birth name	Gerard James Butler
birth date	November 13, 1969
birth place	Glasgow, Scotland
occupation	Actor/singer
yearsactive	1997–present
spouse	}}

Gerard James Butler (born 13 November 1969) is a Scottish actor who has appeared on film, stage, and television. A trained lawyer, Butler turned to acting in the mid-1990s with small roles in productions such as the James Bond film ''Tomorrow Never Dies'' (1997), which he followed with steady work on television, most notably in the American miniseries ''Attila'' (2001). He garnered critical acclaim for his breakthrough work as the lead in Joel Schumacher's 2004 film adaptation of the musical ''The Phantom of the Opera''. In 2007, Butler gained worldwide recognition through his portrayal of King Leonidas in the film ''300''. Since then, he has appeared in projects including ''P.S. I Love You'' (2007), ''Nim's Island'' (2008), ''RocknRolla'' (2008), ''The Ugly Truth'' (2009), ''Gamer'' (2009), ''Law Abiding Citizen'' (2009), ''The Bounty Hunter'' (2010), and as a voice actor in ''How to Train Your Dragon'' (2010).

Personal life

Butler was born in Paisley, Scotland, the youngest of three children of Margaret and Edward Butler, a bookmaker. Of Irish descent, he was brought up in a strict Roman Catholic family. Butler spent the first few years of his life in Montreal, Quebec, before the family returned to live in Scotland. Butler regularly attended Celtic Park as a supporter but has found that moving to Hollywood can be a problem when trying to keep up with the results.

Career

In London, Butler held a series of odd jobs until being cast by actor and director Steven Berkoff (who later appeared alongside him in ''Attila'' (2001)) in a stage production of ''Coriolanus''. He was cast as Ewan McGregor's character Renton in the stage adaptation of ''Trainspotting'', the same play that had inspired him to become an actor. His film debut was as Billy Connolly's character's younger brother in ''Mrs. Brown'' (1997).

His film career continued with small roles, first in the James Bond movie ''Tomorrow Never Dies'' (1997) and then Russell Mulcahy's ''Tale of the Mummy'' (1998). In 2000, Butler was cast in two breakthrough roles, the first being Attila the Hun in USA film ''Attila'' (2001/I) (TV). The film's producers wanted a known actor to play the part but kept coming back to Butler's screen tests and decided he was their man. He was cast as Dracula in ''Dracula 2000'' (2000).

He then appeared in ''Reign of Fire'' (2002) as Creedy and ''Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life'' (2003) as Terry Sheridan, alongside Angelina Jolie. In the role of Andre Marek in the big-screen adaptation of Michael Crichton's novel ''Timeline'' (2003), Butler played an archaeologist who was sent back in time with a team of students to rescue a colleague.

In 2003, director Joel Schumacher was deciding on the principal casting for the film ''The Phantom of the Opera'', a film adaptation of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical of the same name, and thought of Butler, whom he had seen earlier in the film ''Dracula 2000'', to play the title character. Butler, who had had no musical experience other than singing in a rock band while he was studying to be a lawyer, was surprised at the interest, but immediately began taking singing lessons with a vocal coach. He then did an acting audition with Schumacher, and a singing audition with Lloyd Webber, both of whom were impressed by his performance.

Other projects that followed include ''Dear Frankie'' (2004), ''The Game of Their Lives'' (2005) and ''Beowulf & Grendel'' (2005).

In 2007, he starred as Spartan King Leonidas in the Warner Bros. production ''300'', which is often described as his breakthrough role. Butler, who said he "wanted to look really strong" in the film, trained with a high-intensity workout for four months prior to the film's shooting.

In 2007, he also appeared in ''Butterfly on a Wheel'' co-starring Pierce Brosnan and Maria Bello, which aired on network TV under the title ''Shattered'', and in the romantic comedy ''P.S. I Love You'' with Hilary Swank. In 2008, he appeared in ''Nim's Island'' and ''RocknRolla''. In 2009, he starred in the Mark Neveldine / Brian Taylor film ''Gamer'', ''The Ugly Truth'' and ''Law Abiding Citizen'', which he also co-produced. In 2010 he starred in the action/comedy ''The Bounty Hunter'' with Jennifer Aniston, and did a voice-over in the 2010 animated film ''How to Train Your Dragon'' as Stoick the Vast.

