Who is Pauley Perrette?

American actress, producer, director and singer Pauley Perrette was born in New Orleans, Louisiana USA, on 27 March 1969, making Aries her zodiac sign. She’s appeared in over 50 TV series and movies, but is known best for starring as Abby Sciuto in 354 episodes (2003-2018) of the crime action series “NCIS”, which today stars Mark Harmon, Sean Murray and David McCallum, and was created by Don McGill and Donald P. Bellisario. The series has been airing since 2003, follows the work of the Major Case Response Team in Washington, D. C. and has won 27 of its 71 award nominations.

Pauley stated on 7 June 2019 that she quit “NCIS” because she was terrified of her former colleague Mark Harmon, and that she had been physically assaulted multiple times on set.

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Education and early life

Pauley and her family lived in more than 10 US states while she was growing up, mostly because of her father’s (undisclosed) job; she’s highly secretive when it comes to her mother and father, thus not sharing many details about them, but it’s believed that Pauley’s father worked for the FBI.

She grew up dreaming of becoming either an FBI agent, a rock ‘n’ roll musician or a veterinarian. Pauley matriculated from high school in 1987 and then enrolled at Valdosta State University in Georgia; she eventually transferred to John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City, from which she graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in 1991.

Some of the jobs she did prior to launching her career as an actress were a dinner cruise boat cook, bartender and waitress.

Roles in TV series

Pauley’s debut TV series role was playing Shannon in the 1994 episode “Magical Make-Over” of the adventure comedy “ABC Afterschool Specials”, and she only gained recognition in 1997, with her portrayal of Gwen in 10 episodes of the popular crime mystery “Murder One”, created by Steven Bochco and Charles H. Eglee, and which starred Mary McCormack, Michael Hayden and J. C. MacKenzie. It follows the life of prominent defense lawyer Theodore Hoffman, the series aired from 1995 through 1997 and won 15 of its 33 award nominations. The remainder of the ‘90s saw Pauley appear in an episode or two of the adventure comedy “Early Edition”, the comedy “Frasier” and another comedy “The Drew Carey Show”.

In 2001 and 2002, she played Alice Cramer in the action crime comedy “Special Unit 2”, created by Evan Katz, and which starred Michael Landes, Alexondra Lee and Richard Gant; it follows detectives Nick O’Malley and Kate Benson as they’re trying to hide the existence of mythological creatures Links from the public. Pauley had only a couple of other TV series roles in the decade, appearing in an episode or two of the crime action “24”, the crime mystery “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”, and the crime action “JAG”.

In 2016, she voiced Nickleby in the popular animated comedy “Fantasy Hospital”; it starred Pete Holmes, Kunal Nayyar and Emma Caulfield Ford, and follows wizards, fairies and dwarves as they’re running a hospital together. Pauley’s since appeared in only two TV series: she played Robin in the 2017 episode “Night IV: Part VI and VII” of the drama mini-series “When We Rise”, and the lead character Jackie in all the 13 episodes of the 2020 comedy “Broke”.

Roles in movies

Pauley’s debut film role was playing Renee in the 1997 romantic drama “The Price of Kissing”, and the following year saw her star in the short comedy movies “Hand on the Pump” and “Hoofboy”.

In 2000, Pauley appeared as Alice Wisdom in the critically acclaimed adventure comedy “Almost Famous”, which Cameron Crowe wrote and directed, and which starred Kate Hudson, Patrick Fugit and Billy Crudup. Set in the first half of the ‘70s, the film follows a teenager as he’s accompanying a rock ‘n’ roll band on their tour, and it won 55 of its 158 award nominations, including an Oscar nomination for Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. A couple of Pauley’s following roles were in the 2001 romantic comedy “My First Mister”, the crime action “Red Skies” and the  horror mystery “The Ring”, both in 2002.

In 2003, she voiced Female Lover Bear in the critically acclaimed animated adventure comedy “Brother Bear”, which Robert Walker and Aaron Blaise directed, and which starred Rick Moranis, Jeremy Suarez and Joaquin Phoenix. It follows an Inuit hunter who’s needlessly killed a bear, and has now been magically transformed into one; the movie won two of its 25 award nominations, including an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature. Some of Pauley’s roles in the remainder of the decade were in the 2004 short drama “A Moment of Grace”, the 2006 crime comedy “Potheads: The Movie” and the 2009 short drama “To Comfort You”.

