The actor previously won a Golden Globe Award, the Los Angeles Film Critics Award and earned his first Oscar nomination for his endearing role of a little boy in a man’s body in Penny Marshall’s "Big." He won his fourth nomination for his leading role of a WWII platoon captain leading a squadron in search of a missing soldier in Steven Spielberg’s epic drama, "Saving Private Ryan." He earned another Golden Globe nomination for his work opposite Meg Ryan in the romantic comedy "Sleepless in Seattle," directed by Nora Ephron, and reunited with both Ryan and Ephron for the romantic comedy "You’ve Got Mail."

Hanks received widespread critical and audience acclaim for his work as astronaut Jim Lovell in the Academy Award-nominated space epic "Apollo 13," on which he reunited with director Ron Howard following their collaboration on the 1984 comedy hit "Splash." Hanks’ passion for the space program was dramatized in the acclaimed HBO miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon." The episodic series, which captured 17 Emmy nominations and was named the year’s Best Miniseries by both the TV Academy and the H.F.P.A. (with a Golden Globe), chronicled the story of America’s Apollo missions. Hanks executive produced and hosted the series, wrote or co-wrote several segments, acted in an episode and directed the first installment, for which he was nominated for an Emmy.

In 1996, Hanks made his successful feature film writing and directing debut with the nostalgic musical comedy "That Thing You Do!." The title song spawned a hit single and also received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song. He also directed episodes of the popular HBO anthology "Tales from the Crypt," and the segment entitled "I’ll Be Waiting" for Showtime’s "Fallen Angels" series.

His other film credits include "Bachelor Party," "A League of Their Own," "Punchline," "Nothing in Common," "The Money Pit" and "Volunteers." Hanks also created the voice of cowboy Woody in the Disney animated films "Toy Story" and "Toy Story 2." He will next be seen in the title role of Robert Zemeckis’ adventure, "The Cast Away."
 

DAVID MORSE ("Brutal" Brutus Howell) made his motion picture debut in Richard Donner’s acclaimed drama, "Inside Moves." He went on to star in "George B." and two Sean Penn dramas, "The Indian Runner" and "The Crossing Guard." He co-starred in F. Gary Gray’s "The Negotiator," Terry Gilliam’s "12 Monkeys," Robert Zemeckis’ "Contact" and Renny Harlin’s "The Long Kiss Goodnight." Other feature credits include "The Rock," "Extreme Measures," "The Good Son," "Desperate Hours," "The Getaway," and "Personal Foul." He was recently seen in Antonio Banderas’ directorial debut, "Crazy in Alabama" and the Lars Von Trier musical "Dancer in the Dark" opposite Björk and Catherine Deneuve. He is currently filming the Castle Rock action comedy "Bait" opposite Jamie Foxx and Doug Hutchison.

Morse is well known for his role as Dr. Jack "Boomer" Morrison in the Emmy-winning ensemble drama "St. Elsewhere." Other TV series roles include ABC’s "Our Family Business" and the sitcom "Big Wave Dave’s." Morse also starred in the telefilms "Murder: Live," "Prototype," "Shattered Vows," "Stephen King’s ‘The Langoliers,’" "When Dreams Come True," "Six Against the Rock," "Downpayment on Murder," "A Place at the Table," "Winnie," "The Brotherhood of the Rose," "Cry in the Wild," "Cross of Fire" and TNT’s "Tecumseh: The Last Warrior." Most recently he completed the lead role in "Diary of a City Priest" for PBS.

Morse won a DramaLogue Award for his Los Angeles stage role in "Of Mice and Men." Other stage appearances include the Off-Broadway productions of "The Trading Post," "Threads" and "A Death in the Family." He starred in the Seattle Rep world premiere presentation of "Redwood Curtain" and worked in over 30 productions between 1971-77 with the Boston Repertory Company.

He made his Broadway debut in the role of Father Barry in the theatre adaptation of "On the Waterfront" and triumphantly returned to the Off-Broadway stage last season in Paula Vogel’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, "How I Learned to Drive." For his starring role, Morse won the DramaLogue Award, the Lucille Lortel Award, the Drama Desk Award and the Obie.
 

