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Jenny Agutter was born on December 20, 1952, in Taunton, Somerset, England, UK. The daughter of an army officer, she spent her childhood traveling and living in different countries. Her film career began at the age of 12 in East of Sudan (1964), which was quickly followed by Ballerina: Part 1 (1966) and Ballerina: Part 2 (1966), and A Man Could Get Killed (1966). Other films and television appearances in her early career include Gates to Paradise (1968), Long After Summer (1967), Star! (1968), I Start Counting (1970), The Great Inimitable Mr. Dickens (1970), and The Wild Duck (1971).

In 1970, she appeared in what was her real big break as a child star: The Railway Children (1970), as "Bobbie". The next year, Hollywood called and she spent several years there, appearing in such works as The Cherry Orchard (1971), Walkabout (1971), and The Snow Goose (1971) with Richard Harris, for which she received an Emmy Award. She also appeared in the critically acclaimed A War of Children (1972) and Shelley (1972).

In 1976, Jenny really came to the attention of US film audiences with her starring role in the science-fiction classic Logan's Run (1976) with Michael York. Though not a critical favorite, it was a huge box-office success and spawned a television series. She also starred alongside Richard Chamberlain in a well-received made-for-TV version of the famous Dumas tale The Man in the Iron Mask (1977) and turned in a solid performance in the WW II thriller The Eagle Has Landed (1976) with Michael Caine and Donald Sutherland. The next year, she starred in Peter Shaffer's weighty Equus (1977) as "Jill Mason", alongside Richard Burton. Among her other TV and film work during the 1970s were Dominique (1979), School Play (1979), and The Riddle of the Sands (1979).

In 1981, she played "Desdemona" opposite William Marshall in The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice (1981). Other Shakespeare performances include "King Lear", Love's Labour's Lost (1985) as "Rosaline" for the BBC and Romeo & Juliet (1993) as "Lady Capulet". During this time, she was in numerous films and television series, including Sweet William (1980), Beulah Land (1980), The Survivor (1981), Amy (1981), and one of the films for which she is most fondly remembered, An American Werewolf in London (1981). She also appeared in This Office Life (1984), Secret Places (1984), Silas Marner (1985), Dark Tower (1987), Miss Right (1982), and King of the Wind (1989).

In the 1990s, she concentrated mainly on television, with roles in TECX (1990); Not a Penny More, Not a Penny Less (1990); Red Dwarf (1988); The All New Alexei Sayle Show (1994); The Buccaneers (1995); And the Beat Goes On (1996); September (1996) with Edward Fox, Michael York, Virginia McKenna, and Jacqueline Bisset; A Respectable Trade (1998) with Warren Clarke, Anna Massey, and Richard Briers. Her theatrical films during this period included Darkman (1990) with Liam Neeson; and Blue Juice (1995) with Sean Pertwee, Ewan McGregor, and Catherine Zeta-Jones. She also appeared as "Mrs. Bruce" in two feature-length episodes of the popular ITV series Bramwell (1995) in which she starred with Jemma Redgrave. She has also made several guest appearances in TV shows such as The Red Dwarf (1998); Boon (1986); The Equalizer (1985) with Edward Woodward; The Twilight Zone (1985); Magnum, P.I. (1980) and The Six Million Dollar Man (1974).

Jenny married to Johan Tham in August 1990. They have one son Jonathan, born in December 1990 and live in Cornwall, England, UK. Her particular love is charity work for The Diabetic Association and NCH Action for Children - a charity which provides home and other help for homeless children - with which she has been involved for many years.

Indira Anne Varma (born September 27, 1973) is a British actress. Her film debut and first major role was in Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love. She has gone on to appear in the television series The Canterbury Tales, Rome, Luther, Human Target, and Game of Thrones (as Ellaria Sand). In September 2016, she began starring in the ITV/Netflix series Paranoid, as DS Nina Suresh.

Varma was born in Bath, Somerset, the only child of an Indian father and a Swiss mother who was of part Genoese Italian descent; her parents were relatively elderly and were often mistaken for her grandparents. She was a member of Musical Youth Theatre Company and graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, in 1995.

Varma has had a number of television and film roles, including Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love in 1997 and Bride and Prejudice in 2004, and the young Roman wife Niobe during the first season of BBC/HBO's historical drama series Rome. Her character appeared briefly in the second season of the award-winning series when it aired on 14 January 2007.

In 2006, she played Suzie Costello in the first and eighth episodes, "Everything Changes" and "They Keep Killing Suzie," of BBC Three's science-fiction drama series Torchwood. She appeared as Dr Adrienne Holland in the CBS medical drama 3 lbs which premiered on November 14, 2006 and was canceled on November 30, 2006 due to poor ratings. Varma guest starred in the fourth-season premiere of hit US detective drama Bones as Scotland Yard Inspector Cate Pritchard. She also played the role of Zoe Luther in the first series of the BBC drama Luther.

Varma played the role of Ilsa Pucci in the second season of the Fox series Human Target until the show was canceled on May 10, 2011.

