Birth Name: Robert George Uecker

Nickname: Mr. Baseball

Height: 6′ 1″ (1.85 m)

Mini Biography:

Bob Uecker’s first career was professional baseball. He played six seasons in the majors (1962-1967), playing catcher for three different National League teams: Braves (Milwaukee, WI, and Atlanta, GA), Cardinals (St. Louis, MO), and Phillies (Philadelphia, PA). His batting, never stellar, declined steadily over his career: he finished with a .200 lifetime average. He wrote a humorous autobiography entitled “Catcher in the Wry”. He appeared in a popular series of Lite beer commercials before landing his first movie role.

Spouse:

Judy Uecker (1976 – 15 May 2001) (divorced)

Trivia:

Inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 2001.
In 6 seasons with the Milwaukee Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies and Atlanta Braves, Uecker had a .200 lifetime average with 146 hits, 14 home runs and 74 RBIs in 297 games.
Five-time Wisconsin Sportscaster of the Year.
Major league debut: 13 April 1962.
Although he has done the radio broadcasts for the Milwaukee Brewers for 33 years, Uecker has never had a contract with the team.
A humorous honor: The Uecker Seats at Miller Park Baseball Stadium cost $1 because they are seats located in the fourth deck behind home plate behind the beams supporting the massive retractable dome roof.
Recipient of the Ford Frick Award (presented to a broadcaster for major contributions to baseball) from the Baseball Hall of Fame on July 27, 2003. Past recipients of the Ford C. Frick Award include Mel Allen, Red Barber, Harry Caray, Joe Garagiola, Curt Gowdy, Ernie Harwell, and Vin Scully. [13 March 2003]
His last name is pronounced Yoo-ker.

Personal Quotes:

“The biggest thrill a ballplayer can have is when your son takes after you. That happened when my Bobby was in his championship Little League game. He really showed me something. Struck out three times. Made an error that lost the game. Parents were throwing things at our car and swearing at us as we drove off. Gosh, I was proud.”
“Career highlights? I had two – I got an intentional walk from Sandy Koufax and I got out of a rundown against the Mets.”
“How do you catch a knuckleball? You wait until it stops rolling, then go pick it up.”

Height: 5′ 1″ (1.55 m)

Mini Biography:

Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Helene Udys family moved to Montreal, Canada, when she was a child. One of two daughters, Helene began her acting career as a child in shows for the CBC, CTV and Global Canadian television networks. She studied at Montreal’s Dome Theater school and pursued a degree in film communications at Montreal’s Dawson College while continuing her acting career in Canadian movies (such as Pinball Summer (1980), My Bloody Valentine (1981), Pin (1988), The Dead Zone (1983), Hog Wild (1980)) before moving to New York for her soap series gig on “As the World Turns” (1956). In Los Angeles, among the plays Helene has produced and directed, “Out in America” by Canadian writer Katie Ford won several prestigious Backstage West Awards for Production and Direction. While working as a series regular on the CBS series “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman” (1993), Helene formed Fatty Pictures (later to be known as 5k-Films) and began to produce and direct feature films. She has three independent movies to her credit to date (“The Last Blue Day”, If Tomorrow Comes (2000), “Employee of the Month”). 5k-Films is presently slated to produce a comedic romantic thriller “Zero Principal”, a horror film (tbd) and a documentary feature film (on malaria) with Dr. D. Rutledge Taylor which will take Helene to Africa and Colombia in 2005.

Trivia:

Sister of Claudia Udy.
She owns 5k Films/Durangho Pictures (formerly Fatty Productions) with actor, Mills Pierre.

Birth Name: Charles Martin Udvarnoky

Nickname: Udvug

Mini Biography:

Marty and his twin brother, Chris, were chosen for the roles of Niles and Holland Perry after a nationwide talent search. They were studying and appearing in plays at the HB (Herbert Berghof) Studio in NYC. Berghof (was it coincidence?) was the husband of Uta Hagen, who played the twins’ grandmother, Ada, in the film.

