Sunday, February 14, 2016

Jamie Dornan



Real Name: James "Jamie" Dornan
Birthdate: 1 May 1982
Occupation: actor, model, and musician.
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He played Axel von Fersen in Sofia Coppola's film Marie Antoinette (2006), Sheriff Graham Humbert in the ABC series Once Upon a Time, serial killer Paul Spector in the BBC Two crime drama series The Fall, and the eponymous character, Christian Grey, in the film Fifty Shades of Grey (2015).

Dornan was born in Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland, and grew up in the suburbs of Belfast.He has two older sisters: Liesa, who works for Disney in London, and Jessica, a fashion designer based in Falmouth, England.His father, Professor Jim Dornan, is an obstetrician and gynaecologist who had also considered becoming an actor.Dornan was 16 when his mother, Lorna, died of cancer.Dornan is a first cousin, twice removed, of actress Greer Garson.His grandparents on both sides of his family were Methodist lay preachers.

He attended and boarded at Methodist College Belfast, where he played rugby and participated in the drama department. He later attended Teesside University but dropped out and moved to London to train as an actor.

Friday, February 12, 2016

Penn Badgley



Penn Badgley was born in November 1, 1986 at Baltimore, Maryland, to Lynne Murphy Badgley and Duff Badgley, who worked as a newspaper reporter and carpenter. Badgley split his childhood years between Richmond, Virginia. and Seattle, Washington. In Seattle, he was involved in the Seattle Children's Theater and did voice-overs for a children's radio station. It was through these experiences that Badgley discovered his love of acting. This passion brought him one summer to Hollywood, where he landed an agent and his first big break guest-starring on Will & Grace (1998). After relocating with his mother to Los Angeles, Badgley secured several recurring roles on The Young and the Restless (1973), The Brothers Garcia (2000), and Daddio (2000).

Badgley lives in New York City. At the age of 14, Penn completed his California High School Proficiency Exam and began attending Santa Monica City College. Also musically gifted, he enjoys singing, writing, and playing the guitar. In his spare time, Badgley likes to go skateboarding, surfing, skiing and snowboarding.