- Jessica Alba
Jessica Marie Alba (born April 28, 1981) is an American actress. Alba rose to prominence with the television series Dark Angel, then expanding her résumé to film, predominantly within the confines of action and comedy. Alba appears frequently on the "Hot 100" section of Maxim and was voted AskMen.com's number one on their list of "99 Most Desirable Women" in 2006, as well as "Sexiest Woman in the World" by FHM in 2007.
- Cate Blanchett
Born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1969, Cate Blanchett began her career in theatre, after graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1992. ... Cate's first high-profile, international role was lead in the 1998 movie Elizabeth, for which she won Best Actress awards at both the BAFTAs and Golden Globes, plus an Academy Award nomination.
- Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage Biography is an online resource for finding information on the famous movie actor. Includes famous quotes , biographical information , celebrity news and gossip, and pictures of Nicolas Cage . Nicolas Cage was born as "Nicolas Kim Coppola " Nicolas Cage Birthday - 7th of January (born 1964) Nicolas Cage is a major Hollywood movie actor that has been starring in hit movies since the early 1980s.
- Leonard Nimoy
Born in Boston, Massachusetts to Ukrainian-Jewish immigrants, Leonard Nimoy spent much of his early career in the 1950s doing small parts in B-movies, TV shows such as 'Dragnet', and serials such as Republic Pictures 'Zombies of the Stratosphere' in 1952.
- Alan Alda
Alan Alda (b. January 28, 1936) is a five-time Emmy Award-winning, six-time Golden Globe-winning, Academy Award-nominated American actor. He is perhaps most famous for his role as Hawkeye Pierce in the television series "M*A*S*H". During the 1970s and 1980s he was viewed as the archetypal sympathetic male, though in recent years he has appeared in roles which counter that image.
- Mel Gibson
Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson (born January 3 1956) is an American-born actor, director, and producer raised primarily in Australia. After establishing himself as a household name with the "Mad Max" and "Lethal Weapon" series, Gibson went on to direct and star in the Academy Award-winning "Braveheart". Gibson's direction of "Braveheart" made him the sixth actor-turned-filmmaker to receive an Oscar for Best Director.
- Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger
Arnold clearly harbored political ambitions for a long time. In 1977, six years before he became a US citizen, he told a German magazine: "When one has money, one day it becomes less interesting. And when one is also the best in film, what can be more interesting? Perhaps power. Then one moves into politics and becomes governor or president or something." He realized that one day his movie-making days were numbered and began thinking about a career in politics.
- David Keith
David Keith (born May 8, 1954) is a Golden Globe-nominated American actor and director. He was born in Knoxville, Tennessee.
- Pierce Brosnan
Pierce Brendan Brosnan OBE (born May 16, 1953) is an Irish actor and producer best known for portraying James Bond in four films from 1995 to 2002: "GoldenEye", "Tomorrow Never Dies", "The World Is Not Enough" and "Die Another Day". Since leaving the role, Brosnan has gone on to star in films such as "Evelyn" and "Seraphim Falls". In 1996, he also formed, along with Beau St. Clair, …
- John Wayne
John Wayne (May 26, 1907 - June 11, 1979) was an iconic, Academy Award-winning, American film actor. He epitomized ruggedly individualistic masculinity, and has become an enduring American icon. He is famous for his distinctive voice, walk and height. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Wayne thirteenth among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time. A Harris Poll released in 2007 placed Wayne third among America's favorite film stars, …
- Richard Gere
Richard Tiffany Gere (born August 31, 1949) is an American actor. He first became famous during the 1980s, after appearing in several successful Hollywood films, including "An Officer and a Gentleman", and has since retained his status as a leading man. During the 1990s and 2000s, he starred in several well-received films, "Pretty Woman", "Primal Fear", and "Chicago" for which he won a Golden Globe award as Best Actor.
