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Lea Thompson

**Lea Katherine Thompson** (born May 31, 1961)[1] is an American actress, director, and television producer.

She is best known for her role as Lorraine Baines in the *Back to the Future* trilogy and as the title character in the 1990s NBC sitcom *Caroline in the City*. Other films for which she is known include *All the Right Moves* (1983), *Red Dawn*(1984), *Howard the Duck* (1986), *Some Kind of Wonderful* (1987), and *The Beverly Hillbillies* (1993). From 2011 to 2017, she co-starred as Kathryn Kennish in the ABC Family-turned Freeform series *Switched at Birth*.
Kaley Cuoco

**Kaley Christine Cuoco** (/ˈkwoʊkoʊ/ *KWOH-koh*; Italian: [ˈkwɔːko]; born November 30, 1985)[1] is an American actress and producer. After a series of supporting film and television roles in the late 1990s, she landed her breakthrough role as Bridget Hennessy on the ABC sitcom *8 Simple Rules*, on which she starred from 2002 to 2005. Thereafter, Cuoco appeared as Billie Jenkins on the final season of the television series *Charmed* (2005–2006). She has also starred as Penny on the CBS sitcom *The Big Bang Theory* (2007–2019), for which she has received Satellite, Critics' Choice, and People's Choice Awards. Cuoco's film work includes roles in *To Be Fat like Me* (2007), *Hop* (2011) and *Authors Anonymous* (2014). She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2014.[2] In October 2017, Cuoco founded Yes, Norman Productions.
Kristen Stewart

**Kristen Jaymes Stewart** (born April 9, 1990) is an American actress and director. She is the recipient of several accolades, including a César Award, which she was the first American actress to win. Her films have grossed over $4.3 billion worldwide, and she was the highest-paid actress in the world in 2010 and 2012.

Born and raised in Los Angeles to an American father and Australian mother, both of whom worked in show business, Stewart began her career as a child actress in 1999. She gained notice in 2002 for playing Jodie Foster's daughter in the thriller *Panic Room*, which garnered her a Young Artist Award nomination for Best Leading Actress in a Feature Film. She subsequently starred in *Speak* (2004), *Catch That Kid* (2004), *Zathura: A Space Adventure* (2005), and *Into the Wild*(2007). In 2010, she was awarded the BAFTA Rising Star Award. Stewart went on to gain wide recognition for playing Bella Swan in *The Twilight Saga* film series (2008–2012), which collectively grossed over $3.3 billion worldwide.[1] Her work in the series established her as one of the highest-paid actresses in the world.

Following the starring role in the fantasy film *Snow White and the Huntsman* (2012), Stewart eschewed parts in big-budget films in favour of independent productions. She starred in the dramas *Camp X-Ray* and *Still Alice* (both 2014), and the science fiction romance *Equals* (2016). In 2015, she received critical acclaim for her role opposite Juliette Binoche in Olivier Assayas's French film *Clouds of Sils Maria*, for which she won the César Award for Best Supporting Actress. Stewart reunited with Assayas the following year in the supernatural thriller for her critically acclaimed role in *Personal Shopper* (2016) and made her directorial debut with the 2017 short film *Come Swim*.
Katherine Heigl

**Katherine Marie Heigl** (/ˈhaɪɡəl/;[2] born November 24, 1978)[3] is an American actress, film producer, and former fashion model. She started her career as a child model with Wilhelmina Models before turning her attention to acting, making her film debut in *That Night* (1992) and later appearing in *My Father the Hero* (1994) as well as *Under Siege 2: Dark Territory*(1995). Heigl then landed the role of Isabel Evans on The WB television series *Roswell* (1999–2002), for which she received nominations for Saturn and Teen Choice Awards.

From 2005 to 2010, Heigl starred as Izzie Stevens on the ABC television medical drama *Grey's Anatomy*, a role that brought her significant recognition and accolades, including the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2007. Her best known film appearances include roles in *Knocked Up* (2007), *27 Dresses*(2008), *The Ugly Truth* (2009), *Killers* (2010), *Life As We Know It* (2010), *New Year's Eve* (2011), *The Big Wedding*(2013), and *Unforgettable* (2017). Heigl has also starred in several films that have seen limited releases, including *Jackie & Ryan* (2014), *Home Sweet Hell* (2015), and *Jenny's Wedding* (2015). She also portrayed the lead role on the short-lived NBC television series *State of Affairs* from 2014 to 2015, and has lent her voice to the animated film *The Nut Job* (2014) and its 2017 sequel.

Additionally, Heigl has established herself as a cover model, appearing in numerous publications including *Maxim*, *Vanity Fair* and *Cosmopolitan*.[3] She is married to singer Josh Kelley, with whom she has one son and two daughters.[4]
Kevin Dillon

**Kevin Brady Dillon** (born August 19, 1965) is an American actor.[2] He is best known for portraying Johnny "Drama" Chase on the HBO comedy series *Entourage*,[3] Bunny in the war film *Platoon*, and John Densmore in the musical biopic *The Doors*.[4][5] He was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award for his performance on *Entourage*.[6]
Mark Duplass

**Mark David Duplass** (born December 7, 1976) is an American film director, writer, actor, producer, and musician. He played the role of Pete Eckhart in the FX television series *The League* (2009-2015). Duplass is the brother of filmmaker Jay Duplass, and together the brothers started the film production company Duplass Brothers Productions, and have written and directed the films *The Puffy Chair* (2005), *Baghead* (2008), *Cyrus* (2010), *Jeff, Who Lives at Home* (2011), and *The Do-Deca-Pentathlon* (2012).

