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Brian Dennehy

**Brian Manion Dennehy**[1] (born July 9, 1938) is an American actor of film, stage, and television. A winner of one Golden Globe, two Tony Awards and a recipient of six Primetime Emmy Award nominations, he gained initial recognition for his role as Sheriff Will Teasle in *First Blood* (1982). He has had roles in numerous films including *Gorky Park* (1983), *Silverado* (1985), *Cocoon* (1985), *F/X* (1986), *Presumed Innocent* (1990), *Romeo + Juliet* (1996), and *Knight of Cups*(2015). Dennehy won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film for his role as Willy Lomanin the television film *Death of a Salesman* (2000).
Alexandra Daddario

**Alexandra Anna Daddario** (born March 16, 1986) is an American actress. She is known for playing Annabeth Chase in the *Percy Jackson* film series, Blake Gaines in *San Andreas*, Summer Quinn in the 2017 *Baywatch* film and Avery Martin in *When We First Met*. She has also starred in the films *Texas Chainsaw 3D* and *Hall Pass* and has guest starred in television series such as *White Collar*, *It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia*, *True Detective*, *New Girl* and *American Horror Story: Hotel*.
Bruce Campbell

**Bruce Lorne Campbell**[1] (born June 22, 1958) is an American actor, producer, writer and director. One of his best-known roles is portraying Ash Williams in Sam Raimi's *Evil Dead* franchise, beginning with the 1978 short film *Within the Woods*. He has starred in many low-budget cult films such as *Crimewave* (1985), *Maniac Cop* (1988), *Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat* (1989), and *Bubba Ho-Tep* (2002).

In television, Campbell had lead roles in *The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.* (1993–94) and *Jack of all Trades* (2000), starred as Autolycus (the King of Thieves) in *Hercules: The Legendary Journeys* and *Xena: Warrior Princess* (1995–99), Sam Axe on the USA Network series *Burn Notice* (2007–13), and reprised his role as Ash Williams on the Starz series *Ash vs. Evil Dead* (2015–18).[2]

Campbell started his directing career with *Fanalysis* (2002) and *A Community Speaks* (2004), and then with the horror comedy feature films *Man with the Screaming Brain* (2005) and *My Name Is Bruce* (2007), the latter being a spoof of his career. He can also be seen as the role of the father in *The Escort* (2015).
Brian Cox

**Brian Denis Cox** CBE (born 1 June 1946) is a Scottish actor who works with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he gained recognition for his portrayal of King Lear. Cox is also known for appearing in *Super Troopers*, *The Bourne Identity*, *The Bourne Supremacy*, *X2*, *Braveheart*, *Rushmore*, *Rise of the Planet of the Apes*, and *Troy.* He was the first actor to portray Hannibal Lecter on film in 1986's *Manhunter*.

An Emmy Award winner, Cox has also been nominated for Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Screen Actors Guild Awards. In 2006, *Empire* readers voted him the recipient of the Empire Icon Award.
Brandon T. Jackson

**Brandon Timothy Jackson** (born March 7, 1984[1]) is an American stand-up comedian, rapper, actor, and writer. He is known for his roles in the films *Roll Bounce* (2005), *Tropic Thunder* (2008), *Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief* (2010), *Lottery Ticket* (2010), *Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son* (2011), and *Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters* (2013).
Bruce Greenwood

**Stuart Bruce Greenwood** (born August 12, 1956) is a Canadian actor and producer. He is known for his role as the American president John F. Kennedy in *Thirteen Days* and as Captain Christopher Pike in J. J. Abrams's *Star Trek* reboot series. In television, Greenwood starred as Gil Garcetti in *The People v. O. J. Simpson: American Crime Story*, and has appeared in *Mad Men*, *St. Elsewhere*, *Knots Landing*, and *John from Cincinnati*. He currently stars as Dr. Randolph Bell in the medical drama *The Resident*.

He has appeared in supporting roles in such films as *National Treasure: Book of Secrets*, *Kingsman: The Golden Circle*, *Hollywood Homicide*, *Double Jeopardy*, *Déjà Vu*, *I, Robot*, *Dinner for Schmucks*, *Capote*, *The Post* and as the motion-capture alien dubbed "Cooper" in *Super 8*. Greenwood is also a voice actor; his voice roles include Chiron in the Canadian animated series *Class of the Titans* and Bruce Wayne / Batman in *Batman: Under the Red Hood*, *Young Justice* and *Batman: Gotham by Gaslight*.
Alec Guinness

**Sir Alec Guinness**, CH, CBE (born **Alec Guinness de Cuffe**; 2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an English actor. After an early career on the stage, Guinness was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including *The Ladykillers* and *Kind Hearts and Coronets* in which he played nine different characters. He is known for his six collaborations with David Lean: Herbert Pocket in *Great Expectations* (1946), Fagin in *Oliver Twist* (1948), Col. Nicholson in *The Bridge on the River Kwai* (1957, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor), Prince Faisal in *Lawrence of Arabia* (1962), General Yevgraf Zhivago in *Doctor Zhivago* (1965), and Professor Godbole in *A Passage to India* (1984). He is also known for his portrayal of Obi-Wan Kenobi in George Lucas' original *Star Wars* trilogy; for the original film, he was nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 50th Academy Awards.

Guinness was one of three British actors, along with Laurence Olivier and John Gielgud, who made the transition from Shakespearean theatre to blockbuster films immediately after World War II. Guinness served in the Royal Naval Reserveduring the war and commanded a landing craft during the invasion of Sicily and Elba. During the war he was granted leave to appear in the stage play *Flare Path* about RAF Bomber Command.

