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Helen Hunt

**Helen Elizabeth Hunt** (born June 15, 1963) is an American actress, director, and screenwriter. She rose to fame portraying Jamie Buchman in the sitcom *Mad About You* (1992–1999), for which she won three Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy and four Emmy Awards (Primetime) for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series.

Hunt won the Academy Award for Best Actress for starring as Carol Connelly in the romantic comedy *As Good as It Gets*(1997), while her portrayal of Cheryl Cohen-Greene in *The Sessions* (2012), garnered her an additional Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Her other notable films include *Twister* (1996), *Cast Away* (2000), *What Women Want*(2000), *Pay It Forward* (2000), *Bobby* (2006), *Soul Surfer* (2011) and *The Miracle Season* (2018).

Hunt made her directorial film debut with *Then She Found Me* (2007), and has since directed the film *Ride* (2014) and episodes of such television series as *House of Lies*, *This Is Us*, *Feud: Bette and Joan* and *American Housewife*.
David Wenham

**David Wenham** (born 21 September 1965) is an Australian actor who has appeared in movies, television series and theatre productions. He is known in Hollywood for his roles as Faramir in *The Lord of the Rings* film trilogy, Carl in *Van Helsing*, Dilios in *300* and its sequel *300: Rise of an Empire*, Al Parker in *Top of the Lake*, and Lieutenant John Scarfield in *Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales*. He is known in his native Australia for his role as Diver Dan in *SeaChange*.
Ellar Coltrane

**Ellar Coltrane Kinney Salmon** (born August 27, 1994), known professionally as **Ellar Coltrane**, is an American actor and model. He is best known for his role as Mason Evans Jr. in Richard Linklater's film *Boyhood* (2014), for which he won the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer.[2]
Emma Kenney

**Emma Rose Kenney** (born September 14, 1999) is an American actress, best known for her portrayal of Deborah "Debbie" Gallagher on *Shameless*, a role she has held since 2011. Kenney played Harris Conner in the revival of the '80s/'90s family sitcom *Roseanne,*[1] a role she reprises in *The Conners*.
Jake Gyllenhaal

**Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal** (/ˈdʒɪlənhɔːl/;[1] born December 19, 1980) is an American actor. Born into the Gyllenhaal family, he is the son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner. He began acting as a child, making his acting debut in *City Slickers* (1991), followed by roles in his father's films *A Dangerous Woman* (1993) and *Homegrown* (1998). His breakthrough performances were as Homer Hickam in *October Sky* (1999) and as a psychologically troubled teenager in *Donnie Darko* (2001). His most widely seen film to that point came with the disaster film *The Day After Tomorrow* (2004).

Gyllenhaal won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for playing Jack Twist in Ang Lee's romance *Brokeback Mountain* (2005). His career progressed with starring roles in the thriller *Zodiac* (2007), the romantic comedy *Love & Other Drugs* (2010), and the science fiction film *Source Code* (2011). He continued to gain acclaim for Denis Villeneuve's thrillers *Prisoners* (2013) and *Enemy*(2013), and he received nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his roles as a manipulative journalist in *Nightcrawler* (2014) and a troubled writer in *Nocturnal Animals* (2016). His highest-grossing release came with the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film *Spider-Man: Far From Home* (2019), in which he played Mysterio.

Gyllenhaal's stage roles include a Broadway production of Nick Payne's drama *Constellations* in 2014. In addition to acting, he is vocal about political and social issues.
Hugh Bonneville

**Hugh Richard Bonneville Williams** (born 10 November 1963) is an English actor.[1] He is best known for playing Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham in the ITV historical drama series *Downton Abbey* and Mr. Brown in the *Paddington* film series. His performance on the show earned him a nomination at the Golden Globes and two consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nominations.
Gabriel Byrne

**Gabriel James Byrne** (born 12 May 1950) is an Irish actor, film director, film producer, writer, cultural ambassador and audiobook narrator. His acting career began in the Focus Theatre before he joined London's Royal Court Theatre in 1979. Byrne's screen debut came in the Irish drama serial *The Riordans* and the spin-off show *Bracken*.

He has starred in over 70 films for some of cinemas best known directors. On Broadway he received 3 Tony nominations for his roles in the work of Eugene O'Neill as well as the Outer Critics Circle Award for A touch of the poet. On television Byrne has been nominated for 3 Emmys. He won a Golden Globe for his performance in HBO's *In Treatment (*2008–2011) and the role of Paul Weston in this american drama is one of Byrne's most identifiable one, for which he won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for two Emmy Awards and two Satellite Awards.

He starred in many films, including: *Excalibur* (1981), *Miller's Crossing* (1990), *The Usual Suspects* (1995), *Stigmata*(1999), *End of Days* (1999), *Spider* (2002), *Jindabyne* (2006), *Vampire Academy* (2014), *The 33* (2015), and *Hereditary*(2018), and co-wrote *The Last of the High Kings* (1996). Byrne has also produced several films, including the Academy Award–nominated *In the Name of the Father* (1993).

