The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Chris Pratt (Actor) .. Mario

Born: June 21, 1979 in Virginia, Minnesota

Best Known For: Guardians of the Galaxy.

Early-life: Christopher Michael Pratt was born in Virginia, Minnesota, on June 21, 1979 to supermarket worker Kathy and house renovator Don. He was raised in Lake Stevens, Washington. After dropping out of a community college course, Chris lived rough in Maui, sleeping in a van and in a tent on the beach. At the age of 19, he was waiting tables when he was discovered by actor-director Rae Dawn Chong, who cast Chris in the horror film Cursed Part 3.

Career: Pratt went on to have a recurring role in TV drama Everwood, which ran for four seasons from 2002 to 2006. He then joined the cast of The OC for its fourth season, and in 2009, he began portraying nice-but-dim Andy Dwyer on the sitcom Parks and Recreation. His film credits include Wanted, Moneyball, 10 Years, The Five-Year Engagement, Zero Dark Thirty, Her and Delivery Man. In 2014, he became an A-lister thanks to his starring role in the year's most popular film, Guardians of the Galaxy. He also lent his voice to the character Emmet Brickowski in The Lego Movie and has the lead role in Jurassic World.

Quote: "My favourite way to blow off steam is to sing obnoxiously loud in the shower."

Trivia: Pratt came fifth in a state wrestling tournament as a high school student. He is married to actress Anna Faris, with whom he has a son, Jack.

Anya Taylor-Joy (Actor) .. Princess Peach

Born: April 16, 1996 in Miami

Best Known For: Playing Thomasin in The Witch.

Early-life: Born on April 16, 1996 in Miami. Anya moved to Argentina as a baby and could only speak Spanish until she moved to London when she was six. From a young age, it was her ambition to become an actress.

Career: Taylor-Joy's earliest roles include parts in Vampire Academy (2014), Viking Quest (2014) and the TV series Endeavour. She got her breakthrough playing lead character Thomasin in The Witch (2015). Since then, she has starred in Barry (2016), Split (2016) and as the title character in Morgan (2016). She was also the lead actress in Skrillex's music video for his remix of GTA's song Red Lips.

Quote: "You do not mess with my characters."

Trivia: She was nominated for the 2017 BAFTA Rising Star Award.

Charlie Day (Actor) .. Luigi

Born: February 09, 1976 in New York City, New York

Jack Black (Actor) .. Bowser

Born: August 28, 1969 in Hermosa Beach, California

Best Known For: The School of Rock.

Early-life: Born Thomas Jacob Black on August 28, 1969, in Santa Monica, California. He's the only child of divorced satellite engineer parents and he has five half-siblings. At school he was the class clown. He became interested in music thanks to his mother's journalist lodger and his older half-brother, who was a music engineer. He made his acting debut in The Wizard of Oz at school; his professional debut came in a TV advert for a computer game at age 13. Following a difficult period during his teens he studied theatre at UCLA.

Career: Black left university early to join Tim Robbins' Actors' Gang theatre group, where he met his musical partner Kyle Gass. Black's first film was Robbins' Bob Roberts in 1992. He then moved into TV, making numerous appearances in such shows as The Golden Palace, The X-Files and Touched By An Angel. Other early films include Waterworld, Dead Man Walking and Mars Attacks! His breakthrough role was in 2000's High Fidelity. He's also starred in Shallow Hal, Orange County, School of Rock, Peter Jackson's remake of King Kong and The Muppets. Lending his vocal talents to the animated Kung-Fu Panda movies cemented his star status.

Quote: "You must never underestimate the power of the eyebrow."

Trivia: He is a member of comedy rock duo Tenacious D with Kyle Glass.

Seth Rogen (Actor) .. Donkey Kong

Born: April 15, 1982 in Vancouver, British Columbia

Best Known For: Knocked Up

Early-life: Vancouver-born Rogen began his career doing stand-up comedy during his teen years, winning the Vancouver Amateur Comedy Contest in 1998. While still living in his native Vancouver, he landed a small part in TV series Freaks and Geeks. Shortly after Rogen moved to Los Angeles for his role, Freaks and Geeks was cancelled. After landing a job as a staff writer on the final season of Da Ali G Show, for which Rogen and the other writers received an Emmy nomination, he was guided by film producer Judd Apatow toward a film career.

Career: Rogen was cast in a major supporting role and credited as a co-producer in Apatow's directorial debut, The 40-Year-Old Virgin. After Rogen received critical praise for that performance, Universal Pictures agreed to cast him as the lead in Apatow's directorial feature films Knocked Up and Funny People. Rogen and his comedy partner Evan Goldberg co-wrote the films Superbad, Pineapple Express, and The Green Hornet. Rogen has done voice work for the films Horton Hears a Who!, Kung Fu Panda, Monsters vs. Aliens, and Paul.

Quote: "Reality and honesty is the most important thing. As soon as it feels like we're making a joke where there wouldn't be one, then we don't do it."

Trivia: Rogen is a member of NORML (the National Organisation for the Reform of Marijuana Laws).

Kevin Michael Richardson (Actor) .. Kamek

Keegan-Michael Key (Actor) .. Toad

Aaoron Horvath (Director)

Michael Jelenic (Director)

5:50 pm - 7:30 pm, Sunday, January 4 on ITV1 London +1 (35)

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