- Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay Dee Lohan (born July 2 1986) is an American actress and pop music singer. Lohan started in show business as a child fashion model for magazine ads and television commercials. At age ten, she began her acting career in a soap opera; at eleven, she made her motion picture debut by playing both twins in Disney's 1998 remake of "The Parent Trap". Lohan's breakout role as a leading actress came six years later with 2004's "Mean Girls", … - Willie Horton
William R. Horton (born August 12, 1951 in Chesterfield, South Carolina) is a convicted felon who was the subject of a Massachusetts weekend furlough program that released him while serving a life sentence for murder, without the possibility of parole, providing him the opportunity to commit a rape and armed robbery against a woman. - Timur Bekmambetov
Timur Bekmambetov (born 25 June 1961 in Guryev, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (present Atyrau, Kazakhstan)) is an Russian-Kazakh film and advertisement director living in Russia. He was one of the authors of the popular "World History" advertisement series for Bank Imperial between 1992 and 1997. He was the director of the 2004 film "Night Watch (Nochnoi Dozor)", a popular Russian fantasy film based on the book by Sergey Lukyanenko, and its sequel, … - Matt Johnson
Matt Johnson (born 15 August 1961, in London, England) is the founder and only constant member of the multimedia band, The The. Matt Johnson / The The rose out of the post-punk industrial music scene of late 1970s Britain. Over the years he has proven himself a prolific songwriter on various subjects. On 1986's "Heartland (51st State of the USA)" he railed against the Americanisation of the UK. - Lisa Ray
Lisa Ray (born April 4, 1972) is a Canadian Bollywood actress and former fashion model. She grew up in Toronto, is the daughter of a Bengali father and a Polish mother. Ray started her modelling career at age 16 and was the "brand ambassador" for Lakme cosmetics in India. She made numerous advertisements for various Indian companies before becoming involved in films. She began her acting career with the Bollywood film "Kasoor" in 2001 opposite Aftab Shivdasani. - Aqualung
Matt Hales (born January 17, 1972), better known as Aqualung, is an English singer and songwriter best known in the UK for his song "Strange and Beautiful", which was featured on a television advertisement for the new Volkswagen Beetle during the summer of 2002 and went on to become a Top 10 hit in the UK singles chart later that year. In the United States, Aqualung is also known for the song "Brighter Than Sunshine", … - Kym Valentine
Kym Valentine (born May 24, 1977 in Blacktown, Sydney, Australia) is a Maltese-Australian actress who began her acting career in a McDonald's fast food advertisement at age five. Her television appearances have included "My Two Wives", "Adult Illiteracy", "At Bathurst", "Candid Camera", "Brides of Christ", "Home and Away", "Swap Shop", "Hoops TV" and "Cheez TV". - Andrew Bennett
Andrew Bennett is a music video and commercial director living in Santa Monica, California. He has worked with a number of artists including Deftones, Van Halen, and Elisa. Bennett began his career at 21, directing a documentary on the Deftones' 2000 White Pony Tour, prior to that working as an assistant to feature film directors and producers Mike Tollin and Brian Robbins. Bennett is currently represented by Justin Cronkite and Ish Muniz at Highway 114 Pictures. - Carl Douglas
Carl Douglas (born 1942) is a Jamaican-born singer, most famous for his song "Kung Fu Fighting", which hit number one on both the US Billboard Chart and the UK Singles Chart in 1974. The fame of this homage to martial arts films has overshadowed the rest of the singer's career, resulting in his appearance on cover versions of the song. Douglas released two other hit singles: "Dance The Kung Fu" and "Blue Eyed Soul". - Robin Taylor
Robin Taylor is a Northern Irish television presenter. He is best known as a continuity announcer and newsreader at UTV, where he has appeared since 1993. Like his colleague Julian Simmons, Robin can sometimes be seen announcing in-vision. Robin also presents weather forecasts in-vision at weekends, and he also provides voiceovers for UTV programme trailers and local advertisements. As well as his announcing role, Robin is also a physics teacher at Campbell College, Belfast. - Norman Greenbaum
