The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

Lucas Black (Actor) .. Sean Boswell

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.

Nathalie Kelley (Actor) .. Neela

Born: March 03, 1985
Birthplace: Lima, Peru

Trivia: Moved to Australia at the age of 2; spent her summers with family in Brazil. Took a summer program at the National Institute of Dramatic Art, where one of her teachers was actor Nicholas Bishop; the pair later played love interests on Body of Proof. Was cast as the lead in an Aaron Spelling pilot called Mermaids, but the show ultimately wasn't picked up. Appeared in the music video for Bruno Mars' "Just the Way You Are" in 2010. Volunteered with Indigenous Australians in inner-city Sydney.

Sung Kang (Actor) .. Han Lue

Born: April 08, 1972
Birthplace: Gainesville, Georgia, United States

Trivia: Actor and occasional producer Sung Kang launched his career in the early 2000s. Though he continually tackled bit parts or supporting roles that called for standard Asian types, such as guest spots on NYPD Blue and in features such as Antwone Fisher (2002) and Forbidden Warrior (2004), Kang made his most enduring mark by co-producing and starring in a series of critically praised independent films with predominantly Asian-American casts and crews. The first of these projects arose when Kang signed to associate produce and tackle a plum role as one of the leads in writer/director Justin Lin's drama Better Luck Tomorrow (2002), about a group of troubled Asian-American adolescents who drift ever so casually into low-level crime. He followed it up by producing and starring in a sophomore project, the action-infused crime saga Undoing (2006), as a somewhat naïve young man who embarks on a crusade of vengeance against the thugs who rubbed out his best friend. Additional supporting roles ensued, in features such as The Fast and The Furious: Tokyo Drift (2006), Live Free or Die Hard (2007), and War (2007).

Bow Wow (Actor) .. Twinkie

Born: March 09, 1987
Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio, United States

Trivia: Though he has since dropped the age restrictive "Lil'" for the more mature Bow Wow, this rapper-turned-actor stands tall on both stage and screen no matter what moniker he assumes. Born Shad Gregory Moss in Reynoldsburg, OH, Lil' Bow Wow dropped his first rhymes at the tender age of three, and after hooking up with producer Jermaine Dupri, the young rapper released his debut album, Beware of Dog, in 2000. The following year, he brought his vocal talents to the small screen in Carmen: A Hip Hopera. After releasing his 2001 sophomore album, Doggy Bag, Lil' Bow Wow made his feature debut in the action comedy All About the Benjamins. Leading-man status followed with a starring role as an orphan who discovers a pair of magical basketball shoes in Like Mike (2002), showing that the pint-sized rapper's skills in front of the camera rivaled those behind the microphone. Following the release of his third album, Unleashed (2003), he returned to the screen in 2004 for the comedy Johnson Family Vacation; snagging the lead role in Director Malcolm D. Lee's nostalgic coming-of-age tale Roll Bounce the following year. Strapping on a pair of roller skates for the '70s-set family drama, Bow Wow's first leading role snagged impressive box-office totals in its first-weekend, indicating good things to come for the young rapper-actor hyphenate. 2006 would find the actor/hip-hopper adding the title of wheelman to his credits when he buckled-in for the rubber-burning sequel The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift.

Brian Tee (Actor) .. D.K.

Born: March 15, 1977
Birthplace: Okinawa, Japan

Trivia: Born on the Japanese island of Okinawa, Brian Tee moved with his parents to the U.S. at the age of two. After growing up in the sunny suburbs of L.A., he graduated high school and enrolled at Cal State Fullerton with a major in pre-law. In an effort to remain connected to the arts, he took an acting for non-majors class and discovered a deep love of performance. Causing something of a family upset, he dropped out of Cal State and enrolled in the Dramatic Arts Acting program at the University of California, Berkeley. After graduating, he began auditioning, landing appearances on shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The Pretender. In 2006 he scored a role as the Drift King in The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift before signing on for Nanking, Bill Guttentag's documentary about the 1937 massacre of the Chinese city.