BONNIE HUNT (Jan Edgecomb) has conquered the worlds of film, television and theater as a performer, writer and director. Recently she directed "Return To Me," starring David Duchovny and Minnie Driver, which she also wrote with longtime creative collaborator Don Lake. "Return to Me" is a romance shot almost entirely in the filmmaker’s hometown of Chicago.

Growing up in one of the city’s blue collar neighborhoods, Hunt worked as a nurse’s aide in high school and later became a nurse at Northwestern University Hospital. Simultaneously, she pursued her acting career, performing at the renowned Second City. After making the move to feature films, Hunt became familiar to audiences for her hilarious and unforgettable cameos. She made her feature film debut in Barry Levinson’s "Rain Man" as the toothpick-dropping waitress and was the comically dedicated White House tour guide in "Dave."

Hunt then portrayed Marisa Tomei’s best friend in Norman Jewison’s "Only You," Charles Grodin’s beleagured wife in the family hits "Beethoven" and "Beethoven’s 2^nd," Robin Williams’ love in the hit "Jumanji" and Renee Zellweger’s quick-witted sister in Cameron Crowe’s smash, "Jerry Maguire," which also starred Tom Cruise and Cuba Gooding, Jr.

More recently, Hunt lent her voice to Rosie, one of the delightful computer-generated insects in Disney’s animated hit, "A Bug’s Life," and appeared opposite Harrison Ford and Kristin Scott Thomas in "Random Hearts."

Hunt’s television accomplishments are considerable and innovative. Previously a regular on two series, "Grand" and "Davis Rules," in 1993 she was recognized as the first woman to write, produce and star in her own series, entitled "The Building." The ensemble comedy (which she also co-executive produced with David Letterman) featured Hunt and her Second City colleagues playing young adults living in a Chicago apartment building. She then wrote, produced and starred in the critically acclaimed "Bonnie" for CBS. Hunt’s other TV appearances include a starring role in HBO’s "Subway Stories." Her frequent appearances on talk shows earned her Entertainment Weekly’s description as "the hands-down best [talk show] guest in America."
 

MICHAEL CLARKE DUNCAN (John Coffey) appeared opposite Bruce Willis in the 1997 summer blockbuster "Armageddon" as Bear, one of a group of roughneck oil drillers. Recently, he reteamed with Willis for the gangster comedy "The Whole Nine Yards," set to be released next year.

Duncan also appeared as a bouncer in Warren Beatty’s acclaimed satire, "Bulworth," and had featured roles in such movies as "The Player’s Club" and "A Night at the Roxbury."

His television credits includes guest roles on "The Jamie Foxx Show," "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air," "Weird Science," "Married...With Children," "The Wayans Bros.," "Sparks" and "The Bold and the Beautiful."

Born-and-raised in Chicago, Duncan studied communications at Alcorn State University in Mississippi. Returning to his hometown, he landed work with Peoples Gas Company while moonlighting as a bouncer at various Southside clubs. A chance encounter with a stage producer won him a security job for the road company of "Beauty Shop, Part 2," which brought the 6’5," 315 lb. talent to Los Angeles after a 56-city tour.

Although down to his last $20, he again found security work before obtaining his first agent, at a now-defunct talent shop. He finally won a role as a drill sergeant in a beer commercial. He continued doing national and regional TV spots before winning a walk-on role in F. Gary Gray’s hit comedy, "Friday," his film debut.
 

Oscar nominee JAMES CROMWELL (Warden Hal Moores), whose career spans three decades and includes dozens of movie, television and stage appearances, garnered widespread recognition and an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his role of Farmer Hoggett, whose talking pig longs to be a sheep dog, in the 1995 sleeper hit and audience favorite "Babe."

