Henry Thomas

Born: USA

Thomas's film career enjoyed a dream start when he was cast as Elliott in Steven Spielberg's record-breaking ET.

The youngster received BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations for his role as the schoolboy who befriends the extra-terrestrial.

Subsequent work has included Edward Zwick's Legends of the Fall alongside Brad Pitt and Anthony Hopkins and All The Pretty Horses with Matt Damon.

He played Simon in Tim Fywell's dramatisation of Dodie Smith's classic novel I Capture The Castle.

Recently, he appeared in Gangs of New York and can next been seen in Jon Sherman's I'm With Lucy alongside Anthony LaPaglia and Monica Potter.