Spider-Man: Far From Home

Samuel L. Jackson (Actor) .. Nick Fury

Born: December 21, 1948
Birthplace: Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Trivia: After spending the 1980s playing a series of drug addict and character parts, Samuel L. Jackson emerged in the 1990s as one of the most prominent and well-respected actors in Hollywood. Work on a number of projects, both high-profile and low-key, has given Jackson ample opportunity to display an ability marked by both remarkable versatility and smooth intelligence.Born December 21, 1948, in Washington, D.C., Jackson was raised by his mother and grandparents in Chattanooga, TN. He attended Atlanta's Morehouse College, where he was co-founder of Atlanta's black-oriented Just Us Theater (the name of the company was taken from a famous Richard Pryor routine). Jackson arrived in New York in 1977, beginning what was to be a prolific career in film, television, and on the stage. After a plethora of character roles of varying sizes, Jackson was discovered by the public in the role of the hero's tempestuous, drug-addict brother in 1991's Jungle Fever, directed by another Morehouse College alumnus, Spike Lee. Jungle Fever won Jackson a special acting prize at the Cannes Film Festival and thereafter his career soared. Confronted with sudden celebrity, Jackson stayed grounded by continuing to live in the Harlem brownstone where he'd resided since his stage days. 1994 was a particularly felicitous year for Jackson; while his appearances in Jurassic Park (1993) and Menace II Society (1993) were still being seen in second-run houses, he co-starred with John Travolta as a mercurial hit man in Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, a performance that earned him an Oscar nomination. His portrayal of an embittered father in the more low-key Fresh earned him additional acclaim. The following year, Jackson landed third billing in the big-budget Die Hard With a Vengeance and also starred in the adoption drama Losing Isaiah. His versatility was put on further display in 1996 with the release of five very different films: The Long Kiss Goodnight, a thriller in which he co-starred with Geena Davis as a private detective; an adaptation of John Grisham's A Time to Kill, which featured him as an enraged father driven to murder; Steve Buscemi's independent Trees Lounge; The Great White Hype, a boxing satire in which the actor played a flamboyant boxing promoter; and Hard Eight, the directorial debut of Paul Thomas Anderson.After the relative quiet of 1997, which saw Jackson again collaborate with Tarantino in the critically acclaimed Jackie Brown and play a philandering father in the similarly acclaimed Eve's Bayou (which also marked his debut as a producer), the actor lent his talents to a string of big-budget affairs (an exception being the 1998 Canadian film The Red Violin). Aside from an unbilled cameo in Out of Sight (1998), Jackson was featured in leading roles in The Negotiator (1998), Sphere (1998), and Deep Blue Sea (1999). His prominence in these films added confirmation of his complete transition from secondary actor to leading man, something that was further cemented by a coveted role in what was perhaps the most anticipated film of the decade, Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999), the first prequel to George Lucas' Star Wars trilogy. Jackson followed through on his leading man potential with a popular remake of Gordon Parks' seminal 1971 blaxploitation flick Shaft. Despite highly publicized squabbling between Jackson and director John Singleton, the film was a successful blend of homage, irony, and action; it became one of the rare character-driven hits in the special effects-laden summer of 2000.From hard-case Shaft to fragile as glass, Jackson once again hoodwinked audiences by playing against his usual super-bad persona in director M. Night Shyamalan's eagerly anticipated follow-up to The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable (2000). In his role as Bruce Willis' brittle, frail antithesis, Jackson proved that though he can talk trash and break heads with the best of them, he's always compelling to watch no matter what the role may be. Next taking a rare lead as a formerly successful pianist turned schizophrenic on the trail of a killer in the little-seen The Caveman's Valentine, Jackson turned in yet another compelling and sympathetic performance. Following an instance of road rage opposite Ben Affleck in Changing Lanes (2002), Jackson stirred film geek controversy upon wielding a purple lightsaber in the eagerly anticipated Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones. Despite rumors that the color of the lightsaber may have had some sort of mythical undertone, Jackson laughingly assured fans that it was a simple matter of his suggesting to Lucas that a purple lightsaber would simply "look cool," though he was admittedly surprised to see that Lucas had obliged him Jackson eventually saw the final print. A few short months later filmgoers would find Jackson recruiting a muscle-bound Vin Diesel for a dangerous secret mission in the spy thriller XXX.Jackson reprised his long-standing role as Mace Windu in the last segment of George Lucas's Star Wars franchise to be produced, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005). It (unsurprisingly) grossed almost four hundred million dollars, and became that rare box-office blockbuster to also score favorably (if not unanimously) with critics; no less than Roger Ebert proclaimed it "spectacular." Jackson co-headlined 2005's crime comedy The Man alongside Eugene Levy and 2006's Joe Roth mystery Freedomland with Julianne Moore and Edie Falco, but his most hotly-anticipated release at the time of this writing is August 2006's Snakes on a Plane, a by-the-throat thriller about an assassin who unleashes a crate full of vipers onto a aircraft full of innocent (and understandably terrified) civilians. Produced by New Line Cinema on a somewhat low budget, the film continues to draw widespread buzz that anticipates cult status. Black Snake Moan, directed by Craig Brewer (Hustle and Flow) dramatizes the relationship between a small-town girl (Christina Ricci) and a blues player (Jackson). The picture is slated for release in September 2006 with Jackson's Shaft collaborator, John Singleton, producing.Jackson would spend the ensuing years appearing in a number of films, like Home of the Brave, Resurrecting the Champ, Lakeview Terrace, Django Unchained, and the Marvel superhero franchise films like Thor, Iron Man, and The Avengers, playing superhero wrangler Nick Fury.

