Taking Woodstock

Henry Goodman (Actor) .. Jake Teichberg

Born: April 23, 1950

Trivia: British supporting actor Henry Goodman has been involved with everything from classical theater to television mysteries to movie comedies. On stage, he performed with the Royal National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company. Goodman made his feature film debut playing a cabbie in Queen of Hearts (1989).

Demetri Martin (Actor) .. Elliot Teichberg

Born: May 25, 1973
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Trivia: Though perhaps best known for his "Trendspotting" segments on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Demetri Martin was quite successful in comedy circles for several years prior to his contributions as TDS's "youth correspondent." In 2003, Martin appeared on Comedy Central's standup comedy special Premium Blend, and went on to write for Late Night With Conan O'Brien in the show's Emmy-winning 2003-2004 season. In a somewhat ironic career move, Martin signed a deal with Microsoft to write ads for Windows Vista (fellow Daily Show contributor John Hodgman appears regularly in Apple commercials). In 2007, Martin starred in Demetri Martin. Person., another Comedy Central showcase. The comedian also stars in the television series Important Things With Demetri Martin, put out by none other than Jon Stewart's Busboy Productions. Martin would continue to find success on screen in a variety of roles, from comedies like The Rocker and Take Me Home Tonight, to far more serious fare, like the 2011 Soderbergh thriller Contagion.

Emile Hirsch (Actor) .. Billy

Born: March 13, 1985
Birthplace: Topanga Canyon, California, United States

Trivia: Emile Hirsch rose to prominence in 2002 with showy roles in two high-profile films: The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys and The Emperor's Club. Hirsch was born in Topanga Canyon, CA, on March 13, 1985. He made his television debut at the age of 11 in an episode of the series Kindred: The Embraced. After a number of small guest roles on Two of a Kind, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch and Third Rock From the Sun, Hirsch moved on to more dramatic roles with appearances of NYPD Blue and ER. He appeared in a pair of made-for-TV movies, Gargantua and Houdini (in the latter playing the famed magician Harry Houdini as a boy) before making his big-screen debut as pensive Catholic school student Francis in The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys, which earned the teenager a number of enthusiastic reviews. After appearing in the made-for-cable drama Wild Iris, Hirsch appeared as a bright but rebellious student in the Kevin Kline vehicle The Emperor's Club. Hirsch was praised for his roles in Imaginary Heroes (2004) and Lords of Dogtown (2005), though the films themselves received lukewarm reviews. His luck would change when he was cast as a young man who finds himself while hitchhiking America for 2007's Into the Wild. Based on the popular novel from Jon Krakauer, Sean Penn directed the film, which would earn Hirsch a Best Actor nom from the Broadcast Film Critics Association. Hirsch reunited with Penn to play a young gay rights activist in Milk, the multi-Academy Award winning biopic of politician and activist Harvey Milk. He lent his voice for X Games 3D: The Movie in 2009, and starred in Taking Woodstock (2009), a biopic chronicling a face-off between the owners of a small motel, and the organizers of the original Woodstock. He took a supporting role in Oliver Stone's 2012 film The Savages.

Jeffrey Dean Morgan (Actor) .. Dan

Born: April 22, 1966
Birthplace: Seattle, Washington, United States

Trivia: Many actors know from childhood that acting is the only job they'll ever want, but Jeffrey Dean Morgan is a rare exception. He pursued basketball in high school with tremendous success, until a knee injury ended his sports career, and he then trained and worked as a graphic artist for some time. Eventually, however, his interest in acting became overpowering, and Morgan moved to Los Angeles to pursue acting as a career, rather than just an interest. He found steady work appearing on shows like ER and Angel, eventually scoring a huge break in 2005 when he was cast in recurring roles on three different series: Grey's Anatomy, Weeds, and Supernatural. The shows put him on the map, especially Grey's Anatomy, and oddly enough, his characters died on all three shows. Morgan's career was still alive and kicking, however, and he was soon appearing in the comedy Kabluey opposite Christine Taylor and The Accidental Husband with Uma Thurman and Colin Firth. As the 2000's continued, Morgan would remain a consistant form on screen, appearing memorably as the Comedian in The Watchmen, Texas Killing Fields, and Red Dawn.

