Sam Irvin started his career as Brian De Palma’s assistant on THE FURY and DRESSED TO KILL. He has directed over 50 films and television shows, including ELVIRA’S HAUNTED HILLS, OBLIVION, GUILTY AS CHARGED, and DANTE’S COVE; co-executive produced the Academy Award winning GODS AND MONSTERS starring Sir Ian Kellen; and served as the historical…
Vanessa Marshall attended Princeton University, majoring in English. She then attended graduate school at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts, attaining a masters in acting and learning different dialects, which Marshall credits for helping her in her voiceover career. She started voice acting after being discovered by a voice acting agent during…
Taylor Gray is an American actor, best known for playing Ezra Bridger on the animated television series Star Wars Rebels, and Bucket in the Nickelodeon series Bucket & Skinner’s Epic Adventures. He also played animator Friz Freleng in the 2015 film Walt Before Mickey, and the lead role of Brian in the 2012 film Thunderstruck…
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Tony Isabella learned to read from comic books at the age of four and never stopped loving them. In 1972, that passion took him to Marvel Comics, where he began his career as an assistant to Stan Lee and Roy Thomas. In his 42-year career, Isabella has been an editor for…
Growing up in Paris, Sofia Boutella was exposed to many more forms of dance, particularly hip hop and street-dance, which intrigued her for offering more “freedom” compared to the more disciplined styles of ballet and gymnastics. She joined a group called the Vagabond Crew, which won the Battle of the Year in 2006, and participated…
Bradley Swaile is a Canadian voice actor. His major roles include Light Yagami in Death Note, Rock in Black Lagoon, and Nightcrawler in X-Men: Evolution.[3] In the 1990s, he voiced Mousse in Ranma ½ and Teen Gohan in the Ocean dub of Dragon Ball Z. He has also voiced multiple roles in the Mobile Suit…
Leggy, brunette-maned pin-up actress Caroline Munro was born in Windsor and lived in Rottingdean near Brighton where she attended a Catholic Convent School. By chance, her mother and a photographer entered her picture in a “Face of the Year” competition for the British newspaper The Evening News and won. This led to modeling chores, her…
After a stint as a film reviewer, Joe Dante began his filmmaking apprenticeship in 1974 when producer Roger Corman offered him a job in the trailer-cutting department at New World Pictures, where he edited the trailers for such films as Cover Girl Models and Amarcord. Other established directors such as Francis Ford Coppola, Martin Scorsese…
After watching Sailor Moon, Cristina Vee was inspired to go into voice acting. She had attended Anime Expo multiple times as a fan and participated in their AX Idol voice-over contest. In 2004, she joined a voice-over panel where she helped work some of the equipment and then got a card from Wendee Lee to…
Mark Sheppard is known for playing the demon/King of Hell Crowley on Supernatural and for his recurring roles as lawyer Romo Lampkin on the Battlestar Galactica reboot, Interpol investigator James Sterling on Leverage, and small-time crime lord Badger on Joss Whedon’s Firefly. Sheppard became a drummer as a teenager, enjoying many years recording and touring…
Clinton Howard is the second son born to American actors Rance and Jean Howard, and younger brother of actor and director Ron Howard. His 200-plus acting credits include feature films such as The Waterboy and Apollo 13, as well as television series, such as Gentle Ben, The Baileys of Balboa, The Cowboys, My Name Is…
Silas Carson is an English actor, mostly known for playing Jedi Master Ki-Adi-Mundi and Viceroy Nute Gunray in all three of the Star Wars prequels and providing the voice of the Ood in Doctor Who. In Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Carson also plays two other speaking parts, the Senator of the…
Cam Clarke began his acting career in The Hollywood Palace as The King Family Show. He continued to perform with his family on various television specials until the 1980s when he got his first voice acting roles in Snorks and Robotech. He was taught by Michael Bell. To date, Clarke has voiced over four hundred titles. From 1987 until 1996, Cam Clarke…
Michael Carter’s earliest role was in the Doctor Who serial The Mind of Evil (1971), in which he played a UNIT soldier and a prisoner. He made his film debut in An American Werewolf in London(1981) as London Underground passenger Gerald Bringsley who is killed by the werewolf. In 1983, Carter portrayed Bib Fortuna in…
Cree Summer is a Canadian-American voice actress and singer from Los Angeles, California. She is the daughter of Canadian actor and singer Don Francks. She is most well-known for voicing: Luminara Unduli from “Star Wars: Clone Wars” 2003-2005 series, Kida from Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Tiff Crust and Queen Vexus (when Eartha Kitt is unavailable)…
Troy Baker is an American voice actor and musician best known for his roles as Joel in The Last of Us, Booker DeWitt in BioShock Infinite, the Joker in Batman: Arkham Origins, Samuel Drake in Uncharted, Higgs in Death Stranding, and Jonesy in Fortnite. He has voiced in a number of anime, including Catherine Full…
