Who is Angus T. Jones?

American former actor Angus Turner Jones was born in Austin, Texas USA, on 8 October 1993, making Libra his zodiac sign. He appeared in 16 movies and TV series prior to retiring from acting in 2016, and Angus is perhaps known best for playing Jake Harper, one of the main characters in the romantic comedy series “Two and a Half Men”, created by Chuck Lorre and Lee Aronsohn, and which also starred Ashton Kutcher and Jon Cryer. It follows the lives of a hedonistic author and his brother, the series aired from 2003 through 2015, and won 39 of its 112 award nominations.

Since he left the film industry, Angus has been working at the multimedia and event production firm Tonite.

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Education and early life

Angus and his younger brother Otto were raised in Austin by their father Kelly Charles Jones and mother Carey Lynn Claypool; not a lot else has been shared about Angus’ family, because he respects their privacy.

Angus became interested in acting at a quite early age – he was four when his parents began taking him to auditions. He made his debut film appearance in the 1999 crime drama “Simpatico”, and then continued acting while simultaneously attending school. He studied at a local high school, from which he matriculated in 2012; after he was done with “Two and a Half Men” in 2015, Angus enrolled at University of Colorado Boulder, from which he graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in 2019.

Roles in movies

Angus played James in the 2001 action crime comedy “See Spot Run”, directed by John Whitesell, and which starred David Arquette, Michael Clarke Duncan and Leslie Bibb. It follows a mailman who’s taking care of a dog, without knowing that it’s an FBI’s ‘drug-sniffing superdog’, and the film was nominated for only a single award.

Angus could then have been seen appearing in the 2001 romantic comedy “Dinner with Friends”, the 2002 family sports drama “The Rookie” and the 2003 comedy “Bringing Down the House”. He played one of the main characters George Jr. in the popular 2003 family adventure comedy “George of the Jungle 2”, directed by David Grossman, and which also starred Julie Benz and Christopher Showerman. It follows George and his son who’ve travelled to Las Vegas, Nevada.

In 2005, Angus starred alongside Neil Patrick Harris and Rebecca Gayheart in the romantic family drama “The Christmas Blessing”, and the following year heard him narrate the short animated family drama “Diary of a Spider”.

He appeared in only one other film prior to retiring: Angus starred as Taylor in the 2013 comedy “Tuna”, which failed to attract any attention.

Roles in TV series

Angus made his debut TV series appearance in the 2001 episode “Quo Vadis” of the romantic drama “ER”; his following role came in 2008, when cast to play a supporting character in the episode “Two and a Half Deaths” of the crime mystery “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation”.

In 2010, he portrayed T. J. in the episode “Sweet Home Hannah Montana” of the popular musical family comedy “Hannah Montana”, created by Michael Poryes, Barry O’Brien and Richard Correll, and which starred Jason Earles, Emily Osment and Miley Cyrus. It follows the life of a teenage pop star, the series aired from 2006 through 2011, and won 20 of its 52 award nominations.

Angus appeared in the 2012 episode “Brock and Cena” of the sports show “WWE Raw”, and his only other TV series role was playing Horace the 9th in the 2016 comedy mini-series “Horace and Pete”, created by Louis C. K, who also starred in it alongside Steve Buscemi and Edie Falco. It follows the lives of two brothers, mentally ill Pete and introverted Horace, and the mini-series won two of its 13 award nominations.

Other credits

Angus received special thanks for the 2008 short documentary movie “A Day in the Life of Two and a Half Men”.

He had made a guest appearance in numerous talk-shows prior to retiring from acting, such as “Big Brother”, “Taff” and “CBS Cares”.

Awards and nominations

Angus won three awards for his performance in “Two and a Half Men”: two Young Artist Awards for Best Performance in a TV Series (Comedy) in 2004 and 2006, and a 2009 TV Land Award for Future Classic. He also won a 2003 Camie Award for Character and Morality in Entertainment, for his performance in “The Rookie”.

He was nominated for three other Young Artist Awards for his performance in “Two and a Half Men”, in 2002, 2003 and 2008.