Liev Schreiber (Actor) .. Vilma

Born: October 04, 1967
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States

Trivia: Displaying the kind of off-kilter charm that makes him a natural for leading roles in independent films and character parts in mainstream features, Liev Schreiber has made a name for himself on both circuits. Born October 4, 1967, in San Francisco, Schreiber was raised on New York's Lower East Side. A graduate of Hampshire College in Massachusetts, he initially wanted to become a writer, but later decided to try his hand at acting, training at both London's prestigious Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and the Yale School of Drama.Schreiber's first acting job was on Broadway, where he appeared in In the Summer House. More theater work followed and in 1994, the actor made his film debut in the Steve Martin comedy Mixed Nuts. The film was an unequivocal flop, although Schreiber's role as a rather muscular transvestite proved to be one of the picture's few memorable features. His next project, the 1995 indie Denise Calls Up, fared a little better; despite almost non-existent box-office ratings, it was rewarded with critical approval. Following more minor film work, he landed the role of a British bouncer in the successful indie flick Party Girl (1995), which also starred nascent indie queen Parker Posey. Schreiber got an introduction to a more mainstream audience thanks to his role as killer Cotton Weary in Wes Craven's mega-hit Scream, a role he reprised in the film's sequel, Scream 2 (1997). The same year, Schreiber had leading roles in two more independent films, The Daytrippers (which again paired him with Posey) and Walking and Talking, as well as a secondary role in the bloated Mel Gibson thriller Ransom. Deftly straddling the divide between Sundance and the studio, Schreiber went on to make three major mainstream pictures in 1998: Phantoms, with Rose McGowan and Ben Affleck; Twilight with Susan Sarandon, Paul Newman, and Gene Hackman; and Sphere with Samuel L. Jackson, Sharon Stone, and Dustin Hoffman. The following year, Schreiber returned to more familiar territory with his role in Tony Goldwyn's small but successful drama A Walk on the Moon. As the man Diane Lane cuckolds for Viggo Mortensen, Schreiber mined endless possibilities from what could have been a narrow role, giving his character the sort of charming, good-intentioned inadequacy that became one of the actor's trademarks.In 2000, Schreiber returned to the role of Cotton Weary a third time to close out the Scream franchise. It was around this time that he also began doing a considerable amount of voice-over work, mainly for PBS's NOVA series. As the decade progressed, Schreiber continued to be a presence in bigger mainstream projects, such as the 2002 adaptation of Tom Clancy's The Sum of All Fears. Two years later, he could be seen in another high-profile, politically tinged thriller, this time opposite Denzel Washington in director Jonathan Demme's remake of The Manchurian Candidate.In 2005 he made his directorial and screenwriting debut with Everything Is Illuminated, and appeared in the critically acclaimed, Golden Globe-winning HBO movie Lackawanna Blues, a life-affirming film about a selfless black woman (played by S. Epatha Merkerson) in 1950s segregated New York who provides a home and a guiding hand to the youths who come to live at her boarding house. His 2006 project would be quite a departure from this sweet, poignant tale, as Schreiber took the role of Robert Thorne in John Moore's remake of the 1976 horror classic The Omen. Heavily publicized for its "666" release date (June 6th, 2006), the film pleased horror fans, as did Schreiber's performance as husband to Julia Stiles and father to the infamous Damien, a little boy who seems to harbor an evil that at best makes him disturbingly cold and at worst, places him at the crux of the devil's own plan for hell on Earth. Schreiber next went into production on The Painted Veil, an adaptation of the novel by W. Somerset Maugham. Playing the playboy whom Naomi Watts cuckolds her husband with, the actor immersed himself in the part for the drama. Meanwhile, a return to the stage in the lauded revival of Glengarry Glen Ross not only earned Schreiber a Tony award, and in 2005 he made his debut as a film director and screenwriter with the indie Everything Is Illuminated. Always up for new challenges, he played the role of the comic-book supervillain Sabertooth in the 2009 summer blockbuster X-Men Origins: Wolverine. In addition to his acting, Schreiber also has a lucrative career narrating documentaries and commercials.

