Celebrity Names with the Letter J: Part 1
A list of as many celebs I can come up with the names that start with the letter J. Enjoy!
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- J Barton was born in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. He is known for Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003), Boston Public (2000) and Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997).
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A graduate of Carnegie Mellon's acting conservatory, Grant has appeared on and off-Broadway and in several regional theater productions throughout the country. Favorite's include 'What the Butler Saw','Later Life','A Chorus Line' and 'The Illusion', at theater's which include Circle in the Square, Manhattan Theater Club, Hartford Stage and Cleveland Playhouse. After a debilitating spinal cord condition left him reliant on a cane or wheelchair, he left New York for Los Angeles where he continues to work in TV and film. He has appeared on such shows as 'C.S.I.NY', 'The Guardian', 'Just Shoot Me', 'Any Day now'', and 'Malcolm in the Middle'. He is also an ubiquitous voice over artist- he has been the voice of Epson computers, CNN, Lexus, SWair, Lego,
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Kaitlin is originally from Villa Hills, Ky. She graduated from Beechwood HIgh School in Ft. Mitchell, Ky in 2002. She is the oldest of four. She received her BFA in Musical Theatre from Northern Kentucky University. Kaitlin moved to NYC in 2007 and has remained on the east coast ever since. She is most recognized from Sprout's Sunny Side Up Show.- J. Kenneth Campbell's acting career has taken him from Broadway to feature films and television. His many films include Bulworth, Ulee's Gold, Guess Who?, Mars Attacks and The Abyss. He recently completed filming director Kevin Willmott's upcoming feature The Only Good Indian, in which Campbell plays a lead role, alongside Wes Studi (Avatar, Last of the Mohicans). On television, Campbell has appeared in Commander in Chief, Frasier, Charmed, Melrose Place, Ally McBeal, Picket Fences, Matlock, L.A. Law and many other series.
Campbell was born in Flushing, New York, in 1947 the second of seven children. He was raised on Long Island and graduated from Cheshire Academy in Connecticut. It was at The University of Arizona where he discovered his calling. Forsaking the "security" of a college degree, he entered "The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater" to study acting with Sanford Miesner.
Non-academic acting students in 1967 became automatically eligible for the Selective Service and in the middle of his second year at the Playhouse, Campbell was drafted into the U.S. Army. He retaliated, by joining the Marines. He was wounded in action, and after months of recuperation, he returned to The Playhouse and finished the program. Campbell has worked, on stage, in film and on television ever since. - J. LaRose was born in the USA. He is an actor, known for The Righteous Gemstones (2019), Ray Donovan (2013) and Saw III (2006).
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J. Michael Moncrief was born in 1987 in Savannah, Georgia, USA. He is an editor and actor, known for The Legend of Bagger Vance (2000), Superposition (2010) and What to Bring to America (2010).- Writer
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J. Michael Straczynski was born on 17 July 1954 in Paterson, New Jersey, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Babylon 5 (1993), Changeling (2008) and Jeremiah (2002). He was previously married to Kathryn M. Drennan.- Born in Milwaukee, WI and raised in Minneapolis, MN. His parents (John/Marian) compromised on his name by putting his first initial in front of his official middle name and calling him J.Michael. He was an immediate class clown, even if it got him into trouble in school. In his Freshman year of high school he was urged to try out for the school's production of 'Romeo & Juliet'. He soon after played the title role and began acting, gaining much praise for his portrayal and depth; he performed regularly in the school's plays. After graduation he attended the University of Arizona and was accepted as a BFA actor in the prestigious Arizona Repertory Theatre where he notably played Eugene Jerome in the Neil Simon Trilogy of 'Brighton Beach Memoirs', 'Biloxi Blues' and 'Broadway Bound'. During his Sophomore year in college he was seen performing in an Improv Comedy Troupe and was asked to audition for his first film 'Earnie'. Notable roles on screen include Kevin in '96 Minutes' and as Iggy Milkovich in 'Shameless' on Showtime.
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Musician by soul, filmmaker by vision. J.R. Niles is an American Film Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Musician, and Songwriter. Always led by a calling for adventure she made her first film on a solo journey to Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa. Before filmmaking, Niles came out of the LA Rock Music scene of the late 1990s. Born on the East Coast, she grew up a beach kid to the sounds of Bruce Springsteen. She had a guitar in her hands by age seven and a camera soon after. Inspired by her parent's love of, and eclectic taste in music and cinema, and with a family full of jazz artists, her path was set. After living overseas, she moved to San Francisco and eventually made her way to Los Angeles. Niles is a proud member of the LGBTQ community. Her films both documentaries and narratives are painted with broad strokes on subject matter, as she writes and directs in various genres. Niles is the Executive Producer of The Hollywood Women's International Film Festival and the show She Talks Cinema.
She began writing and directing films in 2009 in East Africa. She holds both a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science and a Master's Degree in International Comparative Politics from The University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). Her first two films included, On This Land Kilimanjaro filmed in Tanzania, Africa at Mt. Kilimanjaro, and her film on Women of the French Resistance in WWII, The Art of Resistance, filmed in Paris, France. She directed both films during her time at UCLA. Since then she has gone on to write, direct and produce both narrative films and documentaries. She holds to the view that through film we can capture the essence of the human experience.
Her directorial influences come from across the film spectrum and include, Alfred Hitchcock, Sydney Pollack, Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood, David Fincher, Steven Soderbergh, Terrence Malick, Mike Nichols, Akira Kurosawa, Chantal Akerman, Spike Lee, Agnes Varda, Stanley Kubrick, Jean-Luc Godard, Francis Ford Coppola.
During her time in the LA music scene, she and her band played the circuit including the famed Los Angeles clubs, The Whisky A-Go-Go, and the Roxy on the Sunset strip. In 2000 she recorded her first CD, Edge Of The Sky, and signed a solo deal with a small label in Holland. After two weeks in Europe, three of her songs hit the radio airwaves. Upon returning to The States and after the devastating events of September 11th, 2001, Niles decided to go back to school and it was this choice that eventually brought her back to the film industry.
She enjoys sailing, riding horses, spending time in Paris and in The South of France, and will once again be returning to Paris to direct several features. Although Niles enjoys the documentary genre, her ability as a visionary, writer/director, and her love of working with extraordinary, acting talent and love of the caused-based narrative, has led her deeper into the narrative aspect of filmmaking. Niles is an Activist for women's rights, LGBTQ rights, an advocate for Animal rights, and an environmentalist.- Actor
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J. Pat had a warm smile, twinkling eyes, and an Irish name. He was born in Burnley, England, and began his acting career in British musical halls. J. Pat came to the USA at the outbreak of World War II. He also worked on the Broadway stage during the 1940s and 1950s. J. Pat was a very familiar face on TV sitcoms and dramas for 3 decades, where he played mostly uncle and grandfather types. He made over 100 TV guest appearances, and was in groundbreaking series such as the The Twilight Zone (1959) and The Untouchables (1959). J. Pat performed a lot in radio with his versatile voice work, and he later used his talent in animated cartoons, providing many vocal characterizations. And the children always loved J. Pat the most. Many baby boomers have fond childhood memories of his portrayals in the TV series The Adventures of Spin and Marty (1955) and The New Adventures of Spin and Marty (1957) and of course he played Mr. Harry Burns in My Favorite Martian (1963). J. Pat was a kind and gentle man, who made this world a better place for having been here, and he left his legacy on film.- A New Orleans native, Patrick John McNamara became known on screen as 'J. Patrick' to avoid confusion with another Actor's Equity member of longer standing. McNamara initially started out performing in plays at the University of New Orleans in order to improve his public speaking, because (in his own words) "I knew that I was going to be a lawyer. I did a play, I was good at it, and that was that. Then I went to law school and hated it." After briefly working for Flying Tiger Airlines in New York, McNamara returned to his home town to complete a degree in theater studies. Before long, he was 'on the boards' performing on stage, including at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. He further honed his newly acquired skills at Wayne State University in Detroit and subsequently secured a job teaching voice at the National Academy of Drama, Carnegie Hall.
McNamara resumed his acting career at an avant-garde Off-Broadway club in Manhattan's East Village where he spent the next three years. After that, he taught drama classes at Antioch College in Ohio and then spent time in Europe before returning to New Orleans. He operated a theatrical company there from 1974 to 1977, but the venture proved unprofitable, and, therefore, short-lived. Turning to screen work, McNamara joined Equity and began to amass a solid number of film and TV credits which included two pictures directed by Steven Spielberg (Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and 1941 (1979)), Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) (and the sequel - as Bill Preston's dad), an oilman in Dallas (1978) and Dr. Katherine Pulaski's former commander in a season two episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987). He was frequently cast as professors, doctors, psychologists or senior executives.
McNamara retired from acting in 2016 and spent his remaining years in New Orleans, devoting time to his favorite hobby: playing poker. - J. Paul Boehmer, born in Dayton, Ohio, was active in Speech and Drama beginning in Middle School. He worked for a summer at The Kenley Players as an apprentice actor in Dayton, pushing sets and hanging lights and watching amazing people on stage. Finishing High School in Dallas, Tx, J. Paul received a full scholarship and stipend at Kilgore Junior College where he also appeared in the inaugural season of The Texas Shakespeare Festival. He finished his B.F.A at Southern Methodist University where he was awarded the Greer Garson Scholarship for Excellence in Theatre. J. Paul rounded out his classical theatre training with another full scholarship and stipend and receiving an MFA at the PTTP: at the University of Delaware.
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Actress J. Smith-Cameron was born Jean Isabel Smith in Louisville, Kentucky, and raised in Greenville, South Carolina, the daughter of an architect. She was known simply as J. Smith by her fellow students at Florida State University School of Theatre program in the mid-1970s. Despite her age, she made for a completely believable teenage Anne Frank in "The Diary of Anne Frank", was a touching and memorable Helen Keller in "The Miracle Worker", was wonderfully bizarre as Honey in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" and demonstrated great skill and versatility in an all-female version of "The Taming of the Shrew". Smith's older sister, actress Jo Ann Smith (who later became a teacher), also attended FSU at the same time and performed in a production of the classic Iranian allegory, "The Butterfly" ("Shaparak Khanoom") by Bijan Mofid and directed by his actor/brother, Ardavan Mofid.
She made her film debut while studying at FSU, starring in the acclaimed low-budget production of Gal Young Un (1979), directed by Victor Nunez, who later directed Ulee's Gold (1997). The film, shot in Florida, starred and featured several fellow FSU alumni, including David Peck, Marc H. Glick, Tim McCormack, Gil Lazier (FSU acting teacher), and Randy Ser (who later won an Emmy as production designer for the Whitney Houston version of Cinderella (1997)). The film was not released until 1979, several years after her college graduation. Following college, she added the hyphenated Cameron to her moniker as both a tribute to her great-grandmother and to avoid confusion once she joined Actors' Equity.
As "J. Smith-Cameron", she made her Broadway debut as the crazy, suicidal "Babe" in Beth Henley's "Crimes of the Heart" (as a replacement). She went on to make an award-worthy New York impression with a Tony nomination for "Our Country's Good" (1991), winning an Outer Critics Circle award for "Lend Me a Tenor" (1989), and an Obie for her no-holds-barred performance in "As Bees in Honey Drown" (1997). Other stage successes have included "Wild Honey", "The Memory of Water", "Night Must Fall", "Tartuffe", and "After the Night and the Music".
Her TV and film work has become stronger and more frequent with each decade. She has shown that, even in the smallest role, she can draw attention to herself, as evinced by her hysterically funny bit as a sexual compulsive in the gay film Jeffrey (1995). She has played various wife and/or mother parts, some more stable than others, in such films as Mighty Aphrodite (1995), Harriet the Spy (1996) and The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999). She also had strong roles in TV guest spots on such shows as The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1987), in a recurring role, plus such East Coast-based television series as "The Equalizer", "Homicide: Life on the Street", "Spin City", and "Law & Order".
