Wild Card

Jason Statham (Actor) .. Nick Wild

Born: September 12, 1972 in Chesterfield

Best Known For: Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.

Early-life: Born September 12, 1972, in Shirebrook, Derbyshire, but later moved to Great Yarmouth. He played football at school, but a passion for swimming led to his success as a diver on the British National Diving Team. While training at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, he was spotted by a talent scout and became a model for the French Connection clothing company.

Career: While modelling, he met then-unknown film-maker Guy Ritchie, who cast him in his first film, 1998's Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, which put them both on the showbiz map. Statham went on to star in Ritchie's follow-up movie Snatch, and then started forging a career in Hollywood. Although John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars was a flop, he soon proved to be one of Britain's most reliable action stars, thanks to hits such as The One, The Transporter and its sequel; The Italian Job; Cellular; Chaos; Crank; War, and The Bank Job. He was among the action star dream line-up in The Expendables and its sequels, and has several more films in production.

Quote: 'I'm enthusiastic and ambitious, and I work hard.'

Trivia: Statham wants stunt performers to be given their own category at the Oscars.

Michael Angarano (Actor) .. Cyrus Kinnick

Dominik Garcia-Lorido (Actor) .. Holly

Milo Ventimiglia (Actor) .. Danny DeMarco

Born: July 08, 1977 in California

Best Known For: Playing Peter Petrelli in Heroes.

Early-life: Milo Ventimiglia was born on July 8, 1977, in Anaheim, California. He is of Italian descent on his father's side and Irish, Scottish, French and Cherokee on his mother's. He attended El Modena High School, and graduated in 1994. He caught the acting bug at an early age, and made his TV debut in The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air in 1995. He also appeared in small-screen projects Must Be The Music, Sabrina, The Teenage Witch, and a string of hit-and-miss films and series.

Career: By 2000, Ventimiglia landed a recurring role in the series Opposite Sex, and also won a part in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. He also starred in long-running TV comedy-drama Gilmore Girls. In 2006, Sylvester Stallone cast him as his son in Rocky Balboa, and he became an international star in the Bafta-winning American series Heroes between 2006 and 2010. Further movie roles include Gamer, Armored, and Order of Chaos.

Quote: 'I don't seek attention. If anything I'd rather blend in, remain anonymous.'

Trivia: Ventimiglia is a lifelong lacto-vegetarian and was named People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals' Sexiest Vegetarian in 2009.

Hope Davis (Actor) .. Cassandra

Stanley Tucci (Actor) .. Baby

Born: November 11, 1960 in Peekskill, New York

Best Known For: Scene stealing in a number of movies.

Early-life: Born in Peekskill, New York, on November 11, 1960, Stanley's parents are of Italian descent and he is the oldest of three children. During the early 1970s, his family spent a year living in Florence, Italy. He majored in acting at the State University of New York at Purchase and graduated in 1982. In the same year, he earned his Actors' Equity card playing a soldier in Broadway play The Queen and the Rebels. He made his film debut in Prizzi's Honor (1985).

Career: Tucci is much in demand as an actor and has had roles in a number of films, including Beethoven (1992), The Pelican Brief (1993), Kiss of Death (1995), Big Night (1996), Road to Perdition (2002), The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004), The Devil Wears Prada (2006), Julie & Julia (2009), The Lovely Bones (2009), Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), The Hunger Games (2012) and its sequel The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013), and Jack the Giant Slayer (2013). He has also turned up on the small screen in Monk, ER, 3lbs and 30 Rock.

Quote: 'People like to cast me in a position of power because I'm incredibly smart and I get frustrated really easily.'

Trivia: He has won two Golden Globes for his roles in HBO films Winchell (1998) and Conspiracy (2001). He was nominated for an Academy Award for The Lovely Bones.

Max Casella (Actor) .. Osgood

Sofia Vergara (Actor) .. DD

Born: July 10, 1972 in Barranquilla, Atlantico, Colombia

Best Known For: Playing Gloria in Modern Family.

Early-life: Sofia Margarita Vergara Vergara was born on July 10, 1972, in Barranquilla, Atlantico, Colombia. Her mother is a housewife and her father produced cattle for the meat industry. She was raised a devout Catholic in a well-off family, attending a private bilingual Spanish/English school.

Career: Vergara made her TV debut at the age of 17 in a Pepsi commercial that was widely broadcast in Latin America. When she was 20, she moved to Bogota, Colombia, where she worked as a runway model and co-hosted a travel series on the international Univision Spanish-language TV network. After her long-running contract with Univision ended, she appeared on ABC sitcoms Hot Properties and The Knights of Prosperity. She had a five-week stint on Broadway in 2009 playing Mama Morton in Chicago. More recently, she has played alongside Ed O'Neill since 2009 in popular ABC sitcom Modern Family.

Quote: On her voluptuous body: 'It's hard to dress. No matter what I wear, I look like a stripper.'

Jason Alexander (Actor) .. Pinky

Born: September 23, 1959 in Newark, New Jersey

Best Known For: Playing George Costanza in Seinfeld.

Early-life: Born Jay Scott Greenspan in Newark, New Jersey, on September 23, 1959, Jason is the son of Jewish parents Ruth Minnie and Alexander B Greenspan. He has a half-sister and a half-brother. He was educated at Boston University but left early because he was able to find acting work in New York.

Career: An accomplished singer and dancer, Jason appeared on Broadway in Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll Along, Kander & Ebb's The Rink, Neil Simon's Broadway Bound, Accomplice and Jerome Robbins' Broadway. He starred on the small screen in short-lived sitcom Everything's Relative before hitting the big time as one of the cast members of sitcom Seinfeld. Other work has included providing the voice of the lead character in animated series Duckman, and roles in Curb Your Enthusiasm, Listen Up, Everybody Hates Chris, Harry's Law and Two and a Half Men. He returned to the stage in 2003 in a production of Mel Brooks' The Producers.

Quote: "I'm always more motivated by the pain of a funny character than by what makes him funny."

Trivia: Jason has competed in a number of televised poker shows. He won a Tony Award for his role in Jerome Robbins' Broadway.

Simon West (Director)

9:00 pm - 10:55 pm, Monday, April 20 on London TV (8)

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