Trivia: At 18 began to perform on stage with his famous father Ice Cube during concerts. Is featured on two songs, "She Couldn't Make It on Her Own" and "Y'all Know How I Am," from Ice Cube's 2010 album I Am the West. Under the name OMG (Oh My Goodness), released Jackin' for Beats: The Mixtape in 2012. Endured a two-year audition process before landing the role of his father in the biopic Straight Outta Compton, which marks his acting debut.

Trivia: Won the Cappie Award for Best Lead Actor in a Play in 2006 for his performance in The Laramie Project at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts. Recipient of the John Houseman Award in 2010 for excellence in classical theater by a Juilliard student.. Played Walter Younger in productions of A Raisin in the Sun at both Juilliard and the L.A. Theatre Works. Made his professional New York stage debut as Perry in 2011's Suicide, Incorporated at the Roundabout Theater Company's Black Box Theatre. Played Buggy in the Off-Broadway production of Hurt Village at the Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre at the Pershing Square Signature Center in New York. Made his Broadway debut as Tybalt in the 2013 revival Romeo and Juliet, opposite Orlando Bloom and Condola Rashad.

Trivia: Grew up following his mother around the world as an Army brat. Took a variety of odd jobs including cook, electrician, oyster shucker and drug dealer to help his family recoup their losses after Hurricane Katrina. Started studying acting in 2010, under the tutelage of Jaqueline Fleming at Jaq's Acting Studio in New Orleans. Five weeks after enrolling, he had an agent. Almost didn't get the role of Eazy-E in Straight Outta Compton because he didn't have $1800 for an overnight plane ticket to LA for a second audition. Director F. Gary Gray compromised on a Skype audition that clinched the role.

Trivia: When he initially surfaced as an on-camera presence during the 1990s and 2000s, supporting actor Aldis Hodge recalled a young Will Smith, with his looks, his relaxed charm, and easygoing manner; like Smith, Hodge made one of his first significant impressions on the small screen, yet he maintained a lower profile. Parts included guest starring appearances on such series programs as ER, CSI, NYPD Blue, and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Around 2005, Hodge broke into big-screen features, first with small-scale roles, such as an appearance in the David Mamet-Stuart Gordon thriller Edmond, then in that same year's Snoop Dogg-headlined urban drama The Tenants. Hodge also provided one of the adorable penguins' voices in George Miller's animal picture Happy Feet (2006). One the small screen that year, Hodge could be seen in a recurring role on the critically acclaimed sports drama series Friday Night Lights as Ray "Voodoo" Tatum. He enjoyed a healthy run on the hit cable program Leverage as part of a group of criminals who take revenge against other scammers in order to help out those who have been victimized. Aldis Hodge is not to be confused with Al Hodge (Captain Video and His Video Rangers), a television actor from the '50s and '60s -- nor are they related.

Trivia: Studied martial arts growing up. First on-screen appearance came at the age of 14 on the martial arts show WMAC Masters, which launched his acting career. Cold-called casting director Sarah Finn to schedule a general audition, which led to him being cast in 2009's Fast and Furious. First audition for Straight Outta Compton flopped; he re-auditioned several months later and was cast as DJ Yella.

