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Marko Caka (Tsaka) is an Albanian-born American actor. This versatile actor has been steadily working on several movies and TV Series. He is also a journalist and reporter that worked with numerous televisions and newspapers in Greece, Albania, and USA.
Marko is the only son (among three children) of parents, mother Leze Caka and father Prend Caka, a great humanist and distinguished academic. As an historian, his father was the author of several articles and books.
Marko Caka was born in Shkoder, Albania and then relocated to Athens, Greece where he lived for 19 years. He studied and completed his Bachelor's Degree on Philosophy and Journalism at the Athens National Kapodistrian University. He worked as a media correspondent of several televisions and newspapers (printed and online) both in Greece and Albania. He covered major international and regional events on politics, film festivals, sport competitions, social issue, etc. His career as a journalist continued also in New York, USA where he relocated in 2010. He is an active member of the American Federation of Media, Los Angeles Press Club, and New York Press Club.
Once he discovered his love for acting, he decided to pursue it professionally, where he took several classes at the HB Studio. He was also trained by coach Ron Millkie on Contemporary, Commercial, and Theatrical performances. He joined then later on the American Film Industry, where his incredible performances qualified him for his membership in Aftra.
Even though at the beginning of his acting career, he worked with renown producers and directors, like: Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Timothy Van Patten, Errol Harris, and Spike Lee.
In some of his big SAG-AFTRA's film projects, he played alongside movie stars, i.e. : Tom Hanks in Bridge of Spies (2015) (2015), Jim Belushi in Show Me a Hero (2015) (2015), Dakota Fanning and Richard Gere in The Benefactor (2015) (2015), Ben Affleck in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016) (2016), Steve Buscemi in Boardwalk Empire (2010) (2010), George Clooney and Julia Roberts in Money Monster (2016) (2016), Megan Fox in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016) (2016), Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham in The Fate of the Furious (2017) (2017), Hugh Jackman in The Greatest Showman (2017) (2017), Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert De Niro in The Wizard of Lies (2017) (2017), Meryl Streep in The Post (2017), Sylvester Stallone in Creed II (2018) (2018), Millie Bobby Brown and Charles Dance in Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) (2019), Joaquin Phoenix in Joker (2019) (2019), Maya Hawke and Liev Schreiber in Human Capital (2019) (2019), Jennifer Lopez and Maluma in Marry Me (2022) (2020). He also played a staring role in The Spy Who Raised Me (2018) (2018).
Marko has been featured in International Music Video of famous singers Anitta and J Balvin "Downtown" (2017).
In 2020 he married youth advocate and diplomat Ediola Pashollari.- Actor
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Luiz Ejlli was born on 12 July 1985 in Shkodër, Albania. He is an actor, known for Within Love (2023), Big Brother Albania VIP (2021) and Festivali i këngës (2004).- Jozef Gjura was born on 23 April 1994 in Shkodër, Albania. He is an actor, known for Out of My League (2020), Lo sposo indeciso che non poteva o forse non voleva più uscire dal bagno (2023) and Un polpo, ovvero: breve manuale per districarsi dalla malasorte nelle situazioni meno idonee.
- Antonio Kodrinaj was born in Shkoder (Albania) on 04-22-1989 he lived most of his life in Greece and Italy falling in love with cinema at the age of 15. a self-taught actor, in 2012 he was discovered by the Italian director Fabrizio Favilli where he assigned him one of the leading roles in the Italian film "Villa Triste" After that, the Albanian director Jotti Ejlli call him for another leading role in the film HIJE (shadows) in 2014, who doubted in the cinema in 2016 with great success. In 2018 he is part of another starring film Italian/Albanian film entitled; "Il ritratto incompiuto" (the unfinished portrait) by the Albanian director Namik Ajazi, becoming so an Albanian movie star. Continuing with another starring film "Sofia" November 2022 breaking records as one of the most watched films in Albania in the last 10 years.
- Bep Shiroka was born on 25 September 1933 in Shkoder, Albania. He was an actor, known for Lugina e peshkatarëve (1970), Besa e kuqe (1982) and Historiani dhe Kameleonet (1989). He died on 1 July 2010 in Shkoder, Albania.
