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Jamie Lee Curtis

**Jamie Lee Haden-Guest, Baroness Haden-Guest** (née **Curtis**; born November 22, 1958) is an American actress, author, and activist. She made her film debut in 1978 as Laurie Strode in John Carpenter's horror film *Halloween*. The film established her as a "scream queen", and she appeared in a string of horror films in 1980, including *The Fog*, *Prom Night*, and *Terror Train*. She reprised the role of Laurie Strode in four sequels, including *Halloween II* (1981), *Halloween H20: 20 Years Later* (1998), *Halloween: Resurrection* (2002), and *Halloween* (2018).

Curtis' film work spans many genres, including the cult comedies *Trading Places* (1983), for which she received a BAFTAfor Best Supporting Actress, and *A Fish Called Wanda* (1988), for which she earned a BAFTA nomination for Best Actress. She won a Golden Globe, an American Comedy Award, and a Saturn Award for playing the starring role of Helen Tasker in James Cameron's action comedy film *True Lies* (1994). Curtis' other major films include *Blue Steel* (1990), *My Girl* (1991), *Forever Young* (1992), *The Tailor of Panama* (2001), *Freaky Friday* (2003), *Beverly Hills Chihuahua* (2008), *You Again* (2010), *Veronica Mars* (2014), and *Knives Out* (2019).

Curtis received a Golden Globe and a People's Choice Award for her portrayal of Hannah Miller on the ABC sitcom *Anything But Love* (1989–1992). She earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her work in the television film *Nicholas' Gift* (1998). She also starred as Cathy Munsch on the Fox horror comedy series *Scream Queens* (2015–2016), for which she earned her seventh Golden Globe nomination.

Curtis is the daughter of Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis. She is married to Christopher Guest, with whom she has two adopted children. She has written numerous children's books, with her 1998 release *Today I Feel Silly, and Other Moods That Make My Day* making *The New York Times'* best-seller list. She is also a frequent blogger for *The Huffington Post*. Curtis received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1998.
Eden Sher

**Eden Rebecca Sher** (born December 26, 1991) is an American actress, best known for her role as Sue Heck on the ABCcomedy series *The Middle* (2009–2018). She won the 2013 Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her performance in *The Middle*. She is also the voice of Star Butterfly in Star vs. the Forces of Evil.
Hayley Atwell

**Hayley Elizabeth Atwell** (born 5 April 1982) is a British-American actress.[1] She is known for her work in stage productions, such as *A View from the Bridge*, and onscreen, for period pieces, such as the 2008 drama *The Duchess*, the 2010 historical drama miniseries *The Pillars of the Earth,* her appearance as Evelyn Robin in Disney's live-action *Winnie the Pooh* film*, Christopher Robin,* and for her portrayal of Peggy Carter in various films and television series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including the lead role in the ABC action-adventure series *Agent Carter*.
Debra Winger

**Debra Lynn Winger** (born May 16, 1955) is an American actress. She starred in the films *An Officer and a Gentleman*(1982), *Terms of Endearment* (1983), and *Shadowlands* (1993), each of which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress for *Terms of Endearment*, and the Tokyo International Film Festival Award for Best Actress for *A Dangerous Woman* (1993). Her other film roles include *Urban Cowboy* (1980), *Legal Eagles* (1986), *Black Widow* (1987), *Betrayed* (1988), *Forget Paris* (1995), and *Rachel Getting Married* (2008). In 2012, she made her Broadway debut in the original production of the David Mamet play *The Anarchist*. In 2014, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Transilvania International Film Festival.[2]
Ezra Miller

**Ezra Matthew Miller**[2][3] (born September 30, 1992)[4][5][6] is an American actor. Miller's feature film debut was in *Afterschool* (2008). Miller starred as Kevin in the drama *We Need to Talk About Kevin* (2011) and co-starred in the film adaptation of *The Perks of Being a Wallflower* (2012). In 2015, Miller co-starred in the drama *The Stanford Prison Experiment* and the comedy *Trainwreck*. Miller played Credence Barebone in the *Fantastic Beasts* films *Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them* (2016) and *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald* (2018).

Miller portrayed Barry Allen / The Flash in the DC Extended Universe, first in a cameo in *Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice* (2016) and in a cameo in *Suicide Squad* (2016), and later as a lead in *Justice League* (2017).
George Kennedy

**George Harris Kennedy Jr.**[1] (February 18, 1925 – February 28, 2016) was an American actor who appeared in more than 100 film and television productions. He played "Dragline" opposite Paul Newman in *Cool Hand Luke* (1967), winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the role and being nominated for the corresponding Golden Globe. He received a second Golden Globe nomination for portraying Joe Patroni in *Airport* (1970).

Among the notable films he had a significant role in are *Charade*, *Strait-Jacket*, *McHale's Navy*, *Shenandoah*, *The Sons of Katie Elder*, *The Flight of the Phoenix*, *The Dirty Dozen*, *The Boston Strangler*, *Guns of the Magnificent Seven*, *Thunderbolt and Lightfoot*, *The Good Guys and the Bad Guys*, *Airport 1975*, *Earthquake* and *The Eiger Sanction*.

Kennedy was the only actor to appear in all four films in the *Airport* series, having reprised the role of Joe Patroni three times. He also played Police Captain Ed Hocken in the *Naked Gun* series of comedy films, and corrupt oil tycoon Carter McKay on the original *Dallas* television series.
Ellen DeGeneres

**Ellen Lee DeGeneres** (/dəˈdʒɛnərəs/ *də-JEN-ər-əs*; born January 26, 1958)[1] is an American comedian, television host, actress, writer, and producer. She starred in the popular sitcom *Ellen* from 1994 to 1998 and has hosted her syndicatedTV talk show, *The Ellen DeGeneres Show,* since 2003.

