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Mark Phoenix

Cast · Known for V for Vendetta

Mark Phoenix is known for V for Vendetta (2005), The Bank Job (2008) and EastEnders (1985).

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Roderic Culver

Roderic Culver is known for V for Vendetta (2005), 28 Weeks Later (2007) and Adrian Mole: The Cappuccino Years (2001).

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Bobby Good

Editor · Known for Schumacher '94 - The Birth of a Legend

Bobby Good is an Editor and Visual Effects Artist known for V for Vendetta (2005), Borga (2021) and Bodies (2023).

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Madeleine Rakic-Platt

Cast · Known for Torchwood

Maddie Rakic-Platt is perhaps best known for playing the young Evey Hammond in V for Vendetta (2005). She is the younger sister of actress Abby Rakic-Platt. Maddie played Olga Dracula in series 2 of Young Dracula.

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Billie Cook

Cast · Known for V for Vendetta

Billie Cook is an English actress, known for V for Vendetta, Vera Drake, and In Defence.

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Alan Moore

Alan Moore (born 18 November 1953) is an English writer known primarily for his work in comic books including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, The Ballad of Halo Jones and From Hell.Frequently described as the best graphic novel writer in history, he has been widely recognized by his peers and by critics. He has occasionally used such pseudonyms as Curt Vile, Jill de Ray, and Translucia Baboon; also, reprints of some of his work have been credited to The Original Writer when Moore requested that his name be removed. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alan Moore, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Mathis Landwehr

Cast · Known for Lion Fist

Mathis Landwehr was born in 1980. He is known for his work on V for Vendetta (2005), Hitman: Agent 47 (2015) and Speed Racer (2008).

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Clive Ashborn

Cast · Known for V for Vendetta, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

Clive Ashborn is an English actor. He is probably best known for appearing in V for Vendetta as Guy Fawkes. He graduated from Academy of Live and Recorded Arts in 2001. He played the character Koleniko in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007). He also recently appeared in the horror-thriller film The Love Witch (2016) as Professor King, a professor of the occult. (wikipedia)

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John Ringham

John Ringham (10 February 1928 — 20 October 2008) was an English actor, known for V for Vendetta (2005), Just Good Friends (1983) and The River Flows East (1962).

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Owen Paterson

Production Design · Known for Captain America: Civil War, Godzilla vs. Kong, The Matrix

Owen Paterson is an Australian production designer who was chiefly responsible for the design and look of The Matrix series of movies. He grew up in Western Australia and now resides in Sydney. Following The Matrix, his collaboration with Lana and Lilly Wachowski continued with the films V for Vendetta and Speed Racer. Prior to working on The Matrix, Paterson had worked on Australian films such as The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert with director Stephan Elliott (for which he won an AFI Award) and returned to work with Elliott on Welcome to Woop Woop. Paterson worked on the 2014 version of Godzilla with director Gareth Edwards. He returned to the franchise on Godzilla vs. Kong in 2021. In 2015, Paterson was the production designer for Marvel Studios' Captain America: Civil War and worked for eleven months on the film in Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Berlin. After that film's premiere, he called for the Australian government to institute a formal system of film production incentives to attract more big-budget international productions to film in Australia. Paterson was interviewed in 2008 about his work on creating digital worlds for The Matrix and Speed Racer as part of a short film project that was part of the Australian Centre for the Moving Image's long-running Virtual Worlds exhibition. In 2014, he was one of five film designers interviewed for the documentary series Tomorrow's Worlds: The Unearthly History of Science Fiction, which aired on BBC Two. Description above from the Wikipedia article Owen Paterson (production designer), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Andy Rashleigh

Andy Rashleigh was born on January 23, 1949 in East London, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for V for Vendetta (2005), Jupiter Moon (1990) and North Square (2000).

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Stephen Rea

Cast · Known for V for Vendetta

Stephen Rea (born 31 October 1946) is an Irish film and stage actor. Rea has appeared in a number of high profile films, both Irish and international, such as V for Vendetta, Michael Collins, Interview with the Vampire and Breakfast on Pluto. Rea was nominated for an Academy Award for his lead performance as Fergus in the 1992 film The Crying Game.

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Lilly Wachowski

Director · Writer · Known for Jupiter Ascending, The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded

Lilly Wachowski (born December 29, 1967) is known as one of the Wachowski sisters — a directing, writing and producing duo most famous for creating The Matrix series and V for Vendetta.

