Madison Pettis
(Actor)
.. Peyton Kelly
Born:
July 22, 1998
Birthplace: Arlington, Texas, United States
Trivia:
Actress Madison Pettis kick-started her Hollywood career as a pint-sized, cute-as-a-button child star -- playing the President's daughter in the family-friendly Disney Channel sitcom Cory in the House (2007). Pettis debuted cinematically that same year, with a Disney project as well: the family-oriented football comedy The Game Plan (2007), starring The Rock and Kyra Sedgwick.
Kyra Sedgwick
(Actor)
.. Stella Peck
Born:
August 19, 1965
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Trivia:
Born August 19th, 1965, actress Kyra Sedgwick was seemingly born into fame, as a cousin of '60s mod icon and muse of Andy Warhol Edie Sedgwick. While only 16 when she made her professional acting debut on the TV soap Another World in 1982, Kyra proved much more stable than her ill-fated predecessor, graduating from USC and going on to cultivate a successful acting career on the stage, screen, and television. With high cheekbones, piercing eyes, full lips, and a mane of striking blonde curls, the young actress had no problem landing the film and TV roles to sustain her life as a working actress, but her solid, pensive presence onscreen proved to be an even more useful asset than her looks. Landing at least two substantial parts a year, she built up a resumé over the next decade that included the title role in 1985's Cindy Eller: A Modern Fairy Tale and a part in the acclaimed 1987 TV movie Lemon Sky, where she met co-star and future husband Kevin Bacon. The two were married the following year and would have two children.As the '90s approached, Sedgwick gained big-screen attention with a supporting role in Oliver Stone's Born on the Fourth of July (1989). In 1992, she notably had the chance to embrace her Jewish side -- as a person who'd openly spoken about her mixed ethnic identity -- with a role in Miss Rose White, starring as a Polish-born woman sent to New York as a child to escape the Holocaust, but who is forced to confront the Jewish heritage she's since denied when she finds that the sister she was separated from is still alive.That same year, Sedgwick scored the "big break" part that she would long be remembered for when Cameron Crowe cast her as the female lead in his film Singles. A sweet and funny generational opus about life and love after college, the dramedy was filmed on location in Seattle in 1991, just as the grunge music movement was beginning to take off. In addition to supporting cast members like Matt Dillon and Bridget Fonda, the film featured artists like Eddie Vedder and Chris Cornell in minor roles as musicians. Sedgwick's placement in a movie that would prove to be so iconic for its time and place endeared her greatly to Gen-Xers, though she would lie low throughout the '90s and 2000s, frequently choosing smaller, independent projects.In 2004, Sedgwick and husband Kevin Bacon undertook a joint project, The Woodsman, which Bacon also produced. Still more daunting for the spouses than the notoriously stressful task of working together, the film cast Bacon as a paroled pedophile, examining the character's recovery and the tentative relationship that he forms with a somewhat emotionally hardened fellow lumberyard worker, played by Sedgwick. While hardly blockbuster subject matter, the project was praised by critics, as was Sedgwick's intimate, minimalist performance.It seemed clear that Sedgwick's interests as an actor lay outside the harshest glare of the Hollywood limelight, but in 2006 she managed to stumble into its illumination anyway, starring in the TNT drama The Closer. Playing a Southern-born police detective with an uncanny skill for extracting confessions, Sedgwick brought a multi-dimensional quality to the character of Brenda Johnson that made the series considerably more well-rounded than the other procedural crime shows that flooded prime time. The complex nature of the role earned her immense praise, as in a singe episode, Brenda could share the screen with her arrogant co-workers, her flirtatious beau, her beloved but nagging mother, and several criminal suspects that she might persuade to confess through any number of personal approaches. Audiences were awed at the genuineness with which Sedgwick was able to portray a character who is so frequently choosing her words and actions with careful precision, and the series was picked up for a second season in 2007. That same year, Sedgwick took home a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Television Drama.When The Closer ended in 2012, Sedgwick returned to movies, including a small role in Man on a Ledge (2012), the lead in the horror film The Possession (2012) and an uncredited cameo in 2013's Kill Your Darlings.
