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9071 celebrities heights in our database on November 21, 2009. The celebrities 6' 2" tall are listed here, sorted by decreasing popularity. The popularity is the real time consultation statistics by our users for each celebrity on Astrotheme. You can either access the picture and detailed map of the heavens by clicking on the thumbnail, or read the horoscope by clicking on "Display his/her horoscope with biography and chart". Heights Home · Home · 35,925 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 35,925 Celebrities
384 celebrities 6' 2" tall have been found. Biography of Arnold SCHWARZENEGGER
Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (born Thal, Austria, July 30, 1947) is an Austrian bodybuilder, actor and a politician, currently serving as the 38th Governor of California. As a young man, Schwarzenegger gained widespread attention as a highly successful bodybuilder, and later gained worldwide fame as a Hollywood action film star, perhaps most famed for his role in the The Terminator series. Schwarzenegger was nicknamed "The Austrian Oak" in his body building days, "Arnie" during his acting career,... Biography of Jean RENO
Jean Reno (born Juan Moreno y Herrera Jiménez, July 30, 1948) is a French actor of Spanish descent. Working in both French and English, he has appeared in numerous successful Hollywood productions, but also European productions such as the 2005 Italian film The Tiger and the Snow.... Biography of Vincent CASSEL
Vincent Crochon (born November 23, 1966) is a French actor. Born in Paris as Vincent Crochon, he is the son of French actor Jean-Pierre Cassel. Vincent Cassel is a famous French actor known for tough guy roles. His breakthrough role was in Mathieu Kassovitz's critically acclaimed film La Haine where he played a troubled youth from the decrepit outskirts of Paris. Cassel has gone on to act in a variety of films such as the moody L'Appartement, the violent Dobermann, genre-bending Le Pacte des ... Biography of Clint EASTWOOD
Clint Eastwood (born Clinton Eastwood, Jr. on May 31, 1930) is an iconic American actor, composer, and Academy Award-winning film director and producer. While his recent work as a director, on films like Million Dollar Baby and Letters from Iwo Jima, is consistently praised by critics, Eastwood is perhaps most famous for his tough guy, anti-hero acting roles, including Inspector 'Dirty' Harry Callahan in the Dirty Harry series and the Man with No Name in Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Westerns.... Biography of Ville VALO (HIM)
Ville Hermanni Valo (born November 22, 1976) is the vocalist, songwriter and frontman of the Finnish rock band HIM. They have released five full length albums, and as of 2006, they are the first and only Finnish rock band to sell Gold in the United States.... Biography of John TRAVOLTA
John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954) is a two-time Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Screen Actors Guild Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor, dancer and singer, best known for his leading roles in films such as, Saturday Night Fever, Grease and Pulp Fiction. Biography Early life Travolta, the youngest of six children, was born and raised in Englewood, New Jersey, an inner-ring suburb of New York City. His father, Salvatore Travolta, was a semi-professional foo... Biography of Saddam HUSSEIN
Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti born ( 28 April 1937 - 30 December 2006 ) was the President of Iraq from 16 July 1979, until 9 April 2003. A leading member of the revolutionary Ba'ath Party, which espoused secular pan-Arabism, economic modernization, and socialism, Saddam played a key role in the 1968 coup that brought the party to long-term power. As vice president under the ailing General Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr, Saddam tightly controlled conflict between the government and the armed force... Biography of Jim CARREY
James Eugene Carrey (born January 17, 1962) is a Golden Globe-winning Canadian-American A-list film actor and comedian. He is known for his manic, slapstick performances in comedy films such as Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, The Mask, Dumb & Dumber, Me, Myself & Irene, The Cable Guy, Liar Liar, and Bruce Almighty. Carrey has also achieved critical success in dramatic roles in films such as The Truman Show, Man on the Moon, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. ... Biography of Amitabh BACHCHAN
Amitabh Srivastav Bachchan (born October 11, 1942) (/əmitaːbʱ bətʃtʃən/; Devanagari: अमिताभ बच्चन, is a successful Hindi film actor. He is also a film producer and the former television presenter of the game show Kaun Banega Crorepati. He started his movie career in 1969, with Saat Hindustani and continues today to be a prominent figure in the Bollywood film industry. He is regarded as one of the... Biography of Thierry HENRY
Thierry Daniel Henry, (born 17 August 1977, IPA: ) is a French football player. Renowned for his pace, he plays as a striker for the France national team and English club Arsenal FC. Henry grew up in the tough neighbourhood of Les Ulis, Essonne, where as a youngster he played for an array of local sides and showed great promise as a goal scorer. AS Monaco spotted him in 1990, and signed him up instantly. Given his professional club début in 1994, he stayed at Monaco until 1998, where good for... Biography of Will SMITH
Willard Christopher "Will" Smith, Jr. (September 25, 1968) is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe-nominated American actor, and a multiple Grammy-winning hip hop artist. He is one of a small group of people who have enjoyed success in three major entertainment media in the United States: film, television, and the music industry. Newsweek has named him the most powerful actor on the planet. Smith's most notable television role was that of William "Will" Smith in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. In ... Biography of Gerard BUTLER
Gerard James Butler (born November 13, 1969) is a Scottish actor and singer, perhaps best known for his roles as the Phantom from The Phantom of the Opera, as well as King Leonidas from 300. Early life Gerard Butler, who is of Scottish/Irish descent, was born in Glasgow, Scotland to Edward and Margaret Butler. Youngest of three, Butler has an older brother Brian and sister Lynne. Shortly after his birth, the family moved to Montreal, Canada, where he lived until he was 2 years old. At that t... Biography of John HOLMES
John Curtis Estes (August 8, 1944 – March 13, 1988) better known as John Holmes, John C. Holmes or Johnny Wadd (after the lead character in a series of related films), was one of the most famous male adult film stars of all time, appearing in about 2,500 adult loops, stag films, and porno feature movies in the 1970s and 1980s, including at least one gay feature film and a handful of gay loops. He was best known for his exceptionally large penis, which was heavily promoted as being the longest in... Biography of Donald TRUMP
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946 in Queens, New York) is a two-time Emmy Award-nominated American business executive, entrepreneur, television personality and author. He is the CEO of Trump Organization, an American-based real estate developer in the real estate market and the founder of Trump Entertainment, which operates gambling casinos. He enjoyed a great deal of publicity following the success of his reality television show, The Apprentice (in which he serves as both executive producer... Biography of Pete DOHERTY
Peter Doherty (born March 12, 1979) is an English musician and poet. He is currently the singer and songwriter of the band Babyshambles, and has briefly re-united with Carl Barât who was co-frontman and songwriter (along with Doherty) of The Libertines, with whom he first shot to fame. Since 2005, he has become well known to the public at large as a result of his relationship with supermodel Kate Moss, his status amongst fans and his infamous rock and roll lifestyle. His drug problems, arrests, ... Biography of Eric CANTONA
Éric Daniel Pierre Cantona (born 24 May 1966 in Marseille) is a French former footballer of the late 1980s and 1990s. He ended his professional footballing career at Manchester United where he won four Premiership titles in five years, including two League and FA Cup "doubles". Cantona is often regarded as having played a major talismanic role in the revival of Manchester United as a footballing powerhouse and he enjoys iconic status at the club. In 2001 he was voted their player of the century,... Biography of Chris BROWN
Christopher Maurice Brown (born May 5, 1989) is a Grammy-nominated American singer-songwriter, dancer, music video director and actor. He made his recording debut in late 2005 with Chris Brown at the age of 16. The album featured the hit single "Run It!", which topped the Billboard Hot 100, making Brown the first male artist to have his debut single to top the chart. The album has sold over two million copies in the United States and was certified double Platinum by the Recording Industry Ass... Biography of Maria SHARAPOVA
Maria Yuryevna Sharapova (born April 19, 1987) is a Russian professional tennis player. At the end of 2006, she was the world's highest-paid female athlete. Sharapova has won two Grand Slam singles titles. She is the reigning U.S. Open champion, having defeated Justine Henin in the final of the 2006 U.S. Open. Two years earlier, she defeated Serena Williams in the final at Wimbledon. Personal life Sharapova's parents moved from Homyel, Belarus, to Siberia, Russia, in 1986, after the Chern... Biography of Sid VICIOUS
Simon John Beverley; formerly Simon John Ritchie (May 10, 1957 – February 2, 1979), better known as Sid Vicious, was an English punk rock musician, the bass player of the Sex Pistols (replacing Glen Matlock). He was deeply involved in the birth of punk along with close friend of John Lydon (Johnny Rotten, Sex Pistols vocalist). He died of a drug overdose at the age of 21. Sex Pistols Already known as "the ultimate Sex Pistols fan," and a close friend of vocalist Johnny Rotten, Vicious was as... Biography of George H. W. BUSH
George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) was the 41st President of the United States, serving from 1989 to 1993. Before his presidency, Bush was the 43rd Vice President of the United States in the administration of Ronald Reagan. He has also served as the member of the United States House of Representatives for the 7th district of Texas (1967–1971), the United States Ambassador to the United Nations (1971–1973), Chairman of the Republican National Committee (1973–1974), Chief of the Unite... Biography of Johnny CASH
Johnny Cash (born J. R. Cash, February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American, multi Grammy Award-winning influential American country and rock and roll singer and songwriter. Cash was the husband of country singer and songwriter June Carter Cash. Cash was known for his deep, distinctive voice, the boom-chick-a-boom or "freight train" sound of his Tennessee Three backing band, his dark clothing, and demeanor, which earned him the nickname "The Man in Black." He traditionally started h... Biography of Brandon BOYD
Brandon Boyd (born Brandon Charles Boyd, February 15, 1976, in Van Nuys, California) is the lead vocalist of the alternative rock band, Incubus. Life and career Boyd graduated from Calabasas High School in 1994, and attended Moorpark College for two years before committing to Incubus full time. He grew up in Calabasas, California. His parents Dolly and Charles, both of whom had experience in entertainment, had nurtured his artistic side since he was a child. He had first met Jose Pas... Biography of Franklin D. ROOSEVELT
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States. Elected to four terms in office, he served from 1933 to 1945, and is the only U.S. president to have served more than two terms. A central figure of the 20th century during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war, he has consistently been ranked as one of the three greatest U.S. presidents in scholarly surveys. During the Great Depression... Biography of Benicio DEL TORO
Benicio Monserrate Rafael Del Toro Sanchez (born February 19, 1967, in San Germán, Puerto Rico) is a Golden Globe and Academy Award winning Puerto Rican-American actor. He grew up in Santurce, but spent his teens and attended high school in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. His parents, Gustavo Adolfo Del Toro Bermudez and Fausta Sanchez Rivera, were both lawyers. He has an older brother, also named Gustavo, who is a pediatric oncologist working in Manhattan. Benicio attended Academia del Perpetu... Biography of Bobby FISCHER
Robert James "Bobby" Fischer (March 9, 1943 – January 17, 2008) was an American-born chess Grandmaster who became famous as a teenager for his chess-playing ability, and in 1972, became the only American to win the official World Chess Championship, defeating defending champion Boris Spassky in a match that was widely publicized as a Cold War battle pitting a single American against the Soviet system. In 1975, he refused to defend his title when FIDE, the international chess federation, would n... Biography of Didier DROGBA
Didier Yves Drogba Tébily (born March 11, 1978 in Abidjan, the Ivory Coast) is a footballer from the Ivory Coast who currently plays for Chelsea FC in the English Premier League. Early life Born in Abidjan on 11 March 1978, Didier Drogba spent his childhood in his home country the Ivory Coast and his adopted France. ‘Tito’ as he was known to friends and family, first left the country of his birth at the age of five. He headed for Brest in Brittany, where his uncle, Michel Goba, was a profess... Biography of Gene SIMMONS
Gene Simmons (born August 25, 1949) is an Israeli-American hard rock bass guitarist and vocalist for the rock band Kiss. He is best known as "The Demon", his blood-spitting, fire-breathing, tongue-wagging and highly sexual onstage personality. Simmons was born "Chaim Witz" in Haifa, Israel. He emigrated to New York City in 1957 with his mother Florence Klein—a Jewish Hungarian immigrant and the only member of her family to survive the Holocaust—after his father, Feri Witz, abandoned his famil... Biography of Nick CARTER
Nickolas Gene Carter (born January 28, 1980) is an American actor, musician and pop singer. He is a member of the music group the Backstreet Boys. In 2000, he was included in People Magazine's list of the 50 Most Beautiful People. Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m) Early life Carter was born in Jamestown, New York to Bob and Jane Carter. According to Carter, he has Blackfoot Native American, Irish, German and Spanish, ancestry. His siblings include Angel, Leslie, Bobbie Jean, and singer Aaron. He als... Biography of Patrick McGOOHAN
Patrick Joseph McGoohan (March 19, 1928 – January 13, 2009) was a two-time Emmy winning Irish American actor, raised in Ireland and the UK, with an extensive stage career, who rose to fame in the British film and TV industry by starring in the 1960s television series Danger Man (renamed Secret Agent when exported to the US), cult classic The Prisoner and Mel Gibson's Oscar winning epic Braveheart as Edward Longshanks. McGoohan wrote several episodes of The Prisoner himself, occasionally using th... Biography of Tom CHAPLIN (KEANE)
Thomas Oliver Chaplin (born March 8, 1979) is the lead singer of the English piano rock band, Keane. He is from Battle, East Sussex. Life and career Chaplin was born to parents David and Sally on March 8, 1979, the same day as future band mate Tim Rice-Oxley's brother, also called Tom. He started a friendship with both that remains today. Chaplin's family owned Vinehall School in Robertsbridge, so both friends attended there. With Rice-Oxley, Chaplin then attended Tonbridge School. Studyi...
