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Chris Bacon
Composer · Known for Bates Motel, Heretic, Source Code
Christian Paul Bacon (born March 17, 1977) is an American composer. His film scores include Alpha and Omega (2010), Source Code (2011), Gnomeo & Juliet (2011), Sherlock Gnomes (2018) and Men in Black: International (2019). He was the composer for all 50 episodes of the A&E drama series Bates Motel, for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award, and also composed the music for 26 of the 32 episodes of the NBC musical drama series Smash. Description above from the Wikipedia article Chris Bacon (composer), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Duncan Jones
Director · Known for Source Code, Warcraft
Duncan Zowie Haywood Jones (born 30 May 1971) is a British film director, film producer, and screenwriter. He directed the films Moon (2009), Source Code (2011), Warcraft (2016), and Mute (2018). For Moon, he won the BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director, or Producer. He is the son of English singer-songwriter David Bowie and Cypriot-born American model, actress, and journalist Angie Bowie. Description above from the Wikipedia article Duncan Jones, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Vera Farmiga
Cast · Known for Bates Motel, The Conjuring, The Conjuring 2
Vera Ann Farmiga (/fɑːrˈmiːɡə/ far-MEE-gə; born August 6, 1973) is an American actress. Farmiga began her professional acting career on stage in the original Broadway production of Taking Sides (1996). After expanding to television and film, her breakthrough came with her starring role as a drug addict in the drama Down to the Bone (2004). She then had roles in the political thriller The Manchurian Candidate (2004), the crime drama The Departed (2006), and the historical drama The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008). She was also established as a scream queen for her performances in the horror films Joshua (2007) and Orphan (2009). For her performance in the comedy-drama Up in the Air (2009), Farmiga was nominated for an Academy Award and other accolades. She then made her directorial debut with the drama film Higher Ground (2011), in which she had the leading role. She starred in the thrillers Source Code (2011) and Safe House (2012), before furthering her scream queen status by portraying paranormal investigator Lorraine Warren in the Conjuring Universe films The Conjuring (2013), The Conjuring 2 (2016), Annabelle Comes Home (2019), and The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021). She also starred in the legal drama The Judge (2014), the biographical drama The Front Runner (2018), the monster film Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), and the crime drama The Many Saints of Newark (2021). On television, Farmiga received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for playing Norma Louise Bates in the A&E drama horror series Bates Motel (2013–2017) and starring in the Netflix miniseries When They See Us (2019). She also appears in the Disney+ miniseries Hawkeye (2021), set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and the Apple TV+ miniseries Five Days at Memorial (2022). Description above from the Wikipedia article Vera Farmiga, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Susan Bain
Cast · Known for Source Code
Susan Bain is a seasoned stage and screen actor. Her body of experience represents professionalism that balances creative dedication to the process. Her commitment is centered on strong performance that reflects the director's vision. From the light-hearted, caring character in Hallmark’s Swept Up by Christmas to darker qualities opposite Anna Paquin in Bellevue, and Jake Gyllenhaal in Source Code, Susan Bain brings considerable talent and depth to her work. Equally at ease with comedic and dramatic roles, or dramatic parts tinged with humour, Susan always provides a layered performance. The spectrum of her television and feature work in Canadian and international productions is both insightful and playful. Nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in Mob (Centaur Theatre) is a nod to Susan’s level of personal engagement both with her role of Louise and her deep dedication to the ensemble. Susan is experienced in studio voice work and gaming. Recently her work as a director and acting teacher garnered a faithful following.
