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Martin Brest was born on 8 August 1951 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Scent of a Woman (1992), Midnight Run (1988) and Beverly Hills Cop (1984).- Producer
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Martin Charles Scorsese was born on November 17, 1942 in Queens, New York City, to Catherine Scorsese (née Cappa) and Charles Scorsese, who both worked in Manhattan's garment district, and whose families both came from Palermo, Sicily. He was raised in the neighborhood of Little Italy, which later provided the inspiration for several of his films. Scorsese earned a B.S. degree in film communications in 1964, followed by an M.A. in the same field in 1966 at New York University's School of Film. During this time, he made numerous prize-winning short films including The Big Shave (1967), and directed his first feature film, Who's That Knocking at My Door (1967).
He served as assistant director and an editor of the documentary Woodstock (1970) and won critical and popular acclaim for Mean Streets (1973), which first paired him with actor and frequent collaborator Robert De Niro. In 1976, Scorsese's Taxi Driver (1976), also starring De Niro, was awarded the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, and he followed that film with New York, New York (1977) and The Last Waltz (1978). Scorsese directed De Niro to an Oscar-winning performance as boxer Jake LaMotta in Raging Bull (1980), which received eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director, and is hailed as one of the masterpieces of modern cinema. Scorsese went on to direct The Color of Money (1986), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Goodfellas (1990), Cape Fear (1991), The Age of Innocence (1993), Casino (1995) and Kundun (1997), among other films. Commissioned by the British Film Institute to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of cinema, Scorsese completed the four-hour documentary, A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995), co-directed by Michael Henry Wilson.
His long-cherished project, Gangs of New York (2002), earned numerous critical honors, including a Golden Globe Award for Best Director; the Howard Hughes biopic The Aviator (2004) won five Academy Awards, in addition to the Golden Globe and BAFTA awards for Best Picture. Scorsese won his first Academy Award for Best Director for The Departed (2006), which was also honored with the Director's Guild of America, Golden Globe, New York Film Critics, National Board of Review and Critic's Choice awards for Best Director, in addition to four Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Scorsese's documentary of the Rolling Stones in concert, Shine a Light (2008), followed, with the successful thriller Shutter Island (2010) two years later. Scorsese received his seventh Academy Award nomination for Best Director, as well as a Golden Globe Award, for Hugo (2011), which went on to win five Academy Awards.
Scorsese also serves as executive producer on the HBO series Boardwalk Empire (2010) for which he directed the pilot episode. Scorsese's additional awards and honors include the Golden Lion from the Venice Film Festival (1995), the AFI Life Achievement Award (1997), the Honoree at the Film Society of Lincoln Center's 25th Gala Tribute (1998), the DGA Lifetime Achievement Award (2003), The Kennedy Center Honors (2007) and the HFPA Cecil B. DeMille Award (2010). Scorsese and actor Leonardo DiCaprio have worked together on five separate occasions: Gangs of New York (2002), The Aviator (2004), The Departed (2006), Shutter Island (2010) and The Wolf of Wall Street (2013).- Actor
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Martin Donovan was born in Reseda, California, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Tenet (2020), Big Little Lies (2017) and Special Ops: Lioness (2023). He has been married to Vivian Lanko since 1984. They have two children.- Actor
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Multiple Emmy- and Golden Globe-winner Martin Sheen is one of America's most celebrated, colorful, and accomplished actors. Moving flawlessly between artistic mediums, Sheen's acting range is striking.
Sheen was born Ramón Antonio Gerard Estevez in Dayton, Ohio, to Mary-Ann (Phelan), an Irish immigrant (from Borrisokane, County Tipperary), and Francisco Estevez, a Spanish-born factory worker and machinery inspector (from Parderrubias, Galicia). On the big screen, Sheen has appeared in more than 65 feature films including a star turn as Army Captain Benjamin L. Willard in Francis Ford Coppola's landmark film Apocalypse Now (1979), which brought Sheen worldwide recognition. The film also starred Marlon Brando, Dennis Hopper and Robert Duvall. Other notable credits include Wall Street (1987) (with son Charlie Sheen and Michael Douglas), Academy Award-winning film Gandhi (1982) (with Sir Ben Kingsley), Catch Me If You Can (2002) (with Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hanks), The American President (1995) (with Michael Douglas and Annette Bening) and a Golden Globe nominated breakthrough performance as Timmy Cleary in The Subject Was Roses (1968), a role he originated on Broadway and for which he received a Tony Award nomination as Best Featured Actor.
In 2006, the actor played ill-fated cop Oliver Queenan in Martin Scorsese's Academy Award-winning film The Departed (2006) opposite Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg and Alec Baldwin.
The same year, Sheen joined another all-star ensemble cast for the highly acclaimed feature Bobby (2006), written and directed by his son, Emilio Estevez. Bobby was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and a SAG Award; and starred Anthony Hopkins, Harry Belafonte, Laurence Fishburne, Sharon Stone, William H. Macy, Elijah Wood, Demi Moore and Heather Graham.
For television audiences, Sheen is best recognized for his six-time Emmy nominated performance as President Josiah Bartlet in The West Wing (1999). Sheen won six of his eight Golden Globe nominations as well as an ALMA Award; and two individual SAG Awards; for the White House series. He won the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor TV Series Drama in 2001.
Of his ten Primetime Emmy nominations, Sheen won for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series on the long-running sitcom Murphy Brown (1988) (starring Candice Bergen) in 1994. In addition, he has garnered a Daytime Emmy Award for directing and another for performance.
In 2006, Sheen was again nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series; this time for the CBS hit comedy Two and a Half Men (2003), starring his son Charlie Sheen.
In addition to series television, Sheen has appeared in several important made-for-television movies and mini-series including playing President John F. Kennedy in the television mini-series Kennedy (1983) for which he received a Golden Globe nomination.- Actor
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Martin Hayter Short OC is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, singer, and writer. He has received various awards including two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award. In 2019 Short became an Officer of the Order of Canada, and has received Medals from Queen Elizabeth II, including in 2002 the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal and in 2012 the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.- Actor
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One of England's most popular actors for more than four decades, Martin Shaw is noted for his versatility. He has featured in over 100 TV roles, his long TV career beginning in 1967 with the television episode Love on the Dole (1967). He achieved genuine stardom with The Professionals (1977), generally seen, along with The Sweeney (1975), as one of the two classic British action series to be spawned from the 1970s. Before that, Mr. Shaw had always been careful to be very different in each of his roles to avoid being typecast, and to spend long periods in the theatre.
His theatrical career has been very distinguished, with a string of West End successes, beginning in 1967 with the first revival of "Look Back in Anger" and most recently on Broadway as Lord Goring in "An Ideal Husband" which won him a Tony nomination and a Drama Desk award for Best Actor. The Professionals was an international hit, and brought him offers of similar roles. Never one to take the obvious route, Shaw refused them all, including the American series The Equalizer (1985), preferring variety of work to riches.
A rare television flop for Shaw was Rhodes (1996), a quickly forgotten mini-series about the highly controversial British imperialist Cecil Rhodes. Later projects have included a hospital drama, Always and Everyone (1999) from Granada, in which he plays consultant Robert Kingsford, and playing Adam Dalgliesh in the BBC adaptations of P.D. James's novels Death in Holy Orders (2003) and The Murder Room (2004).
He works almost exclusively in England, where he lives in a beautiful Quaker house in Norfolk, once owned by an ancestor of Abraham Lincoln. He is a pilot, and owns and flies a vintage biplane, a Boeing Stearman. Reticent about his private life, he dislikes interviews, and has little respect for the press.- Actor
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Martin Starr was born on 30 July 1982 in Santa Monica, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Adventureland (2009), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) and Knocked Up (2007).- Actor
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Martin Freeman is an English actor, known for portraying Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit film trilogy, Tim Canterbury in the original UK version of sitcom mockumentary The Office (2001), Dr. John Watson in the British crime drama Sherlock (2010) and Lester Nygaard in the dark comedy-crime drama TV series Fargo (2014).
His other notable film roles include the romantic comedy Love Actually (2003) and the comic science fiction film The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005).- Actor
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Martin Fitzgerald Lawrence is an African-American comedian, producer, writer, director and actor. He is known for his roles in the Bad Boys trilogy, Martin, Def Comedy Jam, Big Momma's House, Open Season, House Party, Boomerang, Wild Hogs, What's Happening Now!!, Nothing to Lose, Life and Blue Streak. He has three daughters.- Actor
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Oscar-winning character actor Martin Landau was born on June 20, 1928, in Brooklyn, New York. At age 17, he was hired by the New York Daily News to work in the promotions department before he became a staff cartoonist and illustrator. In his five years on the paper, he served as the illustrator for Billy Rose's "Pitching Horseshoes" column. He also worked for cartoonist Gus Edson on "The Gumps" comic strip. Landau's major ambition was to act and, in 1951, he made his stage debut in "Detective Story" at the Peaks Island Playhouse in Peaks Island, Maine. He made his off-Broadway debut that year in "First Love".
Landau was one of 2,000 applicants who auditioned for Lee Strasberg's Actors Studio in 1955; only he and Steve McQueen were accepted. Landau was a friend of James Dean and McQueen, in a conversation with Landau, mentioned that he knew Dean and had met Landau. When Landau asked where they had met, McQueen informed him he had seen Landau riding on the back of Dean's motorcycle into the New York City garage where he worked as a mechanic.
Landau acted during the mid-1950s in the television anthologies Playhouse 90 (1956), Studio One (1948), The Philco Television Playhouse (1948), Kraft Theatre (1947), Goodyear Playhouse (1951), and Omnibus (1952). He began making a name for himself after replacing star Franchot Tone in the 1956 off-Broadway revival of Anton Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya," a famous production that helped put off-Broadway on the New York theatrical map.
In 1957, he made a well-received Broadway debut in the play "Middle of the Night." As part of the touring company with star Edward G. Robinson, he made it to the West Coast. He made his movie debut in Pork Chop Hill (1959), but scored on film as the heavy in Alfred Hitchcock's classic thriller North by Northwest (1959), in which he was shot on top of Mount Rushmore while sadistically stepping on the fingers of Cary Grant, who was holding on for dear life to the cliff face. He also appeared in the blockbuster Cleopatra (1963), the most expensive film ever made up to that time, which nearly scuttled 20th Century-Fox and engendered one of the great public scandals, the Elizabeth Taylor-Richard Burton love affair that overshadowed the film itself. Despite the difficulties with the film, Landau's memorable portrayal in the key role of Rufio was highly favored by the audience and instantly catapulted his popularity.
