The Eagle

Channing Tatum (Actor) .. Marcus Aquila

Jamie Bell (Actor) .. Esca

Born: March 14, 1986 in Billingham, Stockton on Tees

Best Known For: Playing the title role in Billy Elliot.

Early-life: Jamie was born on March 14, 1986 in Billingham, Stockton on Tees. He came from a family of dancers, including his grandmother, mother, aunt and sister, and began his own career in dance at an early age. In 2000, he took his talent to the big screen when he won the title role in Billy Elliot, a film about a young boy with a gift for ballet dancing that he tries to keep a secret, which paralleled Jamie's own story.

Career: Billy Elliot was a huge hit, garnering Jamie vast critical praise. He went on to star in numerous independent movies such as Undertow, Dear Wendy, The Chumscrubber and Hallam Foe. He also took the lead role in the 2002 horror film Deathwatch, played Smike in an adaptation of Nicholas Nickleby that same year and Jimmy in Peter Jackson's remake of adventure classic King Kong in 2005. He has also played real-life figures in two war films; US Marine Ralph Ignatowski in 2006's Flags of Our Fathers and Asael Bielski in 2008's Defiance. He appeared alongside Hayden Christensen in sci-fi drama Jumper that same year. His recent work includes Man on a Ledge, Snowpiercer and Nymphomaniac.

Quote: "My biggest fear was that I would not be able to take the step from a child actor to an adult. I think it happened when I was able to play a soldier in Deathwatch."

Trivia: He voiced the title character in Steven Spielberg's animated film The Adventures of Tintin (2011).

Mark Strong (Actor) .. Guern

Born: August 05, 1963 in London

Best Known For: Being a prolific character actor.

Early-life: Born Marco Giuseppe Salussolia in London on August 5, 1963, Mark is the son of an Austrian mother and an Italian father. His father left home soon after his birth and he was raised by his mother. She had has name changed by deed poll when he was young. He studied in Munich with the intention of becoming a lawyer but after a year, he returned to London to study English and drama at Royal Holloway, University of London. He went on to develop his acting craft at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

Career: Strong made his TV debut in a 1989 episode of After Henry and followed this up with a number of guest roles in the likes of The Bill, Inspector Morse, Prime Suspect 3 and Kavanagh QC. In 1996, he had a starring role in acclaimed BBC miniseries Our Friends in the North. Since then he has appeared in dozens of TV shows and featured in a number of films, including Revolver (2005), Syriana (2005), RocknRolla (2008), Kick-Ass (2010), Robin Hood (2010), Green Lantern (2011), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), John Carter (2012) and Zero Dark Thirty (2012). In 2013, Strong played a detective in short-lived AMC crime drama Low Winter Sun, reprising the lead role he played in the original 2006 British miniseries.

Quote: "Because I had children relatively late - in my 40s rather than in my 20s - it wasn't anything I ever knew that I would do. It kind of happened to me: I met the right woman and we had children."

Trivia: Away from acting, Strong is heavily in demand as a narrator.

Donald Sutherland (Actor) .. Uncle Aquila

Born: July 17, 1935 in Saint John, Canada

Best Known For: MASH, Don't Look Now and Kelly's Heroes.

Early-life: Donald McNichol Sutherland was born on July 17, 1935, in Saint John, Canada, and was raised in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia. He became a DJ at the age of 14 on a local radio station, before studying engineering and drama at the University of Toronto, where he was evicted from his lodgings after hurling a sink out of a window. He moved to London, where he attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. A spell in repertory theatre followed.

Career: Sutherland appeared in several British TV dramas before making his film debut in 1964's Crypt of Horror. He named his eldest son after its director, Warren Kiefer. More small-screen and low-budget movie projects followed until 1967's The Dirty Dozen. That led to bigger roles in acclaimed films, including 1970's MASH, which made him a star. Impressive yet occasionally offbeat performances followed in films such as Kelly's Heroes, Klute, Don't Look Now, The Eagle Has Landed, Animal House, Ordinary People and JFK. More recently he's featured in Dirty Sexy Money, Astro Boy (as the voice of President Stone), The Hunger Games and The Pillars of the Earth.

Quote: "I was up for a great part, but they told me: 'Sorry, you're the best actor, but this part calls for a guy-next-door type. You don't look as if you've ever lived next door to anyone.'"

Trivia: Sutherland started blogging for The Huffington Post in 2008.

Julian Lewis Jones (Actor) .. Cassius

Denis O'Hare (Actor) .. Lutorius

Tahar Rahim (Actor) .. Seal Prince

Zsolt Laszlo (Actor) .. Paulus

Kevin Macdonald (Director)

7:45 pm - 10:00 pm, Wednesday, January 21 on Film4 +1 (47)

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