Advanced search

Aaron Taylor-Johnson is an English stage, television, and film actor.

He was born Aaron Perry Johnson in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, to Sarah and Robert Johnson, a civil engineer. He has a sister, Gemma Johnson, who had a small role in his movie Tom & Thomas (2002). Aaron is of English-Russian Jewish descent.

He began performing at age six, appearing in plays like Macbeth and All My Sons. He worked frequently on television as a young actor, having roles in the TV films San Giovanni: L'Apocalisse (2002), Behind Closed Doors (2003), The Best Man (2006), and Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (2007), and series The Bill (1984), Family Business (2003), Feather Boy (2004), Casualty (1986), Talk to Me (2007), and Nearly Famous (2007). He made his feature debut in the British film Tom & Thomas (2002), where he played the dual title roles. His first American film was the sequel Hiệp Sĩ Thượng Hải (2003), playing a child version of Charles Chaplin, and his early film credits also include Dead Cool (2004), The Thief Lord (2006), and Ảo Thuật Gia (2006), where he played a young version of Edward Norton's character Eisenheim.

Aaron became known in England after playing a leading role in the film Yêu Tuổi Xì Tin (2008), opposite Georgia Groome. He then co-starred with Carey Mulligan in the American drama The Greatest (2009), played John Lennon in the biography Tuổi Trẻ Của John Lennon (2009), and had the lead role of a teenage would-be superhero, Dave Lizewski, in the action superhero riff Người Hùng Củ Chuối (2010), which introduced him to a wide American audience.

After appearing in the thriller Phòng Chat Tử Thần (2010), Aaron had a large part in the Irish-set drama Albert Nobbs (2011), and co-starred with Taylor Kitsch and Blake Lively in Oliver Stone's California-based action-thriller Những Kẻ Man Rợ (2012). Also in 2012, he played Keira Knightley's character's forbidden love interest, Count Vronsky, in the adaptation Chuyện Tình Anna (2012), set in Russia.

After reprising his role in the sequel Người Hùng Củ Chuối 2 (2013), Aaron had starring roles in his two biggest films to date, the blockbusters Quái Vật Godzilla (2014), as soldier Ford Brody, and Avengers: Đế Chế Ultron (2015), as Pietro Maximoff (known as Quicksilver in the Marvel comic books). He first played Pietro in a mid-credits scene in Captain America: Chiến Binh Mùa Đông (2014). Next, he won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the shady Ray in the drama Kẻ Săn Đêm (2016), and co-starred with John Cena in the war thriller The Wall (2017).

While filming Tuổi Trẻ Của John Lennon (2009), Aaron began a relationship with the film's director, artist Sam Taylor-Wood. The two married in 2012, and blended their surnames together. Aaron began being credited as Aaron Taylor-Johnson, while Sam became known as Sam Taylor-Johnson. The couple has two children together, and Aaron is also stepfather to Sam's two daughters from her previous marriage.

Sophie Rundle is an English actress. Born on April 21, 1988 to Fiona and Michael Rundle, she has two brothers James and Henry. She attended the Bournemouth School for Girls before going on to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where she graduated in 2011 with a BA in Acting.

Upon graduation, she appeared in the period drama Garrow's Law (2009) and was part of the huge cast recreating the fate of the passenger liner Titanic (2012), which aired on the 100th anniversary of the disaster. Most of her appearances have been in dramas set in bygone days, from the 17th-century Jamestown (2017), the post-war The Bletchley Circle (2012) and Call the Midwife (2012), and the 1920s gangster saga Bóng Ma Anh Quốc (2013). She had contemporary roles in the sitcom Not Safe for Work (2015) and played the brave young PC Kirsten McAskill in Happy Valley (2014).

On stage, she has also gone back to the 1920s in Noel Coward's 'The Vortex' at the Rose, Kingston and on film to the nineteenth century with Những Kỳ Vọng Lớn Lao (2012). In 2015, she joined another huge cast playing the pre-'Bleak House' Lady Dedlock in Dickensian (2015), a mash-up of various characters from books by Charles Dickens in a fictional interaction. In 2018 she will be seen in the series Bodyguard (2018).