Love life and relationships

Angus rarely speaks about his love life in public, but it’s known that he’s been in a relationship with American businesswoman and social media star Sarah Stalker since 2012, although some sources state since 2011.

The two were introduced by a mutual friend at a party, and went on their first date a couple of days later. Sarah’s followed by more than 70,000 people on Instagram, and has posted close to 600 pictures and videos onto the social media network, with most of these featuring her during her everyday life. She’s revealed a couple of things about herself on Instagram, including that she’s the CEO of her own company, and is an amateur photographer.

Angus hasn’t spoken of other women whom he’s perhaps been with, he’s in a long-term relationship with Sarah Stalker as of April 2023, hasn’t married and doesn’t have children.

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Interesting facts and hobbies

Angus is a philanthropist, and on 7 June 2008 volunteered with the First Star Organization, which aims to help neglected and abused children; the same year saw him attend the charity event Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy Camp, and the event Variety’s Power of Youth. At the 2009 Big Brothers Big Sisters Rising Star Gala, Angus was presented with the Rising Star of 2009 Award for the charity work which he had done.

He’s active on Instagram, and is followed by more than 22,000 people on the network; Angus has posted close to 400 pictures and videos, with most of these having been taken by him, as he’s passionate about photography and art in general.

Angus has his own favorite actresses and actors, some of whom are Zendaya, Emma Watson and Jim Carrey, while some of his favorite movies include “The Greatest Showman”, the franchise “Harry Potter”, and “Bruce Almighty”.

Height, eyes and wealth

Angus’ age is 29. He has brown eyes and hair, is 5ft 7ins (1.7m) tall and weighs about 150lbs (69kgs).

Angus’ net worth’s been estimated at over $20 million ,as of April 2023, much of which he earned by starring in the series “Two and a Half Men”.

Who is Benjamin Bratt?

American actor and producer Benjamin Bratt, was born in San Francisco, California USA, on 16 December 1963, making Sagittarius his zodiac sign. He’s appeared in nearly 70 TV series and movies, but is probably still known best for starring as Eric Matthews in the 2000 action crime comedy movie “Miss Congeniality”, directed by Donald Petrie, and which also starred Sandra Bullock and Michael Caine. It follows an FBI agent who’s entered the Miss US beauty pageant, trying to stop a terrorist group from bombing the event; the movie won seven of its 15 award nominations.

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Education and early life

Benjamin was raised in San Francisco alongside his two older and two younger siblings, by their father Peter Bratt Sr. who was a sheet metal worker, and mother Eldy (nee Banda) who was a political activist and nurse; Eldy’s Peruvian, and she moved to the US with her family when she was 14.

Benjamin became interested in acting while attending Lowell High School; he was a member of its drama club and part of its Lowell Forensic Society, while he was also into playing sports with his peers, excelling in baseball.

Benjamin matriculated in 1982 and then enrolled at University of California, Santa Barbara from which he graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in 1986; he was a member of the fraternity Lambda Chi Alpha. He continued his education at the American Conservatory Theatre, but quit half a year before he could earn his Master of Fine Arts degree, wanting to pursue acting.

Roles in movies

Benjamin’s debut film role was playing Sergeant Rosendo Juarez in the 1988 crime drama “Juarez”, and some of his following roles were also in 1988, in the crime drama “Lovers, Partners & Spies” and the drama “Police Squad: Gladiator School”, then in the 1990 crime action “Chains of Gold”.

He gained recognition in 1991, when cast to play Felix in the crime action “One Good Cop”, written and directed by Heywood Gould, and which starred Michael Keaton, Rene Russo and Anthony LaPaglia. It follows the life of a New York Police Department detective, and the movie was nominated for only a single award. Some of Benjamin’s following roles were in the 1993 crime drama “Bound by Honor”, the 1996 drama “Follow Me Home” and the 1996 thriller “Woman Undone”.

