罗伯特·德尼罗是当今美国影坛最具影响力和最受欢迎的演员之一，被公认为美国演员中演技派的代表人物。出生于美国纽约，父母均是著名的艺术家。因此早在10岁的时候，他已经有机会参演舞台剧《绿野仙踪》，不过是演那只害羞的狮子。
从耶鲁毕业后，先是加入了一个到特立尼达进行演出的剧团，回美国后便开始活跃于纽约的戏剧舞台。就在这段时间里，从她耶鲁时期的好友霍莉-亨特(Holly Hunter)那儿得知：一对非常古怪的兄弟正在为他们的第一部电影招募演员。这对兄弟便是后来在独立制片界声名显赫的科恩兄弟(CoenBrothers)，这部影片就是既为科恩兄弟也为麦克道曼打下电影生涯的基石的《血迷宫(Blood Simple)。不仅如此，通过这部影片，还成了科恩兄弟之一的乔尔-科恩(Joel Coen)的女朋友，后来又成了他的夫人。科恩兄弟对她的职业生涯无疑起着非常重要的作用，她后来借以获得奥斯卡影后称号的《冰血暴》中的角色，就是科恩兄弟专为其度身定做的。但即便如此，她却老早就声明，她的职业生涯不会依赖于科恩兄弟。事实也正如此。她一方面出演了其他许多知名导演的作品，另一方面也不放弃舞台表演，并在1987年因出演《欲望号街车》(A Streetcar Named Desire)而获得过“托尼奖”(Tony Award)的提名。 对她来说，获得奥斯卡的封号是对其多年表演生涯的一种认可，但从来就不是她刻意的追求。自1989年第一次获得奥斯卡提名开始，好莱坞便开始频频对她发出召唤，但她却懒得陷入对好莱坞式的大制作的追逐，而挑选了与一些才华卓越的导演进行合作，如：罗伯特-奥特曼(Robert Altman)的《短路》(Short Cuts)、约翰-波尔曼(John Boorman)的《仰光以远》(Beyond Rangoon)、约翰-席勒斯(JohnSayles)的《孤星》(Lone Star)，等等。她不是那种所谓的偶像派演员，她借以征服观众与影评家的是演技，所以人们常常记得的是她的角色而不是她本人。 对这种形式的被遗忘，她倒是毫不为忤，甚至可以说是欣然接受，因为很早以前她就对声名采取了一种少有人能够效仿的方式，拿她的话说就是：“我只是一个演员，很普通，很简单。”但正是“普通而简单”，在舞台上、在银幕上却常常会“消失”在角色之中，这种演什么是什么的功力，即便是在众星云集的好莱坞，也怕是没有几人。她对此却很低调，她曾说：“我不认为演员可以完全转化成为角色，但如果把功夫做足，也可以让人们相信你就是那个你试图成为的角色。”
詹姆斯·弗兰科出生在加州一个普通到不能再普通的平凡家庭，是哥仨中的老大。与美国男孩的坦率爱现完全相反，弗兰科的性格很内向。 弗兰科最为众人所知的角色，应该是《蜘蛛侠》中彼得·帕克最好的朋友哈利·奥斯本。弗兰科试镜时当然是冲着“蜘蛛侠”去的，失之交臂后却仍然被导演山姆·雷米委以重任，那个一直活在父亲死亡阴影下、备受煎熬的苍白男孩让弗兰科明白，即使手中不握着那根蜘蛛丝，同样可以爬得很高。
艾丽莎·杜什库，是阿尔巴尼亚及丹麦混血，出生在美国波士顿，从小就学舞、弹琴、打鼓。 在艾丽莎十四岁时，在阿诺·施瓦辛格的《真实的谎言》中扮演阿诺的女儿，令人印象深刻。1998年加入热门电视影集《吸血鬼猎人巴菲》，至2000年两年间共演出十六个单元，也让大家更为熟悉Eliza这个名字...
Dynamically entertaining heavyset US actor with piercing eyes, William Forsythe has a superb talent for playing some truly unlikeable and downright nasty characters that dominate the films in which he appears! If you're cast as the "hero" against Forsythe's "villain", then you have your work cut out for you, as Forsthye's raw energy and menace on screen is second to none. He started out in a couple of minor film roles and guest appearance's in high-rated TV shows including CHiPs (1977), Hill Street Blues (1981) and T.J. Hooker (1982). He quickly moved into high-quality feature films, including playing a small-time hoodlum in Once Upon a Time in America (1984), an hilariously funny performance as a bumbling jail escapee alongside John Goodman in the knockout Raising Arizona (1987) and as a renegade soldier in Extreme Prejudice (1987).
A fireball of talent and a musical force to be reckoned with, singer/actress Patti LuPone was born on April 21, 1949 on Long Island, New York of Italian heritage. Her parents, Orlando LuPone, a school administrator, and mother Angela, a librarian, eventually divorced. She was christened Patti in honor of her great-grand-aunt, the renowned 19th-century opera singer Adelina Patti. Trained in dance, her early days as a teen were spent as part of a 60s sibling group called "The Lupone Trio," which was comprised of Patti and older twin brothers William and Robert LuPone, the latter moving on to a daunting career of his own. A graduate of Northport High School, she attended the Drama Division of The Juilliard School and became part of its first graduating class, which also included future stars Kevin Kline and David Ogden Stiers.
Brian Tarantina was born on March 27, 1959 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Donnie Brasco (1997), One Life to Live (1968) and Jacob's Ladder(1990).
Linda Emond works in film, television and theatre, across genres, in roles that are often transformational. She was born in New Jersey but grew up in Southern California. She attended Loara High School (where she was Homecoming Queen) and received her MFA from the University of Washington in Seattle. Her first professional job as an actor was at The Empty Space Theatre in Seattle. She went on to work extensively in Chicago and ultimately in New York City. She has been regularly recognized in theatre, including earning three Tony Award nominations and receiving both the Lucille Lortel Award and an Obie.