Jake Gyllenhaal (Actor) .. Quentin Beck /Mysterio

Born: December 19, 1980
Birthplace: Los Angeles, CA

Trivia: As the offspring of producer/writer Naomi Foner and director Stephen Gyllenhaal, it is not surprising that Jake Gyllenhaal has been acting since childhood. Raised in Los Angeles, Gyllenhaal acted in school plays and made his winsome screen debut when he was in the fifth grade, playing Billy Crystal's son in the blockbuster summer comedy City Slickers (1991). Keeping it in the family while acting with some of the industry's most notable talents, Gyllenhaal subsequently appeared in his parents' 1993 adaptation of the novel A Dangerous Woman with Debra Winger, and played Robin Williams' son in a 1994 episode of TV's Homicide that was directed by his father. Poised to make the transition from child to adult actor, Gyllenhaal earned rave reviews, heralding him as a star in the making, for his emotionally sincere performance as real-life rocket builder Homer Hickam in the warmly received drama October Sky (1999). Though he opted to stay in school and attend college at Columbia University, Gyllenhaal continued his creative pursuits, playing in a rock band and starring as the oddball title character alongside Drew Barrymore in the Barrymore-produced Sundance Film Festival entrant Donnie Darko (2001). Gyllenhaal could be seen later that same year as the titular character in the ill-fated Bubble Boy.After co-starring on the London stage in This Is Our Youth in spring 2002, Gyllenhaal was declared one half of Entertainment Weekly's "It Gene Pool" (with sister Maggie Gyllenhaal) for his aversion to taking the easy, teen flick route. In keeping with his preference for off-center work, Gyllenhaal coincidentally played the younger love object of choice in two consecutive indie comedies, appearing as Catherine Keener's sensitive boss in Nicole Holofcener's slyly witty Lovely & Amazing (2002) and Jennifer Aniston's enticing yet disturbed co-worker in Miguel Arteta's sardonic The Good Girl (2002). As further proof that he had the acting chops to go with his sad-eyed good looks, Gyllenhaal subsequently co-starred with Dustin Hoffman and Susan Sarandon as a young man enmeshed in his dead fiancée's family in Moonlight Mile (2002).With his star on the rise and his status as a heartthrob all but cemented, it became impossible for Gyllenhaal to avoid the draw of a big summer blockbuster. In 2004, he starred alongside Dennis Quaid in the mega-budgeted The Day After Tomorrow, and the success of that film put him in another league altogether. What followed was an interesting, challenging mix of roles for the young actor. He could be seen in the fall of 2005 starring in no less than three high-profile prestige films, all of them adaptations: the delayed big-screen version of the Pulitzer-prize winning play Proof, with Gwyneth Paltrow; the Gulf War memoir Jarhead, directed by American Beauty wunderkind Sam Mendes; and Ang Lee's cowboy romance Brokeback Mountain. The first two films received an indifferent response by critics, even though Jarhead's opening-weekend gross confirmed Gyllenhaal's bankability. Lee's film, however, garnered the most acclaim of 2005, and offered him perhaps his riskiest, most rewarding role to date. Playing the closeted, romantically frustrated rancher Jack Twist, Gyllenhaal added heartbreaking shades of vulnerability to his usual frat-boy cockiness, and more than held his own opposite a memorably gruff, taciturn Heath Ledger. As praise was heaped out upon the film and its two male leads, Gyllenhaal found himself the recipient of a BAFTA award, a National Board of Review notice, and an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Gyllenhaal would spend the next several years enjoying his status as a leading man, appearing in projects like Zodiac, Brothers, Love and Other Drugs, and Source Code.

