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Born in 1951, Karen Allen didn't discover her passion for acting until she'd spent years studying design, writing, traveling in South America, and even living briefly in Jamaica. She was in her 20's by then, and spent 5 years with an acting troupe in Washington D.C. before heading for training in New York with acting guru Lee Strasberg. Her first major screen role was as far from serious drama as an actress could get playing the sweetheart of the raucous Delta fraternity in the 1978 cult classic Animal House. But the raspy-voiced actress steadily built her resume, landing roles in The Wanderers, Cruisin', and A Small Circle of Friends before capturing hearts in "Raiders". The hype that followed would have guaranteed Allen her pick of Hollywood parts; she preferred instead to showcase her talents on stage, choosing roles as diverse as a rape victim in "Extremities," and Helen Keller in "The Monday after the Miracle," where she was able to draw upon a short-lived blindness she experienced in the 1970s that was caused by a viral infection. Films like Shoot the Moon (1982), Starman (1984) and Scrooged (1988) kept her in the public eye, but Allen kept returning to the stage, appearing as Rosalind in "As You Like It," Annie Sullivan in "The Miracle Worker" and as Laura in the Broadway revival of "The Glass Menagerie".By the early 1990s Allen had further reduced her film outings to concentrate on motherhood. She preferred to remain in her home in Massachusetts, where she opened a thriving yoga business and taught knitting. As her son grew she slowly returned to acting and in 1995 even starred in the interactive adventure game "Ripper." She has since appeared in many independent films including The Basket, on television in "My Horrible Year" as well as the box office hits The Perfect Storm and In the Bedroom.


About Karen Allen

A tribute site to Karen Allen.

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Ray Winstone was born in Hackney Hospital, London. He moved to Enfield aged seven, where his father and mother had a fruit and vegetable business, and he went to school at Edmonton County. He started boxing at the age of twelve at the famous Repton Amateur Boxing Club and was three times London Schoolboy Champion and fought twice for England. In ten years of boxing he won over 80 medals and trophies. Ray studied acting at the Corona School before being cast by director Alan Clarke as 'Carlin' in the BBC Play production of 'Scum'. He has appeared in numerous tv series over the past 20 years including 'Robin of Sherwood', 'Palmer', 'Birds of a Feather', 'Between The Lines', 'The Ghostbusters of East Finchley', and most recently 'Births, Marriages and Deaths'. His film career has burgeoned since his award-winning role in Gary Oldman's 'Nil By Mouth' (1997), Since then he starred in 'Fanny and Elvis', 'The Mammy' and 'The War Zone' (directed by Tim Roth). Most recently he will be recognisible from Martiin Scorcese's 'The Departed'


About Ray Winstone

A tribute site to the charismatic British actor Ray Winstone, with biography, filmography, articles, interviews.

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Cate Blanchett graduated from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic Art in 1992 and, in a little over a year, had won both critical and popular acclaim. On graduating from NIDA, she joined the Sydney Theatre Company's production of Caryl Churchill's "Top Girls", then played Felice Bauer, the bride, in Tim Daly's "Kafka Dances", winning the 1993 Newcomer Award from the Sydney Theatre Critics Circle for her performance. From there, Blanchett moved to the role of Carol in David Mamet's searing polemic "Oleanna", also for the Sydney Theatre Company, and won the Rosemont Best Actress Award, her second award that year. She then co-starred in the ABC Television's prime time drama "Heartland" (1994) (mini), again winning critical acclaim. In 1995, she was nominated for Best Female Performance for her role as Ophelia in the Belvoir Street Theatre Company's production of "Hamlet". Other theatre credits include Helen in the Sydney Theatre Company's "Sweet Phoebe", Miranda in "The Tempest" and Rose in "The Blind Giant is Dancing", both for the Belvoir Street Theatre Company. In other television roles, Blanchett starred as Bianca in ABC's "Bordertown" (1995) (mini), as Janie Morris in "G.P." (1989) and in ABC's popular series Police Rescue (1994). She made her feature film debut in Paradise Road (1997), and, in 1998, she played the title character in Elizabeth (1998), winning numerous awards for her performance, including the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama. Cate was also nominated for an Academy Award for the role but lost out to Gwyneth Paltrow. 2001 was a particularly busy year, with starring roles in Bandits (2001), The Shipping News (2001), Charlotte Gray (2001) and playing Elf Queen Galadriel in the "Lord Of The Rings" trilogy. In 2004 she played the role of Katherine Hepburn in the biopic 'The Aviator' which she won a best actress Oscar.(Source:IMDB.com)