In 1963, Landau played memorable roles in two episodes of the science-fiction anthology series The Outer Limits (1963), The Bellero Shield (1964), and The Man Who Was Never Born (1963). He was Gene Roddenberry's first choice to play Mr. Spock on Star Trek (1966), but the role went to Leonard Nimoy, who later replaced Landau on Mission: Impossible (1966), the show that really made Landau famous. Landau originally was not meant to be a regular on the series, which co-starred his wife Barbara Bain, whom he had married in 1957. His character, Rollin Hand, was supposed to make occasional, recurring appearances, on Mission: Impossible (1966), but when the producers had problems with star Steven Hill, Landau was used to take up the slack. Landau's characterization was so well-received and so popular with the audience, he was made a regular. Landau received Emmy nominations as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for each of the three seasons he appeared. In 1968, he won the Golden Globe award as Best Male TV Star.
Eventually, he quit the series in 1969 after a salary dispute when the new star, Peter Graves, was given a contract that paid him more than Landau, whose own contract stated he would have parity with any other actor on the show who made more than he did. The producers refused to budge and he and Bain, who had become the first actress in the history of television to be awarded three consecutive Emmy Awards (1967-69) while on the show, left the series, ostensibly to pursue careers in the movies. The move actually held back their careers, and Mission: Impossible (1966) went on for another four years with other actors.
Landau appeared in support of Sidney Poitier in They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970), the less-successful sequel to the Oscar-winning In the Heat of the Night (1967), but it did not generate more work of a similar caliber. He starred in the television movie Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol (1972) on CBS, playing a prisoner of war returning to the United States from Vietnam. The following year, he shot a pilot for NBC for a proposed show, "Savage." Though it was directed by emerging wunderkind Steven Spielberg, NBC did not pick up the show. Needing work, Landau and Bain moved to England to play the leading roles in the syndicated science-fiction series Space: 1999 (1975).
Landau's and Bain's careers stalled after Space: 1999 (1975) went out of production, and they were reduced to taking parts in the television movie The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island (1981). It was the nadir of both their careers, and Bain's acting days and their marriage were soon over. Landau, one of the most talented character actors in Hollywood, and one not without recognition, had bottomed out career-wise. In 1983, he was stuck in low-budget sci-fi and horror movies such as The Being (1981), a role far beneath his talent.
His career renaissance got off to a slow start with a recurring role in the NBC sitcom Buffalo Bill (1983), starring Dabney Coleman. On Broadway, he took over the title role in the revival of "Dracula" and went on the road with the national touring company. Finally, his career renaissance began to gather momentum when Francis Ford Coppola cast him in a critical supporting role in his Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988), for which Landau was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor. He won his second Golden Globe for the role. The next year, he received his second consecutive Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for his superb turn as the adulterous husband in Woody Allen's Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989). He followed this up by playing famed Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal in the TNT movie Max and Helen (1990). However, the summit of his post-Mission: Impossible (1966) career was about to be scaled. He portrayed Bela Lugosi in Tim Burton's biopic Ed Wood (1994) and won glowing reviews. For his performance, he won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar. Martin Landau, the superb character actor, finally had been recognized with his profession's ultimate award. His performance, which also won him his third Golden Globe, garnered numerous awards in addition to the Oscar and Golden Globe, including top honors from the New York Film Critics Circle and the National Society of Film Critics. Landau continued to play a wide variety of roles in motion pictures and on television, turning in a superb performance in a supporting role in The Majestic (2001). He received his fourth Emmy nomination in 2004 as Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for Without a Trace (2002).
Martin Landau was honored with his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, located at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard.
Martin Landau died in Los Angeles, California on July 15, 2017.- Actor
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Martin Ferrero was born on 29 September 1947 in Brockport, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Jurassic Park (1993), Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987) and Heat (1995).- Actor
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Martin Henderson was born in Auckland, New Zealand. He began acting when he was 13, appearing in Strangers (1989), a local television production. He attended Westlake Boys High School and Birkenhead Primary. He first became a star in his home country when he starred in the series Shortland Street, playing the character Stuart Neilson from 1992 to 1995, in the early- to mid-'90s. He then moved to Australia to star in the short-lived soapie, Echo Point, and Sweat, which also starred a very young Heath Ledger. The pair became friends, and Martin convinced Heath to move to Sydney and make a go of his career, and the two lived together. Martin also worked on Home and Away and Big Sky, as well as getting an AFI Award nomination for his supporting role in the Aussie film Kick. Martin left Australia to study acting and theatre in New York, where he also looked up Heath in LA.
Henderson spent more than a year unsuccessfully auditioning for film roles in Los Angeles, but in 2001, he was finally cast in a supporting role in the John Woo-directed war film Windtalkers. In 2002, he starred opposite actress Naomi Watts in the horror film The Ring. In 2005, he starred opposite Indian actress Aishwarya Rai in the romantic film Bride & Prejudice, and in the award-winning Little Fish starring Cate Blanchett. In 2010, it was announced Henderson had been cast in the creator of Grey's Anatomy new television series Off the Map wherein doctors travel to the end of the world to rediscover why they had initially wanted to become doctors.
In 2018, he starred in the horror film The Strangers: Prey at Night (2018).- Martin Hewitt was born on 19 February 1958 in San Jose, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Endless Love (1981), Yellowbeard (1983) and Alien Predator (1986). He has been married to Kerstin Gneiting since 11 August 1990. They have two children.
- Martin Henry Balsam was born on November 4, 1919 in the Bronx, New York City, to Lillian (Weinstein) and Albert Balsam, a manufacturer of women's sportswear. He was the first-born child. His father was a Russian Jewish immigrant, and his mother was born in New York, to Russian Jewish parents. Martin caught the acting bug in high school where he participated in the drama club. After high school, he continued his interest in acting by attending Manhattan's progressive New School. When World War II broke out, Martin was called to service in his early twenties. After the war, he was lucky to secure a position as an usher at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. By 1947, he was honing his craft at the Actors Studio, run at that time by Elia Kazan and Lee Strasberg. His time at the Actors Studio in New York City allowed him training in the famous Stanislavsky method. Despite his excellent training, he had to prove himself, just like any up and coming young actor. He began on Broadway in the late 1940s. But, it was not until 1951 that he experienced real success. That play was Tennessee Williams' "The Rose Tattoo". After his Broadway success, he had a few minor television roles before his big break arrived when he joined the cast of On the Waterfront (1954). In the 1950s, Martin had many television roles. He had recurring roles on some of the most popular television series of that time, including The United States Steel Hour (1953), The Philco Television Playhouse (1948), Goodyear Playhouse (1951) and Studio One (1948). In 1957, he was able to prove himself on the big-screen once again, with a prominent role in 12 Angry Men (1957), directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Henry Fonda. All of Martin's television work in the 1950s did not go to waste. While starring on an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955), Hitchcock was so impressed by his work, that he offered him a key supporting role of Detective Milton Arbogast in Psycho (1960). His work with Hitchcock opened him up to a world of other acting opportunities. Many strong movie roles came his way in the 1960s, including parts in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), Cape Fear (1962) and The Carpetbaggers (1964). One of the proudest moments in his life was when he received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for A Thousand Clowns (1965). It was soon after that he began accepting roles in European movies. He soon developed a love for Italy, and lived there most of his remaining years. He acted in over a dozen Italian movies and spent his later life traveling between Hollywood and Europe for his many roles. After a career that spanned more than fifty years, Martin Balsam died of natural causes in his beloved Italy at age 76. He passed away of a stroke at a hotel in Rome called Residenza di Repetta. He was survived by his third wife Irene Miller and three children, Adam, Zoe and Talia.
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Martin Jarvis OBE is one of Britain's most versatile leading actors. His distinguished career continues to encompass just about every aspect of the entertainment industry: film, television, theatre, radio and audio recording. He is also the author of two bestselling books: a hilarious autobiography Acting Strangely and a compelling account of his award-winning time on Broadway in 2001: Broadway, Jeeves - The Diary of a Theatrical Adventure, both published by Methuen. In 2010 he starred as Vincent Hogg in a new production of Agatha Christie's The Mirror Cracked in ITV/WGHB's popular 'Miss Marple' series. In 2009, he starred in BBC2's comedy/drama Taking the Flak, receiving outstanding reviews for his performance as national treasure tv journalist David Bradburn. He stars in the feature film Neander Jin - Return of the Neanderthal Man (US/ Germany co-production, 2010) as Peter Blodnik, network mogul.
Alongside his screen and theatre career he is a prolific director of radio drama and, with his wife, actress/director Rosalind Ayres, produces plays and readings for BBC. His award-winning productions include Shadowlands, David Mamet's Keep Your Pantheon, Ayckbourn's Man of the Moment and Ian Fleming's Dr No. He has homes in London and Los Angeles. He trained at RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, England), where he won the Vanbrugh Award and the Silver Medal. He is an Associate of RADA (Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London, England). He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the British Empire) in the 2000 Queen's New Years Honors List for his services to drama.
In 2006, he appeared at the Santa Fe Arts Festival in New Mexico in Wilde's The Canterville Ghost with Shirley Maclaine and Ali McGraw. Earlier in the same year, he starred in Honour at Wyndham's Theatre, London giving an acclaimed performance opposite Dame Diana Rigg. On screen that year he played Leonard in BBC-TV's modern version of "Much Ado About Nothing" and (in 2005) starred as "Malvolio" in "Twelfth Night" at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre. He received a Theatre World Award on Broadway in 2001 for his title role performance in "By Jeeves" which he also filmed. His West End, National, Almeida and Donmar theatre appearances include works by Sir Alan Ayckbourn, Michael Frayn, Harold Pinter CH, Somerset Maugham, Sir George Bernard Shaw and Oscar Wilde. He played Jack Worthing opposite Dame Judi Dench's Lady Bracknell in Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest" at the National Theatre in the 1980s directed by Sir Peter Hall, and premiered Pinter's "Other Places" in the National's Cottesloe Theatre. Pinter directed him in the leading role of Hector in Giraudoux's "The Trojan War Will Not Take Place."
