*some of these bios are taken from the official LAC site
 
 
    Kevin Spacey (Jack Vincennes) began his acting career on the New York stage making his debut as a messenger in Joseph Papp's 1981 Central Park production of Henry IV, Part I. He won the 1991 Tony Award for his performance as Uncle Louie in Neil Simon's Lost In Yonkers. He won the Academy Award® for Best Supporting Actor for  The Usual Suspects (1995), a busy year in which he was also seen in Outbreak (1995), Swimming With Sharks (1995) and Seven (1995). The National Board of Review, the New York Film Critics, the Boston Film Critics, the Chicago Film Critics, the Texas Society of Film Critics, the Broadcasters Association, the Seattle Film Festival, the Golden Globes, the Screen Actors Guild and the Independent Spirit Awards all honored him for his 1995 performances.
    He recently appeared as a member of the ensemble in Looking For Richard (1996), Al Pacino's documentary on Shakespeare, and made his directorial debut with Albino Alligator (1997) starring Matt Dillon. He appeared in Joel Schumacher's adaptation of John Grisham's best-selling novel A Time to Kill (1996) opposite Sandra Bullock, Matthew McConaughey and Samuel L Jackson, also for New Regency and Warner Bros. His other starring roles include Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), Consenting Adults (1992), Iron Will (1994) and The Ref (1994).
    Spacey can soon be seen in the adaptation of John Berendt's best-selling book, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997), directed by Clint Eastwood. He'll also reunite with Samuel L. Jackson in the upcoming Regency production The Negotiator, slated for a 1998 release.

   Russell Crowe (Wendall "Bud" White) was born in New Zealand and raised in Australia. He made his American film debut opposite Sharon Stone and Gene Hackman in The Quick and the Dead (1995) and followed that by starring opposite Denzel Washington in Virtuosity (1995). He will be seen in the upcoming Regency release Breaking Up (1997) opposite Salma Hayek and Rough Magic (1997) with Bridget Fonda.
    The Australian Film Institute recognized Crowe in three consecutive years: a Best Actor nomination for The Crossing (1990), a Best Supporting Actor award for Proof (1991), and the Best Actor Award for the controversial Romper Stomper (1992).
Crowe's other Australian film credits include the role of Jack  Thompson's gay son in The Sum of Us (1994), Prisoners of the Sun (1990), Hammers Over the Anvil (1991), The Efficiency Expert (1991), No Way Back (1996) and The Silver Brumby (1993). 

    Australian heartthrob Guy Pearce (Edmund J. Exley) is known for his roles as Mike in the highly acclaimed international television series Neighbors (which he joined when he was only 17) and David in the equally popular TV series Home and Away. He is also well known from the 1993 television series The Man From Snowy River.
    Pearce made an international impression as Adam/Felicia, the road-tripping drag queen in The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994). An extremely versatile actor, he has starred in the films Flynn (1996), in which he played Errol
Flynn as a young man in his native Australia, the contemporary rock drama Heaven Tonight (1990) directed by Pino Amenta, in which Pearce stared alongside John Waters as a young rock musician (in which he performed all his own music), and the psychological thriller Hunting (1991). Pearce's theatre credits include Grease, I Hate Hamlet and A Midsummer Night's Dream.  His additional film credits include Snowy River: The McGregor Saga (1993), and Dating the Enemy (1996).  Pearce is currently filming Ravenous.

   Veteran character actor James Cromwell (Dudley Smith) is best known for his Oscar® nominated performance as Farmer Hoggett, the lanky farmer who slowly grows to believe in his talented pig in Babe (1995). The 6' 7" Cromwell grew up in Hollywood, the son of prolific director John Cromwell -- whose credits included Of Human Bondage (1934) and The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) -- and actress Kate Johnson. The younger Cromwell found himself bitten by the acting bug after watching his father at work, and landed roles on a number of prominent television shows, including Twilight Zone, M*A*S*H, Dallas, Hill Street Blues, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and L.A. Law. Perhaps his most notable small screen part came on the classic All in the Family, where he played the recurring role of "Stretch".
    Cromwell's comedic presence earned him roles in numerous features. He appeared in two Neil Simon murder mystery spoofs, Murder by Death (1976) and The Cheap Detective (1978), and co-starred with Steve Martin in The Man with Two Brains (1983). Cromwell went on to earn the distinction of appearing in all three "nerd" movies: Revenge of the Nerds (1984), Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987) and Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation (1993).

    After getting her start in television, Kim Basinger (Lynn Bracken) made her motion picture debut opposite Robert Redford in Barry Levinson's The Natural (1984), and has since appeared in more than a dozen feature films. This southern belle from Athens, Georgia has a long list of film credits which includes Fool For Love (1985) directed by Robert Altman, Adrian Lyne's sensual thriller 9 1/2 Weeks (1986), No Mercy (1986), Blake Edwards' Blind Date (1987) (in which she starred with Bruce Willis), Nadine (1987), and the box-office blockbuster Batman (1989).
    In 1991, Basinger starred in The Marrying Man (1991), where she met her future husband Alec Baldwin, with whom she again also starred in The Getaway (1994). Her other starring roles include Final Analysis (1992), Cool World (1992), The Real McCoy (1993) and Robert Altman's Ready to Wear (1994).

  Danny DeVito (Sid Hudgens) is one of Hollywood's biggest stars and, over the last few years, has become one of its most successful producers and directors as well. Since making an indelible impression as Martini opposite Jack Nicholson in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), DeVito has starred in a string of successful films. His credits include Terms of Endearment (1983), Romancing the Stone (1984), Jewel of the Nile (1985), Ruthless People (1986), Tin Men (1987), Twins (1988), Batman Returns (1992), Hoffa (1992), Junior (1994) and Get Shorty (1995).
    He made his feature film directorial debut with 1987's Throw Mama From the Train, which he also starred in. He followed with the New Regency-produced War of the Roses (1989). He has also helmed (as well as appeared in) Hoffa (1992) and
Matilda (1996). His television career is highlighted by his role as Louis DePalma, the petulant taxi dispatcher in the long-running Taxi. DeVito has been married to actress Rhea Pearlman of Cheers fame since 1981.
    Since 1992, DeVito has branched out into producing through his Jersey Films production company. His producing credits include Hoffa (1992), Pulp Fiction (1994), Get Shorty (1995), Sunset Park (1996), Feeling Minnesota (1996) andMatilda (1996). 

    San Francisco native David Strathairn (Pierce Patchett) is one of Hollywood's most recognizable character actors. He worked previously with director Curtis Hanson in The River Wild (1996). His credits include Dolores Claiborne (1994), Sneakers (1992), Home For the Holidays (1995), Losing Isaiah (1995), The Firm (1993), Lost in Yonkers (1993) and A Dangerous Woman (1993).
    In addition, Strathairn has appeared in six films directed by John Sayles: Return of the Secaucus Seven (1980), Matewan (1987), City of Hope (1991), Passion Fish (1992), Eight Men Out (1988) and Brother From Another Planet (1984). He has appeared on stage in productions of The Tempest, Tom Stoppard's Hapgood and Three Sisters.