He is, like most of his characters, an unconventional hero. Wary of fame and repelled by formulaic Hollywood fare, has built a successful career playing underdogs and odd men out.

Actress Penélope Cruz rose to fame after a string of cult hits in Spain, including Jamón, Jamón and All About My Mother. She's become a favorite of maverick director Pedro Almódovar and it didn't take long for Hollywood to discover the talents of this Spanish beauty. In summer 2008, she stars in Woody Allen's Vicky Christina Barcelona.

Her performance in "The Horse Whisperer" earned her a Hollywood Reporter Young Star award. Her acting career was launched in the off-Broadway production of "Sophistry" with Ethan Hawke.

Owen Cunningham Wilson is an American actor and writer. Wilson debuted as an actor in the role of "Dignan" in the Wes Anderson film Bottle Rocket, which he co-wrote with Anderson. He also worked with Anderson as a creative collaborator on his next two directorial efforts, Rushmore and The Royal Tenenbaums, for which they were nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. Wilson subsequently landed a role in The Cable Guy, directed by Ben Stiller...(Wikipedia)

Woody Allen was born on December 1, 1935, as Allan Stewart Konigsberg, in Brooklyn, New York. At the age of 15, he started selling one-liners to gossip columns. After working a while as a stand up comedian, he was hired to write What's New Pussycat in 1965. He directed his first film a year later, What's Up, Tiger Lily? in 1966.

Dick Cavett has 18 credits at Criticker, including: Beetlejuice, I Am Not Your Negro, Woody Allen: A Documentary, Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired and Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay

Josh James Brolin is an American actor. He has acted in theater, film and television roles since 1985, and won acting awards for his roles in the films W., No Country for Old Men, Milk and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. He appeared in True Grit, a 2010 American Western film adaptation of the 1968 novel by Charles Portis... (Wikpedia)

After serious deliberations about entering the priesthood - he entered a seminary in 1956 - Martin Scorsese opted to channel his passions into film. He graduated from NYU as a film major in 1964. Catching the eye of producer Roger Corman with his 1960s student films (including co-editing Woodstock (1970)), Scorsese directed the gritty exploiter Boxcar Bertha (1972). Mean Streets (1973) followed in 1973 and provided the benchmarks for the Scorsese style

Diane Keaton (born Diane Hall) is an American film actress, director, producer, and screenwriter. Keaton began her career on stage, and made her screen debut in 1970. Her first major film role was as Kay Adams-Corleone in The Godfather (1972), but the films that shaped her early career were those with director and co-star Woody Allen beginning with Play It Again, Sam in 1972. Her next two films with Allen, Sleeper (1973) and Love and Death (1975), established her as a comic actor...(Wikipedia)

Letty Aronson has 2 credits at Criticker, including: Woody Allen: A Documentary and Wild Man Blues

Marshall Brickman has 14 credits at Criticker, including: Annie Hall, Manhattan, Sleeper, Manhattan Murder Mystery and Jersey Boys

Larry David has 31 credits at Criticker, including: Whatever Works, Seinfeld, Radio Days and Curb Your Enthusiasm