Trivia: Began acting at the age of 9 with his brother, Alexander, in the Swedish movie White Water Fury (2000). Studied science in high school with the intention of becoming a doctor, before deciding on acting. Was a model for H&M.

Trivia: Has been dancing since she was 2 and has trained at Venice's Katnap Dance Center, Westside Ballet Academy, and the Kirov Academy of Ballet.Began studying under celebrity choreographer Debbie Allen in 2001, and after auditioning for Allen's production of Pearl, she was featured in every musical presented by the troupe from 2001 to 2009.Became a Los Angeles Laker Girl in 2010, and left the professional cheerleading squad after three months to concentrate on her acting career.First major television role is Ahsha Hayes in the VH1 hit sports drama series Hit the Floor.

Trivia: Son of an African American father and a British Nigerian mother.Along with his family, moved to the United States when he was 2.Grew up in Waldorf, Maryland, United States.Performed in church and school plays.Met Viola Davis' older sister through church in Maryland, she introduced him to the actress who guided him on the path of acting.Took creative writing classes while he was studying in college.In 2011, moved to Los Angeles to pursue a writing career.Took acting classes to book commercials to supplement income while pursuing his career as a writer.A member of the Robey Theatre Company.

Trivia: First performed on stage at the age of 5 in a Christmas pageant at his elementary school. Moved to New York City shortly after 9/11 and worked 60 hours a week as a bell hop and door man at W Hotel in Times Square for two years. His first role on Law and Order: SVU involved being in rough water in a kayak for five hours. He didn't tell the director he couldn't swim. Appeared opposite Denzel Washington on Broadway in a 2010 production of August Wilson's Fences. Joined Gotham in season 2, playing Batman's right-hand man Lucius Fox.

Trivia: Hard-working character actor James Remar has been mainly typecast as a psychopathic killer in a wide variety of thrillers, both blockbusters and low-budget straight-to-video. A native of Boston, he studied acting at New York's Neighborhood Playhouse and made his Broadway debut with Bent, opposite Richard Gere. His first major film role was gangster Ajax in Walter Hill's 1979 action drama The Warriors. The film gained a minor cult following and seemed to cement Remar's reputation as a bad guy. He would continue to work with director Hill for Windwalker (1980), 48 Hrs. (1982), and Wild Bill (1995).During the '80s, he played psycho gangster Dutch Schultz in Francis Ford Coppola's The Cotton Club, a maniac killer in Rent-a-Cop, and a Neanderthal in The Clan of the Cave Bear. He got a little break in 1989 as the cop Gentry in Gus Van Sant's Drugstore Cowboy. During the '90s, he made a deal with the devil in Tales From the Darkside: The Movie and appeared in many movies that ended up on TV or home video. He had played so many villains that he was able to spoof himself as Max Shady in the comedic thriller parody Fatal Instinct. A few gentle comedy dramas followed with Penny Marshall's Renaissance Man and Herbert Ross' Boys on the Side.Many film roles opened up in the late '90s, from Victor Salva's independent comedy Rites of Passage to the big-budget Robert Zemeckis mystery What Lies Beneath. After playing Frank Cisco on the TV series Total Security, he showed up on HBO's Sex and the City as Richard, Samatha's (Kim Cattrall) rich boyfriend of the moment. He then joined the cast of the USA original series The Huntress as fugitive Tiny Bellows, the love interest of Dottie Thorson (Annette O'Toole). In 2003, he could be seen in feature films from the action moneymaker 2 Fast 2 Furious to the light comedy Duplex.