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List Of Grimm Characters
The following is a list of the cast and characters from the NBC television series '' Grimm''. Main characters Nick Burkhardt Nicholas Burkhardt (played by David Giuntoli) is the show's protagonist and titular Grimm. A homicide detective in Portland, Oregon, he starts seeing disturbing and inexplicable things; ordinary faces seem to become animal-like or monstrous. Returning home from work (in the pilot episode) he finds his Aunt Marie making dinner with his girlfriend Juliette. Marie discreetly explains to Nick, that she too, and all Grimms, are able to see theriomorphic people known as Wesen, and have an ancient responsibility to kill those Wesen who pose threats to humanity. Hank Griffin Hank Griffin (played by Russell Hornsby) is Nick's detective partner. Hank has no hint that Grimms or Wesen exist, until, by way of his association with Nick, that world is slowly revealed to him. Juliette Silverton Dr. Juliette Silverton (played by Bitsie Tulloch) is a veterinarian who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Broadcasting Company
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. It is one of NBCUniversal's two namesake flagship subsidiaries alongside Universal Studios. It is also one of the oldest stations in the United States. The headquarters of NBC is in New York City at the Comcast Building. NBC also notably has offices at the NBC Tower in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1926 by the Radio Corporation of America, NBC is the oldest of the traditional " Big Three" American television networks (with the other two going by the abbreviations of ABC and CBS) and is sometimes referred to as the Peacock Network in reference to its stylized peacock logo, which was introduced in 1956 to promote the company's innovations in early color broadcasting. NBC has twelve owned-and-operated stations and has affiliates in almost every TV market i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio (born November 17, 1958) is an American actress and singer. She made her Broadway debut in the 1980 revival of ''West Side Story'', and went on to appear in the 1983 film '' Scarface'' as Al Pacino's character's sister, Gina Montana, which proved to be her breakout role. For her role as Carmen in the 1986 film ''The Color of Money'', she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other film roles include '' The Abyss'' (1989), '' Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'' (1991), and '' The Perfect Storm'' (2000). In 2003, she was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for the Broadway revival of '' Man of La Mancha''. Early life Mastrantonio was born in the DuPage County suburb of Lombard, Illinois, to Frank A. Mastrantonio and Mary Dominica (née Pagone), both of Italian descent. Her father operated a bronze foundry. She was raised in Oak Park, Illinois, and studied drama at the University of Illinois. She wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brothers Grimm
The Brothers Grimm ( or ), Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm (1786–1859), were German academics who together collected and published folklore. The brothers are among the best-known storytellers of folktales, popularizing stories such as " Cinderella" ("), "The Frog Prince" (""), " Hansel and Gretel" ("), " Town Musicians of Bremen" (""), " Little Red Riding Hood" (""), " Rapunzel", "Rumpelstiltskin" (""), "Sleeping Beauty" (""), and " Snow White" (""). Their first collection of folktales, '' Children's and Household Tales'' (), was first published in 1812. The Brothers Grimm spent their formative years in the town of Hanau in the Landgraviate of Hesse-Kassel. Their father's death in 1796 (when Jacob was 11 and Wilhelm 10) caused great poverty for the family and affected the brothers many years after. Both brothers attended the University of Marburg, where they developed a curiosity about German folklore, which grew into a lifelong dedication to collecting German folktales. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairy Tales
A fairy tale (alternative names include fairytale, fairy story, household tale, magic tale, or wonder tale) is a short story that belongs to the Folklore, folklore genre. Such stories typically feature Magic (supernatural), magic, Incantation, enchantments, and Myth, mythical or fanciful beings. In most cultures, there is no clear line separating myth from folk or fairy tale; all these together form the literature of preliterate societies. Fairy tales may be distinguished from other folk narratives such as legends (which generally involve belief in the veracity of the events described) and explicit moral tales, including beast fables. Prevalent elements include dragons, Dwarf (Germanic mythology), dwarfs, Elf, elves, Fairy, fairies, Giant (mythology), giants, Gnome, gnomes, Goblin, goblins, griffins, merfolk, Monster, monsters, monarchy, Pixie, pixies, talking animals, Troll, trolls, Unicorn, unicorns, Witchcraft, witches, Magician (fantasy), wizards, magic, and enchantments. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monroe
Monroe or Monroes may refer to: People and fictional characters * Monroe (surname) * Monroe (given name) * James Monroe, 5th President of the United States * Marilyn Monroe, actress and model Places United States * Monroe, Arkansas, an unincorporated community and census-designated place * Fort Monroe (Yosemite), California, a historic site * Monroe, Connecticut, a town * Lake Monroe (Florida) * Monroe, Georgia, a city * Monroe, Adams County, Indiana, a town * Monroe, Tippecanoe County, Indiana, an unincorporated community * Lake Monroe (Indiana), a reservoir * Monroe, Iowa, a city * Monroe, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Monroe, Louisiana, a city * Monroe, Maine, a town * Monroe, Massachusetts, a town * Monroe, Michigan, a city * Lake Monroe (Mississippi), Monroe County, Mississippi * Monroe Island, in the Yellowstone River in Montana * Monroe, Nebraska, a village * Monroe, New Hampshire a town * Mount Monroe, a peak in the White Mountains of New Hampshire * M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legendary Creature
A legendary creature is a type of extraordinary or supernatural being that is described in folklore (including myths and legends), and may be featured in historical accounts before modernity, but has not been scientifically shown to exist. In the classical era, monstrous creatures such as the Cyclops and the Minotaur appear in heroic tales for the protagonist to destroy. Other creatures, such as the unicorn, were claimed in accounts of natural history by various scholars of antiquity. Some legendary creatures are Hybrid beasts in folklore, hybrid beasts. Some legendary creatures originated in traditional mythology and were believed to be real creatures--for example, dragons, griffins and unicorns. Others are based on real encounters or garbled accounts of travellers' tales, such as the Vegetable Lamb of Tartary, a sheeplike animal which supposedly grew tethered to the earth. Creatures A variety of mythical animals appear in the art and stories of the classical era. For exampl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theriomorphism
