Cast and Crew
Cast
ANGELINA JOLIE (Lara Croft) received an Oscar (Best Supporting Actress) for her role in "Girl, Interrupted" in addition to her third Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. She earned her first Golden Globe Award for TNT's "George Wallace," a second for HBO's "Gia" and Emmy Award nominations for both.
Since winning the Oscar, Jolie has starred with Nicolas Cage in the hit "Gone In Sixty Seconds" and Antonio Banderas in the upcoming "Original Sin." Prior to "Girl, Interrupted", Jolie co-starred in "The Bone Collector" with Denzel Washington; "Pushing Tin"; and "Playing by Heart," for which she was awarded the National Board of Review's Breakthrough Performance Award. Jolie also co-starred in "Playing God," and starred in "Foxfire," "Hackers" and Hallmark Hall of Fame's "True Women." Jolie made her acting debut at age seven in "Lookin' to Get Out." She attended New York University and studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute, appearing in several stage productions. |
CHRIS BARRIE (Hillary) enjoys cult status in British television for the long-running "Red Dwarf" and "The Brittas Empire" series. He began his television career as a voice in the satirical puppet show "Spitting Image" and is a veteran of the alternative comedy scene in Britain. "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" is his first film.
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DANIEL CRAIG (Alex West) has appeared in the recent British film "Some Voices," which was well reviewed at the Edinburgh Film Festival. A rising young actor, his other films include "Elizabeth," starring Cate Blanchett, Geoffrey Rush and Richard Attenborough; "I Dreamed of Africa," with Kim Basinger; John Mayberry's "Love is the Devil"; William Boyd's "The Trench" and the upcoming "The Road to Perdition." Craig also recently starred on British television in a new version of Evelyn Waugh's "Sword of Honour."
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Gifted stage and screen actor IAIN GLEN (Manfred Powell) starred opposite Nicole Kidman in her publicized London stage debut in "The Blue Room."
At the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Glen and fellow student Ralph Fiennes won the prestigious Bancroft medal. The award-winning Scottish actor's previous films include "Gorillas in the Mist," "Mountains of the Moon," "Silent Scream" and "Fools of Fortune." |
JON VOIGHT (Lord Croft) is one of the finest actors of his generation. An Oscar winner for his paraplegic Vietnam veteran in "Coming Home" with Jane Fonda, he made an early impact in John Schlesinger's "Midnight Cowboy," winning his first Oscar nomination in the company of Dustin Hoffman. Other early films include "Catch-22," "Deliverance," "Desert Bloom," "Conrack" and "The Odessa File."
More recently, Voight has appeared in the blockbuster "Mission: Impossible," "Anaconda," "The Rainmaker," "The General," "Enemy of the State" and "Pearl Harbor." His third Oscar nomination was for Andrei Konchalovsky's "Runaway Train." |
JULIAN RHIND-TUTT (Pimms) enjoyed early springboard success in the Royal National Theatre production of "The Madness of King George" and in the subsequent film version. Other films include "The Saint," "Tomorrow Never Dies," "Les Miserables," "The Trench" and the hugely successful "Notting Hill," with Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant.
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LESLIE PHILLIPS (Wilson) film career spans six decades. Winner of the British Evening Standard Theatre Award's Special Award in 1997, Phillips recently appeared in "Saving Grace" and television's "Cinderella."
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NOAH TAYLOR (Bryce) first registered with audiences in "The Year My Voice Broke" and as the adolescent David Helfgott in the award-winning "Shine." Recent films include "Simon Magus," " Almost Famous" and the upcoming "The Sleeping Dictionary" and "Vanilla Sky."
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Veteran actor RICHARD JOHNSON (Distinguished Gentleman) is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and has been an established actor since the 1950s, with a career encompassing writing and producing. In the early 1980s he helped establish United British Artists, a filmmaking collaboration of fellow actors. He produced "Turtle Diary" in 1985, starring Glenda Jackson; "The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne" in 1987, starring Maggie Smith; and executive produced "Castaway" in 1987, starring Oliver Reed and Amanda Donohoe.
