The Satellite Awards are an annual award given by the International Press Academy. The awards were originally known as the Golden Satellite Awards.

Award categories

Film

Best Actor – Drama

Best Actor – Musical or Comedy

Best Actress – Drama

Best Actress – Musical or Comedy

Best Animated or Mixed Media Feature

Best Art Direction (and Production Design)

Best Cast (or Best Ensemble) (2004–present)

Best Cinematography

Best Costume Design

Best Director

Best Documentary Film

Best Editing (or Film Editing)

Best Film – Drama

Best Film – Musical or Comedy

Best Foreign Language Film

Best Original Score

Best Original Song

Best Screenplay – Adapted

Best Screenplay – Original

Best Sound (1999-present)

Best Supporting Actor (2006–present)

Best Supporting Actor – Musical or Comedy (1996–2005)

Best Supporting Actor – Drama (1996–2005)

Best Supporting Actress (2006–present)

Best Supporting Actress – Drama (1996–2005)

Best Supporting Actress – Musical or Comedy (1996–2005)

Best Visual Effects

Television

Best Actor – Drama Series

Best Actor – Musical or Comedy Series

Best Actor – Miniseries or TV Film

Best Actress – Drama Series

Best Actress – Musical or Comedy Series

Best Actress – Miniseries or TV Film

Best Cast (or Best Ensemble) (2005–present)

Best TV Series – Drama

Best TV Series – Musical or Comedy

Best Miniseries or TV Film (1996–1998)

Best Miniseries (1999–present)

Best TV Film (1999–present)

Best Supporting Actor (2001–present)

Best Supporting Actress (2001–present)

External links

International Press Academy website

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Coordinates	6°7′55″N1°13′22″N
Birth name	Ryan Douglas Hurst
birth date	June 19, 1976
birth place	Santa Monica, California, U.S.
occupation	Actor
yearsactive	1993–present }}

Ryan Douglas Hurst (born June 19, 1976) is an American actor who perhaps most notably starred as Gerry Bertier, an All-American linebacker in Disney's ''Remember the Titans'' and as Alison's brother, Michael, in the show ''Medium''. He also played the role of football player Lump Hudson in ''The Ladykillers'', appeared in the movie ''We Were Soldiers'' as Sgt. Savage, and starred in the TNT show ''Wanted''. In ''Saving Private Ryan'', Hurst portrays a paratrooper who, because of temporary hearing loss, cannot understand Captain Miller's questions about sighting Private Ryan which forces Miller (played by Tom Hanks) to ask the questions in writing. He currently plays Opie on the FX network series ''Sons of Anarchy''.

Hurst was born in Santa Monica, California, the son of Candace Kaniecki, an acting coach, and Rick Hurst, an actor. Hurst attended Santa Monica High School.

Filmography

''The Postman'' (1997) - Eddie March

''Patch Adams'' (1998) - Neil

''Saving Private Ryan'' (1998) - Paratrooper Michaelson

''Rules of Engagement'' (2000) - Captain Hustings

''Remember the Titans'' (2000) - Gerry Bertier

''Venus and Mars'' (2001) - Roberto

''We Were Soldiers'' (2002) - Sgt. Ernie Savage

''Lone Star State of Mind'' (2002) - Tinker

''The Ladykillers'' (2004) - Lump Hudson

''Noble Things'' (2006) - Kyle Collins

''Chasing the Green'' (2008) - Ross Franklin

''Rango'' (2011) - Jedidiah

Television appearances

''Saved by the Bell: The New Class ''(1993) - Crunch Grabowski

''Beverly Hills, 90210 ''(1994) - Student Actor

''Campus Cops'' (1995) - Wayne Simko

''JAG'' (1995) - Dirk Grover

''Boston Common'' (1996) - Nikolai

''Wings'' (1996) - Barry

''L.A. Doctors'' - Kevn Raives

''The Woman Every Man Wants'' - Guy

''Taken'' (2002) - Tom Clarke

''Touched by an Angel'' (2002) - Doug

''John Doe'' (2002) - Elvis Braithwaite

''Dr. Vegas'' (2004) - Steve

''House'' (2005) - Sam

''Wanted'' (2005) - ATF Field Agent Jimmy McGloin

''Inspector Mom'' (2006) - Andrew

''Medium'' (2005, 2006, 2007) - Michael 'Lucky' Benoit

''Everwood'' - Ed Carnahan

''CSI: Miami'' - Miami Dade Police Officer - Episode 506 "Curse of the Coffin"

''Raines'' (2007) - Marko

''Sons of Anarchy'' (2008–Present) - Opie Winston

''Mad TV'' (2008)

