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- Actress
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Sydney Sweeney (born September 12, 1997) is an American actress best known for her roles as Haley Caren on In the Vault (2017) and Emaline Addario on the Netflix series Everything Sucks! (2018). Sweeney is set to star in recurring roles in the HBO miniseries Sharp Objects (2018) starring Amy Adams and the Hulu series The Handmaid's Tale (2017) with Elisabeth Moss.
Sweeney has guest starred in TV shows such as Pretty Little Liars (2010), Criminal Minds (2005), Grey's Anatomy (2005), 90210 (2008), and the series In the Vault (2017) as Haley Caren. Sweeney most recently starred as Emaline Addario on the Netflix series Everything Sucks! (2018), which revolved around two groups of students in high school in 1996 in Oregon.
Sweeney is set to star in the second season of the Hulu original series The Handmaid's Tale (2017) as Eden, a pious and obedient girl, as well as Alice in the upcoming HBO miniseries Sharp Objects (2018) starring Amy Adams. She will also star in the upcoming psychological thriller Clementine (2019) and the alongside Andrew Garfield in the thriller Under the Silver Lake (2018). Sweeney also starred in the horror film Along Came the Devil (2018).- Actor
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Nick Robinson made his film debut starring as Joe in CBS Films' critically-acclaimed adventure The Kings of Summer (2013), followed by shooting a lead role in the Universal action adventure sequel Jurassic World (2015), where he starred alongside Chris Pratt, Judy Greer, Vincent D'Onofrio and Bryce Dallas Howard. In 2015, Nick had the lead role of a drug-addicted teenager in Rob Reiner's drama Being Charlie (2015), and in 2016, played Ben Parish in Sony Pictures' adaptation of Rick Yancey's bestselling science fiction novel The 5th Wave (2016), helmed by J Blakeson and co-starring Chloë Grace Moretz. Also among his credits is HBO drama Boardwalk Empire (2010).
Continuing his streak of novels-to-films, Nick starred with Amandla Stenberg in the 2017 romance Everything, Everything (2017), and played the title role of a gay teenager in the well-received 2018 dramedy Love, Simon (2018).
Nick was born in Seattle, Washington, to Denise Podnar and Michael Robinson.- Actor
- Director
- Soundtrack
The "boy next door, if that boy spent lots of time alone in the
basement", is how Rich Cohen described Kyle
MacLachlan in a 1994 article for "Rolling Stone" magazine. That
distinctly askew wholesomeness made MacLachlan a natural to become
famous as the alter ego of twisted director
David Lynch.
MacLachlan was born and raised in Yakima, Washington, to Catherine Louise (Stone), a public relations director, and Kent Alan McLachlan, a lawyer and stockbroker. He has Scottish, English, Cornish, and German ancestry. MacLachlan graduated from the
University of Washington in 1982. The darkly handsome actor made his
feature film debut when he starred in the big-budget
David Lynch adaptation of
Frank Herbert's
Dune (1984), but only enjoyed real success
after appearing in a second Lynch project, the moody and perverse
classic, Blue Velvet (1986).
The following year saw MacLachlan appearing as an otherworldly FBI
agent in the cult classic sci-fi film,
The Hidden (1987). This turned out to
be a sign of things to come, as MacLachlan soon took on another oddball
G-man, "Special Agent Dale Cooper", on Lynch's cryptic ABC-TV series,
Twin Peaks (1990), perhaps, along
with Blue Velvet (1986), his most
famous role. MacLachlan's remarkable work as Agent Cooper earned him a
Golden Globe award and a pair of Emmy nominations, as well as steady
work in television and films, including a part as
Ray Manzarek in the
Oliver Stone film,
The Doors (1991), and villain "Cliff
Vandercave" in the live action version of
The Flintstones (1994).
His career took a hit after he appeared in the infamous flop,
Showgirls (1995). However, MacLachlan
returned to prominence in the early 2000s with a re-occurring role on
HBO's
Sex and the City (1998), as
well as a starring role in the TV movie,
The Spring (2000), and a
turn as "Claudius" in director
Michael Almereyda's version of
Hamlet (2000). MacLachlan later took
advantage of his resemblance to
Cary Grant, when he played the
classic actor's spirit in
Touch of Pink (2004).
MacLachlan has remained a popular actor with independent filmmakers,
and he has also been a familiar face on television, appearing on the
ABC-TV shows, In Justice (2006)
and
Desperate Housewives (2004).- Actor
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Jeffrey Dean Morgan endeared himself to audiences with his recurring
role on ABC's smash hit series
Grey's Anatomy (2005). His
dramatic arc as heart patient Denny Duquette, who wins the heart of
intern Izzie Stevens (Katherine Heigl)
in a star-crossed romance, made him a universal fan favorite. He also
had recurring roles on The CW and Warner Bros' television series Supernatural (2005), The Good Wife (2009), and
on Showtime and Lions Gate Television's award-winning comedy series
Weeds (2005). He currently stars as Negan on the hit AMC series, The Walking Dead (2010).
Morgan starred in Warner Bros.'
Watchmen (2009), director
Zack Snyder's
(300 (2006)) adaptation of the iconic graphic
novel. He played the pivotal role of the Comedian, a Vietnam War vet who
is a member of a group of heroes called the Minutemen. He next
appeared in producer Joel Silver's
The Losers (2010), for Warner
Bros. It is an adaptation of DC-Vertigo's acclaimed comic book series
about a band of black ops commandos who are set up to be killed by
their own government. The team barely survives and sets out to get
even. James Vanderbilt adapted the
screenplay, and Sylvain White directed. He
appeared in Focus Features'
Taking Woodstock (2009),
directed by Oscar-winning director Ang Lee. He
also starred opposite Uma Thurman in Yari
Film Group's romantic comedy
The Accidental Husband (2008).
Additional feature credits include a cameo role opposite
Rachel Weisz in Warner Bros.' comedy
Fred Claus (2007), and the independent
office comedy Kabluey (2007), in which
he played a charismatic yet smarmy co-worker of
Lisa Kudrow's character.
In 2011, the in-demand actor starred in the independent murder mystery
Texas Killing Fields (2011).
In the film, based on a true story, Morgan plays a detective
transplanted from New York who teams with a local investigator
(Sam Worthington) to work on a series of
unsolved murders in industrial wastelands surrounding Gulf Coast
refineries, where as many as 70 bodies turned up over the past two
decades. Together, they wage a war against the unknown assailants.
Michael Mann produced the film,
while his daughter, Ami Canaan Mann,
directed. The actor traveled to Thailand, where he filmed the Weinstein
Company's period drama Shanghai (2010),
under the direction of Mikael Håfström
(1408 (2007)).
John Cusack stars as an American who
returns to a corrupt, Japanese-occupied Shanghai four months prior to
Pearl Harbor and learns that his friend Connor (Morgan) was
killed. While trying to solve the murder, he discovers a much larger
secret that his own government is hiding. In addition, Morgan has a
role in Michael London's
Groundswell Productions'
All Good Things (2010), starring
Kirsten Dunst and
Ryan Gosling, also for the Weinstein Co.
He also stars opposite two-time Academy Award winner
Hilary Swank in the suspense thriller
The Resident (2011), for Hammer
Films. It is the story of a young doctor (Swank) who moves into a
Brooklyn loft and becomes suspicious that she is not alone. Morgan
plays Max, her charming new landlord whom she discovers has developed
a dangerous obsession with her. Morgan previously co-starred with Swank
in Warner Bros.'
P.S. I Love You (2007).
Morgan also appeared in the MGM/UA reboot of the 1984 action movie
Red Dawn (2012). The plot focuses on a
group of teenagers who form an insurgency called the Wolverines
when their town is invaded by Cuban and Russian soldiers. Morgan plays
the role of Lieutenant Andrew Tanner, the leader of the US Special
Forces who finds the Wolverines.
Morgan was born in Seattle, Washington, to Sandy Thomas and Richard
Dean Morgan. In his spare time, Morgan enjoys barbecuing on the grill,
reading, watching movies, and listening to his favorite band,
Eagles. He also loves to root for his
home team, the Seattle Seahawks. He resides in Los Angeles with his
dogs, Honey Dog and Bandit Morgan, a puppy he rescued in Puerto Rico while
filming. He resides in a farm in New York's Hudson Valley, where he is also part-owner of a small coffee shop with business partner The Losers (2010).- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Justin was born and raised in Washington, DC, the son of Phyllis
(Grissim), a writer for The Washington Post, and Eugene Theroux, a
corporate lawyer. He is a nephew of writer
Paul Theroux and a cousin of journalists
Louis Theroux and
Marcel Theroux. His father is of
French-Canadian and Italian descent, and his mother has English and
German ancestry. Theroux graduated from Bennington College with a
Bachelor of Arts degree. He then moved to New York City to pursue a career
in the visual arts, but soon found himself immersed in stage acting. He
starred in numerous off Broadway plays before his feature film career
began. Justin's film career includes work both in front of and behind the camera as writer, director & actor. He has written on several high-profile films such as Iron Man 2, Tropic Thunder, and Rock of Ages. He lives in Los Angeles, estranged from wife, Jennifer Aniston.- Actor
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Samuel L. Jackson is an American producer and highly prolific actor, having appeared in over 100 films, including Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995), Unbreakable (2000), Shaft (2000), Formula 51 (2001), Black Snake Moan (2006), Snakes on a Plane (2006), and the Star Wars prequel trilogy (1999-2005), as well as the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Samuel Leroy Jackson was born in Washington, D.C., to Elizabeth (Montgomery) and Roy Henry Jackson. He was raised by his mother, a factory worker, and his grandparents. At Morehouse College, Jackson was active in the black student movement. In the seventies, he joined the Negro Ensemble Company (together with Morgan Freeman). In the eighties, he became well-known after three movies made by Spike Lee: Do the Right Thing (1989), Mo' Better Blues (1990) and Jungle Fever (1991). He achieved prominence and critical acclaim in the early 1990s with films such as Patriot Games (1992), Amos & Andrew (1993), True Romance (1993), Jurassic Park (1993), and his collaborations with director Quentin Tarantino, including Pulp Fiction (1994), Jackie Brown (1997), and later Django Unchained (2012). Going from supporting player to leading man, his performance in Pulp Fiction (1994) gave him an Oscar nomination for his character Jules Winnfield, and he received a Silver Berlin Bear for his part as Ordell Robbi in Jackie Brown (1997). Jackson usually played bad guys and drug addicts before becoming an action hero, co-starring with Bruce Willis in Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995) and Geena Davis in The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996).