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Crew
British born SIMON WEST (Director / Story Adaptation) began his award-winning career in 1981 as a trainee film editor with the BBC in London. During an impressive four year tenure, he was involved with a number of award-winning prodctions, including the documentary series "Strangeways Prison" and the dramatic series "Bleak House," both winning BAFTA awards. He also worked on the documentary "Fighter Pilot," the feature film "Grown Ups" and the flagship news program "Newsnight."
In 1985, West began freelancing as a director and won a grant from the Arts Council to write and direct the film "Dolly Mixtures." Limelight London, one of the country's fastest growing pop video and commercial production companies, invited him to join their rapidly increasing roster of young directors. In 1987, he won Best Video at the Montreux Music Festival for Mel and Kim's "Respectable."
One of the most sought after commercial directors on both sides of the Atlantic, West moved to the Los Angeles offies of Limelight in 1991, and to Pilot Pictures a year later, winning a Clio award for Little Caesar's "Airplane," and a Golden Lion Award in Cannes for Little Caesar's "Italian Feast."
He joined Propaganda Films in 1993, directing a string of successful commercials for McDonald's, Sprite, Ford, Miller Beer and Budweiser. USA Today voted his creative Pepsi spot ("Boy in the Bottle") the most popular commercial of the 1995 Super Bowl.
West launched into the Hollywood mainstream with the 1997 action blockbster "Con Air." Two years later he directed "The General's Daughter," starring John Travolta. Each of these movies passed the $100 million domestic box-office watershed.
In 1985, West began freelancing as a director and won a grant from the Arts Council to write and direct the film "Dolly Mixtures." Limelight London, one of the country's fastest growing pop video and commercial production companies, invited him to join their rapidly increasing roster of young directors. In 1987, he won Best Video at the Montreux Music Festival for Mel and Kim's "Respectable."
One of the most sought after commercial directors on both sides of the Atlantic, West moved to the Los Angeles offies of Limelight in 1991, and to Pilot Pictures a year later, winning a Clio award for Little Caesar's "Airplane," and a Golden Lion Award in Cannes for Little Caesar's "Italian Feast."
He joined Propaganda Films in 1993, directing a string of successful commercials for McDonald's, Sprite, Ford, Miller Beer and Budweiser. USA Today voted his creative Pepsi spot ("Boy in the Bottle") the most popular commercial of the 1995 Super Bowl.
West launched into the Hollywood mainstream with the 1997 action blockbster "Con Air." Two years later he directed "The General's Daughter," starring John Travolta. Each of these movies passed the $100 million domestic box-office watershed.
A prolific and highly regarded film maker, LAWRENCE GORDON (Producer) has worked as a successful independent producer of films and television, as well as a studio executive. He has produced such box-office hits as "48 Hrs," "Predator," "Die Hard," "Die Hard 2," " Point Break," "Unlawful Enty," "Timecop" and "Field of Dreams."
As president and chief operating officer of Twentieth Century-Fox, he oversaw the production of "Cocoon," "The Jewel of the Nile," " Aliens," "Commando," "The Fly" and "Broadcast News." His Fox regime inaugurated such award-winning television shows as "The Tracey Ullman Show" and "The Simpsons"; and the dramas "L.A. Law," "NYPD Blue," "Chicago Hope" and "Ally McBeal."
In 1989, Gordon and JVC formed the successful and independent Largo Entertainment, Japan's first investment in the entertainment industry, preceding both Sony's acquisition of Columbia Pictures and Matsushita's purchase of MCA. Resigning from Largo in 1994, Gordon entered a first-look agreement with Universal Pictures. He packaged and presented the controversial "Waterworld," which later went on to confound its critics by grossing over $300 million worldwide.
His subsequent producing credits include "The Devil's Own," with Harrison Ford and Brad Pitt; "Event Horizon," with Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neilland Kathleen Quinlan; "Boogie Nights," with Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds and Heather Graham; and "Mystery Men," with Ben Stiller, Geoffrey Rush and Greg Kinnear. Over the years, Gordon has nurtured the careers of new talent, encouraging first directing asignments for Penny Marshall, Walter Hill, David Seltzer, John Milius and Roger Spottiswoode.