In 2018, Gabriel Byrne was awarded the Irish Film and Television Academy Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to Irish cinema.
Heather Graham

**Heather Joan Graham** (born January 29, 1970) is an American actress, director, and writer. After appearing in television commercials, her first starring role in a feature film came with the teen comedy *License to Drive* (1988), followed by the critically acclaimed film *Drugstore Cowboy* (1989), which gained her initial industry notice.[1] She then played supporting roles in films such as *Shout* (1991), *Diggstown*(1992), *Six Degrees of Separation* (1993), *Swingers* (1996) and on the television series *Twin Peaks* (1991) and its prequel film *Fire Walk with Me* (1992), before gaining critical praise for starring in Paul Thomas Anderson's *Boogie Nights* (1997) as porn starlet Brandy / Rollergirl.[2] In 1999, she co-starred in *Bowfinger* and *Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me*.

In the 2000s, Graham starred in films *Committed* (2000), *Say It Isn't So* (2001), *Mary* (2005), *Gray Matters* (2007), *The Hangover* (2009) and its sequel, *The Hangover Part III* (2013). She also had a role on the television series *Scrubs* in 2004, before playing the title character on the short-lived series *Emily's Reasons Why Not* in 2006. She also had recurring roles on Showtime's *Californication* (2014) and Netflix's *Flaked* (2016).

Noted for portraying characters with sex appeal, she often appears in magazine lists of "Most Beautiful" and "Sexiest" women.[3] Graham is a public advocate for Children International,[4] and supported the climate change campaign Global Cool in 2007.
Don Rickles

**Donald Jay Rickles** (May 8, 1926 – April 6, 2017) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, and author, known especially for his insult comedy. His film roles included *Run Silent, Run Deep* (1958) with Clark Gable and *Kelly's Heroes*(1970) with Clint Eastwood, and beginning in 1976 he enjoyed a two-year run starring in the NBC television sitcom *C.P.O. Sharkey*.

Rickles received widespread exposure as a frequent guest on talk and variety shows, including *The Dean Martin Show*, *The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson* and *Late Show with David Letterman*, and later voiced Mr. Potato Head in the *Toy Story* franchise. He won a Primetime Emmy Award for the 2007 documentary *Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project*.
Daniel Day-Lewis

**Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis** (born 29 April 1957) is a retired English[1] actor who holds both British and Irish citizenship. He has been hailed by many as one of the greatest and most widely respected actors of his generation, and one of the greatest actors of all time.[2][3][4][5] He has earned numerous awards throughout his career, including three Academy Awards for Best Actor, making him the only male actor to have three wins in the Best Actor category and one of only three male actors to win three Oscars.[6] He won four BAFTA Awards for Best Actor, three Screen Actors Guild Awards and two Golden Globe Awards.

Born and raised in London, Day-Lewis excelled on stage at the National Youth Theatre before being accepted at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, which he attended for three years. Despite his traditional training at the Bristol Old Vic, he is considered a method actor, known for his constant devotion to and research of his roles.[7][8] Displaying a "mercurial intensity", he would often remain completely in character throughout the shooting schedules of his films, even to the point of adversely affecting his health.[2][9] He is one of the most selective actors in the film industry, having starred in only six films since 1998, with as many as five years between roles.[10] Protective of his private life, he rarely gives interviews, and makes very few public appearances.[11]

Day-Lewis shifted between theatre and film for most of the early 1980s, joining the Royal Shakespeare Company and playing Romeo in *Romeo and Juliet* and Flute in *A Midsummer Night's Dream*, before appearing in the 1984 film *The Bounty*. He starred in *My Beautiful Laundrette* (1985), his first critically acclaimed role, and gained further public notice with *A Room with a View* (1985). He then assumed leading man status with *The Unbearable Lightness of Being* (1988). His performance in *My Left Foot* (1989) saw him receive his first Academy Award and BAFTA, and he would win both awards again for *There Will Be Blood* (2007) and *Lincoln* (2012). He was also nominated for the Academy Award for his work in *In the Name of the Father* (1993), *Gangs of New York* (2002), and *Phantom Thread* (2017). In June 2014, he received a knighthood for services to drama.[12] Day-Lewis announced his retirement in 2017, following the completion of *Phantom Thread*.[13][14]
Felicity Huffman

**Felicity Kendall Huffman** (born December 9, 1962) is an American actress. She is the recipient of numerous accolades including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and has received nominations for an Academy Award, and a BAFTA Award.

Huffman began her acting career in theatre, and in the 1990s also had many supporting roles in film and television. She starred as Dana Whitaker in the comedy-drama *Sports Night* from 1998 to 2000, which earned her a Golden Globe Awardnomination. She is best known for her role as Lynette Scavo in the ABC comedy-drama *Desperate Housewives* (2004–2012), for which she earned the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for the debut season of the series, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, and three consecutive Golden Globe nominations.

Huffman drew critical praise for her performance as a transgender woman in the independent film *Transamerica* (2005). The role earned her a Golden Globe Award, Independent Spirit Award, National Board of Review, and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Huffman has also starred in such films as *Reversal of Fortune* (1990), *The Spanish Prisoner* (1997), *Magnolia* (1999), *Path to War* (2002), *Georgia Rule* (2007), *Phoebe in Wonderland* (2008), *Rudderless*(2014), and *Cake* (2014). From 2015 to 2017, she starred in a third ABC series, the anthology crime drama *American Crime*, for which she received critical acclaim including three Primetime Emmy Award nominations, two Golden Globe nominations and a Screen Actors Guild nomination.