Guinness won an Academy Award, a BAFTA, a Golden Globe and a Tony Award. In 1959, he was knighted by Elizabeth IIfor services to the arts. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960, the Academy Honorary Award for lifetime achievement in 1980 and the BAFTA Academy Fellowship Award in 1989. Guinness appeared in nine films that featured in the BFI's 100 greatest British films of the 20th century, which included five of Lean's films.
Adriana Barraza

**Adriana Barraza** (born March 5, 1956)[1] is a Mexican actress, acting teacher, and director.

In 1999 director Alejandro González Iñárritu cast her as the mother of Gael García Bernal's character in *Amores perros*, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2006, she recollaboated with Iñárritu in *Babel*, for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

Barraza is known in Mexico as *Master Barraza* from her partnership with Mexican director Sergio Jiménez, known as *El Profe*. They created the Actors Workshop in Mexico City, teaching and developing their own version of Method acting. Barraza began her career directing telenovela episodes, the actors in which she would also coach. In the 1990s she decided to step in front of the camera.

She currently operates her own acting school located in Miami, Florida titled *Adriana Barraza's Black Box*. Instructors at the school include her husband Arnaldo and daughter Carolina.[2]
Clancy Brown

**Clarence John "Clancy" Brown III** (born January 5, 1959) is an American actor and voice actor known for his roles as the Kurgan in the fantasy film *Highlander* (1986), Byron Hadley in the prison film *The Shawshank Redemption* (1994), Career Sgt. Charles Zim in the sci-fi film *Starship Troopers* (1997) and Brother Justin Crowe on the HBO series *Carnivàle*(2003–2005). He has also provided voice acting to roles such as Mr. Krabs in *SpongeBob SquarePants* (1999–present), Lex Luthor in various media, Doctor Neo Cortex in the *Crash Bandicoot* series (1997–2003), Surtur in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film *Thor: Ragnarok* (2017) and Lt. Hank Anderson in *Detroit: Become Human* (2018).
Arnold Schwarzenegger

**Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger** (/ˈʃvɑːrtsnɛɡər/;[1][a] German: [ˈaɐ̯nɔlt ˈʃvaɐ̯tsn̩ˌʔɛɡɐ]; born July 30, 1947) is an Austrian-American politician, actor, filmmaker, and former professional bodybuilder.[2] He served as the 38th Governor of Californiafrom 2003 to 2011.

Schwarzenegger began lifting weights at the age of 15. He won the Mr. Universe title at age 20 and went on to win the Mr. Olympia contest seven times, remaining a prominent presence in bodybuilding and writing many books and articles on the sport. The Arnold Sports Festival, considered the second most important professional bodybuilding event in recent years,[3] is named after him. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest bodybuilders of all time, as well as the sport's most charismatic ambassador.[4]

Schwarzenegger gained worldwide fame as a Hollywood action film icon. His breakthrough film was the sword-and-sorcery epic *Conan the Barbarian* in 1982, a box-office hit that resulted in a sequel.[5] In 1984, he appeared in the title roleof James Cameron's critically and commercially successful science-fiction thriller film *The Terminator*. He subsequently played a similar Terminator character in most of the franchise's later installments, *Terminator 2: Judgment Day* (1991), *Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines* (2003), *Terminator Genisys* (2015),[5][6][7] and the upcoming *Terminator: Dark Fate*(2019). He has appeared in a number of other successful films, such as *Commando* (1985), *The Running Man* (1987), *Predator* (1987), *Twins* (1988), *Total Recall* (1990), *Kindergarten Cop* (1990), and *True Lies* (1994).

Schwarzenegger married Maria Shriver, a niece of the 35th U.S. President John F. Kennedy and daughter of the 1972 Democratic vice presidential candidate and former Ambassador to France Sargent Shriver, in 1986. They separated in 2011 after he admitted to having fathered a child with another woman in 1997;[8] the divorce was finalized in 2017.

As a Republican, Schwarzenegger was first elected on October 7, 2003, in a special recall election to replace then-Governor Gray Davis. He was sworn in on November 17, to serve the remainder of Davis' term. He was then re-elected in the 2006 California gubernatorial election, to serve a full term as governor.[9] In 2011, he completed his second term as governor and returned to acting.

Schwarzenegger was nicknamed "the Austrian Oak" in his bodybuilding days, "Arnie" or "Schwarzy" during his acting career, "The Governator" (a portmanteau of "Governor" and "Terminator") during his political career, and is commonly known in Japan as "Shuwa Chan" (シュワちゃん).
Ariel Winter

**Ariel Winter Workman** (born January 28, 1998) is an American actress and voice actress. She is known for her role as Alex Dunphy in the comedy series *Modern Family*, as well as the voice of the title character in the Disney Junior show *Sofia the First* and the voice of Penny Peterson in the 2014 animated film *Mr. Peabody and Sherman*. Winter and her *Modern Family* cast mates have won four Screen Actors Guild Awards for Best Ensemble in a Comedy Series.
Alan Alda

**Alan Alda** (/ˈɑːldə/; born **Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo**; January 28, 1936) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, comedian and author. A six-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner, he played Hawkeye Pierce in the war television series *M\*A\*S\*H* (1972–1983). He has also appeared on television programs such as *Scientific American Frontiers*, *The West Wing*, and *30 Rock*, and in films such as *Same Time, Next Year* (1978) and *Crimes and Misdemeanors* (1989). He also experienced success as a director with 1981's *The Four Seasons*. In 2004, Alda was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in *The Aviator*.
Alan Ruck

