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Francesco Pannofino
Francesco Pannofino (born 14 November 1958) is an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Pieve di Teco, Pannofino's parents originated from Locorotondo. Sometime after 1972, he and his family moved to Rome. He began his career in the 1980s. As an actor, Pannofino appeared in many films and television programs. These include ''Giovanni Falcone – L'uomo che sfidò Cosa Nostra'', in which he portrayed real life gangster Tommaso Buscetta. He also appeared in ''Night Bus'' starring Giovanna Mezzogiorno and Valerio Mastandrea as well as the TV film '' Imperium: Pompeii''. As a voice actor, Pannofino dubbed characters into the Italian language. He is the official voice actor of George Clooney and Denzel Washington. Other actors he often or occasionally dubs includes Mickey Rourke, Ray Winstone, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Antonio Banderas, Tom Hanks, Kurt Russell, Dan Aykroyd, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Michael Madsen, Kiefer Sutherland and Kevin Spacey. Pannofino performed the Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucca Comics & Games
Lucca Comics & Games is an annual Comic book convention, comic book and gaming convention in Lucca, Italy, traditionally held at the end of October, in conjunction with All Saints' Day. It is the largest comics festival in Europe, and the second biggest in the world after the Comiket. History The Salone Internazionale del Comics ("International Congress of Comics") was launched by a Franco-Italian partnership, consisting of Italians Rinaldo Traini and Romano Calisi and Frenchman (forming the International Congress of Cartoonists and Animators) in 1965 in Bordighera. In 1966, it moved to a small piazza in the center of Lucca, and grew in size and importance over the years. Funding issues reduced the frequency of the festival to every two years, beginning in 1977. In the 1980s, the festival was moved to a sports center outside the city walls, where it remained until 1992, when it was moved to another city. (Funding issues also forced the cancellation of the 1988 festival.) A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Banderas
José Antonio Domínguez Bandera (born 10 August 1960), known professionally as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish actor and singer. Known for his work in films of several genres, he has received List of awards and nominations received by Antonio Banderas, various accolades, including a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, Cannes Film Festival Award and a European Film Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a Tony Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and five Golden Globe Awards. Banderas began his acting career with a series of films by director Pedro Almodóvar in the 1980s; he then appeared in several Hollywood films, such as ''Philadelphia (film), Philadelphia'' (1993), ''Interview with the Vampire (film), Interview with the Vampire'' (1994), ''Desperado (film), Desperado'' (1995), ''Assassins (1995 film), Assassins'' (1995), ''Evita (1996 film), Evita'' (1996), and ''The Mask of Zorro'' (1998). He also appeared in the first three films of the Spy Kids (franch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volume 1
Volume One, Volume 1, Volume I or Vol. 1 may refer to: Albums * ''Volume One'' (The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band album), 1966 * ''Volume One'' (Sleep album) * ''Volume One'' (Fluff album) * ''Volume One'' (She & Him album), 2008 * ''Volume One'' (Two Steps from Hell album), 2006 *'' The Honeydrippers: Volume One'', 1984 * ''Vol. I'' (Dead Combo album) * ''Vol. 1'' (Birds of Maya album), 2008 * ''Vol. 1'' (EP), by Breed 77 * ''Vol. 1'' (Hurt album), 2006 * ''Vol. 1'' (Nekropolis album), 2003 * ''Vol. 1'' (The Tempers album), 2010 * ''Vol. 1'' (We Are The Becoming album), 2008 * ''Vol. 1'' (BROS_album), 2016 * ''Vol. 1'' (Goatsnake album), 1999 * ''Volume 1'' (Reagan Youth album) * ''Volume 1'' (CKY album) * ''Volume I'' (Queensberry album), 2008 * ''Volume 1'' (Fabrizio De André album), 1967 * ''Volume 1'' (Billy Bragg album), 2006 * ''Volume 1'' (The Besnard Lakes album), 2003 * ''Volume 1'' (BNQT album), 2017 * ''Volume 1'' (Future Boy album) *''Volume 1'', a video albu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime Scene Investigation
Crime scene investigation may refer to: * Forensic inspection of a crime scene * ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' (2000-2015), a US television series * ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' (video game), a 2003 videogame based on the TV show * ''CSI'' (franchise), aka ''Crime Scene Investigation''; a US TV franchise, including CSI (2000-2015) See also * Crime scene investigator Forensic science, also known as criminalistics, is the application of science to criminal and civil laws, mainly—on the criminal side—during criminal investigation, as governed by the legal standards of admissible evidence and criminal p ... * CSI (other) {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gil Grissom
Gilbert Arthur Grissom (born August 17, 1956), Ph.D. is a fictional character portrayed by William Petersen on the CBS crime drama '' CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'' and its sequel, '' CSI: Vegas''. Grissom is a forensic entomologist and for the series' first nine seasons, a CSI Level III Supervisor employed by the Las Vegas Police Department. He appeared in 198 episodes of the original series, where he was succeeded by Raymond Langston (Laurence Fishburne) and later D.B. Russell (Ted Danson). Grissom returned in the sequel series, ''CSI: Vegas'', in 2021. Appearances Series regular Petersen appeared in every episode of the original series' first eight seasons, with the exceptions of: :: Season 5: "Hollywood Brass" :: Season 6: "Gum Drops", "The Unusual Suspect" :: Season 7: "Sweet Jane", "Redrum", "Meet Market" (briefly) Petersen then appeared in the first ten episodes of the ninth season, before departing the main cast. Petersen is part of the main cast for the first seas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Futurama
''Futurama'' is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series follows the adventures of the professional slacker Philip J. Fry, who is cryogenically preserved for 1000 years and revived on December 31, 2999. Fry finds work at an interplanetary delivery company, working alongside the one-eyed Leela and robot Bender. The series was envisioned by Groening in the mid-1990s while working on ''The Simpsons''; he brought David X. Cohen aboard to develop storylines and characters to pitch the show to Fox. Following its initial cancelation by Fox, ''Futurama'' began airing reruns on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block, which lasted from 2003 to 2007. It was revived in 2007 as four direct-to-video films, the last of which was released in early 2009. Comedy Central entered into an agreement with 20th Century Fox Television to syndicate the existing episodes and air the films as 16 new, half-hour episodes, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Potter (film Series)
