Charles Durning's Mass Appeal and Dirty Deeds

 Charles Durning (born February 28, 1923) is a Golden Globe Award-winning American actor of stage and screen.

The Sting (1973) The Front Page (1974) Dog Day Afternoon (1975) The Hindenburg (1975) Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976) The Choirboys (1977) The Fury (1978) The Green Tycoon (1978) When a Stranger Calls (1979) The Muppet Movie, (1979) Tilt (1979) The Final Countdown, (1980) Dark Night of the Scarecrow (1981) True Confessions (1981) Tootsie (1982) The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) To Be or Not to Be (1983) Mass Appeal (1984) The Man with One Red Shoe (1985) Big Trouble (1986) Tough Guys (1986) The Rosary Murders (1987) Cop (1988) Dick Tracy (1990) The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) Cabin Boy (1994) The Grass Harp (1995) Home for the Holidays (film) Spy Hard (1996) Elmo Saves Christmas (1996) One Fine Day (1996) O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) State and Main (2000) Dirty Deeds (2005).

Ian Smith aka Harold Bishop in Network Ten's Neighbours

Ian Smith (born June 19, 1938) is an Australian soap opera character actor and television scriptwriter, best known today for his long-running role as the caring, kindly coffee shop owner Harold Bishop in Network Ten's long running serial Neighbours. Smith had previously acted in guest roles in drama series such as the Crawford Productions police dramas Homicide, Division 4 and Matlock Police, and in regular or recurring roles in long-running Australian television serials Bellbird and Prisoner.



Left: Ian Smith. Right: Madam Tussaud's Wax Model of Ian Smith 

John Goodman is Big Lebowski

John Stephen Goodman (born June 20, 1952) is a Golden Globe- and Emmy-winning American actor, perhaps best known for his roles on the television series Roseanne, and in several Hollywood films.

Goodman is famous for his role as Dan Conner on the American sitcom, Roseanne, which aired on ABC from 1988 to 1997. He has a long history of appearances on late night comedy shows, being the first guest on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, receiving the show's "First Guest Medal" (Goodman joked that he would pawn the medal for a bottle of cheap scotch). He has been a popular guest host on NBC's Saturday Night Live, having hosted the show twelve times (Goodman once auditioned to be a castmember for Jean Doumanian's 1980-1981 tumultuous SNL season, but was rejected).

His many appearances on Saturday Night Live can be partially attributed to his recurring role as Linda Tripp during the Lewinsky scandal. Goodman is noted for his work in numerous films by Joel and Ethan Coen, including Raising Arizona, Barton Fink, The Big Lebowski, and O Brother, Where Art Thou?.

In the film King Ralph, he played a goodtimer who unexpectedly becomes the official head of state after the royal family dies in a freak electrical accident. In television, Goodman had a recurring role on The West Wing as fictional House Speaker Glen Allen Walken. In the show, his character briefly served as Acting President when President of the United States Josiah Bartlet yielded power temporarily under the terms of the 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution. Goodman also recently played an ornery judge on Sorkin's newest show, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, earning a 2007 Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actor - Drama Series for his performance.

He voiced Robot Santa in the character's first appearance on Futurama. Beginning in 2007, Goodman has been the voiceover in Dunkin' Donuts commercials. Goodman replaced John Belushi as Dan Aykroyd's partner in the popular Blues Brothers Band, in which he first appeared as "Mighty" Mack McTeer on Saturday Night Live on March 25, 1995 and co-starred in the film Blues Brothers 2000. He continued to perform with Aykroyd (Elwood Blues) and Jim Belushi (Zee Blues) through 2001.

Health problems eventually forced Goodman to retire the character. Goodman's most recent project is the film version of Speed Racer in which he plays the character of Pops, Speed Racer's father. 

Fatty Arbuckle

Roscoe Conkling Arbuckle, also known as Fatty Arbuckle (March 24, 1887 – June 29, 1933), was an American silent film comedian, director, and screenwriter. Arbuckle is noted as one of the most popular actors of his era, but he is best remembered for a heavily publicized criminal prosecution that ended his career. Although he was acquitted by a jury with a written apology, the trial's scandal ruined the actor, who would not appear on screen again for another 10 years.

Richard Griffiths is the biggest man in Harry Potter

Richard Griffiths (born 31 July 1947) is a Tony award winning English actor who has appeared on stage, film and television. He has been awarded the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play, the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play, and the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play, all for his role in the play The History Boys.

It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1975) Superman II (1980) Breaking Glass (1980) Ragtime (1981) The French Lieutenant's Woman (1981) Chariots of Fire (1981) Gandhi (1982) Britannia Hospital (1982) Gorky Park (1983) A Private Function (1984) Greystoke - The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984) Shanghai Surprise (1986) Withnail and I (1987) The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991) King Ralph (1991) Blame It on the Bellboy (1992) Guarding Tess (1994) Funny Bones (1995) The Canterbury Tales (1998) Sleepy Hollow (1999) Vatel (2000) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) Stage Beauty (2004) Opa! (2005) The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) Venus (2006) The History Boys (2006) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)

James Corden is Big Brother's Big Mouth

James Corden (born 1980) is an English actor who has performed on stage, film, television and radio.

