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Louis C.K. "That's What Alcohol Does to Famous People", Part 3. Talking Funny - HBO. Martin Short – Serious Jibber-Jabber with Conan O'Brien. Jack Black. Buster Keaton. Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) was an American comic actor, filmmaker, producer and writer.[1] He was best known for his silent films, in which his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression, earning him the nickname "The Great Stone Face".[2] Buster Keaton (his lifelong stage name) was recognized as the seventh-greatest director by Entertainment Weekly.[3] In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Keaton the 21st-greatest male star.[4] Critic Roger Ebert wrote of Keaton's "extraordinary period from 1920 to 1929, [when] he worked without interruption on a series of films that make him, arguably, the greatest actor-director in the history of the movies.

Buster Keaton

"[2] His career declined afterward with a dispiriting loss of his artistic independence when he was hired on to MGM which fueled a crippling alcoholism that ruined his family life. Spencer Tracy. Spencer Bonaventure Tracy (April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was an American actor, noted for his natural style and versatility.

Spencer Tracy

One of the major stars of Hollywood's Golden Age, Tracy was nominated for nine Academy Awards for Best Actor and won two, sharing the record for nominations in that category with Laurence Olivier. Tracy left MGM in 1955 and continued to work regularly as a freelance star, despite an increasing weariness as he aged. His personal life was troubled, with a lifelong struggle against alcoholism and guilt over his son's deafness. Tracy became estranged from his wife in the 1930s but never divorced, conducting a long-term relationship with Katharine Hepburn in private.

Towards the end of his life, Tracy worked almost exclusively for director Stanley Kramer. During his career, Tracy appeared in 75 films and developed a reputation among his peers as one of the screen's greatest actors. Guy Pearce. Early life[edit] Pearce was born in Ely, Cambridgeshire.[3] His mother, Anne Cocking (née Pickering), was a County Durham-born schoolteacher specialising in needlework and home economics, and his father, Stuart Pearce, was a New Zealand-born air force test pilot who died when Pearce was nine.[4][5][6] When he was three years old, Pearce moved to Geelong, Victoria, where his mother ran a deer farm.

Guy Pearce

He attended the Geelong College, a local private school, and was a member of the GSODA Junior Players. From the age of 15 to 22, he was a competitive amateur bodybuilder, leading to the title of Junior Mr. Victoria. He also partook in fencing. Pearce starred in several theatre productions when he was young, and at 17 years of age he auditioned for his first film role; a part in "Life and Study at University", a promotion for University study produced and directed by Peter Lane of Deakin University. Ben Mendelsohn. Paul Benjamin "Ben" Mendelsohn (born 3 April 1969) is an Australian actor.

Ben Mendelsohn

Personal life[edit] Mendelsohn was born in Melbourne, Australia, the son of Carole Ann (née Ferguson) and Frederick Arthur Oscar Mendelsohn.[1][2] His father is a prominent medical researcher who heads the Howard Florey Institute in Melbourne. Ryan Gosling. Paul Dano. Early life[edit] Dano was born in New York City, New York, the son of Gladys (née Pipp) and Paul A.

Paul Dano

Dano. He spent the first few years of his childhood in New York City and initially attended the Browning School, while his father worked as a businessman in New York.[1][2] While he was a child, Dano's family moved to New Canaan, Connecticut, finally settling in Wilton, Connecticut.[1] Dano continued his education there at Wilton High School, graduating in 2002 and attending Eugene Lang College in New York City.[1] He was involved in community theatre, and while performing in New Canaan, his parents were encouraged to take him to New York.[1] Career[edit] Dano in December 2007. He came to greater attention in 2006, when he played a voluntarily mute teenager as part of an ensemble in the comedic drama Little Miss Sunshine, which received critical acclaim and collective awards for its cast.

Gabriel Byrne. Early life[edit] Career[edit] Byrne worked in archaeology when he left UCD.

Gabriel Byrne

Daniel Day-Lewis. Woody Harrelson. William H. Macy. Early life[edit] Career[edit] Macy in 2010 In a November 2003 interview with USA Today, Macy stated that he wanted to star in a big-budget action movie "for the money, for the security of a franchise like that".

William H. Macy

He serves as director-in-residence at the Atlantic Theater Company in New York, where he teaches a technique called Practical Aesthetics. A book describing the technique, A Practical Handbook for the Actor (ISBN 0-394-74412-8), is dedicated to Macy and Mamet. In 2007, Macy starred in Wild Hogs, a film about middle-aged men reliving their youthful days by taking to the open road on their Harley-Davidson motorcycles from Cincinnati to the Pacific Coast. Shameless[edit] Personal life[edit] Macy and actress Felicity Huffman have been married since September 6, 1997; they have two daughters Sophia Grace (born August 1, 2000) and Georgia Grace (born March 14, 2002). Philip Seymour Hoffman. Philip Seymour Hoffman (July 23, 1967 – February 2, 2014) was an American actor, director, and producer of film and theater.

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Best known for his supporting and character roles – typically lowlifes, bullies, and misfits – Hoffman was a regular presence in films from the early 1990s until his death at age 46. Hoffman struggled with drug addiction as a young adult, and relapsed in 2013 after many years of sobriety. In February 2014, he died of combined drug intoxication – an unexpected event that was widely lamented by the film and theater fraternities.

Inside The Actors Studio - Robert Downey Jr. Michael J. Fox.