Harrison Ford

 

Born     July 13, 1942 (1942-07-13) (age 68)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation     Actor/Producer
Years active     1966–present
Spouse     Mary Marquardt (1964–1979; divorced)
Melissa Mathison (1983–2004; divorced)

Calista Flockhart (2010–present)

 

 

BIOGRAPHY
An old-school movie star in the contemporary age of cinema, Ford's rise to megastardom was the antithesis of overnight success. During the '60s the twentysomething player tackled bit parts in film and on TV but by the end of that decade, he was so frustrated with his lack of progress that he abandoned the biz and switched his focus to carpentry. (One of his projects was the....
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An old-school movie star in the contemporary age of cinema, Ford's rise to megastardom was the antithesis of overnight success. During the '60s the twentysomething player tackled bit parts in film and on TV but by the end of that decade, he was so frustrated with his lack of progress that he abandoned the biz and switched his focus to carpentry. (One of his projects was the entrance to Francis Ford Coppola's offices. The director later cast him in his films The Conversation and Apocalypse Now.) In the '70s Ford resumed his quest for acting success and soon landed a meaty role in George Lucas' 1973 nostalgia-fest American Graffiti. Finally a working actor (though by no means a name), he had turned in solid work in a string of supporting parts when Lucas asked if Ford could help out at an audition for his new project, a sci-fi saga called Star Wars, by reading the part of Han Solo opposite potential Luke Skywalkers. With his rugged good looks, laid-back attitude and innate comic timing, Ford perfectly embodied the lone laser-slinger, and Lucas eventually offered him the breakthrough role. Suddenly the Force seemed to be with Ford as he proceeded to become one of the most bankable stars ever. In addition to the Star Wars franchise, he launched the Indiana Jones movies after Tom Selleck was forced to turn down the part. And in the '90s he took over the role of CIA agent Jack Ryan from Alec Baldwin in two film adaptations of Tom Clancy novels. Along the way, Ford tackled more challenging fare: He earned his sole Oscar nod as a hard-bitten cop trying to protect an Amish boy in Witness, played an obsessive inventor in Mosquito Coast and embodied a noirish antihero in Blade Runner. But audiences preferred Ford as an uncomplicated, manly hero, the kind guys want to be and gals want to be with. Off screen, Ford led a very quiet life with his second wife, E.T. screenwriter Melissa Mathison (his marriage to his college sweetheart ended in divorce in the late '70s), eschewing the media except when forced to promote one of his projects. In the '90s Ford, now in his 50s, slowed down his pace by appearing in one big-budget flick per year. Some were hits (The Fugitive, Air Force One), but when he deviated from the formula (the romantic comedy Six Days Seven Nights, the historic thriller K-19: The Widowmaker, in which he sported an unconvincing Russian accent), he foundered. After his second marriage fell apart, he began a long-term relationship with actress Calista Flockhart, 22 years his junior, in 2002. Several years later, Ford's fans rejoiced when he finally agreed to return to the role of everyone's favorite archaeologist in 2008's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

Tom Hanks

Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise (full name Thomas Cruise Mapother IV) was born on July 3, 1962 and he is an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor and film producer who has starred in a number of top-grossing movies and remains one of the most successful movie stars in the world.

Biography and Career :

Tom Cruise' first leading role in a blockbuster movie was in 1983's Risky Business. Since then, Tom Cruise has received additional media coverage regarding his support of Scientology (and his related criticism of psychiatry), and his relationship with Katie Holmes.

Tom Cruise was married to Mimi Rogers (married on May 9, 1987, divorced February 4, 1990). Scientology took interest in the divorce because Rogers was disaffected f
rom Scientology (although she introduced Tom Cruise to the religion in the first place); in managing the divorce for Tom Cruise , they were able to convince her to accept a relatively paltry $10 million for the settlement.

Nicole Kidman
Tom Cruisemet Nicole Kidman on the set of their film Days of Thunder. The couple married on December 24, 1990 and divorced on August 8, 2001. Tom Cruise and Kidman adopted two children, Isabella (born 1993) and Connor (born 1995). Tom Cruise left Kidman three months pregnant, just shy of their 10 year wedding anniversary; she lost the child. Reportedly, Kidman refused to explore Scientology and remained Catholic during their marriage.

Penelope Cruz
Tom Cruise was next romantically linked with Penelope Cruz, the lead actress in his film Vanilla Sky. In March 2004, he announced that his relationship with Penelope Cruz had ended in January. It was suggested that Scientology played a role in the relationship failing.

