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Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep
Actress

Film

Meryl Streep is an American actress and philanthropist. Nominated for 20 Academy Awards, she has more nominations than any other actor, and is one of the six actors to have won three or more competitive Oscars for acting.

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Michael Moore
Michael Moore
Film Director

Film

Michael Moore is an American documentary filmmaker and author. His film "Bowling for Columbine" (2002), which examines the causes of the Columbine High School massacre, won the Academy Award for Documentary Feature.

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Corey Haim
Corey Haim
Actor

Film

Corey Haim was a Canadian actor, known for a 1980s Hollywood career as a teen idol. He starred in a number of films, such as "Lucas", "Silver Bullet", "Murphy's Romance", "License to Drive", "Dream a Little Dream", and "Snowboard Academy".

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Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee
Actor

Film

Bruce Lee was a Hong Kong and American actor, film director, martial artist, martial arts instructor, philosopher, and founder of the martial art Jeet Kune Do. He is often credited with helping to change the way Asians were presented in American films.

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Corey Feldman
Corey Feldman
Actor

Film

Corey Feldman became well-known with roles in films such as "The Fox and the Hound" (1981), "Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter" (1984), "Gremlins" (1984), "The Goonies" (1985), "Stand by Me" (1986), "The Lost Boys" (1987), and "The 'Burbs" (1989).

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Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Actor, Bodybuilder, and 38th Governor of California (2003 to 2011)

Film

Arnold Schwarzenegger is an actor, producer, businessman, investor, author, philanthropist, activist, politician, and former professional bodybuilder who holds both Austrian and American citizenship. He served two terms as the 38th Governor of California.

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Ryan Gosling
Ryan Gosling
Actor

Film

Ryan Gosling is an actor and musician. He began his career as a child star on the Disney Channel's "The Mickey Mouse Club" (1993–1995). His performance as a drug-addicted teacher in "Half Nelson" (2006) was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor.

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Harrison Ford
Harrison Ford
Academy Award Nominee and Golden Globe Winner

Film

Harrison Ford gained worldwide fame for his starring roles as Han Solo in the "Star Wars" film series and as the title character of the "Indiana Jones" film series. His career has spanned six decades and includes roles in several Hollywood blockbusters.

Tags: Indiana Jones · Academy Award Nominee · BAFTA Award Nominee · All Def Movie Award Nominee · Awards Circuit Community Award Nominee · Bambi Award Winner · Bravo Otto Award Winner · CinEuphoria Award Winner · Golden Apple Award Nominee · Golden Globe Winner

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Frank Vincent
Frank Vincent
Actor

Film

Frank Vincent was an American actor. He played prominent roles in the HBO series "The Sopranos" and in several films for director Martin Scorsese: "Raging Bull" (1980), "Goodfellas" (1990), and "Casino" (1995).

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Harry Dean Stanton
Harry Dean Stanton
Satellite Award Winner

Film

Harry Dean Stanton was an American actor, musician, and singer. His career spanned over 60 years, during which he appeared in such films as "Cool Hand Luke", "Kelly's Heroes", "Dillinger", "The Godfather Part II", "Alien", and "Escape from New York".

Tags: University of Kentucky · Satellite Award Winner · West Irvine, Kentucky · Los Angeles, California · Cool Hand Luke · The Last Temptation of Christ · Alien · The Godfather Part II · The Green Mile · Christine

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Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage
Academy Award Winner and Golden Globe Award Winner

Film

Nicolas Cage is an actor, director, and producer. He received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe, and Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance as an alcoholic Hollywood writer in "Leaving Las Vegas" (1995).

Tags: Screen Actors Guild Award Winner · Golden Globe Award Winner · Academy Award Winner · Patricia Arquette · Lisa Marie Presley · Saturn Films · August Coppola · Peggy Sue Got Married · Raising Arizona · Leaving Las Vegas

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George Clooney
George Clooney
2-Time Academy Award Winner and 3-Time Golden Globe Award Winner

Film

George Clooney has received three Golden Globe Awards for his work as an actor and two Academy Awards, one for acting in "Syriana" (2006) and the other for co-producing "Argo" (2012).

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Faye Dunaway
Faye Dunaway
Academy Award Winner and Primetime Emmy Award Winner

Film

Faye Dunaway is an American actress. She has won an Academy Award, three Golden Globes, a BAFTA, an Emmy, and was the first recipient of a Leopard Club Award that honors film professionals whose work has left a mark on the collective imagination.

