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Ed Speleers was born on 7 April 1988 in Chichester, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for You (2018), Star Trek: Picard (2020) and Outlander (2014).

Jim Howick was born on 14 May 1979 in Chichester, Sussex, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Hellboy (2004), Horrible Histories (2009) and Bill (2015).

Michael Elphick was a fantastic and very popular actor. He will be best remembered for his role as Ken Boon in the hit series Boon (1986). He died tragically at the early age of 55. He had been in ill-health for some years, caused by a long-running battle with alcohol, which was exacerbated by the early death of his partner of many years.

Best remembered for Boon (1986), his career was no one-hit wonder. Elphick had been working in television for the past 33 years and his many excellent performances included Dennis Potter's Blue Remembered Hills (1979), as the bully, Peter; The Knowledge (1979), when he played a would-be London cab driver driven almost to despair by the sadistic examiner (played by Nigel Hawthorne); Private Schulz (1981), Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983) and Three Up Two Down (1985).

His film career was arguably less successful but none-the-less featured a rich and varied vein of characterisations.

His final role proved to be the film Out of Bounds (2003), in which he unfortunately had quite a small role, and millions saw his final television role, in EastEnders (1985), where he excelled in a very different role, showing just what a fine actor he was.

Rollo Weeks was born on March 20, 1987 in Chichester, West Sussex, UK. He is the son of Robin and Susan Weeks, and the brother of Honeysuckle Weeks and Perdita Weeks (also actors). His name means 'famous wolf' after his family's most traceable ancestor (a viking). He has been acting since the age of two. He used to attend Sylvia Young's Theater School, but now attends Stowe. His debut film was The Little Vampire (2000), which was directed by Ulrich Edel. In the future, Rollo hopes to be either a pro skateboarder, a successful businessman, or a famous actor.

Harry Gregson-Williams is one of Hollywood's most sought-after and prolific composers whose long list of film and television credits underscore the diverse range of his talents. He has received the BMI Icon Award in recognition of his unique and indelible influence on generations of music makers and was awarded the prestigious Ambassador Award by the Society of Composers & Lyricists. Born in England to a musical family, Gregson-Williams earned a choral scholarship to St. John's College, Cambridge, at the age of 7 and later gained a coveted spot at London's Guildhall School of Music & Drama, from which he recently received an honorary fellowship. He started his film career as assistant to composer Richard Harvey and later as orchestrator and arranger for Stanley Myers,and went on to compose his first scores for director Nicolas Roeg. His subsequent collaboration and friendship with composer Hans Zimmer led to Gregson-Williams providing music for such films as "The Rock," "Armageddon" and "The Prince of Egypt" and helped launch his career in Hollywood.

Harry recently completed Gladiator II directed by Ridley Scott which stars Paul Mescal and Pedro Pascal and is scheduled for release in November 2024. Cinematic releases for 2023 included "Meg 2: The Trench" starring Jason Statham and directed by Ben Wheatley, the thriller "Retribution" starring Liam Neeson directed by Nimród Antal, and Aardman's animated feature "Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget" directed by Sam Fell. Other recent film scores include "The Last Duel" and "House of Gucci" both directed by Ridley Scott as well as Disney's live action feature film "Mulan" directed by Niki Caro, with whom he had worked previously when scoring her Holocaust drama "The Zookeeper's Wife." Gregson-Williams and his brother Rupert Gregson-Williams teamed up to write the score for the HBO drama series "The Gilded Age" which is heading into season 3. He also collaborated with his friend, composer Mychael Danna, for the documentary "Return to Space" directed by Oscar-winning directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin receiving Emmy nominations for their work.

