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Christy Stratton is an LA-based writer/producer. The digital series she wrote and directed in her house, "Everyone's Crazy But Us," was nominated for both an Emmy and a Webby. She's from Texas (not California like it says here), but they refuse to change it, I guess because they think she's this other person.- Actress
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Aubrey Christina Plaza (born June 26, 1984) is an American actress and comedian known for her deadpan style. She portrayed April Ludgate on Parks and Recreation (2009), and after appearing in supporting roles in several films, had her first leading role in the 2012 comedy Safety Not Guaranteed (2012).
Plaza began her career as an intern. After performing improv and sketch comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, she appeared in the web series The Jeannie Tate Show (2007). She later appeared in films such as Funny People (2009), Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) and Life After Beth (2014).- Actress
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Jennette McCurdy is a writer/director who specializes in character-driven pieces that explore serious subject matter in a funny, offbeat way. Her favorite themes to explore are family dysfunction, childhood, and disillusionment. She has directed several short films which has been recognized by several film festivals including the Oscar-Qualifying Florida Film Festival.- Actor
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Jacob Elordi was born on June 26, in Brisbane, Australia as Jacob Nathaniel Elordi. He is an actor known for Emerald Fennell's Saltburn (2023), the Netflix Hit The Kissing Booth (2018), and the hit HBO A24 drama series Euphoria (2019). Other titles include 2-Hearts (2019). He grew up acting in the theatre.- Director
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Anderson was
born in 1970. He was one of the first of the "video store" generation
of film-makers. His father was the first man on his block to own a
V.C.R., and from a very early age Anderson had an infinite number of
titles available to him. While film-makers like Spielberg cut their
teeth making 8 mm films, Anderson cut his teeth shooting films on
video and editing them from V.C.R. to V.C.R.
Part of Anderson's artistic D.N.A. comes from his father, who hosted a
late night horror show in Cleveland. His father knew a number of
oddball celebrities such as
Robert Ridgely, an actor who often
appeared in Mel Brooks' films and
would later play "The Colonel" in Anderson's
Boogie Nights (1997). Anderson was
also very much shaped by growing up in "The Valley", specifically the
suburban San Fernando Valley of greater Los Angeles. The Valley may
have been immortalized in the 1980s for its mall-hopping "Valley
Girls", but for Anderson it was a slightly seedy part of suburban
America. You were close to Hollywood, yet you weren't there. Would-bes
and burn-outs populated the area. Anderson's experiences growing up in
"The Valley" have no doubt shaped his artistic self, especially since
three of his four theatrical features are set in the Valley.
Anderson got into film-making at a young age. His most significant
amateur film was
The Dirk Diggler Story (1988),
a sort of mock-documentary a la
This Is Spinal Tap (1984),
about a once-great pornography star named Dirk Diggler. After enrolling
in N.Y.U.'s film program for two days, Anderson got his tuition back
and made his own short film,
Cigarettes & Coffee (1993).
He also worked as a production assistant on numerous commercials and
music videos before he got the chance to make his first feature,
something he liked to call Sydney,
but would later become known to the public as Hard Eight (1996). The film
was developed and financed through The Sundance Lab, not unlike
Quentin Tarantino's
Reservoir Dogs (1992). Anderson
cast three actors whom he would continue working with in the future:
Altman veteran Philip Baker Hall, the
husky and lovable John C. Reilly
and, in a small part,
Philip Seymour Hoffman, who so
far has been featured in all four of Anderson's films. The film deals
with a guardian angel type (played by Hall) who takes down-on-his-luck
Reilly under his wing. The deliberately paced film featured a number of
Anderson trademarks: wonderful use of source light, long takes and
top-notch acting. Yet the film was reedited (and retitled) by Rysher
Entertainment against Anderson's wishes. It was admired by critics, but
didn't catch on at the box office. Still, it was enough for Anderson to
eventually get his next movie financed. "Boogie Nights" was, in a
sense, a remake of "The Dirk Diggler Story", but Anderson threw away
the satirical approach and instead painted a broad canvas about a
makeshift family of pornographers. The film was often joyous in its
look at the 1970s and the days when pornography was still shot on film,
still shown in theatres, and its actors could at least delude
themselves into believing that they were movie stars. Yet "Boogie
Nights" did not flinch at the dark side, showing a murder and suicide,
literally in one (almost) uninterrupted shot, and also showing the
lives of these people deteriorate, while also showing how their lives
recovered.
Anderson not only worked with Hall, Reilly and Hoffman again, he also
worked with Julianne Moore,
Melora Walters,
William H. Macy and
Luis Guzmán. Collectively, Anderson
had something that was rare in U.S. cinema: a stock company of
top-notch actors. Aside from the above mentioned, Anderson also drew
terrific performances from
Burt Reynolds and
Mark Wahlberg, two actors whose
careers were not exactly going full-blast at the time of "Boogie
Nights", but who found themselves to be that much more employable
afterwards.
The success of "Boogie Nights" gave Anderson the chance to really go
for broke in Magnolia (1999), a massive
mosaic that could dwarf Altman's
Nashville (1975) in its number of
characters.
Anderson was awarded a "Best Director" award at Cannes for Punch-Drunk Love (2002).- Music Artist
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Ariana Grande was born Ariana Grande-Butera on June 26, 1993 in Boca Raton, Florida to Joan Grande, a chief executive officer for Hose-McCann Communications & Edward Butera, a graphic designer, photographer, artist and Ibi Designs Inc. owner/founder. She starred in the 2008 musical, 13 before becoming a household name through her roles on Nickelodeon. She appeared as Cat Valentine in the network's sitcoms Victorious (2010) and Sam & Cat (2013), lent her voice to the character Diaspro in Nickelodeon's revival of Winx Club (2004), and was part of the main cast for the Nick TV movie "Swindle". She has since appeared in other theatre and television roles.
