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A CIA operative joins a team of intelligence and military operatives in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks. She spends the next 10 years searching for information on the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden, ultimately leading to the final raid on the terrorist leader's hideout. Kathryn Bigelow's fact-based drama, starring Jessica Chastain and Mark Strong
2012
Espionage
Factual
General
Indie
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Jessica Chastain
(Actor)
.. Maya
Mark Strong
(Actor)
.. George
Jason Clarke
(Actor)
.. Dan
Kyle Chandler
(Actor)
.. Joseph Bradley
Joel Edgerton
(Actor)
.. Patrick
Edgar Ramirez
(Actor)
.. Larry
Jennifer Ehle
(Actor)
.. Jessica
Harold Perrineau
(Actor)
.. Jack
James Gandolfini
(Actor)
.. CIA director
Kathryn Bigelow
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Jessica Chastain
(Actor)
.. Maya
Born:
March 24, 1977
in
Sacramento, California
Best Known For:
The Help, Zero Dark Thirty, and Interstellar.
Early-life:
Jessica Michelle Chastain was born in Sacramento, California, on March 24, 1977 to Jerri and Edward. In 1998, she played Juliet in a production of Romeo and Juliet staged by TheatreWorks. She then moved to New York, where she attended the drama division of the Juilliard School. After graduating in 2003, she returned to California.
Career:
Between 2004 and 2007, Chastain made guest appearances in a number of TV shows, including ER, Veronica Mars, Law & Order: Trial by Jury and Journeyman. She made her film debut in Jolene (2008). Her big break came in 2011 with the commercial success of The Help, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award. Her other film credits include The Tree of Life (2011), The Debt (2011), Lawless (2012), The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby trilogy (2013-2014), Miss Julie (2014), Interstellar (2014) and A Most Violent Year (2014). She picked up her second Academy Award nomination for her performance in Zero Dark Thirty (2012).
Quote:
'I got teased quite a lot when I was younger but I've grown into my red hair now and see it as something that makes me unique and special.'
Trivia:
She plays the ukulele.
Mark Strong
(Actor)
.. George
Born:
August 05, 1963
in
London
Best Known For:
Being a prolific character actor.
Early-life:
Born Marco Giuseppe Salussolia in London on August 5, 1963, Mark is the son of an Austrian mother and an Italian father. His father left home soon after his birth and he was raised by his mother. She had has name changed by deed poll when he was young. He studied in Munich with the intention of becoming a lawyer but after a year, he returned to London to study English and drama at Royal Holloway, University of London. He went on to develop his acting craft at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.
Career:
Strong made his TV debut in a 1989 episode of After Henry and followed this up with a number of guest roles in the likes of The Bill, Inspector Morse, Prime Suspect 3 and Kavanagh QC. In 1996, he had a starring role in acclaimed BBC miniseries Our Friends in the North. Since then he has appeared in dozens of TV shows and featured in a number of films, including Revolver (2005), Syriana (2005), RocknRolla (2008), Kick-Ass (2010), Robin Hood (2010), Green Lantern (2011), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), John Carter (2012) and Zero Dark Thirty (2012). In 2013, Strong played a detective in short-lived AMC crime drama Low Winter Sun, reprising the lead role he played in the original 2006 British miniseries.
Quote:
'Because I had children relatively late - in my 40s rather than in my 20s - it wasn't anything I ever knew that I would do. It kind of happened to me: I met the right woman and we had children.'
Trivia:
Away from acting, Strong is heavily in demand as a narrator.
Jason Clarke
(Actor)
.. Dan
Kyle Chandler
(Actor)
.. Joseph Bradley
Joel Edgerton
(Actor)
.. Patrick
Born:
June 23, 1974
in
Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia
Best Known For:
Playing Brendan Conlon in Warrior.
Early-life:
Born on June 23, 1974 in Blacktown, New South Wales, Australia. His brother, Nash, is a stuntman and filmmaker. Joel attended The Hills Grammar School before going on to study at the Nepean Drama School at the University of Western Sydney. He then appeared in a number of stage productions, including ones at Sydney Theatre Company.
Career:
Edgerton appeared in the film Erskineville Kings (1999) but his breakthrough in Australia came when he played Will McGill in TV series The Secret Life of Us. He got his international breakthrough when he played Owen Lars in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002). Edgerton then went on to appear in the films Ned Kelly (2003), King Arthur (2004), Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005), Kinky Boots (2005) and Smokin' Aces (2006). He starred as mixed martial arts fighter Brendan Conlon in Warrior (2011) and appeared in The Thing (2011) during the same year. His next notable roles were in Zero Dark Thirty (2012) and The Great Gatsby (2013). More recently, Edgerton has appeared in The Gift (2015), Black Mass (2015) and Loving (2016).
