Bradley Cooper. Actor | A Star Is Born. Bradley Charles Cooper was born on January 5, 1975 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His mother, Gloria (Campano), is of Italian descent, and worked for a local NBC station. His father, Charles John Cooper, who was of Irish descent, was a stockbroker.
John Maucere is an internationally recognized performer who played a critical part in breaking down social stereotypes by being the very first Deaf actor to take part in ABC's Talent Development Program with Tom Hanks and Arsenio Hall. John created and portrayed the SuperDeafy character, a Deaf ...
Jun 23, 2020 · Actor Daniel Durant is a success story out of Waterstreet’s Deaf West Theater. The prestigious LA theater saw Durant’s YouTube videos and cast him in several shows, which paved the way for him to be cast in the TV series Switched …
Paul Anthony Sorvino (/ s ɔːr ˈ v iː n oʊ /, Italian: [sorˈviːno]; born April 13, 1939) is an American actor, opera singer, businessman, writer, and sculptor. He often portrays authority figures on both sides of the law and is known for his roles as Paulie Cicero (based on Paul Vario) in the 1990 gangster film Goodfellas, and NYPD Sergeant Phil Cerreta on the TV series Law & Order.
Marlee Beth Matlin was born on August 24, 1965 in Morton Grove, Illinois, to Libby (Hammer) and Donald Matlin, an automobile dealer. She has two older brothers. Her family is of Russian Jewish and Polish Jewish descent.#N#Marlee lost much of her hearing at the age of eighteen months. That did not stop...
Sean Berdy was born on June 3rd, 1993 in Boca Raton, Florida, to parents Terrie and Scott Berdy. At a young age Sean began putting on impromptu comedic shows alongside his brother, Tyler, to the delight of family and friends. Seeing the joy he brought to others while performing, he became ...
Katie Leclerc's career began in 2005, when she made her first appearance on Veronica Mars (2004). This jump-started a series of minor roles and small appearances in movies and TV shows. She got her breakout role starring as a deaf teenager, Daphne Vasquez, who finds out she was taken home by the ...
Daniel was born in Detroit, Michigan and grew up in Duluth, Minnesota. He attended mainstream schools in Duluth before transferring to the Minnesota State School for the Deaf in 8th grade. Daniel graduated from MSAD in 2008 and attended RIT in Rochester, NY and Gallaudet in Washington, DC. Daniel ...
Anthony Natale was born in St Catharines, Ontario, along with his older brother and younger sister, he represent the generation of a large Italian families in White Plains, New York He attended a boarding school for the deaf in Ernest C Drury, He was transferred to a mainstreaming gifted program ...
Born mostly deaf from an unknown cause. Completely deaf in right ear, some residual hearing in left ear in which she uses a hearing aid. Enjoys reading, especially with deaf children. Also enjoys attending deaf community events. Role models include Phyllis Frelich, Linda Bove, Freda Norman and Sue ...
Amber Zion is an actress and director, known for Getaway (2020), Wasted Beauty (2015) and Reverse Polarity (2018).
In 1991, he took on the role of Sergeant Phil Cerreta (replacing actor George Dzundza in a new role) on the popular series Law & Order.
Paul Sorvino in 2008. He began his career as a copywriter in an advertising agency, where he worked with John Margeotes, founder of Margeotes, Fertitta, and Weiss. He took 18 years of voice lessons. While attending The American Musical and Dramatic Academy, he decided to go into the theatre.
Early life. Sorvino was born and raised in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, New York City . His mother, Angela Maria Mattea (née Renzi), was a homemaker and piano teacher, who was born in Connecticut, of Italian ( Molisan) descent. His father, Ford Sorvino, was an Italian ( Neapolitan) immigrant who worked in a robe factory as a foreman.
Sorvino lives between Los Angeles and Madison, Indiana. He has three children: Mira, Michael, and Amanda from his first marriage with Lorraine Davis. Mira Sorvino is an Academy award winner and his son Michael Sorvino is an actor and graduate of Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University .
He has three children: Mira, Michael, and Amanda from his first marriage with Lorraine Davis. Mira Sorvino is an Academy award winner and his son Michael Sorvino is an actor and graduate of Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University .
In addition to Goodfellas, Sorvino also played mob bosses Eddie Valentine in The Rocketeer and Tony Morolto in The Firm . Sorvino founded the Paul Sorvino Asthma Foundation, with the goal of building asthma centers for children and adults across the United States.
He is also an accomplished sculptor, specializing in cast bronze. In December 2008 his sculpture of the late playw right Jason Miller was unveiled in Scranton, Pennsylvania. In addition, he guest starred on the 2008 album of Neapolitan singer Eddy Napoli, Napulitanata, performing a duet of the song "Luna Rossa.".
Dean Martin (Crocetti) (1917–1995) actor/singer, member of the Rat Pack. Victor Mature (1913–1999) was an American film actor . Mature was born in Louisville, Kentucky to a Tyrolean father, Marcellus George Mature, a cutler, and a Swiss-American mother, Clara Mature.
