Enemy of the State

Will Smith (Actor) .. Robert Clayton Dean

Born: September 25, 1968 in Philadelphia

Best Known For: Men in Black and a string of hit movies.

Early-life: Born Willard Christopher Smith Jr on September 25, 1968, in Philadelphia, the second of four children. He received his Fresh Prince nickname from a teacher who noted his ability to talk his way out of any situation. In high school, Smith teamed up with Jeff Townes to form rap duo DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. Turning down a university scholarship to concentrate on music paid off when the duo became platinum-selling recording artists.

Career: Smith's charm swayed Quincy Jones and the NBC TV network to give him a starring role in The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air, a series that ran for six years. In 1992, he made his film debut with Where the Day Takes You. Since then, he's enjoyed a steady string of box-office hits, including Bad Boys, Independence Day, Men in Black and its two sequels, and Ali, which gained him an Oscar nomination. Other projects include Enemy of the State, Six Degrees of Separation, I, Robot, I Am Legend, Seven Pounds and Hancock. His recent work includes Men in Black 3, After Earth, and new movie Focus.

Quote: "Give me a problem, I'll give you a solution. I just love living. That's a feeling you can't fake. I'm glad every single day. I think that even the camera can feel that I'm a happy man."

Trivia: He married actress Jada Pinkett in 1997. They have two children, Jaden and Willow.

Gene Hackman (Actor) .. Brill

Born: January 30, 1930 in California

Best Known For: The French Connection, The Mexican, Enemy of the State... too many to mention.

Early-life: Born Eugene Allen Hackman on January 30, 1930, in San Bernardino, California, after which his family moved around frequently before finally settling in Danville, Illinois. He has a brother called Richard. After his parents divorced, Hackman left home aged 16 to join the US Marine Corps where he served as a field radio operator. His mother died in 1962, as a result of a house fire she accidently started while smoking.

Career: After making the decision to get into acting in 1956, Hackman joined the Pasadena Playhouse in California (where incidentally, he struck up a friendship with Dustin Hoffman). After performances in several off-Broadway plays, Hackman's first movie was Lilith alongside Warren Beatty, who then cast him in his breakthrough film, Bonnie and Clyde. Hackman was soon in demand, showcasing his talents in everything from comedy (in Young Frankenstein) to villainy (as Lex Luthor in Superman). He's also won two Oscars - Best Actor for The French Connection, and Best Supporting Actor for Unforgiven. He retired from acting in 2004 to concentrate on writing novels.

Quote: "It really costs me a lot emotionally to watch myself on-screen. I think of myself, and feel like I'm quite young, and then I look at this old man with the baggy chins and the tired eyes and the receding hairline and all that."

Trivia: Hackman has written a number of historical novels with undersea archaeologist Daniel Lenihan.

Jon Voight (Actor) .. Reynolds

Born: December 29, 1938 in New York

Best Known For: Being Angelina Jolie's dad

Early-life: Born Jonathan Vincent Voight on December 29, 1938, in Yonkers, New York. His father, Elmer, was a professional golfer. He has two brothers: James (better known as Chip Taylor) is a successful songwriter who penned Wild Thing, while Barry is a volcanologist. Voight began treading the boards at school, after which he studied drama at the Catholic University of America. He also had a four-year stint at the Neighbourhood Playhouse's prestigious acting academy in New York.

Career: Voight's professional career began on stage with a role in a Broadway production of The Sound of Music. He made his TV debut in a 1963 episode of Naked City and four years later appeared in Fearless Frank, his first film. He became a star in 1969 thanks to an Oscar-nominated performance in Midnight Cowboy. A series of well-received movies followed, such as Catch-22, Deliverance and The Odessa File. He won a Best Actor Academy Award for 1978's Coming Home. Major films since include Table for Five, The Champ, Heat, Mission: Impossible, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Ali and The Manchurian Candidate. He played Jonas Hodges, the main antagonist of Jack Bauer, in the seventh season of American drama 24. More recently, he has starred in Ray Donovan.

Quote: "I'm grateful for my celebrity. It allows me to focus on organisations that do good."

Trivia: He has won Golden Globes for Midnight Cowboy, Coming Home, Runaway Train and Ray Donovan.

