About The Cast

GEORGE CLOONEY (Lyn Cassady/Producer) is an Academy Award winner who received three Oscar nominations in 2005 alone: Best Director, Best Original Screenplay (Good Night, and Good Luck.) and Best Supporting Actor (Syriana). It was the first time in Academy history that an individual received acting and directing nominations for two different films. That year, Clooney won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor and a Golden Globe for his role in Syriana. He was also nominated for SAG, BAFTA and Critics' Choice awards for this performance and served as one of the film's executive producers.

In 2007, the Best Picture Oscar nominee Michael Clayton earned Clooney a Golden Globe and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.

In 2008, Clooney starred in Leatherheads, a romantic comedy he directed for Universal. It was the first film produced by Smokehouse, the production company Clooney formed with Grant Heslov.

Clooney's most recent film, the Coen brothers' Burn After Reading, was a surprise hit. It reunited him with the Coens for the third time, as they had previously collaborated on O Brother, Where Art Thou? (which earned Clooney a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy) and Intolerable Cruelty, co-starring Catherine Zeta Jones.

Clooney's upcoming projects include Up in the Air, directed by Jason Reitman, and the animated feature Fantastic Mr. Fox, in which he voices the title character.

Heslov and Clooney worked together at Section Eight, a company in which Clooney was partnered with Steven Soderbergh. Among the films produced by Section Eight were Ocean's 11, Ocean's 12, Ocean's 13, Michael Clayton, The Good German, Good Night, and Good Luck., Syriana, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, The Jacket, Full Frontal and Welcome To Collinwood.

In Section Eight's television division, Clooney was an executive producer and directed five episodes of Unscripted, a reality-based show that debuted on HBO. He was executive producer and cameraman on K Street, also for HBO.

Clooney made his directorial debut in 2002 with Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, which won a Special Achievement in Film Award from the National Board of Review.

His second directorial project, Good Night, and Good Luck., brought him Oscar nominations for writing and directing as well as the Paul Selvin Award from the Writers Guild of America and the Freedom Award from the Broadcast Film Critics Association. The film also earned Clooney two Golden Globe nominations, two BAFTAs, a SAG Award, an Independent Spirit Award, two Critics' Choice Awards, a WGA Award and a DGA Award. For his overall cinematic achievements, he won the 2006 American Cinematheque Award and the Modern Master Award from the Santa Barbara Film Festival.

As an actor, Clooney received critical acclaim for the award-winning drama Three Kings and the Oscar-nominated Out of Sight. His other film credits include The Perfect Storm, Solaris, The Peacemaker, Batman & Robin, One Fine Day and From Dusk Till Dawn.

Clooney has starred in several television series but is best known to TV audiences for his five years on the hit drama "ER." His portrayal of Dr. Douglas Ross earned him Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, People's Choice and Emmy nominations.

Clooney was executive producer and co-star of the live television broadcast of "Fail Safe," an Emmy-winning telefilm developed through his Maysville Pictures. "Fail Safe" was nominated for a 2000 Golden Globe Award as Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television. The project was based on the early 1960s novel of the same name.

In 2006, Clooney and his father, Nick, went to Darfur to film the documentary Journey to Darfur. His work on behalf of Darfur relief led to the actor addressing the United Nations Security Council. He also narrated the Darfur documentary Sand and Sorrow.

In 2007, Clooney, along with Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Don Cheadle and Jerry Weintraub, co-founded Not on Our Watch, an organization whose mission is to focus global attention and resources to halt and prevent mass atrocities in Darfur.

Among the many honors received as a result of Clooney's humanitarian efforts in Darfur was the 2007 Peace Summit Award, given at The 8th World Summit of Nobel Peace Prize Laureates at their annual meeting in Rome. Among those presiding over the ceremonies included Rome's mayor Walter Veltroni, Lech Walesa, Mikhail Gorbachev and the Dalai Lama. In 2008, Clooney was designated a U.N. Messenger of Peace. He was one of eight individuals chosen to advocate on behalf of the U.N. and its peacekeeping efforts.

The son of a television anchorman, Clooney has become a strong First Amendment advocate with a deep commitment to humanitarian causes.

EWAN MCGREGOR (Bob Wilton) was born in Scotland and started acting with the Perth Repertory Theatre. He was still a student at London's Guildhall School of Music & Drama when he won a leading role in Dennis Potter's BBC series "Lipstick on Your Collar." He has worked steadily ever since.

McGregor played the lead role of Obi-Wan Kenobi in George Lucas' three prequels to his initial Star Wars trilogy. He made his feature debut in Bill Forsyth's Being Human and the next year won widespread acclaim for Shallow Grave, his first collaboration with director Danny Boyle. In 1996, he starred in Boyle's critically hailed Trainspotting as junkie Mark Renton.

