Omar Sy was born on 20 January 1978 in Trappes, Yvelines, France. He is an actor and producer, known for The Intouchables (2011), Jurassic World (2015) and X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014). He has been married to Hélène Sy since 6 July 2007. They have five children.

Jay Abdo is a Syrian American actor based in Los Angeles. Born in 1962 in Damascus. Jay was fascinated with acting from early age. He found himself transported by films as widely ranging as Dr. Zhivago, The Godfather, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest..etc. His first experience with performance came when he proved to be a talented concert violinist in primary school, an experience that served to further his passion for the performing arts. He was awarded a scholarship to Cluj-Napoca, Romania to study Civil Engineering, and while there he began acting on the Romanian stage. Even performing in a newly learned language, Jay made a remarkable impression upon theater critics, and positive reviews followed. His success on the stage caused him to redirect his educational ambitions and he soon returned to Damascus, which is widely considered the Hollywood of the Arab world, to study acting at the prestigious Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts. In the year after his graduation, Jay became an A list actor in Syria and the Arab world, and he has been cast for starring roles ever since. To date, Jay has appeared in more than 40 Syrian films and over 1000 episodes of television, most often in the leading role. He has taken the stage in over 20 theatrical runs, performing in English, Spanish, Romanian and Arabic. Jay is a grassroots activist who has long used his fame to assist orphans, children with special needs, and children stricken with cancer. In March 2011 his refusal to publicly support the repressive regime led to personal threats and professional pressure, and he was soon assumed to be sympathetic with the Syrian freedom seekers. By late 2011, Jay's continued refusal to provide support to the regime left him with no option but to leave his fame behind and flee Syria to the United States where his wife, Fadia Afashe, was studying as a Humphrey fellow at the UOM. Upon her graduation, Jay and she moved to Los Angeles, where he began rebuilding his career from scratch. He worked as driver and pizza delivery. Then Booking a few supporting roles in the first year, till he met Werner Herzog, who has cast him to play 'Fattuh', a major role opposite Nicole Kidman in Mr. Herzog's film, "Queen of the Desert". Jay then booked another role with Tom Hanks at "A Hologram for the King". Recently, Jay played a lead in "Bon Voyage", the successful movie that was shortlisted for the Oscars 2017 .

Mahmoud Bakri is known for To a Land Unknown (2024), Alam (2022) and Upshot (2024).

Brandt Andersen is a writer, director, and producer. In 2020 Andersen wrote and directed the live action feature short Refugee staring Yasmine Al Massri, Massa Daoud, Omar Sy, and Jason Beghe. The film opened at the Cairo International Film Festival, was short-listed for an Academy Award, and won Best Director, Best Actor and Best Drama Short at the French Riviera Film Festival.

Andersen has produced films such as Everest staring Jake Gyllenhaal; Lone Survivor starring Mark Wahlberg; 2 Guns starring Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg, Martin Scorsese's Silence starring Adam Driver and American Made starring Tom Cruise.

Andersen has worked on humanitarian efforts specifically focused on assisting Refugees. In October 2019 Andersen traveled with the CanDo Organization to a hospital and refugee camp in North East Syria. He was interviewing and filming doctors and nurses in the war-torn region during the U.S. troop withdrawal and subsequent Turkish offensive. In 2017, in association with CARE, Andersen took a group of filmmakers to the Azraq refugee camp in Jordan to teach filmmaking to Syrian Refugee teenagers. Previously, Andersen traveled with the United Nations to refugee camps in Greece and Italy.

In an entrepreneurial role, Andersen owned and ran an NBA G League team, the Utah Flash from 2006-2013, which he sold to the Philadelphia 76ers.

From 1998-2005 Andersen founded and was CEO of uSight, a technology company. In 2004 Inc Magazine named uSight the second fastest growing company in the United States. Andersen was the youngest CEO to make the list. In 2005 Andersen sold the company and returned to school where he graduated with a BA in Fine Arts.