Posts about specific movie/TV actors
James Brian Mark Purefoy is the super talented and ultra hunky British actor, and he turns 47 today, Friday, June 3. And "hunky" is not just my opinion: he was voted "Hunk of the Year" by a British television magazine in 1997. Well, as far as I'm concerned, he's very well-preserved and deserves a "Hunk …
Continue reading Guest Post: A Birthday Tribute to James Purefoy!
With the news that Costner will play Jonathan Kent in the new Superman film, Man of Steel, I thought I should write up about his rise to super-stardom and his fall from that status. You see I never thought of Costner as good actor and yet I’ve seen every single film of his from 1985 …
Continue reading Guest Post: The rise and fall of Kevin Costner’s career
A few weeks ago, my friend Novia from the awesome blog Polychrome Interest asked me and a few other bloggers to write a tribute to her all-time favorite actor. Of course, I agree to do it. I like Cillian, he's one of my top ten favorite Irish actors whom I first noticed in Batman Begins …
Continue reading Happy Birthday Cillian Murphy! 35 reasons I’m a fan of the Irish actor
I began jotting this list right after I saw Hanna a few weeks ago, but since May 14th, is her 42nd birthday, it's fitting to publish this today in her honor. Catherine Élise Blanchett, the Melbourne-born actress seemed to be destined for greatness right from the time she graduated from Australia's National Institute of Dramatic …
Continue reading Seven Favorite Cate Blanchett’s Performances
English actor Andy Serkis turns 47 today. Best known for playing the computer-generated character Gollum in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, he was easily the hardest working actor on the set due to the complexity of the creative process of bringing Gollum to the screen. According to IMDb, Serkis spent almost two years in …
Indeed, the perpetually under-appreciated and underrated British actor Rufus Sewell is the male lead of three superb episodes of Zen, which appeared on BBC1 the first three Sundays in January, 2011. If you're in the US, look for Zen on Masterpiece Mystery on PBS this summer, beginning July 17. Check out the PBS trailer. ,,, Acquiring …
Continue reading GUEST POST: Rufus Sewell is the Compelling & Dapper Detective Aurelio Zen
One of my favorite Scottish actors Ewan McGregor turns 40 today! Boy, he still looks so youthful. He certainly ages well and is still busier than ever! I've only seen about a dozen of his work, which sounds like a lot but it's only a quarter of the number of films he's churned out. Ewan …
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