Following "Babe," Cromwell won a series of prestigious roles, including the powerful banker Charles Keating in Milos Forman’s Oscar-nominated "The People vs. Larry Flynt," the scientist who invents a time warp in the epic space drama "Star Trek: First Contact," the corrupt police captain in the Oscar-nominated "L.A. Confidential," the general in the powerful drama "The General’s Daughter" and William Randolph Hearst in "RKO 281." He reprised his Oscar-nominated role in "Babe: Pig in the City" and also appears in such projects as "Snow Falling on Cedars," "A Slight Case of Murder," "The Bachelor" and the upcoming "Space Cowboys."

Among his other notable film credits are "The Education of Little Tree," "Eraser," "Romeo Is Bleeding," "Species 2," "Deep Impact," "A Fine Mess," "Pink Cadillac," "The Babe," "Explorers," "The Man with Two Brains," "The Cheap Detective," "Oh God, You Devil," "Revenge of the Nerds" and "Murder By Death," his big-screen debut.

Cromwell, the son of acclaimed film director John Cromwell ("Since You Went Away," "Of Human Bondage," "Abe Lincoln in Illinois") and actress Kay Johnson, grew up on the East Coast. He attended Vermont’s Middlebury College and studied acting and directing at Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie-Mellon University) in Pittsburgh before beginning his career as an actor and stage manager at the Cleveland Playhouse.

He later toured the Deep South in the early 1960s (during the civil rights struggle) with the Free Southern Theatre, an integrated acting troupe that staged plays in primarily Black communities.
 

MICHAEL JETER (Eduard ‘Del’ Delacroix) divides his time among all performing genres, including the stage, movies and television. He is well known for his Emmy-winning turn as assistant football coach Herman Stiles opposite Burt Reynolds in the popular CBS sitcom "Evening Shade." For his supporting role, Jeter won an Emmy in 1992, with two additional nominations for the show. He received a fourth Emmy nomination in 1993 for Best Actor in a Guest Role for an appearance on "Picket Fences," and repeated in this category in 1995 for his notable guest role on "Chicago Hope."

His small screen credits also include series regular roles on "Pins and Needles" and "Hothouse," as well as guest-starring stints on such programs as "Suddenly Susan," "Chicago Hope," "Veronica’s Closet," "Murphy Brown," "Crime Story," "Designing Women" and "Lou Grant." Jeter co-starred in the telefilms "The Ransom of Red Chief," "Love Kills," "From Here to Eternity," "Sentimental Journey" and "The Boys Next Door" (in which he reprised his role from the Off-Broadway play).

Jeter made his Broadway debut in "Once in A Lifetime" in 1978 and won the Theatre World Award the next year for his role of Straw in "G.R. Point." He also collected a Tony Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, Drama Desk Award and the Clarence Derwent prize for his featured role of a dying clerk who visits Berlin for one last fling in the 1990 Broadway musical "Grand Hotel," directed and choreographed by Tommy Tune.

Other notable theatre credits include the Off-Broadway presentations of Caryl Churchill’s "Cloud 9" (also directed by Tune), "Greater Tuna," "The Boys Next Door," "Alice," "Only Kidding" and "The Master and the Margarita." He also spent a year as a guest artist with the renowned Arena Stage in Washington, D.C., where he appeared in the play "Accidental Death of An Anarchist."

Most recently, Jeter co-starred opposite Robin Williams in two features, "Patch Adams" and "Jakob the Liar," and in Clint Eastwood’s "True Crime." He won praise for his performance as the outrageous cabaret singer in Terry Gilliam’s memorable "The Fisher King," and recently reunited with Gilliam on "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas." The actor also counts among his feature credits such films as "Air Bud," "Mouse Hunt," "Waterworld," "Drop Zone," "Zack & Reba," "Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit," "Tango & Cash," "Dead-Bang" and Woody Allen’s "Zelig."

Jeter began medical studies at Memphis State University, but his interests soon turned to acting. Following college, he relocated to New York, where he won his first job, a small role in Milos Forman’s movie musical, "Hair."
 

Academy Award nominee GRAHAM GREENE (Arlen Bitterbuck), a full-blooded Oneida Indian, was born on the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario, Canada. He began his entertainment career in television, film and radio in 1976, first working as an audio technician for rock bands. He subsequently owned his own recording studio in Hamilton, Ontario.

