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Sonia Sodha

Sonia Sodha is the chief leader writer at the Observer and deputy opinion editor at the Guardian. She is also a trustee of the philanthropic foundation the Trust for London and of the education charity Ambition School Leadership.

Alastair G. Cumming

Awarded the prestigious Asvoff award (sponsored by the French Ministry of Culture) in Paris for Best Acting ,Alastair had a well-traveled upbringing ranging from Malaysia to Papua, Sydney to Samoa, England to Singapore. Originally trained to be a lawyer, relocated to train as an actor in London. Has worked in classical and contemporary theatre including the RSC and Royal Court, touring throughout the UK, Europe, Australia and Japan. Lauded by the Guardian as an "electrifying presence with machine gun delivery." TV includes classics like Doctor Who and Skins. Over 30 film credits including with such seminal directors as Peter Greenaway (The Draughtsman's Contract) and Todd Haynes (Velvet Goldmine).Plays a Greek tycoon in his latest feature film "Aegean Love" ,screened at Cannes in May. Appears as the vampire opposite Asian megastar Jay Chou, in the ground breaking music video "Children of the Sun" ,amassing an estimated 100 million views on world wide platforms. Soon to play the lead in Swiss sci-fi feature film "Bernard's Bar".

Tripp Vinson

Producer · Known for Ready or Not, Ready or Not: Here I Come

Tripp Vinson is an American film producer best known for the films Baywatch, San Andreas, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, The Guardian, The Number 23, Red Dawn, and Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters. The New York Times has described Vinson as a "journeyman producer who specializes in popcorn flicks" who is skilled at producing films while quickly adapting to shifting trends. His films have collectively grossed over $1.5 billion at the box office. Description above from the Wikipedia article Tripp Vinson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, is a full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Michael Andrews

Editor · Known for Megamind, Shrek 2, Shrek the Third

Michael Andrews is known for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023), Megamind (2010) and Rise of the Guardians (2012).

Cristian Solimeno

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Cristian Solimeno (born 27 April 1975 in London) is an English actor. He has played Jason Turner in Footballers Wives, and has also had a number of guest roles in other British television series, and appeared in the 2000 film Dead Babies, 2005 Happy New Year special of The Vicar of Dibley and the 2006 series Strictly Confidential. He was The Guardian in Highlander: The Source. He grew up in London and is of Irish and Italian descent via his father Ambroggio. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cristian Solimeno, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Dwier Brown

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dwier Brown (30 January 1959 in Norton, Ohio, USA), is an American film and television actor. He is appeared in a few horror films, of which "House" and "The Guardian" realised by The Exorcist's director William Friedkin, and appeared for several T.V., films and series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dwier Brown, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Erica Leerhsen

Cast · Known for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Guardian

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Erica Lei Leerhsen  (born February 14, 1976) is an American actress. She is best known for her lead roles in the horror films Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Wrong Turn 2, and for which she is often referred to as a modern day scream queen. She is also known for her acting on television series, such as her lead role in The Guardian and several guest appearances, including The Sopranos, Alias, and others. Description above from the Wikipedia article Erica Leerhsen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Alastair Reid

Alastair Reid was a Scottish television and film director, described by The Guardian on his death as "one of Britain's finest directors of television drama". Reid studied at the Edinburgh College of Art and the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

Rob Curling

Cast · Known for Children of Men

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Rob Curling born (8 December 1958) from (Cranleigh, Surrey) is a British television presenter and journalist. He is most notable as the host of Turnabout, a game show that aired on BBC1 for eight series in the 1990s. Currently, Curling presents the sports news for Sky News. He also fronts the tennis coverage for British Eurosport. He anchors BBC Sport’s interactive television coverage of: Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, Wimbledon, Open Golf, Six Nations Rugby, World Athletics Championships, etc. He recently presented the Halford Tour Series cycling for ITV4, and commentated on table tennis at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. He has hosted podcasts for The Guardian, including the 2007 Cricket World Cup. Curling appeared on cult show Banzai and TV's 100 Funniest Moments for Channel 4, Sky One's Brainiac, The Basil Brush Show (BBC1), and Through the Keyhole (BBC1 & Sky). He also starred in the last ever series of Beadle's About, where he took part in the infamous Alien Prank. He also appears in the highly acclaimed cinema release Children of Men (Universal Pictures), starring Clive Owen and Michael Caine. Description above from the Wikipedia Rob Curling, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

