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Stephen Dorff
At the age of 29, STEPHEN DORFF (Mike Reilly) is one of the most respected young actors in Hollywood. He next travels to Toronto to torment happy couple Dennis Quaid and Sharon Stone in the Disney thriller Cold Creek Manor for director Mike Figgis. Upcoming for Dorff is the caper $teal (aka Riders) for French helmer Gerard Pires, and he also recently completed production on the Russian mafia thriller Den of Lions, starring opposite acclaimed actor Bob Hoskins.
He most recently starred in Scott Kalvert's street gang drama Deuces Wild and prior to that, as the champion of bad cinema in John Waters' comedy Cecil B. Demented, co-starring Melanie Griffith.
Dorff has an impressive list of screen credits; chief among them is the vampire hit Blade, in which he starred opposite Wesley Snipes and won the "Best Villain" at both the MTV Movie and Blockbuster Entertainment Awards. He also co-starred with Susan Sarandon in HBO's Earthly Possessions, based on Anne Tyler's novel about an unlikely romance between a young, fumbling bank robber and his hostage.
Additional credits include Entropy, Blood and Wine with Jack Nicholson, and opposite Harvey Keitel in City of Industry. He also starred as the fifth Beatle, Stuart Sutcliffe, in Iain Softley's Backbeat and as the notorious Candy Darling in I Shot Andy Warhol.
Chosen from over 2000 young men around the world, he auditioned and won the coveted role of PK in John Avildsen's The Power of One, for which he was awarded the Male Star of Tomorrow Award from the National Association of Theater Owners.
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Natascha
McElhone
NATASCHA McELHONE (Terry Huston) recently completed shooting for Steven Soderbergh's Solaris, in which she stars opposite George Clooney. McElhone was first made famous on the screen in James Ivory's Surviving Picasso, in which her interpretation of Franoise Gilot showcased her abilities and rare sensitivity. She was Jim Carrey's blonde muse in The Truman Show by Peter Weir, appeared opposite Robert De Niro in John Frankenheimer's Ronin and also played opposite Brad Pitt in The Devil's Own.
McElhone can be seen in the upcoming Laurel Canyon, which premiered at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival and co-starred Frances McDormand, Christian Bale and Kate Beckinsdale. She will also be seen later this year in Chen Kaige's first American movie, Killing Me Softly, opposite Heather Graham and Joseph Fiennes and in City of Ghosts, Matt Dillon's first film as director, in which she appears opposite Dillon and James Caan.
McElhone was born in Hampstead (London) and graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. She began acting on the stage in 1993, and early stage performances include starring roles in such classics as The Count of Monte Cristo, The Cherry Orchard, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Richard III. McElhone's other credits include Mrs. Galloway and Kenneth Branagh's musical version of Love's Labour's Lost.
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Stephen Rea
Academy Award-nominated actor STEPHEN REA (Alistair Pratt) is one of today's leading actors, having delivered critically acclaimed performances in film, television, and theater. Rea's long-standing relationship with renowned director Neil Jordan has spanned seven films. His most notable collaboration with Jordan has been The Crying Game, for which he received an Academy Award nomination and The National Society of Film Critics Award for best Actor in 1992. Other collaborations include the much-acclaimed film The Butcher Boy; Michael Collins, with Liam Neeson and Julia Roberts; Interview with the Vampire, with Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt and In Dreams, with Annette Bening and Robert Downey, Jr. He also reunited with Jordan for The End of the Affair, starring opposite Ralph Fiennes and Julianne Moore.
Rea recently starred opposite Sarah Polley in Audrey Wells' directorial debut Guinevere, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. His other films include Robert Altman's Prt-a-porter, Trojan Eddie, Angie, Princess Caraboo, Bad Behaviour and Mike Leigh's Life is Sweet. He was also seen in Peter Hyam's The Musketeer, opposite Tim Roth, Catherine Deneuve, Mena Suvari and Justin Chambers. Upcoming for Rea is Evelyn for director Bruce Beresford.
Rea has also received praise for his television work. He has received a Golden Globe nomination for Crime of the Century in 1996 and he also starred in Chris Gerolmo's Citizen X, for which he received the award for Best Actor at the Catalonian International Film Festival in Spain in 1995. Rea recently starred as an Orthodox rabbi in Snow in August for Showtime.
A native of Belfast, Ireland, Rea formed the Field Day Theatre Company with respected Irish playwright Brian Friel in 1980, performing in all of the company's productions, including Translation, Double Cross, Pentecost, Saint Oscar and Uncle Vanya. He also directed Field Day's presentation of Three Sisters.
Rea's other stage work includes Playboy of the Western World at London's National Theatre; Aristocrats at Dublin's Abbey Theatre; The Hampstead Theatre's production of Someone Who'll Watch Over Me, which eventually moved to Broadway and earned Rea a Tony Award for Best Actor, and Harold Pinter's Ashes to Ashes at The Royal Court Theatre in London.
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