Sunday, July 31, 2011

Wentworth Miller


Wentworth Miller was born on June 2, 1972 in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, England UK. He was raised in Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York, Miller however retains dual citizenship despite his family's decision to transfer residence when he was just one year old. He is the son of American parents Joy Marie (née Palm), a special education teacher, and Wentworth Earl Miller II, a lawyer and teacher. Miller is of multiracial origin: his father is of African-American, Jamaican, English, German, Jewish and Cherokee descent, and his mother is of Russian, French, Dutch, Syrian and Lebanese ancestry.
Miller attended Midwood High School in Brooklyn, New York. His family moved to Aleppo Township outside of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, where he graduated from Quaker Valley High School, in Leetsdale, Pennsylvania in 1990. He attended Princeton University completing his bachelor's degree in English Literature. While at Princeton, he performed with the a cappella group the Princeton Tigertones and was first a member of the Quadrangle Club, and later the Colonial Club
Miller is a compelling and critically acclaimed young actor whose credits span both television and feature film. He began his career in the industry after graduating from college and headed to Los Angeles. Within the next few years, he landed guest spots on a variety of shows including “ER” (1994), “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” (1997), and “Popular” (1999). He also starred in the Hallmark mega-series “Dinotopia” (2002/). After appearing in a few minor television roles, he moved on to co-star in the 2003 film The Human Stain, playing the younger version of the Anthony Hopkins character, Coleman Silk.
Miller subsequently appeared in the movie Underworld (2003) and guest-starred on "Joan of Arcadia" (2003) and "Ghost Whisperer" (2005) before joining the cast of "Prison Break" (2005), a groundbreaking television series that's quickly become an international phenomenon. His performance in the show earned him a 2005 Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actor in a Dramatic Series.

Saturday, July 30, 2011

Dominic Purcell



Dominic Haakon Myrtvedt Purcell was born on February 17, 1970 in England. Two years later, Dominic ad his family moved from England to Sydney’s Bondi and later moved to the Western Suburbs. His mother is Irish and his father is Norwegian. He attended Blaxland East Public School in his elementary school years and went to St. Dominic’s College, Penrith and McCarthy Catholic College for high school. He grew up in a blue-collar neighbourhood, loved surfing and worked as a landscape gardener as a teen, but soon tired of the profession. He was inspired to explore acting as a profession after watching Oliver Stone's Platoon . Due to his working class background, acting seemed a very unlikely choice of career so he decided to enrol in acting course. He studied at the Australian Theatre for Young People and then later enrolled at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts where he met his future wife Rebecca and studied alongside Hugh Jackman. Eventually, Dominic landed a role on the Australian TV Series Raw FM in 1997 and then a small stints in Mission:Impossible II and Equilibrium in 2002.
With his barrel chest and oversized frame, Purcell seemed almost tailor-made for a career as a character player. He remained in that sphere temporarily, but traveled a step beyond it in terms of complexity, playing not just one type time and again, but a broad array -- ranging from everyman heroes and monsters to occasional toughs. Consequently, Purcell shot rather quickly to top billing. After a scant few supporting turns, Purcell's first major starring role arrived with his lead portrayal in the series John_Doe (2002). The series lasted only a season but Purcell soon popped up on the big screen in Blade: Trinity and again on TV in a memorable stint on the short-lived prime-time soap North Shore before landing his career-making role as wrongly accused death-row inmate Lincoln Burrows on Prison Break in 2005 following his major cinematic role in the natural horror picture Primeval (2007).

