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Youssef Kerkour
Youssef Kerkour is a Moroccan-British actor. He is best known for portraying Syrian refugee Sami in the comedy-drama series ''Home'', a role for which he was nominated at the 2020 British Academy Television Awards. Early life and education Kerkour grew up in Rabat, Morocco. His father was a Moroccan mathematics professor and his mother an English school teacher; they had met in France in the 1960s and moved together to Morocco. As a child, Kerkour loved to sing and dance, and idolised Bruce Lee after his father took him to a screening of the film ''Enter the Dragon''. In his early teens, Kerkour took a school trip to Stratford-upon-Avon, England, the home town of William Shakespeare, and attended a production of ''Henry V''; he credits this experience with inspiring his love of acting. Kerkour moved to the United States to study psychology at Bard College, but spent much of his time taking dance and acting classes instead. He began pursuing an acting career at the encourageme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Home (British TV Series)
''Home'' is a British comedy-drama television series created and written by Rufus Jones that aired for two seasons, premiering on 5 March 2019, and airing its last episode on 11 March 2020. In May 2021, Channel 4 confirmed that they would not broadcast another series, with Rufus Jones saying the series may be revived in the future on another platform. Premise Upon returning to their detached house in Dorking, Surrey from a family holiday in France, a middle-class family find an illegal immigrant from Damascus hiding in the boot of their car. The series follows Sami as he adjusts to his new life in Britain. Cast *Rebekah Staton as Katy * Rufus Jones as Peter Guest *Youssef Kerkour as Sami Ibrahim *Oaklee Pendergast Oaklee Pendergast (born 24 June 2004) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles in '' The Impossible'' and '' The Woman in Black: Angel of Death''. Career Pendergast made his acting debut in 2008, appearing in an episode of ''EastEnd ... as John Episo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asylum Seeker
An asylum seeker is a person who leaves their country of residence, enters another country and applies for asylum (i.e., international protection) in that other country. An asylum seeker is an immigrant who has been forcibly displaced and might have fled their home country because of war or other factors harming them or their family. If their case is accepted, they become considered a refugee. The terms ''asylum seeker'', ''refugee'' and ''illegal immigrant'' are often confused. A person becomes an asylum seeker by making a formal application for the right to remain in another country and keeps that status until the application has been concluded. The relevant immigration authorities of the country of asylum determine whether the asylum seeker will be granted protection and become an officially recognized refugee or whether asylum will be refused and the asylum seeker becomes an illegal immigrant who may be asked to leave the country and may even be deported. In North Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joaquin Phoenix
Joaquin Rafael Phoenix (; né Bottom; born October 28, 1974) is an American actor. He is known for playing dark and unconventional characters in independent films. He has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Grammy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards. In 2020, ''The New York Times'' named him one of the greatest actors of the 21st century. Phoenix began his career by appearing in television series in the early 1980s with his brother River. His first major film roles were in ''SpaceCamp'' (1986) and '' Parenthood'' (1989). During this period, he was credited as Leaf Phoenix, a name he gave himself. He took back his birth name in the early 1990s and received critical acclaim for his supporting roles in the comedy-drama ''To Die For'' (1995) and the period film '' Quills'' (2000). Phoenix received further critical acclaim and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Commodus in the histori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kitbag (film)
''Napoleon'' is an upcoming epic historical drama film directed and produced by Ridley Scott and written by David Scarpa. It stars Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon and depicts the French leader's rise to power. The film is scheduled to be released on Apple TV+. Premise The film depicts Napoleon's rise to power through the lens of his addictive and volatile relationship with Empress Joséphine. Cast * Joaquin Phoenix as Napoleon Bonaparte * Vanessa Kirby as Empress Joséphine * Tahar Rahim as Paul Barras * Ben Miles as Caulaincourt * Ludivine Sagnier as Theresa Cabarrus * Matthew Needham as Lucien Bonaparte * Youssef Kerkour as General Davout * Phil Cornwell as Sanson 'The Bourreau' * Edouard Philipponnat as Tsar Alexander * Ian McNeice * Paul Rhys as Talleyrand * John Hollingworth as Marshal Ney * Gavin Spokes as Moulins Production Development On October 14, 2020, the same day his film '' The Last Duel'' wrapped filming, Ridley Scott announced ''Kitbag'' as his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nemir Kirdar
Nemir Amin Kirdar (28 October 1936 – 8 June 2020) was an Iraqi Turkmen banker, billionaire, businessman, financier and author. As a founding father of private equity, and an economic and cultural bridge-builder, he was the founder and CEO of Investcorp, a global alternative investment group that operates in Manama, New York, London, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Doha and Singapore. He spent much of his life in London, and held British citizenship. Early life Kirdar was born in Kirkuk, Iraq, to the influential Turkmen Kirdar family who were prominent in the politics of the late Ottoman Empire and interwar Iraq. He completed his primary education at Baghdad's Saadoun School, his secondary education at the Jesuit-run Baghdad College, and his initial university education at Robert College in Istanbul, initially studying engineering then switching to economics and liberal arts. He envisioned to pursue a political career in his native Iraq, but after a military coup overthrew the Iraqi mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iraqi Turkmen
The Iraqi Turkmens (also spelled as Turkoman and Turcoman; tr, Irak Türkmenleri), also referred to as Iraqi Turks, Turkish-Iraqis, the Turkish minority in Iraq, and the Iraqi-Turkish minority ( ar, تركمان العراق; tr, Irak Türkleri) are Iraq's third largest ethnic group. Whilst Turkic migration to Iraq began in the 7th century, followed by 1055's Seljuk conquest, today most Turkmen are descendants of Ottoman soldiers, traders and civil servants who were brought into Iraq from Anatolia during Ottoman Empire, Ottoman rule. Iraqi Turkmen share close ties with Turkish people and do not identify with the Turkmens, Turkmen of Turkmenistan and Central Asia.: "Turkmen, Iraqi citizens of Turkish origin, are the third largest ethnic group in Iraq after Arabs and Kurds and they are said to number about 3 million of Iraq's 34.7 million citizens according to the Iraqi Ministry of Planning." Ethnonyms Prior to the mid-20th century the Turkmens in Iraq were known simply as " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Gucci
