Trivia: Born in the rural upper reaches of Ontario as the son of a diamond driller-cum-prospector, Canadian performer Michael Hogan trained as a young adult at Montreal's National Theatre School. Dramatically, Hogan maintained equal footing in stage classics and filmed productions. His theater work frequently included performances at the Stratford Festival with roles including Biff in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman and Petruchio in The Taming of the Shrew. Hogan's feature and television credits demonstrated a marked adroitness at handling diverse characterizations; he typically played bit parts, and could be effective as everything from military personnel to detectives to physicians. Hogan made his feature debut in the Peter Fonda/Jerry Reed good ol' boy comedy High Ballin' (1978) and later signed for theatrically released projects including Gas (1981), Stella (1989), and The Cutting Edge (1992). Meanwhile, the actor maintained a strong emphasis on small-screen work. In 2004, he took on one of his most high-profile roles up to that time, playing the hard-drinking, cantankerous Colonel Tigh on the Sci-Fi Channel update of Battlestar Galactica. The actor continued to work on Battlestar Galactica, and worked with Amanda Seyfried and Sarah Jessica Parker in the films Red Riding Hood and I Don't Know How She Does It (both 2011).

Trivia: Louise Fletcher's acting career can be divided into two stages. She started out appearing on television shows such as Wagon Train and The Untouchables during the late '50s, but left acting in 1964, two years after marrying movie producer Jerry Bick, to raise a family. She did not return to her craft until appearing in Robert Altman's well-regarded feature film Thieves Like Us in 1974. Fletcher then appeared in the spy thriller Russian Roulette (1975) before Milos Forman cast her in what was to become her signature role, that of the iron-willed, sadistic Nurse Ratched who tormented Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975). Her believable portrayal won her a Best Actress Oscar and a Golden Globe. Perhaps the highest honor is that her Ratched has become a movie icon, one that has been frequently emulated and parodied in numerous subsequent films. Fletcher was born in Birmingham, AL, to a deaf Episcopalian minister and a deaf mother. She started acting in summer stock following her graduation from the University of North Carolina. Fletcher next moved to Los Angeles and found work as a receptionist before breaking into television. Standing 5'10", the strikingly beautiful Fletcher was often taller than her leading men, something that hindered her first bid at stardom. Since her success with One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Fletcher has found steady employment as a supporting and character actress on television -- where she received a 1996 Emmy nomination for a guest-star appearance on the highly acclaimed CBS series Picket Fences -- and in feature films. She also has a busy stage career.