With Jackson's permission, his likeness was used for the Ultimate version of the Marvel Comics character, Nick Fury. He later did a cameo as the character in a post-credits scene from Iron Man (2008), and went on to sign a nine-film commitment to reprise this role in future films, including major roles in Iron Man 2 (2010), The Avengers (2012), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) and minor roles in Thor (2011) and Captain America: The First Avenger (2011). He has also portrayed the character in the second and final episodes of the first season of the TV show, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013). He has provided his voice to several animated films, television series and video games, including the roles of Lucius Best / Frozone in Pixar's film The Incredibles (2004), Mace Windu in Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008), Afro Samurai in the anime television series Afro Samurai (2007), and Frank Tenpenny in the video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004).- Actor
- Producer
Jon Bernthal was born and raised in Washington D.C., the son of Joan
(Marx) and Eric Bernthal, a lawyer. His grandfather was musician Murray
Bernthal. Jon went to study at The Moscow Art Theatre School, in
Moscow, Russia, where he also played professional baseball in the
European professional baseball federation. While in Moscow, he was
noticed by the director of Harvard University's Institute for Advanced
Theatre Training at the American Repertory Theatre and was invited to
obtain his M.F.A there. After graduating in 2002 he has performed in
over 30 plays regionally and off-Broadway including many with his own
award-winning theatre company Fovea Floods. He now lives in Venice,
California with his dog, Boss.- Actor
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Born and raised in Washington DC, Jeffrey Wright graduated from Amherst College in 1987. Although he studied Political Science while at Amherst, Wright left the school with a love for acting. Shortly after graduating he won an acting scholarship to NYU, but dropped out after only two months to pursue acting full-time. With roles in Presumed Innocent (1990), and the Broadway production of Angels in America, (in which he won a Tony award), within a relatively short time Wright was able to show off his exceptional talent and ability on both stage and screen alike. His first major on-screen performance came in 1996 in the Julian Schnabel directed film Basquiat (1996). Wright's harrowing performance as the late painter Jean Michele Basquiat was critically acclaimed. Wright later had a continuing role in the HBO dramatic series Boardwalk Empire (2010).- Actor
- Producer
- Additional Crew
David Michael Bautista, Jr. was born on January 18, 1969 in Washington, D.C., to Donna Raye (Mullins) and David Michael Bautista, a hairdresser. He has Filipino and Greek ancestry.
When WCW officials told him he'd never make it in sports entertainment, Bautista pushed himself to achieve his dream of being a Superstar. In May 2002, he made his debut on SmackDown using the ring name Batista, but it wasn't until a move to Raw and two victories over Kane that "The Animal" began to make noise in the WWE Universe. The wins impressed Ric Flair and Triple H, who were looking to align themselves with the industry's brightest new stars. After a lengthy search, they identified Randy Orton and Batista. Collectively the four Superstars became known as Evolution.
Batista earned his first championship alongside "The Nature Boy" when the duo captured the WWE Tag Team Championships in December 2003. As Evolution dominated WWE, Batista started to emerge from the shadows of Triple H and Ric Flair. By the time Batista won the 2005 Royal Rumble Match, World Heavyweight Champion Triple H viewed him as a serious threat to his title.
After a triceps injury at the hands of Mark Henry forced Batista to relinquish the title in January 2006, he vowed to return. Batista successfully regained the World Heavyweight Championship at Survivor Series in 2006. Four months into his second reign, Batista faced the Undertaker at WrestleMania 23. "The Animal" took Undertaker to the limit, but was unable to stop the streak of "The Deadman" at WrestleMania. Though disappointed, Batista stayed hungry and always managed to keep himself in the championship hunt for the rest of his career.
At Bragging Rights in 2009, Batista shocked the world when he blamed Rey Mysterio for a loss to Undertaker, then attacked his former tag team partner. "The Animal" then became locked in a tense rivalry with another former friend, John Cena, over the WWE Championship. The grueling match at Over the Limit led to a wheelchair-bound Batista declaring "I quit!" the following night on Raw before fading from the WWE Universe in May 2010. Following his departure from WWE, Bautista appeared opposite Vin Diesel in the Universal film Riddick (2013) and RZA's feature directorial debut The Man with the Iron Fists (2012), in which he played the villainous Brass Body and starred opposite Russell Crowe and Lucy Liu. His other film credits include The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption (2012), where he played Argomael; the action film House of the Rising Sun (2011); and Wrong Side of Town (2010) opposite rapper Ja Rule.
Two years later, he joined MMA and won his first professional MMA fight. In January 2014, he made his long awaited return to the WWE, before quitting a second time in June of that same year. He did this in order to promote Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), which was released on August 1, 2014, and starred Chris Pratt, Benicio Del Toro, Zoe Saldana, and Djimon Hounsou, alongside Bautista.
He will shoot Kickboxer: Vengeance (2016), directed by John Stockwell, and co-starring martial artist Alain Moussi and UFC fighter Georges St-Pierre. The remake of the 1989 Jean-Claude Van Damme film, Kickboxer (1989) is about two brothers David and Kurt Sloan; When David wins the Karate World Championship, a promoter lures him to Hong Kong, despite his brother's protestations that the man is a crook. When Kurt travels to Thailand to meet his brother, he discovers he has died and seeks his revenge.
After starring in films such as, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Avengers: Infinity War (2018), Hotel Artemis (2018), Escape Plan 2: Hades (2018), and Final Score (2018), he made a special guest appearance on WWE Smackdown! (1999) for it's 1000 episode reuniting with his former Evolution members Triple H, Randy Orton, and Ric Flair on October 16, 2018. The following year on February 25, 2019, he made his return to WWE Raw (1993) when he attacked Ric Flair on his 70th birthday at the end of the episode sending a message to Triple H that would ultimately lead to a No Holds Barred match for WrestleMania 35 (2019). Batista added the stipulation that if he wins the match, Triple H will have to retire from in-ring competition. As a result, Triple H was finally able to beat Batista for the first time and won the match, which ultimately led to Batista announcing his official retirement from wrestling in the WWE. Following his retirement, he will continue with his career as an actor in Hollywood.
His next films scheduled for release will be; Stuber (2019), Avengers: Endgame (2019), Escape Plan: The Extractors (2019), and My Spy (2020). He is one of many professional wrestlers to make the smooth transition from wrestling into the entertainment world.- Actress
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Robin Weigert is an American actress. She is primarily known for television roles, and was once nominated for a "Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series."
In 1969, Weigert was born in Washington D.C. Her family is of Jewish heritage. Her parents were the psychiatrist Wolfgang Oscar Weigert and his wife Dionne Laufman. Her father was from Berlin, Germany, but emigrated to the United States decades before Robin's birth.
Weigert was educated at Brandeis University, an American private research university located in Waltham, Massachusetts. Brandeis is a secular, non-sectarian, and coeducational institution, sponsored by the Jewish-American community, It was named after Louis Dembitz Brandeis, the first Jewish Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1856-1941, term 1916-1939). Weigert graduated in 1991, at the age of 22.
Deciding to follow an acting career, Weigert enrolled in the Graduate Acting Program of the New York University Tisch School of the Arts. Tisch is a performing, cinematic, and media arts school located in Manhattan, New York City. Following her graduation, Weigert spend the first years of her career as a theatrical actress in New York City. She eventually decided to move to Los Angeles, California, where she hoped to find better career opportunities.
Weigert started her television career with cameo roles in television films such as "Mary and Rhoda" (2000), a spin-off of the sitcom "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" (1970-1977). She appeared in guest star roles in a number of police procedural television series, such as "Law & Order", "Without a Trace", "NYPD Blue", "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation", and "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit". Her first recurring role was that of Detective Anna Mayes in the early seasons of the police procedural series "Cold Case" (2003-2010). In the series Mayes is a former work colleague of Scotty Valens (one of the main characters) and is on occasion called to assist the main team in their investigations of cold cases.
From 2004 to 2006, Weigert played her breakthrough role of frontierswoman Martha Jane "Calamity Jane" Canary (1852-1903) in the Western television series "Deadwood" (2004-2006). The series was set in the 1870s, and depicted life in the Dakota Territory (1861-1889), an organized incorporated territory of the United States. Weigert's role as the "unkempt, cantankerous, and foul-mouthed drunkard" Calamity Jane received critical praise. Weigert was nominated for a "Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series" for this role, but the Award for 2004 was instead won by rival actress Drea de Matteo (1972-).
The increased attention helped Weigert gain a number of film roles. She appeared in the drama film "Loggerheads" (2005) which depicted estranged families, in the neo-noir film "The Good German" (2006), and the drug-addiction themed film "Things We Lost in the Fire" (2007). She had a more substantial role in the "postmodern" drama film "Synecdoche, New York" (2008), playing the adult version of the character Olive Cotard (with the child version played by Sadie Goldstein).
After several years of mostly appearing in films, Weigert returned to television in 2010 with the recurring role of lawyer Ally Lowen in the contemporary Western television series "Sons of Anarchy" (2008-2014). The series depicted the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club in California, and utilize Old West themes and motifs in a contemporary setting. Lowen was a recurring character in Seasons 3, 5, and 6.
In 2013, Weigert played the lead role of Abby Ableman in the lesbian-themed drama film "Concussion". Weigert received critical praise for the role, and was nominated for a "Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Actor". The Award for the year was instead won by rival actor Michael Bakari Jordan (1987-).
In 2015, Weigert joined the cast of the neo-noir television series "Jessica Jones" (2015-) during its first season. She played the role of physician Dr. Wendy Ross-Hogarth, the same-sex wife of lawyer Jeryn "Jeri" Hogarth (played Carrie-Anne Moss).
In 2016, Weigert provided voice acting for the animated television series "Transformers: Robots in Disguise" (2015-2017). In the series, Weigert depicted the female villain Scatterspike, a member of the Scavengers. The Scavengers are depicted as a sub-group of the Decepticons, who earn a living by salvaging technological relics left behind by the Autobots during Cybertron's Great War.
In 2017, Weigert depicted the CIA agent Heather Myles in the British mini-series "Fearless". Myles is the series' main antagonist. Also in 2017, Weigert joined the cast of the dramatic television series "Big Little Lies" (2017-). She plays the recurring role of Dr. Amanda Reisman. the therapist attending to a married couple, Perry and Celeste Wright (played by Alexander Skarsgård and Nicole Kidman).
In 2018, Weigert played the role of "body-positive therapist" Verena Baptist in the black comedy mini-series "Dietland". In the series, Baptist is a published author and feminist activist, who is known for helping marginalized women to gain a new perspective in life and to struggle against misogyny. But her life lessons may have inspired a vigilante group in a series of murders against supposedly villainous men.
