Naseeruddin Shah (born 20 July 1949 or 16 August 1950 ) is an Indian film and stage actor and director, and a prominent figure in Indian parallel cinema.
 Shah has won numerous awards in his career, including three National Film Awards, three Filmfare Awards and an award at the Venice Film Festival.
 The Government of India has honoured him with the Padma Shri and the Padma Bhushan awards for his contributions to Indian cinema.
 Shah has also been associated with Pakistan Film Industry.
 His small Cameo in the Pakistani Movie 'Khuda kay liye' gave him great appreciation from Pakistani audience which further encouraged him to do another Pakistani movie as a main lead.
 The movie which is called 'Zinda bhaag' was a great success.
 He is the brother of Lt. Gen. Zameer Uddin Shah (PVSM, SM, VSM) Former Deputy Chief of The Army Staff, former member Armed Forces Tribunal and the former Vice Chancellor of the Aligarh Muslim University.
M. N. Reddi (born 23 January 1960) is a senior officer in the Indian Police Service and in July 2014 was appointed Police Commissioner of Bangalore.
 He has long experience in traffic policing, traffic management and road safety.
 He is Tech savy police officer.
 He did his undergraduate studies at Christ College.
 He has an M.A. and an M.Phil in sociology from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and has graduated as an officer of the elite Indian Police Service from the National Police Academy.
A.V.M.Rajan (Tamil: ஏ.
 வி.
 எம்.
 ராஜன்) is a Tamil film actor of the 1960s and 1970s.
 His real name is Shanmugasundaram of Pudukottai.
 He was born in 1935.
 Shanmugasundaram was very eager to join cinema though being a BA Graduate (Mathematics) from Madras University.
 His parents wanted to see him as a police officer.
 He came to Madras to write the examination, but didn’t bother to write it.
 Instead, he tried his luck in cinema knocking on the doors of every film company he could contact.
 At long last, his relentless efforts yielded result by getting him the opportunity to enter cinema through the film ‘Aayiram kaalathu payiru’.
 Soon after, he was signed to act in the AVM’s film ‘Naanum oru Penn’ also.
Sushil Chhetri (Nepali: सुशील क्षेत्री ) is a Nepalese actor who has worked in the Nepalese film industry for more than a decade.
 He debuted in Kollywood with the film ‘’Aaago’’ which received much hype and sensation.
 Unfortunately as the story based on the Maoist crisis it was banned before release.
 He is known for his movies Aago (2000), Gaajal (2001) and Anjuli (2002).
 Chhetri acted in 100s of Nepali movies and 11 Bhojpuri movies.
 Recently after a sort of disappearance from Nepali Film Industry, he came back with his new movie ‘’Bich Bato(2015)’’, before entering Kollywood as an actor he started his career as background dancer.
Catherine Elise Blanchett, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} ( ; born 14 May 1969) is an Australian actress and theatre director.
 She has received international acclaim and many accolades, including two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, three BAFTA Awards, six AACTA Awards, and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. Blanchett came to international attention for her role as Elizabeth I of England in Shekhar Kapur's 1998 film "Elizabeth", for which she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress, the Golden Globe Award, and earned her first Academy Award for Best Actress nomination.
 Her portrayal of Katharine Hepburn in Martin Scorsese's 2004 film "The Aviator" brought her critical acclaim and many accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, making her the only actor to win an Oscar for portraying another Oscar-winning actor.
 In 2013, she starred as Jasmine Francis in Woody Allen's "Blue Jasmine", for which she won numerous accolades including the Academy Award for Best Actress.
Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez (born February 19, 1967) is a Puerto Rican actor.
 He won an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for his portrayal of the jaded but morally upright police officer Javier Rodriguez in the film "Traffic" (2000).
 Del Toro's performance as ex-con turned religious fanatic in despair, Jack Jordan, in Alejandro González Iñárritu's "21 Grams" (2003) earned him a second Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor, as well as a second Screen Actors Guild Awards nomination and a BAFTA Awards nomination for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
The Way of the Gun is a 2000 American crime-thriller film written and directed by Christopher McQuarrie, his directorial debut, and stars Ryan Phillippe and Benicio del Toro, with Juliette Lewis, Taye Diggs, Nicky Katt, Scott Wilson, and James Caan in supporting roles.
Stephen Nicholas (born 23 August 1978) also known as Stephen Charles Nicholas is an actor and presenter from Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England.
 Stephen currently lives in Sheffield, his first role was on Sky One's Dream Team, where he played Scott Ward.
 From there, he filmed the first in the trilogy Goal!
 (In which he played a Newcastle United Reserves player).
 Following this, he moved to Los Angeles, where he played Smith in the feature film Futbaal: The Price of Dreams.
 Stephen then returned to the UK to make a Bollywood film called Dhana Dhana Goal with John Abraham.
 Stephen then experienced his first opportunity in reality TV with the show Premier League All Stars for Sky One, as well as playing a footballer, he was on-hand to present celebrity gossip and pitch side reports.
 He then appeared in Celebrity Most Haunted and Date the Enemy.
 From there he then went on to star in Goal 3 where he not only acted in the film he also became the football choreographer and choreographed all the football scenes in the film.
 Nicholas then starred in the film Damned United where he played Welsh international Alan Durban, the film was filmed in Chesterfield and Leeds and was directed by Oscar winner Tom Hooper and also starred Oscar nominated Michael Sheen.
 Stephens next production was the feature film called 'No Way Back Now'about the notorious Manchester district of Moss Side, where Stephen played the lead actor Stuart Gavin,The feature is roughly based on the notorious Gooch gang that terrorised Manchester throughout the years.
 The next move for Stephen was pantomime where he was part of the production Aladdin over the Christmas period of 2015 in Doncaster playing Abanaza the main villain which he did until January 7, 2016!
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 He has recently been cast in the up-and-coming Feature Film 'Whiteblade' where he will play Thurstan the head Warlord Whiteblade is currently in production and Stephen is shooting his scenes in August 2016.
 In September 2016 Stephen will be presenting the Sky TV show 'Britz go Bollywood' the show consists of a group of Celebrities being dressed by The best Indian designers, Stephen is the main presenter of the show which will be screened live September 2, 2016.
Ammy Virk (Amninderpal Singh Virk) is a Punjabi singer and film actor.
 He started his singing career with a single track which proved to be a very popular track.
 Later on he did other songs like ‘Yaar Amli’ and ‘jatt da sahara’ which popularized him in Punjabi music industry all over the world.
 His first album ‘Jattizm’ was released in 2013 which got the best album of the year award in PTC music awards.
 He also worked in the super hit Punjabi movie ‘Angrej’ with the famous singer and actor Amrinder Gill.
Oliver Park (born April 13, 1986) is an English actor.
 His first major film role was Kai in 'Shank', and as a result of this performance, the production team behind the film, wrote parts especially for Oliver in their two follow-up productions – ‘Release’ and ‘Buffering’.
 After shooting the feature film ‘Just Ate’ early in 2012, Oliver won the ‘Best Actor’ award for his performance in the short film ‘Wakey Wakey’ at the ITV West Film and Television Awards.

Question: What actor starred in the 2000 film 'The Way of the Gun' along with a costar who won an Academy Award for his portrayal of a police officer in the movie 'Traffic'? 
Answer: Ryan Phillippe