Nick Cassavetes was born in New York City, the son of actress Gena Rowlands and Greek-American actor and film director John Cassavetes. As a child, he appeared in two of his father's films: Husbands (1970) and A Woman Under the Influence (1974). After spending so much of his youth surrounded by the film industry, Cassavetes initially decided he did not want to go into the field. He instead attended Syracuse University on a basketball scholarship. His athletic career was effectively ended by an injury, and he decided to rethink his aspirations, ultimately deciding to attend his parents' alma mater, the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. He has appeared in the films, Face/Off (1997), The Wraith (1986), Life (1999), Class of 1999 II: The Substitute (1994), Backstreet Dreams (1990) and The Astronaut's Wife (1999), among others. He has directed several films, including John Q (2002), Alpha Dog (2006), She's So Lovely (1997), Unhook the Stars (1996), The Notebook (2004), and My Sister's Keeper (2009). He also adapted the screenplay for Blow (2001) and wrote the dialogue for the Justin Timberlake music video, "What Goes Around... Comes Around". In 1985, Cassavetes married Isabelle Rafalovich. They had two daughters together, Virginia Cassavetes (Virginia Sara Cassavetes) (born in 1986) and Sasha Cassavetes (born in 1988), before divorcing. He then married Heather Wahlquist (Heather "Queenie" Wahlquist), who has appeared in several of his films, including a small role in The Notebook (2004) as Sara, a secondary character and best friend to the female lead Allie Hamilton, portrayed by Rachel McAdams. The movie is effectively a family project, as Cassavetes's own mother, Gena Rowlands, appears as the older, married Allie Calhoun.
罗伯特·杜瓦尔出生在加州的圣地亚哥，父亲是海军军官。杜瓦尔在普林斯匹亚学院主修戏剧，1953年毕业后曾参战，两年后退伍返美。回国后，杜瓦尔纽约的戏剧学校接受严格的训练，并在邻居剧场演舞台剧。在那里，他与达斯汀·霍夫曼共住一间公寓。在此期间，他参加了霍顿·富特一部名叫《夜惊...
Kimberly Elise was born on April 17, 1967 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA as Kimberly Elise Trammel. She is an actress, known for John Q (2002), Diary of a Mad Black Woman (2005) and For Colored Girls (2010). She was previously married to Maurice Oldham.
安·海切出生在美国的俄亥俄州，身高1米65。2001年9月1日与丈夫科尔曼·拉方结婚，现生有一子。外貌娟秀美丽，气质优雅，却是影坛典型的双性恋者。其父是合唱团的指挥，后死于爱滋病。她很小就开始表演，在“肥皂剧选粹奖”上，以《另一个世界》赢得最佳新人奖项，1991年获得艾美奖。1996年出...
雷·利奥塔1955年12月18日生于美国新泽西州。拥有意大利及爱尔兰血统。毕业于迈阿密大学。1964年涉足影坛圈，同年即在NBC电视台热播的日间肥皂剧《另一个世界》中崭露头角。
丹泽尔·华盛顿是好莱坞最具号召力的演员之一，也是目前好莱坞身价最高的黑人影星。 演艺生涯初期在电视剧中发展，80年代后转入电影业，90年代终被好莱坞所接纳，跨入A级演员的行列。 1990年凭借电影《光荣》获第62届奥斯卡最佳男配角奖，2000年凭借电影《飓风》获得第57届金球奖最佳男主角(剧情类) ，2002年凭借电影《训练日》获第74届奥斯卡最佳男主角奖，是继西德尼·波蒂埃后第二位黑人影帝。
詹姆斯·伍兹身高1.83米，是演技比外型抢眼的实力派男星，麻省理工学院毕业后进入外百老汇舞台，曾获欧比奖与剧院世界奖的肯定。1972年进入影坛。他的代表作包括《突破炼狱》、《四海兄弟》、《赌国风云》、《等待黑色黎明》与《杀手日记》等。他是好莱坞导演心目中最理想的歹徒角...
