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Alison Wright was born on 12 July 1976 in Sunderland, Tyne & Wear, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for The Accountant (2016), The Americans (2013) and The Nanny Diaries (2007).

Laura Elphinstone was born on 10 July 1983 in Sunderland, UK. She is an actress, known for Line of Duty (2012), Game of Thrones (2011) and Chernobyl (2019).

She was born in Sunderland but raised just down the coast in Peterlee where she was educated at Peterlee Comprehensive. At 14 she joined the local drama group which led to a part in the children's tv series 'Quest of Eagles' and appeared in some television commercials including one as a shop assistant in a 'Mates' condom ad and one for Carlsberg Lager. At 17 she auditioned for 3 drama schools and was turned down by all of them but she didn't mention to them that she was a member of the National Youth Theatre or that she had been on TV. She moved to London at 18 intending to go to art college but a year later still wanting to act she paid for acting lessons to learn the techniques she felt she needed. Only twice she says that she was affected by nerves, the first was when she was taking her driving test, the other was when she was up for a BAFTA Award She's directed a short film 'Speed', about car thieves for Tyne Tees Television.

Callum Keith Rennie was born in Sunderland, England, and raised in Edmonton, Alberta. While attending college in Edmonton Callum was asked to join a radio show which featured actor/comedian Bruce McCulloch (who eventually went on to KIDS IN THE HALL fame). This experience inspired Callum to dig deeper in to the world of acting and led him to audition for the renowned Shaw Festival. Callum was chosen to join the company where he performed a multitude of roles during his time there... a precursor to his impressive range and style as an actor.

Soon rumours of his talents moved through the Toronto film community but Callum choose to head west to Vancouver instead. It didn't take long for him to catch the attention of the film & television industry, which was exploding. After landing various parts in movies and TV series Callum's first leading film role was opposite Sandra Oh in the indie DOUBLE HAPPINESS. His performance activated the first of many nominations and awards to follow. Between his critically acclaimed performance as 'Billy Talent' in the iconic punk rock film HARD CORE LOGO that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and his desirable charms working through the apocalyptic LAST NIGHT (once again opposite Sandra Oh), for which Callum won his first Genie for Best Performance by an Actor, Callum was now well on his way to an impressive career.

A cascade of opportunities began to flow Callum's way, with a wide range of extraordinary film makers inviting this dynamic talent to join their projects such as David Cronenberg: eXistenZ (1999), Christopher Nolan : Memento (2000), John Woo: Paycheck, Chris Carter: X-Files and David Goyer: Blade Trinity and The Invisible.

Callum's creative senses continued to be attracted by nature to many starring roles in independent film projects like FLOWER & GARNET, FALLING ANGELS, SNOW CAKE, NORMAL and GOON: LAST OF THE ENFORCERS. Also the 3D feature film adaptation of THE YOUNG AND PRODIGIOUS T.S. SPIVET opposite Helena Bottom-Carter for Oscar nominated director Jean-Pierre Jeunet, INTO THE FOREST opposite Ellen Page & Evan Rachel Wood, and BORN TO BE BLUE opposite Ethan Hawke.

Throughout his career Callum has starred in many impressive television projects as well...starting early as the Mountie sidekick on CBS's DUE SOUTH, then the hit SyFy series BATTLESTAR GALACTICA in which he played infamous Cylon 'Leobon', and his turn as legendary rocker 'Lew Ashby' in Showtime's CALIFORNICATION alongside David Duchovny. Callum was the fractured star of SHATTERED for eOne Entertainment, and carried his investigative skills over to the NBC series THE FIRM based on the bestselling John Grisham novel. Callum covertly joined the cast of the Amazon hit series THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE in their season two and experimented on the second season of MARVEL'S JESSICA JONES for Netflix.

Callum next reprises his role in the much anticipated second season of Doug Liman's YouTube Red series IMPULSE.

James Christopher Bolam was born in the Sunderland Maternity Home on 16th June 1935 to Marion and Robert Bolam. Later after completing his education at Bede Grammar School he went to drama school then into repertory in Dundee with Sir Ralph Richardson before moving to London. Married to actress Susan Jameson with daughter Lucy, born in 1976 they eventually moved from Fulham to near Horsham in Sussex. He now owns two race horses, 'King Credo', which by 1993 had won three top races including the Tote Gold Trophy at Newbury which repaid his purchase and training costs and 'Unique New Yorker'

Melanie attended RADA in London where she won the Vanburgh Award. Her stage plays have included Women Beware Women (Royal Court), Under Milk Wood, Selfish Shellfish, Twelfth Night, Deathtrap, Dirty Linen, Breezeblock Park, Who Killed Hilda Murrell?, Fire in the Lake, and the stage version of Bread (1986). She's best known as Aveline in the British TV series Bread (1986). Other TV appearances include Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983) (Hazel), Juliet Bravo (1980), The Bill (1984), A Night on the Tyne (1989) and Boon (1986). Melanie has two young daughters, Lorna and Molly.