Her stand-up career started in the early 1980s, and included a 1986 appearance on *The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson*. As a film actress, DeGeneres starred in *Mr. Wrong* (1996), *EDtv* (1999), and *The Love Letter* (1999), and provided the voice of Dory in the Pixar animated films *Finding Nemo* (2003) and *Finding Dory* (2016); for *Nemo*, she was awarded the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress, the first time an actress won a Saturn Award for a voice performance. In 2010, she was a judge on *American Idol* for its ninth season.

She starred in two television sitcoms, *Ellen* from 1994 to 1998, and *The Ellen Show* from 2001 to 2002. During the fourth season of *Ellen* in 1997, she came out as a lesbian in an appearance on *The Oprah Winfrey Show*. Her character, Ellen Morgan, also came out to a therapist played by Winfrey, and the series went on to explore various LGBT issues, including the coming-out process. In 2008, she married her longtime girlfriend Portia de Rossi.

DeGeneres has hosted the Academy Awards, Grammy Awards, and the Primetime Emmys. She has authored four books and started her own record company, Eleveneleven, as well as a production company, A Very Good Production. She also launched a lifestyle brand, ED Ellen DeGeneres, which comprises a collection of apparel, accessories, home, baby, and pet items.[2] She has won 30 Emmys, 20 People's Choice Awards (more than any other person),[3] and numerous other awards for her work and charitable efforts. In 2016, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.[4]
Jamie Foxx

**Eric Marlon Bishop** (born December 13, 1967),[1] known professionally as **Jamie Foxx**, is an American actor, singer, songwriter, record producer and comedian. For his portrayal of Ray Charles in the 2004 biographical film *Ray*, he won the Academy Award, BAFTA, Screen Actors Guild Award, Critics' Choice Movie Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. That same year, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the crime film *Collateral*. Since spring 2017, Foxx has served as the host and executive producer of the Fox game show *Beat Shazam*.

Other acting roles include Staff Sergeant Sykes in *Jarhead* (2005), record executive Curtis Taylor, Jr. in *Dreamgirls*(2006), Detective Ricardo Tubbs in the 2006 film adaptation of TV series *Miami Vice*, the title role in the film *Django Unchained* (2012), the supervillain Electro in *The Amazing Spider-Man 2* (2014), Will Stacks in *Annie* (2014), and gangster Bats / Leon Jefferson III in *Baby Driver* (2017). Foxx also starred in the sketch comedy show *In Living Color* and his own television sitcom *The Jamie Foxx Show* (1996–2001), in which he played Jamie King, Jr.

Foxx is also a Grammy Award-winning musician, producing four albums, which have charted in the top ten of the U.S. *Billboard* 200: *Unpredictable* (2005), which topped the chart, *Intuition* (2008), *Best Night of My Life* (2010), and *Hollywood: A Story of a Dozen Roses*(2015).
Idris Elba

**Idrissa Akuna Elba** OBE (/ˈɪdrɪs/; born 6 September 1972) is an English actor, writer, producer, musician, DJ, rapper, and singer.[2] He is known for roles including Stringer Bell in the HBO series *The Wire*,[3] DCI John Luther in the BBC Oneseries *Luther*, and Nelson Mandela in the biographical film *Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom* (2013). He has been nominated four times for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film, winning one, and was nominated five times for a Primetime Emmy Award.[4][5]

Elba appeared in Ridley Scott's *American Gangster* (2007) and *Prometheus* (2012). Elba portrayed Heimdall in *Thor*(2011) and its sequels *Thor: The Dark World* (2013) and *Thor: Ragnarok* (2017), as well as *Avengers: Age of Ultron*(2015) and *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018). He also starred in *Pacific Rim* (2013), *Beasts of No Nation* (2015), for which he received BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actor, and *Molly's Game* (2017). In 2016, he voiced Chief Bogo in *Zootopia*, Shere Khan in the live action/CGI adaptation of *The Jungle Book*, Fluke in *Finding Dory*, and played the role of Krall in *Star Trek Beyond*. He made his directorial debut in 2018 with an adaptation of the 1992 novel *Yardie* by Victor Headley.[6]

In addition to his acting work, Elba performs as a DJ under the moniker **DJ Big Driis** (or **Big Driis the Londoner**) and as an R&B musician.[7] In 2016, he was named in the *Time* 100 list of the Most Influential People in the World.[8] As of May 2019, his films have grossed over $9.8 billion at the global box office, including over $3.6 billion in North America,[9] where he is one of the top 20 highest-grossing actors.[10]
Diana Rigg

**Dame Enid Diana Elizabeth Rigg**, DBE (born 20 July 1938) is an English actress. She played Emma Peel in the TV series *The Avengers* (1965–68) and Olenna Tyrell in *Game of Thrones* (2013–17). She has also had a career in theatre, including playing the title role in *Medea*, both in London and New York, for which she won the 1994 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play. She was made a CBE in 1988 and a Dame in 1994 for services to drama.

