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Don Ameche
Film Actor, Television Actor / 1908 - 1993
Don Ameche was an actor know mostly for films in the 1930s and 1940s, radio and TV in the 1950s-1970s, and later the film Trading Places.
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(1908-1993)
Film Actor, Television Actor
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Alan Arkin
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Director, Musician, Author / 1934 -
Actor and director Alan Arkin is a three-time Academy Award nominee, whose notable films include Catch-22 and Wait Until Dark.
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(1934-)
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Director, Musician, Author
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Christian Bale
Film Actor / 1974 -
Christian Bale is an award winning actor who as a child starred in Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun, and is also know for his roles in Batman movies.
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(1974-)
Film Actor
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Javier Bardem
Film Actor / 1969 -
Javier Bardem is a Spanish actor, and the first Spaniard to be nominated for an Oscar. He played lead roles in Vicky Cristina Barcelona and Eat, Pray, Love.
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(1969-)
Film Actor
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Walter Brennan
Film Actor, Television Actor / 1894 - 1974
Walter Brennan was an actor best known for his portrayals of western sidekicks and lovable or irascible old codgers.
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(1894-1974)
Film Actor, Television Actor
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Jim Broadbent
Actor / 1949 -
Jim Broadbent is an Academy Award-winning British actor known for his work with Mike Leigh, Woody Allen and Terry Gilliam. His film credits include Topsy-Turvy, Iris and Moulin Rouge!.
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(1949-)
Actor
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George Burns
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor, Comedian, Radio Personality, Television Personality / 1896 - 1996
George Burns was a comedian who worked in vaudeville, radio, film and television. His long-time performance partner and wife was comedienne Gracie Allen. Burns lived until age 100.
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(1896-1996)
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor, Comedian, Radio Personality, Television Personality
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Red Buttons
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Comedian, Television Personality / 1919 - 2006
Actor Red Buttons got his name from the flame-colored hair and uniform as a bellhop. He is best known as a comedian but he had a prolific film career as well.
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(1919-2006)
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Comedian, Television Personality
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Michael Caine
Film Actor / 1933 -
Michael Caine is a beloved Oscar-winning actor known for his roles in films like Alfie, Hannah and Her Sisters and The Cider House Rules.
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(1933-)
Film Actor
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George Clooney
Activist, Film Actor, Television Actor / 1961 -
People's sexiest man alive George Clooney is an Oscar-winning actor best known for playing Dr. Doug Ross on TV's ER and Danny Ocean in the Ocean's Eleven films.
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(1961-)
Activist, Film Actor, Television Actor
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James Coburn
Actor / 1928 - 2002
James Coburn was a prolific Oscar-winning film and TV actor known for projects like Our Man Flint and Affliction.
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(1928-2002)
Actor
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Sean Connery
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor, Producer / 1930 -
Oscar-winning Scottish actor Sean Connery played "007" in the first James Bond spy movies. He also played the Indiane Jones's father in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
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(1930-)
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor, Producer
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Chris Cooper
Film Actor / 1951 -
Actor Chris Cooper has made several notable performances in films
including Adaptation, his role in which earned him an Academy Award for
Best Supporting Actor.
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(1951-)
Film Actor
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Robert De Niro
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Director / 1943 -
Legendary award-winning actor Robert De Niro has starred in such films as Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The Godfather: Part II and Silver Linings Playbook.
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(1943-)
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Director
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Benicio Del Toro
Film Actor / 1967 -
Benicio Del Toro is an American actor known for his roles in The Usual Suspects and the Academy Award winning part in Traffic.
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(1967-)
Film Actor
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Morgan Freeman
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor, Producer / 1937 -
Respected actor Morgan Freeman has appeared in such films as Driving Miss Daisy, The Shawshank Redemption, Million Dollar Baby, Unforgiven and Batman Begins.
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(1937-)
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor, Producer
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John Gielgud
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Director, Producer / 1904 - 2000
John Gielgud was a prolific Shakespearean actor known for his varied film and TV work as well, including Arthur and Prospero’s Books.
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(1904-2000)
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Director, Producer
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Cuba Gooding Jr.
Actor / 1968 -
Cuba Gooding Jr. is an African-American actor who is best known for his Oscar-winning role in Cameron Crowe's film Jerry Maguire.
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(1968-)
Actor
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Louis Gossett, Jr.
Film Actor, Television Actor / 1936 -
Louis Gossett Jr. is an actor best known for his Oscar-winning performance in 1983's An Officer and a Gentleman.
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(1936-)
Film Actor, Television Actor
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Gene Hackman
Actor / 1930 -
Gene Hackman is an Academy Award-winning actor known for his range and versatility in several flims.
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(1930-)
Actor
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John Houseman
Film Actor, Producer, Television Producer / 1902 - 1988
John Houseman was a Romanian-American stage, film, radio, and television producer who is perhaps best known for his later career as a character actor.
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(1902-1988)
Film Actor, Producer, Television Producer
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Walter Huston
Film Actor, Theater Actor / 1884 - 1950
Walter Huston was a character actor whose career in theater and films ranged from musical comedy to high drama.
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(1884-1950)
Film Actor, Theater Actor
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Timothy Hutton
Film Actor, Television Actor / 1960 -
Actor Timothy Hutton won the Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance in Ordinary People. His notable films include Beautiful Girls and Playing God.
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(1960-)
Film Actor, Television Actor
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Burl Ives
Film Actor, Singer / 1909 - 1995
Actor and singer Burl Ives recorded more than 100 albums during his lifetime. His hits include “Frosty the Snowman” and “The Blue Tail Fly.”
