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name	Michael Caine
birth name	Maurice Joseph Micklewhite
birth date	March 14, 1933
birth place	Southwark, London, England, UK
nationality	British
occupation	Actor, author
years active	1956–present
spouse	Patricia Haines(m. 1955–1962; divorced)Shakira Baksh(m. 1973–present)
children	Dominique Caine (b. 1956)Natasha Caine (b. 1973)
relatives	Stanley Caine (brother) }}

Sir Michael Caine, CBE (born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite; 14 March 1933) is an English actor. He won Academy Awards for best supporting actor in both ''Hannah and Her Sisters'' (1986) and ''The Cider House Rules'' (1999).

Caine is one of only two actors nominated for an Academy Award for acting (either lead or supporting) in every decade from the 1960s to 2000s (the other one being Jack Nicholson). In 2000, Caine was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in recognition of his contribution to cinema.

Early life

Caine was born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite in St Olave's Hospital, Rotherhithe, Southwark in South East London, the son of Ellen Frances Marie (née Burchell), a cook and charlady, and Maurice Joseph Micklewhite, a fish market porter. His father was of part Irish and Irish Traveller ancestry and a Catholic, though Caine was brought up in his Protestant mother's religion.

Caine grew up in Camberwell, South London, and during the Second World War he was evacuated to North Runcton in Norfolk. After the war, when his father was demobilised, the family was rehoused by the council in Marshall Gardens at the Elephant and Castle in a pre-fabricated house made in Canada.

The prefabs, as they were known, were intended to be temporary homes while London was rebuilt, but we ended up living there for eighteen years and for us, after a cramped flat with an outside toilet, it was luxury.

In 1944 he passed his eleven plus exam, winning a scholarship to Hackney Downs Grocers School. After a year there he moved to Wilson's Grammar School in Camberwell (now Wilson's School in Wallington, South London), which he left at sixteen after gaining a School Certificate in six subjects. He then worked briefly as a filing clerk and messenger for a film company in Victoria Street and the film producer Jay Lewis in Wardour Street. From 1952, when he was called up to do his National Service, until 1954, he served in the British Army's Royal Fusiliers, first at the BAOR HQ in Iserlohn, Germany and then on active service during the Korean War. Caine has said he would like to see the return of National Service to help combat youth violence, stating: "I'm just saying, put them in the Army for six months. You're there to learn how to defend your country. You belong to the country. Then when you come out, you have a sense of belonging rather than a sense of violence."

Career

When Micklewhite became an actor, he adopted the stage name "Michael Scott". His agent soon informed him, however, that Michael Scott was already using the same name, and that he had to come up with a new name immediately. Speaking to his agent from a telephone box in Leicester Square, London, he looked around for inspiration, noted that ''The Caine Mutiny'' was being shown at the Odeon Cinema, and decided to change his name to "Michael Caine". He has joked in interviews that had he looked the other way, he would have ended up as "Michael One Hundred and One Dalmatians".

1960s

Caine's acting career began in Horsham, Sussex. He responded to an advertisement for an assistant stage manager for the Horsham-based Westminster Repertory Company. This led to walk-on roles at the Carfax Theatre. After dozens of minor TV roles, Caine entered the public eye as the upper class British Army officer Gonville Bromhead in the 1964 film ''Zulu''. This proved paradoxical, as Caine was to become notable for using a regional accent, rather than the Received Pronunciation hitherto considered proper for film actors. At the time, Caine's working class Cockney, just as with The Beatles' Liverpudlian accents, stood out to American and British audiences alike. ''Zulu'' was closely followed by two of his best-known roles: the spy Harry Palmer in ''The Ipcress File'' (1965), and the womanising title character in ''Alfie'' (1966). He went on to play Palmer in a further four films, ''Funeral in Berlin'' (1966), ''Billion Dollar Brain'' (1967), ''Bullet to Beijing'' (1995) and ''Midnight in Saint Petersburg'' (1995). Caine made his first film in the United States in 1966, after an invitation from Shirley MacLaine to play opposite her in ''Gambit.'' During the first two weeks, whilst staying at The Beverly Hills Hotel, he met long term friends John Wayne and agent "Swifty" Lazar.