In 2012, she played Mom in the thriller “I Am Bad”, while her most recent film role has been voicing both Delilah Domino and The Crimson Witch in the animated adventure comedy “Scooby-Doo! And Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery”.

Other credits

Pauley voiced Lucy Devlin in the 1997 video game “Blade Runner”.

She produced and directed the 2013 biographical historical documentary movie “Citizen Lane”, while she also produced the 2015 family documentary movie “An Act of Love”, the 2019 short film “The German King”, and three episodes of the 2020 comedy series “Broke”.

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Pauley received special thanks for the 2007 short film “NCIS: Cast Roundtable”, the 2012 short horror series “Project: Phoenix”, and the 2023 documentary movie “Commitment to Life”.

Some of her most recent talk-show appearances have been in “48 Hours”, “The Talk” and “Entertainment Tonight”.

Awards and nominations

Pauley won a Best Female Performance Award for Short Film Drama at the 2010 Beverly Hills Film Festival, for her performance in “To Comfort You”.

She’s been nominated for five other awards, including three People’s Choice Awards for her performance in “NCIS” in 2014, 2016 and 2017, and two Behind the Voice Actors Awards for “Superman vs. The Elite” and “Scooby-doo! And Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery”.

Love life and husband

Pauley’s been married once, and has become engaged twice. Her husband was Canadian actor and musician Francis ‘Coyote’ Shivers; the two married in 2000 and divorced in 2006. Pauley was granted a restraining order against Coyote, as he’d allegedly subjected her to sexual, emotional and physical abuse while they were married.

She then began dating American cameraman Michael Bosman, and the two became engaged in June 2008, but split in 2010. In December 2011, Pauley revealed that she and former British Royal Marine Thomas Arklie had become engaged. The two haven’t married, as they’ve promised not to exchange vows until the 2008 California Proposition 8 is invalidated; the proposition aims to ban same-sex marriage.

Pauley’s engaged to Thomas Arklie as of April 2023, was married to Francis ‘Coyote’ Shivers, and doesn’t have children.

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Interesting facts and hobbies

Pauley donated $10,000 to the city of Prattville, Alabama, to be given to the person who offers information that would lead to catching the killer of Shannon Paulk; she also donated $10,000 to the city of Detroit, Michigan to be given to those who provided information regarding the disappearance and possible murder of seven-year-old girl Raven Jeffries.

She’s a philanthropist, and supports various charitable organizations including LGBT right groups, the American Red Cross, and animal rescue organizations.

A homeless man assaulted Pauley on 12 November 2015, in front of her Hollywood Hills house; she didn’t press charges.

In September 2021, Pauley suffered a stroke.

She has her own favorite actresses, Meryl Streep and Kate Winslet, and some of her favorite movies include “Heavenly Creatures”, “Little Children” and “The Devil Wears Prada”.

Height, eyes and wealth

Pauley’s age is 54. Her eyes are green and hair’s black, she’s 5ft 10ins (1.78m) tall and weighs about 150lbs (68kgs).

Pauley’s net worth’s been estimated at over $22 million, as of April 2023, most of which she earned by starring in “NCIS”.

Who is Malcolm Washington?

Malcolm Washington was born in Los Angeles, California USA, on 10 April 1991 – his zodiac sign is Aries and he holds American nationality. He is a movie director, producer and writer, who might be known best for being the son of famous American actor Denzel Washington.

Early life and education

Malcolm was raised alongside his twin sister Olivia, and their brother and sister John David and Katia in Los Angeles, by their father and their mother Pauletta who was a housewife – all of Malcolm’s siblings are also actors and actresses.

Because of his father who occasionally took him and his siblings to the sets of his movies, Malcolm became interested in acting at a very early age, and practiced his skills at a local theatre. He attended a local high school at which he was a member of the school’s drama club, and also excelled at basketball playing for his school’s team, however, he eventually became interested in directing and producing films, and chose to stop playing basketball. Upon matriculation in 2009, Malcolm enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in theatre in 2013.

Malcolm’s career

Malcolm launched his career in 2014 when he served as a production assistant for the adventure comedy movie “Chef”, written and directed by Jon Favreau who also starred in it alongside Robert Downey Jr. and Scarlett Johansson – the film was a success, winning two awards while it was nominated for four others.

After three years without working in the film industry, Malcolm was a production assistant for the shooting of eight episodes of the comedy series “She’s Gotta Have It”, created by Spike Lee and which starred DeWanda Wise and Anthony Ramos.

