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Christopher Plummer

**Arthur Christopher Orme Plummer** CC (born December 13, 1929) is a Canadian actor whose career has spanned six decades, beginning with his film debut in *Stage Struck* (1958).

He is known for portraying Captain Georg von Trapp in *The Sound of Music* (1965),[2] and has portrayed numerous major historical figures, including the Emperor Commodus in *The Fall of the Roman Empire* (1964), Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington in *Waterloo* (1970), Rudyard Kipling in *The Man Who Would Be King* (1975), Mike Wallace in *The Insider*(1999), Leo Tolstoy in *The Last Station* (2009), Kaiser Wilhelm II in *The Exception* (2016), and J. Paul Getty in *All the Money in the World* (2017).

Plummer has received various accolades for his work, including an Academy Award, a Genie Award, two Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a British Academy Film Award; he is one of the few performers to receive the Triple Crown of Acting, and the only Canadian. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor at the age of 82 for *Beginners* (2010), becoming the oldest actor to win an acting award, and he received a nomination at the age of 88 for *All the Money in the World*, making him the oldest person to be nominated in an acting category.
Chadwick Boseman

**Chadwick Aaron Boseman**[1] (born November 29, 1976) is an American actor known for his portrayals of real-life historical figures such as Jackie Robinson in *42* (2013), James Brown in *Get on Up* (2014) and Thurgood Marshall in *Marshall* (2017) and for his portrayal of the superhero Black Panther in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films *Captain America: Civil War* (2016), *Black Panther*, *Avengers: Infinity War* (both 2018) and *Avengers: Endgame* (2019).

Boseman has also had roles in the television series *Lincoln Heights* (2008) and *Persons Unknown* (2010) and the films *The Express: The Ernie Davis Story* (2008), *Draft Day* (2014) and *Message from the King* (2016).
Brie Larson

**Brianne Sidonie Desaulniers** (born October 1, 1989), known professionally as **Brie Larson**, is an American actress and filmmaker. Noted for her supporting work in comedies when a teenager, she has since expanded to leading roles in independent dramas and film franchises, receiving such accolades as an Academy Award and a Golden Globe. *Time*magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2019.

Born in Sacramento, California, Larson was homeschooled. At age six, she became the youngest student admitted to a training program at the American Conservatory Theater. She soon relocated to Los Angeles and began her acting career in 1998 with a comedy sketch in *The Tonight Show with Jay Leno*. She appeared as a regular in the 2001 sitcom *Raising Dad* and briefly dabbled with a music career, releasing the album *Finally Out of P.E.* in 2005. Larson subsequently played supporting roles in the comedy films *Hoot* (2006), *Scott Pilgrim vs. the World* (2010), and *21 Jump Street* (2012), and appeared as a sardonic teenager in the television series *United States of Tara* (2009–2011).

Larson's breakthrough came with a leading role in the acclaimed independent drama *Short Term 12* (2013), and she continued to take on supporting parts in the romance *The Spectacular Now* (2013) and the comedy *Trainwreck* (2015). For playing a kidnapping victim in the drama *Room* (2015), Larson won the Academy Award for Best Actress. The 2017 adventure film *Kong: Skull Island* marked her first big-budget release, after which she starred as Carol Danvers in the 2019 Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero films *Captain Marvel* and *Avengers: Endgame*.

Larson has also co-written and co-directed two short films, including *The Arm* (2012), which received a special jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival. She made her feature film directorial debut in 2017 with the independent comedy-drama *Unicorn Store*. A gender equality activist and an advocate for sexual assault survivors, Larson is vocal about social and political issues.
Burt Lancaster

**Burton Stephen Lancaster** (November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994) was an American actor and producer. Initially known for playing "tough guys", he went on to achieve success with more complex and challenging roles. He was nominated four times for Academy Awards, and won once for his work in *Elmer Gantry* in 1960. He also won a Golden Globe Award for that performance and BAFTA Awards for *Birdman of Alcatraz* (1962) and *Atlantic City* (1980).

During the 1950s his production company Hecht-Hill-Lancaster was highly successful, making films such as *Trapeze*(1956), *Sweet Smell of Success* (1957), *Run Silent, Run Deep* (1958), and *Separate Tables* (1958). The American Film Institute ranks Lancaster as #19 of the greatest male stars of classic Hollywood cinema.[1]
Anthony Hopkins

**Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins** CBE (born 31 December 1937) is a Welsh[1] actor, director, and producer. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1992, and was nominated three additional times. Hopkins has also won three BAFTAs, two Emmys, and the Cecil B. DeMille Award. In 1993, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to the arts.[2]Hopkins received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2003, and in 2008, he received the BAFTA Fellowship for lifetime achievement from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts.[3][4]

After graduating from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama in 1957, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and was then spotted by Laurence Olivier who invited him to join the Royal National Theatre. In 1968, he achieved renown, playing Richard the Lionheart in *The Lion in Winter*. In the mid-1970s, Richard Attenborough, who would direct five Hopkins films, called him "the greatest actor of his generation."