**Alan Douglas Ruck** (born July 1, 1956) is an American actor. He played Cameron Frye, Ferris Bueller's hypochondriac best friend in John Hughes' *Ferris Bueller's Day Off* (1986), and Stuart Bondek, a lecherous, power-hungry member of the mayor's staff in the ABC sitcom *Spin City*. His other notable films include *Bad Boys* (1983), *Three Fugitives* (1989), *Young Guns II* (1990), *Speed* (1994), *Twister* (1996), and *Kickin' It Old Skool* (2007). In 2016, he co-starred with Geena Davis in an updated Fox TV adaptation of William Peter Blatty's best-selling novel *The Exorcist.*
Brad Dourif

**Bradford Claude Dourif** (/ˈdɔːrɪf/; born March 18, 1950) is an American actor. He was nominated for an Oscar, and won Golden Globe and BAFTA Awards for his supporting role as Billy Bibbit in the film *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest*(1975). He is also known for his roles as Chucky in the *Child's Play* franchise, and Gríma Wormtongue in *The Lord of the Rings* series.

Dourif's other film roles include *Wise Blood* (1979), *Dune* (1984), *Mississippi Burning* (1988), *The Exorcist III* (1990) and *Alien Resurrection* (1997). He also appeared in many television series, notably *Deadwood* (2004–2006, 2019), for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
Anna Cathcart

**Anna Cathcart** (born June 16, 2003)[2] is a Canadian actress. She played Agent Olympia in the children's series *Odd Squad* (2016-present), as well as its film spin-off, Dizzy Tremaine in the Disney Channel musical fantasy films *Descendants 2* (2017) and *Descendants 3* (2019), Kitty Covey in the film *To All the Boys I've Loved Before* (2018), and the title character on the Brat web-based series *Zoe Valentine* (2019–present).
Alfre Woodard

**Alfre Woodard** (/ˈælfri ˈwʊdərd/; born November 8, 1952) is an American actress, producer, and political activist. Woodard has been named one of the most versatile and accomplished actors of her generation.[1] She has been nominated once for an Academy Award and Grammy Award and 18 times for an Emmy Award (winning four) and has also won a Golden Globe Award and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Woodard began her acting career in theater. After her breakthrough role in the Off-Broadway play *For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf* (1977), she made her film debut in *Remember My Name* (1978). In 1983, she won major critical praise and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in *Cross Creek*.[1] In the same year, Woodard won her first Primetime Emmy Award for her performance in the NBC drama series *Hill Street Blues*. Later in the 1980s, Woodard had leading Emmy Award-nominated performances in a number of made for television movies, and another Emmy-winning role as a woman dying of leukemia in the pilot episode of *L.A. Law*. She also starred as Dr. Roxanne Turner in the NBC medical drama *St. Elsewhere*, for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1986, and for Guest Actress in 1988.

In the 1990s, Woodard starred in films such as *Grand Canyon* (1991), *Heart and Souls* (1993), *Crooklyn* (1994), *How to Make an American Quilt* (1995), *Primal Fear* (1996) and *Star Trek: First Contact* (1996). She also drew critical praise for her performances in the independent dramas *Passion Fish* (1992), for which she won an Independent Spirit Award and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress, as well as *Down in the Delta* (1998). For her lead role in the HBO film *Miss Evers' Boys* (1997), Woodard won Golden Globe, Emmy, Screen Actors Guild, and several other awards. In later years she has appeared in several blockbusters, like *K-PAX* (2001), *The Core* (2003), and *The Forgotten*(2004), starred in independent films, and won her fourth Emmy Award for *The Practice* in 2003. From 2005 to 2006, Woodard starred as Betty Applewhite in the ABC comedy-drama series *Desperate Housewives*, and later starred in several short-lived series. She appeared in the films *The Family That Preys* (2008), *12 Years a Slave* (2013) and *Annabelle* (2014), and has also worked as a political activist and producer. Woodard is a founder of Artists for a New South Africa, an organization devoted to advancing democracy and equality in that country.[2] She is a board member of AMPAS.[3]
Charles Napier

**Charles Lewis Napier** (April 12, 1936 – October 5, 2011) was an American character actor in film and television, known for his prolific career playing memorable supporting and leading roles in genre cinema, often in the role of a cop, soldier, or authority figure.

After leaving his Kentucky hometown to serve in the army, he graduated from college and worked as a sports coach and art teacher before settling on acting as a career. Napier established himself in character roles and worked steadily for the next 35 years. He made numerous collaborations with director Jonathan Demme, including roles in the critically acclaimed drama *Philadelphia*, comedy *Married to the Mob*, historical horror-drama *Beloved*, the political-thriller remake *The Manchurian Candidate*, and the Best Picture-winning psychological horror film adaptation *The Silence of the Lambs*.

Other notable roles include the short-tempered country singer Tucker McElroy in *The Blues Brothers*, gruff army Commander Gilmour in *Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery*, and bureaucratic CIA officer Marshall Murdock in *Rambo: First Blood Part II*. He also had numerous voiceover roles in television, most notably the character of Duke Phillips on the prime time animated sitcom *The Critic* and Agent Zed on *Men in Black: The Series*.
Hocus Pocus

***Hocus Pocus*** is a 1993 American fantasy comedy-horror drama film directed by Kenny Ortega, starring Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, and Sarah Jessica Parker. Written by Neil Cuthbert and Mick Garris, it is based on a story by Garris and David Kirschner. It follows a villainous, yet comedic, trio of witches, who are inadvertently resurrected by a teenage boy in Salem, Massachusetts on Halloween.