From 2018 to 2019, Weigert played the recurring role of Jamie Hudson in the third and and final season of the espionage-themed series "Berlin Station" (2016-2019). Hudson is depicted as a college buddy of Valerie Edwards (played by Michelle Forbes), the Section Chief of CIA's operatives in Berlin, Germany. Edwards is one of the main characters of the series.
In 2019, Weigert returned to the role of Calamity Jane in the Western television film "Deadwood: The Movie". It is a sequel of the television series "Deadwood" and the main action is set in the year 1889, just as South Dakota is declared a new U.S. state. By 2019, Weigert was 50 years old, but her career showed no signs of slowing down. She remains a popular character actress, with regular appearances in television.- Actor
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Versatile veteran character actor Jonathan Banks was born in Washington,
D.C. in 1947. While growing up he always had an interest in acting and
stage work, so decided to pursue a career in entertainment. To this day
he is a very accomplished stage actor. While acting in film, he usually
plays sinister types or villains. He can be seen in
Better Call Saul (2015) as Mike
Ehrmantraut.- Actor
- Producer
William McChord Hurt was born in Washington, D.C., to Claire Isabel
(McGill) and Alfred McChord Hurt, who worked at the State Department.
He was trained at Tufts University and The Juilliard School and has
been nominated for four Academy Awards, including the most recent
nomination for his supporting role in
David Cronenberg's
A History of Violence (2005).
Hurt received Best Supporting Actor accolades for the role from the Los
Angeles Film Critics circle and the New York Film Critics Circle.
Hurt spent the early years of his career on the stage between drama
school, summer stock, regional repertory and off-Broadway, appearing in
more than fifty productions including "Henry V", "5th of July",
"Hamlet", "Uncle Vanya", "Richard II", "Hurlyburly" (for which he was
nominated for a Tony Award), "My Life" (winning an Obie Award for Best
Actor), "A Midsummer's Night's Dream" and "Good". For radio, Hurt read
Paul Theroux's "The Grand Railway Bazaar",
for the BBC Radio Four and "The Shipping News" by
Annie Proulx. He has recorded "The Polar
Express", "The Boy Who Drew Cats", "The Sun Also Rises" and narrated
the documentaries, "Searching for America: The Odyssey of John Dos
Passos", "Einstein-How I See the World" and the English narration of
Elie Wiesel's "To Speak the Unspeakable", a
documentary directed and produced by
Pierre Marmiesse. In 1988, Hurt was
awarded the first Spencer Tracy
Award from UCLA.- Actress
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Katherine Marie Heigl was born on November 24, 1978 in Washington, D.C.,
to Nancy Heigl (née Engelhardt), a personnel
manager, and Paul Heigl, an accountant and executive. Her father is of
German/Swiss-German and Irish descent, and her mother is of German
ancestry. A short time after her birth, the family moved to New Canaan,
Connecticut, where Katherine was to spend the majority of her
childhood; the youngest member of her family, Katherine--or "Katie" as
she is nicknamed--has two elder siblings, John and Meg. Tragically, her
older brother Jason died in 1986 of brain injuries suffered in a car
accident, after being thrown from the back of a pickup truck. When
doctors determined he was brain-dead, the family made the difficult
decision to donate his organs. Not only did this painful chapter give
Katherine a greater perspective and appreciation for life, but it
motivated her to use her celebrity to promote the importance of organ
donation.
Katherine was first thrust into the limelight as a child model. An
aunt, visiting the family in New Canaan, took a number of photographs
of Katherine, then aged nine, in a series of poses to advertise a hair
care product she had invented. Upon returning to New York, with
permission from Katherine's parents, she sent the photos to a number of
modeling agencies. Within a few weeks, Katherine had been signed to
Wilhelmina, a renowned international modeling agency. Almost
immediately, she made her debut in a magazine advertisement and soon
followed this with an inaugural television appearance in a national
commercial for Cheerios breakfast cereal.
Following a number of commercials and modeling assignments for Sears
and Lord & Taylor, she made her big-screen debut in
That Night (1992), which starred
Juliette Lewis and
C. Thomas Howell. It was then that she
realized that acting rather than modeling was her passion. In 1993,
Katherine appeared in
Steven Soderbergh's
critically-acclaimed Depression-era drama,
King of the Hill (1993), before
landing her first leading role as a rebellious teenager, alongside
Gérard Depardieu, in
My Father the Hero (1994).
During this time, Katherine continued to attend New Canaan High School,
balancing her academic studies with work on films and modeling, which
she undertook during holidays, vacations and weekends.
In 1995, she played "Sarah Ryback", the niece of
Steven Seagal's character, in
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995),
which was her "debut" in the action film genre. Acting was now becoming
a stronger focus for Katherine, although she still modeled extensively,
appearing regularly in magazines such as "Seventeen". Television
appearances on
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
and
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
soon followed, before she took the lead role in Disney's
Wish Upon a Star (1996)
in 1996. It was also during that year that Katherine's parents divorced
and, following her graduation from high school in 1997, she moved with
her mother into a four-bedroom house in Los Angeles' Malibu Canyon
area. This enabled her to focus upon acting with the guidance and
support of her mother, who now managed her career.
In 1997, Katherine portrayed "Taffy Entwhistle",
Rita Hayworth's stand-in, in
Stand-ins (1997) and was also cast as
the beauteous "Princess Ilene" in the European production,
Prince Valiant (1997). She then
made her made-for-TV movie debut, co-starring with
Peter Fonda in a re-working of the
classic Shakespearean play,
The Tempest (1998), updated
with an American Civil War theme. In this film, she played "Miranda
Prosper", a young woman torn between her love for both her father and a
Union soldier. Bug Buster (1998) and
Bride of Chucky (1998)
represented a venture into the horror genre for Katherine. While both
films could be described as rather tongue-in-cheek despite their gory
emphases, Bride of Chucky (1998)
was the better received, both critically and commercially.
In 1999, Katherine decided to branch out into series television when
she accepted the role of the haughty, yet vulnerable, "Isabel Evans",
on Roswell (1999), a show that
blended teen angst with sci-fi drama. Though she had never planned to
embark on a career in television, the role of Isabel, a teenager with a
secret life, was an offer she found impossible to refuse. In the
series, Isabel, her brother Max
(Jason Behr) and their friend Michael
(Brendan Fehr) are aliens passing as humans
in Roswell, New Mexico, as they desperately try to hide the truth from
government agencies, the people of Roswell and even their own adopted
families. To publicize her role on the show, Katherine graced the
covers of magazines such as "TV Guide", "Maxim" and "Teen" and was
interviewed on
Later (1994)
and
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (1999).
Along with her mother Nancy, she also appeared in an episode of the
Sci-Fi TV talk show,
Crossing Over with John Edward (2001),
during which she spoke with
John Edward, a psychic medium,
about her late brother, Jason. During the three years
Roswell (1999) was in production,
Katherine found time to work on several movies.
100 Girls (2000), an independent film
released in 2001, is the story of a college freshman who meets the girl
of his dreams in an elevator during a blackout, and spends the rest of
the movie trying to find her again. Her cameo role is that of Arlene,
the competitive tomboy. The second film,
Valentine (2001), a horror film
starring David Boreanaz and
Denise Richards, appeared in U.S.
theaters on February 2, 2001. In this movie, which is based upon the
1996 novel by Tom Savage, Katherine
plays "Shelley", a medical student who meets a sudden demise.
In the spring of 2001, Katherine accepted a role in NBC's
Critical Assembly (2002),
a two-hour original television thriller. Katherine and
Kerr Smith
(Dawson's Creek (1998))
co-starred as brilliant and politically concerned college students who
build a nuclear device to illustrate the need for a change in national
priorities, but are betrayed by a fellow student when the bomb ends up
in the hands of a terrorist. Unfortunately, the telefilm, directed by
Eric Laneuville, written by
Tom Vaughan, and based on the
best-seller "The Seventh Power" by
James Mills, was shelved when its
storyline was deemed too close for comfort to the events of September
11, 2001. It was eventually broadcast in 2003. Since the cancellation
of Roswell (1999) in the spring of
2002, Katherine has been busy with various projects, including an
appearance on UPN's update of the classic television series,
The Twilight Zone (2002).
That episode, entitled
Cradle of Darkness (2002),
aired on October 2, 2002, and featured Katherine in the role of a woman
who goes back in time to stop one of the most notorious murders in
history. In addition, she completed a movie,
Descendant (2003), a psychological
thriller inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's
"The Fall of the House of Usher". She has also starred as "Romy" in
ABC/Touchstone's two-hour telepic,
Romy and Michele: In the Beginning (2005),
a prequel to the 1997 feature,
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997).
During the summer of 2002, Katherine made a major decision in the
direction of her career when she signed on for representation in all
areas with the William Morris Agency, one of the biggest and most
prestigious agencies in the entertainment industry. She is now being
represented by Norman Aladjem at Paradigm
Agency and being managed by Nancy Heigl and
Stephanie Simon and
Jason Newman at Untitled
Entertainment.- Actor
- Producer
James Patrick Caviezel was born on September 26, 1968 in Mount Vernon,
Washington. He was one of five children born to Margaret (Lavery), a
former stage actress, and James Caviezel, a chiropractor. The Caviezels
are a closely knit Catholic family. He is of Irish (mother) and Swiss-Romansh
and Slovak (father) descent; the surname, "Caviezel", is
Romansh. As a boy, Jim was described as being "very intense." His
two main interests growing up were sports and religion. He was
athletically gifted on the basketball court and dreamed of someday
playing in the N.B.A. He was also instilled with Christianity at a very
young age, attending Church regularly with his family. In 1984, he went
to Mount Vernon High School but transferred to O'Dea High School after
two years. The following spring, he transferred again to Burien Kennedy
High School in Burien, Washington where he was a star on the basketball
team and graduated in 1987. While at O'Dea and Kennedy, he stayed with
family friends. Following high school Jim enrolled at Bellevue
Community College where he again played on the basketball team. A foot
injury in his sophomore season put an end to Jim's basketball career
and his dreams of playing in the N.B.A. Shortly after this, he turned
his focus toward acting. In 1990, he auditioned for a part in the
independent film
My Own Private Idaho (1991).
He won a very small role as a foreign airline clerk after he told
casting agents that he was a recent Italian immigrant. The following
year, Jim moved to Los Angeles where he worked as a waiter between
auditions. He landed small roles in
Diggstown (1992) and
Wyatt Earp (1994) and guest starring
roles on
The Wonder Years (1988) and
Murder, She Wrote (1984).