Hopkins portrayed Hannibal Lecter in *The Silence of the Lambs,* for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, its sequel *Hannibal*, and the prequel *Red Dragon*. Hopkins was nominated for three other Academy Awards for the films, *The Remains of the Day* (1993), *Nixon* (1995), and *Amistad* (1997). Other notable films include: *84 Charing Cross Road*(1987), *The Elephant Man* (1980), *Howards End* (1992), *Bram Stoker's Dracula* (1992), *Legends of the Fall* (1994), *Meet Joe Black* (1998), *The Mask of Zorro* (1998), and *Thor* and its sequels. In 2015, he starred in the BBC television film *The Dresser*, and in 2016 and 2018, he starred in the HBO television series *Westworld*.
Charlyne Yi

**Charlyne Amanda Yi** (born January 4, 1986) is an American actress, comedian, musician and writer. Her performances include music, magic, games, and often audience participation.[2][3][4][5][6]

Her screenwriting debut, the feature film *Paper Heart*, won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. She is also known for her role as Dr. Chi Park on the Fox medical drama *House*, the voice of every Ruby on the Cartoon Network animated series *Steven Universe*, the voice of Chloe Park on *We Bare Bears* and the voice of Alice on *Summer Camp Island*.
Carla Gugino

**Carla Gugino** (/ɡʊˈdʒiːnoʊ/; born August 29, 1971) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Ingrid Cortez in the *Spy Kids* trilogy (2001–2003), Ritchie Robert's wife Laurie in *American Gangster* (2007), Sally Jupiter in *Watchmen* (2009), Dr. Vera Gorski in *Sucker Punch* (2011), and as the lead characters in the television series *Karen Sisco*, *Threshold*, *The Haunting of Hill House*, and *Jett*. Gugino's feature film work includes starring roles in *Son in Law*(1993), *Sin City* (2005), *Night at the Museum* (2006), *Mr. Popper's Penguins* (2011), *San Andreas* (2015), and *The Space Between Us* and *Gerald's Game* (both 2017), as well as the voice role of Kelor in the DC Extended Universe. Gugino has also had lead roles in the television series *Political Animals* (2012), *Wayward Pines* (2015), and *Roadies* (2016).
Ben McKenzie

**Benjamin McKenzie Schenkkan** (born September 12, 1978),[1] is an American actor, writer and director. He is known for his role as Jim Gordon and he portrayed Ryan Atwood in the television series *The O.C.* and Ben Sherman in *Southland*. He appeared in the films *Junebug*[2] and *88 Minutes*. His first starring role in a feature film was in the 2008 indie release *Johnny Got His Gun*.[3] From 2014 to 2019, McKenzie starred as James Gordon in the television series *Gotham*, for which he also wrote and directed episodes.
Ben Mendelsohn

**Paul Benjamin Mendelsohn** (born 3 April 1969) is an Australian actor, who first rose to prominence in Australia for his breakout role in *The Year My Voice Broke* (1987) and internationally for his role in the crime drama *Animal Kingdom*(2010).

Since then he has had roles in films such as *The Dark Knight Rises* (2012), *Starred Up* (2013), *Mississippi Grind* (2015), *Rogue One* (2016), *Darkest Hour* (2017) and Steven Spielberg's *Ready Player One* (2018). In 2017, he joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Talos in *Captain Marvel* (2019) and *Spider-Man: Far From Home* (2019).

Mendelsohn starred in the Netflix original series *Bloodline* (2015–2017), for which he received a Golden Globe nomination and won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.
Angela Bassett

**Angela Evelyn Bassett** (born August 16, 1958) is an American actress and activist known for her biographical film roles, most notably her performance as Tina Turner in the biopic *What's Love Got to Do with It* (1993), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. Bassett has additionally portrayed real life figures Betty Shabazz in both *Malcolm X* (1992) and *Panther* (1995), Katherine Jackson in *The Jacksons: An American Dream* (1992), Voletta Wallace in *Notorious* (2009) and Coretta Scott King in *Betty & Coretta* (2013). Her other notable film roles include Reva Styles in *Boyz in the Hood* (1991), Bernie Harris in *Waiting to Exhale* (1995), Rachel Constantine in *Contact* (1997), Lynne Jacobs in *Olympus Has Fallen*(2013) and *London Has Fallen* (2016), and Queen Ramonda in *Black Panther* (2018) and *Avengers: Endgame* (2019).

Bassett began her film career in the 1980s, after earning a bachelor of arts degree from Yale University and a master of fine arts degree from the Yale School of Drama. In the 1990s, she appeared in films nearly every year. The 2000s saw a succession of films starring Bassett, with her appearing in at least one film every year. Bassett's success has continued into the 2010s. Bassett earned nominations for her roles in films such as *The Score* (2001), *Akeelah and the Bee* (2006), *Meet the Browns* (2008) and *Jumping the Broom* (2011) and won awards for her performances in *How Stella Got Her Groove Back* (1998) and *Music of the Heart* (1999), among others. Bassett's performance as Rosa Parks in the 2002 film *The Rosa Parks Story* was honored with her first Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

In 2013, Bassett had a recurring role on the FX horror anthology series *American Horror Story: Coven*, earning her second Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her performance as Voodoo queen Marie Laveau. She returned for *Freak Show*, the series' fourth season, portraying a three-breasted woman named Desiree Dupree, for which she received another Emmy Award nomination. For the fifth season, *Hotel*, she portrayed Ramona Royale, a famous movie star. Bassett returned to the series's sixth cycle, *Roanoke*, portraying an alcoholic actress named Monet Tumusiime, who plays struggling mother and former police officer Lee Harris in the *My Roanoke Nightmare* documentary, and she reprised her role as Marie Laveau in a guest role in the eighth season *Apocalypse*. In 2018, Bassett began producing and starring in the Fox first responder drama series *9-1-1*, playing LAPD patrol sergeant Athena Grant.
Courteney Cox

