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9022 celebrities heights in our database on November 7, 2009. The celebrities 6' 3" 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 · 35,909 dominants · Astrology and Statistics · Celestar · AstroSearch 35,909 Celebrities
270 celebrities 6' 3" tall have been found. Biography of Jacques CHIRAC
Jacques René Chirac (born 29 November 1932) is a French politician. He served as President of France from 1995 until May 16, 2007. He was re-elected in 2002. As President he was an ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra and Grand Master of the French Légion d'honneur. After completing studies at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris and the École Nationale d'Administration, Jacques Chirac began his career as a high-level civil servant, and soon entered politics.[citation needed] He has since occ... Biography of Lambert WILSON
Lambert Wilson (born August 3, 1958 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) is a French actor. He is the son of actor Georges Wilson. He is half Irish, half French. He screen tested for The Living Daylights (1986) for the role of James Bond, appearing in test footage opposite Maryam D'Abo (the Bond girl in The Living Daylights) as Tatiana Romanova, re-enacting scenes from From Russia with Love (1963). He released the album Musicals on the EMI label in 2004, with John McGlinn conducting Orchestre ... Biography of WILLIAM de GALLES
Prince William of Wales (William Arthur Philip Louis; born 21 June 1982) is the elder son of Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and the late Diana, Princess of Wales, and grandson of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. As such, he is second in the line of succession to 16 independent states, though he is resident and most directly involved with the United Kingdom, the oldest realm. Following his education at various schools around the United Kingdom, obtaining a university d... Biography of Rocco SIFFREDI
Rocco Siffredi, byname of Rocco Tano (born May 4, 1964 in Ortona, Abruzzo, Italy) is a former pornographic actor, now working as a director and producer of pornographic movies. As of 2005, he has starred in over 1,300 pornographic films. Siffredi's screen name was reportedly inspired by a character from the movie Borsalino (1970), "Roch Siffredi", played by Alain Delon. He is also known as "the Italian Stallion", a reference to his penis size. Porn career After starting his film career in... Biography of Bertrand CANTAT
Bertrand Cantat (born in Pau, France, 5 March 1964) is a French singer and songwriter. He is the leader of the rock band Noir Désir. At the helm of Noir Désir, he became one of the most prominent figures of French music in the 90s. His left leaning political views saw him take position against globalisation, fascism, desertification of urban areas in Bordeaux and the 2003 invasion of Iraq. He married Kristina Rady in 1997. Bertrand is the father of 2 children with Kristina. His son Milo wa... Biography of Tom WELLING
Thomas John Patrick Welling (born April 26, 1977 in Putnam Valley, West Point. New York) is an American actor and former male fashion model, most famous for playing Clark Kent on the current television series Smallville. As well as Clark Kent, other roles Welling has played include Charlie Baker in Cheaper by the Dozen films and Nick Castle in the 2005 remake of The Fog. Early life Tom Welling was born in Putnam Valley, New York. Welling is the son of a now retired General Motors executive a... Biography of LOUIS XVI de FRANCE
Louis XVI, born Louis-Auguste de France (23 August 1754 – 21 January 1793) ruled as King of France and Navarre from 1774 until 1791, and then as King of the French from 1791 to 1792. Suspended and arrested during the Insurrection of the 10th of August 1792, he was tried by the National Convention, found guilty of treason, and executed on 21 January 1793. His execution signaled the end of absolute monarchy in France and would eventually bring about the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. Although he w... Biography of Olivier MINNE
Olivier Minne was born on 18 March 1967 in the Belgian capital, Brussels. The son of a Belgian father and a French mother, Olivier studied in Brussels for his "bac" qualification (secondary school matriculation) before moving to Paris in 1989. In Paris, Olivier studied the dramatic arts, shortly after his career in television began. In 1992, he started working for the French TV programme Matin Bonheur where he worked for five years. Following his departure in 1997, he became both presenter an... Biography of Mohammed ALI (CASSIUS CLAY)
Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. on January 17, 1942) is a retired American boxer and former three-time World Heavyweight Champion and winner of an Olympic gold medal. In 1999, Ali was crowned "Sportsman of the Century" by Sports Illustrated and the BBC. Height: 1m90 1/2 (6'3") Ali was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He was named after his father, Cassius Marcellus Clay, Sr., who was named for the 19th century abolitionist and politician Cassius Clay. Ali changed his name after... Biography of Jon VOIGHT
Jonathan Vincent "Jon" Voight (born December 29, 1938) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. The father of Oscar-winner Angelina Jolie, Jon Voight, also an Oscar-winner and four-time nominee himself, has a long and distinguished career as both a leading man and, in recent years, character actor, with an extensive range. The blond, blue-eyed actor with a boyish face came to prominence at the end of the sixties, with a riveting performance as a would-be hustler in 1969's Best Picture winn... Biography of Fidel CASTRO
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born August 13, 1926) is the current President of Cuba. On July 31, 2006, Castro, after undergoing intestinal surgery for diverticulitis, transferred his responsibilities to the First Vice-President, his younger brother Raúl Castro. On June 2, 2007, Castro appeared on Cuban Television with Vietnamese Communist Party Leader Non Duc Mahn looking much healthier, indicating his full recovery. He led the revolution overthrowing Fulgencio Batista in 1959 and shortly after w... Biography of LOUIS II de BAVIERE
Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, Ludwig Friedrich Wilhelm (August 25, 1845 – June 13, 1886) was king of Bavaria from 1864 until shortly before his death. He is sometimes referred to in English by his detractors as 'mad' King Ludwig. There is ample evidence to prove that he was far from mad. . In German, Ludwig is known by the far kinder description as 'the fairy-tale' King (der Märchenkönig). He is best known for his personal eccentricity and for the extravagant fantasy castles he constructed, such a... Biography of Dwayne JONHSON (THE ROCK)
Dwayne Douglas Johnson (born May 2, 1972) is an American actor and former third-generation professional wrestler, best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment as The Rock between 1996 and 2004. Originally known as Rocky Maivia, Johnson first gained mainstream fame as a standout in the then-World Wrestling Federation. He holds the record for most reigns as WWF/E Champion. Early life Dwayne " The Rock " Johnson was born in Hayward, California to African Canadian wrestler Rocky John... Biography of Josh HARTNETT
Josh Hartnett is an American actor.... Biography of Samuele PAPI
Samuele Papi (born May 20, 1973) is an Italian volleyball player. Papi, standing at 1.91 m, was born in Ancona and debuted in Italy's Serie A in 1990. He current plays passing-hitter for Sisley Treviso. He won five Italian titles, three European Champions cup, and, with Italian national team, two World Championships (1994 and 1998) and three European Championships. Clubs Club Country From To Falconara Italy 1990-1991 1993-1994 Alpitour Traco Cuneo Italy 1994-1995 1997-1998 Sis... Biography of Billy CORGAN
William Patrick "Billy" Corgan, Jr., (born March 17, 1967 in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, U.S.A.) is an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter best known for his work in the alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. In the 1990s, The Smashing Pumpkins were one of alternative rock's biggest acts and known for their complex, layered style, and Corgan's distinctive vocals and guitar solos. Music journalist Jim DeRogatis declared, "Of all the memorable artists and characters that the alter... Biography of Oscar WILDE
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (October 16, 1854 – November 30, 1900) was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and short story writer. Known for his barbed wit, he was one of the most successful playwrights of late Victorian London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day. As the result of a famous trial, he suffered a dramatic downfall and was imprisoned for two years of hard labour after being convicted of the offence of "gross indecency". The scholar H. Montgomery Hyde suggests t... Biography of Roger WATERS (PINK FLOYD)
George Roger Waters (born September 6, 1943) is an English rock musician; singer, guitarist, bassist, songwriter, and composer. He is best known for his 1965-1985 career with the band Pink Floyd as their main songwriter (after the departure of Syd Barrett), bass player and one of their lead vocalists (along with David Gilmour and Rick Wright). He was also the mastermind behind many of the band's concept albums, especially Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, The Wall, and The Fina... Biography of Michael T. WEISS
