Abigail Kathleen Breslin (born April 14, 1996)[1] is an American actress and singer. Born and
raised in New York City, Breslin began acting in commercials when she was three
years old and made her film debut in M. Night Shyamalan's
science fiction horror film Signs (2002),[2] for which she was nominated for a Young Artist Award. Her
early roles also included Raising Helen (2004) and The Princess
Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004). Breslin rose to
prominence with the comedy-drama film Little Miss Sunshine (2006),
for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award
for Best Supporting Actress at age 10.[3] She went on to establish herself as a
mainstream actress with roles in the films No Reservations (2007), Nim's Island (2008), Definitely, Maybe (2008), My Sister's Keeper (2009), Zombieland (2009), Rango (2011), The Call (2013), August: Osage County (2013), Maggie (2015), Freak Show (2017), Zombieland: Double Tap (2019),
and Stillwater (2021).
Between 2015 and 2016, she had a starring role in the horror-comedy
series Scream Queens on Fox, her first regular
role in a television series.
Hayden Lesley Panettiere (/ˌpænətiˈɛər/; born August 21, 1989) is an American
actress, model, and singer. She is best known for her lead roles as Claire Bennet on the NBC superhero series Heroes (2006–2010) and Juliette Barnes in the ABC/CMT musical drama
series Nashville (2012–2018),
the latter of which earned her two nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or
Television Film. A
native of New York, she first
appeared in a commercial at the age of eleven months. Her full-time acting
career began by playing Sarah Roberts on One Life to Live (1994–1997) and Lizzie Spaulding on Guiding Light (1996–2000). Panettiere went on to star
in the Disney sports drama
film Remember the Titans (2000),
the comedy-drama film Raising Helen (2004), the sports comedy film Racing Stripes (2005), the figure skating drama
film Ice Princess (2005), the comedy
film I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009),
the true crime drama film Amanda Knox:
Murder on Trial in Italy (2011), the slasher horror film Scream 4 (2011), and the drama film Custody (2016).
She also voiced the characters of Kairi and Xion in the video game
series Kingdom Hearts (2002–2017)
and Samantha "Sam" Giddings in the video game Until Dawn (2015).
Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal (/ˈdʒɪlənhɔːl/; Swedish: [ˈjʏ̂lːɛnˌhɑːl];[3] born December 19, 1980) is an American actor.
Born into the Gyllenhaal family, he is
the son of director Stephen Gyllenhaal and
screenwriter Naomi Foner; his older
sister is actress Maggie Gyllenhaal. He
began acting as a child, making his acting debut in City Slickers (1991), followed by roles in his
father's films A Dangerous Woman (1993)
and Homegrown (1998).
His breakthrough roles were as Homer Hickam in October Sky (1999) and as a psychologically troubled
teenager in Donnie Darko (2001). Gyllenhaal
starred in the 2004 science fiction disaster film The Day After Tomorrow.
He played Jack Twist in Ang Lee's 2005 romantic drama Brokeback Mountain,
for which Gyllenhaal won a BAFTA Award and was nominated for an Academy Award. His career progressed with starring roles in
the thriller Zodiac (2007), the romantic
comedy Love & Other Drugs (2010),
and the science fiction film Source Code (2011). Further acclaim came with his
roles in Denis Villeneuve's
thrillers Prisoners (2013)
and Enemy (2013), and
he received nominations for the BAFTA Award for
Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performances as a
manipulative journalist in Nightcrawler (2014)
and a troubled writer in Nocturnal Animals (2016). His highest-grossing
release came with the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero
film Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019),
in which he portrayed Quentin Beck /
Mysterio. Gyllenhaal has also performed on stage, starring in
a West End production
of the play This Is Our Youth and Broadway productions of the musical Sunday in the Park with George as
well as the plays Constellations and Sea
Wall/A Life, the lattermost of which earned him a Tony Award nomination. Aside from acting, he is vocal
about political and social issues.
Sir Ian Holm Cuthbert CBE (12
September 1931 – 19 June 2020), known as Ian Holm, was an
English actor. Beginning his career on the British stage as a standout member
of the Royal Shakespeare Company,
he later transitioned into a successful and prolific screen career portraying a
variety of both supporting and leading characters, earning critical acclaim and
many accolades in the process. Holm won the 1967 Tony Award for Best Featured
Actor for his performance as Lenny in The Homecoming and the 1998 Laurence Olivier
Award for Best Actor for his performance in the title role
of King Lear. He was nominated for seven BAFTA Awards, winning Best Actor
in a Supporting Role twice for The Bofors Gun (his film debut) and Chariots of Fire. His latter performance as athletics
trainer Sam Mussabini was also nominated for
an Academy Award. His other well-known film
roles include Ash in Alien, Mr Kurtzmann in Brazil, Francis Willis in The Madness of King George,
Father Vito Cornelius in The Fifth Element, Mitchell Stephens in The Sweet Hereafter,
the voice of Chef Skinner in Ratatouille, and
elderly Bilbo Baggins in The Lord of the
Rings and The Hobbit film
series.
Roland Emmerich (German: ( born 10 November 1955) is a German film director,
screenwriter and producer, widely known for his science fiction films. His
films, most of which are English-language Hollywood productions,
have made more than $3 billion worldwide, including just over $1 billion in the
United States, making him the country's 15th-highest-grossing
director of all time.[1][2] He began his work in the film industry by
directing the film The Noah's Ark Principle (1984)
as part of his university thesis and also co-founded Centropolis
Entertainment in 1985 with his
sister. He is also known for directing films such as Universal Soldier (1992), Stargate (1994), Independence Day (1996), Godzilla (1998), The Patriot (2000), The Day After Tomorrow (2004), 2012 (2009), Independence Day: Resurgence (2016),
and most recently, Midway (2019). He
is a collector of art and an LGBT activist,
and is openly gay.