Roselyn Sanchez
(Actor)
.. Monique Vasquez
Born:
April 02, 1973
Birthplace: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Trivia:
Dancer, model, and singer Roselyn Sanchez was awarded Miss America Petite in 1994. In Puerto Rico, she gained public attention as a dancer and co-host of the variety show Que Vacilon. She moved to New York City in search of an acting career at the age of 21 and worked on her one-woman show, Out Here on My Own. Her first English speaking role was for the CBS soap opera As the World Turns as Pilar, the show's first Latina character in its over 40-year history on the air. Her television career includes the short-lived series Fame L.A. and the Fox rookie cop drama Ryan Caulfield: Year One. Her feature film breakthrough role came in 2001, as Jackie Chan's love interest in Rush Hour 2. The following year she had supporting roles in the comedy Boat Trip, the thriller Basic, and the horror flick Nightstalker. In 2003, she starred alongside Jaci Velasquez and Sofia Vergara for the comedy Chasing Papi (aka Papi Chulo).
Morris Chestnut
(Actor)
.. Travis Sanders
Born:
January 01, 1969
Birthplace: Cerritos, California, United States
Trivia:
Morris Chestnut's career makes a case for the argument that for the bulk of the '90s, there simply were not enough good roles for talented African-American actors. After making an impressive debut as Ricky in John Singleton's Boyz 'N the Hood, Chestnut spent several years wallowing in television, appearing in made-for-TV movies and doomed series. Chestnut, born in Cerrios, CA, on New Years Day 1969, majored in drama and finance at California State University. Little is known about his personal life. Chestnut admitted in a 2001 interview with Essence.com that he doesn't enjoy giving interviews or discussing his private life, but then let it slip that he is married.Chestnut's first professional acting role was in Boyz 'N the Hood in 1991. He followed that up with roles in various TV movies, as well as a part on Patti LaBelle's short-lived sitcom Out All Night. Chestnut continued to steadily, but he often had only bit parts in throwaway, big-budget films, like 1995's Under Siege 2 or 1997's G.I. Jane. But as the decade ended, movies about young, professional African-Americans and their problems with family and relationships began to fill the cineplexes, creating roles for Chestnut and all the other talented black actors stuck in minor TV and film roles. In 1999, Chestnut starred in The Best Man with Taye Diggs and Nia Long, playing a professional athlete who doesn't know that his soon-to-be wife dallied with his best man -- who is about to release those details in his first novel, a Roman à clef about their time in college. The Best Man earned pretty good reviews, did well at the box office, and even earned Chestnut a NAACP Image Award nomination for his performance. He followed it up with The Brothers, another film centering on the themes of fidelity and success among urban professionals. Chestnut joined Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson for a supporting role in The Game Plan (2007), a family-oriented sports comedy, and became known for his portrayal of Ryan Nicholas on V, a sci-fi television drama from ABC.
Hayes Macarthur
(Actor)
.. Kyle Cooper
Born:
April 16, 1977
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Trivia:
Stand-up comedian Hayes MacArthur studied government at Bowdoin College before changing career directions, pointing himself toward show business. After spending some time with the Groundlings Theatre Company, he transitioned into film and TV, making guest appearances on shows like King of Queens and Medium, and in movies like 2007's National Lampoon's Homo Erectus. In 2008, he had a recurring role in the short-lived series Worst Week. MacArthur continued to have supporting roles in films, like She's Out of My League (2010), though he mostly stuck to television. In 2010, he appeared in the short-lived series Perfect Couples and popped up in guest apeparances on a long list of comedies, including Happy Endings, Suburgatory and Go On.
Brian White
(Actor)
.. Jamal Webber
Born:
April 21, 1975
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Trivia:
Actor Brian J. White eked out an unusual path to showbusiness. A Massachusetts native and the son of Boston Celtics player JoJo White, Brian attended the Ivy League Dartmouth College, majoring in poly sci, theater arts, and psychology, but his athletic prowess yielded two offers to go professional: one with the NFL and another with the National Lacrosse League. White opted for the NFL, and signed with the New England Patriots, but a sporting injury derailed his career and found him forking off into professional modeling, and then acting. Within the latter arena, White began to specialize in onscreen portrayals of intelligent, polished, and urbane men. The actor took his earliest screen bow with a lead role: that of Tracy Wainwright, a young executive who strikes up an ill-advised affair with his boss, only to find his career jeopardized when he falls in love with another woman, in the 2001 workplace drama Me & Mrs. Jones. Unfortunately for White and his co-stars, that film failed to achieve wide theatrical release in the United States (despite touring the festival circuit), but the actor achieved greater recognition with a multi-episode role on the small-screen police drama The Shield (as Detective Tavon Garris) and supporting turns in the features Mr. 3000 (2004), The Family Stone (2005), and Stomp the Yard (2007). He returned to the small screen in fall 2007, playing Lieutenant Carl Davis in a recurring role on the vampire detective series Moonlight.
