Coordinates	53°41′″N20°59′″N
occupation	Actress
yearsactive	1984–present
birth name	Rachel Hannah Weisz
birth date	March 07, 1970
birth place	Westminster, London, England
years active	1992–present
domesticpartner	Darren Aronofsky (2001–2010)
children	Henry Chance (b. 2006)
spouse	Daniel Craig (2011–present)
website	}}

Rachel Hannah Weisz ( / ''vice'' /); (born 7 March 1970) is an English film and theatre actress and fashion model. She started her acting career at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where she co-founded the theatrical group Cambridge Talking Tongues. The group was awarded the Student Drama Award for the improvised piece ''Slight Possession'' during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe by ''The Guardian''.

Weisz started working in television, appearing in ''Inspector Morse'', the British mini-series ''The Scarlet and the Black'', and the television movie ''Advocates II''. She made her film debut in the 1994 film ''Death Machine'', but her breakthrough role came in the 1996 movie ''Chain Reaction'', leading to a high-profile role as Evelyn Carnahan-O'Connell in the films ''The Mummy'', in 1999, and ''The Mummy Returns'' in 2001. Other notable films featuring Weisz are ''Enemy at the Gates'', ''About a Boy'', ''Constantine'', ''The Fountain'' and ''The Constant Gardener'', for which she received an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild award for her supporting role as ''Tessa Quayle''.

Weisz also works in theatre. Her stage breakthrough was the 1994 revival of Noel Coward's play ''Design for Living'', which earned her the 'London Critics' Circle Award for the most promising newcomer. Weisz's performances also include the 1999 Donmar Warehouse production of Tennessee Williams' ''Suddenly Last Summer'', and their 2009 revival of ''A Streetcar Named Desire''. Her portrayal of Blanche DuBois in the latter play earned her the Critics' Circle Theatre Award for Best Actress of 2009.

Early life and background

Weisz was born in Westminster, London, England, and grew up in the Hampstead Garden Suburb. Her mother, Edith Ruth (née Teich), is a teacher turned psychotherapist who was born in Vienna, Austria. Her father, George Weisz, was a Hungarian-born inventor and engineer. Her parents fled to England during the Holocaust and Second World War. Her father is Jewish and her mother is of Jewish, "Catholic Viennese", and Italian descent. Her maternal grandfather, Alexander Teich, was a secretary of the World Union of Jewish Students; whilst one of her maternal great-grandmothers was from Italy. She has a sister, Minnie, who is a photographer and curator.

Weisz's parents valued the arts, and encouraged her and her sister to form opinions of their own by introducing them to family debates.[Her parents later divorced). Weisz left North London Collegiate School and attended Benenden for one year completing A' levels at St Paul's Girls School. Weisz claimed that she was a bad student until an English Literature teacher inspired her at the age of sixteen.

Weisz started modeling when she was fourteen. In 1984, she gained public attention when she turned down an offer to star in ''King David'', along with Richard Gere.

After school, she entered Trinity Hall, Cambridge, where she graduated with a 2:1 in English. During her university years, she appeared in various student productions, co-founding a student drama group called Cambridge Talking Tongues. It won a ''Guardian'' Student Drama Award at the 1991 Edinburgh Fringe Festival for an improvised piece called ''Slight Possession'',directed by David Farr. The group existed until 1993.

Career

Once Weisz finished her university education, she was offered a place at drama school, but she chose to look for work. In those years, she started taking small television roles. Despite her rising career, she felt deeply unhappy at times, having days in which she could not drag herself out of bed because of her unhappiness. This situation led to her undergoing therapy three times a week for five years.

Films

1992–1998

She appeared on the 1992 television movie ''Advocates II'', followed by roles in the ''Inspector Morse'' episode "''Twilight of the Gods''", and ''Scarlet and Black'' alongside Ewan McGregor.

Weisz started her film career with a minor role in the 1994 film ''Death Machine'', but her first major role came in the 1996 film ''Chain Reaction'', which also starred Keanu Reeves and Morgan Freeman. She next appeared as Miranda Fox in ''Stealing Beauty'', directed by the Italian Academy Award-winner Bernardo Bertolucci.

Following this, Weisz found roles in the 1997 American drama ''Swept from the Sea'', the 1998 television comedy-drama ''My Summer with Des'', the Michael Winterbottom's crime movie ''I Want You'', and David Leland's ''The Land Girls'', based on Angela Huth's book of the same name.

