Dakota johnson jamie dornan eric johnson

ABOUT THE CAST
DAKOTA JOHNSON (Anastasia Steele) has become one of Hollywood’s fastest rising stars, playing the coveted role of Anastasia Steele in the feature adaptation of E L James’ novel and worldwide phenomenon Fifty Shades of Grey.

She then landed two highly acclaimed feature roles, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival. The first was opposite Johnny Depp in the Whitey Bulger biopic Black Mass, which was directed by Scott Cooper. The other, a starring role in Luca Guadagnino’s remake of Jacques Deray’s La Piscine titled A Bigger Splash, alongside Tilda Swinton, Ralph Fiennes and Matthias Schoenaerts.

She will next reprise the role of Anastasia Steele in Fifty Shades Freed, slated for release in 2018. She will also reunite with Guadagnino on the thriller Suspiria.

Johnson was most recently seen in the New Line/Warner Bros. comedy How to Be Single, which also starred Rebel Wilson, Leslie Mann and Alison Brie.

After bursting onto the scene with her performance in David Fincher’s critically acclaimed The Social Network, which was written by Aaron Sorkin, Johnson went on to appear in the feature comedies The Five-Year Engagement and 21 Jump Street, with Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum.
Northern Ireland-born actor JAMIE DORNAN (Christian Grey) has received huge critical acclaim for his portrayal of a chilling serial killer on the BBC’s crime drama The Fall, which co-stars Gillian Anderson.  The series, which launched in 2013, was the highest-rated drama for the channel in eight years.  For his performance, Dornan earned a BAFTA Television Award nomination for Best Actor, two Irish Film & Television Awards for Best Actor—Television, the Irish Film Board’s Rising Star and the Broadcasting Press Guild’s Breakthrough Award.  The second season premiered in winter 2014 in the U.K. and in January in the U.S.  Dornan starred in Channel 4’s miniseries New Worlds, which aired in the U.K. in spring 2014.  The historical drama depicts the terror and turbulence experienced in both England and America at the time of the English Civil War.  In 2011, on his first U.S. television series, Dornan played the complex dual role of Sheriff Graham and The Huntsman for three seasons on ABC’s fantasy drama Once Upon a Time, opposite Ginnifer Goodwin, Jennifer Morrison and Robert Carlyle.

Dornan’s feature-film debut was in Sofia Coppola’s 2006 Oscar^®-winning historic epic Marie Antoinette, in which he starred as Count Axel Fersen, the lover to Kirsten Dunst’s eponymous Marie Antoinette.  In 2009, he starred in the British independent film Shadows in the Sun, with Jean Simmons and James Wilby.  Dornan played the lead role of Joe in the story of a young loner who changes the lives of one family by helping them rediscover their roots.  In 2013, he completed the Belgium film Racing Hearts, alongside Anthony Head and Max Pirkis, which was released across Europe in 2014.

In 2016, Dornan was seen in The 9^th Life of Louis Drax, which also starred Aaron Paul and Sarah Gadon, which followed the story of a psychologist, Dr. Allan Pascal (Dornan), who begins working with a young boy who has suffered a near-fatal fall and finds himself drawn into a mystery that tests the boundaries of fantasy and reality.  That same year, he starred as Pat Quinlan in Parallel Films’ The Siege of Jadotville, a military-based story about the 1961 siege of 150 Irish United Nations troops in the Congo.  Other recent film credits include Anthropoid, which also starred Cillian Murphy, and the upcoming Untogether, which also stars Lola Kirke and Alice Eve.
Actor ERIC JOHNSON (Jack Hyde) is quickly establishing himself as a leading man with the capacity to exude depth and conflict within the wide array of characters he portrays both in television and film.

Up next, Johnson will reprise his role as the twisted Jack Hyde, the nemesis to Christian Grey in James Foley’s Fifty Shades Freed, opposite Dakota Johnson.

Johnson starred as the racist but highly skilled Dr. Everett Gallinger on the two-season run of Cinemax’s critically acclaimed series The Knick, directed by Oscar^®-winning filmmaker Steven Soderbergh. Johnson starred opposite Clive Owen on the daring period drama, which explored the professional and personal lives of the staff of New York’s Knickerbocker hospital at the onset of the 20^th century. Other past television credits include Orphan Black, Criminal Minds, Saving Hope and Rookie Blue.

Johnson recently wrapped production on Zoe Cassavetes’ upcoming web series, Junior, which explores the psyche and unbridled sexuality of adolescents brought up with social media. The series will launch on the new Blackpills platform.

