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Kevin Pollak

**Kevin Elliot Pollak** (born October 30, 1957) is an American actor, impressionist, and comedian. He has appeared in over 80 films; his roles include Sam Weinberg in the legal film *A Few Good Men*, Jacob Goldman in *Grumpy Old Men* and its sequel *Grumpier Old Men*; Todd Hockney in *The Usual Suspects*, Philip Green in *Casino*, and Bobby Chicago in *End of Days*.

Pollak is an avid poker player. He finished 134th out of 6,598 entrants in the 2012 World Series of Poker and won $52,718. He also hosts weekly home games with Hollywood celebrities.
Miranda Richardson

**Miranda Jane Richardson** (born 3 March 1958) is an English actress. She made her film debut playing Ruth Ellis in *Dance with a Stranger* (1985) and went on to receive Academy Award nominations for *Damage* (1992) and *Tom & Viv*(1994). A seven-time BAFTA Award nominee, she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for *Damage*. She has also been nominated for seven Golden Globe Awards, winning twice for *Enchanted April* (1992) and the TV film *Fatherland* (1994).

Richardson began her career in 1979 and made her West End debut in the 1981 play *Moving*, before being nominated for the 1987 Olivier Award for Best Actress for *A Lie of the Mind*. Her television credits include *Blackadder* (1986–89), *A Dance to the Music of Time* (1997), *Merlin* (1998), *The Lost Prince* (2003), *Gideon's Daughter* (2006), the sitcom *The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle* (2007), and *Rubicon* (2010). She was nominated for the 2015 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Narrator for *Operation Orangutan*.

Her other films include *Empire of the Sun* (1987), *The Crying Game* (1992), *The Apostle* (1997), *Sleepy Hollow* (1999), *Chicken Run* (2000), *The Hours* (2002), *Spider* (2002), *Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire* (2005), *The Young Victoria*(2009), *Made in Dagenham* (2010), *Belle* (2013), and *Stronger* (2017).
Phil Hartman

**Philip Edward Hartmann** (September 24, 1948 – May 28, 1998) was a Canadian-American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and graphic artist. Born in Brantford, Ontario, Hartman and his family moved to the United States in 1958. After graduating from California State University, Northridge with a degree in graphic arts, he designed album covers for bands including Poco and America. Hartman joined the comedy group the Groundlings in 1975 and there helped comedian Paul Reubens develop his character Pee-wee Herman. Hartman co-wrote the film *Pee-wee's Big Adventure*and made recurring appearances as Captain Carl on Reubens's show *Pee-wee's Playhouse*.

In 1986, Hartman joined the sketch comedy show *Saturday Night Live*. He won fame for his impressions, particularly of President Bill Clinton, and stayed on the show for eight seasons. Nicknamed the "Glue" for his ability to hold the show together and help other cast members, Hartman won a Primetime Emmy Award for his *SNL* work in 1989. In 1995, after scrapping plans for his own variety show, he starred as Bill McNeal in the NBC sitcom *NewsRadio*. He voiced various roles on *The Simpsons*, most notably Lionel Hutz and Troy McClure. He also had roles in the films *Houseguest*, *Sgt. Bilko*, *Jingle All the Way*, *Small Soldiers*, and the English dub of *Kiki's Delivery Service*.

Hartman divorced twice before he married Brynn Omdahl in 1987, with whom he had two children. Their marriage was troubled by Brynn's drug use and Hartman's emotional distance, which was a factor in his previous marriages ending. On May 28, 1998, Brynn shot and killed Hartman while he slept in their Encino, Los Angeles home, then committed suicide. In the weeks following his death, Hartman was celebrated in a wave of tributes. Dan Snierson of *Entertainment Weekly*opined that Hartman was "the last person you'd expect to read about in lurid headlines in your morning paper ... a decidedly regular guy, beloved by everyone he worked with."[1] He was posthumously inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame in 2012 and the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2014.
Sam Shepard

**Samuel Shepard Rogers III** (November 5, 1943 – July 27, 2017), known professionally as **Sam Shepard**, was an American actor, playwright, author, screenwriter, and director whose career spanned half a century.[1] He won ten Obie Awards for writing and directing, the most won by any writer or director. He wrote 44 plays as well as several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs. Shepard received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979 for his play *Buried Child* and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of pilot Chuck Yeager in the 1983 film *The Right Stuff*. He received the PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award as a master American dramatist in 2009. *New York* magazine described Shepard as "the greatest American playwright of his generation."[2]

Shepard's plays are known for their bleak, poetic, surrealist elements, black comedy, and rootless characters living on the outskirts of American society.[3] His style evolved from the absurdism of his early off-off-Broadway work to the realism of later plays like *Buried Child* and *Curse of the Starving Class*.[4]
Justin Chambers

**Justin Willman Chambers** (born July 11, 1970) is an American actor and former model. Born in Ohio, he went toSoutheastern High School, South Charleston and later studied acting at New York's HB Studio[1]. Chambers began modeling after being approached by a modeling scout in Paris. He went on to represent fashion brands including Calvin Klein, Armani, and Dolce & Gabbana.

Chambers began his acting career with a recurring role in soap opera *Another World*, and made his feature film debut with a supporting role in 1999's comedy drama *Liberty Heights*. His breakthrough role came in 2005 when he was cast as Dr. Alex Karev in the ABC medical drama series *Grey's Anatomy*. Chambers gained widespread recognition as the series progressed and the character became one of the most popular from the hit series, earning multiple nominations and the 2017 Best TV Network Drama Actor at the People's Choice Awards as well as nominations for the Screen Actors Guild Award.
Michael Sheen

**Michael Christopher Sheen** OBE (born 5 February 1969)[1] is a Welsh actor. After training at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), he worked mainly in theatre throughout the 1990s and made notable stage appearances in *Romeo and Juliet* (1992), *Don't Fool With Love* (1993), *Peer Gynt* (1994), *The Seagull* (1995), *The Homecoming* (1997), and *Henry V* (1997). His performances in *Amadeus* at the Old Vic and *Look Back in Anger* at the National Theatre were nominated for Olivier Awards in 1998 and 1999, respectively. In 2003, he was nominated for a third Olivier Award for his performance in *Caligula* at the Donmar Warehouse.