Friday, July 29, 2011

Adam Sandler


He was born Adam Richard Sandler on the 9th of September, 1966, in Brooklyn, New York, the third of four kids. His dad, Stanley, was an engineer, while his mother, Judy, was a homemaker, looking after Scott (now a lawyer), Elizabeth (a dentist), Adam and Valerie (a restauranteur). While Adam was still young, they moved north, to Manchester, New Hampshire.
Sandler did not excel as a student. His interests lay elsewhere. He loved wrestling, and basketball - he played on Manchester Central High School's junior varsity team. At age 11, he got up to sing at Elizabeth's wedding, performing Ringo Starr's You're Sixteen to huge applause. The music would continue into his teens, when he formed a covers band. Rock was their thing. And, of course, there was another interest - comedy. Mel Brooks was an early influence.
As the child of a Jewish family, though, education was deemed vitally important, and Adam enrolled at New York University, to study Fine Arts, and Drama in particular. He took his first step towards becoming a stand-up comedian when he spontaneously took the stage at Boston comedy club. During his final year in college, he snagged a recurring role as the Huxtable family's friend Smitty on the hugely successful "The Cosby Show" (1984). He was a performer for the MTV game show Remote Control, on which he made appearances as the characters “Trivia Delinquent” or “Stud Boy”. While working at a comedy club in L.A., he was "discovered" by Dennis Miller, who recommended him to "Saturday Night Live" (1975) producer Lorne Michaels. Sandler was hired as a writer for SNL in 1990 and became a featured player the following year, making a name for himself by performing amusing original songs on the show, including "The Chanukah Song". He left the show in 1995 to focus on his film career.
Sandler went on to the movies; his first starring role was in 1989, in the film Going Overboard. He also starred other financially successful comedies such as Airheads(1994), Billy Madison (1995), Bulletproof (1996), Happy Gilmore (1996), The Wedding Singer (1998) and The Big Daddy (1999) where he met his then wife Jacqueline Samantha Titone. He was initially cast in the bachelor-party-themed comedy/thriller Very Bad Things (1998), but had to back out due to his involvement in The Waterboy (1998), one of his first hits. Among other of his films are Mr. Deeds (2002), Eight Crazy Nights (2002), Punch-Drunk Love (2002) for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe, 50 First Dates (2004), Spanglish (2004), The Longest Yard (2005), Click (2006), Reign Over Me (2007), I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007), You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008), Bedtime Stories (2008), Funny People (2009), Grown Ups (2010,and the recent Just Go With It (2011). He also writes and produces many of his own films and has composed songs for several of them, including The Wedding Singer (1998). Most notably, there was the actor Allen Covert, the director Frank Coraci and Adam's roomie, Tim Herlihy, with whom he'd co-write all his biggest hits. Sandler’s name was certainly getting around and become a guarantee and, as such, he was being paid more even than the likes of Harrison Ford.

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Shia LaBeouf


Shia Saide LaBeouf is an American actor who became known among younger audiences for his part in the Disney Channel series Even Stevens. He was born on June 11, 1986 in Los Angeles, Californi¬¬a and the only child of Shayna and Jeffrey Craig LaBeouf. LaBeouf's mother a Jewish was a former ballet dancer from New York who once studied with Martha Graham and his French-Cajun father was a clown from San Francisco who spent time in France studying commedia dell’arte. As a child, he and his parents would dress up like clowns and sell hot dogs in the park across the street from their apartment. LaBeouf was raised by his mother after parents got divorced.
In 2003, LaBeouf won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in a Children’s Series for his work on the show Eve Stevens. That same year, he made his first appearance in the big screen with the film adaptation of Louis Sachar novel Holes. Around the same time, LaBeouf had the lead role in the coming-of-age drama, The Battle of Shaker Heights. He also appeared in some scenes in Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle. Continuing his career in film, LaBeouf landed several supporting roles. He appeared in the sci-fi action drama I, Robot with Will Smith in 2004. The next year, he played Chas, a sidekick to Keanu Reeves’s demon hunter in Constantine and had a leading role in the historic sports drama The Greatest Game Ever Played. Following that year, LaBeouf played a younger version of Dito in film A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints.
In 2007, he starred as the leads in Disturbia and Transformers. He was also named “Star of Tomorrow” at the ShoWest convention, an annual event for the National Association of Theatre Owners the same year. His other films include Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010), and Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011). In 2004, he made his directorial debut with "Let's Love Hate" and later shot a music video for "I Never Knew You" by rapper Cage.

Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Adrian Grenier



Adrian Grenier is an American actor, musician and director best known for his lead role on the HBO original series “Entourage”. He was born on July 10, 1976 in Santa Fe, New Mexico and raised in Manhattan, New York by his mother. Grenier is of Apache and European descent. He attended Bard College where he studied molecular biology but opted to pursue acting instead. He was once a stone-cold hippie bongo drum player and it was during his college days that he was cast as the titular lead in the independent film The Adventures of Sebastian Cole. Aside from acting, Grenier also loves music, he plays piano, guitar and drums. He was a former lead singer of the band 'Kid Friendly and drummer for the band The Honey Brothers.
Bearing the dark, sensuous, pretty-boy looks of a Calvin Klein poster boy, Grenier managed to make a distinct impression on audiences and critics with only a handful of films to his name. His natural, unaffected portrayal of a young man growing up with his pre-op transsexual stepfather in 1980s upstate New York was a hit among critics, and Grenier was soon being touted as one to watch. He had his film debut in the 1997 independent film Arresting_Gena -- also gained a significant amount of exposure playing a member of Leonardo DiCaprio's entourage in Woody_Allen's Celebrity. Following the critical and arthouse success of Sebastian_Cole, Grenier was cast in his first mainstream film, Drive_Me_Crazy (1999). A teen film centered around the high drama of who to take to the prom, it placed the actor in a starring role opposite Sabrina, the Teenage Witch idol Melissa_Joan_Hart.

After a decidedly Manson-esque turn as a cinematic terrorist in director John_Waters' Cecil_B._Demented, Grenier could be seen in a small but notably less-psychotic role in Steven_Spielberg's 2001 sci-fi drama A.I. Over the next three years, Grenier showed up in supporting roles in a handful of films such as Hart's_War and Anything_Else, the latter of which again saw him teamed with Woody_Allen. But it was the move to the small screen in 2004 with the lead on HBO's critically acclaimed Entourage that landed Grenier his most substantial notice and success to date. From Hollywood night life to New York high fashion, Grenier could next be seen alongside Anne_Hathaway in the incisive fashion-industry comedy The_Devil_Wears_Prada.

James Marsden



James Paul Marsden an American actor, singer and former Versace model was born on September 18, 1973 in Stillwater, Oklahoma. His father, James L. Marsden, Ph.D. is a professor of animal sciences and industry at Kansas State University while his mother is a nutritionist. Marsden grew up with two younger sisters, Jennifer and Elizabeth, and two brothers, Jeff and Robert. His parents’ marriage did not last and parted ways when he was nine.
After graduating Putnam City North High School, Marsden studied broadcast journalism at Oklahoma State University and became a member of the Delta Tau Delta fraternity, but quit after only a year and a half. He opted instead to move out to Los Angeles to pursue acting. Marsden's move led to work as a Versace model and to a brief role as the original Griffin on Fox's “Party of Five” as well as brief stints on a variety of other TV series such as “The Nanny”, “Boogies Diner” and “Saved by the Bell”. Marsden got his first big break with his lead on the short-lived ABC series “Second Noah”. He auditioned for a role in “Primal Fear” but lost out to Edward Norton and turned down the lead role in “54” which later went to Ryan Phillippe.
James Marsden used both his talent and photogenic features to become one of the more talked-about young actors of the late '90s. His growing fan base got another boost when he was cast in Disturbing Behavior opposite Katie Holmes and Gossip alongside Kate Hudson. He also appeared in the television series Ally McBeal, as one of the main cast members during the first half of season 5, where he also showcased his singing abilities.
Marsden was able to nab the plum role of Cyclops in big-budget “X-Men” sequel. One of the most highly anticipated films of 2000. He continued to work steadily in such films as “The Notebook” and “Heights” before returning for the third instalment of the X-Men franchise. Although he appeared again as Cyclops, he in fact scored more screen time in Bryan_Singer's “Superman Returns” playing Lois Lane's husband. He also played Corny Collins in the film “Hairspray” and played Prince Edward in the Disney movie “Enchanted”. Being part of such movies catapulted James to a different level of stardom as audiences got to see him acting and singing. Following his huge success in the years 2006 and 2007, James played the male lead role in the romantic comedy, “27 Dresses” which did pretty well in the box office.