About Cate Blanchett

A tribute site to Australian actress Cate Blanchett with lots of info including gallery, filmography, downloads and forum.

Shia Saide LaBeouf was born June 11, 1986, in Los Angeles, California, to Jeffrey LaBeouf and Shayna Saide, and is an only child. His parents are divorced, and he lives with his mom in Los Angeles. He started his career by doing stand-up comedy around places in his neighborhood, such as coffee clubs. One day, he saw a friend of his acting on "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman" (1993), and wanted to become an actor. Shia and his mom talked it over, and the next day he started looking for an agent. He searched in the yellow pages, called one up, and did a stand-up routine in front of him. They liked him and signed him, and then he started auditioning. He's well known for playing Louis Stevens in the popular Disney Channel series "Even Stevens" (2000) and won a Daytime Emmy for his performance. He has recently been in some high profile movies including "I,Robot", "Charlies Angels:Full Throttle", "Constantine" and "Disturbia". He is currently starring in the big budget blockbuster "Transformers" (Source:IMDB.com)


About Shia LaBeouf

Wikipedia page on Shia Labeouf including biography and movie roles.

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John Hurt was born in Derbyshire, England on 22 January 1940.

John Hurt says of his school days at Lincoln School: "My parents didn't allow me to play with boys they considered to be common - they were the only ones I really liked!"

Hurt was an art student at St Martin's School before winning a scholarship to RADA.

Although John Hurt followed many of his contemporaries into the theatre appearing in plays like Wesker's Chips with Everything and Osborne's Inadmissable Evidence, it was in television that he really made his name.

John Hurt had appeared in films like 'A Man For All Seasons' (1966) and as Timothy Evans in '10 Rillington Place' (1970), but became famous with his television performance in the same year as Quentin Crisp in 'The Naked Civil Servant'.
He was stunning as Crisp and also in his role as Caligula in the long-running television series of 'I Claudius' (1976).
Notable screen appearances include Scandal and 1994, but his performances that won BAFTA awards and Oscar Nominations - 'Midnight Express' and 'The Elephant Man' - were stunning. He was also nominated for a BAFTA for his role in 'Alien'. Hurt keeps busy with a few projects a year and tends to mix the mainstream with the fringe. Amongst his recent roles of note was his television appearances as Tory maverick, Alan Clark.
Hurt is apparently a chain-smoker and a bit of a drinker. When he married his third wife he intended going on the wagon and drank mineral water at the wedding, but shortly afterwards was given a drink driving ban after crashing his car.
He was honoured in 2004 with the CBE for services to drama.
Recent credits have included 'Captain Correlli's Mandolin' and 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone', 'V For Vendetta', 'The Proposition' , 'Shooting Dogs' and 'Hellboy'.


About John Hurt

Wikipedia page on John Hurt including biography and movie roles.

