Kenneth Charles Branagh was born on December 10, 1960, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, to parents William Branagh, a plumber and carpenter, and Frances (Harper), both born in 1930. He has two siblings, William Branagh, Jr. (born 1955) and Joyce Branagh (born 1970). When he was nine, his family escaped The Troubles by moving to Reading, Berkshire, England. At 23, Branagh joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, where he took on starring roles in "Henry V" and "Romeo and Juliet". He soon found the RSC too large and impersonal and formed his own, the Renaissance Theatre Company, which was disbanded in 1992 when he moved more fully into filmmaking. At 29, he directed Henry V, where he also co-starred with his then-wife, Emma Thompson. The film brought him Best Actor and Best Director Oscar nominations. In 1993, he brought Shakespeare to mainstream audiences again with his hit adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing, which featured an all-star cast that included, among others, Denzel Washington, Michael Keaton and Keanu Reeves. At 30, he published his autobiography and, at 34, he directed and starred as "Victor Frankenstein" in the big-budget adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel, Frankenstein, with Robert De Niro as the monster himself. In 1996, Branagh wrote, directed and starred in a lavish adaptation of Hamlet. His superb film acting work also includes a wide range of roles such as in Celebrity, Wild Wild West, The Road to El Dorado, Valkyrie and his stunning portrayal of Laurence Olivier in My Week with Marilyn, where once again he offered a great performance that was also nominated for an Academy Award.

Forest Steven Whitaker has packaged a king-size talent into his hulking 6' 2", 220 lb. frame. He won an Academy Award for his performance as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the film The Last King of Scotland, and has also won a Golden Globe and a BAFTA. He is the fourth African-American male to win an Academy Award for Best Actor, following in the footsteps of Sidney Poitier, Denzel Washington, and Jamie Foxx.

Whitaker was born on July 15, 1961 in Longview, Texas, to Laura Francis (Smith), a special education teacher, and Forest Steven Whitaker, an insurance salesman. His family moved to South Central Los Angeles in 1965. The athletically-inclined Whitaker initially found his way into college via a football scholarship. Later, however, he transferred to USC where he set his concentration on music and earned two more scholarships training as an operatic tenor. This, in turn, led to another scholarship at Berkeley with a renewed focus on acting and the performing stage.

Whitaker made his film debut at the age of 21 in the raucous comedy Fast Times at Ridgemont High wherein he played, quite naturally, a footballer. He went on to play another sports-oriented student, a wrestler, in his second film Vision Quest. He gained experience on TV as well with featured spots on such varied shows as Diff'rent Strokes and Cagney & Lacey, not to mention the TV-movie Civil War epic North & South: Book 1, North & South and its sequel. The movie that truly put him on the map was The Color of Money. His one big scene as a naive-looking pool player who out-hustles Paul Newman's Fast Eddie Felson was pure electricity. This led to more visible roles in the "A" class films Platoon, Stakeout, and Good Morning, Vietnam, which culminated in his breakout lead portrayal of the tortured jazz icon 'Charlie "Bird" Parker' in Clint Eastwood's passion project Bird, for which Whitaker won the Cannes Film Festival award for "best actor" and a Golden Globe nomination. Whitaker continued to work with a number of well-known directors throughout the 1990s.

While his "gentle giant" characters typically display innocence, indecision, and timidity along with a strong underlying humanity, he has certainly not shied away from the edgier, darker corners of life as his occasional hitmen and other menacing streetwise types can attest. Although in only the first section of the film, he was memorable as the IRA-captured British soldier whose bizarre relationship with a mysterious femme fatale serves as the catalyst for the critically-lauded drama The Crying Game. Always a willing participant to push the envelope, he's gone on to enhance a number of lesser films. Among those was his plastic surgeon in Johnny Handsome, gay clothing designer in Robert Altman's Ready to Wear, alien hunter in Species, absentee father confronted by his estranged son in Smoke, and Mafia hitman who models himself after the samurai warrior in Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, among many others. As would be expected, he's also had his share of epic-sized bombs, notoriously the L. Ron Hubbard sci-fi disaster Battlefield Earth. On the TV front, he was the consulting producer and host of a revamped Rod Serling's cult series classic The Twilight Zone, which lasted a disappointing one season.