Friday, July 22, 2011

Channing Tatum



Channing Matthew Tatum is an American actor, a former model, and film producer, was born on April 26, 1980 in a small town called Cullman, outside of Birmingham, Alabama. He is the the son of Kay, an airline worker, and Glenn Tatum, who worked in construction. His is of Irish, French, and Native American ancestry.
Tatum was athletic while growing up, playing various sports such as track and field, baseball, soccer, and football which were his parents ways to keep him out of trouble. In the 9th grade, Tatum was sent to catholic school where he discovered his passion for football. With his athletic skills, he was recruited and earned a full athletic college scholarship to a school in West Virginia but he eventually turned down and started working odd jobs way back home. He is also skilled in Kung Fu and in Gor-Chor Kung Fu, a form of martial arts, in which he has earned belts in both.
After being discovered by a model talent scout on the streets of Miami, the southern stunner posed provocatively for Nautica and Abercrombie & Fitch, has modelled Gap, Aeropostale, Emporio Armani, and has been featured in television commercials for American Eagle, Pepsi, and some very popular mountain dew commercials. He danced his way to stardom in 2006’s “Step Up”, where he proved he’s got the looks and the moves. The film earned a total of $21 million in its opening weekend and $114 million worldwide. Tatum, who dominated the box office with 2009's G.I. Joe and broke hearts in 2010 with Dear John, married Step Up costar Jenna Dewan in Malibu in July 2009.,

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Ed Westwick


Ed Westwick or Edward Jack P. Westwick is an English actor and musician born on June 27, 1987 in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England to parents Carole and Peter Westwick. He is an emerging young British actor trained at The National Youth Theatre in London. His first on-screen credits include guest stints in various British TV dramas. He established his footing on the small screen with roles in “Doctors & Casualty” before making an impressive leap to the big screen with a small role in director Alfonso Cuarn’s critically acclaimed sci-fi feature “Children of Men” in 2006, and the acclaimed coming-of-age drama “Son of Rambow” a low-budget indie that sparked a heated bidding war in 2007 at the Sundance Film Festival. Immediately thereafter, the rising star worked with Oscar-nominated director Anthony Minghella on the romantic drama “Breaking and Entering”, followed by a part in the television series “Afterlife”.
Westwick's biggest breakthrough role, however, came from the United States. In 2007, he joined the cast of the CW teen drama series “Gossip Girl”, based on the book series of the same name. His portrayal of the ambitious, playing filthy-rich bad boy Chuck Bass earned him some acclaim, not to mention a loyal following. Despite of tight schedules, he also found time to front the British indie rock bond “The Filthy Youth" along with Benjamin Lewis Allingham, Jimmy Wright, Mitch Cox and John Vooght. He is also the latest face of the 2011-2012 campaign for the Philippine clothing brand Penshoppe.

Zac Efron


Zac Efron or Zachary David Alexander Efron is an American television actor and singer best known for his roles in Disney Channel Original Movie “High School Musical” and the television series “Summerland”. Efron was born on October 18, 1987 in San Luis Obispo, California to father David Efron an electrical engineer at a power station and mother Starla Baskett a former secretary at the same power plant as his father.
With Zac’s singing ability, his parents motivated him by enrolling him for singing lessons when he was 11. Singing lessons soon led to an appearance in the production of “Gypsy” which ran 90 performances, and Zac Efron was hooked. He eventually went on to work in theatre productions of “Peter Pan”, “Mame”, “Little Shop of Horrors”, and “The Music Man”. After appearing on stage, Efron quickly landed guest parts on television series including “CSI:Miami”, “Firefly”, “ER” and “The Guardian”. After guest-starring in several episodes of "Summerland," Zac Efron joined the regular cast as Cameron Bale. Zac Efron also starred in several pilots such as "The Big, Wide World of Carl Laemke" and "Triple Play." Following Summerland, Efron also appeared in “NCSI:Naval Criminal Investigative Service” and “The Suite Life of Zack and Coby”.
In 2006, Zac Efron first garnered attention as the star of the original "High School Musical," for which he won the Teen Choice Award for Breakout Star. Zac Efron returned to the role of Troy Bolton in "High School Musical 2," which succeeded million of followers. He’s first nominated in 2003 for a Young Artist Award for Best Supporting Performance for his role as an autistic child in the television movie “Miracle Run”.