The movie was not a critical or commercial success upon its release, possibly losing Walt Disney Pictures around $16.5 million. However, *Hocus Pocus* has become a cult film,[3] largely from annual airings on the Disney Channel and Freeform (formerly ABC Family).
Charles Durning

**Charles Edward Durning** (February 28, 1923 – December 24, 2012) was an American actor, with appearances in over 200 movies, television shows and plays.[1] Durning's best-known films include *The Sting* (1973), *Dog Day Afternoon*(1975), *True Confessions* (1981), *Tootsie* (1982), *Dick Tracy* (1990) and *O Brother, Where Art Thou?* (2000). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for both *The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas* (1982) and *To Be or Not to Be* (1983). Prior to his acting career, Durning served in World War II and was decorated for valor in combat.
Camryn Manheim

**Camryn Manheim** (born March 8, 1961) is an American actress known primarily for her roles as attorney Ellenor Frutt on ABC's *The Practice*, Delia Banks on CBS's *Ghost Whisperer*, as Elvis's mother, Gladys Presley in the 2005 mini-series *Elvis*, and "Control" on *Person of Interest*. In 1998 she won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her work on *The Practice*.
Betty Gilpin

**Elizabeth Folan Gilpin** (born July 21, 1986) is an American actress. She is best known for portraying Debbie "Liberty Belle" Eagan in the Netflix comedy series *GLOW* (2017–present),[1] for which she was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She also starred as Dr. Carrie Roman in the Showtime comedy-drama series *Nurse Jackie* (2013–2015).[2][3]

Gilpin has also starred in films such as the mystery thriller *True Story* (2015), the science fiction romantic comedy *Future '38* (2017), the fantasy romantic comedy *Isn't It Romantic* (2019), the comedy-drama *A Dog's Journey* (2019), the action comedy *Stuber* (2019), and the horror films *The Grudge* (2020) and *The Hunt* (2020).
Alex Borstein

**Alexandrea Borstein** (born February 15, 1971)[1] is an American actress, writer, producer, and comedian. She is known for voicing Lois Griffin on the animated comedy series *Family Guy* (1999–present), for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award from multiple nominations.

Borstein also had lead roles as various characters on the sketch comedy series *MADtv* (1997–2009), Dawn Forchette in the medical comedy series *Getting On* (2013–15), and Susie Myerson in the historical comedy-drama series *The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel* (2017–present), the latter of which earned her a Primetime Emmy Award. She had supporting roles in numerous films, including *The Lizzie McGuire Movie* (2003), *Catwoman* (2004), *Good Night, and Good Luck*(2005), *Dinner for Schmucks* (2010), *Ted* (2012), *ParaNorman* (2012), and *A Million Ways to Die in the West* (2014).

She spent her childhood in Deerfield, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, before moving with her family to Northridge, California, a neighborhood of Los Angeles. She graduated from Chatsworth High School in 1989. Borstein is a graduate of San Francisco State University, where she studied rhetoric. She was trained in improvisational comedy at the ACME Comedy Theatre, near Hollywood, California, and was selected to join the cast of *MADtv* after being scouted by talent agents. Borstein was also a writer and voice actor for several television shows, including *Casper*, *Pinky and the Brain*, and *Power Rangers Zeo*, before joining the cast of *MADtv* in 1997 as a featured player, becoming a repertory player mid-season.
Albert Finney

**Albert Finney** (9 May 1936 – 7 February 2019) was an English actor who worked in film, television and theatre. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and worked in the theatre before attaining prominence on screen in the early 1960s, debuting with *The Entertainer* (1960), directed by Tony Richardson, who had previously directed him in the theatre. He maintained a successful career in theatre, film and television.

He is known for his roles in *Saturday Night and Sunday Morning* (also 1960), *Tom Jones* (1963), *Two for the Road* (1967), *Scrooge* (1970), *Annie* (1982), *The Dresser* (1983), *Miller's Crossing* (1990), *A Man of No Importance* (1994), *Erin Brockovich* (2000), *Big Fish* (2003), *The Bourne Ultimatum* (2007), *Before the Devil Knows You're Dead* (2007), *The Bourne Legacy* (2012), and the James Bond film *Skyfall* (2012).

A recipient of BAFTA , Golden Globe, Emmy and Screen Actors Guild awards, Finney was nominated for an Academy Award five times, as Best Actor four times, for *Tom Jones* (1963), *Murder on the Orient Express* (1974), *The Dresser*(1983), and *Under the Volcano* (1984), and as Best Supporting Actor for *Erin Brockovich* (2000). He received several awards for his performance as Winston Churchill in the 2002 BBC–HBO television biographical film *The Gathering Storm*.
Brenda Song

**Brenda Song**(born March 27, 1988)[1] is an American actress. She began her career in show business as a child fashion model, and her early acting work included roles in the television series *Fudge* (1995) and *100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd* (1999). After many commercials and television roles in the late 1990s, Song appeared in *The Ultimate Christmas Present* (2000) and won a Young Artist Award for her performance. In 2002, she signed a contract with Disney Channel and starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie *Get a Clue* (2002). She went on to make significant contributions to the network, including starring in films such as *Stuck in the Suburbs* (2004), *Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior* (2006), and many other productions. Song went on to portray the lead female role of London Tipton in the comedy series *The Suite Life of Zack & Cody* (2005–2008), and later reprised the role on the spinoff series *The Suite Life on Deck* (2008–2011).[3]

Song had recurring roles in numerous television series, including the ABC political thriller *Scandal* (2012–13), and the Fox sitcoms *New Girl* (2013) and *Dads* (2013–14). In October 2014, she signed a talent holding deal with Fox and 20th Century Fox Television to star in a future television project.[4] Song was subsequently cast in several television pilots for NBC and CBS, including the CBS medical drama series *Pure Genius* (2016–17). She went on to appear in multi-episode arcs of the action drama series *Station 19* (2018–2020).[5] Since 2019, Song has voiced the lead role of Anne Boonchuy in the Disney Channel animated series *Amphibia* and starred as Madison Maxwell in the Hulu comedy-drama series *Dollface*.