Jake Gyllenhaal
Cast · Known for Love & Other Drugs, Nightcrawler, Road House
Jake Gyllenhaal (born December 19, 1980) is an American actor and producer. Born into the Gyllenhaal family, he is the son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner; his older sister is actress Maggie Gyllenhaal. He began acting as a child, making his acting debut in City Slickers (1991), followed by roles in his father's films A Dangerous Woman (1993) and Homegrown (1998). His breakthrough roles were as Homer Hickam in October Sky (1999) and as a psychologically troubled teenager in Donnie Darko (2001). In 2004, Gyllenhaal starred in the science fiction disaster film The Day After Tomorrow. In 2005, he played Jack Twist in Ang Lee's romantic drama Brokeback Mountain, for which Gyllenhaal won a BAFTA Award and was nominated for an Academy Award. His career progressed with starring roles in the thriller Zodiac (2007), the romantic comedy Love & Other Drugs (2010), and the science fiction film Source Code (2011). Further acclaim came with his roles in Denis Villeneuve's thrillers Prisoners (2013) and Enemy (2013), and he received nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performances as a manipulative journalist in Nightcrawler (2014) and a troubled writer in Nocturnal Animals (2016). His highest-grossing release came with the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), in which he portrayed Quentin Beck / Mysterio. Gyllenhaal has also performed on stage, starring in Broadway productions of the musical Sunday in the Park with George as well as the plays Constellations and Sea Wall/A Life, the lattermost of which earned him a Tony Award nomination. Aside from acting, he is vocal about political and social issues. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jake Gyllenhaal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Bill Gates
William Henry Gates III (born October 28, 1955) is an American businessman and philanthropist. A pioneer of the microcomputer revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, he co-founded the software company Microsoft in 1975 with his childhood friend Paul Allen. Following Microsoft's initial public offering in 1986 and the subsequent increase in its stock price, Gates became the world's then-youngest billionaire in 1987, at age 31. Forbes magazine ranked him as the world's wealthiest person for 18 out of 24 years between 1995 and 2017, including 13 years consecutively from 1995 to 2007. Gates became the first centibillionaire in 1999, when his net worth briefly surpassed US$100 billion. According to Forbes, as of February 2026, his net worth stood at US$107.7 billion, making him the 18th-wealthiest individual in the world. Born and raised in Seattle, Washington, Gates was privately educated at Lakeside School, where he befriended Allen and developed his computing interests. In 1973, he enrolled at Harvard University, where he took classes including Math 55 and graduate-level computer science courses, but he dropped out in 1975 to co-found and lead Microsoft. He served as its CEO for the next 25 years and also became president and chairman of the board when the company was incorporated in 1981. Succeeded as CEO by Steve Ballmer in 2000, he transitioned to chief software architect, a position he held until 2008. He stepped down as chairman of the board in 2014 and became technology adviser to CEO Satya Nadella and other Microsoft leaders, a position he still holds. He resigned from the board in 2020. Over time, Gates reduced his role at Microsoft to focus on his philanthropic work with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's largest private charitable organization, which he and his then-wife, Melinda French Gates, co-chaired from 2000 until 2024. Focusing on areas including health, education, and poverty alleviation, Gates became known for his efforts to combat transmissible diseases such as tuberculosis, malaria, and polio. After French Gates resigned as co-chair following the couple's divorce, the foundation was renamed the Gates Foundation, with Gates as its sole chair. Gates is the founder and chairman of several other companies, including BEN, Cascade Investment, TerraPower, Gates Ventures, and Breakthrough Energy. In 2010, he and Warren Buffett founded the Giving Pledge, whereby they and other billionaires pledged to give at least half their wealth to philanthropy. Named as one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century by Time magazine in 1999, he has received numerous other honors and accolades, including a Presidential Medal of Freedom, awarded jointly to him and French Gates in 2016 for their philanthropic work. The subject of several documentary films, he published the first of three planned memoirs, Source Code: My Beginnings, in 2025. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bill Gates, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Maurice Bénichou
Cast · Known for Amélie
