Scott Caan

Born: 23 August 1976

This oldest son of legendary actor James Caan possesses his father's charming manner and muscular body.

Encouraged to stay away from the business by his father, Scott originally pursued a career as a musician with the band the Hooligans before studying acting at Playhouse West in Los Angeles and going out on auditions.

He made his feature debut in 1995 as the star of A Boy Called Hate, in which his father played his on-screen dad. After performing in Aaron Gillespie Will Make You a Star, Scott appeared in Gregg Araki's Nowhere.

He upped his profile further as a cocky government agent chasing Will Smith in Tony Scott's Enemy of the State and showed his lighter side as the comic opposite James Van Der Beek in Varsity Blues.

Apparently, originally in one scene only the women were meant to be nude, but Scott felt it was really sexist and so chose to join them...

Next up came Boiler Room, a tale of Wall Street greed which boasted an exciting young cast headed by Ben Affleck and Giovanni Ribisi, followed a year later by American Outlaws with Colin Farrell, Novocaine and Ocean's Eleven.

But it's his classy directorial debut with Dallas 362, shown at the London Film Festival 2003, that sees Scott firmly cemented in the industry.

He wrote, directed and acting in Dallas 362, which tells the story of two no-hoper buddies who are forever getting in trouble but still have dreams...

The film also stars Jeff Goldblum and Kelly Lynch.