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Danny Masterson was born on 13 March 1976 in Nassau County, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for That '70s Show (1998), Dracula 2000 (2000) and Face/Off (1997). He has been married to Bijou Phillips since 18 October 2011. They have one child.- Actor
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Born and raised on Long Island, NY and educated at the University of Maryland, Peter Koch is a lifelong athlete and artist.
Captain of his championship winning college football team and first round NFL pick, competition drives Pete in his lifelong pursuit of personal excellence.
Knowing that professional football had a short career span and encouraged by a close friend a veteran actor himself, Peter began studying the craft at a small theater in Hollywood during his off seasons from the NFL. Before long he was cast in major films opposite Clint Eastwood (Heartbreak Ridge) and stars Burt Reynolds, Patrick Dempsey and numerous TV shows.
A veteran of more than 100 Hollywood productions, Peter Koch continues to work in the craft he loves.- Ryan Sweeting was born on 14 July 1987 in Nassau, Bahamas. He was previously married to Kaley Cuoco.
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Bahamian-born Calvin Lockhart first caught moviegoers' attention in the supercharged urban films Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) and Halls of Anger (1970) before becoming a fairly steady fixture in the "blaxploitation" movies of the early-to-mid-1970s.
Born Bert Cooper to a large family in Nassau on October 18, 1934, he was raised there before moving to New York in his late teens with initial designs on becoming a civil engineer (Cooper Union School of Engineering). Dropping out after a year to pursue an acting career, Calvin worked as a carpenter and construction worker, among other odd jobs. He first studied with legendary coach Uta Hagen and then hit the New York theater boards. The story goes that he was discovered by playwright Ketti Frings while working as a taxi driver. She was so impressed with his arrogance that she cast him in her play "The Cool World" in 1960. From there Calvin drummed up interest via a bit of controversy on Broadway when he played a sailor in love with a white girl in the racially-themed "A Taste of Honey" starring Angela Lansbury.
Serious film and TV roles for black actors were scarce at that time, so Calvin moved to Europe. In Italy he owned a restaurant and formed his own theater company, serving as both actor and director. He also lived in Germany before settling in England. He starting building up film credits with minor work in such British movies as A Dandy in Aspic (1968) and Only When I Larf (1968). He made news in another racially-motivated project entitled Joanna (1968), which centered around a "mod", interracial romance with 'Genevieve Waite'.
Returning to the US with a stronger resume, he made a distinct early impression as a slick preacher bent on fraud in the hip cop flick Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) and as an English teacher in the inner-city potboiler Halls of Anger (1970). He also involved himself in such black action features as Melinda (1972), Honeybaby, Honeybaby (1974) and The Baron (1977). Similar in charismatic style and intelligence to Sidney Poitier, the famed actor-director was impressed enough to cast Calvin in his broad comedy vehicles Uptown Saturday Night (1974) and Let's Do It Again (1975). Calvin could also play fey upon request, camping it up briefly in Myra Breckinridge (1970). During this rich period he also became an artist-in-residence with the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford (the first black actor so honored) and appeared prestigiously in such productions as "Titus Andronicus" (1972).
Calvin's career grew lackluster, however, by the end of the decade, resorting to trivial guest parts in such TV shows as Good Times (1974) and Get Christie Love! (1974). He landed a recurring role on the nighttime soap Dynasty (1981) in the early '80s.
In 1974, Calvin married a woman also from the West Indies and had three children. After his career subsided, he decided to return to his homeland in the mid '90s and resettled in Nassau with his fourth wife, Jennifer Miles. There he involved himself with the Freeport Players Guild as a director. He also returned to films after a 15-year absence, completing Rain (2008), a movie shot in the Bahamas, shortly before he suffered a major stroke. Calvin died of complications on March 29, 2007, and his family is in the process of establishing a scholarship fund in his name for Bahamian student pursuing an acting or filmmaking career.- Actress
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Maryke Hendrikse was born on 23 February 1979 in Nassau, Bahamas. She is an actress, known for Black Lagoon (2006), My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Rainbow Rocks Animated (2014) and Sausage Party (2016).- Producer
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Craig Thomas was born on 18 August 1975 in Nassau County, New York, USA. He is a producer and writer, known for How I Met Your Mother (2005), The Goodwin Games (2013) and Late Show with David Letterman (1993).- Kevin 'Kimbo Slice' Ferguson was born on 8 February 1974 in Nassau, Bahamas. He was an actor, known for Blood and Bone (2009), Locked Down (2010) and The Motherfucker (2015). He died on 6 June 2016 in Coral Springs, Florida, USA.