Leonardo Nam (Actor) .. Morimoto

Brian Goodman (Actor) .. Major Boswell

Trivia: Character actor Brian Goodman's unmistakably tough, rough-hewn exterior seemed to pigeonhole him, automatically lending him to portrayals of cops, army majors, guards, lieutenants, prisoners, and other figures with an aura of menacing imposition. Features that enlisted Goodman spanned a broad spectrum of genres, from prison drama (The Last Castle, 2001) to chase movie (Catch Me If You Can, 2002), to action yarn (The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift, 2006); the Best Picture nominee Munich (2005) (in which Goodman played a Belligerent American) reteamed the actor with Catch director Steven Spielberg. In 2008, Goodman dramatically expanded his ambitions by co-scripting, directing, and starring in the drama What Doesn't Kill You; an overtly autobiographical piece, it told of two friends (Ethan Hawke and Mark Ruffalo) who grow up together in a rough neighborhood and find themselves sucked into a whirlpool of crime and violence and rapidly drawing the attentions of a die-hard police detective (Donnie Wahlberg).

Nikki Griffin (Actor) .. Cindy

Born: April 16, 1978

Zachery Ty Bryan (Actor) .. Clay

Born: October 09, 1981
Birthplace: Colorado, United States

Trivia: Colorado native Zachery Ty Bryan began his career in commercials and print ads at the age of five before getting his first big role in the 1990 made-for-TV film Crash: The Mystery of Flight 1501. His career maker came in 1991 when he was cast in the long-running sitcom Home Improvement as Brad Taylor, the oldest of the three sons, and the one prone to getting in trouble. Viewers watched Bryan grow up (and changed hair styles as frequently as sitcom dad Tim Taylor Tim Allen upgraded his power tools) in front of them as the series ran for nearly a decade. Bryan made appearances on many notable TV series, including The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Smallville, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Veronica Mars, and Cold Case. As an avid soccer player who played competitively nationally and internationally, Bryan took roles that made use of his athleticism, including a swimmer on the 2005 ESPN film Codebreakers, a football player in The Rage: Carrie 2 (1999), and a baseball player in his appearance on Smallville.

Keiko Kitagawa (Actor) .. Reiko

Jason Tobin (Actor) .. Earl

Trivia: Of Chinese and British descent.Was too shy to participate in school drama productions.Attended boarding schools in the U.K.Backpacked for a year in South America.Changed his training and diet to successfully reverse a prediabetes diagnosis before filming Warrior season two.Is from the same hometown as Bruce Lee.

Linda Boyd (Actor) .. Ms. Boswell

Shin'ichi Chiba (Actor) .. Uncle Kamata

Damien Marzette (Actor) .. High School Security Guard

Brandon Brendel (Actor) .. Clay's Buddy

Born: April 05, 1981

Trula M. Marcus (Actor) .. American Math Teacher

Daniel Booko (Actor) .. Clay's Buddy

Born: October 17, 1983

David V. Thomas (Actor) .. Clay's Buddy

Born: March 13, 1987

Ashika Gogna (Actor) .. Cheerleader

Vincent Laresca (Actor) .. Case Worker

Born: January 21, 1974

Amber Stevens West (Actor) .. Cheerleader

Born: October 07, 1986
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California

Trivia: Starred as Ashleigh Howard on Greek between 2007 and 2011. In 2011, starred as Mimi in a Los Angeles production of Rent. Nominated for 2015 Outstanding Female Breakthrough Performance Black Reel Award for her role in 22 Jump Street. Starred as Maxine on The Carmichael Show during its run from 2015 to 2017. Starred as Annie in Fox's Ghosted in 2017.

Yoko Maki (Actor) .. Woman at Boswell's Apt.

Toshi Hayama (Actor) .. Toshi at Underground Garage

Atley Siauw (Actor) .. DJ Atley

Kaila Yu (Actor) .. Cowgirl at Starting Line

Aiko Tanaka (Actor) .. Cowgirl at Starting Line

Satoshi Tsumabuki (Actor) .. Exceedingly Handsome Guy

Alden Villaverde (Actor) .. Alden

Konishiki (Actor) .. Paw Man

Caroline de Souza Correa (Actor) .. Sexy Brazilian Model

Born: May 19, 1979

Silvia Šuvadová (Actor) .. Russian Model

Jimmy Lin (Actor) .. Jimmy

Born: October 15, 1974
Birthplace: Taipei, Taiwan

Trivia: Became a star overnight when he was 17 after the release of his debut album Not Every Love Song Has Fond Memories.Had to postpone his acting and singing career in 1994 for compulsory military service.Realized his dream of car racing in 1997 and went on to become an accomplished racer.Got in a car racing accident that nearly cost him his life - he limped out and away from the wreck only seconds before it exploded.Set up the company Jimmy Creative which produced his albums under the music label Forward.Became the first singer to hold a concert within the Suntec City Fountain of Wealth in Singapore, performing there in 1999.

