Battleship

Taylor Kitsch (Actor) .. Lt Alex Hopper

Born: April 08, 1981 in British Columbia, Canada

Best Known For: Playing Gambit in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, and Tim Riggins on Friday Night Lights.

Early-life: Taylor Kitsch was born on April 8, 1981, in British Columbia, Canada. He is the youngest of three brothers and has two younger half sisters. From a very young age, Kitsch became enamoured with playing hockey, and looked set to turn pro until a knee injury ended his fledgling career. He began to make inroads into the entertainment industry after moving to New York in 2002. There he studied acting, completed various modelling jobs and still found the time to train as a nutritionist and personal trainer.

Career: Kitsch exploded onto the scene in 2006 with a role in the much-hyped Snakes on a Plane alongside Samuel L Jackson, before bagging the role of Tim Riggins in Friday Night Lights. His rough-and-ready demeanour immediately won over the hearts of female viewers, and his believability as a high school jock convinced male fans too. In 2008 his big break came playing Gambit in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Starring opposite distinguished actors such as Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds forced the former hockey player to raise his game. He was embodying one of the most popular X-Men characters, and one the fans had been clamouring to see since he was omitted from the first film.

Quote: "I definitely have pieces of me like Riggins - my father was never in my life. I've had curve balls thrown at me."

Liam Neeson (Actor) .. Admiral Shane

Born: June 07, 1952 in Ballymena, Northern Ireland

Best Known For: Schindler's List and Star Wars: Episode One - The Phantom Menace

Early-life: William John Neeson was born on June 7, 1952, in Ballymena, Northern Ireland. He made his acting debut at 11 in a school play. He was a good teenage amateur boxer, winning the Irish Youth Championship, but quit after blacking out following a fight. Neeson later enrolled at St Mary's Teaching College in Belfast, but became interested in acting on joining the Belfast Lyric Players' Theatre. He made ends meet with various odd jobs, including forklift operator, truck driver and assistant architect, before stardom beckoned.

Career: Neeson's professional debut was on stage in The Risen People. He was spotted in a play at Dublin's Abbey Theatre by director John Boorman, who cast him in movie Excalibur in 1981. He made a name for himself in Krull, A Woman of Substance, Ellis Island and The Mission. Other leading roles came in Suspect, The Dead Pool and The Big Man. However, he didn't become a major star until Schindler's List in 1993. Since then he's featured in Star Wars: Episode One - The Phantom Menace, Gangs of New York, Love Actually, Kinsey and the brilliant action film Taken. He was also seen in the big-screen version of The A Team and has several blockbusters in the pipeline.

Quote: "I never did think of myself as handsome - terribly attractive, yes - but not handsome."

Trivia: Dated a string of famous women, including Julia Roberts, Brooke Shields, Barbra Streisand, Sinead O'Connor and Helen Mirren. Married actress Natasha Richardson, mother of his sons Micheal and Daniel. She died in a skiing accident in 2009.

Alexander Skarsgard (Actor) .. Cdr Stone Hopper

Born: August 25, 1976 in Stockholm, Sweden

Best Known For: Playing Eric Northman in True Blood.

Early-life: Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgard was born to actor Stellan and Stellan's first wife, My, on August 25, 1976 in Stockholm, Sweden. His siblings include actors Gustaf, Bill and Valter. He started his acting career as a child but quit during his teenage years. At age 19, he joined the Swedish military and served for 18 months. Afterwards, he attended Leeds Beckett University for six months before enrolling on a theatre course at Marymount Manhattan College. He returned to Sweden after six months.

Career: Skarsgard auditioned for the role of Meekus in the comedy Zoolander (2001) while on holiday in the United States. He got his big break in 2008 in the HBO miniseries Generation Kill. After completing Generation Kill, he was cast as Eric Northman in the fantasy horror series True Blood. Since then, he has appeared in the films Melancholia (2011), Straw Dogs (2011) and Battleship (2012). He played the lead role in The Legend of Tarzan (2016).

Quote: "When I step into a project, I need to feel that there's a challenge, something new, something fresh about it. That being said, I'm kind of attracted to characters with a darkness or a sadness that they carry with them."

Trivia: He can speak French, Swedish and English.

Rihanna (Actor) .. Petty Officer Cora Raikes

Brooklyn Decker (Actor) .. Samantha Shane

Born: April 12, 1987 in Kettering, Ohio

Best Known For: Being a model and actress.

Early-life: Brooklyn Danielle Decker was born in Kettering, Ohio, on April 12, 1987 to Tessa and Stephen. She has a younger brother, Jordan. When she was a teenager, she was discovered by a talent spotter in a shopping mall in Charlotte, North Carolina and began working as a model. Her first assignment was for Mauri Simone, a prom dress maker.

Career: Alongside a successful modelling career, Decker began acting and won her first role in an episode of comedy drama Chuck. Guest roles followed in Royal Pains and Ugly Betty. The pinnacle of her modelling career came in 2010 when she was chosen as the cover model for Sports Illustrated's swimsuit edition. Decker's big-screen debut came in Just Go with It (2011). More recently, she has starred in Battleship (2012) and What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012).

Quote: "I have a really difficult time watching myself on film. I literally cower in my seat and cover my face."

Trivia: Decker serves as a Global Ambassador for Special Olympics Team USA.

Tadanobu Asano (Actor) .. Capt Yugi Nagata

Hamish Linklater (Actor) .. Cal Zapata

John Tui (Actor) .. Chief Petty Officer Walter Lynch

Peter Berg (Director)

Born: March 11, 1964 in New York

Best Known For: Being an actor, director, writer and producer.

Early-life: Peter Winkler Berg was born in New York on March 11, 1964 to Sally and Laurence. He has a younger sister, Mary. Peter went on to study theatre arts and theatre history at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota. In 1985, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career.

Career: Berg has starred on the big screen in A Midnight Clear (1992), Fire in the Sky (1993), Cop Land (1997), Collateral (2004) and Lions for Lambs (2007). He had a recurring role in TV medical drama Chicago Hope during the 1990s, playing Dr Billy Kronk. Behind the camera, he has also directed Very Bad Things (1998), Hancock (2008) and Battleship (2012), and written scripts for The Losers (2010) and the TV series Friday Night Lights. More recently, he directed episodes of HBO drama The Leftovers.

Quote: "I've had great success and I've had catastrophic failure. It's really how you handle the rough stuff that defines you, I think."

Trivia: He enjoys boxing to keep in shape.

02:20 am - 04:40 am, Monday, January 12 on Sky Science Fiction HD (517)

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