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- Soundtrack
Tiffany Hines was born on 2 September 1983 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. She is an actress, known for Magnum P.I. (2018), 24: Legacy (2016) and Bones (2005)."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 9
Chapter Nine 'Homecoming' (20 Nov 2006)
Cheerleader- Actor
- Casting Department
Omid Abtahi was born on 12 July 1979 in Tehran, Iran. He is an actor, known for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015), Brothers (2009) and My Own Worst Enemy (2008)."Amid Halebi"
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 0
Unaired Premiere Episode (22 Jul 2006)- Actor
- Director
- Producer
Max Amini was born in Tucson, Arizona. He was raised on the East Coast and graduated from UCLA's school of Theater, Film and Television in 2004. As an actor, Max has numerous film and television credits including NBC's Heroes, regular appearances on Comedy Central's Mind of Mencia, Netflix original Real Rob, and leading roles in several feature films.
Max is a sensational international Stand-up comedian and has been headlining his own tours since 2012. Every year he performs in Austrellia, German, London, Amsterdam, Dubai, Canada, and the list goes on. He's truly a one of a kind talent and he has a loyal fan base that truly loves him. For more info please visit his website."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 0
Unaired Premiere Episode (22 Jul 2006)
Cabbie
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 1
Chapter One 'Genesis' (25 Sep 2006)
Cabbie- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Erick Avari was born on April 13, 1952 in Darjeeling, India. His credits include leading roles in films from Kevin Reynolds' cult classic The Beast of War (1988) to commercial megahits such as Stargate (1994), Independence Day (1996), The Mummy (1999) and Planet of the Apes (2001). His comedic skills have landed him starring roles in the Adam Sandler remake Mr. Deeds (2002), For Love or Money (1993) and Woody Allen's only television film Don't Drink the Water (1994). He is also featured in Revelation (2002), The Glass House (2001) and has a starring role in Michael Meredith's Three Days of Rain (2002) and Dancing in Twilight (2007). His long theatrical background has garnered him critical acclaim for several roles at the Joseph Papp Public Theatre in New York City, including his portrayal of Vasquez in "'Tis Pity She's a Whore" and the Broadway hit, "The King and I".
Avari has had the pleasure of performing in some of the most prestigious regional theatres in the country, including The Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Chicago's Goodman Theater and The Cleveland Playhouse, playing roles such as the King in "King Lear" and Joseph Smith in the Mabou Mines production of "The Morman Project". On television, in addition to his recurring role as Kasuf on Stargate SG-1 (1997), he has played notable roles on Heroes (2006), Cybill (1995), Cheers (1982), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), Murder, She Wrote (1984), NYPD Blue (1993) and several made-for-television films."Chandra Suresh"
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 3
Chapter Three 'One Giant Leap' (09 Oct 2006)
(uncredited)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 8
Chapter Eight 'Seven Minutes to Midnight' (13 Nov 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 9
Chapter Nine 'Homecoming' (20 Nov 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 10
Chapter Ten 'Six Months Ago' (27 Nov 2006)- Actor
- Director
- Music Department
Graham Beckel was born on 22 December 1949 in Old Lyme, Connecticut, USA. He is an actor and director, known for L.A. Confidential (1997), Leaving Las Vegas (1995) and Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018). He has been married to Elizabeth Briggs Bailey since 1 December 1984."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 10
Chapter Ten 'Six Months Ago' (27 Nov 2006)
"Hal Sanders"- Actress
- Director
- Writer
Vivacious actress, stand-up comedienne, Host and MC, marketing consultant, talent booker, sales executive, public speaker and event producer/coordinator, Leslie Berger, has worn many hats, making a name for herself in both the worlds of entertainment and business. She is the CEO and founder of Dream Big Entertainment Company.
A California native born and raised in Los Angeles, Leslie graduated with a BS Degree in Marketing from California State University of Long Beach. She ran a successful independent sales and marketing business for over 25 years before shifting gears to her passion of performing. One of her passions is to be the star of her own television sitcoms. Entertaining people and making them laugh brings her so much pleasure. Everyone needs a fun distraction from their issues and challenges of life! Laughter is great medicine for the soul!
Since 2002, Leslie has been acting in a variety of television and film roles. In addition, she has been Chairing and leading the Women in Film Actor's Group producing, booking talent, organizing and hosting panel discussions featuring top Hollywood Directors, Writers, Producers and Actors. In addition to her life as a performer, Leslie has worked as talent executive for the webisode television documentary news series "Understanding Cancer."
Leslie's involvement with the acting world inspired her to teach aspiring actors how to effectively network and market themselves in "the business of show business." Her workshops "The Business of Acting" has attracted students from all over the world to learn the essential skills they need to succeed in a difficult and highly competitive business.
Her comic alter ego "Berger, the Berger with Everything" has packed comedy clubs throughout the Los Angeles and Orange County area. In addition, she has produced comedy benefit events for various non-profit charities, schools and church groups.
When she's not in front of, or behind, the camera, planning and coordinating events, producing fund raisers for nonprofit organizations, Leslie enjoys spending time attending jazz and R and B concerts, plays, musicals, and traveling the world. One of her passions in life is to donate her time and experiences as a volunteer for various charity foundations especially those that reach out and help our youth. Leslie serves on the Board of Directors of the nonprofit organization "Sarge's Community Base, Inc". Our mission is reaching out and helping at-risk youth throughout Southern California. They learn life skills so they can be empowered successfully to have a happy and worthwhile life through Respect, Discipline, and Structure.
Leslie gives thanks to Papa Berger her adorable Dad for all his support and encouragement. She also gives thanks to her Heavenly Father who is always in her corner and where all blessings come from."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 3
Chapter Three 'One Giant Leap' (09 Oct 2006)
Airline Passenger (uncredited)- David is best known for his role as assistant coroner, David "Super Dave" Philips on the hit drama, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. He has also appeared on a number of shows including Heroes, Desperate Housewives, Drop Dead Diva and assumed the role as Host and Narrator for National Geographic's Lost Faces of the Bible."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 10
Chapter Ten 'Six Months Ago' (27 Nov 2006)
"Brian Davis" - Actress
- Writer
- Producer
Nicole "Nikki" Bilderback grew up in Dallas, Texas as an all-American girl. She was born in Seoul, Korea but is a mix of Korean, Japanese and Chinese, giving her a versatile Asian-American look. Nikki was adopted as a newborn by Jim and Lois Bilderback. Being the youngest child and only daughter, she started dance training at the young age of 3 years old. She is proficient in all styles of dance- specializing in lyrical, modern, contemporary, ballet and hip/hop. Nikki is a major fitness buff and enjoys spin, high intensity interval training and is well experienced in kick boxing and mixed martial arts, enabling her to perform her own stunts.
Ms. Bilderback has made her mark recurring on popular tv shows such as BROOKLYN NINE-NINE, NCIS: NEW ORLEANS, THE ROOKIE, GOOD GIRLS, BONES, PERCEPTION, THE MENTALIST, HUMAN TARGET, CASTLE, NUMB3RS, HOUSE, HEROES, WITHOUT A TRACE, DAWSON'S CREEK, and DARK ANGEL. Some of her feature film credits include Netflix's STAGED KILLER, the action film MERCENARIES, CLUELESS, CAN'T HARDLY WAIT, LEGALLY BLONDE 2, BAD GIRLS FROM VALLEY HIGH, plus many more! Nikki is probably most recognized as the bitchy cheerleader "Whitney" in the blockbuster mega-hit BRING IT ON, starring Kirsten Dunst.
"I am an actress who is Asian-American. Not an 'Asian Actress' and this does not limit my ability, nor should it limit my opportunities to play any female lead character." A role that stands out as the perfect example of this, Nicole was cast as the female lead in the highly acclaimed independent feature film, THE NEW TWENTY. It is a non-ethnic specific role AND the female lead. Being marked by critics as "The St. Elmo's Fire of this generation"- LA Weekly, the film received numerous awards at all the film festivals both nationwide and internationally. In the summer of 2008, she won The Grand Jury Award BEST LEAD ACTRESS at the Los Angeles Out Fest Film Festival for her first female leading lady role. www.thenewtwentymovie.com.
As an actress/writer/producer, Nikki has written a ½ hour single camera comedy pilot based on her life as a Texan-Asian American actress in Hollywood titled, RED, WHITE and YELLOW. Ms. Bilderback has created 3 treatments ready to pitch and sell- two tv series and a feature film. In addition, she is starting to shadow renown directors and hopes to hyphen her talents as a TV director!
Ms. Bilderback was recently seen as "Captain Kim" on NBC's BROOKLYN NINE-NINE. She is currently the no-nonsense attorney "Denise Harper" on Freeform's #1 most watched hit series ever, CRUEL SUMMER. Season 1 of the psychological thriller/mystery is streaming on Hulu. Up next...You will be able to see Nikki as "Lisa Lawson" in the upcoming holiday rom- com, CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF CHRISTMAS, premiering this holiday season 2022!"Ms. Sakamoto"
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 4
Chapter Four 'Collision' (16 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 5
Chapter Five 'Hiros' (23 Oct 2006)- Actor
- Producer
- Director
Matthew Bushell was born on 8 January 1974 in Framingham, Massachusetts, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Twilight (2008), Leatherheads (2008) and CSI: Miami (2002)."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 4
Chapter Four 'Collision' (16 Oct 2006)
Linderman's Henchman- Actor
- Producer
- Additional Crew
Eugene Byrd was born on 28 August 1975 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004), Sleepers (1996) and Dead Man (1995)."Campaign Manager"
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 3
Chapter Three 'One Giant Leap' (09 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 4
Chapter Four 'Collision' (16 Oct 2006)- Francis Capra was born on April 27, 1983 in New York, and raised in the Bronx. Discovered by Robert De Niro and Chazz Palminteri when they were casting for the film A Bronx Tale (1993), he began to work as a child actor and moved to Los Angeles with his mother Ann Marie Capra and his siblings. His father was in jail for most of Francis' childhood before his eventual shooting death in 2003."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 3
Chapter Three 'One Giant Leap' (09 Oct 2006)
Jesse Murphy (uncredited) - Actor
- Soundtrack
Michael Reilly Burke was born on 27 June 1964 in Marin County, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Ted Bundy (2002), The Collector (2009) and Mars Attacks! (1996). He has been married to Kayren Butler since October 2008. They have two children."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 6
Chapter Six 'Better Halves' (30 Oct 2006)
Paramedic- Stunts
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Carl Ciarfalio is a 40-year veteran of stage, television and movies. He enjoys a prolific career as an actor, stuntman, and stunt-coordinator. Carl has worked with film and television legends including Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard, Steven Soderbergh, Tom Cruise, Clint Eastwood, Denzel Washington, Halle Berry and Chuck Norris. Carl was an award-winning college wrestler who found a way to parlay his talents into performing in the live western themed stage shows at Knott's Berry Farm and then Universal Studios. He received his SAG card in 1977 and has been working in the film and television industry ever since. Carl has appeared many times as guest-star and co-star in several television programs and feature films over his career, and was the recipient of the "Best Fight Sequence" award in the 1st Annual Stuntman Awards for his performance in the television series, "Knight Rider". Carl became a member of the Stuntmen's Association of Motion Pictures in 1985 and served as president from 1992 until 1996. He served on the Board of Governors at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for two terms and was the Governor of the Stunt Peer Group, which he helped to form in the year 2000. In 2001 Carl was a key player in establishing the first Emmy Award for Outstanding Stunt Co-ordination; this Emmy is now awarded each year at the Television Academy's Creative Arts Awards Ceremony. Carl also served as the stunt community liaison during the creation of the annual Taurus World Stunt Awards and the Taurus Foundation, and continues to serves on its Blue Ribbon Committee."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 2
Chapter Two 'Don't Look Back' (02 Oct 2006)
Jumpsuit- Josh Clark was born on 16 August 1955 in Bethesda, Maryland, USA. He is an actor, known for McFarland, USA (2015)."Sheriff"
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 2
Chapter Two 'Don't Look Back' (02 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 8
Chapter Eight 'Seven Minutes to Midnight' (13 Nov 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 9
Chapter Nine 'Homecoming' (20 Nov 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 10
Chapter Ten 'Six Months Ago' (27 Nov 2006) - Stunt Coordinator
- Stunts
- Actress
Eliza Coleman is known for Sick (2022), Gymkhana 2022 (2022) and Reservation Dogs (2021). She is married to Doug Coleman. They have two children."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 7
Chapter Seven 'Nothing to Hide' (06 Nov 2006)
Woman in Car Crash- Actress
- Director
- Writer
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 7
Chapter Seven 'Nothing to Hide' (06 Nov 2006)
"Nurse Jennifer"- Actor
- Producer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Adam Jamal Craig was born on 3 September 1980 in Olathe, Johnson, Kansas, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for In Time (2011), NCIS: Los Angeles (2009) and Crossing Jordan (2001)."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 3
Chapter Three 'One Giant Leap' (09 Oct 2006)
Staffer (uncredited)- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Thomas Dekker is a 30 year veteran of the film and television industry. At the age of 5, he landed a national commercial and a brief stint on the soap opera "The Young and the Restless". This lead to a slew of guest starring and recurring roles on popular television series of the time such as "Seinfeld", "ER" and "The Nanny" before he landed his first leading role in John Carpenter's 1995 film "Village of the Damned" opposite the late Christopher Reeve. It was this experience at the age of 6 that cemented Dekker's love and commitment to acting and placed him squarely in line with science fiction and genre fare. Concurrent with performances in both the feature film "Star Trek: Generations" and the TV series "Star Trek: Voyager", Dekker also began work as a voice actor. He would eventually play the voice of Littlefoot in "The Land Before Time" film series and Feivel in "An American Tail" film series, both for Universal Studios. At the age of 9, he was cast in his first series regular role as Nick Szalinski on Disney's "Honey I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show", which ran for 3 seasons from 1997 to 2000. Immediately following the series, Dekker played the lead role of Jason Calloway in FOX's unaired comedy pilot "The No. 1 Show" co-starring Tina Fey and directed by SNL's Beth McCarthy Miller.