1999–2003

In 1999 Weisz played Greta in the historical film ''Sunshine''. The same year, her international breakthrough came with the 1999 adventure movie ''The Mummy'', in which she played the female lead opposite Brendan Fraser. Her character was the English Egyptologist Evelyn Carnahan, who undertook an expedition to the fictional ancient Egyptian city of Hamunaptra to discover an ancient book. ''Variety'' criticized the direction of the movie, writing: "(the actors) have been directed to broad, undisciplined performances [...] Buffoonery hardly seems like Weisz's natural domain, as the actress strains for comic effects that she can't achieve". She followed this up with the sequel ''The Mummy Returns'' in 2001, which grossed an estimated $433 million worldwide, (equivalent to $}} million in dollars ) higher than the original's $260 million (equal to $}} million in dollars ). In 2000 she portrayed Petula in the film ''Beautiful Creatures'', following this up with 2001's ''Enemy at the Gates'', and the 2002 comedy-drama ''About a Boy'', with Hugh Grant, based on Nick Hornby's 1998 novel. In 2003 she played Marlee in the adaptation of John Grisham's legal thriller novel ''The Runaway Jury'', along with Dustin Hoffman, John Cusack and Gene Hackman; as well as starring in the film adaptation of the romantic comedy-drama play ''The Shape of Things''.

2004–2009

In 2004, Weisz appeared in the comedy ''Envy'', opposite Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Christopher Walken. The movie failed at the box office. ''Variety'' magazine opined that Weisz and co-star Amy Poehler "get fewer choice moments than they deserve." Her next role was alongside Keanu Reeves in ''Constantine'', based on the comic book ''Hellblazer''. ''Film Threat'' called her portrayal "effective at projecting skepticism and, eventually, dawning horror".

Her next appearance, in 2005, was in Fernando Meirelles's ''The Constant Gardener,'' a film adaptation of a John le Carré thriller set in the slums of Kibera and Loiyangalani, Kenya. Weisz played sn activist, Tessa Quayle, married to a British embassy official. The movie was critically acclaimed, earning Weisz the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role. UK newspaper ''The Guardian'' noted that the film "established her in the front rank of British actors", while ''BBC'' wrote: "Weisz is exceptional: film star charisma coupled with raw emotion in a performance to fall in love with". In 2006, she starred in Darren Aronofsky's romantic drama ''The Fountain''. The ''San Francisco Chronicle'' found her portrayal of Queen Isabel "less convincing" than other roles. That same year, she provided the voice for Saphira in the fantasy film ''Eragon''; and rejected an offer to star in ''The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor'' due to script issues. The part eventually went to Maria Bello. Her subsequent films include the 2007 Wong Kar-wai drama ''My Blueberry Nights'', and Rian Johnson's 2008 caper film ''The Brothers Bloom'', alongside Adrien Brody and Mark Ruffalo. In 2009 she played the lead role of Hypatia of Alexandria in the historical drama film ''Agora'', a Spanish production directed by Alejandro Amenábar. ''The New York Times'' called her portrayal "adept", noting that she imparted "a sympathetic presence".

2010–present

Weisz's latest film, ''The Whistleblower'', debuted at the Toronto Film Festival in 2010. The film was based on the true story of human trafficking by employees of contractor DynCorp. During its premiere, the intense depiction of the treatment meted out to victims by the kidnappers made a woman in the audience faint. ''Variety magazine'' wrote performance "Weisz's performance holds the viewer every step of the way.". That same year, she guest-starred in the animated series ''The Simpsons'', in the 22nd season episode "How Munched is That Birdie in the Window?".

Weisz's upcoming roles include an adaptation of Terence Rattigan's play ''The Deep Blue Sea'', the thriller film ''Dream House'' alongside Daniel Craig, and an upcoming romantic drama written and directed by Terrence Malick, which would see her starring alongside Ben Affleck, Olga Kurylenko, Javier Bardem and Rachel McAdams. , other upcoming movies include BBC's espionage thriller ''Page 8'', and Fernando Meirelles' psychosexual drama ''360''. She is in talks with Walt Disney Pictures to play Evanora in ''Oz: The Great and Powerful''.

Theatre

On stage, Weisz's breakthrough role was that of Gilda in Sean Mathias's 1994 revival of Noel Coward's ''Design for Living'' at the Gielgud Theatre, for which she received the London Critics' Circle Award for the most promising newcomer. Her portrayal was described as "wonderful" by a contemporary review. In 1999, she played the role of Catherine in the Donmar Warehouse production of Tennessee Williams' ''Suddenly Last Summer'', ''What's on Stage'' called her "captivating", stating that she brought "a degree of credibility to a difficult part". The same year, Weisz appeared in Neil LaBute's ''The Shape of Things'' at the Almeida Theatre, then temporarily located in London's Kings Cross. CurtainUp called her "a sophisticated, independent artist" with "great stage presence". In 2009, she appeared Blanche DuBois, in Rob Ashford's revival of the play ''A Streetcar Named Desire''. Her performance in the play was praised by the critics, ''The Daily Telegraph'' noted that she "rises to the challenge magnificently".

Awards and honours

Film

Weisz gained honours for her work in ''The Constant Gardener'', including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture. She was also nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Furthermore, the role also led to her receiving the London Critics Circle Film Award for British Actress of the Year, the British Independent Film Award for Best Actress, and the San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress. Additionally, she was nominated for the Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 2006, Weisz was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, and was also honored at the Los Angeles BAFTA ceremony with the Britannia Award for Artist of the Year.

