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Shia LaBeouf

**Shia Saide LaBeouf**[1] (/ˈʃaɪ.ə ləˈbʌf/ (listen); born June 11, 1986)[2] is an American actor, performance artist, and filmmaker.[3][4] He became known among younger audiences as Louis Stevens in the Disney Channel series *Even Stevens*, a role for which LaBeouf received a Young Artist Award nomination in 2001 and won a Daytime Emmy Award in 2003. He made his film debut in *The Christmas Path* (1998). In 2004, he made his directorial debut with the short film *Let's Love Hate* and later directed a short film titled *Maniac* (2011), starring American rappers Cage and Kid Cudi.

In 2007, LaBeouf starred in the commercially successful films *Disturbia* and *Surf's Up*. The same year he was cast in Michael Bay's science fiction film *Transformers* as Sam Witwicky, the main protagonist of the series. *Transformers* was a box office success and one of the highest-grossing films of 2007. LaBeouf later appeared in its sequels *Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen* (2009) and *Transformers: Dark of the Moon* (2011), both also box office successes. In 2008, he played Henry "Mutt Williams" Jones III in *Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull*.

Some of his other most notable roles are in films such as *Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps* (2010), *Lawless* (2012), *The Company You Keep* (2012), *Nymphomaniac* (2013), *Fury* (2014), *American Honey* (2016), and *Borg vs McEnroe* (2017).

Since 2014, LaBeouf has pursued a variety of public performance art projects with LaBeouf, Rönkkö & Turner.
Tamera Mowry

**Tamera Darvette Mowry-Housley**[1] (/təˈmɛrə ˈmɔːri/; née **Mowry**, born July 6, 1978)[1] is an American actress. She first gained fame for her teen role as Tamera Campbell on the ABC/WB sitcom *Sister, Sister* (opposite her identical twin sister Tia Mowry). She has also starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie *Twitches* and its sequel, *Twitches Too*, and she played Dr. Kayla Thornton on the medical drama *Strong Medicine*. A reality TV show following her and her twin sister's lives, *Tia & Tamera*, began airing on the Style Network in 2011, ending in 2013 after three seasons.

Currently, Mowry-Housley is one of the hosts of the syndicated daytime talk show, *The Real*, alongside Loni Love, Adrienne Houghton, and Jeannie Mai, which premiered on July 15, 2013.[2]

She and her identical twin sister Tia Mowry were in a singing group in the early 1990s called Voices. The group debuted their first single, "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!" in 1992 and it reached No. 72 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Van Johnson

**Charles Van Dell Johnson** (August 25, 1916 – December 12, 2008) was an American film, television theatre and radio actor, singer, and dancer. He was a major star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer during and after World War II.

Johnson was the embodiment of the "boy-next-door wholesomeness" which made him a popular Hollywood star in the '40s and '50s,[3] playing "the red-haired, freckle-faced soldier, sailor, or bomber pilot who used to live down the street" in MGM films during the war years, with such films as *Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo*, *A Guy Named Joe*, and *The Human Comedy*. He made occasional World War II films through the end of the 1960s, and he played a military officer in one of his final feature films in 1992. At the time of his death in December 2008, he was one of the last surviving matinee idols of Hollywood's "golden age".[4]
Toni Collette

**Toni Collett** (born 1 November 1972), credited professionally as **Toni Collette**,[1][2] is an Australian actress and musician, known for her acting work on stage, television, and film, as well as a secondary career as the lead singer of the band Toni Collette & the Finish. She received numerous awards, including six AACTA Awards, a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, and has been nominated twice for a British Academy Film Award and both once for an Academy Award and a Tony Award.

Collette's acting career began in the early 1990s with comedic roles in films such as *Spotswood* (1992) and *Muriel's Wedding* (1994). For the latter, she earned a Golden Globe Award nomination. In 1999, she achieved international recognition as a result of her Academy Award-nominated portrayal of Lynn Sear in *The Sixth Sense*, and a year later made her Tony Award-nominated Broadway debut with the lead role in the musical *The Wild Party*. In the 2000s, she received acclaim for her performances in independent films such as *About a Boy* (2002), for which she was nominated for a BAFTA, and *Little Miss Sunshine* (2006), which earned her a SAG Award as well as her second Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations. Her other films include: *Emma* (1996), *Clockwatchers* (1997), *Velvet Goldmine* (1998), *Changing Lanes*, *The Hours* (both 2002), *In Her Shoes* (2005), *The Night Listener* (2006), *Fright Night* (2011), *Mental*, *Hitchcock*(both 2012), *Lucky Them*, *Enough Said* (both 2013), *Tammy* (2014), *Miss You Already*, *Krampus* (both 2015), *Imperium*(2016), *XXX: Return of Xander Cage* (2017), and *Hereditary* (2018).

From 2009 to 2011, she played the lead roles on the television series *United States of Tara*, for which she won Primetime Emmy and Golden Globe awards for Best Actress. In 2014, Collette returned to Broadway in *The Realistic Joneses*, for which she earned a Drama Desk Special Award.
Wayne Knight

**Wayne Elliot Knight** (born August 7, 1955) is an American actor, voice artist and comedian.[3] He is known for playing Newman in *Seinfeld* (1992–1998) and Dennis Nedry in *Jurassic Park* (1993). His other roles include Officer Don Orville in *3rd Rock from the Sun* (1996–2001), Stan Podolak in *Space Jam* (1996), Al McWhiggin in *Toy Story 2* (1999), Tantor in *Tarzan* (1999), Zack Mallozzi in *Rat Race* (2001), Dojo in *Xiaolin Showdown* (2003–2006), Mr. Blik in *Catscratch* (2005–2007), Microchip in *Punisher: War Zone* (2008) and Haskell Lutz in *The Exes* (2011–2015). He was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in *Jurassic Park*.
Scott Foley

