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Legion may refer to:

In the military[link]

• Roman legion, the basic military unit of the ancient Roman army
• List of military legions
• Battle of the City of Legion
• HMS Legion (1914), a Royal Navy ship sunk in 1921

Veterans' organizations[link]

• American Legion, an organization of United States veterans
• Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, a post-Civil War fraternity of loyal service members
• American Legion Auxiliary, a woman's service organization affiliated with the American Legion
• The Royal British Legion, the United Kingdom's leading charity providing support for members of the British Armed Forces and their dependents
• Royal Canadian Legion, a non-profit Canadian ex-service organization (veterans organization) founded in 1925, with more than 400,000 members worldwide
• Voldemārs Ozols (1884–1949), aka Society of the Cavaliers of the Order of Lāčplēsis & Freedom Fighters "Legion", Latvian veterans' organization

Decorations[link]

• Legion of Honour, French
• Legion of Merit, American

Arts[link]

Film and television[link]

• "Legion" (Law & Order: Criminal Intent), the eighteenth episode in the second season of Law & Order: Criminal Intent
• "Legion" (Red Dwarf), the second episode of Red Dwarf Series VI
• Legion (1998 film) a 1998 made for television film
• Legion (2010 film) a 2010 fantasy/horror film
• "Legion", an eighth season episode of the television series Smallville
• Legion, the alien kaiju seen in the film Gamera 2: Attack of Legion

[edit] Comics

• Legion (Marvel Comics), an antihero in Marvel Comics
• Legion (DC Comics), a supervillain in DC Comics
• Legion (Image Comics), a group of characters from the Spawn series
• Legion (IDW Publishing), a comic book based on the 2010 film of the same name
• Legion, a member of the Special Executive
• L.E.G.I.O.N., a 1989 DC Comics title and a team of superheroes, the 20th Century forerunners to the Legion of Superheroes
• Ghostbusters: Legion, a 2004 comic book series

Literature[link]

• Legion (demon), a group of demons referred to in the Christian Bible
• Legion (novel), a 1983 novel by William Peter Blatty
• Legion (Warhammer 40,000), a Horus Heresy novel by Dan Abnett
• Legion, a play by Hal Corley
• Legion, a unit in the army of the fictional The Domination

Music[link]

• Legion (album), a 1992 album by Deicide
• "Legion", a 1985 album by Mark Shreeve
• Legion, stage name of Erik Hagstedt, Swedish vocalist in the black metal band Marduk
• Legion Records, started in 1997 by Michael Brosnan under the name Goatboy Records then changed to Goatboy Farms Recordings
• "Legion" is a song by VNV Nation from the album Empires
• "Legion", a song by Junkie XL from the album Big Sounds of the Drags
• "Legion", a song by Saviour Machine from the album Saviour Machine I
• "Legion", a song by HammerFall from the album No Sacrifice, No Victory
• "Legion", a song by At the Gates from the 2002 re-issue of the album Slaughter of the Soul

Games[link]

• Legions (Magic: The Gathering), a set of cards in the game Magic: The Gathering
• A recurring enemy in the Castlevania video game series
• In Mass Effect 2, Legion is the designation given to a Geth terminal encountered and befriended by Commander Shepard
• Legion, central villain of the video game Shadow Man (video game)
• An artificial intelligence unit in Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath
• Legion, a recurring demon/persona in the Megami Tensei series
• A Strategic Cruiser in the MMORPG Eve Online
• In the video game series Fallout (series) The Legion is a group of slavers based on the Roman Legion in the post apocalyptic wasteland.

Places[link]

• Legion Field, a stadium in Birmingham, Alabama
• Legion Park, a stadium in Great Falls, Montana
• Legion Sports Complex, a complex in Wilmington, North Carolina
• Legion Stadium, the main stadium in the Legion Sports Complex
• Legion State Park, located in the red hill country of Louisville, Mississippi, and area originally inhabited by the Choctaw Indian Nation

Other[link]

• Legion (biology), a taxonomic term in biology
• Legion (software), a computer software system
• Legion Interactive, an Australian telecommunications company
• Racine Legion/Tornadoes, an American football team

See also[link]

• Legionella, a bacterium
• Lajjun, Palestinian village whose name is derived from "Legion"

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Dennis Quaid
Quaid in 1991
Born	Dennis William Quaid (1954-04-09) April 9, 1954 (age 58) Houston, Texas, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1975–present
Spouse	P. J. Soles (1978–1983) Meg Ryan (1991–2001) Kimberly Buffington (2004–present)
Children	Jack Henry Quaid Thomas Boone Quaid Zoe Grace Quaid
Relatives	Randy Quaid (brother)

Dennis William Quaid (born April 9, 1954) is an American actor known for his comedic and dramatic roles. First gaining widespread attention in the 1980s, his career rebounded in the 1990s after he overcame an addiction to drugs and an eating disorder. Some of his notable credits include Jaws 3-D, The Right Stuff, Enemy Mine, Great Balls of Fire!, The Big Easy, Far from Heaven, The Rookie, The Day After Tomorrow, Vantage Point, Footloose, The Parent Trap, Soul Surfer and Innerspace.

