Marlon Brando – legend of American cinema

Marlon Brando was an American film and television actor, film director and political activist. He is one of the greatest actors in the history of cinema. The result of a half-century career of the actor became an arsenal of diametrically opposite roles: revolutionary Emiliano Zapata (Viva Zapata!, 1952), the Roman commander Mark Antony (Julius Caesar, 1953), biker Johnny Strabler (Savage, 1953), port worker Terry Malloy (On the Waterfront, 1954), Vito Corleone (The Godfather, 1972), he – Paul (Last Tango in Paris, 1972), scientist Jor-El (Superman, 1978) and Colonel Walter Kurtz (Apocalypse Now, 1979). In 1961, Brando stood behind the camera and filmed western One-Eyed Jacks. He was a winner of two Oscar (1955, 1973), two Golden Globe (1955, 1973) and three British Academy Awards (1953, 1954, 1955). He had starred in 40 films, many of which were in the golden fund of world cinema.
Marlon Brando was born on April 3, 1924 in Omaha, Nebraska. His father, Marlon Brando, Sr., was the owner of his own business. He was engaged in manufacturing of feed for farm and domestic animals. His mother Dorothy played in the local theater and was familiar with actor Henry Fonda. Marlon was the youngest child in the family. He had elder sisters, Jocelyn and Frances.
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Leonardo DiCaprio – handsome Hollywood star

Leonardo DiCaprio is an American actor and producer. He was nominated for Oscar for Best Actor four times in the films The Aviator (2004), Blood Diamond (2006), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013) and The Revenant (2016), as well as for best Supporting Actor in the film What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1994). He was four times BAFTA nominee and got eleven Golden Globe nominations. In 2016 he finally won Oscar for the Best Actor as well as BAFTA for his role in the film The Revenant. The actor was also nominated for Saturn, Screen Actors Guild Award and Sputnik awards.
Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio was born on November 11, 1974 in Los Angeles. Leonardo is the only child of comics creator George DiCaprio (born on November 30, 1943) and secretary Irmelin Indenbirken (born in 1943). His mother was born to German Wilhelm Indenbirken and Russian emigrant Helena Indenbirken (1915-2008, born Elena Stepanovna Smirnova) in West Germany. In 1955, William and Helen emigrated to the United States. In 2010, Leonardo said to Russian president Vladimir Putin that he was a half-Russian. The future actor was named after the great artist Leonardo da Vinci. When Leo was a year old, George and Irmelin divorced, and the boy stayed with his mother.
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Sean Penn – actor and film director

Sean Penn is an American actor and film director. He is a winner of Oscar for the main roles in the films Mystic River and Milk. Sean is one of the most acclaimed actors of our time, winner of three of the world’s largest film festivals – Cannes, Venice (twice) and Berlin.
Sean Justin Penn was born on August 17, 1960 in Santa Monica (California) to film director Leo Penn and actress Eileen Ryan. The parents of his father were Jewish immigrants from Lithuania and Russia who came to the US in 1898 and 1914. At school, Penn studied with Emilio Estevez, Charlie Sheen and Rob Lowe, who later became actors. His younger brother, Chris Penn, also became an actor. Chris died in early 2006, of a heart attack at the age of 40.
At the age of 19, Penn moved to New York. His film career began with the TV series. In 1981, he appeared in the film Taps together with Tom Cruise and Timothy Hutton. He received fame after the role in the comedy Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982). More popularity he gained after the films Bad Boys (1983) and The Falcon and the Snowman (1985).
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Jared Leto – actor and rock singer

Jared Leto is an American actor and rock singer, lead singer of alternative rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars. He is the director of many music videos under the pseudonym Bartholomew Cubbins (the name is borrowed from the book by Dr. Seuss The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins). Jared is a winner of many awards, including Oscar, Golden Globe and the US Screen Actors Guild Award for his role in the drama Dallas Buyers Club (2013).
Jared Joseph Leto was born on December 26, 1971 in Bossier City, Louisiana. He has elder brother Shannon. Their parents divorced when Jared and Shannon were little boys. Shortly after the second marriage their father died (two boys were born in marriage). Second mother’s husband, Carl Leto, adopted them, although they later divorced. Jared has half-sister Melissa Lafsky, who is a writer.
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Justin Timberlake – American singer and actor

Justin Timberlake is an American pop and R&B-singer, songwriter, producer, dancer and actor. He is a winner of four Emmy and nine Grammy awards. Timberlake came to fame as one of the soloists of the boy band ‘N Sync. In 2002, he released his first solo album, Justified, sold more than 8 million copies worldwide. The second solo release was the album FutureSex / LoveSounds, which was released in 2006 and included the successful singles such as the SexyBack, My Love and What Goes Around … Comes Around, which became number 1 hits in USA. Timberlake has sold more than 18 million copies of his two solo albums. He also founded his own record label Tennman Records and launched a clothing line William Rast.
Justin Randall Timberlake was born on born January 31, 1981 in Memphis, Tennessee to Lynn Harless and Randall Timberlake. His parents divorced in 1985, and then both found new spouses. His mother, who now runs an entertainment company Just-in Time Entertainment, married Paul Harless, when Justin was 5 years old. His father, the conductor of the choir in the Baptist church, married Lisa who gave birth to two sons, Jonathan (born in 1993) and Steven (born in 1998). Justin’s half-sister Laura died in infancy. Some time after his sister’s death, he moved to Ottawa (Canada), but soon returned to the United States.
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Richard Gere – American actor

Richard Gere is an American actor, winner of numerous awards, including Golden Globe (2003).
Richard Tiffany Gere was born on August 31, 1949 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father, Homer George Gere, was an insurance agent in the Nationwide Insurance Company. His mother, Doris Anna Tiffany was a housewife. Richard has three sisters, brother Sam Geer and half-brother Herman Henry Januszewski. The boy grew up in a suburb of New York City, on a village farm. After graduating from school in 1967, he went to the University of Massachusetts to study philosophy. Two years later he left the University and seriously decided to become a professional trumpet player. Gere settled in the commune of rock musicians in Vermont, but once understood that the musicians were even more capricious than the actors and left them. Gere was a talented gymnast and even received a scholarship to college.
In 1974, Richard was supposed to appear in the film The Lords of Flatbush, in the low-budget American film about a gang, where young still unknown Sylvester Stallone also got the role. Gere was approved for the role of Chico, but he and Stallone often argued and as a result, the director replaced Gere.
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Jackie Chan – actor and stuntman

Jackie Chan is a Hong Kong, Chinese and American actor, stuntman, film director, producer, screenwriter, singer, philanthropist, a martial arts master, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, Commander of the Order of the British Empire. Chan is one of the most popular action heroes in the world, he is known for his acrobatic fighting style and comic gift. He has played leading roles in over 100 films and is one of the most famous Asian actors in the world. In addition, he sings songs in many of his films and has been releasing albums since the 1980s. He is a winner of Oscar for his contribution to cinema.
Jackie Chan was born on April 7, 1954 in Hong Kong, China into a poor Chinese family. His parents Charles Chan (1914-2008) and Lily Chan (1916-2002) fled to Hong Kong during the Civil War and in 1960 moved to Australia. They worked as a cook and maid at the residence of the French consul in Hong Kong.
Jackie studied at Nah-Hwa Primary School but at the age of 6 he entered the Peking Opera School. The little boy was fond of martial arts.
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