''Harry Potter'' is a film series based on the eponymous novels by J. K. Rowling. The series is produced and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and consists of eight fantasy films, beginning with ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' (2001) and culminating with ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2'' (2011). A spin-off prequel series, planned to consist of five films, started with ''Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them'' (2016), marking the beginning of the Wizarding World shared media franchise. The series was mainly produced by David Heyman, and stars Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson as the three leading characters: Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger. Four directors worked on the series: Chris Columbus, Alfonso Cuarón, Mike Newell, and David Yates. Michael Goldenberg wrote the screenplay for ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'' (2007), while the remaining films' screenplays were written by Steve Kloves. Prod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rubeus Hagrid
Rubeus Hagrid () is a fictional character in the ''Harry Potter'' book series written by J. K. Rowling. He is introduced in ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' as a half-giant and half-human who is the gamekeeper and Keeper of Keys and Grounds of Hogwarts, the primary setting for the first six novels. In the third novel ''Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'', Hagrid is promoted to Care of Magical Creatures professor, and is later revealed to be a member of the Order of the Phoenix. A loyal, friendly, softhearted personality who is easily brought to tears, he is also known for his thick West Country accent. Hagrid was portrayed by Robbie Coltrane in all eight ''Harry Potter'' films, from ''Philosopher's Stone'' in 2001 to '' Deathly Hallows – Part 2'' in 2011. Character development Hagrid was among the characters that Rowling says she created on "the very first day". She has explained the source of his name as "another old English word, meaning – if ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Spacey
Kevin Spacey Fowler (born July 26, 1959) is an American actor. He began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s, obtaining supporting roles before gaining a leading man status in film and television. Spacey has received various accolades for his performances on stage and screen including two Academy Awards, a Tony Award, two Laurence Olivier Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards. He received nominations for a Grammy Award as well as twelve Primetime Emmy Awards. Spacey received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1999, and was named an honorary Commander and Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2010 and 2015, respectively. His first film roles were Mike Nichols's ''Heartburn'' (1986) and ''Working Girl'' (1988). He continued to act in independent films such as '' Glengarry Glen Ross'' (1992) and ''Swimming with Sharks'' (1994). Spacey gained prominence for his villainous roles in 1995 crime thriller films ''Seven'' and ''The Usual Suspects'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiefer Sutherland
Kiefer William Sutherland (born 21 December 1966) is a British-Canadian actor and musician. He is best known for his starring role as Jack Bauer in the Fox drama series '' 24'' (2001–2010, 2014), for which he won an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and two Satellite Awards. Sutherland got his first leading film role in the Canadian drama ''The Bay Boy'' (1984), which earned him a Genie Award nomination. Since that time he has had a successful film career, starring in films such as '' Stand by Me'' (1986), ''The Lost Boys'' (1987), '' Young Guns'' (1988), ''Flatliners'' (1990), ''A Few Good Men'' (1992), ''The Three Musketeers'' (1993), '' A Time to Kill'' (1996), '' Dark City'' (1998), ''Phone Booth'' (2002), ''Melancholia'' (2011), '' Pompeii'' (2014) and ''Flatliners'' (2017). He has also starred as Martin Bohm in the Fox drama ''Touch'', and provided the facial motion capture and English voice for Venom Snake in the video games '' Meta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Madsen
Michael Søren Madsen (born September 25, 1957) is an American actor. He has starred in many films and television series, frequently collaborating with director Quentin Tarantino, most famously in the latter's debut film ''Reservoir Dogs'' (1992). Early life Madsen was born on September 25, 1957, in Chicago, Illinois. His mother, Elaine (née Melson; born 1932), was a filmmaker and author. His father, Calvin Christian Madsen (1927–2015), was a World War II Navy veteran and a firefighter with the Chicago Fire Department. His parents divorced in the 1960s, and his mother left the financial world to pursue a career in the arts, encouraged by film critic Roger Ebert. His siblings are Cheryl Madsen, an entrepreneur, and Academy Award nominee Virginia Madsen. Madsen's paternal grandparents were Danish, while his mother is of English, German, Irish, Native American and Scottish ancestry. Career Madsen began working at the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, where he se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Philip Seymour Hoffman (July 23, 1967 – February 2, 2014) was an American actor. Known for his distinctive supporting and character roles—typically lowlifes, eccentrics, underdogs, and misfits—he acted in many films and theatrical productions, including leading roles, from the early 1990s until his death in 2014. Hoffman was drawn to theater in his youth after attending a stage production of Arthur Miller's '' All My Sons'' at age 12. He studied acting at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and began his screen career in a 1991 episode of ''Law & Order'', starting to appear in films in 1992. He gained recognition for his supporting work, notably in '' Scent of a Woman'' (1992), ''Twister'' (1996), '' Boogie Nights'' (1997), ''Patch Adams'' (1998), ''The Big Lebowski'' (1998), ''Magnolia'' (1999), ''The Talented Mr. Ripley'' (1999), ''Almost Famous'' (2000), and '' Along Came Polly'' (2004). He began to occasionally play leading roles, and for his portrayal of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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