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Phil Collins

Philip David Charles Collins (born 30 January 1951) is an English singer, drummer, songwriter, record producer and actor. He was the drummer and later became the lead singer of the rock band Genesis and had a successful solo career, achieving three UK number-one singles and seven US number-one singles as a solo artist. In total, his work with Genesis, other artists and solo resulted in more US top-40 singles than any other artist throughout the 1980s. His most successful singles from the period include "In the Air Tonight", "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)", "One More Night", "Sussudio", "Another Day in Paradise", "Two Hearts" and "I Wish It Would Rain Down". Born and raised in West London, Collins began playing drums at the age of five. During the same period he attended drama school, which helped secure various roles as a child actor. His first major role was the Artful Dodger in the West End production of the musical Oliver!. As an accomplished professional actor by his early teens, he pivoted to pursue a music career, becoming the drummer for Genesis in 1970. He took over the role of lead singer in 1975 following the departure of Peter Gabriel. During the second half of the 1970s, in between Genesis albums and tours, Collins was the drummer of jazz rock band Brand X. While continuing to perform and record with Genesis, Collins began a successful solo career in the 1980s, initially inspired by his marital breakdown and love of soul music, releasing the albums Face Value (1981), Hello, I Must Be Going (1982), No Jacket Required (1985) and ...But Seriously (1989). Collins became, in the words of AllMusic, "one of the most successful pop and adult contemporary singers of the '80s and beyond". He became known for a distinctive gated reverb drum sound on many of his recordings. He played drums on the 1984 charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" and, in July 1985, he was the only artist to perform at both Live Aid concerts. He resumed his acting career, appearing in Miami Vice and subsequently starring in the film Buster (1988). Collins left Genesis in 1996 to focus on solo work; this included writing songs for Disney's animated film Tarzan (1999), for which he wrote and performed the songs "Two Worlds", "Son of Man", "Strangers Like Me" and "You'll Be in My Heart", the last of which earned him the Academy Award for Best Original Song. He rejoined Genesis for their Turn It On Again Tour in 2007. Following a five-year retirement to focus on his family life, Collins released his memoir in 2016 and conducted the Not Dead Yet Tour from 2017 to 2019. He then rejoined Genesis in 2020 for a second and final reunion tour, which ran from 2021 to 2022. ... Source: Article "Phil Collins" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.

RayVeness

Gina-Raye Carter, also known by her stage name Rayveness; is an American actress, singer, songwriter and dancer born and raised in High Point, North Carolina. She started out in the adult film industry at age eighteen by making and sending in a homemade sex tape with her then-boyfriend. She moved to Los Angeles, California in 1997 to work in the adult film industry and dance on the strip club circuit. In 2000, she took a break from acting in porn films to seriously pursue a career in music and mainstream film acting, dying her hair and wearing contacts to minimize her chances of being recognized. Her first breakthrough in the industry came in 2001 when she was given spoken lines while working as an extra on an episode of NYPD Blue. Soon after, she was cast as Lynda Bird Johnson in HBO's political film, Path to War. She returned to the adult film industry in 2003. In 2004, Rayveness completed a Songwriting Certificate from UCLA Extension, and started releasing her own singles. Rayveness has taken several breaks from the pornographic film industry by retiring and subsequently un-retiring several times.

