Career: After several TV roles, Hanks made the transition to movies and became one of the biggest stars of the past three decades. His breakthrough came in 1984's Splash, and was followed by hit after hit, including Bachelor Party and Dragnet. When he took the lead in Oscar-nominated Big in 1988, he transformed a simple comedy into something much more powerful, before truly proving his acting credentials with an Oscar-winning turn as an Aids-afflicted laweyer in Philadeplhia. He gave terrific turns in romantic comedies like Sleepless in Seattle, then another Oscar followed for Forrest Gump. Many expected him to garner a third for Saving Private Ryan. He has been a successful director of several projects and helped bring iconic TV projects like Band of Brothers to the screen. Recent hits include The Da Vinci Code and its follow-up, and the Toy Story films.

Career: In 2003, Jones appeared in BBC drama Servants, before taking up a place at Wadham College, Oxford, where she appeared in student plays, including the title role in Attis. After graduating, she took the leading role in 2007 TV movie Northanger Abbey. In the same year, she made her stage debut in That Face at the Royal Court Theatre in London. In 2008, she appeared in the films Brideshead Revisited and Flashbacks of a Fool, an episode of Doctor Who, and a revival of Enid Bagnold's The Chalk Garden at the Donmar Warehouse theatre in London. The following year, she starred in five-part TV series The Diary of Anne Frank. More recent work includes the films Cemetery Junction (2010), The Tempest (2010), Like Crazy (2011), Chalet Girl (2011), The Invisible Woman (2013), The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), Inferno (2016) and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016).

Career: Khan's big break came in in 2001 when he played the lead in Asif Kapadia's The Warrior. It won the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film at the Bafta Film Awards. His first Bollywood lead came in the 2005 film Rog. Since then, he has starred in a number of Bollywood and English-language films. His credits include Slumdog Millionaire (2008), New York, I Love You (2009), Paan Singh Tomar (2012), The Amazing Spider-Man (2012), Life of Pi (2012), Jurassic World (2015) and Inferno (2016). He voiced the character Baloo in the Hindi localisation of The Jungle Book (2016).

Career: Foster appeared in the TV series Flash Forward between 1996 and 1997. His first film appearance was in Kounterfeit (1996) and his first starring film role was in Get Over It (2001). He has appeared in a number of major films, including Hostage (2005), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), 3:10 to Yuma (2007) and Hell or High Water (2016). His TV credits include Six Feet Under, My Name is Earl and Freaks and Geeks.

Career: Films such as The Courtship of Eddie's Father and American Graffiti turned Howard into one of the most reliable young actors of his generation. Sitcom Happy Days made him a major star around the world, but by then he was already interested in directing after being encouraged by Henry Fonda, his co-star in TV series The Smith Family. After making several short films, he wrote, directed and starred in Grand Theft Auto in 1977. Since then he's made several successful movies, including Splash, Cocoon, Parenthood, Backdraft, Apollo 13, The Grinch, A Beautiful Mind (for which he won an Oscar) and The Missing. He was also the narrator on TV series Arrested Development. His most recent work as a director includes The Da Vinci Code, Frost/Nixon, Angels & Demons and The Dilemma.