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Rhys Darby is a New Zealand actor, voice actor, and comedian well-known for his energetic physical comedy routines, telling stories accompanied by mime and sound effects. He was nominated for the Billy T Award in 2001 and 2002. He also won the 2012 Fred (Dagg) award at the New Zealand International Comedy Festival, for best NZ show. [Read more…] about Rhys Darby Bio, Wiki, Age, Wife, Yes Man, Podcast, and Net Worth
Sam Neill,born Nigel John Dermot Neill on 14th September 1947, is a New Zealand actor who first achieved leading roles in films such as Omen III: The Final Conflict, Possession, and Dead Calm and on television in Reilly, Ace of Spies. Neill was born in Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, to Priscilla Beatrice , born Ingham and Dermot Neill. His father, an army officer, was a third-generation New Zealander, while his mother was born in England. His father was stationed in Northern Ireland, serving with the Irish Guards at the time of Neill’s birth . His father’s family owned Neill and Co. , the largest liquor retailers in New Zealand at the time. Neill holds British citizenship through his place of birth, but identifies primarily as a New Zealander.
Neill moved to New Zealand with his family in 1954. while there he attended the Anglican boys’ boarding school Christ’s College, Christchurch. Later he went on to study English literature at the University of Canterbury, where he had his first exposure to acting. He moved to Wellington to continue his tertiary education at Victoria University, where he graduated with a BA in English literature. In 2004, on the Australian talk show Enough Rope, interviewer Andrew Denton briefly touched on the issue of Neill’s stuttering which affected most of his childhood and as a result he was “hoping that people wouldn’t talk to him” so he would not have to answer back. He also stated, “I kind of outgrew it.
Sam Neill, after working at the New Zealand National Film Unit as a director, he was later cast for the lead role in the 1977 New Zealand film Sleeping Dogs. Following this, he appeared in Australian romance My Brilliant Career in 1979, opposite Judy Davis. He won his first big international role, in 1981 ,as Damien Thorn, son of the devil, in Omen III: The Final Conflict; that same year, he also played an outstanding main role in Andrzej Żuławski’s cult film, Possession. Later, Neill was one of the leading candidates to succeed Roger Moore in the role of James Bond, but lost out to Timothy Dalton. Among his many Australian roles is playing Michael Chamberlain in Evil Angels in 1988 about the case of Azaria Chamberlain.
Neill has played heroes and occasionally villains in a succession of film and television dramas and comedies. He won early fame in the UK, and was Golden Globe nominated after portraying real-life spy, Sidney Reilly, in the mini-series Reilly, Ace of Spies in 1983. An early American starring role was in 1987’s Amerika, playing a senior KGB officer leading the occupation and division of a defeated United States. His leading and co-starring roles in films include thriller Dead Calm in 1989, two-part historical epic La Révolution française in 1989 , as Marquis de Lafayette, The Hunt for Red October in 1990, Death in Brunswick (1990), Jurassic Park (1993), Sirens (1994), The Jungle Book (1994), John Carpenter’s In the Mouth of Madness (1995), Event Horizon (1997), Bicentennial Man (1999), and comedy The Dish (2000).
Neill has from time to time acted in New Zealand films, notably The Piano in 1993 , Perfect Strangers in 2003 , Under the Mountain in 2009 , and Hunt for the Wilderpeople in 2016. He returned to directing in 1995 with the documentary Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill in 1995 which he wrote and directed with Judy Rymer.Neill in 1993, co-starred with Anne Archer in Question of Faith, an independent drama based on a true story about one woman’s fight to beat cancer and have a baby. In 2000, he provided the voice of Sam Sawnoff in The Magic Pudding. He hosted and narrated a documentary series for the BBC entitled Space ,Hyperspace in the United States, in 2001.