Sheen has become better known as a screen actor since the 2000s, in particular through his roles in various biopics.[2]With writer Peter Morgan, he has starred in a trilogy of films as British politician Tony Blair: the television film *The Deal* in 2003, followed by *The Queen* (2006) and *The Special Relationship* (2010).

For playing Blair, he was nominated for both a BAFTA Award and an Emmy. He was also nominated for a BAFTA as the troubled comic actor Kenneth Williams in BBC Four's 2006 *Fantabulosa!*, and was nominated for a fourth Olivier Award in 2006 for portraying the broadcaster David Frost in *Frost/Nixon*, a role he revisited in the 2008 film adaptation of the play. He also starred as the controversial football manager Brian Clough in *The Damned United* (2009).

Since 2009 and into the 2010s, Sheen has become known for a wider variety of roles. In 2009, Sheen appeared in two fantasy films, *Underworld: Rise of the Lycans* and *The Twilight Saga: New Moon*, while in 2010, he made a four-episode guest appearance in the NBC comedy *30 Rock*. He appeared in the science-fiction film *Tron: Legacy* (2010) and Woody Allen's romantic comedy *Midnight in Paris* (2011).

Sheen directed and starred in National Theatre Wales's *The Passion*.[3][4] From late 2011 until early 2012, Sheen played the title role in *Hamlet* at the Young Vic. In 2013, he received a Golden Globe nomination for his role in Showtime's television drama *Masters of Sex*.
Josh Hutcherson

**Joshua Ryan Hutcherson** (born October 12, 1992) is an American actor and producer. Hutcherson began his acting career in the early 2000s and appeared in several commercials and minor film and television roles before landing his first major role in 2002 in the pilot episode of *House Blend*. His first film role was in *Miracle Dogs* (2003) on Animal Planet, followed by a motion-capture performance in *The Polar Express* (2004) and a voice-acting role in *Howl's Moving Castle*(2005).

Hutcherson's other early film appearances include *Little Manhattan* and *Zathura: A Space Adventure* (both 2005), *RV*(2006), *Bridge to Terabithia* (2007), *Journey to the Center of the Earth* (2008), and *The Kids Are All Right* (2010). In 2011, he landed the leading role of Peeta Mellark in the box office record-setting film series *The Hunger Games*, released annually from 2012 to 2015, for which he won three MTV Movie Awards and a People's Choice Award. During the same period he also played a lead role in *Journey 2: The Mysterious Island* (2012) and a voice role in the animated film *Epic*(2013).

Throughout his career, Hutcherson has expressed an interest in directing and producing. He has served as an executive producer in *Detention* (2011), *The Forger* (2012) and *Escobar: Paradise Lost* (2015), while also playing a lead role in each film. He is also heavily involved in the gay–straight alliance chapter called "Straight But Not Narrow".
Marlon Wayans

**Marlon Lamont Wayans**[1] (born July 23, 1972) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film producer, beginning with his role as a pedestrian in *I'm Gonna Git You Sucka* in 1988. He frequently collaborates with his brother Shawn Wayans, as he was on The WB sitcom *The Wayans Bros.* and in the comedic films *Scary Movie*, *Scary Movie 2*, *White Chicks*, *Little Man*, and *Dance Flick*. However, Wayans had a dramatic role in Darren Aronofsky's critically acclaimed *Requiem for a Dream*, which saw his departure from the usual comedies.

In 2009, he appeared in *G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra*. In 2013, he had a leading role in *A Haunted House* and co-starred in *The Heat*. *A Haunted House 2* was released on April 18, 2014. He also appeared in the Netflix film *Naked*. Marlon has partnered with former Funny or Die co-founder Randy Adams to create *What the Funny*, an online destination for urban comedy.[2][3] Marlon created the comedy competition television show, *Funniest Wins*, which aired on TBS in June - August 2014.[4] As of 2014, Marlon and his brothers have been traveling the U.S. with "The Wayans Brothers Tour".[5] In 2016, Wayans wrote, produced and starred in *Fifty Shades of Black*. The film is a parody of the 2015 erotic romantic drama film *Fifty Shades of Grey*. In 2017, NBC gave him his own sitcom, *Marlon*, for a 10-episode run. In September 2017, *Marlon*was renewed by NBC for a second season which is now available on Netflix.
Jerry Seinfeld

**Jerome Allen Seinfeld** (/ˈsaɪnfɛld/ *SYNE-feld*; born April 29, 1954)[1] is an American stand-up comedian, actor, writer, producer, and director. He is known for playing a semi-fictionalized version of himself in the sitcom *Seinfeld*, which he created and wrote with Larry David. The show aired on NBC from 1989 until 1998, becoming one of the most acclaimed and popular sitcoms of all time. As a stand-up comedian, Seinfeld specializes in observational comedy. In 2005, Comedy Central named Seinfeld the "12th Greatest Stand-up Comedian of All Time."[2]

Seinfeld produced, co-wrote and starred in the 2007 film *Bee Movie*. In 2010, he premiered a reality series called *The Marriage Ref*, which aired for two seasons on NBC. Seinfeld is the creator and host of the web series *Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee*. He is married to author and philanthropist Jessica Seinfeld, with whom he has three children
John Cusack