Dan Fogler (Actor) .. Devon

Born: October 20, 1977
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Trivia: With his heavyset, bug-eyed, and occasionally wild appearance, character actor Dan Fogler suggested a cross between Sam Kinison and Jack Black, but his inventive genius ranked him far higher, inviting frequent comparisons to the likes of John Belushi. Though Fogler would eventually gain recognition as a film star, he rocketed to fame not for his cinematic work but for a most unusual theatrical coup: his evocation of William Barfee, the slightly obnoxious, mucous-ridden, duck-walking braggart at the heart of the Broadway production The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. That show actually evolved from a series of improvisatory exercises cultivated during Fogler's tenure at Boston University (when it was entitled C-R-E-P-U-S-C-L-E) to an off-Broadway show to a white-hot Broadway production that deservedly netted Fogler the 2005 Tony Award for Best Actor.Of course, Hollywood stardom was not far off, and beginning in 2006 (with a small appearance in the Billy Bob Thornton comedy School for Scoundrels), Fogler did appear onscreen, to consistently enthusiastic notices. He also ascended with incredible rapidity from supporting parts to leads, and invariably chose interesting features, such as the silly sports comedy Balls of Fury (2007), with Fogler as a ping-pong player who must square off against maniacal arch-fiend Christopher Walken, and that same year's comedy The Marconi Brothers, in which Fogler and Brendan Sexton III play brothers who leave the family carpet business to videotape weddings for a living. He also signed on to voice one of the main characters in the 2008 animated feature Horton Hears a Who, adapted from the legendary Dr. Seuss children's book, as well voicing a character in the DreamWorks animated comedy Kung Fu Panda.

Jonathan Groff (Actor) .. Michael Lang

Born: March 26, 1985
Birthplace: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States

Trivia: A native of rural Lancaster, PA, stage and screen player Jonathan Groff cut against the grain of his sports-inclined family by gravitating to theatrical performance from an early age, with innumerable onstage appearances at the Fulton Opera House during his youth. As preparation for university applications, Groff impulsively caught a bus to New York City and began theatrical tryouts, where he promptly landed the role of Rolf in one of the revivals of Rodgers & Hammerstein's The Sound of Music; theatrical success soon took over and superseded Groff's collegiate plans. Subsequent stage projects included prominent roles in Fame at the Beverly, Massachusetts North Shore Music Theater, and a key role in the 2007 Broadway disaster In My Life, directed by Joe Brooks.At about the same time, Groff moved into television work with a portrayal of Henry Mackler on the ABC soap opera One Life to Live.

