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The Many Faces of… Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch was born on 19 July 1976 in London. Both his parents are actors. He studied arts and was a member of the Rattigan Society, which was a club for the dramatic arts. He acted in several plays. He also played rugby and painted. When he finished school he tought English in a Tibetan monastery. After this he studied drama at the University of Manchester, followed by training as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
He continued acting in various plays and still does. In 2002 he started doing TV shows, first guest roles in Heartbeat, Spooks, Silent Witness among others. He starred in the miniseries To the Ends of the Earth and played in Stuart: A Life Backwards together with Tom Hardy. He has not stopped his TV worked, appearing in Van Gogh: Painted with Words in 2010 and also playing Sherlock Holmes. His movie work include roles in Atonement, The Other Boleyn Girl, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, War Horse, The Hobbit and Star Trek Into Darkness. Continue reading →

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The Many Faces of… Jamie Foxx

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Jamie Foxx was born on December 13, 1967 in Terrell, Texas. He was adopted shortly after birth. He started learning the piano when he was five. In his teens he played the piano and lead the choir at the local Baptist Church. In high school he had good grades and was very active in sports, wanting to play for the Dallas Cowboys. He was part of a band called Leather and Lace. He went to the United States International University where he studied classical music and composition. In 1989 he started as a comedian at a comedy club and two years later he became part of the cast of In Living Color. He also was in the sitcom Roc. In 1996 he got his own sitcom, called The Jamie Foxx Show.

His first movie role was in Toys (1992), followed by various roles in movies like The Great White Hype, Booty Call, THe Players Club and Any Give Sunday. With his roles in Collateral and Ray (for which he won an Oscar) he became well known. Other movies he has been in are Jarhead, Dreamgirls, Rio and Django Unchained. Besides his acting he also remained active as a musician and has released 4 cd’s: Peep This (1994), Unpredictable (2005), Intuition (2008) and Best Night of My Life (2010). Continue reading →

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The Many Faces of… Adrien Brody

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Adrien Brody was born on April 14, 1973 in New York. When he was growing up he loved magic and even performed as “The Amazing Adrien” at children’s birthday parties. Later he was enrolled in acting classes by his parents to make sure he wasn’t hanging associating with “dangerous” children. The acting lessons payed of as he appeared in a play and a PBS television film when he was 13. His work in movies continued and he appeared in films like Restaurant, Summer of Sam and The Thin Red Line. It was his role in The Pianist which earned him recognition and fame and an Oscar for Best Actor. After this he played in The Village, King Kong, The Darjeeling Limited, Hollywoodland, Splice, The Brothers Bloom and Predators amongst many others. Continue reading →

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The Many Faces of… Kevin Spacey

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I started watching House of Cards this week (which I have to say is an awesome show) and I noticed that I hadn’t featured Kevin Spacey in this series yet. Time to look at the many roles in his career.

Kevin Spacey was born on July 26, 1959 in South Orange, New Jersey. He attended Northridge Military Academy. When he wen to Chatsworth High he acted in a stage production of The Sound of Music where he played Captain Georg von Trapp.He tried his hand at being a stand-up comedian, but also studied drama. He started his professional career in plays. During one of these plays he worked with Jack Lemmon, who became a mentor to him. He made the step into movies and became very successful. He earned an Oscar for his supporting role in The Usual Suspects in 1996 and in 2000 he picked up a second statue for his leading role in American Beauty. Movies he has been in include Glengarry Glen Ross, Se7en, L.A. Confidential, The Negotiator, Pay It Forward and Margin Call. Continue reading →

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The Many Faces of… Chris Hemsworth

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Chris Hemsworth was born on August 11, 1983 in Melbourne, Australia. He liked to surf and attended the Heathmont Secondary College. After this he started appearing in small roles in Australian TV shows. He appeared in the soap opera Home and Away and after a few years moved to the US to pursue an acting career there. He appeared in Stark Trek as James T. Kirk’s father. He has appeared in movies like Thor, The Cabin in the Woods, The Avengers, Snow White and the Huntsman, Red Dawn and Rush. Continue reading →

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The Many Faces of… Catherine Zeta-Jones

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Catherine Zeta-Jones was born on September 25, 1969 in Swansea, Wales. She left school early to focus on acting. She went to The Arts Educational Schools in West London. She played the lead in a stage version of Annie and at age 14 she was cast in a production of Bugsy Malone. She kept doing stage plays.

