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An actor (sometimes actress for female; see terminology) is a person who acts in a dramatic or comic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity. The ancient Greek word for an "actor," ὑποκριτής (hypokrites), means literally "one who interprets"; in this sense, an actor is one who interprets a dramatic character.
After 1660, when women first appeared on stage, actor and actress were initially used interchangeably for female performers, but later, influenced by the French actrice, actress became the usual term. The etymology is a simple derivation from actor with ess added. The word actor refers to a person who acts regardless of gender, and this term "is increasingly preferred", while actress refers specifically to a female person who acts. Actress "remains in general use", although in a survey of a "wide cross-section of current British English", compiled in 2010, actor was almost twice as commonly found as actress. Within the profession, however, the re-adoption of the neutral term dates to the 1950s–60s, the post-war period when women's contribution to cultural life in general was being re-evaluated.Actress remains the common term used in major acting awards given to female recipients.
Kevin Spacey, CBE (born Kevin Spacey Fowler; July 26, 1959) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and crooner. He grew up in California, and began his career as a stage actor during the 1980s, before being cast in supporting roles in film and television. He gained critical acclaim in the early 1990s, culminating in his first Academy Award for The Usual Suspects (Best Supporting Actor), followed by a Best Actor Academy Award win for American Beauty (1999). His other starring roles in Hollywood include Seven, L.A. Confidential, Pay It Forward, K-PAX, and Superman Returns in a career which has earned him several Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. Since 2003, he has been artistic director of the Old Vic theatre in London.
Spacey was born in South Orange, New Jersey, the son of Kathleen Ann (née Knutson; December 5, 1931 – March 19, 2003), a secretary, and Thomas Geoffrey Fowler (June 4, 1924 – December 24, 1992), a technical writer and data consultant. He has two older siblings: a sister, Julie, and a brother, Randy. He attended Northridge Military Academy, Canoga Park High School (in tenth and eleventh grades), and then Chatsworth High School in Chatsworth, Los Angeles, where he graduated valedictorian of his class. At Chatsworth High, he starred in the school's senior production of The Sound of Music, playing the part of Captain Georg von Trapp, opposite Mare Winningham's character, Maria.
Jacob Benjamin "Jake" Gyllenhaal ( /ˈdʒɪlənhɔːl/ JIL-ən-hawl; born December 19, 1980) is an American actor. The son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner, Gyllenhaal began acting at the age of ten. Following his first lead role in 1999's October Sky, he starred in the indie cult hit Donnie Darko (2001), in which he played a psychologically troubled teenager alongside his older sister, actress Maggie Gyllenhaal. In 2004 he appeared in the science-fiction film The Day After Tomorrow, portraying a student caught in a cataclysmic global cooling event. He then played against type as a frustrated Marine in Jarhead (2005). The same year his role as Jack Twist in Brokeback Mountain earned him critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He has since played the lead roles in many notable films, including Zodiac (2007), Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010) and Source Code (2011).
Gyllenhaal has promoted various political and social causes. He has appeared in Rock the Vote advertising, campaigned for the Democratic Party in the 2004 U.S. presidential election, promoted environmental causes, and campaigned on behalf of the American Civil Liberties Union.
Actors: Olaf Ittenbach (actor), Thomas Kercmar (actor), Timo Rose (director), Timo Rose (editor), Timo Rose (writer), Timo Rose (composer), Timo Rose (producer), Timo Rose (actor), Andreas Pape (actor), Ted Geoghegan (actor), Yazid Benfeghoul (actor), André Reissig (actor), Erich Amerkamp (actor), Boris Hansmann (actor), Anja Gebel (actress),
Plot: A condensed version of Mutation 2: Generation Dead and Mutation 3: Century of the Dead, Mutation Annihilation follows the remaining survivors of a plague-infested Germany as they fight for survival against the mutated humans they once called their kin. As the plague spreads, turning more and more into monsters, a band of warriors emerge to stop the madness once and for all.
Keywords: fictional-war, mutant-human, neo-nazi, post-apocalypse, splatter, wastelandActors: Joan Rivers (actress), Frank von Zerneck (producer), Kim Delaney (actress), Yvette Mimieux (actress), David Selby (actor), Randy Sutter (producer), Jack Scalia (actor), Nick Tate (actor), John Randolph (actor), Donald Trump (actor), Phil Morris (actor), Tony Denison (actor), William Shockley (actor), Dana Kaproff (composer), Robert M. Sertner (producer),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Elzbieta Kurkowska (editor), Zygmunt Konieczny (composer), Janusz Gajos (actor), Zbigniew Zamachowski (actor), Henryk Bista (actor), Krystyna Tkacz (actress), Ewa Wisniewska (actress), Artur Barcis (actor), Jerzy Binczycki (actor), Wladyslaw Kowalski (actor), Maciej Kozlowski (actor), Maciej Kozlowski (actor), Piotr Fronczewski (actor), Jan Peszek (actor), Jerzy Satanowski (composer),
Plot: The film is set just before Poland's communist regime came to an end, and the central character is a provincial censor (Janusz Gajos), a tired, sloppy, lonely man, whose wife has long since left him. For him, censorship is both an art and a game, but he does not enjoy it. During the screeing of a sentimental Polish melodrama called "Daybreak" at the Liberty cinema across the road from the censor's office, the actors start to rebel and refuse to speak their lines. This is anarchy, and when the censor is unable to control the situation, senior party officials are called in. Eventually a film critic notes that the situation reminds of "The Purple Rose of Cairo" by Woody Allen and brings a reel of the film to demonstrate. The officials watch the film with amusement until another mix-up occurs: the second projector is turned on accidentally and superimposes "Daybreak" over "Purple Rose".
Keywords: actor, censor, communism, communist, entering-movie-via-screen, ex-husband-ex-wife-relationship, father-daughter-relationship, film-censorship, film-within-a-film, husband-wife-relationshipActors: Yeong-cheol Choi (miscellaneous crew), Paul Leder (actor), Nak-hun Lee (actor), Alex Nicol (actor), Joanna Kerns (actress), Paul Leder (producer), Paul Leder (writer), Paul Leder (director), Paul Leder (editor), Yeon-jeong Woo (actress), Reuben Leder (producer), Reuben Leder (writer), Yeong-shil Hwang (producer), Rod Arrants (actor), Bob Kurcz (actor),
Genres: Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi,Actors: Jean-Étienne Siry (actor), Philippe Vallois (actor), Philippe Vallois (writer), Philippe Vallois (director), Philippe Vallois (editor), Alexandre Grecq (actor), Walter Manley (actor), Patrice Pascal (actor), Karl Forest (actor), Pierre Commoy (actor), Marie Béhar (actress), Marie Béhar (editor), Éric Guadagnan (actor), Marie-Christine Weill (actress), Nicole Rondy (actress),
Genres: Drama,