''Law and Order: SVU'' (2011) Doug Loveless - Episode 267 "Bombshell

References

External links

Category:1976 births Category:American film actors Category:American television actors Category:Living people Category:People from Santa Monica, California

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Coordinates	6°7′55″N1°13′22″N
birth date	June 06, 1963
birth place	Liverpool, Merseyside, England
years active	Since 1988
occupation	Actor
partner	Emma Hewitt (from 1988) }}

Jason Isaacs (born 6 June 1963) is an English actor born in Liverpool, known for his performance as the villain Lucius Malfoy in the ''Harry Potter'' films, the brutal Colonel William Tavington in ''The Patriot'' and as lifelong criminal Michael Caffee in the American television series ''Brotherhood''. Though most of his work has been in film and television, it also includes stage performances; most notably as Louis Ironson in Declan Donnellan's 1992 and 1993 Royal National Theatre London premières of Parts One (''Millennium Approaches'') and Two (''Perestroika'') of Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize-winning play ''Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes'', and as Ben, one of two hitmen, playing opposite Lee Evans as Gus, in Harry Burton's 2007 critically acclaimed 50th-anniversary revival of Nobel Laureate Harold Pinter's 1957 two-hander ''The Dumb Waiter'' at Trafalgar Studios.

Early life and education

Jason Isaacs was born on 6 June 1963, in Liverpool, Merseyside, to Jewish parents. He spent his earliest childhood years in an "insular" and "closely-knit" Jewish community of Liverpudlians, of which his Eastern European great-grandparents were founder-members. The third of four sons, Isaacs attended a Jewish school and a cheder twice a week as a young adult. When he was 11, he moved with his family to Northwest London, attending the Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, in Elstree, Hertsmere, Hertfordshire, where he was in the same year as film reviewer Mark Kermode. He describes his childhood as "preparation" for portraying the "unattractive", villainous characters whom he has most often played. National Front members frequently harassed Isaacs and his friends throughout the 1960s and 1970s.

Following his more traditionally inclined brothers, who became respectively a doctor, a lawyer, and an accountant, Isaacs studied law at Bristol University (1982–85), but he became more actively involved in the drama society, eventually performing in over 30 plays and performing each summer at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, first with Bristol University and then, twice, with the National Student Drama Company. After graduating from Bristol he went immediately to train at London's Central School of Speech and Drama (1985–88).

Isaacs' parents eventually emigrated to Israel.

Career

After completing his training as an actor, Isaacs almost immediately began appearing on the stage and on television; his film debut was in a minor role as a doctor in Mel Smith's ''The Tall Guy'' (1989). He was initially known as a TV actor in the UK, with starring roles in the ITV drama ''Capital City'' (1989) and the BBC drama ''Civvies'' (1992) and guest roles in series such as ''Taggart'' and ''Inspector Morse'' in 1992. He also played Michael Ryan in ITV1's adaptation of Martina Cole's novel ''Dangerous Lady'', directed by Jack Woods and produced by Lavinia Warner, in 1995.

On stage he portrayed the "emotionally waffling" gay Jewish office temp Louis Ironson in Tony Kushner's Pulitzer-Prize-winning ''Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes'', at the Royal National Theatre, in its London première, performing the role in both parts, ''Part One: Millennium Approaches'', in 1992, and ''Part Two: Perestroika'', in 1993. When auditioning for that role, he told the producers, "Look, I play all these tough guys and thugs and strong, complex characters. In real life, I am a cringing, neurotic Jewish mess. Can't I for once play that on stage?"

His first Hollywood role was alongside Laurence Fishburne in the film ''Event Horizon'' in 1997, in which he played a crew member ultimately killed by the protagonist-turned-antagonist acted by Sam Neill. Subsequently, he appeared in the Bruce Willis blockbuster ''Armageddon'' (1998). Initially called upon to take a fairly substantial role, Isaacs was eventually cast in a much smaller capacity as a planet-saving scientist so that he could accommodate his commitment to ''Divorcing Jack'' (1998), a comedy thriller he was making with future fellow Harry Potter cast member David Thewlis.

After portraying a priest opposite Julianne Moore and Ralph Fiennes in Neil Jordan's acclaimed adaptation of Graham Greene's ''The End of the Affair'' (1999), Isaacs played the charismatic honorable priest opposite Kirsty Alley in the mini series ''The Last Don''. Their relationship, and subsequent breakup due to his commitment and loyalty to the cloth, (although it ultimately seemed to affect her positively) was the last straw Kirsty Alley's character, Rosemary, was able to handle. He then shone as "memorable" villain, Colonel William Tavington, in Roland Emmerich's Revolutionary War fictional film epic ''The Patriot'' (2000). Starring opposite Mel Gibson as the film's hero, and Heath Ledger as Gibson's screen son, Isaacs portrays a sadistic British army officer who kills Ledger's character, among many other soldiers. Although his work in the film earned him comparisons to Ralph Fiennes' portrayal of Nazi Amon Göth in ''Schindler's List'' (1993) and mention of a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination, reaching beyond being typecast as an historical villain, Isaacs chose to play a drag queen in his next project, ''Sweet November'' (2001), a romantic comedy-drama starring Charlize Theron and Keanu Reeves.

