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Born in Los Angeles but raised in Manhattan and educated at Middlebury College and Carnegie-Mellon University, James Cromwell is the son of film director John Cromwell and actress Kay Johnson. He studied acting at Carnegie-Mellon, and went into the theatre (like his parents) doing everything from Shakespeare to experimental plays. He started appearing on television in 1974, gaining some notice in a recurring role as Archie Bunker's friend Stretch Cunningham on All in the Family (1971), made his film debut in 1976, and goes back to the stage periodically. Some of his more noted film roles have been in Revenge of the Nerds (1984), Star Trek: First Contact (1996) and the surprise classic about a charming pig, Babe (1995). He garnered some of the best reviews of his career (many of which said he should have received an Oscar) for his role as a corrupt, conniving police captain in L.A. Confidential (1997).- Cress Williams is an American actor, known for his roles in Prison Break and Close to Home. His most recent roles include Mayor Lavon Hayes on The CW series Hart of Dixie and the title character on The CW's Black Lightning. Williams is also best known for his recurring role as Terrence "Scooter" Williams on Fox's Living Single and as Inspector Atwon Babcock on Nash Bridges.
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Dan Fogler made his Broadway debut when he originated the role of William Barfée in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, for which he won the Theatre World Award for the original off-Broadway production and the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical in 2005 for the original Broadway production.
Fogler's first television appearance was in 2002 on FOX's 30 Seconds to Fame as a contestant impersonating Al Pacino. Other television credits include guest starring roles on AMC's The Walking Dead, ABC's The Goldbergs, NBC's Hannibal, CBS' The Good Wife and voice work for FOX's American Dad. Fogler also has had starring roles in ABC's Man Up! and Secrets & Lies.
In film, Fogler is most known for his role of Jacob Kolwalski in J.K. Rowling's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and Fantastic Beasts The Crimes of Grindelwald. Fogler also starred as Randy Daytona in 2007's Balls Of Fury for Focus Features and had roles in Good Luck Chuck, Fanboys, Take Me Home Tonight, Love Happens, Scenic Route, Europa Report and In Like Flynn.
Fogler has also done a variety of voiceover acting in films such as; Horton Hears A Who! along with Steve Carell and Jim Carrey, Disney's Mars Needs Moms, Free Birds and 2008's Kung Fu Panda, with Jack Black and Jackie Chan.
Some of Fogler's other projects include starring in the music video for the Type O Negative song "I Don't Wanna Be Me", in which he played a man recording himself on video as he cross-dresses as celebrities including Marilyn Monroe, Michael Jackson and Britney Spears.
Fogler also wrote and directed the play Elephant in the Room, inspired by Ionesco's Rhinoceros, which was produced by the New York International Fringe Festival in 2007. Fogler has also written and directed Hysterical Psycho (2009) which premiered at the 2009 Tribeca Film Festival, featuring actors from his theater company Stage 13 where Dan serves as one of the company's Artistic Directors, and Don Peyote (2014) which also saw Fogler in the lead role as Warren Allman, with supporting roles from Josh Duhamel, Anne Hathaway, Topher Grace. Hysterical Psycho was Fogler's first graphic novel. In 2010, Archaia Entertainment published the horror anthology Moon Lake. This collection of stories chronicles the past, present, and future of the most haunted town on Earth: Moon Lake. Fogler is also hard at work on another graphic novel, Brooklyn Gladiator.- Actor
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Charles Halford was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. He is an actor, known for his work as the unsettling red herring Reggie Ledoux in season one of the HBO's award winning crime drama True Detective (2014), as Chas the hard-to-keep-down cabby, and wing-man to John Constantine (2014) on NBC's short-lived horror series, and for his diverse yet crucial supporting roles in Steven Soderbergh's Logan Lucky (2017) and [link+tt14128670]. He is also known to many as Big John, the catalyst, and father to protagonist John B, of Netflix's popular sun-soaked, multi-generational, treasure-hunting adventure Outer Banks (2020), among many other outstanding roles in much beloved projects, from network shows, to streamers, to cinemas. As a voice actor he is known for Reign of the Supermen (2019), Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (2017), and Rise of the Tomb Raider (2015) among many other video game and animation titles. He has lived and worked in between Los Angeles and the Southeast markets since 2009. He began working professionally in film and television in 1999.
Charles credits working as a local (stock) cast member for The Sundance Institute Directing Lab over the course of about five years in the early 2000s as his most profound and relevant professional training. It was at these labs where Charles would meet and work with some of the most established industry creative professionals as mentors, as well as hottest up-and-coming directors of the 21st century, some of whom have collaborated with Charles professionally since working together at the labs. One of these instances culminated in the small but outstanding, and deeply unsettling, role of Reggie Ledoux, in Season One of True Detective (2014) the gas-mask wearing, machete carrying boogeyman of "black stars, "flat circles," and "Carcosa,' dialogue and infamy. This character and Halford's embodiment of him, received instant industry attention, and would help establish Charles as a bold and noteworthy character actor at the forefront of "The Golden Age of Television." Charles was subsequently cast as a series regular on network television, in the straight role, the right-hand-man-and-muscle to the titular character of NBC's Constantine, a short-lived but well-received adaptation of the cult-classic DC/Vertigo horror comic "John Constantine: Hellblazer." He has also brought to life, and very often died for, pivotal and dynamic characters within some of the most buzzed-about, beloved, and iconic shows of the 21st century such as NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999), Sundance/AMC's critically-acclaimed original series Rectify (2013), and AMC's behemoth The Walking Dead (2010).- Actor
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Matty Cardarople has always wanted to be an entertainer. Born and raised in Exeter, New Hampshire, Cardarople fueled his creative passion by entertaining friends and family with his comedic skills. After moving to Los Angeles he studied acting at The Beverly Hills Playhouse and has been perfecting his craft studying with Lesly Kahn. Ultimately Cardarople was discovered by Luke and Owen Wilson who gave him his career start with roles in the feature films Blonde Ambition and Drillbit Taylor.
Cardarople went on to appear in the blockbuster hit Jurassic World and Dumb and Dumber To, where he worked with his childhood idol Jim Carrey whom he cites as his career inspiration. Cardarople quickly continued to add to his credits with roles in the indie comedy The 4th, the critically-acclaimed Amazon rom-com The Big Sick and the Steven Soderbergh directed film Logan Lucky.
Cardarople got another big break with a starring role in the hit Netflix show A Series of Unfortunate Events, as Orlando, the "Hench Person of Indeterminate Gender" in the Troupe of Count Olaf played by Neil Patrick-Harris. The series is streaming now and is a favorite of audiences and critics alike. And as his impressive success continues, Cardarople can be seen in the highly-talked about second and third season of the Netflix instant classic Stranger Things.
He also stars as Noodle in the Netflix comedy film Wheels of Fortune alongside actors Matt Jones (Breaking Bad), Jeff Fahey, Noureen DeWulf, and John Ducey. The film follows a down-on-his-luck mechanic and his best friend as they head to competitions to win a big inheritance.
Recently Cardarople can be heard as the voice of Preston in Archibald's Next Big Thing streamable on Netflix. Cardarople continues to keep busy with roles such as Roger in Lazy Susan, Roy Meyer in I Am Woman, and Frank White in the Hulu anthology series Monsterland. He has also been cast as Ansel in the Taika Waititi project Reservation Dogs, Remy in "Made for Love", and the upcoming Netflix animated series "We Lost Our Human" alongside Ben Schwartz.
Things aren't slowing down for Cardarople, he can be seen in the blockbuster hit Free Guy alongside Ryan Reynolds. The film is "Certified Fresh" on Rotten Tomatoes. Coming up next, he will also play Clay Elliot, a young inattentive father in the romance thriller American Cherry from writer/director Marcella Cytrynowicz.
Cardarople has been seen on notable television shows such as New Girl, Angie Tribeca, Scrubs, Ray Donovan, You're The Worst, Comedy Bang! Bang! Selfie and Chasing Life.
Cardarople is accomplished in other arenas as well. He spends time drawing and writing poetry; his first self-published book of poems is titled Space Cadet and he just released his second titled Happy Birthday Everyday which both are available for purchase online. When not on set, Cardarople devotes his efforts to a number of worthy causes such as the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation, and local animal shelters.
Cardarople currently resides in Los Angeles with his wife, cats and a rescue pomeranian named Azoun.- Writer
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Born in Rye, New York, writer/director/producer/author Justine Bateman's directorial feature film debut of her own script, Violet (2021), stars Olivia Munn, Luke Bracey, and Justin Theroux. The film premiered at SXSW and The Toronto Film Festival in 2021. It was released in theaters, to much acclaim, in Oct 2021.
Her best-selling first book, "Fame," a non-fiction about society's need for its presence, was published in 2018 by Akashic Books. Her second book, "Face," is also an Akashic Books best-seller and was published in 2021.
Bateman has an impressive former acting resume that includes Family Ties (1982), Satisfaction (1988), Arrested Development (2003), and many more. She has earned a Golden Globe nomination and two Emmy nominations. An advocate for Net Neutrality, Justine holds a degree from UCLA in Computer Science and Digital Media Management. Her producing credits include Easy to Assemble (2008) with Illeana Douglas and Jared Drake's Z (2011). Bateman wrote and produced her directorial film short debut, Five Minutes (2017), which premiered at the 2017 Toronto Film Festival and was chosen by seven more festivals, including the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival. It was one of the winners of the 2019 Amazon Prime Video Direct Festival Stars Program and was chosen by both Short of the Week and Vimeo's Staff Picks. Her follow-up film short was the drama, PUSH (2017).- Actor
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Lil Mike was born on 23 December 1980 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA. He is an actor, known for Looked Over But Never Overlooked (2009), America's Got Talent (2006) and Reservation Dogs (2021).- Producer
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Migizi Pensoneau is known for Reservation Dogs (2021), Barkskins (2020) and Rutherford Falls (2021).- Actor
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Chris Redd was born on 25 March 1985 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016), Saturday Night Live (1975) and Joker (2019).- Max Schimmelpfennig was born in 1996 in Berlin, Germany. He is an actor, known for Dark (2017), 7500 (2019) and Das Boot (2018).
- Tanya Reynolds was born on 4 November 1991 in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Sex Education (2019), Emma. (2020) and The Baby (2022).