Jamal Duff
(Actor)
.. Clarence Monroe
Paige Turco
(Actor)
.. Karen Kelly
Born:
May 17, 1965
Birthplace: Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
Trivia:
Known to pint-sized filmgoers as April O'Neil in the two sequels to 1990s live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, actress Paige Turco followed up that role with several extended arcs on such television shows as NYPD Blue, Party of Five, and Rescue Me. In 2007, Turco was cast as one of the leads on ABC's Big Shots, a corporate drama starring Dylan McDermott and Michael Vartan. In the years to come, Turco would remain active on screen, appearing on shows like Damages.
Gordon Clapp
(Actor)
.. Mark Maddox
Born:
September 24, 1948
Birthplace: North Conway, New Hampshire
Trivia:
Gordon Clapp is a supporting actor who began his film career in the late '80s.
Christine Lakin
(Actor)
.. Nicole
Born:
January 25, 1979
Birthplace: Dallas, Texas, United States
Trivia:
Gen-Y television fans (and avid viewers of the old "TGIF" Friday-night prime-time lineup during the 1990s) will perhaps best remember actress Christine Lakin for her multi-season portrayal of tomboy Alicia "Al" Lambert, daughter of contractor Frank Lambert (Patrick Duffy) on the family-themed sitcom Step by Step (1991-1998). Born in Dallas, TX, in 1979 and raised in the vicinity of Atlanta, GA, Lakin caught her first taste of performing at age seven, when she joined the Atlanta Workshop Players theatrical troupe. Lakin quickly secured representation and did a plethora of television commercials before making her dramatic debut on-camera at age 11 in the made-for-television period adventure The Rose and the Jackal (1990) and landing the Alicia role on Step by Step. After the program wrapped in 1998, the actress attended UCLA as a communications major and sought out a myriad of parts in independent films, including Whatever It Takes (2000), Who's Your Daddy? (2003), and Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical (2004). In 2008, Lakin starred opposite Paris Hilton in The Hottie & the Nottie.
Kate Nauta
(Actor)
.. Tatianna
Robert Torti
(Actor)
.. Samuel Blake, Jr.
Born:
October 22, 1961
Birthplace: Van Nuys, California
Jackie Flynn
(Actor)
.. Larry the Doorman
Lauren Storm
(Actor)
.. Nanny Cindy
Marvin Albert
(Actor)
.. Himself
Born:
June 12, 1941
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Trivia:
Began a lengthy career at Madison Square Garden as a New York Knicks ball boy, then as an assistant for basketball radio play-by-play man Marty Glickman. Marv was the voice of the Knicks from 1967 to 2004 and the voice of hockey's New York Rangers from 1965 to '95. Appeared regularly on Late Night with David Letterman and on Letterman's Late Show, narrating sports blooper reels and commenting on other sports at large. Called NBA and NFL games on NBC and the NBA for TNT and YES Network, along with Monday Night Football radio play-by-play. In addition to the NBA Finals and Stanley Cup Playoffs, Albert's big-game experience includes work on the Super Bowl, World Series, Wimbledon and Breeders' Cup. Pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault charges in 1997 brought forth by a Virginia woman with whom he had a 10-year relationship. Albert was given a 12-month suspended sentence and was fired by NBC, only to be brought back for the 2000-01 NBA season. Inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1993 and the Nassau County Sports Hall of Fame in 2006; has also been named New York State Sportscaster of the Year 20 times. Coined signature phrases in basketball (Yesssss!) and hockey (Kick save, and a beauty!), while always injecting dry humor into a broadcast. Nicknamed long-time NBA partner Mike Fratello "the Czar of the Telestrator." In 2011, joined CBS to do play-by-play coverage for NFL games.