On March 12, 2019, Huffman was arrested for her involvement with a nationwide college entrance exam cheating scandal, charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud, and released on $250,000 bail.[1]On April 8, she agreed to plead guilty.[2] On May 13, Huffman pleaded guilty to federal charges for paying $15,000 to have a proctor correct SAT questions answered incorrectly by her daughter. Sentencing is scheduled for September 13, 2019.[3]
Irrfan Khan

**Irrfan Yaseen Khan** (born 7 January 1966), also credited as simply **Irrfan**, is an Indian film actor, known for his work predominantly in Hindi cinema, as well as his works in British films and Hollywood.[2][3] In a film career spanning almost thirty years and featuring in more than fifty domestic films, Khan has received numerous awards, including a National Film Award and Filmfare Awards in four categories. Film critics, contemporaries and other experts consider him to be one of the finest actors in Indian cinema for his versatile and natural acting.[4][5] In 2011, he was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour for his contribution to the field of arts.[6]

Domestically, he made his screen debut with the Academy Award-nominated film *Salaam Bombay!* (1988). Followed by a series of roles in films that failed to propel his career forward, he received critical acclaim for playing negative roles in the drama films *Haasil* (2003) and *Maqbool* (2004), for the former he won the Filmfare Award for Best Villain. The successful drama *Life in a... Metro* (2007) marked a turning point in Khan's career, earning him praise and several awards including the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor. He rose to prominence with his portrayal of Paan Singh Tomar in the acclaimed biographical sports drama *Paan Singh Tomar* (2011), which garnered him the National Film Award for Best Actor and a Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor.[7] His performance in the BAFTA Award-nominated romance *The Lunchbox* (2013) earned him universal acclaim by the critics and audiences. Khan went on to feature in the commercially and critically successful films *Haider* (2014), *Gunday* (2014), *Piku* (2015) and *Talvar* (2015). His highest-grossing Hindi release came with the critically acclaimed comedy-drama *Hindi Medium* (2017), which became a sleeper hit in India and China, which ranks among highest-grossing Indian films of all time and earned him praise for his performance, winning several awards including the Filmfare Award for Best Actor.

Globally, Khan has worked in several international projects such as *The Warrior* (2001), *The Namesake* (2006), *The Darjeeling Limited* (2007), the Academy Award-winning film *Slumdog Millionaire* (2008), *New York, I Love You* (2009), *The Amazing Spider-Man* (2012), *Life of Pi* (2012), *Jurassic World* (2015) and *Inferno* (2016). As of 2017, his films have grossed $3.643 billion at the worldwide box office.[8] In 2018, Khan was diagnosed with a neuroendocrine tumor.[9][10]
Emily Mortimer

**Emily Kathleen Anne Mortimer**[1] (born 1 December 1971) is an English actress and screenwriter. She began acting in stage productions and has since appeared in several film and television roles. In 2003, she won an Independent Spirit Award for her performance in *Lovely and Amazing*. She is also known for playing the role of Mackenzie McHale in the HBO series *The Newsroom*, and as the voice actress of Sophie Hatter in the English language version of *Howl's Moving Castle* (2004), *Match Point* (2005), *Lars and the Real Girl* (2007), *Chaos Theory* (2008), *Harry Brown* (2009), *Shutter Island* (2010), *Hugo* (2011), and *Mary Poppins Returns* (2018).
Eric Stonestreet

**Eric Allen Stonestreet** (born September 9, 1971)[1] is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for portraying Cameron Tucker in the ABC mockumentary sitcom *Modern Family*, for which he received two Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series out of three nominations.

Stonestreet first rose to prominence in a recurring role on *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation*. He has appeared in films and telefilms including; *Bad Teacher* (2011), *Identity Thief* (2013), *The Loft* (2013), and *Confirmation* (2016). He also provides the voice of Duke in *The Secret Life of Pets* film franchise (2016, 2019).
Hayden Christensen

**Hayden Christensen** (born April 19, 1981)[1] is a Canadian actor and producer. He began his career on Canadian television at the age of 13, then diversified into American television in the late 1990s. He was praised for his acting as Sam in *Life as a House* (2001), earning Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. Christensen gained international fame for his portrayal of Anakin Skywalker in *Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones* (2002) and *Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith* (2005). His honors for these films include a nomination for the Saturn Award for Best Actor and the Cannes Film Festival Revelation Award.
Deborah Kerr

**Deborah Jane Trimmer** CBE (30 September 1921 – 16 October 2007), known professionally as **Deborah Kerr** (/kɑːr/), was a Scottish-born film, theatre and television actress. During her international film career, she won a Golden Globe Award for her performance as Anna Leonowens in the musical film *The King and I* (1956) and a Sarah Siddons Award for her performance as Laura Reynolds in the play *Tea and Sympathy* (a role she originated on Broadway). She was also a three-time winner of the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress.

