GEOFFREY RUSH (Steven Price) is one of the most respected actors in theater and film today. For his role as Henslowe in "Shakespeare in Love," Rush was an Academy Award nominee as Best Supporting Actor, a Golden Globe nominee and a BAFTA nominee. He won the BAFTA Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, for his role as Walsingham in "Elizabeth."

In 1995, Rush won an Academy Award as Best Actor for his performance in "Shine." He was also awarded the Golden Globe, the New York Film Critics Award, the Los Angeles Film Critics Award, the Broadcast Film Critics Award and the BAFTA Award, among others.

Rush has appeared in over 70 theatrical productions over the last two decades. He played the leading roles in the Lighthouse Ensemble production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," "Twelfth Night" and "The Marriage of Figaro." A native of Australia, Rush has staged numerous productions as a director for the Queensland Theater Company, the Adelaide Festival, Belvoir Street Theater and Magpie Theater for Young People. His lead performance in the 1989 "Diary of a Madman" earned him three major awards in Australia and, in 1994, he received the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Award, one of Australia's most prestigious prizes.

Rush's feature film credits include the action-comedy "Mystery Men," the role of Inspector Javert in "Les Miserables," "A Little Bit of Soul" and "Children of the Revolution." He was the narrator in "Oscar and Lucinda."

Rush will soon be seen as the Marquis de Sade in the drama "Quills" and is currently voicing a character for the animated feature "Magic Pudding."

 

FAMKE JANSSEN (Evelyn Price) is best known as the sexy, lethal assassin, Xenia Onatop, in the James Bond hit "GoldenEye." Most recently, Janssen was seen in "Rounders" and Woody Allen's film, "Celebrity." She also starred in the 1998 Sundance hit "Monument Avenue" and in Robert Rodriguez' "The Faculty."

Janssen recently completed filming "Circus," opposite John Hannah, and "Love and Sex," opposite Jon Favreau. She is currently filming "X-Men" in Toronto, in the superhero role of Jean Grey. Her other notable film appearances include "The Gingerbread Man," "Deep Rising," "City of Industry" and "Lord of Illusions."

Janssen has also guest-starred on several television series, including "The Untouchables" and "Star Trek: The Next Generation."

Born in Holland, Janssen has made her home in the United States for the last 11 years. She majored in writing and literature at Columbia University.

 

TAYE DIGGS (Eddie) made his feature film debut opposite Angela Bassett in the 1998 hit "How Stella Got Her Groove Back," which he followed with a starring role in Doug Liman's dark comedy "Go" opposite Scott Wolf, Sarah Polley and Jay Mohr. Diggs will next be seen in Malcolm Lee's "The Best Man" and was recently seen in "The Wood."

Diggs starred on Broadway in the Pulitzer Prize-winning production of "Rent," as Benny the landlord. In 1994, Diggs won a coveted role in the five-time Tony Award-winning play "Carousel." His television appearances include "New York Undercover," "Law and Order" and "Guiding Light."

Born in New Jersey, Diggs was raised in Rochester, New York and received his BFA degree in theatre from Syracuse University.

 

ALI LARTER (Sara Wolfe) made her feature film debut with a starring role as Darcy Sears, the overly ambitious cheerleader who would do anything to get out of her sleepy Texas hometown, in the blockbuster hit "Varsity Blues."

Larter will next star in the psychological thriller "Flight 180," with Devon Sawa and Kerr Smith, as a student who takes heed of a friend's premonition and departs a flight which later crashes. Following the crash, she and the members of her 'survival group' are stalked by an unexplainable force.

Larter's additional feature film credits include "Drive Me Crazy," with Adrien Grenier and the independent feature "Cassanova Falling."

 

BRIDGETTE WILSON (Melissa Marr) gained instant notice for her role in "I Know What You Did Last Summer." She stars with French Stewart in the romantic comedy "Love Stinks" and with Jennifer Love Hewitt in the independent comedy "The Suburbans."

Her other notable film appearances include "Nixon," "Higher Learning," "Unhook the Stars," "Mortal Kombat" and the Adam Sandler comedy "Billy Madison." Wilson also played the female lead in "Last Action Hero," in which she performed all her own stunts.

A native of Gold Beach, Oregon, Wilson relocated to Los Angeles in 1991, where she immediately landed the lead role in the NBC daytime drama "Santa Barbara."

 

PETER GALLAGHER (Dr. Blackburn) made his professional stage debut in the 1977 revival of "Hair," followed by a starring role in the Broadway production of "Grease."

His feature film debut came in 1980 with a role in Taylor Hackford's "The Idolmaker." Gallagher's current project is the critically acclaimed "American Beauty," starring Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening; his other film credits include "The Man Who Knew Too Little" with Bill Murray, "Johnny Skidmarks," "To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday," the comedy hit "While You Were Sleeping," "Malice," "The Hudsucker Proxy" (on which he worked with producer Joel Silver), "The Player," "Short Cuts," "Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle" and "sex, lies and videotape." Gallagher recently completed "City Ballet," directed by Nicholas Hytner.

His most notable stage roles include his performance as Sky Masterson in the Tony-nominated revival of "Guys and Dolls," "A Doll's Life," Tom Stoppard's "The Real Thing," and "Pal Joey." He also earned a Tony nomination for his performance opposite Jack Lemmon in "Long Day's Journey Into Night."

On television, Gallagher has starred in numerous cable and network films such as HBO's "Path to Paradise," Showtime's "Fallen Angel" series, "The Quiet Room" and "Cafe Society." Other credits include the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning miniseries "The Murder of Mary Phagan," "The Caine Mutiny Court Marshal," "The Titanic," "Host," "Brave New World" and the ABC series "The Secret Lives of Men."

Gallagher will next be seen in Showtime's "Brotherhood of Murder," TNT's "Bull" and the CBS/Hallmark Hall of Fame Special "Cupid and Kate."

 

CHRIS KATTAN (Watson Pritchett), who joined "Saturday Night Live" in March 1996 as a feature player, returns this fall for his fourth full season as an SNL cast member.

He recently completed work on "Monkey Bone," a combination of live action and stop-motion animation, directed by Henry Selick ("Nightmare Before Christmas") and starring Brendan Fraser and Bridget Fonda for producer Chris Columbus.

Kattan was last seen starring with Will Ferrell in "A Night at the Roxbury."

The actor has brought many memorable characters to SNL, including the "Roxbury Guys," which Kattan created with fellow SNL player Ferrell; as well as the enigmatic exotic dancer Mango; the half-man, half-monkey Mr. Peepers; and Goth cable-show host Azrael Abyss, the Prince of Sorrow.

Before joining SNL, Kattan was a member of the Los Angeles-based improv/sketch comedy group The Groundlings.