Johnson currently resides in Toronto, Canada.
VICTOR RASUK (José) is an exciting talent who has amassed a strong body of work and is continually expanding as a versatile artist. Rasuk can be seen opposite Dakota Johnson and Jamie Dornan in the pivotal role of Jose Rodriguez in Sam Taylor-Johnson’s Fifty Shades of Grey.

Rasuk most recently completed filming the final installment in the trilogy Fifty Shades Freed, as well as Sonya Goddy’s independent feature Holy New York. Rasuk made his feature-film debut as the title character in Raising Victor Vargas (2002), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. For his performance, Rasuk garnered a Film Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Debut Performance.

His acclaim continued with a celebrated performance as skateboard legend Tony Alva in Catherine Hardwicke’s Lords of Dogtown, for TriStar Pictures. Based on Stacy Peralta’s documentary Dogtown and Z-Boys, the film co-starred Heath Ledger, Emile Hirsch and Johnny Knoxville. In 2008, Rasuk co-starred with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Channing Tatum in Kimberly Peirce’s Stop-Loss and with Benicio Del Toro in Steven Soderbergh’s Che: Part One. His recent work includes Being Flynn, alongside Robert De Niro and Julianne Moore; Jobs, with Ashton Kutcher; and Godzilla, with Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Elizabeth Olsen.

On television, Rasuk is best known for his award-nominated work in HBO’s How to Make It in America as series lead Cameron “Cam” Calderon. Additionally, he had a recurring role on the final season of the seminal drama ER and starred in Kevin Williamson’s CBS drama Stalker. Rasuk has most recently been seen in the USA series Colony.

A native New Yorker, Rasuk began acting at age 14. In 2000, he starred in Peter Sollett’s short film Five Feet High and Rising, which garnered awards at both the Sundance and Cannes film festivals. Rasuk went on to study acting at the Professional Performing Arts School and HB Studio in Manhattan before collaborating with Sollett again on Raising Victor Vargas.
LUKE GRIMES (Elliot Grey) maintains a fearless pursuit of challenging roles, evolving with each new project and is fast becoming one of Hollywood’s most in-demand actors, for both independent and mainstream film.

Grimes was most recently seen starring in Antoine Fuqua’s The Magnificent Seven, opposite Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt.  The film, which is based on the 1960 American Western of the same name, is about a group of gunmen who band together in order to save a poor village from savage thieves.  Sony Pictures Entertainment released the film on September 23, 2016.

Next year, Grimes will reprise his role of Elliot in Fifty Shades Freed, following up his performances in the hit film Fifty Shades of Grey and Fifty Shades Darker.  In the series, Grimes plays the adoptive older brother of Christian Grey, played by Jamie Dornan.  Universal Pictures is scheduled to release the film on February 9, 2018. 

Grimes was last seen in Freeheld, opposite Ellen Page, Julianne Moore and Steve Carell. Based on a true story, Grimes played Todd Belkin, a secretly gay cop on the police force who in solidarity with his colleague, Laurel Hester (Moore), comes out of the closet to support her fight against the local government for domestic partner rights.

In 2014, Grimes co-starred opposite Bradley Cooper in the Academy Award^®-nominated film American Sniper.  Directed by Clint Eastwood, the film was nominated for six Oscars^®—including Best Picture—and went on to be the highest-grossing film of the year, bringing in almost $550 million in worldwide box-office receipts.

In his feature-film debut, Grimes starred in the thriller All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, about a spurned admirer who takes it upon himself to eliminate the competition.  His other film credits include the dark comedy Assassination of a High School President, opposite Bruce Willis, and Shit Year, opposite Ellen Barkin, which made its festival debut at Directors’ Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival.  Additionally, Grimes also starred in The Wait, opposite Chloë Sevigny; Squatters, opposite Richard Dreyfuss; and Forever, opposite Deborah Ann Woll.  Grimes was also featured in the international box-office smash Taken 2.

On the small screen, Grimes starred in Greg Berlanti’s hit drama Brothers & Sisters and HBO’s top-rated series True Blood.

The son of a Pentecostal pastor in Dayton, Ohio, Grimes spent summers at church camp, where he learned to play drums, which led to his other passion—music.  

