Xanana Gusmão
José Alexandre Gusmão was born on the 20th of June, 1946 in the town of Manatuto on the island of Timor. Four years of his life were spent at the Jesuit seminary in Dare, in the hills overlooking Dili (now the capital of East Timor). He also attended Dili High School. As Portugal were still the colonial rulers of Timor, Gusmão served for three years in the colonial Portuguese forces. He also worked in colonial administration. In 1975 Portugal relinquished control of Timor, and the Timorese people declared their independence. Soon after the Indonesian military invaded the tiny island, ultimately killing more than 200,000 Timorese. After initially fleeing the invasion, Gusmão took up the leadership of the East Timorese resistance (Fretilin) in 1979. He soon gained a legendary reputation as a soldier and commander. In the years that followed he became highly respected by his people and international observers, as well as feared and despised by the Indonesians. In 1992 Gusmão was arrested by the Indonesian military in Dili. Taken to Indonesia, he was tortured and jailed before being sentenced to life in prison. While in prison an Australian aid worker named Kristy Sword helped Gusmão and Fretilin by passing secret messages between them. Gusmão's painting and poetry also led to him being know as a "poet warrior". On the 7th February, 1999 Gusmão was moved to house arrest. The following months saw international condemnation of Indonesian atrocities in Timor, and a vote organised to decide its future. The vote was held on the 30th of August, and Gusmão was released on the 7th of September. The overwhelming support for independence led Indonesian-backed militias to massacre civilians until the arrival on September 20th of an international peacekeeping force, the majority of whom were Australian. With the support of this force, Gusmão began to help rebuild his shattered nation. Gusmão married Kristy Sword on the 20th of June, 2000. On the 14th of April, 2002, Xanana Gusmão was elected president of East Timor in a landslide. His country became fully independent on the 20th of May in a ceremony attended by many world leaders, including UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and former US president Bill Clinton. He has two children with his wife, and two children from a previous marriage.
Xandar
Xandar was born in Eastern Europe and immigrated to the United States at a young age. Xandar's made his short film festival debut with the project "Worth Fighting For" where he also served as a story editor and screenwriter. Xandar has worked as a storyteller and script doctor, serving as a go-to for other filmmakers to help them improve their story arcs, character development, and dialogue. His creative endeavors do not stop at just filmmaking as he is the head creative drive behind an ongoing indie comic project titled "Dragon Ball EndTime" as well as its storyboard artist. ...
Xander Bailey
Xander Bailey is an actor and writer, known for Beckman (2020), Wild West Chronicles (2020) and Misfortune (2016).
Xander Berkeley
Xander's father was a painter and his mother a school teacher who sewed, providing him with costumes (his preference over toys). School plays and Community Theater were next. An experimental theater troupe in the area (which was an offshoot from Joseph Chaikin's Open Theater in New York) took Xander under their wing when he was 16. He credits this group for shaping him as both a person and an actor, committed to taking risks and remaining open to the unknown. Xander went to Hampshire College, the progressive brainchild of Smith, Mt. Holyoke, Amherst, and the University of Massachusetts. He would continue in the theater at Hampshire, studying and doing plays at each of the other schools, all of which were there in the area. A move to New York after college brought him access to private teachers from the Royal Academy of the Arts, the Moscow Arts Theater and HB Studios. Later in Los Angeles, Xander would spend time with Lee Strasberg at The Actor's Studio during the last years of his life. Xander worked in Regional and Repertory Theaters in addition to off-Broadway while living in New York but, despite a classically trained theater background, he was increasingly drawn to the subtleties of film acting. A play, written by the great southern novelist Reynolds Price, called "Early Dark" had such a cinematic feel to it, that an agent saw the film acting potential in Xander and encouraged him to make the move out west. Soon Mommie Dearest (1981) provided Xander with his film debut in the role of "Christopher Crawford", and simultaneously gave his career a slightly cultish twist. Alex Cox with Sid and Nancy (1986), James Cameron with Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), Bernard Rose with Candyman (1992), Todd Haynes with Safe (1995), Mike Figgis with