In 2000, Benjamin played Santen in the action science fiction thriller “Red Planet”, directed by Antony Hoffman, and which starred Val Kilmer, Carrie-Anne Moss and Tom Sizemore. It follows a group of astronauts as they’re exploring Mars, and the film was nominated for a Sierra Award for Best Song at the 2000 Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards. Some of Benjamin’s most notable performances in the decade were in the 2002 romantic mystery “Abandon”, the 2004 crime action fantasy “Catwoman”, and the 2009 drama “La Mission”.

The year 2013 heard him voice one of the main characters Eduardo Perez – aka El Macho – in the hit animated adventure comedy “Despicable Me 2”, which Chris Renaud and Pierre Coffin directed, and which also starred Kristen Wiig and Steve Carell. It follows the life of super-villain Gru, and the movie won 12 of its 80 award nominations, including two Oscar nominations for Best Animated Feature Film of the Year and Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song.

Benjamin’s three most recent film roles have been in the 2019 crime action “A Score to Settle”, the 2020 musical “Best Summer Ever” and the 2022 western thriller “Dead for a Dollar”.

Roles in TV series

Benjamin made his debut TV series appearance in 1988, when cast to star as Tony Maldonado in all the nine episodes of the crime drama “Knightwatch”, which also starred Calvin Levels and Don Franklin, and follows a group of vigilantes who call themselves The Knights.

In 1990, Benjamin played Eduardo Cruz in 13 episodes of the crime action “Nasty Boys”, but the ‘90s then saw him appear in only two more series: an episode of the musical comedy talk-show “Late Night with Conan O’Brien”, and the crime mystery “Homicide: Life on the Street”. but from 1995 through 2009, he played Detective Reynaldo ‘Rey’ Curtis in 95 episodes of the crime mystery “Law & Order”.

In 2005 and 2006, Benjamin starred as Lieutenant Colonel Tim Tisnewski in the action thriller “E-Ring”, created by David McKenna and Ken Robinson, and which also starred Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor and Dennis Hopper. It follows the life of Special Forces commando Jim Tisnewski, and the series won two of its four award nominations. In 2008 and 2009, Benjamin starred as William Banks in all the 26 episodes of the drama “The Cleaner”, and from 2016 through 2018, he portrayed Jahil Rivera in the musical drama “Star”, which starred Ryan Destiny, Brittany O’Grady and Jude Demorest, and was created by Tom Donaghy and Lee Daniels. It follows three women from Atlanta, Georgia who’ve founded a musical group, and the series was nominated for seven awards.

Benjamin’s since appeared in only three TV series: he played Javier Delgado in six episodes of the romantic comedy “Modern Family” (2010-2020), Parco Delgado in all the four episodes of the 2022 action adventure mini-series “DMZ” and Cliff Legrand in five episodes of the 2023 crime mystery “Poker Face”.

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Other credits

Benjamin received special thanks for the 2004 episode “Goodnight, Seattle: Part 2” of the comedy “Frasier”.

He has five producing credits, which include the 2009 drama movie “La Mission”, the 2009 episode “Hello America” of the drama series “The Cleaner” and the 2017 biographical historical documentary movie “Dolores”.

Some of Benjamin’s most recent talk-show appearances have been in “The Kelly Clarkson Show”, “Morning Joe” and “Live with Kelly and Ryan”.

Awards and nominations

Benjamin’s won 12 of his 30 award nominations. Some of his wins include a 2001 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture, for his and his colleagues’ performance in “Traffic”, five ALMA Awards between 1998 and 2009, for his performance in series such as “Law & Order”, “Exiled” and “The Cleaner”, and two Behind the Voice Actors Awards in 2018, for his and his colleagues’ performance in “Coco”.

Love life and relationships

Benjamin avoids speaking about his love life in public, but has still openly identified two women whom he’s been with.

He and famous American actress Julia Fiona Roberts began dating in 1998, but for unknown reasons separated in 2001.

Benjamin began dating American former actress and model Miriam Talisa Soto in 2002; she’s probably still known best for playing Bond girl Lupe Lamora in the 1989 spy action movie “Licence to Kill”. The two exchanged vows on 13 April 2002, after having dated for only three months, and she gave birth to their daughter Sophia Rosalinda Bratt on 6 December that year, while their son Mateo Bravery Bratt followed on 3 October 2005.

