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Nina Gold

Casting · Known for Conclave, Jurassic World Dominion, Narnia: The Magician's Nephew

Nina Gold is a British casting director known for her work on the HBO series Rome and Game of Thrones, the Netflix series The Crown, and the Sky Studios series The Day of the Jackal (2024). She has also worked as casting director in films such as Les Misérables, The Martian, The Two Popes, Conclave, and five films in the Star Wars franchise. At the 98th Academy Awards, Gold received a nomination for the inaugural Academy Award for Achievement in Casting for the 2025 film Hamnet. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nina Gold, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Michael Caton-Jones

Director · Known for The Jackal

Michael Caton-Jones (born Michael Jones; 15 October 1957) is the director of such films as Scandal, Rob Roy, Memphis Belle and The Jackal. Caton-Jones was born in Broxburn, Lothian, Scotland. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Caton-Jones, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

James McCauley

Cast · Known for I Am Legend

James Michael McCauley is an American actor and occasional director and composer. He is best known by his work on the drama movies I Am Legend, Donnie Brasco, The Jackal and Return to Paradise.

Ronald Pickup

Pickup was born in Chester, England, the son of Daisy (née Williams) and Eric Pickup, who was a lecturer.[1] Pickup was educated at The King's School, Chester, trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, and became an Associate Member of RADA. His television work began with an episode during the second series of Doctor Who in 1964, for which he was paid £30. Pickup worked with Laurence Olivier at the Royal National Theatre, most notably in Three Sisters and Long Day's Journey Into Night. In 1973, he starred in the BBC drama series The Dragon's Opponent, playing a World War II bomb disposal expert and also appeared in The Day of the Jackal. He played Lt. Harford in Zulu Dawn in 1979, portrayed Igor Stravinsky in Nijinsky in 1980, Prince John in Ivanhoe in 1982, and in 1983 he appeared opposite Penelope Keith in Moving, in 1988 in the BBC miniseries The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1988 TV Serial) as the voice of Aslan, and in 1990 he starred in the short lived sit-com, Not with a Bang. More modern roles have included parts in Hornblower, Hustle, Foyle's War, Midsomer Murders, Waking the Dead, The Bill, Silent Witness, Sherlock Holmes, and Inspector Morse. He is also a regular character in the BBC sitcom The Worst Week of My Life. His most recent appearance was in Holby City as Lord Charles Byrne. Pickup gave a highly acclaimed performance as a decayed Russian aristocrat in the BBC series Fortunes of War, based on a work by Olivia Manning. He also provided the voice for Aslan in the BBC's adaptation of the Chronicles of Narnia and starred opposite Judi Dench in the 1989 Channel 4 serial Behaving Badly. He is also an accomplished stage actor. He was nominated for a 1998 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role of 1997 for his performance in Amy's View. Pickup had the starring role as composer Giuseppe Verdi in the acclaimed The Life of Verdi, written and directed by Renato Castellani. In 2005, he had a supporting role in the family-based film, The Adventures of Greyfriars Bobby. Between March and August 2009, he starred as Lucky in Sean Mathias' production of Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett opposite Sir Ian McKellen (Estragon), Patrick Stewart (Vladimir) and also Simon Callow (Pozzo). The tour opened in Malvern before travelling to Milton Keynes, Brighton, Bath, Norwich, Edinburgh and Newcastle; its run at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket was extended due to demand. In February 2010 he also appeared as 'Pegleg' in the BBC's period drama Lark Rise to Candleford. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ronald Pickup, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Gail Berman

Producer · Executive Producer · Known for Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Addams Family

Gail Berman (born August 17, 1956) is an American producer and television executive. She is co-owner and founding partner of The Jackal Group, a production entity formed in partnership with Fox Networks Group. The Jackal Group develops and produces scripted, unscripted, factual entertainment programming for FNG's channels, including Fox Broadcasting Company, FX/FXX,  National Geographic Channels, and Fox International Channels. The partnership also provides for opportunities in digital and film and non-21st Century Fox distribution entities. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gail Berman, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Steve Bassett

Cast · Known for The Jackal

Steve Bassett was born on June 25, 1952 in Escondido, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Spring Break (1983), The Jackal (1997) and As the World Turns (1956). He has been married to Anne since 1980. They have two children.

