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Fereydun Robert Armisen is an American actor, comedian, and writer. After having begun his career as a musician for groups such as Trenchmouth and the Blue Man Group, he would get his big break as a comedy actor when he joined the cast of Saturday Night Live (1975) in 2002, having remained with the show until 2013. This led to Armisen collaborating with fellow SNL alum Bill Hader and Seth Meyers on the television series Documentary Now! (2015) for IFC, and would also collaborate with Carrie Brownstein on Portlandia (2011) for the same network. He is also known for his roles in various films and shows such as Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny (2006), and Easy A (2010), alongside voice roles in The Looney Tunes Show (2011), The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021), The Lego Ninjago Movie (2017), and Final Space (2018), among others.- Actress
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Taylor Spreitler was born on October 23, 1993. She is a model as well as a popular actress. After portraying Mia McCormick in Days of Our Lives (1965) her popularity increased after appearing on the NBC soap. From January 2009 till 2010 she did various types of movies and commercial modeling. She was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, in the United States. She began acting in 2005, and she lives in Los Angeles where she moved in with her parents. Taylor started her career as a model, booking her first commercial audition for a role in a national campaign for Motrin. Early on, Taylor did some small roles and a few commercials, such as for JIF. In 2009, she was signed for a 3-year contract as the McCormick character, although her last episode aired in 2010. She also played a unique role within Lennox Scanlon in Melissa & Joey (2010) for ABC.- Jake Austin Walker is an American Actor from Mississippi best known for his work as 'Liam Sadusky' on Disney Plus original series NATIONAL TREASURE: EDGE OF HISTORY, 'Henry King Jr.' In the CW Hit series STARGIRL, and 'Jared Talbot' in Sundance TVs Peabody award winning series RECTIFY.
Starting his career at the early age of 9, his Film roles include Christopher Landon's BURNING PALMS, WWE's THE CHAPERONE, and most recently 12 MIGHTY ORPHANS where he played star football player 'Hardy Brown' starring along side Luke Wilson and Martin Sheen.
Jake is also an accomplished musician who's songs 'Rolling Stones' 'F Love' and 'Last Dance' can be found on Spotify and Apple music.
He currently resides in Los Angeles. - Actor
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Joel McCrary was born on 29 June 1967 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Dwight in Shining Armor (2018), Kickin' It (2011) and The Princess Diaries (2001).- Actor
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Eddie Hodges was born on 5 March 1947 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA. He is an actor, known for Advise & Consent (1962), The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1960) and Summer Magic (1963).- Actor
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Miles Doleac, a native of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, is an actor, writer, director, producer, songwriter, and teacher. His academic focus is Greco-Roman antiquity. He has studied at several academies across the world including in Rome, Athens, and Munich and, within the United States, at UCLA, the University of Southern Mississippi and Tulane University, from which he holds a Ph.D. in Ancient History. After his schooling in drama at the North Carolina School of the Arts, Miles pursued both acting and academic interests and continues to do so today. Miles has directed and/or produced numerous features including "The Hollow", "The Dinner Party", "Demigod", "The Devil's Workshop", and, most recently, the musical "Open". He has appeared as an actor in 60 + films and television shows. Miles also serves as an assistant professor of Digital Filmmaking at Loyola University New Orleans and has a deep affinity for dogs.- Actor
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Earl "Boo" Arnold was raised in a small town in central Texas. His father gave him the nickname "Boo" early in life and it stuck, long before he ever thought he needed a stage name.
Arnold graduated with a BA in Advertising and Marketing from Texas Tech University in 1989 where he played baseball and was a member of the Texas Epsilon Chapter of Phi Delta Theta.
Arnold completed a Masters Degree in Divinity from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in 1997. Following seminary, he was involved with reconciliation efforts in Croatia and Bosnia after the war ended there in 1995.
Arnold started acting at the age 30. After an encouraging visit to Los Angeles where he spent time with childhood friend George Eads (CSI Los Vegas), he decided to move to Los Angeles in 2001 to pursue acting full time. While in Los Angeles he studied acting with Judith Weston at Judith Weston Studio for Actors and Directors.
Arnold's acting career has been one of steady development, booking roles in scripted television and film. He guest-starred opposite of Jane Seymore on the prime-time television drama Justice. He has had recurring roles on Justified (FX), Red Road (Sundance Channel), Nashville (ABC), and CSI Miami (CBS) as well as guest appearances on Grey's Anatomy (ABC), Perception (TNT), The Mentalist (CBS), and Hawaii Five-O (CBS) to name a few.
In 2013, Arnold was nominated Best Actor in the 168 Film Festival for the role of Phil Stevens in the short film Useless. In Useless he played a US Marshal who must choose between justice and mercy as he confronts the man who murdered his father.
