Career: Hopkins's first professional work was on stage. He later joined Laurence Olivier's National Theatre, but left to make acclaimed movie The Lion in Winter. A steady stream of TV and film work followed (as well as some theatre appearances), including War and Peace, The Lindbergh Kidnapping Case, The Bunker, A Bridge Too Far, The Elephant Man, and Across the Lake. But Hopkins didn't become a major Hollywood star until after giving up alcohol. He won an Oscar for 1991's The Silence of the Lambs, and since then has starred in such hits as The Remains of the Day, Howards End, Hannibal, Shadowlands, Thor and Hitchcock.

Career: Alongside theatre roles, Baldwin's early career included parts in TV series The Doctors, Cutter to Houston and Knots Landing. His first film was Forever, Lulu in 1987. A year later he starred in Beetlejuice (1988), and had smaller roles in Married to the Mob (1988), Working Girl (1988), Talk Radio (1988), and She's Having a Baby (1988). The Hunt for Red October in 1990 saw him take the lead alongside screen icon Sean Connery. He went on to appear in Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), The Getaway (1994), Pearl Harbor (2001), The Cooler (2003), The Departed (2006), The Good Shepherd (2006), Brooklyn Rules (2007), It's Complicated (2009) and Blue Jasmine (2013). He won a number of awards for his portrayal of Jack Donaghy in NBC sitcom 30 Rock between 2006 and 2013, was the host of a short-lived chat show called Up Late with Alec Baldwin and co-hosted the Oscars with Steve Martin in 2010. More recently, he has appeared in Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015), voiced lead character Timothy Templeton in The Boss Baby (2017) and appeared in an episode of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit. He also played Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live and received a Critics Choice Television Award for Best Guest Performer in a Comedy Series.

Career: Macpherson made her name as a supermodel, but later turned to acting. Her first major film was Sirens in 1994. Her dedication to the job meant she put on 20lbs to play a 1950s artist's model. While losing the weight, she and fitness expert Karen Voight devised a workout which led to a best-selling aerobics video. She continued her acting career with roles in Jane Eyre, The Edge, Batman and Robin, The Mirror Has Two Faces, and a short-lived role in Friends as Joey's flatmate. She became the host of Britain's Next Top Model in 2010. She has also enjoyed a number of successful business ventures, including a best-selling lingerie line, and is a European Ambassador for RED, an initiative set up by Bono and Bobby Shriver to raise money and awareness for the Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

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.