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It is about a woman who is dating three men, and it won one award while it was nominated for six others. In 2017 as well, Malcolm made his writing and directing debut with his short drama film “Benny Got Shot”, which starred Iantha Richardson, Tammi Mac and Jay Reeves, and is about a young autopsy assistant who, after her brother went missing, starts believing she might find him at the morgue – the film won Malcolm an Atlanta Film Festival Award for Filmmaker to Watch. He went on to serve as the assistant director for two short films “The Last Bookstore” and “Trouble Man”, and also produced the short film “Summer of 17”.

Two of Malcolm’s most recent works have been in 2019 when he produced the short film “The Dispute”, and in 2020 the comedy movie “North Hollywood”.

Love life and wife

Malcolm is very secretive when it comes to his love life, and hasn’t talked about any women he might have dated or even married. There are rumors circulating the internet that Malcolm’s first long-term relationship was with his high school sweetheart, and that they dated for three years before splitting ways after deciding to attend universities in different countries. Malcolm then allegedly dated a girl whom he met while attending college, and they were together for around two years before splitting ways.

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Because none of these rumors have been confirmed and it isn’t known whether Malcolm has ever actually dated anyone, there are some people who believe him to be gay.

As of December 2020, Malcolm is single, hasn’t married and has no children.

Hobbies and other interests

Malcolm is physically very active as he has four to five training sessions at the gym each week while he’s also a martial artist and a boxer, thus his muscular body,  – he has his own personal dietitian and a nutritionist.

He is keen on playing video games in his spare time, usually on his PlayStation 4 console – one of his favorite games of all times is “The Last of Us”. He has recently finished one of the most popular games of 2020 called “The Last of Us Part II” and seems to have liked it even more than its first part.

Malcolm is also keen on watching movies – his favorite actors are Heath Ledger, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino, while his favorite movies include “The Dark Knight”, “Scarface” and the trilogy “The Godfather”.

Age, height and net worth

Malcolm is 29 years old. He has short black hair and brown eyes, his height is 5ft 9ins (1.75m) and he weighs around 150lbs (68kgs). As of December 2020, his net worth has been estimated at over $400,000, while his father’s net worth is reputedly over $255 million.

Who is Denzel Washington?

Denzel Hayes Washington Jr. was born in Mount Vernon, New York State USA, on 28 December 1954 – his zodiac sign is Capricorn and he holds American nationality.

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He is an actor and a film director and producer, who has won numerous awards including three Golden Globes for his portrayal of Private Trip, one of the lead characters in the 1989 war drama movie “Glory” written by Kevin Jarre, directed by Edward Zwick, and which also starred Matthew Broderick and Cary Elwes – the film won 14 awards including three Oscars, and was nominated for 18 other awards.

Denzel was raised alongside his sister Lorice and brother David in Mount Vernon, by their father Denzel Hayes Washington Sr. who was a Pentecostal minister, and their mother Lennis ‘Lynne’ who was the owner of a beauty salon.

Denzel attended Pennington-Grimes Elementary school, and after his parents divorced in 1968, he was sent to attend Oakland Military Academy in New Windsor, New York State. After matriculating from Mainland High School in 1972, Denzel enrolled at Fordham University, from which he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in drama and journalism in 1976 – he also practiced his acting skills at the American Conservatory Theater.

His first role was in the 1976 theatre play “Wings of the Morning”, while his first movie role was in “Wilma” in 1977, and his first Hollywood movie was the 1981 British comedy “Carbon Copy”.

Denzel became popular after he portrayed Dr. Phillip Chandler in the TV medical drama series “St. Elsewhere” from 1982 to 1988, and in the meantime, he appeared in several movies such as “Power”, “Hard Lessons” and “A Soldier’s Story”. His first lead role was in the 1990 musical comedy film “Mo’ Better Blues”, and he went on to star in the romantic film “Mississippi Masala”, the epic biographical movie “Malcolm X” (one of his most memorable and best performances), and the legal drama “Philadelphia” which also starred Tom Hanks.

The year 2000 saw him appear in his first Disney movie – “Remember the Titans” and then in the thriller film “John Q.” in 2002. He made his directing debut in 2002 as well, after working on his biographical drama “Antwone Fisher” in which he also starred, and Denzel’s following notable performance was in the 2007 biographical crime movie “American Gangster”.