He met Sir Alan Ayckbourn at the National and subsequently went on to star in his "Woman in Mind," "Henceforward," "Just Between Ourselves" and "By Jeeves." His Screen credits include leading roles in the British/Australian mini-series "Bootleg," "Inspector Lynley Mysteries," "Lorna Doone," Frayn's "Make and Break," "Ike - The War Years" (with Robert Duvall) and "The Bunker" (with Sir Anthony Hopkins.) He was "Linus" in Sir Richard Eyre's film, "Absence of War written by Sir David Hare. He has guest starred (very often as villains) in "Inspector Morse," "Frost," "Lovejoy," "Casualty," "Murder Most Horrid," "Dr Who," "Space Above and Beyond," "Murder, She Wrote" and "Walker: Texas Ranger" in the US. He played monstrous Neil Biddle in "Sex 'N' Death" and was a memorable television Uriah Heep in "David Copperfield" on British television. First major screen role: 'Jon' in the multi-award winning "The Forsyte Saga." He followed this with many 'classic serials' including "The Way of All Flesh (in which he starred as Ernest Pontifex), "Nicholas Nickleby" (title role), "The Moonstone," "Little Women" and "The Pallisers." His feature films include the psychological thriller "Framed" (2007), "Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War," James Cameron's "Titanic," "Kid With the X-Ray Eyes," "Buster," "The Last Escape," and "Taste the Blood of Dracula."
His voice can be heard in numerous television animation series as well as feature films including "Flushed Away" and "Eragon." He has narrated "Peter and the Wolf at the Barbican" and appeared with City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Scottish Chamber Orchestra as Narrator for Egmont and "A Midsummer Night's Dream." At the Chichester Festival Theatre he starred with Sir John Gielgud in "Paradise Lost," with Googie Withers CBE and Susan Hampshire OBE in "The Circle" and with concert pianist Lucy Parham in "Beloved Clara." Jarvis & Ayres Productions, which he founded with his wife, Rosalind Ayres, has produced many award-winning dramas and readings for BBC Radio, National Public Radio in America and for audio books. Their work includes outstanding interpretations of plays by Sir George Bernard Shaw, Sir Alan Ayckbourn, Harold Pinter CH, Michael Frayn, David Mamet, Hugh Whitemore, Robert Shearman, Tennessee Williams, Oscar Wilde, and many more. British and American stars who have been associated with J&A productions include, in the UK: Dame Judi Dench, Sir Ian McKellen, Dame Diana Rigg, Alfred Molina, Richard E. Grant, Michael York OBE, Richard Briers CBE, Pauline Collins OBE, Janie Dee, Fiona Shaw CBE, Miriam Margolyes OBE, Patricia Hodge, Twiggy Lawson, Natascha McElhone, Martin Freeman, Barry Humphries CBE, Phil Collins and in the US: Brendan Fraser, Elaine Stritch, Teri Garr, Stacy Keach, Shirley Knight, Hector Elizondo, Bruce Davison, Matthew Wolf, Eric Stoltz, Rebecca Pidgeon, Ed Begley Jr, Ed O'Neill and Gregory Peck. Directors of J&A dramas include: David Mamet, Michael Grandage, David Grindley, Sir Alan Ayckbourn, Pete Atkin, Rosalind Ayres. Their productions have received Audie and Earphone awards in the US.
In September 2006, he directed Teri Garr, Michael York OBE and Alfred Molina in an acclaimed production of "Pack of Lies" for BBC Radio 4. He and Fiona Shaw CBE starred for five years in the popular BBC series "Our Brave Boys." His Just William audio and radio recordings are world wide best sellers. He was the subject of BBC TV's This Is Your Life in 1999.- Actor
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Martin Klebba was born on 23 June 1969 in Troy, Michigan, USA. He is an actor, known for The Electric State (2024), Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) and Knee High P.I. (2003). He has been married to Michelle Dilgard since 18 June 2011.- Actor
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Martin Kemp was born on 10 October 1961 in Islington, London, England, UK. He is an actor and director, known for Stalker (2010), EastEnders (1985) and The Krays (1990). He has been married to Shirlie Kemp since 14 November 1988. They have two children.- Actor
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Actor, guitarist, singer/songwriter, producer, soulman. San Francisco native Martin Luther McCoy refuses to confine himself to any one creative pursuit. An essential catalyst on the Bay Area's fertile 1990s neo-soul scene, he continues to serve as a conduit for socially conscious music. On the cusp of releasing his fourth full-length studio album, a self-titled LP focusing on original material, Martin Luther also tours as lead singer with the interdisciplinary alt-art-rock performance group Moon Medicin, a project led by keyboardist and internationally acclaimed visual artist Sanford Biggers. In some circles Martin Luther is best known for his work with the seminal hip hop collective The Roots. Many others discovered him through his incendiary performance starring in Julie Taymor's 2007 film Across the Universe. He's performed with Dave Matthews, Jill Scott, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and many other marquee acts. He was cast in the role of Musician, a griot sage, in Yale Repertory Theatre's 2018 production of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks' Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3). If there's one thread connecting all of Martin Luther's endeavors it's his grounding in the verdant soil of African-American culture, a soul-steeped presence that leaps off of stages, screens, and bandstands.- Director
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Martin Ritt, one of the best and most sensitive American filmmakers of all time, was a director, actor and playwright who worked in both film and theater. He was born in New York City. His films reflect, like almost none other, a profound and intimate humane vision of his characters.
He originally attended and played football for Elon College in North Carolina. The stark contrasts of the Depression-era South compared to his New York City upbringing instilled in him a passion for expressing the struggles of inequality, which is clearly present in the films he directed. After leaving St. John's University, he found work with a theater group, and began acting in plays. His first performance was as Crown in "Porgy and Bess". After his performance drew favorable reviews, Ritt concluded that he could "only be happy in the theater." He then went to work with the Franklin D. Roosevelt administration's New Deal agency the Works Progress Administration as a playwright for the Federal Theater Project, a government-funded theater support program. With work hard to find and the Depression in full effect, many WPA theater performers, directors and writers became heavily influenced by the radical left and Communism, and Ritt was no exception (years later he would state that he had never been a member of the Communist Party, although he considered himself a leftist and found common ground with some Marxist principles)
Ritt moved on from the WPA to the Theater of Arts, then to the Group Theatre of New York City. It was at the Group Theatre that he met Elia Kazan, then a director. Kazan cast Ritt as an understudy in his play "Golden Boy". Ritt's social consciousness and political views continued to mature during his time with the Group, and would influence the social and political viewpoint that he would later express in his films (he would continue his association with Kazan for well over a decade, later assisting, and sometimes filling in for, his erstwhile mentor at The Actors Studio, eventually becoming one of the Studio's few non-performing life members). During World War II Ritt served with the U.S. Army Air Forces and appeared as an actor in the Air Force's Broadway play "Wiinged Victory" (also in the film version, Winged Victory (1944)). During the Broadway run of the play, Ritt directed a production of Sidney Kingsley's play "Yellow Jack", using actors from "Winged Victory" and rehearsing between midnight and 3 a.m. after "Winged Victory" performances. The play had a brief Broadway run and was performed again in Los Angeles when the "Winged Victory" troupe moved there to make the film version.
After working as a playwright with the Works Progress Administration, acting on stage and directing hundreds of plays, Ritt became a successful television director. In 1952 he was acting, directing and producing teleplays and television programs when he was caught up in what became known as the "Red Scare", which was an attempt by ultra-conservatives in Congress to "root out" what they saw as Commuist influence in films and on Broadway, championed by Wisconsin Repubican Sen. Joseph McCarthy. Although not directly named by the committee conducting the investigation--The House Committee on Un-American Activities, aka HUAC--Ritt was mentioned in a right-wing newsletter called "Counterattack", published by American Business Consultants, a group formed by three former FBI agents. "Counterattack" alleged that Ritt had helped Communist Party-affiliated locals of the New York-based Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union stage their annual show. He was finally blacklisted by the television industry when a Syracuse grocer charged him with donating money to Communist China in 1951. Unable to work in the television industry, Ritt returned to the theater for several years.
By 1956 the "Red Scare" had begun to fade away, and Ritt turned to film directing. His first film as a director was Edge of the City (1957), an important film for Ritt and an opportunity to give voice to his experiences. Based on the story of a union dock worker who faced intimidation by a corrupt boss, the film is a virtual laundry list of themes influencing Ritt over the years: corruption, racism, intimidation of the individual by the group, defense of the individual against government oppression and, most notable, the redeeming quality of mercy and the value of shielding others from evil, including sacrificing one's own reputation, career and even life if necessary. Ritt went on to direct 25 more films, including such classics as The Long, Hot Summer (1958), Hud (1963), The Great White Hope (1970), Norma Rae (1979) and Murphy's Romance (1985).- Actor Martin West (born Martin Weixelbaum) began appearing in feature films and on television in 1960 with Freckles (1960). In 1966, he played Dr. Phil Brewer on the daytime soap opera General Hospital (1963), becoming the fifth actor to play the role. In 1965, he was featured in Harper (1966), starring Paul Newman. In 1976, he appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's final feature film, Family Plot (1976).
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Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. He was the son of Alberta Christine (Williams), a schoolteacher, and Martin Luther King Sr. a pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. For Martin the civil rights movement began one summer in 1935 when he was six years old. Two of his friends did not show up to play ball with him and Martin decided to go looking for them. When he went to one of the boys' house, their mother met him at the front door and told him in a rude tone that her son would not be coming out to play with him that day or any other day because they were white and he was black. Years later, Martin admitted that those cruel words altered the direction of his life. As a teenager, Martin went through school with great distinction. He skipped ninth and 12th grades, and excelled on the violin and as as a public speaker. One evening after taking top prize in a debate tournament, he and his teacher were riding home on the bus discussing the event when the driver ordered them to give up their seats for two white passengers who had just boarded. Martin was infuriated as he recalled, "I intended to stay right in my seat and protest," but his teacher convinced him to obey the law and they stood for the remainder of the 90-mile trip. "That night will never leave my memory as long as I live. It was the angriest I had ever been in my life. Never before, or afterward, can I remember myself being so angry," he later recalled.
