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 Philip Seymour Hoffman
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN (Owen Davian) most recently starred in the feature film “Capote,” which he executive produced through his company, Cooper's Town Productions. Widely acclaimed, Hoffman was honored by eighteen critics' groups as the best actor of the year for his performance in the title role, as well as earning a Golden Globe for best actor (drama), a SAG Award, and an Academy Award.
Hoffman also received an Emmy nomination for his work in the HBO film “Empire Falls,” alongside Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward and Robin Wright Penn, among others.
Previous film credits include “Cold Mountain,” “Along Came Polly,” “The Party's Over,” “Owning Mahowny” (which had its world premiere at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival), “Red Dragon,” “Punch-Drunk Love,” “25th Hour,” “Love Liza,” (which was written by his brother, Gordy Hoffman, who won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at Sundance, where the film premiered), “Almost Famous,” “State and Main,” “Flawless” (London Film Critics and SAG nomination for Best Actor), “Magnolia” (National Board of Review's Best Supporting Actor Award and Ensemble SAG Award nomination), “The Talented Mr. Ripley” (National Board of Review's Best Supporting Actor Award), “Boogie Nights,” “Happiness” (Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Supporting Male), “Patch Adams,” “The Big Lebowski,” “Twister,” “Scent of a Woman,” and “Nobody's Fool.”
Hoffman is a member and Co-Artistic Director of LAByrinth Theater Company. His stage credits include: “Long Day's Journey Into Night” (Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations), “The Seagull” (The New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre), “True West” (Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations, Outer Critics Circle Award), “Defying Gravity” (American Place Theater), “The Merchant of Venice” (Dir. by Peter Sellars), “Shopping and Fucking” (New York Theater Workshop), and “The Author's Voice” (Drama Dept., Drama Desk nominations).
His theatrical directorial credits include “The Last Days of Judas Iscariot,” “In Arabia We'd All Be Kings,” and “Jesus Hopped The `A' Train,” all written by Stephen Adly Guirgis for LAB. His production of “`A' Train” was produced to great acclaim Off-Broadway, at the Edinburgh Festival (Fringe First Award), at London's Donmar Warehouse, and then at the Arts Theatre in London's West End. In addition, he directed LAB's Off-Broadway commercial production of Guirgis' “Our Lady of 121st Street” at the Union Square Theater (Lucille Lortel and Drama Desk nominations) and Rebecca Gilman's “The Glory of Living” at MCC Theater.
Ving Rhames
The prolific, multi-talented VING RHAMES (Luther) reprises his role of tech expert Luther Strickell after creating the role in the first two “Mission: Impossible” films.
Most recently seen in “Dawn of the Dead,” Rhames received an Emmy nomination and won a Golden Globe for his role as Don King in the telefilm “Don King: Only In America.” He was also awarded the Golden Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Martin Scorsese's “Bringing Out the Dead,” in which he starred opposite Nicolas Cage, and received a Blockbuster Entertainment Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role in “Entrapment,” with Catherine Zeta Jones and Sean Connery.
Recent productions include “Back in the Day,” “Three-Fifths of a Man,” and headlining as the titular legendary boxer in “The Sonny Liston Story.”
Having gone down in pop culture history for his role as Marsellus “we're gonna get medieval on your ass” Wallace in Quentin Tarantino's seminal “Pulp Fiction,” Rhames has continued to win fans with such performances as Shad in “Striptease,” Mann in “Rosewood” (for which he won an Image Award for Best Actor), Mel in “Baby Boy,” Nathan `Diamond Dog' Jones in “Con Air,” Buddy Bragg in “Out of Sight,” and Deputy Chief Arthur Holland in “Dark Blue.”
On the small screen, Rhames recently appeared in the title role of “Kojak,” on which he also served as executive producer. Rhames was nominated for a Best Actor Image Award for his role as Garrick Jones in the television movie, “Sins of the Father.” He also starred as John Morgan in “Little John” and Judge Jones in “RFK.” In the television series “UC: Undercover,” he starred as Quito Real and received his second Image Award. The actor also lent his voice (as narrator) to the television documentary “Robert F. Kennedy: A Memoir”.