''House of Gucci'' is a 2021 American biographical crime drama film directed by Ridley Scott, based on the 2001 book ''The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed'' by Sara Gay Forden. The film follows Patrizia Reggiani (Lady Gaga) and Maurizio Gucci (Adam Driver), as their romance transforms into a fight for control of the Italian fashion brand Gucci. Jared Leto, Jeremy Irons, Jack Huston, Salma Hayek, and Al Pacino also star. Scott wanted to make a film about the Gucci dynasty after acquiring rights to Forden's book in the early 2000s. The project languished for several years, with a number of directors and rumored actors being considered before Scott and Gaga became officially attached in November 2019. Much of the remaining cast joined the following summer, and filming began in Italy, lasting from February through May 2021. The world premiere of ''House of Gucci'' was held at the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square in London on November 9, 2021. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Hollander
Thomas Anthony Hollander (; born 25 August 1967) is an English actor. As a child Hollander trained with the National Youth Theatre and was later involved in stage productions as a member of the Footlights and was president of the Marlowe Society. He later gained success for his roles on stage and screen winning a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, as well as nominations for a Tony Award and Olivier Award. He began his career in theatre, winning the Ian Charleson Award in 1992 for his performance as Witwoud in ''The Way of the World'' at the Lyric Hammersmith Theatre. He made his Broadway debut in David Hare's '' The Judas Kiss'' in 1998. He appeared as Henry Carr in a revival of Tom Stoppard's play ''Travesties'' earning nominations for the Olivier Award for Best Actor and Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. Hollander gained attention for portraying Mr. Collins in Joe Wright's '' Pride & Prejudice'' (2005) and as Lord Cutler Beckett in the ''Pirates of the Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sebastian De Souza
Sebastian Denis de Souza (born 19 April 1993)''Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England and Wales, 1916–2005'' B100D is an English actor. He is best known for playing Matty Levan in the E4 (TV channel), E4 teen drama series ''Skins (TV series), Skins''. He has since starred in the period television series ''The Borgias (2011 TV series), The Borgias'' from 2012 to 2013, ''Medici: Masters of Florence'' (2018), and ''The Great (TV series), The Great'' (2020). Early life De Souza is the second of the two sons of Elinor Kelly and Chris de Souza, an opera producer of Goan Catholics, Goan Indian descent. He was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, and has an older brother named Tristan. He grew up in Boxford, Berkshire, and was a boarder at Brockhurst and Marlston House School developing a fascination with theatre, music, and writing. At the age of 11 he decided to dramatise ''The Willows at Christmas'', William Horwood (novelist), William Horwood's adaptation of ''The Wind in the Willows' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Alchemist (novel)
''The Alchemist'' ( pt, O Alquimista) is a novel by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho which was first published in 1988. Originally written in Portuguese, it became a widely translated international bestseller. An allegorical novel, ''The Alchemist'' follows a young Andalusian shepherd in his journey to the pyramids of Egypt, after having a recurring dream of finding a treasure there. Plot An Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago dreams of a treasure while in a ruined church. He consults a Gypsy fortune-teller about the meaning of the recurring dream. The woman interprets it as a prophecy, telling the boy that he will discover a treasure at the Egyptian pyramids. After Santiago sets out, he meets an old king Melchizedek, or the king of Salem, who tells him to sell his sheep so as to travel to Egypt and accomplish his 'Personal Legend'. Early on his arrival in Africa, a man who claims to be able to take Santiago to the pyramids instead robs him of the money he had made from his flo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stath Lets Flats
''Stath Lets Flats'' is a British sitcom created and co-written by Jamie Demetriou, which premiered on Channel 4 on 27 June 2018. The series stars Demetriou as an incompetent and socially inept British Greek-Cypriot man who only has his job at a letting agent in London because his father is the owner of the company. The show also stars Demetriou's sister Natasia Demetriou as Stath's sister Sophie, Christos Stergioglou as his father and boss Vasos, Katy Wix and Kiell Smith-Bynoe as his co-workers Carole and Dean, Ellie White as Sophie's friend Katia, and Al Roberts as Stath's co-worker and only friend Al. Alex Beckett also had an early role as Marcus, and the show was dedicated to him following his suicide between the show's production and broadcast. ''Stath Lets Flats'' has been praised for its writing and performances. In 2020, the show received BAFTA awards for Best Scripted Comedy and Best Male Comedy Performance. The show's third series began broadcasting on 26 October 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Demetriou
Jamie Demetriou (born November 1987) is an English comedian, actor and screenwriter. He is best known for his role as Bus Rodent in ''Fleabag'' and for creating, co-writing, and starring in '' Stath Lets Flats''. For the latter, he won Best Male Actor in a Comedy, Best Writer of a Comedy, and Best Scripted Comedy at the 2020 BAFTA Awards. Early life Demetriou was born in the Friern Barnet area of London the son of an English mother and Greek-Cypriot father. His elder sister, Natasia Demetriou, is a comedian and actress with whom he often collaborates. He attended The Compton School in North Finchley and joined the Chickenshed Theatre in Southgate, then attended Bristol University. Career Demetriou's student revue show ''Bristol Revunions'' received critical acclaim at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival from 2009 to 2011. His one-man multi-character show ''People Day'' later drew a comparison with Steve Coogan in ''The Independent''. Comedic television acting credits include '' S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