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Zayn Malik was born in Bradford, England, to Tricia (Brannan) and Yaser Malik, and is of Pakistani (father) and English-Irish (mother) descent. He had an early love for singing and performing, and at the age of 17 he competed in the television competition The X Factor. After judges Nicole Scherzinger and Simon Cowell grouped him with fellow competitors Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne and Louis Tomlinson to form a new act, One Direction became one of the most popular finalists in their season of The X Factor.
Following the band's massive success, Malik left the group in 2015 to pursue a solo career. ZAYN signed with RCA Records and moved to Los Angeles, where he began working on his solo effort with James "Malay" Ho (Frank Ocean, Big Boi). His debut single, "Pillowtalk," was released in late January 2016 and debuted at #1 on the Billboard charts and his full-length debut album Mind of Mine was released on March 25, 2016.
ZAYN entered the fashion world in 2016 with his shoe collaboration with Giuseppe Zanotti and began working on his Versus Versace link (to be released May 2017). In August of 2016, Malik also signed on to executive produce the new television series BOYS with Law & Order creator Dick Wolf and Universal Pictures. The series is set to follow a boy band as they go through the waves of huge success similar to that of One Direction.
In late 2016, ZAYN re-entered the music world with the Taylor Swift assisted single, "I Don't Want To Live Forever" from the Fifty Shades Darker soundtrack. The song dominated debuted at #1 on the Digital Songs chart and #6 on the Billboard Hot 100. Malik followed the single up in March of 2017 with "Still Got Time" featuring PARTYNEXTDOOR which is the first official single off ZAYN's upcoming sophomore album.- Ayanna Misola was born on 12 January 2002. She is an actress, known for Ang Babaeng Nawawala Sa Sarili (2022), Bula (2022) and Two Weeks, End (2022).
- Johnny de Mol was born on 12 January 1979 in Laren, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He is an actor, known for Black Book (2006), Crimi Clowns (2012) and Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005). He has been married to Anouk van Schie since 5 October 2018. They have two children.
- Roman Izaias was born on 12 January 1967 in Karviná, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He is an actor, known for Choking Hazard (2004) and Muzzikanti (2017).
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Critic's Choice nominated actress Josie Totah is an immensely talented actress, writer, and producer with a gift for bringing dynamic characters to life. As she fearlessly evolves her body of work with each new project, Totah is fast proving to be one of Hollywood's most engaging and sought-after actresses. Totah has been recognized by numerous prestigious publications including being named to The Hollywood Reporter's Top 30 Stars Under 18, Forbes 30 Under 30 (Hollywood), Teen Vogue's 21 Under 21, Out Magazine OUT100 and Seventeen Magazine's 6 Women Under 21 Who Are Changing the World.
Josie Totah can currently be seen as the co-lead in AppleTV+'s period-drama series, THE BUCCANEERS, based on an unfinished book by Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Edith Wharton. In the series created by Katherine Jakeways and directed by BAFTA winner Susannah White, Josie received critical acclaim for her grounded dramatic performance as "Mabel" alongside Kristine Froseth, Alisha Boe, Mia Threapleton and Christina Hendricks.
Prior to that Josie starred as"Lexi", the most popular girl at Bayside High in the critically-acclaimed reboot of the iconic series SAVED BY THE BELL from Universal Television and Peacock. The series was created by Emmy-winning writer Tracy Wigfield and features several members of the original cast. Totah received critical praise for her standout performance and was nominated for a Critic's Choice Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. Totah also serves as a producer of the series which was the recipient of the GLAAD Media Award for Best Comedy Series in 2022.
Josie can also be seen in the feature film MOXIE directed by Amy Poehler. The film, based on Jennifer Mathieu's novel of the same name about girls who start a feminist revolution in high school, premiered on Netflix in 2021.
Josie also starred in Amazon's half-hour pilot GOOD PEOPLE, created by Whitney Cummings and Oscar-nominated director Lee Daniels. The pilot focuses on three generations of women, played by Lisa Kudrow, Whitney Cummings, and Totah, all working in the ombudsman's office of a college. Josie is Tallulah, the smart, brash, Generation Z voice of social injustice. The pilot also co-stars Greg Kinnear, Martin Short, and Ian Harding.
Totah is also known for her starring role in NBC's comedy television series CHAMPIONS created by Mindy Kaling and Charlie Grandy. The series focuses on a charismatic 15-year-old, 'Michael' (Totah), who is sent to live with his estranged father 'Vince' (Anders Holm) who is living the bachelor dream in New York City. Totah received critical acclaim for the role and was deemed the series' breakout star, garnering instant affection from fans and critics.
Totah can be seen starring alongside Adam Devine in Walt Disney Pictures' MAGIC CAMP. The young-adult comedy follows a former magician who returns to his youth camp to reignite his career. In Summer 2017 she was also seen in Columbia Pictures & Marvel Studios' SPIDERMAN: HOMECOMING as 'Seymour.' Totah also appeared in Chris Kelly's debut feature OTHER PEOPLE opposite Jesse Plemons, Molly Shannon, Bradley Whitford, and Zach Woods, which was released in September 2016. The film premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival where Totah received rave reviews for her riveting performance and was included in Variety's 2016 Breakout Stars portfolio, InStyle Magazine's 10 Rising Stars to Watch and a Most Inspirational Person at Sundance.
In 2015, Totah starred in the sixth and final season of Fox's hit series GLEE as 'Myron Muskovitz', a strong-armed prodigy and child tyrant in one. This follows her performance in Disney Channel's Kids' Choice nominated series JESSIE, for which Totah received a 2014 Young Artist nomination for Best Performance in a TV Series-Recurring Young Actor 10 & Under.She starred in several notable television series including: Comedy Central's The Other Two, CBS' Primetime Emmy nominated series 2 BROKE GIRLS, Fox's Golden Globe nominated comedy NEW GIRL, TV Land's Primetime Emmy nominated comedy THE EXES, Disney's Primetime Emmy nominated animation series SOFIA THE FIRST, as well as recurring in the Netflix series, No Good Nick. She also starred in ABC's comedy BACK IN THE GAME alongside James Caan and Maggie Lawson.
In addition to her career in front of camera, Totah is a television and film writer and currently serves as a producer on the Peacock series SAVED BY THE BELL. At age 15 she sold her first television pitch to Universal Television/NBC. The single-camera sitcom with the working title AUNT NANCY, based on her real-life aunt, had Totah set to produce alongside Adam and Naomi Scott, as well as star in it. She is currently working on new scripts and original projects.
Totah is also an LGBTQ activist who regularly appears on panels discussing LBGTQ rights and inclusion of LGBTQ characters in film and television. Totah was recognized by the Human Rights Campaign who honored her with the prestigious Visibility Award in 2018 and the Upstander Award in 2019. She was named by Out Magazine to Out100. Totah is also a celebrity ambassador for GLAAD and GLSEN where she serves as a member of the GLSEN Game Change Council.- West Duchovny was born on 24 April 1999 in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Vegas High (2020), A Mouthful of Air (2021) and The Report (2019).
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Principal performance capture for Avatar: The Way Of Water and its immediate sequel shot for 130 days during 2017 and 2018 in Los Angeles. Flatters says he enjoyed the experience of Cameron's bespoke motion-capture technology. "It was extremely fun, it was like doing theatre all day but there are up to 25 cameras around you." ..."As long as the other actor is committed, you're instantly there. You just need one moment of eye contact," he says, paying tribute to co-stars Britain Dalton (who plays Neteyam's younger brother), Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana and Sigourney Weaver. South London-born Flatters remembers always wanting to act: "There's a playfulness in all kids and I liked that as a child, feeding into fantasy." He did theatre first and then TV projects such as CBBC's So Awkward, ITV's Liar, Channel 4's Close To Me and Dutch Second World War film The Forgotten Battle on Netflix. He has also shot Paul Feig's The School For Good And Evil, based on the popular series of Soman Chainani books, playing a prince called Tedros. "I thought I was being hilarious but it could come across he was the butt of the jokes," Flatters says with a laugh. This summer he is shooting the dark drama Black Dog, based on a script he co-wrote with director and fellow 2022 Star of Tomorrow George Jaques, about "two guys who go on a road trip to Scotland to escape their troubles in London, and along the way their demons are revealed". Flatters already has another feature screenplay in the bag, plus a TV series he has co-written.- Actor
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Jared Gilmore was born on 30 May 2000 in San Diego, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Once Upon a Time (2011), Mad Men (2007) and The Back-up Plan (2010).- Actor
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Within a couple of months of auditioning, Gabriel Bateman appeared in several commercials and print ads and booked a pilot and a feature film. Gabriel is the youngest of eight children, most of whom love creative arts. His four older brothers are Justin Bateman, Aleq Bateman, Noah E. Bateman, and Judah Bateman, and his three older sisters are Hannah Bateman, Leah Bateman, and Talitha Eliana Bateman.
Like his sister Talitha, Gabriel has had stand-out parts in several well-reviewed horror films. He played Martin in Lights Out (2016) and then starred as Andy Barclay in Child's Play (2019). In a different direction, he headlined opposite the famous title dog in Benji (2018), and starred in another canine family favorite, Think Like a Dog (2020). His upcoming roles include the Steven Spielberg film The Fabelmans (2022).- Actor
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Damion Poitier is an African-American actor who is known for his cameo as Thanos at the very end of the first Avengers film before he got replaced by Josh Brolin in Guardians of the Galaxy. He also made appearances as thugs or soldiers in Captain America: Civil War, Jarhead, Payday 2, Alias, Charmed and Firefly.- Actor
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Gibby Haynes was born on 30 September 1957 in Dallas, Texas, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Escape from L.A. (1996), Stone (2010) and Chasing Mavericks (2012).- Music Department
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Daniel Johns is one of the most influential performing artists Australia has ever known, capturing the voice of the youth of Australia, and often, the youth of the world. First performing under the name 'Innocent Criminals', Johns and his band mates shot to fame after winning several competitions, which guaranteed them a record contract. He chose to call his band Silverchair as a form of a living tribute to two of his biggest musical influences, Nirvana (Silver is a spin on their world wide hit 'Sliver') and You am I ('Berlin Chair'). Their debut e.p., 'Tomorrow', was a huge hit in Australia when released in 1995, going double platinum and being the ninth best selling song of the year. When their debut album 'Frogstomp' was released, no one was surprised when it was a huge seller, going platinum in America, 4 x platinum in Australia and selling close to a million copies. Their next album 'Freakshow' was a commercial let-down as Johns sunk into teenage angst and lament, perfectly harmonising about the struggles he faced. Troubles which are many - depression, anorexia and arthritis are all things he has suffered from in the past, and in 1999 he was stalked by a fan. Johns escaped in his music, capturing his struggles through such ballads as 'Cemetery', 'Miss you love', 'Ana's song' and 'Abuse me'. Currently, it appears the worst is behind Johns who is back on top with his new album, Diorama. Unfortunately, due to his arthritis, he has been unable to tour the album, but an incredible performance at the 2002 Aria's boosted sales, and the album has sold close to 500, 000 copies - Diorama is the album critics call "Silverchair's best work yet." Throughout his troubles, he has been lovingly nursed by his girlfriend, singer Natalie Imbruglia. Johns claims he has put his teen angst and woes behind him, and with a great album like 'Diorama' one has to take his word for it. Selling 6 million albums world wide, Johns is the voice of the youth in Australia, and a hero to millions throughout the world.- Actor
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Ty Olsson was born on 28 January 1974 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He is an actor, known for X2 (2003), War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) and Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011). He was previously married to Leanna Nash.- Christian Angermayer is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and founder of his private investment firm, Apeiron Investment Group (apeiron-investments.com).