**Courteney Bass Cox** (born June 15, 1964)[1][2] is an American actress, producer, and director. She is best known for her roles as Monica Geller on the NBC sitcom *Friends*, Gale Weathers in the horror series *Scream*, and Jules Cobb in the ABC/TBS sitcom *Cougar Town*, for which she earned her first Golden Globe nomination. Cox also starred in the FX series *Dirt*. She owns a production company, called Coquette Productions, which was created by Cox and her then-husband David Arquette. Cox also worked as a director on her sitcom *Cougar Town* and the television film *Talhotblond*.
Barbara Hershey

**Barbara Hershey** (born **Barbara Lynn Herzstein**; February 5, 1948),[1] once known as **Barbara Seagull**,[2] is an American actress. In a career spanning more than 50 years, she has played a variety of roles on television and in cinema in several genres, including westerns and comedies. She began acting at age 17 in 1965 but did not achieve much critical acclaim until the latter half of the 1980s. By that time, the *Chicago Tribune* referred to her as "one of America's finest actresses."[3]

Hershey won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries/TV Film for her role in *A Killing in a Small Town* (1990). She received Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Mary Magdalene in *The Last Temptation of Christ* (1988) and for her role in *The Portrait of a Lady* (1996). For the latter film, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and won the Los Angeles Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress. She has won two Best Actress awards at the Cannes Film Festival for her roles in *Shy People*(1987) and *A World Apart* (1988). She was featured in Woody Allen's *Hannah and Her Sisters* (1986), for which she was nominated for the British Academy Film Award for Best Supporting Actress and Garry Marshall's melodrama *Beaches*(1988), and she earned a second British Academy Film Award nomination for Darren Aronofsky's *Black Swan* (2010).

Establishing a reputation early in her career as a "hippie", Hershey experienced conflict between her personal life and her acting goals. Her career suffered a decline during a six-year relationship with actor David Carradine, with whom she had a child. She experimented with a change in stage name that she later regretted. During this time, her personal life was highly publicized and ridiculed.[4] Her acting career was not well established until she separated from Carradine and changed her stage name back to Hershey.[5][6] Later in her career, she began to keep her personal life private.[4][7]
Bella Ramsey

**Isabella May Ramsey**[1] (born 30 September 2003)[2][3] is an English actress. She made her professional acting debut as the young noblewoman Lyanna Mormont in the HBO fantasy television series *Game of Thrones*; she is also known for playing the leading role of Mildred Hubble in the 2017 CBBC television series *The Worst Witch*.[4]
Andrew Dice Clay

**Andrew Dice Clay** (born **Andrew Clay Silverstein**; September 29, 1957)[1] is an American stand-up comedian, actor, musician, and producer.[2] He rose to prominence in the late 1980s with a brash, macho, offensive persona known as "The Diceman". In 1990, he became the first stand-up comedian to sell out Madison Square Garden for two consecutive nights.[3] That same year, he played the lead role in the comedy-mystery film *The Adventures of Ford Fairlane*.

Clay has appeared in several films and television shows, including critically acclaimed supporting roles in Woody Allen's *Blue Jasmine* (2013) and Bradley Cooper's directorial debut *A Star Is Born* (2018). He continues to focus on acting while still touring and performing stand-up. He launched his new podcast, *I'm Ova Hea' Now*, in September 2018.
Benedict Cumberbatch

**Benedict Timothy Carlton Cumberbatch** CBE (born 19 July 1976)[2] is an English actor who has performed in film, television, theatre and radio. A graduate of the Victoria University of Manchester, he continued his training at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, obtaining a Master of Arts in Classical Acting. He first performed at the Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park in Shakespearean productions and made his West End debut in Richard Eyre's revival of *Hedda Gabler* in 2005. Since then he has starred in the Royal National Theatre productions *After the Dance* (2010) and *Frankenstein* (2011). In 2015, he played William Shakespeare's *Hamlet* at the Barbican Theatre.

Cumberbatch's television work includes appearances in *Silent Witness* (2002) and *Fortysomething* (2003) before playing Stephen Hawking in the television film *Hawking* in 2004. He has starred as Sherlock Holmes in the series *Sherlock* since 2010. He has also headlined Tom Stoppard's adaptation of *Parade's End* (2012), *The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses* (2016) and *Patrick Melrose* (2018). In film, Cumberbatch has starred in *Amazing Grace* (2006) as William Pitt the Younger, *Star Trek Into Darkness* (2013) as Khan, *12 Years a Slave* (2013) as William Prince Ford, *The Fifth Estate*(2013) as Julian Assange and *The Imitation Game* (2014) as Alan Turing. From 2012 to 2014, through voice and motion capture, he played the characters of Smaug and the Necromancer in *The Hobbit* film series. In superhero films set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, he has played Dr. Stephen Strange in *Doctor Strange* (2016), *Thor: Ragnarok* (2017), *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018) and *Avengers: Endgame* (2019).

Cumberbatch has received numerous accolades, including the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor for *Frankenstein*and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie for *Sherlock*. His performance in *The Imitation Game* earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. In 2014 *Time* magazine included him in its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world, and in 2015 he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
Craig Robinson

**Craig Phillip Robinson** (born October 25, 1971) is an American actor, comedian, and singer. He is best known for his roles as Darryl Philbin on *The Office* (2005–2013) and Doug Judy (the "Pontiac Bandit") on *Brooklyn Nine-Nine* (2013–). Robinson has appeared in numerous other television shows and films, including *Pineapple Express* (2008), *Zack and Miri Make a Porno* (2008), *Hot Tub Time Machine* (2010), *This Is the End* (2013), and *Sausage Party* (2016).
Alan Tudyk

**Alan Wray Tudyk** (/ˈtjuːdɪk/ *TYOO-dik*;[1] born March 16, 1971) is an American actor and voice actor[2] known for his roles as Hoban "Wash" Washburne in the space western series *Firefly* and the film *Serenity* and Tucker McGee in *Tucker & Dale vs. Evil*. He has also had starring roles in the films *DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story*; *I, Robot*; *A Knight's Tale*; *42*; *Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials*, and *Rogue One*. He has voiced characters in every Walt Disney Animation Studiosfeature film since *Wreck-It Ralph* in 2012, and Iago in the 2019 live-action adaptation of *Aladdin*.

