The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Sean Connery (Actor) .. Allan Quatermain

Born: August 25, 1930 in Fountainbridge, Edinburgh

Best Known For: Being the first big-screen James Bond.

Early-life: Thomas Sean Connery was born in Fountainbridge, Edinburgh on August 25, 1930. He first worked as a milkman and coffin polisher before joining the Navy at 16. During his spell in the service he had two tattoos etched on his right arm; he was eventually forced to leave after developing a stomach ulcer. At 19, he made ends meet as an artist's model at Edinburgh's School of Art. He also competed in the Mr Universe body-building competition in 1953.

Career: While still a bodybuilder, Sean was offered the chance to appear in a West End production of South Pacific, which kick-started his acting career. His film debut came in 1955's Lilacs in the Spring, but he didn't become a major star until he appeared as Bond in 1962's Dr No. It remains his most famous role, despite hits including The Man Who Would Be King, Rising Sun, A Bridge Too Far, Time Bandits, Highlander, The Rock, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Entrapment. He won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for The Untouchables in 1987.

Quote: 'I never disliked Bond, as some have thought. Creating a character like that does take a certain craft. It's simply natural to seek other roles.'

Trivia: He was knighted in 2000.

Shane West (Actor) .. Tom Sawyer

Stuart Townsend (Actor) .. Dorian Gray

Richard Roxburgh (Actor) .. M.

Peta Wilson (Actor) .. Mina Harker

Tony Curran (Actor) .. Rodney Skinner (The Invisible Man)

Jason Flemyng (Actor) .. Dr Henry Jekyll/Edward Hyde

Born: September 25, 1965 in Putney, London

Best Known For: Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

Early-life: Flemyng was born in Putney, London, the son of Scottish film director Gordon Flemyng. He decided he wanted to become an actor after appearing in theatrical productions at his school. In the 1980s, he was involved with the National Youth Theatre and the political organisation the Young Socialists. In 1990 he was admitted to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), where he was a classmate of Hermione Norris. Following his graduation from LAMDA in the early 1990s he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company.

Career: Flemyng was then a regular in the ITV drama series Doctor Finlay from 1993 to 1996. His first major cinema role was in Angela Pope's 1996 drama Hollow Reed, followed by a main role in Guy Ritchie's popular 1998 London gangster film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. He has since appeared in many box office successes, such as From Hell, the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The Transporter 2, Snatch and X-Men: First Class. In 2009, Flemyng joined the cast of the ITV science fiction cult drama series Primeval during its third series, as maverick ex-policeman Danny Quinn. More recently, he has starred in The Musketeers and The Missing.

Quote: 'I fancied a girl who played Dorothy in the school production of The Wizard of Oz. I auditioned for the role of the scarecrow so that I could have the most stage time with her, but she ended up running off with the tin man!'

Trivia: Flemyng has completed a number of marathons.

Naseeruddin Shah (Actor) .. Capt Nemo

Max Ryan (Actor) .. Dante

Terry O'Neill (Actor) .. Ishmael

Stephen Norrington (Director)

6:50 pm - 9:00 pm, Tuesday, February 10 on Film4 (14)

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