Michael Gambon
Sir Michael John Gambon( born 19 October 1940) is an Irish- born British character actor who has worked in theatre, television, and film.
He is also known as" The Great Gambon" as dubbed by actor Ralph Richardson.
He was trained under Laurence Olivier and started his long work on stage in the National Theatre.
He received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Play for his work in David Hare ’s" Skylight" on Broadway.
Gambon retired from stage acting in 2015 due to memory loss.
Gambon is most famous for portraying Professor Albus Dumbledore in the final six" Harry Potter" films after the death of Richard Harris who had previously played the role.
His other films include," The Cook, the Thief, His Wife& Her Lover"( 1989)," The Wings of the Dove"( 1997)," Gosford Park"( 2001)," Amazing Grace"( 2006)," The King's Speech"( 2010), and" Quartet"( 2012).
Gambon has appeared in various television projects including," The Singing Detective"( 1986)," Wives and Daughters"( 1999)," Path to War"( 2002)," Cranford"( 2007)," Emma"( 2009)," The Casual Vacancy"( 2015)," Churchill's Secret"( 2016)," The Hollow Crown"( 2016), and" Little Women"( 2017).
He was Knighted in 1998 for services to drama, and has won four BAFTA TV Awards, three Olivier Awards and was awarded the Irish Film& Television Academy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017 for his contribution to Irish film.
The Crazy Marriage of Laló
The Crazy Marriage of Laló( German: Die tolle Heirat von Laló) is a 1918 German silent film directed by Lupu Pick.
Ngatuaine Mani
Ngatuaine Mani( born 5 March 1982) in the Cook Islands is a footballer who plays as a Defender.
He currently plays for Avatiu in the Cook Islands Round Cup and the Cook Islands national football team.
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife& Her Lover is a 1989 crime drama film written and directed by Peter Greenaway, starring Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren and Alan Howard in the titular roles.
The film's graphic scatology, violence, and nude scenes, as well as its lavish cinematography and formalism, were noted at the time of its release.
Hywel Williams-Ellis
Hywel Williams- Ellis, sometimes billed as Hywel Williams Ellis, is a British actor who was active in the 1980s and 1990s.
Williams- Ellis' first television appearance was in the episode' Days' of" BBC2 Playhouse" in 1981.
He played Honesty Evans in thirteen episodes of the HTV series" Smuggler"( 1981), which starred Oliver Tobias.
He played Stewart in ATV's" Starting Out"( 1982), a series for schools written by Grazyna Monvid.
He reprised the role in one episode of the 1986 series by the same writer.
Also in 1982 he appeared in" I Remember Nelson" for Central Television, while in 1984 he acted in" Return to Waterloo", a television film made by Channel 4.
He played the role of Lamb in the television film" Dutch Girls"( 1985), which starred Colin Firth and Timothy Spall, and appeared in three episodes of" Dramarama" between 1983 and 1985, playing a different character in each.
Williams- Ellis played Herr Schmidt in" Constant Hot Water"( 1986), and made an appearance in" C.A.T.S. Eyes", also in 1986.
Williams- Ellis played a waiter in" The Cook the Thief His Wife& Her Lover"( 1989), which starred Helen Mirren and Michael Gambon, and Barry Evans in an episode of" Boon"( 1990).
Sacha Vierny
Sacha Vierny
( 10 August 1919 – 15 May 2001) was a French cinematographer.
He was born in Bois- le- Roi, Seine- et- Marne, Île- de- France, France, and died in Paris, France, at the age of 81.
He is most famous for his work with Alain Resnais – especially for the two films" Hiroshima mon amour" and" L'année dernière à Marienbad" – and with Peter Greenaway(" The Cook, the Thief, His Wife& Her LoverProspero's Books").
Lupu Pick
Lupu Pick
( 2 January 1886 – 7 March 1931) was a German actor, film director, producer and screenwriter of the silent era.
He appeared in 50 films between 1910 and 1928.
Born in Romania, Pick's father was a Jewish Austrian, his mother, of Romanian origin.
