Richard Tiffany Gere(born August 31, 1949) is an American actor. The second of five children, his father, Homer, was an insurance salesman, and his mother was Doris. Richard started early as a musician, playing a number of instruments in high school and writing music for high school productions. He graduated from North Syracuse Central High School in 1967, and won a gymnastics scholarship to the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, where he majored in philosophy. He left college after two years to pursue acting, landing a lead role in the London production of the rock musical "Grease" in 1973.
He began acting in the 1970s, playing a supporting role in Looking for Mr. Goodbar, and a starring role in Days of Heaven. He came to prominence in 1980 for his role in the film American Gigolo, which established him as a leading man and a sex symbol. He went on to star in several hit films including An Officer and a Gentleman, Pretty Woman,Primal Fear, and Chicago, for which he won a Golden Globe Award as Best Actor, as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award as part of the Best Cast. Gere first worked professionally at the Provincetown Playhouse on Cape Cod in 1971 where he starred inRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.His first major acting role was in the original London stage version ofGreasein 1973.He began appearing inHollywoodfilms in the mid 1970s, co-starring in the thrillerLooking for Mr. Goodbar(1977) and playing the leading role in directorTerrence Malick's well-reviewed 1978 film,Days of Heaven.In 1980, Gere appeared in the Broadway production ofBent. He became a major star that year with the filmAmerican Gigolo, followed by the romantic dramaAn Officer and a Gentleman, which grossed almost$130 million in 1982.
Experiencing several box office failures since 1982, Gere's career strengthened with the releases of Internal Affairs and Pretty Woman in 1990. Gere's status as a leading man solidified and he went on to star in several successful films throughout the 1990s.
Filmography:
"Looking for Mr. Goodbar" (1977),
"Days of Heaven" (1978),
"American Gigolo" (1980),
"An Officer and a Gentleman" (1982),
"Pretty Woman" (1990),
"Sommersby" (1993),
"Primal Fear" (1996),
"Runaway Bride" (1999),
"Dr. T and the Women" (2000),
"Unfaithful" (2002),
"Chicago" (2002),
"The Hoax" (2006),
"I'm Not There" (2007), and
"Amelia" (2009).
His latest film is the financial thriller "Arbitrage" (2012).
Awards&Nominations
Golden Globe Awards: Win - Best Musical/Comedy Actor ("Chicago," 2002)
Best Drama Actor nomination: - "An Officer and a Gentleman" (1982); lost to Ben Kingsley ("Gandhi")
Best Musical/Comedy Actor nomination: - "Pretty Woman" (1990); lost to Gerard Depardieu ("Green Card")
Primetime Emmy Awards:
Best Movie/Mini Supporting Actor nomination: - "And the Band Played On" (1994); lost to Michael A. Goorjian ("David's Mother")
SAG Awards: Win - Best Film Ensemble ("Chicago," 2002). Nomination - Best Actor ("Chicago," 2002)
Trivia
-People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive. [1999]
-Was a member of the student council, gymnastics team, lacrosse team, and ski team.
-He received a gymnastics scholarship to the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he majored in philosophy; he dropped out in 1969 to pursue acting.
-Is President of The Gere Foundation, founded in 1991. The non-profit organization focusing on international humanitarian issues, with emphasis on Tibet.
Kathrin Romary "Kate" Beckinsale is an English actress.
Biography:
Kathrin Romary Beckinsale was born in London, on July 26, 1973. She is the only child of actor Richard Beckinsale and actress Judy Loe. Beckinsale read French and Russian literature at New College, Oxford and was later described by a contemporary as "whip-clever, slightly nuts and very charming".
In 1998, after numerous roles in movies in England, Kate moved to Hollywood. She starred opposite Chloë Sevigny in 1998's The Last Days of Disco. Beckinsale's attempt at an American accent was widely praised.Her performance earned her a London Critics' Circle Film Award. But only in 2001, Beckinsale rose to fame with a leading role in the war film Pearl Harbor. Beckinsale's second film appearance of 2001 was in the romantic comedy Serendipity as the love interest of John Cusack.
Beckinsale became known as an action star following an appearance as a vampire in 2003's Underworld. It was markedly different from her previous work.
Since 2003's Underworld, Kate Beckinsale appeared in various movies, such as Click (with Adam Sandler), Snow Angels (with Sam Rockwell), Vacancy (with Luke Wilson) and Nothing But The Truth (with Vera Farmiga). About this last one, Beckinsale received a Critic's Choice Award nomination for her performance.
More recently, Beckinsale starred in the movies Contraband as the wife of Mark Wahlberg's character, Underworld: Awakening, the fourth of this saga and in August this year, she will appear in the sci-fi action remake Total Recall, directed by her husband, Len Wiseman.
