Actors

Born: Dec 12, 1903 in Tokyo, Japan Died: Dec 12, 1963 in Tokyo, Japan
Occupation: Director, Writer, Active: '30s-'60s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy Drama
Career Highlights: Tokyo Story, Early Summer, An Autumn Afternoon
First Major Screen Credit: A Straightforward Boy (1929)

Born: Jul 11, 1920 in Sakhalin Island, Russia Died: Oct 10, 1985 in New York City, New York
Occupation: Actor Active: '50s-'70s Major Genres: Drama, Action
Career Highlights: The King and I, The Magnificent Seven, Anastasia
First Major Screen Credit: Port of New York (1949)

Born: Oct 13, 1921 in Monsummano Alto, Florence, Italy Died: Nov 09, 1992 in Senlis, France
Occupation: Actor, Active: '50s-'80s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: The Wages of Fear, Jean de Florette, Z
First Major Screen Credit: Les Portes De La Nuit (1946)

Born: Nov 15, 1937 in New York City, New York
Occupation: Actor, Director, Active: '70s-'90s Major Genres: Drama
Career Highlights: Across 110th Street, Truck Turner, Alien
First Major Screen Credit: The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)

Born: Jan 25, 1926 in Alexandria, Egypt Died: Jul 25, 2008
Occupation: Director, Writer, Actor, Active: '50s, '70s-2000s Major Genres: Drama
Career Highlights: Alexandria ...Why?, Destiny, An Egyptian Story
First Major Screen Credit: Ibn El Nil (1951)

Born: Jun 19, 1920 in Saumur, France Died: May 10, 2002 in Paris, France
Occupation: Director, Actor, Writer, Active: '50s-'90s Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
Career Highlights: Let Joy Reign Supreme . . ., La Crise, La Drôlesse
First Major Screen Credit: La Rose Rouge (1950)

Born: Nov 29, 1895 in Colfax, Washington Died: May 24, 1986 in North Hollywood, California
Occupation: Actor, Director, Writer, Active: '20s-'40s Major Genres: Western, Action
Career Highlights: Stagecoach, Equus, El Cid
First Major Screen Credit: Heart of a Texan (1922)

Born: Aug 25, 1924 in Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan Died: Nov 23, 1986
Occupation: Director, Writer, Active: '50s-'70s Major Genres: Drama
Career Highlights: Blind Beast, Akai Tenshi, Manji
First Major Screen Credit: Kisses (1957)

Born: Sep 02, 1926 Died: Jan 29, 1994 in Moscow, Russia
Occupation: Actor Active: '50s-'80s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: Autumn Marathon, Mimino, Afonya
First Major Screen Credit: Schastlivyy Reys (1949)

Born: 1937 in Adana, Turkey Died: Sep 09, 1984 in Paris, France
Occupation: Director, Writer, Actor, Active: '70s-'80s Major Genres: Drama, Crime
Career Highlights: Le Mur, Yol, Baba
First Major Screen Credit: Seyyit Han (1968)

Born: 1941 in Tiberias, Israel
Occupation: Cinematographer, Director, Active: '70s-'80s Major Genres: Drama, Action
Career Highlights: A Cry in the Dark, Otello, Maria's Lovers
First Major Screen Credit: My Margo (1969)

Born: 1950 in Tokyo
Occupation: Director, Writer, Active: '80s-2000s Major Genres: Comedy Drama, Romance
Career Highlights: Lost Paradise, The Family Game, Ashura No Gotoku
First Major Screen Credit: No Yonamono (1982)

Occupation: Director, Writer, Active: '60s-'80s Major Genres: Drama, Romance
Career Highlights: Erosu Purasu Gyakusatsu, Honoo To Onna, Juhyo No Yoromeki
First Major Screen Credit: Rokudenashi (1960)

Born: 1945 in Guangzhou, China
Occupation: Director, Active: '70s-2000s Major Genres: Action
Career Highlights: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, The Matrix, Wing Chun
First Major Screen Credit: Bloody Fists (1972)

Born: Dec 15, 1903 Died: Dec 11, 1994 in Moscow, Russia
Occupation: Director, Writer, Active: '20s-'80s Major Genres: Drama
Career Highlights: Vremya Zhelaniy, Chastnaya Zhizn, Tvoy Sovremennik
First Major Screen Credit: Medvezhya Svadba (1926)