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: Studied acting at the Anna Scher Theatre. Earned a full scholarship to the Courtyard Theatre Drama School. Began acting professionally with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Played the role of Reynaldo in Gregory Doran's 2008 stage production of Hamlet starring David Tennant and Patrick Stewart. Received a Royal Television Society nomination for his work on the British TV series Trexx and Flipside. Has performed in plays at the National Theatre, the Royal Court Theatre and the Almeida Theatre in London.

Trivia: Born in Casablanca to English parents (her father was a globetrotting insurance executive), Stephanie Beacham prepared for an acting career by taking private lessons in Paris and attending London's RADA. Beacham was 17 when she made her professional bow in a regional production of Servant of Two Masters. She first appeared on British television in 1967, in films in 1969, and, finally, on the London stage in 1970. Having been trained in Shakespeare, Shaw and Pinter, Beacham wasn't altogether prepared for the cult worship attending her breakthrough film appearance as the masochistic, sexually insatiable Miss Jessel in The Nightcomers (1970). During production, she endeared herself to the crew by refusing to take any guff from her co-star Marlon Brando, even while she lay naked in bed, bound hand and foot. After this auspicious appearance, Beacham's film assignments were largely confined to such kinky roles as Jessica Alucard in Dracula 1972. She was permitted a wider range on British television, playing strong, take-charge roles in the series Tenko (1982) and Connie (1984). In 1985, Stephanie was cast as velvety villainess Sable Colby on the nighttime TV serial The Colbys, a role she later reprised on the spin-off soaper Dynasty (1988). Feeling that a change of venue would do her some good, Beachum accepted the title role in the 1989 sitcom Sister Kate. She was quite convincing as a feisty nun, though fans complained that her voluminous habits obstructed her now-famous decollatage. Stephanie Beacham's subsequent weekly TV roles have included Tris McKay on Beverly Hills 90210 (1990) and Dr. Kristin Westphalen on Seaquest DSV (1993).

Trivia: As the grizzled warrior Campbell in Braveheart, James Cosmo impressed filmgoers worldwide. His impassioned performance made it seem possible that such a man as Campbell really existed 700 years ago, a man who cared so much about his beloved Scotland that he could endure the bite of an English arrow, break it off, and go on fighting with Achillean fury. But it was not only Cosmo's formidable acting skills -- honed in scores of film and television productions dating back to the '60s -- that animated his performance. It was also his real-life love of Scotland. He believes his native country, small as it is, has a thousand and one other stories to tell just as exciting as Braveheart, and he has enlisted himself as actor, producer, and financier to bring them to the movie screen. For example, he singlehandedly engineered a project to construct Scotland's first film studio on a 40-acre site near Inverness. Both novice and experienced filmmakers will be welcome to reserve any of its sound stages. A nearby William Wallace Theme Park, named after the rebel leader depicted in Braveheart, will present reenactments of Wallace's rebellion against England between 1297 and 1305. Cosmo also was the brainchild of a major film project about Scottish poet Robert Burns (1759-1796), a national hero who attracted 30,000 mourners to his funeral. Cosmo selected Edinburgh as the setting, Scottish writer Alan Sharp to pen the script, and Scottish composer Derek William Dick to write an overture. The film, entitled Clarinda, centers on the love affair between Burns and an Edinburgh woman, Agnes Maclehose. Another Scottish writer, the great historical novelist Sir Walter Scott, provided the material for a triumphal Cosmo performance in the TV miniseries Ivanhoe, shown worldwide. Cosmo portrayed Ivanhoe's estranged father, Lord Cedric, with the same fiery spleen of Campbell in Braveheart. However, Cosmo does not perform only in films about the age of the horse and sword. In the critically acclaimed Trainspotting, he played the father of an Edinburgh heroin addict. Cosmo also portrayed a World War II POW in the heralded 2001 film To End All Wars, Mr. Weston in the 1996 Gwyneth Paltrow version of Jane Austen's Emma, and an oil-rig worker in the 1994 TV series Roughnecks. In addition, he was the voice of Thelonius, an orangutan, in Babe: Pig in the City. Cosmo grew up in Clydebank in west central Scotland, where he received an education in a stalwart brick-and-mortar high school while the smell of the sea invaded classrooms and beckoned aspiring young adventurers to set sail for exotic climes. Clydebank was a shipbuilding city; there, craftsmen puzzled together great Cunard liners, including the Queen Elizabeth II. Although Cosmo did not go to sea, he did set sail for a journey through the world of drama. For his outstanding work onscreen and his charitable work off, he received the lifetime achievement award of the Sunday Mail/McEwan's People's Film Festival.

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: 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: 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: Sited by Pierce Brosnan himself as a shining candidate to portray the first black James Bond, British actor Colin Salmon has made a name for himself across the pond with appearances in such Bond flicks as Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), The World is Not Enough (1999), and Die Another Day (2002); however, the handsome and silky-voiced actor admits to feeling a little too close to his punkish roots to take on such a worldly character this early in his career. Born in London, England, in 1965, Salmon found early fame as authoritative Sgt. Robert Oswald in the acclaimed television miniseries Prime Suspect 2 (1992). Even opposite such formidable talent as Helen Mirren, Salmon commanded the screen with his bold posturing and dense screen presence. Though the following decade brought frequent television work for Salmon in the U.K., it was through his turn as M's right-hand man in Tomorrow Never Dies that international audiences got a true sampling of his talent. As Salmon's overseas exposure began to gain the actor a wider fan base, his ability to alternate between relatively low-key British television and flashy Hollywood blockbusters proved a testament to Salmon's remarkable abilities as an actor. A role in British director Paul Anderson's Resident Evil (2002) proved a physically grueling start to a busy year, and with subsequent work in that same year's Dinotopia and Die Another Day, Salmon's career as a recognized actor truly began to flourish. In addition to his film work, Colin Salmon often lends his richly reverberating vocal chords to voice-over work, and he can frequently be found on the London stage.

Trivia: Won a scholarship to get Oxford Drama School. Is well known for his portrayal of 'baddie' Jez Quigley on Coronation Street. Met his wife on the set of Coronation Street. Likes working in America and hopes to continue his acting career there. Favourite actors include: Gary Oldham, Anthony Hopkins, Meryl Streep and Kenneth Cranham - who he worked with on Rome.

Trivia: As an older student, comforted and encouraged fellow actor James D'Arcy after his audition London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art went badly. In 2004, appeared in the video "Bellissimo" by the Bristol band Ilya. Played Iorek Byrnison in the 2004 revival of His Dark Materials at the Olivier National Theatre. In 2005, played Edmund Mortimer, Pistol and Ralph Mouldy in Nicholas Hytner's 6-hour staging of Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2 at the London National Theatre. Played Gerald Thornton in Time and the Conways, directed by Rupert Goold and staged at the National Theatre, London in 2009.

Trivia: Joined the Cambridge Footlights while studying at university. In 1997, joined the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain. Is perhaps best known for playing the role of Big Suze in British sitcom Peep Show between 2005 and 2010. In 2007, was nominated for the Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series Golden Nymph award for her role in Peep Show. Made her American television debut in the role of Charlotte Payne on NBC sitcom 100 Questions in 2010.