![]() ![]() ![]() "We Are The World" earned four Grammy Awards in 1985: Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal, and Best Music Video, Short Form. More than $25 million was raised across the US to fight hunger and homelessness in America.More than 6 million people joined hands to fight poverty in America.Raised more than $75 million to fight poverty in Africa.It is one of the ten best selling singles of all-time.Įntertainer/social activist Harry Belafonte and Richie's manager Ken Kragen created the idea for the song and formed the non-profit organization USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa). Composed by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, and produced by Quincy Jones, it reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, R&B, and Adult Contemporary charts, and has sold over 20 million copies worldwide. In 2018, Egerton was picked to play Elton John in the 2019 biopic Rocketman.The all-star single "We Are The World" was recorded on Januand released Mato raise money to fight poverty, especially hunger, in Africa and the United States. He was named one of GQ's 50 best-dressed British men in 20. In 2015, it was announced that Egerton would be starring in Billionaire Boys Club. Egerton co-starred in Testament of Youth, based on the life of Vera Brittain, and appeared in the two-part episode "The Ramblin' Boy" in the seventh series of Lewis as Liam Jay. The first movie's success launched Egerton into fame and resulted in him signing a three-movie contract with 20th Century Fox. Egerton played Gary "Eggsy" Unwin, the young protégé of Harry Hart (Colin Firth), in Matthew Vaughn's film Kingsman: The Secret Service and its sequel, Kingsman: The Golden Circle. Later, he was added to the main cast of the Sky1 series The Smoke. Egerton made his acting debut in 2011 with a small role in two episodes of the ITV series Lewis as Liam Jay. He attended Ysgol Penglais School before he went on to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where he graduated with a BA (Hons) Acting in 2012. Egerton considers himself to be Welsh "through and through," and is conversant in the Welsh language, albeit admitting that his Welsh is not as good as it previously was. Egerton moved to Aberystwyth, also in Wales, when he was twelve. He spent some of his early childhood on the Wirral Peninsula, and moved with his family to Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, on the Welsh island of Anglesey, where he went to primary school. ![]() His father and family ran a bed-and-breakfast and his mother works in social services. His first name is a variation of "taran," which means "thunder" in the Welsh language. Taron David Egerton was born on 10 November 1989 in Birkenhead, Merseyside, to parents from nearby Liverpool. He has also played Edward Brittain in the 2014 drama film Testament of Youth, appeared in the 2015 crime thriller film Legend, starred as Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards in the 2016 biographical film Eddie the Eagle, voiced Johnny in the 2016 animated musical film Sing, and reprised his role in the 2017 Kingsman sequel, The Golden Circle. Taron Egerton is a British actor and singer, known for his roles in the British television series The Smoke, the 2014 action comedy film Kingsman: The Secret Service, and the film Rocketman (2019). ![]()
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