Passionate about the arts and film, Christian has acted as executive producer on 28 feature films to date, including the critically acclaimed movies Filth (2013), Hector and the Search for Happiness (2014), Resistance (2020) and the Zack Snyder movie and Netflix hit Army of Thieves.
With more than USD 5 billion under management, his Apeiron Investment Group focuses on Life Sciences, FinTech & Crypto, FutureTech, and Leisure, Entertainment & Hospitality.
A key company within the Apeiron portfolio is atai Life Sciences (NASDAQ: ATAI), which was founded by Christian in 2018. atai is working relentlessly to bring various psychedelics like Psilocybin ("Magic Mushrooms", DMT, 5-MeO-DMT and Ibogaine back in the medical world.
With his biotech companies Rejuveron Life Sciences and Cambrian Biopharma, Christian is developing medical drugs with the aim to significantly prolong the human life span. Because, after all, what we all most desire is to live a healthier, happier and longer life.
Forbes ranks Christian with an estimated net worth of approx. USD 1.1 billion. - Actor
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Mike Ritchie is a Kettering resident, factory employee and is pursuing a full time career in journalism. He loves learning about the editing aspect but his dream gig is to write about and review music full time. He holds a B.S. in Communication from Rio Grande University writing for the campus paper and has had numerous poems published in various anthologies in his youth and teen years. He free-lanced for the Christian Citizen Newspaper out of college from 1999-mid 2000's covering Skillet, Audio Adrenaline, Pillar, Relient-K among several others and wrote numerous CD reviews . After taking an extended break he started writing for their website citizenusa reviewing the newest CD and live show from Becoming The Archetype and CD's from For Today and P.O.D. also covering The Scream The Prayer Tour featuring Demon Hunter and wrote a feature on local youth hangout The Attic. Writing about entertainment and music is his passion and though he likes many genres, rock and metal are his preferences. Since writing for Mostmetro.com he's covered Static X, Davey Suicide, Motley Crue, Kiss, Kamelot, Nightwish, Dead Dick Hammer, Geoff Tate, Mushroomhead among numerous local/regional bands, venues and events.- Music Department
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Levi Taylor enjoys a vibrant portfolio career as a film and media composer, a keyboardist, a piano instructor, and a youth and diversity advocate. As an undergraduate student, a James Millikin Scholar, and a Jere C. Mickel Human Relations Award winner, he founded a comprehensive diversity initiative called "Study Circles," which aimed to facilitate a dialogue between students of various backgrounds topics of diversity.
After completing his degree work, Levi spent three years in Fukushima, Japan, teaching English. He authored and developed a unique English curriculum for his town's four elementary schools, an after school adult class, and co-taught in their junior high school. A natural entrepreneur, Levi also actively performed and toured with gospel group "Aizu One Voice" and local blues band, Mascots. He is semi-fluent in Japanese.
An active community citizen, Levi has maintained a thriving and competitive piano studio in Ann Arbor since 2007. In addition to weekly lessons and two annual recitals, Levi engages many of his students in the Royal Conservatory Music Assessment program. Additionally, he consults with the renowned Faber institute on their pedagogical method and technologies.
As a composer, Levi was nominated for a Michigan Emmy twice for his score for the UofM documentary, "Racing with the Sun," and the mini-documentary, "The Arc of Justice." He authored the score for the award-winning documentary "Me, the Other," which premiered at the Michigan Theater to a sold-out crowd. The film received a proclamation from Washtenaw County's Commissioner and is now a feature for UofM's 2020 DEI summit. Levi is a frequent contributing composer for the international piano pedagogy publisher Faber and Faber and has created scores for central University of Michigan events such as the 2017 Bicentennial graduation ceremony held at the Big House. He has recently joined the notable ranks of composers signed with L.A. based media and film companies, Score a Score, and Th3rd Stream.
As a keyboardist, Levi performs extensively in music festivals, including Ann Arbor's Top of the Park, Harvest Gathering, Greensky, Blissfest, Hoxeyville, and beyond. He performs fusions of jazz, rock, and blues with artists like Madcat Ruth and social and environmental justice singer-songwriters such as Seth Bernard and May Erlewine.
Lastly, Levi is passionate about supporting youth through local non-profit initiatives. He currently (2021) serves as a board officer and secretary for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Washtenaw County. Throughout his teaching career, he has offered free music lessons to youth in need. His future plans include launching his own foundation to enrich young people's lives through music, with an emphasis on underserved and systemically under-resourced youth within Washtenaw County.- Actor
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The bass player of legendary Washington DC punk band, 'Bad Brains'. Darryl began playing in the band when they first started in 1976 as a jazz fusion quartet under the name 'Mind Power'. In 1978 they focused their stylings on punk rock. Throughout the band's near thirty year existence, he and guitarist Dr. Know are the only members to have never quit the band. Singer, HR, and drummer, Earl Hudson left the band temporarily in favor of their 'Human Rights' reggae/dub side project.- Composer
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Raised in Fredericksburg, VA, by parents Patti and Charlie MacGregor. Thomas (Tom) began writing music as a child. Thomas actively booked and promoted local punk rock concerts in the Fredericksburg, VA, area as a teenager while still in high school. He attended Full Sail University for Recording Arts and Music Business. Upon graduating Thomas briefly worked in film as an on-set sound mixer, most notably the short film "Leave of Absence" (2009). Thomas remains active in the punk rock community performing with The Ambulance Review as their lead singer and guitarist. He previously had played drums in the pop-punk outfit 52 Foreign Dumpsters, bass and backing vocals in the folk-punk act Ryan B. and the Dead Sea, and mostly jumped around but also played bass in the hardcore band Brainbuster from Fredericksburg, VA.- Writer
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Focused on horror, sci-fi and dark comedy, Lachlan Marks is an award-winning Australian screenwriter who has developed TV and film projects for production companies in Europe, Canada, the UK and Australia.
Passionate about examining monsters of all varieties through unexpected, timely and inclusive stories, his original material has been selected for the Australian Writers' Guild peer-reviewed Pathways program, received major funding from showrunner Shane Brennan's (NCIS: Los Angeles) talent incubator Scripted Ink and garnered awards from WeScreenplay, Shore Scripts and A Night Of Horror International Film Festival.
Since 2020, he's worked with fellow AWG Pathways alumni Bec Moret and Jasper Garner Gore as part of all-terrain screenwriting trio MMGG. Their first feature film, a thriller for Reel One Entertainment, was filmed in Toronto, Canada in 2023. Several MMGG-led horror features are now in development with production companies in Australia and Europe.
As a script editor/consultant, Lachlan has guided projects to government funding and top prizes at Academy Award-qualifying film festivals. Major music videos he's created concepts for have been viewed millions of times online (Trivium, Amon Amarth).
Prior to committing to a tortured life of screenwriting, Lachlan was a full-time journalist and worked extensively as a touring musician. When not on deadline, he still performs as touring guitarist for ARIA-nominated post-rock band sleepmakeswaves.- Actor
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Born in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, New York 2nd gen Italian/American Gary Private started out as a drummer playing the N.Y. club circuit (Max's Kansas City, CBGB's, Coventry, Peppermint Lounge) etc; with many NYC bands (Legs Latreau, Dancer, Arrival) continuing on to front his own band. Signing a recording contract as singer/songwriter, G.Pvt. went on to record with Select Records. Soon after a requested performance at Studio 54 (NYC) for Calvin Klein's birthday party, he was signed by Atlantic Records which then released a remake of the Four Tops song "Reach Out, I'll Be There." The next record on Atlantic was Secret Love, which featured original songs written by Private. Following this, (4 albums and 7 singles) Private was featured on Dick Clark's American Bandstand twice, Playboy's Girls of Rock-N-Roll, Disney's Flight of the Navigator, daytime soap "One Life To Live", TeenBeat magazine, Details Magazine and Billboard Magazine's Top Album and Single picks. Gary has worked with some of the greatest musicians in the world: T.M.Stevens on bass, David Bowie's Stan Harrison on Sax, Arno Hecht on sax, Steely Dan's "Elliott Randall" on guitar, Meatloaf's Bob Kulick on guitar and probably the greatest all time Rock-N-Roll bass player Kenny "Double A" Aaronson. My all time favorite guitarist Steve (Ress) Restaino , The amazing Elliott (the Grand Wazoo) Glenn (RIP) on every instrument imaginable (There are no words for Elliott's influence on my life!.) John Gitano of "The American Relics" (who also was the leader of ("Legs Latreau"),, Jimmy Dechon on guitar, Gus (Gussy Kidd) Sasso on drums and my backup singer Richard Younger . Produced by Steve Tyrell w/Barry Mann,Fred Munao, David Kitay and Rick Knowles.