Michael Terry Weiss (born February 2, 1962 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American actor. Early life Weiss' father was a steel-industry executive and his mother was a homemaker. He has a sister, Jamie Sue Weiss, who became a make-up artist for television and films. He went to Glenbrook North High School in Northbrook, Illinois, where he competed on the swim team, played basketball, and was an active member of the student council. While in high school he also studied acting at the Second City wo... Biography of David TREZEGUET
David Sergio Trézéguet (born 15 October 1977 in Rouen, France) is a French-Argentine football striker who plays for Juventus and France. Early life Trézéguet is the son of Argentine football player Jorge Trézéguet, who is the son of French immigrants to Argentina. His last name is very common in Francophone countries. David Trézéguet's mother gave birth to him while his father was playing in France. David grew up in Argentina after moving there from France at the age of two and played his fi... Biography of Gary COOPER
Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper May 7, 1901 – May 13, 1961) was a two-time Academy Award-winning American film actor of English heritage. His career spanned from the 1920s until the year of his death, and saw him make one hundred films. He was renowned for his quiet, understated acting style and his stoic, individualistic, emotionally restrained, but at times intense screen persona, which was particularly well suited for the many Westerns he made. Cooper received five Oscar nominations f... Biography of John MAYER
John Clayton Mayer (born October 16, 1977) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Originally from Connecticut, he briefly attended Berklee College of Music, before moving to Atlanta, Georgia in 1998, where he refined his skills and began gaining a following. His first two studio albums, Room for Squares and Heavier Things, did well commercially, achieving multi-platinum status. In 2003, he won a Best Male Pop Vocal Performance Grammy for "Your Body Is a Wonderland". Mayer began his c... Biography of Abhishek BACHCHAN
Abhishek Shrivastav Bachchan (Hindi: अभिषेक बच्चन, born 5 February 1976 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) is an award-winning Indian actor. He is the son of Indian actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan. His wife is former Miss World and actress Aishwarya Rai. Early life Abhishek Bachchan is the son of Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan and actress turned politician Jaya Bhaduri. His grandfather, Harivansh Rai Bachchan, was a we... Biography of Brendan FRASER
Brendan James Fraser (born December 3, 1968) is a American-Canadian film actor. He is known for having starred in several major Hollywood films, including 1999's The Mummy. Early life Fraser was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, the son of Canadian parents Carol, a sales counsellor, and Peter Fraser, a former journalist who worked as a foreign service officer for the Canadian Government Office of Tourism. His great-grandfather was a Royal Canadian Mountie. He has three older brothers, Kevin, Re... Biography of Boris BECKER
Boris Franz Becker (b. November 22, 1967 in Leimen, Germany) is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player from Germany. He is a six-time Grand Slam singles champion, an Olympic gold medalist, and the youngest-ever winner of the men's singles title at Wimbledon at the age of 17. Since he retired from the professional tour, media work and colourful aspects of his personal life have kept him in the headlines. Becker is the only son of an architect, who built the tennis center (Blau-Weiss Ten... Biography of Lou FERRIGNO
Louis Jude Ferrigno (born November 9, 1951) is an American bodybuilder and actor. Ferrigno has appeared in such television shows and movies as The Incredible Hulk, Pumping Iron (with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Franco Columbu), Sinbad of the Seven Seas, and, in the title role, Hercules in 1983. He is more recently known for playing a minor role in the sitcom King of Queens. Height: 6' 3" (1.90m 1/2) Born in Brooklyn, New York, Ferrigno was raised in an Italian-American family, the son of Mat... Biography of Paul WALKER
Paul William Walker IV (born September 12, 1973) is an American actor and former fashion model. He became known during the early 2000s, after starring in several major Hollywood films, including The Fast and the Furious (2001). Early life Paul was born in Glendale, California to Paul William Walker III, a retired sewer contractor, and Cheryl Crabtree, a former fashion model. His paternal grandfather, William Walker (aka. "Irish" Billy Walker), was a Pearl Harbor survivor and a Navy middlewei...
Biography of MIKA
Michael Penniman (born 18 August 1983), also known as Mika is a Lebanon-born, London-based singer who has a recording contract with Casablanca Records and Universal Music. Some sources note his birth name as Michael Holbrook Penniman. Early life Mika was born in Beirut, Lebanon. He is the middle child of the five children born to a Lebanese mother and an American father. When he was one year old his family was forced to leave war-torn Lebanon and moved to Paris. He wrote his first song, whic... Biography of Pierre BELLEMARE
Pierre Bellemare is a French TV host, journalist, writer and TV producer, born October 21, 1929 in Boulogne-Billancourt. Height: 1m90... Biography of Charlton HESTON
Charlton Heston (October 4, 1924 – April 5, 2008) was an American Academy Award-winning film actor. (Sometimes, 1923 is given, but Imdb and German Wikipedia give 1924, and more sources give 1924). Heston was known for playing heroic roles, such as Moses in The Ten Commandments, Colonel George Taylor in Planet of the Apes and Judah Ben-Hur in Ben-Hur. Early in his career, he was one of a handful of Hollywood actors to publicly speak out against racism and was active in the civil rights movemen... Biography of Brandon ROUTH
Brandon James Routh (born October 9, 1979) is an American actor and former fashion model. He grew up in Iowa before moving to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career, and subsequently appeared on several television series throughout the early 2000s. In 2005, he was cast in the lead role in the 2006 film Superman Returns. Early life Routh, the third of four children, was born in Des Moines, Iowa to Katie, a teacher, and Ron Routh, a carpenter; both of his parents play music in their spare time... Biography of Gregory PECK
Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an Academy Award-winning American film actor. He was one of 20th Century Fox's most popular film stars, from the 1940s to the 1960s, and played important roles well into the 1990s. One of his most notable performances was as Atticus Finch in the 1963 film version of To Kill a Mockingbird, for which he won an Academy Award. President Lyndon Johnson honored Peck with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969 for his lifetime humanitarian efforts. In... Biography of James STEWART
James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997) was an iconic, Academy Award-winning American film and stage actor, best known for his self-effacing screen persona. Over the course of his career, he starred in many films widely considered classics and was nominated for five Oscars, winning one in competition and one life achievement. He also had a noted military career, rising to the rank of Brigadier General in the United States Air Force. Height: Taille : 6' 3" (1.90 1/2 m) Born in ... Biography of Victor WEBSTER
Victor Webster is a Canadian actor born on February 7, 1973 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He is best known for his television work on Days of our Lives, Mutant X, and Charmed. Webster's parents were a police officer and a hair-stylist. When he became a teenager, his misbehaviour often got him into trouble. To find another more productive outlet, he started studying martial arts. He became a teacher as well as a competitor, with an undefeated record as an amateur kick-boxer and a heavyweight bl... Biography of SINIK
Thomas Idir a.k.a. Sinik (born June 26, 1980) is a French-language rap artist of Kabylian ethnicity. His father is Algerian while his mother is French. His meeting with Diam's at 14 was the turning point of his career. They consider themselves as brother and sister. In 2001, he founded his label Six o Nine. Discography 2000 - Malsain (Mixtape) 2003 - Artiste Triste 2004 - En attendant l'album (Mixtape) 2005 - La Main Sur Le Coeur (200.000 copies in France); 2006 - Sang Froid (... Biography of Lyndon B. JOHNSON
Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was the thirty-sixth President of the United States (1963–1969). After serving a long career in the U.S. Congress, Johnson became the thirty-seventh Vice President, and in 1963, he succeeded to the presidency following President John F. Kennedy's assassination. He was a major leader of the Democratic Party and as President was responsible for designing his Great Society, comprising liberal legislation including... Biography of Cone McCASLIN (SUM 41)
Jason Paul McCaslin best known as Cone McCaslin, born September 3, 1980 in North York, Canada, is a Canadian singer, member of group Sum 41. Height 6' 3" (1.91 m)... Biography of Gianluigi BUFFON
Gianluigi "Gigi" Buffon, Cavaliere Ufficiale OMRI, (born January 28, 1978) is an Italian FIFA World Cup-winning goalkeeper. He is currently the first choice goalkeeper for Juventus F.C. and the Italian national team. He was transferred to Juventus from childhood club Parma F.C. in 2001, for what was the largest transfer figure ever for a goalkeeper at £32 million. Early life and family Gianluigi Buffon was born in Carrara, into a sporting family: his mother Maria Stella was a discus thrower,... Biography of FABIO (LANZONI)
