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| Hayao Miyazaki | May 6, 2006 | Hayao Miyazaki is a director of animation films and a co-founder of the animation studio, Studio Ghibli. Miyazaki is the creator of many popular animation feature films, as well as manga. Although largely unknown in the West outside of animation circles until Miramax released his film Princess Mononoke in 1999, his films have enjoyed commercial and critical success in Japan and East Asia. Miyazaki's Spirited Away is the highest-grossing film of all time in Japan; Princess Mononoke held the sa... | View pics |
| Jackie Chan | May 6, 2006 | Following the death of martial arts legend Bruce Lee, the search was on for an actor who could inspire audiences to the same degree; every young martial artist was given a chance. Chan decided that rather than emulating Lee (and thus living forever in his shadow), he would develop his own style of filmmaking. His directorial debut Shi di chu ma (1980) was a milestone in martial arts films, being one of the first to effectively combine comedy with action. This set the tone for many of his future ... | View pics |
| Jensen Ackles | Oct 10, 2006 | After modeling off and on as a young child, Ackles began to concentrate on an acting career in 1996. He appeared in several guest roles on Mr. Rhodes, Sweet Valley High, and Cybill before joining the cast of the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives as Eric Brady in 1997. He won a 1998 Soap Opera Digest Award for Best Male Newcomer and went on to be nominated three times (in 1998, 1999, and 2000) for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series for his work on Days of Our Live... | View pics |
| Cam Gigandet | Feb 14, 2008 | Cam Joslin Gigandet (born August 16, 1982 in Tacoma, Washington) is an American actor best known for portraying surfer Kevin Volchok in FOX TV series The O.C. Cam has also starred in the in other series like The Young and the Restless, Jack & Bobby, and has guest starred on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. In his spare time Gigandet enjoys movies, basketball, football, surfing, skiing, and is trained in Krav Maga. Cam's next project is "Who's your Caddy?" due summer '07. | View pics |
| Jason Statham | May 6, 2006 | Jason Statham is known for his roles in the Guy Ritchie crime films Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch. Statham also appeared in supporting roles in several American films, such as The One and The Italian Job, as well as playing the lead role in The Transporter, Transporter 2 and Crank. He was a member of Britain's National Diving Squad for ten years, although he never competed in the Olympic Games. Statham is currently working on The Brazilian Job, a sequel to The Italian Job. | View pics |
| Elijah Wood | May 6, 2006 | Elijah Jordan Wood (born January 28, 1981) is an American actor and music executive. A professional actor since the age of nine, Wood is best known for the role of Frodo Baggins in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy. He took to the stage in his elementary school's staging of the play The Sound of Music. The following year, he graduated to the title character in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Wood also served as choir boy during the production of See How They Run, produced by the Marion Creative Cou... | View pics |
| Hugh Jackman | May 6, 2006 | Hugh Jackman was born in Sydney, Australia, the youngest of five children. Both a stage and film actor, Jackman is best known for playing Wolverine in X-Men and its sequels, and his Tony Award-winning performance in The Boy from Oz. His other works within the United States include Swordfish (2001), Van Helsing (2004) and Kate & Leopold (2001), for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. In 2005 he won an Emmy for hosting the Tony aw... | View pics |
| Johnny Depp | May 6, 2006 | Johnny Depp is an Academy Award-nominated American actor, known for his affinity for strange character roles. At the age of 15 he dropped out of school to become a rock musician. Depp got into acting after a visit to Los Angeles, California, with his former wife, Lori Anne Allison, who introduced him to actor Nicholas Cage. After making his film debut in 1984's A Nightmare on Elm Street, Depp came to fame on the television series 21 Jump Street, before establishing a career in Hollywood films... | View pics |
| Christian Bale | May 6, 2006 | Christian Charles Philip Bale (also known professionally as Christian Morgan Bale) is a Welsh-born British actor. He is best known for his roles in American Psycho (2000), Empire of the Sun (1987), and Batman Begins (2005). Bale is also known for his versatility as an actor, including mimicking accents, harsh regimens of shedding and gaining weight (particularly for The Machinist (2004), Batman Begins, and, most recently, Rescue Dawn (2006)), and general... | View pics |