He started the 2010s with a lead role in the post-apocalyptic neo-western action movie “The Book of Eli”, and a few of his following roles were in the 2012 drama movie “Flight”, the 2014 vigilante action movie “The Equalizer”, and the 2016 western action movie “The Magnificent Seven” – Denzel reprised his role in “The Equalizer 2” in 2018. He has recently been cast to appear in three upcoming movies: “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”, “The Little Things” and “The Tragedy of Macbeth”.

Denzel is a highly religious man, and at one point of his life considered becoming a preacher – he has stated hat he usually reads the Bible every day. He is also a philanthropist who has donated money to various charitable causes, including the $1 million he gave to Nelson Mandela’s Children’s Fund, and another million he gave to Wiley College.

Bryan Cranston Wiki Bio

Bryan Lee Cranston was born in Los Angeles, California USA on 7 March 1956 – his zodiac sign is Pisces and he holds American nationality. He is an actor, film director and producer, who might be known best for his portrayal of the lead character Walter White in the critically acclaimed crime series “Breaking Bad” created by Vince Gilligan, and which also stared Aaron Paul and Anna Gunn. It follows a high school chemistry teacher who, after learning he’s dying from cancer, decides to start cooking methamphetamine so that his family will have enough money after his death.

The series aired from 2008 to 2013 and was a huge hit, winning 153 awards including two Golden Globes, while it was nominated for 238 others.

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For his performance in the series, Bryan was nominated for 75 awards, and won a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama.

Childhood and education

Bryan was raised alongside his two siblings, Kyle and Amy in Canoga Park, California, by their mother Annalisa who was a radio actress and their father Joseph Louis Cranston who was also an actor.

Bryan’s father worked multiple jobs to financially support his family before deciding to venture into acting, however, he wasn’t earning enough to put food on the table, and so left his family when Bryan was 11 – they met again after more than a decade, after which Bryan maintained a healthy relationship with his father until Joseph died in 2014.

After his father left, Bryan was raised in Yucaipa in California by his grandparents, and while there had an opportunity to meet Charles Manson, a criminal and cult leader responsible for the Tate-LaBianca murders on 9 August 1969.

Bryan attended Canoga Park High School at which he was mostly interested in chemistry, and was part of the school’s chemistry club, then upon matriculation in 1974, he enrolled at Los Angeles Valley College, from which he graduated with an Associate’s degree in police science two years later.

Roles in movies

Brian has been credited with appearing in roughly 160 movies and TV series, and we are about to mention some of his most notable performances in this article.

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He made his (uncredited) debut film appearance in 1980, when he portrayed a quarterback in the drama “To Race the Wind”, and then went on to make his voicing debut for the 1983 animated science fiction movie “The Treasure Planet”. The following years saw Bryan appear in several movies none of which attracted much attention, such as the 1990 drama “Corporate Affairs”, the 1991 science fiction “Dead Space”, and he also voiced Matti Tohn in the English dub of the Japanese animated science fiction film “Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise”. He went on voicing characters in English dubs of Japanese animated films, such as “Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie”, the “Macross Plus: International Version”, and the cyberpunk “Armitage III”.

Bryan gained recognition in 1998 when he portrayed War Department Colonel in the epic was movie “Saving Private Ryan”, written by Robert Rodat and directed by Steven Spielberg, and which follows a group of soldiers on a mission to rescue a soldier whose brothers have all been killed in war. Bryan was also praised for his portrayal of Stan Grossman in the tragi-comedy road movie “Little Miss Sunshine”, and he went on to appear in movies such as the 2010 drama “Love Ranch”, the 2011 legal thriller “The Lincoln Lawyer”, and the 2012 science fiction action “John Carter” – the same year heard him voice Vitaly in the animated comedy movie “Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted”.

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In 2013, he starred alongside Alice Eve and Logan Marshall-Green in the crime thriller “Cold Comes the Night”, and then participated in several critically acclaimed movies, such as the animated wuxia comedy “Kung Fu Panda 3” (voice role), the biographical crime thriller “The Infiltrator” in which he played the lead character Robert Mazur, and the romantic comedy “Why Him?”, starring alongside James Franco and Zoey Deutch.

Bryan appeared in four movies in 2017, while three of this most recent appearances have been in the 2018 animated science fiction comedy “Isle of Dogs” in which he voiced Chief, the 2019 neo-Western crime thriller “El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie” in which he made a cameo appearance, and the 2020 fantasy “The One and Only Ivan”, starring alongside Sam Rockwell and Angelina Jolie.