Recently from 2017 to 2021 Warner Brothers Music released "32" compilation albums featuring these artists Foreigner, Elvis Costello, Lou Reed, Duran Duran, INXS, Yes, Bad Company, Alice Cooper, Todd Rundgren, Dionne Warwick,Percy Sledge,Aretha Franklin, Vanilla Fudge, Jesus & Mary Chain, Foghat, B-52's, Marc Cohn,The Monkees, Ramones, The Human League, Seal, A-Ha ,Jellybean, Spandau Ballet, Kylie Minogue, Chaka Khan, Ric Ocasek, Al Jarreau, Marshall Crenshaw, Simply Red, Dusty Springfield, Tina Turner, The Cars, Roger Daultry, Steely Dan, Rod Stewart, Chicago, Pretenders, The Doobie Brothers, Michael McDonald, Jon Anderson, Boz Scaggs, Walter Becker, Talking Heads, Warren Zevon, Lou Gramm, Mary Wells, Wilson Pickett, Grand Funk Railroad, The Rascals, Richie Havens, Cilia Black, Brownsville Station, Appollonia, Christopher Cross, Twisted Sister, X, Faster Pussycat, Bette Midler, DEVO, Jimmy Webb, AXE, DOKKEN, Mick Jones, J Geils Band, Winger, The Blues Brothers, Eddie & The Hot Rods, Alanis Morissette, The Smiths.) with at least one song on every album performed & written by Gary Private.
~In 2021-22- Recorded at Diane Warrens personal studio "REALSONGS Hollywood singing her song "Faith Of The Heart" !
SAG/AFTRA actor: Appearing in films as a featured, co-star, supporting or lead actor with talents such as: James Spader, Quentin Tarantino, Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Tom Berenger, Tom Sizemore, William Forsythe, Michael Biehn, David Proval, Michael Madsen, D.B Sweeney, Tony Lip, Carlo Rota, Nick "Green Book" Vallelonga, Frank Stallone, Francesco Quinn, Timothy Murphy, Stana Katic, Diane Verona, James Russo, Kelly Hu, Jim Belushi, Ron Gilbert, Tommy Tiny Lister, Eric Roberts, Robert Miano, James Cromwell, Tony Denison, Cory Feldman etc.. Gary has done numerous sound tracks and voice overs, commercials (ex: Orbit Gum, Betty Crocker, etc) More credits available upon request. Co-Produced the documentary A.K.A. PRIVATE (2013 release)- July 2019 performed as THE KING OF BELGIUM in THE ROYAL BALLET "The Mayerling" at The Dorothy Chandler Pavilion W/ The LA Philharmonic *
-Music video for Andrea Bocelli -Music video for hip hop artists Slaine, Ritehook & Fieldhouse.
In 1985 he moved to Los Angeles where he worked in LA hospitality: (8 years lead security for the House of Blues Foundation Room on Sunset Blvd,L.A.; Trained the opening team at the Mandalay Bay Hotel/Casino H.O.B. Foundation Room in Las Vegas (1999); Received Presidential seal/name embossed cuff-links from President Bill Clinton for assisting the Secret Service during his visit to H.O.B.; Co-event coordinator for the House of Blues Fdtn Rm temporary Sundance Film Festival location in Utah; Managing partner of Hollywood & Vine Diner/Ultra Lounge nightclub L.A.; GM of Platinum Live in Studio City).- Music Artist
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Midnight Oil is an Australian rock band that were formed in Sydney in 1972. Midnight Oil issued their self-titled debut album in 1978 and quickly gained a cult following in their homeland. The group garnered worldwide attention with 1987 album Diesel and Dust. Its singles "The Dead Heart" and "Beds Are Burning" went charting at number one in multiple countries. They have won eleven Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Awards, and were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2006.- Director
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Edward Payson grew up in Derry, New Hampshire. Edward knew since he was a little boy that he wanted to direct films. He packed up and moved to California at twenty years old to attend Columbia College Hollywood where he went on to achieve a bachelor's degree in Cinema. While a freshman at Columbia he directed his first feature film, Morbid: A Love Story. It was an ambitious project with a a 70 person cast that took Edward two years to complete due to many complications including the unfortunate and unexpected loss of his father Edward Payson Senior. The film was a finalist at the Las Vegas Film Festival.
Edward followed up Morbid with the drama A Mother's Love and two more short films Happy Anniversary and The Itch all in the thriller/horror genre. He went on from there to help produce two feature films, The ID Proxy directed by his friend and New Hampshire native Matthew C. Dummond and the other The Rule of Law directed by his new found friend Moziko Wind. Edward also became friends with the also talented horror director Brandon Scullion and held key roles in his films, The Black Guitar, The Suicide Films, and Recess.
Upon graduating Columbia College Edward directed his second feature the documentary film, Unsigned, a story following three unsigned rock bands out of LA through there every day struggles and triumphs. He later would return to the horror genre, directing The Cohasset Snuff Film in 2011, a gritty look into the mind of serial killer Collin Mason. Here Edward met Director of Photography Kevin A. McCarthy. They worked so well together Kevin and Edward directed the action/horror feature Fury: The Tales of Ronan Pierce in 2012 starring Kevin's brother Michael McCarthy, Jordan Elizabeth, Kane Hodder and R.A. Mihailoff.- Actress
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Carmen has had an extensive career in film and television for over 25 years, with prominent roles in many fan favorite shows.
With a start in local theatre in Vancouver she quickly gained recognition with a couple of Jesse nominations. Auditions for film started a slew of guest starring and recurring roles on many popular TV series. From 2004-2005 Carmen played one of the leads, "Simone", in Vancouver's "Godiva's" and was nominated for her first Leo (BC Film/Television Awards) for her performance as the mysterious, sexy bartender. After Godiva's Carmen played the leading role of "Rebecca" in the Canadian Independent Feature Film "Unnatural & Accidental" and was honored for her performance with the Women in Film & Video Artistic Merit Award at the Vancouver Film Festival in 2006. She played the leading role of "Leona Stoney" for 5 seasons in APTN's multi-award winning Blackstone for which she won the 2011 Leo award and was nominated for a Gemini award; was nominated for another Leo in 2012 and 2015, and won the 2014 Leo Award and the 2016 Leo Award. She was nominated for a 2017 Canadian Screen Award for her performance in Blackstone's Series Finale. Carmen played "Loreen Cassway" for the 3 seasons of CBC's "Arctic Air" with Adam Beach, for which she was nominated for a Leo Award in 2012. The past few years have had her recurring on "Girlfriend's Guide to Divorce", "Arrow", "iZombie", "Chesapeake Shores" and the Fox series "Second Chance" in which she played "Special Agent in Charge Sue Adair". 2018 proved to be an exciting year. She found herself overseas in Scotland running through the forest with Sam Heughan and Caitriona Balfe aka "Jamie and Claire" as the fierce warrior "Wahkatiiosta" in Starz hit TV series "Outlander" Season 4. Once home, she jetted off to Quebec to shoot the leading role of "Susan Russel" in the Indy feature "Rustic Oracle", the story of a Mohawk woman desperately searching for her missing teenage daughter; meeting racism, ignorance, and indifference in the years following the Oka crises. Told through the lens of her 8-year-old daughter "Ivy" played by the brilliant "Lake Delisle". With several awards from film festivals (including two for Carmen so far for her heart wrenching performance) , Rustic is set for limited theatrical release across Canada soon. She was then off again near the end of 2018...and found herself in Ireland as a recurring guest star on another hit series...which she unfortunately is under strict gag orders about...more on that to come later ;) 2020 has Carmen guest starring in CTV's 4th Season of "Cardinal" as "Shiela Gagne", MLA and mysterious wife to district attorney Robert Quillen, as well as recurring as "Hannah Gruen" on The CW's "Nancy Drew".
Carmen was honored at the 2013 UBCP/ACTRA Awards with the "Lorena Gale Woman of Distinction Award", for her contribution to the empowerment of women in the Vancouver Film Industry. She has producing credits on two Feature Films, "Two Indians Talking" and "White Indians Walking", as well as a short film "Not Indian Enough". Carmen made her directorial debut on the short film "Ariel Unraveling", a BravoFact award winner, in 2015. Ariel premiered in February 2016 at the Victoria Film Festival.
Her biggest and most important production to date is her son Jaden.- Manager
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Aleen Keshishian is the founder and CEO of Lighthouse Management + Media and is one of the most highly respected talent representatives in the business. Her clients include Jennifer Aniston, Selena Gomez, Olivia Rodrigo, H.E.R., Paul Rudd, Mark Ruffalo, Jason Bateman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Laura Linney, Billy Crudup, Emily Mortimer, Justin Theroux, and Kathryn Hahn.
Keshishian works across all verticals of entertainment - music, branding, film, television, fashion, art, books, digital, and production. Her recent producing credits include the critically acclaimed "Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me," "Billie Eilish: The World's A Little Blurry," and the Golden Globe and Emmy nominated Ryan Murphy series, "Ratched," starring Sarah Paulson.
Keshishian has acted as the sales rep for numerous films and TV shows and has made the two largest documentary sales in history.
Combining her personal success with a deep commitment to philanthropy and social change, Keshishian encourages and guides clients to use their massive platforms to help others. Keshishian serves on the board of the Center for Countering Digital Hate and has helped raise millions of dollars alongside her clients for numerous charities including UNICEF, Global Citizen, The Lupus Alliance, Make-A-Wish, The Solutions Project, and St. Jude's Hospital.
Keshishian is a graduate of Harvard University.- Actor
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Campbell Jeffrey Wilson is an actor and musician living and working in Los Angeles. Originally from Livingston, Scotland, Cam has enjoyed playing and making music from a young age, from clarinet in a wind band, to electric guitar in various rock bands. Other instruments include harmonica, piano, bass, drums and multi octave vocals.
He was heavily influenced by the folk music of Scotland and Ireland, particularly in Aberdeen where he spent a lot of time at folk jams and learned to play the tin whistle. Having moved to London, he formed a garage rock band - Quixote - which he fronted and wrote for. He also started producing music for local London acts.
In 2012, Cam moved to San Francisco and began producing music for performers and students from local vocal studios while working on mobile games at Electronics Arts. At Rocinante Studios in Los Angeles, Campbell works with amateur singer songwriters, musicians, voice-over actors and video producers.- Producer
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Dakota and Muskogee Creek and citizen of the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe. Rock Musician, Guitarist & YouTube Music Talk Show host.
2010 - Current: Writing, recording, and producing for film and music projects. Playing out with various artists.
2009 Wrote some music & worked with composer Brent Michael Davids for the documentary "Ohiyesa" that features my sister and some of my family.
2008 - 2009 Playing guitar & touring with The May Fire. Tour highlights include a 30 city cross country tour with LA bands Monte Negro and Astra Heights sponsored by MTV Tr3s in 2008 & 2 shows @ SXSW 2009 in Austin Texas.