He continued to go relatively unnoticed in small roles and even thought
about quitting acting until 1998 when he received critical recognition
for his role as idealist Private Witt in
The Thin Red Line (1998). The
following year, he gained further recognition with roles in
Ride with the Devil (1999)
and Frequency (2000). In 2001, his role
as Jennifer Lopez's love interest
in Angel Eyes (2001) helped to
establish him as a versatile actor and leading man. It wasn't until
2002 that Jim made his strong religious beliefs known. While filming
High Crimes (2002), he refused to do
any love scenes with on-screen wife
Ashley Judd because it conflicted with his
strong Catholic faith. It was also around this time when he was chosen
by Mel Gibson to star as Jesus Christ
in
The Passion of the Christ (2004).
The movie made headlines and broke box-office records around the world,
becoming one of the highest grossing films of all time. Although the
movie dealt with controversial matters, Caviezel's performance was
acclaimed by both critics and viewers. Jim's next big role would be on
the small screen. In 2011, he landed the lead role in the CBS crime
drama
Person of Interest (2011).
The show instantly clicked with audiences, becoming one of the highest
rated shows on television. From an outcast actor to a respected film
star to a television star, James Caviezel is continuing to give his
best to play challenging roles. Off screen, Jim lives with his wife,
Kerri, a school teacher whom he met on a blind date in 1993 and married
in 1996, and their adopted children.- Actress
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Erika Jane Christensen was born in 1982 in Seattle, Washington, to Kathy (Hendricks), a construction manager, and Steven Christensen, a human resources executive and insurance worker. She was raised in the suburban
outskirts of Los Angeles, California. At age 12, Erika knew that she
was going to be an actress. Talented in acting, singing and dance, the
young Christensen was determined, not just lucky; it wasn't long before
she landed her first job: a commercial for national advertising giant,
McDonalds. She followed up with a part in
Michael Jackson's music video
for "Childhood," then landed her big break: a lead role in Universal's
Leave It to Beaver (1997).
Christensen was only 13 years old, but acclaimed by critics for her
"chemistry" and "radiant self-assurance."
Guest spots on television followed. Christensen popped up everywhere
including prime time heavy hitters like
Frasier (1993),
Nothing Sacred (1997),
The Practice (1997),
3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)
and
Touched by an Angel (1994).
Erika received a nomination by the Hollywood Reporter for the 1998
Young Star Award (Best Performance By A Young Actress in a TV Drama
Series) for her outstanding performance in
Nothing Sacred (1997).
Erika also kept her big screen presence known, in 1999 she worked on a
Disney made-for-tv movie called
Can of Worms (1999). And
in 2000 Erika was able to show the world her acting chops when she took
the gritty role of Caroline Wakefield, a teenage daughter of the White
House Drug Czar who is herself a drug addict, in the award-winning
Steven Soderbergh film,
Traffic (2000). Aside from the
distinction of playing alongside Hollywood's elite, Erika earned
critical acclaim for the realism of the role, and received multiple
awards including Female Breakthrough Performance at the MTV Movie
Awards, Female Standout Performance at the Young Hollywood Awards, and
Outstanding Performance by a Cast Ensemble at the Screen Actors Guild
Awards.
Erika is of Norwegian (from her paternal grandmother), Danish, English, German, Scottish, Welsh, and Irish descent.- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Jermaine Fowler was born on 16 May 1988 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Sorry to Bother You (2018), Coming 2 America (2021) and The Drop (2022).- Actress
- Producer
- Director
Taraji Penda Henson is an American actress and singer. She studied acting at Howard University and began her Hollywood career in guest roles on several television shows before making her breakthrough in Baby Boy (2001). She played a prostitute in Hustle & Flow (2005), for which she received a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture nomination; and a single mother of a disabled child in David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), for which she received Academy Award, SAG Award and Critics Choice Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress. In 2010, she appeared in the action comedy Date Night, and co-starred in the remake of The Karate Kid.- Actress
- Producer
- Director
Goldie Jeanne Hawn was born November 21, 1945 in Washington, D.C. and raised in Takoma Park, Maryland to Laura Hawn, a jewelry shop/dance school owner & Rut Hawn, a band musician. She has a sister, Patti Hawn, and a brother, Edward, who died in infancy before her birth. She was raised in the Jewish religion. Her mother was Jewish and the daughter of Hungarian immigrants. Her father was Presbyterian. At the age of three, Goldie began taking ballet and tap dance lessons, and at the age of ten she danced in the chorus of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo production of "The Nutcracker". At the age of 19 she ran and instructed a ballet school, having dropped out of college where she was majoring in drama. Before going into the film business she worked as a professional dancer.
Hawn had her feature film debut in The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968), with a small role as a giggling dancer. Her first big role came in 1969, where she played opposite Walter Matthau and Ingrid Bergman in Cactus Flower (1969), a role which earned her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. After the Oscar win her career took off and she followed with roles in successful comedies such as There's a Girl in My Soup (1970) and Shampoo (1975), and more dramatic roles in The Girl from Petrovka (1974) and The Sugarland Express (1974). In 1978, she starred alongside Chevy Chase in the box office hit, Foul Play (1978). In 1980 she starred in another box office hit, Private Benjamin (1980), where she also served as producer. During the 1980s she starred in hit movies such as Best Friends (1982), Protocol (1984) and Wildcats (1986). In 1987, she appeared with her boyfriend Kurt Russell in Overboard (1987), which became both a critical and box office disappointment. Her career slowed down after that until 1990 when she starred alongside Mel Gibson in Bird on a Wire (1990). In 1992 she starred in the successful film, Death Becomes Her (1992), with Meryl Streep and Bruce Willis, which was followed by another successful film HouseSitter (1992), which co-starred Steve Martin. In 1996 she played the role of an aging alcoholic actress in the comedy, The First Wives Club (1996), with Diane Keaton and Bette Midler; it became a critical and financial success. She also starred in the Woody Allen film Everyone Says I Love You (1996) and The Out-of-Towners (1999), which reunited her with Martin. In 2001 and 2002 she starred in Town & Country (2001) with Warren Beatty, and The Banger Sisters (2002) with Susan Sarandon.
Goldie has been married twice. First to actor/director Gus Trikonis, from 1968 to 1973. In 1975 she married musician Bill Hudson and became a mother for the first time in 1976, when she gave birth to their son Oliver Hudson. In 1979, she had her second child with Hudson, daughter Kate Hudson. The marriage ended in divorce in 1980. Since 1983, she has been in a relationship with actor Kurt Russell. They had a son in 1986, Wyatt Russell.- Actress
- Music Department
- Composer
Dove Olivia Cameron was born Chloe Celeste Hosterman on January 15, 1996 in Bainbridge Island, Washington to Bonnie J. Wallace, an acting coach & Philip Alan Hosterman, a chief executive officer/founder of Kandahar Trading Company. She's known for playing a dual role as the eponymous characters in the Disney Channel teen sitcom, Liv and Maddie (2013) and playing Mal, daughter of Maleficent in Descendants (2015) and the sequel Descendants 2 (2017). Subsequently, she had a recurring role as Ruby in the ABC television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2018). She is set to voice Spider-Woman in Marvel's upcoming animated superhero feature film Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors (2018).
When she was a child, she attended Sakai Intermediate School. At the age of 8, she began acting in community theater at Bainbridge Performing Arts.
When she was 14, her family moved to Los Angeles, California, where she sang in Burbank High School's National Championship Show Choir. Cameron is of French descent, and is a fluent speaker of French, having spent many years of her life growing up in France. She has stated she was bullied through her entire school experience, starting in fifth grade, through the end of high school. Regardless of the pressure at school and fitting in, she stayed focused on her dreams of becoming successful in entertainment: "I became very passionate about [becoming an actress and singer]. I fully immersed myself". Her father died in 2011 when she was 15 years old.
In 2007, Cameron played the role of a young Cosette in the Bainbridge Performings Arts stage production of Les Miserables, and in 2008, she had the lead role of Mary in The Secret Garden, again with BPA.
In 2012, Cameron was cast in a new Disney Channel Original Series entitled Bits and Pieces as Alanna. Shortly after filming the pilot, Bits and Pieces was retooled into Liv and Maddie and saw Cameron starring in the dual lead role of Liv and Maddie Rooney. The preview of the series debuted on July 19, 2013, and the show premiered on September 15, 2013. The pilot episode gained 5.8 million viewers, which was the most-watched in total viewers in 2.5 years since the series Shake It Up! Disney Channel renewed Liv and Maddie for a 13-episode second season slated to premiere in Fall 2014, which was later expanded to 24 episodes.
On August 27, 2013, Cameron released a cover of "On Top of the World" by Imagine Dragons as a promotional single. Her cover peaked on the Billboard Kid Digital Songs chart at seventeen and spent three weeks on the chart. On October 15, 2013, "Better In Stereo" was released as a single under Walt Disney Records. "Better In Stereo" made its debut on the Billboard Kid Digital Songs chart at No. 21 before peaking at No. 1, becoming Cameron's first No. 1 hit. In February 2014, Cameron confirmed reports that recording had begun for her debut studio album. Her next single, "Count Me In", was released on June 3, 2014. The song peaked at number one on the Billboard Kids Digital Songs chart. Cameron played Liz Larson in her first non-Disney film, Barely Lethal, which was theatrically released by A24 Films in 2015.
Cameron starred in the television film Descendants which premiered on July 31, 2015. The film was viewed by 6.6 million people and spawned Cameron's two first Billboard Hot 100 songs, "Rotten to the Core" at No. 38 and a solo song, "If Only", at No. 94. Other songs from the film featuring Cameron such as "Set It Off" and "Evil Like Me" charted at No. 6 and 12 respectively on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. The soundtrack for the movie peaked atop the Billboard 200 chart becoming the first soundtrack from a Disney Channel Original Movie since High School Musical 2 to do so. As part of the Descendants franchise, Cameron released a cover of Christina Aguilera's hit song, "Genie in a Bottle". The music video premiered on Disney Channel on March 18, 2016. The single received 22 million views in less than a month.
On December 22, 2015, Liv and Maddie was officially renewed for a fourth season, becoming the 9th live-action Disney Channel show in history to achieve this. Cameron began filming the season of Liv and Maddie in early 2016. It was later announced that this would be the final season of the show. The series finale of Liv and Maddie later aired on March 24, 2017.
Cameron played the role of Amber Von Tussle in the NBC live television presentation of Hairspray Live!, which aired on December 7, 2016. Reception was generally positive, and Cameron's performance was praised.
Cameron reprized her role as Mal in Descendants 2, the sequel to Descendants, in 2017. The film premiered on July 21, 2017. The Descendants 2 soundtrack debuted at #6 on the Billboard 200, with "It's Goin' Down" from the soundtrack debuting at #81. This became Cameron's third Hot 100 entry, following "Rotten to the Core" and "If Only".
