LL Cool J
James Todd Smith, better known as LL Cool J (acronym for Ladies Love Cool James), is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He is one of the earliest rappers to achieve commercial success, alongside fellow new school hip hop acts Beastie Boys and Run-DMC.Signed to Def Jam Recordings in 1984, his breakthrough came with his single "I Need a Beat" and his landmark debut album, Radio (1985). He achieved further commercial and critical success with the albums Bigger and Deffer (1987), Walking with a Panther (1989), Mama Said Knock You Out (1990), Mr. Smith (1995), and Phenomenon (1997). His twelfth album, Exit 13 (2008), was his last in his long-tenured deal with Def Jam.A two-time Grammy Award winner, LL Cool J is known for hip hop songs such as "Going Back to Cali", "I'm Bad", "The Boomin' System", "Rock the Bells", and "Mama Said Knock You Out", as well as R&B hits such as "Doin' It", "I Need Love", "Around the Way Girl" and "Hey Lover". In 2010, VH1 placed him on their "100 Greatest Artists Of All Time" list. In 2017, LL Cool J became the first rapper to receive the Kennedy Center Honors. In 2021, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with an award for Musical Excellence.While he first appeared as a rapper in the movie Krush Groove (performing "I Can't Live Without My Radio"), his first acting part was a small role in a high school football movie called Wildcats. He continued to work in movies from then until 1995 when he landed his own television sitcom, In the House (1995-2000).He has appeared in numerous films, including Last Holiday, Edison, Mindhunters, S.W.A.T., Deliver Us from Eva, Rollerball, Charlie's Angels, In Too Deep, Any Given Sunday, Deep Blue Sea, Halloween H20, B.A.P.S., Toys, and The Hard Way.In 2005, he returned to television in a guest starring role on the FOX medical drama House. He also guest starred on 30 Rock in 2007, and on Sesame Street 's 39th season where he introduced the word of the day, "Unanimous” and performed "The Addition Expedition" in episode 4172 (Sept. 30, 2008).As of 2011, he stars as Special Agent Sam Hanna on CBS's police procedural NCIS: L.A., a spin-off of NCIS. He was also the host of MTV's Lip Sync Battle.
Emily Osment
Emily Jordan Osment (born March 10, 1992) is an American actress, singer-songwriter and voice actress born in Los Angeles, California. After working in several television films in her childhood, Osment gained fame for co-starring as Gerti Giggles in Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams and Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over. Osment went on to co-star in the Emmy Award-nominated Disney Channel sitcom Hannah Montana as Lilly Truscott as well as the series movie, Hannah Montana: The Movie. She also starred as Cassie in R. L. Stine's: The Haunting Hour Volume One: Don't Think About It and most recently the Disney Channel Original Movie, Dadnapped as Melissa Morris.Osment expanded her repertoire into pop music and more recently alternative/indie rock where she has recorded teen pop hits like "I Don't Think About It," "If I Didn't Have You" alongside her Hannah Montana co-star Mitchel Musso, and most recently "Once Upon a Dream."Osment's debut album, Fight or Flight was released on October 5, 2010 via Wind-up Records, and it features lead single "Let's Be Friends" which was released July 7, 2010.Description above from the Wikipedia article Emily Osment, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Stanley Tucci
Stanley Tucci, Jr. (Peekskill, 11 de novembro de 1960), é um ator, diretor, produtor e roteirista norte-americano. Indicado para diversos prêmios, incluindo um Oscar de Melhor Ator Coadjuvante por sua performance em "Um Olhar do Paraíso", de 2009, Tucci também é conhecido pelas suas participações nos filmes "O Diabo Veste Prada" e "O Terminal". Em 2011, Tucci ficou noivo de Felicity Blunt, uma agente literária inglesa. Ela é a irmã mais velha da atriz Emily Blunt, que co-estrelou com Tucci em O Diabo Veste Prada e apresentou o casal vários anos depois em seu próprio casamento.
Jessica Chastain
Jessica Michelle Chastain (Sacramento, 24 de março de 1977) é uma atriz, profissional de dublagem e produtora norte-americana. Chastain nasceu e cresceu no norte da Califórnia, desenvolvendo desde cedo um interesse pela atuação. Ela estreou profissionalmente no teatro em 1998 como Julieta em uma produção de Romeu e Julieta. Estudou atuação na Escola Juilliard e depois disso assinou um contrato com o produtor televisivo John Wells. Chastain fez aparições coadjuvantes em diversas séries de televisão, incluindo ER e Law & Order.
