Career: In 1996, Rapace made her TV debut in Swedish soap opera Tre kronor. From 1998 to 1999, she attended the acting school Skara Skolscen. In 2007, she won critical acclaim for her role as a teen mother in Danish film Daisy Diamond. Two years later, her big break came when she played the lead role of Lisbeth Salander in the Swedish adaptation of the best-selling novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. She reprised her role in the sequels The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest. They were originally shown on TV and then re-edited for a cinema release. Since then, Rapace has starred in a number of Hollywood movies, including Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011), Prometheus (2012) and Dead Man Down (2013).

Career: He gained international recognition in 1996 for his role as one of the kidnappers in Fargo. He went on to star in The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), Armageddon (1998), Mercury Rising (1998), The Big Lebowski (1998), Chocolat (1999), Minority Report (2002), Bad Boys II (2003) and The Brothers Grimm (2005). From 2005, he had a recurring role in Prison Break as John Abruzzi. He continues to be heavily in demand for film and TV roles. Some of the TV shows he has starred in include CSI, Monk, Weeds, Covert Affairs, Wilfred, Leverage and NCIS: Los Angeles. He has also voiced a number of characters in video games.

Career: A frequent collaborator with Mike Leigh, Manville has appeared in a number of his films, including Secrets & Lies (1996), Topsy-Turvy (1999), All or Nothing (2002), Vera Drake (2004), Another Year (2010) and Mr Turner (2014). In 2011, she starred in Mike Leigh's play Grief at the National Theatre. Her other stage roles include His Dark Materials, The Alchemist, All About My Mother, Her Naked Skin, Six Degrees of Separation, and Ghosts, for which she won an Olivier Award. On the small screen, Manville has starred in David Copperfield, The Cazalets, North & South, and Cranford. More recently, she has appeared in Mayday, Fleming: The Man Who Would Be Bond, and River.

Career: Despite landing various roles off-Broadway, Chiklis spent most of the next three years out of work. He was surprised when he was offered the part of John Belushi in biopic Wired (1989), beating 200 other actors. Unfortunately, it didn't lead to huge success. Instead, he had small parts in Miami Vice, LA Law, and Murphy Brown before landing the lead in drama The Commish, which aired for four years. Since then, Chiklis has spent a year in sitcom Daddio and starred in movies such as Nixon (1995) and Soldier (1998). His biggest hits to date have been the TV crime drama The Shield and two Fantastic Four movies. His recent credits include the short-lived TV series No Ordinary Family and Vegas.