Starring as the voice of Cobra Bubbles in the animated film “Lilo & Stitch” has won Rhames a new set of fans among the younger generation. He was also the voice of Sergeant Ryan Whitaker in the computer-animated feature “Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within.”
Ving Rhames was born in New York City, New York, and grew up in Harlem, New York. A good student, Ving entered the New York High School of Performing Arts, where he discovered his love of acting. He studied at the Juilliard School of Drama, and began his career in New York theater. He first appeared on Broadway in the play “The Winter Boys” in 1984. Ving continued his rise to fame through his work in soap operas. He found work as a supporting actor, and came to the attention of the general public in “Pulp Fiction.”
Billy Crudup
Equally successful on the stage and screen, Billy Crudup (Musgrave) most recently starred in the 2005 Broadway production of Martin McDonagh's “The Pillowman,” for which he received a Tony nomination. Crudup just wrapped filming “The Good Shepherd” opposite Robert DeNiro, Matt Damon and Angelina Jolie. His most recent film is “Trust the Man,” in which he stars with Julianne Moore; the film will be released this year.
Crudup was seen in “Big Fish,” Columbia Pictures' comic fantasy from director Tim Burton. He also starred in “Charlotte Gray” opposite Cate Blanchett and “World Traveler” with Julianne Moore. Prior to that, he starred in the critically acclaimed “Jesus' Son,” opposite Samantha Morton, Holly Hunter, and Denis Leary, which earned him a Best Actor Award from the Paris Film Festival and an Independent Spirit Award nomination. He was also seen in Cameron Crowe's Academy Award-winning “Almost Famous” with Frances McDormand and Kate Hudson and in the acclaimed “Waking the Dead” with Jennifer Connelly.
He made his motion picture debut in Barry Levinson's “Sleepers,” opposite Robert DeNiro, Brad Pitt, and Jason Patric. He was featured in Woody Allen's “Everyone Says I Love You” and starred in Pat O'Connor's “Inventing the Abbotts.” He also played the leading role in critically acclaimed “Without Limits,” the story of legendary long distance runner Steven Prefontaine; he won the National Board of Review Award for Breakthrough Performance of the Year for his performance.
Crudup starred in “The Elephant Man” at the Royale Theater, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award for best performance by a leading actor in a play. He made his Broadway debut as Septimus Hodge in Tom Stoppard's “Arcadia,” directed by Trevor Nunn, which won him several awards, including the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Debut of an Actor and a Theater World Award. He was also honored with the Clarence Derwent Award from Actors' Equity for Outstanding Broadway Debut.
Crudup has appeared on Broadway in William Inge's “Bus Stop” and in the Roundabout Theatre's production of “Three Sisters,” witch earned him a Drama Desk nomination. Crudup also appeared in “Oedipus” with Frances McDormand, starred in the New York Shakespeare Festival production of “Measure for Measure” at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, and starred in the off-Broadway run of “The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui” opposite Al Pacino and Steve Buscemi.
Crudup received his Masters of Fine Arts from New York University and also attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He resides in New York City.
Michelle Monaghan
Rising young star MICHELLE MONAGHAN (Julia) will next be seen as the star of Miramax Films' “Gone Baby Gone,” directed by Ben Affleck and based on the book by Dennis Lehane (“Mystic River”).
Last year, Michelle burst onto movie screens and received rave reviews for “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang,” in which she starred opposite Robert Downey Jr. and Val Kilmer for writer/director Shane Black. The film world premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. She then joined Charlize Theron, Frances McDormand, and Sissy Spacek in “North Country” for director Niki Caro.
