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David Hasselhoff has become one of the most recognizable faces on television and throughout the world. Aside from starring in Knight Rider (1982) and Baywatch (1989), he is also an accomplished singer and popular recording artist.
David Michael Hasselhoff was born on July 17, 1952 in Baltimore, Maryland, to Dolores Therese (Mullinex) and Joe Hasselhoff (Joseph Vincent Hasselhoff), a business executive. He is of German (from his paternal grandfather), English, and Irish descent. The acting bug first hit when David was seven and so he took acting, singing and dancing lessons. He was very shy off stage in front of girls because he was tall and thin, but when he was on stage he was in his element. Due to his father's work, his family (he has four sisters) moved around frequently. He initially thought his career was going to go in the direction of musicals and Broadway.
American audiences first came to know Hasselhoff when he portrayed the popular "Dr. Snapper Foster" for six seasons on CBS's soap opera, The Young and the Restless (1973). Lured by NBC's Brandon Tartikoff to move from daytime to prime time, Hasselhoff went on to star as "Michael Knight" in NBC's hit series Knight Rider (1982). The role garnered him a "People's Choice Award" for most popular actor and the show became a huge success overseas. The success of Knight Rider (1982) resulted in Hasselhoff's first major international following. When the show ended, Hasselhoff launched a successful recording career in Europe. In 1989, "Looking for Freedom" remained in the number one spot on the German charts for eight consecutive weeks. He has continued to perform regularly in concert and has released nine albums to date.
Hasselhoff returned to episodic television as Mitch Buchannon on Baywatch (1989) when the show debuted on NBC in 1989. Though it enjoyed good ratings, the network canceled the series after only one season. Undeterred, Hasselhoff and his partners acquired the rights to the show and, based on Hasselhoff's popularity overseas, they were able to secure financing and revive "Baywatch" in 1991. Now a piece of American pop culture and an international television phenomenon, Baywatch (1989) was at its peak seen in 140 countries by over one billion viewers each week. During his lengthy career, Hasselhoff has flexed his acting muscles in numerous other projects. He starred in the epic miniseries Shaka Zulu (1986), shot on-location in Morocco.
Hasselhoff is an outdoor sports enthusiast whose interests include scuba diving, hiking, white water rafting, tennis, and jogging. In addition, he has parachuted with the US Army Parachute Demonstration Team, The Golden Knights, and flown with the US Navy's Blue Angels. He is an avid sports fan, and has attended the World Cup Soccer Finals, the NBA Finals, the Olympics, the Indy 500, and the Kentucky Derby. Hasselhoff has traveled throughout Australia, Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Caribbean. He spends many hours visiting children's hospitals throughout the world. His charity, "Race For Life", works with the terminally ill and handicapped children in America.
He was married to the beautiful actress Pamela Bach-Hasselhoff, with whom he has two daughters, Taylor-Ann and Hayley Amber.- Actor
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Kevin spent 3 years traveling around the world, modeling for print ads and appearing in over 150 commercials, before landing in his breakout series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995).
Kevin David Sorbo was born in Mound, Minnesota, on September 24, 1958, to Ardis (Thompson), a nurse, and Lynn Nain Sorbo, a high school teacher. His father was of Norwegian descent and his mother's ancestry was English, Scottish, and German. In high school, he excelled at football, baseball and basketball; in college, he played these 3 sports, plus hockey. Kevin was also in a number of plays. After leaving college, Kevin joined an actors theater group, and traveled to Europe, then to Sydney, Australia appearing in commercials. At the end of 1986, he settled in Los Angeles. Kevin began to make guest appearances on such popular shows as Murder, She Wrote (1984). At 6' 3" and very muscular, Kevin was a natural for the title role in what would become his signature series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995). Kevin became internationally famous, and he learned the craft of film-making well enough to direct and co-write some of the episodes. Kevin even studied martial arts in order to do many of his own stunts. In real life, Kevin's heart is as big as Hercules'-- he leads "A World Fit for Kids!" as the chair and spokesperson. Kevin devotes much of his time to "A World Fit For Kids!" which is a successful mentoring model that trains inner-city teens to use school, fitness, sports and positive role models for themselves, and then become the coaches and mentors for younger children. In 1998, Kevin married lovely actress Sam Sorbo, best known for her dual role on Hercules: The Legendary Journeys (1995) as Serena/the Golden Hind ("Hind" is a female red deer).- Actress
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Karan Ashley has had a career that has span over 20 years.. She was born in Odessa, Texas and raised in Dallas, Texas. She began her entertainment career as a child singer in the girl group KRUSH. They were signed to Perspective, A&M Records and had their first single, "Let's Get Together" on the Mo Money soundtrack. They worked under the world famous Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis as their exclusive artists. She has an extensive background in dancing and was able to choreograph KRUSH's dance routines alongside the world famous Tina Landon. With the group they earned a platinum record and had a hit dance song, Let's Get Together (So Groovy Now) and worked with such artists as Janet Jackson, Johnny Gill, Karen White, Lo-Key and Mint Condition.
After 5 years in KRUSH, Karan decided to dive head first and begin an acting career. She did several national commercials for such companies as Southwest Airlines, TGI Fridays, Chevrolet and AT&T.
Her big break came when she went to an open call audition and beat out over 10 thousand hopefuls and landed the role of Aisha the Yellow Power Rangers on the #1 kids show in America, Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers. She was able to do over 80 episodes and star in the hit movie "Power Rangers the Movie" that was released by 20th Century Fox.
Not stopping there she has beat the pavement for years and has been on many different TV shows and films such as, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, The Steve Harvey Show, One on One, The Parkers, Kenan & Kel, Chat Room, The Opposite Sex, Taylor's Wall, Wicked Weekend, Jazz Scene, The Encounter and many other projects. She has worked with many successful companies such as MTV, BET, ABC, Nickelodeon, Disney, The WB, 20th Century Fox, Asiatic Productions and formed the production company GAG Order films.
Although acting is her passion, while with GAG Order Films, she ventured into producing, writing and has starred in two feature films, Unto Thee and Devon's Ghost. In both films she served as lead actress, writer and producer. Both films did well in film festivals and sold in over 17 countries in DVD sales. She worked as a producer for BET and did exclusive work with their BET on Jazz channel.
Last year she branched out on her own to form her very own production company and produced two television pilots. Her production company, KASH Pictures and Entertainment produced, created and wrote, A Day in the Life. A Day, paired Karan and Kel Mitchell as co-hosts to a reality based talk show. She also produced, created and wrote a show called Turning Point which she submitted to the OWN network and received over 14 thousand votes in one week.
Even though Karan Ashley has worn many hats she still has the desire to take her career to an all new level and studies with BANG Improv. She is first and foremost an actress and never wants to stop honing her craft. She also makes several personal appearances at conventions who host thousands who still want to meet their childhood hero from Power Rangers. She never forgets the original audience that supported her. With a hit show under her belt and a platinum album, she still considers herself a beginner in this business and is excited at the possibilities to come.- Actor
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The former child actor Paris Themmen was born on June 25th, 1959 in Boston, Massachusetts, the self-proclaimed "Hub" of the Universe, to classical musicians. Young Paris first appeared on stage in 1965, while his parents were performing in summer stock in Michigan. After the family returned to New York, NY after the summer season closed, Themmen's mother sought an agent for the tyro actor. His on-screen career began with a TV commercial for bubble bath, the first of over two score TV and radio commercials and voice overs.
On stage in New York City in the late '60s, Themmen appeared in the classic Euripides play "Iphegenia in Aulis" at the Circle in the Square Theatre in the 1967-68 season with Irene Papas, and was a replacement in the long-running Broadway musical "Mame" in 1968, appearing in support of Ann Miller in the title role. In 1970, he appeared in the first version of Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", as "Mike Tee Vee" in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971). He subsequently appeared on Broadway in the musical "The Rothschilds", as a replacement in the role of Young Jacob Rothschild, and continued on in the role for the national your.