Early life[link]

Quaid was born in Houston, Texas, the son of Juanita Bonniedale "Nita" (née Jordan), a real estate agent, and William Rudy Quaid (November 21, 1923 – February 8, 1987), an electrician and a third cousin of performer Gene Autry.^[1] He is the younger brother of actor Randy Quaid. The Quaid brothers grew up in Bellaire, Texas, which is a small city surrounded by Houston, and in southwest Houston. Quaid has English, Irish, and Cajun (French) ancestry.^[2] He attended Paul W. Horn Elementary School in Bellaire and Pershing Middle School in Houston. He studied Mandarin and dance at Bellaire High School in Bellaire, Texas, and later in college, at the University of Houston, under drama coach Cecil Pickett, who had previously taught at Bellaire High and whose daughter is actress Cindy Pickett. It was during his time at Bellaire High School that he developed the nickname 'Dennis Quand', (a combination of 'Quaid' and 'Bond') in relation to his obsession with the 007 movie character and was regularly referred to by this name.

Career[link]

After his brother, Randy, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Last Detail (1973), Quaid dropped out of the University of Houston before graduating and moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career of his own.^[2] He initially had trouble finding work but began to gain notice when he appeared in Breaking Away (1979) and earned good reviews for his role in The Right Stuff (1983).^[2]

Known for his grin,^[3] Quaid has appeared in both comedic and dramatic roles.^[2] Quaid had starring roles in the films Enemy Mine (1985) and Innerspace (1987). He also achieved acclaim for his portrayal of Jerry Lee Lewis in Great Balls of Fire! (1989).^[2] In 1989, he also appeared throughout the Bonnie Raitt music video for the song "Thing Called Love."^[4]

Quaid's career lost steam in the early 1990s, after he fought anorexia nervosa and kicked a cocaine addiction.^[2] He continued to garner positive reviews in a variety of films, however, such as Doc Holliday in Wyatt Earp (1994).^[2] Quaid was also the guest star of a season 2 episode of Muppets Tonight (1997). He starred in the remake of The Parent Trap (1998), playing the part of the twins' father, and as an aging pro football quarterback in Oliver Stone's Any Given Sunday (1999). Some of Quaid's more recent film credits include Frequency (2000), The Rookie (2002), Far From Heaven (2002), Cold Creek Manor (2003), The Flight of the Phoenix (2004), In Good Company (2004), The Day After Tomorrow (2004), Yours, Mine and Ours (2005), Vantage Point (2008), G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009), and Pandorum (2009).

In 2009, Quaid guest starred in an episode of SpongeBob SquarePants, playing Mr. Krabs' grandfather, Captain Redbeard.

He portrayed U.S. President Bill Clinton, alongside Michael Sheen as Tony Blair and Hope Davis as Hillary Clinton, in the 2010 film The Special Relationship.

Awards[link]

For his role in Far from Heaven (2002) he won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor, the Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male. He received nominations for Best Supporting Actor from the Golden Globe Awards, the Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards and the Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Personal life[link]

Quaid golfing in 2006.

Relationships and children[link]

Quaid and actress P. J. Soles were married on November 25, 1978. The couple were divorced on January 23, 1983.

