Trivia: Moved from Pennsylvania to Florida as a child. A drama teacher in high school got him interested in acting. Was a member of the International Thespian Society Troupe 850. Saw The Honeymooners when he was 12 and wanted to be like Jackie Gleason; went on to play Ralph Kramden in a Florida theater production. Began performing at comedy clubs while still a teenager. Made his feature debut in the Sylvester Stallone-starring Avenging Angelo (2002). Has been a series regular on FX's short-lived Lucky and the CBS sitcom Mike & Molly. Is a die-hard Pittsburgh Steelers fan.

Trivia: First gaining notoriety as Sookie on the hit sitcom Gilmore Girls, actress Melissa McCarthy began her onscreen career with a bit part on her cousin's The Jenny McCarthy Show. Minor film and TV roles followed before she landed the aforementioned part of Sookie St. James, a role she would play throughout Gilmore Girls seven-season run on The WB/CW. In 2007, McCarthy was cast in a supporting role alongside Christina Applegate on the ABC comedy Sam I Am.She found genuine success with the sitcom Molly and Me, playing one-half of a weight-challenged couple opposite Billy Gardel and earning an Emmy nod for Best Actress in a Comedy Series. However, it was her supporting turn in the R-rated comedy Bridesmaids that brought her a taste of mass adulation as well as an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

Trivia: Before moving to Los Angeles, actress Katy Mixon studied at the Carnegie Mellon University's School of Drama, and later appeared in the Utah Shakespeare Festival. She began her onscreen career with a role in the 2005 thriller The Quiet, and subsequently continued to find herself on camera, appearing in films like Four Christmases and State of Play. In 2009 she landed a lead role in the HBO comedy series Eastbound & Down. She had a memorable supporting turn in Take Shelter, and also appeared in the Nicolas Cage vehicle Drive Angry.

Trivia: Actor Reno Wilson first began appearing onscreen in the late '80s, playing the recurring role of Howard on the sitcom The Cosby Show. He would go on to make many more TV appearances, guest starring on episodes of shows like Chicago Hope and Heist throughout the '90s and 2000s. Additionally, Wilson would find success in movies, with prominent roles in many feature films such as 2009's Crank High Voltage.

Trivia: Family lived in many areas of the country before they settled down in Virginia. Was a point guard on Bucknell University's basketball team; wanted to play in the NBA, but got injured and had to quit the sport. Listed on Dick Vitale's "All-Name Team," an honor for NCAA college hoops players with unique names. Made off-Broadway debut in the 2004 musical revival of Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death. Attended the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in New York for two years. In 2006, made movie debut in the dramatic flick Day Night Day Night. Appeared on NBC's Law & Order in 2010. The episode was called "Four Cops Shot." Big fan of blues music. Enjoys listening to Howlin' Wolf, Robert Johnson and Muddy Waters. Performed with the Classical Theatre of Harlem and the LAByrinth Theatre Company.

Trivia: Stage, screen, and TV actress Swoosie Kurtz's father was a colonel in the U.S. Air Force, and she was named after a plane he flew in World War II. After college she attended a drama school in London, and debuted onstage in a series of regional theater plays in the late '60s. In 1970 she appeared in an off-Broadway production of The Effects of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds, for which she won an Obie Award; she went on to a successful stage career, winning two Tony Awards, a Drama Desk Award, and an Outer Critics' Circle Award. Eventually Hollywood took an interest, and she became a regular on the TV sitcom Love, Sydney, winning an Emmy for her work. She debuted onscreen in a small role in Slap Shot (1977) then appeared in two successive flops; it was four years before her next screen role. Since 1982 she has had an intermittently busy film career, mostly in well-respected but not particularly successful productions. In the '90s she has co-starred in the TV series Sisters.

Trivia: Was a theater major in college. In 1983, originated the role of Yvonne in the school stage production of Eleven-Zulu. Moved to New York City after college to work in the theater. First appeared on a national TV show in 1988 on the NBC comedy The Cosby Show in an episode called "If the Dress Fits, Wear It." Cinematic debut was in the 1989 drama Rooftops. Performed in the 1992 off-Broadway musical revue A...My Name Is Still Alice. First recurring small-screen series role was in the Fox drama Boston Public in 2001. In 2010, returned to TV in the CBS comedy Mike & Molly. Teaches acting classes.

