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Otto Farrant
Otto Farrant (born 13 November 1996) is an English actor. He is best known for his portrayal of the titular character in Amazon Prime's spy thriller series ''Alex Rider'' (2020–2024). He previously had supporting television roles in '' The White Queen'' (2013), '' War & Peace'' (2016) and '' Mrs. Wilson'' (2018). As a theatre actor, he has performed at venues such as the Royal National Theatre and the Young Vic. Life and career Farrant was born in Hammersmith, West London and raised in Tooting, South London. He attended Graveney School. He became interested in acting after watching a performance of Gavroche in ''Les Misérables''. When he was young, he participated in theatre at Stagecoach Theatre School in Battersea. In 2011, he worked alongside Joanne Froggatt and Joe Cole in a production of ''Little Platoons'' at the Bush Theatre. At eleven years of age, Farrant began performing on stage in productions at the likes of the National Theatre and Shakespeare's Globe theatre. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hammersmith
Hammersmith is a district of West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It is the administrative centre of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, and identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. It is bordered by Shepherd's Bush to the north, Kensington to the east, Chiswick to the west, and Fulham to the south, all on the north bank of the River Thames. The area is one of west London's main commercial and employment centres, and has for some decades been a major centre of London's Polish minority in United Kingdom, Polish community. It is a major transport hub for west London, with two London Underground stations and a bus and coach station at Hammersmith Broadway. Toponymy Hammersmith may mean "(Place with) a hammer smithy or forge", although, in 1839, Thomas Faulkner (topographer), Thomas Faulkner proposed that the name derived from two 'Saxon' words: the initial ''Ham'' from List of generic forms in place names in Ireland an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petya Rostov
Count Pyotr "Petya" Ilyich Rostov (1797–1812) is a character in Leo Tolstoy's 1869 novel ''War and Peace ''War and Peace'' (; pre-reform Russian: ; ) is a literary work by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy. Set during the Napoleonic Wars, the work comprises both a fictional narrative and chapters in which Tolstoy discusses history and philosophy. An ...''. The youngest member of the Rostov family, Petya is initially a minor character; however, towards the end of the novel, Petya's importance to the plot increases as he joins the Russian army in their defence against the French invasion of 1812. In the latter stages of the book Petya takes part in an attack on a French corps and is fatally wounded. This scene, along with the death of Prince Andrei Nikolaeitch Bolkonski is one of the most famous (and shocking) in classical Russian literature. Reception George R. Clay asserts that Tolstoy's "choice of fifteen-year old Petya Rostov as the one through whom to dramatize Moscow's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bill
''The Bill'' is a British police procedural television series, broadcast on ITV (TV network), ITV from 16 October 1984 until 31 August 2010. The programme originated from a one-off drama, "Woodentop (The Bill), Woodentop" (part of the ''Storyboard'' series), broadcast on 16 August 1983. ITV were so impressed with the drama that a full series was commissioned. The title originates from "Old Bill", a List of police-related slang terms, slang term for the police and show creator Geoff McQueen's original title for the series. ''The Bill'' focuses on the lives and work of one shift of police officers of all ranks, and the storylines deal with situations faced by uniformed officers working on the beat, as well as Covert operation#Plainclothes law enforcement, plainclothes detectives. Producers initially wanted to replicate the "day in the life" feature of ''Woodentop'', and made sure a police officer was featured in every single scene. The series later adopted a much more serialised ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Brooke, Rajah Of Sarawak
Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke (born Charles Anthoni Johnson; 3 June 1829 – 17 May 1917) was the head of state of Sarawak from 3 August 1868 until his death. He succeeded his uncle, James Brooke, who was the first of the so-called "White Rajahs" of Sarawak. Biography Charles Anthoni Johnson was born in Berrow Vicarage, Burnham, Somerset, in England, to the Reverend Francis Charles and Emma Frances Johnson, née Brooke. Emma was the younger sister of James Brooke, the first Rajah of Sarawak. In addition to Charles, Francis and Emma had other children: Captain John Brooke Johnson (1823–1868) (later Brooke), Mary Anna Johnson (b. 1824), Harriet Helena Johnson (b. 1826), Charlotte Frances Johnson (b. 1828), Captain (William) Frederic Johnson (b. 1830), Emma Lucy Johnson (b. 1832), Margaret Henrietta Johnson (1834–1845), Georgianna Brooke Johnson (1836–1854), James Stuart Johnson (1839–1840), and Henry Stuart Johnson (b. 1841). Brooke was educated at Crewkerne Gram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edge Of The World (2021 Film)
''Edge of the World'' (also known as ''Rajah'') is a 2021 adventure drama film directed by Michael Haussman and starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers as the British soldier and adventurer James Brooke (1803–1868), the first White Rajah of Sarawak. The film also features Atiqah Hasiholan, Dominic Monaghan, Hannah New, and Josie Ho. The script was written by Rob Allyn, who also produced the film. ''Edge of the World'' is a co-production of Malaysia, China, the US and the UK. Plot The film is based on the true story of the Rajah of Sarawak, James Brooke, who has been suggested as one of the inspirations for the Rudyard Kipling story ''The Man Who Would Be King'', and Joseph Conrad's novel ''Lord Jim''. Brooke was a former soldier in the Bengal Army who sailed to Borneo (which was still under the control of the Bruneian Sultanate) in 1839, where he helped the Sultan of Brunei's governor (Pengiran Indera Mahkota, title for the governor) put down a local rebellion, and in gratitude was rew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salmon Fishing In The Yemen
''Salmon Fishing in the Yemen'' is a 2011 British romantic comedy drama film directed by Lasse Hallström. The film stars Ewan McGregor, Emily Blunt, Kristin Scott Thomas and Amr Waked. Based on the 2007 novel of the same name by Paul Torday, and a screenplay by Simon Beaufoy, the film is about a fisheries expert who is recruited by a consultant to help realise a sheikh's vision of bringing the sport of fly fishing to the Yemen desert, initiating an upstream journey of faith to make the impossible possible. The film was shot on location in the United Kingdom in London and Newtonmore in Inverness-shire and in Morocco from August to October 2010. The film premiered at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival. The film received generally positive reviews upon its release, and earned over $34 million in revenue worldwide. Plot Fisheries expert Alfred Jones receives an email from financial adviser Harriet Chetwode-Talbot, seeking advice on a project to bring salmon fishing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Ghost Rescue (film)
''The Great Ghost Rescue'' is a 2011 British fantasy horror family film directed by Yann Samuell and starring Emma Fielding and Georgia Groome. The film is based on Eva Ibbotson's 1975 novel of the same name. Plot A family of ghosts from different eras seek out a new home. However, times have changed and they are now threatened by ghost hunters. It is up to a small boy ghost to save his family. Cast *Jason Isaacs as Narrator (voice) *Emma Fielding as Mabel * Georgia Groome as Winifred *Toby Hall as Humphrey *Otto Farrant as Barnabus *Stephen Churchett as The Head Master *Kevin McKidd as Hamish *Bob Goody as Master Wraith * David Schaal as Builder * Bill Ward as Lord Alfred Seymour *Anthony Head as Prime Minister *Steven Mackintosh as Brad/Barnabus *Ben Forster as Mr. Burnley *Akbar Kurtha as Doctor *Christian Contreras as Antonius *Tracy-Ann Oberman as Mrs. Burnley *Sidney Cole as Wild Eyed Ghost *San Shella as Ghost Remover *Rosemary Leach Rosemary Anne Leach (18 Decemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perseus