Gregson-Williams was the composer on all four installments of the animated blockbuster "Shrek" franchise, garnering a BAFTA Award nomination for the score for the Oscar-winning "Shrek." He received Golden Globe and Grammy Award nominations for his score for Andrew Adamson's "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe." He has collaborated multiple times with a number of directors, including Ben Affleck on "Live by Night," "The Town" and "Gone Baby Gone"; Joel Schumacher on "Twelve," "The Number 23," "Veronica Guerin" and "Phone Booth"; Tony Scott on "Unstoppable," "The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3," "Déjà Vu," "Domino," "Man on Fire," "Spy Game" and "Enemy of the State"; Ridley Scott on original scores for the upcoming "Gladiator II," "The Martian," "Kingdom of Heaven," "The Last Duel" and "House of Gucci" and themes for Prometheus," "Exodus: Gods and Kings," Bille August on "Return to Sender" and "Smilla's Sense of Snow"; Andrew Adamson on the "Shrek" series, the first two "Narnia" movies and "Mr. Pip"; as well as with Antoine Fuqua on "The Replacement Killers," "The Equalizer," The Equalizer 2" and "Infinite." Some of his other recent film projects include Disney Nature's feature film "Polar Bear", and "The Ambush" directed by Pierre Morel, "Life in a Day 2020" directed Kevin Macdonald, "The Meg" directed by Jon Turteltaub, Aardman's "Early Man" directed by Nick Park for which he received an Annie Award nomination and Disney Nature's "Penguins." His television credits include "Whiskey Cavalier," the miniseries "Catch-22" for George Clooney and two episodes of the anthology series "Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams" for which he received an Emmy nomination for the episode titled "The Commuter."

Gregson-Williams has scored three of the five games in the highly successful "Metal Gear Solid" franchise for Konami and scored "Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare" for Activision, which became the top-selling video game of 2014 and earned him various music gaming awards. Throughout his career, Gregson-Williams has collaborated with a diverse array of recording artists such as Regina Spektor, Imogen Heap, Tricky, Peter Murphy, Flea, Hybrid, Paul Oakenfold, Sasha, Trevor Horn, Trevor Rabin, Lebo M., Perry Farrell and Tony Visconti and most recently Gregson-Williams co-wrote the original song "Loyal Brave True" for "Mulan" performed by Christina Aguilera.

Ciarán Strange was born on 8 August 1989 in Selsey, Chichester, West Sussex, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Borderlands 3 (2019), Tiny Tina's Wonderlands (2022) and Chainsaw Man (2022).

Lisa Hammond was born on 2 June 1983 in Chichester, Sussex, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Quills (2000), The Rubbish World of Dave Spud (2019) and Vera (2011).

Polly Adams was born on 27 August 1939 in Chichester, Sussex, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Kisna: The Warrior Poet (2005), Pride and Prejudice (1967) and Theatre Night (1957).

Cordelia Bugeja was born in Chichester, West Sussex, England, UK. She is an actress, known for King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017), The IT Crowd (2006) and Family Affairs (1997).

James Harrison was born in Chichester, England, UK. He is known for Blitz (2024), Black Bag (2025) and Napoleon (2023).

Geoffrey Beevers was born on 15 January 1941 in Chichester, Sussex, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Clash of the Titans (2010), Miss Potter (2006) and Legend (2015). He was previously married to Caroline John.

Esme Coy was born on 5 September 1998 in Chichester, Sussex, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Bridgerton (2020), Poldark (2015) and Goodnight Sweetheart (1993).

Paul Grunert was born in 1957 in Chichester, West Sussex, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010), Death Defying Acts (2007) and MI-5 (2002).

Chelsie Padley was born on 15 June 1991 in Chichester, Sussex, England, UK. She is an actress, known for The Story of Tracy Beaker (2002), Tati's Hotel (2011) and Keisha White: Someday (2021).

Michael Trubshawe was born on 7 December 1905 in Chichester, Sussex, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Guns of Navarone (1961), The Pink Panther (1963) and Brandy for the Parson (1952). He was married to Cecilia Tower and Margaret Louise McDougall. He died on 21 March 1985 in West Sussex, England, UK.

Daniel Fearn trained at Mountview Theatre School (UK) and has a BA Hons in performance. Since graduating in 1999 he has appeared in notable TV shows, Theatre and film. Daniel first discovered his love for acting at Chichester Festival Youth Theatre where he was a member for 8 years. Daniel has two brothers.

Charlotte Hawkins was born on 16 May 1975 in Chichester, West Sussex, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Burnt (2015), Sharknado 5: Global Swarming (2017) and National Treasure: Kiri (2018). She has been married to Mark Herbert since 6 September 2008. They have one child.