She met and married playwright/film writer Kenneth Lonergan. They have a daughter, Nellie, who was featured as Mabel, the secretary, in Lonergan's Oscar-nominated breakthrough play-turned-film You Can Count on Me (2000), which made film stars out of Laura Linney and Mark Ruffalo, and was particularly effective in Margaret (2011). Other film projects have included The First Wives Club (1996), In & Out (1997), Bittersweet Place (2005), Man on a Ledge (2012), Like Sunday, Like Rain (2014), and, most recently, True Blood (2008) (as a shape-shifter), as a tormented mother in Rectify (2013), and as "Gerri" in the social drama Succession (2018).- Actor
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J. Teddy Garces is a native New Yorker raised uptown in Washington Heights. He is the third child of Ivelisse Fanith and Joseph Garces Sr. Teddy as he is known by friends and family, moved to Los Angeles, California in 2005 to continue building on a career he started in New York.- Director
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Juan Antonio García Bayona is a Spanish film director. He directed the 2007 horror film The Orphanage, the 2012 drama film The Impossible, and the 2016 fantasy drama film A Monster Calls. Bayona's latest film is the 2018 science fiction adventure film Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, the fifth installment of the Jurassic Park film series. He has also directed television commercials and music videos. He will direct the first two episodes of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.- James Allen Preston was born in Washington, District of Columbia, USA on November 13, 1932. He attended public schools in the nation's capital and earned a track scholarship to a college in North Carolina. J. A. married Merilyn Alsop in 1957. His acting career accelerated to recurring TV series roles when he moved from New York to California in 1976. He is best known for roles as Allen Brooks in All's Fair, Ozzie Cleveland in Hill Street Blues, Leo Daltry in Dallas, and Richard Matthews in Santa Barbara. He played many magistrates in films, most notably Judge Julius Alexander Randolph in A Few Good Men. He lives in retirement in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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JB Ghuman, Jr is a bi-racial (East Indian / Caucasian) LGBTQI+ writer, director and visual artist who's work spans from feature film to animation to experimental. He is best known for SPORK (Tribeca Audience Winner), The ART oF BEiNG (Sundance Premiered) and The CROWN With a SHADOW (starring Paul Reubens, Geri Halliwell and Tatum O'Neal)- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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J.B. Rogers is known for There's Something About Mary (1998), Green Book (2018) and American Pie (1999). He has been married to Gwendolyn Rogers since 9 September 1995. They have three children.- Actor
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Jerry Angelo Brooks is an American comic actor and writer who acted in various works including Spider-Man: Far From Home and No Way Home, Curb Your Enthusiasm, High on Life, Barbershop: The Next Cut, Mr. Deeds, Harley Quinn, Def Comedy Jam and Saturday Night Live. He's been married to his wife since 2007.- Actress
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J.C. Brandy was born on 15 November 1975 in Chelsea, London, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers (1995), What Lies Beneath (2000) and Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987). She has been married to Nathaniel Kunkel since 7 July 2005. They have one child.- Producer
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J.C. Chandor is known for A Most Violent Year (2014), Margin Call (2011) and All Is Lost (2013). He has been married to Mary Cameron Goodyear since 2004. They have two children.- Actor
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Joshua Scott Chasez (pronounced 'Shaw-say') was born on August 8, 1976 in Bowie, Maryland. As a child, he was extremely shy, but when a friend bet him $20 to enter a talent show with two girls, he won the contest and soon realized he had a knack for performing and that he really enjoyed singing. In 1988, his mother Karen Chasez noticed a small ad in the local newspaper for a casting call of a new version of The Mickey Mouse Club, The All New Mickey Mouse Club (1989). She gave him the choice of going to school or going to the open call audition. He chose to audition, selecting the song, "Right Here Waiting", by Richard Marx. He was cast along with many stars of today such as Keri Russell, Tony Lucca, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and Justin Timberlake. (Because another cast member was named Josh, Chasez was dubbed JC (his first and last initials), and the stage name has remained.
When MMC was canceled in 1994, JC wanted more. He and cast member Timberlake got together and started writing songs. They were both interested in forming a singing group. Later, Joey Fatone, Chris Kirkpatrick, and Lance Bass joined them to form 'N Sync in 1995. 'N Sync gained fame in Europe with such hits as "Tearin' Up My Heart" and "I Want You Back." They returned to the US in 1997, where they made their first performance in a Walmart parking lot.
Soon, the group found success on the charts in selling 12 million records of their debut, 'N Sync. In March 21, 2000, 'N Sync released their widely popular sophomore album "No Strings Attached" and shattered record sales in its first weekend, selling 1.4 million copies, making history as the most records sold by a pop act. In 2001, they released their third album, Celebrity, which was a critical and commercial success. By the end of 2002, 'N Sync's members were enjoying solo creative projects. JC had plans to release his solo debut, Schizophrenic, on February 24, 2004, with a hit single that spun on MTV's Total Request Live (1998) "Some Girls (Dance With Women)."- Actor
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J.C. MacKenzie was a student at Concordia University when he saw his first play. Within two years, he was accepted at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
He has made over 150 appearances in films and television, and on stage. He is best known for his role as "Ludlow" in Martin Scorsese's The Aviator (2004), "Arnold Spivak" in the Emmy Award-winning TV series, Murder One (1995), as well as his portrait of "Reagan "Normal" Ronald" in James Cameron's Dark Angel (2000) series, which won the People's Choice Award. He made his screen debut in the TV movie, Perry Mason Returns (1985), billed as "John C. MacKenzie" (his birth name).- Actor
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As a child, J.D. lived on Long Island New York before moving to Greenwich Village. At an early age his acting, singing and dancing talents surfaced and was quickly recognized by talent and casting agents. He was cast in his first role at age 7. Besides his film and television credits, JD appeared on Broadway as Gavroche in Les Miserables and won the LA Drama Crtic's Circle award for his role as Young Charley in Conversations With My Father. He attends Columbia University where he is majoring in film studies. In addition to his acting career, he aspires to be behind the camera, writing and directing.- Actor
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J.D. was born in the delta town of Greenville, Mississippi (also the birthplace of Muppets creator Jim Henson) on the same day Richard Nixon was elected president. He is of Irish-French-German-Cherokee-Choctaw decent, the oldest of 7 siblings, and attended 17 different schools (public and private) while moving back and forth between his mother and father. His great-great-great-great uncle was Horace Mann, the founder of the American Public School system. His father (Puddin - yep, that's what they call him) is a welder/artist/amateur archaeologist and inventor. His mother (Sally) has had many professions, including concert promoter and owner of a country/western nightclub called The Headless Horseman, where as a young child, J.D. spent many school nights until the wee hours of the morning hanging out backstage and on stage with the likes of Hank Williams, Jr., Juice Newton, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Paycheck, David Allen Coe, Ray Price, and many others.
After a short stint in college and a 15 month stint in the Marine Corps stationed at 29 Palms, California and after hanging out with some actors in L.A., J.D. thought he would give acting a shot. His only experience with acting had been playing the Prince in his pre-school production of The Nutcracker, and getting kicked out of his senior play, Oklahoma, after his second rehearsal because he and a friend drank a beer before hand. After the Marine Corps, he returned to Mississippi and worked as a debt collector for his mother's collection agency. After a year of hating his job, he decided to return to college and get a degree in theatre at The University of Southern Mississippi. Once on stage at college, he knew acting was what he had to do. His second year in theatre, he was one of 20 finalists in the state selected to attend SETC (Southeastern Theatre Conference). In 1995, a friend offered J.D. a $1,000 to come to Los Angeles and perform a lead role in his play "Dylan's Ghost" at the Morgan-Wixson Theatre in Santa Monica. J.D. took him up on the offer and left college a semester before graduating and since then has lived back and forth between Hollywood, California, Austin, Texas, and Oxford, Mississippi, where he just completed writing and directing his first independent feature _Glorious Mail(2005)_.
Even though he appeared on the short-lived game show, Hollywood Showdown with Todd Newton and won nearly $12,000, his friends like to tell him that he's almost one lucky son of a gun. Mainly because he's come so close to landing lead roles in major films so many times, usually being the director's second choice. In 2004 his luck proved true once again when he purchased a $100 raffle ticket and was 1st Runner Up (2nd Choice) for a $250,000 house in United Way's New Home Giveaway, where instead he won an artist's print worth $80.- Additional Crew
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Born in Vancouver B.C., J.D. has spent the last 15 years working within the financial, construction, film and entertainment industries. This odd combination has fostered invaluable corporate experience and a strong business ethic, while letting his passion for writing and creativity flow. He spent 2011 performing in Las Vegas for "Caesar's Entertainment" but has since left and concentrates on his production company, "Scott Brothers Entertainment", along with his brothers Drew Scott and Jonathan Silver Scott, from Property Brothers (2011). He also hosts the weekly syndicated talk radio show, "Off Topic with the Scott Brothers", on the Corus Radio Network.- J.D. Williams was born on 22 May 1978 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor, known for Pootie Tang (2001), The Kill Point (2007) and Oz (1997).
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J. F. Lawton was born on August 11, 1960 in Riverside, California. His father was the famous writer Harry Lawton, author of the award winning novel "Willie Boy: A Desert Manhunt" (1960). The book became the basis for the movie Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969), starring Robert Redford. When he was young, Lawton was diagnosed with severe dyslexia which made school life very difficult. His learning disability didn't make him give up the desire of being a screenwriter. After high school he went to study filmmaking at California State University in Long Beach. Lawton then moved to Los Angeles and worked in various post-production companies. During this time he wrote a number of feature film scripts including one called "Three Thousand", which was selected by the Sundance Institute. Touchstone Pictures purchased the script and later he changed the title to Pretty Woman (1990). Starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere, the movie became one of the most successful romantic comedies of all times. Julia Roberts won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress. J. F. Lawton was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award and a British Academy Award. He then wrote and executive produced his next original screenplay Under Siege (1992), based on his million-dollar spec "Dreadnought". Starring Steven Seagal, Tommy Lee Jones and Gary Busey, the movie broke box office records and a successful sequel followed, Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995). With Barry Primus, Lawton co-wrote Mistress (1992), a movie starring Robert De Niro, Danny Aiello, Christopher Walken and Martin Landau. The comedy was one of the first films produced by de Niro's production company, Tribeca Productions. The next project was Blankman (1994) a movie he co-wrote with comedian Damon Wayans for Columbia Pictures. Following that, Lawton wrote and directed The Hunted (1995) for Universal Pictures, which starred Christopher Lambert, John Lone and Joan Chen. Next came Chain Reaction (1996), an action thriller with Morgan Freeman, Keanu Reeves and Rachel Weisz. For television, he created and executive produced the Sony hit syndicated show V.I.P. (1998), starring Pamela Anderson. Blending action and humor in a fast-paced adventure series, the show ran successfully for five seasons. After that, Lawton returned to the big screen with a script for DOA: Dead or Alive (2006), a film based on the huge video game series success of the same name. He then wrote and directed Jackson (2008), a comedy-drama-musical starring Barry Primus, Charles Robinson, Steve Guttenberg and Debra Jo Rupp. His latest script with South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker is in development at Paramount Studios.- Actor
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J.G. Hertzler was born on 18 March 1950 in Savannah, Georgia, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), Zorro (1990) and BioShock (2007).- Producer
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J.H. Wyman was born in Oakland, California, USA. He is a producer and director, known for Fringe (2008), Almost Human (2013) and Debris (2021).- Producer
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Jeffrey Jacob Abrams was born in New York City and raised in Los Angeles, the son of TV producer parents. At 15, he wrote the music for Don Dohler's Nightbeast (1982). In his senior year of college, he and Jill Mazursky teamed up to write a feature film, which became Taking Care of Business (1990). He went on to write and produce Regarding Henry (1991) and Forever Young (1992). He also co-wrote Gone Fishin' (1997) with Mazursky. Along with other Sarah Lawrence alumni, he experimented with computer animation and was contracted to develop pre-production animation for Shrek (2001).
