Showing posts with label Actor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Actor. Show all posts

Sunday, July 20, 2025

Carl Gabriele Yorke

Carl Gabriel Yorke (born 23 November 1952 in Burbank, California, USA) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Alan Yates in Ruggero Deodato’s Cannibal Holocaust (1980).

I met Carl at the Weird Worcester convention in June 2025, where he signed a Blu-ray sleeve and a DVD cover for me.

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Saturday, July 5, 2025

Howard Ross

Howard Ross (born Renato Rossini; 10 January 1941 in Rome, Italy) is an Italian film actor. Rossini got his first major roles in peplum films. In the mid-1960s, he adopted the stage name Howard Ross. He was mainly active in genre films, specialising in adventure films, giallo films and poliziotteschi.

I know him for films such as The Boss (1973), Werewolf Woman (1976), The Pyjama Girl Case (1977), The New York Ripper (1982), and Warriors of the Year 2072 (1984).

I met Mr Rossini at the Weird Worcester convention in June 2025.

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Monday, December 9, 2024

"Weird Al" Yankovic

Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic (born 23 October 23 1959 in Downey, California, USA) is an American comedy musician, writer, and actor. He is best known for writing and performing comedy songs that often parody specific songs by contemporary musicians. He also performs original songs that are style pastiches of the work of other acts, as well as polka medleys of several popular songs, most of which feature his trademark accordion.

So far Al has released fourteen studio albums. He also starred in the 1989 film UHF and had minor roles and cameos in various other films such as The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1987) and its two sequels (1991 and 1994), Spy Hard (1996), and Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020).

Al signed a CD cover for me after his concert at the O2 ABC in Glasgow on 9 October 2015.

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Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Terry Michos

Terence Michos (born 26 December 1953 in Poughkeepsie, New York, USA) is an American retired actor. He is known for his role as Vermin in the 1979 film The Warriors.

I purchased the signed 8x10 (as part of a mystery box) from Evolve Events in August 2021.

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Saturday, November 30, 2024

Tom Sizemore

Thomas Edward Sizemore Jr. (born November 1961 in Detroit Michigan, USA; died 3 March 2023 in Burbank, California, USA) was an American actor. He started his career with supporting appearances in Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Lock Up (1989), Blue Steel (1990), Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991), and Point Break (1991). These appearances led to more prominent roles in films like Passenger 57 (1992), True Romance (1993), Striking Distance (1993), Natural Born Killers (1994), Strange Days (1995), Heat (1995), and The Relic (1997).

In 1998, Sizemore starred in Saving Private Ryan, his most commercially successful film. He later appeared in Bringing Out the Dead (1999), Black Hawk Down (2001), and Pearl Harbor (2001). He received a Golden Globe nomination for his lead role in the television film Witness Protection (1999).

I ordered the signed Saving Private Ryan 8x10 from Celebrity Ink Autographs on 28th February 2023, a few days before his passing.

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Thursday, November 28, 2024

Jesse Kove

Jesse Kove (born 2 November 1990 in Los Angeles, California, USA) is an American actor. He is the sone of actor Martin Kove. I know him best for his role as Varsity Captain David in a Season 3 episode of the Netflix series Cobra Kai (2021).

I met Jesse at Comic Con Scotland in Edinburgh on 6 October 2024.

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Sunday, November 24, 2024

Paul Walter Hauser

Paul Walter Hauser (born 15 October 1986 in Grand Rapids, Michigan USA) is an American actor. He played supporting roles in the films Demoted (2011), Super Troopers 2 (2018), Beats (2019), Adam (2020), Cruella (2021), Old Dads (2023), and Inside Out 2 (2024). In 2019, he had his breakout performance as the title character in Clint Eastwood's drama film Richard Jewell. Hauser starred as murderer Larry Hall in the 2022 miniseries Black Bird, for which he won a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award.

I know him best for his role Raymond Porter, better known by his nickname Stingray, in Cobra Kai (2019-present).

I met Paul at Comic Con Scotland in Edinburgh on 6 October 2024.

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Saturday, November 23, 2024

De'voreaux White

De'voreaux White (born Devorea W. Sefas on 6 August 1965 in Los Angeles County, California, USA) is an American actor. He started his career as a child actor in the late 1970s, and is probably best known for his role in Die Hard (1988) as the young limousine driver, Argyle. I also know him for his role as Lucky in Trespass (1992).

De'voreaux appeared at London Comic Con Winter on 16 and 17 November 2024. I ordered the Trespass photo below through the Showmasters send-in service.

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Sunday, November 17, 2024

Tanner Buchanan

Tanner Emmanuel Buchanan (born 8 December 1998 in Lima, Ohio, USA) is an American actor. I know him him best for his role as Robby Keene in the Netflix series Cobra Kai (2018-25).

I met Tanner at Comic Con Scotland in Edinburgh on 6 October 2024.