Their decision was obviously a good one, as Benjamin’s still married to Miriam Talisa Soto as of April 2023, and they have two children together.

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Interesting facts and hobbies

Benjamin’s brother Peter Bratt wrote and directed the 1996 movie “Follow Me Home” and the 2009 film “La Mission”, in both of which Benjamin starred.

He’s been a philanthropist since the launch of his acting career, and is today active with the American Indian Movement, while he supports the American Indian College Fund. Benjamin narrated the 2009 documentary mini-series about Native Americans “We Shall Remain”, and is today a board member of both the Native American Health Center and the Friendship House Association of American Indians.

He enjoys being active on Instagram, and has posted nearly 500 pictures and videos, while more than 260,000 people are following him on the social media network today.

Benjamin’s favorite actor is Orlando Bloom, while some of his favorite movies include “Kingdom of Heaven”, “Tour de Pharmacy” and “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End”.

Height, eyes and wealth

Benjamin’s age is 59. He has brown eyes and black hair, is 6ft 2ins (1.88m) tall and weighs around 185lbs (84kgs).

Benjamin’s net worth’s been estimated at over $12 million, as of April 2023.

Lymari Nadal is a Puerto Rican actress, scriptwriter and producer, who became famous for her role as the wife of Harlem drug dealer, Frank Lucas, in “American Gangster” in 2002, and in real life for being the third wife of actor Edward James Olmos.

Early life and family

Lymari Nadal Torres was born on 11 February 1978, in Ponce, Puerto Rico, to Anaida Torres and Daniel Nadal. She grew up in Ponce along with her sisters, Anaida, Dania, and Azarel.

Education background

Lymari matriculated from Santa Maria Reina Academy in 1994, and graduated from Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico.

She then completed her Master’s degree in Chemistry from the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus (UPRM) at age 22. However, Nadal always wanted to become an actress, so she also took Acting I, II, and III at the same university. Wanting to hone her skills further, she said she went to Mexico and London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts for that, then attended a two-year program at the Sanford Meisner Center for the Arts I Los Angeles, under Martin Barter as well as Marlon Brando’s “Lying for a Living” Actors Workshop. She also had a voice coach and dialect coach.

Career

First steps

Lymari went to Los Angeles, California in 2001 to pursue an acting career, and had a hard time at first.

She decided to try theatre work, and was part of several stage productions including “Shadow of Anthropology,” “Yerma,” “Celestial Flesh,” and “Miss Julie.”

She joined Edward James Olmos’ company as a producer. Her debut on television was in 2002 with the minor role of Linda in PBS’ story about a Latino family living in L.A., “American Family” starring Edward Olmos and Sonia Braga. It was followed by another support role of Giana in the three-hour sci-fi drama miniseries “Battlestar Galactica,” a remake of the 1978 movie of the same name. It aired in December 2003 on Syfy channel, and was said to be the network’s third most watched series with 4.5 million viewers.

Lymari Nadal

In 2006, she made her film debut in “Thieves and Liars,” which was Puerto Rico’s entry into the 79^th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but it didn’t make the cut.

Further success

Lymari was cast for the role of Eva, the wife of Frank Lucas played by Denzel Washington, in the crime film, “American Gangster,” in 200; the movie was said to be based on a true story about Lucas, his life of crime as a drug trafficker and a Harlem gang leader, as well as arrest by detective Richie Roberts played by Russell Crowe. It was a box-office success, grossing more than $250 million worldwide against a $100 million production budget, and it also earned nominations for Academy and Golden Globe Awards.

Nadal’s role was said to be a fictionalized version of the real wife, and those involved in the case said that the movie was not an accurate account of what happened – Lucas said that only a small part in the movie was true, and former DEA agents even filed a lawsuit against the production company, but it was dismissed by the court.

She reprised her role of Giana in “Battlestar Galactica: The Plan,” which was a reimagined version that had new material as well as clips from the 2003 miniseries and 2004 TV series. It premiered on DVD and digital download in 2009, and then on Syfy in 2010.