In 1998, he portrayed the eponymous wizard in Merlin , a miniseries based on the legends of King Arthur. He reprised his role in the sequel, Merlin’s Apprentice (2006). Neill starred in the historical drama The Tudors, playing Cardinal Thomas Wolsey. “I have to say I really enjoyed making The Tudors”, Neill said, “It was six months with a character that I found immensely intriguing, with a cast that I liked very much and with a story I found very compelling. It has elements that are hard to beat: revenge and betrayal, lust and treason, all the things that make for good stories.”
Sam Neill PhotoIn 2012 he acted in the short-lived Fox TV series Alcatraz as Emerson Hauser. He played the role of Otto Luger in the fantasy adventure movie The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box in 2014 . He had a role in the BBC series Peaky Blinders, set in post-World War I Birmingham. He played the role of Chief Inspector Chester Campbell, a sadistic corrupt policeman, who came to clean up the town on Churchill’s orders. In the 2015 BBC TV miniseries And Then There Were None, based on Agatha Christie’s thriller, he played the role of General MacArthur.
He starred in the New Zealand-made film, Hunt for the Wilderpeople,in 2016, which was directed by Taika Waititi, as well as the ITV miniseries Tutankhamun. In 2017 Neill appeared in a comedic scene in the fantasy sequel Thor: Ragnarok, in which he portrays an actor playing Odin alongside Luke Hemsworth and Matt Damon playing Thor and Loki respectively. In 2018, Neill portrayed Mr. McGregor and also the voice of Tommy Brock in Peter Rabbit.
Neill was born in 1947 in Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, to Priscilla Beatrice and Dermot Neill. He is 70 years old.
Neill was married to actress Lisa Harrow from 1978 to 1989 . They have a son, Tim, born in 1983. Later he married make-up artist Noriko Watanabe in 1989 and they have one daughter, Elena born in 1991. Neill is also stepfather to Maiko Spencer, a daughter from Noriko’s first marriage. Neill has another son, Andrew, born in his early twenties, but was adopted by someone else. In 2014, Neill said the two “went looking for one another ” and that their reunion was “much more grown-up” than expected. In early 2018, Neill was reported to be in a relationship with Australian journalist Laura Tingle.
Sam has two children, a son, Tim, born in 1983 and a daughter, Elena born in 1991.
Sam Neill net worth: Sam Neill is a Northern-Irish born, New Zealander actor who has a net worth of $18 million.
Lucy Lawless is a prominent New Zealand actress and director born in Mount Albert, Auckland, New Zealand. She is well known for her roles as Xena in the television series Xena: Warrior Princess, as D’Anna Biers on the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica series, and as Lucretia in the television series Spartacus: Blood and Sand and associated series. She has starred as Alexa in the television series My Life Is Murder since 2019.
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Lawless is 57 years old, she was born on 29 March 1968, in Mount Albert, Auckland, New Zealand. She celebrates her birthday on 29 March every year and her birth sign is Aries.
Lucy Lawless stands at a height of 5 feet 9½ inches (1.76 m). Her body measurements are 37-25-36 inches.
Lawless weighs 64 kg (141 lbs). She has blue eyes and brown hair.
Lawless was born in the Auckland suburb of Mount Albert to teacher Julie Ryan (née Haynes) and Mount Albert’s mayor, banker Frank Ryan. She is the fifth of six siblings (four brothers and one sister). She has told her family as “this big, sprawling Irish Catholic family”, and while filming in Ireland for the Discovery Channel in 2004, suggested Ireland on Sunday that her father’s family initiated in Quilty, County Clare, Ireland.
Her first musical was at age 10, and she started acting in secondary school. She went to Marist College, Auckland, and started her studies at Auckland University in languages. At 18, she proceeded on her “overseas experience”, travelling through Europe and Australia with her future husband, Garth Lawless. At 21, she bested the 1989 Mrs New Zealand competition. Lawless has said she suffered from bulimia as a child but was able to overpower the condition
Lawless bested international stardom in 1995 with Xena: Warrior Princess, a spin-off from Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. An occasional female hero on television, Xena was ordered as both a feminist and gay icon, and appeared on the covers of Rolling Stone, feminist trailblazer Ms, and men’s magazine Maxim.
