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The 1991 film Thelma & Louise may have put Brad Pitt on the road to stardom, but he continues to be one of Hollywood’s sexiest and most talented actors. He has appeared in so many great films including A River Runs Through It, Legends of the Fall, Twelve Monkeys, Oceans 11, 12, and 13, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Pitt’s most recent film is The Tree of Life. Watch for him this fall in Moneyball.
Award winning actor, race car driver, humanitarian, entrepreneur and political activist, Paul Newman was truly a man for all seasons.
Multi-talented Viggo Mortensen is a successful actor, published poet, and painter with his work being featured in art galleries around the world. As an actor he is best known as Aragom in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, as Tom Stall in A History of Violence, and the starring role in the film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s novel The Road. He was nominated as Best Performance by a Leading Actor in the role of Nikolai Luzhin in Eastern Promises.
Sal Mineo’s star burned brightest in the role of John ‘Plato’ Crawford in Rebel Without a Cause. The film showcased James Dean and made him a cultural icon. Interestingly, Sal Mineo, not James Dean, was an Academy Award nominee for his performance as Best Supporting Actor. After Rebel he appeared in two more great films: Somebody Up There Likes Me and, another film with Dean, Giant. Mineo was never able to continue his success and by the early 60’s his career was dwindling.
In 1976 Sal Mineo was stabbed to death in the alley behind his apartment. Lionel Ray Williams, a pizza deliveryman, was arrested, convicted and sentenced to 57 years in prison. He had committed several robberies in the area and said he had no idea who Sal Mineo was.
While in high school Steve Reeves found an interest in body building, and by the time he was 17 he had developed a “Herculean” physique. It served him well when it came to acting because his best known films were Hercules and Hercules Unchained.
Click Here To See Robert Conrad NudeTwo shirtless vintage actors in one picture and both of them are pretty hairy. Everyone knows Robert Conrad from The Wild, Wild West and Black Sheep Squadron.
Before turning to acting, Don Stroud was an expert surfer. Born in Honolulu, HI, was in the company of some great surfers who became his mentors. At age 17, Stroud places fourth in the Duke Kahanamoku World Surfing Championship. During his acting career he appeared in more than 150 TV shows and films. He co-starred with Clint Eastwood in Coogan’s Bluff and Joe Kidd.
Famous for his role as John McClane in the Die Hard films, Bruce Willis has had several critical and box office success. Among them are: Pulp Fiction, Sin City, 12 Monkeys, The Fifth Element, Armageddon, and The Sixth Sense.
Willis recently finished work on the film Catch .44 and The Cold Light of Day.
After the death of Bruce lee, along came Jackie Chan with a whole new prospective on martial arts films. Chan combined martial arts and manic comedy. He is a fan of slapstick comics Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd and used their influence in his acting and directing. Because he performed his own stunts his injuries are the nightmare of any insurance provider.
More recently, Chan has done dramatic roles such as: Steelhead in Shinjuku Incident, and Cook in the newly released film Shaolin.
In 2008 Harrison Ford was among the 100 Top Movie Stars of All Time with domestic box office films grossing $3.4 billion and over $6 billion worldwide. His career was launched with his role as Hans Solo in the Star Wars films. Then came the Indiana Jones films which assured his place among the cream of the crop. Other box office hits were Patriot Games, Clear and Present Danger, Blade Runner and Witness.
Ford is also involved with environmental causes and is a board member of Conservation International. In 2006, he was awarded the Jules Verne Spirit of Nature Award for his continuing work in the preservation of the planet.