In the early 1990s, Whitaker widened his horizons to include producing/directing and has since gained respect behind the camera as well. He started things off co-producing the violent gangster film A Rage in Harlem, in which he co-starred with Gregory Hines and Robin Givens, and then made his successful directorial debut with the soulful Waiting to Exhale, showcasing a legion of distaff black stars. He also directed co-star Whitney Houston's music video of the movie's theme song ("Shoop Shoop"). He also helmed the fluffy romantic comedy First Daughter with Katie Holmes and Michael Keaton. Whitaker also served as an executive producer on First Daughter. He had previously executive produced several made-for-television movies, most notably the 2002 Emmy-award winning Door to Door, starring William H. Macy. He produced these projects through his production company, Spirit Dance Entertainment, which he shut down in 2005 to concentrate on his acting career.

In 2002, he co-starred in Joel Schumacher's thriller, Phone Booth, with Kiefer Sutherland and Colin Farrell. That year, he also co-starred with Jodie Foster in Panic Room.

Whitaker's greatest success to date is the 2006 film, The Last King of Scotland. His performance earned him the 2007 Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, For that same role, he also received the Golden Globe Award, the Screen Actors Guild Award, a BAFTA Award, and many critical accolades. He has also received several other honors. In September 2006, the 10th Annual Hollywood Film Festival presented him with its "Hollywood Actor of the Year Award," He was also honored at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2007, receiving the American Riviera Award. Previously, in 2005, the Deauville Festival of American Film paid tribute to him. In 2007, Forest Whitaker won the Cinema for Peace Award 2007.

Award-winning actress Uma Thurman has proven herself to be one of the industry's most versatile performers, lending her talents to an array of revered films and television.

Upcoming, Thurman will star opposite Richard Gere and Jacob Elordi in Paul Schrader’s “Oh, Canada,” which had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival and will be released in theaters in the US on December 6, 2024. Next up, Thurman will star in Netflix film “The Old Guard 2” opposite Charlize Theron which is expected to be released in 2025. In 2023, Thurman starred in Prime Video’s Emmy nominated feature film “Red, White and Royal Blue” which was released globally on August 11th, and in comedy thriller “The Kill Room” where she reunited with Samuel L. Jackson. It was also recently announced that Matthew Lopez’s cult following film “Red, White and Royal Blue” will be getting a sequel.

Thurman's entrance into mainstream film began following her role as goddess Venus in Terry Gilliam's “The Adventures of Baron Munchausen”. She went on to receive critical acclaim for her portrayal of "Cecile” in Stephen Frears' “Dangerous Liaisons” opposite John Malkovich. Additional film credits include “Beautiful Girls,” “Batman & Robin,” “Les Misérables,” “Prime” with Meryl Streep and “The Producers.”

Thurman received an Academy Award® nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of "Mia Wallace" in Quentin Tarantino's “Pulp Fiction” and, as Tarantino's muse, Thurman garnered Golden Globe® Award nominations for her role as "The Bride" in the “Kill Bill” film franchise. Thurman earned a Golden Globe® Award for “Hysterical Blindness,” which she produced and starred in, and received her first Emmy® nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her arc on NBC's series “Smash”. Thurman completed her Broadway debut as the star of The Parisian Woman.

Thurman is a long-time ambassador and founding Board Member of Room to Grow. The organization, which was founded by Julie Burns in 1998, provides support and necessary supplies to low-income families and children aged from newborn to three years old. Born in Boston and raised in Amherst, Thurman currently lives in New York City with her three children.

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Sir Ben Kingsley was born Krishna Bhanji on December 31, 1943 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. His father, Rahimtulla Harji Bhanji, was a Kenyan-born medical doctor, of Gujarati Indian descent, and his mother, Anna Lyna Mary (Goodman), was an English actress. Ben began to act in stage plays during the 1960s. He soon became a successful stage actor, and also began to have roles in films and television. His birth name was Krishna Bhanji, but he changed his name to "Ben Kingsley" soon after gaining fame as a stage actor, fearing that a foreign name could hamper his acting career.