Tudyk appeared on the sitcom *Suburgatory* (2011–14) and has had guest roles on many other series. Earlier in his career, he appeared frequently in Broadway plays as well. He wrote, directed, and starred in the comedy web series *Con Man*(2015–17) about a struggling actor whose career is still defined by a successful science fiction TV show he was once on, loosely based on Tudyk's own experience having been on *Firefly*. The series aired on Syfy in 2017 and earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

In 2019, Tudyk plays the main antagonist, Mr. Nobody, in the DC Universe series *Doom Patrol*.
Christopher McDonald

**Christopher McDonald** (born February 15, 1955)[1][2] is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Darryl Dickinson in *Thelma & Louise* (1991), Shooter McGavin in *Happy Gilmore* (1996), Ward Cleaver in the film adaptation of *Leave It to Beaver* (1997), Kent Mansley in *The Iron Giant* (1999), Tappy Tibbons in *Requiem for a Dream* (2000), and Mel Allen in the HBO film *61\** (2001).
Chris Hemsworth

**Christopher Hemsworth**[1] (born 11 August 1983)[2] is an Australian actor. He rose to prominence playing Kim Hyde in the Australian TV series *Home and Away* (2004–07) before leaving to begin a film career in Hollywood. Hemsworth appeared in the science fiction action film *Star Trek* (2009) and the thriller adventure *A Perfect Getaway* (2009) before gaining positive reviews in the horror comedy *The Cabin in the Woods* (2012).

He held starring roles in the fantasy film *Snow White and the Huntsman* (2012), the war film *Red Dawn* (2012), the action thriller film *Blackhat* (2015), the biographical thriller film *In the Heart of the Sea* (2015), and in the *Men in Black* film seriesspin-off *Men in Black: International* (2019). His most critically acclaimed roles include the horror comedy *The Cabin in the Woods* (2012) and the biographical sports drama film *Rush* (2013) as James Hunt, the 1976 Formula 1 World Champion. In 2016, he appeared in a supporting role in the *Ghostbusters* reboot film.

Hemsworth's greatest commercial successes have been with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, playing Thor, beginning in *Thor* (2011) and most recently with *Avengers: Endgame* (2019), for which he has been nominated for and won numerous awards. His work with the franchise have established him as one of the leading and highest-paid actors in the world.[3][4]
Christopher Lee

**Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee** CBE, CStJ (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015) was an English actor,[1] singer and author. With a career spanning nearly 70 years, Lee was well known for portraying villains and became best known for his role as Count Dracula in a sequence of Hammer Horror films, a typecasting he always lamented.[2] His other film roles include Francisco Scaramanga in the James Bond film *The Man with the Golden Gun* (1974), Count Dooku in the *Star Wars*prequel trilogy (2002 and 2005), and Saruman in the *Lord of the Rings* film trilogy (2001–2003) and the *Hobbit* film trilogy(2012–2014).

Lee was knighted for services to drama and charity in 2009, received the BAFTA Fellowship in 2011, and received the BFI Fellowship in 2013.[3] Lee considered his best performance to be that of Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah in the biopic *Jinnah* (1998), and his best film to be the British cult film *The Wicker Man* (1973).[4] He frequently appeared opposite Peter Cushing in many horror films, and late in his career had roles in six Tim Burton films.[5]

Prior to his acting career, Lee served in the Royal Air Force, where he was attached to the No. 260 Squadron RAF as an intelligence officer and later the Special Operations Executive, the precursor to the SAS. Following his World War IIservice he retired from the RAF in 1946 with the rank of flight lieutenant.

Always noted as an actor for his deep, strong voice, Lee was also known for his singing ability, recording various opera and musical pieces between 1986 and 1998, and the symphonic metal album *Charlemagne: By the Sword and the Cross*in 2010, after having worked with several metal bands since 2005. The heavy metal follow-up *Charlemagne: The Omens of Death* was released on 27 May 2013, Lee's 91st birthday.[6][7] He was honoured with the "Spirit of Metal" award at the 2010 Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards ceremony.
Catherine O'Hara

**Catherine Anne O'Hara** OC (born March 4, 1954) is a Canadian actress, writer, and comedian. She first drew notice as an actress in 1974 as a member of The Second City improvisational comedy troupe in Toronto. She landed her first significant television role in 1975 starring opposite John Candy and Dan Aykroyd in the main cast of the Canadian sitcom *Coming Up Rosie* (1975–1978). The following year, she and Candy began work on *Second City Television* (1976–84), where she drew acclaim for both her work as a comedic actress and writer, winning a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series in 1981.

O'Hara has appeared in several films directed by Tim Burton, beginning with the role of Delia Deetz in the 1988 film *Beetlejuice*. Other roles she has portrayed in Burton films include the voices of Sally/Shock in *The Nightmare Before Christmas* (1993) and Susan Frankenstein in *Frankenweenie* (2012). She has also frequently collaborated with director and writer Christopher Guest, appearing in the mockumentary films *Waiting for Guffman* (1996), *Best in Show* (2000), *A Mighty Wind* (2003), and *For Your Consideration* (2006). In 2000, she won a Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for the film *The Life Before This*. She is also known to audiences as Kate McCallister, the mother of Kevin, in both *Home Alone* (1990) and *Home Alone 2: Lost in New York* (1992).

