Career: Wahlberg's film career kicked off in 1993 with TV movie The Substitute. A year later he made his big-screen debut in flop comedy Renaissance Man. Impressive turns in The Basketball Diaries and Fear made critics realise he was more than just another pop star-turned-actor. It was 1997 drama Boogie Nights that made his name as an actor. By 2000 he was a Hollywood hot property with roles in Three Kings and The Perfect Storm. Although a revamp of Planet of the Apes divided critics, Wahlberg delivered fine turns in The Italian Job remake, Four Brothers, I Heart Huckabees, The Departed and The Fighter. He is also a respected producer, with credits on Entourage, In Treatment, Boardwalk Empire, and How to Make It In America.

Career: He followed with roles in a string of well-received films: Used Cars (1980), Escape from New York (1981), The Thing (1982) and Silkwood (1983). In 1983 he became reacquainted with Goldie Hawn (who appeared with him in The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968). They worked together on Swing Shift and Overboard (1987). During the 1980s, Russell starred in a rash of disappointments: The Best of Times (1986), Big Trouble in Little China (1986) and Winter People (1989), but movies like Tango & Cash (1989), Backdraft (1991) and Tequila Sunrise were big hits. He gave a terrific performance in Tombstone as Wyatt Earp and Stargate. He played against type and had a major hit with Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof, and remains a busy character actor.

Career: In 1980 Malkovich moved to New York to further his career, and won great acclaim in 1984 for his performance opposite Dustin Hoffman in Death of a Salesman. Early films include Places in the Heart, The Killing Fields and Empire of the Sun, but it was 1988's Dangerous Liaisons that made him a star. Further plaudits came for Of Mice and Men and In the Line of Fire. He played a version of himself in Being John Malkovich. He continues to appear on both stage and screen in a variety of projects, including blockbuster hits RED and its sequel, and Transformers: Dark of the Moon.

Career: Berg has starred on the big screen in A Midnight Clear (1992), Fire in the Sky (1993), Cop Land (1997), Collateral (2004) and Lions for Lambs (2007). He had a recurring role in TV medical drama Chicago Hope during the 1990s, playing Dr Billy Kronk. Behind the camera, he has also directed Very Bad Things (1998), Hancock (2008) and Battleship (2012), and written scripts for The Losers (2010) and the TV series Friday Night Lights. More recently, he directed episodes of HBO drama The Leftovers.