Fabio Lanzoni (born in Milan, Italy, in 1959; widely known simply as Fabio) is a male fashion model who has appeared on the cover of hundreds of romance novels throughout the 1980s and 90s. Early modeling He started as a model in Italy, then moved to New York and became a runway and catalog model for the Ford agency where he hooked up with Kevin and Gary from COLT. He became famous in the romance world for appearing on hundreds of kitschy romance novel covers, the first of which was Heart... Biography of Ken WAHL
Ken Wahl (né Anthony Calzaretta, born 31 October 1954 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American film and television actor. Career Wahl made his screen debut starring in the 1979 film The Wanderers. In 1981 Wahl appeared in Fort Apache, The Bronx. He was cast as a blackjack dealer opposite Bette Midler in the 1982 Jinxed!, a production that resulted in Wahl making uncomplimentary remarks about his co-star that led to a threatened lawsuit. (The actor stated he thought about his dog during their rom... Biography of David SKRELA
David Skrela (born 2 March 1979) is a French rugby union footballer. Height 1.91 Weight 91 Skrela is a native of Toulouse. He currently plays for Stade Français Paris in the Top 14 He previously played for the US Colomiers. He has also played for France in the past. He is the son of the famous French rugby union player Jean-Claude Skrela. He graduated from Toulouse's INSA as an engineer in Civil Engineering. He's married and has a daughter. His sister, Gaëlle Skrela, is a professional b... Biography of Sasha MITCHELL
Sasha Mitchell (born July 27, 1967 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor, best known for his role as "Cody" on the television series Step by Step. Height: 6' 3" (1.90 1/2 m) Sasha had a starring role in the 1988 film Spike of Bensonhurst. From 1989-1991, Mitchell appeared on the hit CBS prime time soap opera Dallas, playing James, the illegitimate son of J.R. Ewing (played by series star Larry Hagman). This led to several TV series guest-spots such as Rags To Riches. He earned ... Biography of Arsène WENGER
Arsène Wenger OBE (born October 22, 1949 in Duttlenheim near Strasbourg) is a French football manager. He is currently the manager of Arsenal. He is the club's most successful manager in terms of trophies and the club's longest-serving manager in terms of matches played (over 600 as of March 2007). Wenger is the only non-British manager to win the Double in England, having done so in 1998 and 2002. In 2004, he became the only manager in FA Premier League history to go through the entire season w... Biography of Sasha BARON COHEN
Sacha Noam Baron Cohen (born 13 October 1971) is an English comedian, writer and actor most noted for his comic characters Borat (a Kazakh reporter), Ali G (a junglist-hip hop gangsta wannabe from Staines, England) and Bruno (a flamboyantly gay Austrian fashion reporter). Height: 6' 3" (1.90 1/2 m) All three characters are featured in Da Ali G Show, a program in which Baron Cohen conducts interviews while dressed as one of his three characters. His interviewees believe that the ostensible ... Biography of Gustavo KUERTEN
Gustavo Kuerten (born September 10, 1976 in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina) is a former World No. 1 tennis player from Brazil. He won the French Open three times between 1997 and 2001. Kuerten is also known as "Guga", an affectionate nickname which is a common abbreviation of the name "Gustavo" in Portuguese-speaking countries. Height 6'3" (190 cm) Weight 183 lb (83 kg) Personal and early career Kuerten was born in Florianópolis in southern Brazil. He has German family roots. Kue... Biography of Chad SMITH
Chad Smith (born October 25, 1961 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA), is the drummer of the American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. Height : 6' 3" (1.91 m) He joined the Chili Peppers in late 1988 after former drummer, Jack Irons quit because of the distress and chaos over former guitarist Hillel Slovak's death from a drug overdose. In 1993, he released "Red Hot Rhythm Method", an educational video for aspiring drummers. At Live Earth in 2007, Smith was part of SOS Allstars with Roger Taylo... Biography of Guy FORGET
Guy Forget (born January 4, 1965 in Casablanca, Morocco) is a former French professional tennis player. During his career, he helped France win the Davis Cup in both 1991 and 1996. Since retiring as a player, he has served as France's Davis Cup team captain. Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Weight 80 kg (176 lb) Career Forget first came to the tennis world's attention as an outstanding junior player who won the French Open junior title in 1982. He turned professional later that year. His br... Biography of Will FERRELL
John William "Will" Ferrell (born July 16, 1967) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated American comedian, actor and writer who first established himself as a cast member of Saturday Night Live, and has since gone on to a successful film career. He most recently starred in Blades of Glory. Height: 6' 3" (1.90 1/2 m) Early life Ferrell was born in Newport Beach, California, to Lee Ferrell, a keyboardist for The Righteous Brothers, and Kay (née Overman), a teacher. He attended Rancho San Jo... Biography of NOTORIOUS B.I.G
Christopher George Latore Wallace (May 21, 1972 – March 9, 1997), popularly known as Biggie Smalls (after a gangster in the 1975 film Let's Do It Again), Big Poppa, Frank White (from the film King of New York), and his primary stage name, The Notorious B.I.G., was an American rapper. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Biggie grew up during the peak years of the 1980s' crack epidemic and started dealing drugs at an early age. When Biggie debuted with the 1994 record Ready to Die, he was a central fig... Biography of Marcus SCHENKENBERG
Marcus Lodewijk Schenkenberg van Mierop, better known as just Marcus Schenkenberg (born 4 August 1968) a male supermodel, actor, singer, writer, and TV personality; born in Stockholm, Sweden but of Dutch descent. Though he doesn't speak Dutch, he does understand it, as was seen on a Dutch TV show 'Jensen!' in May 2007. Height 6' 3" (1.90m) He is the highest paid per-year male supermodel in the world, and also known for his muscular, well-proportioned body, and especially for his "washboar... Biography of Christophe DUGARRY
Christophe Dugarry (born March 24, 1972 in Lormont) is a former French football (soccer) forward. Coming from the Girondins de Bordeaux youth ranks, he was part of a gifted generation at the club which included future France teammates Bixente Lizarazu and Zinedine Zidane (who was a close friend of Dugarry). The highlight of his career at this club was the two goals he scored in quarter final of the UEFA cup against AC Milan, sealing his move the following year to the Italian club in the proce...
Biography of Ivano BALIC
Ivano Balić (born April 1, 1979 in Split) is a Croatian handballer. He is considered to be the best player in the world and was voted 6 times in a row most valuable player in major international competitions. Before playing handball Balić trained with the basketball club KK Split. He began his handball career with RK Split. Balić was a member of the Croatian national team that won the 2003 World Men's Handball Championship in Portugal. He won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Oly... Biography of Johnny WEISSMULLER
Johnny Weissmuller (June 2, 1904 – January 20, 1984) was an American swimmer and actor who was one of the world's best swimmers in the 1920s, winning five Olympic gold medals and one bronze medal. He won fifty-two US National Championships and set sixty-seven world records. After his swimming career, he became the sixth actor to portray Tarzan in films, a role he played in twelve motion pictures. Other actors also played Tarzan, but Weissmuller was the best-known. His distinctive, ululating Tarz... Biography of Kevin SORBO
Kevin Sorbo (born September 24, 1958) is an American actor probably best known for the role of Hercules on Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. Early life Born in Mound, Minnesota and educated at then-Moorhead State University he worked as a model for print and television advertising in the 1980s. He then made guest appearances in several television series such as Murder She Wrote and The Commish. He was considered for and lost out to Dean Cain as Superman in Lois and Clark: The New Adventures ... Biography of Pierre TCHERNIA
Pierre Tchernia was born Pierre Tcherniakowski on January 29, 1928 in Paris. In France known as "Magic" Tchernia and Monsieur Cinema, he is a cinema and television producer, screenwriter, presenter, animator and actor. Career He was part of the creation of the first televised news in France in 1949 and was an early French news presenter. In 1955 he became a producer of animation (with a heavy influence from the early animation of Walt Disney). For many years he hosted a television game show ... Biography of Derek JETER
Derek Sanderson Jeter (born June 26, 1974 in Pequannock, New Jersey) is an American Major League Baseball player. Jeter is an eight-time All-Star shortstop, and currently the captain of the New York Yankees. Jeter has spent his entire career with the New York Yankees, starting in 1995 when he was 20 years old. He has won the American League Rookie of the Year Award, the All-Star Game MVP Award, the World Series MVP Award, a Silver Slugger Award, and three Gold Glove Awards. His .317 career ba... Biography of Jérôme LE BANNER