Deborah Kerr was nominated six times for the Academy Award for Best Actress, and holds the record for an actress nominated in the lead actress category without winning. In 1994, however, having already received honorary awards from the Cannes Film Festival and BAFTA, Kerr received an Academy Honorary Award with a citation recognising her as "an artist of impeccable grace and beauty, a dedicated actress whose motion picture career has always stood for perfection, discipline and elegance".[1] As well as *The King and I* (1956), her films include *An Affair to Remember*, *From Here to Eternity*, *Quo Vadis*, *The Innocents*, *Black Narcissus*, *Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison*, *King Solomon's Mines*, *The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp*, *The Sundowners*, and *Separate Tables*.
Fergie

**Fergie Duhamel**[1] (/ˈfɜːrɡi dəˈmɛl/; born **Stacy Ann Ferguson**; March 27, 1975)[2][3] is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, and actress. She originally achieved chart success as part of the hip hop group The Black Eyed Peas. Her debut solo album, *The Dutchess* (2006), saw commercial success and spawned three *Billboard* Hot 100 number one singles: "London Bridge", "Glamorous", and "Big Girls Don't Cry".[4]

Fergie was originally a member of the children's television series *Kids Incorporated* and the girl group Wild Orchid. In 2001, she left the group and in the subsequent year joined The Black Eyed Peas. She worked with The Black Eyed Peas on two albums before releasing her debut solo album, *The Dutchess*, in 2006. She continued her collaboration with The Black Eyed Peas and released a further two albums with them, *The E.N.D.* (2009) and *The Beginning* (2010). Fergie began touring with her own group in 2009. Her second solo album, *Double Dutchess*, was released in 2017.

Fergie launched her first fragrance, *Outspoken*, under Avon in May 2010 and has since released four more fragrances.
Daniel Dae Kim

**Daniel Dae Kim** (Korean: 김대현; born **Kim Dae-hyun** on August 4, 1968)[1] is a Korean-American actor, voice actor, and producer. He is known for his roles as Jin-Soo Kwon in *Lost,*Chin Ho Kellyin *Hawaii Five-0*, Gavin Park in *Angel* and Johnny Gat in the *Saints Row* series of video games. He also runs a production company called 3AD, which is currently producing the television series *The Good Doctor*.
James Franco

**James Edward Franco** (born April 19, 1978) is an American actor and filmmaker. For his role in *127 Hours* (2010), he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. Franco is known for his roles in live-action films, such as Sam Raimi's *Spider-Man* trilogy (2002–2007); *Milk* (2008); *Pineapple Express* (2008); *Eat, Pray, Love* (2010); *Rise of the Planet of the Apes* (2011); *Spring Breakers* (2012); *Oz the Great and Powerful* (2013); *This Is the End* (2013); and *TheDisaster* *Artist* (2017), for which he won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. He is known for his collaborations with fellow actor Seth Rogen, having appeared in eight films and one television series with him.

Franco is also known for his work on television; his first prominent acting role was the character Daniel Desario on the short-lived ensemble comedy-drama *Freaks and Geeks* (1999–2000), which developed a cult following. He portrayed the title character in the television biographical film *James Dean* (2001), for which he won a Golden Globe Award. Franco had a recurring role on the daytime soap opera *General Hospital* (2009–2012) and starred in the limited series *11.22.63*(2016). He currently stars in the David Simon-created HBO drama *The Deuce* (2017–present).

Franco volunteers for the Art of Elysium charity, and has taught film classes at New York University, the University of Southern California, UCLA, Studio 4, Palo Alto High School, and Playhouse West.[1][2][3][4][5]
Dwight Yoakam

**Dwight David Yoakam** (born October 23, 1956) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor, known for his pioneering style of country music. First becoming popular in the mid-1980s, Yoakam has recorded more than twenty albums and compilations, charted more than thirty singles on the *Billboard* Hot Country Songs charts, and sold more than 25 million records. He has recorded five *Billboard* #1 albums, twelve gold albums, and nine platinum albums, including the triple-platinum *This Time*.

In addition to his many achievements in the performing arts, he is also the most frequent musical guest in the history of *The Tonight Show*.[1]
Hugh Grant

**Hugh John Mungo Grant**[1] (born 9 September 1960)[2] is an English actor and film producer. Grant has received a Golden Globe, a BAFTA, and an Honorary César for his work. As of 2018, his films have grossed a total of nearly US$3 billion worldwide from 29 theatrical releases.[3] He first received attention after earning the Volpi Cup for his performance in the film *Maurice* (1987) but achieved international success after appearing in *Four Weddings and a Funeral* (1994).[4] He used this breakthrough role as a frequent cinematic persona during the 1990s, delivering comic performances in films such *Notting Hill* (1999) and *Mickey Blue Eyes* (1999). For *Four Weddings and a Funeral*, Grant won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

One of the best known figures in 1990s British popular culture, Grant was then in a high-profile relationship with Elizabeth Hurley, which was the focus of much attention in the British and international media.[5][6]

By the turn of the 21st century, Grant had established himself as a leading man, skilled with a satirical comic talent.[7] He has expanded his oeuvre with critically acclaimed turns as a cad in *Bridget Jones's Diary* (2001), *About a Boy* (2002), *Love Actually* (2003), and *American Dreamz* (2006).[8] He later played against type with multiple roles in the epic sci-fi drama film, *Cloud Atlas* (2012). He is also known for appearing in period pieces such as *The Remains of the Day* (1993) and *Sense and Sensibility* (1995). Most recently, he received critical acclaim for his portrayals of St. Clair Bayfield in *Florence Foster Jenkins* (2016); Phoenix Buchanan, an antagonist in *Paddington 2* (2017);[9][10] and Jeremy Thorpe in the BBC One miniseries *A Very English Scandal* (2018).[11] He was BAFTA-nominated for all three performances, and received Golden Globe Award nominations for *Florence Foster Jenkins* and *A Very English Scandal*.