William Russell was born William Russell Enoch on 19 November 1924, in Sunderland, County Durham, England, to Eva Compston (Pile) and Alfred James Enoch. He became interested in acting at an early age. He was involved in organizing entertainments during his national service in the Royal Air Force and then, after university, went into repertory theatre. He appeared in "Hamlet" in London's West End and won a number of film roles, usually as a dashing hero. Notable TV work followed in The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (1956) for ITV and Nicholas Nickleby (1957) and David Copperfield in Fredric March Presents Tales from Dickens (1959) for the BBC, shortly after which he was cast as Ian Chesterton in Doctor Who (1963). He later continued a successful acting career, particularly in the theatre, and for a time held a senior post in the actor's union, Equity. In recent years he has been a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company.

His son is actor Alfred Enoch.

Although born in Sunderland, he spent most of his life in Scotland and considers himself a true Scot. As a child he suffered from asthma and considered his recovery from it was due to playing the bugle in the Boys' Brigade.

Educated in Glasgow, he toyed with the idea of becoming a teacher but after national service in the Royal Scots Greys Armoured Corps, he was persuaded to follow his father working in flour mills and by the age of 24 had become a sales manager. In his spare time he worked with amateur drama groups which led him to decide to change career direction.

After training at Glasgow College of Dramatic Art, he became assistant stage manager at Glasgow's Citizen Theatre and within three months was playing lead roles including Lorenzo in The Merchant of Venice and the Gentleman Caller in The Glass Menagerie. After declining an offer to understudy Albert Finney at London's National Theatre, he was cast as Martin in the film The Fighting Prince of Donegal (1966) followed by the television play Cock, Hen and Courting Pit (1966) and the film Ulysses (1967).

Returning to the theatre, he played MacDuff in Macbeth at London's Royal Court Theatre and during the run took over the title role from Alec Guinness then starred in the theatre's next production of Soldiers of Fortune.

His first wife was Scottish actress Jan Wilson, by whom he had a daughter, Sarah-Anne.

He was born and brought up in Sunderland, Tyne & Wear and started acting at the city's Royalty Theatre. His first big break came when he was cast in the role of schoolboy Darren having an illicit affair with his teacher Lauren in the 2-handed play 'Scarborough' which played to rave reviews at the 2007 Edinburgh Festival.

Richard Riddell was born on 31 May 1984 in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009), Legend (2015) and Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015).

Rob Rackstraw was born in Sunderland, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I (2010), The Octonauts (2010) and Watership Down (1999).

Carrie Hilton was born on 28 October 1969 in Sunderland, England, UK. She was a casting director, known for 300 (2006), Derailed (2005) and Constantine (2005). She died on 12 August 2007 in London, England, UK.

Christian Howard was born on 4 May 1984 in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Street Fighter: Assassin's Fist (2014), Street Fighter: Resurrection (2016) and Infinity System (2022).

Malcolm Terris was born on 11 January 1941 in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Great Train Robbery (1978), The Bounty (1984) and The Talisman (1980). He died on 6 June 2020 in the UK.

Debbie Arnold has had an interesting and varied career. Daughter of impressionist Eddie Arnold she inherited his mimicry talents and her first job was impersonating Marilyn Monroe on Who Do You Do (1972) when she was 18 years old. She then turned her talents to acting but still used her "voices" to become one of the top voice-over artistes in England.

She starred opposite Omar Sharif in "The Sleeping Prince" at The Haymarket Theatre in London and that brought her many accolades. She has had a fulfilling career in the theatre and on television. Her theatre career has spanned from Fringe venues to The National Theatre and many West End Shows. She has two daughters, Ciara and Talia, which she considers her best production, and lives in Surrey!

Ben Forster was born on 24 April 1981 in Sunderland, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Rocky Horror Show Live (2015), Jesus Christ Superstar: Live Arena Tour (2012) and Superstar (2012).

Chris Foggin was born on 15 September 1985 in Sunderland, England, UK. Chris is a director and assistant director, known for Bank of Dave 2: The Loan Ranger (2025), Bank of Dave (2023) and Fisherman's Friends (2019).

