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Ralph Fiennes

**Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes** (/reɪf faɪnz/;[2] born 22 December 1962) is an English actor, film producer, and director. A Shakespeare interpreter, he first achieved success onstage at the Royal National Theatre.

Fiennes's portrayal of Nazi war criminal Amon Göth in *Schindler's List* (1993) earned him nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor, and he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. His performance as Count Almásy in *The English Patient* (1996) garnered him a second Academy Award nomination, for Best Actor, as well as BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations.

Fiennes has appeared in a number of notable films, including *Quiz Show* (1994), *Strange Days* (1995), *The End of the Affair* (1999), *Red Dragon* (2002), *Maid in Manhattan* (2002), *The Constant Gardener* (2005), *In Bruges* (2008), *The Reader* (2008), *Clash of the Titans* (2010), *Great Expectations* (2012) and *The Grand Budapest Hotel* (2014). He voiced Rameses in *The Prince of Egypt* (1998) and Alfred Pennyworth in *The Lego Batman Movie* (2017). Fiennes is also known for his roles in major film franchises such as the *Harry Potter* film series (2005–2011), in which he played Lord Voldemort, and the *James Bond* series, in which he has played Gareth Mallory / M, starting with the 2012 film *Skyfall*.

In 2011, Fiennes made his directorial debut with his film adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy *Coriolanus*, in which he also played the title character. In 1995, he won a Tony Award for playing Prince Hamlet on Broadway. Since 1999, Fiennes has served as an ambassador for UNICEF UK. Fiennes is also an Honorary Associate of London Film School.[3] For his work behind the camera, in 2019 he received the Stanislavsky Award.[4]
Owen Wilson

**Owen Cunningham Wilson** (born November 18, 1968)[2] is an American actor and screenwriter. He has had a long association with filmmaker Wes Anderson, with whom he shared writing and acting credits for *Bottle Rocket* (1996) and *The Royal Tenenbaums* (2001), the latter of which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He has appeared in a number of Frat Pack comedies and voiced Lightning McQueen in the *Cars* franchise. His older brother Andrew and younger brother Luke are also actors.
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

**Rosie Alice Huntington-Whiteley**[4] (born 18 April 1987)[5] is an English model, actress, designer, and businesswoman. She is best known for her work for lingerie retailer Victoria's Secret, formerly being one of their brand "Angels", for being the face of Burberry's 2011 brand fragrance "Burberry Body", for her work with Marks & Spencer, and, most recently, for her artistic collaboration with denim-focused fashion brand Paige.[6]

Moving into acting, she became known for her supporting roles as Carly Spencer in the 2011 film *Transformers: Dark of the Moon*, the third installment in the *Transformers* film series,[7] and as The Splendid Angharad in the 2015 film *Mad Max: Fury Road*.[8]
Sally Kellerman

**Sally Clare Kellerman** (born June 2, 1937)[1] is an American actress, activist, author, producer, singer, and voice artist.

Kellerman's acting career spans over 60 years. Her role as Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan in Robert Altman's film *M\*A\*S\*H* (1970) earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. After *M\*A\*S\*H*, she appeared in a number of the director's projects: the films *Brewster McCloud* (1970), *Welcome to L.A.* (1976) (produced by Altman, directed by his protege, Alan Rudolph), *The Player* (1992) and *Prêt-à-Porter* (1994), and the short-lived anthology TV series *Gun* (1997). In addition to her work with Altman, Kellerman has appeared in films such as *Last of the Red Hot Lovers* (1972), *Back to School* (1986), plus many television series such as *The Twilight Zone* (1963), *The Outer Limits*(1965), *Star Trek* (1966), *Bonanza* (1966, 1970) *The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman* (2006), *90210* (2008), *Chemistry* (2011), and *Maron* (2013).

At age 18, Kellerman signed a recording contract with Verve Records, but her first album (*Roll with the Feelin'*) was not recorded until 1972. A second album, *Sally*, was released in 2009.[2] Kellerman also contributed songs to the soundtracks for *Brewster McCloud* (1970), *Lost Horizon* (1973), *Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins* (1975), and *Boris and Natasha: The Movie* (1992).

She has done commercial voiceover work for Hidden Valley Ranch salad dressing, Mercedes-Benz and Revlon.[3]Kellerman's animation work includes *The Mouse and His Child* (1977), *Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird* (1985), *Happily Ever After* (1990), *Dinosaurs* (1992), *Unsupervised* (2012), and *The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange* (2013). In April 2013 she released her memoir *Read My Lips: Stories of a Hollywood Life*, describing her trials and tribulations in the entertainment business.
Max von Sydow

**Max von Sydow** (/vɒn ˈsiːdoʊ/;[1][a] born **Carl Adolf von Sydow**, 10 April 1929) is a Swedish actor. He has appeared in many European and American films in several languages, and he received the Royal Foundation of Sweden's Cultural Award in 1954, was made a '**Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres'** in 2005, and was named a '**Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur'** on 17 October 2012.