Beckinsale has worked occasionally as a model. In 1997, she appeared in the music video for George Michael's Waltz Away Dreaming. She starred opposite Orlando Bloom in a 2002 Gap television advert. She appeared in a Diet Coke television advert in 2004, directed by Michael Gondry, among others.
Beckinsale was named "England's Number One Beauty" by Hello! in 2002 and appeared at number 41 in People Magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People list in 2008. Esquire named her the Sexiest Woman Alive in 2009.She was at number 22 in Maxim's Hot 100 2009 list. She came in at number 41 on FHM's Sexiest Women of 2010 list,having previously appeared at number 15 in their 2009 list and at number 12 in their 2008 list. She has frequently appeared in AskMen.com's annual list of the 99 Most Desired Women: she was at number 22 in 2012,at number 14 in 2011, at number 3 in 2010, at number 10 in 2009 and at number 3 in 2008.
PS: Just wanted to had that today is also Sandra Bullock's birthday, a Golden Globe and Academy Award winner, who has been in several great movies since 1989. She turns fourty-eight. Happy Birthday, Sandra!
John
Christopher "Johnny" Depp II is an American actor, producer and
musician.
Born John
Christopher Depp in Owensboro, Kentucky, on June 9, 1963, Johnny Depp was
raised in Florida. He dropped out of school at age 15 in the hopes of becoming
a rock musician. He fronted a series of garage bands including The Kids, which
once opened for Iggy Pop. Depp got into acting after a visit to Los Angeles,
California, with his former wife, Lori Anne Allison (Lori A. Depp), who
introduced him to actor Nicolas Cage. He made his film debut in Pesadelo em Elm
Street (1984). In 1987 he shot to stardom when he replaced Jeff Yagher in the
role of undercover cop Tommy Hanson in the popular TV series "Rua Jump,
21" (1987).
In 1990,
after numerous roles in teen-oriented films, his first of a handful of great
collaborations with director Tim Burton came about when Depp played the title
role in Edward Scissorhands (1990). Following the film's success, Depp carved a
niche for himself as a serious, somewhat dark, idiosyncratic performer,
consistently selecting roles that surprised critics and audiences alike. He
continued to gain critical acclaim and increasing popularity by appearing in
many features before re-joining with Burton in the lead role of Ed Wood (1994).
In 1997 he played an undercover FBI agent in the fact-based film Donnie Brasco
(1997), opposite Al Pacino; in 1998 he appeared in Fear and Loathing in Las
Vegas (1998), directed by Terry Gilliam; and then, in 1999, he appeared in the
sci-fi/horror film The Astronaut's Wife (1999). The same year he teamed up
again with Burton in Sleepy Hollow (1999), brilliantly portraying Ichabod
Crane...
Although he
gained popularity since the success of Edward Scissorhands (1990), Depp wasn't
hugely famous for many years until his portrayal of the suave, charming Captain
Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
in 2003. With the film's enormous success, it has opened several doors for his
career and even included an Oscar nomination.
Walk of Fame
1999 Won Star on the Walk of Fame category Motion Picture; On 16 November 1999; At 7020 Hollywood Blvd
Off-screen,
Depp has dated several female celebrities, and has been engaged to Sherilyn
Fenn, Jennifer Grey, Winona Ryder and Kate Moss. He was married to Lori Anne
Allison in 1983 but they divorced her in 1985. Depp is living with French
singer-actress Vanessa Paradis, with whom he has two children: Lily-Rose
Melody, born in 1999 and Jack, born in 2002.
Filmography
Dark Shadows (2012)- Barnabas Collins
Hugo Cabret
(2011)- M. Rouleau
The Rum
Diary (2011)- Paul Kemp
Pirates of
the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)- Jack Sparrow
Rango
(2011)- Rango / Lars
The Tourist
(2010)- Frank Tupelo
Alice in
Wonderland (2010)- The Mad Hatter
Public
Enemies (2009)- John Dillinger
The
Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)- Imaginarium Tony #1
Sweeney
Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)- Sweeney Todd
Pirates of the
Caribbean: At World’s End (2007)- Jack Sparrow
Pirates of
the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006)- Jack Sparrow
Corpse
Bride (2005)- Victor Van Dort (voice)
Charlie and
the Chocolate Factory (2005)- Willy Wonka
The
Libertine (2004)- Rochester
Finding Neverland
(2004)- Sir James Matthew Barrie
And They
Lived Happily Ever After (2004)- L’inconnu. The DVD title is ‘Happily Ever
After’.
Secret
Window (2004)- Mort Rainey
Once Upon a
Time in Mexico (2003)- Sands
Pirates of
the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)- Jack Sparrow
From Hell
(2001)- Inspector Frederick Abberline
Blow
(2001)- George Jung
Chocolat
(2000)- Roux
Before
Night Falls (2000)- Bon Bon / Lieutenant Victor
The Man Who
Cried (2000)- Cesar
Sleepy
Hollow (1999)- Ichabod Crane
The
Astronaut’s Wife (1999)- Commander Spencer Armacost
The Ninth
Gate (1999)- Dean Corso
Fear and
Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)- Raoul Duke
The Brave
(1997)- Raphael. Depp also directed this film.