In the early 1980s, Greene found himself doing collective theatre in Britain. Upon his return to Canada, he won his first major film role opposite Al Pacino in Hugh Hudson’s historical epic, "Revolution." Five years later, he earned an Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his role as Kicking Bird opposite Kevin Costner in the 1990 "Dances with Wolves," which won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

He has since gone on to co-star alongside Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson in "Die Hard With A Vengeance," Bridget Fonda and Jessica Tandy in "Camille" and Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster in "Maverick." He starred as Walter Crow Horse opposite Val Kilmer in Michael Apted’s thriller, "Thunderheart." Other motion picture credits include "Pow Wow Highway," "Running Brave," "Benefit of the Doubt," "North," "The Education of Little Tree," "Shattered Image," "Clearcut" and "Wounded."

On the small screen, Greene starred as Ishi, the last Yahi Indian, in HBO’s "The Last of His Tribe," and as Prospector Pete in "O Rugged Land of Gold" for The Family Channel. He won a Gemini Award for Best Supporting Performance in the Canadian children’s TV series "Dudley the Dragon," and guest-starred on three segments of CBS-TV’s Emmy-winning series, "Northern Exposure." He has also starred in the PBS/American Playhouse drama "Where the Spirit Lives," TNT’s "Cooperstown," NBC’s "Unnatural Causes," HBO’s "Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child" and the CBC network productions "Grey Sky," "North of 60" and "9B."

Greene, an active member of Toronto’s theatre scene, won the 1989 Dora Mavor Moore Award as Best Actor in the acclaimed staging of "Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing." Other stage credits include "Jessica," "Diary of A Crazy Boy" and "Coming Through Slaughter."

In 1992, he was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles, one of the nation’s pre-eminent museums dedicated to the culture of Native Americans.
 

DOUG HUTCHISON (Percy Wetmore) is currently starring opposite Jamie Foxx in Castle Rock’s film, "Bait." Prior to "The Green Mile," Hutchison portrayed Pete Willard, one of the two redneck rapists in the film "A Time To Kill." His other film credits include "Batman and Robin," "Fresh Horses" and "The Chocolate War."

On television, Hutchison is well known for two memorable recurring roles — Eugene Victor Toomes on "The X-Files" and The Polaroid Man on "Millenium." He has appeared regularly on "Party of Five" and "Space: Above and Beyond." He was a series regular on "Skip Chasers," "Planet Rules" and "Local Heroes."

Hutchison has won DramaLogue Awards for his performance in "The Other 5%" at the Santa Monica Powerhouse Theatre and "The Eight" at Circle X Theatre in Hollywood. He has also appeared at Los Angeles’ Mark Taper Forum in "Julius Caesar" and "Hope of the Heart" with the Yale Repertory in "The My House Play" and Off-Broadway at Playwrights Horizons in "Sparks in the Park."

A native of Detroit, Hutchison attended the renowned Juilliard School of Drama in New York City. He has also trained under respected action coach Sanford Meisner and at the Guthrie Theatre in Minneapolis. He made his professional acting debut at the Cricket Theatre in Minneapolis in the lead role of Charles Hoban in the world premiere of Garson Kanin’s play, "Time and Chance."
 

SAM ROCKWELL (William "Wild Bill" Wharton) starred in three films that unspooled at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival -- John Hamburg’s "Safe Men," "Jerry and Tom" for actor-director Saul Rubinek, and John Duigan’s "Lawn Dogs," for which he won Best Actor Awards at both the Montreal and Barcelona film festivals.

Rockwell’s other screen credits include Tom DiCillo’s "Box of Moonlight," Peter Cohen’s "Drunks," Paul Schrader’s "Light Sleeper," Uli Edel’s "Last Exit to Brooklyn" and Alex Rockwell’s "In the Soup." Most recently he co-starred in Woody Allen’s "Celebrity" and Michael Hoffman’s "A Midsummer Night’s Dream" opposite Michelle Pfeiffer and Kevin Kline. He can next be seen starring in Dreamworks’ "Galaxy Quest" opposite Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman and Tony Shalhoub.

