Casting Call

Question: Where was actor Om Puri born?

Answer: Om Puri, the film actor, was born in 1950 in Punjab, India. Although an Indian citizen he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2004 for services to the British film industry.

Question: Who played the role of Katsumoto in The Last Samurai?

Answer: Ken Watanabe played the role of Katsumoto, the samurai leader, in the 2003 film The Last Samurai. Tom Cruise played an American who was living in Japan.

Question: What actor portrayed Harry Potter in the Harry Potter films?

Answer: Daniel Radcliffe, a young English actor, portrayed Harry Potter in the 8 Harry Potter films.

Question: Which of these actors is from Mexico?

Answer: Salma Hayek was born in 1966 in the Mexican state of Veracruz.

Question: Who starred in Lawrence of Arabia?

Answer: Peter O’Toole, a young Irish-born actor, played the English warrior T.E. Lawrence in the 1962 film Lawrence of Arabia.

Question: Which one of these figures has not played James Bond?

Answer: Paul Reubens is a character actor whose best-known role is as Pee-Wee Herman.

Question: Which of these stars made only three movies?

Answer: Iconic American actor James Dean starred in just three films before his death in 1955 at the age of 24.

Question: Which of these women is not a famed actor?

Answer: Angela Merkel became the chancellor of Germany in 2005. The others are well-known actors.

Question: Which of these films did not star Humphrey Bogart?

Answer: The Sound of Music starred Christopher Plummer. It was released in 1965, eight years after Humphrey Bogart’s death.

Question: Who played the old Spock in the 2009 movie Star Trek?

Answer: The part of the old Spock was played by Leonard Nimoy. The actor appeared as Spock on the original TV series Star Trek, which ran from 1966 to 1969.