Early film credits include Emma with Gwyneth Paltrow, Brassed Off and Little Voice (both for director Mark Herman), Philippe Rousselot's The Serpent's Kiss, Danny Boyle's A Life Less Ordinary and Todd Haynes' Velvet Goldmine.

In 2001, McGregor starred opposite Nicole Kidman in Baz Luhrmann's musical Moulin Rouge! and co-starred in Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down.

Among his other starring film credits are Deception, opposite Michelle Williams, and Woody Allen's Cassandra's Dream, with Colin Farrell. McGregor starred in Miss Potter and Down with Love, both opposite Renee Zellweger; Young Adam, alongside Tilda Swinton; Tim Burton's Big Fish, with Albert Finney; and the animated comedy Robots. He also starred in Michael Bay's The Island, opposite Scarlet Johansson, and in Marc Forster's Stay, with Naomi Watts.

McGregor will soon be seen in the thriller Incendiary, which reunites him with co-star Michelle Williams. He most recently starred in I Love You, Phillip Morris, opposite Jim Carrey, and Amelia, starring Hillary Swank.

On American television, McGregor guest-starred on "E.R." and received an Emmy nomination for his performance.

The young actor debuted on the West End stage as Sky Masterson in the Donmar Theatre's multi-award-winning production of "Guys and Dolls." He revisited the stage in 2008 when he starred in the critically acclaimed West End production of "Othello."

His documentary series "Long Way Down," which chronicled his motorbike trip from Northern Scotland to Cape Town, South Africa, premiered in August 2008 on Fox Reality Channel.

JEFF BRIDGES (Bill Django) last starred opposite Robert Downey Jr. in the Paramount Pictures/Marvel Studios blockbuster Iron Man playing the character of Obadiah Stane is one of Hollywood's most successful actors and is a four-time Academy Award nominee.

He earned his first Oscar nod in 1971 for Best Supporting Actor in Peter Bogdanovich's The Last Picture Show co-starring Cybill Shepard. Three years later he received his second Best Supporting Actor nomination for his role in Michael Cimino's Thunderbolt and Lightfoot. By 1984 he landed top kudos with a Best Actor nomination for Starman. That performance also earned him a Golden Globe nomination. In 2001, he was honored with another Golden Globe nomination and his fourth Oscar nomination for his role in The Contender, Rod Lurie's political thriller co-starring Gary Oldman and Joan Allen, in which Bridges played the President of the United States.

He just wrapped production on Disney's sci-fi, action, thriller TRON, a 3D high-tech adventure set in a digital world. He reprises the roll of Kevin Flynn and stars opposite Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde for director Joseph Kosinski. TRON is currently slated for a fall 2010 release.

Next spring he will be seen in the music-based drama Crazy Heart playing the character of Bad Blake, a down-on-his-luck, alcoholic country music singer who through his experiences with a female reporter is able to get his life and career back on track while playing a mentor to a hotshot contemporary country star and struggling in his shadow. The film is based on the debut novel by Thomas Cobb and also stars Maggie Gyllenhaal, Robert Duvall and Colin Farrell and is directed by Scott Cooper.

He currently can be seen starring opposite Justin Timberlake in The Open Road as Kyle Garrett a legendary ballplayer trying to reconnect with his son while coming to terms with who they are and what kind of men they should be. The film is written and directed by Michael Meredith. Additionally, he is starring in A Dog Year for HBO Films/ Picturehouse based on the memoir by Jon Katz and directed by George LaVoo who also wrote the screenplay.

Last summer he starred opposite Shia LaBeouf, as Geek a cantankerous washed-up surfer penguin in the Academy Award nominated Surfs' Up from Sony Pictures Animation. The same year he appeared in The Amateurs, a comedy written and directed by Michael Traeger, in which citizens of a small town, under the influence of a man in the midst of a mid-life crisis (Bridges), come together to make an adult film.

Prior to that he was in his second film for director Terry Gilliam titled Tideland where he played Noah, a drug addicted, has-been, rock guitarist as well as Stick It for Touchstone Pictures playing the coach of a team of rule-abiding gymnasts,

The actor's multi-faceted career has cut a wide swathe across all genres. He has starred in numerous box office hits including Gary Ross' Seabiscuit, Terry Gilliam's offbeat comedic drama The Fisher King (co-starring Robin Williams), the multi-award nominated The Fabulous Baker Boys (co-starring his brother Beau Bridges and Michelle Pfeiffer), The Jagged Edge (opposite Glenn Close), Francis Ford Coppola's Tucker: The Man and His Dream, Blown Away (co-starring his late father Lloyd Bridges and Tommy Lee Jones), Peter Weir's Fearless (with Isabella Rosselini and Rosie Perez), and Martin Bell's American Heart (with Edward Furlong, produced by Bridges' company AsIs Productions). That film earned Bridges an IFP/Spirit Award in 1993 for Best Actor.