The actor has guest-starred on such acclaimed TV series as "NYPD Blue," "The Equalizer" and an Emmy-winning episode of "Law & Order," and had a recurring role on the NBC series "Dream Street." He also appeared in HBO’s Emmy and CableACE winner, "Dead Drunk"; played Donny Hanson in the NBC telefilm "Prince Street"; and starred in an ABC Afterschool Special, "Over the Limit."

Rockwell attended San Francisco’s High School for the Performing Arts and made his professional acting debut alongside his actress mother on the New York stage at age 10. His film debut came in his senior year of high school in the 1988 horror film "Clownhouse," produced by Francis Ford Coppola.

Also active in the theater, Rockwell is a member of the New York-based Latino theatre troupe Labyrinth. His stage credits include "Face Divided," the one-act marathon performance at EST (Ensemble Studio Theatre), and Mike Leigh’s Off-Broadway play, "Goosepimples."
 

One of Hollywood’s up-and-coming young talents, BARRY PEPPER (Dean Stanton), starred last year with Tom Hanks in Steven Spielberg’s Academy Award-winning ensemble WWII epic, "Saving Private Ryan." For this performance, Pepper was named "Breakout Performance of the Year" by Premiere magazine and the Motion Picture Club, and along with his fellow cast members, was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild award for the film.

Pepper is currently in production with John Malkovich on New Line’s "Knockaround Guys" and he recently wrapped the sci-fi thriller "Battlefield Earth," in which he stars opposite John Travolta.

Pepper also appeared in Tony Scott’s thriller, "Enemy of the State," co-starring with Will Smith, Gene Hackman and Jon Voight. Other feature credits include the independent film "Urban Safari," which premiered at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. He also co-starred opposite Scott Glenn and William Forsythe in the action film "Firestorm."

The Canadian native enjoyed an extraordinary upbringing as a young boy. His family launched a handmade 50-foot sailboat when he was just five, and set out on a five-year voyage through the Pacific Islands. Using celestial navigation like the ancient explorers, Pepper’s family visited places like Fiji, Raratonga, Tahiti and New Zealand. The youngster’s unique education and experiences with the natives helped shape his desire to become a performer.

Returning to a more conventional lifestyle, Pepper finished high school and studied briefly at college before joining the Vancouver Actors Studio. He soon secured roles in such TV movies as "A Killer Among Friends" with Patty Duke, "Johnny’s Girl" opposite Treat Williams and the recent miniseries "Titanic," starring George C. Scott, Tim Curry and Peter Gallagher. In Canada, Pepper is well-known for his work on the award-winning series "Madison."
 

JEFFREY DeMUNN (Harry Terwilliger) hails from Buffalo, New York. He attended Union College in upstate New York, then studied his craft at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in England for two years before making his professional debut in the 1975 Off-Broadway drama "Augusta."

Prior to his New York debut he toured with the National Shakespeare Company. Among the roles he played were Edmund in "King Lear" and Demetrius in "A Midsummer Night’s Dream." The following year, DeMunn bowed on Broadway in "Comedians." He also counts among his Broadway credits "Bent," "Spoils of War" and "K2," for which he received a Tony nomination as Best Actor. Off-Broadway, DeMunn earned a Drama Desk nomination for his role in the New York Shakespeare Festival presentation of "A Prayer for My Daughter." Other Off-Broadway credits include the title role in "Modigliani" and the NYSF’s "A Midsummer Night’s Dream," "Total Abandon," "The Country Girl" and "One Shoe Off."

In November he began starring as Victor in Arthur Miller’s "The Price."

DeMunn most recently starred as the Papal Nuncio in Showtime’s "Noriega" and as a small-town Maine mayor in the ABC miniseries "Storm of the Century" from an original teleplay by Stephen King, and was in the Frank Darabont-scripted HBO film "Black Cat Run." He has a recurring role on NBC’s Emmy-winning "Law & Order" and has also appeared in numerous episodics and movies of the week, including "Hiroshima," "Almost Golden," "Path to Paradise," "A Christmas Memory" and HBO’s "Barbarians at the Gate," "By Dawn’s Early Light" and "Citizen X" (for which he won the Cable ACE Award and was nominated for an Emmy for his role as Andre Chikatlio.)