Ariana's music career began in 2011 with the soundtrack album "Music from Victorious". In 2013, she released her first studio album Yours Truly, which entered atop the US Billboard 200. The album's lead single, The Way, opened in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, with critics comparing her wide vocal range to that of Mariah Carey.
Ariana's second studio album, My Everything (2014), entered at number one in the US and charted in the top 10 in 24 other countries. With the lead single, Problem and several other singles, she was continuously in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 for 34 weeks and had the most top 10 singles of any artist in 2014. The next year, she gave her first world tour, The Honeymoon Tour, to promote My Everything. In 2016, she released her third studio album Dangerous Woman, which charted at number two on the Billboard 200. The title track debuted at number 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, making her the first person in the history of that chart to have the lead singles from each of their first three albums debut within the top 10 in the US. In 2017, Ariana gave her international Dangerous Woman Tour.
As of June 2017, Ariana's music videos had been viewed a total of more than nine billion times online. Her accolades include three American Music Awards, three MTV Europe Music Awards, an MTV Video Music Award and four Grammy Award nominations. All three of her albums have been certified platinum by the RIAA. She has supported a range of charities and has a large following on social media. In 2016, Time named Ariana one of the 100 most influential people in the world on their annual list.- Actor
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Nick Offerman was born in Joliet, Illinois, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Parks and Recreation (2009), The Founder (2016), 21 Jump Street (2012), 22 Jump Street (2014), We Are The Millers (2013), and Fargo (2014). He has been married to Megan Mullally since September 20, 2003.- Brandon Sklenar was born and raised in northern New Jersey. His father a carpenter and his mother a hair dresser. With an intense passion for both film and music, at a young age he decided to pursue a career as an actor and filmmaker.
In 2018 Brandon worked with revered international filmmaker Amir Naderi (99 Homes), on his next directorial effort, Magic Lantern. He filmed a supporting role in the highly acclaimed Dick Cheney biopic VICE, with Academy Award Winners Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Sam Rockwell and writer/director Adam McKay. Brandon also starred opposite Matt Smith (The Crown) as real life artist Edward Mapplethorpe, in the film Mapplethorpe, about the life and death of controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, which premiered in competition at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival.
In 2019 Brandon filmed Lead roles in three feature films. He starred as Texas moonshiner, Deke Jones in the dark comedy, Jonesin'. He starred opposite Rosie Day (Outlander) as a concert violinist in Jaclyn Bethany's relationship drama, Indigo Valley. He played West Virginia oil man, Junior Lawford, in the western, London Calling, opposite Nick Braun (Succession) and Ron Perlman.
As well as a supporting role portraying real life Torpedo Bomber and World War 2 hero, George Gay, in Roland Emmerich's upcoming World War 2 epic Midway. - Actor
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Jason Francesco Schwartzman is an American actor and musician. Schwartzman made his film debut in Wes Anderson's 1998 film Rushmore, and has gone on to appear in seven other Anderson films: The Darjeeling Limited (2007), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), Moonrise Kingdom (2012), The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Isle of Dogs (2018), The French Dispatch (2021) and Asteroid City (2023). His other film roles include Spun (2003), I Heart Huckabees (2004), Marie Antoinette (2006), and Klaus (2019). Schwartzman starred in the television series Bored to Death (2009-11) and appeared in the fourth season of the FX anthology series Fargo (2020). He was an executive producer on the Amazon Prime show Mozart in the Jungle (2014-18), a series he also acted in. Schwartzman has released three albums through his solo project Coconut Records, having previously been drummer in the rock band Phantom Planet.- Actor
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Christopher Eugene O'Donnell was born on June 26th, 1970 in Winnetka,
Illinois, to Julie Ann (Rohs) and William Charles O'Donnell, Sr., who
managed a CBS radio station, WBBM-AM. He is the youngest child in his
family, with four sisters and two brothers. His father had Irish
ancestry and his mother's lineage includes German, English, and Swiss.
O'Donnell first started modeling at the age of thirteen and continued
until the age of sixteen, when he appeared in commercials. When he was
seventeen, he was preparing to stop acting and modeling, but was asked
to audition for what would be his first film,
Men Don't Leave (1990). He didn't
want to go to the audition, but his mother bribed him by saying she
would buy him a new car if he went and he duly got the role.
Ever since that moment in his life, Chris has appeared in some major
motion pictures including
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991),
Scent of a Woman (1992),
Mad Love (1995) and
Vertical Limit (2000). He played a
part in Kinsey (2004), which appeared in
theaters in the year 2004.
Chris took time off from acting to spend time with his wife, Caroline,
son, Chris Jr., and his daughter Lilly. He also spent two months in New
York performing in Arthur Miller's
"The Man Who Had All the Luck".- Actor
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Peter Lorre was born László Löwenstein in Rózsahegy in the Slovak area of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the son of Hungarian Jewish parents. He learned both Hungarian and German languages from birth, and was educated in elementary and secondary schools in the Austria-Hungary capitol Vienna, but did not complete. As a youth he ran away from home, first working as a bank clerk, and after stage training in Vienna, Austria, made his acting debut at age 17 in 1922 in Zurich, Switzerland. He traveled for several years acting on stage throughout his home region, Vienna, Berlin, and Zurich, including working with Bertolt Brecht, until Fritz Lang cast him in a starring role as the psychopathic child killer in the German film M (1931).
After several more films in Germany, including a couple roles for which he learned to speak French, Lorre left as the Nazis came to power, going first to Paris where he made one film, then London where Alfred Hitchcock cast him as a creepy villain in The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934), where he learned his lines phonetically, and finally arrived in Hollywood in 1935. In his first two roles there he starred as a mad scientist in Mad Love (1935) directed by recent fellow-expatriate Karl Freund, and the leading part of Raskolnikov in Crime and Punishment (1935), by another expatriate German director Josef von Sternberg, a successful movie made at Lorre's own suggestion. He returned to England for a role in another Hitchcock film, Secret Agent (1936), then back to the US for a few more films before checking into a rehab facility to cure himself of a morphine addiction.
