"He attribute his success to ""his complete ability to be himself."" Savalas had his first lead role in a film in ""Crooks and Coronets"" (1969), a British crime comedy. More widely seen was the James Bond movie ""On Her Majesty's Secret Service"" (1969), where Savalas played Ernst Stavro Blofeld. Savalas had the lead in a Western shot in Spain, ""Land Raiders"" (1970), then was second-billed to Clint Eastwood in the war-heist film ""Kelly's Heroes"" (1970), shot in Yugoslavia, directed by Hutton. He was second-billed to Charles Bronson in an Italian–French crime film, ""Violent City"" (1970), then went to Hollywood to"
"Donald Pleasence Donald Henry Pleasence, OBE (; 5 October 1919 – 2 February 1995) was an English actor. His most notable film roles include psychiatrist Dr. Sam Loomis in ""Halloween"" (1978) and four of its sequels, the villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond film ""You Only Live Twice"" (1967), RAF Flight Lieutenant Colin Blythe in ""The Great Escape"" (1963), SEN 5241 in ""THX 1138"" (1971), Clarence ""Doc"" Tydon in ""Wake in Fright"" (1971), and the President of the United States in ""Escape from New York"" (1981). Pleasence was born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, the son of Alice (née"
"rarely seen and only spoken of. When Bean auditioned for the film, he was considered for the role of Bond (see List of actors considered for the James Bond character). Trevelyan has been ranked among the greatest Bond villains and is considered the dark inversion of Bond. Alec Trevelyan Alec Trevelyan (006), also known as Janus, is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the 1995 James Bond film ""GoldenEye"", portrayed by actor Sean Bean. The likeness of Bean as Alec Trevelyan was also used for the 1997 video game, ""GoldenEye 007"". Once known as ""Agent 006"" under the"
"Gerard Kelly Gerard Kelly (born Paul Kelly; 27 May 1959 – 28 October 2010) was a Scottish actor who appeared in many comedies, including ""City Lights"", ""Rab C Nesbitt"", ""Scotch and Wry"" and ""Extras"". He had more serious roles as well, including PC David Gallagher in ""Juliet Bravo"" (1981), the villainous Jimmy in ""EastEnders"" (1994) and the villainous Callum Finnegan in ""Brookside"" (1997–2000). Kelly had a small part in the critically acclaimed film ""Comic Strip Presents... Mr Jolly Lives Next Door"" (1987). In 1983 Kelly was featured in ""Killer"", the pilot episode of the crime drama series ""Taggart"". In 2005"
"of the portrayals ""bizarre and bold"": Marvin's taut, pugnacious playing of the major ... is tough and terrifying. John Cassavetes is wormy and noxious as a psychopath condemned to death, and Telly Savalas is swinish and maniacal as a religious fanatic and sex degenerate. Charles Bronson as an alienated murderer, Richard Jaeckel as a hard-boiled military policeman, and Jim Brown as a white-hating Negro stand out in the animalistic group. ""Variety"" was more positive, calling it an ""exciting Second World War pre-D-Day drama"" based on a ""good screenplay"" with a ""ring of authenticity to it""; they drew particular attention to"
"Toby Stephens Toby Stephens (born 21 April 1969) is an English stage, television, and film actor who has appeared in films in both Hollywood and Bollywood. He is known for the roles of Bond villain Gustav Graves in the 2002 James Bond film ""Die Another Day"" (for which he was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor), Edward Fairfax Rochester in a BBC television adaptation of ""Jane Eyre"" and in his role as Captain Flint in the Starz television series ""Black Sails"". Stephens is a lead in the science fiction series ""Lost in Space"" released on Netflix 13"