- Zef Deda was born on 27 July 1950 in Shkoder, Albania. He was an actor, known for Gjurmë në kaltërsi (1981). He died on 24 November 2023 in Tirana, Albania.
- Zyliha Miloti was born on 11 January 1946 in Shkoder, Albania. She is an actress, known for Skanderbeg (2017), Shoku ynë Tili (1981) and Estrada në ekran (1968).
- Mirush Kabashi was born on 17 April 1948 in Shkodër, Albania. He was an actor, known for Karnavalet (1980), Nga mesi i errësirës (1978) and Edhe kështu edhe ashtu (1989). He died on 5 December 2023 in Albania.
- Actress
Drane Xhai was born on 13 June 1960 in Shkoder, Albania. She is an actress, known for Sophia (2022), Falco (2019) and Fundi i marrëzisë (1995).- Mario Ashiku was born on 27 July 1939 in Shkodër, Albania. He is an actor, known for Toka jonë (1964), Asgjë nuk harrohet (1985) and Nëntori i dytë (1982).
- Violeta Dede was born on 7 December 1953 in Shkodër, Albania. She was an actress, known for Shpërthimi (1974), Një ndodhi në port (1980) and Kronika e një nate (1990). She died on 2 August 2008 in Westchester County, New York, USA.
- Jul Nenshati was born on 16 April 1961 in Shkoder, Albania. He is an actor, known for Fundi i një gjakmarrjeje (1983), Kur ndahesh nga shokët (1986) and Çeta e vogël (1979).
- Bruno Shllaku was born on 3 February 1956 in Shkoder, Albania. He is an actor, known for Assassin Soul Mates, Shadow of the sun and Fundi i një gjakmarrjeje (1983).
- Ymer Bala was born on 16 August 1945 in Shkoder, Albania. He is an actor, known for Mëngjeze lufte (1971), Operacioni Zjarri (1973) and Lumë drite (1975).
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Rikard Ljarja was born on 1 April 1943 in Shkodër, Albania. He was an actor and director, known for Pesha e kohës (1988), Kur hapen dyert e jetës (1986) and Rrugicat që kërkonin diell (1975). He died on 20 April 2020 in Tiranë, Albania.- Tano Banushi was born on 4 February 1927 in Shkoder, Albania. He was an actor, known for Estrada në ekran (1968). He died on 7 August 1993 in Tirana, Albania.
- Loro Kovaçi was born on 30 August 1903 in Shkoder, Albania. He was an actor, known for Skanderbeg (1953), Detyrë e posaçme (1963) and Toka jonë (1964). He died on 16 July 1966 in Tiranë, Albania.
- Roza Anagnosti was born on 27 October 1943 in Shkodër, Albania. She is an actress, known for Fijet që priten (1976), Detyrë e posaçme (1963) and Besa e kuqe (1982).
- Marie Logoreci was born in Shkoder on September 23, 1920. Her father Palok Curcija was a craftsman and her mother, Roza, was a housewife. Marie was very early introduced to home financial difficulties and to social dramas of the time also reflected in her family as well. Since her childhood Marie was called with the nickname Tush. She was a good child, chubby and very friendly with her peers. Tush was growing up and soon was enrolled at Stigmatine Sisters, a girls school where religious classes were part of the school program.
Later on Tush joined the gymnasium. She was good at drawing; she sang and later started accompanying herself with a mandolin or a guitar. Song and drawing were her passion of that age. Lucky enough almost 20 drawings have survived; they give witness of a mild and delicate spirit, they show a fine capture of the object; the sense of love in those drawings, the sharp and observant eye, the harmony in colors and precision revolves one's thought of her as quite talented.
There was singing everywhere Tush was: in her house, at the neighbors, on feast days among relatives. She was doing well at school also. Within a short time she learned Italian and Montenegrin. But what traced her soul deeply were the popular narration and costumes and legends and epic songs of the Northern Albania which she heard from various people visiting her father. Her knowledge which she broadened later in life: the Albanian folklore and ethnography was soon to be her new passion.
