Michael Kojo Essien net worth: Michael Essien is a Ghanaian midfielder who currently plays for Milan and has a net worth of xyz. He was born in Accra on December 3rd 1982 in Accra, to Aba Gyandoh and James Essien. He graduated from St Augustine College and started his football career at liberty professionals FC, a local club in Ghana. However his successful career started in 1999 when he played for Ghana at the African Under-17 Championships and in the Under-17 World Cup in New Zeeland in the same year. European football scouts noticed the 1, 77 m middle fielding skills and a French club, Bastia signed him, where he scored six goals that season Michael Essien later transferred to Lyon where he shone more and helped the team win the 3rd and 4th string of their titles in Ligue 1. The France national Union Professional Footballers (UNFP) voted him the 2005 Player of the Year. At 22yrs old in 2005 he signed for Chelsea FC for the second most expensive transfer deal for the club of £ 26m for five years. In August 2012 he signed an on-loan deal with Real Madrid and went t on to score two goals. Earlier this year on January 2014 he transferred to Milan an Italian Serie A Club. The fearsome tackler shows great versatility in the pitch playing both in the defence and midfield. This made him earn the nickname “Bison”. He made his debut in the senior club , Black Stars in 2002 playing in the African Nations Cup. Nicholas Dougherty Nicholas Dougherty net worth: Nick Dougherty is an English professional golfer with a net worth of xyz. Born on 24th May 1982 in Bottle, Liverpool he attended the Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School .In his amateur career, he won many tournaments like the 3 Faldo Junior Series events and the 1999 World Boys ... ... middle of paper ... ...s. he went on to act in the play “The Three Opera” ,portraying J.J Peachman and 1982 he starred in John Houseman’s revival of “The Cradle Will Rock” as Mr.Mister . His fame made him guest-star on numerous television series like “Wiseguy” in 1987 ,”Jake and the "Fatman” in 1987 , “The equalizer” in 1985 ,”Miami Vice” in 1984 and “Spencer : For Hire ” in 1985 .He has also had leading roles in “The Time of your Life” in 1976 and a musical in 1999 called “Cradle Will Rock” ,both were PBS productions. In the1998 Disney animated series Hercules; he provided his voice for one of the leading characters. His passion and love for theatre saw him work for the West Virginia theatre. He recently appeared in “Finian’s Rainbow” at the theatre in St. James. Some of the actors he has worked with are Leo Burmester who they went in the same class and college productions.
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Ira Aldridge’s early life is one of the reasons why Aldridge was such an important actor. Aldridge was born in New York sometime in 1807 (Evans). When he was a teenager, Aldridge acquired his education at one of New York’s African Free Schools, earning an education most African-Americans did not receive in Aldridge’s time (Evans). In essence, the extra schooling Ira Aldridge received helped him to advance his career, because most African-Americans at the time were still working in low ranking jobs and did not get the opportunity to further themselves as Aldridge did. Aldridge went even further to get into an acting career. The first taste of theatre Ira Aldridge got that sparked his interest was at The African Grove Theatre performi...
QMJHL, Junior A, hockey team. With 121 games played, he was able to score 120 goals, 183
Forrest Gump. We saw him in Big go from a boy to a man in a
The movies that he made at the end of the decade were the ones that established him as an actor of merit. Howard Hawks emphasized the willful side of Wayne’s screen persona by giving him the part in Red River (1948). He played the part of Tom Dunson, a difficult, unlikeable yet compelling character. Two other films directed by John Ford quickly followed.
By 1940, he had moved up to the Canadians senior team in the Quebec league. Due to his fractures, he returned and played the whole 1941-42 season for the senior Canadia...
There are many important aspects of theatre history. Important playwrights, actors, theatres, and events that impacted theatre in major ways. In this paper I am going to discuss the life of an important actor who would be better known for his last name and the actions of his brother. By looking into his life I have learned how interesting of an actor he was and what significance he had on theatre history. This actor is Edwin Booth.
and worked at a radio station, in Davenport, Iowa. He became an actor, and was in movies like “Bedtime
Even at a young age, those who knew him well knew that he would one day become an actor, just like his father. When he was 17, he made his first official acting debut in Baltimore with a role in the Shakespeare play Richard III. He was wildly popular and toured ar...
He started his acting career with the film “Going Overboard” in 1989 where he acted as the main character and was also the writer.
Through these extensive genres, Welles made a brand of himself. He was known for playing in theaters, receiving the American Film Institute’s Lifetime Achievement Award, the D.W. Griffiths Award, and was named number sixteen on the Fifty Greatest Screen Legends List of the American Film Institute. In Welles films, famous actors like Everett Sloane and Joseph Cotton made constant appearances. His filmin...
Throughout his musical career, he earned many titles “Mr. Dynamite” and “The Godfather of Soul” known as the hardest working man in show business. His demeanor at times was often that of a tyrant, generous nature, tolerant, or at times demanding. He was the greatest entertainer during his time. He is known for his performances on stage. The cape act that he uses on stage came from the wrestler Gorgeous Geor...
Admittedly, Jack Black is the selling point in terms of a marketing credibility, but its Dylan Minnette that drives home the fun, fast-pitch pace of this production. Best known for his roles in the film adaptation of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day and TV’s Saving Grace, not to mention R.L Stein’s The Haunting Hour, Minnette is establishing himself to be a solid young acting commodity with a bright future ahead of him.
Born on 30th of July 1970 in London United Kingdom to a British father and American mother. Because of that he has both British and American citizenship and has been living in both London and Chicago since his childhood. He found his passion for filmmaking at early ages and at age 7 he made his first short film with his father’s camera. Eventually just like most directors he did not attend film universities, instead he went on to study English literature in London, his hometown. One of his early short films which is probably his best also, is ‘Doodlebug’ which he made in