After entering adolescence, Themmen abandoned his child acting career when he was 14. He went to New York University, where he received his Bacherlor of Fine Arts degree. In business he has worked at a variety of jobs including Real Estate Broker, Walt Disney Imagineer and Financial Advisor and in Los Angeles running commerical casting sessions.- Actor
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Kurt Angle was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He won a Olympic Gold Medal in 1996 having notoriously won it with a broken neck. In 1998 he transitioned into professional wrestling where he sky rocked to success after joining the World Wrestling Federation. He later became the first ever wrestler to hold the WCW and WWF Championships during the same calendar year. He also became the second ever TNA Triple Crown Champion in the promotions history and is a overall 13 time World Champion in professional wrestling.- Amber Dawn Fox is a working actress based in the Southeast. She travels all around the US and beyond for work. She can be seen on Peacock TV, Hulu, discovery+, Investigation Discovery, Oxygen Network, AMC, Amazon Prime, and more! Although best known for portraying Officer Bello on "The Walking Dead", Amber has gone on to star in several feature films available on many streaming sites.
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Dr. Ambassador Eric Zuley, DHS is a multimedia mogul, digital disruptor and innovator, best selling author, speaker, award winning entrepretainer, a TV Personality, Producer, host, podcaster, influencer and an Actor. Eric strives to be the best at everything he undertakes as his ultimate goal is to "put a new light on the Hollywood sign", even when his interests are perceived as conflicting or unconventional in the entertainment industry. As a serial entrepreneur within the film industry while also succeeding as a well -rounded talent himself, Eric displays charisma, tenacity, savvy marketing skills, and an innate ability to freestyle impromptu in front of casting directors which landed him an international commercial from his very 1st acting audition, with respects to his former management team 'Avenue Entertainment Management' (AEM), and talent agency. Eric was granted the lead role in Axe's Music Star fragrance commercial where he was flown overseas to shoot the one minute spot. Eric went on to play other characters including 'Zany Zam' in the 2009 film "Blaxican Brothers" and other films.
He is the CEO/Founder of eZWay Network a exclusive multipurpose members only social solutions network.
Eric is a talented dancer and model. Testing out his self - taught street dance skills at 17 years old, Eric auditioned with 300 other hopefuls for 'Pulse Dance Troupe'. Eric was 1 of 10 selected to join the troupe. Eric graced the cover of Krush Magazine in July 2008 as a highlight to his modeling career.
Eric has adorned the cover of several publications including Influential People Magazine, The Bizness Magazine, and Hollywood Weekly Magazine which distributed over 250,000 copies in 7/11 and Barnes & Noble. Eric's been congressionally recognized by US, Asia, and The Africa Business Forum and this honor was recognized by council members of the city of Los Angeles as signatories. Eric obtained previous awards from the Multicultural Motion Picture Association & American Society of Young Musicians and subsequently had an award named after him by the MMPA, city and county of Los Angeles signed off by The Mayor of Los Angeles and several more council members. This award, 'The EZ Achievement Award', was given to the first recipient for 2012 Larry Namer former Co-Founder of E! Entertainment Television and now founder of Metan Development Group in China. This recognition was then awarded to Kate Linder from 'The Young and the Restless', then to Frank Shankwitz creator of Make A Wish Foundation and now 'The Story Behind Wish Man' on Netflix.
Eric has acted in The Perfect Prank and performed along - side actor Jeff Conway in the movie Ladron directed by Damion Chappa. Eric has acted in films with Vivica A. Fox, Cuba Gooding Jr., Big Boy, and Noel G from Training Day with Denzel Washington. Eric can be found on Netflix in the Amazon Prime TV series 'Dawn of the Zombie Apocalypse' as "TJ". Eric also has experience as a producer.
Outside of his various career pursuits, Eric gives back through supporting charitable organizations that benefit children such as Angels of East Africa, Covenant House, American Cancer Society, Choc Children's Foundation, and many more including animal rights groups.
Eric presently owns his own TV network credited on IMDB as a production company and network with over 30 shows and 10 channels that can be seen on all major cell phones and smart tv's ROKU, AMAZON FIRE TV, APPLE TV, 30A Media and much more!- Actor
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Michael Francis Foley was born on June 7th, 1965, in Long Island, New York. Nicknamed Mick by his father, a lifelong Yankees and Mickey Mantle fan, he attended college in upstate New York, he hitchhiked to New York City to see a wrestling match between Jimmy Snuka (Jimmy Snuka) and Don Muraco that convinced him he wanted to be a professional wrestler. He trained under the tutelage of Dominic DeNucci, alongside such wrestlers as Shane Douglas, and made his debut in the late 1980's. He wrestled all around the U.S., Europe, Japan and Africa before landing a job in World Championship Wrestling as under the name Cactus Jack. He wrestled in excellent feuds with Sting (Steve Borden), Rick Steiner, Scott Steiner, and most notably Vader (Leon White), against whom he lost an ear mid-match in Germany in 1992. Around this time, he met his future wife, Collette Foley. His tenure with WCW at an end, he wrestled for Extreme Championship Wrestling under Paul Heyman, and in Japan, where he took place in (and won) the now legendary _IWA King of the Death Match (1995) (V)_. This attracted the attention of 'Vince McMahon', who brought Foley in to the World Wrestling Federation, under the name Mankind. Foley's first feud was with The Undertaker, against whom he wrestled several classic matches, most notably _King of the Ring (1998) (V)_, where, in possibly the most famous professional wrestling moment of all time, The Undertaker threw Foley off the top of a 20-foot cage, through a table. Foley's lifelong dream came true on December 28th, 1998, when he defeated The Rock (Dwayne Johnson) to win the WWF World Title. He would hold the belt three times before his career ended at WrestleMania 2000 (2000). Now retired, Foley is a bestselling and critically acclaimed author, having wrote two autobiographies (both of which topped the New York Times bestseller charts), a series of children's books, and a novel.- Actor
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Jonathan Coachman was born on 12 August 1973 in Kansas City, Kansas, USA. He is an actor, known for WWE Smackdown! (1999), Survivor Series (2002) and WWE Raw (1993).- Actor
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Markice Moore is a multifaceted artist and the CEO of Both Sides of the Camera. He is an accomplished actor, known for his work in films like Point Blank, ATL, and Dutch 1-3, and TV shows like Snowfall, Law and Order, BMF, The Paynes, Chicago PD, and The Walking Dead. Markice has also made his mark as a producer and writer with his company, Both Sides of the Camera. He has produced and written the films Spaghetti, Mason, Danksgiving, and Co produced, Get Close, Danksgiving, and Mason, now available on Tubi. With his passion for storytelling and his versatility in the entertainment industry, Markice continues to captivate audiences with his work. Moore is seeking production partners, as well as film funding partners to finance is current slate of 30 films ready for pre production to be released under Both Sides of the Camera Studios, and actively pursuing more challenging and cross appealing film/tv roles.- Additional Crew
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Christian Simpson was born in London to British parents, and moved to Hollywood in 2009. He has appeared in 4 of the top 5 movie sagas of all time including Star Wars. He now works in Hollywood as a Voice and Commercial Actor.
Before diversifying his entertainment career into work in front of and behind the camera, he began as an award-winning Composer and Pianist writing with gold-selling artists. He is also a successful British Inventor and Property Investor.
Simpson's first major work as an Actor was his succinct feature as Lt. Gavyn Sykes in the #1 PG movie of all time, Star Wars: Episode I (1999), with his likeness immortalized in the Star Wars video games Galaxies (-2011) and Battle For Naboo (2001), a title where his character took the lead role.
He made recurring appearances in the British television soap opera Family Affairs (2005) as Sergeant Wilson. He also had a part in the popular BBC series Judge John Deed (2007) as George Channing Jr., Casualty (2014) as Martin Turner, True Blood (2012) and more.
In 2015 he earned an "Additional Voices" credit on Star Wars: The Force Awakens and completed filming as British fighter pilot survivor Sgt. Fletcher Smith on Independence Day: Resurgence (2016).
Behind the camera Simpson also worked on film series including The Mummy (2008) as Brendan Fraser's Double, Star Wars (2005) as Anakin Skywalker's Stand-in/Double, The Dark Knight Trilogy (2012), and Harry Potter (2011) as the Old Fred Weasley, a character who ironically died young.
