Career: After a few stage gigs and a handful of made-for-TV movies, he scored a supporting role in the Rob Lowe hockey flick Youngblood (1986), which was filmed in Canada. His first popular success came in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure three years later. He then showed his range with more dramatic roles in My Own Private Idaho and Much Ado About Nothing. He truly hit the big time with action flick Speed and struck box-office gold again a few years later with the Wachowski siblings' cyber-adventure The Matrix and its sequels. Reeves' first film as director, Man of Tai Chi, was released in 2013.

Career: Whitaker made his screen debut in Fast Times at Ridgemont High alongside Judge Reinhold, Nicolas Cage and Phoebe Cates. Roles on TV followed, in such shows as Diff'rent Strokes and Cagney & Lacey, before an excellent scene in The Colour of Money opposite Paul Newman showcased his talents to a wider audience and led to further film roles in the likes of Platoon and Good Morning Vietnam. He starred in the 1988 Charlie Parker biopic Bird, and has since put together an impressive body of work, including The Crying Game, Ghost Dog, The Last King of Scotland, Vantage Point and two seasons of The Shield. He always has a number of films and TV work in the pipeline.

Career: Fry and Laurie's stage success led to the TV sketch show Alfresco, which also featured Emma Thompson, Ben Elton and Robbie Coltrane. In 1987, Elton cast him in sitcom Blackadder the Third as amiable idiot George. A Bit of Fry and Laurie, and Jeeves and Wooster cemented his reputation as one of the UK's brightest comedy talents. He appeared with several celebrity pals in the movies Peter's Friends, Maybe Baby, and Sense and Sensibility. Other projects include 101 Dalmatians, The Man in the Iron Mask, Stuart Little and its sequel, the Flight of the Phoenix remake and TV series Fortysomething. His novel, The Gun Seller, was also a hit. His award-winning role in House turned him into an international star. Since it ended in 2012, Laurie has largely concentrated on music.

Career: One of Evans' earliest film roles was in Not Another Teen Movie (2001). After filming wrapped for this, he was cast in lead roles in The Perfect Score (2004) and Cellular (2004). His breakthrough was as superhero the Human Torch in the adaptation of Fantastic Four (2005), a role he reprised for its sequel Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007). Evans then went on to appear in Sunshine (2007), The Losers (2010) and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010). In 2011, he starred as the titular character in Captain America: The First Avenger. He reprised this role for a number of other Marvel Cinematic Universe films, including Avengers Assemble (2012), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) and Captain America: Civil War (2016). Other films he has appeared in include What's Your Number? (2011), The Iceman (2012), Snowpiercer (2013) and Gifted (2017). Evans' directorial debut was Before We Go (2014), which he also starred in.

Career: Cedric made his TV debut on talent show It's Showtime at the Apollo, and shortly after on HBO's Def Comedy Jam. In 1994, he won BET's Richard Pryor Comic of the Year Award. In 1996, he moved into acting with a role on the sitcom The Steve Harvey Show, which ran for six seasons until 2002. He made the move into films and his big-screen credits include Barbershop (2002) and its 2004 sequel, Johnson Family Vacation (2004) and The Honeymooners (2005). He has also voiced characters in Ice Age (2002) and the Madagascar films. In 2013, he began hosting the American version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. He continues to perform stand-up.

Career: Crews went on to play American football for the San Diego Chargers, the Washington Redskins and the Philadelphia Eagles. He retired from the NFL in 1997 and moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. His first break came in 1999 when he landed a role on extreme sports show Battle Dome. He made his big-screen acting debut in The 6th Day (2000). Since then, he has starred in Starsky & Hutch (2004), White Chicks (2004), Idiocracy (2006), Get Smart (2008), Bridesmaids (2011) and The Expendables movies. He reached a wider audience in 2005 when he starred as the father in the sitcom Everybody Hates Chris. His other TV credits include Are We There Yet?, The Newsroom and Arrested Development. He currently stars in the sitcom Brooklyn Nine-Nine and hosts Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.

Career: Harris' first break came in Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later (2002). In the same year, she starred in the TV adaptation of Zadie Smith's White Teeth. Since then, Harris has appeared on the big screen in A Cock and Bull Story (2005), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006), Miami Vice (2006), Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) and Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (2010). In 2012, she starred alongside Daniel Craig in the hugely popular James Bond movie Skyfall. A year later, she starred opposite Idris Elba in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013). She returned to the James Bond franchise in 2015 in Spectre.