"Gray O'Brien Gray O'Brien (born Gerard O'Brien, 11 August 1968) is a Scottish television and film actor, best known for his portrayal of the villainous Weatherfield businessman Tony Gordon in the popular ITV soap opera ""Coronation Street"" from 2007–10, and as Dr. Richard McCaig on the BBC medical drama ""Casualty"" from 1996-98. O'Brien was born in Glasgow, the 2nd youngest of seven children, and is a graduate of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. Resident for a time in Cumbernauld, he has appeared in many television productions, including ""Taggart"", ""Peak Practice"", ""River City"" (as serial womaniser Billy Davies),"
"Alec Trevelyan Alec Trevelyan (006), also known as Janus, is a fictional character and the main antagonist in the 1995 James Bond film ""GoldenEye"", portrayed by actor Sean Bean. The likeness of Bean as Alec Trevelyan was also used for the 1997 video game, ""GoldenEye 007"". Once known as ""Agent 006"" under the employment of Her Majesty's Secret Service, Trevelyan betrays MI6 during a mission to blow up the Arkhangelsk chemical weapons facility in the Soviet Union while working with his close friend, James Bond (Pierce Brosnan). During the operation, Trevelyan is caught and apparently executed by the base's commander,"
"years, English actor Terry Kieley. Gerard Kelly Gerard Kelly (born Paul Kelly; 27 May 1959 – 28 October 2010) was a Scottish actor who appeared in many comedies, including ""City Lights"", ""Rab C Nesbitt"", ""Scotch and Wry"" and ""Extras"". He had more serious roles as well, including PC David Gallagher in ""Juliet Bravo"" (1981), the villainous Jimmy in ""EastEnders"" (1994) and the villainous Callum Finnegan in ""Brookside"" (1997–2000). Kelly had a small part in the critically acclaimed film ""Comic Strip Presents... Mr Jolly Lives Next Door"" (1987). In 1983 Kelly was featured in ""Killer"", the pilot episode of the crime"
"Lives"" for the 2012 Chichester Festival, reprised at the Gielgud Theatre in 2013. Toby Stephens Toby Stephens (born 21 April 1969) is an English stage, television, and film actor who has appeared in films in both Hollywood and Bollywood. He is known for the roles of Bond villain Gustav Graves in the 2002 James Bond film ""Die Another Day"" (for which he was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor), Edward Fairfax Rochester in a BBC television adaptation of ""Jane Eyre"" and in his role as Captain Flint in the Starz television series ""Black Sails"". Stephens is a"
"James Gaddas James Gaddas (born 9 June 1960 in Ragworth, Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham) is an English actor best known for playing Governing Governor Neil Grayling in ITV's Bad Girls. Prior to Bad Girls, Gaddas had played Robert Prescott in Coronation Street in 1989 before returning later as Vinnie Sorrell. Since leaving ""Bad Girls"", Gaddas has appeared as Jackie Elliot in ""Billy Elliot the Musical"", productions of ""Peter Pan"" and ""Spamalot"" and Bill Anderson in ""Mamma Mia!"" in London. Gaddas has also made appearances on ""The Bill"", Tracy Beaker Returns, ""Medics"", ""Dogtown"", BBC's daytime soap ""Doctors"" and ""Waterloo Road"" and in"
"Hugh Dancy Hugh Michael Horace Dancy (born 19 June 1975) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as criminal profiler Will Graham in the NBC television series ""Hannibal"" (2013–2015), as Thomas Novachek in the stage play ""Venus in Fur"" (2011–2012), and as Adam Raki in the film ""Adam"" (2009). Dancy began his career with the title roles in the TV film ""David Copperfield"" (2000) and the miniseries ""Daniel Deronda"" (2002). He gained prominence as Prince Charmont in ""Ella Enchanted"" and Galahad in ""King Arthur"" (both 2004). His portrayal of courtier Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex"
"Clancy Brown Clarence J. Brown III (born January 5, 1959) is an American actor and voice actor known for his roles as the Kurgan in the fantasy film ""Highlander"" (1986), Captain Byron Hadley in the prison drama film ""The Shawshank Redemption"" (1994), Charles Zim in the sci-fi film ""Starship Troopers"" (1997), David Hennessy in ""Vendetta"" (1999), and Brother Justin Crowe in the television series ""Carnivàle"" (2003–2005). He has also provided his voice to films, television series and video games, including Mr. Krabs in ""SpongeBob SquarePants"" (1999–present), Lex Luthor in various media, Doctor Neo Cortex in the ""Crash Bandicoot"" video games"
