Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World 2003 (UK) premiere

1. Russell Crowe

Russell Ira Crowe was born in Wellington, New Zealand, to Jocelyn Yvonne (Wemyss) and John Alexander Crowe, both of whom catered movie sets. His maternal grandfather, Stanley Wemyss, was a cinematographer. Crowe's recent ancestry includes Welsh (where his paternal grandfather was born, in Wrexham),...

2. Danielle Spencer

Soundtrack | View from the Top

Danielle Spencer was born on May 16, 1969. She is an actress, known for View from the Top (2003), Minder (1979) and Hampton Court (1991). She was previously married to Russell Crowe.

3. Jerry Hall

Actress | Batman

Born July 2, 1956 in Gonzales, Texas, to John Printes Hall (May 11, 1918-June 21, 1977) and Marjorie Nell Hall née Sheffield (October 15,1924-February 5, 2013), she was one of five daughters, including her twin, Terry Jaye, moved with her family to Mesquite, a nearby working-class town, when she ...

4. Greg Rusedski

Actor | Marple

Greg Rusedski was born on September 6, 1973 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He is an ex-professional tennis player who has also acted on TV. He is known for EastEnders: Christmas Party (2003), Best Ever Bond (2002) and 'Star Wars': Feel the Force (2005). He has been married to Lucy Connor since ...

5. Lucy Rusedski

Producer | Muse of Fire

Lucy Rusedski is known for Muse of Fire (2013), Shakespeare in Practice: Muse of Fire (2015) and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (1998). She has been married to Greg Rusedski since December 4, 1999. They have one child.

6. King Charles III

Actor | Coronation Street

King Charles III was born November 14, 1948. His first military services appointment was in 1969. His favorite food is scrambled eggs and he likes to drink whisky. He enjoys going to Scotland, UK; Klosters, Switzerland; and the Eleuthra in the Caribbean. He enjoys hunting, shooting, fishing, polo, ...

7. Nicki Chapman

Actress | The Impressionable Jon Culshaw

Nicki Chapman is known for The Impressionable Jon Culshaw (2004), The Great Gardening Challenge (2019) and Spice Girls: Giving You Everything (2007).

8. Trudie Styler

Actress | Filth

Trudie Styler was born on January 6, 1954 in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for Filth (2013), Moon (2009) and The Next Three Days (2010). She has been married to Sting since August 20, 1992. They have four children.

9. Alice Beer

Self | Bremner, Bird and Fortune

Alice Beer was born on May 1, 1965 in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK.

10. Timothy Dalton

Actor | The Living Daylights

At a consistently lean 6' 2", green-eyed Timothy Dalton may very well be one of the last of the dying breed of swashbuckling, classically trained Shakespearean actors who have forged simultaneous successful careers in theater, television and film. He has been comparison-shopped roundly for stepping...

11. Andy Scott-Lee

Soundtrack | Pop Idol

Andy Scott-Lee was born in 1980 in Wales, UK.

12. Isabella Hervey

Actress | Girls of FHM: Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?

Isabella Hervey was born on March 9, 1982. She is an actress, known for Girls of FHM: Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? (2004), Call Me a Cabbie (2006) and Celebrity Love Island (2005).

13. Joe Absolom

Actor | I Spit on Your Grave 2

Born in 1978, Joe Absolom began acting in 1990 at age 11 in a peanut butter advertisement. After appearing in Screenplay: Antonia and Jane (1990) , he achieved fame as Matthew Rose in EastEnders (1985) in 1997 at age 18. After leaving EastEnders (1985) in 2000, he has appeared in Long Time Dead (...

14. Richard E. Grant

Actor | Gosford Park

Richard E. Grant is an actor and presenter. He made his film debut as Withnail in the comedy Withnail and I (1987). Grant received critical acclaim for his role as Jack Hock in Marielle Heller's drama film Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018), winning various awards including the Independent Spirit ...

15. Vanessa Mae

Actress | Arabian Nights

Vanessa Mae was born on October 27, 1978 in Singapore. She is an actress and composer, known for Arabian Nights (2000), The Violin Fantasy (1998) and Risas y estrellas (1997).

16. Honor Blackman

Actress | Goldfinger

One of four children, Blackman was born in London's East End, to Edith Eliza (Stokes), a homemaker, and Frederick Thomas Blackman, a statistician employed with the Civil Service. She received elocution lessons for her 16th birthday (at her own request), and later attended the Guildhall School of ...