Cameron played the role of Sophie in the Hollywood Bowl live production of Mamma Mia!. The show took place from July 28, 2017 to July 30, 2017. On August 21, 2017, Cameron was cast in the film Dumplin, starring Jennifer Aniston. Cameron is set to play Bekah Cotter in the comedy. In late 2017 Cameron signed on to appear in a recurring role in Season 5 of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.. This role was later revealed to be Ruby, the daughter of General Hale (Catherine Dent).- Actress
- Producer
- Director
Rosa Bianca Salazar is an American born actress. Born Rosa Bianca Salazar in British Columbia, Canada, she was raised in Greenbelt, Maryland, but left as a teenager to break into the entertainment industry in New York City. She is best known for her role in the NBC series Parenthood (2010) and the FX anthology series American Horror Story (2011). Her past films include Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018) for Twentieth Century Fox, CHIPS (2017) for Warner Bros., Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015) for Twentieth Century Fox, The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015) for Summit, Search Party (2016) for Focus and Night Owls (2015) for Orion.- Actor
- Producer
- Director
A native of Washington, DC, Feldman made his first foray into acting at
the age of 6 when a camp counselor convinced him to participate in the
musical "Annie." In high school, Feldman was involved in the school
theater program and participated in many plays. He also hosted the
school's yearly production of "Blast from the Past." Feldman then
attended Ithaca College and majored in acting.
In 2005, Ben Feldman made his Hollywood feature film debut in
The Perfect Man (2005),
co-starring Hilary Duff,
Chris Noth, and
Heather Locklear. Previous to this, he
starred in the independent feature
When Do We Eat? (2005).
His theater work includes the Broadway production of
The Graduate (1967), with
Kathleen Turner and
Alicia Silverstone.
Feldman made his television-series debut in
Living with Fran (2005)- Actress
- Director
- Producer
Named one of fall TV's breakout stars by IndieWire, Emma Dumont has quickly become known for the powerful characters she brings to life on screen. Dumont can currently be seen starring on FOX's drama series "The Gifted," which follows an ordinary suburban family whose lives change course forever when they discover their children have developed mutant powers. "The Gifted," based on Marvel Comics' X-Men series, is set in an alternate timeline where the X-Men have disappeared. Dumont shines as Polaris, daughter to X-Men character Magneto, however while brave and loyal, she struggles with an internal darkness and teeters in and out of control due to an undiagnosed bipolar disorder. "The Gifted" premiered on October 2, 2017 and is currently in production of season 2.
In addition to "The Gifted" Dumont recently starred as Charles Manson's dedicated follower Emma Karn on NBC's 60's-era drama "Aquarius" opposite David Duchovny. She also appeared on ABC Family's scripted dance series "Bunheads" as Melanie. Dumont made her feature film debut in director Craig Johnson's "True Adolescents" at 12 years old, alongside Melissa Leo and Mark Duplass. Additional credits include: "Mind Games" for ABC, "T@gged" for AwesomenessTV, "Pretty Little Liars" and "The Fosters" for Freeform, and "The Magicians" for SYFY.
Born in Seattle, Washington Dumont had a love for the arts at a young age. She began ballet dancing at just three years old and studied at Pacific Northwest Ballet School, Cornish College of the Arts and Spectrum Dance Theatre School, while spending summers at the American Ballet Theatre, Joffrey Ballet School and the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow, Russia. At four years old she began taking violin lessons and went on to play with the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra and the Glendale Youth Orchestra. At 15 years old Dumont won V Magazine's model search contest and appeared in their March 2010 issue, landing a contract with Ford Models. She worked fashion week in New York City that year, and went on to model in Hong Kong, New York, Los Angeles, China, and Tokyo. While Dumont was excelling in dance, music, and modeling, one of her biggest passions was acting, and she continued to hone her craft in community theater and classes, landing roles in indie films in her teens and a handful of series roles.
While acting and the arts are two of Dumont's greatest loves, she also has a passion for mechanical engineering and computer programming. She is a member of Mensa and participated in FIRST Robotics on a team sponsored by NASA/JPL and Walt Disney Imagineering. Today, Dumont remains passionate about mentoring youth associated with the program. While her current production schedule is demanding, Dumont is continuing her studies and is taking classes in engineering and programming. She currently resides in Los Angeles with her puppy Zoe.- Actor
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Blessed with a piercing, blue-eyed glint, brawny looks, cocky "tough guy" stance and effortless charisma, TV's Christopher Meloni has grabbed audiences' attention, male and female alike, finding breakthrough small screen stardom playing both sides of the law. Audiences first were taken in by his sexually arresting portrayal of a sociopathic killer in the gripping prison drama Oz (1997) on cable TV. Although his small screen roots were in 90s situation comedy, the network powers-that-be wisely discovered his power and allure as a dramatic star and quickly handed him his own prime-time crime series, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), as a not-quite-by-the-book crime detective. This one-two punch of "Oz" and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) put Meloni, who seems to grow sexier with age, on the map and well on top, where he remains today.
Christopher Peter Meloni was born on April 2, 1961, in Washington, D.C., the son of Cecile (Chagnon) and Charles Robert Meloni, an endocrinologist. Of Italian and French-Canadian parentage, he attended St. Stephen's School and played quarterback for his high school team. Developing an interest in acting rather early in life, he attended the University of Colorado at Boulder following high school graduation. He initially majored in acting but wound up earning a degree in history in 1983. Acting won out in the long run, however, and Chris relocated to New York where he studied with acting guru Sanford Meisner at the renowned Neighborhood Playhouse. Supplementing his income during these lean years by taking advantage of his powerful physique (as construction worker, bouncer, personal trainer), Meloni worked his way up the acting ladder via parts in commercials.
With a full head of hair in the early days, he broke into series TV in 1989, the first being the already-established cable football comedy 1st & Ten (1984). In this sitcom, which was HBO's very first back in 1984, Chris played ex-con quarterback Vito Del Greco (aka "Johnny Gunn"). The series' star Delta Burke had already left the cast by the time Chris came aboard in its final season. A second sitcom arrived almost immediately with the stereotypical Italian family sitcom The Fanelli Boys (1990) featuring Chris as dim-eyed, skirt-chasing Frankie Fanelli, one of the four "dees, dem and dos" sons of Brooklynite widow Theresa Fanelli (Ann Morgan Guilbert). Despite a strong, boisterous cast, the show was painfully obvious and met an early demise. True to nature, Chris gave voice and added to the fun as a cocky, mooching high school teen who knows the "how to's" of attracting pretty girl dinos in the animated prehistoric series Dinosaurs (1991).
He also made a manly mark in mini-movies with co-starring roles in such "women" dramas as In a Child's Name (1991) starring Valerie Bertinelli, Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story (1992), which top-lined Molly Ringwald, Without a Kiss Goodbye (1993) as the caring husband of Lisa Hartman, and the Connie Sellecca starrer A Dangerous Affair (1995). An interchangeable ability to convey both heartfelt sympathy and virile menace did not go by unnoticed. After minor parts on the big screen with Clean Slate (1994), Junior (1994) and 12 Monkeys (1995), Chris drew strong notices in the featured role of gangster Johnnie Marzzone in the classic neo-noir Bound (1996), which earned cult status for its sexually-charged lesbian sub-storyline.
A tough recurring part on NYPD Blue (1993), a typical mafia role in the mini-series The Last Don (1997) and another short-lived comedic series lead (Leaving L.A. (1997)) finally led to a big payoff in the brutal and brilliant cable series Oz (1997). Christopher's introduction to the Oz prison as bisexual psychopath Chris Keller was powerhouse casting and he drew immediate notice and critical applause into the show's second season. Unflinching in its blood-soaked presentation of life behind bars, Chris' raw animal magnetism was unparalleled on the show and his steamy, erotic couplings with another male prisoner on screen promoted him swiftly to gay icon status. Undaunted by the possible career-damaging effects that could occur, Chris' frank acceptance and acknowledgment was admirable indeed and his outright support of human rights causes earned him high marks.
The father of two (daughter Sophia Eva Pietra (born March 23, 2001), and son Dante Amadeo (born January 2, 2004), he has been married since 1995 to production designer 'Sherman Williams' (The Dark Backward (1991)). Chris' sudden burst of cable notoriety earned him his own prime time NBC series. With the veteran "Law & Order" program developing a sister spin-off, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), Meloni raised the bar with his trenchant pairing with co-star Mariska Hargitay as partners of a special victims crime unit. Despite the show's reality-driven approach, Meloni and Hargitay's dynamite chemistry carried the show to a new level. Allowing their characters' more serious flaws to surface, Meloni, in particular, managed to convey Detective Stabler's private pain and personal turmoil with a raw poignancy. Both he and Hargitay have been honored with Emmy award nominations for their work here (she has won). Occasionally appearing on stage, Chris' theater credits include "The Rainmaker" (as Starbuck) (1998) and "Comers" (1998), both at the Williamstown Theatre Festival. He earned standout reviews as Eddie Carbone in Arthur Miller's "A View from the Bridge," which he performed at Dublin's Gate Theatre in 2005. In 2006 he joined the campy proceedings at an Actors' Fund of America Benefit of the soap opera spoof "Die, Mommie Die!" starring drag illusionist and "Oz" alumnus Charles Busch.
Going well over a decade's worth of service to the series that made him a household name, Meloni finally retired his TV detective in 2011. Throughout the show's run he continued to flaunt his humorous side, showing up on such parody shows as Mad TV (1995) and cracking up on the various night time TV haunts. On film he continues to shatter his dramatic image in such fare as The Souler Opposite (1998), Wet Hot American Summer (2001), Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004) and its sequel Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008). While he has not found outright stardom on the big screen (he has nominally played "other man" roles in such popular films as Runaway Bride (1999) and Nights in Rodanthe (2008)), Chris has more than proved his staying power since he left the popular series.
More recently, he moved forward as a writer/producer/director/star of the comedy film Dirty Movie (2011), which also has in its cast "L&O: SVU" co-star Diane Neal. In addition, Chris supplied the voice of DC Comics classic character Hal Jordan (aka Green Lantern) in the animated movie Green Lantern: First Flight (2009). He also has held regular roles on the series True Blood (2008) in 2012 and Surviving Jack (2014) as well as strong cinematic parts in the Superman film Man of Steel (2013) and in Small Time (2014).- Actress
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Tall (5'10"), lovely, statuesque Seattle native Jean Elizabeth Smart was born on September 13, 1951. The second of four children born to a teacher and his wife, she developed an early interest in acting and attended the University of Washington following her graduation from Seattle's Ballard High School. She attained a BA degree in fine arts there.
