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Jason Momoa
Momoa in 2011
Born	Joseph Jason Namakaeha Momoa (1979-08-01) August 1, 1979 (age 32) Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Occupation	Actor, model
Years active	1998-present
Height	6 ft 5 in (196 cm)[1]
Spouse	Lisa Bonet[2]
Partner	Simmone Jade Mackinnon (?–2006)
Children	• Lola Iolani Momoa (born 2007)  • Nakoa-Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha Momoa (born 2008)
Website
jasonmomoa.com

Jason Momoa (born August 1, 1979) is an American actor and model.

He is known for his role as Ronon Dex (2005–09) on military science fiction television series Stargate: Atlantis (2004–09). Most recently, he became recognized for his role as the title character in the sword and sorcery film Conan the Barbarian (2011).^[3] Before the film, Momoa appeared as Khal Drogo in the HBO medieval fantasy television series Game of Thrones (2011).

Early life and education[link]

An only child, Momoa was born Joseph Jason Namakaeha Momoa in Honolulu, Hawaii, and raised in Norwalk, Iowa, by his mother, Coni Momoa.^[4] His father is of Native Hawaiian descent and his mother is of German, Irish, and Native American ancestry.^[1]

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Career[link]

In 1998, Momoa returned to Hawaii, where he was discovered by international designer Takeo Kikuchi and launched his modeling career. In 1999, he won Hawaii's Model of the Year and hosted the Miss Teen Hawaii contest.

In addition to his appearances in Stargate: Atlantis, and Game of Thrones, Momoa has appeared as Jason Ioane (1999–2001) in the action drama series Baywatch Hawaii (1999–2001). He then portrayed the title protagonist in Conan the Barbarian, a reimagining of the 1982 film of the same name and a role made famous by Arnold Schwarzenegger.

After the shooting of Stargate Atlantis Season 4 was over, Momoa had his dreadlocks cut off. Their weight had been giving him headaches, and even whiplash when filming action scenes. The program agreed with the decision and had planned to film a scene where Ronon cuts off his hair for Season 5's "Broken Ties", but that change was ultimately overruled by the Sci Fi network. On the first day of filming for Season 5, his dreadlocks were reattached, but the process was too taxing, forcing Momoa to switch to using his stunt double's wig until a custom wig could be made and delivered two weeks later.^[5][6]

Momoa appeared as Roman in four episodes of the comedy-drama television series The Game (2011).

Personal life[link]

He is the nephew of surfers Brian Keaulana and Rusty Keaulana.^[7]

He met Cosby Show star Lisa Bonet in 2005, and they married in November 2007. On July 23, 2007, Bonet^[2] gave birth to their daughter, Lola Iolani Momoa. On December 15, 2008, Bonet and Momoa had a son, Nakoa-Wolf Manakauapo Namakaeha Momoa. The birth was first announced by Momoa's mother on the fan forums of his official site. She said that Nakoa means "warrior" and Mana stands for “strength/spirit,” while Kaua ("rain") and Po ("dark") pertain to the circumstances surrounding his birthday (he was born on a rare bad-weather night in Los Angeles). He shares his other middle name, Namakaeha, with his father.^[8]

On November 15, 2008, Momoa was slashed in the face with a broken beer glass at the Birds Cafe, a Hollywood, California, club.^[9][10] He received around 140 stitches during reconstructive surgery, and his scars are apparent in his later work.^[9] A 21-year-old Venice Beach, California, resident was convicted of the crime and is serving a five-year sentence at California State Prison, Corcoran.^[10]

Filmography[link]

See also[link]

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• List of Native Americans of the United States
• List of Native Hawaiians
• List of people from Hawaii
• List of people from Iowa

References[link]

External links[link]

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Misha Collins
Born	Dmitri Tippens Krushnic (1974-08-20) August 20, 1974 (age 37) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation	Actor, Producer
Years active	1999–present
Spouse	Victoria Vantoch (m. 2002) «start: (2002)»"Marriage: Victoria Vantoch to Misha Collins" Location: (linkback:http://en-wiki.pop.wn.com/index.php/Misha_Collins)
Children	West Anaximander Collins (2010)

Misha Collins (born Misha Dmitri Tippens Krushnic) is an American actor, best known for his role as the angel Castiel on the CW television series Supernatural.^[1]

Personal life[link]

Collins was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Before acting, he interned for four months at the White House during the Clinton Administration in the Office of Presidential Personnel.^[1] Collins attended Northfield Mount Hermon School and the University of Chicago, where he studied social theory.^[2]

In 2002, Collins married Victoria Vantoch.^[3]

They have one child, West Anaximander Collins. He was born September 23, 2010.