Jérôme "Geronimo" Le Banner (born December 26, 1972), known as well as "Hyper Battle Cyborg" or "The Bulldog of Normandy" is a French professional kickboxer and K-1 superstar, famous for his aggressive fighting style and knockout power.. Jérôme Le Banner was born in the French city of Le Havre, in the région of Normandy. Le Banner started training judo at the age of 6. When he was 14, Bruce Lee's Fist of Fury influenced him so much that he started practicing karate instead, while trying to in... Biography of Patrick VIEIRA
Patrick Donalé Vieira (born June 23, 1976 in Dakar, Senegal) is a French football midfielder who currently plays for Internazionale Milano. He came to prominence during his time at Arsenal between 1996 and 2005, where he won three FA Premier League titles and four FA Cups, and eventually became club captain. He spent a single season at Juventus before joining Inter in 2006, after Juventus were relegated due to their part in a match-fixing scandal. He has 101 caps for France, and was part of thei... Biography of Matthew MODINE
Matthew Avery Modine (born March 22, 1959 in Loma Linda, California) is an American actor. Height 6' 3" (1.90m 1/2) Early life Modine is the youngest of seven children. Although he was born in Loma Linda, California, his formative years were spent growing up in Utah. His father, Mark, was a drive-in theater manager. When Modine was ten years old, he saw a documentary about the making of the film Oliver!. Inspired by the young actors and their performances, Modine decided to become an ac... Biography of Tim RICE-OXLEY (KEANE)
Timothy "Tim" James Rice-Oxley is the co-founder, pianist and composer of English piano rock and alternative rock band Keane. He plays piano, keyboards, bass, and provides backing vocals for the band. Life and career He was born in June 2, 1976 to Margaret and Charles Patrick Rice-Oxley. He went to Tonbridge school, Kent with his best friends at the time, Richard Hughes and Tom Chaplin. He had been close friends with Chaplin due to Chaplin having been born on the same day as Rice-Oxley's bro... Biography of Andy MURRAY
Andrew "Andy" Murray (born 15 May 1987 in Glasgow), is a Scottish tennis player, who is currently the highest-ranking British player. Murray broke into the official ATP Top 10 for the first time on April 16, 2007, achieving his current career-high of No. 8 on June 18, 2007. He re-entered the Top 10 on January 7, 2008 at No. 9, but slipped to No, 12 after the Australian Open. His ranking as of February 18, 2007 is 10. In December 2005, he won the BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year Award,... Biography of Steve NASH
Stephen John Nash, OC, OBC (born February 7, 1974), is a Canadian professional basketball player who plays point guard for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nash was brought up in a family of sportsmen and he excelled in a variety of sports. He enjoyed an outstanding high school basketball career, but garnered no attention from US college recruiters as he was based in Canada. He was eventually recruited by Santa Clara University head coach Dick Davey, and in Nash's f... Biography of Martin LANDAU
Martin Landau (born June 20, 1931) is an Academy Award-winning American film and television actor. He is perhaps most well-known for his roles in the television series Mission: Impossible (1966 - 1969) and Space: 1999 (1975 - 1977). He received a Golden Globe award in 1969 for his performance in the former, playing the role of mission specialist Rollin Hand. In 1968 and 1969 he received Emmy award nominations for best actor in a dramatic series for his Mission: Impossible work. In 1994 he won th... Biography of Jim HENSON
Jim Henson, born James Maury Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990), was the most widely known American puppeteer in modern American television history. He was the creator of The Muppets and the leading force behind their long creative run in the television series Sesame Street and The Muppet Show and films such as The Muppet Movie (1979) and The Dark Crystal (1982). He was also an Oscar-nominated film director, Emmy Award-winning television producer, and the founder of The Jim Henson Compan... Biography of Dean McDERMOTT
Dean McDermott (born November 16, 1966 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian actor best known for playing Constable Turnbull on the TV series Due South and for his marriage to Tori Spelling. Height: 6' 3" (1.90 1/2 m) McDermott has appeared in many TV and movie roles, including the Kevin Costner film Open Range. He received a Gemini Nomination for Best Supporting Actor in 1997 for his portrayal of small town boy Garet French in Lives of Girls and Women. In 2007, he and Spelling co-starred in ... Biography of Pete SEEGER
Peter Seeger (born May 3, 1919), better known as Pete Seeger, is a folk singer, political activist, and a key figure in the mid-20th century American folk music revival. As a member of the Weavers, he had a string of hits, including a 1949 recording of Leadbelly's "Goodnight Irene" that topped the charts for 13 weeks in 1950. However, his career as a mainstream performer was seriously curtailed by the Second Red Scare: he came under severe attack as a former member of the Communist Party of the ... Biography of Hugues DUBOSCQ
Hugues Duboscq (born August 29, 1981 in Saint Lô, Manche) is a breaststroke swimmer from France, who won the bronze medal in the 100m Breaststroke at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He competed for his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000. Two years later Duboscq won his first individual medal at the European LC Championships 2002 in Berlin: bronze in the 100m Breaststroke. He's on the French Swimming Team since 2000.... Biography of James TAYLOR
James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, born in Belmont, Massachusetts. Taylor's career began in the mid-1960s, but he found his audience in the early 1970s, singing sensitive and gentle acoustic songs. He was part of a wave of singer-songwriters of the time that also included Joni Mitchell, Tom Rush, Cat Stevens, Carole King, John Denver, Jackson Browne as well as Carly Simon, whom Taylor later married. His 1976 album Greatest Hits was cer...
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Max Carl Adolf von Sydow, (born April 10, 1929) is an Academy Award-nominated Swedish actor, known in particular for his collaboration with filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. Height: 6' 3¼" (1.91 m) Early life Von Sydow was born Carl Adolf von Sydow to a wealthy family in Lund, Skåne, Sweden. His father, Carl Wilhelm von Sydow, was an ethnologist and professor of Irish, Scandinavian, and comparative folklore at the University of Lund. His mother, Friherrinnan (Baroness) Greta (Rappe), was a school... Biography of Jesse JACKSON
Jesse Louis Jackson, Sr. (born October 8, 1941) is an American civil rights activist and Baptist minister. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988 and served as "shadow senator" for the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1997. He was the founder of both entities that merged to form Rainbow/PUSH. Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr. is his eldest son. Early life Jackson was born Jesse Louis Burns in Greenville, South Carolina, to Helen Burns. Helen Burns was... Biography of Jeb BUSH
John Ellis "Jeb" Bush (born February 11, 1953), an American politician, was the 43rd Governor of Florida, as well as the first Republican to be re-elected to that office. He is a prominent member of the Bush family: the younger brother of current President George W. Bush; the older brother of Neil Bush, Marvin Bush and Dorothy Bush Koch; and the second son of former President George H. W. Bush and Barbara Bush. Early years John Ellis Bush was born in Midland, Texas, where his father was runn... Biography of Ramzy BEDIA
Ramzy Bédia, born March 10, 1972 in Paris, is a French actor and humorist. With Eric Judor, is a created the comic duo Eric et Ramzy. With French journalist Anne dePtrini, he has had a daughter, Ella, in June 2002. Filmography 1995 : Jamais deux sans toi...t (série télévisée) de Eric Assous et Alexandre Denim 1998-2002 : H (série télévisée) créée par Abd-el-Kader Aoun avec Jamel Debbouze 2001 : La Tour Montparnasse infernale 2003 : Pecan Pie (court métrage) 2004 : Les Nicole (série t... Biography of Alex RODRIGUEZ
Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez (born July 27, 1975 in New York, New York), commonly nicknamed A-Rod, is a Dominican American baseball player. He is currently the third baseman for the New York Yankees, after having played shortstop for the Seattle Mariners and Texas Rangers. Since 1996, his first full season, through 2007 he leads the Major Leagues in home runs (HR), runs scored, runs batted in (RBI), total bases and extra-base hits. He is currently first all-time in HR, runs scored and total b... Biography of Paul BETTANY
Paul Bettany (born May 27, 1971) is an English actor best known for his roles as Geoffrey Chaucer in A Knight's Tale, Charles Herman in A Beautiful Mind, Stephen Maturin in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Peter Colt in Wimbledon and as Silas in The Da Vinci Code. Height: 6' 3" (1.90 1/2 m) Early life Bettany was born in Harlesden, London to Thane Bettany, a drama teacher and actor, and Anne Kettle, a school secretary. He has an older sister, Sarah, and a younger brother, ... Biography of John KRASINSKI
John Burke Krasinski (born October 20, 1979) is an American actor, perhaps most widely known for playing Jim Halpert on NBC's The Office. Early life Krasinski was born in Brighton, Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Mary Clare (née Doyle), a nurse, and internist Dr. Ronald Krasinski. He has two older brothers and was raised Catholic. He played on the same Little League Baseball team and attended the same high school as B.J. Novak, later his co-star (Ryan Howard) on The Office and also a write... Biography of Jimmy SMITS