In 2006, Dekker landed the role of Zac, best friend to Hayden Panettiere's cheerleader Claire, in the popular NBC show "Heroes". However, Dekker left the series mid season to portray the iconic character of John Connor on FOX's "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" opposite Lena Headey and Garret Dillahunt. The show was a critical and commercial success and garnered Dekker much praise for his sensitive, complex portrayal of the teen/future savior of the world. Between seasons of the series, Dekker played the romantic lead in Nick Cassavete's "My Sister's Keeper" alongside Cameron Diaz, Joan Cusack and Alec Baldwin and he wrote and directed the expressionist drama "Whore" starring Megan Fox, Lena Headey and Rumer Willis. Upon the completion of "Terminator" in 2010, Dekker had lead roles in the cult film "All About Evil" with Natasha Lyonne, New Line's "A Nightmare on Elm Street" opposite Rooney Mara and Jackie Earle Haley, Gaby Dellal's ensemble drama "Angel's Crest" with Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Piven and Elizabeth McGovern and Gregg Araki's festival breakout "Kaboom" co-starring Haley Bennett, Roxane Mesquida and Juno Temple. The film was the first to receive the Queer Palm at Cannes and was a national sensation in France.
After receiving accolades at Toronto, Deauville, BFI London, San Francisco, Tribeca and Sundance Film Festivals, Dekker won the coveted role of the legendary Lance Loud in HBO's "Cinema Verite", a biopic about the Louds, the first family to receive a reality TV show based on their lives in the 1970s. The Emmy nominated film was directed by Berman & Pulcini and co-starred Diane Lane, Tim Robbins, Patrick Fugit and the late James Gandolfini. Following this, Dekker returned to television as the male lead in Kevin WIlliamson's supernatural series "The Secret Circle" for the CW before continuing more film work with the festival hit "Enter the Dangerous Mind" starring Jake Hoffman and Nikki Reed, Catherine Hardwicke's erotic thriller "Plush" (which he also co-scored), "Squatters" with Gabriella Wilde, Luke Grimes and Richard Dreyfuss and "Lost in the White City", a Tel Aviv set drama co-starring Haley Bennett.
In 2014, Dekker began his role as Rainn WIlson's right hand man "Valentine" on FOX's dark comedy crime series "Backstrom" from "Bones" creator Hart Hanson. Following the series, Dekker pivoted his attention back to his writing/directing interests and made his second feature film "Jack Goes Home", a semi-autobiographical thriller starring Rory Culkin, Lin Shaye and Britt Robertson. The film premiered to standing ovations at the SXSW Film Festival and received worldwide distribution from eOne/Momentum. Next, Dekker made a cameo in Catherine Hardwicke's "Miss Bala" starring Gina Rodriguez and Ismael Cruz Cordova and appeared in "Body Brokers" with Melissa Leo, Michael K. Williams, Jack Kilmer and Alice Englert.
Dekker's latest turn was the role of cut-throat executive "Travis Denton" in Lionsgate/Roku Channel's series "Swimming With Sharks" opposite Diane Kruger, Kiernan Shipka, Finn Jones and Donald Sutherland. Written by Kathleen Robertson and directed by Tucker Gates, the series is based on the 1994 cult classic film of the same name and had its world premiere at the 2022 SXSW Film Festival. Dekker will next appear in the film "Little Dixie" alongside Frank Grillo, Beau Knapp, Annabeth Gish and Eric Dane.
Dekker is currently in pre production on his third feature film as writer/director and as a musician, he most recently released his fourth studio album "Tasma" in August last year. He resides in southern California.
04/19/2022"Zach"
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 0
Unaired Premiere Episode (22 Jul 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 1
Chapter One 'Genesis' (25 Sep 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 3
Chapter Three 'One Giant Leap' (09 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 4
Chapter Four 'Collision' (16 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 6
Chapter Six 'Better Halves' (30 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 9
Chapter Nine 'Homecoming' (20 Nov 2006)- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Born and raised on Long Island, NY, Devoti made his way from Merrick to Baltimore, MD, where he attended and graduated from Loyola University, earning a BA in Communications/Advertising with a Minor in Business. While there, Devoti competed on the #1 nationally ranked Loyola Greyhounds Men's Lacrosse Team, going to a Final Four his freshman year. After graduation, James traveled to West Africa to volunteer his time and efforts in Ghana before embarking on a career in the entertainment industry.
James has one older brother, John Devoti who served in Afghanistan in 2004 and Iraq in 2008. He is currently a Lt. Colonel in the United States Marine Corps.
Devoti's father, Robert, passed away to lung cancer when James was only thirteen years old. He served as a sniper with the United States Marine Corps in Vietnam. His mother, Barbara, who resided in Merrick, New York, until her passing in 2021 was a retired teacher and a Hall of Fame inductee for the Massapequa public school district. James attributes his work ethic, persistence and determination to the values she instilled in he and his brother as a single mother."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 2
Chapter Two 'Don't Look Back' (02 Oct 2006)
Cop (as Jim DeVoti)- Actress
- Writer
"Reporter Laura Lancaster"
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 0
Unaired Premiere Episode (22 Jul 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 1
Chapter One 'Genesis' (25 Sep 2006)- Actress
- Writer
- Producer
Mx. Nicky Endres (they/she) has long defied convention. An adopted Asian-American Non-Binary Transfeminine Queer actor, comic, voice artist, and audiobook narrator with keen comedic timing and a love for auditorily-naturalistic (but visually-nightmarish) compound sentences, they have long challenged cultural categories to forge their own way. An English/Theatre double-major, Nicky spent most of their liberal arts university education reading, writing, and performing - and after toiling over which of the three was the sexiest way to be a starving artist, went all-in on Hollywood because it snows in New York.
Nicky is a convergence of contraries: East and West, masculine and feminine, pathos and levity. With a specialty for gender transformation, they are cast as much for their androgynous look as for their versatility across the gender spectrum, providing authenticity to multidimensional Queer identities. Although the pitch and texture of Nicky's signature sultry sonacy can range from baritone to alto, lending itself to characters of all genders, their natural Non-Binary Trans voice isn't so much a Sound as it is a Perspective.
Nicky has enjoyed a wide variety of roles in TV, film, and theatre - recurring on One Day at a Time (Netflix; PopTV) and with notable guest stars in The Dropout (Hulu) and NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS). Other recent credits include Lucifer (Netflix) and On the Verge (Netflix). Nicky also provides the English-language voice for the starring role of Spanish Trans icon Christina Ortiz Rodriguez in Veneno, the limited series about her life (HBO Max).
Hailing from a small town in Wisconsin, Nicky discovered a passion for dialects - a passion rooted in overcoming their own wholesome Midwestern brogue. Also a DIY maven, graphic designer, and SharePoint architect, Nicky most appreciates the design elements of storytelling, and brings a winsome combination of heart and smart to every project. Nicky's modern, unpretentious, naturally didactic way of speaking has earned them a reputation as an Edutainer; even their bluest stand-up sets have the unwitting effect of a sex-positive TED talk.
Nicky enjoys martial arts, dark existentialist themes, victories in representation and inclusion, and unicorns. They are passionate about building bridges with LGBTQIA+ Allies, advocating for sex-positivity & consent, and - most of all, and with deep sincerity - Nicky is devoted to Xena: Warrior Princess."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 1
Chapter One 'Genesis' (25 Sep 2006)
Asian Teen (uncredited)- Actor
- Composer
- Producer
A tall, lanky and twinkle-eyed African-American actor with wonderful onscreen charisma, Antonio Fargas has been appearing on stage and screen for nearly 60 years as of 2021. His film debut was in Shirley Clarke's The Cool World (1963), a gritty, uncompromising tale about African-American youth growing up in Harlem, New York. He then made his acting presence felt in many "blaxploitation" films of the early 1970s, including the classic Shaft (1971), the Mafia flick Across 110th Street (1972), the ultra-violent Pam Grier vehicle Foxy Brown (1974) and the classic tale of Huckleberry Finn (1975).
Around this time ABC-TV executives were looking for a capable actor to play the role of golden-hearted street informant "Huggy Bear" on Starsky and Hutch (1975), and Fargas scored the role with which he is most closely identified. His career continued to flourish after "Starsky and Hutch" wrapped up after four years, and he has appeared in over 50 movies to date, many TV shows and numerous stage productions. He has played a 90-year-old witch doctor in "The Great White Hope", was in Melvin Van Peebles' "Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death", and appeared in productions of "The Rainmaker", "The Emperor Jones" and "Dream on Monkey Mountain". A strong advocate of the strength and diversity of African-American culture, Fargas holds positions on the boards of Rhode Island's Langston Hughes Center for the Arts and The Martin Luther King Center of Newport."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 0
Unaired Premiere Episode (22 Jul 2006)
"Ezekiel"- Producer
- Actress
- Director
Andrea Fellers has extensive experience in the entertainment industry as a director and producer, and has generated an exemplary portfolio of film, television, and commercial work. She has been involved with all elements of production from fund raising, development, pre-production, production, post-production and distribution.
Andrea was one of seven filmmakers chosen to direct and produce an experimental film, "Call of the River", which premiered at the Red Cat Disney Hall Theatre in Downtown Los Angeles. After which, Andrea spent several months in the UK, executive producing the feature film, "Isle of Dogs". She also directed and produced, "Do You Believe In Pancakes", and directed and developed the episode "First Trip" for the web series "Firsts", as well as produced the coming of age feature film, "Riding '79", which was shot in Puerto Rico.
"The Truth About You" marked her third feature film as a producer and her feature directorial debut. Entirely shot in Los Angeles, "The Truth About You" takes place on New Year's Eve, when six best friends make a pact to tell each other the one thing they've always wanted to... with disastrous results. "The Truth About You" is being likened to a contemporary pop culture breakfast club.
Andrea produced all of the artwork for the feature and the piece she created specifically for the film (also titled, "The Truth About You") was part of her solo art exhibition, "Hollywood Love Letters", at the ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood, CA. "Hollywood Love Letters" featured abstract interpretations of films that have inspired and influenced Andrea. The exhibition included earlier works and was a well-rounded representation of who Andrea is as an artist.
