Alexander Jolig (born January 14, 1963, Stuttgart), better known by his stage name Alex, is a German actor, singer, and motorcycle racer.
Once a housemate in Big Brother Germany reality show on RTL II, he became famous in Europe and also internationally with his hit songs Ich will nur dich and Willst du...?. The former reached #3 and stood there for 10 weeks in Germany, #5 for 9 weeks in Austria, and #15 for 7 weeks in Switzerland, but the latter was less successful and reached #46 for 3 weeks in German charts.
Alex is an actor, known for Python 2 (2002), Interceptor Force 2 (2002), and Sperling (1996). He has been married to Britt since 2012. He was previously married to Sandra Mahnkopp. Currently working at 9.91 Radio, and has a book on the way, "A Life In The Big Brother House". The release date is yet to be announced.
The interesting thing about his music career is that most of his fans, about 80 percent, are from Iran, which was shown on his Instagram account in a documentary made by Bamdad Esmaeili for Radio farda TV network in 2017. He also said he started his music career just for fun, and he didn't think that he would become so popular, but then he had to choose between his company and music, which he the company because he cared more about it.
He has a son with his ex-girlfriend.
He has a spouse.
Owned two local Hip Restaurants in Bonn which he handed over to his younger brother.
He took part in March 2008 HyperMania in Dubai, UAE.
Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. was an American singer and actor. The first multimedia star, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century worldwide. He was a leader in record sales, radio ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1926 to 1977. He made over 70 feature films and recorded more than 1,600 songs.
Billy Bob Thornton is an American actor. He had his first break when he co-wrote and starred in the 1992 thriller One False Move, and received international attention after writing, directing, and starring in the independent drama film Sling Blade (1996), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. He appeared in several major film roles in the 1990s following Sling Blade, including Oliver Stone's neo-noir U Turn (1997), political drama Primary Colors (1998), science fiction disaster film Armageddon (1998), the highest-grossing film of that year, and the crime drama A Simple Plan (1998), which earned him his third Oscar nomination.
Derek William Dick, better known by his stage name Fish, is a Scottish singer-songwriter and occasional actor.
Sir Kenneth Charles Branagh is a British actor and filmmaker. Branagh trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and has served as its president since 2015. He has been nominated for five Academy Awards and has won three BAFTAs, two Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. He was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 2012 Birthday Honours and knighted on 9 November 2012. He was made a Freeman of his native city of Belfast in January 2018. In 2020, he was listed at number 20 on The Irish Times list of Ireland's greatest film actors.
Kevin Michael Costner is an American actor, filmmaker, and musician. He has received two Academy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
"Unchained Melody" is a 1955 song with music by Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret. North wrote the music as a theme for the little-known prison film Unchained, hence the song title. Todd Duncan sang the vocals for the film soundtrack. It has since become a standard and one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century, most notably by the Righteous Brothers in 1965. According to the song's publishing administrator, over 1,500 recordings of "Unchained Melody" have been made by more than 670 artists, in multiple languages.
John Joseph Corbett Jr. is an American actor and country music singer. On television, he is best known for his roles as Chris Stevens on Northern Exposure (1990–1995), Aidan Shaw on Sex and the City (2000–2003), Max Gregson on United States of Tara (2009–2011), and Seth Holt on Parenthood (2011–2015). In film, he is known for roles in My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002), Raising Helen (2004), The Messengers (2007), Sex and the City 2 (2010), Ramona & Beezus (2010), My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2 (2016), the To All the Boys film trilogy (2018–2021), and others.
Michael Ashley Ball is an English singer, presenter and actor. He made his West End debut in 1985 playing Marius Pontmercy in the original London production of Les Misérables, and went on to star in 1987 as Raoul in The Phantom of the Opera. In 1989, he reached number two in the UK Singles Chart with "Love Changes Everything", a song taken from the musical Aspects of Love, where he played Alex. He played the role in London and on Broadway. His album Coming Home To You reached number one in the UK making it his 4th number one album to date. On 24 April 2020, Ball and Captain Tom Moore entered the UK Singles Chart at number one with a cover of "You'll Never Walk Alone", with combined chart sales of 82,000 making it the fastest-selling single of 2020.
Steven Alexander James, FRSA is an English musician and songwriter, as well as a journalist and cheesemaker. Best known as the bassist of the band Blur, he has also played with temporary bands Fat Les, Me Me Me, WigWam and Bad Lieutenant.
Hacken Lee Hak-kan ; born 6 December 1967) is a Hong Kong singer, television host and actor, active from the 1980s until today. In 2013, Lee's song "House of Cards" swept multiple awards in many Hong Kong award ceremonies, including "World's Best Song" and "Broadcasting Index" in Metro's Awards. As of 2013, he has reached 14 times in receiving the "Outstanding Pop Singer Award" at RTHK's "Top Ten Chinese Gold Songs Awards" and has established an irreplaceable status in the music industry of Hong Kong and Asia.
Alexander Ross Winter is a British-born American director, writer, and actor. He played the slacker Bill in the 1989 film Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure and its sequels Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) and Bill & Ted Face the Music (2020). He is also known for his role as Marko in the 1987 vampire film The Lost Boys; co-writing, co-directing, and starring in the 1993 film Freaked; and directing documentaries in the 2010s.
Anthony Fitzgerald, known professionally as Tony Christie, is an English musician, singer and actor. He is best known for his recording of "(Is This The Way To) Amarillo", a double UK chart success. He lived for many years in Sheffield.
Billy Joe Ledesma Crawford is a Filipino actor, musician, singer, dancer, comedian and television host who has released 7 Albums and has had a number of singles, notably "Trackin'", "When You Think About Me" and "You Didn't Expect That" amongst others. In 2019, he released the single "Filipina Girl" and the album Work in Progress on Viva Records.
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Seyyed Shahab Hosseini is an Iranian actor, director and film producer. Hosseini is known for his collaborations with Iranian writer and director Asghar Farhadi in About Elly (2009), A Separation (2011), and The Salesman (2016).
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Alexander Aristides Reid is an English former mixed martial artist (MMA), fighting under Bellator, BAMMA and Cage Rage. He is an actor, having been in Hollyoaks also making an appearance in Drifters. Reid was the winner of Channel 4's 7th and final series of Celebrity Big Brother in 2010.
Kendall Francis Schmidt is an American singer, songwriter, music producer and actor. He played Kendall Knight in Big Time Rush, and is a current member of the boyband with the same name, and has had small roles on TV shows such as ER, Without a Trace, Phil of the Future, Ghost Whisperer, Gilmore Girls, School of Rock and Frasier.
Eric Corton is a Dutch presenter, actor, author and diskjockey. He is the face of the annual multi-media charity event Serious Request.
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