**Scott Kellerman Foley**(born July 15, 1972) is an American actor, director, and screenwriter. Foley is known for roles in television shows such as *The Unit*, *Scrubs*, *Felicity*, and *Scandal*, and in films such as *Scream 3*. He has also guest starred in series including *Grey's Anatomy*, *Dawson's Creek*, and *House*.
Tom Holland

**Thomas Stanley Holland** (born 1 June 1996)[1] is an English actor and dancer. He is best known for playing Spider-Manin the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and has appeared as the character in five films: *Captain America: Civil War*(2016), *Spider-Man: Homecoming* (2017), *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018), *Avengers: Endgame* (2019), and *Spider-Man: Far From Home* (2019).

A graduate of the BRIT School in London, Holland previously appeared on stage in the title role of *Billy Elliot the Musical*in London's West End in 2008, and other films include *The Impossible* (2012), *In the Heart of the Sea* (2015), and *The Current War* (2017). In 2017, Holland received the BAFTA Rising Star Award.
Tony Goldwyn

**Anthony Howard Goldwyn** (born May 20, 1960) is an American actor, singer, producer, director and political activist. He portrayed Carl Bruner in *Ghost*, Colonel Bagley in *The Last Samurai*, and the voice of the title character of the Disney animated film *Tarzan*. He starred in the ABC legal/political drama *Scandal* as Fitzgerald Grant III, a fictional president of the United States, from 2012 to 2018.[1]
Victor Garber

**Victor Joseph Garber** (born March 16, 1949)[1] is a Canadian-American actor and singer. He is known for playing Jesusin *Godspell*, Anthony Hope in *Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street*, John Wilkes Booth in *Assassins*, Jack Bristow in the television series *Alias*, Max in *Lend Me a Tenor*, Thomas Andrews in James Cameron's *Titanic*, and Ken Taylor, Canadian Ambassador to Iran, in *Argo*. He was a series regular on *Legends of Tomorrow*, as Dr. Martin Stein, having previously played the same role in a recurring capacity on *The Flash* as well as the web series *Vixen.*
Tyrese Gibson

**Tyrese Gibson** (born December 30, 1978),[1] also known mononymously as **Tyrese**, is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, actor, model, VJ and screenwriter. He played Joseph "Jody" Summers in *Baby Boy*, Angel Mercer in *Four Brothers*, Roman Pearce in the *Fast and the Furious* series and Robert Epps in the *Transformers* film series. After releasing several albums, he transitioned into films, with lead roles in several major Hollywood releases. According to Billboard Tyrese has sold 3.69 million albums in the U.S.[2]
Timothy Simons

**Timothy Charles Simons** is an American actor and comedian best known for his role as Jonah Ryan on the HBOtelevision series *Veep*,[1] for which he has received three nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series.[2][3] He has also had acting roles in the films *The Interview*, *Christine*, and *The Boss*.
Trevante Rhodes

**Trevante Nemour Rhodes** (born February 10, 1990) is an American actor. He won several accolades and achieved recognition in 2016 for his performance as Chiron in the Academy Award-winning film *Moonlight*. In his youth, he was an accomplished track and field sprinter, winning a gold medal at the Pan American Junior Athletics Championships in 2009.
Vanessa Williams

**Vanessa Lynn Williams** (born March 18, 1963) is an American singer, actress, and fashion designer. She initially gained recognition as the first woman of African-American descent to receive the Miss America title when she was crowned Miss America 1984 in 1983. However, a scandal arose the following year when, a few weeks prior to the end of her reign, Williams learned that *Penthouse* magazine would be publishing unauthorized nude photographs of her in an upcoming issue. Amid growing media controversy and scrutiny, Williams resigned as Miss America in July 1984 (under pressure from the Miss America Organization), and was replaced by first runner-up Miss New Jersey Suzette Charles. Thirty-two years later, Miss America CEO Sam Haskell offered her a public apology (during the Miss America 2016 pageant) for the events of 1984.

Williams rebounded from the scandal with a successful career as a singer and actress. In 1988, she released her debut studio album *The Right Stuff* whose title single saw moderate success before "Dreamin'" peaked at number 8 on the *Billboard* Hot 100 singles chart in the United States in 1989. With her second and third studio albums, *The Comfort Zone*(1991) and *The Sweetest Days* (1994), she saw continued commercial success and received multiple Grammy Awardnominations - this included her number-one hit (in early 1992) and signature song, "Save the Best for Last", which she performed live at the 1993 Grammy Awards ceremonies. Her recent studio albums include *Everlasting Love* (2005) and *The Real Thing* (2009).

As an actress, Williams enjoyed success on both stage and screen, receiving an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture for her portrayal of Teri Joseph in the film *Soul Food* (1997). Her best known television roles are that of Wilhelmina Slater on *Ugly Betty* (2006–10), for which she was nominated three times for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, and Renee Perry on *Desperate Housewives* (2010–12).
Tim Blake Nelson

**Timothy Blake Nelson** (born May 11, 1964) is an American actor, writer and director. His most famous roles include Delmar O'Donnell in *O Brother, Where Art Thou?* (2000), Dr. Pendanski in *Holes* (2003), Daniel "Danny" Dalton Jr. in *Syriana* (2005), Dr. Samuel Sterns in *The Incredible Hulk* (2008), Richard Schell in *Lincoln* (2012), and Buster Scruggs in *The Ballad of Buster Scruggs* (2018).
Tia Mowry

**Tia Dashon Mowry-Hardrict**[1] (born July 6, 1978) is an American actress. She first gained recognition for her starring role as Tia Landry in the sitcom *Sister, Sister* (1994–1999), opposite her identical twin sister Tamera Mowry. The sisters then starred together in the Disney Channel Original Movie *Twitches* (2005) and its sequel, *Twitches Too* (2007). They were also featured in the reality series *Tia & Tamera* (2011–2013).