Mary Kathleen Gordon

MaryKathleen Gordon aka Kathy was raised in Peoria, IL. This Irish Catholic Midwesterner might look like a Nun, but relishes playing darker roles. She is warm, yet twisted - a playful Lioness who gets what she wants. Destined to be a character actress, at 14 she played the 40 year old shopkeeper in Peoria's Community Children's Theatre production of Nicolo and Nicolette! After graduating with a BA in Theatre from Butler University, MaryKathleen hit the boards, working 7 seasons of midwestern summer stock theatre as a triple threat. In '78, MKG took her tap dancing prowess west where she delighted audiences at San Francisco's Magic Theatre, playing the Buddha Bottom in "Minnie Mouse and the Tap-Dancing Buddha. Turning to "serious acting", she attended The American Conservatory Theatre's Summer Training Program in 1979. Landing in NYC in the early 80s, MKG studied with Greg Zittel of the Neighborhood Playhouse, as she worked steadily in commercials. Known as the "That Singing Comedienne", MaryKathleen hit the piano bar circuit with her one-woman shows, "Don't Call Me Mary" and "60 Seconds from Sanity". Her off-off-off-Broadway tour de force was as the the lead in Nicky Silver's dark comedy, "Fetid Itch". Backstage's review stated, "MaryKathleen Gordon carries the entire play in the role of Wilma. She is fantastic, quirky and unpredictable - a potential comic superstar" Wanting to do more film and TV as well as live near the ocean and wear shorts year round, Kathy moved to Los Angeles. There, she felt a longing to become a Mom, and adopted her beautiful baby boy in 2003. Mom is definitely her starring role, as the ups and downs of single parenting have deepened her sense of dark humor. LA has been very good to MKG, with juicy roles in many major episodics. From the drug dealing receptionist in Weeds to the grief-stricken Mother in Cold Case, to Giggling Secretary #75 on Murphy Brown, MaryKathleen brings power, playfulness, compassion and complexity to all her character roles. She is now Bi-Coastal, splitting her time between LA and NYC.

Rosey Grier

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Roosevelt "Rosey" Grier (born July 14, 1932 in Cuthbert, Georgia) is an American actor, singer, Christian minister, and former professional American football player. He was a notable college football player for Pennsylvania State University who earned a retrospective place in the National Collegiate Athletic Association 100th anniversary list of 100 most influential student athletes. As a professional player, Grier was a member of the New York Giants, and the original Fearsome Foursome of the Los Angeles Rams and played in the Pro Bowl twice. After Grier's professional sports career he worked as a bodyguard for Robert Kennedy during the 1968 presidential campaign and was guarding the senator's wife, Ethel Kennedy, during the Robert F. Kennedy assassination. Although unable to prevent that killing, Grier took control of the gun and subdued the shooter, Sirhan Sirhan. Grier's other activities have been colorful and varied. He hosted his own Los Angeles television show and made approximately 70 guest appearances on various shows during the 1960s and 1970s. As a singer, Grier first released singles on the A label in 1960, and over the following twenty-five years he continued to record on various labels including Liberty, Ric, MGM and A&M. His recording of a tribute to Robert Kennedy, "People Make The World" (written by Bobby Womack) was his only chart single, peaking at #128 in 1968. Grier is known for his serious pursuit of hobbies not traditionally associated with men such as macrame and needlepoint. He has authored several books, including Rosey Grier's Needlepoint for Men in 1973. Grier became an ordained Christian minister in 1983 and travels as an inspirational speaker. He founded American Neighborhood Enterprises, a nonprofit organization that serves inner city youth. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rosey Grier, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Anastasiya Palchikova

Writer · Known for Mutual Consent

Anastasiya Valeryevna Palchikova (Russian: Анастасия Валерьевна Пальчикова; born 27 May 1982, Saratov) is a Russian screenwriter, filmmaker, singer and songwriter. She is best known for her award winner screenplay for the film "Bolshoi", her musical career in the band "СуХие" and solo "Gg". Anastasia Palchikova was born in Saratov in a family of physicists. When she was 13, her father died. Nastya was seriously worried about her father's departure, as a result of which she ran away from home and lived an independent life in an abandoned house for two months. At the same time, Nastya did not stop attending general education and music schools. Nastya speaks three languages: Polish, English, and French. She studied at gymnasium No. 3 with an English bias. She graduated from a music school with a cello class as an external student. She became the winner of many music competitions. In parallel with her studies, she worked as an English translator. After finishing school, she worked as a translator in Poland. In 1999, she entered the music school in the cello class to the teacher Lev Vladimirovich Ivanov. In 2000, she entered the faculty of Philology at the Chernyshevsky state University. During her studies, Nastya became a participant in the Lomonosov readings at the Lomonosov Moscow state University. She also won numerous philological competitions. In 2003, after finishing her third year, she dropped out of University and music school. Then she moved to Moscow and entered the "VGIK" named after S. A. Gerasimov at the screenwriting department, in the workshop of N. Ryazantseva, from which she graduated in 2008. During her studies, Nastya's scripts were published in the publications "Iskusstvo Kuno" and "Screenplay". During her first year, Anastasia was offered to write a script for the movie series "Deal" commissioned by "Pervij Kanal". Also, during her studies, she wrote the script for the TV movie "It Happens". Nastya has written many scripts for films and TV series, and collaborates with such Directors as Valery Todorovsky, Alexander Kott, Anna Melikyan, Vladimir Mirzoev, and others. From 2009 to 2017, she was a soloist of the group "СуХие". In August 2016, Nastya was invited to come to London to record several songs in English. In a short time, the single from the mini-album "4 Days" reached number 17 on the UK club charts, number 7 on the UK pop chart, number 10 on iTunes in the Netherlands, and was reviewed by Music Week magazine. Anastasia is currently recording albums in Russian and English.

