Rocketman

Taron Egerton (Actor) .. Elton John/Reginald Dwight

Born: November 10, 1989 in Birkenhead

Best Known For: Testament of Youth and Kingsman: The Secret Service.

Early-life: Taron David Egerton was born in Birkenhead on November 10, 1989. His family moved to Wales during his childhood and he considers himself to be Welsh. He graduated from Rada in 2012 and made his acting debut in a two-part Lewis story.

Career: Egerton had a recurring role in Sky1 drama The Smoke and went on to star in Testament of Youth (2014), Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015) and Legend (2015). He plays the title role in Eddie the Eagle (2016).

Quote: 'I don't want to look back at my career and see a string of incredibly commercial projects that don't have much heart. I'm looking for things that have soul.'

Trivia: Egerton supports Manchester United. In 2015, he was named one of GQ's 50 best-dressed British men.

Jamie Bell (Actor) .. Bernie Taupin

Born: March 14, 1986 in Billingham, Stockton on Tees

Best Known For: Playing the title role in Billy Elliot.

Early-life: Jamie was born on March 14, 1986 in Billingham, Stockton on Tees. He came from a family of dancers, including his grandmother, mother, aunt and sister, and began his own career in dance at an early age. In 2000, he took his talent to the big screen when he won the title role in Billy Elliot, a film about a young boy with a gift for ballet dancing that he tries to keep a secret, which paralleled Jamie's own story.

Career: Billy Elliot was a huge hit, garnering Jamie vast critical praise. He went on to star in numerous independent movies such as Undertow, Dear Wendy, The Chumscrubber and Hallam Foe. He also took the lead role in the 2002 horror film Deathwatch, played Smike in an adaptation of Nicholas Nickleby that same year and Jimmy in Peter Jackson's remake of adventure classic King Kong in 2005. He has also played real-life figures in two war films; US Marine Ralph Ignatowski in 2006's Flags of Our Fathers and Asael Bielski in 2008's Defiance. He appeared alongside Hayden Christensen in sci-fi drama Jumper that same year. His recent work includes Man on a Ledge, Snowpiercer and Nymphomaniac.

Quote: 'My biggest fear was that I would not be able to take the step from a child actor to an adult. I think it happened when I was able to play a soldier in Deathwatch.'

Trivia: He voiced the title character in Steven Spielberg's animated film The Adventures of Tintin (2011).

Richard Madden (Actor) .. John Reid

Born: June 18, 1986 in Elderslie, Renfrewshire

Best Known For: Playing Robb Stark in HBO drama Game of Thrones, and Prince Kit in Disney's Cinderella (2015).

Early-life: Richard was born in Elderslie, Renfrewshire, on June 18, 1986 to Pat and Richard. At the age of 11, he joined Paisley Arts Centre's youth theatre programme. He made his professional acting debut in the 2000 film adaptation of Iain Banks's Complicity. This was followed by a recurring role in children's comedy series Barmy Aunt Boomerang. He went on to study at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (RSAMD). In his final year with RSAMD, he was cast as Romeo in a production of Romeo and Juliet at the Globe Theatre in London.

Career: Madden later gained roles in the BBC series Hope Springs, and the films Chatroom (2010) and Worried About the Boy (2010). Between 2011 and 2013, he played Robb Stark in the HBO drama Game of Thrones. His TV credits also include the Channel 4 series Sirens, and the BBC two-part drama Birdsong. More recently, he starred in the historical miniseries Klondike, and Disney's Cinderella (2015).

Quote: 'Doing jobs that are completely different to the last thing I did pushes me as an actor to change as much as I can.'

Trivia: Madden has voiced characters in Castlevania video games.

Bryce Dallas Howard (Actor) .. Sheila

Born: March 02, 1981 in Los Angeles

Best Known For: Jurassic World and being the daughter of actor and film director Ron Howard.

Early-life: Bryce was born in Los Angeles on March 2, 1981 to actress and writer Cheryl Howard and actor and film director Ron Howard. She was raised away from the Hollywood spotlight in Connecticut and she has younger twin sisters, Jocelyn and Paige, and a brother, Reed. She made her acting debut as an extra in her father's film Parenthood (1989). She went on to study at the Stella Adler Conservatory and at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts.

Career: Howard made her movie debut in Book of Love (2004). Roles followed in The Village (2004), Manderlay (2005), Lady in the Water (2006), As You Like It (2006) and Spider-Man 3 (2007). More recently, she has starred in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010), The Help (2011), 50/50 (2011) and Jurassic World (2015).

Quote: 'I try to go with the flow and have faith that everything is going to work out.'

Trivia: Howard has never drank any alcohol.

Gemma Jones (Actor) .. Ivy

Steven Mackintosh (Actor) .. Stanley

Born: April 30, 1967 in Cambridge

Best Known For: Playing a drug-dealer in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

Early-life: Steven Mackintosh was born on April 30, 1967, in Cambridge. He caught the drama bug and got his first acting job at 13. When more roles started flooding in, he had to decide between going to drama school or carrying on with his conventional education. He decided to pursue acting.

Career: Mackintosh made his TV debut in 1983 series Nanny, and went on to appear in Doctor Who, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4,The Bill, Care (for which he won a Royal Television Society Award), London Kills Me, The Buddha of Suburbia, Cadfael, Blue Juice, Prime Suspect, Undercover Heart and The Land Girls. He won Best Actor at the Brussels International Film Festival for his part in gender-bending comedy Different for Girls. Theatre roles have included Brighton Beach Memoirs and My Zinc Bed. His recent work includes Underworld: Evolution (and its second sequel), Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart, Criminal Justice, Mo, and Luther.

Quote: 'I'm not ambitious to be well-known, or for the accolades, but I am to do the stuff I like.'

Harriet Walter (Actor) .. Helen Piena

Ophelia Lovibond (Actor) .. Arabella

Dexter Fletcher (Director)

11:10 pm - 01:30 am, Monday, March 2 on Film4 (14)

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