Vladek Sheybal

Vladek Sheybal

Vladek Sheybal Biography Vladek Sheybal was a Polish character actor, singer, and director who left a mark on the British stage and screen. Born on March 12, 1923, in Zgierz, near Łódź, Sheybal was passionate about acting from an early age. However, at 16, he was imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp, where he was … Read more

Rick Yune

Rick Yune as Tang Ling Zao

Rick Yune Biography Rick Yune is an American actor, screenwriter, producer, and martial artist of Korean descent. Born on August 22, 1971, Yune has trained in various forms of martial arts, with Taekwondo and Boxing being his specialties. He is an Olympic-level Taekwondo black belt and a former Golden Gloves boxer. While studying at Wharton, … Read more

Gottfried John

Gottfried John as General Arkady Grigorovich Ourumov in Goldeneye cast

Gottfried John Biography Gottfried John was a well-known German stage, screen, and voice actor. Born in Berlin in 1942 during World War II, he and his mother were evacuated to East Prussia. Growing up with his single mother, John was moved in and out of various protectories and after fleeing from one when he was … Read more

Famke Janssen

Famke Janssen, Xenia Onatopp in Goldeneye cast

Famke Janssen Biography Famke Janssen is an actress and director best known for her role in the X-Men movie series. A former model, she was born on November 5, 1964, in Amstelveen, the Netherlands. She graduated from high school and studied economics for a year at the University of Amsterdam before enrolling at Columbia University’s … Read more

Pedro Armendáriz

Pedro Armendáriz was a legendary Mexican actor who left an indelible mark on the world of film. Born in Mexico City

Pedro Armendáriz Biography Pedro Armendáriz was a legendary Mexican actor who left an indelible mark on the world of film. Born in Mexico City to a Mexican father and an American mother, Armendáriz had a unique background that would serve him well in his career. After studying at California Polytechnic State University, Pedro Armendáriz returned … Read more

Daniela Bianchi

Tatiana Romanova From Russia with Love

Daniela Bianchi Biography Daniela Bianchi was born on January 31, 1942, in Rome to parents from Sirolo, Marche in Central Italy. She started her career as a model and studied ballet for eight years before pursuing a career in acting. She started acting at a young age and earned her first role as a teenager … Read more

Judi Dench

Judi Dench as M

Judi Dench Biography Dame Judith Olivia Dench was born 9 December 1934 in the Heworth area of York. She attended the Mount School, a Quaker independent secondary school. She is an accomplished English actress with a career spanning over six decades, and is one of Britain’s most revered actresses of her generation, winning many awards … Read more

Michael Kitchen

Michael Kitchen as Bill Tanner in Goldeneye cast

Michael Kitchen Biography English actor and producer Michael Kitchen has left an indelible mark in the entertainment industry with his powerful performances and versatile roles. Born on October 31, 1948, in Leicester, Kitchen was a head chorister in his church choir and performed as a soloist at a young age. After honing his craft at … Read more

Jesper Christensen

Jesper Christensen who played Mr White in Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace and Spectre

Jesper Christensen Biography Jesper Christensen was born on May 16, 1948, in Copenhagen, Denmark. He studied acting at the Danish National School of Theatre and Contemporary Dance in the 1970s, and soon became a prominent actor in Danish theater and film. Christensen made his film debut in the 1976 movie Strømer, and quickly gained recognition … Read more

Jack Lord

Jack Lord

Jack Lord Biography John Joseph Patrick Ryan, better known by his stage name Jack Lord, was a multi-talented American actor, director, and producer. He was born to Irish-American parents in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn, New York, on December 30, 1920. Lord spent his childhood days on his mother’s fruit farm in the Hudson River … Read more

Izabella Scorupco

Izabella Scorupco Bond girl Natalya Simonova in Goldeneye cast

Izabella Scorupco Biography Izabella Scorupco is a Polish-born Swedish-American actress, singer, and model best known for her role as Bond girl Natalya Simonova in the movie GoldenEye (1995). She was born in Białystok, Poland in 1970 to Lech, a musician, and Magdalena Skorupko, a doctor. At the age of one, her parents separated, and she … Read more

Honor Blackman

Honor Blackman played Pussy Galore

Honor Blackman Biography Honor Blackman was an English actress best known for her portrayal of Cathy Gale in the British television series The Avengers and as the Bond girl Pussy Galore in the James Bond film Goldfinger. She was born on August 22, 1925, in Plaistow, East London, England, to a middle-class family. She attended … Read more