In 2015 he began development for the TV adaptation of his novel The Chrononaut (2008) with the executive producer of Superman Returns, and came full circle, becoming a writer for the official StarWars.- Actress
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Claudia Wells was born on 5 July 1966 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She is an actress, known for Back to the Future (1985), CBS Schoolbreak Special (1984) and Back to the Future: The Game - 30th Anniversary Edition (2015).- Actor
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Larry Thomas is known for Postal (2007), Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) and Mind Over Mindy (2016).- Actress
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Katarina Severen, a former professional wrestler, was born on in Lüneburg, Germany. Severen has a BA Hons degree in Film & Drama from St. John's University College in York, United Kingdom. She is an actress, stunt performer, writer and director and has produced her own short films as well as a web-series. Severen has written several feature scripts, one of which advanced to the quarter finals in the Stage 32 Action/Thriller Screenwriting Contest and is in a Top 10 Finalist in the Emerging Screenwriters Suspense Screenplay Competition.- Actor
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Robert Adame Beltran was born in Bakersfield, California. He is the seventh of ten children, of Mexican-Native American ancestry, though Robert describes his heritage as Latindio. After finishing high school, he attended Fresno State College, where he graduated with a degree in theater arts. Beltran landed his first film role in Luis Valdez's Zoot Suit (1981) in 1981. One year later, he landed the role of Raoul in Paul Bartel's Eating Raoul (1982). Other appearances included Gaby: A True Story (1987), Nixon (1995) and another Paul Bartel film, Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989) among others. In the theater, he has appeared in productions for Luis Valdez's El Teatro Campesino, the LA Theater Center, the California Shakespeare Festival and others. Robert founded and serves as co-artistic director of the East LA Classic Theater Group, with a staff of professional actors. There, he played Hamlet and served as co-producer as well as director. Robert appeared in A Midsummer Night's Dream; King Henry IV; A Touch of the Poet; and The Price, among others. In 1995, he got the part of Commander Chakotay on Star Trek: Voyager (1995). At that time, he received a Nosotros Golden Eagle Award as best actor in a television series. Robert supports National Down Syndrome Society and lives in Los Angeles, California.
In his political activity, Robert Beltran has engaged over recent years in a series of classical drama workshops mainly on Shakespeare with the LaRouche Youth Movement of the Democratic Party as well as participating in several Schiller Institute conferences speaking on the subject of classical drama, most recently on his 2003 staging of Clifford Odets' 1948 play "The Big Knife".- Producer
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John Borowski is an award winning independent filmmaker whose works have garnered international acclaim and are distributed internationally on dvd, television, and streaming. Borowski's "historical horror" trilogy of documentary films focus on late nineteenth and early twentieth century serial killers.
After receiving his B.A. from Columbia College Chicago's film program, Borowski freelanced as an editor and cinematographer. Director Willy Laszlo chose Borowski to edit every headlining film for the Chicago Short Comedy Film and Video Festival from 1999 to 2003. In 2004, Borowski's independently produced first film, H.H. Holmes: America's First Serial Killer (2004), was distributed on DVD in North America by Facets Video. For the voice of the narrator, Borowski chose Tony Jay, the voice of villain Judge Claude Frollo in Disney's Hunchback of Notre Dame. Holmes was awarded with numerous awards including Best Director of The Midwest independent Film Festival and Best Documentary for Screamfest and was also broadcast on Court TV Canada. Holmes received an unprecedented amount of press, being covered by television (CBS News, Wild Chicago), print (Variety, LA Weekly, Chicago Sun-Times, Ain't It Cool News, Philadelphia Weekly, Chicago Magazine), and radio (Mancow Show, Deadpit Radio). The historical interest in Holmes was reflected in the lectures Borowski delivered to The Chicago Historical Society, Indiana State University, and St. Xavier University. The Strange Case of Dr. H.H. Holmes is an illustrated book published by Borowski containing three primary source books about the Holmes case and Holmes' complete confession. H.H. Holmes has been distributed to over a dozen countries worldwide.
After disappearing for over 25 years, Dennis Rader, the BTK Murderer, resurfaced in 2004 after sending letters to the Wichita Press. The Wichita Police Department contacted Borowski to aid in their investigation by subpoenaing the names of people in Wichita who ordered the Holmes DVD. BTK was familiar with other serial killers and had mentioned H.H. Holmes in his writings, therefore the authorities were covering all bases by investigating any potential suspects who may have purchased a Holmes DVD. Dennis Rader, the BTK murderer was apprehended in February of 2005.
Borowski relocated to Los Angeles in 2005 for four years where he produced his second film, Albert Fish: In Sin He Found Salvation (2007) , which has been called "one of the most disturbing films ever made." For Fish, Borowski interviewed artist Joe Coleman and had a tour of his famous Odditorium in Brooklyn, NY. Also in 2005, Borowski served as Associate Producer on the British television documentary production, Murder Hotel.
Albert Fish was released on DVD in 2007 and the world premiere screening was held at the historic Vine Theater in Hollywood. At the New York Screening, Borowski met the Italian distributor for Gargoyle Video who agreed to distribute Fish in Italy. The BTK murder case resurfaced again in Borowski 's life when he became assistant editor on the documentary film, Feast of the Assumption: BTK and the Otero Family Murders. Borowski's worldwide filmmaking appeal burgeoned with screenings of HH Holmes and Albert Fish in foreign countries such as Greece, Denmark, United Kingdom, Italy, and Canada. Holmes and Fish were also featured in the Australian book, Celluloid Serial Killers (2007).
Borowski relocated back to Chicago in 2009. Always embracing cutting edge technology, Borowski ensured his films were available to the internet/streaming audience. In 2009, Netflix began streaming Holmes and Fish. Releases of the films on Itunes, Amazon, and Hulu followed immediately after. Borowski directed his first ever book trailer for John Everson's, The 13th, published by Leisure Books.
The worldwide appeal of Borowski's fanbase was reflected in numerous projects in 2010 including being featured in the books, Murderabilia and True Crime Collecting (Published in the U.K.), and The Documentary Moviemaking Course. Also in 2010, Borowski was the associate producer on Chilean filmmaker Patricio Valladares' feature film, Toro Loco.
In 2011, Borowski attended The Crime Scene, a true crime performance event, where he received a letter from serial killer Keith Jesperson asking Borowski to create a film on his life. The Swedish Band, Sparzanza, utilized Tony Jay's narration audio from Albert Fish for their song, Mr Fish. Borowski also directed the music video of Mr. Fish, which many Sparzanza fans have called their favorite music video.
Carl Panzram: The Spirit of Hatred and Vengeance (2011), Borowski's third feature documentary film, was released on DVD October 23, 2012 and is now also available for streaming worldwide at the official film site. The film features John DiMaggio (Bender from Fox's Futurama) as the voice of lifelong criminal and murderer Carl Panzram. For the film, Borowski underwent a process of unprecedented research which included filming at the maximum security prisons of Leavenworth Penitentiary and Clinton Correction Facility as well as filming Panzram's handwritten autobiographical papers at San Diego State University. Panzram was awarded the director's choice award at the 2012 Chciago Horror Film Festival.
The popularity of Borowski's films reached an all time high in 2012. In April and October, HH Holmes aired on PBS and Borowski was the special guest on PBS' pledge drive. Bojan Pandza, Serbian author and film critic had this to say: "There are four horsemen of the Apocalypse, Herzog, Eroll, Les Blank and John Borowski. Honestly!!!"
In 2013, Borowski's films were screened in Paris France, he was featured in Psychology Today, U.K.'s Bizarre Magazine, interviewed for the Travel Channel show Monumental Mysteries, served as an official judge in the documentary category for the Housecore Horror Film Festival, completed Mime Time a short film entered into the ABC's of Death 2 competition and completed his fourth feature documentary film, Serial Killer Culture (2014), to be released in 2014.- Director
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Terence Muncy is known for Bikini Monsters (2010), Earth Girls Are Sleazy (2019) and Hell Walks the Earth (2008).- Actor
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- Chris Chavis was born on 8 June 1961 in Pembroke, North Carolina, USA. He is an actor, known for WWE Smackdown! (1999), WWF Action Zone (1994) and Lucha Libre USA: Masked Warriors (2010). He has been married to Michelle Lopez since 16 May 1997. They have three children. He was previously married to Dawn Doyle.
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Rob Strauss was born on 1 October 1983 in Alpine, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Wrestler (2008), TNA iMPACT! Wrestling (2004) and WWE Raw (1993).- Actress
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Marilyn comes from a Puerto Rican family background in New York, born the middle child to Jeronimo and Luisa Ghigliotti and raised in NY, Long Island and New Jersey with her siblings, Evelyn and Leonardo. Of course there's a lot of spunk and attitude. This Jersey New Yorican had to learn to survive many moves and changes in surrounding cultures.
