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TF Chronologies DANIEL CRAIG Birth: March 2nd 1968, Chester, England Career: 1992 The Power of One (first film) 1992-1997 TV series 2001 Lara Croft: Tomb Raider 2006 Casino Royale 2008 Quantum of Solace 2011 Cowboys and Aliens 2012 Skyfall 2015 Spectre (James Bond number 24) Prizes: 5 British awards VIN DIESEL Birth 18th July 1967, New York City Career: 1997 Strays (first film) 1998 Saving Private Ryan 2000 Pitch Black 2001 Fast and Furious 2002 xXX 2011 The Chronicles of Riddick 2009-2013 3 Fast and Furious films 2017 Fast and Furious 8 Prizes: None JENNIFER LAWRENCE Birth 15th August 1990, Louisville, USA Career: 2006-2008 5 TV series 2011-2016 X-Men (3 episodes) 2012 The Hunger Games 2012 Silver Linings Playbook (Oscar for Best Actress) 2013 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 2015 The Hunger Games: Mockingjay (part 2) 2018 Red Sparrow Prizes: Many nominations and awards in the USA and abroad. LEONARDO DI CAPRIO Birth 11th November 1974, Los Angeles Career: 1988 Critters 3 (first film) 1992-1996 10 films 1997 Titanic 2010 Shutter Island ; Inception 2013 Django Unchained 2013 The Wolf of Wall Street (Golden Globe Award for Best Actor) 2015 The Revenant (Golden Globe Award for Best Actor and Oscar for Best Actor) Prizes: 2 Golden Globes and 1 Oscar, many nominations Personal life: 1998 Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation (non- profit organisation devoted to promoting environmental awareness) NINA DOBREV Birth 9th January 1989, Sofia, Bulgaria Career: 2006 Inception 2007 Fugitive Pieces 2009 Chloe 2009-2017 Vampire Diaries (TV series) 2012 The Perks of Being a Wallflower 2014 Let’s Be Cops 2015 The Final Girls Prizes: None PAUL WALKER Birth :12th September 1973, California Death : 30th November 2013 Career: 1985-1996 9 TV series 1998 Pleasantville 2001 Fast and Furious 2003 2 Fast 2 Furious 2009-2011 Fast and Furious 4 and 5 2013 Hours (posthumous) 2014 TheBrick Mansion (posthumous) Prizes: None ANGELINA JOLIE Birth: 4th July 1975, Los Angeles Career: 1995 Hackers 1999 Girl, Interrupted (Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress) 2001-2003 Tomb Raider (1 and 2) 2005 Mr and Mrs Smith 2007-2017 6 films (as a director) 2014 Invincible (as a director) 2015 By the Sea (as a director) Prizes: 3 Golden Globes and 1 Oscar. Personal life: 6 children (3 adopted) Special Envoy for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees ROBERT DOWNEY JR Birth: 4th April 1965, New York Career: 1970 Pound (his father’s film) 1992 Chaplin 1990-2000 plays in 23 films 2008-2013 Ironman (3 episodes) 2009 Sherlock Holmes (Golden Globe for Best Actor) 2012 Sherlock Holmes 2 2012-2018 Avengers (3 episodes) Prizes: Nominated for 2 Oscars, 1 Golden Globe ORLANDO BLOOM Birth: 13th January 1977, Canterbury Career: 1994-1996 Casualty (TV series) 2001-2003 Lord of the Rings (3 episodes) 2003- 2017 Pirates of the Caribbean (4 episodes) 2005 Kingdom of Heaven 2011 The Three Musketeers 2013 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 2014 The Hobbit: There and Back Again 2015 Digging for Fire Prizes: minor awards CHUCK NORRIS Birth: 10th March 1940, Oklahoma Career: 1969 The Wrecking Crew (First film) 1972 Way of the Dragon 1986 Delta Force 1993- 2001 Walker, Texas Ranger ( TV series) 2012 The Expendables 2 Prizes: None JACKIE CHAN Birth: 7th April 1954, Hong-Kong Career: 1962-2011 More than 100 films 1971 Stuntman in the Bruce Lee films Fist of fury and Enter the Dragon 1998 Rush Hour 2001 Rush Hour 2 2004 Around the World in 80 Days 2007 Rush Hour 3 2010-2011 2 Kung Fu Panda movies (voice of Monkey) 2017 7 films Prizes: minor awards Personal life: 1988 organization to help Hongkong young people GEORGE CLOONEY Birth: 6th May 1961, Lexington, Kentucky, USA Career: 1978-1987 13 TV series 1988 Return of the Killer Tomatoes! 