Actors are a busy lot. All the research, workshopping, meetings, studio time, press releases, premiere events, Oscar screenings and after parties must get exhausting. And that’s just for one film. But, there are some go-getting young gunslingers in the acting community who want to go the extra mile and really get involved with the world outside the film industry. And here they are. A list of my favourite actors who want to make a difference.

Jeffrey Jones, who played Dean Edward Rooney in the 1986 film Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, has been sentenced to 250 hours community service for failing to update his entry in a sex offenders register.