Abrams worked on the screenplay for Armageddon (1998) and co-created (as well as composing the opening theme of) Felicity (1998), which ran for four seasons. He founded the production company Bad Robot in 2001 with Bryan Burk. He created and executive-produced Alias (2001) and Lost (2004), composing the theme music for both, and co-writing episodes of "Lost". He also co-wrote and produced thriller Joy Ride (2001). He made his feature directing debut with Mission: Impossible III (2006), reinvigorating the series. He produced the hit mystery film Cloverfield (2008) and co-created Fringe (2008).
He directed the Star Trek (2009) reboot, proving successful with fans and newcomers to the franchise. He next directed Super 8 (2011), co-produced by Steven Spielberg and produced Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011). He returned to direct the follow-up to his reboot, Star Trek Into Darkness (2013). Disney and Lucasfilm announced J.J. as their choice for director of the first episode in the new 'Star Wars' trilogy, Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015). He initially resisted, as he didn't want to travel away from his family to London, but Kathleen Kennedy convinced him that his voice would be the best to reinvigorate this franchise, as he had done with two others before. He also produced Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015) and Star Trek Beyond (2016), and executive-produced Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi (2017). When it was announced that Colin Trevorrow would no longer direct Star Wars: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019), it was announced that J.J. would return to complete the trilogy he started.- Actor
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J.J. Cohen was born on 22 June 1965. He is an actor and assistant director, known for Back to the Future (1985), Back to the Future Part II (1989) and Almost Famous (2000).- Stunts
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J.J. Perry started his martial arts training in 1975 and began with stunt-work in the late 1980s when he got out of the army. He has had over 24 years of martial arts training and has a 5th-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do, a 2nd-degree on Hapkido and has experience with all kinds of weapons. He got his black belt for Tae Kwon Do at the age of 12 and competed from the age of 7 till 24. Besides martial arts, J.J. is also skilled in riding bikes, rodeo and does weight lifting.- Actress
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Critic's Choice nominated actress Josie Totah is an immensely talented actress, writer, and producer with a gift for bringing dynamic characters to life. As she fearlessly evolves her body of work with each new project, Totah is fast proving to be one of Hollywood's most engaging and sought-after actresses. Totah has been recognized by numerous prestigious publications including being named to The Hollywood Reporter's Top 30 Stars Under 18, Forbes 30 Under 30 (Hollywood), Teen Vogue's 21 Under 21, Out Magazine OUT100 and Seventeen Magazine's 6 Women Under 21 Who Are Changing the World.
Josie Totah can currently be seen as the co-lead in AppleTV+'s period-drama series, THE BUCCANEERS, based on an unfinished book by Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Edith Wharton. In the series created by Katherine Jakeways and directed by BAFTA winner Susannah White, Josie received critical acclaim for her grounded dramatic performance as "Mabel" alongside Kristine Froseth, Alisha Boe, Mia Threapleton and Christina Hendricks.
Prior to that Josie starred as"Lexi", the most popular girl at Bayside High in the critically-acclaimed reboot of the iconic series SAVED BY THE BELL from Universal Television and Peacock. The series was created by Emmy-winning writer Tracy Wigfield and features several members of the original cast. Totah received critical praise for her standout performance and was nominated for a Critic's Choice Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Totah also serves as a producer of the series which was the recipient of the GLAAD Media Award for Best Comedy Series in 2022.
Josie can also be seen in the feature film MOXIE directed by Amy Poehler. The film, based on Jennifer Mathieu's novel of the same name about girls who start a feminist revolution in high school, premiered on Netflix in 2021.
Josie also starred in Amazon's half-hour pilot GOOD PEOPLE, created by Whitney Cummings and Oscar-nominated director Lee Daniels. The pilot focuses on three generations of women, played by Lisa Kudrow, Whitney Cummings, and Totah, all working in the ombudsman's office of a college. Josie is Tallulah, the smart, brash, Generation Z voice of social injustice. The pilot also co-stars Greg Kinnear, Martin Short, and Ian Harding.
Totah is also known for her starring role in NBC's comedy television series CHAMPIONS created by Mindy Kaling and Charlie Grandy. The series focuses on a charismatic 15-year-old, 'Michael' (Totah), who is sent to live with his estranged father 'Vince' (Anders Holm) who is living the bachelor dream in New York City. Totah received critical acclaim for the role and was deemed the series' breakout star, garnering instant affection from fans and critics.
Totah can be seen starring alongside Adam Devine in Walt Disney Pictures' MAGIC CAMP. The young-adult comedy follows a former magician who returns to his youth camp to reignite his career. In Summer 2017 she was also seen in Columbia Pictures & Marvel Studios' SPIDERMAN: HOMECOMING as 'Seymour.' Totah also appeared in Chris Kelly's debut feature OTHER PEOPLE opposite Jesse Plemons, Molly Shannon, Bradley Whitford, and Zach Woods, which was released in September 2016. The film premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival where Totah received rave reviews for her riveting performance and was included in Variety's 2016 Breakout Stars portfolio, InStyle Magazine's 10 Rising Stars to Watch and a Most Inspirational Person at Sundance.
In 2015, Totah starred in the sixth and final season of Fox's hit series GLEE as 'Myron Muskovitz', a strong-armed prodigy and child tyrant in one. This follows her performance in Disney Channel's Kids' Choice nominated series JESSIE, for which Totah received a 2014 Young Artist nomination for Best Performance in a TV Series-Recurring Young Actor 10 & Under.She starred in several notable television series including: Comedy Central's The Other Two, CBS' Primetime Emmy nominated series 2 BROKE GIRLS, Fox's Golden Globe nominated comedy NEW GIRL, TV Land's Primetime Emmy nominated comedy THE EXES, Disney's Primetime Emmy nominated animation series SOFIA THE FIRST, as well as recurring in the Netflix series, No Good Nick. She also starred in ABC's comedy BACK IN THE GAME alongside James Caan and Maggie Lawson.
In addition to her career in front of camera, Totah is a television and film writer and currently serves as a producer on the Peacock series SAVED BY THE BELL. At age 15 she sold her first television pitch to Universal Television/NBC. The single-camera sitcom with the working title AUNT NANCY, based on her real-life aunt, had Totah set to produce alongside Adam and Naomi Scott, as well as star in it. She is currently working on new scripts and original projects.
Totah is also an LGBTQ activist who regularly appears on panels discussing LBGTQ rights and inclusion of LGBTQ characters in film and television. Totah was recognized by the Human Rights Campaign who honored her with the prestigious Visibility Award in 2018 and the Upstander Award in 2019. She was named by Out Magazine to Out100. Totah is also a celebrity ambassador for GLAAD and GLSEN where she serves as a member of the GLSEN Game Change Council.- Writer
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Joanne Rowling was born in Yate, near Bristol, a few miles south of a town called Dursley ("Harry Potter"'s Muggle-family). Her father Peter Rowling was an engineer for Rolls Royce in Bristol at this time. Her mother, Anne, was half-French and half-Scottish. They met on a train as it left King's Cross Station in London. Her sister Diana is about 2 years younger than Joanne. In 1971, Peter Rowling moved his family to the nearby village of Winterbourne (still in the Bristol vicinity). During the family's residence in Winterbourne, Jo and Di Rowling were friends with neighborhood children, Ian and Vikki Potter. In 1974, the Rowling family moved yet again, this time to Tutshill, near the Welsh border-town of Chepstow in the Forest of Dean and across the Severn River from the greater Bristol area. Rowling admits to having been a bit of a daydreamer as a child and began writing stories at the age of six. After leaving Exeter University, where she read French and Classics, she started work as a teacher but daydreamed about becoming a writer. One day, stuck on a delayed train for four hours between Manchester and London, she dreamed up a boy called "Harry Potter". That was in 1990. It took her six years to write the book. In the meantime, she went to teach in Portugal, married a Portuguese television journalist, had her daughter, Jessica, divorced her husband and returned to Britain when Jessica was just three months old. She went to live in Edinburgh to be near her sister, Di. Her sudden penury made her realize that it was "back-against-the-wall time" and she decided to finish her "Harry Potter" book. She sent the manuscript to two agents and one publisher, looking up likely prospects in the library. One of these agents that she picked at random based on the fact that she liked his name, Christopher Little, was immediately captivated by the manuscript and signed her on as his client within three days. During the 1995-1996 time-frame, while hoping to get the manuscript for "Harry Potter & The Philosopher's Stone" published, Rowling worked as a French teacher in Edinburgh. Several publishers turned down the manuscript before Bloomsbury agreed to purchase it in 1996.- Actor
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J.K. Simmons is an American actor.
He was born Jonathan Kimble Simmons in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, to Patricia (Kimble), an administrator, and Donald William Simmons, a music teacher. He attended the Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; University of Montana, Missoula, MT (BA in Music).
He had originally planned to be a singer and studied at the University of Montana to become a composer.
He starred as Captain Hook and Mr. Darling opposite gymnastics champ Cathy Rigby in the Broadway and touring revivals of Peter Pan.
He played Benny South-street in the 1992 Broadway revival of Guys and Dolls and can be heard on the cast recording.
He did a commercial voice-over work, including the voice of the yellow M&M in the candy's TV ads.
He appeared as police psychiatrist Emil Skoda on Law & Order (1990), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) and Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001).
As of 2011, has made five films with director Sam Raimi: For Love of the Game (1999); The Gift (2000); Spider-Man (2002); Spider-Man 2 (2004); and Spider-Man 3 (2007).
He won many awards from 2005 to 2007 in Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2014 won Oscar for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role. 2015 won a Golden Globe for his Best Performance as an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture, BAFTA Film Awards Best Supporting Actor, Independent Spirit Awards Best Supporting Male.- J.P. was born in Cologne, Germany while his dad was in the army. The whole family of 4 kids moved to Belgium when he was only 3.
At the age of 16, J.P. begins taking modern jazz lessons, and participates in his two high school musicals. He Has his first dance audition at Plan K in Brussels shortly after.
During his high school senior year, he is selected by his local Rotary Club for a student exchange program with Lancaster HS, South Carolina and earns a full time scholarship to USC where he graduates cum laude with a Bachelor degree.
Back in Europe, he performs as a singer in his local all African choir, performing in weddings and local Karaokes. On stage, he starts performing with the local theater troop of Mortroux.
J.P. books his first commercial for Smart - Mercedes Benz that following summer from an open call across Europe. Since then, he has been living in Los Angeles where in his first feature movie "Bottle Shock" he played Pierre Bréjoux, then had a scene with Matt Damon in "The Informant", and has booked roles in series like Samantha Who, Big Time Rush, The Event and most recently Castle and Getting On. You have seen him also in commercials such as Liberty Mutual, Sharpies, Visa, and a few others. - Actor
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J.P. Manoux grew up in Santa Barbara, California, the oldest of seven. He was involved in children's theater and took tap dance lessons before attending Thacher School in Ojai, California. As college applications approached, Manoux's drama teacher recommended the undergraduate theater department at Northwestern University. While studying in Evanston, he improvised, wrote, and ultimately directed the long-running student-run comedy Mee-Ow Show, following in the footsteps of Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Brad Hall, and his off-campus roommate Ana Gasteyer. Manoux received the Outstanding Student Award from NU's School of Speech in 1991.
After graduating, J.P. moved to Hollywood and honed his comedy chops at L.A. Theatresports, ACME Comedy Theater, the Groundlings School, and I.O. West. Legit stage productions garnered critical accolades, culminating in 1999 with L.A. Ovation and Backstage West Garland Awards recognizing his work in the world premiere stage musical Reefer Madness.
Over the next few years, he appeared in dozens of sitcoms and commercials including campaigns for Got Milk? and Fruit of the Loom. He was a regular improviser and sketch player on ABC's 2001 prime-time variety experiment The Wayne Brady Show (2001), and became a celebrity in the world of children's television thanks to his dual role as Mr. Hackett and Curtis the Caveman on the Disney Channel series Phil of the Future (2004). During this period, he also voiced the lead role of Kuzco in Disney's animated series The Emperor's New School (2006). In 2006, J.P. joined the ensemble of "ER," recurring as sardonic surgical resident Dr. Dustin Crenshaw.