Other motion pictures in which DeMunn has appeared include "The X-Files: Fight the Future," "Phenomenon," "Blaze," "Betrayed," "Rocket Man," "Newsies," "Frances" and "Resurrection." DeMunn also played a sheriff in 1988’s remake of "The Blob," co-written by Frank Darabont with director Chuck Russell.
 

PATRICIA CLARKSON (Melinda Moores), born and raised in New Orleans, was acting in school plays in her early teens. After studying speech at Louisiana State University for two years, she transferred to Fordham University in New York, where she graduated summa cum laude with a degree in theatre arts. She earned her M.F.A. at the prestigious Yale School of Drama, where she appeared in "Electra," "Pacific Overtures," "Pericles," "La Ronde," "The Lower Depths" and "The Misanthrope" at the Yale Theatre.

She made her professional acting debut on the New York stage, where she has appeared in "Eastern Standard" both on and Off Broadway; Nicky Silver’s "Raised in Captivity" and "The Maiden’s Prayer," for which she received Outer Critics Circle and Drama Desk Award nominations; and the Manhattan Theatre Club’s presentations of "Wolfman," "Oliver, Oliver" and Richard Greenberg’s acclaimed "Three Days of Rain."

Her regional credits include stagings at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, the South Coast Repertory and the Yale Repertory. She also co-starred in John Guare’s Tony-winning "House of Blue Leaves" at Lincoln Center, and had to leave her role of the deaf movie star in that play to make her movie debut as Eliot Ness’ wife in Brian DePalma’s highly-praised 1987 gangster epic, "The Untouchables."

While maintaining a busy career on the stage, she continued with movie roles in such projects as "Simply Irresistible," "Pharaoh’s Army," "Jumanji," "Rocket Gibraltar," "Everybody’s All-American," "The Dead Pool" and "Tune in Tomorrow." She won raves for her role of Greta in the critically acclaimed independent drama "High Art." Upcoming feature projects include "Wayward Son" with Harry Connick Jr. and "Baroness and the Pig."

On television, Clarkson starred in Steven Bochco’s courtroom drama, "Murder One," and has also guest-starred on "Law & Order." She appeared in two Hallmark Hall of Fame telefilms, "London Suite" and "An American Story," and also co-starred in TNT’s "Four Eyes and Six Guns" and the CBS miniseries "Queen."
 

HARRY DEAN STANTON (Toot-Toot) grew up near Lexington, Kentucky. Following WWII service with the Navy, he attended the University of Kentucky, where he pursued acting. He moved to Los Angeles, where he continued his acting studies at the prestigious Pasadena Playhouse, making his stage debut there in the 1950s.

Stanton has appeared in over 80 feature films dating back to 1957. In his four decades onscreen, he has worked for some of the industry’s most acclaimed directors, including Wim Wenders ("Paris, Texas," winner of the 1984 Palme D’Or at the Cannes Film Festival), John Huston ("Wise Blood"), Ridley Scott ("Alien"), Arthur Penn ("The Missouri Breaks"), John Frankenheimer ("The Fourth War," HBO’s "Against the Wall"), John Carpenter ("Escape from New York," "Christine"), David Lynch ("Wild at Heart," "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me"), Francis Ford Coppola ("The Godfather, Part II," "One from the Heart"), Robert Altman ("Fool for Love"), Martin Scorsese ("The Last Temptation of Christ"), Sam Peckinpah ("Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid") and Lewis Milestone ("Pork Chop Hill"). He also appeared on the TV anthology series "Alfred Hitchcock Presents."

He just completed "The Man Who Cried" in Paris with Cate Blanchett and Johnny Depp. He also recently co-starred opposite Sean Penn and John Travolta in Nick Cassavettes’ "She’s So Lovely," and with Sharon Stone and Gena Rowlands in "The Mighty." Other notable film credits include "Repo Man," "Mr. North," "Stars & Bars," "Red Dawn," "Private Benjamin," "The Black Marble," "Renaldo and Clara," "Straight Time," "92 in the Shade," "Farewell, My Lovely," "Rancho Deluxe," "Zandy’s Bride," "Dillinger," "Cisco Pike," "Two Lane Blacktop," "Kelly’s Heroes" and "Cool Hand Luke."
 