Mowry voiced Sasha in the animated series *Bratz* (2005–2006). She starred as Melanie Barnett in the comedy-dramaseries *The Game* (2006–2015), Stephanie Phillips in the sitcom *Instant Mom* (2013–2015), and Cocoa McKellan in the sitcom *Family Reunion* (2019–present).

Mowry had starring roles in the fantasy comedy film *Seventeen Again* (2000), the teen comedy film *The Hot Chick*(2002), the musical comedy film *The Mistle-Tones* (2012), the romantic comedy film *Baggage Claim* (2013), and the drama film *Indivisible* (2018).

Mowry and her sister, Tamera, formed a singing group in the early 1990s called Voices. The group debuted their first single, "Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!", in 1992 and it charted at No. 72 on the *Billboard* Hot 100.
William Hurt

**William McChord Hurt**[2][3] (born March 20, 1950) is an American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter. He received his acting training at the Juilliard School and began acting on stage in the 1970s. Hurt made his film debut in 1980 as a troubled scientist in Ken Russell's science-fiction feature *Altered States*, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination for New Star of the Year. He subsequently played a leading role, as a lawyer who succumbs to the temptations of Kathleen Turner, in the neo-noir *Body Heat* (1981). He played another leading role, as Arkady Renko, in *Gorky Park*(1983).

In 1985, Hurt garnered critical acclaim and multiple acting awards, including an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Actor, for *Kiss of the Spider Woman*. He received another two Academy Award nominations for his lead performances in *Children of a Lesser God* (1986) and *Broadcast News* (1987). Hurt remained an active stage actor throughout the 1980s, appearing in Off-Broadway productions, including *Henry V*, *Fifth of July*, *Richard II* and *A Midsummer Night's Dream*. Hurt received his first Tony Award nomination in 1985 for the Broadway production of *Hurlyburly*.

After playing a diversity of character roles in the following decade, Hurt earned his fourth Academy Award nomination for his supporting performance in David Cronenberg's crime thriller *A History of Violence* (2005). Other notable films in recent years have included *A.I. Artificial Intelligence* (2001), *The Village* (2004), *Syriana* (2005), *The Good Shepherd* (2006), *Mr. Brooks* (2007), *Into the Wild* (2007), *Robin Hood* (2010) and his role as Thunderbolt Ross in *The Incredible Hulk* (2008), *Captain America: Civil War* (2016), *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018), and *Avengers: Endgame* (2019).
Uma Thurman

**Uma Karuna Thurman** (born April 29, 1970)[1] is an American actress and model. She has performed in a variety of films, ranging from romantic comedies and dramas to science fiction and action movies. Following her appearances on the December 1985 and May 1986 covers of British *Vogue*, Thurman starred in *Dangerous Liaisons* (1988). She rose to international prominence with her performance in Quentin Tarantino's 1994 film *Pulp Fiction*,[2] for which she was nominated for the Academy Award, the BAFTA Award, and the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. Often hailed as Tarantino's muse,[3] she reunited with the director to play the main role in *Kill Bill: Volume 1* and *2* (2003, 2004),[4] which brought her two additional Golden Globe Award nominations.[5]

Established as a leading Hollywood actress,[6] her other notable films include *Henry & June* (1990), *The Truth About Cats & Dogs* (1996), *Batman & Robin* (1997), *Gattaca* (1997), *Les Misérables* (1998), *The Producers* (2005), *My Super Ex-Girlfriend* (2006), and Lars von Trier's *Nymphomaniac* (2013)[7] and *The House That Jack Built* (2018).[8] In 2011, Thurman was a member of the jury for the main competition at the 64th Cannes Film Festival,[9] and in 2017, she was named president of the 70th edition's "Un Certain Regard" jury. Thurman made her Broadway debut in *The Parisian Woman* (2017–2018).

For her performance in the made-for-HBO film *Hysterical Blindness* (2002), Thurman won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Film, and for her five-episode role in the NBC musical series *Smash* (2012), she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series.[10] Thurman has starred in the miniseries *The Slap* (2015) and the series *Imposters* (2017–2018).
Tilda Swinton

**Katherine Matilda Swinton** (born 5 November 1960) is an English actress. She is known for her roles in both independent arthouse films and blockbusters. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in the 2007 film *Michael Clayton*. She also won the BAFTA Scotland Award for Best Actress for the 2003 film *Young Adam*, and has received three Golden Globe Award nominations.[2][3]

Swinton began her career in experimental films, directed by Derek Jarman, starting with *Caravaggio* (1986), followed by *The Last of England* (1988), *War Requiem* (1989), and *The Garden* (1990). Swinton won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival for her portrayal of Isabella of France in *Edward II* (1991). She next starred in Sally Potter's *Orlando* (1992), and was nominated for the European Film Award for Best Actress.

Swinton was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance in *The Deep End* (2001). She followed this with appearances in *Vanilla Sky* (2001), *Adaptation* (2002), *Constantine* (2005), *Julia* (2008), and *I Am Love* (2009). She won the European Film Award for Best Actress and received a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for the psychological thriller *We Need to Talk About Kevin* (2011). She is also known for her performance as the White Witch in the *Chronicles of Narnia series* (2005–10). Her other film appearances include *Female Perversions* (1996), *The War Zone* (1998), *The Beach* (2000), *Thumbsucker* (2005), *The Curious Case of Benjamin Button* (2008), *Burn After Reading* (2008), *Moonrise Kingdom* (2012), *Only Lovers Left Alive* (2013), *Snowpiercer* (2013), *The Grand Budapest Hotel* (2014), *Trainwreck* (2015), *A Bigger Splash* (2015), *Doctor Strange* (2016), *Okja* (2017), *Suspiria* (2018) and*Avengers: Endgame* (2019).