Duplass co-wrote *Creep* (2014) and its 2017 sequel and starred in both films as Josef. He has also appeared in *Humpday* (2009), *Tammy* (2014), *The Lazarus Effect* (2015), *Togetherness* (2015-2016), *Paddleton* (2019), and *The Morning Show* (2019-present).
Jonathan Brandis

**Jonathan Gregory Brandis** (April 13, 1976 – November 12, 2003) was an American actor. Beginning his career as a child model, Brandis moved on to acting in commercials and subsequently won television and film roles. Brandis made his acting debut in 1982 as Kevin Buchanan on the ABC soap opera *One Life to Live*. In 1990, he portrayed the protagonist Bill Denbrough in Stephen King's supernatural horror miniseries *It*. In 1990, he starred as Bastian Bux in *The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter*. In 1993, at the age of 17, he was cast in the role of Lucas Wolenczak, a teen prodigy on the NBC series *seaQuest DSV*. The character was popular among teenage female viewers, and Brandis regularly appeared in teen magazines.
Laurence Fishburne

**Laurence John Fishburne III**[3] (born July 30, 1961) is an American actor, playwright, producer, screenwriter, and film director. He is known for playing Morpheus in *The Matrix* trilogy, Jason "Furious" Styles in the 1991 drama film *Boyz n the Hood*, Tyrone "Mr. Clean" Miller in the 1979 war film *Apocalypse Now*, and most recently "The Bowery King" in the *John Wick* film series.

For his portrayal of Ike Turner in *What's Love Got to Do With It*, Fishburne was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. He won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in *Two Trains Running* (1992), and an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his performance in *TriBeCa* (1993). Fishburne became the first African American to portray Othello in a motion picture by a major studio when he appeared in Oliver Parker's 1995 film adaptation of the Shakespeare play.

Fishburne starred in several cult classics, including *Deep Cover* and *King of New York*. From 2008 to 2011, he starred as Dr. Raymond Langston on the CBS crime drama *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* and from 2013 to 2015 starred as Special Agent Jack Crawford in the NBC thriller series *Hannibal.* In 2013, he portrayed Perry White in the Zack Snyder-directed Superman reboot *Man of Steel* and in 2016 reprised his role in *Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice* as part of the DC Extended Universe. Fishburne played Bill Foster in the film *Ant-Man and the Wasp*, released in 2018 as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
John Noble

**John Noble** (born 20 August 1948) is an Australian actor and theatre director of more than 80 plays.[*citation needed*] He is best known for his roles as Dr. Walter Bishop in the US Fox science fiction television series *Fringe*, and Henry Parrish in the Fox action-horror series *Sleepy Hollow*. His most high-profile film role was as Denethor in Peter Jackson's *The Lord of the Rings* trilogy. He also provided the voice of the DC Comics supervillain Scarecrow in the 2015 video game *Batman: Arkham Knight*, where his character served as the main antagonist. In 2015, he joined the main cast of the television series *Elementary* as Sherlock Holmes's father. He was also cast as a doctor in the Australian TV series *All Saints.* In 2012, Noble was diagnosed with osteoporosis. His charity, Noble Bones, helps to raise awareness for the disease.[2]
Karen Allen

**Karen Jane Allen** (born October 5, 1951) is an American film and stage actress. After making her film debut in *Animal House* (1978), she became best known for her portrayal of Marion Ravenwood opposite Harrison Ford in *Raiders of the Lost Ark* (1981), a role she later reprised for *Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull* (2008).[1] She also co-starred in *Starman* (1984) and *Scrooged* (1988). Her stage work has included performances on Broadway.
Josh Charles

**Joshua Aaron Charles** (born September 15, 1971) is an American actor. He is best known for the roles of Dan Rydell on *Sports Night;* Will Gardner on *The Good Wife*, which earned him two Primetime Emmy Award nominations; and his early work as Knox Overstreet in *Dead Poets Society*. Charles's film debut was in fellow Baltimore native John Waters' *Hairspray* in 1988. The following year, he starred alongside Robin Williams and Ethan Hawke in the Oscar-winning *Dead Poets Society*. Subsequent film roles have included *Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead*, *Threesome*, *Pie in the Sky*, *Muppets from Space*, *S.W.A.T*, *Four Brothers*, *After.Life*, *Crossing the Bridge* and *Brief Interviews with Hideous Men*.
Jesse Metcalfe

**Jesse Eden Metcalfe** (born December 9, 1978) is an American actor and musician. Metcalfe is known for his portrayal of John Rowland on *Desperate Housewives*. Metcalfe has also had notable roles on *Passions* and played the title role in *John Tucker Must Die*. He starred as Christopher Ewing in the TNT continuation of *Dallas*, based on the 1978 series of the same name. He currently stars as Trace Riley in Hallmark Channel's series *Chesapeake Shores*.
June Allyson

**June Allyson** (born **Eleanor Geisman**; October 7, 1917 – July 8, 2006) was an American stage, film, and television actress, dancer, and singer.

Allyson began her career in 1937 as a dancer in short subject films and on Broadway in 1938. She signed with MGM in 1943, and rose to fame the following year in *Two Girls and a Sailor*. Allyson's "girl next door" image was solidified during the mid-1940s when she was paired with actor Van Johnson in six films. In 1951, she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her performance in *Too Young to Kiss*. From 1959 to 1961, she hosted and occasionally starred in her own anthology series, *The DuPont Show with June Allyson*, which aired on CBS.

