Biography

John Cusack was born on June 28, 1966, in Evanston, Illinois. In 1983, Cusack showed up in the high schooler comic drama Class. In the same year, Cusack appeared in the young person spoof Class. His peculiar, self-destroying humor earned him parts in various movies all through the 80s. Including Sixteen Candles and Better off Dead.

In 1989, he featured in Cameron Crowe’s exemplary Say Anything. In 1990, he won his initially develop part in The Grifters. Later movies incorporate The Butler (2013) and Love and Mercy (2015). Disregarding the way that he began to ascend as a performing craftsman in the midst of the prime of the Brat Pack and appeared in different juvenile films. He made sense of how to go without falling into its arrange.

Height

John’s height is about 1.87m.

Net worth

The actor John has a total net worth of $50 million.

Social Media

John seems active only on Twitter.

John Cusack Twitter – https://twitter.com/johncusack

Early Life

On-screen character John Paul Cusack was born in Evanston, Illinois, on June 28, 1966. John Cusack is, as most of his characters, an odd legend. Watchful about notoriety and rebuffed by condition-based Hollywood entry, he has made a productive calling playing underdogs and weirdos – in the meantime keeping up a vital separation from the media spotlight.

John was considered in Evanston, Illinois, to an Irish-American family. With the exception of mother Nancy (née Carolan), a past math instructor, the Cusack family is all easy street: father Dick Cusack was an on-screen character and motion picture maker, and John’s kinfolk Joan Cusack, Ann Cusack, Bill Cusack, and Susie Cusack are generally performing artists regarding the proficient profession. Like his sisters, John diverted into a person from Chicago’s Piven Theater Workshop.

John’s father, Richard Cusack, an advancing authority turned on-screen character and screenwriter, passed on of pancreatic sickness in June 2003.

Early Roles

At age 8, Cusack had the opportunity to join the Piven Theater Workshop. At the age of 12, Cusack had already established himself as a successful voiceover on-screen actor, as he was very busy and had been involved in many projects.

By age 12, he starting at now had a couple of stage arrangements, business voice-overs and current motion pictures added to his collection. He impacted his component to film show up at 17, acting adjacent Rob Lowe and Andrew McCarthy in the happy satire Class (1983). His next part was a man from Anthony Michael Hall’s nerd unit in Sixteen Candles (1984), set him appropriate back on track to changing into a high schooler flick gadget.

Cusack remained on the edges of the Brat Pack, evading the temporary rising and fall of most of his partners, yet he stayed possessed with leads in films like The Sure Thing (1985) and Better Off Dead (1985 ). Youthful Cusack is no doubt best associated with what could be viewed as his last immature part: the stereo-impacting thoughtful Lloyd Dobler in Say Anything(1989). Multi-year later, he hit theaters as a grown-up, playing a novice scoundrel in The Grifters (1990).

Motion picture Career

An accompanying couple of years were decently quiet for the entertainer, anyway, he filled in the openings with off-screen wanders. He composed and made a couple of shows for the Chicago-based setting to accumulate The New Criminals, which he built up in 1988 (exhibiting it after Tim Robbins’ Actors’ Gang in Los Angeles) to progress political and bleeding-edge orchestrate work. Following four years, Cusack’s optional school partners Steve Pink and D.V. DeVincentis obliged him in starting a sister association for film, New Crime Productions. New Crime’s first part was the distinctly created show Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), which reached off a calling renaissance for Cusack.

Despite co-scripting, he included as a world-depleted contract executioner who goes home for his ten-year auxiliary school assembling and attempts to restore an assumption with the young woman he stood up on prom night (Minnie Driver). In a case of life replicating workmanship, Cusack truly went home for his ten-year get-together (to regard a bet about the film’s financing) and ended up in an honest to goodness feeling with Driver. Cusack’s next appeared as an administration administrator (or, as he depicted it, “the main post-Heston, non-scriptural movement star in shoes”) in Con Air (1997). He took after that with Clint Eastwood’s Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997), in which he played a Yankee writer caught in a Savannah execute case.

1990-2000

In 1990, he won his first grow part in The Grifters. There he played a brief period vendor got between the thought of two rival women played by Angelica Houston and Annette Benning. Thus, each got Oscar’s choices for their displays. In 1997, after a movement of incredible and comedic parts in the mid-’90s, Cusack co-made, co-created and highlighted in Grosse Point Blank opposite Minnie Driver. The dimly comedic film got a wide essential endorsement.

Cusack has always bolstered odd material when he turned up in the angrily interesting Being John Malkovich (1999). Since a long time back haired, bristly and bespectacled, he was moderately unrecognizable in the piece of a confused puppeteer who finds a passage into the brain of performing craftsman John Malkovich. The convincing execution won him the Best Actor determination at the Independent Spirit Awards.

In 2000, Cusack had come back to his clean-shaven self in High Fidelity (2000), another New Crime creation. He worked with Steve Pink and D.V. DeVincentis to modify Nick Hornby’s standard novel (relocating the story to their nearby Chicago). Other Cusack films have included Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Pushing Tin and Being John Malkovich.

2001-2015

In 2000, he co-conveyed and included in the triumphant change of Nick Hornby’s inner circle novel High Fidelity. In 2001, he rehashed his part as the hindered, anyway true, dear in the carefree comedies Serendipity and America’s Sweethearts. Even more, Cusack got a more grounded contribution for his 2003 violence motion picture Identity.

Continuing to go up against a fascinating mix of endeavors, Cusack proceeded to appear in the carefree drama. Must Love Dogs (2005) with Diane Lane, the hotel violence film 1408 (2006) with Samuel L. Jackson and the political satire War, Inc. (2008). Teaming up with Rob Corddry and Craig Robinson, Cusack included in the 2010 amigo dramatization Hot Tub Time Machine.

Cusack went up against one of composing most eminent figures by playing Edgar Allan Poe in 2012’s The Raven. He by then portrayed one of America’s most infamous presidents, Richard M. Nixon, in Lee Daniels’ The Butler the following year. Cusack in like manner played a more prepared type of melodic virtuoso Brian Wilson in Love and Mercy (2015).

Political Life

Since 2005, politically discerning, Cusack now and again composes for The Huffington Post and has conveyed his limitation to the war in Iraq. In the vicinity of 2005 and 2009, Cusack composed online journals for The Huffington Post, which incorporated a meeting with Naomi Klein. He blogged on his protection from the war in Iraq and his hate for the Bush association, calling its point of view “debilitating, decline, unlawful, and shockingly ridiculous”. He additionally showed up in a June 2008 MoveOn.org ad, where he made the claim that George W. Bramble and John McCain have a similar overseeing needs.

Cusack reprimanded the Obama organization for its automaton strategy in the Middle East and its help of the National Defense Authorization Act and ended up one of the underlying supporters of the Freedom of the Press Foundation in 2012. In June 2015, he expressed in a meeting with The Daily Beast that “when you discuss rambles, the American Empire, the NSA, common freedoms, assaults on news coverage and informants, (Obama) is as terrible or more regrettable than Bush”. Be that as it may, he later reprimanded the production for misquoting him with a specific end goal to make a fascinating feature

In 2015, Cusack, Daniel Ellsberg, and Arundhati Roy met Edward Snowden, a criminal from the US. This gathering changed over into a book co-composed with Roy titled Things That Can and Cannot Be Said. The book is essentially a transcript of the discussion between Snowden, Roy, and Cusack, with a choice of significant photographs and representations and in addition a definite rundown of references.

In November 2017, Cusack turned into an individual from the Democratic Socialists of America.

Personal Life

John Cusack trained under the former world kickboxing champion Benny Urquidez. However, he trained under Urquidez for his roles in Say Anything. Also, he holds the rank of level six Black- Belt in the Ukidokan Kickboxing system.

Cusack has been on rumors and relationship gossips with at least three or four celebs. Driver, Alsion Eastwood, Claire Forlani, and Neve Campbell are them. Cusack is famous as a family man because john has been mostly seen playing opposite his sister Joan Cusack. He has all the earmarks of being happy with the spate of endeavors in his sights, yet surrenders that in any case, he hasn’t accomplished his authoritative goal: to be locked in with a “marvelous piece of workmanship”.

Matthew David McConaughey, born on November 4, 1969, is one of the renowned American actor, model, writer, producer, and director. Born in Uvalde, Texas, Matthew McConaughey’s age is 48 years old. The actor gave a breakout role in the comedy, the coming-of-age comedy ”Danzel and Confused” in 1993. Later appearing in slasher films such as “Texas Chainsaw Massacre:The Next Generation” in 1994, the legal thriller “A Time to Kill” in 1996, comedy film “Larger than life” in 1996, Amistad, a Steven Spielberg’s historical  drama made in 1997, the science fiction drama “Contact” (1997), comedy “EDtv” (1999), along with the war film “U-571” in 2000.

McConaughey is famous for his performance in romantic comedies in the 2000s era. Some of his famed romantic comedies are “The Wedding Planner” in 2001, “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days” in 2003, “Failure to Launch” in 2006, “Fools Gold” in 200, “Ghost of Girlfriends past” in 2009. Then in 2011’s and thereafter he’s been seen to be preferring dramatic roles in films like “Lincoln Lawyer” in 2011, “Bernie” in 2011, “Killer Joe” in 2011, “The Paperboy” in 2011, “Mud” in 2012, “Magic Mike” in 2012, “The Wolf of Wall Street” in 2013 and movies like “Interstellar” in 2014 and movies, “The Sea of Trees” and “Free State of Jonas” both films released in 2016.

The best and the most rewarding years in the career of McConaughey were 2013 and 2014. In 2013, McConaughey appeared on the biographical film “Dallas Buyers Club” as a cowboy diagnosed with AIDS, Ron Woodroof.  This role helped him bag the Academy Award, Critic’s Choice Movie Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award. All the Award was for the category of Best Actor. In 2014, he appeared on the first season of HBO’s crime drama anthology series, “True Detective,” as Rust Cohle. For this performance, yet again he won Critic’s Choice Award and TCA award. Also nominated for Primetime Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award.

Height

Matthew McConaughey is 1.82 m tall.

Net Worth

Matthew McConaughey’s total net worth until September 2019 is $95 million.

Social Media

McConaughey seems active on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/MatthewMcConaughey

Early Life

Matthew David McConaughey was born in the year 1969 on the month of November 4 in Uvalde, Houston, Texas. He was born to mother, Mary Kathleen, and father, James Donald “Jim” McConaughey, an oil pipe supply business owner. McConaughey’s mother and now late father married to each other three times while divorced two times. McConaughey was the youngest of three siblings, Michael and Patrick. His brother Patrick was not born to his parents instead of adopted by the couple. McConaughey’s brother Michael, who is also known by the nickname Rooster, is a self-made millionaire who stars in “West Texas Investors Club,” a CNBC docu-series and even one of the stars in the A&E show “Rooster & Butch” with Wayne (Butch) Gilliam. McConaughey can trace his heritage to English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Swedish. He is also the relative of Dandridge McRae, a famous Confederate brigadier general.

McConaughey attended the Longview High School in 1980, for which he had to move to Longview, Texas. He was a Rotary Exchange Student, so he lived in Warnerville, New South Wales, Australia for a year. He has a degree in Radio-Television-Film in 1993 from the University of Texas at Austin. Although McConaughey planned to study as a lawyer, later, he continued his journey differently.

Matthew McConaughey Movies

1990-2000

Matthew McConaughey was acting from as early as 1990, mainly in commercials and small film roles. The big break that the actor was looking for came in 1963 as the film “Dazed and Confused”. His character, the infinitely quotable David Wooderson, defines the role McConaughey as, a comedic performer. Matthew is famous for his good looks and an easy attitude. Thus landed his first lead performing movie in 1996, “A Time to Kill,”. The movie also starred very famous actors like Sandra Bullock, Samuel L Jackson, and Kelvin Spacey. Even though rumors spread about the relation between Bullock and McConaughey, the pair denied the reports.

When Matthew McConaughey appeared on the cover of Vanity Fair, moviegoers assumed him as the next big thing in Hollywood. In 1997, he worked with director Robert Zemeckis on the sci-fi movie “Jodie Foster”. Also involved in Steven Spielberg’s film “Amistad” as a lawyer in the trial of African slaves.

In 1999, McConaughey returned to his acting roots, as a comedy actor in EdTV as a lowly clerk. Later, he became the star of his own reality show. But unfortunately was a critical and commercial disappointment. This looked to have affected the actor.