Lisa Bonet (Actor) .. Rachel Banks

Regina King (Actor) .. Carla Dean

Stuart Wilson (Actor) .. Congressman Albert

Laura Cayouette (Actor) .. Christa Hawkins

Loren Dean (Actor) .. Hicks

Barry Pepper (Actor) .. Pratt

Jason Lee (Actor) .. Daniel Leon Zavitz

Born: April 25, 1970 in Huntington Beach, California

Best Known For: My Name Is Earl.

Early-life: Jason Michael Lee was born April 25, 1970, in Huntington Beach, California. At 13 he began skateboarding, and five years later began competing on the professional circuit. His rising popularity prompted him to capitalise on the sport's commercial side, so he and friend Chris Pastras set up the companies Stereo Skateboards and Stereo Sounds Clothing. He's still regarded by fans as one of the most influential and innovative skateboarders of his era.

Career: Lee's first taste of performing in front of a camera came when he began appearing in music videos. He made his acting debut with a small role in 1993 movie Mi Vida Loca, but his career didn't take off until his performance in Kevin Smith's cult hit Mallrats in 1995. He's since been reunited with the director for Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jersey Girl, and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Other memorable roles have come in Almost Famous, Heartbreakers, Dreamcatcher and, of course, smash-hit sitcom My Name is Earl. Is very popular with kids worldwide for his role as Dave in Alvin and the Chipmunks and its squeaquel.

Quote: "I wanted to be looked at for the skateboarder that I was. I didn't want to be the 36-year-old skateboarder who's still holding on while owning a company at the same time."

Trivia: Away from acting, he's a passionate photographer.

Gabriel Byrne (Actor) .. Fake Brill

Born: May 12, 1950 in Dublin

Best Known For: The Usual Suspects.

Early-life: Born Gabriel James Byrne in Dublin on May 12, 1950. His mother was a nurse and his father made barrels for the Guinness factory. At 12 he began studying to join the priesthood, but was expelled from the seminary four years later after being caught smoking in a graveyard. He studied languages and archaeology at Dublin University, but had no real idea what he wanted to do. Byrne then drifted through a number of jobs, including plumber's apprentice, barman, morgue attendant, archaeologist and Spanish teacher, before becoming an actor at age 29.

Career: Byrne started acting at The Focus Theatre and the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, then joined the Royal Court and the National Theatre in London. He landed a part in popular Irish series The Riordans, before making his big-screen debut in 1981 Arthurian epic Excalibur. That brought him to Hollywood's attention, and although some of the films he made in the 1980s had a mixed reception, he went on to star in such well-received movies such as Miller's Crossing, Little Women, The Usual Suspects and Spider. More recently, he gained acclaim for playing a troubled psychiatrist in TV series In Treatment and the period crime drama Quirke.

Quote: "It's strange that I've been saddled for so long now with this image of being the remote Irishman. Once you do one movie and people get to know you, that's it, you're handed your tag."

Trivia: In 2011, he revealed that he had been sexually abused by priests during his childhood.

Jack Black (Actor) .. Fiedler

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 Green (Actor) .. Selby

Born: February 08, 1974 in Overbrook Park, Philadelphia

Best Known For: Voicing Chris Griffin on Family Guy and a string of acting roles.

Early-life: Seth Benjamin Gesshel-Green was born in Overbrook Park, Philadelphia, on February 8, 1974 to teachers Barbara and Herbert. He has a sister, Kaela. Seth has worked as an actor since the age of seven and his early credits include roles in The Hotel New Hampshire (1984), Billions for Boris (1984), Radio Days (1987) and Can't Buy Me Love (1987).

Career: One of Green's biggest early roles was Oz in the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He has also starred in three Austin Powers movies and has numerous TV acting credits to his name for a whole variety of series, including Tucker, That ‘70s Show, Greg the Bunny, Four Kings, and Dads. He is also heavily in demand for voice work. He voices Chris Griffin in Family Guy, Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Monty Monogram in Phineas and Ferb, Lt Gibbs in Titan Maximum and various characters on Robot Chicken. His other movie credits include My Stepmother is an Alien (1988), America's Sweethearts (2001), Rat Race (2001), The Italian Job (2003), Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004), Sex Drive (2008) and Old Dogs (2009).

Quote: "There's never a sure-fire good career move except doing good work."

Trivia: In 2009, he won a Primetime Emmy for his work on Robot Chicken.

Tony Scott (Director)

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