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“Waterworld,” “Bob Roberts,” “The Apocalypse” and the fantasy-adventure feature “Dungeons &
Dragons,” and he has worked with such stars as Johnny Depp, Susan Sarandon, Jeremy Irons, Kevin
Costner, Bill Murray, John Cusack and Tim Robbins.
A native Angeleno, Lee attended Santa Monica high school with “brat packers” Sean Penn, Robert
Downey Jr. and Emilio Estevez and co-wrote a play with Estevez which was directed by Penn. Arenberg
found success early in his career playing scene-stealing roles in such famous TV shows like “Seinfeld” and
“Tales from the Crypt,” as well as roles on “ARLI$$,” “Friends” and “Star Trek.” The Actors’ Gang was
founded by Lee in 1981 with Tim Robbins and other friends from UCLA. After 20 years as an actor in the
group, Lee recently made his writing and directing debut with “Foursome,” a play about golf, sex and
witchcraft. He is involved with St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital and other children’s health causes and animalrights
organizations, and participates regularly in fundraising efforts on behalf of those charitable causes.
Before his memorable role as the wooden-eyed Ragetti in “Pirates of
the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl,” MACKENZIE CROOK
was probably best known as Gareth Kenan in the multi award-winning
BBC show “The Office,” the highest-rated and fastest-selling comedy in
Britain. Crook has starred in many hit comedies and was nominated for a
prestigious British Comedy Award in 2001.
Crook’s other feature films have included “Still Crazy,” “The
Gathering,” “Finding Neverland,” “Sex Lives of the Potato Men,”
“Churchill: The Hollywood Years,” Terry Gilliam’s “The Brothers
Grimm,” Michael Radford’s “The Merchant of Venice” and “Land of the
Blind.” He also appeared in HBO’s highly acclaimed “The Life and Death
of Peter Sellers,” which starred “Pirates of the Caribbean”’s Geoffrey
Rush in the title role. During the hiatus between the completion of “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s
Chest” and the resumption of filming on “Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End,” Crook starred on the
London stage in the drama “The Exonerated,” directed by Bob Balaban. Previously, Crook had starred as
Billy Bibbit in the West End production of “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” and in Chekhov’s “The
Seagull” at the Royal Court Theatre.
Born in Kent, England, Crook started out as a stand-up comedian on the British club and theatre circuit.
KEITH RICHARDS (Captain Teague) has come to be seen as the
quintessential rock and roll guitarist. He has been called “the Human
Riff,” and his playing, an uncanny combination of irreducible rawness
and innate musicality, has made him one of the most influential
musicians in rock history.
His candor, rigorous personal integrity, and uncompromising
commitment to the music he loves have earned him the respect not only
of the people who grew up with the Rolling Stones, but of succeeding
generations of younger fans. He is an outlaw, but with an aristocratic
bearing; a fearsome figure, but with unmistakable touches of sweetness
and vulnerability; a feral rocker who can also break your heart with a
lovely ballad.
That’s why Johnny Depp cites Richards as an inspiration for his portrayal of Jack Sparrow, and which
makes Richards the ideal choice to play Captain Teague, the Keeper of the Code, who has some passing
acquaintance to Captain Jack, in PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END.
The Rolling Stones, of course, were among the handful of artists who redefined popular music when
they emerged from London in the 1960s, and Richards is one of the seminal group’s founding members.
In particular, he loved the American blues and R&B that have proven to be important elements of the
Stones’ music to this day. He is the engine that drives the band’s irresistibly rhythmic sound, and
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