Oblivion

Tom Cruise (Actor) .. Jack Harper

Born: July 03, 1962 in New York

Best Known For: His blockbusting movies.

Early-life: Thomas Cruise Mapother IV was born in New York on July 3, 1962. His mother was a teacher, his father, whom Cruise later described as "abusive", was an electrical engineer. He has three sisters. Cruise spent part of his childhood in Canada before returning to the US after his parents separated. While at high school, Tom caught the acting bug and abandoned his plans to enter the priesthood. At the age of 18, he returned to New York, where he landed his first film role in Endless Love.

Career: Within five years of his big-screen debut, Cruise was one of the hottest actors of his generation, having starred in the likes of Risky Business and Top Gun. The likes of Rain Man, The Color of Money, Interview with the Vampire and Days of Thunder followed. He has also turned his hand to producing and made the smart move of taking a share of several of his film's profits, making him one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood. Recent hits include Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, Jack Reacher, Oblivion and Edge of Tomorrow. He has been Oscar-nominated three times, for his performances in Born on the Fourth of July, Jerry Maguire and Magnolia, but has yet to win. His next major film is Mission: Impossible 5.

Quote: "I believe in life. I know that life comes in at your heart and it doesn't matter if you're an actor, a film-maker or a gentleman on the street, it comes at you."

Trivia: Cruise was awarded The Legend of Our Lifetime at the 2014 Empire Awards.

Morgan Freeman (Actor) .. Beech

Born: June 01, 1937 in Memphis, Tennessee

Best Known For: That trademark voice.

Early-life: Born Morgan Porterfield Freeman on June 1, 1937, the son of a cleaner and a barber in Memphis, Tennessee. Freeman has three older siblings and was partly raised by his paternal grandmother. He was bitten by the acting bug at eight when he starred in a school play. At 12 he won a state-wide drama competition. Morgan turned down the chance to study drama at university to join the US Air Force. He left after four years and began concentrating on an acting career, starting out on stage in the early 1960s.

Career: Freeman's first credited big-screen appearance was in 1971's Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow?, before he landed a regular role on children's show The Electric Company. In the mid-1980s, Freeman started getting more prominent roles in movies. Among his biggest hits have been Driving Miss Daisy, The Shawshank Redemption, Se7en, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Glory, Amistad, Deep Impact and Bruce Almighty. He is also an in-demand voice-over artist, lending his dulcet tones to sci-fi blockbuster War of the Worlds and the Oscar-winning documentary March of the Penguins. Freeman received an Academy Award of his own for his supporting role in Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby. A prolific actor, he has more recently appeared in Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy and always has several films in pre-production.

Quote: "I'm not intimidated by lead roles. I'm better in them. I don't feel pressure - I feel released at times like that. That's what I'm born to do."

Trivia: He worked as a mechanic in the US Air Force.

Olga Kurylenko (Actor) .. Julia

Born: November 14, 1979 in Zaporozhye Oblast, Ukraine

Best Known For: Playing a Bond girl in Quantum of Solace.

Early-life: Olga Kostyantynivna Kurylenko was born in Zaporozhye Oblast, Ukraine, on November 14, 1979 to Konstantyn and Maryna. Her parents divorced when she was three and she was raised by her mother and her grandmother. At the age of 13, Olga was with her mother on a trip to Moscow when she was spotted by an agent and offered a job as a model. Olga moved to Paris when she was 16 and by the time she was 18, she was appearing on the covers of fashion magazines, including Elle and Vogue.

Career: Kurylenko swapped the catwalk for the big screen in 2005 when she made her film debut in The Ring Finger. Since then, she has appeared Paris, je t'aime (2006), The Serpent (2006) and Hitman (2007). In 2008, she co-starred opposite Daniel Craig in Quantum of Solace. More recently, Kurylenko has starred in Seven Psychopaths (2012) and Oblivion (2013). She starred in two seasons of American drama Magic City.

Quote: "A lot of movies are made to make us dream."

Trivia: She has been the face of a number of clothing and cosmetic companies.

Andrea Riseborough (Actor) .. Victoria

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Actor) .. Sykes

Melissa Leo (Actor) .. Sally

Born: September 14, 1960 in New York

Best Known For: Homicide: Life on the Street and The Fighter (2010).

Early-life: Melissa Chessington Leo was born in New York on September 14, 1960 to Peggy and Arnold. She made her acting debut in 1984 in the soap All My Children, for which she won a Daytime Emmy Award.

Career: Leo went on to make guest appearances in a number of popular TV shows, including The Equalizer, Miami Vice, The Young Riders, Veronica Mars, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Law & Order. She had recurring roles on Homicide: Life on the Street, Mildred Pierce and Treme. Her film credits include 21 Grams (2003), Frozen River (2008), The Fighter (2010), Prisoners (2013), Oblivion (2013), The Angriest Man in Brooklyn (2014) and The Equalizer (2014). She won an Academy Award for her role in The Fighter.

Quote: "Acting is the business of truth, so that we can see ourselves reflected back and learn."

Trivia: She beat Julia Roberts for her role in All My Children.

Zoe Bell (Actor) .. Kara

David Madison (Actor) .. Grow Hall survivor

Joseph Kosinski (Director)

6:35 pm - 6:45 pm, Wednesday, February 4 on Film4 (14)

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