On February 14, 1991, he and Meg Ryan were married. Quaid and Ryan have a son, Jack Henry (born April 24, 1992), who played Marvel in the movie The Hunger Games. They were divorced on July 16, 2001. In a 2008 interview with Insight, Ryan stated, "Dennis was not faithful to me for a very long time, and that was very painful. I found out more about that after I was divorced."^[5]

Quaid dated Shanna Moakler in 2001. They were together when she was approached by Playboy, and they discussed it before she posed nude in the magazine.^[6] The relationship lasted for eight months.^[7]

Quaid married Kimberly Buffington, an Austin, Texas real-estate agent, on July 4, 2004 at his ranch in Paradise Valley, Montana.^[8] The couple had twins, born via a gestational carrier, on November 8, 2007, in Santa Monica, California. Their son Thomas Boone was born first at 8:26 A.M. and weighed six pounds, twelve ounces (3.06 kg). Daughter Zoe Grace was born two minutes later, weighing five pounds, nine ounces (2.52 kg).^[9][10]

On November 18, 2007, hospital staff mistakenly gave Quaid's ten-day-old twins a dosage of heparin 1,000 times the common dosage for infants.^[11][12] Their attorney said the newborns will "be fine now," but Quaid filed a lawsuit against the drug manufacturer, Baxter Healthcare, claiming that packaging for the two doses of heparin are not different enough.^[13] In May 2008, the Quaids testified before the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, asking U.S. Congress not to preempt the right to sue drug manufacturers for negligence under state law.^[14]

Buffington filed for divorce from Quaid in March 2012. According to the divorce petition, the marriage had "become insupportable because of discord or conflict of personalities."^[15] Buffington's attorney withdrew the divorce papers on April 26, 2012.^[16]

Interests[link]

Quaid was raised in the Baptist faith.^[17][18]

In addition to acting, Quaid is a musician and plays with his band, the Sharks. Quaid also has a pilot's license and is a five-handicap golfer. In 2005, he was named as the top golfer among the "Hollywood set" by Golf Digest.

After the filming of The Express: The Ernie Davis Story, Quaid went to Cleveland Browns Stadium to dedicate Davis's jersey.

Substance use[link]

There have been extensive stories about Quaid's past abuse of cocaine. In a candid 2002 interview with Larry King on his talk show, after King asked about his motives for using drugs, Quaid responded, "Well, you got to put it in context. Back in the late '60s, early '70s. That was back during the time where, you know, drugs were going to expand our minds and everybody was experimenting and everything. We were really getting high, we didn't know it. And cocaine at that time was considered harmless. You know. I remember magazine articles in 'People' Magazine of doctors saying, it is not addicting. It is just—alcohol is worse. So I think we all fell into that. But that's not the way it was."

When asked if he believed he had ever been addicted to the drug, he responded, "It was a gradual thing. But it got to the point where I couldn't have any fun unless I had it. Which is a bad place to be." Later in the interview he said, "But I saw myself being dead in about five years if I didn't stop."^[19]

In April 2011, while promoting his film, Soul Surfer, Quaid was very candid when it came to questions regarding his past drug abuse. He blamed his sudden thrust into the Hollywood scene for his trouble with cocaine. He said, "Coming from where I came from - lower-middle-class life, from Houston into Hollywood - and all of a sudden this success starts happening to you, I just didn't know how to handle that." Quaid also made bold accusations about the American film industry in the 1970s, claiming, "Cocaine was even in the budgets of movies, thinly disguised.... It was petty cash, you know? It was supplied, basically, on movie sets because everyone was doing it." On his addiction, Quaid said, "I'd wake up, snort a line, and swear I wasn't going to do it again that day ... but then four o'clock rolled around, and I'd be right back down the same road like a little squirrel on one of those treadmills."^[20]

In October 2009, Dennis Quaid narrowly avoided being arrested for DUI, when a police officer managed to persuade him to get out of his car and get a cab.^[21]

Charities[link]

Quaid lends his name to the annual "Dennis Quaid Charity Weekend" (formerly the "Jiffy Lube/Dennis Quaid Charity Classic") in Austin. The golf tournament attracts numerous celebrities with the proceeds split among local children's charities. He is a member of the Bel-Air Country Club in Bel-Air, Los Angeles, California, and tries to stay at homes on private courses when he is on the road.

Quaid works with the International Hospital for Children in New Orleans, Louisiana. He makes trips to Central America to help build medical clinics and transport sick children back to the U.S. for treatment they cannot get locally.

Filmography[link]

References[link]

Further reading[link]

• Silver, Murray, 2005. When Elvis Meets the Dalai Lama, (Bonaventure Books, Savannah), in which the author describes Quaid's participation in the film Great Balls of Fire.

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Dennis Quaid

• Dennis Quaid at the Internet Movie Database
• Dennis Quaid at AllRovi
• Dennis Quaid at Emmys.com

Lucas Black
Lucas Black at the premiere of Get Low at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	Lucas York Black (1982-11-29) November 29, 1982 (age 29) Decatur, Alabama, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1994–present

Lucas York Black (born November 29, 1982) is an American film and television actor. He is known for his roles in the CBS television series American Gothic as well as roles in films such as Sling Blade, Jarhead, Friday Night Lights, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, Legion, Get Low, and All the Pretty Horses. He also appeared on an episode of outdoors with TK and Mike.

