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| joshy Diglot Newbie secretagentstyle.com Joined 6318 days ago 19 posts - 19 votes Speaks: English*, Japanese Studies: French, Greek, Russian | Message 89 of 98 18 March 2010 at 5:26pm | IP Logged |
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Victoria Silvstedt speaks English, Swedish, French, Italian, that I know of
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| GauchoBoaCepa Triglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5418 days ago 172 posts - 199 votes  Speaks: Portuguese*, English, Spanish | Message 90 of 98 30 March 2010 at 7:12pm | IP Logged |
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Viggo Mortensen singing in Spanish...tango!!!
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| Desacrator48 Groupie United States Joined 5307 days ago 93 posts - 127 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, French | Message 91 of 98 21 October 2010 at 2:27am | IP Logged |
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This doesn't completely apply to the topic, but I discovered only this week that a now relatively famous American who is fluent in French is Bradley Cooper.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hmeuMSFIVE I would like to point out him specifically based on the criteria that: 1) it is not his native language 2) he is a native English speaker 3) he is American 4) knows another language without growing up there with number 3 having the implication that it is all the more impressive since this thread so far has been dominated by non-native English speakers and non-Americans, who already have to know at least another language (English) to be successful in their craft (acting). Also, regarding number 4, a lot of these actors come from backgrounds where they spend some time of their childhood growing up in another country...meaning they learned the language naturally. I was particulary impressed with Bradley Cooper because from reading his bio, it seems he learned French originally for a reason that someone on this forum like me is doing it...just because he wants to! Meaning he had to study it at an older age and not something he picked up easily as a child like children automatically do. I guess what I am trying to get at is I am more impressed with someone famous who speaks another language well because they studied it (like we do here) rather than just because they are from a multi-cultural background. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| maydayayday Pentaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5218 days ago 564 posts - 839 votes Speaks: English*, German, Italian, SpanishB2, FrenchB2 Studies: Arabic (Egyptian), Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Polish, Persian, Vietnamese Studies: Urdu | Message 92 of 98 23 October 2010 at 2:04pm | IP Logged |
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Sally Phillips (Shazzer in Bridget Jones) has excellent Italian (and a 1st Class degree from Oxford)
Omid Djalili (Gladiator and others) is British of Persian parents and 'does' several English accents well and sometimes uses Persian in his stage act. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Guests Guest Group Joined 7375 days ago 0 - 22 votes Logged on | Message 93 of 98 19 June 2011 at 11:07am | IP Logged |
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Rosamund Pike - English, German, French
Sophia Myles - English, German, French Dominic Monaghan - German and English Tilda Swinton - English, German and Italian Rachel Weisz - English and German Bruce Greenwood - German and English Jason Isaacs - English and Spanish Annabelle Wallis - French, Portuguese, Spanish, English, Armenian Santiago Cabrera - Spanish, English, French and Italian. Carlos Bernard - Spanish, Russian, German and English Daniela Ruah - Portuguese, English and Spanish Robert Duvall - English and Spanish Kenneth Branagh - English and Italian Rupert Everett - English, French and Italian Rutger Hauer - Dutch, English and German Hugh Laurie - English and German Stephen Fry - English and German | |
| Guests Guest Group Joined 7375 days ago 0 - 22 votes Logged on | Message 94 of 98 19 June 2011 at 11:10am | IP Logged |
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help me for the rest of the German speaking British actors if you want to know about my message.
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| Wulfgar Senior Member United States Joined 4670 days ago 404 posts - 791 votes Speaks: English* | Message 95 of 98 04 March 2012 at 4:04pm | IP Logged |
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Anybody know how many Charles Bronson speaks? I know of Polish, English, French, and suspect Spanish, Italian
and possible more. I ask because I was shocked to see him speaking French in an old film on TV recently, and it was quite good. It wasn't a voice-over; he also spoke English in the same film when addressing his American superiors. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| silverpolyglot Diglot Groupie Canada silverchallanges.wor Joined 4913 days ago 42 posts - 72 votes Speaks: English*, Somali Studies: French, Swedish, Mandarin | Message 96 of 98 05 March 2012 at 9:14am | IP Logged |
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Actress Kate Beckinsale is said to know Russian, German, and French as well as her native
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