Jimmy Smits (born July 9, 1955) is a Golden Globe- and Emmy-winning American actor, primarily in movies, soap operas and television. Smits is perhaps best known for his long-running roles on the 1980s legal drama L.A. Law as Richard Dysart's youngest uptight law partner, Victor Sifuentes, who was also the firm's pro-bono lawyer (a role he played from 1986 to 1991), and as Dennis Franz's second partner, Det. Bobby Simone, in NYPD Blue (a role he played from 1994 to 1998), a police officer who was... Biography of Guy WILLIAMS
Guy Williams (born Armand Joseph Catalano) (January 14, 1924 - April 30, 1989) was an American actor and former fashion model, who played swashbuckling action heroes in the 1950s and 1960s, but never quite achieved movie-star status despite his appearance (including hazel eyes, 6'3" height, and 190 lb. weight) and charisma, which helped launch his early successful photographic modeling career. Among his most prominent achievements were two memorable TV series: Zorro (in black and white -- col... Biography of Frank RIJKAARD
Franklin Edmundo Rijkaard (born September 30, 1962 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch football manager and former player. Rijkaard has played for AFC Ajax, Real Zaragoza and AC Milan, and represented his national side 73 times, scoring 10 goals. Since 2003 he has been the manager of FC Barcelona. His mother is Dutch and his father is Afro-Surinamese. Height: 1m90 Playing career Ajax (1980-1987) Rijkaard was just 17, when Ajax coach Leo Beenhakker gave him his senior squad debut in 1980. He made... Biography of Chauncey BILLUPS
Chauncey Ray Billups (born September 25, 1976, in Denver, Colorado) is an American professional basketball player. Billups is the starting point guard and team captain for the National Basketball Association's Detroit Pistons. He played college basketball at the University of Colorado, where he was honored in 2004 as the fifth player to have his jersey (number 4) retired. His nickname is "Mr. Big Shot." He was the 2004 NBA Finals Most Valuable Player. He is also currently a member of the Unit... Biography of Georges Eugène HAUSSMANN
Georges-Eugène Haussmann (March 27, 1809 – January 11, 1891), who called himself Baron Haussmann, was a French civic planner whose name is associated with the rebuilding of Paris. He was born in Paris to a Protestant family from Alsace. Life The son of Nicolas Valentin Haussmann, a negociant, he was born in Paris and educated at the College Henri IV and subsequently studied law, attending simultaneously the classes at the Paris conservatory of music, for he was a good musician. He became sou... Biography of Liev SCHREIBER
Isaac Liev Schreiber (born October 4, 1967) is a Tony Award-winning American actor. He became known during the late 1990s and early 2000s, having initially appeared in several independent films, and later mainstream Hollywood films, including the Scream trilogy of horror films. Early life Schreiber was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Heather (née Milgram) and Tell Schreiber, a stage actor and director. His father is of Austrian, Irish, Swiss, and Scottish descent while his moth... Biography of Michael NOURI
Michael Nouri (born December 9, 1945) is an American television and film actor. He is known for his role as Nick Hurley, the boyfriend of Alex Owens (Jennifer Beals) in the 1983 movie blockbuster Flashdance. Recently, he had a recurring role in "The O.C." as Dr. Neil Roberts, the father of Summer Roberts (Rachel Bilson). Height: 6' 3" (1.91 m) Nouri was born in Washington, D.C. to Gloria (née Montgomery) and Edward Nouri, of Lebanese descent. His father, a businessman, worked in life insur... Biography of Peter SCHMEICHEL
Peter Bolesław Schmeichel MBE (IPA: , born 18 November 1963 in Gladsaxe, Denmark) is a retired Danish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and was voted the "World's Best Goalkeeper" in 1992 and 1993. He experienced his most successful years playing for English club Manchester United, with whom he won the 1999 UEFA Champions League to complete The Treble. He was a key member of the Denmark national football team which won the 1992 European Championship (Euro 92) tournament. ... Biography of Stewart GRANGER
Stewart Granger (May 6, 1913 – August 16, 1993), born James Lablache Stewart, was an English film actor, mainly associated with heroic and romantic leading roles. Tall, dark, dignified and handsome, Granger was a popular leading man in the 40s, 50s and 60s. Height : 6' 3" (1.90 1/2 m) He was born in London, and educated at Epsom College. The grandson of the actor Luigi Lablache, he was obliged to change his name in order to avoid being confused with the famous American actor James Stewart.... Biography of Tom GREEN
Michael Thomas "Tom" Green (born July 30, 1971) is a Canadian actor, rapper, writer and television host. He currently hosts the internet talk show Tom Green's House Tonight. Born in Pembroke, Ontario, Green grew up in suburban Ottawa. He pioneered a type of "shock humour" that began Jackass, Fear Factor and other reality shows. Rap Career In the early 1990s, Green had a short-lived career as a rapper in a group called Organized Rhyme. He came back in 2005 with his rap group, the Keeping it R... Biography of Richard ROUNDTREE
Richard Roundtree (born July 9, 1942) is an American actor and former male fashion model famous for portraying John Shaft in the film Shaft (1971) and in its two sequels, Shaft's Big Score (1972) and Shaft in Africa (1973). Height: 6' 3" (1.90 1/2 m) Personal life Roundtree was born in New Rochelle, New York, the son of Kathryn, a nurse and housekeeper, and John Roundtree, a caterer and garbage collector. He attended Southern Illinois University. Roundtree was diagnosed with breast cancer... Biography of Boris TADIC
Boris Tadić (Serbian: Борис Тадић; born January 15, 1958) is the current President of Serbia serving his second term. A psychologist by profession, he is a leader of the Democratic Party. Tadić was elected to a four-year term on June 27, 2004, and was sworn into office on July 11, 2004. He was reelected for a de facto second five-year term on February 3, 2008 and was sworn in on February 15. It is his de jure first term, as Ta... Biography of Brian McFADDEN
Brian Nicholas McFadden (born 12 April 1980 in Artane, Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish singer and songwriter. He is the brother of Grease actress Susan McFadden. Height: 6' 2¾" (1.90 m) Early years He worked as a security guard in McDonalds and as a bingo caller before finding fame with Westlife. McFadden's main interests have always been singing, dancing and football. Together with his sister he attended "Billie Barry Stage School'" in Dublin and performed as an actor onstage all major thea... Biography of Thierry OMEYER
Thierry Omeyer, born November 2, 1976 in Mulhouse, is a French handball player. Height : 1,91 m... Biography of Tom BAKER
Thomas Stewart Baker (born January 20, 1934) is an English actor. He is best known for playing the fourth incarnation of the Doctor in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who, a role he played from 1974 to 1981, and for being the narrator of the comedy series Little Britain. Height: 6' 3" (1.90 1/2 m) Early life Baker was born in Liverpool. His Jewish father, John Stewart Baker, was a sailor who was rarely at home, resulting in Baker's being raised largely by his Iri... Biography of Arnold VOSLOO
Arnold Vosloo (born 16 June 1962) is a South African-born U.S. actor, known for playing the title role in the 1999 film The Mummy and its sequel, The Mummy Returns. More recently, he played a South African Mercenary named Colonel Coetzee in the film Blood Diamond. Early life Vosloo was born in Pretoria, South Africa into an acting family, his parents having been stage-actors, and the family moved around quite a lot. They lived in Port Elizabeth, where his father ran a drive-in theatre, and A... Biography of Joe Don MEREDITH
Joseph Don "Dandy Don" Meredith (born April 10, 1938 in Mount Vernon, Texas) is a retired American football quarterback in the NFL who played for the Dallas Cowboys, a former football commentator, and entertainer. Football career Meredith played college football at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, where he started at quarterback for 3 years, leading the Southwest Conference in passing completion percentage each year and getting selected as an All-American in 1958 and 1959. Meredith ... Biography of Jeff DANIELS
Jeffrey Warren "Jeff" Daniels (born February 19, 1955) is an American actor, musician and playwright. Early life Daniels was born in Athens, Georgia and grew up in Chelsea, Michigan, where his father, Robert Lee Daniels, ran a local lumber yard. He was raised in the Methodist religion. Daniels attended Central Michigan University and participated in their theater program before dropping out during his junior year to move to New York City. His first performance in New York was in The Shortcha... Biography of Sam CASSELL
Samuel James Cassell (born November 18, 1969 in Baltimore, Maryland), commonly referred to as Sam Cassell, is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the NBA's Boston Celtics. The 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m), 185 lb (84 kg/13.2 st) point guard was selected out of Florida State University by the Houston Rockets with the 24th overall pick in the 1993 NBA Draft and won two NBA Championships in his first two seasons in the league as a member of the Rockets. He was voted into the NB... Biography of Robert DAVI