Marilyn got started late when it comes to acting. While going through some life challenges, she decided to study acting at the Actors Training Institute in Red Bank New Jersey with John Eyd, a member of the Actors Studio in New York, where he brought those same acting techniques to New Jersey.
After studying for about 2 years, Marilyn then felt confident enough to start auditioning in the community theater circuit in Southern New Jersey, appearing in many classic plays. After appearing in her first production, standing on that stage where people were actually listening to her words instead of being ignored as most middle children feel, she was hooked. During one of these many plays, is also where she met Brian O'Halloran before the two auditioned and landed their parts in Kevin Smith's iconic film Clerks.
Since moving to LA, Marilyn has worked in salons and as a freelance hair and makeup artist. She also has worked both in front and behind the camera in many aspects of the filmmaking business to learn as much as possible.- Actress
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Tawny Kitaen was born on 5 August 1961 in San Diego, California, USA. She was an actress and producer, known for Bachelor Party (1984), The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik Yak (1984) and Witchboard (1986). She was married to Chuck Finley and David Coverdale. She died on 7 May 2021 in Newport Beach, California, USA.- Aurelian Smith Jr. better known by the ring name Jake "The Snake" Roberts, is an American professional wrestler and actor signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) where he performs as manager to Lance Archer. He is best known for his two stints in the World Wrestling Federation (later called WWE); the first between 1986 and 1992, and the second between 1996 and 1997. He wrestled in the National Wrestling Alliance in 1983, World Championship Wrestling in 1992, and the Mexico-based Asistencia Asesoría y Administración between 1993 and 1994 and again in 1997. He appeared in Extreme Championship Wrestling during the summer of 1997 and made appearances for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling from 2006 through 2008.
Throughout his career, Roberts was known for his intense and cerebral promos, dark charisma, extensive use of psychology in his matches, and innovative use of the DDT finishing move (which was later named the "coolest" maneuver of all time by WWE). He often brought snakes into the ring, most famously a python. He was one of the subjects of the 1999 documentary film Beyond the Mat. In 2012, he moved in with fellow wrestler Diamond Dallas Page to seek help in getting his life back on track following years of alcohol and drug addiction, a period covered in the 2015 documentary The Resurrection of Jake the Snake. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame on April 5, 2014, and the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum in 2020. - Cliff Compton was born on 2 November 1978 in Long Island, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for WWE Smackdown! (1999), WWE Raw (1993) and Deep South Wrestling (2006).
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Actor-Director Colin Cunningham has been nominated for 3 GEMINI'S (Canada's Oscar) for 'Best Actor' and has been nominated for 11 'Best Actor' LEO AWARDS (Canada's Emmy) for which he won 3. As a Director, he made the 'short list' for an Academy Award Nomination in the Madison Graie produced, CENTIGRADE. His work has been recognized by The Hollywood Reporter, The New York Times, TIME magazine and Rolling Stone.
Series regs include Steven Spielberg's FALLING SKIES, AMC's PREACHER and Universal's BLOOD DRIVE. And, Kevin Costner's highly anticipated 2 part epic saga, HORIZON.
Sometimes referred to as Canada's Gary Oldman, Cunningham has built a reputation as a true chameleon. For 5 Seasons, Cunningham starred alongside Noah Wyle and Will Patton in the Steven Spielberg / Dreamworks produced series "Falling Skies," for TNT. Cunningham played "John Pope," the rogue survivor of the alien attack that has hit the world.
He is also infamously known as the mischievous ring master Julian Slink in SYFY's "Blood Drive." The New York Times lauded, "The real attention-getter here is Colin Cunningham... It's hard to make an impression in a series that is so insane, but Mr. Cunningham manages it."
The American born Cunningham has won critical acclaim on shows such as "Da Vinci's Inquest" [CBC], and "Living in Your Car" for HBO Canada. On the big screen, Cunningham teamed up with Catherine Keener in Courtney Moorehead Balaker's "Little Pink House" [Dada Films], has been pursued by Arnold Schwarzenegger in "The Sixth Day" [Columbia Pictures], and put his life on the line for Jennifer Garner in "Elektra" [20th Century Fox]. He has also appeared in multiple Indie favorites, including comedic turns in "Best In Show" with Christopher Guest [Warner Bros.].
In 2009, Cunningham made a name for himself as a director, when he [along with actor/producer Madison Graie] made the short-list for an Academy Award Nomination for their film "Centigrade". The film [in which Cunningham also starred] took over two dozen "Best Of" awards and nominations, and in addition to being considered for an Oscar, it became the first short film in iTunes history to break the Top Ten in Feature Downloads, finding itself right alongside such Hollywood blockbusters as "Iron Man" and "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull".
The film hit numerous Top Ten Lists, including the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, the Palm Springs International Film Festival, the Vancouver International Film Festival, the Jackson Hole International Film Festival, the Montreal World Film Festival, Short Film Corner [Cannes], Best of Shorts Film Festival [France], and Canadian Film Center [CFC]. Centigrade enjoys the notoriety as one of the most successful short films ever made and is currently being developed into a project for television.
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In addition to acting, he has directed numerous music videos for Country Music Television [CMT] and plays tenor saxophone for the funk/soul band WHAT-THE-FUNK! Cunningham currently resides in New York City.
'Best Actor' - Leo Award in a Television Series - Da Vinci's Inquest 'Best Actor' Leo Award in a Television Series - Fools For Hire 'Best Director' Leo Award - Centigrade 'Best Actor' Leo Award - Centigrade 'Best Actor' - Nomination Leo Award in a Television Series - J-POD 'Best Actor' - Nomination Leo Award in a Television Series - The Collector 'Best Actor' - Nomination Leo Award in a Television Series - Insider Trading 'Best Actor' - Nomination Leo Award in a Television Series - Da Vinci's Inquest 'Best Actor' - Nomination in a Television Series - Big Sound 'Best Actor' - Nomination Genie Award in a Television Series - Less Than Kind 'Best Emerging Director' Vancouver Intl. Film Festival [VIFF].- Actor
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Solofa Fatu Jr. was born on 11 October 1965 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for WXW Rage TV (1996), WWE Smackdown! (1999) and WWF Action Zone (1994). He has been married to Talisua Fuavai since 20 July 1985. They have three children.- Actor
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David Heath was born February 16th, 1969 in Florida. He played high school football but suffered a serious neck injury that ended his career. Despite fears that he would never play contact sports again, he became interested in professional wrestling. He was trained by Boris Malenko, father of fellow wrestler Dean Malenko. He then hit the independent wrestling scene under different personas all involving a gothic theme. He debuted in the World Wrestling Federation in mid 1998 under the name "Gangrel." At first he opposed a wrestler named Edge, but they (along with Christian), formed a highly popular trio known as the Brood, and feuded with Al Snow's J.O.B. Squad at the end of 1998. Gangrel received a European title shot at the Royal Rumble but did not win. The Brood then joined The Ministry of Darkness and followed the Undertaker in his goal to capture Stephanie McMahon. In April 1999 the Brood left the Ministry and shorty after they broke up. In the summer of 1999, Gangrel joined Matt and Jeff Hardy to create the New Brood, but the popularity level of the first version could not be duplicated. They broke up in October of that year and Gangrel tried to launch his solo career. He teamed up with his real life wife, Luna Vachon, but she was released from the WWF, and he followed soon after. In 2002, he appeared on an Australian World Wrestling All-Stars PPV as the Vampire Warrior, facing his wife Luna in a Black Wedding match, which he won. He remained out of the major-league spotlight until September 2004, when he made his return to WWE along with Viscera, turning against their former mentor The Undertaker, as one of JBL's hired henchmen on Smackdown.- Actress
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Newark, New Jersey native, Monique Dupree, also known by the title Tha True Original Gata and in some circles is referred to affectionately as The First Black Scream Queen. She has done independent horror films, fetish, comic-book, catalog and/or alternative modeling, local and national reality television and an occasional cross-over into mainstream television and cinema. This includes music, by way of her band Negro Childe(her former band with her husband) publishing, promotion, internet radio, fitness, production and pro-wrestling. (She tours behind the scenes in wrestling with former ECW star Tommy Dreamer in his promotion House of Hardcore as well as Impact Wrestling.) She is also a professional Cosplayer appearing at events and conventions. The most notable cosplay to date being, Wonderwoman, Nubia, Mohawk Storm and Marie Antoinette. Monique has 10 children with her husband, author Anthony Saint Thomas. She is involved in several grass-root charities and social outreach organizations. To date, Monique has completed upward of 100 films and television projects, inspired the creation of several comic-book heroines and consistently works and is for hire across the country and around the world.- Gene Okerlund was born on 19 December 1942 in Robbinsdale, Minnesota, USA. He was an actor, known for WrestleMania III (1987), WrestleMania X-Seven (2001) and WCW Monday Nitro (1995). He was married to Jeanne Ellen Zulawnik. He died on 2 January 2019 in Sarasota, Florida, USA.
