Career: Hardy made his film debut in Black Hawk Down in 2001. A year later he starred in Star Trek: Nemesis and in 2003 he won the London Evening Standard Theatre Award for his performances in Blood and In Arabia We'd All Be Kings. He continued to make a name for himself on the small screen in The Virgin Queen, Meadowlands, Oliver Twist and The Take, and on the big screen in RocknRolla, Bronson, Inception, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, This Means War and Lawless. He delivered a standout performance as the villain Bane in The Dark Knight Rises, before scoring a critical hit with Locke in 2013. More recently he's taken the lead role in Mad Max: Fury Road, and played both Kray twins in Legend.

Career: Following his graduation in 1986, Eccleston spent several years without an acting job, making ends meet as a labourer. He eventually made his professional stage debut at the Bristol Old Vic, and gained plaudits for his first film, Let Him Have It. Major roles in Cracker, Shallow Grave and Our Friends in the North made him an instantly recognisable figure. He's since appeared in such projects as Jude, Hillsborough, Elizabeth, The Others, 24 Hour Party People, 28 Days Later, and The Second Coming. In 2005 he became the ninth official Doctor Who, but quit after one series to avoid being typecast. He's since appeared in Heroes, GI Joe: Rise of the Cobra, Lennon Naked, Accused, The Shadow Line, and HBO drama The Leftovers.

Career: Browning had recurring roles in the TV series Blue Heelers and Something in the Air, and starred opposite Billy Connolly on the big screen in The Man Who Sued God (2001). Her big break came in 2002 when she starred in Ghost Ship, a role that won her an Australian Film Institute Award for Best Young Actress. A year later, she starred with Heath Ledger and Orlando Bloom in Ned Kelly (2003). Her next movie was Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004). Her recent credits include the lead roles in The Uninvited (2009), Sucker Punch (2009), Sleeping Beauty (2011) and Pompeii (2014).

Career: Thewlis had a number of minor roles in films and TV series, including an episode of Only Fools and Horses, until he landed his breakout role in Naked (1993). During the 1990s, he appeared in such films as Black Beauty (1994), Total Eclipse (1995), DragonHeart (1996), Seven Years in Tibet (1997), Divorcing Jack (1998) and The Big Lebowski (1998). Thewlis was cast as Remus Lupin in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) and went on to appear in the next four films in the series. His other credits include Kingdom of Heaven (2005), The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008), The Lady (2011), Macbeth (2015), Wonder Woman (2017) and the TV series Fargo.

Career: Egerton had a recurring role in Sky1 drama The Smoke and went on to star in Testament of Youth (2014), Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015) and Legend (2015). He plays the title role in Eddie the Eagle (2016).

Career: Morgan was planning on taking some time off after graduating but, purely for experience, went to an audition for a role in Vernon God Little, the stage adaptation of DCB Pierre's Booker Prize-winning novel - he ended up with the lead role. On stage Morgan also appeared in the Old Vic adaptation of Pedro Almodóvar's All About My Mother and the Young Vic's A Prayer for My Daughter. He featured in a number of minor roles in TV programmes such as The Catherine Tate Show in 2007, and the Doctor Who episode Midnight in 2008, before playing the title role in BBC TV series Merlin.