--Answer to "WHO
AM I?"
Ray Liotta. His portrayal in "Something Wild" won him critical and popular acclaim, and he followed the performance
with an entirely different role, as a med student caring for his mentally challenged brother in 1988's "Dominick and Eugene".
Liotta received some of his most positive audience feedback for his likeable portrayal of luckless ballplayer Shoeless Joe
Jackson in the 1989 megahit "Field of Dreams".
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--Answer
to "WHO AM I?"
Rosie O'Donnell. In 1992, after appearing in several television
specials, O'Donnell made a much-desired
and anticipated move
to film when Penny Marshall cast her as Madonna's loveable
sidekick in "A League of Their Own."
In 1994, O’Donnell’s dream
of performing live on stage materialized when she was cast as
Rizzo in Tommy
Tune's Broadway revival of Grease!.
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--Answer
to "WHO AM I?"
Billy Bob Thornton. After surviving working odd jobs and writing scripts, Thornton
earned a role in the 1987 wilderness thriller "Hunter's Blood." That same year, he was cast in the television movie, "The
Man Who Broke a 1,000 Chains."
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Answer
to "WHO AM I?"
Tony Curtis. Born Bernard Schwartz, Curtis grew up in an impoverished section of the Bronx,
and had joined a street gang by the age of eleven. He joined the Navy in 1943, and after the war, attended the City College
of New York and took acting lessons at the Dramatic Workshop. In 1948 he moved to California
and was placed under contract by Universal Studios, making his screen debut in "Criss Cross".
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--Answer to "WHO
AM I?"
Colin Farrell. He was born in Dublin, Ireland
and his father was a professional soccer player. Along with his sister, Farrell went to the Gaiety
Drama School in Dublin, but
eventually dropped out when he landed the role of Danny Byrne on the BBC
series "Ballykissangel
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--Answer to "WHO
AM I?"
John Coltrane. Originally a disciple of Charlie Parker, Coltrane played alto and tenor saxophones in a succession
of bands led by King Kolax, Eddie 'Cleanhead' Vinson, Dizzy Gillespie, Earl Bostic,
and Johnny Hodges. In 1955, he joined Miles Davis's quintet and began playing tenor saxophone exclusively. He left Davis in 1957 to begin a series of freelance recordings under his own
leadership. In May 1960, following the critical acclaim of his recording Giant Steps, he began leading his own quartet.
***
--Answer to "WHO
AM I?"
Chloe Sevigny. When she turned 18, Sevigny moved to New York City
and worked as an intern at the teen magazine Sassy. Her unconventional beauty and fashion sense led to modeling work, including
a gig with the chic design house Miu Miu. By the mid-1990s, she had become a fairly recognizable face among members of the
New York City subculture.
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--Answer to "WHO
AM I?"
Danny DeVito. DeVito made his feature film debut in the 1967 film "Dreams of Glass" and appeared in an Off-Off-Broadway
production of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest."
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--Answer to "WHO
AM I?"
Vince Gill. As a teenager, Gill performed with local blue-grass groups. In 1976, he joined the California-based
band Pure Prairie League. The group’s 1980 release, "Firin’ Up,"
featured six songs by Gill, including the
No. 1 country hit "Let Me Love You Tonight." In 1983, he signed a solo contract with RCA, and a year later he released his
first album,
"Turn Me Loose." The album earned Gill the Academy
of Country Music's Top New Male Vocalist Award. In 1989, Gill switched
labels and recorded the traditional country album, "When I Call Your Name," for MCA.
***
--Answer to "WHO
AM I?"
Kenny Chesney. Chesney attended East Tennessee State, where he hooked up with a
college band. He started writing his own songs and playing at local bars, and eventually recorded an album to sell at his
shows. After graduating with a degree in marketing in 1991, he headed to Nashville
to pursue a career in music. He had a slow start until he caught the attention of RCA's affiliate, BNA Records.
***
--Answer
to "WHO AM I?"
