Gene Wilder Gene Wilder Jerome Silberman (June 11, 1933 – August 29, 2016), known professionally as Gene Wilder, was an American actor, screenwriter, director, producer, singer-songwriter and author. Wilder began his career on stage, and made his screen debut in an episode of the TV series "The Play of the Week" in 1961. Although his first film role was portraying a hostage in the 1967 motion picture "Bonnie and Clyde", Wilder's first major role was as Leopold Bloom in the 1967 film "The Producers" for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. This was the first in
Lal (actor) Lal (actor) M. P. Michael (born 2 December 1958), better known by his stage name Lal, is an Indian film director, actor, screenwriter, producer, and film distributor who works in Malayalam cinema. He started his career as a mimicry artist in Kalabhavan, along with his childhood friend Siddique, who would later team up as Siddique-Lal to make many films. Lal and Siddique joined as assistant directors to Fazil in 1984. After that, both decided to part ways as a director pair and Lal turned producer with the Siddique-directed Mammootty-starrer "Hitler". Lal debuted in acting with a villain role as Paniyan