Norman Greenbaum (born on November 20, 1942 in Malden, Massachusetts) is a singer-songwriter. He studied music at Boston University. Greenbaum is best known for his song "Spirit in the Sky", which sold two million copies in 1969 and 1970. The song, with its combination of 'heavy' guitar, hand-clapping, and spiritual lyrics, was a memorable one-hit wonder. The song has been used in many films, advertisements and television shows. - Sherman Hemsley
Sherman Hemsley (born February 1, 1938 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an Emmy Award nominated and Image Award winning African American character actor most famous for his roles as George Jefferson, on the television shows "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" and as Deacon Ernest Frye on "Amen". He also played Earl Sinclair's horrifying boss, a Triceratops named B.P. Richfield on the Jim Henson sitcom, "Dinosaurs". - Isabel Sanford
Isabel Sanford (August 29, 1917, New York City- July 9, 2004, Los Angeles, California, USA) was an African-American actress most famous for her role as Louise "Weezie" Jefferson on the CBS television sitcoms "All in the Family" (1971-1975) and "The Jeffersons" (1975-1985). Sanford played the role of Louise Jefferson for a total of 14 years. Born Eloise Gwendolyn Sanford in New York City, … - Jeremy Glick
Jeremy Matthew Glick is an author and activist, best known for his appearance on "The O’Reilly Factor" on 4 February 2003. Glick is a co-author of the book, "Another World Is Possible". In early 2003, Glick signed his name to an advertisement that protested United States-led military action in Afghanistan and compared the deaths from the attacks to fatalities incurred in prior U.S. military actions. - Mik Kaminski
Mik Kaminski (born Michael Kaminski, 2 September, 1951 in Harrogate, North Yorkshire) played violin for the Electric Light Orchestra between 1973 and 1979. He made his first professional performance with the Leeds Orchestra, when he was 14. During his time at the Leeds School Of Music he founded the band Cow, together with his friends John Hodgson (drums) and John Marcangelo (keyboards and percussion). - Roy Andersson
Roy Andersson is a Swedish film director, best known for his films "A Swedish Love Story" and "Songs from the Second Floor." More than any other, "Songs from the Second Floor" succeeded in cementing his personal style — a style characterized by long takes, absurdist comedy, stiff caricaturing of Swedish culture, Felliniesque grotesques, sight gags, and heavy anti-capitalist themes. - Nick Kamen
Nick Kamen (born Nicholas Ivor Kamen, 15 April 1962, in Harlow, Essex, England) is a British male model, songwriter and musician. He is most famous for his 1985 beefcake performance in Levi's "Launderette" TV commercial where he strips down in order to stone-wash his blue jeans in a 1950s style public laundromat while he waits clad only in his boxer shorts, which dramatically increased their popularity. It was selected for "The 100 Greatest TV Ads" in 2000. - James Chalmers
James Chalmers (February 2 1782 Arbroath, Angus - May 26 1853) was a Scottish inventor who introduced the adhesive postage stamp and uniform postage rate. He trained as a weaver, before he moved to Dundee in 1809 on the recommendation of his brother. He established himself as a bookseller, printer and newspaper publisher on Castle Street. He is known to have been the publisher of "The Caledonian" as early as 1822. - Carl Ng
Carl Ng (born March 27, 1976) is a Hong Kong actor and model. The third of four children, Ng was born in Hong Kong and is of mixed ethnicity. His father is comedy actor Richard Ng Yiu-Hon, while his mother, a British woman, worked as a hair stylist for Bruce Lee in the 1970s. At the age of 12, he moved with his family to live in England, where he would remain for the next thirteen years. As a child he had no desire to become an actor like his father, … - Warren Ryan
Warren Ryan is an Australian former rugby league player and a highly regarded former coach who enjoyed considerable success in the 1980s. He coached the Canterbury Bulldogs to three Grand Final appearances in four seasons between 1984 and 1987. He also coached the Newtown Jets, Balmain Tigers, Western Suburbs Magpies and the Newcastle Knights after an earlier career where he played for the St. George Dragons, Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks and represented Country NSW Origin. - Laura Ortiz
