Thursday, November 22, 2018

James Faulkner

James Sebastian Faulkner (born 18 July 1948 in Hampstead, London, England) is an English actor, known for his various appearances on television, in video games and in films, usually in supporting roles. I know him best as Randyll Tarly in the HBO series Game of Thrones.

I met James at Film & Comic Con Glasgow in August 2018.

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Colin Hunt

Colin Hunt is an English actor who played a Snowtrooper in The Empire Strikes Back. He also portrayed Orrimaarko, an Endor Rebel, a Stormtrooper, Giran during the scene where he mourns with Maliiki over the death of his Rancor and a Gamorrean Guard who gets Force choked by Luke Skywalker in Return of the Jedi (source: Wookieepedia).

I met Colin at Film & Comic Con Glasgow in August 2018.


Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Keith David

Keith David Williams (born 4 June 1956 in Harlem, New York City, New York, USA) is an American actor, voice actor, comedian and singer. He is known for his co-starring role as King in Platoon (1986) and as Childs in The Thing (1982).

He has acted in many other films such as Men at Work (1990), There's Something About Mary (1998), Barbershop (2002), Crash (2004), Pitch Black (2000), The Chronicles of Riddick (2004) and two of my favourite films: John Carpenter's They Live (1988) and Marked for Death (1990) starring Steven Seagal.

I met Keith at London Film & Comic Con in July 2016.

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Tuesday, November 20, 2018

Frank Stallone

Frank Stallone, Jr. (born 30 July 1950 in New York City, New York, USA) is an American actor, singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is the younger brother of Sylvester Stallone and wrote music for some of his movies e.g. Rocky I, II and III, Rambo: First Blood Part II and Over The Top. His song "Far from Over", which appeared in the Sylvester Stallone directed film Staying Alive (1983) and was also featured in the film's soundtrack, peaked at number ten on the Billboard Hot 100, for which he received Golden Globe and Grammy nominations.

As an actor he has 74 credits on IMDb. Among these are parts in the Cannon productions Barfly (1987) and Ten Little Indians (1989), Hudson Hawk (1991) and Tombstone (1993).

I received these autographs through the mail.

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Sunday, November 18, 2018

Tobin Bell

Tobin Bell (born Joseph Henry Tobin Jr.; 7 August 1942 in New York City, New York, USA) is an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of John Kramer / Jigsaw in the eight films of the Saw franchise. After years of work doing stand-ins and background work on films, he got his first major acting job in Mississippi Burning (1988) and went on to star in made-for-television films and guest star in television shows throughout the 1990s.

Before his breakthrough with Saw, Bell appeared in many notable films, including The Verdict (1982), Tootsie (1982), Mississippi Burning (1988), False Identity (1990), Loose Cannons (1990), Goodfellas (1990), Ruby (1992), The Firm (1993), In the Line of Fire (1993), Malice (1993), The Quick and the Dead (1995) and Brown's Requiem (1998).

I met Tobin at London Film & Comic Con in July 2016.

Links:
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Wikipedia
Official website

Julian Sands

Julian Richard Morley Sands (born 4 January 1958 in Otley, England; died c. 13 January 2023 in San Gabriel Mountains, Mount Baldy, California, USA) was an English actor known for his roles in films such as The Killing Fields (1984), A Room with a View (1985), Warlock (1989), Arachnophobia (1990), Naked Lunch (1991), Boxing Helena (1993), Leaving Las Vegas (1995), The Medallion (2003), Ocean's Thirteen (2007) and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011). On television, he portrayed Vladimir Bierko in 24 (2006), Jor-El in Smallville (2009–10) and voiced Valmont in Jackie Chan Adventures (2000–02).

I met Julian at London Film & Comic Con on 31 July 2016.

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Saturday, November 17, 2018

Mads Mikkelsen

Mads Dittmann Mikkelsen (born 22 November 1965 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish actor who achieved worldwide recognition for playing the main antagonist Le Chiffre in the twenty-first James Bond film, Casino Royale (2006). He also starred in the television series Hannibal (2013–15) as Dr. Hannibal Lecter. In 2016, Mikkelsen portrayed Kaecilius in Marvel's film Doctor Strange and Galen Erso in Lucasfilm's Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. I met Mads at Film & Comic Con London in 2016.

Links:
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Wikipedia
Official website

Rex Smith

Rex Smith (born 19 September 1955 in Jacksonville, Florida, USA) is an American actor and singer. Rex made his acting debut in the Broadway play Grease in 1978. He is noted for his role as Jesse Mach in the 1985 television series Street Hawk and being the first actor to play the Marvel Comics superhero Daredevil in live action. I first met Rex at Film & Comic Con London in 2016 and then saw him at Comic Con Scotland in Edinburgh in November 2018.

Links:
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Wikipedia
Official website




Zach Galligan

Zachary Wolfe "Zach" Galligan (born 14 February 1964 in New York City, New York, USA) is an American actor best known for his role as Billy Peltzer in the Joe Dante films Gremlins (1984) and Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990). I met Zach at Comic Con Scotland in Edinburgh in November 2018.

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Ray Parker Jr.

Ray Erskine Parker Jr. (born 1 May 1954 in Detroit, Michigan, USA) is an American guitarist, singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor, best known for writing and performing the theme song to the 1984 movie Ghostbusters, for his solo music, and for performing with his band, Raydio, and with Barry White. I met Ray at Comic Con Scotland in Edinburgh in November 2018, which was his first appearance at a convention.

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David Hasselhoff

David Michael Hasselhoff (born 17 July 1952 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA) is an American actor, singer, producer, and businessman, who set a Guinness World Record as the most watched man on TV. I know him best as Michael Knight in the TV series Knight Rider. He also played L.A. County Lifeguard Mitch Buchannon in the series Baywatch. Hasselhoff produced Baywatch from the 1990s until 2001 when the series ended with Baywatch Hawaii.

The photo was signed by David in November 2015 after I sent it to the Opera House in Blackpool when he starred in the musical Last Night a DJ Saved My Life. I met David at Comic Con Scotland in Edinburgh in November 2018.

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Gil Gerard

Gilbert C. Gerard (born 23 January 1943 in Little Rock, Arkansas, USA) is an American actor, best known for his role as Captain William "Buck" Rogers in the 1979–81 television series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. I met Gil at Comic Con Scotland in Edinburgh in November 2018.

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Thursday, November 15, 2018

Lou Ferrigno

Louis Jude Ferrigno (born 9 November 1951 in Brooklyn, New York, USA) is an American actor, fitness trainer, fitness consultant and retired professional bodybuilder. As a bodybuilder, Ferrigno won an IFBB Mr. America title and two consecutive IFBB Mr. Universe titles and appeared in the bodybuilding documentary Pumping Iron. As an actor, he is best known for his title role in the CBS television series The Incredible Hulk and vocally reprising the role in subsequent animated and computer-generated incarnations.

I met Lou at the inaugural Comic Con Scotland in Edinburgh in November 2018. The autograph was signed by Lou in August 2015 when he made an appearance at Bournemouth Film & Comic Con. I ordered it through the Showmasters send-in service.

Links:
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Official website