Ludacris

Cast · Known for Fast X, Furious 7, No Strings Attached

Christopher Brian Bridges (born September 11, 1977), known professionally as Ludacris(/ˈluːdəkrɪs/), is an American rapper and actor. Born in Champaign, Illinois, Ludacris moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where he first began rapping. Starting with a brief stint as a DJ, he formed his own record label, Disturbing tha Peace, in the late 1990s to release his debut studio album, Incognegro (1999), independently. After its single, "What's Your Fantasy" (featuring Shawnna), became a top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, the album was re-released by Def Jam Recordings as his major label debut, Back for the First Time (2000). The latter album peaked at number four on the Billboard 200 and spawned his second top 40 single, "Southern Hospitality" (featuring Pharrell). Ludacris' subsequent albums—Word of Mouf (2001), Chicken-n-Beer (2003) and The Red Light District (2004)—were each met with continued success, receiving multi-platinum certifications by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). His fifth and sixth albums, Release Therapy (2006) and Theater of the Mind (2008), explored more serious subject matter than their predecessors. His seventh album, Battle of the Sexes (2010), featured a return to the more lighthearted tone of his earlier albums. Throughout his career, Ludacris has scored two number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 as a lead artist: "Stand Up" (featuring Shawnna) and "Money Maker" (featuring Pharrell), as well as three singles which did so as a guest performer: Usher's "Yeah!" in 2004, Fergie's "Glamorous" in 2007, and Taio Cruz's "Break Your Heart" in 2009. The following year, he guest featured on Justin Bieber's single "Baby", which remains one of the highest-certified singles of all time in the United States. Ludacris is named among the first Dirty South rappers to achieve mainstream success in the early 2000s. He is the recipient of three Grammy Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Critics' Choice Award and an MTV Video Music Award. Outside of music, he has portrayed the character Tej Parker in the Fast & Furious film series—first appearing in its second film, 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003). His other notable acting roles include Crash (2004), Gamer (2009), and New Year's Eve (2011). In 2021, he created and starred in the children's animated series Karma's World for Netflix. Ludacris is also a private pilot. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ludacris, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Imogene Coca

Imogene Fernandez de Coca (November 18, 1908 – June 2, 2001) was an American comic actress best known for her role opposite Sid Caesar on Your Show of Shows. Starting out in vaudeville as a child acrobat, she studied ballet and wished to have a serious career in music and dance, graduating to decades of stage musical revues, cabaret and summer stock. Finally in her 40s she began a celebrated career as a comedienne in television, starring in six series and guesting on successful television programs from the 1940s to the 1990s. She was nominated for five Emmy awards for Your Show of Shows, winning Best Actress in 1951 and singled out for a Peabody Award for excellence in broadcasting in 1953. Coca was also nominated for a Tony Award in 1978 for On the Twentieth Century and received a sixth Emmy nomination at the age of 80 for an episode of Moonlighting. She possessed a rubbery face capable of the broadest expressions—Life magazine compared her to Beatrice Lillie and Charlie Chaplin, and described her characterizations as taking "people or situations suspended in their own precarious balance between dignity and absurdity, and push(ing) them over the cliff with one single, pointed gesture"—the magazine noted a "particularly high-brow critic" as observing, "The trouble with most comedians who try to do satire is that they are essentially brash, noisy and indelicate people who have to use a sledge hammer to smash a butterfly. Miss Coca, on the other hand, is the timid woman who, when aroused, can beat a tiger to death with a feather." In addition to vaudeville, cabaret, theater and television, she appeared in film, voiced children's cartoons and was even featured in an MTV video by a New Wave band. Though her fame began late, she worked well into her 80s. Twice a widow, Coca died in 2001. Description above from the Wikipedia article Imogene Coca, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

T.I.

