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- Al Espinosa was born on 18 August 1968 in Oriente, Cuba. He is an actor, known for Mob Rules (2010), NCIS (2003) and Che: Part One (2008).
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Paul Giamatti is an American actor who has worked steadily and prominently for over thirty years, and is best known for leading roles in the films American Splendor (2003), Sideways (2004), and Barney's Version (2010) (for which he won a Golden Globe), and supporting roles in the films Cinderella Man (2005), The Illusionist (2006), and San Andreas (2015).
Paul Edward Valentine Giamatti was born June 6, 1967 in New Haven, Connecticut, and is the youngest of three children. His mother, the former Toni Marilyn Smith, was an actress before marrying. His father, Bart Giamatti (Angelo Bartlett Giamatti), was a professor of Renaissance Literature at Yale University, and went on to become the university's youngest president (in 1986, Bart was appointed president of baseball's National League. He became Commissioner of Baseball on April 1, 1989 and served for five months until his untimely death on September 1, 1989. He was commissioner at the time Pete Rose was banned from the game). Paul's father also wrote six books. Paul's older brother, Marcus Giamatti, is also an actor. His sister, Elena, designs jewelry. His ancestry is Italian (from his paternal grandfather), German, English, Dutch, Scottish, and Irish.
Paul graduated from Choate Rosemary Hall prep school, majored in English at Yale, and obtained his Master's Degree in Fine Arts, with his major in drama from the Yale University School of Drama. His acting roots are in theatre, from his college days at Yale, to regional productions (Seattle, San Diego and Williamstown, Massachusetts), to Broadway.- Actress
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Tom McCarthy is an American film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is best known for direct and write The Station Agent (2003), The Visitor (2007), Win Win (2011), and Spotlight (2015), for which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, and was nominated for Best Director.
McCarthy co-wrote the film Up (2009) with Bob Peterson and Pete Docter, for which they received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. He also served as a director and executive producer for the Netflix television series 13 Reasons Why (2017).- Actress
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Elizabeth Lande is an American and Canadian actress. She is a proud graduate of the Yale School of Drama, where she studied with Earle Gister. Elizabeth was born in Houston, and grew up in Montreal as well as in NYC. Elizabeth studies with Larry Moss and is a member of AEA and SAG-AFTRA.- Peter Gantenbein is known for The Write Place (2023), Courage, New Hampshire (2011) and Justified (2010).
- Suzanne Rossell Cryer, an American actress has made a name for herself in acting with lots of different parts, ranging from Ashley in the ABC sitcom "Two Guys and a Girl" to Laurie Bream in HBO's "Silicon Valley." Cryer's career also spans theater, with notable performances as Tracy Lord in "The Philadelphia Story" at Hartford Stage and in Chris Shin's play "What Didn't Happen" at Playwright's Horizon. Her television appearances include roles in "Dexter," "Bones," "Grey's Anatomy," and "Silicon Valley."
In the Disney+ series "Percy Jackson and the Olympians," Cryer brings a new dimension to the character of Echidna, the ultimate monster mom, differentiating from the book's portrayal. While the changes in her character are not as extensive as those made to Medusa in Episode 3, they are significant.
In the show, Cryer's Echidna breaks into Percy, Grover, and Annabeth's train cabin, marking a departure from their first encounter at the top of the St. Louis Arch in the book. This adaptation significantly changes up the dynamics of their interaction, showcasing Cryer's ability to adapt and bring new life to a well-known mythical figure. Her portrayal adds a new and intriguing layer to the character, blending the essence of the original myth with the contemporary narrative of the series. - Actress
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Robin Miles is known for Murder by Numbers (2002), Law & Order (1990) and The Last Days of Disco (1998).- Nathan Hinton is an actor working primarily in the mediums of stage, film, and audiobook narration. He has played leading and supporting stage roles at Tony Award-winning theaters on both coasts and is the recipient of Audelco, Barrymore, and Drama-Logue Awards recognition for his theatre work. He was a part of the Audie Award-winning audiobook production 'Here in Harlem' and has also recorded a biography of Medgar Evers. Nathan is a Fox Fellow and a member of The Actors Center.
