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Michael Berry Jr.

Cast · Known for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Mission: Impossible III

Michael Joseph John Berry Jr. is a British actor known for portraying the Irish sailor Twigg in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Berry Jr. is known for portraying supporting characters in well known films such as the man who kidnapped Julia Meade in Mission: Impossible III, the Romulan Tactical Officer in Star Trek, Bernard the Bull in Where the Wild Things Are, William in 13, the Russian mobster Vladi in The Hangover Part II and Silverlake Passerby in Ruby Sparks. Berry Jr. is also a writer for numerous television shows and plays such as Spiderman and the Rope.

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Dan Mindel

Cinematographer · Known for Red One, Star Trek, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Ivor Daniel Mindel, ASC, BSC, SASC (born 27 May 1958) is a South African-American cinematographer best known for his work on blockbuster action films like Enemy of the State, Mission: Impossible III, Star Trek, Star Trek Into Darkness, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, working with directors like Tony Scott and J. J. Abrams. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dan Mindel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Bahar Soomekh

Cast · Known for Mission: Impossible III

Bahar Soomekh (born March 30, 1975) is a Iranian actress and environmental activist. She is best known for her roles in the films Crash and Saw III. Soomekh began her acting career by guest-starring on several television series including JAG and 24 abd later appeared in a few films, including Crash and Syriana. In 2006, Bahar was noted for her roles in Mission: Impossible III and Saw III. In the next five years, she mostly worked on television, most notably on Day Break from 2006-2007.

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Brandon Molale

Cast · Known for Blackhat

Brandon Molale (born November 24, 1971, in Pocatello, Idaho) is an American actor and stuntman, 6′ 4″ tall, and a former college and pro football player. He earned a B.A. in advertising and marketing from Fresno State University, studied improvisation with the Groundlings, and trained in acting with Patsy Rodenburg and Richard Lawson. He moved to Los Angeles in 1998, began as a stunt performer, and is a SAG-AFTRA member. He currently coaches JV football at Mira Costa High School. His most recognized roles are Kevin Ward in Mr. Deeds (2002, with Adam Sandler) and Blazer in Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004, with Vince Vaughn). Other film credits include The Longest Yard (2005), Collateral (2004), Mission: Impossible III (2006, with Tom Cruise), Bone Tomahawk (2015), and Trust (2011, with Clive Owen). On television he is best known as Bucky Featherstone in True Blood (2011, HBO) and Major Slim Kirkpatrick in Granite Flats (2013–2015), with over 200 total screen credits.

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Sasha Alexander

Cast · Known for Rizzoli & Isles, Dawson's Creek, NCIS

Sasha Alexander (born Suzana Drobnjakovic) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Helene Runyon on Showtime's Shameless, Maura Isles on TNT's Rizzoli and Isles, Jessica in Love Happens (2009), Catherine in He's Just Not That Into You (2009), Lucy in Yes Man (2008), Melissa in Mission Impossible III (2006), Special Agent Kate Todd on the first two seasons of NCIS, Dr. Jackie Collette on CBS's Presidio Med, Jesse Presser on ABC's Wasteland, and Gretchen Witter on Dawson's Creek.

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Anne Betancourt

Actor. Born August 1, 1949 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Anne Betancourt was born on August 1, 1949 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Fools Rush In (1997), Mission: Impossible III (2006) and To Live and Die in L.A. (1985).

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Rose Rollins

Cast · Known for Pixels

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Rose Rollins (born April 30, 1978) is an American actress and model. Originally from Yonkers, New York, she now lives in Los Angeles. She joined the cast of The L Word during the fourth season as Tasha Williams. She has also appeared in The West Wing and 13 Moons. She also played Monique on the web series Girltrash! on OurChart.com which was directed by Angela Robinson. She has reprised her role as Tasha Williams for the fifth and sixth season of The L Word. She also appeared in Mission: Impossible III. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rose Rollins, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Michelle Arthur

Michelle Arthur is an English actress based in the United States. She has appeared in various television series, films, and video games. She is also known for her work with J. J. Abrams, appearing in Mission: Impossible III and episodes of Alias and Lost.