Eugene Levy (Actor) .. Max Yasgur

Born: December 17, 1946
Birthplace: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Trivia: A gifted comic actor who also won acclaim as a writer and director, Eugene Levy was born on December 17, 1946, in Hamilton, Ontario, the home of McMaster University, where he enrolled after graduating from Westdale High School in the same city. Levy studied film at McMaster, and, in 1967, became vice president of the McMaster Film Board, a student film group where he met fellow aspiring moviemaker Ivan Reitman. (Other McMaster students at the time included Martin Short and Dave Thomas.) In 1970, Reitman began work on a low-budget horror movie called Cannibal Girls and cast Levy as Clifford Sturges. One of his co-stars was a struggling actress named Andrea Martin, who would later work alongside Levy's old pals Short and Thomas -- as well as John Candy and Joe Flaherty -- on the short-lived Canadian sitcom The David Steinberg Show. Levy and Martin's paths crossed again when they were cast in the Toronto production of the musical Godspell; the cast also included Gilda Radner and Paul Shaffer, in addition to Short, Candy, and Thomas. After Godspell closed in 1973 (just in time for the long-delayed Cannibal Girls to finally hit the grind-house circuit), Levy joined the Toronto company of the famed improvisational Second City comedy troupe, in which Candy and Flaherty were already cast members. After two years as a part of Second City, Levy, Candy, and Flaherty decided to move to California to try their luck in the States; they didn't fare well at first, but their idea for a television series about a ramshackle, low-budget television station eventually blossomed into Second City TV, or (SCTV, for short). While the show, ironically, brought Levy and his friend's back to Toronto (where it was shot), it also became a solid hit in Canada and developed a loyal cult following in the U.S., and, moreover, launched the careers of Levy, Flaherty, Thomas, Candy, Short, Martin, and Catherine O'Hara in America. (After SCTV's initial run ended in 1981, NBC brought the show back in an extended version called SCTV Network 90, which featured a higher budget, more guest stars, and ran until 1983. Levy also won two Emmy awards as a member of the show's writing staff.) Levy and Candy also created an acclaimed spin-off from the show based around their characters of polka musicians Stan and Yosh Shmenge, a 1984 cable special entitled The Last Polka. By the mid-'80s, Levy had become a familiar face on both episodic television and in movies, albeit almost always in comic supporting roles. In 1989, he began working behind the camera again, directing a special for his old partner Martin Short, and, in 1992, made his feature directorial debut with the John Candy/Jim Belushi comedy Once Upon a Crime. In 1996, however, Levy scored a bigger breakthrough when he and Christopher Guest began writing a screenplay for a mockumentary about a small town theater troupe. Waiting for Guffman became a surprise hit and gave Levy a meaty comic role as stage-struck dentist Allan Pearl. In 1999, the actor won another high-profile success with the blockbuster hit American Pie, in which he played the understanding but terminally non-hip father of hormonally charged teenager Jim (Jason Biggs); Levy reprised the role in the 2001 sequel American Pie 2 and again in 2003's American Wedding. Levy and Guest teamed up again in 2000 for the comedy, Best in Show, for which the two received a Best Screenplay nomination from the Writers Guild of America. He and Guest also co-wrote and starred in another 2003 mockumentary, A Mighty Wind, a parody about '60s folk musicians who reunite for a tribute concert several years after their heyday.For a few years after, it began to look as if Levy's primary occupation was reprising his role as Jim's dad in a series of lackluster, straight-to-video American Pie sequels -- with appearances in high profile films like A Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian and Ang Lee's Taking Woodstock becoming few and far between. In 2011, however, the comedy veteran received the prestigious distinction of being appointed a Member of the Order of Canada -- one of the nation's highest civilian honors -- before rejoining his former SCTV castmates in the made-for-television movie I, Martin Short, Goes Home, serving up a slice of nostalgia in American Reunion, and appearing opposite Tyler Perry in the 2012 comedy Madea's Witness Protection.