Opportunities to act and direct in Canada led Manoux north of the border. Over the next several years, Toronto-based productions of Disney's sci-fi/adventure series Aaron Stone (2009) and CTV's Spun Out (2014) employed his talents both in front of and behind the camera. Since returning to Hollywood, J.P. has guest starred in episodes of Shameless, Grey's Anatomy, and 9-1-1: Lone Star. He has also played recurring characters in CSI: Vegas (2021), Veep (2012), and Swedish Dicks (2016).
Manoux has appeared in over 100 different television series, 90 commercials, and 40 films. He has provided voice and motion-capture performance for eight video games, competed on six TV game shows, and read two original pieces for All Things Condsidered on National Public Radio. He is a 2018 Moth StorySLAM winner (Los Angeles) who has co-written one play, and anonymously authored one IMDb biography.
His vanity license plate reads IMDB ME.- Actor
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Born Jeffrey-Paul Valenti to a blue collar working-class family, JP learned at an early age the importance of hard work, dedication and perseverance. His parents Paula and Jeffery constantly instilled in him the idea that he could become anything he set his mind to. From the time he was a young child he has always gravitated toward creative arts. Whether it was writing, doing comedic impressions or creating his own talk show. In addition to this, JP has always been very active in athletics. Participating in sports like Baseball, Football, Track & Field, Soccer and Basketball. He attended the University of Connecticut where he double majored in Communication Sciences and Sociology.
After college, JP worked as a Analyst for a Manufacturing Company, Technician for the State Police Firearms Unit and as a Recruiter for an IT consulting firm, before ultimately deciding to pursue his passion for acting and entertaining. He recently won the Best Actor Award at the Universal Film Festival as well as New England's Shooting Star honor. He is most known for his recurring role on PBS's The Cobblestone Corridor, his live action role in Rock Band IV: Rocumentary, as well as Netflix's Haunting of Hill House- J.R. Ramirez was born in Matanzas, Cuba. When he was still a baby, his family moved to the States and he was raised in Tampa, Florida.
J.R. is best known for his series regular role as "Jared Vasquez" on the Netflix (formerly NBC) hit series MANIFEST, executive produced by Robert Zemeckis (2018-2023). Prior to that, he was a series regular on the second season of the Netflix hit Marvel's JESSICA JONES (2018) and portrayed beloved fan favorite "Julio Moreno" on four seasons of Starz's top hit series POWER, which musician 50-Cent executive produces (2014-17).
Previously, J.R. starred as "Cal" in the Paramount Pictures comedy feature film DRUNK WEDDING, executive produced by John Hamburg (2015). In addition, he recurred as "Ted 'Wildcat' Grant" on CW's top-rated show ARROW (2014-15) and as "Dr. A.J. Aquino" on the CW dramedy EMILY OWENS, M.D. (2013). He first gained notoriety as "Diego Hernandez" on Tyler Perry's HOUSE OF PAYNE, in which he recurred for two seasons (2008-10).
J.R. is fluent in English and Spanish. He loves the outdoors and is an avid hiker, golfer, tennis & basketball player. He's a passionate perfectionist and, when not working in New York, he calls Tampa and Los Angeles home. A home that wouldn't be complete without his Havanese-Schnauzer rescue dog, Freddy. - Actor
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Born in Houston, Texas, JR Villarreal has been working and living in Hollywood since the tender age of 10. A compelling and energetic actor, JR's talent and depth have earned him adulation from both industry professionals and fans alike.
As a youngster, JR captivated audiences with his performance in the hit film Akeelah and the Bee starring alongside KeKe Palmer and Angela Bassett. Fresh off the success of Akeela, JR played the role of "Kit" in Millennium Film's action-drama, Bobby Z with Paul Walker and Laurence Fishburne.
Recently, his performance as the lead in the indie drama, Magic City Memoirs, garnered him a Best Actor award at the 2011 Ibiza International Film Festival. The film which is executive produced by Academy Award nominated actor, Andy Garcia, also won awards at the Miami International Film Festival and New York International Latino Film Festival.
His latest feature is Paramount's found-footage parody, Ghost Team One. A horror comedy about two roommates deathly afraid of ghosts that both fall in love with a girl who believes their home is haunted. Ghost Team One is set to hit theaters October 11, 2013.
JR's television roles include guest appearances on FX's new hit series The Bridge starring Demian Bichir, Fox's House M.D., Lifetime's Strong Medicine and CBS's Ghost Whisperer. Other television credits include guest lead roles in three of the highest rated shows on television - Cold Case, Without A Trace and CSI: Miami.
A true thespian and student of the craft, JR's presence will continue to illuminate silver and small screens for years to come.- Actor
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J.T. Hodges is known for Christmas Stars (2019), Finding Christmas (2013) and The Dust Storm (2016).- J.T. Walsh was born on 28 September 1943 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Breakdown (1997), Sling Blade (1996) and Needful Things (1993). He was married to Susan West. He died on 27 February 1998 in La Mesa, California, USA.
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JW Cortés is a Marine Combat Veteran turned actor, singer and philanthropist. Born and raised in Sunset Park Brooklyn, to inspiring Puerto Rican parents, he developed an interest in the arts along with a desire to serve his community and country. Cortés played the recurring role of 'Detective Carlos Alvarez' on FOX's hit prime-time series "Gotham" for all five seasons. Cortés is also the first actor in history to portray the comic book character in television and film: Detective Alvarez was originally created by Judd Winick's for his hit DC Comics' The New 52 Cat Woman series.
In addition to "Gotham," he has had various guest star roles on Starz's "Power," NBC's "The Night Shift," "The Blacklist," "The Mysteries of Laura" and CBS' "Blue Bloods." Previously, Cortés starred as a Military Operative on NBC's reality television show, "Stars Earn Stripes" and appeared in feature films including the soon-to-be released "A Momentary Lapse of Reasoning" with The Big Bang Theory's Kunal Nayyer, "As Good As Dead" from Andie MacDowell, "Blue Caprice" with Isaiah Washington and "Monsters and Men" based on the multi-award winning short film "Stop" which is being produced by the Sundance Film Festival.
In addition to actively serving as a New York State Law Enforcement professional, he helps raise awareness and funding for various philanthropic organizations, including: the Detective Rafael Ramos Foundation for which he also serves as President, Maestro Cares, Autism Speaks, Got Your 6, the Bob Woodruff Foundation, the Gary Sinise Foundation and Boot Campaign. In 2016 Cortés received the NFL Hispanic Heritage Leadership Award, was chosen by the Boot Campaign as a celebrity spokesperson & Hero Ambassador and participated in the critically acclaimed HBO series HABLA Y VOTA. He was also selected by Got Your 6 to serve as an "American Icon" and he continues to support the organization's mission to empower Veterans by serving on its advisory board.
Cortés served in the United States Marine Corps for nearly thirteen years across the globe, also serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom. His military awards include the Combat Action Ribbon, Navy & Marine Corps Achievement Medals and Marine of the Year. He studied acting at the world renowned William Esper Studio, under the tutelage of Terry Knickerbocker. J.W. Cortés is the proud father of two boys, and loving friend to a Mini Golden-Doodle named "Ginger."- Writer
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English writer, scholar and philologist, Tolkien's father was a bank manager in South Africa. Shortly before his father died (1896) his mother took him and his younger brother to his father's native village of Sarehole, near Birmingham, England. The landscapes and Nordic mythology of the Midlands may have been the source for Tolkien's fertile imagination to write about 'the Shire' and 'hobbits' in his later book the Hobbit (1937). After his mother's death in 1904 he was looked after by Father Francis Xavier Morgan a RC priest of the Congregation of the Oratory. Tolkien was educated at King Edward VI school in Birmingham. He studied linguistics at Exeter College, Oxford, and took his B.A. in 1915. In 1916 he fought in World War I with the Lancashire Fusiliers. It is believed that his experiences during the Battle of the Somne may have been fueled the darker side of his subsequent novels. Upon his return he worked as an assistant on the Oxford English Dictionary (1918-20) and took his M.A. in 1919. In 1920 he became a teacher in English at the University of Leeds. He then went on to Merton College in Oxford, where he became Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon (1925-45) and Merton professor of English Language and Literature (1945-59). His first scholarly publication was an edition of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1925). He also wrote books on Chaucer (1934) and Beowulf (1937). In 1939 Tolkien gave the Andrew Lang Lecture at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland titled: "On Fairy-Stories". Tolkien will however be remembered most for his books the Hobbit (1937) and the Lord of the Rings (1954-55). The Hobbit began as a bedtime story for his children". He wrote Lord of the Rings over a period of about 14 years.
Tolkien also discussed parts of his novels with fellow Oxfordian and fantasy writer CS Lewis during their 'meetings'. He was trying to create a fantasy world so that he could explain how he had invented certain languages, and in doing so created 'Middle-earth'. However among his peers at Oxford his works were not well received as they were not considered 'scholarly'. It was after LOTR was published in paperback in the United States in 1965 that he developed his legendary cult following and also imitators. Tolkien was W. P. Ker lecturer at Glasgow University in 1953. In 1954 both the University of Liege and University College, Dublin, awarded him honorary doctorates. He received the CBE in 1972. He served as vice-president of the Philological Society and was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He was made an honorary fellow of Exeter College. Despite the immense popularity of his books today Tolkien did not greatly benefit from their sales. His son Christopher Tolkien was able to publish some of his works posthumously after his manuscripts were found.- Actor
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JB was born in Paris, France to an English mother and a French father. He moved with his mother to Yorkshire, England at the age of four, where he was raised and attended school, eventually graduating from The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in 1990.
He worked extensively in theater in Britain for over 15 years, including a three-year stint at London's Royal National Theater. His theater work encompassed everything from avant-garde physical theater companies to world tours of Shakespeare plays and classical Greek theater.
His film career was essentially launched by his highly acclaimed role as Luigi Vampa in 2002's The Count of Monte Cristo, and following that success, he moved to Los Angeles where he now lives. Film and TV roles soon followed and he has worked on well over 30 TV shows in the US, including Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Barry, Shameless, NCIS: LA, Burn Notice, The Unit, Prison Break, CSI: NY, Nikita, NYPD Blue and others, and many films, including his recent role as Bashkim in 2017's War Dogs.
JB is also a highly accomplished voice actor and director with projects in film, animation, video games, anime, and commercials. His animation work includes All Hail King Julien, Dragons: Race To The Edge, Scooby Doo, Trip Tank, Turbo Fast, Pickle and Peanut, Regular Show, Penn Zero, The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Guardians of the Galaxy, and Avengers Assemble. He has over 170 video game credits, totaling over 400 characters, including Rost in Horizon Zero Dawn, The Admin in Minecraft Story Mode, Bane in Telltale Batman, Arkham Origins and others, many projects for Blizzard Entertainment and the Uncharted franchise. He has been the voice director on various video games: Fortnite, Middle earth: Shadow of Mordor and Shadow of War, Lego Batman 3, Lego Dimensions, XCOM 2, Mafia III, Overwatch, World of Warcraft, World of Warcraft: Legion, Hearthstone, Diablo III and Heroes of the Storm.- Actor
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JD Cullum is the son of two-time Tony Award-winning actor John Cullum (Northern Exposure (1990)) and noted modern dancer/choreographer, playwright and novelist Emily Frankel. Cullum is a member of The Antaeus Company, a group of experienced and talented actors whose goal is to form a permanent resident classical ensemble for the City of Los Angeles (http://antaeus.org/). Two of his own plays have been produced in L.A.- Actor
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Jorge Daniel Pardo is an American actor. He is best known for playing Jack Toretto in F9 (2021), as well as the lead role of Ezekiel "EZ" Reyes in the television series Mayans M.C. (2018). Pardo was born in Panorama City, Los Angeles, California, his father is from Argentina and his mother from El Salvador JD also played "Nate"/Jason in the NBC sci-fi series Revolution, co-starring Billy Burke.