Rigg made her professional stage debut in 1957 in *The Caucasian Chalk Circle*, and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1959. She made her Broadway debut in the 1971 production of *Abelard & Heloise*. Her film roles include Helena in *A Midsummer Night's Dream* (1968); Countess Teresa di Vicenzo, wife of James Bond, in *On Her Majesty's Secret Service* (1969); Lady Holiday in *The Great Muppet Caper* (1981); and Arlena Marshall in *Evil Under the Sun*(1982). She won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for the BBC miniseries *Mother Love* (1989), and an Emmy Awardfor her role as Mrs. Danvers in an adaptation of *Rebecca* (1997). Her other television credits include *You, Me and the Apocalypse* (2015), *Detectorists* (2015), and the *Doctor Who* episode "The Crimson Horror" (2013) with her daughter, Rachael Stirling.
David Oyelowo

**David Oyetokunbo Oyelowo** OBE (/oʊˈjɛləwoʊ/ *oh-YEL-ə-woh*;[1] born 1 April 1976[2]) is a Nigerian English American actor and producer.[3][4] His highest-profile role to date was as Martin Luther King Jr. in the 2014 biographical drama film *Selma*. He also took the lead role in *A United Kingdom* (2016) as well as playing the role of a chess coach in *Queen of Katwe* (2016). He has played supporting roles in the films *Rise of the Planet of the Apes* (2011), *Lincoln* (2012), *Jack Reacher* (2012), and garnered praise for portraying Louis Gaines in *The Butler* (2013). On television, he played MI5officer Danny Hunter on the British drama series *Spooks* (2002–2004).
Forest Whitaker

**Forest Steven Whitaker III** (born July 15, 1961) is an American actor, producer, and director who has earned a reputation for intensive character study work for films such as *Bird*, *The Crying Game*, *Platoon*, *Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai*, *The Great Debaters*, *The Butler*, and *Arrival*.[1][2][3]

He has also appeared in blockbusters such as *Rogue One: A Star Wars Story* as Saw Gerrera and *Black Panther* as Zuri.

For his performance as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the 2006 film *The Last King of Scotland*, Whitaker won the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, National Board of Review Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and various critics groups' awards for a lead acting performance.
Jason Alexander

**Jay Scott Greenspan**[1][2][3] (born September 23, 1959),[2] known by his stage name **Jason Alexander**, is an American actor, voice actor, singer, comedian, and director. Alexander is best known for his role as George Costanza in the television series *Seinfeld*, for which he was nominated for six consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. Other well-known roles include Phillip Stuckey in the film *Pretty Woman* (1990) and the title character in the animated series *Duckman* (1994–1997).

Alexander has had an active career on stage, appearing in several Broadway musicals including *Jerome Robbins' Broadway* in 1989, for which he won the Tony Award as Best Leading Actor in a Musical. He appeared in the Los Angeles production of *The Producers*. He was the Artistic Director of "Reprise! Broadway's Best in Los Angeles", where he has directed several musicals.
Geoffrey Rush

**Geoffrey Roy Rush** AC (born 6 July 1951) is an Australian actor. Rush is amongst 24 people who have won the Triple Crown of Acting: an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Tony Award. He has won one Academy Award (of four nominations), three British Academy Film Awards (of five nominations), two Golden Globe Awards (of six nominations), and four Screen Actors Guild Awards (of nine nominations). Rush is the founding president of the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts and was named the 2012 Australian of the Year.[2][3][4] He is also the first actor to win the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Critics' Choice Movie Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award for a single performance in film for his performance as piano prodigy David Helfgott in *Shine* (1996).
Emma Watson

**Emma Charlotte Duerre Watson** (born 15 April 1990)[3] is an English actress, model and activist.[4] Born in Paris and brought up in Oxfordshire, Watson attended the Dragon School and trained as an actress at the Oxford branch of Stagecoach Theatre Arts. As a child artist, she rose to prominence after landing her first professional acting role as Hermione Granger in the *Harry Potter* film series, having acted only in school plays previously.[5]

Watson continued to work outside of the *Harry Potter* films, appearing in the 2007 television adaptation of the novel *Ballet Shoes* and lending her voice to *The Tale of Despereaux* (2008). Following the last *Harry Potter* film, she took on starring and supporting roles in *My Week with Marilyn* (2011), *The Perks of Being a Wallflower* (2012) and *The Bling Ring* (2013), made an appearance as an exaggerated version of herself in *This Is the End* (2013),[6] and portrayed the title character's adopted daughter in *Noah* (2014).[7] In 2017, she starred as Belle in a live-action adaptation of the musical romantic fantasy film *Beauty and the Beast*. Her other roles include *Regression* (2015), *Colonia* (2015) and *The Circle* (2017).

From 2011 to 2014, Watson split her time between working on film projects and continuing her education, studying at Brown University and Worcester College, Oxford and graduating from Brown with a bachelor's degree in English literaturein May 2014.[8] Her modelling work has included campaigns for Burberry and Lancôme.[9][10] As a fashion consultant, she helped create a line of clothing for People Tree.[11] She was honoured by the British Academy of Film and Television Artsin 2014, winning for British Artist of the Year.[12] That same year, she was appointed as a UN Women Goodwill ambassador and helped launch the UN Women campaign HeForShe, which calls for men to advocate gender equality.[13]
Jordana Brewster

**Jordana Brewster** (born April 26, 1980)[1] is an American actress and model. She made her acting debut in an episode of *All My Children* in 1995 and next took on the recurring role as Nikki Munson in *As the World Turns*, garnering a nomination for Outstanding Teen Performer at the 1997 Soap Opera Digest Award. Her first role in a feature film was in Robert Rodriguez's horror science fiction *The Faculty* (1998).

Her breakthrough came with her role of Mia Toretto in the action film *The Fast and the Furious* (2001). She reprised the role in its sequels, *Fast & Furious* (2009), *Fast Five* (2011), *Fast & Furious 6* (2013), and *Furious 7* (2015). Other film credits include the drama *The Invisible Circus* (2001), the action comedy *D.E.B.S.* (2004) and the horror film *The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning* (2006).