Imelda Staunton (Actor) .. Sonia Teichberg

Born: January 09, 1956
Birthplace: London, England

Trivia: With an expansive range that stretches from Shakespeare to Chicken Run and just about everything in between, actress Imelda Staunton has, not surprisingly, become one of the most highly respected actresses working in the U.K. If her penchant for playing what many would consider to be mundane, everyday characters found Staunton criminally overlooked in the early years of her career, it was her keen ability to inject those characters with a remarkable complexity that eventually made the stage mainstay-turned-small-screen powerhouse one of Britain's most sought-after talents.A London native and graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, Staunton wasted no time launching her career following graduation, becoming associated with such prestigious venues as The Old Vic and the National Theatre. A trio of productions with the Royal Shakespeare Company gained her numerous critical accolades, and in 1986 Staunton made an impressive television debut in the legendary BBC production of Dennis Potter's The Singing Detective. Increasingly busy throughout the 1990s, Staunton continued to gain momentum on-stage while earning three Oliviers for her performances in the The Corn Is Green, A Chorus of Disapproval, and Stephen Sondheim's Into the Woods. As Staunton's numerous stage roles continued to earn her critical success, frequent television and film roles made her a familiar and endearing face to the general public. Though many of her U.K. television roles went unseen by stateside audiences, supporting roles in such features as Much Ado About Nothing, Sense and Sensibility, and Shakespeare in Love found Staunton slowly working her way into the conscience of U.S. film buffs as well. Moving into the new millennium, Staunton's roles in such films as Chicken Run (for which she provided the voice of Bunty), Crush, Bright Young Things, and I'll Be There found the established television actress actively distancing herself from the small screen in favor of feature films. Of course, every actor dreams of the breakthrough role that will make him or her an international star, and for Imelda Staunton that role was of a 1950s era abortionist caught in a downward spiral in director Mike Leigh's 2004 drama Vera Drake. Her undeniably affecting portrayal of the title role -- a selfless housewife and cleaning woman who makes a name for herself performing illegal abortions -- earned her near-universal praise. After earning accolades from both The Venice Film Festival and The New York Film Festival as well as the Los Angeles and Chicago film critic associations, Staunton had undeniably arrived when the role earned her a Best Actress nomination for the 77th Annual Academy Awards.Subsequent roles in the U.K. television comedy Little Britain as well as the features Nanny McPhee and Freedom Writers served well to introduce her to entirely new, often American, audiences. In 2007, just one year after appearing in a colorful Masterpiece Theatre production of the children's classic The Wind and the Willows, she remained in the world of fantasy for her role in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Staunton played Dolores Umbridge -- the latest in a long line of Defense Against the Dark Arts professors -- whose severe disposition drew the ire of Harry Potter himself. She was part of the cast of the well-respected television production Cranford, and appeared in the inspirational drama Freedom Writers. She teamed with Mike Leigh again for 2010's Another Year, and that same year she appeared in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. She continued to work in animated family films such as Arthur Christmas and The Pirates! Band of Misfits.

Adam LeFevre (Actor) .. Dave

Born: August 11, 1950

Gabriel Sunday (Actor) .. Steven

Born: October 18, 1985

Kevin Chamberlin (Actor)

Born: November 25, 1963

Anthoula Katsimatides (Actor)

Clark Middleton (Actor) .. Frank

Born: October 04, 2020
Died: October 04, 2020
Birthplace: Bristol, Tennessee, United States

Bette Henritze (Actor) .. Annie

Born: May 23, 1924

Sondra James (Actor) .. Margaret

Christina Kirk (Actor) .. Carol

Born: November 10, 1970
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Trivia: Made her feature film debut in Safe Men (1998), directed by her husband John Hamburg; the couple first met while attending Brown University. In 2006, made her Broadway debut in Well. Founding associate artist of The Civilians and an affiliate artist of Clubbed Thumb, two award-winning theater groups in New York City.

Andy Prosky (Actor) .. Bob

Mamie Gummer (Actor) .. Tisha

Born: August 03, 1983
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Trivia: Raised in rural Salisbury, CT, and schooled at Northwestern, Mamie Gummer -- the eldest daughter of five-star actress Meryl Streep and sculptor Don Gummer -- followed in the footsteps of her wildly famous mother by entering the acting limelight. She did so at the wee age of 18 months -- appearing as the baby of Streep and Jack Nicholson -- in the disappointing Mike Nichols-Nora Ephron collaboration Heartburn (1986). (The scene reportedly required Gummer to scream her head off, and the filmmakers accommodated the infant by giving her a piece of candy and promptly tearing it away.) In addition to lead roles in many high-school stage productions, scattered film appearances ensued, with a young Gummer typically cast in supporting roles or bit parts of Streep pictures, including the 1993 The House of the Spirits and the 2006 The Devil Wears Prada. Gummer signed for her first substantial role in 2007, with her portrayal of a younger Streep in the poorly received Evening. Critics responded unevenly to Gummer's work in the film. Nearly all who commented on the blossoming ingenue in her early years belabored her striking and attractive (though not conventionally beautiful) allure. With a countenance that almost perfectly mirrored her mother's at a young age, the resemblance -- and the comparisons it engendered -- were inescapable.She appeared in the Iraq War drama Stop-Loss, and had a small role in Ang Lee's period comedy Taking Woodstock. She had major roles in 2010's The LIghtkeepers and 2011's The Ward. Gummer then tried her hand at television, appearing in two quickly-cancelled series. She first appeared in Shonda Rimes' short-lived 2011 series Off The Map (called "Grey's Anatomy in the jungle"). When the show wasn't picked up for a second season, she took the title role in the CW's medical drama Emily Owens, M.D. Low ratings plagued the show and it was cancelled after airing 13 episodes.