Arnold played the lead, Michael Hollister, in the film The Seer, written and directed by Patrick Masset (Friday Night Lights) and in 2015 he was cast as the lead in the science fiction thriller Sightings which will be released in 2016.
Arnold established I-60 Productions in 2014. I-60 produced its first film with Steve Storm (writer) and Jamie Sterba (director) in 2014. Simon Says was the official selection of ten film festivals including The Austin Film Festival where it was nominated for best dramatic short. Simon Says was winner of the Best Of Fest at The Inspiration Film Festival in Lakewood, Florida.
Arnold married fellow Texan Stacy Rudd of San Antonio in 2003 and they are now raising their four active children.- Actress
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Shea was exposed by her parents to the arts at the tender age of 3, introducing her to dance, and vocal lessons. Inevitably, it wasn't long before Shea found herself on stage performing musicals and winning over audiences. Not long after that she received a full academic scholarship to and graduated from Marymount Manhattan College with a BFA in acting. Some of her theatric credits including Broadway: The Little Prince; 25th Anniversary of Lyrics and Lyricists - An Evening with Charles Strouse. Her first national tours are Show Boat - Director Harold Prince and Choreographer Susan Stroman (opposite Cloris Leachman, Len Cariou, Dick Van Patten, Dean Jones, Steven Bogardus, Dorothy Loudon, and John McMartin); The Little Prince; West Side Story (as Maria) (western tour); A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum (as Philia); Annie Get Your Gun (as Annie); Three Penny Opera (as Lucy); The King & I (as Tuptim); Steel Magnolias (as Shelby); Le Malade Imaginaire (as Angelique), Waiting For Ophelia (as Caitlin) and The Magic Flute (as Pamina) at Garry Marshall's Falcon Theater. She also starred in TV series including Malcolm in the Middle (2000), One World (1998), Grounded for Life (2001), Lucky (2003) and Las Vegas (2003). Some of her film credits include Nice Guys Sleep Alone (1999) with Sean O'Bryan, Little Indiscretions (1999) with Diane Farr, Every 43 Seconds (2003), the lead in Ask Curtis (2003) (official selection 2004 Cannes Film Festival), Straight-Jacket (2004) (official selection 2004 Aspen Comedy Festival), Bigger Than the Sky (2005) and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004) which premiered to rave reviews and tremendous box office last summer.
Her upcoming films are _Only for You (2006)_, _Screw Cupid (2006)_ and Georgia Rule (2007) starring Jane Fonda, Lindsay Lohan, Dermot Mulroney and Hector Elizondo and directed by Garry Marshall.- Actress
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Dorothy Dell was born to Elbert and Lillan Goff in Hattiesburg, Mississippi on January 30, 1915. She won the most beautiful baby in Hattiesburg beauty contest when she was thirteen months old. She lived in New Orleans from the age of ten. She attended the Sophie Wright High School for girls. Winning the Miss New Orleans title, when she was fifteen, she went on a Fanchon and Marco vaudeville tour for six months. She got a job with the Ziegfield Follies of 1931 when she arrived in New York City. She sang a solo, "Was I Drunk?", in the production. All of her films at Paramount were released in 1934. She died that year in an automobile accident on June 8, 1934, She had left an all-night party at an inn in Altadena and was going to Pasadena in the wee hours when the car left the highway, hit a telephone pole, bounced off a palm tree and hit a boulder. Miss Dell was killed instantly. Her date, Dr. Carl Wagner, who was driving, died several hours later.- Music Department
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Tom Malone was born on 16 June 1947 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA. He is an actor, known for The Blues Brothers (1980), Blues Brothers 2000 (1998) and Sister Act (1992).- Composer
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Van Dyke Parks was born on 3 January 1943 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA. He is a composer and actor, known for The Brave Little Toaster (1987), The Departed (2006) and Heathers (1988).- Vernon Weddle was born on 24 August 1935 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA. He is an actor, known for Short Circuit (1986), Norma Rae (1979) and Simon & Simon (1981).
- Danny Sims was born on 9 November 1932 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA. He was married to Beverly Johnson and Kathleen Aron. He died on 3 October 2012 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Patrik-Ian Polk (Director, Writer, Producer), attended Brandeis University in Massachusetts and received his undergraduate degree in film and theatre from the University of Southern Mississippi in his hometown of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He then attended graduate film school at the prestigious University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television, where he wrote and directed a number of short films. After a brief stint as a producer's assistant on Amblin Entertainment's television series, "SeaQuest,DSV," Polk was hired as a development executive at MTV's then-new Paramount-based feature film division, MTV Films. Polk actively participated in the development of such productions as the hugely successful "Beavis and Butthead Do America" and the critically acclaimed and Oscar-nominated high school dark comedy "Election."