Robert Davi (born June 26, 1953) is an American character actor. Davi is best remembered for his role as the villain Franz Sanchez in the James Bond film Licence to Kill, but also played roles such as Special Agent Johnson in Die Hard and the villainous, singing Fratelli brother, Jake, in The Goonies. Early life Davi was born in Astoria, Queens, New York to Maria (nee Rullo) and Sal Davi. His mother was an Italian American and his father was a native of Southern Italy; Davi spoke Italian dur... Biography of Elliott GOULD
Elliott Gould (born August 29, 1938) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor. He became known during the 1970s, having starred in many Hollywood films, and has since continued appearing in supporting roles. Early life Gould was born Elliott Goldstein in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. His mother, Lucille (née Raver), sold artificial flowers to beauty shops, and his father, Bernard Goldstein, worked in the garment business. He graduated from the Pro... Biography of Peter COYOTE
Peter Coyote (born October 10, 1941) is an American actor and author, and has narrated many documentaries and audio books. His voice work includes narrating the opening ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics. He has also served as a producer during Oscar telecasts. He is one of the founders, with Emmett Grogan, of the Diggers, an anarchist group active in Haight- Ashbury during the mid-1960's. The Diggers were known for operating without money and fed nearly 600 people a day for "free" as well as ... Biography of Harry de la ROCHE
Harry de la Roche, born September 23, 1958 in Englewood, New Jersey, is an American homicide; he killed his mother, father and two brothers (15 and 12 years old), November 24, 1976 around 3:00 AM. Harry was given life in prison.... Biography of Janet RENO
Janet Reno (born July 21, 1938) was the first and to date only female Attorney General of the United States (1993–2001). She was nominated by President Bill Clinton on February 11, 1993, and confirmed on March 11. She was the second longest serving Attorney General after William Wirt. Reno's father, Henry Reno (original surname Rasmussen), immigrated to the United States from Denmark and for forty-three years was a police reporter for the Miami Herald. Jane Wood, Reno's mother, raised her chi... Biography of Bernie MAC
Bernard Jeffrey McCullough (October 5, 1957 – August 9, 2008), better known by the stage name Bernie Mac, was an American actor and comedian. Born and raised on the South Side of Chicago, Mac gained popularity as a stand-up comedian. He joined comedians Steve Harvey, Cedric the Entertainer and D.L. Hughley as The Original Kings of Comedy. After briefly hosting the HBO show Midnight Mac, Mac appeared in several movies in smaller roles. His most notable movie role was as Frank Catton in the rem... Biography of Thelonious MONK
Thelonious Sphere Monk (October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was a jazz pianist and composer. Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to the standard jazz repertoire (including his classic works "'Round Midnight" and "Blue Monk"). He is often regarded as a founder of bebop, although his playing style evolved away from the form. His compositions and improvisations are full of dissonant harmonies and angular melodic twists, and are impossible to separate from Mo... Biography of Danny AIELLO
Daniel Louis Aiello, Jr. (born June 20, 1933) is an Academy Award-nominated, Emmy Award-winning American actor who has appeared in numerous motion pictures, including Once Upon a Time in America, Ruby, The Godfather: Part II, Hudson Hawk, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Moonstruck, Léon: The Professional, Two Days in the Valley, and Dinner Rush. He had a pivotal role in the 1989 Spike Lee film Do the Right Thing, earning a nomination for a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for his portrayal of Sal, ... Biography of Carlos MOYA
Carlos Moyà Llompart (born August 27, 1976), also known as Carles Moyà, Carlos Moyá and Carlos Moya, is a former world number one tennis player from Spain. He was French Open singles champion in 1998 and was singles finalist at the 1997 Australian Open. In 2004 he helped his country win the Davis Cup. He currently resides in Switzerland. Although he plays with his right hand he is naturally left handed - the opposite of fellow Mallorcan Rafael Nadal. Height 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) Weight 86 kg (... Biography of Jens LEHMANN
Jens Lehmann (German; pronounced ; born November 10, 1969 in Essen) is a German football goalkeeper who currently plays for VfB Stuttgart and for the German national team. He was voted UEFA Club Goalkeeper of the Year for 2005-06, and he has been selected for three World Cup squads. Club career Schalke 04 Lehmann started his career in 1988 with Schalke 04, playing for them for nearly a decade. His first years were rocky, notably a game against Bayer Leverkusen in 1993 in which he concede... Biography of Radivoje BUKVIC
Radivoje Bukvic (or Rasha Bukvic) , born November 11, 1979 in Sombor, is a Serbian actor. Filmography (source: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1366568/ ) Largo Winch (2008) (post-production) .... Goran Femme invisible, La (2008) (post-production) .... Jean "Cour des grands, La" .... Vlad (1 episode, 2008) - Félix (2008) TV episode (as Rasha Bukvic) .... Vlad Taken (2008) .... Anton ... aka Taken (France) "Stizu dolari 2" .... Danilo Scepanovic (17 episodes, 2006) - Episode #1.2...
Biography of Robin SODERLING
Robin Söderling (born 14 August 1984) is a professional tennis player from Sweden. Currently, he is the only Swede on top 100 in the ATP Rankings. On May 31, 2009 he became the first and only player to defeat Rafael Nadal at the French Open. Early career Robin Söderling made his first steps in international tennis in November 1998 in Luxembourg, when at the age of 14 he played his first official junior tournament, losing the opening match to Fred Hemmes Jr. In his first full year in the juni... Biography of Victor McLAGEN
Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen (December 10, 1886 - November 7, 1959) was an Academy Award winning English actor, boxer and World War I veteran. McLaglen was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. His father, a bishop, moved the family to South Africa when McLaglen was a child. He had four brothers who also became actors, Arthur (1888-1972), an actor and sculptor, and Clifford (1892-1978), Cyril (1899-1987), and Kenneth (c. 1901-1979). Other siblings included Frederick (b. c1882), ... Biography of Omar SY
Omar Sy (born in January 20, 1978 in Trappes, France) is a French actor and humorist of Senegalese origins. He is best known for his comic duet with Fred Testot. Filmography 2000 : La Tour Montparnasse infernale de Charles Nemes 2002 : Astérix et Obélix : Mission Cléopâtre d'Alain Chabat 2002 : Le Raid de Djamel Bensalah 2002 : Le Boulet d'Alain Berberian et Frédéric Forestier 2002 : Samouraïs de Giordano Gederlini 2002 : Si j'étais lui film TV de Philippe Triboit 2003 : La Beuz... Biography of Eric RAOULT
Éric Raoult (Paris, 19 June 1955) is a French right-wing politician, currently affiliated to the Union for a Popular Movement. Political carrer Raoult started his political career as aid to the major of Le Raincy, in 1983. He was first elected deputy in 1986. In 1995, Raoult was Minister in charge of "integration and activities against exclusion. He has been major of Le Raincy since 1995. Raoult was elected deputy for Seine-Saint-Denis in 2002. He is the vice-president of the Nation... Biography of Terry BRADSHAW
Terry Paxton Bradshaw (born September 2, 1948) is a former American football quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Football League (NFL). He is currently a football analyst and co-host of FOX NFL Sunday. In a six-year span, he won an unprecedented four Super Bowl titles with Pittsburgh (1974, 1975, 1978 and 1979), becoming the first quarterback to do so, and led the Steelers to eight AFC Central championships. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1989 in his f... Biography of John CANDY
John Franklin Candy (October 31, 1950 – March 4, 1994) was a Canadian comedian and actor. He rose to fame as a member of the Toronto, Canada, branch of The Second City, often playing lovable losers and characters with bad luck but big hearts. Candy died of a heart attack in 1994. His film roles were mostly comedic. Candy's daughter, Jennifer is an actress and television producer, having production credits for the television series Prom Queen and Sam Has 7 Friends. Early life & career Cand... Biography of Alex KARRAS
Alexander George Karras (born July 15, 1935 in Gary, Indiana), is a former football player, professional wrestler, and actor who is best known for playing with the National Football League's Detroit Lions from 1958-1962 and 1964-1971. In addition, he starred on the ABC sitcom Webster, alongside real-life wife Susan Clark, as the titular character's adoptive father. College career Alex Karras is the son of Dr. George Karras, a Greek immigrant who graduated from Chicago and got his medical deg... Biography of Thomas ENQVIST
Thomas Enqvist (born March 13, 1974 in Stockholm) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden, who played on the ATP circuit since turning pro in 1991. He announced his retirement from tennis in April, 2006. He was quickly touted as the only Swede who could follow in the footsteps of Stefan Edberg and Björn Borg, and was ranked as high as No. 4 (which he attained in 1999) on the ATP Rankings. Enqvist was a force on the Swedish Davis Cup team. In 1997, he helped Sweden reach the fina... Biography of Coby BELL