DABBS GREER (elderly Paul Edgecomb) joins "The Green Mile" as his 100^th feature film performance. Among his many credits are "Con Air," "Pacific Heights," "Million Dollar Mermaid" and "My Man Godfrey" (1957). Greer once before played a prison guard: opposite Susan Hayward’s Oscar-winning performance in "I Want to Live!"

Greer has appeared in over 570 television episodes, including such shows as "Ally McBeal," "L.A. Law," "Charlie’s Angels," "The Fugitive" and "The Dick Van Dyke Show." He was a series regular on "Big Town," "Gunsmoke," "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" and "The Little House on the Prairie."

Greer also has extensive theater experience as an actor and director.
 
EVE BRENT (Elaine Connely) brings more than 40 years of stage and screen expertise with her. She is known by many as "Jane" in the "Tarzan" films, but, also in such films as "Forty Guns" and, more recently, "The Experts."

Brent has graced the stage as Claree in "Steel Magnolias" and opposite Don Ameche in "Once More With Feeling." She has also appeared in such hit television shows as "Frasier," "Grace Under Fire" and "Ellen."
 

BRENT BRISCOE (Bill Dodge) has appeared in such features as Milos Forman’s "Man on the Moon"; Antonio Banderas’ directorial debut, "Crazy in Alabama"; Burt Reynolds’ Showtime trilogy, "Hard Time"; Larry Clark’s "Another Day in Paradise"; and Sam Raimi’s Oscar-nominated thriller, "A Simple Plan." He can also be seen in the upcoming films "Madison," opposite Jim Cavaziel and Bruce Dern, and "Beautiful," Sally Field’s directorial debut.

Briscoe made his big screen debut in Billy Bob Thornton’s acclaimed drama, "Sling Blade" (also appearing in the original short film, "They Call It A Sling Blade"). He co-starred in Oliver Stone’s "U-Turn" (again opposite Thornton, with whom he has worked five times) and with John Cusack in John Badham’s HBO Western, "The Jack Bull."

Briscoe’s original screenplay, "Wakin’ Up in Reno" (written with partner Mark Fauser) is set to go before the cameras next year, with Thornton producing. He also co-scripted the CableACE-winning Showtime drama "Right to Remain Silent," starring Amanda Plummer, and spent a year as a staff writer on the CBS sitcom "Evening Shade."

During that show’s final season (1993-94), Briscoe and Fauser landed two produced teleplays for the comedy show. Briscoe even wrote a recurring part for himself, one of several he has played on television. Other small-screen credits include the pilot for ABC’s "Maximum Bob"; HBO’s popular series, "Tracey Takes On…"; and the pilot for the CBS sitcom "Hearts Afire" (again with Thornton).

Briscoe grew up in Moberly, Missouri, and studied theater arts at the University of Missouri. He made his professional debut with the Green Mountain Guild theater troupe in Vermont, where he appeared in "Camelot" and "How to Succeed in Business..."

Additional theater credits include "Arsenic and Old Lace" at the Burt Reynolds Theatre in Florida, "Eleven Zulu" at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., "The Foreigner" at the South of Broadway Theatre in Miami and the National Touring Company production of "Greater Tuna" in both Los Angeles and Chicago. Briscoe has also worked extensively at the Missouri Summer Rep in such productions as "Bus Stop," "She Stoops to Conquer" and "South Pacific," among others.
 
Multi award-winning actor-director GARY SINISE has a cameo as Burt Hammersmith, Coffey’s public defender.

The brief role reunites Sinise with Tom Hanks, with whom he has shared the screen in two previous award winning films -- Ron Howard’s "Apollo 13" and Robert Zemeckis’ "Forrest Gump." For his performance as the war-wounded, embittered Vietnam vet Lt. Dan, Sinise garnered Academy Award, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild nominations as Best Supporting Actor, as well as the Best Supporting Actor prize from the National Board of Review and the Commanders’ Award from the Disabled American Veterans.

