Saturday, March 28, 2020

Ernie Hudson

Earnest Lee Hudson (born 17 December 1945 in Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA) is an American character actor. He has appeared in dozens of film and television roles throughout his career, but is perhaps best known for his roles as Winston Zeddemore in Ghostbusters (1984) and its 1989 sequel, Sergeant Darryl Albrecht in The Crow (1994), and Warden Leo Glynn in the HBO series Oz (1997–2003). Hudson has also acted in the films Leviathan (1989), The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992), Airheads (1994), The Basketball Diaries (1995), Congo (1995) and Miss Congeniality (2000). He had a cameo in the remake of Ghostbusters (2016) and will reprise his role as Winston in the upcoming Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2020).

I met Ernie at Collectormania Glasgow in August 2008.

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Friday, March 27, 2020

Erika Eleniak

Erika Eleniak (born 29 September 1969 in Glendale, California, USA) is an American actress, Playboy Playmate and former model best known for her role in Baywatch (1989-92) as Shauni McClain. Her film debut was a small part in E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982). She later starred in the films The Blob (1988), Under Siege (1992), The Beverly Hillbillies (1993), Chasers (1994) and Bordello of Blood (1996).

I purchased Erika's autograph from Monopoly Events after she had appeared at Comic Con Liverpool in March 2020.

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Paul Blake

Paul Blake (born 1949 in Birmingham, England) is an English actor who is best known for portraying the bounty hunter Greedo in Star Wars (1977). He also had minor roles in Some of My Best Friends Are... (1971) and Hennessy (1975), as well as some roles in television series such as Down to Earth (2001) and Crossroads (1964).

I met Paul at Collectormania Glasgow in August 2010.

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Paul Darrow

Paul Darrow (born Paul Valentine Birkby on 2 May 1941 in Chessington, Surrey, England; died 3 June 2019) was an English actor. He became best known for playing Kerr Avon in the BBC science fiction television series Blake's 7 between 1978 and 1981. His many television roles included two appearances in another BBC science fiction series, Doctor Who, playing Captain Hawkins in Doctor Who and the Silurians (1970) and Tekker in Timelash (1985).

I met Paul at Collectormania Glasgow in August 2010.

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Paul Darrow at the Entertainment Media Show in October 2012

Kate Dickie

Kate Dickie (born 23 March 1971 in East Kilbride, Scotland) is a Scottish actress who has appeared in television series, stage plays and films. She is known for her television roles as Lex in the BBC series Tinsel Town (2000–01) and Lysa Arryn in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011-14). She appeared as Ford in Prometheus (2012), as Katherine in The Witch (2015) and as First Order Officer in Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017).

I have met Kate twice: at Collectormania Glasgow in August 2014 and at a Matchbox Cineclub screening of The Witch at the Centre for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow in October 2018.

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Saturday, March 21, 2020

Andy Herd

Andrew Herd is an actor who has appeared in a number of high-profile fantasy films. He is known for his roles as an Ewok and a Jawa in Return of the Jedi (1983), a Goblin in Labyrinth (1986), a Nelwyn Villager in Willow (1988) and a Gringotts Goblin in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011).

I met Andy at Film & Comic Con Newcastle in March 2015.

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Rune Vindenes

Rune Vindenes is a Norwegian actor who played a Hoth Rebel in The Empire Strikes Back (1980).

I met Rune at Film & Comic Con Newcastle in March 2015.


Photo credit: Bergens Tidende

Ray Park

Raymond Park (born 23 August 1974 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish actor, author and martial artist. He is best known for playing Darth Maul in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999) and Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), Toad in X-Men (2000), Snake-Eyes in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009) and G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013).

He started his career in film as a stunt double for Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (1997), doing the stunts for both Robin Shou and James Remar. Park also did some cameos as monsters, including Baraka.

I met Ray at Film & Comic Con Newcastle in March 2015.

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Max Grodénchik

Max Grodénchik (born 12 November 1952 in New York City, New York, USA), also known as Michael Grodénchik, is an American stage, film and television actor, best known for his role as Rom, a recurring character on the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993-99). I also know him for his role as Wilmer in Rocketeer (1991) and for playing the titular character in the horror film Rumpelstiltskin (1995).

I met Max at Film & Comic Con Newcastle in March 2015.

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Monday, March 16, 2020

Garrett Wang

Garrett Richard Wang (born 15 December 1968 in Riverside, California, USA) is an American actor who is known for his role as Ensign Harry Kim in the television series Star Trek: Voyager (1995-2001).

I met Garrett at Film & Comic Con Newcastle in March 2015.

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Pam Rose

Pam Rose (born August 1947) is an English actress and model who portrayed Leesub Sirln, an alien in Chalmun's Spaceport Cantina, in Star Wars (1977).