In 2010 O'Hara was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie and the Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film for her portrayal of Aunt Ann in *Temple Grandin* opposite Claire Danes. For her work on the television series *Schitt's Creek* (2015–present), O'Hara has won four consecutive Canadian Screen Awards for Best Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, between 2016 and 2019, and earned a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series nomination, the first of her career.

Her other notable television appearances include the recurring roles of Dr. Georgina Orwell in the Netflix series *A Series of Unfortunate Events* and Carol Ward in *Six Feet Under*, and the voices of Jackie Martin in *Glenn Martin, DDS*, Miss Malone in *The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley*, Kaossandra in *Skylanders Academy* and Liz Larsen in *Committed*. She has also hosted *Saturday Night Live* twice during her career and made numerous guest appearances on sitcoms, variety shows, and late night television.
Boris Karloff

**William Henry Pratt** (23 November 1887 – 2 February 1969), better known by his stage name **Boris Karloff** (/ˈkɑːrlɒf/), was an English actor who was primarily known for his roles in horror films.[2] He portrayed Frankenstein's monster in *Frankenstein* (1931), *Bride of Frankenstein* (1935) and *Son of Frankenstein* (1939). He also appeared as Imhotep in *The Mummy* (1932).

In non-horror roles, he is best known to modern audiences for narrating and as the voice of Grinch in the animated television special of Dr. Seuss' *How the Grinch Stole Christmas!* (1966). For his contribution to film and television, Boris Karloff was awarded two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Brendan Gleeson

**Brendan Gleeson** (born 29 March 1955) is an Irish actor and film director. He is the recipient of three IFTA Awards, two BIFA Awards, and an Emmy Award and has been nominated twice for a BAFTA Award and thrice for a Golden Globe Award.

He is best-known for his performance as Alastor Moody in the Harry Potter films from (2004-2010), and for his supporting roles in films such as *Braveheart* (1995), *Michael Collins* (1996), *Gangs of New York* (2002), *Cold Mountain* (2003), *Troy*(2004), *Suffragette* (2015), *Paddington 2* (2018), and *The Ballad of Buster Scruggs* (2018), as well as leading roles in films such as *In Bruges* (2008), *The Guard* (2011), and *Calvary* (2014). He has starred as detective Bill Hodges in the television adaptation of Stephen King's *Mr. Mercedes*.

He won an Emmy Award in 2009 for his portrayal of Winston Churchill in the television film *Into the Storm*.

He is the father of actors Domhnall Gleeson and Brian Gleeson.
Christopher Walken

**Christopher Walken** (born **Ronald Walken**, March 31, 1943) is an American actor, dancer, director, screenwriter, and playwright who has appeared in more than 100 films and television programs,[1] including *Annie Hall* (1977), *The Deer Hunter* (1978), *The Dogs of War* (1980), *The Dead Zone* (1983), *A View to a Kill* (1985), *Batman Returns* (1992), *True Romance* (1993), *Pulp Fiction* (1994), *Antz* (1998), *Vendetta* (1999), *Sleepy Hollow* (1999), *Catch Me If You Can* (2002), *Hairspray* (2007), *Seven Psychopaths* (2012), the first three *Prophecy* films, *The Jungle Book* (2016), and *Irreplaceable You* (2018). He has received a number of awards and nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for *The Deer Hunter*. He was nominated for the same award and won BAFTA and Screen Actors Guild Awards for *Catch Me If You Can*. His films have grossed more than $1 billion in the United States.[2]

Walken has also played the lead in the Shakespeare plays *Hamlet*, *Macbeth*, *Romeo and Juliet*, and *Coriolanus*. He is a popular guest-host of *Saturday Night Live*, hosting seven times. His most notable roles on the show include record producer Bruce Dickinson in the "More Cowbell" sketch; the disgraced Confederate officer Colonel Angus; and multiple appearances in the Continental sketch. He has also appeared in Hallmark Hall of Fame's *Sarah, Plain and Tall* (1991), which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

Walken debuted as a film director and screenwriter with the 2001 short film *Popcorn Shrimp*. He also wrote and played the lead role in the 1995 play *Him* about Elvis Presley.[3]
Ciarán Hinds

**Ciarán Hinds** (/ˈkɪərən ˈhaɪndz/;[1] born 9 February 1953) is an Irish[2][3] actor. A versatile character actor, he has featured in films such as *Road to Perdition*, *Munich*, *There Will Be Blood*, *Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2*, *Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy*, *Frozen*, *Silence*, *Red Sparrow*, and *Justice League*, in which he portrayed the main antagonist Steppenwolf.

His television roles include Gaius Julius Caesar in the series *Rome*, DCI James Langton in *Above Suspicion*, and Mance Rayder in *Game of Thrones*. As a stage actor Hinds has enjoyed spells with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the Royal National Theatre in London, and six seasons with Glasgow Citizens' Theatre,[4][5] and he has continued to work on stage throughout his career.
Christina Applegate

**Christina Applegate** (born November 25, 1971) is an American actress and dancer.[1][2] As an adolescent actress, she started playing the role of Kelly Bundy on the Fox sitcom *Married... with Children* (1987–97). In her adult years, Applegate established a film and television career, winning an Emmy Award (for her guest role in the sitcom *Friends*) and earning Tony and Golden Globe nominations.

