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6 days ago · World cinema has many great actors, including names like Shah Rukh Khan, Toshirô Mifune, Dolores Del Río, Brigitte Bardot and many others. However, to keep the list focused, all of the actors ...
Apr 25, 2024 · A list of the accomplishments of 20 of theatre’s most influential directors. From modern theatre’s first genuine director Georg II, to Stanislavski at the Moscow Art Theatre, Brecht at the Berliner Ensemble, Elia Kazan on Broadway, the experimental avant-garde of Ariane Mnouchkine, to the universally acclaimed productions of Peter Brook, plus many others.
4 days ago · Film and TV credits. Aside from his stage appearances, Rylance acted in a number of movies for cinema and television. His big-screen films included the Shakespeare-based Prospero’s Books (1991), Angels and Insects (1995), Intimacy (2001), The Other Boleyn Girl (2008), Days and Nights (2014; an adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s The Seagull), The Gunman (2015), and Steven Spielberg’s Bridge of ...
May 1, 2024 · John Gielgud, roles and awards. Sir John Gielgud, OM, CH ( / ˈɡiːlɡʊd /; 1904–2000) was an English actor and theatre director. He appeared on stage, television and radio and in film in a career that spanned eight decades. Film historian Brian McFarlane, writing for the British Film Institute, wrote of Gielgud that "in terms of the ...
Apr 26, 2024 · Richard Harris (born October 1, 1930, Limerick, Ireland—died October 25, 2002, London, England) was an Irish actor of stage and screen who became known as much for his offstage indulgences as for his flamboyant performances. This Sporting Life. Lobby card for This Sporting Life (1963), starring Richard Harris (left).
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5 days ago · Signature. Hugh Michael Jackman AC (born 12 October 1968) [1] is an Australian actor. Beginning in theatre and television, Jackman landed his breakthrough role as Wolverine in the X-Men film series (2000–2017, 2024), a role that earned him the Guinness World Record for "longest career as a live-action Marvel character", until 2022. [2]
May 1, 2024 · 1981 Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Special. Signature. David Hattersley Warner (29 July 1941 – 24 July 2022) was an English actor who worked in film, television and theatre. Warner's lanky, often haggard appearance lent itself to a variety of villainous characters as well as more sympathetic roles across stage ...
