Rik Makarem is an English actor who is currently known for playing cast regular Nikhil Sharma in Emmerdale. He has also starred in BBC's Torchwood Children of Earth alongside John Barrowman and has featured in ITV period drama Foyle's War. He is soon to be appearing in the upcoming period movie The Duel, an Anton Chekhov adaptation, which is already receiving rave reviews from a mini release in the US.

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Kelvin Fletcher is an English actor and model who has played Andy Sugden in the long-running television soap opera Emmerdale since 1996.

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Tom Lister is an English actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Carl King on the British soap opera Emmerdale.

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James Thornton is an English actor and Voice-over artist, currently plays John Barton in the British soap opera Emmerdale.

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Eva Jacqueline Longoria Parker (born Eva Jacqueline Longoria; March 15, 1975) is an American actress and fashion model. She currently plays Gabrielle Solis on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. She became a nationally recognized model in the 2000's after appearing in several high-profile advertising campaigns and numerous men's magazines, reaching #14 in the FHM "Sexiest Women 2008" poll, and having appeared on the cover of various international women's magazines including Vogue, Marie Claire and Harper's Bazaar. Longoria married NBA guard Tony Parker in 2007.

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Michael Charles Chiklis (born August 30, 1963) is an American actor, voice actor and occasional director. He is known for starring in the TV series The Commish (1991–1996) and The Shield (2002–2008) as well as for his role as The Thing in the Fantastic Four film series.

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Thomas Cruise Mapother IV ( born July 3, 1962), better known by his screen name of Tom Cruise, is an American actor and film producer. Forbes magazine ranked him as the world's most powerful celebrity in 2006. He has been nominated for three Academy Awards and won three Golden Globe Awards. His first leading role was the 1983 film Risky Business, which has been described as "A Generation X classic, and a career-maker" for the actor. After playing the role of a heroic naval pilot in the popular and financially successful 1986 film Top Gun, Cruise continued in this vein, playing a secret agent in a series of Mission: Impossible action films in the 1990s and 2000s. In addition to these heroic roles, he played other parts such as the misogynistic male guru in Magnolia (1999) and a cool and calculating sociopathic hitman in the Michael Mann crime-thriller film Collateral (2004). In 2005, the Hollywood journalist, Edward Jay Epstein argued that Cruise is one of the few producers (the others being George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Jerry Bruckheimer) who are able to guarantee the success of a billion-dollar movie franchise. Since 2005, Cruise and Paula Wagner have been in charge of the United Artists film studio, with Cruise as producer and star and Wagner as the chief executive. Cruise is also known for his controversial support of and adherence to the Church of Scientology.

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David Michael Hasselhoff (born July 17, 1952) is an American actor and singer. He is best known for his lead roles as Michael Knight in the popular 1980s U.S. series Knight Rider and as L.A. County Lifeguard Mitch Buchannon in the series Baywatch. Hasselhoff also produced Baywatch for a number of series in the 1990s up until 2001, when the series ended with Baywatch Hawaii. Hasselhoff also crossed over to a music career during the end of the 1980s and the early 1990s. He was noted for his performance when the Berlin Wall was brought down in 1989. He enjoyed a short lived success as a singer primarily in German-speaking Europe, particularly in Germany and Austria. More recently, Hasselhoff has been involved with talent shows such as NBC's America's Got Talent in 2006. Hasselhoff's autobiography, Making Waves, was released in the United Kingdom in September 2006.

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Kathleen "Bird" York is an Academy Award-nominated recording artist, actor and screenwriter. After spending years in the indie circuit, York achieved global recognition with her song "In the Deep",(co written with Michael Becker) which appears on her album Wicked Little High and was written for the 2004 film Crash. "In the Deep" debuted at #64 on the Billboard chart and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song. York performed the song live at the 78th Academy Awards in 2006. Her song, "Have No Fear" (co written with Michael Becker), was also the main theme song in Seven Pounds. York's songs have also been featured on such series as House, Nip/Tuck, CSI: NY, In Justice, NCIS, and Everwood, as well as her work as the featured artist for the 2001 season of the TV series Family Law. As an actress, York has starred in over a hundred film and television projects. York starred as a young Naomi Judd in Love Can Build a Bridge, the four hour NBC miniseries about her life. Other credits include six seasons of the The West Wing as Andrea Wyatt, Cold Feet, Northern Lights, Sublime, Crash. She appeared in The O.C., playing Lindsay's mother. She also appeared in indie films such as Cries of Silence, The Big Day and Ball Don't Lie and on Curb Your Enthusiasm and Desperate Housewives. As a screenwriter, York has developed projects for Warner Brothers, Sony, Paramount and is currently writing a one hour pilot for Fox Television Studios. Her latest EP Have No Fear was released on December 19, 2008 and a completed full record is expected to be released in 2009.

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Tracy Marrow (born February 16, 1958), better known by his stage name Ice-T, is a Grammy Award- and NAACP Image Award-winning American rapper, actor, and author. He is credited with helping to pioneer gangsta rap, a sub-genre of hip hop music, in the late 1980s. As an actor, he is perhaps best known for his portrayal of NYPD Detective Odafin "Fin" Tutuola on the NBC police drama Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

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