Trivia: First acting role came in a grade-school production of Johnny Appleseed. Went on to study theater in college. Member of Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago, IL, since 1979; debuted in the 1980 play Bonjour, La Bonjour. Honored with her first Jeff Award, given for outstanding accomplishments in Chicago theater, in 1982. In 1986, made directorial stage debut in the two-play series Lydie Breeze. Made Broadway debut in the 1990 stage version of The Grapes of Wrath. First TV role was on the ABC comedy Roseanne in a 1992 episode called "Therapy." Made cinematic debut in the 1992 comedy Mo' Money. Rejected role of Mattie Fae in the problematic comedy August: Osage County four times before she agreed to do it; her portrayal earned her a Tony Award. Landed the role of Peggy in the 2010 CBS comedy Mike & Molly.

Trivia: As a high-school student, wrote and performed short plays for friends and family. Wrote and starred in the one-man show Bartenders (2002) at New York's John Houseman Theatre. Has guest starred on two Larry David sitcoms: appeared in an episode of Seinfeld as one of Jerry's neighbors; later appeared in an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm as a bowling-alley employee. Enjoys collecting antiques.

Trivia: Joined the United States Marine Corps with several of his close friends after graduating from high school.Previously worked as a newscaster and hosted jazz and classical music programs on Oklahoma City radio station KCSC.Made his professional stage debut as a student in a production of Rain at the Oklahoma Theatre Center in 1972.Worked with the Dallas Shakespeare Festival for 5 seasons.Served as historical consultant on 2006's Hollywoodland, the film about Superman actor George Reeves' life.

Trivia: American actor Tim Conway was born in Willoughby, Ohio, but grew up in the curiously named community Chagrin Falls, a fact that he'd later incorporate for a quick laugh in many of his comedy routines, TV films and movies. After majoring in speech and radio at Bowling Green State University, Conway went into the Eighth Army Assignment Team, where, much in the manner of his later bumbling screen characters, he managed to "misplace" a boatload of 7500 replacement troops. Once the army was through with him (and vice versa), Conway secured a job answering mail for a Cleveland radio deejay; his letters were so amusing that he was given a position as a writer in the promotional department, then went on to direct a TV program called Ernie's Place. Whenever Ernie was short a guest, Conway showed up as "Dag Hereford," a so-called authority on several subjects who'd reveal himself to be a blithering simpleton. Comedienne Rose Marie happened to be in Cleveland in 1961, and upon catching Conway's routine recommended the young erstwhile comic to Steve Allen; Conway redid the Hereford bit for Allen's ABC variety series in the fall of '61, fracturing the audiences (and Allen) in three memorable appearances. Now that he was a full-fledged comic, he knew he couldn't continue performing under his real name, Tom Conway, since that was also the name of a well-known British actor; Allen advised Tom to "dot the O," and thereafter he was known as Tim Conway. In 1962, Conway was engaged to play the Doug Hereford-like role of Ensign Doug Parker on the wartime sitcom McHale's Navy, which lasted six seasons and made Conway a star. The actor made several attempts over the following decades to succeed as a solo TV star (witness his 1967 western comedy Rango on ABC), but none of his post-McHale's Navy series have been anything resembling hits. Still, Conway was always welcome as a supporting comic, and he scored major success with hysterically funny appearances opposite Harvey Korman on The Carol Burnett Show in the 1970s; Conway also enjoyed a measure of success as star or co-star of a number of Disney films and low-budget "regional" comedy pictures like The Prize Fighter (1978) and The Private Eyes (1980). In the late 1980s and '90s Conway starred in a popular series of satirical "how-to" home videos, playing a diminutive, dim-bulbed Scandinavian named Dorf; he also lent an acclaimed comedic cameo as a driving instructor to the action film Speed 2 (1997), and voiced a series of Christian-themed animated videos entitled Hermie & Friends, with such friends and colleagues as the late Don Knotts and Burnett co-star Vicki Lawrence. Conway would continue to appear on screen over the coming years, making memorable appearances on TV shows like 30 Rock and providing the voice of Barnacle Bob on the animated series Spongebob Squarepants.