Rush

Chris Hemsworth (Actor) .. James Hunt

Born: August 11, 1983
Birthplace: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Trivia: Australian actor Chris Hemsworth became a favorite face in his native country when he wasn't yet a teenager, appearing on Australian TV shows like Neighbours and Home and Away in the early 2000s. He would go on to cross the pond, appearing in American movies like 2009's Star Trek, in which he played George Kirk. His next big splash in Hollywood would come in the years to follow, as he was cast as Thor in the big screen adaptations of The Avengers and Thor. The Avengers turned out to be a mega-smash, lending even more luster to his other films from that year including Snow White and the Huntsman and the remake of Red Dawn. In 2013, he played British race car driver James Hunt in Rush, before picking up the hammer again in Thor: The Dark World.

Daniel Brühl (Actor) .. Niki Lauda

Born: June 16, 1978
Birthplace: Barcelona, Spain

Trivia: Born in Spain to a Catalan mother and Brazilian-born German father, and was subsequently raised in Germany and spent summers in Spain. Got his start on the German soap opera Verbotene Liebe in 1995. Speaks several languages; in Joyeux Noël, he speaks German, French and English. Owns a Spanish tapas bar, Bar Raval, in Berlin.

Olivia Wilde (Actor) .. Suzy Miller

Born: March 10, 1984
Birthplace: New York, New York

Trivia: On many an occasion, Olivia Wilde's sleek hair (which alternated between blonde and coal black), sultry figure, and haunting blue eyes typecast her in the mold of an evil seductress and vamp. The N.Y.-born Wilde -- not a blood relation to the famous writer Oscar Wilde, as is commonly assumed, but one inspired by him, who borrowed his surname -- launched into show business with a portrayal of Jewel Goldman, the female lead of Jerry Bruckheimer's short-lived Fox drama Skin (2003). The series constituted an update of Romeo and Juliet and depicted the romance between a porn producer's daughter and a district attorney's son. It folded not long after it premiered, but provided a convenient showcase for Wilde's talents. After key roles in two drug-themed features -- the Nick Cassavetes-directed Alpha Dog and director John Herzfeld's Bobby Z -- Wilde catapulted sensationalism-hungry viewers to their television sets when she portrayed a lesbian bartender who attempts to seduce lovely Mischa Barton on The O.C. She then received regular billing as Jenny Reilly on The Black Donnellys (2007), an NBC series about the exploits of an Irish crime family residing in Hell's Kitchen, which didn't make it past its first season. Wilde rebounded quickly with a coveted role on the smash-hit Fox medical series House, joining the cast during the show's fourth season. She remained on the show for three seasons, and also built up a big-screen career with roles in Year One, Tron: Legacy, The Change-Up, Butter, Cowboys & Aliens, and People Like Us. Once leaving House, she largely focused on her film work, often alternating bigger budget films (like 2013's Rush) with smaller, independent films (like 2013's Drinking Buddies, which she also executive produced).

Alexandra Maria Lara (Actor) .. Marlene Lauda

Pierfrancesco Favino (Actor) .. Clay Regazzoni

Stephen Mangan (Actor)

Born: July 22, 1972
Birthplace: Winchmore Hill, North London, England

Trivia: Studied law at university; decided to follow his dreams of becoming an actor after his mother was diagnosed with cancer. Ran the London Marathon in 1999. Has participated in televised celebrity poker games. Did not realise that the popular 2000 film Billy Elliot was one in which he had a role, because while it was being shot it was known as Dancers and he did not know it had undergone a title change. Is an ambassador for Marie Curie Cancer Care.

Christian McKay (Actor)

Born: November 11, 1973

Trivia: English actor Christian McKay was a Hollywood unknown when director Richard Linklater chose him to play the auspicious title role in his 2008 film Me & Orson Welles, but it was McKay's uncanny impersonation of the legendary filmmaker that eventually won him the part. A 2001 graduate of Britain's prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and a veteran of the Royal Shakespeare Company, McKay had often been compared to Welles in likeness and was noted for having a similar air of intelligence. After graduating from the Academy, McKay continued to grow a list of impressive stage credits that he'd already begun in school, soon becoming a popular name in British theater. He even tried his hand at some minor work in U.K. television and also became an accomplished concert pianist, but it was the eventual collaboration with Linklater that would serve as his fore into film.

Julian Rhind-Tutt (Actor)

Born: July 20, 1968
Birthplace: West Drayton, Greater London, England

Alistair Petrie (Actor)

Born: September 30, 1970
Birthplace: England

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.