Boomer Esiason
(Actor)
.. Himself
Born:
April 17, 1961
Birthplace: West Islip, New York, United States
Trivia:
Got the nickname "Boomer" because he kicked a lot when his mother was pregnant with him. Attracted attention from the Seattle Mariners for his baseball prowess in high school. Was named the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year in 1995 for his community service and play on the field. Authored the books A Boy Named Boomer and Toss: A Novel. Hosted the Miss America Pageant in 1998. Founded the Boomer Esiason Foundation in 1994 to help find a cure for cystic fibrosis after his son Gunnar was diagnosed with the disease. Was named to four Pro Bowls. On Sept. 4, 2007, began cohosting the radio show Boomer and Carton in the Morning with Craig Carton on New York City's WFAN 660 AM, filling the slot previously occupied by the ousted Don Imus. In 2009, was named Father of the Year in the first annual Father's Day Awards by Open Salon, a blogging platform published by the online magazine Salon.
Jim Gray
(Actor)
.. Himself
Stuart Scott
(Actor)
.. Himself
Born:
July 19, 1965
Died:
January 04, 2015
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Trivia:
Best known for his longtime tenure as a sports anchor on the ESPN cable network (particularly on its SportsCenter series), Stuart Scott drew both fans and detractors for his vociferous, street-smart, urban mentality that made heavy use of slang and demonstrated no attempt to present varnished opinions in commenting on various sporting events. He made a number of guest appearances -- usually in cameos as himself -- in A-list feature films. These included the Bernie Mac-headlined sports comedy Mr. 3000 (2004), the Lindsay Lohan-starring Disney sequel Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005), and the Rock-headlined sports comedy The Game Plan (2007). Stuart died in 2015, at age 49.
Steven Levy
(Actor)
.. Himself
Eric Ogbogu
(Actor)
.. Drake
Elizabeth Chambers
(Actor)
.. Kathryn
Brian Hayes Currie
(Actor)
.. Bo the Trainer
Fiona Gallagher
(Actor)
.. Dr. Converse
Jack Eastland
(Actor)
.. ER Doctor
Rachel Harker
(Actor)
.. Mrs. Jensen
Ed Berliner
(Actor)
.. Rebels PR Manager
Armen Garo
(Actor)
.. Cabbie
Roger T.S. Dillingham Jr.
(Actor)
.. Paparazzi
Jay Giannone
(Actor)
.. Doorman at Club
Tony Renaud
(Actor)
.. New York Coach
Brianne Crough
(Actor)
.. Toy Store Ballet Dancer
Mike Eruzione
(Actor)
.. Club Guest
Gavin Maloof
(Actor)
.. Club Guest
Born:
October 09, 1956
Birthplace: New Mexico, United States
Trivia:
Played football at New Mexico Military Institute and Trinity University in San Antonio. With brother Joe, runs the Maloof companies, which include properties in banking, casinos, hotels and the Sacramento Kings. Under ownership group led by his father, Gavin became president of the Houston Rockets in 1980 at 24-years-old, making him the then-youngest owner-operator in major professional sports. In his first year in Houston, the Rockets made the NBA Finals for the first time in franchise history, and made the playoffs in each of the three years under Maloof ownership. Served in the front office of the World League of American Football's Birmingham Fire (1991-92). Since 2008, Gavin and Joe have hosted the Maloof Money Cup, which is designed to improve the image and participation in skateboarding.
Paul Pierce
(Actor)
.. Club Guest
Born:
October 13, 1977
Birthplace: Oakland, California, USA
Sebastian Telfair
(Actor)
.. Club Guest
Eddie George
(Actor)
.. Club Guest
Born:
September 24, 1973
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Joe Maloof
(Actor)
.. Club Guest
Born:
November 15, 1955
Birthplace: New Mexico, United States
Trivia:
With brother Gavin, runs the Maloof companies, which include properties in banking, casinos, hotels and the Sacramento Kings of the NBA. Named MVP of his high-school basketball team. Lettered twice in football at the University of New Mexico. Named to the NBA's Board of Governors in 1999. Suffered a mild stroke in late 2008. Since 2008, has hosted, with his brother Gavin, the Maloof Money Cup, which is designed to improve the image and participation in skateboarding. In June 2010, named CNN's Headline News Hero of the Week for his charitable contributions.