Lymari then appeared in the “Sangre por Sangre” episode of “CSI: New York” in 2010, and in 2011 was the lead in “America”, that was based on the 1996 novel of Esmeralda Santiago entitled “El Sueño de America” (America’s Dream).

She was presented with the script and liked it, and as part of the production team made some changes to the script, to present a more realistic depiction of Latinos. It was also chosen as Puerto Rico’s entry at the 84^th Academy Awards, but was disqualified because the Academy no longer accepted an entry from a US protectorate.

Other movies she has appeared of include “Light from the Darkroom” (2014), “The Blackout” (2014), and “Kreep” (2016) for which she was also the executive producer.

Personal life

Despite a 31-year age gap, Lymari and Edward Olmos were married in 2002, but separated in 2013. She was Edward’s third wife.

Who is Edward James Olmos?

Edward Huizar Olmos was born on 24 February 1947, in L.A. to a Mexican immigrant, Pedro Olmos, and Mexican-American, Eleanor Huizar. He was raised by his grandparents because his parents were busy working, and then separated when he was seven, which much affected him, so he started playing baseball every day, and improved to the extent that he became a California State batting champion, and was in the farm team of the Los Angeles Dodgers by the time he was 13.

However, in 1960 he quit playing baseball because he wanted to become a rock ‘n’ roll singer instead – actually he wasn’t much of a singer, but he knew how to dance because his father taught him from when he was 10.

When he was able to get a job as a performer, he put himself through high school and college. In 1964 in his first year of college, he took acting classes and started appearing in plays.

His big break in theatre came when he played the role of El Pachuco in “Zoot Suit”, which earned him a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in A Play. The play was written by Luiz Valdes and it premiered at Mark Taper Forum in L.A. in April 1978, then debuted on Broadway at the Winter Garden Theatre in March 1979. A film adaptation was made in 1981 in which Olmos reprised his role.

He made his television debut in 1974 in “Cannon” as an unnamed character, and continued accepting various projects from minor to lead roles.

In 1984, he was part of the main cast as he played the role of Detective Lieutenant Martin “Marty” Castillo in the crime drama series “Miami Vice,” which ran for five seasons (1984-1990) and 112 episodes – Olmos was in 106 of them. He also appeared in numerous popular television series, including “American Family” (2002-2004), “Battlestar Galactica” (2003-2009), “Dexter” (2011), and “Mayans M.C.” (2018- present).

His movie debut was also in 1974 as he had an uncredited role of a junkie in the bathroom in “Black Fist.” After a series of portraying minor and supporting roles, he was cast as Jaime Escalante in 1988 in “Stand and Deliver”, which earned him a nomination for Best Actor at the 61^st Academy Awards.

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He was then part of several hit movies, including “Selena” (1997), “The Green Hornet” (2011), “El Americano: The Movie” (2016), and “Coco” (2017).

Edward was in more than 120 movies and television series from 1974 to 2019, and a few more are yet to be released. He produced and directed some of them as well.

He married Kaija Keel in 1971 they divorced in 1992, having had two kids, Bodie and Mico, and adopted four more, namely Tamiko, Brandon, Michael, and Daniela. His second wife was the actress, Lorraine Bracco, whom he married in 1994, but they divorced in 2002.

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Interesting facts and rumors

• Lymari was involved in a controversy in Ponce, when she was hired to render her services for consultation, promotion of art films, and offering acting workshops for 11 months for $55,000. The legislator Vilma Flores, a member of the Ponceño Autonomous Movement (MAP), accused Mayor Maria Melendez Altieri of hiring Nadal when there are non-profit organizations that can do those things at no cost to the government.
• It was said that ABC developed a sitcom that was to be her TV debut, supposedly about her grad school life, but it was never picked up.

Appearance

She is 5ft 8ins (1.73m) tall and weighs around 117lbs (53kg); her dress size is 8. She has brown hair and green eyes..

Net worth

Lymari has an estimated net worth of over $3 million as of June 2020, according to sources.