Von Sydow has appeared in more than 100 films and TV series.[2] Some of his most memorable film roles include Knight Antonius Block in Ingmar Bergman's *The Seventh Seal* (1957), the first of his 11 films with Bergman which includes the iconic scenes in which he plays chess with Death,[3] and Jesus in *The Greatest Story Ever Told* (1965). In 2016, he joined the cast of HBO's *Game of Thrones* as Three-eyed Raven, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
Mickey Rooney

**Mickey Rooney** (born **Joseph Yule Jr.**; September 23, 1920 – April 6, 2014) was an American actor, vaudevillian, comedian, producer and radio personality. In a career spanning nine decades and continuing until shortly before his death, he appeared in more than 300 films and was one of the last surviving stars of the silent film era.[1]

At the height of a career that was marked by precipitous declines and raging comebacks, Rooney performed the role of Andy Hardy in a series of 16 films in the 1930s and 1940s that epitomized American family values. A versatile performer, he became a celebrated character actor later in his career. Laurence Olivier once said he considered Rooney "the best there has ever been".[2] Clarence Brown, who directed him in two of his earliest dramatic roles, *National Velvet* and *The Human Comedy*, said he was "the closest thing to a genius I ever worked with".[3]

Rooney first performed in vaudeville as a child and made his film debut at the age of six. At 14 he played Puck in the play and later the 1935 film adaptation of *A Midsummer Night's Dream*. Critic David Thomson hailed his performance as "one of the cinema's most arresting pieces of magic". In 1938, he co-starred in *Boys Town*. At 19 he was the first teenager to be nominated for an Oscar for his leading role in *Babes in Arms*, and he was awarded a special Academy Juvenile Awardin 1939.[4] At the peak of his career between the ages of 15 and 25, he made 43 films, which made him one of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's most consistently successful actors and a favorite of MGM studio head Louis B. Mayer.

Rooney was the top box-office attraction from 1939 to 1941[5] and one of the best-paid actors of that era,[2] but his career would never again rise to such heights. Drafted into the Army during World War II, he served nearly two years entertaining over two million troops on stage and radio and was awarded a Bronze Star for performing in combat zones. Returning from the war in 1945, he was too old for juvenile roles but too short to be an adult movie star, and was unable to get as many starring roles. Nevertheless, Rooney's popularity was renewed with well-received supporting roles in films such as *Breakfast at Tiffany's* (1961), *Requiem for a Heavyweight* (1962), *It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World* (1963), and *The Black Stallion* (1979). In the early 1980s, he returned to Broadway in *Sugar Babies* and again became a celebrated star. Rooney made hundreds of appearances on TV, including dramas, variety programs, and talk shows, and won an Emmy in 1982 plus a Golden Globe for his role in *Bill* (1981).
Phyllis Smith

**Phyllis Smith** (born August 15, 1949) is an American actress and casting associate. She is best known for playing Phyllis Vance in the television series *The Office* and her critically acclaimed voice role as Sadness in the film *Inside Out*. She has a regular role on the Netflix series *The OA*.
Philip Baker Hall

**Philip Baker Hall** (born September 10, 1931) is an American actor and comedian. In film, Hall played the lead roles of Richard Nixon in Robert Altman's *Secret Honor* (1984), Sydney Brown in Paul Thomas Anderson's *Hard Eight* (1996) and Arthur Pratt in *Duck* (2005) and on television, he is best known for playing Lt. Bookman in the *Seinfeld* episode The Library. Hall has received Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for his work in Anderson’s films *Boogie Nights* (1997) and *Magnolia* (1999).
Neve Campbell

**Neve Adrianne Campbell** (/ˈnɛv ˈkæmbəl/; born October 3, 1973) is a Canadian actress. She is best known for her starring role as Julia Salinger on the Fox television drama series *Party of Five* (1994–2000), and as Sidney Prescott in the horror film franchise *Scream* (1996–2011).

Campbell had prominent film roles in *The Craft* (1996), *Wild Things*, *54* (1998), and *Three to Tango* (1999). Her subsequent film credits include *Drowning Mona*, *Panic* (both 2000), *The Company*, *Blind Horizon* (both 2003), *When Will I Be Loved*, *Churchill: The Hollywood Years* (both 2004), *Relative Strangers* (2006), *Partition*, *I Really Hate My Job*, *Closing the Ring* (all 2007), *Walter* (2015), and *Skyscraper* (2018).

Campbell is also known for starring as Daisy McKenzie in the Canadian television drama series *Catwalk* (1992), Olivia Maidstone on the short-lived NBC action drama series *The Philanthropist* (2009), and LeAnn Harvey on Netflix political thriller series *House of Cards* (2016–17).
Melissa Rauch

**Melissa Ivy Rauch** (born June 23, 1980)[1] is an American actress. She is known for playing Bernadette Rostenkowski-Wolowitz on the CBS sitcom *The Big Bang Theory* for which she garnered a nomination for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2013.
Michael Peña

**Michael Antony Peña** (/ˈpɛnjə/; Spanish: [ˈpeɲa]; born January 13, 1976) is an American actor and musician. He has starred in many films, such as *Crash* (2004), *World Trade Center* (2006), *Shooter* (2007), *Observe and Report* (2009), *Tower Heist* (2011), *Battle: Los Angeles* (2011), *End of Watch* (2012), *Gangster Squad* (2013), *American Hustle* (2013), *Fury* (2014), *Frontera* (2014), *The Martian* (2015), *Collateral Beauty* (2016), *CHiPs* (2017), *My Little Pony: The Movie*(2017), *Ant-Man* (2015) and its sequel *Ant-Man and the Wasp* (2018), and *A Wrinkle in Time* (2018). Peña also had the title role in *Cesar Chavez* (2014) and plays the co-lead role in the TV series *Narcos: Mexico* (2018).
Robert Forster

**Robert Wallace Forster Jr.** (born July 13, 1941) is an American actor, known for his roles as John Cassellis in Haskell Wexler's *Medium Cool* (1969), Lebanese terrorist Abdul Rafai in *The Delta Force* (1986), and Max Cherry in Quentin Tarantino's *Jackie Brown* (1997), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Forster's varied filmography further includes titles such as *Reflections in a Golden Eye* (1967), *The Black Hole* (1979), *Alligator* (1980), *Me, Myself & Irene* (2000), *Mulholland Drive* (2001), *The Descendants* (2011), *Olympus Has Fallen*(2013), and its sequel *London Has Fallen* (2016).