Biography of Tony PARKER
William Anthony "Tony" Parker, II (born May 17, 1982(1982-05-17)) is a French National Basketball Association (NBA) player with the San Antonio Spurs and captain of France's national basketball team. After playing for two years in the French basketball league, Parker entered the 2001 NBA Draft and was selected by the San Antonio Spurs. He quickly became their starting point guard, helping the Spurs win three NBA Championships. Parker has been selected as an NBA All-Star twice and was the 2007 NB... Biography of Jeremy IRONS
Jeremy John Irons (born September 19, 1948) is an Academy Award, Tony Award, Screen Actors Guild, two-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-winning English film, television and stage actor. Early life Irons was born in Cowes, Isle of Wight to Paul Dugan Irons, an accountant, and Barbara Anne Brereton Brymer Sharpe, a homemaker. Part of his maternal ancestry is Irish, and his great-grandfather was one of the first Metropolitan Policemen and later a Chartist. Irons has a brother, Christopher.... Biography of Julian CASABLANCAS
Julian Fernando Casablancas (born August 23, 1978) is the vocalist and songwriter of the band The Strokes. Early life and education Julian Casablancas is the son of John Casablancas, the founder of Elite Model Management, and Jeanette Christiansen, a Danish model who was Miss Denmark in 1965, and brother of Cecile Casablancas. His parents were divorced when Casablancas was very young and he lived with his mother and Sam Adoquei who taught him about art and work ethic. The first band membe... Biography of Michael CAINE
Sir Maurice Joseph Micklewhite CBE (born March 14, 1933), known professionally as Michael Caine, is a two-time Academy Award-winning English film actor. Caine was born in Rotherhithe, South East London to Maurice Micklewhite, a Catholic fish-porter, and Ellen Maria, a Protestant charlady. He grew up in nearby Camberwell attending Wilson's School (at that time Wilson's Grammar School) and during World War II was evacuated to North Runcton in Norfolk. In 1944 he passed his eleven-plus exam. He ... Biography of Philip MOUNTBATTEN
The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philippos of Greece and Denmark, 10 June 1921 ) is the husband and consort of Queen Elizabeth II. Originally a Prince of Greece and Denmark, Prince Philip abandoned these titles shortly before his marriage. At the time of his engagement he was known as Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten. In 1947, he married Princess Elizabeth, the heiress to King George VI. Prince Philip was a member of the Greek and Danish Royal House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderb... Biography of Chris OLIVERO
Chris Olivero (born October 15, 1984 as Christopher Anthony Olivero in Stockton, California) is an actor known for his guest roles on Boston Public, 24, CBS's CSI Miami, and his most recent role in the ABC Family channel program Kyle XY as Declan McDonough. He is married to former Summerland actress Alexandra Picatto as of august 12 2006.... Biography of Ronn MOSS
Ronn Montague Moss (born March 4, 1952 in Los Angeles) is an American Actor, singer and songwriter and is most well-known for portraying Ridge Forrester, the dynamic fashion magnate on the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful since 1987. Early Life and years Ronn Moss raised in his born city. As a young boy he grew up in the rock & roll music field, where at age 11, he started learning to play the drums, guitar and electric bass. In 1976, bassist Moss joined creative forces with singer/... Biography of James LAFFERTY
James Martin Lafferty (born July 25, 1985 in Hemet, California) is an American actor. He stars as Nathan Scott on the CW’s prime time teen drama One Tree Hill. James Lafferty was born on July 25, 1985 in Hemet, California.. His acting career began at age six. He was encouraged by his mother to act as a hobby. She also urged his brother to act. He attended Hemet High School, where he played basketball for the Varsity team, earning him an MVP award and an All-League award. At age 10, he earn... Biography of Yves MONTAND
Yves Montand (October 13, 1921 – November 9, 1991) was a French/Italian actor and singer. Early life Montand was born Ivo Livi in Monsummano Terme, Italy to Josephine and Giovanni, poor peasants. Montand's family left Italy for France. Montand grew up in Marseille, where as a young man he worked in his sister's barber shop, and later on the docks. He began a career in show business as a music-hall singer. In 1944 he was discovered by Édith Piaf in Paris and she made him part of her act, beco... Biography of Lorenzo LAMAS
Lorenzo Lamas (born Lorenzo Lamas y de Santos Lamas on January 20, 1958 in Santa Monica, California) is an American television and film actor, primarily on soap operas, movies and television. He is best-known for playing Jane Wyman's young irresponsible grandson, Lance Cumson, on the popular 1980s soap opera, Falcon Crest, the falsely accused cop Reno Raines, on the popular 1990s crime drama, Renegade and as firefighter Hector Ramirez on The Bold and The Beautiful. He served as judge on Are You ... Biography of Clément POITRENAUD
Clément Poitrenaud (born 20 May 1982 in Castres, Tarn) is a French rugby union footballer. His usual position is at fullback. He plays for Stade Toulousain in the Top 14 club competition in France, and has played for France, including at the 2003 Rugby World Cup in Australia. Height 1,88 m Weight 92 kg He played his first Heineken Cup match during the 2000-01 tournament, against Welsh side, the Cardiff Blues. He scored his first Heineken Cup try coming off the bench in a match against t... Biography of Travis PASTRANA
Travis Alan Pastrana (born October 8, 1983, in Annapolis, Maryland) is a motorsports competitor who has won championships and X Games gold medals in several events, including supercross, motocross, freestyle motocross, and rally racing. Freestyle MX Pastrana invented many of the young sport's tricks and became the sport's world champion at age 14. He landed a double backflip in his film Nitro Circus 3. On August 4, 2006, at X Games 12 in Los Angeles, he became the first rider to land a doubl... Biography of Craig FERGUSON
Craig Ferguson (born 17 May 1962) is a Scottish comedian, actor, writer and talk show host. He is the current host of CBS's The Late Late Show, a role which earned him an Emmy nomination in 2006. Early career Ferguson's experience in entertainment was as a drummer in a little-known punk band called Bastards from Hell. The band, later known as Dreamboys, performed regularly in Glasgow in 1980-1982. Ferguson's earliest comedy experience was as a comic in the United Kingdom, appearing on the... Biography of John CUSACK
John Paul Cusack (born June 28, 1966) is an American film actor and writer. Early life Cusack was born in Evanston, Illinois to an Irish American Catholic family. His father, Dick Cusack, as well as his siblings Ann, Bill, Joan, and Susie have also been actors; his father was also a documentary filmmaker, owned a film production company and was a friend of activist Philip Berrigan. Cusack's mother, Nancy, is a former mathematics teacher and political activist. Cusack spent a year at New York... Biography of Kim ROSSI STUART
Kim Rossi Stuart (born October 31, 1969) is an Italian actor. Career Kim Rossi Stuart was born in Rome. His father, Giacomo, was also an actor. His mother was a former top model. He began acting at the age of 5. He studied theatre and in 1986 began acting regularly, especially on TV productions like Fantaghirò and for the cinema with a small role in The Name of the Rose. He reached popularity with Il Ragazzo dal Kimono d'oro and in the film Poliziotti ("Policemen"). After this commerci... Biography of Warren BEATTY
Henry Warren Beaty (born March 30, 1937), better known as Warren Beatty, is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning American actor, producer, screenwriter, and director. The Academy Awards honored him with the Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 2000, presented by his close friend Jack Nicholson, while in 2004 he received a Kennedy Center Honor. In 2007, he was honored with the Cecil B. Demille Award at the Golden Globe Awards Ceremony. Early life Beatty was born in Richmond, Virginia's ... Biography of Nick CAVE
Nicholas Edward Cave (born September 22, 1957) is an Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter, and occasional actor. He is best known for his work in the rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. He currently lives in Brighton & Hove in England. Youth and education Cave was born in the small town of Warracknabeal in the state of Victoria, Australia, to Dawn and Colin Cave. He has two brothers: Tim (b. 1952) and Peter (b. 1954), and a sister, Julie (b. 1959). As a child, Cave liv... Biography of Jo-Wilfried TSONGA
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Petsonga (born April 17, 1985) is a professional tennis player. A French citizen, born in Le Mans, he has a French mother and Congolese father, Didier Tsonga. His career high ranking was #38, achieved on January 7, 2008. He had a successful junior career, winning the U.S. Open Juniors title in 2003 by defeating Marcos Baghdatis in the final, and also reached the semi-final stage of the other three Grand Slam events. At the 2007 Australian Open, Tsonga took the first set off An... Biography of Placido DOMINGO
José Plácido Domingo Embil KBE (born January 21, 1941), better known as Plácido Domingo, is a world-famous Spanish operatic tenor. He is known for his versatile, strong voice that possesses a ringing and clear tone throughout its range. In addition to his singing roles, he has also taken on conducting opera performances as well as acting as the General Director of the Washington National Opera in Washington, DC and the Los Angeles Opera in California. Biography and career Plácido Domingo was... Biography of Mick THOMSON (SLIPKNOT)
Mick Thomson (born Mickael Gordon Thomson on November 3, 1973) is the lead guitarist for the nine-piece band Slipknot. Thomson is known as #7 in the band. Before Slipknot, Thomson was in the band Bodypit with former Slipknot members Anders Colsefini, Donnie Steele and current bassist Paul Gray. Mask Originally, Mick donned a Jason-style hockey mask, painted a dark green type color. This can be seen on the cover of their self titled major label debut, "Slipknot." Shortly after Mick wore a ... Biography of Michael WEATHERLY
Michael Manning Weatherly, Jr. (born July 8, 1968) is an American actor. Weatherly was born in New York City and raised in Fairfield, Connecticut by wealthy parents, Patricia and Michael Weatherly, Sr. He has - according to him - eleven siblings, though he only has one full brother (same parents as he), the others are all halfs and steps as both of his parents are married for the third time. His father became wealthy from importing Swiss Army Knives, which is mentioned in an episode of "NCIS.... Biography of Gabriel AUBRY
Gabriel Aubry (January 4, 1976 — Montreal, Canada), is a French Canadian supermodel. He is characterized by longer hair and designer stubble. He has modelled for Tommy Hilfiger, Versace, Calvin Klein and Next; and achieved supermodel status after modelling for Hugo Boss. Aubry and girlfriend, actress Halle Berry, await their first child. Berry is three-months into her pregnancy.... Biography of Matthew FOX
Matthew Fox (born July 14, 1966) is an actor and former model. His first major role was playing the older brother and patriarch Charlie Salinger on Party of Five in the 1990s, co-starring with both Scott Wolf and Neve Campbell. He gained much greater fame for his current starring role as Dr. Jack Shephard on the hit ABC drama series Lost. Early life Fox was born in Abington, Pennsylvania, and raised on his family's horse ranch in Crowheart, Wyoming. His father, Francis G. Fox, was a geologis... Biography of DOC GYNECO
Doc Gynéco (real name, Bruno Beausir) is a popular French hip hop artist of Guadeloupean origin. His music is typically characterized as a ragga/rap style, that has found its fan base in France. Born in Clichy-sous-Bois in Seine-Saint-Denis, on July 7, 1974, Beausir's mother was antillais and his father white. The latter left them in 1990, and partly as a result of this, Beausir was poor growing up. Discography Doc Gynéco (real name Bruno Beausir) launched his career at the age of 19, writi... Biography of Jack WHITE
Jack White (occasionally Jack III White or Jack White III), born John Anthony Gillis on July 9, 1975 in Detroit, Michigan is an American musician, guitarist, singer, songwriter and music producer. He started as a part-time musician working with various underground bands in Detroit, while working by day as an upholsterer. He is best known as the guitarist and lead vocalist of the rock duo The White Stripes. His popular and critical success with the Stripes enabled him to collaborate with other re... Biography of Patrick DUFFY
Patrick G. Duffy (born March 17, 1949 in Townsend, Montana) is an American television actor, who appeared primarily in soap operas and television. He is best known as Bobby Ewing, on the CBS series Dallas, and as Suzanne Somers's husband, Frank Lambert, on the ABC television sitcom Step by Step. In 1976, Duffy landed the role of Mark Harris in the short-lived television series Man from Atlantis. Following the cancellation of the series, he got his big break in the role of Bobby Ewing on the T... Biography of Pascal NOUMA
Pascal Nouma (born 6 January 1972) is a French footballer. He is particularly famous for his eccentric behaviour both on and off the pitch. He started his career in the Paris Saint-Germain youth team before moving around other teams in France. He played for Lille and Caen before moving back to PSG for two seasons in 1994. In 1996 he left for Strasbourg, spending two seasons there before he moving to Lens. After two seasons at Lens, he left for a Turkish club where he achieved phenomenal succe... Biography of Jonathan DAVIS (KORN)
Jonathan Houseman Davis (born January 18, 1971) is the vocalist for the multiplatinum Nu Metal band, Korn. He was born and raised in Bakersfield, California, where he lived with his father and step-mother. Korn As well as being Korn's lead singer, he has also played drums and bagpipes. Davis writes songs on guitar and other various instruments, such as drums and bagpipes. Davis was the last member to join the band. James 'Munky' Shaffer and Brian 'Head' Welch discovered him in a bar, init... Biography of Bob GELDOF
Robert Frederick Xenon Geldof, known as Bob Geldof (born 5 October 1951) , is an Irish singer, songwriter, actor and political activist. Early career Geldof was born in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, in the Republic of Ireland, to parents of Catholic extraction. His father was also known as Bob; at the age of 41 his wife, the mother of Robert "Bob" complained of a headache and died shortly thereafter, having suffered a haemorrage. As of 2005, his father Bob is in his 90s. He attended Black... Biography of Joan SUTHERLAND
Dame Joan Sutherland OM, AC, DBE (born November 7, 1926) is an Australian dramatic coloratura soprano noted for her contribution to the bel canto revival of the 1950s and 1960s. Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m) She was hailed La Stupenda after an Alcina performance in La Fenice in 1960. Early life and career Joan Sutherland was born in Sydney. Her mother was a mezzo soprano who had given up her career. She learned a lot from her mother, with whom she used to sing and listen to many recordings. S... Biography of Andy RODDICK
Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick (born August 30, 1982) is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is the top-ranked American player and fourth-ranked player in the world as of July 2007. He finished sixth in the 2006 ATP Race. He became a Grand Slam singles champion when he won the title at the 2003 U.S. Open. He has reached three other Grand Slam finals, losing to Roger Federer each time. Roddick is known for his fast serves and forehands. He also holds the fastest ... Biography of Kevin KLINE
Kevin Delaney Kline (born October 24, 1947) is an Academy Award- and Tony Award-winning American stage and film actor. Early life Kline was born in St. Louis, Missouri to Robert Joseph Kline, a classical music buff who owned and operated The Record Bar, the largest toy and record store in St. Louis, and Peggy (Kirk), whom Kline has described as the "dramatic theatrical character in our family". His father's family also owned Kline's Inc., a department store chain. He has two younger brothers... Biography of Ryan LOCHTE
Ryan Lochte (born August 3, 1984 in Canandaigua, NY) is an American world record swimmer who won medals at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Lochte specializes in the backstroke and individual medley, but is also a freestyle relay swimmer. He is noted for the speed and distance he attains while kicking underwater. He is noted for his rivalries with fellow Americans and world record holders Michael Phelps in the individual medley events and Aaron Peirsol in the backstroke races. Lochte made his Olympi... Biography of Marco van BASTEN
Marcel "Marco" van Basten (October 31, 1964 in Oog in Al, Utrecht) is a Dutch football manager, currently in charge of the Dutch national team. Previously, he was a football player who played for Ajax Amsterdam and A.C. Milan in the 1980s and early 1990s. He is regarded as one of the finest strikers of all time and scored 276 goals in a career cut short by injury. Known for his strength on the ball, his tactical awareness and spectacular strikes and volleys, Van Basten was named European Footbal... Biography of Noah WYLE
Noah Strausser Speer Wyle (born June 4, 1971; last name pronounced /ˈwaɪli/) is a five time Emmy Award nominated American TV and film actor best known for his role as Dr. John Carter on the television drama ER. Wyle was the only major cast member of ER to have been with the show since its inception when he left after its eleventh season. His performances on the show earned him Emmy Award nominations in each of its first five seasons, and (as part of an ensemble) several Screen Actor... Biography of Gene HACKMAN
Gene Hackman (born Eugene Allen Hackman on January 30, 1930) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actor. He came to fame during the 1970s, after his role in The French Connection, and has continued to appear in major roles in Hollywood films. Early life Hackman was born in San Bernardino, California, to Eugene Ezra Hackman, a newspaper pressman, and Lyda Gray. He has a brother, Richard. Hackman's parents divorced while he was a child, and he moved from one place to another until fina... Biography of James COBURN
James Harrison Coburn (August 31, 1928 – November 18, 2002) was an Academy Award-winning American actor. Early life Coburn was born in Laurel, Nebraska to James Harrison Coburn, Sr., a garage mechanic, and Mylet S. Johnson; his maternal grandparents were immigrants from Sweden. Coburn grew up in Compton, California and acted in college, eventually making his stage debut at the La Jolla Playhouse. Career Coburn became famous as the "tough guy" in a variety of films, first mostly with h... Biography of Timothy DALTON
Timothy Peter Dalton (born March 21, 1946) is an English actor of stage and screen, best known for portraying James Bond in The Living Daylights (1987) and Licence to Kill (1989) and in his roles in Shakespearean related films and plays. Height 6' 2" (1.88 m) Youth and early career Welshman Dalton was born in Colwyn Bay, Wales, to an English father and an American mother, of mixed English and Italian-Irish ancestry. Before he was born, his family moved to Wales; where his father was stat... Biography of Anthony QUINN
Anthony Quinn (April 21, 1915 – June 3, 2001) was a two-time Academy Award-winning Mexican/American actor, as well as a painter and writer. He is perhaps best known in the US for his roles in two Hollywood films, the title role in Zorba the Greek and his Oscar-winning performance in Viva Zapata!, while in the rest of the world he is associated with his role of the brutish circus strongman Zampanò in Federico Fellini's La strada. Height 6' 2" (1.88 m) Early life Quinn was born Antonio Rud... Biography of Peter O'TOOLE