Jennifer Garner
Jennifer Anne Garner (born April 17, 1972) is an American actress. Born in Houston, Texas, and raised in Charleston, West Virginia, Garner studied theater at Denison University and began acting as an understudy for the Roundabout Theatre Company in New York City. She made her screen debut in the television adaptation of Danielle Steel's romance novel Zoya in 1995. She had guest television appearances and supporting film roles, as well as a featured role on the teen drama television series Time of Your Life (1999–2000) and a supporting role in the war drama Pearl Harbor (2001).Garner gained recognition for her leading performance as CIA officer Sydney Bristow in the ABC spy-action thriller television series Alias (2001–2006). For her work on the series, she won the Golden Globe for Best Actress – Television Series Drama and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress in a Television Drama, in addition to four consecutive nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She received additional praise for her performance in the romantic comedy 13 Going on 30 (2004), and went on to portray Elektra in the superhero films Daredevil (2003) and Elektra (2005). She continued to achieve commercial success with performances in the comedy-drama Juno (2007), and the romantic comedies Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009) and Valentine's Day (2010).Garner had starring film roles in the fantasy-comedy The Invention of Lying (2009), the fantasy drama The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012), and the biographic drama Dallas Buyers Club (2013), the latter of which earned her a nomination for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. She went on to star in the family comedy Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014), the drama Miracles from Heaven (2016), the romantic comedy-drama Love, Simon (2018), the HBO comedy series Camping (2018), the action thriller Peppermint (2018) and action-comedy The Adam Project (2022). Garner has also produced and starred in the comedy Butter (2011) and the family adventure Yes Day (2021).Garner works as an activist for early childhood education and is a board member of Save the Children USA. She is the co-founder and chief brand officer of the organic baby food company Once Upon a Farm. She is also an advocate for anti-paparazzi campaigns among children of celebrities.
Steven Seagal
Steven Frederic Seagal (Lansing, 10 de abril de 1952) é um ator, produtor cinematográfico, roteirista, diretor e mestre de artes marciais estadunidense. Além de seus trabalhos no cinema, Seagal também é cantor e guitarrista, tendo lançado 2 álbuns musicais. Desde 1988, quando iniciou sua carreira cinematográfica Seagal gerou mais de 2 bilhões de dólares de lucro à indústria de filmes de Hollywood, são mais de 40 longas e 2 séries televisivas de sucesso. Seu patrimônio é estimado em US$ 16 milhões. Em 2011, foi processado por matar acidentalmente um cachorro durante um reality show.
Jude Law
David Jude Heyworth Law (Londres, 29 de dezembro de 1972), é um ator, produtor e diretor britânico. Ele começou a atuar no National Youth Music Theatre em 1987 e teve seu primeiro papel na televisão em 1989. Depois de estrelar em filmes dirigidos por Andrew Niccol, Clint Eastwood e David Cronenberg, ele foi indicado ao Oscar de Melhor Ator Coadjuvante em 1999 por sua atuação em O Talentoso Ripley, de Anthony Minghella. Em 2000, ele ganhou o prêmio BAFTA de Melhor Ator Coadjuvante por seu trabalho no filme. Em 2003, ele foi indicado ao Oscar de Melhor Ator por sua atuação em outro filme de Minghella, Cold Mountain.
Mark Hamill
Mark Richard Hamill é um ator, dublador e escritor norte-americano conhecido por interpretar Luke Skywalker na saga de ficção científica Star Wars e por dar voz ao Joker em Batman: The Animated Series e na série de videojogos Batman: Arkham, além de vários outros personagens em outros desenhos.
Taz Skylar
Tarek Yassin Skylar is a Spanish actor, writer, and producer who rose to fame after his work in the action crime drama “Villain”. Born in the Canary Islands, Spain to Hassan Yassin of Libanese-Sierra Leonean descent, and Gwen Skylar, an English born in Essex, England. He's best known as Sanji in the upcoming Netflix live-action series, One Piece (2023).
