Patrick Swayze:
Was an American actor, dancer and singer songwriter
Birth Name: Patrick Wayne Swayze

Born: August 18, 1952, Houston, Texas, United States 
Died: September 14, 2009, Los Angeles, California, United States 

After college, he left school to tour with the Disney on Parade ice show. In 1976, he redirected his efforts toward stage acting. Success brought him to Hollywood, where he made his film debut. In 1981, he made his TV debut. He continued to show audiences his range with a series of independent films. In 2009, he died of cancer.

Aspiring Dancer:

 Swayze developed a love for ballet and was often teased by fellow classmates. Throughout high school, he set aside his dance career to concentrate on athletics — juggling gymnastics, swimming, and football. After graduation, he was offered both athletic and dance scholarships. He opted for athletics and enrolled at San Jacinto College in Houston, Texas, where he focused on gymnastics. Two years later, Swayze left school to tour with the Disney on Parade ice show, as Snow White's Prince Charming.
After touring, Swayze returned home, where he fell in love with Lisa Niemi, his mother's 16-year-old dance student. In 1972, he traveled to New York City to pursue a dance career. After Lisa's high school graduation, she joined Swayze in New York,

Turn to acting:

In 1976, he redirected his efforts toward stage acting, and made his Broadway debut in Goodtime Charley. He later appeared in West Side Story, and in 1978, he won the leading role in the musical Grease. Swayze's high-profile performance as Danny Zuko led to many television and movie offers.
Eventually, his stage success brought him to Hollywood, where he made his film debut as a vigilante roller skater in Skatetown, U.S.A. (1979). Swayze experienced a milestone in 1983, when director Francis Ford Coppola cast him in The Outsiders, alongside future stars Tom Cruise, Matt Dillon, and Emilio Estevez.
In 1981, Swayze added television to his repertoire with a notable portrayal of a leukemia patient on the series M*A*S*H,as a soldier diagnosed with leukemia.
 He is also credited for his work in the 1985 miniseries North and South along with the 1986 sequel
During the mid-80s, Swayze appeared in a few forgettable films, including Red Dawn and Grandview, U.S.A. (1984).  He starred in films from a range of genres, including the drama The Outsiders (1983), the war film Red Dawn (1983), the Vietnam rescue film Uncommon Valor (1984), the romantic "coming-of-age" drama Dirty Dancing (1987), the action Road House (1989), the romantic fantasy/crime thriller Ghost (1990), the action crime film Point Break (1991), the comedy To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995), the action film Black Dog (1998), the supernatural drama film Donnie Darko (2001), and the drama Jump! (2008), as well as in the television serials North and South and The Beast, his final role.

Hollywood's Star:

He landed his breakthrough role as dance instructor "Johnny Castle" in the hit film Dirty Dancing (1987), for which he received a Golden Globe nomination.  He received a second nomination for his portrayal of "Sam Wheat" in the blockbuster Ghost: La sombra del amor (1990),
The film, which co-starred Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg, revived Swayze's struggling career.  He later partnered with Keanu Reeves in the action-adventure Point Break (1991), followed by 1992's City of Joy. Both films met with moderate success, and Swayze's rise to superstardom seemed to taper off for the next few years.   In 1991, he starred alongside Youngblood castmate Keanu Reeves in another major action hit, Point Break, and he was chosen by People magazine as that year's "Sexiest Man Alive"
For his contributions to the film industry, he was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1997.