In Greek mythology, Perseus (, ; Greek language, Greek: Περσεύς, Romanization of Greek, translit. Perseús) is the legendary founder of the Perseid dynasty. He was, alongside Cadmus and Bellerophon, the greatest Greek hero and slayer of monsters before the days of Heracles. He beheaded the Gorgon Medusa for Polydectes and saved Andromeda (mythology), Andromeda from the sea monster Cetus (mythology), Cetus. He was the son of Zeus and the mortal Danaë, as well as the half-brother and great-grandfather of Heracles (as they were both children of Zeus, and Heracles's mother was Perseus' granddaughter). Etymology Because of the obscurity of the name "Perseus" and the legendary character of its bearer, most etymologists presume that it might be pre-Greek; however, the name of Perseus's native city was Greek and so were the names of his wife and relatives. There is some idea that it descended into Greek from the Proto-Indo-European language. In that regard Robert Graves, Grave ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. It is updated several times a day, with entertainment industry news as its focus. It has been a brand of Penske Media Corporation since 2009. History ''Deadline'' was founded by Nikki Finke, who began writing an '' LA Weekly'' column series called ''Deadline Hollywood'' in June 2002. She began the ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' (DHD) blog in March 2006 as an online version of her column. She officially launched it as an entertainment trade website in 2006. The site became one of Hollywood's most followed websites by 2009. In 2009, Finke sold ''Deadline'' to Penske Media Corporation (then Mail.com Media) for a low-seven-figure sum. She was also given a five-year-plus employment contract reported by the ''Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper# ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Dillane
Stephen John Dillane (; born 27 March 1957) is a British actor. He is best known for his roles as Leonard Woolf in the 2002 film ''The Hours (film), The Hours'', Stannis Baratheon in the HBO fantasy series ''Game of Thrones'' (2012–2015) and Thomas Jefferson in the HBO miniseries ''John Adams (miniseries), John Adams'' (2008), a part which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award, Primetime Emmy nomination. An experienced stage actor who has been called an "actor's actor", Dillane won a Tony Award for his lead performance in Tom Stoppard's play ''The Real Thing (play), The Real Thing'' (2000) and gave critically acclaimed performances in ''Angels in America'' (1993), ''Hamlet'' (1990), and a one-man ''Macbeth'' (2005). His television work has additionally garnered him British Academy of Film and Television Arts, BAFTA and International Emmy Awards for best actor. Early life Dillane was born in Kensington, London, to an English mother, Bridget (née Curwen), and an Irish Australians, I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vicky McClure
Vicky Lee McClure (born 8 May 1983) is an English actress, model and presenter. She is known for her roles as Detective Inspector Kate Fleming in the BBC series ''Line of Duty'' (2012–2021) and Lol Jenkins in Shane Meadows's film '' This Is England'' (2006) and its Channel 4 sequel mini-series '' This Is England '86'' (2010), '' This Is England '88'' (2011), and '' This Is England '90'' (2015). Before ''This is England'', she appeared in another of Meadows' films, '' A Room for Romeo Brass'' (1999), where she played Ladine. She won the RTS Award and British Academy Television Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Lol in ''This is England '86'' in 2011. McClure is also well known for her role as Karen White in ITV's ''Broadchurch'', and other roles such as in '' Filth and Wisdom'' (2008), ''Hummingbird'' (2013), ''Svengali'' (2013), and '' The Replacement'' (2017). Early life Vicky Lee McClure was born on 8 May 1983 in the Wollaton area of Nottingham. Her father w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Rider
''Alex Rider'' is a series of spy novels by the English author Anthony Horowitz. The novels revolve around the teenaged spy Alex Rider and are primarily aimed towards young adults. The series comprises 14 novels, as well as seven graphic novels, seven short stories, and a supplementary book. The first novel, '' Stormbreaker'', was released in the United Kingdom in 2000 and was adapted into a film in 2006, starring Alex Pettyfer as the titular protagonist. The books '' Point Blanc'', '' Eagle Strike'', and '' Scorpia'' books were adapted into a TV series in 2020, 2021, and 2024, respectively, starring Otto Farrant. Walker Books published the first novels in the United Kingdom alongside Puffin in the United States. More recent entries in the series were published by Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Books. Novels List #'' Stormbreaker'' – released 4 September 2000. Adapted as a graphic novel, released 3 July 2000. #'' Point Blanc'' – released 3 September 2001. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