Personal life[link]

Black was born in Decatur, Alabama,^[1] the son of Jan, an office worker, and Larry Black, a museum worker.^[2] He has two older siblings, brother Lee and sister Lori. Black was raised a Southern Baptist.^[3] He grew up in Speake, Alabama^[1] and played for the Speake Bobcats, graduating from high school in May 2001. He currently resides in Columbia, Missouri.^[4]

Career[link]

Without any formal training as an actor, Lucas's film debut was in the 1994 Kevin Costner film, The War. He was subsequently cast as Caleb Temple in CBS's television series American Gothic, which ran from 1995 to 1996, and in the films Sling Blade, Ghosts of Mississippi and The X-Files. Later in 1997 Black starred in the TV film Flash, which aired on The Wonderful World of Disney. In 1998, Black was offered a part in The Horse Whisperer. However, when he was told that he would need to tone down his thick Alabama accent for the part, he rejected the role. During this time period, Black also modeled for Calvin Klein Jeans.

Black appeared in a supporting role in Cold Mountain in 2003 and then a featured role in 2004's well-reviewed American football-themed drama, Friday Night Lights and 2005's Gulf War-themed film, Jarhead. Black also starred in the lead role of the third film in The Fast and the Furious series, The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, opposite rapper Bow Wow and beside his brother Lee, who was the young sheriff's deputy^[5] . The movie opened on June 16, 2006 and grossed approximately $24 million in its opening weekend;^[6] Black has described his part in the film as a "fun role".^[2] He also appeared in the 2009 film Get Low and the 2010 film Legion.

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Lucas Black

• Lucas Black at the Internet Movie Database
• Lucas Black at AllRovi

Tyrese Gibson
Gibson at the 2009 San Diego Comic Con for Image Comics
Background information
Birth name	Tyrese Darnell Gibson
Also known as	Black-Ty
Born	(1978-12-30) December 30, 1978 (age 33) Watts, Los Angeles, California, United States
Genres	Contemporary R&B, hip hop
Occupations	Author, singer, actor, VJ, screenwriter, film producer, television producer,
Years active	1996
Labels	RCA (1997–2001) J (2002–2006) Voltron (2011–Present)
Website	www.myspace.com/tyrese

Tyrese Darnell Gibson (born December 30, 1978) also known simply as Tyrese, is an American R&B singer, rapper, actor, author, former fashion model and MTV VJ. After releasing several albums, he transitioned into films, with lead roles in several Hollywood releases.

Early life[link]

Gibson was born in Los Angeles, California, growing up in the Watts neighborhood.^[1][2] His mother, Priscilla Murray Gibson (née Durham), raised him & his 3 older siblings as a single parent after Gibson's father, Lurk Gibson left.^[3][4] Gibson's career began when he was discovered on a bus. An appearance in a 1994 Coca-Cola advertisement, singing the phrase "Always Coca-Cola",^[5] led to bigger fame.

Acting[link]

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Discography[link]

• Tyrese (1998)
• 2000 Watts (2001)
• I Wanna Go There (2002)
• Alter Ego (2006)
• Open Invitation (2011)

Filmography[link]

Gibson also featured in Lady Gaga's music video, "Telephone" ft. Beyonce and "Angel of Mine" by Monica.

Awards/nominations[link]

• American Music Awards
  • 2000, Favorite New R&B/Soul Artist: (Winner)^[6]

• Black Movie Awards
  • 2006, Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Waist Deep (Nominated) ^[6]

• Black Reel Awards
  • 2006, Best Ensemble: Four Brothers (Nominated)^[6]
  • 2002, Best Song: "Just a Baby Boy" from Baby Boy w/ Mr. Tan & Snoop Dogg (Nominated)^[6]
  • 2002, Best Actor: Baby Boy (Nominated)^[6]

• Grammy Awards
  • 2004, Best R&B Male Vocal Performance: "How U Gonna Act Like That" (Nominated) (released December 17, 2002)
  • 2000, Best R&B Male Vocal Performance: "Sweet Lady" (Nominated)

• Image Awards
  • 2002, Outstanding Hip-Hop Artist: 2000 Watts (Nominated)
  • 2002, Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture: Baby Boy (Nominated)^[6]
  • 2002, Outstanding Performance in a Variety Show: The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (Nominated)^[6]

