Steve Carell

After a five year stint on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart, Carell found greater fame for playing Michael Scott on the American version of The Office, for which he won a Golden Globe Award. He has also starred in lead roles in the films The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Get Smart, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, The Way, Way Back, and Crazy, Stupid, Love. His role in Foxcatcher has so far earned him many award nominations including an Oscar nomination.

Benedict Cumberbatch

Benedict Cumberbatch is an English actor. Starting out in television roles such as Heartbeat, Silent Witness, Fortysomething and Hawking, his film work includes acclaimed films such as Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, 12 Years A Slave, Atonement and Star Trek Into Darkness. He has also played the titular character in the successful BBC drama series Sherlock since 2010. He earned his first Oscar nomination for portraying Alan Turing in The Imitation Game.

Jake Gyllenhaal

Jake Gyllenhall is an American actor. Following his first lead role in October Sky, Gyllenhall garnered acclaim for his work in the indie cult film Donnie Darko. He has since starred in a slew of popular American films such as Source Code, Love and Other Drugs, Zodiac, End of Watch, Brokeback Mountain (for which he was Oscar nominated). His performance in Nightcrawler has received praise and he has earned Golden Globe and SAG Award nominations

Eddie Redmayne

An English actor, singer and model, Eddie Redmayne started his professional career as an actor in both theatre and television roles in the early 2000s and then made his film debut, Like Minds, in 2006. He has since appeared in films such as The Good Shepherd, Savage Grace, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, My Week with Marilyn and Les Misérables. Redmayne received universal critical acclaim for his performance as Stephen Hawking in The Theory of Everything, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, the Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and the BAFTA Award so far