- Moses J. Moseley didn't begin to seriously pursue his dreams of modeling and acting until he reached his ideal weight. At the age of 16 he tilted the scales at 300 pounds. Two years later, through diet and exercise, he had lost over 150 pounds and his dreams of becoming a model and actor proved to be within his grasp. Moses began modeling in 2010, and got his first taste at stardom walking out of his class at Georgia State. He is best known for playing the role of Michonne's iconic pet zombie on the hit show The Walking Dead and being on the cover of Entertainment Weekly for The Walking Dead. He later costarred in the HBO series Watchmen, and also had roles in USA Network's Queen of the South, BET Tales and BET's American Soul.
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Scott Shaw was born on 4 September 1951 in Queens, New York, USA. He is a producer, known for Camp Candy (1989), Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (1993) and All Grown Up! (2003). He is married to Judith. They have one child.- Melina Perez was born on 9 March 1979 in High Desert, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Lucha Underground (2014), WWE Smackdown! (1999) and WWE Raw (1993).
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Victor Joseph Mignogna is an American actor and singer. He voiced Broly in Dragon Ball films and games, Oscar H. Genius from Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, Edward Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist, Obito Uchiha from Naruto Shippuden and E-123 Omega from Sonic the Hedgehog. He also played Captain James T. Kirk in the series Star Trek Continues and other Star Trek works.- Actress
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is a retired American professional wrestler. She is best known under her ring names Madusa (shorthand for Made in the USA) or Alundra Blayze. Her early career was spent in the American Wrestling Association, where she held the AWA World Women's Championship one time. In 1988, Miceli was also the first woman to be awarded Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Rookie of the Year. The following year, she signed a contract with All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling, making her the first foreign wrestler to do so. She later joined World Championship Wrestling (WCW), where she was a member of the Dangerous Alliance, a group of wrestlers managed by Paul E. Dangerously. In 1993, she joined the rival World Wrestling Federation (WWF) under the name Alundra Blayze. In the WWF, she feuded with Bull Nakano and Bertha Faye, while holding the WWF Women's Championship a total of three times. Two years after joining the WWF, Miceli returned to WCW, showing up on an episode of Monday Nitro to throw the WWF Women's Championship belt into a trash can. For the next six years, she worked in WCW, where she feuded with Bull Nakano, Oklahoma, and became the first women to hold the WCW World Cruiserweight Championship. After training wrestlers at the WCW Power Plant, she left the company in 2001.
In addition to wrestling, Miceli competes in the world of monster trucks. She drives a truck named Madusa, which was also her ring name for much of her professional wrestling career. She won the 2004 co-championship at the Monster Jam World Finals for freestyle in the first-ever three-way tie. The following year, she was the only female competitor in the Super Bowl of Motorsports, and she won the Racing Championship in the Monster Jam World Finals.- Actress
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Jasmin St. Claire shot to fame as "America's Most Controversial Sex Symbol" after appearing in the top-selling adult films of the late 1990s. She created an outlaw rock star image that at times scandalized the adult industry. Her acerbic humor and willingness to mock her own porn stardom made her one of the highest rated guests on Howard Stern's radio show and related broadcasts for E! Entertainment. St. Claire's first mainstream appearances were in significant comic roles in Communication Breakdown and in National Lampoon Dorm Daze 2. More recently, while studying in Bill O'Leary's Acting Workshop, St. Claire has turned to dramatic roles in thrillers like Angel of Reckoning and the talked about sci-fi drama Trial Run. St. Claire is often cast in ethnically ambiguous roles, or as Italian or Middle Eastern, but she identifies as a Latina due to her mixed Northern European and Brazilian ancestry.
St. Claire's background is almost entirely at odds with her early adult-film career. She was born Rhea De Vlugt in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Her father, from Holland, operated a food distribution company. Her mother was a U.S.-educated lawyer, originally from Brazil. St. Claire grew up on Manhattan's Upper west side and attended the Lycee Francais and McBurney School, whose alumni include Henry Winkler and J.D. Salinger. St. Claire graduated from Brooklyn Friends School at age 16, with honors for her work in the pioneering "Art without Walls" tutoring program for inner city youth. Upon graduation from Columbia University, St, Claire became a financial consultant at S. G. Warburg (then, a division of Swiss Bank.). But while in a physically abusive relationship with a prominent Manhattan lawyer (whom St. Claire later outed in an interview with Howard Stern), she began a secret life as a topless dancer at Manhattan's infamous KitKat Club, then at Flashdancers.
St. Claire entered the adult industry on a dare. Invited on the Jerry Springer Show for a scripted role as antagonistic stripper, St. Claire invented her larger-than-life "Jasmin St. Claire" persona. St. Claire's flare for theater and controversy marked her ascent in the adult film world. She polarized the industry by calling porn films "by and large, disgusting and brainless." But she quickly dethroned Jenna Jameson as America's top-selling porn star, and became the first Latina to surpass traditional blond porn star archetypes when her films achieved number one sales position in 1998. She was inducted in AVN's "Hall of Fame" as one of the greatest porn stars of all time. St. Claire was among the first adult performers to be merchandised as an action figure and to star in an adult comic book series. At the height of her porn stardom, St. Claire was the subject of critical essays by David Foster Wallace and Evan Wright. She also served as inspiration for Chuck Palahniuk's novel Snuff, in which she appears as a character. For all the controversy she engendered, St. Claire only spent three years in the adult business and made just over two dozen films. In 1999, she retired. She never made an adult film again, though compilations of old footage re-released under new titles continued to be sold through the 2000s. St. Claire pushed herself to new extremes by becoming a pro-wrestler. In 1998 the Dudley Boyz invited her to appear in the ECW's Living Dangerously pay-per-view event. St. Claire subsequently trained under Sue Sexton and Mando Guerrero, then worked with wrestling legend Jimmy Lawler in the Memphis Championship and in the XWF and NWA-TNA. St. Claire often played the role of "manager," who would enter the ring and fight alongside wrestlers. In real life, St. Claire created the upstart federation 3PW becoming the first female owner ever to operate and promote a wrestling league, five years before Stephanie McMahon took the reigns of the WWE. St. Claire closed the doors to 3PW in 2005. St. Claire became a heavy-metal journalist and on-air personality with the launch of the Metals Darkside series in 2004, which she also produced. Her interest in heavy metal stretches back to the first Black Sabbath show she attended at Madison Square Garden when she was nine. In 1998 she became the first female to emcee March Metal Meltdown in New Jersey, helping to introduce Sepultura to a North American audience. Through the mid-2000s St. Claire served as a veejay for The Metal Scene TV Show, AOL Noisecreep, Inferno TV and Stay Heavy TV, while writing articles as a contributor to Yahoo News and Guitar Player. She also served as a spokes model for B.C. Rich Guitars, Coffin Case, Krank Amplifiers and licensed her likeness to Guitar Hero for a controller made by Peavey. St. Claire returned to acting 2014 in a series of dramatic roles, portraying an FBI agent in Army of the Damned and hardened street criminal in Grand Auto Theft. Continuing intensive Meisner studies at the Ruskin School, she has recently been cast in significant roles in Daughters of Dolemite, Future Rich Wives Club, Angel of Reckoning and Road to Tereztetto to name a few. She was in season 3 of HBO's award winning series The Deuce & most recently completed filming "3 Days Rising Movie". She was in 2 award winning films"AfterAdderall" and"TrialRun" She has a monthly column in Sportsbikes Inc Magazine as she is an avid motorcycle enthusiast. Jasmin graduated from the Second City Conservatory's prestigious Grad Revue program in Hollywood and also completed the longform program at Upright Citizens Brigade. Jasmin now has a one woman show "A Weird Kind of Fame" and a podcast "Krazy Train With Jasmin St Claire". She spends her time in Paris, Los Angeles and New York. In April 2022, St Claire returned to wrestling for XPW Wrestling.- Actor
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Brian Heffron was born on 18 May 1973 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Wrestler (2008), Recipe for Disaster (2003) and Blood! Broads! And Brawls (2003).- Actor
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Jack Angel was born on 24 October 1930 in Modesto, California, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001), Balto (1995) and The Iron Giant (1999). He was married to Arlene Thornton and Barbara Champion. He died on 18 October 2021 in Malibu, California, USA.- Composer
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- Leon Allen White (May 14, 1955 - June 18, 2018), better known by his ring names Big Van Vader or simply Vader, was an American professional wrestler and professional football player. Throughout his career, he performed for New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW), the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), All Japan Pro Wrestling (AJPW), and Pro Wrestling Noah (NOAH) during the 1990s and 2000s. Widely regarded as one of the greatest super-heavyweight professional wrestlers of all time, he was a 13-time world champion.