Peter Seamus O'Toole (Peter James O'Toole) (b. August 2, 1932 (accepted but presumed date) is an eight-time Academy Award-nominated Irish actor. He has received three Golden Globes and an Emmy Award. He was also awarded an honorary Oscar for his body of work (2003). Despite eight nominations, he has yet to win a Best Actor Oscar. Early life Peter O'Toole was born in 1932, with some sources giving his birthplace as Connemara, County Galway, Ireland, and others as Leeds, in West Yorkshire, ... Biography of Tyson BECKFORD
Tyson Craig Beckford (born December 19, 1970 in Bronx, New York) is an American male supermodel and actor, known worldwide for his muscular physique, facial structure, and tattoos; and also as the lead model for Ralph Lauren. He is also reported to be one of the highest-paid and richest male supermodels in the world. Beckford is the son of a half Jamaican half Chinese father (paternal grandmother is 100% Chinese) and Jamaican mother (paternal grandfather is of Panamanian ancestry. Growing up ... Biography of Asafa POWELL
Asafa Powell (born 23 November 1982) is a Jamaican sprinter, and is currently the 100m co-world record holder with Justin Gatlin, with a time of 9.77 seconds, a time which Powell has run three times. Career Asafa Powell was going to be an engineer before he decided to start running. His elder brother Donovan was a 100 m semi-finalist in the 1999 world championships. Unlike many of his compatriots, Powell decided against moving to the USA to further his career and continues to train in Kingst... Biography of Anthony PERKINS
Anthony Perkins (April 4, 1932 – September 12, 1992) was an Academy Award-nominated American stage and screen actor known for his role as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. Early life Perkins was born in New York City, the son of Janet Esseltyn Rane and stage and film actor James Ripley Osgood Perkins. He attended The Brooks School, Buckingham Browne & Nichols, Columbia University and Rollins College, having moved to Boston, Massachusetts after his father's death in 1942. Career ... Biography of Denis LEARY
Denis Leary (born Denis Colin Leary on August 18, 1957) is a Golden Globe and Emmy Award-nominated American actor, comedian, writer and director. He is known for his often angry comedic style and his frequent chain smoking. Leary displays an overt affinity for libertarianism. Leary is currently the star and co-creator of the television show Rescue Me on FX. Height 6' 2" (1.88 m) Early life Denis Leary was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, to Irish Catholic immigrants John Leary (an auto... Biography of James CAMERON
James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is an Academy Award winning Canadian director, producer and screenwriter. He is noted for his action/science fiction films, which are often highly successful financially and innovatively. Thematically, James Cameron's films generally explore the relationship between man and technology. Cameron directed the film Titanic, which went on to become the top-grossing film of all time, with a worldwide gross of over US$1.8 billion. He also created the Termina... Biography of William HURT
William Hurt (born March 20, 1950) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. Height 6' 2" (1.88 m) Early life Hurt was born in Washington, D.C., the son of Claire Isabel McGill, who worked at Time, Inc., and Alfred McCord Hurt, who worked for the U.S. State Department. His mother re-married Henry Luce III (the son of the founder of Time Magazine) during Hurt's childhood. Hurt graduated from Middlesex School in 1968 where he was the Vice President of the Dramatics Club and had the lead... Biography of Joe DiMAGGIO
Joseph Paul DiMaggio, born Giuseppe Paolo DiMaggio, Jr. (November 25, 1914 – March 8, 1999), nicknamed Joltin' Joe and The Yankee Clipper, was a Major League Baseball center fielder who played his entire MLB career (1936–1951) for the New York Yankees. He was the brother of Vince DiMaggio and Dom DiMaggio. He was born in Martinez, California, and moved to San Francisco at one year old. The family name was often spoken in the media as "di-MA-gee-oh" (with a short-a) but was more properly pronounc... Biography of Damon WAYANS
Damon Kyle Wayans (pronounced wɛjnz) (born September 4, 1960) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and actor who began his career as a stand-up comic in 1982. He is one of the Wayans brothers. Early life Wayans was born in New York to Elvira, a homemaking mother, and Howell Wayans, a supermarket manager. He has four sisters, Vonnie, Nadia, Kim, Deidre, and four brothers, actors Marlon Wayans, Keenan Ivory Wayans, Shawn Wayans, and Dwayne Wayans. He was raised in his father's Jehova... Biography of James PUREFOY
James Brian Mark Purefoy (born June 3, 1964) is an English actor. Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m) Early life & work Purefoy was born into a "upper-middle class family" in Taunton, Somerset. He was a boarder at Sherborne School which he left with only one O-level. Later he went to night school and got 11 more, then took his A-levels. He then studied acting at one of Britain's top drama schools, the Central School of Speech and Drama, while selling, with difficulty, copies of the Socialist Worker in... Biography of Joe FLANIGAN
Joe Flanigan (born January 5, 1967) is an American television actor best known as Major/Lt. Colonel John Sheppard in Stargate Atlantis. Early life Flanigan was born in Los Angeles, California. He grew up on a small ranch near Reno, Nevada in the United States. From the age of 14 he attended a boarding school in Ojai, California where he appeared in the school's production of A Streetcar Named Desire. He later attended the University of Colorado where he majored in history and appeared in Cor... Biography of Arjun RAMPAL
Arjun Rampal (Hindi, अर्जुन रामपाल, Arjun Rāmpāl, born 26 November 1972) is an Indian actor who appears in Bollywood films, as well as a fashion model. Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m) Personal life His parents are Gwen and Amarjeet Rampal. Arjun and his younger sister attended the prestigious Kodaikanal International School located in Palani Hills,Tamil Nadu, where his mother was a teacher. One of his cousins, Kim... Biography of Babe RUTH
George Herman Ruth, Jr. (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948), also popularly known as "Babe", "The Bambino", and "The Sultan of Swat", was an American Major League baseball player from 1914-1935. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest baseball players in history. Many polls place him as the number one player of all time. Although he spent most of his career as an outfielder with the New York Yankees, Ruth began his career as a successful starting pitcher for the Boston Red Sox. He compi... Biography of Alan ALDA
Alan Alda (b. January 28, 1936) is a five-time Emmy Award-winning, six-time Golden Globe-winning, Academy Award-nominated American actor. He is perhaps most famous for his role as Hawkeye Pierce in the television series M*A*S*H. During the 1970s and 1980s he was viewed as the archetypal sympathetic male, though in recent years he has appeared in roles which counter that image. Family and early life Alda was born Alfonso Joseph D'Abruzzo in New York City. His Italian-American father, Robert A... Biography of Ian GILLAN (DEEP PURPLE)
Ian Gillan (born 19 August 1945 in Hounslow, London), is an English rock music vocalist best known as the lead singer for Deep Purple. During his career Gillan had a year-long stint as the vocalist for Black Sabbath and sang the role of Jesus Christ in the original recording of Andrew Lloyd Webber's rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar. Gillan is considered to be one of the foremost rock vocalists, who introduced into rock music the vocal belting technique. In his prime he possessed a very wide voc... Biography of John GOODMAN
John Stephen Goodman (born June 20, 1952) is a Golden Globe- and Emmy-winning American actor, perhaps best known for his roles on the television series Roseanne, and in several Hollywood films. Height: 1m88 (6'2") Weight: 180 kg in 1992 Early life Goodman was born in Affton, Missouri, the son of Virginia, a store clerk and waitress who worked at Jack and Phil's Bar-B-Cue, and Leslie Goodman, a postal worker who died from a heart attack in 1954. He has a sister, Elisabeth, and a brother, ... Biography of Oliver KAHN
Oliver Rolf Kahn (born 15 June 1969 in Karlsruhe) is a German football goalkeeper. He played for the German national team (from 1995 to 2006) and still plays for Bayern München (since 1994). Height: 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Club career Karlsruher SC Kahn signed his first professional contract at Karlsruher SC in the 1987-88 season, at first being the reserve goalkeeper behind Alexander Famulla. However, he had to wait until 1990 until KSC coach Winfried Schäfer decided to start Kahn over Fa... Biography of James CAVIEZEL
Jim Caviezel est un acteur américain, né le 26 septembre 1968 à Mount Vernon, Washington. Catholique pratiquant, il a notamment interprété en 2004 le rôle de Jésus dans le film La Passion du Christ de Mel Gibson, déclarant que ce tournage fut un "authentique expérience spirituelle". Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m) Filmographie 1996 : Rock de Michael Bay. 1997 : G.I.Jane de Ridley Scott. 1998 : La Ligne rouge de Terrence Malick. 2000 : Fréquence interdite de Gregory Hoblit. 2001 : Ange... Biography of Satya OBLET
Satya Oblet, born January 3, 1976 in Pondichery in India, is a French top model.... Biography of Dexter HOLLAND (THE OFFSPRING)
Bryan Keith Holland (born December 29, 1965), better known under his pseudonym of Dexter Holland, is the singer and rhythm guitarist for the Californian punk rock band The Offspring and the owner of the independent record label Nitro Records. Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m) Career with The Offspring After failing to get into a Social Distortion show in 1984, he decided to form a band with friend and fellow cross-country teammate Greg Kriesel. That band, "Manic Subsidal," would eventually become Th... Biography of Carlos MONZON
Carlos Monzón (August 7, 1942 – January 8, 1995) was an Argentine boxer who held the world middleweight title for 7 years, during which he made a then-division record of 14 defenses. His glamorous and violent life was avidly followed by the media, culminating with his trial for the murder of his wife and his death in a car crash soon thereafter. He was adored all over Argentina during his run of 14 title defenses of the world middleweight championship. He was accused many times of domestic vi... Biography of Joshua JACKSON
Joshua Carter Jackson (born June 11, 1978) is a Canadian actor. He has appeared in American television and films, and is known for his role as Pacey Witter in the television series Dawson's Creek and Charlie Conway in The Mighty Ducks film series. Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m) Early life Jackson was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to an American father, John Carter, and an Irish-born mother, Fiona Jackson, a casting director. He has a sister, Aisleagh, and two half-brothers, Lyman an... Biography of Stewart COPELAND (THE POLICE)
Stewart Armstrong Copeland (born July 16, 1952) is an American musician, best known as the drummer for the band The Police and is an influential drum stylist. During the group's extended hiatus from the mid-1980s to 2007, he played in other bands and composed soundtracks. Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m) Background Copeland was born in Alexandria, Virginia , the youngest of four children of CIA officer Miles Copeland, Jr. and Lorraine Adie, a Scot who served in British intelligence. The family m... Biography of Jim JARMUSCH
Jim Jarmusch (born January 22, 1953 in Akron, Ohio) is a noted American independent film director. Background Jarmusch obtained his B. A. from Columbia University. Before graduating from New York University's school of film, Jarmusch decided to drop out of the program and funnel his scholarship funds into his first feature. His advisor at the time, Thaddeus Sebena, helped to support the release. This resulted in his first film, Permanent Vacation, which introduced audiences to the deadpan st... Biography of Miguel INDURAIN
Miguel Ángel Indurain Larraya (born July 16, 1964, Villava, Navarre) is a Spanish retired road racing cyclist. He is best known for having won the Tour de France from 1991 to 1995, becoming one of the five persons to win the event five times, and the first to win five in a row. Indurain's ability and physical size—1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) and 80 kg (176 lbs)—earned him the nickname "Miguelón". Indurain turned professional in 1985 and entered the Tour de France for the first time the same year, ulti... Biography of Michael MADSEN
Michael Soren Madsen (born September 25, 1958) is an American actor. He is well known for his tough guy image on screen. Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m) Early life Madsen was born in Chicago, Illinois to Cal Madsen, a fireman, and Elaine, an Emmy-winning poet, producer and playwright who often works for PBS; Madsen's mother left a career in corporate business to pursue a writing career. His sister is actress Virginia Madsen. He also has an older sister named Cheri, who owns a restaurant with her h... Biography of Wayne NEWTON
Carson Wayne Newton (born April 3, 1942, in Norfolk, Virginia) is an American singer and entertainer based in Las Vegas, Nevada. He performed over 30,000 solo shows in Las Vegas over a period of over 40 years, earning him the nickname Mr. Las Vegas. His best known songs include the kitschy "Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast" (1972), "Years" (1980), and his signature song, "Danke Schoen" (1963). Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m) Early life Newton was born in Norfolk, Virginia while his father was in the N... Biography of Mitt ROMNEY
Willard Mitt Romney (born March 12, 1947) is an American businessman and politician from the state of Michigan and later Massachusetts. Formerly the 70th Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Romney is seeking the Republican nomination in the 2008 United States presidential election. Romney is a former CEO of Bain & Company, a management consulting firm, and the co-founder of Bain Capital, a private equity investment firm. After a life in business and as the CEO of the 2002 Winter Ol... Biography of Eddie CIBRIAN
Eddie Bryant Cibrian (born June 18, 1973) is an American actor. Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m) Personal life Cibrian was born in Burbank, California and is of Cuban-American descent. He is an only child. Cibrian married Brandi Glanville in May 2001. His son, Mason Edward, was born in June 2003, and a second son, Jake Austin, was born on April 5th, 2007. He maintains a close friendship with his former Young and the Restless co-star, Joshua Morrow, and even formed a singing group with him called 3 ... Biography of Graham CHAPMAN (MONTY PYTHON)
Dr. Graham Arthur Chapman (January 8, 1941 – October 4, 1989) was an English comedian, actor, writer, physician and one of the six members of the Monty Python comedy troupe. He was also the lead actor in their two narrative films, playing King Arthur in Monty Python and the Holy Grail and the title character in Monty Python's Life of Brian. Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m) Education and early performances Chapman was educated at Melton Mowbray Grammar School and studied medicine at Emmanuel College... Biography of Forest WHITAKER
Forest Steven Whitaker (born July 15, 1961) is an American actor, producer, and director. For his performance as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the 2006 film, The Last King of Scotland, Whitaker won several major awards, including an Oscar, a Golden Globe, and a BAFTA. He became the fourth African American to win an Academy Award for Best Actor, following in the footsteps of Sidney Poitier, Denzel Washington, and Jamie Foxx. Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m) Whitaker immersed himself in the details of ... Biography of Cliff BURTON (METALLICA)
Clifford Lee Burton (February 10, 1962 – September 27, 1986) was a bass guitarist best known for his work with the thrash/heavy metal band Metallica from 1982-86. As a bassist he was known for his unique style, which made heavy use of distortion and effects, best exemplified on his signature piece, "(Anesthesia) Pulling Teeth". Burton's early influence was essential in creating the unique musical style for which Metallica became famous. Burton joined the band in 1982 and performed on their de... Biography of Joe MONTANA
Joseph Clifford "Joe" Montana, Jr., (born June 11, 1956 in New Eagle, Pennsylvania), nicknamed "Joe Cool" and "The Comeback Kid", is a retired American football player whose professional career in the National Football League (NFL) spanned the late 1970s through the early 1990s. Montana started his NFL career in 1979 with the San Francisco 49ers, where he played quarterback (QB) for the next 14 seasons. Montana spent the 1993 and 1994 seasons, his final two years in the NFL, with the Kansas City... Biography of Walter ZENGA
Walter Zenga (born April 28, 1960 in Milan) is an Italian football (soccer) manager and former player, a long-time goalkeeper for the Italian national team and Inter Milan. He was also a member of the Italian squad that finished fourth at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California and the World Cup squad that finished third in the 1990 FIFA World Cup tournament held in Italy, in which Zenga started every game for the Azzurri. Zenga came back to Inter Milan in 1982, after starting his... Biography of Anthony Michael HALL
Michael Anthony Thomas Charles Hall (born April 14, 1968), known professionally as Anthony Michael Hall, is an American actor, producer and director who achieved stardom in several successful teen-oriented films of the 1980s. Hall began his career in commercials and on stage as a child, and made his screen debut in 1980. His films with director-screenwriter John Hughes, beginning with the popular 1984 coming-of-age comedy Sixteen Candles, shaped his early career. Hall's next movies with Hughes w... Biography of LLOYD BANKS
Christopher Charles Lloyd (born April 30, 1982), better known by his stage name, Lloyd Banks, is an American rapper and member of the rap group G-Unit. Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m) Early life Lloyd Banks was born Christopher Lloyd in Baltimore, Maryland and was raised in South Jamaica, Queens. His mother is Puerto Rican and his father was African American. His parents were young and never married when Banks was born. His father spent most of Banks' childhood in prison which left Lloyd Banks' mo... Biography of Daniel HERRERO
Daniel Herrero, born June 19, 1948 in Puisserguier (Hérault), is a French former rugby player. He has written books about rugby.... Biography of Gary DOURDAN
Gary Dourdan (born Gary Durdin, December 11, 1966 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an African-American actor, widely known for portraying Warrick Brown on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m) Dourdan and his family moved to Willingboro, New Jersey when he was in his youth. At this time his interests included acting, music and martial arts. Later Dourdan moved to New York City and worked as a doorman at a rehearsal studio where he met some of Manhattan's promising young a... Biography of Bruce BOXLEITNER
Bruce Boxleitner (born May 12, 1950 in Elgin, Illinois) is an American actor. Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m) He is best known for his leading roles in the television series How the West Was Won, Scarecrow and Mrs. King and Babylon 5 (where he played the character Captain John Sheridan, commander of the Babylon 5 station), and his starring roles in the films The Gambler (alongside Kenny Rogers) and Tron (in which he played the title role). He has made appearances in many other TV shows, such as Jud... Biography of Freddie PRINZE