**John Paul Cusack** (/ˈkjuːsæk/; born June 28, 1966)[1] is an American actor, producer, and screenwriter. He began acting in films during the 1980s and has since starred in a number of movies, including *Better Off Dead* (1985), *Say Anything...*(1989), *Bullets over Broadway* (1994), *Grosse Pointe Blank* (1997), *Being John Malkovich* (1999), *High Fidelity* (2000), *1408* (2007), *Igor* (2008), *2012* (2009), *The Raven* (2012) and *Love and Mercy* (2014).
Jonathan Pryce

**Jonathan Pryce** CBE (born **John Price**; 1 June 1947) is a Welsh actor and singer. After studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and meeting his longtime girlfriend, English actress Kate Fahy, in 1974, he began his career as a stage actor in the 1970s. His work in theatre, including an award-winning performance in the title role of the Royal Court Theatre's *Hamlet*, led to several supporting roles in film and television. His breakthrough screen performance was in Terry Gilliam's 1985 cult film *Brazil*.

Critically lauded for his versatility,[1][2] Pryce has participated in big-budget films including *Evita*, *Tomorrow Never Dies*, and *Pirates of the Caribbean* as well as independent films including *Glengarry Glen Ross*, *The Age of Innocence*, *Carrington*, *The New World*, and *The Wife*. His career in theatre has also been prolific, and he has won two Tony Awards—the first in 1977 for his Broadway debut in *Comedians*, the second for his 1991 role as The Engineer in the musical *Miss Saigon*.

Initially in 2015, Pryce was a guest actor in the HBO series *Game of Thrones* as the High Sparrow before becoming a main cast member in 2016. Since early 2017, he stars in the series *Taboo*, playing the role of Sir Stuart Strange.
Judy Greer

**Judith Therese Evans** (born July 20, 1975), known professionally as **Judy Greer**, is an American actress and author. She is primarily known as a character actor, who has appeared in supporting roles in a variety of films.[1] She first rose to prominence in the early 2000s, appearing in the romantic comedies *What Women Want* (2000), *13 Going on 30* (2004), and *27 Dresses* (2007). She has appeared in *The Descendants* (2011), *Jurassic World* (2015), *Ant-Man* (2015), *Ant-Man and the Wasp* (2018), *Halloween* (2018), and the *Planet of the Apes* reboot series (2014, 2017). She made her directorial debut with *A Happening of Monumental Proportions* (2017).

On television, she is known for playing Kitty Sanchez in *Arrested Development* and Fatty Magoo in *It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia*, and for voicing Cheryl Tunt in the animated series *Archer* since 2009. She also stars in the Showtime series *Kidding* (2018–present).
Samantha Mathis

**Samantha Mathis** (born May 12, 1970) is an American actress. The daughter of actress Bibi Besch, Mathis made her film debut in *Pump Up the Volume* (1990), and later co-starred or appeared in such films as *Little Women* (1994), *The American President* (1995), *Broken Arrow* (1996), *American Psycho* (2000), *The Punisher* (2004), and *Atlas Shrugged: Part II* (2012).
Jimmy Kimmel

**James Christian Kimmel** (born November 13, 1967) is an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer. He is the host and executive producer of *Jimmy Kimmel Live!*, a late-night talk show that premiered on ABC on January 26, 2003 at Hollywood Masonic Temple in Hollywood, California; and on April 1, 2019, at a secondary home, the Zappos Theater on the Las Vegas Strip. Kimmel hosted the Primetime Emmy Awards in 2012 and 2016, and the Academy Awards in 2017 and 2018.

Before hosting *Jimmy Kimmel Live!*, he was known as the co-host of Comedy Central's *The Man Show* and *Win Ben Stein's Money*. Kimmel has also produced such shows as *Crank Yankers*, *Sports Show with Norm Macdonald*, and *The Andy Milonakis Show*. In 2018, *Time* named him as one of "The World's 100 Most Influential People".[4]
Mary-Louise Parker

**Mary-Louise Parker** (born August 2, 1964) is an American actress and writer. After making her stage debut as Rita in a Broadway production of Craig Lucas's *Prelude to a Kiss* in 1990 (for which she received a Tony Award nomination), Parker came to prominence for film roles in *Grand Canyon* (1991), *Fried Green Tomatoes* (1991), *The Client* (1994), *Bullets over Broadway* (1994), *Boys on the Side* (1995), *The Portrait of a Lady* (1996), and *The Maker* (1997). Among stage and independent film appearances thereafter, Parker received the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her portrayal of Catherine Llewellyn in David Auburn's *Proof* in 2001, among other accolades. Between 2001 and 2006, she recurred as Amy Gardner on the NBC television series *The West Wing*, for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2002. She received both the Golden Globe and Primetime Emmy Awards for her portrayal of Harper Pitt on the acclaimed HBO television miniseries *Angels in America*in 2003.

Parker went on to enjoy large success as Nancy Botwin, the lead role on the television series *Weeds*, which ran from 2005 to 2012 and for which she received three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series between 2007 and 2009 and received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy in 2006.

Her later film appearances include roles in *The Spiderwick Chronicles* (2008), *Red* (2010), *R.I.P.D.* (2013), and *Red 2*(2013). Since 2007, Parker has contributed articles to *Esquire* magazine and published her memoir, *Dear Mr. You*, in 2015. In 2017, she starred as Roma Guy on the ABC television miniseries *When We Rise*. In 2018, she appeared as a political consultant in the show *Billions* on Showtime.
Luis Guzmán

**Luis Guzmán** (born August 28, 1956) is a Puerto Rican actor, who is known for his character work. For much of Guzmán's career, he has played character roles largely as sidekicks, thugs, and policemen.