Coby Scott Bell was born on 11 May 1975, in Orange County, California. He is an American Actor best known for his role as Police Officer Tyrone Davis Jr on Third Watch. Personal Coby is married to Aviss Pinkney-Bell and has twin girls with her. Serrae and Jaena, were born June 21st, 2003. Coby's father is renowned Broadway veteran Michel Bell. He is an honors graduate of San Jose State University, California. In his spare time Coby serves as a Big Brother for Long Beach Volunteer Patro... Biography of Petr KORDA
Petr Korda (Pronounced: KOR-da ) (b. January 23, 1968, in Prague, Czechoslovakia) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. He is best known for winning the Australian Open in 1998 and for becoming the first well-known player to be suspended for ingesting a banned substance shortly thereafter. Height 6'3 (190 cm) Weight 160 lbs (72 kg) Career Junior Korda first came to the tennis world's attention as a promising junior player. In 1985, he partnered with fellow ... Biography of Claudia POLL
Claudia Maria Poll Ahrens (born December 21, 1972) is a Nicaraguan-born swimmer, with Costa Rican citizenship. Height: 6'3" (190.5 cm) Weight: 168 lbs (76 kg) Career Poll was born in Managua, Nicaragua. Her parents were Germans who settled in Nicaragua where they had Claudia and her older sister Silvia Poll. After the 1972 earthquake of Managua and rising political problems, Claudia's parents decided to move south to Costa Rica. Poll became a citizen of Costa Rica in 1993. She began swimm... Biography of Christophe JUILLET
Christophe Juillet, born March 20, 1969 in Villeneuve sur Lot, is a French former rugby player.... Biography of James d'ARCY
James D'Arcy is an English actor. He was born 24 August 1975 in London, England. James D'Arcy (birth name Simon D'Arcy) was born and brought up in Fulham and fell into acting almost by accident. After completing his education at Christ's Hospital (1984-1991), D'Arcy went to Australia for a year and worked in the drama department of a school in Perth, which gave him an interest in acting. When he returned to London he applied for drama school. He did a three-year course at LAMDA, the London Ac... Biography of Moises ALOU
Moisés Rojas Alou (born July 3, 1966 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an All-Star outfielder in Major League Baseball, who plays for the New York Mets. He comes from a Dominican family in which baseball is a way of life. His father Felipe, who managed Moises with the Expos from 1992 to 1996 and the Giants in 2005 and 2006, as well as uncles Matty and Jesús, and cousin Mel Rojas, all had long careers in the Major Leagues. As of 2006, he was one of six active Major Leaguers (along with David Bell, Barry Bo... Biography of Billy Jack HAYNES
William Haynes, Jr. (born July 10, 1953 in Portland, Oregon) is a retired American professional wrestler better known as Billy Jack Haynes. Career Billy Jack Haynes (born William Haynes, Jr.) started wrestling in 1982 at the age of 28. He trained in Stu Hart's infamous "Dungeon" and briefly wrestled in Hart's Stampede Wrestling under his given name, forming a tag team with Bruce Hart. He started wrestling as Billy Jack in the Pacific Northwest (PNW) territory but had to change his name when ... Biography of Joel SCHUMACHER
Joel Schumacher (born August 29, 1939 in New York, New York, USA) is an American film director, writer and producer. He is best known for directing St. Elmo's Fire, The Lost Boys, Falling Down, The Client, Batman Forever, A Time to Kill and Batman & Robin. Career Early life and career Schumacher was born in New York City. His Marian mother, who is Jewish, is Swedish and his father Frank is a Baptist from Knoxville, Tennessee, who died when Joel was four years old. He studied at Parsons T... Biography of David WALLIAMS
David Walliams (born David Williams, August 20, 1971) is an English comedy actor, best known for his partnership with Matt Lucas in the sketch show Little Britain. Height: 6' 3" (1.90 1/2 m) Born to Peter (a London Transport engineer) and Kathleen Williams (a lab technician) in Surrey, Walliams was raised in Banstead. Both his parents appeared in The Friday Night Project, as their son David was the guest star on the new show. Walliams was educated at Reigate Grammar School, where he was a ... Biography of Rodrigo SANTORO
Rodrigo Junqueira dos Reis Santoro (born August 22, 1975) is a Brazilian actor. Career In 1993, as Santoro was studying Journalism at PUC-Rio, he entered the Actor's Workshop of Rede Globo. Santoro went on to play parts in many of Globo's telenovelas, such as Olho no Olho (1993), Pátria Minha (1994), Explode Coração (1995), O Amor Está no Ar (1997), Suave Veneno (1999) and Mulheres Apaixonadas (2003), as well as the miniseries Hilda Furacão (1998), in the role of a priest. Santoro also did t... Biography of Matthew LILLARD
Matthew Lyn Lillard (born January 24, 1970) is an American actor. He is probably best known for his role as Stevo in SLC Punk, Shaggy Rogers in the Scooby-Doo film series, and Stu Macher in Scream. Lillard was born in Lansing, Michigan, and grew up in Tustin, California. After high school, he was hired as an extra for Ghoulies 3: Ghoulies Go to College (1991). He attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Pasadena, California, with fellow actor Paul Rudd, and later, the theater school Cir... Biography of Phil MICKELSON
Philip Alfred Mickelson (born June 16, 1970) (nicknamed "Lefty" for his left-handed swing, even though he is otherwise right-handed), is an American professional golfer. He is one of the leading players of his generation, having won three major championships and a total of 34 events on the PGA Tour. He has reached a career high world ranking of 2nd in multiple years. Height 6 ft 3 in (1.90 1/2 m) Weight 200 lb (91 kg) Career summary Early years through college Mickelson was born in ... Biography of Joël ABATI
Joël Marc Abati (born April 25, 1970 in Fort-de-France, Martinique) is a French handball player, currently playing for Montpellier HB in France. Before joining Montpellier HB, Abati played ten years for SC Magdeburg in Germany. History Espoir de Floreal (France) 1990-91 : Saint Michel sur Orges (France) 1991-92 : Levallois (France) 1992-95 : USM Gagny (France) 1995-97 : US Créteil (France) 1997-2007 : SC Magdeburg (Germany) since 2007: Montpellier HB (France) Honors ... Biography of Ernests GULBIS
Ernests Gulbis (born August 30, 1988) is a tennis player from Latvia. He is currently ranked 80th in the world for singles, and 241st for doubles. Gulbis is coached by Karl Heinz Wetter. He used to be coached by Nikola Pilić, the former Yugoslavian tennis player and Croatian and German Davis Cup captain, and trained at the Niki Pilic Tennis Academy in Germany since he was 12. Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Weight 76 kg (170 lb) Personal life Gulbis first started playing tennis with his ... Biography of Mel FERRER
Mel Ferrer (August 25, 1917 – June 2, 2008) was an American actor, film director and film producer. Early life Melchior Gaston Ferrer was born in Elberon, New Jersey. His Cuba-born father, Dr. José María Ferrer (died 1920), was a surgeon and a chief of staff of St. Vincent's Hospital in New York City. His mother, the former M.M. Irene O'Donohue (died 1967), was a daughter of Joseph O'Donohue, New York's City Commissioner of Parks, a founder of the Coffee Exchange, and a founder of the Brookl... Biography of Paul LEYDEN
Paul Leyden (b. Paul Augustine Leyden on December 16, 1972) is an Australian actor. He currently best known as playing the role of Simon Frasier on the daytime soap opera As The World Turns. Biography Leyden was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia, by his parents, John and Ros Leyden. He is one of five children. The actor starred in the mini-series Tribe, and can be seen in episodes of Farscape, BeastMaster and Home and Away. Leyden's hobbies include playing outdoor sports, the sax... Biography of Gavin NEWSOM
Gavin Christopher Newsom (born October 10, 1967) is the current mayor of San Francisco. A Democrat, Newsom was elected mayor in 2003, succeeding Willie Brown and becoming San Francisco's youngest mayor in 100 years. Before his political career, Newsom graduated from Santa Clara University in 1989 with a Bachelor of Arts in political science. He started the PlumpJack Wine Shop in 1992 that grew into a multi-million dollar enterprise. He was first appointed by Willie Brown to serve on San Franc... Biography of David "SHARK" FRALICK
David Fralick (born on 16 October 1962 in Coral Gables, Florida) is an American actor who portrays the recurring character of Larry Warton on The Young and the Restless. Fralick has also starred alongside Nicholas Cage in feature film Gone in Sixty Seconds and Jean-Claude Van Damme in Desert Heat.... Biography of Robert REED
Robert Reed (October 19, 1932 – May 12, 1992) was an Emmy Award-nominated American stage and television actor. Biography Early life Reed was born John Robert Rietz in Highland Park, Illinois, the son of Helen (née Teaverbaugh) and John R. Rietz. Reed spent much of his childhood in Muskogee, Oklahoma, and later studied Shakespeare in college. He was educated at Northwestern University and later transferred to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, UK. Career He first gained f... Biography of Gabrielle REECE