Within the film industry, Grant was cited as an anti-star who approaches his roles like a character actor, and attempts to make his acting appear spontaneous.[12] Hallmarks of his comic skills include a nonchalant touch of sarcasm and studied physical mannerisms. The entertainment media's coverage of his life off the big screen has often overshadowed his work as an actor.[13] He has been outspoken about his antipathy towards the profession of acting, his disdain towards the culture of celebrity, and his hostility towards the media.[14][15] He emerged as a prominent critic of the conduct of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation during the News International phone hacking scandal.[16][17][18] In a career spanning more than 35 years, Grant has repeatedly claimed that acting was not his true calling but rather a career that developed by happenstance.[19]
Daniel Craig

**Daniel Wroughton Craig** (born 2 March 1968) is an English actor. He trained at the National Youth Theatre and graduated from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 1991, before beginning his career on stage. His film debut was in the drama *The Power of One* (1992). Other early appearances were in the historical television war drama *Sharpe's Eagle* (1993), Disney family film *A Kid in King Arthur's Court* (1995), the drama serial *Our Friends in the North* (1996) and the biographical film *Elizabeth* (1998).

Craig's appearances in the British television film *Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon* (1998), the indie war film *The Trench* (1999), and the drama *Some Voices* (2000) attracted the film industry's attention. This led to roles in bigger productions such as the action film *Lara Croft: Tomb Raider* (2001), the crime thriller *Road to Perdition* (2002), the crime thriller *Layer Cake* (2004), and the Steven Spielberg historical drama *Munich* (2005).

Craig achieved international fame when chosen as the sixth actor to play Ian Fleming's British secret agent James Bondin the eponymous film series, taking over from Pierce Brosnan in 2005. His debut film as Bond, *Casino Royale*, was released internationally in November 2006 and was highly acclaimed, earning him a BAFTA nomination and becoming the highest grossing in the series at the time. *Quantum of Solace* followed in 2008. His third Bond film, *Skyfall*, premiered in 2012 and is currently the highest-grossing film in the series and the 22nd-highest-grossing film of all time; it was also the highest-grossing film in the United Kingdom until 2015.[1][2] He reprised his role in *Spectre* (2015).

Since taking the role of Bond, Craig has continued to star in other films, including the fantasy film *The Golden Compass*(2007), World War II film *Defiance* (2008), science fiction western *Cowboys & Aliens* (2011), the English-language adaptation of Stieg Larsson's mystery thriller *The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo* (2011), and the heist film *Logan Lucky*(2017).
Elisabeth Shue

**Elisabeth Judson Shue** (born October 6, 1963) is an American actress, best known for her starring roles in the films *The Karate Kid* (1984), *Adventures in Babysitting* (1987), *Cocktail* (1988), *Back to the Future Part II* (1989), *Back to the Future Part III* (1990), *Soapdish* (1991), *Leaving Las Vegas* (1995), *The Saint* (1997), *Hollow Man* (2000), and *Piranha 3D*(2010). She has won several acting awards and has been nominated for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA. She starred as Julie Finlay in the CBS procedural forensics crime drama *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* from 2012 to 2015.[1] More recently she had supporting roles in *Battle of the Sexes* (2017) and *Death Wish* (2018). Shue is currently starring in the Amazon series *The Boys*.
Harvey Fierstein

**Harvey Forbes Fierstein** (/ˈfaɪərˌstiːn/ *FIRE-steen*; born June 6, 1954)[1] is an American actor, playwright, and voice actor. Fierstein has won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his own play *Torch Song Trilogy* (about a gay drag-performer and his quest for true love and family) and the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for playing Edna Turnblad in *Hairspray*. He also wrote the book for the musical *La Cage aux Folles*, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical, and wrote the book for the Tony Award-winning *Kinky Boots*. He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2007.[2]
Jane Leeves

**Jane Elizabeth Leeves** (born 18 April 1961) is an English actress, model, producer, comedian, singer, and dancer. She played Daphne Moon on the television sitcom *Frasier* from 1993 until 2004, for which she was nominated for Emmy Awards and Golden Globe Awards.[1] She is also known for her role as Joy Scroggs on TV Land's sitcom *Hot in Cleveland*.[2]

Leeves made her screen debut with a small role in 1983 on the British comedy television show *The Benny Hill Show*, and appeared as a dancer in *Monty Python's The Meaning of Life*. She moved to the United States, where she performed in small roles. From 1986 to 1988, she had her first leading role in the short-lived sitcom *Throb*,[3] and then secured a recurring part in the television sitcom *Murphy Brown*. She received further recognition for roles in films such as *Miracle on 34th Street* (1994), *James and the Giant Peach* (1996), *Music of the Heart* (1999), and *The Event* (2003).
George C. Scott

**George Campbell Scott** (October 18, 1927 – September 22, 1999) was an American stage and film actor, director and producer. He was best known for his stage work, as well as his portrayal of General George S. Patton in the film *Patton*, as General Buck Turgidson in Stanley Kubrick's *Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb*, Ebenezer Scrooge in Clive Donner's 1984 film *A Christmas Carol* and Lieutenant Bill Kinderman in William Peter Blatty’s *The Exorcist III.*

He was the first actor to refuse the Academy Award for Best Actor (for *Patton* in 1970), having warned the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences months in advance that he would do so on philosophical grounds if he won. Scott believed that every dramatic performance was unique and could not be compared to others.
Frances McDormand

**Frances Louise McDormand** (born **Cynthia Ann Smith**, June 23, 1957) is an American actress. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and a Tony Award, making her one of the few performers to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting.