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Ian Burfield

Cast · Known for V for Vendetta

Ian Burfield is an English actor, who has often played roles as police officers and detectives on television. He appeared in 12 episodes of The Bill, 39 episodes of EastEnders, and played the part of a Tweed Coat Fingerman in 2005 film V for Vendetta. He is also a company member of the National Theatre, and has acted in two plays which were screened in cinemas around the UK as part of the National Theatre Live scheme. Since September 2018, Burfield has been a recurring character in EastEnders as Detective Inspector/Detective Chief Inspector Peter Arthurs. (wikipedia)

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Hugo Weaving

Cast · Known for V for Vendetta, Slow Horses, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Hugo Wallace Weaving AO (born 4 April 1960) is an English actor. Born in Colonial Nigeria to English parents, he has resided in Australia for the entirety of his career. He is the recipient of six Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards (AACTA) and has also been recognised as an Honorary Officer of the Order of Australia. Weaving landed his first major role as English cricket captain Douglas Jardine on the Australian television series Bodyline (1984). Continuing to act in Australia, he rose to prominence with his appearances in the films Proof (1991) and The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994), winning his first AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role with the former. By the turn of the millennium, Weaving achieved international recognition through appearances in mainstream American productions. His most notable film roles include Agent Smith in the first three The Matrix films (1999–2003), Elrond in The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003) and The Hobbit (2012–2014) trilogies, the title character in V for Vendetta (2005), and Johann Schmidt / Red Skull in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Captain America: The First Avenger (2011). In addition to his live action appearances, Weaving has had several voice over roles, including in the films Babe (1995), Happy Feet (2006) and Happy Feet Two (2011), and the Transformers series as Megatron (2007–2011). He also reprised his roles of Agent Smith and Elrond in Matrix and Lord of the Rings video game adaptations.

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James McTeigue

Director · Known for Marco Polo, V for Vendetta

James McTeigue is an Australian film director. He has been an assistant director on many films, including No Escape (1994), the Matrix trilogy (1999–2003) and Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002), and made his directorial debut in the 2006 film V for Vendetta. Born on Sydney's North Shore, he grew up in Collaroy Plateau, a suburb on the Northern Beaches of Sydney, Australia. McTeigue attended Marist Brothers North Sydney then Cromer High School, in Cromer, a northern beach suburb of Sydney. He completed tertiary study in film at Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga Campus.

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Mary Stockley

Mary Stockley is a British stage, television and film actress. A former member of the National Youth Music Theatre, Stockley studied drama at university. She made her first television appearance in 2001 in the TV film Being Dom Joly, in 2002, going on to play Kate Matherson in thirty episodes of Family Affairs on Five. Stockley played Josie Turner in The Body in the Library- Agatha Christie's Marple (2004), Gina Way in Jericho (2005), Edie Covington in The Inspector Lynley Mysteries (2006), Mrs. Clay in Persuasion (2007), Tess in Britz (2007), Miss Jay in Ballet Shoes (2007), and Eve Carpenter in Mrs. McGinty's Dead- Agatha Christie's Poirot (2008). Her film appearances include Ruth Ellis in Pierrepoint (2005), Ruth in V for Vendetta (2006), Kate in Artifacts (2007), Michelle in 7 Lives (2011), Mrs. Fisher in The Woman in Black (2012), Ana in I Spit on Your Grave 2 (2013), and Assistant in Diana (2013).She also voices characters in Star Wars: The Old Republic. Stockley's theatre credits include Oliver!; Merrily We Roll Along (2000) at the Donmar Warehouse; Hope Harcourt in the musical Anything Goes (2002) and Katherine in Love's Labour's Lost (2003), both the latter at the Royal National Theatre. In 2008, she played Marigold in The Common Pursuit at the Menier Chocolate Factory. She played Judy in the National Theatre's production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.

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Adrian Biddle

Cinematographer · Known for Aliens, Judge Dredd, The Mummy

Adrian Biddle, BSC (20 July 1952 – 7 December 2005) was an English cinematographer. A talented swimmer in his youth, he had early uncredited work as an underwater photographer in On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) and Murphy's War (1971). He later worked on many advertisements with director Ridley Scott before making his film debut as director of photography for James Cameron's Aliens (1986). Biddle would go on to provide cinematography for many notable films including The Princess Bride (1987), Thelma & Louise (1991), The World Is Not Enough (1999), The Mummy (1999), The Weight of Water (2000), and V for Vendetta (2005). He died of a heart attack in 2005.