Donnie Brasco (1997)- Donnie Brasco / Joseph D. ‘Joe’
Pistone
Nick of
Time (1995)- Gene Watson
Dead Man
(1995)- William Blake
Don Juan
DeMarco (1994)- Don Juan
Ed Wood
(1994)- Ed Wood
What’s
Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)- Gilbert Grape
Benny &
Joon (1993)- Sam
Arizona
Dream (1993)- Axel Blackmar. The film is also known as ‘The Arrowtooth Waltz’.
Freddy’s
Dead: The Final Nightmare- Guy on TV
Edward
Scissorhands (1990)- Edward Scissorhands
Cry-Baby
(1990)- Cry-Baby
Platoon
(1986)- Lerner
Slow Burn
(1986- television movie)- Donnie Fleischer
Private
Resort (1985)- Jack
A Nightmare
on Elm Street (1984)- Glen Lantz
Awards Academy
Awards:
(2007)Academy
Award for Best Actor Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street-Nominated
(2004)
Academy Award for Best Actor Finding Neverland-Nominated
(2003)
Academy Award for Best Actor Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black
Pearl-Nominated
BAFTA
Awards:
(2004)
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Finding Neverland-Nominated
(2003)
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Pirates of the Caribbean: The
Curse of the Black Pearl-Nominated
Golden
Globe Awards:
(2010)
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Alice in
Wonderland-Nominated
(2010)
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy The
Tourist-Nominated
(2008)
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Sweeney Todd:
The Demon Barber of Fleet Street-Won (Yeay!)
(2007)
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Pirates of
the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest-Nominated
(2006)
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Charlie
and the Chocolate Factory-Nominated
(2005)
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama Finding
Neverland-Nominated
(2004)
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Pirates of
the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl-Nominated
(1995)
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Ed
Wood-Nominated
(1994)
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Benny
& Joon-Nominated
(1991)
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Edward
Scissorhands-Nominated
SAG Awards:
(2004)
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion
Picture Finding Neverland-Nominated
(2003)
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a
Leading Role Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl-Won(And
another one!)
Other
Awards:
(1990)
ShoWest Award Male Star of Tomorrow
(1996)
London Critics Circle Film Awards ALFS Award: Actor of the Year Ed Wood and Don
Juan DeMarco
(1998)
Golden Aries (Russian Guild of Film Critics) Best Foreign Actor Fear and
Loathing in Las Vegas
(1999)
Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Motion Picture November 16, 1999, At 7020 Hollywood
Blvd.
(1999)César
Awards, France Honorary Award
(2000)
Blockbuster Entertainment Awards Favorite Actor - Horror Sleepy Hollow
(2004)
Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading
Role Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
(2004)MTV
Movie Awards Best Male Performance
(2004)MTV
Movie Award Mexico Best Look
(2004)IFTA
Award Best International Actor
(2004)Teen
Choice Awards Choice Movie Fight/Action Sequence with Orlando Bloom
and Choice
Movie Liar
(2005)People's
Choice Awards Favorite Male Movie Star-Finding Neverland
(2006) Teen
Choice Awards Choice Movie Actor: Drama/Action Adventure Pirates of the
Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
(2006)People's
Choice Awards Favorite Motion Picture Actor Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
(2007) MTV
Movie Awards Best Performance Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
(2007)People's
Choice Awards Favorite Male Action Star
(2007)Favorite
Male Movie Star
(2007)Favorite
On Screen Couple with Keira Knightley
(2007)Teen
Choice Awards Choice Movie Actor: Action Adventure Pirates of the Caribbean: At
World's End
(2007)Golden
Globe Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet
Street
(2008)People's
Choice Awards Favorite Male Movie Star Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
(2008)Kid's
Choice Award Favorite Male Actor Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
(2008)MTV
Movie Awards Favorite Comedic Performance Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's
End
(2008)MTV
Movie Awards Favorite Villain Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
(2008)National
Movie Awards (UK) Best Male Performance Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet
Street
(2010)People's
Choice Awards Actor of Decade Films from 2000-2009
(2011)People's
Choice Awards Favourite Movie Actor Alice in Wonderland and The Tourist
Trivia
When
engaged to Winona Ryder, he had "Winona forever" tattooed on his arm.
After the broke up, he had the n and a surgically removed to simply say
"Wino forever!
Is the only
actor to be nominated for the Oscar in the Lead Actor category in a Disney film
(Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)).
Depp was
honored with a life-size statue in Serbia (2010). The statue was unveiled to
him by his friend, Serbian director Emir Kusturica.
His
performance as Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of
the Black Pearl was ranked at #79 by Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest
Performances of All Time.