Andrea produced "Lillian." for Johnathan Fernandez in association with Traveling Picture Show Company, and has stood behind the #metoo movement by helming a #metoo PSA with Helen Alexis Yonov, along with several commercial projects."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 5
Chapter Five 'Hiros' (23 Oct 2006)
Sassy Cowgirl (uncredited)- Actor
- Stunts
- Additional Crew
Mike Foy was born in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, USA. Mike is an actor, known for Green Rush (2020), Death in Texas (2020) and The Rookie (2018)."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 5
Chapter Five 'Hiros' (23 Oct 2006)
Crackhead- Actress
- Soundtrack
- Producer
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 5
Chapter Five 'Hiros' (23 Oct 2006)
Cheerleader (uncredited)- Actor
- Transportation Department
Colby French was born on 28 July 1972 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for Grosse Pointe Blank (1997), Eagle Eye (2008) and Destroyer (2018)."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 6
Chapter Six 'Better Halves' (30 Oct 2006)
"Hank"- Stephen Full was born on 13 November 1969 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, known for Cold Case (2003), Castle (2009) and Dog with a Blog (2012). He was previously married to Annie Wersching."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 6
Chapter Six 'Better Halves' (30 Oct 2006)
Lowlife - Ashlee Gillespie was born on 13 April 1985 in San Dimas, California, USA. She is an actress, known for Of Silence (2014), CSI: NY (2004) and Cold Case (2003)."Lori Trammel"
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 3
Chapter Three 'One Giant Leap' (09 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 4
Chapter Four 'Collision' (16 Oct 2006) - Actress
- Producer
- Art Department
Jessalyn Gilsig has an extensive list of theater credits to her name. A graduate of McGill University in Montreal, Canada, Gilsig received her theatrical training at the American Repertory Theatre's Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University. Among the American Repertory Theatre projects in which she appeared are "The Cherry Orchard," "Henry V," "The Oresteia," "Tartuffe" and "The Tempest." She also appeared in the Alliance Theatre production of "The Last Night of Ballyhoo," and in numerous other live productions and television commercials."Meredith Gordon"
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 3
Chapter Three 'One Giant Leap' (09 Oct 2006)
(uncredited)- Director
- Writer
- Actress
Brea Grant was born in Marshall, Texas and attended high school at Marshall Public High School. She earned an MA at the University of Texas in Austin. Her first television acting job was on Friday Night Lights. She went on to play characters on Dexter and Heroes. She now resides in Los Angeles."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 3
Chapter Three 'One Giant Leap' (09 Oct 2006)
Daphne Millbrook (uncredited)- Actor
- Producer
Ronald Guttman is a theatre, film, and television actor, originally from Brussels, and active in both America and Europe. Some of his most recent work include Godfather of Harlem with Forest Whitaker (MGM+), Sister of the Groom with Alicia Silverstone (Hulu) and Hunters starring Al Pacino (Amazon Prime Video). Other credits include:
Theatre: Peter Morgan's Patriots (Noël Coward Theatre, 2023; Almeida Theatre, 2022); New York - The Fall (Huron Club); Picasso at the Lapin Agile; The Philanthropist (Long Wharf Theatre); The Fifth Column; The Lonely Way (The Mint); Rough For Theater I (Drama League); Race (Classic Stage Company); No Exit; The Free Zone (UBURep); Funky Crazy Boogaloo Boy (Naked Angels); Modigliani (Jewish Repertory Theatre); Coastal Disturbances (Second Stage/Circle in the Square); Oedipus (Performing Garage); Liliom (Off Broadway); Escurial (Actors Studio); Master and Margarita (Summer Stage Bard); Bauer (San Francisco Playhouse); Elephant Man (Théâtre de la Potinière, Paris); Le Sablier (Théâtre Antoine, Paris); numerous productions at the National Theatre (Brussels) and La Compagnie du Rideau de Bruxelles.
Film: V13; All You Need is Blood; The Duel; Isle of Love; Entre Deux Trains; Sister of the Groom; On the Basis of Sex; Black Magic for White Boys; Wanderland; Mr & Mrs Adelman; Welcome to New York; Nina; Pawn; Imogene; 13; Tickling Leo; 27 Dresses; And The Band Played On; Avalon; Green Card; The Hunt for Red October; August Rush; Danton.
Television: Documentary Now; Godfather of Harlem; Hunters; Black Earth Rising; Baskets; Mozart in the Jungle; Blacklist; Madam Secretary; Bull; Preacher; Elementary; The Good Wife; Rendez-Vous; Mad Men; Mildred Pierce; Homeland; Lipstick Jungle; Lost; The West Wing; Sex and the City; Star Trek: Voyager; Murder, She Wrote."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 3
Chapter Three 'One Giant Leap' (09 Oct 2006)
Dr. Zimmerman (uncredited)- Actress
- Producer
Stacy Haiduk was born on 24 April 1968 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA. She is an actress and producer, known for The Young and the Restless (1973), Days of Our Lives (1965) and Steel and Lace (1990). She has been married to Bradford Tatum since 11 November 1997. They have one child."FBI Agent Elisa Thayer"
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 0
Unaired Premiere Episode (22 Jul 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 2
Chapter Two 'Don't Look Back' (02 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 8
Chapter Eight 'Seven Minutes to Midnight' (13 Nov 2006)- Actor
- Cinematographer
Jacob Hashem was born in Indiana and raised in Austin, Texas. His mother is an air force brat and college professor and his father is a 2 time Olympian (4 if you count coaching) and retired banker. Growing up, Jacob played football and baseball, but acting has always been his passion. He has an RTVF degree from the University of North Texas."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 0
Unaired Premiere Episode (22 Jul 2006)
Terrorist- Actor
- Producer
- Additional Crew
The Brooklyn-born actor Jamie Hector may be best known for his role as Marlo Stanfield on the critically acclaimed HBO series "The Wire". He now plays Detective Jerry Edgar on the Amazon hit series "BOSCH". Jamie studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute. He is also the founder of Moving Mountains Inc., a non-profit organization that gives inner-city youth the opportunity to study the arts."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 3
Chapter Three 'One Giant Leap' (09 Oct 2006)
Benjamin 'Knox' Washington (uncredited)- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 6
Chapter Six 'Better Halves' (30 Oct 2006)
Detective- Sakina Jaffrey was born on 14 February 1962 in Manhattan, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Raising Helen (2004), Definitely, Maybe (2008) and The Truth About Charlie (2002). She has been married to Francis Wilkinson since 8 September 1990. They have two children."Mrs. Suresh"
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 8
Chapter Eight 'Seven Minutes to Midnight' (13 Nov 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 9
Chapter Nine 'Homecoming' (20 Nov 2006) - Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Native New Yorker actor/comedian Corey Allen Kotler, who was featured in Taylor Swift's Wildest Dreams video is a sketch comedy regular on late night talk shows; The Tonight Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live! & MTV Movie Awards using his facial ambidextrous comedic chops honed from training w/Chicago's Second City & legendary NYC stand-up venues; The Bitter End, Village Gate & The Apollo Theater. Bamboozling Howard Stern into believing he was an actual authentic Hasidic Rabbi, Rabbi Chaim Goldwasser, Kotler made his unorthodox television debut in 1991.
Corey Allen Kotler was born and raised in Bayside, Queens, New York. During his freshman year at Nassau Community College he broke into stand-up comedy. Kotler debuted on an episode of 'the Howard Stern Show' on WWOR TV. Corey relocated to Chicago to study improvisation with the legendary Second City where his teachers included a young unknown Steve Carell. While in Chicago, he was cast as an original member of the hit play, Tony & Tina's Wedding. After a year with the company, he decided to move back to New York and finish college. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Broadcasting at the CW Post Campus of Long Island University. Since relocating to Los Angeles, Corey's more recent television highlights include: Heroes, Ugly Betty, ER, Nip/Tuck, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Rizzoli and Isles and Jimmy Kimmel Live! MTV Movie Awards, Teen Choice Awards as well as various sketches on The Tonight Show. Corey's also appeared in over 22 national TV commercials as well as numerous independent films."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 0
Unaired Premiere Episode (22 Jul 2006)
Bus Driver (as Corey Kotler)- Actress
- Production Designer
Toni Lewis is known for Homicide: Life on the Street (1993), House (2004) and Heroes (2006). She is married to Chris Tergesen."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 4
Chapter Four 'Collision' (16 Oct 2006)
Medical Examiner- Actor
- Producer
- Director
Archie Kao was born in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000), Chicago P.D. (2014) and Nothing Gold Can Stay (2017). He was previously married to Xun Zhou."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 5
Chapter Five 'Hiros' (23 Oct 2006)
Doctor- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Shishir Kurup, is an actor/writer/director/composer and Books-On-Tape narrator born in Bombay, India raised in Mombasa, Kenya and the U.S. His one-man shows "Assimilation" and "Exile: Ruminations on a Reluctant Martyr" (the latter a commission from Highways Performance Space) have been seen in countless cities and universities nationally and internationally including Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Austin, London and Manchester, England. His essay "In-Between-Space" appears in "Let's Get It On: The Politics of Black Performance," published by the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London. Assimilation is published by Rutgers Press in the anthology "Bold Words: A Century of Asian American Writing." He was profiled in author Mei Ling Cheng's book: "In Other Los Angeleses-Multicentric Performance Art." His solo performance piece "Sharif Don't Like It" examines the fallout from the USA Patriot Act and the disappearance of over two thousand South Asian and Arab Muslims and played in October '09 at the National Asian American Theatre Festival in NYC. He received his BFA in Acting/Directing from the University of Florida and his MFA in acting from the conservatory at U.C. San Diego.
Shishir is a long-time ensemble member of the nationally renowned Cornerstone Theater Company and was nominated for an Ovation Award for acting in Cornerstone's, "Malliere." He has also written over a hundred and fifty songs for Cornerstone, winning Garland and Dramalogue Awards for music composition in "Los Vecinos" and "Candude" (the latter directed by him and nominated for an Ovation Award for Best Musical of the Year); and for Acting in "Twelfth Night," "MedeaMacbethCinderella (MMC)"and "Los Biombos," directed by Bill Rauch, Tracy Young and Peter Sellars, respectively. He was composer for Cornerstone's adaptation of "The Good Person of New Haven" at the Long Wharf Theater and for a subsequent MMC production at the Yale Rep. MMC recently opened at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and ran through November 2012.
In 2006 he composed songs for Cornerstone's production of "As You Like It: A California Concoction" at the Pasadena Playhouse and Co-composed songs for and directed Cornerstone's twentieth anniversary show, "Demeter in the City," at Redcat in Disney Hall written by Macarthur Fellow Sarah Ruhl. His play "On Caring for the Beast" opened in New York in April 2001 at the Currican Theater and was the inaugural production for both Disha Theatre Company and Inner City Arts' Rosenthal Theater in February 2010 respectively, the latter as an ensemble show for Cornerstone Theater Company. Shishir was one of only six people Nationally to receive the TIME (Time for Inspiration, Motivation and Exploration) Grant from the Audrey Skirball Foundation in recognition of his body of work. In 2006 and 2010 he was a Herb Alpert Award nominee for theater. Also in 2010 he was one of three finalists for the prestigious Alan Schneider award in directing from Theatre Communications Group. Shishir closed a very successful sold out run in the fall of 2010 of Making Paradise: The West Hollywood Musical for which he was the lyricist. In the spring of 2011 he directed Lynn Mannning's, The Unrequited: Between Two Worlds.
For Cornerstone, he has also written and directed "Ghurba" with the Arab-American community in the Los Angeles Festival and written, directed and composed "An Antigone Story," a multi-media, Rock'n'Roll hijack of Sophocles' classic at The Getty Center and The Subway Terminal Building. He also co-directed (with Bill Rauch) and composed songs for "Everyman in the Mall", and was playwright and composer for "Sid Arthur" and "Birthday of the Century." "As Vishnu Dreams," Shishir's meditation on the Ramayana, completed a highly successful run in 2004 at East West Players with critic's choice from both the LA Times and LA Weekly. In June 2007 he directed the sold out run of "Los Illegals," by Michael John Garces, which kicked off Cornerstone's three year Justice Cycle. Shishir is nearing completion of his first feature film with Cornerstone of "Sharif Don't Like It," and will be looking for distribution around the country and abroad.
Elsewhere, he directed Sung Rno's, "Cleveland Raining" at East West Players and "Ten Angry Clowns" at the Delle Arte School as well as several productions at the Los Angeles Theater Center where he was a part of the Artistic Staff running the Asian American Theatre Project. Shishir is a Princess Grace fellow. He is a California Arts Council Grant and Kennedy Center, Roger. L. Stevens Award recipient for his modern verse appropriation, "Merchant on Venice," set in the South Asian community in and around Venice Boulevard in Culver City. Merchant was picked for the first annual South-Asian Diaspora festival at New York's Lark Theatre. It also received an NEA/TCG Extended Collaboration Grant for further development workshops in Los Angeles and New York at East West Players and The Lark respectively. Merchant performed at the Mark Taper Forum's New Plays for Now Festival at the Kirk Douglas Theater in the Spring of '05. In the Fall of '07 Merchant premiered at The Silk Road Theatre Project in Chicago to unanimously stellar reviews and the Ten Best List of the Chicago Tribune, Sun-Times and Time Out Magazine as well as other publications. The play will travel to England for its London premiere produced by Rented Space Theatre. Merchant was recently published in the anthology Beyond Bollywood and Broadway: Plays from the South Asian Diaspora from Indiana Press. He recently received a MAP grant along with writer Sigrid Gilmer for Cornerstone's fall '12 production of SEED: A weird Act of Faith for which he directed. Upcoming directing projects include: the Mellon commissioned play by James Mcmanus, Love on San Pedro, for Cornerstone Theater Company in L.A.'s Skid Row and the Pulitzer Prize winning play Water by the Spoonful by Quiara Allegria Hudes for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. In the Spring of 2014 his own Mellon commission, Bliss Point, will be produced by Cornerstone Theater Company and directed by Juliette Carrillo.