Stephen Kunken (Actor) .. Mel

Birthplace: Stephen Michael Kunken

Trivia: Was raised in Upper Brookville, Long Island, New York.Started his acting career at a young age.The first music tape he owned was Rick Springfield's Working Class Dog.Worked briefly in a hospital lab encouraged by his parents, who wanted him to pursue a career in medicine.Is skilled at photography. Is a fan of the Tottenham Hotspur soccer team.

Adam Pally (Actor)

Born: March 18, 1981
Birthplace: Livingston, New Jersey, United States

Trivia: A member of the sketch-comedy group Hot Sauce. Has performed and taught at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. Cofounded a production team called Chubby Skinny Kids with Dan Gregor and Doug Mand. Has a tattoo of his Hebrew name on his chest.

Kevin Sussman (Actor) .. Stan

Born: December 04, 1970
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Trivia: Studied acting with Uta Hagen. Had a recurring role on The Big Bang Theory starting with its second series, and was promoted to series regular in 2012 for the sixth series. Plays the owner of a comic-book shop in The Big Bang Theory, and once worked at a similar establishment in New York City. Both of his parents are schoolteachers. Has appeared in more than 30 US adverts, including Eggos and FedEx.

Pippa Pearthree (Actor) .. Miriam

Born: September 23, 1956

Skylar Astin (Actor) .. John Roberts

Born: September 23, 1987
Birthplace: New York, United States

Trivia: Performer Skylar Astin graduated to film by way of musical theater, where he ushered in a nearly constant presence on and off Broadway, with roles including Javert in Les Miserables, Timmy in Timmy the Great, and -- in a highly visible dual performance -- Georg and Dieter in Spring Awakening. Astin took his on-camera bow as Rand Posin, a closeted teenage homosexual, in director Andrew Fleming's musical farce Hamlet 2 (2008). Astin's career exploded when he played Jesse in the hit Pitch Perfect in 2012. He next took a role in 21 and Over and turned to television in 2013 with a starring role in the TBS comedy Ground Floor. He also reprised his role in Pitch Perfect 2 in 2015.

Daniel Eric Gold (Actor)

Born: September 19, 1975
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States

Trivia: As a teen, studied at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute in New York. Was part of an Obie Award-winning ensemble cast for Craig Lucas's off-Broadway play Small Tragedy (2004), and his role also earned a Lucille Lortel Award nomination for Outstanding Featured Actor. In 2006, costarred as Jeff in a Second Stage Theater revival of Eric Bogosian's subUrbia (directed by Bogosian's wife, Jo Bonney), a play Gold directed and acted in for his senior thesis at Pennsylvania State University. Has appeared in commercials for McDonald's and Aflac.

Louisa Krause (Actor) .. Hippie Girl

Born: May 20, 1986
Birthplace: Falls Church, Virginia, United States

Trivia: Is one quarter Japanese, as her father is of half-Japanese descent.Studied dance at the internationally recognized Washington School of Ballet in Washington D.C. as a child.Began her stage career in several Off-Broadway productions, including Huntington Theatre Company's production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses in 2006, and portrayed the lead role Iphigenia in Signature Theatre Company's 2007 production of Iphigenia 2.0.Played one of the lead roles, Anna Greenwald, in Season 2 of the Starz anthology TV series The Girlfriend Experience in 2017.