Keanu Reeves


Keanu Reeves is a Canadian actor, born on September 2, 1964 in Beirut, Lebanon. He is the son of Patricia Bond (née Taylor), a costume designer/performer, and Samuel Nowlin Reeves, Jr., a geologist. Reeves’ mother is English while his father is a Hawaiian-born American of English, Irish, Portuguese, Hawaiian and Chinese descent. After parents’ marriage dissolved, Keanu moved with his mother and younger sister Kim to New York City, then Toronto. Since then, he never reconnected with his biological father, who served time in prison. He was paroled after serving two years of a ten-year sentence for selling heroin at Hilo Airport in 1992.
Reeves named after his uncle Henry Keanu Reeves. "Keanu" is a derivation of Reeves' great-great-uncle Keaweaheulu, whose name means "the soft breeze raising" in Hawaiian. In high school, Reeves was lukewarm toward academics but took a keen interest in ice hockey (as team goalie, he earned the nickname "The Wall" by high school hockey team De La Salle College "Oaklands”) and drama. He eventually dropped out of school to pursue an acting career.
Reeves began his acting career at the age of nine, appearing in various theatre productions and commercials. After a few stage gigs and a handful of made-for-TV movies, he scored a supporting role in the Rob Lowe hockey flick Youngblood (1986), which was filmed in Canada. Shortly after the production wrapped, Reeves packed his bags and headed for Hollywood. Reeves then got the lead role in the dark adolescent drama River's Edge (1986), but his first popular success was the role of totally rad dude Ted Logan in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989). The wacky time-travel movie became something of a cultural phenomenon, and audiences would forever confuse Reeves's real-life persona with that of his doofy on-screen counterpart. Not long enough Reeves played a slumming rich boy opposite River Phoenix's narcoleptic male hustler in My Own Private Idaho (1991), an unlucky lawyer who stumbles into the vampire's lair in Dracula (1992), and Shakespearean party-pooper Don Jon in Much Ado About Nothing (1993).
Reeves became a big-budget action star with the release of Speed I in 1994. Its success heralded an era of five years in which Reeves would alternate between largely unwatched small films, like Feeling Minnesota (1996) and The Last Time I Committed Suicide (1997), and unwatched big films like Johnny Mnemonic (1995) and Chain Reaction (1996). After all this Reeves did the unthinkable and passed on the Speed sequel, but he struck box-office gold again a few years later with the Wachowski brothers' cyberadventure The Matrix (1999) playing the role of Neo.
Despite this fame and career successes, from 'stoner'-type roles in "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure," to serious dramatic roles in "Sweet November," "The Devil's Advocate," and "The Matrix" trilogy, as far as Reeves is concerned, he's just a regular guy who rides a motorcycle, plays in a band (Dogstar), and shows up every now and then for a movie shoot.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Evandro Soldati



Evandro Soldati is a Brazilian male model who appears in the music video for Lady Gaga’s single “Alejandro”. He is of Italian ancestry and was born on April 17, 1985 in Ubá, Minas Gerais, Brazil. In 2008, Soldati was the 7th most successful male model in the world by Forbes Magazine.
This shy and somehow isolated Brazilian male model is hailed as the next big thing in fashion world. Soldati is actually considered now as the third male model in the world in terms of popularity and also one of the models with a very promising future ahead. His work so far has been varied and complex, having done catwalk shows for all the big names out there in the fashion industry and photo shoots for some of the most popular brands and products there are.
Soldati was discovered in 2002 when his mother dragged him to an audition for Ford Models in Brazil and was chosen as one of the finalists. From the day Ford picked him out, Evandro's career has been nothing but flourishing: assaulted by offers from prestigious agencies from all over the world, from Paris to Milan and Berlin, and doing things he could only dream of doing until then. According to him in one of his interviews, what he enjoys about modelling job is that he can travel a lot in various places of the world and is done for free. Plus, all these trips were also a brilliant opportunity to get a firmer grip on English and to learn a bit of Italian as well.
He has since shot onto the current fashion scene and at such a young age, he can brag about belting not only recurrent major contracts with Emporio Armani, Louis Vuitton and Dolce & Gabbana but also about doing more promotional campaigns than any other young male model out there. Among these, probably the one he will remember for the rest of his life is the one in which he was teamed with famed football star David Beckham for the two Armani fragrances INSPI(RED), a charitable action meant to fight HIV/AIDS.
Among other list of his campaigns are Calvin Klein Jeans, Valentino, Benetton and Iceberg. With piercing eyes and a signature pout, Evandro worked the runways of DSquared2, Versace, Bottega Venetta and Givenchy, to name a few. This Brazilian hunk is well on his way to becoming an iconic model.