On 15 and 16 October 2010, thanks to the popularity of his role as Spartan King Leonidas and the use of his lines during athletic events at Michigan State University, he was a guest at their Midnight Madness and homecoming football game, respectively.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	''Mrs. Brown''	Archie Brown
1997	''Tomorrow Never Dies''	Leading Seaman	Scene
1998	''Tale of the Mummy''	Burke
1998	''Fast Food''	Jacko
1998	''Little White Lies''	Peter	Television film
1998	''''	Marty Claymore	Television series
1999	''''	Yasha
199	''Please!''	Peter	Short film
1999		Sam	Television film
1999	''Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married''	Gus	Television series
2000	''Dracula 2000''
2000	''Harrison's Flowers''	Chris Kumac
2001	''''	Tim Bolton	Television series
2001		Attila the Hun	Television miniseries
2001	''Jewel of the Sahara''	Captain Charles Belamy	Short film
2001	''''	Johnnie Donne	Television miniseries
2002		Jackie Junior
2002		Creedy
2003	''Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life''	Terry Sheridan
2003		André Marek
2004	''''
2005	''Dear Frankie''	The Stranger
2005	''Beowulf & Grendel''
2005	''''	Frank Borghi
2005	''Shadow Company''	James Ashcroft	Voice role
2007
2007	''Butterfly on a Wheel''	Neil Randall
2007		Gerry Kennedy
2008	''Nim's Island''	Jack Rusoe / Alex Rover
2008	''RocknRolla''	One Two
2009		The Captain	Voice role
2009	''''	Mike Chadway
2009		Kable / John Tillman
2009	''Law Abiding Citizen''	Clyde Shelton
2010		Stoick the Vast	Voice role
2010	''''	Milo Boyd
2011		Tullus Aufidius
2011	''Machine Gun Preacher''	Sam Childers	Bbiopic, ''post-production''
2011	''Movie 43''	Chaun	''filming''

References

External links

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name	Graham Norton
birth name	Graham William Walker
birth date	April 04, 1963
birth place	Clondalkin, Dublin, Ireland
medium	Television, radio, stand-up
nationality	Irish
active	1992–present
genre	Observational comedy
subject	Everyday life, pop culture, current events, celebrities, sex
awards
notable work	''So Graham Norton''''V Graham Norton''''The Graham Norton Effect''''Graham Norton's Bigger Picture''''The Graham Norton Show'' }}

Graham William Walker, known by his stage name Graham Norton, (born 4 April 1963) is an Irish actor, comedian, television presenter and columnist. He is the host of comedy chat programme ''The Graham Norton Show'' on BBC One in the UK. ''Hot Press'' has described him as "the 21st century's answer to Terry Wogan", with both men sharing an Irish background and the common link of being a BBC Radio 2 presenter and the BBC television commentator of the Eurovision Song Contest.

Early life and career

Norton was born in Clondalkin, a suburb of Dublin, but grew up in Bandon, County Cork, Ireland to a Protestant family. He was educated at Bandon Grammar School, in County Cork and then University College Cork but did not complete his studies.

In 1992 his stand-up comedy drag act in the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as a tea-towel clad Mother Teresa of Calcutta made the press when Scottish Television's religious affairs department mistakenly thought he represented the real Mother Teresa.

His first appearances in broadcasting were in his spot as a regular comedian and panellist on the BBC Radio 4 show ''Loose Ends'', when the show ran on Saturday mornings, in the early 1990s. His rise to fame began as one of the early successes of Channel 5, when he won an award for his performance as the stand-in host of a late-night TV talk show usually presented by Jack Docherty. This was followed by a comic quiz show on Channel 5 called ''Bring Me the Head of Light Entertainment'', which was not well received as a programme, but did further enhance Norton's individual reputation as a comic and TV host. In 1996, Norton co-hosted the late-night quiz show ''Carnal Knowledge'' on ITV with Maria McErlane.

In 1996, Norton played the part of Father Noel Furlong in three episodes ("Hell", "Flight Into Terror", "The Mainland") of the Channel 4 series ''Father Ted''. Father Noel Furlong was often seen taking charge of a small youth folk-group.

Channel 4

After this early success, Norton moved to Channel 4 to host his own chat shows including ''So Graham Norton'' and ''V Graham Norton''. As a performer who is not only openly gay, but also camp and flamboyant, it was here that Norton's act was fully honed as a cheeky, innuendo-laden joker.

In 2003, he was the subject of controversy when, on his show on Channel 4, he made a comedic reference to the recent death of Bee Gees singer Maurice Gibb. The Independent Television Commission investigated after complaints about this insensitivity were forwarded to it and eventually Channel 4 had to make two apologies: one in the form of a caption slide before the show, another from Norton in person.

Also in 2003, he was listed in ''The Observer'' as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy. (Though Norton is Irish, the bulk of his television career has been in the UK.)

In the summer of 2004, Norton moved across the Atlantic to start a new venture in American television. ''The Graham Norton Effect'' debuted on 24 June 2004 on Comedy Central, and was also broadcast in the UK on BBC Three. In the midst of controversy surrounding Janet Jackson's Super Bowl performance, Norton was wary of moving into the market.