Lucy was born to her mother, Julie Ryan (nee Haynes) and her father, Frank Ryan in Mount Albert. Her mother, Julie served as a teacher, while her father Frank, was a banker.
Lawless spent her childhood with her six siblings, four brothers and one sister named Josie Ryan. She has described her family as “this big, sprawling Irish-Catholic family”.
Lawless is currently married to her husband Robert G. Tapert, a film and television producer, writer and director. The couple tied the knot on 28 March 1998, and they are blessed with two sons named Julius Robert Bay Tapert and Judah Miro Tapert. She was first married to Garth Lawless from 1988 to 1995. They had a daughter named Daisy.
Lucy is a proud mother of three children: a daughter named Daisy Lawless, who was born in 1989, and two sons named Julius Robert Bay Tapert, born on 16 October 1999 and Judah Miro Tapert who was born on 7 May 2002.
Lawless became pregnant with her daughter in 1988, at the age of 19, at the time she was dating Garth Lawless. They were both working in the Australian outback. They married in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia that same year and returned to New Zealand, where their daughter, Daisy Lawless, was born.
Lucy Lawless’s net worth is estimated at $30 million dollars. This includes her assets, money and income. Her primary source of income is her career as an Actress and Director. Through her various sources of income, Lawless has been able to accumulate a good fortune but prefers to lead a modest lifestyle.
Here are some interesting facts you should know about Lawless.
Lawless played the heroic warrior woman named Xena in the episode “The Warrior Princess,” which aired in March 1995. The character proved to be very successful among fans of the show. Vanessa Angel was originally cast in the role, but she fell ill and was unable to travel to New Zealand for shooting. To differentiate between Xena and the similar Lysia, Lawless’ hair, previously an ash blonde, was dyed black. She also wore a much darker costume, which made her unrecognisable as the Lysia character.
Lawless subsequently returned as Xena in two more episodes of the first season of Hercules, which portrayed her turn from villainess to a good, heroic character. The character became so famous that a spin-off series was created: Xena: Warrior Princess debuted on 4 September 1995. The show became a hit and lasted for six seasons.
Lucy co-starred in the Starz original series Spartacus: Blood and Sand. The show was based on the life of Spartacus, the famous gladiator, and the slave revolt he led. She played the role of Lucretia, the wife of Lentulus Batiatus, who were both the owners of a gladiator ludus, which also saw Lawless doing nude scenes for the first time.
Lawless won the 2011 Saturn Award as Best Supporting Actress for her role as Lucretia in Spartacus: Blood and Sand. Lawless reprised her role as Lucretia in Spartacus: Gods of the Arena, which chronicled life in the Ludus before Spartacus’s arrival, and she also returned for the sequel Spartacus: Vengeance.
Lucy appeared in Spiderman as Punk Rocker girl, with short orange hair and a nose piercing, smoking a cigarette.
Lawless has a background in musical theatre as she played Betty Rizzo on Broadway in a production of Grease in 1997. She continued to sing during the run of Xena, even contributing dirge music of her own composition; this made it into the episode “The Path Not Taken” as the dirge “Burial,” which she sang for the first time in the episode.
Lucy was a contestant on Celebrity Duets, which she finished as runner-up to Alfonso Ribeiro. She made her onstage debut on 13th January 2007 at the Roxy in Hollywood.
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Tom Boonen is a Belgian former road bicycle racer who was born and brought up in Mol, Belgium. He is a world champion, three-time Tour of Flanders, and four-time Paris-Roubaix and was a single-day road specialist with a strong finishing sprint.
He retired from pro cycling in April 2017. He is the technological adviser and ambassador for the Lotto–Soudal Captains of Cycling supporters’ program.