Cast · Known for Ant-Man and the Wasp

Clifford Joseph Harris, Jr. (born September 25, 1980), better known by his stage name T.I. or T.I.P., is an American recording artist, film & music producer, and occasional actor. He is also the founder and co-chief executive officer (CEO) of Grand Hustle Records. He has released six studio albums (I'm Serious, Trap Muzik, Urban Legend, King, T.I. vs. T.I.P., Paper Trail, and No Mercy) with latter five being highly successful on the commercial market. He has released such successful singles as "Bring Em Out", "What You Know", "Big Shit Poppin' (Do It)", "Swagga Like Us" (featuring Kanye West, Jay-Z and Lil Wayne), "Whatever You Like", "Live Your Life" (featuring Rihanna), "Dead and Gone" (featuring Justin Timberlake), "Got Your Back" (featuring Keri Hilson) and "That's All She Wrote" (featuring Eminem). He has served three stints in county jail, twice for probation violations and once for a U.S. federal weapons charge. While serving 11 months in jail, he released his seventh studio album, No Mercy. T.I. has also had successful acting career, starring in the films Takers and ATL. ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jason Martorino

Jason began pursuing performance seriously at the age of 16, having been inspired by his drama teacher in high school, himself a veteran of film and theatre work. Following that, Jason attended theatre school at York University in his native Toronto, but soon transferred into the opera performance program at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo Ontario, combining his passions for acting and music. During his 5 years of training in theatre and music there, Jason discovered a penchant for singing and acting in both lead and character roles, by performing with local stage companies, and eventually making his way into his first film. The latter, his first collaboration with writer/director/producer Lyndon Horsfall, and was to prove the inception of an ongoing creative relationship. Throughout this time as well, Jason worked frequently in the theatre scene in and around Toronto, including lead and supporting roles in a number of the canon of great classical and modern plays such as Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, Coward's Present Laughter, Ryton's Crown Matrimonial, and Moliere's The School For Wives. Jason's passion for challenging himself as an actor in various media and styles led him to enter the bustling film and television market in Toronto, beginning at first with work in commercials, PSA's, and the web series Posthuman, in which Jason contributed as writer and producer, as well as playing the series' central character Charlie Porter. Posthuman was a reunion with creative symbiotic Lyndon Horsfall, with whom Jason went on to take his first directorial credit, sharing duties with Horsfall on the music video Sundown for the band The Short Films. During this time Jason also graduated to performing small roles in network TV series, and finally to supporting roles in feature films Kingdom Come and Synchronicity. Jason continues to seek challenging roles and new collaborative opportunities from his home base in Toronto. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Jason Martorino

Aya Hirano

Cast · Known for Death Note

Aya Hirano is a Japanese voice actress and singer. After graduating from high school, she began seriously pursuing her voice actress and solo singing career. Her big break came in 2006, when she was cast as the voice of Suzumiya Haruhi, the title character of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.

Gabriella Martinez

Gabriella Martinez is a Dominican American actress. She grew up a bi-coastal child having been born in NY and moving to Las Vegas at a young age. She took her passion for acting very seriously and at the young age of 6 years old along with her parents traveled to LA weekly in search of landing her dream job. Some days consisted of an eight-hour drive back and forth and attending virtual school on the road. This did not deter her dedication. She has always had an incredibly positive outlook that has prepared her for this long journey. Gabriella attended theatre and acting classes weekly and is still dedicated to this day. She has trained consistently with, Constance Tillotson, Billy Hufsey, Amy Lyndon, Lisa Picotte, and Margie Haber Studios to name a few. Gabriella has worked in leading female roles on many films based out of Las Vegas and also produced alongside director Joe Lujan. Her resume includes credits with Eric Roberts, Adriana Barranza, Nathan Lane, Tom Sizemore, Tom Arnold, Macy Gray, and many others. Her first on-screen role was on Young Sheldon (CBS). Her most recent credits include the roles of Cristy on Grown-ish (Freeform & HULU), Vera on S.W.A.T (CBS), Ana on Penny Dreadful City of Angels (Showtime) as well as Ashley on Today's Special, alongside Michael Cera and Jane Lynch (TBS) and a voice-over role on The Chosen One (Netflix) When not filming, Gabriella volunteers her time with a few non-profit organizations including Hope Means Nevada, a mental health awareness organization. She earned a degree in Social and Behavioral Science and spends her time writing and wants to produce and direct to offer others opportunities in the industry.