In the summer of 2004, he appeared opposite Kim Bassinger in the critically acclaimed The Door in the Floor for director Todd Williams and Focus Features that earned him an IFP/Spirit Award nomination for Best Actor.

He played a major featured role in The Muse (an Albert Brooks comedy starring Brooks, Sharon Stone and Andie McDowell) he has also appeared in the suspense thriller Arlington Road (co-starring Tim Robbins and Joan Cusack, directed by Mark Pellington) and starred in Simpatico, the screen version of Sam Shepard's play (with Nick Nolte, Sharon Stone and Albert Finney). In 1998, he starred in the Coen brothers' cult comedy The Big Lebowski. Before that, he starred in Ridley Scott's White Squall, Walter Hill's Wild Bill, John Huston's Fat City, and Barbara Streisand's romantic comedy The Mirror Has Two Faces.

Some of Bridges' other acting credits include How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, K-PAX, Masked and Anonymous, Stay Hungry, Bad Company, Against All Odds, Cutter's Way, The Vanishing, Texasville, The Morning After, Nadine, Rancho Deluxe, See You In the Morning, Eight Million Ways to Die, TRON, The Last American Hero and Heart of the West.

In 1983 Jeff founded the End Hunger Network, a non-profit organization dedicated to feeding children around the world. Jeff produced the End Hunger televent, a three-hour live television broadcast focusing on world hunger. The televent featured Gregory Peck, Jack Lemmon, Burt Lancaster, Bob Newhart, Kenny Loggins and other leading film, television and music stars in an innovative production to educate and inspire action.

Through his company, AsIs Productions, he produced "Hidden in America" which starred his brother Beau. That television movie, produced for Showtime, received a Golden Globe nomination in 1996 for Best TV/Cable Film and garnered a Screen Actors Guild nod for Best Actor for Beau Bridges. The film was also nominated for two Emmy Awards.

One of Jeff's true passions is photography. While on the set of his movies, Jeff takes behind the scenes pictures of the actors, crew, and locations. After completion of each motion picture, he edits the images into a book and gives copies to everyone involved. Jeff's photos have been featured in several magazines including Premiere and Aperture as well as in other publications worldwide. He has also had gallery exhibits of his work in New York at the George Eastman House, in Los Angeles, London and San Diego.

The books, which have become valued by collectors, were never intended for public sale but in the fall of 2003, powerHouse Books released "Pictures: Photographs By Jeff Bridges", a hardcover book containing a compilation of photos taken on numerous film locations over the years, to much critical acclaim. Proceeds from the book are donated to the Motion Picture & Television Fund, a non-profit organization that offers charitable care and support to film-industry workers.

Several years ago, Jeff fulfilled a life-long dream by releasing his first album, Be Here Soon on Ramp Records, the Santa Barbara, CA label he co-founded with Michael McDonald and producer/singer/ songwriter Chris Pelonis. The CD features guest appearances by vocalist/ keyboardist Michael McDonald, Grammy-nominated Amy Holland, and country-rock legend David Crosby. Ramp Records also released Michael McDonald's album Blue Obsession.

Jeff, his wife Susan and their three children divide their time between their home in Santa Barbara, California and their ranch in Montana.

KEVIN SPACEY (Larry Hooper) is a two-time Academy Award winner and Artistic Director of The Old Vic Theatre Company. He directed its inaugural production "Cloaca" before appearing in "National Anthems," "The Philadelphia Story," "Richard II," "A Moon for the Misbegotten," which subsequently transferred to Broadway, and "Speed-the-Plow," with Jeff Goldblum, directed by Matthew Warchus. He is currently starring at the Old Vic in Trevor Nunn's production of "Inherit the Wind."

Spacey's previous theater work includes "The Iceman Cometh," directed by Howard Davies at the Almeida, Old Vic and on Broadway, which earned him The Evening Standard and Olivier Awards for Best Actor; "Lost in Yonkers," for which he won a Tony Award as Best Supporting Actor; "Long Day's Journey into Night," with Jack Lemmon, directed by Jonathan Miller on Broadway, the West End and The Seagull at the Kennedy Center.