Marisa Tomei (Actor) .. May Parker

Born: December 04, 1964
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Trivia: Plucky Brooklyn-born actress Marisa Tomei was one year into her college education at Boston University when she was tapped for a co-starring role on the CBS daytime drama As the World Turns. Her role on that show, as well as work on another soap, One Life to Live, paved the way for her entrance into film: In 1984, she made her film debut with a bit part in The Flamingo Kid.Three years later Tomei became known for her role as Maggie Lawton, Lisa Bonet's college roommate, on the sitcom A Different World. Her real breakthrough came in 1992, when she co-starred as Joe Pesci's hilariously foul-mouthed girlfriend in My Cousin Vinny, a performance that won her a Best Supporting Actress Oscar. Later that year, she turned up briefly as a snippy Mabel Normand in director Richard Attenborough's mammoth biopic Chaplin, and was soon given her first starring role in Untamed Heart (1993). A subsequent starring role -- and attempted makeover into Audrey Hepburn -- in the romantic comedy Only You (1994) proved only moderately successful. Tomei's other 1994 role as Michael Keaton's hugely pregnant wife in The Paper was well-received, although the film as a whole was not. Worse luck hit with her participation in the critically thrashed Four Rooms in 1995. Fortunately for Tomei, she was able to rebound somewhat the following year with a solid performance as a troubled single mother in Nick Cassavetes' Unhook the Stars. She turned in a similarly strong work in Welcome to Sarajevo in 1997, and in 1998 did some of her best work in years as the sexually liberated, unhinged cousin of Natasha Lyonne's Vivian Abramowitz in Tamara Jenkins' The Slums of Beverly Hills. Appearing in no less than five movies in 2000, Tomei continued her journey back to the top with a memorable performance in 2001's In the Bedroom. An emotionally wrenching tale of loss and grief, Tomei's performance as a recently separated wife who begins a tragic affair with a college student struck a common cord with critics and filmgoers alike, in addition to earning the talented actress her second Oscar nomination.Tomei's versatility assured her continuous work in a variety of different kinds of films. She played one of the women in the remake of Alfie, co-starred opposite Adam Sandler in Anger Management, and worked in the Charles Bukowski-inspired independent film Factotum. In 2007 she earned strong reviews for her work in Sidney Lumet's Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, and appeared in the box office smash Wild Hogs. In 2008, Tomei enjoyed her largest critical acclaim since In the Bedroom thanks to her supporting turn opposite Mickey Rourke in The Wrestelr. Her performance earned her a number of year-end critics awards, as well as nominations from both the Golden Globes and the Academy.In 2010 she appeared in the Duplass Borthers comedy Cyrus, as the overly clingy mother to a son played by Jonah Hill, and the next year she had memorable turns in Crazy Stupid Love as a teacher who picks an unfortunate partner for a one-night-stand, and The Ides of March as a political reporter who has a hand in shaking up a presidential campaign.

