Trivia: Studied quantum physics at Cambridge University, England. Started studying for his PhD but abandoned it to follow a career in comedy. Spent four years doing gigs in pubs with friend Alexander Armstrong. Performed at the Edinburgh Fringe festival for the first time with Armstrong in 1994. Released a book about physics called It's Not Rocket Science.

Trivia: Filmed Spark, his first short, while studying business marketing at California State University.Directed, wrote and composed the score for Dependency (2005), his AFI thesis film.Shortly after graduating from AFI, was hired to write Kennedy High.Won Best Directorial Debut of a Feature Film at the Beverly Hills Film and New Media Festival for his film 5 Star Day (2010).His film Battle Scars (2015) won the Founders' Choice Award for Best Feature Film at the GI Film Festival.

Trivia: Father was born in Trinidad; mother is English. Trained with London's YoungBlood Theatre Company. Father Frank was an activist who was imprisoned for fighting black rights in England. Family previously ran the Mangrove restaurant in London's Notting Hill section, which was frequented by stars such as Jimi Hendrix and Diana Ross. Appeared in the 2007 Doctor Who episode "Gridlock" and played Rachel in the 2010 audio drama Doctor Who: The Architects of History. In 2008, took over the role of Annie in the BBC series Being Human after Andrea Riseborough played the character in the pilot. For her role as a world-class sprinter in 2012's Fast Girls, she trained with professional athletes who had her do a total of 1000 sit-ups a day; at one point, she suffered stress fractures in both ankles.

Trivia: Rupert Graves has repeatedly impressed audiences with his dead-on portrayals of upper-class twits since 1985, when he appeared in Merchant Ivory's classic adaptation of E.M. Forster's A Room With a View. However, Graves' own background could not be more different from those of the characters he brings to the screen.Born June 30, 1963, Graves grew up in the small town of Western-Super-Mare (coincidentally also the birthplace of John Cleese), located in western England. By his own account a terrible student who resented authority, Graves left school at 15 and joined the circus. After his stint with the circus ended, Graves made his way to London, where, at 19, he landed his first acting role in a stage production of The Killing of Mr. Toad. His performance caught the attention of a film industry figure, which in turn led to his first film role in A Room With a View. As the irresponsible and irrepressible Freddy Honeychurch (brother of the film's heroine, played by Helena Bonham-Carter), Graves gave a performance that set the pattern for the roles he was to be typcast in for much of the next decade. Graves virtually became the male equivalent of Helena Bonham-Carter, in that he was stuck in period drama after period drama until others slowly realized that his range was not limited to films with an abundance of waistcoats, corsets, and men with names like Cecil or Clive. Graves' other significant films of the 80s included another Merchant Ivory outing, the memorable Maurice (1987) (in which Graves played Maurice's working class lover, Alec Scudder, and, as in A Room With a View, demonstrated his ability to tackle nude scenes), 1988's A Handful of Dust (also starring a then-unknown Kristin Scott Thomas, and Graves' Maurice colleague James Wilby), and the epic television series Fortunes of War, set during World War II and starring Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson.In the 1990s, Graves has continued to do period pieces such as the 1991 adaptation of E.M. Forster's Where Angels Fear to Tread (reuniting him again with Bonham-Carter), and Nicholas Hytner's brilliant The Madness of King George (1995), which also starred "the other Rupert," Rupert Everett. In addition, he made a memorable appearance in the film adaptation of Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway (1997) as a shell-shocked World War I veteran. As he has gained greater recognition, however, Graves has been able to branch out toward other genres, notably as Jeremy Irons' jilted, ill-fated son in Louis Malle's Damage (1993), a confused and irresponsible motorcycle courier in Different For Girls (1996), and as the severely conflicted Harold Guppy in the deliciously twisted Intimate Relations (1996), for which he won a Best Actor award at the Montreal Film Festival. In addition to his film work, Graves has continued to work for television and the stage, acting as the wormy, conniving Octavius alongside Billy Zane in the TV series Cleopatra (1999), and in such stage productions as Eugene O'Neill's The Iceman Cometh (1998) and the the hit Broadway production of Patrick Marber's Closer (1999).

Trivia: Moved to London after his success in The Full Monty but returned to North Yorkshire after 15 years. Struggled to find any work after The Full Monty (1997) because people thought he was a stripper, not an actor. Banned from driving for 18 months after crashing his car while under the influence of alcohol in 2009. Made his directorial debut with the short film Mam in 2010, which was scripted by his future wife Vivienne Harvey and won Best Foreign Film at the 2011 Williamsburg Independent Film Festival. Was the narrator of a charity performance of Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf in 2013. Public supporter of cancer charity Team Verrico.

Trivia: Started acting at 5, working with Lawrence Olivier in the award-winning television movie A Voyage Round My Father. Practiced Irish dancing as a child, largely due to his parents owning an Irish dancing hall. Is a member of the Los Angeles Shakespeare Company headed by Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson. Pursued a pop-music career in the 1990s, releasing three albums, Sean Maguire in '94, Spirit in '96 and Greatest Hits in '98.

Trivia: Moved from Trinidad to Newcastle, England with his family following his father's death in 1958. Began working at the Flora Robson Playhouse in Newcastle at age 17. Was cast as Philip Smith in The Banana Box in 1973, which was staged in London and Newcastle; he later reprised the role in the television series adaptation, Rising Damp. Starred in the National Theatre's staging of Kwame Kwei-Armah's Statement of Regret at the Cottesloe Theatre in London in 2007. Was paired with professional dancer Lilia Kopylova as a contestant on the sixth season of Strictly Come Dancing, in 2008. Awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 2008. Made his directorial debut with the staging of Rum and Coco Cola at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in 2010. Directed a stage revival of Rising Damp in 2013 at the Menier Chocolate Factory in 2013.

Trivia: Between 2000 and 2005, starred as Nick Harper in long-running BBC sitcom My Family. In 2002, won the Best Comedy Newcomer British Comedy Award for his role in My Family. In 2003, starred as Colin Frissell in the blockbuster romantic comedy Love, Actually. In 2008, appeared in the first UK run of Neil LaBute's play Fat Pig. Between 2014 and 2017, starred as DI Humphrey Goodman in the comedy-drama series Death in Paradise.

Trivia: Denis Lawson has gone through a good part of his professional career since 1977 being thought of simply as X-Wing fighter pilot Wedge Antilles, a part he first played in Star Wars and reprised (with more screen time each time) in The Empire Strikes Back and Return Of The Jedi. The character is notable for being one of the few X-Wing pilots to survive the various battles.Lawson has done far more than a bit part in a major movie, however, having had a steady career in theater, television, and film. He co-starred with Peter Riegert and Burt Lancaster in Bill Forsyth's Local Hero, and later headed up a pair of miniseries, The Justice Game and The Justice Game II: The Lady From Rome, as affluent Glasgow lawyer Dominic Rossi. As the '90s drew to a close, much was made of the fact that Lawson is the uncle of Ewan McGregor, the actor cast as the young Obi-Wan Kenobi in the trilogy of Star Wars prequels.

Trivia: Took time off his A-level studies to film The Royle Family and returned to school after the series getting the grades needed to get to university. Put his medical studies on hold to pursue acting. Has played football in semi-professional clubs whenever his schedule allows it. Is friends with Robbie Williams and has played for his football team. Is a suporter of Manchester United.