Corden's first role was in the musical Martin Guerre. He then starred in the British television series Fat Friends as Jamie Rymer, and played Gareth Jones in the series Boyz Unlimited. He has also made guest appearances on Little Britain and Teachers. Corden's film credits include Mike Leigh's All or Nothing (2002). Corden played the role of Timms in the original London stage production of Alan Bennett's play The History Boys, as well as in the Broadway, Sydney, Wellington and Hong Kong productions and radio and film versions of the play. He most recently appeared in the BBC Three comedy Gavin and Stacey, that he co-wrote with his Fat Friends co-star Ruth Jones. Corden hosted Big Brother's Big Mouth with his Gavin and Stacey co-star Mathew Horne in August 2007, and is currently filming the feature film Telstar.

Frank Scantori got Best Performance Award in a Commercial

Since leaving drama school (East 15 Acting School), Frank has had a varied background in film and theatre. He has acted in productions ranging from pantomime to Shakespeare, and several seasons of rep..

His Theatre & Film appearances include such musicals as, 'Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat', 'Oliver', 'Side By Side', 'Into The Woods', His Shakespeare include 'A Midsummer Nights Dream', 'Macbeth', 'The Tempest'. He quickly built his reputation for strong leading and character roles in all styles of theatre proving himself to be a very capable and adept physical performer with equally proficient as both a comedy and serious actor. A wide variety of strong roles followed. His film appearances started as an extra in the 70’s with 'The Star Wars Films', a small cameo role in 'Revenge of Billy the Kid', then, as with his Theatre career, roles rapidly increased to Supporting actor and leads in such films as 'Middleton’s Changeling', a film adaptation of the play, as Don Pedro playing opposite Billy Connoly, Ian Dury and John Cooper-Clarke, and an American cult movie series 'Witchcraft X - Mistress of the Craft'.

He has gained some unexpected celebrity in Belgium and the Netherlands when he performed a 'Full Monty', style striptease in a commercial for ADECCO. The advert was banned in Belgium and Frank rapidly became a hit with a majority of Belgians and the whole of the Netherlands to the point of endless newspaper interviews, television appearances and special guest appearances in Dutch shows such as The Ivo Nehgt Show, Tros TV, Wie Ben Ik, TV I, The TV Show, to name a few. The advert is still a very popular download on the internet and has since created a large world-wide fan base.

He was WINNER of an AWARD at the CCB (National Belgian ad awards) for best performance in a commercial. His notoriety was picked up by The Guardian which has led to a number of Radio & TV interviews such as a special guest on Radio 5 Live, South Eastern Radio, BBC News, and interest in guest appearances from The Big Breakfast and several late night shows. He hopes to develop his status and show he does more than drop his trousers.

Paul Sorvino and his Asthma Foundation

Born Paul Anthony Sorvino
April 13, 1939
Brooklyn, New York City

Sorvino was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York City, the son of Italian American parents Marietta, a homemaker and piano teacher, and Ford Sorvino, a robe factory foreman. He attended Lafayette High School and the American Musical and Dramatic Academy

He began his career as a copywriter in an advertising agency. He took 18 years of voice lessons. While attending The American Musical and Dramatic Academy, he decided to go into the theatre. He made his Broadway debut in the 1964 musical Bajour, and six years later he appeared in his first film, Where's Poppa

He received an avalanche of critical praise for his performance as Phil Romano in Jason Miller's 1972 Broadway play That Championship Season, a role he repeated in the 1982 TCS film version. He appeared also in the 1976 Elliott Gould/Diane Keaton vehicle I Will, I Will...For Now. He has starred in the weekly series We'll Get By (1975, as George Platt), Bert D'Angelo/Superstar (1976, in the title role) and "The Oldest Rookie" (1987, as Detective Ike Porter). He appeared in Larry Cohen's 1985 science fiction horror film The Stuff as a reclusive militia leader, alongside his future Law & Order co-star Michael Moriarty. He helped found the American Stage Company, a group that launched several successful Off-Broadway shows, while living in Tenafly, New Jersey in 1986

In 1991, he took over from George Dzundza on the popular series Law & Order, and in 1993 he subbed for the late Raymond Burr in a Perry Mason TV movie. He has also appeared as Bruce Willis' father in the weekly series Moonlighting, and the "Lamont" counterpart in the never-aired original pilot for Sanford and Son. Some of his most notable film roles were Paul Cicero in Martin Scorsese's Goodfellas (1990) and Henry Kissinger in Oliver Stone's Nixon (1995).

He founded the Paul Sorvino Asthma Foundation, with the goal of building asthma centers for children and adults across the United States. In 1999, friend Jason Miller wrote the screenplay as he directed and again starred in (albeit playing a different role) a lower-budget TV version of That Championship Season


From 2000 to 2002, he had a starring role as Frank DeLucca in the CBS television drama That's Life. He is filming The Trouble with Cali in the Scranton/Wilkes- Barre area of Pennsylvania. He is directing and starring in the film which is partially funded by Lackawanna County, where the city of Scranton is the county seat. His daughter, Mira, also stars in the film. He co-ventured with Peter Margo, the founder of Palmer Video, to form CareFromAll. org to raise funds for his charity