Bruce Glover

Bruce Glover as Mr. Wint

Bruce Glover Biography Born on May 2, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois, Bruce Herbert Glover is an American character actor best known for his role as part of the henchman duo Mr Wint and Mr Kidd in the Bond movie Diamonds are Forever (1971). A veteran of the US Army, serving from 1953 to 1955 and … Read more

Serena Gordon

Serena Gordon as Caroline the Bond girl in GoldenEye

Serena Gordon Biography Serena Gordon, born on 3 September 1963 in London, is an English actress best known for her role in James Bond film GoldenEye (1995), and as Acting Superintendent Amanda Prosser long running role in British police show The Bill. Throughout her career, Gordon has appeared in numerous TV, film and theatre productions … Read more

Sean Bean

Sean Bean cast as Bond villain in Goldeneye

Sean Bean Biography Sean Bean is a renowned English actor, born as Shaun Mark Bean on 17th April 1959 in Handsworth, Sheffield. As a youth, he had aspirations of becoming a professional footballer but an injury to his leg made it impossible. In 1975, he left school with O levels in Art and English and … Read more

Robert Shaw

Robert Shaw

Robert Shaw Biography Robert Archibald Shaw was a versatile and accomplished actor, playwright, screenwriter, and author. Born on August 9, 1927, in Westhoughton, Lancashire, Shaw’s early years were spent in the theatre, where he honed his craft and established himself as a talented performer. Robert Shaw’s first big break came in 1946 when he appeared … Read more

Robbie Coltrane

Robbie Coltrane as Valentin Zukovsky

Robbie Coltrane Biography Robbie Coltrane OBE (30 March 1950 – 14 October 2022) was a Scottish actor and comedian who left a lasting impact in the entertainment industry with his talent and versatility. Born as Anthony Robert McMillan, he was raised in Rutherglen and attended Belmont House School and Glenalmond College. He later pursued art … Read more

Martine Beswick

Martine Beswick in Thunderball

Martine Beswick Biography Martine Beswick is a Jamaica-born British actress and model who is best known for her roles in two James Bond films, From Russia with Love and Thunderball. She was born on 26 September 1941 in Port Antonio, Jamaica, to a British father, Ronald Stuart Davis Beswick, and a Portuguese-Jamaican mother, Myrtle May … Read more

Lotte Lenya

Rosa Klebb From Russia with Love

Lotte Lenya Biography Lotte Lenya was a multi-talented performer who left a lasting impact on the world of music and acting. With her roots in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, she was born Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blaumauer on October 18, 1898 in Vienna, Austria. Despite her humble beginnings, Lenya was passionate about dance and went on to … Read more

Aliza Gur

Aliza Gur

Aliza Gur Biography Aliza Gur, born Alizia Gross, was a trailblazer in the entertainment industry. Born on April 1, 1940 in Ramat Gan, British Mandate of Palestine (now Israel), she was raised in a family of Ashkenazi Jewish descent who had fled Nazi Germany. A former Miss Israel and a semi-finalist in the Miss Universe … Read more

Alan Cumming

Alan Cumming as Boris Grishenko in cast of GoldenEye

Alan Cumming Biography Alan Cumming is a Scottish actor born in Aberfeldy, Perthshire on January 27, 1965 who has an extensive TV, film and theatre portfolio. He was raised in Carnoustie and Monikie Primary School. Despite facing emotional and physical violence from his father during his childhood, Cumming cites these experiences as instrumental in teaching … Read more

Frank McRae

Frank McRae Biography Frank McRae was known for his multiple talents in football, acting, and comedic performance. Born in Memphis, Tennessee on March 18, 1941, McRae was a proud alumnus of Tennessee State University, where he earned a double major in drama and history. He went on to play professional football as a defensive tackle … Read more

Everett McGill

Everett McGill

Everett McGill Biography Everett McGill, born on October 21, 1945, in Miami, Florida, is a versatile actor known mostly for his portrayals of intimidating military figures and malevolent antagonists. With a career spanning several decades, McGill has made a name for himself in Hollywood with his powerful acting abilities. Starting his journey in the entertainment … Read more

Carey Lowell

Carey Lowell as Pam Bouvier, the ex-Army pilot, and DEA informant that helps Bond in Licence to Kill

Carey Lowell Biography Carey Lowell, born on February 11, 1961 in Huntington, New York, is a multi-talented actress and former model best known for her role as Bond girl Pam Bouvier and as Assistant District Attorney Jamie Ross in TV series Law & Order. The daughter of geologist James Lowell, Carey grew up traveling the … Read more