Shishir's many theatre roles have included Macbeth, Feste, Azdak, and Trigorin. He played 'The Director' in Alison Carey's "For Here or to Go?" at the Mark Taper Forum. His many film and television credits include: Coneheads, Trigger Effect, City of Angels (film and TV series), In Good Company, Sleeper Cell, Bones, Cold Case, Numb3rs, Lost, Alias, Monk, Charmed, NYPD Blue, The Agency, Murder in Small Town X, Strong Medicine, Judging Amy, Off Centre, Six Feet Under, ER, C-16, etc... recurring roles on: Heroes, Surface, M.D.'s, Chicago Hope, and West Wing; series regulars in the Pilots: Veronica's Video, Laugh Damnit! w/the late Greg Giraldo and The Ripples; Independent films: The Zeroes, Turbans, The Want, The Prime Gig, A Day Without A Mexican and Miss Nobody. Most recently he was seen in the ABC/Disney film Lemonade Mouth and for Lifetime Television's Five More directed by Bryce Dallas Howard. He is the proud father of the lovely Tala Claye Ananya Perl Kurup who continues to be the most instructive presence in his life."Nirad"
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 0
Unaired Premiere Episode (22 Jul 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 1
Chapter One 'Genesis' (25 Sep 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 8
Chapter Eight 'Seven Minutes to Midnight' (13 Nov 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 9
Chapter Nine 'Homecoming' (20 Nov 2006)- Actress
- Producer
Kavi Ramachandran Ladnier was born in Kerala, India. She is an actress and producer, known for NCIS: Los Angeles (2009), The Sex Lives of College Girls (2021) and East Bay (2022)."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 8
Chapter Eight 'Seven Minutes to Midnight' (13 Nov 2006)
"Mira Shenoy"- Actor
- Stunts
- Additional Crew
Ken was trained in London at Shakespeare's Globe Theatre and the University of Westminster; also in NYC at the National Shakespeare Conservatory and the London Classic Theatre School. He also has a B.A. in Theatre from St. Lawrence University. He tackled the hardest role of his career, playing "Macbeth" in Las Vegas where he performed in front of more than 3,000 people a night for the very successful, and critically acclaimed month long run. In LA, Ken trained for film and TV under coach, Cameron Thor; and his two favorite screen roles were on TV: the first on "General Hospital", where he played "Greg", a mob accountant for the show's resident gangster, "Sonny Corinthos"; the second on ""Heroes", where he played a notorious super villain known only as "The German". He started studying Martial Arts nearly 40 years ago, and in '98 found himself at Benny "The Jet" Urquidez's "Jet's Gym", and Sensei Benny quickly got him into stunts and action acting. Since then he's been killed and/or beaten up on film, TV, and in video games."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 3
Chapter Three 'One Giant Leap' (09 Oct 2006)
The German (uncredited)- Actor
- Producer
- Sound Department
Maurice LaMarche is a Canadian-American comedian and voice actor from Toronto. He is most well-known for voicing Brain from Pinky and the Brain, Lrrr, Morbo and Calculon from Futurama, Estroy from Evil Con Carne, Mr. Big from Zootopia, King Agnarr from Frozen, Mr. Freeze from Batman: Arkham City, Yosemite Sam from Looney Tunes, Jack O'Lantern from The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Toucan Sam from Froot Loops commercials and Orson Welles from The Critic."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 2
Chapter Two 'Don't Look Back' (02 Oct 2006)
Sylar (voice) (uncredited)- Actor
- Additional Crew
Matthew Mackendree Lanter was born April 1, 1983 in Massillon, Stark County, Ohio, to Jana Kay (Wincek) and Joseph Hayes Lanter. He has a sister, Kara. When he was eight years old, he moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where his father's family is from. His recent ancestry includes Polish, English, Austrian, Scottish, and German.
Growing up, the blue-eyed actor spent most of his time playing baseball, football and golf. His love for baseball led him to scoring a position as a bat boy with the Atlanta Braves. In the year 2001, he graduated from Collins Hill High School. His parents got divorced when he was a senior at Collins Hill. Matt majored in Sports Business at the University of Georgia, but eventually moved to Los Angeles to follow his dreams of being part of the showbiz industry. He attended the University of Georgia after attending a community college for two years.
Lanter first gained the attention of fans when he was selected as a contestant in the 2004 reality television series, Manhunt: The Search for America's Most Gorgeous Male Model (2004). The show revolved around contestants having to compete with each other in a series of modeling events. Although he did not win the competition, Matt succeeded in making the show's top 10. It did not take too long before critics started noticing Matt.
After landing roles on shows such as Grey's Anatomy (2005), CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000), Life (2007), Big Love (2006), Monk (2002), as well as the feature film, Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (2004), starring Jim Caviezel, he built a solid foundation and was already in demand for future projects. His big break came when he starred as "Horace Calloway", the John F. Kennedy-like first son on the short-lived ABC political series, Commander in Chief (2005) in 2005. However, most people do not know that he was, in fact, not in the original pilot. Instead, Matt was a re-cast. Matt has also recurred on two of television's most popular shows: NBC's Heroes (2006) as the sinister quarterback "Brody Mitchumm" opposite Hayden Panettiere and CBS' Shark (2006) as "Eddie Linden".
His talent surpasses the ability to solely act for TV and film and on stage; Matt had the opportunity of starring in his theatrical debut, opposite Laurence Fishburne in Alfred Uhry's "Without Walls" at The Mark Taper Forum. Consistently booking role after role, he has starred in multiple other feature films merging him into a leading man. Lanter's films include: Warner Bros. animated feature film, Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008), in which he voices the popular character "Anakin Skywalker", the lead in Liongate's comedy, Disaster Movie (2008), and MGM's feature film, WarGames: The Dead Code (2008). Prior to that, he established himself as a tween heartthrob, playing the lead in MGM/ABC Family's film, The Cutting Edge 3: Chasing the Dream (2008).
Outside of acting, Matt has participated in various events for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (one of which was a celebrity dodgeball team promoting the premiere of Ben Stiller's movie, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004), in which the proceeds also went to the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation) and the Nautica Malibu Triathlon, where he was part of the "Commander in Chief" celebrity relay team.
Despite being busy working in the industry, Matt says that he tries to stay as humble as possible. When he's not acting, he enjoys being outdoors, playing golf and relaxing at the beach.
Matt married his longtime girlfriend, Angela Lanter, on June 14, 2013."Brody Mitchum"
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 2
Chapter Two 'Don't Look Back' (02 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 3
Chapter Three 'One Giant Leap' (09 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 4
Chapter Four 'Collision' (16 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 5
Chapter Five 'Hiros' (23 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 9
Chapter Nine 'Homecoming' (20 Nov 2006)- Michael Laren was catapulted to success early on in his dramatic journey with a career-defining portrayal of Jack Frost. His performance in the parochial chestnut "The Christmas Song Sketch" from Sister Bea DeMille's 1967 St. Mary's Grade School Yuletide Extravaganza brought down the Catholitorium. Young Master Laren received quite favorable reviews from the Vatican (Pope Paul VI). Alas, his intervening years have been spent trying to recapture that youthful pinnacle of success and the aforementioned papal adulation. Thus for many a year, and through many a succession of papal heirs to St. Peter's throne (with nary a congratulatory note or opening night bouquet from any one of them, mind you), Michael has journeyed forward with steadfast determination, ever onward in search of his next great theatrical conquest. Whether under the lights of the Broadway stage (a nice supporting part with limited dancing, modest housing and per diem) or beneath the tinsel of Hollywood (a series regular role whose character, though mute, appears in every episode of a weekly one-hour program and whose presence is integral to the story lines), Michael Laren will trod the boards, continuing to have a profound dramatic impact on monasteries and nunneries the world over. Plus a few synagogues, (from his great-great-grandmothers side)...also a couple of ashrams...oh, and a vegan commune in Topanga Canyon."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 8
Chapter Eight 'Seven Minutes to Midnight' (13 Nov 2006)
Diner Cook (uncredited)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 9
Chapter Nine 'Homecoming' (20 Nov 2006)
Diner Cook (uncredited)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 10
Chapter Ten 'Six Months Ago' (27 Nov 2006)
Diner Cook (uncredited) - Actress
- Additional Crew
- Writer
Tina Lifford emerged as an actress in 1994 as series lead in the critically acclaimed FOX comedy-drama South Central. In a career of more than twenty-five years, notable credits include Grand Canyon (1991), Mandela and De Klerk (1997), Blood Work (2002), Hostage (2005), Parenthood (2011-2015) and Scandal (2015). Her humanitarian work focuses on the importance of inner fitness."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 3
Chapter Three 'One Giant Leap' (09 Oct 2006)
"Paulette Hawkins"- Actress
- Writer
- Producer
Riki Lindhome was born in Coudersport, Pennsylvania but grew up primarily in Portville, New York (about 80 miles south of Buffalo). Her first break came when Tim Robbins cast her in his hit play, "Embedded", which played at the Public Theater in New York City, Riverside Studios in London and The Actor's Gang Theater in Los Angeles. Shortly after, Clint Eastwood cast her in her first film role, as "Mardell Fitzgerald" in Million Dollar Baby (2004). She also wrote and directed the award-winning short, Life Is Short (2006). Since then, she has found work in film, TV and commercials and performs in the LA-based comedy duo, Garfunkel & Oates, with Kate Micucci."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 3
Chapter Three 'One Giant Leap' (09 Oct 2006)
Car Rental Girl- Paydin was born in a small but culturally progressive town in Texas. She grew up performing on various stages around town. She signed with Product, a modeling agency in New York at age of 11. Paydin spent her summers in New York City modeling for Limited Too and Abercrombie Kids as well as several other companies. She then began television commercial work for companies such as Kohls and JC Penney, eventually signing with Osbrink Talent Agency in Los Angeles. She began her acting career by playing Michelle, a guest spot on a popular TV series, "The O.C." (2003). In the past year she has taken acting classes with Michael Woolson."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 4
Chapter Four 'Collision' (16 Oct 2006)
Brody's Next Victim - Actor
- Additional Crew
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 9
Chapter Nine 'Homecoming' (20 Nov 2006)
Vendor- Actor
- Producer
- Editor
Masamune played "Shredder" in Michael Bay's "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (2014); Kevin Hall-Yoshida (Paxton's dad) in "Never Have I Ever"; Dr. Matt Lin (Starring role) in 2019 EMMY Award and Peabody Award-winning series "Artificial". He has had lead stage roles directed by Tony Award winner Mary Zimmerman (Goodman Theatre) and Tony Award Winner Dan Sullivan (Williamstown Theatre Festival). He has worked with playwrights A.R. Gurney (Williamstown Theatre Festival) and Tony Award. Nominee Irene Mecchi (American Conservatory Theatre). He also was a member of the nationally recognized troupe, Theatre of Yugen, performing classical Japanese theatre (Noh/Kyogen).
He is an MIT grad.
He starts off the Christopher Nolan film "Inception" with the first line of the movie playing opposite Leo DiCaprio and Ken Watanabe.
He also played "Haruto Yakimura" in Marvel's Agents of S,H.I.E.L.D., and appears in the role of "Martin Takagi" as in the upcoming paranormal Thriller feature "Chatter", and also the voice of "Chef Haruki" in TBS "American Dad!", "Kira" in an episode of Dreamworks/Nickelodeon "Kung Fu Panda - Legends of Awesomeness" and "Sensei" in Disney's Club Penguin online shorts.
He also appeared in a lead role (Ozu) in the SyFy channel original movie, "Warbirds", and has made guest appearances on several TV shows . He first worked with Emmy award winning director Jon Cassar (24) on "The Cape" . His first gig was on the film "Pacific Heights" directed by the late Oscar winner, John Schlesinger.
His father, Satoru Masamune was a top research professor at MIT, and his grandfather Testuo Nozoe, too was a world-renown scientist (in Japan).
He descended from an old Japanese samurai-class family. Other notable ancestors of his include Hakucho Masamune (novelist/playwright), Isao Masamune (banker-former President & Chairman of Industrial Bank of Japan), Juichi Nozoe (politician-House of Representatives in Japan), Kinoshita Sukenai (Warrior Retainer -Isahaya), Atsuo Masamune (poet/lit scholar), and Tokusaburo Masamune (painter)
He has trained and performed samurai sword fighting for 20 years.