Mathilda May

Cast · Known for The Jackal

Born on February 8, 1965 in Saint-Ouen, Seine-Saint-Denis, France as Karima Mathilda Haim. She is known for her work on Lifeforce (1985), The Jackal (1997) and Le cri du hibou (1987).

Edward Fox

Edward Charles Morice Fox (born 13 April 1937) is an English stage, film and television actor. He is the older brother of actor James Fox. He played the part of the professional assassin who is hired to assassinate the French president Charles de Gaulle in the film The Day of the Jackal (1973). He is also known for his roles in Battle of Britain (1969), The Go-Between (1971), for which he won a BAFTA award, and The Bounty (1984). He also collaborated with director Richard Attenborough, appearing in his films Oh! What a Lovely War (1969), A Bridge Too Far (1977), and Gandhi (1982). He portrayed Edward VIII in the British television drama series Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978) and appeared in the historical series Taboo (2017). In addition to film and television work, he has also garnered acclaim as a stage actor. In 2003, Fox was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his services to Drama.

Murphy Guyer

Cast · Known for Joker

Murphy Guyer (born December 25, 1952) is an American actor, playwright, writer and director, best known for his plays and for appearances in the films The Devil's Advocate (1997), The Jackal (1997), Arthur (2011) and Joker (2019).

Barrie Ingham

Barrie Inhham (February 10, 1934 – January 23, 2015) was a British actor. He is best known for voicing Basil in The Great Mouse Detective (1986), as well as appearing in the films Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965), A Challenge for Robin Hood (1967), and The Day of the Jackal (1973).

Michael Lonsdale

Cast · Known for The Name of the Rose

Michael Edward Lonsdale Crouch (24 May 1931 – 21 September 2020), commonly known as Michael Lonsdale and sometimes as Michel Lonsdale, was a French-British actor and author who appeared in over 180 films and television shows. He is often known in the English-speaking world for his roles as the villain Hugo Drax in the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker, deputy police commissioner Claude Lebel in The Day of the Jackal (1973), The Abbot in The Name of the Rose (1986) and Dupont d'Ivry in The Remains of the Day (1993). Lonsdale was born in Paris, the natural son of British Army officer Edward Lonsdale Crouch and Simone Calderon (née Béraud). He was brought up initially on the island of Jersey, then in London from 1935, and later, during the Second World War, in Casablanca, Morocco. He returned to Paris to study painting in 1947, but was drawn into the world of acting instead, first appearing on stage at the age of 24. Lonsdale was bilingual, and appeared in both English-language and French-language productions. He appeared in a starring role with Roger Moore in the 1979 James Bond film Moonraker. and with Sean Connery, in the 1986 film The Name of the Rose. He would later appear in Munich (2005), a film that also starred another Bond, Daniel Craig. In February 2011, he won a César Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in Of Gods and Men. Lonsdale was also the author of ten books. A practising Roman Catholic, he was close to the Emmanuel Community. In his 2016 memoir Le Dictionnaire de Ma Vie, Lonsdale revealed he had fallen for Delphine Seyrig, having met her as a student in Tania Balachova's acting classes at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier in 1947. He wrote that "it was her or nothing", which was why he never married. Lonsdale died in Paris on 21 September 2020, aged 89. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Lonsdale, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Sule Rimi

Sule Rimi – Nigerian-British actor, born April 9 in Nigeria, raised in England. Originally studied law before training in theatre at the University of Glamorgan. He worked as a DJ and bartender in Cardiff while building his acting career, with his stage career taking off after marquee revivals of Lynn Nottage's Sweat (Donmar Warehouse) and Arthur Miller's All My Sons (National Theatre, 2019, opposite Sally Field and Bill Pullman). His most notable television roles include Lieutenant Gorn in Star Wars: Andor (2022), Paul Pullman in The Day of the Jackal (2024), Councilor Tarisk in Foundation (2021, 2025), Dr. Busasa in Black Earth Rising (2018), Gabe Gardner in Classified (2023), Captain Knox in The English (2022), and DS Keane in Unforgotten (2015). He has also appeared in Doctor Who (2025), Death in Paradise, Strike Back, Manhunt, and Casualty.