McDormand was educated at Bethany College and Yale University. She has starred in a number of films by the Coen brothers, including *Blood Simple* (1984), *Raising Arizona* (1987), *Fargo* (1996), *The Man Who Wasn't There* (2001), *Burn After Reading* (2008), and *Hail, Caesar!* (2016). For playing Marge Gunderson in *Fargo*, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. Her other film roles include *Mississippi Burning* (1988), *Almost Famous* (2000), and *North Country* (2005), all earning her nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 2017, she starred as a hardened woman seeking justice for her daughter's murder in the crime-drama film *Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri*, which won her a second Academy Award for Best Actress.

McDormand made her Broadway debut in a 1984 revival of the drama *Awake and Sing!*, and received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her acclaimed performance as Stella Kowalski in a 1988 revival of *A Streetcar Named Desire*. She returned to Broadway in 2008 with a revival of *The Country Girl*, leading to a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Actress in a Play. In 2011, she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for playing a troubled single mother in *Good People*. On television, McDormand played the titular protagonist in the HBOminiseries *Olive Kitteridge* (2014), which won her the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress.
Ernie Hudson

**Earnest Lee Hudson** (born December 17, 1945) is an American character actor. He has appeared in dozens of film and television roles throughout his career, but is perhaps best known for his roles as Winston Zeddemore in the *Ghostbusters*film series, Sergeant Darryl Albrecht in *The Crow* (1994), and Warden Leo Glynn on HBO's *Oz* (1997-2003). Hudson has also acted in the films *Leviathan* (1989), *The Hand That Rocks the Cradle* (1992), *Airheads* (1994), *The Basketball Diaries* (1995), *Congo* (1995), and *Miss Congeniality* (2000). He had a cameo in the remake of *Ghostbusters* (2016).
Jane Horrocks

**Barbara Jane Horrocks** (born 18 January 1964) is an English actress, voice artist, musician and singer, who played the roles of Bubble and Katy Grin in the BBC sitcom *Absolutely Fabulous* (1992–2016).

She was nominated for the 1993 Olivier Award for Best Actress for the title role in *The Rise and Fall of Little Voice*, and received Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations for the role in the 1998 film *Little Voice*. Her other film roles include parts in *The Witches* (1990), *Life Is Sweet* (1990), *Chicken Run* (2000), *Corpse Bride* (2005) and *Sunshine on Leith* (2013).
Ewan McGregor

**Ewan Gordon McGregor** OBE (born 31 March 1971[1]) is a Scottish actor, singer, and director known internationally for his various film roles, including independent dramas, science-fiction epics, and musicals.

McGregor's first professional role was in 1993, when he won a leading role in the British Channel 4 series *Lipstick on Your Collar*.[2] Some of his best known roles include heroin addict Mark Renton in the drama films *Trainspotting* (1996) and *T2 Trainspotting* (2017), Jedi Obi-Wan Kenobi in the *Star Wars* prequel trilogy (1999–2005), poet Christian in the musical film *Moulin Rouge!* (2001), young Edward Bloom in *Big Fish* (2003), Rodney Copperbottom in *Robots* (2005), CamerlengoFather Patrick McKenna in *Angels and Demons* (2009), "the ghost" in Roman Polanski's political thriller *The Ghost Writer*(2010), Dr. Alfred Jones in the romantic comedy-drama *Salmon Fishing in the Yemen* (2011), Lumière in the live-action adaptation of the musical romantic fantasy *Beauty and the Beast* (2017), and the adult version of the titular character in the fantasy comedy-drama *Christopher Robin* (2018).

In 2018, McGregor won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film for his performance as brothers in the third season of FX anthology series *Fargo*, and received Golden Globe nominations for Best Actor – Musical or Comedy for both *Moulin Rouge!* and *Salmon Fishing in the Yemen*. McGregor has also starred in theatre productions of *Guys and Dolls* (2005–07) and *Othello* (2007–08). He was ranked number 36 on *Empire* magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list in 1997.[3] In a 2004 poll for the BBC, McGregor was named the fourth most influential person in British culture.[4][5]

McGregor has been involved in charity work and has served as an ambassador for UNICEF UK since 2004. In 2013, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to drama and charity. In 2016, he received the BAFTA Britannia Humanitarian Award.[6]
Dick Van Patten

**Richard Vincent Van Patten** (December 9, 1928 – June 23, 2015) was an American actor, businessman, and animal welfare advocate, whose career spans seven decades of television. He was best known for his role as patriarch Tom Bradford on the ABC television comedy-drama *Eight Is Enough*.

Van Patten began work as a child actor and was successful on the New York stage, appearing in more than a dozen plays as a teenager. He worked in radio, on *Duffy's Tavern*.[1] He later starred in numerous television roles including the long-running CBS television series, "Mama" and *Young Doctor Malone*. Later, he would star or co-star in many feature films, including *Charly*, Mel Brooks's *Robin Hood: Men in Tights* and *Spaceballs*, and Charlton Heston's *Soylent Green*. Van Patten was the founder of Natural Balance Pet Foods and National Guide Dog Month.
James Garner

