Career: Buscemi's early roles included several in experimental theatre, co-written by himself and fellow actor/writer Mark Boone Jr. He also appeared in Miami Vice, The Equalizer, and films The Way It Is, Tommy's and Parting Glances. He received excellent reviews for the latter, which led to parts in Lonesome Dove and New York Stories. He's since become a stalwart of indie movies thanks to his scene-stealing appearances in Reservoir Dogs, Miller's Crossing, Fargo and The Big Lebowski. Bigger-budget films include Armageddon, Con Air and The Wedding Singer. Buscemi has also written, directed, and produced several projects, and appeared in TV show The Sopranos. More recently he's played Enoch "Nucky" Thompson in acclaimed drama Boardwalk Empire, for which he won a Golden Globe in 2011.

Career: Gyllenhaal's first film was 1992's Waterland, which was directed by her father. Various stage and screen jobs followed, including an appearance alongside her brother in Donnie Darko in 2000. Her breakthrough role came in Secretary two years later. Since then she's rarely been off the screen, turning up in the likes of Adaptation, Mona Lisa Smile, World Trade Center, Stranger Than Fiction, The Dark Knight, Away We Go and Crazy Heart (for which she received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination). Her first major TV role came in the BBC's acclaimed drama The Honourable Woman.

Career: Lee's first taste of performing in front of a camera came when he began appearing in music videos. He made his acting debut with a small role in 1993 movie Mi Vida Loca, but his career didn't take off until his performance in Kevin Smith's cult hit Mallrats in 1995. He's since been reunited with the director for Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jersey Girl, and Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Other memorable roles have come in Almost Famous, Heartbreakers, Dreamcatcher and, of course, smash-hit sitcom My Name is Earl. Is very popular with kids worldwide for his role as Dave in Alvin and the Chipmunks and its squeaquel.

Career: Heder's movie career took off in 2004 when he played the lead role in Napoleon Dynamite. It was made on a budget of $400,000 and went on to make more than $45million at the box office. Heder reportedly earned just $1,000 for the role. In 2010, he lent his voice to the same character in a short-lived animated series. After his success on Napoleon Dynamite, Heder went on to star in Just Like Heaven (2005), School for Scoundrels (2006), Blades of Glory (2007), When in Rome (2010) and Walt Before Mickey (2014). His TV credits include Woke Up Dead, FCU: Fact Checkers Unit and Dead Grandma. He has voiced a number of characters in movies and video games.

Career: Turner started out the on stage, making her Broadway debut in 1977. She had a regular role in US soap The Doctors before making her first film, Body Heat, in 1981. Her sexy performance propelled her to stardom. Her follow-up movies were the smash-hit comedy The Man with Two Brains and Romancing the Stone. Throughout the rest of the 1980s, Turner was a massive star, appearing in Prizzi's Honour, Peggy Sue Got Married (for which she was Oscar-nominated), The Accidental Tourist and The War of the Roses. She also voiced Jessica Rabbit in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Turner didn't do as well in the 1990s, but did appear in the acclaimed Serial Mom and The Virgin Suicides. She has also guest starred in Friends as Chandler's drag queen father, and has returned to the theatre, most notably in The Graduate, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and Bakersfield Mist.