Among other accolades in WCW and Japan, he won the IWGP Heavyweight Championship and the WCW World Heavyweight Championship three times each, the Triple Crown Heavyweight Championship twice, the WCW United States Heavyweight Championship once, and won the battle royal main event of the 1993 Battlebowl pay-per-view (PPV). He headlined multiple PPV events for the WWF and WCW. Vader was inducted into the Wrestling Observer Newsletter Hall of Fame in 1996.
In 2022, Vader was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. - Actor
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The son of a professional wrestler, Ted DiBiase had started his pro wrestling career as a fan favorite, but soon "changed sides" and became a heel throughout the rest of his career. DiBiase entered the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in the late 1980s where he gained most of his fame as "The Million Dollar Man." He employed a valet "Virgil" (formerly "Soul Train Jones, " and was an instrumental story line when Hulk Hogan's long WWF championship reign ended. DiBiase stayed in the WWF for more nearly 10 years, ending up as a manager for (soon to be star) "Stone Cold" Steve Austin. DiBiase left the WWF when Austin (then known as "The Ring Master") lost a match, and went to the WWF's rival World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as an "advisor" to Hogan's new NWO (New World Order) gang.- Few antagonists in the history of sports-entertainment have stirred as much controversy in the squared circle as the man from The Bowery called Raven. The grungy sociopath terrorized opponents and fans alike in major wrestling organizations including TNA, WWE, WCW, ROH and the original incarnation of ECW.
Raven had the brains to become one of the ring's most influential leaders. He became a villainous idol in Philadelphia's original ECW by employing a mesmerizing blend of an indomitable demeanor and glib prose. His signature sign off became Edgar Allen Poe's elegant line, "Quoth the Raven, 'Nevermore.' "
In his career, Raven captured the most prestigious title in professional wrestling history the NWA World Heavyweight Championship during his time in TNA. He has also appeared in films such as Death Racers and Sleeper as well as writing comics for Marvel, the man known as Raven laid the groundwork for a legendary career performing for every major company in the industry. - Jimmy Snuka is a classic example of the World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) (formerly known as World Wrestling Federation (WWF)) bad guy who became a baby-face (a good guy) without trying. Originally a "heel", he came into the WWE under the guidance of heel manager Capt. Lou Albano. After receiving many title shots at the WWE Championship, which he never won, the final match between he and then-WWE Champion Bob Backlund was in Madison Square Garden in the famous "Steel Cage Match", in which Snuka did his trademark "Superfly Splash" off the top of the steel cage.
Snuka attracted many fans with his acrobatic wrestling style. Soon he broke away from Albano and became a face. However, this wouldn't be the last time Snuka would see Albano, who brought in Snuka's former Mid-Atlantic tag team partner Ray Stevens to feud with him. With Albano in Stevens' corner, Snuka brought in former WWE Champion and WWE competitor "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers as his manager.
At the top of his game after a year in the WWE, Snuka would face a personal crisis that haunted him for the next few years. In 1983, after he finished his last match, his girlfriend Nancy Argentino was found semi-conscious next to a sleeping Snuka. Argentino died at the nearby hospital. In court it was ruled that the death was accidental.
After recovering from his girlfriend's death, Snuka's real shot at fame was when he feuded with Don Muraco, a former WWE Champion. In another famous "Steel Cage Match", Snuka faced Muraco but lost. However, he had gotten the last laugh by dragging Muraco back inside the cage, and that's when Superfly's proudest moment came. He climbed up to the top of the 20-foot steel cage and executed his "Superfly Splash". This became one of the most memorable moments in WWE history. Both wrestling veterans Mick Foley and Tommy Dreamer were there when it happened. Both also shot to fame in Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), which Superfly first started and he later became the first ECW Champ (during that time it was formerly known as Eastern Championship Wrestling).
Another fan favorite highlight came along when Snuka started feuding with "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, which Piper called Snuka a "big shot" and a "monkey". After Snuka came out confronting Piper, Piper smashed Superfly's head with an actual coconut. The story line went through the first WrestleMania when Snuka was managing Hulk Hogan and TV veteran Mr. T in the main even against Piper and Paul Orndorff. With Snuka in Hogan and Mr. T's corner, Piper and Orndoff had Bob Orton.
After a stint of alcohol/drugs rehab, Snuka went back into wrestling, but this time, in the American Wrestling Association (AWA) where he became a tag team partner with another wrestling veteran, Verne Gagne.
After AWA, he went back into the WWE in 1989, to help younger wrestlers who would also become legends such as "Mr. Perfect" 'Curt Cunning' and "Ravishing" Rick Rude. Then 1991, he started to feud with a much younger Mark Calaway (aka "The Undertaker) and lost to 'Taker at Wrestlemania VII, marking Snuka the first victim of Undertaker's 14-0 winning streak. After leaving WWE the same year, Snuka started touring with smaller wrestling promotions and also began working again with ECW, alongside Don Muraco and wrestling legend, Terry Funk.
Then in 1996, Snuka's biggest moment of his life came. He became part of the class of 1996 to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. He also was inducted with legends such as his former manager, Lou Albano, 'Killer Kowaski', and 'Pat Patterson'. He was inducted by former rival, Don Muraco.
Recently, Superfly showed up at the WWE Homecoming, and was chosen by the fans that he would team up with newcomer Eugene (Nick Dinsmore), on Taboo Tuesday in a non-title tag team match against Rob Conway and Chris Master. Both Superfly and Eugene won by pin-fall when Snuka did his signature "Superfly Splash".
When he was inducted in the WWE Hall of Fame back in 1996, Snuka said that even though he was inducted into the Hall of Fame, it doesn't mean he will retire from wrestling. Today, even though in his 60s, Snuka still wrestles in the independent circuit and appears on WWE, occasionally. - Actor
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James Balsamo is a jack-of-all-trades; a songwriter, an actor, a sculptor, but most importantly, a filmmaker extraordinaire. From the time he was just a lad, and like so many others, James became fascinated with the Horror genre, attending his first Horror convention at the age of 8.
As a youngster, James knew what he wanted to do when "he grew up" - follow in the footsteps of his star slasher icons, Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees. Fueled by his ambitions, James convinced his parents to enroll him in Acting School. As a student in many prestigious New York acting schools, including Lee Strasberg, James' passion for film and acting continued to grow. A New Yorker all his life, Balsamo continued his professional career at Professional Performing Arts High School in New York City. James grew tired of theatrical acting after high school, and knew it was time to make the transition to the big screen. He left his Shakespearean tights at the door, and spilled big screen blood all the way through Five Towns College.
Balsamo appears on both sides of the camera in many of his works, including his most recent project, Hack Job. Hack Job, with a budget under $60,000 has made its international debut, is selling worldwide, as well as exciting mentions during the NYC Tour of music icons GWAR and Ghoul. For now, James continues the "I Spill Your Guts" push, as he prepares for his newest project "Cool As Hell".- Joel Gertner was born on 20 September 1975 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Doc Plague & The Truth Fairy (2018), Lucha Ilimitado vs. The State of Washington (2017) and ECW: Anarchy Rulz (2000). He has been married to Robin Lobato since 19 October 2001. They have two children.