In 2003, Garrett Hedlund moved to Los Angeles to pursue his acting career. As a teenager, Hedlund modeled for L.L. Bean and Teen Magazine. At the age of nineteen, Hedlund made his debut in his first feature film playing Patroclus who was the younger cousin of Achillesplayed by Brad Pitt in the mythological epic adventure…
During her freshman year of college, in 2008, Glenn was cast as Thea in the first U.S. national tour of Steven Sater’s and Duncan Sheik’s rock musical Spring Awakening. In 2013, she booked her breakthrough role as Litchfield Penitentiary inmate Brook Soso in the Netflix comedy-drama series Orange Is the New Black, for which she…
Jessie T. Usher’s first professional acting job was in an episode of CBS’s Without a Trace in 2005. In 2007, he appeared in an episode of the Disney Channel original series Hannah Montana. In 2011, Usher starred in the Cartoon Network television film Level Up. The film spawned a television series in which Usher would…
Richard Epcar is an American voice actor, voice director, and writer who has voiced over 1,200 characters in animation, video games and anime. Some of his major roles include Raiden in the Mortal Kombat franchise, The Joker in several projects (including Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe, Injustice: Gods Among Us, Injustice 2 and Mortal Kombat…
Born June 21, 1952 in Garfield Heights, Ohio, David John Skal became fascinated with monsters at the height of the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, when indestructible monsters like Dracula, Frankenstein and the Wolf Man provided a “nuclear security blanket” for a whole generation of youngsters. Active as an editor and reporter on his high school…
Matty Cardarpole has appeared in the ABC television series Selfie, the 2015 film Jurassic World, the 2016 TV series Stranger Things, and as the “Henchperson of Indeterminate Gender” in the TV series Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events. In 2021, he played Keith in the film Free Guy. His supporting roles include appearances in…
Townsend Coleman is best known for his voiceover work on countless animated television series, his best known being the character Michelangelo from the popular animated program “Teenage Mutant Nina Turtles.” Coleman first entered show business as a disc jockey working for WGCL-FM in Cleveland during the late 1970s, and also appeared in several theatre productions…
Barry Gordon is a character actor with a prolific career in television, beginning as a child star. At age six he began appearing on “The Jack Benny Program.” In 1960, he appeared on the iconic sitcom “Leave It to Beaver.” As an adult, Gordon’s first recurring role came on “The New Dick Van Dyke Show,”…
Robert Paulsen is an American voice actor and singer from Detroit, Michigan. He is known for voicing Raphael in the 1987 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon, Yakko Warner in Animaniacs, Pinky in Pinky and the Brain, Carl Wheezer in Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Hadji in Jonny Quest, Donatello in the 2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles…
The only actress among an elite group of KONG leading ladies to regularly make convention appearances, Linda Miller is best known for her starring role in Toho’s KING KONG ESCAPES. Upon graduating high school, Linda moved to Japan with her family in 1965, where she enrolled in a charm school for young women. The Tokyo…
Nancy A. Collins is the author of numerous novels, short stories, and comic books, including DC Comics’ Swamp Thing. A recipient of the Horror Writers Association’s Bram Stoker Award, The British Fantasy Society’s Icarus Award, as well as a nominee for the International Horror Guild, John W. Campbell, James Tiptree, Eisner & World Fantasy Awards,…
Karan Ashely was a member of the short-lived girl group K.R.U.S.H., who contributed a song to the soundtrack of Mo’ Money. She was known as Ashley Jackson at this time. In a career spanning more than 20 years, Karan Ashley has worked as an actress, singer, radio show host, reality star, writer, and TV and…
Patricia Quinn is best known for her role as Magenta in The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975). In the film’s opening title sequence, the movements of her disembodied lips are synchronised with the lyrics of the title song, “Science Fiction/Double Feature” (the singing voice is that of scriptwriter and actor Richard O’Brien). She played Elizabeth…
Campbell decided to use the name “Little Nell” as a stage name after her arrival in Britain in the early 1970s with her family. She sold clothes at Kensington Market; her stall was next to Freddie Mercury’s. She also worked as a busker and as a soda jerk in a café, where her tap dancing…
Barry Bostwick was a member of First National Nothing, who released one album, 1970’s “If You Sit Real Still and Hold My Hand, You Will Hear Absolutely Nothing.” They are described on the album as “A rock-theater commune made up of musicians, actors, dancers, singers, designers, writers, composers, and friends that started a long, long…
Multi-talented Vicki Lawrence, is an actress, comedian, and singer known for the many characters she originated on CBS’s The Carol Burnett Show, where she appeared from 1967 to 1978, for the entire series run. One such character, Thelma Harper/Mama, was the central character of ever popular television situation comedy series Mama’s Family. The show still…