Frederick Karl Pruetzel (June 22, 1954 – January 29, 1977), better known as “Freddie Prinze” was an American actor and stand-up comedian. In his short career he was best known as the star of Chico and the Man. He was the father of actor Freddie Prinze, Jr. Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m) Early life Prinze was born at St. Clair's Hospital in New York City, the son of Karl and Maria Pruetzel. His mother was Puerto Rican Catholic and his father was a German immigrant from post-Nazi Germany. Prinze... Biography of Thomas LIEVREMONT
Thomas Lièvremont (born 6 November 1973) is a French rugby union. Height 1,88 m Weight 109 kg Lièvremont was born in Perpignan. He currently plays for Biarritz Olympique in the top division of French rugby, the Top 14. His usual position is as a number eight. He was a part of the Biarritz team that won the 2005-06 Top 14, and runners-up of the 2005-06 Heineken Cup. He has also played for the France national team. He made his international debut for France in a 1996 match against Wales, ... Biography of Judge REINHOLD
Judge Reinhold is the stage name of Edward Ernest Reinhold, Jr. (born May 21, 1957 in Wilmington, Delaware), an American actor. He is best known for co-starring in movies such as Beverly Hills Cop and Fast Times at Ridgemont High. His nickname Judge was given to him when he was young by his father. Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m) Early life Reinhold was raised in Fredericksburg, Virginia until his family moved to West Palm Beach, Florida prior to his junior year in high school. He did not care for... Biography of Olivier MAGNE
Olivier Magne (born 11 April 1973 in Aurillac, Cantal) is a French rugby union footballer. He is an international back row forward, known especially for his speed and handling in open field play. He joined his hometown team, Stade Aurillacois, as a boy in 1979. He went on to play for CA Brive Corrèze and US Dax. He joined AS Montferrandaise for the 1999/2000 season. He made his international test debut at the age of 23 on 15 February 1997 as a replacement against Wales during the 1997 F... Biography of Robert URICH
Robert Urich (December 19, 1946 – April 16, 2002) was an actor, best known for playing private investigators on the television series Spenser: For Hire (1985–1988) and Vega$ (1978–1981). He also starred in numerous other television series over the years including: S.W.A.T. (1975), Soap (1977) and The Lazarus Man (1996). Taille : 6' 2" (1.88 m) Early years He was of Rusyn and Slovak extraction and raised Roman Catholic in the small town of Toronto, Ohio. Due to the similarity in names with... Biography of Marc-Vivien FOE
Marc-Vivien Foé (born May 1, 1975 in Nkolo, Centre Province, Cameroon; died June 26, 2003 in Lyon, France), posthumously decorated with the Commander of the National Order of Valour, was a Cameroonian international football player, who played in midfield for both club and country. With success in the French League, and stints in the English Premiership, his sudden death, whilst in the middle of an international competitive fixture, came as a shock to the world-wide footballing community. Foé ... Biography of Richard DOURTHE
Richard Dourthe, born December 13, 1974 in Dax, is a French rugby player. Height: 6' 2" (1m88) Weight: 96 kg.... Biography of Romain MESNIL
Romain Mesnil (born 13 July 1977 in Plessis-Bouchard) is a French pole vaulter. His personal best is 5.95 metres, achieved in August 2003 in Castres. His coach is Georges Martin. Achievements Year Tournament Venue Result Extra 1999 World Indoor Championships Maebashi, Japan 6th Universiade Palma de Mallorca, Spain 3rd 2001 World Indoor Championships Lisbon, Portugal 3rd World Championships Edmonton, Canada 5th 2003 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, England 7th Wo... Biography of Peter GRAVES
Peter Graves (born March 18, 1926) is an American film and television actor. He is known for his starring role in the television series Mission: Impossible from 1967 to 1973 (and again from 1988 to 1990). Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m) Personal life Graves was born Peter Aurness in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to Rolf Cirkler Aurness, who worked in business, and Ruth Duesler, a journalist. Graves is a descendant of German, Norwegian and English immigrants. His brother is actor James Arness (Gunsmoke).... Biography of Carl LEWIS
Frederick Carlton ("Carl") Lewis (born July 1, 1961) is a retired American track and field athlete who won 10 Olympic medals including 9 golds (He received the gold medal in the 100 meters in 1988 Olympics after Ben Johnson was disqualified for using drugs), and 10 World Championships medals, of which 8 were golds, in a career that spanned from 1979 when he first achieved a world ranking to 1996 when he last won an Olympic title and subsequently retired. He currently lives in Los Angeles and is ... Biography of Bruce JENNER
William Bruce Jenner (born October 28, 1949, in Mount Kisco, New York) is a U.S. track athlete, known principally for winning the decathlon in the 1976 Summer Olympics. Bruce Jenner attended Newtown High School in Newtown, Connecticut, transferring from Sleepy Hollow High School in Sleepy Hollow, New York. (Years later, the stadium there was to be named after him, but following an argument between the school and Jenner concerning the high school's construction project that was to displace an ... Biography of Frank OZ
Frank Oz (born May 25, 1944) is an American film director, actor and puppeteer. Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m) Early life Oz was born Richard Frank Oznowicz in Hereford, England to Frances and Isidore Oznowicz, both of whom were puppeteers. His parents were refugees from the Holocaust who moved to England after fighting the Nazis with the Dutch Brigades. Oz's Dutch/Polish father was Jewish and his Flemish mother was a lapsed Catholic. Oz moved to California, United States with his parents when he... Biography of Dave FINLEY
David Edward "Dave" Finlay Jr. (born October 20, 1958) is an Irish professional wrestler and road agent. He is currently wrestling on the SmackDown! brand of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) under the ring name Finlay. He has held both the WCW Television Championship and the WWE United States Championship. Wrestling career Finlay began his wrestling career in Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland, before moving over to Britain in 1978. While in England, Finlay wrestled for various companies und... Biography of Brian DENNEHY
Brian Manion Dennehy (born July 9, 1938) is a two-time Tony Award-winning American actor who has appeared in movies, on television, and performed in live theater. Early life Dennehy was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the son of Hannah and Edward Dennehy, who was a wire service correspondent; he has two brothers, Michael and Edward. The family relocated to Long Island, New York, where Dennehy attended Chaminade High School in the town of Mineola. He went on to attend Columbia on a football ... Biography of Joe NAMATH
Joseph William Namath (born May 31, 1943, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania), also known as Broadway Joe, was an American football quarterback in the American Football League and National Football League during the 1960s and '70s. Namath played for the New York Jets for most of his career. He finished out his career with the Los Angeles Rams. He was subsequently elected to the Hall of Fame. Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m) Namath retired after playing in 77 wins, 108 losses and 3 ties. In his career he thr... Biography of Jerry O'CONNELL
Jerry O'Connell (born February 17, 1974) is an American television and film actor. He is probably best known as "Vern Tessio" in Stand by Me and for the role of Quinn Mallory in the TV series Sliders and also as Detective Woody Hoyt on the hit drama Crossing Jordan. Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m) Early life O'Connell was born Jeremiah O'Connell in New York City, the son of Linda, an art teacher, and Michael O'Connell, an advertising agency art director. He has Irish ancestry. O'Connell was raised... Biography of Peter COOK
Peter Edward Cook (17 November 1937 – 9 January 1995) was an English satirist, writer and comedian. Cook is widely regarded as the leading figure in the British satire boom of the 1960s. He has been described by Stephen Fry as 'the funniest man who ever drew breath'. He is closely associated with an anti-establishment style of comedy that first emerged in the late 1950s. Life Cook was born at Shearbridge, Middle Warberry Road, Torquay, Devon, the only son and eldest of the three children of ... Biography of Carl REINER
Carl Reiner (March 20, 1922) is an American actor, film director, producer, writer and comedian. The son of Irving and Bessie (Mathias) Reiner, he is the father of actor-turned-director Rob Reiner (b. 1945), poet, playwright and author Sylvia Anne (Annie) Reiner (b. 1947) and painter, actor, director Lucas Reiner (b. 1960), and husband of Estelle Lebost Reiner (b. 1914). Reiner won nine Emmys during his career. Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m) When he was sixteen, his older brother Charlie read in t... Biography of Vincent SPANO
Vincent Spano (born October 18, 1962) is an American actor. Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m) Spano was born in Brooklyn, New York to Italian American parents. In 1976, he made his stage debut in a production of The Shadow Box at Long Wharf Theatre and Broadway. His film debut was in 1979's The Double McGuffin. He has subsequently appeared in many Hollywood films, including John Sayles Baby, It's You and City of Hope, Francis Ford Coppola's Rumble Fish, Alive: The Miracle of the Andes, The Rats an... Biography of Tim MATHESON
Tim Matheson (born Timothy Lewis Matthieson on December 31, 1947) is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of the smooth talking, sex-obsessed Otter in the 1978 comedy Animal House, but has had a variety of other well-known roles both before and since. Career As a teenager, Matheson provided the voice of Jonny Quest in the original animated series of the same name as well as the voice of Jace in the original animated series of Space Ghost. In addition, he played the r... Biography of Simon REX
Simon Rex (born July 20, 1974) is an American model, actor, television personality and rapper. Rex was born Simon Rex Cutright in San Francisco, California. In 1995, MTV kept Rex on the air for over a year after his solo adult video work became known as his fame and popularity increased. After being let go by MTV during an update to its VJ line-up, Simon began to pursue acting and in 1999 was cast in the television show Jack & Jill, which ran for two seasons. He appeared as "Eli" in the TV sh... Biography of Robert CULP
Robert Martin Culp (born August 16, 1930 in Oakland, California) is an American actor, best known for his work in television. Culp earned an international reputation for his role as Kelly Robinson on I Spy (1965-1968), the espionage TV series, where he and co-star Bill Cosby played a pair of secret agents (Cosby played the role of Alexander Scott.) He is also a director and screenwriter. Culp graduated at Berkeley High School in 1947, and is also a graduate of the University of the Pacific. H... Biography of Sam ELLIOTT
Samuel Pack Elliott (born August 9, 1944) is an American actor. In films, he is often characterised by his rangy physique, thick horseshoe moustache and gruff speaking voice. Early life Elliott was born in Sacramento, California to a physical training instructor mother and a father who worked for the Department of the Interior. He moved from California to Oregon with his family during his teenage years, where he graduated from David Douglas High School in Portland, Oregon. Elliott is a membe... Biography of Paul SORVINO
Paul Anthony Sorvino (born April 13, 1939) is an American character actor whose solid career has largely been the portrayal of authority figures, both as a legal enforcer and criminal, in television, stage, and film. Early life Sorvino was born in Brooklyn, New York City, the son of Italian American parents Marietta, a homemaker and piano teacher, and Ford Sorvino, a robe factory foreman. He attended the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. Career He began his career as a copywriter... Biography of Benjamin BRATT
Benjamin Bratt (born December 16, 1963) is an American actor. Early life Bratt was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Eldy (née Banda), a nurse, and a father who was a sheet metal worker. Bratt's father was an American of German and English descent and his mother is a Quechua Native American activist; she was born in Lima, Peru and moved to the U.S. at age fourteen. Bratt's paternal grandfather, George Cleveland Bratt, was a Broadway actor. In San Francisco, California, Bratt att... Biography of Jeremy BRETT
Peter Jeremy William Huggins (November 3, 1933 – September 12, 1995), better known as Jeremy Brett, was an English actor famous for his portrayal of the detective Sherlock Holmes in the British television series The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m) Early life Brett was born at Berkswell Grange in Berkswell, Warwickshire, England and was educated at Eton College. Brett later claimed that he was an "academic disaster" at Eton and attributed his learning difficulties to ... Biography of Ron PERLMAN
Ronald Francis Perlman (born April 13, 1950) is an American television, film and voice over actor. Career Perlman made his feature film debut in Jean-Jacques Annaud's film Quest for Fire (1981). After various minor and supporting roles in films and television series, his breakthrough role came when he played Vincent in the TV series Beauty and the Beast, opposite Linda Hamilton from 1987 to 1989. This earned him a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series in 1989 a... Biography of Carson DALY
Carson Jones Daly (born June 22, 1973 in Santa Monica, California) is an American television personality. He became known for being a VJ on MTV's Total Request Live (TRL). He currently hosts Last Call with Carson Daly on NBC. Before becoming a VJ on TRL, Daly was a radio DJ with KROQ, based in Los Angeles, California. Taille : 6' 2" (1.88 m) Recent Professional Developments On November 27, 2007, Daly announced that he has chosen to resume taping his late night television show in spite of ... Biography of Daniel BALDWIN
Daniel Leroy Baldwin (born October 5, 1960) is an American actor, producer and director. He is the second oldest of the four "Baldwin brothers", all of whom are actors. Early life Baldwin was born in Massapequa, New York, the son of Carol Newcomb (née Martineau), a breast cancer survivor who founded the Carol M. Baldwin Breast Care Center of the University Hospital and Medical Center at Stony Brook, and Alexander Rae Baldwin, Jr., a high school history/social studies teacher and football coa... Biography of Peter BUCK
Peter Lawrence Buck (born 6 December 1956 in Berkeley, California) is the guitarist and co-founder, along with Bill Berry, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe of the alternative rock band R.E.M.. He is the oldest member of the band. After spending time in Los Angeles and San Francisco, the Buck family moved to Atlanta, Georgia. After high school, Peter attended Emory University in Atlanta; however, he eventually dropped out. He later moved to Athens, Georgia and attended the University of Georgia a... Biography of Lance RENTZEL
Thomas Lance Rentzel (born October 14, 1943 in Flushing, New York) was an American football wide receiver in the NFL for the Minnesota Vikings, Dallas Cowboys, and the Los Angeles Rams from 1965 to 1974. He was briefly married to actress Joey Heatherton. After attending the University of Oklahoma, he was drafted in the second round of the 1965 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings. Over nine NFL seasons, Rentzel accumulated 4,826 yards receiving, 196 yards rushing, and 1,000 yards returning punt... Biography of Tom ARNOLD
Thomas Dwaine "Tom" Arnold (born March 6, 1959) is an American actor and comedian. Personal life Arnold was born in Ottumwa, IA, the son of Linda Kay Graham (née Collier) and Jack Arnold. He has six siblings, Lori, Johnny, Scott, Chris, Marla and Mark. Arnold attended Ottumwa High School and began doing stand-up comedy when he was 23. He met Roseanne Barr when she saw his act, in 1983. Arnold, who had Jewish ancestors named Cohen on his maternal grandfather’s side, converted to Judaism upon... Biography of Djimon HOUNSOU
Djimon Gaston Hounsou (born April 24, 1964) is a two-time Academy Award-nominated Beninois actor, dancer and fashion model. Early life Djimon Hounsou (pronounced /ʒaɪ́mʌ̌n ɒ́nsǔ/ (last name pronounced Hansoo)) was born in Cotonou, Benin, to Albertine and Pierre Hounsou. He immigrated to Paris at the age of thirteen with his brother, Edmond. One year before obtaining his college degree he dropped out of school. He lived on the streets for a while until ... Biography of Roger McGUINN
James Roger McGuinn (known professionally as Roger McGuinn and previously as Jim McGuinn, and born James Joseph McGuinn III on July 13, 1942) is a popular rock American singer-songwriter and guitarist of the 1960s and 1970s. He is best known for being the lead singer and lead guitarist on many of The Byrds' hit records, the pioneering folk-rock band of the 1960s, contributing much to the band's unique sound. Early life/music career Roger McGuinn was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. His ... Biography of Wes CRAVEN
Wesley Earl Craven (born August 2, 1939) is an American film director and writer, perhaps best known as the creator of many horror films, including the famed Nightmare on Elm Street series featuring the iconic Freddy Krueger character. Early life Craven was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the son of Caroline (née Miller) and Paul Craven. He had a strict Baptist upbringing. Craven earned an undergraduate degree in writing and psychology from Wheaton College in Illinois, and a masters degree in writi... Biography of Greg GRUNBERG
Gregory Phillip Grunberg (born July 11, 1966) is an American television actor. He is currently starring as Matt Parkman on the NBC television series Heroes, ongoing since 2006. Other notable roles included the characters Sean Blumberg on Felicity (1998–2002) and Eric Weiss on Alias (2001–2006), both produced by childhood friend, J. J. Abrams. Career Grunberg has had guest roles in television starting 1990. From 1998-2002 he appeared as Sean Blumberg on Felicity. He appeared from 2001-2006 as... Biography of Nolan RYAN
Lynn Nolan Ryan, Jr. (born January 31, 1947) is a former American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball and current president of the Texas Rangers. Ryan played in a major league record 27 seasons for the New York Mets, California Angels, Houston Astros, and Texas Rangers, from 1966 to 1993. Ryan, a hard-throwing right-handed pitcher, threw pitches that were regularly recorded above 100 mph, even past the age of 40. The media tagged him, or more specifically his pitching, as "The Ryan ... Biography of George LAZENBY
George Robert Lazenby (born September 5, 1939) is an Australian actor best known for portraying James Bond in the 1969 James Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service. George Lazenby was born in Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia. After leaving school he worked as a salesman at a Morris Motor Company dealership in Canberra and as a ski instructor. He also won several skiing competitions and played bass guitar in a band called The Corvettes. He served in the Australian Army Special forces,... Biography of Loudon WAINWRIGHT III
Loudon Snowden Wainwright III (born September 5, 1946) is an American songwriter, folk singer, humorist, and actor. Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m) Early life Wainwright was born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, to Martha, a noted yoga teacher, and Loudon Wainwright, Jr., a well-known writer and editor for Life magazine. Wainwright grew up in Bedford, New York, a wealthy town in Westchester County. He is a direct descendant of Peter Stuyvesant. Among his sisters is Sloan Wainwright, also a singer. ... Biography of Alexis DENISOF
