The Hire

BMW film presents "The Hire", a series of eight short films produced for the Internet in 2001 and 2002. A form of branded content, all eight films feature popular filmmakers from across the globe, star Clive Owen as the "The Driver" and highlight the performance aspects of various BMW automobiles. The series made a comeback in 2016, fifteen years after its original run ended.

Main Cast of The Hire

Secondary Cast of The Hire

Forest Whitaker as The Employer

Forest Whitaker

as The Employer (1 episode)

Forest Steven Whitaker (born July 15, 1961) is an American actor, producer, director, and activist. He is the recipie...

Toru Tanaka Jr.

as Bodyguard (1 episode)
Stellan Skarsgård as Harvey Jacobs

Stellan Skarsgård

as Harvey Jacobs (1 episode)

Stellan Skarsgård is a Swedish actor, known internationally for his film roles in Angels & Demons, Breaking the Waves...

Lois Smith as Mother

Lois Smith

as Mother (1 episode)

Lois Arlene Smith (née Humbert; born November 3, 1930) is an American actress. She made her film debut in the 1955 dr...

Don Cheadle as Passenger

Don Cheadle

as Passenger (1 episode)

Donald Frank Cheadle Jr. is an American actor, author, director, producer and writer. Following early roles in Hambur...

F. Murray Abraham as Airport Guru

F. Murray Abraham

as Airport Guru (1 episode)

F. Murray Abraham (born Murray Abraham; October 24, 1939) is an American actor. Known for his roles on stage and scre...

Ray Liotta as FBI Agent

Ray Liotta

as FBI Agent (1 episode)

Raymond Allen Liotta (December 18, 1954 – May 26, 2022) was an American actor and producer. His best-known roles incl...

Robert Patrick as FBI Agent

Robert Patrick

as FBI Agent (1 episode)

Robert Hammond Patrick was born on November 5, 1958 in Marietta, Georgia, raised there and Boston, Mass., Dayton, Ohi...

Dennis Haysbert as FBI Agent

Dennis Haysbert

as FBI Agent (1 episode)

Dennis Dexter Haysbert (born June 2, 1954) is an American film and television actor. He is known for portraying baseb...

Gary Oldman as Devil

Gary Oldman

as Devil (1 episode)

Gary Leonard Oldman (born 21 March 1958) is an English actor and filmmaker. Regarded as one of the best actors of his...

James Brown as Self

James Brown

as Self (1 episode)

James Brown (May 3, 1933 - December 25, 2006) was an American singer and songwriter, eventually referred to as "The G...

Danny Trejo as Bob

Danny Trejo

as Bob (1 episode)

Dan Trejo (born May 16, 1944) is an American actor who has appeared in numerous Hollywood films, often as hypermascul...

Dakota Fanning as Lily

Dakota Fanning

as Lily (1 episode)

Hannah Dakota Fanning (born February 23, 1994) is an American actress. She rose to prominence at the age of seven for...

Jon Bernthal as Holt

Jon Bernthal

as Holt (1 episode)

Jonathan Edward Bernthal (born September 20, 1976) is an American actor. Beginning his career in the early 2000s, he...


Crew of The Hire

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