Theatre

In 1991 Weisz received the Student Drama Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, for her part in the play ''Slight Possession''. In 1994 she was awarded with the London Critics' Circle Award for Most Promising Newcomer, for the play ''Design for Living''. In January 2010, the Critics' Circle Theatre Awards in London named her Best Actress of 2009, for her performance as Blanche Dubois in the Donmar revival of ''A Streetcar Named Desire''. She also won the coveted 2010 Olivier Award for Best Actress for the same role.

Personal life

Weisz began dating American filmmaker and producer Darren Aronofsky in the summer of 2001. They met backstage at London's Almeida Theatre, where she was starring in ''The Shape of Things''. Weisz moved to New York City with Aronofsky the following year; in 2005, they were engaged. Their son, Henry Chance, was born on 31 May 2006 in New York City. The couple resided in the East Village in Manhattan. In November 2010, Weisz and Aronofsky announced that they had been apart for months, but remain close friends and are committed to raising their son together in New York.

Weisz began dating actor Daniel Craig in December 2010 and they married on 22 June 2011 in a private New York ceremony, with only four guests in attendance, including Weisz's son and Craig's daughter.

In 2009, Weisz expressed her views on Botox to Harper's Bazaar - "It should be banned for actors, as steroids are for sportsmen. Acting is all about expression; why would you want to iron out a frown?"

Weisz is represented by Creative Artists Agency. In 2001, she was involved in a traffic accident, while traveling in a cab that was hit by a truck, Weisz was unharmed. On 7 July 2007, she presented at the American leg of Live Earth, along with Alec Baldwin and Kevin Bacon.

During her career, she has been featured on the covers of magazines such as ''Vogue'' and ''Esquire''. She serves as a muse to fashion designer Narciso Rodriguez, and was named L’Oréal's global ambassador in 2010.

Weisz, a British citizen by birth, became a naturalized American citizen in 2011.

Filmography

! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1995	''Death Machine''	Junior Executive
1996		Dr. Lily Sinclair
1996	''Stealing Beauty''	Miranda Fox
1997		Prostitute
1997	''Going All the Way''	Marty Pilcher
1997	''Swept from the Sea''	Amy Foster
1997		Helen
1998	''My Summer with Des''	Rosie
1998	''''	Ag (Agapanthus)
1999	''''
1999		Greta
1999	''Tube Tales''	Angela
2000	''Beautiful Creatures''	Petula
2000	''This Is Not an Exit: The Fictional World of Bret Easton Ellis''	Lauren Hynde
2001	''Enemy at the Gates''	Tania Chernova
2001	''''	Evelyn Carnahan-O'ConnellPrincess Nefertiri
2002		Rachel
2003		Lily
2003	''''	Evelyn Ann Thompson	Also Producer
2003	''Runaway Jury''	Marlee
2004		Debbie Dingman
2005		Angela Dodson/Isabel Dodson
2005	''''	Tessa Quayle	Academy Award for Best Supporting ActressBritish Independent Film Awards	British Independent Film Award for Best ActressGolden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion PictureIowa Film Critics Award for Best Supporting ActressLondon Film Critic's Circle Award for British Actress of the YearSan Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActressScreen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion PictureSt. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActressUtah Film Critics Association>Utah Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated — BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading RoleNominated — Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated — Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated — Online Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actress
2006	''''	Izzi/Isabella I of Castile
2006
2007	''Fred Claus''	Wanda
2007	''My Blueberry Nights''	Sue Lynn
2008	''Definitely, Maybe''	Summer Hartley (Natasha)
2009	''''	Penelope
2009	''''	Abigail Salmon
2009		Hypatia	Nominated — Goya Award for Best Actress
2010	''''	Kathryn Bolkovac
2011	''Page Eight''	Nancy Pierpan
2011		Libby Attenton	Post-production
2011	''''	Hester Collyer	Post-production
2012	''Untitled Terrence Malick project''	Dinah	Post-production
2012	360''	Rose	Post-production
2013		Evanora	Filming

References

External links

Gentlemen Prefer Rachel slideshow ''The First Post''

Comprehensive biography (''with advertisments'')

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Coordinates	53°41′″N20°59′″N
birthname	Daniel Wroughton Craig
birth date	March 02, 1968
birth place	Chester, Cheshire, England
occupation	Actor
yearsactive	1992–present
spouse
domesticpartner	Heike Makatsch (1994–2001)Satsuki Mitchell (2004–2010)
children	Ella Craig
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Daniel Wroughton Craig (born 2 March 1968) is an English actor. His early film roles include ''Elizabeth'', ''The Power of One'', ''A Kid in King Arthur's Court'' and the television episodes ''Sharpe's Eagle'', ''Zorro'' and ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Daredevils of the Desert''. His breakthrough performances were in the films ''Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'', ''Road to Perdition'', ''Layer Cake'', ''Munich'', and ''The Golden Compass''.