He has also had prominent roles in television series such as *Banyon* (1971–1973), *Heroes* (2007–2008), and *Twin Peaks*(2017). He won the Saturn Award for Best Guest Starring Role on Television for his performance in *Breaking Bad*'s"Granite State" (2013).
Sam Elliott

**Samuel Pack Elliott** (born August 9, 1944) is an American actor. His lanky physique, thick moustache, deep and resonant voice and Western drawl have led to frequent roles as cowboys and ranchers.[1] His accolades include an Academy Award nomination, two Golden Globe Award nominations, two Primetime Emmy Award nominations, and a National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Elliott began his film career with minor appearances in *The Way West* (1967) and *Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid*(1969), and guest-starred on television in the Western *Gunsmoke* (1972) and the television films *Murder in Texas* (1981) and *The Shadow Riders* (1982). His film breakthrough was in the drama *Lifeguard* (1976). He then appeared in several Louis L'Amour adaptations such as *The Quick and the Dead* (1987) and *Conagher* (1991), the latter of which earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film. He received his second Golden Globe and first Primetime Emmy Award nominations for *Buffalo Girls* (1995). Other film credits from the early 1990s include as John Buford in the historical drama *Gettysburg* (1993) and as Virgil Earp in the Western *Tombstone* (also 1993).

In the 2000s, Elliott appeared in supporting roles in the drama *We Were Soldiers* (2002), and the action films *Hulk* (2003), and *Ghost Rider* (2007). In 2015, he guest-starred on the series *Justified*, which earned him a Critics' Choice Television Award, and in 2016 began starring in the Netflix series *The Ranch*. He subsequently had a lead role in the comedy-drama *The Hero* (2017). The following year, Elliott was cast in the musical drama *A Star Is Born* (2018), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, a Critics' Choice Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and won a National Board of Review Award.
Robert David Hall

**Robert David Hall** (born November 9, 1947) is an American actor, best known for his role as coroner Dr. Albert Robbins M.D. on the television show *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation*. In addition to starring on *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation*, Robert has appeared in such films as *Starship Troopers* and *The Negotiator* and has made guest appearances in a number of TV programs including *The West Wing* and *L.A. Law*. He also furnishes the narration on CourtTV's documentary series *North Mission Road*. Currently, Hall is working on the short thriller "The Roymann Closure in the Netherlands", written by writer/director David Grifhorst and executive producer Jop Douma.

Hall was married to Susan Petroni from 1969 until their divorce in 1974, and Connie Cole from 1979 until their divorce in 1987. His son, Andrew, was born of his second marriage. Hall's third and current marriage is to Judy Sterns in 1999.
Melissa McCarthy

**Melissa Ann McCarthy** (born August 26, 1970)[1] is an American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and fashion designer. She is the recipient of several accolades, including two Primetime Emmy Awards and has received nominations for two Academy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. McCarthy was named by *Time* as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2016, and she has been featured multiple times in annual rankings of the highest-paid actresses in the world.[2][3][4]

McCarthy began appearing in television and films in the late 1990s, and first gained recognition for her role as Sookie St. James in the television series *Gilmore Girls* (2000–2007). She played Dena in the ABC sitcom *Samantha Who?* (2007–2009), before starring as Molly Flynn in the CBS sitcom *Mike & Molly* (2010–2016), for which she won the 2011 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. McCarthy's appearances as a host on *Saturday Night Live* led to a win for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 2017.

McCarthy gained critical acclaim for her performance in the comedy film *Bridesmaids* (2011), receiving a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She went on to star in several commercially successful comedies, including *Identity Thief* (2013), *The Heat* (2013), *Tammy* (2014), *St. Vincent* (2014), *Spy* (2015), and *The Boss* (2016). She also expanded into dramatic roles by portraying Lee Israel in the biographical drama film *Can You Ever Forgive Me?*(2018), for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress.

McCarthy and her husband Ben Falcone are the founders of the production company On the Day Productions, under which they have collaborated on several comedy films. In 2015, she launched her own clothing line for plus-sized women, named Melissa McCarthy Seven7, and she received a motion picture star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[5][6]
Maulik Pancholy

**Maulik Navin Pancholy**(/moʊliːk nɑːvɪn pænˈtʃoʊli/, born January 18, 1974) is an American actor who is best known for his roles as Jonathan on *30 Rock*, Baljeet Tjinder in *Phineas and Ferb*, Neal in the first season of *Whitney*, and characters named Sanjay Patel in *Weeds* and *Sanjay and Craig*.
Merv Griffin

**Mervyn Edward Griffin Jr.** (July 6, 1925 – August 12, 2007) was an American television host and media mogul.[2] He began his career as a radio and big band singer who went on to appear in film and on Broadway. From 1965 to 1986, Griffin hosted his own talk show, *The Merv Griffin Show*. He also created the internationally popular game shows *Jeopardy!* and *Wheel of Fortune* through his television production companies, Merv Griffin Enterprises and Merv Griffin Entertainment.
Robin Wright

**Robin Gayle Wright**[1] (born April 8, 1966) is an American actress. She is the recipient of eight Primetime Emmy Awardnominations and has earned a Golden Globe Award and a Satellite Award for her work in television.