David Calder (Actor)

Born: August 01, 1946
Birthplace: Portsmouth

Colin Stinton (Actor)

Born: March 10, 1947
Birthplace: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Trivia: Emmigrated to the USA when he was 5-years old in 1952. Performed with the Dinglefest Theatre Company when he was at Northern Illinois University. Worked frequently with the playwright-director David Mamet when he was part of the Chicago theatre scene. Played the role of Mr. Robinson in a Broadway production of The Graduate in 2002. Played the role of Benjamin Franklin in a theatre production of Mr Foote's Other Leg at the Hampstead Theatre in 2015. Involved in a charity auction for Art for Cure, raising money for the care and cure of breast cancer in 2016.

Jamie De Courcey (Actor)

Augusto Dall'Ara (Actor)

Ilario Calvo (Actor)

Patrick Baladi (Actor)

Born: December 25, 1971
Birthplace: Sutton Coldfield, England

Trivia: Was the first student to win the Charles Laughton Prize for his roles in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Amadeus. Is a member of the band Grow Up. Is perhaps best known for playing Neil Godwin in The Office between 2002 and 2003. As of 2020, has starred as Stephen Holmes in detective thriller Marcella since 2016. In 2020, played the role of Darren in the dark comedy sitcom Breeders.

Natalie Dormer (Actor)

Born: February 11, 1982
Birthplace: Reading, Berkshire, England

Trivia: Hails from the same hometown as Kate Winslet and Kenneth Branagh. Studied ballet, jazz and modern dance at 3 years old. Former member of the London Fencing Academy. Honed her acting skills in British theater. Made her big-screen debut in 2005's Casanova. Enjoys playing poker; came in second place at the 2008 PartyPoker.com Women's World Open in London.

Vincent Riotta (Actor)

Born: January 03, 1959

Martin Savage (Actor)

Jamie Sives (Actor)

Born: August 02, 1973
Birthplace: Lochend, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Simon Taylor (Actor)

Born: August 08, 1944

Rob Austin (Actor)

Tom Wlaschiha (Actor)

Born: June 20, 1973
Birthplace: Dohna, Bezirk Dresden, German Democratic Republic

Trivia: Grew up in communist East Germany, where he only had one TV channel.The fall of the Berlin Wall happened when he was 17.Traveled to the United States as an exchange student when he was 17, he stayed there for a year studying English and acting in theater.Started his acting career in theater.Has performed at the Theater Junge Generation, the Schauspielhaus Zürich and the Schauspiel Frankfurt.Speaks multiple languages, including German, Russian, English, Italian and French.He dubs his Game of Thrones character in German.

Cristian Solimeno (Actor)

Born: April 27, 1975
Birthplace: Paris, France

Trivia: While growing up in London, was a member of youth theater groups with the Royal Court Theatre, the Young Vic and Youngblood at Riverside Studios. Studied performing arts at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. Trained in physical theater and mime at the Desmond Jones School. At the age of 19, founded his own theater company with a friend and began writing and performing in original plays. Performed the role of Pioratto in a stage production of The Honest Whore opposite Mark Rylance at Shakespeare's Globe in 1998. Made his writing and directorial film debut in 2008 with the short film Love, which won the award for Best International Short at the Gijón International Film Festival in Spain. Has done voice over work for television commercials for Fox, North Face and Hugo Boss. Trains in martial arts, specifically Jeet Kun Do.

Joséphine de la Baume (Actor)

Geoffrey Streatfield (Actor)

Julien Vialon (Actor)

Douglas Reith (Actor)

Polly Furnival (Actor)

Brooke Johnston (Actor)

Hannah Britland (Actor)

Lisa McAllister (Actor)

Born: November 21, 1980

Hans Eckhardt (Actor)

Vanessa Zachos (Actor)

Val Jobara (Actor)

Born: June 18, 1980

Xavier Laurent (Actor)

Born: February 11, 1977

Zack Niizato (Actor)

Akira Koieyama (Actor)

Klaus D. Mund (Actor)

Folker Banik (Actor)

Andreas Engelmann (Actor)

Jochen Kolenda (Actor)

Born: February 28, 1953

Roger Nevares (Actor)

Born: July 05, 1968

Vanda Dadras (Actor)

Raffaello Degruttola (Actor)

Luca Zizzari (Actor)

Alastair Caldwell (Actor)

Alan Bayer (Actor)

Joe Ferrera (Actor)

Christian Feist (Actor)

Marco Canadea (Actor)

Eiji Mihara (Actor)

Demitri Goritsas (Actor)

Philippe Spall (Actor)

Birthplace: Cornwall, England

Trivia: Son of an English father and a French mother.Speaks English and French.Best known for his work in Downton Abbey.