Guzmán starred in Steven Soderbergh's films *Out of Sight*, *The Limey* and *Traffic*. He also starred in Paul Thomas Anderson's films, *Boogie Nights*, *Magnolia* and *Punch-Drunk Love*. He starred in the HBO original series *How to Make It in America* and the Netflix series *Narcos*. He also starred in the CBS medical drama *Code Black*, where he portrayed senior nurse Jesse "Mama" Salander. He also co-starred on Cameron Crowe's *Roadies*, a comedy-drama on Showtime, as Gooch, a seasoned crew tour bus driver.
Lauren Holly

**Lauren Michael Holly** (born October 28, 1963)[1] is an American actress. She has played the roles of Deputy Sheriff Maxine Stewart in the television series *Picket Fences*, Director Jenny Shepard in the series *NCIS*, Dr. Betty Rogers on Canadian series *Motive*, Mary Swanson in *Dumb and Dumber*, Linda Lee in *Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story*, Darian Smalls in *Beautiful Girls*, Cindy Rooney in *Any Given Sunday*, and Gigi in *What Women Want*.
Julianne Moore

**Julianne Moore** (born **Julie Anne Smith**; December 3, 1960) is an American actress and children's author. Prolific in film since the early 1990s, she is particularly known for her portrayals of emotionally troubled women in both independent and Hollywood films, and has received many accolades, including an Academy Award and two Golden Globes. *Time*magazine named Moore one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2015.

After studying theatre at Boston University, Moore began her career with a series of television roles. From 1985 to 1988, she was a regular in the soap opera *As the World Turns*, earning a Daytime Emmy Award for her performance. Her film debut was in *Tales from the Darkside: The Movie* (1990), and she continued to play small roles for the next four years, including in the thriller *The Hand That Rocks the Cradle* (1992). Moore first received critical attention with Robert Altman's *Short Cuts* (1993), and successive performances in *Vanya on 42nd Street* (1994) and *Safe* (1995) continued this acclaim. Starring roles in the blockbusters *Nine Months* (1995) and *The Lost World: Jurassic Park* (1997) established her as a leading lady in Hollywood.

Moore received considerable recognition in the late 1990s and early 2000s, earning Oscar nominations for *Boogie Nights*(1997), *The End of the Affair* (1999), *Far from Heaven* (2002) and *The Hours* (2002). In the first of these, she played a 1970s pornographic actress, while the other three starred her as an unhappy, mid-20th century housewife. She also had success with the films *The Big Lebowski* (1998), *Magnolia* (1999), *Hannibal* (2001), *Children of Men* (2006), *A Single Man*(2009), *The Kids Are All Right* (2010), and *Crazy, Stupid, Love* (2011), and won an Emmy Award for her portrayal of Sarah Palin in the television film *Game Change* (2012). Moore won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her playing an Alzheimer's patient in *Still Alice* (2014) and was named Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival for *Maps to the Stars*(2014). Her highest-grossing releases include the final two films of *The Hunger Games* series and the spy film *Kingsman: The Golden Circle* (2017).

In addition to acting, Moore has written a series of children's books about a character named "Freckleface Strawberry". She is married to director Bart Freundlich, with whom she has two children.
Jason Biggs

**Jason Matthew Biggs** (born May 12, 1978)[1][2] is an American actor and comedian. He played Jim Levenstein in the *American Pie* comedy film series, and Larry Bloom in the Netflix original series *Orange Is the New Black*. He also starred in *Boys and Girls*, *Loser*, *Saving Silverman*, *Anything Else*, *Jersey Girl*, *Eight Below*, *Over Her Dead Body*, and *My Best Friend's Girl*. Biggs initially gained recognition from his role in the soap opera *As the World Turns*, for which he was nominated for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series in 1995.
Lauren Ambrose

**Lauren Ambrose** (born **Lauren Anne D'Ambruoso**,[1] February 20, 1978) is an American actress and singer.

Ambrose is most known for her television roles as Claire Fisher in *Six Feet Under* (2001–2005), for which she won two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and as Jilly Kitzinger in *Torchwood: Miracle Day* (2011). Her film credits include *Can't Hardly Wait* (1998), *Psycho Beach Party* (2000) and *Where the Wild Things Are* (2009). She is the lead singer of the ragtimeband Lauren Ambrose and the Leisure Class.[2]

Ambrose portrayed the lead role of Eliza Doolittle in the Lincoln Center Theater revival of *My Fair Lady* on Broadway, a performance for which she was nominated for the 2018 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical and won the 2018 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actress in a Musical.
Jude Law

**David Jude Heyworth Law** (born 29 December 1972)[*citation needed*] is an English actor. He has received nominations for two Academy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and two British Academy Awards(BAFTAs), winning one. In 2007, he received an Honorary César and was named a knight of the Order of Arts and Lettersby the French government, in recognition of his contribution to World Cinema Arts.[1][2]

Law rose to international fame for his role in Anthony Minghella's *The Talented Mr. Ripley* (1999), for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and was nominated for the Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. In 2004, he received Academy Award, Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations for his role in Minghella's epic war film *Cold Mountain* (2003). Law's other notable films include *Gattaca* (1997), *Enemy at the Gates* (2001), Steven Spielberg's *A.I. Artificial Intelligence* (2001), Sam Mendes' *Road to Perdition* (2002), *Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow* (2004), *Alfie* (2004), Mike Nichols' *Closer* (2004), *I Heart Huckabees* (2004), *The Holiday*(2006), *Repo Men* (2010), *Contagion* (2011), Martin Scorsese's *Hugo* (2011), Joe Wright's *Anna Karenina* (2012), Steven Soderbergh's *Side Effects* (2013), Wes Anderson's *The Grand Budapest Hotel* (2014) and Paul Feig's *Spy* (2015). He also portrayed Dr. Watson in Guy Ritchie's *Sherlock Holmes* (2009) and *Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows* (2011). In 2017, he portrayed the fictional Pope Pius XIII in the HBO drama miniseries *The Young Pope* and in 2018 portrayed Albus Dumbledore in *Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald*. His highest-grossing release came with the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film *Captain Marvel* (2019), in which he played Yon-Rogg.