- Hugh Laurie
James Hugh Calum Laurie, OBE (born 11 June 1959) is an English actor, comedian and writer known as Hugh Laurie. He is known in the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and parts of Europe for his roles in "Blackadder" and for his long-running comedy collaboration with Stephen Fry, which has included "A Bit of Fry and Laurie" and "Jeeves and Wooster" (see Fry and Laurie for more detail).
- John Paul
John Paul (April 20 1921-February 1995) was a British actor. He is best known for his roles as Dr Spencer Quist in "Doomwatch" (1970-1972) and Marcus Agrippa in "I, Claudius" (1976), both for BBC Television. An early role was as the lead in the ITV series "Probation Officer" in the early 1960s. During his career he also appeared in films such as "The Yangtze Incident" (1957) and "Cry Freedom" (1987), …
- Patrick Stewart
Patrick Stewart OBE (born July 13, 1940) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated English film, television and stage actor. He is also Chancellor of the University of Huddersfield. Stewart has had a distinguished career in theatre for nearly fifty years, including performances as various characters in Shakespearean productions. However, he is most famous for his roles as Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the U.S.S Enterprise in "Star Trek: The Next Generation", …
- Christopher Isherwood
Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood (August 26, 1904 - January 4, 1986) was an Anglo-American novelist.
- Derek Jacobi
Sir Derek George Jacobi, CBE (born 22 October, 1938) is an English actor and director, knighted in 1994 for his services to the theatre. Like Laurence Olivier, he bears the distinction of holding two knighthoods, Danish and British.
- Dr. Dre
André Romell Young, better known by his stage name Dr. Dre, is an American record producer, rapper, actor and record executive. He is the founder and current CEO of Aftermath Entertainment and a former co-owner and artist of Death Row Records. Young is a significant figure in the development of rap music. He was a founding member of the influential rap group N.W.A., …
- Gordon Jackson
Gordon Cameron Jackson OBE (19 December 1923 - 15 January 1990) was an Emmy Award winning Scottish actor best remembered for his roles as the butler Hudson in "Upstairs, Downstairs" and George Cowley, the head of CI5, in "The Professionals".
- Gene Hackman
Gene Hackman (born Eugene Allen Hackman on January 30, 1930) is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actor. He came to fame during the 1970s, after his role in "The French Connection", and has continued to appear in major roles in Hollywood films.
- Donald Sutherland
Donald McNicol Sutherland OC (born July 17, 1935) is a prolific Canadian actor with a film career spanning over 40 years.
- Christopher Lee
Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, CBE (born May 27, 1922) is an English actor known for his professional longevity and his distinctive "basso" delivery. Lee is also best known for his portrayals of villains; he became famous for his role as Count Dracula in a string of Hammer Horror films. Other notable roles include Lord Summerisle in "The Wicker Man," Francisco Scaramanga in "The Man with the Golden Gun", …
- Liam Neeson
Liam Neeson , born in Ireland, studied to be a teacher before turning to acting. He received an Academy Award nomination for his work in Schindlers List , a Golden Globe nomination for Michael Collins , and a Tony Award nomination for Anna Christie . He has starred in numerous films including Star Wars: Episode 1The Phantom Menace; Nell; and Husbands and Wives .
- Henry Fonda
Henry Jaynes Fonda (May 16, 1905 - August 12, 1982) was a highly acclaimed Academy Award-winning American film and stage actor, best known for his roles as plain-speaking idealists. Fonda's subtle, naturalistic acting style preceded by many years the popularization of method acting. Fonda made his mark early as a Broadway actor, and made his Hollywood debut in 1935.
- Ed McMahon
Edward "Ed" Peter Leo McMahon, Jr. (born March 6, 1923) is a popular American comedian, game show host, announcer and television personality most famous for his work on television as Johnny Carson's announcer on the "Tonight Show", from 1962 to 1992, and as the host of the talent show "Star Search", from 1983 to 1995.
- Joss Stone
Joscelyn Eve Stoker (born 11 April 1987), best known by her stage name Joss Stone, is a BRIT Award- and Grammy Award-winning English soul, R&B, and blues singer, songwriter, and occasional actress who has sold over ten million albums worldwide.
