Director
Pierre Morel
French cinematographer and director, Pierre Morel debuted in 2000 as a camera operator with the first Richard Berry film "L'Art (délicat) de la séduction." The next year, he began a career as cinematographer, working with directors as Louis Leterrier, Corey Yuen, Nancy Meyers, Alek Keshishian, Luc Besson and Phillip Atwell. At the same time he directed his first film "District 13" in 2004, followed by "Taken" in 2008 and "From Paris With Love", to be released in the US in 2009.
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The Cast
Liam Neeson as BRYAN MILLS
Irish actor Neeson is well known for his roles as Oskar Schindler in Steven Spielberg's "Schindler's List", as Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn in George Lucas' "Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace" and as the voice of Aslan in "The Chronicles Of Narnia" film series. He has played several characters based on real people, including Michael Collins and Alfred Kinsey, and is also set to play President Abraham Lincoln in a biographical film directed by Steven Spielberg. He has starred in several blockbusters like "Darkman", "Kingdom Of Heaven" and "Batman Begins".
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Maggie Grace as KIM MILLS
Grace landed her first role as the titular character in the web-based video series "Rachel's Room" in 2001. She went on to earn a Young Artist Award nomination in 2002 with her portrayal of 15-year-old murder victim Martha Moxley in the TV movie "Murder in Greenwich." She has starred in the TV series "Lost" in which she was the main cast member until her character was killed off in mid-season 2, winning a Screen Actors Guild Award shared with the cast. Next, she is set to play the lead role of Alice in "Malice In Wonderland", an upcoming new take on Lewis Carroll's novel "Alice's Adventures In Wonderland."
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Famke Janssen as LENORE
Dutch actress and former fashion model, Famke Janssen (pronounced fahm-kuh yan-sun) made her first film role with director Jeff Goldblum in the 1992 film "Fathers & Sons." In 1995, she appeared in the first Pierce Brosnan James Bond film, "GoldenEye", as femme fatale Xenia Onatopp. She is also popularly known so star in the TV series "Nip/Tuck" and in the "X-Men" films as Dr Jean Grey or her superhero alter ego Phoenix.
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Leland Orser as SAM
At the start of Orser's acting career, he appeared in small roles on "The Golden Girls", "Cheers", "L.A. Law", "The X-Files", "NYPD Blue", "Law and Order: SVU" and "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation". He later played Larry Purvis in 1997's "Alien: Resurrection" and Richard Thompson in the 1999 Denzel Washington thriller "The Bone Collector". In 2004, he appeared in the comic-turned-film "Daredevil" and has also starred in "Saving Private Ryan" as the traumatised pilot of a crashed glider.
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