A British singer/songwriter with a keen sense for both atmosphere and melody, Tom Odell's piano-led odes to heartache and pain are emotional, raw, and often hushed affairs that evoke names like Leonard Cohen and Jeff Buckley. His acclaimed 2012 debut EP earned him a BRITs Critics' Choice award, and his first full-length outing, 2013's Long Way Down, reached number one on the U.K. albums chart. Uneasy with the idea of fame, Odell recorded his next two releases in New York and Los Angeles before returning home to London for 2018's intimate Jubilee Road and 2021's dark, electro-pop-leaning monsters.

Born in the West Sussex town of Chichester, England, Odell spent his formative years studying at the Brighton Institute of Modern Music. In 2012, after landing a record deal with Columbia Records, the then-21-year-old released his debut EP, Songs from Another Love, made his television debut on Later... with Jools Holland, and was nominated for and won the Critics' Choice category of that year's BRIT Awards. He released his first full-length studio effort, Long Way Down, in 2013. The platinum-selling album was a huge success, having gone straight in at number one on the U.K. charts, and Odell spent the following couple of years touring the material relentlessly, supporting huge names such as Elton John, Billy Joel, and the Rolling Stones along the way.

Odell soon sought refuge from the limelight, and found it in the shape of a small apartment in New York's East Village. It was there that he found the time to begin working on his follow-up, 2016's Wrong Crowd. After a European tour in 2014, and after scooping up an Ivor Novello Award for Songwriter of the Year, Odell again relocated, this time to Los Angeles. The album began to take shape with the help of producer Jim Abbiss, best known for his work with Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian, and Adele, among others. Ever the avid film buff, Odell issued a collection of films to accompany Wrong Crowd that followed the narrative of the album. Scripted by Odell and with the help of director George Belfield, the films explored themes of isolation and innocence, having drawn inspiration from greats such as Wenders, Malick, and Fellini during his time spent under the radar in New York.

In April 2018, Odell issued an eponymous single from his third studio LP, the inward-looking Jubilee Road, which arrived later that October. The single "Numb" appeared in early 2021 ahead of the release of the full-length monsters. Darker and moodier than its predecessor, the electro-pop-tinged set drew inspiration from artists like XXXTentacion, Drake, and Travis Scott. Early the following year, Odell stripped his sound back down to its piano and vocal core on the poignant single "Best Day of My Life."

His fourth studio album, monsters, was released in 2021.

Holly grew up in Bradford-on-Avon in Wiltshire. Holly's first on screen role was playing Maddy in the BBC television drama about the famous school Summerhill (2008). She went on to star as Megan in two series of the children's comedy drama Paradise Cafe (2009), which was filmed in New Zealand and Rarotonga. Since then she has filmed guest roles in episodes of the BBC series Doctors (2000) and Casualty (1986).

Adam Blackwood was born on 14 July 1959 in Chichester, Sussex, England, UK. He is an actor, known for 007: Agent Under Fire (2001), Jeeves and Wooster (1990) and By the Sword Divided (1983). He has been married to Nicola King since 18 January 1989. They have two children.

Peter Baldwin was born on 29 July 1933 in Chidham, Chichester, West Sussex, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Freelance (1970), Coronation Street (1960) and Poldark (1975). He was married to Sarah Long. He died on 21 October 2015 in Hampstead, London, England, UK.

Elizabeth Cassidy is a British actress who is best known for her role as Anne Darracott in the 1970s BBC television series Gangsters. Her other TV credits include: Z-Cars, The Sweeney, Warship, Survivors, Van der Valk, Within These Walls and Going Straight. She is married to actor/director Paul Seed. They reside in Devon, England.

Adam is an English born character actor who's worked extensively in Film and TV in both comedy and dramas. Adam gained his first job in Victoria Woods 'Dinnerladies' whilst in his last term at Arts Ed Drama School in London and since then has worked on movies such as 'Bridget Jones Baby' (Dir Sharon McGuire), 'King of Thieves' (dir James Marsh) and has worked with Joe Cornish on both of his movies; 'Attack The Block' and 'The Kid Who Would be King'.

