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Jennifer Esposito
Jennifer Esposito is an American actress. She is known for her roles in the feature films ''Summer of Sam'' (1999), '' Don't Say a Word'' (2001), '' Welcome to Collinwood'' (2002), as well as '' Crash'' and ''Taxi'' (both 2004). She has also appeared in several television series, most notably '' The Looney Tunes Show'', ''Spin City'', ''Related'', '' Samantha Who?'', '' Blue Bloods'', and '' Mistresses''. From 2016 to 2017, she played Special Agent Alexandra Quinn on the CBS series ''NCIS''. In 2019, her most recent movie was ''Mob Town'', starring opposite David Arquette. She also played CIA Deputy Director Susan Raynor in the Amazon series ''The Boys''. Early life Esposito was born in New York City, the second of two daughters of Phyllis, an interior decorator, and Robert Esposito, a music producer. She is of Italian descent, and was raised on Staten Island in Bulls Head and is a graduate of Moore Catholic High School. Career Esposito made her first television appearance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bradley Cooper
Bradley Charles Cooper (born January 5, 1975) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award and two Grammy Awards, in addition to nominations for nine Academy Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, and a Tony Award. Cooper appeared on the ''Forbes'' Celebrity 100 three times and on ''Time''s list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2015. His films have grossed $11billion worldwide and he has placed four times in annual rankings of the world's highest-paid actors. Cooper enrolled in the MFA program at the Actors Studio in 2000 after beginning his career in 1999 with a guest role in the television series ''Sex and the City''. He made his film debut in the comedy '' Wet Hot American Summer'' (2001), and gained some recognition as Will Tippin in the spy-action television show '' Alias'' (2001–2006). After his role in the show was demoted, he began to have career doubts but gained some recogniti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moore Catholic High School
Moore Catholic High School is an American private, Catholic school in the Bulls Head neighborhood of Staten Island, New York. It was founded by the Presentation Sisters of Staten Island in September 1962 and named for Mary Young Moore, a beneficiary to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, and was the first archdiocesan high school for girls on Staten Island. Moore became co-educational in September 1969, and the name was formally changed from Countess Moore High School to Moore Catholic High School in October 1978. Enrollment is about 400 students, evenly divided between males and females. Advanced academics In 2005, Moore initiated a program called Presentation Scholars Academy for gifted students. The students are challenged and take accelerated, college-level, and Advanced Placement classes. The school also has a partnership with St. John's University, a large Catholic university that gives academic credit to Moore students for college-level extension courses. Club ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Pepper
Barry Robert Pepper (born April 4, 1970) is a Canadian actor. He played Private Daniel Jackson in ''Saving Private Ryan'' (1998), Corrections Officer Dean Stanton in '' The Green Mile'' (1999), Roger Maris in '' 61*'' (2001), Joseph L. Galloway in ''We Were Soldiers'' (2002), Sergeant Michael Strank in '' Flags of Our Fathers'' (2006), Vince in '' Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials'' (2015) and '' Maze Runner: The Death Cure'' (2018), Lucky Ned Pepper in the remake of the western '' True Grit'' (2010) and David Keller in '' Crawl'' (2019). He has been nominated for three Screen Actors Guild Awards and a Golden Globe Award. For his role as Robert F. Kennedy in the miniseries '' The Kennedys'' (2011), Pepper won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie. Early life and education Pepper was born the youngest of three boys in Campbell River, British Columbia, the son of a lumberjack. When he was five years old, his family set sail in a homemade y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Guzmán