John Hopkins

Cast · Known for Has Fallen, Midsomer Murders, Toy Story 5

John Hopkins was born in Luton and majored in English at the University of Leeds from 1993 to 1996. As an undergrad, he joined the university's drama group and appeared in several plays, ultimately winning the "Sunday Times" student-actor award for his performance in "A Short Play About Sex and Death." With his thespian credentials thus bolstered, John was admitted to the London Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, from which he graduated in 2000. Almost immediately, he was recruited by the prestigious Royal Shakespeare Company, with which he performed his first repertory season, from 2001 to 2002. Around this time, his looks encouraged television offers and, after minor roles in "Love in a Cold Climate" and "Trial and Retribution 7," he was offered and accepted the role for which he is best known to non-theater goers, as Sergeant Scott in the increasingly labored but popular British whodunit television series Midsomer Murders (1997). Give him his due: he left the show after the 2004-2005 season and was back with the Royal Shakespeare Company for its 2006-2007 season in both London and Stratford-upon-Avon, playing Caesar opposite Patrick Stewart in 'Antony and Cleopatra'. More recently his stage roles have included Richard Hannay in Patrick Barlow's comedic four handed version of 'The 39 Steps', Richard I in the new play 'Holy Warriors' at Shakespeare's Globe, and Benedick in 'Much Ado About Nothing', a performance which The Guardian said "confirms Hopkins as one of our best Shakespearean actors". Back on television he was a villain in 'Stan Lee's Lucky Man', and played Sir Francis Basset for two series of the BBC drama 'Poldark'. In a 2020 article in The Times (London), he was named one of '10 of the best British actors on stage now'.

Tanya Tagaq

“Tagaq doesn’t so much sing as plug herself into the Earth.” – Pitchfork From Nunavut, Tanya Tagaq is an improvisational singer, avant-garde composer and author. A member of the Order of Canada, a Polaris Music Prize and JUNO Award winner and recipient of multiple honorary doctorates, Tagaq is an original disruptor, a world-changing figure at the forefront of seismic social, political and environmental change. In its many forms, Tagaq’s art challenges static ideas of genre and culture, and contends with themes of Indigenous Rights, colonialism, environmentalism, racism and violence against women and girls, in particular MMIWG (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls). Tagaq’s bestselling, award-winning debut novel, Split Tooth, has been translated into German and French. A full-length feature documentary on Tanya’s life, career and art is currently in production. Split Tooth on stage, a collaboration with Kaneza Schaal and Christopher Myers, is scheduled to debut in Dusseldorf and BAM in 2021. Tagaq has collaborated and recorded with Saul Williams, Kronos Quartet, Bjork, A Tribe Called Red, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Fucked Up and more. She has composed pieces for the Kronos Quartet and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and created a sound installation for the National Maritime Museum in London. Tagaq has performed at many prestigious international festivals, including Dark Mofo, Bonnaroo, Big Ears, the Helsinki Festival, Aarhus and many more, and venues such as Carnegie Hall and the Lincoln Center. From CBS’s 60 Minutes to NPR, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, The Guardian and more, Tagaq’s music and writing has been covered by major publications in the USA, UK, Europe and beyond.

David Farr

Writer · Known for Spooks

David Farr (born 29 October 1969) is a British writer, theatrical director and Associate Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Farr was brought up in Surrey and educated in Guildford and the University of Cambridge (English Literature double first). Farr began directing theatre at University and won the Guardian Student Drama Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 1991 with Slight Possession starring Rachel Weisz. His professional directorial debut came at The Gate Theatre, Notting Hill in 1995 (age25) under Stephen Daldry. He was also Artistic Director of Bristol Old Vic from 2002 to 2005 and Lyric Hammersmith from 2005 to 2009. In 2009 he joined Royal Shakespeare Company as Associate Director. He wrote regularly for Spooks for the BBC and is a film writer having co-written the Joe Wright film Hanna, released in 2011. Farr's adaptation of John le Carré's novel The Night Manager, was aired in 2016 on BBC1.