1970s

After working on ''The Italian Job'' with Noël Coward, and a solid role as RAF fighter pilot Squadron Leader Canfield in the all-star cast of ''Battle of Britain'' (both 1969), Caine played the lead in ''Get Carter'' (1971), a British gangster film. Caine was busy with successes including ''Sleuth'' (1972) opposite Laurence Olivier, and ''The Man Who Would Be King'' (1975) co-starring Sean Connery and directed by John Huston (which he has stated will be the film he wishes to be remembered for after his death). In 1976 he appeared in the screen adaptation by Tom Mankiewicz of the Jack Higgins novel ''The Eagle Has Landed'' as ''Oberst'' (Colonel) Kurt Steiner, the commander of a Luftwaffe paratroop brigade disguised as Polish paratroopers, whose mission was to kidnap or kill the then-British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, alongside co-stars Donald Sutherland, Robert Duvall, Jenny Agutter, and Donald Pleasence. Subsequently in 1978, he starred in ''The Silver Bears'', an adaptation of Paul Erdman's (1974) novel of the same name. Caine also was part of an all-star cast in ''A Bridge Too Far'' (1977).

1980s

By the end of the decade, he had moved to the United States, but his choice of roles was often criticisedhe admitted to and has since made many self-deprecating comments about taking parts, strictly for the money, in numerous films he knew to be bad, despite working with Hollywood's highly regarded directors such as Irwin Allen, Richard Fleischer, Michael Ritchie and Oliver Stone. Caine was averaging two films a year, but these included such failures as the BAFTA Award-nominated ''The Magus'' (1968), the Academy Award-nominated ''The Swarm'' (1978), ''Ashanti'' (1979) (which he claimed were the worst three films of all the other worst films he ever made), ''Beyond the Poseidon Adventure'' (1979), ''The Island'' (1980), ''The Hand'' (1981) and a reunion with his ''Sleuth'' co-star Laurence Olivier in ''The Jigsaw Man'' (1982). Although Caine also took better roles, including a BAFTA-winning turn in ''Educating Rita'' (1983), and an Oscar-winning one in ''Hannah and Her Sisters'' (1986) and a Golden Globe-nominated one in ''Dirty Rotten Scoundrels'' (1988), he continued to appear in notorious duds like the thinly veiled skin flick ''Blame It on Rio'', the Dick Clement and Ian Le Frenais comedy ''Water'' and the critical-commercial flop ''Jaws: The Revenge'' (1987) (in which he had mixed feelings about the production and the final cut) and ''Bullseye!'' (1990); his appearing in so many films that did not meet with critical or box office acclaim made him the butt of numerous jokes on the subject. Of the former, Caine famously said (primarily about ''Jaws: The Revenge'') "I have never seen the film, but by all accounts it was terrible. However I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific." All these film failures later became cult films among his fans today. His other successful films (either critically and/or financially) were the 1978 Academy Award-winning ''California Suite'', the 1980 Golden Globe-nominated slasher film ''Dressed to Kill'', the 1981 war film ''Escape to Victory'', the 1982 film ''Deathtrap'', and the 1986 Academy Award-nominated ''Mona Lisa''. He also starred in ''Without a Clue'', portraying Sherlock Holmes.

1990s

The 1990s were a lean time for Caine, as he found good parts harder to come by. A high point came when he played Ebenezer Scrooge in the critically acclaimed ''Muppet Christmas Carol'' (1992), which he considers to be one of his most memorable roles. He played the beleaguered stage director Lloyd Dallas in the film adaptation of ''Noises Off'' (1992). He also played a villain in the Steven Seagal film ''On Deadly Ground'' (1994). He was in two straight to video Harry Palmer sequels and a few television films. However, Caine's reputation as a pop icon was still intact, thanks to his roles in films such as ''The Italian Job'' and ''Get Carter''. His performance in 1998's ''Little Voice'' was seen as something of a return to form, and won him a Golden Globe Award. Better parts followed, including ''The Cider House Rules'' (1999), for which he won his second Oscar.