Law has also had an accomplished career on stage, and has received nominations for three Laurence Olivier Awards and two Tony Awards. He has performed in several West End and Broadway productions.[3]
Jerry Orbach

**Jerome Bernard Orbach** (October 20, 1935 – December 28, 2004) was an American actor and singer, described at the time of his death as "one of the last*bona fide* leading men of the Broadway musical and global celebrity on television"[1]and a "versatile stage and film actor".[2]

Orbach's professional career began on the New York stage, both on and off-Broadway, where he created roles such as El Gallo in the original off-Broadway run of *The Fantasticks* (1960) and became the first performer to sing that show's standard "Try To Remember";[3] Billy Flynn in the original *Chicago* (1975–1977), and Julian Marsh in the original *42nd Street* (1980–1985). Nominated for multiple Tony Awards, Orbach won for his performance as Chuck Baxter in *Promises, Promises* (1968–1972).[4]

Later in his career, Orbach played supporting roles in films such as *Prince of the City* (1981), *Dirty Dancing* (1987), *Crimes and Misdemeanors* (1989) and Disney's *Beauty and the Beast* (1991).[3] He also made frequent guest appearances on television, including a recurring role on *Murder, She Wrote* (1985–1991) as private detective Harry McGraw. However, he gained worldwide fame for his starring role as NYPD Detective Lennie Briscoe on the long-running NBC crime drama *Law & Order* (1992–2004).[5]
Natalie Portman

**Natalie Portman** (born **Neta-Lee Hershlag**;[a] June 9, 1981) is an actress and filmmaker with dual Israeli and American citizenship. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards.

Portman made her feature film debut as the young protégée of a hitman in the action film *Léon: The Professional* (1994). While still in high school, she gained international recognition for starring as Padmé Amidala in *Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace* (1999) and received critical acclaim for playing a precocious teenager in the comedy-drama *Anywhere but Here* (1999). From 1999 to 2003, Portman attended Harvard University for a bachelor's degree in psychology, while continuing to act in the *Star Wars* prequel trilogy (2002, 2005). She also starred in The Public Theater's 2001 revival of Anton Chekhov's play *The Seagull*. In 2004, Portman was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and won a Golden Globe Award for playing a mysterious stripper in the romantic drama *Closer*.

Portman's career progressed with her starring roles as Evey Hammond in *V for Vendetta* (2006), Anne Boleyn in *The Other Boleyn Girl* (2008), and a troubled ballerina in the psychological horror film *Black Swan* (2010), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. She went on to star in the romantic comedy *No Strings Attached* (2011) and featured as Jane Foster in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films *Thor* (2011), and *Thor: The Dark World* (2013). For portraying Jacqueline Kennedy in the biopic *Jackie* (2016), Portman received her third Academy Award nomination.

Portman's directorial ventures include the short film *Eve* (2008) and the biographical drama *A Tale of Love and Darkness*(2015). She is vocal about the politics of America and Israel, and is an advocate for animal rights and environmental causes. She is married to dancer and choreographer Benjamin Millepied, with whom she has two children.
Maggie Smith

Dame **Margaret Natalie Smith** CH DBE (born 28 December 1934) is an English actress. She has had an extensive, varied career on stage, film, and television, spanning over 67 years. Smith has appeared in more than 50 films, and is one of Britain's most recognisable actresses. She was made a Dame by Queen Elizabeth II in 1990 for contributions to the performing arts,[1] and received the Companion of Honour from the Queen in 2014 for services to drama.[2]

Smith began her career on stage as a student, performing at the Oxford Playhouse in 1952, and made her professional debut on Broadway in *New Faces of '56*. For her work on the London stage, she has won a record five Best Actress *Evening Standard* Awards: for *The Private Ear*, and *The Public Eye* (both 1962), *Hedda Gabler* (1970), *Virginia* (1981), *The Way of the World* (1984), and *Three Tall Women* (1994). She received Tony Award nominations for *Private Lives*(1975) and *Night and Day* (1979), before winning the 1990 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for *Lettice and Lovage*. She appeared in Stratford Shakespeare Festival productions of *Antony and Cleopatra* (1976) and *Macbeth* (1978), and West End productions of *A Delicate Balance* (1997) and *The Breath of Life* (2002). She received the Society of London Theatre Special Award in 2010.

On screen, Smith first drew praise for the crime film *Nowhere to Go* (1958), for which she received her first British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Award nomination.[3] She has won two Academy Awards, winning Best Actress for *The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie* (1969) and Best Supporting Actress for *California Suite* (1978). She is one of only six actresses to have won in both categories.[4] She has won a record four BAFTA Awards for Best Actress, including for *A Private Function* (1984) and *The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne* (1988), a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress for *Tea with Mussolini* (1999), and three Golden Globe Awards. A six-time Oscar nominee, her other nominations were for *Othello* (1965), *Travels with My Aunt* (1972), *A Room with a View* (1986), and *Gosford Park* (2001).[5]