Swinton was given the Richard Harris Award by the British Independent Film Awards in recognition of her contributions to the British film industry. In 2013, she was given a special tribute by the Museum of Modern Art.[4]
Tom Berenger

**Tom Berenger** (born **Thomas Michael Moore**; May 31, 1949) is an American television and motion picture actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Staff Sergeant Bob Barnes in *Platoon*(1986). He is also known for playing Jake Taylor in the *Major League* films and Thomas Beckett in the *Sniper* films. Other films he appeared in include *Looking for Mr. Goodbar* (1977), *The Dogs of War* (1980), *The Big Chill* (1983), *Eddie and the Cruisers* (1983), *Betrayed* (1988), *The Field* (1990), *Gettysburg* (1993), *The Substitute* (1996), *One Man's Hero*(1999), *Training Day* (2001), and *Inception* (2010).

Berenger won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for his performance as Jim Vance in the 2012 miniseries *Hatfields & McCoys*.
Treat Williams

**Richard Treat Williams** (born December 1, 1951) is an American actor, writer, and aviator who has appeared on film, stage and television in over 120 credits.[1] He first became well known for his starring role in the 1979 musical film *Hair*, and later also starred in the films *Prince of the City*, *Once Upon a Time in America*, *The Late Shift* and *127 Hours*. From 2002 to 2006, he was the lead of the television series *Everwood* and was nominated for two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He has additionally been nominated for three Golden Globe Awards, two Satellite Awards, and an Independent Spirit Award.
Tony Plana

**José Antonio Plana**[1] (born April 19, 1952), better known as **Tony Plana**, is a Cuban American actor and director.[2] He is known for playing Betty Suarez's father, Ignacio Suarez, on the ABC television show *Ugly Betty* and also for voicing Manuel "Manny" Calavera in the video game *Grim Fandango*.
Stan Freberg

**Stan Freberg** (born **Stanley Friberg**; August 7, 1926 – April 7, 2015) was an American author, actor, recording artist, voice artist, comedian, radio personality, puppeteer and advertising creative director, whose career began in 1943. He remained active in the industry into his late 80s, more than 70 years after entering it.

His best-known works include "St. George and the Dragonet", *Stan Freberg Presents the United States of America*, his role on the television series *Time for Beany*, and a number of classic television commercials.
Skeet Ulrich

**Bryan Ray "Skeet" Ulrich** (born **Bryan Ray Trout**; January 20, 1970) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles in popular 1990s films, as Billy Loomis in *Scream* and Chris Hooker in *The Craft*. Since 2017, he has starred as FP Jones on The CW's *Riverdale*. His other television roles include Paul Callan in the short-lived ABC drama *Miracles*, Johnston Jacob "Jake" Green, Jr. in the television series *Jericho*, and L.A.P.D. Detective Rex Winters, a Marine Veteran from the *Law & Order* franchise.
Sonequa Martin-Green

**Sonequa Martin-Green** (/səˈniːkwə/;[1] born March 21, 1985)[2] is an American actress and producer. She is best known for her television roles as Michael Burnham, the main character in the web television series *Star Trek: Discovery* and as Sasha Williams on *The Walking Dead*.[3] Before that, she had starred in several independent films before gaining her first recurring role as Courtney Wells on *The Good Wife*. Later, she had recurring roles as Tamara in *Once Upon a Time*[4][5][6][7] and Rhonda in *New Girl*.
Vince Vaughn

**Vincent Anthony Vaughn** (born March 28, 1970)[2] is an American actor, producer, screenwriter, and comedian.

Vaughn began acting in the late 1980s, appearing in minor television roles before attaining wider recognition with the 1996 comedy-drama film *Swingers*. He has appeared in a number of films in the 1990s, including the sports film *Rudy*(1993), the sci-fi adventure dinosaur film *The Lost World: Jurassic Park* (1997), and the drama-thriller *Return to Paradise*(1998).

Other than his dramatic role in *The Cell* (2000), in the 2000s he acted primarily in comedies, including *Old School* (2003), *Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story* (2004), *Wedding Crashers* (2005), *The Break-Up* (2006), *Fred Claus* (2007), and *Four Christmases* (2008). He continued his comedic roles in the 2010s with *The Dilemma* (2011), *The Watch* (2012), and *The Internship* (2013). In 2015, he starred as Frank Semyon in the second season of the HBO anthology crime drama television series *True Detective* alongside Colin Farrell, Taylor Kitsch and Rachel McAdams, and since then has taken dramatic roles such as in *Hacksaw Ridge*, *Brawl in Cell Block 99*, and *Dragged Across Concrete*.
Stephen Bishop

**Stephen C. Bishop** (born September 14, 1970) is an American actor and retired baseball player. He played Patrick on the television show *Imposters*, which aired on Bravo. He plays David Paulk in the television show *Being Mary Jane*.[2] He also appeared on the television series *Lost*, *Girlfriends*, and *The Game*, and in the independent film *Americanese*. He appeared in the movie *The Rundown* with The Rock. Bishop also played David Justice in *Moneyball*, which was released on September 23, 2011.[3][4] He was in the 2015 movie *With This Ring* where he played 'Nate Adamson' and starred alongside Regina Hall, Jill Scott and Eve (rapper). He appeared in Grey's Anatomy Season 4 Episode 16 Freedom part 1.[*citation needed*] In 2017, he played the role of Michael Roland in the psychological thriller *'Til Death Do Us Part*alongside Taye Diggs.