2000s

In the 2000s, Caine appeared in ''Miss Congeniality'' (2000), ''Last Orders'' (2001), ''The Quiet American'' (2002) and others that helped rehabilitate his reputation. Several of Caine's classic films have been remade, including ''The Italian Job'', ''Get Carter'', ''Alfie'' and ''Sleuth''. In the 2007 remake of ''Sleuth'', Caine took over the role Laurence Olivier played in the 1972 version and Jude Law played Caine's original role. Caine also starred in ''Austin Powers in Goldmember'' (2002) as Austin's father and in 2003 he co-starred with Robert Duvall in ''Secondhand Lions''. In 2005, he was cast as Bruce Wayne's butler Alfred Pennyworth in the first production of the new ''Batman'' film series. In 2006, he appeared in the films ''Children of Men'' and ''The Prestige''. In 2007 he appeared in ''Flawless'', while in 2008 he reprised his role as Alfred in Christopher Nolan's critically acclaimed ''Batman'' sequel, ''The Dark Knight'' as well as starring in the British drama ''Is Anybody There?'', which explores the final days of life.

It was reported by ''Empire'' magazine that Caine had said that ''Harry Brown'' (released on 13 November 2009) would be his last lead role. Caine later declared (in the ''Daily Mirror'') that he had been misquoted by the magazine.

2010s

Caine had a cameo appearance in Christopher Nolan's science fiction thriller, ''Inception''. He voiced Finn McMissile in Pixar's 2011 film ''Cars 2'' and also voiced a supporting role in the animation, ''Gnomeo and Juliet''. He is also set to star in the upcoming 2011 film Journey 2: The Mysterious Island alongside Josh Hutcherson and Dwayne Johnson. Caine will reprise his role as Alfred Pennyworth in the Batman sequel, ''The Dark Knight Rises'', due for release in mid 2012.

Awards and honours

Caine has been Oscar-nominated six times, winning his first Academy Award for the 1986 film ''Hannah and Her Sisters'', and his second in 1999 for ''The Cider House Rules'', in both cases as a supporting actor. Caine is one of only two actors to be nominated for an Academy Award for acting (either lead or supporting) in every decade since the 1960s. The other is Jack Nicholson. The two actors starred together in the 1996 film ''Blood and Wine''.

He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1992 Queen's Birthday Honours, and in the 2000 New Year Honours he was knighted as ''Sir Maurice Micklewhite CBE''. On 5 January 2011, he was made a Commander of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by France's culture minister, Frédéric Mitterrand.

In 2008, he was awarded the prize for Outstanding Contribution to Showbusiness at the Variety Club Awards.

In popular culture

Caine is a popular subject for impressionists and mimics, having a voice and manner of speaking that are distinctive, yet fairly easy to imitate. Most Caine impressions include the catchphrase "Not a lot of people know that." Peter Sellers initiated this when he appeared on BBC1's ''Parkinson'' show on 28 October 1972 and said: The line had been used earlier in Spike Milligan's script for ''The Last Goon Show of All'', performed on 5 October 1972. In 1983, Caine was given the line to say as an in-joke in the film ''Educating Rita''. The line has also been parodied, along with its impression, in the British sketch comedy show, ''Harry Enfield's Television Programme'', with Paul Whitehouse as a stalking neighbourhood character called Michael Paine, who introduced himself with the line "My name is Michael Paine, and I am a nosey neighbour." Caine himself parodied the phenomenon in an interview with Michael Parkinson, imitating others' impressions of him and including the catchphrase.

Personal life

Caine lives near Leatherhead, Surrey, and is patron to the Leatherhead Drama Festival. He has also lived in North Stoke, Oxfordshire, Clewer near Windsor, Berkshire, Lowestoft in Suffolk and Chelsea Harbour in London. In addition, Caine owns a unit at The Apogee in Miami Beach, Florida. He still keeps a small flat near where he grew up in South East London. Caine published a volume of memoirs, ''What's It All About?'' in 1992 and told BBC Radio in 2010 he was preparing another, especially for aspiring actors.

