Career: While modelling, he met then-unknown film-maker Guy Ritchie, who cast him in his first film, 1998's Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, which put them both on the showbiz map. Statham went on to star in Ritchie's follow-up movie Snatch, and then started forging a career in Hollywood. Although John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars was a flop, he soon proved to be one of Britain's most reliable action stars, thanks to hits such as The One, The Transporter and its sequel; The Italian Job; Cellular; Chaos; Crank; War, and The Bank Job. He was among the action star dream line-up in The Expendables and its sequels, and has several more films in production.

Career: Phillippe's acting career began with an appearance in ABC daytime drama One Life To Live. The character of Billy Douglas, a role he played from 1992 to 1993, was the first gay teenager to be portrayed on a daytime soap opera, causing quite a stir. He was cast in the 1995 big-screen thriller Crimson Tide and the 1996 film White Squall. He then landed a role in horror flick I Know What You Did Last Summer. In 1999 he starred in Cruel Intentions, a modern retelling of Choderlos de Laclos' novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses. In the following years, Phillippe appeared in the crime-drama The Way of the Gun, starred as a software engineer in the thriller Antitrust, and took a role in Robert Altman's critically acclaimed Gosford Park, before turning in terrific performances in Crash, which won the Oscar for Best Picture in 2005, and Clint Eastwood-directed war movie Flags of Our Fathers. His recent work includes Stop-Loss, Franklyn and MacGruber.

Career: Athletic roles in Wildcats gave way to tough guy parts in New Jack City (1991), and to the action hero in Passenger 57 (1992). He went on to star alongside some of Hollywood's most famous leading men, all of whom hand-picked him for the roles. He further came to audiences' attentions in White Men Can't Jump (1992), Demolition Man (1993), Rising Sun (1993) and One Night Stand (1997), before landing the lead role in Blade (1998). Two more Blade films were made. He made a number of straight-to-DVD movies before returning to form in Brooklyn's Finest (2010). In 2008, Snipes was sentenced to three years in prison for failing to file federal income tax returns. After his conviction was upheld after an appeal, Snipes reported to federal prison in December 2010. He was released in April 2013. He returned to the big screen in 2014 in The Expendables 3.