City of Joy,  La ciudad de la alegría (1992) as

Max Lowe. Diverse Roles: In 1995, Swayze teamed up with fellow actors Wesley Snipes and John Leguizamo to play a trio of drag queens in the comedy To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar. Swayze's performance as Vida Boheme won him a third Golden Globe nomination in 1996. In 1997, Swayze broke his right leg in a horse-riding accident while filming Letters From a Killer (1998).  Tall Tale (1995), Despite his struggles, he continued to make films, starring in the romantic comedies Forever Lulu (2000) with Melanie Griffith, and Wakin' Up In Reno (2002), co-starring Natasha Richardson and Charlize Theron. Also wowed audiences once again with his proficiency as a dancer in the romantic dramas, One Last Dance (2003) and a sequel to his popular Dirty Dancing feature, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004). And in December 2003 returned to Broadway as a replacement for the lead role of "Billy Flynn" in the acclaimed revival of John Kander & Fred Ebb's musical, "Chicago". In Donnie Darko (2001), Swayze played a television personality with a dark secret,  wherein he played a famous motivational speaker revealed to be a closet pedophile.  In 2002, he co-starred with Billy Bob Thornton and Charlize Theron in Waking Up in Reno, which focuses on two redneck couples taking a road trip from Little Rock to Reno to see a monster truck rally. In 2004, he played Allan Quartermain in King Solomon's Mines and had a cameo appearance in the Dirty Dancing prequel, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, as an unnamed dance instructor.  Swayze made his West End theatre début in the musical Guys and Dolls as Nathan Detroit on July 27, 2006 also provided the voice for Cash the country music band dog in The Fox and the Hound 2 (2006), and in 2007 he starred in the film Christmas in Wonderland. Swayze played an aging rock star in Powder Blue (2008), co-starring his younger brother Don in their first film together. In his final role, Swayze starred in the A&E FBI drama The Beast,  filmed in Chicago, as FBI Agent Charles Barke.

Personal Life:

Swayze was married to Lisa Niemi for 34 years beginning on June 12, 1975. The couple first met in 1970, when Swayze was 18 years old. Niemi, 14 years old at the time, was taking dance lessons from Swayze's mother. Swayze and Niemi had no children.^. In a 2008 interview, Swayze stated that Niemi was the inspiration for his hit song, "She's Like the Wind" (1987). 

 

 

                                                             

 

Woody Allen:
Is an American Film director, screenwriter, actor
Birth Name:   Allan Stewart Konigsberg

Born: December 1, 1935 (age 80), Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States

Who is best known for his romantic comedy films containing elements of parody and slapstick. He is also known for writing strong and well-defined characters for his female stars. Allen directed and starred in two of his most famous films, Annie Hall and Manhattan. Among his featured performers were Diane Keaton and Mia Farrow, both of whom he was romantically involved with.


He would later joke that when he was young he was often sent to inter-faith summer camps, where he "was savagely beaten by children of all races and creeds.. While attending Hebrew school for eight years, he went to Public School 99 (now the Isaac Asimov School for Science and Literature)  and to Midwood High School. He later briefly attended City College of New York and soon flunked out.Later, he learned via self-study rather than in the classroom. He eventually taught at The New School. He also studied with writing teacher Lajos Egri. His status before the Selective Service System was "4-F", a medical deferment, although he later claimed his actual status was "4-P", hostage.


Early Career:

 he dropped out of school and soon began writing for television, including Sid Caesar's popular Your Show of Shows. His work won him an Emmy Award nomination, but Allen grew bored and soon tried his hand at stand-up comedy. A prolific writer and director, Allen often appeared in his own plays and films, including What's New, Pussycat? in 1965 and his first play, Don't Drink the Water, on Broadway the following year. He made his directorial debut in 1966 with What's Up, Tiger Lily?, his career really beginning to soar by 1969 with Take the Money and Run.

 followed with Bananas (1971), Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask) (1972), Play It Again, Sam (1972) and Sleeper (1973). 

Career Highlights:

Allen also wrote for the Candid Camera television show, and appeared in some episodes. Along with that show, he wrote jokes for the Buddy Hackett sitcom Stanley and The Pat Boone Show. And in 1958 he cowrote a few Sid Caesar specials with Larry Gelbart. After writing for many of television's leading comedians and comedy shows, Allen was gaining the reputation for being a "genius", says composer Mary Rodgers. When given an assignment for a show he would leave and come back the next day with "reams of paper", according to producer Max Liebman.  Similarly, after writing for Bob Hope, Hope called him "half a genius.