- Shakara Ledard was born in 1979 in Nassau, Bahamas. She is an actress, known for Raising Helen (2004), After the Sunset (2004) and The Defender (2004).
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Duncan Casey was born in Nassau, The Bahamas. He is the son of Zoe Nathanielsz and Philip Casey MBE. His Grandfather, Ray Nathanielsz was a renowned architect who designed and built houses in The Bahamas for a wide range of clients, among them Sydney Poitier.
He is known for his work as an actor on UK television and in film. He is also the co-founder of DX2 Media Ltd, a film fund dedicated to the championing of British film and talent.- Dannielynn Birkhead was born on 7 September 2006 in Nassau, Bahamas.
- Jeanene Fox grew up on a small island in the Bahamas. Her mother, Diane Gerace, was a Canadian Olympic High Jumper and her father, Ulrick Fox Sr., was the first entrepreneur to manufacture ice in the Bahamas.
Jeanene began her modeling career at the age of 15, when a German photographer discovered her climbing a fruit tree on Paradise Island. Jeanene monopolized the Bahamian market quickly and moved off the island for more international exposure.
She moved to Canada and signed with Elite Models, but shortly monopolized the market and yearned for new career challenges abroad, her mother suggested she visit her older brother (Rick Fox) in Los Angeles for a change of environment where she accepted the new challenge and signed with Elite Models Los Angeles.
She began her modeling career in Los Angeles and also enrolled in University finishing with two Magda Cum Laude Bachelor Degrees in International Business and Apparel Manufacturing .
While making funny comedic gestures amongst her friends in a Beverly Hills restaurant, she was approached by a commercial acting agent. Not having any experience in acting, she accepted the new challenge.
Her first role was an Amazon in the very successful world-wide commercial for AXE/LYX "Billions" (2005). That same year, she drew the eye of Hollywood Producers Louis J. Horvitz and Roger Goodman, who casted her as the exclusive Trophy Model for "The 77th Annual Academy (Oscars) Award" (2005). Her first feature film appearance was a Victoria's Secret Model in Big Momma's House 2 (2006). Thereafter Jeanene booked many global and national commercial campaigns. - Writer
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Owen H.M. Smith was born on 3 July 1973 in Nassau, Bahamas. He is a writer and producer, known for Black-ish (2014), Survivor's Remorse (2014) and Everybody Hates Chris (2005).- Actor
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One of the first black superstars of popular entertainment, Egbert Austin Williams, although born in the Bahamas, was raised largely in California. Nursing show business aspirations early on, he teamed with boyhood friend George Walker to form a highly successful vaudeville act, which continued until the ravages of syphilis brought about Walker's retirement and premature death in 1909. Two years later, Williams joined the Ziegfeld Follies and experienced perhaps his greatest fame as one of its' star comedians until his death. Although he played the (then) typical stereotype of the slow-witted, dialect-spouting black, and had to wear burnt cork to disguise his true ethnicity, he still managed to project an elan and style that was all his own, gently mocking the various stereotypes even as he was playing them. His recordings on American Columbia records were best-sellers in their time. An intelligent, articulate man privately, he was bitterly disappointed in a society that could applaud him onstage, yet still treat him like a second-class citizen off stage. Although he lived at one of the city's top hotels during his years in New York, he always had to ride the service elevator to his suite rather than come in by the main entrance. Ill health in his last years, primarily hypertension and lung trouble, brought about his early death at the age of only 47, while he was still a headliner. Long and happily married, he and his wife had no children but raised a niece and nephew.- Actor
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Skyy John was born on 2 January 1978 in Nassau, Bahamas. He is an actor and writer, known for Indigochild, The Shield (2002) and Cold Case (2003).- Stunts
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Tom Culler was born on 18 May 1986 in Nassau, Bahamas. He is an actor, known for Avengers: Endgame (2019), Avengers: Infinity War (2018) and Captain America: Civil War (2016).- Additional Crew
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Graduated from Touro College, Long Island, following undergraduate work at Syracuse and from 1986 to 1997 he practiced law in Hollywood in both the commercial and entertainment fields. He became a specialist in representing not only the above the line elements such as actors, writers, producers and directors, but also all aspects of motion picture and TV production from development through financing and distribution. The transition to movies was rapid and after serving as associate producer on three independent features he took the plunge and produced _Motel Blue (1997)_ starring 'Sean Young' and Robert Vaughn.- Tenaj Williams was born on 9 February 1991 in Nassau, Bahamas. He is an actor, known for Jann (2019), Wynonna Earp (2016) and Big Sky (2020).
