Male Actors
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Ricardo Cortez (September 19, 1899 – April 28, 1977) was an American film actor who began his career during the silent film era Born Jacob Krantz in New York City (Vienna is often incorrectly cited as his place of birth) into a Jewish family, he worked on Wall Street in a broker's office and as a boxer before his looks got him into the film business. Hollywood executives changed his name to Cortez to appeal to film-goers as a "Latin lover" to compete with such highly popular actors of the era as Rudolph Valentino, Ramon Novarro and Antonio Moreno. When rumour began to circulate that Cortez was not actually Spanish, the studios tried to pass him off as a different type of…
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James Michael Imperioli (born March 26, 1966), commonly known as Michael Imperioli, is an American actor and television writer. He is perhaps best known for his role as Christopher Moltisanti on The Sopranos. He also appeared as Det. Ed Green's temporary replacement, Det. Nick Falco, in the TV drama series Law & Order. Imperioli spent the 2008-2009 television season as Detective Ray Carling in the US version of Life on Mars. He plays Len Fenerman in The Lovely Bones. Life and career Imperioli, an Italian American, was born in Mount Vernon, New York, the son of Dan Imperioli, a bus driver and amateur actor. In his early childhood he went to St. Catherine's in Ringwoo…
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James King Arness (May 26, 1923 – June 3, 2011)[3] was an American actor, best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon in the television series Gunsmoke for 20 years. Arness has the distinction of having played the role of Dillon in five separate decades: 1955 to 1975 in the weekly series, then in Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge (1987) and four more made-for-TV Gunsmoke movies in the 1990s. In Europe Arness reached cult status for his role as Zeb Macahan in the western series How the West Was Won. His younger brother was actor Peter Graves. Early life Arness was born James Aurness in Minneapolis; he would drop the "u" later. His parents were Rolf Cirkler Aurness (July 22, 18…
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John Franklin Candy (October 31, 1950 – March 4, 1994) was a Canadian actor and comedian. He rose to fame as a member of the Toronto, Ontario branch of The Second City, its related Second City Television series, and in his role in comedy films such as Stripes, Splash, Cool Runnings, The Great Outdoors, Spaceballs, and Uncle Buck. One of his most renowned onscreen performances was that of Del Griffith, the loquacious, on the move, shower curtain ring salesman in the John Hughes comedy Planes, Trains and Automobiles. Early life and career Candy was born in the suburban town of Newmarket, Ontario, son of Sidney James Candy and his wife Evangeline (Aker) Candy. He was raise…
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Leslie William Nielsen, OC (11 February 1926 – 28 November 2010) was a Canadian and naturalized American actor and comedian. Nielsen appeared in more than one hundred films and 1,500 television programs over the span of his career, portraying more than 220 characters. Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Nielsen enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force and worked as a disc jockey before receiving a scholarship to Neighborhood Playhouse. Making his television debut in 1948, he quickly expanded to over 50 television appearances two years later. Nielsen made his film debut in 1956, and began collecting roles in dramas, westerns, and romance films. Nielsen's performances in the film…
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Started with Netflix series "The Last Kingdom" recently and the main actor Alexander Dreymon is just... well... delicious and needed a own thread here If you like series like "Game of Thrones" or "Vikings" you have to watch it!!! Biography Alexander Dreymon (born February 7, 1983) is a German-born actor, best known for portraying Uhtred of Bebbanburg in BBC Two’s The Last Kingdom. Dreymon was born Alexander Doetsch in Germany and grew up in France, Switzerland, Germany and the USA. He studied in Paris, then trained for three years at Drama Centre London. Dreymon appeared on stage in London and Paris before making his screen debut …
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Scott Hamilton Bairstow, born April 23, 1970 in Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada, is an actor. He played the character Ned Grayson on the dramatic American television series Party of Five. He also played the character of Newt Call on two different Canadian series -- Lonesome Dove: The Series and Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years, and appeared in the short-lived Harsh Realm. In 1994 he married Marty Rich and together they had two sons, Casey William (1995) and Dalton (1998). In 2000 they divorced. In December 2003, Bairstow pleaded guilty to second degree assault after having been accused of having unlawful sexual intercourse with a 12-year-old girl related to his ex-wife back …
