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Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier
Academy Award Winner and Grammy Award Winner

Film

Sidney Poitier was a Bahamian-American actor, film director, and ambassador. In 1964, he was the first African-American and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. He also received two competitive Golden Globe Awards.

Collections: In Requiem · Black History Month

Tags: Academy Award Winner · Queen Elizabeth II · Diahann Carroll · Grammy Award Winner · Actor · Ambassador · British Academy of Film and Television Arts · American Negro Theater · Golden Globe Award Nominee · The Walt Disney Company

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Bob Saget
Bob Saget
Grammy Award Nominee and Actor

Television

Bob Saget was a comedian, actor, and television host. His acting roles included Danny Tanner on the sitcom "Full House" (1987–1995), its sequel "Fuller House" (2016–2020), and the voice of Ted Mosby on the sitcom "How I Met Your Mother" (2005–2014).

Collections: In Requiem

Tags: America's Funniest Home Videos · Full House · Comedian · How I Met Your Mother · Fuller House · Grammy Award Nominee · Actor · Netflix · ABC · Temple University

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Michael Landon
Golden Globe Award Nominee

Television

Michael Landon was an actor, writer, director, and producer. He is known for his roles as Little Joe Cartwright in "Bonanza" (1959–73), Charles Ingalls in "Little House on the Prairie" (1974–83), and Jonathan Smith in "Highway to Heaven" (1984–89).

Tags: TV Guide · Golden Globe Award Nominee · Highway to Heaven · Little House on the Prairie · Charles Ingalls · Bonanza · Rachel Matthews · Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery · NBC · Actor

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Bill Bixby
Bill Bixby
3-Time Emmy Award Nominee

Television

Bill Bixby was an actor, director, producer, and frequent game-show panelist. His career spanned more than three decades. He is perhaps best known for his role as scientist Dr. David Banner on the CBS science-fiction drama series "The Incredible Hulk".

Tags: Blossom · The Incredible Hulk · My Favorite Martian · Emmy Award Nominee · ABC · Rich Man, Poor Man · The Streets of San Francisco · The Courtship of Eddie's Father · Actor · Judith Kliban

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LL Cool J
LL Cool J
2-Time Grammy Award Winner and Inductee, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Music

LL Cool J (short for Ladies Love Cool James) is known as one of the forefathers of pop rap. He has released 13 studio albums and two greatest hits compilations. His twelfth album "Exit 13" (2008), was his last for his deal with Def Jam Recordings.

Tags: Def Jam Recordings · Rock and Roll Hall of Fame · Kennedy Center Honors · NCIS: Los Angeles · CBS · Paramount Network · Lip Sync Battle · Actor · Rapper · Grammy Award Winner

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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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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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Brad Oscar
Brad Oscar
2-Time Tony Award Nominee and Drama Desk Award Nominee

Theatre

Brad Oscar is an actor known for his Broadway performances in musicals, such as "The Producers" and "Jekyll and Hyde". He earned two Tony Award nominations, one for "The Producers" as Franz Liebkind, and one for "Something Rotten!" as Nostradamus.

Tags: Washington, D.C. · The Producers · Diego Norberto Prieto · Ghost Town · Broadway · Jekyll & Hyde · Tony Award Nominee · Actor · Something Rotten! · Drama Desk Award Nominee

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Adam B. Shapiro
MAC Award Winner and Actor, HBO's "The Normal Heart"

Theatre

Adam B. Shapiro is an award-winning actor, known for HBO's "The Normal Heart" (2014), "Master of None" (2015), and "The Cobbler" (2014). He has also performed in two national tours, one international tour, and two off-Broadway shows.

Tags: Off-Broadway · HBO · Actor

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Jason Stuart
Actor and Comedian

Film

Jason Stuart has a major role in the historic bio film "The Birth of a Nation". He has worked with heavy hitters George Clooney, Faye Dunaway, Angelina Jolie, Damon Wayans, Drew Carey, George Lopez, David Spade, and even Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Tags: Actor · Comedian · The Birth of a Nation · George Clooney · Faye Dunaway · Angelina Jolie · Damon Wayans · Drew Carey · George Lopez · Arnold Schwarzenegger

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There are 10 total persons in this view.