One of the cornerstones of WWE’s meteoric rise in the late 90’s, Mick Foley earned the nickname ‘The Hardcore Legend’ for his ability to absorb seemingly inhuman punishment in some of the most dramatic matches in sports-entertainment history. Already a respected veteran for his 11 physically punishing years wrestling under the name Cactus Jack, Foley’s…
Faizon Love is a Cuban-born American actor, comedian, and writer, who has appeared in some of pop culture’s most iconic films, such as Friday and Elf. Love’s characters bring life to each film, and his comedic timing was honed as a stand-up comedian. Raised in Southeast San Diego, California and Newark, New Jersey, because of…
Damien Leone is a film director, screenwriter, and film producer known for writing and directing All Hallows’ Eve (2013), Terrifier (2016), and Terrifier 2 (2022), each of which feature his character Art the Clown. He is currently working on Terrifier 3. In 2016, Terrifier was released. Among other credits, Leone wrote and directed the film,…
David Howard Thornton is an American actor known for his role as Art the Clown, a role in which he appeared in Terrifier (2016), Mistress Peace Theatre (2020), Terrifier 2 (2022) and Bupkis (2023). He has had other various roles in film, television and videos games including, Two Worlds II: Pirates of the Flying Fortress…
Toshihiro Ogura (おぐら としひろ Ogura Toshihiro) is a Japanese suit actor. With an illustrious career in tokusatsu, Ogura is best known as a recurring suit actor in Toei’s popular Kamen Rider and Super Sentai franchises. Characterized by his relatively petite body size, Ogura is recognized for his ability to make use of his entire body…
Gary Sohmers operates Wex Rex Collectibles and Saxonville Auction Services, attends and sells at numerous antiques and collectibles events each year, and has appeared as an appraiser of toys, collectibles, and memorabilia on the popular PBS television program Antiques Roadshow. Gary’s collecting bug began at age 8, when he began to wheel and deal his…
Mat Lucas is an American voice actor, who is most notable for voicing the Star Wars character Anakin Skywalker in the series Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003-2005) and various video games. He has also worked as an editor and in the editorial department on several projects.
T. C. Carson is best known for his role as Kyle Barker on the hit 1990s sitcom Living Single. Carson provided the voices of Samuel and Mr. Carson in the PBS Kids animated series Clifford the Big Red Dog.As a voice actor, he voiced Mace Windu in the animated series Star Wars: Clone Wars; he…
Samuel Guevara is an American professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling(AEW), where he is a member of the Jericho Appreciation Society. He is a record tying three-time former AEW TNT Champion. He also appears in AEW’s Mexico based partner promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), where is a former AAA Mixed Tag Team Champion…
Tay Melo is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and is a member of the Jericho Appreciation Society. She also appears in AEW’s Mexico based partner promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA), where she is a former AAA World Mixed Tag Team Champion with real life husband Sammy Guevara. Prior to joining AEW, she performed…
Gilliam’s film career began in the early 1990s. He has starred in award-winning films such as Still Alice. His other film credits include Interview with a Vampire in 1994, Sergeant Sugar Watkins in the 1997 action film Starship Troopers and Sergeant Steven Altameyer in the 1996 film Courage Under Fire. Gilliam has had a number…
James Marsters moved to Chicago, where his first professional acting role was Ferdinand in The Tempest at the Goodman Theatre in 1987. In this production, he was rolled onto the stage strapped naked to a wheel. He also appeared with well-known Chicago companies such as the Northlight and the Bailiwick and with his own group,…
Olivia D’Abo’s film debut was the supporting role of Princess Jehnna in Conan the Destroyer, released on 29 June 1984. Two months later, she appeared in the supporting role of Paloma the peasant girl in Bolero (1984). D’Abo portrayed Karen Arnold in the ABC comedy-drama series The Wonder Years for the show’s first four seasons,…
Charisma Carpenter was discovered by a commercial agent while waiting tables in Los Angeles to save money for her college education. This led to her role on theatrical productions and more than twenty commercials. She made her first television role in 1994 by appearing in an episode of Baywatch. Shortly after that, she landed a…
Diane Franklin is an American actress, who is best known for her performances as a teen ingenue in films and television, during the 1980s. Starting at age ten, Diane began her professional career as a model, then worked in commercials, a soap opera and theater. Her first film role was the lead in CANNON FILMS,…
Chandler Riggs is an American actor and DJ, best known for his regular role as Carl Grimes on the AMC horror-drama television series The Walking Dead (based on the comic book series of the same name) from 2010 to 2018. For his work on the series, Riggs won three Saturn Awards from five nominations and…
Dr. Britt Baker made her professional wrestling debut at an International Wrestling Cartel (IWC) event in August 2015, competing alongside Andrew Palace against Dylan Bostic and Ray Lyn in a tag team match, where Baker and Palace were victorious. The following year, Baker appeared on WWE Raw as a jobber, losing to Nia Jax in…
