Saturday, July 12, 2008

Eddie Izzard, by far, is my favorite. In watching Ellen Barkin on Ocean's 13, I fell in love with Barkin's character Abigail Sponder, I fell in love with Roman Nagel. You may not know him as an actor, for he is far older then our generation, but now you can come to know his voice.

In the wonderful movie, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Izzard plays the voice of the memorable Reepicheep, the small talking mouse, who in some ways has the heart of a lion. By far, I loved Izzards take on Reepicheep.

Edward John Izzard, or "Eddie" was born on February 7th, 1962 in Aden, Yemen. Don't know where that is. But I guess it's a great place. Izzard made his first stage appearance in London's west end in 1993, starting his one man comedy show, Eddie Izzard: Live at the Ambassadors. His show earned him an Olivier Aawrd nomination, and gained him his first British Comedy Award for Outstanding Achievement for Top Stand-Up Comedian.

In 1996, he made his big screen debut along side Robin Williams and other actors in 'The Secret Agent'.

He has a brother, Mark, and he's partially Dyslexic. He Speaks fluent French.

He toured New Zealand during of the Lord of The Rings Trilogy. He was a fan, and heard about filming, asked if he could make an appearance in the films and was declined.

In 2005 he was voted as # 19 out of the top 50 greatest comedy acts ever by fellow comedians, and comedy insiders.



The NEXT Character I wanted to recognize, was back from the day, when I was a little kiddo. All hail Lucy Camden, I mean Beverly Mitchell!! One of my favorite shows growing up was 7th Heaven, and one of my favorite characters was Lucy. Other then Ruthy, she wasn't that insane.

Beverly was born January 22nd, 1981 in Arcadia, California. Like many other television vets, she started her acting career at a young age in this case 5 years old doing commercials including Oscar Mayer, Energizer batteries and Disney Videos.

She rose to fame through her stint as Lucy Camden, on 7th Heaven, starting in 1996. But before her most famouse role, Beverly started her carrer off with a well-known temper tantrum alongside her mother in the middle of a shopping mall. A talent agent heard the noise and quickly rushed over. The rest, as they say, is history. TV and modeling gigs quickly followeed after TV Debut in the series "Big Brother Jake" in 1990. Her first large film role came in The Crow: City of Angels, 1996. Shortly after, she was on the WB as one of the fresh faces of the hit 7th Heaven.

In real life, Beverly's co star Jessica Biel, (Mary) is older, but plays the little sister.

NEXT TIME:

Chris Evans and Jessica Alba


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