Erich Redman (Actor)

Marcello Walton (Actor)

Masashi Fujimoto (Actor)

Born: May 10, 1963

Rob Cavazos (Actor)

Born: August 18, 1982

Paolo Barone (Actor)

Francesco Fronte (Actor)

Morris Morrison (Actor)

Luca Naddeo (Actor)

Marco Napoli (Actor)

Cristian Stelluti (Actor)

Scott Hopkins (Actor)

Matthew Watkinson (Actor)

Anthony Wolfe (Actor)

Jeremy Wolfe (Actor)

Mark Wright (Actor)

James Norton (Actor) .. Guy Edwards

Bob Constanduros (Actor) .. Crystal Palace Race Announcer

Jay Simpson (Actor) .. British Journalist

Ryan Gosling (Actor)

Born: November 12, 1980
Birthplace: London, Ontario, Canada

Trivia: Despite his confident good looks and his role as the son of Zeus on television's popular Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Ryan Gosling ironically used to get chuckles by donning a Speedo and flexing like a professional weightlifter as a scrawny six-year-old. Born in London, Ontario, Canada, in November 1980, and raised in nearby Cornwall, Gosling was withdrawn for private schooling early on due to harassment by his classmates. Quickly learning the value of confidence, the bright youngster focused his energy into acting and landed a two-year role on The Mickey Mouse Club at age 12. Soon moving on to television commercials and roles in such films as Disney's Frankenstein and Me (1996), Gosling returned to television in 1997 for the short-lived Breaker High before finding more sturdy television ground in his Hercules role the following year. Since then, the actor has tackled increasingly challenging roles such as his turn as a conflicted Jewish student in The Believer (2001) and as a teen who commits murder in the name of mercy in The United States of Leland (2002). That same year, the increasingly busy Gosling starred in both The Slaughter Rule, and alongside Sandra Bullock in the crime thriller Murder by Numbers.Though he was racking up credibility as a serious young actor in indie features, Gosling became an unlikely box-office heartthrob with the 2004 summer-season romance The Notebook. Starring opposite another young break-out Canadian actor, Rachel McAdams, Gosling added some depth to the otherwise treacly adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' popular tome of enduring love before and after World War II. Rather than parlay his newfound fame into leading-man action roles, Gosling chose a route not unlike Edward Norton before him, alternating between indie features and challenging, bigger-budget Hollywood productions. This strategy didn't yield great dividends with the spooky 2005 misfire Stay, but it did bring Gosling high praise for the 2006 Sundance Festival favorite Half Nelson. A slice-of-life drama focusing on a young, cocaine-addicted, inner-city middle-school teacher and the student with whom he forms a bond, the film offered Gosling the opportunity to play another intense, conflicted young man in a natural, effortless style, a performance aided in large part by his bracing young co-star Shareeka Epps. Helped by glowing reviews, the micro-budgeted Half Nelson became an arthouse success through awards season, when Gosling's name was mentioned by numerous critics' organizations in year-end honors. Though ignored by the Golden Globes, the dark-horse Gosling was recognized among a formidable group of Best Actors when Oscar nominations were announced.Having cemented himself as one of the most formidable actors of his generation, Gosling next signed on for a quirky 2007 drama called Lars and the Real Girl, about a small town man who falls in love with a life sized doll. His performance in the film earned him a Golden Globe nod, but Gosling still had other goals he wanted to pursue. He spent the next few years playing and recording with his band, Dead Man's Bones, which released a self-titled debut in 2009. When Gosling returned to acting the following year, it was for a heart-wrenching independent relationship drama called Blue Valentine, opposite Michelle Williams. Based on a short film, the movie told the story of a relationship by showing its beginning and its end. Gosling was nominated for yet another Golden Globe, but was still up for a challenge. For his next project, he took on the thriller All Good Things, playing an upper class husband who turns violent and psychotic in All Good Things. Next on the docket was 2011's Drive, which found Gosling playing a stunt man turned getaway driver, quickly followed by the political thriller The Ides of March, opposite George Clooney. Shortly afterward, Gosling took on a supporting role in the award-winning romantic comedy Crazy Stupid Love, which follows a divorced man as he finds his footing in life once again.Gosling expanded his producing credits in 2013, with Only God Forgives, in which he co-starred, and released his directorial debut, Lost River, in 2014. In 2015, he co-starred in the Oscar-nominated The Big Short, and, the following year, teamed with Russell Crowe for The Nice Guys.