Isaacs has appeared in many other films, most notably as Lucius Malfoy in the ''Harry Potter'' series of films (2002–present). Regarding the Harry Potter books by J. K. Rowling, Isaacs has said: "I went off and read the books after the audition and I read the first four books in one sitting – you know – didn't wash, didn't eat, drove around with them on the steering wheel like a lunatic. I suddenly understood why my friends, who I'd thought were slightly backward, had been so addicted to these children's books. They're like crack." In "The Naked and the Dead", an article published in the ''San Francisco Chronicle'', on 26 November 2006, Neva Chonin names the character Lucius Malfoy one of the 12 "Sexiest Men Who Were Never Alive" and Isaacs one of the 13 "Sexiest Men Who Are Real and Alive".

Prior to the making of the film, when asked whether or not he would be in ''Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'' (2007), Isaacs replied, "I hope so – you'll have to ask David (producer David Heyman). I can't bear the idea that somebody else would get to wear my Paris Hilton wig, but you never know." Isaacs also talked to J. K. Rowling on the inclusion of Lucius Malfoy in the then unpublished ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows'', so that he would have a part in the seventh and final film: "The character does not appear in the sixth book, ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince''; but ... [Isaacs joked], 'I fell to my knees and begged ... It didn't do any good. I'm sure she doesn't need plot ideas from me. But I made my point. We'll see. Like everybody else, I'm holding my breath to July to see what's in there. I just want to bust out of prison, that's all. I don't want to stay in Azkaban most of my life.' " However, on 12 September 2008, AceShowBiz.com revealed that Isaacs is indeed reprising his role of Lucius Malfoy as a cameo appearance in ''Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'' (2009), where he is seen in a moving portrait. Afterwards, Isaacs reprised the role again in ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1'' (2010) and ''Part 2'' (2011).

He has appeared in ''Dragonheart'' (1996), ''Event Horizon'' (1997), ''Black Hawk Down'' (2001), Jackie Chan's ''The Tuxedo'' (2002), and as George Darling and Captain Hook in P. J. Hogan's adaptation of ''Peter Pan'' (2003), and as the voice of Admiral Zhao in the animated Nickelodeon series ''Avatar: The Last Airbender'' (2005).

Isaacs played the leading role of Sir Mark Brydon, the British Ambassador to the US in the BBC Four miniseries ''The State Within'' (2006), for which he was nominated for the Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television for the 65th Golden Globe Awards. On British television, he also portrayed actor Harry H. Corbett in ''The Curse of Steptoe'', part of "a season of new one-off dramas for BBC Four revealing the stories behind some of Britain's best loved television entertainers, and their achievements," first broadcast in March 2008. On American television, Isaacs appeared in three episodes of ''The West Wing'' in 2004, prior to developing his most notable TV serial role, as Michael Caffee in ''Brotherhood'' (2006–08).

Between 2 February and 24 March 2007, Isaacs played Ben, opposite Lee Evans (Gus), in the critically acclaimed 50th-anniversary production of Harold Pinter's ''The Dumb Waiter'', at Trafalgar Studios, in London, his first theatre performance since appearing in ''The Force of Change'' (2000). He posed for photographs after his performance on 3 March 2007.

Isaacs played Major Briggs, an American military officer, opposite Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear, in Paul Greengrass's thriller ''Green Zone'' (2010), a fictionalised drama set in Iraq after the defeat of Saddam Hussein based on the book ''Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Baghdad's Green Zone'' (2006), by Rajiv Chandrasekaran, for which production began in Morocco, in January 2008.

In 2007, he was cast in Jan de Bont's then-still-upcoming film ''Stopping Power'', to play its star John Cusack's "nemesis", but, on 31 August 2007, ''Variety'' reported that the film, also planned for release in 2009, had been cancelled after a financial backer pulled out. Isaacs appeared in one episode of the TV show ''Entourage'' in the fall of 2008 as Fredrick Line. In 2009, he was nominated at the British Academy Television Awards for Best Actor for his role as Harry H. Corbett in ''The Curse of Steptoe''.