After shaking his addiction, in order to get any kind of acting work, Lorre reluctantly accepted the starring part as the Japanese secret agent in Thank You, Mr. Moto (1937), wearing makeup to alter his already very round eyes for the part. He ended up committed to repeating the role for eight more "Mr. Moto" movies over the next two years.
Lorre played numerous memorable villain roles, spy characters, comedic roles, and even a romantic type, throughout the 1940s, beginning with his graduation from 30s B-pictures The Maltese Falcon (1941). Among his most famous films, Casablanca (1942), and a comedic role in the Broadway hit film Arsenic and Old Lace (1944).
After the war, between 1946 and '49 Lorre concentrated largely on radio and the stage, while continuing to appear in movies. In Autumn 1950 he traveled to West Gemany where he wrote, directed and starred in the critically acclaimed but generally unknown German-language film The Lost Man (1951), adapted from Lorre's own novel.
Lorre returned to the US in 1952, somewhat heavier in stature, where he used his abilities as a stage actor appearing in many live television productions throughout the 50s, including the first James Bond adaptation Casino Royale (1954), broadcast just a few months after Ian Fleming had published that first Bond novel. In that decade, Lorre had various roles, often to type but also as comedic caricatures of himself, in many episodes of TV series, and variety shows, though he continued to work in motion pictures, including the Academy Award winning Around the World in 80 Days (1956), and a stellar role as a clown in The Big Circus (1959).
In the late 50s and early 1960s he worked in several low-budget films, with producer-director Roger Corman, and producer-writer-director Irwin Allen, including the aforementioned The Big Circus and two adventurous Disney movies with Allen. He died from a stroke the year he made his last movie, playing a stooge in Jerry Lewis' The Patsy (1964).- Actress
Yerin Ha was born on 26 June 1995. She is an actress, known for Halo (2022) and Reef Break (2019).- Actor
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Ian Tracey was born on 26 June 1964 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor and director, known for Continuum (2012), Open Range (2003) and Timecop (1994).- Wyatt McClure is an actor from Cleveland, OH. He is a recurring character "Billy Sparks" on the CBS Series, Young Sheldon. He can also be seen in an episode of Alex Inc as Angelo Pizza. Wyatt has credits that include feature films "Psychos," "Glass Jaw," and the "Terror of Hallow's Eve." He can also be seen in the extended version of "The Fault in Our Stars." Wyatt shows off his comedy skills doing stand up at the Hollywood Improv and is involved in Comedy Playground. He also has many hysterical moments on the series "Reel Kids;" his character "Mr. Smark" is one to remember! Wyatt is a huge sports fan and loves all teams Cleveland! He is obsessed with the Indians, The Cavs, and The Browns! He can tell you everything about his teams and others. The kid is a walking knowledge of stats!
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Eleanor Jean Parker was born on June 26, 1922, in Cedarville, Ohio, the last of three children born to a mathematics teacher and his wife.
Eleanor caught the acting bug early and began performing in school plays. She was was so serious about becoming an actor, that she attended the Rice Summer Theatre on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts, beginning
when she was 15 years old. She was offered her first screen test by a
20th Century-Fox talent scout while attending Rice, but turned the opportunity down to gain professional stage experience in Cleveland
after graduating from high school.
She moved on to California to continue her acting studies at the Pasadena Playhouse. It was there, while sitting in the audience of a play being put on at the Playhouse, that she was again offered a screen test - this time from a Warner Brothers' scout - and again declined, wanting to finish her first year at the Playhouse. When the year was up, Eleanor contacted Warner Brothers to take them up on their offer of a screen test and was signed as a contract player two days after it was shot.
She was cast in Raoul Walsh's
They Died with Their Boots On (1941), but her performance was left on the cutting room floor.
She was then cast in short subjects and given other assignments typical of novice
film actors, to enable them to learn their craft, such as voice-acting and appearances in other actors' screen tests. Finally, she was promoted
to the B-picture unit, making her feature debut in
Busses Roar (1942).
Her beauty meant she was not forgotten, and she was cast in one of Warner Brothers' biggest productions for the 1943 season, the pro-Soviet
Mission to Moscow (1943), directed by Michael Curtiz and starring
Walter Huston as the U.S. ambassador to the USSR. Eleanor played his daughter in the film, which became
notorious in the McCarthy era for its glorification of "Uncle Joe" Stalin. The film proved significant to Eleanor, as she met a future husband on the set, Navy Lieutenant. Fred L. Losse, Navy dentist. The
marriage was a brief wartime affair, lasting from March 21, 1943, to December 5, 1944.
She went back to the B's with
The Mysterious Doctor (1943),
then bounced back to the A-list for
Between Two Worlds (1944), a
remake of the Leslie Howard
vehicle Outward Bound (1930) in
which she played Paul Henreid's fiancee (both die from suicide, but in Hollywood logic that didn't mean they couldn't frolic together on the silver screen). Eleanor then made
two more B-quickies in 1944,
Crime by Night (1944) and
The Last Ride (1944), before
graduating to the A-list for good with
Pride of the Marines (1945)
with John Garfield.
In the 1946 Warner Bros. remake of Of Human Bondage (1946), she took the role
that Bette Davis had made good in 1934 (ironically, at rival RKO). Though
Parker would be gaining kudos and Oscar nominations by the beginning of the next decade, her portrait of Mildred was weak in comparison with
Davis's dynamic performance.
Parker received the first of her three Best Actress Oscar nominations
for playing a prisoner in Caged (1950), and won the best actress award at the Venice Film Festival. She
was also nominated the next year for playing the cop's wife who shared a secret with the neighborhood abortionist in
William Wyler's
Detective Story (1951). Her third
and last Oscar nod came for
Interrupted Melody (1955),
wherein she played an opera singer struck down by polio. She could easily have
been nominated that same year for her portrayal of
Frank Sinatra's faux crippled wife in
Otto Preminger's brooding masterpiece
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955),
adapted from the novel by Nelson Algren.