Angus Sampson

Cast · Known for The Lincoln Lawyer, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, Insidious: Chapter 2

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Angus Sampson (born 12 February 1979, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian actor, director, producer, and writer, active since 1996. He was educated at Trinity Grammar School in Summer Hill and at The Armidale School in northern New South Wales. He made his television debut as co-host of the ABC youth music show Recovery (1996–2000) and his film debut in Dags (1998). His breakthrough came in 2010 as Tucker in Insidious, which he co-developed with Leigh Whannell, and he reprised the role across the franchise through Insidious: The Red Door (2023). He is also best known for The Organic Mechanic in Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024), Bear Gerhardt in season two of Fargo (2015), and Dennis "Cisco" Wojciechowski in The Lincoln Lawyer (2022–present, 40 episodes). He received AACTA Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor and Best Acting in a Comedy. His filmography includes Darkness Falls (2003), Footy Legends (2006), Where the Wild Things Are (2009, as the Bull suit performer), Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010, as Jutt, voice), 100 Bloody Acres (2012), The Mule (2014, as Ray Jenkins — which he also co-wrote and co-directed), Now Add Honey (2015), Winchester (2018), Mortal Kombat (2021, as Goro, voice), Next Goal Wins (2023), and Bump: A Christmas Film (2025). On television he has appeared in Greeks on the Roof (2003), The Secret Life of Us (2004), Underbelly (2008), Shut Eye (2016–2017, 20 episodes), Nightflyers (2018), The Walking Dead (2019), The Stand (2021), Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous (2021, as Hap, voice), Bump (2021–2024, 45 episodes), Our Flag Means Death (2022, as King George), Koala Man (2023, 8 episodes), and Heartbreak High (2024, as Timothy Voss, 8 episodes). His most recent credit is Deep Water (2026, as Dan).

Rusty Schwimmer

Cast · Known for The Guardian

An American film and television actress and singer. Her most prominent role so far is that of Barbara Ludzinski on The Guardian. Among her movie appearances are those as Joey B in Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday, Mrs. Thornton in Twister, Mrs Pendleton in Amistad, Alice in EDtv, Irene "Big Red" Johnson in The Perfect Storm, Big Betty in North Country and Amelia Minchin in A Little Princess. Schwimmer has also appeared in minor roles in several television series, including episodes of Parker Lewis Can't Lose, In the Heat of the Night, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, Tales from the Crypt, Married... With Children, ER, Chicago Hope, Ally McBeal, Judging Amy, The X-Files, Gilmore Girls, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Shark, Criminal Minds, Heroes, Desperate Housewives, Private Practice, Six Feet Under and others. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rusty Schwimmer, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

Christopher Dane

Christopher Dane is graduated as an actor from LIPA in 2002 and headed to London with a BA Honours First and the Paul McCartney Award in his pocket. He honed his skills in Fringe Theatre and landed his first professional theatre job in Phyllida Lloyd’s 2006 award-winning Donmar Warehouse production of MARY STUART. His love for the screen, however, has since then taken his career—both as an actor and as a produced writer—into the British Film Industry, and his CV now includes scores of features and countless short films. In 2009, his Scandinavian roots added to the impact of his lead role as Aragorn’s father Arathorn in BORN OF HOPE, the independent Lord of the Rings prequel, which has now amassed more than 55 million online views and a four-star review by Wendy Ide in The Guardian. “Christopher Dane is genuinely effective as [Arathorn] the noble warrior and orc-slaughterer.” He won the Best Actor Award at the London Independent Film Festival for his acclaimed portrayal of John Foster in the British comedy drama BEING SOLD, directed by award-winning director Phil Hawkins. He has also won multiple awards for the online series Ren – The Girl With the Mark, which he co-created with director Kate Madison. Christopher made his television debut in 2013 in the hit BBC drama series CALL THE MIDWIFE, which drew in over 10 million viewers, followed by appearances in DR WHO, THE BRIDGE, EASTENDERS, DOCTORS, THE HALCYON, and the Channel 4 comedy series HOME. 2020 saw the release of the award-winning suspense horror feature THE UNFAMILIAR, and in 2021 he appeared in the Belgian drama SAVING SANDRA as well as the Scottish-based crime drama ANNIKA on UKTV starring Nicola Walker. 2023 saw the release of THE YOU RUN, and in 2024 he reunited with director Phil Hawkins in the SKY Original feature ROBIN AND THE HOOD. In 2025, he is looking forward to the premiere of the highly anticipated CBBC animated series PIRIPENGUINS, where he voices FLUTTER—the one penguin disaster machine!

Simon Baker

Cast · Known for The Guardian, The Mentalist, The Devil Wears Prada

Simon Baker (born July 30, 1969) is an Australian actor and director. In his television acting career, he is best known for his lead role in the CBS television series The Mentalist as Patrick Jane and as Nicholas Fallin in The Guardian. In his film acting career, he is best known for the lead role of Riley Denbo in Land of the Dead and Christian Thompson in the film adaptation of The Devil Wears Prada, based on the 2003 novel of the same name. Simon Baker was born to a high school English teacher, Elizabeth Labberton, and a groundskeeper/mechanic, Barry Baker, on 30 July 1969, in Launceston, Tasmania. He was raised as a Roman Catholic. His parents divorced while he was still young. His mother later married Tom Denny, a butcher. Simon Baker also has a sister, currently a doctor in Australia, and three younger half brothers. By 1972, the family had moved from Launceston to Ballina, New South Wales, where Baker's parents hoped to secure better paying jobs. In 1986, he graduated from Ballina High School as Simon Baker-Denny, after completing his primary school education at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Primary School, also in Ballina.