Martin entered Morehouse College, his father's alma mater, when he was 15 with the intention of becoming a doctor or lawyer. After graduating from Morehouse at the age of 19, he decided to enter Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pennsylvania. This private nondenominational college had only 100 students at the time, and Martin was one of six black students. This was the first time that he had lived in a community that was mostly white. He won the highest class ranking and a $1,200 fellowship for graduate school. In 1951 he entered Boston University School of Theology to to pursue his Ph.D. While at Crozer Martin had attended a lecture by Howard University President Mordecai Johnson, who spoke about Mohandas K. Gandhi, India's spiritual leader whose nonviolent protests helped to free his country from British rule, and that gave Martin the basis for positive change. It was here that he met and married his wife Coretta Scott King, who was a soprano studying at the New England Conservatory of Music. In 1954 Martin accepted a call to the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama, to be its pastor. Despite Coretta's warning that it would not be safe for them in Alabama, the poorest and most racist state in the US, Martin insisted that they move there. Many local black ministers attended Martin's first sermon at the church, among them the Rev. Ralph Abernathy, who congratulated him on his speech. The two became fast friends and often discussed life in general and the challenges of desegregation in particular. Then an incident changed Martin's life forever.
On the cold winter night of December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks, a 42-year-old black seamstress who worked in a downtown Montgomery department store, boarded a bus for home and sat in the back with the other black passengers. A few stops later, she was ordered to give up her seat to a white passenger who just boarded. She repeatedly refused, prompting the driver to call the police, who arrested her. In response to Mrs. Parks' courage, the town's black leaders formed the Montgomery Improvement Association and elected Martin as its leader. The first goal of the MIA was to boycott the city's bus system until public transportation laws were changed. The strike was long, bitter and violent, but eventually the city's white merchants began to complain that their businesses were suffering because of the strike, and the city responded by filing charges against Martin. While in court to appeal the charges, he learned that the U.S. Supreme Court had affirmed the decision by the Alabama Supreme Court that the local laws requiring segregation on buses were unconstitutional. The first civil rights battle was won, but for Martin it was the first of many more difficult ones. On November 29, 1959, he offered his resignation to the members of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, as several months earlier he had been elected leader of a new organization called the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). He moved his family to Atlanta and began to establish a regional network of nonviolent organizations.
In April 1961 he coordinated the SCLC and other civil-rights organizations to take two busloads of white and black passengers through the South on a "freedom ride" for publicity reasons. In Virgina and North and South Carolina there were no incidents, but in Anniston, Alabama, the ride became a rolling horror when one bus was burned and its passengers beaten by an angry racist white mob. In Birmingham, angry mobs--with some policemen joining them--greeted the bus with more violence, which was broken up when state police intervened and stopped the chaos. The violence shook Martin and he decided to abandon the freedom rides before someone was killed, but the riders insisted they complete the ride to Montgomery, where they where greeted with more violence. In January 1963 Martin arrived in Birmingham with Ralph Abernathy to organize a freedom march aimed to end segregation. Despite an injunction issued by city authorities against the gathering, the protesters marched and were attacked by the police. Three months later another march was planned with the intent to "turn the other cheek" in response to the violence by the city's police force. As the marchers reached downtown Birmgingham, the police attacked the crowd with high-pressure fire hoses and attack dogs. This time, however, the incident was witnessed across the entire country, as many network TV crews were there and broadcasting live footage of unarmed marchers being blasted to the ground by high-pressure hoses and others being bitten and mauled by snarling attack dogs, and it sparked a national outrage.
The next day, more marchers repeated the walk and more policemen attacked with fire hoses and police dogs, leading to a total of 1,200 arrests. On the third day, Martin organized another march to the city jail. This time, when the marchers approached the police, none of them moved and some even let the marchers through to continue their march. The nonviolent strategy had worked--the strikes and boycotts were cutting deeply into the city merchants' revenues, and they called for negotiations and agreed with local black leaders to integrate lunch counters, fitting rooms, restrooms and drinking fountains within 90 days. Martin was then called for a rally in Washington, DC, near the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963. Nearly 200,000 people stood in the intense heat listening to the speeches by the members and supporters of the NACCP. By the time Martin was called as the day's final speaker, the crowd was hot and tired. As he approached the podium, with his papers containing his prepared speech, he suddenly put them aside and decided to speak from the heart. He spoke of freedoms for blacks achieved and not yet achieved. He then spoke the words that echo throughout the world to this day: "I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed. 'We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal.' I have that dream." By mid-October 1964 Martin had given 350 civil rights speeches and traveled 275,000 miles across the country and worked for 20 hours a day.
While in an Atlanta hospital after collapsing from exhaustion, his wife brought in his room a telegram notifying him that he had won the Nobel Peace Prize. On April 1, 1968, Martin traveled to Memphis, Tennessee to meet with two of his advisers, James Bevel and Jesse Jackson, to discuss organizing a march to Washington in support of a strike by Memphis' city's sanitation workers. In the late afternoon of April 4, he stepped out onto the balcony of the Lorraine Motel where he was staying to speak with Andrew Young. As he saw Jackson and waved to him for a moment, a gunshot rang through the air and Martin Luther King Jr. was hit in the neck and fell dead from a sniper's bullet. He was dead, but the struggle that he started to continue to bring peace and end the racial conflict in the USA continues to this day.- Martin Bobb-Semple is a British Actor. He is best recognized for having starred as "Evan Nieman" on the Peacock Original Drama, One of Us Is Lying, as well as "Lando Johnson" on the US Netflix show, All American: Homecoming.
He first started his acting career at the age of 9. Beginning with a theatrical career, his debut was in the West End production of Oliver! in 2009. He made his television debut in 2014.
Martin was born in 1997 and has an older brother where they grew up in his family home in London. - Actor
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Martin Benson was born on 10 August 1918 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for The Omen (1976), The King and I (1956) and Goldfinger (1964). He was married to Joan Hayward and Joy. He died on 28 February 2010 in Markyate, Hertfordshire, England, UK.- Martin E. Brooks was born on 30 November 1925 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Six Million Dollar Man (1974), The Bionic Woman (1976) and Bionic Ever After? (1994). He died on 7 December 2015 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Martin Compston grew up in Greenock, Inverclyde, Renfrewshire. He spent his teen years going to see soccer (football) team Celtic with his brother Barry and dreamed one day he would play for them. He attended St. Columba's High School in Gourock, Inverclyde, where he passed through his Standard Grade Exams and obtained three As and two Bs in his Higher results. He left school after his fifth year to pursue his dream as a footballer and was soon signed by Morton Football Team.
In 2000, director Ken Loach discovered him at an audition at his old high school and gave him the lead role in Sweet Sixteen (2002). The movie was filmed in Martin's home area, including Greenock, Gourock, Inverkip, Kilmalcolm, and Wemyss Bay. The film was a huge success, which shot Martin into full view of the public and even gave some fame to Inverclyde. However, many counselors thought that this was bad publicity because the film has to do with drugs and underage drinking. However, Ken Loach then made a statement that the movie was not based on Greenock and Inverclyde - but was only filmed there, as that was where Martin was located.
Compston reunited with Loach for the omnibus film Tickets (2005)- Actor
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Martin Clunes was born the son of the noted Shakespearean actor Alec Clunes. He was educated at the Royal Russell School in Surrey and the Arts Educational School in Chiswick, London. He made his television debut playing an alien prince opposite Peter Davison in Snakedance: Part One (1983) (director Fiona Cumming later said she cast him because she was struck by his unusual looks and "Mick Jagger lips"). He then won a regular role in No Place Like Home (1983), a fairly traditional middle-class BBC sitcom starring William Gaunt.
Clunes' greatest breakthrough came with starring in British Men Behaving Badly (1992), an anarchic sitcom which proved to be one of the most popular series of the 1990s. He has since established himself as one of the UK's most consistently popular television actors, starring in the long-running Doc Martin (2004), recreating Leonard Rossiter's famous role in a new version of Reggie Perrin (2009) and playing Arthur Conan Doyle in Arthur & George (2015).- Actor
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Martin Cummins was born on 28 November 1969 in North Delta, British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor and director, known for Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989), Riverdale (2017) and We All Fall Down (2000). He has been married to Christine Wallace since 12 July 2013. He was previously married to Brandy Ledford.- Director
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Martin Campbell knows how to entertain an audience when he steps behind the camera. When he directed The Mask of Zorro (1998), the movie earned Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations and launched the international careers of Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones. Next, when he helmed Vertical Limit (2000), the film was well received by the critics and earned over $200 million in worldwide box-office sales. In addition, Campbell is credited with rejuvenating the James Bond franchise when he directed GoldenEye (1995), Pierce Brosnan's first outing as the famed British spy, which went on to gross more than $350 million. He also directed Daniel Craig's debut Bond feature as well, Casino Royale (2006).
Born in New Zealand, Campbell moved to London where he began his career as a cameraman. He went on to produce the controversial British feature Scum (1979), as well as Black Joy (1977), which was selected for competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Campbell made his directorial debut on the British police action series The Professionals (1977) and continued with the popular BBC series Shoestring (1979) and Thames TV's Minder (1979)
Considered one of the U.K.'s top directors by the mid-'80s, he directed the highly praised British telefilm, Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983). For his work on Edge of Darkness (1985), a five-hour BBC miniseries about nuclear contamination in England that depicted murder and high-ranking corruption, he won six BAFTA awards.
Campbell's first Hollywood movie was Criminal Law (1998) and he went on to direct Defenseless (1991) and No Escape (1994). Some of his American credits include directing HBO's Cast a Deadly Spell (1991) and two episodes of NBC's Homicide: Life on the Street (1993), among others. He also directed the epic romance Beyond Borders (2003) starring Angelina Jolie and Clive Owen.- Actor
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Martin Delaney is a British actor known for 'Zero Dark Thirty', 'Flags Of Our Fathers', 'Beowulf and Grendel' and 'Now You See Me 2'.