| Daniel Radcliffe | May 6, 2006 | Daniel Jacob Radcliffe is an English actor, best known for playing schoolboy wizard Harry Potter in each of the first five films based on the best-selling book series, written by J. K. Rowling. Radcliffe has also made several television and stage appearances. | View pics |
| Oliver Phelps | Dec 16, 2006 | Oliver Martyn John Phelps and James Andrew Eric Phelps are twin English actors. They were born in Sutton Coldfield. They are best known for playing Fred and George Weasley in the Harry Potter series of films. James and Oliver Phelps as Fred and George Weasley in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.The Phelps were raised in Sutton Coldfield, where they attended the Arthur Terry School. They left in 2004 having taken A-level exams. Phelps brothers play Fred and George Weasley in the Harry P... | View pics |
| Keanu Reeves | May 6, 2006 | Keanu Charles Reeves is a Canadian actor. He is perhaps best known for his role as Neo in the action film trilogy The Matrix and for roles in Speed and comedies such as Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure. He also played bass in a grunge band, Dogstar, during the 1990s. | View pics |
| Devon Sawa | May 6, 2006 | Devon Edward Sawa is a Canadian actor. Sawa was born to a Polish father and a Canadian mother in Vancouver, British Columbia. He was a very successful teen star during the 1990s. His most famous film credits have been Casper, Idle Hands, and the 2000 thriller, Final Destination. Sawa was featured on the covers of many teen magazines such as Tiger Beat and others during the height of his fame. In 2000, he portrayed the role of Stan, the obsessed Eminem fan in the music video Stan alongside Did... | View pics |
| Austin Peck | Mar 30, 2007 |
Jeffrey Austin Peck (born April 9, 1971 in Hawaii) is an American actor. Peck is best known for his role as Austin Reed on the daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives from April 13, 1995 to April 5, 2002, and from September 20, 2005 to October 26, 2006. Peck was a recast to the role, and succeeded a popular actor, Patrick Muldoon. Peck became a fan favorite, reportedly getting the most fan mail from anyone in the "Days" cast. He appeared on the cover of "Playgirl" and "YM" cov... |
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| Vin Diesel | May 6, 2006 | Vin Diesel (born Mark Sinclair Vincent) is an American actor, writer, director, and producer. Diesel produced, directed, and starred in the 1994 short film Multi-Facial, a short semi-autobiographical film which follows the auditions of a struggling actor stuck in the audition process. Diesel was cast in 1998's Saving Private Ryan on the poignancy of his performance in Multi-Facial, and followed it up with major roles in Pitch Black and Boiler Room (2000). He also rece... | View pics |
| Adam Sandler | May 6, 2006 | Adam Richard Sandler is an American actor, comedian, producer, and musician (he sings, and plays the guitar). After becoming a successful stand-up comedian and Saturday Night Live cast member, he went on to become a major Hollywood actor and has starred in seven $100 million films. While he is best known for his comedic roles, he has also had success in serious roles in the films Punch-Drunk Love (2002) and Spanglish (2004). | View pics |
| Channing Tatum | May 6, 2006 | Channing Tatum (born Channing Bryan Isaac Tatum Anderson) is an American actor and former male fashion model. After beginning his career as a male fashion model, he has branched out into acting roles, appearing in the films Coach Carter (2005), Supercross: The Movie (2005), She's the Man, then Step Up, and A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, all of which were released in 2006. | View pics |
| Edward Norton | May 6, 2006 | Edward H. Norton is an Oscar-nominated American actor and film director. Norton began his acting career in Off-Broadway theater. Moving into film, he was launched into the spotlight by 1996's Primal Fear, for which he won a Golden Globe and a nomination for the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. He earned numerous nominations, including an Academy Award for Best Actor nomination, for his role in 1998's American History X, the 1998 card playing hit Rounders, and he also starre... | View pics |
| Rupert Grint | May 6, 2006 |
Grint was born in Watton-at-Stone, Hertfordshire, the eldest of five siblings. His father, Nigel Grint, is a memorabilia dealer and ex-racecar driver, and his mother, Jo (Parsons), is a homemaker. He has one brother, James (born in 1990), and three sisters: Georgina (born in 1993), Samantha (born in 1996) and Charlotte (born in 1999). Before being cast in Harry Potter, he had only appeared in plays for school and his local theatre group, Top Hat Stage School. As a young ch... |
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| Wentworth Miller | Oct 29, 2006 |
Born in the United Kingdom, raised in Brooklyn, New York, and a graduate of Princeton University, Wentworth Miller is a compelling and critically acclaimed young actor whose credits span both television and feature film.