Spadaque Volcimus (Actor) .. Hippie Guy

Michael Izquierdo (Actor)

Katherine Waterston (Actor) .. Penny

Born: March 03, 1980
Birthplace: Westminster, London, England

Trivia: Daughter of the refined, Oscar-nominated American actor Sam Waterston (The Killing Fields, Law & Order), statuesque actress Katherine Waterston attended New York University and then followed her dad's footsteps by entering the arena of acting, taking her on-camera bow in fellow show-business scion Bryce Dallas Howard's short-subject film Orchids. Waterston scored her feature film debut with a bit part in Tony Gilroy's Best Picture-nominated Michael Clayton (2007) and signed for her first lead in a Hollywood feature in David Ross' black comedy The Babysitters (2007), in which she played an honors student who slides into an affair with a dissatisfied suburban househusband and then turns the tables to engage in a little fly-by-night prostitution (and collect some college money in the process) via affairs with the husband's friends.

Will Janowitz (Actor) .. Chip Monck

Born: May 25, 1980

Jeremy Shamos (Actor) .. Steve Cohen

Born: February 22, 1970
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States

Trivia: Was raised in Denver, Colorado.Got interested in performing at a young age.Was always supported by his parents to pursue a career as an actor.Played lacrosse and soccer while he was at school.Started acting in the local theatre in Denver while he was in high school.

Malachy Cleary (Actor) .. Wes Pomeroy

Richard Thomas (Actor)

Born: June 13, 1951
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Trivia: Richard Thomas was seven years old when he made his first Broadway appearance in Sunrise at Campobello (1958). The wide-eyed, mole-cheeked, sensitive-looking Thomas soon found himself very much in demand for television roles. He was seen in the distinguished company of Julie Harris, Christopher Plummer and Hume Cronyn in a 1959 TV presentation of Ibsen's A Doll's House, worked as a regular on the daytime soap operas As the World Turns and Flame in the Wind, and co-starred with Today Show announcer Jack Lescoulie in the captivating 1961 Sunday-afternoon "edutainment" series 1-2-3 Go. While attending Columbia University, Thomas made his theatrical-film debut in Downhill Racer, then settled into a series of unpleasant, psychologically disturbed characters in films like You'll Like My Mother (1971) and such TV series as Bracken's World. In 1971, Thomas was cast as John-Boy Walton in the Earl Hamner-scripted TV movie The Homecoming. Though there would be a number of cast changes before The Homecoming metamorphosed into the weekly series The Waltons in 1972, Thomas was retained as John-Boy, earning a 1973 Emmy for his performance and remaining in the role until only a few months before the series' cancellation in 1981. During the Waltons years, Thomas starred in several well-mounted TV movies, including the 1979 remake of All Quiet on the Western Front. Ever seeking opportunities to expand his range, Thomas has sunk his teeth into such roles as the self-destructive title character in Living Proof: The Hank Williams Jr. Story (1983) and the amusingly sanctimonious Rev. Bobby Joe in the satirical Glory! Glory!. In 1980, Thomas made his first Broadway appearance in over two decades as the paralyzed protagonist of Whose Life is It Anyway. Notable later roles have included a turn as Bill Denbrough in Stephen King's It (1990), an appearance in Curtis Hanson's 2000 drama Wonder Boys, and a bit part as a reverend in Ang Lee's Taking Woodstock (2009). Working through his own Melpomene Productions, Thomas has continued seeking out creative challenges into the 1990s. Richard Thomas has also served as national chairman of the Better Hearing Institute.

Garrett Ross (Actor)

Darren Pettie (Actor)

Born: August 18, 1970

Patrick Cupo (Actor) .. Charlie

Boris Mcgiver (Actor) .. Doug

Born: January 23, 1962
Birthplace: Cobleskill, New York, United States

Trivia: Lives in the old 1831 Baptist chapel where he was born and raised along with his nine siblings. Came to acting late, as his main ambition was to attend the U.S. Airforce Academy where he was accepted in 1984. He couldn't attend due to a minor knee injury and a space flight is still his life-long ambition. Worked for many years as a professional french horn player. Is fluent in Swedish after spending a year living in Sweden. Co-created a non-for-profits arts venue, Panther Creek Arts, with members of his family in West Fulton, N.Y.