1994-2009 E/R ( TV series) 2001-2007 Ocean’s 11, Ocean’s 12, Ocean’s 13 2005 Syriana (Oscar for Best Supporting Actor) 2013 Gravity 2016 Hail, Caesar! Prizes: 1 Oscar and 2 Golden Globes Personal life: married raised funds to help victims of September 9th, 2001, tsunami (2004), Katrina storm in Louisiana (2005) EMMA WATSON Birth: 15th April 1990, Paris, France Career: 2001-2011 8 Harry Potter movies 2008 The Tale of Despereaux (voice) 2011 My Week With Marilyn 2012 The Perks of Being a Wallflower 2013 The Bling Ring 2015 Colonia 2017 Beauty and The Beast Prizes: 2014 British artist of the year Many nominations for minor prizes Personal life: 2014 UN Women Goodwill ambassador HARRISON FORD Birth: 13th July 1942, Chicago Career: 1973 American Graffiti (first film) 1977-1983 StarWars trilogy (StarWars, The Empire Strikes Back, The Return of the Jedi) 1981-2008 Indiana Jones (4 episodes) 1982 Blade Runner 1986 Witness (Academy Award nomination for Best Actor) 2015 StarWars : Episode VII 2017 Blade Runner 2049 Prizes: 1 Academy Award and 2 Golden Globe nominations Personal life: 2010-today married to actress Calista Flockhart HELENA BONHAM CARTER Birth : 26th May 1966, London Career: 1983 A Pattern of Roses (TV series - first role) 1994 Frankenstein 1997 Wings of the Dove (Oscar nomination for Best Actress) 2007-2011 Harry Potter (4 films) 2010 The King’s Speech (Oscar nomination for Supporting Actress) 2013 The Lone Ranger 2016 Alice Through The Looking Glass Prizes: 5 Golden Globe and 3 Oscar nominations Private life: 2001-2014 in a relationship with director Tim Burton (2 kids, 7 films) KRISTEN STEWART Birth : 9th April 1990, Los Angeles Career: 2000 The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas 2001-2008 15 films 2007 Into the Wild 2008-2011 Twilight (4 films) 2012 Snow-White and the Huntsman; Twilight 4- Revelation, Part 2 2016 Café Society 2018 Lizzie Prizes: minor awards SYLVESTER STALLONE Birth : 6th July 1946, New York City Career: 1970-1971 5 films 1976 Rocky (Oscar nomination for Best Actor) 1979-1990 4 Rocky movies 1982-2008 Rambo (4 films) 1993 Demolition Man 1995 Judge Dredd 2010-2014 The Expendables (3 episodes) 2017 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2 Prizes: many nominations 2016 Golden Globe for Best Supporting Role (Creed / Rocky) DWAYNE JOHNSON Birth : 2nd May 1972, Hayward, California Career: 1998 70s show (TV series) 2001 The Mummy Returns 2010 Very Bad Cops 2011-2015 Fast and Furious (4 episodes ) 2017 Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Prizes: minor awards Private life: 1995-2017 professional wrestler (6 times WWF champion as The Rock) ROBERT PATTINSON Birth : 13th May 1986, London Career: 2004 Kingdom of Twilight (for TV) 2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 2008-2011 4 Twilight movies 2012 Twilight 4- Revelation, Part 2 2016 The Lost City of Z 2017 Good Time Prizes: minor awards HAYDEN CHRISTENSEN Birth : 19th April 1981, Vancouver, Canada Career: 1993 E.N.G. (TV series) 1994 In the Mouth of Madness 2001 Life as a House (Golden Globe nomination) 2012 StarWars (2 episodes) 2014 American Heist 2017 First Kill Prizes: minor awards JOHNNY DEPP Birth : 9th June 1963, Kentucky Career: 1987 21, Jump Street (TV series / becomes a teen idol) 1990 Edward Scissorhands (first hit) 1990-2010 8 films with Tim Burton 2003-2017 Pirates of the Caribbean (5 episodes) 2007 Sweeney Todd (Golden Globe for Best Actor) 2013 The Lone Ranger 2017 Fantastic Beasts Prizes: 9 Golden Globe and 3 Oscar nominations 1 Golden Globe Private life: A musician and a producer .
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