Jon Favreau (Actor) .. Happy Hogan

Born: October 19, 1966
Birthplace: Queens, New York, United States

Trivia: An actor whose solid everyman quality has endeared him to audiences and critics alike, Jon Favreau first made his name with 1996's Swingers. The story of a group of rat pack-obsessed, out-of-work actors slumming amiably through life in L.A., the indie-comedy was one of the year's biggest sleeper hits and made a star out of Favreau, who also wrote the script.A native of Queens, NY, where he was born on October 19, 1966, Favreau was raised as the only child of two educators. After attending the Bronx High School of Science, he did an abbreviated stint at Queens College before heading to Chicago to pursue a comedy career. In Chicago, he studied improvisational comedy with Del Close and was a member of the ImrovOlympic troupe. Favreau's time in Chicago ended when he decided to head to L.A. to try and break into film; his experiences as a lovelorn, out-of-work actor would later provide the inspiration for Swingers.After years of false hopes and false starts that took the form of supporting roles in such disappointing films as Rudy and P.C.U., Favreau began channeling his experiences and those of his friends (who included fellow Swingers star Vince Vaughn) into a rudimentary script for Swingers. Encouraged to make his script into a film, the actor despaired of securing enough funding for the project until he met fledgling director Doug Liman, who convinced him that the film could be made for 250,000 dollars. Costs were cut by filming largely without permits and making use of inexpensive shooting locations such as Favreau's own apartment. The film's low-budget charm was sufficient enough to sway the powers-that-be at Miramax who picked it up for distribution. When Swingers was eventually released in 1996, it was hailed by critics as a funny and painfully accurate account of the L.A. scene and its various faux-hipster denizens, as well as the dynamics at work amongst a group of guys (Favreau, Vaughn, and company) and the women they try so desperately to impress. In the wake of the film's success, Favreau, who was being hailed as the latest in the long line of Hollywood "Next Big Things," chose to star in Very Bad Things (1998), a black comedy directed by actor-turned-director Peter Berg. The film, in which Favreau played a soon-to-be married man whose Las Vegas bachelor party goes disastrously wrong, received very mixed reviews, although most critics praised the actor's performance as a "suburban Joe" caught up in circumstances that rapidly spiral beyond his control. After playing the eponymous boxing legend in the made-for-TV Rocky Marciano in 1999, Favreau returned to the screen in 2000 to star as a football player in The Replacements, a sports comedy directed by Howard Deutch. That same year, he returned to the indie scene with Love & Sex, a take on urban romance. In 2001, Favreau re-teamed with Vaughn for Made, a crime comedy that cast the two actors as aspiring mobsters and marked Favreau's feature directorial debut. Also in 2001, Favreau made the jump to the small screen, producing and hosting IFC's Dinner for Five, a candid roundtable program featuring fellow actors and filmmakers. In 2003, not only did Favreau show up in supporting roles in the hits Daredevil and Something's Gotta Give, his sophomore directorial effort, the Will Ferrell holiday comedy Elf proved to be one of the season's biggest crowd-pleasers, grossing over 100 million dollars at the box office. He followed up that success by bringing Chris Van Allsburg's Zathura to the big screen, although it did not match Elf's box office success. After making a few cameos on TV shows like My Name Is Earl and Monk, Favreau re-teamed with Vince Vaughn once again for a supporting role in the 2006 comedy The Break-Up. He also lent his vocal talents to the animated film Open Season. That same year he announced he would be taking on directorial duties for the big screen adaptation of the comic book Iron Man. Though it wouldn't be released until 2008, Iron Man was a huge success, and helped further Favreau's already solid reputation as a director. Favreau went on to direct Iron Man 2 (2010), which enjoyed similar success.Favreau returned to the screen to play a role in the 2009 comedy Couples Retreat (which he also wrote), which follows a group of married adults who realize their inclusion in a tropical vacation depends on taking part in intense, mandatory therapy sessions. The same year, Favreau appeared in the buddy comedy I Love You, Man, and lent his voice to the cast of the animated children's adventure G-Force. In 2011, Favreau directed and produced the popular sci-fi Western Cowboys & Aliens, and worked as an Executive Producer for 2012's blockbuster hit Marvel's The Avengers.

Zendaya (Actor) .. MJ

Born: September 01, 1996
Birthplace: Oakland, California, United States

Trivia: First name means "to give thanks" in Shona, a native Zimbabwe language. Modeled for Macy's and Old Navy. Featured in a Sears commercial starring Selena Gomez. Released her first solo single "Swag It Out" in 2011. Competed on season 16 of Dancing with the Stars, partnered with Val Chmerkovskiy. Appeared on the July 2017 cover of Vogue Magazine.

