Career: Within five years of his big-screen debut, Cruise was one of the hottest actors of his generation, having starred in the likes of Risky Business and Top Gun. The likes of Rain Man, The Color of Money, Interview with the Vampire and Days of Thunder followed. He has also turned his hand to producing and made the smart move of taking a share of several of his film's profits, making him one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood. Recent hits include Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, Jack Reacher, Oblivion and Edge of Tomorrow. He has been Oscar-nominated three times, for his performances in Born on the Fourth of July, Jerry Maguire and Magnolia, but has yet to win. His next major film is Mission: Impossible 5.

Career: Otto's big break came in the movie The Girl Who Came Late (1991). It earned her first Australian Film Institute nomination. She was nominated again the following year for her performance in The Last Days of Chez Nous (1992). Roles followed in Love Serenade (1996), The Well (1997), Doing Time for Patsy Cline (1997) and In the Winter Dark (1998). Her profile increased globally in 2000 when she starred opposite Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer in What Lies Beneath. She played Eowyn in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003). More recently, she has starred in War of the Worlds (2005), Blessed (2009) and I, Frankenstein (2014).

Career: Further guest appearances followed in a number of TV shows, including Ally McBeal, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The Practice, Spin City and Malcolm in the Middle. She was still only seven when she starred opposite Sean Penn in the movie I Am Sam (2001), a role that earned her a Screen Actors Guild nomination. A year later, she played the lead child role in Steven Spielberg miniseries Taken. One of the busiest child actors of her generation, she went on to star in Home Alabama (2002), Hansel & Gretel (2002), Uptown Girls (2003), Dr Seuss' The Cat in the Hat (2003), War of the Worlds (2005), Hounddog (2006), Charlotte's Web (2006) and the Twilight movies. Fanning has successfully made the transition to more grown-up roles. Her recent work includes The Motel Life (2012), Very Good Girls (2013), The Last of Robin Hood (2013) and Every Secret Thing (2014).

Career: Robbins began appearing in films and on TV in the early 1980s before hitting the big time in 1988 baseball movie Bull Durham. He had a successful streak in the early 90s thanks to such films as The Player, Short Cuts, Pret-a-Porter, The Shawshank Redemption and Arlington Road. He's also a talented director, with Bob Roberts and Dead Man Walking among his credits. He won a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Mystic River - at 6ft 5 he is the tallest-ever winner of an acting Oscar. His more recent work includes Green Lantern, TV movie Cinema Verite, Thanks for Sharing and Life of Crime.

Career: Spielberg's 1971 thriller Duel paved the way for feature film The Sugarland Express, a modest hit. In 1975, Jaws started a long run of successes, including the Indiana Jones films, ET, Jurassic Park, Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan. He also co-founded studio Dreamworks SKG, which has backed various hits, including Shrek, American Beauty and Gladiator. Spielberg's recent films include The Terminal, Munich and War of the Worlds. He has also worked as the producer on a string of hit films, including The Goonies, Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the Back to the Future trilogy, the Transformers trilogy, and True Grit. His recent work includes The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn, War Horse and Lincoln. He won an Oscar for Saving Private Ryan and Schindler's List and an honorary award in 1987.