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Booker T. Huffman Jr. better known by his ring name Booker T, is an American professional wrestler, professional wrestling promoter and color commentator. He is signed to WWE, and is also the owner and founder of the independent promotion Reality of Wrestling (ROW) in Texas City, Texas. Booker has been named by peers and industry commentators as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time; he was voted WWE's greatest World Heavyweight Champion in a 2013 viewer poll.- Actor
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Best known as "Officer Rabbit" from the 2001 cult-classic comedy Super Troopers and the 2018 sequel Super Troopers 2, Erik Stolhanske is a popular Hollywood comedian, actor, writer, producer, and member of the Broken Lizard Comedy Group. As one of the five principal members of the famed sketch comedy troupe, he has starred in all of the Broken Lizard films including Beerfest (2006), The Slammin' Salmon (2009), Club Dread (2004), and Puddle Cruiser, as well as performed in The Sweetest Thing (2002) and The Onion Movie (2008). On television, he can be seen on the HBO critically acclaimed series Curb Your Enthusiasm and Six Feet Under, as well as the Comedy Central special Broken Lizard Stands Up.
Erik has written, produced and starred in all the Broken Lizard comedies, including all the Super Troopers films. Together, they collaborate on the screen-writing, acting and productions of all their films. He has worked alongside a number of Academy Award-winning actors and nominees from Cloris Leachman to Donald Sutherland and Michael Clarke Duncan. He acted alongside Golden Globe winner Brian Cox in Super Troopers and Super Troopers 2. He also starred opposite Rob Lowe in Super Troopers 2 and Bill Paxton in Club Dread. He is among Hollywood's top comedic actors, known to have worked with Jim Gaffigan, Will Forte, and Johnny Knoxville. Stolhanske has co-written various screenplays, including one with NFL star Jared Allen of the Minnesota Vikings. A regular guest of the #1 rated morning show "The Power Trip" on KFAN Minnesota Sports Radio Station, the humorous show and video podcasts feature local and national guests.
In 1994, the Broken Lizard Group wrote and starred in the comedy short Tinfoil Monkey Agenda - about a staged hoax in which the U.S. invades the small South American country of Palogna, directed by Kevin Cooper. It earned them a trip to the Ft. Lauderdale Film Festival, and cemented in the group's minds that they should be creating full-length feature films. Their 1996 film Puddle Cruiser, where Erik plays "Freaky Reaky," was their first full-length film and premiered at the Hamptons Film Festival, where it won the Grand Prize for "Best Film". It then went on to screen at Sundance Film Festival, South by Southwest, and the London International Film Festival, securing official selections at the Berlin and London Film Festivals. The movie was filmed entirely on the campus of Colgate University. The group put together the script for their first wide-release feature movie Super Troopers, (shot in 2000), which portrays rural highway patrolmen as regular guys desperate to make their jobs entertaining. The film was invited to Sundance, where raucous screenings earned it a distribution deal with Fox Searchlight Pictures, a unit of 20th Century Fox. The film was released in February 2002, and has since developed a growing cult following over the years.
Fox Searchlight financed and distributed the group's next feature, Club Dread (2004), a parody of slasher films that takes place at an idyllic tropical resort. It was here that Erik garnered the wildly-known title "Fun Police" after his role as Sam, in charge of games and activities on the island. After Chandrasekhar directed The Dukes of Hazzard for Warner Bros., Broken Lizard was offered a deal with the studio. This relationship resulted in the group's fourth feature, Beerfest (2006), about two brothers (played by Erik Stolhanske and Paul Soter) who discover an underground Oktoberfest beer-drinking Olympics and assemble a team to compete. In 2009, Stolhanske played Guy "Meat Drapes" Metdrapedes in the comedy film The Slammin' Salmon by Broken Lizard. In the film, former Heavyweight Champion of the World, Cleon "Slammin" Salmon played by Michael Clarke Duncan, is the celebrity owner of a high-end Miami seafood restaurant, Stolhanske's comedic talents are on full display as Guy, an arrogant waiter who rightfully gets his comeuppance in the end.
In 2013, Stolhanske starred in the independent comedy feature RockBarnes: The Emperor in You, which won him "Best Performance" at the Orlando Film Festival for his lead role as RockBarnes. Using the crowd-sourcing site Indiegogo, Broken Lizard raised more than $4.5m from fans to make Super Troopers 2-the sequel to Super Troopers. The movie was released by Fox Searchlight in theaters nationwide on April 20th, 2018. And on Friday, April 20th, 2018, Super Troopers 2 was the #1 movie in America.
On television, Erik can be seen on Larry David's critically acclaimed HBO series, Curb Your Enthusiasm, where he made a cameo as "Sven Johnson" in 'The 5 Wood' in 2004, and in the Six Feet Under episode 'In Place of Anger' in 2002. He also stars in the Comedy Central special Broken Lizard Stands Up (2010) as one of the five principal members of the famed Broken Lizard sketch comedy troupe.- Producer
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Destin Jude Pfaff is an American businessman, reality television personality, film producer, writer and entertainer. He is known for co-starring on the matchmaking reality series, The Millionaire Matchmaker, on Bravo TV. He is also known for writing and producing the cult film, Sushi Girl. He is the co-founder and CEO of Love And Matchmaking, a highly-rated personal matchmaking service and love coaching company.
Pfaff was born in Santa Barbara, CA, and was raised in Fairbanks, AK. He spent his teenage years as a successful DJ in California, where he graduated from San Marcos High School. After some college, he moved to Los Angeles county, where he lives with his wife and business partner, Rachel Federoff, and their two young boys, Sin Halo and Ever Reign.
Pfaff is a respected entrepreneur, producer, entertainer and matchmaker. Prior to founding his elite matchmaking business in February 2014, he worked as COO of Patti Stanger's Millionaires Club for nearly ten years. During this time, he was also a regular public speaker at global events on filmmaking, business and relationships including Comikaze, Reality Rocks, Digital Hollywood, USC, Woman's Show Calgary, Comic-Con, Fantasia, Supanova and beyond.
Pfaff is an acclaimed film producer and writer. His film, Sushi Girl, starring Tony Todd, Star Wars' Mark Hamill and legendary martial arts master Sonny Chiba, was released by Magnolia Pictures/Magnet Releasing. Pfaff is slated to direct the horror film, A Violent Intent, in summer 2024.
In 2008, Pfaff co-starred on the pilot episode of Millionaire Matchmaker on the Bravo TV Network, which starred and was produced by Patti Stanger. The hour-long show followed Stanger and her matchmaking staff at her company, Millionaire's Club. Each episode featured two millionaires that needed the services of a matchmaker. They would date and receive coaching from the staff in hopes of a happy ending. Once the show was picked up to season after the pilot, Pfaff co-starred in every episode through Seasons 6. With his wild hair, snarky personality, and no patience for Stanger's tirades, Pfaff quickly became a fan favorite and irreplaceable member of the cast. Rachel Federoff joined Millionaire Matchmaker on Season 2 of the show. Already well into a relationship with Pfaff, she would go on to costar through Season 6 of the show, allowing the general public glimpses into her and Pfaff's personal lives.
In April 2009, Pfaff joined Stanger as co-host of her XM Satellite Radio show P.S. I Love You for XM Satellite Radio. The live call-in program also featured Federoff on a regular basis.
In 2013, Pfaff, along with his producing partners Kern Saxton, Neal Fischer and Suren Suron, released their well-publicized film, Sushi Girl, via Magnolia Pictures/Magnet Releasing. The story of torture and revenge was an instant hit with audiences and critics alike. From its sharp wit, elegant filming and Tarantinoesque vibe, plus a cast that included Tony Todd, Mark Hamill, Noah Hathaway, James Duvall, Danny Trejo, Michael Biehn, David Dastmalchian, Pfaff and Sonny Chiba, Sushi Girl immediately cemented itself in the annals of cult history.
In 2007 Pfaff and Federoff started dating. Their romance was swift, and was regularly featured on Millionaire Matchmaker. Pfaff's first son made multiple appearances on the show, as did promotion for his film Sushi Girl. In September of 2011, Pfaff and Federoff got married in New York City. They refused to allow tapping of their event, as it was "only meant for us". Pfaff has made regular television appearances and has been featured in numerous publications including People Magazine, Travel+Leisure, Bustle, Reader's Digest, Yahoo! Life, Business Insider, Askmen, Loveline, NBC News, OK!, and Oprah Magazine, and has been parodied by Saturday Night Live and MAD Magazine.