Jacob Batalon (Actor) .. Ned Leeds

Born: June 06, 1996
Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Trivia: Of Filipino descent.Understands Filipino even though he doesn't speak it.Attended Honolulu's Kapi'olani Community College to study music theory but dropped out.Was discovered by a scouting agency from Los Angeles who visited Hawaii to find new talents.Submitted a self-taped audition for the role of Ned in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), which he eventually got.

Tony Revolori (Actor) .. Flash Thompson

Born: April 28, 1996
Birthplace: Anaheim, California, United States

Trivia: Began acting at age 2, when he starred in a baby food commercial followed by small parts in Entourage, My Name Is Earl and Shameless. Director Wes Anderson picked him over his actor brother Mario for the breakout role of Zero Moustafa in The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). Was slapped 42 times by Harvey Keitel when shooting The Grand Budapest Hotel, as they couldn't get the scene right. Plays the guitar, piano, bass guitar and writes his own songs.

Angourie Rice (Actor) .. Betty Brant

Born: January 01, 2001
Birthplace: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Trivia: Won the 2012 Best Actor award at the St Kilda Film Festival for her work in short film Transmission. Made her screen debut in 2013's These Final Hours, playing Rose. Played Eliza Wishart in the 2017 AACTA-nominated Jasper Jones. Nominated for the 2017 Empire Award for Best Newcomer Actress, for her role in The Nice Guys. Nominated for the 2018 Best Lead Actress AACTA award, for her role in Ladies in Black.

Remy Hii (Actor) .. Brad Davis

Born: January 01, 1987
Birthplace: Queensland, Australia

Trivia: Born to a Chinese-Malaysian father and an English mother. Grew up in Papua New Guinea. Decided to become an actor in primary school when his mother took him to see a theatre adaptation of Two Weeks with the Queen. Performed the title role in the Queensland Theatre Company's production of The Estimator, which won the Queensland Premier's Drama Award in 2006. Portrayed Hudson Walsh on Neighbours.

Martin Starr (Actor) .. Mr. Harrington

Born: July 30, 1982
Birthplace: Santa Monica, California, United States

Trivia: Born Martin Schienle, Martin Starr (his stage name) began life in Southern California and grew up as the son of an elementary school guidance counselor father and a mother employed as the head of In the Act Productions, a company built around producing networking workshops for aspiring actors. With that familial background, Starr came to show business naturally and began doing commercials from the age of six. The upstart moved to southwest Florida during high school with his dad and stepmom, but remained connected to show business thanks to his mom. He scored his first major career coup in his late teens at the hands of executive producer Judd Apatow, whose short-lived but critically acclaimed seriocomedy Freaks and Geeks reeled in a devoted cult following when it turned up on NBC in the fall of 1999; Starr played Bill Haverchuck, a distinctly geeky but not-so-bright social misfit attending a Michigan high school in 1980. Subsequent years witnessed Starr moving into features and maintaining a multi-film series of collaborations with Apatow and company, including the Knocked Up and Superbad (both 2007), and the bitter, acerbic romantic comedy Good Dick (2007) opposite Marianna Palka, Jason Ritter, and Tom Arnold. He was cast in the cult TV hit Party Down in 2009, landing a major part in the coming-of-age comedy Adventureland that same year. He would go on to appear in A Good Old Fashioned Orgy, 6 Month Rule, and Save the Date.

J.b. Smoove (Actor) .. Mr. Dell

Born: December 16, 1964
Birthplace: Plymouth, North Carolina, United States

Trivia: A native of Mount Vernon, NY (born Jerry Brooks -- hence the initials), standup comic, comedy writer, and actor J.B. Smoove began his career as a dancer in an hip-hop ensemble, performing as J. Smoove. The performer transitioned to schtick early on and cut his chops in Manhattan-area clubs, then landed a few small roles in Hollywood features (including the 2001 Pootie Tang and the 2002 Mr. Deeds), before striking gold on Saturday Night Live as both a sketch writer and a sketch participant. Smoove culled greatest attention, however, for his recurring role during season six of Curb Your Enthusiasm; he played the über-confident, street-smart Leon Black, a member of an African-American family adopted by Larry David and his wife after their residence is decimated by a hurricane. Smoove later acknowledged that the popularity of the role "set fire" to his career and led to roles on the sitcoms Everybody Hates Chris and 'Til Death.