Craig became well known internationally after he was cast as the sixth actor to portray fictional secret agent James Bond in the film series. He made his début as the character in the 2006 film, ''Casino Royale''. He was critically acclaimed, and was nominated for a BAFTA award, for his portrayal in the film. He grew into other roles in films such as ''Defiance'', ''Cowboys and Aliens'', the upcoming English-language adaptation of ''The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo'', and ''The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn''.

Early life

Craig was born in Chester, Cheshire, England. His mother, Carol Olivia (née Williams), was an art teacher, and his father, Timothy John Wroughton Craig, was the landlord of the pubs "Ring o' Bells" (in Frodsham) and "The Boot Inn", and also served as a midshipman in the Merchant Navy. Both of Craig's parents were of half Welsh descent. He was brought up on the Wirral Peninsula, and attended a primary school in Frodsham and Hoylake called Holy Trinity Primary School. He attended Hilbre High School in later years. He began acting in school plays at age six.

Craig moved to London when he was sixteen to join the National Youth Theatre after a stay at Calday. He and his older sister, Lea, attended Hilbre High School and Calday Grange Grammar School in West Kirby. He played for Hoylake Rugby Club. He attended the Guildhall School of Music and Drama at the Barbican and graduated in 1991 after three years of study under Colin McCormack.

Career

Craig appeared as Joe in the Royal National Theatre's production of Tony Kushner's ''Angels in America'' in November 1993. An early starring role was as 'Geordie' in the BBC's 1996 drama ''Our Friends in the North'', with early film roles being as Angelina Jolie's rival and love interest in ''Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'' (2001), before appearing in Sam Mendes's movie ''Road to Perdition'' (2002), with Tom Hanks and Paul Newman. Other leading film roles include ''Sword of Honour'' (2001), ''The Mother'' (2003) with Anne Reid, ''Sylvia'' (2003) with Gwyneth Paltrow, ''Layer Cake'' (2004) with Sienna Miller, ''Enduring Love'' (2004) with Rhys Ifans, Steven Spielberg's ''Munich'' (2005) with Eric Bana, ''Infamous'' (2006), ''The Golden Compass'' (2007) and ''Defiance'' (2008).

James Bond: 2005–present

In 2005, Craig was contracted by EON Productions to portray James Bond. He stated that he "was aware of the challenges" of the James Bond franchise which he considers "a big machine" that "makes a lot of money". He aimed at bringing more "emotional depth" to the character. Being born in 1968, Craig is the first actor to portray James Bond to have been born after the Bond series already started, and Ian Fleming, the novels' writer, had died.

Numerous actors publicly voiced their support of Craig's casting. Most notably, four of the five actors who had previously portrayed Bond – Pierce Brosnan, Timothy Dalton, Sean Connery, and Roger Moore – called his casting a good decision. Clive Owen, who had been linked to the role, also spoke in defence of Craig.

The first film, ''Casino Royale'', premièred on 14 November 2006 and grossed a total of US$594,239,066 worldwide, which makes the film the highest grossing Bond film to date. After the film was released, Craig's performance was highly acclaimed.

As production of ''Casino Royale'' reached its conclusion, producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli announced that pre-production work had already begun on the 22nd Bond film. After several months of speculation as to the release date, Wilson and Broccoli officially announced on 20 July 2006 that the follow-up film, ''Quantum of Solace'', was to be released on 7 November 2008 and that Craig plays Bond with an option for a third film. On 25 October 2007, MGM CEO Harry Sloan revealed at the Forbes Meet II Conference that Craig had signed on for four more Bond films, through to ''Bond 25''.

In 2006, Craig was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

On 12 June 2008, Craig sliced the top of one of his fingers off while filming ''Quantum of Solace''. The accident was the latest in a string of incidents surrounding the shoot, including a fire at one of the sets in Pinewood Studios, UK; a car crash that left the stunt driver in a serious condition; and an Aston Martin skidding off the roads in heavy rains while being transported to the set in northern Italy and plunging into Lake Garda.

Craig describes his portrayal of Bond as an anti-hero: “The question I keep asking myself while playing the role is, ‘Am I the good guy or just a bad guy who works for the good side?’ Bond’s role, after all, is that of an assassin when you come down to it. I have never played a role in which someone’s dark side shouldn’t be explored. I don’t think it should be confusing by the end of the movie, but during the movie you should be questioning who he is.” Craig also states that his favourite previous Bond actor was Sean Connery, but says, "I'd never copy somebody else. I would never do an impression of anybody else or try and improve on what they did. That would be a pointless exercise for me". His favourite Bond film is ''From Russia with Love''. On a James Bond-centric episode of ''The South Bank Show'', Connery divulged his thoughts on Craig's casting as Bond, whom he described as "fantastic, marvelous in the part." When he was told that Craig had taken particular note of his performances, Connery said that he was "flattered," and that Craig "really gets" the 'danger element' to Bond's character.

