Career: Her debut movie was 1989's New York Stories. Roles in Bonfire of the Vanities and TV series Loving followed. Her breakthrough year was 1994, when she starred in Interview with the Vampire, Jumanji, and Little Women. In 1996, she had a recurring role in ER and since then has become one of Hollywood's top young actresses. Dunst's most acclaimed work has been in such movies as The Virgin Suicides, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Bring It On, Spider-Man and its sequel, Mona Lisa Smile, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Wimbledon. Recent projects include romantic comedy Elizabethtown, as well as the lavish Marie-Antoinette and Spider-Man 3.

Career: That resulting concert film No Cure for Cancer made him an instant star in Hollywood. He made a series of guest appearances on Jonathan Ross's show Saturday Zoo in 1993 and was snapped up for a series of movies cashing in on his wise-talking image. However, Demolition Man and Hostile Hostages failed to turn him into a superstar. In 1999, he played the New York cop trying to catch Pierce Brosnan in The Thomas Crown Affair remake. While researching that part, he was so inspired by the cop he hung around with, he created TV series The Job. He co-produced and helped write the Johnny Depp movie Blow, and also provided voiceovers for the films A Bug's Life and Ice Age. He's a driving force behind The Leary Firefighters Foundation after his first cousin and a childhood friend were killed tackling a fire in his hometown. He played veteran firefighter Tommy Gavin in American drama Rescue Me from 2004 to 2011. Issues dealt with in the series included post 9/11 trauma, and the final episode aired fours days before the 10th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Career: Jones landed an agent and a role in a Broadway production of A Patriot for Me just 10 days after graduating from Harvard in 1969. A year later he made his film debut in Love Story, based on Erich Segal's novel of the same name. Segal claimed he based the lead character of Oliver (played by Ryan O'Neal) on Jones and Gore. Jones then spent four years in soap opera One Life to Live. The film Coal Miner's Daughter made critics sit up and notice him in 1980. Acclaimed performances in Lonesome Dove, The Fugitive, JFK and Men in Black followed. Other well-received projects include No Country for Old Men, In the Valley of Elah (for which he received an Oscar nomination), Lincolm and The Homesman.

Career: Despite a career largely spent on the stage, Langella has appeared in a number of films, including Diary of a Mad Housewife (1970), Dracula (1979), Superman Returns (2006), Frost/Nixon (2008), Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010), and Robot & Frank (2012). He won his first Tony Award on Broadway for his 1975 performance in Seascape. Other wins came in 2002 for Fortune's Fool, and in 2007 for Frost/Nixon.

Career: After moving to Los Angeles to pursue a movie career, Borgnine made his film debut in Richer Than the Earth (1951). In 1953, he played Sgt `Fatso" Judson in From Here to Eternity, and he won an Academy Award for his performance as a sensitive butcher in Marty (1955). Other films included Wedding Breakfast (1956), The Dirty Dozen (1967), Ice Station Zebra (1968), The Poseidon Adventure (1972) and Emperor of the North Pole (1973). On the small screen, he starred in the popular TV series McHale's Navy, and the action series Airwolf. He earned an Emmy Award nomination at the age of 92 for his work on the series ER. He died on July 8, 2012, at the age of 95.

Career: Gellar's big break came in 1992, with roles in the serial Swans Crossing, and soap opera All My Children. She left the latter three years later amid rumours of a rift with her co-star Susan Lucci, who played her mother. The young star went on to land the lead role in the TV version of the movie Buffy the Vampire Slayer in 1997. It would make her a household name, and paved the way for a movie career. Her film credits include I Know What You Did Last Summer, Scream 2, Scooby-Doo, Cruel Intentions and The Grudge. When Buffy ended in 2003, the star concentrated on big-screen projects such as The Grudge 2 and Suburban Girl, but took a break from acting when her first child was born. She's since returned to TV with a role in sitcom The Crazy Ones, opposite Robin Williams.

Career: Ricci made her film debut in 1990's Mermaids and has rarely been out of work since. After starring in 1993's Addams Family Values, she became disillusioned with her education and began attending The Professional Children's School - one of her classmates was Macaulay Culkin. She made the transition from child star to respected actress with 1997's The Ice Storm. Movies since include Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Opposite of Sex, Sleepy Hollow, and Monster. She also produced the films Prozac Nation and Pumpkin, and appeared in a memorable Grey's Anatomy two-episode storyline in 2006. Her recent projects include Penelope, Speed Racer, New York, I Love You and short-lived period drama Pan Am.