Laura Ortiz born April 27, 1987, is a 5ft 2in actress, who appeared as Ruby, one of the deformed hill people in "The Hills Have Eyes (2006)". She was also the chatty caffeinated cheerleader named Ashley Hall in a television advertisement for T-Mobile. So far, only two T-Mobile ads featuring Ortiz have aired. She was born in Bogotá, Colombia but currently resides in California. - Ian McCaskill
Ian McCaskill (born July 28, 1938) is a former BBC weatherman. His Scottish accent, manner of speech, and relentless (some would call unseemly) enthusiasm for severe weather made him popular with viewers and he quickly became the most imitated weather presenter in the UK. He went to Queen's Park School (near Queen's Park F.C.) in Glasgow, and then to the University of Glasgow. He joined the RAF in 1959 as part of his National Service and became an airman meteorologist, … - John Myatt
John Myatt, (born 1945), is a British painter who produced forged works for art dealer John Drewe as part of what has been described as "the 20th Century's biggest contemporary art fraud". Myatt lived in the Staffordshire village of Sugnall. He also wrote music and released a single, "Silly Games", which reached the UK Top 40 in 1979. Myatt began to paint in the 1980s. When his wife left him and their children in 1985, … - Cassius Marcellus Coolidge
Cassius Marcellus Coolidge (September 18, 1844-January 13, 1934) was a United States painter best known for a series of nine paintings of anthropomorphized Dogs Playing Poker. Born in upstate New York to abolitionist Quaker farmers, Coolidge was known to friends and family as "Cash." While he had no formal training as an artist his natural aptitude for drawing lead him to create cartoons for his local newspaper when in his twenties. - Lisa I'Anson
Lisa I'Anson (born 31 May 1965) is a popular British DJ and television presenter. She is best known for hosting her own radio show on BBC Radio 1 from 1994 until 1998, when she was notoriously sacked for clubbing in Ibiza, and subsequently not turning up for her radio show which was being broadcast live from the island. I'Anson susbsequently began presenting a regular discussion programme on BBC London 94.9 for a number of years. - Russell Oliver
Russell Oliver is a jewellery salesman in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is notorious for his enthusiastic, over-the-top advertisements on local television stations and movie theatres requesting that you sell him your old jewellery, making him into a cult figure in the area. Many of his commercials have shown him dressed in tights as the character Cash Man. He has also began to offer loans dressed as "The Loan Arranger". His shop is on Eglinton Avenue West. - Charlie G. Hawkins
Charlie George Hawkins (born February 14, 1991 in Camden, London, England) is an English child actor. He was raised in Islington where he has lived since birth. He was named after Charlie George, the famous Arsenal footballer. His most notable role is Darren Miller in the BBC soap opera "EastEnders", which he has starred in since 2004, although he has had other roles in films, dramas, documentaries and advertisements. - Ritchie Neville
Richard Neville Dobson also known as Ritchie Neville was born on 23 August, 1979, in Solihull, West Midlands, UK to musical parents. Neville attended the private Bromsgrove School in Worcs. - Aidan Browne
Aidan Browne is a Northern Irish television presenter and actor. He is best known as a continuity announcer and news presenter at UTV, where he has appeared since 1993. He also provides voiceovers for UTV programme trailers and local advertisements. As well as his announcing role, Aidan is also a lecturer in Performing Arts at the Belfast Institute of Further and Higher Education. - Gillian Porter
Gillian Porter (b. 13 April, 1965, County Londonderry) is a Northern Irish television presenter. She is best known as a continuity announcer and newsreader at UTV, where she has appeared since 1993. Gillian provides voiceovers for UTV programme trailers and local advertisements. Before joining UTV in 1992, Gillian briefly worked as a continuity announcer and director at BBC Northern Ireland. - Giorgio Cavazzano