Trivia: The balding, likeable, nervous-looking character actor Paul Giamatti is the son of the author, Yale president, and Major League Baseball commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti. After earning his M.F.A. in Drama from Yale, the younger Giamatti got started on his acting career with small film parts and TV guest spots. He quickly became a recognizable face but his name was not yet well-known in Hollywood, while on-stage he appeared in lead roles for Broadway productions of The Three Sisters and The Iceman Cometh. Giamatti's film breakthrough came in 1997 with the role of media executive Kenny (aka "Pig Vomit") in the Howard Stern movie Private Parts. In his next few films, he played small yet funny parts like the inept mob henchman in Safe Men, the slave-peddling ape in Planet of the Apes, and the bellboy in My Best Friend's Wedding. He then got starring roles in the HBO movies Winchell (opposite fellow character actor Stanley Tucci) and If These Walls Could Talk 2. Giamatti seemed to get good parts in both independent films (Storytelling, Confidence) and in major studio blockbusters (Big Momma's House, Big Fat Liar). After playing the real-life eccentric Bob Zmuda in Milos Forman's Man on the Moon, he got his first major starring role in 2003 as the leading real-life eccentric Harvey Pekar in American Splendor, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. The same year he starred in the FX original movie The Pentagon Papers with James Spader.Many thought Giamatti was more than deserving of an Academy Award nomination for his role in American Splendor, but when the nods were announced his name was absent. Nonetheless, he received even more raves for his next film. As the wine-loving love-lorn lead in Sideways, Giamatti wowed critics and increased his popularity with audiences exponentially. However, despite the overwhelming accolades and multiple Oscar nominations for the film, Giamatti was again ignored by the Academy.Next up, Giamatti returned to supporting work with a role in director Ron Howard's acclaimed 2005 biopic of boxer Jim Braddock, Cinderella Man. Playing the concerned, passionate manager to Russell Crowe's headstrong underdog, Giamatti finally received some belated Academy attention, even if he lost the 2005 Best Supporting Actor prize to popular favorite George Clooney. No matter, since Giamatti was already at work on his next leading man project in M. Night Shyamalan's Lady in the Water. Of course his role as the befuddled apartment complex supervisor attempting to protect a mysterious woman who emerges from the swimming pool in Shyamalan's eagerly-anticipated fairy-tale thriller still only seemed like the beginning of an incredibly productive period that continued to capitalize on Giamatti's post-Sideways success, and with an exhausting six films featuring the actor scheduled for release in 2006 alone, the actor previously content essaying supporting roles found himself increasingly gravitating towards the status of leading man. Still, it wasn't all big budget blockbusters for the screen's most well-known wine connisseur, and with a prominant role as an obsessive falconer in writer/director Julian Goldberger's 2006 adaptation of author Harry Crews 1973 novel The Hawk is Dying, Giamatti delivered the distinct message that his career was still very much about the creativity afforded to actors and not necessarily the financial payoff. An additional role in the romantic fantasy adventure The Illusionist that same year found Giamatti taking a trip back to turn-of-the-century Vienna to play a conflicted police inspector whose outward obligations to the aristocracy belie his growing suspicions that they may be covering up an especially confounding murder. With a voice that was equally as recognizable as his distinctive face, Giamatti began lending his vocal chords to a variety of animated projects including Robots, The Ant Bully, The Haunted World of El Superbeasto and the curiously titled Amazing Screw-on Head as well. Unrelenting in the coming years, Giamatti would continue to take on a wide range of memorable character roles in interesting films like Shoot Em Up, John Adams, Cold Souls, The Last Station, The Hangover Part II, The Ides of March and Rock of Ages.

Trivia: Began performing in stage productions with Phoenix Theatre at the age of 10. Moved from Phoenix to Los Angeles at the age of 17 to start a music career before deciding to pursue acting professionally. Is a singer-songwriter who released an original song titled "Surrender" in 2015. Was named in Vogue's list of Girls to Watch in 2016.

Trivia: Was a performer, as a child, long before starting his professional career, doing accents and putting on puppet shows for his aunt.Decided to become an actor at age 14 shortly after his family moved to Victorville, California.Attended the John Casablancas Modeling & Career Center in Los Angeles.First role was in the 2009 college thesis short film Short Term 12 and then debuted as a professional actor in the 2013 feature film version alongside Brie Larson and Rami Malek.Is in the rap duo MOORS, with Los Angeles-based producer HH, a.k.a. Hrishikesh Hirway.

Trivia: Legally emancipated from his mother at 16, and subsequently began his acting career in his hometown of Richmond, VA. Never studied singing, dancing or acting outside of public school. Worked as a cruise ship entertainer after high school. Broadway debut in Hairspray earned him nominations for an Outer Circle Critics Award, a Drama Desk Award and a Tony. Made his big-screen debut in Steven Spielberg's The Terminal (2004) after the director saw his performance in Hairspray. First series-regular role came with the part of Sgt. David Gabriel on TNT drama The Closer. Works on scripts in his spare time and has written a comedy-series pitch and a movie about an all-black paratrooper unit in World War II.

Trivia: Stage work includes a 2004 off-Broadway production of Bert V. Royal's Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead; and a 2009 Broadway revival of Christopher Hampton's The Philanthropist. Won the Best Actor award at the Brooklyn International Film Festival for The Elephant King (2006). Is also an artist, working mostly with oil paint, whose work has been exhibited in New York, California and Mississippi. While auditioning for the pilot of the spin-off 90210 in March 2008, met his future wife, Chrissy Fiorilli, who was one of the casting associates, though they did not start dating until 2010. Has appeared in numerous commercials, including spots for Nationwide Insurance; Amazon; Pepsi; McCormick; Walgreen's; and Dunkin' Donuts.