On October 19, 2018, it was announced that Bishop had been cast in a recurring role on *Criminal Minds* as Supervisory Special agent Andrew Mendoza, who will be a love interest for Emily Prentiss.[5]
Shirley MacLaine

**Shirley MacLaine** (born **Shirley MacLean Beaty**; April 24, 1934)[1] is an American film, television, and theater actress, singer, dancer, activist, and author. An Academy Award winner, MacLaine received the 40th AFI Life Achievement Awardfrom the American Film Institute in 2012, and received the Kennedy Center Honors for her lifetime contributions to American culture through the performing arts in 2013. She is known for her New Age beliefs, and has an interest in spirituality and reincarnation. She has written a series of autobiographical works that describe these beliefs, document her world travels, and describe her Hollywood career.

Her first film was Alfred Hitchcock's *The Trouble With Harry* in 1955. A six-time Academy Award nominee, MacLaine received a nomination for Best Documentary Feature for *The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir* (1975), and Best Actress nominations for *Some Came Running* (1958), *The Apartment* (1960), *Irma la Douce* (1963), and *The Turning Point* (1977), before winning Best Actress for *Terms of Endearment* (1983). She twice won the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actress, for *Ask Any Girl* (1959), and *The Apartment* (1960); and won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy-Variety or Music Special for the 1976 TV special, *Gypsy In My Soul*. She has also won five competitive Golden Globe Awards, and received the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 1998 ceremony.
Scott Wilson

**Scott Wilson** (born **William Delano Wilson**; March 29, 1942 – October 6, 2018) was an American actor. He had more than 50 film credits, including *In the Heat of the Night*, *In Cold Blood*, *The Great Gatsby*, *Dead Man Walking*, *Pearl Harbor*, and *Junebug*.[2] In 1980, Wilson received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picturefor his role in *The Ninth Configuration*.[3][4] He played veterinarian Hershel Greene on the AMC television series *The Walking Dead* (2011–2014; 2018).[5] He also had a recurring role on *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* as casino mogul Sam Braun, as well as a lead role on the Netflix series *The OA* as Abel Johnson.[6]
Steve Carell

**Steven John Carell** (/kəˈrɛl/; born August 16, 1962)[1] is an American actor, comedian, producer, writer, and director. He is well known for his portrayal of gaffe-prone boss Michael Scott on the NBC sitcom *The Office* (2005–2013), on which he also worked as an occasional producer, writer and director.

Carell was a correspondent on *The Daily Show with Jon Stewart* from 1999 to 2005. He has starred in *Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy* (2004) and its 2013 sequel, *The 40-Year-Old Virgin* (2005), *Evan Almighty* (2007), *Get Smart*(2008), *Crazy, Stupid, Love* (2011), *The Incredible Burt Wonderstone* and *The Way, Way Back* (both 2013). He has also voice acted in *Over the Hedge* (2006), *Horton Hears a Who!* (2008) and the *Despicable Me* franchise (2010–present). In 2016, Carell co-created the TBS comedy series *Angie Tribeca* with his wife, Nancy Carell.

Carell was nominated as "America's funniest man" in *Life* magazine,[2] and received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy for his work on the first season of *The Office*. In the 2010s, Carell received attention for more dramatic roles. His role as wrestling coach and convicted murderer John Eleuthère du Pont in the drama film *Foxcatcher* (2014) earned him, among various honors, nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actor,[3]the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.[4] He also received acclaim for his roles in *Little Miss Sunshine* (2006), *The Big Short* (2015), and *Battle of the Sexes* (2017), the latter two earning him his eighth and ninth Golden Globe Award nominations, respectively.[5][6] In 2018, he re-teamed with *Anchorman* and *The Big Short* director Adam McKay for the Dick Cheney biopic *Vice*, in which he portrayed Donald Rumsfeld, and played journalist David Sheff in the drama *Beautiful Boy*.
Thomas Haden Church

**Thomas Haden Church** (born **Thomas Richard McMillen**;[2][3] June 17, 1960)[4] is an American actor, director, and writer. After co-starring in the 1990s sitcom *Wings*, Church became known for his film roles, including his Academy Award-nominated performance in *Sideways*, his role as the Sandman in *Spider-Man 3* and his role of Lyle van de Groot in *George of the Jungle*. He also made his directorial debut with *Rolling Kansas*.
Shawn Hatosy

**Shawn Wayne Hatosy**[1] (born December 29, 1975) is an American film and television actor and director. He is best known for his roles in the films *In & Out*, *The Faculty*, *Outside Providence*, *Anywhere but Here*, *The Cooler*, and *Alpha Dog*. He is also well known for his role as Detective Sammy Bryant on the TNT crime drama series *Southland* and is currently starring as Pope Cody in the TNT crime drama series, *Animal Kingdom*, based on the 2010 Australian film of the same name.
Wanda Sykes

**Wanda Yvette Sykes**[1] (born March 7, 1964) is an American actress, comedian, and writer. She was first recognized for her work as a writer on *The Chris Rock Show*, for which she won a Primetime Emmy Award in 1999. In 2004, *Entertainment Weekly* named Sykes as one of the 25 funniest people in America.[2] She is also known for her role as Barb Baran on CBS' *The New Adventures of Old Christine* (2006–10), HBO's *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2001–11), and ABC's *Black-ish* (2015–present).

