English Movie Review The Holdovers - Cast & Crew

Carrie Preston (D.O.B- 21 June 1967) is an American actress who appears in films and television shows. Apart from acting, she is a producer and director as well. She is best known for her roles in TV series’ True Blood and Person of Interest. Her guest appearance on the show “The Good Wife” has earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series as well. She spent most of her childhood Macon, Georgia, the place of her birth. Her father was a geo-technical engineer, and her mother worked as an artist and art therapist there. Carrie discovered that her true calling lay in performing arts, and she used to perform in community theater shows at the age of eight. When she was aged 12, she became the impresario of her front-yard theater company as a producer, writer, casting director, director and of course, actress. Preston later obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Evansville followed by a diploma in acting from the distinguished Juilliard School. It was Preston's Outer Critics Award-nominated role as "Miranda" in George C. Woolf's Broadway adaptation of Shakespeare's “The Tempest with Patrick Stewart” that catalyzed her debut on the silver screen. She played one of the two sexy, Southern bridesmaid sisters in the Julia Robert's blockbuster My Best Friend's Wedding. Following her debut, she had worked alongside her husband on numerous projects, whom she met when they both appeared in a production of “Hamlet” at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. They have also starred in the movie Straight-Jacket and also had a recurring role with him in the TV series “Person of Interest”, where they played lovers. She has appeared in the TV series Lost in 2004 playing the mother of ‘Ben Linus’.

Alexander Payne or Constantine Alexander Payne (Papadopoulos) is a Hollywood director, producer, and screenwriter. He was born in Omaha, Nebraska to a Greco-German father and a Greek mother. He has two older brothers. Payne majored in Spanish and History from Stanford University and decided pursue a degree in film studies from the UCLA film school. He also studied at the University of Salamanca. His thesis film, "The Passion of Martin," was shown at a festival. After that, Miramax hired him to write and direct "Citizen Ruth" (1996). “Election”,his second film had a star cast of Reese Witherspoon and Matthew Broderick.

Tate Donovan is an American actor and director known chiefly for Hercules, Shooter, Argo, and Manchester by the Sea. He has also featured in television series Damages, The O.C., and 24: Live Another Day.

Paul Giamatti is an American actor. He was born in Connecticut on 6 June 1967 to A. Bartlett Giamatti and Toni Marilyn Giamatti. He is of English, Scottish, Irish, French and Dutch descent. He is the younger brother of actor Marcus Giamatti. He studied at Yale where he got his Master’s Degree in Fine Arts. He was actively involved in theatre during the early days of his career. He appeared on Broadway and some small roles in television and movies like Donnie Brasco (1997). His first major role was in 1997 in the movie adaptation of Private Parts. His performance was lauded by the book’s author Howard Stern. He later played roles in movies like The Truman Show (1998), Saving Private Ryan (1998), The Negotiator (1998), Man on the Moon (1999), Planet of the Apes (2001). He played the antagonist in Big Fat Liar (2002). His career got a major boost with American Splendor (2003) where he was starred in the lead role. He worked in Sideways (2004) which was a big success.