Career: Following some stage work, he made his film debut in 1979's Escape from Alcatraz. Later the same year he had a small role in an episode of Lou Grant - his first TV appearance. A regular role in the series Palmerstown, USA came soon after. Other projects followed, and by the mid-1980s he was a familiar face to audiences thanks to Places in the Heart, Witness, Lonesome Dove (for which he received an Emmy nomination) and The Color Purple. The first Lethal Weapon movie made him a household name. He's appeared in all three sequels. He has also appeared in The Royal Tenenbaums and Be Kind Rewind, and gave an award-winning turn in disaster movie 2012.

Career: Paxton returned to Los Angeles, and began winning parts in movies including Stripes, Weird Science and Streets of Fire, as well as making the acclaimed short film Fishheads. During the early 1980s, he struck up a friendship with aspiring director James Cameron, who would go on to cast him in The Terminator, Aliens, True Lies and Titanic. His other notable flim appearances include Predator, Apollo 13, Twister and Spy Kids 2. He reportedly turned down the lead role in The Da Vinci Code to star in the acclaimed American TV series Big Love. On February 25, 2017, Paxton died of a stroke following complications from heart surgery.

Career: Busey made his acting debut as a biker in Angels Hard as They Come (1971). He went on to have small parts in a number of films and TV shows until his breakthrough role in The Buddy Holly Story (1978). He played Holly and his performance earned him an Oscar nomination. His most notable role in the 1980s was playing an assassin in the hugely popular Lethal Weapon (1987). In 1988, he was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident. Years later, a psychiatrist suspected the injury had caused him to speak and act impulsively. In 1997, Busey had surgery to remove a golf-ball-sized cancerous tumour from his sinus cavity. His other film credits include Predator 2 (1990), Point Break (1991), Under Siege (1992), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) and Piranha 3DD (2012). In the summer of 2014, he entered the Celebrity Big Brother house.