Quote:
'I'm hardly digging trenches for a living. I'm getting to tap into my boyhood fantasies of being a larger-than-life character.'
Trivia:
He is an ambassador for The Fred Hollows Foundation, which works to treat people's vision problems in developing countries and to improve the health of Indigenous Australians.
Edgar Ramirez
(Actor)
.. Larry
Jennifer Ehle
(Actor)
.. Jessica
Born:
December 29, 1969
in
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Best Known For:
The Camomile Lawn and Pride and Prejudice.
Early-life:
Jennifer Anne Ehle was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on December 29, 1969. Her mother is English actress Rosemary Harris and her father is American author John Ehle. Jennifer made her stage debut as a toddler in a 1973 Broadway revival of A Streetcar Named Desire. Her childhood was split between the UK and America and she attended 18 different schools. She trained to be an actress at North Carolina School of the Arts and the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.
Career:
Ehle first rose to prominence in 1992 when Peter Hall cast her as Calypso in the TV miniseries The Camomile Lawn. Her performance as Elizabeth Bennett in the 1995 BBC TV adaptation of Pride and Prejudice earned her a Bafta award. A spell with the Royal Shakespeare Company was followed by her first major film role in Paradise Road (1997). In the same year she played the lead role in Alan Bleasdale's TV drama Melissa. Other film roles have included This Year's Love (1999), Sunshine (1999), The King's Speech (2010), The Adjustment Bureau (2011), The Ides of March (2011), Contagion (2011) and Zero Dark Thirty (2012). In 2011, she appeared in short-lived American medical drama A Gifted Man. More recently, she has appeared in RoboCop (2014).
Quote:
'People used to always ask, and I would say I wanted to be an actress. When they would ask why, I would say because my mother has so much fun.'
Trivia:
In 2000, she won a Tony Award for her Broadway debut in The Real Thing.
Harold Perrineau
(Actor)
.. Jack
Born:
August 07, 1963
in
New York
Best Known For:
Playing single dad Michael in Lost.
Early-life:
Born Harold Williams on August 7, 1963, in New York. His parents never married and Harold took his mother's surname as his own when launching his career to avoid confusion with another actor. After growing up in Brooklyn, he studied music and theatre at the Shenandoah Conservatory and originally looked set to specialise as a dancer, training with the renowned Alvin Ailey Company for 18 months. However, his interest in acting led to roles in touring shows and the off-Broadway revival of Godspell.
Career:
Perrineau made his screen debut as a dancer in the hit TV series Fame in the 1980s, landing guest roles in other programmes and films, including The Cosby Show and King of New York, while also pursuing a theatre career. Despite numerous screen performances, it wasn't until 1996 he grabbed the public's attention, delivering a memorable turn as Mercutio in Baz Luhrmann's contemporary version of Romeo + Juliet. He won critical acclaim for turns in Woman on Top and Oz before joing the Wachowski Brothers' Matrix cast for Reloaded and Revolutions. His fame has increased thanks to cult US drama series Lost.
Quote:
About playing cross-dressing Monica in Woman on Top: 'You look in the mirror and say 'I look pretty, I feel really pretty'.'
Trivia:
He voices the main character in Marvel Anime: Blade.
James Gandolfini
(Actor)
.. CIA director
Born:
September 18, 1961
in
New Jersey
Best Known For:
Playing Tony Soprano.
Early-life:
James Joseph Gandolfini Jr was born in Westwood, New Jersey, on September 18, 1961. His family are of Italian descent - his parents spoke their native language at home and his grandparents couldn't speak English. He attended Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, before moving to New York, where he managed nightclubs and worked as a landscape gardener. He first became hooked on acting when a friend invited him to attend a drama class, and went on to study for two years at the Gately Poole Conservatory.
Career:
Gandolfini's early film outings included roles in True Romance (1993), Get Shorty (1995) and She's So Lovely (1997), but his breakthrough came on the small screen in 1999 when he began playing gangster boss Tony in HBO's acclaimed TV series The Sopranos. He won three Emmys, two Screen Actors Guild awards, and a Golden Globe for the role. High-profile movie offers followed and he went on to star in The Mexican (2001), The Man Who Wasn't There (2001), The Last Castle (2001), In the Loop (2009), The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), Enough Said (2013) and The Drop (2014). He died on June 19, 2013, during a holiday in Italy.
Quote:
'I'm a neurotic mess. I'm really basically just like a 260-pound Woody Allen.'
Trivia:
In December 2013, a borough in New Jersey renamed its main thoroughfare James Gandolfini Way.
Kathryn Bigelow
(Director)
