Career: Bottle Rocket was so well-received, the writers were asked to turn it into a full-length feature. Although it wasn't a hit, it launched Wilson's acting career - his frequent collaborator Ben Stiller offered him a small role in The Cable Guy after seeing the movie. He went on to star in films including Armageddon, The Haunting, Shanghai Noon, Meet the Parents and Zoolander, although he gained more critical acclaim for co-writing Anderson's films Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums, for which he was Oscar-nominated. Since then, he's taken starring roles in Starsky and Hutch, Wedding Crashers, Drillbit Taylor, Marley and Me, Midnight in Paris and Hall Pass, as well as reuniting with Anderson for The Grand Budapest Hotel, Fantastic Mr Fox, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou and The Darjeeling Limited.

Career: Cooper plied his trade on the stage before making his film debut in box-office flop Matewan (1987). He had success on the small screen in the miniseries Lonesome Dove and Return to Lonesome Dove but he is better known for his supporting roles in a number of notable Hollywood films. He has appeared in The Horse Whisperer (1998), American Beauty (1999), The Patriot (2000), The Bourne Identity (2002), Adaptation (2002), Seabiscuit (2003), The Bourne Supremacy (2004), Capote (2005), The Town (2010), August: Osage County (2013) and The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014).

Career: After stints in various theatre, TV and film productions, Fillion moved to New York where he starred in soap opera One Life To Live, for which he was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award. Other early roles came in Saving Private Ryan, Two Guys and a Girl, and Dracula 2000. He eventually landed the starring role as Captain Malcolm Reynolds in Firefly (which he now says was the best acting job he's ever had). He has leant his voice to various animated series and computer games including King of the Hill and Halo 3, but his most successful role to date has been eponymous mystery novelist Castle. Other projects include Desperate Housewives, Waitress, Monsters University and Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters.

Career: Hammer had small parts in Arrested Development, Veronica Mars and Desperate Housewives before landing the lead role in Billy: The Early Years (2008). His first break came in 2010 when he played the Winklevoss Twins in The Social Network. Since then, he has starred in J Edgar (2011), Mirror Mirror (2012) and The Lone Ranger (2013). Outside of his film work, he has had recurring roles in Gossip Girl and Reaper.