Song made her transition into mainstream films in 2010, appearing in the critically acclaimed biographical drama *The Social Network*. She also starred in the short indie drama film *First Kiss* (2012), the romantic comedy film *Angry Angel* (2017), the psychological thriller film *Secret Obsession* (2019), and the comedy-drama film *Changeland* (2019).[6][7]
Dan Aykroyd

**Daniel Edward Aykroyd**, CM OOnt (/ˈækrɔɪd/ *AK-royd*; born July 1, 1952) is a Canadian-American actor, comedian, musician and filmmaker who was an original member of the "Not Ready for Prime Time Players" on *Saturday Night Live*(1975–1979). A musical sketch he performed with John Belushi on *SNL*, the Blues Brothers, turned into an actual performing band and then the 1980 film *The Blues Brothers*.

He conceived and starred in *Ghostbusters* (1984), which spawned a sequel and eventually an entire media franchise. In 1990, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in the 1989 film *Driving Miss Daisy*. He starred in his own sitcom, *Soul Man* (1997–1998). Aykroyd is also a businessman, having co-founded the House of Blues chain of music venues and the Crystal Head Vodka brand.
Bella Thorne

**Annabella Avery Thorne**[2] (born October 8, 1997) is an American actress, singer, director, and former child model. Thorne played Ruthy Spivey in the television series *My Own Worst Enemy* (2008) and Tancy Henrickson in the fourth season of *Big Love* (2010), before gaining prominence for her role as CeCe Jones on the Disney Channel series *Shake It Up* (2010–2013).[3] She also portrayed Paige Townsen in the Freeform drama series *Famous in Love* (2017–2018), and has appeared in several films, including *Blended* (2014), *The DUFF* (2015), *Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip* (2015), *You Get Me* (2017), *Amityville: The Awakening* (2017), *The Babysitter* (2017), *Midnight Sun* (2018), and *Assassination Nation* (2018).
Alfred Molina

**Alfredo** "**Alfred**" **Molina** (born 24 May 1953) is an English actor and voice artist. He is known for his roles in *Raiders of the Lost Ark* (1981), *Prick Up Your Ears* (1987), *Enchanted April* (1992), *Maverick* (1994), *Species* (1995), *Boogie Nights*(1997), *Chocolat* (2000), *Frida* (2002), *Luther* (2003), *Spider-Man 2* (2004), *The Da Vinci Code* (2006), *An Education*(2009), and *Love Is Strange* (2014). He has voiced characters in *Rango* (2011), *Monsters University* (2013) and *Ralph Breaks the Internet* (2018)

Molina rose to prominence in the West End, earning a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Newcomer in a Play nomination for his performance in the production of *Oklahoma!* in 1980. He made his Broadway debut as Yvan in a production of *Art*from 1998 to 1999. His other Broadway roles include Tevye in the musical *Fiddler on the Roof* from 2004 to 2005 and Mark Rothko in the play *Red* from 2009 to 2010.

For his portrayal of Robert Aldrich in the FX anthology television series *Feud* (2017), Molina was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award.
Annette Bening

**Annette Carol Bening**[1] (born May 29, 1958)[2] is an American actress. She began her career on stage with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival company in 1980, and played Lady Macbeth in 1984 at the American Conservatory Theatre. She was nominated for the 1987 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her Broadway debut in *Coastal Disturbances* and for the 2019 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for *All My Sons*. She is a four-time Academy Award nominee for the films: *The Grifters* (1990), *American Beauty* (1999), *Being Julia* (2004), and *The Kids Are All Right*(2010). In 2006, she received a film star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Bening won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role for *American Beauty*, two Golden Globe Awards for *Being Julia* and *The Kids Are All Right*, and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for *Mrs. Harris*. In 2019, she played the roles of Supreme Intelligence and Mar-Vell / Wendy Lawson in the Marvel Cinematic Universe's *Captain Marvel*, which became her highest grossing release.
Aubrey Plaza

**Aubrey Christina Plaza**[1] (born June 26, 1984)[2] is an American actress, comedian and producer. She began her career performing improv and sketch comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. She received further recognition for her starring role as April Ludgate on the NBC sitcom *Parks and Recreation* (2009–2015). Between 2017 and 2019, Plaza has starred as Lenny Busker in the FX drama series *Legion*.

After several supporting roles in various films, Plaza had her first leading role as Darius Britt in the comedy *Safety Not Guaranteed* (2012). She also starred in the films *Mystery Team* (2008), *Funny People* (2009), *Scott Pilgrim vs. the World*(2010), *Monsters University* (2013), *Life After Beth* (2014), *Dirty Grandpa* (2016), *Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates*(2016), *The Little Hours* (2017), *Ingrid Goes West* (2017), *An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn* (2018) and *Child's Play*(2019).
Channing Tatum

**Channing Matthew Tatum** (born April 26, 1980)[1][2] is an American actor and singer. Tatum made his film debut in the drama film *Coach Carter* (2005). His breakthrough role was in the 2006 dance film *Step Up,* which introduced him to a wider audience. He is known for his portrayal of the character Duke in the 2009 action film *G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra*and its 2013 sequel *G.I. Joe: Retaliation.* Although both *G.I. Joe* films received negative reviews from critics, they were commercially successful, grossing more than $300 million each at the box office.