Katie Holmes
In April 2005, Tom Cruise began dating Katie Holmes, before announcing on 17 June 2005 that he had proposed to her at the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. She accepted his proposal, and the couple are expected to be married in the summer or fall of 2006. On April 18, 2006 Katie gave birth to a baby girl named Suri, whose name was chosen with its relation to Scientology, the Persian Rose and the birthplace. It's the first child for Holmes and third for Cruise, who (as previously mentioned) has two adopted children with Nicole Kidman.
popularity :

In 1990, 1991 and 1997, People magazine rated Tom Cruise among the 50 most beautiful people in the world. In 1995, Empire magazine ranked Tom Cruise among the 100 sexiest stars in film history. Two years later, it ranked Tom Cruise among the top 5 movie stars of all time. In 2002 and 2003, Tom Cruise was rated by Premiere among the top 20 in its annual Power 100 list.

Tom Cruise frequent controversial outbursts promoting the Church of Scientology and his Scientology-based strong anti-psychiatry beliefs, combined with his unusually erratic behavior throughout 2005 (detailed below) may have led to a drop in his popularity. One survey for example, showed Tom Cruise's popularity drop from 11th to 197th most liked celebrity over a six month period.

Filmography :

War of the Worlds (27-Jun-2005)
Collateral (06-Aug-2004)
The Last Samurai (22-Nov-2003)
Austin Powers in Goldmember (22-Jul-2002)
Minority Report (17-Jun-2002)
Vanilla Sky (10-Dec-2001)
America: A Tribute to Heroes (21-Sep-2001) Himself
Mission Impossible II (24-May-2000)
Magnolia (8-Dec-1999)
Eyes Wide Shut (13-Jul-1999)
Jerry Maguire (13-Dec-1996)
Mission Impossible (22-May-1996)
Interview with the Vampire (11-Nov-1994)
The Firm (30-Jun-1993)
A Few Good Men (11-Dec-1992)
Far and Away (22-May-1992)
Days of Thunder (27-Jun-1990)
Born on the Fourth of July (20-Dec-1989)
Rain Man (12-Dec-1988)
Cocktail (29-Jul-1988)
The Color of Money (17-Oct-1986)
Top Gun (16-May-1986)
Legend (28-Aug-1985)
All the Right Moves (21-Oct-1983)
Risky Business (5-Aug-1983)
Losin' It (8-Apr-1983)
The Outsiders (25-Mar-1983)
Taps (11-Dec-1981)
Endless Love (17-Jul-1981).

Brad Pitt

Born December 18, 1963, in Shawnee, Oklahoma. Pitt grew up in Springfield, Missouri, the eldest of three children in a devoutly Southern Baptist family. His father, Bill Pitt, owned a trucking company and his mother, Jane Pitt, was a family counselor. Pitt originally aspired to be an advertising art director, studying journalism at the University of Missouri. However, the young college student had other quiet aspirations, the product of a childhood love of movies, which finally seemed tangible his last semester at university when he realized, "I can leave." On a whim, Pitt dropped out of college, packed up his Datsun, and headed West to pursue an acting career in Los Angeles, just two credits shy of a college degree.

Pitt told his parents he intended to enroll in the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, but instead spent the next several months driving a limousine—chauffeuring strippers from one bachelor party to the next, delivering refrigerators, and trying to break into the L.A. acting scene. He joined an acting class and, shortly after, accompanied a classmate as her scene partner on an audition with an agent. In a twist of fate, the agent signed Pitt instead of his classmate. After weathering only seven months in Los Angeles, Pitt had secured an agent and regular acting work.

Pitt's first jobs came in television, appearing in episodes of Dallas, the daytime soap Another World, the sitcom Growing Pains, and in 1990's short-lived Fox Television series, Glory Days. In 1989, Pitt played Billy Canton, the drug-addicted pimp of a teenage runaway, played by Juliette Lewis, in the NBC made-for-television movie Too Young to Die. Pitt and Lewis (9 years his junior at age 16) started dating and eventually moved in together.

Pitt made his big screen debut in 1989's horror/slasher film Cutting Class with Donovan Leitch, and played a teen track star in Sandy Tung's Across the Tracks, but it was a well-timed bit part in a controversial Hollywood film that pushed him into the glare of instant stardom. Pitt's performance as a renegade, sugar-tongued hitchhiker who gets picked up by the two title characters in Ridley Scott's Thelma and Louise (1991) grabbed universal attention despite only a few minutes worth of screen time. Pitt's combination of charming bad boy charisma and sexual playfulness (particularly in a fiery love scene with Geena Davis) secured him as a genuine sex symbol (and wore out the rewind button on many a VCR).