Aside from her television appearances, Sykes has also had a career in film, appearing in *Monster-in-Law* (2005), *My Super Ex-Girlfriend* (2006), *Evan Almighty* (2007) and *License to Wed* (2007), as well as voicing characters in animated films such as *Over the Hedge* (2006), *Barnyard* (2006), *Brother Bear 2* (2006), *Rio* (2011), *Ice Age: Continental Drift*(2012), *Ice Age: Collision Course* (2016), and the animated film *UglyDolls* (2019).
Swoosie Kurtz

**Swoosie Kurtz** (/ˈswuːsi/ *SWOO-see*; born September 6, 1944)[1] is an American actress. She is an Emmy Award winner and a two-time Tony Award winner.

Kurtz made her Broadway debut in the 1975 revival of *Ah, Wilderness*. She has received five Tony Award nominations, winning two for *Fifth of July* (1981) and *The House of Blue Leaves* (1986); her other nominations were for *Tartuffe* (1988), *Frozen* (2004), and *Heartbreak House* (2007).

For her television work, she has received eight Emmy Award nominations, with one win for *Carol and Company* in 1990. Other television credits include the NBC drama *Sisters* (1991–1996), *Huff* (2004–2006), *Pushing Daisies* (2007–2009), and the hit CBS sitcom *Mike & Molly* (2010–2016). Her films include, *Wildcats* (1986), *Dangerous Liaisons* (1988), *Stanley & Iris* (1990), *Citizen Ruth* (1996), *Liar Liar* (1997) and *Bubble Boy* (2001).
Will Ferrell

**John William Ferrell** (/ˈfɛrəl/;[1] born July 16, 1967)[2][3] is an American actor, comedian, producer, writer and businessman. He first established himself in the mid-1990s as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy show *Saturday Night Live*, and has subsequently starred in comedy films such as *Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy* (2004), *Talladega Nights* (2006), *Step Brothers* (2008), *The Other Guys* (2010) and *Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues* (2013), all but one of which he co-wrote with his comedy partner Adam McKay. The two also founded the comedy website Funny or Die in 2007. Other film roles include *Elf*, *Old School* (both 2003), *Blades of Glory* (2007), *Daddy's Home* (2015), and the animated films *Megamind* (2010) and *The Lego Movie* (2014).

Ferrell is considered a member of the "Frat Pack", a generation of leading Hollywood comic actors who emerged in the late 1990s and the 2000s, including Jack Black, Ben Stiller, Steve Carell, Vince Vaughn, and brothers Owen and Luke Wilson. He received an Emmy Award nomination for his work on *Saturday Night Live*, and three Golden Globe Awardnominations for acting in *The Producers* (2005) and *Stranger than Fiction* (2006) and for producing *Vice* (2018). He was also named the best comedian of 2015 in the British *GQ* Men of the Year awards. Ferrell received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on March 24, 2015.
Timothy Olyphant

**Timothy David Olyphant** (/ˈɔːləfɪnt/; *AHL-ə-fint*; born May 20, 1968) is an American actor and producer. He made his acting debut in an Off-Broadway theater in 1995, in *The Monogamist*, and won the Theatre World Award for his performance, and then originated David Sedaris' *The Santaland Diaries* in 1996. He then branched out to film; in the early years of his career, he was often cast in supporting villainous roles, most notably in *Scream 2* (1997), *Go* (1999), *A Man Apart* (2003) and *The Girl Next Door* (2004). He came to the attention of a wider audience with his portrayal of Sheriff Seth Bullock in HBO's western *Deadwood* (2004–2006) and its film continuation *Deadwood: The Movie* (2019). He had starring roles in such films as *Catch and Release* (2006), *Hitman* (2007), *A Perfect Getaway* (2009), and *The Crazies*(2010), and he played the main antagonist, Thomas Gabriel, in *Live Free or Die Hard* (2007). Olyphant was a recurring guest star in season two of the FX legal thriller *Damages* (2009).

Olyphant's best-known performance to date has been as Deputy U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens in FX's modern-day Kentucky western *Justified* (2010–2015), for which he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 2011. Olyphant had guest appearances in numerous television sitcoms including *The Office*(2010), *The Mindy Project* (2013), and *The Grinder* (2015–2016), for which he won a Critics' Choice Award. He also starred in the Netflix comedy series *Santa Clarita Diet* (2017–2019) and *Once Upon a Time in Hollywood* as James Stacy(2019).
Tom Kane

**Thomas Kane Roberts** (born April 15, 1962) is an American voice actor, known for his work in animation, films and video games.

Kane is known for his animation work. Notable roles include Jedi Master Yoda and Admiral Yularen in *Star Wars: The Clone Wars* feature film and TV series, The Chancellor in *9*, Magneto in *Wolverine and the X-Men* and *Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds*, Ultron in *Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow* and *The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes*, Mr. Herriman in *Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends*, Lord Monkey Fist on *Kim Possible*, Professor Utonium and Him in *The Powerpuff Girls*. He has voiced Oxnard Montalvo in *The Angry Beavers* and the chimpanzee sidekick Darwin in *The Wild Thornberrys*.

Kane is also a prominent video game voice actor, appearing in numerous titles - from bit parts, to major roles such as Gandalf, Professor X and lead characters in many *Star Wars* games like *Star Wars: The Force Unleashed* as Imperial Captain Ozzik Sturn, Lobot and Kento Marek (the father of Sam Witwer's Galen Marek) thanks to ILM's motion capture technology. In *Call of Duty: World at War*, *Call of Duty: Black Ops*, *Call of Duty: Black Ops II*, *Call of Duty: Black Ops III* and *Call of Duty: Black Ops IIII*, he provides the voice of Takeo Masaki, a Japanese WWII soldier and WWI warrior in the Zombies game mode.