Varma played the role of Ellaria Sand, the paramour of Oberyn Martell in season 4 of the HBO show Game of Thrones, and reprised the role in seasons 5, 6 and 7.

She lent her voice to the Circle mage Vivienne, in the 2014 role-playing video game Dragon Age: Inquisition.

In 2016, she played the lead role of DC Nina Suresh in the eight-episode British television drama Paranoid, streamed worldwide on Netflix.

In 1997, Varma played Bianca in Shakespeare's Othello at the National Theatre, London. In 2000 to 2001, she appeared in Harold Pinter and Di Trevis's NT stage adaptation of Pinter's The Proust Screenplay, Remembrance of Things Past, based on À la recherche du temps perdu, by Marcel Proust. In the summer of 2001, she played Gila in One for the Road, by Harold Pinter, at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City.

In 2002, she played Sasha Lebedieff in Ivanov by Anton Chekhov at the National Theatre and Bunty Mainwaring in The Vortex by Noël Coward at the Donmar Theatre, London. In 2004, she played Sabina in The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder at the Young Vic Theatre Theatre, London. In 2008, she played Nadia Baliye in The Vertical Hour by David Hare at the Royal Court Theatre London. In 2009, she played Olivia in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night with Donmar West End at Wyndham's Theatre, London. In 2012, she played Jessica in Terry Johnson's Hysteria at the Theatre Royal, Bath. In 2013 she played Miss Cutts in The Hothouse by Harold Pinter in the Trafalgar Transformed season at Trafalgar Studios.

In 2014, Varma played Tamora, Queen of the Goths, in Lucy Bailey's "gore-fest" production of Titus Andronicus at Shakespeare's Globe. In 2015, she appeared alongside Ralph Fiennes in George Bernard Shaw's Man and Superman at the National Theatre.

James Brian Mark Purefoy was born and brought up in Taunton, Somerset, England, the son of Shirley (Taylor), who ran an employment agency, and Anthony Chetwynd Purefoy. After leaving school at the age of sixteen, he took a succession of different jobs, including working on a pig farm and as a porter at Yeovil District Hospital, before travelling and working extensively throughout Europe. At eighteen, James returned to college to take his A-Levels, one of which was Drama. It was there that he realised that this was something he felt inspired by and so applied for and was accepted onto the acting course at the Central School of Speech and Drama.

Whilst playing the title role in "Henry V" in the first term of his final year at Central, he was seen by a casting director from the RSC and invited to join the company, immediately, in Stratford. Although initially asked only to play "Ferdinand" in Nicholas Hytner's production of "The Tempest", he left the RSC two years later having performed in eight productions and been directed by the likes of Adrian Noble, Roger Michell and Gene Saks playing, amongst other, "Edgar" in "King Lear" and "Malcolm" in "Macbeth". Over the next six years, he divided his time between theatre and television. In the theatre, he worked with Katie Mitchell on "Women of Troy" at the Gate; Matthew Warchus, Ken Stott and Jude Law on "Death of a Salesman" at the West Yorkshire Playhouse; Iain Glen on "Hamlet" at Bristol Old Vic; Bill Alexander in a critically-acclaimed season at Birmingham Rep, playing leading parts in "The Servant", "The Way of the World" and "Macbeth"; and with Simon Callow, Joseph Fiennes, Rupert Graves, and Helen McCrory, on "Les Enfants du Paradis", again for the RSC.

As well as appearing in the BBC's landmark period drama, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1996), he has always chosen to do a wide variety of parts on television, to avoid being typecast. From the psychopathic rapist in BBC1's Calling the Shots (1993) with Lynn Redgrave to the fraudster "Darius Guppy" in LWT's "The Prince"; from the urbane observer "Nick Jenkins" in Channel 4's A Dance to the Music of Time (1997) to the sad stalker in Granada's series, Metropolis (2000), James has always managed to confound people's expectations of him. Over the last few years, he has been busy making feature films, on average at the rate of three a year. Early credits include "Jedd Wainwright" in Feast of July (1995) for "Merchant Ivory", and as the bisexual Irish baker, "Brendan" in Rose Troche's Bedrooms and Hallways (1998). From the alcoholic roustabout "Tom Bertram" in Mansfield Park (1999) to the wannabee "Bond" actor "Carl Phipps" in Maybe Baby (2000); the gambling, womanising "Daniel" in Women Talking Dirty (1999) with Helena Bonham Carter to the noble, enigmatic "Prince Edward" in Brian Helgeland's A Knight's Tale (2001).

He has continued to surprise those who seek to pigeon-hole him in his film career - always choosing to play parts that juxtapose strongly with the one he has just completed. Last year, he returned to the theatre to play the rake "Ned Loveless" in Trevor Nunn's acclaimed production of "The Relapse" at the National Theatre in London, before embarking on the biggest challenge he has yet faced - playing "George" in the big budget George and the Dragon (2004), with, among others, Michael Clarke Duncan, Val Kilmer, Piper Perabo and Patrick Swayze. This movie will be released in the summer of 2003. He lives alone in London.

