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Initially known as a teen idol thanks to his role on 21 Jump Street and tortured pretty-boy looks, Johnny Depp survived the perils of adolescent heartthrob status to earn a reputation as a respected adult actor. Continue
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A slender but lean brunette beauty, pixyish British actress Keira Knightley hitched herself to a star with memorable roles in such hits as Bend It Like Beckham (2002) and Pirates of the Caribbean (2003).
Born in Teddington, London, England, in 1985, young Knightley was enticed by the lure of cinema at an early age. Reported to have asked her parents for a manager at the age of three, playwright mother Sharman McDonald and actor father Will Knightley were at first reluctant to let their daughter follow them into show business. Continue
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Orlando Bloom began reading J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings trilogy as a teenager before abandoning the books in favor of sports and girls. He did not complete the three volumes until his early twenties: first in print, and then on camera as one of a handful of actors carefully selected for New Line Cinema's highly anticipated, $270 million, three-film screen adaptation of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Continue
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Geoffrey Rush (as Captain Barbossa)One of Australia's most popular and distinguished actors, Geoffrey Rush came to the attention of an international audience in 1996 with his performance as pianist David Helfgott in Shine. Rush won an Academy Award, Golden Globe, and Australian Film Institute Award for his work, and he subsequently began appearing in films that would further make him known to audiences all over the world. Continue
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Naomie Harris (as Tia Dalma)Naomie Harris (Tia Dalma) has been acting professionally since she was nine years old. She was spotted while attending The Anna Scher Theatre School, an after-school drama club for inner city children in London, whose young alumni have included Kathy Burke, Pauline Quirke and Martin Kemp. Encouraged by Anna Scher, Harris started auditioning and secured the first of numerous roles on British television. Continue
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A filmmaker with remarkable visual flair, punk rocker-turned-director Gore Verbinski has crafted a solid career in Hollywood. Easily jumping genres and offering something new in the realm of visual creativity with each film, Verbinski has always seemed up for a challenge. His movies sometimes haven't been as successful as his ambitions, but his willingness to reach for new heights ensured that they were, at the very least, wild and involving rides. Continue
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