Smith played Professor Minerva McGonagall in the *Harry Potter* film series (2001–2011). Other notable films include *Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing* (1973), *Death on the Nile* (1978), *Clash of the Titans* (1981), *Evil Under the Sun*(1982), *Hook* (1991), *Sister Act* (1992), *The Secret Garden* (1993), *The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel* (2012), and *The Lady in the Van* (2015). She won an Emmy Award in 2003 for *My House in Umbria*, to become one of the few actresses to have achieved the Triple Crown of Acting,[6][7] and starred as Lady Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham, on *Downton Abbey* (2010–2015), for which she won three Emmys, her first non-ensemble Screen Actors Guild Award, and her third Golden Globe. Her honorary film awards include the BAFTA Special Award in 1993 and the BAFTA Fellowship in 1996.[5] She received the Stratford Shakespeare Festival's Legacy Award in 2012,[8] and the Bodley Medal by the University of Oxford's Bodleian Libraries in 2016.[9]
Peter Krause

**Peter William Krause** (/ˈkraʊzə/; born August 12, 1965) is an American television and film actor. He has played lead roles in multiple television series, portraying Casey McCall on *Sports Night* (1998–2000), Nate Fisher on *Six Feet Under*(2001–2005), Nick George on *Dirty Sexy Money* (2007–2009), Adam Braverman on *Parenthood* (2010–2015), Benjamin Jones on *The Catch* (2016–2017), and Bobby Nash on *9-1-1* (2018–present).

For his work on *Six Feet Under*, Krause was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and seven Screen Actors Guild Awards, winning twice for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series.[1]
Matthew McConaughey

**Matthew McConaughey** (/məˈkɒnəheɪ/; born November 4, 1969) is an American actor and producer. He first gained notice for his supporting performance in the coming-of-age comedy *Dazed and Confused* (1993), which is considered by many to be the actor's breakout role [1][2][3]. After a number of supporting roles in films including *Angels in the Outfield* and *Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation* (1994), McConaughey's breakthrough performance as a leading man came in the legal drama *A Time to Kill* (1996). He followed this with leading performances in the science fiction film *Contact* and the historical drama *Amistad* (1997), the comedy-drama *The Newton Boys* (1998), the satire *EDtv* (1999), the war drama *U-571* (2000) and the psychological thriller *Frailty* (2001).

In the 2000s, McConaughey became best known for starring in romantic comedies,[4] including *The Wedding Planner*(2001), *How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days* (2003), *Failure to Launch* (2006), *Fool's Gold* (2008), and *Ghosts of Girlfriends Past* (2009), establishing McConaughey as a sex symbol. After a two-year hiatus from film acting, McConaughey began to appear in more dramatic roles beginning with the legal drama *The Lincoln Lawyer* (2011). He was acclaimed for his supporting performances in *Bernie* (2011) and *Magic Mike* (2012) and *The Wolf of Wall Street* (2013) and for his leading roles in *Killer Joe* (2011) and *Mud* (2012).

In 2013, McConaughey's portrayal of Ron Woodroof, a cowboy diagnosed with AIDS, in the biographical film *Dallas Buyers Club* earned him widespread praise and numerous accolades, including the Academy Award, Critics' Choice Movie Award, Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award, all for Best Actor, among other awards and nominations. In 2014, he starred as Rust Cohle in the first season of HBO's crime drama anthology series *True Detective,*for which he won the Critics' Choice Television Award and TCA Award, and was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award, Golden Globe Award, and Screen Actors Guild Award. His film roles since have included *Interstellar* (2014), *The Sea of Trees* (2015), *Free State of Jones* and *Gold* (2016) and *The Dark Tower* (2017), earning varying degrees of commercial and critical success, as well as voiceover work in *Kubo and the Two Strings* and *Sing* (2016). McConaughey's shift towards more dramatic roles since the 2000s and renewed critical appreciation has been labeled "the McConaissance"[5].
Michelle Trachtenberg

**Michelle Christine Trachtenberg** (/ˈtræktənbɜːrɡ/; born October 11, 1985[1]) is a U.S. actress and model. She is known for playing Jenny in *EuroTrip* (2004), Nona F. Mecklenberg in *The Adventures of Pete & Pete* (1994–1996), Dawn Summers in *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (2000–2003), and Georgina Sparks in *Gossip Girl* (2008–2012).
Kristin Chenoweth

**Kristin Dawn Chenoweth** (/ˈtʃɛnoʊwɛθ/; born **Kristi Dawn Chenoweth**, July 24, 1968)[1] is an American actress and singer, with credits in musical theatre, film and television. In 1999, she won a Tony Award for her performance as Sally Brown in *You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown* on Broadway. In 2003, she received wide notice for originating the role of Glinda in the musical *Wicked*, including a nomination for another Tony. Her television roles have included Annabeth Schott in NBC's *The West Wing* and Olive Snook on the ABC comedy-drama *Pushing Daisies*, for which she won a 2009 Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Chenoweth also starred in the ABC TV series *GCB*in 2012.

Chenoweth sang gospel music as a child in Oklahoma and studied opera before deciding to pursue a career in musical theatre. In 1997, she made her Broadway debut in *Steel Pier*, winning a Theatre World Award. Besides *You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown* and *Wicked*, Chenoweth's stage work includes five City Center Encores! productions, Broadway's *The Apple Tree* in 2006, *Promises, Promises* in 2010 and *On the Twentieth Century* in 2015, as well as Off-Broadway and regional theatre productions.