Spouse:

Debra Ann (? – present)

Trivia:

Martin and his brother, Chris, were discovered by Robert Mulligan while they were living in Westfield, New Jersey.
In 1979, graduated from Westfield High School in New Jersey.
Martin and his brother’s teacher heard about the search for twin actors to play the Perry twins. She sent their photo to Fox’s casting office, and after some interviews, Martin and Chris won the the roles. They had no prior acting experiences and their only publicity before was as star catchers on rival teams in the local Little League.

Birth Name: Christopher Mark Udvarnoky

Nickname: Udvug

Mini Biography:

Chris and his twin brother, Marty, were chosen for the roles of Niles and Holland Perry after a nationwide talent search. They were studying and appearing in plays at the HB (Herbert Berghof) Studio in NYC. Berghof (was it coincidence?) was the husband of Uta Hagen, who played the twins’ grandmother, Ada, in the film.

Trivia:

In 1979, graduated from Westfield High School in New Jersey.
Chris and his brother’s teacher had heard of the search for twin actors to play the Perry twins. She sent their photo to Fox’s casting office, and after some interviews, the brothers won the roles. They had no prior acting experience and their only publicity before was as star catchers on rival teams in the local Little League.

Mini Biography:

Brian Udovich has a Masters degree from the AFI (American Film Institute). He is also a Graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University (1998).Awarded the Robert M. Mongomery Outstanding Young Alumnus award in 2007 by Wesleyan. He was 4-year varsity letterman in football at Wesleyan as a defensive lineman. He attended famed high school football powerhouse Joliet Catholic Academy (Mike Alstott, Dan “Rudy” Ruettiger).Former Senior Business Consultant in telecommunications for the French firm Cap Gemini.Currently resides in Los Angeles.

Trivia:

Favorite authors are Fyodor Dostoevsky, David Foster Wallace, and J.D. Salinger.
Is an avid reader of Russian novels.
Drawn to study at AFI because of the works of AFI alums David Lynch, Terrence Malick, and Darren Aronofsky.
2008 – “The Wackness” named winner of the Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival.
2006 – “All the Boys Love Mandy Lane” was sold to The Weinstein Company after screening during the “Midnight Madness” program at the Toronto International Film Festival.
2005 – “The Monster and the Peanut” was awarded the Academy of Television Arts and Science’s (Emmy) for best dramatic student film.
2005 – “The Monster and the Peanut” was the recipient of the Alfred P. Sloan foundation grant.
2008 – “The Wackness” was sold to Sony Pictures Classics at The Sundance Film Festival.
2008 – “A Necessary Death” won AFI Fest Audience Award for Best Feature Film.

Mini Biography:

Nat Udom was born on the 14 September in Bangkok (Thailand) but he has lived in London (UK) for more than 15 years, and he is now a British Citizen. He had attended four different colleges in London where he sat all the exams and gained the qualifications such as A Levels, GCSEs, BTEC National Award, and various certificates in Acting, Documentary Film Making, Music Composing, Script Writing and Foreign Languages. He also trained as a pop and soul singer. He likes attending the classes at The Actor Centre in London whenever he has time.

Personal Quotes:

Life is a collection of experiences and our greatest glory is not in never falling but in rising every time we fall.

Mini Biography:

He is the younger brother of singer Manhar Udhas and has done playback work on many bollywood films since the early 1970’s, but his claim to fame was in the film Naam (1986) in which he did playback for ‘Chithi Aai Hai’ and made him a household name. Pankaj has done many other albums outside of the film industry, doing Ghazal compilations and Live shows around the world. He has even toured with his brother Manhar and many other Ghazal singers.

He is the elder brother of singer Pankaj Udhas and has worked with Pankaj on albums and Live Shows. Manhar has worked with all the composers of the film world and has lent his voice for almost all the Bollywood heroes. Sung for more than 300 films. Gujarati, Punjabi, Bangali and many others. He, like his brother Pankaj, is well known for singing Ghazals.

Trivia:

Maulvi Saeed Mirza used to teach Manhar Urdu and introduced him to the poetry of Meer Taki Meer and Mirza Ghalib.