Career: After further stage work, he appeared as a guest lead on Hawaii Five-O. The producers of a psycho-thriller called Sssssss saw his performance and promptly cast him as the lead in that movie. He next played the psychotic wife-beating husband of Twiggy in her American film debut, W. His career break came in 1978 when he appeared as Lieutenant Starbuck in the movie and TV series Battlestar Galactica. Four years later, Benedict gained further popularity in what is arguably his most famous role, as conman Lieutenant Templeton "Face" Peck in 1980s action series The A-Team. He played this high-profile role from 1982 to 1986. In 1987, Benedict took the title role of Shakespeare's Hamlet at the Abbey Theatre. Both his performance and the entire play were panned by critics. Since then he has worked sparingly, but won new fans with his appearance on Celebrity Big Brother on Channel 4 in 2007. He played King Rat in Dick Whittington in 2010 at the Milton Keynes Theatre and appeared in Peter Falk's iconic role as Lieutenant Columbo in that year's stage tour of Prescription Murder.

Career: At an audition, Dennis met director Robert Altman, who persuaded him to move to Los Angeles, where he soon began picking up regular work. He made his movie debut in 1978's The Fury, following it up with such forgettable productions as A Wedding, Stony Island and A Perfect Couple. He appeared to have landed his breakthrough role in Altman's Popeye in 1980, but it was a huge flop, and he had to wait another five years before becoming a star thanks to a regular role in TV drama Hill Street Blues. He went on to appear in The Player (another Altman movie) and Die Hard 2. Dennis was a founding cast member of NYPD Blue in 1993 and stayed with the show until it ended in 2005. He won four Emmy Awards for his work on the series, and between runs made appearances in films such as City of Angels and American Buffalo.