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Rhys Ifans
Born Rhys Owain Evans, 22 July 1967 is
a Welsh actor and musician. He is known for his portrayal of characters
such as Spike in Notting Hill and Jed Parry in Enduring
Love and as a member of the Welsh rock groups Super Furry
Animals and The Peth. Ifans also appeared as Xenophilius
Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1, and
as Dr. Curt Connors/The Lizard in The Amazing Spider-Man. He
played Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, in Anonymous. Ifans
gained fame in the United
States as the
gambling footballer turned American football player Nigel
Gruff in the 2000 film The Replacements.
Samuel L. Jackson
Samuel Leroy Jackson, born December 21, 1948 is an
American film and television actor and film producer. After becoming involved
with the Civil Rights Movement, he moved on to acting in theater at Morehouse College, and then films. He had several
small roles such as in the film Goodfellas before meeting his
mentor, Morgan Freeman, and the director Spike Lee. After gaining
critical acclaim for his role in Jungle Fever in 1991, he appeared in
films such as Patriot Games, Amos & Andrew, True
Romance and Jurassic
Park. In 1994, he was
cast as Jules Winnfield in Pulp Fiction, and his performance received
several award nominations and critical acclaim. Jackson has since appeared in over 100 films,
including Die Hard with a Vengeance, The 51st State, Jackie
Brown, Unbreakable, The Incredibles, Black Snake
Moan, Shaft, Snakes on a Plane, Django Unchained, as well as
the Star Wars prequel trilogy and small roles in Quentin
Tarantino's Kill Bill Vol. 2 and Inglourious Basterds. He
played Nick Fury in Iron Man, Iron Man
2, Thor, Captain America:
The First Avenger, and Marvel's The Avengers, the first five of a
nine-film commitment as the character for the Marvel Cinematic
Universe franchise. Jackson's
many roles have made him one of the highest-grossing actors at the box office. Jackson has won multiple
awards throughout his career and has been portrayed in various forms of media,
including films, television series, and songs. In 1980, Jackson married LaTanya Richardson, with
whom he has a daughter, Zoe.
Hugo Weaving
Hugo Wallace Weaving (born 4 April 1960) is an
Australian film and stage actor. He is best known for his roles as Agent
Smith inThe Matrix trilogy and Elrond in the Lord
of the Rings film trilogy and The Hobbit film trilogy. He
first rose to prominence for his performance as Martin in Proof. Other
notable works include Tick in The Adventures of
Priscilla, V in V for Vendetta, Red Skull inCaptain America: The
First Avenger and multiple roles in Cloud Atlas. He has also provided
the voice Rex in Babe, Noah in Happy
Feet and Happy Feet Two and Megatron in
the Transformers film series as well as starring in numerous
Australian character dramas. He has received many award nominations and wins
during his career, including a Satellite Award, an MTV Movie
Award and severalAustralian Film Institute Awards
Meryl Streep
Born Mary Louise Streep, June 22, 1949 is an
American actress who has worked in theater, television, and film. She is
regarded as one of the most talented actors of the modern era. Streep made her
professional stage debut in The Playboy of Seville (1971), before her
screen debut in the television movie The Deadliest Season (1977). In
that same year, she made her film debut with Julia (1977). Both
critical and commercial success came quickly with roles in The Deer
Hunter (1978) and Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) and then has appeared
in Sophie's Choice (1982), Out of Africa (1985), Mamma
Mia! (2008) and The Iron Lady (2011). In 2013, she will appear
in the comedy drama film adaptation of Tracy Letts' play of
the same name, August: Osage
County with Julia
Roberts. Streep has received 17 Academy Award nominations,
winning three, and 27 Golden Globe nominations, winning eight, more
nominations than any other actor in the history of either award. Her work has
also earned her two Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards,
a Cannes Film Festival award, five New York Film Critics Circle
Awards, two BAFTA awards, two Australian Film Institute Award,
five Grammy Award nominations, and a Tony Award nomination,
amongst others. She was awarded the AFI Life Achievement Award in
2004 and the Kennedy Center Honor in 2011 for her contribution to American
culture through performing arts, the youngest actor in each award's history.
President Barack Obama awarded her the 2010 National Medal of
Arts.
Ewan McGregor
Ewan Gordon McGregor OBE, born 31 March 1971 is
a Scottish actor who has had success in mainstream, indie, and art
house films. He is perhaps best known for his roles as heroin addict Mark Renton
in the drama Trainspotting (1996), Jedi Obi-Wan
Kenobi in the Star Wars prequel trilogy (1999–2005), poet
Christian in the musical film Moulin Rouge! (2001), and storyteller
Edward Bloom in Tim Burton's Big Fish (2003). He has also
received critical acclaim for his starring roles in theatre productions
of Guys and Dolls (2005–07) and Othello (2007–08). McGregor
was ranked No. 36 on Empire magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars
of All Time" list in 1997.