Spacey's film credits include Superman Returns, playing super-criminal Lex Luthor; Beyond the Sea, as producer, director and star; The Usual Suspects, for which he won the Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor; Sam Mendes' American Beauty, which brought him the Academy and BAFTA Awards for Best Actor. Other credits include Swimming with Sharks, Se7en, L.A. Confidential, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Negotiator, Hurlyburly, K-PAX and The Shipping News.

Shrink, in which Spacey stars with Robin Williams, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January, 2009. Nick Moran's Telstar, in which he stars opposite Con O'Neil and Pam Ferris, recently debuted at the London Film Festival.

Spacey also recently wrapped shooting on Casino Jack and Father of Invention, both produced by his production company Trigger Street. Previous Trigger Street films include The United States of Leland, The Big Kahuna, 21, Fanboys and the HBO feature "Bernard and Doris," starring Ralph Fiennes and Susan Sarandon, which was nominated for 10 Emmy Awards and three Golden Globes.

Spacey was most recently nominated for an Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG Award as Best Actor for his performance as Ron Klein in "Recount," a co-production between Trigger Street and HBO. A behind-the-scenes account of the 36-day battle for the Presidency in 2000 between George W. Bush and Al Gore, it won the Emmy for Best TV Film of the Year.

The American-born actor was recently honored with a special Evening Standard Theatre Award for bringing new life to the Old Vic.

STEPHEN LANG (General Hopgood) most recently completed roles in two highly anticipated films, Michael Mann's Public Enemies and James Cameron's Avatar.

Among Lang's other film credits are Gods and Generals, Save Me, The I Inside, Shadow Conspiracy, Fire Down Below, Last Exit to Brooklyn, Project X, Manhunter, Twice in a Lifetime and D-Tox, with Sylvester Stallone. Lang was also seen in Tombstone, as Ike Clanton, and Gettysburg, as General George Pickett.

The Broadway veteran was honored with a Tony nomination for Best Performance by a Featured Actor for "A Few Good Men" at the Music Box Theatre. He also starred on Broadway with Dustin Hoffman in the revival of "Death of a Salesman" and as a homeless man in "The Speed of Darkness." Other major productions include "Hamlet" for the Roundabout Theatre Company, "Wait Until Dark" at the Brook Atkinson Theatre and "Saint Joan" at the Circle in the Square.

Off-Broadway, Lang was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Solo Performance and the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Solo Show in "Beyond Glory," which he also wrote and directed and originally staged at the Goodman Theatre. He also starred in John Patrick Shanley's "Defiance" at the Manhattan Theatre Club, "The Guys at the Flea Theatre," "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" at the Union Square Theatre, and "36 Views" at the Public Theatre.

Lang's television appearances include the movies and miniseries "The Bronx Is Burning" on ESPN, "At the Mercy of a Stranger" for CBS, "A Town Has Turned to Dust" for the Sci-Fi Channel and the Showtime movies "Escape: Human Cargo" and "Gang in Blue." He played the title role in Mark Tinker's "Babe Ruth" for NBC. Lang was also a series regular on "The Fugitive" and Michael Mann's "Crime Story," among many other television appearances.

NICK OFFERMAN (Scotty Mercer) began his professional career on stage in Chicago, co-founding the Defiant Theatre and appearing at the Steppenwolf and the Goodman, among others. He continued his theater career in Los Angeles, appearing in many shows at The Evidence Room; he also appeared Off Broadway in "Adding Machine" at The Minetta Lane. He was most recently cast in the new NBC comedy "Parks and Recreation" as Amy Poehler's boss, Ron Swanson.

Offerman's previous television credits include "American Body Shop," "Will & Grace," "Deadwood," "ER," "George Lopez," "Gilmour Girls," "24," "The West Wing," "NYPD Blue," "CSI:NY" and "Monk." His film credits include All Good Things, Sin City, Miss Congeniality 2, The Go-Getter, Patriotville, Wristcutters, November, Groove and Treasure Island.

He also recently completed a how-to video for Bear Mountain Boats about building your own wooden canoe.

TIM GRIFFIN (Tim Kootz) recently appeared in the action hits Iron Man and J.J. Abrams' Star Trek. He previously was featured in the comedy Leatherheads and the Sci-Fi hit Cloverfield.

Griffin's other movie credits include The Bourne Supremacy, Danika, Kids in America and John Singleton's Higher Learning. He also appeared in the telefilms For the Very First Time, Taking a Stand and Showtime's The Last Escape.

The Chicago native has had recurring roles on the television series "Grey's Anatomy," "The Unit," "E.R.," "Party of Five," "Against the Grain" and the daytime drama "General Hospital."