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Henry Albert "Hank" Azaria (born April 25, 1964) is an American film, television and stage actor, director, comedian. He is noted for being one of the principal voice actors on the animated television series The Simpsons. He performs the voices of Moe Szyslak, Police Chief Clancy Wiggum, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon as well as numerous other characters. He became more widely known through his appearances in films such as The Birdcage, Godzilla, and Along Came Polly. He starred in the drama Huff, playing the titular character, to critical acclaim, as well as appearing in the popular stage musical Spamalot. Originally more of a comic actor, in recent years Azaria has taken on mo…
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Malcolm McDowell (born 13 June 1943) is an English actor with a career spanning over forty years. McDowell is principally known for his roles in the controversial films If...., Caligula and A Clockwork Orange, as well as O Lucky Man!. His versatility as an actor has led to his presence in many films and television series of different genres, including Tank Girl, Star Trek Generations, the TV serial Our Friends in the North, Entourage, Heroes, Metalocalypse, animated film Bolt and the 2007 remake of Halloween and the 2009 sequel Halloween II. He is also well known for his narration of the seminal 1982 documentary, The Compleat Beatles. Early life McDowell was born Malc…
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Joel Edward McHale (born November 20, 1971) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, television producer, television personality, and voice artist. He is best known for hosting The Soup and for his role as Jeff Winger on Community. source (wiki)
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Tobias Moretti (born Tobias Bloéb on July 11, 1959) is an Austrian actor. Moretti appeared in the TV series Inspector Rex from 1994 to 1998 as Richard Moser, the main policeman in the murder unit. Born in Gries am Brenner, Tyrol, Moretti is the eldest of four brothers. His brothers are named Tomas, Cristoph and Gregor. Since 1997 he has been married to Julia Moretti. They have three children, Antonia (born August 1998), Lenz Valentino (born February 2000) and Rosa Cäcilia (born February 2011). His professional surname comes from his mother, who is Italian.
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John Love Boles (October 28, 1895 – February 27, 1969) was an American actor. Early life Boles was born in Greenville, Texas, into a middle-class family. He graduated with honors from the University of Texas in 1917 and married Marielite Dobbs in that same year. His parents wanted him to be a doctor and Boles studied and finally got his B.A. degree, but the stage called. John Boles preferred acting and singing, and he demonstrated talents for them from an early age and this won him a place alongside Gloria Swanson when she chose him to play in film with her. During World War I, he was a US spy in Germany, Bulgaria, and Turkey. Career He started out in Hollywood in the…
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So like, pray for him or whatever you do ... EDIT: I did some news reading. On APR 29, it was reported that he should be able to go back to work when released from the hospital.
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Noah Lindsey Beery (August 10, 1913 – November 1, 1994), known professionally as Noah Beery, Jr. or just Noah Beery, was an American actor specializing in warm, friendly character parts similar to the ones played by his uncle Wallace Beery, although Noah Beery, Jr., unlike his uncle, seldom broke away from playing supporting roles. His father, Noah Nicholas Beery (known professionally as Noah Beery or Noah Beery, Sr.), enjoyed a similarly lengthy film career as a supporting actor. Beery was best known as James Garner's father, Joseph "Rocky" Rockford, in the 1970s television series The Rockford Files. Life and career Beery was born in New York City, New York where his fat…
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Richard "Dick" Semler Barthelmess (May 9, 1895 – August 17, 1963) was an Oscar-nominated silent film star. The son of an actress, Barthelmess was educated at Hudson River Military Academy at Nyack and Trinity College at Hartford, Connecticut. His father died when he was a baby and his mother earned her living on stage, so he worked in theatres in his early days, between schooling, doing "walk-ons". This led to acting in college, doing amateur productions. Russian actress Alla Nazimova, a friend of the family, had been taught English by Barthelmess's mother. Nazimova in return convinced Barthelmess to try acting professionally and he made his first film appearance in 1916…
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Jason Clarke Jason Clarke (born 17 July 1969) is an Australian actor. Clarke was born in Winton, Queensland, Australia, and was raised in a "remote part" of Queensland.[1][2] His father worked as a sheep shearer.[3] Clarke has made many Australian television appearances, including Murder Call, Wildside, Home and Away, Blue Heelers, All Saints, Farscape, White Collar Blue, and Stingers. He played Tommy Caffee on the Showtime series Brotherhood. Clarke has appeared in such films as The Human Contract, Death Race, Public Enemies, and Rabbit-Proof Fence. In the film Death Race, he played Ulrich. Clarke played "Red" Hamilton in the 2009 Michael Mann film Public Enemies.[4] In …
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