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Darren Shahlavi was seven years old when he started training in martial arts in an old drama theatre in Manchester, England. Inspired by Bruce Lees films and other action movies such as Star Wars, he dreamed of being a movie actor and would show up to his Judo class at the drama hall early to watch the actors rehearsing and performing plays.
When Darren was seventeen years old he attended a seminar for "Hong Kong style fight choreography", by Kung Fu star Donnie Yen, which gave him the confidence to pursue his dream of working in Hong Kong movies as a stepping stone to Hollywood. Then, in the early nineties, a young Shahlavi moved to Hong Kong where he began his career as a stuntman until Director Woo-Ping Yuen hired him as the lead villain in the Kung Fu classic Tai Chi Chuan. As a string of martial arts films followed, Darren also used his fighting skills as a stunt performer in studio blockbusters such as "Riddick", "Blade 3", "300", "Watchmen" and the "Night at the Museum" films, as well as supporting roles in Hollywood movies such as "I Spy" playing a boxer fighting Eddie Murphy, "The Final Cut" with Robin Williams, and guest star roles in TV shows such as "Sanctuary", "Human Target" and "Reaper."
In 2010, Darren made a triumphant return to Hong Kong action films, co-starring opposite his childhood heroes Donnie Yen and Sammo Kam-Bo Hung in the Wilson Yip directed Ip Man 2 (2010). Shahlavi plays the evil British boxing champion "The Twister" in the semi-biographical story of Bruce Lee's real life kung fu master, Ip Man. The film opened to huge critical and commercial acclaim, becoming the most successful Asian film at the box office in 2010 and widely recognized as the biggest and best martial arts film of the past decade. Following Ip Man 2's successful theatrical run in the United States, Darren has a renewed following amongst action film fans with new films set for release in 2011 including "Born to Raise Hell" opposite Steven Seagal, "Hangar 14" with Steve Austin as well as starring roles in "Aladdin and the Curse of the Djinn" and Mortal Kombat for Warner Brothers.- Layne Tom Jr. was born on 29 June 1927 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937), The Hurricane (1937) and Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise (1940). He was married to Marilynn Chow. He died on 14 January 2015 in Huntington Beach, California, USA.
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With husband Hans Hass, Lotte (born Charlotte Hildegard Baierl in Vienna) formed half of a famous diving team who pioneered underwater filming for television in the 1950's, achieving international acclaim with the documentary Adventures in the Red Sea (1951), a first prize-winning entry at the Venice Film Festival. The following year they were married. Hans and Lotte first introduced the undersea realm to BBC audiences with Diving to Adventure (1956). Until her virtual retirement in 1958, Lotte advanced from merely adding glamour as a decorative 'underwater model' to becoming one of the very first female marine photographers, in the process earning herself the sobriquet 'The First Lady of Diving'. Though she had offers from Hollywood (notably from RKO chief executive Sol Lesser), Lotte had no interest in pursuing an acting career, choosing instead to remain at her husband's side as co-producer of his films and co-writer of several books detailing their adventures.- Paul E. Guskin was born on 12 September 1939 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The New York Ripper (1982), Just Tell Me What You Want (1980) and The Plot Against Harry (1989). He died on 14 January 2015 in the USA.
- Anna Moses was born on 11 October 1971 in Almaty, Almaty City, Kazakhstan. She died on 14 January 2015 in Frisco, Texas, USA.
- Iván Andrassew was born on 29 July 1952 in Budapest, Hungary. Iván was a writer, known for Éretlenek (1995). Iván died on 14 January 2015 in Budapest, Hungary.
- Nélida Romero was born on 17 January 1926 in Lanus, Pcia, Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress, known for Madame Bovary (1947), Las campanas de Teresa (1957) and La pobre Clara (1984). She died on 14 January 2015 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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Josef Brukner was born on 15 February 1932 in Písek, Czech Republic. He was a writer and actor, known for Prípad Lupínek (1961), Boticka (1988) and O Mikesovi (1978). He died on 14 January 2015 in Prague, Czech Republic.- Additional Crew
Obrad Sretenovic was born on 2 September 1935 in Marino Selo, Croatia, Yugoslavia [now Croatia]. He is known for Mamarosh (2013) and Rome 1960: Games of the XVII Olympiad (1960). He died on 14 January 2015 in Pancevo, Serbia.- Robert E. White was born on 21 September 1926 in Melrose, Massachusetts, USA. He was married to Mary Anne Cahill. He died on 14 January 2015 in Arlington, Virginia, USA.