Mads Mikkelsen
Mads Dittmann Mikkelsen (Copenhague, 22 de novembro de 1965) é um conceituado ator dinamarquês, conhecido por sua presença em filmes independentes e por balancear trabalhos estrangeiros e Hollywoodianos. Também ganhou notoriedade na televisão americana ao estrelar a aclamada série Hannibal, como o célebre personagem literário, serial killer e canibal, Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Mikkelsen é considerado uma figura marcante da Dinamarca, sendo descrito pelo The New York Times como "uma estrela, um axioma, um rosto do cinema dinamarquês ressurgente".Originalmente um ginasta e dançarino, começou sua carreira como ator em 1996. Ele chegou à fama na Dinamarca como o personagem Tonny nos dois primeiros filmes da trilogia cult Pusher, e em seu papel como o policial impetuoso e sensível, Allan Fischer, na série de televisão dinamarquesa Rejseholdet.Mads é filho de Henning Mikkelsen e irmão do ator Lars Mikkelsen. É casado com Hanne Jacobsen, com quem tem dois filhos: Carl e Viola.Fonte: Wikipédia
Mel Gibson
Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson (nascido em 3 de janeiro de 1956) é ator, diretor de cinema, produtor e roteirista. Nascido em Peekskill, Nova York, Gibson mudou-se com seus pais para Sydney, Austrália, quando tinha 12 anos e mais tarde estudou atuação no Instituto Nacional de Arte Dramática da Austrália. Depois de aparecer nas séries "Mad Max" e "Arma Letal", Gibson dirigiu e estrelou o vencedor do Oscar "Coração Valente" (1995). Em 2004, ele dirigiu e produziu "A Paixão de Cristo", um filme polêmico, mas de sucesso, que retrata as últimas horas na vida de Jesus Cristo.
Henry Cavill
Cavill nasceu em Jersey, e foi educado na Escola Preparatória St. Michael, na ilha, antes de frequentar a Stowe School, um internato, onde ele atuou em vários jogos.Cavill fez uma audição para o papel principal para o novo filme de Batman Begins, mas perdeu para Christian Bale. Em 2005, ele tornou-se um jovem concorrente para o papel de James Bond. Os produtores e o diretor tiveram de escolher entre Cavill, Daniel Craig e Sam Worthington. Aparentemente, o diretor favoreceu Henry Cavill com uma versão mais nova de James Bond. No entanto, os produtores acreditavam que Cavill era muito jovem para o papel, que depois passou para Daniel Craig. Ele também fez uma audição para o papel de Superman para o novo filme de Superman Returns. Devido ao fato de não ter sido aprovado para estes papéis, na edição de Dezembro de 2005 do Empire Magazine, ele foi apelidado de "… o homem mais desafortunado em Hollywood".Cavill participou na série televisa da Showtime, The Tudors, interpretando o papel de Charles Brandon, Duque de Suffolk, cunhado de Henrique VIII de Inglaterra e inimigo da Rainha Ana Bolena. Ele também fez uma pequena participação na fantasia cinematográfica Stardust (2007). Em 2007, ele foi destaque na Vanity Fair Hollywood Next-Gen.No início de 2008, Cavill assinou com a "Dunhill", para fazer publicidade ao perfume London.Foi escolhido para ser o novo Superman, no reinício do personagem nos cinemas pelas mãos de Zack Snyder. E será o Superman de mais baixa estatura em filmes do mesmo, pois Christopher Reeve tinha 1,93m de altura, Brandon Routh tem 1,89m de estatura, e enfim Henry Cavill tem 1,85m, 8cm a menos que Reeve. Irá estrelar mais dois filmes na pele do Homem de Aço, Batman vs. Superman e Liga da Justiça.
Tobey Maguire
Tobias Vincent Maguire (nascido em 27 de junho de 1975) é um ator e produtor de cinema americano. Ele é mais conhecido por interpretar o personagem-título da trilogia Spider-Man de Sam Raimi (2002–2007), reprisando sua iteração do personagem no Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021). Seus outros filmes incluem Pleasantville (1998), Ride with the Devil (1999), The Cider House Rules (1999), Wonder Boys (2000), Seabiscuit (2003), The Good German (2006), Brothers (2009) e The Great Gatsby (2013).Ele recebeu dois Saturn Awards, incluindo um de Melhor Ator. Maguire estabeleceu sua própria produtora em 2012 chamada Material Pictures, e co-produziu Good People no mesmo ano. Em 2014, ele produziu e estrelou como Bobby Fischer em Pawn Sacrifice.
