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Cheng Yi
Film & TV · People's Republic of China
Cheng Yi (May 17, 1990 -), whose real name is Fu Shiqi, is a Chinese actor.
Jackie Chan
Film & TV · United States
Chen Gangsheng, SBS, MBE, PMW, also known as Fang Shilong, stage name Jackie Chan, ancestral home in Yantai, Shandong Province today, Hong Kong actor, singer, director, screenwriter and film producer. In 1979, he joined Golden Harvest Company to replace Bruce Lee who passed away suddenly. During this period, he shot many movies and achieved great success. In 1998, he temporarily left Jiahe due to the death of He Guanchang. At the end of the same year, at the invitation of Zou Wenhuai, the founder of Jiahe Group, he returned to film "Glass Bottle" and "The Secret Agent". Joined Emperor Group in early 2001 and has been there ever since. Jackie Chan is famous for his kung fu comedy, claiming that he personally performs most of the scenes and uses this as a selling point. He is one of the few Chinese actors who has achieved success in Hollywood and internationally. Many of his films, such as the "Speed" series, have achieved box office success around the world. . In 2015, Forbes valued his assets at approximately US$350 million. In 2016, Jackie Chan was the second highest-paid actor in the world; in the same year, he became the first Chinese to win the Oscar Lifetime Achievement Award.
Q Qi Wei Film & TV · People's Republic of ChinaQi Wei (October 26, 1984 -) was born in Wuhou District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province. A three-dimensional star in mainland Chinese film and television singing.
Diane Lane
Film & TV · United States
Diane Lane (English: Diane Lane, January 22, 1965 -) is an American film actress born and raised in New York. She made her screen debut in George Roy Hill's 1979 film Love at Sunset Bridge, opposite Laurence Olivier. Soon after, she appeared on the cover of Time magazine and was hailed as "the new Grace Kelly." She went on to star in a number of films, including 2002's "Derailed," which earned her Academy Award, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. Other films she has appeared in include "The Little Godfather" in 1983, "The Perfect Storm" in 2000, "Under the Tuscan Sun" in 2003, "Film Verit" in 2011 and "Man of Steel" in 2013.
Diana Agaran
Film & TV · United States
Dianna Elise Agron (/ˈeɪɡrɒn/;), April 30, 1986 -) is an American actress. After graduating from high school, she took on some commercials and guest-starred in some TV series and movies, such as "Heroes", "New York", and "Pretty Girls". In 2009, Diana played the role of cheerleader Quinn Fabray in Fox Broadcasting Company's "Glee". She is widely recognized for this show.
David Carradine
Film & TV · United States
David Carradine (English: David Carradine, December 8, 1936 - June 3, 2009), formerly known as John Arthur Carradine Carradine, an American actor, was born in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. He graduated from the music theory and arrangement department of the University of California, San Francisco. He was born in a family of actors. His father, brother, and daughter were all film and television actors. In 1966, he performed on Broadway in New York and participated in the first film directed by the famous director Martin Scorsese. In 1972, David Carradine starred in the TV show Gan Guixiang, a silent but excellent martial arts monk from the Shaolin Temple. Later, he starred in the Western movie series "Kung Fu" and became famous. In recent years, he has played many villain roles with perfect accuracy, and American movie fans even awarded the Saturn Award (specially awarded to an actor who plays a villain for the best acting performance) to David. He is also an evergreen actor in the American film industry. On June 4, 2009, while Carradine was filming a movie in Thailand, his body was found in the Swissotel Nai Lert Park in downtown Bangkok. According to the police, Carradine was suspected of hanging himself in the closet by using a rope tied to the curtains. The hotel cleaner discovered the body at 10 a.m., and it was estimated that he had been dead for more than 12 hours. However, Carradine's agent, relatives and friends expressed that they did not believe that Carradine committed suicide and believed that it was caused by an accident or robbery. The Thai police said that the cause of death may have been an accident during self-tying. When they were found, a rope was placed around Carradine's neck, and another rope was placed around his reproductive organs. The two ropes were then tied together and hung in the closet.
David Edward Walliams OBE (English: David Edward Walliams, August 20, 1971 -, born surnamed Williams, Walliams is also translated as "Williams" in some places) is an English comedian, screenwriter, children's author and actor. Best known for co-starring Matthew Lucas on the sitcom Little Britain. Recently, the two of them wrote and acted in "Fly with Me". Walliams was a judge on Britain's Got Talent from 2012 to 2022.
Dai Meng
Film & TV · People's Republic of China
Dai Meng (February 8, 1993 -) is a former member of the Chinese idol group SNH48. His team is Team SII and he is the former vice-captain of Team SII. She was revealed at the press conference of SNH48's first members on October 14, 2012, and became the first member of SNH48. On January 12, 2013, they officially debuted at the "Give Me Power!" performance. She is also a member of SNH48's international unit "7SENSES". He has now graduated from the group and officially became an artist under Siba Media.
