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Colfer Confidential
Colfer is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Chris Colfer (born 1990), American actor, singer, author, producer, and writer * Eoin Colfer (born 1965), Irish author and comedian * Martin Colfer, Irish football (soccer) player * Ned Colfer Ned Colfer (born 1941 in New Ross, County Wexford) is an Irish retired sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Geraldine O'Hanrahan's and was a member of the Wexford Wexford () is the county town of County Wexford, Ireland. ... (born 1941), Irish hurler, sportsperson * Terence Colfer, Canadian diplomat {{Surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Colfer
Christopher Paul Colfer (born May 27, 1990) is an American actor, singer, and author. He gained international recognition for his portrayal of Kurt Hummel on the television musical ''Glee'' (2009–2015). Colfer's portrayal of Kurt received critical praise for which he has been the recipient of several awards, including Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Television Film at the 2011 Golden Globe Awards, and three consecutive People's Choice Awards for Favorite Comedic TV Actor in 2013, 2014, and 2015. In April 2011, Colfer was named one of the Time 100, ''Time'''s list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Colfer wrote, starred in, produced, and novelized his first film, ''Struck by Lightning'', which debuted at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival. He also wrote ''The New York Times'' bestselling ''The Land of Stories'' series of YA books, starting with '' The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell''. , he has published eighteen books. Early life and education ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eoin Colfer
Eoin Colfer (; born 14 May 1965) is an Irish author of children's books. He worked as a primary school teacher before he became a full-time writer. He is best known for being the author of the Artemis Fowl (series), ''Artemis Fowl'' series. In September 2008, Colfer was commissioned to write the sixth instalment of the ''Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' series, titled ''And Another Thing... (novel), And Another Thing ...'', which was published in October 2009. In October 2016, in a contract with Marvel Comics, he released ''Iron Man#In other media, Iron Man: The Gauntlet''. He served as Laureate na nÓg (Ireland's Children's Laureate) between 2014 and 2016. Biography Eoin Colfer was born in Wexford, Ireland. He attained worldwide recognition in 2001, when the first ''Artemis Fowl'' book was published and became a New York Times Best Seller, ''New York Times'' Best Seller, as did some sequels. Among his other popular works are ''Half Moon Investigations'', ''The Wish Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Colfer
Martin Colfer (died 25 September 2015) was a Republic of Ireland soccer international, who played with Shelbourne for seven seasons in the 1950s. Football career Colfer began his career with St James's Gate. From there he transferred to Shelbourne in the 1948–49 season and played 100 league games and 12 FAI Cup games between that and the 1955–56 season. He became Shelbourne's top scorer, scoring a total of 41 goals for the club and was the club's top scorer in three of the seven seasons he played for them. Dublin born Colfer was capped twice for the Republic of Ireland at senior level, away to Belgium in May 1950 and Norway the following year, while also winning seven inter-League caps. He was on the losing side in two FAI Cup finals with Shelbourne in 1949 and 1951 but played in the League of Ireland The League of Ireland ( ga, Sraith na hÉireann), together with the Football Association of Ireland, is one of the two main governing bodies responsible for organising ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ned Colfer
Ned Colfer (born 1941 in New Ross, County Wexford) is an Irish retired sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Geraldine O'Hanrahan's and was a member of the Wexford Wexford () is the county town of County Wexford, Ireland. Wexford lies on the south side of Wexford Harbour, the estuary of the River Slaney near the southeastern corner of the island of Ireland. The town is linked to Dublin by the M11/N11 N ... senior inter-county team in the 1960s and 1970s. References 1941 births Living people Geraldine O'Hanrahan's hurlers Wexford inter-county hurlers Leinster inter-provincial hurlers All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winners {{Wexford-hurling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