On 19 April 2010, Craig's expected third Bond film (the 23rd overall in the series) was announced to have been suspended indefinitely due to the crippling debt and uncertain future of MGM. However, both Craig and Sam Mendes hoped to resume work on the film soon. The film has since resumed and Craig will return as Bond once again, with the film due for release on 9 November 2012.

Other projects

In 1999, Craig starred as Richard in a TV drama called ''Shockers: The Visitor''. In 2007, he portrayed Lord Asriel in ''The Golden Compass'', the film adaptation of Philip Pullman's novel. Eva Green, who played Bond girl Vesper Lynd in ''Casino Royale'', also starred in the film, although she did not appear in any scenes with Craig. In a stage version of the book, Asriel had previously been played by Timothy Dalton, one of Craig's predecessors in the role of James Bond.

In early 2001, Craig expressed an interest in being a part of the ''Star Trek'' franchise, professing his love of the series to the World Entertainment News Network and a desire to have a "stint in the TV show or a film. It's been a secret ambition of mine for years." On 16 March 2007, Craig made a cameo appearance as himself in a sketch with Catherine Tate who appeared in the guise of her character Elaine Figgis from ''The Catherine Tate Show''. The sketch was made for the BBC Red Nose Day 2007 fundraising programme.

In 2008's ''Defiance'', he played Tuvia Bielski, a Jewish resistance fighter in the woods of Belarus during World War II who saved 1,200 people.

The shot in ''Casino Royale'' of Craig sporting swimming trunks has often topped many sexiest male celebrity polls, and in 2009 Del Monte Foods launched an ice pop moulded to resemble Craig emerging from the sea.

Craig co-starred with Hugh Jackman, in a limited engagement of the play ''A Steady Rain'', on Broadway at the Schoenfeld Theatre, which opened in previews on 10 September 2009 and closed on 6 December 2009.

Craig lent his voice and likeness as James Bond for both the Wii game ''GoldenEye 007'', an enhanced remake of the 1997 game for the Nintendo 64, and ''Blood Stone'', an original game for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo DS, and Microsoft Windows.

As of August 2010, Craig has been cast as crusading journalist Mikael Blomkvist in David Fincher's adaptation of Stieg Larsson's novel ''The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo''.

Craig co-starred with Harrison Ford and Olivia Wilde in Cowboys & Aliens, an American science fiction Western film, based on Scott Mitchell Rosenberg's 2006 graphic novel Cowboys & Aliens.

Personal life

In 1992, Craig married Scottish actress Fiona Loudon, with whom he has a daughter, Ella. However, the marriage ended in divorce in 1994.

After his divorce, he was in a seven-year relationship with German actress Heike Makatsch, ending in 2001. He subsequently dated film producer Satsuki Mitchell from 2004 until 2010.

Craig and actress Rachel Weisz began dating in December 2010. Craig and Weisz married on 22 June 2011 in a private New York ceremony, with only four guests in attendance, including Craig's 18-year-old daughter Ella, and Weisz's four-year-old son Henry. Craig and Weisz had been friends for many years and had worked together on the movie Dream House (film) shortly before they began dating in late 2010.

In October 2008, Craig paid £4 million for an apartment near Regent's Park, London. He is a Liverpool F.C. supporter.

Filmography

''Zorro (1990 TV series) ''Sharpe's Eagle (TV programme) '''' ''Kiss And Tell'' '''' ''Our Friends in the North'' ''Obsession – Besessene Seelen'' '''' '''' ''Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon'' ''Love and Rage (film) ''Elizabeth (film) '''' '''' ''Some Voices (film) ''Hotel Splendide (film) ''I Dreamed of Africa'' ''Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'' ''Sword of Honour'' ''Copenhagen (play) ''Ten Minutes Older: The Cello'' ''Road to Perdition'' ''Sylvia (2003 film) '''' ''[[Layer Cake (film) ''[[Enduring Love (film) ''[[Munich (film) ''Archangel (Robert Harris novel) ''Fateless (film) '''' ''Casino Royale (2006 film) ''[[Renaissance (film) ''Infamous (film) '''' '''' ''Flashbacks of a Fool'' ''Defiance (2008 film) ''Cowboys & Aliens (film) ''Dream House (film) ''Bond 23''