During college, Tohoru also was involved in the contemporary art world, working on technical crews for internationally renown installations artists, Nam Jun Paik, Brian Eno, and Bill Viola.
He was born in Madison, Wisconsin, and grew up in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. His family eventually settled in Newton (suburb of Boston), Massachusetts.
He has been a principal in numerous national commercial campaigns including Mercedes Benz, Coor's Light, Volvo, Yo-Plus (Yoplait), Nissan,Maxima, Ikea, Ford Trucks, Subaru, Oldsmobile, Northwest Airlines. He has done 2 commercials with director, Zack Snyder ("300", "Watchmen").
He enjoys playing Ice Hockey and jamming on his Alesis keyboard."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 0
Unaired Premiere Episode (22 Jul 2006)
Boss at Yamagato
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 1
Chapter One 'Genesis' (25 Sep 2006)
Boss at Yamagato- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Casting Department
Hollywood-based actor, writer, director and producer Yuki Matsuzaki, born in Miyazaki, Japan began acting at the age of 7 in a small theatrical group that performed for children. He performed over 50 shows in local theaters until he was 18. Upon graduating high school, he decided to dedicate his life to acting and moved to New York City to become an accomplished actor with the versatility to perform in both English and Japanese. Upon his arrival, all his money was stolen and he became homeless. In order to survive, he started performing on the streets of Times Square where his first-day tally after performing 8-hours was a mere $4.00.
Hard work finally paid off when Edward Zwick cast him in The Last Samurai (2003). Then Hollywood started booking him more. Early roles included Drunken Sword (2005) and Roku (2005). Next, Clint Eastwood cast him as Nozaki in Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) and admired at his great transformation. To prepare for the role, he only digested celery and water for five weeks to experience famine, confined himself inside dark closets and bathrooms to recreate the claustrophobic atmosphere for the cave fighting sequences. After Letters from Iwo Jima (2006), NBC offered him a co-star role in their hit TV show Heroes (2006).
In 2009, he starred alongside Steve Martin, Andy Garcia, Alfred Molina and Aishwarya Rai as a member of an international dream team of detectives in Pink Panther 2 (2009). He followed that up with Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011), along with guest star roles in the ABC Family show Melissa & Joey (2011) and HBO's The Newsroom (2012).
He became more internationally recognized when he starred opposite Eugene Domingo, one of Asia's top award-winning actresses from the Philippines in Instant Mommy (2013).
At the Asian Film Festival, he won Best Actor in a Leading Role for Locksmith (2015) for portraying the psychotic serial murderer Tadashi. In 2018, he won Best Actor in a Leading Role for Othello-san (2018) for depicting the stern, unyielding professor Yamada. He also served as an executive producer for the film actively involved within every aspect of the production. He had also starred in a hit miniseries HodoBuzz (2020) where he played Shibata, a conflicted yet passionate Japanese journalist.
He is also an accomplished voice-over actor well-known for portraying one of the most iconic Japanese cartoon characters in the entire world: Miyamoto Usagi, in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle (2017). He also voiced characters in The Lion Guard (2019), We Bare Bears (2019) and Glitch Techs (2020).
He's known to be a strong supporter of diversity in the film/TV industries. Currently, he wrote, produced and starred in Mosaic Street (2022), a Japanese/English crime drama set in a near-future Japan where diversity is already a norm. It is made to advocate diversity in the Japanese film/TV industries where minority actors have virtually no representation. Starring openly transgender actress Kota Ishijima, openly lesbian actress Ami Ide, and Afro-Japanese actress Ema Grace."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 10
Chapter Ten 'Six Months Ago' (27 Nov 2006)
Worker- Michael was born and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida. He spent most of his youth studying jazz music and attended North Texas State University on a scholarship. He played lead trumpet with Stan Kenton's 1979 Tour and appeared with Woody Herman and his Thundering Heard. After a car accident left him unable to play, Michael re-directed his creativity into acting.
On the small screen, Michael starred in the series Something So Right, landed the leads in two television movies The Princess And The Marine and A Loss Of Innocence and recurred on 3rd Rock From The Sun as the high school gym coach. He has also made a number of guest starring appearances in series including That 70's Show, X-Files, Arli$$, The Drew Carey Show, Home Improvement, Seinfeld, Murphy Brown, Two Guys And A Girl, and 7th Heaven, where he played the father of a child with Tourette's Syndrome.
An avid golfer, Michael is most recognizable for his role as Boone in Tin Cup with Kevin Costner. Additional big screen credits include Pearl Harbor, Collateral Damage, Anywhere But Here, Crimson Tide, Executive Decision, Phenomenon, Dreamweaver as James Spader's lawyer, and as Chicago White Sox third baseman Buck Weaver in Field Of Dreams.
When not working, Michael spends every free minute golfing. Set on achieving one of his goals, playing on a PGA Senior tour."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 0
Unaired Premiere Episode (22 Jul 2006)
"Captain Baker" - Danielle Morrow was born in Westlake Village, California, USA. She is an actress, known for iCarly (2007), Sam & Cat (2013) and Heroes (2006). She has been married to Jeremy Rowley since January 2016. They have one child."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 9
Chapter Nine 'Homecoming' (20 Nov 2006)
Everyday Girl - Actor
- Producer
- Director
The Los Angeles Times listed Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine as one of the biggest breakout stars of Sundance 2020, and he was awarded (the coveted) Best Actor at the 2020 Durban International Film Festival for his lead performance in Ekwa Msangi's award-winning film "Farewell Amor." Mwine was also singled out in Variety and The Hollywood Reporter reviews of the film, with the latter stating that "Mwine stuns with his elegant pauses and piercing stares that seem to jump through the screen." Furthermore, the film was named Top Ten Independent Films by the National Board of Review.
Most recently Mwine starred opposite Rachel Weisz in "Dead Ringers," the critically acclaimed limited series on Amazon, based on David Cronenberg's 1988 thriller and also played Detective Raymond Griggs in the David E. Kelley/Ted Humphrey Netflix hit series (from A+E Studios) entitled "The Lincoln Lawyer," based on Michael Connelly's best selling novels. Next up: "Washington Black," where Mwine stars in the Sterling K. Brown produced series on Hulu. Mwine's extensive television credits include his critically acclaimed portrayal of Ronnie, the complex anti-hero in Lena Waithe's Showtime series "The Chi." Variety, The Boston Globe, Roger Ebert and The New York Times all singled out Mwine in their reviews with NY Times stating that "Mr. Mwine is especially remarkable as the precariously balanced Ronnie." Mwine played the lead role in the series finale of HBO's "Room 104" and previously portrayed recurring roles in Steven Soderbergh's Cinemax series "The Knick," David Simon and Eric Overmyer's HBO series "Treme," Eric Overmyer's Amazon series "Bosch," and Tim Kring's NBC series "Heroes."
Mwine also starred in Solomon Onita Jr.'s film "Tazmanian Devil," which premiered at ABFF 2020. Previous film acting credits include Mira Nair's "Queen of Katwe," opposite Lupita Nyong'o and "Blood Diamond" opposite Leonardo DiCaprio from director Ed Zwick. Mwine's work as a feature length and short film director has resulted in multiple awards. His short film "Kuhani," won the main prize for Best Achievement in Directing at the Oscar qualifying International Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Switzerland and was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize for Best Short Film at Slamdance. Mwine went in post production in late 2023 for his upcoming documentary "Memories of Love Returned" on Ugandan photographer Kibaate Aloysius Ssalongo, which Steven Soderbergh is Executive Producing."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 0
Unaired Premiere Episode (22 Jul 2006)
"Joseph Al Amir" (as Ntare Mwine)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 3
Chapter Three 'One Giant Leap' (09 Oct 2006)
"Usutu" (uncredited)- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Dean Napolitano is known for Army Wives (2007), Triple 9 (2016) and Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 6
Chapter Six 'Better Halves' (30 Oct 2006)
LVPD Deputy- Actor
- Producer
Madden Page was born on 9 April 1959 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Lucky Girl (2006), Infamous (2003) and Criminal Minds (2005)."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 3
Chapter Three 'One Giant Leap' (09 Oct 2006)
Lieutenant Chory (uncredited)- Actress
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Janel Parrish is an American actress and singer who portrayed Mona Vanderwaal in Pretty Little Liars (2010).
She was born Janel Meilani Parrish on October 30, 1988 in Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, to parents Joanne (Mew) and Mark Phillip Parrish. Her mother is of Chinese descent and her father is Caucasian. Her sister, Melissa Nohelani, is eight years her senior. At age 6, Parrish began piano lessons, and within a year was also studying acting, singing, tap dance and jazz dance. She was educated at Moanalua Elementary and Moanalua High School, but left after ninth grade to be home schooled. At 14, she moved to Los Angeles with her family. That same year, she entered the talent competition Star Search (2003), but did not progress further than the first round.
Parrish began her acting career in 1996 with the role of Young Cosette in "Les Misérables", first performing in the U.S. national tour and then transferring to the Broadway production. She subsequently guest starred in various television series, before landing her breakthrough role as Jade in Bratz (2007). Three years later, she was cast in her most notable role, Mona Vanderwaal, in Pretty Little Liars (2010). Parrish won four Teen Choice Awards for her performance throughout the series' run.
In addition to acting, Parrish also competed in the nineteenth season of Dancing with the Stars (2005), in which she finished third, and released her first single as a singer-songwriter in 2007 through Geffen Records."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 3
Chapter Three 'One Giant Leap' (09 Oct 2006)
May (uncredited)- Wiley M. Pickett is known for The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009), The Last Ship (2014) and Shoot 'Em Up (2007)."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 0
Unaired Premiere Episode (22 Jul 2006)
SWAT Sergeant (as Wiley Pickett) - Actress
- Additional Crew
- Sound Department
Jacqueline Pinol was born in Queens, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for Bosch (2014), Spider-Man: Miles Morales (2020) and Spider-Man (2018). She is married to Jonny Blu. They have one child."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 0
Unaired Premiere Episode (22 Jul 2006)
"Janice Parkman"- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Rick was born in a suburb of Detroit in June of 1966. The family lived there until August 1968, when they moved to England (his dad accepted a transfer with one of the "Big 3" Auto manufacturers). They lived there until 1974, then returned to Michigan. They lived in Michigan until another transfer took the family to Australia in August of 1977. 5 years later the family moved back to the States, this time to California, where Rick finished high school--that's where Rick began his acting career...in high school plays. Rick is married to a woman whom he met "in the business." She is a screenwriter. They have two children."Tom McHenry"
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 7
Chapter Seven 'Nothing to Hide' (06 Nov 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 10
Chapter Ten 'Six Months Ago' (27 Nov 2006)- John Prosky was born on 18 April 1962 in the USA. He is an actor, known for True Blood (2008), Scandal (2012) and Straight Outta Compton (2015). He has been married to Kimiko Gelman since 17 September 2000. They have one child."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 0
Unaired Premiere Episode (22 Jul 2006)
Principal
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 1
Chapter One 'Genesis' (25 Sep 2006)
Principal - Actress
- Soundtrack
This Red-Headed beauty, from Philadelphia's Main Line, got discovered by a photographer at a friends Bat-Mitzvah at the age of 12. From there she was immediately signed as one of Wilhelmina Models youngest talents, traveling from Japan to Europe, to New Zealand shooting fashion covers and commercials all over the world. By her late teens Deirdre's resume already included leads in several National Commercials, countless Modeling campaigns, Billboards, and Starring Roles in Theatrical and Musical Theatre Productions. Selected in 1997 as the first ever female spokeswoman for Irish Spring (doing a spot-on Irish accent) it was obvious to many in the industry, that Deirdre was a star on the rise.
Although entering the work force early, Deirdre's emphasis on education earned her a college degree in Theatre and acceptance to the prestigious NYU Tisch program at the Column Theatre. Continued discipline and focus would earn Deirdre the honor of graduating from the two-year Master's program at the renowned Sanford Meisner Center.
Only two weeks after arriving in Hollywood, Deirdre landed the coveted role of Sandra Bullock's roommate (Mary Jo Wright "Miss Texas") in the mega comedy hit Miss Congeniality, directed by Donald Petrie. Masterful with southern dialects Deirdre would be called upon again to conjure up some southern for the western, Aces 'N Eights. Starring alongside, Casper Van Dien and the-late-great Oscar winner Ernest Borgnine. As well as the straight Texas-talk of "Texas Tina", in her memorable role during the entire 1st season of the award winning Sci-Fi drama, Heroes. Down in the Big Easy, Deirdre also had a recurring role on FOX's short-lived K-Ville.