Liana Ramirez

Ever since she could walk, Liana Ramirez has had a passion for performing and storytelling. After booking a role in a play with Neil Patrick Harris, she and her family moved to Los Angeles to seriously pursue her career. Liana has been very successful appearing on networks like Disney Channel, CBS and Netflix, as well as being the star of a horror movie by the executive producer of Texas Chainsaw Massacre. In the midst of auditioning, graduating at sixteen, and working hard on film productions, Liana has been writing her first novel, “The Secrets Within Me.” She started creative writing before she was double digits and aspires to write like J.K. Rowling. She says that one day she will have her own section dedicated to her books in Barnes and Noble.

Elena Sanchez

Born in Germany to a German mother and Spanish father, Elena started performing during her childhood in productions such as "Return to Neverland" and "The Nutcracker." However, it wasn't until her time at Cornell University that Elena seriously considered a career in the entertainment industry and began studying drama. After graduating, Elena moved to New York City and continued her studies at the Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute. A brief stint in Florida brought Elena her first starring role in a professional theater production and several lead roles in short films. Since then, she has gone on to work on over 15 feature films and went back to school to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.

Niki Lauda

Andreas Nikolaus "Niki" Lauda (22 February 1949 – 20 May 2019) was an Austrian former Formula One racing driver who was the F1 World Champion three times in 1975, 1977 and 1984. Lauda was seriously injured in a crash at the 1976 German Grand Prix at the Nürburgring, during which his Ferrari burst into flames and he came close to death after inhaling hot toxic fumes and suffering severe burns. However he recovered and returned to race again just six weeks later at the Italian Grand Prix. Scars from the injuries he suffered left him permanently disfigured. The ever-present red cap he wore from 1976 to hide the severe burns he sustained in his accident became his trademark. Lauda is widely considered to be one of the greatest Formula One drivers of all time. Lauda was an aviation entrepreneur who founded and ran three airlines: Lauda Air, Niki and Lauda. He was also a consultant for Scuderia Ferrari and team manager of Jaguar Racing for two years. Afterwards, Lauda served as non-executive chairman of Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport, of which he owned 10%. He took part in negotiations to sign Lewis Hamilton to a three-year deal with Mercedes in 2013. The time with Mercedes ultimately made Lewis Hamilton the most successful Formula One driver of all time. He passed away peacefully on the 20th May 2019 after complications relating to kidney dialysis and a lung transplant.

Sophia Feliciano

Cast · Known for The Beekeeper

Sophia Feliciano is an American actor based in London. She has flirted with acting all her life and now is seriously committed to the craft for it is no longer about the pressure of success and "making it." Simply put, acting is a privilege and gift that is ripe with joy and freedom, two things that are harder to to live out in adulthood. You will see her in The Beekeeper, an upcoming Jason Statham film, directed by David Ayer. She plays Kelli Krane, chief of staff, opposite Jemma Redgrave AKA Madame President. Her dream roles would involve her interests- history, the culinary arts, vintage fashion, and dance.