Russell Crowe (Actor)

Born: April 07, 1964
Birthplace: Wellington, New Zealand

Trivia: Though perhaps best-known internationally for playing tough-guy roles in Romper Stomper (1993), L.A. Confidential (1997), and Gladiator (2000), New Zealand-born actor Russell Crowe has proven himself equally capable of playing gentler roles in films such as Proof (1991) and The Sum of Us (1992). No matter what kind of characters he plays, Crowe's weather-beaten handsomeness and gruff charisma combine to make him constantly watchable: his one-time Hollywood mentor Sharon Stone has called him "the sexiest guy working in movies today."Born in Wellington, New Zealand, on April 7, 1964, Crowe was raised in Australia from the age of four. His parents made their living by catering movie shoots, and often brought Crowe with them to work; it was while hanging around the various sets that he developed a passion for acting. After making his professional debut in an episode of the television series Spyforce when he was six, Crowe took a 12-year break from professional acting, netting his next gig when he was 18. In film, he had his first major roles in such dramas as The Crossing (1990) and Jocelyn Moorhouse's widely praised Proof (1991) (for which he won an Australian Film Institute award). He then went on to gain international recognition for his intense, multi-layered portrayal of a Melbourne skinhead in Geoffrey Wright's controversial Romper Stomper (1992), winning another AFI award, as well as an Australian Film Critics award. It was Sharon Stone who helped bring Crowe to Hollywood to play a gunfighter-turned-preacher opposite her in Sam Raimi's The Quick and the Dead (1995). Though the film was not a huge box-office success, it did open Hollywood doors for Crowe, who subsequently split his time between the U.S. and Australia. In 1997, the actor had his largest success to date playing volatile cop Bud White in Curtis Hanson's L.A. Confidential (1997). Following the praise surrounding both the film and his performance in it, Crowe found himself working steadily in Hollywood, starring in two films released in 1999: Mystery, Alaska and The Insider. In the latter, he gave an Oscar-nominated lead performance as Jeffrey Wigand, a real-life tobacco industry employee whose personal life was dragged through the mud when he chose to blow the whistle on his former company's questionable business practices.In 2000, however, Crowe finally crossed over into the public's consciousness with, literally, a tour de force performance in Ridley Scott's glossy Roman epic Gladiator. The Dreamworks/Universal co-production was a major gamble from the outset, devoting more than 100 million dollars to an unfinished script (involving the efforts of at least half a dozen writers), an untested star (stepping into a role originally intended for Mel Gibson), and an all-but-dead genre (the sword-and-sandals adventure). Thanks to an aggressive marketing campaign and mostly positive notices, however, the public turned out in droves the first weekend of the film's release, and kept coming back long into the summer for Gladiator's potent blend of action, grandeur, and melodrama -- all anchored by Crowe's passionate man-of-few-words performance.Anticipation was high, then, for the actor's second 2000 showing, the hostage drama Proof of Life. Despite -- or perhaps because of -- the widely publicized affair between Crowe and his co-star Meg Ryan, the film failed to generate much heat during the holiday box-office season, and attention turned once again to the actor's star-making role some six months prior. In an Oscar year devoid of conventionally spectacular epics, Gladiator netted 12 nominations in February 2001, including one for its lead performer. While many wags viewed the film's eventual Best Picture victory as a fluke, the same could not be said for Crowe's Best Actor victory: nudging past such stiff competition as Tom Hanks and Ed Harris, Crowe finally nabbed a statue, affirming for Hollywood the talent that critics had first noticed almost ten years earlier.Crowe's 2001 role as real-life Nobel Prize-winning schizophrenic mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr. brought the actor back into the Oscar arena. The film vaulted past the 100-million-dollar mark as it took home Golden Globes for Best Picture, Supporting Actress, Screenplay, and Actor and racked up eight Oscar nominations, including a Best Actor nod for Crowe. The film cemented Crowe as a top-tier leading man, and he would spend the following years proving this again and again, with landmark roles in Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, Cinderella Man, A Good Year, 3:10 to Yuma, Robin Hood, and State of Play.