Wright first gained attention for her role in the NBC Daytime soap opera *Santa Barbara*, as Kelly Capwell from 1984 to 1988. She then made the transition to film, starring in the romantic comedy fantasy adventure film *The Princess Bride*(1987). This role led Wright to further success in the film industry, with starring roles in films such as *Forrest Gump* (1994), the romantic drama *Message in a Bottle* (1999), the superhero drama-thriller *Unbreakable* (2000), the historical drama *The Conspirator* (2010), the biographical sports drama *Moneyball* (2011), the mystery thriller *The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo* (2011), the biographical drama *Everest* (2015), the superhero film *Wonder Woman* (2017), and the neo-noir science fiction film *Blade Runner 2049* (2017).

Wright starred as Claire Underwood in the Netflix political drama web television series *House of Cards*, for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama in 2013, making her the first actress to win a Golden Globe for a web television series. Wright has also received consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nominations in the Outstanding Lead Actress category for *House of Cards* between 2013 and 2017, and the Outstanding Drama Seriescategory in 2016 and 2017 as a producer on the show.

Wright is also one of the highest paid actresses in the United States, earning US$420,000 per episode for her role in *House of Cards* in 2016.[2]
Michael Fassbender

**Michael Fassbender** (born 2 April 1977) is an Irish-German actor. His feature film debut was in the fantasy war epic *300*(2007) as a Spartan warrior; his earlier roles included various stage productions, as well as starring roles on television such as in the HBO miniseries *Band of Brothers* (2001) and the Sky One fantasy drama *Hex* (2004–05). He first came to prominence for his role as IRA activist Bobby Sands in *Hunger* (2008), for which he won a British Independent Film Award. Subsequent roles include in the independent film *Fish Tank* (2009), as a Royal Marines lieutenant in *Inglourious Basterds* (2009), as Edward Rochester in the 2011 film adaptation of *Jane Eyre*, as Carl Jung in *A Dangerous Method*(2011), as the sentient android David 8 in *Prometheus* (2012) and its sequel, *Alien: Covenant* (2017), and in the musical comedy-drama *Frank* (2014) as an eccentric musician loosely inspired by Frank Sidebottom.

In 2011, Fassbender debuted as the Marvel Comics supervillain Magneto in *X-Men: First Class*, and went on to share the role with Ian McKellen in *X-Men: Days of Future Past* (2014), before reprising it again in *X-Men: Apocalypse* (2016) and *Dark Phoenix* (2019). Also in 2011, Fassbender's performance as a sex addict in *Shame* earned him the Volpi Cup for Best Actor at the Venice Film Festival and was nominated for Golden Globe and BAFTA Awards. In 2013, his role as slave owner Edwin Epps in the slavery epic *12 Years a Slave* was similarly praised, earning him his first Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. In 2013, Fassbender appeared in another Ridley Scott film, *The Counselor*. In 2015, he portrayed the title role in the Danny Boyle-directed biopic *Steve Jobs* (2015), and played Macbeth in Justin Kurzel's adaptation of William Shakespeare's play. For the former, he received Academy Award, BAFTA, Golden Globe and SAGnominations. In 2015, he produced the western *Slow West*, in which he also starred.
Melanie Lynskey

**Melanie Jayne Lynskey** (born 16 May 1977) is a New Zealand actress and voice actress. She is the recipient of several accolades, including a New Zealand Film Award, a Hollywood Film Award, and a Sundance Special Jury Award, as well as Critics' Choice Award, Gotham Award and Golden Nymph Award nominations.

Lynskey made her film debut at age 17, starring as a teenage murderer in *Heavenly Creatures* (1994). After moving to the United States, she built a career playing supporting parts in films such as *Ever After* (1998), *Detroit Rock City*, *But I'm a Cheerleader* (both 1999), *Coyote Ugly* (2000), *Abandon*, *Sweet Home Alabama* (both 2002), *Shattered Glass* (2003), *Flags of Our Fathers* (2006), *Away We Go*, *Up in the Air*, *The Informant!*, *Leaves of Grass* (all 2009), *Win Win* (2011), *Seeking a Friend for the End of the World* and *The Perks of Being a Wallflower* (both 2012).

Lynskey received critical praise for her performance in *Hello I Must Be Going* (2012), which proved to be a turning point in her career.[1] Subsequent lead roles in *Happy Christmas*, *We'll Never Have Paris* (both 2014), *The Intervention*, *Rainbow Time*, *Little Boxes* (all 2016), *I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore*, *And Then I Go* (both 2017) and *Sadie* (2018) have established her as a prominent figure in the American independent film community.[2]

Outside of film, Lynskey achieved fame with her portrayal of Rose on the sitcom *Two and a Half Men* (2003–2015). From 2015 to 2016, she starred as Michelle Pierson on the HBO series *Togetherness*, for which she earned a nomination for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She provided the voices of Beatrice for Cartoon Network's *Over the Garden Wall* (2014) and Megan for Disney XD's *Future-Worm!* (2016–2018). In 2018, she starred as Molly Strand on the Hulu series *Castle Rock*. Lynskey is engaged to actor Jason Ritter; they have one child.
Michelle Pfieffer

**Michelle Marie Pfeiffer** (/ˈfaɪfər/; born April 29, 1958) is an American actress and producer. She has received many accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, and three nominations for an Academy Award.

Pfeiffer began to pursue an acting career in 1978 and had her first leading role in the musical film *Grease 2* (1982). Frustrated with being typecast as the token pretty girl, she actively pursued more serious material and had her breakthrough role as gangster moll Elvira Hancock in the crime film *Scarface* (1983). Further success came with leading roles in the fantasy feature *The Witches of Eastwick* (1987) and the comedy *Married to the Mob* (1988). Her roles in *Dangerous Liaisons* (1988) and *The Fabulous Baker Boys* (1989) garnered her consecutive two Academy Awardnominations, for Best Supporting Actress and Best Actress, respectively; her portrayal of lounge singer Susie Diamond in the latter is one of the most acclaimed of her career.