- Simon Pegg
Simon John Pegg (born 14 February 1970 in Gloucester) is an English stand-up comedian, writer and film and television actor. He is known for his title roles in "Shaun of the Dead" and "Hot Fuzz", and for the British sitcom "Spaced". Much of his major work has been in collaboration with some combination of Nick Frost, Jessica Hynes and Edgar Wright.
- Jack Lemmon
John Uhler Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 - June 27, 2001), better known as Jack Lemmon, was a two-time Academy Award-winning American actor.
- Ron Eldard
Ronald Jason Eldard (b. February 20, 1965 on Long Island, New York) is an American film, television and stage actor best known for his understated character roles on both the screen and the stage.
- Abbas Kiarostami
Abbas Kiarostami is an internationally acclaimed Iranian film director, screenwriter, and film producer. An active filmmaker since 1970, Kiarostami has been involved in over forty films, including shorts and documentaries. Kiarostami attained critical acclaim for directing the "Koker trilogy", "A Taste of Cherry", and "The Wind Will Carry Us". Kiarostami has worked extensively as a screenwriter, film editor, …
- Johnny Carson
John William "Johnny" Carson (October 23, 1925 - January 23,2005) was an American actor, comedian and writer best known for his iconic status as the host of "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson".
- Tom Wilkinson
Tom Wilkinson, OBE (born December 12, 1948) is an Academy Award-nominated English actor.
- Olivia Newton-John
Olivia Newton-John AO OBE (born 26 September 1948) is a Grammy Award-winning and Golden Globe-nominated English-born Australian pop singer, songwriter and actress of Welsh and German descent. Her highly acclaimed vocal musical and acting talents made her a globally recognized name. Olivia Newton-John is also a small business entrepreneur and an avid activist in ecological or environmental issues.
- Jane Seymour
Jane Seymour OBE (born Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg on February 15 1951) is an English actress probably best known today as the co-star of the James Bond film "Live and Let Die" and star of the TV series and film "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman".
- Kris Kristofferson
Kristoffer "Kris" Kristofferson (born June 22, 1936) is an influential American country music songwriter, singer and actor. He is best known for hits such as "Me and Bobby McGee", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night". Kristofferson is the sole author of most of his songs, but he has collaborated with various other figures of the Nashville scene such as Shel Silverstein and Fred Foster.
- Joan Collins
Joan Henrietta Collins OBE (born May 23 1933) is a Golden Globe Award winning British actress and bestselling author. She is most widely known for her role as Alexis Colby in the 1980s primetime soap opera "Dynasty". She was born in London, England, Great Britain and is one of the United Kingdom's most popular actresses.
- Shirley Temple
Shirley Jane Temple (born April 23, 1928) later known as Shirley Temple Black, is an American former child actress. She starred in over 40 films during the 1930s. She was later a diplomat and is now retired
- Haskell Wexler
Born in Chicago, Wexler attended the University of California at Berkeley for a year before joining the Merchant Marines. He stayed at sea for five years, became a second officer, then returned to Chicago where he spent ten years making documentary and educational films before moving to California in 1955.
- Leslie Nielsen
Leslie William Nielsen OC is a Canadian-American comedian and actor. Although Nielsen’s acting career crossed a variety of genres in both television and movies, he achieved his greatest film success in comedies, including "Airplane!" and "The Naked Gun" series of films. His portrayal of serious characters seemingly oblivious of (and complicit in) their absurd surroundings gave Nielsen a reputation as a comedian.
- Jack Benny
Jack Benny (February 14 1894 in Chicago, Illinois - December 26 1974 in Beverly Hills, California), born Benjamin Kubelsky, was an American comedian, vaudeville performer, and radio, television, and film actor. He was one of the biggest stars in classic American radio and was also a major television personality. Benny was renowned for his flawless comic timing and (especially) his ability to get laughs with either a pregnant pause or a single expression, …
- David Niven
David Niven was an Academy Award-winning British actor.