Trivia: Tall, dark, and very handsome, Johnathon Schaech has all of the physical attributes one would expect of a leading man. Despite his appearance, however, Schaech has eluded true stardom, appearing in films that allow him to showcase his talent without providing the opportunity for the actor to make a solid splash in the mainstream.Born in Edgewood, MD, in 1969, Schaech was a model before being cast in his first role, in a 1993 film called The Webbers. Co-starring David Arquette and Jennifer Tilly, the film was mired in obscurity, much like Schaech's next effort, Franco Zefferelli's Storia Di Una Capinera or Sparrows (1993). It was director Gregg Araki who gave Schaech his first real break, when he cast him as a dangerous, perpetually aroused drifter in his 1995 film The Doom Generation. Ecstatically bad-mannered and filled with an abundance of sex, violence, and severed heads, the film became something of a cult classic and gave Schaech a limited dose of fame. The scope of his fame was widened a little bit with his next significant picture, How to Make an American Quilt (1995). As one of the token Y-chromosome bearers in a virtually all-female cast, Schaech made a favorable impression with many filmgoers in his role as Winona Ryder's lifeguard suitor. His notices were favorable enough to get him a leading part in Tom Hanks' 1996 film That Thing You Do! and the title role of the made-for-cable Houdini (1998). Along with these relative successes came the requisite flops, among them 1997's Welcome to Woop Woop, which featured a memorably bizarre title and little else, and Hush (1998), in which Schaech played the son of a completely crackers Jessica Lange. In 1999, Schaech had another shot at cult stardom when he again collaborated with Araki on Splendor, which had its debut at the Sundance Film Festival. The same year, he was also cast in the Jennifer Love Hewitt series, Fox's The Time of Your Life.

Trivia: Tall (5'7 1/2"), brunette fashion model Linda Gray began her acting career in television commercials-nearly 400 of them, in fact. While shopping in a health-food store one day in the early 1970s, Gray struck up a friendly conversation with a woman who turned out to be Mrs. Dennis Weaver; as a result, Gray was cast in her first substantial dramatic role on Weaver's weekly series McCloud. Her first regular TV-series gig was as an unlikely transsexual on the satirical soap opera All That Glitters (1977). From 1978 through 1991, Gray was seen as Sue Ellen Ewing on the prime-time serial Dallas. Linda Gray has since been co-starred on the 1994 Fox Network Models Inc.

Trivia: Appeared in stage productions of The Tempest and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Made his soap opera debut in 2005's Top Models. Won a Bravo Award for Best Actor for his performance in 2012's Hidden Moon. Has his first starring role in Rerouting (2013).

Trivia: Wes Bentley was a relative newcomer to film when he starred in Sam Mendes' American Beauty (1999), but his haunting portrayal of the battered, enigmatic Ricky Fitts made him one of the most talked about young actors of the year. Dark, lanky, and possessing a pair of blue eyes of diamond-cutting intensity, Bentley beat out 20 young Hollywood actors for the role (according to Mendes), and his breakthrough performance was soon generating Oscar buzz. The actor originally hailed from Jonesboro, AR, where he was tormented by school bullies for being a "pretty boy," and he came to film via New York's Juilliard School, where he acted in a number of productions. While in New York, Bentley also sought other work, and an open casting call for Rent led to a casting director's request for him to do some reading for a small film. Prior to American Beauty, Bentley's film experience had been limited to roles in independent films such as Three Below Zero and Halfway to Pleasantville, and a small part in Jonathan Demme's Beloved. Following his acclaimed role in American Beauty, Bentley appeared in The White River Kid, in which he played the film's titular murderer.In the wake of American Beauty, Bentley starred in Michael Winterbottom's The Claim, as well as yet another version of the classic adventure tale The Four Feathers. He was away from screens for three years at that point, but returned in 2005's The Game of Their Lives and continued to work steadily in a variety of projects including Ghost Rider and Jonah Hex. He scored his most high-profile role since American Beauty in 2012 when he played the part of Seneca Crane, the elaborately bearded game-master in The Hunger Games. He played a supporting role in Christopher Nolan's outerspace epic Interstellar in 2014.

Trivia: After her parents divorced, she moved to Mexico with her mother. Cut her hair to play a boy in her film debut, Pecado, in 1951. Began working in telenovelas at the age of 16, with the series Cartas de amor. Released her self-titled debut album in 1962. Sat on the judging panel for a Spanish-language children's (ages 8-16) version of The X-Factor. Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2016.

Trivia: Canadian actress Chandra West proved her versatility in the twin arenas of film and television. After paying her dues with a series of roles in potboilers and exploitative direct-to-video programmers -- such as the 1993 Puppet Master 4, the 1994 Puppet Master 5, and the 1998 Universal Soldier II -- West ascended a few dozen notches by scoring occasional appearances on the series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and NYPD Blue, then segued into A-list feature roles in films such as The Salton Sea (2002) and White Noise (2005). In 2007, she signed for one of her highest-billed roles up through that time: that of Oli in the Iraq War-themed psychodrama Badland (2007).

Trivia: Worked for Citigroup in Dallas for five years after college. After appearing in a friend's grad-school film, began working in independent films on the weekends; finally left the business world when he was cast in The Mist (2007). Formerly known as Ryan Hurst, but changed his stage name to Jackson, in tribute to Jack Kerouac, to avoid confusion with a Sons of Anarchy actor with the same name. Made his television debut in 2006 in a guest role on Inspector Mom. Appeared in The Closer and NCIS before being cast as a regular on Lifetime's Drop Dead Diva as Grayson Kent.

Trivia: Grew up in Calgary and California, playing quarterback in powder-puff football, as well as nine years of competitive softball. Turned down by New York modeling agencies before finding acting success in Los Angeles. Reluctantly acted in a commercial for a feminine product company to help launch her career. Landed on writer Aaron Sorkin's film The Social Network in an uncredited role, paving the way for her regular role on his HBO series, The Newsroom.

Trivia: Family name is French; she has French and Irish ancestry on her father's side. Attended the Actor Training Center at TV Azteca in Mexico. Won a 2015 TVyNovelas Award for Best Lead Actress for her role of Maria in Yo no creo en los hombres.