Brewster starred on the TNT series *Dallas* from 2012 to 2014. She also had a five-episode arc as Denise Brown in the first season of the FX true crime anthology series *American Crime Story* (2016). She recently starred as Dr. Maureen Cahill on the Fox buddy cop action dramedy *Lethal Weapon* (2016–2018).
Hector Elizondo

**Héctor Elizondo** (born December 22, 1936) is an American actor. Elizondo is best known for his television roles playing Dr. Phillip Watters on *Chicago Hope* and Ed Alzate on *Last Man Standing*, and movie roles like Mr. Grey in *The Taking of Pelham One Two Three*, Detective Sunday in *American Gigolo*, Barnard Thompson in *Pretty Woman*, Fisher in Runaway Bride and Jon Flint in *Beverly Hills Cop III*.

Elizondo's awards and accolades include a Golden Globe Award nomination, an Emmy Award (five nominations), two ALMA Awards (eight nominations), and five Screen Actors Guild Award nominations.
Jon Cryer

**Jonathan Niven Cryer** (born April 16, 1965)[1] is an American actor, comedian and television director. Born into a show business family, Cryer made his motion picture debut as a teenaged photographer in the 1984 romantic comedy *No Small Affair*; his breakout role came in 1986, playing "Duckie" in the John Hughes-written film *Pretty in Pink*. In 1998, he wrote and produced the independent film *Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five*.

Although Cryer gained fame with his early film roles, it took several years to find success on television; none of his star vehicles, including *The Famous Teddy Z*, *Partners*, and *The Trouble with Normal*, lasted more than 22 episodes. In 2003, Cryer was cast as Alan Harper on the CBS sitcom *Two and a Half Men*, for which he won two Primetime Emmy Awards in 2009 and 2012.[2][3] Cryer received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television in 2011.

Cryer's other film appearances include *Superman IV: The Quest for Peace* (1987), *Hiding Out* (1987), *Hot Shots* (1991), *Holy Man* (1998), *Tortured* (2008), *Shorts* (2009), and *Hit by Lightning* (2014). He also has a recurring role in the CBS drama series *NCIS*, playing Dr. Cyril Taft.

After appearing on the podcast *Crime Writers On...* it was announced Cryer is joining the team at the *Undisclosed*podcast for their second season.
Jennifer Lawrence

**Jennifer Shrader Lawrence** (born August 15, 1990) is an American actress. Her films have grossed over $6 billion worldwide, and she was the highest-paid actress in the world in 2015 and 2016. Lawrence appeared in *Time*'s 100 most influential people in the world list in 2013 and in the *Forbes* Celebrity 100 list in 2014 and 2016.

During her childhood, Lawrence performed in church plays and school musicals. At age 14, she was spotted by a talent scout while vacationing in New York City with her family. Lawrence then moved to Los Angeles and began her acting career by playing guest roles in television shows. Her first major role came as a main cast member on the sitcom *The Bill Engvall Show* (2007–2009). Lawrence made her film debut in a supporting role in the drama *Garden Party* (2008), and had her breakthrough playing a poverty-stricken teenager in the independent drama *Winter's Bone* (2010). She achieved wider recognition for her starring role as the mutant Mystique / Raven Darkhölme in the *X-Men* film series (2011–2019).

Lawrence's career progressed with her starring role as Katniss Everdeen in the *Hunger Games* film series (2012–2015), which established her as the highest-grossing action heroine of all time. She went on to earn accolades for her collaborations with director David O. Russell. Her performance as a depressed young widow in the romance film *Silver Linings Playbook* (2012) earned her an Academy Award for Best Actress, making her the second-youngest winner of the award. Lawrence subsequently won a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for playing a troubled wife in the black comedy *American Hustle* (2013). She also received Golden Globe Awards for her roles in both of these films, and for her lead performance as Joy Mangano in the biopic *Joy* (2015). She has since starred in the science fiction romance *Passengers* (2016), the psychological horror film *Mother!* (2017), and the spy thriller *Red Sparrow* (2018).

Lawrence is an outspoken feminist and has advocated for Planned Parenthood. In 2015, she founded the Jennifer Lawrence Foundation, which has advocated for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America and the Special Olympics. She formed the production company Excellent Cadaver in 2018.
Jada Pinkett Smith

**Jada Pinkett Smith** (/ˈdʒeɪdə ˈpɪŋkɪt/; born September 18, 1971)[1] is an American actress, comedian, singer-songwriter, screenwriter and businesswoman.

She began her acting career in 1990, with a guest appearance on the short-lived sitcom *True Colors*, and subsequently starred in the television series *A Different World* (1991–1993). She made her feature film debut in *Menace II Society*(1993). Her breakthrough came opposite Eddie Murphy in *The Nutty Professor* (1996), and she has since starred in more than 20 feature films, including *Set It Off* (1996), *Scream 2* (1997), *Ali* (2001), *The Matrix Reloaded* (2003), *The Matrix Revolutions* (2003), *Collateral* (2004), the *Madagascar* films (2005–2012), *Bad Moms* (2016), and *Girls Trip* (2017). On television, she has starred in *Hawthorne* (2009–2011) and *Gotham* (2014–2016).

Pinkett Smith launched her music career in 2002, when she helped create the metal band Wicked Wisdom, for which she is a singer and songwriter. Along with her husband Will Smith, she has a production company, and has had producing credits in films, documentaries, and television series. She also wrote a children's book, *Girls Hold Up This World*, which was published in 2004.