- Gene Pleshette was born on 7 January 1914 in Nassau, New York, USA. He was married to Geraldine Kaplan. He died on 11 September 1991 in Beverly Hills, California, USA.
- Chris 'Kazi' Rolle was born in June 1978 in Nassau, Bahamas. He is an actor, known for Falling Awake (2009), My Angel My Hero (2011) and The Hip Hop Project (2006).
- Myles Munroe was born on 20 April 1954 in Nassau, Bahamas. He was an actor, known for Stages (2015), On the Wings of Men (2011) and Praise (1973). He was married to Ruth Ann. He died on 9 November 2014 in Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas.
- Larry Cahn was born on 19 December 1955 in Nassau, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Freedom Writers (2007), Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) and Law & Order (1990).
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Alex Bullick was born on 28 November 1977 in Nassau, Bahamas. Alex is known for The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013), Death Race (2008) and Pompeii (2014).- Fredrich von Paulus was born in Germany in 1890 and joined the military academy in Berlin when he was around 18. He rose through the ranks from private to officer within 20 years. When World War II broke out in 1939, he was a member of the German general staff, a position he held during the 1940 invasion of France. In September 1940 he was appointed Quartermaster General of the General Staff. In 1942 he was promoted to Colonel-General and given command of the German 6th Army for the summer drive in the south of Russia, which started in June. Von Paulus was an experienced and capable staff officer, but only an average field commander who was intimidated by his superiors, and who fatally underestimated the Russian strength at Stalingrad, where his men were drawn into savage and costly street fighting by defending Russian troops. On November 19, 1942, the Soviets began a counteroffensive aimed at recapturing Stalingrad and trapping the 6th Army--about 270,000 strong--within the city. Von Paulus followed orders to stay put rather than to break out of the encirclement. For over two months he and his men were forced further and further back into the city by the rapidly increasing numbers of Soviet troops, while their supply lines were slowly being cut off, resulting in severe shortages of everything from food to clothes to ammunition. During the siege Adolf Hitler promoted von Paulus to General and announced that he was awarding him the Iron Cross for his stubborn defense. He also ordered von Paulus to fight to the last man and not to surrender one German soldier or piece of equipment to the Russians. On January 30, 1943, with the imminent defeat of the 6th Army at hand, Hitler promoted von Paulus to Field Marshal, stating that no German commander of that rank had ever surrendered. However, the very next day von Paulus surrendered the remnants of the once powerful 6th Army, now reduced to demoralized, starving, freezing, ill and half-clothed soldiers, to the Russians. He spent the remainder of the war under house arrest near Moscow while his men were marched off to harsh Soviet POW camps, from which only a very few survived. After the war ended von Paulus remained for a few years as a prisoner in the USSR until his release in 1947. Prior to his release he was brought to Germany to testify in the Nuremberg war crimes tribunal, and gave testimony against many of the Nazi officials on trial there. After his release from Russian custody von Paulus, by now sympathetic to communism, retired to East Germany, where he died in 1957.
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Vaughndio Forbes was born in Nassau, New Providence Island. At a young age, he split his growing years between the Bahamas, and Florida. While going to the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale he showed lots of interest in stunt work. Through a chance encounter while at his job, he met two stunt coordinators and he was "bitten by the bug" in 2010. In 2012 he moved to California to pursue a career in the entertainment industry.- Actor
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Yves Edwards was born on 30 September 1976 in Nassau, Bahamas. He is an actor, known for Alita: Battle Angel (2019), Olympus Has Fallen (2013) and Warrior (2011).- DeAndre Ayton was born on 23 July 1998 in Nassau, Bahamas. He is an actor, known for American Dad! (2005), The NBA on TNT (1988) and NBA on NBA TV (1999).
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Gabriel Hudson is a Bahamian actor based in Toronto. He has experience in stage, Film, TV and Voiceover. He's most recently portrayed Demario Truitt in the Lifetime TV movie "Well Suited For Christmas. Gabriel also played the character of Abe in the stage play Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar. He has received on camera training at EVN Film Studios with Earl Nanhu and voiceover training On The Mic Training Toronto. He's continuously honing his skills in the craft that he loves.- Ernst Weckerling was born in 1897 in Wiesbaden, Hessen-Nassau, Deutsches Reich.