2008 Wrote music for the one-hour documentary "Native Nations: Standing Together for Civil Rights" hosted by actor Peter Coyote - "E.T. The Extra Terrestrial", "Erin Brockovich".
The documentary aired on ABC,NBC & Hallmark Channel.
2005 - 2007 Writing, recording, and producing for film and music projects. Playing out with various artists.
2004 - current Guitarist for Therese "TC" Brewitz.
2002 - 2004 Writing, recording, and gigging with Co-Co Aiello and the rock band Sea Of Sorrow.
2001 - 2004 Wrote and recorded original music for the song "Joy" for Rob Poswall's indie feature "Friends Call Me Mandy". Played weekly sing-along gig at Tom's Trivia @ the bitter end pub, SF, CA (3 yrs).
1999 - 2001 Writing, recording, playing out with various artists including Flux 22.
1998* Signed to Deston Ent./Universal, showcased for Bill Aucoin while working with eve to adam, songwriter Eric Bazilian - "What if god was one of us?" and hit songwriter Desmond Child - Aerosmith, Bon Jovi.
1993 Took a music class and performed with Bill "Sputnik" Spooner from The Tubes @ the Blue Bear school of music .- Composer
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Clifford Lee Burton was born on February 10, 1962 in Castro Valley, California, to Janet (Morgen) and Ray Herbert Burton. He had two siblings. His mother was from a German Jewish family, and his father was of British Isles descent.
As a youngster, Clifford always liked music, listening to genres such as blues, classical, country and jazz, and he even liked the works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. He loved all kinds of music, and when he attended college he became educated in music theory. At the age of six he learned to play his first instrument, the piano. When he became a teenager he learned to play the bass guitar and took lessons from September 1978 to January 1980. He had played in several bands before he joined a band that would later go on to become one of the most popular and successful bands of all time.
In 1982 he played at the Whiskey A-Go-Go in Los Angeles and was spotted by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, who were forming a heavy metal band and were searching for a new bassist with creativity. The two had gone to the Whiskey A-Go-Go at the recommendation of Brian Slagel of Metal Blade Records. Hetfield and Ulrich were greatly impressed with Burton's bass playing and asked him to join their band, Metallica. At first Burton didn't want to join Metallica, but agreed to join if the band was willing to relocate to San Francisco, which they did. Burton went on to perform on the band's first three albums ("Kill 'Em All", "Ride The Lightning" and "Master of Puppets"), which all became hits, and with these three albums he instantly became a favorite musician amongst many music fans, with his impressive bass playing, powerful stage presence and very opinionated and honest personality. Things were looking bright for Burton but, sadly, his life was cut tragically short in 1986. After Metallica had finished touring with Ozzy Osbourne in 1985 they began touring in 1986. On the morning of September 27 the bus the band was touring in was driving from Stockholm, Sweden, to Copenhagen, Denmark, to perform some more gigs, and it went into a slide on some icy roads. Burton was thrown out of the bus' window and the bus fell on its side and crushed him. His Metallica bandmates were devastated over Burton's death, as were the band's fans. Burton was a powerful force in Metallica and his loss is seen by many as one of the most tragic losses in the history of music, which it is, because Burton was extremely talented and helped to contribute to some of Metallica's most successful songs. Not only that, but his live performances were also very powerful and he was very friendly and down-to-earth, very honest and opinionated and always willing to express his thoughts and feelings.
Metallica paid tribute to Burton by releasing the home video _Cliff 'Em All (1987) (V)_ and by using several unused riffs and a poem of his on their song "To Live Is To Die", which appeared on their acclaimed 1988 album "...And Justice For All". Burton may be gone, but he'll never be forgotten, and he will always be remembered by both Metallica and their fans, as well as music fans in general, and his contributions to the music industry are some of the finest that were made.- Writer
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Bradley's first book, Screaming for Pleasure: How Horror Makes You Happy and Healthy, was nominated for a Rondo Award for "Book of the Year" (2018). Screaming for Pleasure thrills you with the diversity, beauty, and depth of the horror genre, dissecting films, literature, and music to reveal how horror constantly reinvents itself and reflects the anxieties of each generation through spine-chilling tales of terror.
S.A. Bradley is the host of the 4-time Rondo Hatton Award-nominated podcast, Hellbent for Horror, which explores all things horror across books, film, comics, and music. The podcast was described by director Guillermo Del Toro as "Well researched, articulate and entirely absorbing."
S.A. Bradley has lectured at Webster University (where his book is part of the curriculum) and the College of Idaho.
Additionally, Bradley's one-man show, "My Horror Manifesto", discusses the cultural bias against horror in art and popular culture. He has performed it in NYC, San Francisco, Tucson, Arizona, and various horror conventions.
Prior to becoming a champion of horror, Bradley served in the U.S. Air Force and was a firefighter. He now lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and their dog, Fiona, where they can often be found meditating in a death metal mosh pit or dancing around a Northern Californian fire pit drum circle.- Additional Crew
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Shaun Dykes is known for The Coping (2021) and Half Sisters (2023).- Kenny was raised in Southeast Texas and grew up playing on the beaches of Galveston and running through the surrounding pine forests of Sam Rayburn Lake. Always wanting to be part of something bigger, he joined the US Navy 7 months prior to his high school graduation. Upon graduating, boot camp in San Diego followed. Kenny served 6 years in the Submarine Service, completing 8 Strategic Deterrent Patrols aboard USS Ohio (SSBN 726) Blue Crew and achieved the rate of Sonar Technician First Class (E-6). After an Honorable Discharge, he worked for government contractors supporting the BQQ-6 sonar system.
It was during the first couple of years after the Navy that Kenny began to pursue the performance arts, buying a drum kit and driving his first wife bonkers. She eventually told him that he could sing better that he could play drums. Taking this opinion to heart, he began to seek bands that were looking for a singer. He sang for various bands for over a decade.
Always looking for a way to gain attention, he created a voice over website and started recording small projects at home. Gaining the attention of the right person at the right time, an audition for Bowser was recorded. Being cast as Bowser was a big surprise, but a challenge he was ready for. Beginning in 2004, Super Mario Strikers was the first title recorded.
Having a need to perform, Kenny decided to begin auditioning for local theater. The acting bug bit and he spent the next 15 years performing in live theater. Performances included comedies, musicals, dramas and an opera.
Kenny continued to work a "regular" job for about a decade after becoming the voice of Bowser. He now has become a full-time voice actor and is branching into animation and English dubbing of Japanese anime for Crunchyroll. He also makes appearances at conventions encompassing many genres.
With the kids grown, Kenny and his wife, Christina, spoil their pet(s) and eat too much! - Actress
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Alison Stolpa moved to LA after graduating with an MA in Music Business Studies from the University of Westminster (London), redirecting her superhuman ability to effortlessly memorize song lyrics and album credits toward learning her lines.
As a teen, indie darling Parker Posey stole her heart in Party Girl - and Alison has followed a similar career path ever since, with the majority of her roles falling into two buckets: the hapless, sarcastic rock 'n' roll gal and the powerful yet unpredictable smartest person in the room. In a recent credit, I'll Be Around (2020), she portrayed an over-the-top synth player desperate to get onto the bill for the hottest post-punk music festival in the world (or in her world). The flick garnered the Best Indie Film Award at the Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival.
A recovering record store clerk and cheesemonger, she is developing a short film about the horrors of online wellness programs, a web series about the challenges of starting a cult for business (AND pleasure!), and a feature film about lust, boredom, and obsession in the LA music scene.
She wants you to know that she skipped a grade in high school French class, possesses a truly dazzling collection of vintage fake fur coats, and hasn't killed a houseplant for at least six months now.- Writer
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oren was born on november 3, 1979 in jaffa, israel. started his artistic journey with his first music video in 2009 he directed and co- wrote the music video for a local indie rock band 'greenhouse' for the single "leave". In 2014 he made his first short film "between the walls" , since then he is making video art and music videos. creating his art independently with his own unique style he crafted from the many limitations that independent artist have. oren lives with his family in bat yam city in israel.- Music Artist
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DJ Newmark is an American DJ, Radio Personality, Music Producer and Recording Artist. Known within the music industry as "The Legendary Throwback King" of Hip-Hop, R&B and Freestyle music for over 3 decades. Radio show host of The DJ Newmark Experience on West Palm Beach, Florida's premiere throwback radio station YO! 107.1 FM (WLLY-HD3) daily from 3-8pm.
DJ Newmark has over 50 songs produced (ASCAP) with local and international sports and musical artists. Over the years, Newmark has cemented his DJ brand into the entertainment industry as a reliable entity within the Old School Hip-Hop and R&B culture. DJ Newmark released his Debut album "Hot Tracks" in January 2023 and is now available on all music streaming platforms and has a social media influence level of over 150K followers.- Actor
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Up and coming pop artist MOZIAH is a cultural blender, grabbing fistfuls of genre conventions and running them through a goshdarn kaleidoscope. Strapped with an eclectic mix of influences, deep Caribbean roots, and a diverse background in entertainment, the New Jersey native is a dynamic and fun-loving explorer of genres, mediums, universes and self; striving to take as many people as he can along for the ride.
During his first week at NYU's esteemed Tisch School of the Arts, MOZIAH received a bootleg copy of Logic from his roommate, and began making beats between Drama classes. With the help of friends from all over, MOZIAH wrote, co-produced, and released his first album Dax Nextdoor in 2018. The project was a "coming of age story about fear, love, and learning to fuck with yourself" which gained millions of streams across major platforms. Along with the album, MOZIAH co-directed two music videos "Can't Stay In One Place" in 2018 and "Skerred (feat. Still Gosling and AANI)" . The following year, MOZIAH self-produced and released Finessa Hudgens which included collabs with CamRus (Camrus Johnson, CW's Batwoman), Carter Ace, and mau.
In 2020, MOZIAH released two fraternal-twin EPs; the hip-hop leaning ZYEBOI, and a collection of love songs titled Sweetboy EP, which was released alongside a music video shot in Nintendo's Animal Crossing.