As president and chief operating officer of Twentieth Century-Fox, he oversaw the production of "Cocoon," "The Jewel of the Nile," " Aliens," "Commando," "The Fly" and "Broadcast News." His Fox regime inaugurated such award-winning television shows as "The Tracey Ullman Show" and "The Simpsons"; and the dramas "L.A. Law," "NYPD Blue," "Chicago Hope" and "Ally McBeal."
In 1989, Gordon and JVC formed the successful and independent Largo Entertainment, Japan's first investment in the entertainment industry, preceding both Sony's acquisition of Columbia Pictures and Matsushita's purchase of MCA. Resigning from Largo in 1994, Gordon entered a first-look agreement with Universal Pictures. He packaged and presented the controversial "Waterworld," which later went on to confound its critics by grossing over $300 million worldwide.
His subsequent producing credits include "The Devil's Own," with Harrison Ford and Brad Pitt; "Event Horizon," with Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neilland Kathleen Quinlan; "Boogie Nights," with Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds and Heather Graham; and "Mystery Men," with Ben Stiller, Geoffrey Rush and Greg Kinnear. Over the years, Gordon has nurtured the careers of new talent, encouraging first directing asignments for Penny Marshall, Walter Hill, David Seltzer, John Milius and Roger Spottiswoode.
PETER AFTERMAN (Music Supervisor) is an independent Music Supervisor and counts over 110 films to his credit, including "The Patriot," "Godzilla," "Private Parts," "Sling Blade," "Last Days Of Disco," "Stealing Beauty," "French Kiss," "Ace Ventura: Pet Detective," "Honeymoon In Vegas" and "Wild at Heart." He was honored in 1998 with a Grammy in the Gospel category as Producer of the Soundtrack Album to Robert Duvall's "The Apostle." Currently, Afterman is working on "Don't Say a Word" starring Michael Douglas for Fox.
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MICHAEL COLLEARY (Story) shares a number of credits with his fellow "Tomb Raider" collaborator Mke Werb, which include writing the films "King's Ransom," "Darkman III" and "Blades," and serving as both writer and co-producer of "Face/Off." Colleary also wrote "Death Wish V."
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Since the early 1990s, CHRIS CORBOULD (Special Effects Supervisor) has brought his talents to highly demanding films, including the Bond movies "GoldenEye," "Tomorrow Never Dies" and "The World Is Not Enough." Other credits include Richard Attenborough's film of William Nicholson's "Shadowlands," with Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger; "The Ghost and the Darkness," with Val Kilmer and Michael Douglas; "The Mummy," with Brendan Fraser; and "102 Dalmatians," with Glenn Close.
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SIMON CRANE (Stunt Coordinator/Second Unit Director) has enjoyed a notable career as stunt double for actors Timothy Dalton ("The Living Daylights," "License to Kill"), Mel Gibson ("Air America") and Kevin Costner ("Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves"). He was a stunt performer in many movies, including "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," " Batman," "Total Recall," "Alien" and "The Three Musketeers."
Crane arranged stunts for "Cliffhanger," "Braveheart," "GoldenEye," "101 Dalmatians" and "Hamlet." 1997 delivered his greatest challenges to date: James Cameron's "Titanic" and Steven Spielberg's "Saving Private Ryan." Never one to rest on his laurels, Crane was stunt arranger on "Elizabeth," "The Mummy" and "The World Is Not Enough" before traveling to New Zealand for Martin Campbell's "Vertical Limit." |
DALLAS S. PUETT, A.C.E. (Editor) has contributed to an impressive number of motion pictures, including "Red Planet," "Deep Blue Sea," "Lethal Weapon 4," "Executive Decision," "Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home" and "Radio Flyer" among others.
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GRAEME REVELL (Composer) recently wrote the score for "Blow" and the upcoming "Collateral Damage" and "Human Nature." Other credits include "The Crow," "The Siege," "Red Planet" "Chinese Box" for which he received the Golden Osella Award for Best Original Music from the Venice Film Festival, and "Dead Calm" which marked his feature film composing debut, and earned him the AFI Award for Best Original Music Score from the Australian Film Institute. Revell also score the critically acclaimed ABC mini-series "Anne Frank."