WALEED F. ZUAITER (Mahmud Daash) was last seen in the HBO/BBC miniseries about Saddam Hussein, "House of Saddam." He recently completed filming the indie feature Veronika Decides to Die, based on the novel by Paulo Coelho, with Melissa Leo, David Thewlis and Sarah Michelle Gellar.

On stage, Zuaiter performed at The Kennedy Center in a one-night only production of "Betrayed," the Lucille Lortel Award-winning new play that enjoyed success during its extended run at The Culture Project in New York.

Born in San Francisco and raised in Kuwait, Zuaiter began acting while attending George Washington University. After graduating with a degree in philosophy and theater, he began performing on stage in D.C. before returning to the Bay Area, where he was cast in Tony Kushner's production of "Homebody/Kabul" in Berkeley, California.

Zuaiter recently starred in the U.S. premiere production of David Greig's "The American Pilot" at the Manhattan Theatre Club, under the direction of artistic director Lynne Meadow. He performed opposite Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline in the Public Theatre's production of Bertolt Brecht's "Mother Courage," adapted by Tony Kushner and directed by Tony Award-winner George C. Wolfe. He was part of the cast that earned the 2006 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance for the Public Theatre production of David Hare's play "Stuff Happens," directed by Tony Award-winner Daniel Sullivan.

Other stage credits include the Broadway production of "Sixteen Wounded" as well as Off Broadway stagings of "Masked" and "Guantanamo."

Zuaiter is a producer of the critically acclaimed New York Arab-American Comedy Festival (NYAACF), which will enter its fifth annual season in January 2008, and which had its Los Angeles premiere in January of 2006. The NYAACF is the largest comedy festival in the U.S. that brings together Arab-Americans to showcase a unique and edgy brand of humor.

Zuaiter formed Lion & Light Productions, LLC upon optioning the rights and adapting for the screen the PEN-Oakland Award-winning novel On the Hills of God, by Ibrahim Fawal. His company owns options on other feature film properties that are in various stages of development.

Zuaiter's television credits include the Spike Lee-directed "M.O.N.Y." on the USA Network as well as guest-starring appearances on the series "Numb3rs," "The Unit," "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" and "Untold Stories."

ROBERT PATRICK (Todd Nixon) is a veteran film and television actor best known for his starring role opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator 2: Judgment Day. He also recently starred as Johnny Cash's father in the multi award-winning biography Walk the Line.

Patrick was recently seen starring as Colonel Tom Ryan in CBS' action-drama "The Unit," produced by David Mamet. He most recently appeared on the big screen in the comedy Strange Wilderness, about a television nature show that goes in search of Bigfoot to boost ratings.

Patrick's other recent big screen appearances include Clint Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers and We Are Marshall with Matthew McConaughey. He was previously featured in The Marine and with Harrison Ford in Firewall.

Audiences will remember Patrick as John Doggett on the last two seasons of "The X-Files." His extensive television and film resume includes a recurring role in the second season of HBO's "The Sopranos."

Patrick's film credits include Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, Ladder 49, Spy Kids, All the Pretty Horses, The Faculty, From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money, Copland, Eye See You, A Texas Funeral and the romantic drama The Only Thrill, in which Patrick starred alongside Diane Keaton, Diane Lane and Sam Shepard.

Patrick also appeared in Rosewood for director John Singleton, Striptease, Fire In The Sky, Double Dragon: The Movie, Decoy, The Last Gasp and Hong Kong '97. He was also featured in an episode of Showtime's "The Outer Limits," the TNT original movie "Bad Apple" and the CBS miniseries "Elvis," in which he played Elvis Presley's father.

Patrick's upcoming films include the thriller Autopsy and Alien Trespass, with Eric McCormack.

Born in Marietta, Georgia, Patrick was an avid athlete who began acting after sitting in on some drama classes in high school. He moved to Hollywood in 1984 and was cast in the beatnik play "Go." He got his big break during this performance when he was discovered by director Roger Corman.

Patrick currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife Barbara and their two children.

REBECCA MADER (Deborah Wilton) is best known to film audiences for her role in The Devil Wears Prada. She most recently co-starred in the independent comedy The Rainbow Tribe. Her other film credits include the Will Smith hit Hitch and the indies The Great World of Sound, Mimic: Sentinel and Replay.

On television, Mader played the character Charlotte Lewis in the most recent season of "Lost." She was also a regular on the series "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" and "Justice" and co-starred in the telefilm "Samantha: An American Girl Holiday." Mader has also had recurring roles in the series "Starved" and the daytime drama "One Life to Live."

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