Shoko Nakagawa (Actor) .. Bo-Peep Girl

Koji Kataoka (Actor) .. Pinkie

Trey Sanford (Actor) .. Auto Shop Bully #2

Christian Salazar (Actor) .. Chubby Hispanic Kid

Danny Ray McDonald II (Actor) .. Auto Shop Bully #3

Joey Crumpton (Actor) .. Police Officer

Rie Shibata (Actor) .. Math Teacher

Hiroshi Hatayama (Actor) .. Tea Hair #2

Keiichi Tsuchiya (Actor) .. Old Fisherman #1

Kazutoshi Wadakura (Actor) .. Old Fisherman #2

Verena Mei (Actor) .. Beautiful Girl in Skyline #1

Born: November 02, 1974

Mari Jaramillo (Actor) .. Beautiful Girl in Skyline #2

Mikiko Yano (Actor) .. Bo-Peep Girl #2

Wendy Watanabe (Actor) .. Neela's Friend #1

Tina Tsunoda (Actor) .. Neela's Friend #2

Takayuki Kubota (Actor) .. Yakuza Man #1

Born: September 20, 1934

Toshio Ariki (Actor)

Mitsuru Ôno (Actor)

Hidesuke Motoki (Actor) .. Yakuza Man #4

Mitsuki Koga (Actor) .. Yakuza Man

Born: January 16, 1975

Vin Diesel (Actor) .. Dominic Toretto

Born: July 18, 1967
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States

Trivia: Actor, producer, writer, and director Vin Diesel had a charmed entry into the world of screen acting: after seeing Multi-Facial, a short that Diesel wrote, produced, financed, directed, and starred in, Steven Spielberg created the role of Private Caparzo specifically for the talented young newcomer in his Saving Private Ryan (1998).Born in New York City on July 18, 1967, Diesel made his stage debut at the age of seven in "Theatre for the New City," which was produced in Greenwich Village. He continued to be involved with the theatre throughout his adolescence, and he went on to attend the city's Hunter College, where his studies in creative writing led him to begin writing screenplays. Diesel became active in filmmaking in the early '90s, first earning notice for the short Multi-Facial, which was selected for screening at the 1995 Cannes Festival. He followed up Multi-Facial with his first feature-length film, 1997's Strays, an urban drama in which he cast himself as a gang boss whose love for a woman inspires him to try to change his ways. Written, directed, and produced by Diesel, the film was selected for competition at the 1997 Sundance Festival, which led to a deal with MTV to turn it into a series.Following the success of Saving Private Ryan, Diesel could be heard voicing the title character of the animated The Iron Giant (1999), another critically praised feature. He then starred with fellow young actors Giovanni Ribisi, Ben Affleck, Jamie Kennedy, and Nicky Katt in Boiler Room, an off-Wall Street drama that cast him as one of the members of a shady brokerage firm. He also flexed his sci-fi muscles in Pitch Black (2000), an interplanetary thriller that featured him and fellow Earthlings doing battle with a host of nasty alien mutants. Diesel jumped genres yet again as a devious, determined hot-rodder in The Fast and the Furious (2001), a cheeky, action-packed street racing picture in the vein of '50s exploitation flicks. The low-profile, star-free summer release left skid marks at the box office as it grossed over $40 million dollars in its first weekend alone -- more than enough to cover its production costs, and enough to lead many to believe that Diesel had finally arrived as a bankable leading man.Indeed Diesel was growing increasingly comfortable in his role as a tough guy action icon, though the ex-NYC club bouncer's prominent smirky scowl (usually accompanied by a hearty smile and laugh) proved almost a wink to his fans that while it worked well for him, he didn't take the image altogether seriously. The following year found Diesel teetering on the edge of mega-stardom with the release of his eagerly anticipated reteaming with The Fast and the Furious director Rob Cohen, XXX. With images of a bulky Diesel adorning movie theaters nationwide and an advertising campaign that left almost no viable stone unturned, the duo were undoubtedly aiming to repeat the success of the muscle-car extravaganza. This time setting their sights on breathing life into the ailing secret agent action adventure genre, XXX's protagonist, a former extreme sports athlete recruited by the government to take on a dangerous mission, would prove a large-scale attempt at bringing James Bond style thrills into the 21st century. With his reputation set in stone, Diesel would spend the 2000's enjoying a steady stream of similar work, starring in action adventure films like The Chronicles of Riddick (a sequel to 2000's Pitch Black) and Babylon A.D., as well as occasional comedic turns, like The Pacifier. He eventually rejoined the Fast & Furious franchise, reprising his role of Dom Toretto in numerous sequels, and also working as a producer on the films. In 2014, he voiced the role of Groot in the smash hit Guardians of the Galaxy, and also recorded his iconic line "I am Groot" in numerous languages for international versions of the film.