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An Oscar winner for Mike Leigh's "Topsy-Turvy," LINDY HEMMING (Costume Designer) designed costumes for the last three James Bond movies: "GoldenEye," "Tomorrow Never Dies" and "The World Is Not Enough."
Hemming's early credits include such highly regarded films as Stephen Frears' "My Beautiful Laundrette"; "84 Charing Cross Road," with Anthony Hopkins and Anne Bancroft; "Hear My Song"; "Waterland"; and the enormously successful "Four Weddings and a Funeral." She worked frequently with Mike Leigh ("Meantime," "The Short and Curlies," "High Hopes," "Life Is Sweet" and "Naked") prior to their Oscar (winning collaboration on "Topsy-Turvy." Hemming was also costume designer on Bob Rafelson's "Blood and Wine," with Jack Nicholson and Michael Caine; and Johnny Depp's directorial debut, "The Brave." She worked on director Mark Herman's "Little Voice" and William Boyd's "The Trench." |
JEREMY HEATH-SMITH (Executive Producer) is the founder and driving force behind one of the world's premier game devlopers - Core Design. He also plays a leading role on the Eidos Board, heading up the sourcing, acquisition and development of titles for the group. Core Design has created several blockbuster titles during its eleven year history but is best known for launching the world's first genuine cyber-star - Lara Croft - and the Tomb Raider adventure series of games in which she is featured.
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KIRK M. PETRUCCELLI (Production Designer) worked as assistant art director before taking the production designer credit on "3 Ninjas" in 1992. His subsequent films include "Murder in the First," " Anaconda," " Blade," " The Thireenth Floor," "Mystery Men" and "The Patriot". "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" is his biggest challenge to date, requiring assistance from the world's finest art department talents, including art directors Leslie Tomkins, John Fenner, Jim Morahan and David Lee.
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The producer of "Boogie Nights," "Mystery Men" and "Event Horizon," LLOYD LEVIN (Producer) has worked with Lawrence Gordon throughout the 1990s. He produced "The Rocketeer" and executive produced "Die Hard 2: Die Harder," "Predator 2" and "Used People".
A former president of production at Largo Entertainment, he oversaw the production of "Point Break," "Unlawful Entry" and "Timecop." Concurrently with "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider," Levin and Gordon are producing "K-Pax," directed by Iain Softley and starring Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges. |
Prior to penning the "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" script, multi-talented PATRICK MASSETT (Screenwriter) has appeared as an actor in such films as "Rumplestiltskin," "Star," "Torch Song," "Thunderheart" and "The Servants of Twilight." Massett's television appearances include "Murphy Brown," "Wings," "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and "China Beach".
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PETER MENZIES, JR. A.C.S. (Director of Photography) is an associate of director Simon West, for whom he worked as director of photography on "The General's Daughter." Menzies worked as camera operator on movies in the early 1980s. Later, he was a director of photography on films including "The Getaway," "Die Hard: With a Vengeance," "A Time to Kill," "Hard Rain," "The 13th Warrior" and "The Kid."
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With a current development deal at Disney, SARA B. COOPER (Story) has written forsuch television series as "The X Files," "Chicago Hope" and "Homicide: Life on the Street". "Tomb Raider" is her first produced screenplay credit.
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GLEN SCANTLEBURY (Editor) collaborated with Simon West on "Con Air" and "The General's Daughter." He was additional editor on "The Godfather: Part III" and "The Rock." His credits include "Dracula," "My Dubious Sex Drive," "Little Dieter Needs to Fly" and "Armageddon."
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MIKE WERB (Story) has written such films as "Blades," "Darkman III" and "The Mask," as well as the story or "The Human Shield." His most recent project is "King's Ransom." A man of many hats, Werb wrote, co-produced and also acted in the 1997 film "Face/Off."
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COLIN WILSON (Producer) frequently collaborates with Steven Spielberg, with whom he began as an editor. He associate produced "Jurassic Park," co-produced "The Flintstones" and produced "Casper," "The Lost World," "Amistad," "Small Soldiers" and "The Haunting."
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Prior to his collaboration on the script for "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider," JOHN ZINMAN (Screenwriter) served as production coordinator on the motion picture comedy "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me."
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