Kingsley first earned international fame for his performance in the drama movie Gandhi. His performance as Mohandas K. Gandhi earned him international fame. He won many awards - including an Academy Award for Best Actor. He also won Golden Globe, BAFTA and London Film Critics' Circle Awards. After acting in Gandhi, Ben was recognized as one of the finest British actors.

After his international fame for appearing in Gandhi, Kingsley appeared in many other famous movies. His success as an actor continued. His performance as Itzhak Stern in the drama movie Schindler's List earned him a BAFTA nomination for best supporting actor. Schindler's List won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture. During the late 1990s, Kingsley acted in many successful movies. He played Sweeney Todd in the television movie The Tale of Sweeney Todd, for which he was nominated for the Screen Actors' Guild Award. His other notable role was as Otto Frank in the television movie Anne Frank: The Whole Story, for which he won the Screen Actors' Guild Award.

In 2002, Kingsley was appointed Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen's New Years Honours for his services to drama. In 2013, he received the BAFTA Los Angeles Britannia Award for Worldwide Contribution to Filmed Entertainment. That same year, he also received the Fellowship Award at the Asian Awards in London, England.

Mark Hamill is best known for his portrayal of Luke Skywalker in the original Star Wars movies and reprised his role in both the sequels as well as the second season of “The Mandalorian” and season one of “The Book of Boba Fett.” He has also appeared in the films KINGSMAN: THE SECRET SERVICE, Sony’s THE MACHINE and BRISBY BEAR. Hamill’s extensive voice acting work includes Dreamwork’s THE WILD ROBOT, the Oscar winning THE BOY AND THE HERON, a long-standing role as the Joker, commencing with “Batman: The Animated Series” and the video game “Arkham City,” for which he received a BAFTA award. Hamill recently appeared in Netflix’s Sandman as well as Dark Crystal and Mike Flanagan’s “House of Usher” for Netflix.

Up next he reteams with Mike Flanagan to star in THE LIFE OF CHUCK which recently won the Audience Award at the Toronto International Film Festival and will be released by Neon in 2025. Additional upcoming projects include Lionsgate’s THE LONG WALK and Paramount’s upcoming SpongeBob Square Pants film.

Pierce Brosnan is a legendary Irish American actor, film producer, environmentalist, philanthropist, artist and two-time Golden Globe Award nominee known for his rich and extensive career in front of the camera and behind-the-scenes as a producer.

Upcoming, Pierce will star in the sports drama Giant from AGC Studios, The Thursday Murder Club based on the Richard Osman novel of the same name, the romantic thriller In The Wind for Passage Pictures and the Western film The Unholy Trinty opposite Samuel L. Jackson. He will also voice ‘Pontius Pilate’ in the upcoming animated feature The King of Kings inspired by a posthumously published story from Charles Dickens.

In addition to his stellar film career, Pierce, along with his wife Keely Shaye, have been drawn into a passionate leadership role in numerous environmental issues. Most recently, the two worked together on the documentary film Poisoning Paradise which they co- produced. The film takes audiences on a journey into to the seemingly idyllic world of Native Hawaiians, whose communities are surrounded by experimental test sites for genetically engineered seed corn and pesticides. To date, Poisoning Paradise has screened at dozens of prestigious film festivals across the United States and abroad, including London; Bologna; Los Angeles; San Diego; Mendocino; Napa Valley; Maui; St. Louis, Missouri and Savannah, Georgia, and Washington D.C. The film has won a dozen awards – many for Best Documentary – and was accepted into the 2018 International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights in Geneva, the Manchester Film Festival in England, and the London International Filmmaker Festival, among others. The film screened in the market at the Cannes Film Festival where it was sold for worldwide distribution with Gravitas Ventures.

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Oscar Isaac is an Award-Winning actor, producer, and musician whose enthralling performances have earned him both a devoted fan base and critical acclaim.

His more recent projects include his leading role in Hagai Levi’s HBO adaptation of Scenes from a Marriage(2021), which earned him an Emmy, Golden Globe, and SAG nomination. He also recently voiced the character of Miguel O’Hara in the Academy Award winning Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. Isaac’s other notable accolades include a Golden Globe Win and Critics Choice Award for his role in the HBO miniseries Show Me A Hero. And in 2014, he snagged an Independent Spirit Award and Golden Globe nomination for his portrayal of Llewyn Davis in the titular Coen Brothers’ film Inside Llewyn Davis.