"Tommy Knight Thomas Lawrence Knight (born 22 January 1993), usually credited as Tommy Knight, is an English actor best known for playing Luke Smith in ""The Sarah Jane Adventures"" and ""Doctor Who"", Kevin Chalk in ""Waterloo Road"", murder victim Caleb ""Cal"" Bray in ""Glue"" and Brodie in ""Victoria"". Born in Chatham, Kent, Knight is the third-oldest of five siblings (3 boys, 2 girls), all of whom act. He attended Delce Junior School in Rochester from year 4 onwards and formerly attended the Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School. Knight was in a relationship with ""Waterloo Road"" co-star Abby Mavers from 2013"
"television commercial for the fast food chain DQ. David Blue (actor) David Blue (born January 17, 1982) is an American actor, writer, producer and director. He is known for his portrayal of Cliff St. Paul on ""Ugly Betty"" and Eli Wallace on the Syfy series ""Stargate Universe"". The youngest of three boys, Blue was raised in both New York and Florida. Blue attended Countryside High School in Clearwater, Florida, He graduated from the University of Central Florida in Orlando with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting and Musical Theatre Performance. His first starring role came in the film ""Winter"
"Tony Way Tony Paul Way (born 7 October 1978) is an English actor, comedian, and writer. He is best known for playing characters on British comedies, most notably ""Dave"" in the film ""Ali G Indahouse"". He has since moved into drama, appearing as Plague in ""The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo"", Dontos Hollard in HBO's ""Game of Thrones"", and Thomas Nashe in ""Anonymous"". Way was born in Rochford, Essex and grew up in Wickford, Essex, where he attended the Beauchamps School. Way started his career in comedy and acting at the age of 17 when he, Rhys Thomas, Stephen Burge,"
"Bailey Chase Bailey Chase (born Bailey Chase Luetgert; May 1, 1972) is an American stage and television actor. Chase is known for his role as Butch Ada in the television series ""Saving Grace"", starring role as Graham Miller in ""Buffy the Vampire Slayer"", and roles as Christopher ""Chris"" Robert Hughes (from 2003–2005) in the soap opera ""As the World Turns"" , Beckett 'Becks' Scott in ""Ugly Betty,"" Sean Everett in ""Damages"", and Deputy Branch Connally in A&E's crime thriller ""Longmire"". Chase has also starred in the thriller ""Summoned"" alongside Cuba Gooding, Jr.; ""Tao of Surfing""; ""Sex, Death, & Bowling""; and"
"Xander Berkeley Alexander Harper Berkeley (born December 16, 1955) is an American actor. He is known for his television roles of Sheriff Thomas McAllister on the crime drama ""The Mentalist"", George Mason on the political thriller series ""24"", Percy Rose on the action thriller series ""Nikita"", and the Man on ""The Booth At The End"". His notable film roles include Todd Voight in """", Gregory in AMC's ""The Walking Dead"" and Trevor Lyle in ""Candyman"". Berkeley was born on December 16, 1955, in Brooklyn, New York, but has lived most of his life in New Jersey. He is of Scottish"
"Ted McGinley Theodore Martin ""Ted"" McGinley (born May 30, 1958) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Jefferson D'Arcy on the television sitcom ""Married... with Children"" and as Charley Shanowski on the ABC sitcom ""Hope & Faith"". He was also a late regular on ""Happy Days"", ""Dynasty"" and ""The Love Boat"". He is also known for playing the villainous role of Stan Gable in the film ""Revenge of the Nerds"". McGinley was born in Newport Beach, California, the son of Bob and Emily McGinley. He was a surfer and worked as a lifeguard in high school."