In the arena of non-animation voiceover work, Kane records commercials, film trailers and television promos. In addition, he has been the announcer for the AFI Life Achievement Award show twice, as well as the 78th, 80th, 83rd, and 84th Academy Awards. He also played Odin (the father of Thor and Loki) in the video game adaption of Thor*as well as the Disneyland attraction:*Thor: Treasures of Asgard*, taking over the role from Anthony Hopkins from the film.*

On April 13, 2012, Kane took over for Joe Hursh as the voice of the Walt Disney World Monorail System.[2][3] In 2013, he took over as the announcer of *The Eric Andre Show*, replacing Gary Anthony Williams.

Kane made his debut in the *Star Wars* film saga as the voice of Admiral Ackbar in 2017's *Star Wars: The Last Jedi*, taking over the role from the late Erik Bauersfeld. He had experience in voicing the character on several occasions for video games in the franchise prior to the film's release.

Kane has also voiced Plague Champion in *Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising and Retribution*.
Tommy Lee Jones

**Tommy Lee Jones** (born September 15, 1946) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has received four Academy Award nominations, winning Best Supporting Actor for his performance as U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard in the 1993 thriller film *The Fugitive*.

His other notable starring roles include Texas Ranger Woodrow F. Call in the TV miniseries *Lonesome Dove*, Agent K in the *Men in Black* film series, Sheriff Ed Tom Bell in *No Country for Old Men*, the villain Two-Face in *Batman Forever*, terrorist William "Bill" Strannix in *Under Siege*, Texas Ranger Roland Sharp in *Man of the House*, rancher Pete Perkins in *The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada*, which he also directed, Colonel Chester Phillips in *Captain America: The First Avenger*, CIA Director Robert Dewey in *Jason Bourne*, and Warden Dwight McClusky in *Natural Born Killers*.

Jones has also portrayed real-life figures such as businessman Howard Hughes in *The Amazing Howard Hughes*, Radical Republican Congressman Thaddeus Stevens in *Lincoln*, executed murderer Gary Gilmore in *The Executioner's Song*, U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur in *Emperor*, businessman Clay Shaw, the only person prosecuted in connection with the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in *JFK*, Oliver Lynn, husband of Loretta Lynn, in *Coal Miner's Daughter*, and baseball great Ty Cobb in *Cobb*.

Early in his career, Jones first gained recognition for his contract role as Dr. Mark Toland on the soap opera *One Life to Live* for six years.
Steve Buscemi

**Steven Vincent Buscemi** (/buːˈsɛmi/ *boo-SEM-i*,[1][2][Note 1] Italian: [buʃˈʃɛːmi]; born December 13, 1957) is an American actor, filmmaker and former firefighter. He has starred in films such as *Parting Glances*, *New York Stories*, *Mystery Train*, *Reservoir Dogs*, *Desperado*, *Con Air*, *Armageddon*, *The Grey Zone*, *Ghost World*, *Big Fish*, and *The Death of Stalin*. He is also known for his supporting roles in the Coen brothers films *Miller's Crossing*, *Barton Fink*, *The Hudsucker Proxy*, *Fargo* and *The Big Lebowski*. He provides the voice of Randall Boggs in the *Monsters, Inc.* franchise and Wayne the Werewolf in the *Hotel Transylvania* film series.

From 2010 to 2014, Buscemi portrayed Enoch "Nucky" Thompson in the critically acclaimed series *Boardwalk Empire*, which earned him two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Golden Globe and two nominations for an Emmy Award. He made his directorial debut with *Trees Lounge* (1996), in which he also starred. Other films he has directed include *Animal Factory*, *Lonesome Jim* and *Interview*. He has directed episodes of *Homicide: Life on the Street*, *The Sopranos*, *Oz*, *30 Rock* and *Nurse Jackie*.
Steve Allen

**Stephen Valentine Patrick William Allen** (December 26, 1921 – October 30, 2000) was an American television personality, radio personality, musician, composer, actor, comedian, writer, and advocate of scientific skepticism. In 1954, he achieved national fame as the co-creator and first host of *The Tonight Show*, which was the first late night television talk show.

Though he got his start in radio, Allen is best known for his extensive network television career. He gained national attention as a guest host on *Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts.* After he hosted *The Tonight Show*, he went on to host numerous game and variety shows, including his own *The Steve Allen Show*, *I've Got a Secret*, and *The New Steve Allen Show*. He was a regular panel member on CBS's *What's My Line?*, and from 1977 until 1981 wrote, produced, and hosted the award-winning public broadcasting show *Meeting of Minds*, a series of historical dramas presented in a talk format.

Allen was a pianist[1] and a prolific composer. By his own estimate, he wrote more than 8,500 songs,[2] some of which were recorded by numerous leading singers. Working as a lyricist, Allen won the 1964 Grammy Award for Best Original Jazz Composition. He also wrote more than 50 books, including novels, children's books, and books of opinions, including his final book, *Vulgarians at the Gate: Trash TV and Raunch Radio* (2001).

In 1996 Allen was presented with the Martin Gardner Lifetime Achievement Award from the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (CSICOP).[3] He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and a Hollywood theater named in his honor.[4]
Stubby Kaye

**Bernard Solomon Kotzin** (November 11, 1918 – December 14, 1997), known as **Stubby Kaye**, was an American actor, comedian, vaudevillian and singer, known for his appearances on Broadway and in film musicals.