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

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Scott Snyder is a production sound mixer of familiar film television programming throughout the United States.

Productions

Travel Channel's "Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern", "Beasts of the Southern Wild", "Bully", "COPS", "Storage Wars Texas", "Duck Dynasty", "David Blaine's Always On", "Friday Night Lights", "The Lying Game", "Rattlesnake Republic", "Extreme Makeover: Home", "Nova", "Shipping Wars", "Dr. Phil", "Oddities", "Toy Hunters", "Heavy" and numerous other productions not listed here.

Gillian Anderson
Gillian Anderson at WonderCon, February 2008
Born	Gillian Leigh Anderson (1968-08-09) August 9, 1968 (age 43) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1986–present
Spouse	Clyde Klotz (m. 1994–1997) «start: (1994)–end+1: (1998)»"Marriage: Clyde Klotz to Gillian Anderson" Location: (linkback:http://en-wiki.pop.wn.com/index.php/Gillian_Anderson) Julian Ozanne (m. 2004–2006) «start: (2004)–end+1: (2007)»"Marriage: Julian Ozanne to Gillian Anderson" Location: (linkback:http://en-wiki.pop.wn.com/index.php/Gillian_Anderson)
Partner	Mark Griffiths (2006–present)
Children	3
Website
www.gilliananderson.ws

Gillian Leigh Anderson (born August 9, 1968) is an American actress. After beginning her career in theatre, Anderson achieved international recognition for her role as Special Agent Dana Scully on the American television series The X-Files. Her film work includes The House of Mirth (2000), The Mighty Celt (2005), The Last King of Scotland (2006), and two X-Files films, The X-Files (1998) and The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008).

Early life[link]

Anderson is of English and Irish descent, and was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Rosemary Anderson (née Lane), a computer analyst, and Edward Anderson, who owned a film post-production company.^[1][2] Soon after her birth, her family moved to Puerto Rico for 15 months; she then lived for five years in Roseberry Gardens, London N4, and finally for 15 months in Albany Road, London N4,^[3] so that her father could attend the London Film School. When Anderson was 11 years old, her family moved again, this time to Grand Rapids, Michigan.^[4] She attended Fountain Elementary and then City High-Middle School, a program for gifted students with a strong emphasis on the humanities; she graduated in 1986.

With her English accent and background, Anderson was mocked and felt out of place in the American Midwest and soon adopted a Midwest accent. To this day, her accent depends on her location — for instance, in an interview with Jay Leno she spoke in an American accent, but shifted it for an interview with Michael Parkinson.^[5][6][7] She had her nose pierced in the early 1980s and dyed her hair various colors. Her high school classmates voted her as "Most Bizarre," "Class Clown", "Most Likely to go Bald" and "Most Likely to be Arrested." Fulfilling the last of these predictions, she was caught trying to jam the high school doors by filling their locks with glue on the eve of her graduation, for which she was arrested.^[8]

Anderson was interested in marine biology,^{[citation needed]} but began acting her freshman year in high school productions, and later in community theater, and served as a student intern at the Grand Rapids Civic Theatre & School of Theatre Arts. She attended The Theatre School at DePaul University in Chicago (formerly the Goodman School of Drama), where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1990. She also participated in the National Theatre of Great Britain's summer program at Cornell University.^{[citation needed]}

Anderson's brother died aged 30 of a brain tumour in 2011.^[9]

Career[link]

Anderson moved to New York when she was 22 years old.^[10] To support herself when she started her career, Anderson worked as a waitress. She began her career in Alan Ayckbourn's play, Absent Friends at the Manhattan Theatre Club alongside Brenda Blethyn; she won the 1990–91 Theatre World "Newcomer" Award for her role. Her next theatrical role was in Christopher Hampton's The Philanthropist at the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut.^{[citation needed]}

Anderson moved to Los Angeles in 1992, spending a year auditioning. Although she had once vowed she would never do TV, being out of work for a year changed her mind.^{[citation needed]} Anderson did Home Fires Burning for a cable station, as well as the audio book version of Exit to Eden. She broke into mainstream television in 1993, with a guest appearance on the collegiate drama, Class of '96, on the fledgling Fox Network.