BBC

In 2005, Norton moved to the BBC and began hosting the Saturday evening reality TV series ''Strictly Dance Fever'' on BBC One, as well as a new comedy chat show, ''Graham Norton's Bigger Picture''. He also read stories some nights on the BBC children's channel CBeebies as part of ''Bedtime Hour''.

In 2006, Norton hosted the BBC One series ''How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?'' in which Andrew Lloyd Webber tried to find a lead actress for his West End version of ''The Sound of Music''. Norton has subsequently presented the 3 follow-up series: ''Any Dream Will Do'' in 2007, in which a group of males competed to win the role of Joseph in the West End production of ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat''; ''I'd Do Anything'' in 2008, in which Andrew Lloyd Webber seeks to find the part of Nancy and Oliver for Sir Cameron Mackintosh's production of Lionel Bart's ''Oliver!''; and ''Over the Rainbow'' in 2010, following a similar format to find a new Dorothy for a ''Wizard of Oz'' West end Production.

Norton hosted various other shows for the BBC during this time, including ''When Will I Be Famous?'' (2007), ''The One and Only'' (2008) and ''Totally Saturday'' (2009). Since 2007, Norton has also been a regular host of The British Academy Television Awards. On 7 July 2007, Norton presented at Live Earth and undertook a trip to Ethiopia with the Born Free Foundation to highlight the plight of the Ethiopian wolf – the rarest canid in the world. In the same year, he was the subject of an episode of the BBC1 genealogy documentary ''Who Do You Think You Are?''.

Norton's chat show, ''The Graham Norton Show'', began on 22 February 2007 on BBC Two. Although in a format that he had not been involved in for 4 years, it is very similar to his previous Channel 4 shows. On 6 October 2009, the show moved to BBC One, in a new one-hour format.

In May 2010, he stood in for Chris Evans' breakfast show on BBC Radio 2. Later that month, it was confirmed that he would be replacing Jonathan Ross's Saturday morning slot on the same station.

In December 2011, the panel show ''Would You Rather...? with Graham Norton'' premiered on BBC America in the time slot immediately following ''The Graham Norton Show''. Recorded in New York, it is one of BBC America's earliest efforts at producing original programming, and is also the first panel game the channel has shown, either of British or American origin.

In January 2012, he called on listeners to his Radio 2 show to help find his car hours after it was stolen. He called it "The Great Car Hunt" and told listeners to “Keep your eyes out for it. It was filthy by the way."

Eurovision

Norton hosted the first annual ''Eurovision Dance Contest'' alongside Claudia Winkleman which was held on 1 September 2007 in London, England. The format was based on the BBC's ''Strictly Come Dancing'' and the EBU's ''Eurovision Song Contest''. Norton and Winkleman also hosted the 2008 Contest in Glasgow, Scotland.

In October 2008, it was confirmed by the BBC that Norton would replace Terry Wogan as the BBC's presenter for the UK heats of the ''Eurovision Song Contest'', in a show to be called ''Your Country Needs You''.

On 5 December 2008 it was announced that Norton would also take over from Wogan as the presenter of the main Eurovision Song Contest. The 54th Eurovision Song Contest was held in the Olimpiyskiy (Olympic) Stadium, Moscow on 16 May 2009.

Norton's jokes during his debut received some positive reviews from the British media. ''The Guardian'' noted his comments on Iceland's entry, which finished in second place, had "rooted around in a cupboard and found an old bridesmaid dress from 1987" and the Armenian singers, who finished in tenth place, were sporting traditional dress, "which would be true if you come from the village where Liberace is the mayor."

His comment “The bad news is you’re about to watch Albania. She’s only 17 so please bear that in mind. Where was her mother? Why didn’t she step in and say no?” which was made just before Albanian singer Kejsi Tola was set to take the stage dubbed an insult by many, sent ripples of outrage through not only Albania, but also the Albanian population in Britain.He then announced that Albania should get no points and that he didn't care what anybody else thought. There was a petition circling the net calling for a formal apology from Norton. The petition, which called his comment “very rude and insulting,” had drawn over 1,000 signatures.He never responded.

In 2011, he snarked that if Jedward's entry into the competition that year won, the twins would never sleep again. In the end, they were eighth. Earlier in that year's televote, he joked "Quick, someone take a picture", when The British entry that year went temporarily in the lead early on after high votes from Russia(4), Bulgaria(12) and Italy(10). In the end, the song dropped down the 11th, earning 100 points. Very annoyed, Norton claimed 'We were better than Jedward'.

Other

In July 2000 Graham was one of three judges of the Miss Lesbian Beauty Contest 2000 held at The Talk of London, Drury Lane. The contest was won by 42 year old Carol Hutchins who wowed the audience with her sit-down comedy routine from a wheelchair. Graham described Carol as a "very bright, funny lady."

