Career: Early roles came in Dallas, Growing Pains, Head Of The Class and several TV movies. Pitt's big break was playing young stud JD in Thelma And Louise. Hits include True Romance, Se7en, Interview With The Vampire, Snatch, Fight Club, Ocean's Eleven and Spy Game. Keen to stretch himself, he turned down a role in Apollo 13 to make Twelve Monkeys, for which he received a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination. Since then his films include Mr & Mrs Smith, two sequels to Ocean's Eleven, Babel, Burn After Reading and The Assassination of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford. He received an Oscar nomination for The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button in 2008. His recent work includes Inglourious Basterds, Moneyball, World War Z, 12 Years a Slave and Fury.

Career: Jolie's star began to rise following appearances in a number of small films in the mid-1990s, including Hackers (1995), Foxfire (1996), True Woman (1997) and George Wallace (1997), a TV movie that won her a Golden Globe. She secured another Golden Globe a year later for her role as supermodel Gia Carangi in Gia (1998). Her big break came in 1999 when she landed a leading role in The Bone Collector (1999). In the same year, she gave an acclaimed performance in Girl, Interrupted, a role that led to her third Golden Globe and an Academy Award. Since then, Jolie has appeared in a number of high-profile movies, including Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), Mr & Mrs Smith (2005), Changeling (2008), Salt (2010), The Tourist (2010) and Maleficent (2014).

Career: Vaughn was written into Swingers (1996) by Favreau to play the character of Trent. It was a critical success and led to Steven Spielberg casting Vaughn in the big-budget sequel The Lost World: Jurassic Park in 1997. He spent the next decade notching up hit after hit, from heavyweight dramas like Return to Paradise (1998), through to comedy fare like Old School (2003), Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004) and Be Cool (2005). He is considered the leader of, what the media refers to as, 'The Frat Pack,' along with Will Ferrell, Jack Black, Ben Stiller, Steve Carell and Owen and Luke Wilson. His other film credits include The Break-Up (2006), Into the Wild (2007), Fred Claus (2007), Four Christmases (2008), Couples Retreat (2009), The Internship (2013) and Delivery Man (2013).

Career: Recurring parts on series such as The Gilmore Girls, Judging Amy and The Sausage Factory followed, before Brody was given the role that would catapult him to stardom, playing Seth Cohen in teen drama The OC. Since then, he has featured in MADtv and The Loop, but it's been on the big screen where Brody's career has flourished. Roles in American Pie 2 (2000), The Ring (2002), Grind (2003), Mr & Mrs Smith (2005) and Thank You for Smoking (2006) raised his profile. His more recent credits include Scream 4 (2011), Welcome to the Jungle (2013), Lovelace (2013), Baggage Claim (2013), Think Like a Man Too (2014) and CHiPs (2017).