Career: Affleck's acting career began as a child, with appearances in various TV productions. He first worked with Matt on School Ties in 1992. A year later he directed his project - a short film - and began a long association with indie film-maker Kevin Smith by appearing in Mallrats; he's since appeared in most of Smith's movies, in roles both large and small. But it was co-writing and starring alongside Matt in Good Will Hunting that made him famous - the duo also won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. Films since include Shakespeare in Love, Pearl Harbor, Daredevil, State of Play and the Oscar-winning Argo, which he also directed.

Career: Freeman's first credited big-screen appearance was in 1971's Who Says I Can't Ride a Rainbow?, before he landed a regular role on children's show The Electric Company. In the mid-1980s, Freeman started getting more prominent roles in movies. Among his biggest hits have been Driving Miss Daisy, The Shawshank Redemption, Se7en, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Glory, Amistad, Deep Impact and Bruce Almighty. He is also an in-demand voice-over artist, lending his dulcet tones to sci-fi blockbuster War of the Worlds and the Oscar-winning documentary March of the Penguins. Freeman received an Academy Award of his own for his supporting role in Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby. A prolific actor, he has more recently appeared in Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy and always has several films in pre-production.

Career: He made his first TV appearances in 1974 with roles in long-running sitcom All in the Family and hit detective show The Rockford Files. His first film, Murder by Death, was released two years later. He continued to work in theatre, films and TV, cropping up in The Man with Two Brains, Revenge of the Nerds and Dream West, before landing an Oscar nomination for Babe in 1995. The film made him a famous face, and since then, he's starred in Star Trek: First Contact, The People vs Larry Flynt, Babe: Pig in the City, The Green Mile, Space Cowboys, and I, Robot.

Career: Schreiber began acting at Hampshire College and continued at the Yale University School of Drama. Although he initially wanted to be a playwright, a teacher encouraged him to become an actor. His first TV role came in 1994 when he appeared in the drama Janek: The Silent Betrayal. Liev had several supporting roles in various independent films until his big break as Cotton Weary in the horror film Scream. He featured in the movie's sequels, then appeared in several big-budget productions including The Manchurian Candidate in 2004. Liev made his directorial debut with Everything Is Illuminated, which he also wrote, in 2005. Other film acting credits include The Omen, Defiance, X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Salt.

Career: Moynahan moved to New York when she was 18 and featured in magazines such as Vogue and Elle. They led to her doing soap and shampoo commercials. She went on to study acting at the Caymichael Patten Studio in New York and her TV debut in an episode of Sex and the City turned into a recurring role. She made her film debut in Coyote Ugly (2000). Roles followed in Serendipity (2001), The Sum of All Fears (2002), I, Robot (2004), Lord of War (2005) and Battle: Los Angeles (2011). On the small screen, Moynahan has been starring alongside Tom Selleck and Donnie Wahlberg in police drama Blue Bloods since 2010.