Graham Norton played Mr. Puckov in the 2006 American comedy spoof film ''Another Gay Movie''. In 2007, Norton played Taylor in the romantic comedy film ''I Could Never Be Your Woman''.

Norton was involved in a high-publicity advertising campaign for the UK National Lottery as an animated unicorn, the stooge to a character based on Lady Luck (played by Fay Ripley). He has also advertised McVitie's biscuits.

In 2007, Norton featured in Girls Aloud and Sugababes' Comic Relief video for the single "Walk This Way."

In January 2009, Norton made his West End stage debut in a revival of ''La Cage Aux Folles'' at the Playhouse Theatre.

Since 2009, Norton has been the host of the comedy game-show ''Most Popular'' on US cable television channel WE tv.

Norton currently writes an advice column in ''The Daily Telegraph'' newspaper. In October 2010, these columns were made into a book entitled ''Ask Graham'', published by John Blake Publishing.

Personal life

Norton has stated that he felt "out of place" growing up in Ireland; his family are Protestant yet the Republic of Ireland is overwhelmingly Catholic. Norton took part in the TV programme, ''Who Do You Think You Are?'', to trace his ancestry. It was discovered that his family were originally planters sent over from England to take over Irish land. Some members of his family had fought for the British Monarchy during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 and taken part in a massacre of Catholics in Carnew Castle. Another member of his family was later killed in battle by the United Irishmen. Norton said he was comforted to find out that his family had resided in Ireland for generations.

In 1989 while living in London, Norton was mugged, beaten and stabbed by a group of attackers on the street. He says he lost half his blood and nearly died, and he was hospitalised for two and a half weeks.

Norton is openly gay.

TV appearances

Main presenting credits

''Carnal Knowledge'' (TV series, co-presenter) (1996, 27 one hour shows)

''Bring Me the Head of Light Entertainment''

''So Graham Norton'' (1998–2002)

''V Graham Norton'' (2002–2003)

''NY Graham Norton'' (2004)

''The Graham Norton Effect'' (2004–2005)

''Graham Norton's Bigger Picture'' (2005–2006)

''Strictly Dance Fever'' (2005–2006)

BBC/Andrew Lloyd Webber musical theater talent searches (2006–present)

* ''How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?'' (2006)

* ''Any Dream Will Do'' (2007)

* ''I'd Do Anything'' (2008)

* ''Over the Rainbow'' (2010)

''The Big Finish'' (2006–)

''When Will I Be Famous?'' (2007)

''The Graham Norton Show'' (2007–present)

''The British Academy Television Awards'' (2007)

''Live Earth'' (2007)

''Eurovision Dance Contest'' (2007)

''The One and Only'' (2008)

''Eurovision Dance Contest'' (2008)

''Eurovision: Your Country Needs You'' (2009–present)

''Eurovision Song Contest'' (UK commentator, 2009–present)

''Totally Saturday'' (2009)

''Most Popular'' (2009–present)

''Would You Rather...? with Graham Norton'' (BBC America, 2011–present)

Other television credits

''Rex the Runt'': A Crap Day Out ''Absolutely Fabulous'': Gay ''Who Do You Think You Are? (British TV series)

!Year!!Title!!Character!!Broadcaster
1996–98	''Father Ted'':	* Hell	* Flight into Terror	* The Mainland	Father Noel Furlong	Channel 4
rowspan=3	2001	|	The Plants voice	BBC
''Rex the Runt'': Patio	Osvalde Halitosis voice
''The Kumars at No. 42''	Himself
2002	|	Himself	BBC
rowspan=4	2007	Who Do You Think You Are?'' ||	Himself	BBC
''Saving Planet Earth''	*Saving Wolves	Himself	BBC
''Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List''
''Robbie the Reindeer'' in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind	Computer voice

Radio

''Just a Minute''

Sitting in for Steve Wright August 2009 BBC Radio 2

Sitting in for Chris Evans May /July 2010 BBC Radio 2

On 2 October 2010, he began his weekly BBC Radio 2 Saturday show taking over from Jonathan Ross. The show airs from 10.00am-1.00pm and combines a mixture of music, chat and celebrity guests.

2011/12 Radio 2 Saturday mornings

Filmography

''Stargay'' ''Another Gay Movie'' ''I Could Never Be Your Woman''

!Year!!Title!!Character!!Production
1999	|	Graham Solex	Canal+
2006	|	Mr. Puckov	Luna Pictures
2007	|	Taylor	The Weinstein Company

Stand-Up videos

''Live At The Roundhouse'' (19 November 2001)

Awards

1999 : Gaytime Award for ''Gay Entertainer of the Year''

2000, 2001, 2002 : BAFTA Award for Best Entertainment Performance - ''So Graham Norton''

2001 : RTS Television Award for Best Presenter - ''So Graham Norton''

2001 : TRIC Award TV Personality of the Year

2011 : BAFTA Award for Best Entertainment Performance - ''The Graham Norton Show''

References

External links

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name	Karen Gillan
birth date	November 28, 1987
birth place	Inverness, Scotland, United Kingdom
birthname	Karen Sheila Gillan
occupation	Actress, model
yearsactive	2006–present }}

Karen Sheila Gillan (born 28 November 1987) is a Scottish actress and former model who is best known for her current portrayal of Amy Pond in the British science fiction series ''Doctor Who''.