Michelle made her movie debut in “Perfume,” directed by Michael Rymer and released by Lions Gate. She next played Richard Gere's secretary in “Unfaithful,” directed by Adrian Lyne; starred opposite the Douglas family in “It Runs in the Family,” directed by Fred Schepisi; co-starred with Anthony LaPaglia and Allison Janney in “Winter Solstice”; and appeared as a tech-savvy computer expert in “Mr. & Mrs. Smith.”
Jonathan Rhys Meyers
JONATHAN RHYS MEYERS (Declan) first gained international attention for his starring role in Todd Haynes' “Velvet Goldmine,” with Ewan McGregor, Christian Bale, and Toni Collette. Rhys Meyers' daring performance as ex-glam rocker Brian Slade garnered him a nomination for a London Film Critics Circle Award. Since then, Rhys Meyers has landed leading roles opposite today's hottest film actors and directors and has emerged as one of Hollywood's most sought-after leading men.
In 2006, Rhys Meyers received the great honor of a Golden Globe Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for his portrayal of the young Elvis Presley in the television miniseries “Elvis.” He was also nominated for an Emmy for his role.
In February 2006, Rhys Meyers began filming on “August Rush,” alongside Keri Russell and Robin Williams. The story centers on an orphaned musical prodigy who uses his gift as a clue to finding his birth parents, Rhys Meyers and Russell. The film will be directed by Kirsten Sheridan, a writer of “In America.”
Rhys Meyers was most recently seen starring in Woody Allen's “Match Point.” Dubbed as Allen's “comeback” and nominated for three Golden Globes including “Best Picture,” the film debuted at the Cannes Film Festival in 2005, with Rhys Meyers winning the festival's Chopard Trophy for Male Revelation. His performance was hailed as one of the year's best.
Rhys Meyers is also recognized for his role as the girls' soccer coach in the award-winning sleeper hit “Bend It Like Beckham,” in which he starred with Keira Knightly and Parminder Nagra. Rhys Meyers's recent film credits include starring roles in Oliver Stone's epic “Alexander,” with Colin Farrell and Angelina Jolie, and in Mira Nair's “Vanity Fair,” with Reese Witherspoon.
On the small screen, Rhys Meyers has starred in a wide range of longform projects, both here and in the U.K. Among his television credits are the Showtime presentation of “The Lion in Winter,” with Patrick Stewart and Glenn Close; Alfonso Arau's “The Magnificent Ambersons”; “Gormenghast”; “The Tribe”; and “Samson and Delilah.”
Born in Dublin, Ireland, Rhys Meyers made his film debut in “A Man of No Importance,” and then played the young assassin in Neil Jordan's biopic “Michael Collins.” His subsequent film credits have included “The Maker”; “Telling Lies in America,” starring Kevin Bacon; “The Governess,” opposite Minnie Driver; the thriller “B. Monkey”; Mike Figgis' “The Loss of Sexual Innocence”; Ang Lee's Western “Ride With the Devil”; Julie Taymor's “Titus,” with Anthony Hopkins and Jessica Lange; “Prozac Nation,” opposite Christina Ricci; “The Tesseract”; the crime drama “I'll Sleep When I'm Dead,” with Clive Owen and Charlotte Rampling; and “The Emperor's Wife.”
Rhys Meyers currently resides in London.
Kerry Russell
A familiar face to audiences, KERI RUSSELL (Lindsey) reteams with J.J. Abrams after bringing to life the title role in the hit Warner Bros. Television series “Felicity,” for which she received a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Drama Series just four months after the show's acclaimed premiere.
Russell, who is currently filming “August Rush” opposite Robin Williams, in New York, recently completed production on the romantic comedy “Waitress” for director Adrienne Shelly and the psychological thriller “Rohtenburg.”
Russell's film credits include “The Upside of Anger,” “We Were Soldiers,” “Mad About Mambo,” “The Curve,” and “Eight Days a Week.”
Russell's recent television credits include “Into the West,” the six-part mini-series which was executive produced by Steven Spielberg and the critically acclaimed Hallmark Hall of Fame production “The Magic of Ordinary Days.”