Jada has been married to Will Smith since 1997, with whom she has two children, son Jaden and daughter Willow. Through their marriage she is also stepmother to Smith's son from his first marriage, Trey Smith.
Jeremy Irons

**Jeremy John Irons** (born 19 September 1948)[1] is an English actor. After receiving classical training at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Irons began his acting career on stage in 1969 and has since appeared in many West End theatre productions, including *The Winter's Tale*, *Macbeth*, *Much Ado About Nothing*, *The Taming of the Shrew*, *Godspell*, *Richard II*, and *Embers*. In 1984, he made his Broadway debut in Tom Stoppard's *The Real Thing* and received a Tony Award for Best Actor.

Irons's first major film role came in the romantic drama *The French Lieutenant's Woman* (1981), for which he received a BAFTA nomination for Best Actor. After starring in dramas, such as *Moonlighting* (1982), *Betrayal* (1983), and *The Mission* (1986), he was praised for portraying twin gynaecologists in David Cronenberg's psychological thriller *Dead Ringers* (1988). Irons won multiple awards, including the Academy Award for Best Actor, for his portrayal of the accused attempted murderer Claus von Bülow in *Reversal of Fortune* (1990).

Other films have included Steven Soderbergh's mystery thriller *Kafka* (1991), the period drama *The House of the Spirits*(1993), the romantic drama *M. Butterfly* (1993), the voice of Scar in Disney's *The Lion King* (1994), Simon Gruber in the action film *Die Hard with a Vengeance* (1995), the drama *Lolita* (1997), Musketeer Aramis in *The Man in the Iron Mask*(1998), the action adventure *Dungeons & Dragons* (2000), the drama *The Merchant of Venice* (2004), the drama *Being Julia* (2004), the epic historical drama *Kingdom of Heaven* (2005), the fantasy-adventure *Eragon* (2006), the Western *Appaloosa* (2008), and the indie drama *Margin Call* (2011). In 2016, he appeared in *Assassin's Creed* and, starting that year, has portrayed Alfred Pennyworth in the DC Extended Universe, beginning with *Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice* and reprising the role in *Justice League* (2017).

Irons has also made many appearances in television dramas. He earned his first Golden Globe Award nomination for his break-out role in the ITV series *Brideshead Revisited* (1981). In 2005, Irons appeared in the historical miniseries *Elizabeth I*, for which he received a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor. From 2011 to 2013, he starred as Pope Alexander VI in the Showtime historical series *The Borgias*. He is one of the few actors who have achieved the "Triple Crown of Acting", winning an Academy Award for film, an Emmy Award for television and a Tony Award for theatre. In October 2011, he was nominated the Goodwill Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Jane Krakowski

**Jane Krakowski** (/krəˈkaʊski/; born **Jane Krajkowski**;[1] October 11, 1968)[*citation needed*] is an American actress and singer. She is best known for the roles of Cousin Vicki in *National Lampoon's Vacation*, and Jenna Maroney in the NBCcomedy series *30 Rock*, for which she received four Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Other notable television credits include Elaine Vassal on *Ally McBeal* and Jacqueline Whitein the Netflix comedy series *Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt*.

Krakowski also regularly performs on stage, winning a Tony Award for her performance in the Broadway revival of *Nine*, as well as receiving Tony nominations for *Grand Hotel* and *She Loves Me*, and a Laurence Olivier Award for her performance as Miss Adelaide in the West End revival of *Guys and Dolls*.
Gabrielle Anwar

**Gabrielle Anwar** (born 4 February 1970) is an English-American actress known for her roles as Sam Black in the second series of *Press Gang*, Margaret Tudor on *The Tudors*, Fiona Glenanne on *Burn Notice*, Lady Tremaine in the seventh season of *Once Upon a Time*, and for dancing the tango with Al Pacino in *Scent of a Woman*.
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.

**Efrem Zimbalist Jr.** (November 30, 1918 – May 2, 2014) was an American actor known for his starring roles in the television series *77 Sunset Strip* and *The F.B.I.* He is also known as recurring character "Dandy Jim Buckley" in the series *Maverick* and as the voice behind the character Alfred Pennyworth in *Batman: The Animated Series* and associated spin-offs. He also voiced Doctor Octopus in the 1990s *Spider-Man* animated series and the 2000 PC, Dreamcast and PlayStation *Spider-Man* action-adventure video game, and Justin Hammer from the second season of the 1994 *Iron Man*animated series.
Kyle Chandler

**Kyle Martin Chandler** (born September 17, 1965)[1] is an American actor. Making his screen acting debut in a 1988 television film, Chandler's first regular television role was in the ABC drama *Homefront* (1991-93). This was followed by the lead role of Gary Hobson in the CBS series *Early Edition* (1996-2000), for which he won a Saturn Award for Best Actor on Television. His other television roles include the short-lived sitcom *What About Joan?* (2001) and the legal drama*The Lyon's Den* (2003), both short-lived, and a well-received guest appearance on the medical drama *Grey's Anatomy*, for which Chandler received his first Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

Chandler received widespread critical acclaim for his performance as Eric Taylor in *Friday Night Lights* (2006-11); he received numerous award nominations for his portrayal of the character and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2011 for his performance in the show's final season. Chandler's film work[2]has included notable supporting roles in *King Kong* (2005), *The Day the Earth Stood Still* (2008), *Super 8* (2011), *Argo*and *Zero Dark Thirty* (2012), *The Wolf of Wall Street* (2013), *Carol* (2015), *Manchester by the Sea* (2016) and *Game Night* and *First Man* (2018). Chandler's first starring role on television since the conclusion of *Friday Night Lights* was as Det. John Rayburn in the Netflix thriller *Bloodline* (2015-17), for which he received his tenth and eleventh Primetime Emmy Award nominations.
Donald Glover

**Donald McKinley Glover Jr.** (born September 25, 1983) is an American actor, comedian, writer, producer, director, musician, and DJ. He performs music under the stage name **Childish Gambino** and as a DJ under the name **mcDJ**.