The word ''zoomorphism'' derives from and . In the context of art, zoomorphism could describe art that imagines humans as non-human animals. It can also be defined as art that portrays one species of animal like another species of animal or art that uses animals as a visual motif, sometimes referred to as "animal style". Depicting deities in animal form (theriomorphism) is an example of zoomorphism in a religious context. It is also similar to the term therianthropy; which is the ability to shape shift into animal form, except that with zoomorphism the animal form is applied to a physical object. It means to attribute animal forms or animal characteristics to other animals, or things other than an animal; similar to but broader than anthropomorphism. Contrary to anthropomorphism, which views animal or non-animal behavior in human terms, zoomorphism is the tendency of viewing human behavior in terms of the behavior of animals. It is also used in literature to portray the act of hum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grimms' Fairy Tales
''Grimms' Fairy Tales'', originally known as the ''Children's and Household Tales'' (, , commonly abbreviated as ''KHM''), is a German collection of fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, Jacob Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, Wilhelm, first published on 20 December 1812. Vol. 1 of the first Edition (book), edition contained 86 stories, which were followed by 70 more tales, numbered consecutively, in the 1st edition, Vol. 2, in 1815. By the seventh edition in 1857, the corpus of tales had expanded to 200 tales and 10 "Children's Legends". It is considered the seminal work of Western children's literature and is listed by UNESCO in its UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists, Memory of the World Registry. Origin Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were two of ten children from Dorothea (''née'' Zimmer) and Philipp Wilhelm Grimm. Philipp was a highly regarded district magistrate in Steinau an der Straße, about from Hanau. Jacob and Wilhelm were sent to school for a classical education once ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaun Toub
Shaun Toub (born February 15, 1958) is an American actor. He has played the character Yinsen in ''Iron Man'' (2008) and ''Iron Man 3'' (2013); Farhad in '' Crash'' (2004); Rahim Khan in '' The Kite Runner'' (2007); Majid Javadi in the Showtime television series ''Homeland;'' and Faraz Kamali in the Apple TV+ Israeli series ''Tehran'' (2020). Early life Toub was born to an Iranian Jewish family, in Tehran, Imperial State of Iran. His parents were both podiatrists. At age 2, he moved to Manchester, England, where his mother attended podiatry school. He returned to Iran, where he lived until he was 13, before moving to Switzerland. He moved to Nashua, New Hampshire to finish his last year of high school. He decided at age five to become an actor. He received the Cinema Sepharad award at the 2022 Los Angeles Sephardic Film Festival. Career His filmography includes his performance in Michael Bay's '' Bad Boys'' with Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, John Woo's '' Broken Arrow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reg E
The Electronic Fund Transfer Act was passed by the U.S. Congress in 1978 and signed by President Jimmy Carter, to establish the rights and liabilities of consumers as well as the responsibilities of all participants in electronic funds transfer activities. The act's provisions were implemented through Federal Reserve Board Regulation E. Rights of consumers The EFT Act recognizes the right of consumers to choose the financial institution to which their payments are directed. The EFT Act also prohibits a creditor or lender from requiring a consumer to repay a loan or other credit by electronic fund transfer, except when there is an overdraft on checking plans. Financial institution liability The financial institution must give the customer notice of his liability in case the card is lost or stolen. This notice must include a phone number for reporting card loss and a description of the financial institution's error resolution process. Limit to customer liability on loss or theft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nico Evers-Swindell
Nico Thomas Evers-Swindell is a New Zealand actor who portrayed Prince William in the 2011 Lifetime original film '' William & Kate''. Previous roles include minor appearances in the 2010 film ''Edge of Darkness'' and the television crime drama ''Law & Order''. He is a cousin of twice gold-winning Olympic rowing champions Caroline and Georgina Evers-Swindell. He studied at Victoria University of Wellington, from where he graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce and Administration and Bachelor of Laws in 2003. In 2011, Evers-Swindell married American actress Megan Ferguson. He played Prince Kenneth on the series ''Grimm Grimm may refer to: People * Grimm (surname) * Brothers Grimm, German linguists ** Jacob Grimm (1785–1863), German philologist, jurist and mythologist ** Wilhelm Grimm (1786–1859), German author, the younger of the Brothers Grimm * Christia ...''. Filmography Film Television Music videos References External links * 21st-century New Zealand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Frain
James Frain is an English actor. His best known television roles include Thomas Cromwell in the Showtime/CBC historical drama ''The Tudors'' (2007–2009), Franklin Mott in the HBO drama ''True Blood'' (2010), Warwick the Kingmaker in the BBC drama serial '' The White Queen'' (2013), John Sumner in the Sky/ Canal+ crime drama '' The Tunnel'' (2013), Ferdinand Chevalier in the BBC/Space sci-fi thriller ''Orphan Black'' (2015–2017), Theo Galavan/Azrael in Fox's '' Gotham'' (2015–2016), and Sarek in '' Star Trek: Discovery'' (2017–2019). In film, he is best known for playing Daniel Barenboim and Álvaro de la Quadra in the biographical dramas '' Hilary and Jackie'' and '' Elizabeth'', respectively (both 1998), Bassianus in the Shakespeare adaptation ''Titus'' (1999), and Gérard de Villefort in the historical drama ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' (2002). Early life and education James Frain was born in Leeds, West Riding of Yorkshire, and brought up in Stansted Mount ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
