, and Europe 1 (C'est pour rire, Top 50, Espace Rêve...) and Europe 2 (Le Brunch...). He currently hosts the show Tête dans les étoiles on RTL in which he daily receives a celebrity. He also appeared, playing his own role in the H sitcom, episode 18, season 2. On 14 April 2005, he had a serious road accident, but survived.... Add to favourites (10 fans)Biography of Chow Yun-Fat
Chow Yun-Fat (traditional Chinese: 周潤發; simplified Chinese: 周润发; pinyin: Zhōu Rùnfā) (born May 18, 1955) is a Chinese actor. He is one of the most famous actors in Asia and a major actor in the Hong Kong film industry. He mainly plays in dramatic movies. He won Hong Kong's "best actor" award three times and Taiwan's twice. Early life Chow was born on the tiny offshore Hong Kong's Lamma Island to a housewife mother and an oil rigger father. Of Hakka origins, he grew up in a farming community in a house with no electricity. He woke up at dawn each morning to help his mother sell dim sum on the streets and in the afternoons he went to work in the fields. His family moved to Kowloon when he was ten. At seventeen, he quit school to help su... Biography of George Hamilton
George Hamilton (born August 12, 1939) is an American film and television actor and occasional film director. He is noted for his perpetual, chestnut-colored suntan and his colorful private life. Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m) Early life Hamilton was born George Stevens Hamilton, the son of Ann Potter Hamilton Hunt Spaulding (née Stevens) and band leader George "Spike" Hamilton. He won many awards as a student at Palm Beach High School and was the lead in his high school's production of Brigadoon. Career Hamilton began his movie career in 1952. As an actor, he is often compared to (and sometimes confused with) Warren Beatty. In the mid-1980s, he starred in the 6th season of the ABC Aaron Spelling-produced nighttime television serial and Dallas imitator, Dynasty. Hamilton was a semi-r... Biography of William Baldwin
William 'Billy' Baldwin (born February 21, 1963) is an American actor, known for his starring roles in such films as Backdraft (1991) and Flatliners (1990). Early life Baldwin was born in Massapequa, New York, the son of Alexander Rae Baldwin, a high school history teacher/sports coach, and Carol Newcomb (Martineau). He is the brother of notable actors Daniel, Stephen and Alec, sometimes collectively known as the Baldwin brothers. A graduate of Binghamton University, he has a degree in political science and is known for his support and contributions to Binghamton's wrestling team. Career Before starting his acting career, he was a fashion model. Baldwin starred alongside Cindy Crawford in the 1995 film, Fair Game, and has continued to act in films and on television, but he has n... Biography of Dick Van Dyke
Richard Wayne “Dick” Van Dyke (born December 13, 1925) is an American actor, presenter and entertainer, with a career spanning 5 decades. He is best known for his starring roles in Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Dick Van Dyke Show and Diagnosis: Murder. Biography Early life Van Dyke was born in West Plains, Missouri and grew up in Danville, Illinois, USA, the son of Hazel Vorice (née McCord) and Loren Wayne "Cookie" Van Dyke, a traveling salesman for the Sunshine Biscuit Company with a talent for comedy. He attended elementary school in Danville starting in 1931. In 1938, the Van Dykes, of Dutch origin, moved to Crawfordsville, Indiana for two years, and returned to Danville in 1940 where he attended high school. As a child, he was inspired to go into show business by ... Biography of Chris Klein
Frederick Christopher Klein (born March 14, 1979) is an American movie actor. He is perhaps best known for his American Pie role, in which he played Chris "Oz" Ostreicher. Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m) Early life Klein was born in Hinsdale, Illinois to Terry, a kindergarten teacher, and Fred Klein, an engineer. He has a sister, Debbie (currently a Capt USAF), and a younger brother, Tim. Klein moved to Omaha, Nebraska, as a young teenager and played Defensive End and was a standout swimmer on the swim team. Career As a senior in high school, Klein was offered his first professional acting job by director Alexander Payne, who was scouting Millard West High School as a potential filming location for the movie Election. The film was released in April 1999 to positive reviews, and Klein ... Add to favourites (13 fans)Biography of Romain (Star Academy)
Romain is a French singer, born July 8, 1981 in Villeneuve-sur-Lot. He has participated in Star Academy third season in 2003.... Biography of Joël Bats
Joël Bats (born January 4, 1957 in Mont-de-Marsan) is a French former football goalkeeper who played 50 times for the French national football team. Bats began his professional career with FC Sochaux-Montbéliard in 1979, moving on to newly promoted AJ Auxerre the following year. He became undisputed number one at Auxerre (having had to contest the jersey with Albert Rust at Sochaux) and soon found his way into the France squad, being selected for the 1984 European Championship which France won. He was number one at the 1986 FIFA World Cup, famously saving a penalty from Zico in the quarter final against Brazil. His international career continued until 1989. At club level Bats moved on to Paris Saint-Germain F.C. and was their keeper during their first Ligue 1 success in 1986. Bats re... Biography of Clay Aiken
Clay Aiken (born Clayton Holmes Grissom on November 30, 1978) is an American pop singer who began his rise to fame on the second season of the television program American Idol in 2003. Based on album sales surpassed only by Idol winners Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood, Aiken has become the most successful male and the most successful second-place finisher in that show's history. Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m) In the four years following his American Idol appearance Aiken has launched eight tours, authored a New York Times best-selling book Learning to Sing: Hearing the Music in Your Life with Allison Glock, and was the executive producer for a 2004 televised Christmas special, A Clay Aiken Christmas. He has been a frequent talk show guest, particularly on The Tonight Show and Jimmy Kimme... Biography of Robbie Robertson
Robbie Robertson (born Jamie Robert Klegerman, 5 July 1943 at Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a songwriter, guitarist and singer, best known for his membership in The Band. He was ranked 78th in Rolling Stone Magazine’s list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". Early life Born to a Jewish father and a Mohawk mother, (he took his stepfather's last name after his mother remarried), Robertson had his earliest exposure to music at Six Nations 40, Ontario, where he spent summers with his mother's family. He studied guitar from his youth and has been writing songs and performing since his teen years. By 1958, Robertson was performing in various groups around Toronto. By 1959 he had met singer Ronnie Hawkins, who headed up a band called The Hawks (after relocating to Canada). In 1960... | |||||||