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Sean Connery (Actor) .. Jessie McMullen

Born: August 25, 1930 in Fountainbridge, Edinburgh

Best Known For: Being the first big-screen James Bond.

Early-life: Thomas Sean Connery was born in Fountainbridge, Edinburgh on August 25, 1930. He first worked as a milkman and coffin polisher before joining the Navy at 16. During his spell in the service he had two tattoos etched on his right arm; he was eventually forced to leave after developing a stomach ulcer. At 19, he made ends meet as an artist's model at Edinburgh's School of Art. He also competed in the Mr Universe body-building competition in 1953.

Career: While still a bodybuilder, Sean was offered the chance to appear in a West End production of South Pacific, which kick-started his acting career. His film debut came in 1955's Lilacs in the Spring, but he didn't become a major star until he appeared as Bond in 1962's Dr No. It remains his most famous role, despite hits including The Man Who Would Be King, Rising Sun, A Bridge Too Far, Time Bandits, Highlander, The Rock, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and Entrapment. He won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for The Untouchables in 1987.

Quote: 'I never disliked Bond, as some have thought. Creating a character like that does take a certain craft. It's simply natural to seek other roles.'

Trivia: He was knighted in 2000.

Dustin Hoffman (Actor) .. Vito McMullen

Born: August 08, 1937 in Los Angeles

Best Known For: Tackling difficult roles.

Early-life: Dustin Lee Hoffman was born in Los Angeles on August 8, 1937, the son of a furniture salesman and an amateur actress. He was named after silent-movie star Dustin Farnham and has an older brother, Ronald. He trained to be a doctor and a pianist, but preferred studying acting at the Pasadena Playhouse. He and classmate Gene Hackman were voted least likely to succeed. He shared an apartment with Hackman and later with Robert Duvall, and studied at the famous Actors Studio in New York.

Career: Hoffman spent 10 years trying to get decent roles, making ends meet by teaching and appearing in commercials and TV series. In 1967 he landed the lead role in The Graduate which made him a star and secured his first Oscar nomination. He gained further nods from the Academy for Midnight Cowboy, Lenny, Tootsie and Wag the Dog, and has won twice for Kramer vs Kramer and Rain Man. Other notable films include Straw Dogs, Little Big Man, Sleepers, Runaway Jury, Finding Neverland, I Heart Huckabees, Meet the Fockers and Stranger Than Fiction. More recent projects include Last Chance Harvey, Little Fockers, the short-lived TV series Luck and Esio Trot. He also directed the BBC-backed film Quartet.

Quote: 'I don't like the fact that I have to get older so fast, but I like the fact that I'm ageing so well.'

Trivia: Hoffman is a huge fan of the Archie series of comics, and owns a copy of every issue ever published.

Matthew Broderick (Actor) .. Adam McMullen

Born: March 21, 1962 in New York

Best Known For: Playing Ferris Bueller.

Early-life: Born in New York City on March 21, 1962. He is the son of actors Patricia Biow and James Broderick, and has two sisters. After attending a progressive Manhattan school, he landed his first drama role in an HBO workshop production of On Valentine's Day, opposite his father. He followed this up with a barnstorming turn in the stage play Torch Song Trilogy, and Neil Simon's Eugene trilogy. Broderick made his big-screen debut in the film Max Dugan Returns.

Career: Broderick's first taste of cinematic success came with the 1983 blockbuster WarGames. Ferris Bueller's Day Off, the big-screen version of Torch Song Trilogy, award-laden Civil War drama Glory and satirical drama Election followed. He lent his voice to the 1990 animated smash The Lion King. On the stage, he won a Tony for his performance in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, and teamed up with Nathan Lane for the Broadway musical The Producers. More recently, he voiced the animated movie The Tale of Desperaux, and appeared in the films Wonderful World, Margaret and Tower Heist.

Quote: 'I pick what I wear, but my wife buys some of my clothes. If I'm going to an event with her, I'll piggyback on her stylist.'

Trivia: Broderick has been married to actress Sarah Jessica Parker since 1997. They have one son, James and twin daughters.

Rosana DeSoto (Actor) .. Elaine

Janet Carroll (Actor) .. Margie

Victoria Jackson (Actor) .. Christine

Bill McCutcheon (Actor) .. Danny Doheny

Deborah Rush (Actor) .. Michele Dempsey

Marilyn Cooper (Actor) .. Rose

Sidney Lumet (Director)

01:00 am - 03:10 am, Friday, April 10 on London TV (8)

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