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Danny Schwarz



Danny Schwarz, a British catwalk fashion top model, was born in London, England in 1987. His unique looks have worked for him to make him one of the top male models currently working. Prior to his modelling career, Danny worked as a disc jockey. At the age of 20, this young Englishman’s career started to emerge; he burst onto the scene in a way that has already changed the face of the fashion industry. In fact, he is ranked 4th on the list of top successful male models as listed by Forbes Magazine.

Danny has appeared in numerous ad campaigns and catwalk shows, he was featured prominently in "D&G", "Armani Jeans", "Barney's", "Calvin Klein" and "Pepe Jeans "campaigns. But he is perhaps most known for fronting campaigns for "CK Jeans", a 50ft. billboard in Times Square. He also shot a campaign with Brazilian model Gisele Bündchen and has worked with photographers such as Mario Testino . He has also appeared in publications such as 10, Vogue, GQ and OUT.

Danny has also been featured in editorials for VMAN, Surface, 10 Men and Out. Also successful in a commercial sense, Danny has appeared advertisements for American Eagle with their Spring/Summer 2010 campaign as well as Abercrombie & Fitch’s relaunched catalog for the Fall/Winter 2010 season.
The frenzy for Schwarz in the modeling world is still going strong with no signs of slowing down. He has since managed to waltz down just about every run ways in the world, such as elite runways of Paris, London, Milan and New York for big designers such as "Versace" and "Roberto Cavalli".

Nick Lachey


Nicholas Scott Lachey is an American pop music singer and actor born on the 9th of November 1973 in the border of Kentucky and Virginia in Harlan, Kentucky to Cate Fopma-Leimbach and John Lachey. Along with his brother Drew Lachey, he has a step sister, Josie, a half brother, Issac, and two adopted siblings, Zac and Kaitlin. Nick and his brother Drew attended the School for Creative and Performing Arts, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He then pursued acting at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California. After a year, Nick transferred to Miami University in Oxford, Ohio where he studied Sports Medicine and become a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. It was during summer break when he got an invitation from a fellow Ohioan Jeff Timmons to audition in Hollywood and form a boy band that eventually becomes 98 degrees. Completing the group is Nick’s high school pal Justin Jeffre and younger brother Drew.
As one-fourth of the vocal group sensation 98º, Nick has enjoyed multi-platinum sales and sold-out world tours. The group bags a Top 20 hit with "Invisible Man" off their self-titled debut album. By the end of 1998, boy band mania is in full swing! Their album 98 Degrees and Rising spawns the Top 10 hit "Because of You."
Nick Lachey became even more popular when he starred in the reality TV show Newlyweds with his then-wife and a fellow pop star Jessica Simpson. It was premiered on MTV in August of 2003 to a huge amount of viewers and recognition. The outrageous quotes, hilarious lifestyle, and mega-spending of the young couple made Newlyweds a phenomenon. Aside from Newlyweds, Nick has appeared in films: Bewitched and The Hard Easy, both in 2005.

Sunday, July 17, 2011

James William Van Der Beek Jr.