2001-2010

Matthew McConaughey later became the king of romantic comedies as he starred in “The Wedding Planner” in 2001. Later he appeared on another romantic comedy, “Lose a guy In 20 Days” in 2003 opposite Kate Hudson. He tried entering into the action genre with 2003’s “Sahara” and found love with the co-star Penelope Cruz. The couple romantically involved for years to come. Matthew, working alongside Al Pacino, played as a con man in the 2005’s dramatic thriller “Two for the Money,”. While the movies he appeared in didn’t make any significant mark in the box-office, but McConaughey remained popular. He established himself as a heartthrob and later named “The Sexiest Man Alive”.

In 2006, McConaughey returned to the comedy genre with a role in the comedy “Failure to Launch”, in which he had the opportunity to re-team with Sarah Jessica Parker. In 2008’s romantic comedy “Fool’s Gold,” he again teamed up with Sarah Jessica. McConaughey announced his girlfriend was pregnant and he was going to be a father on his website. Matthew McConaughey and heartthrob Camila Alves welcomed a baby boy and named Levi Alves McConaughey on July 7, 2008. McConaughey appeared in the 2008 comedy Tropic Thunder on the star-studded lineups on the likes of Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr., he took the role of Owen Wilson in this film. In 2009, he starred alongside Jennifer Garner and Michael Douglas on “Ghosts of Girlfriends”. Matthew McConaughey took a yearlong break in 2010.

2011-2015

He returned from the break as Mick Haller in the 2011’s “The Lincoln Lawyer,” and as Killer Joe Cooper in another 2011’s film “Killer Joe”. These movies were followed by the drama “Mud” in 2012. This film earned him some commercial and critical acclaim for his performance. He bagged some more commercial approval for his part in the comedic movie “Magic Mike,” where he played as a male stripper, Dallas, who mentors a younger performing skipper as Magic Mike. He also cast on a small on-screen character in the film “Wolf of Wall Street”.

McConaughey performed as Ro Woodruff, the real-life 1980’s cowboy activist, who after been given a time period of six months to live began advocating and mitigating the disease’s effect and taking a regime of drugs, “The Dallas Buyers Club” in 2013, The film for which McConaughey had to lose 47 pounds to portray his character. For his performance, he won the 2014 Academy Awards and Golden Globes award for the best actor. Still smelling the previous success of Oscars and motivated by it, McConaughey both starred in and executive produced the 2014 HBO series “True Detective”. He took the complex role of Rust Cohle which was dark and philosophical, gave McConaughey a whole new genre of performance, and also the effort got him nominated for an Emmy as well as getting him named as the Times magazine’s list of 100 most Influential People in the World.

Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi epic movie, “Interstellar,” is another critically acclaimed and a huge blockbuster film that McConaughey appeared. The actor performed as an astronaut on a mission to seek a new home for mankind and his family to live in as the Earth becomes more and more hostile to survive on. McConaughey starred opposite to actress Naomi Watts in 2015 for the Gus Van Sant drama “The Sea of Trees.” And in 2016, he gave life to the Confederate army deserter Newton Knight, in the real-life inspired “Free State of Jones.” He has also voiced some characters, most notably voicing the character Beetle in the animated movie Kubo and Two Strings.

The actor appears in the movie like gangster drama “White Boy Rick,” “The Beach Bum” and “Serenity,” the erotic thriller.

Upcoming Movies

McConaughey’s new upcoming movie is The Gentlemen. The movies seem to be released on January 24, 2020. This is a British American thriller movie.  Guy Ritchie has directed the movie and also has written the screenplay.

Personal Life

Matthew McConaughey’s wife is Camellia Alves. McConaughey met Alves in 2006, and the couple later engaged on 2011, Dec 25. The couple married in a private Catholic ceremony on 2012, June 9. They also have three children born from their marriage; sons Levis Alves McConaughey, who was born on 2008, July 7 and Livingston Alves McConaughey who was born on December 28, 2012, and a daughter Vida Alves McConaughey, born on January 3, 2010. Matthew McConaughey is a Christian and attends the non-denomination church.

McConaughey is also a very charitable and helping person. The actor has recently started a foundation. The foundation of McConaughey’s “Just Keep Living” is stated to “dedicated to helping teenage kids live active lives and make healthy choices to become great men and women”. He has also received the Creative Conscience award from unite5: humanity for his outstanding work with his foundation on 2016, February 25. Matthew McConaughey is also an avid animal life helper, helping to rescue stranded pets after Hurricane Katrina caused the flooding of New Orleans. in 2006, he once managed to rescue an innocent cat in Sharman Oaks, from two youths.

McConaughey is also involved in teaching, as he teaches at his alma mater, UT-Austin, in which the first session was about the filming of the 2016 film “Free State of Jones,”. He teamed up with university lecturer Scott Rice and the director of The Hunger Games, Gary Ross, for the second session. The college course which is the part of the Moody College of Communications is open to all the juniors and seniors, and the most crucial part is that there are no prerequisites or fees to take this free weekly course.

Matthew McConaughey is one of the most talented and successful actors in the industry who has won one Oscar and has the other 46 wins and has other 79 nominations. He is also a talented producer and director and also the source of motivation for many people around the globe. Countless people have enjoyed his films all over the world, and they all love him.

He’s also a source of inspiration for many volunteers for his selfless volunteering acts. The actor stated himself selfish, also the actor stated I’m a fan of the word selfish. Self. Ish. When I say I have gotten a lot more self-ish, I mean I am less concerned with what people think of me. I’m not worried about how I’m perceived. Selfish has always gotten a bad rap. You should do it for you.”

Besides being a commercial endorser, McConaughey has also been a spokesperson for famous brands like Dolce & Gabbana and Wild Turkey and also to the Lincoln Motor Company, which has been a matter of parody and hs been parodied by the likes of Saturday Night Live, Conan O’Brien and Ellen DeGeneres is the Ellen DeGeneres Show.

 

 

 

 

 

John Joseph Travolta was born on 18th February 1954. He is a producer, dancer, and singer. Travolta became famous in the year 1970s. He appeared on the television series Welcome Back, Kotter from 1975 to 1979. Furthermore,  John appeared in the box office hit Saturday Night Fever released in 1977 and Grease released in 1978. One year after starring in Welcome Back, His acting career down streamed through the 1980s. But came back with vengeance in the 1990s with his impressive portray in Pulp Fiction  released in 1994. Also, able to start in films such as Face/Off in 1997, Swordfish in 2001, Wild Hogs, and Hairspray.

John also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor by his performance in Saturday Night Fever and Pulp Fiction. He won his first Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture and also nominated altogether six times. He received the IIFA Award for Outstanding Achievement in International Cinema in 2010. In 2016 John received his first Primetime Emmy Award as a producer of the American Crime Story. He also received an Emmy nomination and a Golden Globe nomination for his acting of lawyer Robert Shapiro in the series.

John Travolta was the youngest and the brightest among the big family of six children. His father’s name was Salvatore Travolta. He came into this world in November 1912 and died in May. He used to be a semi-professional American football player.  And also used to work as a tire salesman and was the partner of the same tire company. His mother’s name was Helen Cecilia; born on January 18, 1912, and died in December 1978. She was an actress and singer. She had appeared in The Sunshine Sisters which was a radio vocal group, and also has acted and directed before becoming a teacher at high school drama and again an English teacher.

He had five siblings, form which the eldest was Joey, and then came Ellen, Ann, Margaret, and Sam Travolta and the youngest was John. They were all inspired by their mother’s addictive years of theatre and drama and have all seriously acted. His father was a second-generation Italian American and his mother was Irish American. Travolta grew up in an Irish-American neighborhood and has also claimed that he was already living in Irish culture. However, John raised to be a Roman Catholic, but after studying he converted to Scientology in 1975. Travolta went to Dwight Morrow High School but dropped at the age of 17 as a junior in 1971.

John Travolta Movies

After attending Dwight Morrow High School he dropped out from there as a junior. Later, John transported from the Hudson River to New York City. He already has landed a role in the touring company of the musical Grease and also on Over Here in Broadway. He was singing the Sherman Brothers’ song “Dream Drummin. His first job was singing, he could sing very well. From New York, he moved to Los Angeles for professional reasons.

Travolta’s first screen role in California was a small role of fall victim in Emergency! His first movie role was as Billy Nolan. Billy Nolan was a bully who was addicted to playing a prank on the character Sissy Spacek in the horror flick Carrie which was in 1976. He landed his star-making role as Vinnie Barbarino in the TV sitcom Welcome Back which around the same year. Kotter was a series released in 1975 which aired until 1979 in which his sister, Ellen, also occasionally appeared as character Arnold Horshack’s mother. The show aired on ABC.

His first hit single naming the album “Let Her In”, listed at number 10 on the Billboard Hot one hundred charts in July of 1976. Altogether in the next few years, he portrayed in The Boy in the Plastic Bubble and also portrayed his two most noted screenplays which were Tony Manero in Saturday Night Fever which was in  1977 and Danny Zuko in Grease which was in 1978. These films were placed alongside films that were the most commercially successful pictures of the decade and made Travolta international famous. He got an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor at age 24 for Saturday Night Fever. He is one of the youngest performers ever nominated for the Best Actor Oscar. His mother and his sister Ann played a role very briefly on Saturday Night Fever and his sister Ellen played a waitress in Grease.

Travolta gave many performances of the songs one the Grease’s soundtrack album. A national craze for country music which Travolta entrusted to the people that followed and made his film hit, Urban Cowboy, in which he starred with Debra Winger. However, after playing in Urban Cowboy, Travolta’s career took a halt, when he appeared in massive critical failures films. Travolta then started in many commercials at that time. The critical nightmares he had performed on were “Two of a kind” (1983), “Perfect” (1985). “Staying Alive” which was 1983’s sequel to Saturday Night Fever was also a critical mass, even though the movie grossed over $84 million and became a box-office hit. He, unfortunately, declined few roles he was offered which later turned out to be box-office hits, American Gigolo and An Officer and Gentlemen were those movies, both of whom were later played by Richar Gere.

His next successful movie after “Grease” was “Look Who’s Talking”, Travolta appeared alongside Kristie Alley in the film that grossed $297 million. He later appeared on the sequel of these movies; “Look Who’s Talking” (1990) and “Look Who’s Talking Now” (1993). Even after playing these movies, his career was not revived, he was walking on the thin edge of his career during this time. But it all was about to change with the Quentin Tarantino’s hit film “Pulp Fiction” (1994), in which he played as Vincent Vega, got him his Academy Award nod and blew life to his career once again.

He was shifted to A-list actor yet again after his performance an performed in films “Get Shorty” (1995), an FBI agent and terrorist in 1997’s “Face Off”, “Civil Action”(1998), a presidential candidate in “Primary Colors” (1998) and as a military investigator in “The General’s Daughter” Travolta yet faced another setback and the infamous Razzie award for his production and performance in the movie adaptation of “Battlefield Earth”, which was sadly his dream project. Travolta’s latest films include “Swordfish” (2001), “Ladder 49” (2004), “Be Cool” (2005), “Wild Hogs” (2007), he voiced in Disney’s “The Bolt”.

Family

John Travolta married actress Kelly Preston in 1991 and moved into their newly bought house in Islesboro, Maine. They conceived a son, his name was Jett. Also had a daughter, her name was Ella Bleu and she was born in 2000. They also had a third child in 2010, his name was Benjamin. The couple has regularly have visited marriage counseling. This helps them keep their marriage alive until this date.

In May 1991, Time magazine published a story named “The Thriving Cult of Greed and Power”. In the article, the former church of Scientology’s director William Frank said that “he had a fear that the church would publish detailed information on his private life, which included his homosexual behaviors. Marty Rathbun, a former church official said that she has worked with Travolta’s attorneys much time to work out the allegation about Travolta’s homosexuality and tried to close the lawsuits against the star.

In May of 2012, an unknown person filed a lawsuit against Travolta, which included claiming a sexual assault and a battery. Travolta’s lawyer said that these false accusations are nothing but nonsense and were the case where someone would want to get fame in exchange for doing nothing. His counsel also stated that he could prove his client Travolta was not in California on the day of the miss-happening and that Travolta would sue the attorney and Plaintiff for fake accusations. After that, a second case would join the lawsuit making similar accusations.

In September of 2014, Travolta declined the claims made by his former pilot. The pilot Douglas Gotterba said that “They had a sexual relationship while working together for his aircraft company.

In 2017 there was a criminal complaint against Travolta. This complaint was for sexual battery which took place in 2000.

John Travolta’s Son’s death

Travolta’s son Jett passed away at the age of 16. He was on a Christmas vacation in the Bahamas. The Bahamas death certificate claimed that his son died of a seizure. Jett had a history of seizures. He had reportedly suffered from Kawasaki disease at the age of two. Travolta suspected that his son had autism and that is the reason why he suffered regular seizures. He also made his public statements immediately which making testimony after a multimillion-dollar extortion plot against him because of the connection to his son’s death.