Early life

Gillan was born and brought up in Inverness, Scotland. Her father, Raymond John, a Day Centre Manager, and mother, Marie, live in Kinmylies. She learned to play the piano when she was seven. She has no brothers or sisters and was raised as an only child. At a young age, she developed a love for acting, joining several local youth theatre groups and taking part in a wide range of productions at her school, Charleston Academy. When she was sixteen, Gillan decided to pursue her interest in acting, studying at Edinburgh's Telford College. Later, she secured a place at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts drama school in London on the BA (Hons) Acting degree course. Her cousin Caitlin Blackwood has portrayed the young Amy Pond in three episodes of ''Doctor Who''. Gillan moved to London when she was 18 years old to study at drama school.

Career

2006–2010

Before Gillan appeared on television, she was working in a London pub at 18 after she dropped out of Italia Conti for a TV show - and was scouted by a modeling agency. Gillan has taken part in numerous modelling events including 2007's London Fashion Week for designer Allegra Hicks' autumn/winter catwalk show. She has also modelled for the launch party of Nicola Roberts' Dainty Doll Make-Up Range. This was shown in Robert's episode of the documentary, ''The Passions of Girls Aloud'' which premiered on the 4 April 2008.

Gillan's early television acting career included guest appearances on several drama series, with her first ongoing role being a two-year stint as a member of the ensemble cast of the sketch comedy series ''The Kevin Bishop Show'' in which she played multiple characters, as well as celebrities such as Katy Perry and Angelina Jolie. She appeared in Channel 4's 'Stacked'; she had the role of Ginny. Gillan also appeared on TV in a leading role in a horror project entitled ''The Well'', which was broadcast as episodic short films on BBC Two, and then later also as a web series on BBC.co.uk. Part of the BBC's multimedia "switch" programming, the short episodes interconnect with online games that further explore the environments presented in the series.

She was cast for the role of the Eleventh Doctor's first companion, Amy Pond, on the British sci-fi series ''Doctor Who'' in May 2009. She made her first on-screen appearance as Amy Pond in "The Eleventh Hour", which first aired on 3 April 2010. She was confirmed in Issue 420 of the ''Doctor Who Magazine'' to be appearing in the 2011 series. Gillan had appeared in ''Doctor Who'' once before in the 2008 episode "The Fires of Pompeii" in the role of a Soothsayer.

2011

Gillan will play model and actress Jean Shrimpton in ''We'll Take Manhattan'', as well as Juliet in a re-working of Shakespeare's ''Romeo & Juliet'' penned by David Baddiel. In August 2011, it was announced Gillan will star in an indie comedy called ''Not Another Happy Ending'' along with Emun Elliott. Filming will take place at the end of 2011 into early 2012.

Gillan will make her first theatre appearance in John Osborne's play ''Inadmissable Evidence'' along with Douglas Hodge. The play will debut at the Donmar Warehouse in October 2011.

During an interview at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con, Gillan revealed she will be returning to ''Doctor Who'' for its seventh series.

Filmography

;Television Detective drama series ''The Kevin Bishop Show ''Coming Up (TV series) ''Doctor Who'' - "The Fires of Pompeii" ''Harley Street (TV series) ''The Well (TV Series)'' ''Doctor Who''

Year !! Title !! Format !! Role !! Notes
2006	Rebus (TV series)>Rebus''	|	Terry Cotter
2007–2009	|	Sketch show series	Various
2008	Coming Up'' ||	Drama	Anna
2008	|	Science fiction series	Soothsayer
2008	Harley Street ||	Medical drama series	Holly
2010	|	Horror series	Coll	aired on BBC 2, then later a web series on the BBC website
2010–present	|	Science fiction series	Amy Pond	Series 5 (2010), Series 6 (2011) & Series 7 (2012)

;Feature films

''New Town Killers'' ''Outcast (2010 film) ''We'll Take Manhattan (film) ''Not Another Happy Ending''

Year !! Title !! Format !! Role
2008	''Stacked (TV film) ''''	Drama film-for TV
2008	|	Drama	Girl at Bus Station
2010	Outcast'' ||	Horror film	Ally
2011	We'll Take Manhattan'' ||	Drama/Film	Jean Shrimpton
2011	|	Indie comedy	Novelist