Boonen is 41 years old as of 2021. He was born on 15 October 1980, in Mol, Belgium. Tom celebrates his birthday on 15th October every year. His birth sign is Scorpio.
Tom stands at a height of 6 feet inches 31⁄2 (1.92 m) tall.
Tom weighs 82 kg (181 lb; 12 st 13 lb). His other body measurements are not available at the moment. His hair color is black and his eye color is dark brown.
Boonen is a learned fellow, however, details regarding his educational background including the schools and college he attended are not available at the moment. We will update this section once the information is available.
Boonen was born to his parents in Mol, Belgium. Our efforts to find out more about his family came to no avail as no such information is publicly available. Thus the identity of his father and mother is still unclear. It is also not known if he has any brothers or sisters. This section will be updated once we get the information.
Boonen is not married but has been in a longtime relationship with Lore. It is believed that the couple is headed towards marriage as it is evident how they love each other. We are following up on them and w will update you once we get any news about their wedding.
In 2015 Tom and Lore welcomed twins Valentine and Jacqueline. Boonen tweeted “Our family has been extended with two little princesses. Valentine and Jacqueline both weigh 2.4 kg. The babies and mom are doing fine.”
Boonen said that he waited until the end of his career to have kids so that they don’t grow up with an absent dad.
” We waited actually until the end of my career, not when we were 25 to have kids but we did it now when I’m 34. I don’t want my kids growing up with a dad who’s gone eight months of the year.”
Tom Boonen and his partner Lore
They had previously, in 2014, suffered a miscarriage. During an interview with the journalist, he said: “Lore and I have had a very difficult week, a terrible week actually… On Tuesday, the gynecologist told us that child was dead inside her belly. On Thursday, she had to go to the hospital for labor. It was a very difficult delivery, which took 25 hours.”
Boonen’s net worth is estimated to be between $1 to $30 million dollars. This includes his assets, money, and income. His primary source of income is his career as a former cyclist. Through his various sources of income, he has been able to accumulate good fortune but prefers to lead a modest lifestyle.
Here are some interesting facts and body measurements you should know about Tom
At the start of 2002, Tom Boonen rode for U.S. Postal Service, finishing third in Paris–Roubaix after an early breakaway. Fellow Belgian Johan Museeuw had escaped to a solo victory. Team captain George Hincapie crashed in a slippery section of the course leaving Boonen to ride for himself. Boonen’s performance led Museeuw – his childhood hero – to declare Tom Boonen his successor.
At the start of 2003 he joined Quick-Step-Davitamon, he claimed that US Postal never gave him enough chances to ride for himself. During the 2004 season Boonen won the E3 Prijs Vlaanderen, Gent–Wevelgem and the Scheldeprijs. He also won two stages of the Tour de France including the final stage in Paris, as Museeuw did in 1990.
In 2005 Tom Boonen won the Tour of Flanders, Paris–Roubaix and the E3 Prijs Vlaanderen, and came second in the Omloop “Het Volk” behind teammate Nick Nuyens. He was first to win the Tour of Flanders, Paris–Roubaix, and the World Cycling Championship in the same season.
In the Tour de France, Tom Boonen won the second and third stages, taking the lead in the points classification. He retired after stage 11 due to injuries sustained in crashes. On 25 September Boonen became the 21st Belgian road world champion. He won the race in Madrid after the leading six riders were caught. He outsprinted Alejandro Valverde to become the first Belgian since Museeuw, in 1996, to wear the rainbow jersey. He came second in the 2005 UCI ProTour rankings.
At the end of 2005, he won several awards: Kristallen Fiets (Crystal Bicycle), Vélo d’Or (Golden Bicycle), Trofee voor Sportverdienste (Trophy For Sporting Merit), Belgian Sportsman of the year and Belgian Sports Personality of the Year.
