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Robert Duvall
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About: Robert Duvall was born Jan. 5, 1931, in San Diego, Calif., the son of a Navy admiral. After military service, Duvall studied acting at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse and made off-Broadway appearances.His first screen role as the mute Boo Radley in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) left a lasting impression, and his visibility grew in such films as The Chase, Bullitt, True Grit, The Rain People and MASH. Duvall received his first Oscar nomination for The Godfather (1972); he scored another nominati... Link: Robert Duvall |
John Lithgow
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About: Born in Rochester, N.Y., on October 19, 1945, John Lithgow built an impressive stage career during the 1970s and '80s. After smaller roles in All That Jazz (1979) and Blow Out (1981), Lithgow gained attention with his Oscar-nominated supporting performance in The World According to Garp (1982).The following year, Lithgow was nominated again for his work in Terms of Endearment. He continued to turn in memorable dramatic and comedic performances throughout the 1980s and '90s in such films as Footl... Link: John Lithgow |
James Gandolfini
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About: Multiple Emmy winner James Gandolfini labored for years as a character actor before becoming a leading man in 1999 when he landed the role of the patriarch of the supremely dysfunctional Soprano family in HBO's hit TV series.Born Sept. 18, 1961, in Westwood, N.J., Gandolfini set out for New York City in 1983 to study at the Actors Studio. After working nearly a decade as a bartender, Gandolfini got his big break in 1992 when he appeared opposite Alec Baldwin and Jessica Lange in a Broadway produ... Link: James Gandolfini |
Tony Shalhoub
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About: Tony Shalhoub was born October 9, 1953, in Green Bay, Wis., of Lebanese heritage. He attended the University of Southern Maine in Portland and began making network TV appearances in 1986 on such shows as "The Equalizer" and "Spencer for Hire."In 1990, Shalhoub made his film debut in Longtime Companion, followed by Quick Change, Barton Fink, Honeymoon in Vegas, Big Night and a memorable bit as an alien pawnshop owner in Men in Black (and its sequel). He was also a regular on the TV sitcom "Wings"... Link: Tony Shalhoub |
Zeljko Ivanek
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About: Although he was born in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on Aug. 15, 1957, Zeljko Ivanek (pronounced ZHEL-koe ee-VAH-nek) moved to the United States when he was just 3 years old, eventually graduating from Yale University and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.A familiar face on Broadway, Ivanek has three Tony nominations to his name. But he is more often recognized for his work on the small screen: as prosecutor Ed Danvers on "Homicide: Life on the Street," Gov. James Devlin on "Oz" and assassin ... Link: Zeljko Ivanek |
Sydney Pollack
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About: Equally adept as an actor, director or producer, Sydney Pollack adds a degree of gravitas to any film he touches. Born July 1, 1934, in Lafayette, La., Pollack studied with the legendary Sanford Meisner at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse and briefly served as an acting coach.In 1962, while working on the film War Hunt, Pollack befriend a young actor making his debut in the movie -- Robert Redford. It was the beginning of a beautiful friendship that would see them collaborate on seven films, in... Link: Sydney Pollack |
Kathy Bates
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About: This outstanding character actress was born June 28, 1948, in Memphis, Tenn. She graduated with a BFA in theater from Southern Methodist University and made a brief film debut in Taking Off (1971).Bates excelled in theater while making occasional films in the 1970s and '80s; the female lead in the play "Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune" was written for her, but the film version role went to Michelle Pfeiffer. Instead, Bates was cast as the disturbed Annie Wilkes in Misery (1990).Her caree... Link: Kathy Bates |
Kevin Spacey
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About: Kevin Spacey grew up in Los Angeles, but was born on July 26, 1959, in South Orange, N.J. As a child, he got in trouble so much that his parents sent him to military school, from which he was expelled. A prescient teacher at his next school suggested he try the theater, and a passion was born.Spacey's first screen role was in 1986's Heartburn (opposite Meryl Streep). A prolific actor, he's been in more than 40 movies, including A Time to Kill, L.A. Confidential and the animated A Bug's Life (as ... Link: Kevin Spacey |
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
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About: Born Jan. 13, 1961, in New York City, Julia Louis-Dreyfus honed her comic skills as part of Chicago's famed Second City improv troupe before joining the cast of "Saturday Night Live" in 1982. The two-year gig led to small parts in Hannah and Her Sisters and the politically incorrect Soul Man (both 1986).After the NBC sitcom "Seinfeld" came into her life in 1990, Louis-Dreyfus would forever be associated with her character, Elaine Benes, the lone female in a tight-knit group of actors that includ... Link: Julia Louis-Dreyfus |
Denis Leary
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About: The son of Irish immigrants, Denis Leary was born in Worcester, Mass., on Aug. 18, 1957, and began performing his trademark frenetic stand-up routines while attending Emerson College. His wildly popular one-man show, "No Cure for Cancer," which featured rants on everything from the joys of smoking to aging pop stars, had successful runs in London's West End and on Broadway before becoming a Showtime special in 1992.Soon after, MTV hired Leary to do a series of promos in which he paced, smoked fu... Link: Denis Leary |