I met Pam at Film & Comic Con Newcastle in March 2015.

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Saturday, March 14, 2020

David Stone

David Stone is an English actor who portrayed Wioslea in Star Wars (1977), an X-Wing Pilot in The Empire Strike Back (1980) and a B-Wing Pilot in Return of the Jedi (1983).

I met David at Film & Comic Con Newcastle in March 2016.

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Jeremy Bulloch

Jeremy Bulloch (born 16 February 1945 in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England; died 17 December 2020) was an English actor best known for the role of the bounty hunter Boba Fett in the Star Wars films The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Return of the Jedi (1983). He also portrayed Captain Jeremoch Colton in Revenge of the Sith (2005) and had small parts in three James Bond films: as HMS Ranger Crewman in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) and as Smithers in both For Your Eyes Only (1981) and Octopussy (1983).

I met Jeremy at Collectormania Glasgow in December 2008.

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Jeremy Bulloch as Boba Fett with Return of the Jedi
director Richard Marquand

Casey Biggs

Casey Patrick Biggs (born 4 April 1955 in Toledo, Ohio, USA) is an American actor, best known for his role as the Cardassian Damar, on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1996-99). He has appeared in movies such as The Pelican Brief (1993), Broken Arrow (1996) and Shadow Conspiracy (1997).

I met Casey at Collectormania Glasgow in August 2009.

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Dirk Benedict

Dirk Benedict (born Dirk Niewoehner on 1 March 1945 in Helena, Montana, USA) is an American film, television and stage actor and author. He is best known for playing the characters Lieutenant Templeton "Faceman" Peck in the television series The A-Team (1983-87) and Lieutenant Starbuck in the television series Battlestar Galactica (1978-79).

I met Dirk at Collectormania Glasgow in December 2008 and August 2014. I also saw him at Comic Con Scotland in Edinburgh in November 2018.

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Friday, March 13, 2020

Devon Murray

Devon Murray (born 28 October 1988 in Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland) is an Irish actor best known for playing Seamus Finnigan in all eight Harry Potter film series.

I met Devon at Film & Comic Con Newcastle in March 2016.

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Charlotte Hope

Charlotte Hope (born 15 October 1990 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England) is an English actress, best known for her roles as Myranda in the HBO drama series Game of Thrones (2013–16), Catherine of Aragon in the Starz historical drama The Spanish Princess (2019–present), Philippa Hawking in the Stephen Hawking biopic The Theory of Everything (2014) and Sister Victoria in the supernatural horror film The Nun (2018).

I met Charlotte at Film & Comic Con Glasgow in August 2015.

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Sunday, March 8, 2020

Jessica Henwick

Jessica Yu Li Henwick (born 30 August 1992 in Surrey England) is an English actress. She was the first actress of East Asian descent to play the lead role in a British television series, having starred in the children's show Spirit Warriors (2009–10). She is also known for her roles as Nymeria Sand in HBO series Game of Thrones (2015–17), X-wing pilot Jessika Pava in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) and the character Colleen Wing in Iron Fist (2017–2018), The Defenders (2017) and the second season of Luke Cage (2018).

I met Jessica at Sheffield Film & Comic Con in August 2015.

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Mark Rolston

Mark Rolston (born 7 December 1956 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA) is an American actor, known for his supporting roles in popular films such as Aliens (1986), Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), Robocop 2 (1990), The Shawshank Redemption (1994), Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back (1995), Eraser (1996), Daylight (1996), Rush Hour (1998), The Departed (2006), Saw V (2008) and Saw VI (2009).

I met Mark at The Entertainment Media Show in London in October 2012 and at Film & Comic Con Glasgow in August 2017.

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Saturday, March 7, 2020

Jenette Goldstein

Jenette Elise Goldstein (born 4 February 1960 in Los Angeles, California, USA) is an American actress, best known for her role as Private Vasquez in the 1986 science fiction horror action film Aliens and as John Connor's foster mother in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991). She also appeared as the vampire Diamondback in Near Dark (1987), Officer Meagan Shapiro in Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), the USS Enterprise science officer in Star Trek Generations (1994) and an Irish immigrant mother in Titanic (1997).

I met Jenette at Film & Comic Con Glasgow in August 2017. I obtained her autograph through the Showmasters send-in service in, I believe, 2015.

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Colette Hiller

Colette Hiller is an American actress who starred on film, theatre and television. She attended the Performing Arts Academy in New York as a teenager and appeared in the original musical play of Annie. She was also in other films and plays such as Birth of the Beatles (1979), Ragtime (1981), The Lonely Lady (1983) and Strong Medicine (1986). She played Corporal Ferro in the 1986 film Aliens.

I met Colette at Film & Comic Con Glasgow in August 2017.

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