Giorgio Cavazzano (born October 19, 1947, Venice) is an Italian comic strip artist. He started his career at age 14, as an inker for Romano Scarpa. He made stories about Disney characters Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Scrooge McDuck and others. Cavazzano's work is known for combining the traditional rubbery appearance of Disney characters with realistic illustration of technological gadgets and machinery. - Julian Simmons
Julian Simmons is a Northern Irish television presenter, who is best known as a continuity announcer on UTV. Julian has worked at the station since 1984. He usually introduces the programmes in-vision, rather than providing a voiceover over an ident, making UTV the only ITV region to still use in-vision continuity. In addition to announcing the following programmes, he also introduces competitions under the "Watch to Win" banner. - Harold von Braunhut
Harold Nathan Braunhut aka Harold von Braunhut (31 March 1926 - 28 November 2003) was an American mail-order marketer most famous as the creator and seller of Amazing Sea-Monkeys. He was also an inventor, and promoted extreme right-wing beliefs. Harold von Braunhut was born in Memphis, Tennessee on 31 March 1926. Von Braunhut grew up in New York City and resided there until the 1980s when he moved to Maryland. - Ray Szmanda
Raymond Jack Szmanda, Sr. (born June 22, 1926) is a radio and television announcer who became well-known across the midwestern United States for his "Menards Guy," who has advertised for the home improvement store for more than two decades. He continues to periodically make new ads, and a comic likeness of himself remains in most of Menards' print and in-store advertising. Szmanda currently lives in Antigo, Wisconsin. His family includes four sons and three daughters. - Markus Kajo
Markus Aarni Erämies Kajo is a Finnish reporter, scriptwriter and TV show host. He has appeared on YLE TV2 in shows such as "Ihmisen käsikirja", "Markus Kajon ruudunsäästöohjelma", "Naurun paikka" and "TV-ohjelma Kettunen". Kajo's trademark laid-back, witty yet extremely dry style made a breakthrough in the show "Kettunen" which he did together with Hannu Lumivuori, where Kajo appeared as the main character, … - Darrell Winfield
Darrell Winfield was a model who was best known as the Marlboro man in television commercials and magazine advertisements for Marlboro. - Audra Thomas
Audra Thomas (formerly Audra Cunningham) is a Northern Irish television presenter. She is best known as a continuity announcer and newsreader at UTV, where he has appeared since around 1997. Audra also provides voiceovers for UTV programme trailers and local advertisements. In 2003, Audra became the main presenter of "Pick of the Day", a two-minute programme looking ahead to highlights of the following day's schedule on UTV. - Ivan de Battista
Ivan De Battista (September 13, 1977) is a Maltese film and theatre actor. He has been involved in the theatre and musical scene since he was six. His early theatre performances were held at the De Porres Theatre, situated in Sliema with the Young Deporrians. As an actor, Ivan performed many major roles in productions with Atturi De Porrians, Atturi Salesjani, Bronk Productions, CurtainRaiser Theatre Troupe, Kumpanija Teatru Rjal, Produzzjoni Teatrali Irtokki, … - Yannus Sufandi
Yannus Sufandi (born 2 January, 1980) is an Indonesian-born Australian actor, choreographer, model and dance instructor who specializes in Hip Hop, funk, jazz, Latin and breakdancing. He used to represent Indonesia and later Australia in swimming in national and regional levels. He performs choreography in music videos, commercial videos, and live events as well as in fight scenes and stunts in films. - Jonathon W. G. Wills
Jonathon W.G. Wills, is a Scottish journalist. He is most famous as involved in a 1997 lawsuit brought against him as publisher of The Shetland News. The plaintiff in the case, The Shetland Times, accused Wills of stealing news stories from their site via the use of hyperlinks. Wills bypassed the format that the Times used to publish news articles from its website - stories on web pages, extensively interspersed with advertisements.
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