Delaney started acting by performing in theatre in the West End. He starred in 'Oliver!' at the London Palladium, as well 'Peter Pan - The British Musical' at the Cambridge Theatre, Covent Garden. Other stage roles include playing the young lead in Roy Williams' 'Local Boy' at The Hampstead Theatre. He later played the lead role of Rochester in the Theatre 503's production of 'The Ministry of Pleasure' and played the role of Luke in the UK debut of American Broadway hit 'Next Fall' at the Southwark Playhouse.
His screen career started at just 18 when he starred in Nickelodeon's first British TV show, the BAFTA nominated 'Renford Rejects', which he appeared in for 4 years. He starred in 'Family Affairs' for 3 years, earning him multiple award nominations for Best Newcomer and Best Actor. He later joined New Zealand's biggest drama 'Shortland Street' playing a regular in the show. His career is made up of numerous appearances in classic British TV dramas such as 'Wycliffe', 'Pie in The Sky', 'Casualty' as well as hits such as 'The Promise', 'The Shadow Line', 'Robin Hood' and 'Victoria Cross Heroes'.
His comedy work includes 'Rock & Chips', 'Teenage Kicks', 'Two Pints of Lager', BAFTA winning 'Him & Her' and 'Father in Law', as well as writing additional material for multi-award nominated, 'The Kevin Bishop Show'.
Delaney's movie experience, is made up of both British and Hollywood projects. He plays Tony in the British Asian comedy 'Amar, Akbar and Tony'. Other film work includes Oscar-nominated 'Flags of Our Fathers' (Dir: Clint Eastwood), Oscar-winning 'Zero Dark Thirty' (Dir: Kathryn Bigelow), 'The Little Riders', 'Gadgetman', 'Stormhouse', 'Bonded by Blood 2', 'Beowulf & Grendel' and 'Now You See Me 2' (Dir: Jon M. Chu). British feature 'Judas Ghost' has earned him multiple Best Actor nominations, including New York's Buffalo Dreams Festival, as well as one win for Best Actor, at Bram Stoker Festival UK.
Delaney Co-Produced festival favorite and multiple award winning documentary 'Wrath of Gods', as well as Producing and Directing short film 'Queen's Mile'.- Actor
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Martin Del Rosario was born on 25 November 1992 in the Philippines. He is an actor, known for Dagim (2010), Sparks (2014) and The Panti Sisters (2019).- Actor
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Offbeat funnyman Martin Mull was born on August 18, 1943, in Chicago, Illinois, the oldest of three children of Betty, an actress and director, and Harold Mull, a carpenter. He was raised in Ohio. The blond-maned, blue-eyed comedian with the sad, droopy mustache first came in contact with the arts by honing in on his innate talents as a painter. In order to pay his art school tuition, he started organizing bands. At around the same time, he discovered that stand-up comedy was another way to allow his creative juices to flow.
Martin's early recognition as a humorist led to a recording contract, and, over the years, he would be Grammy-nominated several times for a number of eccentric comedy albums. His gimmick and allure came in the form of a dry, humorless delivery and a bland, highly conservative-looking demeanor, which masked a sly, witty and ultra-hip philosophy.
Gaining popularity in the 1970s, he finally broke into TV with the cult soap opera parody Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976) in which he played Garth Gimble, a volatile wife abuser whose comeuppance occurred in the form of an aluminum Christmas tree (impaled) in his home closet. Martin was so popular on the show that he was resurrected in the spin-off series Fernwood Tonight (1977) as twin brother Barth Gimble, who was a co-host of the town's television program along with Fred Willard's Jerry Hubbard character.
After this peak, Martin became a sought-after guest on the talk show circuit, not to mention variety specials and TV movies. He tried his hand at producing and starring in his own sitcom Domestic Life (1984) but the series failed. He also added his special brand of merriment to films over the years, some of them being decent, such as FM (1978), Serial (1980), Mr. Mom (1983) and Clue (1985) in the role of the tweedy-looking Colonel Mustard, while most have been either formula schtick or just plain drivel, as in Take This Job and Shove It (1981), Rented Lips (1987), which he produced and wrote, Cutting Class (1989), Far Out Man (1990) with Cheech & Chong, and Mr. Write (1994).
Martin's extensive TV credits include starring roles in the comedy series His & Hers (1990) co-starring Stephanie Faracy as a fellow doctor; and The Jackie Thomas Show (1992) starring Tom Arnold; and recurring comedy roles including a restaurant boss in the hit "domestic goddess" series Roseanne (1988); a principal in Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996); a high school teacher in The Ellen Show (2001); plus 'Til Death (2006), Life in Pieces (2015), I'm Sorry (2017), Arrested Development (2003), The Cool Kids (2018) and The Ranch (2016). Martin has also lent his voice to the animated comedies Family Dog (1993), Teamo Supremo (2002), Danny Phantom (2003) and American Dad! (2005). Millennium film credits include featured roles in The Year That Trembled (2002), Come Away Home (2005), Relative Strangers (2006), Killers (2010), And They're Off (2011) and A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018).
Martin's first passion has always been art and the distinguished multi-media artist's work has been showcased in galleries throughout the world. He also authored the book "Painting, Drawing and World," which is a compilation of ten years of his work. Mull is married to a composer and musician, Wendy, and they have a daughter, Maggie Mull.- Actor
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Martin Grey was born on 10 April 1956 in the USA. Martin is an actor and writer, known for About Fifty (2011), Ghost World (2001) and The Natural (1984). Martin has been married to Anne-Marie Johnson since 1 January 1996.- Actor
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Martin Gabel was born on 19 June 1912 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for Marnie (1964), The Front Page (1974) and The Lost Moment (1947). He was married to Arlene Francis. He died on 22 May 1986 in New York City, New York, USA.- Stunts
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Martin Goeres' extensive expertise, cultivated over 30 years in stunts, special effects, directing, camera work, editing, and acting, provides him with an unparalleled 'Filmmaking vocabulary' and a comprehensive toolkit to effectively serve the story®
As the founder of his own company MG ACTION, he has successfully integrated stunts and special effects to deliver innovative action sequences for high-profile productions such as Apple TV's Constellation and The Lazarus Project (Season 1) on Sky. His approach combines a deep understanding of character psychology with advanced technical skills, ensuring that each action sequence not only impresses visually but also resonates emotionally by staying as practical and authentic as possible, contributing meaningfully to the story.
Similar to the Train R.E.A.L.® method he developed as CEO of HEXPRO® Group for authorities and organizations dealing with safety issues, Martin works out the background of conflicts with due consideration of neuropsychological processes. This skill allows him to engage with actors and directors at a profound psychological level, enhancing the emotional depth and realism of each scene. Additionally, his experience from thousands of working hours on international Hollywood movie sets keeps him constantly updated with the latest cutting-edge technology, further elevating his ability to produce visually spectacular and technically sophisticated action sequences.- Martin Melcher was born on 1 August 1915 in North Adams, Massachusetts, USA. He was a producer, known for That Touch of Mink (1962), Pillow Talk (1959) and Billy Rose's Jumbo (1962). He was married to Doris Day and Patty Andrews. He died on 20 April 1968 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Martin McDonagh was born on 26 March 1970 in Camberwell, London, England, UK. He is a writer and director, known for In Bruges (2008), Seven Psychopaths (2012) and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017).- Martin McCann grew up with a brother and sister in the Falls Road, Divis Flats area of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
In 2006 Lord Richard Attenborough cast McCann in his film, "Closing the Ring" (2007) after seeing him play Alex in a stage production of A Clockwork Orange. He was invited to LA to audition for 'The Pacific' the HBO miniseries, and was cast as R.V. Burgin.
In early 2010, he filmed in Belfast for the new music-comedy Killing Bono, a film about the life of one of Bono's classmates who tries to make it in the music business, only to have his failures and frustrations magnified by the continued rise U2. McCann plays the role of Bono. He has performed on stage in Ireland and on tour.
In 2011 he won the Irish Film and Television Award for best male performance in a feature film for 'Swansong: Story of Occi Byrne'. He was also nominated as a 2015 'BAFTA Breakthrough'.
His past film credits include the Netflix Original film 'Calibre', Film Four's '71, 'The Survivalist', Michael Lennox's Oscar Nominated and BAFTA winning short film'Boogaloo and Graham' and Terrence Malicks's 'The Last Planet'.
Martin has become Patron of the charity YouthAction Northern Ireland. - Martin McCreadie is known for Legend (2015), Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) and The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020).
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Martin McDougall is an Anglo American actor. Born in Edinburgh to a Scottish father and American mother, Martin grew up in New Jersey. He studied theatre and Art History at the College of Wooster in Ohio then spent two years studying acting at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London. In a career spanning twenty-eight years, Martin has worked extensively in theatre, film and television, working with many prominent film directors including: Steven Spielberg - "Saving Private Ryan", Paul Greengrass - "Green Zone", Luc Besson - "The Fifth Element", Christopher Nolan - "Batman Begins", Fernando Meirelles - "360" and Roger Michell - "Hyde Park On Hudson". His recent TV credits include, "The Honourable Woman"and "Utopia". Martin's worked at The National Theatre in "Death of A Salesman", The Royal Court in "Aunt Dan and Lemon" and "Labyrinth" at Hampstead Theatre. Martin lives in London with his circus performer wife Desiree Kongerød and their son Aksel.- Actor
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Martin Melin was born in 1967 in Sweden. He is an actor, known for Rånarna (2003), Ghabe (2019) and Jakten på ökenguldet (1999). He was previously married to Camilla Läckberg.- Martin Mednikarov is known for Emmerdale Farm (1972), All the Devil's Men (2018) and Lost & Found in Rome (2021).
