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: Allen's early film credits include Compromising Positions (1985) and Manhunter (1986). In 1988, she won a Tony Award for her performance on Broadway in Burn This. On the big screen, she has received Oscar nominations for Nixon (1995), The Crucible (1996) and The Contender (2000). Her other film credits include The Ice Storm (1997), Face/Off (1997), Pleasantville (1998), The Contender (2000), The Notebook (2004), The Bourne Supremacy (2004), The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) and The Bourne Legacy (2012). She also starred in short-lived TV series Luck.

Career: McShane's first film was 1962's The Wild and the Willing. After that, he built a reputation as a fine stage actor thanks to various West End productions. His first starring role came in 1966's Skywest and Crooked, which co-starred Hayley Mills and was directed by her actor father John. He played Heathcliff in an acclaimed TV adaptation of Wuthering Heights and gained plaudits for such productions as Roots, Jesus of Nazareth and Disraeli. McShane became a household name thanks to Lovejoy in 1986, and even appeared in Dallas. Other projects include Deadwood (for which he won a Golden Globe award), Sexy Beast, Kings, 44 Inch Chest, The Pillars of the Earth, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides and Jack the Giant Slayer.

Career: In 1998, Gibson was signed by RCA Records. His debut single, Nobody Else, reached number 36 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Later the same year, he released his self-titled album. He continues to record albums. He first made an impact as an actor in John Singleton's Baby Boy (2001), but he is best known for playing Roman Pearce in the Fast and the Furious franchise. His other film credits include Four Brothers (2005), Transformers (2007) and two sequels, Legion (2010) and Black Nativity (2013).

Career: Anderson started his professional career as a writer on the TV crime drama comedy El C.I.D. His first feature film was Shopping (1994), which he wrote and directed. Shopping gave him the opportunity to direct Mortal Kombat (1995), an adaptation of the video game series. Following this, he directed Event Horizon (1997) and Soldier (1998). He wrote and directed Resident Evil (2002), another adaptation of a video game series, and wrote its sequels. Other films in his writing and directing back catalogue include AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004) and Death Race (2008).