"Todd Lasance Todd James Lasance (born 18 February 1985) is an Australian actor recognised for his roles in several Australian television productions including ""Home and Away"", ""Cloudstreet"", ""Underbelly"" and ""The Great Mint Swindle"". He has also appeared in several American television productions including ""The Vampire Diaries"" as Julian, Gaius Julius Caesar in ""Spartacus"" and as Edward Clariss/Rival in ""The Flash"". In 2006, Lasance made his acting debut starring on the teen drama television series ""Blue Water High"". In 2007, he was cast in the Seven Network soap opera television series ""Home and Away"" as Aden Jefferies, which is generally recognised"
"Saint""; ""The Baron""; ""The Prisoner""; ""Special Branch""; ""Department S""; ""Callan""; ""Softly, Softly""; ""Doctor Who"" (in the serials ""The Enemy of the World"", ""The Mutants"" and ""The Deadly Assassin""); ""Doomwatch""; ""Codename""; ""Public Eye""; ""Spy Trap""; ""Moonbase 3""; ""Colditz""; ""QB VII""; ""I, Claudius""; ""The Duchess of Duke Street""; ""1990""; ""The Professionals""; ""The Onedin Line""; ""Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy""; ""Chessgame"" and ""Bulman"". His wife Hana Maria was an actress. George Pravda George Pravda (19 June 1916 Prague − 1 May 1985 London) was a Czechoslovak theatre, film and television actor. He began his career in Czechoslovakia, where he was credited as Jiří Pravda,"
"in ""This Is England"". Joe Gilgun Joseph William Gilgun (born 9 March 1984) is an English actor known for several roles, including that of Eli Dingle in ITV's ""Emmerdale"", ""Woody"" in the film and TV spin-offs"" This Is England"" (2006–15), and Rudy Wade in E4's ""Misfits"". He appears as a main character in the AMC television adaptation of the Vertigo comic ""Preacher"", the charismatic Irish vampire Cassidy. Gilgun was born in Chorley, Lancashire, to Judith and Andrew. He has two younger sisters, Jennie and Rosie. He attended Rivington VA Primary School and Southlands High School. He also trained at the"
"Richard Kiel Richard Dawson Kiel (September 13, 1939 – September 10, 2014) was a tall American actor and voice artist, best known for his role as Jaws in the ""James Bond"" franchise, portraying the character in ""The Spy Who Loved Me"" (1977) and ""Moonraker"" (1979); he lampooned the role with a tongue-in-cheek cameo in ""Inspector Gadget"" (1999). His next-most recognized role is the tough, but eloquent Mr. Larson in ""Happy Gilmore"" (1996). Other notable films include ""The Longest Yard"" (1974), ""Silver Streak"" (1976), ""Force 10 from Navarone"" (1978), ""Pale Rider"" (1985) and ""Tangled"" (2010). Kiel was born in Detroit, Michigan."
"In October 2012, American television network ABC added a comedy project to be co-produced by Wallace entitled ""Man & Boy"". Since 2016, Wallace has provided commentary for Channel 5's coverage of The World's Strongest Man Contest. Wallace is a patron of the charity Build Africa. Danny Wallace (humorist) Daniel Frederick ""Danny"" Wallace (born 16 November 1976) is a British filmmaker, comedian, writer, actor, and presenter of radio and television. His notable works include the books ""Join Me"", ""Yes Man"", voice acting as the narrator for ""Thomas Was Alone"" and as Shaun Hastings for the ""Assassin's Creed"" game series, as well"
"accidentally being killed by a leading character named Sally. John Bregar John Francis Bregar (born March 1, 1985) is a Canadian actor best known for his role as Dylan Michalchuk on """". He also played Cody Flowers in ""Family Biz"". His professional acting debut was starring in the music video ""Father"" by Knights of the Realm. He played Jason Valentine in the Canadian Film Center short film, ""Todd And The Book Of Pure Evil"". He and Adamo Ruggiero were nominated for a GLAAD Media Award at the 15th Annual GLAAD Media Awards and featured in ""The Advocate"" for their roles"
"ITV series ""The Secret"", based on the true-crime book ""Let This Be Our Secret"" about murderer Colin Howell. In December 2016, Wallace joined Scottish soap opera River City as new series regular Grieg Roth. Glen Wallace Glen Wallace (born 5 May 1976) is a Northern Irish actor. He is most notable for playing Malachy Fisher on popular Channel 4 teen soap opera, Hollyoaks from 2007 onwards. He also played Mr Michaels in Wire in the Blood in 2006. He appeared in Casualty, playing Bill Tree in 2005. He played the lead character Guy in Mirror Mirror in 2006. He has"