;Theatre

Play

Year !! Title !! Format !! Role !! Notes
2011	''Inadmissable Evidence''	|	secretary	this is Gillan's first theatre appearance

;Video games

''Doctor Who: The Adventure Games'': ''Blood of the Cybermen'' ''Doctor Who: The Adventure Games'': ''Doctor Who: The Adventure Games#TARDIS ''Doctor Who: The Adventure Games'': ''Doctor Who: The Adventure Games#Shadows of the Vashta Nerada ''Doctor Who: The Adventure Games'': ''Doctor Who: The Adventure Games#The Gunpowder Plot ''Doctor Who: Evacuation Earth'' ''Doctor Who: Return to Earth'' ''Doctor Who: The Mazes of Time''

Year !! Title !! Format !! Role
2010	''Doctor Who: The Adventure Games'': ''City of the Daleks''	Episodic video game
2010	|	Episodic video game	Amy Pond (voice and likeness)
2010	TARDIS'' ||	Episodic video game	Amy Pond (voice and likeness)
2010	Shadows of the Vashta Nerada'' ||	Episodic video game	Amy Pond (voice and likeness)
2011	The Gunpowder Plot'' ||	Episodic video game	Amy Pond (voice and likeness)
2010	|	Video game for Nintendo DS	Amy Pond (voice and likeness)
2010	|	Video game for Nintendo Wii	Amy Pond (voice and likeness)
2010	|	Video game for iPhone/iPod Touch and iPad	Amy Pond (Likeness)

References

External links

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birth name	Martin John C. Freeman
birth date	September 08, 1971
birth place	Aldershot, Hampshire, England
occupation	Actor
years active	1997 – present
domestic partner(s)	Amanda Abbington (?-present) }}

Martin John C. Freeman (born 8 September 1971) is an English actor. He is known for his roles as John in ''Love Actually'', Tim Canterbury in the BBC's Golden Globe-winning comedy ''The Office'', Arthur Dent in the film adaptation of Douglas Adams' ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'', Dr. John Watson in ''Sherlock'' and Mr. Madden in ''Nativity!''. He has been cast in the lead role of Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson's two-part adaptation of ''The Hobbit.''

Education

Freeman was raised Roman Catholic and was educated at Cardinal Newman school, a Roman Catholic Primary school in Hersham. He also attended Salesian School, a Voluntary Aided Roman Catholic comprehensive school in the town of Chertsey in Surrey, followed by the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.

Career

Freeman has appeared in at least 18 TV shows, 14 theatre productions, and several radio productions. His most famous role remains that of Tim Canterbury in ''The Office''. He also appeared in the sitcom ''Hardware''. Additionally Freeman has appeared in several films, including Sacha Baron Cohen's ''Ali G Indahouse'' (2002) and Richard Curtis' ''Love Actually'' (2003). As well as his various comic roles, Freeman has also appeared in serious dramatic parts. He began to move into more serious dramatic roles on television with his appearance as Lord Shaftesbury in the 2003 BBC historical drama ''Charles II: The Power and The Passion''. He can also be seen making a brief appearance in the first episode of the second series of ''This Life''. Freeman also starred in the BBC's television series ''The Robinsons'' and had a cameo performance in episode 1 of ''Black Books''.

He had a cameo in ''Hot Fuzz'' (2007), a film written by ''Shaun of the Dead'' writers Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright, and had a brief non-speaking role in ''Shaun of the Dead'' as Yvonne's boyfriend, Declan. He is in the 2007 film ''The All Together'' written & directed by Gavin Claxton. He also appeared along side Roger Lloyd Pack, Jamie Hogarth and Christopher Mellows in the 2007 Bill Kenwright theatre production of ''The Last Laugh''.

He also features in the video for Faith No More's cover of "I Started a Joke". He has recently covered a few shows on BBC 6 Music. In May 2009 he starred in a comedy, called ''Boy Meets Girl'' – a four part drama that charts the progress of characters Veronica and Danny after an accident which causes them to swap bodies.

He has starred in a 48 hour film project entitled 'The Girl Is Mime'.

Freeman plays Dr. John Watson in ''Sherlock'', the BBC contemporary adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes detective stories. The first episode, "A Study in Pink", was broadcast on 25 July 2010 to critical acclaim. For his performance in the role he won the BAFTA award for Best Supporting Actor, 2011.

Following some uncertainty regarding scheduling conflicts, he has been cast in the role of Bilbo Baggins in the upcoming two-part Peter Jackson prequel to ''The Lord of the Rings'' film trilogy, titled ''The Hobbit''.

Personal life

Born to Geoff and Philomena R. Norris, Freeman is the youngest of five children. He currently resides in Hertfordshire with his wife, actress Amanda Abbington, who has appeared alongside Freeman in several productions, such as ''Men Only'', ''Picking Up The Pieces'', ''The Debt'', ''The Robinsons'' and the feature film comedy ''The All Together''. He has two children: a son Joe, born in 2005, and a daughter, Grace, born in 2009.