After Travolta proved wrong he dropped all his charges and has credited his family and Scientology with helping him persuade his acting career and move on with his son’s death. In the memory of his belated son, Travolta established a non-profit organization such as the Orphan Winfrey Leadership Academy, The institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential and the Simon Wiesenthal Centre.

John Travolta Dead

Travolta’s death was just a piece of fake news caused by Siri’s misleading. Travolta’s son Jett died on January third, 2009. The Business insider contacted as soon as he knew that John Travolta was alive and not dead. The company said that they would fix the issue. Apple CEO Tim Cook has said the time has spoken against the fake news. He said that “The bigger issue is that some of these tools are used to divide people, to manipulate people, to get fake news to people in broad numbers, and so to influence their thinking, changing their minds.” This public statement was given in November.

John Travolta Wife

Kelly Preston was born in October of 1962. She is an American Actress and former model. Kelly has made her entrance in more than 60 television and film shows. Also, she appeared in famous movies like Mischief, Twins and Jerry Maguire. She married to John Travolta and has a collab with Travolta in fiction film Battlefield Earth. She also acted in the film The Cat in the Hat, Old Dogs, and Broken Bridges.

Kelly Kamalelehua Smith was her full name. She took birth in Honolulu in Hawaii. Her mother was an administrator of a mental health care center and her father worked for an agricultural firm. He drowned in the water when Preston was three years old. Her mother then married Peter Palzis who was a personnel director who adopted Preston. Preston used his name when she first started her acting career in 1984. She has a younger half-brother named Chris Palzis.

Before she married Travolta, she had a relationship with George Clooney. In 1990, She briefly engaged with Charlie Sheen. She ended her relationship when Charlie shot her accidentally in her arm.

She met John Travolta while filming The Experts, in 1987. They married in 1991 while traveling to Paris on Air France for a wedding ceremony on 5th September 1991. The first ceremony was considered invalid because it was done by a French Scientology minister. Then the second ceremony took place on September 12 in Daytona Beach, Florida.

 

Ronald Walken or mostly known in the industry and households as Christopher Walken. He is famous for his portrayal of Intense, Eccentric, and also villainous performance. He was born in 1943, March 31, in New York, USA. The American actor has appeared in more than 100 films and TV shows. He has appeared in many plays and stage arts and also featuring in many music videos of famous artists.

Christopher’s famous movies are “Catch me if you clan” (2002), “Hairspray”, the thriller “Seven Psychopaths” (2012), “The Jungle Book” (2016). Christopher won his first academy award for his performance as Nikanor ‘Nick’ Chebotarevic in the 1978 film “The Deer Hunter”.  Also, bagged a Screen Actors Guild’s Awards for his portrayal of Frank Abagnale Sr. in “Catch me if you can.”

Furthermore, Walken has given life to his roles are Bruce Dickinson and in the “More Cowbell” sketch. Walken’s movies have grossed over $1 billion box office earnings in the US. He has also performed in many plays. Most notably in plays like “Hamlet,” “Macbeth,” “Romeo and Juliet,” and “Coriolanus,” all of which are Shakespeare classics. He is also one of the famous guest hosts on Saturday Night Live, appearing and hosting the show seven times.

Height

Christopher Walken is 1.83 m tall.

Net worth

The American Actor “Christopher Walken” has a total net worth of $50 million.

Christopher Walken “Childhood”

Christopher Walken was born in 1943, March 31 to parents; father Paul Walken and mother Rosalie. His father was an immigrant from Horst, Germany, while his mother was an immigrant from Glasglow, Scotland. Walken named as Ronald Walken on birth in tribute to Ronald Colman, A British originated Hollywood actor. His friends and family know him as Chris Ronnie as a pet name.

During the ’90s, the city of Queens was notorious for being a show biz loving area. Every blue-collar family wanted its members to do something in the field of showbiz. The actor himself has spoken on the topic. Walken has stated on a interview,  “In the 1950s television was being born, and there was this phenomenon, about 90 live shows from New York, so there were hundreds of kids from Queens, kids from blue-collar families, doing TV shows,” also adding “In the Queens where I grew up, you didn’t go bowling on Saturday; you went to dancing school.”

Walken’s father was a baker and owned Walken’s Bakery, and his mother was an avid fan of showbiz culture. However, it is no surprise when she took the Christopher Walken and his brothers, to auditions at an early age.

Christopher Walken “Early life”

Walken was a child actor who had cameos with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin. Walker enjoyed a somewhat successful career as a child actor. As early as 3 years of age, Walken started learning dance and began working as a dancer. At that time, the child actors were in demand. The brothers used to earn some pocket money by playing extras in the different TV sets.

At age 16, Christopher Walken works as a Lion Tamer in a Circus, but that didn’t work out. However, his girlfriend confirmed him through a magazine that the hairstyle of Walken looks a lot like Elvis. The actor said, “This guy looked like a Greek god.

Walken attended Hofstra University and studied for one year. Later, before eventually dropping out, he landed a role in “Best Foot Forward.” Walken appeared as Cayton Dutch Miller in the show.  Due to his previous training and performances as a child actor, Walken quickly found himself landing roles in different musicals. He met the actress, Georgianne Thon during his tour of “A West Side Story.” Later, they married.

Even more, he appeared in the chorus of 1965’s “Baker Street,” and after his appearance, he offered to try and play a dramatic part. He went on to play in the original production of James Goldman’s historical drama, “The Lion in the winter” as King Philip of France, alongside Rosemary Harris and Robert Preston. In 1996 Walken performed in a small role in the Broadway revival of Tennesse William’s “The Rose Tattoo,” for which he received a Theatre World Award. He played on Peter Ustinov’s “The Unknown Soldier” in 1967.

Christopher Walken “Film Career”

Till the start of 1970, Walken has already involved in many film projects. He appeared as a supporting cast to Sean Conney and Dyan Cannon in “The Anderson Tape,” a 1971’s film. He made the breakthrough in the movie career six years later in Woody Allen’s “Annie Hall” in 1997. Playing as an offbeat neurotic brother to actor Diane Keaton, he appeared as Duran.

Walken gave a very strong performance in the 1978’s movie titled “The Deer Hunter.” Under the direction of Michael Cimino, and the cast which was co-starring the likes of Robert De Niro and Meryl Streep. For his brilliant performance, Walken rewarded with the reputed Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. But unfortunately, after the film “The Deer Hunter” he performed in Cimino’s “Heaven Gates”. The director who had directed the hit movie now bashed by the critics. As a result, his movie earned little in the Box office, making this $40 million. But, in Western Historical movies, it earns a reputation as one of the most legendary flops of all time.

Walken’s later performed on the starring role of the 1980’s “The Dog of War.” There he played as a mercenary who mixed up with an African dictator, received a warmer response. Later, Walken soon breaks from all the serious roles he had been acting in. And decided to take up a role in Steve martin’s musical comedy “Pennies from Heaven”. The 1981’s movie which Walken used to surprise the critics and viewers from his incredible tap-dance routine.

He set up his image in the industry as a versatile actor who is capable of captivating the viewer’s attention in a distinct way, playing serious and sad characters to light-hearted and comical characters. Furthermore, Walken set another image of his in the industry, as a badass villain. He played the villain to Roger Moore’s James Bond, the superspy in the 1985’s film “A View to Kill”.

Walken later teamed up with another intriguing actor, Sean Penn, for “At Close Range,” a 1986’s crime drama. He earned the praise from many critics who stated that no one could even come close to Christopher Walken when it came to the ability to change characters form easy charm and pure evil at an instant, which was supposedly quite chilling. At the end of the decade, Walken played as a crook in 1989’s “Homeboy” and then an alien abducted man in another 1989’s “Communion”.

In 1990, Walken appears on stage as a freed drug kingpin, in the crime drama “Kings of New York”. Who had a change of heart and decided to donate all his money on building a hospital for the poor. He returned as a menacing character in the 1992’s classic DC comic adaptation of  “Batman Returns” (1992). There he appeared as an evil businessman, delivering a powerful performance alongside Micheal Keaton’s Batman and Michele Pfeiffer’s Catwoman.

Walken kept his reputation alive of making the most out of minimal roles in “True Romance” (1993). The film that was starring Christain Slater and Patricia Arquette, Walken’s scene as a hitman trying to get answers out of Denni Hopper played Clarence’s dad is one the most memorable scene in the entire film. The next year in 1994, he appeared as a member of legend Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction,” in which he gave yet another memorable performance. Walken, when asked about his experience working with the directorial legend, stated to Esquire magazine, “Movie scripts are usually pretty loose—things change a lot. But not with Quentin. His scripts are huge. All dialogue. It’s all written down. You just learn the lines. It’s more like a play.”

It was in 1991, For his work on Sarah, Plain and Tall, Walken earned his first Emmy Award’s nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor for his role in Miniseries or Special. He cast as a widower who, to help raise his motherless kids, solicits a new wife; he has co-starred with Glenn Close. Often being appeared as an edgy and serious actor, Walken has time and again shown his qualities as a comic role actor. He is still hailed as arguably the most popular guest host for the famous late-night comedy series, Saturday Night Live, he has appeared on this show numerous time and been a target of satire and spoof quite frequently.

Christopher Walken imitation is also one of the most popular things in SNL, where different actors mock Walken’s unusual speech. On his ever mocked accent, Christopher Walken replied, “I think my rhythm is a bit like someone whose first language isn’t English. I could get away with being a German commandant and not have to do a lot of accents, because I already sound like I don’t speak English that well,”

Walken was not done showing his insane skills in acting, as he grabbed his second Oscars nod for his performance in Stephen Speilberg’s “Catch me if you Can”, alongside Leonardo DiCaprio, who played the young con artist in the 2002 true-life story, Walken gave a subtle performance as Frank’s father who earned him his second Oscars award nomination.

Walken is famous for taking a wide variety of films and work very consistently. He tasted horror genre with the entry in “The Prophecy Trilogy” (1995-2000) and as archangel Gabriel and in 1999 as headless horseman alongside Hollywood big names Jhonny Depp and director Tim Burton in the film “Sleepy Hollow.” The actor also worked in quite a few numbers of a dud, for example, “Things to Do in Denver When you are Dead” which  released in 1995, “Joe Dirt, the low-brow comedy released in 2001 and yet another flop “The Country Bears” (2002)

In recent years Walken started acting in comedies as the box office hit “Wedding Crashers” (2005), Click (2006) alongside Adam Sandler, and in “Balls of Fury” (2007)

Walken came on-screen alongside Morgan Freeman and William H Macy on “The Maiden Heist” in 2009, also on “Dark Horse” (2011), He played yet again as a crime man on “Kill the Irishman” In 2011 and later in 2012’s “Stand Up Guys”, Christopher Walken also gave his voice to the updated version of Disney’s “The Jungle Book” as King Louie.

Christopher Walken “Personal life”

Christopher Walken lives in Wilton, Connecticut, with his longtime wife, Georgianne Walken. Walken has no Children but has a few pet cats and seems to be happy with what he has.

He has won 1 Oscar award and won the other 22 wins and also secured 44 nominations. Walken has worked in “Annie Hall” (1997), the 1978 film “The Deer Hunter”, 1980’s “The Day of War”, “The Dead Zone” (1983), “ A View to Kill” (1985), Batman Returns (1992), the 1993’s film “True Romance”, the hit movie “Pulp Fiction” released in 1994, and the 1998’s film “Antz” and the 1999’s horror thriller “Sleepy Hollow”.

Walken changed his name early in his acting career. However, the reporter asked him when asked why?  The actor replied to The Hollywood Reporter with humor, “A lady in the act said she wanted me to be called Christopher, and I said, ‘Fine.’ … Now I wish I’d picked a shorter name because when I see my name in print, it looks like a freight train,”

Controversies

On November 29, 1981, the news of Natalie Wood’s death shocked the entire Hollywood. She was with her husband Robert Wanger, and unfortunately on the boat was another Hollywood star, Christopher Walken.

Walken and Wood were working together at that time on a sci-fi thriller, “Brainstorm.” Even though the death was concluded to be accidental, foul play was suspected, which lead to a wrong time in the personal life of Christopher Walken. Rumors were surrounding the relation between Natalie Wood and Christopher Walken.

There has also been said to be reportedly Homosexual. Robert La Torneaux, a famous homosexual actor at that time, put forth the news that Oscar winner Walken and him were in a homosexual relationship while also accusing Walken of being on a sexual relationship with another married man. He is also accused of being in a sexual relationship with the husband of Natalie Wood during the time of her murder.

 

 

 

 

The name of Morgan Freeman is one of the Hollywood elites and among the most recognizable faces in the industry. Morgan Freeman, aged 81 was born in 1937, June 1 in the town of Memphis, Tennessee. He is one of the most loved and critically acclaimed Actors, Producer, and Narrator.  As a result, Morgan has won 1 Academy award for Best-Support Actor, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and other 57 wins and a stunning 78 nominations.

