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Guy Debord
Film & TV · France
Guy Debord (French: Guy-Ernest Debord, December 28, 1931 - November 30, 1994) was a French philosopher, Marxist theorist, member of Letterism International, founder of Situationism International, and film director. He was also a member of the left-wing organization Socialism or Barbarism. Debord's "The Society of the Spectacle" published in 1967 is his most influential work and has a profound impact on subsequent far-left thoughts such as Marxism and anarchism. In 1994, just weeks after his 63rd birthday, he committed suicide.
M Momoe Yamaguchi Film & TV · JapanMomoe Yamaguchi (January 17, 1959 -), who used the pen name Yokosuka Megumi (used when writing lyrics), was born in Ebisu, Shibuya District, Tokyo, Japan. She is a former Japanese female singer and actress.
Sam Underwood
Film & TV · U.K.
Sam Lewis Underwood (English: Sam Lewis Underwood, August 4, 1987 -) is a British actor. He is best known for his role as twins in The King of Killers.
Taro Yamamoto
Film & TV · Japan
Taro Yamamoto (Japanese: Yamamoto Tarō/Yamamoto Taro, Romanized: Yamamoto Tarō, November 24, 1974 -) is a Japanese actor, progressive political figure, and anti-nuclear activist. Born in Takarazuka City, Hyogo Prefecture. On July 21, 2013, he was elected as a member of the Senate (Tokyo Metropolitan Constituency) as an independent. After he was confirmed to be elected, he said that the first priority was to get rid of radiation pollution. Yamamoto joined the Liberal Party in 2014. On April 1, 2019, he established the anti-establishment political group "Reiwa Shinsengumi" (Reiwa Shinsengumi). He left the Liberal Party in late April and participated in the Senate election in July 2019. Participate in the Tokyo Governor election in 2020. In 2021, he participated in the 49th general election for members of the Japanese House of Representatives and won the Tokyo Proportional Representation District seat. However, in April 2022, he gave up his position as a member of the House of Representatives to a member of the same party. He moved to the 26th general election for members of the Japanese House of Representatives held in the same year and was elected in the Tokyo Metropolitan Electoral District.
Cen Jianxun
Film & TV · People's Republic of China
John Shum (English: John Shum; May 21, 1952 -) was born in Enping, Guangdong, and later settled in Hong Kong. He is a well-known social activist, host, cross-media person, reporter, film director, producer, screenwriter, planner, investor and actor in Hong Kong. He is also a well-known current affairs commentator in Hong Kong. Shun Jianxun served as the vice president and secretary-general of the Hong Kong Performing Artists Association. He coordinated and planned many large-scale events and mobilized the participation of more than a thousand celebrities from the entertainment industry and all walks of life across the Taiwan Straits and three places, including: "Democracy Song for China" in 1989, "The Performing Arts General Mobilization - Selfless Extravaganza" to raise funds for the East China floods in 1991, and selfless movies "A Night Banquet", 2 In 2003, the "1:99 Movie Action" was launched to fight SARS in 2003; in 2008, the "Entertainment Circle 512 Care Action" was held to help the Sichuan earthquake; in 2009, the "88 Flood Care Action" was donated to support Taiwan's floods; in 2010, the "Entertainment Circle Yushu Care Action" was held to raise funds for victims of the Yushu earthquake in Qinghai Province; and so on.
Cen Lixiang
Film & TV · Canada
Eliza Sam Lai Heung (English: Eliza Sam Lai Heung, November 17, 1984 -) is a Canadian-born Hong Kong actress who was a contract artist for TVB managers. The winner of Miss Chinese International 2010 and Miss Chinese Vancouver 2009. In 2012, she was dubbed "Xiangxiang" by the media after she played the role of "Princess Xiangxiang" in the TV series "Wish Mom...". Now she is married and has given birth to two sons. Her husband, Joshua (Qiangqiang), is a financial talent. He was a partner of a securities company in Canada and has a background in fashion design and finance. The family settled in Mid-levels West of Hong Kong.
Shunni Iwai
Film & TV · Japan
Iwai Shunji (Japanese: Iwai Shunji/Iwaii Shunji, Romanized: Iwai Shunji, January 24, 1963 -), a native of Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, a Japanese film director, video writer and documentary director. After graduating from Yokohama National University in 1987, he began filming music videos, TV commercials and TV series. Filmmaking began in the 1990s. In a sense, Iwai is a representative figure in the trend of participation in film production in the Japanese television and video industry. Although Iwai Shunji's influence in Japan is not very high, he set off a strong Asian trend with the 1995 youth love movie "Love Letter" and the lyrical themes of most of his works, which continues to this day through the later "Youth Electric Fantasy Story" and "Flower and Alice". Especially among young people in mainland China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, Shunji Iwai has a very high reputation and appeal.