In advance of moving to Los Angeles, Grimes studied acting in New York City and received a degree from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
In what seems like the blink of an eye, Kosovo-born, London-raised RITA ORA (Mia Grey) has become one of the most globally recognized and successful women in entertainment. Signed to Jay Z’s entertainment company Roc Nation in her teens, she released her debut No. 1 record Ora (2012) at 18; scored four consecutive No. 1 singles, including the Drake-penned “R.I.P”; joined forces with Charli XCX on “Doing It” and Iggy Azalea on “Black Widow”; became the global ambassador to Rimmel London; designed 15 Adidas collections that have been among the brand’s best sellers; collaborated on a line with Tezenis; and scored roles in the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy, Fast and Furious 6 and Antoine Fuqua’s Southpaw. “I wanted to be in control of my own destiny, creating my own empire, so I ventured into things I know I’m good at. It’s all in how you act, how you speak, it’s a psychology—you have to bring the goods,” Ora says.

Now, following her celebrated presence on U.K. television as both a coach on BBC’s The Voice and a judge on The X Factor UK, Ora is making her mark on U.S. television. As the new host of VH1’s re-envisioned America’s Next Top Model, Ora embodies the show’s effort to discover not just a model, but a brand, ambassador and social media presence.

Despite her massive success as an actress and entrepreneur, it is her music that occupies center stage for the immediate future. After rising to prominence in 2012 with her debut single “Hot Right Now,” Ora went on to tour extensively in Europe, the U.S. and Asia, performing on some of the most prestigious stages around the world from the Vatican to Glastonbury to the White House. In February 2015, Ora delivered a stirring performance of her Diane Warren-penned song “Grateful” on the 87^th annual Academy Awards, which was seen by millions of people all over the world. She then went on to perform her single “Body on Me” (featuring Chris Brown) on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Good Morning America and The Ellen DeGeneres Show in fall 2015.

Ora recently signed a new deal with Atlantic Records, on which she will be releasing her highly anticipated U.S. debut album. “With this album, I want to be the rock star that I always was. I have to fight every day. I still have to grind. I’m working on a scaffolding right now to make a really big building. That’s how I’m approaching it.”

ELOISE MUMFORD (Kate) stars as Kate Kavanagh in the Universal Pictures Fifty Shades feature trilogy, based on the best-selling novels of E L James.

Previous films include starring roles in the Matt Jones comedy The Night Is Young, opposite Kelen Coleman; Joe Johnston’s Not Safe for Work for Blumhouse, opposite Max Minghella; Rick Rosenthal’s Drones opposite Matt O’Leary; John Stockwell’s In the Blood; and Tom Vaughn’s So Undercover for the Weinstein Company.

A 2009 New York University Tisch School of the Arts graduate, Mumford understudied Elisabeth Moss in Speed-the-Plow on Broadway while still in school, ultimately going on opposite William H. Macy and Raúl Esparza. That same year, she starred as the female lead opposite Jesse Eisenberg in the award-winning short film Some Boys Don’t Leave.

In 2010, Mumford made her television series debut when she starred as Lindsay opposite Jimmy Wolk and Jon Voight in the critically acclaimed and notoriously short-lived FOX series Lone Star.  Mumford was next offered a lead role in the DreamWorks/ABC series The River, opposite Bruce Greenwood and Joe Anderson, which aired 2011-2012, and then starred opposite Patrick Fugit in the ABC thriller Reckless for director Martin Campbell. 

MAX MARTINI (Jason Taylor) first gained recognition for his work in both David Mamet’s film Redbelt and the CBS series The Unit. His feature credits include Oliver Megaton’s Colombiana, John Dahl’s The Great Raid, Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan and Robert Zemeckis’ Contact.

Martini also starred alongside Tom Hanks in Paul Greengrass’ Academy Award^®- nominated film Captain Phillips and in Guillermo del Toro’s Pacific Rim for Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. In addition to the first installment of the Universal Pictures trilogy Fifty Shades of Grey and David Ayer’s Sabotage, Martini recently starred in Michael Bay’s 13 Hours. He also played the title character in Shane Black’s Western, Edge for Amazon Studios. Martini will be seen next in Legendary’s Spectral for Netflix with Emily Mortimer.

Hailing from Melbourne, Australia, BELLA HEATHCOTE (Leila Williams) is emerging as one of Hollywood’s most sought-after talents.  In 2010, after being honored with the Heath Ledger Scholarship Award for her performance in the Australian war epic Beneath Hill 60, Heathcote moved to Los Angeles to further pursue her acting career, where she has worked with an impressive roster of award-winning directors.  In 2012, Heathcote was named one of Variety’s “10 Actors to Watch.” 

Heathcote recently completed production on the independent feature Professor Marston & the Wonder Women. The biopic on the creator of Wonder Woman also stars Luke Evans and Rebecca Hall.