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Broadbent was born in Lincoln to Roy Broadbent, an artist, sculptor, interior designer, and furniture maker who turned a former church into a theatre named after him, and Dee, a sculptress. He had a twin sister who died at birth. Broadbent was educated at Leighton Park School, a Quaker school in Reading, and briefly attended art college before transferring to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. He graduated in 1972 and went on to work for the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company as well as acting in Ken Campbell's epic Illuminatus (1976). He also worked with the comedy group the National Theatre of Brent, with Patrick Barlow. Broadbent is also the honorary president of the Lindsey Rural Players, whose home theatre is the Broadbent Theatre.
Broadbent made his film debut in 1978 with a tiny role in Jerzy Skolimowski's The Shout, and made his television debut the following year. He went on to work with Stephen Frears (for television, and in The Hit (1984)) and Terry Gilliam (in Time Bandits (1981) and Brazil (1985) before establishing himself in Mike Leigh's Life Is Sweet (1990). He proved his ability as a character actor in films including The Crying Game (1992), Enchanted April (1992), Bullets Over Broadway (1994), The Borrowers (1997) and Little Voice (1998) before taking a leading role in another Mike Leigh film, Topsy-Turvy (1999). In 2001, Broadbent starred in three of the year's most successful films: Bridget Jones' Diary, Moulin Rouge!, for which he won a BAFTA and Iris, for which he won an Oscar for his portrayal of John Bayley. He is regarded as one of cinema's most reliable character actors and has a reputation of being very easy to work with. Recently starred in British Cop Spoof "Hot Fuzz"


About Jim Broadbent

Site dedicated to the fantastically talented, Oscar winning British actor Jim Broadbent.

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Selected Filmography

Transformers (2007)
Lady In the Water (2006)
The Village (2004)
Pirates Of The Carribbean 1 (2003)
Tears Of The Sun (2003)
America's Sweetheart's (2001)
Instinct (1999)

After studying at the Royal College of Art in London and working as an Industrial designer in Tokyo for Sony, Guy moved to San Francisco to join ILM and pursue a career in films. In 2002 Guy production designed his first feature film, "X2: X-Men United" for Bryan Singer, followed by "The Brothers Grimm" for director Terry Gilliam. He currently splits his time between Europe and the U.S. and some of his work can be seen in the Design Museum in London and the Wakita Museum of Art in Tokyo.

Selected Filmography

Superman: The Man of Steel (2009)
The Golden Age (2007)
Superman Returns (2006)
The Brothers Grimm (2005)
X2 (2003)

Selected Filmography

The Great Buck Howard (2007)
Click (2006)
Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Bruce Almighty (2003)
Dreamcatcher (2003)
Jackass: The Movie (2002)
The Majestic (2001)
Planet of the Apes (2001)
Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001)
Galaxy Quest (1999)
Amistad (1997)
Batman & Robin (1997)

Selected Filmography

The Rundown (2003) (bullwhip trainer)
Secondhand Lions (2003) (sword master)
"Queen of Swords" (2000) TV Series (sword master)
Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights (1998) (sword master)
Almost Heroes (1998) (sword master)
Expect No Mercy (1996) (fight choreographer)
Wild Bill (1995) (whip coach)
Buffalo Girls (1995) (TV) (whip trainer)
Double Dragon (1994) (bullwhip trainer)
Bad Girls (1994) (bullwhip trainer)
Batman Returns (1992) (bullwhip trainer)
Far and Away (1992) (bare knuckle fights)
The Warrior and the Sorceress (1984) (fight choreographer)
The Sword and the Sorcerer (1982) (sword trainer)


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Selected Filmography:

Bunny Lake Is Missing (2008)
Lions for Lambs (2007)
Bewitched (2005)
The Terminal (2004)
The Ladykillers (2004)
Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
View from the Top (2003)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Moonlight Mile (2002)
Ghost World (2001)
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
Any Given Sunday (1999)
Where's Marlowe? (1998)
There's Something About Mary (1998)
Paulie (1998)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Thick as Thieves (1998)
Kingpin (1996)
Fargo (1996)
Dumb & Dumber (1994)

Selected Filmography:

The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)
Munich (2005)
Jarhead (2005)
War of the Worlds (2005)
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
The Chronicles of Riddick (2004)
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
The Pledge (2001)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) October Sky (1999)
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Deep Impact (1998
Contact (1997)
Men in Black (1997
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Independence Day (1996
Broken Arrow (1996)

Indiana Jones was born Henry Walden Jones Jr. to Scottish-born professor of medieval literature Dr. Henry Jones and his wife Anna on July 1, 1899, in Princeton, New Jersey. "Junior" accompanied his father on his travels throughout the world, where he learned to speak, read, and write 27 languages, including French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Greek, Arabic, Turkish, Vietnamese, Swahili, Latin and Chinese, as well as some Hindi. By age 9, young Henry had adopted the name of his beloved dog Indiana for himself, though his father would continue to refer to him as "Junior" for throughout his adult life.