Edward Bluemel was born on 22 May 1993 in Somerset, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for The Commuter (2018), Persuasion (2022) and Safe Word (2022).

Con O'Neill is an English actor, primarily known for theatrical roles in musicals. In 1966, he was born in the seaside town of Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. Weston-super-mare is located at the coast of the Bristol Channel, an inlet which separates South Wales from the English counties of Devon and Somerset. The town has been a popular holiday destination since the 19th century, though its tourism industry has experienced a decline since the 1970s.

O'Neill started his acting career at the Everyman Theatre of Liverpool. The theatre opened in 1964, using the Victorian-era main building of the former church of Saint John the Evangelist. O'Neill appeared regularly in theatrical productions during the 1980s, while also cast in small roles in various television series.

In 1988, O'Neill won the "Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical", for his role as Michael "Mickey" Johnstone in the musical "Blood Brothers" by Willy Russell (1947-). The play concerns two fraternal twins (Mickey Johnstone and Edward 'Eddie' Lyons) who were separated at birth, were raised by different families, and belonged to different social classes. Their chance encounters in life start in attempts at friendship and eventually result in the deaths of both brothers. O'Neil later played the same role in Broadway productions of the musical, and was nominated for the "Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical" in 1993. The award for that year was instead won by Canadian actor Brent Carver (1951-).

In 1990, O'Neill had his first film role, playing the role of Peter McGeghan in "Dancin' Thru the Dark". The film was an adaptation of another play by Willy Russell, "Stags and Hens". The play was set in a 1970s nightclub, where a working-class woman is depicted celebrating her hen night (bachelorette party). She is presented with an unexpected choice between marrying her betrothed (known by the nickname "Dickhead") or resuming her romantic relationship with Peter, her ex-boyfriend who is a professional musician.

In the 1990s, O'Neill had his first recurring role in a television series, playing the character Nick in the comedy-drama series "Moving Story" (1994-1995). The series concerned a group of workers hired to transfer furniture from one house to another, and their work-related problems.

In 1998, O'Neill had the role of Terry in the comedy-drama film "Bedrooms and Hallways". In the film Terry is a young man who feels envious of the same-sex relationship between his friends, Brendan (a bisexual Irishman) and Leo (an "openly gay" Englishman, who actually still feels attracted to his former girlfriend). While Terry eventually has a fistfight with Brendan over an argument at a birthday party, he starts dating Brendan shortly after their fight.

In 1999, O' Neill played the role of Troy Fenton in the neo-noir film "The Last Seduction II". In the film, Troy secretly runs a phone sex line in Barcelona, Spain and recruits recent acquaintance Bridget Gregory (played by Joan Severance) to help him. He is unaware that Bridget is a professional con-woman and suspected murderer, who starts forming plans to steal Troy's profits.

O'Neill had the recurring role of Kenny Fletcher in the first season of the medical drama series "Always and Everyone" (1999-2002). The series was set at Accident and Emergency department of Saint Victor's city hospital in Manchester. Kenny was depicted as the husband of the protagonist, Dr. Christine Fletcher (played by Niamh Cusack). During the first episode, Christine learns that her husband was involved in serious road traffic accident, and starts suspecting that he has been lying to her about his activities while she works. By the end of the season, Christine asks for a divorce.

O'Neill also had the recurring role of Jo in the second season of the drama series "Real Women" (1998-1999) and its sequel, "Real Women II". The premise of the series was that five female friends gather for a reunion, and open up about the problems of their personal and professional lives.

In the early 2000s, O'Neill mostly appeared in guest-star roles in television. In 2005, he appeared in the leading role of Sam Clark in the black-and-white drama film "What's Your Name 41?". In the film, Sam is a professional artist who moves to Venice, Italy in hope of finding inspiration for a commissioned work.

In 2008, O'Neill played the role of solicitor (lawyer) Ralph Stone in the first season of the thriller-series "Criminal Justice" (2008-2009). In the first season, Ralph is hired to represent Ben Coulter (played by Ben Whishaw) in court. Ben is a young man accused of murdering his latest lover Melanie Lloyd (played by Ruth Negga) within her own house, though he has only partial memories of his activities during the night of the murder. The season deals with the question of whether Ben is guilty or whether he was framed by someone else. The second season of the series featured a new storyline, with another set of characters.

Also in 2008, O'Neill played the leading role of the songwriter and record producer Joe Meek (1929-1967) in the biographical film "Telstar: The Joe Meek Story". The real Joe Meek was an innovative sound engineer and pioneer in the genre of experimental pop, credited for assisting the development of recording practices like overdubbing, sampling, and reverb. However he suffered from both bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, which led to a decline in his professional life. In 1967, Meek was the perpetrator in a murder-suicide crime.

In 2010, O'Neill played a supporting role in the biographical film "The Kid". The film was an adaptation of Kevin Lewis' autobiography. Lewis was raised in the crime-infested area of New Addington, located in the London Borough of Croydon, South London. He was abused by his family as a child, and joined a gang in his adult years. The film depicts his life of abuse, though the screenwriters (and Lewis himself) decided to tone down the level of violence in the film.