As a result of her guest appearance in Class of 96, Anderson was sent the script for The X Files at the age of 24. She decided to audition because "for the first time in a long time, the script involved a strong, independent, intelligent woman as a lead character." Producer Chris Carter wanted to employ her, but Fox wanted someone with previous TV exposure and greater sex appeal.^[11] Fox sent in more actresses, but Carter stood by Anderson, and she was eventually cast as Special Agent Dana Scully. Anderson got the part assuming it would run for 13 episodes, the standard minimum order for American TV networks. Filmed for the first five seasons in Vancouver before moving to Los Angeles, the series would run for nine seasons, and included two films, released in 1998 and 2008. During her time on The X Files, Anderson won several awards for her portrayal of Special Agent Scully, including an Emmy Award^[12], Golden Globe and two Screen Actors Guild awards for "Best Actress in a Drama Series." While filming, Anderson met assistant art director Clyde Klotz,^{[citation needed]} whom she would eventually marry.

Anderson had roles in a handful of films during the run of The X-Files and starred in The House of Mirth, an adaptation of the Edith Wharton novel of the same name.

In 1999, Anderson had a supporting role in the English-language release of Hayao Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke, where she voiced the character of Moro. Anderson is a fan of Miyazaki's work.^[13] She also took part in Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues.^{[citation needed]}

Anderson at the stage door for the play The Sweetest Swing In Baseball in 2004.

When The X-Files ended, Anderson performed in several stage productions and worked on various film projects. She has participated in narrative work for documentaries on scientific topics. In 2005, she appeared as Lady Dedlock in the BBC television adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel Bleak House, had a starring role in the Irish film The Mighty Celt (for which she won an IFTA award for Best International Actress) and performed in A Cock and Bull Story, a film version of the novel Tristram Shandy.

In 2006, Anderson was nominated for a British Academy Television Award (BAFTA) for Best Actress and won the Broadcasting Press Guild Television and Radio Award for Best Actress for her role in Bleak House. Anderson also received an Emmy nomination for "Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie" for her performance as Lady Dedlock. She was nominated for a Golden Satellite Award and Golden Globe for her performance in Bleak House and came in second place in the Best Actress category of the 2005 BBC Drama website poll for her performance as Lady Dedlock (Billie Piper came in first and Anna Maxwell Martin came in third).

During 2006 and 2007, Anderson appeared in two British films: The Last King of Scotland (2006) and Straightheads (2007).

Anderson hosted Masterpiece Theatre during the Jane Austen series.^{[citation needed]}

From December 2007 to March 11, 2008, Anderson filmed The X-Files: I Want to Believe.^{[citation needed]}

Anderson portrayed Nora in Ibsen's A Doll's House at the Donmar Warehouse in London's West End during a limited engagement which ran from May 14, 2009 until July 18, 2009.^{[citation needed]}

Anderson had a nomination for Best Actress in the Lawrence Olivier Awards 2010, for productions which opened in the 2009 calendar year for her portrayal of Nora.^[14] In April 2011 she starred in the BBC adaptation The Crimson Petal and the White as Mrs. Castaway.

Anderson appears as the head of MI7 Pamela Thornton in Johnny English Reborn, which opened internationally in Australia on September 15, 2011,^[15] and to some acclaim as Miss Havisham in a three-part BBC adaptation of Great Expectations that aired in late December 2011.^[16][17][18] On February 3, 2012, TVWise reported that Gillian Anderson had been cast in the lead role for a new drama series for BBC Two titled The Fall.^[19]

Personal life[link]

Anderson pregnant with her son Felix at the premiere of The X-Files: I Want to Believe, July 25, 2008

Anderson married her first husband, Clyde Klotz, The X-Files series assistant art director, on New Years Day, 1994, on the 17th hole of a golf course in Hawaii in a Buddhist ceremony. They had a daughter, Piper Maru (born September 25, 1994) and they divorced in 1997.^[20] In December 2004, Anderson married Julian Ozanne, a documentary filmmaker, in the village of Shella on Lamu, an island off the coast of Kenya. Anderson and Ozanne announced their separation on April 21, 2006.^[21]

