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The Defenders (2017 TV Series)
''Marvel's The Defenders'' is an American television miniseries created by Douglas Petrie and Marco Ramirez for the streaming service Netflix, based on the Marvel Comics characters Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist, who form the eponymous superhero team. It is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and acknowledges the continuity of the franchise's films. The miniseries is a crossover event and the culmination for four previously released interconnected series from Marvel and Netflix. It was produced by Marvel Television in association with ABC Studios, Nine and a Half Fingers, Inc., and Goddard Textiles, with Ramirez serving as showrunner. The series stars Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock / Daredevil, Krysten Ritter as Jessica Jones, Mike Colter as Luke Cage, and Finn Jones as Danny Rand / Iron Fist, all reprising their roles from their individual series. It also stars Eka Darville, Elden Henson, Jessica Henwick, Simone Missick, Ramón RodrÃguez, Rac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action Fiction
Action fiction is a literary genre that focuses on stories that involve high-stakes, high-energy, and fast-paced events. This genre includes a wide range of sub-genres, such as spy novels, adventure stories, tales of terror and intrigue (" cloak and dagger") and mysteries. This kind of story utilizes suspense, the tension that is built up when the reader wishes to know how the conflict between the protagonist and antagonist is going to be resolved or what the solution to the puzzle of a thriller is. Genre fiction Action fiction is a form of genre fiction whose subject matter is characterized by emphasis on exciting action sequences. This does not always mean they exclude character development or story-telling. Action fiction is related to other forms of fiction, including action films, action games and analogous media in other formats such as manga and anime. It includes martial arts action, extreme sports action, car chases and vehicles, suspense action, and action c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Cox
Charlie Thomas Cox (born 15 December 1982) is an English actor. He is known for portraying Matt Murdock / Daredevil in several projects of the Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise, including lead roles in the television series ''Daredevil'' (2015–2018) and '' The Defenders'' (2017). Cox portrayed Owen Sleater in the second and third seasons of HBO's ''Boardwalk Empire'' (2011–2012) and Jonathan Hellyer Jones in the 2014 film '' The Theory of Everything''. More recently, he starred in the RTÉ drama series '' Kin'' (2021) and the Netflix spy miniseries ''Treason'' (2022). Cox's breakout role was as Tristan Thorn in the 2007 fantasy film ''Stardust'', one of a series of roles he had in predominately British productions during the first decade of his career. He made his West End debut the following year in a revival of the Harold Pinter plays '' The Lover'' and '' The Collection''. Following his successes on-screen in the 2010s, he acted in a 2019 stage production of Harold P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Glenn
Theodore Scott Glenn (born January 26) is an American actor. His roles have included Pfc Glenn Kelly in ''Nashville'' (1975), Wes Hightower in '' Urban Cowboy'' (1980), astronaut Alan Shepard in '' The Right Stuff'' (1983), Emmett in '' Silverado'' (1985), Captain Bart Mancuso in ''The Hunt for Red October'' (1990), Jack Crawford in '' The Silence of the Lambs'' (1991), John Adcox in '' Backdraft'' (1991), Montgomery Wick in ''Vertical Limit'' (2000), Roger in ''Training Day'' (2001), Ezra Kramer in ''The Bourne Ultimatum'' (2007), Kevin Garvey Sr. in '' The Leftovers'' (2014–2017), and as Stick in both ''Daredevil'' (2015–2016) and '' The Defenders'' (2017). Early life Glenn has Irish and Native American ancestry. During his childhood, he was regularly ill, and for a year was bed-ridden, including having scarlet fever. Through intense training programs, he recovered from his illnesses, also overcoming a limp. After graduating from a Pittsburgh High School, Glenn entered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosario Dawson