In the 1970s, she returned to the stage starring in *Forty Carats* and *No, No, Nanette*. In 1982, Allyson released her autobiography *June Allyson by June Allyson*, and continued her career with guest starring roles on television and occasional film appearances. She later established the June Allyson Foundation for Public Awareness and Medical Research and worked to raise money for research for urological and gynecological diseases affecting senior citizens. During the 1980s, Allyson also became a spokesperson for Depend undergarments,[1] in a successful marketing campaign that has been credited in reducing the debilitating social stigma of incontinence.[2] She made her final onscreen appearance in 2001.

Allyson was married four times (to three husbands) and had two children with her first husband, Dick Powell. She died of respiratory failure and bronchitis in July 2006 at the age of 88.
John Corbett

**John Joseph Corbett** (born May 9, 1961) is an American actor and country music singer.[1] He is known for his roles as Chris Stevens on CBS' *Northern Exposure* and as Aidan Shaw on HBO's *Sex and the City*. He reprised the latter role for the film sequel *Sex and the City 2* (2010). Corbett also portrayed the male lead, Ian Miller, in the romantic comedy film *My Big Fat Greek Wedding* (2002) and its 2016 sequel.

Corbett starred as Max Gregson on Showtime's *United States of Tara*, recurred as Seth Holt on NBC's *Parenthood*, and starred as Josiah "Flash" Bacon on FX's *Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll*. Aside from acting, Corbett has released two country albums, including his *Billboard*-charting self-titled debut.
LeVar Burton

**Levardis Robert Martyn Burton Jr.** (born February 16, 1957) is an American actor, presenter, director and author. He is best known for his role as Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge in *Star Trek: The Next Generation*, being the host of the long-running PBS children's series *Reading Rainbow* and the young Kunta Kinte in the 1977 award-winning ABC television miniseries *Roots*. He has also directed a number of television episodes for various iterations of *Star Trek*, among other programs.
John Lithgow

**John Arthur Lithgow** (/ˈlɪθɡoʊ/ *LITH-goh*; born October 19, 1945) is an American actor, musician, poet, author, and singer. He is the recipient of numerous accolades, including six Primetime Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, four Drama Desk Awards, and has been nominated for two Academy Awards and four Grammy Awards.[1][2] Lithgow has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and has been inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.

Lithgow is best known for his television roles as Dick Solomon in the sitcom *3rd Rock from the Sun* (1996–2001), Arthur Mitchell in the drama *Dexter* (2009), and Sir Winston Churchill in the drama *The Crown* (2016), for each of which he won Primetime Emmy Awards.

In film, he is also well known for his roles in *Blow Out* (1981), *Footloose* (1984), *Harry and the Hendersons* (1987), *Shrek*(2001) and *Love Is Strange* (2014). His performances in *The World According to Garp* (1982) and *Terms of Endearment*(1983) each earned him nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

On the stage, he has appeared in many Broadway productions including the musical adaptations of *Sweet Smell of Success* and *Dirty Rotten Scoundrels*. In 2007, he made his Royal Shakespeare Company debut as Malvolio in Neil Bartlett's production of *Twelfth Night*. In 2019 he starred on Broadway opposite Laurie Metcalf in *Hillary and Clinton*.
John Slattery

**John M. Slattery Jr.** (born August 13, 1962)[2] is an American actor and director known for his role as Roger Sterling in the AMC drama series *Mad Men*.

Slattery's other acting credits include a starring role as Ben Bradlee, Jr. in the Best Picture-winning film *Spotlight*, and the role of Howard Stark in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films *Iron Man 2*, *Ant-Man*, *Captain America: Civil War, and Avengers: Endgame*. He has received four Primetime Emmy Awards nominations and two Critics' Choice Television Awards for *Mad Men*[3] and was part of the *Mad Men* ensemble cast that won two SAG Awards.

In 2013, Slattery directed his first feature film, *God's Pocket* (2014), which he co-wrote with Alex Metcalf. The film, based on a 1983 novel of same name by Pete Dexter, premiered at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival and was picked up for distribution by IFC Films.[4]
Joanne Woodward

**Joanne Gignilliat Trimmier Woodward** (born February 27, 1930) is an American actress, producer, and philanthropist. She is best known for her performance in *The Three Faces of Eve* (1957), which earned her an Academy Award for Best Actress and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama.

In a career spanning over six decades, she received four Oscar nominations (winning one), ten Golden Globe Awardnominations (winning three), four BAFTA Film Award nominations (winning one), and nine Primetime Emmy Awardnominations (winning three).
Jason George

**Jason Winston George** (born February 9, 1972) is an American actor and model. He is best known for his roles as Michael Bourne on the NBC daytime soap opera *Sunset Beach*, as J.T. Hunter on the UPN television sitcom *Eve*, as Dr. Otis Cole on ABC's *Off the Map*, and as Dr. Ben Warren on *Grey's Anatomy* and its spinoff *Station 19*.
Lena Headey

**Lena Kathren Headey** (/ˈliːnə ˈhiːdi/ *LEE-nə HEE-dee*; born 3 October 1973)[3] is an English actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Cersei Lannister on the HBO drama series *Game of Thrones* (2011–2019), for which she has received five Primetime Emmy Award nominations and a Golden Globe nomination.

Headey made her film debut in *Waterland* (1992), and continued to work steadily in British and American films and on television, before finding fame with her lead performances in *The Brothers Grimm* (2005) and *300* (2006). Her other film credits include *The Remains of the Day* (1993), *The Jungle Book* (1994), *Ripley's Game* (2002), *Dredd* (2012), *The Purge*(2013), and *300: Rise of an Empire* (2014).