17. James Dreyfus

Actor | Notting Hill

James Dreyfus was born on October 9, 1968 in Islington, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Notting Hill (1999), The Thin Blue Line (1995) and Churchill: The Hollywood Years (2004).

18. Roger Lloyd Pack

Actor | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

A superbly versatile character actor of lugubrious countenance and strong physical presence, Roger was the son of Charles Lloyd Pack, a frequent supporting actor in British films of the '50s and '60s. Roger was educated at Bedales, a prestigious co-educational school in Hampshire, noted for a ...

19. Emily Lloyd

Actress | Wish You Were Here

Emily Lloyd was born on September 29, 1970 in Islington, London, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Wish You Were Here (1987), A River Runs Through It (1992) and Riverworld (2003).

20. Robert Lindsay

Actor | Fierce Creatures

Robert Lindsay was born on December 13, 1949 in Ilkeston, Derbyshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Fierce Creatures (1997), My Family (2000) and G.B.H. (1991). He has been married to Rosemarie Ford since December 31, 2006. They have two children. He was previously married to Cheryl Hall.

21. Josie D'Arby

Actress | Look Around You

Josephine d'Arby was born and raised in South Wales. As a teenager she studied advanced improvisation at the Anna Scher Theatre, London. before moving on to graduate the 3 year acting course at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She has worked extensively in the UK as a TV host and in 1999 became ...

22. Bill Wyman

Soundtrack | Phenomena

Wyman was born in Lewisham, Kent, on 24th October 1936. When he was a child he started to play the organ with his father. His first real job was when he did his national service in the RAF Regiment. When he came back to England he got married and had a kid called Steven. Bill then took up a job as ...

23. Suzanne Accosta

Actress | So Fine

Suzanne Accosta is known for So Fine (1981), The Quiet One (2019) and The Sunday Show (1995). She has been married to Bill Wyman since April 21, 1993. They have three children.

24. Billy Boyd

Actor | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Billy Boyd was born in 1968 in Glasgow, Scotland, to Mary and William Boyd. The talented young boy, inspired by Star Wars to try acting, got his first taste of it in his school's production of Oliver Twist when he was 10. Boyd's parents were extremely supportive, driving over two hours to get him ...

25. Chrissie Hynde

Soundtrack | Happy Feet

Chrissie Hynde was born on September 7, 1951 in Akron, Ohio, USA. She is an actress and composer, known for Happy Feet (2006), Stealth (2005) and The Living Daylights (1987). She was previously married to Lucho Brieva and Jim Kerr.

26. Sting

Actor | Dune

Sting was born Gordon Matthew Sumner on 2 October, 1951 in Wallsend, North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England, the eldest of four children of Audrey (Cowell), a hairdresser, and Ernest Matthew Sumner, an engineer and milkman. He received his name from a striped sweater he wore which looked like a bee...

27. Paul Bettany

Actor | WandaVision

Paul Bettany is an English actor. He first came to the attention of mainstream audiences when he appeared in the British film Gangster No. 1 (2000), and director Brian Helgeland's film A Knight's Tale (2001). He has gone on to appear in a wide variety of films, including A Beautiful Mind (2001), ...

28. Nick Cave

Soundtrack | The Proposition

Nick Cave is a man of many talents. Musician. Songwriter. Screenwriter. Novelist. Actor. The Australian was born in Warracknabeal, Victoria in 1957, and would go onto form the alternative rock band Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, who have since successfully released a string of hit albums.

In film, Nick ...

29. Max Benitz

Actor | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Max is a writer and executive producer working with a growing list of clients in Britain and America. Recent television commissions include original dramas 'Diva' and 'Villa Paz' for Garrick Street Productions (UK), and 'Convictions' for the Vespucci Group (USA). Spec projects include 'Strictly ...

30. Max Pirkis

Actor | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Born in 1989, Max Pirkis performed in several school plays before winning his first role in a motion picture, as the ultra kind and friendly Midshipman Lord Blakeney in the blockbuster Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) starring Russell Crowe, reading for the part alongside Max ...

31. Celia Imrie

Actress | The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Celia Imrie is an Olivier award-winning and Screen Actors Guild-nominated actress, a Variety magazine 'Icon' and Women in Film and Television 'Lifetime Achievement award' winner. As well as her acclaimed film, television and theatre work, she is also a Sunday Times best-selling author. Celia is ...

