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Alfred Molina
British and American actor (born 1953)
Alfred Molina (born Alfredo Molina; 24 May 1953) is a British and American actor. He is known for his leading roles and character actor roles on the stage and screen. In a career spanning over five decades he has received a Drama Desk Award as well as nominations for two British Academy Film Awards, a British Independent Film Award, an Independent Spirit Award, five Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three Tony Awards.
He first rose to prominence in the West End, earning a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Newcomer in a Play for his performance in the production of Oklahoma! in 1980. He received Tony Award nominations for his roles on Broadway playing Yvan in Art (1998), Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof (2004), and Mark Rothko in Red (2009). He returned to Broadway playing Professor Serebryakov in a revival of Uncle Vanya (2024).
On film, he made his debut as Satipo in Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981). He went on to receive two BAFTA Award nominations for his roles as Diego Rivera in Frida (2002
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Mario Molina (1943–2020) was the first to realize that chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) could destroy ozone. In the two decades following his discovery, he and his mentor became voices alerting the world to the danger of CFCs and ozone depletion. Their warnings often fell on deaf ears. Once confirmed, however, their findings earned them a Nobel Prize.
In 1973 Molina, a postdoctoral researcher working in the laboratory of F. Sherwood Rowland at the University of California, Irvine, made an unsettling discovery. He had been investigating a class of compounds called chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs. CFCs were used as refrigerants, aerosol sprays, and in making plastic foams. Molina wondered what happened to them once they were released into the atmosphere.
How CFCs Destroy Ozone
Molina’s study was a hypothetical one based on computer modeling, but his results suggested that CFCs could, in theory, destroy an oxygen compound called ozone under the conditions that exist in the upper atmosphere. Far above the earth’s surface, in the stratosphere, a thin layer of ozone floats, protecting us from
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Though his imposing form and dark, swarthy looks could easily have seen him typecast, Alfred Molina has played a huge variety of roles on either side of the Atlantic, his ability to seemingly transform himself physically complemented by a striking facility for accents.
Born to a Spanish father and Italian mother on 24 May 1953, he grew up in Notting Hill; seeing Spartacus (US, 1960) aged 11 inspired him to become an actor, and he later studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He followed a stint with the RSC with early screen roles as aspiring wrestler Nigel in shortlived sitcom The Losers (ITV, 1978), a brief but memorable appearance as Satipo, Indiana Jones' unreliable guide in Raiders of the Lost Ark (US, 1981), and episodes of Bognor (ITV, 1981), Reilly: Ace of Spies (ITV, 1983) and C.A.T.S. Eyes (ITV, 1985, which introduced him to future wife Jill Gascoigne). But it wasn't until Letter to Brezhnev (d. Chris Bernard, 1985) that he found his breakthrough role: a monosyllabic Soviet sailor on shore leave in Liverpool. He won more plaudits for his con
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