Career: Willis started out on stage and had small parts in movies and on TV before landing a lead role in hit series Moonlighting in 1985. The show's success led to major film roles and a brief stint in music. In 1988 he scored a massive hit on the big screen with Die Hard. Other successes include Pulp Fiction, Twelve Monkeys, Armageddon, The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable. In 2001 he announced he was steering clear of violent roles, but relented and went on to star in Hostage, Sin City and 16 Blocks. He scored another major success with A Good Day to Die Hard, and always has several movies in the pipeline (a fifth Die Hard film is being developed). Other recent films include Moonrise Kingdom, Red 2 and Sin City: A Dame to Die For.

Career: Morse made his big-screen debut in 1980 Oscar-nominated comedy Inside Moves. After appearing in the projects Our Family Business and Nurse, he was cast in TV medical drama St Elsewhere. The show helped boost the profiles of Morse and co-star Denzel Washington. He stayed with the series for six years, and went on to feature in Midnight Caller and Cross of Fire, before the 1990s brought a string of high-profile roles, including the movies Desperate Hours, The Indian Runner, Twelve Monkeys, The Rock, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Contact and The Green Mile. Over the past few years, Morse has featured on the big screen in Dancer in the Dark, Hearts in Atlantis, 16 Blocks, The Hurt Locker, Mother and Child and Collaborator and on TV in Hack, House, John Adams, Medium and Treme.