American actor

Thomas Haden Church

Thomas Haden Church is an American actor. After starring in the 1990s sitcom Wings and playing the lead for two seasons in Ned & Stacey (1995–1997), Church became known for his film work, including his role of Lyle van de Groot in George of the Jungle (1997), his Academy Award–nominated performance in Sideways (2004), his role as the Marvel Comics villain Sandman in the superhero films Spider-Man 3 (2007) and Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), as well as his starring roles in Over the Hedge (2006), Smart People (2008), Easy A (2010), We Bought a Zoo (2011), Max (2015), and Hellboy (2019). He also made his directorial debut with Rolling Kansas (2003). In 2023, he starred as antagonist Agent Stone in the post-apocalyptic action comedy series Twisted Metal.

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1960

June 17

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653 Pope Martin I is arrested and taken to Constantinople, due to his opposition to monothelitism.
1242 Following the Disputation of Paris, twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were burnt in Paris.
1300 Turku Cathedral is consecrated by Bishop Magnus I in the city of Turku (Swedish: Åbo).
1397 The Kalmar Union is formed under the rule of Margaret I of Denmark.

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The world in 1960

When Thomas arrived

april 1 The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space.
april 13 The United States launches Transit 1-B, the world's first satellite navigation system.
april 15 At Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, Ella Baker leads a conference that results in the creation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, one of the principal organizations of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.
april 19 Students in South Korea hold a nationwide pro-democracy protest against president Syngman Rhee, eventually forcing him to resign.

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Alexander Shulgin 1925–2014 American pharmacologist and chemist (died 2014) Bartosz Brożek 1977– Polish philosopher and jurist Burt Rutan 1943– American engineer and pilot François de Montmorency 1530– French nobleman (died 1579) George Howard 1718–1796 English field marshal and politician (born 1718) Giovanni Paolo Panini 1691–1765 Italian painter and architect (died 1765) Harry Patch 1898–2009 English soldier (born 1898) Jason Hanson 1970– American football player Joe McKelvey 1898–1922 executed Irish Republican Army leader (born 1898)

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Aaron Allston 1960–2014 American game designer and author (died 2014) Akbar Ganji 1960– Iranian journalist and author Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor 1960– second son of Elizabeth II Annabella Sciorra 1960– American actress Arjen Anthony Lucassen 1960– Dutch singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Ayuo Takahashi 1960– Japanese-American singer-songwriter Bernard Rose 1960–1996 English director, screenwriter, and cinematographer Cem Uzan 1960– Turkish businessman and politician Craig Hodges 1960– American basketball player and coach

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