Parker proved herself to be a supremely talented and very versatile lead actress. The versatility was likely one of the reasons she never quite became a major star. Audiences attending a movie starring Parker never knew quite what to expect of her; if they even remembered she was the same actress they had seen before in a different type of role in another picture. Her turns in Detective Story (1951) and
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
could not have been more different. Parker's stardom and subsequent
fame (and remembrance) suffered from her focusing on being a serious
actress and creating a character who fit the motion picture she was in,
rather than playing a character over and over, as most actors
do. She probably best remembered for the relatively tame part as the Baroness in
The Sound of Music (1965).
She received an Outstanding Lead Actress Emmy nomination in 1963 for
her appearance in
The Eleventh Hour (1962)
episode Why Am I Grown So Cold? Despite the success of
The Sound of Music (1965) being completely attributed to #1 box office sensation
Julie Andrews, it's probably Parker's best-remembered role.
Her appearances in such fare as The Oscar (1966) (the cast of which the Playboy Magazine reviewer derided as "has-beens and never-will-bes")
and the movie adaptation of
Norman Mailer's indescribable
existential potboiler
An American Dream (1966) with
fellow Oscar-nominee Stuart Whitman
signaled that Miss Parker was now inscribed on the list of the
has-beens.
She had one last hurrah, winning a Golden Globe nomination in 1970 as
best lead actress for her role in the TV series
Bracken's World (1969), but
unfortunately times had changed during the tumultuous 1960s. Her last
film role was in a Farrah Fawcett bomb,
Sunburn (1979). Subsequently, she
appeared very infrequently on TV, most recently in
Dead on the Money (1991).
Eleanor Parker retired far too soon for those who were her fans, and those who appreciated a superb actress.- Actor
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Over the last few years, Andrew Bachelor, better known as King Bach, has quickly parlayed from one of the most influential names on the internet to being an in-demand actor, producer, and content creator. His comedy has spawned national catchphrases, captured a global audience, and has launched him into the entertainment industry as a bonafide "one to watch".
Bachelor has starred in the films Fifty Shades of Black (2016), Meet the Blacks (2016), The Babysitter (2017), and Where's the Money (2017), and will appear in the upcoming films When We First Met (2018) and To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2018). Additional television credits include Dead House (2017), which he created, directed and executive produced, Easy (2016), Resident Advisors (2015), Black Jesus (2014), The Mindy Project (2012), and Angie Tribeca (2016).
Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and raised in the U.S., he graduated from Florida State University with a degree in business in 2010. While attending FSU, he was a high-jump star athlete, consistently ranking among the top fifteen high-jumpers in the NCAA. After graduation, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue one of his greatest passions, a career as an actor. He took acting classes at the New York Film Academy in LA, and Bachelor established his own production company, Bach Enterprises, where he produced, directed, and performed in several projects including the short film Agent Steele (2012). In a few short years, he rose to be one of the most-followed people on Vine with 15 million subscribers and over 5 billion total views. His other social media channels also flourished, with tens of millions following his content.
In 2003, Bachelor founded The RuJohn Foundation, a non-profit organization with a mission to provide the necessary tools for education to rural and inner-city schools throughout Jamaica and the United States. The foundation also organizes annual youth-focused financial literary workshops, sports camps led by professional athletes, and acting workshops led by successful actors and entertainers.
Bachelor has been named one of the "top influencers" by both Forbes and Time, and in 2015 he received the Streamy Award for Viner of the Year. The following year, he won the Shorty Award for Viner of the Year, and in 2017 he was nominated for the Streamy Award for Storyteller of the Year. He holds the Guinness World Record for the most-followed account on Vine.- Actor
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Sean Patrick Hayes was born and raised in the Chicago suburb of Glen Ellyn, Illinois. His father, Ronald, a lithographer, left the family when Sean was a young child. His mother, Mary, works at a food bank, and raised Sean and his four siblings on her own. Sean supported himself as a classical pianist and as a member of a pop band for five years, while attending Illinois State University, where he majored in performance and orchestral conducting. He began his post-collegiate professional career in Chicago theatre, as musical director at the Pheasant Run Theater for several years, appearing on stage in several productions as well. He also appeared in the original production of "Role Play" at the Organic Theatre.
An alumnus of Chicago's famed Second City improvisational comedy group, Hayes had gigs as a stand-up comic, performing at The Comedy Club in Los Angeles. While still in Chicago, Hayes won roles in television shows as well as the television movie A & P (1996), based on a story by John Updike, before landing the role which earned him an Emmy Award in 2001 - Jack McFarland - on the hit NBC comedy series Will & Grace (1998). He has also been honored with a SAG Award, an American Comedy Award and a TV Guide Award as well as with two Golden Globe Nominations. Hayes made his feature film debut in 1998 in the title role of the art-house hit Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss (1998), which won critical acclaim at the Sundance Film Festival. He also co-starred in the box-office hit Cats & Dogs (2001) for Warner Bros Studios.
Of Irish descent, Sean Hayes makes his home in Los Angeles with his long time boyfriend, now husband (as of November 2014), Scott Icenogle, a Los Angeles music producer.- Actor
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Robert Davi is an award-winning actor, screenwriter, director, producer
and jazz vocalist.
From his portrayal of the opera singing baddie in "The Goonies" and one
of the most popular James Bond villains Franz Sanchez in "License to
Kill" to FBI Special Agent Big Johnson in "Die Hard" or Al Torres in
"Showgirls" to most recently Leo Marks in "The Iceman " Robert Davi is
one of the film industry's most recognized tough guys. He has also
starred in the small screen in hit shows like Profiler, Stargate
Atlantis, Criminal Minds and CSI. With over 140 film and TV credits he
has frightened us, romanced us, made us cry or split our seams
laughing. He is also one of the top vocalists of our day in
interpreting the Great American Songbook, thrilling audiences by
playing top venues like the Venetian in Las Vegas where he headlines or
for 10,000 people at the Harry Chapin Theater in East Meadow, Long
Island or the Orleans in Vegas where he gave 3 sellout shows with Don
Rickles. His debut album Davi Sings Sinatra- On the Road to Romance
produced by Phil Ramone shot to number 6 for more than several weeks on
Billboard's Jazz Charts.
