Trivia: California-born Shemar Moore parlayed a successful modeling stint into an acting career that began in 1994 with a lead role on the soap opera The Young and the Restless. Moore played Malcolm Winters for eight years, and earned a Daytime Emmy for his performance in 2000. After leaving The Young and the Restless, Moore landed a role on the short-lived WB superhero series Birds of Prey. A prominent supporting role in the surprise hit Diary of a Mad Black Woman followed in 2005, and that same year, he was cast on the CBS drama Criminal Minds alongside Mandy Patinkin and Thomas Gibson. In 2007, Moore made headlines in the gossip rags for a DUI arrest. He would go on to star on the proceedural Criminal Minds.

Trivia: Born in Mexico, but is a U.S. citizen through her father, who is from Kansas. Her father is a scout for the New York Yankees in Mexico. Signed a contract with Elite Model Management when she was 17. Appeared in the music video for "Snap Out of It" by the Arctic Monkeys in 2014.

Trivia: Born in Miami in 1985, actress Lina Esco's first onscreen role was in the 2005 indie drama London. A guest role on CSI: NY followed, and in 2007 she was cast as Jimmy Smits' daughter on the CBS series Cane.

Trivia: A handsome performer with a clean-cut image yet the ability to project heightened aggression, Kenny Johnson specialized in portrayals of authoritative professional types, such as state troopers, police detectives, and macho athletes. The East Coast native grew up on a farm in Vermont, and as a young man formally trained in drama under the tutelage of acting coaches Vincent Chase and Larry Moss. Following a brief start in show business as a TV commercial spokesperson, Johnson moved into narrative work, and spent much of the 1990s turning up as a guest star on programs including Caroline in the City, Grace Under Fire and Arli$$, in addition to theatrical releases such as the 1998 issues Major League: Back to the Minors and Blade. Johnson scored his most significant break, however, with an ongoing role on the popular FX police drama The Shield: that of Detective Curtis "Lemonhead" Lemansky. Beginning in 2007, Johnson signed for a regular supporting role on the TNT drama series Saving Grace; he played Ham Dewey, Detective Grace Hanadarko's (Holly Hunter) on-the-job partner and occasional lover.

Trivia: Made his film debut in Wasted in the Young in 2010. Directed a short film in 2013 called Love and Dating in LA!.

Trivia: Was previously an NCAA all-conference wide receiver.Worked for Ford Motor Company and McCall's magazines prior to his acting career.First credited role was Ron J Sleek in the 1987 comedy Firehouse.First recurring television role was Lou Carello in the comedy series Kate & Allie from 1988 to 1989.Has lent his voice to various DC animated series, such as Batman Beyond, Teen Titans, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, and Batman vs Robin.

Trivia: Started acting in children's theater in Cape Cod, MA. Graduated from the same high school as The Bell Jar author Sylvia Plath. Taught master classes in drama at Syracuse University in 2003 with friend and fellow Syracuse alum Taye Diggs. Was one of the leads in the short-lived American version of Coupling. Portrayed doctors in recurring roles on Summerland, Desperate Housewives and Private Practice. Faced off against the WNBA's Chicago Sky as a player on the E League, a basketball team made up of celebrities, in 2009.

Trivia: Is of Chinese descent.Was raised in San Ramon, California.Played soccer and basketball in high school.Got a real estate license after graduating from college.Before acting, he used to work as a loan officer.Moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career as a model and actor.Started his career as a model in 2009.

