Jason Biggs’ Birth Date:

May 12, 1978

Place of Birth:

Pompton Plains, New Jersey

Acting Background:

Jason Biggs began his acting career at the tender age of five when he began appearing in national commercials. Biggs followed up his commercial work with roles on the TV showsDrexell’s Class andTotal Security. He picked up a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series for his work onAs the World Turns in 1995.

Role That Got Him Noticed:

Jason Biggs will forever be known as the ‘Pie Guy’ for his starring role in theAmerican Pie franchise.

Notable Movie Credits:

American Pie,Boys and Girls,The Loser,Saving Silverman,American Pie 2,Prozac Nation,American Wedding,Anything Else,Jersey Girl,Eight Below,Wedding Daze,Over Her Dead Body, andMy Best Friend’s Girl

Birth Date:

May 27, 1971

Place of Birth:

London, England

Significant Other:

Paul Bettany married Oscar-winning actressJennifer Connelly on January 1, 2003. The couple met while working onA Beautiful Mind.

Role That Got Him Noticed:

Playing Chaucer inA Knight’s Tale oppositeHeath Ledger. Bettany earned the London Film Critics’ Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance inA Knight’s Tale and madeVariety’s ‘Ten to Watch’ list for 2001.

Paul Bettany’s Acting Background:

Bettany attended the Drama Centre in London and then made his stage debut in a West End production ofAn Inspector Calls directed by Stephen Daldry. Bettany stayed on the stage for a season with the Royal Shakespeare Company before taking on his first feature film role inBent.

Notable Movie Credits:

Dead Babies,A Knight’s Tale,A Beautiful Mind,The Heart of Me,Dogville,The Reckoning,Master and Commander,Wimbledon,Firewall,The DaVinci Code,Firewall,The Secret Life of Bees,Inkheart,Creation,Legion andThe Young Victoria.

Birth Date:

November 30, 1978

Place of Birth:

Guadalajara, Mexico

Hangs With:

Close friend of actor Diego Luna

Role That Got Him Noticed:

Alejandro Gonzlez Irritus Academy Award-nominatedAmores Perros. His breakthrough performance in that film earned him the Silver Ariel Award (Mexico’s equivalent of the Oscar).

Notable Movie Credits:

Garcia Bernal followed upAmores Perros withY Tu Mama Tambien opposite Diego Luna. Then cameEl Crimen del Padre Amaro [The Crime of Father Amaro],Dot the I,The Motorcyle Diaries,Bad Education,The King,The Science of Sleep,Babel, andBlindness.

Calling the Shots:

Garcia Bernal opened a production company, Canana Films, with Luna, Pablo Cruz, and Geminiano Pineda.

An American Production:

Garcia Bernal made his debut in a North American production inThe King in which he plays the illegitimate son of a Texas preacher.

Being Picky About His Film Roles:

In ourinterview in 2006, Garcia Bernal explained his strategy. “I think of the whole picture in general. I think of the meaning of the film. If Im interested in telling the story, This story is necessary. This story moves me. If a character is interesting. If the character is a challenge to do. Is it complex? What am I going to learn from it? Where am I going to go with it, you know? All those questions.”

“At the end, its your intuition or your instinct that tells you to do it. Then the whole project grabs a sense of urgency and it becomes a necessity for you to be in it. Thats how I make a decision. Thats when I decide them. Fortunately thats when its easier to make a decision because thats when you go for whats necessary and not the others.”

Birthdate:

December 30, 1973

Place of Birth:

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Role That Got Him Noticed:

Playing an alien who lives in Roswell, New Mexico on the TV series, “Roswell.”

Movie Credits:

Behr’s made his feature film debut in “Pleasantville” directed by Gary Ross and starring Tobey Maguire as a kid who gets zapped into the fictional world of a black and white TV series. A role in “The Shipping News” earned him a Movieline Magazine Award. Additional film credits include “Rites Of Passage,” “Happily Even After,”"The Grudge,” “Shooting Livien,” “Skinwalkers,”"Dragon Wars: D-War,” “The Tattooist,” “Frost,” and “Senseless.”

His Significant Other:

Behr married actress KaDee Strickland (“Private Practice,” “American Gangster”) on November 10, 2006.

Justin Bartha Grew Up:

Outside of Detroit, Michigan

Role That Kind of Got Him Noticed:

Starring with Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez in the ill-fatedGigli.

Justin Bartha’s Birth Date:

July 21, 1978

He’s Not Just an Actor:

Bartha wrote and directed a short film,Highs and Lows, which premiered at the South By Southwest Film Festival in March 2003.

Educational Background:

Justin trained at New York University’s Meisner Extension.

Stage Roles:

Bartha played Ariel inThe Tempest, Roscoe Purkapile inSpoon River Anthology, Puck inA Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Hornbeck inInherit the Wind.

Notable Movie Credits:

Studio 54,National Treasure,Failure to Launch,Trust the Man,National Treasure: Book of Secrets,The Rebound,The Hangover, andHoly Rollers.