After graduating from college with a degree in English Literature, Miller headed to Los Angeles in the spring of 1995 to work in the development department of a small production company specializing in movies made for television. However, it wasn't long before his d... |
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| Takashi Shimura | May 6, 2006 | Japanese character actor, one of the finest film actors of the Twentieth Century and a leading member of the "stock company" of master director Akira Kurosawa. A native of southern Japan, Shimura was a descendant of the warrior samurai class. Following university training, he founded a theatre company, Shichigatsu-za ("July Theatre"). In 1930, he joined a professional company, Kindai-za ("Modern Theatre). Four years later he signed with the Kinema Shinko film studio. He found a niche playing sam... | View pics |
| Neal McDonough | Sep 18, 2006 | Neal McDonough was trained at the London Academy of Dramatic Arts and Sciences. His theatre credits include 'Cheap Talk', 'Foreigner', 'As You Like It', 'Rivals', 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', 'Bald Soprano', and 'Waiting for Lefty'. The young actor won a 1991 Best Actor Dramalogue Award for 'Away Alone'. McDonough has been a 'Star Trek' fan since he was a kid. Playing Lieutenant Hawk in 'Star Trek First Contact' was a life-long dream. McDonough has three pictures on his bedroom wall. One is a pi... | View pics |
| Taylor Lautner | May 6, 2006 | Taylor Daniel Lautner is an American actor and martial artist. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the 2005 films The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D and Cheaper by the Dozen 2. Lautner has been involved in martial arts since the age of six. He was trained by martial artist Mike Chat and was a member of the XMA Performance Team, competing professionally[1] and achieving three Junior World Championships by the age of thirteen. Currently, he no longer competes professionally, citi... | View pics |
| Terrence Howard | May 6, 2006 |
His big film break came in his role in 1995's Mr. Holland's Opus. He has continued landing television and movie roles and co-starred as "Greg Sparks" in the late-1990s television series Sparks with James L. Avery, Sr. and Miguel A. Nunez Jr. Howard also appeared in Ashanti's music video for her 2002 single "Foolish" and in Mary J. Blige's video for "Be Without You". oward has a longstanding reputation in the African-American community as a solid acting talent who often portrays provoc... |
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| Bruce Lee | May 6, 2006 | Bruce Jun Fan Lee (November 27, 1940, San Francisco - July 20, 1973 Hong Kong) was an American-born Chinese martial artist, instructor, actor and founder of the Jeet Kune Do martial arts system. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential and famous martial artists of all time. He is also widely known as the greatest icon of martial arts cinema and a key figure of modern popular culture. In the martial arts folklore, he is considered by many to be the greatest martial artist of all time... | View pics |
| James Franco | May 6, 2006 |
Although he'd been working steadily, it wasn't until the TNT made-for-television movie, James Dean (2001) (TV) that James rose to fan-magazine fame and got to show off his talent. Since then he has been working non-stop. After losing the lead role to Tobey Maguire, James settled for the part of Harry Osborne, Spider-Man's best friend in the summer 2002 major hit Spider-Man (2002). Next was Deuces Wild (2002) and City by the Sea (2002), in which Robert De Niro personally had him cast, ... |
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| Zac Efron | May 21, 2006 | Zachary David Alexander Efron is an American actor most likely known for his appearance in the Disney Channel Original Movie High School Musical and Summerland. He will also be starring in the film version of the Broadway musical Hairspray. | View pics |
| Christopher Walken | May 6, 2006 | Christopher Walken is an Academy Award-winning American film and theatre actor. Walken initially trained as a dancer in musical theatre before moving on to more serious roles in theatre and then film. He has a considerable body of work in theatre, with over 100 plays to his credit. Walken has also appeared in over 100 movies and television shows since 1953, including The Deer Hunter, The Dead Zone, A View to a Kill, At Close Range, King of New York, Batman Returns, True Romance, Pulp Fiction,... | View pics |
| Robert De Niro | May 6, 2006 | Robert De Niro Jr.is a two-time Academy Award-winning, iconic American film actor, director, producer and founder of the Tribeca Film Festival. He is critically acclaimed as one of the finest motion picture actors and among the most famous actors of all time having starred in many movies. He is particularly noted for his portrayal of mobsters in the gangster underworld, and conflicted, troubled characters, and for his enduring collaboration with director Martin Scorsese, and early work with dire... | View pics |