 He starred, directed and co-wrote the movie (with Marshall Brickman), and it went on to win four Academy Awards, including for best picture, best director and best screenplay. Manhattan, released in 1979, was his homage to his beloved New York City, a setting for many of his future films.  produced mostly hits and some misses, and a combination of comedies and drama, including 1982's A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy—the first of Allen's films to star his new love, Mia Farrow. In 1986, Hannah and Her Sisters earned Allen his second Oscar (best original screenplay). By the 1990s, Allen was ignoring Hollywood for the most part, producing low-budget films that included Husbands and Wives (1992), Bullets over Broadway (1994), Mighty Aphrodite (1995) and Sweet and Lowdown (1999).


Stand-up Comedian:

From 1960 to 1969, Allen performed as a stand-up comedian to supplement his comedy writing. His contemporaries during those years included Lenny Bruce, Shelley Berman, the team of Mike Nichols and Elaine May, and Mort Sahl, his personal favorite. Comedy historian Gerald Nachman notes that Allen, while not the first to do stand-up, would eventually have greater impact than all the others in the 1960s, and would redefine the meaning of stand-up comedy: "He helped turn it into biting, brutally honest satirical commentary on the cultural and psychological tenor of the times.

Early Films:

His first movie was the Charles K. Feldman production What's New Pussycat? in 1965, for which he wrote the screenplay. He was disappointed with the final product, which inspired him to direct every film that he would later write. Allen's first directorial effort was What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966, co-written with Mickey Rose), in which an existing Japanese spy movie—Kokusai himitsu keisatsu: Kagi no kagi (1965), "International Secret Police: Key of Keys"—was redubbed in English by Allen and friends with fresh new, comic dialogue. In 1967, Allen played Jimmy Bond in the 007 spoof Casino Royale.

Allen directed, starred in, and co-wrote (with Mickey Rose) Take the Money and Run in 1969, which received positive reviews. He later signed a deal with United Artists to produce several films. Those films eventually became Bananas (1971, co-written with Rose), Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (1972), Sleeper (1973), and Love and Death (1975). Sleeper was the first of four films where the screenplay was co-written by Allen and Marshall Brickman. 
In 1972, Allen wrote and starred in the film version of Play It Again, Sam, directed by Herbert Ross and co-starring Diane Keaton. In 1976, he starred in The Front (directed by Martin Ritt), a humorous and poignant account of Hollywood blacklisting during the 1950s.
Then came two of Allen's most popular films. Annie Hall won four Academy Awards in 1977, including Best Picture, Best Actress in a Leading Role for Diane Keaton, Best Original Screenplay and Best Director for Woody Allen. Annie Hall set the standard for modern romantic comedy and ignited a fashion trend with the clothes worn by Diane Keaton in the film. In an interview with journalist Katie Couric, Keaton does not deny that Allen wrote the part for her and about her. She also explains that Allen wrote the part based on aspects of her personality at the time:


His 1991 film Shadows and Fog is a black-and-white homage to the German expressionists and features the music of Kurt Weill. Allen then made his critically acclaimed drama Husbands and Wives (1992), which received two Oscar nominations: Best Supporting Actress for Judy Davis and Best Original Screenplay for Allen. His film Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993) combined suspense with dark comedy and marked the return of Diane Keaton, Alan Alda and Anjelica Huston.
He returned to lighter movies like Bullets over Broadway (1994), which earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Director, followed by a musical, Everyone Says I Love You (1996). The singing and dancing scenes in Everyone Says I Love You are similar to musicals starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. The comedy Mighty Aphrodite (1995), in which Greek drama plays a large role, won an Academy Award for Mira Sorvino. Allen's 1999 jazz-based comedy-drama Sweet and Lowdown was nominated for two Academy Awards for Sean Penn (Best Actor) and Samantha Morton (Best Supporting Actress). In contrast to these lighter movies, Allen veered into darker satire towards the end of the decade with Deconstructing Harry (1997) and Celebrity (1998).