In 2013, O'Neill played the role of the apostle Paul of Tarsus in the mini-series "The Bible". The series adapted various tales from both the Old Testament and the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The series was considered a ratings-hit in the United States, though it was criticized for deviating away from its source material in the depictions of several characters. The series was nominated for a "Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series", but the award was instead won by a television version of the film "Behind the Candelabra", which depicted the life of the famous pianist Liberace (1919-1987).

In 2014, O'Neill voiced the character Titchy Gren in the video game "Dark Souls II". While nominally a sequel to the video-game "Dark Souls" (2011), the game features different characters and a different setting than its predecessor. Titchy Gren is depicted as an overseer of the cult-religion Brotherhood of Blood, and as a servant of the war god Nahr Alma. Gren's purpose is to ensure war and bloodshed sufficient to please his deity, and to recruit new members for his cult. While capable of fighting in his own right, Titchy Gren is depicted as a mediocre fighter and can be killed when outright attacking players.He can be resurrected with a sufficient offering of stolen souls at his gravestone.

From 2014 to 2017, O'Neill portrayed the supporting role of Val in the sitcom "Uncle" (2014-2017). Val is the cross-dressing owner of a rock-and-roll themed gay bar, and the father of Gwen (played by Sydney Rae White), the ex-girlfriend of protagonist Andy King. Andy is depicted as an alcoholic musician with suicidal tendencies, who is heavily indebted to Val.

In 2015, O'Neill played the role of Queen's Counsel Cliff Costello in the comedy-drama series "Cucumber". Cliff serves as a lawyer for the prosecution in the murder trial of the character Daniel Coltrane (played by James Murray). However, Daniel's victim was Lance Sullivan (played by Cyril Nri), a longtime friend of Cliff. So Cliff is tempted to personally murder Daniel, even if the man is acquitted in court. O'Neill also played the character of Cliff for a guest appearance in the anthology series "Banana" (2015).

In 2016, O'Neill was cast in the recurring role of Neil Ackroyd in the second season of the crime-drama series "Happy Valley" (2014-2016). Neil is depicted as an old friend of the series' co-protagonist Clare Cartwright (played by Siobhan Finneran). Clare is depicted as a recovering heroin and alcohol addict, who is trying to raise a young son with the assistance of her sister and roommate, the police sergeant Catherine Cawood (played by Sarah Lancashire).

Also in 2016, O'Neill played the recurring role of Neil Grey in the second season of the crime-drama series "The Tunnel" (2013-2018) The series is a British-French co-production, depicting crimes which affect both sides of the Channel Tunnel. The series was itself a loose adaptation of the Danish-Swedish co-production "The Bridge" (2011-2018), which depicted crimes taking place in the border zone between Denmark and Sweden.

O'Neill played the guest role of folk singer Huw MacLean in the short-lived science-fiction series "Class" (2016), a spin-off of "Doctor Who". Huw is depicted as a man with suicidal and homicidal thoughts, who was imprisoned for several years after attempting to kill his wife and daughter in a murder-suicide plot. After being released from prison, Huw tries to re-establish a relationship with his daughter April MacLean (played by Sophie Hopkins). However, at the time April shared the powers and thought processes of the villain Corakinus, the Shadow King (played by Paul Marc Davis), struggling with murderous impulses of her own. So April repeatedly feels tempted to commit patricide.

O'Neill played one of the main characters in the second and last season of the drama series "Ordinary Lies" (2015-2016). His role was that of Joe Brierley, the Head of Sales of a Welsh company. Joe is preoccupied with suspicions that his wife Belinda Brierley (played by Jill Halfpenny) is cheating on him, and starts obsessively spying on her to gain evidence. He discovers that she has a secret life of her own, and that she is obsessed with a personal crusade against online predators.

In 2017, O'Neill started appearing in the period drama series "Harlots" (2017-), playing the recurring role of 18th-century plantation owner Nathaniel Lennox. Nathaniel is depicted as an ex-lover of the series' protagonist, the brothel-madam Margaret Wells (played by Samantha Morton).

In 2019, O'Neill played the historical figure of Viktor Bryukhanov in the period mini-series "Chernobyl". The real-life Bryukhanov was the plant-director of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, in the vicinity of the city of Pripyat, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. In 1986, Bryukhanov reported a serious radiation accident to his superiors, but his report underestimated the levels of radiation involved and claimed that the situation was under control. He was sentenced to ten years of imprisonment for his role in the accident, but was released prematurely in 1991.

Sarah Parish was born on 7 June 1968 in Yeovil, Somerset, England, UK. She is an actress and director, known for The Wedding Date (2005), The Holiday (2006) and Blackpool (2004). She has been married to James Murray since 15 December 2007. They have two children.

Britain's Rupert Graves made his professional stage debut in 1983 in The Killing of Mr. Toad and went on to co-star with Harvey Fierstein in the London production of Torch Song Trilogy. By the mid-80s he was a presence in quality films and TV, including Merchant Ivory films Room With A View where he played Freddy Honeychurch and Maurice where he played Alec Scudder.