He was married to actress Patricia Haines from 1955 to 1958. They had a daughter, Dominique (who was named after the heroine of the novel ''The Fountainhead'' by Ayn Rand). He dated Bianca Jagger in 1968. Caine has been married to actress and model Shakira Baksh since 8 January 1973. They met after Caine saw her appearing in a Maxwell House coffee commercial and a friend gave him her telephone number. They have a daughter, Natasha Haleema.

Some time after his mother died, Caine and his younger brother, Stanley, learned they had an elder half-brother, named David. He suffered from severe epilepsy and had been kept in Cane Hill Mental Hospital his entire life. Although their mother regularly visited her first son in the hospital, even her husband did not know the child existed. David died in 1992.

Trivia books written by Caine include ''Not Many People Know That!'', ''And Not Many People Know This Either!'', ''Michael Caine's Moving Picture Show'' and ''Not A Lot of People Know This is 1988''. Proceeds from the books went to the National Playing Fields Association (now Fields In Trust) of which Caine was a prominent supporter.

Unlike many actors who adopt their stage name for everyday use, Caine still uses his real name when he is not working.

Caine was called up for national service in the British Army in 1951 when he was aged 18 and was deployed to South Korea to help in the aftermath of the North Korean invasion. He served as part of the Royal Fusiliers. He said he had gone into it feeling sympathetic to communism, coming as he did from a poor family. But he has said the experience left him permanently repelled.

Politics

Caine has been open about his political views. He left Britain in the 1970s, citing the 82% tax levied on top earners by the Labour government of the time, but returned to Britain several years later when taxes were lowered:

"I decided not to become a tax exile, so I stayed in Britain, but they kept putting the tax up, so I'd do any old thing every now and then to pay the tax, that was my tax exile money. I realised that's not a socialist country, it's a communist country without a dictator, so I left and I was never going to come back. Maggie Thatcher came in and put the taxes back down and in the end, you know, you don't mind paying tax. What am I going to do? Not pay tax and drive around in a Rolls Royce, with cripples begging on the street like you see in some countries?"

"I voted for Maggie Thatcher because I thought we needed a change from that long period of socialism; I voted for Tony Blair because we had a great long period of Conservatism."

In 2009, Caine openly criticised the Labour government's proposed new 50% tax on top earners:

"The Government has taken tax up to 50 per cent and if it goes to 51 I will be back in America. They have reached their limit with me and that's what will happen to a lot of people. You know how much they made out of that high taxation all those years ago? Nothing. But they sent a mass of incredible brains to America. We've got 3.5 million layabouts laying about on benefits, and I'm 76, getting up at 6 am to go to work to keep them. Let's get everybody back to work so we can save a couple of billion and cut tax, not keep sticking it on."

"You're saying to poor people, 'let's tax those rich gits' and I understand that. You slice up the cake, give everyone a chance, but don't destroy the people that are making the bloody cake! I really believe about taking care of people, I don't mind paying tax. It's how the government spends my tax that I detest, really detest, because I see the waste. More money than all our income tax is spent on benefits. Now you tell me there is nothing wrong with that system."

Caine also stated in 2009 that he was likely to vote for the Conservatives again:

"I'll probably vote Conservative. I mean, we're in a terrible state whichever way you look at it, socially, financially and politically, so just give the other guy a chance. I don't know what Cameron's going to do, but in the end you vote out of desperation. You just have to have someone new and see what happens."

Following the launch of his film ''Harry Brown'', Caine called for the reintroduction of national service in the UK to give young people "a sense of belonging rather than a sense of violence".

During the run up to the 2010 General Election, Caine publicly endorsed Conservative Party policy regarding social exclusion. He appeared with David Cameron for the Conservative leader's launch of a civilian non-compulsary 'National Service' for teenagers.

Musical career

Caine is a fan of chill-out music and has compiled a mix CD called ''Cained'', which was released in 2007 by UMTV. According to Michael Caine, he met Elton John and was discussing musical tastes, when Caine claimed that he had been creating chillout mix tapes as an amateur for years. Also in music, Caine provided vocal samples for the band Madness for their 1984 hit "Michael Caine" as his daughter was a fan. He has sung in film roles as well, including for the musical film, ''The Muppet Christmas Carol''.