Pitt's next few films failed to boost his acting credibility and establish him as more than just a pretty face in Hollywood. He appeared in The Favor (1992) with Elizabeth McGovern, Tom CiCillo's directorial debut, Johnny Suede (1992), and the unconvincing, half-animated Cool World (1992).

Al Pacino

Al Pacino (real name Alfredo James Pacino) was born on April 25, 1940, in South Bronx, New York. He was a famous American film actor.



Biography and Career :

Alfredo James "Al"Pacino was born in East Harlem, New York City on April 25, 1940, to Italian American parents Rose and Salvatore Alfred Pacino, who divorced when he was only two years old.

After that his mother moved to the South Bronx near the Bronx Zoo, to live with her parents, Kate and James Gerardi, who originated from Corleone, Sicily. His father moved to Covina, California, and got hired as an insurance salesman and restaurateur.

Al Pacino graduated the High School of Performing Arts in New York. During his teenage years 'Sonny' as his friends called him, wanted to become a baseball player although he was a
lso nicknamed 'The Actor'. Al Pacino flunked nearly all of his classes except English and dropped out of school at 17. His mother disagreed with his decision, they had an argument and he left home. He had jobs like messenger boy, busboy, janitor, and postal clerk, in order be able to study acting.

He made his feature film debut in the 1969 film "Me, Natalie" in a minor supporting role, before playing the leading role in the 1971 drama "The Panic in Needle Park". Al Pacino became worldwide known when he was given the role of Michael Corleone in "The Godfather" in 1972, which earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Also got Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actor were for fellow actors Dick Tracy and Glengarry Glen Ross. Oscar nominations for Best Actor include "The Godfather Part II"," Serpico", "Dog Day Afternoon", the court room drama "...And Justice for All" and "Scent of a Woman".

Even if he has never married, Al Pacino has had several relationships with actresses and has three beautiful children.

Why is AL Pacino famous?

Al Pacino is an American film and stage actor and director. He is most famed for playing mobsters including Michael Corleone in "The Godfather" trilogy and Tony Montana in "Scarface", although he had some good guy several times, when he was on the other side of the law, as a police officer, detective and a lawyer.

Why do we like Al Pacino?

His role as Frank Slade in "Scent of a Woman" got him the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1992 after geting seven previous Oscar nominations.

Quotes :

- "I'll make him an offer he can't refuse."

- "I'm an actor, not a star. Stars are people who live in Hollywood and have heart-shaped swimming pools."

- "My first language was shy. It's only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness."

- "No one ever asked me to play Hamlet. I don't think I'm right for the part, but it would have been nice to be asked."

- "The actor becomes an emotional athlete. The process is painful--my personal life suffers."

Trivia :

- His nickname was Sonny.
- Height : 5' 7" (1.70 m)
- He was arrested in January 1961, charged with carrying a concealed weapon.
- He has a daughter, named Julie Marie, with acting teacher Jan Tarrant.
- He dropped out of school at the age of 17.
- His grandparents originate from Corleone, Sicily.
- He was voted the 41st Greatest Movie Star of all time by Entertainment Weekly.
Filmography :

- Rififi (2007)
- Heat (2007) (VG)
- Torch (2007) (announced)
- Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
- 88 Minutes (2007) (completed)
- Two for the Money (2005)
- The Merchant of Venice (2004)
- "Angels in America" (2003) (mini) TV Series
- Gigli (2003)
- The Recruit (2003)
- People I Know (2002)
- S1m0ne (2002)
- Insomnia (2002/I)
- Francis Coppola's Notebook (2001) (V)
- Chinese Coffee (2000)
- Any Given Sunday (1999)
- The Insider (1999)
- The Devil's Advocate (1997)
- Donnie Brasco (1997)
- City Hall (1996)
- Heat (1995)
- Two Bits (1995)
- Carlito's Way (1993)
- Scent of a Woman (1992)
- Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
- The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) (V)
- Frankie and Johnny (1991)
- The Godfather: Part III (1990)
- Dick Tracy (1990)
- The Local Stigmatic (1990)
- Sea of Love (1989)
- Revolution (1985)
- Scarface (1983)
- Author! Author! (1982)
- Cruising (1980)
- ...And Justice for All (1979)
- "The Godfather Saga" (1977) (mini) TV Series
- Bobby Deerfield (1977)
- Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
- The Godfather: Part II (1974)
- Serpico (1973)
- Scarecrow (1973)
- The Godfather (1972)
- The Panic in Needle Park (1971)
- Out of It (1969)
- Me, Natalie (1969)