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Roberto Orci

Producer · Executive Producer · Known for Hawaii Five-0, Now You See Me, Now You See Me 2

Roberto Gaston Orcí (July 20, 1973 – February 25, 2025) was a Mexican-American film and television screenwriter and producer. He began his longtime collaboration with Alex Kurtzman while at school in California. Together they have been employed on television series such as Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess. In 2008, together with J. J. Abrams, they created Fringe. In 2013, they created Sleepy Hollow alongside Phillip Iscove. Orci and Kurtzman's first film project was Michael Bay's The Island, and due to that partnership they went on to write the scripts for the first two films of the Transformers film series. Orci first became a film producer with 2008's Eagle Eye and again with 2009's The Proposal. He and Kurtzman since returned to working with Abrams on Mission: Impossible III and both Star Trek and Star Trek Into Darkness. Between 2005 and 2011, Kurtzman and Orci's film projects took revenues of more than $3 billion. In April 2014, Orci and Kurtzman announced that they would only collaborate in television projects, and Orci worked on the third Star Trek film, Star Trek Beyond, until being replaced the following December. Orci created the television series Matador for the El Rey Network, but after this was initially renewed, it was cancelled at the end of the first season. Both Kurtzman and Orci continue to work as producers on the television series Limitless and Scorpion. Orci was awarded the Norman Lear Writer's Award and the Raul Julia Award for Excellence, in addition to shared awards and nominations including The George Pal Memorial Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Roberto Orci, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Keri Russell

Cast · Known for Felicity, The Americans, The Diplomat

Keri Lynn Russell (born March 23, 1976) is an American actress and dancer. After appearing in a number of made-for-television films and series during the mid-1990s, she came to fame for portraying the title role of Felicity Porter on the series Felicity, which ran from 1998 to 2002, and for which she won a Golden Globe Award. Russell has since appeared in several films, including We Were Soldiers, The Upside of Anger, Mad About Mambo, Wonder Woman, Mission: Impossible III, Waitress, August Rush, Bedtime Stories, and Extraordinary Measures.

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Maggie Q

Cast · Known for The Family Plan, Live Free or Die Hard, Mission: Impossible III

Margaret Denise Quigley (born May 22, 1979), professionally known as Maggie Q, is an American actress, activist, and model. She began her professional career in Hong Kong, with starring roles in the action films Gen-Y Cops (2000) and Naked Weapon (2002), before appearing in the American productions Mission: Impossible III (2006), Live Free or Die Hard (2007), Priest (2011) and The Protégé (2021). She portrayed Tori Wu in the dystopian science-fiction action film Divergent (2014), and reprised her role in the sequels, Insurgent (2015) and Allegiant (2016). Q starred in the title role on The CW action-thriller series Nikita (2010–2013), and also had a main role as FBI Special Agent Hannah Wells in the political thriller series Designated Survivor (2016–19). She provided the voice of Wonder Woman on the animated series Young Justice (2012–19).

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Maryann Brandon

Editor · Known for Kung Fu Panda 2, Star Trek, Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Mary Jo Markey is an American television and film editor. Markey has been elected to membership in the American Cinema Editors society. She is a frequent collaborator with J. J. Abrams. Markey has edited several mainstream films, including The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Mission: Impossible III. She has also worked as an editor on several television shows, such as three episodes of Felicity, Breaking News, Skin, and fourteen episodes of Alias, and was also chief editor on Lost. She worked with Abrams on three of his television shows (Felicity, Alias, and Lost) and on almost all of his feature films as director with Maryann Brandon, with Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker being the lone exception. Markey worked with Abrams on Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which was released in December 2015. Along with her co-editor Brandon, she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Film Editing for her work on the film. In her role editing Abrams' Star Trek, she reported she did not realise that he intended to make extensive use of lens flares and bright lighting and contacted the film developers asking why the film seemed overexposed. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mary Jo Markey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Simon Pegg

Cast · Known for Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, Star Trek

Simon John Pegg (né Beckingham; born 14 February 1970) is an English actor, comedian and screenwriter. He came to prominence in the UK as the co-creator of the Channel 4 sitcom Spaced (1999–2001), directed by Edgar Wright. He and Wright co-wrote the films Shaun of the Dead (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), and The World's End (2013), known collectively as the Three Flavours Cornetto trilogy, all of which saw Wright directing and Pegg starring alongside Nick Frost. Pegg and Frost also wrote and starred in the sci-fi comedy film Paul (2011). Pegg is one of the few performers to have achieved what Radio Times calls the "Holy Grail of Nerd-dom", having played popular supporting characters in Doctor Who (2005), Star Trek as Montgomery "Scotty" Scott (2009–2016), and Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015). He starred as Benji Dunn in six Mission: Impossible films, beginning with Mission: Impossible III (2006) and ending with Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025). He has also provided the voice of Buck in the Ice Age film series (2009–present). Description above from the Wikipedia article Simon Pegg, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Philip Seymour Hoffman

