Jon Cryer
Jonathan Niven Cryer (born April 16, 1965) is an American actor and television director. Born into a show business family, Cryer made his motion picture debut as a teenaged photographer in the 1984 romantic comedy "No Small Affair"; his breakout role came in 1986, playing "Duckie" Dale in the John Hughes-written film "Pretty in Pink". In 1998, he wrote and produced the independent film "Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five".
John Simm
In 1995, Simm played the troubled teenager Bill Preece in the acclaimed ITV police drama "Cracker". This is considered his breakthrough role. 
He also made his feature film debut in "Boston Kickout", beating Dennis Hopper to the Best Actor award at the Valencia Film Festival. In 1996, he made his professional stage debut in the Simon Bent play "Goldhawk Road" at the Bush Theatre, directed by Paul Miller. In 1997, he won the lead role of Danny Kavanagh in the first series of "The Lakes", a BBC series written by Jimmy McGovern. In 1999, he starred in the second series of "The Lakes" as well as appearing as Jip in the award-winning cult clubbing film "Human Traffic" and Michael Winterbottom's acclaimed "Wonderland". In 2000, he starred in the opening episode of the BBC drama "Clocking Off", written by Paul Abbott, with whom he would work again in 2002 when he starred as Cal McCaffrey in the multi-award-winning political thriller series "State of Play". Simm also played the lead role of loan shark John Parlour in Tony Marchant's "Never Never" for Channel 4.