Previously he was best known for his role as Edward Araujo Jr./Gwen Amber Rose Araujo in the Lifetime Network movie called A Girl Like Me: The Gwen Araujo Story. Pardo also had roles on FOX's Drive and The CW's Hidden Palms. Both series were canceled after their respective first seasons. Pardo played Young Santiago in the film The Burning Plain (2008) starring opposite Jennifer Lawrence with Charlize Theron and Kim Basinger. JD played the half-vampire Nahuel in the second half of Breaking Dawn, and a member of a drug cartel in Snitch. Pardo also starred in The CW TV series The Messengers that aired during the 2014-2015 season.- Actor
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JD Souther was born on 3 November 1946 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Urban Cowboy (1980), Always (1989) and Cry-Baby (1990). He was previously married to Sarah Nicholson and Alexandra Sliwin.- Actor
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JJ Feild was born on 1 April 1978 in Boulder, Colorado, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), Centurion (2010) and Austenland (2013).- Actress
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JJ Snyder is an actress and producer, known for 2 Broke Girls (2011), On the Red Carpet (2010) and America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back (1988).- Actor
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JR Bourne was born on 8 April 1970 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor and executive, known for Mayans M.C. (2018), Miracle Desert (2019) and Teen Wolf (2011).- Actor
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Born and raised in Atlanta, GA, he received a BS degree in Management Science and Engineering at Stanford University before being signed as a running back to the Oakland Raiders. JR attributes his passion to his parents who set a foundation for him to think 'outside of the box', and with confidence follow his heart.- Actor
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American actor and musician, originally from Corvallis, Oregon. He grew up in Las Vegas, NV where he graduated from Bonanza High School. He is best known for his association with the comedy rock band Tenacious D. Reed is best known for his character Lee from Tenacious D's HBO series in the episode The Fan and feature film Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny. Aside from his onscreen role as the band's biggest fan, he is also the band's lead roadie. The song Lee from Tenacious D's first album is about Reed's character.
JR Reed has also appeared on stage during Tenacious D tours. He plays the characters "Lee", "Satan", "The Metal", "A Mushroom", "Spider-Man" and a Police car.- Music Artist
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Jeffrey Bruce Atkins better known by his stage name Ja Rule, is an American rapper and actor. Born and raised in New York City, he debuted in 1999 with Venni Vetti Vecci and its lead single "Holla Holla". During the 2000s, Ja Rule was signed to Irv Gotti's Murder Inc. Records, formerly known as The Inc. From 1999 to 2005, Ja Rule had multiple hits that made the top 20 of the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, including "Between Me and You" (featuring Christina Milian), "I'm Real (Murder Remix)" and "Ain't It Funny" (both with Jennifer Lopez)-which both topped the Hot 100-the number 1 hit "Always on Time" (featuring Ashanti), "Mesmerize" (featuring Ashanti), and "Wonderful" (featuring R. Kelly and Ashanti).- Actress
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Ja'Net DuBois was a multi-talented and diverse performer. She grew up in Brooklyn, New York and began her career on Broadway. She has appeared in various plays, including "Golden Boy" with Sammy Davis Jr. and Louis Gossett Jr., and "A Raisin in the Sun". She moved onto TV roles, receiving a Peabody Award for a 1969 CBS children's movie J.T. (1969). She then appeared in a daytime serial, Love of Life (1951); she is the first African American actress to have a regular serial role.
She was best known for her role as the sexy, confident, gossipy "Willona Woods" on Good Times (1974). She composed and sang the theme song, "Movin' On Up", for another Norman Lear series, The Jeffersons (1975). She appeared in many films, including the blaxploitation parody, I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988), as a tough and loving mother. She also did voice-over work, for which she received two Emmys.
She co-founded the "Pan African Film & Arts Festival", which showcases global films about people of African descent and fine arts. She is a community activist whose DuBois Care Foundation's mission is to empower youth by supporting after-school programs. She was also a painter who regularly exhibited her work. She released a CD in 2008, "Hidden Treasures", which includes the well-known TV theme song, "Movin' On Up".- Actor
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Jaa Smith-Johnson is an award-winning television, film, voice and theatre actor/producer/writer. He began acting at the age of fifteen where he made his professional debut in a film called The Point (2006). Known for Valiant Hearts: Coming Home (2023), MoonFall (2022), Assassin's Creed: Origins: The Curse of the Pharaohs (2018), X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014), Quantico (2016), Race (2016) and 19-2 (2014).- Jason was first introduced to worldwide audiences as Logan Fowler in the hit TV series Baywatch, a Show viewed by a billion people across 142 countries. After 3 years on the show he walked away from Hollywood, and returned to stage school to study theatre, to complete his training with renowned acting teacher Sanford Meisner. He has taken on controversial roles both on stage & screen, including Greg Araki's film Nowhere with Christina Applegate and Heather Graham, the much acclaimed Eroica, directed by Paul Warner, Adam Meggido 's The End of the Sentence, Mad Cow Girl directed by Greg Hatanaka, and Greek Directed by Australian actor and director Marcus Graham, at the Power House Theatre in New Farm Qld. Sharknado bought Tasmanian born actor Jaason Simmons back into the international spotlight. He has presently four movies in pre-production. The upcoming projects like Jason are diverse. A new Australian Sci Fy series 3010 where he will play a futuristic Super Soldier. A comedy with British comic genus John Cleese. An Australian drama based on the true life story of underground free style flightier Zane Dirani. A thriller to be shot in the state of Georgia. And lastly Jason will be co hosting an Australian produced Environmental Documentary about our Oceans and how that impacts the consumer.
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Jace Alexander was born on April 7, 1964 in New York City, New York, USA as Jason Edward Alexander. He is a director and producer, known for Law & Order (1990), Rescue Me (2004) and Carry Me Home (2004). He has been married to Maddie Corman since September 6, 1998. They have three children.- Actor
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Jace Norman is best known for his starring role in Nickelodeon's hit TV series "Henry Danger" for the past 4 seasons. The show has been nominated for 'Favorite TV Show' at the Kids Choice Awards two years in a row and won the award this year. Jace was also awarded 'Favorite TV Star' 3 years in a row, and won all 3. Having started his acting career at the age of 12, Jace landed a guest spot on Disney's "Jessie" after his very first audition. From the success of "Henry Danger," Jace has gone on to star in Nickelodeon's original TV movies "Spitting Adam," "Rufus", "Rufus 2, Blurt, and Bixler High Private Eye." Jace recently started in the business industry with "Creator Edge Media", a platform to bring more opportunities to Social Media entertainers. He also a producer, he produced the last 11 Episodes of Henry Danger, and He also produces the Henry Danger spin-off "Danger Force".- Actor
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Jacek Koman was born on 15 August 1956 in Bielsko-Biala, Slaskie, Poland. He is an actor, known for Moulin Rouge! (2001), Children of Men (2006) and Defiance (2008).- Jacelyn Holmes was recognized first in major motion pictures as a child acting alongside Adam Sandler, Cloris Leachman, Kirk Cameron, Joe Flaherty, Denis Leary and so many more. Jacelyn was also a voice for many productions, including Magic School Bus. Taking a hiatus she dove into her music career and since then after winning many awards and also having her music in movies and TV shows, she's returned to the big screen a few times. Follow her music here: @musicbyjacelyn
- Jaci Twiss was born on June 17, 1987 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her professional career began at the age of 15 when she started working as an extra and stand-in for television and film, she signed with her first agent at the age of 16 and booked her first speaking role shortly after. Over the last decade Jaci has filmed several commercials and appeared in over 10 short and feature length films.
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Jaci Velasquez was born on 15 October 1979 in Houston, Texas, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for The Encounter (2010), I'm Not Ashamed (2016) and Rumors of Wars (2014). She has been married to Nic Gonzalez since 17 December 2006. They have two children. She was previously married to Darren Potuck.- Jacinda Barrett was born in Australia. Her convincing accent has paved the way for numerous acting roles in the USA. Barrett was first introduced to American audiences via MTV's The Real World (1992), during its fourth season, which was set in London. Jacinda Barrett received her first break on the big screen in The Human Stain (2003), directed by Oscar winner Robert Benton, alongside Anthony Hopkins and Nicole Kidman, for which she received critical praise.
Soon after, she starred in Ladder 49 (2004), a movie that honored her firefighter father, where she worked with Joaquin Phoenix and John Travolta. The movie spanned 10 years in the life of a Baltimore firefighting family. Soon after, she was in love with Renée Zellweger's Bridget in Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004).
She also starred in the action disaster movie, Poseidon (2006), directed by Wolfgang Petersen, and the comedy, School for Scoundrels (2006), with Billy Bob Thornton. She again received critical praise for her challenging role in The Last Kiss (2006). A.O. Scott said of her performance, "Ms. Barrett is a glowing, lovely presence, giving full voice to the rage, humiliation and hurt". Shauna Lyon in the New Yorker writes, "Jacinda Barrett steals the show as Michael's beautiful, reasonable life partner, offering a volatile, realistic portrayal of a woman scorned".
Jacinda was directed by Mira Nair in the adaptation of Jhumpa Lahiri's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, "The Namesake", and starred alongside her husband, Gabriel Macht, in Middle Men (2009), a tale of the founding of the Internet porn industry.
She has starred in multiple TV series, most recently alongside Anthony Edwards, in Zero Hour (2013), a show that is no longer on the air.
Even though Jacinda grew up in Brisbane, her first Australian role was headlining Matching Jack (2010), as she left home at 17 to work and travel the world. She is married to Gabriel Macht and they have one daughter and one son, together.
In 1997, she was named one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People. - Jacinta Mulcahy is known for Irish Wish (2024), Much Ado About Christmas (2021) and Nature Unleashed: Earthquake (2005). She is married to Paul Antony-Barber.
- Jacinta Patrice Stapleton is an Australian actress born in Melbourne, Victoria.
She joined an actors' agency at the age of six and made her screen debut at the age of eight, appearing in "Boulevard of Broken Dreams".
This was followed by many children's television shows, including "The Flying Doctors" and "Genie From Down Under", all whilst completing her schooling at the Catholic Girls College, Star of the Sea.
Wanting to expand on her performance skills, she completed the last two years of high school at Sandringham Secondary College, which focused predominantly on the arts.
Upon finishing school, Jacinta was asked to appear for five weeks in the highly successful television soap, "Neighbours". The role quickly expanded and Jacinta spent three years on the popular show playing the complex and controversial character, Amy.
After leaving the soap, she traveled overseas to study acting and voice and has since studied Meisner technique, Practical Aesthetics and more recently, closely with Ivana Chubbuck in Australia and Los Angeles.
Whilst in the UK, Jacinta played Snow White in a theatre production.
Upon her return to Australia, she appeared in Patrick Hughes first film, "The Director", then landed the coveted lead female role, in "Romeo and Juliet" with The Australian Shakespeare Company.
Jacinta appeared on various TV dramas in Melbourne and Sydney and also American productions of "Beastmaster", "Lost World" and Stephen King's, "Nightmares and Dreamscapes", before landing a lead role in the prime time drama, "Stingers".
Her performance garnered an AFI nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Television Drama.
She then appeared in many guest roles, before appearing as a recurring character on "All Saints", then "Out Of The Blue". She also had a small role in Nadia Tass' feature film, "Matching Jack, and played the lead in independent genre film, "Muscle Car".
Her 2013 credits include playing an American record producer in the highly anticipated INXS mini-series, and her role as the controversial Mercedes Corby in the televmovie, Schapelle (both to be aired in Australia in February, 2014).
