THE 15:17 TO PARIS (2018) Cast & Crew

Director and Producer Clint Eastwood, and stars Judy Greer, Jenna Fischer, with new comers Spencer Stone, Alek Skarlatos, and Anthony Sadler

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CLINT EASTWOOD (Director / Producer) has been honored for his work as a filmmaker and actor. He most recently directed and produced "Sully," starring Tom Hanks.

Prior to that, he directed and produced the searing real-life drama, "American Sniper," starring Bradley Cooper. The highest-grossing film of 2014, "American Sniper" was also one of the most acclaimed, receiving six Oscar nominations, including Best Picture. The film also brought Eastwood his fourth Directors Guild of America (DGA) Award nomination and a National Board of Review Award for Best Director.

A four-time Oscar winner, Eastwood won his first Oscars, for Best Director and Best Picture, for his 1992 Western "Unforgiven," which received a total of nine nominations, including one for Eastwood for Best Actor. Eastwood also won Golden Globe and DGA Awards for the film, which garnered Best Picture honors from several critics' groups.

In 2005, Eastwood won two more Oscars in the same categories for "Million Dollar Baby," again earning a Best Actor nomination for his performance in the film. He also won his second DGA Award and another Best Director Golden Globe, as well as a Golden Globe nomination for the film's score.

Eastwood has twice more earned dual Oscar nominations, in the categories of Best Director and Best Picture, for the dramatic thriller "Mystic River," for which he also garnered Golden Globe and DGA Award nominations, and the World War II drama "Letters from Iwo Jima," which won Golden Globe and Critics' Choice Awards for Best Foreign Language Film and received Best Picture Awards from a number of film critics groups. "Letters from Iwo Jima" was the companion film to Eastwood's widely praised drama "Flags of Our Fathers."

In 2008, Eastwood's "Changeling" received three Oscar nominations and Eastwood received BAFTA Award and London Film Critics Award nominations for Best Director, as well as a Golden Globe nomination for Best Original Score. The film was also nominated for a Palme d'Or and won a Special Award when it premiered at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. He had received three previous Palme d'Or nominations: for "White Hunter Black Heart," in 1990; "Bird," at the 1988 festival; and "Pale Rider," in 1985. He also won his first Best Director Golden Globe Award for "Bird."

In more recent years, Eastwood directed and produced the big-screen version of the Tony Award-winning musical "Jersey Boys," about the start of the 1960s rock group The Four Seasons. He also directed and produced the biographical drama "J. Edgar"; "Hereafter," which received Italy's David di Donatello Award for Best Foreign Film; and the drama "Invictus," for which he won a National Board of Review Award and earned Golden Globe and Critics' Choice Award nominations for Best Director. In addition, he starred in, directed and produced the hit "Gran Torino," for which he won a Best Actor Award from the National Board of Review.

Eastwood also directed and starred in such memorable films as "Blood Work," "Space Cowboys," "True Crime," "Absolute Power," "The Bridges of Madison County," "The Rookie," "Heartbreak Ridge," "Sudden Impact," "Honkytonk Man," "Firefox," "Bronco Billy," "The Outlaw Josey Wales," "The Eiger Sanction," "High Plains Drifter," and "Play Misty for Me," which marked his directorial debut.

Eastwood first came to worldwide fame as an actor in such legendary Westerns as "A Fistful of Dollars," "For a Few Dollars More," "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," "Hang 'Em High," and "Two Mules for Sister Sara." His film acting work also includes "Kelly's Heroes," "Escape from Alcatraz," the "Dirty Harry" actioners, "Every Which Way But Loose," "Any Which Way You Can," "In the Line of Fire" and "Trouble with the Curve."

Over the course of his remarkable career, Eastwood has received a number of lifetime and career achievement honors, including the Motion Picture Academy's Irving Thalberg Memorial Award and the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Cecil B. DeMille Award. He has also garnered tributes from the Directors Guild of America, the Producers Guild of America, the Screen Actors Guild, the American Film Institute, the Film Society of Lincoln Center, the French Film Society, the National Board of Review, and the Henry Mancini Institute. He is also the recipient of a Kennedy Center Honor, the California Governor's Award for the Arts, and France's Commandeur de la Legion d'honneur.

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JUDY GREER (Joyce) has a prolific career in both film and television, appearing in over 80 roles to date. She starred in the FX comedy series "Married," opposite Nat Faxon; appeared in Marvel's "Ant-Man," opposite Paul Rudd; and starred in Jamie Babbit's indie "Addicted to Fresno." She shot Fox's "War for the Planet of the Apes" for director Matt Reeves, and wrote her first book, I Don't Know Where You Know Me From. Additionally, she shot Jason Reitman's "Men, Women & Children," and continues to voice the role of Cheryl/Charlotte" on FX's Emmy-winning animated comedy "Archer."

Greer recently began production on the "Halloween" reboot by David Gordon Green and Danny McBride, where she stars alongside Jamie Lee Curtis. Previously, she wrapped production on the independent feature "Driven," where she stars alongside Jason Sudeikis and Lee Pace. She will also appear in the remake of "Valley Girl," and Richard Linklater's "Where'd You Go Bernadette," starring Cate Blanchett.

Greer was in the update of Brian DePalma's classic "Carrie," in which she appeared alongside Julianne Moore and Chloe Grace Moretz for director Kimberly Peirce. She also made her Broadway debut opposite Katie Holmes in "Dead Accounts," and reprised her role as Kitty Sanchez in the fourth season of cult classic "Arrested Development" on Netflix.