Jean's first professional season was with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival where she went on to perform in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing" and "A Moon for the Misbegotten," among others. During the late 1970's she built up a strong resume in regional theater with such companies as the Seattle Repertory Theatre ("Equus," "Fallen Angels"), ACT ("A Christmas Carol"), Pittsburgh Public Theatre (as Lady Macbeth), Alaska Repertory Theatre ("Terra Nova"), and Alliance Theatre ("A History of the American Film"). Her first significant break came with a starring role in the potent, critically-acclaimed lesbian drama "Last Summer at Bluefish Cove," which earned her an Off-Broadway Drama Desk nomination in 1980. She capped this honor with a Los Angeles Drama Critics award in 1983 when she repeated her triumph on the West Coast.
Jean made a highly auspicious Broadway debut in 1981 playing Marlene Dietrich in "Piaf" starring Jane Lapotaire, and it was the subsequent TV taping of that show, Piaf (1984), that brought about major Hollywood interest. A regular on the short-lived sitcoms Teachers Only (1982), Reggie (1983) and Maximum Security (1984), Jean hit pure gold in her fourth attempt as the delightfully ditzy Charlene Frazier on Designing Women (1986). The show was an instant hit and it was here that she would meet future husband Richard Gilliland, who played the recurring role of co-player Annie Potts' boyfriend J.D. for several seasons.
Feeling confined and fearing typecasting, Jean left the show in 1991 to find more challenging work. She drew major acclaim, giving a chilling portrayal of a true-to-life serial killer in the TV movie Overkill: The Aileen Wuornos Story (1992), long before Charlize Theron copped an Oscar for her equally chilling cinematic version. In other TV movies, Jean earned strong applause for her roles as a mentally challenged woman in The Yarn Princess (1994); as a concerned rural mother in Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings' classic The Yearling (1994); as an attorney involved in a high-profile murder case in Undue Influence (1996); as a wife who discovers her longtime husband is gay in A Change of Heart (1998); co-starring with real-life husband Richard Gilliland in Audrey's Rain (2003) as new parents after her sister commits suicide; and as an FBI profiler in Killer Instinct: From the Files of Agent Candice DeLong (2003).
On stage, Jean she earned a Tony nomination for her delightfully madcap part in the Moss Hart/George S. Kaufman classic comedy farce "The Man Who Came to Dinner" opposite Nathan Lane. The Broadway show was later made as a TV movie, The Man Who Came to Dinner (2000), with both Lane and Smart.
Having made her debut with a small role in the crimer Hoodlums (1980), films would never be as strong a venue for Jean as the stage or TV. She did, however, show off her versatility in both comedy and drama with secondary roles with such films as Flashpoint (1984), the Goldie Hawn vehicle Protocol (1984), Fire with Fire (1986), Project X (1987), Mistress (1992), Edie & Pen (1996) and The Odd Couple II (1998). Jean topped the decade off well with two independent films -- earning an Independent Spirit Award nomination for her role as Sarah Polley's ill-natured mother in Guinevere (1999), and first-billed in the mother/daughter road trip dramedy Forever Fabulous (1999) co-starring Jennifer Elise Cox.
Remaining extremely busy into the millennium, Jean went on to win bookend Emmy awards for her guest appearances on the sitcom Frasier (1993) and earned two more Emmy nominations for her potent perms in the crime drama 24 (2001) starring Kiefer Sutherland. She also graced a host of other series with regular/recurring roles on the romantic comedy In-Laws (2002); the crimer The District (2000); the family comedy Center of the Universe (2004) (co-starring John Goodman); the animated program Kim Possible (2002) (as the voice of Dr. Ann Possible); the mystery comedy Samantha Who? (2007) starring Christina Applegate; the revamped crimer Hawaii Five-0 (2010) (as the governor); the crime dramedy Harry's Law (2011); the dark thriller Fargo (2014); the action sci-fi drama Legion (2017); and the detective series Mare of Easttown (2021).
More recent films include Youth in Revolt (2009), Barry Munday (2010), Hope Springs (2012), Waking (2013), Warren (2014), Miss Meadows (2014), The Accountant (2016), Life Itself (2018) and Brampton's Own (2018).
Diagnosed with juvenile diabetes at age 13, Jean has played an active part over the years in public awareness. She has two children with her late husband Richard, son Connor and adopted son (from China) Forrest.- Actor
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Rainn Wilson lives in Los Angeles with his wife, fiction writer
Holiday Reinhorn (Big Cats), and his
son, Walter McKenzie Wilson who was born in 2004. He grew up in
Seattle, Washington but graduated from New Trier H.S. in Winnetka,
Illinois. After attending both Tufts University and the University of
Washington, Rainn studied acting at NYU's graduate acting program and
spent years doing theater both on and off-Broadway, on tours with the
Acting Company and in region theatre including The Guthrie and Arena
Stage.
Rainn co-created and directed The New Bozena, a sketch comedy and
post-modern clown show which performed in New York and ended up doing a
pilot presentation at Fox TV. He made his directorial debut with The New Bozena (2005), a
short film based on the show.
After many years of working in TV and film, his breakthrough role
happened, as Arthur, the odd love interest to the much older
Frances Conroy on
Six Feet Under (2001). His
favorite role to date, however, is Bill Harris in the film,
Baadasssss! (2003).
Rainn is a member of the Baha'i Faith.- Actress
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Alyson Hannigan was born in Washington, D.C. to Emilie (Posner), a real estate agent, and Al Hannigan, a truck driver. She began her
acting career in Atlanta at the young age of 4 in commercials sponsoring such companies as McDonald's, Six Flags, and Oreos. She is a
seasoned television actress, guest starring in Picket Fences (1992), Roseanne (1988), Touched by an Angel (1994) and the The Torkelsons (1991) before starring in her most notorious roles in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) as "Willow Rosenberg" and How I Met Your Mother (2005) as "Lily Aldrin."- Actor
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Billy Burke was born and raised in Bellingham, Washington, USA. He
began singing at age nine, and joined a band at age fifteen. He
continued to work with bands and study/performing drama at Western
Washington University. He performed in Seattle at the Annex Theater,
New City Festival, and the A.H.A. Theater, though it was as a musician, not an actor, that Burke first moved to Los Angeles. A demo deal with a major record label that "didn't quite pan out", left him to explore the only other thing he "knew he was good at". With two independent films shot in his native Seattle under his belt, he began auditioning and very soon working as an actor.
He made his feature film
debut in the independent film
Daredreamer (1989). After a string of mostly "bad guy with facial hair" TV guest appearances, he landed his first studio picture role in the Zucker brothers' genre spoof Mafia! (1998). Capitalizing on his deadpan comedic sensibilities, he then won the title role in Dill Scallion (1999), the cult classic "mockumentary" about the rise and fall of a slightly touched country music singer. Co-starring in "Dill", was then fledgling writer/director Peter Berg. It was Berg who brought Billy back to television to play "Dr. Abe Matthews" in the acclaimed ABC drama Wonderland (2000). Although its life on the air was short-lived, Wonderland (2000) won the hearts of critics and fans, alike, and was recently re-released in its entirety on DirecTV.
Paramount's Along Came a Spider (2001) marked Billy's first revisit to studio films. He then returned yet again to television for the second season of Fox's mega hit series 24 (2001). His disturbing portrayal of abusive father and husband "Gary Matheson" still resonates as a fan favorite. In 2004, Billy teamed up with John Travolta and Joaquin Phoenix in the firefighter drama Ladder 49 (2004). It was here that the studios once again began to recognize his on-screen magnetism. So, after another steady stream of notable television performances, he was cast alongside Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling in New Line's hit thriller Fracture (2007), directed by NYPD Blue (1993) creator Gregory Hoblit. This multi-layered turn as a flawed cop snared by his own aberrations caught the eye of Academy Award winning director Robert Benton. Benton swiftly invited Billy to join the cast of his and Lakeshore Entertainment's Feast of Love (2007), which included Morgan Freeman and Greg Kinnear. As fate would have it, neither Gregory Hoblit nor Lakeshore had seen enough of Burke's dry wit and unshakable persona, so when it came time to find a match for Diane Lane in Untraceable (2008), he got the call to play the rock solid "Detective Eric Box". Since arriving in Hollywood in the early 90s, Billy Burke has never stopped working. There are countless credits that come in between the aforementioned that of course, also serve as a testament to his gift and longevity. However, it was a chance viewing of Dill Scallion (1999) that struck an indelible head turn for director Catherine Hardwicke. The impression Billy's performance left, lasted until they met in 2007 while Hardwicke and Summit Entertainment were looking for someone to play "Charlie Swan" in their film adaptations of the bestselling book series The "Twilight" Saga. After a brief meeting and read-through of a few scenes, Billy and Catherine agreed... it was "meant to be". Summit followed suit and welcomed him into the franchise. Millions of fans around the world have concurred with the choice and the overwhelming response to his theatrical work has given him solace in the fact that he never got that record deal.- Actress
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Isabelle Fuhrman is a critically acclaimed actress who can next be seen in Kevin Costner's HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA, opposite Sienna Miller, Sam Worthington, Danny Houston, Giovanni Ribisi and Luke Wilson.
In 2021, Fuhrman starred as Alex Dall in Lauren Hadaway's directorial debut, THE NOVICE. Her performance garnered awards buzz, with critics calling Fuhrman's turn "a Daniel Day-Lewis transformation" and "the year's best performance". For THE NOVICE, she won the Tribeca Film Festival Award for Best Actress, and was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead. Both viewers and critics applauded Fuhrman for her dedication to the part, calling it "riveting," "explosive," "decisive," "defining," "searing," "human" and "honest."
In 2022, Fuhrman returned to her iconic role as 'Esther' in ORPHAN: FIRST KILL and made cinema history for reprising a role she played as a child, 13 years after the original film's release. The prequel received high marks from film critics, with Fuhrman's performance again being lauded.
