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Denzel
Washington (John Q. Archibald)
 Denzel
Washington, who was recently honored with the AFI's Actor of the
Year Award for his performance in Training
Day, has accrued an impressive body of work. His recent
credits include Jerry Bruckheimer's Remember
the Titans and The Bone Collector, directed by Phillip
Noyce. He received a Golden Globe Award and his fourth Academy Award
nomination for his performance as Rubin "Hurricane" Carter
in Norman Jewison's The Hurricane.
Another critically- acclaimed performance was his portrayal of Malcolm
X in Spike Lee's biographical epic, Malcolm X, which also
earned him an Academy Award nomination.
Among
his other credits are Gregory Hoblit's Fallen, Spike Lee's
He Got Game, Edward Zwick's The Siege and Courage
Under Fire, Penny Marshall's The Preacher's Wife, Tony
Scott's Crimson Tide as well as the thrillers Virtuosity
and Devil in a Blue Dress. Early in his film career, Washington
starred in Norman Jewison's A Soldier's Story; Sidney Lumet's
Power; Richard Attenborough's Cry Freedom, which earned
him his first Oscar nomination; For Queen and Country, The Mighty
Quinn, Heart Condition, Glory, for which he won an Academy Award
for Best Supporting Actor, Spike Lee's Mo' Better Blues,
Ricochet and Mississippi Masala. Additional credits
include Kenneth Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing, Jonathan
Demme's Philadelphia and The Pelican Brief.
Robert
Duvall (Grimes)
 Robert
Duvall, who portrays the hostage negotiator Grimes, has starred
in some of America's most acclaimed films: The Godfather,
which earned him an Oscar nomination, and The Godfather, Part
II; he was nominated a second time for an Oscar for his performance
in Apocalypse Now; he was nominated a third time for The
Great Santini, and won an Academy Award as Best Actor for Tender
Mercies.
Duvall
wrote, directed and starred in The Apostle,
receiving an Academy Award nomination for the title character. He
co-starred in Deep Impact and
A Civil Action, which won him his sixth Academy Award nomination
and a Golden Globe nomination. He followed this with Gone
in 60 Seconds. He recently completed A Shot at Glory
and The Sixth Day. Duvall honed
his craft in such 60's and 70's classics as Bullitt, True Grit,
M*A*S*H, The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, The Eagle Has Landed, The
Greatest and The Betsy. The 80's saw him in The Stone
Boy, The Natural, The Lightship, Let's Get Harry and Colors
as well as the popular mini-series Lonesome Dove. During
the 90's, Duvall starred in Days of Thunder, A Handmaid's Tale,
A Show of Force, Convicts, Rambling Rose, Falling Down, Geronimo
and Wrestling Ernest Hemingway.
Duvall
formed Butcher's Run Films in 1992, starring in A Family Thing,
which earned a Humanitas Award, followed by The Man Who Captured
Eichmann. In the last few years, Duvall has been seen in The
Paper, The Stars Fell on Henrietta and The Scarlet Letter.
Duvall
recently completed Gods & Generals, the prequel to Gettysburg,
in which he stars as General Robert E. Lee. He also directed, wrote,
produced and starred in the upcoming Assassination Tango
due out later this year.
James
Woods (Dr. Turner)
 James
Woods portrays Dr. Turner, the heart surgeon held hostage by John
Q. Wood's performances in Oliver Stone's Any Given Sunday,
Sofia Coppola's directorial debut, Virgin Suicides, his critically-hailed
work in The General's Daughter,
Another Day in Paradise, Clint Eastwood's True Crime
and John Carpenter's Vampires reflect his diversified range
as an actor.
Woods'
performances in Salvador and Ghosts of Mississippi
earned him Oscar nominations. He further demonstrated his versatility
in Oliver Stone's Nixon and Killer, Martin Scorsese's
Casino and Kicked in the Head, Robert Zemeckis' Contact,
Once Upon a Time in America, The Onion Field and Hercules
as well as his acclaimed television performances in Indictment:
The McMartin Trial, HBO's Citizen Cohn and his Emmy-winning
work in Promise and My Name is Bill W. Additional
credits include The Hard Way, Immediate Family, The Boost, Best
Seller, Eyewitness, Split Image, Distance, Fastwalking, Cat's Eye,
The Choirboys, Cop and The Black Marble.
Woods
made his film debut in Elia Kazan's The Visitors, followed
by a small but memorable role in The Way We Were. His first
major starring role was in Alex and the Gypsy followed by
Arthur Penn's Night Moves.
Anne
Heche (Rebecca Payne)
 Anne
Heche portrays Rebecca Payne, the tough hospital administrator.
In the summer of 2000, Heche wrapped a supporting role in Erik Skjoldbjærg's
Prozac Nation, starring Christina Ricci. She also co-starred
in Auggie Rose with Jeff Goldblum, selected for the Montreal
Film Festival. Heche recently starred in Agnieska Holland's The
Third Miracle, opposite Ed Harris, and in Gus Van Sant's
Psycho, opposite Vince Vaughn and Julianne Moore. She starred
opposite Vaughn in Return to Paradise and opposite Harrison
Ford in Six Days, Seven Nights.
Heche
won The National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress
in Barry Levinson's Wag the Dog, with Robert DeNiro and Dustin
Hoffman. She starred opposite Tommy Lee Jones in Volcano
and was featured, to much acclaim, opposite Johnny Depp and Al Pacino
in Donnie Brasco. She has also starred in The Juror, Walking
and Talking and HBO's If These Walls Could Talk, directed
by Cher. Her other film credits include The Wild Side, Pie in
the Sky, Twist of Fate, Milk Money, The Investigator, I'll Do Anything,
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Ambush of the Ghosts.