In an edition of ''Who Do You Think You Are?'' aired on 19 August 2009, he discovered that his grandfather, Leonard Freeman, was a member of the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War II. Private L W Freeman, a Territorial Army volunteer in the 150(N) Field Ambulance Regiment, was killed in Northern France on 24 May 1940 in a Stuka dawn attack. His unit was evacuated from Dunkirk two days later. Freeman is a lifelong fan of Motown music and interviewed Smokey Robinson in an edition of ''The Culture Show'' aired in October 2009.

Filmography

Films

! Year	! Film	! Role	! Notes
1998	''I Just Want to Kiss You''	Frank	Short film
2000	''The Low Down''	Solomon
	''Round About Five''	The Man
''Fancy Dress''	Pirate
2002	''Ali G Indahouse''	Ricky C
2003	''Love Actually''	John	Nominated – Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Ensemble Acting
	''Blake's Junction 7''	Vila	Short film
''Call Register''	Kevin
''Shaun of the Dead''	Declan	Cameo
2005		Arthur Dent
		Matt
	Sandy
		Jeremy
''The Good Night''	Gary Shaller
''Hot Fuzz''	Met. Sergeant
''Lonely Hearts''	The pig	Short film
''The All Together''	Chris Ashworth
''Rubbish''	Kevin	Short film
''Nightwatching''	Rembrandt
2008	''Rembrandt's J'Accuse''	Rembrandt	Documentary (related to the previous year's ''Nightwatching'')
		Mr Maddens
''HIV: The Musical''	James McKenzie	Awaiting release
''Swinging with the Finkels''	Alvin Finkel
2010	''Wild Target''	Dixon
	''The Pirates! Band of Misfits''	The Pirate with a Scarf	Voice
''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey''
2013	''The Hobbit: There and Back Again''

Television

! Year	! Series	! Role	! Notes
	''The Bill''	Craig Parnell	Episode 13.3: "Mantrap"
''This Life''	Stuart	Episode 2.1: "Last Tango in Southwark"
		Ricky Beck	Episode 13.8: "She Loved the Rain"
''Picking up the Pieces''	Brendan	Episode 1.7
		Various characters	Appeared in all six episodes
''Lock, Stock...''	Jaap	Appeared in two episodes
''Black Books''	Doctor	Episode 1.1: "Cooking the Books"
	''Men Only''	Jamie	TV film
''World of Pub''	Various characters	Appeared in five episodes
2001–2003		Tim Canterbury	Appeared in all 14 episodes	British Academy Television Awards 2004>BAFTA Award for Best Comedy Performance, 2004 for "The Office Christmas Special"
	''Helen West''	Unknown	Episode 1.2: "Shadow Play"
''Linda Green''	Matt	Episode 2.8: "Easy Come, Easy Go"
	''The Debt''	Terry Ross	TV film
''Margery and Gladys''	D.S. Stringer	TV film
''Charles II: The Power and The Passion''		TV mini-series
2003–2004		Mike
2004		Fleck	TV film
2005	''The Robinsons''	Ed Robinson	Appeared in all six episodes
	''Comedy Showcase''	Greg Wilson	Special 1.1: ''Other People''
	Mr. Codlin	TV film
2008	''When Were We Funniest?''	Himself	Appeared in four episodes
		Danny Reed	TV mini-series
''Micro Men''	Chris Curry	TV film
2010–present
2010	''The Girl is Mime''	Clive Buckle; lead actor	Short film, part of the 48 Hour Film Project in London

Awards and nominations

British Comedy Awards ''The Office'' ''Love Actually'' ''Sherlock (TV series)

Year !! Nominated For !! Award !! Category !! Result !! Ref.
2002	The Office (UK TV series)>The Office''	|	Best Comedy Actor
2004	|	BAFTAs	Best Comedy Performance
2004	|	Phoenix Film Critics Society	Best Ensemble Acting
2011	Sherlock'' ||	BAFTAs	British Academy Television Award for Best Supporting Actor>Best Supporting Actor

References

External links

Martin Freeman Massive, online fan community

Martin Freeman BBC Radio Gloucestershire interview (feb 2007)

Boy Meets Girl Interview

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name	Lorraine Kelly
birth date	November 30, 1959
birth place	Glasgow, Scotland
occupation	Television presenter, journalist
spouse	Steve Smith (5 September 1992-present)
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Lorraine Kelly (born 30 November 1959, Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish television presenter and journalist best known as a presenter for TV-am, and later GMTV and ITV Breakfast, on ''Lorraine''.

