Movies trivia | 100 facts about famous actors (part 5)

We all know who our favorite actors are, but how well do we know them? They all have some interesting, and exciting facts trivia about their lives!

Let’s find out more!

1. Matthew Steven “Matt” LeBlanc was born on July 25, 1967.

2. He is an American actor, comedian, and producer, best known for his role as the dim-witted womanizing actor Joey Tribbiani on the popular NBC sitcom Friends, which ran from 1994 to 2004.

3. LeBlanc also stars as a fictional version of himself in Episodes.

4. He won a Golden Globe award for his work on Episodes, and was nominated for an Emmy three times for his work on Friends and four times for Episodes.

5. In 2016, LeBlanc started to host on the BBC motoring show Top Gear.

6. LeBlanc was born in Newton, Massachusetts.

7. His mother, Patricia, was an office manager, and his father, Paul, was a mechanic.

8. His mother is of Italian ancestry and his father of French-Canadian.

9. LeBlanc first appeared in a 1987 Heinz Tomato Ketchup commercial.

10. In 1988, he starred in the television drama TV 101 for one season.

11. He went on to star in a spin-off of Married… with Children titled Top of the Heap. The Fox series lasted seven episodes airing in April and May 1991.

12. LeBlanc found success in the role of Joey Tribbiani on Friends, and went on to play this character for 12 years — 10 seasons of Friends and two seasons of Joey.

13. Friends was successful and LeBlanc, along with his co-stars, gained wide recognition among viewers.

14. He has appeared in the films Lookin’ Italian (1994), Ed (1996), Lost in Space (1998), Charlie’s Angels (2000), and All the Queen’s Men (2001).

15. He appeared in two of Jon Bon Jovi’s music videos: “Miracle”, from the Young Guns II soundtrack in 1990, and “Say It Isn’t So” in 2000.

16. He also appeared in Alanis Morissette’s single “Walk Away” in 1991, the last seconds of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers “Into the Great Wide Open” in which he is seen getting a tattoo, and in Bob Seger’s “Night Moves” in 1994.

17. His production company, Fort Hill Productions, co-produced the made-for-TV movie, The Prince, in 2006.

18. In 2011, LeBlanc began appearing as a fictional version of himself in Episodes, a BBC/Showtime television series about a British television series that is remade for an American audience. The series is written by Friends co-creator David Crane and his partner Jeffrey Klarik.

19. LeBlanc won the 2012 Golden Globe for Best Actor in a TV Series Comedy for his performance.

20. The latest season of Episodes, its fifth, is scheduled to begin filming in 2016.

21. In February 2012, LeBlanc appeared in the second episode of the eighteenth series of Top Gear, where he set the fastest time of 1:42.1 in the Kia Cee’d, narrowly beating previous holder Rowan Atkinson by 0.1 seconds.

22. He also appeared in Series 19 Episode 4 to race the New Kia Cee’d, and beat the old car time.

23. In August 2015, he joined model Sean O’Pry and comedic actor Chris Rock on the runway for Taylor Swift’s 1989 World Tour at LA’s Staples Center while she performed her hit single “Style”.

24. In February 2016, the BBC announced LeBlanc is to be one of the new presenters of Top Gear.

25. In May 2003, LeBlanc married Melissa McKnight, a former model

26. McKnight and LeBlanc had been introduced in 1997 by her friend Kelly Phillips, wife of actor Lou Diamond Phillips, and LeBlanc proposed to her a year later.

27. Their daughter Marina, born in 2004, began suffering seizures when she was eight months old. By the time she was two years old, however, the condition, thought to be a form of dysplasia, had mostly subsided.

28. LeBlanc and McKnight separated on January 1, 2006. In March of that year, LeBlanc filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. The divorce became final on October 6, 2006.

29. After his divorce, LeBlanc began dating actress Andrea Anders. The two met while filming the short-lived sitcom Joey. A representative for the pair confirmed the couple had split in January 2015.

30. 2000: Named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People Magazine.

31. Also works as a model. Is a trained carpenter. Interested in parachute jumping, car racing and landscape photography.

32. Born at 4:18am-EDT

33. 1985: Graduated from Newton North High School, Newton, Massachusetts.

