True Blood - The Fourth Man in the Fire - 12:45 am Saturday, February 7 on Sky Showcase

Anna Paquin (Actor) .. Sookie Stackhouse

Born: July 24, 1982 in Winnipeg, Canada

Best Known For: Starring in the X-Men films and True Blood.

Early-life: Born Anna Helene Paquin on July 24, 1982, in Winnipeg, Canada, the youngest daughter of Kiwi teachers Brian and Mary Paquin. Anna moved to New Zealand with her family when she was four years old. In 1991, Anna accompanied her sister Katya to an open audition for a part in Jane Campion's The Piano and, despite having no experience as an actress, beat more than 5,000 other hopefuls to the part.

Career: Released in 1993, The Piano was a worldwide success and won three Oscars. Paquin was left speechless when she beat the likes of Emma Thompson and Winona Ryder to win the Best Supporting Actress gong at the 1994 Academy Awards. Paquin then relocated to Los Angeles and won roles in Jane Eyre, She's All That, Amistad and the X-Men films to further boost her reputation. Since 2008, she has starred as telepathic barmaid Sookie Stackhouse in US vampire series True Blood, for which She won a Golden Globe in 2009.

Quote: "I don't know what it is that I'm doing, but I'm really enjoying myself. And I'm free to do it as much as I want."

Trivia: Paquin supports the Make-A-Wish Foundation.

Stephen Moyer (Actor) .. Bill Compton

Born: October 11, 1969 in Brentwood, Essex

Best Known For: True Blood.

Early-life: Born Stephen John Emery on October 11, 1969, in Brentwood, Essex. The acting bug bit him when he was a youngster, and he proved just how talented he was during performances with local theatre groups; he later formed his own company, The Reject Society. He then studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and spent the next five years tackling stage roles with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Oxford Stage Company.

Career: Moyer's TV debut came with a regular role in the ITV sitcom Conjugal Rites. He also had a recurring part in miniseries Castles and acclaimed drama The Grand. He also turned up in episodes of Casualty, Waking the Dead, Cadfael, A Touch of Frost, Midsomer Murders and Sunburn. His first film part was the title role in 1997's Prince Valiant. He's since appeared in Quills, Trinity and Perfect. Arguably his biggest British TV role came in NY-LON. He began to get noticed in Hollywood thanks to the miniseries The Starter Wife. He's played vampire Bill in American drama True Blood since 2008, although he's no stranger to televisual vampires having appeared in two episodes of Ultraviolet in 1998.

Quote: "I'll get 10 or 11-year-olds coming up and asking for my autograph, and I say, ‘Have you seen that show?' and they go, ‘Yeah, love it.' I couldn't sit in the same room as my mother and watch that show. I mean, it's seriously racy!"

Sam Trammell (Actor) .. Sam Merlotte

Ryan Kwanten (Actor) .. Jason Stackhouse

Rutina Wesley (Actor) .. Tara Thornton

Jim Parrack (Actor) .. Hoyt Fortenberry

Alexander Skarsgard (Actor) .. Eric Northman

Born: August 25, 1976 in Stockholm, Sweden

Best Known For: Playing Eric Northman in True Blood.

Early-life: Alexander Johan Hjalmar Skarsgard was born to actor Stellan and Stellan's first wife, My, on August 25, 1976 in Stockholm, Sweden. His siblings include actors Gustaf, Bill and Valter. He started his acting career as a child but quit during his teenage years. At age 19, he joined the Swedish military and served for 18 months. Afterwards, he attended Leeds Beckett University for six months before enrolling on a theatre course at Marymount Manhattan College. He returned to Sweden after six months.

Career: Skarsgard auditioned for the role of Meekus in the comedy Zoolander (2001) while on holiday in the United States. He got his big break in 2008 in the HBO miniseries Generation Kill. After completing Generation Kill, he was cast as Eric Northman in the fantasy horror series True Blood. Since then, he has appeared in the films Melancholia (2011), Straw Dogs (2011) and Battleship (2012). He played the lead role in The Legend of Tarzan (2016).

Quote: "When I step into a project, I need to feel that there's a challenge, something new, something fresh about it. That being said, I'm kind of attracted to characters with a darkness or a sadness that they carry with them."

Trivia: He can speak French, Swedish and English.

Carrie Preston (Actor) .. Arlene Fowler

Nelsan Ellis (Actor) .. Lafayette Reynolds

Stephen Root (Actor) .. Eddie

John Billingsley (Actor) .. Mike Spencer

Todd Lowe (Actor) .. Terry Bellefleur

Adina Porter (Actor) .. Lettie Mae Thornton

Lizzy Caplan (Actor) .. Amy Burley

Alexander Woo (Writer)

Michael Lehmann (Director)

True Blood: The Fourth Man in the Fire

12:45 am - 01:45 am, Today on Sky Showcase (340)

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The Fourth Man in the Fire
Season 1, Episode 8

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