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Dylan Nevill was born on 1 September 1999 in Nassau, Bahamas. He is an actor and producer, known for Erotic Capital (2022), You're Nothing Special (2022) and Maestro (2022).- Michael Alexander was born on 3 February 1927 in Nassau, Bahamas. He was an actor, known for Return to the Lost Planet (1955), The Gilded Cage (1955) and Storyboard (1961). He was married to Rosemary Rogers. He died on 7 September 2005 in Bergerac, Dordogne, France.
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Kitt Hirasaki was born on 16 April 1974 in Nassau Bay, Texas, USA. He is an actor, known for Brave (2012), Meet the Robinsons (2007) and Bolt (2008).- Actor
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He began singing in nightclubs in his hometown of Nassau, Bahamas, when he was only 13. He moved to Harlem in 1979, developing his other talents as a dancer, songwriter, and actor. "Just Got Paid" was a Top Ten hit in 1988; he subsequently did a tune for the soundtrack of the motion picture Sing (1989). He pursued a career with Teddy Riley on "Just Got Paid" in 1988.- Cherokee Thornton was born on 3 August 1880 in Nassau, Bahamas. He was an actor, known for The Girl from Chicago (1932), Lying Lips (1939) and Drums o' Voodoo (1934). He died in September 1968 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA.
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Daniel R Cooper was born in Nassau, Bahamas and raised in New York City since turning 1 years old. He was raised by both parents and has two brothers and one sister. While growing up Daniel loved playing basketball, football and baseball. He really wanted to become the best athlete in all three sports as he played in tournaments and church activities.
One day Daniel's parents took their son to an audition for the 80s kids show Rompa Room. He then realized after getting the part in this TV show he loved the acting world. Daniel was always a joyful, pleasant and had a wonderful personality and great sense of humor. Since growing up Daniel didn't know how to get back into this world of entertainment because of new responsibilities and work. In 2007 Daniel quit his 5 year retail management job then two months later did some background work on set of Denzel Washington Film American Gangster.
Since finishing that film he then moved on to do 30 more films. After doing so he then began to think he can write and make movies. Daniel sat back wrote his first full-length comedy movie "A Dollar And A Nightmare". After networking on set of American Gangster he then met plenty of actors, writers, directors, video photographers and then teamed up with them all to make his new hit credited SAG approved romantic/comedy film Mr. Luv.
Daniel wrote, directed and acted in his first film and sent it out to film festivals. Daniel R Cooper is making noise as his film Mr. Luv was accepted into the International Black and Latino Film Festival on July 11th 2008 and still waiting for other festivals to respond back. Daniel also joined the Screen Actors Guild this year 2008 on his birthday, May 20th.
Right now Daniel is shopping his full length comedy script around "A Dollar And A Nightmare". On November 23rd 2009 his new drama short "Can't Say A Word" was finished editing as he sets forth in submitting to film festivals and contest.Daniel has a few more shorts & feature films in the works starting in 2010 .
With all his family and friends by his side Daniel R Cooper actor, writer, director is ready to take it to the next level.- Rainer Prinz von Hessen was born on 18 November 1939 in Kronberg, Province of Hesse-Nassau, Germany [now Hesse, Germany].
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Charlton Jacques founded Foresight Entertainment with the goal of excellence, innovation, and artistic and commercial distinction.
His love of acting drove him to enroll at Yaphat-toar Dramatic Academy in the Bahamas to pursue acting studies following high school. It was during this time that he discovered his natural talent for directing, taking the helm for two stage plays. After the academy, Charlton received a scholarship to the Toronto Media and Film College in Canada to study film production.
After studying cinema and film production in Toronto, Charlton took his ambition and experience to Vancouver where he opened the doors of Foresight Entertainment, Inc., serving as its president and executive producer. This independent film label is responsible for producing effective and influential genre works such as the critically-acclaimed festival short "Friends in Dark Places" and the dynamic, chilling sci-fi horror feature "Nocturne Six", which took the international market by storm with its release in 2014.- Alejandro Jomar Ramirez is a Fashion Designer and Creative Director for Giorgenti New York, a custom menswear fashion brand centralized in New York. Alejandro Jomar Ramirez, known as Alejandro Jomar is also a Music Producer, Singer, Songwriter, professional Model and Influencer. Alejandro has been studying fashion and modeling since he was in the 7th grade. Alejandro was born in Oceanside, New York, and was raised in Freeport, New York. This was where he found his love for acting, movie production, music, and fashion design. After working with Giorgenti for a few months, still as an intern, Alejandro was asked to act in an indie film, 'Choke', playing a producer, and had his first break in acting. Alejandro Jomar has since been cast in many short films, and has also released an R&B music project TRAP-FI in 2020. Alejandro Jomar Ramirez, along with his brother, is starting their own recording and entertainment label Propaganda Entertainment. Alejandro is of full Puerto Rican decent.