Morgan won the Oscar Award in 2005 for best-supporting actor for his role in Clint Eastwood’s 2004 movie “Million Dollar Baby”. He is famous for his screen performances on “Glory” (1968), “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves” (1991), Seven (1995), “The Sum of Fear” (2002), “The Shawshank Redemption” (1994), Unforgiven (1992), Bruce Almighty (2003), The Dark Knight (2008), The Sum of all Fears (2002) and Dolphin Tale (2011).

He got his nomination for the Oscar award for the best supporting actor on Street Smart (1987), Driving Miss Daisy (1989), The Shawshank Redemption (1994) and Invictus (2009). Known for his deep, soothing and authoritative voice Freeman has worked on many commentaries, voice-overs, and documentaries. He is also one of the most successful actors bringing in $4.31 billion in the box office. Also, an average box office millions of an astounding $74.4 million per film.

Morgan Freeman Net worth

Morgan Freeman has $200 million.

Height

He is 1.88 m tall.

Latest and Upcoming Movies

Morgan Freeman recently appeared in an American action thriller movie “Angel has fallen”. Ric Roman Waugh directed the movie. However, the movie is the third installment in the fallen film series. The film was officially announced in October 2016. But due to some circumstances, the movie released on August 23, 2019.

Early Life

Morgan Freeman was born on June 1, 1937, to a school teacher mother, Mayme Edna (1912 – 2000) and a barber father, Morgan Potterfield. Morgan’s father died on April 27, 1961, from Cirrhosis. From a recent DNA analysis of Moran Freeman, the report shows, he shared heritage form the African country of Niger. He was the youngest of five siblings. Like many African Americans at that time, Freeman’s family also had faced difficulties in maintaining their lifestyle and earning money. So, Freeman moved to live with his Grandmother who lived at Charleston, Mississippi.

Later, when his grandmother died, he moved with his mother. His mother at that time had already divorced her alcoholic husband. He shifted very often in his childhood. Later, he lived in Greenwood, Mississippi, Gary, Indiana and finally settled in Chicago, Illinois. There, Pneumonia caught Freeman and has nearly lost his life.

The love for films and movies was seen early in the lifestyle of Morgan Freeman, as he spent a good portion of his time trying to scavenge money to go and see movies. Gary Cooper, Spencer Tracy, and Sydney Poitier have deeply influenced him. At the age of 9, the teacher punished Freeman for pushing the chair from under a girl whom he had a crush on. As a result, he has to take part in the school play performance as the lead. This turned out to be a blessing in disguise because Freeman gave a stunner performance, which stunned Freeman himself and also probably the teacher who gave him this task as a punishment.

He was also given top honors on the acting program. He later went to Broad Street High which was located on Greenwood. Mississippi. He was 12 when he performed in the school play while also winning State wide drama competition. He was still in Broad Street High when he performed in a radio show based in Nashville, Tennessee. Finally, in 1965 he graduated high school. And was immediately offered a partial scholarship for education in drama by Jason State University.  But he, unfortunately, declined the offer. It is because he had the hope of being a fighter pilot in his heart from a very young age.

Later, he joined the United States Air Force and even rose to Airmen 1st class, but he was soon disappointed. Instead of getting too sore high in the skies, he was mostly given ground jobs. There he worked as an Automatic Tracking RADAR maintenance man. However, Freeman gave a thought and decided he didn’t want to be shooting and killing people. So, he finally left the United States Air Force after 4 years of service to pursue a career in acting. He moved to Los Angeles, California, which as we can see now was the correct decision.

Morgan Freeman Theatre and earlier career

Freeman stepped into the world of acting and entertainment after moving to Los Angeles, He began taking classes at the Pasadena Playhouse there. He also began taking dancing classes in the early 1960s in San Francisco. He worked as a transcript clerk at Los Angeles City College around the same time.  Freeman shifted and began living in New York City and later seen as a dancer in 1964’s World’s Fair. He later joined an Opera ring musical theatre group as a member of San Francisco. Freeman acted on the touring company of “The Royal Hunt of the Sun” and he also appeared as an extra in the 1965 film “The Pawn Broker”.

He finally made his off-Broadway debut in 1967 where he appeared in “The Nigger Love”, a play about Freedom Riders and their story in the time of the great American Civil Rights Movement, he played opposite Viveca Lindfors. Morgan Freeman finally made his big break with his debut in his Broadway hit “Hello! Dolly” a 1968’s all-black version, working alongside Pearl Bailey and Cab Calloway.

Freeman won his first Obie Award for his title role in “Coriolanus” in the year 1980, and won his second Obie Award for his portrayal of a preacher in the play “The Gospel at Colonus” in 1984. For his role as “Wino” in “The Mighty Gents”, he bagged a Drama Desk Award and Clarence Derwent Award. His performance as a Chauffeur for Jewish widower in “Driving Miss Daisy”, won him his third Obie Award. He returned to Broadway under the direction of Mike Nicholas in Clifford Odet’s “The Country Girl”, starring alongside Frances McDormand and Peter Gallagher.

Morgan Freeman Movie Career

From 1970 to 1990

According to Morgan Freeman IMBD “Morgan Freeman first appeared on the TV screens as some memorable characters such as, Easy Reader, Count Dracula and Mel Mounds on the Children’s Television Workshop “The Electric Company” alongside many future and current movie stars”, while also appearing on the American soap opera “Another World”. Although having appeared previously on stage, Freeman’s first credited movie debut was in 1971’s “Who says I can’t ride a rainbow”.  Freeman appeared as a small role in the 1973 thriller “Blade”, as Casa in 1974’s movie “Julius Cesar”, even landing the title role in 1979 movie “Coriolanus”. He later appeared in two prison movies; in the 1980’s movie Attica and as a crazed inmate in “Brubaker” in the same year.

He was also in the cast of “Eyewitness” (1981) and as the final 24 hours of Slain Malcolm X in “Death of a Prophet”. During most of the 1980s, he was playing mostly small and side roles in movies that were fluctuating in good and bad ratings. Freeman couldn’t find the success he was looking for and went through a failing marriage too. Freeman finally divorced and started heavy drinking due to the stress and hardship brought by this brief career crisis.

Morgan Freeman came back into business with a bang in 1987, with his film “Street Smart”, where his performance as a Volatile pimp and merciless hooligan, Fast Black earned him his first Oscar’s nomination. Freeman once again brought attention to him when he grabbed a Golden Globe Award and another Oscar nomination for the 1989’s Film adaptation of “Driving Miss Daisy” playing the same charming and stubborn chauffeur he had played early in the stage version. The same he appeared on another critically acclaimed movie “Glory”, alongside stars Matthew Broderick and Denzel Washington, this movie was about 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, the only acknowledged African-American unit in Civil war.

From 1990 to 2010

In 1990’s Morgan Freeman Movies and film career were climbing into new heights and enjoying success. He appeared in the 1990’s “The Bonfire of the Vanities”, in the 1991’s “Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves”, “The power of one” in 1992. He also featured in Clint Eastwood’s de-mythologized western “Unforgiven” in 1992. Morgan Freeman Directorial debut came in 1998 with the movie “Bopha!” The same year he opened his first production company, Revelation Entertainment.

He achieved his third Academy Award nod with his performance as a knowledgeable and friendly inmate, Red who befriends the false murder accused banker Tim Robbins in the 1994’s award-winning classic “The Shawshank Redemption”, he was back hunting a religious serial killer in 1995 film “Se7en”. Later, he appeared along with Keanu Reeves in “Chain Reaction” (1996), he was later chasing yet another serial killer in “Kill the Girls” (1997), also starring in slave tale “Amistad” (1997), in the big-budget movie “Deep Impact” (1998) and later in Neil Labute’s dark comedy “Nurse Betty” (2000) and in “Along came a spider” (2001).

Due to his smooth and booming voice, Freeman landed the role of the most commanding figure, God himself in the 2003 comedy movie “Bruce Almighty” and the resulting sequel in 2007 “Evan Almighty”. He finally bagged the long due Oscar award in 2005 for the best supporting actor on Clint Eastwood’s 2004 movie. He appeared on the Batman franchise as the character Lucious Fox on “Batman Begins” (2005). Also, in further blockbuster sequels “The Dark Knight” (2008) and “The Dark Knight Rises” in 2010.

From 2010 to the present

Even more, he appeared in Rob Reiner’s “The Bucket List” in 2007, co-starred with actor Bruce Wills in 2010’s film Red. He wanted to do a Nelson Mandela Bio-pic for a long time. Finally, he was able to act on the role in Clint Eastwood’s Nelson Mandela Biopic, “Evicted”. In 2013 he appeared in three movies “Olympus has fallen” and “Las Vegas”. IN 2014 he was the co-star in the hit movie “Lucy”. He has also appeared in many hit movies and given his previous movies to different documentaries

When asked about his characters and roles, Morgan Freeman said “I like being eclectic,” “The more varied the better; the wider the range. I’ve been sucked into a kind of mold of a good guy and that’s actually almost beyond my ability to control. But other than that, a good story and an interesting character are all I am looking for.”

On the 2012 Golden Globe Awards, Freeman was awarded Cecil B. DeMille Award for “Outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment”. In September 2016, Barak Obama gave the National Medal of Arts. According to the President, he awarded this medal “for Freeman outstanding work as an actor, director, and narrator. His iconic stage and screen performances have brought to life characters from the whole spectrum of the human experience, moving audiences around the world, and influencing countless young artists.”

Morgan Freeman Personal Life

The $200 million net worth man, Morgan Freeman currently lives in Charleston, Mississippi and in New York City. He owns and operates, Ground Zero, a blues club in Clarksdale, Mississippi. He also previously co-owned Maldini, a fine dining restaurant. The previously US Airman, Freeman owns 3 private jets, including Cessna Citation 501 Jet, Cessna 414 twin-engine prop and he expanded his inventory when he received Emivest SJ30 long-range private jet in December 2009. He has an official flying license and is capable of flying all the planes in his inventory. When Morgan Freeman was concerned with the number of decreasing Bees in the world. He owned a 124 acre Bee sanctuary.

On August 3, 2008, Morgan Freeman involved in a near-fatal car accident, in Mississippi near Ruleville. While driving a 1997 Nissan Maxima, the car went out of the highway and began rolling many times. Eventually, the rescue team rescued Freeman and his co-passenger Demaris Mayer and sent them to the hospital. Freeman had a broken Left Shoulder, Arm, and Elbows and underwent surgery on Sep 5, 2008. Freeman has reported that even though he’s a left-hander person he is not able to move his left fingers. Although the influence of alcohol was suspected, the police denied the reports.

Morgan Freeman Sexual Harassment charges came to light on May 24, 2018, when CNN revealed the results of an investigation. In which 8 girls accused the freeman of sexual misconduct and further 8 women reported in observing the actor’s misconduct. The actor reportedly apologized and said “Anyone who knows me or has worked with me knows I am not someone who would intentionally offend or knowingly make anyone feel uneasy. I apologize to anyone who felt uncomfortable or disrespected — that was never my intent.”

Morgan Freeman first married on October 22, 1967, with Jeanette Adir Bradshaw. The couple divorced on Nov 18, 1979. He has 2 extramarital children. He later married to Myrna Colley-Lee on June 16, 1984. However, the couple separated in Dec 2007 and finally legalized their divorce on Sep 15, 2010. Corey-Lee and Freeman had adopted the stepdaughter E’dena Hines of the first marriage of Morgan Freeman. The couple raised them together. But, unfortunately,  on August 16, 2015, Hines was murdered in New York City. She was just 33 at that time.

Morgan Freeman is a legend in the field of acting, appearing in hits worldwide while also appearing in many commentaries. Despite being 81 years old, he is very active in Hollywood and we wish him all the best.

 

Johnny Depp is an American Actor, musician as well as producer. His full name is John Christopher Depp II. Johnny was born on June 9, 1963, in Kentucky, USA. The Hollywood actor profoundly famous for portraying the character Captain Jack Sparrow. The infamous and mostly drunk pirate from the Disney movie franchise Pirates of the Caribbean. Johnny Depp’s age is 55 years old, and he’s already a renowned actor, producer, and musician.

Starting his ride to Hollywood fame in 1984’s critically acclaimed American fantasy slasher film “A Nightmare on Elm Street”. Certainly, he quickly realized as a dark/eccentric character portraying actor due to his characters in movies like “Edward Scissorhands” (1990) , “Sleepy Hollow”(1999) ,“Alice in Wonderland”(2010), “Charlie and the chocolate factory”(2005) and as well as his roles in the “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise.