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William Tapley

William Tapley (born 1969) is a White British actor, 6′ 0″ tall, who grew up in Australia and England before finishing his schooling in the United States. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) and has been active since 1980. He is an Equity member, represented Britain in the 1996 Camel Trophy (off-road driving, making the first motorised crossing of Borneo), and has led the casts of the record-breaking West End shows Dirty Dancing and Mamma Mia! (2021). His most notable film credits include Radio Man in V for Vendetta (2006), Jennings in The Contract (2006, with John Cusack and Morgan Freeman), Army Major in Stormbreaker (2006), Marine Commander in Survivor (2015, with Pierce Brosnan and Milla Jovovich), Dr. Lewis in The Upside of Anger (2005), and Frank Gaines in Second in Command (2006). On television he is best known as PC Lionel "Oz" Adams in Backup (1995–1997, 14 episodes), a British Tank Commander in Band of Brothers (2001), Victor Elliott in MI-5 (2011), Marine Commander Samuels in Fleming (2014), Mr. Vladimir in The Secret Agent (2015), Base Commander in The Crown (2017), with additional credits in Holby City (2008–2009), Doctors (2003–2014), EastEnders (2014), Relic Hunter (2000), Heartbeat (2001), and The Bill (2000).

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Natasha Wightman

Cast · Known for V for Vendetta

Natasha Wightman (born 1971) is an English actress who appeared in British and American films and British television productions from 1999 until 2005. Productions in which she has co-starred include Gosford Park (2001), Revelation (2001), Mouth to Mouth (2005), and V for Vendetta (2006). She also appeared in several episodes of the British TV serial State of Play.

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John Hurt

Cast · Known for Hercules, V for Vendetta, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

Sir John Vincent Hurt (January 22, 1940 – January 25, 2017) was an English actor whose career spanned over five decades. He came to prominence for his role as Richard Rich in the film A Man for All Seasons (1966) and gained BAFTA Award nominations for his portrayals of Timothy Evans in 10 Rillington Place (1971) and Quentin Crisp in television film The Naked Civil Servant (1975) – winning his first BAFTA for the latter. He played Caligula in the BBC TV series I, Claudius (1976). Hurt's performance in the prison drama Midnight Express (1978) brought him international renown and earned Golden Globe and BAFTA Awards, along with an Academy Award nomination. His BAFTA-nominated portrayal of astronaut Kane, in the science-fiction horror film Alien (1979), notably included a scene where an alien creature burst out of his chest, named by several publications as one of the most memorable moments in cinema history. Hurt earned his third competitive BAFTA, along with his second Oscar and Golden Globe nominations, as Joseph Merrick in David Lynch's biopic The Elephant Man (1980). Other significant roles during the 1980s included Bob Champion in biopic Champions (1984), Mr. Braddock in the Stephen Frears drama The Hit (1984), Winston Smith in Nineteen Eighty-Four (1984) and Stephen Ward in the drama depicting the Profumo affair, Scandal (1989). Hurt was again BAFTA-nominated for his work in Irish drama The Field (1990) and played the primary villain, James Graham, in the epic adventure Rob Roy (1995). His later films include the Harry Potter film series (2001–11), the Hellboy films (2004 and 2008), supernatural thriller The Skeleton Key (2005), western The Proposition (2005), political thriller V for Vendetta (2005), action adventure Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), sci-fi action Outlander (2008) and the Cold War espionage film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011). Hurt reprised his role as Quentin Crisp in An Englishman in New York (2009), which brought his seventh BAFTA nomination. He portrayed the War Doctor in the BBC TV series Doctor Who's 50th anniversary special, "The Day of the Doctor", in 2013. Hurt was regarded as one of Britain's finest actors; director David Lynch described him as "simply the greatest actor in the world". He possessed what was described as the "most distinctive voice in Britain", likened by The Observer to "nicotine sieved through dirty, moonlit gravel". His voice acting career encompassed films such as Watership Down (1978), The Lord of the Rings (1978), The Plague Dogs (1982), The Black Cauldron (1985), Dogville (2003) and Planet Dinosaur (2011) as well as BBC TV series Merlin (2008–2012). In 2012, he was honoured with the Lifetime Achievement BAFTA Award, in recognition of his "outstanding contribution to cinema". He was knighted in 2015 for his services to drama.

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Rupert Graves

Cast · Known for Sherlock, V for Vendetta

Rupert S. Graves (born 30 June 1963) is an English film, television, and theatre actor. He is known for his roles in A Room with a View (1985), Maurice (1987), The Madness of King George (1984), and The Forsyte Saga (2002). Since 2010, he has starred as DI Lestrade in the BBC television series Sherlock. Graves first came to prominence in costume-drama adaptations of E. M. Forster's novels A Room with a View (1985), and Maurice (1987), before going on to appear in films including A Handful of Dust (1988), The Madness of King George (1994), Different for Girls (1996), and Intimate Relations (1996). Graves's role in Intimate Relations won him the Best Actor award at the 1996 Montreal World Film Festival. He was also acclaimed for his portrayal of Young Jolyon Forsyte in the television miniseries The Forsyte Saga. Later, he appeared in films such as V for Vendetta (2005), Death at a Funeral (2007), Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans (2019), and Emma (2020), and in TV series such as Charles II: The Power & the Passion (2003), A Waste of Shame (2005), Sherlock (2010–), The Crimson Field (2014), and The Family (2016).