- August Momberger was born on 26 June 1905 in Wiesbaden, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia [now Hesse], Germany. He died on 22 December 1969 in Ronco-Gruppaldo, Switzerland.
- Drottning Sophia was born on 9 July 1836 in Wiesbaden, Duchy of Nassau, German Confederation [now Hesse, Germany]. She was married to King Oscar II. She died on 30 December 1913 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.
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Kate Elizabeth Wilson was born on 19 September 2004 in Nassau, Bahamas. She is an actress, known for Howl of the Blue Moon, Inner (2019) and Stroke of Genius (2018).- Sir Peter Paul Rubens was a Flemish artist and diplomat from the Duchy of Brabant in the Southern Netherlands (modern-day Belgium). He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque tradition. Rubens's highly charged compositions reference erudite aspects of classical and Christian history. His unique and immensely popular Baroque style emphasized movement, co-lour, and sensuality, which followed the immediate, dramatic artistic style promoted in the Counter-Reformation. Rubens was a painter producing altarpieces, portraits, landscapes, and history paintings of mythological and allegorical subjects. He was also a prolific designer of cartoons for the Flemish tapestry workshops and of frontispieces for the publishers in Antwerp.
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Jamal Blair was born in Nassau County, New York, USA. He is known for Forgotten Kingdom: Genesis (2015), Forgotten Kingdom (2014) and Forgotten Kingdom: Genesis (2015).- Actor
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Patrick Carey was born on 21 December 1977 in Nassau, The Bahamas. He is an actor, known for Miss Congeniality (2000), Big Fat Liar (2002) and Kicking & Screaming (2005).- Nico Miller was born on 25 December 2004 in Nassau, The Bahamas.
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Fifi Oscard was born on 16 June 1920 in Nassau, New York, USA. Fifi is known for God Told Me To (1976) and The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1977). Fifi died on 12 November 2005 in New York City, New York, USA.- F.C. Gundlach was born on 16 July 1926 in Heinebach, Melsungen, Hesse-Nassau, Prussia [now Hesse], Germany. He died on 23 July 2021 in Hamburg, Germany.
- Thomas S. Gulotta was born on 27 April 1944 in Oceanside, Nassau County, New York, USA. Thomas S. was married to Elizabeth Fryatt. Thomas S. died on 4 August 2019 in Oceanside, Nassau County, New York, USA.
- Robert F. Wagner Sr. was born on 8 June 1877 in Nastätten, Hesse-Nassau, Kingdom of Prussia [now Rhineland-Palatinate], Germany. He was married to Margaret Marie McTague. He died on 4 May 1953 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Durward Knowles was born on 2 November 1917 in Nassau, Bahamas. He died on 24 February 2018 in Nassau, Bahamas.
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Having been born in Nassau, Bahamas, Jarrod Alexander Knowles moved to Miami, FL in the year 2008 to pursue higher education at Florida International University. Although his background was in Information Technology, he found himself writing a screenplay in his dorm room one night, due to his dissatisfaction with some films he'd seen lately. His first screenplay was called "What Lies Beyond". 3 years later, in his senior year, he acquired the resources to produce and direct the film, and hence retrieved the dusty script and almost magically transformed it into a motion picture, 4 months later. Knowles funded this film completely out of pocket and successfully completed the film and hosted several screenings for it, in order to observe crowd reactions and conduct market research. At one such screening, Albrion Symonette Jr., a friend of Knowles, told him of his interest in investing in any future projects. This inspiration, combined with the knowledge and market research gained from producing the first film, drove Knowles forward to undergo Production of his second feature film, "What Lies Beyond... The Beginning". With the help of his mentor, Houston Cypress, Knowles successfully put a team together and has since completed Production for the film. Additionally, Knowles has also written, directed, produced, and edited 3 short films. His most recent achievement was the successful facilitation of the 1st Annual WideScreen Film & Music Video Festival, of which Knowles was the Founder & President. The festival took place February 27 - March 3, 2015 at AMC 24 Aventura, FL. Jarrod Knowles is a firm believer that dreams are real, and one must always take the bold step of acting on his/her dreams.