Career: TV roles followed in The Inspector Lynley Mysteries, Goodbye, Mr Chips and Midsomer Murders. His first break came in 2007, when he landed the lead role as Charles Brandon in American drama The Tudors, a part he played in 38 episodes. Cavill had originally been set to play Superman in a project abandoned by McG and he came close to landing the role of James Bond in 2005. In 2013, he finally got to play Superman on the big screen in Zack Snyder's Man of Steel. His other film credits include Stardust (2007), Whatever Works (2009), Immortals (2011) and The Cold Light of Day (2012).

Career: Adams began working professionally as a dancer at Boulder's Dinner Theatre and Country Dinner Playhouse. She relocated to Minnesota and worked at the Chanhassen Dinner Theatres for three years. She landed her first acting role in Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999). After moving to Los Angeles, she was cast in a short-lived TV spin-off of the film Cruel Intentions. She went on to guest star in a number of TV shows, including That ‘70s Show, Charmed, Smallville and The West Wing, before appearing on the big screen in Catch Me If You Can (2002). Her big break came in 2007 when she was cast in Disney's Enchanted. It was a commercial success and Adam's performance was well received by critics. Since then, she has appeared in Charlie Wilson's War (2007), Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009), Julie & Julia (2009), Leap Year (2010), The Fighter (2010), The Muppets (2011), The Master (2012), Man of Steel (2013, Her (2013) and American Hustle (2013) .

Career: A spell in musical theatre led to Crowe's first major big-screen role in 1990 film The Crossing, followed by Proof, for which he won an Australian Film Institute Award. A second gong came for the controversial Romper Stomper, prompting Sharon Stone to headhunt him for The Quick And The Dead in 1995. He followed that with major movies such as LA Confidential, The Insider, and Gladiator, for which he won the 2001 Best Actor award at the Oscars. Since then, he's starred in A Beautiful Mind and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. Recent hits have included 3.10 to Yuma, American Gangster, State of Play, and Robin Hood. His recent credits include Les Miserables, Man of Steel, Winter's Tale and Noah.

Career: Lane began acting professionally at the age of six at the La MaMa Experimental Theater Club in New York. At 13 she turned down a role in Runaways on Broadway to make her feature film debut opposite Laurence Olivier in A Little Romance. A year later, she appeared on the cover of Time magazine, which declared her one of Hollywood's "Whiz Kids." One of the few child actors to make a successful transition into adult roles, Lane proved a hit with audiences in the back-to-back cult films The Outsiders and Rumble Fish. Streets of Fire (she turned down Splash and Risky Business for this film) and The Cotton Club, were both commercial and critical failures, and her career languished as a result. After The Cotton Club, Lane dropped out of the movie business and lived with her mother in Georgia. Lane returned to the business to make The Big Town and Lady Beware, but it was not until 1989's popular and critically acclaimed TV miniseries Lonesome Dove that people really took notice. For the past 20 years she has been one of Hollywood's most acclaimed actresses. She has starred in three hugely successful films with Richard Gere, including Nights in Rodanthe. More recent notable projects include Under the Tuscan Sun, Cinema Verite and Man of Steel.

Career: Laurence lied about his age to ensure he got a part in the epic Apocalypse Now, and enjoyed a minor role in Steven Spielberg's acclaimed The Color Purple. Since then, Fishburne has established himself as a character actor of some note - with roles in School Daze, Boys N the Hood, What's Love Got to Do With It? (for which he received an Oscar nomination) and The Matrix films. In 2008, he returned to TV work, accepting a lead role in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, but is also due to appear in the upcoming movies Predators and 4Chosen.

Career: Costner believed his break would come in 1983's The Big Chill - but he was cut from the final film. However, director Lawrence Kasdan cast him in Silverado, which boosted his career. His first major leading role arrived in 1987 in The Untouchables. Since then he has picked up a Best Director Oscar for Dances with Wolves, and had box-office hits with The Bodyguard, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Field of Dreams and JFK. He has struggled to find successful projects in recent years, but Open Range in 2003, which he starred in as well as directing and producing, was a return to form. He won a 2012 Emmy Award for his role in miniseries Hatfields & McCoys. He's also appeared in Mr Brooks, The Guardian and Man of Steel.