Michael Simkins

Michael Simkins is a British film, television and stage actor based in London, England. He is also an author and a regular contributor for The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian and The Times.

Gregory J. Barnett

Gregory J. Barnett is a stuntman, actor, second unit director and assistant director. His stunt work includes, The Fifth Floor, Grease, The Guardian. As stunt coordinator he worked on Lime Street in 1986, Designing Women in 1990, The Butcher's Wife in 1991 and the television series Castle that starred Nathan Fillion as Richard Castle, a mystery-thriller writer who assists the NYPD in investigating murders. In 1986 the television serves Airwolf gained a Stuntman Association of Motion Picture Award for his work on the Annie Oakley. The award was for "Most spectacular sequence. For his work as stunt coordinator for the series 24, the show received a Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Stunt Coordination. As an actor, he played the part of Sergeant Williger in The Ultimate Impostor, a 1979 science fiction / espionage film directed by Paul Stanley that starred Keith Andes, Macon McCalman, Erin Gray and Rosalind Chao. In 1984, he played the part of Andre in the series Hawaiian Heat that starred Robert Ginty and Jeff McCracken. In recurring acting roles he has had an ongoing role in the television series Baywatch playing the part of Jim Barnett and in that role he appeared in more than thirty episodes. Another recurring role he had was that of Jesper Isberg on the TV series 24. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Liz Cookman

Liz Cookman is a freelance foreign correspondent based in Ukraine, having relocated to the country in the tense months preceding Russia’s full-scale invasion and remaining throughout the full-scale war. She currently lives in Kyiv after stints in Dnipro and Mariupol. Liz focuses on the human cost of the conflict, producing on-the-ground reports, in-depth features and investigations for international outlets, including The Economist 1843, The Guardian, The Telegraph and The Sunday Times. In 2024, she was named both Best Print Journalist and Best Specialist Journalist at the Freelance Journalism Awards, and won the inaugural The Irish Times Dave McKechnie Memorial Journalism Prize.

Juno Dawson

Juno Dawson is an author of young adult novels based in Brighton. Juno is a regular contributor to Attitude Magazine, Glamour Magazine and The Guardian and has contributed to various television news shows.

Quentin Lawrence

Quentin Lawrence (6 November 1920, in Gravesend – 9 March 1979, in Halifax, Yorkshire) was an English film and television director. He worked a long time for ATV. An article about TV directors in The Guardian said he was "noted for the precision of his camerawork."

David Sirota

David Sirota (born November 2, 1975) is an American journalist, columnist at The Guardian, editor for Jacobin, author, television writer, and screenwriter. He is also a political commentator and radio host based in Denver. He is a nationally syndicated newspaper columnist, political spokesperson, and blogger. In March 2019, he began working as the senior advisor and speechwriter on the Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign. In 2022, he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay for conceiving the story for Netflix's Don't Look Up alongside co-writer and director Adam McKay. He is founder of The Lever news outlet.

Errol Morris

Errol Morris (born February 5, 1948) is an American director. In 2003, The Guardian put him seventh in its list of the world's 40 best directors. As of 2010, Morris has won one Academy Award for Best Documentary Film. Description above from the Wikipedia article Errol Morris, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Vinzenz Wagner

Born and raised in Salzburg, Vinzenz Wagner discovered his dancing talent at the age of ten. As a co-founder and active part of the dance theater group Nobulus, Vinzenz Wagner performed on numerous stages worldwide such as the Palace Of Fine Arts (San Francisco), Sadler's Wells Theatre (London) and Das Große Festspielhaus (Salzburg). Vinzenz Wagner starred in the leading role of the hit show Out Of The Shadow, which was praised by The Times and The Guardian as "a revolution of dance theatre..." After seven successful years on the stage, the now experienced artist celebrated his acting debut as the lead character in the Austrian cinema film Rise Up! And Dance. With his role as Klaus Frommer in the Canadian TV show X Company on CBC, Vinzenz Wagner confirmed his acting talent on an international level.