Cast · Known for Scent of a Woman, The Big Lebowski, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1

Philip Seymour Hoffman (July 23, 1967 – February 2, 2014) was an American actor, director, and producer. Best known for his distinctive supporting and character roles–typically lowlifes, eccentrics, bullies, and misfits—Hoffman acted in many films, including leading roles, from the early 1990s until his death in 2014. Drawn to theater as a teenager, Hoffman studied acting at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. He began his screen career in a 1991 episode of Law & Order and started to appear in films in 1992. He gained recognition for his supporting work, notably in Scent of a Woman (1992), Boogie Nights (1997), Happiness (1998), Patch Adams (1998), The Big Lebowski (1998), Magnolia (1999), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Almost Famous (2000), Punch-Drunk Love (2002), and Along Came Polly (2004). He began to occasionally play leading roles, and for his portrayal of the author Truman Capote in Capote (2005), won multiple accolades, including the Academy Award for Best Actor. Hoffman's profile continued to grow and he received three more Oscar nominations for his supporting work as a brutally frank CIA officer in Charlie Wilson's War (2007), a priest accused of pedophilia in Doubt (2008), and the charismatic leader of a Scientology-type movement in The Master (2012). While he mainly worked in independent films, including The Savages (2007) and Synecdoche, New York (2008), Hoffman also appeared in Flawless (1999), and Hollywood blockbusters such as Twister (1996) and Mission: Impossible III (2006), and in one of his final roles, as Plutarch Heavensbee in the Hunger Games series (2013–15). The feature Jack Goes Boating (2010) marked his debut as a filmmaker. Hoffman was also an accomplished theater actor and director. He joined the off-Broadway LAByrinth Theater Company in 1995, where he directed, produced, and appeared in numerous stage productions. His performances in three Broadway plays—True West in 2000, Long Day's Journey into Night in 2003, and Death of a Salesman in 2012—all led to Tony Award nominations.

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Billy Crudup

Cast · Known for Alien: Covenant, Watchmen, Mission: Impossible III

William Gaither Crudup (born July 8, 1968) is an American actor. He is a four-time Tony Award nominee, winning once for his performance in Tom Stoppard's play The Coast of Utopia in 2007. He has been nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for Best Male Lead (along with several other awards nominations) for his performance in Jesus' Son. He received two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations as part of an ensemble cast for Almost Famous and Spotlight, winning for the latter - as well as winning the Independent Spirit Robert Altman Award for the same. He earned two Primetime Emmy Awards (nominated three times); two Critics' Choice Television Awards; a nomination for Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film; and three nominations for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series for his performance on the series The Morning Show (2019). He has starred in numerous high-profile films, including Without Limits, Princess Mononoke, Almost Famous, Big Fish, Mission: Impossible III, Watchmen, Public Enemies, Spotlight, Jackie, The Stanford Prison Experiment, Justice League, and Alien: Covenant, in both lead and supporting roles. From 1996 to November 2003, he was in a relationship with actress Mary-Louise Parker. She was seven months pregnant with their son, William Atticus Parker born in January 2004, when he ended their relationship and began dating actress Claire Danes, their relationship ended in 2006. In 2017, he began dating actress Naomi Watts, after the two met on the set of the Netflix drama series Gypsy. They married in New York City in June 2023. ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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Bellamy Young

Cast · Known for Scandal, Mission: Impossible III

Bellamy Young (born Amy Young) is an American television, film, and theatre actress. She has starred on TV as Margaret Honeycutt on Promised Land, Jessica Whitly on Prodigal Son, and Mellie Grant on Scandal. She's had recurring roles as Beth Clemmons, Hotchner's love interest, on Criminal Minds, Dr. Miller on Scrubs, Ellen Darling on Dirty Sexy Money, Assistant State's Attorney Monica West on CSI: Miami, Diane Shaw on American Dreams, and Twyla Gentry on Peacemakers. She has guest starred on numerous television shows including Castle, Supernatural, Law & Order, Law & Order: LA, The Mentalist, The West Wing, United States of Tara, NCIS, Grey's Anatomy, Drop Dead Diva, Franklin & Bash, Medium, Ghost Whisperer, The X-Files, Two and a Half Men, Frasier, Cold Case, Private Practice, Boston Legal, ER, Nash Bridges, and General Hospital. She also has appeared in movies, with roles in A Wrinkle in Time, We Were Soldiers, and Mission: Impossible III. In addition to television and film, she has starred in several Broadway shows including The Life and Randy Newman's Faust.