Luis Guzmán (born August 28, 1956) is a Puerto Rican actor. His career spans over 40 years and includes a number of films and television series. He has appeared in the Paul Thomas Anderson films ''Boogie Nights'' (1997), ''Magnolia'' (1999) and ''Punch-Drunk Love'' (2002) and the Steven Soderbergh films ''Out of Sight'' (1998), '' The Limey'' (1999) and ''Traffic'' (2000). His other film credits include '' Q & A'' (1990), '' The Hard Way'' (1991), ''Carlito's Way'' (1993) and '' Keanu'' (2016). For his role in ''The Limey'', he received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male. On television, he starred as Raoul "El Cid" Hernandez on the HBO prison drama '' Oz'' (1998–2000), José Gonzalo Rodríguez Gacha on the Netflix series ''Narcos'' (2015), Jesse "Mama" Salander on the CBS medical drama '' Code Black'' (2015–18), Hector Contreras on '' Perpetual Grace, LTD'' (2019) and as Gomez Addams on ''Wednesday''. Early life Guzmán was born in Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Dorff
Stephen Hartley Dorff Jr. (born July 29, 1973) is an American actor. He is known for portraying Roland West in the third season of HBO's crime drama anthology series ''True Detective'', PK in '' The Power of One'', Stuart Sutcliffe in '' Backbeat'', Johnny Marco in Sofia Coppola's '' Somewhere'', Glen in '' The Gate'', and for his roles in '' Cecil B. DeMented'', '' The Motel Life'', ''S.F.W.'', '' Space Truckers'', and in ''Blade'' as vampire mastermind Deacon Frost. Early life Dorff was born in Atlanta, Georgia, the son of Nancy and Steve Dorff, who is a composer and music producer. His father is Jewish, and his mother was Catholic, and Dorff has stated that he was "brought up half-Jewish." Dorff's brother Andrew (1976–2016) was a country music songwriter. He was raised in Los Angeles, where his father worked, and began acting as a child, appearing in commercials for Kraft and Mattel. Dorff attended several private schools. Career Dorff started acting in the late 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jon Favreau
Jonathan Kolia Favreau (; born October 19, 1966) is an American actor and filmmaker. As an actor, Favreau has appeared in films such as '' Rudy'' (1993), '' PCU'' (1994), '' Swingers'' (1996), '' Very Bad Things'' (1998), '' Deep Impact'' (1998), '' The Replacements'' (2000), ''Daredevil'' (2003), and '' The Break-Up'' (2006). He has also appeared in films such as '' Four Christmases'' (2008), '' Couples Retreat'' (2009), '' I Love You, Man'' (2009), '' People Like Us'' (2012), '' The Wolf of Wall Street'' (2013), ''Chef'' (2014), and several films created by Marvel Studios. As a filmmaker, Favreau has been significantly involved with the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He directed, produced, and appeared as Happy Hogan in the films ''Iron Man'' (2008) and '' Iron Man 2'' (2010). He also served as an executive producer for or appeared as the character in the films ''The Avengers'' (2012), '' Iron Man 3'' (2013), '' Avengers: Age of Ultron'' (2015), '' Spider-Man: Homecoming'' (2017 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Cheadle
Donald Frank Cheadle Jr. (; born November 29, 1964) is an American actor. He is the recipient of multiple accolades, including two Grammy Awards, a Tony Award, two Golden Globe Awards and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He has also earned nominations for an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards and 11 Primetime Emmy Awards. His Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony nominations make him one of few black individuals to be nominated for the four major American entertainment awards (EGOT). Following early roles in '' Hamburger Hill'' (1987), and as the gangster "Rocket" in the film '' Colors'' (1988), Cheadle built his career in the 1990s with roles in '' Devil in a Blue Dress'' (1995), '' Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault'' (1996), ''Rosewood'' (1997), and ''Boogie Nights'' (1997). His collaboration with director Steven Soderbergh resulted in the films '' Out of Sight'' (1998), ''Traffic'' (2000), '' The Ocean's Trilogy'' (2001–2007), and '' No Sudden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Award
The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment industry worldwide. Given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), the awards are an international recognition of excellence in cinematic achievements, as assessed by the Academy's voting membership. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a golden statuette as a trophy, officially called the "Academy Award of Merit", although more commonly referred to by its nickname, the "Oscar". The statuette, depicting a knight rendered in the Art Deco style, was originally sculpted by Los Angeles artist George Stanley from a design sketch by art director Cedric Gibbons. The 1st Academy Awards were held in 1929 at a private dinner hosted by Douglas Fairbanks in The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. The Academy Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Master Of Disguise