Y Yue Hao Film & TV · Unknown nationalityYue Hao (September 23, 2012 -) is a Chinese film actor. In 2023, he won the Best Actor in the "Asian Newcomer" category at the Shanghai International Film Festival for his starring role in the movie "Zhu Tong Lost His Super Powers in the Third Grade"; he is the youngest winner of this award so far.
Cui Minzhi
Film & TV · Republic of Korea
Choi Min-sik (Korean: Choi Min-sik, May 30, 1962-) is a South Korean actor.
Ayako Kawasumi
Film & TV · Japan
Kawasumi Ayako (Japanese: Kawasumi Ayako/Kawasumi Ayako, Romanized: Kawasumi Ayako, March 30, 1976 -), a Japanese female voice actress, narrator, and singer. Born in Tokyo. Belongs to Osawa Office. Height 158cm. Blood type B.
Kudo Haruka
Film & TV · Japan
Haruka Kudo (Japanese: Kudo Haruka/Kudo Haruka, Romanized: Kudō Haruka, October 27, 1999 -), a Japanese actor, was originally the tenth member of the idol group "Morning Musume." Formerly a member of the 10th batch of Hello! Pro trainees, he was once affiliated with the entertainment agency Just Production Inc, and was supported by the former UP-FRONT CREATE business. Now it belongs to "GATE". Born in Saitama Prefecture, Japan, blood type A, 159 cm tall. Graduated from "Morning Musume" on December 11, 2017.
J Ju Xingmao Film & TV · Unknown nationalityJu Xingmao (1981-), whose stage name is Satisfaction, is a male from Zuoquan, Shanxi, and a Chinese film and television actor and director. The director's representative works include the TV series "Soul Ferry", "Dog Stick", "The Most Beautiful Youth", etc.
Dwayne Johnson
Film & TV · Canada
Dwayne Douglas "The Rock" Johnson (born May 2, 1972) is an American professional wrestler, actor, producer and former North American football player, best known for his career in World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and Hollywood. Johnson was a member of the University of Miami's American football team, leading the Miami Hurricanes to win the 1991 NCAA I-A National Championship, and then entered the Canadian American Football League's Calgary Stampeders, quitting two months into the 1995 season. Later, influenced by his grandfather Peter Mavia and his father Rock Johnson, he embarked on a professional wrestling career under the name "Rock Mavia". Later, he became famous for being a member of the World Wrestling Federation "The Rock" from 1996 to 2004. He was the first third-generation wrestler in the history of the company. He briefly returned to WWE from 2011 to 2013 and won the WWE Championship 7 times. Johnson is considered one of the greatest wrestlers of all time. He established 17 championship dynasties in WWE, including 8 WWE(F) Championships and 2 WCW/World Championships. He also won two WWE Intercontinental Championships and five WWE Tag Team Championships, was WWE's sixth Triple Crown Champion, and the winner of the 2000 Royal Rumble. His autobiography "The Rock Said..." was published in 2000 and topped the New York Times bestseller list for several weeks upon its debut. His first starring film was "The Scorpion King" in 2002. This role gave him a salary of US$5.5 million, setting a world record for the highest salary for a debut film. Since then, his name has become well-known in the film industry. On December 16, 2013, Johnson was named the highest-grossing actor in 2013 by Forbes. The cumulative global box office of the films he participated in was nearly US$4.3 billion. In August 2016, he was named the highest-grossing actor in 2016 by Forbes, with an income of more than $64.5 million. In July 2018, Johnson was rated as the highest-paid actor by Forbes. His income from 2017 to 2018 exceeded US$124 million, breaking the historical record. As of July 2018, the cumulative global box office of his films has exceeded US$10.4 billion.
Gong Li
Film & TV · People's Republic of China
Gong Li, AL, originally from Xinmin City, Liaoning Province, is a Singaporean film actress and producer, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Ambassador, the United Nations Global Environmental Protection Ambassador, and the United Nations Artist for Peace.