Pfeiffer went on to star as Catwoman / Selina Kyle in Tim Burton's superhero film *Batman Returns* (1992), following which she won the Silver Bear for Best Actress and earned a third Academy Award nomination for playing a troubled housewife in *Love Field* (1992). She continued to gain praise for her performances in the dramas *The Age of Innocence* (1993) and *White Oleander* (2002), and the horror films *Wolf* (1994) and *What Lies Beneath* (2000). During this time, she also produced a series of films under her production company Via Rosa Productions. After a hiatus from acting in 2002, she returned with the musical *Hairspray* (2007). She received her first Emmy Award nomination for portraying Ruth Madoff in the HBO television film *The Wizard of Lies* (2017), and went on to feature in the ensemble films *Murder on the Orient Express* (2017) and *Ant-Man and the Wasp* (2018).
Martin Clunes

**Alexander Martin Clunes**, OBE (born 28 November 1961) is an English actor, television presenter, film director and comedian. He is best known for portraying Martin Ellingham in the ITV drama series *Doc Martin* and Gary Strang in *Men Behaving Badly*. Clunes has narrated a number of documentaries for ITV, the first of which was *Islands of Britain* in 2009. He has since presented a number of documentaries centred on animals. He has also voiced Kipper the Dog in the animated series, *Kipper*.

Clunes was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2015 Birthday Honours for services to drama, charity and the community in Dorset.
Nick Robinson

**Nicholas John Robinson** (born March 22, 1995) is an American actor. As a child, he appeared in the 2008 stage productions of *A Christmas Carol* and *Mame*, following which he starred in the television sitcom *Melissa & Joey* (2010–2015). He went on to play a supporting role in the film *Jurassic World* (2015), and took on lead roles in several teen dramas, including *The Kings of Summer* (2013), *The 5th Wave* (2015), *Everything, Everything* (2017), and *Love, Simon*(2018).

In 2018, Robinson was named to Forbes' 30 under 30 in the Hollywood & Entertainment category.[2]
Rainn Wilson

**Rainn Dietrich Wilson** (born January 20, 1966) is an American actor, comedian, writer, director, businessman, and producer. He is best known for his role as Dwight Schrute on the NBC sitcom *The Office*, for which he has earned three consecutive Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.

A native of Seattle, Wilson began acting in college at the University of Washington, and later worked in theatre in New York City after graduating in 1986. Wilson made his film debut in *Galaxy Quest* (1999), followed by supporting parts in *Almost Famous* (2000), Steven Soderbergh's *Full Frontal* (2002), and *House of 1000 Corpses* (2003). He also had a recurring part as Arthur Martin in the HBO series *Six Feet Under* from 2003 to 2005.

Wilson was cast as Dwight Schrute in *The Office* in 2005, a role which he played until the show's conclusion in 2013. Other film credits include lead roles in the comedies *The Rocker* (2008) and *Super* (2010), as well as supporting roles in the horror films *Cooties* (2014) and *The Boy* (2015). In 2009, he provided his voice for the computer animated science fiction film *Monsters vs. Aliens*. More recently, he has played a recurring role on *Star Trek: Discovery* (2017) as well as a supporting role in *The Meg* (2018). In addition to acting, Wilson published an autobiography, *The Bassoon King*, in November 2015, and also co-founded the digital media company SoulPancake in 2008.
Michelle Monaghan

**Michelle Lynn Monaghan** (born March 23, 1976)[1] is an American actress. She is best known for her starring roles in *Kiss Kiss Bang Bang* (2005), *Gone Baby Gone* (2007), *Made of Honor* (2008), *Eagle Eye* (2008), *Trucker* (2008), *Source Code* (2011), *Pixels* (2015), and *Patriots Day* (2016). She has also received recognition for her starring role as Julia Meade in the action spy film series *Mission: Impossible*, appearing in *Mission: Impossible III* (2006), *Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol* (2011), and *Mission: Impossible – Fallout* (2018).

On television, Monaghan starred as Maggie Hart in the first season of the anthology crime drama series *True Detective*(2014), for which she received a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress. She also starred as Sarah Lane in the drama series *The Path* (2016–18).
Poppy Montgomery

**Poppy Montgomery** (born **Poppy Petal Emma Elizabeth Deveraux Donaghue**; 15 June 1972)[1] is an Australian-American actress. She played FBI agent Samantha Spade on the CBS mystery drama *Without a Trace* from 2002 to 2009, and played Detective Carrie Wells on the CBS/A&E police drama *Unforgettable* from 2011 to 2016.[2]
Olivia Williams

**Olivia Haigh Williams** (born 26 July 1968) is a British actress, film, stage, and television actress who has appeared in British and American films and television.

