Movie Synopsis

Hailing from a big state known for its bigger-than-life characters, Texan Dennis Quaid was a common sight in dramatic sports films, and certainly no stranger in the role of “roguish charmer” and “Western renegade.” His career got off to an auspicious start in the early 1980s, but by decade’s end, personal problems and drug addiction seemed to have taken a toll on the quality of his work. After a period of recovery, the actor strengthened his focus and began to rebuild a solid reputation as a powerful screen presence, able to helm a box office success and increasingly earning critical kudos.

Dennis Quaid was born on April 9, 1954, and raised in Houston, TX, in the shadow of older brother Randy, who began acting at an early age. The younger Quaid decided to make his mark in school plays after the 6’1” blond was deemed not big enough to play football, the favorite sport of Texans. Quaid was a natural performer who also played guitar and sang, and after graduating from high school he headed to his big brother’s alma mater, the University of Houston, where he joined the theater department. Success in a 1974 college production of "Bus Stop" led to a decision to head to L.A., where Randy had just earned an Academy Award nomination for “The Last Detail” (1974). With his killer smile and rugged good looks, Quaid landed a rapid succession of bit parts in films including Jonathan Demme’s “Crazy Mama” (1975), “I Never Promised You a Rose Garden” (1977), and finally, a larger role as one of a group of friends coping with the death of idol James Dean in James Bridges' "9/30/55" (1977). A supporting role in “Our Winning Season” (1978) introduced him to fellow castmate (and future cult figure as star of the 1979 punk classic “Rock and Roll High School) P.J. Soles, whom Quaid would marry later that year. But it was his turn as a frustrated, post-high school townie in the Midwestern coming of age drama "Breaking Away" (1979) that finally brought Quaid to the attention of Hollywood.

The following year, he teamed with brother Randy to play the outlaw Miller brothers in Walter Hill's Western "The Long Riders" (1980), before losing his momentum with a string of forgettable films, including “The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia” (1981) and “Jaws 3-D” (1983), which would introduce him to new love, actress Lea Thompson, around the time his marriage to Soles was disintegrating. The charismatic actor finally got a chance to demonstrate his potential with his fantastic turn as cocksure Houston astronaut Gordon Cooper in "The Right Stuff" (1983), Quaid’s most high profile film to date, as well as an Academy Award nominee for Best Picture.

After appearing on stage opposite brother Randy in Sam Shepard's blistering "True West" in New York and Los Angeles, Quaid landed starring status in flops “Dreamscape” (1984) and “Enemy Mine” (1985), before receiving a much-needed boost to the A-list in Jim McBride’s "The Big Easy" (1987), enjoying excellent reviews as a Louisiana detective. Relaxed and sporting a Cajun accent, the actor was sexy and swaggeringly charming; even more important to viewers was the palpable onscreen chemistry with co-star Ellen Barkin. Off-screen, however, Quaid had become an item with his “Innerspace” (1987) co-star and about to superstar, Meg Ryan. A year before Ryan became “America’s Sweetheart” with her unforgettable performance in “When Harry Met Sally” (1989), the new couple also appeared together in the unsuccessful 1988 remake of the film noir classic “D.O.A.”

Continuing to be in demand as a leading man, Quaid delivered a fine performance as a former high school football star in the middling "Everybody's All American" (1988), and reunited with Jim McBride to star in the biopic of explosive rockabilly legend Jerry Lee Lewis "Great Balls of Fire" (1989), but neither film drew in a big audience. Off-screen, it was later revealed that the actor was battling an addiction to cocaine. Following his turn as a roguishly charming cad opposite Meryl Streep in "Postcards From the Edge" (1990), he underwent treatment for substance abuse, followed by a two-year, self-imposed hiatus, during which time he married Ryan and the pair had a son, Jack. Post-rehab, Quaid returned to the big screen, starring in three little-seen 1993 pictures — the bizarre and confusing "Wilder Napalm," the precious "Thin Man" wannabe "Undercover Blues," and the well-acted family drama "Flesh and Bone." Then the actor literally transformed himself, dropping 40 pounds to play tubercular Doc Holliday in Lawrence Kasdan's epic "Wyatt Earp" (1993). Overall, the film was a disappointment, however reviewers singled out Quaid's performance. He followed up as the charming ne'er-do-well husband of Julia Roberts in "Something to Talk About" (1995) and brought a level of surprising believability to his turn as a medieval knight in "Dragonheart" (1996).

Finally Quaid scored a box office hit in 1998, co-starring with Natasha Richardson in the remake of Disney’s "The Parent Trap,” and offered a stellar performance as a mercenary in the little-seen "Savior" (1998), before turning in one of the more memorable performances of his career as an aging quarterback in the Oliver Stone-directed "Any Given Sunday" (1999). His run of solid, well-respected films continued when Quaid was included in a Screen Actors Guild Award given to the cast of “Traffic” (2000), in which he played a slippery lawyer advising the wife of a drug lord. Unfortunately, as he was savoring the success of the award-winning film, he found himself in a very public split with Ryan, after she and her “Proof of Life” (2000) co-star, Russell Crowe came out as a couple. Although there had been whispers of trouble between the couple for a few years, no one could have predicted “America’s Sweetheart” would have an affair with the then hottest actor in town at that time, Russell Crowe, her co-star in “Proof of Life” (2000), and then leave Quaid not long after. Although a brutal split, on a public relations level, Quaid came out on top, being the perceived wronged party in the scandalous love triangle.

After starring in the critically acclaimed television film "Dinner with Friends," he returned to the big screen in another sports-set drama, the surprising hit "The Rookie" (2002). Quaid had first billing in this fact-based story of a middle-aged high school baseball coach who tries out for the Major Leagues and becomes its oldest rookie. Quaid truly hit one out of the park in that year’s intense drama "Far From Heaven" (2002), earning an Independent Spirit Award for his co-starring role opposite Julianne Moore. Set in Connecticut during the 1950s, Quaid was pitch-perfect in a fearless performance as a family man who is secretly homosexual, a secret which makes him neglectful, abusive and alcoholic. Universally praised for his tragic, tormented turn, Quaid delivered a powerful performance and was a force to be reckoned with in Hollywood again.

Next up, Quaid teamed with Sharon Stone in Mike Figgis' sly but commercially lackluster take on the haunted house thriller in "Cold Creek Manor' (2003), then took on the history of his home state by portraying Sam Houston in Disney's unfortunate box-office bomb "The Alamo" (2004). Bigger at the box office than either film was director Roland Emmerich's big budget disaster film "The Day After Tomorrow" (2004), in which Quaid starred as a climatologist racing northward to find his young son after the planet experiences a radical climate change.

After a turn in the superfluous but crowd-pleasing remake "Flight of the Phoenix" (2004), Quaid soared in a career-defining role as a successful middle-aged magazine ad salesman who suddenly finds himself working under a new boss (Topher Grace) nearly half his age in writer-director Paul Weitz's comedy "In Good Company" (2004). A remake of the 1968 Lucille Ball-Henry Fonda comedy “Yours, Mine and Ours” (2005), co-starring Rene Russo as the other half of a blended family, did moderately well at the box office despite tanking critically. The limp political satire “American Dreamz” (2006), in which Quaid played a doofus president, tanked on both accounts. Quaid followed up with a very different film centering on a U.S. president, playing a secret service agent who witnesses an assassination in “Vantage Point” (2008). The film brought action-oriented audiences to the theaters but sent critics home early. Quaid had three more releases scheduled for the year, including the college-set comedy “Smart People” co-starring young Oscar nominee Ellen Page, and “The Express,” in which Quaid portrayed a football coach in the real-life story of Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman trophy.