Outside of film, Headey played Sarah Connor in the spin-off television series *Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles*(2008–2009). She provided voices for the role-playing video game *Risen* (2009) and the video game tie-in film *Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV* (2016), as well as the animated series *Danger Mouse* (2015–) and *Trollhunters* (2017–2018).
Katharine Hepburn

**Katharine Houghton Hepburn** (May 12, 1907 – June 29, 2003) was an American actress. Known for her fierce independence and spirited personality, Hepburn was a leading lady in Hollywood for more than 60 years. She appeared in a range of genres, from screwball comedy to literary drama, and she received a record four Academy Awards for Best Actress. In 1999, Hepburn was named by the American Film Institute the greatest female star of Classic Hollywood Cinema.

Raised in Connecticut by wealthy, progressive parents, Hepburn began to act while studying at Bryn Mawr College. After four years in the theatre, favorable reviews of her work on Broadway brought her to the attention of Hollywood. Her early years in the film industry were marked with success, including an Academy Award for her third picture, *Morning Glory*(1933), but this was followed by a series of commercial failures that led her to be labeled "box office poison" in 1938. Hepburn masterminded her own comeback, buying out her contract with RKO Radio Pictures and acquiring the film rights to *The Philadelphia Story*, which she sold on the condition that she be the star. In the 1940s, she was contracted to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, where her career focused on an alliance with Spencer Tracy. The screen partnership spanned 25 years and produced nine movies.

Hepburn challenged herself in the latter half of her life, as she regularly appeared in Shakespearean stage productions and tackled a range of literary roles. She found a niche playing middle-aged spinsters, such as in *The African Queen*(1951), a persona the public embraced. Three more Oscars came for her work in *Guess Who's Coming to Dinner* (1967), *The Lion in Winter* (1968), and *On Golden Pond* (1981). In the 1970s, she began appearing in television films, which became the focus of her career in later life. She remained active into old age, making her final screen appearance in 1994 at the age of 87. After a period of inactivity and ill health, Hepburn died in 2003 at the age of 96.

Hepburn famously shunned the Hollywood publicity machine, and refused to conform to society's expectations of women. She was outspoken, assertive, athletic, and wore trousers before it was fashionable for women to do so. She was briefly married as a young woman, but thereafter lived independently. A 26-year relationship with her co-star Spencer Tracy was hidden from the public. With her unconventional lifestyle and the independent characters she brought to the screen, Hepburn epitomized the "modern woman" in the 20th-century United States, and is remembered as an important cultural figure.
Malcolm McDowell

**Malcolm McDowell** (born **Malcolm John Taylor**; 13 June 1943) is an English actor, known for his boisterous and often villainous roles. He trained as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

In a career spanning over 50 years, McDowell has played varied film roles across different genres as a character actor. He is perhaps best known for the controversial roles of Alex DeLarge in Stanley Kubrick's *A Clockwork Orange* (1971), the title character in Tinto Brass's *Caligula* (1979), and Mick Travis in Lindsay Anderson's trilogy of *if....* (1968), *O Lucky Man!* (1973) and *Britannia Hospital* (1982). He has appeared in films such as *Time After Time* (1979), *Cat People* (1982), *Star Trek Generations* (1994), *Tank Girl* (1995), *Gangster No. 1* (2000), as Dr. Samuel Loomis in the 2007 remake of *Halloween* and its 2009 sequel, *Halloween II*, *Easy A* (2010) and *The Artist* (2011).

McDowell has had a string of roles on numerous television series such as *Entourage* (2006–2007; 2009–2011), *Heroes*(2007–2008), *Franklin & Bash* (2011–2014) and *Mozart in the Jungle* (2014–2018). He narrated the documentary *The Compleat Beatles* (1982), and in recent years has become a prolific voice actor in films, television series and video games such as *Metalocalypse* (2007–2012), *Bolt* (2008), *Fallout 3* (2008), *God of War III* (2010), *Call of Duty: Black Ops III* (2015) and *The Elder Scrolls Online* (2015). He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2012.[1]
Macy Gray

**Macy Gray** (born **Natalie Renée McIntyre** on September 6, 1967[2]) is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, musician, record producer and actress. She is known for her distinctive raspy voice and a singing style heavily influenced by Billie Holiday.

Gray has released ten studio albums, and received five Grammy Award nominations, winning one. She has appeared in a number of films, including *Training Day*, *Spider-Man*, *Scary Movie 3*, *Lackawanna Blues*, *Idlewild*, *For Colored Girls*, and *The Paperboy*. Gray is best known for her international hit single "I Try", taken from her multi-platinum debut album *On How Life Is*.

In 2016, Gray made a large artistic leap by changing labels to record an album produced with binaural sound. *Stripped*(Chesky Records, 2016)[1] marked the singer's first steps into the world of audiophile recordings.
Linda Cardellini

**Linda Edna Cardellini** (born June 25, 1975)[1] is an American actress. In television, she is known for her leading roles in the teen drama *Freaks and Geeks* (1999–2000), the medical drama *ER* (2003–09), the drama thriller *Bloodline* (2015–17), and the dark comedy *Dead to Me* (2019–present). She also guest starred in the period drama *Mad Men* (2013–15), for which she received an Emmy Award nomination. Cardellini's voice work includes the animated series *Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated* (2010–13), *Regular Show* (2012–15), *Gravity Falls* (2012–16), and *Sanjay and Craig* (2013–16).