After studying drama at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School for two years followed by three years at the Royal Shakespeare Company, her first significant role was as Jane Fairfax in the British television film *Emma* (1996), based on Jane Austen's novel. She made her film debut in 1997's *The Postman*, followed by *Rushmore* (1998) and *The Sixth Sense* (1999). Williams then appeared in several British films, including *Lucky Break* (2001), *The Heart of Me* (2002) and *An Education* (2009). In 2010, she won acclaim for her performance as Ruth Lang in Roman Polanski's *The Ghost Writer*. Since 2017, she has played Emily Silk(s), on the television series *Counterpart*.
Milton Berle

**Milton Berle** (born **Mendel Berlinger**; Yiddish: ‏מענדעל בערלינגער‎; July 12, 1908 – March 27, 2002) was an American comedian and actor. Berle's career as an entertainer spanned over 80 years, first in silent films and on stage as a child actor, then in radio, movies and television. As the host of NBC's *Texaco Star Theater* (1948–55), he was the first major American television star and was known to millions of viewers as "Uncle Miltie" and "Mr. Television" during the first Golden Age of Television.
Judith Light

**Judith Light** (born February 9, 1949)[1] is an American actress, producer, and activist.

Light made her professional stage debut in 1970, before making her Broadway debut in the 1975 revival of *A Doll's House*. Her breakthrough role was in the ABC daytime soap opera *One Life to Live* from 1977 to 1983, where she played the role of Karen Wolek. For this role, she won two consecutive Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series. She later starred as Angela Bower in the long-running ABC sitcom *Who's the Boss?* from 1984 to 1992, and was featured in many other television sitcoms, dramas and films. She played the recurring role of Elizabeth Donnellyin the NBC legal crime drama *Law & Order: Special Victims Unit* (2002–2010) and also played Claire Meade in the ABC comedy-drama *Ugly Betty* (2006–2010), for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in 2007.

She received her first nomination for a Tony Award in 2011, for her performance in the original Broadway play *Lombardi*. In 2012 and 2013, Light won two consecutive Tony Awards for Best Featured Actress in a Play, for her performances in *Other Desert Cities* and *The Assembled Parties*. From 2013 to 2014, Light played the role of villainous Judith Brown Ryland in the TNT drama series, *Dallas*. In 2014, she began starring as Shelly Pfefferman in the critically acclaimed Amazon Studios dark comedy-drama series *Transparent*, for which she received Golden Globe, Primetime Emmy, and Critics' Choice Television Award nominations.

Light is a prominent LGBT and HIV/AIDS activist. Her advocacy work began in the early 1980s, in the early days of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Mira Sorvino

**Mira Katherine Sorvino** (/ˈmiːrə sɔːrˈviːnoʊ/; born September 28, 1967) is an American actress. She won the Academy Award and Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Woody Allen's *Mighty Aphrodite* (1995).

She also starred in the films *Romy and Michele's High School Reunion* (1997), *Mimic* (1997), *Lulu on the Bridge* (1998), *The Replacement Killers* (1998), *Summer of Sam* (1999), and *Like Dandelion Dust* (2009). She received Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for her role in *Norma Jean & Marilyn* (1996), and a Golden Globe nomination for her role in *Human Trafficking* (2005).
Patrick Dempsey

**Patrick Galen Dempsey**[2] (born January 13, 1966)[3] is an American actor and race car driver, best known for his role as neurosurgeon Derek "McDreamy" Shepherd in *Grey's Anatomy*, starring alongside Ellen Pompeo (Dr. Meredith Grey). Dempsey then retired the character after 11 seasons. He saw early success as an actor, starring in a number of films in the 1980s, including *Can't Buy Me Love* (1987) and *Loverboy* (1989). In the 1990s, he mostly appeared in smaller roles in film, such as *Outbreak* (1995) and television. Patrick was also in Scream 3 (2000) where he portrayed the role of Detective Mark Kincaid. He was successful in landing a lead role in *Sweet Home Alabama* (2002), a surprise box office hit. He has since starred in other films, including *Enchanted* (2007), *Made of Honor* (2008), *Valentine's Day* (2010), *Flypaper* (2011), *Freedom Writers* (2007), *Transformers: Dark of the Moon* (2011), and *Bridget Jones's Baby* (2016).

Dempsey, who maintains a sports car and vintage car collection, also enjoys auto racing in his spare time. He has competed in pro-am events such as the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Rolex 24 at Daytona sports car race and Ensenada SCORE Baja 1000 off-road race. Prior to the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans, Dempsey declared that he would "walk away" from acting if he could and dedicate himself full-time to motorsports.[4]
Ray Wise

**Raymond Herbert Wise** (born August 20, 1947) is an American actor.[1] He is best known for his roles as Alec Holland in *Swamp Thing* (1982), Leon C. Nash in *RoboCop* (1987), Leland Palmer in *Twin Peaks* (1990–1991, 2017) and its prequel film *Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me* (1992), Jack Taggart Sr. in *Jeepers Creepers 2* (2003), Don Hollenbeck in *Good Night, and Good Luck* (2005), Vice President Hal Gardner in *24* (2006), and The Devil in *Reaper* (2007–2009). He currently stars as Marvin on *Fresh Off the Boat* (2015–present).
Roy Dotrice

**Roy Dotrice** OBE (26 May 1923 – 16 October 2017) was a British actor who won a Tony Award for his performance in the 2000 Broadway revival of *A Moon for the Misbegotten*. He appeared in *Amadeus* (1984) as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's father, Leopold. He also narrated the books in George R. R. Martin's fantasy series *A Song of Ice and Fire*.
Peter Graves

**Peter Graves** (born **Peter Duesler Aurness**; March 18, 1926 – March 14, 2010) was an American film and television actor. He was best known for his role as Jim Phelps in the CBS television series *Mission: Impossible* from 1967 to 1973 (original) and from 1988 to 1990 (revival). His elder brother was actor James Arness. Graves was also known for his portrayal of airline pilot Captain Clarence Oveur in the 1980 comedy film *Airplane!* and its 1982 sequel *Airplane II: The Sequel*.
Nicollette Sheridan

**Nicollette Sheridan** (born November 21, 1963)[1] is an English-American actress, writer and producer. She began her career as a fashion model, before landing a role in the short-lived ABC primetime soap opera *Paper Dolls* in 1984. The following year, she starred in the romantic comedy film *The Sure Thing*.

