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: After struggling to make his mark in Nashville with his brand of hip honky tonk music, Yoakam moved to Los Angeles. He performed his own songs in rock and punk rock clubs around LA rather than traditional country venues. His recording debut was the self-financed EP Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. It was released later, with additional tracks, as his major-label debut album in 1986 and topped the Billboard country chart. Since then, Yoakam has released a number of popular albums. He made his big-screen debut as an actor in Red Rock West (1993). His movie credits also include Sling Blade (1996), The Newton Boys (1998), Panic Room (2002), Hollywood Homicide (2003), Crank (2006) and its sequel Crank High Voltage (2009) and Dirty Girl (2010). In 2000, he co-wrote, starred in and wrote the soundtrack for South of Heaven, West of Hell. On the small screen, he has appeared in Ellen, Wilfred and Under the Dome.