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Martin entered the film industry at 18 as a trainee for Oscar winning SFX supervisor George Gibbs. Moving on from models and effects he entered the prosthetic and creature field working at Pinewood studios for 5 years, it was here he met Clive Barker on Nightbreed, Clive would eventually give Martin his break in storyboarding on Lord of Illusions in Los Angeles. Martin continues to develop his skills in cinematic storytelling and visual design.- Actor
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Martin Sam Milner was born December 28, 1931 in Detroit, Michigan. His mother, Jerre Martin, originally from Oregon, was a dancer with the Paramount Theater circuit. His father, Sam Gordon Milner, a Polish Jewish immigrant, was a film distributor. The Milners moved to Seattle when Martin was a baby and to Los Angeles soon after. At age 15, Martin's father got him an agent and he was chosen to play the role of "John Day" in Life with Father (1947), Warner Bros.' version of Clarence Day, Jr.'s popular Broadway play. Milner contracted polio shortly after filming was completed and his career was put on hold for a year as he recovered from the illness. After graduating from North Hollywood High School and studying for one year at the University of Southern California, Milner worked steadily in films during the years 1949-1960. He appeared in films such as Sands of Iwo Jima (1949), Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957), Marjorie Morningstar (1958) and Sweet Smell of Success (1957). He put his career on hold again when he was inducted into the Army in 1952 for two years. Shortly after joining the Army, he was assigned to the Human Research Division, where he directed military training films and served as Master of Ceremonies for a touring show based at Fort Ord, California. Milner married television actress and singer Judy Jones in 1957 and they have four children--Amy, Molly, Stuart, and Andrew.
Milner met Jack Webb during the filming of Halls of Montezuma (1951) and later worked with him on his "Dragnet" radio show as well as the TV series Dragnet (1951). Milner appeared as 17-year-old high school student "Stephen Banner" in the episode "The Big Producer" in 1952. According to Webb's biography "Just the Facts, Ma'am", Webb owed Milner money from a card game. When Webb called him to the studio to pay him back, he offered Milner a role in the "Dragnet" radio show. After that, Webb continued to find roles for Milner until he offered him the role of "Pete Malloy" on Adam-12 (1968). Milner continued to appear in films throughout the 1970s and 1980s and made many guest appearances on television shows such as Murder, She Wrote (1984), the "Columbo" made-for-TV movies, MacGyver (1985), and Diagnosis Murder (1993). Milner was an avid fisherman and has been co-host of the syndicated radio talk show "Let's Talk Hook-up" since 1993. He also hosts fishing trips through "Let's Talk Hook-Up."
Apart from the Webb connection, Milner starred as "Tod Stiles" in his own groundbreaking CBS-TV series, Route 66 (1960). The series was notable for its coast-to-coast location shooting, eloquent scripts by co-creator Stirling Silliphant and others, impressive guest casts, and a distinctive theme song by Nelson Riddle. The series allowed Milner to explore a range of characterizations as his nomadic travels in a Corvette convertible took him from job to job all over the United States, where he dug deeply into the lives of the people he encountered there -- with traveling companions "Buz Murdock" (George Maharis) and, after Maharis left the show, "Lincoln Case" (Glenn Corbett).- Martin Miller was born on 2 September 1899 in Kremsier, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Kromeriz, Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Exodus (1960), Peeping Tom (1960) and The Pink Panther (1963). He was married to Hannah Norbert. He died on 26 August 1969 in Innsbruck, Austria.
- Martin Friend was born in 1931 in Bethnal Green, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Doctor Who (1963), The Prince and the Pauper (1976) and Curtain of Fear (1964). He was married to Margaret Hunt. He died on 14 March 2014 in Golders Green, London, England, UK.
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Martin Moszkowicz, Chairman of the Executive Board of Constantin Film AG. Born 1958 he studied at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich until 1980 before working as a production manager, line producer, and producer on numerous productions around the world. Starting in 1985, he worked as a producer and general manager at M+P Film GmbH in Munich. He began as a producer at Constantin Film Produktion GmbH in 1991, and from 1996 until the company going public in 1999, also worked as a general manager. He has been a member of the Executive Board since then. He has worked as a producer on countless movies and television productions.- Actor
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Martin Ransohoff was born on 7 July 1927 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967), Nightwing (1979) and Silver Streak (1976). He was married to Joan Marie Madgey and Nancy Hope Lundgren. He died on 13 December 2017 in Bel-Air, California, USA.- Writer
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Martin Owen is known for The Loneliest Boy in the World (2022), The Intergalactic Adventures of Max Cloud (2020) and Killers Anonymous (2019).- Martin Potter was born on 4 October 1944 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Fellini Satyricon (1969), Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) and The Legend of Robin Hood (1975). He has been married to Susie Blake since 1978.
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Martin Zandvliet was born on 7 January 1971 in Fredericia, Denmark. He is an editor and director, known for Land of Mine (2015), Dirch (2011) and Applaus (2009).- Martiño Rivas was born on 10 January 1985 in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. He is an actor, known for The Boarding School (2007), Cable Girls (2017) and Los girasoles ciegos (2008).
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Martin Roach was born on July 15, 1962 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as Martin Jamie Roach to parents who are immigrants from Africa. Roach began his acting career in 1996 when he played a cop in 2 episodes of Due South (TV Series). These episodes were Starman and Juliet Is Bleeding. His highest, most acclaimed film is Spotlight (2015) while his lowest movie is Dream House (2011)
He is an African-Canadian actor best known for his roles on Aaron Stone as T. Abner Hall and in the films Cube Zero (2004), Diary of the Dead (2007), and The Lookout (2007). He portrayed Mike Thompson in Season 1. The following episodes are: "The Armory", "Prisoner of War", "Grace", "Silent Kill", "Sanctuary (Part 1)" and "Sanctuary (Part 2)". He also starred Dream House (2011), Rescue Heroes (1999-2002)
In the realm of voice acting, he is also known as Master Yo on Yin-Yang-Yo!, Jake Justice on Rescue Heroes, Big Wheelie on Bigfoot Presents: Meteor and the Mighty Monster Trucks and the Falcon on The Avengers: United they Stand. He's got the market cornered on voicing palette-swapped Transmetal Cheetor and Waspinator models.- Actor
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Argentinian-born Martin von Haselberg, along with Brian Routh, form the performance art group known as the Kipper Kids. After they met in 1970, they created a character named Harry Kipper. They have since put on shows all over the world.
Von Haselberg got married to songstress Bette Midler in 1984. They have a daughter, Sophie.- Actor
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Martin Thompson is an award-winning American film, television, and stage actor based in Los Angeles. He began his career in New York, studying at HB Studio with the legendary Uta Hagen, then working on daytime television and appearing on the New York stage. In fact, he has over a hundred stage productions to his credit in both the Big Apple and at regional theatres nationwide, including the world famous Barter Theatre, Theatre in the Square, and the American Theatre of Actors.
On the big screen, he has worked alongside Kevin Costner in The New Daughter (2009), Paul Rudd in Wanderlust (2012), Colin Firth in Main Street (2010) (the final screenplay by Horton Foote), and with Dean Jones and Hayley Mills in the Mandie and the Secret Tunnel (2009) and Mandie and the Cherokee Treasure (2010) franchise. His television credits include NCIS: Los Angeles (2009), Criminal Minds (2005), Scorpion (2014), Comedy Bang! Bang! (2012), Uncle Buck (2016), and opposite Jane Seymour in Hallmark's Lake Effects (2012).
Thompson was born in Virginia, but only lived there a short time before the family moved again to California. His father was in the Navy, so the family was constantly shuttling back and forth from one coast to the other. He spent a good part of his formative years in constant motion, living in Virginia, California, Florida, and North Carolina (where he received his BFA in Theatre from East Carolina University), before finally heading to New York to begin his career as an actor. His mother was a Peabody trained lyric soprano, who came from a family of singers and musicians. His brother Dan is a film producer. And, his brother Timothy Thompson is a BMI Award winning composer. He has two children: a son, Steven and a daughter, Kathleen.- Writer
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Martin Trenaman is known for The Inbetweeners 2 (2014), The Inbetweeners (2011) and Not by the Book (2023).- Actor
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Theatre includes:- Serebryakov in Uncle Vanya Theatr Clwyd, Monsieur Tarrou in The Plague Arcola, Pierre Lannes in The Lovers of Viorne, Dr Montague in The Haunting of Hill House, Archbishop in The King's Speech Chichester/ Tour, Kreon in Medea National Theatre, Juror II in Twelve Angry Men Birmingham Rep and The Garrick, Patriach Job/ Mniszech in Boris Godunov RSC, Cardinal Inquisitor in A Life of Galileo RSC, Strophius in Electra at The Gate, Ghost of Sophocles in Fabrication The Print Room, David Bliss in Hay Fever West Yorkshire Playhouse, Jonathan in Moscow Live Romeo and Juliet, Middle Temple Hall. Macbeth, Chichester, Gielgud, BAM Brooklyn, Lyceum Broadway. Heart Break House, Watford Palace. Scenes From The Back Of Beyond, Royal Court. Rabbit, Trafalgar Studios. Gaddafi, ENO. A Midsummer Night's Dream, RSC / City of London Sinfonia. Promises, Promises, Sheffield Crucible. Silk Stockings, Lost Musicals. A Conversation Royal Exchange. ***Nomination for Best Actor, Manchester Evening News Awards *** Blithe Spirit, Manchester Royal Exchange. Pericles, Lyric Hammersmith. Protection, Soho Theatre. Dealers's Choice/ My Night With Reg, The Crucible, Birmingham Rep. Much Ado about Nothing, The Merchant of Venice and Alice in Wonderland RSC. Midsummer Night's Dream Shakespeare's Globe / Orchestra Age of Enlightenment. Two Noble Kinsmen, The Tempest, St. Augustine's Oak and Comedy of Errors, Shakespeare's Globe. Troilus & Cressida, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Love's Labour's Lost Regents Park. Vanity Fair, Pericles, Andromache, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Man of Mode and Macbeth Cheek By Jowl. Phaedre, BAC. Martin Guerre and Anything Goes, Prince Edward Theatre, West End. Private Lives, Salisbury. The Sneeze, Elephant Herd, Amadeus Northcott Theatre. Trumpets And Drums, York. She Stops To Conquer Liverpool Everyman.- Actor
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Martin Sensmeier is an American Actor and Producer from the Alaskan Native Tribes, Tlingit as well as Koyukon-Athabascan. He was raised in the village of Yakutat, Alaska.
He is best known for his roles in the Magnificent Seven, Wind River, Yellowstone and Westworld. He next can be seen in Netflix' Mini-Series The Liberator and The Feature Film The Last Manhunt opposite Jason Momoa.- Actor
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Martin Wuttke was born on 8 February 1962 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. He is an actor and director, known for Inglourious Basterds (2009), Hanna (2011) and Cloud Atlas (2012).- Martin Wallström was born on 7 July 1983 in Uddevalla, Västra Götalands län, Sweden. He is an actor, known for Mr. Robot (2015), Parallel (2018) and Johan Falk: GSI - Gruppen för särskilda insatser (2009). He was previously married to Lisa Linnertorp.