• Also Credited As:
  Dennis William Quaid
• Born:
  Dennis William Quaid on April 9, 1954 in Houston, Texas, USA
• Job Titles:
  Actor, Singer, Songwriter, Producer

Family

• Brother: Randy Quaid. Born in 1950; known for his roles in The Last Detail (1973), National Lampoon s Vacation (1983), Kingpin (1996) and Independence Day (1996)
• Daughter: Zoe Grace Quaid. Twin of Thomas; delivered by a surrogate on Nov. 8, 2007; mother is Kimberly (Buffington) Quaid
• Father: William Quaid. Divorced from Quaid s mother when Quaid was in high school; died of a heart attack in 1987
• Half-brother: Buddy Quaid. Born in 1974
• Mother: Nita Quaid. divorced from Quaid s father when Quaid was in high school
• Son: Jack Henry Quaid. Born April 24, 1992; mother, Meg Ryan
• Son: Thomas Boone Quaid. Twin of Zoe; delivered by a surrogate on Nov. 8, 2007; mother is Kimberly (Buffington) Quaid

Significant Others

• Wife: Kimberly Buffington. Began dating in early 2003; engaged June 2004; married July 4, 2004 in Montana
• Companion: Anna Poche. dating as of July 2002
• Companion: Cynthia Garrett. dating since March 2002
• Companion: Lea Thompson. met during the filming of Jaws 3-D in 1983; lived together for four years
• Companion: Shanna Moakler. dated since early 2001; no longer together since December 2001

Education

• University of Houston, Houston, TX

Milestones

• 1969 Began career as an impressionist in Houston nightclubs at age 15
• 1974 Moved to Los Angeles
• 1975 First screen appearance in an uncredited bit part, Crazy Mama
• 1977 Film acting debut in 9/30/55 directed by James Bridges
• 1978 TV acting debut, Are You in the House Alone? (CBS)
• 1979 Had breakthrough screen role as Mike, the high school jock, in Breaking Away
• 1980 Co-starred with his brother Randy in Walter Hill s The Long Riders
• 1981 Appeared in the CBS TV-movie Bill alongside Mickey Rooney
• 1981 Wrote songs for and sang on screen in The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
• 1983 Gained good notices for his turn as the cocky astronaut Gordon Cooper in The Right Stuff
• 1983 Reprised his TV role in the sequel Bill on His Own (CBS)
• 1984 Starred opposite brother Randy in the Off-Broadway production of Sam Shepard s True West
• 1987 Won acclaim for his performance in The Big Easy ; directed by Jim McBride
• 1989 Portrayed singer Jerry Lee Lewis in the biopic Great Balls of Fire , also directed by Jim McBride
• 1993 Co-starred with then wife, Meg Ryan in Flesh and Bone
• 1994 Earned praise for his performance as Doc Holliday in Lawrence Kasdan s epic Wyatt Earp
• 1996 Starred as a medieval knight in Dragonheart
• 1998 Co-starred in the remake of Disney s The Parent Trap
• 1998 Made directorial debut with made-for-cable TV-movie Everything That Rises (TNT); also starred
• 1999 Portrayed a past his prime football quarterback in Oliver Stone s Any Given Sunday
• 2000 Cast as the long-dead firefighting father of a contemporary detective in the supernatural-themed Frequency
• 2000 Had pivotal role as a lawyer in Traffic
• 2001 Co-starred in the HBO adaptation of the Pulitzer-winning play Dinner With Friends
• 2002 Appeared with Julianne Moore in the drama Far From Heaven ; received Golden Globe and SAG nominations for Best Supporting Actor
• 2002 Portrayed a high school baseball coach in the fact-based feature The Rookie
• 2004 Played a climatologist who tries to find a way to save the world in Roland Emmerich s The Day After Tomorrow
• 2004 Starred in a remake of the 1965 film The Flight of the Phoenix
• 2004 Starred with Scarlett Johansson and Topher Grace in the comedy In Good Company directed by Paul Weitz
• 2005 Co-starred with Rene Russo in the remake of Yours, Mine and Ours, a comedy about a blended family
• 2005 Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (November)
• 2006 Portrayed the US President in Paul Weitz American Dreamz
• 2008 Cast in the ensemble film, Vantage Point as a Secret Service agent
• 2008 Joined Sarah Jessica Parker, Ellen Page and Thomas Haden Church in the indie feature, Smart People
• 2009 Co-starred as Hawk, the team leader, in the live action film adaptation of G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
• Born and raised in Texas
• Formed Summers/Quaid Productions with Cathleen Summers

After making his mark with the Royal Shakespeare Company and in an acclaimed production of Stephen Daldry’s “An Inspector Calls” (1992), actor Paul Bettany had a memorable debut as Geoffrey Chaucer in the cheeky adventure "A Knight's Tale" (2001). From there, Bettany developed into a much sought-after supporting actor who made occasional forays into leading man territory. But it was his role as the imagined roommate of a genius mathematician suffering from schizophrenia in “A Beautiful Mind” (2001) that catapulted the actor into a rising star. More importantly, however, Bettany won the heart of his Oscar-winning co-star, Jennifer Connelly, whom he married in 2002. Following another acclaimed performance in the period adventure, "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" (2003), Bettany took a bit of a misstep with the failed romantic comedy "Wimbledon" (2004), before going virtually unnoticed with the Medieval thriller, “The Reckoning” (2004). Nonetheless, he continued to have quality turns in large studio films like “Firewall” (2006) and “The Da Vinci Code” (2006), indicating that Bettany was a star who easily transitioned between supporting and leading roles in a variety of film genres.

Born on May 27, 1971 in London, England, Bettany was raised in Harelsdent by his father, Thane, a ballet dancer and actor, and his mother, Anne, a singer, stage performer and secretary. When he was 16, Bettany dropped out of school and spent the next two years as a street performer – or busker – in and around London. After a year working at a home for the elderly, he decided to enroll at the Drama Centre, where he trained from 1991 to 1994. Bettany made his stage debut in Stephen Daldry’s “An Inspector Calls,” then spent a year with the Royal Shakespeare Company. Following appearances in over a dozen productions over the next four years, Bettany was seen in one of his earliest onscreen roles, playing Prince William of Orange in “Sharpe’s Waterloo” (1997), a British drama that follows the career of soldier Richard Sharpe (Sean Bean) during the Napoleonic Wars. Bettany had a memorable feature film debut in the small role of a Nazi officer in the feature adaptation of "Bent" (1997), before going on to appear in "Land Girls" (1998) and "David Copperfield" (TNT, 2000).

Already on the rise, Bettany delivered a bravura performance in the British-made crime thriller, “Gangster No. 1” (2000), playing the young incarnation of a suave, but frighteningly violent gangster learning the tricks of the trade from a mob leader (David Thewlis). After starring in the black comedy, "Dead Babies" (2000), adapted from Martin Amis' novel, and revealing himself in more ways than one in “A Knights Tale” (2001), Bettany landed a breakthrough supporting role in "A Beautiful Mind" (2001), Ron Howard’s compelling, but sometimes saccharine biopic of mathematician John Forbes Nash, Jr. (Russell Crowe). His performance as Nash’s charismatic, inspirational roommate – who turns out to be nothing more than a physical manifestation of Nash’s schizophrenia – gave Bettany some much deserved attention in America. Following a December 2002 wedding to "A Beautiful Mind" co-star Jennifer Connelly, the actor was cast in the Thaddeus O'Sullivan drama, "The Heart of Me" (2003), in which he played a loving husband who finds himself having a torrid affair with his wife's Bohemian sister (Helena Bonham Carter).

