Showing posts with label Television Role. Show all posts
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Thursday, February 3, 2011

Elvis Presley - singers, actor

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Elvis Aaron Presleya was one of the most famous American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely recognized by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King". Presley's first RCA single, "Heartbreak Hotel", out in January 1956, was a number one hit. He became the foremost figure of the newly popular sound of rock and roll with a series of network television appearance and chart topping records. His energized interpretation of songs, many from African American sources, and his uninhibited presentation style made him enormously popular and controversial. In November 1956, he completed his film debut in Love Me Tender.

Conscripted into military service in 1958, Presley relaunched his soundtrack career two years later with some of his most commercially winning work. He staged few concerts, however, and, guided by Parker, proceed to devote much of the 1960s to creation Hollywood movies and soundtrack albums, most of them seriously derided. He had a versatile voice and uncommonly wide success encompassing many genres, including country, pop ballads, gospel, and blues. He is the best-selling solo performer in the history of popular music. Nominated for 14 competitive Grammys, he won three, and got the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award at age 36. He has been induct into 4 music halls of fame.

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Birth name

Elvis Aaron Presley

Date Of Birth

January 8, 1935

Place Of Birth

Tupelo, Mississippi,United States

Genres

Rock and roll, pop, rockabilly, country, blues, gospel, R&B

Occupations

Musician, actor

Instruments

Vocals, guitar, piano

Date Of Death

August 16, 1977

Place Of Death

Memphis, Tennessee,United States

Sunday, January 2, 2011

Mark Wahlberg - Rapper, Actor, producer, television

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Mark Wahlberg is the former rapper, American actor, and producer of film and television. He was recognized as Marky Mark in his earlier years, and become well-known for his 1991 debut as a rap musician with the band Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch. He was ranked #1 on VH1's 40 Hottest Hotties of the 90's. He is well recognized for his role in films such as Boogie Nights (1997), Three Kings (1999), The Perfect Storm (2000), Planet of the Apes (2001), The Italian Job, I Heart Huckabees, etc.

He has also serve as the managerial producer of the TV series Entourage and Boardwalk Empire. Wahlberg is a dedicated Catholic who attend daily Mass, credits his faith and a priest from his childhood for helping him twist his life around, and know the seriousness of his faith. He dated actresses Jordana Brewster and China Chow, his co-star in the movie The Big Hit. Actively concerned in charity, Wahlberg recognized the Mark Wahlberg Youth Foundation in May 2001 for the reason of raising and distribute funds to youth service and enrichment programs.

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Birth Name

Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg

Date Of Birth

June 5, 1971

Place Of Birth

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

Other names

Marky Mark, Monk D

Occupation

Actor, Producer, Rapper

Spouse

Rhea Durham

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Gillian Anderson - American Actress

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Gillian Anderson is famous American actress. After start her career in theatre, Anderson attain international identification for her role as Special Agent Dana Scully on the American television series The X-Files. During the show's nine period, Anderson won an Emmy, Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild awards. Her film work contain The House of Mirth (2000), The Mighty Celt (2005), The Last King of Scotland (2006), and two X Files films, The X-Files (1998) and The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008). She was selected for BAFTA, Emmy and Golden Globe awards for her character as Lady Dedlock in the BBC television adaptation Bleak House (2005).

In 2000, Piper had a small role in her mother's movie The House of Mirth. Anderson have two sons, Oscar and Felix. In 1996, Anderson was selected the "Sexiest Woman in the World" for FHM's 100 Sexiest Women poll. In 2008, she also positioned 21st in FHM's All Time 100 Sexiest Hall of Fame. Anderson had a recommendation for Best Actress in the Lawrence Olivier Awards 2010, for production which open in the 2009 calendar year for her portrayal of Nora. Anderson will be show as MI7 Secret Agent Pamela Head in Johnny English Reborn, the film is now under production.

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Birth Name

Gillian Leigh Anderson

Date Of Birth

August 9, 1968

Place Of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Occupation

Actress

Spouse

Clyde Klotz, Julian Ozanne

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Meryl Streep - actress, television movie

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Meryl Streep is an American actress who has job in theatre, television and film. She is extensively regarded as one of the most brilliant and respected actors of the modern era. Streep prepared her professional phase debut in 1971's The Playboy of Seville, before her screen debut in the television movie The Deadliest Season in 1977. In that similar year, she complete her film debut with Julia. Both critical and profitable success came fast with roles in The Deer Hunter (1978) and Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), the former charitable Streep her first Oscar nomination and the later her first win. She later won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her act in Sophie's Choice (1982).

Streep has got 16 Academy Award nominations, winning two, and 25 Golden Globe nominations, winning seven, further nominations than any other actor in the history of either award. Her occupation has also make her two Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Cannes Film Festival award, four New York Film Critics Circle Award, five Grammy Award nominations, a BAFTA award, Australian Film Institute Award and a Tony Award nominations, with others. She was award the American Film Institute's Lifetime success Award in 2004.

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Birth Name

Mary Louise Streep

Date Of Birth

June 22, 1949

Place Of Birth

Summit, New Jersey, U.S.

Occupation

Actress

Spouse

Don Gummer