Career: Bridges' first major role came in the 1971 movie The Last Picture Show, for which he garnered a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. More Oscar nominations followed for Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, Starman, The Contender and True Grit; he's won once for Crazy Heart. One of his better-known roles was in the 1982 sci-fi cult classic Tron, in which he played Kevin Flynn, a video game programmer - a role he returned to in the 2010 sequel. Other major projects include the Coen Brothers' classic The Big Lebowski, as well as The Fisher King, Fearless, Jagged Edge, Iron Man and Seabiscuit. An accomplished musician, Bridges has also released three albums.

Career: Close made her Broadway debut in a production of Love for Love after lead actress Mary Ure suddenly left. Her first TV appearance was in 1975's The Rules of the Game, while her debut movie, The World According to Garp, landed her an Oscar nod. She's been nominated a further five times, for The Big Chill, Fatal Attraction (despite being fourth choice for the role), The Natural, Dangerous Liaisons and Albert Nobbs - in fact, she, Deborah Kerr and Thelma Ritter jointly hold the record for the most Oscar nominations without a win. Other movies include Reversal of Fortune, Hamlet, Meeting Venus, 101 Dalmatians and its sequel, and The Stepford Wives remake. More recently, she's picked up numerous plaudits for her performances in hit series Damages.