Chosen and taught by Marlon Brando. Deirdre was privileged to participate in his last known work before his death, a documentary called "Lying for a Living" Working alongside the late Robin Williams, Leonardo Dicaprio, Sean Penn, Edward James Olmos and Whoopi Goldberg (to name a few).
Deirdre's extensive range spans from predatory roles: New Suit, CSI, CSI-NY, E-Ring, Diagnosis Murder, Jane Doe and her starring role in Steven King's thriller, The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer. To her gritty indie film, Spare Change, which exposes a ruthless abandon and the actresses subtle yet moving vulnerability. All contrasting Quinn's elegant portrayal of a young Maureen O'Hara and war bride in CBS' , The Last Dance.
Off camera, Deirdre Quinn is even more multi-faceted. As an athlete, she's been a golfer since childhood and learned to ski at the age of three on the Italian Alps of Cervinia. Private schooling and travel molded Deirdre's panache in other forms of entertaining as well...she plays classical piano and sings, everything from Opera, to Jazz, to Country. Recording "You Light Up My Life" at Capital records for the Miss Congeniality soundtrack. As an interior designer, style maker, author of published essays, avid foodie, wine collector, and antique enthusiast, Deirdre's lifestyle reflects a passion for curating beauty. In fact, when Deirdre is not on film she is immersed in Interior Design, Party Planning (her wedding, which she single handily planned, was featured in: Inside Weddings) Home Renovations, and Mom-hacks. All of which appear on her well received Lifestyle Blog, TheNestingBird or on her Instagram Design Site @Deirdre.Quinn
But there's more than just style here... Deirdre stepped away from the limelight in 2009 with the pregnancy and subsequent loss of her first child. There would be more pregnancies & more losses along the way to Motherhood, keeping Deidre out of the spotlight for years. However, Deirdre and her husband persisted. Putting their focus solely on creating a family, they finally welcomed a daughter in 2013. During that time Deirdre committed to community service as well. Along with her husband, they ran a Toys-for-Tots Campaign, recently helped organize an event for Tree People LA (replanting trees lost in the recent wild fires), adopted a family through M.E.N.D., work closely with the Interfaith Food Pantry and are dedicated members of Heal-The-Bay... a non-profit organization that focuses on cleaning up our Oceans.
Deirdre and her husband have also teamed-up as renovators & designers in their residential/multi-residential development company, WKProperties & Brett D. Karns Designs. All while Deirdre relished in the most important role of her lifetime...as stay-at-home-MOM! So whether it's through her parenting, philanthropic endeavors, her design aesthetic, or her passionate acting, Deirdre is doing what she aspires to do in all aspects of her life...be present, be creative, and make a profound, meaningful difference!
A Daughter & 2 Cats share their Los Angeles home, hikes, and happiness."Tina"
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 0
Unaired Premiere Episode (22 Jul 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 1
Chapter One 'Genesis' (25 Sep 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 2
Chapter Two 'Don't Look Back' (02 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 4
Chapter Four 'Collision' (16 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 7
Chapter Seven 'Nothing to Hide' (06 Nov 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 10
Chapter Ten 'Six Months Ago' (27 Nov 2006)- Stunts
- Actor
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 2
Chapter Two 'Don't Look Back' (02 Oct 2006)
Fireman- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Paul Raci is an American actor best known for his role as Joe in the Sound of Metal (2020) directed by Darius Marder, starring opposite Riz Ahmed and Olivia Cooke. Paul can also be seen in many TV shows including Baskets opposite Zach Galifinakis, Goliath opposite Billy Bob Thornton and Parks and Recreations opposite Amy Poehler.
Paul was born and raised in Chicago by Deaf parents and is fluent in American Sign Language. While in Chicago, he honed his acting chops at the local theaters and was a founding member of The Immediate Theater Company, where he was nominated for a Jefferson Award for their production of Children of a Lesser God. He also trained at Second City and has worked with several improvisation companies.
In Los Angeles, he has performed in over 12 productions with the locally acclaimed, Deaf West Theater including Of Mice and Men, Medea, Equus, A Christmas Carol, and most recently the acclaimed, award winning production of David Mamet's American Buffalo in ASL.
A Vietnam veteran, Paul is also a musician and singer with the band Hands of Doom an ASL rock, Black Sabbath Tribute band where Paul dazzles his audience with his outstanding, raw vocals and outrageously artful ASL. Paul has been married for years to Liz Hanley Raci. They have one daughter, Britta, who is also a singer, songwriter with the Indie Band It's Butter."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 6
Chapter Six 'Better Halves' (30 Oct 2006)
"Ernie the Weasel"- Actor
- Script and Continuity Department
"Sanjog Iyer"
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 8
Chapter Eight 'Seven Minutes to Midnight' (13 Nov 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 9
Chapter Nine 'Homecoming' (20 Nov 2006)- Actress
- Producer
Virginia native Elizabeth Ann Roberts, born to Barbara Kidd and Dennis Roberts, graduated magna cum laude with degrees in Theatre and English from Virginia Tech. Most recently she received rave reviews for her starring role in PureFlix Entertainment's "Old Fashioned," a retro-modern love story. On the small screen she played the recurring fan-polarizing role of "Marge Bernardi" on the venerable daytime soap opera "Days of Our Lives." Other notable television appearances include stints on "Criminal Minds", "Bones", "Southland", "CSI", "House", "Heroes", and "Medium.""Heroes": Season 1, Episode 3
Chapter Three 'One Giant Leap' (09 Oct 2006)
"Holly" (uncredited)- Actor
- Soundtrack
Richard Roundtree shot to fame as the ultra-hip, flamboyantly-dressed -- not to mention charismatic-- private eye John Shaft. The film Shaft (1971) spawned a genre, two sequels and a series. It made Roundtree a household name, and, for a while, one of the hottest box-office stars in Hollywood. As New York Times reviewer Vincent Canby put it: "Shaft is the sort of man who can drink five fingers of scotch without gagging or his eyes watering. He moves through Whitey's world with perfect ease and aplomb, but never loses his independence, or his awareness of where his life is really at." Rather aptly, Roundtree has been described as blaxploitation's James Bond.
Fame and success did not come at once. The son of Kathryn (a nurse and/or maid), and John Roundtree (employed variously as a garbage collector and caterer), Richard was born in New Rochelle, New York. During high school, he excelled at football and duly won an athletic scholarship at Southern Illinois University. However, he dropped out in 1963 and worked a succession of different jobs, including as janitor and salesman. He became a fashion model after being signed by Eunice Johnson of Ebony Magazine, later posing as an advertising model for a brand of hair grease and for Salem cigarettes. Deciding to give acting a go, Roundtree returned to New York to take drama lessons. In 1967, he joined the acclaimed Negro Ensemble Company, working alongside people like Robert Hooks, Rosalind Cash and Moses Gunn. He was soon cast in several off-Broadway productions and had a first headlining role as boxing legend Jack Johnson in The Great White Hope.
In 1971, Roundtree, then a virtual unknown in show biz, ignited the screen as the macho sleuth Shaft. Slickly directed by Gordon Parks and filmed on location in Harlem, Greenwich Village and Times Square, the picture was a tangible box-office hit, which satisfied both black and white audiences alike and likely saved a struggling MGM from impending bankruptcy. Shaft can also be said to have spawned the blaxploitation action genre of the 70s. Roundtree went on to star in two less successful sequels (Shaft's Big Score! (1972) and Shaft in Africa (1973)) and a series. He reprised his character for a 2000 motion picture which starred Samuel L. Jackson as John Shaft's nephew.
Down the line, Roundtree portrayed a few other robust characters: a Union army deserter teaming up with a crippled Indian to escape a sadistic bounty hunter in Charley-One-Eye (1973), a professional jewel thief in Diamonds (1975) (alternatively titled 'Diamond Shaft'-- a curious coincidence), a treasure hunter in Day of the Assassin (1979) and a Zimbabwean guerrilla in Game for Vultures (1979). By the mid-80s, however, the actor found himself increasingly relegated to the supporting cast as conventional establishment figures, often police or army officers.Television afforded him several good roles, notably in the Emmy Award-winning miniseries Roots (1977) and as former slave-turned gunslinger Isaiah "Ice" McAdams in Outlaws (1986). He subsequently had recurring roles in the cast of the soap Generations (1989) (as a doctor), the drama Being Mary Jane (2013) (as the titular talk show host's dad) and (as a grandfather) in the sitcom Family Reunion (2019).
Roundtree's accolades have included an MTV Lifetime Achievement Award for Shaft in 1994, a Peabody Award in 2002 and a Black Theater Alliance Award Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010.
Though diagnosed with male breast cancer in 1993 and having undergone both chemotherapy and a double mastectomy, Roundtree bravely soldiered on in his chosen profession and continued to act on screen right up to his death from pancreatic cancer on October 24 2023, at the age of 81."Charles Deveaux"
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 0
Unaired Premiere Episode (22 Jul 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 1
Chapter One 'Genesis' (25 Sep 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 7
Chapter Seven 'Nothing to Hide' (06 Nov 2006)- Actress
- Executive
As the TV, movie, award show and pop culture expert for E! Entertainment, E! News and various other outlets, Kristin Dos Santos (née Veitch) has covered the entertainment industry for many years.
Dos Santos graduated from Poway High School in Poway, California, then continued on to Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles where she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications. After college she went to work for Southern California newspapers as a news reporter before moving on to E!. Dos Santos started out as a writer for E! Online, penning the "Watch with Kristin" column (originally "Watch with Wanda," a nom de plum), which gave exclusive scoop on fan-favorite shows, including spoilers, castings, pickups, cancellations and more. It grew to become the most successful franchise on E! Online, and spun off into the show, "Watch With Kristin." Dos Santos has been a staple on E!'s award-show coverage and E! News, offering expert analysis, insight and insider info. She has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, The Hollywood Reporter and other radio and broadcast outlets, and has hosted digital series for NBC Universal. As Executive Editor, TV, Kristin oversees all television-related content for E! News, both digital and broadcast. She has moderated many panels for industry events, including PaleyFest, Comic Con, SAG and the TV Academy. Dos Santos had a long-time column on E!'s website where she talked about TV shows with the help of her reporters and interns. She used live interactive chat with fans where she took questions about their favorite shows, sometimes involving spoilers, with celebrity interviews and behind-the-scenes scoop. Originally, she used the name "Wanda" as a nom de plume when she worked solely for E! Online on the web side for privacy reasons regarding the spoilers she reported, though she switched to using her real name once she began also working for the television side of E!. While doing set visits as a journalist for E!, Dos Santos acted in a few small television roles. She has appeared in the television programs Summerland, Heroes, Tru Calling and Felicity. She played a dead body that comes back to life in Pushing Daisies.
On July 14, 2007, she married Joao Dos Santos, taking his surname as hers both personally and professionally two months later. The Dos Santos family has two sons, one born in 2009 (Luca) and the other in 2011 (Matteo)."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 4
Chapter Four 'Collision' (16 Oct 2006)
Roulette Dealer (as Kristin Veitch)- Actress
- Director
- Writer
Danielle Savre was born on 26 August 1988 in Simi Valley, California, USA. She is an actress and director, known for Station 19 (2018), Heroes (2006) and Malcolm in the Middle (2000)."Jackie Wilcox"
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 2
Chapter Two 'Don't Look Back' (02 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 3
Chapter Three 'One Giant Leap' (09 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 4
Chapter Four 'Collision' (16 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 9
Chapter Nine 'Homecoming' (20 Nov 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 10
Chapter Ten 'Six Months Ago' (27 Nov 2006)- Editor
- Actor
- Producer
Prateek Saxena was born in Bombay, India. He won the Mr. L.A. India Pageant at the age of 18. He is an Actor and Producer, known for being a long time television host on Showbiz India (2000-2012), web-series DesiOC (2010-2013), The Playback Singer (2013) and Miss India America (2014).
Prateek got his start with a music video Ek Zara Si Wafa (1999), directed by Jagmohan Mundra.
While being a host for Showbiz India, Prateek started segments like "Just 4 Fun", "The Movie Review", "Entertainment News", "Showbiz India Beat" and "DVD Releases". This continued to the Showbiz India Xtreme show.
Prateek was also one of the original performers for the highly successful Masala Bhangra Workout - Volume 1 (2000).