Tatum is also known for his leading role in *Magic Mike* (2012), and its sequel, *Magic Mike XXL* (2015) which he produced; he also starred in the action-comedy film *21 Jump Street* and its 2014 sequel, *22 Jump Street*. He appeared in romantic films such as *Dear John* (2010) and *The Vow* (2012). His other films include *She's the Man* (2006), *The Dilemma* (2011), *White House Down* (2013), the drama *Foxcatcher* (2014), *The Hateful Eight* (2015), *Hail, Caesar!* (2016), and *Logan Lucky* (2017).
Alexis Bledel

**Kimberly Alexis Bledel**[1] (/bləˈdɛl/ *blə-DEL*; born September 16, 1981) is an American actress and model. She is best known for her role as Rory Gilmore on the television series *Gilmore Girls* (2000–2007), for which she received nominations for Satellite, Teen Choice and Young Artist Awards. In 2016, Bledel reprised her role on the Netflix reunion miniseries *Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life*.

Bledel made her feature film debut as Winnie Foster in *Tuck Everlasting* (2002), and has since appeared in *Sin City*(2005), *Post Grad* (2009), and as Lena Kaligaris in *The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants* film series. Since 2017, she has appeared in the Hulu drama series *The Handmaid's Tale*. For her work on the series, she received the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series and an additional nomination in the Supporting Actress category.
Amy Adams

**Amy Lou Adams** (born August 20, 1974) is an American actress. Known for both her comedic and dramatic performances, she has been featured three times in annual rankings of the highest-paid actresses in the world. Her accolades include two Golden Globes, and nominations for six Academy Awards and seven British Academy Film Awards.

Born in Vicenza, Italy, and raised in Castle Rock, Colorado, Adams is the fourth of seven siblings. She trained to be a ballerina, but at age 18, she found musical theater a better fit, and from 1994 to 1998, she worked in dinner theater. She made her feature film debut with a supporting part in the 1999 satire *Drop Dead Gorgeous*. After moving to Los Angeles, she made guest appearances in television and took on "mean girl" parts in small-scale features. Her first major role came in Steven Spielberg's 2002 biopic *Catch Me If You Can*, opposite Leonardo DiCaprio, but she was unemployed for a year afterward. Her breakthrough came in the part of a loquacious pregnant woman in the 2005 independent film *Junebug*.

The 2007 musical *Enchanted*, in which Adams played a cheerful princess, was her first major success as a leading lady. She followed it by playing naïve, optimistic women in a series of films such as the 2008 drama *Doubt*. She subsequently played stronger parts to positive reviews in the sports film *The Fighter* (2010) and the psychological drama *The Master*(2012). In 2013, she began portraying Lois Lane in superhero films set in the DC Extended Universe. She won two consecutive Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress for playing a seductive con artist in the crime film *American Hustle*(2013) and the troubled painter Margaret Keane in the biopic *Big Eyes* (2014). Further acclaim came for playing a linguist in the science fiction film *Arrival* (2016), a self-harming reporter in the HBO miniseries *Sharp Objects* (2018), and Lynne Cheney in the satirical film *Vice* (2018).

Adams's stage roles include the Public Theater's revival of *Into the Woods* in 2012, in which she played the Baker's Wife. In 2014, she was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by *Time* and featured in the *Forbes* Celebrity 100 list. She is married to actor and artist Darren Le Gallo, with whom she has a daughter.
Bea Arthur

**Beatrice Arthur** (born **Bernice Frankel**; May 13, 1922 – April 25, 2009) was an American actress and comedienne.

Arthur began her career on stage in 1947 and made her Broadway debut in *The Threepenny Opera* in 1954. She won the 1966 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for playing Vera Charles in *Mame*. She went on to play Maude Findlay on the 1970s sitcoms *All in the Family* (1971–72) and *Maude* (1972–78), and Dorothy Zbornak on the 1980s sitcom *The Golden Girls* (1985–92), winning Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series in 1977 and 1988. Her film appearances included *Lovers and Other Strangers* (1970) and *Mame* (1974). In 2002, she starred in the one-woman show *Bea Arthur on Broadway: Just Between Friends*.
Billy Zane

**William George Zane Jr.** (born February 24, 1966) is an American actor and producer. He is best known for his villainous role as Caledon Hockley in the epic romantic disaster film *Titanic* (1997), as well as roles in the science fiction comedies *Back to the Future* (1985) and *Back to the Future Part II* (1989), *Dead Calm* (1989), the television series *Twin Peaks*(1991), the western film *Tombstone* (1993), the satirical comedy film *The Silence of the Hams* (1994), the horror film*Demon Knight* (1995), *Kingdom Hearts* (2002), and the comedy-drama *CQ* (2001).
Charlize Theron

**Charlize Theron** (/ʃɑːrˈliːz ˈθɛrən/ *shar-LEEZ THERR-ən*;[1] Afrikaans: [ʃarˈlis trɔn];[2] born 7 August 1975)[3] is a South African[4] and American actress and producer. She is the recipient of several accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and the Silver Bear for Best Actress.