Alexis Denisof (born February 25, 1966, Salisbury, Maryland) is an American actor who is known for playing Wesley Wyndam-Pryce in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spin-off Angel. Career He was the fight director for a stage production of Hamlet, and, in 1991 he was the fight director of The Other Side for the BBC, Romeo and Juliet, and The Soul's Dark Night. One of his first known works in television is on the arcade version of the video for "Got My Mind Set On You" ... Biography of Ronnie Van ZANT
Ronald Wayne "Ronnie" Van Zant (January 15, 1948 – October 20, 1977) was the lead vocalist, primary lyricist, and a founding member of the Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. He was the older brother of .38 Special founder and vocalist Donnie Van Zant and current Lynyrd Skynyrd lead vocalist Johnny Van Zant. Early life Born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida to Lacy (1915-2004) and Marion (1929-2000) Van Zant. Van Zant aspired to be many things before finding his love for music. Notably, Ro... Biography of Jake EPSTEIN
Jacob Lee Epstein (born January 16, 1987) is a Canadian actor. He is perhaps best known for playing Craig Manning on Degrassi: The Next Generation. Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m) Epstein was born in Toronto, Ontario and is of Jewish heritage; His father, Ian Epstein, is a lawyer and his mother, Kathy Kacer, is a writer who has written about Holocaust refugees. He has an older sister, Gabi, an actor and jazz singer. Epstein attended Earl Haig Secondary School in Toronto and was part of the Claude W... Biography of Alan THICKE
Alan Thicke (born March 1, 1947) is a Canadian actor, songwriter, game show host and talk-show emcee. He is best known for his role as Jason Seaver, the patriarch on the ABC television series Growing Pains. Personal life Thicke was born Alan Willis Jeffrey in Kirkland Lake, Ontario, the son of Joan, a nurse, and William Jeffrey, a stockbroker. His mother later re-married to Brian Thicke, a physician. He graduated from Elliot Lake Secondary School in 1965 as the homecoming king. He attended t... Biography of Don MURRAY
Don Murray (born Donald Patrick Murray on July 31, 1929, in Hollywood, California) is an American actor. Before breaking into television and movies, he attended East Rockaway High School in Long Island, New York. He had a long and varied career in TV and films, but is perhaps best known for his role as Sid Fairgate in the long-running prime time soap opera Knots Landing from 1979 to 1981, for which he also scripted two episodes ("Hitchhike" parts 1 & 2). He was nominated for an Academy Awa... Biography of Eddie CAHILL
Eddie Cahill (born January 15, 1978) is an American actor known for playing the role of Det. Don Flack on CSI: NY. Cahill was born in New York City, New York. He is of Irish and Italian descent. Cahill starred on a short-lived WB drama, Glory Days (2002). His television guest star appearances include Charmed, Felicity, Sex & the City, Dawson's Creek, Haunted, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. He also was a recurring guest star in the comedy Friends as Rachel's hot young assistant, Tag... Biography of John WATERS
John Samuel Waters, Jr. (born April 22, 1946) is an American filmmaker, actor, writer, personality, visual artist and art collector, who rose to fame in the early 1970s for his transgressive cult films. He is recognizable by his pencil-thin moustache. Early life Waters was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Patricia Ann (née Whitaker) and John Samuel Waters, who was a manufacturer of fire-protection equipment. Waters grew up in Lutherville, Maryland, a suburb of Baltimore. His boyhood f... Biography of Ashley PARKER ANGEL
Ashley Parker Angel (born August 1, 1981) is a singer and actor, best known as a member of the now-defunct boy band O-Town. Born Ashley Ward Parker in Redding, California, he got his current last name from his stepfather, Ron Angel. O-Town During the production of the reality show that gave birth to O-Town, Making the Band, many of Ashley's co-workers considered him perfect for the role of a boy band member, as a result of his passion, enthusiasm, talent, and boyish good looks. He is ofte... Biography of Kip PARDUE
Kevin Ian "Kip" Pardue (born September 23, 1976) is an American actor and model perhaps best known for his role as Ronnie 'Sunshine' Bass in Remember the Titans. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, he attended Dunwoody High School in Atlanta. He qualified for Honor Roll with a 3.6 GPA in Junior High and was treasurer of the French Club during his freshman year of High School. The name "Kip" comes from the initials of his full name. He has not seen his father since his parents divorced when he was eleve... Biography of Bob GAINEY
Robert Michael "Bob" Gainey (Born December 13, 1953 in Peterborough, Ontario) is the current executive vice president, general manager, (and former ice hockey player) of the Montreal Canadiens. Early years From 1970 to 1973 Bob had his junior start with the Peterborough Petes of the Ontario Hockey League. Professional years A defensive specialist, Gainey played with the Montreal Canadiens from 1972–73 to 1988–89, winning four consecutive Frank J. Selke Trophies, awarded to the league'... Biography of Cédric SOULETTE
Cédric Soulette (born 30 May 1972 in Béziers) is a French rugby union footballer. He currently plays for the AS Béziers club. In the past, he also played for Toulouse and ASM Clermont Auvergne. His usual position is as a prop. He has also played for the French national team and was a part of their 1998 Grand Slam team. He was also involved in the IRB Rugby Aid Match. Height: 1m88 Wiehgt: 108 kg... Biography of Eriq LA SALLE
Eriq Ki La Salle (born July 23, 1962) is an American actor and director, known for his portrayals of Darryl in the 1988 comedy film Coming to America and Dr. Peter Benton during the first eight seasons of the NBC drama series ER. Early life La Salle, one of four children, was born and raised in Hartford, Connecticut. He was raised by a foster mother, Ada Haynes. La Salle attended New York University's theater program in 1984, after studying for two years at Juilliard, he did not complete the... Biography of Stanley WILLIAMS
Stanley Tookie Williams III (December 29, 1953 – December 13, 2005), born in New Orleans, Louisiana, was a convicted murderer and an early leader of the Crips, a notorious American street gang which had its roots in South Central Los Angeles in 1971. In December 2005 he was executed for the 1979 murders of Albert Owens, Yen-Yi Yang, Tsai-Shai Lin, and Yee-Chen Lin. While in prison, he was nominated for a Nobel prize for authoring books that were intended to help disenfranchised youth. William... Biography of Daniel GODDARD
Daniel Goddard (born on August 28, 1971 in Sydney, Australia) is a model and an actor. He nearly completed a degree in finance when he dropped out and transferred to the Ensemble Actors Studio. After several theatrical appearances, Goddard landed his first television role in the soap opera Home and Away as Eric Phillips. Taille : 6' 2" (1.88 m) Goddard then departed for Hollywood. During this period, he modeled for Calvin Klein and Dolce & Gabbana. He landed the lead role of Dar on the Bea... Biography of Richard HUGHES (KEANE)
Richard David Hughes (born 8 September 1975, in Gravesend, Kent) is the drummer for the English piano rock band Keane. Hughes attended Tonbridge School where he was friends with Tim Rice-Oxley and Dominic Scott. At the age of 17, he learned to play the drums, and when Scott and Rice-Oxley formed a small covers band in 1995 he was invited to join as drummer. They later invited present vocalist Tom Chaplin to join the band, although Hughes initially objected, later stating, "The idea of giving ... Biography of Thierry DUSAUTOIR
Thierry Dusautoir (born 18 November 1981 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire) is a French rugby union footballer. His usual position is flanker. He currently plays for Toulouse in the Top 14 club competition in France. He has played for France. Height 1,88 m Weight 100 kg Dusautoir's first club was Bègles-Bordeaux. He subsequently moved to the US Colomiers, and later signed with Biarritz. He played in the final of the 2005-06 Heineken Cup at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, which was lost to Irish ... Biography of Tommy CASANOVA
Tommy Casanova (born Thomas H. Casanova, III, July 29, 1950, in New Orleans) is an ophthalmologist in Crowley, Louisiana, who is a former American football player and politician. He played football for the LSU Tigers and the Cincinnati Bengals. He was also a Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate from 1996-2000. High School Casanova graduated in 1968 from the Catholic Notre Dame High School in Crowley], the seat of Acadia Parish. College After high school, Casanova went to Lo... Biography of Robert REINER
Robert “Rob” Reiner (born March 6, 1947) is an American actor, director, producer, writer and political activist. As an actor, Reiner first came to national prominence as Archie and Edith Bunker's (played by Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton respectively) son-in-law, Michael "Meathead" Stivic, on All in the Family. That role earned him two Emmy Awards during the 1970s. As a director, Reiner was recognized by the Directors Guild of America (DGA) with nominations for Stand by Me, When Harry Met ... Biography of Dorian GREGORY
Dorian Gregory (January 26, 1971) is an American actor most notable for playing Darryl Morris on the television show Charmed, and as the fourth and final permanent host of Soul Train, replacing Shemar Moore. Background Dorian was born in Washington, D.C. and raised in Cleveland, Ohio until age nine when he and his family moved to Los Angeles, California. Dorian Gregory began his acting career with guest roles in various series. He was seen in Baywatch, Beverly Hills 90210, Sister, Sister,... Biography of Roger CORMAN
Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926), sometimes nicknamed "King of the Bs" for his output of B-movies (though he himself rejects this as inaccurate), is a prolific American producer and director of low-budget movies, many of which are exploitation, and are among some of the most influential movies made. He has apprenticed many now-famous directors, stressing the importance of budgeting and resourcefulness; Corman once joked he could make a film about the fall of the Roman Empire with two ex... Biography of Ronny COX
Daniel Ronald "Ronny" Cox (born July 23, 1938) is an American character actor, singer/songwriter, and guitarist. Personal life Cox, the third of five children, was born in Cloudcroft, New Mexico, the son of Lounette (née Rucker) and Bob P. Cox, a carpenter who also worked at a dairy. He grew up in Portales, New Mexico. Cox tours regularly with a band, performing at theatres and folk music festivals. On September 10, 1960, he married Mary Cox. She died in 2006; they had two children. Ca... Biography of David RUFFIN
David Ruffin (Davis Eli Ruffin) (January 18, 1941 – June 1, 1991) was an American soul singer most famous for his work as lead singer of The Temptations from 1964 to 1968. Early years As a young child, David, along with his other siblings (older brothers Quincy and Jimmy and sister Rita Mae), traveled with their father, a minister, and their stepmother as a family gospel group. Not much is known about Ruffin's childhood except that his father was abusive and his mother died in childbirth. Wh... Biography of Alan HALE SR.
Alan Hale Sr. (born Rufus Edward Mackahan, February 10, 1892 - January 22, 1950) was an American movie actor and director, best known for his many supporting character roles, in particular as frequent sidekick of Errol Flynn. He was the father of lookalike actor Alan Hale Jr., best known as "the Skipper" on television's Gilligan's Island. Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m) He was born in Washington, D.C.. His first film role was in the 1911 silent movie The Cowboy and the Lady. He played "Little John"... Biography of David VUILLEMIN
David Vuillemin is a French professional motocross rider born on October 18, 1977 in Berre-l'Étang, France, near Marseille. Amateur career David started racing at age 8 and was coached by his father Didier, himself a former professional rider. He won his first major race in 1994, at the Metz Supercross. Until 1997 he alternated between the US, where he participated in the West 125cc championship, and Europe, where he took the European Supercross Championship title. Professional care... Biography of Tony MARSH
Tony Marsh (born 12 August 1972 in Rotorua) is a New Zealand-born rugby union player who has represented France playing at centre. At the beginning of the 1990s, he played club rugby in Manurewa and Ardmore before playing National Provincial Championship rugby with Counties. Tony Marsh joined the Blues Super rugby franchise in 1996, winning the Super 12 in 97, before switching to the Crusaders with whom he won the title in 1998. He is one of the few players who managed to win back-to-back ... Biography of Julian GLOVER
Julian Wyatt Glover (born March 27, 1935) is an English actor. Early life Glover was born in Hampstead, the son of Honor (née Wyatt), a close friend of the novelist Barbara Pym, and C. Gordon Glover, a BBC radio producer. He attended Bristol Grammar School in Bristol, England, where he was in the same class as actors Timothy West and "Darth Vader" actor David Prowse, and also Alleyn's School in Dulwich. Career Glober trained at the National Youth Theatre and performed with the Royal S... Biography of Lee VAN CLEEF
Lee Van Cleef (January 9, 1925 – December 16, 1989) was an American film actor who appeared mostly in Western and action pictures. His sharp features and piercing eyes led to his casting as a villain in scores of films, though in later years he was often a film's protagonist, such as with his co-lead role as a bounty hunter in For a Few Dollars More. Biography Early life Van Cleef was born Clarence LeRoy Van Cleef, Jr. in Somerville, New Jersey, the son of Marion Levinia (née Van Fleet)... Biography of Nomo HIDEO
Hideo Nomo (野茂 英雄, Nomo Hideo, born August 31, 1968 in Minato-ku, Osaka) is a right-handed relief pitcher who is currently a free agent. He achieved early success in Japan, and his later success in the United States is often credited with paving the road for the "wave" of Japanese players entering Major League Baseball. Success in Japan Nomo was on the silver medal winning Japanese baseball team at the 1988 Olympics, and the Kintetsu Buffaloes drafted him in 1989.... Biography of John CONNALLY
John Bowden Connally, Jr. (February 27, 1917 – June 15, 1993), was a powerful American politician, serving as Governor of Texas, and Secretary of the Navy and Treasury under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, respectively. While Governor, Connally was a passenger in the car in which President Kennedy was assassinated, and he was wounded in the shooting. Early years, education, military Connally was born into a large family in Floresville, the seat of Wilson County located southeas... Biography of Tito ORTIZ
Jacob Christopher "Tito" Ortiz (born January 23, 1975) is a Mexican American mixed martial artist and former UFC fighter from Huntington Beach, California. As the Ultimate Fighting Championship light heavyweight champion from 14 April 2000 to 26 September 2003, Ortiz emerged as one of the sport's biggest stars, becoming the biggest pay-per-view draw of 2006 and appearing on the covers of various magazines, such as Black Belt Magazine. Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Weight 205 lb (93 kg/14.6 st) ... Biography of Sandy KOUFAX
Sanford Koufax (pronounced /ˈkoʊfæks/) (born Sanford Braun, on December 30, 1935) is an American left-handed former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, from 1955 to 1966. Koufax's career peaked with a run of six outstanding seasons from 1961 to 1966, before arthritis ended his career at age 30. He was named the National League's Most Valuable Player in 1963, and won the 1963, 1965, and 1966 Cy Young Awards by unanimous ... Biography of Chester A. ARTHUR
Chester Alan Arthur (October 5, 1829 – November 18, 1886) was an American politician who served as the twenty-first President of the United States. Arthur was a member of the Republican Party and worked as a lawyer before becoming the twentieth vice president under James Garfield. While Garfield was mortally wounded by Charles Guiteau on July 2, 1881, he did not die until September 19, at which time Arthur was sworn in as president, serving until March 4, 1885. Before entering politics, Arthu... Biography of Raul JULIA
Raúl Rafael Juliá y Arcelay (Spanish pronunciation: ; March 9, 1940 – October 24, 1994), better known as Raúl Juliá, was an actor from Puerto Rico, who lived and worked for many years in the United States. His career included dramatic, comic, and musical roles in theater, film and television. Early life Juliá was born at the Floral Park subsection of San Juan, the son of Olga Arcelay and Raúl Juliá. He was the oldest of four brothers and sisters; his brother Carlos Rafael died in an automobi... Biography of James CARVILLE
James Carville (born October 25, 1944) is an American political consultant, commentator, actor, attorney, media personality and pundit. Known as the Ragin' Cajun, Carville gained national attention for his work as the lead strategist of the successful presidential campaign of then-Arkansas governor Bill Clinton. Carville was the co-host of CNN's Crossfire until its final broadcast in June 2005. Since its cancellation, he has appeared on CNN's news program, The Situation Room. As of 2008, he host... Biography of Marcel DESAILLY
Marcel Desailly (born September 7, 1968 in Accra, Ghana as Odenke Abbey) is a former French footballer and star of the France national football team squad, with whom he won the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000. He also enjoyed a distinguished career at club level with several major European clubs. Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Playing position Defender, midfielder (retired) Overview Born as Odenke Abbey to Ghanaian parents, Marcel had his name changed when his mother married a French dipl... Biography of Patrick MULDOON
Patrick Muldoon (born William Patrick Muldoon III on September 27, 1968 in San Pedro, California) is an American actor. He was born to an Irish-American father and a Croatian-born mother. He attended Loyola High School, a Jesuit school, and graduated in 1991 from the University of Southern California, where he was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity and played football for the USC Trojans. Muldoon was the first actor to play the role of Austin Reed on Days of Our Lives, a role which he pl... Biography of Ruud van NISTELROOY
Rutgerus Johannes Martinus van Nistelrooij (commonly spelled as van Nistelrooy; born 1 July 1976 in Oss, North Brabant) is a Dutch footballer who plays as a striker for Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid C.F. He is currently the third-highest goalscorer in Champions League history, behind Raúl and Andriy Shevchenko, with fifty-seven goals. He is a three-time Champions League top scorer, as well as a top scorer in three different European domestic leagues. Club career Early career Van ... Biography of DIVINE
Harris Glenn Milstead (October 19, 1945 – March 7, 1988) was an actor and singer known by his drag persona Divine. He appeared in several of John Waters' films, including Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble, Polyester, and Hairspray, as part of Waters' regular troupe of actors known as Dreamlanders. The New York Times said of Milstead's films in the 1980s, "Those who could get past the unremitting weirdness of Divine's performance discovered that the actor/actress had genuine talent, including a natu... Biography of Ronnie KNOX
Ronnie Knox, born February 14, 1935 in Chicago Heights, Illinois, is an American former football player and an actor.... Biography of Fabrizio RAVANELLI
Fabrizio Ravanelli (born December 11, 1968) is a former Italian football player. Ravanelli was born in Perugia. He has played with a dozen European teams, among them Perugia, Juventus, Lazio, Marseille, Middlesbrough, Derby County and Dundee F.C., as well as getting 22 caps with the Italian national team. Known as the "White Feather" in recognition of his prematurely whitened hair, he was one of Europe's top goalscorers in the mid 1990s. Playing for Juventus, Ravanelli won one Serie A titl... Biography of Harold RAMIS