In his early acting years, Davi attended Hofstra University on a drama
scholarship. He then moved to Manhattan, New York where he studied with
the legendary acting coach Stella Adler, who became his mentor. Davi
became a lifetime member of the Actors Studio, where he studied with
acting teacher Lee Strasberg. Always perfecting his craft, Davi studied
under Sandra Seacat, Larry Moss, Milton Katselas, Martin Landau, Mala
Powers and George Shdanoff, the creative partner and collaborator with
Michael Chekhov.
Robert Davi was born in Astoria, Queens, to Maria (Rulli) and Sal Davi.
His father was an Italian immigrant and his mother was of Italian
descent. Davi was introduced to film when he was cast opposite Frank
Sinatra in the telefilm, "Contract on Cherry Street." Later, his work
as a Palestinian terrorist in the award-winning television movie,
"Terrorist on Trial: The United States vs. Salim Ajami" brought him
critical acclaim and caught the eye of legendary James Bond producer
Albert R. Broccoli and writer Richard Maibaum, who cast Davi as
Colombian drug lord and lead villain Franz Sanchez in the Bond film
"License to Kill." Today, Davi is one of the top Bond villains of all
time ranking at the top on many lists. Davi also received critical
acclaim within the industry for his provocative portrayal of Bailey
Malone in "Profiler." The show struck a chord with audiences, paving
the way for such shows as "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," "Without a
Trace," "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," "Criminal Minds" and many
others. In 2004, Davi joined the cast of television's "Stargate:
Atlantis," which earned Davi many science fiction fans. He has also
shown his comedic strength in films such as "The 4th Tenor" with Rodney
Dangerfield and "The Hot Chick," produced by Rob Schneider and Adam
Sandler.
Having appeared in more than 100 motion pictures, some of Davi's most
notable film credits span 30 years and include cult-classics and
blockbuster hits with roles as Jake Fratelli in "The Goonies," Max
Keller in "Raw Deal," Special Agent Big Johnson in "Die Hard," Al
Torres in "Showgirls," Leo Marks in "The Iceman" with Michael Shannon,
Winona Ryder, Ray Liotta, Chris Evans and James Franco, and most
recently, with Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger among a
large A-list cast in "Expendables 3." He has worked with such directors
as Steven Spielberg, Richard Donner, Blake Edwards, John McTiernan,
Paul Verhoeven and Patrick Hughes. In addition, he has worked on film
projects with acting talent such as Marlon Brando, Roberto Benigni,
Bruce Willis, Clint Eastwood, Christopher Walken, Benicio Del Toro,
Danny Glover and Catherine Zeta Jones, to name a few.
In 2007, Davi produced, directed, co-wrote, and starred in "The Dukes,"
which tells the story of a once-successful Doo Wop group who fall on
hard times. The film won nine awards including the coveted Coup de
Coeur award. Davi was also awarded Best First-time Director and Best
Screenplay in the Monte Carlo Festival of Comedy by the legendary
director Ettore Scola where Prince Albert presented him with the
awards. Davi was the only first-time director in the Premiere Section
of the International Rome Film Festival along with Sean Penn, Robert
Redford, Sidney Lumet, Julie Taymor and others.
In October of 2011, Davi released his debut album, Davi Sings Sinatra:
On the Road to Romance (produced by Grammy award-winning producer Phil
Ramone) to rave reviews. Within weeks of its highly anticipated
release, the album soared onto Billboard Magazine's Top 10 Jazz Chart
taking the number 6 spot for several weeks. In response to the release,
the legendary Quincy Jones stated, "As FS would say, 'Koo, Koo.' Wow! I
have never heard anyone come this close to Sinatra's sound - and still
be himself. Many try, but Robert Davi has the voice, tone, the flavor
and the swagger. What a surprise. He absolutely touched me down to my
soul and brought back the essence and soul of Ol' Blue Eyes himself."
In support of the album release, Davi is touring the U.S. with his live
stage show, receiving standing ovations. He has performed at The
Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas for a three-night engagement,
the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza with a 55-piece orchestra, the
National Italian-American Foundation's (NIAF) special tribute to the
25th anniversary of its Lifetime Achievement Award to Frank Sinatra at
the Washington Hilton in D.C., the Soboba Casino in San Jacinto,
Calif., with David Foster at the Beverly Hilton, and in August of 2013,
at Long Island's Eisenhower Park for more than 10,000 people. In
November of 2013, Davi released the Christmas single, "New York City
Christmas."
Besides working in film, television, and music and raising his five
children, four dogs and two cats, Davi keeps busy volunteering his time
with such charities as The Dream Foundation, Exceptional Children's
Foundation, Heart of a Child Foundation, the Los Angeles County
Sheriff's Youth Foundation, The Humane Society of the United States,
Heart of a Horse, NIAF, The Order 'Sons of Italy' in America (OSIA),
and UNICO. Since its inception in 1998, Davi has been the National
Spokesperson for i-Safe America, which is regarded by many internet
experts as the most complete internet safety program in the country and
is available in grades K-12 in all 50 U.S. states.
Among his numerous awards for career achievement and community
involvement, Davi has received the George M. Estabrook Distinguished
Service Award from the Hofstra University Alumni Association (past
recipients include Francis Ford Coppola and William Safire). In 2000,
Davi was awarded the FBI's Man of the Year Award in Los Angeles. In
2004, Davi was named KNX radios' "Citizen of the Week" for saving a
young girl from a fire in her home. The same year, he also received the
Sons of Italy's Royal Court of the Golden Lion Award, including a
$20,000 donation to a foundation in which he is involved. In addition,
he received the 2004 STEP Award (Science, Technology and Education
Partnership). In 2007, Davi was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award
from the Italian Board of Governors in New York, where New York State
recognized his value as an artist and community leader. In 2008, he
received the Italo-Americano Award from the Capri-Hollywood Festival.