Trivia: Raised in South Central Los Angeles, director and producer F. Gary Gray successfully moved from a music video career to filmmaking. Starting off working for BET, Gray consistently shot his music videos in 35 mm for hip hop and rap superstars. His video for TLC's "Waterfalls" was voted Best Video of the Year at the MTV Music Video Awards. He also won several video awards for "Fantastic Voyage" by Coolio and "It Was a Good Day" by Ice Cube. Gray continued to work with Ice Cube for his directorial debut Friday, a comedy that was made for three million dollars and grossed nearly ten times that amount. His next feature was Set It Off, an action drama about four women who become bank robbers to escape the ghetto. In 1998, he moved on to big-budget action for The Negotiator, starring Samuel L. Jackson. The next year he moved to television to direct Ryan Caulfield: Year One, a short-lived Fox drama about a rookie cop. In 2003, Gray's projects included the Vin Diesel action flick A Man Apart and the crime drama The Italian Job, starring Mark Wahlberg.

Trivia: Of Puerto Rican and African American heritage.Was raised by his mother as his father died when he was very young.In 2017, launched the short film mobile app Everybody Digital.CEO at Get It Done Records.Founder of the non-profit program Demo Nerds, which helps kids through performing arts.

Trivia: Became interested in acting at the age of 10 and began studying performance art, singing and dancing at the Summer Musical Workshop in Washington, D.C. Performed in numerous theater productions during middle and high school. In 2001, played a soldier in a stage production of Shakespeare Theatre Company's The Oedipus Plays at the Landsburgh Theatre. Received the Andrew Carnegie Undergraduate Award for artistic merit while studying at Carnegie Mellon. In 2010, performed in an off-Broadway production of Black Angels Over Tuskegee at St. Luke's Theatre. Participated in a celebrity reading of Orson Welles' Vodou Macbeth at the Lower Depth Theatre Ensemble Gala Fundraiser in 2011. Operates a production company, Conservatory Media Group, the mission of which involves assisting underprivileged youth to receive access to training in the arts. Is co-owner of a mens' clothing line, Robert James Pradia, that specializes in bow ties, hats, cuff links and other accessories.

Trivia: Grew up performing in the theatre, jumping in and out of plays, sometimes 3 or 4 plays a year. Made his feature film debut playing Will in the 2013 western adventure drama The Retrieval. Was pursuing a BFA in acting at The Theatre School at DePaul University before leaving to focus on his acting career in 2016. Notably played Teen Chiron in the the Best Picture winning 2016 film Moonlight. Has modelled for Calvin Klein. Father is a fashion designer, and has hinted at possibly doing some of his own design work in the future.

Trivia: Great-grandfather was the king of a Ghanaian tribe. Discovered, with his brothers, at a mall in Beverly Hills. Worked as a model before becoming an actor. Featured on the cover of Face2Face Africa magazine with his brothers in 2012. At his 21st birthday party, asked guests to donate to Africafifty6 Tanzania Orphanage in lieu of giving him gifts.

Trivia: Lead actor Dean Cameron has appeared onscreen from the '80s.

Trivia: Actor Orlando Brown began his career when he was just a kid, appearing in films like Safe Harbor and The '70s throughout the late '90s. As the new millennium dawned, Brown began to define his teenage years through a close association with Disney, working on several projects with the company. He provided the voice of Sticky on the animated series The Proud Family, as well as that of Cornelius Fillmore on the cartoon show Fillmore! In 2003, he cast in the series That's So Raven opposite Raven Simone as Eddie, the main character's best friend. He would stay with the series for its entire run until 2007, when the show wrapped.

Trivia: Missouri native Asia'h Epperson was only 19 when she decided to take the plunge and audition for season seven of American Idol when the show came through Atlanta. It was an intimidating idea, and the decision seemed doubly courageous when she revealed to the judges that her father had just died a few days earlier. She choked back tears as she offered a beautiful rendition of "How Do I Live Without You," and was given the pass to go on through to Hollywood. Once there, her secondary auditions were just as powerful, and she made it to the show's top 24.