Rupert has appeared in dozens of films and TV shows including Emma (2020), Riviera S3 (2020), Swimming With Men (2018), The Family (2016), however most recently Rupert is best known for playing DI Greg Lestrade in BBC's Sherlock.

Rupert has over 20 stage credits to his name, including The Elephant Man and Closer on Broadway, and he was nominated for an Olivier Award for Best Actor in 1998 for his performance in Hurlyburly.

John Cleese was born on October 27, 1939, in Weston-Super-Mare, England, to Muriel Evelyn (Cross) and Reginald Francis Cleese. He was born into a family of modest means, his father being an insurance salesman; but he was nonetheless sent off to private schools to obtain a good education. Here he was often tormented for his height, having reached a height of six feet by the age of twelve, and eventually discovered that being humorous could deflect aggressive behavior in others. He loved humor in and of itself, collected jokes, and, like many young Britons who would grow up to be comedians, was devoted to the radio comedy show, "The Goon Show," starring the legendary Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, and Harry Secombe.

Cleese did well in both sports and academics, but his real love was comedy. He attended Cambridge to read (study) Law, but devoted a great deal of time to the university's legendary Footlights group, writing and performing in comedy reviews, often in collaboration with future fellow Python Graham Chapman. Several of these comedy reviews met with great success, including one in particular which toured under the name "Cambridge Circus." When Cleese graduated, he went on to write for the BBC, then rejoined Cambridge Circus in 1964, which toured New Zealand and America. He remained in America after leaving Cambridge Circus, performing and doing a little journalism, and here met Terry Gilliam, another future Python.

Returning to England, he began appearing in a BBC radio series, "I'm Sorry, I'll Read That Again", based on Cambridge Circus. It ran for several years and also starred future Goodies Tim Brooke-Taylor, Bill Oddie and Graeme Garden. He also appeared, briefly, with Brooke-Taylor, Graham Chapman and Marty Feldman in At Last the 1948 Show (1967), for television, and a series of collaborations with some of the finest comedy-writing talent in England at the time, some of whom - Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Chapman - eventually joined him in Monty Python. These programs included The Frost Report (1966) and Marty Feldman's program Marty (1968). Eventually, however, the writers were themselves collected to be the talent for their own program, Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969), which displayed a strange and completely absorbing blend of low farce and high-concept absurdist humor, and remains influential to this day.

After three seasons of the intensity of Monty Python, Cleese left the show, though he collaborated with one or more of the other Pythons for decades to come, including the Python movies released in the mid-70s to early 80s - Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979), Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982), and The Meaning of Life (1983). Cleese and then-wife Connie Booth collaborated in the legendary television series Fawlty Towers (1975), as the sharp-tongued, rude, bumbling yet somehow lovable proprietor of an English seaside hotel. Cleese based this character on a proprietor he had met while staying with the other Pythons at a hotel in Torquay, England. Only a dozen episodes were made, but each is truly hilarious, and he is still closely associated with the program to this day.

Meanwhile Cleese had established a production company, Video Arts, for clever business training videos in which he generally starred, which were and continue to be enormously successful in the English-speaking world. He continues to act prolifically in movies, including in the hit comedy A Fish Called Wanda (1988), in the Harry Potter series, and in the James Bond series as the new Q, starting with The World Is Not Enough (1999), in which he began as R before graduating to Q. Cleese also supplies his voice to numerous animated and video projects, and frequently does commercials.

Besides the infamous Basil Fawlty character, Cleese's other well-known trademark is his rendition of an English upper-class toff. He has a daughter with Connie Booth and a daughter with his second wife, Barbara Trentham.

Education and learning are important elements of his life - he was Rector of the University of Saint Andrews from 1973 until 1976, and continues to be a professor-at-large of Cornell University in New York. Cleese lives in Santa Barbara, California.

Kristopher Marshall is an English actor who has been starring in films, on television, and on stage for more than 20 years. He has played Nick Harper in My Family (2000), Colin Frissell in the film Love Actually (2003), Gratiano in The Merchant of Venice (2004), Dave in the first series of Citizen Khan (2012), and Tom Parker in Sanditon (2019). Marshall portrays DI Humphrey Goodman across four seasons of Death in Paradise (2011) (in 2014-2017) and in the spin-off Beyond Paradise (2023).

Charles Mesure was born Wednesday, August 12, 1970, in Somerset, England. When he was five, his family moved to Australia and he grew up in Sydney.

He studied law at Sydney University and was very active in SUDS, the school's dramatic society. He sang tenor in an a capella group called Cinco. After he graduated from the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) in Sydney in 1995, he moved to New Zealand where he soon got his first TV gig on "City Life." He also acted in plays at the Court and Circa theatres. He won Best Supporting Actor in 2003 for his role as DSS Kees Van Dam on "Street Legal."

In 2004 he moved to the US and had guest roles on several hit series, notably 12 episodes of "Crossing Jordan" (including the landmark 100th episode) and two episodes of "Without a Trace." Both featured him in season-ending cliffhangers.

