Career: He went on to work in TV in such series as Private Eye and The Young Riders and appeared in a number of big-screen flops until he was finally noticed for his supporting role in Grindhouse (2007). In the same year he also starred in American Gangster and In the Valley of Elah. Since then, he has appeared in a number of prominent films, including No Country for Old Men (2007), W. (2008), Milk (2008), Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010), True Grit (2010), Men in Black 3 (2012), Gangster Squad (2013), Oldboy (2013) and Labor Day (2013).

Career: Olsen's breakthrough role came in the critically acclaimed film Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011), for which she won a number of awards. Movie roles followed in Silent House (2011), Peace, Love & Understanding (2011), Red Lights (2012), Kill Your Darlings (2013) and Oldboy (2013). More recently, she has starred in the Hollywood blockbusters Godzilla (2014) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015).

Career: Jackson's first film was Together for Days in 1972. He later spent two years as a stand-in on The Cosby Show, before starring in the original Broadway production of August Wilson's The Piano Lesson. A series of walk-on parts in films and on TV followed. Spike Lee cast him as the crack-addicted Gator in Jungle Fever, which gained him international acclaim. His most notable films have included Jurassic Park, Pulp Fiction (for which he was Oscar-nominated), Star Wars: Episodes One, Two and Three, Shaft, The 51st State, Unbreakable, Changing Lanes, Black Snake Moan, Django Unchained, Thor, The Avengers and many more. He is regarded as one of the most bankable assets in the movie business and always has a number of films in the pipeline.

Career: Years later, Neil Blomkamp directed Copley in the Academy Award-nominated sci-fi movie District 9 (2009). He played the lead role of Wikus van der Merwe. A year later, he played Murdock in the feature film adaptation of The A-Team. More recently, Copley portrayed Agent Kruger in Blomkamp's Elysium (2013). Now a bona fide Hollywood actor, he has a number of movies in the pipeline.

Career: In 1999 Imperioli was cast in The Sopranos as Christopher Moltisanti, a low-ranking soldier in a crime organisation whose family connections to street boss Tony Soprano moved him up the ladder. Imperioli's multi-layered portrayal of such an unappealing character was a real highlight of the series and earned him an Emmy and a SAG award. Imperioli has long been active in the New York theatre scene as well, having written, directed, produced and starred in numerous plays. He recent work has included the US version of Life on Mars, The Lovely Bones, Mercy, and Stuck Between Stations. He features in the ensemble cast of American crime drama Detroit 1-8-7, which started broadcasting in the States in 2010.

Career: Lee's 1986 comedy She's Gotta Have It turned him into an overnight sensation. Made on a shoestring budget, the film went on to gross more than $7million. He followed it up with mainstream comedy School Daze, but his 1989 movie Do The Right Thing became one of the most acclaimed of the decade. He helped turn Samuel L Jackson into a star with Jungle Fever, and delivered an ambitious biopic of Malcolm X in 1992. Other projects include Crooklyn, Clockers, Girl 6, Summer of Sam and 25th Hour. In 2006, he directed When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts, a documentary about how Hurricane Katrina changed the lives of residents in New Orleans. His made a follow-up in 2010 with God is Willing and Da Creek Don't Rise.