34. He is of French-Canadian (father) and Italian (mother) descent.

35. Has a half brother named Justin who lives in Australia.

36. Is a motorcycle enthusiast and hosted his own TV show, The 5 Coolest Things (2003), based on the 5 coolest things in each motorcycle specialty (off-road, motocross, road racing, freestyle).

37. Former stepfather to Tyler and Jacquelyne from his ex-wife’s first marriage.

38. Is the only cast member of Friends (1994) not to have appeared on Saturday Night Live (1975).

39. Early modeling jobs included posing for cover of a gay travel guide, Damron Travel Guide For Men.

40. Attended the Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston for just over a semester, leaving during the second semester of his freshman year.

41. Has three dogs: Lady,Shadow and Jay.

42. His role of “Maj. Don West” in Lost in Space (1998) was originally offered to his Friends (1994) co-star Matthew Perry.

43. In November 2006 (right after his divorce) he paid $7.4 million for a four-bedroom, 3930-square-foot house in Los Angeles’ Pacific Palisades area.

44. Sold his six-bedroom, 11,158-square-foot mansion in Hidden Hills, California for $9,139,000. He purchased it in late 2005 for exactly $9 million.

45. Lives in Pacific Palisades and Los Alamos, California.

46. Fluent in French.

47. Matt and his Friends (1994) co-star Matthew Perry both guest starred in the short-lived sitcom Just the Ten of Us (1988), although not in the same episodes.

48. Dated Kate Hudson in 1996. They were photographed in bars when she was a minor.

49.C olin Farell’s full name is Colin James Farrell.

50. He was born 31 May 1976.

51. Colin Farrell was born in Castleknock, Dublin, Ireland, the son of Rita (née Monaghan) and Eamon Farrell.

52. His father played football for Shamrock Rovers FC and ran a health food shop. When he was 9 years old, he moved to Dublin.

53. His uncle, Tommy Farrell, also played for Shamrock Rovers. Farrell has an older brother, Eamon, Jr., and two sisters, Claudine and Catherine. Claudine works as his personal assistant.

55. When Farrell was 10, his family moved to the Dublin suburb of Castleknock.

56. Colin Farrell was educated at St. Brigid’s National School, followed by secondary school at Castleknock College, and then Gormanston College in County Meath.

57. He unsuccessfully auditioned for the Irish musical group Boyzone around this time.

58. Colin Farrell was inspired to try acting when Henry Thomas’ performance in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial moved him to tears.

60. With his brother’s encouragement, he attended the Gaiety School of Acting, dropping out when he was cast as Danny Byrne on Ballykissangel, a BBC drama about a young English priest who becomes part of an Irish rural community.

61. As an 18-year-old travelling in Sydney, he was at one time suspected for attempted murder.

62. The police sketch looked remarkably like him and he had even described blacking out during the night in question.

63. His only alibi was apparently a journal kept by his friend that explained the two had been across town that night, taking MDMA,

54. Colin Farrell had roles in television shows and films, including Ballykissangel and Falling for a Dancer in 1998 and 1999.

55. He made his feature film debut in English actor Tim Roth’s directorial debut The War Zone, a drama about an incident of child abuse, starring Ray Winstone and Tilda Swinton as parents of a girl Farrell’s character (Nick) dates.

56. Colin Farrell also appeared in Ordinary Decent Criminal with Kevin Spacey and Linda Fiorentino, a film loosely based on the life of Martin Cahill.

57. In 2000, Farrell was cast in the lead role of Private Roland Bozz in Tigerland, an under-released film directed by American Joel Schumacher.

58. He reportedly got the part on the basis of his charm.

59. Emanuel Levy of Variety said that Farrell “shines as the subversive yet basically decent lad whose cynicism may be the only sane reaction to a situation”.

60. Michael Holden of The Guardian wrote that Farrell was “too much the hero” to fit the classic rebel archetype properly, but he did not mind. Tigerland earned $139,500

61. Colin Farrell’s next American films, American Outlaws (2001) and Hart’s War (2002), were not commercially successful.

62. His 2002–2003 films, including Phone Booth, The Recruit and S.W.A.T. (all thrillers, with the former two his first starring roles), were well received by critics and successful at the box office.

63. Of Phone Booth, Ebert wrote that it is “Farrell’s to win or lose, since he’s onscreen most of the time, and he shows energy and intensity”.