Inspired by his parents’ work in comedy and show business, 17-year-old Pauly Shore made his stand-up debut at the Alley Cat Bistro in Culver City. Shore was mentored by Sam Kinison and opened several of his sets. While touring the comedy club circuit, Shore cultivated an alter ego persona called “The Weasel”. “The Weasel” involved…
Gigi Edgley’s early TV and film work included several independent productions (with later Farscape co-star Anthony Simcoe), as well as a guest star spot on the popular Australian series Water Rats and a role in Australian film titled The Day of the Roses. Edgley is best known for her role as Chiana on the science…
MacFarlane first started voicing characters on Hanna-Barbera shows including Johnny Bravo. Then after her work with Hanna-Barbera ended, MacFarlane began voicing many characters on Cartoon Network. In addition to voice acting, Rachael has also been involved in other aspects of animation, such as being a production manager for The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy…
Jeff Fischer attended the University of Arizona when he also started his voice actor career, his first gig being a Pizza Hut commercial. Since 2005, Jeff Fischer has provided the voice of an American Dad! character named after himself, the character Jeff Fischer. Beyond American Dad!, Fischer’s other animation credits include the role of MC…
Shannon Chan-Kent (born September 23, 1988) is a Canadian voice and stage actress. She is known for her roles as Silver Spoon and Smolder and the singing voice of Pinkie Pie in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Misa Amane in the English dub of Death Note, and the Biskit twins and Youngmee Song on…
Brian Drummond was born in Salmon Arm, British Columbia. A graduate of the acclaimed Studio 58, he started out as a theatre actor, but eventually found himself moving into voice acting full-time. Based out of Vancouver, BC, he works on various animated programs. Most well known for his role as Vegeta, Yajirobe, and Vegito in…
Alessandro Juliani was the voice of Pit/Kid Icarus in the Captain N: The Game Master cartoon series, and offered his voice in many other cartoons and anime including the English version of Death Note’s L, Ranma ½ (as Toma), X-Men: Evolution (as Gambit), the three My Scene films (in the role of River) and two of…
John O’Hurley is an American actor, comedian, singer, author, game show host, and television personality. He is known for his portrayal of J. Peterman on the NBC sitcom Seinfeld, his voice acting as the original King Neptune on SpongeBob SquarePants, and for being the sixth host of the game show Family Feud from 2006 to…
Chris Bartlett is an American actor. He is known for featured roles in The Mandalorian (Seasons one and two) where he also did his own stunts. His characters include bounty hunter droid Q9-0 “Zero”, the Ferryman and the Teacher droid, among others. He also appeared in The Book of Boba Fett as the Droid Server,…
Andy Merrill is an actor, comedian, writer, producer and singer who is known for voicing Brak from Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Cartoon Planet and The Brak Show as well as Oglethorpe from Aqua Teen Hunger Force and Spacecataz, James from Adventure Time, and Teeth from Gravity Falls. He has co-created Space Ghost Coast to…
As a child, Meredith Salenger enjoyed performing in front of her family and friends. Her mother took her to her first acting class when she was eight years old. Her first role was a small part as a ‘singing and dancing orphan’ in the feature film Annie, directed by John Huston. Salenger also did a…
Tatyana Yassukovich was born in England. At the age of sixteen she went to learn languages in Switzerland and Germany and became fluent in French and German. Tatyana moved to the United States when she was twenty and started acting at Duke University where she was cast as the lead in Jared Harris’ film DARKMOOR.…
Kelli Maroney is an American actress whose career spans several decades, with 72 production credits, including 31+ films and over 540 hours of television. She first came to recognition as the bad seed teen Lolita “Kimberly Harris” in the ABC Daytime drama RYAN’s HOPE, winning the plum role only two weeks after arriving in NYC to attend classes at…
Mackenzie Phillips is an American actress and singer, known for her roles as Carol Morrison in the film American Graffiti, as teenager Julie Mora Cooper Horvath on the sitcom One Day at a Time, and as Molly Phillips on the Disney Channel supernatural series So Weird. Phillips was 12 years old during the filming of…
Scott Innes is the voice of Scooby Doo, Shaggy and Scrappy Doo behind hundreds of Scooby Doo movies, commercials,talking toys and video games! Scott has also brought to life the voices of Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble, Astro, Yogi Bear and Boo Boo Bear, Snagglepuss, Papa Smurf, Argo from Battle of the Planets and many…
Louis Jude Ferrigno (born November 9, 1951) is an American actor, motivational speaker, fitness trainer/consultant, and retired professional bodybuilder. As a bodybuilder, Lou won an IFBB Mr. America title and two consecutive IFBB Mr. Universe titles, and appeared in the bodybuilding documentary, Pumping Iron. As an actor, he is best known for portraying the title role…