On the evening of 2 May 2009, Isaacs performed the role of Ben again, opposite his ''Brotherhood'' co-star (and Tony Award winner) Brian F. O'Byrne (as Gus), in a "rehearsed reading" of ''The Dumb Waiter''. Their reading capped off the Harold Pinter Memorial Celebration being curated by Harry Burton (who had directed him and Evans at Trafalgar Studios). This Tribute to Harold Pinter co-sponsored by the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center (MESTC), of The Graduate Center of The City University of New York (CUNY), was part of the Fifth Annual PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature, held in New York City, from 27 April to 3 May 2009.

More recently, he provided the voice of Ra's al Ghul in the DC animated film, ''Batman: Under the Red Hood''.

"Hello to Jason Isaacs" has become a much-mentioned phrase on Simon Mayo's and Mark Kermode's BBC Radio Five Film Review. Fans of the show have started trying to insert the phrase into other programmes. Notable mentions to date include Swedish radio, a sign at the Rally to Restore Sanity and The Jay Leno Show. Since the 12th February 2012 Google.co.uk searches for "Jason Isaacs" return the message "Hello to Jason Isaacs".

Personal life

Isaacs and his partner, BBC documentary filmmaker Emma Hewitt, whom he began dating at the Central School, have lived together since 1988 and have two daughters: Lily (born 23 March 2002) and Ruby (26 August 2005). Although unmarried, he refers to Hewitt as his wife.

Despite Isaacs' screen celebrity as Lucius Malfoy, he maintains a relatively modest, "calm, sedate and suburban" life, which he prefers to the "hideously compromised lives" of the more rich and famous: "I imagine like most of us that I'd like obscene amounts of money but the people I met and worked with who have those obscene amounts of money and have obscene amounts of fame have awful lives. Really. I mean hideously compromised lives...." Described as an "invisible star" who can still travel by the London Underground to film premières unrecognised, he has observed: "They just think, who's that t*** in black tie? As soon as I get on the red carpet they start screaming and screaming. ... It's laughable because when it's all over I go home on the Tube as well." "I can go anywhere. No one knows who I am. I can go on the tube and bus and wander through the streets."

As a non-religious Jew, Isaacs has semi-jokingly called himself a "Jewish man who does almost nothing Jewish in his life".

Selected work

Film

Year	Title	Role	!Notes
1989	''''	Doctor No. 2
1994		Market Trader
1995	''Loved Up''	Dez 2
1995	''Solitaire for Two''	Harry
1996	''Dragonheart''	Lord Felton
1997		D.J.
1998		Dr. Ronald Quincy, Research
1998		Cow Pat Keegan
1998		Colonel Mekum
1998		Alain de Keroual de Saint-Yves
1999	''''	Father Richard Smythe
2000	''''	Colonel William Tavington
2001		Chaz Watley
2001		US Army Ranger Captain Mike Steele	Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Acting Ensemble
2002			Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Acting Ensemble
2002	''Passionada''	Charles Beck
2002		Dr. William Birkin	Uncredited
2002	''''	Clark Devlin
2002	''Windtalkers''	Major Mellitz
2003
2003	''Nouvelle-France''	Général James Wolfe
2005	''''	Mr. Parker
2005		DeMarco (uncredited)
2005		Lucius Malfoy
2005		Damian	Gotham Award for Best Ensemble Acting Award
2005	''Tennis, Anyone...?''	Johnny Green
2006	''Friends with Money''	David
2007	''Grindhouse (film)	Bearded Man
2007		Lucius Malfoy	[[Scream Award for Best Ensemble
2008		Maurice
2008	''''	Antonio Pérez
2009		Lucius Malfoy	Appears as a moving portrait
2010		Major Briggs
2010	''Batman: Under The Red Hood''	Ra's al Ghul	Voice role
2010	''Skeletons''	The Colonel
2010	''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1''	Lucius Malfoy
2011	''Green Lantern: Emerald Knights''	Sinestro	Voice role
2011	''Cars 2''	Siddeley and Leland Turbo	Voice roles
2011	''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2''	Lucius Malfoy
2011		Kevin