Early life

Kelly's father, John, worked as a television repairman. She attended Claremont High School in East Kilbride. She turned down a university place to read English and Russian in favour of a job on the East Kilbride News, her local newspaper, and then joined BBC Scotland as a researcher in 1983. She moved to TV-am as an on-screen reporter covering Scottish news in 1984.

Presenting career

TV-am

In July 1989, Kelly presented TV-am's ''Summer Sunday'' programme with chief reporter Geoff Meade, and in February 1990 she became a main presenter of ''Good Morning Britain'' alongside Mike Morris.

GMTV

Kelly helped launch GMTV in January 1993, and presented a range of programmes, including the main breakfast show with Eamonn Holmes. She presented her show ''GMTV with Lorraine'' which aired Monday to Thursday at 08:35 on GMTV, between 1994 and September 2010.

According to the ''Sunday Mirror'', Kelly was banned from appearing in an advertising campaign for Asda because her boss, GMTV's managing director Clive Couch, feared that such a move would lead to more bad publicity for GMTV, which was fined £2 million by broadcasting regulator Ofcom in September for conning viewers with its premium-rate phone lines.

ITV Breakfast

In September 2010, GMTV came to an end, with ITV Breakfast taking over. ''Lorraine'' launched with a brand new look, alongside ''Daybreak'', and airs every weekday at 8.30am.

Other television work

Kelly presented ''Liquid News'', ''Liquid Eurovision'' and became the national spokeswoman for the United Kingdom during the collation of votes at the Eurovision Song Contest, in both 2003 and 2004, replacing the long-serving Colin Berry.

She has made several appearances on ''Have I Got News for You'' and has also presented it.

From 2004, she co-presented ''This Morning'' with Phillip Schofield, on Mondays and Fridays, to allow Fern Britton to spend more time with her family, but she left in March 2006.

Kelly acted as the guest host for two shows in 2006. Firstly for an episode of ''The Friday Night Project'' for Channel 4 and ''The New Paul O'Grady Show''. She did so again for Paul O'Grady on 30 November 2006, her 47th birthday and owing to sheer popularity, in November 2007 and April 2008.

Kelly also hosted the annual ''Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Awards'' in 2005 and 2006 for STV.

Kelly filmed an ITV documentary programme ''Secrets Revealed - DNA Stories'' in 2006, made by STV Productions, and broadcast on Sky Real Lives. A second series was shown on the channel in 2008.

Kelly filmed a six-part documentary series ''Lorraine Kelly's Big Fat Challenge'' shown on Bio in 2010. The series featured Kelly and a team of experts putting 'Britain's fattest family', the Chawner's family through their paces in order to lose weight and transform their lives. Daughter Emma Chawner is best known for her unsuccessful appearances on ''The X Factor''.

In 2010, in conjunction with the Missing People charity, Sky and STV produced a new documentary series hosted by Kelly, about missing mothers. This series followed the success of Sky’s previous successful missing person series ''Missing Children: Lorraine Kelly Investigates''.

In 2011, Kelly was the presenter of the ITV1 series ''Children's Hospital.

Acting

Kelly made a cameo appearance in the BBC Scotland soap opera, ''River City''.

Writing

Kelly writes weekly columns for ''The Sun'' and ''The Sunday Post''.

She was announced as the first Agony Aunt for the Royal Air Force's fortnightly ''RAF News'' on 7 October 2009.

Other interests

Kelly is a celebrity patron of the Association for International Cancer Research.

Awards and honours

In April 1991, Kelly was awarded the TRIC Diamond Jubilee Award for New Talent of the Year.

Between 2004 and 2007, she served a period as the first female Rector of the University of Dundee and on 20 June 2008 she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws from the University for her services to charity.

In a survey Kelly was voted the celebrity most people would like to buy a car from. In a recent article from the Daily Mail, Kelly was described as, 'TV's best-loved sofa star'.

Personal life

Kelly is married to Steve Smith, a cameraman she met when she was covering Scotland for TV-am in 1985. They have a daughter, Rosie, who was born in June 1994. Lorraine returned from maternity leave in late 1994 to present her own show, ''Nine O'Clock Live''.

She currently resides in Dundee, with her family when she is not working in London. She previously resided in Berkshire.

Kelly's grandparents emigrated from Draperstown, County Londonderry. On 5 September 2006, on GMTV, she examined her own family tree.

She is a Dundee United fan and attends most games.

She believes and has stated that denominational (single-faith) schools are a cause of sectarianism in Scotland.

Bibliography

''Lorraine Kelly's Nutrition Made Easy'' (Virgin Books, due January 2009)

''Lorraine Kelly's Junk-Free Children's Eating Plan'' (Virgin Books, 2007)

''Lorraine Kelly's Baby and Toddler Eating Plan'' (Virgin Books, 2002/2004/2006)

References

External links

Lorraine Kelly Official website

The Lorraine Kelly Appreciation Society

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