Trivia: British character actor Neil Dudgeon debuted in the late '80s in his native U.K., and specialized in working-class types with a forceful edge, such as policemen, constables, and inner-city taxi drivers. Dudgeon debuted in Stephen Frears' acclaimed Joe Orton biopic Prick Up Your Ears (1987), then graced the casts of numerous low-profile theatrical movies and telefilms over the following decades, including Revolver (1992), Dirty Tricks (2000), and Messiah 2: Vengeance Is Mine (2002). Dudgeon elevated his profile somewhat in the mid- to late 2000s with bit parts in two key films: the Renée Zellweger/Hugh Grant comedy Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004) and director Garth Jennings' bittersweet coming-of-age nostalgia Son of Rambow (2007).

Trivia: Made her television debut in a 1993 episode of Crime Story. Between 1998 and 2001, starred as Jackie Bradley in period drama Heartbeat. Between 2011 and 2018, starred as Sarah Barnaby in ITV Crime Drama Midsomer Murders. In 2012, was nominated for the Golden Nymph award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series, for her role in Midsomer Murders.

Trivia: Made her television debut in a 1996 episode of A Touch of Frost. Between 1996 and 1997, starred as Alison Dangerfield in medical drama Dangerfield. Between 2002 and 2004, starred as Penny Neville in drama series Teachers. Between 2011 and 2015, starred as Dr. Kate Wilding in crime drama Midsomer Murders. In 2017, opened a diner in Stroud with partner Keith Allen.

Trivia: Performed as part of a Royal Shakespeare Company production of Richard III, at the age of 16. In 2011, won the Ian Charleson Award for his role in the Donmar Warehouse production of King Lear. Between 2013 and 2016, starred as DS Charlie Nelson in crime drama Midsomer Murders. In 2017, starred as Samuel Castell in period drama Jamestown. Appeared in the 2018 Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, portraying Brian May.

Trivia: While taking drama lessons at Badminton, Guildhall School, and the Central School of Speech and Drama, Claire Bloom began appearing on BBC radio, and made her stage debut at 15 with the Oxford Repertory. She made her London bow in 1947, and the following year was effusively praised for her performance as Ophelia in a Stratford-upon-Avon production of Hamlet. Also in 1948, she appeared in her first film, The Blind Goddess (1948). While gainfully employed at the Old Vic in 1952, Bloom was selected by Charlie Chaplin to portray the suicidal ballerina Terry in Chaplin's Limelight. Though the film was inadequately distributed due to Chaplin's "questionable" political beliefs, Limelight made Bloom an overnight star -- after only nine years in the business. Her next major film assignment was Lady Anne in Olivier's Richard III (1955), which led to a steady stream of costume roles in films like Alexander the Great (1956), The Brothers Karamazov (1959), The Buccaneer (1959), and The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962). Of her "contemporary" film roles, several are standouts: the sexually unstable housewife in The Chapman Report, the lesbian psychic in The Haunting (1963), the compassionate psychiatrist in Charly (1968), and Martin Landau's Jewish-suburbanite wife in Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989). Her TV work has included Edith Galt Wilson in Backstairs at the White House (1979) and Lady Marchman in Brideshead Revisited (1982). Whenever her schedule has allowed, Bloom has returned to her first love, the theater; her favorite stage role is Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire. Married three times, Bloom's first husband was actor Rod Steiger, with whom she co-starred in 3 Into 2 Won't Go (1969) and The Illustrated Man (1969); her second was producer Hillard Elkins, who packaged Bloom's 1973 film version of The Doll's House; and her third was novelist Philip Roth. In 1982, Claire Bloom published her autobiography, Limelight and After: The Education of an Actress.Bloom would remain active on screen in the decades to come, appearing most notably in movies like Crimes and Misdemeanors, The Age of Innocence, Mighty Aphrodite, and the King's Speech.

Trivia: Made his screen debut in a 2001 episode of Rebus. In 2012, performed as Bosola in an Old Vic production of The Duchess of Malfi. Between 2013 and 2019, starred as Duncan Hunter in Shetland. Between 2015 and 2019, starred as Chris in Channel 4 sitcom Catastrophe. In 2017, won the Best Actor BAFTA Scotland award for his role in Unforgotten.

Trivia: Was born in Brazil and lived in Rome for a short time before eventually settling in Kent, England, due to her father's career with the British Council. Performed her first role at the age of six as Hansel and Gretel's mother in a local stage production. Played the roles of Clara and Clootie in a stage production of In Flame at Ambassadors Theatre in 2000. Was cast as Angela in Mike Leigh's Abigail's Party at Hampstead Theatre in 2002. In 2005, performed the role of Karen in a stage production of The Anniversary at Garrick Theatre. Earned a nomination for Best Supporting Actress by the Manchester Evening News for her performance as Rosie in My Mother Said I Never Should.

Trivia: Best known as a mainstay on several U.K. television series during the 1990s and 2000s -- including All in the Game, Get Real, Monarch of the Glen, and The Innocence Project -- British actor Lloyd Owen branched out into big-screen work in the early 2000s, then reached his largest audience to date with the Miramax release Miss Potter (2006), as William Heelis, a bucolic attorney. Owen also lent a supporting role to Deepa Mehta's 2003 romance The Republic of Love. In 2007, he was cast as the lead actor on Viva Laughlin, the American remake of the U.K. series Viva Blackpool. Also featuring movie stars Hugh Jackman and Melanie Griffith, the musical-mystery-dramedy follows the exploits of gambler Ripley Holden (Owen) as he tries to open up his own casino in Laughlin, NV. In 2011 he was in the found-footage outer-space horror film Apollo 18.