In 2008, he returned to New Zealand for major roles in three series. He was nominated Best Actor in the TV Guide "Best on the Box" People's Choice Awards for his recurring role in "Outrageous Fortune." His character, Detective Sergeant Zane Gerard, was responsible for the biggest cliffhanger in NZ TV history. The second series, the award-winning family adventure "Kaitangata Twitch" with Charles as dad Carey Gallagher, finished its 13-episode run in July 2010. The same month, the complex mystery "This Is Not My Life" began 13 episodes with Charles in the lead as Alec Ross, a man who suspects his perfect family and life aren't for real.

Charles returned to the US in 2009 and was cast in "V" in the recurring role of mercenary Kyle Hobbes. He was a regular on the second season that ended in March 2011.

In July 2011, Charles was cast in the role of Ben Faulkner on the eighth and final season of "Desperate Housewives." Ben was Australian, a self-made construction millionaire, a man both charming and ruthless, who moved to Wisteria Lane and was immediately claimed by Renee Perry -- "Dibs!" In the last episode of the series, Ben and Renee got married.

In 2013, Charles traveled to South Africa to play a drunken American playboy in "Marple: A Caribbean Mystery," based on Agatha Christie's book, and to Miami for a final-season episode of "Burn Notice" where he was a criminal computer expert.

In January 2014, Charles filmed an action role in an episode of "The Mentalist." Immediately afterward, he flew to Vancouver to play the role of Blackbeard in "Once Upon a Time," sharing scenes with Colin O'Donoghue's fellow pirate Captain Hook. On Twitter, he described Blackbeard's costume as the coolest he'd ever worked in.

Amber Anderson is a British actress and pianist who grew up in the Highlands of Scotland. On screen, she's known for portraying the villainous Lady Diana Mitford in 'Peaky Blinders', Ciara Porter in BBC crime drama 'Strike', as well as her work on 'Black Mirror' and 'Maigret's Dead Man', alongside Rowan Atkinson.

Anderson's film credits include Jane Fairfax in the 2020 adaptation of 'EMMA.' by Jane Austen, Joanna Hogg's 'The Souvenir Pt. II', 'Your Highness' and Steve McQueen's film for Burberry, 'Mr. Burberry'. She won the award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in 'White Lie' at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards, and will soon be seen starring in Jaclyn Bethany's 'Tell That To the Winter Sea', alongside Greta Bellamacina, Jessica Plummer, Josette Simon and Tamsin Egerton.

Recently, she gave a "remarkable stage debut" in Neil LaBute's 'The Shape of Things' at Park Theatre, London.

A classically trained musician, Amber also plays piano and violin at an accomplished level, playing live for her scenes in Working Title's 'EMMA.', as well as appearing on the soundtrack. She studied at Aberdeen City Music School, playing to thousands of people and being part of the National Children's Orchestra of Scotland.

Recently, she founded London-based production company Just John Films along with actress Kate Phillips and actress/writer/director Rosie Day. They are building their slate as well as adapting books 'Cecily' by Annie Garthwaite, and 'Madame Restell' by Jennifer Wright for television.

In her work on a branding front, Amber has appeared in magazines such as British Vogue, Italian Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, ELLE, Vanity Fair, Wonderland, and Hunger Magazine. She has worked regularly with Burberry, appearing as the face of their fashion (shot by Mario Testino), beauty (shot by Cuneyt Akeroglu), and fragrance campaign 'Mr Burberry', directed by Oscar-winner Steve McQueen. She has also appeared in campaigns for Paul Smith, Kenzo Fragrances, Hermes, Clarins and Longchamp, and has walked for Chanel, Jean Paul Gaultier, Hermes, Dior Couture and Vivienne Westwood.

Anderson has worked with notable photographers Patrick Demarchelier, Mario Testino, Albert Watson, Nick Knight, Scott Trindle, Solve Sunsbo and Camilla Akrans.

Julia Davis was born on 25 August 1966 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Nighty Night (2004), Love Actually (2003) and Camping (2016).

Adam Campbell was born on 19 August 1980 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (2015), Great News (2017) and Hello Ladies (2013). He has been married to Jayma Mays since 28 October 2007. They have one child.

Richard Lintern is a Film Television and Stage actor based in London.

He started life in Somerset England, studied at Durham University, then won a scholarship to The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.

Since graduating he has worked extensively across many disciplines, enjoying success at the Royal Shakespeare Company and Royal National Theatre whilst developing a varied and rewarding film and television career. He also has a highly successful voice over career, including narrating BAFTA winning documentaries and voicing animated and games-based characters.

From 2013 til 2020 he starred as Thomas Chamberlain in BBC! Primetime drama Silent Witness, enjoying his role as one of the series' central figures. He left in 2020 to concentrate on developing other projects, both screen and stage based

Bill Bailey is known for his sharp wit and classic sense of humor. he is most famous for being in Never Mind The Buzzcocks, celebrity game-show in which he is a team captain. Bill is a stand up comedian, and has also starred in cult comedies such as Spaced and of course Black Books. He was given the award for the "best stand-up" at the British comedy awards.