Tags: Academy Award Winner · Primetime Emmy Award Winner · Network · Order of Arts and Letters · France · Broadway · Golden Globe Award Winner · BAFTA Award Winner · The Happening · Peter Wolf

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Woody Harrelson
Woody Harrelson
Actor

Film

Woody Harrelson is an American actor, activist and playwright. He is a two-time Academy Award nominee and has won one Emmy Award out of seven nominations. His breakout role came in 1985, joining the television sitcom "Cheers" as bartender Woody Boyd.

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Adam Sandler
Adam Sandler
Actor

Film

Adam Sandler is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, film producer, and musician. After becoming a "Saturday Night Live" cast member, he went on to star in many Hollywood feature films that combined have grossed over $2 billion at the box office.

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Jack Nicholson
Jack Nicholson
3-Time Academy Award Winner and 6-Time Golden Globe Award Winner

Film

Jack Nicholson is an American actor and filmmaker, who has performed for over 60 years. His 12 Academy Award nominations make him the most nominated male actor in the Academy's history. He has won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice.

Tags: Actor · Academy Award Winner · Chinatown · One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest · The Departed · The Shining · Film Director · The Two Jakes · Golden Globe Award Winner · AFI Life Achievement Award Winner

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Jeanne Moreau
Jeanne Moreau
Cannes Film Festival Award Winner

Film

Jeanne Moreau was a French actress, singer, screenwriter and director. She won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for "Seven Days... Seven Nights" (1960) and the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress for "Viva Maria!" (1965).

Tags: Cannes Film Festival Award Winner · Seven Days... Seven Nights · BAFTA Fellowship · Cannes Golden Palm · Orson Welles · François Truffaut · Louis Malle · Comédie-Française · Jean-Louis Richard · William Friedkin

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Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie
Academy Award Winner

Film

Angelina Jolie is an American actress, filmmaker and humanitarian. She has received an Academy Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Golden Globe Awards, and has been cited as Hollywood's highest-paid actress.

Tags: Filmmaker · Humanitarian · Academy Award Winner · Jon Voight · Eternals · Marvel Cinematic Universe · Dame Commander · Order of St Michael and St George · United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees · Special Envoy

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Leonardo DiCaprio
Leonardo DiCaprio
Actor

Film

Leonardo DiCaprio is an American actor, film producer, and environmental activist. He began his career by appearing in television commercials in the early 1990s. He awon his first Academy Award and BAFTA Award for his performance in "The Revenant".

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John Heard
John Heard
Emmy Award Nominee

Film

John Heard was probably best known for his lead roles in several films, including "Chilly Scenes of Winter", "Heart Beat", "Cutter's Way", "Cat People", and "C.H.U.D.". He was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1999 for guest starring on "The Sopranos".

Collections: In Requiem

Tags: Actor · Emmy Award Nominee · The Sopranos · Margot Kidder · Theatre World Award Winner · Obie Award Winner · Gonzaga College High School Theatre Hall of Fame · Heart Beat · Cutter's Way · Beaches

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Walt Disney
Walt Disney
Co-Founder, The Walt Disney Company

Film

Walt Disney was an American entrepreneur, animator, voice actor and film producer. As a film producer, Disney holds the record for most Academy Awards earned by an individual, having won 22 Oscars from 59 nominations.

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Martin Landau
Martin Landau
Academy Award Winner and Golden Globe Award Winner

Film

Martin Landau was an American film and television actor. His performance in the supporting role of Bela Lugosi in "Ed Wood" (1994) earned him an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Golden Globe Award.

Collections: In Requiem

Tags: Academy Award Winner · Pratt Institute · Brooklyn, New York · Crimes and Misdemeanors · Tucker: The Man and His Dream · Golden Globe Award Winner · North by Northwest · Alfred Hitchcock · Ed Wood · Screen Actors Guild Award Winner

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George A. Romero
George A. Romero
Father of the Zombie Film

Film

George A. Romero was an American-Canadian filmmaker, writer, and editor, best known for his series of gruesome and satirical horror films about an imagined zombie apocalypse, beginning in 1968 with "Night of the Living Dead".

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Spike Lee
Spike Lee
5-Time Academy Award Nominee

Film

Spike Lee is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor. He has received two Academy Award nominations, a Student Academy Award and an Academy Honorary Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and won numerous other awards.

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Sir Roger Moore
Sir Roger Moore
Actor

Film

Sir Roger Moore was an English actor. He is best known for playing secret agent James Bond in seven feature films between 1973 and 1985. He also played Simon Templar in the television series "The Saint" between 1962 and 1969.

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