Jorge Lendeborg Jr. (Actor) .. Jason Ionello

Cobie Smulders (Actor) .. Maria Hill

Born: April 03, 1982
Birthplace: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Trivia: Born April 3rd, 1982, model-turned-actress Cobie Smulders grew up in her native British Columbia and commuted regularly from Vancouver to Los Angeles while looking for assignments. Smulders reportedly secured a work visa thanks to her first major role: that of Robin, the charming TV reporter whom lead character Ted Mosby (Josh Radnor) falls in love with on their very first date, on the sitcom How I Met Your Mother (2005). Before that, she had been a regular on the adventure series Veritas: The Quest and had appeared several times on The L Word (both series were shot in Canada). Her resumé also includes minor feature appearances in the Chris Klein comedy The Long Weekend (2004, as Ellen) and the Rock-headlined actioner Walking Tall (2004, as the Exotic Beauty). The actress continued to find success with How I Met Your Mother, and appeared as Agent Maria Hill in 2012's blockbuster The Avengers.

Numan Acar (Actor) .. Dimitri

Zach Barack (Actor) .. Zach

Zoha Rahman (Actor) .. Zoha

Yasmin Mwanza (Actor) .. Yasmin

Joshua Sinclair-Evans (Actor) .. Josh

Tyler Luke Cunningham (Actor) .. Tyler

Sebastián Capitán Viveros (Actor) .. Sebastian

Toni Garrn (Actor) .. The Seamstress

Peter Billingsley (Actor) .. William Ginter Riva

Born: April 16, 1971
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Trivia: Many know actor, director, and producer Peter Billingsley for the role he played when he was just nine years old, portraying young Ralphie in the classic 1982 holiday film A Christmas Story, but Billingsley's career actually dates back even further. He began appearing in TV commercials from the age of two, and by the time he auditioned for A Christmas Story, he'd already become popular with audiences all over America, providing the "children's angle" on the popular TV series Real People.He continued to act in projects throughout the '80s, appearing on TV shows like Who's the Boss? and in films like Russkies, as well as in a handful of after-school specials, but Billingsley was never able to duplicate the fame he garnered as Ralphie. In the late '90s, the film vet stepped behind the camera and began exploring a new avenue in his career, producing and executive producing a variety of projects like the Discovery Channel's A.R.K., and movies like Elf, The Break-Up, and Iron Man.

Clare Dunne (Actor) .. Victoria

Claire Rushbrook (Actor) .. Janice

Born: August 25, 1971
Birthplace: Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England

Trivia: Worked mainly in theatre for five years before moving into film and television. Participated in the Big Spirit Youth Theatre program at the Queen Mother Theatre in Hitchin, England. Appeared in Uncle Vanya at the Almeida Theatre. Played Helene in the original UK stage version of Festen at the Richmond Theatre in London in 2005. Her status as a Doctor Who guest star earned her a position in a Doctor Who celebrity edition of The Weakest Link, but she finished as the fourth person to be voted off. Has appeared in 17 episodes of Whitechapel from 2009 to 2013.