Britten Kelley (Actor) .. Model

Kazuki Namioka (Actor) .. Tea Hair

Chris Astoyan (Actor) .. Racer

Tessa Sugay (Actor) .. Club Girl

Kevin Ryan (Actor) .. Bully

April Betts (Actor) .. Cheerleader

Ai Cherie (Actor) .. Bouncer's Girlfriend

Willis Chung (Actor) .. Tea Hair #5

Victoria Gracie (Actor) .. Model

Paul Walker (Actor)

Born: September 12, 1973
Died: November 30, 2013
Birthplace: Glendale, California, United States

Trivia: With looks suggesting a closet full of football trophies, the blond, blue-eyed Paul Walker has made a name for himself with a number of high-profile projects, including the successful teen flicks She's All That and Varsity Blues.Hailing from Glendale, CA, where he was born on September 12, 1973, Walker got his start at a young age, modeling and acting in various TV shows including Charles in Charge, Diff'rent Strokes, and Who's the Boss. His film debut came in the 1986 horror spoof Monster in the Closet, which complemented a part in the short-lived 1986 sitcom Throb. After high school, where he was active in a variety of sports, Walker opted to study marine biology at a series of California community colleges. Realizing his real love was acting, Walker resumed his long-dormant career in 1993, with a role on the CBS soap The Young and the Restless. This was followed by a lead role in Tammy and the T-Rex, which also starred an unknown Denise Richards. In 1998, after starring in the desultory Meet the Deedles, Walker won a secondary role as the object of Reese Witherspoon's pent-up passion in the critically acclaimed Pleasantville. His onscreen success continued with the following year's She's All That and Varsity Blues, both of which allowed the actor to capitalize on the craze for teens on the screen. In 2001, Walker tackled a leading role as he put the pedal to the metal with burgeoning star Vin Diesel in The Fast and the Furious. A throwback to the forgotten drive-in exploitationers of the past, adrenalized and pumped-up for the new millennium, The Fast and the Furious brought Walker into edgier thriller territory as a youthful undercover FBI agent drawn into the world of underground racing gangs. Taking to the road once again, Walker appeared later that year as a teen stalked by a maniacal trucker while on the way to pick-up his dream girl (Leelee Sobieski) in Joy Ride.In 2003, Walker reprised his Fast and the Furious role for the sequel, 2 Fast 2 Furious, before signing on to appear alongside Penelope Cruiz, Susan Sarandon, and Alan Arkin for veteran actor Chazz Palminteri's big screen directorial debut, the ensemble drama Noel. The low-key movie provided a fore into films of a more subdued, dramatic nature, but the young actor wouldn't stay away from the thriller genre for long. In 2005 he appeared with Jessica Alba in the underwater adventure Into the Blue, and by 2006 he starred in the crime drama Running Scared. Walker kept the adrenaline pumping but widened his target audience for his next film, the Disney feature Eight Below. Walker starred as an Antarctic explorer who is forced to leave his beloved sled dogs behind when his life is in danger, but remains determined to rescue them. The movie was more family friendly than his other recent efforts, but before long he would be back to the grown-up fare that seemed to suit him. He next took a role in the John Herzfeld action flick The Death and Life of Bobby Z, in which he played opposite Laurence Fishburne as a convict who agrees to pose as a deceased drug dealer during a hostage switch. The edgy crime film was right up his alley, but Walker would change gears again for his next film, playing one of the six soldiers who raised the American flag at the Battle of Iwo Jima during WWII, in the Clint Eastwood movie Flags of Our Fathers. He was the lead in the 2006 action film Running Scared, as well as the star of the old-fashioned adventure film Eight Below. In 2009 he returned to his signature franchise with Fast & Furious, and followed that up with the crime film Takers, and then Fast Five, which became a huge hit. Walker continued to apppear in The Fast and the Furious franchise films before ironically losing his life as a passenger in a car crash at age 40 in 2013.