Maintaining a constant presence in film and television, Prateek has been a consultant and Producer for several films and series. His production company is called Anexas Entertainment."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 9
Chapter Nine 'Homecoming' (20 Nov 2006)
Vendor 2 (uncredited)- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Rick was born and raised in Delaware, Ohio, a small town that was also home to legendary Oscar winning director Vincente Minnelli, producer-writer Dave Hackel (Becker (1998) and Wings (1990), actor Tyler Christopher (General Hospital (1963)), producer-director Patrick Desmond (_Absence of Light, The (2004)_), actress Clare Kramer (Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) and actress Anne Flanagan (7th Heaven (1996)). Rick is the father of visual effects pro Michelle Morgan and post-production pro Jennifer Scarry."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 3
Chapter Three 'One Giant Leap' (09 Oct 2006)
Bartender- Actor
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
John F. Schaffer was born on 25 August 1969 in the USA. He is an actor and writer, known for Garfield: The Movie (2004), Stan (2011) and AppleJax and YoYo (2001)."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 3
Chapter Three 'One Giant Leap' (09 Oct 2006)
Audience Member (uncredited)- Actor
- Writer
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 3
Chapter Three 'One Giant Leap' (09 Oct 2006)
"Flint Gordon" (uncredited)- Actor
- Additional Crew
"Deputy" (as Ryan K. Smith)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 9
Chapter Nine 'Homecoming' (20 Nov 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 10
Chapter Ten 'Six Months Ago' (27 Nov 2006)- Stephen Spinella was born on 11 October 1956 in Naples, Campania, Italy. He is an actor, known for Ravenous (1999), Virtuosity (1995) and Rubber (2010)."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 7
Chapter Seven 'Nothing to Hide' (06 Nov 2006)
"Oliver Dennison" - Olga Sosnovska was born on 21 May 1972 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland. She is an actress, known for MI-5 (2002), Ocean's Thirteen (2007) and Human Target (2010). She has been married to Sendhil Ramamurthy since 19 July 1999. They have two children."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 3
Chapter Three 'One Giant Leap' (09 Oct 2006)
"Angela's Aide" (uncredited) - Richard Steinmetz was born on 1 February 1959 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, known for Crazy/Beautiful (2001), The One (2001) and S.W.A.T. (2003)."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 2
Chapter Two 'Don't Look Back' (02 Oct 2006)
N.Y. Detective - Mark Allan Stewart is known for Transformers: Fall of Cybertron (2012), Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013) and One Night in Miami... (2020)."High Roller"
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 4
Chapter Four 'Collision' (16 Oct 2006) - Actress
- Producer
The intriguing thing about Tehmina Sunny is that she seamlessly fits into a plethora of ethnicities from around the world. Her ethnically ambiguous looks and super sharp skills with accents gives her an international appeal. Born in London, Sunny has played characters from the Middle East, South America, North America, Native American, Spain, Italy, North Africa and the Indian sub continent."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 3
Chapter Three 'One Giant Leap' (09 Oct 2006)
"Bridget" (uncredited)- Actor
- Soundtrack
Brian Tarantina was born on 27 March 1959 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Summer of Sam (1999), Knight and Day (2010) and Jacob's Ladder (1990). He died on 2 November 2019 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA."Weasel"
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 0
Unaired Premiere Episode (22 Jul 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 1
Chapter One 'Genesis' (25 Sep 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 2
Chapter Two 'Don't Look Back' (02 Oct 2006)- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Hitting the audition process hard at the sweet age of fourteen; character actor, Brent Austin Tarnol takes the industry by storm. Since starting out on the stage as the comic relief role in his first stage performance, Brent has molded into fine, funny, young actor. Trained by acting coaches Josh Adell and the great Joe Palese, Brent has learned to tighten his skills with the Strausberg, Stanislavksy and Meisner methods. With only a half a decade in the business, Brent has booked over twenty-professional roles. With two nationwide commercials (T-mobile and Del-Taco) and TV credits which include guest spots on television shows Heroes, How I Met Your Mother, Women's Murder Club, Samantha Who and recurring roles on Raising the Bar, and Disney Channel's: Sonny with a Chance...along with many others. As Brent continues to practice his craft as an actor he continues to build his production company called: Banana Tree Pictures. Along with acting and producing, Brent writes his own screenplays, two, which have been sold, and about a half of a dozen, which he had produced. Brent Austin Tarnol plans to be in the industry as long as the industry will have him."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 9
Chapter Nine 'Homecoming' (20 Nov 2006)
"Josh"- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Born in The Holy Name Hospital in Teaneck, New Jersey, he grew up in the small town of River Vale. He graduated from Pascack Valley Regional High School and attended Bergen Community College in Paramus New Jersey. In the early 80s he started performing in local theater, then brought his talents to the Off-Broadway stage. By the mid 80s he did the New York Soap Opera circuit and was cast in a few supporting movie roles; such as Tommy in "Sea Of Love", opposite Al Pacino and Ellen Barkin. In 1990 he moved to California in pursuit of his acting career, where he was cast in the series role of Eddie G. in a pilot for a TV series called, "The World According To Straw", starring Kevin Pollak. He soon went on to Guest Star on Ally McBeal as Michael Young. Since then he has appeared on over 30 television shows, including Criminal Minds, Without A Trace, CSI: Miami and NCIS on CBS. He has also Guest Starred on the final episode of NYPD Blue, the hit FOX show 24, as Joe Prado, Boston Legal, Heroes, Mad Men, Harry's Law and Rizzoli & Isles, to name a few. He has also written theatrical scripts, two of which have been optioned (Outlaws and Lunatics, Refuge). He also wrote a television pilot "You, Me and Johnny" that was produced and filmed at Raleigh Studios in Manhattan Beach."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 0
Unaired Premiere Episode (22 Jul 2006)
Prison Guard- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Camera and Electrical Department
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 2
Chapter Two 'Don't Look Back' (02 Oct 2006)
"Detective Furakowa"- Actress
- Soundtrack
Karri was born in Fort Worth, Texas. She attended college in Tulsa before moving to Southern California to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. After graduating from AADA, she performed with the famed "Groundlings" comedy troupe (Sun Co) and the West Coast Ensemble theater company. Karri is best known for her role on the hit CBS series JAG (1995), where she portrayed "Lt. Harriet Sims" for 9 out of 10 seasons. Turner appeared in a recurring role on FOX-TV's The X-Files (1993) as "Tara Scully", Dana Scully's (Gillian Anderson) sister-in-law. Additionally, she portrayed Eric Lutes' assistant, "Honey Potts", on the NBC-TV's hit series Caroline in the City (1995). Karri voiced the Kathie Lee Gifford character on the Comedy Central animated series South Park (1997). Her other television credits include guest-starring roles in NBC-TV's Suddenly Susan (1996) and FOX-TV's Wild Oats (1994). Turner's feature film credits include Paramount's It's Pat: The Movie (1994) and Who's the Caboose? (1997), currently being screened at film festivals. In addition to television and film work, Turner has considerable stage credits including "Cereal", "Charlie's Aunt", "As You Like It", "Merchant of Venice", "Amadeus", "Godspell", "Talking With", "Hamlet", "South Pacific" and "Hay Fever". Turner resides in Los Angeles."Lisa"
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 6
Chapter Six 'Better Halves' (30 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 8
Chapter Eight 'Seven Minutes to Midnight' (13 Nov 2006)- Actress
- Writer
- Producer
Tiffany Tynes-Gonzales is an American actress from Memphis, Tn. She is also a content creator and professional dancer known for Bart Baker's Anaconda Parody, Bright, and Tosh.O.
Tiffany started out as a print model where she would begin to really start to feel more and more confident in getting into other parts of the entertainment industry. She was only 13 when she got her first modeling job for Sebastian Hair Products as a hair model. After attending Arkansas State University for Theatre Arts, Tiffany decided to move to Orlando, Florida where she would start her acting career.
Before her move to Los Angeles, CA to get into television and film, she lived in Orlando, Florida where she was a game show host for live shows with Nickelodeon. In addition to acting, she has had the opportunity to dance for several musical artists including Beyonce and Wayne Brady."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 3
Chapter Three 'One Giant Leap' (09 Oct 2006)
Cheerleader (uncredited)- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Director
David Ury is an actor/comedian and writer/director best known for his recurring role in Breaking Bad (2008), where he was crushed by an ATM. He also recurs on Powers (2015) as coroner Dr. Death. A chameleon character actor, he plays a wide range of oddball characters in shows like Justified (2010), Community (2009), and Rob Zombie's film 31 (2016). He is the writer/director/producer of numerous viral videos including "What Kind of Asian are You?" which has gotten over 10 million views.
He is the author of Everybody Dies: A Children's Book for Grown Ups published by HarperCollins.
Raised in Sonoma, California and having began his acting career on Japanese television as the "zany Japanese-speaking foreigner," David learned to speak Japanese fluently while at college in Tokyo, and has translated over 150 books into English."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 0
Unaired Premiere Episode (22 Jul 2006)
Super
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 1
Chapter One 'Genesis' (25 Sep 2006)
Super- Actor
- Animation Department
- Producer
Clay Wilcox is known for The Philadelphia Experiment (1984), Shaolin Soccer (2001) and After We Leave (2019)."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 9
Chapter Nine 'Homecoming' (20 Nov 2006)
Gun Dealer/Sharpshooter- Greg Wrangler was born on 20 October 1966 in Tarrytown, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Hawaii Five-0 (2010), All My Children (1970) and CSI: NY (2004)."Heroes": Season 1, Episode 0
Unaired Premiere Episode (22 Jul 2006)
Fire Chief
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 1
Chapter One 'Genesis' (25 Sep 2006)
Fire Chief - Actor
- Additional Crew
Karl T. Wright was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is the son of educators Theodore H. Wright (Chicago Bd. of Education) & Jacqueline B. Vaughn, former Chicago Teachers Union President from 1984-94. Karl started his career on Chicago Public Radio as a host and reporter on WBEZ while studying Improvisation at The Player's Workshop and Second City Training Center. He is known for his work on Atypical (2017), The Honor List (2018) and Teacher of the Year (2014). He has been married to Wendy Miller since September 20, 1997."Principal Marks"
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 2
Chapter Two 'Don't Look Back' (02 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 9
Chapter Nine 'Homecoming' (20 Nov 2006)- Matthew John Armstrong was born on 28 August 1973 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He is an actor, known for American Dreams (2002), American Horror Story (2011) and Heroes (2006). He is married to Ashley Crow."Ted Sprague"
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 7
Chapter Seven 'Nothing to Hide' (06 Nov 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 8
Chapter Eight 'Seven Minutes to Midnight' (13 Nov 2006) - Until 2005, Randall's acting career was confined to his soccer field and school antics - the world was his stage! After a voice teacher discovered his musical talent and he won two overall awards at a national talent event for acting, commercial modeling and singing, Randall suddenly found himself in Hollywood.
His first TV role was as Colby Bates, the final case on the final episode of Judging Amy in 2005. He also performed in numerous commercials before landing the recurring role of "Lyle," "Claire's" brother in the NBC adventure/drama, Heroes, in 2006.
Randall's father appeared in two movies in the 1990's, and his sister, Elisabeth, sings and has performed numerous leading roles on stage. She currently attends the University of Georgia. Randall lives in Los Angeles.
Randall still loves to play a variety of sports, sing, play the guitar and throw cards at lightning speed (to the dismay of his mother.) He is also a whiz at chess, math and video games!
He is represented by Coast to Coast Talent Group in Los Angeles."Lyle Bennet"
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 0
Unaired Premiere Episode (22 Jul 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 3
Chapter Three 'One Giant Leap' (09 Oct 2006)
(uncredited)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 4
Chapter Four 'Collision' (16 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 7
Chapter Seven 'Nothing to Hide' (06 Nov 2006) - Actor
- Writer
- Producer
John MacDonald "Jack" Coleman is an American actor and screenwriter, known for playing the role of Steven Carrington in the 1980s prime time soap opera Dynasty (1982-88), and for portraying Noah Bennet in the science-fiction drama series Heroes (2006-10). Coleman's first major role was in the soap opera Days of Our Lives, where he appeared from 1981 to 1982 as the character of Jake Kositchek (aka The Salem Strangler). In 1982, he joined the cast of Dynasty when he took over the role of Steven Carrington, one of the first gay characters on American television. Coleman played the role until the end of the show's eighth season in 1988."Noah Bennet"
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 0
Unaired Premiere Episode (22 Jul 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 1
Chapter One 'Genesis' (25 Sep 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 2
Chapter Two 'Don't Look Back' (02 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 3
Chapter Three 'One Giant Leap' (09 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 4
Chapter Four 'Collision' (16 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 5
Chapter Five 'Hiros' (23 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 6
Chapter Six 'Better Halves' (30 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 8
Chapter Eight 'Seven Minutes to Midnight' (13 Nov 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 9
Chapter Nine 'Homecoming' (20 Nov 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 10
Chapter Ten 'Six Months Ago' (27 Nov 2006)- Ashley Crow holds an MFA from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and a BFA from Auburn University. In addition to playing the title role of Rita in Prelude To a Kiss on Broadway, she also performed in New York Shakespeare Festival's productions of Coriolanus with Christopher Walken and Irene Worth and in Twelfth Night with F. Murray Abraham at the Delacourte Theatre in Central Park. Additional theatre credits include work at Naked Angels Theatre Company, Playwright's Horizons, Manhattan Class Company, and Circle Repertory."Sandra Bennet"
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 0
Unaired Premiere Episode (22 Jul 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 1
Chapter One 'Genesis' (25 Sep 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 3
Chapter Three 'One Giant Leap' (09 Oct 2006)
(uncredited)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 4
Chapter Four 'Collision' (16 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 5
Chapter Five 'Hiros' (23 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 6
Chapter Six 'Better Halves' (30 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 7
Chapter Seven 'Nothing to Hide' (06 Nov 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 9
Chapter Nine 'Homecoming' (20 Nov 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 10
Chapter Ten 'Six Months Ago' (27 Nov 2006) - From the age of nine, Noah Gray-Cabey has established quite a name for himself, both as a musician and an actor.