**James Garner** (born **James Scott Bumgarner**; April 7, 1928 – July 19, 2014) was an American actor, producer, and voice artist. He starred in several television series over more than five decades, including popular roles such as Bret Maverick in the 1950s western series *Maverick* and as Jim Rockford in the 1970s private detective show, *The Rockford Files.*[2] He played leading roles in more than 50 theatrical films, including *The Great Escape* (1963) with Steve McQueen, Paddy Chayefsky's *The Americanization of Emily* (1964) with Julie Andrews, *Grand Prix* (1966), Blake Edwards's *Victor/Victoria* (1982), and *Murphy's Romance* (1985) with Sally Field, for which he received an Academy Awardnomination. Garner's career and popularity continued through another decade in movies like *Space Cowboys* (2000) with Clint Eastwood, and *The Notebook* (2004).
Helen Bonham Carter

**Helena Bonham Carter** CBE (born 26 May 1966) is an English actress. She is known for her roles in both low-budget independent art films and large-scale blockbusters. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Kate Croy in *The Wings of the Dove* (1997). For her role as Queen Elizabeth in *The King's Speech* (2010), she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. She also won the 2010 International Emmy Award for Best Actress for her role as British author Enid Blyton in the TV film *Enid* (2009).

Bonham Carter began her film career, playing the title character in *Lady Jane* (1986), and playing Lucy Honeychurch in *A Room with a View* (1985). Her other film roles include Ophelia in *Hamlet* (1990), *Where Angels Fear to Tread* (1991), *Howards End* (1992), Elizabeth Lavenza in *Mary Shelley's Frankenstein* (1994), Woody Allen's *Mighty Aphrodite* (1995), Marla Singer in *Fight Club* (1999), Bellatrix Lestrange in the *Harry Potter* series (2007–11), Skynet in *Terminator Salvation*(2009), Miss Havisham in *Great Expectations* (2012), Madame Thénardier in *Les Misérables* (2012), the Fairy Godmotherin *Cinderella* (2015) and Rose Weil in *Ocean's 8* (2018). She has frequently collaborated with director Tim Burton; in *Planet of the Apes* (2001), *Big Fish* (2003), *Corpse Bride* (2005), *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* (2005), *Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street* (2007) where she played Mrs. Lovett, *Dark Shadows* (2012), and playing the Red Queen in *Alice in Wonderland* (2010) and its sequel *Alice Through the Looking Glass* (2016). Her other television films include *A Pattern of Roses* (1983), *Fatal Deception: Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald* (1993), *Live from Baghdad* (2002), *Toast* (2010), and *Burton & Taylor* (2013). In 2018, she was confirmed to play Princess Margaret on seasons three and four of *The Crown*.

She was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2012 New Year Honours list for services to drama,[1] and in January 2014, the British prime minister, David Cameron, announced that Bonham Carter had been appointed to Britain's new national Holocaust Commission.[2]
David Morse

**David Bowditch Morse**[1][2] (born October 11, 1953) is an American actor, singer, director and writer. He first came to national attention as Dr. Jack "Boomer" Morrison in the medical drama series *St. Elsewhere* (1982–88). He continued his film career with roles in *The Negotiator*, *Contact*, *The Green Mile*, *Dancer in the Dark*, *Disturbia*, *The Long Kiss Goodnight*, *The Rock* and *12 Monkeys*.

In 2006, Morse had a recurring role as Detective Michael Tritter on the medical drama series *House*, for which he received an Emmy Award nomination. He portrayed George Washington in the 2008 HBO miniseries *John Adams*, which garnered him a second Emmy nomination. He has also received acclaim for his portrayal of Uncle Peck on the Off-Broadway play *How I Learned to Drive*, earning a Drama Desk Award and Obie Award. He has also had success on Broadway, portraying James "Sharky" Harkin in *The Seafarer*. From 2010 to 2013, he portrayed Terry Colson, an honest police officer in a corrupt New Orleans police department, on the HBO series *Treme*. He also appeared in the WGN America series *Outsiders* (2016–17).
Ed Helms

**Edward Parker Helms**[1] (born January 24, 1974) is an American actor, comedian, and singer. He is known for his work as a correspondent on *The Daily Show* as well as playing Andy Bernard in the NBC sitcom *The Office,* and Stuart Price in *The Hangover* trilogy. He also provided the voice of The Once-ler in Illumination Entertainment’s *The Lorax* and Captain Underpants in Dreamworks Animation's *Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie*.
Harry Anderson

**Harry Laverne Anderson** (October 14, 1952 – April 16, 2018) was an American actor, comedian, and magician. He is best known for the lead role of Judge Harry Stone on the 1984–1992 television series *Night Court*, and later starred in the sitcom *Dave's World* from 1993 to 1997.

In addition to eight appearances on *Saturday Night Live* between 1981 and 1985, Anderson had a recurring guest role as con man Harry "The Hat" Gittes on *Cheers*, toured extensively as a magician, and did several magic/comedy shows for broadcast, including *Harry Anderson's Sideshow* (1987). He played Richie Tozier in the 1990 miniseries *It*, based on the Stephen King novel of the same name.
Eddie Murphy

**Edward Regan Murphy** (born April 3, 1961)[2] is an American actor, comedian, and singer. Murphy was a regular cast member on *Saturday Night Live* from 1980 to 1984. He has worked as a stand-up comedian and was ranked #10 on Comedy Central's list of the 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time.[3]

In films, Murphy has received Golden Globe Award nominations for his performances in *48 Hrs.*, the *Beverly Hills Cop*series, *Trading Places*, and *The Nutty Professor*. In 2007, he won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor and received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of soul singer James "Thunder" Early in *Dreamgirls*.[4]

