Peter Sarsgaard
ActingBelleville, Illinois, USAJohn Peter Sarsgaard (born March 7, 1971) is an American actor. His first feature role was in Dead Man Walking in 1995. He then appeared in the 1998 independent films Another Day in Paradise and Desert Blue. That same year, Sarsgaard received a substantial role in The Man in the Iron Mask (1998), playing Raoul, the ill-fated son of Athos. Sarsgaard later achieved critical recognition when he was cast in Boys Don't Cry (1999) as John Lotter. He landed his first leading role in the 2001 film The Center of the World. The following year, he played supporting roles in Empire, The Salton Sea, and K-19: The Widowmaker.For his portrayal of Charles Lane in Shattered Glass, Sarsgaard won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor and was nominated for the 2004 Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. Sarsgaard has appeared in an eclectic range of films, including the 2004 comedy-drama Garden State, the biographical film Kinsey (2004), the drama The Dying Gaul (2005), and big-budget films such as Flightplan (2005), Jarhead (2005), The Skeleton Key (2005), Orphan (2009), An Education (2009), Knight and Day (2010), Green Lantern (2011), Lovelace (2013), Kelly Reichardt's Night Moves (2013), Blue Jasmine (2013), Black Mass (2015), and The Magnificent Seven (2016). Sarsgaard also appeared in the American TV series The Killing (2013) as a man on death row perhaps wrongfully convicted for the brutal murder of his wife—a performance which he says included "some of the best acting I have ever done in my life." In 2021, he had a recurring role on the Hulu miniseries Dopesick.Sarsgaard has appeared in Off-Broadway productions including Kingdom of Earth, Laura Dennis, Burn This, and Uncle Vanya. In September 2008, he made his Broadway debut as Boris Alexeyevich Trigorin in The Seagull. He is married to actress Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Barry Keoghan
ActingDublin, IrelandBarry Keoghan (born 18 October 1992) is an Irish actor. He has appeared in the films Dunkirk; The Killing of a Sacred Deer, for which he won an Irish Film and Television Award for Best Supporting Actor and was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male; and Calm with Horses, for which he was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, and the RTÉ drama Love/Hate. He also played Druig in Eternals and the Joker in The Batman.
Jayme Lawson
ActingWashington, D.C., USAJayme Lawson (born September 19, 1997) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles as Mayor Bella Reál in The Batman (2022) and Pearline in Sinners (2025).Description above from the Wikipedia article Jayme Lawson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Russell Crowe
ActingWellington, North Island, New ZealandRussell Ira Crowe (born April 7, 1964) is a New Zealand actor and film director. His work on screen has earned him various accolades, including an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a British Academy Film Award.Crowe was born in New Zealand, spending ten years of his childhood in Australia and residing there permanently by age 21. He began acting in Australia and had his break-out role in Romper Stomper (1992). He gained international recognition in the late 1990s for his starring roles in L.A. Confidential (1997) and The Insider (1999). Crowe gained wider stardom for playing the title role of Gladiator (2000), which earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor. Further acclaim came for portraying real-life mathematician John Forbes Nash Jr. in A Beautiful Mind (2001). Crowe then starred in several films in the 2000s, including Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Cinderella Man (2005), 3:10 to Yuma (2007), American Gangster (2007), State of Play (2009), and Robin Hood (2010).Crowe has since appeared in the films Les Misérables (2012), Man of Steel (2013), Noah (2014), and Thor: Love and Thunder (2022). In 2014, he made his directorial debut with the drama The Water Diviner, in which he also starred. Aside from acting, Crowe has co-own the National Rugby League (NRL) team South Sydney Rabbitohs since 2006.
Joaquin Phoenix
ActingSan Juan, Puerto RicoIf you wanted to see just how much punishment a human mind can take on screen, you'd probably stick on a Joaquin Phoenix marathon. The bloke doesn't really act in the normal sense. He seems to completely dismantle himself, turn into somebody else, and then drag the audience through every uncomfortable second of it. With that intense stare, the scar above his lip, and absolutely no interest in playing the usual Hollywood game, he's built a career out of making people laugh, cry, and occasionally feel a bit concerned for his wellbeing.He first made a massive impression back in 2000 as the snivelling and deeply unpleasant Emperor Commodus in Gladiator. Surrounded by huge battle scenes and Russell Crowe shouting at everyone, Joaquin somehow stole the film through sheer creepiness alone. But instead of spending the next twenty years playing villains, he went in every direction imaginable. He became Johnny Cash in Walk the Line, fell in love with an operating system in Her, and turned into a haunted hammer-wielding wreck in You Were Never Really Here.Then came Joker.Let's be honest, plenty of actors could have played a bloke in clown makeup. What Joaquin delivered was something far stranger and far more unsettling. Dropping over three stone for the role, he transformed Arthur Fleck into one of the most memorable characters of the decade and walked away with the Oscar for Best Actor. He later returned for Joker: Folie à Deux, proving once again that he's never been interested in taking the easy route.Lately, he hasn't exactly started playing it safe. He brought a weary, slightly baffled Napoleon to life for Ridley Scott, spent most of Beau Is Afraid looking like a man trapped inside the world's worst anxiety dream, and reunited with Ari Aster for Eddington alongside Pedro Pascal and Emma Stone. At this point, choosing strange and challenging projects just seems to be part of his DNA.Insomniacs Trivia
• The Great Hip-Hop Hoax: For the mockumentary I'm Still Here, Joaquin convinced the world he'd quit acting to become a rapper. He stayed in character for more than a year, appearing on talk shows looking completely dishevelled and leaving everybody wondering whether he'd finally lost the plot. It turned out he'd been performing the whole time.• The Famous Scar: That distinctive scar above his lip wasn't caused by an accident or surgery. Joaquin was actually born with it, and it has become one of his most recognisable features.• The Firehouse Experience: To prepare for Ladder 49, Joaquin spent weeks living with firefighters and training alongside them. Typical Joaquin really. Most actors shadow people. He practically moved in.Insomniacs Take
Joaquin Phoenix is one of those actors who makes you slightly nervous in the best possible way. You never quite know what he's going to do next, and that's exactly why he's so brilliant. In a business full of polished movie stars trying desperately to look cool, Joaquin seems far more interested in showing the ugly, messy and uncomfortable parts of being human. Fair play to him. Cinema would be a lot less interesting without him.Click the Filmography tab to see all the Movies & Series linked to Joaquin Phoenix on Insomniacs.