Career: Commercial success came in 2005 thriller SWAT, and he also gave a memorable turn as a soldier in 2007 offering 28 Weeks Later. The same year he starred in critically acclaimed Western The Assassination of Jessie James by the Coward Robert Ford. In 2008, Kathryn Bigelow cast Renner in her war drama The Hurt Locker, which landed him an Oscar nomination for Best Actor. He gave a fine turn in Ben Affleck's Boston-based crime thriller The Town. His recent work includes Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, The Avengers, The Bourne Legacy, Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, and American Hustle.

Career: Mackie made his film debut in 8 Mile (2002) and his first starring role was in Brother to Brother (2004). In the same year, he played the lead role in Spike Lee's box-office flop She Hates Me and starred in the Oscar-winning movie Million Dollar Baby. He went on to play rapper Tupac Shakur in Notorious (2009) and received critical acclaim for his role in The Hurt Locker (2009). He has successfully made the transition to big-budget Hollywood movies and his recent credits include The Adjustment Bureau (2011), Real Steel (2011), Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012), Gangster Squad (2013), The Fifth Estate (2013), Runner Runner (2013) and Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014).

Career: After three years in Ramsay Street, Pearce had a stint in Home and Away. During this time he also made several films, including Heaven Tonight, and Hunting, and later appeared in Snowy River: The McGregor Saga. But it was 1994's The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, that made Hollywood notice his acting talent, and lead roles in movies including the Oscar-winning LA Confidential (opposite fellow antipodean Russell Crowe) and critically acclaimed Memento followed. Other projects include The Count of Monte Cristo, Factory Girl, The Hurt Locker, The Road, The Proposition, The King's Speech and Iron Man 3.

Career: Morse made his big-screen debut in 1980 Oscar-nominated comedy Inside Moves. After appearing in the projects Our Family Business and Nurse, he was cast in TV medical drama St Elsewhere. The show helped boost the profiles of Morse and co-star Denzel Washington. He stayed with the series for six years, and went on to feature in Midnight Caller and Cross of Fire, before the 1990s brought a string of high-profile roles, including the movies Desperate Hours, The Indian Runner, Twelve Monkeys, The Rock, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Contact and The Green Mile. Over the past few years, Morse has featured on the big screen in Dancer in the Dark, Hearts in Atlantis, 16 Blocks, The Hurt Locker, Mother and Child and Collaborator and on TV in Hack, House, John Adams, Medium and Treme.

Career: After doing missionary work in the Philippines and appearing in a couple of commercials, Lilly was persuaded to try acting as a career by a friend - and hasn't looked back since. She had small roles in episodes of Smallville, Tru Calling and Judgement Day, as well as the movie Stealing Sinatra (2003) before landing the role of Kate Austen in Lost in 2004. It was her first speaking part and it gained her numerous plaudits, including various award nominations. The series ran from 2004 until 2010. More recently, she has been playing the elf Tauriel in Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy. Her other film credits include The Hurt Locker (2008) and Real Steel (2011).

Career: Fiennes' film debut was in Wuthering Heights opposite Juliette Binoche in 1992. It was his performances in that and the acclaimed 1990 TV drama A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia that impressed Steven Spielberg so much he cast him in Schindler's List. That movie launched his Hollywood career and he was soon snapped up for Quiz Show, Strange Days, The English Patient, The End of the Affair and Red Dragon. In 1995, he won a Tony Award for his role as Hamlet on Broadway. More recently, Fiennes has worked in such diverse projects as Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, The Constant Gardener, The White Countess, In Bruges, The Reader, Clash of the Titans, Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang and four Harry Potter movies. He made his directorial debut with Coriolanus in 2011, and is the Bond franchise's latest M.