In 2006, Tom Boonen won the Tour of Flanders and came second in Paris–Roubaix the following week. Boonen won the second and the third stages of the Tour of Belgium. Boonen won three stages of the Eneco Tour of Benelux but could not keep his title at the world championship, held on a circuit that was hillier than in Madrid 2005. Paolo Bettini won and Boonen came ninth.
In 2007, Tom Boonen won five stages of the Tour of Qatar and came second in the general classification. He won Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne and E3 Prijs Vlaanderen but he didn’t win one of the five cycling monuments. His best placing was third in Milan–San Remo.
Tom Boonen won stages 6 and 12 of the Tour de France. He won the points classification in the Tour de France, the first Belgian since Eddy Planckaert in 1988 to do so.
In 2008 he won four stages and the overall and points classifications in the Tour of Qatar. On 10 June 2008, reports said Tom Boonen was negotiating a team place for him and other riders at Bouygues Télécom, a French team.
At the beginning of 2009, he won a stage and the overall and points classifications in the Tour of Qatar. He also won Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne for the second time. He also won Paris–Roubaix for the third time in his career.
Boonen was awarded his motor racing license in June 2017 making his car racing debut in July in the Volkswagen Beetle-based Fun Cup where he competed in the 25 Hours of the VW Fun Cup at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. Together with his teammates Anthony Kumpen, Bert Longin and Ruben Van Gucht finished in 29th place out of 118 starters.
In February 2018 Boonen joined forces with Lotto–Soudal, Quick Step’s long-time Belgian rivals, becoming a shareholder in the team and taking up the roles of technological adviser and ambassador for the team’s Captains of Cycling supporters’ program.
Tom Boonen was awarded his motor racing license in June 2017 making his car racing debut in July in the Volkswagen Beetle-based Fun Cup where he competed in the 25 Hours of the VW Fun Cup at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. Together with his teammates Anthony Kumpen, Bert Longin and Ruben Van Gucht finished in 29th place out of 118 starters.
In February 2018 Boonen joined forces with Lotto–Soudal, Quick Step’s long-time Belgian rivals, becoming a shareholder in the team and taking up the roles of technological adviser and ambassador for the team’s Captains of Cycling supporters’ program.
In April 2018 Sagan said other teams were too concerned with marking him than racing for a win after the Tour of Flanders. He said there was a lack of cooperation from other riders after his rival’s attack.
“The other teams didn’t respect the situation and collaborate. It’s not just me that they need to beat.”
Tom Boonen responded to him and said he should shut up: “A lack of cooperation? He is always at the wheel, I think Sagan really should not talk about a lack of cooperation. He is the one who always starts to sit on.
He’s like the cat in the tree, sitting there and then all at once, coming forward and waving his paw [for the others to work]. Then you have to keep your mouth shut.
Tom Boonen is a Belgian former road bicycle racer who was born and brought up in Mol, Belgium. He is a world champion, three-time Tour of Flanders, and four-time Paris-Roubaix and was a single-day road specialist with a strong finishing sprint
Boonen is 41 years as of 2021. He was born on 15 October 1980, in Mol, Belgium. Tom celebrates his birthday on 15th October every year.
Tom stands at a height of 1.92 m (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in).
Boonen is not married but has been in a longtime relationship with Lore. It is believed that the couple is headed towards marriage as it is evident how they love each other. We are following up on them and w will update you once we get any news about their wedding.
Boonen’s net worth is estimated to be between $1 to $30 million dollars. This includes his assets, money, and income. His primary source of income is his career as a former cyclist. Through his various sources of income, he has been able to accumulate good fortune but prefers to lead a modest lifestyle.
Because of security reasons, he has not shared his precise location of residence. We will immediately update this information if we get the location and images of his house.
Boonen is alive and in good health. There have been no reports of him being sick or having any health-related issues.
Boonen retired in 2017 and he serves as the technological adviser and ambassador for the Lotto–Soudal Captains of Cycling supporters’ program.
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