Television

Year(s)	Title	Role	!Notes
1989	''''
1989	''This Is David Lander''	French Doctor
1989–90		Chas Ewell
1989	''Boon''	Mike Puckett
1990	''TECX''	Edward Latham
1991	''Ashenden''	Andrew Lehman
1991	''Eye Contact''	Michael
1992	''Civvies''	Frank Dillon
1992		Dr. Desmond Collier	Episode: "Cherubim and Seraphim"
1992	''Taggart''	Barr	Episode: "Double Exposure"
1993	''Highlander: The Series''	Immortal Zachary Blaine	Episode: "The Lady and the Tiger"
1995	''''	Peter Fairman
1995	''Dangerous Lady''	Michael Ryan
1995	''Loved Up''	Des	Television film
1996	''Guardians''	Jim Reid	Television film
1996	''Burn Your Phone''	The Killer	Television film
1997	''''	Tony Kay	Television film
1998	''''	Father Luca Tonarini
2004	''''	Colin Ayres	Episodes: "Gaza", "Memorial Day" and "N.S.F. Thurmont"
2005	''Adventure time''	Sir Slicer	Voice role
2005–06	''Avatar: The Last Airbender''	Admiral Zhao	Voice role
2006		Chris
2006	''''	Sir Mark Brydon, British Ambassador to the USA	Nominated — Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film
2006–08		Michael Caffee
2008	''''	Harry H. Corbett	Nominated — British Academy Television Award for Best Actor
2008		Fredrick Line	Episode:"#5.7 Gotta Look Up to Get Down"
2011		Jackson Brodie
2012		Michael Britten

Some of the information in this table was obtained from

Theatre

Year(s)	Title	Role	!Notes
[''Unknown'']
1992	''{sortname	Cyril	The King's Head Theatre, London
1992–93	''Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes''	Louis Ironson	Royal National Theatre, London
1993	''1953''	Benito Mussolini	Almeida Theatre, London
2000	''''		Royal Court Theatre, London
2007	''''	Ben	Trafalgar Studios, London

Video games

Year(s)	Title	Role	!Notes
1994	''Beneath a Steel Sky''		Voice role
2009	''Napoleon: Total War''	Story Teller	Voice role
2010	''Castlevania: Lords of Shadow''	Satan	Voice role
2011	''El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron''	Lucifel	Voice role

Some of the information in this table was obtained from Napoleon: Total War story teller from http://www.totalwar.com/napoleon/gallery/videos.php (Napoleon: Total War – Story Trailer).

References

External links

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Coordinates	6°7′55″N1°13′22″N
name	Wilmer Valderrama
birth name	Wilmer Eduardo Valderrama
birth date	January 30, 1980
birth place	Miami, Florida
other names	Eduardo Fresco
years active	1998–present
occupation	Actor, voice actor, singer, dancer, producer
children	}}

Wilmer Eduardo Valderrama (born January 30, 1980) is a Venezuelan American actor and television personality, known for the role of Fez in the sitcom ''That '70s Show'', hosting the MTV series ''Yo Momma'', and voicing the character of Manny in the children's show ''Handy Manny''. He currently stars as Detective Efrem Vega in the NBC series ''Awake''.

Early life

Valderrama was born in Miami, Florida, the son of Sobeida (née Arias) and Balbino A. Valderrama, who owned a farm equipment rental company. He is of Colombian and Venezuelan descent. The family moved to Venezuela when he was three years old, then to Los Angeles when he was thirteen. He has two sisters, Marylin and Stephanie, and a brother, Christian. He attended Taft High School in Woodland Hills, California.

Career

Television and film career

Valderrama got his start performing in numerous plays, including ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' and ''Rumors''. He made his professional debut in a Spanish-language Pacific Bell commercial. At his drama teacher's suggestion, he got an agent and was immediately cast in the CBS miniseries ''Four Corners'' and in ''Omba Makamba'' on the Disney Channel. He made his big screen debut starring opposite Freddie Prinze Jr., Brittany Murphy, Matthew Lillard and Jessica Biel in the Warner Brothers film ''Summer Catch.''

Valderrama played Fez on ''That '70s Show'' from 1998–2006; he was a junior in high school when the pilot episode was filmed. He also played DJ Keoki in the 2003 film ''Party Monster'' alongside Macaulay Culkin, Chloë Sevigny, Wilson Cruz and Seth Green. He produced and hosted the MTV series ''Yo Momma'' from 2006 to 2007, and appeared (involuntarily) as many as three times on another MTV mainstay, ''Punk'd'', hosted by fellow ''That '70s'' alum Ashton Kutcher.

Valderrama appeared in the ''Los Angeles Times'' critic's choice play ''Blackout'', an adaptation of the feature film ''Drunks'', and starred opposite Anjelica Huston and Ben Kingsley in the Actors' Fund of America one-performance only reading of ''Sunset Boulevard''. He filmed the short film ''La Torcedura'' in which he played the lead, and appeared in ''The Darwin Awards'', an independent film directed by Finn Taylor, starring Winona Ryder and Joseph Fiennes.