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Natalie Portman

Cast · Known for No Strings Attached, V for Vendetta, Léon: The Professional

Natalie Hershlag (born June 9, 1981), known professionally as Natalie Portman, is an Israeli actress, film producer and director. She has had a prolific screen career from her teenage years and has starred in various blockbusters and independent films, receiving multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and two Golden Globe Awards. Portman was born in Jerusalem and moved to the United States when she was three, where she began her acting career at twelve, starring as the young protégée of a hitman in Léon: The Professional (1994). While still in high school, she made her Broadway debut in The Diary of Anne Frank (1997) and gained international recognition for her role as Padmé Amidala in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999). From 1999 to 2003, Portman attended Harvard University, earning a bachelor's degree in psychology. During this time, she took fewer acting roles but continued to appear in the Star Wars prequel trilogy (2002 and 2005) and performed in a 2001 revival of Anton Chekhov's The Seagull at The Public Theater. Her career gained further momentum in 2004 when she won a Golden Globe and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Closer. She then played Evey Hammond in V for Vendetta (2005), Anne Boleyn in The Other Boleyn Girl (2008), and a troubled ballerina in Black Swan (2010), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress. In the following years, Portman starred in the romantic comedy No Strings Attached (2011) and portrayed Jacqueline Kennedy in Jackie (2016), which earned her a third Academy Award nomination. She also became a prominent figure in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, playing Jane Foster in Thor (2011), Thor: The Dark World (2013), and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022), which established her as one of the world's highest-paid actresses. Portman has also directed the short film Eve (2008) and the biographical drama A Tale of Love and Darkness (2015), in which she also starred. In 2021, she co-founded the production company MountainA, under which she produced and starred in the film May December (2023) and the miniseries Lady in the Lake (2024). Portman is an advocate for various causes, including women's rights, environmental issues, and animal welfare, supporting organizations like the Human Rights Foundation and the Jane Goodall Institute.

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Nicole Matthias

is an American female professional wrestler currently using the ring name Nicole Savoy. She is best known for her ongoing work with SHIMMER Women Athletes where she is a one-time Heart Of SHIMMER Champion and current SHIMMER Champion in her first reign. Professional wrestling career Early career Savoy made her in-ring debut on November 5, 2011 in Primal Conflict Wrestling's PCW A Night To Remember V event, where she defeated Jessie Kaye. She returned to the ring on September 8, 2012 debuting in Vendetta Pro Wrestling at the 2012 September 2 Remember event. There, Savoy entered the 2012 Luna Vachon Memorial Lunacy Cup Vendetta Vixxens Battle Royal won by Amanda. During her rookie years Savoy wrestled in several California promotions including Fighting Spirit Pro, Battleground Pro Wrestling, PREMIER Wrestling, Big Time Wrestling, Gold Rush Pro Wrestling and others. Big Time Wrestling (2013-2014, 2016) Savoy made her debut on July 19, 2013 at BTW International Incident in a match lost to Winter. She returned on May 17, 2014 at BTW WrestleFest, defeating Kikyo Nakamura in a match specially officiated by Molly Holly. She later returned on October 24 during the 18th Anniversary event, defeating Laura Palmer in a match specially officiated by Amy Dumas. Her last match was on February 19, 2016 at BTW Dangerous Damsels in a loss to Beatrice Domino All Pro Wrestling (2013-2018) On October 5, 2013, Savoy debuted at APW One Scary Night where she defeated Savanah Riley. She returned on June 12, 2015 at APW 2nd Annual War At The Shore where she teamed with Reno SCUM (Adam Thornstowe & Luster The Legend) in defeating Ryan McQueen & The World's Cutest Tag Team (Candice LeRae & Joey Ryan) in a tag match. She returned on September 26 at QPW/APW Renowned, where she defeated Laura James. Returning on October 30 at APW Halloween Hell 2015, Savoy challenged Thunder Rosa for Gold Rush Pro Wrestling's Lady Luck Championship, but did not succeed in winning the title. Savoy returned on May 13, 2016 at APW Friday The 13th, where Savoy defeated Holidead. On August 19 at APW Bay Area Bash, Savoy defeated Thunder Rosa. On August 18, 2017, Savoy returned at APW Civic Slam, defeating Candice LeRae in singles action. Savoy returned on St. Patrick's Day, 2018 for APW Kick Rocks, where she lost to Tenille Dashwood. Three months later Savoy returned on June 22 at APW Bay Area Bash where she defeated Shotzi Blackheart. She returned on July 6 at APW/PWR King Of Indies, defending Pro Wrestling Revolution's World Women's Championship against Taya in a title match that ended in a No-Contest finish.