Theron came to international prominence in the 1990s by playing the leading lady in the Hollywood films *The Devil's Advocate* (1997), *Mighty Joe Young* (1998), and *The Cider House Rules* (1999). In 2003, she received critical acclaim for her portrayal of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in *Monster*, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming the first South African to win an Oscar in an acting category. She received another Academy Award nomination for playing a sexually abused woman seeking justice in the drama *North Country* (2005). Theron has since starred in several top-grossing action films, including *Hancock* (2008), *Snow White and the Huntsman* (2012), *Prometheus* (2012), *Mad Max: Fury Road* (2015), *The Fate of the Furious* (2017), and *Atomic Blonde* (2017). She also received praise for playing troubled women in Jason Reitman's comedy-dramas *Young Adult* (2011) and *Tully* (2018), receiving Golden Globe Award nominations for both films.

Since the early 2000s, Theron has ventured into film production with her company Denver and Delilah Productions. She has produced numerous films, in many of which she had a starring role, including *The Burning Plain* (2008), *Dark Places*(2015), and *Long Shot* (2019). Theron became an American citizen in 2007, while retaining her South African citizenship. In 2016, *Time* named her in the Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world.[5]
Dabney Coleman

**Dabney Wharton Coleman** (born January 3, 1932) is an American actor.

Coleman's best known films include *The Towering Inferno* (1974), *9 to 5* (1980), *On Golden Pond* (1981), *Tootsie* (1982), *WarGames* (1983), *Cloak & Dagger* (1984), *The Beverly Hillbillies* (1993), *You've Got Mail* (1998), *Recess: School's Out*(2001), *Moonlight Mile* (2002), and *Rules Don't Apply* (2016).[1]

Coleman's television roles include the title character in *Buffalo Bill* (1983–1984), Burton Fallin in *The Guardian* (2001–2004), the voice of Principal Peter Prickly in *Recess* (1997–2001), and Louis "The Commodore" Kaestner in *Boardwalk Empire* (2010–2011). He has won one Primetime Emmy Award from six nominations and one Golden Globe Award from three nominations.
Christian Bale

**Christian Charles Philip Bale** (born 30 January 1974) is an English actor who is known for his intense method actingstyle, often transforming his body drastically for his roles. Bale is the recipient of many awards, including an Academy Award and two Golden Globes, and was featured in the Time 100 list of 2011.

Born in Haverfordwest, Wales, to English parents, Bale had his first starring role at age 13 in Steven Spielberg's war film *Empire of the Sun* (1987). Following a decade of leading and supporting roles, including in *Little Women* (1994), he gained wider recognition for portraying the serial killer Patrick Bateman in *American Psycho* (2000). In 2004, he lost 63 pounds for his role in the psychological thriller *The Machinist* (2004). Within six months, he gained 100 pounds to star as Batman in Christopher Nolan's superhero film *Batman Begins* (2005). He later reprised his role in the sequels *The Dark Knight* (2008) and *The Dark Knight Rises* (2012).

Bale continued to take on starring roles, including in Nolan's period drama *The Prestige* (2006), the western *3:10 to Yuma*(2007), the science fiction film *Terminator Salvation* (2009), and the crime drama *Public Enemies* (2009). He won the Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Dicky Eklund in the David O. Russell-directed biographical film *The Fighter* (2010). This acclaim continued with his Oscar-nominated roles in Russell's black comedy *American Hustle* (2013) and in Adam McKay's satires *The Big Short* (2015) and *Vice* (2018). For portraying Dick Cheney in the latter, he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor.

Bale's personal life and personality has been the subject of much public attention, despite his desire to keep a low profile. He is a supporter of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Greenpeace, and the World Wildlife Fund, and obtained American citizenship in 2014. Bale has been married to Sandra Blažić since 2000; they have two children.
Anna Faris

**Anna Kay Faris** (/ˈɑːnə ˈfærɪs/;[1] born November 29, 1976) is an American actress, voice artist, producer, podcaster, and author. Faris rose to prominence for her work in comedic roles, particularly the lead part of Cindy Campbell in the *Scary Movie* films (2000–2006). Her other films include *The Hot Chick* (2002), *Lost in Translation* (2003), *Just Friends* (2005), *My Super Ex-Girlfriend* (2006), *Smiley Face* (2007), *The House Bunny* (2008), *What's Your Number?* (2011), *The Dictator*(2012), and *Overboard* (2018). Faris has also had voice-over roles in the film franchises *Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs* (2009–2013) and *Alvin and the Chipmunks* (2009–2015), as well as *The Emoji Movie* (2017).

Faris had a recurring role as the birth mother to Monica and Chandler's twins in the tenth and final season of *Friends*(2004). She has played the co-lead role of Christy Plunkett on the CBS sitcom *Mom* since 2013. The show has earned the actress further critical and popular acclaim and three People's Choice Award nominations. In 2015, she launched *Unqualified*, an advice podcast, and in 2017, her memoir of the same name was published.
Benjamin Bratt

**Benjamin Bratt** (born December 16, 1963) is a Peruvian-American actor, producer and activist. Bratt gained exposure through his supporting roles in *Bright Angel* (1990), *Demolition Man* (1993), *Clear and Present Danger* (1994), and *The River Wild* (1994). He first starred in a film, with his role of Paco Aguilar in *Bound by Honor* (1993). From 1995, he extended his global recognition with his role of NYPD Detective Rey Curtis on the NBC drama series *Law & Order* (for which he was nominated for the 1999 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series).