In animation work, Valderrama voiced Rodrigo in ''Clifford's Really Big Movie'', playing alongside John Ritter, Wayne Brady and Jenna Elfman. He also voices the main character, Manny, in Disney Channel's ''Handy Manny'' series for preschoolers (He even starred in a minisode featuring his acting counterpart). He had a starring role in ''El Muerto'', an indie film directed by Brian Cox and based on the successful comic book created by Javier Hernandez. In January 2007, Valderrama launched his own men's fashion label called "Calavena".

Currently, he is working on a new sitcom he has created for Nickelodeon, entitled ''Earth to Pablo''. It is about a family that receives a teenage space alien instead of the foreign exchange student they were expecting.

In 2010, Valderrama guest-starred on Disney Channel's series ''Wizards of Waverly Place'' playing the role of Theresa Russo's brother, Ernesto. In 2011, he appeared in three episodes of USA Network's ''Royal Pains'' as Eric Kassabian, an art dealer.

Music career

On May 11, 2011 he released his song "The Way I Fiesta", which he performed as his alter ego Eduardo Fresco. The video was directed by Akiva Schaffer from the group The Lonely Island. He appeared in the 2009 music video for Wisin y Yandel's song "Imagínate". He also appeared and produced the 2011 video for LMFAO's song "Sexy and I Know It".

Other work

He codirected Omar Cruz' ''To The Top'' featuring Frankie J. He also worked with Puerto Rican reggaeton duo Wisin & Yandel's video Imagínate featuring the rapper T-Pain, as well as Colombian singer Fanny Lú's video "Tu No Eres Para Mi", where he portrays her boyfriend.

Personal life

Valderrama is currently dating actress Minka Kelly.

Filmography

Features

2003 2004 2005 2006 2006 2006 2006 2007 2007 2007 2008 2008 2010 2011 2011 2011 2012

Name !! Year !! Role !! Notes
''Summer Catch''	2001	Mickey Dominguez
''Party Monster (2003 film)	Party Monster''	|	Keoki
''Clifford's Really Big Movie''	|	Rodrigo	Voice
''Beauty Shop''	|	Corky	Uncredited
''The Darwin Awards (film)	The Darwin Awards''	|	Documentary Filmmaker
''Zoom (film)	Zoom''	|	Marksmen
''Fast Food Nation (film)	Fast Food Nation''	|	Raul	Nominated - ''Imagen Foundation Awards'' (Best Actor - Film)
''Unaccompanied Minors''	|	Zach Van Bourke
''El Muerto (film)	El Muerto''	|	Diego de la Muerte / El Muerto	Also known as - The Dead One
''The Condor (film)	The Condor''	|	Tony Valdez	Voice
''Save the Date''	|
''Columbus Day (film)	Columbus Day''	|	Max
''Days of Wrath''	|	Daniel
''The Dry Land (film)	The Dry Land''	|	Raymond Gonzales
''A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song''	|
''Larry Crowne''	|	Dell Gordo
''From Prada to Nada''	|	Bruno	Nominated - ''Imagen Foundation Awards'' (Best Supporting Actor - Film)
''The Girl is in Trouble''	|	Angel	Completed

Short subjects

2006 2011

Name !! Year !! Role !! Notes
''La Torcedura''	2004	Jose
''Longtime Listener''	|	Radio Hut Manager
''Una Hora Por Favora''	|	Arturo

Television work

1998-2006 2002 2002 2003 2006–2008 2006–present 2005 2006 2010 2010 2011 2011-2012 2012–present 2012 2012

Name !! Year !! Role !! Notes
''Four Corners''	1998	Antonio
''That '70s Show''	|	Fez (That '70s Show)>Fez''	Main Role; 200 episodes''Teen Choice Awards'' (Choice TV Sidekick)''Teen Choice Awards'' (Choice TV Sidekick)Nominated - ''Young Artist Awards'' (Best Performance in a TV Series - Young Ensemble)Nominated - ''Teen Choice Awards'' (TV - Choice Sidekick)Nominated - ''Teen Choice Awards'' (Choice TV Sidekick)Nominated - ''ALMA Awards'' (Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series- 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006)
''MADtv''	|	Punch	Guest Star; (''CHiPs 2002'', as Erik Estrada)
''Grounded for Life''	|	Eugenio	Episode: Mustang Lilly
''Punk'd''	|	Wilmer Valderrama	As himself; 2 episodes
''Yo Momma (TV series)''	|	Wilmer Valderamma	Creator, executive producer & host
''Handy Manny''	|	Manny	Voice
''A Day in a Life of Allan Lund''	|		In Production for 2012
''Robot Chicken''	|	Fez	Episode: Gold Dust Gasoline
''The Sopranos''	|	Wilmer Valderrama	(As himself)
''Extreme Makeover: Home Edition''	|	Wilmer Valderrama	(As himself)
''Wizards of Waverly Place''	|	Uncle Ernesto	Episode: Uncle Ernesto
''Cleveland Show''	|	Diego	Episode: How Do You Solve a Problem Like Roberta?
''Royal Pains''	|	Eric Kassabian
''Awake (TV series)	Awake''	|	Detective Efrem Vega	Rookie detective
''Suburgatory''	|	Yoni	Episode: Fire With Fire
''Are You There, Chelsea?''	|	Tommy	Episode: Those Damn Yankees