+ Film and television
Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1992	''''	Sgt. Botha, a.k.a. The Judge
1993	Zorro'' ||	Lt Hidalgo	Two episodes of a US TV series filmed in Madrid.
1993	Sharpe's Eagle'' ||	Lt. Berry	Television drama
1995	|	Master Kane
1996	|	Matt Kearney	TV film
1996	|	James "Jemmy" Seagrave	Television drama
1996	|	George "Geordie" Peacock	Television drama: 8 episodes
1997	|	John McHale
1997	|	D.S. Andy McLoughlin	TV mystery/drama from the novel by Minette Walters
1997	|
1998	|	George Dyer	Edinburgh International Film Festival>Edinburgh International Film Festival Award for Best British Performance
1998	Love and Rage'' ||	James Lynchehaun
1998	Elizabeth'' ||	John Ballard
1999	|	Sgt. Telford Winter	Nominated – British Independent Film Award for Best Actor
1999	|	Schiller
2000	Some Voices'' ||	Ray	British Independent Film Award for Best Actor
2000	Hotel Splendide'' ||	Ronald Blanche
2000	|	Declan Fielding
2001	|	Alex West
2001	|	Guy Crouchback
2002	Copenhagen'' ||	Werner Heisenberg	Television drama (stage adaptation)
2002	|	Cecil
2002	|	Connor Rooney
2003	Sylvia'' ||	Ted Hughes
2003	|	Darren	Nominated—British Independent Film Award
2004	Layer Cake'' ||	Mr. X	Sony Ericsson Empire Awards>Empire Award for Best ActorNominated—European Film Awards
2004	Enduring Love'' ||	Joe	Nominated – British Independent Film Award for Best ActorNominated – European Film Awards
2005	Munich'' ||	Steve
2005	Archangel'' ||	Christopher Kelso	Television drama
2005	Fateless'' ||	American Soldier
2005	|	Rudy Mackenzie
2006	Casino Royale'' ||	James Bond (character)>James Bond	Sony Ericsson Empire Awards>Empire Award for Best ActorEvening Standard British Film Awards
2006	Renaissance'' ||	Barthélémy Karas	Voice role
2006	Infamous ||	Perry Smith (murderer)>Perry Smith	Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male
2007	|	Lord Asriel
2007	|	Ben Driscoll
2008	|	Joe Scot	Also Executive Producer
2008	Quantum of Solace'' >
2008	Defiance ||	Tuvie Bielski>Tuvia Bielski
2011	Cowboys & Aliens'' ||	Jake Lonergan
2011	Dream House'' ||	Will Attenton	''Post-production''
2011	''''
2011	''''
2012	|	James Bond	''Pre-production''

Video games

''GoldenEye 007 (2010 video game) ''James Bond 007: Blood Stone''

+ Film and television
Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
2008	Quantum of Solace (video game)>Quantum of Solace''	James Bond
2010	GoldenEye 007'' ||	James Bond	voice-over
2010	|	James Bond	voice-over

Further reading

References

External links

A very detailed biography from Tiscali Film & TV

Personal interview on "being Bond", Parade Magazine 26 Oct 2008

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Coordinates	53°41′″N20°59′″N
Name	Charlie Rose
Birthname	Charles Peete Rose, Jr.
Birth date	January 05, 1942
Birth place	Henderson, North Carolina, U.S.
education	Duke University B.A. (1964) Duke University J.D. (1968)
occupation	Talk show hostJournalist
years active	1972–present
credits	''Charlie Rose'', ''60 Minutes II'', ''60 Minutes'', ''CBS News Nightwatch'', ''CBS This Morning''
url	http://www.charlierose.com/ }}

Charles Peete "Charlie" Rose, Jr. (born January 5, 1942) is an American television talk show host and journalist. Since 1991 he has hosted ''Charlie Rose'', an interview show distributed nationally by PBS since 1993. He has also co-anchored ''CBS This Morning'' since January 2012. Charlie, along with Lara Logan, has revamped the CBS classic Person to Person, a news program during which celebrities are interviewed in their homes, originally hosted by the legendary Edward R. Murrow.

Early life

Rose was born in Henderson, North Carolina, the only child of Margaret Frazier and Charles Peete Rose, Sr., tobacco farmers who owned a country store. As a child, Rose lived above his parents' store in Henderson and helped out with the family business from age seven.. Rose admitted in a Fresh Dialogues interview that as a child his insatiable curiosity was constantly getting him in trouble. A high school basketball star, Rose entered Duke University intending to pursue a degree with a pre-med track, but an internship in the office of Democratic North Carolina Senator B. Everett Jordan got him interested in politics. Rose graduated in 1964 with a bachelor's degree in history. At Duke, he was a member of the Kappa Alpha Order fraternity. He earned a Juris Doctor from the Duke University School of Law in 1968. He met his wife, Mary (''née'' King), while attending Duke.

Career

After his wife was hired by the BBC (in New York), Rose handled some assignments for the BBC on a freelance basis. In 1972, while continuing to work at Bankers Trust, he landed a job as a weekend reporter for WPIX-TV. His break came in 1974, after Bill Moyers hired Rose as managing editor for the PBS series ''Bill Moyers' International Report''. In 1975, Moyers named Rose executive producer of ''Bill Moyers Journal''. Rose soon began appearing on camera. "A Conversation with Jimmy Carter," one installment of Moyers's series ''U.S.A.: People and Politics'', won a 1976 Peabody Award. Rose worked at several networks honing his interview skills until KXAS-TV in Dallas-Fort Worth hired him as program manager and gave him the late-night time slot that would become the ''Charlie Rose'' show.

