Ramón Rodríguez (actor)
Ramón Rodríguez( born December 20, 1979) is a Puerto Rican actor known for his roles on the television series" The Wire"( 2006 – 08) and" Day Break"( 2006 – 07), and in the films( 2009) and" The Taking of Pelham 123"( 2009).
He portrayed John Bosley on the short- lived ABC television reboot of" Charlie's Angels"( 2011).
In 2014, Rodríguez starred as Ryan Lopez on the Fox crime drama television series" Gang Related".
In 2018, he played the role of Benjamin Cruz on the Showtime television series" The Affair".
Michael Rispoli
Michael Rispoli is an American character actor.
He was a contender for the role of Tony Soprano, but ultimately cast in the HBO television series" The Sopranos" as Jackie Aprile, Sr. Rispoli reunited with" Sopranos" co-star James Gandolfini in the 2009 thriller" The Taking of Pelham 123".
Morton Freedgood
Morton Freedgood (1913 – April 16, 2006) was an American author who wrote "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" and many other detective and mystery novels under the pen name John Godey.
The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009 film)
The Taking of Pelham 123 is a 2009 American action thriller film directed by Tony Scott.
The film is about a train dispatcher (Denzel Washington) who is pressed into the role of negotiator after a criminal (John Travolta) takes a subway car of passengers hostage.
It is a film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Morton Freedgood (writing under the pseudonym John Godey), and is a remake of the original 1974 film adaptation, which was also remade in 1998 as a TV film.
Production began in March 2008, and it was released on June 12, 2009.
James Gandolfini
James Joseph Gandolfini
Jr.( September 18, 1961 – June 19, 2013) was an American actor and producer best known for his role as Tony Soprano, the Italian- American crime boss in HBO's television series" The Sopranos".
He won three Emmy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and one Golden Globe Award.
Gandolfini's performance as Tony Soprano is widely regarded as among the greatest performances in television history.
His notable film roles include mob henchman Virgil in" True Romance"( 1993), Lt. Bobby Dougherty in" Crimson Tide"( 1995), Colonel Winter in" The Last Castle"( 2001) and Mayor of New York in" The Taking of Pelham 123"( 2009).
Other roles are enforcer and stuntman Bear in" Get Shorty"( 1995) and impulsive" Wild Thing" Carol in" Where the Wild Things Are"( 2010).
For his performance as Albert in" Enough Said"( 2013), Gandolfini posthumously received much critical praise and several accolades, including a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination and the Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor.
In 2007, Gandolfini produced" Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq", a documentary in which he interviewed injured Iraq
War veterans and in 2010," Wartorn: 1861–2010" examining the impact of posttraumatic stress disorder on soldiers and families throughout several wars in U.S. history from 1861 to 2010.
Jake Siciliano
Jake Siciliano( born October 23, 1998) is an American actor best known for his roles in" Shame"( 2011), Solitary Man( 2009)," The Taking of Pelham 123"( 2009), and" The Affair"( 2014–2019)
Tony Scott
Anthony David Leighton Scott (21 June 1944 – 19 August 2012) was an English film director, producer and screenwriter.
He was known for directing action and thriller films such as "Top Gun" (1986), "Beverly Hills Cop II" (1987), "The Last Boy Scout" (1991), "True Romance" (1993),
"Crimson Tide" (1995), "Enemy of the State" (1998), "Man on Fire" (2004), "Déjà Vu" (2006), and "Unstoppable" (2010).
Scott was the younger brother of film director Sir Ridley Scott.
They both graduated from the Royal College of Art in London, and both were among a generation of British film directors who started their careers making television commercials.
In 1995 both Tony and Ridley received the BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Contribution To Cinema.
In 2010, they received the BAFTA Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Filmed Entertainment.
He died by suicide on 19 August 2012, by jumping off the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro, California.
Michael Baiardi
Michael Baiardi( born September 11, 1972 in New York City) is an American composer, songwriter and music producer who currently resides in Los Angeles, California.
Baiardi's songs and compositions have appeared in hundreds of feature films, television shows and albums.
Most notable are songs in feature films such as The Avengers( 2012), Magic Mike( 2012), The Taking of Pelham 123( 2009), Greenberg( 2010), and Mad Money( 2008).
Also notable music contributions are TV shows such as Modern Family, Dexter, Justified, Law& Order, CSI, and Jersey Shore.
Aunjanue Ellis
Aunjanue L. Ellis( born February 21, 1969) is an American film, stage, and television actress, and producer.
She began her acting career in theater, and made her film debut in" Girls Town".
She later had leading roles in a number of independent movies, and co-starred in several mainstream films.
Ellis is best known for her roles in films" Men of Honor"( 2000)," The Caveman's Valentine"( 2001)," Undercover Brother"( 2002)," Ray"( 2004),( 2008)," The Taking of Pelham 123"( 2009) and" The Help"( 2011).
On television, Ellis had regular role in the ABC police drama series" High Incident"( 1996 – 97), and later co-starred in a number of short- lived dramas.
She had recurring roles on" The Practice True Blood", and" The Mentalist", and played roles in a number of made for television movies, such as( 2009) and( 2013).
In 2015, Ellis played the leading role in the miniseries" The Book of Negroes," based on bestselling novel by Lawrence Hill.
She received critical acclaim and a Critic's Choice Award nomination for Best Actress in a Movie/ Miniseries.
From 2015 to 2017, she starred as Miranda Shaw in the ABC thriller series" Quantico."
In 2016, Ellis played Nancy Turner, Nat Turner's mother, in the period drama film," The Birth of a Nation".
In 2019, she received Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie nomination for her performance in the Netflix miniseries" When They See Us".
She is starring in the upcoming HBO drama series," Lovecraft Country".
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974 film)
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three( also known as The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3) is a 1974 American action thriller film directed by Joseph Sargent, produced by Gabriel Katzka and Edgar J. Scherick, and starring Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam and Héctor Elizondo.
Peter Stone adapted the screenplay from the 1973 novel of the same name written by Morton Freedgood under the pen name John Godey.
The film received critical acclaim and holds a rating of 100 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 38 reviews.
Several critics called it one of 1974's finest films and it was a box office success.
As in the novel, the film follows a group of criminals taking the passengers hostage inside a New York City Subway car for ransom.
Musically, it features" one of the best and most inventive thriller scores of the 1970s".
It was remade in 1998 as a television film and was again remade in 2009 as a theatrical film.

Question: What nationality is the director of film The Taking Of Pelham 123 (2009 Film)?
Answer: British