Bettany reunited with Russell Crowe for the lavish high-seas adventure "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World" (2003), playing Dr. Stephen Maturin, the good doctor on the H.M.S. Surprise and close ally to Captain Jack Aubrey (Crowe). Aubrey's intent to take the crew on a perilous mission causes Maturin to question whether or not the journey is professionally or personally motivated, putting a serious strain on their longtime friendship. Bettany was hailed for his performance, which earned him a London Critics Award and a nomination for best supporting actor at the 2004 BAFTA Awards. He next tried to establish himself as a leading man, starring in the romantic comedy "Wimbledon" (2004) as a washed up tennis ace whose passions are reignited by a love match with a feisty young up-and-comer (Kirsten Dunst), leading him to compete in the sport's most prestigious competition. Despite the unique pairing of Bettany and Dunst, the film failed at the box office. Bettany then starred in Scottish filmmaker’s Paul McGuigan’s Medieval murder thriller, “The Reckoning” (2004), playing a priest on the lam after leaving the church for committing adultery. He encounters a troupe of traveling actors led by the charismatic Martin (Willem Dafoe) who stage a real-life crime drama to find the murderer.

Nicely mixing up genre and character, Bettany co-starred in “Firewall” (2006), playing a ruthless and resourceful thief who kidnaps the family of a computer security specialist (Harrison Ford) in order to rip off $100 million from a bank protected by the specialist’s own security system. He next appeared in one of the most controversial and anticipated films in decades, “The Da Vinci Code” (2006), directed by Ron Howard from Dan Brown’s mega-blockbuster book. Bettany played an albino assassin for the secretive Catholic society, Opus Dei, which tries to thwart a symbologist (Tom Hanks) called to the Louvre Museum where a curator was murdered. A trail of mysterious symbols and clues eventually leads to a 2,000 year-old secret that could destroy the very foundations of society if revealed. Following a supporting turn in “The Secret Life of Bees” (2008), Bettany was the voice of Jarvis, the artificial intelligence that assists billionaire playboy and industrialist, Tony Stark (Robert Downey, Jr.), design the suit for “Iron Man” (2008). He next played Dustfinger in “Inkheart” (2009), a children’s fantasy based on Cornelia Funke’s novels about a bookbinder (Brendan Fraser) who can transport fictional characters into the real world when he reads aloud.

• Born:
  May 27, 1971 in London, England, United Kingdom
• Job Titles:
  Actor, Busker, Guitarist, Singer

Family

• Brother: Matthew Bettany. Younger; died at age eight when he fell from a roof of a tennis pavilion in 1988
• Father: Thane Bettany. Divorced Anne Kettle in 1993 after 25 years of marriage
• Mother: Anne Kettle. Divorced Thane Bettany in 1993 after 25 years of marriage
• Sister: Sarah Bettany. Older
• Son: Stellan Connelly. Born Aug. 5, 2003; mother, Jennifer Connelly; named after actor Stellan Skarsgard
• Step-son: Kai Dugan. Born in 1997; son of Jennifer Connelly and David Dougan

Significant Others

• Companion: Emily Mortimer. Had a relationship early in Paul s career; no longer together
• Wife: Jennifer Connelly. met on the set of A Beautiful Mind in 2001; began dating in 2002; married C. December 2002 in Scotland
• Companion: Laura Fraser. born c. 1977; met in late 1999 when they both auditioned for a film; co-starred in A Knight s Tale

Education

• The Drama Center, London, England

Milestones

• 1992 Acted in Stephen Daldry s acclaimed revival of An Inspector Calls
• 1997 Appeared as Prince William of Orange in the British TV production Sharpe s Waterloo
• 1997 Film acting debut, playing a Nazi captain in Bent
• 1998 Had supporting role in Land Girls
• 2000 Co-starred in the black comedy Dead Babies
• 2000 Debut in a US TV production, cast as James Steerforth in the TNT miniseries adaptation of David Copperfield
• 2000 First leading role in films, as the young incarnation of the title character in the British drama Gangster No. 1
• 2001 Breakthrough screen role as an often naked Geoffrey Chaucer in A Knight s Tale
• 2001 Cast opposite Russell Crowe, who portrayed mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr., in Ron Howard s A Beautiful Mind
• 2003 Cast as a young monk who joins a traveling band of actors in The Reckoning
• 2003 Re-teamed with Crowe for Peter Weir s Master and Commander
• 2003 Starred in the feature The Heart of Me, an adaptation of Rosamond Lehmann s novel The Echoing Grove
• 2004 Co-starred with Nicole Kidman, as Tom Edison, the self-appointed town spokesman in Lars von Trier s Dogville
• 2004 Played an aging tennis pro, opposite Kirsten Dunst, in Richard Loncraine s Wimbledon
• 2006 Co-starred with Harrison Ford in the thriller, Firewall
• 2006 Portrayed albino monk, Silas in Ron Howard s big-screen adaptation of Dan Brown s best-selling novel The Da Vinci Code
• 2008 Co-starred in the feature adaption of the bestselling novel The Secret Life of Bees
• Raised in Harlsden in northwest London
• Spent one season with the Royal Shakespeare Company
• Worked as a street performer (busker) in London

After making a name for himself in his native France, particularly with his collaborations with action director Luc Besson, actor Jean Reno crossed the Atlantic to become a highly-sought character performer in big budget Hollywood fare. Though he broke the ice with American audiences with the cult classic “La Femme Nikita” (1991), Reno made his greatest impression on U.S. shores playing a reluctant hit man training a young girl (Natalie Portman) in the strangely heartwarming thriller “The Professional” (1994). Ever since, Reno made his mark playing coolly ambiguous and frighteningly cunning characters who more often than not reveal themselves to be all-too-human. Reno was perhaps most memorable in action thrillers like “Ronin” (1998) and “The Da Vinci Code” (2006), but least appreciated in silly blockbusters like “Godzilla” (1998) and “The Pink Panther” (2006). Despite not possessing a marquee name, Reno proved himself to be an invaluable character performer capable of switching from foreign films to Hollywood features with ease.

Born Juan Moreno y Herrera Jiménez on July 30, 1948 in Casablanca, Morocco, Reno was raised by his Spanish Andalusian parents who fled to North Africa to escape the dictatorship of Francisco Franco. When he was 17, Reno and family relocated to France, where he began acting after high school, attending a French-government sponsored drama school. He made his professional stage debut in a Parisian production of "Ecce Homo" (1974), then spent the next couple of years honing his craft onstage. Reno made his screen debut playing a small role in "L'Hypothese du tableau vole" (1978), and the following year, had another small role in Costa-Gavras' "Clair de femme" (1979). After appearing in several minor parts, Reno landed his first substantial feature role in his first collaboration with Luc Besson in "Le Dernier combat" (1983), the director’s dialogue-less sci-fi film about a bleak and desolate world where people are physically unable to speak. Following a second outing with Besson on "Subway" (1985), Reno teamed up with the director a third time in what proved to be his breakout film, "The Big Blue" (1988), for which he earned critical praise for his portrayal of a champion diver who fights off competition from an old friend and rival (Jean-Marc Barr).

