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Ériq Ebouaney
Eriq Ebouaney (born 3 October 1967) is a French actor. He is best known for his portrayal as the Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba in the 2000 film '' Lumumba'', as "Blacktie" in Brian De Palma's ''Femme Fatale'' and as "Ice" in the 2008 action film ''Transporter 3'' in which he starred opposite Jason Statham. Recently, Eriq appeared in the 2025 Indian-Malayalam film ''L2: Empuraan'', playing the role of Kabuga. Early life Ebouaney was born in Angers, France, the son of Cameroonian immigrants. As a child he didn't show an interest in acting and was set on becoming a businessman. However, at the age of 30, he joined a theatre company and left his job as a sales manager to become a professional actor. Career He made his film debut in 1996 in the Cédric Klapisch directed film '' Chacun cherche son chat''. He landed a leading role in the 2000 film Lumumba in which he portrayed Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba. The film was shot in Beira, Mozambique. In 2002, he starred in B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
17th Lumière Awards
The 17th Lumière Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Lumières, was held on 13 January 2012. The ceremony was presided by Catherine Jacob (actress), Catherine Jacob. ''The Artist (film), The Artist'' won the award for Lumière Award for Best Film, Best Film. Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold. See also * 37th César Awards * 2nd Magritte Awards References External links * * 17th Lumière Awards at ''AlloCiné'' {{DEFAULTSORT:17th Lumiere Awards Lumières Awards 2011 in French cinema, Lumiere Awards 2011 film awards, Lumiere Awards 2012 in Paris, Lumiere Awards January 2012 in France, Lumiere Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Bamford (film Director)
Mark Bamford is an American film director and screenwriter. Bamford was born in Louisville, Kentucky, but raised mostly in New York. He graduated from New York University in 1989 with a double major in French Literature and Linguistics and a minor in Anthropology. After working for several years in Los Angeles as a freelance screenwriter, Bamford wrote and directed the award-winning 2000 short film ''Hero'', which won him the Atom Films "Director to Watch" Award in 2001. ''Hero'' aired in the United States on PBS. ''Cape of Good Hope'' (2004) is his only feature film. Bamford was married to his co-writer and producer Suzanne Kay until they divorced in 2016. They have two children together. In 2004, Bamford and his family moved to Cape Town, South Africa Cape Town is the legislature, legislative capital city, capital of South Africa. It is the country's oldest city and the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. Cape Town is the country's List of municipalities in South A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Malkovich
John Gavin Malkovich (born December 9, 1953) is an American actor. He is the recipient of several accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards. Malkovich started his career as a charter member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago in 1976. He moved to New York City, acting in a Steppenwolf production of the Sam Shepard play '' True West'' (1980). He made his Broadway debut as Biff in the revival of the Arthur Miller play ''Death of a Salesman'' (1984). He directed the Harold Pinter play '' The Caretaker'' (1986), and acted in Lanford Wilson's '' Burn This'' (1987). Malkovich has received two Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nominations for his performances in '' Places in the Heart'' (1984) and '' In the Line of Fire'' (1993). Other films include '' The Killing Fields'' (1984), '' Empire of the Sun'' (1987), '' Dangerous Liaisons'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disgrace (2008 Film)
''Disgrace'' is a 2008 Australian film, based on J. M. Coetzee's 1999 novel of the same name. It was adapted for the screen by Anna Maria Monticelli and directed by her husband Steve Jacobs. Starring American actor John Malkovich and South African newcomer Jessica Haines, it tells the story of a South African university professor in the post-apartheid era who moves to his daughter's Eastern Cape farm when his affair with a student costs him his position. The film received generally positive reviews. Plot summary David Lurie (John Malkovich) is an ageing white professor teaching Romantic literature at an unnamed university in Cape Town shortly after the end of apartheid. David has an affair with one of his students, Melanie Isaacs (Antoinette Engel). University officials learn of the incident and bring David before a disciplinary board. David's colleagues offer him a quiet exit to save face, but he brashly affirms his guilt and refuses to admit wrongdoing, forcing the board to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Piste
''La Piste'' (''The Trail'') is a 2006 French film starring Julian Sands and Camille Summers. The film was directed by French photographer and director Éric Valli. Plot When her mother died, Grace returned to live in Africa with Gary, her geologist father, whom she had not seen much of since the divorce of her parents. One day he was advised not to fly due to bad weather. As he was excited by his forthcoming re-union with his daughter, he ignored the warning and took off. The plane crashed in the desert near the Skeleton Coast and Gary was captured by a band of guerrillas who were searching for diamond resources in the region. Police investigations were sluggish and Grace herself started an adventurous journey through the desert with a guide. Eriq Ebouaney enacted the role of the guide. Cast * Eriq Ebouaney Eriq Ebouaney (born 3 October 1967) is a French actor. He is best known for his portrayal as the Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba in the 2000 film '' Lumumba' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Front Line (2006 Film)
''The Front Line'' is a 2006 Irish crime drama film directed and written by David Gleeson. Plot an African immigrant from the DR Congo working in a bank in Dublin city whose family is kidnapped by a gang of criminals who force him to be the inside man on their robbery of the bank. Cast * Eriq Ebouaney as Joe Yumba * Gerard McSorley as Detective Insp. Harbison * James Frain as Eddie Gilroy * Fatou N'Diaye as Kala * Hakeem Kae-Kazim as Erasmus * Brian Eli Ssebunya as Daniel * Ian McElhinney Ian McElhinney (born 30 June 1948) is a Northern Irish actor and director. He has appeared in many television series in a career spanning more than forty years; notable appearances include ''Taggart'', '' Hornblower'', ''Cold Feet'', and ''The ... as Mikey * Orla O'Rourke as Detective Susan Clohessey * Gavin O'Connor as Detective Duffy * Garrett Lombard as Anton * Maclean Burke as Plank * Feidlim Cannon as Robbo * Walter McMonagle as Mr. Sullivan * David Herlihy as Mr. Burke * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathalie Cox