Rosario Isabel Dawson (born May 9, 1979) is an American actress. She made her feature-film debut in the 1995 independent drama ''Kids''. Her subsequent film roles include ''He Got Game'' (1998), '' Josie and the Pussycats'' (2001), ''Men in Black II'' (2002), ''Rent'' (2005), '' Sin City'' (2005), '' Clerks II'' (2006), ''Death Proof'' (2007), ''Seven Pounds'' (2008), '' Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief'' (2010), '' Unstoppable'' (2010), ''Zookeeper'' (2011), ''Trance'' (2013), '' Top Five'' (2014), and '' Zombieland: Double Tap'' (2019). Dawson has also provided voice-over work for Disney/ Marvel, Warner Bros./DC Comics, and ViacomCBS's Nickelodeon unit. Dawson is also known for having several roles in film and television adaptations of comic books. These include Gail in ''Sin City'' (2005) and '' Sin City: A Dame to Kill For'' (2014), Claire Temple in five of the Marvel/Netflix series (2015–2018), and providing the voices of Diana Prince/Wonder Woman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Élodie Yung
Élodie Yung (; born 22 February 1981) is a French actress. She is best known for her role as Elektra Natchios in the 2016 second season of the Marvel Cinematic Universe Netflix series ''Daredevil'' and the 2017 Netflix miniseries '' The Defenders'', as well as Thony De La Rosa on the 2022 Fox series '' The Cleaning Lady''. Early life Yung was born in Paris, on 22 February 1981. Her father is Cambodian and her mother is French. She grew up in Seine-Saint-Denis. Her father enrolled her in karate classes at age 9, and she eventually became a black belt in her late teens. Yung earned a law degree at the University of Paris with the intention of becoming a judge. However, at the age of 29, she instead pursued acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Career Yung's first roles were on TV after she started receiving acting role proposals when she was 20 years old. Following her 2004 film debut as female lead Tsu in , she played the gang lord Tao in '' District 13: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deborah Ann Woll
Deborah Ann Woll (born February 7, 1985) is an American actress and model. Woll played Jessica Hamby in the HBO drama series ''True Blood'' (2008–2014), which earned her a nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award. She subsequently starred as Karen Page in the Marvel series ''Daredevil'' (2015–2018), '' The Defenders'' (2017), and '' The Punisher'' (2017–2019). Her film roles include ''Mother's Day'' (2010), '' Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You'' (2011), '' Catch .44'' (2011), '' Ruby Sparks'' (2012), '' Meet Me in Montenegro'' (2014), '' The Automatic Hate'' (2015), and the commercially-successful ''Escape Room'' (2019) and its 2021 sequel. Early life Deborah Ann Woll was born in New York City, on February 7, 1985. Her father is an architect and her mother, Cathy Woll, is a teacher at the Berkeley Carroll School. She is of Irish and German descent. She attended the Packer Collegiate Institute, and received a BFA from USC School of Dramatic Arts at the Universit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachael Taylor
Rachael May Taylor (born 11 July 1984) is an Australian actress and model. Her first lead role was in the Australian series ''headLand'' (2005–2006). She then made the transition to Hollywood, appearing in films including ''Man-Thing'' (2005), '' See No Evil'' (2006), ''Transformers'' (2007), ''Bottle Shock'' (2008), ''Cedar Boys'' (2009), ''Splinterheads'' (2009), '' Shutter'' (2008), '' Red Dog'' (2011), ''The Darkest Hour'' (2011) and ''Any Questions for Ben?'' (2012). She has also starred as Dr. Lucy Fields on ''Grey's Anatomy'', as one of the Angels on the short-lived reboot ''Charlie's Angels'' (both 2011), as the main character on the ABC show ''666 Park Avenue'' (2012–2013), and in the NBC action/thriller series ''Crisis'' (2014). She starred in the Netflix exclusive Marvel Cinematic Universe streaming superhero television shows ''Jessica Jones'' (2015–2019), ''Luke Cage'' (2016), and '' The Defenders'' (2017) as Trish Walker. Early life Taylor was born in Lau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramón RodrÃguez (actor)
