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Daytime Emmy Award winning Actor Maurice Benard joined the cast of General Hospital in the role of Sonny Corinthos in August 1993. He briefly left the show for a year-long hiatus in December 1998. For his portrayal, Mr. Benard received the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in 2003. He was also nominated in 1996, 1997, 2004, 2006 and 2011.
Mr. Benard's multi-cultural upbringing began in San Francisco, where he was born to parents from Nicaragua and San Salvador. Uninspired by the traditional education route, he gleaned an education in the open job market after high school. He began modeling in his early twenties. Following that, Mr. Benard took up acting in numerous theatrical productions in the Bay area.
After auditioning for a role on the ABC drama All My Children, Mr. Benard was cast as Nico Kelly. Two years later, he struck out to find new challenges and moved to Los Angeles, where he was cast as the lead in the much-publicized TV movie, Lucy and Desi: Before the Laughter. He later added a pivotal role in the feature film Ruby to several other prominent film and television credits.
Mr. Benard has been a popular voice in the battle against bipolar disorder. He has been very open about his personal battle with the illness, appearing on television programs such as The View, Entertainment Tonight, and Oprah. He has been featured in People and LA Life Magazines. He also began working with the National Mental Health Association (NMHA) on the "Bipolar Disorder: Do You Know It?" campaign to help educate Americans about the importance of recognizing the signs and symptoms of bipolar disorder.- Writer
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Born in Martinez, California, 20 miles outside San Francisco, Victor Salva had written and directed over 20 short and feature-length films before graduating from high school. In the mid-'80s his 37-minute short Something in the Basement (1986) took first place in the fiction category at the Sony/AFI Home Video Competition. A horror allegory about a young boy awaiting his brother's return from a bloody war, this highly acclaimed short went on to win several national awards (including a Bronze Plaque at the Chicago International Film festival) and brought Salva to the attention of Francis Ford Coppola. Coppola then produced Salva's first theatrical feature, Clownhouse (1989), which Salva again wrote and directed. Using the talented cast of his award-winning short, Salva called the film "a campfire story." However, his early career was derailed by the revelations of sexual misconduct with one of the film's underage stars. He was tried, convicted and spent a year in state prison. He described it as "a dark time in my confused young life, but also a time when I took responsibility for my own arrested development and the ramifications of growing up in a deeply dysfunctional family."
His next film brought him to Los Angeles. Based on characters he met in prison, The Nature of the Beast (1995), which Salva wrote and directed, starred Lance Henriksen and Eric Roberts and quickly became New Line Cinema's biggest direct-to-video title of that year. Salva next made his first big-studio picture, Powder (1995), a strange tale about an albino boy with special powers that ironically make him an outcast. "Powder" received much critical acclaim and made several top-ten lists for the year.
He next made Rites of Passage (1999), a coming-of-age thriller starring Jason Behr (Roswell (1999)), Dean Stockwell and James Remar which dealt with a homophobic father who unwittingly pushes his gay son into the arms of a psychotic killer. In 2001 Salva wrote and directed Jeepers Creepers (2001), which was one of the year's breakout hits and set a world record for largest Labor Day box-office in history, up until that time. Salva followed this up with his sixth feature film, Jeepers Creepers 2 (2003), breaking his old record and setting another Labor Day milestone, as of 2003. His next film, Peaceful Warrior (2006), an adaptation of Dan Millman's best-seller "The Way of the Peaceful Warrior", was very significant to him because of the year he spent in prison. The film starred Nick Nolte and Amy Smart.- Actor
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Joe DiMaggio was simply the greatest all-around baseball player of his era. As a New York baseball legend, "The Yankee Clipper" succeeded superstars Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig and preceded Mickey Mantle. In his 13 year career from 1936 to 1951 (which was interrupted by three years spent in the Army during World War Two from 1943-45), DiMaggio won three Most Valuable Player awards and was named to the All-Star team thirteen times.
