NCIS: New Orleans - "Le Carnaval de la Mort" - 10:00 am Monday, December 15 on KAKW ION Mystery

Scott Bakula (Actor) .. Dwayne Pride

Born: October 09, 1954
Birthplace: St Louis, Missouri, United States

Trivia: Best known for portraying time traveler Dr. Sam Beckett in the popular sci-fi series Quantum Leap, Scott Bakula is also a noted Broadway actor and occasional movie star, though it is in the last venue that he has had the least amount of success. The son of a musician, Bakula is said to have started his own rock band when he was in the fourth grade. He also sang with the St. Louis Symphony before attending the University of Kansas. Bakula launched his acting career as a teen in regional theater and as a stage actor specializes in musical comedy. He made his Broadway debut in 1983 in Marilyn: An American Fable. He started showing up regularly on television as a guest star on such series as My Sister Sam and Designing Women during the 1980s. In 1986, Bakula starred in an unsuccessful television series, Gung Ho! Two years later he headlined another unsuccessful one, Eisenhower and Lutz. In 1988, Bakula was nominated for a Tony for his work in Romance, Romance. The following year, he was cast in Quantum Leap and has since gained a cult following; in 1992, he won a Golden Globe and was nominated four more times. Bakula was also nominated for a quartet of Emmys. Bakula made his feature-film debut starring opposite Kirstie Alley in Sibling Rivalry (1990). Other notable film appearances include L.A. Story (1991) and My Family/Mi Familia (1995). In 1993, Bakula had a recurring role on the CBS sitcom Murphy Brown as a love interest of Candice Bergen. He has also appeared in a number of television movies and in 1996, he had a stint in another short-lived series, Mr. and Mrs. Smith.Though he worked steadily in movies, television turned out to be his next great success when, in 2001, he took the part of Capt. Jonathan Archer on Star Trek: Enterprise, a program that lasted four seasons.In 2009 Bakula would star alongside Ray Romano and Andre Braugher in the well-respected comedy/drama series Men of a Certain Age, and landed in one of the best films of his career, Steven Soderbergh's The Informant!.

Lucas Black (Actor) .. Christopher LaSalle

Born: November 29, 1982
Birthplace: Decatur, Alabama, United States

Trivia: Though he has proven to be a natural, allegedly Lucas Black's ambition is not to be an actor when he grows up. Born and raised in Alabama, Black became a professional actor when an open casting call landed him a bit part in Jon Avnet's The War (1994). After starring on TV's American Gothic (1995), Black definitively caught the audience's attention with his pivotal role in Billy Bob Thornton's award-winning drama Sling Blade (1996). Resisting child actor treacle, Black turned in a genuinely charming and moving performance as the young boy who befriends Thornton's mentally challenged ex-con. Despite the acclaim, however, Black opted to stay home in Alabama rather than go Hollywood. Black continued to act throughout his high school years, playing supporting roles in the racial drama Ghosts of Mississippi (1996) and the big-screen version of The X-Files (1998), and starring in the TV movie Flash (1997) and as the politically aware Peejoe in Crazy in Alabama (1999). In Thornton's second directorial effort All the Pretty Horses (2000), Black's performance as the young drifter who gets Matt Damon into trouble once again revealed his ability to hold his own against -- indeed outshine -- Hollywood's best. Black, however, has asserted that his ultimate goal is to become a professional fisherman. High profile roles as everything from a piano savant in Killer Diller to a high school football star in Friday Night LIghts and a fresh-faced Marine in Jarhead proved without question that Black had the acting range needed to craft and impressive and enduring career, and in 2006 Black put the peddle to the metal as a troubled teen whose trip to Tokyo finds him mastering the art of the drift in the adrenaline-charged sequel The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.

