Trivia: Worked on offshore oil rigs in the Indian Ocean before getting into acting. Decided to attend drama school while in the hospital recovering from injuries sustained in a shipwreck. First gained international fame by playing the role of Agent Jones in The Matrix.

Trivia: Born April 8th, 1980, Oregon native Katee Sackhoff made her first onscreen appearance with a small role in the 1998 Lifetime original movie Fifteen and Pregnant when she was 18. She continued to build up her resumé with minor appearances like a role in the USA film Hefner: Unauthorized and a number of appearances on MTV's Undressed, but it was a supporting role on the TV series The Education of Max Bickford that proved to be her big break. Playing daughter to veteran actor Richard Dreyfuss' character provided both valuable tutelage and incredible exposure for the young actress, setting her up for her next project.Accepting the role of Lt. Kara "Starbuck" Thrace in the 2003 miniseries Battlestar Galactica became one of the best moves of Sackhoff's career. The miniseries was so successful, it was sold as a standard TV show and began airing in 2004, with Sackhoff in the same leading role. With a regular paycheck and a base of devoted fans, she explored other projects when her show wasn't filming, taking on the role of Sherry Clarke in the 2007 sequel to White Noise, White Noise 2: The Light, alongside fellow sci-fi TV vet Nathan Fillion.

Trivia: Mixed-blood and Filipino-born, Phillips was raised in Arlington, Texas, where he began acting at age 10. After receiving his college degree in theater, he studied film technique with Adam Roarke at the Film Actor's Lab in Dallas. Between 1983 and 1986 he worked at the Lab as an assistant director and instructor. Concurrently, he performed in several plays in Dallas and Fort Worth, including Doctor Faustus and Hamlet. From 1983-87 Phillips appeared in several small, independent, Texas-made films, beginning with Angel Alley; one of these, Trespasses (1987), he co-wrote, while he associate-produced another, Dakota (1988). His big break came when director Luis Valdez was casting the Hollywood biopic La Bamba (1987), which focused on early rock 'n' roller Ritchie Valens. Someone suggested Phillips for the role of Valens' brother, but after he auditioned he was selected by Valdez to play the lead. The film was surprisingly successful and Philips married its assistant director, Julie Cypher. With his performance as a barrio boy in Stand and Deliver (1988) he further established himself as a leading Hispanic star and representative of the Hispanic community. After playing an American Indian in the youth Western Young Guns (1988), he found himself fascinated with Indian culture and became a Cherokee blood brother. He wrote one of his films, Ambition (1991).

Trivia: Earned a football scholarship to Duke University after a successful high-school career as a linebacker. Made his first television appearance as a lifeguard on an episode of Married...With Children. After a two-year stint as Chris Hughes on As the World Turns, he went on to star as another Hughes—Steve Hughes—on MyNetwork TV's Watch Over Me. Frequently rides horses as a Wyoming sheriff's deputy in the A&E series Longmire; he learned how to ride as a child on a farm in Illinois where his father had horses. Is an avid Chicago Cubs fan.

Trivia: Started performing at age 3. Started her theater career at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Graduated magna cum laude from Middlebury College. Sings and plays piano. Performs in the band the Real D'Coy with her brother Clark. Is a member of Los Angeles' Sight Unseen Theatre Group, which was cofounded by her brother Clark. Joined the cast of Smallville in 2008 as Tess Mercer, her first role as a TV-series regular. Loves to cook, and enjoys watching Top Chef.

Trivia: Enrolled at the North Carolina School of the Arts when she was 14 to study ballet. Began dancing professionally when she was 17 and traveled the world with different troupes, including a modern-dance company founded by Karole Armitage. While touring in Los Angeles in 1987, became acquainted with Dennis Hopper, whom she would later marry. Decided to switch careers and study acting under Sanford Meisner after she watched Sydney Pollack's documentary on the famed teacher. Met her second husband, French Stewart, in 1996 when she guest starred as his love interest on an episode of 3rd Rock From the Sun. Owned and operated her own interior-design business called Casa LaNasa.

Trivia: Born April 5th, 1984 in Austin, Texas, actor Marshall Allman could be seen in guest appearances on a host of series programs early in his career, among them including Without a Trace, Malcolm in the Middle, The Practice, and Boston Public. He also took on several film roles as he continued to build his résumé, including the slasher Shallow Ground (2004), and 2005's action-thriller Hostage. Allman then headlined the gentle coming-of-age comedy-drama Dishdogz (2006), about the apprenticeship of a down-and-out skateboarder. The actor was praised for his portrayal of L.J. Burrows Jr., son of prison detainee Lincoln Burrows (Dominic Purcell), on Fox's exciting serialized drama Prison Break (2005). Allman played brief roles on CSI (2007), Grey's Anatomy, Law & Order, and ABC's short-lived comedy-drama Eli Stone (2008). He made another big splash on television in 2011, when he appeared in 21 episodes of HBO's hit series True Blood as sketchy shapeshifter Tommy Mickens.

Trivia: Born Richard Laughlin Munro in the small town of Lac La Hache in British Columbia, Canadian-born actor Lochlyn Munro made a name for himself with high-strung comic performances in such films as Scary Movie, Dead Man on Campus, and A Guy Thing, as well as turns in more dramatic roles. A gifted sportsman who won awards as a competitive athlete, Munro was in his mid-'20s when he began to focus on a career in acting. His first professional credits were guest appearances on such TV series as Wiseguy and Neon Rider, and while he made his big-screen debut with a bit part in Cadence, he spent much of the early to mid-'90s doing television work, and began building a fan base when he was cast as a regular on the Canadian drama Northwood. He also starred in the short-lived crime series Two, and played recurring roles on JAG and Charmed. Munro's breakthrough was the comedy Dead Man on Campus, in which he played an overly intense college student whose roommates, in hopes of scoring an easy A, attempt to lead him to his death; he was cast as another tightly wound young man in A Night at the Roxbury. In 2000, Munro appeared in the top-grossing horror film spoof Scary Movie, as well as a more straightforward terror tale, Dracula 2000, and Bruce Paltrow's karaoke-themed comedy drama Duets.