Career: Cage changed his name from Coppola to Cage (inspired by Marvel comic hero Luke Cage) so he could achieve success in his own right. However, he got some of his earliest breaks in the movies Rumble Fish, The Cotton Club and Peggy Sue Got Married, which were directed by his uncle Francis. The actor won critical acclaim for films including Raising Arizona, Moonstruck and Wild at Heart, before picking up an Oscar in 1995 for his portrayal of an alcoholic in Leaving Las Vegas. After that, he branched out into action films, making Con Air, The Rock and Face/Off, but returned to his offbeat roots with movies like Adaptation, Lord of War, The Weather Man and World Trade Center. Since then he has made a string of big-budget movies, including National Treasure: Book of Secrets (a sequel to his 2004 hit National Treasure), The Sorcerer's Apprentice, and Season of the Witch. His 2011 film Drive Angry was a box-office flop, but he always has a number of films in the pipeline.

Career: Wood's first film was Back to the Future Part II in 1989, and he quickly gained larger roles in the likes of Avalon, Forever Young, The Adventures of Huck Finn and The Good Son. North was a huge flop in 1994, and Flipper didn't fare much better, but 1997's The Ice Storm enabled him to prove he could make the transition from child roles to more mature projects. Deep Impact and The Faculty followed, but it was The Lord of the Rings trilogy that turned him into a global superstar. Since then he's appeared in such acclaimed productions as Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Everything Is Illuminated and Sin City. He appeared in Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey as Frodo Baggins in 2012. From 2011 to 2014, he starred in FX TV comedy Wilfred.