Buster Keaton
Film & TV · United States
Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton was an American actor, comedian, film director, producer, screenwriter, and stuntman. Best known for his silent films, Keaton also earned the nickname "The Deadpan" for his trademark deadpan, no-nonsense physical comedy style in his films. Film critic Roger Ebert said that Buster Keaton "during the special period from 1920 to 1929, he remained independent of outside influence and made a series of films that made him undoubtedly the greatest actor and director in the history of film." After being hired by MGM, his independence in film production was taken away, which caused his career to enter a low point, and he began to develop a bad habit of alcoholism, which destroyed his family life. It wasn't until the 1940s that Keaton remarried. After that, he revived and once again participated in the shooting of comedy films until his death, for which he won the Oscar for Lifetime Achievement.
Barry Levinson
Film & TV · United States
Barry Levinson (English: Barry Levinson, April 6, 1942-), American male director, screenwriter and producer. Well-known film works include "Good Morning Vietnam", "Rain Man" and "Wag the Dog". "Rain Man" won the Oscar for Best Director.
b bayin'er music Film & TV · People's Republic of ChinaBayin'erile (Mongolian: Баян-Эрэл, born August 12, 1963), a native of Ordos City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, is a film and television actor and director in mainland China. He graduated from the Shanghai Theater Academy and works in the Inner Mongolia Song and Dance Theater. He became a household name for his roles in Jin Yong's works such as "Jiumozhi" in "Dragon", "Jinlun Dharma King" in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" and "Xiang Wentian" in "The Swordsman".
B Bu Weijie Film & TV · United StatesBrian Thomas Burrell (English: Brian Thomas Burrell, March 23, 1972 -), a Hong Kong-American actor and a former TVB basic artist contract artist. After leaving TVB, I started my own business and stopped working in IT. Now I mainly shoot short videos.
Bradley Cooper
Film & TV · United States
Bradley Charles Cooper (English: Bradley Charles Cooper, January 5, 1975 -), American actor, director, screenwriter, producer and singer. His well-known representative roles include Phil in "Drunk Husband", Will in the TV series "Double Spy", Sack in the comedy film "The Wedding Crasher" and Aidan Stone in the TV series "Plastic Surgery". Xiaobai who starred in the movie "Dragon Commando" in 2010. Cooper was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor in the 2012 romance film Silver Linings Playbook and the 2014 war biopic "American Sniper," as well as the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in the 2013 crime comedy "American Hustle." In 2018, he directed and performed in "Dream of Love", which was nominated for 8 awards at the 91st Academy Awards, including Best Picture. He was also nominated for Best Actor for the third time, and the collaborative single also won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. Five years later, he won 7 nominations at the 96th Academy Awards for his self-written, directed and starred film "The Master: True Love", and was also nominated for Best Actor for the fourth time.
Bryce Dallas Howard
Film & TV · United States
Bryce Dallas Howard (English: Bryce Dallas Howard, March 2, 1981 -) is an American film actor, writer, director, and the daughter of director Ron Howard.
Bryan Cranston
Film & TV · United States
Brian Lee Cranston is an American actor who also works as a voice actor, screenwriter, and producer. Born into a family of actors, he made his first TV appearance at the age of 8 with a commercial. Since 1982, he has appeared in TV series such as "Loving", "Airwolf", "Hill Street Blues" and "Bachelor Party". He has been nominated for several Emmy Awards for his performance in "It's Hard to Live", and finally became popular with "Breaking Bad". He won the 60th, 61st and 62nd Emmy Awards for Best Actor in a Drama Series three times. In 2014, "Breaking Bad" won the 66th Emmy Award for Best Drama Series.
Brian Cox
Film & TV · U.K.
Brian Denis Cox, CBE (Brian Denis Cox, June 1, 1946 -) is a Scottish actor. He became famous during his time with the Royal Shakespeare Company, especially as King Lear. He has appeared in many American movies, such as the "Bourne" series, "X-Men 2", "Dangerous Agents", "Ape Man: The Planet of the Apes", etc. In 2019, he won the 77th Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series for "Succession".
Brett Goldstein
Film & TV · U.K.
Brett Goldstein (English: Brett Goldstein, July 17, 1980 -) is a British actor, comedian and screenwriter. He is best known for writing and starring in the Apple TV+ sports comedy series Ted Russo (2020-present), for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series in each of the first two seasons.
Bruce Willis
Film & TV · United States
Walter Bruce Willis (English: Walter Bruce Willis, March 19, 1955 -), American actor, producer, screenwriter and singer. He first attracted attention for his outstanding acting skills in the TV series "Double Girl" (1985 to 1989), and later became famous for the "Pop" series of movies. On March 31, 2022, due to the diagnosis of aphasia, his family announced his official retirement from the film industry. On February 17, 2023, less than a year after his death, Bruce was also diagnosed with incurable frontotemporal dementia.