Maurice Bénichou (23 January 1943 in Tlemcen, French Algeria – 14 June 2019) was a French actor. His best known roles include three collaborations with director Michael Haneke (Code inconnu, Le Temps du Loup, and Caché), and a part in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Amélie. He has also played in Peter Brook's 1989 film version of The Mahabharata. Source: Article "Maurice Bénichou" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Glenn Hughes
Glenn Michael Hughes (July 18, 1950 – March 4, 2001) was an American singer who was the original "Leatherman" character in the disco group Village People from 1977 to 1996. He graduated in 1968 from Chaminade High School, and then attended Manhattan College, where he was initiated as a member of Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia music fraternity in 1969. He was interested in motorcycles, and was working as a toll collector at the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel when he responded to an advertisement by composer Jacques Morali seeking "macho" singers and dancers. Hughes and other members of the band were given a crash course in the synchronized dance choreography that later typified the group's live performances. Hughes sported an extravagant horseshoe moustache and wore his trademark leather outfit on and off stage and became one of the iconic figures of the disco era. According to Jack Fritscher, Jacques Morali drew his inspiration for the character from the gay BDSM leather bar and sex club the Mineshaft's dress code. Hughes frequented the club. He was a bike fanatic in real life and kept his motorcycle parked inside his house. In 1996, Hughes retired from the group and launched a successful New York cabaret act until he was diagnosed with lung cancer. He had been a heavy smoker since he was a teenager. He was replaced by Eric Anzalone; however, Hughes continued with management of the band. Hughes was named on People Magazine's 1979 list of 'Most Beautiful People' and appeared in the television special The Playboy Mansion with Hugh Hefner. Hughes died on March 4, 2001, at his Manhattan apartment from lung cancer, aged 50. He was subsequently interred wearing his leatherman outfit at Saint Charles Cemetery in Farmingdale, New York. Source: Article "Glenn Hughes (American singer)" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Alan Paul
Alan Paul Wichinsky (born November 23, 1949, Newark, New Jersey) is a Grammy Award-winning singer and composer, best known as one of the founding members of the current incarnation of the vocal group The Manhattan Transfer. Raised in Newark and Hillside, New Jersey Paul graduated from Hillside High School and attended Newark State College (now Kean University) where he earned a BA in Music Education. He received two Honorary Doctorate degrees, one in The Humanities from Kean University and another in Music from Berklee School of Music. He began his professional career on Broadway at the age of 12 in the original cast of Oliver! After college, he returned to Broadway as Teen Angel and Johnny Casino in the original cast of Grease, where he introduced the songs "Beauty School Dropout" and "Born to Hand Jive". In 2004, he released a solo CD called Another Place in Time. He also provided Dino Spumoni's singing voice on the animated television series Hey Arnold! As a writer and arranger for The Manhattan Transfer, he earned four Grammy nominations for his compositions "Twilight Zone/Twilight Tone" and "Code Of Ethics" and for his vocal arrangements for "Ray’s Rockhouse". He received a Grammy nomination for Best Jazz Vocalist, Male. Paul has been married to writer/model Angela Paul for 30 years; they have one daughter, Arielle. Source: Article "Alan Paul" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Tonio Descanvelle
Tonio Descanvelle is a French actor whose exact birthday and birthplace are not publicly confirmed in major sources. He has been active since 1992, making his earliest credit as Alex Lemercier in the TV series Commissaire Moulin, and has since accumulated over 40 film and television credits. He is particularly noted for his frequent collaboration with director Luc Besson, appearing in The Transporter (2002, as Thug 1, with Jason Statham), Transporter 3 (2008, as Crewman #1), Arthur and the Invisibles (2006, also as body capture model), Lucy (2014, as Cop Sergeant, with Scarlett Johansson), and Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017, as DA / Doghan-Dagui, with Danica McKellar and Cara Delevingne). His other notable film credits include Sarzac Policeman #1 in The Crimson Rivers (2000, with Jean Reno), Xaintrailles in The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999, with Milla Jovovich), Caboulet in Captain Conan (1996, with Philippe Torreton), Bank Guard in The Da Vinci Code (2006, with Tom Hanks), Bertrand in The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (2010, with Léa Seydoux), Client Angela 2 in Angel-A (2005, with Jamie Bell), Miller's Assistant in Anna (2019, with Hugh Jackman and Lucy Liu), and Plumber in The Family (2013, with Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer). On television he appeared as Bearded Server in Lupin (2021, Netflix, 1 episode), with earlier credits in Ladies of the Law (2000, 2003), Police Commissioner Moulin (2003, 1 episode), and Groupe Flag (2002).