Leaving Las Vegas (1995), Andrew Niccol with Gattaca (1997) all helped to further associate Xander as an actor in his own rather unusual category. Xander's choices were often determined by the opportunity to learn from directors he admired, certainly all those listed above fell into that category. Clint Eastwood with The Rookie (1990), Ron Howard with Apollo 13 (1995), Rob Reiner with A Few Good Men (1992), Michael Mann with Heat (1995), Wolfgang Petersen with Air Force One (1997), Steven Spielberg with Amistad (1997) are obvious examples of others Xander actively sought to work with and learn from. From obscure independent movies where Xander could play lead roles to the big budget studio movies where he might often play smaller character-driven parts, an education was taking place. Just as working with older directors like Michael Cacoyannis on The Cherry Orchard (1999) and Robert M. Young on Below the Belt (2004) (aka "Human Error") brought insights to ways of working that are being lost in pop cultures tendency to slide toward slickness. Not to mention bringing him to places like Bulgaria and China along the way. Perhaps because a life in the foreign services, or espionage was seen as a road not taken, living on location in foreign countries, working as an actor, has somewhat fulfilled the impulse. As early as 1987, a film took Xander to Nicaragua while the Contra War was taking place. It was during this three month shoot on the film Walker (1987) (starring Ed Harris) that Xander got an offer to do a film with his friend, director Jon Hess, in Chile for the following three months. Taking him straight from the revolutionary left-wing Sandanistas to Pinochet's fascist, right-wing regime. In 2001, an offer came in to play a part on a TV pilot called 24 (2001). It was another shady agent-type, and reluctant to repeat his performance from Air Force One (1997) as the turncoat secret serviceman, Xander almost passed on the job. Fortunately for him, he said yes. He met his future wife, Sarah Clarke during the first day of filming. His character, "George Mason", was just a guest star in the pilot, but the producers liked what Xander brought to it and continued to write more episodes for him. By the second season, it had become perhaps the most interesting, leveled character Xander had ever gotten to play. Sarah and Xander were married in 2002 and had their daughters, Olwyn in 2006 and Rowan in 2010. Other favorite roles of late have been "Arlen Pavich", the middle management dweeb, in Niki Caro's North Country (2005), and the Irish hooligan/railway foreman in David Von Ancken's Seraphim Falls (2006) and, more recently, "The King of Sodom" in Harold Ramis' Year One (2009), "Sonny" in David Pomes' Cook County (2008), the recovering meth head coming out of prison to discover the life he had left (and destroyed), and crazy "Uncle Doug" in David Wike's Champions (2006) (aka "Out There").
Xander Brough
Xander Brough is an actor, known for In Emma's Footsteps (2018) and A Crafty Christmas Romance (2020).
Xander Cage
Xander Cage is known for Scary Bride (2020).
Xander Corvus
Xander Corvus was born in "The Discovery City" of Columbus, Ohio on November 18, 1988. Around age 22, he began his career in the adult entertainment industry in 2010. He began directing films in 2016 and since 2010, has worked for studios and companies including Brazzers Network, Evil Angel, Naughty America, New Sensations, Wicked Pictures, Vivid, Digital Sin, New Sensations, Reality Kings and many more. Corvus is a multiple-time AVN Award-winner, with awards in 2012 for "Best Male Newcomer" and "Best Supporting Actor". In 2014, he won another AVN Award for "Best Supporting Actor" and again for a third time in 2015. In 2017, he won an AVN Award for "Best Actor" for his work in The Preacher's Daughter (2016). In 2018, Corvus won an AVN Award for "Best Group Sex Scene". During his career, he was also nominated by Erotic Lounge, Nightmoves, Sex Awards, Spank Bank, The Fannys, TLA RAW, and Virtual Awards shows. In 2012, he won the XBIZ Award for "Supporting Acting Performance of the Year: Male". He won his second XBiz Award in 2015 for "Best Actor in a Couples-Themed Release" for his work in The Sexual Liberation of Anna Lee (2014). He won his second XBiz Award in 2016 for the same category, for his work in My Sinful Life (2015). In 2017, he won his third XBiz Award for "Best Actor in a Feature Movie" for his work in The Preacher's Daughter (2016). Corvus also won the 2017 XBiz Award for " Male Performer of the Year". He is also a two-time XRCO Award winner, with consecutive award wins in 2010 and 2011 for "Best New Stud".
Xander Flores
Xander Flores is known for Simmer (2020).
Xander Gallego
Xander Gallego is an actor, known for My Ex & Whys (2017).
Xander Gambini
Xander Gambini is an actor, known for Selena: The Series (2020).