Nathalie Claire Cox (born 1 September 1978) is a British actress and Model (person), model. She is best known for her role as Juno Eclipse in the video game ''Star Wars: The Force Unleashed'' and its Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, sequel, as well as her role in Ridley Scott's ''Kingdom of Heaven (film), Kingdom of Heaven'', and later her role as the player character's agent, Emma Jenkins, in the Codemasters' F1 games from F1 2016 to present. Nomination Cox was nominated for the 2008 National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers (NAVGTR) Award for best supporting performance in a drama for ''Star Wars: The Force Unleashed''. Filmography Film Television Videogames References External links * Living people English female models English film actresses Actresses from Leicestershire 1978 births Models from Leicestershire {{England-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Hancock
Martin Hancock (born 10 January 1970) is an English actor best known for his roles as Spider Nugent, Geoffrey "Spider" Nugent in the English soap ''Coronation Street'' (between 1997 and 2003 and again from 2022 and 2023) and as Reg Lund in ''Holby City''. Early life Hancock was born on 10 January 1970 in Fulham to an English father and a New Zealand mother. He attended Drayton Manor High School in West (London sub region), West London and trained at the Drama Centre London. Career Hancock has had roles in a number of English television series, including BBC's ''This Life (1996 TV series), This Life'' and the ITV1 cult drama ''Demons (TV series), Demons''. He has also had film roles in ''24 Hour Party People'', ''Chasing Liberty'' (2004), ''Kingdom of Heaven (film), Kingdom of Heaven'' (2005) and ''Defiance (2008 film), Defiance'' (2008), as well as in a number of theatre productions. However, his most famous role remains that of Emily Bishop's eco-warrior nephew, Geoffrey "Spi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Thewlis
David Wheeler (born 20 March 1963), better known as David Thewlis (), is an English actor and filmmaker. He has appeared in a variety of genres in both film and television. He has received the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor and nominations for two BAFTA Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Thewlis made his film debut in '' Little Dorrit'' (1987) and had his breakthrough with roles in the Mike Leigh films '' Life Is Sweet'' (1990) and '' Naked'' (1993), winning the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for the latter. He appeared in films such as '' Black Beauty'' (1994), '' Restoration'' (1995), '' James and the Giant Peach'' (1996), ''Dragonheart'' (1996), '' Seven Years in Tibet'' (1997), '' The Big Lebowski'' (1998), '' Gangster No. 1'' (2000), and as Remus Lupin in the ''Harry Potter'' franchise (2004–2011). Other film roles include '' Kingdom of Heaven'' (2005), '' The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas'' (20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orlando Bloom
Orlando Jonathan Blanchard Copeland Bloom (born 13 January 1977) is an English actor. He made his breakthrough as the character Legolas in The Lord of the Rings (film series), ''The Lord of the Rings'' film series (2001–03). He reprised his role in The Hobbit (film series), ''The Hobbit'' film series (2013–14). Considered by some to be the Errol Flynn of his time, he gained further notice appearing in epic fantasy, historical, and adventure films, notably as Will Turner in the Pirates of the Caribbean (film series), ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' film series (2003–07, 2017), Paris (mythology), Paris in ''Troy (film), Troy'' (2004), Balian de Ibelin in ''Kingdom of Heaven (film), Kingdom of Heaven'' (2005), and the George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, Duke of Buckingham in ''The Three Musketeers (2011 film), The Three Musketeers'' (2011). Bloom appeared in Hollywood films such as the war film ''Black Hawk Down (film), Black Hawk Down'' (2001), the Australian Western ''Ned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liam Neeson
William John Neeson (born 7 June 1952) is an actor from Northern Ireland. He has received List of awards and nominations received by Liam Neeson, several accolades, including nominations for an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, BAFTA Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and two Tony Awards. In 2020, he was placed seventh on ''The Irish Times'' list of Ireland's 50 Greatest Film Actors. Neeson was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2000. Neeson made his film debut in 1978 with ''The Pilgrim's Progress#Dramatizations, music, and film, Pilgrim's Progress'' followed by early roles in ''Excalibur (film), Excalibur'' (1981), ''The Bounty (1984 film), The Bounty'' (1984), ''The Mission (1986 film), The Mission'' (1986), ''The Dead Pool'' (1988), and ''Husbands and Wives'' (1992). He rose to prominence portraying Oskar Schindler in Steven Spielberg's Holocaust drama film, drama ''Schindler's List'' (1993) for which he earned an Academy Award for Best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Sheen
Michael Christopher Sheen (born 5 February 1969) is a Welsh actor. After training at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), he worked mainly in theatre throughout the 1990s with stage roles in ''Romeo and Juliet'' (1992), ''Don't Fool with Love'' (1993), ''Peer Gynt'' (1994), ''The Seagull'' (1995), ''The Homecoming'' (1997), and ''Henry V (play), Henry V'' (1997). He received Laurence Olivier Award, Olivier Awards nominations for his performances in ''Amadeus (play), Amadeus'' (1998) at the The Old Vic, Old Vic, ''Look Back in Anger'' (1999) at the Royal National Theatre, National Theatre and ''Caligula (play), Caligula'' (2003) at the Donmar Warehouse. Early this century Sheen began screen acting, focusing on biographical films. For writer Peter Morgan, he starred in a trilogy of films as British prime minister Tony Blairthe television film ''The Deal (2003 film), The Deal'' in 2003, ''The Queen (2006 film), The Queen'' (2006), and ''The Special Relationship (film), The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
