Roxanne Hart

Roxanne Hart (born 27 July 1952 in Trenton, New York, USA) is an American actress whom I know best for her role as Brenda Wyatt in the 1986 film Highlander.

I met Roxanne at Collectormania 25 in Birmingham in June 2018.

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Lino Facioli

Lino Schmidek Machado Facioli (born 29 July 2000 in Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil) is a British-Brazilian actor. I know him best as Robin Arryn in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011, 2014-16). I met Lino at Collectormania 25 in Birmingham in June 2018.

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Kjell Nilsson

Kjell Nilsson (born 19 December 1949 in Gothenburg, Sweden) is a Swedish olympic-class weight lifter and actor. His best known role is his 1981 portrayal of "The Humungus", the leader of the marauding wasteland gang in Mad Max 2. I met Kjell at the 2016 edition of the London Film & Comic Con.

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Steve Collins

Stephen Collins (born 21 July 1964 in Cabra, Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish former professional boxer who competed from 1986 to 1997. Known as "The Celtic Warrior", Collins is the most successful Irish boxer in professional boxing history, having held the WBO middleweight and super-middleweight titles.

I met Steve at Collectormania 25 in Birmingham in June 2018.

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Anton Lesser

Anton Lesser (born 14 February 1952 in Birmingham, England) is an English actor. He is particularly well known for his roles as Qyburn in the HBO series Game of Thrones, as Thomas More in Wolf Hall, as Harold Macmillan in The Crown, and as Chief Superintendent Bright in the Inspector Morse spin-off, Endeavour. I met Anton at Collectormania 25 in Birmingham in June 2018.

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Adrian Edmondson

Adrian Charles Edmondson (born 24 January 1957 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England) is an English comedian, actor, writer, musician, television presenter and director. He is perhaps best known for his comedic roles in the television series The Young Ones (1982–84) and Bottom (1991–95), which he wrote together with his long-time collaborative partner Rik Mayall. Edmondson also appeared in The Comic Strip Presents... series of films throughout the 1980s and 1990s. I met Adrian at Collectormania 25 in Birmingham in 2018.

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Phil Taylor

Philip Douglas Taylor (born 13 August 1960 in Bursem, Stoke-on-Trent, England) is an English retired professional darts player, nicknamed The Power. He is widely regarded as the greatest darts player of all time, having won 218 professional tournaments, including 85 major titles and a record 16 World Championships.He won eight consecutive World Championships from 1995 to 2002 and reached 14 consecutive finals from 1994 to 2007 (both records). I met Phil at Collectormania 25 in Birmingham in June 2018.

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Christopher Lambert

Christophe Guy Denis Lambert (born 29 March 1957 in Great Neck, New York, USA) is a French actor who became internationally famous with the role of Tarzan in Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes in 1984. For his performance in the 1985 film Subway, Lambert received the César Award for Best Actor. His best-known role is probably that of Connor MacLeod in the 1986 fantasy film Highlander and the subsequent movie franchise series of the same name. He also played the thunder god Raiden in the first film adaptation of the video game Mortal Kombat (1995). Other films I like him in are Michael Cimino's The Sicilian (1987), Fortress (1992) and most recently Kickboxer: Retaliation (2018).

I met Christopher at Collectormania 25 in Birmingham in June 2018 and he was my main reason for visiting this convention. I was happy to get the chance to meet him again at Film & Comic Con Glasgow in August 2019.

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Susan Backlinie

Susan Backlinie (born Susan Jane Myers; 1 September 1946 in Ventura, California, USA; died 11 May 2024 in Miami, Florida, USA) was an actress and stuntwoman. She was known for her role as Chrissie Watkins, the first shark victim in Steven Spielberg's blockbuster Jaws (1975).

I met Susan at Collectormania 25 in Birmingham in June 2018.

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Dolph Lundgren

Hans "Dolph" Lundgren (born 3 November 1957 in Spånga, Sweden) is a Swedish actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and martial artist. Lundgren became famous as Ivan Drago, the villain in Rocky IV, one of my favourite films. He then portrayed He-Man in the 1987 film Masters of the Universe. Other notable films are Red Scorpion (1988), The Punisher (1989), Dark Angel (also known as I Come in Peace) (1990), Cover-Up (1991), Showdown in Little Tokyo (1991), Universal Soldier (1992), Pentathlon (1994), Men of War (1994), Johnny Mnemonic (1995) and the Expendables trilogy (2010-2014).

I met Dolph at London Film & Comic Con in 2016 where he signed the Rocky IV press photo and poster below. The signed colour photo with the red background was purchased from a dealer at Collectormania Glasgow a few years prior.

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Beatie Edney

Beatrice "Beatie" Edney (born 23 October 1962 in London, England) is an English actress whom I know best as Heather MacLeod in Highlander (1986). She reprised the role in the Highlander: Endgame (2000), the fourth film in the Highlander series. I met Beatie at Collectormania 25 in Birmingham in June 2018.

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Brooke Bundy

Brooke Bundy (born 8 August 1944 in New York City, New York, USA) is an American actress who is probably best known for her role as Elaine Parker in the 1987 horror film A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors and its sequel, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988).

I met Brooke at Collectormania 25 in Birmingham in June 2018.

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Ken Buchanan

Ken Buchanan MBE (born 28 June 1945 in Edinburgh, Scotland; died 1 April 2023) was a Scottish professional boxer and undisputed world lightweight champion.

I met Ken at Collectormania 25 in Birmingham in June 2018.

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James "Buster" Douglas

James "Buster" Douglas (born 7 April 1960 in Columbus, Ohio, USA) is a retired professional boxer who competed from 1981 to 1990, and 1996 to 1999. He is best known for his stunning upset of Mike Tyson in Tokyo on 11th February 1990 to win the undisputed heavyweight title.

I met James at Collectormania 25 in Birmingham in June 2018.

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Shauna MacDonald

Shauna MacDonald (born 21st February 1981 in Malaysia) is a Scottish actress best known for her starring role as Sarah Carter in the 2005 horror film The Descent and its 2009 sequel The Descent Part 2.

I have met Shauna twice: at Film & Comic Con Glasgow in August 2017 and at Burnt Church Film Club in Glasgow in September 2018.

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Alan Minter

Alan Minter (born 17 August 1951 in Penge, Bromley, London, England; died 9 September 2020 in Guildford, Surrey, England) was a British professional boxer who competed from 1972 to 1981. He held the undisputed middleweight title in 1980, having previously held the British middleweight from 1975 to 1976 and the European middleweight title twice between 1977 and 1979. As an amateur, Minter won a bronze medal in the light-middleweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

I met Alan at Collectormania 25 in Birmingham in June 2018.

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