After coming to public attention for his work with Derrick Comedy while a student at New York University, he was hired at age 23 by Tina Fey as a writer for the NBC sitcom *30 Rock*. He later portrayed community college student Troy Barnes on the NBC sitcom *Community*. He stars in the FX series *Atlanta*, which he created and occasionally directs.[2] For his work on *Atlanta*, Glover won various accolades, including Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series,[3] and Golden Globe Awards for Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy and Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy.[4] In film, Glover has appeared in *Mystery Team*(2009), *The Lazarus Effect*, *Magic Mike XXL*, *The Martian* (2015), *Spider-Man: Homecoming* (2017) and as the young Lando Calrissian in *Solo: A Star Wars Story* (2018).[5] Glover starred in and produced his own short film, *Guava Island*(2019). He also provided the voice of adult Simba in the remake of the Disney film *The Lion King* (2019).

After several self-released albums and mixtapes, Glover signed to Glassnote Records in 2011.[6] He released his first studio album, *Camp*, on November 15, 2011, to generally positive reviews. His second studio album, *Because the Internet*, was released on December 10, 2013.[7] Glover's third album, *"Awaken, My Love!"*, was released on December 2, 2016, spawning the single "Redbone", which peaked at number 12 on the *Billboard* Hot 100,[8] and eventually earned him a Grammy Award for Best Traditional R&B Performance. In 2017, Glover was included on the annual *Time* 100 list of the most influential people in the world.[9] In May 2018, Glover released the song and video for "This Is America", which debuted at number-one on the Hot 100. The song was nominated and won four Grammy Awards at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards: Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Rap/Sung Performance and Best Music Video.[10] In early July 2018, Glover's EP *Summer Pack* was released which included the Grammy nominated for Best R&B Song song "Feels Like Summer".[11]
Jeremy Allen White

**Jeremy Allen White** (born February 18, 1991) is an American film and television actor. He is best known for playing Phillip "Lip" Gallagher on the acclaimed Showtime dramedy series *Shameless*.

White has appeared in several films including *Beautiful Ohio*, *The Speed of Life*, *Afterschool*, *Twelve*, and *After Everything*.[1]
Jon Bernthal

**Jonathan Edward Bernthal**[1] (born September 20, 1976)[2] is an American actor. Bernthal began his career in minor roles on Broadway and theatre before guest starring on various television shows. He gained critical acclaim and prominence for his portrayal of Shane Walsh on the AMC series *The Walking Dead* (2010-2012; 2018). He later starred in supporting and leading roles in various critically acclaimed films including *The Wolf of Wall Street* (2013), *Fury*, *Sicario*(both 2014), *The Accountant* (2016), *Baby Driver*, *Wind River* (both 2017), and *Widows* (2018).

In 2015, he was cast as Frank Castle / Punisher as part of the Netflix MCU web series. He debuted on *Daredevil* before starring in his own titular series *The Punisher* (2017–2019).
Denis Leary

**Denis Colin O'Leary** (born August 18, 1957) is an American actor, comedian, singer, writer and producer. Leary was the star and co-creator of *Rescue Me*, which ended its seventh and final season on September 7, 2011. He has starred in many films including playing Captain George Stacy in Marc Webb's film, *The Amazing Spider-Man*, Cleveland Browns Head Coach Vince Penn in Ivan Reitman's film, *Draft Day*, and as the voice of Francis in *A Bug's Life* and Diego in the *Ice Age* franchise.

From 2015 to 2016, Leary wrote and starred in the comedy series, *Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll* on FX.
Ian McShane

**Ian David McShane**[1] (born 29 September 1942) is an English actor.[2][3][4] He is known for his television performances, particularly the title role in the BBC series *Lovejoy* (1986–1994)[5] and as Al Swearengen on the HBO series *Deadwood*(2004–2006) and its 2019 film continuation, the original series garnering him the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Series Drama and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series nomination. He currently portrays Mr. Wednesday in the Starz series *American Gods* (2017–).

His film roles include Harry Brown in *The Wild and the Willing* (1962), Charlie Cartwright in *If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium* (1969), Wolfe Lissner in *Villain* (1971), Teddy Bass in *Sexy Beast* (2000), Frank Powell in *Hot Rod* (2007), Tai Lung in *Kung Fu Panda* (2008), Blackbeard in *Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides* (2011) and Winston in the *John Wick* film series (2014–).
Joaquin Phoenix

**Joaquin Rafael Phoenix** (/hwɑːˈkiːn/; né **Bottom**; born October 28, 1974)[a][3] is an American actor, producer, and activist. For his work as an actor, Phoenix has received a Grammy Award, a Golden Globe Award and three Academy Award nominations.

Phoenix started acting in television series with his brother River Phoenix and sister Summer Phoenix. His first major film release was in the film *SpaceCamp* (1986). During his period as a child actor he was credited as Leaf Phoenix, his self-given name. He later went back to his birth name, Joaquin, and received positive reviews for his supporting work in a wide range of films, most notably for the film adaptation of the novel *To Die For* (1995) and the period film *Quills* (2000). He received international attention for his portrayal of Commodus in the 2000 historical epic film *Gladiator*, which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. He has subsequently earned Best Actor nominations for portraying musician Johnny Cash in the biopic *Walk the Line* (2005) and for his role as Freddie Quell, a sex-obsessed alcoholic World War II veteran in the drama film *The Master* (2012), which won him the Volpi Cup for Best Actor. He and River Phoenix are the only brothers nominated for acting Academy Awards.[4]

His other films include the satire film *Buffalo Soldiers* (2001), the science fiction thriller *Signs* (2002), the animated film *Brother Bear* (2003), the historical drama film *Hotel Rwanda* (2004), the psychological thriller *The Village* (2004), the documentary *Earthlings* (2005), the romantic drama *Two Lovers* (2008), the drama *The Immigrant* (2013), the romantic science fiction drama *Her* (2013), the crime comedy-drama film *Inherent Vice* (2014), and the existential thriller *You Were Never Really Here* (2017), for which he won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor. He is set to portray the Jokerin the 2019 film *Joker*.

