Career: Butler's first role of note was in a stage production of Coriolanus directed by Steven Berkoff. After playing the character of Renton in the stage adaptation of Trainspotting, he made his big-screen debut in Mrs Brown. Small roles in James Bond outing Tomorrow Never Dies and Tale of the Mummy followed. His sensuous turn as Dracula in Wes Craven's horror caught the eye, and he's been busy ever since. Among his biggest projects since are the lead role in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera, 300, RocknRolla, PS I Love You and Law Abiding Citizen. Butler is clearly a man who likes to keep busy - he usually has lots of films in various stages of production.

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: Huston got his start in the film industry directing Mr North (1988), which was produced by his father and starred his half-sister. In Leaving Las Vegas (1995), he turned to acting. He directed The Maddening in the same year. His breakthrough acting performance was in Ivans Xtc (2001) and he then went on to appear in The Aviator (2004), 30 Days of Night (2007), How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008), X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009) and Clash of the Titans (2010). Huston joined the cast of the TV series American Horror Story in 2013 and has since appeared in Big Eyes (2014) and Wonder Woman (2017).

Career: Perabo relocated to New York, where she studied acting at the La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club. It wasn't long before she landed her first role, in Marc Levin's comedy Whiteboyz (1999). A year later, she played an FBI agent in The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle. Roles followed in Coyote Ugly (2000), Slap Her, She's French (2002), Cheaper by the Dozen (2003) and its 2005 sequel, The Prestige (2005) and Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008). More recently, she starred in Looper (2012). She made the move into TV in 2010 when she began playing CIA Agent Annie Walker in Covert Affairs.