Kaye originated the roles of Nicely Nicely Johnson in *Guys and Dolls* and Marryin' Sam in *Li'l Abner*, introducing two show-stopping numbers of the era: "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat" and "Jubilation T. Cornpone". He reprised these roles in the movie versions of the two shows. Other well-known roles include Herman in Bob Fosse's *Sweet Charity*, Sam the Shade in *Cat Ballou*, and Marvin Acme in *Who Framed Roger Rabbit*.
Zach Galifianakis

**Zachary Knight Galifianakis** (/ˌɡælɪfəˈnækɪs/; born October 1, 1969)[2] is an American actor, comedian, and writer who came to prominence with his *Comedy Central Presents* special in 2001 and presented his own show called *Late World with Zach* on VH1 the following year. He has also starred in films, such as *The Hangover* trilogy (2009–2013), *Due Date*(2010), *The Campaign* (2012), *Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)* (2014), *Masterminds* (2016), and *The Lego Batman Movie* (2017).

Galifianakis is the host of the Emmy Award-winning talk show *Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis* on the Funny or Die website. He starred in the FX series *Baskets* for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series in 2017.
Stellan Skarsgård

**Stellan John Skarsgård** (/ˈstɛlən ˈskɑːrsɡɑːrd/;[a] born 13 June 1951) is a Swedish actor. He is known for his roles as Jan Nyman in *Breaking the Waves* (1996), Captain Tupolev in *The Hunt for Red October* (1990), Prof. Gerald Lambeau in *Good Will Hunting* (1997), Bootstrap Bill Turner in *Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest* (2006) and *Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End* (2007), Bill Anderson in *Mamma Mia!* (2008) and the sequel *Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again*(2018), Commander Maximilian Richter in *Angels and Demons* (2009), Martin Vanger in *The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo*(2011), Dr. Erik Selvig in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films *Thor* (2011), *The Avengers* (2012), *Thor: The Dark World*(2013), and *Avengers: Age of Ultron* (2015), and The Grand Duke in *Cinderella* (2015). Most recently he portrayed Boris Shcherbina in the HBO/Sky UK television miniseries *Chernobyl* (2019).[1]
Sullivan Stapleton

**Sullivan Stapleton** (born 14 June 1977)[1] is an Australian actor who is best known for his roles in the SKY (BSkyB)/Cinemax/HBO television series *Strike Back*, *Animal Kingdom* and *300: Rise of an Empire*. He is currently starring in the NBC crime drama *Blindspot* which premiered on September 21, 2015.

Stapleton played the lead role, Greek leader Themistocles, in the film *300: Rise of an Empire* (2014).[2] He was honoured on 24 October 2013 with a Breakthrough Award at an exclusive Australians in Film Benefit Dinner held in Los Angeles.[3]
Sarah Hyland

**Sarah Jane Hyland** (born November 24, 1990)[2] is an American actress and singer.[3][4] Born in Manhattan, she attended the Professional Performing Arts School, followed by small roles in the films *Private Parts* (1997), *Annie* (1999), and *Blind Date* (2007). Hyland is popularly known for playing the character of Haley Dunphy on the ABC sitcom *Modern Family*, for which she has received critical acclaim and numerous accolades and nominations, sharing four Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series with her cast members and garnering a Critics' Choice Television Award nomination Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.

Hyland is also known for her roles in the films *Geek Charming* (2011), *Struck by Lightning* (2012), *Scary Movie 5* (2013), *Vampire Academy* (2014), *See You in Valhalla* (2015), *XOXO* (2016) and *Dirty Dancing* (2017).
Vincent Schiavelli

**Vincent Andrew Schiavelli** (November 11, 1948 – December 26, 2005) was an American character actor and food writernoted for his work on stage, screen and television,[1] often described as "the man with the sad eyes." He was notable for his numerous supporting roles. He often linked his unique facial appearance and tall stature to Marfan syndrome.[*citation needed*]

Schiavelli gained fame as a character actor. His best-known roles include Fredrickson in *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest* (1975), Mr. Vargas in *Fast Times at Ridgemont High* (1982), the Subway Ghost in *Ghost* (1990), Organ Grinder in *Batman Returns* (1992), Chester in *The People vs Larry Flynt* (1996), Dr. Kaufman in *Tomorrow Never Dies* (1997) and ABC executive Maynard Smith in *Man on the Moon* (1999).

Before his death in 2005, Vincent Schiavelli was considered by many as one of Hollywood's best character actors. Roger Ebert stated "Schiavelli had a way of slipping into films without people knowing his name, but they remembered his great performances as unique characters."

Schiavelli is married to actress, Allyce Beasley.
Shane West

**Shannon Bruce Snaith**,[1] better known as **Shane West**, is an American actor, punk rock musician, and songwriter. West is known for his portrayal of Eli Sammler in the ABC family drama *Once and Again*, Landon Carter in *A Walk to Remember*, Darby Crash in *What We Do Is Secret*, Dr. Ray Barnett in the NBC medical drama *ER*, Michael Bishop in The CW spy drama *Nikita* and Bane in the Fox superhero drama *Gotham*. He also starred in the WGNfantasy/adventure/historical drama *Salem* as John Alden.

As well as acting, West has performed with punk rock band the Germs and Jonny Was, and Twilight Creeps.
Tammy Blanchard

**Tammy Blanchard** (born December 14, 1976) is an American actress. She rose to prominence for her role as teenage Judy Garland in the critically acclaimed television film *Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows* (2001), for which she received a Golden Globe Award nomination and a Primetime Emmy Award. Her other notable film roles were in *The Good Shepherd* (2006), *Sybil* (2007), *Into the Woods* (2014) and *The Invitation* (2015).

Blanchard was also nominated for two Tony Awards for her roles as Louise in the 2003 Broadway revival of the musical *Gypsy* and as Hedy LaRue in the 2011 Broadway revival of the musical *How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying*.