J. K. Simmons (Actor) .. J. Jonah Jameson

Born: January 09, 1955
Birthplace: Detroit, Michigan, United States

Trivia: Jonathan Kimble Simmons was originally a singer, with a degree in music from the University of Montana. He turned to theater in the late 1970s and appeared in many regional productions in the Pacific Northwest before moving to New York in 1983. He appeared in Broadway and off-Broadway shows and also did some television -- his early roles included the portrayal of a white supremacist responsible for multiple murders in an episode of Homicide: Life on the Street. In that same vein, Simmons first gained wide exposure as Vern Schillinger, the leader of an Aryan Brotherhood-type organization in prison in the HBO series Oz. Parlaying his small-screen notoriety into feature film opportunities, Simmons had a small part in the 1997 thriller The Jackal and played a leading role in Frank Todaro's low-budget comedy Above Freezing, a runner-up for the most popular film at the 1998 Seattle Film Festival. Also in 1997, Simmons increased his television prolificacy by taking on the role of Dr. Emil Skoda, the consulting psychiatrist to the Manhattan district attorney's office in the series Law and Order. By 1999, Simmons was showing up in such prominent films as The Cider House Rules and the baseball drama For Love of the Game, directed by Sam Raimi. The director again enlisted Simmons for his next film, 2000's The Gift. After a supporting turn in the disappointing comedy The Mexican, Simmons teamed with Raimi for the third time, bringing cigar-chomping comic-book newspaperman J. Jonah Jameson screaming to life in the 2002 summer blockbuster Spider-Man. In 2004, he would reprise the role in the highly anticipated sequel, Spider-Man 2. That same year, along with appearing alongside Tom Hanks in the Coen Brothers' The Ladykillers, Simmons continued to be a presence on the tube, costarring on ABC's midseason-replacement ensemble drama The D.A.His career subsequently kicking into overdrive, the popular character actor was in increasingly high demand in the next few years, enjoying a productive run as a voice performer in such animated television series' as Justice League, Kim Possible, The Legend of Korra, and Ultimate Spider-Man (the latter of which found him reprising his role as J. Jonah Jameson), as well as turning in memorable performances in Jason Reitman's Juno, Mike Judge's Extract, and as a hard-nosed captain in the 2012 crime thriller Contraband. Meanwhile, in 2005, he joined the cast of TNT's popular crime drama The Closer as Assistant Chief Will Pope -- a role which no doublt played a part in the cast earning five Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for Best Ensemble Cast. Simmons continued to work steadily in movies, returning to the Spider-Man franchise in 2007. That same year he co-starred as the father of a pregnant teen in Juno, which led to him being cast regularly by that film's director Jason Reitman in many of his future projects including Up In the Air and Labor Day. It was Reitman who got Simmons the script for Whiplash, Damien Chazelle's directorial debut. The actor took the part of an abusive, but respected music teacher and the ensuing performance garnered Simmons multiple year-end awards including a Best Supporting Actor nomination from the Academy.

Dawn Michelle King (Actor) .. E.D.I.T.H.

Jeroen Van Koningsbrugge (Actor) .. Dutch Soccer Hooligan

Michael de Roos (Actor) .. Dutch Soccer Hooligan

Jan-Paul Buijs (Actor) .. Dutch Soccer Hooligan

Sergio Pierattini (Actor) .. Venetian Glassblower

Born: July 27, 1958

Anjana Vasan (Actor) .. Queens Reporter

Brian Law (Actor) .. Queens Reporter

Evelyn Mok (Actor) .. Queens Reporter

Giada Benedetti (Actor) .. Italian Customs Officer

Lukás Bech (Actor) .. Helpful Dutch Man

Alessandro Giuggioli (Actor) .. Italian Street Vendor

Shari Abdul (Actor) .. High School Reporter

Kristen Alminta (Actor) .. Police Officer

Vincent Angel (Actor) .. Midtown High Student

Peter Arpesella (Actor) .. Airplane Pilot

Lasco Atkins (Actor) .. Salvation Army Guest

Peter Bankolé (Actor) .. Mob Boss

Tuwaine Barrett (Actor) .. Police Officer

Born: September 15, 1995
Birthplace: Chelsea, England

Anna Benamati (Actor) .. Shop Owner in Venice

Pierre Bergman (Actor) .. Venice Fish Seller

Avondre E.D. Beverley (Actor) .. High School Student

Bruno Bilotta (Actor) .. Mob Boss 2

Born: April 24, 1959

Sharon Blynn (Actor) .. Soren

Luigi Boccanfuso (Actor) .. Italian Builder in Venice

Paolo Braghetto (Actor) .. Poliziotto

Dante Brattelli (Actor) .. High School Student

Graham Burton (Actor) .. London Passerby

Gaylene Butler (Actor) .. Dinner Guest

Ken Byrd (Actor) .. Post Office Customer

Sokol Cahani (Actor) .. Mob Boss

Eric Patrick Cameron (Actor) .. Midtown High Student

Darren Lee Campbell (Actor) .. Victoria's Crew

Hélène Cardona (Actor) .. Austrian Backpacker

Birthplace: Paris, France

Trivia: Citizen of United States, France and Spain Translator for the French Chamber of Commerce, the Canadian Embassy, and for the film industry Played the part of Françoise "Fuffi" Drou in the film, Chocolat Received the 2017 International Book Award in Poetry for Life in Suspension Has authored 7 books as of 2019