Lashana Lynch

Cast · Known for No Time to Die, Captain Marvel, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness

Lashana Lynch (born 27 November 1987) is a British actress. She first gained recognition for her role as Rosaline Capulet in the ABC period drama series Still Star-Crossed (2017), going on to win the BAFTA Rising Star Award in 2022. She has had roles in the James Bond film No Time to Die (2021), Matilda the Musical (2022), The Woman King (2022), and Bob Marley: One Love (2024), as well as the television series Day of the Jackal(2024). She has since portrayed Maria Rambeau in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) beginning with Captain Marvel (2019). Description above from the Wikipedia article Lashana Lynch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Terry Loughlin

Terry Loughlin (April 7, 1944 – June 27, 2017) was an American character actor. He began his career in 1983 and went on to appear in 59 films and TV shows. Some of his work included A Time To Kill (1996), The Jackal (1997), Out of Time (2003) and The Punisher (2004). He was married to his wife Leslie until his death. They had three children together.

Selina Lim

Selina is an award-winning and BAFTA-nominated screenwriter working in comedy, genre and drama. She is interested in bringing unheard voices and perspectives to the screen with a love of dark comedy and heartfelt character-driven stories. Her writing has been described as “funny, witty and poignant”, with an ability to “mine laughs from a very dark situation, whilst maintaining a genuinely touching story at the heart of it all”. Selina is currently lead writer on a series for Sky, and has an original TV show in development with Left Bank. Selina has written for seasons 3 and 4 of Sex Education (Eleven Film/Netflix), with the former winning an International Emmy. She has also written for season 3 of Hanna (NBC Universal/Amazon). She has been executive producer on season 2 of The Midwich Cuckoos, co-developing the series with David Farr (Route 24/Sky). She has written an episode for Season 1 of Sweetpea, Steve Thompson thriller Prime Target (Scott Free Productions/Apple TV, starring Leo Woodall) and Keeley Hawes thriller The Assassin (Two Brothers/Amazon). Selina has previously been in the writers’ rooms for season 2 of The Night Manager (BBC/Ink Factory/AMC) and season 2 of The Day of the Jackal (Carnival/Sky), and written for continuing drama Hollyoaks (Channel 4/Lime Pictures). Her short films include Painkiller (BBC/B3 Media) starring Benedict Wong which was nominated for the LOCO Discovery Award, and Keeping Up with the Joneses (BFI/Lighthouse) with Maxine Peake and Adeel Akhtar and directed by Michael Pearce. This was nominated for a BAFTA and a BIFA for Best British Short Film in 2014, won the Best Thriller Short Award at the London Short Film Festival 2014 and Best Thriller at the Aesthetica Film Festival 2014. Selina has been named on the BBC's New Talent Hotlist, in which "creative leaders from across the BBC have identified over 200 broadcasting stars of the future".

Sidney Poitier

Cast · Known for The Jackal

Sidney Poitier KBE (February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian and American actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1964, he became the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, for Lilies of the Field. Other accolades include two competitive Golden Globe Awards, a competitive British Academy of Film and Television Arts award (BAFTA), and a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album. Major films featuring Poitier in a starring role include Blackboard Jungle (1955), The Defiant Ones (1958), To Sir, with Love (1967), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), In the Heat of the Night (1967), Sneakers (1992), and The Jackal (1997). Later in his career, he turned to directing with features such as Buck and the Preacher (1972), Uptown Saturday Night (1974), Stir Crazy (1980), and Ghost Dad (1990). At the time of his death, Poitier was one of the last major stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.

Edgar Ramírez

Cast · Known for The Bourne Ultimatum

Édgar Filiberto Ramírez Arellano (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈeðɣaɾ raˈmiɾes], born 25 March 1977) is a Venezuelan actor. After studying communications at the Andrés Bello Catholic University, Ramírez worked in media and considered becoming a diplomat. When filmmaker Guillermo Arriaga praised a short film he had done, he decided to pursue his performing hobby as a career.  Ramírez played a CIA assassin in the action-thriller film The Bourne Ultimatum (2007). His portrayal of Carlos the Jackal in the 2010 biopic television miniseries Carlos won him the César Award for Most Promising Actor and nominations for a Golden Globe and Emmy Award for Best Actor. He then played a CIA operative in Zero Dark Thirty (2012), and boxer Roberto Durán in the biographical sports film Hands of Stone (2016).  Ramírez received several accolades for his portrayal of Gianni Versace in the 2018 miniseries The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story. In 2020, he had a recurring role in the HBO miniseries The Undoing. In 2022, Ramírez was part of the Un Certain Regard jury at the Cannes Film Festival. Description above from the Wikipedia article Edgar Ramírez, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Holly Dignard