32. Kathy Lette

Writer | Mad Cows

Left school at 16. After being a "mohair vegie-brain", an inner-city "Punque" and half a of the irreverent cabaret "The Salami Sisters, worked as satirical TV commentator, newspaper columnist and playwright. Worked for a year in Los Angeles writing TC comedy before settling in London with her ...

33. Julius Robertson

Actor | Kayla's Choice

Julius Robertson is known for Kayla's Choice (2013).

34. Harvey Weinstein

Producer | Shakespeare in Love

Harvey Weinstein was born on March 19, 1952, in Flushing, Queens, New York City, New York, USA, the first of two boys born to Max and Miriam Weinstein. He is a film producer, known for Pulp Fiction (1994), Shakespeare in Love (1998), and Gangs of New York (2002). He has been married and divorced ...

35. Eddie Jordan

Self | 1

Eddie Jordan was born on March 30, 1948 in Dublin, Ireland. He has been married to Marie McCarthy since 1979. They have four children.

36. James D'Arcy

Actor | Cloud Atlas

James D'Arcy was born Simon Richard D'Arcy in London, England, to Caroline (O'Connor) and Richard D'Arcy. He was raised by his mother, a nurse. He trained at LAMDA and graduated in July 1995. During his three-year course, he gained acting experience by appearing in the plays "Heracles", "As You ...

37. Peter Weir

Director | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Peter Weir was born on August 21, 1944 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is a director and writer, known for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), The Way Back (2010) and Witness (1985). He has been married to Wendy Stites since 1966. They have two children.

38. Andy Hamilton

Writer | Drop the Dead Donkey

Andy Hamilton was born in 1954 in Fulham, London, England, UK. He is a writer and producer, known for Drop the Dead Donkey (1990), Outnumbered (2007) and What We Did on Our Holiday (2014). He has been married to Libby Asher since 1988. They have three children.

39. Rosemarie Ford

Actress | Cats

Rosemarie Ford was born in Spring of 1962 in North Yorkshire. She has been dancing since 8-years-old, appearing in several children's television programs until she was 14. She took her dancing lessons and exams in a local dancing school in Leeds, then, before coming to London. She was once a host on...

40. David Threlfall

Actor | Shameless

David Threlfall was born on October 12, 1953 in Burnage, Manchester, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Shameless (2004), Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) and Hot Fuzz (2007). He has been married to Brana Bajic since 1995. They have two children.

41. Olivia Williams

Actress | The Ghost Writer

Olivia began her career on the stage at the RSC and The National Theatre, breaking into TV with the Andrew Davies adaptation of Emma (1996).

From a damp basement in Camden Town she won the role of Abby in the $120 million blockbuster The Postman (1997) starring alongside Kevin Costner. In the ...

42. Lucy Punch

Actress | Into the Woods

Lucy Punch grew up in London and was a member of the National Youth Theatre in her late teens before going to University College London to read History. While she was there she auditioned for TV roles and eventually dropped out to concentrate on acting.

She learned a lot, she says, from working on ...

43. Benedict Allen

Writer | The Skeleton Coast

Benedict Allen was born on March 1, 1960. He is a writer and director, known for The Skeleton Coast (1997), Expedition Africa (2009) and Great Railway Journeys (1994). He is married to Lenka. They have three children.

44. Nickolas Grace

Actor | Robin of Sherwood

Nickolas Grace was born in England and trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. After repertory experience he appeared in numerous London Stage Productions as well as Shakespeare at Stratford and in New York. He has been in innumerable films, television, plays and radio dramas and ...

45. Barbara Broccoli

Producer | Skyfall

She is one of the entertainment industry's most successful female producers. Barbara Broccoli was born to legendary filmmaker Albert R. Broccoli, affectionately known as Cubby, and Dana Broccoli on June 18, 1960. Not long after, Cubby Broccoli and his new partner, Harry Saltzman, secured studio ...

46. Sarah Trevis

Casting_director | RRR (Rise Roar Revolt)

Former member of the National Youth Theatre, then graduated from University of Manchester. with a BA (Hons) Drama. Early work in television include the research and production of 12 documentaries, both individual and series. Worked in the casting department of The Royal National Theatre of GB and ...