Aside from his acting career, he has ventured into directing music videos, as well as producing films and television shows. He has recorded an album, the soundtrack to *Walk the Line*, for which he won the Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media. Phoenix is a social activist, lending his support to a number of charities and humanitarian organizations. He is on the board of directors for The Lunchbox Fund, a non-profit organization which provides daily meals to students of township schools in Soweto of South Africa. Phoenix is also known for his animal rights advocacy. He has been a vegan since the age of three and campaigns for PETA and In Defense of Animals.[5][6]
George Carlin

**George Denis Patrick Carlin** (May 12, 1937 – June 22, 2008) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, author, and social critic. He was known for his black comedy and reflections on politics, the English language, psychology, religion, and various taboo subjects. He and his "seven dirty words" comedy routine were central to the 1978 U.S. Supreme Courtcase *F.C.C. v. Pacifica Foundation*, in which a 5–4 decision affirmed the government's power to regulate indecent material on the public airwaves. Widely regarded as one of the most important and influential American stand-up comics of all time, Carlin was dubbed by one newspaper to be "the dean of counterculture comedians".[1]

The first of Carlin's 14 stand-up comedy specials for HBO was filmed in 1977. From the late 1980s, Carlin's routines focused on sociocultural criticism of American society. He often commented on contemporary political issues in the United States and satirized the excesses of American culture. He was a frequent performer and guest host on *The Tonight Show*during the three-decade Johnny Carson era, and hosted the first episode of *Saturday Night Live* in 1975.

Carlin's final HBO special, *It's Bad for Ya*, was filmed less than four months before his death from cardiac arrest. In 2008, he was posthumously awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. In 2017, *Rolling Stone* magazine ranked him second (behind Richard Pryor) on its list of the 50 best stand-up comics of all time.[2] In 2004, he placed second on the Comedy Central list of "Top 10 Comedians of US Audiences".[3]
Joan Allen

**Joan Allen** (born August 20, 1956) is an American actress. She began her career with the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 1977, won the 1984 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play for *And a Nightingale Sang*, and won the 1988 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her Broadway debut in *Burn This*. She is also a three-time Academy Award nominee; receiving Best Supporting Actress nominations for *Nixon* (1995) and *The Crucible* (1996), and a Best Actress nomination for *The Contender* (2000).

Allen's other film roles include *Manhunter* (1986), *Peggy Sue Got Married* (1986), *Tucker: The Man and His Dream*(1988), *The Ice Storm* (1997), *Face/Off* (1997), *Pleasantville* (1998), *The Bourne Supremacy* (2004), *The Upside of Anger*(2005), *The Bourne Ultimatum* (2007), *Death Race* (2008), and *The Bourne Legacy* (2012). She won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 2015 film *Room*. She has also starred in the Broadway plays *The Heidi Chronicles* (1988), *Impressionism* (2009), and *The Waverly Gallery* (2018).
Joshua Jackson

**Joshua Browning Jackson** (born June 11, 1978[1]) is an American-Canadian actor. He is known for his starring role as Pacey Witter in the teen drama series *Dawson's Creek* (1998–2003), Peter Bishop in the science fiction series *Fringe*(2008–2013), Cole Lockhart in the drama series *The Affair* (2014–18), and Mickey Joseph in the drama miniseries *When They See Us* (2019).

Jackson's best known films include *The Mighty Ducks* film series (1992–96), *Cruel Intentions* (1999), *The Skulls* (2000), and *Shutter* (2008). For his performance in the Canadian independent film *One Week* (2008), Jackson won the Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role.
Kirsten Dunst

**Kirsten Caroline Dunst** (/ˈkɪərstən/; born April 30, 1982) is an American actress. She made her debut in the 1989 anthology film *New York Stories*, appearing in the segment *Oedipus Wrecks* directed by Woody Allen. At the age of twelve, Dunst gained widespread recognition as Claudia in *Interview with the Vampire* (1994), for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress. She appeared in *Little Women* the same year and in *Jumanji*the following year. After a recurring role on the third season of *ER* (1996–1997), and appearances in films such as *Wag the Dog* (1997), *Small Soldiers* (1998), the 1998 English dub of *Kiki's Delivery Service* (1989) and *The Virgin Suicides*(1999), Dunst starred in a string of comedies, including *Drop Dead Gorgeous*, *Dick* (both 1999), *Bring It On* (2000), *Get Over It*, and *Crazy/Beautiful* (both 2001).

Dunst achieved fame for her portrayal of Mary Jane Watson in Sam Raimi's *Spider-Man* trilogy (2002–2007). Since then, her films have included *Mona Lisa Smile* (2003), *Wimbledon*, *Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind* (both 2004), Cameron Crowe's *Elizabethtown* (2005), the title role in Sofia Coppola's *Marie Antoinette* (2006), *How to Lose Friends & Alienate People* (2008), *Bachelorette* (2012), and *The Two Faces of January* (2014). In 2011, she won Best Actress at Cannes for her performance in Lars von Trier's *Melancholia*.