Dian Cathal (Actor) .. American Reporter

Jake Cerny (Actor) .. Airport Traveler

Daphne Cheung (Actor) .. Passport Clerk

Sam Chuck (Actor) .. High School Student

Victoria Coburn (Actor) .. Passerby

Sean Coleman (Actor) .. Yearbook Student

Tiziana Coste (Actor) .. Local Venetian

Kevin Daigneault (Actor) .. Police Officer

Patrick Doran (Actor) .. Partygoer

Andrew Dunkelberger (Actor) .. Courier

Ria Fend (Actor) .. Tourist in Venice

Ferroz Fernandez (Actor) .. Tourist in Venice

Vincent Frattini (Actor) .. Venice Local

Massi Furlan (Actor) .. Flight Attendant

Cynthia Garbutt (Actor) .. Charity Dinner Guest

Thomas Goodridge (Actor) .. Tourist in Venice

Sonia Goswami (Actor) .. Tourist

Jake Hanson (Actor) .. Rooftop Dad

Nicholle Hembra (Actor) .. Saved Londoner

Roman Ibragimov (Actor) .. Bar Customer

Theo Ip (Actor) .. Tourist

Timothy Christian Jansen (Actor) .. High School Student

Keon Kendrick (Actor) .. Flight Attendant

Camille Kinloch (Actor) .. Midtown High School Student

Hannah Kurczeski (Actor) .. Student

Jimena Larraguivel (Actor) .. Mexican Villager

Rich Lawton (Actor) .. Journalist

Gavin Lee Lewis (Actor) .. Londoner

Xiao Xue Xu Lin (Actor) .. Passerby

Faith Logan (Actor) .. High School Student

Patrick Loh (Actor) .. Airport Passenger

Joseph Long (Actor) .. Mob Boss

Born: June 09, 1978

Marian Lorencik (Actor) .. New Czech Reveler

Tyrone Love (Actor) .. Venice Wedding Guest

Tony Mardon (Actor) .. Londoner

Ben Mendelsohn (Actor) .. Talos

Born: April 03, 1969
Birthplace: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Trivia: Lead actor, onscreen from the '80s.

Bradley Wj Miller (Actor) .. Passerby

Adrian Mozzi (Actor) .. Venice Local

Amanda Musso (Actor) .. Carnival Hot Girl

Daniel Olson (Actor) .. Czech Guy

Vincent Paolicelli (Actor) .. Basketball Player

Karen Parks (Actor) .. Charity Event Attendee

Hiten Patel (Actor) .. British Station Staff

Aleksandrs Petukhovs (Actor) .. London Passerby

Annie Pisapia (Actor) .. Traveler

Jivan Xander Ramesh (Actor) .. Pedestrian

Sofia Renee (Actor) .. High School Student

Daniel Rennis (Actor) .. Cab Driver

Cailan Robinson (Actor) .. Victoria's Crew

Emmanuel Rodriguez (Actor) .. Airport Traveler

Ray Rosario (Actor) .. TSA Agent

Daniel Ryves (Actor) .. Dad Collecting Kids

Monae Samone (Actor) .. Midtown High Student

Susanne Schraps (Actor) .. Berlinerin

Ilya Tank Shilov (Actor) .. Venice Tourist

Tina Simmons (Actor) .. German Executive

Richard Stanley (Actor) .. Charity Dinner Attendee

Born: November 22, 1966

Lucas Antoine Starrets (Actor) .. Tourist

Emily Tebbutt (Actor) .. Venice Tourist- Boat Scene

Patrick Turner (Actor) .. London Crowd Member

Lesdy Vanessa (Actor) .. Tourist

Jessica VanOss (Actor) .. Student

Joe David Walters (Actor) .. Pawn Shop Owner

Dale Wilder (Actor) .. German Office Worker

Rocco Wu (Actor) .. Peter's Art Classmate

Jan Zalabak (Actor) .. Tourist in Town

Michael Roos (Actor) .. Dutch Hooligan 2

Born: October 05, 1982

Blair Barnette (Actor) .. Queens Reporter

Al Clark (Actor) .. Cowboy Plane Passenger

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