Johnny Depp Height

Depp is 1.78 m tall.

Net worth

In 2019, Johnny Depp is assumed to have $200 million. However, in one time he was assumed to have $450 million.

Social Media

Johnny Depp officially doesn’t have any social media accounts. However, anyone claim to be him is fake.

Johnny Depp Latest and Upcoming Movies

Barbarians is an English-Language Italian Drama Film released on September 6, 2019. The movie is based in the novel of the same name by J.M. Coetzee. However, the film is directed by Ciro Guerra and was premiered at the Venice Film Festival.

Childhood and Early Life

Johnny born to a civil engineer father and a waitress and homemaker mother, on June 9, 1963, at Owensboro Kentucky. The youngest child of the Depp family Johnny had 4 siblings. Most importantly, he is a withdrawn and oddball, goofy child. As revealed by Johnny Depp himself “I made odd noises as a child. Just weird things; like turn off light switches twice. I think my parents thought I had Tourette’s syndrome”

Due to his Father’s profession, the Depps moved frequently from Eastern Miramar, Florida when he was just 7. There he lived for 11 years until he was 18. Due to the stress caused by the family problems Depp began smoking and taking drugs. He also started engaging himself in various self-harming acts while he was only 12 years old. Depp has stated “Puberty was very vague. I literally locked myself in a room and played guitar”. In 1975 Depp had a crack on his relationship with his father due to the divorce between his parents.

At 16, after Depp dropped out of high school he joined a garage band known as “The Kids”. The band actually became quite popular playing at clubs and bars around Fort Lauderdale. Including the infamous Candy store, famous rock band the Talking Heads and the American new wave band, The B-52’s. But even due to the popularity and relative success the band members found themselves having difficulties making the ends meet. During the economically hard time for the band, Depp lived for months in his friend’s ’67 Chevy Impala.

Johnny Depp’s acting and movie career

In 1983, at the age of 20, Johnny married Lori Allison, a 25-year-old makeup artist. Later, the couple moved to LA with Depp’s band in the hope of getting a golden ticket. To support themselves economically, the band members started to sell pens for a telemarketing firm.

Johnny Depp’s wife helped him to get into Hollywood. She introduced him to her ex-boyfriend and a Hollywood famed star actor Nicolas Cage. Who saw great potential in Johnny Depp and hooked him up with a Hollywood agent. Johnny’s talent in many movies, finally, landed his first big film contract with “Nightmare on Elf Street”(1984). The movie was a huge success and helped Johnny Depp’s movie career.

Johnny had split up with his band the kids as well as his marriage by 1985. After his divorce, he engaged with Sherilyn Fenn, an actress whom he had met with on the set of “Dummies”(1985). Johnny then again involved with actress Jennifer Grey, but like the previous two love stories, this one also very short-lived.

After studying acting, Johnny landed his first television series “21 jump street” as Tommy Hanson. This role helped him gain overnight stardom and made him into a teen idol almost immediately. In 1989 his contract with 21 Jump Street ended. Later, he took off to work on other more significant roles for his acting career.

The 1990s was an image changing year for Johnny Depp due to his roles in two movies, the cult hit “50s-kitsch musical Cry-Baby”. At Tim Burton’s fantasy film, “Edward Scissorhands” which not only made him cemented as an A-list actor, it grossed more than $54 million in box office and alongside that Depp was able to put up his name as  one of the most versatile, serious, somewhat gothic and dark, and peculiar performer who had a habit of surprising and wowing his audiences and the critics.

The movie Edward Scissorhands not only helped him boost his career, but it also helped him to meet actress, Winona Ryder. Winona: a co-star of the film whom he’d noticed at their brief meeting at the premiere for her film “Great ball of fire”(1989). These two quickly became the Hollywood power couple as soon as they began dating on the set, Depp even went as far as tattooing “Winona Forever” in his right arm as a sign of loyalty and love for his partner. They even got engaged after 5 months of dating, but alas like the other three relations prior to Winona Ryder, the power couple broke up the reason being Ryder’s parents forbade her to marry Johnny.

Despite his personal problems, his career was flourishing, he was gaining critical acclaim, and his reputation as a great actor was also spreading. He earned a Golden Globe nod for his performance as the social misanthrope Sam in “Benny and Joon”(1993). He also performed in “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape”(1993) keeping his image as a gothic and somewhat dark serious character he acted as Gilbert a young dissatisfied young man fed-up with his small-town life and its confinements.

Johnny Depp’s time of personal troubles

In August 1993, Johnny and his two business partners bought the now infamous The Viper Club in L.A. That was instantly the hippest spot on the Sunset Strip. Depp grabbed this great opportunity to bring his new band P to the spotlight by performing poplar shows at the club. Depp had big plans for his band and The Viper, but it all came to an abrupt end on October 31 when teen heartthrob and critically acclaimed actor River Phoenix died from a drug overdose after being found outside the club.

This incident was the start of a new low in the life of Johnny Depp, who dabbled with drug misuse and went to a state of deep depression. It is around this time when he was constantly in the headlines for the passionate and unpredictable behavior shown by him and his new partner supermodel Kate Moss; it was with her when Depp made headlines for trashing a NY hotel room after one of the many couple squabbles.

Surprisingly enough, Depp maintained a very smooth professional career even in the times of such personal troubles. He managed to grab a Golden globe and wide critical acclaim for the biopic of the infamous B-movie director “Ed Wood”(1994) for which he had re-teamed with Burton. It was around the time of the late ’90s when Depp was included in movies like “Don Juan DeMarco” (1995), where he plays the character who believes him to be the great Don Juan. He also played as an undercover cop trying to infiltrate the Bonano crime family in “Donny Brasco”(1997).

Finally, in 1998, Johnny Depp broke up his toxic and destructive relationship with long-time girlfriend Moss, soon after that, he worked in Terry Gilliam’s adaptation of “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” as the alter ego of journalist Hunter S. Thompson. It was during the filming that Depp developed a deep-rooted friendship with Thompson and Depp will later finance the funeral of the writer after his death in 2005.

“Johnny Depp” The Box Office Man

Depp tried his hand at the Sci-fi horror genre with “The Astronaut’s Wife”(1999), in the same year, Depp in cooperation of Burton once again acted as a prim. Driven Ichabod Crane on the gothic horror film “Sleepy Hollow.” In 2000 he appeared on “Chocolat” a small romantic drama, it was in 2001 when Depp appeared in a high-budget movie “Blow” as a real-life cocaine kingpin George Jung and later the same year he also appeared in the terror drama “From Hell”(2001) and “Once Upon a Time in Mexico” on 2002.

In 2005, Johnny Depp nominated for the Oscars as the best performing actor as a leading role for the Disney owned family pirate adventure “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the black devil”(2004). This movie became so popular, and a big box office hit that it lifted off the franchise of Pirates of the Caribbean. At the end of the same year, Depp gave another critically acclaimed and a box office hit performance at “Finding Neverland,” starring as the creator of Peter Pan, J.M Barrie. This film earned him more than 10 nominations, including both Oscars and Golden Globes nods.

In 2006, Depp once again returned as Captain Jack Sparrow for the first movie sequel, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest. The movie breaks the box office record by reaching the highest weekend tally ever. The third movie of the franchise, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007), also did well at the box office, bringing in $138.8 million.

In 2007, Johnny Depp appeared on “Sweeny Todd: The Demonic Barber of Fleet Street,” a dark gory musical about a barber who kills his costumer before seeing them turn into pies by his downstairs neighbor. Tim Burton directed the movie and it was famous like many other movies while co-starring Helena Bonham Carter. Depp got Oscar-nomination for this performance and also won a Golden Globe Award for it.

in 2009, “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus” and “Public Enemies” were premiered, which received mixed reviews. But Depp was going to smash the Box office once again with his new character as Mad Hatter in the 2010 film adaptation of the Lewis Caroll classic “Alice in Wonderland” for which, once again, Johnny Depp teamed up with Tim Burton. The film which starred Mia Wasikowska as Alice brought the amount more than $116 million on the opening weekend.

In 2011 Captain Jack Sparrow was back riding the waves in his pirate ship the black pearl in the Fourth movie of the pirates of the Caribbean franchise. Depp also starred in “The Rum Diary” the same year, which was based on the book by Hunter S. Thompson. He again starred in Tim Burton’s comedy “Dark Shadows”(2012) as Barnabas Collins, a vampire escapee who returns to his family home and tries to help his descendants. Depp encouraged his friend Burton to bring the movie, based on the source material of Johnny Depp’s favorite 1960s gothic soap opera Dark Shadows. Michelle Pfeiffer, Chloe Grace Moretz, and Jonny Lee Miller played as decedents of the vampire.

Johnny’s next big-budget film directed by the Pirates director Jerry Bruckheimer “The Lone Ranger,” released in 2013. The film did poorly on the box office and also received very poor reviews from the critics and viewers alike. In 2015 Johnny Depp took the role of the notorious crime boss Whitely Bulger in the bio topic  “Black Mass”. In an interview, Depp stated, “James Bulger is a fascinating creature, and we all want to know what drove him, I think.”

He stated in the interview with IGN “As much as I want to talk to James Bulger and sit down and talk down with him and understand him, I also want to sit down with the victims’ families and know the side as well. So, that is thrown in with the performance… I don’t think it’s easy as good versus evil, and I hope to show that in the film, and I hope to do everybody justice.”

In 2016, Depp reappeared as The Mad Hatter in the sequel to Burton’s latest take on Lewis Caroll’s sequel to Alice in Wonderland; Through the Looking Glass received a bad review by the critics. In the same year, he appeared on the Movie adaptation of JK Rowling’s “Fantastic Beasts and where to find them”. The became a box office successful movie. Depp one again returned with “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man Tell No Tales” in 2017. Even more, with the appearance in the adaptation of “Murder on the Orient Express.”

Johnny Depp’s Personal life

In 1999 while filming for the Sci-Fi dramas “The Ninth Gate,” Johnny met French actress, singer, and model Vanessa Paradis. In May 1999, she became pregnant with a baby girl, Depp and Paradis welcome a daughter named Lily-Rose Melody Depp. This was a huge moment in Depp’s life. He stated in an interview “Anything I’ve done up till 27 May 1999 was kind of an illusion, existing without living, My daughter, the birth of my daughter, gave me life.”, three years later Depp and Melody welcomed their second child, son Jack John Christopher Depp II.

After 14 years of being together, Depp and Paradis split up in June of 2012. During a statement given by Depp’s representative to Entertainment Tonight,  he said the pair “have amicably separated” and requested the people to “respect their privacy and privacy of their children.”

In 2012, Jonny found another love interest at the set of “Rum Diaries” co-star Amber Heard. The couple engaged in 2013s Christmas eve and married in February 2015. However, they both divorced in May 2016. Heard filed a restraining order against Depp, accusing him of verbally and physically abusing her. 

In 2017, Depp involved in two lawsuits, one against his former business manager for claims of mismanagement of $650 million. While Depp Bodyguards sued him in May for unpaid wages and exposure to dangerous work conditions. For a successful and widely acclaimed actor, facing so many personal hurdles seems very unreal.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joe Pesci, a 75-year-old Italian-American Actor, Comedian, and Singer born on Feb 9, 1943, at Newark, New Jersey. His full name is Joseph Frank Pesci. Best known for his performance as the comical role in Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. He’s famous at Leo Getz in the Lethal Weapon Franchise, along with his character in My Cousin Vinny (1992).

Playing mostly as a supporting actor and having a wide field of characters acting, Joe Pesci is one of the most recognized actors. He has won an Oscar, a Golden Globe and the other 13 awards. Also13 times nominated, for different awards.

Joe Pesci Net Worth

Joe Pesci, An American Actor, musician, and comedian has a total net worth of $50 million.

Height

Joe is 1.63 m tall.

Joe Pesci Latest and Upcoming movies

The new upcoming movie of Joe Pesci is “The Irishman”. The movie is an American epic crime film. However, Martin Scorsese directed and produced the movie. But Steven Zaillian wrote the story, based on the 2004 book “I Heard You Paint Houses”. In this movie, Joe Pesci appeared as Russel Bufalino.

Most importantly, the movie had its premiere at the 57th New York Film festival on September 27, 2019. However, the movie released in the limited theatres on November 1, 2019. But seems to be digitally released on Netflix on November 27, 2019. Hope, this movie can revive the career of Joe Pesci as the movie “The Raging Bulls” did in 1980.

Early-life

Joe was born in a Blue-collar family to Father Angelo Pesci, and Mother Mary (nee Mesce). His father was a forklift driver for General Motors and as well as a bartender and Mother, a parttime barber. Persci started acting, dancing, and music from a very young age.  He seems to be a humble and gentle kid, as he has maintained that personality. In Belleville, New Jersey, Pesci attended Belleville High School. At the early age of 10, he had already entered the field of acting.