Later Career:

Allen began the new millennium with a string of comedies and mixed reviews, including Match Point in 2005, Vicky Cristina Barcelona in 2008 and the romantic comedy Midnight in Paris in 2011, for which he won the 2012 Oscar for best original screenplay. To Rome with Love, a 2012 episodic comedy that featured an international cast, marked his first on-screen role in six years. Two years later, Allen was nominated for an Academy Award in the category of best original screenplay for the film Blue Jasmine (2013).

In 2014, Allen released the romantic comedy Magic in the Moonlight, which starred Colin Firth. In 2015, he turned back to drama with the release of his film Irrational Man, which brought together Joaquin Phoenix and Emma Stone in the starring roles.


Personal Life:

Allen has had three wives: Harlene Rosen (1956–1959), Louise Lasser (1966–1970) and Soon-Yi Previn (1997–present). Though he had a 12-year romantic relationship with actress Mia Farrow, the two never married. Allen also had romantic relationships with Stacey Nelkin and Diane Keaton.

 

 

Tim Allen:
Is an American Actor
Birth Name: Timothy Allen Dick

Born: June 13, 1953 (age 62), Denver, Colorado, United States 

He found a sense of humor vital to dealing with his unfortunate last name. It also came in handy later on when he served time for drug dealing. After prison, Allen developed an act that eventually became. He is known for his role in the ABC television show Home Improvement (1991–1999) as well as for his starring roles in several popular films, including Disney's The Santa Clause trilogy, Disney/Pixar's Toy Story trilogy (as the voice of Buzz Lightyear), and Galaxy Quest (1999).  He currently stars as Mike Baxter in the Last Man Standing TV series (2011–present


Early life:

Allen attended Seaholm High School in Birmingham, where he was in theater and music classes (resulting in his love of classical piano). He then attended Central Michigan University and transferred to Western Michigan University in 1974.  At Western Michigan, Allen worked at the student radio station WIDR and received a Bachelor of Science degree in communications specializing in radio and television production in 1976 with a split minor in philosophy and design. In 1998, Western Michigan awarded Allen an honorary Fine Arts degree and the Distinguished Alumni Award


Early Career:

The segment caught the attention of Disney Studios chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg and Walt Disney CEO Michael Eisner, who offered Allen leading roles in upcoming small-screen adaptations of Turner & Hooch (1989) and The Dead Poets Society (1989) .

He started his comedy career at the Comedy Castle in Detroit. Later, he went on to do several cable specials, including, Comedy's Dirtiest Dozen (1988) and Tim Allen: Men Are Pigs (1990). In 1991, he became the star of his own hit television series on ABC called Home Improvement (1991),the same year he was honored with a Golden Globe Award for his work on Home Improvement, after eight seasons. While continuing to film his television series throughout most of the 1990s, he starred in a string of blockbuster movies including The Santa Clause (1994), Toy Story (1995), Toy Story 2 (1999) and Héroes fuera de órbita (1999).  By 1992, Allen had earned his first Peoples' Choice Award for Favorite Male Television Performer — a distinction he held for eight consecutive years. By the time the 1993 season made it to the air, Allen had an Emmy nomination under his belt and Home Improvement was a steadfast ratings darling.


Recent Work:

He filmed such movies as Hasta el cuello (2002) is a composite of humor columnist Dave Barry. The movie is adapted from one of Dave Barry's humor books, and Super papá (2001). In 2002, he reprised his role as Scott "Santa Clause" Calvin in The Santa Clause 2. Two years later, he starred as Luther Krank in Christmas with the Kranks. In 2006, Zoom was released, starring Allen as Jack Shepard. The same year, he also starred in The Shaggy Dog and The Santa Clause 3. The following year, Allen starred alongside John Travolta, Ray Liotta, Martin Lawrence and William H. Macy in Wild Hogs (2007). His recent film projects include the David Mamet-helmed Redbelt (2008).
Allen began narrating the "Pure Michigan" television and radio commercials for the "Travel Michigan" agency. These commercials can be seen and heard throughout the Midwest and began airing nationally in 2009.