Born in Buckinghamshire, Alex started acting around the age of 8 years old. His most well known role was playing Josh Barker in the award winning children's sitcom 'My Parents Are Aliens' between 1999 and 2005. He also had a small role in 'About A Boy' and played the character of Declan in the last series of '2Point4 Children'. His theatre credits include Stephen Daldry's production of 'An Inspector Calls' at The Garrick Theatre and he played the bell boy in David Lan's 2004 revival of the Thornton Wilder play 'The Skin Of Our Teeth'. As well as an actor, Alex is also a musician and has performed and recorded with various bands and as a solo artist since 2005.

Michael Fox was born on 5 January 1989 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Tu Viện Downton (2019), Tu Viện Downton (2010) and Cuộc Di Tản Dunkirk (2017).

Lucinda Dryzek was born on 4 August 1991 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Cướp Biển Vùng Caribê: Lời Nguyền Của Tàu Ngọc Trai Đen (2003), Thành Phố Dưới Lòng Đất (2008) and Five Days (2007).

Scott Forbes was born on 11 September 1920 in High Wycombe, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956), The Saint (1962) and The Penthouse (1967). He was married to Jeanne Moody. He died on 25 February 1997 in Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK.

Known for playing the younger version of Hodor in Game of Thrones (2016) as well as the mentally disturbed Bud in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre prequel, Leatherface (2017), Sam (born Samuel Joseph Coleman) is a young, British actor who was born in High Wycombe (UK) on the 26th of September 1996.

Sam's journey into the world of acting started when his mother took him to a local theatre group at the age of 5 to boost his confidence. As a teenager, Sam developed his skills and gained experience with the Jacqueline Fox school of dance and the East Sussex School of Performing Arts.

Since then Sam has gone on to perform in UK concert tours alongside the likes of Kerry Ellis and Ruthie Henshall as well as working in film and television, most notably playing the young Hodor in Game of Thrones.

As well as his acting exploits Sam is also a keen writer and poet. When he's not working, he is usually writing something. Sam is also quite openly political as a proud socialist and member of the UK Labour Party.

Since November 2015, Sam has stuck to a strictly vegan diet due to his views on animal cruelty and climate change as well as being conscious about his weight. Sam is also an atheist and a member of Humanists UK, sighting some of his secular heroes as Tim Minchin, Derren Brown and Shappi Khorsandi (to name a few).

Sam has often said that his main life goal is to one day be in a position where he can make a lasting and meaningful difference to the lives of the disadvantaged, be that through activism, philanthropy or both.

Jean Shrimpton was born on 7 November 1942 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Privilege (1967), Double Pisces, Scorpio Rising (1970) and We'll Take Manhattan (2012). She has been married to Michael Cox since 12 January 1979. They have one child.

Heston is a self-taught English chef renowned for his experimental and scientific approach to cooking and gastronomy. He holds multiple honorary degrees in recognition of his scientific approach to cooking. He is the head chef of The Fat Duck, a three Michelin-starred restaurant voted the best restaurant in the world in 2005, and the best restaurant in the UK for a number of years. Additionally, it was voted best restaurant in the world in 2005 by Restaurant magazine. Since that date, it was awarded 2nd place in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, 3rd in 2010 and 5th in 2011, and 12th in 2012.

His reputation is based upon his constant and meticulous scientific examination of food. This includes both the chemical processes subjected to food structures during cooking, and also the inherent physical properties of foodstuffs. Blumenthal's famously experimental dishes include bacon and egg ice cream and snail porridge.

Heston Blumenthal regularly collaborates with scientists such as Dr Peter Barham, Reader of Physics at Bristol University and author of the book The Science of Cooking, and Dr Charles Spence, an experimental psychologist at the University of Oxford, with whom they experimented on the use of headphones whilst eating.

