Ralph Fiennes

This actor certainly has a long list of roles under his name. From playing Lord Voldemort in the hugely successful Harry Potter series to playing a psychopath in Red Dragon, it seems he can do any role successfully. He even appeared in the new James Bond films starring Daniel Craig. He took over the role of M from Dame Judi Dench

Birth Name: Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykenham Fiennes

DOB: 12/22/1962

Where: Suffolk, England

Spouse

-Alex Kingston: 9/5/1993-10/28/1997 (divorced)

Trademark

-Mysterious characters with equally mysterious pasts

-Menacing, sadistic characters

Trivia

-He knew he had the character of Lord Voldemort right in the 2005 film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire when he noticed that children watching him on the screen were terrified

-In the 2009 film Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, his nephew, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, plays the 11 year old version of his character Tom Riddle, aka Lord Voldemort

-He was incredibly hesitant to take on the role of Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter series because he was never interested in the world of Harry Potter. Family members urged him to take the role and even Mike Newell, who directed The Goblet of Fire, showed him conceptions of what Lord Voldemort would look like. Fiennes said "The little kid in me that likes to dress up and be bad went 'Yeah! I want to do it.'"

-Natasha Richardson and Liam Neeson are close friends

-He was actually considered for the role of James Bond in the 2012 film Skyfall. Instead, he was cast as Gareth Mallory while the role of James Bond went to Daniel Craig

-The dragon tattoo on his back in the 2002 film Red Dragon took eight hours to apply

-For his role of Francis Dolarhyde in the 2002 film Red Dragon, he put on several pounds of muscle to appear intimidating

-He was one of the actors considered for the role of Batman in the 1995 film Batman Forever before Val Kilmer was cast instead

-Both he and Gary Oldman have appeared in two of the Harry Potter films as well as the Hannibal Lecter series of films. In the 2005 film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and the 2007 film Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Ralph Fiennes played Lord Voldemort while Gary Oldman played Sirius Black. In the Hannibal Lecter series, Ralph Fiennes played Francis Dolarhyde in the 2002 film Red Dragon while Gary Oldman played Mason Verger in the 2001 film Hannibal

-He was good friends with actor Alan Rickman

Pierce Brosnan

This actor, while having many films under his name, will be known by many as the British super spy James Bond

Birth name: Pierce Brendan Brosnan

DOB: 5/16/1953

Where: Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland

Height: 6'1 1/4''

Spouse

-Cassandra Harris: 12/27/1980-12/28/1991 (her death, 3 children)

-Keely Shaye Brosnan: 8/4/2001-present (2 children)

Children

-Charlotte Brosnan

-Christopher Brosnan

-Sean Brosnan

-Paris Brosnan

-Dylan Brosnan

Trademark

-Scar on the right side of his face above his top lip. He got it from getting hit by a stuntman while making the 1997 film Tomorrow Never Dies

Trivia

-His wife, Cassandra, died on 12/28/1991, one day after their 11th wedding anniversary. She had passed away from ovarian cancer right in his arms. The same disease would take the life of Charlotte Brosnan, Cassandra Harris' daughter and Pierce's stepdaughter, in 2013

-When he was 11, he was already 6' tall, giving bullies a reason to target him

-When their father died in 1986, he adopted Cassandra Harris' children Charlotte and Christopher

-He can perform the dangerous act of "fire eating". He learned this skill at a young age when he performed at a circus. In fact, while filming Remington Steele, producers asked him to fine tune this skill that would end up in an episode called "High Flying Steele" where Remington and Laura go to the circus

-In the 1993 film Mrs. Doubtfire, there was a scene where her teeth fell into a wineglass. No one knew Robin Williams would do that. The reactions from the cast and crew were genuine

-When he was fitted for suits in the James Bond films, he was both the lightest and heaviest actor to play the role. For the 1995 film GoldenEye, he was 164 pounds. By the time of 2002's Die Another Day, he was 211 pounds

-When he was chosen for the role of James Bond, he was forbidden to wear a tuxedo in any other film. This created a massive problem for the wardrobe staff on the set of the 1999 film The Thomas Crown Affair

-When he filmed the 1997 film Dante's Peak, certain scenes were difficult for him because he suffers from claustrophobia, or fear of tight spaces

-He lists 1963's From Russia with Love and 1981's For Your Eyes Only as his favorite films in the James Bond series while 1969's On Her Majesty's Secret Service as his least favorite

-He is a devout Catholic and attends regular mass at church in Malibu, California, where he currently lives