The Six Wives of Henry Lefay (2008), and a third addition to the Toy Story series. Additionally, the 2008 comedy Crazy on the Outside marks Allen's feature film directing debut. In the meantime, Allen continues to run his production house, Boxing Cat Films, and helm his design studio, Tim Allen Designs.

In December 2009 he started a preview tour of Crazy on the Outside, a film that debuted in January 2010. Allen accompanied the film, helping promote it with a series of stand-up acts beforehand. During the performances he told audiences that he planned a 2010 comedy tour. Allen also directed the film, marking his film directorial debut.

Since 2011, Allen has starred in another ABC sitcom, Last Man Standing. He plays the role of Mike Baxter, a conservative father who is fighting for his manhood in his house filled with women. The character is loosely based on his own life, as a Republican father of two girls.


Personal Life:

On October 2, 1978, Allen was arrested in the Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport for possession of over 650 grams (1.43 lb) of cocaine. He subsequently pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges, and provided the names of other dealers in exchange for a sentence of three to seven years rather than a possible life imprisonment. He was paroled on June 12, 1981, after serving two years and four months in Federal Correctional Institution, Sandstone in Sandstone, Minnesota. Allen had the Federal Bureau of Prisons Register # 04276-040.
Allen was raised as an Episcopalian.  He was married to Laura Diebel from April 7, 1984, until they legally separated in 1999. Their divorce was finalized in 2003. Their daughter Katherine was born in 1989. Allen married actress Jane Hajduk on October 7, 2006, in a small private ceremony in Grand Lake, Colorado. They had dated for five years. In March 2009, their daughter Elizabeth was born.

 

 

                                                              

Michael Fox:
Is an Canadian-American actor, producer, advocate.
Birth Name: Michael Andrew Fox

Born: June 9, 1961 (age 54), Edmonton, Canada 

First became known for his role as Alex P. Keaton on the popular sitcom Family Ties. He went on to star in such films as Back to the Future and Teen Wolf, as well as on the TV series Spin City. In 1999, Fox announced that he was battling Parkinson's disease. He left Spin City in 2000 to launch the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research and focus on family, later guest-starring on such shows as Scrubs, Boston Legal and The Good Wife.

Fox attended Burnaby Central Secondary School, and now has a theatre named for him in Burnaby South Secondary. Fox is of Irish, English, and Scottish descent. Fox, at age 15, starred in the Canadian television series Leo and Me produced by the CBC, and in 1979, at age 18, he moved to Los Angeles to further his acting career.


Early Career:

In 1976, at the age of 15, he made his professional acting debut on the CBS series Leo and Me, playing a 10-year-old.. After starring in the CBS movie Letters from Frank and  (also filmed in Canada), There, he landed a role on the series Palmerstown, U.S.A., before being cast as Alex Keaton on Family Ties, Lazos de familia about situation comedy  (1982-1989) He was only chosen after Matthew Broderick, who was originally considered for the role, refused to have a long-term television obligation. where he would woo audiences with his confident charm and impeccable comedic timing for the next seven years.

Big-Screen Success:

Also met with enormous success on the big screen, most notably playing Marty McFly in Robert Zemeckis's zany romp Back to the Future, Volver al futuro  (1985). After playing comic roles in Teen Wolf, Muchacho lobo  (1985), and The Secret of My Success (1987). He played a factory worker in Light of Day (1987), a cocaine-snorting fact checker in Bright Lights, Big City (1988), and famous for his starring role alongside Sean Penn in Brian DePalma's Vietnam saga Casualties of War (1989), Poison Ivy (1985), High School U.S.A (1983). Back in 1989 with the role of Marty on Back to the Future 2,  Volver al futuro II. In 1982, appeared on the first episode of the Peter Marshall wish-fulfilling series Fantasy (1982)

In 1990 Back to the Future 3, Volver al futuro III Michael almost got to work with Reagan himself. By this time, Reagan's second term was drawing to a close. Michael was the first guest on The Daily Show (1996) when Jon Stewart took over as host on January 11, 1999. Accidentally injured co-star James Woods's finger on the set of Duro de aguantar (1991). Woods was throwing him into a popcorn machine when his finger got caught in the button hole of Fox's jacket and dislocated it.