In 2000, Bratt played supporting roles in *Miss Congeniality* and *Traffic* which for the former he received a Blockbuster Entertainment award for Favourite Supporting Actor. Bratt starred in *Piñero* (2001), for which he received an ALMA Awardfor Outstanding Actor. He has also starred in *The Great Raid* (2005), *La Mission* (2009) which he also produced and *The Lesser Blessed* (2012). Other notable live-action films of Bratt's include *Catwoman* (2004), *The Woodsman* (2004), *Thumbsucker* (2005), *Trucker* (2008), *Snitch* (2013), *The Infiltrator* (2016) and *Ride Along 2* (2016). Bratt produced the film *Dolores* (2017) which follows the life of Dolores Huerta, the civil rights activist. The film received critical acclaim and received several awards.

Bratt has voiced roles in five animated feature films which consists of Manny in *Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs* (2009) and its sequel (2013), El Macho in *Despicable Me 2* (2013), Lor-Zod / Hernan Guerra / Superman in *Justice League: Gods and Monsters* (2015) and Ernesto de la Cruz in *Coco* (2017). On television, Bratt portrayed Dr. Jake Reilly on ABC's *Private Practice* (2011–2013), Steve Navarro on *24: Live Another Day* (2014), and Jahil Rivera on *Star* (2016–2018).

Bratt extended his global recognition with his role of Jonathan Pangborn in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. He appeared in *Doctor Strange* (2016). Bratt has received one Screen Actors Guild Award out of three nominations, four ALMA Awards, one Primetime Emmy Award nomination and one Blockbuster Entertainment Award. He is an activist in the American Indian Movement.
Bill Paxton

**William Paxton** (May 17, 1955 – February 25, 2017) was an American actor and director. He appeared in films such as *The Terminator* (1984), *Commando* (1985), *Weird Science* (1985), *Aliens* (1986), *Near Dark* (1987), *Predator 2* (1990),*Tombstone* (1993), *True Lies* (1994), *Apollo 13* (1995), *Twister* (1996), *Titanic* (1997), *Mighty Joe Young* (1998), *U-571*(2000), *Vertical Limit* (2000), *Edge of Tomorrow* (2014), *Nightcrawler* (2014), and *Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.* (2014). He also starred in the HBO drama series *Big Love* (2006–2011), earning three Golden Globe Award nominations during the show's run.[1] He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for portraying Randall McCoy in the History channel miniseries *Hatfields & McCoys* (2012).[2][3] Paxton's final film appearance was in *The Circle* (2017), released two months after his death.[4]
Anne Hathaway

**Anne Jacqueline Hathaway** (born November 12, 1982) is an American actress. One of the highest-paid actresses in the world in 2015, she has received multiple awards, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and a Golden Globe. Her films have earned $6.4 billion worldwide, and she appeared in the *Forbes* Celebrity 100 list in 2009.

Hathaway graduated from Millburn High School in New Jersey, where she acted in several plays. As a teenager, she was cast in the television series *Get Real* (1999–2000) and made her breakthrough as the protagonist in her debut film, the Disney comedy *The Princess Diaries* (2001). Hathaway made a transition to adult roles with the 2005 dramas *Havoc* and *Brokeback Mountain*. The comedy film *The Devil Wears Prada* (2006), in which she played an assistant to a fashion magazine editor, was her biggest commercial success to that point. She played a recovering alcoholic in the drama *Rachel Getting Married* (2008), which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She followed this with roles in the commercially successful romantic films *Bride Wars* (2009), *Valentine's Day* (2010), *Love & Other Drugs*(2010), and the fantasy film *Alice in Wonderland* (2010).

In 2012, Hathaway starred as Selina Kyle in her highest-grossing film *The Dark Knight Rises*, the final installment in *The Dark Knight* trilogy. That year, she also played Fantine, a prostitute dying of tuberculosis, in the musical romantic drama *Les Misérables*, for which she won various accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She went on to play a scientist in the science fiction film *Interstellar* (2014), the owner of an online fashion site in the comedy film *The Intern* (2015), and a haughty actress in the heist film *Ocean's 8* (2018). Hathaway has also won an Emmy Award for providing her voice in *The Simpsons*, sung for soundtracks, appeared on stage, and hosted events.

Hathaway supports several charities and causes. She is a board member of the Lollipop Theatre Network, an organization that brings films to sick children in hospitals, and advocates gender equality as a UN Women goodwill ambassador. She is married to businessman Adam Shulman, with whom she has a son.
Bridget Fonda

**Bridget Jane Fonda** (born January 27, 1964)[*citation needed*] is an American actress. She is known for her roles in *The Godfather Part III* (1990), *Single White Female* (1992), *Singles* (1992), *Point of No Return* (1993), *It Could Happen to You*(1994) and *Jackie Brown* (1997). She is the daughter of Peter Fonda, niece of Jane Fonda and granddaughter of Henry Fonda.

Fonda was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing Mandy Rice-Davies in the 1989 film *Scandal* and provided the voice for Jenna in the 1995 animated feature film *Balto*. She received an Emmy Awardnomination for the 1997 TV film *In the Gloaming*, and a second Golden Globe Award nomination for the 2001 TV film *No Ordinary Baby*.
Christopher Meloni

**Christopher Peter Meloni** (born April 2, 1961)[1][2] is an American actor. He is known for his television roles as NYPD Detective Elliot Stabler on the NBC legal drama *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* for its first twelve seasons and as inmate Chris Keller on the HBO prison drama *Oz*. In June 2012, he returned to HBO, as the vampire Roman on the main cast of *True Blood* for the series' fifth season. Meloni starred in and was an executive producer of the Syfy series *Happy!* (2017–2019), based on the comic book series created by writer Grant Morrison and artist Darick Robertson. The series was canceled on June 4, 2019.

His films include *Man of Steel*, *Wet Hot American Summer*, *Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle*, *12 Monkeys*, *Runaway Bride*, *42*, and *Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas*.