George Montgomery

George Montgomery was boxing champion at the University of Montana, where he majored in architecture and interior design. Dropping out a year later, he decided to take up boxing more seriously, and moved to California, where he was coached by ex-heavyweight world champion James J. Jeffries. While in Hollywood, he came to the attention of the studios (not least, because he was an expert rider) and was hired as a stuntman in 1935. After doing this for four years, George was offered a contract at 20th Century Fox in 1939, but found himself largely confined to leads in B-westerns. He did not secure a part in anything even remotely like a prestige picture, until his co-starring role in Roxie Hart (1942), opposite Ginger Rogers. Next, in Orchestra Wives (1942), he played the perfunctory love interest for Ann Rutherford -- though both, inevitably, ended up playing second trombone to Glenn Miller and His Orchestra. In 1947, George got his first serious break, being cast as Raymond Chandler's private eye Philip Marlowe, in The Brasher Doubloon (1947). Reviewers, however, compared his performance unfavourably with that of Humphrey Bogart and found the film 'pallid' overall. So it was back to the saddle for George. Unable to shake his image as a cowboy actor, he starred in scores of films with titles like Belle Starr's Daughter (1948), Dakota Lil (1950), Jack McCall Desperado (1953) and Masterson of Kansas (1954) at Columbia, and for producer Edward Small at United Artists. When not cleaning up the Wild West with his six-shooter, he branched out into adventure films set in exotic locales (notably as Harry Quartermain in Watusi (1959)). During the 60's, he also wrote, directed and starred in several long-forgotten, low-budget wartime potboilers made in the Philippines. At the height of his popularity, George attracted as much publicity for his acting, as for his liaisons with glamorous stars, like Ginger Rogers, Hedy Lamarr (to whom he was briefly engaged) and singer Dinah Shore (whom he married in 1943). After his retirement from the film business, he devoted himself to his love of painting, furniture-making and sculpting bronze busts, including one of his close friend Ronald Reagan.

Shirley Douglas

Shirley Douglas, with a start in church drama and music, pursued acting seriously from a young age. After studies in London, she acted in British theatre and TV. Her marriage to Donald Sutherland bore twins, Kiefer and Rachel Sutherland. Engaging in American protest movements in the late '60s and '70s, she advocated for various causes, eventually returning to Canada in 1977. Her career flourished in film, TV, and theatre, embodying strong characters like Hagar Shipley in "The Stone Angel" and Marilla in "Anne of Green Gables." Known for her activism, she ardently supported Canada's healthcare system, advocating for its accessibility. Notably, she won a Gemini Award for "Shadow Lake" in 2000 and received an honorary doctorate from Ryerson Polytechnic University and the Diamond Award from the Variety Club. Shirley's father was Tommy Douglas, renowned for founding Canada’s healthcare system.

Mohamed Zinet

Mohamed Zinet (Arabic: محمد زينت) is an Algerian actor and director, born January 16, 1932 in the Casbah of Algiers in Algeria, and died April 10, 1995 in Bondy in France. Born in 1932 in Algiers, Mohamed Zinet developed a passion for theater at a very young age. He led an amateur troupe called El-Manar El-Djazairi (The Algerian Flambeau) and in 1947, in Paris, he presented an adaptation of Bourgeois Gentilhomme by Molière in the Wagram room. Officer of the National Liberation Army (ALN) during the war of independence, he was seriously injured during a mission, then transported to Tunis where the artistic troupe of the National Liberation Front (FLN) was created which constituted the core of the future Algerian National Theater. During his stay in Tunis, he played the role of Lakhdar in Le Cadavre Encerclé by Kateb Yacine, directed by Jean-Marie Serreau. After a first internship in 1959 at the Berliner Ensemble in the GDR, Mohammed Zinet did a second at the Kammerspiele in Munich in 1961. The following year, he stayed in Paris where he was hired by Jean-Marie Serreau for the Scandinavian tour of Les Bonnes de Jean Genet and Amédée or How to Get Rid of It by Eugène Ionesco. Returning to Algiers in 1964, he participated in the creation of the company Casbah Films with Yacef Saâdi and was an assistant on Les Mains Libres by Ennio Lorenzini (1964) and La Bataille d'Algiers by Gillo Pontecorvo (1966). He was also in demand as an actor in Monangambée by Sarah Maldoror (1968) and Les Trois Cousins ​​as well as Les Ajoncs by René Vautier (1970). Finally, he is the author of an unpublished play entitled Tibelkachoutine (The Man With Twigs) in Berber, created in 1953, testifying to his great admiration for Charlie Chaplin and silent cinema. A play presented in Tunisia, which he planned to adapt for the cinema but the film will never see the light of day. Made in 1971, Tahya Ya Didou! is the only feature film by director Mohamed Zinet. In this film, he presents his vision of independent Algeria with realism and poetry by discovering the Casbah and white Algiers, pearl of the Mediterranean in a poetic dialogue told by his friend, the poet Himoud Brahimi. The result, an unclassifiable comedy, full of life and fantasy, freshness and poetry, which gradually became cult for film buffs, which was not initially to the taste of the sponsors of the municipality of Algiers who were expecting a documentary. tourism in the capital. Result, Tahya Ya Didou! never had a real release. The film, of which a film copy was eventually found, was restored and digitized in 2016. Subsequently, throughout the 1970s, Mohamed Zinet played among others in Le Bougnoul by Daniel Moosmann (1974), Dupont Lajoie by Yves Boisset (1974), La Vie Devant Soi by Moshe Mizrahi (1977), Robert et Robert by Claude Lelouch (1978), Le Coup De Sirocco by Alexandre Arcady (1979), etc. Mohamed Zinet died on April 10, 1995 in Bondy (Paris region), after several years of hospitalization, Mohamed Zinet is buried in the El-Kettar cemetery in Algiers.