 He continued making several films, such as For Love or Money (1993), Life With Mikey (1993) and Greedy (1994). Fox then played small supporting roles in political drama The American President (1995) and comedy Mars Attacks! (1996). And The same year His last major film role was in The Frighteners directed by Peter Jackson. The Frighteners tells the story of Frank Bannister, an architect who develops psychic abilities allowing him to see, hear, and communicate with ghosts. He voiced the American Bulldog Chance in Disney's live-action film Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey and its sequel Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco, the titular character in Stuart Little and its two sequels Stuart Little 2 and Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild, and Milo Thatch in Disney's animated film Atlantis: The Lost Empire


Spin City:

Audiences applauded Fox's return to Back to the Future, for the second and third installments of the film series, released in 1989 and 1990, respectively. His pitch-perfect portrayal of a George Stephanopoulos-type character in The American President (1995) also earned him accolades, but it was his ceremonious return to prime-time TV with a role on the ABC sitcom Spin City, launched in 1996, that put Fox back where he belonged:


Later Roles:

In 2004, Fox guest starred in two episodes of the comedy-drama Scrubs as Dr. Kevin Casey, a surgeon with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder.  The series was created by Spin City creator Bill Lawrence. In 2006, he appeared in four episodes of Boston Legal as a lung cancer patient. The producers brought him back in a recurring role for Season three, beginning with the season premiere. Fox was nominated for an Emmy Award for best guest appearance.
In 2009, he appeared in five episodes of the television series Rescue Me which earned him an Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series.  Since 2000 Fox has released three books, Lucky Man: A Memoir (2002), Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist (2009) and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Future: Twists and Turns and Lessons Learned (2010).

 In 2011, Fox was featured as himself in the eighth season of the Larry David vehicle, Curb Your Enthusiasm. David's character (also himself) becomes a temporary resident of the New York City apartment building that Fox resides in and a conflict arises between the two, whereby David believes that Fox is using his condition (Parkinson's disease) as a manipulative tool. On August 20, 2012, NBC announced The Michael J. Fox Show, loosely based on his life. It was granted a 22-episode commitment from the network and premiered on NBC on September 26, 2013.

Personal Life:

Fox married actress Tracy Pollan (who played Ellen, Alex Keaton's girlfriend, on Family Ties) in 1988. The couple has four children: son Sam, twin girls Aquinnah and Schuyler, and daughter Esmé Annabelle. 

 

 

                                                        

 

Richard Gere:
Is an American actor and Activist
Birth Name: Richard Tiffany Gere

Born: August 31, 1949 (age 66), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

 Went on to gain extensive experience as a stage actor. Gere received acclaim for an off-Broadway appearance in Killer's Head, then made his big-screen debut with a small role in Report to the Commissioner. His other films include Yanks, American Gigolo, An Officer and A Gentleman, Pretty Woman, Chicago and Shall We Dance?.

Early Career and Life:

 Richard Gere studied philosophy at University of Massachusetts at Amherst on a gymnastics scholarship. He left school after two years to explore his interest in theater. In the early 1970s, Gere landed the role of Danny Zuko in the musical Grease in London. Had a career breakthrough in 1977 with the dramatic thriller Looking for Mr. Goodbar, starring Diane Keaton. In the film, he plays a rough-and-tumble lothario who meets a schoolteacher (Keaton). The following year, Gere landed a starring role in Terrence Malick's epic Days of Heaven.