47. Catherine McCormack

Actress | Braveheart

Catherine McCormack was born on April 3, 1972 in Epsom, Surrey, England, UK. She is an actress and director, known for Braveheart (1995), Spy Game (2001) and A Sound of Thunder (2005).

48. Susie Bick

Actress | Flirt

Susie Bick was born on September 16, 1966 in Cheshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Flirt (1995), Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998) and Mad Cows (1999). She has been married to Nick Cave since November 1999. They have two children.

49. Jonathan Yeo

Oscar and Lucinda

Jonathan Yeo was born on December 18, 1970 in London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Oscar and Lucinda (1997), A Swarm in May (1983) and Runaway Divas (2004). He is married to Shebah Ronay. They have two children.

50. Richard Wilson

Actor | One Foot in the Grave

Richard Wilson OBE (born Iain Carmichael Wilson) is a Scottish actor, theatre director and broadcaster. He played Victor Meldrew in the BBC sitcom One Foot in the Grave (1990). A later role was as Gaius, the court physician of Camelot, in the BBC drama Merlin (2008).

Wilson was born in Greenock, ...

51. Olivia Grant

Casting_director | Masters of the Air

Olivia Grant was born on January 4, 1989 in London, England, UK. She is a casting director, known for Masters of the Air (2024), What's Love Got to Do with It? (2022) and Here (2024).

52. Steve Redgrave

Actor | Midsomer Murders

Sir Steven Geoffrey Redgrave is a retired British rower who won gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1984 to 2000. He has also won three Commonwealth Games gold medals and nine World Rowing Championships golds. He is regarded as one of Britain's greatest-ever Olympians, the most ...

53. Jack Randall

Actor | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Jack Randall was born on July 31, 1988 in Oxford, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003).

54. Ridley Scott

Producer | The Martian

Described by film producer Michael Deeley as "the very best eye in the business", director Ridley Scott was born on November 30, 1937 in South Shields, Tyne and Wear. His father was an officer in the Royal Engineers and the family followed him as his career posted him throughout the United Kingdom ...

55. Robert Pugh

Actor | The Ghost Writer

Robert Pugh grew up in a village called the Tynte, a small mining village set just outside Pontypridd, where Tom Jones was raised. The Tynte is a few miles in between Aberdare and Pontypridd about twenty miles north of Cardiff. He attended the Rose Bruford acting school, from which he graduated in ...

56. Ian Mercer

Actor | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Ian Mercer was born in 1962 in Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), The Boat That Rocked (2009) and The Legend of Tarzan (2016). He is married to Susan Fennwick.

57. Tony Dolan

Actor | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Tony Dolan was born on January 21, 1964 in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, UK. He is an actor and editor, known for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Up 'n' Under (1998) and Dirty War (2004).

58. Richard Pates

Actor | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Richard Pates is known for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) and Stimuli (2020).

59. Bryan Dick

Actor | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Bryan Dick was born on February 1, 1978 in Denton Holme, Carlisle, Cumbria, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Blackpool (2004) and Blood and Chocolate (2007).

60. Joseph Morgan

Actor | The Originals

Joseph Morgan was born in London and spent his childhood with his family in Swansea, Wales. Morgan moved back to London in his late teens to study acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama. While there he continued to write and experiment with filmmaking, participating in student films and ...

61. William Mannering

Actor | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

William Mannering was born in 1977 in the UK. He is an actor, known for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Mystery!: Cadfael (1994) and BBC Learning: True Stories (2012).

62. George Innes

Actor | The Italian Job

George Innes was born on March 8, 1938 in London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Italian Job (1969), Stardust (2007) and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003). He was previously married to Sherri.

63. Edward Woodall

Actor | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Ed is also a well-known stage actor and director in London. He directed Een Hond Begraven which won a Time Out award for best play on the London fringe, and also Happy Yet, a medley of short plays by George Feydeau. He has often appeared in plays at the Battersea Arts Centre, most recently ...

64. Chris Larkin

Actor | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Chris Larkin was born on June 19, 1967 in Middlesex Hospital, London, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Valkyrie (2008) and Official Secrets (2019). He has been married to Victoria "Suki" Steadman since June 2005. They have two children.

65. Gerard Butler

Actor | 300

Gerard James Butler was born in Paisley, Scotland, to Margaret and Edward Butler, a bookmaker. His family is of Irish origin. Gerard spent some of his very early childhood in Montreal, Quebec, but was mostly raised, along with his older brother and sister, in his hometown of Paisley. His parents ...

