Trivia: British actor Simon MacCorkindale was a young but established stage actor when he made his first brief film appearance in 1974's Juggernaut. Most of his subsequent movies were unmemorable, but MacCorkindale remained in the public eye as the husband of popular film actress Susan George. By the '80s, MacCorkindale had moved his base of operations to Hollywood, where he landed regular roles in two TV series: Manimal and Falcon Crest, appearing in the latter from 1984 through 1986 as Greg Reardon. In 1988, Simon MacCorkindale set up his own production company, Amy Productions: His first film project as an exec was Stealing Heaven (1988).

Trivia: Praised by industry insiders for the discernment of her role choice and her ability to segue without a hitch between theatrical and cinematic assignments, baby-faced Canadian actress Alison Pill tackled a series of low-key supporting roles onscreen before achieving her breakthrough with two filmic evocations. She delivered a compelling portrayal as the young Lorna Luft in the superior Alliance Atlantis telemovie Life With Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001), and then -- on a very different note -- convincingly played Beth Burns, the goody-two-shoes sister of the title character (Katie Holmes) in the Thanksgiving dramedy Pieces of April (2003). Meanwhile, Pill won coveted stage assignments in such productions as Neil LaBute's The Distance from Here and Christopher Shinn's On the Mountain.In 2006, Pill returned to television with a regular role as a marijuana-happy minister's daughter, Grace, in the über-controversial religious series drama The Book of Daniel; for better or worse, the controversy surrounding that program failed to magnetize an audience, and it folded soon after. Pill followed it up with a small role in the 2007 Steve Carell feature Dan in Real Life.Beginning in 2008, Pill effortlessly alternated between supporting roles in major films and starring roles in TV shows. She played Harvey Milk's campaign advisor opposite Sean Penn in Milk (2008), followed by a main role as a patient on the second season of HBO's In Treatment; Michael Cera's ex-girlfriend in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) and Princess Maud on the Starz's miniseries The Pillars of the Earth; and a pair of Woody Allen movies, 2011's Midnight in Paris and 2012's To Rome with Love. Pill then took one of her highest-profile roles yet, a part on Aaron Sorkin's highly anticipated HBO series The Newsroom, playing associate producer Maggie Jordan.

Trivia: With a tough, lean, and slightly haggard look that prepped him for tough-guy roles (and that suggested a younger David Carradine), Canadian character actor Shaun Johnston specialized in slightly gritty material that crossed genre boundaries. Born in Edmonton, Alberta, in 1958, Johnston took one of his first feature bows with the Canadian buddy comedy Two Brothers, a Girl and a Gun, and followed it up with such projects as the depression-era period film Heart of the Sun (1998), which he also co-produced; the 2000 made-for-television remake of High Noon starring Tom Skerritt; and the 2007 historical epic Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, in which Johnston played Col. Nelson Miles. He also appeared in Christopher Cain's 2007 revisionist Western September Dawn, about the notorious Mountain Meadows Massacre of 1857.

Trivia: Has worked extensively in episodic TV and movies; is best known for her roles on Madison, Sue Thomas: F.B. Eye and 24. Nominated for Gemini Awards in 1995 and '96 for Madison, and in 1999 for Traders. Honored at the 1999 Vancouver Film Festival for her performance in Daydrift. Joined the cast of ABC's Canadian police drama Rookie Blue in 2010. Is of Nigerian descent, and her name means "gift from heaven."