Hollywood's Leading man:

Two years later, he came to embody the romantic lead in An Officer and a Gentleman opposite Debra Winger. Gere plays a troubled military recruit who gets involved with a local girl near his basic training camp. The drama proved to be a box office hit.  In 1990, Gere enjoyed another wave of success with the romantic comedy Pretty Woman, Mujer bonita, his cool reserve was the perfect complement to Julia's bubbling enthusiasm.  such as the dirty cop in 1990's Internal Affairs and a defense attorney in Primal Fear (1996).

Gere earned People magazine's "Sexiest Man Alive" honor in 1999. He played against type for 2002's Unfaithful, Infidelidad as Diane Lane's cuckolded husband. That same year, Gere returned to his musical theater roots with the film adaptation of the Broadway Chicago (2002), won a Golden Globe Award for his portrayal. 

In 2008, Gere co-starred with Diane Lane in the romantic drama Nights in Rodanthe. The film was widely panned by critics^, (making #74 on The Times Worst Films of 2008 list), but grossed over $84 million worldwide.
Later in his career, Gere was honored twice for his lifetime achievement.^{[citation needed]} Regarding his 2012 performance in Arbitrage, Lou Lumenick of the New York Post said "Richard Gere gives the best performance of his career".  He received an award from the 34th Cairo International Film Festival in December


Activist Actor:

Is President of The Gere Foundation, founded in 1991. The non-pro later established the Gere Foundation "to help sponsor human rights in Tibet and support the Dalai Lama," Gere explained to Redbook. He also supported charities to help those suffering from AIDS, especially in India.fit organization focusing on international humanitarian issues, with emphasis on Tibet.

 He starred in 2006's The Hoax as the infamous writer Clifford Irving, Gere shaved back his hairline, got a perm, and even altered the appearance of his nose to fit the part.  The following year, Gere appeared in I'm Not There, an experimental film about music legend Bob Dylan. He also reunited with Diane Lane for the romantic drama Nights in Rodanthe (2008) around this time.

In 2009, Gere co-starred with Hilary Swank in Amelia, a biopic about groundbreaking aviator Amelia Earhart. And then Gere starred in 2012's Arbitrage with Susan Sarandon, playing a troubled hedge fund titan; his stunning performance in the film earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination.

Honors and Awards:

On May 17, 2012, Albanian President, Bamir Topi awarded the "Medal of Gratitude" to Richard Gere with the citation: "With gratitude and honor outstanding personality of the world art, great humanist and activist for the protection of human rights, which unmasked and the American public made known, and further, inhuman crimes, ethnic cleansing in Kosovo, in 1999, the Serbian military machine against the Albanian civilian population living in its land".^[36] On February 16, 2012, George Eastman House International Museum for Photography and Film honored Gere with the George Eastman Award for distinguished contribution to the art of film.


Personal Life:

Gere was married to supermodel Cindy Crawford from 1991 to 1995. In November 2002, he married model and actress Carey Lowell.  They have a son, Homer James Jigme Gere, who was born in February 2000 and is named after Gere's and Lowell's fathers, as well as the Tibetan name Jigme. In September 2013, the two separated after 11 years of marriage. The couple are currently involved in highly contested divorce proceedings in Manhattan Supreme Court 

 

 

Jodie Foster:
Is an American actress, director and producer
Birth Name  Alicia Christian Foster

Born: November 19, 1962 (age 53), Los Angeles, California, United States 

 Foster received an Oscar nomination at age 12 for her role as a child prostitute in Martin Scorsese's film Taxi Driver (1976), and went on to win a Golden Globe (best actress) and Academy Award for The Accused (1988). She then starred in the popular film The Silence of the Lambs (1991). In recent years, Foster has worked as a successful film director and producer, in addition to acting

Early Carrer and Education:

