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| The voting's over. Now it's time to find out who the 100 Greatest Movie Stars of all time are, as voted by you. Watch Channel 4's 100 Greatest Movie Stars to find out if these nominees made it onto the final list. |
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| Catherine Zeta-Jones |
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Born in Swansea, 1969, Zeta-Jones acted throughout her childhood and starred in a British revival of 42nd Street when only 15. She became the tabloids' favourite homegrown beauty with The Darling Buds Of May, a popular ITV series where she conducted an extremely improbable relationship with Philip Franks, who went on to feature regularly on Countdown. Despite her high profile in the UK, moving to Hollywood was still ambitious. The gamble seemed to have backfired until Entrapment in 1999 - after that she quickly shot up the ranks, becoming most famous for marrying Michael Douglas and starring alongside him in Steven Soderbergh's multi Oscar nominated Traffic. |
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| Charlie Chaplin |
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Born in London in 1889 to music hall entertainers who split when he was a year old. After spells in orphanages and boarding schools he joined Fred Karno's troupe at 17, and on a trip to America impressed Keystone boss Mack Sennet. He made his movie debut in 1914 and made 35 films in that year alone. In 1918 he signed the first million-dollar contract with First National to direct eight films. He formed United Artists Studios in 1919 with Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and DW Griffiths and made his first talkie in 1940 (The Great Dictator). He only made four more films but won an honorary Oscar in 1972 and was knighted in 1975. He died in 1977. |
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| Charlton Heston |
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Charlton Heston was born in 1924 in Evanston, Illinois and grew up in the closely knit hunting and shooting world that he now tries to protect. He worked on Broadway and regularly appeared on TV before he made his movie debut in 1950's Dark City. An imposing leading man, whether in biblical epics, science fiction films or disaster movies, he has the distinction of dying more times in his films (15) than probably any other leading man. An Oscar winner twice, one of them a humanitarian award, he is a renowned supporter of Republican causes and president of the National Rifle Association. He dislikes Gore Vidal, who says Heston was oblivious to the gay undercurrent he wrote into Ben Hur. |
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| Chow Yun-Fat |
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A familiar sight in John Woo films, clutching two guns, wearing shades and chewing on a toothpick, Chow is one of the most famous faces in Asian cinema. Born in 1955 in Lamma, Hong Kong, Chow started on Hong Kong TV where, on a young actors' programme, he met one of his future directors, Ringo Lam. After breaking through in 1981's The Story Of Wu Viet, Chow's career hit the rocks in the 80s, but then he met John Woo, they made 1986's extremely influential A Better Tomorrow, and both were on their way to stardom. |
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