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Enrico Colantoni was born on 14 February 1963 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is an actor and producer, known for Galaxy Quest (1999), Veronica Mars (2004) and Contagion (2011). He has been married to Rosanna Francioni since 11 November 2011. They have four children. He was previously married to Nancy Snyder.- Actor
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Liev (pronounced Lee-ev) Schreiber was born in San Francisco. His mother, Heather (Milgram), is a painter, and his father, Tell Schreiber (Tell Carroll Schreiber III), is a theatrical actor who had a small role in The Keeper (1976). His mother is from a working-class Jewish family from Poland and Ukraine, while his father is from an upper-class Protestant family. His parents moved the family to Canada when Liev was one, and divorced when he was five. He and his mother moved to New York, where she drove a cab. During that time, they lived as squatters in abandoned buildings. His mother taught him to read, and she also forbade him from seeing color movies. He grew up seeing silent and black & white movies at a local revival house and particularly enjoyed those of Charles Chaplin. His mother now lives in an ashram in Virginia. He began acting at Hampshire College and continued at the Yale University School of Drama in 1992. He originally wanted to be a playwright, but his teacher encouraged him to become an actor.- Actor
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Kevin Henderson is known for Alita: Battle Angel (2019), Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) and Mercy (2010).- Thomas Beckett is known for Three Musketeers (1999) and Nearest to Heaven (2002).
- Chris Bauer was born on October 28, 1966 in Los Angeles, California, USA as Mark Christopher Bauer. He is an actor, known for The Wire (2002), True Blood (2008), Third Watch (1999) and The Deuce (2017). He has been married to Laura Bauer since May 12, 1997. They have two children.
- Mark Rucker was a director, known for Die, Mommie, Die! (2003) and The Lady in Question Is Charles Busch (2005). He died on 25 August 2015 in San Francisco, California, USA.
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Malcolm Gets was born in Chicago but lived in New Jersey until he was 5. Both of his parents are of English ancestry. His mother, Lispbeth, was a special educationist and his father, Terence, works as a college textbook representative for a Boston-based publisher and runs in many competitve marathons. Malcolm has one younger and one older sister and one older brother. He attended Fort Clarke Middle School, where he skipped the 8th grade, and Buchholz High where he skipped the 12th grade. At age 16 he attended the University of Florida as a scholarship student, where he earned his BFA in Theatre. Malcolm completed his graduate studies at Yale Drama School, where he received his M.A. He is a singer, dancer, conductor, composer, classically trained pianist, vocal director, choreographer and actor.
Malcom began to practice the piano at age 8 and began singing at age 14. His aspiration was to be a classical pianist. He worked as a stockboy in Barney's, as a puppeteer at Radio City Music Hall, played piano at "Cats" auditions, weddings, bar-mitzvahs and concert halls. He loves all types of music, especially classical. He enjoys cooking, reading and Shakespeare. Malcolm's favorite show as a child was All in the Family (1971). His favorite composer is Stephen Sondheim.- Actress
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Sanaa Lathan is an actor, director, producer, and activist, well-known for starring in such hit films as LOVE & BASKETBALL, THE BEST MAN and BEST MAN HOLIDAY, BROWN SUGAR, ALIEN VS. PREDATOR, and NAPPILY EVER AFTER.
She recently made her feature directorial debut for Paramount Pictures' ON THE COME UP, based on the New York Times best-selling novel of the same name. Premiering at the Toronto film festival to stellar reviews. Currently streaming on Paramount Plus.
Coming soon: MACRO Films' YOUNG WILD AND FREE which premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival.
She is currently starring in the 3rd season of the Emmy Award-winning HBO series Succession. For which she was nominated for an Emmy award.
Lathan can be seen starring in REPLAY, an episode of the Jordan Peele's remake of The Twilight Zoneon CBS All Access. She also stars in Showtime's The Affair and Fox's Shots Fired created by Gina Prince- Bythewood, and Rashid Johnson's Native Son on HBO.