Filmography, awards and nominations

References

External links

The official Michael Caine website

in 2010

"The Films of Michael Caine" compilation of film clips, 4 minutes

PLAY DIRTY/Caine Special on Location in Spain

Martyn Palmer, "Double act: Michael Caine and Jude Law (lunch and discussion)", ''The Times'', 17 November 2007

Charlie Rose video interview 3 February 2003

IGN.com interview 18 March 2003

200 years of Michael Caine's family tree

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name	Katerina Graham
birth date	September 05, 1989
birth place	Geneva, Switzerland
occupation	actress, singer, dancer, model
yearsactive	1998–present
website	http://www.katgraham.com }}

Katerina Alexandre "Kat" Graham (born September 5, 1989) is an American actress, singer, dancer, and model. She has appeared in numerous television shows and film productions, as well as music videos. In 2009, she began appearing in a supporting role as Bonnie Bennett in The CW television network show, ''The Vampire Diaries''.

Personal background

Graham was born in Geneva, Switzerland and raised in Los Angeles, California. Her father, Joseph, is Liberian, and her mother, Natasha, is Jewish (of Russian and Polish origin). Graham was born in Geneva, while her father was working as a journalist for the United Nations. Graham's father was a music executive and the godfather of two of Quincy Jones' children, while her grandfather was a UN Ambassador, serving for 40 years in The Netherlands, Sweden, Romania, and Kenya. Her parents divorced when she was five.

Graham attended Hebrew school and speaks English, Spanish, French, and Hebrew, as well as some Portuguese. She is a supporter of LGBT rights.

Professional background

Commercials

Graham began her career in the entertainment industry at age six. Over the next eight years, she appeared in various commercials, including those for Barbie, K-Mart, Pop Tarts, and Edison. At 17, Graham participated in a national marketing campaign to advertise Coca-Cola's soft drink Fanta. Graham appeared in the marketing campaign as a member of the "Fantanas", known as Capri, also known as Strawberry.

Dance appearances

At the age of 15, Graham caught the eye of choreographer Fatima Robinson, and was asked to perform at the BET Awards as a background dancer for lil' Bow Wow. Graham followed her BET Awards appearance with work as a background dancer for Missy Elliott, Pharrell, Jamie Foxx, and choreographers Hi-Hat and Michael Rooney. Graham has appeared in various music videos, including Akon's "Lonely", Justin Bieber and Usher's "Somebody to Love (Remix)", 112's "What If", John Legend's "Used to Love U", B2K's "Why I Love You", Musiq Soulchild's "B.U.D.D.Y.", and Nelly's "Just A Dream" and Diddy dirty money ft. usher "Looking for love"

Television appearances

Graham went on to appear on various television shows, including ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'', ''The OC'', ''Malcolm In The Middle'', ''Joan of Arcadia'', ''Strong Medicine'', ''Like Family'', ''Grounded For Life'', "Greek". and ''Lizzie McGuire''.

Her break came when she replaced a young Christina Milian as the host of the Disney Channel's popular series ''Movie Surfers''. She has also appeared as Jackson's girlfriend, Allison, in ''Hannah Montana'', as well as Bonnie Bennett in ''The Vampire Diaries''.

Film appearances

Graham has gone on to appear in various films, including ''17 Again'' with Zac Efron, the Hallmark Channel's Christmas film ''Our First Christmas'', and Cedric the Entertainer's ''Chicago Pulaski Jones'' as Chaka.

Graham starred as Maria Ramirez in Universal Pictures' 2011 dance film, ''Honey 2'', alongside Audrina Patridge. The film is a followup to the 2003 film ''Honey'', which starred Jessica Alba. She appeared in a supporting role as Kim, in Screen Gems' release ''The Roommate'', starring Leighton Meester. Additional work includes starring in the as-yet-unreleased ''Boogie Town'', as Ingrid.

