Career: Bridges' first major role came in the 1971 movie The Last Picture Show, for which he garnered a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. More Oscar nominations followed for Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, Starman, The Contender and True Grit; he's won once for Crazy Heart. One of his better-known roles was in the 1982 sci-fi cult classic Tron, in which he played Kevin Flynn, a video game programmer - a role he returned to in the 2010 sequel. Other major projects include the Coen Brothers' classic The Big Lebowski, as well as The Fisher King, Fearless, Jagged Edge, Iron Man and Seabiscuit. An accomplished musician, Bridges has also released three albums.

Career: Jeremy landed parts in several movies during the early Nineties, including Hideaway and Clueless, working steadily throughout the decade until he was handed the leading role in the TV movie Jesus. More film work followed until 2002, when he played Julius Caesar in the miniseries of the same name. Jeremy continued to hone his craft in a variety of movies, before accepting the part of Billy Chenowith in the hit TV series Six Feet Under. The role made him a household name and since then, he's returned to the big screen with offerings including A Lot Like Love and Waitress. Jeremy has also branched out into producing movies and set up his own company in 2003. He still works extensively in theatre.

Career: Phillippe's acting career began with an appearance in ABC daytime drama One Life To Live. The character of Billy Douglas, a role he played from 1992 to 1993, was the first gay teenager to be portrayed on a daytime soap opera, causing quite a stir. He was cast in the 1995 big-screen thriller Crimson Tide and the 1996 film White Squall. He then landed a role in horror flick I Know What You Did Last Summer. In 1999 he starred in Cruel Intentions, a modern retelling of Choderlos de Laclos' novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses. In the following years, Phillippe appeared in the crime-drama The Way of the Gun, starred as a software engineer in the thriller Antitrust, and took a role in Robert Altman's critically acclaimed Gosford Park, before turning in terrific performances in Crash, which won the Oscar for Best Picture in 2005, and Clint Eastwood-directed war movie Flags of Our Fathers. His recent work includes Stop-Loss, Franklyn and MacGruber.

Career: Scott worked as a designer, then as a director, on TV shows Z Cars, Softly Softly and Adam Adamant Lives. He set up his own company in the 1960s, which made classic adverts for Hovis and Guinness. His first film was 1977's The Duellists. Two years later he made Alien, which was a blockbuster. He's since directed a number of hugely successful movies including Blade Runner, Thelma and Louise, GI Jane, Gladiator, Hannibal, Black Hawk Down and Matchstick Men. The success of these projects made him Britain's most lucrative film-maker. His most recent work includes Kingdom Of Heaven, American Gangster, Robin Hood and Prometheus. He always has several films in various stages of production.