In the past year MOZIAH has worked with brands such as HyperX and Headspace, and released his most recent track "Unionsquarepark" which was a soulful addition to his 'park' motif. He also made his music festival debut virtually with SXSW, and in-person during Weekend 1 of 2021's Austin City Limits.- Actress
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Shontae Saldaña was born and raised in Sacramento, California. The multi-talented actress made her acting debut in the hit series Without a Trace (2005). She has appeared in various roles from a tough girl in Strong Medicine (2003-2005), to a boxer in the popular series Bones (2006), followed by a school teacher in Shark (2007). Saldaña continues to guest star in hit series such as Southland (2011), CSI: Miami (2010), and landed the role of Candice Lee in Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2018). She also landed the lead role of Calliope in the popular YouTube Red post modern meta fictional murder mystery Escape the Night (2018). Saldaña has a national Cingular Wireless TV commercial credit that aired in Telemundo which is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world. Saldaña started taking acting classes in the sixth grade. Throughout high school she appeared in several stage productions. In 2002, she co-wrote, directed, and starred in an original production titled Thin Line Between Love and War which she performed at the 45th annual Lenaea Festival receiving front page recognition in the Scene Section of the Sacramento Bee newspaper. She continued on to become a Theatre Arts major at the California State University, Sacramento, appearing in numerous productions in the Playwrights Theatre. In 2003, she was featured in the front cover of El Hispano a popular newspaper that is distributed in the Sacramento metropolitan area and several other locations throughout Northern California, for her performance of Maria in Journey of the Sparrows. Saldaña has also studied under the Beverly Hills Playhouse, one of the nation's oldest and most respected acting schools. When she is not filming, Saldaña enjoys break dancing, salsa dancing, boxing, DJing (turntables), rapping, bar-tending, and script writing.- Director
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Thomas Matthew Delonge was born to Connie and Thomas Delonge on December 13, 1975 in Poway, California. He has an older brother named Shon and a younger sister named Kari. He attended Poway High School and was Homecoming King. A friend gave him a guitar for his 15th birthday. When he was away at camp as a kid, a guy started his interest in Punk rock. Blink-182 started in 1992. Tom is the guitarist and vocalist of the band. Box Car Racer was a side project he started in 2002 and released one album. Tom formed Angels & Airwaves after the break up of Blink-182 and will release their third album in 2009. He and his wife, Jen Jenkins, met at a party about 5 or 6 years before they were married on May 26, 2001. They had their first child on July 15, 2002 and named her Ava Elizabeth. Ava was born at 5:30 A.M. at California Scripps Hospital in Los Angeles and she weighed 7 pounds. They had their second child, Jonas Rocket, on August 16, 2006.- Punk Art Surrealist Winston Smith, a master of "hand-carved" collage, has been crafting his thought-provoking art since the 1970's. After being abroad for six years, Winston returned to America and was astonished by the complacency the American public exhibited towards the corporate domination in their society. Winston began taking "safe" images from magazines and combining them to create politically charged works of art that challenge the viewer to confront incongruities and political paradoxes of modern society.
Smith first became known (and later beloved) for his collaborations with punk legends Dead Kennedys and his numerous album covers, inserts and flyers for the band in their formative years. His technique of cutting out by hand and gluing each individual element has inspired a generation of artists.
In 1981, his political shock piece, Idol brazenly adorned the Dead Kennedys album, In God We Trust, Inc. That album, banned in England and condemned by the American religious right, landed Smith and Dead Kennedys a permanent spot in the punk culture Hall of Shame.
More recently, Winston has collaborated with Ben Harper, George Carlin and multiple other bands for album covers and event posters.
Winston is honored to be included among the many excellent artists selected to create poster art for the band, Moonalice.
Winston's collage composition for Green Day's 1995 release, Insomniac, celebrates its 25th Anniversary in 2020. - Actor
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Outer Banks, Gotham, One Tree Hill, What Death Leaves Behind. Johnny Alonso is an American actor. He was born in New York and raised in Baltimore City. Well known nationally and internationally for his subtle approach and intense style of character acting, most notably for his breakout 6 episode recurring role as Joey D. the hard nosed, no nonsense band manager on One Tree Hill Straight off the WB/CW Network sound stage Johnny landed the top host slot for the Emmy award winning series NASA 360 which led him to shoot 14 episodes worldwide. Johnny Alonso went on to star in the critically acclaimed Coffin film franchise (Coffin. Coffin II, Coffin III) as the charming anti hero, charismatic, cunning mastermind Trick. Johnny has produced the franchise taking the series to a whole other level with limited national theatrical release, national distribution thru Redbox and all streaming platforms including VOD, DVD, Netflix, Amazon Prime, iTunes, Hulu, Horror Channel, IFC, Sundance. To add to his never ending list of credits Johnny was booked and costarred as the colorful horse riding outlaw Big Joe for the period western film Bill Tilghman and the Outlaws. Raised around the lively arts Johnny's strong musical and singing abilities have scored him many film and television projects including 2 episodes as recurring angsty, goth bass player Kazz for the television series Gotham https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3749900/reference , costarring lead role as Mickey DiNizio, rock n roll boyfriend to Crissy Sevear on Growning Pains Reunion Return of the Seavers https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0403087/reference, Johnny Kowolski, bad boy bass player in 10 episodes for PBS series Numbers Alive and the dark, edgy, troubled rockstar Peter Gunn in the haunted house horror The Riddle House. With Johnny's strong edgy look and attitude this rock and roll character type has suited him well making Johnny the quintessential band member type for any project out there. And let's not forget his masterful and unforgettable acting performance as dark character Jody for the critically acclaimed film What Death Leaves Behind.
Johnny is a singer and a musician that plays the guitar, bass, piano and drums, A gear head who loves to rebuild classic cars and motorcycles has a love for motorcycle riding, going off road with his Jeep or ATV, horseback riding and is a pro level snowboarder- Actor
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Sam Riegel is a Los Angeles-based voice actor and Emmy Award-winning voice director, known for his roles in animation and video games, as well as co-founding the massively popular hit show and media brand, Critical Role and executive producer of "The Legend of Vox Machina".
Critical Role has become one of the most popular storytelling and world building independent media companies in the world, and Sam plays a pivotal role within the company as a co-founder, primary cast member for the flagship show and executive producer of The Legend of Vox Machina animated series which will air exclusively on Amazon Prime Video.
Over his decades-long career, Sam has voiced iconic animated characters such as Donatello in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Ketch on Bad Batch, Emperor Awesome on Wander Over Yonder, Shiro Emiya in Fate/Stay Night, Viral in Gurren Lagann, Mephisto in Blue Exorcist, and Metal Bat in One Punch Man. Notable video game characters include Peter Parker/Spiderman in The Amazing Spider-Man games, Starscream in Transformers Cybertron series, Teddie in the Persona series, Gramble Gigglefunny in Bugsnax, and Phoenix Wright in several Ace Attorney games.
Sam has also served as voice director for Disney's DuckTales, Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur, Elena of Avalor, Sofia The First, as well as Archibald's Next Big Thing for Dreamworks, DC Superhero Girls for Cartoon Network, and Kid Cosmic for Netflix, among others.
Sam earned an Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program Daytime Emmy for his work on Amazon's Danger & Eggs, as well as two other Daytime Emmy nominations. He is the recipient of three BTVA People's Choice Voice Acting Awards and a BTVA Video Game Voice Acting Award. He also won the Austin Film Festival for best Half-Hour Television Writing and he'll continue to win the hearts of viewers every Thursday night on Critical Role, where he plays the lovable robot, Fresh Cut Grass.- Actor
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Brann Dailor is the drummer for metal band Mastodon, widely considered nowadays one of the best metal bands on earth. His drumming is influenced by the progressive-rock of the seventies ad has a very tasty jazzy flavor, it's rich of improvising and very rarely shows common rock beats. He stated in more than one occasion that he was a voracious listener of ELP, Genesis, King Crimson and the whole Canterbury prog-rock scene, a love that he inherited from his parents. He is now considered one of the best drummers in heavy music and, due to the increasing success of his band, was offered to perform at the annual Modern Drummer Festival (2006).- Actor
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Reginald 'Fieldy' Arvizu was born on 2 November 1969 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor and composer, known for Charlie's Angels (2000), End of Days (1999) and Dope (2015). He has been married to Deena Beber since 16 May 2006. He was previously married to Shela Arvizu.- Actor
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Geoffrey "Geoff" Lazer Ramsey, is an American voice actor and comedian. He co-founded the production company Rooster Teeth in 2003 and is best known for voicing Dexter Grif in the long-running web series Red vs. Blue.
Geoff is also a voice actor and Internet and YouTube personality. He is also a producer and actor for Rooster Teeth who voiced Dexter Grif on Red vs. Blue for more than 10 seasons. He also co-founded Rooster Teeth's Achievement Hunter, a video gaming division of Rooster Teeth which he manages and hosts for. Additionally, he co-starred in the first season of animated web series X-Ray and Vav and co-starred in the bi-weekly reality series Happy Hour alongside his then-wife Griffon Ramsey and friend Gavin Free.
Geoff Ramsey was born in Alabama on June 19, 1975. He grew up in primarily Mobile, Alabama area where he attended elementary and high school, but lived in Florida and the outlying areas of New Orleans when he was younger. He was a semi-pro bowler in his teenage years. He enlisted in the United States Army while he was in high school and served from 1993 to 1998. He served as a photographer and journalist (photojournalist) in Kuwait and was based out of Fort Hood during that time.
After his military service, Ramsey secured a job at the tech support company TeleNetwork Partners, where he met Burnie Burns. Prior to working for Rooster Teeth and TeleNetwork, Ramsey worked as a production assistant for View Askew Productions, and before that as a roadie for the band Catch 22. He also co-created the web site drunkgamers.com with Gus Sorola, hiring Burns shortly afterwards to run the site.
He started Rooster Teeth Productions with his friends, Burnie Burns and Gustavo Sorola, and became an Internet celebrity, regularly showing up at conventions such as PAX and Comic-Con. While working at Rooster Teeth, Ramsey co-created the Red vs. Blue series in 2003 and the Achievement Hunter series in 2008. Besides working on Red vs. Blue, Geoff also frequently worked with Sorola and Burns on the Rooster Teeth Podcast, previously known as "The Drunk Tank".
Geoff also works on series such as Achievement Hunter (which he started and ran), with his usual co-host Jack Pattillo, which shows people how to earn Xbox 360 achievements. The series is usually up to date with the latest games and focuses on the most difficult or confusing achievements to get. They then created a weekly update/news show called Achievement Hunter Weekly Update (a.k.a. AHWU).