In 1912, Indy lived in Utah with his father. He kept busy as a member of the Boy Scouts, having achieved the rank of "Life Scout." It was here, while attempting to secure the Cross of Coronado from thieves, that Indy learned to use the bullwhip and received his trademark fedora. This adventure also led to his aversion to snakes.

His father wanted Indiana to go to Princeton University. To escape this, he ran away from home by train. He ended up in Mexico and was kidnapped by Mexican revolutionaries. He joined this army of revolutionaries, playing a part in the Mexican Revolution in 1916, under Pancho Villa. It is here that he also met his friend Remy, a Belgian. With Remy, he left Mexico and eventually made his way to Africa at the beginning of World War I. (Source:Wikipedia)

After the war, Jones returned to the United States, where he studied archaeology at the University of Chicago under Professor Abner Ravenwood. At the same time, he became romantically involved with the professor's daughter Marion. Dr. Jones abruptly left the Ravenwoods in 1926 and did not contact them for 10 years. He divided his time between teaching and archaeological expeditions, including a journey to China and India in 1935 where he faced the gangster Lao Che and the followers of the cult of Kali. In 1936, he was contacted by the United States government to retrieve the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis. In 1938, Indy rescued his father from the Nazis and became embroiled in the search for the Holy Grail.

When last seen in 1993, Jones was living in New York City with his daughter and her family. Sporting an eyepatch and cane, he stopped anyone within earshot to regale them with tales of his exploits as a young man. (Source:Wikipedia)

Koepp is under strict orders not to blow Indiana Jones' cover. But as someone who was inspired to become a screenwriter by Raiders of the Lost Ark, writing Episode 4 definitely ranks as a sweet gig.
Although screenwriter David Koepp jokes that the Dreamworks secret police will track him down if he reveals anything about the upcoming sequel Indiana Jones 4, he was able during a recent interview with FilmStew to drop a few pebble-sized hints.
"I spent about a year on it, first doing drafts with Steven and then doing drafts with Steven and George," he explains. "It was a lot of fun. The first thing is that you realize this is a beloved character, probably one of the most in film history, and a lot of people are going to be angry no matter what I do."
"I'm going to get my *ss handed to me on some level, even by my fellow filmmakers or the audience," Koepp continues. "So you just accept all that and go and do the best thing you can with as much love as you can. I worked with Steven a number of times but never with both of them [Spielberg, Lucas]. They're big guys with big opinions and it's definitely a challenge, but a challenge worth stepping up to."
Koepp agrees that it would be crazy not to take into account star Harrison Ford's real age for this next installment. In fact, he suggests that if it were not in the script, Ford would likely insist on references to this being added. Koepp himself was 18-years-old when Raiders of the Lost Ark first hit theaters back in 1981 and, ironically enough, says that's the movie that made him want to become a screenwriter.
"This one was hard, because there's the wait of expectation which I felt also on Spider-Man," Koepp reveals. "At the time, that had been a comic for 35 years, so there's a big audience out there for it and it's beloved."
"People have a lot of preconceptions about what it ought to be and that's the same kind of pressure you feel with Indiana Jones," he continues. "It's hard to write when you feel the audience looking over your shoulder, but you just try and put it out of your mind."
As much as he is a fan of Indy lore, Koepp says it's essential to discard that point of view when tapping out further adventures. "You can't write a fan script," he insists. "You have to pretend that this movie exists without the other one."