In 2016, Heathcote joined the cast for season two of Amazon’s original drama series The Man in the High Castle. Based on Philip K. Dick’s alt-history novel, the series depicts a divided and drab 1962 America, in which the Nazis rule the East and Midwest and Imperial Japan reigns over the Western states, with a neutral zone between them.  Heathcote plays Nicole Dormer, a young, Berlin-born documentary filmmaker. Heathcote is returning for season three in 2017.

  In 2016, Heathcote also starred with Lily James, Sam Riley, Lena Headey and Jack Huston on the big-screen re-envisioned masterpiece Pride and Prejudice and Zombies—Jane Austen’s classic tale of the tangled relationships between lovers from different social classes in 19^th century England now faced with a new challenge—an army of zombies.  Additionally, she starred alongside Elle Fanning, Keanu Reeves, Christina Hendricks and Jena Malone in the Nicolas Winding Refn-directed horror thriller, The Neon Demon, about an aspiring model in Los Angeles having her youth and vitality devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will use any means necessary to get what she has. 

Heathcote’s past film credits include The Rewrite, alongside Hugh Grant and Marisa Tomei; David Chase’s feature film Not Fade Away, about a group of friends that form a rock band in suburban New Jersey trying to make it big in the 1960s; and Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows, as the romantic lead opposite Johnny Depp. She made her feature film debut in the 2008 film Acolytes and is also known for her role on the Australian drama series Neighbours.

Heathcote currently resides in Los Angeles.

Since making her motion picture debut opposite Robert Redford in Barry Levinson’s The Natural, KIM BASINGER (Elena Lincoln) has appeared in more than 40 feature films and has established herself as an international screen icon.  Basinger received an Academy Award^® in 1998 for her role in Warner Bros.’ critically acclaimed film L.A. Confidential, based on the James Ellroy classic crime novel of the same title.  The film, directed by Curtis Hanson, earned nine Academy Award^® nominations and also earned Basinger a Golden Globe Award win, a Screen Actors Guild Award win and a BAFTA Award nomination.

Basinger was recently seen in The Nice Guys, in which she reunited with her L.A. Confidential co-star Russell Crowe.  The film follows two private detectives (Ryan Gosling and Crowe) as they investigate the apparent suicide of a fading porn star in 1970s Los Angeles and subsequently uncover a conspiracy.  Basinger plays a district attorney and mother of the victim, who hires Gosling and Crowe.  The film was directed by Shane Black (Kiss Bang Bang) and produced by Joel Silver for Warner Bros.

In 2014, Basinger starred in The 11^th Hour, in which she played the role of Maria, a successful career woman who cannot have children.  Executive produced by Lars von Trier and written and directed by Anders Morgenthaler, the film follows Maria as she bribes a troubled dwarf in desperate straits to help her track down a rumored prostitution ring near the Czech border where infants are being sold.  Peter Stormare, Jordan Prentice and German actors Sebastian Schipper and Sophie Rois also star in the film.

In 2013, Basinger was seen opposite Robert De Niro, Sylvester Stallone, Alan Arkin and Kevin Hart in the Warner Bros. film Grudge Match.  The film, directed by Peter Segal, follows a pair of aging boxing rivals who are coaxed out of retirement to fight one final bout—30 years after their last match.

In 2008, Basinger was seen in The Informers, an ensemble drama based on short stories by Bret Easton Ellis.  Basinger starred opposite Billy Bob Thornton, Mickey Rourke and Jon Foster.  That same year, Basinger appeared in The Burning Plain, written and directed by Guillermo Arriaga, which also starred Charlize Theron and Jennifer Lawrence for Magnolia Pictures.  She garnered critical acclaim for her role in the film, which was shown at the Venice and Toronto film festivals.

In 2006, she starred in the 20^th Century Fox thriller The Sentinel, opposite Michael Douglas and Kiefer Sutherland.  Basinger portrayed First Lady Sarah Balletine, who finds herself caught in the middle of a plot to assassinate the president.  The film was directed by Clark Johnson.

In 2004, Basinger received critical acclaim for her moving performance opposite Jeff Bridges in Focus Features’ The Door in the Floor, based on the John Irving novel, A Widow for One Year.  In 2004, she also starred in New Line Cinema’s thriller Cellular, opposite Chris Evans.

In 2002, Basinger co-starred opposite Eminem in Universal’s 8 Mile and in Miramax’s People I Know, opposite Al Pacino and Téa Leoni.  In 2000, Basinger starred in Paramount’s Bless the Child, directed by Chuck Russell and also starring Jimmy Smits and Rufus Sewell.  That year, Basinger also starred in Hugh Hudson’s I Dreamed of Africa for Columbia Pictures.  The film was shot entirely on location in Venice, Italy and South Africa, and is based on the best-selling true story by Kenyan activist Kuki Gallmann.