Ronald Radd was born on 22 January 1929 in Ryhope, Sunderland, County Durham, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Sea Gull (1968), A Tale of Two Cities (1957) and The Saint (1962). He was married to Dorothy May Goodman. He died on 23 April 1976 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

With a career spanning four decades and over 100M album sales worldwide, award-winning singer, songwriter, musician, producer, innovator and Eurythmics co-founder Dave Stewart is among the most respected and accomplished talents in popular music history. His wide-ranging work has earned Stewart a long list of prestigious honors, including over fifty ASCAP and BMI Awards, four Ivor Novello Awards for "Best Songwriter," four BRIT Awards for"Best Producer" (including a Lifetime Achievement Award), a Golden Globe Award, and a GRAMMY® Award. "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)" by Eurythmics was recently inducted into the GRAMMY Hall of Fame® and U.S. Library of Congress National Recording Registry, in recognition of its qualitative and historical significance. Dave Stewart and Annie Lennox were among the 2020 inductees into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Also in 2022, with an inspired induction by U2's The Edge, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Foundation welcomed Eurythmics as inductees for their profound impact on music. At both monumental ceremonies, Eurythmics brought the house down with their transcendent performances.

In 2022, Dave Stewart released a critically acclaimed triple-album vinyl box set, Ebony McQueen, one of the most ambitious and autobiographical works of his remarkable life and landmark career; an exhilarating, original musical fable about music and young manhood, finding hard- earned wisdom and true love with the girl next door. Work on the musical feature film of Ebony McQueen is due to start next year, with songs by Dave Stewart and score by Stewart and BAFTA, GRAMMY and ACADEMY AWARD winner A.R Rahman.

In addition, in 2023 Dave completed a unique award winning music short film and album titled "Who To Love," a collaboration between himself, Italian artists Mokadelic and acclaimed actress Greta Scarano, premiering at Rome Festival in October 2023.

In 2023-2024 Dave took his Dave Stewart Eurythmics shows on the road in the UK, Europe and US. Accompanied by his band of virtuoso female musicians, the gigs received huge critical acclaim, with more shows planned.

"An explosive musician, Captain Dave is a dreamer and a fearless innovator, a visionary of high order, very delicately tractable on the surface but beneath that, he's a slamming, thumping, battering ram, very mystical but rational and sensitive when it comes to the hot irons of art forms.." - Bob Dylan

"He is my hero." - Stevie Nicks

"Jack of All Trades Master of All of Them" - The Sunday Times

"He's the musician's musician." - Rolling Stone

Shaun Foster-Conley was born on 20 October 1972 in Sunderland, Tyne & Wear, England, UK.

Harry Hepple is an English actor and musician from Sunderland, England. He trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, graduating in 2006. He is known for his role in the ground-breaking BBC sitcom Boy Meets Girl (2015) (2015), Criminal (2016) (2016) and Channel 4's Misfits (2009) (2010), Stan & Ollie (2018) (2018) and Peterloo (2018) 2018. Most recently he appeared in The Teacher (2022).

Sarah Padden was born on 16 October 1881 in Sunderland, England, UK. She was an actress, known for A Woman's Face (1941), The Mad Monster (1942) and Women Won't Tell (1932). She was married to George Clarence Sackett. She died on 4 December 1967 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Alf Wight ("James Herriot") was born on 3 October 1916 in Sunderland, near Newcastle. However the family moved to Yoker, a suburb of Glasgow, when Alf was three weeks old. He attended Glasgow Veterinary School. He moved to Thirsk, North Yorkshire, in 1940, to work for Donald Sinclair ("Siegfried Farnon") at his practice at 23 Kirkgate. He married Joan Danbury ("Helen Alderson") on 5 November 1941 at St Mary Magdalene church in Thirsk. They had two children, Jim (born 1943) and Rosie (born 1947): Jim is a vet who used to work in the Sinclair/Wight practice and Rosie is a General Practitioner (family doctor). Alf died on 23 February 1995 of prostate cancer at his house, "Mirebeck", in the village of Thirlby near the town of Thirsk that became famous in his books as "Darrowby".

Lauren Laverne was born on 28 April 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 since August 2005.

Born in Sunderland he worked his way up from copy boy to journalist on the local paper then after doing his national service returned to Newcastle before moving to London to work for a news agency and spent 3 years in Cairo .Returning to London his wife, knowing his real love was the theatre told him to try it and despite having no experience got a job at his first audition and straight away joined Equiity, With two babies and no regular wage things were tough but as a precaution he kept up his union subscriptions and did some holiday relief work at the news agency then came a regular part in The Newcomers which he had for some time but left because for him the part had lost its challenge, He then got a part in Coronation Street thanks to Patricia Phoenix (Elsie Tanner} who suggested him for a strong love interest story line