Cch Pounder (Actor) .. Dr. Loretta Wade

Born: December 25, 1952
Birthplace: Georgetown, British Guiana, United Kingdom

Trivia: Born in Guyana on December 25, 1952, actress CCH Pounder made her first film appearance as a nurse in Bob Fosse's All That Jazz (1979). Pounder went on to play a small part in Prizzi's Honor before her first big role as truckstop owner Brenda in Bagdad Cafe. Her first TV-series assignment was as husband-murderer Dawn Murphy in the short-lived FOX sitcom Women in Prison. Many dramatic TV movies followed, including Leap of Faith, Third Degree Burn, Murder in Mississippi, and the two-part CBS miniseries Common Ground. On the big screen, she had supporting parts in Postcards From the Edge, Kurt Baker's version of The Importance of Being Earnest, and the romantic comedy Benny & Joon. After appearing in Sliver and Robocop 3, she returned to television for the role of Dr. Angela Hicks on ER, earning her an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress. She left the show in 1997 and went on to countless TV movies (Final Justice, Netforce, A Touch of Hope, just to name a few), as well as a couple feature films (Face/Off, End of Days) and TV miniseries (House of Frankenstein, To Serve and Protect). In 2001, she narrated the PBS documentary series Race: The Power of an Illusion and played a judge in Allison Anders' independent drama Things Behind the Sun. In 2002, she was back on television as Detective Claudette Wynn on the FOX police drama The Shield.Pounder continued to work on The Shield until the series concluded in 2007, and was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for her role as Detective Wynn. The actress appeared in 2009's psychological horror The Orphan, and voiced Mo'at, the spiritual leader of the Omaticaya clan, in James Cameron's mega-blockbuster Avatar the same year. 2009 would prove a rewarding year for Pounder, as her guest appearances on the BBC/HBO series No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency would earn her an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series.

Rob Kerkovich (Actor) .. Sebastian Lund

Birthplace: Massachusetts, United States

Trivia: Was part of the comedy troupe Commedus Interruptus in college. Co-founded the comedy troupe Summer of Tears with Todd Waldman in 2004. Won the U.S. Comedy Art Festival's jury prize for best sketch comedy in 2007 with Summer of Tears. Was a writer for ABC's Happy Endings.

Daryl "Chill" Mitchell (Actor) .. Patton Plame

Born: July 16, 1965
Birthplace: Bronx, New York, United States

Trivia: Was a member of '80s hip-hop group Groove B. Chill. Paralyzed from the waist down as the result of a November 2001 motorcycle accident in South Carolina. Has served as a spokesman for the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation. Established the Daryl Mitchell Foundation, which was founded on the principles of awareness, education and advocacy for those impacted by spinal-cord injuries.

Shalita Grant (Actor) .. Sonja Percy

Birthplace: Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Trivia: Was honored as a Presidential Scholar in the Arts by the U.S. Presidential Scholars Program during her senior year in high school. Wrote two articles that were published in The Juilliard Journal while in college. Made her New York stage debut in the Delacorte Theater's production of The Merchant of Venice in 2010. In 2013, made her Broadway debut in Christopher Durang's production of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike as Cassandra, a role that she originated. Is involved with an anti-racism organization, A People's Institute for Survival and Beyond.

Vanessa Ferlito (Actor) .. Tammy Gregorio

Born: December 28, 1980
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Trivia: Brooklyn, NY, native Vanessa Ferlito grew up amid somewhat challenging circumstances as an only child (the daughter of two Italian-American hair salon owners) whose father died before she reached the age of three. She developed acting aspirations early in life and broke into the entertainment business via television, with guest spots and recurring roles on crime-themed series programs including CSI: New York and The Sopranos -- where her unmistakably ethnic, weathered but voluptuous look lent her time and again to effective portrayals of molls, mistresses, and other gritty urban female types. She landed her most prominent early feature roles in Spider-Man 2 (as a co-star in Mary Jane's play) and Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof segment of the 2007 two-episode omnibus Grindhouse (as one of the low-down women stalked and murdered by Kurt Russell's psychopath Stuntman Mike). After the Tarantino project, Ferlito joined co-stars Debra Messing and Alfred Molina for the gentle comedy Nothing Like the Holidays and worked with Tyler Perry on the farce Madea Goes to Jail (2009).

Zoe Mclellan (Actor)

Born: November 06, 1974
Birthplace: La Jolla, California, United States

Trivia: Actress Zoe McLellan got her first break in the movie Mr. Holland's Opus in 1995. Like a lot of new actresses, she struggled to pay the bills with appearances on TV shows and in commercials, eventually scoring a role in the 2000 movie Dungeons & Dragons. Then the next year, she was cast as P.O. Jennifer Coates on the hit series JAG. She stayed with the show until 2005, then in 2007 she took a role on another series, this time playing Lisa George, the wife of lead character Nick George (Peter Krause), on Dirty Sexy Money.