Halle Berry
Halle Maria Berry, born Maria Halle Berry, August
14, 1966) is an American actress and former fashion model. She won
an Academy Award for Best Actress in 2002 for her performance
in Monster's Ball, becoming the first and, as of 2013, the only woman of
African-American descent to win an Oscar for a leading role. She is one of the
highest paid actresses in Hollywood
and has been involved in the production side of several of the films in which
she performed. Berry
is also a Revlon spokesmodel. Before becoming an actress, Berry entered several
beauty contests, finishing as the 1st runner-up in the Miss
USA Pageant and coming in 6th place in the Miss World Pageant in
1986. Her breakthrough film role was in 1992's Boomerang, which led
to roles in films such as The Flintstones (1994)
and Bulworth (1998). In addition to her Academy Award win, Berry reached a higher
level of prominence in the new millennium with roles such as Storm in
the X-Men film
series (2000–present), Swordfish (2001), and Die Another
Day (2002), where she played Bond Girl Jinx. She also won
the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress in 2005
for Catwoman and accepted the award in person, one of few people
to do so.
Divorced from baseball player David Justice and
musician Eric Benét, Berry has a daughter by French Canadian
model Gabriel Aubryand is expecting a son with actor Olivier
Martinez, her fiancé since 2012.
Helena Bonham Carter
Helena Bonham Carter, CBE, born 26 May 1966 is an
English actress. She made her acting debut in a television adaptation
of K. M. Peyton's A Pattern of Roses before winning her first
film role as the titular character in Lady Jane. She is known for her
roles in films such as A Room with a View, Fight Club, The
King's Speech, and playing the villainess Bellatrix Lestrange in
the Harry Potter series, as well as for frequently collaborating with
her domestic partner, director Tim Burton, in films such
as Planet of the Apes, Big Fish, Corpse Bride, Charlie and
the Chocolate Factory, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Alice
in Wonderland, and Dark Shadows. In 2012, she played Miss
Havisham in Great Expectations, and Madame Thénardier in Les
Misérables. A two-time Academy Award nominee for her performances
in The Wings of the Dove and The King's Speech, Bonham Carter's
acting has been further recognised with six Golden Globe nominations,
an International Emmy Award, a BAFTA Award, and
a Screen Actors Guild Award. She was made a Commander of the
Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2012 New Year honours list for
services to drama, and received the honour from the Queen at Buckingham Palace on 22 February 2012.
Jeff Daniels
Jeffrey Warren “Jeff” Daniels, born February 19, 1955
is an American actor, musician, and playwright. He founded a nonprofit theater company,
the Purple Rose Theatre Company, in his home state of Michigan. He has performed in a number of
stage productions, both on and off Broadway, and has been nominated for
the Tony Award as Best Actor for the Broadway play God of
Carnage (2009), along with his other three castmates. His film debut was
in 1981 in with Ragtime, and his most recent film is Looper in
2012. For his film work, he has received three Golden Globe
Award nominations, including as Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion
Picture - Comedy/Musical for Woody Allen’s The Purple Rose of
Cairo (1985) (hence the name of his theater company). He has also received
nominations by the Screen Actors Guild, Satellite Awards, and several
others for his work in The Squid and the Whale (London Critics Circle
Awards, Independent Spirit Awards, Chlotrudis Awards and Gotham Awards).
He played Debra Winger’s husband in the 1983 Oscar-winning film Terms
of Endearment. Currently, he stars as Will McAvoy in the television
series The Newsroom.
Gary Oldman
Gary Leonard Oldman born 21 March 1958 is an English
screen and stage actor, filmmaker and musician. As an actor, he has
collaborated with many of Hollywood's
biggest filmmakers, including Luc Besson, Christopher
Nolan, Ridley Scott, Oliver Stone, Quentin
Tarantino, Robert Zemeckis, and Francis Ford Coppola. Some of his
best-known roles are Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy, Joe
Orton in Prick Up Your Ears, Lee Harvey
Oswald in JFK, Count Dracula in Bram Stoker's Dracula,
Drexl Spivey in True Romance, Norman Stansfield in Léon:
The Professional, Ludwig van Beethoven in Immortal
Beloved, Sirius Black in the Harry
Potter series, James Gordon in Nolan's Batman trilogy,
and George Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Oldman is also
known for his role in the films Meantime, The Firm, State of Grace, Rosencrantz
& Guildenstern Are Dead, Basquiat, The Fifth
Element, Air Force One, The Contender, Kung Fu Panda 2, and Lawless.
As of 2013, Oldman's films have grossed over $3.7 billion at the United States
box office, and over $9.6 billion worldwide. Aside from acting in films,
Oldman wrote and directed Nil by Mouth, and appeared in television shows
like Friends and Knots Landing, as well as recording music
with David Bowie and Glen Matlock. A Royal Shakespeare
Company and Royal
Court Theatre alumnus,
Oldman is also a classically-trained actor who has appeared in many stage
productions. Oldman has earned renown for his classical acting style and
diversity, being hailed by prominent film critics such as Roger
Ebert and Peter Travers as one of cinema's great
actors. Peer Colin Firth described him as "a very strong
candidate for the world’s best living actor", and younger actors such
as Ryan Gosling, Tom Hardy, Brad Pitt, and Daniel
Radcliffe have named Oldman as their favourite actor. An Academy
Award nominee, Oldman has won two BAFTA Awards and a Saturn
Award, as well as Emmy Award, Screen Actors Guild Award,
and Palme d'Or nominations.
Sam Rockwell
Sam Rockwell, born November 5, 1968 is an American
actor known and presented awards for his leading roles in Lawn
Dogs, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, Choke, The Hitchhiker's
Guide to the Galaxy, Moon and Seven Psychopaths, as well as for
his supporting roles in The Green Mile, Iron Man
2, Frost/Nixon, Galaxy Quest, Matchstick Men, The
Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Conviction,
and Cowboys & Aliens.
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