Career: Gyllenhaal won critical praise and an army of fans with his breakout performance in Donnie Darko in 2001. He played opposite Jennifer Aniston in another Sundance Film Festival favourite, 2002's The Good Girl, and once again earned good reviews. Marking his theatre debut, Gyllenhaal arrived on the London stage with a starring role in Kenneth Lonergan's revival of This Is Our Youth. Next he played against type as a soldier during the first Gulf War in Jarhead. His role as a sexually conflicted ranch hand in Brokeback Mountain earned him more rave reviews, and he's followed this with Zodiac, Rendition, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, Source Code, Prisoners and Nightcrawler.

Career: At the age of 16, Hathaway was cast in short-lived TV series Get Real. Her big-screen debut came in The Other Side of Heaven. In the same year she beat 500 other girls to land a role alongside Julie Andrews in Disney's The Princess Diaries. The film was a huge success and the family films Nicholas Nickleby, Ella Enchanted and The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement followed before she started taking on more mature roles. The first of these was gritty drama Havoc. Since then, Hathaway has starred in a number of box-office hits, including Brokeback Mountain, The Devil Wears Prada, Becoming Jane, Rachel Getting Married, Alice in Wonderland, Love & Other Drugs, The Dark Knight Rises and Les Miserables, a role that secured her a Best Supporting Actress Oscar.

Career: Platt's film career took off after a chance meeting with actor Bill Murray, who later recommended him for a role in Married to the Mob. From there, he appeared in popular films like Working Girl and The Three Musketeers. In 1998, he starred with Stanley Tucci in The Imposters, playing characters they devised while at Yale University. Then came The West Wing for which he received an Emmy nomination and Huff which saw him nominated for two Emmys and a Golden Globe. He finally made his Broadway debut in 2006, in a play called Shining City, set in Dublin. Most recently, he appeared back on Broadway, in Guys and Dolls. The re-run lasted for 113 performances. He was on movie screens in the blockbuster 2012, and won rave reviews for his role in TV drama The Big C alongside Laura Linney. He returned to the big screen in 2011 in X-Men: First Class.

Career: A few bit parts in comedy series were to be Hank's first roles, but it was his voice that earned him the attention of The Simpsons' bosses; he has provided his vocal talents for the iconic show since its launch in 1989. Azaria's comedy credentials earned him roles in Pretty Woman and Point Blank. He would give a memorable performance in Robin Williams' The Birdcage, playing a Guatemalan cleaner named Agador Spartacus. He also had a small cameo in Along Came Polly in 2004, guested on Friends and was seen in British comedy Run Fat Boy Run, as well as Mystery Men, Godzilla and Night at the Museum 2. Azaria has four Emmys to his name and a reputation as being one of the most talented and versatile actors in the business.

Career: Gad played news director Ryan Church in the sitcom Back to You before landing a role as a correspondent on The Daily Show. He then went on to appear in the films 21 (2008), The Rocker (2008) and Love and Other Drugs (2010). Gad originated the role of Elder Cunningham in the Broadway musical The Book of Mormon, which he performed from 2011 to 2012. Since then, he has appeared in such TV shows as 1600 Penn and New Girl. He voiced the character Olaf in Disney's 3D computer-animated film Frozen (2013) and has since played the role of LeFou in Disney's live action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast (2017).

Career: Greer's TV credits include guest appearances in ER, House, Modern Family, The Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. She has had recurring roles in Californication, Two and a Half Men, Arrested Development and Married. On the big screen, Greer has appeared in The Descendants (2011), Carrie (2013), Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014), Tomorrowland (2015), Entourage (2015), Jurassic World (2015) and Ant-Man (2015).