Tamzin Malleson was born on 1 May 1974 in Yeovil, Somerset, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Teachers (2001), Poirot (1989) and Midsomer Murders (1997).

Barbara Leigh-Hunt trained for the theatre at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, then joined the Old Vic Company in London. After working in provincial repertory theatres she returned to the Bristol Old Vic to play Rosemary in 'A Severed Head', and transferred with the play to the West End. She returned again to Bristol to appear in 'Love's Labour's Lost' and 'Henry V', then toured Europe and Israel with them. She returned again to Bristol for further productions, then went on an American tour in 'Measure For Measure' and as Ophelia, opposite her husband Richard Pasco who was in the title role of 'Hamlet'. After her return to England she had a big success in the 1968 West End production of 'Mrs Mouse Are You Within'. Following this she made many appearances at the Old Vic, with the RSC at the Aldwych Theatre, and at the National Theatre.

She made her television debut in 1956 in a episode of The Recording Angells (1956), followed over the years by appearances in episodes of series such as Callan (1967), Special Branch (1969), Inspector Morse (1987), Ruth Rendell Mysteries (1987) and Kavanagh QC (1995), along with mini-series including The Brontës of Haworth (1973), A Perfect Hero (1991) and Wives and Daughters (1999). Her film debut was in 1972 in Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy (1972), which was quickly followed by Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972), in which she played Catherine Parr, and The Nelson Affair (1973). Subsequently her film appearances have been few, though they have included Billy Elliot (2000).

Tommy Lee Wallace is an American director, writer, producer, and actor. Although having worked in diverse genres, Tommy is probably best known for his contribution to the horror film, most notably its many sequels. Early on he scripted Amityville II: The Possession (1982) and quickly moved on to both write and direct the John Carpenter related Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) that starred cult horror icon Tom Atkins. He directed Fright Night Part 2 (1988) based on a screenplay by Tom Holland and It (1990), a coming-of-age horror tale adapted from the bestselling novel by Stephen King.

Over the years Tommy has worked on over 25 feature films and TV projects including John Carpenter's Vampires: Los Muertos (2002) and 3 segments of Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone (1985).

He was married to Nancy Kyes aka Nancy Loomis of Assault on Precinct 13 (1976), Halloween (1978) and The Fog (1980). Tommy also worked on those films - and Dark Star (1974) and Big Trouble in Little China (1986)

• assisting John Carpenter in

various capacities.

Jonathan Lynn and Antony Jay created and wrote every episode of the acclaimed BBC political comedy series Yes Minister (1980) and Yes, Prime Minister (1986). The series received numerous accolades including three BAFTA (British Academy) Awards, two Broadcasting Press Guild Awards and two Pye Television Writers Awards. It also won four BAFTA Awards for the star, Nigel Hawthorne. Lynn also won the BAFTA (British Academy) Writers Award. In the US he won the ACE Award for Best Written Comedy Series on cable television, having also been nominated the previous year. In addition, for "Yes, Minister" Lynn was given a Special Award from the Campaign For Freedom Of Information. He wrote three best-selling books, "The Complete Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister, Volumes 1 and 2" based on the series. All went to #1 on the London Sunday Times best-seller list. Between them they have sold over a million copies in hardback, were in the top ten best-sellers for three years and have been translated into numerous languages. "The Complete Yes Minister and Yes, Prime Minister, Volume 2" were the 2nd and 3rd British best-sellers of the decade, 1980-1989.

Lynn directed the film My Cousin Vinny (1992), a critical and commercial hit in 1992. Marisa Tomei, discovered in this film, won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Lynn's 1990 film Nuns on the Run (1990), which he also wrote, was a hilarious romp through the landscape of the church, starring Eric Idle and Robbie Coltrane. It won the Golden Cane Award at the Festival de Comedie in Switzerland. His film The Distinguished Gentleman (1992), starring Eddie Murphy, was about the corrupting power of lobbyists in Washington, DC, and exposed the need for campaign finance reform. Virtually everything in the film has since come true, and nine years after the release of the film it won a Special Award from the Political Film Society. It also won the Environmental Media Award. His other films are Clue (1985), Greedy (1994)starring Michael J. Fox and Kirk Douglas, Sgt. Bilko (1996) starring Steve Martin and Trial and Error (1997), which was favorably compared by Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert to a Billy Wilder movie. He also directed The Whole Nine Yards (2000), a hit comedy with Bruce Willis, Matthew Perry, Amanda Peet Natasha Henstridge, which was #1 at the US box office for three weeks. He also directed the hit comedy The Fighting Temptations (2003) for Paramount and MTV.

Born in Bath, England, Lynn has an MA in Law from Cambridge University. He never practiced law, but joined a theatre orchestra in London's West End. His first credit as a writer was The Internecine Project (1974) starring James Coburn. His first novel, "A Proper Man" was published in 1976 and "Mayday", his second novel, came out in 1993 (Viking/Penguin). In the same year he wrote the British television film Life After Life (1992).