Sheridan is best known for her roles on television. From 1986 to 1993, she played Paige Matheson on the CBS primetime soap opera *Knots Landing*, for which she won two *Soap Opera Digest* Awards. She later had leading roles in numerous made-for-television movies and miniseries, including *Lucky Chances* (1990), *Virus* (1995), and *The People Next Door*(1996). She has also made a number of feature film appearances, including roles in *Noises Off* (1992), *Spy Hard* (1996), *Beverly Hills Ninja* (1997), and *Code Name: The Cleaner* (2007).

In 2004, Sheridan began starring as Edie Britt in the ABC comedy-drama series *Desperate Housewives*, a role she played until 2009, for which she received a nomination for a Golden Globe award. She portrayed Alexis Carrington in The CW primetime soap opera reboot *Dynasty* from 2018 to 2019.
Michael Shannon

**Michael Corbett Shannon** (born August 7, 1974)[1][2] is an American actor and musician. He has been nominated twice for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his roles in *Revolutionary Road* (2008) and *Nocturnal Animals*(2016). He earned Screen Actors Guild Award and Golden Globe Award nominations for his role in *99 Homes* (2014), and a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Play for *Long Day's Journey into Night* (2016).

Shannon made his film debut in 1993 with *Groundhog Day* and received widespread attention for his performance in *8 Mile* (2002). He is known for his on-screen versatility, performing in both comedies and dramas. His performances include *Pearl Harbor* (2001), *Bad Boys II* (2003), *Bug* (2006), *Before the Devil Knows You're Dead* (2007), *Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans* (2007), *The Iceman* (2012), *Man of Steel* (2013), and *The Shape of Water* (2017). Shannon is a frequent collaborator of Jeff Nichols, appearing in all of his films: *Shotgun Stories* (2007), *Take Shelter* (2011), *Mud*(2012), *Midnight Special*, and *Loving* (both 2016). He is also known for his role as Nelson Van Alden in the HBO period drama series *Boardwalk Empire* (2010–2014), for which he was nominated for three Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Peter MacNicol

**Peter MacNicol** (born April 10, 1954) is an American actor and voice actor. He received a Theatre World Award for his 1981 Broadway debut in the play *Crimes of the Heart*. His film roles include Galen in *Dragonslayer* (1981), Stingo in *Sophie's Choice* (1982), Janosz Poha in *Ghostbusters II* (1989), camp organizer Gary Granger in *Addams Family Values*(1993), and David Langley in *Bean* (1997).

MacNicol won the 2001 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his role as the eccentric lawyer John Cage in the FOX comedy-drama *Ally McBeal* (1997–2002). He is also known for his television roles as attorney Alan Birch in the medical drama *Chicago Hope* (1994–98), Tom Lennox in the sixth season of action-thriller *24*(2007), as physicist Dr. Larry Fleinhardt on the CBS crime drama *Numbers* (2005–10), Dr. Stark on *Grey's Anatomy*(2010–11), Jeff Kane on the political satire series *Veep* (2016–19), Doctor Octopus in *The Spectacular Spider-Man*, and Nigel the Advisor on *Tangled: The Series*.
Samuel L. Jackson

**Samuel Leroy Jackson** (born December 21, 1948) is an American actor and film producer. A recipient of critical acclaim and numerous accolades and awards, Jackson is the actor whose films have made the highest total gross revenue.

He came to prominence in the early 1990s with films such as *Goodfellas* (1990), *Jungle Fever* (1991), *Patriot Games*(1992), *Amos & Andrew* (1993), *True Romance* (1993), *Jurassic Park* (1993) and his collaborations with director Quentin Tarantino including *Pulp Fiction* (1994), *Jackie Brown* (1997), *Django Unchained* (2012), and *The Hateful Eight* (2015). He is a highly prolific actor, having appeared in over 150 films, including *Die Hard with a Vengeance* (1995), *A Time to Kill*(1996), *The Long Kiss Goodnight* (1996), *The Negotiator* (1998), *Deep Blue Sea* (1999), *Unbreakable* (2000), *Shaft*(2000) and its sequel, *XXX* (2002), *Snakes on a Plane* (2006), *Kong: Skull Island* (2017) and the *Star Wars* prequel trilogy(1999–2005).

With Jackson's permission, his likeness was used for the Ultimate version of the Marvel Comics character Nick Fury. He has subsequently played Fury in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) films *Iron Man* (2008), *Iron Man 2* (2010), *Thor*(2011), *Captain America: The First Avenger* (2011), *The Avengers* (2012), *Captain America: The Winter Soldier* (2014), *Avengers: Age of Ultron* (2015), *Avengers: Infinity War* (2018), *Captain Marvel* (2019), *Avengers: Endgame* (2019), and *Spider-Man: Far From Home* (2019), as well as in the television series *Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.*

Jackson has provided his voice to several animated films, television series and video games, including the roles of Lucius Best / Frozone in Pixar Animation Studios' films *The Incredibles* (2004) and *Incredibles 2* (2018), Mace Windu in *Star Wars: The Clone Wars* (2008), Whiplash in *Turbo* (2013), Afro Samurai in the anime television series *Afro Samurai*(2007), and Frank Tenpenny in the video game *Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas* (2004).

Jackson is married to LaTanya Richardson, with whom he has a daughter, Zoe.

