Credits include: Billy Elliot, Eragon, Shallow Grave, Filth and Valhalla Rising

Credits include: Brassed Off, Prime Suspect: The Final Act, Hector, Hotel Splendide and DCI Banks

Dame Helen Mirren was born to an English mother and an exiled Russian aristocrat in Chiswick, London. She has made her name on both stage and screen, and is the only person to portray both Elizabeth I and Elizabeth II (a 2006 role for which she is an Oscar front-runner).

Credits include: Dear Frankie, Prime Suspect: The Final Act, Takin' Over the Asylum and B & B

Robert Pugh grew up in a village called the Tynte, a small mining village set just outside Pontypridd, where Tom Jones was raised. The Tynte is a few miles in between Aberdare and Pontypridd about twenty miles north of Cardiff. He attended the Rose Buford acting school, from which he graduated in 1976. (imdb)

Credits include: Prospero's Books, The Krays, Prime Suspect, Wish You Were Here and Let Him Have It

Credits include: The Pianist, Lifeforce, The Black Adder, The Three Musketeers and A Christmas Carol

Credits include: House of the Dragon, Nurse Jackie, The Honourable Woman, The Challenger and Prime Suspect: The Final Act

Credits include: The Brothers Grimm, Prime Suspect: The Final Act, Hard Boiled Sweets, Pinprick and The Dinner Party