His 1936 Yankees team won the World Series his freshman year, as it did in 1937, '38 and '39. The four straight wins was a record that would be surpassed by the Yankees team of 1949-53, of which "Joltin' Joe was a member for their first three World Championships, retiring after the 1951 season due to incredible pain that he had stoically endured. Ultimately, he played in 10 World Series, of which the Yankees won an incredible nine. (Only Yogi Berra, his teammate from 1946-51, appeared on more world champions, winning 10 rings in 14 World Series.)
DiMaggio is the possessor of what many consider the one batting record that will never be breached: consecutive games hitting. From May 15 to July 17, 1941, he hit in 56 straight games. DiMaggio beat out the great Ted Williams of the Red Sox for the MVP award that year, even though Ted hit .406. DiMaggio also beat Williams for the MVP in 1947, when "The Slendid Splinter" won his second Triple Crown the year after he had led the Red Sox to their first World Series since Babe Ruth was a pitcher and utility outfielder for the BoSox in 1918. It was the tightest MVP contest in history not ending in a tie: DiMaggio racked up 202 points with eight first place votes while "Teddy Ballgame" collected 201 points with three first place votes. Such was the respect for DiMaggio, whose team won the pennant and the World Series, that he won over a Triple Crown winner! DiMaggio was a flawless outfielder, and considered the major cog that made the Yankees winners. He was the consummate team player in an era (the Depression and World War II) in which cooperation was emphasized to beat the economic doldrums and global fascism. Williams, in contrast, was fabled as a non-conformist and individualist derided for "playing for himself", playing to boost his statistics rather than "taking one for the team". He would not shake the negative associations of not being a "team player" and not winning a World Series until after the Youth Revolution of the 1960s made conformity passé and nonconformity the norm.
In the 1940s, he was easily the most popular man in what was then justifiably called "America's National Pastime". His popularity was so great that the U.S. Army would not let him go overseas during the war, lest he be killed or captured, and thus damage American morale. In 1949, DiMaggio signed with the first six-figure contract in the history of Major League Baseball, when the Yankees signed him for $100,000 per year. That year he was hampered by the bone spurs that would end his career prematurely. Despite excruciating pain, an injured DiMaggio came back from the disabled list to face the Red Sox, who had nearly won the pennant the year previously (losing in a one-game playoff to the Cleveland Indians) and were up by one game with two games left to play against the Yankees.
His injuries would limit him to 76 games that year, but he came back for the series. The torrid hitting of DiMaggio led the Yankees over the BoSox in both games, capturing the pennant (and the first of a record five straight World Series titles) for rookie Yankees manager Casey Stengel. In an era of genuine heroes, DiMaggio was the epitome of the genre. Such was his unique status that he retired after a mediocre 1951 season, in which he hit only .263 with 12 homers and 71 RBIs in 113 games (after hitting .301 with 32 homers and 122 RBIs in 139 games the previous year). Joe DiMaggio did not want to become an average player, playing out his string. He wanted to go out a champion, and he did.
DiMaggio played his entire career in Yankee Stadium, the "House that Ruth Built", so called not only due to the Babe's great popularity, but also because the park was tailored to his left-handed power. DiMaggio was a right-handed hitter in a park that was death to righties: left-center field at Yankee Stadium in 1937 was 457 feet deep (whereas now, it is 399 feet deep). As DiMaggio and Ted Williams aged, it became dogma that while Williams was the better hitter, DiMaggio was the better all-around player. However, it is interesting to note that outside of their home ballparks, DiMaggio out-hit Williams.
In 1969, a poll conducted to coincide with the centennial of major league baseball ranked him as baseball's greatest living player. The great Joe DiMaggio, whom many believe was the most perfect and most complete ballplayer of all time, would continue to be legendary, even if he had not married Marilyn Monroe.- Matt McTighe was born in Martinez, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Bosch: Legacy (2022), The Rookie: Feds (2022) and Bosch (2014). He has been married to Jessica McTighe since 31 December 2007. They have two children.