When Maria was 17 she moved permanently in Tirana because of her passion, and married Kol Logoreci, a laureate in economic studies who then just came back from Vienna. There he also had attended, for almost five years with the Friends of Music, lessons on violin. Kol was a very smart economist and for years he made a career as the Chief of State Budget Department. He was e recipient of the high title of Knight of Scanderbeg Order. Kol was the son of Mati Logoreci himself a very distinguished teacher and linguist, a man of social reputation at his time. He was a descendant of Logoreci family, whose name dates from the years 1300 with the name Logoreseos.
Marie's artistic life began as a singer in Tirana National Radio Broadcast in 1945 where she sang solo. She sang folk songs of Shkoder and of Middle Albania, partisan tunes as well. Meanwhile she attended a one year study of canto at Tirana artistic lice under the guidance of Mrs. Jorgjie Truja (recipient of People's Artist Order). Marie also made her appearance in various concerts in Tirana.
In 1947 she was a leading singer with the National Chorus giving tour concerts in Albania and abroad. After this confirmation of hers as a talented singer she was offered the chance to act in the National Theatre. Marie faced some initial difficulties with this new performance. So on November 1947 she made became a real stage actress with the National Theatre.
Her new career needed a lot of efforts but it brought Marie also joy, renewed passion and success. All of a sudden this was cut short because of family problems and the death of her husband Kole. Now she was facing a human task, that of preventing the character of her only son be effected by the early disappearance of his father.
Marie was very systematic at work; she had a tight schedule bur always finding some time to relax in gardening, feeding pigeons, cooking or listening music. She never complained. She was very energetic and hectic, and besides she was gifted with an excellent memory, she could read by heart a number of lines from legends and folk songs, pages from Iliad and Odyssey.
Marie Logoreci survives in other people's memories as a candid, simple and sincere human being, very lively, a woman of a range knowledge, some one to hold a talk with or to get an advice from.
As an actress she's filled a vast gallery of unforgettable characters as in the way she acted them out masterly, the way she expressed and manifested them. The range of her leading roles is wide enough to comprise characters of quite opponent with one another in mould and psychology. Her professional performing reached emotional borders swinging from bright sides of human psyche to the darkest features of it. We might just recall her part as Alisa Lengton, the whimsical conservative and racist bourgeois lady in the play Deep Roots. Or Gertrude, the suicidal queen in Hamlet. Or Fatime, the woman experienced in court intrigues, servile and arrogant, in Halili and Hajria. Or Bernarda Alba, the dark cold lady in the same title drama.
And it is said that hardly anyone that watched Our Land could help weeping at her role of Loke.
All her performances of Shakespeare's, of Moliere's, of Lorca's, or Gorki's dramas, as well as them of the Albanian authors - Kol Jakova, Ndrek Luca etc. - demonstrated her particular artistic abilities, and all outlined her portrait as an artist of individuality, of an reflects harmony between her acting and her external plastics. She had managed to have a clear knowledge of the acoustics; she'd achieved such a virtuosity in her actions bridging the distance between her and the audience. Her dynamics and her temperament had marked her voice with a high key of intonation which was suggestive in her stage performances.
Marie's long career as an actress brought her the interest to try directing. As a stage director she has made a modest contribution, not really flowering. It did signify though her keen courage to other experiences and her restless vivacity.
Marie was also one of the pioneers of the Albanian film. She had a role in the very first Albanian movie, a short feature of about 12 minutes long, produced by the Albanian Film Studio and Albanian Television. Her first film acting is at large within the features of stage performing. Film production in the country was very latent at the time and there were major theatrical hints in it as most of the actors came form theatre schools. All the same Marie's roles in films manifest their particularity and have their value in the history of our cinematography.
Marie remained a great stage actress. She shaped her art. She observed life carefully, the life of her people, and accumulated enough experience so she could input it later in her performances. In front of the spectators she created in stage the human soul, pain, protest, revolt, hate, cynicism, hypocrisy, cunning; she offered them the magic of the play, what the real art can invoke. Her artistic lingo was expressive and gaudy; her stage gestures demanded and were applied with masterly affection, and Marie gave life to all those performances signing up her individuality and personal stature in art.