Holly Elissa Dignard (born 1 October 1979) is a Canadian actress. She made her TV debut on the Sci-Fi Channel's hit series Outer Limits. Her credits include The Chris Isaak Show, Stargate SG-1, Voyage of the Unicorn, Stargate Atlantis, The L Word, Battlestar Galactica, Kyle X/Y, Eureka, Supernatural, Kill Switch and Polar Shift. She is one of the stars of the Canadian series Whistler. Dignard has a production company entitled Jackal Empire Productions. Description above from the Wikipedia article Holly Dignard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

James Turley

James Turley was born on 11 May 1929. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Quantum Leap (1989), The Twilight Zone (1959) and Jackals (1986).

Katharyn Blair

Katharyn Blair is an American author, screenwriter, and creator whose work spans young adult fiction, comics, and television. She gained notice as the novelist behind The Beckoning Shadow (2019), a fantasy about a teenage runaway with dangerous powers who enters a high-stakes tournament. In 2021, she published Unchosen, and in October 2024, her book The Hushed (A Haunt for Jackals) is scheduled for release. In television, she was a staff writer on Loki Season 2 (2023) and co-wrote episode 4, “Heart of the TVA" . In addition, she wrote a TVA comic series for Marvel. She served as executive story editor on Daredevil: Born Again (2024-) Before rising in publishing and television, Blair worked in various roles, including social media coordination for films at 20th Century Fox, interning in a city parks and recreation department, coaching gymnastics, and teaching writing at Azusa Pacific University. She lives outside Los Angeles with her family.

Kenneth Lin

Writer · Known for Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender

Kenneth Lin (born 1978) is an American playwright and screenwriter. Lin's plays have been performed worldwide, and his TV shows have been distributed via Netflix, HBO, Cinemax, Hulu and more. In theatre, he is best known for his plays Po Boy Tango, Farewell My Concubine (coming soon), and Kleptocracy. In Television, he is best known for his work on the Netflix series House of Cards, the Hulu Series The First, and the Cinemax series The Warrior. He is a theater/music/film collective New Neighborhood member. Upcoming theatrical works include Farewell My Concubine with composer Jason Robert Brown (Cinematic Productions), Life On Paper (Jackalope Theatre Company) and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn with music by Stew and the Negro Problem. Television credits include The First (Hulu), House of Cards (Netflix, Emmy nomination, Best Dramatic Series), Warrior (HBO/Cinemax), and Sweetbitter (Starz). Feature film credits include Abacus (dir. Justin Lin). Awards/honours include the Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition winner, Princess Grace Award, L. Arnold Weissberger Award, Cole Porter Prize, Edgerton New Play Prize and Fulbright Scholarship. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kenneth Lin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Sean Cliver

Cast · Known for Jackass: Best and Last

Sean Cliver is an American producer, writer and photographer best known for his work on the Jackass TV series and movies. He also works as an illustrator in the skateboard industry, and published two books on its graphic design history.

Ryan Dunn

Ryan Matthew Dunn (June 11, 1977 – June 20, 2011) was an American reality television personality and daredevil best known for being a member of the Jackass crew and a cast member on Viva La Bam. Dunn also hosted the shows Homewrecker and Proving Ground. A member of the CKY Crew, Dunn played the main character in Bam Margera's 2003 film Haggard: The Movie, which was based on a failed relationship Dunn had experienced. Dunn died at age 34 in a car crash in West Goshen Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.

Jeff Tremaine

Cast · Known for Jackass: Best and Last

Jeffrey Tremaine (born September 4, 1966) is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, and showrunner. He is most closely associated with the Jackass franchise, having been involved since the inception of the original show in the early 2000s. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jeff Tremaine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.