In 2011, Davi was awarded the "Military Order of the Purple Heart"
(MOPH) Special Recognition Award for dedication and service honoring
America's service members, veterans, and their families. In June of
2013, Davi was honored with a star on the Italian Walk of Fame in
Toronto, Canada.
Davi is on The Steering Committee for George Washington University's
Homeland Security Policy Institute and is the only entertainer among 28
members, which consists of mainly Senators and former heads of the FBI
and CIA. Davi has developed Civilian Patrol 93, which is at Homeland
Security, where a lesson plan is being written.- Actress
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Canadian actress Julia Benson (born June 26, 1979 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) finished her theatrical studies in 2001 before starting her
professional acting career in 2003 around the age of twenty-four. Julia's screen credits include an impressive range of film shorts, feature-length films and recurring and episodic television roles. Most prominent in her work, is her role in the sports drama Road to Victory (2007). Among her plentiful list of television credits, Julia is also known for her role as 2nd Lieutenant Vanessa James in the sci-fi series SGU Stargate Universe Kino (2009) and Stargate Universe (2009). It is the latter series for which Julia received a 2010 Leo Award for
Best Supporting Actress. Aside from acting, Julia is a skilled dancer in ballet, tap and jazz. To top off her physical talents, Benson
is also a certified aerobics instructor.- Actor
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Gedde Watanabe was born on 26 June 1955 in Ogden, Utah, USA. He is an actor and director, known for Sixteen Candles (1984), UHF (1989) and Parental Guidance (2012).- Actor
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Mark was born to Canadian diplomat Russell and architectural writer Chloe
McKinney. Mark and his siblings spent much time traveling with their diplomat
dad, and Mark attended schools in many cities around the world, including
Trinidad, Paris, and Washington, D.C. His younger brother Nick is also a
comedian; he appeared on the short-lived Comedy Central sketch-comedy
show The Vacant Lot. Mark met Bruce McCulloch at the Loose Moose
Theater Company, and the two joined two other comedians to form the
comedy troupe 'The Audience,' which performed at Theatresports. Later,
Mark and Bruce moved to Toronto and met David Foley and
Kevin McDonald. They combined to form The Kids in the Hall. Later
he starred in the TV cut sensation The Kids in the Hall (1988); after it was canceled
in 1994, Mark joined the cast of Saturday Night Live (1975) from 1995 to 1997. He
had roles in various movies including
A Night at the Roxbury (1998),
The Out-of-Towners (1999),
The Ladies Man (2000), and
Dog Park (1998), and
Superstar (1999) which were both
directed by Kids In The Hall co-star and friend Bruce McCulloch.- Actor
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Eric Nelsen was born in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for 1883 (2021), A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014) and The Affair (2014). He has been married to Sainty Nelsen since 29 November 2013. They have one child.- Actress
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Ana Ularu is a Romanian born actor and director. She began acting at the age of 9 in French productions like "Meurtres par procuration" and "Passion Mortelle". Since graduating with a B.A. and M.F.A. in Acting from the National University of Theatre and Film "I.L.Caragiale" (UNATC) in Bucharest, she has appeared in more than 50 short films, TV films, TV series and feature films. She is also an award winning theatre actress, appearing at the moment in 4 productions in her native Bucharest.. She acted in local films by Romanian New Wave directors like Cãlin Peter Netzer, Cristian Mungiu and Radu Muntean, but also in international productions by Academy Award winners Francis Ford Coppola, Susanne Bier and Ron Howard. In 2010, Ana received the 'Boccalino d'Oro' in Locarno and the 'Best Actress' award at the Thessaloniki Film Festival , as well as the "Best Actress Award" at the "Cinema City" Festival In Novi Sad for her portrayal of Matilda in Outbound (2010). She plays the Wicked Witch of the West in the NBC TV series Emerald City (2016). She starred in Siberia alongside Keanu Reeves. She now plays Eva Stellenbosch in the Amazon series Alex Rider and will be seen next in the Netflix production Tribes of Europa.- Actress
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Harley Quinn Smith was born in Red Bank, New Jersey, to Jennifer Schwalbach and Kevin Smith. At the age of two, Smith and her family moved to Los Angeles. Smith had intentions to become a professional bass guitarist, but later fell in love with acting.
She has been seen in several films, including in Yoga Hosers (2016), which she stars in opposite Lily-Rose Depp. Smith made her acting debut in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001) and had cameos in the drama film, Jersey Girl (2004), and in the comedy film, Clerks II (2006).- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Matt Letscher attended the University of Michigan and received a BA in
Theatre, but it was a pair of workshops with the legendary Uta Hagen
that cemented his love of the craft. His career since has ranged from
stage to screen, beginning with a role in Jeff Daniel's original play
The Tropical Pickle, which premiered at the Purple Rose Theatre in
Chelsea, MI. He's been honored to work with directors Spike Jonze, Atom
Egoyan, James Mangold and Bart Sher and writers Lanford Wilson, Beth
Henley, Neil Simon, and Greg Berlanti, among many others.
As a writer, his plays Sea Of Fools and Gaps In The Fossil Record
received productions at The Purple Rose Theatre and Pacific Resident
Theatre, respectively. His pilot, Gentrification(co-written with Nipper
Knapp and Andrew Newberg) won the award for Best Writing at the 2010
New York Television Festival.- Actor
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- Producer
Scottish-born actor and director, Steven Brand has worked steadily since coming to America from the UK where he was establishing major credits in film, television, and theater. Watch him on the big screen in October 2023 when he stars opposite Tobin Bell and Shawnee Smith in Saw X, the newest installment of the incredibly popular horror franchise. As a director, Brand recently wrapped principal photography on the upcoming action, drama feature Joe Baby starring Ron Perlman, Harvey Keitel, Dichen Lachman and Willa Fitzgerald. But it is fans of video gaming who no doubt will catch him first in the highly anticipated Immortals of Aveum as the villainous Sandrakk, set for a July 2023 release.