He began as a stage actor in Hamburg, Flensburg and Berlin before 1910.
In 1917 he founded the film company Rex- Film AG.
He served on the board of the Film Association of Industrialists(" Vorstand des Verbandes der Filmindustriellen"), SPIO and the Film Directors Association of Germany(" Verbandes der Filmregisseure Deutschlands") and worked intensively to establish the union- based umbrella organization of Filmmakers in Germany(" Filmschaffenden Deutschlands")( Dacho).
He was the organization's first chairman.
Pick was married to actress Edith Posca.
Peter Greenaway
Peter Greenaway,( born 5 April 1942 in Newport, Wales) is a British film director, screenwriter, and artist.
His films are noted for the distinct influence of Renaissance and Baroque painting, and Flemish painting in particular.
Common traits in his film are the scenic composition and illumination and the contrasts of costume and nudity, nature and architecture, furniture and people, sexual pleasure and painful death.
Helen Mirren
Dame Helen Lydia Mirren,( born 26 July 1945) is an English actor.
Mirren began her acting career with the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1967 and is one of the few performers who have achieved the Triple Crown of Acting: she won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2007 for her performance as Queen Elizabeth II in" The Queen"; the Olivier Award for Best Actress; and Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for the same role in" The Audience".
Mirren's other Academy Award nominations were for" The Madness of King George"( 1994)," Gosford Park"( 2001), and" The Last Station"( 2009).
For her role as police detective Jane Tennison on the British television series" Prime Suspect", which ran from 1991 to 2006, she won three consecutive BAFTA Awards for Best Actress between 1992 and 1994, and two Emmy Awards.
She also received an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for her performance in the miniseries" Elizabeth I"( 2005).
Some of her other notable film roles were in" Cal"( 1984), for which she won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress," 2010"( 1984)," The Cook, the Thief, His Wife& Her Lover"( 1989)," Teaching Mrs. Tingle"( 1999)," Calendar Girls"( 2003)," Hitchcock"( 2012)," The Hundred- Foot Journey"( 2014)," Woman in Gold"( 2015)," Trumbo"( 2015), and" The Leisure Seeker"( 2017).
She has also appeared in the action films" Red"( 2010)," Red 2"( 2013), and" Hobbs& Shaw"( 2019).
In 2003, she was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire( DBE) for services to drama.
In 2013, Mirren was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and in 2014, BAFTA announced that Mirren would be the recipient of the Academy Fellowship.
Tim Roth
Timothy Simon Roth( born 14 May 1961) is an English actor and director.
He made his debut in the television film" Made in Britain"( 1982).
He gained critical acclaim for his role as Myron in" The Hit"( 1984), for which he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer.
Among a group of prominent British actors of the era, the" Brit Pack", Roth gained more attention for his performances in" The Cook, the Thief, His Wife& Her Lover"( 1989)," Vincent& Theo"( 1990) and" Rosencrantz& Guildenstern Are Dead"( 1990).
He later earned international recognition for appearing in Quentin Tarantino's films, such as" Reservoir Dogs"( 1992)," Pulp Fiction"( 1994)," Four Rooms"( 1995) and" The Hateful Eight"( 2015).
For the historical drama" Rob Roy"( 1995), Roth won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
He made his directorial debut with" The War Zone"( 1999), for which he received numerous accolades.
Roth's other notable films include" Captives"( 1994)," Little Odessa"( 1994)," Everyone Says I Love You"( 1996)," Gridlock'd"( 1997)," Deceiver"( 1997)," The Legend of 1900"( 1998)," Planet of the Apes"( 2001)," Invincible"( 2001)," Funny Games"( 2007)," The Incredible Hulk"( 2008)," Arbitrage"( 2012)," Broken"( 2012)," Selma"( 2014) and" 600 Miles"( 2016).
He also starred as Cal Lightman on the Fox series" Lie to Me" and as Jack Worth in the Sky Atlantic series" Tin Star."

Question: Are the directors of both films The Crazy Marriage Of Laló and The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover from the same country?
Answer: no