Named acting president in 1998 and given the formal title in April this year, Liu is credited with turning the airline around.

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After playing Malvolio, Briers took on the acting challenge of King Lear, followed by the title role in Uncle Vanya and Menenius in Coriolanus.

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Downey, who earned an Academy Award nomination for his title role in the 1992 film "Chaplin, " currently has no acting projects in the works, said his spokesman Alan Nierob.

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