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Brit Pack (actors)
"Brit Pack" is a term that has been used to refer to specific groups of young British actors who have achieved success in Hollywood, as well as more generally to the entire group of such actors. According to a TalkTalk article, "every decade brings a new Brit Pack, another disparate group of actors backed by the media to achieve simultaneous Hollywood stardom." However, the term is most closely associated with the crop of English actors that emerged in the late 1980s, because of the prominence of the American Brat Pack actors at that time. History In November 1986, Journalist Elissa Van Poznak conducted an interview with Colin Firth, Spencer Leigh, Paul McGann, Bruce Payne and Tim Roth for the January 1987 edition of ''The Face''. Daniel Day-Lewis and Gary Oldman were also invited, but were unable to attend due to acting obligations (although Oldman gave his own interview at a later date). The title of the article was "The Brit Pack": this moniker stuck and has been referenced i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naveen Andrews
Naveen William Sidney Andrews (born 17 January 1969) is a British-American actor. He is best known for his role as Sayid Jarrah in the television series ''Lost'' (2004–2010), for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award, as well as winning a Screen Actors Guild Award along with the cast. He has also appeared in films such as ''The English Patient'' (1996), '' Mighty Joe Young'' (1998), '' Rollerball'' (2002), '' Bride and Prejudice'' (2004), ''Planet Terror'' (2007), '' The Brave One'' (2007), and '' Diana'' (2013). In 2022, he starred in the miniseries ''The Dropout''. Early life Andrews was born in Lambeth, London, to Nirmala, a psychologist, and Stanley Andrews, a businessman, both immigrants from Kerala, India. He was brought up in Wandsworth as a Methodist, and attended Earlsfield Junior School on Tranmere Road. Andrews described his upbringing as "very repressive". [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frat Pack
The Frat Pack is a nickname given to a group of American comedy actors who have appeared together in many of the highest-grossing comedy movies since the mid-1990s. The group is usually considered to include Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, Jack Black, Paul Rudd, and Vince Vaughn. Origins The term was used by ''USA Today'' in a June 2004 story and was soon picked up by other media outlets. Before ''USA Today'' dubbed this group the "Frat Pack", ''Entertainment Weekly'' had referred to them as the "Slacker Pack", having earlier coined the term "Frat Pack" to describe actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, and Edward Norton, who have acted together in dramas. By 2005, ''Entertainment Weekly'' had dropped the "Slacker Pack" term and followed suit, referring to the aforementioned crop of actors as the "Frat Pack". The name is an allusion to the Rat Pack (and the later Brat Pack), combined with a reference to the group's p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Child Actor
The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting on stage or in film, movies or television. An adult who began their acting career as a child may also be called a child actor, or a "former child actor". Closely associated terms include teenage actor or teen actor, an actor who reached popularity as a Adolescence, teenager. Famous earlier examples include Elizabeth Taylor, who started as a child star in the early 1940s in productions like ''National Velvet (film), National Velvet'' before becoming a popular film star as an adult in movies. Many child actors find themselves struggling to adapt as they become adults, mainly due to typecasting. Macaulay Culkin and Lindsay Lohan are two particular famous child actors who eventually experienced much difficulty with the fame they acquired at a young age. Some child actors do go on to have successful acting careers as adults; notable actors who first gained fame as children include Mickey Rooney, Kurt Russell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suki Waterhouse
Alice Suki Waterhouse (born 5 January 1992) is an English model, actress and singer. She began a career in modelling at the age of 16, and she would go on to model for several major fashion labels. Her first feature film as an actress was a minor role in ''Pusher'' in 2012, and she has since appeared in films such as '' The Divergent Series: Insurgent'', ''The Bad Batch'', and ''Assassination Nation''. In 2016, she co-founded the accessories brand Pop & Suki with Poppy Jamie and Leo Seigal. Early life Waterhouse was born in Hammersmith, London, and was raised in Chiswick, London, the daughter of Elizabeth, a cancer care nurse, and Norman Waterhouse, a plastic surgeon. She has a brother named Charlie, and two younger sisters, Madeleine, a model, and Imogen, a model and actress. Career Modelling Waterhouse began her modelling career after being discovered in "either a Topshop or H&M" in London when she was 16. When she was 19, she became a lingerie model for Marks and Spence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaya Scodelario
Kaya Rose Scodelario-Davis ( née Humphrey; born 13 March 1992) is an English actress best known for her roles as Effy Stonem on the E4 teen drama '' Skins'' (2007–2010, 2013), and Teresa in the ''Maze Runner'' film series (2014–2018). Other roles include Catherine Earnshaw in Andrea Arnold's ''Wuthering Heights'' (2011), Carina Smyth in '' Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales'' (2017), Carole Ann Boone in ''Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile'' (2019), Haley Keller in ''Crawl'' (2019), Katarina Baker in the Netflix original series '' Spinning Out'' (2020) and Claire Redfield in '' Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City'' (2021). Early life Scodelario was born Kaya Rose Humphrey on 13 March 1992 in Haywards Heath, West Sussex. Her mother, Katia Scodelario, is a Brazilian accountant from Itu, São Paulo, who moved to England in 1990; Scodelario's surname comes from her mother's Italian grandfather. Her father, Roger Humphrey, was English and died in Nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holliday Grainger