Svenja Jung

The actress Svenja Jung was born on May 28, 1993 in Weroth and grew up there in the southern Westerwald. In 2012 she successfully passed her Abitur and then spent six months in Australia. Here, Svenja Jung kept his head above water with various jobs. Back in Germany, Jung began working seriously on her career as an actress. Even before she graduated from high school, she had taken additional acting classes. From 2010 to 2012, Svenja Jung studied at the Juniorhouse in Cologne and from 2011 to 2012 attended the Koblenz drama school. In a commercial for Nestlé, Svenja Jung was seen as a "hero girl". This was followed by smaller roles in TV series. In "Heldt" Svenja Jung played the role of Mandy. Thanks to her convincing performance, she landed her first leading role in 2014. In the series "Unter Uns" she played Lisa Brück. The dual role as police officer and escort lady demanded a lot of empathy from the young actress. With her performance, Svenja Jung proved that she has something to offer as an actor. Svenja Jung plays the leading role in the subsequent film adaptation of "Fucking Berlin."

Andreas Pietschmann

Andreas Pietschmann (born 22 March 1969) is a German theater, film, and television actor. Pietschmann played football in the youth department of Würzburger Kickers and was considered a talented player. Later, he did his military service with the Bundeswehr, during which time he also became involved in theater acting. He appeared in a stage production of Die Feuerzangenbowle, among others. After a serious car accident, Pietschmann decided to pursue acting seriously. He attended drama school in the city of Bochum from 1993 to 1996, followed by a four-year engagement at the Schauspielhaus Bochum drama theater. Following this, Pietschmann transferred to the Thalia Theater in Hamburg for the 2000/2001 season, and he left in 2007 to focus on film and television. He has also participated in numerous radio productions. Additionally, Pietschmann has narrated several audiobooks, including The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Law of Dreams by Peter Behrens, Thanks for the Memories by Cecelia Ahern, and The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz. Pietschmann gained fame due to his role in GSG 9 – Ihr Einsatz ist ihr Leben. On the show, he plays the urbane Konstantin "Konny" Brendorp, who comes from a noble family. Since 2017, he has had a starring role in the Netflix series Dark, playing "The Stranger". Since then, he has worked both at the Maxim Gorki Theater in Berlin, as well as having several guest roles in various television series. Pietschmann lives in Berlin with his partner, the actress Jasmin Tabatabai, and has two children with her: a daughter, Helena Leila (born July 5, 2009), and a son, Johan Anton (born August 13, 2013). Pietschmann is also the stepfather to Tabatabai's daughter Angelina, from her previous marriage. Source: Article "Andreas Pietschmann" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Bunny Levine

Bernice "Bunny" Levine (née Utal; December 22, 1928 – August 20, 2026) was an American actress whose career flourished late in life, with appearances in television series such as Gilmore Girls and films including La La Land and You Don't Mess With the Zohan. Before entering Hollywood, she worked for more than two decades as a school librarian, only pursuing acting seriously after retirement.