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Martin Wood is known for Virgin River (2019), Travelers (2016) and Sanctuary (2008). He has been married to Dianne Carruthers since 9 October 2004. They have three children.- Actor
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Austin Robert Butler was born in Anaheim, California, to Lori Anne (Howell), an aesthetician, and David Butler. He has always enjoyed movies of all types. When he was 13 he was walking around at the Orange County Fair and was approached by a representative from a background-acting management company, who helped him get started in the entertainment industry. He found that he really enjoyed it, and began taking a few acting classes. Soon, he landed a rather permanent (2005-2007) background-acting gig on Nickelodeon's Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (2004), and a friend on the show, Lindsey Shaw, introduced him to her manager, who offered to represent him. From that point on, he considered himself to be a serious actor.
His first named (albeit uncredited) character was "Toby" in the Hannah Montana (2006) episode "Oops, I Meddled Again" in 2006 (girl broke up with him). First speaking role was in Zoey 101 (2005), as "Dannifer" or "Wrong Danny" (a few lines, and a girl poured soda down his shirt). He got a meatier role on Hannah Montana (2006) in 2007, still a small part, but very fun (a few more lines, and he got to fling popcorn on Miley Cyrus).
His big break (relatively speaking) was in 2007, as casting directors started to recognize him from his many, many auditions, and he was given an opportunity to play the part of "Jake Krandle" in the new Nickelodeon series iCarly (2007), which should start airing late in 2007. His first episode is called "iLike Jake."- Actor
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Actor Austin Pendleton was born March 27, 1940 in Warren, Ohio to Frances and Thorn Pendleton. He graduated from Yale University. He later became an ensemble member of the Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago, and acted in several of the theater's productions. His first film appearance was in Petulia (1968), a minor and uncredited role. Since, he has made over 100 appearances in television and film.- Actor
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Austin Peck was born on 9 April 1971 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Austin is an actor and writer, known for Chicago Fire (2012), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) and Days of Our Lives (1965). Austin has been married to Terri Conn since 1 July 2011. They have two children. Austin was previously married to Tara Crespo.- Actor
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Austin Noah Abrams is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Ron Anderson in the fifth and sixth seasons of the television series The Walking Dead (2010), as Ethan Lewis in Euphoria (2019), and as Dash in Dash & Lily (2020). He has also appeared in films such as Gangster Squad (2013), The Kings of Summer (2013), Paper Towns (2015), Brad's Status (2017), Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019), Chemical Hearts (2020), and Do Revenge (2022).- Actor
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Austin Nichols was raised in Austin, Texas until the age of eighteen, when he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting. He graduated from the University of Southern California in 2002 with a degree in creative writing. His role in Six Feet Under led to films like The Day After Tomorrow, Wimbledon, and Glory Road. Then after playing Morgan Earp on Deadwood, David Milch asked Austin to play the title role in his new series, John From Cincinnati. Nichols has been on a string of hit cable shows. Ray Donovan, Bates Motel and The Walking Dead.- Actor
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Austin P. McKenzie (born August 24, 1993) is an American stage and screen actor known for his performances as Cleve Jones in ABC's When We Rise and Melchior Gabor in the 2015 Broadway Revival by Deaf West Theatre of Spring Awakening. He is also a recording artist who, as of January 2020, currently has two studio albums available worldwide.
McKenzie was born in Mesa, Arizona. After working for six years at a Summer Camp for children and adults with mental & physical challenges, Lions Camp Tatiyee, McKenzie enrolled at Columbia College Chicago to study American Sign Language and Childhood Education to become a special needs teacher. After his second year of studies, Austin when accepted a part in a small play being put on in a small theater in LA which would mean relocating entirely. This decision would later change his entire life.
McKenzie made his theatrical debut on September 14, 2014, playing the charismatic and rebel Melchoir Gabor in the Deaf West Theatre immerse production of Spring Awakening at the Rosenthal Theater at Inner City Arts in downtown L.A. The production which was simultaneously performed in American Sign Language and spoken English. Consisting of hearing and deaf actors, the play was directed by Broadway vet Michael Arden. After a successful reprise at the Wallis in Beverly Hill, on June 2015, it was announced that the rebellious students from the acclaimed Deaf West production of Spring Awakening were transferring with the musical to Broadway. McKenzie, who only in September 2014 made his theatrical debut in a 99-seats theatre in downtown L.A., officially made his Broadway debut on September 27, 2015 as Melchior Gabor in the Deaf West Theatre Broadway revival of Spring Awakening at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre.
Directed by Dan Harris, written by Stephen Karam, and shot in July 2015, Speech & Debate was McKenzie's first feature-film lead. Speech & Debate is an dark comedy about a trio of misfit teenagers: Salomon, portrayed by Liam James; Diwata, portrayed by Sarah Steele; and Howie, Potrayed by McKenzie. The film premiered 2016
In early 2017, McKenzie made his television debut as the lead of ABC's mini series, When We Rise which was written by Oscar winner Dustin Lance Black and directed by Oscar winner Gus Van Sant. The mini series focused on the gay, female, and civil rights movements spanning 1971-the early 2000's. The show being based on actual events and political heroes, McKenzie portrayed the activist Cleve Jones.
In 2019, Austin wrote, co-produced, and released 2 full studio albums, an achievement he'd been dreaming of accomplishing in secret since he began his acting career in 2015. Similar to the likes of Jeff Buckley, Lana del Rey, and Amy Winehouse, his music is jazzy, mysterious, soulful, and dark.
Austin's next album is expected late 2020. And his upcoming Russel Crowe film, "Unhinged," is expected to premier sometime late 2020. He currently resides in Los Angeles.- Actor
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Austin Stowell was born and raised in Kensington, Connecticut, by his father, Robert, a retired steelworker, and his mother, Elizabeth, a schoolteacher. He graduated from Berlin High School in 2003. Upon acceptance at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut, he studied with the Department of Dramatic Arts, a division of the School of Fine Arts. He performed in several productions with the Connecticut Repertory Theatre, including Julius Caesar, It Can't Happen Here, and As You Like It. Stowell graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2007.- Actor
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Austin St. John was born on September 17, 1974, in Roswell, New Mexico, to his parents Steve and Sharon Geiger, becoming brother to Stephen. Austin has been practicing martial arts since he was five and now holds a second-degree black belt in Tae-Kwon Do, a first-degree black belt in Judo, and he also practices Shenkito and Kenpo. He has spent a lot of time moving from town to town with his dad, a Marine, and has also dreamed of playing professional baseball for the Boston Red Sox. His best school subject was political science and his worst was mathematics. His dream vehicle is a Harley Davidson Softtail. Austin's favorite food is sushi, and his favorite style of music is rock-and-roll with an ever-growing interest in hip-hop. His favorite super hero is Superman. Besides baseball, his favorite sports are football, soccer, and hiking. His favorite colors are black for cars and black and white for clothes. He also worked on "Austin St. John's Martial Arts Video."- Actor
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Austin O'Brien was born on 11 May 1981 in Eugene, Oregon, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Last Action Hero (1993), My Girl 2 (1994) and Promised Land (1996). He has been married to Kristin Wurgler since 3 September 2006. They have one child.- Actor
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Austin Lee Basis was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York in a little beach community called Sea Gate, at the end the famous Coney Island boardwalk. His mother, Shari, was a teacher for over 30 years, and his father, Arthur, has managed a meat-distribution company for almost 20 years. He has a younger brother, Jeremy, who is also a teacher.
From a very young age Austin felt at home in the limelight, entertaining people and making them laugh - but actually dreamed of playing major league baseball as a catcher for the New York Mets! Once it was clear that biology and genetics were teaming up to prevent that from happening, Austin turned his focus to... becoming a doctor! Eventually, even that became an elaborate form of procrastination.
Throughout Austin's childhood he performed in plays, usually musical comedies, despite his lack of singing ability. From his first role as "The Sun" in the kindergarten play to the title role of Dracula in a Junior High School production of "Young Dracula" to the Dentist in a summer camp version of "Little Shop of Horrors" to the part of Stanley in "Brighton Beach Memoirs" - his first full production in college - Austin's future was being mapped out before his eyes.
Austin went on to Major in Theater at Binghamton University. He performed in the title roles of "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead" and "I Hate Hamlet" among others, in addition to several original productions. He continued his training and education at the Actors Studio Drama School, where he received an MFA in Acting.
Soon after graduating, Austin became a lifetime member of the Actors Studio. There he had the privilege to work with the likes of Al Pacino, Faye Dunaway, and Estelle Parsons; and under the tutelage of Ellen Burstyn, Harvey Keitel, Arthur Penn, and Lee Grant.
Austin was a struggling actor in New York for a couple of years. He worked as a bartender, a bouncer, a busboy, a cater-waiter, and a substitute teacher to make a living, all the while - taking classes to hone his audition skills, working "in Session" at the Actors Studio, and performing in a slew of independent & student films, and Off-Off Broadway plays. He also co-created and performed in an improv & sketch comedy show called "Mmm...Comedy" that ran for 7 months.
Austin's television debut was in the Comedy Central film Porn 'n Chicken (2002). His break came in 2004 when he was cast in an episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001). Austin then landed a role in a Warner Brothers TV pilot for FOX called Spellbound (2004) with Christine Baranski, Barry Bostwick and Dave Annable. He soon moved out to LA for good and began making a living as an actor.
Austin has since appeared on numerous television shows, among them: Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006), Supernatural (2005) and Life on Mars (2008). His diverse film credits include Dorian Blues (2004), Boxboarders! (2007), American Zombie (2007), My Sassy Girl (2008), and The Other End of the Line (2007)- traveling as far as India to shoot them.
He enjoys a successful commercial career as well, appearing in spots for Toys 'R' Us, Wendy's, Dr. Pepper, State Farm, and Burger King. He also plays Benjamin Bankes the Pig in the Ad Council's "Feed the Pig" campaign.