In film, Cardellini is known for her portrayal of Velma Dinkley in *Scooby-Doo* (2002) and its sequel *Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed* (2004), and for her supporting roles in *Brokeback Mountain* (2005), *Avengers: Age of Ultron* (2015), *Green Book* (2018), and *Avengers: Endgame* (2019). She has also starred in the drama *Return* (2011), earning an Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead nomination, the comedies *Daddy's Home* (2015) and *Daddy's Home 2*(2017), and the horror film *The Curse of La Llorona* (2019).
Laura Marano

**Laura Marie Marano**[1] (born November 29, 1995)[2] is an American actress and singer. She starred in the Disney Channel series *Austin & Ally*[3][4] as Ally Dawson. Marano was one of the five original classmates in *Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?*. She starred in *Without a Trace* for three seasons and also *Back to You*, in both instances playing the daughter of the main characters. Marano starred in the indie film *A Sort of Homecoming*.[5] Marano also starred in the 2015 Disney Channel Original Movie *Bad Hair Day*.[6] In 2019 Marano starred in the Netflix original movie *The Perfect Date*.

In 2015, she signed with Big Machine Records and released her debut single "Boombox" on March 11, 2016 and "La La" later that year. On October 5, 2018, Laura Marano released the single "Me" as an independent artist.
Jon Polito

**Jon Raymond Polito** (December 29, 1950 – September 1, 2016) was an American character actor and voice artist.[1] In a film and television career spanning 35 years, he amassed over 220 credits.[2] Notable television roles included Detective Steve Crosetti in the first two seasons of *Homicide: Life on the Street* and as Phil Bartoli on the first season of *Crime Story*. He also appeared in several films including *The Rocketeer*, *The Crow* and *Gangster Squad*, as well as his work with the Coen brothers. He appeared in five of their films, including *Miller's Crossing*, *Barton Fink* and *The Big Lebowski*. Polito also portrayed legendary "hungry i" nightclub impresario Enrico Banducci in a large supporting role in Tim Burton's 2014 film *Big Eyes* starring Amy Adams.
Lucas Black

**Lucas York Black** (born November 29, 1982) is an American film and television actor. He is best known for his roles in the CBS television series *American Gothic* (1995–1996) as well as roles in films such as *Sling Blade* (1996), *Flash*(1997), *Crazy in Alabama* (1999), *All the Pretty Horses* (2000), *Friday Night Lights* (2004), *Jarhead* (2005), *The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift* (2006), *Get Low* (2009), *Legion* (2010), and *Seven Days in Utopia* (2011). Since September 2014, he has played Special Agent Christopher LaSalle on CBS's *NCIS: New Orleans*.
Andie MacDowell

**Rosalie Anderson MacDowell** (born April 21, 1958) is an American actress and fashion model. She made her film debut in 1984's *Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes*, before receiving critical acclaim for her role in *Sex, Lies, and Videotape* (1989), for which she won Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama.

MacDowell starred in several notable films, including Golden Globe Award-nominated performances in *Green Card* (1990) and *Four Weddings and a Funeral* (1994), as well as *Groundhog Day* (1993), *Short Cuts* (1993), *Michael* (1996) and *Multiplicity* (1996). She also had roles in a number of less successful movies, including *The End of Violence* (1997), *The Muse* (1999) and *Town & Country* (2001). She later went on to star in a number of independent films, and to play supporting parts in movies such as *Beauty Shop* (2005), *Footloose* (2011), and *Magic Mike XXL* (2015). She received critical acclaim for the 2017 drama film *Love After Love*.[1][2]

MacDowell has modeled for Calvin Klein Inc. and has been a spokeswoman for L'Oréal since 1986, celebrating 30 years with the company in 2016.[3]
Lucy Lawless

**Lucille Frances Lawless**, MNZM (née **Ryan**; born 29 March 1968), is a New Zealand actress and singer. She portrayed the title character in television series *Xena: Warrior Princess* (1995–2001); cylon model Number Three D'Anna Biers on the re-imagined *Battlestar Galactica* series (2005–2009); and Lucretia in the television series *Spartacus: Blood and Sand*(2010), its prequel *Spartacus: Gods of the Arena* (2011), and its sequel *Spartacus: Vengeance* (2012).

Lawless had recurring roles as Diane Lewis-Swanson on the NBC sitcom *Parks and Recreation* (2012–2015), and as Countess Palatine Ingrid Von Marburg on the WGN America supernatural series *Salem* (2015). She also starred as Ruby on the Starz horror-comedy series *Ash vs Evil Dead* (2015–2018).
Charlie Callas

**Charlie Callas** (born **Charles Callias**; December 20, 1924 – January 27, 2011) was an American comedian and actormost commonly known for his work with Mel Brooks, Jerry Lewis, and Dean Martin, and his many stand-up appearances on television talk shows in the 1970s. He was also known for his role as Malcolm Argos, the restaurant owner and former con man, on the Eddie Albert and Robert Wagner television series *Switch* (1975–1978). Callas was also known as the voice of Elliott the dragon in Disney's live-action/animated musical film *Pete's Dragon* (1977).
Anjelica Huston

**Anjelica Huston** (/ˈhjuːstən/; born July 8, 1951) is an American actress, director, producer, author, and former fashion model. Huston became the third generation of her family to receive an Academy Award, when she won Best Supporting Actress for her performance in 1985's *Prizzi's Honor*, joining her father, director John Huston, and grandfather, actor Walter Huston. She received further Academy Award nominations for her performances in *Enemies: A Love Story* (1989) and *The Grifters* (1990), for Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress, respectively.

Huston earned BAFTA nominations for her work in two Woody Allen films: *Crimes and Misdemeanors* (1989) and *Manhattan Murder Mystery* (1993). She received acclaim for her portrayal of the Grand High Witch in the 1990 film adaptation of Roald Dahl's *The Witches*, and earned two Golden Globe nominations for starring as Morticia Addams in *The Addams Family* (1991) and its sequel. Subsequent film credits have included *Buffalo '66* (1998), *Ever After* (1998), *Blood Work* (2002), *Daddy Day Care* (2003), *Seraphim Falls* (2006), *Choke* (2008), *50/50* (2011), and *The Cleanse*(2016). She frequently works with director Wes Anderson; their collaborations have included *The Royal Tenenbaums*(2001), *The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou* (2004), and *The Darjeeling Limited* (2007).