Claire Nadeau
Claire Nadeau (born 1 June 1945) is a French actress. Source: Article "Claire Nadeau" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Etienne Chicot
Cast · Known for The Da Vinci Code
Étienne Chicot (5 May 1949 – 7 August 2018) was a French actor and composer. Source: Article "Étienne Chicot" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Tayme Thapthimthong
Cast · Known for The Devil's Mouth, The White Lotus, Mutiny
Tayme Thapthimthong is an English-Thai actor. He is best known for his role as Gaitok in the third season of HBO series The White Lotus (2025), which earned his nomination in Actor Awards for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in 2026. (Source: Wikipedia)
Helmuth Schneider
Helmuth Schneider (18 December 1920 – 17 March 1972) was a German actor. Schneider portrayed the role of Uncle Dimitri in The White Horses. He died in a traffic accident in Rio de Janeiro in 1972. Source: Article "Helmuth Schneider" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Reinhard Kolldehoff
Reinhard Kolldehoff (29 April 1914 – 18 November 1995) was a German film actor. He appeared in 140 films between 1941 and 1988. He was born and died in Berlin, Germany. Source: Article "Reinhard Kolldehoff" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Sigfrit Steiner
Sigfrit Steiner (31 October 1906 – 21 March 1988) was a Swiss actor. His first stage performance was in 1928 in Gera. He performed in more than one hundred films. He was married to journalist and author Anne Rose Katz. Source: Article "Sigfrit Steiner" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Eva Maria Meineke
Eva Maria Meineke (8 October 1923 - 7 May 2018) was a German actress. She appeared in more than one hundred films from 1942 to 2008, including Yesterday Girl and Something for Everyone. Source: Article "Eva Maria Meineke" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Udo Samel
Cast · Known for Babylon Berlin
Udo Samel (born 25 June 1953) is a German actor. He has appeared in more than 80 films and television shows since 1977. He starred in the 1994 film Back to Square One, which was entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival. Source: Article "Udo Samel" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Maxim Mehmet
Maxim Mehmet (born 2 July 1975) is a German film actor. He inherited his Turkish surname from his Crimean Tatar grandfather. He lived with his spouse in Berlin before he moved to Vienna. Source: Article "Maxim Mehmet" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Maximilian Simonischek
Maximilian Simonischek (born October 19, 1982 in Berlin) is an Austrian–Swiss actor. He is the son of the actors Peter Simonischek and Charlotte Schwab. Source: Article "Max Simonischek" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Stefan Kurt
Stefan Kurt (born 22 October 1959 in Bern) is a Swiss actor. He attended the University of the Arts Bern before pursuing a professional acting career. He performed on stage as well as in more than fifty films since 1993. Source: Article "Stefan Kurt" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Kaitlan Collins
Kaitlan Collins (born April 7, 1992) is an American journalist who currently serves as anchor of The Source on CNN.[3][4] She is the former co-anchor of CNN This Morning and also served as the network's White House Correspondent until 2022. Previously, she was the White House correspondent for the website The Daily Caller.
Naveen Paddock
Naveen Paddock is an American actor best known for his role as Jace Cole in the Disney+ series The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers. He initially developed an interest in performance at a young age after being inspired by his brother's acting classes. (Source mystarlist.com)
Leah Bateman
Leah Bateman grew up in the middle of a large family. She is the older sister of actors Talitha and Gabriel Bateman. The experience of living in an environment of diverse and colorful personalities has been a strong source that she draws from in her creative endeavors. In addition to acting, writing and directing, she is a singer and song writer. She is dedicated to expressing art in many ways and passionate about authenticity and mental health.