After 17 years of work primarily in the theater, Sinise gained a new profile as a big screen performer with "Forrest Gump." He followed that memorable role with a pair of Howard films, "Apollo 13" and "Ransom." He co-starred in Kevin Spacey’s directorial debut, "Albino Alligator," and starred opposite Nicolas Cage in Brian De Palma’s hit thriller "Snake Eyes." Next, he can be seen this Christmas in "Reindeer Games," reuniting with director John Frankenheimer, and then he will star in Brian DePalma’s "Mission To Mars" as well as the futuristic thriller "Imposter," directed by Gary Fleder. Sinise also co-stars in the upcoming films "Bruno," opposite Madeline Stowe (in Shirley MacLaine’s directorial debut), and the independent film "All the Rage," with Jeff Daniels.

Sinise also created two critically-acclaimed performances on the TNT network -- the title roles in "Truman" and "George Wallace," both directed by Frankenheimer. Sinise collected CableACE and Screen Actors Guild honors for both roles, and also won the Golden Globe for "Truman" and the Emmy for "George Wallace."

A native of Chicago, Sinise co-founded the renowned Steppenwolf Theatre Company (along with fellow actors Terry Kinney and Jeff Perry) at age 18. He went on to serve as the troupe’s artistic director for seven years and also starred in over a dozen productions for the Tony-winning company, including Tom Joad in "The Grapes of Wrath" (winning nominations for the Tony and Drama Desk Awards), "True West," "Balm in Gilead," "Streamers" and "The Caretaker."

Sinise received a Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Supporting Actor in Marsha Norman’s "Getting Out" at Chicago’s Wisdom Bridge Theatre. In 1996, he directed Sam Shepard’s "Buried Child," which marked Steppenwolf’s 20th anniversary, and continued with a successful run on Broadway, where it garnered several Tony nominations, including one for Sinise’s direction. He returned to Steppenwolf in 1997 to play Stanley Kowalski in "A Streetcar Named Desire," and will be starring in the Spring 2000 production of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest."

His directing credits at Steppenwolf also include "True West" (for which he won an Obie Award), "Tracers," "Frank’s Wild Years," "The Miss Firecracker Contest," "Waiting for the Parade," "Action," "The Road to Nirvana" and "Orphans," winning another Joseph Jefferson Award for his Chicago staging.

He has also directed two feature films -- "Miles from Home," which starred Richard Gere, Helen Hunt and Kevin Anderson, and "Of Mice and Men," in which he shared the screen with another Steppenwolf veteran, John Malkovich. Both films were screened in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, and Sinise was the first recipient of the Film in Education Award from the Los Angeles Film Teachers Association for his adaptation of the classic John Steinbeck novel.
 
WILLIAM SADLER (Klaus Detterick) is an actor with an extraordinary range of roles to his credit in film, television and stage. He previously worked with director Frank Darabont when he played the tragicomic inmate Haywood in Darabont's "The Shawshank Redemption." Most recently, Sadler starred in the supernatural thriller "Disturbing Behavior."

Sadler played the diabolical villain Colonel Stewart in "Die Hard II" and then won the Saturn Award for his comic portrayal of the Grim Reaper in "Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey." Other film credits include "Trespass," the Disney comedy "Rocket Man," "The Hot Spot," "Hard to Kill" and "Rush."

On television, Sadler currently stars in the popular WB drama "Roswell." He has played guest star and recurring roles in such diverse television shows as "Roseanne," "Murphy Brown," "Newhart," "The Outer Limits," "Deep Space Nine" and the premiere episode of "Tales From the Crypt," for which he received an Ace Award nomination.

His extensive New York theatre experience has earned him the Obie and Villager Awards and culminated in his portrayal of Sergeant Toomey in the original Broadway cast of Neil Simon's comedy "Biloxi Blues" for which Sadler received the Drama Desk Award nomination, the Dramalogue and Actor's Equity Award.