Holliday Clark Grainger (born 27 March 1988), also credited as Holly Grainger, is an English screen and stage actress. Some of her prominent roles are Kate Beckett in the BAFTA award-winning children's series ''Roger and the Rottentrolls'', Lucrezia Borgia in the Showtime (TV channel), Showtime series ''The Borgias (2011 TV series), The Borgias'', Robin Ellacott in the ''Strike (TV series), Strike'' series, DI Rachel Carey in the Peacock (streaming service), Peacock/BBC One crime drama ''The Capture (TV series), The Capture'' and Estella (Great Expectations), Estella in Mike Newell (director), Mike Newell's adaptation of ''Great Expectations (2012 film), Great Expectations''. Early life Grainger was born in Didsbury, Manchester. Her maternal grandfather was Italian people, Italian. Her first experience of acting was at the age of five when she was scouted for a BBC TV series. She appeared in many TV shows and independent films as a child actor. Grainger attended Parrs Wood Hig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harper's Bazaar
''Harper's Bazaar'' is an American monthly women's fashion magazine. It was first published in New York City on November 2, 1867, as the weekly ''Harper's Bazar''. ''Harper's Bazaar'' is published by Hearst and considers itself to be the style resource for "women who are the first to buy the best, from casual to couture". Since its debut in 1867, as the U.S.'s first fashion magazine, its pages have been home to talent such as the founding editor, author and translator Mary Louise Booth, as well as numerous fashion editors, photographers, illustrators and writers. ''Harper's Bazaar''s corporate offices are located in the Hearst Tower, 300 West 57th Street or 959 Eighth Avenue, near Columbus Circle in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. The current editor-in-chief of the U.S. edition is Samira Nasr. History Book publishers Harper & Brothers founded the magazine based in New York City on November 2, 1867. This company also gave birth to '' Harper's Magazine''. ''Harper's B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Independent
''The Independent'' is a British online newspaper. It was established in 1986 as a national morning printed paper. Nicknamed the ''Indy'', it began as a broadsheet and changed to tabloid format in 2003. The last printed edition was published on Saturday 26 March 2016, leaving only the online edition. The newspaper was controlled by Tony O'Reilly's Irish Independent News & Media from 1997 until it was sold to the Russian oligarch and former KGB Officer Alexander Lebedev in 2010. In 2017, Sultan Muhammad Abuljadayel bought a 30% stake in it. The daily edition was named National Newspaper of the Year at the 2004 British Press Awards. The website and mobile app had a combined monthly reach of 19,826,000 in 2021. History 1986 to 1990 Launched in 1986, the first issue of ''The Independent'' was published on 7 October in broadsheet format.Dennis Griffiths (ed.) ''The Encyclopedia of the British Press, 1422–1992'', London & Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1992, p. 330 It was produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel West
Samuel Alexander Joseph West (born 19 June 1966) is an English actor, narrator and theatre director. He has directed on stage and radio, and worked as an actor across theatre, film, television and radio. He often appears as reciter with orchestras and performed at the Last Night of the Proms in 2002. He has narrated several documentary series, including five for the BBC about the Second World War. He plays Siegfried Farnon in the Channel 5 remake of the veterinary drama series '' All Creatures Great and Small''. Early life and education West was born on 19 June 1966 in Hammersmith, London, the elder son of the actress Prunella Scales and the actor Timothy West, and the grandson of the actor Lockwood West. He has one brother, Joe. He was educated at Alleyn's School and Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, where he studied English literature and was president of the Experimental Theatre Club. West originally intended to attend Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, but decided to f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Thewlis
David Wheeler (born 20 March 1963), better known as David Thewlis (), is a British actor, author, director and screenwriter. Thewlis rose to prominence when he starred in the film ''Naked'' (1993), for which he won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor. His most commercially successful roles have been Remus Lupin in the ''Harry Potter'' franchise (2004–2011) and Sir Patrick Morgan / Ares in ''Wonder Woman'' (2017). Other film roles include ''Total Eclipse'' (1995), ''James and the Giant Peach'' (1996), ''Dragonheart'' (1996), ''Seven Years in Tibet'' (1997), ''Kingdom of Heaven'' (2005), ''The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas'' (2008), ''War Horse'' (2011), '' The Theory of Everything'' (2014), ''Anomalisa'' (2015), ''I'm Thinking of Ending Things'' (2020), and ''Enola Holmes 2'' (2022). He will appear in ''Avatar 3'' (2024). Thewlis's most notable television roles are Cyrus Crabb in the miniseries ''Dinotopia'' (2002), V. M. Varga in the third series of '' Fargo'' (2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rufus Sewell
Rufus Frederik Sewell (; born 29 October 1967) is a British film and stage actor. In film, he has appeared in '' Carrington'' (1995), '' ''Hamlet'''' (1996), ''Dangerous Beauty'' (1998), '' Dark City'' (1998), ''A Knight's Tale ''(2001), ''The Legend of Zorro ''(2005)'','' '' The Illusionist ''(2006)'', Amazing Grace ''(2006)'', The Holiday ''(2006)'', Paris, je t'aime ''(2006)'', Judy ''(2019), '' The Father'' (2020), and '' Old'' (2021). On television, he has starred in ''Middlemarch'' (1994), '' Charles II: The Power and the Passion'' (2003), ''John Adams'' (2008), ''Eleventh Hour'' (2008–2009), ''Zen'' (2011), ''The Pillars of the Earth'' (2010), ''Parade's End'' (2012), ''Victoria'' (2016–2017), ''The Man in the High Castle'' (2014–2019), and ''The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel'' (2019)."Rufu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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