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ABOUT THE
CAST
JUDE LAW (Remy) is one of the most soughtafter
talents in the acting world.
He was recently seen starring
opposite Robert Downey Jr.
in the smash hit Sherlock
Holmes, and in Terry Gilliam’s
The Imaginarium of Doctor
Parnassus. The two-time Oscar ®
nominee worked with his
friend Anthony Minghella on
the director’s final film,
Breaking and Entering, opposite Juliette Binoche and
Robin Wright Penn. Law also starred in Sleuth, opposite
Michael Caine, and in Wong Kar Wai’s My
Blueberry Nights, opposite Natalie Portman and
Rachel Weisz.
In 2006, Law was seen in All the King’s Men,
opposite Sean Penn, and starred in The Holiday,
opposite Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet.
In 2003, Law received Oscar ®
and Golden
Globe nominations for Best Actor in Cold Mountain.
He was also nominated for Academy ® and Golden
Globe awards and won a BAFTA for his performance
as Dickie Greenleaf in The Talented
Mr. Ripley.
In 2004, Law starred in Sky Captain and the World
of Tomorrow, opposite Gwyneth Paltrow, and I Heart
Huckabees, directed by David O. Russell. He starred
as the title role in Alfie, for director Charles Shyer,
and lent his voice to Lemony Snicket’s A Series of
Unfortunate Events. He also co-starred in Mike
Nichols’ Closer, alongside Julia Roberts, Natalie
Portman and Clive Owen.
In 2002, Law starred in Sam Mendes’ Road to
Perdition, opposite Tom Hanks and Paul Newman. He
also starred in David Cronenberg’s eXistenZ, opposite
– 22 –
Jennifer Jason Leigh and Willem Dafoe. Law won
several awards for his starring role in Wilde, opposite
Stephen Fry and Vanessa Redgrave, including a
London Critics’ Circle Film Award and an Evening
Standard British Film Award.
His American film debut was in the futuristic
film Gattaca, opposite Uma Thurman and Ethan
Hawke. Other film credits include Clint Eastwood’s
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, in which
he starred opposite Kevin Spacey and John Cusack,
and Jean-Jacques Annaud’s World War II epic Enemy
at the Gates.
Law starred opposite Kathleen Turner and Eileen
Atkins in the hit Broadway play Indiscretions, for
which he won a Theatre World Award and received a
Tony Award nomination for Best Performance by a
Featured Actor in a Play. He originated the role of
Michael in the same play in London, for which he
received an Ian Charleson Award.
FOREST WHITAKER (Jake) is one of Hollywood’s
most accomplished
actors, directors and producers
who has showcased his talents
in a multitude of demanding
and diverse roles.
After winning almost every
critics’ award in 2007, he
received an Academy Award ®
for Best Actor, a Golden
Globe for Best Performance
by an Actor in a Motion Picture—Drama, a Screen
Actors Guild Award for Best Actor and a BAFTA for
his performance as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in The
Last King of Scotland. That same year, his independent
film American Gun, in which he starred and
produced, was nominated for a Film Independent
Spirit Award.
Whitaker garnered more critical attention for his
performance on FX’s The Shield, opposite Michael