She is also a voice artist and has many animated credits to her name, including "The Davincibles" and "Santa's Apprentice". - Actor
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A former song-and-dance man and veteran of vaudeville, burlesque and Broadway, Jack Albertson is best known to audiences as "The Man" in the TV series Chico and the Man (1974), for which he won an Emmy. In 1968 Albertson, the brother of actress Mabel Albertson, won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in The Subject Was Roses (1968), a part which also won him the Tony award during its Broadway run.- Producer
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Jack Bender was born on 25 September 1949 in the USA. He is a producer and director, known for Lost (2004), From (2022) and Alias (2001). He is married to Laura Owens. They have two children.- Actor
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The son of a saloon keeper, Jack Benny (born Benny Kubelsky) began to study the violin at the age six, and his "ineptness" at it, would later become his trademark (in reality, he was a very accomplished player). When given the opportunity to play in live theatre professionally, Benny quit school and joined vaudeville. In the same theatre that Benny was working with were the very young The Marx Brothers. Their mother, Minnie Marx, wanted Benny to go on the road with them. However, this plan was foiled by his parents who would not let their 17-year-old son on the road.
Having a successful vaudeville career, Benny also had a greater career on radio for "The Jack Benny Program". The show was one of the few successful radio programs that also became a successful television show.
Benny also starred in several movies, including The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929), Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935), The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945) and George Washington Slept Here (1942), although he had much greater success on radio and on TV than he did on the big screen.
He was good friends with Fred Allen, with whom he had a long-standing comic "feud".- Actor
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Thomas Jacob "Jack" Black was born on August 28, 1969 in Santa Monica, California and raised in Hermosa Beach, California to Judith Love Cohen & Thomas William Black, both satellite engineers. He is of Russian Jewish & British-German ancestry. Black attended the University of California at Los Angeles. While at UCLA, he was a member of Tim Robbins' acting troupe & it was through this collaboration that led to his 1992 film debut in Bob Roberts (1992). Although he was just a background voice in his first film, Jack's appearances in such television shows as The X-Files (1993), his breakthrough performance in High Fidelity (2000) & his rock-comedy band, Tenacious D have created an ever-growing cult following.- Actor
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Jack Blessing was born and raised in suburban Baltimore. He began his professional career as a member of Boston's seminal improvisational company "The Proposition". It was in his last year at "The Proposition" that a Paramount casting director spotted him and put him in the Emmy award- winning television film The Defection of Simas Kudirka (1978) with Alan Arkin. Soon, Jack moved to New York City, but didn't stay long. After another TV movie, Women at West Point (1979) with Linda Purl, Jack moved to Los Angeles.
After two years of episodic television, a Roger Corman film, and the infamous Heaven's Gate (1980), Jack landed his first television series. It was a half-hour from Disney TV for CBS called Small & Frye (1983). Darren McGavin played "Nick Small" and Jack played "Chip Frye". Besides Small & Frye (1983), Jack has starred in several other series. With George C. Scott, Jack starred in the Fox series Mr. President (1987) and in what is probably his most visible role, Jack played "MacGillicuddy" in the last two seasons of the television classic Moonlighting (1985). Jack also played "Mr. Donner" in the Téa Leoni series The Naked Truth (1995) and "Jack Powers" on George Lopez (2002). His roles in episodic TV number more than 100 and have included performances in some of television's landmark shows, including M*A*S*H (1972), China Beach (1988), Thirtysomething (1987), Roseanne (1988), Northern Exposure (1990), NYPD Blue (1993), the The X-Files (1993) and "CSI" (2010)_. Jack has starred in numerous films for TV including LBJ: The Early Years (1987) with Randy Quaid, Amos (1985) with Kirk Douglas, Joshua's Heart (1990) with Melissa Gilbert, and the HBO film The Last of His Tribe (1992) with Graham Green and Jon Voight.
Besides his on camera work, Jack has lent his voice to over 3000 movies and television shows.
He lives in Chatsworth, California, with his wife Lora. They have two sons, Ian and Christopher.- Composer
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Jack Bruce was born on 14 May 1943 in Bishopbriggs, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK. He was a composer and actor, known for True Lies (1994), Backdraft (1991) and Road House (1989). He was married to Margrit Seyffer and Janet Godfrey. He died on 25 October 2014 in Bures, Suffolk, England, UK.- Actor
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Jack Campbell is best known for his role of Dr Steve Taylor in Australia's number one medical drama, "Allsaints" for Network Seven and his portrayal of infamous gangster Big Jim Divine in the Nine Network top rating drama series, "Underbelly Razor" based on the criminal underworld of Sydney, 1920's.
Jack Campbell grew up on a wheat and cattle farm in Outback Australia (Warrenbungles). He finished High School and moved to Sydney where he pursued acting at The Actor's Center in Surry Hills. In the early 1990's Campbell appeared in several Australian television shows, before performing with the Sydney Theater Company in "Six Degrees of Separation". He then co-starred in the feature film, "The Nostradamus Kid", along-side Noah Taylor and Miranda Otto.
In 1996 - 1998, Campbell had a leading role in the New Zealand drama series, "City life" playing the Prime Minister's rebellious son, Aaron Kellett. After this, he starred in the successful New Zealand medical drama, "Shortland Street" as romantic lead, Dr Daniel Buchannon (1998 - 2000). Campbell also appeared in New Zealand dramas, "Jackson's Wharf" and "The Legend of William Tell", before traveling to New York where he studied at The Cay Michael Patten Acting Studio.
After returning to Australia, Campbell created and presented a successful internet radio show called "A Positive Spin". The show was designed to teach street kids how to turn negatives into positives.
In 2006, Campbell returned to acting when he appeared in the BBC/Nine Network Co-Production of "Maddigan's Quest", a young adult - post apocalyptic drama series. This was followed by the feature film, "Gabriel" where he played Archangel, Raphael. After this, Campbell starred in the BBC/ABC Co-Production of "The Catalpa Rescue", playing Captain Anthony.
In 2007 - 2009, Campbell played the popular Dr Steve Taylor in Australia's number one medical drama, "Allsaints" on the Seven Network. During this time at the request of Tourism Tasmania, Campbell hosted the second series of "Discover Tasmania", a lifestyle program that aired on the Seven Network. Campbell then joined soap opera, "Home and Away" as Michael Patton, before guest starring in the Australian TV drama, "Sea Patrol" playing troubled mercenary, Garth Davidson.
In 2011 Campbell appeared in the feature film, "Burning Man", before starring as Sydney's infamous 1920's gangster, Big Jim Divine in Australia's top rating television drama, "Underbelly Razor" for the Nine Network.
In 2014 Campbell starred as hardened farmer and devoted family man, Adam Wilson in the feature film, ''The Pack''. This thriller was a co-production between Kojo Films and Prodigy Movies. ''The Pack'' made its world premiere at the 2015 Fantasy Filmfest and later secured United States distribution on Netflix in 2016.
Campbell then starred as author and widowed father, Alex Gibbs in the feature film, ''Without A Body'', which co-stars Kevin Sorbo, Michael Welch, Rena Owen, Whitney Rose Pynn and Isabella Kai Rice. ''Without A Body'' was released in the U.S in 2017.
Also In 2017 Campbell appeared for the Nine Network in the TV mini-series "House of Bond" playing America's Cup skipper John Bertrand. Campbell then starred alongside Byung Hun Lee and Hyo Jin Kong in the highly anticipated feature film "Single Rider" which was released by Warner Bros in 2017.
In 2019 Campbell starred in several feature films including "Choir Girl" for which he won Best Supporting Actor at the Macabre Faire Film Festival in Long Beach, New York . In 2020 he starred in the feature film, "The American King". And in 2021 Campbell starred in the feature film "Risen", for which he was nominated for best actor at The TBFF Awards in Toronto, Canada.
Campbell was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 1994 Australian Film Critic's Awards. He was nominated for his role of MacAlister in the feature film, ''The Nostradamus Kid''. Campbell was also nominated for Most Popular New Male Talent at the 2008 Australian Television Awards (Logies). He was nominated for his role of Dr. Steve Taylor in the medical drama, ''All Saints''.- Cinematographer
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Almost universally considered one of the greatest cinematographers of all time, Jack Cardiff was also a notable director. He described his childhood as very happy and his parents as quite loving. They performed in music hall as comedians, so he grew up with the fun that came with their theatrical life in pantomime and vaudeville. His father once worked with Charles Chaplin. His parents did occasional film appearances, and young Jack appeared in some of their films, such as My Son, My Son (1918), at the age of four. He had the lead in Billy's Rose (1922) with his parents playing his character's parents in the film. Jack was a production runner, or what he would call a "general gopher", for The Informer (1929) in which his father appeared. For one scene he was asked by the first assistant cameraman to "follow focus", which he said was his first real brush with photography of any kind, but he claimed that it was the lure of travel that led to him joining a camera department making films in a studio. He had, however, become impressed with the use of light and color in paintings by the age of seven or eight, and described how he watched art directors in theaters painting backdrops setting lights. His friend Ted Moore was also a camera assistant in this period when both worked in a camera department run by Freddie Young, who would also become a legendary cinematographer. He worked for Alfred Hitchcock during the filming of The Skin Game (1931).
By 1936 Cardiff had risen to being a camera operator at Denham Studios when the Technicolor Company hired him on the basis of what he told them in interview about the use of light by master painters. This led to his operating camera for the first Technicolor film shot in Britain, Wings of the Morning (1937). He finally was offered the full position of director of photography by Michael Powell for A Matter of Life and Death (1946), ironically working in B&W for the first time in some sequences. His next assignment was on Black Narcissus (1947), where he acknowledged the influence of painters Vermeer and Caravaggio and their use of shadow. He won the Academy Award for best color cinematography for this film. Jack certainly got to travel when it was decided to shoot The African Queen (1951) on location in the Congo. Errol Flynn offered Jack the chance to direct The Story of William Tell (1953) that would star Flynn. It would have been the second film made in CinemaScope had it been completed, but the production ran out of money part way through filming in Switzerland.
It has been said that Marilyn Monroe requested that Jack photograph The Prince and the Showgirl (1957). Although he had already directed some small productions, he had a critical breakthrough with Sons and Lovers (1960). He continued directing other films through the 1960s, including the commercial hit Dark of the Sun (1968), but for the most part returned to working for other directors as a very sought-after cinematographer in the 1970s and beyond. He continued to work into the new century, almost until his death. He was made an OBE in 2000 and received a lifetime achievement award at the 73rd Academy Awards.- Stunts
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Jack Carpenter began his career in the motion picture business driving for Pat Hustis Camera Cars in February of 1976.
Born in Hollywood in 1953 he graduated from Sylmar High School in '71 and enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. Although he saw no combat, he served with distinction and was honorably discharged as a sergeant in January '76.
While studying mathematics and engineering at California State University at Northridge he followed his father Ralph Carpenter into the business driving part time for Pat Hustis.
Mentored by the likes of "Chainsaw" Tommy May, Tom Prophet and Gaylin Schultz (all former Cammy winners), he began to truly learn and hone his craft until his first big break doing a pilot for the action TV show "CHiPs" for MGM.
When the show was picked up, cinematographer Robert Sparks, concerned with the risky nature of that show, went to production at MGM and insisted that they put Jack on payroll full time. When for monetary reasons MGM later objected to this arrangement, Sparks threatened to quit the show and take his entire department with him. When both lead actors weighed in with similar sentiments, MGM backed down. The show ran for six seasons.
Moving from TV to feature work, Jack began to build an impressive list of credits and accomplishments on such films as "A View To A Kill", "To Live And Die In LA", "Terminator 2", "Forever Young", "True Lies", "Die Hard With A Vengeance", "Enemy of the State", "Gone In 60 Seconds", "The Italian Job", "Bridesmaids" and "Identity Thief" to name but a very few.
A technical innovator from the start, Jack has continually created or adopted technology that would make it easier to do his job and to keep his fellow crew members safe. He designed and built switchable battery systems that could run everything from nine lights to carbon arc "brutes" without an on board generator. Long before cell phones he equipped his vehicles with public address systems and long distance studio frequency radio equipment to ensure clear communication with his police escort and traffic control.
As the founder of his own company Carpenter Camera Cars in 1981, and an innovator in the use of air suspension technology, Jack went on to design and build every manner of vehicle to make the cameras move, from the first ever camera ATVs to the most sophisticated and modern high-speed camera cars.