With his career on the rise in France, it was only a matter of time until Reno was introduced to American audiences. Reno collaborated with Besson once again, playing the partner of a drug addict-turned-government assassin (Anne Parillaud) in the action thriller classic, "La Femme Nikita" (1991). Reno’s character helped establish his later onscreen persona – cool, calculating and amoral, while retaining the impression that he was human underneath it all. Released in France in 1990, the film earned a cult following after its release in the United States the next year, introducing Reno to a wider audience. Over the years, “Le Femme Nikita” became the model for which many crime thrillers were based, including an American remake starring Bridget Fonda and a long-running television series on USA Network. Reno next played a sympathetic priest who moonlights as a wrestler in order to raise money for his church's projects in "L'Homme au masque d'or" (1990). He then had a much-applauded turn as Godefroy de Montmirail, a valiant nobleman from the Musketeer-days transported to the 20th century in "Les Visiteurs/The Visitors" (1996). The film set box office records in France for its 1993 release and spawned a sequel a few years later, as well as a typically shoddy American remake in 2001.

Working with Besson once again, Reno made his English-language debut with "The Professional” (1994), a stylish, violent and oddly endearing thriller about a professional hit man who takes on a new apprentice in the form of a 12-year-old girl (Natalie Portman). With the attention he received for "The Professional,” the actor was firmly established as a notable presence on American shores. He followed up by playing a con-man thorn-in-the-side to Kevin Kline in Lawrence Kasdan's "French Kiss" (1995) then portrayed Krieger, one of the operatives chosen by Tom Cruise for a top secret operation in "Mission: Impossible" (1996). Reno suddenly became a known quantity with both Hollywood insiders and appreciative audiences, who took to the actor when he appeared in such features such as "Godzilla" (1998) and "Ronin" (1998) – the latter of which allowed him to use his ambiguous onscreen persona to great effect in John Frankenheimer’s excellent spy thriller. After reprising his role in “The Visitors” for the remake “Just Visiting” (2001), he played the scheming creator of a violent futuristic sport in the disastrous "Rollerball" (2002).

He had a brief, but potent turn in director Terry George's "Hotel Rwanda" (2004), playing a sympathetic Belgian hotel executive doing all he can to save the lives of his brave Rwandan manager (Don Cheadle) and the refugees he is sheltering during the 1994 genocide. After appearing in foreign-made features like “La Tigre e La Neve” (2005) and “L’empire des Loups” (2005), Reno played Ponton, a detective assigned to keep an eye on the ever-bumbling Inspector Jacques Clouseau in “The Pink Panther” (2006), the much-derided – but sadly profitable – remake of Peter Seller’s classic series of comic films. Reno was then set to be seen in one of the most controversial and anticipated movies to have come along in decades, “The Da Vinci Code” (2006), directed by Ron Howard from Dan Brown’s mega-blockbuster about a secret religious society guarding a 2000 year-old secret. After voicing Le Fog in the animated adventure “Flushed Away” (2006) and playing the war-weary commander of a World War I fighter squadron in “Flyboys” (2006), Reno starred in the gangster thriller “Cash” (2008), then reprised Ponton for the unsuccessful sequel “The Pink Panther 2” (2009).

• Also Credited As:
  Juan Moreno, Juan Moreno y Herrera Jiménez
• Born:
  Juan Moreno y Herrera Jiménez on July 30, 1948 in Casablanca, Morocco
• Job Titles:
  Actor

Family

• Daughter: Sandra Reno. Born in 1978; mother is Genevieve
• Daughter: Serena Reno. Born in 1998; mother is Nathalie
• Son: Mickael Reno. Born in 1980; mother is Genevieve
• Son: Tom Reno. Born in 1996; mother is Nathalie

Significant Others

• Wife: Genevieve Reno. Divorced from first wife; mother of his two eldest children
• Wife: Nathalie Dyszkiewicz. Divorced from second wife; mother of his two youngest children
• Wife: Nathalie Reno.
• Wife: Zofia Borucka. Married in Baux-De-Provence, southern France on July 29, 2006
• Companion: . divorced

Education

• Cours Simon Drama School, Paris, France, acting, 1970

Milestones

• 1960 Moved to France at the age of seventeen
• 1974 Made professional stage debut in Ecce Homo
• 1978 Screen acting debut in L Hypothese du tableau vole
• 1983 Made first film with director Luc Besson, Le Dernier Combat
• 1987 Portrayed a champion free diver in Luc Besson s The Big Blue
• 1990 Cast as The Cleaner in Luc Besson s La Femme Nikita
• 1993 Starred in the cult French film, The Visitors
• 1994 Made US acting debut in The Professional ; directed by Besson
• 1996 Featured opposite Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible
• 1998 Played a French scientist in the big-budget, Godzilla
• 2000 Co-starred with Vincent Cassel in the French police drama, The Crimson Rivers
• 2001 Portrayed a French detective in Wasabi ; written and produced by Luc Besson
• 2001 Reprised role from The Visitors for an American remake titled, Just Visiting
• 2002 Co-starred with Juliet Binoche in the romantic comedy, Jet Lag
• 2006 Cast as Bezu Fache in Ron Howards feature adaptation of Dan Brown s best-selling novel, The Da Vinci Code
• 2006 Co-starred with Steve Martin in a prequel to the 1964 Peter Sellers original film, The Pink Panther
• 2009 Co-starred as Marcel, a therapist and operator of the resort, in the comedy Couples Retreat
• 2009 Re-teamed with Steve Martin and reprised role for The Pink Panther 2

Once typecast as a doomed young rebel with smoldering good looks, Oscar-nominee Matt Dillon managed to outlast his teen stardom from Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Outsiders” (1983) and enjoy a respected career in both drama and comedy. His acclaimed starring role in Gus Van Sant’s “Drugstore Cowboy” (1989) helped build a bridge from Dillon’s reckless teen roles to more adult fare, though he showed a career-long penchant for seedy and duplicitous characters, to which he always brought a charismatic charm or brooding allure. While making successful forays into cartoonish, blockbuster comedies like “There’s Something About Mary” (1998) and “You, Me and Dupree” (2007), Dillon also stuck close to independent film where he displayed uncommon versatility with Ted Demme’s “Beautiful Girls” (1996), “Factotum” (2006), and Paul Haggis’ “Crash” (2005), for which he won an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actor. Despite the New Yorker’s Hollywood-outsider status, Dillon maintained a prolific career that while marked by numerous dips and peaks, steadily held the respect of critics and audiences for several decades.

Dillon was born Matthew Raymond Dillon on Feb. 18, 1964, and raised in Mamaroneck, NY. His artistic-leaning family including a father who painted portraits and a pair of uncles who illustrated the famous comic strips “Flash Gordon” and “Blondie.” But by the time he was a teen, Dillon seemed unlikely to follow in his family’s footsteps and was cultivating an image as a class-cutting back-talker when talent scouts stumbled across him while combing the Horrocks School in search of an unknown talent for the film “Over the Edge” (1979). During his official audition, the 14-year-old made a strong (if abrasive) impression and producers knew they had found the right kid to play a troubled teen in Jonathan Kaplan's powerful film. Following his impressive debut in the indie, he was swiftly cast in two mainstream features, playing a school bully who experiences an eventual comeuppance in "My Bodyguard" (1980) and the object of Kristy McNichol’s teen sexual desire in “Little Darlings” (1980). With his budding film career an attractive alternative to suburban high school life, Dillon left school to focus on acting and shot to stardom as the charismatic but confused lead of a trio of teen films adapted from the works of S.E. Hinton, beginning with Tim Hunter’s "Tex" (1982).