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(1909-1995)
Film Actor, Singer
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Tommy Lee Jones
Film Actor, Television Actor, Director / 1946 -
Tommy Lee Jones is an American actor known for his roles in Men in Black, The Fugitive, No Country for Old Men and Lincoln (2012).
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(1946-)
Film Actor, Television Actor, Director
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Martin Landau
Film Actor, Television Actor / 1928 -
Actor Martin Landau has appeared in a number of successful films but is best known for his role on television series Mission: Impossible.
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(1928-)
Film Actor, Television Actor
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Heath Ledger
Film Actor / 1979 - 2008
Heath Ledger was an Academy Award-winning, Australian actor best known for his roles in Brokeback Mountain and The Dark Knight. He died of an accidental prescription drug overdose in 2008.
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(1979-2008)
Film Actor
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Jack Lemmon
Film Actor / 1925 - 2001
The winner of two Oscars, Jack Lemmon was one of Hollywood’s finest actors, known for his roles in films like Some Like it Hot and The Odd Couple.
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(1925-2001)
Film Actor
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Karl Malden
Film Actor, Television Actor / 1912 - 2009
Karl Malden has established a venerable career as a character actor, appearing in close to seventy films in his fifty years in Hollywood.
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(1912-2009)
Film Actor, Television Actor
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Walter Matthau
Film Actor / 1920 - 2000
Walter Matthau was an actor known for his gruff on-screen demeanor in such films as The Odd Couple and Grumpy Old Men.
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(1920-2000)
Film Actor
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John Mills
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Producer / 1908 - 2005
John Mills was an award-winning actor, dancer and producer whose career spanned eight decades with works like Great Expectations and Ryan’s Daughter.
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(1908-2005)
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Producer
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Haing S. Ngor
Film Actor, Doctor, Journalist / 1940 - 1996
Actor Haing S. Ngor endured persecution and numberous atrocities under the Khmer Rouge before moving to the U.S. and starring in The Killing Fields.
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(1940-1996)
Film Actor, Doctor, Journalist
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Jack Nicholson
Film Actor / 1937 -
Jack Nicholson is one of the most prominent American motion-picture actors of his generation, noted for his versatile portrayals of unconventional outsiders
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(1937-)
Film Actor
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Jack Palance
Actor / 1919 - 2006
Jack Palance was an American actor best known for playing villainous roles in the 1960s and for his award-winning appearance in the film City Slickers.
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(1919-2006)
Actor
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Joe Pesci
Film Actor / 1943 -
Character actor Joe Pesci appeared alongside Robert De Niro in the film Raging Bull. This was the beginning of a long line of supporting roles for Pesci.
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(1943-)
Film Actor
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Christopher Plummer
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor / 1929 -
Regarded as one of the most brilliant Canadian actors of his generation, Christopher Plummer played Captain Von Trapp in the 1965 movie The Sound of Music.
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(1929-)
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor
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Anthony Quinn
Film Actor, Television Actor, Painter, Sculptor / 1915 - 2001
Anthony Quinn was an Oscar-winning Mexican-American actor known for his roles in Viva Zapata!, Lust for Life and Zorba the Greek.
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(1915-2001)
Film Actor, Television Actor, Painter, Sculptor
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Jason Robards
Film Actor, Theater Actor / 1922 - 2000
Jason Robards Jr. was an intense stage and film actor, and a frequent interpreter of Eugene O'Neill's work. He starred in the 1960 television production The Iceman Cometh, and later starred in films like Philadelphia and Magnolia.
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(1922-2000)
Film Actor, Theater Actor
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Tim Robbins
Film Actor / 1958 -
Tim Robbins is an Academy Award-winning actor as well as an accomplished film director, writer and activist. He had a 23-year relationship with actress Susan Sarandon.
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(1958-)
Film Actor
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Frank Sinatra
Film Actor, Singer / 1915 - 1998
Frank Sinatra was one of the most popular entertainers of the 20th century, forging a career as an award-winning singer and film actor.
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(1915-1998)
Film Actor, Singer
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Kevin Spacey
Film Actor, Theater Actor / 1959 -
Kevin Spacey was catapulted into international stardom in the '90s with roles in The Usual Suspects (1995) and Se7en (1995).
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(1959-)
Film Actor, Theater Actor
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Peter Ustinov
Academic, Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor, Director, Radio Personality, Television Personality, Journalist, Playwright / 1921 - 2004
Peter Ustinov was an English actor, writer and director who is known for his Oscar-winning performances in Spartacus (1960) and Topkapi (1964).
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(1921-2004)
Academic, Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor, Director, Radio Personality, Television Personality, Journalist, Playwright
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Christopher Walken
Actor / 1943 -
Film Actor Christopher Walken often plays the bad guy, but he has also proved himself in comic roles and has been a repeat guest on Saturday Night Live.
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(1943-)
Actor
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Christoph Waltz
Actor / 1956 -
After working in Europe for decades, actor Christoph Waltz caught the attention of American audiences with his role in Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds.
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(1956-)
Actor
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Denzel Washington
Film Actor / 1954 -
Former star of the hit TV drama St. Elsewhere, actor/director Denzel Washington has earned popular and critical acclaim for his roles in several feature films, including Training Day and American Gangster.
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(1954-)
Film Actor
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Robin Williams
Actor, Comedian / 1951 -
Actor and comedian Robin Williams is known for his fast-paced, improvisational performance style, and for his performances in films like Good Will Hunting and Dead Poets Society.
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(1951-)
Actor, Comedian