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Mark Hamill
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About: Try as he might to avoid typecasting, Mark Hamill will always be remembered as Luke Skywalker, the boyish hero of George Lucas's Star Wars trilogy. Born Sept. 5, 1951, in Concord, Calif., Hamill was already a veteran of television when he made his big-screen splash with Star Wars in 1977.Likable heroes soon became his stock in trade, and Hamill found it hard to escape being cast as such in movie after movie, including Corvette Summer (1978) and The Big Red One (1980). During the '80s, Hamill spe... Link: Mark Hamill |
Harrison Ford
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About: One of the highest-paid and best-known leading men in American movies, Harrison Ford has put his mark on two great franchises: the first Star Wars trilogy and the Indiana Jones series. Born July 13, 1942, in Chicago, Ill., Ford flunked out of college and went to Hollywood, where he played small roles in a succession of small movies.George Lucas cast him in American Graffiti (1973), but it wasn't until the unlikely box office hit Star Wars (1977) that he quit his day job as a carpenter. Steven Sp... Link: Harrison Ford |
James Earl Jones
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About: Born January 17, 1931, in Arkabutla, Miss., James Earl Jones was raised by his grandparents in Michigan. Although he attended college to study medicine, he never gave up his dream of being an actor.After a stint in the Army, he enrolled at New York's American Theatre Wing. He won a Tony for his work in "The Great White Hope," a role he later reprised in the 1970 film, for which he received a Best Actor Oscar nomination. His screen debut came as Lt. Zogg in Dr. Strangelove (1964). With his author... Link: James Earl Jones |
Alec Guinness
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About: Born April 2, 1914, in Marylebone, London, Guinness was perhaps = the consummate English actor on both the stage and in films for nearly six decades until his death on August 5, 2000, in Middlesex, England. Perhaps best known as the Jedi knight Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars, Guinness enjoyed a distinguished film career that dated back to the early 1930s. He won a Best Actor Oscar in 1957 for his memorable portrayal of an obsessed British commander in director David Lean's The Bridge on the River K... Link: Alec Guinness |
Denis Lawson
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About: Born in Perthshire, Scotland, on Sept. 27, 1947, Denis Lawson made a name for himself performing onstage in London's West End and on British television dramas -- but is best known to American audiences for his role as pilot Wedge Antilles in the first three Star Wars films.Lawson began his London stage career in 1969's "The Metamorphosis." He has appeared in numerous television series and movies, including Lucky Jim, The Fabulous Bagel Boys and a two-year stint on the BBC's medical drama "Holby ... Link: Denis Lawson |
Hugh Laurie
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About: Born on June 11, 1959, in Oxford, England, Hugh Laurie attended Cambridge University, where he was a champion rower. Forced to stop athletics for health reasons, he joined the celebrated comedy troupe the Footlights Club, where he met fellow thespian Emma Thompson and, through her, Stephen Fry, who became Laurie's longtime comedic collaborator on a variety of projects, including the TV shows "Jeeves and Wooster" and "A Bit of Fry and Laurie."Most widely known for his role in Britain's "Blackadde... Link: Hugh Laurie |
Judi Dench
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About: Born in York, England, on Dec. 9, 1934, to amateur-actor parents, Judith Olivia Dench has been acting since she was 5 years old. Dench rose quickly through the ranks of British theatre, eventually joining the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1961.She made her film debut in The Third Secret (1964) and has appeared in several Shakespeare adaptations, including Kenneth Brannagh's Henry V (1989) and Hamlet (1996). Dench is best known by many Americans as British spy commander "M" in recent James Bond fi... Link: Judi Dench |
Anthony LaPaglia
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About: Born January 31, 1959, to parents of Italian and Dutch decent in Adelaide, Australia, Anthony LaPaglia moved to New York in 1980 and made his mark in the theatre almost immediately.Most Americans got their first look at LaPaglia in the comedy Betsy's Wedding (1990), in which he played a mobster, a role he would play many times in his career. After a series of supporting parts in films such as One Good Cop, The Client and Empire Records, he landed the lead role in the second season of the acclaim... Link: Anthony LaPaglia |
Hugh Grant
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About: Born September 9, 1960, in London, England, Hugh Grant was educated at Oxford University and performed with a comedy troupe called "The Jockeys of Norfolk." His charming upper-class demeanor got him noticed in late-'80s and early-'90s British films such as Maurice (his debut), Lair of the White Worm and Remains of the Day.But it was the international success of 1994's Four Weddings and a Funeral that brought Grant stardom, a Best Actor Golden Globe Award and myriad offers from Hollywood. He made... Link: Hugh Grant |
Marisa Tomei
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About: Born Dec. 4, 1964, in Brooklyn, N.Y., Marisa Tomei studied acting and dance in high school, spending her summers doing plays in upstate New York. In 1983, after one year at Boston University, she dropped out to accept a role on the soap opera "As the World Turns," where she remained for two years.Tomei's first film role was a one-line part in The Flamingo Kid (1984). She later took another television role as Lisa Bonet's roommate on "A Different World" (1987-88). Her big break came with her turn... Link: Marisa Tomei |