Christopher Heskey (Actor)

Anthony Kane (Actor)

Alexander Christopher Jones (Actor)

Hedy Rose Kraft (Actor)

Shane Kretzmann (Actor)

T. Ryan Mooney (Actor)

James Ourso (Actor)

Edward Parker (Actor)

Stephen Payne (Actor)

Louisa Riofrio (Actor)

Brad Spiers (Actor)

Ronald Joe Vasquez (Actor)

Bryan Blasingame (Actor)

Kermit Burns III (Actor)

Stacy Keach (Actor) .. Cassius Pride

Born: June 02, 1941
Birthplace: Savannah, Georgia, United States

Trivia: The son of a drama teacher and dialogue director, American actor Stacy Keach began performing in college productions, then studied at the Yale Drama School. He spent a year at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art on a Fulbright scholarship, then acted in Shakespeare in the Park productions, where he first established his reputation; he soon worked both off and on Broadway, winning a Tony for his work in Indians. Keach debuted onscreen as a drunken drifter in The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968), then went on to play leads and supporting roles in a number of films; his screen appearances after 1982, however, have been infrequent. He wrote and directed the short film The Repeater (1972); he also directed a TV version of Pirandello's classic Six Characters in Search of an Author. In 1975 he starred in the short-lived TV series Caribe, and after starring in several TV movies, Keach assumed the title role of the TV series Mike Hammer in 1983. His career came to an abrupt halt in the mid-'80s when he was arrested and imprisoned in England for cocaine possession; after serving nine months and participating in drug rehabilitation, he returned to Mike Hammer. He is the brother of actor James Keach, with whom he co-starred in The Long Riders (1980), a film he also co-wrote and co-produced. He is married to Polish actress Malgosia Tomassi.

Shanley Caswell (Actor) .. Laurel Pride

Born: December 03, 1991
Birthplace: Sarasota, Florida, United States

Yetide Badaki (Actor) .. Felicia Patrice

Born: September 24, 1981
Birthplace: Nigeria

Trivia: Is a descent from a tribal in Nigeria, where her grandfather was the tribal chieftain.Moved to the United Kingdom when she was 3-years-old.At the age of 12, she moved to the United States.At the age of 16, she started college.Decided to pursue a career as an actress while studying in college.Became a United States citizen in 2014.

Julia LaShae (Actor) .. Vera Mapes

Born: July 22, 1969

Thomas Tah Hyde III (Actor) .. Navy Petty Officer Toussaint Patrice

Jeremy Jude (Actor) .. Male Partygoer

Andrew Serpas (Actor) .. NOPD Officer Smith

Michael Papajohn (Actor) .. Marv Williams

Born: November 07, 1964
Birthplace: Birmingham, Alabama

Trivia: Actor, stuntman, and college baseball player Michael Papajohn got his start in show business while he was attending Louisiana State University, where he played for the LSU Tigers. After having the opportunity to perform some stunts in the sports movie Everybody's All American in 1988, Papajohn began pursuing stunt and acting roles, appearing in movies like The Last Boy Scout and Mr. Baseball. He would find consistent acting work over the coming years, frequently making small appearances. He played an unnamed thug in 2000's Charlie's Angels and a security guard in the 2002 comedy The Hot Chick, and continued to take on several roles per year throughout the 2000s, notably appearing in I Know Who Killed Me, Spider-Man 3, and Terminator Salvation.

Tony Beard (Actor) .. Mardi Gras Ball Attendee

Jamie Gliddon (Actor) .. Mardi Gras Ball Guest

Kerry Sims (Actor) .. Detective

Marina Arellano (Actor) .. Parade Goer

Eric Berris (Actor) .. Businessman

Erica Buitron (Actor) .. Parade Goer

NCIS: New Orleans: Le Carnaval de la Mort

10:00 am - 11:00 am, Monday, December 15 on KAKW ION Mystery (31.4)

Le Carnaval de la Mort

Season 1, Episode 15