| Glenn Howerton | Nov 30, 2006 |
Glenn Franklin Howerton III (b. April 13, 1976 in Japan) is an American actor of television and film. His major roles have been as Dennis Reynolds on FX's It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia and as Corey Howard on the short-lived 2002 sitcom That 80s Show.| View pics |
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| Robert Pattinson | Aug 9, 2007 |
Robert Pattinson was born on May 13, 1986 in London, England. He enjoys music and is an excellent musician, playing the guitar and keyboard. When Robert was 15, he started acting in amateur plays with the Barnes Theatre Company. After, he took screen role like Ring of the Nibelungs (2004) (TV)(Kingdom of Twilight) as Giselher and Vanity Fair (2004) as Rawdy Crawley. In 2003, Robert took on the role of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) as Cedric Diggory and was the ... |
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| Patrick Stump | May 16, 2007 | Stump first joined Fall Out Boy as a drummer, but his singing talent was soon discovered even though he had no prior experience as a vocalist. Originally, Stump was only the band's vocalist, but after the departure of two members, he also began playing guitar for the band.In Fall Out Boy, Stump writes the majority of the music for the band, while bassist Pete Wentz writes the majority of the lyrics. | View pics |
| Caleb Ross | Oct 11, 2008 | Not available | View pics |
| Paul Bettany | May 6, 2006 | Paul Bettany was born into a theatre family. His father, Thane, is still an actor. His mother has retired from acting. He has an older sister who is a mother and a writer and he has a niece. His maternal grandmother, Olga Gwynne (her maiden and stage name), was a successful actress, while his maternal grandfather was a musician and promoter. He was brought up in North West London and after the age of 9 in Hertfordshire (Brookmans Park). Immediately after finishing at Drama Centre he went into th... | View pics |
| Henry Ian Cusick | Nov 4, 2006 | Not available | View pics |
| Alexander Skarsgård | Jul 8, 2007 | Not comfortable with being a celebrity at such an early age, Alexander decided to quit acting. During almost eight years he turned down every offer he got. Instead he studied Political Science, did his Military service in the Marines and intended to study at an school of architecture in Stockholm. But in 1997 his longing for acting grew to strong and he enrolled at Marymount Theatre School in New York City. The interest for Alexander Skarsgård outside of Scandinavia has grown rapidly over the la... | View pics |
| James Callis | Sep 29, 2006 | Callis grew up in London where he attended Harrow School in North West London. Callis is Jewish. In 1990, he went on to study for a BA in English and Related Literature at the University of York, where he was a member of Derwent College. At university he was a keen student actor, director, and writer, sometimes also appearing in productions put on by friends at Cambridge University, including a production of Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party. He graduated from York with a 2.2 in 1993. <... | View pics |
| Josh Holloway | Feb 8, 2007 | Josh Lee Holloway was born on July 20, 1969 in Northern California but moved after only two years to the Blue Ridge Mountains of Georgia (Freehome, GA), where he was raised the second-eldest of four boys. He graduated from Cherokee High School in Canton, GA. From an early age he discovered a passion and love for films. After one year at the University of Georgia, he embarked on a successful modeling career which took him all over Europe and North America. Holloway's pursuit of acting brought ... | View pics |
| Richard Armitage | Feb 3, 2007 | At the young age of 17 Richard Armitage got his start in the entertainment industry by joining a circus in Budapest, where he performed for a few months. Upon his return to the UK he attended The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) in London. He has acted on stage, TV and film- specifically several different mini series projects for the BBC. | View pics |
| Ryan Kwanten | Oct 11, 2006 |
Ryan Kwanten (born 28 November 1976) is an Australian actor. Kwanten was born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He began acting on the television shows A Country Practice and Spellbinder. In 1997, he joined the cast of the Australian soap opera Home and Away, playing lifeguard Vinnie Patterson. Kwanten starred on the show for several years, becoming a sex symbol. He eventually chose to leave the series in 2002, shortly after his character had married and become a father. Movin... |
