Faster

Dwayne Johnson (Actor) .. Driver

Born: May 02, 1972 in Hayward, California

Best Known For: Playing The Scorpion King.

Early-life: Dwayne Douglas Johnson was born on May 2, 1972, in Hayward, California, to Samoan and African-Canadian parents. He earned a criminology degree from the University of Miami in 1994, where he shone as part of their national championship college football team. Johnson had a few run-ins with law before realising he should get his act together. He became one of the World Wrestling Federation's biggest stars, winning nine major awards. His 2000 autobiography The Rock Says, a title derived from his wrestling name 'The Rock', became a bestseller.

Career: In 2001, Johnson appeared as a warrior in The Mummy Returns, and reprised his role a year later as the eponymous hero in The Scorpion King. He went on to star in a series of hit-and-miss projects, including Welcome to the Jungle, Be Cool, Walking Tall, Get Smart, Race To Witch Mountain, Tooth Fairy, Faster and The Other Guys. He returned to form in 2011 in the hugely popular Fast and the Furious sequel Fast Five alongside Vin Diesel and Paul Walker. More recently, he has starred in Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, Snitch, GI Joe: Retaliation, Fast & Furious 6 and Hercules.

Quote: "There are definitely people who disagree with certain creative decisions you make. Pleasing everyone is pretty hard."

Trivia: In 2013, he won a Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Award in the Favourite Male Butt Kicker category.

Billy Bob Thornton (Actor) .. Cop

Born: August 04, 1955 in Arkansas

Best Known For: His marriage to Angelina Jolie.

Early-life: Born William Robert Thornton on August 4, 1955, in Arkansas, the eldest child of a teacher father and a mother who supposedly had psychic abilities. He had three brothers: James Donald (who died at the age of 30 after suffering a heart attack), James Bean and John David. They were raised alongside other members of their family in a shack that had no plumbing or electricity. His dream of becoming a baseball star was cut short by injury, so Thornton turned to acting, eventually moving to Los Angeles in 1981 with friend Tom Epperson (who became his writing partner) to pursue his career. He also sought work as a musician.

Career: After years of trying to interest studios in their script, Thornton and Epperson sold their screenplay for One False Move, which was turned into a movie in 1992. Thornton co-starred, and by 1996 he had written, directed and starred in the critically acclaimed Sling Blade for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Thornton was then snapped up for projects including U Turn, Armageddon, A Simple Plan, Pushing Tin, The Man Who Wasn't There, Monster's Ball, Bad Santa and Bandits. More recent projects have included School for Scoundrels, Mr Woodcock, Eagle Eye and Manure, and the TV miniseries Fargo.

Quote: "I was the fattest baby in Clark County, Arkansas. They put me in the newspaper. I was like a prize turnip."

Trivia: Thornton has recorded several albums.

Oliver Jackson-Cohen (Actor) .. Killer

Carla Gugino (Actor) .. Cicero

Born: August 29, 1971 in Sarasota, Florida

Best Known For: The Spy Kids movies.

Early-life: Carla was born in Sarasota, Florida, on August 29, 1971. Her parents separated when she was two. She went on to work as a teenage fashion model and took acting lessons. She made her acting debut in a 1988 episode of the sitcom Who's the Boss?

Career: Gugino had a recurring role in the soap opera Falcon Crest and played Michael J Fox's love interest during the first season of the sitcom Spin City. She is perhaps best known for playing family matriarch Ingrid Cortez in three Sky Kids films (2001-2003). She played the title role in short-lived crime drama Karen Sisco and played the lead role in another short-lived project, sci-fi drama Threshold. More recently, she has starred on the big screen in Watchman (2009), Race to Witch Mountain (2009), Sucker Punch (2011), Mr Popper's Penguins (2011) and San Andreas (2015). Her TV credits include recurring roles in Californication, Political Animals, Wayward Pines, and The Brink.

Quote: "As an actor, you're naked emotionally; you're revealing yourself emotionally."

Trivia: Gugino has a butterfly tattoo on the inside of her left ankle.

Moon Bloodgood (Actor) .. Marina

Maggie Grace (Actor) .. Lily

Born: September 21, 1983 in Columbus, Ohio

Best Known For: Playing Shannon in Lost.

Early-life: Margaret Grace Denig was born in Columbus, Ohio, on September 21, 1983. She grew up in Worthington, and didn't start acting until 2001, when she was in her late teens. By the end of the year she had appeared in Canadian production Rachel's Room and been lined up to head the cast of Septuplets. Unfortunately, the latter was cancelled before it had aired.

Career: After only a short time as an actress, Maggie landed parts in various dramas such as CSI: Miami, The Lyon's Den, Miracles and Cold Case, as well as TV movies Murder in Greenwich and Twelve Mile Road, playing Tom Selleck's estranged daughter. A larger audience will have been made aware of her thanks to numerous episodes of Oliver Beene, but she's best known for portraying spoilt Shannon Rutherford in Lost. Her recent credits include The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Parts 1 and 2, and the Taken movies.

Quote: "I used to trip over my legs and get detention for my too-short shorts because none fitted. I still trip, but now I like to show them off."

Trivia: In 2012, she made her Broadway debut in Picnic.

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Actor) .. Evangelist

Tom Berenger (Actor) .. Warden

George Tillman Jr (Director)

9:00 pm - 11:00 pm, Thursday, January 1 on London TV (8)

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