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A British Special Boat Service commando tracks down an international terrorist cell. Thriller, starring Dominic Cooper, Austin Stowell and Gemma Chan
2017
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Movie/Drama
Thriller
Cast & Crew
Dominic Cooper
(Actor)
.. John Stratton
Austin Stowell
(Actor)
.. Hank
Gemma Chan
(Actor)
.. Aggy
Connie Nielsen
(Actor)
.. Sumner
Thomas Kretschmann
(Actor)
.. Grigory Barovsky
Tom Felton
(Actor)
.. Cummings
Simon West
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Dominic Cooper
(Actor)
.. John Stratton
Born:
June 02, 1978
in
London
Best Known For:
Mamma Mia!
Early-life:
Dominic Edward Cooper was born in London on June 2, 1978 to Julie and Brian. He has two older brothers, Nathan and Simon. His sister died in a car accident before he was born. He also has a half-sister and a half-brother. He graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 2000. His early acting career involved minor roles in TV and the theatre.
Career:
Cooper's breakthrough came in 2004 when he originated the role of Dakin at the National Theatre in Alan Bennett's The History Boys. He went on to play the role on Broadway and in the touring production in Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong. He played the part for a final time in the 2006 big-screen version. Since then, he has starred in The Duchess (2008), Mamma Mia! (2008), Freefall (2009), An Education (2009), Tamara Drewe (2010), The Devil's Double (2011), Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) and its 2014 sequel, My Week with Marilyn (2011) and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2011). His TV credits include Down to Earth and Sense and Sensibility.
Quote:
"You never feel like you've done your best work. You always think you could be better."
Trivia:
Cooper was nominated for a 2006 Drama Desk Award for his work on the Broadway production of The History Boys.
Austin Stowell
(Actor)
.. Hank
Gemma Chan
(Actor)
.. Aggy
Born:
November 29, 1982
in
London
Best Known For:
Humans.
Early-life:
Gemma was born in London on November 29, 1982. Her father grew up in Hong Kong and her mother was originally from China. Gemma was raised near Sevenoaks in Kent. She went on to read law at Worcester College, Oxford. After graduating, she was offered a training contract with a law firm but opted to pursue an acting career instead and studied at the Drama Centre London. In 2006, she was one of the models in season one of Project Catwalk.
Career:
Chan made her TV debut in the 2006 miniseries When Evil Calls. Her first major role came in 2009 when she played geologist Mia Bennett in a special episode of Doctor Who. She made guest appearances in The IT Crowd and Sherlock before landing recurring roles in Secret Diary of a Call Girl, Fresh Meat and Bedlam. More recently, she starred in the Comedy Central comedy Brotherhood and Channel 4 sci-fi drama Humans. Her film credits include Submarine (2010) and Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014).
Quote:
"I'm quite a rational person. I'm not very superstitious, but I really do enjoy horror as a genre."
Trivia:
Chan worked as a model to fund her studies, appearing in campaigns for Nokia and Selfridges.
Connie Nielsen
(Actor)
.. Sumner
Born:
July 03, 1965
in
Fredrikshavn, Denmark
Best Known For:
Playing Lucilla in Gladiator.
Early-life:
Connie Inge-Lise Nielsen was born on July 3, 1965 in Frederikshavn, Denmark. Her father was a bus driver and her mother was an insurance clerk who acted and wrote music reviews on the side. Connie started her acting career working with her mother on the local variety and revue scene. When she was 18, she travelled to Paris, France to work as an actress and model. She then moved to Italy for further work and to study at a drama school in Rome. Years later, she moved to the United States.
Career:
Nielsen's early professional acting roles were in French and Italian films and TV series. Her first English language film role was in The Devil's Advocate (1997) and she received global recognition when she played Lucilla in the Oscar-winning Gladiator (2000). Since then, she has appeared in Mission to Mars (2000), One Hour Photo (2002), Basic (2003), The Hunted (2003), The Ice Harvest (2005) and Nyphomaniac (2013). She also had roles in the TV series Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Boss, The Following and The Good Wife. More recently, she played Queen Hippolyta in Wonder Woman (2017).
Quote:
"I find the female roles out there very cliche. If we are limited to being only lovers or mothers, we are limiting ourselves."
Trivia:
She can speak Danish, English, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish and some Spanish.
Thomas Kretschmann
(Actor)
.. Grigory Barovsky
Born:
September 08, 1962
in
Dessau, East Germany
Best Known For:
Playing Nazi officers in a number of films.
Early-life:
Thomas was born in Dessau, East Germany, on September 8, 1962. Before showing any interest in acting, he trained to become an Olympic swimmer. At the age of 19, he crossed the borders of four countries in a month-long journey to reach West Germany. He was 25 when he began acting and went on to star in a number of European films and TV series.
Career:
Kretschmann caught the eye of Hollywood casting directors when he played Captain Wilm Hosenfeld in Roman Polanski's The Pianist (2002). Since then, he has starred in Downfall (2004), Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004), King Kong (2005), Valkyrie (2008), The Young Victoria (2009) and Cars 2 (2011) as the voice of Professor Z. On the small screen, he starred in short-lived American supernatural drama The River. He can currently be seen playing Abraham Van Helsing in TV horror drama Dracula.
Quote:
"I was born long after the [Second World] war but I still carry this collective guilt around."
Trivia:
Kretschmann made his stage debut in Macbeth.
Tom Felton
(Actor)
.. Cummings
Born:
September 22, 1987
in
Epsom, Surrey
Best Known For:
Playing Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter film series.
Early-life:
Thomas Andrew Felton was born in Epsom, Surrey, on September 22, 1987 to Sharon and Peter. He is the youngest of four sons. He was a member of four school choirs. He began appearing in commercials when he was eight for the likes of Commercial Union and Barclaycard.
Career:
Felton landed his first film role in 1997 when he starred in Peter Hewitt's The Borrowers. Roles followed in the TV movie Second Sight and Hollywood film Anna and the King (1999). Felton is best known for playing Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter film series. He started his own official fan club in 2004. Since the Harry Potter films ended, Felton has starred in The Woman in Black (2012), Kill Your Darlings (2013), What If (2013) and Trainwreck (2015). He also had a recurring role in A Young Doctor's Notebook.
Quote:
"Whatever life throws at me I'll take it and be grateful for it as well."
Trivia:
Felton performed the voice of James in the TV series Bugs.
Simon West
(Director)