Wally Szczerbiak
(Actor)
.. Club Guest
Jo Jo White
(Actor)
.. Club Guest
Debbie Connolly
(Actor)
.. ER Nurse
Lordan Napoli
(Actor)
.. Toy Store Camille Doll
Yvonne Finnerty
(Actor)
.. Nanny Yvonne
Kimberly Selby
(Actor)
.. Barking Crab Waitress
John Duff
(Actor)
.. Monroe's Brother
Scott Desano
(Actor)
.. Blake's VP
Michael Peavey
(Actor)
.. Helicopter Pilot
Geir Gudmundson
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Chris Anthony
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Carl Bond
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Howard Clark
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Chris Dapolito
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Bill Duff
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Bill Gramatica
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Ricky Hall
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Terrance Joseph
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Brian Mann
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Willis Marshall
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Doug Miller
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Charlie Morris
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Ben Nowland
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Duke Pettijohn
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Oscar Sturgis
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Gillis Wilson
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Talib Wise
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Marcus "Snowball" Owen
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Michael Blair
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Mike Brown
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Keita Crespina
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Silas Demary
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Robert Gordon
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Ernest Grant
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Daryl Hammond
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Kevin Ingram
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Greg Lefever
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Rod Manuel
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Steve Mascorro
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Lamont Moore
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Joe Norman
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Jonathan Ordway
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Idris Price
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Kerry Taylor
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Nyle Wiren
(Actor)
.. Football Player
Emily Aubrey
(Actor)
.. Ballet Dancer
Alexandra Berg
(Actor)
.. Ballet Dancer
Jaqueline Bologna
(Actor)
.. Ballet Dancer
Abigail Bushnell
(Actor)
.. Ballet Dancer
Alisa Castagno
(Actor)
.. Ballet Dancer
Jessica Conroy
(Actor)
.. Ballet Dancer
Marty Davis
(Actor)
.. Ballet Dancer
Lauren Fitzpatrick
(Actor)
.. Ballet Dancer
Olivia Goodson
(Actor)
.. Ballet Dancer
Alexandra Heier
(Actor)
.. Ballet Dancer
Tessa Jones
(Actor)
.. Ballet Dancer
Elizabeth Powell
(Actor)
.. Ballet Dancer
Rebecca Krumel
(Actor)
.. Ballet Dancer
John Lam
(Actor)
.. Ballet Dancer
Emily Mistretta
(Actor)
.. Ballet Dancer
Jefferson Payne
(Actor)
.. Ballet Dancer
Anelise Ramsay
(Actor)
.. Ballet Dancer
Ricardo Rhodes
(Actor)
.. Ballet Dancer
Dylan Tedaldi
(Actor)
.. Ballet Dancer
Sarah Vachon
(Actor)
.. Ballet Dancer
Bronwyn Wada
(Actor)
.. Gill-Ballet Dancer
Elizabeth Wisdom
(Actor)
.. Ballet Dancer
Lauren Baltrus
(Actor)
.. Ballet Dancer
Elizabeth Bogis
(Actor)
.. Ballet Dancer
Laura Borodic
(Actor)
.. Ballet Dancer
Madison Carvello
(Actor)
.. Ballet Dancer
Sophia Clarke
(Actor)
.. Ballet Dancer
Paul Craig
(Actor)
.. Ballet Dancer
Mica Rae Curtin-Bowen
(Actor)
.. Bowen-Ballet Dancer
Xavier Ferreira
(Actor)
.. Ballet Dancer
Dina Ginzburg
(Actor)
.. Ballet Dancer
Ana Harmon
(Actor)
.. Ballet Dancer
Lauren Herfindahl
(Actor)
.. Ballet Dancer
Katya Karpova
(Actor)
.. Ballet Dancer
Isabella Kulkarni
(Actor)
.. Ballet Dancer
Caitlin Miller
(Actor)
.. Ballet Dancer
Julia Mitchell
(Actor)
.. Ballet Dancer
Alexandra Ramsey
(Actor)
.. Ballet Dancer
Christian Squires
(Actor)
.. Ballet Dancer
Carly Topazio
(Actor)
.. Ballet Dancer
Sara Valverdi
(Actor)
.. Ballet Dancer
James Whiteside
(Actor)
.. Ballet Dancer
Jennifer Welch
(Actor)
.. VIP Party Guest
Dwayne Johnson
(Actor)
.. Joe Kingman
Born:
May 02, 1972
Birthplace: Hayward, California, United States
Trivia:
If you can smell what the Rock is cookin' then you're no doubt familiar with superstar wrestler Dwayne Johnson's swaggeringly cocky alter ego. With his trademark right eyebrow raised and a penchant for implementing the patented "People's Elbow" to unwary opponents, the self-proclaimed "Most Electrifying Man in Sports-Entertainment" slammed, crashed, and crushed his way to becoming the youngest Intercontinental Champion in WWF history at the age of 24 before winning the WWF title record six times. After conquering the world of sports-entertainment, Johnson next set his sights on conquering Hollywood.Born May 2, 1972 in Hayward, CA, Johnson became a third-generation wrestler after shifting from a career in professional football to professional wrestling when an injury sidelined his gridiron aspirations. After flexing his acting muscles on television in Saturday Night Live, That '70s Show (in which he played his own father), and The Net, Johnson made his feature debut with his role as the dreaded Scorpion King in The Mummy Returns (2001). Returning as the same character the following year in the appropriately titled The Scorpion King, Johnson did little to enhance his reputation of a trained thespian, though he did get the summer film season off to a rousing start for audiences hungering for some energetic escapist fun. Recalling John Milius' 1982 hit Conan the Barbarian (another film that launched the cinematic action career of a then-little-known athlete named Arnold Schwarzenegger), the sword-and-sandal adventure raked in 36 million dollars on its opening weekend and stayed at the top of the box office in the weeks following its impressive debut.Though he would return to the ring for the remainder of 2002, it didn't take Johnson long to soften on the prospect of a return to the silver screen -- and with the following year's The Rundown, he did just that. Cast as a bounty hunter who is sent to Brazil to retrieve the son of a well-known mob boss (American Pie's Seann William Scott), the film provided Johnson with the sort of opportunity to display his comic flair -- a notable talent that was mostly neglected in the special-effects-laden Scorpion King. By this point, his screen career had earned the wrestler-turned-actor a notable fan base that reached well beyond the WWE universe, and in 2004 he took the law into his own hands with the feature remake (in name and general concept only) Walking Tall. Based on the exploits of hard-case Southern sheriff Buford Pusser (played by Joe Don Baker in the original 1973 version) -- the film found Johnson cast as an honest, retired soldier who -- upon return to his small, rural Washington State hometown -- discovers his former high-school rival Jay Hamilton (Neal McDonough) has corrupted the once-prosperous town by introducing drugs and gambling and effectively shutting down the formerly successful lumber mill. Anyone who saw the original (and even those who didn't) could no doubt tell what follows -- and if there ever was a man to lay the smack down on the criminal element, few could doubt that Johnson would be up for the task. With his role as a gay bodyguard in the 2005 Get Shorty sequel, Be Cool, Johnson showed once and for all that he wasn't above poking a little fun at his tough-guy persona, and though he would return to the action genre with the sci-fi video-game adaptation Doom, the next year found the increasingly prolific entertainer cast in the complex role of a sporadically amnesiac actor who begins to have trouble separating reality from fantasy in Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly's apocalyptic sophomore effort, Southland Tales. Later that same year, Johnson turned his attention toward the sport of football to tell the inspirational true story of a detention-camp probation officer who teaches his troubled young charges the meaning of self-respect and social responsibility in Gridiron Gang -- a feature adaptation of the Emmy-winning 1993 documentary of the same name.He would appear in Get Smart and Race to Witch Mountain the following year, followed by Why Did I Get Married Too? in 2010 -- all films that grounded the actor in relatable, humorous roles. Never one to shy away from his roots, however, Johnson was back to action fare soon enough, and he joined the Fast & Furious series for the fifth installment (Fast Five) in 2011 and played Roadblock in G.I. Joe: Retaliation. Johnson once again mixed action and comedy in Michael Bay's Pain & Jain. In 2014, he built up his already-impressive physique even more to play the title character in Hercules, and continued on the action route with roles in San Andreas and another Furious film.