Harold Allen Ramis (born November 21, 1944) is an American actor, director, and writer, specializing in comedy. His best known film acting roles are as "Egon Spengler" in Ghostbusters (1984) and "Russell Ziskey" in Stripes (1981); Ramis also co-wrote both films. As a writer/director, his films include the highly popular comedies Caddyshack (1980), Groundhog Day (1993), and Analyze This (1999). Ramis is also noted as the original head writer of the TV series SCTV (in which he played Moe Green), a... Biography of Wade BOGGS
Wade Anthony Boggs (born June 15, 1958 in Omaha, Nebraska) is a former third baseman in Major League Baseball, primarily with the Boston Red Sox. His hitting in the 1980s and 1990s made him a perennial contender for American League batting titles, in much the same way as his National League contemporary Tony Gwynn. Boggs was elected to the Red Sox Hall of Fame in 2004 and the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005. With 12 straight All-Star appearances, Boggs is third only to Brooks Robinson and George B... Biography of Barry CRYER
Barry Charles Cryer OBE (born 23 March 1935 in Leeds, Yorkshire, England) is a British writer and comedian. Cryer has written for many noted performers, including: Dave Allen, Stanley Baxter, Jack Benny, Rory Bremner, George Burns, Jasper Carrott, Tommy Cooper, Les Dawson, Dick Emery, Kenny Everett, Bruce Forsyth, David Frost, Bob Hope, Frankie Howerd, Richard Pryor, Mike Yarwood, The Two Ronnies and Morecambe and Wise. Cryer also wrote episodes for the Doctor in the House television comedy... Biography of Paul SORRENTO
Paul Anthony Sorrento (born November 17, 1965 in Somerville, Massachusetts) is a former first baseman in Major League Baseball. From 1989 through 1999, Sorrento played for the Minnesota Twins (1989-91), Cleveland Indians (1992-95), Seattle Mariners (1996-97) and Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1998-99). He batted left handed and threw right handed. Sorrento played college baseball for the Florida State University Seminoles under head coach Mike Martin. He also coaches a select baseball team called the Bel... Biography of Nicole BASS
Nicole Bass-Fuchs (born October 26, 1964) is an American bodybuilder, professional wrestler and valet previously working for companies such as ECW, WWE, XPW, and the National Wrestling Alliance. Billed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Billed weight 230 lb (100 kg/16 st) Bodybuilding career Self-proclaimed as the "Largest Woman Bodybuilder in the world today", Bass began competition in the 1980s. She took first place in the 1997 NPC Nationals, and competed for Ms. Olympia in that year. C... Biography of Lee MARVIN
Lee Marvin (February 19, 1924 – August 29, 1987) was an American film actor. Known for his gravelly voice, white hair and 6`2" stature, Marvin at first did supporting roles, mostly villains, soldiers, and other hard-boiled characters, but after winning a Best Actor Oscar for his part in Cat Ballou, he landed more heroic and sympathetic leading roles. Early life and World War II Lee Marvin (his birth name, contrary to some sources) was born in New York City, New York, the son of Lamont Waltma... Biography of Bode MILLER
Bode Miller (born October 12, 1977) is an American alpine skier. In 2008 Bode (pronounced as IPA: ) won his second overall Alpine Skiing World Cup title in four years, after also winning the title in 2005. This led the United States ski team to sweep the men's and women's overall World Cup titles for the first time in 25 years, as Lindsey Vonn won the woman's title. In 2005 Bode became the first American in 22 years to win the overall title, since Phil Mahre and Tamara McKinney in 1983. Earlier ... Biography of Julia CHILD
Julia Child (born Julia Carolyn McWilliams August 15, 1912 – August 13, 2004) was an American cook, author, and television personality, who introduced French cuisine and cooking techniques to the American mainstream, through her many cookbooks and television programs. Her most famous works are the 1961 cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking and, showcasing her sui generis television persona, the series The French Chef, which premiered in 1963. Youth and World War II Born Julia Carolyn ... Biography of Jonathan PRYCE
Jonathan Pryce (born 1 June 1947) is a Welsh award-winning stage and film actor/singer. After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and marrying Irish actress Kate Fahy in 1974, he began his career as a stage actor in the late 1970s. His work in theatre, including an award-winning performance in the title role of the Royal Court Theatre's Hamlet, led to several supporting roles in film and television. He made his breakthrough screen performance in Terry Gilliam's 1985 cult film Brazil. ... Biography of Jerry WEST
Jerry Alan West (born May 28, 1938) is a retired American basketball player who played his entire professional career for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). His nicknames included "Mr. Clutch" for his ability to make a shot in a clutch situation, and "Zeke from Cabin Creek" after the Cabin Creek river near his birthplace of Chelyan, West Virginia. Playing the small forward position early in his career, West was a standout at East Bank High School and at West Vir... Biography of Dylan NEAL
Dylan Neal (born October 8, 1969, Richmond Hill) is a Canadian actor best known as 'Doug Witter' on the American television drama Dawson's Creek, which ran from 1998 to 2003. He is currently a series regular on the series Blood Ties, playing police detective Mike Celluci. He was born in Richmond Hill, Ontario and attended Appleby College in Oakville, Ontario where his mother was also a teacher. He was also a regular on Hyperion Bay, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, and The Bold and the Beautiful.... Biography of Matt HARDY
Matthew Moore "Matt" Hardy (born September 23, 1974) is an American professional wrestler, currently working for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on their ECW brand, where he is the reigning ECW Champion. Ring name(s) Matt Hardy High Voltage Surge (The) Angelic Diablo Ignis Fatuus Matt Hardy Version 1.0 White Cheetah Evil Knieval Grim Reaper Executioner Billed height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Billed weight 236 lb (107 kg/16.9 st) Besides his WWE career, Hardy, with his brother Jef... Biography of Bill NIGHY
William Francis "Bill" Nighy (pronounced /ˈnaɪ/; born December 12, 1949) is a Golden Globe- and BAFTA-award winning English actor. He started working in theatre and television, before his first cinema role in 1981, and is perhaps best known to international film audiences for his roles in Love Actually, Shaun of the Dead, Notes on a Scandal, Underworld and Pirates of the Caribbean. Early life Nighy was born in Caterham, Surrey, the son of Catherine Josephine (née Whittaker), a psyc... Biography of Gianfranco FINI
Gianfranco Fini (born January 3, 1952) is an Italian politician, President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and current leader of National Alliance, former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs in the government of Silvio Berlusconi, from 2001 to 2006. Early years Fini was born in Bologna, and attended Istituto Laura Bassi in the same city as a child. Fini recounts first gaining an interest in politics at sixteen when he saw the John Wayne film The Green Berets. Fini went o... Biography of François-Eric GENDRON
François-Éric Gendron (March 15, 1954 in Fontainebleau, France) is a French actor. He is the son of French cellist Maurice Gendron. Filmography 1981 : Les hommes préfèrent les grosses, directed by Jean-Marie Poiré 1985 : Désir (Desire), directed by Jean-Paul Scarpitta 1989 : I Want to go home, directed by Alain Resnais 1989 : La Révolution française (The French Revolution), directed by Robert Enrico and Richard T. Heffron 1990 : Dames Galantes, directed by Jean-Charles Tacchella ... Biography of Jonathan BENNETT
Jonathan D. Bennett (born June 10, 1981) is an American actor. Bennett was born in Rossford, Ohio. His first try at acting was in a play in the seventh grade while living in North Carolina. Shortly after that, he moved to Rossford, Ohio, where he attended Rossford High School. He graduated in 1999 and went to Otterbein College, where he was a student of the theatre program. After dropping out of college he moved to New York to pursue acting. Six months later, he was cast in a role on the s... Biography of Mike HAWTHORN
John Michael Hawthorn (April 10, 1929 - January 22, 1959) was a racing driver, born in Mexborough, Yorkshire, England, and educated at Ardingly College, West Sussex. Hawthorn made his Formula One debut at the 1952 Belgian Grand Prix, finishing an impressive 4th place. This performance is the best ever grand prix debut by any British world champion. He would later win his first Grand Prix, at only the 9th attempt, when he won the 1953 French Grand Prix at Reims. In 1955, Hawthorn was the wi... Biography of Eric Christian OLSEN
Eric Christian Olsen (born May 31, 1977) is an American actor. Early life Olsen was born in Eugene, Oregon, the son of Jeanne, a non-denominational chaplain, and Paul Olsen, a Norwegian professor of English. He spent most of his childhood in Bettendorf, Iowa and attended Bettendorf High School, where he pursued such interests as sports and Japanese. Olsen attended Hope College for one year before dropping out to pursue acting. Career In 1999, he went to California with $500 in his poc...
Biography of Randolph SCOTT
Randolph Scott (January 23, 1898 – March 2, 1987) was an American motion picture actor whose career spanned from 1928 to 1962. Cinematic legacy As a leading man for all but the first three years of his cinematic career, Scott appeared in a variety of genres, including social dramas, crime dramas, comedies, musicals (albeit in non-singing and non-dancing roles), adventure tales, war films, and even a few horror and fantasy films. However, his most enduring image is that of the tall-in-the-sad... Biography of Sasha DJORDJEVIC
Aleksandar "Sasha" Dordevic (Sasha Djordjevic) (born August 26, 1967, in Belgrade) is a retired Serbian professional basketball player. He is 1.88 m (6'2") and has played 108 games for the National basketball team of Yugoslavia. Djordjevic started his basketball career in the X-th Belgrade in Belgrade, where he was a part of the high school basketball team that won the city basketball tournament in 1986. Professionally, Dordevic played for KK Partizan, Philips Milano a.k.a. Recoaro Milano ... Biography of Richard PETTY
Richard Lee Petty (born July 2, 1937) is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the Winston Cup Series. "The King", as he is nicknamed, is most well-known for winning the Nascar Championship seven times (Dale Earnhardt is the only other driver to accomplish this feat), winning a record 200 races during his career, winning the Daytona 500 a record seven times, and winning a record 27 races (ten of them consecutively) in the 1967 season alone. (A 1972 rule ch... Biography of Peter BOYLE
Peter Lawrence Boyle (October 18, 1935 – December 12, 2006) was an Emmy Award-winning American actor. He is best known for his role as Frank Barone on the 1996-2005 CBS sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond and as a singing and dancing Frankenstein's Monster in the writer-director Mel Brooks' film spoof Young Frankenstein (1974). Boyle, who won an Emmy Award in 1996 for a guest-starring role on the science-fiction drama The X-Files, won praise in both comedic and dramatic parts following his breakthrou... Biography of Patrick BISSELL
Patrick Bissell (1 December 1957 – 29 December 1987) was an American ballet dancer. At the time of his death, he had been a leading principal dancer with the American Ballet Theater. On his death at the age of 30, he was described by the artistic director of the American Ballet Theater Mikhail Baryshnikov as "without a doubt one of the brightest lights in American Ballet Theater's history, or, for that matter, in the entire ballet world". He died from a drug overdose. Early years He was born... Biography of Hideki MATSUI
Hideki Matsui (松井 秀喜, Matsui Hideki?, born June 12, 1974 in Neagari, Ishikawa, Japan) is a Japanese Major League Baseball left fielder who plays for the New York Yankees. He bats left-handed and throws right-handed. Youth Matsui was born in Neagari, Ishikawa, Japan (later merged into Nomi, Ishikawa). He started playing baseball when he was in elementary school. According to an interview on YES Network's "CenterStage," Matsui originally batted right-handed as a chi... Biography of Warren ARMSTRONG JABALI
Warren Jabali (born August 29, 1946, in Kansas City, Kansas) is a retired American basketball player. He played professionally in the American Basketball Association (ABA) from 1968 to 1975. Introduction Born Warren Edward Armstrong, Jabali changed his name while attending Wichita State University to reflect his African roots. The name does not have any religious connotations as it is a Swahili word for "rock." A skilled defender and rebounder and a remarkable leaper, the 6'2" Jabali could ... Biography of John McCOOK
John McCook (b. June 20, 1945, Ventura, California) is an Emmy Award-nominated American actor best known for his roles on daytime soap operas. Career Since 1987, he has played the role of Eric Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful. From 1975 to 1980, he portrayed the character of Lance Prentiss on The Young and the Restless. In addition, he has appeared as a guest in episodes on dozens of primetime series. B&B co-star Winsor Harmon once starred with McCook on an episode of Acapulco H.E.A.T... Biography of Gary STRETCH
Gary Stretch (born 4 November 1968, St. Helens, England) is a former British boxer and male model who later went into film acting. Filmography Dead Connection (1994) Tis a Gift to Be Simple (1994) Infidelity/Hard Fall (1997) Business for Pleasure (1997) Shergar (1999) Dead Dogs Lie (2001) Final Combat (2003) A Good Night to Die (2003) Dead Man's Shoes (2004) Alexander (2004) The King Maker (2005) World Trade Center (2006) The Heavy (2008) A Private War (2009) (pre-... Biography of Vaughn MONROE
Vaughn Wilton Monroe (October 7, 1911 – May 21, 1973) was an American singer, trumpeter and big band leader, most popular in the 1940s and 1950s. Monroe was born in Akron, Ohio and graduated from Jeannette High School in Pennsylvania in 1929. He formed a band in Boston in 1940 and became its principal vocalist. He also wrote a number of songs ranging from "Army Song" to less known ones like the "Jeannette High School Alma Mater" In the 1940s, Monroe built The Meadows, a restaurant/nightclub ... Biography of Gabriel ARCAND
Gabriel Arcand (born June 4, 1949 in Deschambault, Quebec) is a Canadian actor. He is the brother of film director Denys Arcand and anthropologist Bernard Arcand. He won the Genie Award for Best Actor at the 6th Genie Awards in 1985, for his performance in Le Crime d'Ovide Plouffe. Filmography La Maudite galette (1972) Réjeanne Padovani (1973) Gina (1974) Ti-Cul Tougas (1975) Parlez-vous d'amour (1975) L'Âge de la machine (1977) Panique (1977) Au revoir à lundi (1979) Suz... Biography of John HUSTON
thJohn Marcellus Huston (August 5, 1906 – August 28, 1987) was an American film director and actor. He was known for directing the films, The Maltese Falcon (1941), The Asphalt Jungle (1950), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948), Key Largo (1948), The African Queen (1951), The Misfits (1960), and The Man Who Would Be King (1975). He was the son of actor Walter Huston and the father of actress Anjelica Huston and actor Danny Huston. Early life Huston (pronounced "Hew'-stun", like the city ... Biography of Jay SILVESTER
Jay Silvester (born 27 August 1937 in Tremonton, Utah) was an American athlete who mainly competed in the discus throw. He competed for the United States in the men's discus throw at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany, where he won the silver medal. Silvester was one of the U.S.'s most consistent discus throwers through the 1960s and 1970s. He was a member of four consecutive Olympic teams, starting in 1964. His Olympic career overlapped with those of Al Oerter and Mac Wilkins. ... Biography of Kenneth ANDERSON (Mr. KENNEDY)
Kenneth Anderson (born March 6, 1976), is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Mr. Kennedy. He currently wrestles for the RAW brand of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Early life Anderson is the son of James Alan Holmes and Sheryl Anderson and has one sister, Jennifer Holmes. His father died at home on April 13, 2006, after a two-year battle with cancer. Anderson is a graduate of Washington High School in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. During his time there, Anders... Biography of Adewale AKINNUOYE-AGBAJE
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje listen (help·info) (born 22 August 1967) is an English actor, solicitor and former male fashion model, best known for his role as Mr. Eko on Lost. Early life Akinnuoye-Agbaje was born in Islington, London, England behind the firestation on Upper Street. His parents are from Nigeria, but moved to London, where he was born. He has four sisters and is fluent in several languages, including English, Italian, Yorùbá (the language of his parents' ethnic group), and Swahili... Biography of Jakob HLASEK
Jakob Hlasek (born November 12, 1964 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a former professional tennis player from Switzerland. Career The major highlights of Hlasek's career came in 1992. He won the French Open men's doubles title that year (partnering his fellow Swiss player Marc Rosset). He was also a member of Switzerland's teams which reached the final of the 1992 Davis Cup (where they were defeated by the United States), and won the 1992 Hopman Cup. Further success for his country came in... Biography of Gerry ADAMS
Gerry Adams, MLA, MP (Irish: Gearóid Mac Ádhaimh; born 6 October 1948) is an Irish Republican politician and abstentionist Westminster Member of Parliament for Belfast West. He is the president of Sinn Féin, which is the second largest political party in Northern Ireland and fourth largest party in the Republic of Ireland. Adams is credited with having played an important role in helping to end the Troubles in Northern Ireland. His leadership and ability to communicate and negotiate with both... Biography of Vijay SINGH
Vijay Singh (born 22 February 1963), nicknamed "The Big Fijian", is a professional Fijian golfer who was number one in the Official World Golf Rankings for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005. He has won three major championships (The Masters in 2000 and the PGA Championship in 1998 and 2004) and was the leading PGA Tour money winner in 2003 and 2004. He was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2006. An Indo-Fijian of Hindu background, Singh was born in Lautoka, Fiji and grew up in Nadi. His na... Biography of Marc BLUCAS
Marcus Paul Blucas (born January 11, 1972) is an American actor, known for playing Riley Finn in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Early life Blucas was born in Butler, Pennsylvania, the son of Mary Blucas, an educator who is divorced from Blucas's father, a school superintendent. After moving to Girard, Pennsylvania, he became the star center on the Girard High School basketball team. He also played basketball at Wake Forest University, graduating in 1994 after one season playing on the same court ... Biography of Vincent VENTRESCA
Vincent Paul Gerard Ventresca (born April 29, 1965 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American actor best known for playing Darien Fawkes on SCI FI's The Invisible Man (2000). Early years The youngest of eleven children, Ventresca graduated from Indiana University with a double major in theater and psychology. In 1995, he married Dianne Shiner, his high school sweetheart, and they have two children - a son named Benjamin and a daughter named Renee Marie. Career Vincent Ventresca has also g... Biography of Chuck BELIN