Trivia: Though he could have easily fallen into a "nice guy" Hollywood stereotype, clean-cut actor Peter Facinelli refused to be pigeonholed in one set category or type of role; that very versatility, in turn, became one of Facinelli's trademarks. He grew up amid a large Italian-American family in the Ozone Park neighborhood of Queens, NY, studied at St. Francis Preparatory High, and then enrolled at the Atlantic Theater Company Acting School in Manhattan, where his mentors included Giancarlo Esposito, William H. Macy, and Felicity Huffman. By the mid- to late '90s, Facinelli made a beeline for the West Coast and, in seemingly no time at all, began to build a hefty résumé of acting roles, occasionally in a lead capacity. Early projects included the 1998 slice-of-lifer Dancer, Texas Pop. 81 (as a wealthy young man eager to leave his Texas town with his buddies and start over in L.A.), the 1998 teen-oriented romantic comedy Can't Hardly Wait, and -- as largely a showcase for Facinelli's acting chops -- the stagy ensembler The Big Kahuna (1999), with Facinelli, Kevin Spacey, and Danny DeVito as industrial lubricant salesmen sharing a hotel suite. In that film, Facinelli played a born-again Christian who threatens to alienate his colleagues when he inadvertently lets their prize client slip through his fingers. In 2001, Facinelli married 90210 actress Jennie Garth, whom he had met when they co-starred together in the 1996 TV movie An Unfinished Affair (the pair divorced in 2013). He also began to find even greater success on the big screen in 2001, appearing as Takmet in the Rock-headlined blockbuster action movie The Scorpion King, and in a small part in the Penny Marshall-helmed comedy drama Riding in Cars with Boys, starring Drew Barrymore.In addition to his successful film career, Facinelli found a good deal of exposure on the small screen. His first major TV role was on the short-lived Fox series Fastlane (2002-2003); on that Fast and the Furious-like action program, produced by McG, he starred alongside Bill Bellamy and Tiffani-Amber Thiessen as undercover cop Van Ray. In 2004, Facinelli landed a small recurring role on the critically lauded HBO drama Six Feet Under as Jimmy, one of Claire's (Lauren Ambrose) friends at art school. A few years later, in 2007, the actor cropped up on television again, this time in a recurring role on the suspenseful basic-cable mystery drama Damages, starring Glenn Close; he portrayed Gregory Malina, a seemingly small player early on in season one of that series, who ends up having a pivotal part in the elaborate mystery of that season.Meanwhile, Facinelli was still active in features, appearing in such films as sci-fi thriller Hollow Man 2 (2006) and the comedy Finding Amanda (2008). He finally appeared in a giant success when he landed the role of Edward's father, Dr. Carlisle Cullen, in the phenomenally successful Twilight films.In 2009 he began a successful run on the small screen in the award-winning series Nurse Jackie, and in 2011 wrote the gentle family crime film Loosies. The Twilight Saga wrapped in 2012 and Facinelli maintained his role on Nurse Jackie through seven seasons, in addition to a guest arc on Glee. In 2015, he joined the new CBS series Supergirl, playing one of the show's antagonists.

Trivia: Performed in Scott Caan's stage production of Two Wrongs at the Lounge 2 Theater in Los Angeles in 2010. In 2012, played the role of Rachel opposite Melanie Griffith in the world premiere of Scott Caan's Broadway production of No Way Around But Through. Starred in the 1995 film adaptation of the popular book series The Baby-Sitters Club and reunited with cast mates Rachael Leigh Cook, Marla Sokoloff and Larisa Oleynik 20 years after the movie's release. Is an active supporter of My Life My Power, a youth empowerment and anti-bullying program.

Trivia: Worked as a preschool teacher for eight years prior to his acting career, and taught special needs children ranging from 18 months to 3 years old.Made his film debut in the 2014 comedy Camp Takota.Notably played the recurring role of real-life serial killer Ed kemper in the Netflix crime drama television series Mindhunter.Has also landed the major role of time-traveling assassin Hazel in Netflix series Umbrella Academy.First recurring TV role was Tim in the science fiction series Stitchers.

Trivia: After distinguishing himself in athletics at Rockhurst college, Jim Bannon launched his film career as a stunt man and double. Under contract to Columbia in the mid-1940s, Bannon starred in a brace of films based on the radio series I Love a Mystery. Bannon was also one of four actors to essay the role of B-western hero Red Ryder, and was a regular on such radio series as The Great Gildersleeve and Stars over Hollywood. In 1955, Bannon starred on the Gene Autry-produced TV series The Adventures of Champion. At one time married to actress Bea Benaderet, Jim Bannon was the father of TV actor Jack Bannon.

Trivia: A director born in New Zealand as the child of Methodist missionary parents, Andrew Adamson came to specialize almost exclusively in fantasy-themed material. He began his career as a special-effects technician on films including Toys (1992), A Time to Kill (1996), and Batman & Robin (1997), but moved into the ranks of Hollywood's elite with his work directing the breakthrough DreamWorks CG-animated comedy Shrek (2001). That film clocked in as a blockbuster hit (to say the least -- grossing a reported 484 million dollars worldwide) and paved the way for several sequels, with the first two also directed by Adamson. Then, beginning in 2004, Walden Media tapped Adamson to write, direct, and executive produce the first two adaptations of the Chronicles of Narnia books by British author C.S. Lewis: The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005) and The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2007). Audiences turned the franchise into a massive hit and a cash cow for Walden and Walt Disney Pictures, which laid the groundwork for many successive installments. Adamson remained on board as a producer for the third film in the series, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010).