Chenoweth had her own sitcom, *Kristin*, in 2001, and has guest-starred on many shows, including *Sesame Street* and *Glee*, for which she was nominated for Emmy Awards in 2010 and 2011. In films, she has played mostly character roles, such as in *Bewitched* (2005), *The Pink Panther* (2006) and *RV* (2006). She has played roles in made-for-TV movies, such as *Descendants* (2015); done voice work in animated films such as *Rio 2* (2014) and *The Peanuts Movie* (2015) along with the animated TV series *Sit Down, Shut Up*; hosted several award shows; and released several albums of songs, including *A Lovely Way to Spend Christmas* (2008), *Some Lessons Learned* (2011), *Coming Home* (2014) and *The Art of Elegance* (2016). Chenoweth also penned a 2009 memoir, *A Little Bit Wicked*.
Sanaa Lathan

**Sanaa McCoy Lathan** (born September 19, 1971) is an American actress. As a voice actress, from 2009 to 2013, she voiced Donna Tubbs in *The Cleveland Show* and in all concurrent and subsequent *Family Guy* appearances. She has starred in many films, including *The Best Man* (1999) and its 2013 sequel, *The Best Man Holiday*. Her other film credits include *Love & Basketball* (2000), *Brown Sugar* (2002), *Alien vs. Predator* (2004), *Something New* (2006), *The Family That Preys* (2008), *Contagion* (2011), and *Now You See Me 2* (2016).

On stage, Lathan was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance on Broadway in *A Raisin in the Sun* and starred in 2010 in the all-black performance of *Cat on a Hot Tin Roof* at the Novello Theatre in London.[2]
Ricky Gervais

**Ricky Dene Gervais**[5] (/dʒərˈveɪz/; born 25 June 1961)[6] is an English stand-up comedian, actor, director, screenwriter, and singer.

Gervais worked initially in the music industry, attempting a career as a pop star in the 1980s as the singer of the new-wave act Seona Dancing and working as the manager of the then unknown band Suede before turning to comedy. Gervais appeared on *The 11 O'Clock Show* on Channel 4 between 1998 and 2000. In 2000, he was given a Channel 4spoof talk show, *Meet Ricky Gervais*. He achieved greater mainstream fame the following year with his BBC television mock documentary series *The Office*. It was followed by *Extras* in 2005. He co-wrote and co-directed both programmes with Stephen Merchant. In addition to writing and directing the shows, he played the lead roles of David Brent in *The Office* and Andy Millman in *Extras*. He reprised his role as Brent in 2016 comedy film *David Brent: Life on the Road*.

Gervais began his stand-up career in the late 1990s. He has performed five multi-national stand-up comedy tours, and wrote the *Flanimals* book series. Gervais, Merchant and Karl Pilkington created the podcast, *The Ricky Gervais Show*, which has spawned various spin-offs starring Pilkington and produced by Gervais and Merchant.[7]

He has also starred in the Hollywood films *Ghost Town*, the *Night at the Museum* trilogy, *For Your Consideration* and *Muppets Most Wanted*. He wrote, directed and starred in *The Invention of Lying* and the Netflix-released *Special Correspondents*. He hosted the Golden Globe Awards in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2016, and appears on the game show *Child Support*.

Gervais has won seven BAFTA Awards, five British Comedy Awards, two Emmy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards and the 2006 Rose d'Or, as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. In his various roles he often draws humour from an exasperated sigh.[8] In 2007, he was voted the 11th-greatest stand-up comic on Channel 4's 100 Greatest Stand-Ups[9] and again in the updated 2010 list as the 3rd-greatest stand-up comic.[10] In 2010, he was named on the *Time 100*list of the world's most influential people.[11]
Rex Allen

**Rex Elvie Allen** (December 31, 1920 – December 17, 1999) was an American film and television actor, singer and songwriter, known as "the Arizona Cowboy" and as the narrator of many Disney nature and Western productions. For his contributions to the film industry, Allen received a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1975, located at 6821 Hollywood Boulevard.[1][2]
Michael Cudiltz

**Michael Cudlitz** (born December 29, 1964) is an American actor, known for portraying John Cooper on the TNT dramaseries *Southland* for which he won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2013, Sergeant Denver "Bull" Randleman on the HBO miniseries *Band of Brothers*, and Sergeant Abraham Ford on the AMC horror series *The Walking Dead*.
Paul Rudd

**Paul Rudd** (born April 6, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and film producer. Rudd studied theatre at the University of Kansas and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, before making his acting debut in 1992 with NBC's drama series *Sisters*. He is known for his roles in the films *Clueless* (1995), *Romeo + Juliet* (1996), *Wet Hot American Summer* (2001), *Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy* (2004), *The 40-Year-Old Virgin* (2005), *Knocked Up* (2007), *Role Models* (2008), *I Love You, Man* (2009), *This Is 40* (2012), *The Perks of Being a Wallflower* (2012), *Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues* (2013), *The Fundamentals of Caring* (2016), *Mute* (2018), and *Ideal Home* (2018). Rudd also has a notable role as Scott Lang/Ant-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing in *Ant-Man* (2015), *Captain America: Civil War* (2016), *Ant-Man and the Wasp* (2018), and *Avengers: Endgame* (2019).

In addition to his film career, Rudd has appeared in numerous television shows, including the NBC sitcom *Friends* as Mike Hannigan, along with guest roles on *Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!* and *Parks and Recreation* (as businessman Bobby Newport) and hosting *Saturday Night Live*. Rudd received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on July 1, 2015.[2] He was part of Forbes Celebrity 100 in 2019.
Parker Posey

**Parker Christian Posey** (born November 8, 1968) is an American actress and musician. She frequently works with Christopher Guest and has appeared in several of his mockumentaries, such as *Waiting for Guffman* (1996), *Best in Show* (2000), *A Mighty Wind* (2003), *For Your Consideration* (2006), and *Mascots* (2016). Posey is the recipient of a Golden Globe Award nomination, a Satellite Award nomination and two Independent Spirit Award nominations.