Lathan is the voice of 'Donna Tubbs' on Fox's animated series Family Guy and The Cleveland Show, as well as the voice of 'Catwoman' in the DC animated series Harley Quinn.
On stage, Lathan was nominated for a Tony Award for her performance on Broadway in A RAISIN IN THE SUN and starred as 'Maggie the Cat' opposite James Earl Jones in the Olivier award winning revival of CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF at the Novello Theatre in London's West end.
Lathan made her directorial debut with the short film LEAP for Maven Pictures, which she shot during lock down, about a Zoom therapist who suffers from OCD and panic disorder. It premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival.
She also stars in Peacock's MAN: FINAL CHAPTERS limited series with the original cast for which she was nominated for an image award.
Later this year she will be starring in the Fox Searchlight film: SUPREMES AT EARL'S ALL YOU CAN EAT based on the book of the same name.
Her lengthy list of credits also includes Steven Soderbergh's CONTAGION, NOW YOU SEE ME 2, AMERICAN ASSASSIN and Focus feature's SOMETHING NEW.- Actor
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Michael Potts was born in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Michael is an actor and assistant director, known for Ma Rainey: Mother of the Blues (2021), True Detective (2014) and East New York (2022).- Tom Beckett was born in Whittier, California, USA. He is known for Remember WENN (1996), The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992) and John Adams (2008).
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Melissa James Gibson is known for House of Cards (2013), The Americans (2013) and Anatomy of a Scandal (2022).- Rachel Sheinkin is known for The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and The 59th Annual Tony Awards (2005).
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Incisive, intense, multi-talented American actor Lance Solomon Reddick was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the younger of two sons, to Solomon Reddick and public schoolteacher Dorothy Gee. Having opted initially for a career in music, he attended first the Peabody Preparatory Institute and the Walden School before studying classical composition at the University of Rochester's Eastman School of Music, qualifying with a Bachelor's Degree. By the early '90s, however, Reddick was forced to re-evaluate his career plans because of a severe back injury suffered while pulling a double shift waiting on tables and delivering newspapers. A pressing need to make ends meet made him enroll at the Yale School of Drama, from where he went on to graduate in 1994 with a Master of Fine Arts Degree. He derived much inspiration from his classmate Paul Giamatti and came to regard Daniel Day-Lewis as his quintessential acting role model.
Possessed of an athletic build and a deep, resonant voice, Reddick also had a self-declared affinity for accents. Preparing himself for his roles, he immersed himself fully into his characters as a "transformational performer", often rehearsing his lines in front of a mirror. He made his television debut in an episode of New York Undercover (1994). Though he played a couple of drug addicts early on, he soon found himself much in demand-- and ultimately typecast -- as powerful authority figures, from police detectives (Johnny Basil in Oz (1997)) to FBI agents (Law & Order (1990)) to senior police officer (Cedric Daniels in The Wire (2002)). One of his best known roles on the big screen was as the mysterious Mr. Charon, concierge at the Continental Hotel, scene of much of the action in the John Wick (2014) franchise.
Arguably, his most memorable character was that of Phillip Broyles, special agent-in-charge with the Department of Homeland Security, heading a team of experts investigating paranormal events in the outstanding science fiction drama series Fringe (2008). Broyles was a no-nonsense tough guy, who, nevertheless, remained steadfastly loyal in defense of his team against insidious forces from within and without. Unlike Broyles, Reddick's other important recurring TV character, Chief Irving in Bosch (2014), was a morally ambiguous man motivated chiefly by political ambition. Both were flawless performances.
Prior to his sad and untimely passing in March 2023 at the age of 60, Reddick was much sought-after as a voice actor for animations and video games. He also never lost his lifelong passion for music, and, in 2007, released an album of his compositions entitled "Contemplations & Remembrances". In private life, the twice-married Reddick was said to have been very much devoted to his three dogs.