While Francis Ford Coppola’s "Rumblefish" was an artful, adult-oriented portrait of a kid from the wrong side of the tracks, his more commercial follow-up "The Outsiders" featuring an astonishing cast of up-and-coming heartthrobs including Tom Cruise, Rob Lowe and Patrick Swayze, transformed Dillon into a teen magazine pinup. While his acting was sometimes clunky, he easily and believably fell into the time-tested persona of a charismatic juvenile delinquent, and in addition, the camera simply loved his moody face. Lightening his image, he starred in Garry Marshall’s period comedy "The Flamingo Kid" (1984) where his starring role as a working class Brooklyn kid with upper class envy showed the actor had more range yet to showcase. He re-teamed on screen with “Outsiders” siren Diane Lane in the 1950-set romance “The Big Town” (1987), playing a small town crapshooter whose ambitious move to Chicago finds him caught up in a tangled web of danger and illicit liaisons. After ably holding his own among the all-star cast including Tommy Lee Jones and Bruce Dern, Dillon co-starred opposite pretty boy Andrew McCarthy in the caper “Kansas” (1988), which was forgettable – though Dillon’s performance was singled out by reviewers as the film’s strength.

Under the clear, gritty vision of indie filmmaker Gus Van Sant, Dillon was reborn with “Drugstore Cowboy” (1989), which shed Dillon’s Hollywood version of seedy characters in favor of a toothy and realistic starring role as a drug addicted thief nearing the end of his run. For his assured, mature performance (opposite Kelly Lynch as his wife), Dillon won a Best Lead Actor honor from the Independent Spirit Awards and finally left his reputation as a 1980s heartthrob in the dust. "A Kiss Before Dying" (1991), a mainstream thriller, failed at the box office but earned Dillon another round of accolades for a subtle performance, and he followed up with a supporting role in Cameron Crowe’s generation X chronicle “Singles” (1992), where he gave an amusing turn as a dim-witted, flannel clad Seattle rocker. He proved convincing as a working-class Italian-American with dreams of owning a bowling alley in the light romantic comedy "Mr. Wonderful" (1993), and reunited with director Tim Hunter to play a disturbed man who is befriended by a homeless Danny Glover in "The Saint of Fort Washington" (1993), which received mixed reviews.

Van Sant tapped Dillon for a supporting role as the happily suburban (and doomed) husband of a fiercely ambitious weather girl (Nicole Kidman) in the sharply humorous "To Die For" (1995), and the same year displayed a winning chemistry with Anne Parillaud in "Frankie Starlight.” In another indie success, he appeared in the praised ensemble comedy "Beautiful Girls" (1996) and played a 1960s record producer in Allison Anders’ pop music portrait “Grace of My Heart” (1996). With his hilarious role as a self-impressed actor who unwittingly outs his closeted gay high school teacher (Kevin Kline) at the Academy Awards in "In & Out" (1997), Dillon entered the new realm of successful mainstream comedies. His follow-up performance in the Farrelly Brothers’ mega blockbuster "There's Something About Mary" (1998), however, really caused audiences to rediscover Dillon, who was praised for his comic performance as the cartoonish, mustachioed private dick who stalks, then falls in love with the woman he was hired to track down (Cameron Diaz). Further fueling the publicity machine of the gross-out hit, Dillon and Diaz became involved in a long-term romance — one of the few ever made public by the private star who had, in the past, only been linked with frequent co-star Diane Lane.

Back in the spotlight, Dillon was cast as a popular guidance counselor wrongly accused of rape in the sexy, campy thriller "Wild Things" (1998) opposite Neve Campbell, Denise Richards and Kevin Bacon. In a rare move to television Dillon directed an episode of HBO’s gritty prison drama “Oz” (1997-2003) and was not seen onscreen again until 2001, when he gave a “Mary”-reminiscent performance as a macho sleazeball in the comedy "One Night at McCool's." However even a star-studded cast including Michael Douglas, John Goodman and Liv Tyler failed to turn the film’s promising conceit into a solid comedy. In 2002, Dillon unveiled his first feature filmmaking effort, "City of Ghosts," which followed the story of con man who travels to Cambodia to get his share from an insurance scam but finds himself caught in a much more dangerous situation. From his ambitious writing and directing debut, Dillon went on to star in the Sundance-screened caper comedy "Employee of the Month" (2004).

Dillon’s career experienced another upturn with an Oscar-nominated supporting performance in the racially charged, multi-plot drama "Crash" (2005). Playing an angry LAPD patrol officer whose frustrations at home lead him to act out on the job, Dillon delivered an unflinching, complex performance that stood out even among the film's top-flight acting ensemble. In a display of unbridled versatility, Dillon played a NASCAR champ who gets beat racing a lovable, animated Volkswagen Bug in the Disney blockbuster “Herbie: Fully Loaded” (2005). “You Me and Dupree” (2005), a predictable romantic comedy where Dillon essayed the straight man whose bachelor buddy moves in with him and his new bride (Kate Hudson), proved just as big a hit with moviegoers. He returned to indie drama with “Factotum” (2005), starring in the film adaptation of one of Charles Bukowski’s autobiographical chronicles of drinking, gambling, women and poetry. Dillon’s dark, deadpan portrayal of the cult figure was well received, and he proved he had still more surprising characterizations in store with his 2008 portrayal of a federal prosecutor deciding the case of a newspaper reporter (Kate Beckinsale) who outs the identity of a CIA operative in the current-events inspired “Nothing But the Truth.”

• Also Credited As:
  Matthew Raymond Dillon
• Born:
  Matthew Raymond Dillon on February 18, 1964 in New Rochelle, New York, USA
• Job Titles:
  Actor, Director, Writer, Bar owner, Restaurateur

Family

• Brother: Brian Dillon.
• Brother: Kevin Dillon. Born in 1965; appeared in Oliver Stone s Platoon (1986) as Johnny Drama Chase HBO s Entourage
• Brother: Paul Dillon, Jr.
• Brother: Tim Dillon.
• Father: Paul Dillon. Works for Union Camp, a packing material manufacturer
• Great-uncle: Alex Raymond. Creator of the Flash Gordon comic strip
• Mother: Mary Ellen Dillon.
• Sister: Katy Scholz. Born in 1966

Significant Others

• Companion: Elisa Shores. Rumored to have dated in 2004; no longer together
• Companion: Cameron Diaz. met in 1995 while both were filming movies in Minnesota; together from 1996 until September 1998