Fuhrman started her impressive acting career at the young age of seven in Atlanta, GA and made her screen debut in the drama HOUNDDOG opposite Dakota Fanning. She was only ten when she was cast as the star of the 2009 cult horror classic ORPHAN, after an exhaustive nationwide search of young actresses to portray the lead in the Warner Bros. collaboration between Leonardo DiCaprio's Appian Way and Joel Silver's Dark Castle Entertainment. Her breakout performance was hailed as "awards-worthy," "mind-blowing," and "one of the most momentous examples of acting from a child performer in years." Holding her own against Vera Farmiga and Peter Sarsgaard in the film, Fuhrman displayed impressive range and this elevated her to the forefront of her craft. Never to shy away from meaty roles, Fuhrman signed onto the blockbuster franchise THE HUNGER GAMES at just 14, she joined the cast of Showtime's critically acclaimed series, MASTERS OF SEX, playing Virginia's (Lizzy Caplan's) whip-smart sparring partner of a daughter, she voiced award-winning Studio Ghibli's FROM UP ON POPPY HILL, and even led an an-female cast in Erica Schmidt's off-Broadway adaptation of MAC BETH. All while balancing her studies at Stanford University's EPGY OHS and two intensive courses at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
Fuhrman's upcoming releases include Julia Stiles' directorial debut WISH YOU WERE alongside Jennifer Grey and Kelsey Grammar, Andy Tennant's UNIT 234, opposite Don Johnson, LITTLEMOUTH, opposite Dennis Quaid and Josh Hutcherson, and Justine Batreman's-directed FACE.
In addition to her work in front of the screen, Fuhrman has her own production company, WHAT IF? Productions, which she started in 2019 and has been writing and developing her own projects.
Fuhrman currently resides in Los Angeles and is an ultra marathon runner, triathlete, skilled guitar player, western-horseback rider, singer, gourmet cook and certified holistic birth doula.- Emily Rebecca Swallow was born in Washington, DC and grew up in Sterling, VA and Jacksonville, FL.
She earned a BA in Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Virginia and interned at the State Department, but an acting teacher at UVA noticed her passion and talent for acting and singing and encouraged her to pursue further training. She auditioned for the prestigious NYU Tisch Graduate Acting Program and was accepted into their MFA Program.
On television, Emily is best known for Supernatural (2005), The Mentalist (2008), How to Get Away with Murder (2014), Monday Mornings (2013), and the highly anticipated Disney+ Series The Mandalorian (2019). She can also be heard as the voice of Dracula's ill-fated true love, Lisa Tepes, in the Netflix series Castlevania (2017).
Emily continues to act on stage whenever she can, starring in world premieres of Donald Margulies play The Country House at LA's Geffen Playhouse, opposite Mark Rylance in Louis Jenkins' play Nice Fish at the Guthrie Theatre, in John Patrick Shanley's musical Romantic Poetry at Manhattan Theater Club and in High Fidelity on Broadway. In summer of 2018 she played a lady AND a charlatan opposite Tom Hanks' Falstaff in the Shakespeare Center Los Angeles production of Henry IV Parts 1&2. She was part of the LA Drama Critics' Circle Award-Winning 2016 production of Disgraced at the Mark Taper Forum in LA and she won the Falstaff Award for best Female Performer in 2010 for her performance as Kate in The Taming of the Shrew at the Old Globe in San Diego.
Emily is a gifted singer; she has done her share of musicals and rock concerts. In 2012, Emily and fellow singer/comedienne Jac Huberman created a stage show called Jac N Swallow, which they perform in New York at the Laurie Beechman Theater and Joe's Pub. They would like to do the show again; will someone please babysit Jac's kids? - Actress
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Constance Zimmer started in the theater and was the recipient of a "Best Actress" Dramalogue Award, for one of her
first stage appearances in "Catholic School Girls".
She is well-known for playing a number of standout characters in notable projects. Starting in 2005, and for six seasons, she played the role of "Dana Gordon' on HBO's critically acclaimed series "Entourage," she reprised that role when Warner Bros. released the "Entourage" film on the big screen in 2015.
Her most awarded role was when she starred in Lifetime's drama series "UnReal," which premiered in 2015. Constance was nominated for an Emmy and won the Critics Choice award for her portrayal of "Quinn" the executive producer of a fictional dating show. The show also won a Peabody, among many other awards it received during it's 4 season run. Zimmer was also seen in multiple seasons of the Netflix Emmy® nominated original series "House of Cards," executive produced by David Fincher, while recurring in, HBO's "The Newsroom," executive produced by Aaron Sorkin.
Zimmer most recently has directed 5 episodes of Television and can also be seen in "Big Sky" and "The Calling" both created by David E. Kelley, which reunited them as she was also a series lead on ABC's Boston Legal, earning her another SAG Award nomination for ensemble cast. As well as a series lead on the show "Condor" for and has had major recurring roles on "Good Trouble," "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D," "A Million Little Things," "Grey's Anatomy," "Shameless," "The New Adventures of Old Christine," to name a few.
Zimmer's feature film credits include "Run the Tide" with Taylor Lautner, "The Babymakers" opposite Paul Schneider and Olivia Munn; "Results" with Guy Pearce and Cobie Smulders, which premiered in 2015 at The Sundance Film Festival; "Demoted" opposite Sean Astin and Michael Vartan, and the Warner Bros. feature "Chaos Theory" starring Ryan Reynolds and Emily Mortimer.
You can hear her voice as a series lead in "Transformers: Robots in Disguise," as well as various episodes of "BoJack Horseman," "Shadow Dairies," "Krapopolis," "Wonder Woman: Bloodlines" and "Angel of Vine."
She resides in Los Angeles with her husband, Russ, an Emmy award winning director, and their daughter.- Actress
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Kristen Johnston studied acting at the Atlantic Theater Company Acting School in New York City.
She won two Emmys for her role on 3rd Rock from the Sun (1996). She has appeared on many other television shows, including Ugly Betty (2006), ER (1994), Bored to Death (2009) and, perhaps most memorably, as the party girl whose famous final words were "I'm so bored I could die" on Sex and the City (1998). She's currently, on television, on TV Land's hit series, The Exes (2011), which is now in its fourth season. Just a few of Johnston's many stage credits are "So Help Me God!" (Drama desk nomination), "The Women", "Aunt Dan & Lemon", "Love Song" on the West End, as well as starring in three "Shakespeare in Central Park" productions, "Much Ado About Nothing", "12th Night", and "The Skin of our Teeth". She is a long-time member of The Atlantic Theater Company, and her roles over the years have included "The Lights" (Drama Desk Nomination) and "Scarcity". Kristen's film credits include Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999), the 2nd Austin Powers film (as "Ivana Humpalot"), Finding Bliss (2009), Bad Parents (2012), Bride Wars (2009), Life Happens (2011), Vamps (2012), Strangers with Candy (2005), and the upcoming independent film, Lovesick (2014), with Matt LeBlanc. Johnston teaches acting at The Atlantic Theater Company's Acting School at NYU. She founded an organization called SLAM, whose goal is the creation of a desperately needed sober high school in New York City. Johnston's first book was a New York Times Bestselling memoir, entitled "GUTS: the endless follies and tiny triumphs of a giant disaster".- Actor
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Cam graduated from Auburn High School in Auburn, Washington, in 2001. His family lives in Lake Tapps, WA. His father's name is Jay, his mother's name is Kim, and he has one older sister, Kelsie. His father is one of the founders of a popular restaurant chain called The Rock, Wood Fired Pizza & Spirits. Cam resides in West Hollywood, California.- Actor
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Brian Earl Thompson was born on August 28, 1959 in Ellensburg, Washington. Raised on the Columbia River in Longview, he learned the value of academics and athletics, as the son of two teachers and the second of six siblings. His interest in acting was first sparked during his senior year of high school with the role of the Russian ballet instructor, Boris Kolenkhov, in the comedy "You Can't Take it With You". Under the pretense of attending Central Washington University to play football and study business management, he quietly auditioned for every available play, treading the boards for a dozen school productions, from musicals and operas to the more lighthearted fare of Neil Simon.
Earning a scholarship to the University of California-Irvine, he sailed through a three-year Master of Fine Arts program, learning from such theatrical luminaries as playwright Edward Albee, Robert Cohen and Jerzy Grotoswski, and supplementing his education through work with the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. He began to audition theatrically before graduation, and by that time, he had his SAG card, an agent and five professional credits, including James Cameron's The Terminator (1984), where he and Bill Paxton's clothes were forcibly removed by a naked Arnold Schwarzenegger. About a year after Arnold took Brian's clothes, Sylvester Stallone wanted a hack at Brian as well. After seven auditions and a screen test, Brian earned the right to get impaled on a meat hook, then burned alive, Stallone's Cobra (1986). This began a string of credits that has left Thompson in and around some of Hollywood's biggest and most projects.
Brian has tackled two superhero roles as well: first, Conan the Librarian (1999), starring red in the title role, a PBS special to encourage kids to read. He also earned critical acclaim playing the larger-than-life role of Hercules in Jason and the Argonauts (2000). Probably the first role that demanded use of his classical background as well as his 6' 3" muscled frame. Brian says that no gym can claim him as a member, and that his physique is kept honed by years of windsurfing and kitesurfing. Taking a curiously "musical" approach to his craft, the actor continually seeks fresh rhythms for each new role. Brian verifies his well-rounded nature with a resume that lists such special skills as martial arts (black belt Hapkido), piano and sushi rolling. He currently resides at home with his son Jordan and daughter Daphne.- Actor
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Matt Frewer has been travelling all over North America in recent months filming recurring roles. Most recently, he worked in Los Angeles for HBO's Perry Mason and in Austin for AMC's Fear The Walking Dead. In Vancouver portrayed Carnage in Netflix's sci-fi drama Altered Carbon (2018); in Montreal (opposite Dennis Quaid) as Anthony Bruhl in NBC's Timeless (2016); in Toronto as Paul Rice in Crackle's The Art of More (2015), and also in Toronto as Dr. Leekie on BBC America's award-winning Orphan Black (2013); and in Brooklyn, New York as Dr. J. M. Christiansen in Steven Soderbergh's gritty early-20th century hospital drama The Knick (2014).
Frewer's film credits include Steven Spielberg's The BFG (2016), 20th Century Fox's Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (2014), 50/50 (2011) (with Seth Rogen and Joseph Gordon-Levitt), Foreverland (2011), Frankie & Alice (2010) (with Halle Berry), and as Moloch in Zack Snyder's Watchmen (2009). He appeared in Snyder's 2004 film, Dawn of the Dead (2004). He filmed Attack on Darfur (2009) in South Africa and played the lead in the action/adventure film Wushu Warrior (2011), which was filmed in China. Other work on the big screen includes playing "Big Russ Thompson" in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989), and Jobe Smith, the nefarious computer genius in Lawnmower Man 2: Beyond Cyberspace (1995). Frewer starred in four Sherlock Holmes films for Muse Entertainment, CTV and the Odyssey Channel.