Video Games

Year !! Name !! Role !! Notes
2005	''Scarface: The World Is Yours''

Music video appearances

Paula DeAnda – Easy (Paula DeAnda song)

Omar Cruz Feat. Frankie J – To The Top

Fanny Lú – Tu No Eres Para Mi

Wisin & Yandel Feat. T-Pain – Imagínate

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Coordinates	6°7′55″N1°13′22″N
birthname	Dennis Dexter Haysbert
birth date	June 02, 1954
birth place	San Mateo, California, U.S.
occupation	Actor
yearsactive	1978–present
spouse	Elena Simms (1980–1984)Lynn Griffith (1989–2001) }}

Dennis Dexter Haysbert (born June 2, 1954) is an American film and television actor. He is known for portraying baseball player Pedro Cerrano in the ''Major League'' film trilogy, President David Palmer on the American television series ''24'', and Sergeant Major Jonas Blane on the drama series ''The Unit'', as well as his work in commercials for Allstate Insurance. He is also known for his authoritative, baritone voice.

Personal life

Haysbert was born in San Mateo, California, the son of Gladys (née Minor), a homemaker, and Charles Haysbert, Sr., a deputy sheriff. He is the eighth of nine children, having two sisters and six brothers. He was struck by an 18 wheeler that blew a red light through an intersection. After high school, measuring tall, Haysbert was offered various athletic scholarships, but instead chose to study acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Haysbert is a divorced father of two. He announced in April 2009 that he was starting a TV, film and documentary production company. His first project is a documentary for HBO about an up-and-coming boxer. During the 2010 California elections, Haysbert supported Democratic Senatorial Incumbent Barbara Boxer by appearing with her at campaign events as well as recording radio commercials.

Career

TV

Haysbert has been acting in film and television since 1979, starting with a guest role in ''The White Shadow''. His television guest starring roles include ''Lou Grant'', ''Growing Pains'', ''Laverne & Shirley'', ''The A-Team'', ''Night Court'',''Dallas'', The Incredible Hulk, ''Magnum, P.I.'', ''Buck Rogers in the 25th Century'', and ''Duckman''. In 1993 he had a featured role in ''Return to Lonesome Dove'' as outlaw Cherokee Jack Jackson. In 1999, Haysbert starred with Eric Close in ''Now and Again'', which was cancelled after its first season.

In 2001, Haysbert became better known when he was cast in ''24'' playing U.S. Senator David Palmer, who served as America's first African American President (in the context of the show) during the second and third seasons. He also returned as a guest star in the last six episodes of season 4 and the first episode of season 5. He stated in an interview for the show that the three men he admires most—Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton and Colin Powell—collectively embody his idea of what a President should be. Haysbert believes that his playing of David Palmer on ''24'' helped Barack Obama—whom Haysbert supported—to win the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination.

Haysbert was the first actor to portray DC Comics character Kilowog, a member of the Green Lantern Corps, in a medium outside of comics. He provided the voice of Kilowog on various episodes of ''Justice League'' and ''Justice League Unlimited''.

On March 4, 2006, Haysbert guest starred on the ''Saturday Night Live'' episode hosted by Natalie Portman as the host of a live action/animated ''TV Funhouse'' cartoon called "Belated Black History Moment". In his role, Haysbert paid homage to fictional short-lived Saturday morning cartoons featuring black characters, such as Ladysmith Black Mambazo in Outer Space. He also portrayed Nelson Mandela in ''Goodbye Bafana'' (also released under the name ''The Color of Freedom'').

Haysbert portrayed the lead character Jonas Blane in the CBS action-drama ''The Unit'', which ended after its fourth season on May 10, 2009.

Haysbert hosted and narrated the Military History Channel presentation of ''Secrets of Pearl Harbor'' which documented his scuba dives with a film team on World War II era Japanese and American warships in the Pacific Theater of action.