Neal McDonough
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 picture of his mom, the other is the Holy Virgin Mary, and the third is William Shatner as Captain Kirk. He has numerous television credits including 'NYPD Blue', 'Quantum Leap', and the voice of Bruce Banner in the animated series 'The Incredible Hulk' among others. He graduated Syracuse University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1988.
Michelle Pfeiffer
Michelle Marie Pfeiffer (Santa Ana, 29 de abril de 1958) é uma atriz e produtora norte-americana, vencedora de um Globo de Ouro, BAFTA e Urso de Prata, e indicada a 3 prêmios Oscar, reconhecida como uma das mais talentosas de sua geração. Conhecida por interpretar Selina Kyle / Mulher-Gato em Batman: O Retorno e também como Elvira Hancock em Scarface. Em 1992 Michelle Pfeiffer interpretou a ladra Mulher-Gato, na produção Batman Returns, dirigida por Tim Burton. Pfeiffer protagonizou também a obra do cineasta ítalo-americano Martin Scorsese, The Age of Innocence, de 1993.
Billy Crudup
William Gaither Crudup (born July 8, 1968) is an American actor. He is a four-time Tony Award nominee, winning once for his performance in Tom Stoppard's play The Coast of Utopia in 2007. He has starred in numerous high-profile films, including Without Limits, Princess Mononoke, Almost Famous, Big Fish, Mission: Impossible III, Watchmen, Public Enemies, Spotlight, Jackie, The Stanford Prison Experiment, Justice League, and Alien: Covenant, in both lead and supporting roles. He has been nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead for his performance in Jesus' Son, and received two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations as part of an ensemble cast for Almost Famous and Spotlight, winning for the latter.Crudup starred in the streaming television series Gypsy (2017) and The Morning Show (2019), the latter of which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award and a Critics' Choice Television Award.
Lily Collins
Lily Jane Collins (born 18 March 1989) is a British and American actress and model. Born in Guildford, Surrey and raised in Los Angeles, Collins began performing on screen at the age of two in the BBC sitcom Growing Pains. In the late 2000s, Collins began acting and modelling more regularly, and she had a career breakthrough with her performance in the sports-drama film The Blind Side, which was the third highest-grossing film of 2009. She went on to appear in leading roles across feature films such as the sci-fi action-horror Priest (2011), the psychological action-thriller Abduction (2011), the fantasy Mirror Mirror (2012), the urban fantasy The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013), and the independent romantic comedies Stuck in Love (2012), The English Teacher (2013), and Love, Rosie (2014).Collins was critically acclaimed for her roles as Marla Mabrey in the comedy Rules Don't Apply (2016), which earned her a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, and for her portrayal of a young adult with anorexia in the controversial Netflix drama To the Bone (2017). She has also achieved recognition for her work in biographical films: she starred as Liz Kendall in the Netflix drama Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019), as J.R.R. Tolkien's wife Edith in Tolkien (2019), and as Rita Alexander in Mank (2020), the latter of which was a critical success, earning 10 Academy Award nominations.Collins played Fantine in the BBC miniseries adaptation of Les Misérables (2018–2019), and, since 2020, she has portrayed Emily Cooper in the Netflix series Emily in Paris. For the latter, she received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy. She made her writing debut with Unfiltered: No Shame, No Regrets, Just Me (2017) in which she discussed her struggles with mental health, including an eating disorder she suffered as a teenager.
Elizabeth Debicki
Elizabeth Debicki (born 24 August 1990) is an Australian actress. After making her feature film debut in A Few Best Men (2011), she appeared in The Great Gatsby (2013) as Jordan Baker. Other roles are in the limited series The Night Manager (2016) and Widows (2018).
April Winchell
April Terri Winchell (born January 4, 1960) is an American actress, voice actress, writer, talk radio host and commentator. She is best known as the official voice of Clarabelle Cow in the Disney franchise since 1996.
Julia Jones
Julia Jones (born January 23, 1981) is an American stage, film and television actress, best known for portraying Leah Clearwater in The Twilight Saga feature film franchise.