Brand can be seen on both Vikings Valhalla in the recurring role of 'Vitomir' and as 'Marsh Janowski' in Neil Gaiman's The Sandman story 24/7. Other notable past US and UK television credits include recurring roles on Teen Wolf (for which he earned a Saturn Award nomination), Mistresses, Samurai Girl, New Blood, Magic City, Alex Rider, Casualty, The Darling Buds of May, Psychos, Doctors, Hellsing and Point Pleasant. Guest starring roles include Hawaii 5-0, Castle, NCIS Los Angeles, CSI, CSI:Miami, Covert Affairs, 90210 and more.
Blockbuster movie fans both loved and feared Brand in The Scorpion King when he burst onto the scene in his starring role as 'Memnon', the evil warlord and nemesis to 'Mathayus', played by Dwayne Johnson. He also starred opposite Steven Yeun and Samara Weaving in the film Mayhem, directed by Joe Lynch and in the Netflix political thriller The Same Sky, directed by Oscar winner Oliver Hirschbiegel (Downfall).
At a young age, Brand and his family left Scotland and moved to East Africa where they lived in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania for nine years. A visit to a drive-in theater in Kenya was his introduction to films. After a brief career in publishing, he turned his sights to the performing arts. Brand's first paid acting role saw him starring opposite Catherine Zeta-Jones in the enormously popular TV series The Darling Buds of May. He spent the next few years working in theater and television before moving to Los Angeles where he now resides. Keep watching for Steven Brand as he constantly proves himself to be a force to be reckoned with both in front of and behind the camera.- Alice Adair was born on 26 June 1966 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA. She is an actress, known for Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), Quantum Leap (1989) and Szuler (1992). She was previously married to Josh Brolin.
- Joanne Tucker was born on 26 June 1982. She is an actress, known for The Report (2019), Give or Take (2020) and Gayby (2012). She has been married to Adam Driver since 22 June 2013. They have one child.
- Pamela Bellwood was born on 26 June 1944 in the USA. She is an actress, known for Airport '77 (1977), Dynasty (1981) and Serial (1980). She has been married to Nik Wheeler since 30 December 1984. They have one child. She was previously married to Peter Bellwood.
- Actress
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Audrey Wasilewski is an actor/voice-over artist who's work can be seen and heard across film, television and video games.
Starting her professional career in Baltimore/Washington DC theatre, she worked with the Woolly Mammoth & Everyman Theatre companies and portrayed "Barbara Demarco" in over 1200 performances of the long-running comedy SHEAR MADNESS at the Kennedy Center. She was introduced to TV audiences as a series regular "Gwen Sheridan" on the ABC drama PUSH in 1998.
She lives in Los Angeles with her partner Lyle Kanouse.- Richard Bull was born on 26 June 1924 in Zion, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Little House on the Prairie (1974), Sugar (2008) and The Andromeda Strain (1971). He was married to Barbara Collentine. He died on 3 February 2014 in Calabasas, California, USA.
- Music Artist
- Actor
- Producer
Chris Isaak was born on 26 June 1956 in Stockton, California, USA. He is a music artist and actor, known for Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), Wild at Heart (1990) and Eyes Wide Shut (1999).- Actor
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Michael Paul Chan was born on 26 June 1950 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Falling Down (1993), The Goonies (1985) and Spy Game (2001). He has been married to Christina Ann Chan since 11 January 1975. They have one child.- Actor
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
John Beasley was born on 26 June 1943 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. He was an actor, known for The Purge: Anarchy (2014), The Sum of All Fears (2002) and The General's Daughter (1999). He was married to Judy Beasley. He died on 30 May 2023 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA.- Josef Sommer is a classically trained stage actor who has also been a prolific performer in films. He made his debut at the age of nine in a production of "Watch on the Rhine" with the Carolina Playmakers in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He trained as an actor at the American Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Connecticut. He performed with the Seattle Repertory Theater and made his Broadway debut in 1970. Sommer made his film debut in Don Siegel's classic Dirty Harry (1971) and also appeared in Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977). He is probably best remembered for his role as Harrison Ford's superior in the hugely successful Witness (1985).
- Actor
- Writer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Peter Crombie was born on 26 June 1952 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Se7en (1995), My Dog Skip (2000) and The Blob (1988). He was married to Nadine Kijner. He died on 10 January 2024 in Palm Springs, California, USA.- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Writer
Ricky Jay was born on 26 June 1946 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Magnolia (1999), Boogie Nights (1997) and Heist (2001). He was married to Chrisann Verges. He died on 24 November 2018 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actress
- Writer
Rebecca Budig was born on 26 June 1973 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for General Hospital (1963), All My Children (1970) and Getaway (2013). She has been married to Mike Benson since 2012. They have one child. She was previously married to Bob Guiney and Daniel Geller.- Actor
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- Soundtrack
David Brisbin was born on 26 June 1952 in Andrews, Texas, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998), Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) and Leaving Las Vegas (1995). He has been married to Laura Innes since 1988. They have two children.- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Dany Boon was born on 26 June 1966 in Armentières, Nord, France. He is an actor and writer, known for Welcome to the Sticks (2008), Joyeux Noel (2005) and R.A.I.D. Special Unit (2016).- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Personable, dynamic and versatile character actor Leo Rossi has been
working profusely in both movies and TV shows alike from the mid-70s to
the present day. Rossi was born in 1947 in Trenton, New Jersey and grew
up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Leo first began acting in community
theater. Although often cast as mean, loutish and despicable characters
(he's portrayed more than his fair share of made Mafia guys as well as
a substantial number of cops and government agents), Rossi has shown on
many occasions that he can play more appealing and sympathetic roles
with equal skill and conviction. Leo was solid as crass'n'crude sexist
pig "Budd" in Halloween II (1981).