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| Garrett Hedlund | May 6, 2006 | Born in Roseau, Minnesota, Garrett spent his early years growing up on a farm in a small town. When he was in the ninth grade his family moved to Scottsdale, Arizona, where he began taking private acting lessons. After graduating high school, he immediately moved to Los Angeles to pursue and acting career. Hedlund modeled for L.L. Bean and Teen Magazine before acting. One month later, he'd landed the role of Achilles' cousin Patroclus in the major motion picture Troy (2004) opposite Brad ... | View pics |
| Stuart Townsend | May 6, 2006 | Stuart Townsend was born in Howth, County Dublin in 1972. Although his father, Peter Townsend was a professional golfer, Stuart was determined to be an actor and began his career by appearing in a number of student films, while attending the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin. He supported himself by boxing until his first feature film debut in Trojan Eddie (1996). Although his part was small, Townsend attracted a London agent and began appearing in numerous stage and film productions... | View pics |
| Michael C. Hall | May 6, 2006 | Michael C. Hall is a North Carolina native and graduate of NYU's Master of Fine Arts program in acting. His most recent performance was on Broadway as the emcee in "Cabaret." Hall has previously starred in nearly a dozen major off-Broadway plays, including "Macbeth" for the New York Shakespeare Festival, "Cymbeline" for the New York Shakespeare Festival at Central Park's Decone Theater, "Timon of Athens" and "Henry V at the Public", "The English Teachers" for Manhattan Class Company, "Corpus Chr... | View pics |
| Michael Weatherly | Jan 15, 2007 | It took guts for Michael Weatherly to drop out of college and pursue acting- but thats just what he did. He has found success not only in film but also in several different TV shows. Currently he is a main character on the popular TV series "NCIS". | View pics |
| Jonathan Taylor Thomas | May 6, 2006 | As a child, Thomas played Randy Taylor on the popular television show Home Improvement. He went on to voice Young Simba in Disney's The Lion King and Pinocchio in The Adventures of Pinocchio. He remained with Home Improvement well into his teenage years, being written out of the show in 1998. He served as guest timekeeper at WrestleMania XI in 1995. As Thomas got older, he earned a reputation as a teen heartthrob and was a leading cover boy on teen magazines. In 1998, he starred in the Christ... | View pics |
| Luke Goss | May 6, 2006 | As part of the pop duo Bros, Luke received the Brit award for best newcomer.He also played New York's Madison square Gardens, filled Wembley Arena 10 times and sold out Wembley Stadium to a capacity audience of 68,000 people. He has completed 2 world tours, released 13 hit singles, 3 albums and the video of the album 'The Big Push' sold 250,000 copies which was a record at the time. After 5 successful years in the music industry Luke wrote his first book 'I Owe You Nothing ',which spent several ... | View pics |
| Trent Ford | May 6, 2006 | Grew up in London, England. Is half American, half English. He currently lives in Los Angeles. He spent the majority of his adolesent life growing up in England. His mother was from Birmingham, England and His father was a test pilot for the U.S. Navy, his parents met in Kuwait, his mother was a stewardess. Moved to the UK at the age of 10 with his mother Graduated from Cambridge University with a degree in English. Everytime Trent goes to a new place he buys a bead and adds... | View pics |
| Tom Hanks | May 6, 2006 | Thomas "Tom" Jeffrey Hanks is a two-time Academy Award-winning American actor, voice-over artist and movie producer who starred in family-friendly and screwball comedies before achieving notable success as a dramatic actor. As of September 24, 2006, Hanks is the highest-grossing "lead" actor of all time, with a combined gross of over $3.3 billion and an worldwide gross of nearly $6 billion. He is also co-owner of Playtone, a film production company. He met his second wife, actress Rita Wilson on... | View pics |
| Ice Cube | May 6, 2006 | Real name is O'Shea Jackson, Ice Cube is one of the pioneers in gangsta rap, and after beginning his music career with rap group N.W.A (Niggaz With Attitude), he went solo in music which increased his popularity. Ice Cube's first movie was 'Boyz in da Hood" a runaway success directed by then upcoming director John Singleton, who also collaborated with Cube in 1995's Higher Learning. Ice Cube's many popular movies include Friday, Next Friday, Friday After Next, Barbershop, Barbershop 2, Are ... | View pics |
| Leighton Meester | Jul 11, 2007 | Not available | View pics |