James William Van Der Beek Jr. best known as Dawson Leery in Dawson’s Creek in 1998, is an American television, film and stage actor. He was born on March 8, 1977, in Cheshire, Connecticut, USA to father Jim Van Der Beek, a cellular-phone company executive and mother Melinda Van Der Beek, a gymnastics studio owner and former Broadway dancer. James was a football player during his childhood, but due to injury, he had to stop from playing for a year. During this period, James’ interest landed into acting and was cast in the role of Danny Zuko in his school production of “Grease”. He was then engaged in local theatre before he made his professional acting debut in the off-Broadway production of “Finding the Sun”.
In 1995 James made his feature film debut in the teen film "Angus" portraying the role of Rick Sanford. After a year, he was given a very small supporting role in a romance drama “I Love You, I Love You Not”. His big break came in 1998 when he auditioned and won the lead role in the teen TV series “Dawson’s Creek”. The TV series was a smash hit worldwide and his on and off air chemistry with Katie Holmes was part of the reason of its success. James’ popularity quickly soared high and continues to do more projects and TV appearances even after the series. To name a few of his films: “Varsity Blues”(1999), “Texas Rangers”(2001), “The Rules of Attraction”(2002),” Sex, Power, Love & Politics”(2006), “Eye of the Beast”(2007), “Football Wives”(2007), and “Taken In Broad Dayligth”(2009).

Friday, July 15, 2011

Taylor Daniel Lautner


Another young man added to the list of famous martial arts movie actors in Hollywood is Taylor Daniel Lautner. Taylor was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan on February 11, 1992 to parents, Deborah who works for a software development company and Daniel an airline pilot. He and his younger sister Makena, were then raised in Hudsonville, Michigan and are of Dutch, French, and German descent, but also claim some Native American ancestry, which offers a connection to the character he plays on the Twilight series.
Taylor started studying martial arts at the age of six. Skills acquired have gotten him into top and ranked as number one in the world for NASKA’s Black Belt Open Forms, Musical Weapons, Traditional Weapons and Traditional Forms. Hence, at the age of 12, he won the Junior World Championship. Lautner once showed off his martial art skills on an episode of “America's Most Talented Kids”.
Taylor Lautner undoubtedly become one of the most famous, talented, and successful young Hollywood actors. His first TV appearance was on 2001 in the film “Shadow Fury”. Thereafter, he appeared in television series like “The Bernie Mac Show”, “My Wife & the Kids”, “Summerland” before landing his breakthrough role in 2005 at the age of 13 as shark boy in the film “The Adventure of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D” which he utilized martial arts skills. The same year, Taylor also appeared in the film “Cheaper by the Dozen 2” portraying the role of Eliot Murtaugh.
Not long enough, Taylor finds himself playing an iconic and challenging role of a werewolf hunk Jacob Black in the record breaking blockbuster hit series “Twilight” by Stephenie Meyer . He continued to branch out into other roles and films such as the star studded romantic comedy “Valentine’s Day” and the action-packed thriller “Abduction”.

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Robert Pattinson


Robert Douglas Thomas Pattinson was born on May 13, 1986, in London, England. Among the brood of three, Robert is the youngest and the only son of Richard and Clare Pattinson. His father was a vintage car importer while his mother worked for a modelling agency. Aside from being an actor, model and producer, Pattison is an excellent musician who plays both the guitar and piano. He performs two songs on the Twilight soundtrack, “Never Think,” which he co-wrote with Sam Bradley, and “Let Me Sign.”
When Robert was 15, he started acting in amateur plays with the Barnes Theatre Company. Afterward, he took supporting roles in the made for television film Ring of the Nibelungs (2004), and in director Mira Nair’s 2004 Vanity Fair, although his scenes in the latter were deleted, and only appear on the DVD version. He got his first big break when he was cast as Cedric Diggory in both “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” and “Harry Potter and the "Order of the Phoenix”. Following his stint as Cedric Diggory, Pattinson was named 2005's "British Star of Tomorrow" by Times Online and has been dubbed "the next Jude Law" by Teen People.
The British actor is arguably the hottest new star in Hollywood as he portrayed the leading role of Edward Cullen in the film adaptations of the bestselling novels “Twilight” by Stephenie Meyer. Since then, he's gone on to be an international superstar, reprising his role in “The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)” and “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)”. In fact, he works nonstop—in between Twilight movies, he's also played starring roles in "Bel Ami" with Christina Ricci, "Remember Me" with Emilie de Ravin and "Water for Elephants" opposite Reese Witherspoon.