Who's Who Sherlock Holmes Richard Roxburgh Richard Roxburgh, born in Australia in 1962, graduated from the prestigious Australian theatrical school NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Arts) in 1986. He has appeared in numerous stage, film and television productions in Australia, including Tracks of Glory, Seven Deadly Sins, Blue Murder and Thank God He Met Lizzie. In 1997, he appeared with Ralph Fiennes and Cate Blanchett in the Oscar-nominated film Oscar and Lucinda, Deborah Warner's The Last September and in Doing Time for Patsy Cline, for which he won both the Film Critics Circle of Australia Award and an Australian Film Institute (AFI) Award for Best Actor. He came to international attention in John Woo's Mission Impossible II and as the Duke in the Oscar-winning Moulin Rouge. Other recent credits include The One And Only and Masterpiece Theatre's The Road from Coorain. Look for Roxburgh in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (also starring Sean Connery), a science-fiction thriller due for U.S. release in the summer of 2003. Dr. Watson Ian Hart Born in Liverpool in 1964, Ian Hart began acting as a student. He spent several years with the Liverpool Playhouse and drew attention for his portrayal of John Lennon in two different films: The Hours and Times (1992) and the better-known Backbeat (1993). He won Best Supporting Actor at the 1995 Venice Film Festival for his role as a '70s Irish Protestant in Nothing Personal. This was followed by Ken Loach's much acclaimed Land and Freedom and the comedy The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill But Came Down A Mountain. He landed the key role of secretary to Liam Neeson's Michael Collins (1996) in Neil Jordan's epic biopic. More recent successes include Enemy of the State (1998), The End of the Affair (1999), and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001). He will be seen in the upcoming film Neverland with Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet and Dustin Hoffman. Dr. Mortimer John Nettles John Nettles, a native of Cornwall, England, studied history and philosophy at Southampton University. He joined the Royal Court Theatre in London and appeared all over Britain including Southampton, the Bristol, the Old Vic and Stratford, where he joined the Royal Shakespeare Company. Beginning in 1981, he played Detective Sergeant Jim Bergerac for ten years on the BBC's crime drama Bergerac, a role which made his a household name. Nettles was voted Radio Actor of the Year in 1982 and Variety Club of Great Britain's BBC Personality of the Year in 1985. He played the lead role in the hugely popular ITV detective drama Midsomer Murders and now lives outside Stratford-upon-Avon with his second wife, Cathryn Sealey. Sir Henry Baskerville Matt Day Matt Day, originally from Melbourne, has appeared in several films including Muriel's Wedding, Love and Other Catastrophes, Doing Time for Patsy Cline and the television movie Shackleton with Kenneth Branagh. He was nominated for an Australian Film Institute Best Actor Award in 1997 for his role in Kiss or Kill. Stapleton Richard E. Grant Born in 1957 in Mbabane, Swaziland, Richard E. Grant studied English and drama at Capetown University. He moved to London in 1982 and broke out with his performance as an unemployed actor in 1987's Withnail and I. He has since appeared in many strong, often quirky comedic and dramatic roles in films including Henry and June, L.A. Story, The Player, Prêt-à-Porter, The Portrait of a Lady and Spice World. He was a member of the Gosford Park cast (as George, the First Footman), which received the Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Performance by a Cast Award in 2002. Barrymore Ron Cook An actor since the mid-seventies, Ron Cook has appeared in many well-known films including Secrets & Lies, Topsy-Turvy, Quills (as Napoleon), 102 Dalmatians, Chocolat and the recent Cannes award nominee, 24 Hour Party People. Miss Stapleton Neve McIntosh Neve McIntosh, a graduate of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, became widely known for her leading roles in Channel 4's Psychos and in Life Support with Richard Wilson for BBC1. In 2000 she appeared as Lady Fuchsia in BBC2's prestigious adaptation of the Gormenghast trilogy and in ITV's Lady Audley's Secret. Mrs. Barrymore Liza Tarbuck The daughter of comedian Jimmy Tarbuck, Liza Tarbuck trained at the National Youth Theatre and RADA and made her name as an actress in the BBC drama Linda Green -- as a man-eater with heart. One of her earliest television acting roles was in the popular sitcom Watching, in which she played Pamela. Other notable TV acting appearances have included playing 'Stella' in an episode of The League of Gentlemen. Selden Paul Kynman Paul Kynman graduated from the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in 1989. He has appeared in First Knight, Bent, Touching Evil III and in episodes of Jeeves & Wooster and Lovejoy. Mrs. Mortimer Geraldine James A native of Berkshire, England, Geraldine James has appeared in several groundbreaking films and television programs, including Gandhi and the Masterpiece Theatre titles The Jewel in the Crown, Moll Flanders and Rebecca. She won the Best Actress Award at the Venice Film Festival in 1989 for her performance in She's Been Away. She is featured in the upcoming Masterpiece Theatre mini-series White Teeth. Inspector Lestrade Danny Webb Actor Danny Webb has an extensive history of performances in theatre (Hamlet, Art), television (Frenchman's Creek, A Touch of Frost, Poirot) and film (Love and Death on Long Island, Aliens III, Henry V). 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