''The Master of Disguise'' is a 2002 American adventure comedy film directed by Perry Andelin Blake in his directorial debut, written by Dana Carvey and Harris Goldberg, and starring Carvey, Brent Spiner, Jennifer Esposito, Harold Gould and James Brolin. The film was produced by Carvey's fellow ''Saturday Night Live'' alumnus, Adam Sandler, through his Happy Madison production company. It tells the story of a man who is trained to become a "Master of Disguise" by his grandfather when a master criminal kidnaps his parents. The film grossed $43.4 million on a $16 million budget but was panned by critics, having a 1% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Critics have called it one of the worst movies ever made. Plot In 1979 Palermo, Italy, Fabbrizio Disguisey, the latest in a long line of secret agents known as "Masters of Disguise", breaks up a smuggling ring run by the evil Devlin Bowman while disguised as Bo Derek. Not wanting his infant son Pistachio to receive the same dangero ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dracula 2000
''Dracula 2000'' (also known internationally as ''Dracula 2001'') is a 2000 American gothic horror film co-written and directed by Patrick Lussier and produced by Joel Soisson and Wes Craven (executive producer), and starring Gerard Butler, Christopher Plummer, Jonny Lee Miller, Justine Waddell, Omar Epps, Colleen Fitzpatrick, Jeri Ryan and Jennifer Esposito. The plot follows Dracula, who arrives in New Orleans, Louisiana in the 20th century and seeks out Mary Heller, a descendant of Abraham Van Helsing. ''Dracula 2000'', the promotional title of which is ''Wes Craven Presents: Dracula 2000'', builds upon Bram Stoker's original 1897 novel ''Dracula'', with Count Dracula resurrected in contemporary America. The film was a critical and commercial failure, though two direct-to-video sequels, both written and directed by Lussier, were produced. Plot Matthew Van Helsing, a descendant of 19th-century Dutch physician Abraham Van Helsing, owns an antique shop built over the site of Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Berkowitz
David Richard Berkowitz (born Richard David Falco, June 1, 1953), also known as the Son of Sam and .44 Caliber Killer, is an American serial killer who pleaded guilty to eight shootings that began in New York City on July 29, 1976. Berkowitz grew up in New York City and served in the United States Army. Using a .44 Special caliber Bulldog revolver, he killed six people and wounded seven others by July 1977, terrorizing New Yorkers and gaining worldwide notoriety. Berkowitz eluded the biggest police manhunt in the city's history while leaving letters that mocked the police and promised further crimes, which were highly publicized by the press. Berkowitz was arrested on August 10, 1977, and subsequently indicted for eight shootings. He confessed to all of them, and initially claimed to have been obeying the orders of a demon manifested in the form of a dog belonging to his neighbor "Sam". After being found mentally competent to stand trial, he pleaded guilty to second-degree m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spike Lee
Shelton Jackson "Spike" Lee (born March 20, 1957) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. His production company, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, has produced more than 35 films since 1983. He made his directorial debut with '' She's Gotta Have It'' (1986). He has since written and directed such films as ''School Daze'' (1988), ''Do the Right Thing'' (1989), ''Mo' Better Blues'' (1990), ''Jungle Fever'' (1991), '' Malcolm X'' (1992), '' Crooklyn'' (1994), '' Clockers'' (1995), '' 25th Hour'' (2002), '' Inside Man'' (2006), ''Chi-Raq'' (2015), '' BlacKkKlansman'' (2018) and '' Da 5 Bloods'' (2020). Lee also acted in eleven of his feature films. His films have featured breakthrough and acclaimed performances from actors such as Denzel Washington, Laurence Fishburne, Samuel L. Jackson, Giancarlo Esposito, Rosie Perez, Delroy Lindo and John David Washington. Lee's work has continually explored race relations, issues within the black community, the rol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