In 2015, Dunst starred as Peggy Blumquist on the second season of the television series *Fargo*. Her performance garnered critical acclaim, leading to her winning the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress, and being nominated for Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy awards. In 2017, she received a Screen Actors Guild Award for her performance in the film *Hidden Figures*, and co-starred in her third collaboration with Sofia Coppola, *The Beguiled*.
Lloyd Bridges

**Lloyd Vernet Bridges Jr.** (January 15, 1913 – March 10, 1998) was an American film, stage and television actor who starred in a number of television series and appeared in more than 150 feature films. He was the father of actors Beau Bridges and Jeff Bridges.

He started his career as a contract performer for Columbia Pictures, appearing in films such as *A Walk In The Sun*, *High Noon*, *Little Big Horn*, and *Sahara*. On television, he is best remembered for starring in *Sea Hunt* from 1958 to 1961. By the end of his career, he re-invented himself and demonstrated a comedic talent in such parody films as *Airplane!*, *Hot Shots!*, and *Jane Austen's Mafia!*

Among other honors, Bridges was a two-time Emmy Award nominee. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fameon February 1, 1994.
Jeffrey Jones

**Jeffrey Duncan Jones** (born September 28, 1946) is an American character actor best known for his roles as Emperor Joseph II in *Amadeus* (1984), Edward R. Rooney in *Ferris Bueller's Day Off* (1986), Charles Deetz in *Beetlejuice* (1988), and A. W. Merrick in both *Deadwood* (2004–2006) and *Deadwood: The Movie* (2019).[2][3] His career started in Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota and advanced to London and Broadway. In film and television, Jones has had many roles which capitalized on his deadpan portrayal of characters in unusual situations, often to comic effect. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his performance in *Amadeus* and a Screen Actors Guild Award as part of the ensemble cast of *Deadwood*.[4][5]
Jeff Goldblum

**Jeffrey Lynn Goldblum** (/ˈɡoʊldbluːm/; born October 22, 1952) is an American actor and musician. He has starred in some of the highest-grossing films of his era, such as *Jurassic Park* (1993) and *Independence Day* (1996), as well as their respective sequels, *The Lost World: Jurassic Park* (1997) and *Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom* (2018), and *Independence Day: Resurgence* (2016).

Goldblum also starred in films including *Invasion of the Body Snatchers* (1978), *The Big Chill* (1983), and *Into the Night*(1985), before coming to wider attention in David Cronenberg's *The Fly* (1986), which earned him a Saturn Award for Best Actor. His other films include *The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension* (1984), *The Tall Guy* (1989), *Deep Cover* (1992), *Powder* (1995), *The Prince of Egypt* (1998), *Cats & Dogs* (2001), *Igby Goes Down* (2002), *The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou* (2004), *Adam Resurrected* (2008), *Le Week-End* (2013), *The Grand Budapest Hotel* (2014), and *Thor: Ragnarok* (2017).

Goldblum has also starred in several TV series, including the eighth and ninth seasons of *Law & Order: Criminal Intent* as Zack Nichols. He directed the short film *Little Surprises*, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.
John Hawkes

**John Hawkes** (born **John Marvin Perkins**; September 11, 1959) is an American actor, known for his portrayal of the merchant Sol Star on the HBO series *Deadwood*, Dustin Powers on *Eastbound & Down*, backwoods meth addict Teardrop Dolly in *Winter's Bone,* for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and his Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award-nominated portrayal of Mark O'Brien in *The Sessions*. Other notable works of his include *Martha Marcy May Marlene*, *Low Down*, *The Perfect Storm* and *From Dusk Till Dawn*.
Lauren Graham

**Lauren Helen Graham** (born March 16, 1967) is an American actress and author. She is best known for her roles as Lorelai Gilmore on the television series *Gilmore Girls* (2000–2007 and 2016), for which she received nominations for Screen Actors Guild, Golden Globe and Satellite Awards, and as Sarah Braverman on the NBC television drama *Parenthood* (2010–2015).

Graham's film work includes roles in *Sweet November* (2001), *Bad Santa* (2003), *The Pacifier* (2005), *Because I Said So*(2007), and *Evan Almighty* (2007). She published her debut novel with Ballantine Books in 2013, *Someday, Someday, Maybe*. In 2016, Graham reprised her role as Lorelai Gilmore on Netflix's reunion miniseries *Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life* and published a memoir, *Talking as Fast as I Can*.
J. B. Smoove

**Jerry Angelo Brooks**[1][2] (born December 16, 1965),[1] is an American actor, writer, comedian and voice actor. He performs stand-up under the name **J. B. Smoove**. He started his career off with the television series *Def Comedy Jam* in 1995. He plays Leon on the HBO series *Curb Your Enthusiasm*. He also starred on the CBS sitcom *The Millers* from 2013 to 2015. He portrayed a fictionalized version of himself on the BET improv-comedy reality television parody *Real Husbands of Hollywood*.[3]
Kristin Davis

**Kristin Landen Davis** (also listed as **Kristin Lee Davis**; born February 23, 1965)[1] is an American actress. She is known for playing Brooke Armstrong on the soap opera *Melrose Place* (1995–1996), and Charlotte York Goldenblatt on HBO's*Sex and the City* (1998–2004). She received nominations at the Emmys and the Golden Globes in 2004 for her role as Charlotte, and reprised the role in the films *Sex and the City* (2008) and *Sex and the City 2* (2010).

Davis made her Broadway debut playing Mabel Cantwell in the 2012 revival of *The Best Man*, and her West End debut playing Beth Gallagher in the original 2014 stage production of *Fatal Attraction*.