Andrew Zox (Actor)

Paul Dano (Actor) .. VW Guy

Born: June 19, 1984
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States

Trivia: Paul Dano first caught major attention in 2006, when he played the grumpy, nihilistic teenager Dwayne in the sleeper hit Little Miss Sunshine. Dano had actually been paying his dues in the industry for five years when the indie comedy put him on the map, first starring in the tense 2001 drama L.I.E. at the age of 17, when he performed under the name Paul Franklin Dano. Even before that, young Dano appeared in several Broadway productions including A Christmas Carol and Ragtime. He went on to appear in the crime thriller Taking Lives as well as the critically acclaimed The Ballad of Jack & Rose. Then, in 2006, Dano took the infamous role in Little Miss Sunshine of a surly teenage brother who's taken a vow of silence. He immediately followed it with the subversive Fast Food Nation before signing on to re-team with his Ballad of Jack & Rose co-star Daniel Day-Lewis in the Paul Thomas Anderson historical drama There Will Be Blood. Dano also lent his voice to the big-screen computer-animated adaptation of the classic children's book Where the Wild Things Are, voicing the main character of Alexander. He continued to jungle indie fare like Gigantic, Meek's Cutoff, and Being Flynn with supporting turns in more high-profile projects including Knight and Day as well as Cowboys & Indians.

Kelli Garner (Actor) .. VW Girl

Born: April 11, 1984
Birthplace: Bakersfield, California, United States

Trivia: California native Kelli Garner's promising film credits include a portrayal of an MS-afflicted high-school student with dreams of success on the beauty pageant circuit in Dreamland (2006), as well as of the love interest of protagonist Justin Conn (Lou Taylor Pucci) in the 2005 comedy drama Thumbsucker. Garner has appeared in Man of the House with Tommy Lee Jones (2005), and Martin Scorsese's The Aviator; she also co-stars in Lars and the Real Girl (2007). Over the next several years, Garner would appear in a number of projects like Going the Distance and The Lie.

Kyle Plante (Actor)

Edward Hibbert (Actor)

Born: September 09, 1955

Takeo Lee Wong (Actor)

Gail Martino (Actor)

Bill Coelius (Actor)

Nick Taylor (Actor)

Sebastian Beacon (Actor)

Kelly Klein (Actor)

Andrew Katz (Actor)

Caitlin FitzGerald (Actor)

Birthplace: Camden, Maine, United States

Trivia: Grandfather Desmond Fitzgerald was a high-ranking CIA officer in the 1950s and '60s who helped coordinate attempts to assassinate Cuban leader Fidel Castro. Mother cowrote the book Knitting for Dummies. First role was as Bessie the Cow in a Camden Civic Theatre production of Jack and the Beanstalk. Played the title role in Hedda Gabler in a 2010 off-Broadway production that staged the play in an East Village townhouse. Returned to her hometown in Maine to shoot Like the Water, which she cowrote, in 2011; used her father's house and camp as shooting locations.

Michael J. Burg (Actor)

Born: December 28, 1968

Taunia Hottman-Hubbard (Actor)

Born: July 13, 1974

David Lavine (Actor)

Born: April 30, 1971

Michael Zegen (Actor)

Born: February 20, 1979
Birthplace: Ridgewood, New Jersey, United States

Trivia: Is Jewish, of Ukranian and Polish origin, and his maternal grandparents were Holocaust survivors.Is an alumnus of The Groundlings.Is a member of Hottie$ Galore, a New York City sketch comedy troupe.Performed on Broadway, playing Marco, opposite Mark Strong, in Arthur Miller's A View From The Bridge at the Lyceum Theater.Is perhaps best known for playing Joel Maisel on the Prime period comedy-drama series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

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