Music career

In addition to being a professional actress and dancer, Graham began to pursue a career as a musical artist. One of the first songs she wrote, entitled "Derailed", was featured in a Jean-Claude Van Damme film.

In 2008, Graham completed a world tour with The Black Eyed Peas; she is featured in two songs "I Got It From My Mama" and "The Donque Song" featuring Snoop Dogg, released on will.i.am's solo release, ''Songs About Girls''.

In 2010, Graham released the single "Sassy". She then went on to release multiple covers including Paula Abdul's "Cold Hearted", which garnered Graham the attention of Paula Abdul.

Graham contributed a cover of the classic Garbage song "Only Happy When It Rains" to the ''Vampire Diaries'' soundtrack for the December 2, 2010 episode titled "The Sacrifice".

Filmography

Film
! Year	! Film	! Role	! Notes
1998		Jackie
2008	''Our First Christmas''	Bernie	Hallmark Channel Original Movie
2009		Jamie
	''Honey 2''	Maria Ramirez	lead role	* cinema June 10, 2011 (UK)	* direct-to-video (North America)
''Boogie Town''	Ingrid	post-production
''The Roommate''	Kim
''Chicago Pulaski Jones''	Chaka	post-production
''Bleachers''	Melanie	pre-production
Television
! Year	! Title	! Role	! Notes
2002	''Lizzie McGuire''	Posse Member #2	Episode: "You're a Good Man, Lizzie McGuire"
	''Strong Medicine''	unnamed	Episode: "Degeneration"
''Malcolm in the Middle''	unnamed	Episode: "Watching the Baby"
	''Joan of Arcadia''	Angela	Episode: "No Bad Guy"
''Like Family''	Girl	Episode: "Romancing the Home"
''Grounded for Life''	Girl	Episode: "Psycho Therapy"
	''The O.C.''	Kim	Episode: "The Undertow"
''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation''	Tisha	Episode: "Poppin' Tags"
		Dancer	Episode: "The Rusty Nail"
''Hell On Earth''	Felicia	pilot; canceled
2008	''Hannah Montana''	Allison	Episode: "No Sugar, Sugar" (canceled)Episode: "Jake... Another Little Piece of My Heart" Episode: "Uptight (Oliver's All Right)"
2009–present			Regular

Discography

;Singles

"I Got It From My Mama" - Will.i.Am (2007)

"Sassy" (2010)

"Cold Hearted Snake" (2010)

"I Want It All" (2011)

Tour

The Fantanas (2004–2006)

The Black Eyed Peas Black Blue & You Tour (2007)

The Vampire Diaries Tour - Q&A; With The Cast (2010)

Awards

! Year !! Award !! Category !! Work !! Result
2010		Scene Stealer Female	The Vampire Diaries
2011	2011 Teen Choice Awards	Scene Stealer Female	The Vampire Diaries

References

External links

Katerina Graham Official Website

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Name	Candice Accola
Birth date	May 13, 1987
Birth place	Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
Occupation	Actress, singer
Yearsactive	2007–present }}

Candice Accola (born May 13, 1987) is an American actress and singer, best known for her role as Caroline Forbes on ''The Vampire Diaries''.

Life and career

Accola grew up in Edgewood. Her father, Kevin, is a cardiothoracic surgeon and her mother, Carolyn, was formerly an environmental engineer before becoming a homemaker. Both her parents are active members of the local Republican political party. She has one younger brother.

Then, in the middle of her junior year at Lake Highland Preparatory School, she moved to Los Angeles. Six months later, she had a deal for a CD titled ''It’s Always the Innocent Ones''. She finished high school through correspondence and graduated with her class in 2005. Accola appeared in her first movie, ''Pirate Camp'', in 2007. Accola has guest-starred on popular TV series ''How I Met Your Mother'', ''Supernatural'', and ''Greek''. She has also appeared in films such as ''On the Doll'', ''Juno'', ''Deadgirl'', and ''X's & O's''.

Accola has continued her professional singing and has appeared as a background singer in the movies ''Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert'' and ''Hannah Montana: The Movie''.

She appears as Caroline Forbes in the television series ''The Vampire Diaries''.