He appeared regularly on a variety TV show named “Startime Kids” as a kid actor. Most importantly, this show also featured another future star, Connie Francis. However, at the age of 5, Joe Pesci already had performed in onstage acting. Later, Joe surprisingly engaged in the formation of the band “Four Seasons”. As he was friends with Frankie Valli and Tommy DeVito. They were both nine years senior and 15 years senior to Perci, respectively. Later, in 1959, Joe introduced them to hotshot songwriter Bib Gaudio, who helped the formation of “Four Seasons” greatly.

Early-Career

Joe Pesci’s movie career had him win 1 Oscar, 1 Golden Globe, and the other 12 wins and 13 nominations. But it all started with his role in the low budget Crime thriller film “The Death Collector” (1976). He had appeared before this movie as an unaccredited dancer in 1961 on Hey Let’s Twist but had to wait for another 15 years before getting into a credited film. In the early ’20s, he started his singing career, going around local night clubs, and also playing guitar for a pop band with the singer Joey Dee and the Starliters. Consequently, he recorded an album named “Little Joe Sure Can Sing”  under the stage name of Joc Richie.

Later, he started a musical comedy act alongside Frank Vincent, the actor mostly known for his role as Phil Leutardo from the hit show “The Sopranos.” They did this act starting from the late ’60s to the early ’70s. After his first accredited movie “The Death Collector” Joe was not able to land any new roles.

From 1979

It looked like his movie career was destined for an abrupt end. So, without any future role insight and economic hurdles to pass, Perci began working as an Italian Restaurant Manager in New York City. It was not going to happen. Because the actor Robert DeNiro who had noticed and loved the role of Joel Perci in the movie “The Death Collector” recommended him for a character to producer Martin Scorsese. As a result, Joe appeared as the brother of boxer Jake LaMotta, played by Robert DeNiro in the biopic “The Raging Bulls” (1980).

Joe’s role in the movie “The Raging Bulls” was stunning. The performance of the actors made many emotionally stirred. Because the actors so pledged to this movie that they actually had fought in the production to make it more authentic. Pesci caused a real accident on the stage when he broke the ribs of actor DeNiro with his fists. It made it to the final cut which is now taken as a classic scene. This role won him various critical praise, and most importantly, he nominated for Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award for best supporting actor. This movie sparked light to the extinguished movie career of Perci and lifted him to the ride of Hollywood fame.

Joe Pesci Movie Career

After his success on Raging bulls, Pesci was very much in demand. In 1982, Joe returned to the biopic “I’m Dancing as Fast as I Can” with actress Jill Clayburg. On the same year he appeared in the lead role, the owner of a New Jersey bowling alley with dreams of becoming a singer in LA, Ruby Dennis in a German film “Dear Mr. Wonderful,“ and as Nick Cerone alongside co-actor Rodney Dangerfield in “Easy Money” (1983). He appeared as a notorious mobster, Frankie Monaldi,  on Frankie Monaldi’s one of the most critically acclaimed films “Once upon a time in America” (1984) alongside Robert De Niro and James Wood. He appeared as a Leo Getz, a comically pestiferous government witness on “Lethal Weapon 2” (1984).

From 1990 to 2010

Joe later appeared on “Goodfellas” (1990) as Tommy DeVito, a psychotic gangster, who was based on a real-life characters Thomas DeSimone on which the man himself appreciated Perci for the “90% to 95% accurate description” of his life., winning Oscar’s award for the best supporting actor which is one of the highest rewards he has ever gotten. In 1990, he appeared on stage as a ridiculous and idiotic Burglar, Harry Lime, in adventure comedy and the now-classic “Home alone”.

He also has shared the stage with the king of pop Michael Jackson on the film “Moonwalker” as Mr. Big. In 1992 he co-starred with Morsia Jomei in My Cousin Vinny as a lawyer with a bad win history trying to defend his cousin and her friend from accused murder. He later appeared on the sequel of Home alone, “Home alone 2: Lost in Newyork City” and on the sequel of Lethal weapon 2, “Lethal Weapon 3” in 1992.

In 1999, Joe announced his retirement from films and started pursuing a musical career. Later, he returned in acting in a Camoin 2009 spy thriller CIA movie, “The Good Shepherd“. Also in 2010 co-starred with Hellen Mirren in Love Ranch.

Current Life

The actor was just 55 and very active until the time of retirement. Even though the actor seemed to have ended his career abruptly, the signs that the actor was not happy were quite abundant. Also when he appeared in public, he seems genuinely unhappy and kind of apathetic about being an actor and fed-up.  Joe Pesci in his Oscar win gave the shortest speech in the Academy’s history lasting only for six seconds. Playing different people and impersonating them, who, according to the actor, had no resemblance to him for years, affected his thinking and lifestyle.

The actor was quoted saying in a game of golf, the game which he loved and was seen playing a lot, “didn’t know who the hell was about to hit the damn ball” claiming that it could have been any of the characters from his various roles which clearly showed the actors frustration. It is no secret that impersonating someone could affect the person’s mental health and seeing that Perci often played roles of criminals, characters who were short-tempered and prone to explosive outbursts, it could have very likely effected the calm and helping nature of the actor.

The actor was set to return to Hollywood fame with the movie based on book adaptation of the true-crime book, “Gotti: In the Shadow of My Father. But the producers changed the contract and denied to cast him in the film. Therefore, the actor sued the $3 million to the production company. In the twist of event and coincidence, Tommy DeSimone was murdered allegedly by John Gotti himself. The Goti film finally released with a new director and John Travolta as the lead actor.

Joe Pesci Personal life and family

Seen in various movies in various roles mostly as mobsters and also to comedy leads and quirky sidekicks, Pesci frequently worked with longtime friend Robert De Niro and director Martin Scorsese even stating,  “We work so well together. It’s like breathing in and out. It’s so easy for us – we feed off each other”.  And also stating,  “Marty is probably one of the best directors of our generation and previous generations” I’ve ever worked.

In 1964; He married to model and actress, Claudia Haro. From Her, he has a daughter Tiffany. Later, he engaged to American actor and producer, Angie Everhart but sadly, this relationship also didn’t last for long. However, he has been in a relationship for five times, married three times and divorced three times. Most importantly, he’s currently single.

 

 

Christopher Plummer is a Canadian actor who was born on December 13 in the year 1929. His real name is Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer CC. He has the title of CC in his name as he has received the companion of the order of Canada (CC) in 1968.

Plummer is famous for his numerous portrayal of major historical figures. He is one of the most rewarded Veterans in the field of Hollywood grabbing an Academy Award, two Emmy Awards, two Tony Award, a Golden Globe,  A British Academy Film Award, and a SAG Award.

He is also among the bunch of very few performers to have received People Crown of Acting. At Christopher Plummer’s age of 88, he is the oldest Academy winner and an Academy Award Nominee. He won the “Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Beginners” (2010). And also nominated for “All The Money In The World” (2017) at age 88.

Early Life

Arthus Christopher Orme Plummer CC was born to mother, Isobella Mary (Abbott) and Father John Orme Plummer. His parents divorced shortly after he’s born. So, he was brought up in the Abbot family in Senneville, Quebec.

He became bilingual very quickly learning French and English. Most importantly, Plummer is the great-grandson of Canada’s third Prime Minister, John Abbot. And also the great-great-great-grandson of Angelica clergyman John Bethune.

Christopher began acting when he was living in Pine Avenue, Montreal and was attending Montreal High School. Plummer was playing as Mr. Darcy in the production of Pride and Prejudice at Montreal High School. Later, after watching his brilliance, Herbert Whittaker cast Plummer as Oedipus in Jean Cocteau’s “La Machine Infernale”. At that time, Plummer was just 18.

Christopher decided to pursue a career in acting aster watching Laurence Oliver in “Henry V”. He later trained as a stage actor and even headlined for Britain’s National Theatre. He made his official film debut in 1958 in the film “Stage Struck”.

Christopher was also the second cousin of Nigel Bruce, the British actor famous for portraying Dr. Watson to Basil Rathbone’s Sherlock Holmes, Sir Michael Bruce who was the brother of Nigel Bruce was also his cousin, Michael was a Baronet and Journalist. Taking about heritages Plummer was of Scottish, English and Anglo-Irish ancestry. He was studying to be a concert pianist when he developed a love in theatre.

Majorly renowned for his portrayal of the dashing Captain Von Trapp in “The Sound of Music” (1965).  Christopher Plummer some movies list of his portrayal of well-known historical people are, Arthur Wellesly on “1st Duke of Wellington in Waterloo” (1970), Rudyard Kipling in “The Man Who Would Be King” (1975), in “The Insider” (1999) as Mike Wallice. In 2009 he appeared as Loe Tolstoy in “The Last Stadium”, as the German emperor Kaiser Wilhelm the second in “The Exception” (2016) and also as J. Paul Getty in “All the Money in the World” on 2017.

Birth Name

Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer.

Height

Christopher Plummer is 5′ 10½” (1.79 m).

Christopher Plummer Career

The career of Christopher Plummer has been divided into three parts:

• Theatre career
• Movie career
• And a TV career

Most noteworthy, he has contributed all three sectors greatly.

Theatre Career

Christopher Plummer started his theatre career working with Ottawa’s Stage society appearing in over 100 different acts. Plummer made his Broadway debut in January of 1953. He appeared on the play “The Starcross Story” but unfortunately, this play closed on the opening night. His second play “Home is Hero” played from September to October 1954 which lasted for 30 performance.

In 1955 he appeared on “The Dark is Light” alongside Broadway legend Katharine Cornell and film legend Tyrone Power as a supporting actor. This play had 69 performances and lasted from February to August. He toured many cities for this play which helped him in his future career. His first Broadway hit appeared on the same year opposite Julie Harris on “The Lark”. Finally, Harris won Tony award for best actor on a play for his performance in the play.

Plummer’s other play “Night of the Auk” was not successful and he played on Elia Kazan’s successful Broadway production of Archibald MacLeish’s Plotzer’s “J.B” which was a prize-winning play. There, Plummer nominated for his first-ever Tony award as Best Actor in Play. However, he didn’t win the award but later win his Tony award for his performance on another Kazan production.

Since Plummer moved from New York City to London, he began appearing in Broadways less frequently. He finally returned to Broadway with a title role in Bertolt Brecht’s “The resistible rise of Arturo Ui”. Peter Shaffer’s “The Royal Hunt of the Sun” brought very great success for him, Plummer who had played Conquistador Francis Pizzaro to David Carradine’s Tony Award Nominated Athapulla, consequently in 1969 Plummer landed the lead role in the movie adaptation of the movie.

From May to June 1973, Plummer again appeared in Broadway as the title character Cyrano in “Cyrano de Bergerac”; a musical adaptation of Edmund Rosland’s 1987 play by Anthony Burgees and Michael J. Lewis. Christopher Plummer landed a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Performance and more importantly won the first Tony Award for his first Tony Award for Best Actor. He also appeared as Annan Chekhov in Neil Simon’s adaptation of several Chekhov’s short stories, “The good doctor”.

In the 1980s he appeared in two Shakespearean tragedies, namely Othello where he played as Logo alongside James Earl Jones character of Moor, He also appeared as Macbeth in the play “Macbeth”, where actress Glenda Jackson as his lady, His performance as Macbeth earned his another Tony Nomination. He later played as Jason Robard in the 1994 revive of Harold Pinter’s “No Man’s Land” and also his performance as John Barrymore in the 1997 play “Barrymore” was a great success, he got the chance to tour many places again with the play.

He won his second Tony Award but this time for The best actor In the play he also won the Drama Desk Award as Outstanding Actor in Play. His performance in 2004s “King Lear” and his portrayal of Henry Drummond in 220 revivals “Inherit the World” earned him with two Tony nominations.

As for his performances in Stratford Festival, He debuts the festival in Stratford Shakespeare Festival in 1956, as King Henry V, he performed the same play later in Edinburg Festival. He also landed roles in Hamlet, played Sir Andrew Aguecheek in the Twelfth Night, played Leontes in “The Winter’s Tale”, Bardolph in “Henry IV, Part I”, and Benedict in “Mucho Ado About Nothing” (1960), he was Philip the Bastard in “King John”, Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet, In 1912 he was playing title roles in Macbeth and Cyrano de Bergerac and in 1967 as Mark Anthony in “Anthony and Cleopatra”.

He returned to Stratford Festival in 2002 at Jonathan Miller’s directed “King Lear”, the production later shifted to New York to City’s Lincoln Center in 2004. In 2008, Plummer returned to the festival again as Julius Caesar in George Bernard Shaw’s “Caesar and Cleopatra”. However, they videotaped the play and shown in HD in Canadian Cinemas and on Bravo! Canada. Christopher Plummer’s other notable plays are “Richard II”.