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Saskia Post was born on 1 January 1961 in Martinez, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Ocean Girl (1994), Eugenie Sandler P.I. (2000) and Throbbin' 84. She died on 16 March 2020 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.- Jenn Grijalva was born on 30 March 1984 in Martinez, California, USA.
- Christopher Darden was born on 7 April 1956 in Martinez, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Style & Substance (1998), Son of the Beach (2000) and Touched by an Angel (1994). He has been married to Marcia Carter since 31 August 1997.
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Napoleon Highbrou is an Actor, Dancer, and vocal artist. He began acting at the young age of 9 years old, and had his first professional performance at the New Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. He played " Captain Hook ". He has self taught himself how to dance and went on to win multiple Talent Shows and was featured in the city's News Paper and also participated in the East Lake Music Festival to perform a solo dance performance. He has taken advanced theater all 4 years in High School, and performed in over 3 Musical Performances, and choreographed 1 play during the duration.
He is best known for " 13 reasons why " (2019) and " Appetite " (2019)- Tug McGraw was born on 30 August 1944 in Martinez, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Everybody Loves Raymond (1996), 1976 National League Championship Series (1976) and 1978 National League Championship Series (1978). He was married to Diane Hovenkamp and Phyllis Ann Kline. He died on 5 January 2004 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
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Anahí Berneri was born in 1975 in Martínez, Pcia. Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is a director and writer, known for A Year Without Love (2005), Alanis (2017) and Encarnación (2007).- Nick Granado was born on 9 February 1968 in Martinez, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Midnight Caller (1988), Seven Hours to Judgment (1988) and The X-Files Game (1998).
- American professional wrestler and trainer from Martinez, California as Sara Del Rey. Debuted in 2001 and was initially billed as "Nikki" for All Pro Wrestling in Northern California. Has competed for SHIMMER, CHIKARA, Ring of Honor, Pro Wrestling IRON, SHINE Wrestling, All Japan Pro Wrestling, and numerous other promotions around the world. Among her in-ring achievements, she was the inaugural SHIMMER Champion, a SHIMMER Tag Team Champion with Courtney Rush as the Queens of Winning, the lone CWR (Canadian Wrestling Revolution in Toronto) Women's Champion, the inaugural JAPW (Jersey All Pro Wrestling) Women's Champion, the inaugural Remix Pro (Ohio) Fury Champion, and, at "CHIKARA Cibernetico: The Animated Series" on November 12, 2011, became the first woman to ever win a Torneo Cibernetico by pinning Tim Donst.
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Seanan Mcguire was born on 5 January 1978 in Martinez, California, USA. She is known for Mer, Tales from the Bridge (2021) and Marvel LIVE from 2019 San Diego Comic Con (2019).- Actor
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Fabio Alberti was born on 22 September 1966 in Martínez, San Isidro, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is an actor and writer, known for Todo x 2 pesos (1999), Cops (1997) and Bruno Motoneta (2018).- Actor
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Jeff Sutherland was born in Martinez, California in 1955. He grew up in the town of Richmond, California. Graduated from Richmond High School in 1973. Went to Contra Costa College in San Pablo in 1974 where he took up Performing Arts. In 1975, Jeff ventured out to Hollywood with a tape recorder and a dream. Having spent his first 20 years virtually glued to the silver screen and the television. Jeff has turned into a walking encyclopedia of the stars. Over the years Jeff has been in over 2000 stage performances as many characters. With his photographic recall and his gregarious, warm nature Jeff is a natural at the celebrity interviews.Now with more than 30 years in Show Business Jeff has done it all. A Actor, Producer, Directed,Documentarian, Master of Ceremonies, Radio DJ, Stunt Man, Song Writer, Singer, Poet, Stage Performer, Impersonator, Impressionist and a Talk Show Host. He been in 6 movies and over 300 TV Shows. In 1995 Jeff started his own TV Talk Show called "Jeff's Star Talk" on Cable TV. It is a celebrity interview program now on it 13 year. Jeff is also a Host of a show called "Discovery Park" Channel 23 in Modesto Calif. Jeff Sutherland was a TV News-Anchor on Channel 14 for 5 years in the town of Modesto.