As an example, Jack learned early on how to slide a car while it was being towed with actors in the car and with crews manning the cameras. It was all about speed and horsepower, but it put a lot of stress on the equipment and on the crews. Using existing pneumatic technology he created a simple device to control the brakes on the back of a towed vehicle allowing him to slide the car around but at significantly lower and safer speeds.
Jack will be forever grateful for the trust that was placed in him by such accomplished cameramen as: Peter Salim, Richard "Beau" Pease, Robert Sparks, William Fraker (ASC), Harry Stradling Sr., Haskell Wexler (ASC), Adam Greenberg (ASC), Jonathan Taylor (ASC) (VES), Russell Carpenter (ASC) and Don Burgess (ASC). Over the years legendary film makers like: Richard Brooks, Tim Burton, Garry Marshall, Tony Scott, Ron Howard, William Friedkin, and James Cameron have done much the same.
Currently Jack Carpenter resides in Sylmar with his beautiful wife Leslie and their two adopted daughters Hannah and Mia.- Actor
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When Jack Carson arrived in Hollywood in 1937, he found work at RKO as an extra. His first major acting role came alongside Humphrey Bogart in the romantic comedy Stand-In (1937). After a few years, he developed into a popular character actor who would be seen in a large number of comedies, musicals and a few westerns. Not happy with the direction his career was heading, he went to Warner Brothers in 1941, where the quality of his supporting roles improved. It also did not hurt to be in films that starred James Cagney, such as The Strawberry Blonde (1941) and The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941).
After three years, he starred with Jane Wyman in Make Your Own Bed (1944) and, again, in The Doughgirls (1944). Carson would play the nice guy with the heart of gold who was still a nice guy even when he was angry. He would take the double take and the quizzical look to a higher level, but he could also act in dramas. He provided a good portrayal of "Albert" in The Hard Way (1943) and was acclaimed for his performance in Mildred Pierce (1945). However, it was comedies that provided most of his work. He teamed up with his old friend, Dennis Morgan, for several films in the tradition of Bob Hope and Bing Crosby. It was in the 1940s that Carson would become popular as a wisecracking comedian on radio. This would lead him to television work in the 1950s, where he was one of 4 rotating hosts on All Star Revue (1950), until 1951, when he had left the show and the title was changed to "All Star Revue".
He hosted and performed on The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950) from 1952-55. He would also help host The U.S. Royal Showcase (1952). He would appear on a number of shows during the 1950s, one of his most remembered being an episode of The Twilight Zone (1959), where he played a somewhat shady used-car salesman who came into possession of an old Model-A Ford that was "haunted" in that whoever owned it had to tell the truth, whether he wanted to or not. Although his movie career slowed in the 1950s, he still appeared in a number of prestige pictures, such as A Star Is Born (1954) with Judy Garland, The Tarnished Angels (1957) with Rock Hudson and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) with Paul Newman.
Collapsed in August 1962 while in rehearsal for the play "Critic's Choice." An early diagnosis deemed it a stomach "disorder," but two months later, cancer was discovered while he was undergoing an unrelated operation.- Actor
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Jack Carter was born on 24 June 1922 in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for History of the World: Part I (1981), Alligator (1980) and Amazing Stories (1985). He was married to Roxanne Wander, Paula Stewart and Joan Mann. He died on 28 June 2015 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.- Actor
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Actor. Jack Cassidy, by his own design, defied mere definition from the day he was born in Richmond Hills, New York in 1927 until his tragic death in 1976. An actor, singer, writer, designer - the consummate showman and irrefutable creative entity - his life never followed a simple path nor did it ever lead quite where expected. Yet, in the end, his impact on the entertainment community has been unmistakable - and unforgettable. The youngest of five children born to immigrant parents, Jack Cassidy's story is one of success and inspiration. By the time he was sixteen, he'd worked fifteen jobs ranging from busboy to dishwasher to ice truck driver. His uncle, a renowned circus contortionist, showed him the show business ropes and at the tender age of sixteen, Jack stepped into the chorus of "Something for the Boys". After that point, Jack's acting talent and rich baritone voice took him from show to show. He graced the stage in several productions before landing his first lead role in "Wish You Were Here" in 1953. The reviews were outstanding and his career started to flourish including the role of Johnny O'Sullivan in "Sandhog." The role of an Irish immigrant would hit close to home and would be one of his favorites. His life had also been enriched with his marriage to dancer-choreographer Evelyn Ward in 1948 and the birth of their son David in 1950. Evelyn and Jack had met while working on a show together and their wedding was attended by a who's-who of The Great White Way. Jack started to pepper his career with appearances not only on stage but on various television shows, sharing his talent with a broader audience. He made several appearances on "Toast of the Town" and "Lux Video Theatre" and also surfaced on episodes of "The United Steel Hour," "Richard Diamond, Private Detective" and "Gunsmoke." He would even have his own television show in Great Britain. His television presence would only grow over the next 20 years reflecting not only his career but his notoriety and prominence in the industry. In 1955, Jack was cast in a State Department European tour of the Rogers and Hammerstein musical "Oklahoma!" with a young actress named Shirley Jones. Legally separated from Evelyn, Jack pursued Shirley and after their first date in Paris, he declared his intent to marry her - which he did between performances of "The Beggar's Opera" in 1956. Their marriage would be blessed with the births of three sons: Shaun, Patrick and Ryan. All four of his sons would carry on Jack's legacy in their own way - each with critically acclaimed careers in theater, film and television. Jack and Shirley would collaborate in other ways, appearing together on Broadway in "Maggie Flynn" in 1968 (Jack would receive a Tony nomination for his portrayal of "Phineas"), recording a number of albums including "Love From Hollywood" and "Brigadoon" and touring with the nightclub act "The Marriage Band" which was created by Jack and inspired by their relationship. As the country transformed through the 1960s, Jack Cassidy's career blossomed in all respects. In the theater, he took home the Tony for Best Featured Actor in 1963 for "She Loves Me" and followed that with Tony nominations for his work in "Fade Out, Fade In," "It's a Bird...It's a Plane...It's Superman" and "Maggie Flynn" and is one of the most nominated actors in Tony history. The West Coast beckoned to him and Jack started to truly establish himself in television. Whether it was a brilliant dramatic performance on "Alfred Hitchcock Presents,", "77 Sunset Strip," "Coronet Blue," "Lock Up," "Maverick" or "Wagon Train," a dazzling musical performance on "The Bell Telephone Hour" or "The Garry Moore Show" or a delightful comedic performance on "Bewitched" or "That Girl" - Jack was finally allowed to showcase his versatility and range to audiences unable to see him set foot on a stage. He even started his movie career in films such as "Look in Any Window", "The Chapman Report", "FBI Code 98" and the animated "Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol" in 1962. Often considered "larger than life" himself - even by co-stars Paula Prentiss and Richard Benjamin - Jack brought life to the character of Oscar North in the 1968 series "He & She" to the delight of both audiences and critics. His delivery of the classic "trapped in an elevator" routine has never been matched and his superior flair and uproarious comic timing would garner an Emmy nomination in 1969. His television presence would swell in the 1970s as he became a staple of both dramatic programs and game shows. Indeed it was nearly impossible to turn on the television and not see Jack's brilliant smile or hear his infectious laughter. He frequented "Columbo" and remains one of the more popular guest stars in the show's history. Other memorable performances include appearances in "Barnaby Jones," "Matt Helm," "McCloud," "Hawaii Five-O," "Alias Smith and Jones" and "Bonanza" as well as comedic interludes in "Love, American Style", "The Carol Burnett Show", "Laugh-In" and "The Mary Tyler Moore Show." His career expanded into the television movie genre with "Your Money or Your Wife," "George M!," "June Moon," and "The Phantom of Hollywood." Yet it was his depiction of attorney Otis Baker in "The Andersonville Trial" that again brought him an Emmy nomination and critical acclaim. Jack Cassidy's film career in the 1970s was filled with wonderful, quirky roles in films such as "Bunny O'Hare" with Bette Davis and Ernest Borgnine, the Clint Eastwood action-thriller "The Eiger Sanction", "The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County" with Mickey Rooney and his brilliant portrayal of the legendary John Barrymore in "W.C. Fields and Me". However, he craved the solid, dramatic roles where he could truly prove his abilities on a larger scale. Tragically, he had just started receiving these offers right before his death in 1976. Like the character he'd created on "He & She," Jack Cassidy was undeniably larger than life. His notorious sense of humor made him the life of the party from private gatherings to public charity galas. It is no surprise that his friends and fans read like a roster of Hollywood's top talent. Among them, Dick Van Dyke, Jack Lemmon and Dick Van Patten have counted themselves as admirers of his talent. Jack was the superlative example of the classic leading man with his charisma, dashing grin and sparkling eyes who conducted his life with nothing less than panache and style. His golden baritone voice will forever set him apart. His talent will never be matched. His wit and humor warm the memories of the friends and family he left behind. He was a creative powerhouse who was denied the time necessary to fully express the full spectrum of his talents - some of which are only now revealed through the talent and success of his sons in many facets of the industry. Despite the brilliance of his career, he had only started to tap into the expanse of his potential. It was a life cut short and a life that deserves to be celebrated- Actor
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John MacDonald "Jack" Coleman is an American actor and screenwriter, known for playing the role of Steven Carrington in the 1980s prime time soap opera Dynasty (1982-88), and for portraying Noah Bennet in the science-fiction drama series Heroes (2006-10). Coleman's first major role was in the soap opera Days of Our Lives, where he appeared from 1981 to 1982 as the character of Jake Kositchek (aka The Salem Strangler). In 1982, he joined the cast of Dynasty when he took over the role of Steven Carrington, one of the first gay characters on American television. Coleman played the role until the end of the show's eighth season in 1988.- Jack Conley is known for The Purge: Anarchy (2014), Fast & Furious (2009) and Traffic (2000). He is married to Francesca Casale.
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John Corbett is an American actor who received Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor, for his role as Chris Stevens in Northern Exposure (1990), and a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Aidan Shaw in Sex and the City (1998).
John was born John Joseph Corbett on May 9, 1961 in Wheeling, West Virginia, to Sandra (Pavilack) and John Marshall Corbett. He is of English, Irish, Lithuanian, and Russian-Jewish descent. John was raised Catholic, and graduated from Wheeling Central Catholic High School in 1979. He subsequently worked at a boiler-making factory in California for six years. After sustaining an injury, he left the factory to enroll at Cerritos College in Norwalk, California to study hairdressing, and took acting classes in the evenings.
Corbett began his acting career with a guest role in The Wonder Years (1988). His breakthrough role came two years later when he was cast as Chris Stevens in Northern Exposure (1990), for which he received Primetime Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. He then played the lead role in The Visitor (1997), for which he received a Saturn Award nomination for Best Actor. Corbett portrayed one of Sarah Jessica Parker's love interests in Sex and the City (1998), for which he received his second Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
In 2002, he starred as the male lead opposite Nia Vardalos in the blockbuster romantic comedy My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002), and reprised his role in its sequel, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016). Corbett also starred as the husband of Toni Collette's character in United States of Tara (2009), and portrayed guitarist Josiah 'Flash' Bacon in Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (2015).
Corbett has been in a relationship with actress Bo Derek since 2002, and the couple reside on a ranch in Santa Ynez, California. Aside from acting, he has released two country music albums, "John Corbett" in 2006 and "Leaving Nothin' Behind" in 2013.- Jack Cullison was born in San Bernardino, CA, but grew up in Everett, Washington. At the age of 14, Jack and his mother picked up and moved to Orange County, CA, seeking a better living. After High School, Jack was an adventure seeker traveling to different parts of the world; working odd jobs to fund his excursions before deciding to venture out to Los Angeles to explore the arts. When he arrived in Los Angeles, he immediately started working in film. Jack booked his first audition and secured a starring role in a feature put together by Producer David Michael Latt of The Asylum Productions & Director Scott Wheeler, and gained notoriety as "Brandon Murphy" in the cult classic teen comedy "Milf", which is a film often compared to the popular "American Pie". A year and half later, he teamed up with Latt & Wheeler again and starred in the teen comedy, "Celebrity Sex Tape" as "Ross Gans". Jack's screen credits also include several short films and web-series. Jack has starring roles in two features set to release at the end of 2014, including a Futuristic Sci-fi Thriller starring himself and Yancy Butler (Witchblade),(Kick-Ass 1,2),(Drop Zone) & two other features set to shoot in early 2015..