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Thursday, September 5, 2024

Robert Patrick

Robert Hammond Patrick (born 5 November 1958 in Marietta, Georgia, USA) is an American actor. After playing a supporting role in Die Hard 2 (1990), he came to prominence as the T-1000, the antagonist of Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), a role he reprised for cameo appearances in Wayne's World (1992) and Last Action Hero (1993). His other film credits include Fire in the Sky (1993), Striptease (1996), Cop Land (1997), The Faculty (1998), Spy Kids (2001), Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003), and Ladder 49 (2004).

The autograph below was signed by Robert in November 2021 when she made an appearance at London Film & Comic Con. I pre-ordered it from the Showmasters send-in service

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Tuesday, September 3, 2024

William Hope

William Hope (born 2nd March 1955 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian actor, whom I know best for his roles as Lieutenant Scott Gorman in Aliens (1986) and Kyle MacRae in Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988).

I met William at Film & Comic Con Glasgow on 24th August 2024.

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Friday, April 5, 2024

Sasson Gabai

Sasson Gabai (or Gabay; born 24 November 1947 in Baghdad, Iraq) is an Israeli actor. I know him best for his role as Mousa Ghani in Rambo III (1988).

I purchased the signed Rambo III photo from RACC Verified Seller Nelson Castrillo in January 2022.

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Sasson Gabai and RACC Verified Seller
Nelson Castrillo with the 8x10s Sasson signed for him;
photo credit: Nelson j. Castrillo/Facebook 

Thursday, April 4, 2024

Lance Kinsey

Lance Kinsey (born 13 June 1954 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada) is a Canadian actor and screenwriter. I know him bestfor his role as Lt. Proctor in the Police Academy film series (1985-89).

I met Lance at Comic Con Scotland Aberdeen on 24 March 2024.

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G.W. Bailey

George William Bailey (born 27 August 1944 in Port Arthur, Texas, USA) is an American actor. Memorable roles include those of Staff Sergeant Luther Rizzo in the television series M*A*S*H (1979–83),  Lieutenant/Captain Thaddeus Harris in five Police Academy films (1984–1994), Captain Skroeder in Short Circuit (1986), and Captain Felix Maxwell in Mannequin (1987).

I met G.W. at Comic Con Scotland Aberdeen on 24 March 2024.

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Tim Kazurinsky

Timothy James Kazurinsky (born 3 March 1950 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA) is an American actor and screenwriter best known as a cast member and writer on Saturday Night Live (1981-84) and for his role as Carl Sweetchuck in three Police Academy films (1985-87).

I met Tim at Comic Con Scotland Aberdeen on 24 March 2024.

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Friday, March 29, 2024

Antonio Banderas

José Antonio Domínguez Bandera (born 10 August 1960), known professionally as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish actor and director.

I know him for films such as Philadelphia (1993), Interview with the Vampire (1994), Desperado (1995), Assassins (1995), Evita (1996), and The Mask of Zorro (1998). He also appeared in the first three films of the Spy Kids series (2001–03) and provided the voice of Puss in Boots in the Shrek franchise (2004–present) starting with Shrek 2 (2004) and most recently Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022).

I purchased the signed Assassins photo from Signing Dreams Autographs at Comic Con Scotland on 7 October 2023.

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Jonathan Majors

Jonathan Michael Majors (born September 7, 1989)[1][2] is an American actor. I know him best for his role as  Dame Anderson in Creed III (2023). Since 2021, he has appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as different iterations of Kang the Conqueror. In the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), he portrayed Kang the Conqueror in the film Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023), while also appearing as other variants of the character in the Disney+ series Loki (2021–23).

I purchased the signed Creed III photo from Signing Dreams Autographs at Comic Con Scotland on 7 October 2023.

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Thursday, November 9, 2023

Linden Ashby

Clarence Linden Garnett Ashby III (born 23 May 1960 in Atlantic Beach, Florida, USA) is an American actor. On television, he portrayed Brett Cooper on the final two seasons of the Fox soap opera Melrose Place (1997–99) and Sheriff Noah Stilinski on all six seasons of the MTV supernatural drama Teen Wolf (2011–17). I know him best for portraying Johnny Cage in the 1995 film Mortal Kombat, an adaptation of the video game franchise of the same name.

I met Linden at Comic Con Scotland in Edinburgh in October 2023.

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Jacob Bertrand

Jacob Bertrand (born 6 March 2000 in Los Angeles, California, USA) is an American actor. I know him for his role as Eli "Hawk" Moskowitz in the Netflix series Cobra Kai (2018-present).

I met Jacob at Comic Con Scotland in Edinburgh in October 2023.

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Friday, August 4, 2023

Michael Brandon

Michael Brandon (born Michael Feldman; 20 April 1945 in New York City, New York, USA) is an American actor. He is probably best known for his role as James Dempsey in the British police drama series Dempsey and Makepeace (1985–86). Film credits include a starring role in the Dario Argento giallo film Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1974) and the 1978 film FM. He appeared as Senator Brandt in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011).

I met Mr Brandon at London Film & Comic Con on 9 July 2023.

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