Tony Jaa
Film & TV · Thailand
Tony Jaa (Thai: ทัชชกร ยีรัมย์; English: Tony Jaa; February 5, 1976 -), whose real name is Tatchakorn Yeerum, whose Chinese name is Jia Bolong, nicknamed Ja, is a famous Thai action actor and director. He has starred in films such as "Boxing Fighter" and "Tom Yum Kung", which have been successfully released around the world. He also served as director in "Boxer 2" and "Boxer 3". In 2015, he participated in the globally popular "Furious 7" and starred opposite Paul Walker. Later, Iyara Film Company, a film distribution and production company, was established.
Toby Regbo
Film & TV · U.K.
Toby Regbo (English: Toby Regbo, October 18, 1991 -) is a British actor who also participates in film, television and theater performances. He is best known for his role as François II in the CW television series The Queen. Regbo was born in London, England, to a father of Norwegian descent and a mother of Italian and Australian descent. In 2006, he began his acting career in the ITV television film Sharp's Challenge.
Tobey Maguire
Film & TV · United States
Tobey Maguire (English: Tobey Maguire, June 27, 1975 -) is an American actor and producer. He started his acting career in the late 1980s. His first film was the non-speaking "Chibiusa" (1989). He is widely known to audiences from all over the world for starring in Sam Onami's "Spider-Man" series (2002, 2004, 2007), playing the protagonist Spider-Man, and returning to play Spider-Man in "Spider-Man: Homeless Day" (2021). He is the first actor in film history to star in the Spider-Man series of movies four times. His other credits include "A Little Color" (1998), "Always the Sun" (1999), "The Genius Successor" (2000), "The Greatest Heroes" (2003), "Berlin" (2006), "The Road to Love" (2009) and "The Greatest Man" (2013).
T Thomas Tokus Film & TV · U.K.Thomas Aiden Turgoose (February 11, 1992-) is a British actor. He is best known for his role as Shaun Field in the film This Is England. He later also starred in the TV series of the same name.
Thomas Edison
Film & TV · United States
Thomas Alva Edison (English: Thomas Alva Edison; February 11, 1847 - October 18, 1931) was an American scientist, inventor, entrepreneur, and engineer known for his contributions to incandescent lamps, phonographs, electrical distribution systems, and motion pictures. He held 1,093 patents. His company, Edison General Electric Company, merged with Thomson-Houston Electric Company in 1892 to form General Electric Company. Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, in 1847, grew up in Michigan, and received little formal education. He was deaf at an early age and began working as a railway telegraph operator at an early age, working to improve the telegraph system. In 1869, Edison sold several of his early inventions and moved to New York City to focus on engineering. Edison and his first wife, Mary, had three children, but he neglected to take care of them. Edison subsequently received capital injections with the help of friends, and in 1876 he owned a telegraph recorder factory in Newark. He also established his first laboratory facility in Menlo Park, New Jersey, where many of his early inventions were made. He later established a botanical laboratory in Fort Myers, Florida, working with industrialists Henry Ford and Harvey S. Firestone, and built a laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey, which housed the world's first movie studio, Black Maria. Edison's most famous patented inventions are the light bulb, the phonograph, the kinetoscope, the direct current system, and the wax printing cylinder, which have had a great impact on the world. One of the two greatest patents of his life was the phonograph, which could retain and play sound; the other was a controversial patent, the light bulb known to the world. After a long court battle of six years, Edison finally succeeded in obtaining the patent. Edison was also one of the first inventors to apply the principles of organizational science and teamwork to the invention process, collaborating with many researchers and employees. He also founded the first industrial research laboratory. Edison holds 1,093 patents in the United States, and more than 150 patents in the United Kingdom, France, Germany and other countries, making him one of the inventors with the most patents in American history. Edison was married twice and had six children. Edison died at his home in West Orange, New Jersey, in 1931 at the age of 84 due to complications from diabetes.
Lars von Trier
Film & TV · kingdom of denmark
Lars von Trier (Danish: Lars von Trier, also translated as Lars von Trier, Lars von Trier, April 30, 1956 -) is a Danish director and playwright. He is one of the initiators of the avant-garde and radical filmmaking movement Douma 95 Manifesto, but his own filmmaking techniques are changeable and constantly experimental, with distinctive personal characteristics. He won the Jury Prize, Grand Jury Prize and Palme d'Or respectively at the Cannes Film Festival for Euro Express (1991), Breaking the Waves (1996) and Dancing in the Dark (2000).
Ralph Yin Eisen
Film & TV · U.K.
Ralph Michael Ineson (English: Ralph Michael Ineson, December 15, 1969 -), British actor, was born in Leeds. He is best known for his roles as Dagmer Cleftjaw in the TV series "Game of Thrones"; Amycus Carrow in the "Harry Potter" film series; and Chris Finch in the TV series "The Office".