Chuck Belin, born October 27, 1970 in Milwaukee, Wiconsin, is an American former football player.... Biography of B.J. ARMSTRONG
Benjamin Roy "B.J." Armstrong, Jr. (born September 9, 1967 in Detroit, Michigan) is a retired American professional basketball player. As a starting point guard, he was an integral part of the NBA's Chicago Bulls dynasty of the 1990s. B.J. Armstrong attended Birmingham Brother Rice High School in Bloomfield Township, Michigan. He graduated in 1985. B. J. Armstrong had an illustrious career at the University of Iowa as the Hawkeyes' all-time leader in assists with 517. He also ranked third ... Biography of Misha AUER
Mischa Auer (17 November 1905, St. Petersburg, Russia – 5 March 1967, Rome) was a Russian actor. He was born Mikhail Semyonovich Unskovsky (Михаил Семёнович Унсковский), but this is usually seen as Mischa Ounskowsky, Mischa being the German transliteration of Misha (the diminutive form of Mikhail), and Ounskowsky being the French transliteration... Biography of Edwin MOSES
Edwin Corley Moses (born 31 August 1955) is an American track and field athlete who won gold medals in the 400-meter hurdles at the 1976 and 1984 Olympics. Between 1977 and 1987, Moses won 107 consecutive finals (122 consecutive races) and set the world record in his event four times. In addition to his running, Moses was also an innovative reformer in the areas of Olympic eligibility and drug testing. In 2000, he was elected the first Chairman of the Laureus World Sports Academy, an internation... Biography of Marc SINGER
Marc Singer is a Canadian-born American actor known for his roles in science fiction films and television. Personal Singer was born on January 29, 1948, in Vancouver, British Columbia into a family of performers. His father, Jacques Singer, was a symphony conductor, and his mother, Leslie, a concert pianist. Singer's sister, Lori Singer, is also an actress (Ariel in Footloose), and his cousin is director Bryan Singer. Marc was raised in Corpus Christi, Texas. Professional Singer has ap... Biography of Wyatt RUSSELL
Wyatt Russell or Wyatt Hawn Russell, born July 10, 1986 in Los Angeles, California, is an American actor. He is the son of Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn, the half-brother of Oliver Hudson and Kate Hudson, the grandson of Bing Russell and the half-brother of Boston Russell. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0751518/ ) The Last Supper (2006) .... Doubting Thomas Soldier (1998/I) .... Todd - Age 11 Escape from L.A. (1996) (uncredited) .... Orphan Boy ... aka John Carpenter's ... Biography of Richard EGAN
Richard Egan (July 29, 1921 - July 20, 1987) was an American actor. In some films he is credited as Richard Eagan. Born in San Francisco, California, Egan served in the United States Army as a judo instructor during World War II. A graduate of the University of San Francisco (B.A.) and Stanford University (M.A.), he studied and taught at Northwestern University for a time. Having studied theatre, he took a bit role in the 1949 Hollywood film "The Story of Molly X". This start would lead to... Biography of David KOPAY
David Marquette Kopay (born June 28, 1942 near Chicago, Illinois) is a former American football running back in the National Football League who in 1975 became one of the first professional athletes to come out as gay. Kopay attended Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, California. He entered the University of Washington in 1961 and became an All-American running back in his senior year. He was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers. He played pro football from 1964 to 1972. After he retired f... Biography of Agostino ABBAGNALE
Agostino Abbagnale (born 25 August 1966 in Pompei) is an Italian rower and Triple Olympic gold medalist. He is also the younger brother of multiple Olympic medalists Carmine Abbagnale and Giuseppe Abbagnale. Abbagnale won his first gold medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He stroked the Italian Quadruple scull (4x). His brothers Carmine and Giuseppe won gold medals at the same games in the pair with coxswain event (2+). After the medal ceremony, Abbagnale, who is a poor swimmer, ju... Biography of Richard BENJAMIN
Richard Benjamin (born May 22, 1938) is an American actor and film director. He has starred in a number of productions, including the 1969 film, Goodbye, Columbus based upon the novella of the same name by Philip Roth, and with Yul Brynner in Westworld in 1973. Benjamin was born in New York City, New York and attended the High School of Performing Arts. He married actress Paula Prentiss on October 26, 1961 and they have two children. He graduated from Northwestern University where he was i... Biography of Kent McCORD
Kent McCord (born September 26, 1942) is an American actor best known for his role as Officer Jim Reed on the the television series, Adam-12. McCord was born Kent Franklin McWhirter in Los Angeles, California. Using the stage name Kent McCord, he first appeared on television in 1962 as a guest on The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet. He became a close friend of Ricky Nelson and made several more appearances on the show over the next few years, as well as landing small parts in three Elvis Presle... Biography of Chris ROBINSON (1966)
Christopher Mark Robinson (born December 20, 1966 in Marietta, Georgia), better known as Chris Robinson, is the singer of the rock and roll band The Black Crowes and brother of its guitarist Rich Robinson. Career in music Early years Along with his brother Rich, Robinson formed Mr. Crowe's Garden in the 1980s, having been influenced by bands such as Led Zeppelin, The Allman Brothers, The Rolling Stones, The Byrds, and Sly and the Family Stone. They played a variety of clubs in and around... Biography of André HERRERO
André Herrero, born January 28, 1938 in Puisserguier (Hérault), is a French former rugby player.... Biography of Charles FARRELL
Charles Farrell (August 9, 1901 – May 6, 1990) was a notable American film actor of the 1920s silent era and into the 1930s, and later a television actor. Farrell is probably best recalled for his onscreen romances with actress Janet Gaynor in more than a dozen films, including Seventh Heaven, Street Angel, and Lucky Star. Career Born in Walpole, Massachusetts, Farrell began his career in Hollywood taking bit parts in the early 1920s. His first film appearance was in an uncredited role in th... Biography of Neville CHAMBERLAIN
Arthur Neville Chamberlain (18 March 1869 – 9 November 1940) was a British Conservative politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1937 to 1940. Chamberlain's legacy is marked by his appeasement policy regarding his signing of the Munich Agreement in 1938, conceding part of Czechoslovakia to German dictator Adolf Hitler. In the same year he also ceded the Irish Free State Royal Navy ports. After working in business and local government and a short spell as Director of Nationa... Biography of Darren CAMPBELL
Darren Andrew Campbell (born September 12, 1973 in Moss Side, Manchester, England) is a retired English sprint athlete. He competed in the 100 m and 200 m, as well as the 4 x 100 m relay. He now works with Premier League football side Stoke City, working with the players to improve their sprinting ability. Career Early career Campbell was both a talented athlete and footballer during his youth. His first national success in athletics was a gold medal at the English Schools Championships... Biography of George MARTIN
Sir George Henry Martin CBE (3 January 1926) is a British record producer, arranger and composer. He is sometimes referred to as "the Fifth Beatle"—a title that he owes to his work as producer or co-producer of all of The Beatles' original records as well as playing piano on some of The Beatles tracks—and is considered one of the greatest record producers of all time. In 1969 he established the Associated Independent Recording (AIR) Studios. Although officially retired, he is still the chairm... Biography of Steve WOJCIECHOWSKI
Steven Joseph Wojciechowski (July 29, 1970 in Blue Island, Illinois), is a retired Major League Baseball player who played pitcher from 1995-1997. He would play for the Oakland Athletics. Steve Wojciechowski Pitching Stats (http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=wojcist01 ) Year Team G GS GF W L PCT ERA CG SHO SV IP BFP H ER R HR BB IBB SO WP HBP BK HLD 1995 Athletics 14 7 3 2 3 .400 5.18 0 0 0 48.2 219 51 28 28 7 28 1 13 0 1 0 - 1996 Athletics 16 15 0 5 5 .500 5.65 0 0 ... Biography of Paul AZINGER
Paul William Azinger (born January 6, 1960) is an American professional golfer. He spent almost 300 weeks in the top-10 of the Official World Golf Rankings between 1988 and 1994. Azinger was born in Holyoke, Massachusetts. He moved down to Sarasota, Florida where he attended and graduated from Sarasota High School. After graduating from Brevard Community College, he attended Florida State University and turned professional in 1981. He finished one shot behind the winner Nick Faldo in the 1987... Biography of Patrick WAYNE
Patrick John Wayne (born July 15, 1939, in Los Angeles, California), is an American actor and second son of movie star John Wayne and his first wife, Josephine Alicia Saenz. He made over 40 films in his career, including nine with his father. In addition, Patrick Wayne held a role as the host of a 1990 revival of the television game show Tic-Tac-Dough and hosted the short-lived "Monte Carlo Show" in 1980. Early life and career One of four children born to John Wayne's first wife, Patrick too... Biography of Franco HARRIS
Franco Harris (born March 7, 1950) is a former American football player best known for his career with the Pittsburgh Steelers. In the 1972 NFL draft he was chosen by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the first round, the 13th selection overall. His selection by the team was considered controversial at the time, as many thought the team would select his Penn State teammate, Lydell Mitchell. (Mitchell was later selected by the Baltimore Colts in the draft.) He played his first 12 years in the NFL wit... Biography of Gino TORRETTA
Gino Louis Torretta (born August 10, 1970 in Pinole, California) is a former Heisman Trophy winning American football quarterback for several teams in the National Football League from 1993 to 1997. Torretta is best known for winning the Heisman Trophy in 1992 as the quarterback of the University of Miami and playing on the University of Miami's National Championship teams of 1989 and 1991. He also won the 1992 Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award after his outstanding season. Universi... Biography of Robert RODRIGUEZ
Robert Anthony Rodriguez (born June 20, 1968) is an American director, writer, producer, cinematographer, editor and musician perhaps best known for making profitable, crowd-pleasing independent and studio films with fairly low budgets and fast schedules by Hollywood standards. He shoots and produces many of his films in Texas and Mexico. Biography Early life Rodríguez was born in San Antonio, Texas, the son of Rebecca, a nurse, and Cecilio G. Rodríguez, a sales manager. He began his in... Biography of Charles DANTZIG
Charles Dantzig, born October 7, 1968 (sometimes 1961) in Tarbes, is a French author. Bibliography Non fiction Encyclopédie capricieuse du tout et du rien (Grasset, 2009) Dictionnaire égoïste de la littérature française (Grasset, 2005, prix Décembre, prix de l'Essai de l'Académie française, grand prix des lectrices de Elle) La Guerre du cliché (Les Belles Lettres, 1998) Il n'y a pas d'Indochine (Les Belles Lettres, 1995) Remy de Gourmont, Cher Vieux Daim ! (Le Rocher, 1990 ; 2e édi... Biography of Corin REDGRAVE
Corin William Redgrave (born 16 July 1939) is an English actor. Family Redgrave was born in London, England, the son of actors Sir Michael Redgrave and Rachel Kempson (Lady Redgrave). He represents the third generation of an acting dynasty that now includes his daughter Jemma Redgrave in the fourth generation. His son Luke Redgrave is also involved in filmmaking, as a camera operator and production assistant. Career He has played a wide range of character roles on film, television and... Biography of John RAITT
John Emmett Raitt (19 January 1917 – 20 February 2005) was a star of the musical theater and stage. Raitt was born in Santa Ana, California. He got his start in theatre as a high school student at Fullerton High School in Fullerton, California. While there, he played in several drama productions in the Plummer Auditorium. Raitt sang in the chorus of "Desert Song." A few years before he died, Raitt once again came back to the Plummer to see a rehearsal, visit students and recollect his beginni... Biography of Joseph COTTEN
Joseph Cheshire Cotten (May 15, 1905 – February 6, 1994) was an American actor of stage and film. He was perhaps best known for his collaborations with Orson Welles, which included Citizen Kane, The Third Man, The Magnificent Ambersons and Journey into Fear, which Cotten wrote, and for his work with Alfred Hitchcock. He received his start on Broadway, starring in the original productions of The Philadelphia Story and Sabrina Fair, and became a recognizable Hollywood star in his own right with fi... Biography of Mike TROMBLEY
Michael Scott Trombley (born April 14, 1967 in Springfield, Massachusetts) and raised in Wilbraham, Massachusetts is a retired professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1992-2002. Pitching stats 37 Wins 47 Losses 509 Games 36 Games Started 195 Games Finished 44 Saves 795 ⅔ Innings Pitched 800 Hits Allowed 427 Runs Allowed 396 Earned Runs Allowed 114 Home Runs Allowed 319 Walks Allowed 672 Strikeouts 30 Hit Batsmen 42 Wild Pitches ... Biography of Jean CASTANEDA
Jean Castaneda (born March 20, 1957 in Saint-Etienne, Loire) is a former football goalkeeper from France, who earned nine international caps for the French national team during the early 1980s. A player of AS Saint-Etienne (1977–1989), he was a member of the French team in the 1982 FIFA World Cup. He also coached FC Istres and US Marseille Endoume.... Biography of Nathaniel CROSBY
Nathaniel Patrick Crosby (born October 29, 1961) is an American golfer. Crosby was born at Hillsborough, California. He is the sixth son of the actor and singer Bing Crosby and the youngest of his three children from his second marriage to the actress Kathryn Grant. Crosby performed with his father, mother, brother Harry and sister Mary in several Christmas television shows and at the London Palladium in 1976. He starred along with the rest of his family, in the 1970 television musicale, G... Biography of John CROW
John David Crow (born July 8, 1935, in Marion in Union Parish, Louisiana) was the Heisman Trophy winner and running back from Texas A&M University in 1957. He was not one of the "Junction Boys," but played for Bear Bryant at Texas A&M and later played professional football for the Chicago & St. Louis Cardinals and the San Francisco 49ers between 1958 and 1968. Crow received the annual "Len Eshmont Award" on two occasions, 1966 and 1967. This award is voted by the players and given to the 49er wh... Biography of Paul ADELSTEIN
Paul Adelstein (born April 29, 1969) is an American television and film actor, best known for the role of Agent Paul Kellerman in the television series, Prison Break, and his current role as pediatrician Cooper Freedman in the series Private Practice, the spin-off of the award-winning television show, Grey's Anatomy. Adelstein was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1969. Prior to his professional acting career, Adelstein attended Bowdoin College where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude... Biography of Novella SCHIESARO
Novella Schiesaro (Latina, Rome, July 25, 1973) is an Italian female basketball player. Her team won the European silver medal in Rome in 1995.... Biography of Shani DAVIS
Shani Davis (born August 13, 1982 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American speed skater who competes in both short track and long track speed skating. At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Davis became the first black athlete to win a gold medal in an individual sport (1,000 m) and the fifth black Winter Olympics medalist. He also won the silver in the 1,500 m. He won the allround World Allround Championships in both 2005 and 2006, after winning the silver medal in 2004, and won the World Single Distance ... Biography of Dennis WEAVER
William Dennis Weaver (June 4, 1924 – February 24, 2006) was an Emmy Award-winning American actor, best known for his work in television, including roles on Gunsmoke, as Marshal Sam McCloud on the NBC police drama McCloud and in Steven Spielberg's feature-length directorial debut, the cult TV movie Duel in 1971. Early life Weaver was born in Joplin, Missouri, the son of Lena Prather (1892–1970) and Walter Weaver (1890–1967), of Irish, Scottish, English, Cherokee and Osage ancestry. He wanted... Biography of Nickolas ASHFORD
Nickolas Ashford (born May 4, 1942, in Fairfield, South Carolina) and Valerie Simpson (born August 26, 1946 in The Bronx, New York) are a successful husband and wife songwriting/production team and recording artists. They met in the choir of Harlem's White Rock Baptist Church. After having recorded unsuccessfully as a duo, they joined another aspiring artist, Josie Jo Armstead, at the Scepter/Wand label where their compositions were recorded by Ronnie Milsap ("Never Had It So Good"), Maxine Brow... Biography of Steve WALSH
Stephen John Walsh (born December 1, 1966 in St. Paul, Minnesota) is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League. University of Miami career After graduating from Cretin-Derham Hall High School in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Walsh attended and played college football for the University of Miami. He posted a record of 23-1 in his two seasons as the team's starting quarterback and led the Hurricanes to the 1987 national championship. A prolific passer, Walsh also held th... Biography of Haywoode WORKMAN
Haywoode Wilvon Workman (born January 23, 1966 in Charlotte, North Carolina) is a retired American basketball player who played the point guard position at 6'2". Workman made around $6.9 million for playing 359 games in eight NBA seasons for five teams from 1989 to 2000 (averaging 5.5 points, 3.9 assists, 2.3 rebounds and 1 steal in 20.1 minutes per game). He also appeared in 38 career NBA playoff games, averaging 5.9 points, 4.2 assists and 2.2 rebounds per game. College Workman attended Wi... Biography of Gianluca FARINA
Gianluca Farina (born December 15, 1962) is an Italian competition rower and Olympic champion. He received a gold medal in quadruple sculls at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, together with Agostino Abbagnale, Davide Tizzano, and Piero Poli. He received a bronze medal in quadruple sculls at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.... Biography of Jon ENGLISH
Jonathon James English (born 26 March 1949 in Hampstead, London, England) is an Australian rock singer, musician, actor and writer. Jon English emigrated to Australia with his parents in 1961. He was an early vocalist and rhythm guitarist for Sebastian Hardie but left to take on the role of Judas Iscariot in the Australian version of the stage musical Jesus Christ Superstar from May 1972, which was broadcast on television. English is also a noted solo singer, his Australian top twenty hit single... Biography of Dennis ECKERSLEY
Dennis Lee Eckersley (born October 3, 1954), nicknamed "Eck," is a former American Major League Baseball player. Eckersley had success as a starter, but gained his greatest fame as a closer, becoming the first of only two pitchers in Major League history to have both a 20-win season and a 50-save season in a career (the other being John Smoltz). He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2004, his first year of eligibility. He is also noted as the pitcher who gave up Kirk Gibson's game-winni... Biography of David STRICKLAND
David Gordon Strickland Jr. (October 14, 1969 – March 22, 1999) was an American actor, best known for his role as the boyish rock music reporter Todd Styles in the NBC sitcom Suddenly Susan. Early life Strickland was born in Glen Cove, Long Island, New York. He moved to Princeton, New Jersey, with his family, before relocating to California. Career His earlier TV roles during the 1990s included Dave's World, Roseanne, Sister, Sister, and Mad About You. He also co-starred in the film For... Biography of Bobby WITT