Despite never having taken an acting class, she dove headlong into show business in 1968 with her first television show, Mayberry R.F.D, and she would continue on to a busy career as a child actress.
Foster's first foray onto the big screen came with roles in the Disney movies Napoleon and Samantha (1972) and One Little Indian (1973). All the while, Foster was studying at the private prep school Lycée Français de Los Angeles, juggling a challenging course load and becoming fluent in French.  In search of anonymity and an ordinary collegiate experience, she enrolled in Yale University after graduating high school

controversial breakout film role came, Taxi Driver (1976), an iconic and dark Martin Scorsese picture set in the gritty underbelly of 1970s-era New York, and saw Foster playing a child prostitute who becomes the obsession of the title character, played by Robert De Niro. Taxi Driver garnered Foster an Oscar nomination, establishing her as a teenage star and leading to roles in popular films like Freaky Friday (1976) and Foxes (1980), 

She stayed very busy as a child actress, working on television programs such as The Doris Day Show (1968), Adam-12 (1968), The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1969), La familia Partridge (1970), Bonanza (1959), and La ley del revólver (1955). In movies, her roles included playing Raquel Welch's daughter in Kansas City Bomber (1972) and a delinquent tomboy in Alicia ya no vive aquí (1974).


Acclaimed Actress and Director:

Jodie graduated from Yale in 1985 with a degree in literature. She resumed her acting career and sought a breakthrough role that would return her to stardom After appearing in a few obscure movies with limited release, Jodie landed an audition for Acusados (1988), The Accused. For this performance she won both an Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Actress, establishing her as one of Hollywood's most esteemed serious actresses.

Her next film,  Camino de retorno (1990), went straight to video, and she had to campaign hard to get her next good role. In 1991, she starred as Clarice Starling, an FBI trainee assisting in a hunt for a serial killer in El silencio de los inocentes (1991),  The Silence of the Lambs with Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine, and Brooke Smith. The film was a blockbuster hit, winning Jodie her second Academy Award for Best Actress and establishing her as an international movie star at the age of 28. 

Foster turned to directing, her occasional directorial projects, Foster continued to act in hit movies such as Maverick (1994), Contact, scence fiction drama Contacto (1997) and the box office smash Panic Room (2002). Her directorial  debut with Mentes que brillan (1991), which was followed by Feriados en familia (1995). She first played a sexy con artist in the successful western comedy Maverick (1994) with Mel Gibson and James Garner. Then, she played title role in Una mujer llamada Nell (1994), co-starring Liam Neeson and Natasha Richardson.  She starred in the non-musical remake of El rey y yo (1956) entitled Anna y el rey ,Anna and the King (1999). Three years after that she headlined the thriller La habitación del pánico, Panic Room  (2002), which co-starred Kristen Stewart, Forest Whitaker, Dwight Yoakam, and Jared Leto.

 She then appeared in two low-profile projects: the independent film Chicos de vidas peligrosas, The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002), she played a nun, Sister Assumpta, while also producing the film. After taking a small part in a French film.  the foreign film Amor eterno and The Very Long Engagement  (2004), She returned to making Hollywood mainstream films, first with Plan de vuelo, Flightplan in 2005. The following year she starred in another hit, the bank heist thriller El plan perfecto, Inside Man (2006) with Denzel Washington and Clive Owen.  Her next film was the revenge thriller The Brave One (2007), which once again opened at #1 at the box office and earned her another Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress. Jodie returned to the comedy genre in La isla de Nim, Nim's Island (2008) with Gerard Butler and Abigail Breslin


Later Career

Very selective about her projects in recent years. She reunited with her Maverick colleague Mel Gibson in the offbeat drama The Beaver (2011 , Foster served as its director and as Gibson's co-star. She also worked with Roman Polanski on his dramatic comedy Carnage (2011) around this time. In recent years, Foster has continued to pursue filmmaking. She stars opposite Matt Damon in the sci-fi film Elysium (2013). Around the same time, she began working on a new directing project: Money Monster (2013).


Personal Life

In April 2014, Foster married her girlfriend Alexandra Hedison, an American photographer and actress, in a private weekend ceremony. The couple began dating in October 2013. Hedison previously dated Ellen DeGeneres for three years before splitting in 2004.