Posey made her film debut in *Joey Breaker* (1993). Following small roles in *Coneheads* and the cult classic *Dazed and Confused* (also 1993), she was labeled "Queen of the Indies"[1] for starring in a succession of independent filmsthroughout the 1990s, such as *Sleep with Me* (1994), *Party Girl*, *The Doom Generation*, *Kicking and Screaming* (all 1995), *The Daytrippers* (1996), *The House of Yes* and *Clockwatchers* (both 1997). Her other notable film appearances include *You've Got Mail* (1998), *Scream 3* (2000), *Josie and the Pussycats* (2001), *Personal Velocity*, *The Sweetest Thing* (both 2002), *Blade: Trinity* (2004), *Superman Returns*, *Fay Grim* (both 2006), *Broken English* (2007), *The Eye* (2008), *Spring Breakdown* (2009), *Irrational Man* (2015), and *Café Society* (2016).

Outside of film, Posey starred in the television movie *Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay* (2002) and has guest-starred on numerous series, such as *Futurama* (2000), *The Simpsons* (2000), *Will & Grace* (2001), *Boston Legal* (2006), *Parks and Recreation* (2011), *The Good Wife* (2011–12), *Louie* (2012), *Inside Amy Schumer* (2014), and *Search Party* (2016). Since 2018 she has starred as June Harris on the Netflix series *Lost in Space*.
Joe Lo Truglio

**Joseph Lo Truglio** (Italian: [lo ˈtruʎʎo]; born December 2, 1970) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. Best known for his role as Charles Boyle on the Fox/NBC sitcom *Brooklyn Nine-Nine*, he also was a cast member on the television series *The State* and *Reno 911!*. His notable film roles include *Wet Hot American Summer*, *I Love You Man*, *Superbad*, *Paul*, *Role Models*, and *Wanderlust*.
Mindy Kaling

**Vera Mindy Chokalingam**[1] (born June 24, 1979),[1] known professionally as **Mindy Kaling**, is an American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and director. From 2005 to 2012, she played Kelly Kapoor in the NBC sitcom *The Office*. In addition to acting in it, she was a writer, executive producer, and director.[2] For her work on the series, she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series in 2010.

Kaling gained wider attention for creating, writing, producing and starring in the Fox/Hulu comedy series *The Mindy Project* (2012–2017). She was also the co-creator, writer, and producer of the NBC sitcom *Champions* (2018) and the Hulu miniseries *Four Weddings and a Funeral* (2019).[3] Kaling's film career includes voice work in *Despicable Me* (2010), *Wreck It Ralph* (2012), and *Inside Out* (2015). She had starring roles in the comedy *The Night Before* (2015), the fantasy adventure *A Wrinkle in Time*, the heist comedy *Ocean's 8* (both 2018), and the comedy *Late Night* (2019).

In addition to her work in film and television, Kaling has written two *New York Times* best-selling memoirs, titled *Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)* (2011) and *Why Not Me?* (2015).[4]
Matthew Fox

**Matthew Chandler Fox** (born July 14, 1966)[1] is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Charlie Salinger on *Party of Five* (1994–2000) and Jack Shephard on the supernatural drama series *Lost* (2004–2010), the latter of which earned him Golden Globe Award and Primetime Emmy Award nominations. Fox has also performed in ten feature films, including *We Are Marshall* (2006), *Vantage Point* (2008), *Alex Cross* (2012), *Emperor* (2012) and *Bone Tomahawk*(2015).
Ming-Na Wen

**Ming-Na Wen** (Chinese: 溫明娜; pinyin: *Wēn Míngnà*; born November 20, 1963)[1] is an American actress. She is best known for her starring role as Melinda May in the ABC action drama series *Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.* (2013–present) and for voicing the Disney Princess, Fa Mulan, in the animated musical action films *Mulan* (1998) and *Mulan II* (2004). She reprised the role of Fa Mulan in the video game *Kingdom Hearts II* (2005), the animated children's series *Sofia the First*(2014), and the animated comedy film *Ralph Breaks the Internet* (2018).[2]

Wen is also known for her role as Dr. Jing-Mei "Deb" Chen in the medical drama series *ER* (1995–2004). She starred as Rachel Lu in the medical drama series *Inconceivable* (2005), one of the few American television series with an Asian American series lead. She also had starring roles as Detective Ellen Yin in the animated series *The Batman* (2004–2005) and as Camile Wray in the science fiction series *Stargate Universe* (2009–2011). She is notable for starring in the films *The Joy Luck Club* (1993), *Street Fighter* (1994), and *Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within* (2001).
Marc Maron

**Marcus David Maron** (/ˈmærən/ *MARR-ən*; born September 27, 1963) is an American stand-up comedian, podcaster, writer, and actor.

In the 1990s and 2000s, Maron was a frequent guest on the *Late Show with David Letterman* and appeared more than forty times on *Late Night with Conan O'Brien*, more than any other stand-up comedian.[1][2] He hosted *Comedy Central's Short Attention Span Theater* from 1993 to 1994, replacing Jon Stewart. He was also a regular guest on *Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn* and hosted the short-lived 2002 American version of the British game show *Never Mind the Buzzcocks*on VH1.[3] He was a regular on the left-wing radio network Air America from 2004 to 2009, hosting *The Marc Maron Show*and co-hosting *Morning Sedition* and *Breakroom Live*.

In September 2009, soon after *Breakroom Live* was cancelled, Maron began hosting the twice-weekly podcast *WTF with Marc Maron* where he interviews comedians, authors, musicians and celebrities in his garage in Highland Park, Los Angeles, California. Highlights include a 2010 episode with Louis C.K. that was rated the #1 podcast episode of all time by *Slate* magazine,[4] a 2012 interview with comedian Todd Glass in which Glass publicly revealed that he was gay,[5] and a 2015 interview with President Barack Obama.[1]

From 2013 to 2016, he starred in his own IFC television comedy series, *Maron*, for which he also served as executive producer and occasional writer. Since 2017, he has co-starred in the Netflix comedy series *GLOW*.