66. Lauren Laverne

Actress | Mint Royale with Lauren Laverne: Don't Falter

Lauren Laverne was born on April 28, 1978 in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, UK. She is a writer and actress, known for Mint Royale with Lauren Laverne: Don't Falter (2000), Kenickie: Nightlife (1998) and The Divine Comedy: Come Home Billy Bird (2004). She has been married to Graeme Fisher ...

67. Catherine McQueen

Actress | Ripper Revealed

Catherine McQueen was born on August 11, 1978 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for Ripper Revealed, The Highgate Vampyre and The Road.

68. Tom Hollander

Actor | Pride & Prejudice

Tom Hollander was born the second child of educated parents, both teachers. He grew up in Oxford, (UK).

Hollander credits the happy atmosphere of the Dragon School with his childhood introduction to acting. There, encouraged by an influential teacher named Andrew Roberts, he won the title role in "...

69. Sarah Beeny

Actress | The Tooting Lions

Sarah Beeny was born on January 9, 1972 in Reading, Berkshire, England, UK. She is a producer and actress, known for The Tooting Lions (1993), Property Ladder (2001) and Help! My House is Falling Down (2010). She has been married to Graham Swift since September 2002. They have four children.

70. Daphne Guinness

Actress | Cashback

Daphne Guinness is known for Cashback (2006), You Just Missed Her and The Black and White Maze of the Painted Zebra (2010).

71. John DeSantis

Actor | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

John DeSantis was born on November 13, 1973 in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. He is an actor, known for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007) and The 13th Warrior (1999).

72. Rebekah Brooks

Self | Panorama

Rebekah Brooks was born on May 27, 1968 in Warrington, Cheshire, England, UK. She has been married to Charlie Brooks since June 13, 2009. They have one child. She was previously married to Ross Kemp.

73. Michael G. Wilson

Writer | Licence to Kill

An engineer turned tax lawyer he joined Eon Productions in 1972 as a tax lawyer then was a very junior assistant on Goldfinger, did some work on The Spy Who Loved Me before becoming executive producer on Moonraker, For Your Eyes Only and Octopussy. He was then co producer on A View to a Kill. ...

74. Chloe Francis

Actress | The Back Country

Chloe Francis is known for The Back Country, Ekimmu: The Dead Lust (2017) and Mortgage Moose (2018).

75. Lee Ingleby

Actor | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

Lee Ingleby was born on January 28, 1976 in Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998) and Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003).

76. Richard McCabe

Actor | The Constant Gardener

Richard McCabe was born on August 18, 1960 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. He is an actor, known for The Constant Gardener (2005), Eye in the Sky (2015) and Notting Hill (1999).

77. Mark Lewis Jones

Actor | Gangs of London

Mark Lewis Jones is a Welsh actor heavily trained on the theatrical stage. Jones trained at two acting institutions including the Clwyd Youth Theatre as a teenager and then also at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. He found stage work in London with such theatrical shows as Royal ...

78. John Collee

Writer | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

John Collee studied medicine at Edinburgh University and has worked as a doctor in the UK, Sri Lanka, Madagascar, the Solomon Islands, and the former Soviet Union.

In addition to his film and TV work he has written three novels - Kingsley's Touch, Paper Mask (1990) and The Rig, (all published by ...

79. Iva Davies

Composer | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Iva Davies was born on May 22, 1955 in Wauchope, New South Wales, Australia. He is an actor and composer, known for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Space Jam (1996) and Razorback (1984). He was previously married to Tonia Kelly.

80. Christopher Gordon

Music_department | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Christopher Gordon was born in London, England, UK. He is known for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Daybreakers (2009) and Mao's Last Dancer (2009).

81. Richard Tognetti

Composer | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Richard Tognetti was born in 1970 in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia. He is a composer and actor, known for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), River (2021) and The Water Diviner (2014).

82. Russell Boyd

Cinematographer | Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

Russell Boyd was born on April 21, 1944 in Victoria, Australia. He is a cinematographer and director, known for Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003), Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) and Gallipoli (1981).

83. Lee Smith

Editor | Inception

Lee Smith was born in 1960 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. He is an editor, known for Inception (2010), Dunkirk (2017) and The Dark Knight (2008). He is married to Kimberly.