Greer's film credits include the Academy Award-winning "The Descendants," directed by Alexander Payne and starring George Clooney, as well as Jay and Mark Duplass' "Jeff Who Lives at Home," in which she starred opposite Ed Helms and Jason Segel. Her additional credits include Robbie Fox's dramedy "Playing the Field," Barry Blaustein's "Peep World," "Barry Munday" and Ed Zwick's "Love and Other Drugs," in which she appeared opposite Anne Hathaway and Jake Gyllenhaal. She was also recently seen in "Wilson," starring Woody Harrelson, Cheryl Hines and Laura Dern, and "Lemon," alongside Brett Gelman.

Greer is no stranger to the small screen, having appeared in a multi-episode arc on "Two and a Half Men" and a recurring role on the aforementioned "Arrested Development." Her additional television credits include the ABC comedy "Miss Guided," CBS's "Mad Love," opposite Sarah Chalke and Tyler Labine, along with guest appearances on "Modern Family," "How I Met Your Mother," "The Big Bang Theory," "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" and "Californication," amongst others.

Greer also recently directed her first feature film, "A Happening of Monumental Proportions," written by Gary Lundy and starring Common, Bradley Whitford, Allison Janney, Jennifer Garner, Keanu Reeves, Anders Holm, Nat Faxon, Rob Riggle, Katie Holmes and Storm Reid, to name a few. This dark comedy debuted at the Bentonville Film Festival in May 2017, winning the audience award. Celebrating its third year, the festival was founded by Geena Davis.

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JENNA FISCHER (Heidi) won rave reviews for eight seasons from fans and critics for her role as Pam Beesly on NBC's hit comedy "The Office," alongside Steve Carrell, John Krasinski, and Rainn Wilson. In 2007, the role earned Fischer her first Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series.

Recently, Fischer starred in Mike White's "Brad's Status," with Ben Stiller. The film premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and received wonderful reviews. She also wrote a book entitled The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide, a warm, funny and educational book about Fischer's experiences in becoming an actor. The book was released by BenBella Books on November 14th.

In 2018, Fischer will star with Oliver Hudson in the ABC series "Splitting Up Together." The half-hour, single-camera comedy tells the story of a couple that have decided to separate, but still remain living together.

After completing "The Office," Fischer starred in the off-Broadway production of Neil LaBute's play "Reasons to Be Happy," with Josh Hamilton, Leslie Bibb and Fred Weller. Fischer's film credits include Lee Kirk's "The Giant Mechanical Man," which she also produced, opposite Topher Grace; Michael Weithorn's "A Little Help," alongside Chris O'Donnell and Rob Benedict; the Farrelly brothers' "Hall Pass," with Christina Applegate, Owen Wilson, and Jason Sudeikis; Brian Koppelman's "Solitary Man," alongside Michael Douglas, Susan Sarandon, Danny DeVito, and Mary Louise Parker; "Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story," with John C. Reilly; and the figure skating comedy "Blades of Glory," opposite Jon Heder, Will Ferrell, and Amy Poehler.

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SPENCER STONE (Spencer / Co-Author) is a former Air Force Staff Sgt. who garnered international headlines in 2015 when he and his childhood friends, Anthony Sadler and Alek Skarlatos, thwarted a major terrorist attack on a Paris-bound train. An unarmed Stone rushed toward the danger, subduing and disarming a man wielding an assault rifle, pistol, box cutter and enough ammunition to kill everyone on board.

Stone and his friends saved hundreds of lives that day. Despite serious injuries as a result of the encounter, Stone provided life-saving care to a man who received a gunshot wound to his throat during the attack. For his heroic and selfless actions, French President Francois Hollande presented Stone with the nation's highest decoration, The Legion of Honor. Upon his return to the United States, he was honored in a ceremony at the Pentagon and was awarded the Airman's Medal and a Purple Heart. President Barack Obama also hosted the trio at the White House.

In a stunning turn of events, just a month and a half after the Paris attack-and three days before Stone was to return to duty in the Air Force-he was brutally attacked in his hometown of Sacramento, California, while defending a female friend. Stone was stabbed in his heart, lung and liver with injuries so serious that the crime scene was initially declared a homicide. Life-saving surgery followed, and he has since made a full recovery from the attack.

Stone, Sadler and Skarlatos released a book detailing their incredible journey, The 15:17 to Paris, which caught the eye of legendary filmmaker Clint Eastwood. Stone and his friends play themselves in the film.

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ALEK SKARLATOS (Alek / Co-Author) was an Army National Guard Specialist who, along with his two childhood friends, Spencer Stone and Anthony Sadler, made headlines around the world when they heroically overpowered a Paris-bound train travelling from Amsterdam via Brussels in August 2015. He has been awarded the United States Army Soldier's Medal from U.S. President Barack Obama and has received France's highest decoration, the Legion of Honor, from French president François Hollande.

Skarlatos, Stone and Sadler wrote about their experience, along with co-author Jeffrey E. Stern, and the book The 15:17 to Paris was published on August 23, 2016, by Public Affairs, an imprint of Perseus Books, a subsidiary of Hachette Book Group, Inc.

In the fall of 2015, Skarlatos accepted an invitation to compete on ABC's hit show "Dancing with the Stars" for Season 21 of the long-running reality show, and finished in third place.

Currently a resident of Oregon, Skarlatos is originally from Sacramento, California.

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ANTHONY SADLER (Anthony / Co-Author) is an alumnus of Sacramento State University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology. Along with two childhood friends, he was involved in thwarting a terrorist attack aboard a train in August of 2015. He was awarded the Medal of Valor by Defense Secretary Ash Carter, and the Legion of Honor from French president François Hollande, for his actions that day. Since then, he has traveled the world sharing his story and spreading a message of camaraderie and the ability to overcome in the face of insurmountable odds.

He has since become an author, actor, and public speaker who is concentrated on sharing the unique of aspects of his journey with others every chance that he can.

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