He performed leading roles in numerous television movies & miniseries, including Nick Willing's Alice (2009) (as the White Knight; for which he was nominated for a Gemini Award). He reunited with Nick Willing to play Daedalus in 13 episodes of Olympus (2015). Frewer starred in the television miniseries Delete (2013) for Brightlight Pictures, A&E's miniseries Bag of Bones (2011) with Pierce Brosnan, Hallmark's Battle of the Bulbs (2010), and in Spielberg's Taken (2002). He played an arsonist known as the " Trashcan Man" in the Stephen King-scripted ABC miniseries, The Stand (1994).
In addition to his recent television work, Cable Ace and Gemini award-winning Frewer is a familiar face on the Emmy-nominated DreamWorks/TNT Falling Skies (2011) as well as Eureka (Sci-Fi), Intelligence (CBC), and Doctor, Doctor (CBS). He made guest appearances on such prime time network television series as St. Elsewhere, Miami Vice, and Star Trek: The Next Generation. Other notable turns on television include portraying such real-life notable individuals as U.S. Ambassador Edwin O. Reischauer in American Playhouse's Long Shadows (1994) (PBS), Alexander Haig in Kissinger and Nixon (1995) (TNT), and Gene Kranz in the made-for-television movie Apollo 11 (1996).- Actress
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Jennifer Lee Taylor is an American actress who is known for her voice acting contributions to video games and cartoons. She voiced Cortana and Dr. Catherine Halsey in the Halo franchise and voiced Princess Peach, Toad and Toadette in Nintendo's Super Mario franchise. She also provided voice work for the Microsoft Cortana artificial intelligence.- Music Artist
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Brandi Carlile was born on 1 June 1981 in Ravensdale, Washington, USA. She is a music artist and actress, known for Onward (2020), A Star Is Born (2018) and Safe Haven (2013). She has been married to Catherine Shepherd since 15 September 2012. They have two children.- Actor
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- Director
David Costabile was born on 9 January 1967 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Lincoln (2012), Billions (2016) and Breaking Bad (2008). He has been married to Eliza Baldi since 25 June 2012. They have two children.- Betty Gabriel was born in Washington D.C. and raised in both Pittsburgh and Hyattsville, MD. After graduating from Iowa State University with a bachelor's degree in Animal Science/Pre-Vet, she moved to Chicago to become a modern dancer. She also studied acting. After years of performing as a dancer and an actor at reputable theaters such as Steppenwolf and Victory Gardens, she decided to further her studies and is now a graduate of The Juilliard School.
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Corey Hawkins was born on 22 October 1988 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Straight Outta Compton (2015), Kong: Skull Island (2017) and BlacKkKlansman (2018).- Actress
- Director
- Soundtrack
Megyn Price is one of the more familiar faces in the world of television sitcoms. A gifted college student with a mind for figures, Price initially embarked on a career in finance, before making the jump to acting. Her television debut on the final season episode, Liberation - October 16, 1968 (1993), of the sci-fi adventure, Quantum Leap (1989) (NBC, 1989-1993), soon led to more TV guest spots and a regular cast role on the exceptionally short-lived legal sitcom, Common Law (1996) (ABC, 1996). Although Price occasionally picked up smaller parts in feature films, like the Russell Crowe vehicle, Mystery, Alaska (1999), it was on the small screen that she truly excelled. While another co-starring role on the Al Franken sitcom, LateLine (1998) (NBC, 1998-2000), lasted a mere two seasons, Price's turn as thirty-something mom "Claudia Finnerty" on the family comedy, Grounded for Life (2001) (The WB, 2001-05), helped establish her as a recognizable screen presence. Surrounded by a popular ensemble cast, that included Patrick Warburton and David Spade, she enjoyed her lengthiest series run on the relationship sitcom, Rules of Engagement (2007) as matrimonial veteran, "Audrey Bingham".- Actress
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Bianca Kajlich was born on 26 March 1977 in Seattle, Washington, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for Halloween: Resurrection (2002), Bring It On (2000) and Dark Was the Night (2014). She has been married to Mike Catherwood since 16 December 2012. They have one child. She was previously married to Landon Donovan.- Actress
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Tap dancing at the age of 16 months, pert and pretty Elinor Donahue has
been entertaining audiences for six decades. Born Mary Eleanor Donahue
in Tacoma, Washington, on April 19, 1937, she appeared as a radio singer and
vaudeville dancer while a mere toddler, then was picked up by
Universal Studios at the age of 5.
Cast in minor child roles in such
pictures as Mister Big (1943), the
precocious youngster eventually moved to MGM but didn't attain the
juvenile stardom of a
Margaret O'Brien or
Elizabeth Taylor, whom she
supported in both
The Unfinished Dance (1947)
and
Love Is Better Than Ever (1952),
respectively. Still and all, Elinor's talent and wholesome appeal was
recognized and the 50s brought her into the TV era.
Elinor became more accessible, finally winning nationwide "girl-next-door" notice in
her late teens as the oldest daughter of "ideal" parents
Robert Young and
Jane Wyatt in the classic family show
Father Knows Best (1954).
Suffering more than her share of teen angst, she played Betty
("Princess") Anderson from 1954 to 1960.
By the time the series was
finished, Eleanor was blossoming into a pretty, wholesome, romantic ingénue. She became
Andy Griffith's first longstanding
girlfriend on
The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
for one season, but then suffered a major slump. She revived in the 70s
with steady roles on
The Odd Couple (1970) (as
Tony Randall's girlfriend),
Pilot (1977)
as a typical sunny mom, and as a guest for countless other shows,
including Barnaby Jones (1973),
Newhart (1982) and
The Golden Girls (1985).
An extremely pleasant personality, she was primarily tapped into playing
nice, friendly, non-flashy parts in both lightweight comedy and dramatic.
Possessing a suitable voice for commercials and cartoons, she has
lately found recurring roles on
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993)
and a few soaps, including
Santa Barbara (1984) and
Days of Our Lives (1965),
the latter in which she played a rare malicious part.
Though she may not have had much of a chance to shine in her career, Elinor has
certainly been a steady, reliable player who has not let her fans down
with her obvious warmth and pleasing disposition. Into the 90's, guest appearances included "Murder, She Wrote," "Coach," "Friends," "Herman's Head," "Ellen," "Cold Case," and a recurring role as "Rebecca Quinn" on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993). Her last credits were several appearances as a judge on The Young and the Restless (1973) in 2010 and a featured role in the film The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004).
The widow of TV executive producer Harry Ackerman (he was
25 years her senior), whose list of credits included
Leave It to Beaver (1957),
Bewitched (1964) and
Gidget (1965), and a mother of four
sons, Elinor married third husband, contractor Louis Genevrino, in 1992.
In 1998, she published a memoir
entitled "In the Kitchen with Elinor Donahue", in which she relived
some of her memories of Hollywood along with providing more than 150 of
her top-grade recipes.- Actress
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Emily Rose is an American actress who is known for her roles as Audrey Parker from the Syfy television show Haven and Elena Fisher from the Uncharted series of video games for the PlayStation. She also acted in Ghost Whisperer, Cold Case, Brothers & Sisters and Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds. She is married to Dariek Morgan since 2009 and has three children.- Actor
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Matt Lauria was born on 15 August 1982 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Kingdom (2014), Friday Night Lights (2006) and Parenthood (2010). He has been married to Michelle Armstrong since 26 August 2006.- Actor
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Craig T. Nelson was born on 4 April 1944 in Spokane, Washington, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Coach (1989), The Incredibles (2004) and The Family Stone (2005). He has been married to Doria Cook-Nelson since 1987. He was previously married to Robin McCarthy.- Actor
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Edward Herrmann was born on 21 July 1943 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He was an actor, known for Overboard (1987), The Lost Boys (1987) and Nixon (1995). He was married to Star Herrmann and Leigh Curran. He died on 31 December 2014 in New York City, New York, USA.- Julia Schlaepfer was born on 3 March 1995 in Bellevue, Washington, USA. She is an actress, known for 1923 (2022), The Politician (2019) and The Sky Is Everywhere (2022).
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Ethan Slater was born on 2 June 1992 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Wicked (2024), The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage! (2019) and Fosse/Verdon (2019). He has been married to Lilly Jay since 11 November 2018. They have one child.- Actress
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Kellie Shanygne Williams was born on March 22, 1976 in Washington,
D.C. She started her career as a children's fashion model. She made
many appearances on stage (e.g., "Joe Turner's Come and Gone", "The
Colored Museum", "Butterfingers Angel", and "Goin' Home") and in TV
commercials. She is best known as Laura Lee Winslow on
Family Matters (1989). Kellie
spends a lot of time working with projects such as "The Starlight
Foundation International Youth Ambassador", "Famous Phone Friends",
"Great Beginnings for Black Babies", and "Hollywood for Children." She
enjoys dancing and singing and has attended the University of
California in Los Angeles, where she resides.- Born on October 31, 1978 in Washington, D.C.
Brian graduated, at the age of 18, from Gonzaga College High School in
1996 and went on to pursue a degree in Economics and History from
Cornell, graduating in 2000.
Brian Hallisay began his career in show business by appearing in
The Inside (2005) episode,
Aidan (2006),
playing "Jake Carrington", with
Rachel Nichols and
Adam Baldwin. He was next seen as
"Dr. George Harmon" on the Lifetime network's series,
Strong Medicine (2000), in
the episode,
Chief Complaints (2005).
In 2006, he was given a role in the
Kevin Rodney Sullivan-directed TV
movie, A.K.A. (2006), a crime
drama which also starred John Leguizamo.
Hallisay made his feature film debut in the comedy,
Bottoms Up (2006), where he
portrayed "Hayden Field", alongside
Jason Mewes,
David Keith and
Paris Hilton. This was followed by a series
of television appearances. He was in
Jerry Bruckheimer's
Without a Trace (2002) as
"Alex Stark", Meredith Stiehm's
Cold Case (2003) and
CSI: NY (2004) opposite
Gary Sinise. He was also given a guest spot
in the drama series, Bones (2005),
which stars Emily Deschanel and
David Boreanaz. His next project became
Bionic Woman (2007), where he
played "Dr. Mark Stevens" for the 2007 episode,
Faceoff (2007).
In 2008, he was given the role of "Ryan Haas" in
Medium (2005), an NBC drama series
starring Patricia Arquette. Hallisay
was then approached to play the role of the wealthy and charming
bachelor "Will Davis" in The CW's
Privileged (2008). Will Davis is
the potential love interest of the lead character, the smart and
endearing "Megan Smith", played by
JoAnna Garcia Swisher. After
"Privileged" was canceled, he went on to another television series,
The Client List (2011),
starring Jennifer Love Hewitt,
where he played her ex-husband. In real life, he and Hewitt became
engaged in 2013.