At some point, Geoff and Jack created a game through Halo: Reach's Forge mode called Achievement HORSE, similar to the basketball game horse when it was too hot outside to play actual basketball. This series came out every Wednesday. Gamers sent in maps they had created and Geoff and Jack played them. The first to complete the map wins while the other loses. The loser gains a letter (e.g. Geoff wins round 1, Jack gets the letter H). The loser overall is the person to have lost 5 rounds first, completing the word "Horse". Sometimes, Geoff or Jack couldn't attend one of the weekly rounds, and the game was changed to PIG with either Geoff or Jack playing against someone else in the company.
In addition to Achievement HORSE, Geoff and Jack started the very popular Fails of the Weak series. Here, fans could send in funny or interesting video clips containing gameplay footage from Halo games. Each Friday, Geoff and Jack organized a montage of fails and narrated them with their usual antics. The series had its 100th episode on August 17, 2012. He also participates in a majority of the Let's Play videos, which involve him and fellow Achievement Hunters playing a game together, either competing against each other and/or deciding to goof around in the game.
Ramsey is one of the original voice actors for Rooster Teeth's sci-fi comedy machinima series Red vs. Blue (as the voice of Dexter Grif) which premiered in 2003. Rooster Teeth offices were first housed in Ramsey's spare bedroom. Since then, he has gone on to become an Internet celebrity, regularly appearing at conventions such as PAX and Com Blue with Red vs. Blue actors Burnie Burns, Gus Sorola, and Joel Heyman on the Drunk Tank Podcast (renamed to The Rooster Teeth Podcast in October 2011). He took a years-long hiatus from the podcast after September 2011 before returning. Ramsey's other work with Rooster Teeth includes voicing The Omnipotent Voice in the machinima series The Strangerhood (2004-2006), playing a fictionalized version of himself in both Captain Dynamic (2008) and Rooster Teeth Shorts (2009-present), being a "lab rat" in Immersion (2010) and voicing the Copirate, the primary antagonist of the animated series X-Ray and Vav (2014).
In 2008, Ramsey started Achievement Hunter with colleague Jack Pattillo, a department of Rooster Teeth Productions centered largely on video games. Achievement Hunter originally consisted only of Ramsey and Pattillo, but now has thirteen members. The site also originally focused on achievement guides and easter eggs found in video games, but has since shifted their attention to comedic "Let's Play" videos, where they play video games and provide humorous commentary, as well as other game-related videos.
He lived in Austin, Texas, with his family, his wife Griffon Ramsey (born E. O'Connell) and their daughter Millicent "Millie" Ramsey. He and Griffon divorced in 2018, and Geoff now lives with his girlfriend. While changing his surname to his stepfather's, "Ramsey", he was informed by the court that it would not cost any more to change any other of his names. As a joke, he changed his middle name to "Lazer".- Composer
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Kyle Woods is an LA-based film composer, music producer, and DJ. Being influenced at a young age by the behind-the-boards producers and composers that helped bring his favorite records and films to life, Kyle set out to take on the musician role himself. He has worked on shorts films and commercials produced by AFI, CryptTV, Facebook, Porsche, Oculus, and more. His most recent project was composing the original music for the American Film Institute's 'A Rodeo Film' which was nominated for the HBO Short Film Competition. As a DJ, Kyle was raised on Chicago House, Disco, & Rock, but his repertoire has since expanded to a style-specific collection of Hip Hop & RnB. He is currently the resident DJ for Solange Knowles' brand Saint Heron.- Director
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At a young age Christian Hoffman was told by a psychic that he would grow up to do "miraculous things!" That psychic lied.
Christian Hoffman is an Editor/Director/Producer, known for such shows as Reno 911!, Workaholics and Key & Peele. Christian has 2 Emmy Nominations, but NO wins.
For Halloween as a 10 yr old, Christian along with his good friend T.R. borrowed T.R.'s sister's cheer uniforms and paraded as cheerleaders. It was a roaring success as parents found the costumes "hilarious", and the night scored the young lads each a pillowcase full of candy. It was the "Greatest Halloween Ever!"
In 1986 after watching Tom Cruise in the movie Top Gun, Christian decided being a fighter pilot looked fun and pretty damn cool. But then, in 1988 after watching Tom Cruise in Cocktail, he decided that being a bottle spinning bartender with a killer smile looked even cooler. Torn between, fighter pilot and bottle spinning bartender, he instead decided to attend the University of Maryland at College Park. There he learned things, watched mediocre sports and met good friends who were pretty damn cool and also very funny. Using his sense of humor and his mom's Hi8 video camera, Christian shot and edited sketches for his friends to enjoy. They were a big hit!
After graduating he packed up a U-Haul and headed to San Diego, CA (German for whale's vagina) to pursue his dream of being a filmmaker. Quickly he learned that they don't make movies in San Diego but they do surf... a lot. Soon after he made his way up the 5 freeway to Los Angeles, where he he taught himself to shoot film, purchasing a 16mm Bolex camera, which he used to shoot his first music video for his friends' band, the video was featured on MTV's 120 Minutes as one of the Best Indie Videos of 1998. Christian parlayed his new found directing success into working as a production assistant on music video sets:( Bored and in search of some character building life experiences, Christian decided to take a series of odd jobs, including a job selling adult videos over the phone to video store managers. Before long it grossed him out and the novelty wore off, so Christian took a job as an assistant editor on a MTV animated show. Working at night, the job did not require much of him, so without solicitation he would record funny voices that he cut into the edit to amuse himself and confuse others.
Later that year his talents became apparent to a producer at MTV and he was offered a job as an editor. After reaching the pinnacle of success at MTV (having worked on the early seasons of PUNK'D;) he was hired to work on Reno 911!, where he learned the art of improv comedy. From there he worked on the hit sketch show, Human Giant (Aziz Ansari, Rob Huebel, Paul Scheer). Christian went on to work on all 6 seasons of Workaholics and the first 4 seasons of Key & Peele garnishing a Emmy Nomination along the way, after his eventual loss he was quoted as saying "It was just an honor to be nominated!". In 2019 Reno 911! was rebooted by the iconic Hollywood studio, Quibi. Unlike Reno 911!, Quibi's flame burned fast yet dim. He went on to edit, direct, and produce 2 additional seasons as well as a pair of films for the long lasting franchise.
Christian is also known for his ability to "fix" projects that are under-performing. Leaning on his 80 years of experience, Christian is able to restructure character and story while squeezing out the funny.
When not working you can often find Christian sunbathing - nude - in his front lawn, even on brisk days.- Stunts
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Carlton grew up in Brownsville, Brooklyn. He came to the film profession from a very unusual path. After college, where he was a literary major and competitive gymnast, Carlton moved out to Los Angeles and began a career as a Hollywood movie stuntman; later segueing into stunt coordinating and second unit directing.
Carlton read scripts on the movie sets he worked on and decided to try his hand at it. Carlton's first script "Bridge Of Dragons" sold to Millennium Films and became an HBO World Premiere movie starring Dolph Lundgren ("Rocky IV," "Expendables"). The first TV pilot Carlton wrote, "This Underworld," was packaged by CAA and picked up by Tribune Entertainment who ordered a pilot presentation starring Talisa Soto (James Bond's "License To Kill"). Carlton co-produced and co-directed the presentation with John Leekley ("Spawn: The Animated Series"). Later, Carlton wrote the crime action film "El Padrino," starring Jennifer Tilly and Faye Dunaway. Carlton has also written for Saban Entertainment, as well as serving as creative consultant on a children's series that was in development there for Fox Kids TV.
Carlton directed the Proof of Concept for his TV series "Teenage Wasteland," which was in development with producer Benedict Carver at EOne and later producer Arnold Rifkin (former president of the William Morris Agency) at Cheyenne Enterprises with pilot director Peter O'Fallon ("Eureka" series) attached to helm and actor Danny Glover providing voiceover narration. Carlton also second unit directed the film "Bravo" for Carlos Gallardo (Producer of "El Mariachi" and "Once Upon A Time in Mexico"). In addition to that, Carlton second unit directed 50 episodes of the Per-Per-View series "Fight Zone" for producer Brad Fuller, now co-owner of Platinum Dunes with Michael Bay. For personal reasons, Carlton stepped away from the industry for over ten years. Now, refocused, Carlton is back with a new slate of projects. Carlton directed the short film "Pretty Dark Horses," which won the Sweden Short Film Festival and was semi-finalist in several other competitions. He was recently hired to write and direct the short film "Forgotten Word" in Manchester, England, starring Tom Lister ("Emmerdale" series) and Dean Sullivan ("Brookside" series). Carlton also wrote the upcoming graphic novel "The Curse Of Monte Cristo" a re-imagining of the classic as a diverse horror tale. It was represented by Trident Media Group and sold to a major publisher.- Actor
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Eric Edwards has gained recognition on the big screen and on television, in live theater, and on the stand-up comedy circuit, working non-stop in all four mediums. In fact, in one year, Eric co-starred in two feature films, one television movie, and an original one-man show, all while simultaneously continuing as an active member and teacher of the prominent Los Angeles-based repertory group, Playhouse West. Eric produced, co-wrote, and co-starred in Fatman and Mr. Taco which was awarded Best Feature Film at the 11th annual East L.A. Chicano/Chicana Film Festival.
Eric got his feet wet in stand-up comedy opening for headliners like Andrew "Dice" Clay. His high-energy performances have entertained audiences in concert halls across the country and he's made numerous guest TV appearances including Fox's Townsend Television, BET's The Comic View, and as Tonya Harding's heavy-set hit man in Showtime's award-winning special, Attack of the 5'2" Women. Also, Eric appeared in the television movie Junior in Love in duel roles.
Eric has been active as both a Staff member and actor at Playhouse West, co-starring in the critically acclaimed dark comedy, Aaron Gillespie Will Make You A Star, which chronicles a group of actors as their dreams are met with harsh reality. Eric is also a cast member Welcome Home Soldier the longest running Drama in Los Angeles. Eric has also authored and starred in the critically acclaimed and capacity filled, Calorically Challenged... and Proud of It, a one-and-half man show. He works out regularly at L.A.'s premiere comedy club, The Comedy Store.