Rami Malek
Film & TV · United States
Rami Said Malek (Arabic: رامي مالك, English: Rami Said Malek, May 12, 1981 -), American actor. He is best known for his role in the United States TV series "The Matrix" Elliot Alderson won the Television Critics' Choice Award and the Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actor in a Drama Series. In 2019, he won the Screen Actors Guild/Golden Globe Award and the Oscar for Best Actor for "Bohemian Rhapsody" and became the Best Actor at the 91st Academy Awards. Malick became famous for his famous roles in movies and TV series, including playing Kenny, the gay neighbor of the protagonist's family in the Fox comedy series "Family Wars." Then he played the role of Meng Kara, the son of the Pharaoh, in the "Night at the Museum" series, Clark in "The Master", and Benjamin in "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn". In 2018, he played Freddie Mercury in the biographical film Bohemian Rhapsody, for which he won several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Actor, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor, and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor. He became the first Arab-American actor to win Best Actor at the Oscars.
Larry King
Film & TV · United States
Larry King (English: Larry King, November 19, 1933 - January 23, 2021), formerly known as Lawrence Harvey Zeigler, was a native of Brooklyn, New York, and an award-winning television host. He hosts Larry King Live, a talk show broadcast every night on CNN, and is known for his signature image of suspenders, big glasses and an old-fashioned microphone.
Morgan Freeman
Film & TV · United States
Morgan Freeman is an American actor and director who has won an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award respectively. Morgan Freeman became famous in the early 1990s and has appeared in many Hollywood movies.
Vin Wenders
Film & TV · Germany
Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders (German: Ernst Wilhelm "Wim" Wenders, August 14, 1945 -) is a film director and photographer born in Dusseldorf, Germany. His works have won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. He is one of the contemporary German film masters and an important member of the German New Wave. His film style is famous for its fresh lyricism and graceful lensing.
Wen Junhui
Film & TV · People's Republic of China
Moon Junhui (Korean: Junhwi Moon, June 10, 1996 -), stage name JUN (Korean: June, Romanized: Jun, Japanese: Jun, Romanized: Jun), is a Chinese actor and singer who mainly develops in China and South Korea. He debuted as a child actor in 1998. In 2007, he starred in the movie "Wild Dogs" and was nominated for the "Best New Actor" at the 27th Hong Kong Film Awards. He also won the Silver Award for "New Actor of the Year" at the 2nd Hong Kong Film Directors Association Annual Awards. He is currently a member of SEVENTEEN, a men's pop music group under PLEDIS Entertainment, and is also a member of the sub-unit Performance Team. The stage name comes from the fact that the members used to call him "Jun" (which sounds close to the Chinese character of their real name "Junhwi") before their debut. In 2023, the online drama "Exclusive Fairy Tale" starring in the film will be broadcast.
W Wen Xiaoyi Film & TV · People's Republic of ChinaWen Xiaoyi (January 16, 1992 -), whose stage name is Jianju, is a Chinese voice actor and a member of Yinxiong Lianmeng and V17. once for He has lent his voice to many animations such as "Alice in School", "Steamed Bun Diary", "Nano Core", "Ace Censor" and "Original Flower", etc. He has also participated in the dubbing of online games such as "Dragon Nest", "Planetside" and "The Diary of a Couple".
Wen Muye (February 14, 1985 -), born in Changchun, Jilin, is a film director and screenwriter in mainland China. His masterpiece is "I'm Not the God of Medicine".
Scarlett Johansson
Film & TV · United States
Scarlett Ingrid Johansson, American actress, director, and singer. Born as a child star, her screen debut was in the 1994 movie "Bodyguard". Subsequently, she was nominated for the American Independent Spirit Award for Best Actress for her performance in "The Sisters" (1996). Her participation in "Whispering" (1998) and "The Secret Girl" (2001) brought her more praise and fame. In 2003, she began to transition into adult roles, starring in the two films "Girl with a Pearl Earring" and "Lost in Translation", for which she won two Golden Globe Award nominations, and "Lost in Translation" also won her the British Academy Film Award for Best Actress.
Stanley Kubrick
Film & TV · United States
Stanley Kubrick, American film director, screenwriter and producer. He is often recognized as one of the most distinguished and influential directors in film history. Most of his films are adapted from novels, especially short stories ("Barry Lyndon" and "The Shining" were adapted from novels by William Thackeray and Stephen King respectively), span a variety of genres, and are known for their realism, dark humor, unique camerawork, extensive set design and evocative use of music. Famous works such as "Dr. Strangelove", "2001: A Space Odyssey", "A Clockwork Orange", "The Shining", etc. are all classics in film history. He is an all-rounder. In addition to directing, he is also often responsible for film production, editing, photography, sound effects and other tasks.