On television, Huston has had recurring roles on *Huff* (2006), *Medium* (2008–09), and *Transparent* (2015–16). She won a Gracie Award for her portrayal of Eileen Rand on *Smash* (2012–13).

Huston made her directorial debut with the 1996 film *Bastard out of Carolina*. This was followed by *Agnes Browne* (1999), in which she also starred. She has written two memoirs: *A Story Lately Told* and *Watch Me*.
Javier Bardem

**Javier Ángel Encinas Bardem** (Spanish pronunciation: [xaˈβjeɾ βaɾˈðen];[2][3] born 1 March 1969) is a Spanish actor and environmental activist. Bardem won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as the psychopathicassassin Anton Chigurh in the 2007 Coen Brothers film *No Country for Old Men*. He has also received critical acclaim for roles in films such as *Jamón, jamón*, *Carne trémula*, *Vicky Cristina Barcelona*, *Boca a boca*, *Los lunes al sol*, *Mar adentro*, and *Skyfall*, for which he received both a BAFTA and a SAG nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

Bardem has also won a Screen Actors Guild Award, a BAFTA, five Goya Awards, two European Film Awards, a Prize for Best Actor at Cannes (ex-aequo with Elio Germano) and two Volpi Cups at Venice for his work. He is the first Spanish actor to be nominated for an Oscar (Best Actor, 2000, for *Before Night Falls*), as well as the first Spaniard to win one, for Best Supporting Actor in *No Country for Old Men*, 2008. He received his third Academy Award nomination, and second Best Actor nomination, for the film *Biutiful*.

As of January 2018, Bardem became an environmental activist with Greenpeace for protection of Antarctica.
Jeff Daniels

**Jeffrey Warren Daniels** (born February 19, 1955) is an American actor, musician, and playwright whose career includes roles in films, stage productions, and on television, for which he has won two Emmy Awards and received several Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild and Tony Award nominations.

Making his film debut in *Ragtime* (1981), Daniels's film credits include *Terms of Endearment* (1983), *Arachnophobia*(1990), *Gettysburg* (1993), *Speed* (1994), *101 Dalmatians* (1996), *Fly Away Home* (1996), *Pleasantville* (1998), *The Hours* (2002), *Gods and Generals* (2003), *Good Night, and Good Luck* (2005), *Infamous* (2006), *The Lookout* (2007), *Looper* (2012), *Steve Jobs* (2015), and *The Martian* (2015).

Daniels is also known for playing Harry Dunne in the buddy comedy *Dumb and Dumber* (1994) and its sequel *Dumb and Dumber To* (2014). He received Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Actor, for his performances in *The Purple Rose of Cairo* (1985), *Something Wild* (1986), and *The Squid and the Whale* (2005).

Daniels has received a number of award nominations for his work on stage, including Tony Award nominations for Best Actor for his roles in the plays *God of Carnage*, *Blackbird* and *To Kill a Mockingbird*. He is the founder and current executive director of the Chelsea, Michigan–based Purple Rose Theatre Company.

From 2012 to 2014 Daniels starred as Will McAvoy in the HBO political drama series *The Newsroom*, for which he won the 2013 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series and received Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. He won a second Primetime Emmy Award in 2018 for his supporting performance in the Netflix miniseries *Godless* (2017), receiving an additional nomination that year for his leading performance as John P. O'Neill in the Hulu miniseries *The Looming Tower* (2018).
Lee Pace

**Lee Grinner Pace** (March 25, 1979) is an American actor. He starred as Thranduil the Elvenking in *The Hobbit* trilogy, and as the protagonist Joe MacMillan for four seasons in AMC's television drama *Halt and Catch Fire*. He also played Roy Walker/the Masked Bandit in the 2006 film *The Fall*. Pace has appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Ronan the Accuser, a role he first performed in *Guardians of the Galaxy* and reprised in *Captain Marvel*. He has appeared in film series, including *The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2* as Garrett. He starred as Ned in the ABC series *Pushing Daisies* for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 2008.
Lynne Thigpen

**Cherlynne Theresa "Lynne" Thigpen** (December 22, 1948 – March 12, 2003) was an American actress, best known for her role as "The Chief" of ACME in the various *Carmen Sandiego* television series and computer games from 1991 to 1997. For her varied television work, Thigpen was nominated for six Daytime Emmy Awards; she won a Tony Award in 1997 for portraying Dr. Judith Kaufman in *An American Daughter*.
Jennifer Connelly

**Jennifer Lynn Connelly**[1] (born December 12, 1970)[2] is an American actress who began her career as a child model. She appeared in magazine, newspaper and television advertising, before she made her film acting debut in the crime film *Once Upon a Time in America* (1984). Connelly continued modeling and acting, starring in a number of films, including the horror film *Phenomena* (1985), the musical fantasy film *Labyrinth* (1986), the romantic comedy *Career Opportunities*(1991), and the period superhero film *The Rocketeer* (1991). She gained critical acclaim for her work in the science fiction film *Dark City* (1998), and for playing a drug addict in Darren Aronofsky's drama *Requiem for a Dream* (2000).

