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Superb on screen in the 1990s, mainly an actor-manager since, Kevin Spacey now tackles one of the great roles: Richard III. Jasper Rees picks his best work ...  read more »

His career now ranges from the US Army to the Roman empire, via Jane Austen. Tom Shone picks his finest performances ...  read more »

The BBC’s hit “Sherlock” is just one of 230 films or television series featuring the great man. Matthew Sweet picks the best ...  read more »

He’s been sly, sad, unwatchably private, two writers and a drag queen, and now he’s directing. Tom Shone traces the career of Philip Seymour Hoffman ...  read more »

She has one career in Britain, and another in France. Nicholas Barber traces a career that is not all cut glass ...  read more »

It’s been an immense career, but an uneven one. With "Shutter Island" now proving to be Martin Scorsese's biggest box-office hit, Tom Shone draws up a list of his eight best films ...  read more »

He doesn’t take many roles but they tend to be memorable, from an Edwardian prig to a murderous oilman and now a singing film director in "Nine", a new musical from Rob Marshall. Matthew Sweet picks the best ...  read more »

He’s the Britpop boy who grew up to be a rock renaissance man. Laura Barton charts his leaps and bounds ...  read more »

She’s been a media darling for 40 years—and a fine actress. As she graces the big screen in the newsroom thriller "State of Play", Irving Wardle (theatre) and Matthew Sweet (film) pick her star turns ...  read more »