Her most successful roles are: Xhes in "The Russian Affair", Alisa Lengton in "Deep Roots", Christina Padera in "The Plot of the Condemned", Fatima in "Halili and Hajria", Alyona Patrovna in "Six Lovers", Loke in "Our Land", Lady Milford in "Intrigue and Love", Triga in "Seven Knights", Gertrude in "Hamlet", Bernarda Alba in "The House of Bernarda Alba", Tadrahova in "The Moral of Madame Dulska", Mother Jun in "The Great Wall", Mara in "The Perkolgjinajs", the old woman in "Everybody's Roof", Prenda in "The Lass of the Mountains", Gjela in "The Big Drown" etc. - Actor
- Soundtrack
Frederik Ndoci was born on 9 February 1960 in Shkodër, Albania. He is an actor, known for Edhe kështu edhe ashtu (1989), Fundi i një gjakmarrjeje (1983) and Kur hapen dyert e jetës (1986). He is married to Aida Ndoci.- Composer
Çesk Zadeja was born on 8 June 1927 in Shkodër, Albania. Çesk was a composer, known for Skanderbeg (1953), Furtuna (1959) and Toka jonë (1964). Çesk died in August 1997 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.- Serafin Fanko was born on 24 May 1937 in Shkoder, Albania. He was an actor, known for Fijet që priten (1976), Shëmbja e idhujve (1977) and Yje mbi Drin (1979). He died on 29 September 2012 in Tiranë, Albania.
- Ema Ndoja was born on 27 March 1968 in Shkodër, Albania. She is an actress, known for Vrasje ne gjueti (1987), Në prag të jetës (1985) and Guri i besës (1986). She has been married to Rezzo Schlauch since 30 December 2003.
- Ndrek Shkjezi was born on 4 June 1922 in Shkoder, Albania. He was an actor, known for Mëngjeze lufte (1971), Skanderbeg (1953) and Besa e kuqe (1982). He died on 4 April 2000 in Tiranë, Albania.
- Gjon Vata was born on 6 May 1915 in Shkoder, Albania. He was an actor, known for Ilegalët (1976), Zemrat që nuk plaken (1977) and Pranverë në Gjirokaster (1978). He died on 26 May 1986 in Tirana, Albania.
- Mihal Popi was born on 7 November 1909 in Shkoder, Albania. He was an actor, known for Përse bie kjo daulle (1969), Estrada në ekran (1968) and Zonja e Bujtinës (1962). He died on 19 September 1979 in Tiranë, Albania.
- Katerina Biga was born on 29 July 1947 in Shkoder, Albania. She is an actress, known for Lugina e peshkatarëve (1970), Endërr për një karrigë (1984) and Ballë për ballë (1979).
- Violeta Sekuj was born on 17 October 1933 in Shkodër, Albania. She is an actress, known for Flutura në kabinen time (1988), Militanti (1984) and Gjaku i Arbërit (1985).
- Elez Kadrija was born on 6 May 1941 in Shkoder, Albania. He was an actor, known for Besa e kuqe (1982), Një udhëtim i vështirë (1977) and Fundi i një gjakmarrjeje (1983). He died on 11 August 2015 in Tiranë, Albania.
- Angela Martini was born on 23 May 1986 in Shkodër, Albania.
- Mirjam Bruçeti was born on 15 March 1949 in Shkoder, Albania. She is an actress, known for Thesari (1982) and Rruga e lirisë (1983).
- Director
- Actor
- Writer
Ismail Zhabjaku was born on 4 March 1932 in Shkodër, Albania. He was a director and actor, known for Karnavalet (1980), Fejesa e Blertës (1984) and Lumë drite (1975). He died on 27 December 1992 in Tirana, Albania.- Actress
- Writer
Halide Piskin was born in 1906 in Shkoder, Ottoman Empire [now Shkodra, Albania]. She was an actress and writer, known for Kizimin basina gelenler (1958), Uçan daireler Istanbulda (1955) and Sönen rüya (1948). She died on 1 November 1959 in Istanbul, Turkey.- Marije Qyrsaqi was born on 9 March 1950 in Shkoder, Albania. She is an actress, known for Çifti i Lumtur (1975), Gjaku i Arbërit (1985) and Fundi i marrëzisë (1995).