He won Evening Standard Award for Best Actor for portraying King Henry II in Jean Anouilh’s “Becket”  with the RSC at the Aldwych Theatre. Peter Hall directed the film. He also played roles in “Amphitryon 38” “Danton’s Death” “The Rule of Game” “Long Day’s Journey Into Night” and 1953 street adaptation “Nina”

Film Career

Featuring in 150 feature films, television movies, and miniseries credits, where he took upon the roles of the lead actor or a distinguished supporting actor, Christopher Plummer has won 1 oscar with 45 other awards win and a stunning 62 nominations. Being still very active in the film career it can be said that the stats are likely to change again. In 1958, Nicholas Ray gave him a small role in his film “Wind across the Everglade”. He also appeared as co-starring Julie Harris in the US television reproduction of Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House”. It was not until six years later that Plummer would return to Hollywood having a major role in Hollywood Blockbuster “The Fall of Roman Empire” (1952).

His big break for Hollywood and film success came with 1965 Oscar-winning classic “Sound of Music”. The movie broke the box office overtaking “Gone With the Wind”. He performed as Captain Baron Von Trapp in “Sound of Music” (1965) he was a widower who fell in love with a young Nun who he hires to take care of his seven children.

However, This movie paved his path for future success and a long and prosperous career which is still active to date. He didn’t like the role but it seems that Christopher Plummer and Sound of  Words are on good terms now. As he wrote in his 2008 memoir  In Spite of Myself, he had been “a pampered, arrogant young bastard, spoiled by too many great theatre roles” and “still harbored the old-fashioned stage actor’s snobbism toward moviemaking.”

In 2009, Plummer said of the film and his role that he was “…a bit bored with the character. Although we worked hard enough to make him interesting, it was a bit like flogging a dead horse. And the subject matter is not mine. I mean, it can’t appeal to every person in the world”. “The world has seen [The Sound of Music] so many times. And there’s a whole new generation every year—poor kids—that have to sit through it [laughs]. But it was a very well-made movie, and it’s a family movie and we haven’t seen a family movie, I don’t think, on that scale for ages. I don’t mind that. It just happened to be not my particular cup of tea”.

After his performance at “Sound of Music” he further played parts at “Inside Daisy Clover” (1965) alongside Robert Redford and Natalie Wood, In 1966 he appeared as World War second agent, Eddie Chapman, in the movie “Triple Cross”. He again appeared in another World War second theme movie “Night of Generals” in 1967 as the supporting role of Nazi Germany member, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. Rommel supposed to replace Rex Harrison for a film adaptation of Doctor Doolittle. Though the plan got canceled and the decision reversed but Plummer still got the $87,500 for signing the contract.

He later performed as Duke Warrington in” Waterloo” in 1970. Before the film, he had already played the title role in “Oedipus the King” in 1968. Also, as an Australian in ‘The High Commissioner” in 1968.

He was also among the star-studded cast of “Battle of Britain”  in 1969. He played “Athwalpa” in “The Royal Hunt of the Sun” in 1969. Appearing in the lead role in the Musical “Lock up your Doctor” in 1969 as the author Rudyard Kipling. Other movies he had taken apart are; “Return of Pink Panther” in 1975. “Ace High” om 1976, “The silent panther” in 1978, International velvet in 1978 and as the famous detective Sherlock Holmes in 1979 in “Murder by Decree”, “Somewhere in time” in 1980 and “Eyewitness” , “Star Trek VI: Undiscovered Country” in 1991 among the time he had nearly disappeared appearing in small roles here and there, he appeared on “The New World” on 2005 and The Lake House in 2006 and Remember on 2015.

His critically acclaimed performance as Journalist Mike Wallace in Michael Manny’s Biographic film, “The Insider” in 1991 and won many critical awards for best support but couldn’t be nominated for Academy Award. His performance on “A Beautiful Mind” an Oscar-winning biopic as Dr. Rosen in 2005 and as Arthur Case in “Inside Man” in 2006, all are critically acclaimed as well.

He was finally nominated for Academy Award for the best supporting actor in 2010. for the first time for his portrayal of Leo Tolstoy, a Journalist who got him an Oscar nomination. In an interview in Canada stated that  ”Well, I said it’s about time! I mean, I’m 80 years old, for God’s sake, “Have mercy”.  But he sadly lost the award but all was well as he won the award in 2011 for “Beginners”, where he portrayed the story of an old man coming out after the death of his wife. In the speech, he said “You’re only two years older than me, darling. Where have you been all my life”

He became the oldest actor to ever win the award at 82. Also, nominated for his performance as J. Paul Getty in “All the money in the world” after reshooting in place of Kelvin spacey.

TV career

Christopher Plummer appeared firstly in Tv in 1953 on Othello, Christopher Plummer appeared extensively in many British, Canadian and American TV series and short production. He managed to be nominated for the Emmy Award for  1959 “Little Moon of Alban”. Even more, for his portrayal of Hamlet in the 1965 BBC product Hamlet. He appeared in America on anthology shows as Studio One, Kraft Television Theatre, Hallmark Hall of Fame and The Dupont Show of the month. After his release of the movie “Sound of Music,” he pretty much disappeared from TV fields

Christopher was nominated for Emmy Award for outstanding actor in miniseries and movies for Arthur Hiley’s “The money changer” other short movies he was in were as Sir John A MacDonald n “Riel”. Even more, He was nominated for Emmy Award for outstanding support actor in 1983. And also in 2008 for “The Thron Birds” and for portraying Cardinal Bernard in “Our Fathers” which criticized the catholic church sex scandals. Christopher also nominated for Gemini Award for Canadian production “Counterstrike” and a golden globe nomination for “American Tragedy” as Lawyer F Lee Bailey.

Christopher Plummer had also appeared in many voice-over actings on movie series, animations and book recitals. He has won Emmy awards and been nominated for many more in the field of voice-overs. Also, involved in many documentaries. However, Christopher also has a book titled “A Spite of Myself” written about himself by Alfred A Knopf.

Christopher Plummer Personal Life

Plummer married American actress, Tammy Grimes in 1956 and had a daughter with her named Amanda in 1957. She’s a famous actress who has worked on some big-name productions. However, according to his biography, Plummer was not really in contact with his daughter in the early and teenage years. But things look okay now as the two claim to have a friendly relation.

He later married to journalist Patricia Lewis from May 4, 1962, to 1967. Currently, he has a stable relationship with his third wife, Elaine Taylor an English actress. They got married on Oct 2, 1970, and are living together in Weston, Connecticut.

 

 

 

 

Chiwetel Ejiofor was born in 1977 to Nigerian immigrant parents, father Arinze Ejiofor, and mother Obiajulu Ejiofor. His parents both worked in the field of medicine. He was born at Forest Gate, London, an Eastern part of England.

The English actor has been in the film career from his early teens. He has played in different successful Hollywood films, so it is not surprising that he has been hustling a lot. Being an award-winning actor and still active working from 1995, Ejiofor has made much wealth and has pretty huge numbers in his bank account.

Chiwetel Ejiofor Net worth

Ejiofor’s after lots of struggling and hard work in this field, the actor is supposedly worth a lot. However, Chiwetel Eijior has a net worth of over $12 million.

Height

Ejiofor’s is 1.78m tall.

Early Life

Chiwetel Ejiofor’s English Actor born on Forest Gate. He had four siblings. However, he is the second child of his family. His sister, Zain Asher, is also a famous reporter. An unfortunate event occurred when he was in Nigeria. Ejiofor and his father involved in a terrible car accident that left his father dead, and Ejiofor injured. The incident scarred him mentally and physically, as well.

After this unfortunate turn of events, his mother takes care of the family. And also it was the time, Ejiofor started taking an interest in reading and stage art. Consequently, at the age of eighteen, He played Othello in the Bloomsbury Theatres. And eventually joined the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.

It was at this time his career in the movie industry blew up after Ejiofor landed a role in Steven Speilberg’s film “Amistad (1997)”. Even though he appeared in his first movie in 1997, he had already appeared on the Television on the thriller “Deadly Voyage (1996)”.

Career

Throughout his movie career, Ejiofor played lots of film’s but his performance on the 2013 Oscar Winner movie “12 years a slave”, was one of his most renowned. His brilliant acting as the lead role Solomon Northup, a free American/African musician, landed him nominations for best actor on Academy Awards and Golden Globe Award. Along with the many Chiwetel Ejiofor awards, he won the BAFTA award for Best Actor.

In 2002 he appeared in “Dirty Pretty Things” as a sleep-deprived Taxi driver, a film of Stephen Frear’s, for which he won Best Actor at the British Independent Film Awards, at the Evening Standard Film Awards, and the San Diego Film, Critics Society Awards. However, He is also famous for his performances on “Love Actually (2003)”, “Melinda and Melinda(2004)”. His role as a singing drag diva on “Kinky Boots(2005)” earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination, “Inside Man(2005)”.

Ejiofor also played as the villain role in two sci-fi movies; “Children Of Men(2006)” and “Serenity(2005)”, “American Gangster(2007)”, and “Talk to Me (2007) Je won Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in this movie. It was during this time that Chiwetel Eijior established his image as a versatile actor, working in films of different genres, taking roles as co-star, and the lead role in many of these movies.

He continued to perform on the stage productions, in 2008. However, He portrayed Othello in Michael Grandage’s “Othello”  for which he won the best actor award, Laurence Olivier Awards, and Evening Standard Theatre Awards. Even more, nominated in the South Bank Show Awards and the What’s On Stage Theatergoer’s Choice Awards in 2009. He won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Play for his performance in Roger Michell’s “Blue/Orange” (2000). He also performed as Romeo on Tim Supple’s “Romeo and Juliet” the same year.

Debut and present

For his Television performance he debuted in 1996 “Screen Two: Deadly Voyage,” he also worked with award-winning writer Anthony Horowitz on “Murder in Mind(2001)”. He also performed on “Twelfth Night, or What you Will(2003)” and “Canterbury Tales(2003)”. He landed a Golden Globe Award and NAACP Image Award for his role in the emotional drama “Tsunami: The aftermath (2006)” working alongside Toni Collette, Sophie Okonedo, and Tim Roth. He appeared on the 2014’s cable miniseries “Dancing on the Edge,” a movie set in the year 1930 where he plays Louis Lester, a British Jazz band leader which earned him an Emmy nomination.

Chiwetel Ejiofor appeared in notable films as “Endgame(2009)” a drama set in South Africa  by Channel 4 which earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries, he took on the role of Thabo Mbeki;  also appearing in Roland Emmerich’s action movie “2012(2009)”, with John Cusack, Danny Glover and Thandie Newton; and “Salt(2010)”, co-starring with Angelina Jolie and Liev Schreiber while also appearing in 2013 “Half of a Yellow Sun” appearing in MCU movie “Doctor Strange” and lending his voice on the animated film alongside Johnny Depp “ Sherlock Gnomes”.

Chiwetel Ejiofor Upcoming Movies

The infinite is an upcoming movie of Chiwetel Ejiofor which is a science fiction movie from Antoine Fuqua. The storyline of the film is based on D.Eric Maikranz’s novel “The reincarnationist Papers”. The movie release date is on August 7, 2020. However, the role of him is unknown for now.

Similarly, Ejiofor will be appearing in the movie “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness”. The movie will be released on May 7, 2021.

Chiwetel Ejiofor Personal Life

Chiwetel Ejiofor is still unmarried. But he’s currently in a relationship with his new model girlfriend, Frances After Nir. The actor has been on a long term relationship previously with model Sari Mercer. In 2000 he was on a relationship with Naomie Harris; this relation lasted for seven years long before the couple split up. Despite the rumors floating around, he is found enjoying his life with his model girlfriend.

Ejiofor doesn’t have any kids despite all the relationships he’s been. Talking about rumors and controversies, Chiwetel Eijior is no stranger to it as the actor has been involved in different conspiracies. It was rumored that the actor is dating with Kenyan actress Lupita Nyong’o in 2012. However, this rumor was never confirmed nor denied by any of them.

He was also indirectly involved in a conspiracy when his movie “12 years a slave” attracted controversy after the movie faced some troubles in the distribution of the movie in Italy. Along with that, his Indian character in the film ‘The Martian’ also was a hot topic of controversies.

His lifestyle shows no less, we can see him living a posh life driving expensive cars, living in exclusive mansions and wearing luxury clothes and fantastic accessories and it is no surprise that he will keep on earning more as his career keeps ongoing and there are many upcoming movies which are expected to cause some eruption on the box office.