He has been a regular contributor to various BBC food programmes, has written a number of books on cooking and recipes, and contributes to newspapers such as The Guardian.

Blumenthal has had numerous books published. His first book was Family Food: A new approach to cooking in 2000. His second book was Heston Blumenthal: In Search of Perfection in 2006 (in which he attempts to find the best way of preparing classic dishes, including fish and chips and Black Forest gateau). Heston Blumenthal: Further Adventures In Search of Perfection was published in 2007 and The Big Fat Duck Cook Book in 2008 published by Bloomsbury. "Heston Blumenthal at Home" was published in late 2011 and is currently in the top 10 in the food and drink category on Amazon's bestseller's list.

The Big Fat Duck Cookbook is a 532 page cookbook written by Blumenthal and published in 2008.

Heston won the Food & Wine Personality of the Year Award - GQ Magazine, Glenfiddich Awards in 2004.

In 2005 he produced a series of six half-hour television programmes called Kitchen Chemistry with Heston Blumenthal which were transmitted on Discovery Science along with a book Kitchen Chemistry, published by the Royal Society of Chemistry and distributed to six thousand schools in the UK and Ireland. To date, it is the most successful book ever produced by the Society.

He opened his first London restaurant, Dinner, in the exclusive Mandarin Oriental Hotel where he has abandoned his experimental approach to food in favour of studied approach to classic English cooking. Heston is represented in London, UK by Useful Talent.

Ria Lina was born in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. Ria is an actor and writer, known for Lovestruck High (2022), Mock the Week (2005) and Jack Dee Live at the Apollo (2004).

Anneka Svenska is an actress, UK TV presenter and animal expert, with a 20-year history in TV, theatre and film. She is most famous for her successful Channel 5 cult show outTHERE (2001), which ran for three years. Anneka wrote and hosted this movie show as fictional spoof character "Eden", - a cyberbabe with the extraordinary power to channel video images.

As well as "outTHERE", Anneka has appeared in TFI Friday (1996), The Big Breakfast (1999), Bump & Grind (2006), Clubavision (2000), "Granada Movies", "Movie Cafe", Brainiac (2007), It's Me or the Dog (2008), Rory Bremner (1988), "The Generation Game", Still Crazy (1998), The Lost Son (1999) and EastEnders (1985).

Anneka's love of theatre started when she trained at the Jackie Palmer Stage School between the age of 4 and 16, where she appeared in a production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Joseph and The Technicolour Dreamcoat". She carried on her school education, winning awards for her comedy writing and directing at her local high school. Anneka practiced at this time alongside the 4 Ways Theatre Group, where she appeared in many comedy productions. Anneka later went on to graduate with honors in Dance and Drama at De Montford University and finished her training with a postgraduate diploma from The Guildford School of Acting. Anneka has trained in tap dance, comedy writing, physical theatre, Meisner, Method and stage combat.

Leigh-Anne Pinnock was born on 4 October 1991 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. She is an actress and composer, known for Sự Nổi Loạn Hoàn Hảo 2 (2015), Little Mix Feat. Sharaya J: Strip (2018) and Boxing Day (2021). She has been married to Andre Gray since June 2023.

Rachel Bright was born as Rachel Louise Murphy on December 16, 1985 in Ilford, Essex, England. She is best known for playing the regular character Poppy Meadow in EastEnders (1985) and has appeared in several other TV series and films, including Doctors (2000), Life Just Is (2012), Silly Billy (2010) and the award-winning Sometimes the Moon Is Velvet (2010).

Rachel will play the leading role of Jessica Slade in the forthcoming British cyber-crime thriller Milk and Honey: The Movie (2018), alongside Mark Wingett, Claire King, Vas Blackwood and Jonno Davies.

In addition to her film and TV appearances, Rachel's theatre performances include a UK-wide tour as Julia in Agatha Christie's A Murder is Announced, Lucy in the critically-acclaimed Dracula at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2014 and Romy in Bus Stop Kisser at the Camden People's Theatre, London.