Jade Gzi (Actor) .. Tea Hair #3

Elizabeth Hara (Actor) .. Model

Stacy Rossman (Actor) .. D.K. Entourage

Bud Joseph Hebert (Actor) .. Student

Michelle Rodriguez (Actor)

Born: July 12, 1978
Birthplace: Bexar County, TX

Trivia: As legend has it, when director Karyn Kusama was casting the lead for her directorial debut, Girlfight, she wanted to find a young woman who would radiate the powerful, surly charisma of the young Marlon Brando. Her search for an actor with this enviable but elusive quality ended when Michelle Rodriguez, a 20-year-old Latina whose previous experience was limited to work as an extra, answered an ad in Backstage magazine that Kusama had posted. Cast as Diana Guzman, the fierce and vibrant protagonist of Kusama's story of a high school girl who takes up boxing, Rodriguez went on to earn almost universal acclaim for her powerful portrayal, winning the admiration of audiences and critics from Sundance to Toronto.Of Puerto Rican and Dominican descent, Rodriguez was born in Bell County, TX, on July 12, 1978. She moved around throughout her childhood and adolescence, living for a time in Texas, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, and Jersey City, NJ. It was while she was working as an extra in various film productions that she answered Kusama's ad for actors; after being cast as Girlfight's protagonist, she trained intensively to condition her body like that of a boxer to such a degree that, at one point, she was even asked to go pro. Her dedication to the physical and emotional demands of her character paid off lavishly, when Girlfight premiered at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival it received the Grand Jury Prize, with Rodriguez's performance singled out as one of the most exciting breakthroughs in years; among the many kudos she subsequently received was the National Board of Review's prize for Best Breakthrough Performance.Rodriguez's status as one of the year's New Hot Young Thangs on the Block was duly reflected by the attention she was subsequently paid in both the media and Hollywood. In the following year, her projects included Rob Cohen's The Fast and the Furious, an urban adrenaline extravaganza in which she played the tough girlfriend of a gang leader alongside Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, and Jordanna Brewster, and 3 A.M., a made-for-cable drama which cast her as a taxi driver and was screened at the Sundance Festival.Striving to maintain the balance between sexy and tough, Rodriguez would take on zombies in Resident Evil (2002) before hitting the waves in Blue Crush. Though neither film proved a bona fide box-office smash, they did offer the up and coming actress the exposure needed to develop an enduring career. Rodriguez could next be seen opposite Colin Farrell in the hard-hitting action thriller S.W.A.T. In 2005, Rodriguez appeared briefly on the first season of NBC's endlessly enigmatic primetime drama Lost as Ana Lucia Cortez, a tough cop with a shady past. She reprised the role in the following season, when she clashed heads with fellow flight survivor Jack (Matthew Fox) and struggled with her changing status within the group. The actress also starred in The Breed and Battle in Seattle, and co-stars as a tough-as-nails pilot in Avatar (2009), director James Cameron's science fiction adventure.

Alexis Hernandez (Actor) .. Latino Crew

Harley Jay (Actor) .. Student

Kario Salem (Actor)

Eunice Kiss (Actor) .. Racer

Tara Kredel (Actor) .. Cheerleader

Jimmy Hsu (Actor) .. Yakuza

Sandra Mccurdy (Actor) .. Model

Chaoxiang Ming (Actor) .. Little Kid

Tyler Nelson (Actor) .. Mascot

Born: January 26, 1991

Sandy Velasco (Actor) .. Hip Hop Girl

Emmi Nakagawa (Actor) .. Business Woman

Minn Vo (Actor) .. Dancer

Stuart Yee (Actor) .. Yakuza Man #2

Masami Okada (Actor) .. Hostess at scene with Sunny Chiba

Joshua Collins (Actor) .. Skater Student

10:09 am - 11:59 am, Friday, January 16 on HBO Xtreme (Panamerican English) ()