The Outfit

Mark Rylance (Actor) .. Leonard

Born: January 18, 1960 in Ashford, Kent

Best Known For: His award-winning stage career.

Early-life: David Mark Rylance Waters was born in Ashford, Kent, on January 18, 1960 to teachers Anne and David. He moved with his family to Connecticut in 1962 and Wisconsin in 1969, where his father taught English at the University School of Milwaukee. Mark later attended this school, where he began acting. He took the stage name Mark Rylance when he registered with Equity. After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London in 1980, he landed his first professional work at the Glasgow Citizens' Theatre.

Career: Known predominately for his stage career, Rylance has starred in a number of Shakespearean productions, including Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, Henry V, As You Like It and Macbeth. He became the first Artistic Director of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre in 1995 and continued this role until 2005. While he was there, he directed and starred in a number of productions. He has won Olivier Awards for Much Ado About Nothing, and Jerusalem, and Tony Awards for Boeing Boeing, Jerusalem, and Twelfth Night. His film credits include Prospero's Books (1991), Angels and Insects (1995), Intimacy (2001), The Other Boleyn Girl (2008), Blitz (2011) and Anonymous (2011). More recently, he starred in the BBC drama Wolf Hall.

Quote: 'Great actors try to dismiss all ideas from their conscious mind in order to provide an experience that is real.'

Trivia: Rylance became a patron of LIFT (London International Festival of Theatre) in 2013.

Zoey Deutch (Actor) .. Mable

Johnny Flynn (Actor) .. Francis

Dylan O'Brien (Actor) .. Richie

Simon Russell Beale (Actor) .. Roy

Born: January 12, 1961 in Penang, Malaysia

Best Known For: Being one of the country's most respected stage actors.

Early-life: Simon Russell Beale was born in Penang, Malaysia on January 12, 1961. His early years were spent abroad as his father was Surgeon General to the British Army. However, he relocated to England at the age of eight and began studying at St Paul's Cathedral School. He studied English at the University of Cambridge and began a course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and was eventually spotted in a student play at the Edinburgh Festival, which led to the start of his professional acting career.

Career: Simon first came to the attention of theatregoers in the 1980s with a series of acclaimed comic performances, and has since found great success on the stage, appearing in productions including King Lear, Richard III, The Seagull and Spamalot. He has also made a number of appearances on the small and big screen, appearing in A Very Peculiar Practice in 1988, playing the Earl of Moray in Orlando alongside Tilda Swinton and Billy Zane in 1992, and a small part in Kenneth Branagh's version of Hamlet in 1996. He also appeared as Napoleon in Blackadder: Back & Forth and the King of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland, both in 1999.

Quote: 'People say you've done Hamlet so what do you do next? That hasn't happened to me. Not yet.'

Trivia: He was awarded the Freedom of the City of London in 2011 for services to drama.

Nikki Amuka-Bird (Actor) .. La Fontaine

Alan Mehdizadeh (Actor) .. Monk

Johnathan McClain (Actor) .. FBI agent

Graham Moore (Director)

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