Kim Basinger (Actor)

Born: December 08, 1953
Birthplace: Athens, Georgia, United States

Trivia: Kim Basinger was hardly the first successful model to head to Hollywood in hopes of a career on the big screen, but few have managed to achieve the same degree of public acclaim and professional recognition that she has earned. Born in Athens, GA, on December 8, 1953, Kim Basinger was raised in a family of entertainers; her father had been a jazz musician and her mother a dancer who was part of the "water ballet" chorus in a handful of Esther Williams musicals. Basinger's parents enrolled her in dance classes at an early age to help her overcome a strong case of shyness; in time, she discovered she enjoyed both dancing and singing, and began contemplating a career in show business. She began competing in beauty contests as a teenager, and won the Junior Miss Georgia pageant, which took her to the national competition in New York City. By this time a striking and statuesque blonde beauty, Basinger was spotted by a representative of the prestigious Ford Modeling Agency and offered a contract; while she had hoped to make her mark as a cabaret singer, she wisely decided moving to the Big Apple was a step in the right direction. Before long, Basinger was earning 1,000 dollars per day through modeling jobs, and had signed on as the Breck Shampoo girl; in her spare time, she studied acting and picked up occasional singing gigs.In 1976, Basinger decided to take a more serious stab at acting, and moved to Los Angeles. Within a year, she made her television debut as a female police detective in the pilot for a short-lived crime drama entitled Dog and Cat; in 1978, she landed the starring role in the made-for-TV movie Katie: Portrait of a Centerfold, appropriately playing a beautiful Southern girl who comes to Los Angeles in search of stardom. After being cast as Lorene Rogers in a TV remake of From Here to Eternity (a role she reprised in a subsequent series based upon the film), Basinger finally made her way to the big screen in the low-budget drama Hard Country. But while it (and Basinger) received good reviews, her screen career didn't take off in a big way until 1983, when she was cast opposite Sean Connery in the James Bond adventure Never Say Never Again. She also posed for a well-publicized layout in Playboy which, coinciding with the film's release, certainly didn't hurt her growing popularity.While Basinger's career took off after Never Say Never Again, and she appeared in several major hits (including The Natural, 9 1/2 Weeks, and Batman, the latter of which led to a brief romance with pop star Prince), quality roles tended to elude her. But she generally fared well with the material given to her, and shined in several smaller films, including Fool for Love and Nadine. In 1991, Basinger was cast opposite Alec Baldwin in the comedy The Marrying Man, and the two hit it off -- so much so that some accused their romance of interfering with the production. The couple rode out the negative publicity, however, and married in 1993. (It was Basinger's second marriage after divorcing Ron Britton in 1989.)The next several years were difficult for Basinger. Her decision to not appear in the film Boxing Helena after verbally committing to the project led to her being sued by the film's producers, who won an eight-million-dollar judgment against her. Although the ruling was eventually overturned on appeal, legal bills forced Basinger to declare bankruptcy. And after several undistinguished projects, the actress went three years without working, during which she and Baldwin had a child. However, Basinger's 1997 comeback in L.A. Confidential suggested her time away had been well spent; playing a high-priced call girl with a close resemblance to Veronica Lake, Basinger's assured performance won her an Oscar as best supporting actress. This triumph was followed by another three-year sabbatical, which was followed by her divorce from Baldwin and a pair of box-office flops, I Dreamed of Africa and Bless the Child. In 2002, Basinger re-teamed with L.A. Confidential director Curtis Hanson, and won rave reviews for her gritty performance as a troubled single mother in the acclaimed urban drama 8 Mile. A committed vegetarian, Basinger also became an outspoken animal-rights activist In her offscreen life during the '90s.In 2001 she had a very public and ugly divorce from Alec Baldwin, but her career continued with appearances in the well-reviewed drama The Door in the Floor the thriller Cellular in 2004, and the horror film While She Was Out as well as the Bret Easton Ellis adaptation The Informers in 2008.

Angourie Rice (Actor)

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.

Matt Bomer (Actor)

Born: October 11, 1977
Birthplace: Spring, Texas, United States

Trivia: Has British and Swiss-German ancestry. Attended high school with actor Lee Pace and remains good friends with him. Got his acting start in a Houston stage production of A Streetcar Named Desire while in high school. After graduating from college, moved to New York and landed recurring roles on daytime soaps All My Children and Guiding Light. Was tipped to star in Superman Returns (2006), until a change of directors led to Brandon Routh being cast as the titular superhero. Gained a higher profile with starring roles on the short-lived ABC drama Traveler and the acclaimed USA Network series White Collar. Named People magazine's Sexiest Rising Star in 2009. Was awarded a Golden Globe in 2015 for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in The Normal Heart. Supports 12 charities involving research into AIDS and cancer, as well as equal rights and family life.