Education

• Mamaroneck High School, Mamaroneck, NY

Milestones

• 1979 At age 14, was spotted by casting director Vic Ramos while cutting class in junior high school
• 1979 Made film debut in the violent teen drama Over the Edge
• 1980 Cast as the bully in My Bodyguard
• 1980 Played a hunk who deflowers Kristy McNichol in the camp drama Little Darlings
• 1982 Made TV debut in American Playhouse (PBS) production of The Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters
• 1982 Played titular character in Tex ; first of three alienated teens Dillon portrayed in films based on S.E. Hinton novel
• 1983 Played an alienated teen living in his brother s shadow in Coppola s Rumble Fish ; again co-starred with Lane in another film based on a Hinton book
• 1983 Portrayed the troubled teen leader of The Outsiders, based on the S.E. Hinton novel of the same name; first film with Francis Ford Coppola and Diane Lane
• 1984 Played a non-hoodlum role in Garry Marshall s The Flamingo Kid
• 1985 Made Broadway debut in The Boys of Winter
• 1989 Won rave reviews for his portrayal of a junkie who robs drugstores to support his habit in the critically acclaimed Drugstore Cowboy ; first collaboration with director Gus Van Sant
• 1992 Played a dim-witted Seattle grunge rocker in Cameron Crowe s ensemble comedy Singles
• 1993 Played a schizophrenic homeless man in The Saint of Fort Washington
• 1995 Starred as Nicole Kidman s doomed husband in Van Sant s black comedy To Die For
• 1997 Played an actor who outs his high-school English teacher (Kevin Kline) during his Oscar speech in the comedy In & Out
• 1998 Featured as a sleazy private detective hired by Ben Stiller to track down Cameron Diaz (then his real-life girlfriend) in the Farrelly brothers comedy There s Something About Mary
• 1998 Played a popular guidance counselor accused of raping two students (Neve Campbell and Denise Richards) in the campy thriller Wild Things
• 1999 Directed an episode of the HBO drama Oz
• 2001 Had featured role in the independent film Deuce s Wild
• 2002 Made feature directorial debut with City of Ghosts ; also co-starred
• 2005 Cast in the Disney feature Herbie: Fully Loaded with Lindsay Lohan and Michael Keaton
• 2005 Played a racist cop in Paul Haggis directorial debut, Crash ; earned Oscar, Golden Globe and SAG nominations for Best Supporting Actor
• 2006 Co-starred with Kyra Sedgwick in the Kevin Bacon directed Loverboy ; premiered at Sundance (lensed 2003)
• 2006 Played a newlywed married to Kate Hudson in the comedy You, Me and Dupree
• 2008 Co-starred with Kate Beckinsale in Rod Lurie s Nothing but the Truth
• Grew up in Mamaroneck, New York

Possessing as much flash, energy and intelligence as anyone currently in the game, Laurence Fishburne has certainly played his share of regulation black hoodlums and threats but also has benefited from color-blind casting as his tour de force Broadway performance as England's King Henry II (opposite Stockard Channing as his Eleanor) in a 1999 revival of "The Lion in Winter" attests. His role as Cowboy Curtis, best buddy to Pee-wee Herman on TV's legendary kid series "Pee-wee's Playhouse" (CBS), is another reminder of his tremendous versatility.

Although born in Georgia, Fishburne was raised by his divorced mother in Brooklyn. It was she who encouraged him to be an actor and young Larry (as he was then billed) began his professional career with a New York stage debut at age ten. For three years (from 1973 to 1976), he portrayed adoptee Joshua West Hall on the ABC soap opera "One Life to Live" and made his film debut as the "Me" in "Cornbread, Earl and Me" (1975). After 18 months filming in the Philippines, Francis Ford Coppola's "Apocalypse Now" (1979) brought him to mainstream attention, and he subsequently appeared in the director's "Rumble Fish" (1983), "The Cotton Club" (1984) and "Gardens of Stone" (1987). Other prominent roles included playing Swain in Steven Spielberg's "The Color Purple" (1986) and Afro-centrist Dap Dunlap in Spike Lee's "School Daze" (1988).

Fishburne starred as a loose cannon former convict in the 1990 world premiere of August Wilson's "Two Trains Running" at Yale Repertory Theater and recreated the role on Broadway in 1992, winning several prizes including a Tony Award. After his no-holds barred histrionics elevated his psychotic killer in "The King of New York" (1990) above that of a garden-variety thug, he provided the moral center of "Boyz N The Hood" (1991) as Furious Styles, a model father who steers his son away from L.A. gang life, then radiated a sullen intensity as an undercover cop in Bill Duke's edgy thriller, "Deep Cover" (1992). On the heels of his winning an Emmy for a guest appearance in the 1992 Fox anthology series "Tribeca", Fishburne earned a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his riveting, unflattering portrait of 60s pop star Ike Turner, so critical to the success of the Tina Turner biopic "What's Love Got to Do With It" (1993), which reunited the actor with Angela Bassett, his estranged wife in "Boyz". He also lent solid support as a streetwise chess player in the underrated "Searching for Bobby Fischer" (also 1993).

In 1995, Fishburne appeared in four diverse features. In John Singleton's "Higher Learning", he was an articulate political science professor attempting to motivate his apathetic students. Underutilized as a spy paired with Ellen Barkin in "Bad Company", he delivered the goods as a tough cop resentful of the investigations of a law professor (Sean Connery) in "Just Cause". And despite never having performed Shakespeare before, Fishburne made screen history as the first black actor to portray the Bard's Moor in a major studio film in Oliver Parker's "Othello". 1995 saw Fishburne make his Off-Broadway debut as a playwright and director with "Riff-Raff", a popular, loosely structured drama about an African-American con man (Fishburne) and his relationship with a white junkie, which he adapted into the feature "Once in the Life" (2000). Also that year, the actor delivered an Emmy-nominated turn as a courageous WWII pilot in the superior HBO movie "The Tuskegee Airmen.”

Reuniting with Bill Duke, Fishburne executive produced and starred in "Hoodlum" (1997), essaying real-life Harlem racketeer 'Bumpy' Johnson, on whom his "The Cotton Club" character had been based. The extremely watchable Depression-era film benefited greatly from the fresh angle its black point-of-view brought to a fairly well-known historical account, and Fishburne displayed a great range of emotions lurking under Bumpy's seemingly placid exterior. He pulled down his second Emmy as executive producer of the universally acclaimed "Miss Evers' Boys" (HBO, 1997), a dramatization of the Tuskegee Study, a shameful medical experiment in which the US Public Health Service withheld treatment from a group of African-American men with syphilis to examine the effects. Fishburne also co-starred as an early participant in the study who romances Alfre Woodard's nurse Eunice Evers. After executive producing and starring as Socrates Fortlow in HBO's "Always Outnumbered" (1998), he enjoyed his biggest commercial success to date with the sci-fi actioner "The Matrix" (1999). Finding a balance between action hero and Zen Master, Fishburne offered a commanding presence as the mysterious revolutionary Morpheus, but it was the arresting visual style of its writer-directors (the Wachowski brothers) that attracted the hordes through the turnstiles.

After the mega-success of "The Matrix," Fishburne took his first turn behind the camera as the director of "Once in the Life" (2000), an adaptation of his 1994 play "Riff Raff" in which he starred as two-bit hood 20/20 Mike, a supposed expert at self-preservation whose world is thrown into chaos when his white junkie half-brother fouls up a heroin heist. The film was well-acted and handsomely filmed, but suffered from the claustrophobic confines of its theatrical origins. Fishburne next appeared in the fast-paced action film "Biker Boyz" (2003) as Smoke, the reigning champion among a ring of African American professionals by day who become motorcycle street racers by night. That same year he returned to the role of Morpheus--now exchanging his signature cool for volume and bravado in Morpheus' new incarnation as a borderline zealot--for "The Matrix Reloaded" and its filmed-back-to-back sequel, "The Matrix Revolutions."