Accola guest starred on ''Drop Dead Diva'' as Jessica of pop group Confetti with Mackenzie Mauzy.

Personal life

In September 2009, Accola was arrested along with several of her Vampire Diaries castmates for disorderly conduct. The actresses were reportedly flashing cars passing under the Rumble Road Bridge in Forsyth, Georgia. The charges were later dismissed. The photographer, Tyler Shields, was fined $4000. She has a tattoo of a bird on her left wrist and a small star on her right foot.

In 2010, she dated her Vampire Diaries costar Steven R. McQueen. It is unknown if they are still together.

Philanthropy

She is, together with her The Vampire Diaries co-star Ian Somerhalder, one of many supporters of the It Gets Better Project, a project that has made it a goal to prevent suicide among LGBT youth, associated with The Trevor Project.

Filmography

''Deadgirl'' ''Supernatural (TV series) ''The Vampire Diaries (TV series) ''Drop Dead Diva'' ''Kingshighway''

Year	! Film/Television	! Role	! Notes
rowspan="5"	2007	''Pirate Camp''	Annalisa/Tom
''How I Met Your Mother''
''Juno (film)	Juno''	Amanda
''On the Doll''	Melody
''X's & O's''	Gwen's friend
rowspan="2"	2008	|	JoAnn
''Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert''	Herself
rowspan="5"	2009		Supernatural'' ||	Amanda Heckerling	Episode: "After School Special"
''Greek (TV series)	Greek''	Alice
''Hannah Montana: The Movie''	Herself
''Kingshighway''	Sophia
''The Truth About Angels''	Caitlin Stone
2009–present	The Vampire Diaries''||	Caroline Forbes	Main role
2010	|	Jessica	Episode: "Begin Again"
2011	|	Sophia	lead role

References

External links

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name	Arthur Darvill
birthname	Thomas Arthur Darvill
birth date	June 17, 1982
birth place	Birmingham, England
occupation	Actor
yearsactive	2001–present
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Thomas Arthur Darvill (born 17 June 1982) is an English actor, known professionally as Arthur Darvill. He is noted for his work in the plays ''Terre Haute'' (2006) and ''Swimming with Sharks'' (2007), but is probably best known for his role as the Eleventh Doctor's Companion Rory Williams in the television series ''Doctor Who''.

Early and personal life

Darvill's mother was a member of Cannon Hill Theatre - under the directorship of John Blundall - working with masks, puppets and live acting, which was based at Midlands Arts Centre and toured the Uk and around the world. Prior to the birth of his sister, Darvill went on some of their tours, helping with setting up of the show. His father, Nigel, played the Hammond organ for artists including Edwin Starr, Ruby Turner, the Fine Young Cannibals and UB40. He attended the Bromsgrove School in Worcestershire from 1993 to 2000. He plays the guitar and keyboard, and in his teens formed an indie band called "Edmund", named after his favourite character in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Edmund Pevensie.

Darvill enjoys cookery and attending the theatre and music concerts. He collects taxidermy.

Career

Darvill joined Stage2 Youth Theatre Company at the age of 10. He was a member from 1991–2000 and landed a job presenting as Tom CITV in 2000, presenting the in vision continuity links between the shows. He left in 2001, and founded his own theatre company - 'Fuego's Men' - performing in the Midlands. At the age of 18 Darvill moved to London with four friends from youth theatre, each having secured a place at a drama school. They moved in together in a house in White City. He trained in acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and has training in stage fighting.

Darvill made his professional stage debut playing condemned criminal Harrison in Edmund White's ''Terre Haute'', which ran at the Assembly Rooms during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. His performance was praised by Nicholas de Jongh of the ''Evening Standard'' and Susannah Clap of ''The Observer''. Darvill appeared in ''Terra Haute''s transfer to the Trafalgar Studios in 2007. His performance gained him a Best Newcomer nomination at the 2007 Evening Standard Theatre Awards.