He wrote his first two films, "Clue" and "Nuns On The Run", did an uncredited re-write on "My Cousin Vinny" and has completed a screenplay based on his novel "Mayday". His stage play "Collaborators" was produced in London's West End.

Lynn has also enjoyed notable success on the British stage. In 1987 he directed his own company at the National Theatre of Great Britain, eventually moving his centenary production of George Abbott's "Three Men On A Horse" to the West End. Once there, it won the Olivier Award for Best Comedy. His 1979 musical "Songbook" won the Society Of West End Theatres Award and the Evening Standard Award for Best Musical. From 1977 to 1981 Lynn served as Artistic Director of The Cambridge Theatre Company, where he produced more than forty plays, directing twenty of them himself including a "Macbeth" with Brian Cox that toured both the UK and India, playing a special performance for the Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi.

Other notable London productions include Georges Feydeau's "A Little Hotel On The Side" at the National Theatre, translated by John Mortimer, "The Glass Menagerie" (working with Tennessee Williams), George Bernard Shaw's "Arms And The Man.", Eric Idle's "Pass The Butler", Joe Orton's "Loot" with 'Leonard Rossiter' and Eugene O'Neill's "Anna Christie" at the Royal Shakespeare Company, in Stratford and London.

An accomplished actor, Lynn began his career at the age of 21 on Broadway, in the revue "Cambridge Circus", with John Cleese and Graham Chapman. His TV debut came on The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) in 1964. Returning to England, he was nominated Most Promising New Actor in the Plays And Players Awards for his first West End performance, in "Green Julia" (1965). He played leading roles in many British television films, including Jack Rosenthal's 'Bar Mitzvah Boy' (1976) (TV) and 'The Knowledge' (1981) (TV), 'Outside Edge' (1982) (TV) and starred in the series Doctor in the House (1969) and My Brother's Keeper (1975), which he also wrote.

His stage performances range from playing Adolf Hitler in the comedy "The Changing Years" at the Royal Court Theatre to Motel The Tailor in the original London cast of "Fiddler On The Roof". His film performances include cameos in Into the Night (1985), Three Men and a Little Lady (1990) and playing Kirk Douglas' butler in his own film Greedy (1994).

Lynn has an Honorary M.A. from the University of Sheffield and an Honorary Psy.D. from the American Behavioral Studies Institute. He lives in New York.

Pattie Boyd was born on 17 March 1944 in Taunton, Somerset, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Der Kommissar (1969), The Beatles: A Day in the Life (1967) and Miss O'Dell. She has been married to Rod Weston since 30 April 2015. She was previously married to Eric Clapton and George Harrison.

James Northcote was born on 10 October 1987 in Somerset, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for The Imitation Game (2014), Belle (2013) and Anna Karenina (2012).

Michael Gwynn was born on 30 November 1916 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK [now Bath and North East Somerset, England, UK]. He was an actor, known for Jason and the Argonauts (1963), Cleopatra (1963) and Village of the Damned (1960). He was married to Margaret Jean Bartlam. He died on 29 January 1976 in London, England, UK.

Mary Berry was born on 24 March 1935 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK. She is a writer, known for The Great British Baking Show (2010), The Great Comic Relief Bake Off (2013) and Britain's Best Home Cook (2018). She has been married to Paul John March Hunnings since 3 April 1966. They have three children.

Jaye Jacobs was born on 27 May 1982 in Bath, Somerset, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Holby City (1999), Waterloo Road (2006) and Casualty (1986).

Classically-trained English comedy actress Patricia Ann Brake was a graduate of the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She began her acting career at the Salisbury Playhouse in 1960. Two years later, she joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon performing alongside future acting greats Ian Richardson, Diana Rigg, Judi Dench, James Booth and Ian Holm.

On television, Patricia Brake is best remembered as Ronnie Barker's on-screen daughter Ingrid in Porridge (1974) (and its sequel Going Straight (1978)). Her blonde, vivacious looks and a certain penchant for comedy (especially cockney roles) ensured that she was frequently cast in sitcoms: Vicki in Second Time Around (1974), Eth in The Glums (1978), Dolly Delights in Mann's Best Friends (1985) (tenant in a chaotic boarding house run by Porridge co-star Fulton Mackay) and Cherry in Troubles and Strife (1985). She also appeared as diverse characters in The Two Ronnies (1971) sketches. Brake's roles in classic literary adaptations have included Lorna Doone (1963) and Nicholas Nickleby (1977) (as Miss Madeline Bray, Nickleby's love interest and eventual spouse).

No stranger to soaps either, Brake delighted daytime audiences with recurring roles in Emmerdale Farm (1972),Eldorado (1992) (during the filming in Spain she met her future second husband), EastEnders (1985) and Coronation Street (1960).

She also guested in The Bill (1984), Midsomer Murders (1997) and the long-running hospital drama series Casualty (1986). Until 2002, she was active on stage at the London West End and at the Theatre Royal in her home town of Bath, Somerset.

During a 2017 interview, Brake admitted to being an avid theatre-goer herself and to greatly enjoy gardening in her spare time.

Brake died in May 2022, aged 79, after a long battle with cancer.