Beginning when he was four, Noah performed classical piano in several venues throughout New England and Washington and journeyed to Jamaica for his first tour with the New England Symphonic Ensemble. In July 2001, Noah continued on to Australia, and at age five, became the youngest soloist ever to perform with an orchestra at the Sydney Opera House, as well as the Queensland Conservatory and the International String Convention in Brisbane.
Noah made his television debut in December 2001 and has continued a steady presence, performing on 48 Hours (1988), The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992), Good Morning America (1975), Ripley's Believe It or Not! (2000), The Wayne Brady Show (2002), Steve Harvey's Steve Harvey's Big Time Challenge (2003) and The Oprah Winfrey Show (1986). Noah's acting experience includes a guest starring role on CSI: Miami (2002), and three wonderful years on My Wife and Kids (2000) with Damon Wayans and Tisha Campbell, where he played the ultra-precocious Franklin Aloysius Mumford - a role for which he earned three consecutive Young Artist Award nominations (one of the nominations - in the year 2006 - he won the Award). Recently, Noah has completed filming on the feature film Lady in the Water (2006), written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan which is due in theaters in the summer of 2006.
Noah, whose hobbies include animals, airplanes, inventing and fencing, lives in Los Angeles with his parents, two brothers, a sister, two dogs and one cat."Micah Sanders"
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 0
Unaired Premiere Episode (22 Jul 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 1
Chapter One 'Genesis' (25 Sep 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 2
Chapter Two 'Don't Look Back' (02 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 3
Chapter Three 'One Giant Leap' (09 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 4
Chapter Four 'Collision' (16 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 5
Chapter Five 'Hiros' (23 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 6
Chapter Six 'Better Halves' (30 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 7
Chapter Seven 'Nothing to Hide' (06 Nov 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 9
Chapter Nine 'Homecoming' (20 Nov 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 10
Chapter Ten 'Six Months Ago' (27 Nov 2006) - Actor
- Soundtrack
Santiago Cabrera was born in Caracas, Venezuela, to Chilean parents, and grew up in London, Romania, Toronto, and Madrid. Although he considers Santiago, Chile, his hometown, he splits his time between London and Los Angeles.
Cabrera is a classically trained actor, having studied at London's prestigious Drama Centre. He made his television debut with small roles on British television, and on the London stage, playing Montano in Shakespeare's "Othello", at the London Greenwich Theatre, directed by Rupert Goold. His most recent stage role was Romeo in London's Middle Temple Hall production of "Romeo and Juliet".
Cabrera's roles have varied from playing Isaac Mendez, in the highly successful first season of NBC's ensemble drama series "Heroes" (2006-2007), the mythical character Lancelot, in the hit BBC series "Merlin" (2008-2010). He portrayed Cuban Guerrilla Commander Camilo Cienfuegos in Steven Soderbergh's film, "CHE. Part 1" (2008), opposite Benicio del Toro, for which he won critical acclaim. Santiago also portrayed the famed War Photographer Robert Capa in the HBO Film, "Hemingway and Gelhorn", opposite Nicole Kidman and Clive Owen.
In 2014, Cabrera starred as Aramis in the BBC One hit show "The Musketeers" (2014-2016), a fresh and exciting look at the much-loved novel by Alexandre Dumas. He went on to the hit HBO show "Big Little Lies" (2017) directed by Jean Marc Vallee, starring opposite Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman. He played Commander Santos in Michael Bay's "Transformers" (2017) and the lead role of Darius Tanz in two seasons of the CBS show "Salvation" (2017-2018).
Santiago worked under the Direction of Pablo Larrain in the Venice and Toronto Film Festival film "Ema" (2019), where he starred alongside Gael Garcia Bernal.
He also played the first Latin captain in the Star Trek Universe, starring as Captain Rios in the beloved Star Trek Series "Picard". (2020-2022).
Cabrera graced our screens in the hit MAX show, "The Flight Attendant" (2022), working opposite Kaley Cuoco, and in 2024 he can be seen in the Apple TV+ Show, "The Land of Women", opposite Eva Longoria and Carmen Maura and season 3 of the Warner Bros and FOX show, "The Cleaning Lady".
In addition to his native Spanish language, he is fluent in English, French, and Italian."Isaac Mendez"
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 0
Unaired Premiere Episode (22 Jul 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 1
Chapter One 'Genesis' (25 Sep 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 2
Chapter Two 'Don't Look Back' (02 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 3
Chapter Three 'One Giant Leap' (09 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 4
Chapter Four 'Collision' (16 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 5
Chapter Five 'Hiros' (23 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 6
Chapter Six 'Better Halves' (30 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 8
Chapter Eight 'Seven Minutes to Midnight' (13 Nov 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 9
Chapter Nine 'Homecoming' (20 Nov 2006)- Among her studies, Tawny Cypress has done stints at Boston University; Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey; and Mason Gross at Rutgers University. She is also a former student of Barbara Marchant and The William Esper Studio in New York City."Simone Deveaux"
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 0
Unaired Premiere Episode (22 Jul 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 1
Chapter One 'Genesis' (25 Sep 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 2
Chapter Two 'Don't Look Back' (02 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 3
Chapter Three 'One Giant Leap' (09 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 4
Chapter Four 'Collision' (16 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 7
Chapter Seven 'Nothing to Hide' (06 Nov 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 9
Chapter Nine 'Homecoming' (20 Nov 2006) - Actress
- Writer
- Producer
Clea DuVall was born in Los Angeles on September 25, 1977, to Rosemary (Hatch) and actor Steph DuVall. DuVall's teenage years presented her with many challenges. Her parents divorced when she was twelve, and, when her mother remarried, DuVall moved out because she did not feel at home in the newly-reconstituted family, dropping out of high school and getting her own apartment. An only child, she sought entertainment in movies and television programs, which she consumed voraciously, memorizing entire scenes from movies. Though a rather shy person, DuVall decided she wanted to be an actress, and returned to high school, this time the Los Angeles High School of the Arts. However, the rigors of independent living (she had to work to support herself) meant that she could spend little time in class, and, as a result, she fared poorly in the school.
Nonetheless, DuVall had intensity, commitment and strong natural talent, and soon after graduating, the roles began to come, at first guest spots in television programs and small roles in small films. Soon her first major role came, in Robert Rodriguez's successful 1998 take on the alien-body-snatcher genre, The Faculty (1998), which featured many other up-and-coming young actors such as Elijah Wood and Josh Hartnett, as well as a strong cast of established adult performers. DuVall played Stokely, a bizarre, tough Goth Girl. This role was typical of DuVall's casting - the outsider, attractive though in an edgy and sometimes slightly disturbing way. (DuVall is pretty and can be glamorous, or can appear rough-around-the-edges, for a role.) Similar roles came in But I'm a Cheerleader (1999) as a tattooed lesbian and Girl, Interrupted (1999) as a mental patient.
DuVall is a complex person - soft-spoken and friendly, yet tough and independent - and she ably lends this complexity to her characters, making her a popular casting choice. She continues to turn in strong performances in such productions as the ensemble thriller Identity (2003), the HBO supernatural series Carnivàle (2003) and the critically-praised 21 Grams (2003). DuVall is a chain smoker and a close friend of director Jamie Babbit. She is no relation to veteran actors Robert Duvall or Shelley Duvall."FBI Agent Audrey Hanson"
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 2
Chapter Two 'Don't Look Back' (02 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 3
Chapter Three 'One Giant Leap' (09 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 7
Chapter Seven 'Nothing to Hide' (06 Nov 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 8
Chapter Eight 'Seven Minutes to Midnight' (13 Nov 2006)- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
Gregory Phillip "Greg" Grunberg is an American television and film actor. He is best known for starring as Matt Parkman in the NBC television series Heroes and "Snap" Wexley in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. He has often appeared in works produced and directed by childhood friend J. J. Abrams. He is a recurring cast member in the first two seasons of the Showtime American television drama series Masters of Sex."Matt Parkman"
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 0
Unaired Premiere Episode (22 Jul 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 2
Chapter Two 'Don't Look Back' (02 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 3
Chapter Three 'One Giant Leap' (09 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 4
Chapter Four 'Collision' (16 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 5
Chapter Five 'Hiros' (23 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 6
Chapter Six 'Better Halves' (30 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 7
Chapter Seven 'Nothing to Hide' (06 Nov 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 8
Chapter Eight 'Seven Minutes to Midnight' (13 Nov 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 10
Chapter Ten 'Six Months Ago' (27 Nov 2006)- Actor
- Producer
- Writer
One of today's most exciting & versatile actors, voted by Buzzfeed as a Top 10 Asian-American Leading Man, and by TV Guide as "Hollywood's 25 Hottest", James is next appearing in the feature Year 2, and was recently seen in Netflix movie Yes Day, and the HBO show Lovecraft County. He recently guest starred in AMC's Preacher (2016), CBS' Elementary (2012) and Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders (2016), and FOX's Sleepy Hollow (2013). He also recently starred in NCIS: Los Angeles (2009), the new Nickelodeon sitcom School of Rock (2016), the FX drama Justified (2010), and is beloved to many for his 5-year run on NBC's Heroes (2006) as 'Ando'.
James recently returned to the stage, in La Jolla Playhouse's production of Wild Goose Dreams, directed by Leigh Silverman (2x TONY nominee). He recently starred the comedy feature 7 Days to Vegas (2019), and Banana Season (2018), where he had to train as a Mixed Martial Arts fighter for six weeks. He also stars in the romantic comedy Another Time (2018), along side Justin Hartley and Arielle Kebbel.
A native of NYC, James graduated from Bronx H.S. of Science, then went on to study communications & broadcasting at New England Institute of the Arts. After a stint in a hip-hop group in college, James moved to LA on a one-way ticket & a suitcase, where he began his training in music, dance, and acting. His first ever TV audition landed him on CBS's JAG (1995).
An athlete & avid runner, James has ran the LA Half Marathon with his wife Jamee , plays basketball for The Hollywood Knights, a charity celebrity team, and participated in Robbie Williams' Soccer Aid for UNICEF, at Manchester United's Old Trafford in the UK. His favorite hobbies include scuba diving and ultimate frisbee, and he loves playing guitar and the piano.
James is an ambassador for the international non-profit Good Neighbors and their Water for Life campaign, as well as the Creative Coalition and their Arts Education program. His passion is to create media that promotes wellness, fitness, and consciousness."Ando Masahashi" (as James Kyson Lee)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 0
Unaired Premiere Episode (22 Jul 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 1
Chapter One 'Genesis' (25 Sep 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 2
Chapter Two 'Don't Look Back' (02 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 3
Chapter Three 'One Giant Leap' (09 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 4
Chapter Four 'Collision' (16 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 5
Chapter Five 'Hiros' (23 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 6
Chapter Six 'Better Halves' (30 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 7
Chapter Seven 'Nothing to Hide' (06 Nov 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 8
Chapter Eight 'Seven Minutes to Midnight' (13 Nov 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 9
Chapter Nine 'Homecoming' (20 Nov 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 10
Chapter Ten 'Six Months Ago' (27 Nov 2006)- Elizabeth Lackey was born on 2 March 1971 in Sydney, Australia. She is an actress, known for Planet of the Apes (2001), Mulholland Drive (2001) and Kicking & Screaming (2005)."Janice Parkman" (as Lisa Lackey)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 3
Chapter Three 'One Giant Leap' (09 Oct 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 7
Chapter Seven 'Nothing to Hide' (06 Nov 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 8
Chapter Eight 'Seven Minutes to Midnight' (13 Nov 2006)
"Heroes": Season 1, Episode 10
Chapter Ten 'Six Months Ago' (27 Nov 2006)