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Pierce Brosnan – actor and producer

Pierce Brosnan - actor and producer

Pierce Brosnan – actor and producer

Pierce Brosnan is an Irish and American actor and producer. He played the role of James Bond in four films Golden Eye (1995), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), The World Is Not Enough (1999) and Die Another Day (2002). He is Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).
Pierce Brendan Brosnan was born on May 16, 1953 in Drogheda, Ireland. His father left the family a year after of the boy’s birth and his mother left the baby to his grandmother. At the age of 11, the boy and his moved to London. 16-year-old Brosnan began working in the photo studio. In 1973, he entered the Drama Centre London, where he studied acting for three years. After the graduation he played in theaters and on television.
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Vin Diesel – American actor

Vin Diesel - American actor

Vin Diesel – American actor

Vin Diesel is an American actor, film director, screenwriter and producer. He is a founder of the production companies One Race Films and Racetrack Records, Tigon Studios. In 2002, he won MTV award in the nomination Best On-Screen Team for his role as Dominic Toretto in Fast and Furious.
Mark Sinclair Vincent (his real name) was born on July 18, 1967 in Greenwich Village in a poor family. He and his twin brother Paul were brought up by their mother and didn’t know their real father. She was a psychiatrist and took a great interest in astrology. When Mark was three years old his mother met Irwin, who became boys’ stepfather. His stepfather worked as the head of the theater and taught acting at New York University. He had a significant impact on the formation of the boy.
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Kim Kardashian – actress and fashion model

Kim Kardashian - actress and fashion model

Kim Kardashian – actress and fashion model

Kim Kardashian is an American reality TV star, actress and fashion model. She is the participant of the seventh season of the reality show Dancing with the Stars and Keeping Up with the Kardashians.
Kimberly Kardashian West was born on October 21, 1980 in Los Angeles, California. She is the daughter of a prominent lawyer Robert Kardashian and socialite Kris Jenner, née Houghton. Kim’s mother filed for divorce in 1989 and in 1991 married former famous athlete Bruce Jenner, who later became Caitlyn Jenner.
Kim grew up in Beverly Hills. She attended Marymount High School. As a school girl she worked for Movie Tunes, her father’s music promotional company.
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Jack Nicholson – one of the greatest actors

Jack Nicholson – one of the greatest actors

Jack Nicholson – one of the greatest actors

Jack Nicholson is an American actor, film director, screenwriter and producer. He is considered one of the greatest actors in film history. He was nominated for Oscar award 12 times. He is one of only two actors nominated for Oscar for best role every decade since the 1960s (the second – Sir Michael Caine). In 1994 he became one of the youngest actors awarded American Institute of Motion Picture Arts award for lifetime achievement. Nicholson has won numerous awards, including three Oscar and BAFTA awards, seven Golden Globes, a six-time winner of the US National Board of Review Award and winner of the Screen Actors Guild Award.
John Joseph Nicholson (his real name) was born on April 22, 1937 in New York. Jack, like his peers, was the last representative of the generation that grew up without a TV influence. His mother was dancer and singer June Frances Nicholson (1918-1963; stage name – June Nilson).
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Neil Patrick Harris – actor and singer

Neil Patrick Harris – actor and singer

Neil Patrick Harris – actor and singer

Neil Patrick Harris is an American actor, singer and magician. He was the winner of Tony and Emmy awards and was nominated for Golden Globe. He is best known for the role of Barney Stinson in the TV series How I Met Your Mother. In October 2011, Harris was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Neil Patrick Harris was born on June 15, 1973 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and grew up in Ruidoso, New Mexico. Neil played the role of Toto in the school theater production The Wizard of Oz.
His father Ron is a lawyer and his mother Sheila is a writer. They moved to Albuquerque in 1988 and in the same year Harris made his debut in two movies: Purple People Eater and Clara’s Heart with Whoopi Goldberg in main role. A year later, when Neil was 16 years old, he was invited to star in Steven Bochco’s television series Doogie Howser, MD (1989).
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Kate Winslet – British actress

Kate Winslet - British actress

Kate Winslet – British actress

Kate Winslet is a British film and theater actress. In 1991, Kate made her debut on British television. And in 1994 she debuted in the film Heavenly Creatures. World fame came to her in 1997 after her role in the disaster movie Titanic, for which she received her second nomination for Oscar. Kate is also a singer and her single What If was a hit in several European countries. Winslet is the winner of numerous awards, including Oscar (2009), three BAFTA awards (1996, 2009, 2016), four Golden Globe awards (2009 – twice, 2012, 2016), Emmy (2011) and Honorary Cesar Award (2012).
Kate Elizabeth Winslet was born on October 5, 1975 in Berkshire, United Kingdom. Her parents are actors. Kate has two sisters and a brother.
At the age of 11 the girl began attending Redroofs Theatre School and a year later she starred in Sugar Puffs commercial.
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Robert De Niro – great actor

Robert De Niro – great actor

Robert De Niro – great actor

Robert De Niro is an American actor, film director and producer. He is a winner of Golden Globe (1981, 2011) and Oscar (1975, he became the first actor in history to received it for the foreign language role in 1981). He is one of the greatest American actors of his generation.
Robert De Niro, Jr. was born on August 17, 1943 in New York. His father, Robert De Niro Sr., was a sculptor, painter and poet. His mother, Virginia Admiral, also sold paintings. His parents had a salon in Greenwich Village that attracted other artists and intellectuals. They divorced when their son was a young child.
At the age of 10 Robert played the role of the Cowardly Lion in a school play The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. At the age of 16, De Niro got his first paying role, in a production of Chekhov’s The Bear. De Niro attended the Stella Adler courses, as well as Lee Strasberg Actors Studio.
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