Captain Phillips 2013 (NY) premiere

1. Tom Hanks

Producer | Cast Away

Thomas Jeffrey Hanks was born in Concord, California, to Janet Marylyn (Frager), a hospital worker, and Amos Mefford Hanks, an itinerant cook. His mother's family, originally surnamed "Fraga", was entirely Portuguese, while his father was of mostly English ancestry. Tom grew up in what he has ...

2. Billy Ray

Writer | Captain Phillips

Billy Ray is known for Captain Phillips (2013), The Hunger Games (2012) and Shattered Glass (2003). He is married to Stacy Sherman. They have two children.

3. Faysal Ahmed

Actor | Sicario: Day of the Soldado

Faysal Ahmed is known for Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018), Captain Phillips (2013) and First Person Plural (2019).

4. Mahat M. Ali

Actor | Captain Phillips

Mahat M. Ali is known for Captain Phillips (2013) and Neighborhoods (2014).

5. Richard Phillips

Writer | Captain Phillips

Richard Phillips is known for Captain Phillips (2013), Dateline NBC (1992) and The Daily Show (1996).

6. Andrea Phillips

Self | Dateline NBC

7. Barkhad Abdi

Actor | Captain Phillips

Barkhad Abdi was born on April 10, 1985 in Mogadishu, Somalia. He is an actor, known for Captain Phillips (2013), Eye in the Sky (2015) and Good Time (2017).

8. Dana Brunetti

Producer | The Social Network

Dana Brunetti is an American media executive, film producer and entrepreneur. He is Co-Founder and Chief Content Officer at Cavalry Media.

Brunetti has produced multiple award winning films, including "The Social Network," a screenplay adaptation written by Aaron Sorkin and directed by David Fincher...

9. Michael De Luca

Producer | Captain Phillips

As Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc.'s, (MGM's) Motion Picture Group Chairman Michael De Luca steers all aspects of the studio's global film operation including oversight of development, production, marketing and distribution of MGM's film slate, including Orion Motion Pictures. Additionally, De ...

10. Paul Greengrass

Director | United 93

Paul Greengrass started his filmmaking career with a super 8 camera he found in his art room in secondary school. Those short movies were animation horror films he made using old dolls, artist dummies, and the general art room clutter.

After studying in Cambridge University he got into Granada ...

11. Naomi Watts

Actress | Mulholland Dr.

Naomi Ellen Watts was born on September 28, 1968 in Shoreham, England to Myfanwy Edwards "Miv" (Roberts), an antiques dealer and costume/set designer, and Peter Watts (Peter Anthony Watts), Pink Floyd's road manager. Her maternal grandfather was Welsh. Her father died when she was seven and she ...

12. Charles Grodin

Actor | Midnight Run

Deadpan comedian Charles Sydney Grodin (originally Grodinsky) was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania of Russian/Polish ancestry and raised in a Jewish orthodox home. He attended the University of Miami but dropped out, opting instead for the life of a struggling actor. The movie A Place in the Sun (...

13. Yul Vazquez

Actor | Severance

Yul Vazquez was born in Havana, Cuba. He is an actor and producer, known for Severance (2022), The Outsider (2020) and Russian Doll (2019). He has been married to Linda Larkin since May 18, 2002.

14. Adam Driver

Actor | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens

Adam Douglas Driver was born in San Diego, California. His mother, Nancy (Needham) Wright, is a paralegal from Mishawaka, Indiana, and his father, Joe Douglas Driver, who has deep roots in the American South, is from Little Rock, Arkansas. His stepfather is a Baptist minister. His ancestry includes...

15. Joanna Kaye

16. Linda Larkin

Actress | Aladdin

Linda Larkin is an American actress from Los Angeles, California who is known for voicing Princess Jasmine from Disney's Aladdin franchise since the hit 1992 film. She also acted in Grand Theft Auto V, Zapped Again, Two Ninas, The Next Best Thing and Runaway Bride. She is married to Yul Vasquez ...

17. Gregory Goodman

Producer | I Heart Huckabees

Gregory Goodman was born on June 16, 1959 in Hollywood, California, USA. He is a producer and production manager, known for I Heart Huckabees (2004), Civil War (2024) and Captain Phillips (2013). He has been married to Paul Langh since June 18, 2008.

18. Michael Chernus

Actor | Severance

Also an accomplished stage actor, Michael won a 2011 OBIE Award and received a Lucille Lortel Award nomination for his performance in Lisa Kron's "In the Wake" at The Public Theater in New York City. Michael grew up in Rocky River, Ohio and became interested in acting at an early age. His first ...

19. George C. Wolfe

Director | Rustin

George Wolfe was raised in the state capital of Kentucky, Frankfort. As a member of the Frankfort High School Senior class of 1972, he was one of the leading lights of the drama club and a writer for the literary magazine. George left Frankfort in 1972, but returned many years later as a favored ...

20. Parker Posey

Actress | Scream 3

Parker Posey was born two months premature in Baltimore, Maryland, to Lynda (Patton) and Chris Posey. The family moved to Monroe, La. and then Laurel, Mississippi, where Chris became owner of Laurel's own Posey Chevrolet. Parker attended high school at R. H. Watkins High School in Laurel, and ...

21. Robert Klein

Actor | Two Weeks Notice

Robert Klein was born on February 8, 1942 in New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Two Weeks Notice (2002), One Fine Day (1996) and The Back-up Plan (2010). He was previously married to Brenda Boozer.

22. Mia Ray

Actress | Right There

Mia Ray is known for Right There (2014) and Confessions of a Teenage Critic (2010).

23. Kent Jones

Writer | Diane

Kent Jones is known for Diane (2018), Hitchcock/Truffaut (2015) and A Letter to Elia (2010).

24. Christopher Rouse

Editor | The Bourne Ultimatum

Christopher Rouse was born on November 28, 1958 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an editor and writer, known for The Bourne Ultimatum (2007), Captain Phillips (2013) and United 93 (2006).

25. Barry Ackroyd

Cinematographer | The Hurt Locker

Barry Ackroyd was born on May 12, 1954 in Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK. He is a cinematographer and director, known for The Hurt Locker (2008), Captain Phillips (2013) and United 93 (2006).

26. Rose Kuo

Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Rose Kuo career spans two decades in film production, film festivals and film journalism.

During Cannes Film Festival 2014, the Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda announced that Rose Kuo would become CEO of a new "major international film festival",the Qingdao International Film Festival, in Qingdao,...