Clint Black. Influenced by musical acts like George Jones, Lefty Frizzell and Dire Straits, Black started
playing acoustic guitar and singing by age 15. In 1987, he met Z.Z. Top manager Bill Ham, and within six months, Ham had signed
Black with RCA. Black's debut album Killin' Time (1989) stayed at No. 1 on the country album charts for 28 weeks. Thanks in
large part to its four No. 1 singles, "Better Man,"
"Killin' Time," "Nobody's Home," and "Walkin' Away," the
album
was certified triple-platinum.
***
--Answer
to "WHO AM I?"
Paul Reiser. Reiser graduated from the University
of New York at Binghampton in 1977 with a degree in piano and composition.
After graduation, Reiser became a regular on
the comedy club circuit. His big break came when he landed a starring role
in Barry Levinson's Diner. He went on to appear in other comedic films before co-creating and co-
producing the hit sitcom
Mad About You in 1992.
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--Answer
to "WHO AM I?"
Marcia Gay Harden. In 1990, Harden made her film debut in "Miller's Crossing," playing a tough moll named
Verna. Two years later, she starred in the independent feature "Crush." On the small screen, she appeared as Ava Gardner in
the 1992 television miniseries "Sinatra
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--Answer
to "WHO AM I?"
Charlie Sheen. As a teen, Sheen produced and directed several low-budget film shorts with childhood friends
Rob Lowe and Sean Penn. In 1984, he made his adult cinematic debut in the thriller "Red Dawn." He landed the breakthrough
role of his career in Oliver Stone's autobiographical war drama "Platoon." As part of an ensemble that included John Cusack,
Christopher Lloyd, and D.B. Sweeney, Sheen gave a notable performance in
John Sayles' account of the 1919 "Black Sox"
baseball scandal Eight Men Out. He starred in the 1990 action films Navy SEALS and The Rookie, and then showcased his flair
for comedy in the spoof Hot Shots.
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--Answer to "WHO AM I?"
Julia Louis-Dreyfus. The actress studied drama at
Northwestern University before starting
her acting career in nearby Chicago at the Practical Theatre Company and with the prestigious
Second City
comedy troupe. After moving to New York, she was cast as
a regular on Saturday Night Live in 1982. In 1986, she launched her film career, appearing in Woody Allen's Hannah and Her
Sisters and Soul Man. But
it was her role as the cynical Elaine Benes on NBC's hit sitcom Seinfeld that launched Louis-Dreyfus to stardom
***
--Answer to "WHO
AM I?"
Mira Sorvino. She was discouraged by her actor father, Paul, to become a child actor, so she concentrated on her
studies instead. Despite her father's concerns, she appeared in
several student productions throughout high school and
college. She first stepped into the spotlight in 1992 in the short-lived syndicated teen serial Swans Crossing. She turned
down a three-year contract from the soap opera Guiding Light in the hopes that something better would come along.
***
--Answer to "WHO
AM I?"
Jackie Chan. Upon his graduation in 1971, Chan found work as an acrobat and a movie stuntman, most notably in "Fist
of Fury," starring Hong Kong's resident big-screen superstar, Bruce Lee. For that film, he
reportedly completed the highest fall in the history of the Chinese film industry, earning the respectful notice of the formidable
Lee, among others. In the early 1980s, Chan tried his luck in Hollywood,
with little success.
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--Answer to "WHO
AM I?"
Rosemary Clooney. The singer was born in Kentucky
and joined Tony Pastor's orchestra in 1945. In 1950, her dialect song, Come On-a My House, made her a pop star. She followed
this with a string of hits including Hey There and This Old House. She co-starred in the film White Christmas and for television
hosted The Rosemary Clooney Show.
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--Answer to "WHO
AM I?"
Martin Sheen. Sheen began his film career in 1970's Catch 22, and went on to appear in Apocalypse Now, Wall Street,
The American President, and Lost and Found. Sheen, known for his support of liberal causes, narrated the Oscar-winning documentary
Broken Arrow, and the letter-from-Vietnam documentary Dear
America.
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--Answer to "WHO AM I?"
Tom Selleck.
The actor and producer started out by supporting himself as a model. This led to small parts in film and television during
the 1970s. In 1979, he was cast in the starring role of CBS's detective series Magnum, PI, in which he played an
easy-going private investigator.
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--Answer to "WHO AM I?"
Brian Urlacher
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--Answer to "WHO AM I?"
Chloe Sevigny