In 2002, Connelly won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for portraying Alicia Nash in Ron Howard's biopic *A Beautiful Mind* (2001). Her subsequent credits include the Marvel superhero film *Hulk* (2003), in which she played Bruce Banner's love interest Betty Ross, the horror film *Dark Water* (2005), the drama *Blood Diamond* (2006), the science fiction film *The Day the Earth Stood Still* (2008), the romantic comedy *He's Just Not That Into You* (2009), and the biopic *Creation* (2009). In the 2010s, she took on supporting roles in Aronofsky's epic film *Noah* (2014) and in the action film *Alita: Battle Angel* (2019).

Connelly was named Amnesty International Ambassador for Human Rights Education in 2005. She has been the face of Balenciaga fashion advertisements, as well as for Revlon cosmetics. In 2012, she was named the first global face of the Shiseido Company. Magazines, including *Time*, *Vanity Fair* and *Esquire*, as well as the *Los Angeles Times* newspaper, have included her on their lists of the world's most beautiful women.
Jerry O'Connell

**Jeremiah O'Connell**[1] (born February 17, 1974)[1] is an American actor, voice actor and director, known for his roles as Quinn Mallory in the television series *Sliders*, Andrew Clements in *My Secret Identity*, Vern Tessio in the film *Stand by Me*(1986), Joe in *Joe's Apartment* (1996), Frank Cushman in *Jerry Maguire* (1996), Derek in *Scream 2* (1997), Charlie Carbone in *Kangaroo Jack* (2003), and Detective Woody Hoyt on the drama *Crossing Jordan*. He starred as Pete Kaczmarek in the CBS series *The Defenders*, until its cancellation in 2011. He also had a starring role in the comedy horror film *Piranha 3D* (2010).
Laurie Metcalf

**Laura Elizabeth Metcalf** (born June 16, 1955) is an American actress. Over the course of her four-decade career, she has been the recipient of numerous acting awards and nominations. She has won three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, and has been nominated for an Academy Award.

Metcalf began her career with the Steppenwolf Theater Company and frequently works in Chicago theater. For her stage performances and work on Broadway, Metcalf has received six Tony Award nominations, winning Best Actress in a Playin 2017 for her performance in *A Doll's House, Part 2* and Best Featured Actress in a Play for the 2018 revival of Edward Albee's *Three Tall Women*.

She gained national attention for her performance as Jackie Harris in the ABC sitcom *Roseanne* (1988–1997, 2018) and its spin off *The Conners* (2018–present) for which she won three Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (1992–1994). An eleven-time Emmy Award nominee, Metcalf's television credits include *3rd Rock from the Sun*, *The Norm Show*, *Frasier*, *Desperate Housewives* and *The Big Bang Theory*. She played a leading role in the HBO comedy series *Getting On* (2013–2015), for which she received critical acclaim and a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.[1]

Metcalf has starred in numerous films and is known for her critically acclaimed performance in Greta Gerwig's comedy-drama film *Lady Bird*, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, a SAG Award, and a BAFTA Award. Since 1995, she has voiced Mrs. Davis (Andy's mom) in the *Toy Story* franchise.
Jemaine Clement

**Jemaine Atea Mahana Clement** (born 10 January 1974) is a New Zealand actor, musician, comedian, screenwriter and director. With Bret McKenzie, as the comedy duo Flight of the Conchords, he has released several albums and created comedy series for both the BBC and HBO.

He has had featured parts in films such as *Men in Black 3* (2012), *People Places Things* (2015) and *Humor Me* (2017) and has done voice-work for *Despicable Me* (2010), *Rio* (2011), *Moana* (2016) and *The Lego Batman Movie* (2017). In 2014, he made his directorial debut with *What We Do in the Shadows*, which he also co-wrote and starred in with Taika Waititi.
Kiefer Sutherland

**Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland**[2] (born 21 December 1966)[3] is a British-Canadian actor, voice actor, producer, director, and singer-songwriter. He is known for his role as Jack Bauer[4] in the Fox drama series *24* (2001–2010, 2014), for which he won an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and two Satellite Awards. He is the son of Canadian actors Donald Sutherland and Shirley Douglas and the father of actress Sarah Sutherland.

He has also starred as Martin Bohm in the Fox drama *Touch*,[5] and provided the facial motion capture and English voices for Big Boss and Venom Snake in the video games *Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes* and *Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain*.[6] Currently, he stars as President Tom Kirkman in the Netflix political drama series *Designated Survivor*.[7]

Sutherland got his first leading film role in the Canadian drama *The Bay Boy* (1984), which earned him a Genie Award nomination.[8] Since that time he has had a successful movie career, starring in films such as *Stand by Me*(1986), *The Lost Boys* (1987), *Young Guns* (1988), *Flatliners* (1990), *A Few Good Men* (1992), *The Three Musketeers* (1993), *A Time to Kill* (1996), *Dark City* (1998), *Phone Booth* (2002), *Melancholia* (2011), *Pompeii*(2014) and *Flatliners* (2017).

Sutherland has been inducted to the Hollywood Walk of Fame and to Canada's Walk of Fame, and has received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Zurich Film Festival.
Joe Mantegna

**Joseph Anthony Mantegna** (/mænˈteɪnjɑː/, Italian pronunciation: [manˈteɲɲa]; born November 13, 1947) is an American actor, producer, writer, and director.

Mantegna began his career on stage in 1969 with the musical *Hair*. He earned a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for portraying Richard Roma in the first American production of David Mamet's play *Glengarry Glen Ross*, the first of many collaborations with Mamet.[1] Mantegna was awarded the Tony and Joseph Jefferson Awards for his role in David Mamet's Pulitzer Prize–winning play *Glengarry Glen Ross*. His long-standing association with Mamet includes the premieres of *A Life in the Theatre*, *The Disappearance of the Jews* and *Speed-the-Plow* on Broadway.