Jackson is ranked as the highest all-time box office star with over $7 billion total US box office gross, an average of $89.6 million per film.[1] The worldwide box office total of his films (excluding cameo appearances) is over $16.7 billion.[2]He became the top-grossing actor in October 2011, surpassing Frank Welker.[3]
Naomi Watts

**Naomi Ellen Watts** (born 28 September 1968) is a British actress and film producer.[1] She made her film debut in the Australian drama *For Love Alone* (1986) and then appeared in the Australian television series *Hey Dad..!* (1990), *Brides of Christ* (1991), *Home and Away* (1991), and the film *Flirting* (1991). After moving to the United States, Watts struggled as an actress for years, but managed to obtain parts in the films *Tank Girl* (1995), *Children of the Corn IV: The Gathering*(1996), and *Dangerous Beauty* (1998), and the television series *Sleepwalkers* (1997–1998).

Watts rose to international prominence for playing an aspiring actress in David Lynch's psychological thriller *Mulholland Drive* (2001) and a tormented journalist in the horror remake *The Ring* (2002). She subsequently received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as a grief-stricken mother in Alejandro González Iñárritu's neo-noir film *21 Grams* (2003). Her next films throughout the 2000s include *I Heart Huckabees* (2004), *King Kong* (2005), *Eastern Promises* (2007), and *The International* (2009).

For her role as Maria Bennett in the disaster film *The Impossible* (2012), Watts received another Academy Award for Best Actress nomination. In the 2010s, she starred in the well-received independent films *Birdman* (2014), *St. Vincent* (2014), *While We're Young* (2015), and *Luce* (2019). Watts also continued to act in blockbusters, with appearances in the *Divergent* franchise (2015–2016), and ventured into television with the Showtime series *Twin Peaks* (2017) and *The Loudest Voice* (2019).

Watts is particularly known for her work in remakes and independent productions with dark or tragic themes, as well as portrayals of characters that endure loss or suffering.[2] She established herself as one of the most bankable actresses in the American film industry by 2009.[3] Magazines such as *People* and *Maxim* have included her on their lists of the world's most beautiful women. She has been an ambassador for Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS and Pantene's Beautiful Lengths. Despite significant media attention, Watts is reticent about her personal life. She had a relationship with American actor Liev Schreiber from 2005 to 2016, with whom she has two sons.
Melanie Griffith

**Melanie Richards Griffith**[3] (born August 9, 1957) is an American film, stage, and television actress, and film producer. She began her career in the 1970s, appearing in several independent thriller films before achieving mainstream success in the mid-1980s.

Born in New York City to actress Tippi Hedren and advertising executive Peter Griffith, she was raised mainly in Los Angeles, where she graduated from the Hollywood Professional School at age sixteen. In 1975, a then seventeen-year-old Griffith appeared opposite Gene Hackman in Arthur Penn's film noir *Night Moves*. She later rose to prominence for her role portraying a pornographic actress in Brian De Palma's thriller *Body Double* (1984), which earned her a National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress. Griffith's subsequent performance in the comedy *Something Wild* (1986) garnered critical acclaim before she was cast in 1988's *Working Girl*, which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won her a Golden Globe.

The 1990s saw Griffith in a series of roles which received varying critical reception: she received Golden Globe nominations for her performances in *Buffalo Girls* (1995), and as Marion Davies in *RKO 281* (1999), while also earning a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress for her performances in *Shining Through* (1992), as well as receiving nominations for *Crazy in Alabama* (1999) and John Waters' cult film *Cecil B. Demented* (2000). Other credits include John Schlesinger's *Pacific Heights* (1990), *Milk Money* (1994), the neo-noir film *Mulholland Falls* (1996), as Charlotte Haze in Adrian Lyne's *Lolita* (1997), and *Another Day in Paradise* (1998).

She later starred as Barbara Marx in *The Night We Called It a Day* (2003), and spent the majority of the 2000s appearing on such television series as *Nip/Tuck*, *Raising Hope*, and *Hawaii Five-0*. After acting on stage in London, in 2003 she made her Broadway debut in a revival of the musical *Chicago*, receiving celebratory reviews. In the 2010s, Griffith returned to film, starring opposite former husband Antonio Banderas in the science fiction film *Autómata* (2014) and as an acting coach in James Franco's *The Disaster Artist* (2017).
Peter Falk

**Peter Michael Falk** (September 16, 1927 – June 23, 2011) was an American actor, known for his role as Lieutenant Columbo in the long-running television series *Columbo* (1968–2003), for which he won four Primetime Emmy Awards(1972, 1975, 1976, 1990) and a Golden Globe Award (1973). He first starred as Columbo in two 90-minute TV pilots; the first with Gene Barry in 1968 and the second with Lee Grant in 1971. The show then aired as part of *The NBC Mystery Movie* series from 1971 to 1978, and again on ABC from 1989 to 2003.[1]

Falk was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for *Murder, Inc.* (1960) and *Pocketful of Miracles* (1961), and won his first Emmy Award in 1962 for *The Dick Powell Theatre*. He was the first actor to be nominated for an Academy Award and an Emmy Award in the same year, achieving the feat twice (1961/62). He went on to appear in such films as *It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World* (1963), *The Great Race* (1965), *Anzio* (1968), *A Woman Under the Influence* (1974), *Murder by Death* (1976), *Mikey and Nicky* (1976), *The Cheap Detective* (1978), *The Princess Bride* (1987), *Wings of Desire* (1987), *The Player* (1992), and *Next* (2007), as well as many television guest roles.

Director William Friedkin said of Falk's role in his film *The Brink's Job* (1978): "Peter has a great range from comedy to drama. He could break your heart or he could make you laugh."[2] In 1996, *TV Guide* ranked Falk No. 21 on its 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time list.[3] He received posthumously a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2013.[4][5]