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George Clooney
They said it couldn't be done. They said that TV stardom necessarily disqualified an actor from major success on the Silver Screen. People feel like they KNOW TV stars - they just don’t WANT them ta...Read Biography
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Leonardo Dicaprio
This tall, slender, boyishly handsome young actor proved engaging in TV family sitcoms ("Parenthood", "Growing Pains") and endured a cheapie horror sequel ("Critters 3" 1991) before triumphing over 40...Read Biography
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Antonio Banderas
Jose Antonio Dominguez Banderas was born on August 10, 1960 in Malaga, Spain, during the height of the oppressive regime of tyrannical leader Francisco Franco. He was named after his father, Jose, and...Read Biography
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John Travolta
When John Travolta stepped up to play the Bill Clinton character in the supposedly true-to-life political drama Primary Colours, the coincidence was not lost on America's journalists. Clinton was know...Read Biography
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Will Ferrell
Another member of the Saturday Night Live Screen Actors Guild, Clueless made his major film debut as Steve Butabi, one of the spectacularly clueless brothers who serve as the protagonists of A Night a...Read Biography
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David Lee Roth
"Diamond" David Lee Roth. Rock 'n' Roll frontman. Kung Fu sage. Living, breathing action figure. As the quarterback for legendary bad boy rock band Van Halen in their heyday, a successful solo artist,...Read Biography
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Jacky Chan
Born in 1954, Chan Kong-Sang (meaning born in Hong Kong), Jackie was the only son of Charles and Lee-lee Chan, who were very poor and worked for the French ambassador to Hong Kong. Charles was a cook ...Read Biography
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Jerry Lee Lewis
Lewis was born to a poor family, and began playing piano in his youth. By his mid-teens, he had developed an original, engergetic style (part rhythm and blues, part boogie woogie), and was playing pro...Read Biography
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Ben Stiller
Achieving prolonged success in Hollywood could never be described as easy. To do it switching regularly between gross-out comedy and art-house drama is harder still. And to do it as an actor, writer, ...Read Biography
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David Duchovny
When gauging his chances of success on the Big Screen, one name strikes fear into the hearts of David Duchovny fans. No, not The Smoking Man. Rather, it's David Caruso - a big TV star who failed wretc...Read Biography
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