Rachel trained at the Birmingham School of Acting.

Nita Lorraine was born on 23 January 1942 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for The Avengers (1961), The Saint (1962) and Zeta One (1969). She was previously married to Michael John Walsh.

Simon started acting in drama classes at secondary school then revisited acting again at the age of twenty by joining an improvisation class. In 1999 he took himself to Questors Theatre in Ealing London and was accepted on to their two year Performing Arts course, He has been acting for several years now and managed to meet some great supportive people along the way. He has created some good work including "Spuds Too" a film about a journey into a mans mind before he commits a crime, this was screened at the Toronto Worldwide short film festival, nominated by Terry Gilliam (twelve Monkeys). He has also worked with Sir David Jason in Diamond geezer, a great achievement in itself and now moving into 2007 having just Produced and starred in His own 10 min Short Film "Crime is a Cabaret" he's been given the opportunity to work with a great cast creating the film "Clubbed" written by Bafta award-winning writer Geoff Thompson.

James Daniel Wilson was born on 3 September 1977 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Mái Ấm Lạ Kỳ Của Cô Peregrine (2016), Phía Tây Không Có Gì Lạ (2022) and Kẻ Du Hành Trên Mây (2019).

Jack Joseph was born on 18 January 1997 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. Jack is known for Say Your Prayers (2020) and Chamber (2014).

Derrick Sherwin was born on 16 April 1936 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Paul Temple (1969), Doctor Who (1963) and Ski-Boy (1974). He was married to Sherwin, Ingsumon and Jane Sherwin. He died on 17 October 2018 in Hampton Hill, London, England, UK.

Alastair Clayton was born on 27 August 1984 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. He is a director and writer, known for In Memory (2015), Access to Work (2016) and Millefeuille (2016). He has been married to Danielle Clayton-Read since 15 October 2013.

Edward Savage was born on 15 November 1989 in High Wycombe, England, UK. He is an actor, known for EastEnders (1985), War and Peace (1998) and Love Written in Blood (2012).

Steve Armitage was born in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. He is known for MacGyver (1985), Hockey Night in Canada (1952) and 2004 Stanley Cup Finals (2004).

Shakil is a screenwriting graduate of the National Film & Television School. His first short as writer/director, "Munafiq" screened In Competition as part of the Best of British programme at Encounters Short Film Festival 2008, Dresden International Short Film Festival 2009, was nominated for the Satyajit Ray Short Film Competition 2009 and screened at the Singapore Short Film Festival 2009. He has completed his next short as writer/director. He is writing various features.

Rosie Smith was born on 8 June 1994 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.

Paula Stockbridge was born in 1961 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Gia Tài (1992), Crime Traveller (1997) and Belfry Witches (1999). She has been married to Paul Shelley since 1999.

Charlotte Roche discovered her weakness for acting at high school. She appeared in numerous plays in school theater among other things Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream", which she enriched with an anti-capitalistic belly dancing. At this time Charlotte became fascinated with Rock 'n' Roll and started the garage-punk-band The Dubinskis (UK) with three of her girl friends. Five years later, in spring 1998, Charlotte applied to the not so well known music channel VIVA II in Germany. Thousands of young people tried to get a job there but at last the black haired girl with the cheeky smile was chosen. Soon the first name that people associated with VIVA II was Charlotte Roche. All feuilletons hailed her as pop icon, because of her unconventional interview style exceeding the common level. Harald Schmidt celebrated her as "Queen of German Pop Television" and to crown it all Charlotte was nominated for the Adolf Grimme Preis in May 2001. In August 2001 she took a break for some months and at the end of the year changed to music channel VIVA. In May 2002 Charlotte received the Bayrischen Fernsehpreis. Now she is hosting the cult music program "Fast Forward" on VIVA and "Charlotte Meets..." on Pro7.