Rose worked for CBS News (1984–1990) as the anchor of ''CBS News Nightwatch'', the network's first late-night news broadcast. The ''Nightwatch'' broadcast of Rose's interview with Charles Manson won an Emmy Award in 1987. In 1990, Rose left CBS to serve as anchor of ''Personalities'', a syndicated program produced by Fox Broadcasting Company, but he got out of his contract after six weeks because of the tabloid-style content of the show. ''Charlie Rose'' premiered on PBS station Thirteen/WNET on September 30, 1991, and has been nationally syndicated since January 1993. In 1994, Rose moved the show to a studio owned by Bloomberg Television, which allowed for improved satellite interviewing.

Rose was a correspondent for ''60 Minutes II'' from its inception in January 1999 until its cancellation in September 2005, and was later named a correspondent on ''60 Minutes''.

Rose was a member of the board of directors of Citadel Broadcasting Corporation from 2003 to 2009. In May 2010, Charlie Rose delivered the commencement address at North Carolina State University.

On November 15, 2011, it was announced that Rose would return to CBS to help anchor ''CBS This Morning'', replacing ''The Early Show'', commencing January 9, 2012, along with co-anchors Erica Hill and Gayle King.

Cameo appearances

Rose has appeared as himself in the 1998 film ''Primary Colors'', in a 2000 episode of ''The Simpsons'' and in the 2008 movie ''Elegy''. He and his show were also used in the Wes Anderson film The Royal Tenenbaums. He also appears as himself in the 2011 George Clooney directed film, ''The Ides of March''.

Accusations of conflict of interest

While hosting the 2002 Coca-Cola Company shareholders' meeting, Rose said "few companies are able to connect as completely with consumers in the way that Coca-Cola is. It is a privilege to be associated with [The Coca-Cola family] ... This is the business of Coca-Cola: being part of a family, being worldwide, doing well and doing good at the same time." Afterward, Coca-Cola agreed to become what Rose called "a leading underwriter" of ''The Charlie Rose Show'', paying "six or possibly seven figures." Even the Charlie Rose mugs used on his PBS show feature a Coca-Cola logo on one side. Although CBS News policy bars correspondents from doing commercials and product endorsements, the ''Washington Post'' reported CBS was "comfortable" with Rose's actions. Rose insists he "would never do a story on ''60 Minutes II'' about anybody who underwrites my PBS show."

Quiet influence

''The New York Times'' reported that Rose encouraged a discussion between the leaders of NBC and Fox, that led eventually to a mutual reduction in ad hominem attacks between Keith Olbermann and Bill O'Reilly on their respective news programs.

Rose has attended several Bilderberg Group conference meetings, including meetings held in the United States in 2008; Spain in 2010; and Switzerland in 2011. These unofficial conferences hold guests from North America and Western Europe, most of whom are political leaders and businessmen. Details of meetings are closed off to the public and strictly invitation-only, and critics speculate the controversial nature of these meetings of highly influential people. Accusations from conspiracy theorists against The Charlie Rose show claim that it has become the US media outlet for Bilderberg.

Personal life

Rose's twelve-year marriage to Mary Rose (née King) ended in divorce in 1980. Mary is the sister-in-law of Morgan Stanley Chairman John J. Mack. Since 1993, his companion has been socialite and city-planning advocate Amanda Burden, a stepdaughter of CBS founder William S. Paley.

On March 29, 2006, after experiencing shortness of breath in Syria, Rose was flown to Paris and underwent surgery for mitral valve repair in the Georges-Pompidou European Hospital. His surgery was performed under the supervision of Alain F. Carpentier, a pioneer of the procedure. Rose returned to the air on June 12, 2006, with Bill Moyers and Yvette Vega (the show's executive producer), to discuss his surgery and recuperation.

In a 2009 Fresh Dialogues interview Rose described his life as "great and glorious." He added, '"I get up every morning with a new adventure. The adventure is fueled by interesting people. I get a chance to control my own destiny. I do something that is immediately either appreciated or not. I get feedback."

Rose owns a farm in Oxford, North Carolina, an apartment overlooking Central Park in New York City, a beach house in Bellport, New York, an apartment in Washington D.C..and an apartment in Paris, France.