Last year, Russell made her New York theatrical debut in the off-Broadway production of Neil LaBute's play “Fat Pig,” as Jeannie, a vindictive girl furious at her ex-boyfriend, played by Jeremy Piven, for having the gall to fall in love with someone who is overweight.
Russell is also the newest spokesmodel for CoverGirl, the number one-selling make-up in the U.S. Keri joins CoverGirl's current roster of models, including Christie Brinkley, Molly Sims and Queen Latifah. The CoverGirl ads will launch in late summer 2006.
Maggie Q
Maggie Q (Zhen), a former top model and established film actress in Hong Kong and across Asia, makes her US debut in “Mission: Impossible III.”
Born in Hawaii to an American father and a Vietnamese mother, Maggie moved to Hong Kong at the age of 18 to pursue a career in modeling. She quickly rose to the status of supermodel in many parts of Asia and has appeared on more then 100 magazine covers including various Asian editions of Time, Harper's Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, Madame Figaro, Marie Claire, and Elle.
Maggie began her acting career in the highly acclaimed Asian television drama “House of the Dragon,” which opened the door for her to feature films. Maggie starred along side Paul Rudd in the movie “Gen-Y Cops,” which was produced by Jackie Chan. Jackie was so impressed by Maggie's acting in the movie that he cast her in the award-winning film “Manhattan Midnight.” In addition to starring in numerous Chinese films, including the popular “Naked Weapon,” Maggie has also starred in several European films such as Italy's Rai Entertainment film “The Counting House” and Germany/Singapore two-part television movie, “House of Harmony.”
Maggie currently divides her time between Hong Kong and Los Angeles.
Laurence Fishburne
Over the past few years, acknowledgment of LAURENCE FISHBURNE's (John Brassel) work has been impressive. In 1992, he was awarded a Tony for Best Featured Actor In A Play, a Drama Desk Award, an Outer Critic's Circle Award, and a Theater World Award for his work on Broadway as Sterling Johnson in August Wilson's “Two Trains Running.” His rare television appearance in the `93 premiere episode of Fox TV's “Tribeca” landed Fishburne an Emmy. To complete a Triple Crown, he was nominated for an Oscar as Best Actor of 1993 for his portrayal of Ike Turner in the film “What's Love Got to do With It.”
Most recently, Fishburne appeared in “Assault on Precinct 13,” co-starring Ethan Hawke, and the gigantic box office smashes “The Matrix: Reloaded” and “The Matrix: Revolutions.” He was also seen in Clint Eastwood's critically acclaimed “Mystic River.”
In October 2000, Fishburne wrote, directed, starred in, and produced “Riff Raff,” an adaptation of his own 1994 play.
Fishburne began acting at the age of 10 and was only 15 years old when he won the role of a young G.I. in Francis Ford Coppola's Vietnam War epic “Apocalypse Now.” He went on to work with Coppola in “Rumble Fish,” “Gardens of Stone,” and “The Cotton Club.”
Fishburne has collaborated twice with director John Singleton, on “Boyz N the Hood” and “Higher Learning,” earning an NAACP Image Award for Best Actor for the former.
His other feature credits include “Othello,” “Searching for Bobby Fischer,” “Just Cause,” “Bad Company,” “Class Action,” “Deep Cover,” “Fled,” “Cadence,” “King of New York,” “Red Heat,” “Band of the Hand,” “School Daze,” “The Color Purple,” “Hoodlum, “Event Horizon,” and “Biker Boyz.”
On the small screen, Fishburne received nominations for the Emmy, Golden Globe and CableACE Awards and won an NAACP Image Award for his performance in the HBO movie “Tuskegee Airman.” He also received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Mini Series or Special for his role in the HBO drama “Miss Evers' Boys,” which he also executive produced. His other television credits include the critically acclaimed “A Rumour of War,” “For Us The Living,” “Decoration Day,” and “Always Outnumbered.”
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