The actor was then used to strong effect by director Clint Eastwood in "Mystic River" (2003), playing police detective Whitey Powers, who doubts the ability of his partner (Kevin Bacon) to stay impartial on a homicide case involving two of his childhood friends (Sean Penn and Tim Robbins). Next it was on to the role of a powerful crime kingpin whose arrest provokes an all-out invasion of a police precinct house in the well-assembled 2005 remake of the thriller "Assault on Precinct 13." Fishburne next costarred alongside Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Michelle Monaghan in “Mission: Impossible 3” (2006), the third installment to the popular spy franchise—directed this time by “Lost” creator J.J. Abrams—that depicted a retired Ethan Hunt (Cruise) living a slower-paced life while training new IMF agents. But he’s called back to action to due battle with Owen Davian (Philip Seymour Hoffman), an international weapons dealer who may turn out to be Hunt’s toughest adversary yet.

• Also Credited As: Larry Fishburne, Larry Fishburne III, Laurence Fishburne III, Laurence John Fishburne III
• Born: Laurence John Fishburne III on July 30, 1961 in Augusta, Georgia, USA
• Job Titles: Actor, Producer, Director, Playwright, Screenwriter

Family

• Daughter: Ashley Fishburne. Born in June 2007; mother, Gina Torres
• Daughter: Montana Fishburne. Born in 1991; mother, Hajna Moss; godfather is actor Martin Sheen
• Father: Laurence Fishburne. Worked in the Bronx; divorced from Fishburne s mother; saw son about once a month when he was young
• Godfather: Maurice Anthony Watson. Taught at Brooklyn College; Fishburne based his portrayal of Mr Phipps, the college professor in John Singleton s Higher Learning (1995) on Watson
• Mother: Hattie Fishburne. Taught junior high school math and science; traveled with son to Philippines during shooting of Apocalpyse Now (1979) to tutor him; divorced from Fishburne s father
• Son: Langston Fishburne. Born in 1987; mother, Hanja Moss

Significant Others

• Wife: Gina Torres. born c. 1971; met in 1995 on a blind date; became engaged in December 2000; first announced engagement in May 2001; again mentioned engagement on The Tonight Show in August 2001; married September 2002 IN New York
• Companion: Victoria Dillard. met on set of Deep Cover (1992); no longer together

Education

• Lincoln Square Academy, New York, NY, acting
• Julia Richman High School, New York, NY

Milestones

• 1971 Professional stage debut as a young baseball fan in Charles Fuller s My Many Names and Faces at NYC s New Federal Theatre
• 1973 Appeared regularly on One Life to Live (ABC) as Joshua West Hall, the adopted son of a police captain
• 1975 Film debut in starring role in Cornbread, Earl and Me
• 1975 Played Tony Pridgeon in Section D at the New Federal Theatre
• 1976 Co-starred Off-Broadway in the Negro Ensemble Company production of Eden
• 1977 Went to the Philippines for 18 months to shoot Apocalypse Now (1979) under Francis Ford Coppola s direction; credited in the film as Larry Fishburne
• 1979 Credited as Laurence Fishburne III for Fast Break
• 1980 TV series debut, The Six O Clock Follies (NBC)
• 1983 Reteamed with Coppola for Rumble Fish
• 1984 Third film with Coppola, The Cotton Club ; for his role as the fictional Bumpy Rhodes, he researched the real Harlem gangster Bumpy Johnson, whom he would later portray in Hoodlum (1997)
• 1985 Cast as Swain in Steven Spielberg s The Color Purple
• 1986 Had continuing role as Cowboy Curtis on Pee-wee s Playhouse (CBS); met a young production assistant named John Singleton, who would later direct him in his breakthrough role Boyz N the Hood (1991)
• 1987 Fourth film with Coppola, Gardens of Stone
• 1988 Acted in Spike Lee s School Daze
• 1990 Provided some of the muscle for Christopher Walken s drug operation in Abel Ferrara s King of New York
• 1991 Won acclaim for his lead performance as the father in Boyz N the Hood ; directed by John Singleton
• 1992 Co-starred as an ex-con romancing a waitress in August Wilson s stage drama Two Trains Running ; play first produced at Yale Rep before moving to Broadway; received Tony Award
• 1993 Earned an Emmy Award as Best Guest Actor for his turn in the pilot episode of TriBeCa (Fox)
• 1993 Played Ike Turner to Angela Bassett s Tina Turner in What s Love Got to Do with It ; received Best Actor Oscar nomination
• 1993 Portrayed the Washington Square Park mentor of a young chess prodigy in Searching for Bobby Fischer
• 1994 Formed Loa Productions, an independent production company
• 1995 Became first black actor to portray Shakespeare s Othello in major studio feature
• 1995 Played Hannibal Iowa Lee in the acclaimed HBO movie, The Tuskegee Airmen ; earned an Emmy nomination
• 1995 Reteamed with Singleton for Higher Learning
• 1995 Wrote, directed and starred in the Off-Broadway - one-act play, Riff Raff
• 1997 Executive produced (also starred) the acclaimed HBO movie Miss Evers Boys ; received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries
• 1997 Reteamed with Bill Duke as star of Hoodlum playing Ellsworth Bumpy Johnson, a 1930s Harlem racketeer who locked horns with Dutch Schultz (Tim Roth) and Lucky Luciano (Andy Garcia); also executive produced
• 1998 Executive produced and starred as Socrates Fortlow in HBO s Always Outnumbered
• 1999 Portrayed the mysterious Morpheus in the blockbusting The Matrix
• 1999 Starred as Henry II in a Broadway revival of James Goldman s The Lion in Winter at NYC s Roundabout Theatre
• 2000 Made his feature directorial debut with Once in the Life the film version of his play Riff Raff
• 2003 Again portrayed Morpheus in The Matrix: Revolutions
• 2003 Played a cop opposite Kevin Bacon and Sean Penn in Mystic River ; directed by Clint Eastwood
• 2003 Reprised Morpheus in The Matrix: Reloaded
• 2005 Starred with Ethan Hawke and Maria Bello in Assault on Precinct 13
• 2006 Cast in Emilio Estevez s directorial debut, Bobby
• 2006 Played Cruise s mentor in Mission: Impossible III directed by J.J. Abrams
• 2008 Cast as Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall in the Broadway production of Thurgood at the Booth Theatre; earned a Tony award nomination for Best Actor in a Play
• 2008 Played a casino security agent in 21 a film based on a group of MIT card counters
• 2008 Replaced departing series star William Petersen on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS) as a college lecturer and former pathologist
• First part was in second grade playing Peter Pan
• Raised by mother in Park Slope section of Brooklyn, New York

A crew of officers at an armored transport security firm risk their lives when they embark on the ultimate heist….against their own company. Armed with a seemingly fool-proof plan, the men plan on making off with a fortune with harm to none. But when an unexpected witness interferes, the plan quickly unravels and all bets are off.