Murphy's work as a voice actor in films includes Thurgood Stubbs in *The PJs*, Donkey in DreamWorks Animation's *Shrek*series, and the Chinese dragon Mushu in Disney's *Mulan*. In some films, he plays multiple roles in addition to his main character, intended as a tribute to one of his idols Peter Sellers, who played multiple roles in *Dr. Strangelove* and elsewhere. He has played multiple roles in *Coming to America*, Wes Craven's *Vampire in Brooklyn*, the *Nutty Professor*films (where he played the title role in two incarnations, plus his character's father, brother, mother, and grandmother), *Bowfinger*, *The Adventures of Pluto Nash*, *Norbit*, and *Meet Dave*. As of 2014, Murphy's films have grossed over $3.8 billion in the United States and Canada box office and $6.6 billion worldwide.[5] In 2015, his films made him the sixth-highest grossing actor in the United States.[6][7][8]

In 2015, Murphy was awarded the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.[9]
Dudley Moore

**Dudley Stuart John Moore**, CBE (19 April 1935 – 27 March 2002) was an English actor, comedian, musician and composer.

Moore first came to prominence in the UK as one of the four writer-performers in the comedy revue *Beyond the Fringe*from 1960, and with one member of that team, Peter Cook, collaborated on the television series *Not Only... But Also*. The double act worked on other projects until the mid-1970s, by which time Moore had settled in Los Angeles to concentrate on his film acting.

His solo career as a comedy film actor was heightened by the success of hit Hollywood films, particularly *Foul Play*(1978), *10* (1979) and *Arthur* (1981). For *Arthur*, Moore was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and won a Golden Globe Award. He received a second Golden Globe for his performance in *Micki & Maude* (1984).
Giancarlo Esposito

**Giancarlo Giuseppe Alessandro Esposito** (Italian pronunciation: [dʒaŋˈkarlo dʒuˈzɛppe alesˈsandro eˈspɔːzito]; born April 26, 1958) is an Italian-American actor and director. He has played Gustavo "Gus" Fring on the AMC shows *Breaking Bad*and *Better Call Saul*, a role for which he won the Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Award at the 2012 Critics' Choice Television Awards and was nominated for an Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series at the 2012 Primetime Emmy Awards. He is currently set to star in the upcoming live-action Star Wars series *The Mandalorian* on Disney+ in 2019.

He has appeared in Spike Lee films such as *Do the Right Thing*, *School Daze*, and *Mo' Better Blues*. His feature film appearances include *Fresh*, *Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man*, *The Usual Suspects*, and *King of New York*. He has played Tom Neville in the NBC series *Revolution* and Sidney Glass / Magic Mirror on ABC's *Once Upon a Time*. He has had roles in two Netflix original series: *The Get Down*, wherein he portrays Pastor Ramon Cruz, and *Dear White People*, which he narrates. He also voiced "The Dentist" in the video game *Payday 2*.
Dennis Hopper

**Dennis Lee Hopper** (May 17, 1936 – May 29, 2010) was an American actor, filmmaker, photographer, and artist. He attended the Actors Studio, made his first television appearance in 1954, and soon after appeared alongside James Dean in *Rebel Without a Cause* (1955), and *Giant* (1956). In the next ten years he made a name in television, and by the end of the 1960s had appeared in several films. Hopper also began a prolific and acclaimed photography career in the 1960s.[1]

Hopper made his directorial film debut with *Easy Rider* (1969), which he and co-star Peter Fonda wrote with Terry Southern. The film earned Hopper a Cannes Film Festival Award for "Best First Work" and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay (shared with Fonda and Southern). Journalist Ann Hornaday wrote: "With its portrait of counterculture heroes raising their middle fingers to the uptight middle-class hypocrisies, *Easy Rider* became the cinematic symbol of the 1960s, a celluloid anthem to freedom, macho bravado and anti-establishment rebellion".[2] Film critic Matthew Hays wrote "no other persona better signifies the lost idealism of the 1960s than that of Dennis Hopper".[3]

He worked on various small projects until he found new fame for his role as the American photojournalist in *Apocalypse Now* (1979). He went on to helm his third directorial work *Out of the Blue* (1980), for which he was again honored at Cannes, and appeared in *Rumble Fish* (1983) and *The Osterman Weekend* (1983). He saw a career resurgence in 1986 when he was widely acclaimed for his performances in *Blue Velvet* and *Hoosiers*, the latter of which saw him nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. His fourth directorial outing came about through *Colors* (1988), followed by an Emmy-nominated lead performance in *Paris Trout* (1991). Hopper found greater fame for portraying the villains of the films *Super Mario Bros.* (1993), *Speed* (1994) and *Waterworld* (1995).

Hopper's later work included a leading role in the short-lived television series *Crash* (2008–2009), inspired by the film of the same name. He appeared in three films released posthumously: *Alpha and Omega* (2010), *The Last Film Festival* (2016)[4] and the long-delayed *The Other Side of the Wind* (2018), which had been filmed in the early 1970s.[5]
Emile Hirsch

**Emile Davenport Hirsch** (born March 13, 1985)[1] is an American actor. He is best known for portraying Chris McCandless in *Into the Wild* (2007).[2] He has starred in other notable films such as *The Girl Next Door* (2004), *Lords of Dogtown* (2005), *Speed Racer* (2008), *Milk* (2008), *Lone Survivor* (2013) and *Once Upon a Time in Hollywood* (2019).