He has appeared in several movies for director
Jonathan Kaplan: he was
excellent as Bonnie Bedelia's character's insecure,
but basically decent husband Jack Muldowney in the wonderful
Heart Like a Wheel (1983) and
memorably chilling as the vile jerk who cheers on
Jodie Foster's barroom rape in the
acclaimed The Accused (1988).
Moreover, Leo has acted in three pictures for director
William Lustig: very likable as antsy mob
witness "Frank DeSalvo" in
Hit List (1989), extremely engaging as
eager beaver rookie homicide detective "Sam Dietz" in
Relentless (1989) (Rossi reprised this
part in three sequels and even co-produced the last two entries), and
really funny as crazed serial killer "Turkell" in
Maniac Cop 2 (1990). More recently,
Rossi had a nice sizable supporting role as
Robert De Niro's evil cousin "Carlo" in
the hit comedy Analyze This (1999).
Among the TV shows Leo Rossi has done guest spots on are
ER (1994),
Frasier (1993),
Murder, She Wrote (1984),
Tour of Duty (1987),
21 Jump Street (1987),
Cagney & Lacey (1981),
T.J. Hooker (1982),
Amazing Stories (1985),
Hunter (1984) and
Hill Street Blues (1981).- Brittney Karbowski was born on 26 June 1986 in Sugar Land, Texas, USA. She is an actress, known for Parasyte: The Maxim (2014), Fairy Tail (2009) and Heaven's Lost Property the Movie: The Angeloid of Clockwork (2011). She has been married to Matthew Hernandez since 11 October 2013. They have one child.
- Agnieszka Zulewska was born on 26 June 1987 in Ozimek, Opolskie, Poland. She is an actress, known for Chemo (2015), 1983 (2018) and Konwój (2017).
- Actress
- Producer
Amanda Rachelle Cerny was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and attended Florida State University. With more than 35 million followers across YouTube, Facebook and Instagram, she has emerged as one of the top five most viewed Instagram story accounts in the world. Amanda has acted as an actress in traditional media with past partnerships including Millennial Films, Lakeshore, Paramount, Universal, Comedy Central and NBC, and has also directed, written and produced more than 3,000 comedic skits and music videos featuring actors, top chart musicians, and the most influential personalities online gathering millions of views per video. Amanda has also worked as a model, fitness guru and philanthropist with previous and ongoing relief efforts in Haiti and Puerto Rico. She is the founder of a new video on-demand service called ZEUS which will be released in 2018 . Amanda has partnered with brands such as Nike, Beats by Dre, Marc Jacobs, Ubisoft, universal and now Guess as their Spring 2018 campaign model. Her first film credit was The Bet (2016). She lives in Los Angeles, California.- Actress
Lela Ivey (born June 26, 1958, in New York City) is a veteran actor of
the stage as well as a character actress of the small screen and
cinema.
Ms. Ivey is a graduate of The American Academy of Dramatic Arts (NYC).
For 25 years she eked out her living as mostly a supporting or bit part
actress working in television, and film while building a rather
impressive theatre resume while living both in New York City and Los
Angeles. Some favorite stage roles include "The Waiting Room" at the
Mark Taper Forum for which she received a Los Angeles Ovation Award
nomination and "The Marriage of Bette and Boo" at the Los Angeles
Theatre Center for which she received a Los Angeles Drama-Logue Award
nomination. She also appeared at the Ipswitch Theatre Festival in
Massachusetts in "Liberties Taken", directed by Julie Taymor. She is a
member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG), AEA and AFTRA. Ms. Ivey is
also currently serves an adjunct faculty member at Lansing Community
College.- Actor
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Parry Shen was born on 26 June 1973 in Queens, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for General Hospital (1963), Ghost of Tsushima (2020) and Better Luck Tomorrow (2002). He has been married to Kim Hollands since 2 August 2002. They have two children.- Actress
- Soundtrack
Valerie Pachner was born on 26 June 1987 in Wels, Austria. She is an actress, known for A Hidden Life (2019), The Ground Beneath My Feet (2019) and The King's Man (2021).- Actor
- Writer
- Director
The writer, producer, director and editor of award-winning independent films, Travis Fine does not shy away from challenging or provocative material. THE SPACE BETWEEN, starring Academy Award winner Melissa Leo, takes audiences on a cross country journey with a young Pakistani boy on September 11, 2001, as he desperately tries to determine the fate of his father. In the 1970s period drama ANY DAY NOW, starring Alan Cumming and Garrett Dillahunt, Fine explores the definition of family as two gay men attempt to adopt a young boy with Down Syndrome.
THE SPACE BETWEEN debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival, received a Special Jury Award for Leo's performance, and was purchased by the USA NETWORK and served as special programming for the cable network to commemorate the 10th anniversary of 9/11.
ANY DAY NOW received over 20 Audience and Best Picture awards at film festivals all over the world, including Tribeca Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival, and Outfest. The film was also recognized by the prestigious gay rights organization GLAAD with their 2013 Media Award for Best Film.
After debuting on just one screen in Tokyo in April 2014, ANY DAY NOW became a cultural phenomenon in Japan, with long lines at the theaters, huge box office numbers, a one plus year theatrical run, and unprecedented media coverage for an indie film. ANY DAY NOW was remade in Korea, and in 2020 will have its world premiere as a stage musical in Japan.- Actor
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- Additional Crew
Natsuki Hanae was born on 26 June 1991 in Fujisawa, Japan. He is an actor, known for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba (2019), Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Movie: Mugen Train (2020) and Starmyu (2015).- Actor
- Art Department
- Visual Effects
Clive Francis was born on 26 June 1946 in Eastbourne, Sussex, England, UK. He is an actor, known for A Clockwork Orange (1971), Official Secrets (2019) and The Lost City of Z (2016). He has been married to Natalie Ogle since May 1989. They have two children. He was previously married to Polly James.