Adam's first lead film role was also his first feature film 'EMR' which also starred an up and coming Tom Hardy. 'EMR' won several awards worldwide including the 'Best UK Feature Award' at London's prestigious 'Raindance Fesitval', seeing off tough competition such as Shane Meadows 'Dead Mans Shoes'.

TV credits include many of the UK's favourite TV shows including playing Olivia Coleman's 'fling' in Broadchurch, Eastenders, Humans and Guerrilla.

British Actor and Award winning Voice Artist, trained at Webber Douglas Academy, London University Goldsmiths college, even offered scholarship to Bristol Old vic post graduate course. He has worked in the Uk, South Africa and Internationally. Best Known in the UK as Eddie in the Award winning musical 'Blood Brothers' on the first Uk National Tour and in the West End London. Playing opposite David Cassidy, Stefan Dennis, Helen Reddy amongst many others. Tom played the leading role of Detective Gavin Archer in South Africa's ETV popular series "Gold Diggers" and has played impactful leading roles in numerous South African television series and Soaps. He even made an appearance in the celebrated Belgium Series, "Salamander" season 2 acting in French. International Feature films include 'Doomsday', 'Amelia', 'Blood and Oil', 'Sinking of the Laconia', "Mandela's gun', Winnie' and the leading role in 'The Message' an action feature film. Also acting in the action Sci-Fi movie "Revolt" with Lee Pace and then with Ben Schnetzer (Warcraft) in "The journey is the destination". He played Major Hare in the BBC army series 'Our Girl 2' directed by Jan Matthys.

He has trained in Shotokan Karate and fought in the UK in semi-contact competitions, Southern Regions and fighting at South London club level. He has also trained and worked with various professionals including Vadim Dobrim in Systema, Russian Martial arts and unarmed combat, and Gareth Hicks ( Group 73) in Police and Military Urban tactics and weapons handling for film productions. He has worked in Film, TV and theatre with martial arts fights, unarmed combat styles, sword, broad sword and knife and has experience with various weapons training for over 30 years. He also has a handgun proficiency certificate and is a certified Fight Director.

He worked in Improvisation and physical theatre with the Creators of "Theatre of L'Ange Fou" in Paris. Also in "theatre works", a musical improvisation group of West End performers, culminating with the role of narrator in Andrew Macbean's original west end musical production of Tom wait's "Rain Dogs". He was also part of Joe Parker's comedy improvisation team, leading workshops in comedy improvisation. During that time he performed in many comedy improvisation shows with some of South Africa's current leading Comedians and also worked as a stand up comic. He has played the title roles in the Shakespeare productions, "Much Ado About Nothing, Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, and Hamlet, amongst numerous other theatre productions over a decade in repertory theatre and on tour throughout the UK. In South Africa he played Jake in the acclaimed two hander comedy production "Stones in his Pockets", and the title role of Jerry in Pinter's play Betrayal at the Sandton theatre on the square in Johannesburg.

He has been a successful and extremely versatile Voice Artist for over 25 years and has voiced dozens of award winning campaigns for international and local brands, short and long form animations and records audio books for Amazon audible from his home studio. He set up and ran a successful actor/ voice agency for many years assisting in training local talent. He continues to teach voice/ improv/ acting workshops. A published author and blogger on recovery from addiction and mental health issues. He was also resident writer on the ETV youth soap Backstage and wrote for the absurdist comedy series "On the Couch" for SABC. He Wrote and produced A soldier's Story for BBC Wales and "Making Movies" documentary for channel 4 later. As a Writer/ Director forthcoming projects "The Pandora Effect" and "The Grid". Most recently he is playing the lead role in forthcoming Action movie " Lost Horizon" .

Anohni is a singer, songwriter and visual artist originally releasing chamber pop music under the name Antony and the Johnsons. In 2005, her album 'I Am a Bird Now' won the Mercury Music Prize and considerable success. In 2016, under the name Anohni, she released Hopelessness, an electronic dance album exploring themes of environmental destruction and American imperialism. In 2016 she was nominated for an Academy Award for contributing the song "Manta Ray" to the environmental documentary Racing Extinction.