Ramón RodrÃguez (born December 20, 1979) is a Puerto Rican actor known for his current role as the lead character, Will Trent, in the ABC series ''Will Trent''. Previous roles of interest included ''The Wire'' (2006–08) and ''Day Break'' (2006–07), and in the films '' Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'' (2009) and '' The Taking of Pelham 123'' (2009). He portrayed John Bosley in the 2011 reboot of ''Charlie's Angels''. In 2014, RodrÃguez starred as Ryan Lopez on the Fox crime drama television series ''Gang Related''. In 2018, he played the role of Benjamin Cruz on the Showtime television series '' The Affair''. Life and career RodrÃguez was born in Puerto Rico and grew up on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. He attended New York City Lab School for Collaborative Studies and then The Leelanau School in Michigan, where he played basketball during his final two years. He continued playing basketball for another two years at Wheeling Jesuit University in West Virginia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simone Missick
Simone Missick (née Cook; born January 19, 1982) is an American film and television actress. She is best known for her role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Detective Misty Knight in ''Luke Cage'', a role she also plays in '' The Defenders'' and '' Iron Fist''. Since 2019, she starred as Lola Carmichael in '' All Rise''. Early life Simone Missick graduated from Renaissance High School in Detroit, Michigan, in 1999 and completed her studies at Howard University in 2003. Career Missick took master classes at British American Drama Academy in England. There she studied under Ben Kingsley, Alan Rickman, and Jane Lapotaire. In 2008, Missick was featured in female leading role of Reese Knight in the independent feature ''The Road to Sundance''. In 2012, Missick played the role of Elise in the television film '' A Taste of Romance''. In 2014, Missick appeared in the series '' Ray Donovan'' as Porschla. In 2016, Missick had her breakout role on ''Luke Cage'' as Misty Knight. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jessica Henwick
Jessica Yu-Li Henwick (born 30 August 1992) is a BAFTA nominated English actress, writer and director. She is known for her roles as Nymeria Sand in the HBO series ''Game of Thrones'' (2015–2017), X-wing pilot Jessika Pava in the film '' Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' (2015), Colleen Wing in the Marvel Television series '' Iron Fist'' (2017–2018), and Bugs in the film ''The Matrix Resurrections'' (2021). Early life Henwick was born and raised in Surrey, England, the daughter of a Singaporean-Chinese mother of Teochew descent and an English father. Her father, Mark, is an author. She has an older and a younger brother. She trained briefly at Redroofs Theatre School and the National Youth Theatre. Career In June 2009, it was announced that Henwick had been cast in the lead role of Bo for the BBC show ''Spirit Warriors'', making her the first actress of East Asian descent to play the lead role in a British television series. In early 2013, Henwick made her profes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elden Henson
Elden Henson (born Elden Ryan Ratliff, August 30, 1977) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Fulton Reed in '' The Mighty Ducks'' trilogy (1992–1996), Foggy Nelson in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) streaming television series '' Daredevil'' (2015–2018), '' The Defenders'' (2017), ''Jessica Jones'' and ''Luke Cage'' (both 2018), and Pollux in '' The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1'' (2014) and '' Part 2'' (2015). Early life Elden Ryan Ratliff was born August 30, 1977 in Rockville, Maryland, to Sayde Henson, an educator and former photographer, and George Ratliff, a former New York theater actor. He has two brothers, actors Garette Ratliff Henson (who appeared in ''The Mighty Ducks'' with Elden) and Erick Ratliff (who, like Elden, appeared in ''Elvis & Me''). From his father's second marriage, he has a younger half-brother, Ellington Ratliff, who is a member of the band R5. Henson grew up in Burbank, California. A child actor, he started acting in commerc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eka Darville
Eka Darville (born 11 April 1989) is an Australian actor. He is best known for his roles as Scott Truman in ''Power Rangers RPM,'' Pip in ''Mr. Pip'', Malcolm Ducasse in '' Jessica Jones'' and Diego in '' The Originals''. Biography Early life Darville went to Byron Bay High School and lives in Byron Bay, New South Wales, and Sydney. He enjoys skateboarding and surfing. His father is the Jamaican reggae artist Ray Darwin and his mother is Canadian. Eka Darville On 'Jessica Jones': 5 Things You Need To Know About Malcolm Ducasse Career Darville is known for playing Malcolm Ducasse on the television series ''[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