64. Philip French of The Observer praised Farrell’s performance.

65. In S.W.A.T., the actor starred in an ensemble cast including Samuel L. Jackson, Michelle Rodriguez, Olivier Martinez, and Jeremy Renner; Renner became a friend. Alan Morrison of Empire wrote, “Farrell can usually be relied upon to bring a spark to the bonfire.

66. In 2007, Farrell joined other celebrities as a spokesman for the Special Olympics World Games in Shanghai, China.

67. He has also lent his support to the anti-bullying campaign Stand Up! organized by the Irish LGBT youth organization BeLonG To in March 2012.

68. The actor appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show two years earlier to increase awareness of the subject.

69. In 2015 Farrell became an official Ambassador of the Homeless World Cup which uses street football to inspire homeless people to change their life.

70. Colin met English actress and singer Amelia Warner at the premiere of Quills in 2000.

71. They dated from July to November 2001.

72. There was speculation that they married; of the experience, the actor said “Too fast, too young.”

73. Colin has a tattoo of Amelia`s name around his ring finger.

74. By the end of 2003 he was linked to singer Britney Spears, Playboy cover girl Nicole Narain, model Josie Maran and actresses Angelina Jolie, Maeve Quinlan and Demi Moore

75. Colin and Kim Bordenave became parents of a son, born in 2003, in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles.

76. In October 2007 he said his son has Angelman syndrome, a rare genetic disorder characterized by intellectual and developmental delay, lack of speech, and a happy, excitable demeanor

77. From 2007 to 2008 the actor dated Muireann McDonnell, an Irish medical student

78. Farrell and British-American writer Emma Forrest dated for over a year, an experience she discusses in depth in her memoir Your Voice in My Head (focusing on her relationship with her therapist, who died unexpectedly); it is a planned film starring either Emily Blunt or Emma Watson, and Stanley Tucci, and directed by Francesca Gregorini.

79. According to Forrest, she and Farrell planned to have a child together before he ended the relationship.

80. Colin Farrell fathered his second child, a son born on 9 October 2009, with Polish actress Alicja Bachleda-Curuś.

81. His relationship with Bachleda-Curuś ended in mid-2010.

82. On 5 July 2016, Farrell’s father Eamon was married at the age of 73 to Eileen Pollard, a woman of Greek Cypriot descent.

83. The ceremony took place in Limassol, with Farrell flying in for the event.

84. In December 2005, Farrell checked into a rehabilitation treatment centre for addictions to recreational drugs and painkillers.

85. He spoke about it on The Late Show with David Letterman after coming out of rehab and continued to do so in the years following. “There was an energy that was created,” he says of the time when he was addicted, “a character that was created, that no doubt benefited me. And then there was a stage where it all began to crumble around me.

86. His mother named him Leonardo because she was pregnant and looking at a Da Vinci painting in a museum when he first kicked.

87. His time at the school, away from the public school system and his gritty neighbourhood, made him want to retreat into acting as a teen.

88. His mother’s name was Irmelin Indenbirken, and she was born in Germany.

89. DiCaprio’s exquisite man bun made an appearance at the United Nations climate change summit in September 2014.

90. His father, George DiCaprio, is half-Bavarian and half-Italian.

91. As a child, he briefly attended experimental and progressive school the University Elementary School (now called UCLA Lab School).

92. Leonardo DiCaprio’s first film role was in Critters 3, and not as Toby Wolf in This Boy’s Life.

93. Robert De Niro allegedly hand-picked DiCaprio from hundreds of boys for the part in This Boy’s Life.

94. Apparently 7% of teenage girls in America had watched Titanic twice within the first five weeks of its release.

95. In the 21 years since, he’s yet to win an Oscar. He’s been beaten five times.

96. In total, DiCaprio has been nominated for eight Screen Actors Guild awards, three Baftas, and two Saturn Awards – and won absolutely none of them.

97. DiCaprio first received an Academy Award nomination in 1993 for his role as Arnie Grape in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape.

98. DiCaprio was chased through the Louvre by a gaggle of teen girls in 1998. He probably should have sorted a Blue Ivy Carter-style shutdown.

99. His passion for climate-change activism burns so hotly that, as of today, his official website is 80% environmental concern and 20% Wolf of Wall Street.

100. He’s apparently the highest-grossing actor to have never acted in a sequel.

Movies trivia | 100 facts about famous actors (part 4)