Gabrielle Allyse Reece (born 6 January 1970) is an American professional volleyball player, sports announcer, and fashion model. Early Life Reece was born in La Jolla, California, to a mother from Long Island, New York, and a Trinidadian father - who died when she was five years old. Her height is inherited mostly from her mother. She was raised in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, and she returned to the U.S. mainland for the eleventh grade. Reece didn't take up sports until then (the 1... Biography of John CALIPARI
John Vincent Calipari (born February 10, 1959, in Moon Township (a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a former professional and current college basketball coach. Since 2000, he has been the head coach of the University of Memphis men's basketball team. Calipari lettered two years at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington before transferring to Clarion State, where he graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Marketing. He played point guard at Clarion during the 1981 and 1982 seasons, le... Biography of Mikko LINDSTROM (HIM)
Mikko Viljami Lindström (born August 12, 1976) is the lead guitarist of the Finnish rock band, HIM. Lindström is commonly called by his nickname, Linde. Biography Lindström was born near Helsinki, Finland and during his childhood, his father (Olli) worked as an engineer and his mother (Riita) as a stewardess on Finnair, the national airline. Linde also has a younger brother named Jude, who was born four years after Linde. Linde was an introverted boy notable only for his bobbed blond hair a... Biography of Christopher McDONALD
Christopher McDonald (born February 15, 1955) is an American actor. He is known for playing pompous, arrogant and/or villainous characters, such as Shooter McGavin from Happy Gilmore and Tappy Tibbons from Requiem for a Dream. Personal life McDonald was born in New York City, the son of Patricia, a nursing professor and real estate agent, and James McDonald, an educator. He was raised in upstate Romulus, New York and is a graduate of Hobart College in Geneva, New York, where he was an active... Biography of Jean-Christophe ROLLAND
Jean-Christophe Rolland, born July 3, 1968 in Condrieu, is a French rower. Results (in French) Olympics Gold medal 2000 Bronze medal 1996 World Championship Gold medal 1993 Gold medal 1997 Silver medal 1994 Silver medal 1999 Bronze medal 1995... Biography of Laurent HERNU
Laurent Philippe Hernu, born August 22, 1976 in Creil, is a French athlete (Decathlon).... Biography of Tom LAUGHLIN
Tom Laughlin (born August 10, 1931) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, author, psychologist, and political activist. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Laughlin is best known for his series of Billy Jack films. Background Laughlin began his on-screen acting career in the 1955 feature film Climax! From there he went on to appear in numerous feature films including: These Wilder Years, Tea and Sympathy and South Pacific. He also appeared in s... Biography of Troy DONAHUE
Troy Donahue (January 27, 1936 – September 2, 2001) was an American actor, known for being a teen idol. Born Merle Johnson, Jr., Donahue was initially a journalism student at Columbia University before he decided to become an actor in Hollywood, where he was represented by Rock Hudson's agent, Henry Willson. According to Robert Hofler's 2005 biography, The Man Who Invented Rock Hudson: The Pretty Boys and Dirty Deals of Henry Willson, Willson tried out the name Troy on Rory Calhoun and James ... Biography of Nick FALDO
Nicholas "Nick" Alexander Faldo (born 18 July 1957) is an English professional golfer on the European Tour, and is one of Europe's most successful players ever. Over his career, he has won three Open Championship titles and three US Masters titles. He was ranked the World No. 1 on the Official World Golf Rankings for a total of 98 weeks. In 2006, Faldo became the lead golf analyst for CBS Sports. Tournament career Faldo was born in Welwyn Garden City, England. He borrowed some clubs from hi... Biography of James ELLROY
James Ellroy (born Lee Earle Ellroy on March 4, 1948 in Los Angeles, California) is an American writer. Ellroy is a best-selling crime writer and essayist with a "telegraphic" writing style, which omits words other writers would consider necessary, and often features sentence fragments. Other hallmarks of his work include dense plotting and a relentlessly pessimistic worldview. Ellroy has been called the "Demon Dog of American crime fiction." In 1958, his mother, the former Geneva Hilliker... Biography of Rory CALHOUN
Rory Calhoun (August 8, 1922 – April 28, 1999) was an American television and film actor, screenwriter, and producer best known for his roles in Westerns. Early life Born Francis Timothy McCown in Los Angeles, California, Calhoun was raised in Santa Cruz, California. When he was nine months old, his father died. After his mother remarried, he occasionally used the last name of his stepfather, Durgin. At the age of thirteen, his theft of a revolver landed him in the California Youth Authority... Biography of Walter MATTHAU
Walter John Matthau (October 1, 1920 – July 1, 2000) was an American award-winning actor best known for his role as Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple and his frequent collaborations with fellow Odd Couple star Jack Lemmon. Early life Walter Matthau was born in New York City's Lower East Side on October 1, 1920, the son of Russian – Jewish immigrants. His original surname is often shown as Matuschanskayasky, but this is not true (see Matuschanskayasky below for a detailed discussion). As a youn... Biography of Christopher JUDGE
Douglas Christopher Judge (born October 13, 1964 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor of African American and Cherokee Native descent. He attended the University of Oregon on a football scholarship, and was an all Pacific Ten Conference player. One of his first roles was in a 1990 episode of MacGyver with future Stargate co-star Richard Dean Anderson. Judge is best known for playing Teal'c in Stargate SG-1. He has written several episodes of Stargate SG-1, most of which deal with ... Biography of Danny DARWIN
Daniel Wayne "Danny" Darwin (born October 25, 1955 in Bonham, Texas), known as the "Bonham Bullet" is a former pitcher of Major League Baseball. He amassed 171 wins and 182 losses over his career for 8 different Major League teams with a 4.07 earned run average. He is currently the pitching coach for the Great Lakes Loons (A)- in Midland Michigan. Early life Danny attended Bonham High School and Grayson County College. He signed as an undrafted free agent with the Texas Rangers on May 10, 19... Biography of James VALENTINE (MAROON5)
James Valentine (born James Burgon Valentine, October 5, 1978, Lincoln, Nebraska) is an American musician. He is best known as the guitarist for the pop rock group Maroon 5. Valentine played in Lincoln bands Kid Quarkstar, Mondello,and Happy Dog. In 2000, Happy Dog changed its name to Square and he moved to Los Angeles, California from Anaheim, California where he taught private guitar lessons out of his home. Eventually the members of Square and Kara's Flowers became friends and when Kara... Biography of Francesco DAMIANI
Francesco Damiani (born October 4, 1958 in Bagnacavallo) was an Italian boxer who at age 25 won the Super Heavyweight Silver medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. He was the first WBO heavyweight champion. Amateur 1981 in Tampere und 1983 in Warna he became European champion beating Ulli Kaden. At the 1982 World Amateur Boxing Championships he beat Teofilo Stevenson but lost to Tyrell Biggs in the Final. At the Olympics 1984 he again lost to Biggs in the Final . ... Biography of Robert MATHIAS
Robert Bruce Mathias (November 17, 1930 - September 2, 2006) was an American decathlete, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and United States Congressman. Early life and athletic career Bob Mathias was born in Tulare, California and took up the decathlon at the suggestion of his coach, Virgil Jackson, at Tulare High School early in 1948. During the summer, he qualified for the United States Olympic team for the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London. In the Olympics, Mathias' naïveté for the d... Biography of Lee HORSLEY
Lee Horsley (born May 15, 1955, in Muleshoe, Texas) is an American actor best known for his starring roles on the television shows Nero Wolfe (1981), Matt Houston (1982–1985) and Paradise (1988–1991). Early life Lee Arthur Horsley was born in the small town of Muleshoe, the seat of Bailey County in the western Texas Panhandle, but he grew up in the Denver, Colorado, area. From an early age, he displayed his vocal talents in his church choir. After gaining recognition, he toured in stage prod... Biography of Jerry RICHARDSON
Jerry Richardson (born July 18, 1936 in Spring Hope, North Carolina) is the current majority owner and founder of the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League. Richardson is a graduate of Fayetteville High School and Wofford College, where he played wide receiver and set several school records. Richardson was taken in the thirteenth round of the 1959 NFL Draft by the Baltimore Colts. His playing career only lasted two years catching fifteen passes for 171 yards and four touchdowns. H... Biography of Dwight LOWRY
Dwight Lowry, born Dwight Lowery (October 23, 1957 - July 10, 1997) was a catcher in Major League Baseball who played with the Detroit Tigers in 1984, 1986, and 1987, and for the Minnesota Twins in 1988. Born in Lumberton, North Carolina, Lowry attended the University of North Carolina before playing professional baseball. Lowry lettered with the Tar Heels in 1977, 1979, and 1980. He was drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 11th round of the 1980 amateur draft, but did not make his major lea... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||