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Michael Anthony Richards is an American actor, comedian, writer and television producer, best known for his portrayal of the eccentric Cosmo Kramer... on the television sitcom Seinfeld. Throughout the show's run, he received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series three times. Richards began his career as a stand up comedian, first stepping into a national spotlight when he was featured on Billy Crystal's first cable TV special. He went on to become a series regular on ABC's Fridays. Prior to Seinfeld, he made numerous guest appearances on a variety of television shows including Cheers, Night Court, Miami Vice and St. Elsewhere. His film credits include So I Married an Axe Murderer, Airheads, Young Doctors in Love, Problem Child, Coneheads, UHF, and Trial and Error, one of his few starring roles. During the run of Seinfeld, he made a guest appearance in Mad About You. After Seinfeld, Richards starred in his own sitcom, The Michael Richards Show, which lasted less than one season. After his series was cancelled, Richards returned to his roots performing stand up comedy.
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Gary Edmund Carter was an American professional baseball catcher whose 21-year career was spent primarily with the Montreal Expos and New York Mets.... Nicknamed "Kid" for his youthful exuberance, Carter was named an All-Star 11 times, and was a member of one World Series championship team. Known throughout his career for his hard hitting as well has his excellent defense behind the plate, Carter made a major contribution to the Mets' World Series championship in 1986, including a 12th-inning single against the Houston Astros that won Game 5 of the NLCS and a 10th-inning single against the Boston Red Sox to start the fabled comeback rally in Game 6 of the World Series. He is one of only three people ever to be named captain of the Mets, and he had his number retired by the Expos. After retiring from baseball, Carter coached baseball at the college and minor-league level. He was inducted in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003. Carter was born in Culver City, California in 1954 to Jim Carter, an aircraft worker, and his wife, Inge. When Gary was 12, Inge died of leukemia.
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Camille Simoine Winbush is an American television actress and recording artist. Her work in television has earned her three Image Awards and a Young... Artist Award. Winbush was born in Culver City, California. Her credits include a role in Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai and an appearance in Eraser. Additionally, she had a recurring role on 7th Heaven and roles on Criminal Minds, That's Life, The Norm Show, NYPD Blue and Any Day Now. She also guest starred in Disney's musical production of Geppetto. She got her big break playing the role of Vanessa "Nessa" Thomkins on The Bernie Mac Show. During her run on the show Winbush earned numerous award nominations for her role, winning three NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and a Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a TV Series - Leading Young Actress. In 2007, she appeared in an episode of Grey's Anatomy. As of 2008, Winbush can be seen playing Lauren Treacy, a recurring character in The Secret Life of the American Teenager.
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Rocky George is an American heavy metal guitarist who has been a member of several notable musical acts. George's guitar playing career began in... 1982 when he joined a local punk rock band called Pap Smear. He became lead guitarist of Suicidal Tendencies in 1984 and stayed with the band until their first breakup in 1995. After Suicidal Tendencies, George played with 40 Cycle Hum and Cro-Mags, and in 2003, he joined Fishbone. In 1982, prior to joining Suicidal Tendencies, George joined a short-lived punk side project called "Pap Smear", formed by Slayer members Jeff Hanneman and Dave Lombardo. Although Pap Smear has never released any records, two of their songs were re-recorded on Slayer's 1996 covers album Undisputed Attitude. After Pap Smear broke up around 1985, George joined Suicidal Tendencies, replacing Jon Nelson, who replaced the first album's guitarist Grant Estes. His debut with the band was Welcome to Venice on the song "Look Up.." written by Jon Nelson and Mike Muir.
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Debbie Watson, is an American movie and television actress. Born in Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, Watson got her start on television,... starring as the boy-struck teenage girl Karen Scott in the 1964 sitcom TV series Karen, the only portion of the largely unsuccessful "90 Bristol Court" to last the entirety of the 1964-65 season. She then went on to star as Tammy Tarleton in the 1965 rural themed sitcom TV series Tammy, with co-stars Denver Pyle and Frank McGrath. Watson's film appearances include the character of Marilyn Munster in Munster, Go Home! 1966. The actress was a Universal Pictures starlet at the time, and the studio used Watson to replace Pat Priest. In 1967, Watson co-starred with Roddy McDowall in The Cool Ones. Before starting in television, Watson did community theatre, including "Gangway" in Tustin and "45 Minutes From Broadway" in Long Beach, and in 1963, "Bye Bye Birdie" and "Brigadoon" at Melodyland in Anaheim.
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Taran Hourie Killam is an American actor and comedian best known for his television work on shows such as The Amanda Show, Scrubs, Wild 'N Out,... MADtv, How I Met Your Mother, Stuck in the Suburbs and currently on Saturday Night Live. Killam was born in Culver City, California and was raised in Big Bear City, California. He graduated from the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts. His first name is of Sanskrit origin and means heaven. His great-uncle was actor Robert Stack. In 1994, Killam made his first film appearance as an adolescent in Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult. Killam was also featured on Nickelodeon's The Amanda Show starring Amanda Bynes. He played Spalding, a boy who had a huge crush on Moody, in "Moody's Point." Killam joined the cast of MADtv as a featured player during its 7th season. Joining the MADtv cast at age 19, Killam was the youngest cast member to ever join the sketch program. He was also a regular cast member on the third and fourth seasons of Nick Cannon's Wild 'N Out. Nobody's Watching never aired on network TV, however the show was leaked and webisodes continued until June 2007 on YouTube.
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