She made her film debut in 1990 in Les 1001 Nuits. Her role in the British TV series The Darling Buds of May brought her to public attention. Zeta-Jones even tried her hand at music and released various singles. It took some years before she had her big breakthrough. When Steven Spielberg saw her performance in the mini-series Titanic he suggested her to the director of The Mask of Zorro, Martin Campbell. She has since starred in various movies including Etrapment, The Haunting, Traffic and America’s Sweethearts, The Terminal, Ocean’s Twelve and Side Effects. She won an Oscar for best supporting actress in Chicago. Continue reading →

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The Many Faces of… Jessica Biel

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Jessica Biel was born on March 3rd, 1982 in Ely, Minnesota. While growing up her parents moved frequently and finally settled in Boulder, Colorado where she went to Fairview High School. She was into sports and played soccer and did gymnastics. She was trained to be a vocalist. At age twelve she signed up with the Judith Fontaine Modeling & Talent Agency and modeled for various advertisements, inlcuding Pringles and Dulux Paint. Her first movies were It’s a Digital World in 1994 and Ulee’s Gold in 1997. Het first lead role was in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. She has appeared many other movies since including Cellular, Blade: Trinity, Elizabethtown, The Illusioninst, Next, Planet 51, The A-Team, New Year’s Eve, Total Recall and Hitchcock. Continue reading →

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The Many Faces of… Rooney Mara

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Rooney Mara was born on April 17, 1985 in Bedford New York. Her great-grandfathers, Tim Mara and Art Rooney, Sr. both founded a football team, the New York Giants and the Pittsburgh Steelers. She went to Fox Lane High School and graduated in 2003 and headed to South America for several months for the Traveling School. She later studied psychology, international social policy and nonprofits and graduated in 2010. Her sister, Kate Mara, was a professional actress and she also wanted to act. She played the role of Juliet in a high school play. She also did a few student films at NYU. She did her first audition when she was 19. She first appeared as an extra, also appearing in TV shows like Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and ER. Her first lead role was in the movie Tanner Hall. She also appeared opposite of Michael Sera in Youth in Revolt. She has since been in movie like A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Social Network, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (which earned her an Oscar nomination) and Side Effects. Continue reading →

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The Many Faces of… Choi Min-Sik

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Choi Min-Sik was born on January 22, 1962 in Seoul, South Korea. He started out acting in on stage and on television. In 1992 he started appearing in movies. His first commercially succesfull role was in Shiri. Internationally he became famous with his role in Old Boy. He is one of my favorite actors and to me can easily measure up to acting giants like De Niro and Pacino. He has appeared in movies like Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, I Saw The Devil, Nameless Gangster and New World. Continue reading →

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The Many Faces of… Aaron Eckhart

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Aaron Eckhart was born on the 12th of March 1968 in Cupertino, California. In 1981 he moved to the UK in 1981 when his father got a job there. He went to the American Community School. There he started acting in a school production. In 1985 he moved to Australia where he continued acting at the American International School of Sydney. He didn’t finish his studies and spent time working at a movie theater and taking time out to surf and ski. He went back to the US in 1988 and was a film major for a while. He ended up graduating with a Bachelor degree for Fine Arts in 1994.

His first role was in 1992 in Double Jeopardy. His first big role was as a biker in Erin Brockovich. Other movie he was in include Nurse Betty, The Pledge, The Core and Paycheck. His big breakthrough came with Thank You For Smoking. He has since starred in a number of movies including The Dark Knight, Rabbit Hole, Battle Los Angeles, The Rum Diary and Olympus Has Fallen. Continue reading →