Applegate has had major roles in several films, including *Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead* (1991), *The Big Hit* (1998), *The Sweetest Thing* (2002), *Grand Theft Parsons* (2003), *Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy* (2004) and its sequel *Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues* (2013), *Hall Pass* (2011), *Vacation* (2015), and *Bad Moms* (2016). She has also starred in the 2005 Broadway revival of the musical *Sweet Charity*, for which she received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Applegate has played the lead role in the television sitcoms *Jesse* (1998–2000), *Samantha Who?* (2007–09) and *Up All Night* (2011–12), and in the Netflix dark comedy series *Dead to Me* (2019).
Carol Kane

**Carolyn Laurie Kane** (born June 18, 1952)[1] is an American actress and comedian. She became known in the 1970s-80s in films such as *Hester Street* (for which she received an Oscar nomination), *Annie Hall* and *The Princess Bride*. She appeared on the television series *Taxi* in the early 1980s, as Simka Gravas, the wife of Latka, the character played by Andy Kaufman, winning two Emmy Awards for her work. She has played the character of Madame Morrible in the musical *Wicked*, both in regional productions and on Broadway from 2005 to 2014. From 2015 to 2019, she was a main cast member on the Netflix original series *Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt*, in which she plays Lillian Kaushtupper.
Alicia Witt

**Alicia Roanne Witt** (born August 21, 1975[1]) is an American actress, singer-songwriter, and pianist. She first came to fame as a child actress after being discovered by David Lynch, who cast her as Alia Atreides in his film *Dune* (1984) and in a guest role in his television series *Twin Peaks* (1990).

Witt later had a critically acclaimed role as a disturbed teenager in *Fun* (1994), and appeared as a music student in *Mr. Holland's Opus* (1995), and as a college coed in the horror film *Urban Legend* (1998). She then appeared in Cameron Crowe's *Vanilla Sky* (2001), *Last Holiday* (2006), and the thriller *88 Minutes* (2007). Witt has made television appearances in *The Walking Dead*, *The Sopranos*, *Nashville*, *Two and a Half Men*, *Friday Night Lights*, *Law & Order: Criminal Intent*, *Cybill*, *Justified*, *Twin Peaks: The Return*, and *Orange Is the New Black*. In addition to acting, Witt has been described as a musical prodigy,[2] as an accomplished pianist, singer, and songwriter. She released her self-titled debut album in 2009. Witt has also appeared in six Hallmark Channel movies, and one Hallmark Movies and Mysteries Channel movie.[3]
America Ferrera

**America Georgine Ferrera** (/fəˈrɛərə/; born April 18, 1984)[1] is an American actress, voice actress, and producer. Born in Los Angeles, California, to Honduran parents, Ferrera developed an interest in acting at a young age, performing in several stage productions at her school. She made her feature film debut in 2002 with the comedy drama *Real Women Have Curves*, winning praise for her performance. Ferrera is the recipient of numerous accolades including an Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award among others.

Ferrera garnered modest success early in her career with roles in films like the Disney original *Gotta Kick It Up!* (2002) and the drama *The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants* (2005); the latter earned her the Imagen Award Best Actress and her first nomination at the ALMA Awards. She ventured into television roles and landed the leading part on the ABCcomedy drama *Ugly Betty* (2006–2010). Ferrera garnered critical acclaim for playing the protagonist of the series Betty Suarez, and won the Best Actress Awards at various award ceremonies in 2007 including the Golden Globe Awards, the Screen Actors Guild Awards, and the Primetime Emmy Award, the first for a Latin woman in the category.

Ferrera's other notable film roles include the drama *The Dry Land* (2010), the romantic comedy *Our Family Wedding*(2010), and the crime drama *End of Watch* (2012). She provided the voice of Astrid Hofferson in the *How to Train Your Dragon* franchise, including the three films and the television series *Dreamworks Dragons*. She co-produces and stars as Amy Dubanowski in the NBC comedy series *Superstore* (2015–present).

Ferrera garnered wide recognition for *Ugly Betty*. *Time* magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2007.
Cate Blanchett

**Catherine Elise Blanchett** AC (/ˈblæntʃət/;[1][2] born 14 May 1969) is an Australian-American actress and theatre director. She is the recipient of various accolades, including two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and three BAFTA Awards. *Time* magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2007, and in 2018, she was listed among the highest-paid actresses in the world.

After graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Blanchett began her acting career on the Australian stage, taking on roles in *Electra* in 1992 and *Hamlet* in 1994. She came to international attention for portraying Elizabeth I of England in the drama film *Elizabeth* (1998), for which she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress and earned her first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Her portrayal of Katharine Hepburn in the biographical drama *The Aviator* (2004), earned her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for playing a neurotic former socialite in the black comedy-drama *Blue Jasmine* (2013). Her other Oscar-nominated roles were in the dramas *Notes on a Scandal* (2006), *Elizabeth: The Golden Age* (2007), *I'm Not There* (2007), and *Carol* (2015).

Blanchett's most commercially successful films include *The Talented Mr. Ripley* (1999), Peter Jackson's *The Lord of the Rings* trilogy (2001–2003) and *The Hobbit* trilogy (2012–2014), *Babel* (2006), *The Curious Case of Benjamin Button*(2008), *Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull* (2008), *Cinderella* (2015), *Thor: Ragnarok* (2017), and *Ocean's 8* (2018). From 2008 to 2013, Blanchett and her husband Andrew Upton served as the artistic directors of the Sydney Theatre Company. Some of her stage roles during this period were in revivals of *A Streetcar Named Desire*, *Uncle Vanya*, and *The Maids*. She made her Broadway debut in 2017 with *The Present*, for which she received a Tony Award nomination.

