汤姆在1969年拍摄了第一部电影，主要电影作品有《三个奶爸一个娃娃》，扩阔戏路之作汤姆中扮演一名同性恋记者，更与凯文·克莱恩有接吻戏，诺曼底大风暴，饰演艾森豪威尔。
生于纽约布鲁克林区，父亲是电子工程师，在纽约市立学校攻读表演艺术后，开始于外百老汇登台《冬之狮》一剧，并于茱利亚戏剧研习班进修。移居洛杉矶后先拍了一部电视广告，然后参与电视节目演出。78年的《纳粹大屠杀》使他首次获得瞩目，而由于84年《金牌警校军》系列的成功，他的喜剧长才广受观众注意，其後陆续出演了《霹雳五号》、《三个奶爸一个娃》等喜剧。此外，他在两集科幻片《魔茧》亦有不错的成绩。
自小即接触戏剧，演过学生话剧，并取得纽约大学戏剧学位。之后她加入剧团巡回演出，亦在一些电视电影中饰小角色。1987年她在《三个奶爸一个娃》中出演母亲，颇受好评，其后在多部影片扮演配角。拍片之余，仍活跃于剧院，是外百老汇的“赤裸天使”剧团的创始人之一。...
费奥纳·肖1958年7月10日出生于爱尔兰科克尔郡。她毕业于英国皇家戏剧学院最后成为该院的准会员。她的演艺历程充满辉煌。2002年，在优秀戏剧颁奖晚会上，她因在伦敦的皇后剧院扮演美迪亚被评为最佳女主角。2001年，肖被授予英帝国二等功勋爵士。 1993年，她荣膺伦敦优秀戏剧奖...
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.