 Basinger’s film credits include the Warner Bros.’s box-office blockbuster Batman; Adrian Lyne’s sensual thriller 9½ Weeks; No Mercy; Robert Altman’s Ready to Wear (Prêt-à-Porter) and Fool for Love; Final Analysis, opposite Richard Gere; The Marrying Man; The Getaway; Blake Edwards’ Blind Date, opposite Bruce Willis; Cool World; The Real McCoy; and Nadine, opposite Jeff Bridges.

Basinger currently resides in California.

Award-winning actress MARCIA GAY HARDEN (Dr. Grace Trevelyan Grey) has forged a remarkable body of work, always staying true to her chameleon style of becoming the character. Harden’s character portraits have been described by critics as searing, heartbreaking, inventive, simultaneously pure and profane, astonishing, authentic and sensuous. From the glamorous Ava Gardner in Sinatra to the artist Lee Krasner in Pollock (for which she won an Oscar^® for Best Supporting Actress), and her Oscar^®-nominated role as down-and-out Celeste in Mystic River, Harden has created a signature style based in character transformation. Her versatility and wide range have been praised in such films as Miller’s Crossing, The First Wives Club, Meet Joe Black, Mona Lisa Smile, The Hoax and Used People.

Harden is reprising her role as Christian Grey’s mother in Fifty Shades Darker. Fifty Shades of Grey went on to gross over $570 million and was one of 2015’s highest-grossing releases. That summer Paul Weitz’s Grandma, in which Harden starred with Lily Tomlin, opened in select markets. She also had a starring turn in the romantic adventure After Words, which was shot on location in beautiful Costa Rica. Earlier that year, Harden had a memorable arc on the ABC hit drama How to Get Away with Murder.

Harden currently stars as Dr. Leanne Rorish in the CBS drama Code Black. The series is inspired by the award-winning documentary of the same name and is set in the nation’s busiest ER.

Harden’s recent projects include Michael Radford’s Elsa & Fred starring the legendary Shirley MacLaine and Christopher Plummer; the ABC comedy series Trophy Wife, which starred Malin Akerman, Bradley Whitford and Michaela Watkins; and Woody Allen’s Magic in the Moonlight, which starred Emma Stone, Colin Firth and Jacki Weaver. Harden also appeared as First Amendment attorney Rebecca Halliday on Aaron Sorkin’s critically acclaimed HBO series The Newsroom.

Harden has chosen a life away from mainstream Hollywood, crossing between independent and studio films, television and theater.  In 2011, Harden reprised the role she originated on Broadway in the Tony Award-winning play God of Carnage, alongside the original cast, which had a tremendously successful run at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles. In 2009, it was Harden’s exceptional Broadway performance in this starring role that garnered a Tony Award for Best Actress. Her fellow-nominated co-stars in the play included James Gandolfini, Hope Davis and Jeff Daniels.  Additionally, she received an Outer Critics Circle Award for her performance, as well as nominations from the Drama Desk and Drama League.  Also in 2009, she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie for her role in The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler.

In June 2016, Harden was awarded the Best Actress in a Television Drama Golden Nymph Award at the 56^th Annual Monte Carlo Television Festival. Other accolades include a Tony Award nomination for Tony Kushner’s Angels in America: Millennium Approaches (for which she won Drama Desk and Theatre World awards), a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her guest-starring role on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and a Film Independent Spirit Award nomination for American Gun.

Harden’s television appearances include Lifetime’s Beyond the Headlines: The Amanda Knox Story, portraying Amanda’s mother, Edda Mellas, opposite Hayden Panettiere, and the critically acclaimed FX drama Damages, opposite William Hurt and Glenn Close. Her film credits include Parkland, opposite Billy Bob Thornton, Paul Giamatti and Ron Livingston; If I Were You, opposite Aidan Quinn; Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You, with Peter Gallagher and Ellen Burstyn; and Detachment, which co-starred Adrien Brody, Christina Hendricks and Lucy Liu, for Tribeca Films.

Additionally, Harden co-starred in Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut, Whip It, with her daughter, Eulala Scheel; The Maiden Heist, with William H. Macy, Morgan Freeman and Christopher Walken; Joseph Greco’s Canvas; Rails & Ties, with Kevin Bacon; The Mist, based on Stephen King’s novel, for which she won a Saturn Award; Sean Penn’s Into the Wild; and Thomas Kinkade’s Christmas Cottage, with Peter O’Toole.

Harden graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a BA in theater and from New York University with an MFA from the Graduate Acting Program.
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