References

External links

Charlie Rose Official website of his eponymous show

Charlie Rose official channel on ''YouTube''

Charlie Rose collected news and commentary at the ''Los Angeles Times''

Charlie Rose shows on Hulu

celebritynetworth.com, Celebrity Net Worth, Charlie Rose

Why Business Loves Charlie Rose David A. Kaplan, ''Fortune'', September 28, 2009

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birth name	Jeremy Lee Renner
birth date	January 07, 1971
birth place	Modesto, California, U.S.
occupation	Actor, musician
years active	1995–present
website	MySpace }}

Jeremy Lee Renner (born January 7, 1971) is an American actor and musician. Renner appeared in films throughout the 2000s, mostly in supporting roles. He came to prominence in films such as ''Dahmer'' (2002), ''S.W.A.T.'' (2003), ''Neo Ned'' (2005), and ''28 Weeks Later'' (2007). He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor for his starring role in the 2009 Best Picture-winning war thriller ''The Hurt Locker''. The following year he appeared in the critically acclaimed film ''The Town''. His work as "James Coughlin" in that film received a nomination for the 2010 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor plus nominations in the Supporting Actor category at the SAG Awards and the Golden Globes.

Early life

Renner was born in Modesto, California, the son of Valerie Cearley and Lee Renner. He has five younger siblings, his younger brother being born in 2011, making him a big brother at the age of 40. He graduated from Fred C. Beyer High School and attended Modesto Junior College.

Career

Early work

Renner made a career out of playing charismatic anti-heroes. He has portrayed an eighteenth-century vampire, a gun-toting alcoholic, and a notorious serial killer, among other film roles.

Renner has appeared in TV shows ''Angel'', ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', ''House'', and many others.

Critically acclaimed performances

He portrayed serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer in ''Dahmer'', which earned Renner his first Independent Spirit Award Best Actor nomination. He also played one of the main antagonists in the big budget film S.W.A.T. and has played supporting roles in ''The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford'' and ''28 Weeks Later''. In 2005 he won the Best Actor award at the Palm Beach International Film Festival for his role in ''Neo Ned''.

Renner has starred in several major independent films, including the 2009 Iraq war thriller ''The Hurt Locker'' (directed by Kathryn Bigelow) which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. He received several other major awards for Best Actor for this role.

In 2010, Renner's performance in Ben Affleck's ''The Town'' alongside Jon Hamm, Blake Lively, Slaine and Michael Yebba garnered him rave reviews, including multiple award nominations. In 2011, Renner had a cameo as Hawkeye in ''Thor'' in order for people to be familiar with his character for the upcoming ''The Avengers''.

Filmography

+Film	! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1995	''National Lampoon's Senior Trip''	Dags
1996	''Paper Dragons''	–
2001	''Fish in a Barrel''	Remy
2002		Jeffrey Dahmer	Nominated—Independent Spirit Award for Best Lead Male
2002	Monkey Love	Dil
2003		Brian Gamble
2004	''''	Emerson
2005	''''	Fred
2005		Bobby Sharp
2005	''Twelve and Holding''	Gus Maitland
2005	''Neo Ned''	Ned
2005	''Lords of Dogtown''	Jay Adams Manager	Uncredited
2006	''Love Comes to the Executioner''	Chick Prigusivac
2007	''''	Wood Hite
2007	''28 Weeks Later''	Sergeant Doyle
2007	''Take''	Saul
2009	''''	Sergeant First Class William James	Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best ActorChicago Film Critics Association Award for Best ActorLas Vegas Film Critics Society Award for Best ActorNational Board of Review of Motion Pictures
2010	''''	Jem Coughlin	Nominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated—[[Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 2010">Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion PictureNominated—Houston Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated—National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated—San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActorNominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion PictureNominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting RoleNominated—St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor	Jupiter Award (German Movie Award) Best Actor International
2011			Cameo
2011	''Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol''	Brandt	post-production
2012	''Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters''	Hansel	filming
2012	''''		filming
2012	''Ice Age: Continental Drift''	Gutt	filming
2012		Martin	pre-production

+Television	! Year	! Title	! Role	Notes
1995	''Deadly Games''	Tod	Episode: "Boss"
1996	''Strange Luck''	Jojo Picard	Episode: "Blinded by the Son"
1996	''''	Paul's friend	TV movie
1997	''''	Steven Zarn
1999	''Zoe, Duncan, Jack & Jane''	Jack	Pilot episode
1999	''''	Ted Nida	Episode: "Chem Lab"
1999		Taylor	Episode: "The Time the Truth Was Told"
2000		Penn
2001	''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation''	Roger Jennings	Episode: ''Alter Boys''
2002	''''	Himself
2007		Jimmy Quidd	Episode: "Games"
2008	''''	Dan
2009	''''	Detective Jason Walsh	Main cast, 10 episodes

Music work

''North Country'' Soundtrack (2005) performed "I Drink Alone"

Performed with the band Sons of Ben

Performed "American Pie" in ''Love Comes to the Executioner''

Campfire performance of "Good Ole Rebel" in ''The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford''

Pink's ''Trouble'' music video as a Bad Boy Sheriff (2003)

Further reading

References

External links

Jeremy Lee Renner - fansite

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