Eric has entertained audiences on the big screen as well. Eric received critical acclaim for his portrayal of the lovable misfit, "Doberman," in Universal's Sgt. Bilko, starring Steve Martin. He first received recognition as "Murph," the bully who gets taped to the chalkboard in Problem Child 2, as the Clampett's country cousin in The Beverly Hillbillies, and as Spanky's father in Universal's The Little Rascals. In New Line Cinema's National Lampoon's Senior Trip, Eric portrayed "Miosky" opposite Jeremy Renner (academy award nominee actor of the Hurt Locker) in the comedy about the politically incorrect misadventures of a pack of high school slackers who get a lesson in civics when they take a road trip to Washington D.C. He played "Pearl" in the Wesley Snipes blockbuster hit Blade (New Line).
In 1999 Eric Edwards has lost 210 pounds which lead to Eric co-writing and starring in another inspirational one-man comedy play, Just Step a.k.a. The Weight is Over aka Just Step. Since the show started in November of 1999, the play has been having a positive impact on packed houses in Los Angeles as well as critical praise for the LA Times, Recommended by the LA Weekly, and Noho LA. Since 2003, Eric appeared on Strong Medicine on The Lifetime Channel as Jimmy Falco. In 2007, Eric co starred in two feature films: Michael Kallio's Koreatown, and 110% when Blood, Sweat, and tears are not enough. And in 2008 you can see Eric on ABC's Desperate Housewives, opposite Felicity Huffman and American Dad. And in 2009 in the feature film Dead in Love, CW's Everybody Hates Chris, and more episodes of American Dad on FOX. And 2010, he has appeared in Criminal Minds on CBS and NBC's Parks and Recreation. As well the Video of The Weight is Over was picked the play at the Reel Recovery Film Festival 2010. And Eric's new original play A Mixed Tape premiere's November 2010 at Playhouse West. A Mixed tape is a romantic comedy of a 40'something single character actor/audience recruiter, who has given up on love, but with the help of a Banana, gorilla, a Single Mother, Tom Waits and some really cool flashbacks, things just might work out.- Production Designer
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Jeffrey Toraichi Eyser was born on 25 November 1983 in San Jose, California, USA. He is a production designer and art director, known for Bad Girls Club (2006), Jersey Shore Family Vacation (2018) and Busy Tonight (2018).- Actor
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Jim Norton was born on 19 July 1968 in Bayonne, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Spider-Man (2002), Cop Out (2010) and Top Five (2014).Conceived on the set of "Falling Hare".- Production Designer
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Mark grew up in a family with high drama: his mother was an award-winning drama teacher and theater director. He attended film studies at Texas Tech University and dabbled in amateur filmmaking until entering commercial video production in 1997 as art director and editor for regional and national commercials. In 2012 he returned to narrative work as a production designer, working under award-winning director Robert Eggers, and as provided art, design, color and prop direction for several feature films and shorts. In 2016 he wrote and directed his first short, Acting Like a Child, studying under award-winning director Steve Mims. He has teamed with acclaimed director Kevin Nations to offer films and video services in independent film and commercial/corporate video production through Ideawire, Inc., an award-winning 20-year old marketing firm, and Alamo Film, a subsidiary of Ideawire offering video production services.- Cinematographer
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Paul started his journey through his love for scary movies. Growing up he created props, makeup effects, sound effects for home haunts and professional haunts alike. Throughout this time he always shot and edited video but never considered being a videographer or cinematographer. During the pandemic he started taking his video shooting and editing more seriously and fell in love with it. He upgraded his gear and his software and taught himself how to become a better videographer and editor. Today he is shooting everything he can from weddings to music videos always being open to shoot something new and exciting.- Vincent Young, an American actor, was born and raised in Philadelphia and South Jersey. He is known by millions for portraying colorful characters, most notably his breakthrough role, as the troubled Noah Hunter from the original TV series Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990) (1997-2000). Vincent went on to other intriguing character roles on CSI: NY (2004), JAG (1995) and NCIS (2003) in which he played Mikel Mawher, the crazy and eccentric ex-boyfriend of Abby Sciuto (Pauley Perrette).
Vincent started his career in NYC studying theater and performing on stage, yet found his way as an artist while residing in Paris. He lived in LA for 16 years and has since moved back to the east coast to continue his love of acting, with his recent character portrayal of memorable Bud Lunger in the award-winning independent film, Eagles in the Chicken Coop (2010). As a multi-faceted artist, Vincent is a painter and an accomplished wrestler and baseball player in which he regards as a differing form of artistic expression. He also keeps himself available for various charities. - Actor
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American actor, model and painter. Born Marco Dominic Dapper on July 9, 1983 in Hayward, California, is the youngest of two children (he has an older sister) Started acting as a child in plays and appeared in community theater productions after graduating high school. Raised and went to Catholic school. Worked as both an actor and a model. He has guest-starred in various television series including "The Client List," "Mistresses," "Dirty Sexy Money," "90210," and "Veronica Mars," and has also appeared in national commercials for Absolut Vodka, United Airlines, Sears and XBox. As a model, Dapper has appeared in Men's Health and in ads for Levi's Jeans for the Asian market and along the way has landed several European modeling assignments. Arrived in Hollywood in 2003 and went right to work pursuing his passion of becoming a professional actor where acting training includes Doug Warhit, Lesly Kahn, Beverly Hills Playhouse and with Chick Vennera. Was first discovered by NBC scouts and wasted no time moving forward and in 2006, after appearing on Meet My Folks, landed the first film role in the independent feature Eating Out 2: Sloppy Seconds. To his surprise, Marco developed a huge fan base from that experience, which is apparent as he travels the country promoting the recent release of the film on DVD (he appears in the cover art). He studied Martial Arts for over 10 years and has a black belt in Tae-Kwon-Do. Prior to getting the role, in addition to acting, Dapper worked for UPS warehouse, as a fitness trainer, and he sold shoes at a sporting goods store. He still has his day job as a waiter. Joined the cast of The Young and the restless on CBS in April, 2012. He plays the role of fun loving troublemaker Carmine Basco. In his spare time, Dapper enjoys going to the gym, painting, and playing video games, loves to cook and he's also into music, listens to Rock, Reggae and Rap. Most recently has exhibited his own artwork of acrylic paintings in a show art in Hollywood.- Actor
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Matthew ZanFagna is an Italian-American actor and director. His work has been featured in Rolling Stone, AV Club, Brooklyn Vegan, Indiewire, and more. Matthew's artistic practice is influenced by his background in theatre as a director, actor, and props designer. He was conceived through artificial-insemination and raised by queer women in Rhode Island. He is a 2013 graduate of American Musical and Dramatic Academy (New York).- Producer
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Brittany N Sparks known professionally as Briti Black/Briti Ghoul is an American Director, Animator, Online Personality, Podcast Host, Streamer & Pro-Gamer. Based in South Carolina for most of her career, Brittany rose to prominence with her widely popular 2018 short film "Yue Tu". Brittany is married to Director & Filmmaker Matthew L Sparks for over 10 Years.- Actor
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Gabriel Iglesias is one of America's most successful stand-up comedians performing to sold-out concerts around the world. Iglesias was featured in The Hollywood Reporter's Top 40 Comedy Players of 2018 issue alongside comedy giants Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock and Lorne Michaels. Unlike many in the stand-up world, Iglesias' globally appealing comedy stays mostly clean and his non-controversial material appeals to audiences of all ages and walks of life. Iglesias has also had the distinct honor of being one of the few to headline and sell-out Madison Square Garden, Staples Center and The Sydney Opera House. He is also one of the most watched comedians on YouTube with nearly 1,000,000,000 views and has over 25 million followers across social media.
Iglesias starred in and was the executive producer of Netflix's multi-cam television series Mr. Iglesias. Iglesias plays a good-natured public high school teacher who works at his alma mater. He takes on teaching gifted but misfit kids to not only save them from being "counseled out" by a bully bureaucrat Assistant Principal, but also to help them unlock their full potential.
On the small screen, Iglesias was a recurring guest star on the ABC sitcom Cristela and guest starred in ABC's hit comedy Modern Family. Iglesias was also the star and creator of Fluffy's Food Adventures, a non-scripted comedic docu-follow series, that completed a 3 season run on Fuse TV. In addition, he hosted and starred in his hit series Stand-Up Revolution for 3 seasons on Comedy Central. Comedy Central also premiered Gabriel Iglesias: Aloha Fluffy in an unprecedented two-night comedy special to over 15 million viewers. The special was a follow-up to his previous DVD specials, Hot & Fluffy and I'm Not Fat...I'm Fluffy, which have sold millions of copies. In 2016, Iglesias released his 6th one-hour comedy special, I'm Sorry For What I Said When I Was Hungry on Netflix worldwide.
Feature film credits include co-starring roles in Magic Mike, Magic Mike XXL and A Haunted House 2. His voice can also be heard in numerous animated films including the Academy Award winning Coco, Show Dogs, Ferdinand, The Star, Smurfs: The Lost Village, Norm of the North, The Book of Life, The Nut Job and Disney's Planes. Iglesias also starred in the motion picture comedy film, The Fluffy Movie.
Just recently in 2022, Iglesias made a comeback after COVID-19, selling out the Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles. Roughly 56,000 people were watching him from the stands perform the biggest show of his career and one of the biggest show any comedian has done in the world.- Actor
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Xavier Ramirez, Jr. (born June 3, 1976) is an American actor and director. Xavier is a three time regional Emmy® nominated producer that has appeared in over 20 films as a actor, writer, director and producer. Xavier is best known for his role as director of the controversial music biopic "I Got Soul" (2013). He is also known for his roles in films such as Selena (1997), Step Up (2006). Among urban dance fans and B-boy culture, he is well known as collaborator to the actor/dancers of the original Breakin (1984) MGM franchise.
Xavier was born in San Antonio, Texas, the son of Alice Landin, and Xavier Ramirez Sr, a retired United States Airforce master sergeant .He attended Brackenridge High School, St. Mary's University & Rice University.- Visual Effects
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Kristy May Currie is a Post Production Supervisor and Visual Effects Producer with a background in Film, Television and Commercial work. Born in Sydney and spending time in both San Francisco and London throughout her career, Kristy has worked alongside leading film and TV directors including Sam Mendes, Joe Wright, Baz Luhrman, Tim Burton, Tom Hooper and Matthew Vaughan. Her background in Visual Effects stems from a love for making Music Videos where she has produced for artists such as Radiohead, Massive Attack, Lady Gaga, Beyonce and The Darkness. Kristy is Executive Producer for The Big Picture Company Global; a production outfit based in London and Sydney and specializing in the development of creative artist-led broadcast productions using high end VFX and Editorial pipelines with remote, live-stream workflows.