Roles in TV series

Bryan made his debut TV series appearance in 1982, when cast to play Sam in the episode “Bisexual Marriage” of the drama “Crisis Counselor”, and the following years saw him appear in an episode or two of several series, such as the crime drama “CHiPs”, the action adventure “Cover Up”, and the action military drama “Airwolf”.

Bryan gained recognition in 1988 when he portrayed Uncle Russell in nine episodes of the sitcom “Raising Miranda”, and after appearing in single episodes of over 30 TV series, he was cast to play Hal, one of the lead characters in the critically acclaimed sitcom “Malcolm in the Middle”, created by Linwood Boomer and Michael Glouberman, and which also starred Frankie Muniz and Justin Berfield. The series follows a teenager living with his dysfunctional family, and won 46 awards and was nominated for 118 others, including seven Golden Globes, during its airing from 2000 to 2006.

Concurrently, in 2001 Bryan voiced Mr. Newton and Senator Howard Bilson in eight episodes of the adult animated sitcom “Gary & Mike”, and his next notable performance was in the long-running animated sitcom “Family Guy” in which he voiced four characters in 10 episodes. The year 2011 saw him write, produce and star in the drama “The Handlers”, and he then voiced several characters in the adult animated comedy sketch “Robot Chicken”, appeared in nine episodes of the adult animated sitcom “The Cleveland Show”, and narrate 17 episodes of the documentary “Big History”.

From 2015 to 2019, Bryan voiced Titanium Rex in the stop-motion animated comedy “SuperMansion” which he also produced, and two of his most recent appearances in TV series have been in the 2019 episode “Opioids II” of the talk show “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”, and the 2020 episode “To The Pain!” of the comedy mini-series “Home Movie: The Princess Bride”, while he has also been cast to play Michael Desiato in the upcoming series “Your Honor”.

Other credits

Bryan has appeared in three stage plays: he played Welch in “The God of Hell” performed at Geffen Playhouse in 2006, Lyndon B. Johnson in “All the Way” at both The American Repertory Theater and Neil Simon Theatre in 2013, and Howard Beale in “Network” at Royal National Theatre and Belasco Theatre in 2017 and 2019, respectively.

He voiced Vitaly in the video game “Madagascar 3: The Video Game”, and himself in the mobile game “Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff”. Bryan has also appeared in three commercials for Audi, Esurance and Mountain Dew Zero, and in the music video “Boss of Me”, by They Might Be Giants.

Love life and wife

In 1977, Bryan married American writer Mickey Middleton after several years of dating, but they divorced in 1982 for unknown reasons.

He married his second wife Robin Dearden on 8 July 1989, five years after they met while shooting for the series “Airwolf”, and on 12 February 1993, Robin gave birth to their daughter Taylor Dearden Cranston – she has also become an actress, and appeared in the first episode of the third season of “Breaking Bad”. Bryan and his wife spend most of their time at their beach house in Ventura County, which he personally designed.

Robin Dearden was born in Los Angeles, on 4 December 1953 – her zodiac sign is Sagittarius and she holds American nationality. She is an actress who might be known best for her roles in the TV series “Magnum, P.I.”, “Breaking Bad” and “Matt Houston” – Robin has been credited with over 40 other roles in movies and TV series.

As of November 2020, Bryan is married to his second wife Robin Dearden, and has a daughter.

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Hobbies and other interests

Bryan has been interested in baseball since his teenage years, when he played for his high school team, and is today a baseball memorabilia collector, while he cheers for the Los Angeles Dodgers. When he received his third Primetime Emmy Award, Bryan stated during his speech that he loves his family more than baseball.

He was once the owner of the Cinemas Palme d’Or, the now closed independent theater. Bryan is not a big fan of tattoos, but after he and Aaron Paul finished shooting the final episode of “Breaking Bad”, they were both tattooed to commemorate the series – Bryan has his logo on his finger, while Aaron tattooed ‘no half measures’ on his arm.

It was announced in July 2020 that Bryan had contracted the coronavirus, but it was later reported that he had recovered without any problems.

He is also a writer, as his book “A Life in Parts” was published in 2016.

Net worth

Bryan’s age is 64. He has short brown hair and brown eyes, his height is 5ft 10ins (1.79m) and he weighs around 160lbs (72kgs).

As of November 2020, his net worth has been estimated at somewhat over $30 million.