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Michael Palin (born 1943)
actor, comedian, diarist, singer, film actor, television presenter, television actor
Gore Vidal (1925-2012)
playwright, actor, essayist, literary critic, politician, journalist, opinion journalist
Irvine Welsh (born 1958)
playwright, film actor
Sebastian Junger (born 1962)
film director, journalist, film producer, cinematographer, actor
Benjamin Zephaniah (1958-2023)
actor, poet, singer, dub poet, autobiographer, musician
Bruce Campbell (born 1958)
actor, voice actor, film producer, film director, camera operator, film actor, television actor, producer
Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1932-2017)
poet, director, actor, teacher, film director, opinion journalist, photographer
Noël Coward (1899-1973)
actor, composer, film producer, playwright, lyricist, singer, theatrical director, film score composer, stage actor, film actor, film director, television director, SOE agent, producer
