The Client

Susan Sarandon (Actor) .. Reggie Love

Born: October 04, 1946 in New York

Best Known For: Her sexy Southern belle persona.

Early-life: Born Susan Abigail Tomalin on October 4, 1946, in New York City. The eldest of nine children, she caught the acting bug at a young age and after finishing high school in Edison, New Jersey, attended Washington DC's Catholic University of America Drama School. She fell for fellow student Chris Sarandon and they married in 1967. They both auditioned for a role in the 1970 movie Joe. Chris was passed over, but Susan landed the key part of an ad man's daughter.

Career: Sarandon went on to appear in TV series A World Apart and Search for Tomorrow before cult movie The Rocky Horror Picture Show turned her into a star in 1975. Other projects followed, including The Other Side of Midnight and Pretty Baby. In 1980, the movie Atlantic City brought her the first of five Academy Award nominations. She later missed out on Oscars for Thelma and Louise, Lorenzo's Oil and The Client. She finally won in 1996 for Dead Man Walking. More recently, she has appeared in Children of Dune, Alfie, Shall We Dance, Elizabethtown, Irresistible, Mr Woodcock, Bernard and Doris, Enchanted, Speed Racer, The Lovely Bones, and Tammy.

Quote: 'I thought the whole point of feminism is that you're not supposed to be defined by gender. I don't understand the reasoning behind that, because I wouldn't vote for Condoleezza Rice, and I hated Margaret Thatcher.'

Trivia: In 1999, she was appointed a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.

Tommy Lee Jones (Actor) .. Roy Foltrigg

Born: September 15, 1946 in San Saba, Texas

Best Known For: The Men in Black movies and his Oscar-winning role in The Fugitive.

Early-life: Born in San Saba, Texas, on September 15, 1946. His father worked in the oil industry, his mother spent time as a police officer, teacher and beauty salon owner. They married and divorced twice. After graduating from high school, he attended Harvard College on a scholarship, where one of his room-mates was future American vice-president Al Gore. He was also a star American Football player for the university team.

Career: Jones landed an agent and a role in a Broadway production of A Patriot for Me just 10 days after graduating from Harvard in 1969. A year later he made his film debut in Love Story, based on Erich Segal's novel of the same name. Segal claimed he based the lead character of Oliver (played by Ryan O'Neal) on Jones and Gore. Jones then spent four years in soap opera One Life to Live. The film Coal Miner's Daughter made critics sit up and notice him in 1980. Acclaimed performances in Lonesome Dove, The Fugitive, JFK and Men in Black followed. Other well-received projects include No Country for Old Men, In the Valley of Elah (for which he received an Oscar nomination), Lincolm and The Homesman.

Quote: 'It's no mean calling to bring fun into the afternoons of large numbers of people. That too is part of my job, and I'm happy to serve when called on.'

Brad Renfro (Actor) .. Mark Sway

Mary-Louise Parker (Actor) .. Dianne Sway

Anthony LaPaglia (Actor) .. Barry Muldano

Born: January 31, 1959 in Adelaide, Australia

Best Known For: Without a Trace.

Early-life: Anthony M LaPaglia was born in Adelaide, Australia, on January 31, 1959. His Italian father, Eddie, is a mechanic and car dealer, his mother, Maria, is a secretary from Holland. He has two younger brothers, one of whom, Jonathan, originally trained to be a doctor, but is also now an actor. LaPaglia was inspired to become an actor after watching Hugo Weaving in a theatre production of William Congreve's Way of the World. In his youth, he developed a passion for football, playing in goal for Adelaide City and West Adelaide.

Career: LaPaglia moved to the US in 1980, and was a teacher before making his professional acting debut on stage. He claims he will only appear in films and on TV if the scripts are outstanding. LaPaglia's first small-screen appearance came in a 1985 episode of Amazing Stories. Small parts in Magnum PI and The Twilight Zone followed before his film debut in 1987's Cold Steel. Memorable projects since include Betsy's Wedding, So I Married an Axe Murderer, Murder One, Summer of Sam, and Sweet and Lowdown. He had an Emmy-winning cameo in Frasier before picking up a Golden Globe for Without a Trace.

Quote: 'Everybody is a celebrity waiting to happen.'

Trivia: LaPaglia underwent a hip replacement operation in 2004.

Anthony Edwards (Actor) .. Clint Von Hooser

Born: July 19, 1962 in Santa Barbara, California

Best Known For: Playing Dr Mark Greene in ER.

Early-life: Anthony Peter Planck Edwards was born on July 19, 1962, in Santa Barbara, California. He grew up in the exclusive Riviera area of the city. The youngest of five children born to an artist and an architect, he always wanted to be an actor. He attended school with Eric Stoltz, and started appearing in musicals while still a teenager. He briefly attended Rada in London before enrolling at the University of Southern California.

Career: He landed a part in Fast Times at Ridgemont High while still studying, and dropped out of his degree course to appear in TV series It Takes Two. His big break was being cast as the ill-fated Goose in Top Gun. Edwards spent the next 10 years appearing on stage and in low-budget movies such as Hawks, and Miracle Mile. Roles in TV hit Northern Exposure and movie The Client helped pave the way for ER. Despite having a contract worth $35million, he quit in 2002 to spend more time with his family, but returned to film one episode for the show's final season in 2008.

Quote: 'My fault as an actor was taking the soft, artsy route. I needed something like ER to put me in the market place so I could make the films I always griped about wanting to make.'

Trivia: Edwards voiced fighter jet Echo in Disney's Planes (2013).

JT Walsh (Actor) .. McThune

Will Patton (Actor) .. Sgt Hardy

Joel Schumacher (Director)

8:03 pm - 10:31 pm, Thursday, August 27 on wedotv Movies UK (98)

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