Over the years, Isaac has appeared in countless critically acclaimed films such as A Most Violent Year(2014), Ex Machina (2015), The Star Wars Sequel Trilogy (2015-2019), The Promise (2016), Operation Finale (2018), Triple Frontier (2019), At Eternity’s Gate (2019), The Card Counter (2021), Dune (2021), andMoon Knight (2022) showing his ability to captivate audiences and ability to embody a range of characters.

With showing no signs of stopping, Isaac will star in Guillermo Del Toro’s highly anticipated Netflix adaptation of Frankenstein as Victor Frankenstein alongside Christoph Waltz, Jacob Elordi, and Mia Goth. He is set to voice Jesus Christ in Faith-Based Animated Movie The King of Kings from Mofac Animation, alongside the likes of Forest Whitaker Kenneth Branagh and Uma Thurman. Isaac will also star in the 2nd installment of the Emmy and Golden Globe winning Netflix and A24 Series, BEEF, where he will be seen alongside Carey Mulligan, Cailee Spaeny and Charles Melton.

In addition to film and television, Isaac is an alumnus of The Juilliard School and has a prolific history with theater. Most recently, in February of 2023, Isaac took to the stage alongside Rachel Brosnahan in the major revival of Lorraine Hanberry’s The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window, directed by Anne Kauffman at the BAM Harvey Theater. In 2017, Isaac headlined The Public Theater’s summer production of Hamlet with Sam Gold at the helm. He has also appeared in productions of Zoe Kazan’s We Live Here at Manhattan Theatre Club including his role as Romeo in Romeo and Juliet. Moreover, he starred as Proteus in Two Gentlemen of Verona in productions for The Public Theater’s Shakespeare in the Park. Additional theater credits include Beauty of the Father (Manhattan Theatre Club), Grace (MCC Theater), When It’s Cocktail Time in Cuba (Cherry Lane Theatre) and Spinning into Butter (Hangar Theatre).

In 2019, alongside writer and director Elvira Lind, Isaac created his production banner Mad Gene Media. The first project under their banner, The Letter Room, was a short film written and directed by Lind and starring Isaac and received a nomination at the 2021 Academy Awards. Isaac will next produce and star in crime thriller In The Hand of Dante, directed by Oscar nominated Julian Schnabel and executive produced by Martin Scorsese in addition to producing and acting alongside Kristen Stewart in Flesh of the Gods from Director Panos Cosmatos.

Roman is currently filming 500 MILES alongside Bill Nighy/Maisie Williams and most recently wrapped Stephen King’s THE LONG WALK from Liongsate as well as GREENLAND 2 opposite Gerard Butler. He will soon be seen in A RARE GRAND ALIGNMENT produced by Spike Lee, directed by Cinque Lee, and starred opposite Keira Knightley in SILENT NIGHT which was produced by Matthew Vaughn. He’s attached to the titular role in Keith McCarthy’s MARTYN PIG opposite Sadie Soverall. Roman made an astounding breakout performance as Jojo Betzler in JOJO RABBIT directed by Taika Waititi, starring opposite Scarlett Johansson and Sam Rockwell. His performance was received with tremendous reviews and critical acclaim. He won the Critics’ Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer and was nominated for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy at the Golden Globes. JOJO RABBIT has also garnered great reception, winning best adapted screenplay at the Academy Awards and at the British Academy Film Awards.

Seong-Ho(Jay) is a leading expert in VFX and film-making in general in Korea. Coming from a visual communication background, Jay started off storyboarding feature films in his early twenties and later was recognized as a pioneer for introducing VFX to South Korean films. Since then, he has been responsible for much of the VFX in Korean films, setting new benchmarks and pushing boundaries in quality media content since 1995. His expansive list of VFX work includes films such as Joint Security Area (2000), Tidal Wave (2009), Sector 7 (2011), Spartacus (2010), Last Knights (2015) and many more.

Jay has not only been a VFX supervisor but has collaborated with many directors and writers as a script doctor, editor, storyboard artist and a color consultant. He was responsible for re-writing and editing the 2010 film Bedeviled which was officially selected to the Cannes film festival and picked up numerous awards around the world.