Blanchett has been awarded the Centenary Medal by the Australian government, who made her a companion of the Order of Australia in 2017.[3] She was appointed Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government in 2012. She has been presented with a Doctor of Letters from the University of New South Wales, University of Sydney, and Macquarie University. In 2015, she was honoured by the Museum of Modern Art and received the British Film Institute Fellowship.
Al Gore

**Albert Arnold Gore Jr.** (born March 31, 1948) is an American politician and environmentalist who served as the 45th vice president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Gore was Bill Clinton's running mate in their successful campaign in 1992, and the pair was re-elected in 1996. Near the end of Clinton's second term, Gore was selected as the Democraticnominee for the 2000 presidential election but lost the election in a very close race after a Florida recount. After his term as vice-president ended in 2001, Gore remained prominent as an author and environmental activist, whose work in climate change activism earned him (jointly with the IPCC) the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007.

Gore was an elected official for 24 years. He was a representative from Tennessee (1977–1985) and from 1985 to 1993 served as a senator from that state. He served as vice president during the Clinton administration from 1993 to 2001. The 2000 presidential election was one of the closest presidential races in history. Gore won the popular vote, but after a controversial election dispute over a Florida recount (settled by the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled 5–4 in favor of Bush), he lost the election to Republican opponent George W. Bush in the Electoral College.

Gore is the founder and current chair of the The Climate Reality Project, the co-founder and chair of Generation Investment Management and the now-defunct Current TV network, a member of the Board of Directors of Apple Inc., and a senior adviser to Google.[1] Gore is also a partner in the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins, heading its climate change solutions group.[2][3] He has served as a visiting professor at Middle Tennessee State University, Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Fisk University, and the University of California, Los Angeles.[1][4][5][6] He served on the Board of Directors of World Resources Institute.[7]

Gore has received a number of awards that include the Nobel Peace Prize (joint award with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2007), a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album (2009) for his book *An Inconvenient Truth*,[8] a Primetime Emmy Award for Current TV (2007), and a Webby Award (2005). Gore was also the subject of the Academy Award-winning (2007) documentary *An Inconvenient Truth* in 2006. In 2007, he was named a runner-up for *Time*'s 2007 Person of the Year.[9]
Bill Irwin

**William Mills Irwin** (born April 11, 1950) is an American actor, clown,[1][2] and comedian. He began as a vaudeville-style stage performer and has been noted for his contribution to the renaissance of American circus during the 1970s. He has also made a number of appearances on film and television, and he won a Tony Award for his role in *Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf* on Broadway. He is also known as Mr. Noodle on the *Sesame Street* segment *Elmo's World*, has appeared in the *Sesame Street* film short *Does Air Move Things?*,[3] and regularly appeared as a therapist on *Law and Order: SVU*.[4]
Ann-Margret

**Ann-Margret Olsson** (born April 28, 1941), known simply as **Ann-Margret**, is a Swedish-born, American actress, singer, and dancer.

As an actress, Ann-Margret is best known for her roles in *Bye Bye Birdie* (1963), *Viva Las Vegas* (1964), *The Cincinnati Kid* (1965), *Carnal Knowledge* (1971), *The Train Robbers*(1973), *Tommy* (1975), *Grumpy Old Men* (1993), *Grumpier Old Men* (1995), and *All's Faire in Love* (2009). She has won five Golden Globe Awards and been nominated for two Academy Awards, two Grammy Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and six Emmy Awards. In 2010, she won an Emmy Award for her guest appearance on *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit*.

Her singing and acting careers span five decades, starting in 1961; initially, she was billed as a female version of Elvis Presley. She has a sultry vibrant contralto voice.[1][2] She had a minor hit in 1961 and a charting album in 1964, and scored a disco hit in 1979. In 2001, she recorded a critically acclaimed gospel album, and an album of Christmas songs in 2004.
Armand Assante

**Armand Anthony Assante** (/ɑːˈsɑːnti/; born October 4, 1949) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as mobster John Gotti in the 1996 HBO television film *Gotti*, Nietzsche in *When Nietzsche Wept* and Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer in 1982's *I, the Jury*. His performance in *Gotti* earned him a Primetime Emmy Award and nominations for the Golden Globe Award and the Screen Actors Guild Award.
Chris Evans

**Christopher Robert Evans**[1] (born June 13, 1981)[2] is an American actor. Evans is known for his superhero roles as the Marvel Comics characters Steve Rogers / Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the Human Torch in *Fantastic Four* (2005) and its 2007 sequel. His work in the former film series established him as one of the highest-paid actors in the world.[3]

Evans began his career on the 2000 television series *Opposite Sex.* Besides his superhero films, he has appeared in such films as *Not Another Teen Movie* (2001), *Sunshine* (2007), *Scott Pilgrim vs. the World* (2010), *Snowpiercer* (2013), and *Gifted* (2017). In 2014, he made his directorial debut with the drama film *Before We Go*, in which he also starred.[4] In 2018, Evans made his Broadway debut in a production of *Lobby Hero*.
Charlie Cox

**Charlie Thomas Cox**[1] (born 15 December 1982)[2] is an English actor known for his roles as Matt Murdock / Daredevilin *Daredevil* (2015–2018) and *The Defenders* (2017), Tristan Thorn in *Stardust* (2007), Jonathan Hellyer Jones in *The Theory of Everything* (2014), and Owen Sleater in the second and third seasons of HBO's *Boardwalk Empire* (2011–2012).
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

**Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje** (/ˌædeɪˈwɑːleɪ ˌækɪˈnuːeɪ ɑːˈbɑːdʒeɪ/; born 22 August 1967) is a British actor, director, and former fashion model known for his roles as Simon Adebisi on *Oz*, Nykwana Wombosi in *The Bourne Identity*, Kurse in *Thor: The Dark World*, Killer Croc in *Suicide Squad*, Mr. Eko on *Lost*, Malko in the fifth season of the HBO series *Game of Thrones*[1] and Dave Duerson in the NFL biopic drama *Concussion*.[2]

Akinnuoye-Agbaje's feature directorial debut, *Farming*,[3] wrapped production in 2017[4] and had its world premiere at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.[5]
Ben Schwartz

**Ben Schwartz** (born September 15, 1981)[1] is an American actor, voice actor, comedian, writer, director and producer. He is best known for portraying BB-8 in Star Wars, as well as Jean-Ralphio Saperstein on the sitcom *Parks and Recreation*, and for his various recurring roles in the CollegeHumor web series *Jake and Amir*. In 2012, he joined Showtime's comedy *House of Lies* as the ambitious, brash, and insecure management consultant Clyde Oberholt.

His feature film credits include *Peep World*,[2] *Everybody's Fine*, *The Other Guys*, *The Walk* and *This Is Where I Leave You*.
Albert Brooks

**Albert Lawrence Brooks** (born **Albert Lawrence Einstein**; July 22, 1947) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and director. He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for 1987's *Broadcast News* and was widely praised for his performance in the 2011 film *Drive*.[1] His voice acting credits include, Marlin in *Finding Nemo*(2003) and *Finding Dory* (2016), and recurring guest voices for *The Simpsons*, including Russ Cargill in *The Simpsons Movie* (2007) and Hank Scorpio.

He has written, directed, and starred in several comedy films, such as *Modern Romance* (1981), *Lost in America* (1985), and *Defending Your Life* (1991). He is also the author of *2030: The Real Story of What Happens to America* (2011).
Buddy Hackett

**Buddy Hackett** (born **Leonard Hacker**; August 31, 1924 – June 30, 2003) was an American comedian and actor. His best remembered roles include Marcellus Washburn in *The Music Man* (1962); Benjy Benjamin in *It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World* (1963); Tennessee Steinmetz in *The Love Bug* (1968); and the voice of Scuttle in *The Little Mermaid* (1989).
Cloris Leachman

**Cloris Leachman** (born April 30, 1926) is an American actress and comedian. In a career spanning over seven decades she has won eight Primetime Emmy Awards, a Daytime Emmy Award, and an Academy Award for her role in *The Last Picture Show* (1971).

As Miss Chicago, Leachman competed in the 20th Miss America pageant and placed in the Top 16 in 1946. Her longest-running role was the nosy and cunning landlady Phyllis Lindstrom in the CBS sitcom *The Mary Tyler Moore Show* and its spin-off, *Phyllis*, in the 1970s.

She also appeared in three Mel Brooks films, including *Young Frankenstein* (1974), starred as Beverly Ann Stickle in the NBC sitcom *The Facts of Life* from 1986 to 1988, and appeared as Granny in *The Beverly Hillbillies* (1993).

In the 2000s, Leachman had a recurring role as Grandma Ida on the Fox sitcom *Malcolm in the Middle*, and appeared as a roaster in the Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget in 2008.

She was a contestant on the seventh season of the ABC reality competition series *Dancing with the Stars* in 2008, paired with Corky Ballas. She was 82 at the time and is the oldest contestant to have danced in the series.[1] From 2010–14, she starred as Maw Maw on the Fox sitcom *Raising Hope*.

In 2017, she played the role of Zorya Vechernyaya on the Starz drama *American Gods*.
Anthony Edwards

**Anthony Charles Edwards**[1] (born July 19, 1962)[2] is an American actor and director.[3] He is most widely known for his role as Dr. Mark Greene on the first eight seasons of *ER*, for which he received a Golden Globe award and six Screen Actors Guild Awards, and was nominated for four consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards. Additionally, he has appeared in various movies and television shows, including *Top Gun*, *Zodiac*, *Miracle Mile*, *Revenge of the Nerds*, *Planes*, *Northern Exposure* and *Designated Survivor*.
Dan Castellaneta

**Daniel Louis Castellaneta** (/ˌkæstələˈnɛtə/; born October 29, 1957) is an American actor, voice actor, comedian and screenwriter. Castellaneta is known for voicing Homer Simpson on the Fox Broadcasting Company animated series *The Simpsons*. His other roles on the show include Abraham "Grampa" Simpson, Barney Gumble, Krusty the Clown, Sideshow Mel, Groundskeeper Willie, Mayor Quimby and Hans Moleman. Castellaneta also had roles in several other programs, including *Futurama* for Fox Broadcasting Company, *Sibs* and *Darkwing Duck* for ABC, *The Adventures of Dynamo Duck* for Fox Kids, *Back to the Future: The Animated Series* for CBS, *Aladdin* for Toon Disney, Taz-Mania for Warner Bros. Animation and in *Hey Arnold!* as Grandpa Phil for Nickelodeon. He is also occasional guest stars on shows like Friends and How I Met Your Mother.

In 1999, he appeared in the Christmas special *Olive, the Other Reindeer*, and won an Annie Award for his portrayal of the Postman. Castellaneta released a comedy album *I Am Not Homer*, and wrote and starred in a one-person show titled *Where Did Vincent van Gogh?*.