Jurassic World

Chris Pratt (Actor) .. Owen

Born: June 21, 1979 in Virginia, Minnesota

Best Known For: Guardians of the Galaxy.

Early-life: Christopher Michael Pratt was born in Virginia, Minnesota, on June 21, 1979 to supermarket worker Kathy and house renovator Don. He was raised in Lake Stevens, Washington. After dropping out of a community college course, Chris lived rough in Maui, sleeping in a van and in a tent on the beach. At the age of 19, he was waiting tables when he was discovered by actor-director Rae Dawn Chong, who cast Chris in the horror film Cursed Part 3.

Career: Pratt went on to have a recurring role in TV drama Everwood, which ran for four seasons from 2002 to 2006. He then joined the cast of The OC for its fourth season, and in 2009, he began portraying nice-but-dim Andy Dwyer on the sitcom Parks and Recreation. His film credits include Wanted, Moneyball, 10 Years, The Five-Year Engagement, Zero Dark Thirty, Her and Delivery Man. In 2014, he became an A-lister thanks to his starring role in the year's most popular film, Guardians of the Galaxy. He also lent his voice to the character Emmet Brickowski in The Lego Movie and has the lead role in Jurassic World.

Quote: "My favourite way to blow off steam is to sing obnoxiously loud in the shower."

Trivia: Pratt came fifth in a state wrestling tournament as a high school student. He is married to actress Anna Faris, with whom he has a son, Jack.

Bryce Dallas Howard (Actor) .. Claire

Born: March 02, 1981 in Los Angeles

Best Known For: Jurassic World and being the daughter of actor and film director Ron Howard.

Early-life: Bryce was born in Los Angeles on March 2, 1981 to actress and writer Cheryl Howard and actor and film director Ron Howard. She was raised away from the Hollywood spotlight in Connecticut and she has younger twin sisters, Jocelyn and Paige, and a brother, Reed. She made her acting debut as an extra in her father's film Parenthood (1989). She went on to study at the Stella Adler Conservatory and at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts.

Career: Howard made her movie debut in Book of Love (2004). Roles followed in The Village (2004), Manderlay (2005), Lady in the Water (2006), As You Like It (2006) and Spider-Man 3 (2007). More recently, she has starred in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010), The Help (2011), 50/50 (2011) and Jurassic World (2015).

Quote: "I try to go with the flow and have faith that everything is going to work out."

Trivia: Howard has never drank any alcohol.

Irrfan Khan (Actor) .. Masrani

Born: January 07, 1967 in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Best Known For: Life of Pi, Jurassic World, Slumdog Millionaire and Inferno.

Early-life: Sahabzade Irfan Ali Khan was born in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India, on January 7, 1967 to Begum and Jagirdar. In 1984, Irrfan earned a scholarship to study at the National School of Drama in New Delhi. He went on to star in a number of TV serials on Indian TV.

Career: Khan's big break came in in 2001 when he played the lead in Asif Kapadia's The Warrior. It won the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film at the Bafta Film Awards. His first Bollywood lead came in the 2005 film Rog. Since then, he has starred in a number of Bollywood and English-language films. His credits include Slumdog Millionaire (2008), New York, I Love You (2009), Paan Singh Tomar (2012), The Amazing Spider-Man (2012), Life of Pi (2012), Jurassic World (2015) and Inferno (2016). He voiced the character Baloo in the Hindi localisation of The Jungle Book (2016).

Quote: "I often visualised giving my mother this big black suitcase crammed with notes like those gangsters do in our masala flicks."

Trivia: In 2015, Khan became a brand ambassador for a campaign run by the state government of Rajasthan.

Vincent D'Onofrio (Actor) .. Hoskins

Born: June 30, 1959 in New York

Best Known For: Law and Order: Criminal Intent.

Early-life: Vincent Phillip D'Onofrio was born on June 30, 1959, in Brooklyn, New York. His father was an interior designer, his sister is an acting coach. The family moved a lot, so he grew up in places such as Hawaii, Colorado and Miami. On leaving school he returned to the Big Apple to study at the Actors Studio. To make ends meet, he appeared in student films and became a bouncer.

Career: Following his debut movie, The First Turn-On, in 1983, D'Onofrio became a member of the American Stanislavski Theatre Company and appeared in acclaimed productions of The Petrified Forest, Of Mice and Men, and Sexual Perversity in Chicago. His Broadway debut came in 1984's Open Admissions, and he hasn't looked back since. Films include Full Metal Jacket (for which he gained 70 pounds to play troubled Private Pyle), JFK, Malcolm X, Ed Wood, Men in Black, and The Cell. In 2001, D'Onofrio began playing Detective Robert Goren in TV series Law & Order: Criminal Intent. He quit the role in season nine, but returned in the final season of eight episodes.

Quote: "I found my niche as a character actor. I've never felt like a movie star or teen idol and never wanted to."

Trivia: He gained 45lbs for his role in The Salton Sea (2002).

Ty Simpkins (Actor) .. Gray

Nick Robinson (Actor) .. Zach

Jake Johnson (Actor) .. Lowery

Omar Sy (Actor) .. Barry

Colin Trevorrow (Director)

6:25 pm - 7:25 pm, Sunday, January 4 on ITV2 (6)

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