Austin enjoys drawing and writing poetry.- Austin Dillon was born on 27 April 1990 in Lewisville, North Carolina, USA. He is an actor, known for Stuber (2019), SEAL Team (2017) and Rosewood (2015). He is married to Whitney Ward Dillon. They have one child.
- Austin Hébert is known for Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016) and Above Suspicion (2019).
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Born Austin Trace Borusiewicz in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia. Austin has been acting since the age of 7. His first television appearance was on Season 3 of "Mad Men" at the age of 10.
Austin is known for his Recurring Guest Star role as "Viper" on "About a Boy" and a Guest Star in "Game Shakers", "American Housewife", "Wendell and Vinnie" & "Medium" and a Co-Star in "The Middle". He also recently Guest Starred in the new HBO Max Show "Generation" & Co-Starred in the new Starz Show "Shining Vale" with Courtney Cox, Mira Sorvino & Greg Kinnear.
Austin's movie credits include the lead role of "Silas" in "Thicker Than Water" which won the DGA African American Director Award along with 14 other various awards. He also had a supporting role in "Beneath the Leaves" with Mira Sorvino. More recently, he Guest Starred in the Lifetime Movie "Deadly Daughter Switch" and the feature film called "After the Reign"
When Austin was 10 when he starred in the film, "The Planeteer" as Bradley McGuire. The film won an Emmy for Outstanding Children's Program at the 32nd Annual CTA's in Hollywood in April 2011.
Austin also has several Voice Over credits. He is the voice of Alex Robbins in the popular podcast called "We're Alive: Goldrush" & "We're Alive: Desendants". He is also the American overdub voice of Dr. Enzo Vergani of the Brazilian Netflix "The Chosen One".
Austin studies at the John Rosenfeld Studios with Actor & Coach John Rosenfeld. He is also a Multi-Award Winning filmmaker and would like to become a Director.
In his free time he is an avid golfer and an expert Skateboarder.- Actor
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R Austin Ball is known for Priscilla (2023), Good Wife's Guide to Murder (2023) and The Last Day (2020).- Director
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Austin Chick was born in 1974. He is known for Girls Against Boys (2012), XX/XY (2002) and Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007). He was previously married to Morena Baccarin.- Austin Crute is an actor, singer, songwriter, and producer from Atlanta, Georgia. He grew up in his family's church where his father was Senior Pastor, and graduated from Greater Atlanta Christian School in 2014. During his high-school years, he starred in a variety of musical theater productions, and was selected as a finalist for the 2013 National High School Musical Theatre Awards.
After starring as 'Justin Bieber' in Donald Glover's Emmy Award-winning TV series 'Atlanta' in 2016, Crute has become well-known for his undeniable talent and electrifying personality, as he continues to exhibit and develop his multitude of skill and artistry that spans across music, film & tv, and musical theater. Crute graduated from New York University in 2018 with a BFA in Recorded Music and an Excellence in Performance. In 2019, he made his feature film debut playing 'Alan' in Olivia Wilde's 'Booksmart' and starred as 'Wesley Fists' in Netflix's post-apocalyptic dramedy series 'Daybreak.'
In 2020, he'll be starring as 'Lane' in ABC's new comedy 'Call Your Mother' and playing 'Marquise' in the final season of Netflix's 'Trinkets.' He'll also be releasing his mixtape 'TWENTIES' this summer. His single "Gotta" will be appearing in episode 201 of 'Trinkets.' - Actor
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Austin Di Iulio was born in 1989 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor, known for Hairspray (2007), RedaKai (2011) and BeyWheelz (2012).- Actress
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Barbara Giselle Mariposa Bordeaux, known professionally as Barbie Ellen, is an English-American actress. They were born in La Palma, California and the age of 6, she moved to Santa Monica, California, where they reside today. At age 6, they were diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder and at 9, they were diagnosed with Autism. At 23, they learned that they were misdiagnosed as Bipolar and that they suffer from Borderline Personality Disorder and Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. They also were diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Ellen attended Santa Monica High School, where they graduated in June of 2013. She attended The Art Institute of California Los Angeles, where they majored in Video Production. They earned their Associates in June of 2015 and earned their Bachelor's in 2017. They are currently attending Santa Monica College, which they started to pursue a career in education, but abandoned that in favour of resuming their film studies, due to the Art Institute, where they graduated, losing its accreditation. Ellen is predominantly of Native-American ethnicity, being of Seminole, Black/Afro Seminole and Ojibwa heritage. They are also English, Irish and Scottish through their father. Ellen also considers themself a nerd and has a fondness for nerd subculture, mainly Disney, Batman, Nintendo (specifically Legend of Zelda, Earthbound and Pokémon), The Wizard of Oz, Game of Thrones, Teen Titans, Star Wars and Anime. They took Japanese in high school and has a fondness for cosplay, often making her own costumes and accessories. They've said that their idols are Carrie Fisher and Natalie Portman, due to the former being successful despite her mental illness and the latter pushing and striving for her all in a dog-eat-dog industry. Ellen is also pursuing a career in ballet dance, and has cited the film "Barbie in the Pink Shoes" as the film that reignited their childhood interest in the art.- Actor
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Austin Elkins is known for Criminal Activities (2015), Wildfire: The Legend of the Cherokee Ghost Horse (2023) and Hoovey (2015).- Writer
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Everett is dual Japanese and American citizen. His introduction to the world of film was at age 5 in Tokyo, where he was cast in a recurring role for a NHK drama series. In his teens, he began writing and directing his own short films and fell in love with being behind the camera as a writer-director, not in front.- Writer
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Austin Evans is known for Austin Evans (2009), Could You Survive the Movies? (2018) and This Is (2018).- Austin Fryberger was born in Tullahoma, Tennessee, to Peter Fryberger, an engineer, and his musically talented wife, Maralyn Fryberger. Austin is the youngest of three boys. His ancestry includes German, Dutch, Swedish, and Native American; his surname springs from a distant German immigrant ancestor named "Freyberger". His oldest brother Charles Fryberger III is a doctor, and Evan, is pursuing a career in Meteorology. Austin managed to depart from his southern hometown when he followed the advice from a TV/Film native, Tina Treadwell, to pursue a career in film acting out in Los Angeles, California. Film acting was something Austin was passionate about and decided to pursue his dreams.
Austin Fryberger is best known for his reoccurring role in the Netflix Series Boo, Bitch opposite of Lana Condor and is the shining gem of the show. He was also a series regular in Amazon's Highston directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine) and written by the Oscar-winning writer Bob Nelson. Austin also received critical acclaim in the independent film Snatchers that went to Sundance, SXSW, and was picked up by HBOMax.
Austin also starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie Invisible Sister and has had reoccurring roles on Netflix's Huge in France, Disney xD's Kirby Buckets and guest star roles on Paramount+ iCarly, Netflix's Fuller House, and FOX's The Grinder.
Most recently, Fryberger starred as one of the leads in the feature film, My Missing Sister, from director Ben Meyerson.
Up next, Austin stars in the ensemble cast lead by Sophia Ali in The F*** Happened, directed by Tony E. Valenzuela. - Austin Filson is known for The Captain (2013), Sleepy Hollow (2013) and Along Came the Devil (2018).
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Austin Freeman is an American actor, born in Anderson, SC to Deana and Roger Freeman and his step-father, Robert Roach. He began acting in theatrical productions at the age of 16 where he discovered a love for storytelling. He received his Bachelor's in Theatre Performance from Young Harris College in 2012. He is known for his work in The Mule (2018), The Walking Dead (2010), Watchmen (2019) and Paradise Lost (2020).- Austin Ferris is known for The Dead Don't Die (2019), Shoplifters of the World (2021) and Can You Keep a Secret? (2019).
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Austin R. Grant is an American actor. Known for his work in Horizon: An American Saga (2024) Yellowstone (2021), Wind River (2017), and Hereditary (2018). He's worked alongside actors such as Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen, Toni Collette, Florence Pugh, and has worked twice with Academy Award Winner Kevin Costner, twice with Taylor Sheridan, and twice with Ari Aster.
Based in Los Angeles.- Austin Judd is known for Cannibal Comedian (2023), Sister Psycho (2024) and The 4th Letter of Ponce De Leon. She has been married to Alexander Paul Judd since 13 February 2015. They have one child.
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Austin Gold is an American actor known for his ability to transform into each character. His appearance fits into that of the late teen/early 20's comedic role categories, but can also flip the switch and inhabit darker, more disturbing characters. He has resided as a Southern California native his entire life since his birth in 1996. Looking for a change of pace, he moved to Northern Arizona University to pursue a Film degree and a Theater minor. These two degrees helped Austin examine both sides of the spectrum in the film business. Austin has graduated and is back in Southern California to continue working on his craft in acting and producing.- Actress
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Austin Highsmith Garces was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Dolphin Tale (2011), Scream: The TV Series (2015) and Criminal Minds (2005). She has been married to J. Teddy Garces since 29 May 2016.- Austin Hines was born on 3 March 1982 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for The Mill (2008), The Wounded (2007) and Intimate Portrait (1990). He has been married to Lois Kessel since 11 August 2017. They have two children.
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Austin James was born Austin Wojciechowski, on January 5, 1994 in Ocala Florida. As an infant, Austin's family, which included four siblings, moved to a horse and cattle ranch in the very small town of Tarpley Texas. Austin attended school in the town of Utopia Texas, class size of 19 children. Needless to say there was not much to do in either Tarpley or Utopia. Austin spent a good amount of his time tending to the Horses on the ranch. He competed in the youth Rodeo and was on his way to becoming nationally ranked in steer wrestling. Austin was also very athletic participating in track and field. He was a competitive cross country runner as well as a pole-vaulter. When Austin was not riding, wrestling, or running, he found himself immersed in any book he could get his hands on. He loved reading and would imagine himself playing the role. At age 16 the acting bug bit him. He convinced his parents to borrow some money in order to enter a competition showcase. Not only did he enter, but also he won the competition, which garnered him a $10,000.00 dollar prize, and many a call from agents in Hollywood At 17 years old, Austin left Tarpley for Hollywood and has not looked back. He landed representation and soon after booked several commercials. In the winter of 2013 Austin landed one of the lead roles in the Feature Film "The Ultimate Life", which was directed by Michael Landon, Jr. The Ultimate Life will be released in theaters in September of 2013.