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Jack Davenport was born in 1973 and is the son of actors Maria Aitken and Nigel Davenport. He studied Literature and Film Studies at the University of East Anglia. His first break happened after he wrote to John Cleese to ask to be a runner on Fierce Creatures (1997) where he ended up playing a zoo keeper. His first major role however was that of public school educated barrister Miles in the BBC television series This Life (1996). Recent projects include the stylish Ultraviolet (1998) where he played a modern-day vampire hunter, The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999) as Matt Damon's love interest, and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) as the Keira Knightley's intended mate.- Actor
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Jack DePew was born on 14 January 1993 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Mad Men (2007), The Fosters (2013) and Major Crimes (2012).- American. Native of former Yugoslavia. Character actor. Graduated The Lee Strasberg Institute For Film And Theater, New York City, 1997-2001, with: Michael Margotta, Dan Grimaldi and Bobby Moresco (Academy Award Winner). Fluent in Russian, Serbo-Croation, Macedonian, Czech, Italian and English. Qualified for Academy Award 2009 and won 25 International Film Festivals with "In The Name Of The Son" produced by American Film Institute (AFI). Jack Dimich has guest staring roles in: CSI, Law & Order:SVU , Castle, Undercovers, Madam Secretary, Elementary, Chuck, Hawaii Five-O, Sleeper Cell, The Blacklist, Burn Notice and Lilyhammer. He is a member of ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION and SAG-AFTRA since October 2000. Jack lives in New York City. More info about his work and video clips are available on his website: www.jackdimich.com and: www.YouTube.com (Jack Dimich).
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Jack Docherty was born in 1962 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Scot Squad (2014), Scotland in a Day (2014) and Mr Don & Mr George (1993).- Jack Dodson was arguably best known for playing "Howard Sprague," the somewhat geeky county clerk on The Andy Griffith Show (1960). This amazingly funny character actor endeared himself to 60s and 70s audiences as the straight-laced "straight man" to the "comic idiot" character "Goober." He brought laughs throughout the end of the run of The Andy Griffith Show (1960) (Ugh!!!)- and its spin-off, the ever popular (he said facetiously), Mayberry R.F.D. (1968) (alongside Ken Berry in the "Andy" knock-off role). Dodson got his start on Broadway, later coming to Hollywood and "The Andy Griffith Show" (1960) in 1967. In fact, Andy Griffith saw Jack on Broadway in 1964's, "Hughie," and hired him for "The Andy Griffith Show" straight away.
In 1971, Mayberry R.F.D. (1968) fizzled, but Jack remained busy with television and film appearances. From his first effort in Munster, Go Home! (1966) to the Griffith film Angel in My Pocket (1969) and even a nod as "Dr. Douglas" in the very scary Disney (Ray Bradbury) film Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983). Believe it or not, Howard (Jack) did it "all, working with some of the great directors and actors of his time. From Andy Griffith to Sam Peckinpah, Bea Arthur and Jonathan Pryce; Jack Dodson made friends and history.
Dodson returned to Broadway in the revival of "You Can't Take It With You" in 1985. Jack was married to television actress Mary Dodson (the sister of actor Fritz Weaver) from 1959 until his death. In his personal life, Jack was very much "Howard". The actor was a boxing fan, and was also an outdoors man; loving to fish and camp. Jack left us all too soon, at the age of 63, from heart failure. He will be missed. - Actor
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Jack Donnelly is a British actor, writer and director. He trained at London's Central School of Speech and Drama. He is best known for his roles in BBC's 'Atlantis', feature films 'FriendsGiving', 'United We Fall' and 'Slayers'.
In 2021 he wrote, directed and starred in the award winning short comedy series 'The Players'.
Jack lives in LA and is married to Swedish actress Malin Akerman.- Actor
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Widely known and admired as Romulan Subcommander Tal in the original Star Trek (1966), Jack Donner has worked steadily in TV, film and theater since the 1950s. Born and raised in Los Angeles, he did his first professional theater and TV work there before heading for New York during the glory days of TV, appearing in many prestigious early shows like Studio One (1948), and soap operas such as As the World Turns (1956) and Guiding Light (1952). He also did seven seasons of New York regional and stock theater. Returning to L.A., he worked his way up to guest star and co-star status in shows like The Streets of San Francisco (1972), Mannix (1967), Kojak (1973), The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964), the aforementioned Star Trek (1966) episode "The Enterprise Incident", and eleven episodes (the most by any guest star in any series) of Mission: Impossible (1966). He also founded, with fellow actor Lee Delano, his own theater and drama school. His students included Barry Levinson, Craig T. Nelson, Barbara Parkins, and Don Johnson. Recent TV credits include Baywatch (1989), Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997), Frasier (1993), Charmed (1998), General Hospital (1963), Chicken Soup for the Soul (1999), Good vs Evil (1999), Malcolm in the Middle (2000) and Roswell (1999), and as a regular in The Privateers (2000). Donner has assayed a wide variety of roles in recent feature films such as Gideon (1998) (with Christopher Lambert and Charlton Heston), and Family Tree (1999) (with Robert Forster). With his deep, resonant voice, silver-white hair and patrician profile, he has recently been compared with Vincent Price for his roles in a run of classy horror flicks, as Afzel the sorcerer in Retro Puppet Master (1999), the mysterious Father Almeida in Stigmata (1999), the manipulative Dr. Bassett in Demon Under Glass (2002), and the obsessed Father Lansing in Exorcism (2003).- Actor
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Jack is established as a film & TV actor working in drama and in comedy. He joined season 3 of Amazon's highly acclaimed series The Boys. He can be seen in regular roles in two seasons of Netflix/ITV police drama Marcella and the sit-com White Gold for BBC/Netflix. Leading film roles include the upcoming feature Sisu directed by Jalmari Helender which premiered at TIFF 2022 as well as Cemetery Junction, written and directed by Ricky Gervais & Stephen Merchant.- Actor
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Colorful American character actor equally adept at vicious killers or grizzled sidekicks. As a child he worked in the cotton fields. He attended Santa Monica Junior College in California and subsequently became an accountant and, at one time, manager of the Bel Air Hotel. Elam got his first movie job by trading his accounting services for a role. In short time he became one of the most memorable supporting players in Hollywood, thanks not only to his near-demented screen persona but also to an out-of-kilter left eye, sightless from a childhood fight. He appeared with great aplomb in Westerns and gangster films alike, and in later years played to wonderful effect in comedic roles.- Jack Erdie was born in West Virginia, USA. He is known for Outsiders (2016), Out of the Furnace (2013) and One for the Money (2012).
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Jack Falahee was born and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and graduated New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where he performed in the several stage productions. Since graduation, Falahee appeared in films and television shows, before his breakout role as Connor Walsh in the Shonda Rhimes-produced ABC series "How to Get Away with Murder".- Production Designer
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Jack Fisk was born on 19 December 1945 in Canton, Illinois, USA. He is a production designer and art director, known for Killers of the Flower Moon (2023), The Revenant (2015) and The Tree of Life (2011). He has been married to Sissy Spacek since 12 April 1974. They have two children.- Jack Louis Fox is a British actor, he was born and raised in London. He is part of the illustrious Fox acting family. He is the fourth son of James Fox and his late wife Mary, his uncles are Robert and Edward Fox. He attended The King's School Canterbury, before moving onto The University of Leeds, where he studied Philosophy, before embarking on a career in acting.
Having left Leeds University, in 2009 Fox's first professional role was playing Perkin Warbeck, in Channel 4's Tv Mini Series, Henry VIII: Mind of a Tyrant. His next role was to be found in ITV's Lewis, in which he played the guest lead character of Alfie Wilkinson, opposite Kevin Whatley. In 2011, Fox was cast opposite Edmund Kingsley in Pierre Granier-Deferre's Beast, in which he turned heads as the frightening and capable Robert. He then went onto star in Aml Ameen's written and directed Hoorah, a military PTSD thriller. At the end of 2011, Fox was then cast in Channel 4's critically acclaimed Fresh Meat, created by Jessie Armstrong and Sam Bain, in which he demonstrated his comedic touch, playing Ralph, a manipulative counterweight to Jack Whitehall's JP, in an arc that spanned two seasons. A leading role in BBC One's Privates, followed, in which he played the malevolent Private White-Bowne, directed by Brynn Higgins. At the start of 2013, Fox was then cast in NBC's Dracula, as the expert swordsman Alastair Harvey, before moving onto ITV's Mr. Selfridge.
In 2014 he was cast by Naji Abu Nowar in Theeb, the story of a young Bedouin boy as he experiences a greatly hastened coming-of-age, as he embarks on a perilous desert journey to guide a British officer, played by Fox, to his secret destination. The film was a roaring success gaining Naji Abu Nowar the Venice Horizon's Award, collecting multiple accolades on the way to two BAFTA wins, and an Oscar Nomination. Film Roles in The Messenger, directed by BAFTA winning director David Blair, and Kids in Love opposite Will Poulter and Cara Delevingne followed, before returning to television to work on the Golden Globe-nominated National Geographic series Genius opposite Geoffrey Rush. Fox was then cast in Ben Elton's Upstart Crowe opposite David Mitchell, before moving onto Working Title's Jonny English Strikes Again opposite Rowan Atkinson.
In the Sumer of 2015. Fox made his West End debut at the Apollo theatre in London. The two-hander named, Dear Lupin, adapted by Michael Simkins from author Charlie Mortimer's smash hit of the same name, was directed by Philip Franks's. The play was a huge success gaining four star reviews from The Daily Mail and The Evening Standard.
In 2019 Fox was cast in Sky Atlantic's Riviera (2019), which smashed records for their biggest debut series ever. He played Nico Eltham, a psychopathic megalomaniac, opposite Juliet Stevenson, Will Arnett, and Julia Stiles leading to him being the cover star for Rollacoaster's Autumn/Winter 2020 edition.[1] He then moved onto Andrew Davies's ITV/Masterpiece (PBS) produced Sanditon (2020-present), in which he played manipulative and narcissistic Edward Denham, opposite Theo James and Rose Williams. in 2021, a return to comedy-drama followed, this time in a new format, eighteen ten-minute episodes, produced by Clerkenwell Films and directed by Elliot Hegarty. Cheaters would see him work with Josh Maguire, Susan Wokoma, and Callie Cooke, in this acclaimed comedy. At the start of 2022, he began production on Óskar Þór Axelsson's Operation Napoleon, a film based on Arnaldur Indriðason best selling book of the same name. He stars alongside Iain Glenn, Wotan Wilke Möhring, and Ólafur Darri Ólafsson. - Actor
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Jack Gilford was born in Brooklyn, New York, as Yankel Gellman. He began his career in the Amateur Nights of the 1930s moving on to nightclubs as an innovative comedian doing satire and pantomime. He was a regular at the Greenwich Village nightspot, Cafe Society and hosted shows featuring Zero Mostel, Billie Holiday and jazz greats like Hazel Scott. It is said that he invented the expression, "The butler did it!", as part of one of his movie satire routines. He also did a facial pantomime of "Pea Soup Coming to a Boil". During the 1950s, he was a victim of the The House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) blacklisting which stalled his TV career until the early 1960s. But after that, he became a regular popular comic character actor on dozens of TV series and movies. He was most recognized for being the rubber-faced guy on the "Cracker Jacks" commercials for a dozen years, from 1960-1972.
He was nominated for Tony awards on Broadway for best supporting actor in the musical, "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum", and "Cabaret". The song "Meeskite" was written for him by John Kander & Fred Ebb.
He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film, Save the Tiger (1973), starring opposite Jack Lemmon, who won the Best Actor Oscar for his performance.