In 2014, Pfaff and Federoff "broke the internet" with their announcement they were leaving Millionaire Matchmaker. To the dismay of their international fans, Pfaff and Federoff quit the Millionaires Club and Millionaire Matchmaker before the start of filming Season 7 began. Speculation ranged from Stanger's personality being the inciting incident to that Stanger just "let them go" to Federoff being pregnant to Pfaff and Federoff getting their own television show. When asked directly during an online fan Q and A, Pfaff stated, "It was just time. Too much toxicity in the air. We needed to focus on each other and our kids." Federoff added, "We also wanted to do something that could truly help get some love back into the world." Pfaff continued, "And we had some creative endeavors we wanted to explore. It was just time. So... we quit. All of it. We just quit." Federoff closed out the topic with the statement, "Yes, we did. We had to." The show only lasted two more seasons without them. The show ran from January 22, 2008 - March 29, 2015. In 2016, Pfaff and Federoff reunited with Stanger briefly for a season of WETV's Million Dollar Matchmaker.
In 2014, Pfaff and Federoff stated that "the world needs love again... the world needs REAL matchmakers". They immediately launched the national matchmaking site Love and Matchmaking to high client ratings and a staggering success rate.
Reruns of Millionaire Matchmaker on Netflix and Prime have been celebrated by fans.- Ashley Massaro was born on 26 May 1979 in Babylon, Long Island, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Smallville (2001), WWE Smackdown! (1999) and WWE Raw (1993). She died on 16 May 2019 in Smithtown, Long Island, New York, USA.
- Jamie Szantyr is a professional wrestler. She is most prominently know for her work on Total Non-Stop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Velvet Sky. She has paired with Angelina Love to form the wrestling stable The Beautiful People (which has also included at various time Cute Kip, Madison Rayne, and Lacey Von Erich). Working as a heel in both singles and tag-team matches, her job was to help put the faces over. As a result, she had few singles-match victories prior to receiving her own push in 2010. She has since won the women's championship twice, as well as the women's tag-team championship.
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Born in Los Angeles but raised in England, Belgium and Texas, Candace Kita graduated from college with degrees in philosophy and contemporary religion. After postgraduate work in sociology, she chose to pursue her dream of acting.
Shortly after arriving in Los Angeles, Candace became a series regular lead in all 40 episodes of FOX-TV's "The Masked Rider". She went on to take series regular roles in "Son of the Beach" on the FX Network, "Running with Scissors" on the Oxygen Network and "Dance Fever" on ABC-Family.
Her most notable series recurring role was on ABC's "Complete Savages", portraying Mel Gibson's ill-fated girlfriend, Misty, doomed to die a new and horrible death at the end of each episode.
As a guest star, Candace's credits include "Nip/Tuck", "Two and a Half Men", "The Wayan;s Brothers", "VIP", "Method & Red", "Smith", "Pepper Dennis", "Quintuplets", "Girlfriends", "Ficity", "Even Stevens", "Pl of the Future", "Wall to Wall Records", "Beck and Call" , "The Probe", "Big Happy", "Movies at Our House", "Miriam Teitelbaum: Homicide", and "The Sweet Spot".
On the big screen, Candace can be seen in the Adam Sandler and Kevin James comedy "I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry". She also appeared in "The Bad News Bears" with Billy Bob Thornton and Greg Kinnear, "Stealing Time" with Jennifer Garner, and "Barb Wire" with Pamela Anderson.
Candace has appeared in more than a dozen national commercials for brands such as Sprite, Coke, IBM, AIG and MSN. She also starred in a spot for Harvard Medical HMO that was featured on ABC-TV's "America's Funniest Commercials" and has served as an official spokesperson in several spots for the Food network, HGTV and DIY. As a model with prestigious print agency Wilhelmina, Candace walked the catwalk for Diesel, XOXO and Brighton among others.
Candace is the founder of Hotties With a Heart, an organization that brings together young women who donate their time to various charities throughout the United States. Recent events have included Read Across America, The Boys and Girls Club, The Salvation Army, and The Bob Hope USO. She also hosts a weekly radio show in Los Angeles, Hottie Help with Candace Kita. This live call-in show broadcasts each Sunday from 2-3 pm (PST) and is one of the highest-rated shows on LA Talk Radio. Each week Kita discusses women's safety issues with a celebrity guest.
Kita is also the author of "The Hottie Handbook: A Girl's Guide to Safety," a safety primer for young women.- Angel Williams was born on 13 September 1981 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is an actress, known for TNA One Night Only (2013), TNA iMPACT! Wrestling (2004) and WSU: The Show Must Go On (2008). She was previously married to Wesley Richards.
- Ace Von Johnson is known for The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs (2018), L.A. Guns: The Devil You Know (2019) and L.A. Guns: Rage (2019).
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Vince Russo was born in New York. Before Vince broke into the WWE, he worked for a radio station in New York City that focused on wrestling. Vince was hired by the WWE owner's wife Linda McMahon, which resulted in a job as editor for WWF Magazine. Vince was promoted to head writer in 1997. Famously turned the struggling WWF into a former cartoon-style product to adult oriented programming and helped WWF to beat WCW. Left WWF in 1999 to become WCW's head writer. Also wrote for TNA (Total Nonstop Action). Started his own entertainment channel in 2015.- Actor
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Christopher Daniels is a professional wrestler who has competed all over the globe. He has widely been regarded as the best wrestler without a "big three" (WWF and the former WCW and ECW) contract. He has appeared on the WWF's Jakked/Metal program many times as an Indy wrestler. Daniels made one appearence on WCW Monday Nitro (1995) in 2000 and was offered a WCW contract but the company was sold to rival WWF before Daniels got the chance to appear a second time. Once again, Chris Daniels is without a top contract. He competes in the Indy feds the APW and UPW.- Actress
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Mindy Robinson is a Las Vegas based actress, TV personality, and political commentator from Fall River, MA. She is an improv/character actor with over 200 appearances on TV, film, radio, and reality TV. She speaks nationally at events as a pro-constitutionalist, and is also a 2022 congressional candidate in southern Nevada as an Independent. She's known for her past recurring TV roles on TBS's King of the Nerds (2013), and FOX's Take Me Out (2012), with George Lopez and for her lead roles in the films Range 15, Check Point, Christmas Cars, and Stand On It.- Nikki Grahame was born on 28 April 1982 in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Celebrity Juice (2008), The Family Outing (2015) and Dream Team (1997). She died on 9 April 2021 in the UK.
- Chaz Warrington was born on 28 May 1971 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor, known for WWE Smackdown! (1999), WWE Jakked (1999) and WWE Raw (1993).
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Robbie Rist was born on 4 April 1964 in La Mirada, California, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993) and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990).- Actor
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Al Snow was born on 18 July 1963 in Lima, Ohio, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Miss December (2011), WWF St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1999) and WWE Smackdown! (1999). He has been married to Jessica Gousha since 20 June 2017. He was previously married to Cyndi Snow and Pamela Rust.- Actor
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A life long artist, musician, and multi-award winning actor, John Wells began his film career in 2006 and has since been well acclaimed for his dynamic versatility, immersive acting method, and dramatic presence on screen.
Wells has delivered scene stealing performances in a string of features from a broad range of genres, and has built a notable following on social media platforms for his work. He earned applause as founding father, Patrick Henry, in reviews of FOX's historical series, Legends & Lies: The Patriots, and was called a "tour de force" for his performance in the depression era drama, The Old Winter. In 2015, Wells was honored with the Médaille d'Or for Outstanding Achievements in Film by a Kentuckian. In recent years he has cemented himself as a respected go-to feature film leading man, often playing dark complex characters, such as his role in the sci-fi/action/brawler, Arena Wars.
In addition to acting, John is also a father, writer, fitness enthusiast, and outspoken advocate for Autism education and acceptance.- Les Gold was born on 20 June 1950 in Detroit, Michigan, USA. He is a producer, known for Hardcore Pawn (2009), Varney & Company (2012) and Chopped (2007). He is married to Lili Gold. They have two children.
- Seth Gold was born on 23 February 1981 in Michigan, USA. He is a producer, known for Hardcore Pawn (2009), The Playboy Morning Show (2010) and Today (1952).