Mantegna has also directed a highly lauded production of Mamet's *Lakeboat*, which enjoyed a successful theatrical run in Los Angeles, and he later directed the film version.[2] In addition to theatrical appearances directed by Mamet, Mantegna appeared in Mamet's films *House of Games* (1987), *Things Change* (1988), and *Homicide* (1991)

Expanding to film and television, Mantegna is best known for his roles in box office hits including *Three Amigos* (1986), *The Godfather Part III* (1990), *Forget Paris* (1995), and *Up Close and Personal* (1996). Since 2007, he has starred in the CBS television series *Criminal Minds* as FBI Supervisory Special Agent David Rossi. Beginning with the 1991 episode "Bart the Murderer", Mantegna has voiced the recurring role of mob boss Fat Tony on the animated series *The Simpsons*, as well as *The Simpsons Movie* (2007).

Mantegna has starred in the television series *First Monday* (2002) and *Joan of Arcadia* (2003–2005). He earned Emmy Award nominations for his roles in three different miniseries: *The Last Don* (1997), *The Rat Pack* (1998), and *The Starter Wife* (2007). He has also served as executive producer for various movies and television movies, including *Corduroy*(1984), *Hoods* (1998), and *Lakeboat* (2000), which he also directed. Additionally, he played Robert B. Parker's fictional detective Spenser in three made-for-TV movies between 1999 and 2001, and has narrated a number of audiobook readings of the Spenser novels.

An avid firearms enthusiast, he is the host of MidwayUSA's *Gun Stories* on the cable television Outdoor Channel.[3]
Jeff Bridges

**Jeffrey Leon Bridges** (born December 4, 1949) is an American actor, singer, and producer. He comes from a prominent acting family and appeared on the television series *Sea Hunt* (1958–60), with his father, Lloyd Bridges and brother, Beau Bridges. He won numerous accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Otis "Bad" Blake in the 2009 film *Crazy Heart*, and earned Academy Award nominations for his roles in *The Last Picture Show* (1971), *Thunderbolt and Lightfoot* (1974), *Starman* (1984), *The Contender* (2000), *True Grit* (2010), and *Hell or High Water*(2016). His other films include *Tron* (1982), *Jagged Edge* (1985), *The Fabulous Baker Boys* (1989), *The Fisher King*(1991), *Fearless* (1993), *The Big Lebowski* (1998), *Seabiscuit* (2003), *Iron Man* (2008), *Tron: Legacy* (2010), and *The Giver* (2014).
Jean Simmons

**Jean Merilyn Simmons**, OBE (31 January 1929 – 22 January 2010) was a British-American actress and singer.[1][2] One of J. Arthur Rank's "well-spoken young starlets", she appeared predominantly in films, beginning with those made in Great Britain during and after World War II, followed mainly by Hollywood films from 1950 onwards.[3]

Simmons was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for *Hamlet* (1948), and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for *Guys and Dolls* (1955). Other notable film appearances included *Young Bess* (1953), *The Robe* (1953), *Elmer Gantry* (1960), *Spartacus* (1960), and the 1969 film *The Happy Ending*, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She also won an Emmy Award for the 1983 miniseries *The Thorn Birds*.
Kirk Douglas

**Kirk Douglas** (born **Issur Danielovitch**; Yiddish: ישור דניאלאָװיטש‎; December 9, 1916) is an American actor, filmmaker, and author. A centenarian, he is one of the last surviving stars of the film industry's Golden Age.[2] After an impoverished childhood with immigrant parents and six sisters, he had his film debut in *The Strange Love of Martha Ivers* (1946) with Barbara Stanwyck. Douglas soon developed into a leading box-office star throughout the 1950s, known for serious dramas, including westerns and war movies. During his career, he appeared in more than 90 movies. Douglas is known for his explosive acting style, which he displayed as a criminal defense attorney in *Town Without Pity* (1961).

Douglas became an international star through positive reception for his leading role as an unscrupulous boxing hero in *Champion* (1949), which brought him his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. Other early films include *Young Man with a Horn* (1950), playing opposite Lauren Bacall and Doris Day, *Ace in the Hole* opposite Jan Sterling(1951), and *Detective Story* (1951). He received a second Oscar nomination for his dramatic role in *The Bad and the Beautiful* (1952), opposite Lana Turner, and his third nomination for portraying Vincent van Gogh in *Lust for Life* (1956).

In 1955, he established Bryna Productions, which began producing films as varied as *Paths of Glory* (1957) and *Spartacus* (1960). In those two films, he collaborated with the then-relatively-unknown director Stanley Kubrick taking lead roles in both films. Douglas has been praised for helping to break the Hollywood blacklist by having Dalton Trumbo write *Spartacus* with an official on-screen credit.[3] He produced and starred in *Lonely Are the Brave* (1962), considered a classic, and *Seven Days in May* (1964), opposite Burt Lancaster, with whom he made seven films. In 1963, he starred in the Broadway play *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest*, a story that he purchased and later gave to his son Michael Douglas, who turned it into an Oscar-winning film.

As an actor and philanthropist, Douglas has received three Academy Award nominations, an Oscar for Lifetime Achievement, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. As an author, he has written ten novels and memoirs. Currently, he is No. 17 on the American Film Institute's list of the greatest male screen legends of classic Hollywood cinema, and the highest-ranked living person on the list. After barely surviving a helicopter crash in 1991 and then suffering a stroke in 1996, he has focused on renewing his spiritual and religious life. He lives with his second wife (of 65 years), Anne Buydens, a producer.