Being a big celebrity, it is Odd to know that Ejiofor has no social media presence. He has no Instagram nor a twitter handle and also no official Facebook fan page.

Sir Ben Kingsley British actor/musician, born in December 1943 in Snainton, North Riding of Yorkshire. Kingsley is the son of a doctor Rahinthulla Harji Bhanji, and a famous actress as well as model Anna Lynna Mary. Ben Kingsley, In his 50 years of a movie career, he has played over 88 movies. Consequently, scoring one Oscar’s, one Gammy, one BAFTA, two golden globes, and a screen actor guild awards. Until now he is successful to grab 44 awards and nominated for 69 others.

Kinsley is famous for his performance as Mohandas Gandhi in the 1982 movie ‘Gandhi’; the hero of the Indian Independence movement. The movie ‘Gandhi’ helped him land the Academy Award for the best actor.

Other critically acclaimed Ben Kinsley’s movies are ‘Bugsy,’ ‘Schindler’s List,’ ‘House of Sand and Fog,’ ‘Hugo,’ ‘Iron man 3’, ‘Shutter Island,’ ‘Sexy Beach’ and many more.

Physical Appearance

Ben Kingsley is 74 years old, 5 foot 8 inch (1.73m) tall.

Networth

Sir Ben Kingsley makes approx. $ 48,484,000 annually. And the total net worth of Ben Kingsley is $60 million.

Star Sign

Ben’s star sign is ‘Capricorn’.

Social Media

Kingsley’s got 7.5k followers on Facebook and 1.2k followers on Twitter. Ben Kingsley is quite active on Facebook and Twitter. However, he doesn’t have an Instagram account.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/benkingsley?lang=en

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Early Life

Ben Kingsley Born on December 31, 1943, at Snainton, North Riding of Yorkshire, England, Named Krishna Pandit Bhanji. He was born on a well off family to Mother, Anna Lynna Mary (1914-2010), and father Rahinthulla Harji Bhanji(1914-1968).

His mother was a famous Model and Actress, active in the field of films in the 1920s and 1930s. While his father was a Kenyan born Doctor of Gujarati Descent. His paternal grandfather moved from India to Zanzibar in the process of business.

Kingsley’s mother was born out of wedlock and is assumed to be of Jew heritage while his father moved to Britain for education at the early age of 14. Ben stated that his parents were not very good at parenting. However, Ben also stated that his mother and father mocked him for his lack of studies and were never supportive. Even more, saying his mother didn’t like his acting till the time she died (2010).

Even though Kinsley was born in Sinton, he grew up in Pendlebury, near Manchester, and attended Manchester Grammar School. There he had a classmate named Robert Powell a big name in the acting sector as Kinsley himself.

Career

Kingsley began acting as a teenager while simultaneously developing his talent in the field of Music and Vocals. He wrote the music, sang, played guitar in his stage debut as a narrator in “A Smashing Boy” (1966). At the same time, The Beatle’s manager, John Lennon and Ringo Star advised him to enter the field of Music.

Furthermore, Dick James, a famous music producer noticed him and offered him the chance to record music as Guitarist/Singer. Instead, he chose to continue his career in acting. Ben Kingsley performed in Amateur Theatrical productions in Manchester, England, before joining Royal Shakespeare Company in 1967.

Ben’s staging career began with RSC, where he did all his hard work, training, and performances for the 15 years. Kingsley debuted on Broadway with his company in 1971. He performed as Demetrius in A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 1971 for the US audiences. In 1975, Ben appeared as Hamlet in Hamlet. Also, as Mosca in 1977 at the Royal National Theatre on the production of Peter Hall.

Kingsley officially made his big-screen debut in 1972 with the Alistair MacLean’s thriller ‘Fear is the Key’. The movie featured on the British TV program. However, At the same time, Ben Kingsley changed his original name from Krishna Pandit Bhanji to Ben Kingsley. He did this change in the fear that having a foreign name could hamper his movie career.

In 1982, Ben returned to a movie career. Actor and director Richard Attenbourg gave Kingsley the challenging and hard job of playing as Mohandas Ghandi in his movie. For ‘Gandhi’ movie, Kingsley outdid extensive research about Ghandi, even adapting his lifestyle, a vegetarian diet, and doing yoga. As a result, this turned out to be the reason which made Ghandi a box office hit. Also, making the performance of Ben Kingsley acclaimed and loved by both critics and moviegoers alike.

His resemblance to Ghandi was something that helped 39 years old actor with Academy Award for Best Acting. The performance still is one of the most acclaimed characterizations of Kingsley. It was quite an achievement, as he was able to land his first academy award on his second big-screen film. Most importantly, his career blasted off after this movie. Even more, he appeared in many big and future hall of fame movies, which set him on a top bar. Also, Ben Kingsley appeared in several European films after “Ghandi.”

Ben Kingsley is one of the most versatile actors around. From Comedy roles to dark and depressing roles and from the roles of the protagonist to the antagonist, he has done it all and gained critics and viewers respect and love for all the types of characters.

Hollywood especially loves Ben Kingsley as a British villain, the role we have seen him too frequently in. From a Nazi war Criminal to Jewish Holocaust Survivor, From a quite British bookshop owner to a mysterious watchmaker to the Indian Hero of independence, Ben Kingsley has lived it all.

Being on all these highly rated movies, it may seem that Kingsley is already in many movies loved by people of different ages, sex and can be seen in classic and modern thrillers too.  His performance has been acclaimed by critics to give life to the historical characters he plays. Ben Kingsley has performed as an Indian, British< American, Polish, German, and many more nationality, but he fits right into his role, which shows just how high his acting is.

Films And Television

In 1983 he appeared in an adaptation of Harold Pinter’s “Betrayal” alongside co-star Jeremy Irons in 1987. Also, on James Ivory’s “Maurice” as a supporting actor, making his Broadway return on “Edmund Kean” (1984). He finally made his Hollywood debut in 1988 in the movie “Without a Clue.”

Ben Kingsley appeared on critically acclaimed HBO feature biopic “Murderer’s among us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story” as the title character. Critics and movie lovers loved his performance as a Holocaust survivor soughing to have his revenge on Nazis. His performance as Jewish Gangster, Mayer Lansky in Warren Beatty’s “Bugsy” (1991) earned him his second academy award.

Furthermore, Kingsley also appeared in villainous performance as Cosmo in the thriller “Sneakers” (1992), as US vice president on comedy-drama/ Romance “Dave”. He also took the role of a child chess prodigy Josh Waitzkin played by the child actor Max Pomeranc’s chess coach Bruce on “Searching for Bobby Fischer” (1993).

Even more, his excellent performances were on Stephen Spielberg’s Award-winning, critically acclaimed black and white Holocaust movie “The Schindler’s List,” which saw Kingsley as the trusted Jew Friend, Itzhak Steven of the savior of many holocaust victims, Oskar Schindler played by the acting legend Liam Neeson. This was the best performance by Kingsley after his role in “Ghandi”. Everyone praised for his successful depiction of complicated characters of uncommon dignity and historical significance.

Kingsley also performed on highly rated “Death and the Maiden” (1994) as the victim of the paranoia of Paulina Escobar, played by Sigourney Weaver. He again appeared on Sci-fi thriller “Species” (1995) as government Scientist Xavier Fitch, Spy-drama “The Assignment” (1997) as Mossad operative Amos, alien-comedy “Which Planet are you from?” (2000) As Graydon and the Military thriller, “Rules of Engagement” (2000) alongside the star-filled cast with the likes of Samuel L. Jackson, Tommy Lee Jones, Guy Pearce as Ambassador Mourain.

He is still very active on Modern Movies appearing on High Budget movies like “The Last Legion” (2007) as Merlin , “The Wackness” (2008) co-starring Josh Peck as a therapist, Dr. Squires , “Journey to Mecca” (2008) alongside Chems Eddine Zinoune and Hassam Ghancy, “Prince of Persia: Sand of Times” (2010) as Nizam alongside the lead role played by Jake Gyllenhal and Gemma Arterton. He appeared as the doctor of Mental health, Dr. John Cawley treating Teddy Daniels in the 2010 Thriller/ Drama movie “Shutter Island” a film with a stunning storyline and cinematography, he was co-starring alongside Hollywood’s big guns Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo.

Kingsley also performed as Film trailblazer George Melies known for flares like 1902’s “A trip to the moon”. Even more, in the Oscar-nominated and multiple award-winning charming family movie “Hugo” (2011). He finally made his Comic Debut on the2013  MCU movie “Iron Man 3” alongside Robert Downey Jr as the actor and terrorist impersonator Ben Kingsley, a funny and silly role that landed him awards and nominations.

The actor hit the big screens in 2014, as a Sikh Cabbie in the comedy/drama “Learning to Drive” with co’-stars Patricia Clarkson, a library agent whose husband left her. During the holiday’s he appeared on Ridley Scott’s Exodus: Gods and Kings which was a box office nightmare but had a very good cast with the likes of Christain Bale, Joel Edgerton, Aaron Paul, and John Turturro. Kingsley later returned to children’s book narrative depicting Bagheera in Jon Favreau’s 2016 Disney adaptation of “The Jungle Book” which earned more than  1 billion $ worldwide.

He also involved in many TV big-budget productions, working on TNT miniseries “Joshep “ (1995) co-starring Paul Mercurio (Joshep)  as Potiphar, and “Moses” (1996) as the title character. On the drama/ musical “The Tale of Sweeny Todd”  (1998) as the murderous English barber Sweeny Todd, also appearing in NBC movies Dostoevsky’s “Crime and Punishment” (1998) starring Patric Dempsey and Julie Delpy as Porfiry ,and in 1999 Fantasy/ Adventure movie  “Alice in Wonderland” (1999) as the caterpillar . In 2001 his outrageous and chilling performance on British Import “Sexy Beast” as the tightly wounded British Gangster Don Logan earned him rave reviews and critical acclaims along with the third Academy Award nomination.

He won an Emmy nod for his performance as Otto Frank on the ABC miniseries “Anne Frank” for the best supporting performance” He also narrated the Speilberg-diverted science fiction “A.I Artificial Intelligence” and also appeared on “The Triumph of Love” (2002) as Hermocrates. He appeared as the Iranian exiled colonel on “House of Sand and Fog,” a film adaptation of Andre Dubus III’s acclaimed novel, which earned him his fourth Oscar nomination.

In July 2006, Kingsley received an Emmy nomination for his portrayal of cardiologist Herman Tarnower as Jean Harris, on the TV-film “Mr. Harris”. Kingsley also appeared on “The Sopranos” as himself on the episode titled “ Luxury Lounge” he also later appeared on “You Can Kill Me,” a Mafia comedy film, as a Polish Mobster. He then appeared on the big screens as a notorious hitman on “War, Inc”.

Personal Life

Ben Kingsley married four times and has four children, including Ferdinand Kingsley, who’s also an actor. Kingsley has a son and a daughter, Thomas, and Jasmine, from his first wife, Angela Morant. He was in a relationship with her from 1966-1976. He also has two sons Edmund and Ferdinand from his second wife, Alison Sutcliffe, a British producer, with whom he was in a relationship from 1978-1992.

Even more, he married Alexandra Christmann as his third wife. He was in a relationship with her for just 15 months between 2003 and 2005. But the marriage broke when the photo of her kissing with another man became viral on the internet. He’s currently married to Daniela Lavender, a Brazilian actress working on different Brazilian movies and Tv shows. Kingsley and Daniela Lavender got married at a private ceremony.

Most importantly, he is widely criticized for his relationship with Daniela Lavender, who is half his age. After his 50 year career in the Movie industry, winning various awards, and playing roles in many box office hits, it is no surprise that the net worth of Ben Kinsley is $60 million.

Honour

Queen Elizabeth gave him the Knight Bachelor in 2002, December 31, for his services to the British Film Industries, which happen to be his 58th birthday. Ben Kingsley was pleased and excited about this knighthood while attracting some controversies surrounding this event. It was stated that Ben Kinsley acted like a total ass demanding to be called Sir. Ben Kingsley during the shooting of films and promotional events.

In 1984 he won Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word or Non-musical Recording for “The Words of Ghandi”. In 2010, he was given his own Hollywood walk of fame also in 2013 bagged the BAFTA Los Angeles Award for Worldwide Contribution to Filmed  Entertainment which is one of the highest rewards an actor can get.

He has also been honored with the Indian “Padma Shree Award” by the Indian Government in 1984 for his stunning portrayal of Indian independence movement leader Gandhi in the Biopic movie “Gandhi,” which spread the name of Mohandas Ghandi even further through the film.

He was, funnily enough, Razzie nominated for the Worst Supporting Actor for his terrible and worst rated performance on BloodRayne (2005), which was the low point in his career. Still, he bounced back from it and won many awards after this performance.