THE ROCK

SEAN CONNERY

Sean Connery (John Patrick Mason) was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He had small parts in movies and television before landing the role of James Bond that would launch his stellar career. As Agent 007, in the small-budget British film called Dr. No, Sean inaugurated one of the longest-running series in film history. He then starred as Bond in From Russia With Love, Goldfinger, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, Diamonds Are Forever and Never Say Never Again. Sean has also starred in Marnie, Murder on the Orient Express, The Name of the Rose, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Russia House, The Hunt for Red October, Medicine Man, Rising Sun, Just Cause and First Knight.

He received both the Best Supporting Actor Oscar and the Golden Globe Award for his performance in The Untouchables. Most recently, Sean received the Cecil B. DeMille Award for "outstanding contribution to the entertainment field," given by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association at its annual Golden Globe Awards.

NICOLAS CAGE

Academy Award-winner Nicolas Cage (Stanley Goodspeed) is one of the most versatile young actors of our time. Most recently, he won the Academy Award, Golden Globe and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor in Leaving Las Vegas. It was his portrayal of a tormented Vietnam veteran in Birdy that first established him as a serious actor. Since then, Nicolas has been involved in several award-winning projects including Moonstruck, Honeymoon in Vegas and Wild at Heart.

His other film credits include Kiss of Death, It Could Happen to You, Guarding Tess, Valley Girl, The Cotton Club, Peggy Sue Got Married and Raising Arizona. He made his feature film debut in Rumble Fish.

Nicolas is currently at work on the film Con-Air, co-starring John Cusack.

ED HARRIS

Ed Harris (General Francis Xavier Hummel) most recently appeared as E. Howard Hunt in Oliver Stone's Nixon, and in Eye for an Eye with Sally Field. He won the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor and was nominated in the same category for an Oscar, as well as a Golden Globe for his performance in last summer's box office hit Apollo 13. His other feature film credits include Just Cause, The Firm, The Abyss and The Right Stuff.

Born in Tenafly, New Jersey, Ed attended Columbia University for two years and then attended the University of Oklahoma, where he began acting. This past fall, Ed appeared Off-Broadway in Sam Shepard's Simpatico. He will next co-star with Clint Eastwood and Gene Hackman in the political thriller Absolute Power.


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