Ben Gazzara (1930–2012) son of Sicilian parents, film/television actor. Joan Hackett (1934–1983) American actress of stage, television and film. Nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in 1981, Italian mother.
Robert Blake (Gubitosi) (born 1933) film actor, perhaps most famous for starring in the U.S. television series Baretta, and for being found not guilty of the murder of wife Bonnie Lee Bakley. Joseph Bologna (1934–2017) film/television actor.
Marlee Matlin. Marlee Matlin is one of the best-known deaf actresses in the country. Matlin received a Best Actress Academy Award for her film debut in the 1986 movie Children of a Lesser God opposite William Hurt.
Sean Berdy made his film debut as the mischievous deaf boy Sammy “Fingers” Samuelson in the 2005 movie The Sandlot 2. He has also played deaf people in the films The Deaf Family and The Legend of the Mountain Man before landing a role as Emmett Bledsoe in the TV series Switched at Birth, a series about two girls who were switched at birth. Berdy says he likes the accurate way that deaf culture is handled in the show’s script. The popular Berdy was named Mr. Deaf Teen America in 2010 and was nominated for “TV Breakout Star” on the Teen Choice Awards in 2011.
Marlee Matlin is one of the best-known deaf actresses in the country. Matlin received a Best Actress Academy Award for her film debut in the 1986 movie Children of a Lesser God opposite William Hurt. Matlin gave a brilliant portrayal of a troubled young deaf woman who falls in love with a teacher in deaf education.
Katie Leclerc ’s first big role was on the TV show Veronica Mars. Since then she has appeared in the feature films The Inner Circle, and Flying By with Billy Ray Cyrus. Currently she stars as Daphne Vasquez in the TV series Switched at Birth, a series that follows the lives of two deaf people, her character’s and Sean Berdy’s. The show has been praised for its accurate depiction of the deaf culture. Leclerc has also spoken out about Meniere’s disease, the cause of her deafness, to raise awareness of the condition.
The show has been praised for its accurate depiction of the deaf culture. Leclerc has also spoken out about Meniere’s disease, the cause of her deafness, to raise awareness of the condition. Meet Katie LeClerc and Sean Berdy. A Marlee Matlin Biography. The Official Website of Sean Berdy.
Harvard’s debut in a first-run film was as the adult H.W. Plainview in the movie There Will Be Blood . He later starred as the wrestler Matt Hamill, who won a national collegiate championship in spite of his deafness, in The Hammer. Most recently, Harvard starred in an off-Broadway production of Tribes. He plays a young deaf man who struggles to be heard by his boisterous hearing family.
Vincent D'Onofrio. Actor Vincent D'Onofrio is best known for playing the role of Det. Robert Goren in the TV series, 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent.'.
Actress and singer Lena Horne was one of the most popular performers of her time, known for films such as 'Cabin in the Sky' and 'The Wiz' as well as her trademark song, "Stormy Weather."
Jeff Goldblum is a film, TV and stage actor known for his roles in work like 'The Fly,' 'Jurassic Park,' 'Igby Goes Down' and 'Law & Order: Criminal Intent.'. (1952–)
Edna St. Vincent Millay is best known as one of the most respected American poets of the 20th century. She coined the popular phrase, "My candle burns at both ends."
Famous Deaf People in Movies and Television. Linda Bove – The deaf actress who played “Linda the Librarian” on Sesame Street, as well as many other roles. Marlee Matlin – The famous deaf actress who won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her debut role in Children of a Lesser God at the age of twenty-one.
Munir Muwwakkil – #99 played for Western Kentucky University and was the first deaf pro arena football player. Bonnie Sloan – First deaf football player in the National Football League (NFL). Derrick Coleman – First deaf offensive player in the NFL and plays for the Seattle Seahawks.
I. King Jordan – After the Deaf President Now (DPN) protest, he became the first deaf president of Gallaudet University. Andrew Foster – The first deaf African-American to graduate from Gallaudet. He also was the founder of many schools for the deaf in Africa.
Ella Mae Lentz – Well known Deaf American author, poet, teacher, and advocate. Widely known in the Deaf community for her poetry, she was awarded the Kappa Gamma Poetry Award at Gallaudet University and is part of the Deaf Bilingual Coalition.
In 2011, she received a lead role on the show Switched at Birth, starring as Daphne Vasquez. Ryan Lane – Deaf actor with a role in the Dummy Hoy documentary and on television shows such as Switched at Birth, Cold Case, and House MD.
Nyle DiMarco – The first deaf contestant on America’s Next Top Model. James Cude – Profoundly deaf award winning film and television editor who received an Emmy nomination for the MTV documentary Got Your 6. Nanette Fabray – Award winning actress and advocate for the rights of persons with disabilities.
Bernard Bragg – a Deaf performer, writer, director, poet, and artist. He was a founder of The National Theater of the Deaf and is “regarded by many as the leading professional deaf actor in the country”. Iosif Schneiderman – Deaf mime and professional actor who grew up in Russia and has performed all over the world.