In 2007, Darvill played Rob in the monologue ''Stacy'', in a performance described as compelling in ''The Times''. Later the same year, he appeared in the Vaudeville Theatre's production of ''Swimming with Sharks'', alongside Christian Slater, Helen Baxendale and Matt Smith, which gained him a London Newcomer Award nomination. In 2008, Darvill made his television debut in the ITV crime drama ''He Kills Coppers''. The same year, he played Edward "Tip" Dorrit in the BBC serial ''Little Dorrit''.

In 2010, Darvill made his debut as the recurring character Rory Williams in the BBC science fiction series ''Doctor Who'', reuniting with his ''Swimming with Sharks'' co-star Matt Smith. He also has a minor role as a stable groom in Ridley Scott's ''Robin Hood''. Other films include ''Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll'', based on the life of Ian Dury, in which he plays keyboard player Mickey Gallagher, and ''Pelican Blood'' - Dir Karl Golden, due to be released summer 2010. In summer 2011 he will appear in ''Doctor Faustus'' at the Globe Theatre in London.

Darvill is also a musician and composer; he has written songs and music for The Bush Theatre, and composed the score for Che Walker's 2008 play Frontline at the Globe Theatre. In June 2009, the musical ''Been So Long'', based on Ché Walker's 1998 play, opened at the Young Vic. Darvill had worked with Walker for a number of years, since they had first met at RADA, developing the songs and music for the show. The musical was also performed at the Latitude Festival in July and had a run at the Traverse Theatre in August. Darvill received a Judge's Discretionary Award from MTM for his music. In 2010 Darvill helped promote the solo album of Fyfe Dangerfield, playing with him on sessions for Graham Norton's show and on Xfm.

Filmography

Television series ''He Kills Coppers'' ''Little Dorrit (TV serial) ''Pelican Blood'' ''Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (film) ''Robin Hood (2010 film) ''Doctor Who''

Year !! Title !! Format !! Role !! Notes

2001

Sooty (TV series)>Sooty''

|

Tom

2008

|

Television serial

Police constable

2008

Little Dorrit'' ||

Television series

Edward "Tip" Dorrit

Recurring role in 7 episodes:

*Episode 1

*Episode 5

*Episode 7

*Episode 8

*Episode 9

*Episode 11

*Episode 14

2009

|

Feature film

Cameron

2010

Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll'' ||

Feature film

Mickey - Keyboard player

2010

Robin Hood'' ||

Feature film

Groom

2010—

|

Television series

Rory Williams

Recurring role in 7 episodes:

The Eleventh Hour (Doctor Who)>The Eleventh Hour"

*"The Vampires of Venice"

Amy's Choice (Doctor Who)>Amy's Choice"

*"The Hungry Earth"

Cold Blood (Doctor Who)>Cold Blood"

*"The Pandorica Opens"

The Big Bang (Doctor Who)>The Big Bang"

Regular role:

A Christmas Carol (Doctor Who)>A Christmas Carol"

*"The Impossible Astronaut"

*"Day of the Moon"

*"The Curse of the Black Spot"

*"The Doctor's Wife"

*"The Rebel Flesh"

*"The Almost People"

*"A Good Man Goes to War"

*"Let's Kill Hitler"

*"Night Terrors"

*"The Girl Who Waited"

Theatre

! Year	! Title	! Role	! Director	! Performance history
1996		Seymour Krelborn	Liz Light
2006		Harrison	George Perrin	Wildman Room, Assembly Rooms, 9–28 August 2006.Tour, April 2007.Trafalgar Studios, 10 May–2 June 2007.
	''Stacy''	Rob	Hamish Pirie	Arcola Theatre, 6–24 February 2007.
	Rex	Wilson Milam	Vaudeville Theatre, 16 October 2007 – 19 January 2008.
	''Marine Parade''		Jo McInnes	Old Market, Hove, 18–23 May 2010
		Mephistopheles	Matthew Dunster	Shakespeare's Globe, London, 18 June–2 October 2011

References

External links

Arthur Darvill RADA profile – includes list of plays while in training

Category:1982 births Category:Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art Category:English composers Category:English film actors Category:English stage actors Category:English television actors Category:English television presenters Category:Living people Category:Old Bromsgrovians Category:People from Birmingham, West Midlands

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