Margaret Qualley (Actor)

Born: October 23, 1994
Birthplace: Montana, United States

Trivia: While growing up, she and her sister Rainey were debutantes, and they made their debuts in Paris at Le Bal des Debutantes at L'Hotel de Crillon.Initially trained as a ballerina at North Carolina School of the Arts and New York's Professional Children's School, and also earned an apprenticeship at the American Ballet Theatre.Started modeling at age 16 for Alberta Ferretti at New York Fashion Week, and went on to model for Valentino, Chanel, Ralph Lauren, W, Vogue, and several others.Made her first screen appearance playing Raquel in the 2013 Gia Coppola film Palo Alto.First recurring role in a TV series was Jill Garvey in the HBO drama series The Leftovers.

Yaya Dacosta (Actor)

Born: November 15, 1982
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Trivia: Is of African-American and Brazilian descent and speaks Portuguese, French, Spanish and English. Was the runner-up in Season 3 of America's Next Top Model in 2004. Worked as a model for companies including Garnier Fructis, Oil of Olay, RadioShack and Dr. Scholls. Was in the music video for Jay-Z's "Roc Boys" in 2007. Appeared off-Broadway in The First Breeze of Summer, directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson.

Keith David (Actor)

Born: June 04, 1956
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Trivia: Actor, singer, and voice actor Keith David has spent much of his career on the stage, but also frequently works in feature films and on television. A native of New York City, David first performed as a child, singing in the All Borough Chorus and later attended the prestigious High School of Performing Arts. Shortly after graduating from Juilliard, where he studied voice and theater, David landed a role in a production of Coriolanus at Joseph Papp's Public Theater. He starred opposite Christopher Walken. David made his Broadway debut in Albee's The Lady From Dubuque (1980) and, two years later, had his first film role in John Carpenter's The Thing. He would not appear in another feature film until he played King in Oliver Stone's Platoon (1986). In between, David alternated between stage and television work. He appeared in five films in 1988, including Clint Eastwood's Bird, where he gave a memorable performance as jazz sax player Buster Franklin. In 1992, David showed his considerable skill as a singer and dancer and won a Tony nomination for starring in the musical Jelly's Last Jam, opposite Gregory Hines. David's film career really picked up in the mid-'90s, with roles ranging from a gunslinger in Sam Raimi's The Quick and the Dead to a New York cop in Spike Lee's Clockers to an amputee who owns a pool parlor in Dead Presidents (all 1995). In 1998, David had a brief but memorable role as Cameron Diaz's boisterous stepfather in the Farrelly brother's zany Something About Mary. In one of the film's funniest scenes, David tries to help Diaz's prom date, Ben Stiller, extricate himself from an embarrassingly sticky situation. He is also well known to animation fans for his voice work in, among other projects, Disney's Gargoyles, HBO's Spawn, and the English-dubbed version of the Japanese-animated film Princess Mononoke. In 2000 he appeared in Requiem for a Dream, Pitch Black, and Where the Heart Is, as well as providing the narration of Ken Burns documentary on the history of jazz. He continued to work steadily in a variety of projects including Barbershop, 29 Palms, Agent Cody Banks, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, and the 2005 Oscar winner for Best Picture, Crash. He also found work in Transporter 2, The Oh in Ohio, Meet Monica Velour, Lottery Ticket, and the 2010 remake of Death at a Funeral.

Beau Knapp (Actor)

Lois Smith (Actor)

Born: November 03, 1930
Birthplace: Topeka, Kansas, United States

Trivia: Supporting actress, onscreen from 1955.

Murielle Telio (Actor)

Gil Gerard (Actor)

Born: January 23, 1943
Birthplace: Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Trivia: A former industrial chemist, actor Gil Gerard first went on the stage in the mid-1960s, appearing in such productions as I Do, I Do. He spent several years in the role of Dr. Alan Stewart on the NBC daytime drama The Doctors. From 1979 to 1981, he played the title character in the fanciful prime-time series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. Subsequent credits on Gil Gerard's TV resumé include his portrayal of eco-warrior Dr. John Harding on E.A.R.T.H. Force (1990) and his hosting chores on the 1992 "actuality" series Code 3.

Daisy Tahan (Actor)

Jack Kilmer (Actor)

Alexandra Maria (Actor)

Geoffrey Streatfeild (Actor) .. Peter Hunt

Kristofer Dayne (Actor)