Robert Andrew Witt (born May 11, 1964 in Arlington, Virginia) was a pitcher for the Major League Baseball Texas Rangers, Oakland Athletics, Florida Marlins, St. Louis Cardinals, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Cleveland Indians, and Arizona Diamondbacks. Witt was drafted out of the University of Oklahoma with the third pick of the first round by the Texas Rangers in 1985. He was known as a hard-throwing right hander with control problems throughout his career. He led the league in walks three times and... Biography of Kevin YOUNG
Kevin Stacey Young (born June 16, 1969 in Alpena, Michigan) is a former first baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates (1992-95, 1997-2003) and Kansas City Royals (1996). He batted and threw right-handed. Young helped end the most recent baseball players strike in the MLB representing the Pittsburgh Pirates. When he was 17 years old, he played on a Kansas City Kansas American Legion team that finished 24th in the nation out of 5,000 teams. Attended the University of... Biography of Cameron DADDO
Cameron Peter Daddo (born on 7 March 1965 in Melbourne) is an Australian actor, musician and presenter. He is the brother of Andrew Daddo and Lochie Daddo. Australian television Cameron Daddo first came to the attention of Australian television viewers as the host of a children's television show called Off the Dish, which soon led to him hosting his own eponymous cartoon show: The Cameron Daddo Cartoon Show. He became well known on television when he replaced Greg Evans as the host of dating... Biography of Charlie DANIELS
Charlie Daniels (born October 28, 1936 in Wilmington, North Carolina) is an American musician famous for his contributions to country and southern rock music. He is known primarily for his Number One country hit "The Devil Went Down to Georgia", and multiple other songs he has performed and written. Daniels has been active as a singer since the early 1950s. He was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry on January 24, 2008. Career Daniels is a singer, guitarist, and fiddler, who began writing and ... Biography of Craig SHEFFER
Craig Eric Sheffer (born April 23, 1960) is an American film and television actor, screenwriter, director and producer. Sheffer was born in York, Pennsylvania to a mother who worked in a nursing home and a father who worked as a prison guard and screenwriter. His brother is writer Hogan Sheffer. He is a graduate of York Suburban Senior High School. Sheffer was first seen on a nationwide basis as Ian Hayden on the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live, and as the teenage son of Michael Go... Biography of James LESURE
James Lesure (born September 21, 1975) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Mike Cannon on the NBC comedy-drama Las Vegas, and as Mel Ellis on the NBC/WB sitcom For Your Love. Film An early movie appearance was in the thriller Crimson Tide where he played the credited role of a guard on board the Nuclear Submarine USS Alabama. In 2006, he starred in the indie films, Loveless in Los Angeles and The Package. He made a brief cameo in the horror sequel, The Ring 2. Televis... Biography of Robert PACK
Robert John Pack (born February 3, 1969 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American former professional basketball player in the NBA. Nicknamed "Pac-Man", the 6'2" point guard had a thirteen season career in the NBA, most notably with the Denver Nuggets. Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Weight 180 lb (81.6 kg) Early career Pack was not drafted by an NBA team, rather he began his career being signed as a free agent by the Portland Trail Blazers on September 16, 1991. He played 72 games for the B... Biography of Olivier MONCELET
Olivier Moncelet, born December 5, 1970 in Nantes, is a French athlete and rower. He is a policeman.... Biography of Tommy TOLLES
Tommy Tolles (born October 21, 1966) is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour. Tolles was born in Ft. Myers, Florida. He has two Nationwide Tour victories and has finished runner-up in two PGA Tour events. Tolles best professional tournament was the 1997 Masters. He finished just one stroke behind runner-up Tom Kite, at 5 under par and received $183,600 in prize money. This was the tournament that Tiger Woods won by 12 strokes for his first ... Biography of John WETTELAND
John Karl Wetteland (born August 21, 1966 in San Mateo, California) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher, who pitched as a closer for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Montreal Expos, New York Yankees, and Texas Rangers. He is currently the bullpen coach for the Seattle Mariners. Wetteland was signed by the Dodgers as their second choice in the June 1985 amateur draft (Secondary Phase). He was later claimed by the Detroit Tigers in December 1987 as a Rule 5 Draft pick, but was soon returned to th... Biography of Richard BOONE
Richard Allen Boone (June 18, 1917 – January 10, 1981) was an American actor who starred in over 50 films and was notable for his roles in Westerns. He was best known as the star of the TV series Have Gun – Will Travel. Early life Boone was born in Los Angeles, California, the middle child of Cecile (née Beckerman) and Kirk E. Boone, a well-to-do corporate lawyer. He was descended from a brother of frontiersman Daniel Boone, and was an uncle of actor Randy Boone (born 1942) and a cousin of s... Biography of Robyn HITCHCOCK
Robyn Rowan Hitchcock (born 3 March 1953) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. While primarily a vocalist and guitarist, he also plays harmonica, piano and bass guitar. Coming to prominence in the late 1970s with The Soft Boys, Hitchcock afterward launched a prolific solo career. Hitchcock's musical and lyrical styles have been influenced by his appreciation of Bob Dylan, John Lennon and Syd Barrett. Hitchcock's lyrics are an essential component of his work and tend to include surre... Biography of Ed KOCH
Edward Irving "Ed" Koch (born December 12, 1924; pronounced /ˈkɒtʃ/) was a United States Congressman from 1969 to 1977 and the Mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989. Early life Koch was born in 1924 to a Jewish family in the Morrisania section of the Bronx. His father worked as a furrier. During the Great Depression, sales of fur coats and other luxury goods sharply declined, and the family moved from New York City to Newark, New Jersey. He graduated from Newark's South Sid... Biography of Jim BROWN
James Nathaniel "Jim" Brown (born February 17, 1936) is an American former professional football player who has also made his mark as an actor and social activist. He is best known for his exceptional and record-setting nine-year career as a running back for the NFL Cleveland Browns from 1957 to 1965. In 2002, he was named by The Sporting News as the greatest professional football player ever. James Nathaniel Brown was born to Theresa (a housekeeper) and Swinton Brown (a professional boxer). ... Biography of Andy LESLIE
Andrew Roy "Andy" Leslie MNZM (born November 10, 1944 in Lower Hutt) is a former All Black captain and number eight. On 26 April 2007 he was elected as the president of the New Zealand Rugby Football Union. In 2001, Leslie was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the Queen's Birthday Honours List. All Black Statistics Tests: 10 (10 as Captain) Games: 24 (23 as Captain) Total Matches: 34 (33 as Captain) Test Points: 4pts (1t, 0c, 0p, 0dg, 0m) Game Points: 24pts (6t, ... Biography of Michael APTED
Michael David Apted, CMG (born 10 February 1941) is an English director, producer, writer and actor. He is one of the most prolific British film directors of his generation but is best known for his work on the Up series of documentaries. On June 29, 2003 he was elected President of the Directors Guild of America. He returned to television, directing the first three episodes of the TV series Rome. His most recent feature film project was Amazing Grace, which premiered at the closing of the To... Biography of Charles "Tex" WATSON
Charles Denton "Tex" Watson (born December 2, 1945) is an American murderer and former member of the Charles Manson "Family". He was convicted of the murders of Sharon Tate, Steven Parent, Abigail Folger, Wojciech Frykowski and Jay Sebring, which took place in the early hours of August 9, 1969, in the Tate residence at 10050 Cielo Drive in Benedict Canyon, and also of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca at the LaBianca residence in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles the following night. Watson's a... Biography of Chris TARRANT
Christopher John Tarrant OBE (born 10 October 1946, Reading, Berkshire) is an English radio broadcaster and television presenter, now best known for hosting the first version of the television game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in the United Kingdom and later Ireland, as the two national versions of the show merged in 2002. Career Educated at The King's School, Worcester and the University of Birmingham, Tarrant worked as a schoolteacher and also briefly as a researcher for the Central... Biography of Michael SARRAZIN
Michael Sarrazin (born May 22, 1940, Québec City, Quebec, Canada) is an actor who found fame opposite Jane Fonda in They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969). He then served as a supporting actor in Sometimes a Great Notion (1971). He starred in a string of successes with the television movie Frankenstein: The True Story (1973), the crime caper Harry in Your Pocket (1973), the screwball comedy For Pete's Sake (1974), and the horror film The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975), about a man doomed to ... Biography of James IRVIN
James "The Sandman" Lee Irvin (born September 12, 1978) is an American mixed martial artist who currently competes as a Middleweight in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He is a former World Extreme Cagefighting heavyweight champion. Mixed martial arts career On April 2, 2008, Irvin fought Houston Alexander as the opening fight on the televised portion of UFC Fight Night: Kenny Florian vs Joe Lauzon. Irvin led off with a superman punch to the jaw that knocked Alexander down. He follo... Biography of Will TOALE
Will Toale, born September 15, 1977 in Sarasota, Florida, is an American actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1433004/ ) Birds of America (2008) .... Young Male Cop "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" .... Sean McClure (1 episode, 2007) ... aka "Law & Order: CI" (USA: promotional abbreviation) - Offense (2007) TV episode .... Sean McClure Dance Club: The Movie (2007) .... Dance Club Dancer Tempting Adam (2004) (TV) .... Marcus Uptown Girls (2003) .... Briefs Model... Biography of Taylor HACKFORD
Taylor Edwin Hackford (born December 31, 1944) is an Academy Award-winning American film director. Early life Hackford was born in Santa Barbara, California, the son of Mary (née Taylor), a waitress, and Joseph Hackford. He graduated from the University of Southern California in 1968, where he was a pre-law major focusing on international relations and economics. After graduating, he served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Bolivia, where he started using Super 8 film in his spare time. He deci... Biography of Art KUSNYER
Arthur William Kusnyer (born December 19, 1945 in Akron, Ohio) is a former catcher in Major League Baseball who was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 37th round of the 1966 amateur draft. He played for the White Sox (1970), California Angels (1971-1973), Milwaukee Brewers (1976), and Kansas City Royals (1978). He was somewhat error-prone behind the plate during sporadic playing time at the major league level, committing 20 errors in just 136 games for a .970 fielding percentage. He also... Biography of Vladimir MASHKOV
Vladimir Lvovich Mashkov (Russian: Влади́мир Льво́вич Машко́в; b. November 27, 1963 in Novokuznetsk, Soviet Union now Russia) is a Russian actor best known to American audiences for his work in the 2001 film Behind Enemy Lines. Mashkov has also worked as a movie director, producer and writer for the 2004 Russian film "Papa". Theatre work Vladimir works ...
Biography of Ben ARIS
Benjamin Patrick Aris (16 March 1937 – 4 September 2003) was an English actor who was best known for his parts in Hi-de-Hi! and To the Manor Born, and was also very active on stage. He was often cast as an eccentric, upper-class man. Early career Aris was born in London, and following the Second World War, he trained at the Arts Educational School. At the age of only 16, he joined a national theatre tour of Zip Goes a Million. He then did National Service in the Army and following that appe... Biography of Helena SUKOVA
Helena Suková (born February 23, 1965, in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. During her career, she won 14 Grand Slam titles, 9 of them in women's doubles and 5 of them in mixed doubles. She also was a four-time Grand Slam singles runner-up. Suková comes from a prominent Czech tennis family. Her mother, Věra Pužejová Suková, was a women's singles finalist at Wimbledon in 1962. Her father, Cyril Suk II, was president of the Czechoslovak... Biography of NOODLES (THE OFFSPRING)
Kevin Wasserman (born February 4, 1963), best known by his stage name Noodles, is the lead guitarist and backup vocalist for The Offspring. Wasserman was born in Los Angeles, California. During the band's early days he worked as an elementary school janitor. Before Smash was released, he promised his boss that he wouldn't quit before the end of the school year, but the surprise success of "Come Out and Play" forced him to work it out. Noodles claims to like the "finer things in life" such as ... Biography of Tom TYKWER
Tom Tykwer (born 23 May 1965 in Wuppertal, Germany) is a German film director best known internationally for directing Run Lola Run (1998). Life Tykwer was fascinated by film from an early age. He started making amateur Super 8 films at the age of eleven and later helped out at a local arthouse cinema to see more movies, including those he was too young to buy tickets for. After graduating from high school, he unsuccessfully applied to numerous film schools around Europe and moved to Berlin,... Biography of Federico CASTELLUCCIO
Federico Castelluccio (born April 29, 1964) is an Italian-American actor and professional visual artist, who is most famous for his role as Furio Giunta on the HBO TV series, The Sopranos. Early life Born in Naples, Italy, his family moved to Paterson, New Jersey in 1968. In 1982, Castelluccio was awarded a full scholarship to the School of Visual Arts in New York City, where he earned a BFA in painting and media arts. Just prior to winning the scholarship, Federico received an opportunity t... Biography of Mike SCHMIDT
Michael Jack Schmidt (born September 27, 1949 in Dayton, Ohio) is a former Major League Baseball third baseman who played his entire career for the Philadelphia Phillies. Schmidt is considered among the greatest third basemen in the history of major league baseball. Schmidt was voted National League MVP three times, an All-Star 12 times, and received more votes than any other third baseman in 1999's Major League Baseball All-Century Team. In 1995, he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fam... Biography of Amy ACUFF
Amy Lyn Acuff (born July 14, 1975, Port Arthur, Texas) is an athlete from the United States. An aggressive high jump competitor, Acuff competed in the 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008 Summer Olympics as a member of USA Track and Field. Her personal best is 2.01 m, which she achieved in Zürich on August 15, 2003. Acuff graduated from Calallen High School in Corpus Christi, Texas Acuff lives in Austin, Texas, and is an alumna of UCLA where she was inducted into the UCLA Bruins Hall of Fame in 2007. ... Biography of Paul PETTIT
George William Paul Pettit (born November 29, 1931 in Los Angeles, California) was a Major League Baseball pitcher in 1951 and 1953 for the Pittsburgh Pirates. According to the book The Baseball Hall of Shame 2, the southpaw pitcher was signed to a contract by a movie producer named Frederick Stephani for $85,000, with the idea that a movie and book would be forthcoming about Pettit. He later sold his contract to the Pirates for $100,000.... Biography of Jack BUCHANAN
Jack Buchanan (2 April 1891 – 20 October 1957) was a British theatre and film actor, singer, producer and director. He was known for three decades as the embodiment of the debonair man-about-town in the tradition of George Grossmith Jr. and was described by The Times as "the last of the knuts". Walter John Buchanan was born in Helensburgh, Scotland, the son of Walter John Buchanan Sr (d. 1902), auctioneer, and his wife, Patricia, née McWatt (d. 1936). He was educated at the Glasgow Academy. ... Biography of Tom CANDIOTTI
Thomas Caesar Candiotti (born August 31, 1957 in Walnut Creek, California) is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who was known for his knuckleball. He played for the Milwaukee Brewers, Cleveland Indians, Toronto Blue Jays, Oakland Athletics and Los Angeles Dodgers. Candiotti is currently a TV-Radio analyst for the Arizona Diamondbacks and is under contract through the 2011 season. Candiotti is a graduate of Queen of All Saints Catholic School in Concord, California and a prou... Biography of James ROBINSON
James "Hollywood" Robinson (born August 31, 1970 in Jackson, Mississippi) is a former American professional basketball player, most notably in the NBA. Robinson, an undersized 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) shooting guard, attended the University of Alabama before being selected with the 21st overall pick in the 1993 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Blazers. High school & college As a Mississippi high school star, Robinson competed against Chris Jackson, who went on to collegiate stardom at Louisian... Biography of Stephon MARBURY
Stephon Xavier Marbury (born February 20, 1977 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American professional basketball player who is currently a member of the Boston Celtics. The 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m), 205 lb (93 kg; 14.6 st) point guard was selected out of the Georgia Institute of Technology by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 4th overall pick in the 1996 NBA Draft, but was traded shortly thereafter to the Minnesota Timberwolves. He was an NBA All-Star in 2001 and 2003 and was voted into the All-NBA Third... Biography of Robert HUTTON
Robert Hutton, born June 11, 1920 in Kingston, New York and died August 7, 1994 in Kingston, new York, was an American actor, producer, screenwriter and film director. he married four times and divorced four times. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0404665/ ) # The New Roof (1975) .... Alexander Hamilton # "QB VII" (1974) TV mini-series .... Ambassador Richards (unknown episodes) # The Cherry Picker (1974) .... James Burn II # Tales from the Crypt (1972) .... Neighbour (segm... Biography of Red SKELTON
Richard Bernard “Red” Skelton (July 18, 1913 – September 17, 1997) was an American comedian who was best known as a top radio and television star from 1937 to 1971. Skelton's show business career began in his teens as a circus clown and went on to vaudeville, Broadway, films, radio, TV, night clubs and casinos, while pursuing another career as a painter. Born in Vincennes, Indiana, Skelton was the son of a Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus clown named Joe who died in 1913 shortly before the birth of h... Biography of Kaya WITTENBURG
Kaya Wittenburg, born August 24, 1972 in Brookfield, Wisconsin, is an American actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0936990/ ) "Son of the Beach" .... Reality Man (1 episode, 2002) - Penetration Island (2002) TV episode .... Reality Man 10 Attitudes (2001) .... Andrew Self Reality Unleashed (2005) (V) .... Himself Real Hot (2004) (TV) .... Himself "Dog Eat Dog" .... Himself (1 episode, 2002) - Episode #1.5 (2002) TV episode .... Himself "Weakest Link" .... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||