"James Atherton James Atherton (born James Conway, ) is a British actor best known for roles as Will Savage ""Hollyoaks"" and ""Coronation Street"" as Jamie and the 2017 revival of the original stage version of ""Rita, Sue and Bob Too"". Atherton grew up in the Cumbrian village of Talkin and attended Austin Friars School in nearby Carlisle. On television, Atherton has played the serial killer Will Savage in ""Hollyoaks"" and joined the cast of ""Coronation Street"" as Jamie in October 2015. On stage, he co-starred as title character Bob in the Out of Joint Theatre Company's revival of Andrea Dunbar's"
"felt that he was a bad choice, resembling a ""poor, benevolent Santa Claus."" Nonetheless, in an attempt to make the casting work, Gilbert continued filming. After five days, both Gilbert and Broccoli determined that Werich was not menacing enough, and recast Donald Pleasence in the role – the official excuse being that Werich was ill. In the third, fourth, and fifth appearances""You Only Live Twice"", ""On Her Majesty’s Secret Service"" and ""Diamonds Are Forever""he is the primary antagonist, meeting Bond face-to-face. During the opening sequence of ""Diamonds Are Forever"", he reveals to Bond that some of his men have undergone"
"David Kennedy (actor) David Kennedy (born 1964) is a British actor best known for his role as Dirk Savage in Hollyoaks from 2011 till 2018 that made him one of the longest serving cast members on the show, and for his two roles in Eastenders as Dave Roberts and later as Ray . Kennedy has appeared in many television dramas in the UK since 1983. He has appeared in ""Ashes to Ashes"", ""Trial & Retribution"", ""Ultimate Force"", ""The Bill"", ""London's Burning"", ""Rose and Maloney"", ""Waking the Dead"", ""Reign of Fire"" and ""Holby City"". He also played the role of Billy"
"Richard Morant Richard Morant (30 October 1945 – 9 November 2011) was an English actor. Morant was born in Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire. His father was the actor Philip Morant (1909–1993). He was also a nephew of actors Bill and Linden Travers, and a cousin of actress Penelope Wilton. He enjoyed a long television and theatre career, first creating an impression as the bully Harry Flashman in a BBC adaptation of the Thomas Hughes novel, ""Tom Brown's Schooldays"" (1971), and followed this up with a regular role as Dr Dwight Enys in the popular BBC series of ""Poldark"" (1975). Morant also appeared"
"Ian Kelsey Ian Kelsey (born 17 December 1966) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Dave Glover in ITV Soap ""Emmerdale"", Matt Brewer in ""Down to Earth"", Patrick Spiller in BBC Continuing Drama ""Casualty"" and Howard Bellamy in daytime soap opera ""Doctors"", and for his 6-year-long role as Detective Inspector Richard Mayne in the TV crime series ""Blue Murder"" alongside Caroline Quentin. He also played Vinny Ashford in ITV's ""Coronation Street"" in 2016 and 2017. Kelsey started his working life as an apprentice coach builder at York railway carriage works. Kelsey trained at the Joseph"
"cinema's greatest villains. He meanwhile gave an acclaimed reading of Ludwig van Beethoven in ""Immortal Beloved"" (1994). In the 21st century, Oldman is known for his roles as Sirius Black in the ""Harry Potter"" series, James Gordon in ""The Dark Knight Trilogy"", Lord Shen in ""Kung Fu Panda 2"" (2011), George Smiley in ""Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy"" (2011), a human leader in ""Dawn of the Planet of the Apes"" (2014), and Winston Churchill in ""Darkest Hour"" (2017), which earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor. Films in which he has starred have grossed over $11 billion. In addition to"
"Tony O'Callaghan Tony O'Callaghan (born 16 June 1956) is an English television actor. His most notable role is that of Sergeant Matt Boyden on the British television series ""The Bill"" from 1991 to 2003. He had previously appeared as a villain in ""The Bill"" in 1989 (S05E81, A Matter of Trust). In addition to his role on ""The Bill"", he has also appeared in the television series ""The Magnificent Evans"", ""Family Affairs"", ""Holby City"" ""Doctors"", ""EastEnders"", ""Shameless"", ""Three Up, Two Down"", ""The Upper Hand"" and ""The Coven"" (in 2014). In 2007 O'Callaghan starred in the UK ""Let It Out"" Kleenex"