Next, Polk served as Vice President of production and development at Tracey and Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds' Edmonds Entertainment/e2 filmworks. During his tenure there, Polk worked on the films, "Soul Food," "Hav Plenty," and "Light It Up."
Polk made his feature film directorial debut with "Punks," an independent feature that he also wrote and produced. Often described as a male "Waiting to Exhale," "Punks" was produced by Tracey and Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds and had its world premiere in January 2000 at the Sundance Film Festival, as part of its prestigious American Spectrum series. The film delighted audiences, picked up many awards at festivals around the world and was released theatrically in November 2001. In New York City, the film played at the Quad to sold-out screenings and lines around the block. "Punks" was nominated for a 2002 Independent Spirit Award for Best low-budget feature.
In 2006, Polk made his first foray into television with the original comedy-drama series "Noah's Arc". Often described as a gay male "Sex and the City", the show centers around four black gay men in Los Angeles and was the first scripted series for the MTV/Viacom gay & lesbian themed cable network, Logo, which launched in June 2005. After its premiere, "Noah's Arc" quickly became Logo's highest rated series garnering a passionate fan base that crosses all demographics. In addition to creating and executive producing the series, Polk wrote and directed all nine of the first season's episodes. The first and second seasons of "Noah's Arc" are available on dvd in stores now and also available for download on iTunes and other on-line download services. With the two seasons fast approaching online and dvd sales of 100,000 units and recent airings on Viacom sister network BETJ, the popular series is now poised to make the transition onto the big screen this fall as the raucous and heart-warming feature film, "Noah's Arc: Jumping The Broom"- written, directed and produced by Polk. The film hits movie theaters in select cities across the country on October 24th. In addition to his work on the "Noah's Arc" film, Polk also wrote and performs three tracks on the film's upcoming soundtrack album (Tommy Boy Music/Silver Label).
Polk's next feature film is "Blackbird", based on the novel by Larry Duplechan. This coming-of-age high school drama begins production in Polk's hometown of Hattiesburg, Mississippi (Nov. 17, 2008).- Heywood McGuffee was born on 14 March 1962 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He is an actor, known for Ruben's Place (2012), I (Almost) Got Away with It (2010) and The 12th Victim (2023).
- Sherry McFarland was born on 16 February 1951 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA. She is an actress, known for The Burning Bed (1984), Blue Jay Hearts (2018) and Buds (2021). She was previously married to Hans Howes.
- Filip Field was born on 27 September 1922 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA. He was an actor, known for Quincy M.E. (1976) and The Odd Couple (1970). He died on 5 May 1991 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Todd Grisham was born on 9 January 1976 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA. He is an actor, known for Creed III (2023), WWE Smackdown! (1999) and WWE NXT (2010).
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Todd Weaver was born on 15 August 1977 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA. Todd is known for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014), Furious 7 (2015) and Captain America: Civil War (2016).- Writer
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Si Dunn is a screenwriter living in Austin, Texas. He was born in Hattiesburg, Miss., and grew up in Little Rock, Ark. He attended Little Rock Central High School and witnessed some of the turbulent desegregation events that put that school into the world news and history books in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He attended several colleges and universities and earned a BA in journalism from North Texas State University (now the University of North Texas). He worked for several newspapers as a photojournalist, including the Dallas Morning News, Houston Chronicle and Denton Record-Chronicle. He is a Navy veteran of the Vietnam War and has written several books, including a war memoir, "Dark Signals."- Actor
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Larry Bourne Jr. was born on 15 September 1992 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Country Boy Co (2015).- Danny Manning is an American college basketball coach and retired National Basketball Association player.
He was the men's head coach at Wake Forest. Manning played high school basketball at Lawrence High School in Lawrence, Kansas, college basketball at The University of Kansas, and played in the NBA for 14 years. After retiring from professional basketball Manning became an assistant coach at the University of Kansas. He won the national championship with the Jayhawks in 1988 as a player, and again as an assistant in 2008. He is the all-time leading scorer in Kansas basketball history with 2,951 points. - Actor
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Joey Hood was born on 11 October 1976 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA. He is an actor, known for Sonic Soldier Borgman: Last Battle (1989), Sonic Soldier Borgman: Lover's Rain (1990) and Rurouni Kenshin: Reflection (2001).- Harold Jackson was born on 6 January 1946 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA. He is an actor, known for North Dallas Forty (1979), The NFL on CBS (1956) and The NFL on NBC (1965). He is married to Carolyn. They have one child.
- Nan Kelley was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA. She is known for Circle Sessions: At Home (2020), Top 20 Country Countdown (2004) and Grand Ole Opry (1985).