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Lorne Balfe

Composer · Known for Bad Boys for Life, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, The Crown

Lorne Balfe (born 23 February 1976) is a Scottish composer of film, television and video game scores.  A veteran of Hans Zimmer's Remote Control Productions, Balfe's scoring credits include the films Megamind, Penguins of Madagascar, Home, Terminator Genisys, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, The Lego Batman Movie, Mission: Impossible – Fallout and its sequel Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Bad Boys for Life and its sequel Bad Boys: Ride or Die, Black Widow, Black Adam, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Gran Turismo, and Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F, as well as the video games Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Assassin's Creed III, Crysis 2, Skylanders, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. He has also scored the television series The Bible, Marcella, The Crown, and Genius, the latter for which he earned a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music. He also collaborates with directors Michael Bay, Chris McKay, Christopher McQuarrie, Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah, and Mikael Håfström. He composed the new fanfare for Skydance Media transcribed as There's a World, There's A Moon. Balfe also composed the Annapurna Pictures deep note opening logo. Balfe is also involved in The Game Awards, serving as the conductor of the Game Awards Orchestra and the composer and arranger of several musical performances featured at the show. Since The Game Awards 2018, he has composed a medley of the themes of the six nominees for Game of the Year each year, presented as the award at the end of the show. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lorne Balfe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Kee Chan

Kee Chan was born during a period of social turbulence in Singapore. A move to Australia with his family would set Kee on a path to realizing his childhood dreams. Kee returned to his childhood aspiration of becoming a professional actor. Despite a tentative start playing small roles on Australian television shows, Kee, whose name means "Keeper of the Peace," was cast as Fedallah, the lead support role to Patrick Stewart (Captain Ahab), in "Moby Dick" (1998). A support role in Mission: Impossible II (2000) and several other movies eventually led to a role as Senator Malé-Dee in the last installment of the George Lucas epic, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005). In 2002, Kee landed a lead role opposite Dennis Hopper in the 22 episode, multi-time dimension drama series, "Flatland" (2002). Widely traveled with numerous location shoots around the world, Kee resides in Los Angeles, California. - IMDb Mini Biography

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Nehemiah Persoff

Cast · Known for Naked City

Nehemiah Persoff was an American film and television actor. Persoff emigrated with his family from Palestine to the United States in 1929. He began to take an interest in acting in the 1940s, and after serving in the Army during World War II, he began to pursue his acting career in the New York Theater. In 1947, he was accepted into the Actor's Studio and eventually began appearing in films. His film credits include: On the Waterfront, Some Like It Hot, Al Capone, The Greatest Story Ever Told, Voyage of the Damned, The Comancheros, Yentl (portraying Barbra Streisand's character's father), Twins and the American Tail (animated-film series) (voiced, "Papa Mousekewitz"). Persoff appeared in such television series as, Five Fingers ("The Moment of Truth"), The Big Valley ("Legend of a General", Parts I & II, episode), The Twilight Zone ("Judgment Night" episode), Alfred Hitchcock Presents ("Heart of Gold" episode), The Untouchables, Naked City, The Legend of Jesse James, Gunsmoke, The Wild Wild West, Hawaii Five-O, Ellery Queen ("The Adventure of the Pharaoh's Curse" episode), Mission: Impossible (3 episodes), Adam-12 ("Vendetta" episode), Charlie's Angels, Hunter, Columbo, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Magnum, P.I., Law & Order and Chicago Hope. In the mid-1980s, Persoff began to pursue painting, specializing in watercolour. This was at a time when health problems forced him to decrease his acting workload.

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Dean Ashton

Cast · Known for MobLand

Dean Ashton is known for Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018), Pride (2014) and The Contractor (2022).

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Fernando Abadie

Cast · Known for Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

Fernando Abadie is known for Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015), Out for Vengeance (2023) and White Collar Hooligan 3 (2014).

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Hugo Salter

Hugo Salter is known for Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning (2025), We/Us (2024) and This Is Going to Hurt (2022).

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Christophe de Choisy

Cast · Known for Mission: Impossible - Fallout

Christophe de Choisy is known for Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018), The Hustle (2019) and Asterix at the Olympic Games (2008).

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Marvin Berrembou

Cast · Known for Mutiny

Marvin Berrembou is known for Deadpool & Wolverine (2024), Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) and Fast X (2023).