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Actors
Matt Dillon	Mike Cochrane
Jean Reno	Quinn
Laurence Fishburne	Baines
Amaury Nolasco	Palmer
Fred Ward	Duncan Ashcroft
Milo Ventimiglia	Eckehart
Skeet Ulrich	Dobbs
Columbus Short	Ty Hackett
Andre Jamal Kinney	Jimmy Hackett
Andrew Fiscella	Dispatcher #1
Nick Jameson (II)	Homeless Man
Glenn Taranto	Joe the Cook
Lorna Raver	Child Welfare Agent
Garry Guerrier	Federal Guard
Robert Harvey (II)	Bank Guard

Directors
Nimrod Antal	Director

Writers
James V. Simpson	Screenplay

Producers
Russell Hollander	Executive Producer
Debra James	Executive Producer
Chris Lemos	Co-Executive Producer
Luis Guerrero	Co-Executive Producer
Josh Donen	Producer
Dan Farah	Producer
Trae Ireland	Associate Producer

Camera, Film & Tape
Henry Tirl	Steadicam Operator
Valentine Perrin	1st Assistant Camera
Matthew Tucker Korte	2nd Assistant Camera
Lacey Terrell	Still Photographer
Scott Gregory	Digital Colorist (Technicolor Digital Intermediates)
Andrzej Sekula	Director of Photography
Michael Herron	Video Assist Operator

Editors
Armen Minasian	Editor
Randy Bricker	Additional Editor

Casting
Julie Swistak	Casting Associate
David Rapaport	Casting Director
Lindsey Hayes Kroeger	Casting Director

Executives
Doug Belgrad	Studio Executive
Samuel C. Dickerman	Studio Executive
Clint Culpepper	Studio Executive
Eric Paquette	Studio Executive
Russell Hollander	Production Executive
Glenn Gainor	Production Executive

Production Management
Patricia A. Fullerton	Script Supervisor
Jennifer Corey	Production Supervisor
Debra James	Unit Production Manager
Billy Bonifield	Production Coordinator
Eric Tignini	1st Assistant Director
Hope Garrison	2nd Assistant Director
John Labrucherie	2nd 2nd Assistant Director
Ralph Coleman	Location Manager
Eric Hooge	Assistant Location Manager
Diana V. Lara	Assistant Location Manager

Art Department
Brett McKenzie	Art Department Coordinator
Vinnie Jae	Stand-By Painter
Al Lewis (II)	Assistant Art Director
Rick Lambert	Leadman
Jon Nicholson	On Set Dresser
Chris Cornwell	Art Director
Barbara Mesney	Set Designer
James E. Tocci	Set Designer
Jon Gary Steele	Production Designer
Dena Roth	Set Decorator

Wardrobe, Hair & Makeup
Andre Dubois	Key Hair Stylist
Douglas Noe	Makeup Department Head
Heidi Higginbotham	Costume Supervisor
Laura Little	Key Costumer
Cesha Ventre	Costumer
Damien A. Quinn	Costumer
Larry Waggoner	Hair Department Head
Maya Lieberman	Costume Designer
Luis Garcia (III)	Key Makeup Artist

Sound
Todd Bassman	Boom Operator
Lynn Sable	Assistant Sound Editor
Teri E. Dorman	Dialogue Editor
Rickley W. Dumm	Sound Effects Editor
Linda Folk	ADR Supervisor
Pamela Nedd Kahn	Foley Artist
Vincent Guisetti	Foley Artist
Kyle Rochlin	Foley Mixer
David Adam Weisberg	ADR Mixer
Anthony J. Ciccolini III	Supervising Sound Editor
Joseph Geisinger	Production Mixer
Jeffrey J. Haboush	Supervising Sound Mixer
Greg P. Russell	Supervising Sound Mixer

Music
John Murphy	Music
Chris Goss (II)	Song (“The Candy Song”)
Masters of Reality	Song Performer (“The Candy Song”)
John Krautner	Song (“Blue Eyes Woman”)
Robert Harlow	Song (“Blue Eyes Woman”)
The Go	Song Performer (“Blue Eyes Woman”)
Matt Dike	Song (“Loc’in On The Shaw”)
Tone Loc	Song Performer (“Loc’in On The Shaw”)
Brian Richards (II)	Music Editor
John Jacobellis	Assistant Music Editor

Visual Effects & Animation
Raoul Yorke Bolognini	Visual Effects Producer (Zoic Studios)
John Frazier	Special Effects Supervisor
Dan Cangemi	On Set Special Effects Supervisor
Bobby Bell	Special Effects Technician
Trey Shaffer	Graphic Designer
Sean Tompkins	Visual Effects Coordinator (Zoic Studios)
Zach Zaubi	Lead Compositor (Zoic Studios)
Jerry Hall (IV)	Compositor (Zoic Studios)
Susan Weeks	Compositor (Zoic Studios)
David Abuel	Compositor (Zoic Studios)
Pency Kinnard	Compositor (Zoic Studios)
Marlon Perez	CG Tracker (Zoic Studios)
Mark Shimer	CG Artist (Zoic Studios)
Tom Bremer	CG Artist (Zoic Studios)
Rocco Passionino	Visual Effects Supervisor (Zoic Studios)
Kenneth C. Clark	Special Effects Foreman

Physical Effects
Greg Anthony	Stunts
Jalil Jay Lynch	Stunts
Troy Gilbert	Stunts
James M. Lewis Jr	Stunts
Chaz Brewer	Stunts
Tim Gilbert	Stunts
Henry Kingi Jr	Stunts
Scott Wilder (II)	Stunts
John Meier	Stunts
Glen Yrigoyen	Stunts
Dean Bailey	Stunts
Tim Walkey	Stunts
Chad Randall	Stunts
Erik Rondell	Stunts
Dustin Meier	Stunts
George Fisher	Stunts
Lance Gilbert	Stunt Coordinator

Engineering, Electrical & Grips
Marc Meisenheimer	Chief Lighting Technician
Robert Trowbridge	Assistant Chief Lighting Technician
Steve Galvin	Chief Lighting Rigging Technician
Greg Mayer	Assistant Chief Lighting Rigging Technician
Robert Zullo	Key Grip
Randy Berrett (II)	Dolly Grip
Allan Scott Jackson	Best Boy Rigging Grip
Mark Broneau	Key Rigging Grip
Greg Romero	Best Boy

Construction
David Elliott (II)	Construction Coordinator
Steven D. Powell	General Foreman
Dwight Lowell	Construction Foreman
Tom Gibson (II)	Labor Foreman
Manuel Cervantes	Labor Foreman
Jay Dupuy	Plaster Foreman

Publicity
Linda Brown (IV)	Unit Publicist

Accounting
Ryan Whan	1st Assistant Accountant
Chris Romberg	Production Accountant

Craft Services
Willie Radcliff	Craft Service
Lois Radcliff	Craft Service

Props
Robert Williams (V)	Propmaker Foreman
Mychael Bates	Property Master
Douglas T. Madison	Assistant Property Master
Michael Carrillo	Assistant Property Master

Below The Line
Cory Fleming	Aerial Ground Coordinator
Erin Dicker	Assistant (to Mr Antal)
Lydia Trickey	Assistant (to Mr Donen)
Matt Mills	Assistant (to Mr Hollander)
Lisa Serra	Assistant (to Mr Dillon)
Joel Marrow	Transportation Captain
Randy Cantor	Transportation Co-Captain
Randin L. Brown	Production Assistant
Gavin Kleintop	Production Assistant
Anna Ramey	Production Assistant
Shawn Williamson (II)	Production Assistant
Cliff Fleming	Aerial Coordinator/Pilot

Worldwide Distributors
Screen Gems	Theatrical Distributor

Other Companies
Central Casting, Inc.	Extras Casting
For Stars Catering	Catering
Reel Team	Voice Casting
Sony Pictures Scoring Stage	Post Services Provider
Picture Mill	Titles
Technicolor Digital Intermediates	Digital Intermediate and Opticals
Zoic Studios	Visual Effects
Panavision, Ltd.	Cameras & Lenses
Deluxe	Prints