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Born Nest Gjinaj in Shkoder, Albania. Fond of theatrics as a child, he knew acting would one day be his life. Nesti moved from Albania to the U.S. when he was twelve years old. At the age of 18 Nesti attended one of his high school play and he fell in love with the performances by the actors. Soon after the play he decided he wanted to pursue acting full time. in 2010 Nesti landed his first leading role in an independent feature film titled, "Four Walls", A Paramore Films Production, written, produced and directed by Miko Klubzz. Since 2010, Nesti has performed in more then ten independent films, produced by Paramore Films. Those films ranging from short to feature, His rolls ranged from leading to supporting, some Titles include: "Holy Water", "Diary of my dreams", "Pitt Bulls", "Judgment day", "Let the child dream", "Hamartia" and more. Nesti Gee has come a long way-from a shy boy who questioned his ability, to a confident actor who's passion and love for acting will soon be seen on the big screen.- Gjon Kola was born on 14 June 1946 in Shkoder, Albania. He is an actor, known for Operacioni Zjarri (1973), Gracka (1984) and Flaka e maleve (1983).
- Paulin Preka was born on 2 February 1935 in Shkoder, Albania. He was an actor, known for Estrada në ekran (1968), Çifti i Lumtur (1975) and Fundi i marrëzisë (1995). He died on 4 September 2021 in Rome, Italy.
- Qemal Mehmeti was born on 4 January 1935 in Shkoder, Albania. He was an actor, known for Toka jonë (1964), Këshilltarët (1979) and Intendenti (1981). He died on 29 March 2002 in Durres, Albania.
- Actor
- Writer
Lazër Filipi was born on 7 February 1921 in Shkoder, Albania. He was an actor and writer, known for Shpërthimi (1974), Skanderbeg (1953) and Shëmbja e idhujve (1977). He died on 16 December 2016 in Tiranë, Albania.- Editorial Department
Kolec Daija was born on 13 July 1930 in Shkodër, Albania. Kolec is known for Komisari i Dritës (1966), Rruga e lavdishme (1952) and Takimet ne Helsinki (1962).- Composer
- Sound Department
- Producer
Orget Sadiku was born on October 6, 1986 in Shkodër, Albania. He is an Composer and Sound Designer, known for Mali i Harrum (2018) Regime (2018) and Kalimtar (2012).
In 2019, Orget Sadiku will be debuting himself as a writer and director for his first short movie, "The Letter of Hope", made for Tropfest 27.- Aleksandër Prosi was born on 6 January 1920 in Shkodër, Albania. He was an actor, known for Fijet që priten (1976), Horizonte të hapura (1968) and Skanderbeg (1953). He died on 25 March 1985 in Tiranë, Albania.
- Fatbardh Smaja was born on 2 September 1956 in Shkoder, Albania. He was an actor, known for Fundi i një gjakmarrjeje (1983), Fejesa e Blertës (1984) and Ngjyrat e moshës (1990). He died on 7 November 2015 in Tiranë, Albania.
- Donika Franja was born on 7 December 1944 in Shkoder, Albania. She is an actress, known for Gjaku i Arbërit (1985).
- Gulielm Radoja was born on 2 July 1945 in Shkodër, Albania. He was an actor, known for Shëmbja e idhujve (1977), Kush vdes në këmbë (1985) and Gjeneral gramafoni (1978). He died on 5 May 2021 in Tirana, Albania.
- Agron Dizdari was born on 22 August 1949 in Shkodër, Albania. He is an actor, known for Operacioni Zjarri (1973), Nusja (1980) and Një natë pa dritë (1981).
- Lec Vuksani was born on 29 May 1939 in Shkodër, Albania. He is an actor, known for Detyrë e posaçme (1963), Mysafiri (1979) and Përtej mureve të gurta (1979).
- Ana Gjini was born on 3 April 1942 in Shkoder, Albania. She was an actress, known for Çeta e vogël (1979) and Gjaku i Arbërit (1985). She died on 4 March 2019 in Parma, Italy.
- Besnik Çinari was born on 8 April 1954 in Shkoder, Albania. He is an actor, known for Fundi i marrëzisë (1995).
- Vitore Nino was born on 7 February 1924 in Shkodër, Albania. She was an actress, known for Komisari i Dritës (1966), Qortimet e vjeshtës (1981) and Çifti i Lumtur (1975). She died on 14 March 2007 in Tirana, Albania.