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: As a youngster, wanted to be a stuntman after watching Steve McQueen in Bullitt (1968). Realized acting was more up his alley after appearing in a Baton Rouge stage production of N. Richard Nash's The Rainmaker in 1981. In 2004, founded production company Ransack Films, which produced The Season Before Spring (2008), a full-length documentary about the first post-Hurricane Katrina Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Launched the Web site www.locationtalent.com, an online directory for cast, crew and entertainment-industry workers listed by geographical location, in 2007. Was honored by self-improvement magazine Exceptional People in 2010 for his career and humanitarian work.

Trivia: Was classically trained in acting.Was honored at the Social Impact Awards in Los Angeles in December 2013.Has been involved in rebuilding communities impacted by natural disasters.

Trivia: While living in Chicago, studied at the Piven Theatre Workshop in Evanston with Byrne and Shira Piven, the father and sister of Jeremy Piven. Moved to New York City, where he studied acting with Richard Pinter and voice work with Jacklyn Maddux at the Neighborhood Playhouse. Was a member of Jean Cocteau Repertory classical theater for two years, during which time he performed in many stage productions, including Joe Orton's Loot, George Bernard Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra and Luigi Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author. In 2007, played the role of Samuel in an off-Broadway production of J.T. Rogers' The Overwhelming. Was nominated at the 2012 NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture for his role as Arthur in Pariah. Voice-over work has been featured in numerous commercials, documentaries and video games.

Trivia: A curly haired beauty from San Francisco, actress Brigid Brannagh has found a successful niche as a TV guest star, appearing in single episodes of many shows, like Doogie Howser, M.D., NYPD Blue, Ally McBeal, Charmed, Just Shoot Me, 24, Without a Trace, and many more. Brannagh has also enjoyed a number of starring roles, most notably playing Pamela Moran on the Lifetime series Army Wives.

Trivia: A veteran of the pageant circuit, actress Nicki Lynn Aycox was quite accustomed to performing when she started her on-screen acting career in the mid-'90s. Starting with a series of single-episode guest appearances, Aycox built up her résumé on shows like 3rd Rock from the Sun, Boy Meets World, and L.A. Heat. She also found success with appearances in movies like Jeepers Creepers 2 and The X-Files: I Want to Believe. The later 2000s would find Aycox primarily returning to television, appearing on shows like Supernatural, Las Vegas, and in the TNT original series Dark Blue.

Trivia: Studied classical clarinet in high school and at the Juilliard School. Took a summer acting class at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts after his sophomore year and decided to focus on acting. Studied at the Acting Studio in New York. Made his film debut in the independent film Straight Out of Brooklyn in 1991 after seeing a casting notice in a trade paper in New York.

Trivia: Born January 30, 195, Charles Dutton attended the Yale School of Drama, and in 1983 he first appeared off-Broadway in Richard III. Before long he was delivering Tony-calibre performances in such Broadway productions as Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and The Piano Lesson. In films since 1986's No Mercy, the forceful, thunder-voiced Dutton has been seen in movies ranging from the mirth-provoking Crocodile Dundee 2 to the spine-chilling Alien 3. In 1991, Charles Dutton began a long TV run as the star of the Fox Network sitcom Roc.Dutton became an actor while serving a seven and a half-year prison sentence for stabbing a man during a street fight. While in prison, Dutton was stabbed in the neck with an ice pick during a fight with another inmate. The incident proved to be the turning point in Dutton's life when he refused to retaliate. Shortly thereafter, he became interested in drama and while serving his sentence completed a two-year college degree course. Upon his release from prison, Dutton was admitted into the Yale School of Drama. There he studied under playwright August Wilson and director Lloyd Richards.In 2000, Dutton directed The Corner, an acclaimed miniseries from HBO adapted from David Simon and Ed Burns' novel "The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood". The Corner won several awards, including an Emmy for Best Miniseries, and Dutton himself was honored for his direction. This would not be the last Emmy he received; the actor won Emmy Awards in 2002 and 2003 for supporting roles in televisiond dramas The Practice and Without a Trace. In 2003, Dutton starred in the made-for-TV drama D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear, and continued to make appearances on popular television shows including The L Word, The Sopranos, and House, M.D. Dutton joined the cast of Threshold in 2005. While the CBS science fiction series gained a loyal following, the show was short-lived. The actor went on to appear in filmmaker John Sayles' 2007 drama Honeydripper, which follows the owner of a blues club that was revitalized by a young electric guitarist.