Trivia: After roles on a handful of BBC television shows, British actor Mark Addy made a splash on the international film scene with his turn as a rotund exotic dancer in 1997's surprise hit The Full Monty. With the filmmaking boatloads of cash stateside and garnering a handful of Academy Award nods and Addy's ability to effortlessly adopt an American accent, it took little time before he was working on the U.S. side of the pond. Addy's first high-profile Hollywood role was a supporting gig playing Michael Keaton's pal in Jack Frost (1998), a family flick about a jazz musician who is reincarnated as a snowman. Two years later, Addy took on his first lead in an American film, filling the pelt worn previously by John Goodman, playing Fred Flintstone in the prequel The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas. Unfortunately, the project failed to keep the franchise's flame burning. The next couple years saw Addy in more supporting roles in a series of projects that ranged from barely-profitable (A Knight's Tale) to downright unsuccesful (Down to Earth and The Time Machine), but in 2002 he landed the lead on the CBS sitcom Still Standing. With Addy starring opposite Jami Gertz, the show became a hit as the lead-in to the network's wildly popular Monday-night lineup.In between seasons of Still Standing, Addy continued to make time for the occassional big-screen project, popping up in such films as 2003's The Order and 2004's Around the World in 80 Days, the former of which reunited the actor with Brian Helgeland and Heath Ledger, the writer/director and star of A Knight's Tale. Addy married Kelly Addy in 1996. The couple has one daughter. He appeared as John Piggot in the highly-respected Red Riding trilogy, and followed that up with a role in 2010's Robin Hood as Friar Tuck. In 2011 he was cast in the initial season of HBO's Game of Thrones as King Robert Baratheon.

Trivia: Is distantly related to both Jane Austen and Lord Byron. Great-great grandfather was H.H. Asquith, former Prime Minister, making her a second cousin, once removed of Helena Bonham Carter. Left the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts when she became pregnant with her daughter Poppy. In 1988, shocked TV hosts Richard and Judy, the audience and ITV bosses when she said the 'f' word while being interviewed. Met cameraman ex-husband Nigel Willoughby while filming for a beer advert in 1993. Met husband Redha Debbah when he was working as a taxi driver and took her to the West End while she was performing in The Real Inspector Hound in 1998. While appearing in an off-Broadway production of Creditors in New York in 2010, became stricken with a case of viral meningitis and had to be rushed to the hospital by the play's director, Alan Rickman. In 2013, won a nomination for a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress for her performance in Private Lives. Patron of the London childen's charity, Scene and Heard.

Trivia: Raised in Wales with her six brothers, actress Kimberley Nixon showed an aptitude for performing at an early age, studying at the National Youth Theatre of Wales and the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. She began her on-screen career in 2007, with a role on the British mini-series Cranford, and soon found a niche in film, appearing in many quirky movies, like 2008's Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging and 2009's Cherrybomb. She also tried her hand at period work, signing on to star alongside Sean Bean in the 2011 film Black Death.

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: 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.