Heche
wrote and directed Reaching Normal, a short for Showtime's
"First Director Series," as well as the second installment
of If These Walls Could Talk II, starring Sharon Stone and
Ellen DeGeneres. She won an Emmy Award for her performance on television's
"Another World" and recently appeared in a 1-episode story
arc on "Ally McBeal." In September 2001, she published
her autobiography "Call Me Crazy," which appeared on The
New York and Los Angeles Times' best-seller lists.
Ray
Liotta (Monroe)
 Ray
Liotta, who plays Monroe, a police chief with a political agenda,
is an actor in great demand. He recently co-starred in Ridley Scott's
Hannibal, with Anthony Hopkins
and Julianne Moore, in the comedy Heartbreakers,
opposite Sigourney Weaver and Jennifer Love Hewitt and starred opposite
Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz in New Line's Blow.
He starred opposite Gretchen Mol and Joseph Fiennes in Paul Schrader's
Forever Mine and finished production on Rumor of Angels.
Liotta will next be seen in the upcoming films Phone Booth
and Narc (which he also executive produced).
Liotta
played Frank Sinatra in the critically acclaimed The Rat Pack,
co-starred in the ensemble drama, Copland, with Sylvester
Stallone, Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel, and was seen in the
action thriller Turbulence.
Known
for his versatility, Liotta has leaped from action hero to sensitive
and vulnerable leading man in the harrowing futuristic action-adventure
picture, No Escape to the sweetly romantic Corrina, Corrina,
to the ballistically vicious in his feature film debut Something
Wild, which won him a Golden Globe nomination. He followed this
with Dominick & Eugene, and the 1989 Academy Award nominated
Field of Dreams. Shortly afterwards, Robert De Niro suggested
the actor for a starring role in Martin Scorsese's GoodFellas.
Among
his other starring roles are Phoenix with Angelica Huston
and Unforgettable opposite Linda Fiorentino. He also appeared
in Walt Disney's Dumbo Drop.
Kimberly
Elise (Denise Archibald)
 Kimberly
Elise plays Denise Archibald, John Q.'s wife. Most recently, Elise
completed a co-starring role in Showtime's Bojangles opposite
Gregory Hines. Her other feature film credits are Beloved
(for which she won the Chicago Film Critics Award for "Best
Newcomer") and Set It Off.
On
television, Elise played the title role in The Loretta Claiborne
Story and won a Cable Ace Award for her performance in the Family
Channel's The Ditchdigger's Daughter.
Eddie
Griffin (Lester)
Eddie Griffin, who portrays the unwitting emergency room hostage
Lester, is headed for a breakthrough year in 2002 with three films
scheduled for release and production beginning on a fourth. He will
soon be seen in the Revolution Studios' comedy The New Guy.
This June, he will star in Universal's action/comedy Undercover
Brother. The film, based on an animated internet comedy series,
follows the secret exploits of a member of a brotherhood fighting
to overcome oppression. To infiltrate establishment groups, Griffin's
character adopts the persona of Antoine, a "mayonnaise-loving,
Gap-wearing, 'Friends'-watching black man." Production begins
in January on Eddie Griffin: Live in Concert, a feature that
will mix Griffin's stand-up comedy act with a cinema verite look
at his personal life, which inspires the routine.
Griffin's
previous film credits include Double Take, Deuce Bigalow: Male
Gigalo, Picking Up The Pieces, Foolish, Armageddon,
Meteor Man and Jason's Lyric. He is best-known to television
audiences as the star of UPN's hit comedy series "Malcolm &
Eddie." Griffin was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for
"Best Actor in a Comedy Series" for his potrayal. He also
wrote and directed four episodes of the sitcom, one of which starred
his mentor, Richard Pryor.
Griffin
began his career in Kansas City, Missouri. He was working as a choreographer
for a soccer team when a cousin bet him $50 that he would not go
on stage during a visit to a local comedy club. After winning the
bet, Griffin purchased a one-way ticket to Los Angeles. One month
later he was performing at the renowned Comedy Store, where he was
compared with Richard Pryor, Redd Foxx and Lenny Bruce. Those performances
led to featured appearances on the HBO specials "Voodoo Child,"
the Cable ACE-nominated "One Night Stand" and "Def
Comedy Jam." Griffin's comedy album "The Message"
features comedic and musical performances by Griffin as well as
Master P, Silkk The Shocker and Fiend. Griffin held the first live
comedy/R&B/hip-hop Webcast, "MLK 2K": We Still Have
The Dream," during a recent Comedy Store performance. He has
formed his own independent record label, Bluelight Records. An accomplished
musician, Griffin is also a member of his own band, Eclectic Divinity.
Shawn
Hatosy (Mitch)
Shawn Hatosy is Mitch, a hostage with a mean streak. Hatosy earned
his first starring role in Miramax's Outside Providence opposite
Alec Baldwin. Other feature credits include: Tangled, Simpatico,
Down To You, Anywhere But Here, The Faculty, Joyriders, The Postman
and In & Out.
This
past summer, Hatosy made his stage debut at The La Jolla Playhouse
starring in the title role of Billy the Kid for directors Kate Whoriskey
and Des McAnuff. In March, Hatosy will be seen as Brendan Behan
in Peter Sheridan's Borstal Boy, based on the autobiographical novel
and play by the infamous Irish writer. Hatosy is currently at work
on the Chris Koch-directed A Guy Thing with Julia Stiles
and Jason Lee for MGM.
Daniel E. Smith (Mike Archibald)
 Daniel
E. Smith plays nine-year old Mike Archibald. Smith, age 10, makes
his feature film debut in John Q. On television, he co-starred
in Children TV Show and Quality Time and has performed
on stage in "The Christmas Story," "Freedom,"
and "The Greatest X-Mas Pageant Ever."
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