With current partner Mark Griffiths, Anderson has two sons, Oscar (born November 1, 2006)^[22] and Felix (born October 15, 2008).^[23]

In 1996, Anderson was voted the "Sexiest Woman in the World" for FHM's 100 Sexiest Women poll.^[24] In 2008, she also placed 21st in FHM's All Time 100 Sexiest Hall of Fame.^[25]

In 1997, she was chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World.^[26] Topsocialite.com listed Anderson as the 2nd sexiest woman of the 1990's.^[27] Askmen.com listed her at No. 6 on their Top 7: '90s Sex Symbols.^[28]

In March 2012, Anderson told Out magazine about her past relationship in high school with an older woman saying, “If I had thought I was 100% gay, would it have been a different experience for me? Would it have been a bigger deal if shame had been attached to it and all those things that become huge life-altering issues for youngsters in that situation? It’s possible that my attitude around it came, on some level, from knowing that I still liked boys.” Anderson said she had relationships with other women but they have been the exception rather than the rule.^[29]

Anderson serves as NF, Inc.'s honorary spokesperson and is a patron of the UK-based Neurofibromatosis Association. Her support stems from her brother being diagnosed with the disease.^[30] She is also a member of the board of directors for Artists for a New South Africa and a campaigner for ACTSA: Action for Southern Africa. Anderson is an active member of PETA, and supports animal rights.^[31][32] She also supports tribal rights charity Survival International leading to her performance in a London stage fundraiser in early 2010.^[33] In late 2010, Anderson and other celebrities joined a campaign to boycott Botswana diamonds over the government's treatment of the Kalahari Bushmen.^{[citation needed]} On February 2011, Anderson narrated a short film about recent footage of an uncontacted tribe.^[34] The Amazon Indians were spotted from the air on the Brazil-Peru border. Anderson has said, "What comes across powerfully from this amazing footage is how healthy and confident these people appear. I hope they can be left alone – but that will only happen if the loggers are stopped."^[35] In June 2011, Anderson became an ambassador for Survival.^[36]

Filmography[link]

Other TV appearances

• ReBoot as Agent Data Nully – "Trust No One" January 1996
• Future Fantastic as herself – July/August 1996
• The Simpsons as Agent Scully – "The Springfield Files" January 1997
• Concert for Diana as herself – July 1, 2007
• Robbie the Reindeer (Close Encounters of the Herd Kind) as Vorkana, Queen of the Nargathrons – December 25, 2007
• Masterpiece Theater as herself (host) – January 2008^[39]

Stage appearances

• Arsenic and Old Lace (1983) – City High School, Grand Rapids, Michigan, two performances, as "Officer Brophy"^[40]
• A Flea in Her Ear (1990) – The Theatre School, Depaul University
• Absent Friends (1991) – Manhattan Theatre Club. Won a Theatre World Award for Best Performance
• The Philanthropist (1992) – Long Wharf Theatre
• The Vagina Monologues (1999, London)/(2000, LA)
• What The Night Is For (November 7, 2002 to February 9, 2003). A new play which ran at the Comedy Theatre in London, and was Anderson's West End debut.
• The Sweetest Swing in Baseball (2004). World premiere at the Royal Court Theatre, London.
• A Doll's House (2009) at the Donmar Warehouse in London.
• We Are One: A celebration of tribal peoples (2010) at the Apollo Theatre in London.

Other works

• Wrote and directed the X-Files episode all things.
• Provided the voice for the ship's computer in the 1996 video game Hellbender by Terminal Reality and Microsoft.
• Compiled a collection of electronica music inspired by Future Fantastic, entitled Future: A Journey Through The Electronic Underground. Contributed vocals to one track "Extremis", with music by HAL. The song was distributed by EMI Records in 1997. It was a minor hit in both the UK^[41] and Australia.
• Appeared in two X-Files games, The X-Files Game and provided her voice and likeness for The X-Files: Resist or Serve.
• Provided the voice for Jenny in the sitcom Frasier, Jenny calls Frasier's show for advice about her boyfriend.
• Provided the voice for Moro in the English dub of the Japanese anime Princess Mononoke.
• Read books Exit to Eden and The X-Files: Ground Zero.
• Narrated movie about the release of footage of uncontacted Indians on the Brazil-Peru border, as part of Survival International’s campaign to protect some of the world’s last uncontacted tribes.

References[link]

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