• Literary Awards
  • 2011, Best Writer, African-American Literary Award, Category: Self-Help, "How To Get Out of Your Own Way" (Nominated)

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Tyrese Gibson

• Tyrese Gibson at the Internet Movie Database
• Tyrese Gibson at AllRovi

Jamie Bell
Bell at the Paris premiere of The Adventures of Tintin, 2011
Born	Andrew James Matfin Bell (1986-03-14) 14 March 1986 (age 26) Billingham, Stockton on Tees, UK
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2000–present

Andrew James Matfin "Jamie" Bell^[1] (born 14 March 1986) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles in the films Billy Elliot (2000), King Kong (2005), Jumper (2008), and The Adventures of Tintin (2011).

Early life[link]

Bell was born in Billingham, County Durham, England, where he grew up with his mother, Eileen (née Matfin), and older sister, Kathryn. His father, John Bell, a toolmaker, left before Bell was born.^[2][3] Bell began his involvement with dance after he accompanied his sister to her ballet lessons.^[4] He was a pupil at Northfield School and took performing arts classes at the local franchise of Stagecoach Theatre Arts. He was a member of the National Youth Music Theatre. In 1999, he was chosen from a field of over 2,000 boys for the role of Billy Elliot, an 11-year-old boy who dismays his working class widowed father and older brother by taking up ballet.^[5]

Career[link]

Bell served as Honorary Jury President of the 2001 Giffoni Film Festival. Since his film debut in Billy Elliot, he has appeared as the disabled servant Smike in an adaptation of Nicholas Nickleby, a young soldier in Deathwatch, a teenager on the run in Undertow, a gun-toting pacifist in Dear Wendy, a disaffected Southern California teenager in The Chumscrubber, and the young Jimmy in the 2005 film version of King Kong. He also appeared in Close and True, an ITV legal drama shown in 2000, which starred Robson Green, James Bolam and Susan Jameson. In 2007, he played the title character in Hallam Foe – for which he was nominated for the best actor award at the British Independent Film Awards – and appeared as himself in lonelygirl15 spin-off KateModern.^[6]

In 2005, he starred opposite Evan Rachel Wood in the Green Day video "Wake Me Up When September Ends", directed by Samuel Bayer.

He had roles in two 2008 films: the sci-fi film Jumper and the World War II drama Defiance. In the latter he plays Asael Bielski, the third of the Bielski Brothers – leaders of a partisan group that saved some 1,200 lives during the Holocaust. Despite rumours to the contrary, he did not appear in Thea Sharrock's West End production of Equus.^[7]

In 2009, it was announced Bell would play the title role in the motion capture film The Adventures of Tintin, alongside British double act Simon Pegg and Nick Frost.^[8] The film received a U.S. release on 21 December 2011^[9] and a U.K. release on 26 October 2011.^[10] He also starred in the 2011 films The Eagle and Jane Eyre.

Personal life[link]

Bell began dating American actress Evan Rachel Wood in 2005 after they co-starred in the music video for Green Day's song "Wake Me Up When September Ends".^[11] Although the relationship ended in 2006, they reportedly rekindled their relationship in the summer of 2011.^[12]

Filmography[link]

Awards[link]

• 2000—BFCA Critics' Choice Award for Best Young Performer^[14]
• 2000—National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, Outstanding Young Actor^[14] (only the second time this has been awarded; the first recipient was Christian Bale in 1987, when the award was titled Outstanding Juvenile Performance)^[15]
• 2000—British Independent Film Award, Best Newcomer (On-Screen)^[16]
• 2000—Las Vegas Film Critics Society, Sierra Award for Youth in Film^[17]
• 2001—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role^[18] (out of 4 Oscar-winning actors)^[15]
• 2001—Evening Standard British Film Award, Most Promising Newcomer^[14]
• 2001—Young Artist Award, Best Young Actor in an International Film^[19]
• 2001—Sony Ericsson Empire Award, Best Debut^[20]
• 2001—London Film Critics Circle, ALFS Award for British Newcomer of the Year^[21]
• 2001—Phoenix Film Critics Society, PFCS Award for Best Youth Performance^[22]
• 2005—Young Artist Award, Best Performance in a Feature Film–Leading Young Actor^[23]

References[link]

Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Jamie Bell

External links[link]

• Jamie Bell at the Internet Movie Database
• Jamie Bell at AllRovi
• People in Film: Jamie Bell – Focus Features
• Jamie Bell on Twitter