Rebecca Creskoff

Rebecca Creskoff was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is the daughter of Betty Jane Creskoff, a home maker, and Howard Creskoff a lawyer, and has an older sister. Her father is of Russian Jewish decent and her mother is of mostly English and German ancestry--a true Midwestern protestant. The New Yorker Magazine describes Creskoff as "immensely gifted, with formidable technique" and named her one of the best performers of 2010. Creskoff studied English literature at the University of Pennsylvania and then, following the advice of her friend and mentor Debra Messing, chose to hone her craft more seriously at the prestigious MFA acting training program at New York University. Classmates included David Costible, Victor Williams, Sean P. Thomas, Glenn Fleshler and Aunjanue Ellis. Her first job after graduating was the long running Steve Martin play "Picasso At The Lapin Agile" at the Promenade Theater in New York City with Gabriel Macht and Jason Antoon. During this time she supported her theater habit by doing national commercials for products such as Massengill Douche, Budweiser with co-star Cara Buono (Stranger Things) Puff tissues, Olive Garden, Joy dish washing detergent, and Pampers diapers. Her first television role was playing a waitress on Law and Order: SVU. Later that year she guest starred on the original Law and Order and then returned to Law and Order twelve years later in the role of public defender Veronica Masters in season 20. Her theater credits include the Broadway play Lousing Louie at Manhattan Theater Club, The All-American at Lincoln Center 3, multiple productions playing Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream as well as numerous plays at the Williamstown Theater Festival (most notably playing Luca in Arms and the Man opposite Christopher Evan Welch) and the Berkshire Theater Festival in Miss Julie opposite Mark Feuerstein and Marin Hinkle. She later starred opposite Feuerstein in the movie Knucklehead and with Hinkle in the play Measure for Measure. She made her way out west after being cast in Love's Labor Lost at the Old Globe Theater in San Diego directed by Roger Reese. She made a side trip to Los Angeles and her first audition was for E.R. which she did not get. But producer John Wells brought her back in the next day to read for Aaron Sorkin's new show The West Wing. Creskoff was cast in a large guest starring role opposite Rob Lowe with Jamie Denton on the first episode of the second season of the acclaimed hit show. Numerous guest starring and substantial recurring roles followed on The Practice, Justified, Bates Motel, Parenthood, Mad Men, The New Adventures of Old Christine, Girlfriends, Desperate Housewives, Party Down, How I Met Your Mother, Justified, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and the mother of the Jonas Brothers, among others. Her series regular roles include a fiery Irish Catholic mother of two on the WB series Greetings From Tuscon, a fiery Irish Catholic mother of five on the Fox sitcom Quintuplets opposite Andy Richter and then as the fiery pimp Lenore on the HBO series Hung opposite Thomas Jane, Jane Adams and Anne Heche. She most recently played a non-fiery Irish Catholic mother of three on the NBC pilot Where I'm From and on the CBS pilot Taxi-22 opposite John Leguizamo.

James Martin Kelly

Cast · Known for Jack Reacher

James Martin Kelly is an American character actor, born on September 6th, in Brooklyn New York to James Francis and Joan Marie Kelly. Jim married Mary-Ellen on Oct 8, 1978. In 1988 Jim and Mary-Ellen moved to Florida to raise their four children. At Mary-Ellen's urging, Jim auditioned for a play, changing his life. Plays led to a few commercial and TV gigs but he knew this was a craft that should be taken seriously. While studying the Eric Morris technique in Tampa Florida, his teacher, Kathy Laughlin urged him to move to Los Angeles, saying "There's no market here for the kind of work you do". For decades since, Jim has been opposite some of the biggest artists in motion pictures and on television, working together to tell the writer's story. Best known for his powerful turn as 'Rob Farrior' in 'Jack Reacher' with Tom Cruise, James continues to deliver consistent, solid, moving performances.

C. Ernst Harth

C. Ernst Harth got his first taste of acting in grade school when the drama club cast the school's largest child to play Santa in their Christmas pageant. He was just in kindergarten at the time. Involved in community theatre and improvisational comedy during high school, it wasn't until he relocated to Vancouver in 1989 that he seriously pursued acting full-time. In 1990, he landed his first professional gig in a TV commercial for the BC Chicken Growers. Since then, Ernst has become a busy character actor known for dozens of roles. He is also a producer.