Showing posts with label London Film & Comic Con 2023. Show all posts
Showing posts with label London Film & Comic Con 2023. Show all posts

Thursday, August 10, 2023

Glynis Barber

Glynis Barber (born Glynis van der Riet; 25 October 1955 in Durban, South Africa) is a South African actress. I know her best for her portrayal of Sgt. Harriet Makepeace in the British police drama series Dempsey and Makepeace (1985-86).

I met Ms Barber at London Film & Comic Con on 9 July 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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Thursday, July 27, 2023

Danny Trejo

Danny Trejo (born 16 May 1944 in Echo Park, Los Angeles, California, USA) is an American actor. He has over 400 acting credits on IMDb. Trejo's film career began in 1985, with the Cannon production Runaway Train. He went on to appear in a multitude of other films, including The Hidden (1987), Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (1987), Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989), Lock Up (1989), Maniac Cop 2 (1990), Marked for Death (1990), Desperado (1995), Heat (1995), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), Anaconda (1997), Con Air (1997), From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999), From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (1999), Reindeer Games (2000), Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), Halloween (2007), Predators (2010)

With frequent collaborator and second cousin Robert Rodriguez, he portrayed the character of Isador "Machete" Cortez, which was originally developed for the Spy Kids series (2001-11) and also appeared in Planet Terror (2007). It was later expanded into its own franchise (Machete (2010) and Manchete Kills (2013))

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

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IMDb
Wikipedia



Thursday, July 13, 2023

Scott Adkins

Scott Edward Adkins (born 17 June 1976 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England) is an English actor, film producer and martial artist. He played Yuri Boyka in Undisputed II: Last Man Standing (2006) and its two sequels, Undisputed III: Redemption (2010) and Boyka: Undisputed (2017); Casey Bowman in Ninja (2009) and its sequel Ninja: Shadow of a Tear (2013); French in the The Debt Collector (2018) and its sequel Debt Collector 2 (2020).

He worked in four films with Jean-Claude Van Damme: The Shepherd: Border Patrol (2008), Assassination Games (2011), Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (2012) and The Expendables 2 (2012). He also had starring roles in The Legend of Hercules (2014), Wolf Warrior (2015) and Ip Man 4: The Finale (2019) playing the main antagonist in all three films, and also appeared in The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) and Doctor Strange. In 2022, he starred in Day Shift with Jamie Foxx and Dave Franco, and in John Wick: Chapter 4 alongside Keanu Reeves in 2023.

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

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Monday, November 15, 2021

Chuck Norris

Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris (born 10 March 1940 in Ryan, Oklahoma, USA) is an American martial artist, actor, film producer, and screenwriter. He is a black belt in Tang Soo Do, Brazilian jiu jitsu and judo. Friend and fellow martial artist Bruce Lee invited him to play one of the main villains in Way of the Dragon (1972). Norris then had starring roles in film such as Breaker! Breaker! (1977), Good Guys Wear Black (1978), A Force of One (1979), The Octagon (1980), An Eye for an Eye (1981), Silent Rage (1982), Forced Vengeance (1982), Lone Wolf McQuade (1983), Missing in Action (1984), Missing in Action 2: The Beginning (1985), Code of Silence (1985), Invasion U.S.A (1985), The Delta Force (1986), Firewalker (1986), Hero and the Terror (1988), Braddock: Missing in Action III (1988), Delta Force 2 (1990), The Hitman (1991), Sidekicks (1992), Forest Warrior (1996), and The President's Man (2000) and its sequel (2002). Norris made his last film appearance to date in Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables 2 (2012).

In the 1990s, he played the title role in the long running television series Walker, Texas Ranger (1993-2001). 

Mr Norris signed my Missing in Action Blu-ray sleeve in November 2020 at a private signing organised by CPA Authentics. The Expendables 2 photo was signed by Mr Norris during a Monopoly Events private signing in June 2021. I finally got to meet him at London Film & Comic Con on 9 July 2023.

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Chuck Norris in Expendables 2

Mr Norris signing for Monopoly Events (not my item) in June 2020


Mr Norris signing my Missing in Action Blu-ray sleeve
for CPA Authentics in November 2020

Mr Norris and I at LFFC 2023 where he signed the photo as well

Monday, February 15, 2021

Cynthia Rothrock

Cynthia Ann Christine Rothrock (born 8 March 1957 in Wilmington, Delaware, USA) is an American martial artist and actress in martial arts films. She holds black belt rankings in seven styles of martial arts and was a high level competitor in martial arts before becoming an actress.

Cynthia's films include No Retreat, No Surrender 2 (1987), China O'Brien (1988) and its 1989 sequel, Martial Law (1990) and its 1991 sequel, Lady Dragon (1992) and its 1994 sequel, and Rage and Honor (1992) and both 1993 sequels.

I ordered Cynthia's signed photo from her official website and received it in January 2021. I later met her in person at London Film & Comic Con on 9 July 2023.

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