Film

In 1989, Haysbert got his first major film role portraying Pedro Cerrano, a voodoo-practicing Cuban refugee baseball player, in the movie ''Major League''. In it, he uttered the memorable line: "Is very bad to steal Jobu's rum; is very bad". Haysbert followed that up with a role in 1990's ''Navy SEALs'', which also starred Charlie Sheen, before moving on to another baseball movie, ''Mr. Baseball'' with Tom Selleck. In 1991, he also starred in 'K-9000', where he played a police officer named Nick Sanrio. In 1992, he co-starred with Michelle Pfeiffer in ''Love Field'', a film about a series of events occurring contemporaneously with the assassination and funeral of President John F. Kennedy.

In 1994, Haysbert reprised his role as Cerrano in ''Major League II''. This was followed by low key appearances in ''Waiting to Exhale'', ''Heat'', and ''Absolute Power''. In 1998, Haysbert made another appearance as Cerrano in ''Major League: Back to the Minors''. In 1999, Haysbert played a police detective in three different films: ''The Minus Man'', ''The Thirteenth Floor'', and ''Random Hearts''.

In 2000, Haysbert played the role of Zeke McCall in ''Love & Basketball''. In 2002, Haysbert played the role of gardener Raymond Deagan in ''Far From Heaven''. He won three awards (Satellite Award, Black Reel Award, and Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Award) for Best Supporting Actor for that role. In 2005, he had a supporting role in Sam Mendes's film, ''Jarhead''. In 2007, Haysbert returned to the big screen to portray Nelson Mandela in ''Goodbye Bafana'' and an FBI agent in ''Breach''.

Commercials

Haysbert is the official spokesman for the Allstate Insurance Company. His commercials typically end with one of the two Allstate Corporation official slogans, either ''Are you in good hands?'' or ''That's Allstate's stand.'' More recently however his commercials have combined the two with "That's Allstate's stand. Are you in good hands?". In 2009–2010 Allstate used the Neil Sedaka song "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do" in television commercials to promote Allstate's car insurance. Breaking up is hard to do, the ads averred, unless one has an Allstate agent to undertake the deed for the customer (switching from another insurer to Allstate). The viewer learned that "breaking up is ''easy'' to do" as reassured on the screen by Haysbert. In his role as spokesman for Allstate, Haysbert officiated the coin toss prior to the 2007 Sugar Bowl between LSU and Notre Dame.

For the 2006 college football season, Haysbert did voice work for ticket sales promotions for Brigham Young University. He did it as a favor to his younger brother Adam, who played wide receiver at BYU in the early 1980's.

Haysbert also voices the Military Channel's commercials with their official slogan: ''"The Military Channel—Go Behind the Lines."''

Video games

In addition to his acting, Haysbert has also done voice work for various video games, most notably as Irving Lambert in the second installment of ''Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell'' and narrator of ''Call of Duty: Finest Hour''. He also voiced David Palmer in ''24: The Game''.

Theater

In June 2010, Haysbert joined the cast of David Mamet's ''Race'' on Broadway as character Henry Brown, performing alongside actors Eddie Izzard, Richard Thomas, and Afton Williamson. The play ran until August 21, 2010.

Filmography

''The A-Team'' (1983)

''Dallas'' (tv series, 1984)

''227'' (1986)

''Major League'' (1989)

''Navy SEALs'' (1990)

''K-9000'' (1991)

''Mr. Baseball'' (1992)

''Love Field'' (1992)

''Return to Lonesome Dove'' (1993)

''Suture'' (1993)

''Alex Haley's Queen'' (1993)

''Major League II'' (1994)

''Heat'' (1995)

''Waiting to Exhale19957tyo*''Absolute Power'' (1997)

''How to Make the Cruelest Month'' (1998)

''Major League: Back to the Minors'' (1998)

''Superman: The Animated Series'' Agent #1 – "Where There's Smoke" 042 September 19, 1998

''Now and Again'' (1999–2001)

''The Minus Man'' (1999)

''Random Hearts'' (1999)

''The Thirteenth Floor'' (1999)

''Love & Basketball'' (2000)

''What's Cooking?'' (2000)

''24'' (2001–2006), 79 episodes

''Justice League'' (2001–2004)

''Far from Heaven'' (2002)

''Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas"" (2003)

''Jarhead'' (2005)

''Empire'' (2005)

''The Unit'' (2006–2009)

''Breach'' (2007)

''The Color of Freedom'' (2007)

''The Details'' (2010)

''Race (Mamet play)'' (2010)

''Kung Fu Panda 2'' (2011)

''Vanilla Gorilla'' (2011)

References

External links

Dennis Haysbert's Official Website

Haysbert Bio at The Unit

BostonHerald

''Race'' on Broadway

Category:1954 births Category:American actors Category:Actors from California Category:African American film actors Category:African American television actors Category:American Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni Category:Living people Category:People from the San Francisco Bay Area

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