Jeff is also the owner and CEO of JA Sutherland Productions in Lodi, California.- Vince DiMaggio was born on 6 September 1912 in Martinez, California, USA. He was married to Madeline Cristani. He died on 3 October 1986 in North Hollywood, California, USA.
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Gene Romero was once one of America's Greatest Motorcycle Racers. Nicknamed Burritto, Romero raced Motorcycles on the AMA Grand National circuit. In the old days when Men were Men this included all types of racing, Flat track (mile/half mile/short track) Road Racing, and TT (a type of motocross and flat track). Romero's skill earned him wins in each class including the king of them all the Daytona 200 road race in 1975 and Grand National Champion #1 plate in 1970 as well as beating the pants off of racers like Paul Smart, Giacomo Agostini and even King Kenny Roberts. Romero has raced several brands of motorcycles including Harley Davidson, Yamaha and his personal favorite Triumph. Gene was also the head of Honda's flat Track program in the 80's. Although Gene does not sling his leg over a motorcycle any more (because he's been there and done that) He now runs a Flat track motorcycle racing series on the west coast.- Director
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Yohahn Ko was born on 8 July 1993 in Martinez, California, USA. He is a director and writer, known for Submergence (2016), Earboy and Appa, I Will Be Your Quitline. (2021).- Director
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Jim Le was born on 9 January 1982 in Martinez, California, USA. Jim is a director and writer, known for Park Bench (2007), L'Américain (2013) and Photographic Memory (2011).- Manfred Moore was born on 22 December 1950 in Martinez, California, USA.
- Kiko Garcia was born on 14 October 1953 in Martinez, California, USA.
- Josh Dionio was born on 4 January 1983 in Martinez, California. He is an actor, known for Slapped! The Movie (2018).
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Bud Perry has been performing in various productions around the Reno/Sparks area since the age of 15. He started his training at Edward C. Reed High School under the dual direction of Tricia Pastore and Sheldon Haun. He was also vocally trained, (as a bass), under the direction of John Lorentzen. From his first time on the stage, he knew that acting might be something he would want to pursue in the future. "It's just knowing that you are providing a service to people that they can say, 'Hey, that was really fun... we should do that more often.' I guess you could say I'm and entertainment provider. Or rather, that I am just a sucker for applause." He then moved to Truckee Meadows Community College and under the dual direction of Carolyn Wray and Paul Aberasturi. He has performed in numerous productions while there, and is going to be teaching a class in the Spring 2005 semester where all proceeds from his class' performances go to scholarships. He started his film work with a small group of friends he calls, "The Tic-Tac-Toe team," putting on a few half hour shows to show to friends and family. He then worked with Christopher Hallock, a friend from work, to produce a ten minute movie entitled "Social Unrest." He was approached by Michael Olinger shortly thereafter to read a script, written by Mr. Olinger. Bud accepted the invitation, and a new chapter to this young mans life was born. Bud is now a board member of Gift for Fiction entertainment, (www.giftforfiction.com) and is currently in the pre-production stages for a few short films written by Mr. Perry, as well as a stop-motion anmiated movie being made by Jeremy Capurro and himself. His hopes for the future include being as big or bigger than Mickey Rourke someday. "I just figure I might as well start at the bottom and work my way up. Just kidding, Mickey."- Talent Agent
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Joseph Is a theatrical Talent Agent working in both Las Vegas, NV and Los Angeles, CA with Daily Talent Agency . He attended the Las Vegas Academy School of the Arts with a major in vocal performance and a minor in music production, and began working in the film industry soon after.- Animation Department
Joshua Dos Santos was born on 30 May 1987 in Martinez, California, USA. Joshua is known for Moral Orel (2005).